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!5 ., igjir J v. - t - - , -- "" : i. - -w o c. i :. - If- . . h . fc - V S Columbus gcrurual. lateral at the m:. k. turner &joom Columlras. XTa-rite. One year, by mail, postage prepaid $L3 Bix months -5 Three months W iaa4i maaauea- Hoa. , at Ml. nntfilMid. a-Mast bath their fiaaw and tbeii 11 MM BI HUH N k oa'aar IHar liaC, from which. MBijatv mill mis priat.etffcT w nnat. either on the at year JouaJisi, the lepara or ac- be BMto or draft A Co. ataamtioa,mav! e sccompaaiea by the fall . of the writer. We leeerre the right to reject any aaaaascnpT aad cannot toretarmtaa sasaa. We awir : la aver school-district of a Platte coaaty. em efcoo Jtefh",1i,"" liable ia ererr war.-Write alefiihy. eaeh iten. eeparaUly. Ofaa ameav WEDNESDAY. MAY 30. 1BOT. John D. Rockefexleb has made an offer of $250,000 to the American Baptist Home Mission society. On White Oak creek, Tennessee, Mr. Thomas Biddle, his wife and three chil dren were cremated, the firing of his house having been done by tramps. At Central City, Nebr., Frank Smith and Tug Wilson were sentenced to two years and a lialf and three years and a half respectively, for having set fire to the county jail for the purpose of escape. The suckers are not all dead by any means. A farmer in Kansas saw an ad vertisement of a Chicago firm for the fi nest feed cutter in America and sent in ten dollars, getting in return a set of false teeth worth about two dollars. Henry Boll, ex-treasurer of the city of Omaha, has been denied a new trial, and will probably have to serve his term in the itenitentiary, if he should live so long as nineteen years. His fine was $225,000. His crime was the embezzle mant of city and school funds. It is said that Governor Holcomb is not without an ambition to lie a member of the supreme court of the great state of Nebraska, and that he will endeavor to set the pins for the nomination this fall. Better not think of it now, govern or. It looks as though Columbus will be called upon to furnish both candi dates for that tosition this year, in the persons of the present incumbent, Hon. A. M. Post, (who will probably be the unanimous choice of the republican con vention) and Hon. John J. Sullivan, one of the judges of this judicial district, who seems to be the favorite candidate of the opposition forces, bnt, we think, will not receive the nomination without some show of contest. Men who borrowed money of Maxey Cobb, a former treasurer of Lancaster county, are uneasy at the situation, and are being served with notice to make settlement at once. A member of the company appointed- to collect these auma, ranging all the way from $10 to 91,600, says that they will proceed on the theory that all these persons are embezzlers. Since the conviction of Mr. Mills of Harlan county for using money borrowed of the county treasurer, the interest in all parts of the state in affairs similar to this has become in tense. Public opinion is composed of individual opinions, and, when right, is invincible. All public affairs should be as open as day. GETTING NUMEROUS. The North Bend Republican gives a lengthy account of the close call that Night Operator Pargater had there Wednesday night last at about 1:30. When train No. 17 pulled in one of the trainmen warned Pargater that there were some bad men aboard, and he had better close his doors. A little after this two men came into the waiting room and began raising a disturbance and the operator told them to keep still. Some conversation passed between them and a few minutes later a man came up on the ontaide of the bay window and asked the operator to come over as he wanted to talk to him. Par gater went over and sat down on the telegraphing board and attempted to get his revolver out of the drawer under neath without being observed. The man on the outside asked him to raise the window. 'The operator told him he could say what he had to say through the window. This was followed by a command to the operator to throw up bis hands which he refused to do and the fellow blazed away, the bullet pass ing through Pargater ' vest, just grazing the flesh and tearing off a suspender button. While these events were transpiring Night Watch Street appeared on the case and as he came around the window he ram suddenly up against the savzzle of a revolver and was immedi ately relieved of a brace of six shooters and ordered to go into the waiting room. Two more shots ware fired, one enter ing the window near the first one and the other was fired into the south side of the window, striking the safe in the north part of the room. Four panes of glass were broken but one of them was evidently smashed in some way as only three shots were fired. Having carried matters this far one of the fellows politely returned to Mr. Street his revolvers and advised that he "be careful who he pulled his guns on after this" and then the entire outfit left and presumably got away on No. 19 which came in a little later. The fire bell was rung and a crowd of citizens soon gathered, but it was pre amed that the gang had left on train No. 19. There were five in the gang and all except one were masked. Whether they ware a drunken mob or whether they intended robbery, is not known. It is at least presumed from their bungling saaner that they were not professional burglars. Fullarton Post: J. B. Chandler left Monday for Omaha with ten head of steppers belonging to E. D. Oould.where be will pat the finishing touches on be fore the spring races open. Ben Rhodes