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COLTIBUS, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY. JULY 7, 1897.
WHOLE NUMBER 3,417.
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A KISS ASTfiAY.
WO mea -were sit
ting at a table la a
quiet corner of the
cafe of one of the
uptowa fashionable
hotels of New York
one eveaiag last
wiater. From time
to time cae or tae
ether took up the
glass staadiag be
fore him, exaaiiaed
It -with gratuitous miaateness. sipped
a few drops of ;ts coatnts, aad set it
back oa the table. Nothiag ras said
by either beyond sour eommoaplace
rpmark about the weather or a guest
at aaother tabte Eoth -were raiting
for something one to tell a story, the
other to hstea to it. But the first could
net appareatly force himself into a
mood for confidence, and the second
could not force a confidence not freely
given.
Supposing thenr'to'be' unmanr!?.'
stranger -would say that there would
be little to choose between them in the
eyes of the other sex. since one was
quite as attractive as the other, and
both would pass for fiae-lookiag.
FlaaHy the oae who was to tell the
story iaterrupted the exchange of
trivial remarks with this, apropos of
nothing that had gone before it:
"WelL of course, this ends me with
the Temple tons."
"Oh. I doa't see why. Jack," was the
Easwer, takea up evidently where it
had beea left nafinished oa some for
mer occasion. "Youll have to go there.
all the same. Once m a while, any
way, just as if nothing had happened."
"No; this ends the whole business.
NatsraHy you don't see why. but you
would If I toki yon everything. It's
just as well, though. I was rather ex
pecting to zo abroad next month, and
now I shall have all the excuse I aeed
for roing at once."
"But she "
"Oh, ao matter about her. I've fin
ished myself in that cuarter for good
aad alL"
K-m. Even so. Why should you
"What's the use af springing that
cid stuff about other fish in the sea'
on me? This isn't that sort of an af
fair with me Like an infernal ass I
coeidn't keep it to myself, not from
you, anvway. Bui I can trust you.
"What did those old Templetoas want
to interfere w-.th it
've ben a
trifle fast. I've pent a pot of money.
I've done heaps of thin:r I'm not par
ticularly proud of remembering. Bat
with her I would be only too glad to
settle down. I don't suppose I could
make much f a fist of working for a
Irving now. Lcckily. I don't need to.
though, and I could be a decent citi
zen at any rate. But those Templetons
seem to have an idea that I'm a kind
of well-dressed tough, and they let me
know through mutual friends con
fuund their friends that I wouldn't
have any chance with her if they could
prevent it. Still. I've kept on calling
there pretty often. I couldn't stay j
away, and finally one day I told her 1
hew much I felt toward her."
There was a long silence here, but 1
Archie mad-' no attempt to end it. Jack i
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IN DUMB HQRROPw
tcok a sip from his lass. whirled it
aroead Lack and forth half a dozen
times on the table by the stem, aad at
last went oa without looking up.
"I suppose I may as well tell you
tisfi waoie thins. We went on after
ward jUit the same as ever, as far as
the Tempietons saw. They probably
tvok me to be a pretty rndustriouj call
er, hut nothing more. They took good
care, thotigh, not to leave as together
much. Still we found means of kep
Isr car aCair .going, and she promised
tc wait, dear mrl. as loag as necessary.
or until her father and mother get iato
a different frame of mind about me.
icu Know tnat way 1 nave 01 dr
rum-
mfcii out tunes on the piano?"
Tke qaesttoa seemed so irrelevant
tims Archie looked up amazed.
"Way. yes." he aaswered. hastily.
"What's that got ta do with it?"
T : ,- . .. - .
.veryiaiBg. everytaing. nen 1 '
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cuiee an aer I oiten used to sit down
at die piano while waiting for her to
csrae downstairs and play some mel
ody sfee ckM I was intimate eaough
with the family for that. I bad a fool
idea. I suppose, that my playing was
a kind of love message. Rubbish, of
cacrse. 3et a fellow in my condition
wfl! suppose anything. Sometimes I'd
he playing louder than usual and
waaMn't hear her whea she came iato
the room. Those times, if the old folks
weren't around, she would steal up be
hind me and put her hands oa my
shcuMers. Thea I weiL I used to put
my arms up aad pall her sweet little
face aown to miae. aad pshaw
w bar" the s?e ct remembering fr.i
t !
now;
Another pause wh:ch Archie filled '
up by Uhtin a fresh ciar and offer- I
Isg ne to Jack, who azed Waaklv at '
It seme minutes without accepting it. !
and thea continued:
"Night before last I called oa her.
TTh tniii c-iM cTrte Tn; flrei-n- irtr '
weak! see nv as "oon as osibte. Af
ter my usual fashion I weat to drum
niag oa the piano. I remember I wa?
playing at that time the levers' -song
ia Aida, whea they are buried alive.
