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hjpuuupiwipphvipp .i,l !- m ttitmlra jjranral YCXlUME XXYIII. NUMBER 30. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 15, 1897. WHOLE NUMBER 1,440. .1 :i jr j " 6' 6? '. ' i i JiolT ABOUT "BARB." BY O P A REGULAT1 barbarian!" said. some- times despairingly, "And it's a positive comfort to call him 'Barb' for short! For his real name will it be be lieved of this poor, helpless mite of ebon humanity" vas Barbarcssa Napoleon Bonaparte Smith! How his mother ever came to hear zZ such a name always perplexed a Of course, having heard of it. we did not wonder at the selection, her rac? has always shown a love for high soundins cognomens. Barb's first ap peartmce among us was in this wine One gray November afternoon. Lois and I were left alone in the house, mamma having gone out on one of tLe Good Samaritan errands, the sleet and snow crove sharply against the win dows, and the wind whistled defiance to the fire that glowed and crackled. Suddenly the door-bell rang a loud, resonant peal, and I went and opened the door. There, on th upper step stood the foriornest littl figure artist ever painted' A small apparition, as bl2ck as blackness can be compared wi:h anything but itself With a jacket and pants that suggested th "rags and jags' of th nursery rhyme "rV'itfc shoes like the mouth of a fish." with a straw hat innocent of brim with snow powdering his woolly hair: sleet on his curly lashes: snow sifting down his back, and drifting over hia cad whirling around him. I surveyed him a minute in astonished silent and hf- returned my stare with round, shining unwinking eyes Then h' in quired, composedly. "Is Mrs Smith rt heme" I began to say that he must have mistaken the house, for no bud. person lived her--, when Lois, whom curiosity had attracted to the open doorway, remarked that perhaps he might mean our Nancy, whose last name was Smith though we had scarcely had occasion to recall that fact in the sixteen years sh had been in oar service. On this suggestion I Informed the apparition that Mrs Smith wasn't at home and wouldn t be till late in the evemnc. but I wouiJ deliver any messac. Hr displayed a row of astonishingly white teeth in a cheerful gnn stepped in. and first carefully wiping his apologies for Ehoes. and closing th door said, de cisively. -Oh, if Mrs Smith lives here, I'm a-gom' t- live here, too She's my gran mother: I m 3arbarossa Napoleon Bonaparte Smith. I've comi to stay, and I m not gom' away again any more at all." Lois and I looked at him and then Et each other, and then asked him ir. We were soon in possession of the "short and simple annals" of his II I years. He satisfied us. past a doubt that he was the child cf our Nancy's son. whom she had left behind her in Geortrta. when, sixteen years ago. shr came North and entered mamma's Fervice. He had enjoyed lif3 fairly well, until, s.x months age, his mother died. Seven weeks later his father took another helpmeet, who . - -4r : vfl ?rHv- fa 4 JrSi'V w&mjfrj ?j- x Wl:i llt'C- .1 I r i ' t m ' V U A 3LACK APPARITION, reems to have proved anything but a trader parent to Barb ' She jes: made de house too debbie hot to hold tne." he said, with expressive em phasis. "Wasn't she a master hand tr pinchin' and bangm' look-a-'ere ' " tnd. with a sudden gesture, he rolled his large, loose sleeve up to the shoul der, showing on the thin little arm marks and scars that made tender- hearted Lois cover her face, with a lit- ' tie pitying cry. He had made up his mind. Barb said, not to bear it any longer, and one starlit night, without s. penny in the world, and with half R ccm-cake in his pocket, he had started off to find the unknown grand mother, -up Norf." How he reached here he himself could hardly tell by stolen rides on freight cars: by odd "fobs on canal boats: by begging a "lift" whenever he found a team hound northward telling his simple story whenever he could find a lis- tener. he - he. - tound his way hither at last, and now sat. a living illustration of what perseverance can accomplish, before our sitting-room fire. Why should I try to tell you how 3arb became a regular and settled in mate cf our household, when I myself do not know how it came about? Was it because of his own calm assurance that it was so foreordained? Was it because he had the most mischiev ous eyes and the drollest langh in the vorld? We never knew. But :e: me have no claim to writing Barbarossa's history for the two years he was with us; for should I attempt such a thing. Gibbon's "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" would be , i mere sketch. But what mischief wasn't that boy uiity of? After overhearing us. one cay. regretting that our little Scotch terrier's cars should be so prominent. didn't he stick that unfortunate ani mal's frrs close to his head with shoe- makers vax. and then proudly exhibit him to us. as an instance cf the tri umph of art over nature? And didn't he bring desolation into Lois' dainty , room, in the vain effort to discover a . secret panel there? Some street com- i race cf his, as. ardent reader o? dime i - 'I 1 i ssr8.i3 MM novels, had related to him a thrilling story, in -which secret panels figured largely; and thereafter Barb's sole ob ject in life was to discover such a panel in our old-fashioned house. One day he found that, beside the chimney m Lois' room, the paper, upon being i tapped, gave forth a holloa sound. ' Coincidence. So did the paper in the ' yellow-covered novel. Is -was the work of a moment for 3arb, in his eager certainty of hidden treasure, to run his knife around the paper, lift it up. and oh. me' oh, me! The soot-bos that hadn't been opened for twenty years ! Th- soot that :n a thick, black cloud settled on the fair, white cur tains, clung to the counterpane, made the whole dainty room dingy and soiled and uninhabitable! Barb fled Before me. on th screen. I see him as he looked that mcht when we had dis covered the disaster, searched for, v i failed to find him, and were begin ning to fear he had run away, and I---emerged from the ash-barrel, wh-r- i he had lain concealed all the afternoon and stood among us, surelv the most wretched figure that was ever seen. It was after this but not long, that we began to be troubled about Barb. Often he was cone all day. returning at night, unable to give a satisfactory account of himself, often we heard o him in company of boys it were bet ter he should not know. Nancy's threats. Lois' gentleness, mamma's pa I tience. seemed to avail nothing. We had almost made up cur minds that Barb must leave us. when, one No vember afternoon, about two years from the day he had appeared among us. we heard of Bart for the last time. Oh. peer Barb peer Barb Down in the crowd-d streets, he had joined a crowd which a sudden alarm of fire had called together, in his excitement he had not heard th cries which warned him of an engin"; being close upon him There was no time to rem in the calloping horses, no one had been to blame. Oh. poor 3arb! "Kp's at Station B. ma am." the offi cer said. "The doctor says it can't be long, for his lungs a: hurt bad. Hn kept moaning for Miss Lois! Miss Lois and as soon as we could make out wiser1 ha cam from the chief sent me to tell you." We hurried on cloahs and hats and followed the officer into the chilly No vember dusk. It was a little whitewashed cell. Barb was lying on a low pallet, cov ered with a rough gray blanket. His eyes were ciosed and they did not open as we came in. When Nancy saw him lying so. the wan. stray shad ow on his set. still face, she rushed forward and thrpw herself on her knees beside him, with a passionate Ye're djne cry "Oh. Bar 3arL: com' to d.e ani y- haven't got relig ion, and ye'L c-. into the fiery furnace foreber and foreber!" Lois gently crew Nancy away, and knelt in her place taking both the lit tle, bruised, black hands in hers. Don't listen to her. Barb," she said. .. She doesn't know what she. says. Dear, try to hear an-i understand what I say. Do you remember the Good Man I used to tell yea about. Sunday nights? The one. you know, who Iit-uieJ th? s.k. ani took l.ttie chil dren in H.s arm' Ten are go.ng to Kim. Barb, and Hp will Icve you. and help you. and teach you how to live." - The cray lips moved faintly. "Will He l be good to me. like you are. Miss Lois? I Will He let me get my tref, without ! its hurtin' me so orful?" ) "Dear." she said, "He will be better , to you than you can ask or think. 1 3arb, I want you tc try and say to Him the little prayer I taught you. , Try, dear, try!.' Into the silence the weak voice fal tered, while Baro heid fast the kind hands that seemed an anchorage for him. who was drifting su fast away: "Now I lay me d wn to sieep. I pray de Lord " No ned. oh. Bare' No need to fin ish that prayer' Th1 &ru' you would have commended to His holy keeping had gene to Him. SELL5 Tt'.ICE FOR A LIVING. French Woman h3e Client include Some Gre.it riir-lel-in. Verily onr-half of ;h- world does not know how thr: other half lives. Equa! !y true is it that never before were there so many curious ways of making a living as there are at present, says the New Ycrk Herald. There have ben physicians in Paris for several centuries but not unti! quite recently did any of them think it necessary to make a contract by the terms cf which they are to receive a certain number cf mice during the current year. The general public was rather surprised when it heard of this contract, for the reason that the physicians, who art in this matter as a committee of the fac- ulzy of medicine, agree to pay a ccod price for the mice, whereas there are many persons in Paris who would be only too glad to make the doctors a present cf these ravenous animals. The physicians, however, know what they are about. They want mice. I ut they don't want ordinary, everyday mice. Only cultured, well fed. dainty mice will suit them, and they have given the contract to lime. Alexandre, because they know that she is the only person in Paris who can supply cr demand any number of such desirable animals. Yes lime. Alexandre's busi ness in life is to furnish mice to Rich et. Chantemesse and several other lead ing specialists in Paris and elsewhere. She also keeps rabbi leeps rabbits and cuine.i nis but mice are her speci teen years since she first began to sup ply animals to the Pasteur