accompanied the string and will re . with them till the stesoa closes. WOTBMKMEa. l WI - wniBanRBa vhb data ta !! e r aaneerinnnsi MrMintail Car. BasaittaBOaS HOaU sraatetotfcaaf-aaref Speaking for ourselves, we are free to say that we hugely enjoyed the speech of Senator Mason in the United States senate the other day on the Cuban ques tion. By all means send ships down there laden with provisions, but be sure to send also Uncle Sam's demand that those who have been waging a war against bloody-minded tyrants, for the right to life, liberty and a decent meas ure of happiness, be allowed the rights of belligerents. We are not, as a rule, iu favor of war, but this is the exception. We believe in peace, but sometimes it must be fought for. So long as the present state of affairs holds in Cuba, it is sublime mockery in U. S. moralists pointing the finger of scorn at the great powers of Europe for allowing the butch ery of christians in Armenia. If Spain should be offended up to the battle-heat, at a just demand, let it be so. The sit uation of the American people just now may be likened to an army, ready and eager to fight, under the fire of the ene my and, for the moment, not allowed to fire back. The proverbial patience of the American people was about exhaust ed, on this subject, with the close of the Cleveland administration. And, verily, the patience now exhibited with Spanish butchers and lecherous villians high in authority, is by no means a virtue and worthy of imitation. Since the foregoing was put in type, it is announced from Washington that on Thursday last after a warm debate, in which Senator Thurston took part by an eloquent speech of an hour's length in favor of the measure, the following resolution was passed by a vote of 41 to 14: Resolved, That a condition of public war exists between the government of Spain and the government proclaimed and for some time maintained by force of arms by the people of Cuba, and that the United States of America shall main tain a strict neutrality between the con tending parties, according to each and all the rights of belligerents in the ports and territory of the United States. The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad company has declared a divi dend of one per cent for the last quarter. DIFFER OH THE TARIFF Difference of Opinion Among Republican Senators. BROUGHT OUT IN PAETT 0AU0US. AeaeadiaeaU Mutt lie Submitted to Re abllcan Sfeaabrra of finance Commit tee aad If 'Appro ed by the Committee Are Offered to tbe Senate ir Rejected Mast Be Submit led to a Caucus. Washington, May 25. The Repub lican caucus yesterday emphasized the tact that there is a wide divergence of opinion among the Republican senators on rates of duty fixed in the various schedules of the tariff bills. The sen ators were in caucus nearly four hours. The only official announcement made after the caucus adjourned was that it was decided to appoint three senators iu addition to the Republican members of the finance committee, who were to act as a committee to assist in getting the tariff bill through the senate. It was generally stated, however, that an agreement had been reached that there should be no set speeches on the bill from the Republican side except that of Senator Aldrich. Aaaeadaneats Go to Committee. A resolution offered by Senator Bur rows was agreed to by those present. It sets forth that the sense of those present, there not being a full attend ance of the caucus, was that Republican senators having amendments to offer, should present them to the Republican members of the finance committee and if the amendments are approved by the committee they are to be offered in the senate. If disapproved the sena tors presenting them are to have the right to submit them to the Republican caucus, which 'is to be called upon each schedule if amendments to it are pro posed. The finance committee is to hold aesaionB each evening for the purpose of hearing propositions from Republican senators, and to decide upon the ad visability of presenting such amend--amenta in the senate. In the early part of the caucus Sen ator Aldrich was called upon for an ex planation of the bill and some of the amendments. During the remarks Senator Cullom called for a statement on the sugar schedule. The explana tion presented was largely technical, but the senators who heard hjm understood that the house schedule would largely exclude the coarse and low grades from Java, the Philippine islands and other points. The effect of the house schedule would be to shut out the lower and cheaper grades of sugar, the system of compound duties presented by the sen ate bill being for the purpose of making this equality. The average rate in the senate bill was 75 per cent, with a differ ential of of a cent on refined sugar. Senator Aldrich said that this was not as advantageous to the sugar refiners as the house bill. The explanation seemed to cause general satisfaction. At least, no one questioned the senator further. Length of Debate, There was some discussion upon the length of time the bill should be under diacmssion in the senate. Senator Mason suggested that as soon as the opening speeches we made a move should be taken towards having a vote om the bill in two weeks. It was de cided to ask that after the debate had ran along for a week the senate begin its sessions at 11 o'clock and sit until 6 -iH) and have sessions from 8 to 11 p. m. Debate on various schedules con sumed the time of tha caucus. A great deal of opposition was developed to the increased tax