I was blue, aad it seemed to fit th sit
uation, somehow. We we-e buried alrre
I thought, ia the tomb of the Temple
ton prejudices. I doc't know how long
I played I got interested ia the mu
sic Suddenly I felt the light pressure
of two hands oa my shoulders, aad I
reached hack over my head, as I had
dcxens o times .before, and drew her
fctce qaickly down to mine and kissed
It madly. In ancther secead I had
Iccpcd cS the piano ttool ia dumb
IBM.
svaffi
IV
JHcrrcr. I "had seen ae face amiMt
wasn't 17 Utile zirl at all. but her
mother, old Mrs. Templetoa. Heaver
knows what possessed her to &c
what she did, but she had doae it. 1
absolutely gasped with embarrassmeat,
and began stammenag all sorts of mis
erable apologies, finally blurting rut
like a double-dyed idiot, as I was: I
dida't dida't kaow it was you!' "
j " "Who did yen think it was?
1 xnat was ail the uld lady said, out 1
she said it with a north pole sort of i
deadly composure that set me shiver- ,
lag to my vitals with a cold perspira- '
tzoa. I saw in an instant that I had .
betrayed everything, 0 I plunged (
deeper into complete imbecility. 'My
dear Mrs. Templetoa, I didn't exactly
mean that. I'm sure I didn't mean aay-
taiag. but I was so startled I I
fact is, I'm not at all well this evea
iag. Please give my compliments to
Miss Templetoa, tvI say I was aot
feeliag well, aad had to leave without
seeiag her. Good eveaiagl With that
I fairly raa out of the room and the
house. "By the war I leffTtfiat one:
you like so much at the house, but I'm
satisfied so long as I got out alive.
j Now, do you think I shall do any more
calling at the Templetca's?"
If Jack was expecting either sym-
pathy or advice, aow that his story
was told, he certaialy got aeither ar
ticle from Archie, who broke out iato
a peal of laughter that attracted the
wonderiag atteation of every one in
the room, and evea startled the sedate
waiters.
"I really beg yoar pardon, old man." I
he said, when he could finally speak,
"but there is a tremendous fanny side
to your adventure. Honestly, my dear
Jack, I'm not laughing at you, but just j
think of making such an awful break
with old lady Templetoa! Why. she's 1
the main brace and cnief pillar in Dr. '
Barton's ehurch. and this is her first I
scandal in her long aad highly re- I
spectable career !" !
Jack gazed ruefully at Archie. !
"Well," he sighed. I daresay there la
something fuany about it for some- I
body else. But how about me aad '
her? What shall I do?"
"Do? Do aothing, old maa." was
the hilarious rejoinder. "You're all 1
right, and 11! bet a hat on It. You ,
just keep quiet and wait. Meanwhile ,
trust to me to keep mum." J
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When Jack reached his bachelor '
quarters that night he found this note
awaiting him:
West Fifty-first Street.
My Dear Jack: What did you do to
mamma the other aight? I came dowa- j
stairs and found her in the drawing- j
room instead of you. The gentleman 1
you call Jack trather familiar it seems !
to me) is ill," she said. "At least, he
told me so, and he asked me to present
his apologies for not waiting to see
ycu." Of course, I was dreadfully ;
frightened, but mamma said she was '
sure the illness was not in aay way '
caagerous, because she kaew what
caused it. Were you really very ill, j
Jack? Do you know, mamma was 1
just as sweet as she could be about it.
She comforted me, and said I should
write this note to you, "with her com-
plimenK," she was very particular j
about my puttiag that ia to ask you
to call at the house tomorrow moraing. '
She says she waats to talk to you about '
your illness (she to'd me to be sure to '
uaderliae that word). And, Jack, she
actually said she has beea looking up
your record, and she is convinced you 1
are a much better young maa thaa she j
has beea led to fceLeve. j
You will call tomorrow, as early as '
possible, won't you. Jack? I shall have I
lots to tell you. Always yours. !
December 15. 1SS5. GRACE. !
"I rather guess there will be a good
deal tc tell all around in that house
when I get there," thought Jack, as he ,
performed some foolishness over the ',
little nore. "I don't understand a bit
what Mrs. Templetoa is driving at, but
I'll call to see her tomorrow, with my ,
life In my hands, if the heaveas doa't
fall ia the meaatime."
j
Jack, at the present writiag. is a J
"decent citizen, at any rate." aad a j
married one. He recovered that cane 1
from the Temp'eton house some time !
ago. by tho by. and Archie is carrying 1
it aow as a zentle reminder that cer-
tain tbjngs are not to be discussed out
side of certain circles. Archie, also,
has a hat more than usual ia his col
lection of headzsur.
Lord Raberr" Witticism.
Duriag Lord Kcsebery s term as .
foreign secretary in Mr. Gladstone's
last administration, he was often aa- !
noyed by an elderly female who paid I
him daily visits to get his opinion on
matters of no importance to him what
ever. Finally, becomiag exasperated
at the woman, he gave the doorkeep
ers orders aot to admit her uader aay
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passed that she did not make an ef
fort to gain a hearing.aad oa aa uausu
ally late visit happeaed to meet the
secretary just as he was ab t to en
ter his carriage.
"Lord Rosebery." said : Breath
lessly, "I mast see ycu on a most im
portant subject, and at once."
"Very welL madam." said the ur
bane secretary of state, holding open
the dcor of the vehicle for her, "I beg
cf you to get in."
Delighted to be invited to drive with
so important a personage, the talka
tive lady jumped into the carriage.
Kcsebery gently closing the door on
her, aad before she could expostulate
she heard him saying to the coach-
""
"Take the iad;" erever she wishes
to James, aad then home."