Institute, the Uttnicipal laboratory and several other such places. She has hardly any competitors, and she has mere orders than she can well fill. She feeds her mice exclusively on bread and milk. Her clients insist that the animals must be white and plump, and she fj"tj this diet the best for them. When they are three months old they are ready for the doctors, and she seldom has any on hand after that ace. She disposes of these hapless victims, not only to her regular clients in Paris, but also to several persons in London and Geneva. The little mice are well able to stand a long journey, and they are as fresh when they arrive in Lon don as they were when they left Paris. Hadam is never short of mice. At present she has about L00O en hand, and as these animals multiply very rapidly she will have double that num- be: in an incredibly short time. l I " W W l!l II T r-rr m . r-m m m - SOOD SnORT STORIES FORTHE VETERANS. Toombs' Awful Threat He Declared That He Would March Ajraltut the Indians Ilejardle of HI liank When . Gen. scott Told Hlni to Go Ahead. In the Urate Dan. L-OTK brave Sir Ru pert. "Bring ny swerd and wov en armor tme: To-day I cross my trusty tlaie with gallant young Sir Hurh. Thoush yonder trav'ler sJtfc tfa- p rurue hath laid The pirv bare. No fear will daunt me enemy, in S!rtj.linjr wj be taert i ""Then forth in eUtierintr mail he rode, to ke- his solemr Dlisfct: For b- th- issu- irhat it may, 'tis honor ru --s a knijrht. Beneath t.-e As cist snn he fared, his nelm-t xvhit with dast. And lau-ntd at them who fled the plague "Ve riy. as cowards must:" At noon hr saw the town arise from out the yeUow mist. In -which St. Hilda's spires stood dark. as cut in amethyst. ide open stood th :ra:s, the sun was whitemnjr th- square. The still a:r stirred with son;r nor sih. with laugh, nor moan, nor prayer. No fountain leap nr lattice swung across the empty sllL like an enchantei town, it slept In si- lenc- d--ep and chilL """"h traveler spak- truth'" Sir Rupert muttered 'ncath hts tri-ath. ""he city hath been swept tuli tare by the black wines of death." Beyond th farther wall. a pi ;.1f?a .re- and open space. And .hither Ituoert sanrred. in haste to reaei' the meeting place. I-o" wit.ou: armor, squire, or steed. Sir HKh stood there, alone His dauntless eye were stra-.zely bright: bis cheeks with rever shone. "Defend thee quick"" fc crid. "The plague would steal this joust from me. 3ut Ii: net yield to death, till I have aimei one blow at thee! My vassais Ced my sates, my kinsmen lef: me there to die. Kerr- hare I crawled : keep our tryst. Thv pro-ress. I defy"" He leaned -pon his cood. broad blade, that ben: beneath his weint. His voi nas feeble but his words with hta?ht scorn were great. Down ran- Sir Hupert's armor then. rreaves helmet, shlrid and all! He nun? his baldric, set w.th perns. asrainst the city Trail; And low upon his knee ne bent. "I wii; not tilt!" he said. "- y.tli my sword. Now, an thou wilt, strike thou a coward dead"' Hush's sudden Hush ci scorn thriled to his very Snrer t p-, Dut, er- h- speke the plasu's .gray hand was or. his quiVrjnr ilp-" A rudiy mist roil-d round, and up, and blottfi cut the skies. And show'rs cf Serv. whirLng sparks beat cr hi darkened vs. His stout heart trembled ani stood still. beset w.th vasue alarm Sir liupert causht him. as he ie3. in stroac and tender arms. In shepherd's cot of sun-dried turf, upon th- breezy hill. His stricken fee he rently laid, and nursed with care and skill. Held water to the blackened lips; the buminr forehead laved Love i rvr rha kp b plighted tryst and L-eath and Rjp-rt brav.d' "n-h he. ho tosse I thrcurh fevered days, a suerion sa'ned ct love ror him cf tilt and tournament, who could sr en tie prove. Thus. siJr by side, in bloodless fray, they vanquished death And when The tbvims tide of life and health came ncodiur back arain. Tter- rod- away two armored knishts to batti- side bv s!d2. vvhD foucht trsether whllo rh- Hwf and for their s?vorUm died Florence May Alt. Toomb-" Awful Thrcat- A good story is told m the Chicago Times-Herald of how a soft answer turned a self-confident. aggressive young man into an exemplary, obe dient soldier. The young man was Robert Tocmbs of Georgia, then in his twenties. He had raised a volunteer company and joined General Scott. who was conducting a campaicn against the Indians m Florida. Toomb was without military training, and had never submitted to rules and discipline at college cr anywhere else. Natural ly when he met General ScGtt it wa a case of oil and water thay w ould not ziix. Private James White.who served in a Georgia company during the war laughs to this day over a tilt between C3ptam Tocmbs and General Sco. I A.IIPH'IKH SkKH HfcS1 The general knew the character of his ' themselves. Lieut. Goldthorpe cap enemies, and was in no hurry to at- i tured his dog a couple of years aco tack them in the positions which they i during the expedition against the Wa hid chosen. He waited, day after cav. ' ziris in the Tochi valley. The doc is cay. determined not to move until the ncht moment. The delay did not suit the Georgia captain, and he made no ef fort to conceal his contempt for the slow