on beer and duty on tea. Flatt (N. Y-), Hanna (O.) and Spooner (Wis.), were especially vigorous in their opposition to the increased tax on beer. Western senators referred to the wool schedule. Warren of (Wyo.), ap pearing as tbe spokesman for the wool growers of the west, said that the duties proposed by the committee were in his judgment inadequate, and he thought there should be increases on the lines of the amendments proposed by western senators. Senator Lodge spoke against the doty on hides, saying he did not see how he could avoid offer ing an amendment which proposed placing hides on the free list. This statement raised a storm among west ern men, who said that if such a method was proposed they would be compelled to vote for placing certain articles on the free list or for reducing the duty on them. The question of abrograting the Hawaiian treaty caused a lively debate. Bwi tor Aldrich stated that the commit tee intended to bring in an amendment to this portion of the bill. Senator Frye opposed the abrogation in the strongest possible terms, while Nelson (Minn.) made a vigorous speech in sup port of the committee amendment, de- atariag that the reran which would Be raised from the duty on Hawaiian sugar would be greater than that which the committee expected to get front tea. He declared that the admission of Hawaiian sugar tree was in the interest of the sugar refiners and consumers re ceived no benefit from it. Tillman Announce Karle'e Death. Washington, May 25. The death of Senator Earle of South Carolina was re ' ferred to in eloquent terms in Chaplain ! Milburn's prayer in the senate yester j day. Following this Tillman (S. C.) made the formal announcement of Mr. Earle's death and offered a resolution expressing the profound sorrow of the senate. Asa further mark of respect the senate at 12:15 p. m. adjourned. j Oils Assumes Coinmaad. i Denver, May 25. Brigadier General . E. S. Otis, who has been assigned to the aommand of the department of the ; Colorado to succeed Major General , Frank Wheaton, retired, arrived its Denver today and assumed command of the department, issuicg a general order to that effect. Gaaaiauer ItefcaU Borer. Orilua, Ont., May 25. Gaudauer defeated Rogers by thi re lengths in the race for the sculling chant, ionsbip. GOVERNOR PARDONS SATTLEY. Kaaaaa City Ex-Bank Cashier Quietly Given Hie Freedom. Jefferson City, Mo., May 25. Elmer C. Sattley, who last year began a four years' sentence in the state peni tentiary for illegal banking as cashier of the Kansas City Safe Deposit and Savings bank, which failed in 1893. owing depositors over $2,000,000, was pardoned by Governor Stevens last night and left for Chicago in company with his brother. He will go to Los Angeles, Cal., where his wife is said to be dying. The release of the ox-cashier was ac complished ho quietly that none but the governor and the, prison officials knew that he had gone until this morn ing. The pardon was the result of letters from prominent persons in var ious parts of the state. Governor Stevens, explaining his action says: "I have never believed Sattley to be guilty. He was a clerk and responsible to the directors and his superiors and acted only ou orders." Sattley was convicted in July, 1894, of having received deposits after know ing the bank was practically broken and was given a four years' sentence. He applied for a new trial and pending action on the motion engaged in real estate business iu Chicago. The bank failed iu the panic of 1893, catching depositors for over $2,000,000. Its vaults were found to contain only $11,000 and since then the assignees have been able to pay but 5 per cent, ou the dollar to the 8,000 depositors. An investigation of the bank's affairs showed that President J. C. Darragh, ex-President H. P. Churchill and Cashier Sattley had harrowed thousands of dollars of the depositors' money on worthless securities. Indictments against President Darragh are still pending. STEAMERS TO CARRY GRAIN. Easy For Navy Department to Obtain Tbeui Ou the Pacific Coast. Washington, May 25. The navy de partment is meeting with greater suc cess on the Pacitio coast in its quest for American steamers to carry grain to the famine stricken in India than on the Atlantic. The agent of the department at San Francisco has telegraphed that he expects the steamer City of Everett iu port within six days. She is an American steamer of 2,000 tons capacity and the owners ask $40,000 for her charter. The San Frauciscoans already have G50 tons of grain on hand and can make up the balance of the cargo at short notice. Conference Iu a Tangle. Toi.edu, Ja:, May 25. At the United Brethren general conference the mis sionary board was advised to seud none as foreign missionaries who have not made the necessary preparations. There has been considerable talk to the effect that the names ou the list to be voted for as directors of the various boards had beed packed. It was asserted names had been taken off the lis when in the hands of the printer, and others substi tuted. It was sent back to be recon structed. The conference was in quite a tangle for sometime yesterday over the matter of nominations when it ad journed. 