Looking cut of the window, the now
ccnpaat saw her late victim
stepping iato a cab. Harper's Houad
Table.
Kl Loc of Bnmmcora.
The largest shipmeat of broomcara
ever made from the west was seat
receatly from Steriiag, Rice county,
Kansas, to a fae:ory ia New York state.
It filled tweaty cars and will supply
material for 600.C00 whisk brooms.
ConceUeti.
Mr. Crimsonbeak "I dca't believe a
ever stole aaythiag hut he lived
to regret it." Mrs. Crimsoabeak
"Ycu stole my heart, cace, Joaa."
"Yes." Yoakers Statesman.
Fewer potatoes are stnr raised
New EogUxd thaa fifty years aa
l , rnrtmn nirrmnrmn
r UAMi ClikCi OlLCilUXLLlJ.
GOOD SHORT STORIES FOR THE
VETERANS.
IJncotm Attended tm the
Xd of a Sick Soldier She TV rote
a Letter to His Siother Held
filccUi Relic by the Areoi.
Tubal Cain.
LT Tubal Cain was
a man of mlsht
In the days when
Earth was
youn?;
By the fierce red
light of his fur
nace bright
The strokes of his
hammer run?;
And he lifted high
his brawny hand
On the iron slow
ing clear.
Till the sparks rushed out in scarlet
showers,
A he fashioned the sword and spear.
miciiiiw. 'wufim. Iul m j -fcii-'
work!
Hurra for the spear and sword:
Hurra for the hand that shall wield
them well.
For he shall be kin? and lard!"
H.
To Tubal Cain came many a one.
As he wrought by his roarins lire.
And each one prayed for a strong steel
blade
As the crown of his desire;
And h made them weapons sharp and
strong;
Till they shouted loud for plee.
And gave him gifts of pearl and gold.
And spoils of the forest free.
And they sang- "Hurra for Tubal Cain.
Who hath given us strength anew!
Hurra for the smith, hurra for the
fire.
And hurra for the metal true!"
in.
But a sudden change came o'er his
heart
Ere the spttins of the sun.
And Tubal Cain" was filled with pain
For the evil he had done;
He saw that men. with rase and hate
Made war upon their kind.
That the land was red with the blood
they shed
In their last for carnage blind.
And he said "Alas! that ever I made.
Or that skill of mine should plan.
The spear and the sword for men whose
joy
Is to slay their fellow-man."
IV.
And for many a day old Tubal Cain
Sat brooding- o'er his woe;
And his hand forebore to smite the
ore
And his furnace smouldered low.
But he rosi at last with a cheerful face.
And a bright, courageous eye.
And bared his strong right arm for
work.
While the quick fiames mounted high.
And he t:insf "Hurra for my handi
craft!" And the red spark lit the air;
"Not alone for the blade was the bright
steel made;"
And he fashioned the first ploun
share. Y.
And men. taught wisdom from the
past.
In friendship joined their hands.
Hung the sword in the hall, the spear
on the wall.
And ploughed the willing Lands;
And sang "Hurra for Tubal Cain!
Our staunch god friend is he;
And for the ploughshare and the
plough.
To him our praise shall be.
But while oppression lifts its head.
Or a tyrant would be lord.
Though we may thank him for the
plough.
We'll not forget the sword!"
Charles Mackay.
Mrs. Lincoln oa a are.
"I have a letter ycu would like to
see. I guess," said Assemblyman
James K. Agen, of West Superior.
"With you?"
"No. It is too precious to carry
around in a grip or pocket."
"Wh wrote it. and what does i:
contaia?"
"Let me tell you a story before aa
sweriag ycur double question: In 1S54,
while following Grant near Richmond,
and when we had come so close to it
that they could hear our muskets, and
we their church bells. I was tricken
with a fever and sent to hospital. In
time taey landed me, more dead thaa
alive, m oae of the great hospitals at
Washington. I was a very sick bov.
Boy is right, for thai was all I was I
sweet 16. as a sir! of that a-e wnuirf
fce. For three weeks I had ao ambi
tion to live.
"One day. afrer I had passed the
danger point, and was taking a little 1
aotice uf what was raiaion a cnr:-..-
of ladies came through the hospital.
They had baskets containing deli
cacies and bouquets of beautiful dow
ers. One of them stopped at each cot
as they passed along. A bunch of
blossoms was handed to each sick or
j wounded soldier, and if he desired it
a delicacy of some kind was also dis
tributed. Every new and then one of
the women sat in a camp chair and
wrote a letter far the pear fellow who
hadn't the strength to write him
self. "I wanted nothiag to eat or drink,
but those pretty posies held my attea
tioa. One of the ladies stopped at mv
cot. I hada't yet got my full growth,
and in my then emaciated, pale condi
tion I must have looked like a child.
She seemed surprised as she looked at
me.
" 'You poor child, what brought you
here?'
" They sent me here from the Army
of the Pctcmac.'
" "But you are not a soldier?
" 'Yes. madam. I belong to a Neir
York regiment.- The surgeon here has
the record.
" 'Can I do aaythiag for you? Caa
you eat soraethiag or take a swallow
cf wiae?'
" Tm aot hungry or thirsty.
" 'Caa I write a letter for ycu?'
" "Not to-day. I'm tco w-ak.