methods cf his commander. One nignt loombs felt that he could stand . it no longer. He paid a visit to the general s tent, wnere he toand Scott engaged in a pleasant conversation with a dozen ameers of high rank. The Georgian was a man of superb phys ique, the finest looking American of his generation, and when he marched into the tent with dashing eyes and defiant look, everybody gazed expectantly in his direction. General Scott greeted him pleasantly and invited him to join tne circle. "General Scott." said Tcombs. in a stern tone. "I desire to know. sir. whether the army will march against the enemy in the next few days." "I am no; ready yet to answer that question,'" replied the general, with a smile. "Then, sir" ccntinued the youthful captain, "I will notify you that unless the army marches tomorrow I propose to go forward with my company in to tne very heart cf the Indian terri tory." When this astounding declaration was made, the officers almost faintfd. and they expected the general to ad minister a withering rebuke. To th3ir astonishment Scctt never changed hi; g-Eu-ai expression. iis eyes twinsiea with good humor, and he turned a se rene and benignant face upon his auda cious visiter ""sry eli. captain," was his quiet -nswer. ery well, captain, use you iur own Pleasure, dv ail means. ias? your company tomorrow and march in- i cup and pour into it a qu if n" r" to the Indian country. We may fol- , and turpentine, eq-ual tr-arts Thin t-Sd low you a :ewweeks later. But don't the cup over a fire so as" ? wait for us. iake your company and roc ixh flirnes. Ifa. ; ' -" go ahead. Good night, captain!" , on fe!i,, fn'n, JT Private White says that when ' Toombs heard this a look ol bewilder ment, disappointment and anger came over his face, but not a were fell from his lips. He saluted th? commander and bowed hirrself cut. ".uia he march his cot ompany against . was mj na.- " the enemy the next day: ural question. "No," replied White; "he said noth- ing more abiut it. He remained at his j post and was an exemplary oScer dur ' ing the remainder of the war. And he was not chaffed about the affair, either. He was not the man to stand such treatment." I asked White why Scott overlooked the captain's breach of military disci pline. -Well." said the old man. refiective ly. "the general was a good judge of human nature. He knew that young Toombs was a gallant fellow, who would some day be an honor to his i country, and he doubtless thousht that 1 it would be sufficient punishment to ; answer him n b rl.l H could not ha, c? dene a better thing. The cap- tain had lots of sense, and he never , acam placed himself in sucn an em barrassing position." Matin- Coin Circulate. Napoleon Bonaparte was once con- ' fronted by the problem of getting a new com into circulation. He knew ' Publius Syrus maxim. "Money alon us syrus maxim. "Money alon II the world in motion, but what i sets bothered him was to set the new : money moving throughout France. ' How he solved the problem is shown i I by a French publication, which says: j 1 Thousands of fire-franc pieces are ! split into two halves by their French ' i owners every year, in the hope of "dis- ' 1 covering" an immense hidden treasure, j This treasure, according to the legend . , firmly believed in France, is an order ' to pay the holder one hundred thou sand francs in silver five-franc coins, i When Napoleon 3onaparte first set ' the five-franc piece in circulation, it was very difficult to induce a French man to receive the new coin. Hence, according to the story. Napoleon gave , it to be understood that he had or dered a check for one hundred thou- ' ' sand francs, wntten upon asbestos pa per, to be concealed in one of the new j silver pieces. ! From that day to this no one ha? objected to the five-franc piece. , i II.iplil Flrins. Two hundred shots per minute have ' been red from a rifie recently invented ' by Lieut. Cei. an officer of the Italian regiment of Bersaglieri. It does no: weigh three kilogrammes, and has a I small caliber. A soldier using it car. fire 20"' shots every minute without re moving it from his shoulder. Th. I Gifford rilie, which uses liquified gas in lieu of gunpowder, discharges 33 . shots in two and a half minutes, or a: the rate of 14" shots per minute. From the Martini-Henry twenty-cue shors have been fired in the same time. The Lee-Metford has about the same rapid ity. The Winchester repeater, with a ' magazine containing twelve cartridges , can be fired twenty-four times in a j minute. A cannon has been recently 1 invented at Chicago which claims the , power of discharging 1.000 shots in succession without undue heating : , tnrowing dynamite shells three :eet ' long a d:st-n?c cf five miios. wh-r. they explode from concussion. The ! Germans have constructed a nickel shot cannon which fires a shrapnel shell nearly five miles a: the rate of i fifteen rounds per minute. A Doc of War. Probably the only dog cf Afchan cr Afridi breed ou:sid of its own conn- AFGKAN DOG DAGAN. try is Dacan whe oeongs t L.eut. F. H Goldtncrp of th? 3d Punjaub cav alry, an English seller m India. The Afndis are well known as a troublesome tribe, and this fall gave the