1 1 IUI 't Excaraioa For Postal Delegates. Washington', May 25. A special ex cursion has been arranged for the dele gates to fhe universal postal congress. On Friday they will leave here for St. Louis on a special train. A brief stop will be made at Pittsburg to permit the delegates to inspect the works of the Westinghouse Electric company and the Carnegie Steel company. From St. Louis they will go to Nashville to view the Tennessee exposition, thence to Chicago and return via Niagara Falls. The trip will last eight or 10 days. Terras of .Striking; Taylors. New York, May 25. Meyer Schoen feld. leader of the striking tailors, todav gave out the terms upon which the men would return to work. These are that 59 hours shall constitute a week's work; that the workers shall be paid by the week instead of by the task system, and that only union men shall be em ployed. A scale of wages is also presented. By this scale the manu facturers would bo forced to pay a 25 cent advance on present rates. Chapter Given to Tharatea. Lincoln, May 25. The compilers of the acts of the last session of the legis lature have completed their work of preparing the copy for (he printer. The last chapter in the book, which will be twice as large as usual, is to be given op to (he resolution of instructions to Senator John M. Thurston ou the silver question. i in mm . u oi" lluffalo Go to Berlin. Lincoln, May 25. The eight buffalo which have been kept by Henry Hohlt at Lincoln for several years, have been sold and will be taken to the zoological gardens, Berlin. The price said to have been paid for the eight was $8,000. John Shertuaa Sentenced. Atlantic, la.. May 25. Judge Macy sentenced John Sherman of Anita, la., to eight full years in the penitentiary. His crime was tbe seduction of Minnie Blood, a 13-year-old girl of the same place. Williams aad Ryan Slga. New York, May 25. Tom Williams of Australia has signed articles for a 20 roond contest with Tommy Ryan at the Empire Athletic club, Syracuse, June 21. Katioaal League Games. Boston 5: Louisville. 3. Kichols and Bergen ; Magee and Wilson. Chicago. 1: New York. 4. Griffith and Kit fridge: Meekia. Sullivan and Warner. Cincinnati. 4: Brooklyn. & Shines, Khret aad Sari ver; Kennedy and Grim. Cleveland. V, Philadelphia. 8. Yooag andZim saer ; Taylor and Clements. St. Loots. 7; Washington. 11 Hart aad Me Farland; ICeJames, King and VcGaire. WKSTSBS LBAGCX. Miaaeapotta, : 8t- PanL . MllwaakM, 8; JasUaaaaoUa, L IOWA SHIPPER LOSES. Supreme Court Decides In Fa vor of Northwestern. TWO PABS0HS ABE TUBVED D0WH. An Important Point on Tennre or OMre Is Decided President Baa Power to Ke move Nebraska Maziiaam Kate Case Goes Over lotha October Ter m Koine j a Gets Oa With a Reprimand. Washixgton-. May 24. The United States supreme court decided two cases today, holding that the United States interstate commerce commission has no power to prescribe rates ou railroads which it may control iu the future. The cases were those of the commission against the Cincinnati and New Orleans railroad company and the Florida and Western. x The decision is construed to mean that the interstate commerce commis sion has no power to pass upon rates before they are pnt into effect. Decide la Favor : Kiillroada. An another case invoking the inter state commerce law was that of E. M. Parsons, plaintiff in error, against the the Chicago and Northwestern railway in which Parsons, an Iowa shipper, sued for $1,550 on account of alleged discriminations in freights on corn and oats between Iowa and Nebraska points to the eastern seaboard. The company in 1887 charged 21 cents per 100 pounds from Iowa to Chicago and 11 cents from Nebraska to Chicago on goods bound for New York, Boston, Philadelphia or Baltimore and Parsons, claiming thai the value of corn and oats at Chicago was the seaboard price, less the freights, attempted to recover 10 cents per 100 pounds on 241.710 pounds. The court in the opinion given by Justice Brewer sustains the circuit court of appeals, which decided iu favor of the railroad company. Justice Brewer said there was no averment that tho rates were unreason able, that Parsons is not seeking to re cover money inequitably taken from him, but on account of the wrongful conduct of the company. Before a shipper can recover under the interstate commerce act he must show not only the wrong done by the carrier, but that it is operated to his injury, says tho court. If he had shipped to New York and been charged local rates he might have recovered any excess thereon over the through rates. The case of the St. Joseph and Grand Island Railroad company against R. M. Steele, sheriff of Doniphan county, Kan sas, was dismissed for want of jurisdic tion. The case involved the right to collect local taxes on a bridge over the Missouri river by the state of Kansas. Prenilrnt Can Itrinove Official. Justice Peckhatn handed dowu an opinion in the case of L. E. Parsons, late district attorney for the northern district of Alabama, appealed from the court of claims. The decision was ad verse to Parsons' claim that he was en titled under section 679 of the revised statutes, to hold his office for four years, notwithstanding the president's order of removal. Justice Peckhau said that while the appointment was for four years, it might be terminated earlier, at the discretion of the president. The judgment of the court of claims was affirmed. The determination of this case was looked forward to with interest because of its effect upon the removal of office holders incident to the change of ad ministration. Parsons was removed from the office of United States district attorney in Alabama in 1893, having been appointed in 1890. He wrote a letter to the president refusing to sur render the place on the ground that as be had been appointed for a term of four years tbe president had no right to re move hint before the expiration