'Thea I will leave some of these
flowers with you. Presideat Liacola
helped to cull them. I will come
agaia ia two or three days. Keep ua ,
your courage- You are going to get ,
welL Ycu must get well' ;
"sue was the first womaa who had
spokea to me siace I had reached the
.-... i-ou. u c a-trr.. aa (
which Mr. Liacola had 'helped to cuIL
anu tamjoag ot tae cear womaa wau ,
had spoken so Madly ?ti hopefully
had more effect in brighteaia my
spirits thaa all else that had occurred
in the hospital.
"Three days later the same lady
came g-?Ty and direct to my cot.
"'How is my little soldier boy to
day? she asked in a way so motherly
that it reminded me of my goad moth
er back in New York, the patriot moth
er who had given her coasent to my
going to the war after prayiag over
the matter maay times. The hospital
aagel that was what we learned to
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call those noble wcsicn after givinj
me a taetc of chicken and jelly, aska
me IT I had a mother. She mv W
th.e tear in my eyes that I hasL
'Now we will write jnotaer a It;
ter.' 4
"Then she sat by mv side and wraMt
the letter. I haca't been able to wi
for a moata. 3
" 'I iave told your mother that I aaj
near her soldier bo? and have talked
with him. What shall I tell her o
you? That ycu axe still too weak t0
write yourself?
'Please doa t tell her that. It wi
make her worry. Tell her I am fastj
gettiag well.' i"
"The first day I got home my moth
er asked me how I liked Mrs. lin
coin, the President's wife. 3
"I never met Mrs. Lincoln. What
made you think I had?'
"Then she took from a box closely
guarded in an old bureau a letter. It
read like this:
"Dear Mrs. Agent I am. sitinsby,l
tftg wag of "juufyJUiigf UUt. Heha-
been quite sick, but is getting well
He tells me to say to ycu that he is
all right. With respect for the moth
er of the young saldier.
"MSS. ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
"That was the first that I knew that
it was the Presideate wife "who had
made me those two visits. I begged
my mother to give me the letter. 'You
caa have it when I am gone. Whea
she died, a hoi and an old letter fold
ed ia a silk haadkerchief were amoag
her gifts to me.
"The boi, kerchief and letter will
pass along the Agea line as mementos
too sacred for everyday display. Chi
cago Times-Herald.
This Has the True Itiasr.
Grand Army men will generally ccn
dema the prcnositioa, now being dis
cussed at many points, with a view of
discoloriag the historical accounts of
our dealings with Eaglaad ia times of j
peace as well as ia times of war. The .
British press of New York and Chicagc
(several of the leading dailies of said
cities are said to be operated by British I
capital) are attempting to discredit the , fine; also one taxinr bachelors. An
several school histories aow ia use in j other provideJ a pension for old maids,
the public schools. "They iaspire dis-1 the same to accumulate as a dowry
trust of England," say these papers.
The school readers are also being at-1
taeked. We must abaadoa the truth '
and teach the false, if we will pleas?
impudeat aaglomaaiac sentiment, i
They would have us slobber all over
everything British and they would '
make of us a British province if they
could. The gradual undermining ol I
our school books has been going oa foi '
years, but lately It has become open
A bill before the Illinois legislature ,
j seeks to create a uniform system ot '
school cooks. Now a unuorm system '
of school becks sounds nice. But a
system, with all that teaches distrust
of England left out. would be a calam-'
I ".
ity. Wherever this snakish sentiment ;
against our school books shows itsell
it should be promptlv sunoressei
England has three times tried to crush
this republic, the last time in aid given
to the disunionists. It is our sacred
right to distrust England. Not only
that, but some day the people of this
republic will rise in their might and
drive the last vestige of British iafiu
eace from this continent. There can
be neither friendship nor peace be-
1 tweea a republic aad grasping mon
i archy. The Guard.
A Kindly Wor-.l.
the oicod-ataiaed
eai
bod;;
of a
ragged gunner who had fallen by his
gun with a mortal wound in his head, '
was a beat form of a ragged, forlorn, ,
powder-smoke i boy of fifteen. He had '
just kissed the lifeless face ,and now
tcod with quivering lips and with grief
i ;o deep for tears, gazing into the cold
1 .n-death face. The chaplain, just taen ,
' "cming up. heard this heart-irokea
oldier boy saying. "He is dead aad '
; I'm alonrr now in the world." I
The last of his brothers had fallen.
' a"d he wa5 without friends or home
No, you ai-j not aloae," said the
iitn.iiii. .i tic c-iiuei i iraiytu nis i
trembling hand. The first tears now
began to Sow dowa over his powder-
-tainetl caeeKs. mis Cartian sym
pathy poured over his achiag heart bad '
taellcwed it. aa I the thought of a new- I
fcuad friead gave this aching, bleed- '
mg heart some relief. A few cays af- I
ter tl is the zood chaplain gave him J
, a Christian baptism, and throngh the 1
kiadness of this Christiaa man. God
; raised up friends that day in the army
1 for this homeless orphan boy. aai en-
ablcd him to begin aright that Chris
tian lif j which in after years was so
( fruitful of good. The destiny of a life.
' and probably maay lives, turaed that
, day upoa those kiad words spoken
' jmid the daazers aad smoke of battle.
j for they lifted a burdea from a faiat
j ing heart. Sr, Louis Christian Advo
, cite.