Britishers a lively campaign, and their dogs are as fierce and savace a a remarkably nne animal, but toward strangers he remains nerce and treach erous, like the race from which he was taken. Toward his owner, however, he exhibits a different spirit, and is gentle and obedient, Forty Year Serrfce. I Sir Arthur HaltDurtou, the British ! under secretary of state for war, who , has just retired after a career cf fortv years in the public service, is a son of j h ni'h'- juui amajnoa. ot .Nova scotia. who is known in American lite: ture as "Sam Slick." He enjoy5 the distinc tion cf being the only colonist who has risen in the British imperial service to the top cf one of the great departments of state. New York Post. A Utile 3Iiied. A tail man who had been speakinc with another man. and who wondered why the other man acted so queerfv" says the Cleveland Leader, saw abo'v near his side trying to keep from laughing. "What are you lauchinc T" 1 5 " . aii.ee. tne tau man of the boy. x laugnin- a, wnat you said to that "" iw ji-. -iitroa. nanus n you. answered the boy. "I don't remembe- tvt t i saic anythmr frm-- . v; "W ell. when he asked you if voc didn't know him. you said. Tour m-, ;ax:ii,1.ir' bu: e2ll7 I can't recall your face: A Cere for Diphtheria. ihe following remedy is said to be ... -. ur5-. i-ri.cajjg-j c. oiphtheria in the throat of a child l maze tne room ciose: th- rSv o - d , orTr Tha '2'. n. " - - o-.ciiituui mat- ter, and the diphtheria, will pass ofL No matter whether a plumber's work i FHtiaiactcry or not he tie bill iiay 11 3 i .. ... - NrtAA. b"A v QOlORS ON OUR BILLS. " "" ' VARIED TINTS TO BE USED ON PAPER MONEY. Secretary Case's Scheme Explained Each Denomination and Each Kind of a Xotc to lie Dlstln;cUhed by Color "H!Sh" Art Discarded. new paper ney, printed in different colors, will soon be in cir culation. Some of the designs have already been pre pared, and others are being executed at the 3ureau cf Engraving. All of k$M k them will undergo a g HE I - mo I criticism and more or less alteration pounds of orange mineral. 500 pounds before final acceptance. President Mc- 0 Indian red, 500 pounds cf Ita'. Kiniey has expressed his approval of 1 izn burnt sienna, and 100 pounds the idea in a general way. and Secre- Chinese blue. This does not inemtte tary Gage is anxious to issue the notes zie ink required for the postage and certificates as quicklv a: nossible. j Being a banker himself, he fullv ap- preciates the defects of the currencv now in the hands of the people- It eTeT bil of which he is obliged to ac may be artistic, but the various de- count. nominations are not easily distinguish- TQ fiber paper is to be retained In able from each other, and even the c n- currency. It is deemed an ex numerals on them are obscure and Ira safeguard against counterfeiting. hard to make out. This makes count- though criminals have found several ing troublesome, and a person has to ' ays of getting over the difficulty, look sharp if he would avoid civing a ' io note for a 51. Secretary Gage is of the opinion that everyday usefulness ii of more impor tance in the currency of the nation than high art. Pretty pictures of re cumbent ladies and naked boys are well enough in their way, but they cat no particular ice. so to speak, in con nection with hard and vulgar cash. The most important point in a piece of paper money is it shall be easily recog nizable. Its denomination must be ap parent at a glance, and its kind also. whether treasury note, bank note, or certificate. Of course, safety against counterfeiting is not to be lost sight of. It is believed that al! of these re quirements are me by the new de- signs Anybody who has a handful cf these bills will be able to separate them in an instant into their different classes, so as to count them offhand and without scrutiny. At the same time, the greater simplicity of their patterns will render them actually more difficult to imitate successfully. The very elaborateness of the notes now in circulation confuses the eye. For illustration, take the 1 bill. The designs for this denomination are al ready finished, and are very handsome. There are only two, one for the face and one for the back, because all $1 bills will have the same patterns, whether certificates, bank notes, or treasury notes. When you see a bill with a big spread eagle in the middle cf the face, you will recognize it as a , SI. without even looking at the large numeral beneath. How. then, are you t to understand what kind cf a Si bill it is" The answer is. simply by the cninr in wh-h thp hi? nnvm- n rf-- numeral of de- nomination, the treasury seal and the number of the bill are printed. If it is a treasury note, these will be in red; if a silver ct-rlificate. they will be in green: if a bank note, they will be in blue, ihere will be no other differences, except that each kind of bill will have its own legend. But peo ple do not want to stop and read the legend in order to and out whether a bill is a bank note or a certificate. They do net have to do so. inasmucn as the color shows that. A: present there are three different iesigns of 51 bills. Under the new arrangement there will be only one de sign, the sole variation being in the colors, as described. It will be the sam way with the S2 bill: instead of three patterns there will be one. This scheme will be carried out through all of the denominations of paper money. There are nine denominations in all. Running from $1 to $1.0.'