of that time. He has fought the case through the various courts on this theory, losing in the lower courts as he did today in the supreme court. Afljmiru Until October. After rendering final decisions on 36 cases and giviug attention to other business the United States supreme court adjourned until next October. When the court crier announced the final adjournment for the terra there were apparently 3S0 cases on the docket undisposed, but there was actually 35!) cases, 31 liaviug already been argued and submitted. This is a smaller number than tbe record of the court has shown for 30 years. At the conclusion of the term ending a year ago there were 533 cases undisposed of, and since then 284 have been added, making a total of 817 con tained in the docket for the year. Of this number 438 have beeu finally dis posed of and the principal labor done in 21 others. Including the 21 cases argued, in which no opinions have beeu rendered are several of considerable importance. Among them are the Ne braska maximum freight rate cases, the controversy between the Baydeu power brake and the Westinghouso air brake companies as to the validity of the iattcr's invention, the Alabama Midland case involving the validity of the Lesas long and short haul elause of the interstate commerce act, the south ern states case and two or three ether important private laud cases. President KemlU Bomeya's Sentepee. Washington, May 25. Tho president has remitted the sentence of dismissal imposed by court martial on Captain Romeyn, Fifth infantry, who, after a sensational trial was convicted recently of assault on Lieutenant O'Brien of the same regiment at Ft. McPherson, Ga. In view of the fact that Captain Romeyn will retire by operation of law oa June 1, the president believes that the ends of justice will be secured by bis severe reprimand. MAKE A GOOD SHOWING Report of Presbyterian Com mittee on Home Missions. EXPENSES KEPT BELOW IHCOME. Work Progressing; Well In Spite of the Stringency of the Times Eighty-Third Anniversary of Baptist Mission Union Begins at Pittsburg Work of the Year Reviewed. Eagle Lake, Ind., May 25. The first order at the Presbyterian general assem bly today was the report of the Freed' men's board. Although no new work has been projected for the past four years the board found itself operating two large and fully equipped boarding schools for girls that were not on the list last year, one at Auniston, Ala., and the other at West Point, Miss. The forme" was the gen erous gift of Mrs. Phineas M. Barber oi Philadelphia, the other the Mary Holnicu seminary, starting again after a lapse o' nearly two years, the first building having been burned. Tha first men tioned cost $50,000 and is out of debt. The latter cost $39,000 and is mortgaged for $5,000. Besides these two schools, all the other 17 boarding schools had been retained, but the terms had been reduced. Twelve are allowed only six I months each, two five months and the narochial schools four months. The nnmlmr of th latter Una Iwvm mrinrawl by 20. Tho board had endeavored to carry on the work within its reduced limits with the least possible outlay, and in the interest of economy the services of the treasurer as a salaried officer and also of the field secretary had been dis pensed with. These changes effected a reduction of expense of $2,966. An in crease in the real estate item togethex with the fact that the receipts fell to a lower figure than they had fallen in the last eight years had operated to increase the debt, the amount last year being I e.-. $51,275 as against $26,123 the previous year. The standing committee on this re port reported through Dr. Thomas Law rence, Asheville, N. C, chairman. After reviewing the work of the board, resolu tions were introduced commending the work and urging the board's claim on the 4,000 contributing churches and in dividual givers. The second order was the report on home missions. It began with a review of the financial conditions of the past few years and their bearings upon the debt of the board. During three years there has been a decline in receipts amounting to $213,000. At the beginning of the present fiscal year the board had a debt of $310,000, which had been reduced to $121,196. For the purposes of current work the board received a total of $800,770, nearly $300,000 of which was credited to the Woman's Executive Committee of Home Missions. The total contributed by the churches was $476,115, and legacies brought in $105,589. During the year 1,416 ministers bad been in the pay ol the board, of whom i:;l were in New York, 120 in Kansas, 100 in Iowa, 93 iu Minnesota, 84 each in Michigan and Nebraska, 75 in California, 74 iu South Dakota. 66 in Washington and a smallet number in the rest of the states and territories in which the board operates. There had also been 308 teachers at work. Additions to tho churches num bered 8,522, nearly one-half of whom were adults who received baptism. In connection with the board are 2,180 Sunday schools and 1,617 churches. Tho total expenditures for the yeat were $716,371, of which $650,877 was for missionary and school work, $19,332 for administration of the women's execu tive committee and $32,418 for the ex penses of the administration of the main office. Tho board holds the fol lowing sums as trust funds: $222,791, the income of which is for current ex penses; $18,393 for the women's com mittee and $95,500 held in trust during the life of persons designated by the donors, but which will become the prop erty of the board upon