The Flrt 3Icmorial Day Proclamation.
Extract from the G. A. R. Commander-in-Chiefs
Order, May 5, 1S5S.
We should guard their graves with
sacred vigilance. All that the conse
crated wealth aad taste of the Natica
(.aa add to their adorameat aad securi
ty is but a fittmg tribnte to the memo
ry of her slain defenders. Let no
wanton foot tread rudely on such hal
lowed grounds. Let pleasant paths in
vite the coming and going of rever
end visiters and foad mourners. Let
no vandalism or avarice cr neglect
no ravages of ame. testify to the pres
ent or to the coming generations that
-e have fcrgattea as a people the cost '
of a free aad undivided Republic
If otaer eves arow dun an. ntha-r
caads sIsc d other j
jve solemn trust, ours shall keep it
eI1 IoEg g Usj,. vaszaxh
Qf nfe T-prmT-; to as
Let us, thea. gather around their
sacred remaias aad zarlaad thp nas-
Icnless mounds above them, with the
choicest flowers nf cttt-i--;,. i.,-
emury lew LL3
raise aoove taem the dear old fia?
they saved from dlsacaorr let us ia
this solemn preseaee renew our pled
ges to aid aad assist those whom they
have left among us as a sacred charse
upoa a aaoa's gratitude the oI-
diers aad sailors widow and orphan. 1
JOHN A. LOGAN.
Greater New York will have an im
mense poulation, bui aevertheless. ev
ery person there cculd find standing
ream. In half a dosea squares In that
city.
SOME FEEAK BILLS.
3UEER
IDEAS OF LIBERTY
MANY STATES.
IN
r ie Dear Womea 3tade the Especial
York of All the Crank Legislation
oa Xfalae to California One Good
mafcr 3traurc.
HERE are individ
uals who appear to
to think that their
special mission in
life Is to reform
the world in gea
eraL Whea they
coanot fiad a suf
ficiently wide field,
in their own vicin
ity they invade leg
islatures, try with
eQi-IL
,
aU their might to push hills through. I
. . ... T , . , ... .1
CHrtailin"- rnrhte and nnvileires. aad I
curtailing rights and privileges, aad
interfere with
public " conveniences.
( Very frequently these bills an? smoth-
ered at their first presenting. Maay of
them are too ridiculous evea to be read
j la public; others come ia aad are treat- ;
ed as" jokes, while scires aad probabl
1 hurdreds are too absurd to be consid
ered even for a moment.
j During the preseat year thers has
' beea an unusual amount of crank Iegis
. lation aad any quaatity cf folly perpe
! trated in the aame of law-making.
A bill was presented to the Iegisla
i ture of one of the eastern states mak
1 ing it a crimiaal offease for women to
j wear bloomers for bicycle riding. Some
j years ago there was a grrat iiue aad
I cry because womea wora Mother Hub-
bard dresses oa the streets. They could
j wear Mother Hubbard cloaks or jack
i ets, buz aot dresses, aad there was a
oir 'tI r,f -0.-,,-,, -ir tha -I i -
j ence.
A bill forbidding the wearing of car- !
sets was recently killed by the legis
lature of a western state. Among the ,
absurdly fuany bills that have been '
presented in committees was oae to ;
compel young people to marry or pay a
The object of this was to make it aa
object for some maa to marry the
young womaa oa accouat of the little
cash she possessed.
A craak wanted a bill passed mak
ing it a criminal offease for a bald
headed maa ia the front row of seats
in a theater to wear a skull cap, and
attempts at legislation on theater hats
are too recent to need recalling. Law
makers have struggled with proposed
enactments forbidding hazing, aad yet
students "haze" whenever and wher
ever they wilL Football has come in
for some attention in law-making cir
cles. Now it has been to limit tLe
game, and again to compel the mem
bers to cut their hair. Some years ago
a bill was placed in" the hands of a
,. member of congress, making it an of
fense punishable by fine and imprison
ment for a woman to wear her hair
iliiiif-itli. .1UUU.U. W4i.iiV ureu cu lui-
bid the wearing of banas. Shoes with
very poiated toes came in for a similar i
atteation. and high heels were not ;
overlooked whea this crazy work was
vz progress.
A number of bills have been drafted 1
which were evideatly suggested by the '
blue laws. To forbid and to punish '
Sirting- was the purpose cf one effus-
Ion, and another sought to restraia I
young mea aad maidens from driving '
after nightfall, probably lest they fiirt
"uabeknowast" to the Mrs. Gmadys I
and Mr. 3IeddIesomes of their several
communities.
To authorize a committee to select
a certaia number of marriageable
young womea aad provide marriage
portions for them from money raised
by taxing nch bachelors was a favorite
idea of one happily married resident of
a locality where there were a number
of rich bachelors and pretty girls who
could not. to all appearances, come to
matrimcaial terms.