. Under the present system re are 27 patterns. Just think of it 27 sorts of paper cur rency! It is enough to confuse the people, especially when it is consid ered that during the last few years the designs have been undergoing radical changes with every new administra tion. Obviously, counterfeits are much mere likely to be detected if the users of the currency are thoroughly famil iar with its appearance, so as to be struck by anything that is not exactly as it should be. For the new 52 bill a head of Wash ington has been chosen provisionally. On either side of it two classical fig ures of the allegorical sort will re cline. Thus something will be done I for art tnc.dentally. t: vould be a mistake to suppose that the new mon- ev is to b be executed in a snirit of ! commercial Philistinism: on the con- trary. it will be very handsome indeed One thing very noticeable about it is the bread blank spaces which are Ief: on both face and back of each bill. Something like one-third cf the entire area of the note in each case is a blank. The back has net so much as one-half of the usual amount of lathe worZ encraving. The purpose of this modification is twofold. It will show the distinctive fiber in the paper much mere plainly, and the eye in examin ing a bill will be less confused. One of the largest items of expendi ' ture in the Treasury department is for colored inks used in nrintinc the p-- per money, revenue stamps and post age stamps. Nearly 2J'.f pounds of these are required annually. The materials are bought in the shape of dry colors, which are mixed with lin seed oiL The colors must be the verv finest, and some of them, particular i "mates that the population "of Aus red. are very costly. They reach the ' tralia. including Tasmania and New 3ureau of Engraving in the form of ' Zealand, was last June 4.352.755. fine powders put in barrels, and there -A- Whitingham (Vt.) jury heard a are prescribed formulas for the mix- three-dollar suit there the ether dav tnrss required for various purposes, r ur tne zaces ot tne treasury notes and certificates for example some Prussian i blue Is added to the black powder to Sive brightness to the black ink. The mixture is thoroughly stirred and sift ed, after which it is combined with li-tseed 0n 2Ed fed to a machine with steel rollers. The machine crinas it, and finally ejects it as a beautiful, smooth printing ink. It is poured into iron buckets, which are labeled "Legal i.sn.dsr." this being the technical name j for the' particular preparation d scribed. Tot the brown backs of the national bank notes the mixture is composed of Venetian red. crangc mineral, vermil ion the best quality from quirk-nlver ore and some black. The gold figures on the faces of the gold Certificates ar cf chrome yellow, vermilion and White lead; but tile treasury is not printing any gold certificates nowadays. The most important color used is chrctne green, 2S0.CO0 pounds of which are used annually for the greenbacks alone. It is a beautiful emerald pon der. All the mixtures are converted Into ink in the same way. with llnseeJ oil. Every twelvemonth the treasury uses 50,000 pounds of Paris white. 6$. 000 pounds of hard black. 33.000 pounds cf soft black, 2.300 pounds of vermilion. 1.50t pounca cf Venetian red. 7.000 poun 's of Prussian blue 2 000 pounds of chrome yellow. 4.0 y stamps. The money is all printed by ha:-d- d each printer i morning his day's allowanc ;ets everv ice of it. for JUST A FAMILY AFFAIR. The Umpire of the lSateball Game Go ! KverTbody Into Troablo. "Of coarse I used to play base ba!!," declared the old resident to the De troit Free Press man. "Very few healthy men have grown up m the last forty years without indulging more or less in th national sport and I'm convinced that we're a ha-dier peo t pie for having adopted it. But i; has . its drawbacks and I'll be content for ' the rest of my days just to reid about I some of the most interesting caraes. without making comments or offering an opinion. Last fall we had our fam ily reunion. We are a large relation- ship and nearly a hundred were pres- ent at the gathering. After a few o! the patriarchs had made their speeches, telling stories and cracking jokes that we hear every year, some of the young and middie-aced men proposed a game of baseball. My blood warmed right up and I was as eager to play as wr my crandson. but thy let me down by choosing me for , umpire. I was disappointed, but be- ' ing rather an influential member of the tribs I accepted the responsibi'ity. ! giving fair notice that there should be no appeal rrom my decisions. All went merr.iy enough till I called one of my big nephews out on a foul 1 bound. He was so mad that he could do nothing but sputter at first, but he i finallv cot cut the announcement that I was about as unmiticated an old i chump as it had ever been his fortune j to encounter. I insisted at first on havinc him put off the grounds, but ' there were -difficulties 'onnec.ed with I this because of tne Lacking that ral- . ued to his supper;. 