the decease of such beneficiaries. Besides, the board owns half interest in the Presbyterian building in New York. The assembly adopted a resolution of fered by John Wanamaker congratu lating Queen Victoria upon her 78tb birthday. Baptist Missionary Union. Pittsbl'RO, May 25. After devotional exercises, conducted by Rev. Emory W. Hunt of Ohio, the 83rd anniversary of the American Baptist Missionary nnion begin in the Fourth Avenue Bap tist church at 10 a. m. The American Baptist Missionary union, organized May , 18, 1814, has charge of all the foreign mission work and also has a number of institutions for higher education estab lished under its control in foreign lands. The convention was called to order by Rev. Henry F. Colby of Ohio, the presi dent, after which the report of the ex ecutive committee was presented. The report gave au interesting account of the work done during the past year. The treasurer's report showed that he received $467,101.89. The expenditures were $759,823.21, leaving a deficit of $292,721.32. G?the $580,855.68 appro priated for the year, $494,537.86 was for the various missions, $2,737.08 for publi cations, $19,504.40 for annuities, $26, 810.9.? for district secretaries and agencies, $21,749.50 for executive offi cers, $11,233.82 for general expenses and $4,281.86 for interest account. After the reading of the report Rev. W. H. Cossum, a missionary from China, arose and said? he was opposed to re trenchment. ''You sent me to China to work," he said, "and you cau't re trench me. You can't retard the work by retrenchment. I say to John D. Rockefeller, or any man who offers us money: First consecrate yourself to God; make your gift clean and we will accept it. Otherwise we should not touch it. I do not say this about John D. Rockefeller, particularly, or alone, but to all wao make such offers." THACKERAY AND GOETHE. The Xorellst'a First Interview With tho fireat Foei. In The Century there is an articlo by Walter Vulpius, entitled "Thackeray at Weimar. ' ' The following is Thackeray 's account of his first meeting with Goethe: Of course I remember very well the perturbation of spirit with which as a lad of 19 I received tho long expected invitation that the Herr Geheimerath would see me. This notable audience took place in a little antechamber of hjs private apartments, covered all round with antique casts and bas-reliefs. He was habited iu a long gray drab red ingote, with a white neckcloth and a red ribbon in bis buttonhole. He kept his bands behind his back, just as in Ranch's statuette. His complexion was very bright, clear and rosy, his eyes ex traordinarily dark, piercing and bril liant. I fancied Goethe must have been still more handsome as an old mau than even in the days of his youth. His voice was very rich and Bweet. He ask ed me questions about myself, which I answered as bea$ could. Vidi tantum I saw him but three times once walking in the garden of his house in the Fraueuplan. once going to step into bis chariot on a sunshiny day, wearing a cap and a cloak with a red collar. He was caressing at tbe time a beautiful little golden haired granddaughter, over whose sweet, fair face the earth has long since closed. Alma vou Goethe died at tbe age of 17 years while on a visit in Vienna in 1644. Though his sun was setting, the sky round about was calm and bright, and that little Weimar was illumined by it. In every one of those kind salons the talk was still of art and letters. At the court the conversation was exceedingly friend ly, simple and polished. The grand duchess, a lady of very remarkable en dowments, would kindly borrow our books from us and graciously talk to us young men about our literary tastes and pursuits. In the respect paid by this court to the patriarch of letters there was bomething ennobling, I think, alike to the subject and sovereign. AN OCEAN VOYAGE. Proper Fees to Fay on Board aa Atlantic liner. Fees are too indefinite to be regulated by rule, but certain amounts are cus tomary at 6ea. The voyager, if he is not seasick, is dependent for comfort first on the table steward. To this man it seems to be the rale to give $2.60 for one, or $5 for two or three persons in a party, wh8ther one is served in regular J I courses or orders what ne pleases from . t00 D"l- Late suppers might increase i n fee. One's next best friend is tbe deck steward, if be is attentive and has fol lowed out suggestions about tbe steam er chair and rugs. Sometimes one can eat on deck when it is fatal to go below, and then, if the deck steward is oblig ing, be deserves the larger part of what would go to the table steward in reg ular course. If the weather is at all fair, it is most agreeable to find one's chair well placed and the rugs dry ev ery morning, especially if one is in clined to seasickness. Moreover, this steward is the one who continuously brings sandwiches and broth on deck, and, as he is obliged himself to fee the cook's assistant to get these articles pre pared, it is clear that he should be well remembered at parting, if any one is. On many lines his pay, like that of most of the stewards, is not higher than .$13 a month, and the company, on gen eral principles, keeps back one-third to pay for breakage. Another third goes to the cooks in fees. Where, therefore, would he be without tips? Lewis Mor ris Iddings in Scribner's. The Sootchwoanan'a Bask Notes. A poor old widow living in tho Scot tish highlands was called upon one day by a gentleman who had heard that she was in need. The old lady complained of her condition and remarked that her son was in Australia and doing welL "But does h do nothing to help you?" inquired the visitor. 