A bit of Iegislatioa that would have
been much commended if it had sac- j emony is the "Kamitsk." This is sim
ceeded was a bill to prevent the sead- j ply the putting to death, with their free
ing of flowers to convicted feias. The ! ccasent. of aged or useless members of
number of wmea of unwholesome and
mawkish sentiments who make a prac
tice cf sending bouquets to men who
have murdered their wives has loag
beea aa occasioa of disgust to sensible
people. Beginning with the purest mo
tives, that of offering spiritual coaso-
lation to prisoners under sentence of i
death, the practice of visiting con-
cemaed criminals has become, through
misuse and a misconception of the
proper intent and purpose of such
visits, a reproach to the persons who
are most nearly concarned. and a
shame to the communities where such
foolishness is indulged in. Laws pro
hibiting the visits .of ether thaa the
families cr spiritual counselors would J
save much ill feelina and open dis- I
grace. The legislature cf the great i
state of ew York has made a record
for itself by trying to pass a law for- I
bidding the priatiag of the picture of i
a persoa without having first ob- 1
taiaed the owner's coasent. This is
just about as seaseless as the Loud
postal bill, which was as bad a piece
of postal legislation as it was possible
to propose.
Started the Thlnz Gain.
An awkward affair is said to have
occurred on Tuesday last outside the
office cf a Chicago paper. The editor
of that paper had just left the ofiiee
when a maa rushed u aad. without
20 much as a "By your leave," kaocked
eff the editor's hat. and trampled it un- 1
der fact. The editor asked why. "You i
published aa article tae other dav " '
came the aaswer. "ia favor of the aboli- i
tioa cf silk hats dida't you?" "Yasr j
said the editor. "Well, I've abolished
yours," explained the fellow, "that's !
t aD.
SeSections oC a Bachelor.
Ia. ali probability Sve did it because
ArfTm refused tn go aad set cut the
geraniums.
After a man has moved he never feels
quite at home till the dog next dcor
13 barking at him
A womaa can aever eajoy a visi;
very mach. because she is alway wor
rying for fear her husband will use all
the napkins for wash-rags while she is
away.
The lancer a man is married the less
room he finds fcr his dcthea ia aay
lf the closet.
ON FALSE FRETENSES.
Tding
Citizea Coafene Himself a
Hage lifelong Hnmba;.
From the Detroit Free Prssst x
Lfeel that my whole life, my fortune,
my family pride, everything that I Australia last ear .a ex!aisd toy
possess worth having, have beea built ( Daniel W. 3-rt'. " rj ' S".:e' '3
apoa false precaases." The speaker 'nl-geaeral at V. "i:r '" ". Ntr
was the foremost man in the commua- York Times !.-" " - " "-
ity aad he was talking with ona of his
oldest friends.
"You kaow how my road to prca-
perity opened. My parents were gone
before I knew them. My graadfather
died when I was 9. leaving me to a
family that lost ao opportunity to show
how mucfef a burdea I was. One day
a group of boys were goiag dowa the
street; a stone was thrown, it caromed
on the pavement, weat through a
plate-glass window, the proprietor
came out the other hoys raa. I con-
fessed to beiag- the guilty party, my
arm, was gripped as if in a vise, and
"V vi T . T ,.,., T ;.i
when asked why I had not lied. I aid
r..-
grandad had. tamea.tme not to. aad.
with tears oa my cheeks, I was takea
irside. As we talked I was offered $2
! a week to look after the shop. A little
later ia the conversation I was to have
! a roam off the workshop, thea I was
to be bearded, thea clothed aad thea
supplied with books. His wife drew
me to her side, kissed me and said
what a brave, good boy I had beea aad
j what a noble maa I would make."
I "I've heard the story a huadred
times."
j "So have I. almost every day. For
! years my old patroa would tell it after
i sayiag that "this is my new boy
j 'this is my clerk.' 'this is my man
ager,' 'this is my partner. and finally,
'this is my soa-in-Iaw. My wife made
me a hero and loved me from the time
she heard the story. It brought me
fripnr5 rrm'if crmrr? hniTnocc ii?v?ro
! . ". ' -.
; trade, confidence aad wealth. It made
my children prouder, hanpier and bet
ter. It w JI bear trait in their children,
for it is the family ideal aad tradition."
"But where do the false preteases
"Well. I must tell some oae. I 1
never threw that stone. I never broke ,
that window. My tears were not for J
grandfather, but were wrung from the ;
grip oa my arm. Like Topsy, I was I
in a state ot moral emutatioa. aad ac
kaowledzed a wrong I never did. I did
wrong through a heroic determination
to always do right. There has never
been a time that I could confess and
have lives up to my character. I
wouldn't destroy the idol and be
humbled ia the dust before my wife
and children for the world. I would
pull a moral prep from under them
that may yet stand for ages. Strange
how much of zcad rests on a false
foundation."
"I wish you had kept your iaferaal
secret."
THE TCHUKTCHIS.
They Vjlue a
tvir jt
a Han.fful of
TtHucco.
The English explorer Harry de
Wiadt, receatly returned to London
! from the Sibenaa shores of Behnag
j Strait.
Ia a sacrt time he will leave
England for a lectariag tour in the
Uaited States. He was brutally treated
by the Tchuktchls at Cumwaidjik. In
consequence cf this the United States
goverameat .i. . :s sai-!, send a ves
sel to Oumwaidjik to puaish the caieL
' The Tchuktchis are nominally Russian
1 subjects, but the only vessels ever ia
I the neighborhood are American whalers
' and the Uaited States reveaue cutter.