1 drcpjci tae ma.- ter after givinf him and his supporters a piece of my mind. A few minutes later I called a little grandson out for knocking the ball over the fence He talked so recklessly about the matter 1 that I took him over my knee. His mther interfered, there was about as lively a five minutes as yoi ever saw, th" game broka up and next year there will be no reunion." Snppoe lie Trie WliLky. From the Cleveland Leader: A learned scientist says that the whole human system is full cf microbes, and that a person is healthy as lone as his microbes are in good condition. The question now is what can a fellow take that will always be good for hi? microbes? FLOATING PARAGRAPHS. In Mexico Gty Hop Lee advertises an American restaurant. A house in Lempster. N. H.. is now without a tenant for the first time in 120 years. A tramp wearing a shiny silk ha: was one of the sights in Portland. He.. the other day. Cigar jars of cut glass are a beauti ful noveity :or the smoker's table. New York Post. In the number of murders Italy leads Europe. In the number of suicides Russia is ahead. Russia's population has increased during the last 1(K' years a fraction less than I.flOy.OQo annually. There has this year for the first time beei1 a British pilgrimage to Lourdes, j It numbered sixty persons. in the Host all the buttons used United States are rsinnfarrnretl in western Massachusetts towns. A diver in the Clyde recently worked ' for forty minutes at a depth of IS6 feet, which is a record in Great 3rit- I ain. luberculosis is in England and Wales the cause cf 14 per cent of all male and 13 per cent of all female deaths. Aubum, He., is congratulating her self upon a death rate of only 1 1-5 per cent, the smallest in New England, if not in the whole country. I TT 1-3 . I euumg presents onginatea in a feudal tribute from the vassals to their lord; when feudalism ceased the ' presents became voluntary. Sweet almonds and chestnuts have i been raised with success in parts of i Oregon, where it had been thought no I palatable nuts would grow. j The Australian Statistical Society es- ' and after due deliberation brcucht in a veruict tor one cent carnages, St. Louis has one church to 2M nf population. New York one to 2.453, Chicago one to 2.GSI. Boston one to L00 and Minneapolis one to 1.054. Eagles do not have different mates each season, as do birds generally; ' thev Dair tor life, and sametiTn n py the same nest for my years. ! f3 i There are S.220 railway sti g'nj LIOHTINC NIAGARA. Momtrf Searchlights aid Gelatine Screen to Illamlaate be Gcrs. An experiment in lighting the gorge of the Niagara river, which ras tried m connection with the convention of elecif 1 -ians. is likely to tear import ant results and has furnishfd a spe- t2"'fi of extraordinary magniS'tence, says the Ilochester Post ac3 Express. The illumination tm arranged under the personal direction Cf Luther 5fi- ringer, file mm who designed and op- ' erated the illuminations and electric fcnr.tains at the World'a Fair. On the platform ctr. between two opsn cars. ) he took six manatcr electric search light" and a number of colored gela tine screens. At 10 o'clock it: the even ing the start wai made down the Gorge rosd The search lights tnk their electricity from the troltcy wire 2El when thpy were directed uyjn the shores and tumbling river, and til? lights in the open car were turned off. thj scane was rarely beautfuL It looked ai fhonzh such (moon") "light as never was. on land or sea." had transformed the scene. But a? the cars noTed on and Mr. Stieringer changed the screens, far raor magical, wonder ful and startling eSa-s ?r secured. ! Now it looked as though fitia -ere" sw ing with Dante eyes, so red and Scrcfi was the 3cene. and so darkly red the shadowy banks between which the river tossed waves of bload. Further ( down, beneath the new steel arch , bridge, where the furious rapids were tossing the spray fifty feet or more in the air. red and green lights urere used. Then the plain lights were shown again and then, where the rapids are stranccst and wildest, the red screens were used with an effec whos her spec: was absolute silence in the cars then a cheer c! admiration broke out. From that point to the end of the road the colors were changed rapidly, with beautiful effect, and at midnight the party returned to the falls. It is said that the success of the experiment in sures the illumination of the gorge by searchlights next season and that means the addition to the attractions of Niacara of a wonderfully thrilling nicht spectacle and one which, once seen, will not be forgotten. Former visitors to Niacara will re call that when the state reservation was private property there was for the las" season or two a successful illum ination of th upper rapids and of the falls themselves and a heizhteninc of their wildness and weirdness and beauty by a similar use of colored screens. The scene was one to re member and Niacara visitors have rea son to congratulate themselves that private enterprise acain nroposes thus to enhance the night wonder o Nia cara. For you may creak as you please about "natural" beauty, nature is too prone to veil her beauty at night; and if esthetes be shocked at an artificial coloring of the water and find no com pensation for loss of naturalness in surh b-w::ir:nc rl-t-ttr-e" of color and grtesT'53 as cn can hardly dream of. even they must approve the lights which make visible the natural beauty when darkness would other wise veil the scene. Not a l'oor Stan' Country. At last the church has raised its voice in words of warning acainst the Klondike. 