'No.uothiug, ' ' was the reply. "He writes me regularly once a month, but only sends me a lit tle picture with his letter." The gentle man asked to see one of the pictures that she had received and found each one of them to be a draft for 10. That .is the coudition of many of God's children. He has given us many "exceeding great and precious prom ises" which we either are ignorant of or fail to appropriate. Many of them seem to be pretty pictures of an ideal peace and rest, but are not appropriated as practical helps iu daily life. And not one of theso promises is moro neglected than the assuruueu of salvation. An opeu Bible pluces them within reach of all, and we may appropriate the bless ing which such a kuowledgo brings. Dwight L. Mccdy in Ladies' Home Journal. " LINCOLN'S JUIIEND. STORIES OF THE EARLY LIFE OF THE MARTYRED PRESIDENT. Philip Clark of Mattooa Told Sosae Things About Abe That Other Histo rians Overlooked Additional Testi mony to the Big lleaxt of Uacola. The late Philip Clark of Mat toon, Ills., w:is a lifelong friend of Abraham Lincoln. A short time before his death Uncle Philip said iu conversation with a correspondent of the Chicago Times Herald: "I do not bclicvo tho tailor ever lived who was skillful enough to make clothes to fit Lincoln. Ho was the roughest aud most irregular inuu in outline I ever saw. But uo child was afraid of him, and no woman would declare him to bo ugly. Yet any description of his appear ance you would write down would war rant the conclusion that he was any thing but good looking. Why, I must tell you, tho very skin cf tbe man did not fit, fcr it appeared to bo loose on his features, and I knew him from youth to age. After the Black Hawk war Lincoln was seized with politi cal aspirations, but failed to get the coveted position of representative. Ho met with an obstacle in my-friend Peter Cartwright, a good man, whom I also knew as well as a brother in these dreary days. After 1832 I saw Lincoln quite often iu Springfield, where he then lived. I had met with some reverses, and after compounding medicines, tho nature of which I had learned from the Indians, which medi cines were sold by Drs. Robinson and Shields, I took my money and went in to partnership with the merchants Gar rett and Douglas, aud we bought hogs and fattened them on the must and what corn we could buy in thu fields. "The crop was poor that year, and we bought a great deal of ground at $3 per aero and needed the service of a man to measure the ground. I did this part of tbe business and hit upon Abe Lincoln as that man. He had a sort of survey ing outfit. I hired Lincoln to do this work for us and gave him the rather re markable wages of $1 a day for his serv ices. Abe I always called him by his name thanked me gratefully for this because ho knew and I knew we could havo got the work done for 50 cents a day. But I wait u friend of Abe, aud my fortunes had turned for the bright er. So Lincoln remained in our service a few days ae a sort of accountant for us. "We turned cur hogs in the fields, driving thent iu droves to the same. When weighing time came, Abe assist ed us again. I can see him now stand ing by the old steelyards. They are near ly all gone now. Ve would tie the hog's legs together and swing him up, and then Abe would sing out the weight, take a pair of scissors and cnt a bunch of bristles off the neck to show the ani mal had been weighed. Hogs in those days had longer bristles than the breeds of today, and the clipping could be seen by any drover. On one of these days he weighed 900 hogs for us. "Lincoln was a friend of temperance also. Wo were together one night in a country neighborhood when some one proposed that we all go to the church close by to hear the Rev. John Berry preach a sermon on temperance, After listening attentively Abe remarked to me that thatsnbject would some time be one of the greatest in this country. "Lincoln loved debate and could tell an anecdoto with great effect In one of his early races for congress I heard him debate with Peter Cartwright, who was fbe terror of every local orator, as his opponent. He asked Cartwright if Gen eral Jackson did right in the removal I believe it was cf the bank deposits. Cartwright evaded the question and gavo a very indefinite answer. Lincoln remarked that Cartwright reminded him of a hunter ho once knew who rec ognized tho fact that in summer the deer wcro red and in the winter gray, and at ono season, therefore, a deer might resemble a calf. The hunter had brought down ono at long range, when it was hard to see the difference, and boasting of his own marksmanship had said, 'I shot at it so as to hit it if it was a deer and miss it if a calf. ' This convulsed the audience and carried them with Lincoln. "Gratitude was a religion with him. Lincoln was a poor financier. He was not a manager and seldom had any mon ey ahead. When he came to Springfield from Salem, he had been boarding for a year with a man named Nelson Ally at $1.50 per week and was in debt to him $70. Misfortune overtook Ally long aft er that, and be became an inmate pf the Knox county poorhonse. Lincoln went in person and had him taken from the county house and given another home. He then asked Judge Davis to see that Ally should be cared for in case he (Lin- BPfiHlD Farm Loans, And Insurance.. COLUMBUS, cola) should die first. I heard this con tract between Lincoln and Davis. Ally survived Lincoln