, Mr. De Wiadt had aa enforced sojourn ,
I of two months among the natives. He
I says they are physically a far fiaer race
i thaa the Alaskan Eskimo races, aad
! their women are better iookiag, but the
Tchuktchis are wholly devoid of mor-
ality, aad will barter a wife for a hand-
fnT af tnhnrrf?. InniiPlirv ;.? nn oriTa 1
among them. They number altogether
about 5.000, aad along Bering strait are '
sevea settlements of perhaps COO each. !
The ethers are scattered along the sea
board of the Arctic ocean, stretching
away to the settlement of Nijai Kol-,
ymsk. The most weird Tschuktcai cer-
the commuairy. Whea a Tchuktchi's '
powers have decreased to aa apprecia- J
cle exteat. a iamiiy couacu is held, aad
a day fixed for the v.ct.ms departure ' "---- - --- "-'
... -ia d, u- .1. ..Yaakee tarmers, have bees 'caipted
for another world. Perhape the most , . . . . . ..
- .... .-. jT i atid reclaimed by rrenca Canadian s.
cunous feature is tae indiHerence
shown by the doomed caa. who takes '
a uveiy interest in the proceedings, aad
0ftPn assists la the BrBaraiioi f.ir hu I
own death. The execution is preceded '
hv a feast, where seal and w!ns mxr
are greedily devoured an I vfflainous !
whisky is consumed.
Tim.- ta Call a H.!f-
Farmhand "I'm told that the vssrk
ia'mta in towns and cities iekrag to
an crmiahmtion caile-i Knights ef La
bor." Farmer "Yes. big thing, too."
Farmhand "An' the couatry papers
saS" Maimers' Ailiaaco has jeined
7yil1 em in:iUe a nevr caion.
Farmer ( excitedly "Yes. sirre: big
gest thing yet I m one. .xte- the hy
dra headed monopolies will bite zhe
dast. Jest wait aad roe whea we vote
solid fer " Farmhand "Well, us
farmhaads hen concluded to form a
union, toe. aad we want cur hours re
duced to sixteea a day." Farmer
"Eh? Wha . Now. see here! This j
federation bosiaess is goia 'nscst too 1
far." New York Weekly.
31 r. Ltn-try' Ei.t-t !.'.
Mrs. Laactry's epitaph should fee her
own words: ,
"I always treated Mr. Laagtry with j
a3ecrioa. never zvsnag him cause to '
disregard his dzLtj toward me as my
husband." Witnesses: H. R. H. the
Prince of Wales. "Squire" Ahtagdoa
Baird, Sir George Chctwyad. ifarnuis
of Lonsdale. Robert PeeL Lord Roc?.
Iva and Frederick Ge&hard.
2fo Wonder.
Bertwhistla Why isn't Vanwart
smitten with that pretty Dusaap girl
aay laager? Jamieson He took her
to aa Italian table d'hote the other day
aad saw her eat spaghetti. New York
World-
Oaali'iO.
Editor What special qualificatioas
.have you for the pos.aon cf Cuhaa cor
respondent? Applicant I've been
reading cigar coxaa fir a mcati. De
troit News.
DEMANOFOR AMERICAN WHEAT
' Kom Why There ! a GoeI Jtarxet
in Australia.
The reason, why- so large a csantity
q American wheat was im?ortetT iato
growing Lj renr " - :- " "- "-
much the most jn?" 1 cm,
, and ia pursuins that tie AestrcSaa
farmer is often led to neglect the raid-
d-
vation of whaL As a rule, the larger J
J "squatters," cr raachmen. da act care
to devote their tine" to farming, pre
ferring to give all of their atteation to
sheep raisiag. "The consumption of
wheat ia this colony." writes Consul
Maratta, "ia at the rate of six bushels
to the acre, aad as the crop of last
year only yielded four aad two-temtas
I bushels to the acre, it will readily b
seen that the coloniat3 were short of
their requirements nearly two- boskcis
50 tae acre, .Xo. Jt this dficieaejv
the first for a great many years, larjt
imports were made from the Uaited
States. These shipments were made
from Saa Fraacisco. with the eceptioa
of oc or two vessels from New York.'
It is becoming a commoa custom
( among Australian ranchmen to rant
their load for wheat-growing oa shares,
j tbe raachmea furnishing the Iaad aad
i the sed and some neighboring farmer
doin? all the work. As the wool-grow-
( Ing industry, however, is constantly
, tending to crowd rut the wheat culti
vation, there is a prospect that in
creased demands upon America for
wheat supplies will be made ia the fu-
1 ture. Mr. Maratta savs: "It has been
wondered how it is that Australia caa
j produce wool. and. for that matter.
, heep. so mach mors cheaply thaa '
I r.-, -., .i .v- ,. ! ..n
.iti. xx. a.iiu Lue iiibwei. tuu, ia ctjr
1 simDle.
First, the advantage lies la
the climate. Here- you have a climate
where the sheep caa aad do safely
spead every cisht duriaz he year la
the opea air aad without covenag.
Thea the pasturage is ualimited aad
virtually free. The cost of labor Is
sheaper thaa with us, and statioa liv-
i :ng is cheaper, aad all these thiazs
I eombiae to cheapea the aaimaL You
I . i 1 -. I ! An
1 ia Melbourne prime lamb and mutton
at from 3 to 6 cents per pound.