3ishop Nicolai cf the Rus sian Orthodox church declares that poor men have no possible chance for making money in that region from mining. The bishop's see includes Alaska, and ho is thoroughly familiar with the country, rie dec lares that a thorough knowiedce o: Lf ;sls large capital are absolut for financial success there. PERSONALITIES lae Queen of Italy has sent Cardi nal Gibbons, archbishop of Baltimore. a large photograph of herself in court costume. The queen gave the photo graph to Hiss Virginia HacTavish to present to the cardinal, with a re quest for copies of all the booss that Cardinal Gibbons has written. Hiss HacTavish will take these books to her msjty on her return to Italy. . , Cev. Cassius H. Clay, whose mar riace at the age of w to a blooming ! ' ycung bride, was recorded some time ' ! age. is renewing his youth by having ' a cataract removed from his eyes j Gsn. Clay necotiated the purchase cf ) Alaska from Russia and now says that h? knew at the time that there was gold there, which the Russians were i too Indolent to extract. Aig-non Charles Swinburne, the ! poet is one of the most eeceutn- in dividuals in England. He is a perfect mnste- of Greek and French, but it is h!3 delight to pretend to be entireiv ill terate and, though he left Oxfcr ' with a great reputation, he never took his decree. Hr. Swinburne lives near Lot con. but he is rarely seen in so ciety. One of the most Dleastnc traits , in his character is his devotion to children. The Hunshi Adbul KareeL . who now ccrpies his own snug abode in the grcuLds of Balmoral, has received ex traordinarily rapid promotion since he came to Windsor in the capacity of i "personal attendant" to the queen in liS7. He was then cnlv 23 and as a ' clerk at Agra earned only S3 a month He scon commenced giving lessons in ' Hinccostanee to the queen, who now not only speaks that lancuace Suently , but can write it with more than aver age ccrrectness in the Persian charac- j ter. So devoted is her majesty to her oriental studies that when the munshi went to India on leave they were con tinued by almost daily correspond ence. , The French minister cf fcreicn af faire, it is said, asked the King of Siam why he did not leave his foreign minister at home to take charge of ' things. "3ecause he is my brother." returned Chulanlongkom. with a grim ; smile; "I should probably have found him on my throne when I get hack ! to Siam." "3ut you have your other brother with you." "Yes. but his na- I ture is even less benevolent. He would ,' aot have seized my throne hut cut off my neaa as cuicsir as i returnee-" "i"03 H seem on excellent terms to- ; cetner, " exclaimed the astonished Frenchman. "Exactly." said the king, "and as I like to be on good terms with their. I always take them alonz." a wierdness the contrast vastlv Oflllllr nOI I I 13 111 ?B.KKl bn MMhK fl KANK acle that for several minutes ther? .1 1 III 111 I 1 1 1 jril Urll'lll tltv. THE OLD RELIABLE. Columbus State Bank (Oldest Bank in the State.) Fays Interest on Tme Deposits lata Loans on Heal Estate. xssrxs ught drafts os Omaha, Chicago, New York and all Foreign Countries. SELLS STEAMSHIP TICKETS. BUYS GOOD NOTES And helya lu customers whea they need hel orrrcETis asd itcectoxs: LttAS-DER GnnuAnD, Pres't. J E. H. IIexey, Vice Pres't. 1L EccGGns, Cashier. Jons' SrACTFEU, "Wii Iscc&eis. OF COLUMBUS. NEB., HAS AX Authorized Oapitsl cf - $500,000 Paid in Capita!, - - 90,000 OI'FICKKJ: C II. SHELDON'. PreVt. II. P II -HLi:i' Vice Pre. DAMFL 'I'HRVM. Cashier. FfcANK ItuiiEB. Asst. Cash'r. DIKEt'T H: C. n. SnELDO.v, H P H. Ocnr.oi. Jon-s Welch. ". v. Mcalxjstes, Caul ItiEXKE. J-. C Gkat. Fll-lVIC ItOKREU. 5TOCKII LDER5 5 REL3A Exxis. J l!E.nv Wcn.DIAJ, LAKK .HY. HENRY LOSEKS. Daniel chxav .y-. .tivLurr. A. F If Oehlkicu. J I" Becker Estate. EE3ECCA IiECKEK. II 31. ISLOW. Rant oT Depo-tt: ct-ret allowed on tlra deposits, buv snds lefianf on I'm tot! -tate- and Fnrope. and auv and sell aratl alf ei-nrtt e Wtshai be plaed to r ce:r- roar iujluesj. Viesoi.cit your pat- . rosa rosaze. Columbus Journal ! hlv nevrsnaner de- Toted the best interests of COLUMBUS THE CONNTY OF PLATTE, Be htu ol NeDrasKa THE UNITED STATES AND THE REST OF MANKIND The unit of ceaimre witk us is S1.50 A YEAR, IT PAID n.- ADTA3TCX. Est our limit cf usefulness la not crescriced bv dollars and cents. Lampie copies tent free to any address. HEKRY GASS, UyPEKT A "KEE ! Coffins : and : Metallic : Cases ! Repairing of cllkir.dsof Uphcl itery Qeods. UZ COLr'trSUH. SZaW a SZi.. GoiumDus Journal IS THTPA3.TD TO TTtEfaH ISTTEIXO BZQtnsxn or a. PRINTING OFFICE. u .. I r r BB m w mm - - - - COUNTRY,