two years. I knew him well. "The last time I saw Lincoln was in September, 1863. I went to Washington to settle some business in regard to a large tract of swamp lands 1 owned, and while at my hotel I met Ward La moa, whom I knew welL He told me that he knew Mr. Lincoln would be very glad to see me and insisted on my calling the next day, which 1 accord ingly did, and that occasion I will nev er forget. I was ushered into the room where he was conversing with a num ber of generals in great glitter and show of uniform. He cordially received me and introduced me to a number of these gentlemen aud related to them a part of our early flatboating experiences. Dur ing this conversation you could hear a pin fall, each close attention did they all give as, which was to my embar rassment at the time. 1 never saw him again until I gazed upon his remains after the awful tragedy of his assassina tion." Mr. Cratehar to Philip. "Philip," s:.id Mr. Gratebar, "al ways write plainly, so thut what yon write can be read. And above all things make your signature unmistakably clear. Thus, even on paper, you will coutiuuo to look everybody square in the eye." New Yor Sun. To salute with the left hand is a deadly insult to Mohammedans in tho east. The principal part of a Kaffir's re ligion consists in singing and danciug. XlllllllllltllllllllllHIllllltimttHIIIIIIUlIM tijtjWrs. MlHIIIimiMimtltmmillimttHrHHIHHl Stanton Picket: Norfolk ia to have a salvation army post. A representative of that spirit-arresting, sin-destroying or ganization has been there and completed all necessary arrangements for its estab lishment. With its railroad divisions, sugar factory, camp meeting, north and south railroad, a salvation army and Dr. Mackay, Norfolk will be a city of great and varied attractions. David City Banner: Lieutenant Gov ernor J. E. Hams will be present and deliver the oration at the commence- niont exercises. May 28. Mr. Harris gave the address at the dedication of the Omaha Exposition and is a fino orator. The Baccalaureate services will lie con ducted by Rev. Schwi:nly at St. Luke's nrxt Sunday morning. May 23. Subject 'The Unfolding of a Life." Xeligh Tribuno: J. R. Nichol of the Willow is experimenting on a small scale with the Campbell system of soil culture. He has a couple of acres of small grain properly planted iu drills far enough apart to admit of cultivation, and this test if properly made in every re spect, will be just as satisfactory as though 100 acres were experimented with. Mr. Nichol is to be commended for his determination to thoroughly in vestigate this system which promises so much to the future of this section of coun try. Bellwood Gazette: The prospects for a large yield of fruit are said to never have been so Mattering in this locality than they are at the present time. Even the small trees that have only been set out a year or so have every appearance of a prolific yield, and it is to be hoped that nothing will occnr to impair the outlook All farmers) and business men of Butler county are hereby called to meet at the district court room in the court house at David City, Butler coun ty, Neb., on Wednesday, June 2d, 1897, at 1 o'clock p. m. to take steps to organ ize for the purpose of securing the erec tion of a beet sugar and chicory kiln in Butler county next year, and to make conditional contracts to raise 3,000 acres and upwurds of sugar beets and chicory for a period of not lees than five years, conditional on factories being located here. Xatleaal Eeeratlaaal AwierlstleB Stellar. For the meeting of the National edu cational association at Buffalo in 1896 the excellent service given by the Union Pacific was commented on by all those who had the pleasure of using that line. This year our educational friends meet in Milwaukee, Wis., July C to 9, and members of tbe association and others from points west of tbe Missouri river, should by all means take the Union Pacific. The service of tbe Union Pacific via Omaha or Kansas City is the very best. The equipment consists of handsome day coaches, chair cars, Pullman buffet and drawing room Bleepers, dining cars and buffet smoking and library cars. Fewer changes than via any other line. One fare, plus S2.f0 for tbe round trip will be the rate from all points west of the Missouri river for this meeting. For il lustrated matter, folders, etc., call on or write, J. R. Meagher. lQmavfit Within the last week we have made arrangements, so that we can furnish to our readers the Chicago Weekly Inter Ocean and Columbcs Journal, when paid in advance, at 81.75. tf Business 4ltHtes. Advertisements under this head five cents a lineeach insertion. "HTM.SCHILTZ makea boots and ahoeeintha best styles, and usee only tbe very beat toekthat can be pmeared in the market. 32-tf LEGAL NOTICE. To all whom it may concern: The Board of Hoperrisors in reiralar session April l"th. IW, declared the following section line opened aa a public road, viz: Commencing at the Southwest corner of Hee- uon J. lown if, nance i west, aau raaniaa' thence duo East on section lino two miles and terminating at Houtheaet corner of Section 7. Town 1. Range 1 East, of the Sixth Principal Meridian. Now all objections thereto or claims for damages caused thereby must be tied in the County Clerk's oSce Saturday May 22d. ldSO, or such road may he established without far ther reference thereto. Dated, Columbus, Nebr., April 21st. WOT. K-FOHL, 28ApnMt Cosatf Clerk. i JMl I & CO., Real Estate NEBRASKA. . C. 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