1 1:' nil n-?i"i ; nr- n rr-i i niiiinr riti r 1
AARON BURR'S PtSTOL.
In dviitnrtf since It G.i : Fatal
Wounil to Alexumler Hamilton.
Louis Marshall of Versailles. Ky..
.- , , ., ...-,
fc-ussesaes lae laaiiii pitui iui wcicn
Aaron Burr killed Alexander Hamll-
: ton. says the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
j The fatal weapon has changed hands
J many times, and has had aa iaterest-
i ing career. Tts authenticity is unques-
tionable. Judge Van Ness, who was
Burr's ccnd. marked the pistol anil
gave it to CoL James Bowie, toaether
with its mate, the Hamilton pistol. CoL
Bowie wore the pair as belt pistols,
but lost one pistI while swiraminc a
, tayoc He afterward presented the re
mainiasr weapon to Dr. Carr. the su
. permtendent of the United States
1 arsenal at Bal'imore. Dr. Carr acted
1 as second to Thomas F. Marshall of
Versailles, the Keatucky crator aad
-latesmaa. in his duel with James
'Vasca Webb, ed'tor of tb New York
.ourier aad Enquirer, ia which Webb
vas crippled far life. Dr. Carr then
save the Burr pistol to Mr. Marshal!
vac su'sequeiHly presesteu it h s
other. E f v-ra C. Ka-3&aH. Th a:--"r
carr'-f4 :t JTi-oqA ta TR's! wa-
r: was :l! i fr:m " !v r ' bov
.-prvaiit. z'", t'"ruf' ? r: 5-" . tw
'c'jeti in -"J r' T '"- - ' ' r-
AiarshaJ!. :fc-' hr "
ThnTr., .Al 3
lis posseszioa. had th- .Irelg !istol
ilcered froEj a Hint to a pwnaBicn
'ock. It still sfeoocs wry aeerste'y
md carries a two-cottca aalL lis har-
-el. which is tselve inches long, looks
nore like a section ef a i&oemm rhan
inythimr else, while the handle is
marked twice w.th the X" simi. which
meaat ia the pelmy days of dunlins
hat the weason had done fatal Trork.
r'rcn-!i C:n!tl.n Jloiins In.
Larae numbers of rural farms iz
nyMriOf TIT PrT? 1 ? f? fHfli'nnni t
WOMEN.
Miss Sasan 3. Anthony is busily at
rark assisnag: Mrs. Ida Harper in the
PrprjaraJn her biography.
Uiga j.etaersoie carries two rey. ?s
of American make with her on he
travels aad will take them to Eag.and
when she sails next week. The fa,"
actr"ss is a devotee cf the wjeei an!
rides every pleasant day. zenerally
iccompaaied by her companion. M.ss
Fields.
Maria Theresa, mother of Marie Aa
toiaette. whiled away her idle- h ura 1
&y doing embroidery. A piece wh.cir
came from her royal fiaaers is beiag
repaired at present ia Vtaaa and 1
fcas beea aaaocacei that several haad
at work constantly for tea yeari. will
be retjuireu to restore the beautiful
tisadiwcrk tc its original scate.
j Miss Nellie Peifer, a daughter of ex- .
! Saator Peifer cf Kansas, was mar- 1
j tied to J. S. Mcllhenny of Washing-
ton at Topeka on June 5. e haa
1 been of great assLstacce to her
J father in his paufical career. She was
I the clerk of his committee while he
! was in the senate aad acted as his pri
vate secretary, iiace ais return to
Kansas she has assisted him ia maa-
sgiaz
paper.
REFLECTIONS Or A BACHELOR.
Probably Jonah had beea tryiag to
fix it with his conscience by siagias v
hymas oa board the ship.
A girl is aever really ia love with a '
maa till she hates all the womea r?-- ,
like aim aad all the mea r- dislike
him.
It's oftea the girl with the most birds
oa her hat who makes the most fuss
about putting the poor little worm on
the cruel hcok.
After a womaa has been married a .
vear she begins to try plaas that she
gets- cat of papers to make home happy -
for her husband.
The date palms of Egypt produce ZW
4Q tons at fruit annually.
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laissLcisnMMte.
SELLS STEAMSHIP TICKETS.
BUYS GOOD SOTES
And helps i cus toners whea they need help
OFFICEU AXD DtllECTOltS:
Le.lm)ek GEEnaaD. Pres'r
E. H. Uexut. Vke Pres't..
M, Bucggee, Cashier.
Jonx SracFFEK. Wit Inches.
L
OF
COLUMBUS. NEB.,
HAS AX
i Authorized Capita! of
$500,000
90,000
j PjJB jn Cipifcl.
orriCKK:
C. H. SHELDON PrVt.
II. P. H 0FHLRI1 n. Vice Pre.
DANIEL -OHRAM. Owhler.
FKAK KOItEK. .Ust- Cash';
I DIRECT 'K5:
I C. H- SHELDO.T. D. P. fLOSULHSCn.
jo.-r.i.-WittCH. W A. McArxiSTEO.
Carl Kiehe. . C. Gk.it.
Fraxx Kouium.
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I ?t.te anI Europe, and buy and s!I avaM-
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