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-.-war- 0 I , o o , 1 Columbus gouruat. WEDNESDAY. DKCEMREU ir., 1SOT. Enteral at the 1'or.toHice, Columlins Ncbr., a crond-cla mail matter. IMWKD l.VEKY WEDNESDAY BY M. K. TURNER & CO., Columltus, elr. TEAMS OF scnsrnilTlox: One year, by mail, iost:ise irejail . . . Hix months Thrwe months Grand Island is making raids upon the houses or ill repute. Ur.PKrsr.XT.TivE Maxut.li. spoke Fri ilay on the pension bill, advocating a li!eral policy and a larger appropriation than that carried by the bill. Mits. Xanty A. McKinlky. mother of President McKinley. died at ::" Sunday morning. The president was at her bedside when she bade farewell to the loved ones who mourn her departure. Senatoi: Allev has introduced a bill to provide for the erection of a public building on half of the liosioflioo square in Lincoln and appropriating a million dollars for its complete construction. Also to lease the present postoffico building to the city of Lincoln at Sl,200 a year. Ax still the same fellows who upheld the deficit-hearing Wilson law from lie gimiing to end continue to kick because the Dingley law has not yet putthecoiin ou a paying basis, ft is well for them to kick while they can, as the new law will soou produce sufficient revenue, and their opportunity will be gone until they can hunt up some other excuse.--Wainside Tribune. If it lie true that (imyKlO Cubans have starved to death since the war liegan and that the spirit of the survivors is untamed by suffering and that Spain cannot, even if it would, restore prosper ity, then it is time for congress to re solve nfion steps that may bring the barbarous war to a close. A people that bravely endures so much for freedom should be free. Inter Ocean. FACT is. Ficnox. Lincoln. Xr.i:., Dec. l.'l, 1W7. Tuesday of last week, when the state suerintendent hail completed the semi annual apportionment of the school fund, and when it was ascertained that the amount of the apportionment would be unusually large, there was a general season of rejoicing among the reform politicians. Good crops and good prices have enabled the jteoplc to pay up their back taxes and the back interest, on their school land leases, and now when the result is shown in the school money, these who tried to deny this prosperity a few months ago set up a general cackle as if they had laid the egg. "We can make a great hit out of this if we work it right," said Kdmundsou, as he caressed his rotund stomach with one hand and his gold headed cane with the other. "It'll be a great hit, a great hit." "It. ought to b. worth ."i,H)0 votes to us, said Joe Edg-rton." "Yes, liiJNNI," said Maret, and he hurried away to the superintendent's office to give proper direct ions. "(let out extra copies of your report and get them to the papers as soon as possible" said the little secre tary, and he fairly How from one depart ment, of the state house to another, whispering confidentially to each one how he had given directions for the ex tra copies and how much extra tioteney is added by his shrewd foresight and manipulations. The public understands that a politi cal manager like Maret holds his prestige not so much for the good he does his party as for what he pretends to do. While his party is in the swim, he is the hero within his circle of admirers. When it gets in the soup, and when his manip ulations at last appear in their true light, then the public recognize him as the false leader, as the millstone that pulled it down. A big man leads his party into broad ways and builds on foundations of truth and honesty. A little man can organize a mob in the str-et. but it takes a big man with broad methods to hold an army together. It is remarkable what a high estimate each (if these reformers puts nion him self and what a low estimate he puts upon public scrutiny. In his eyes he is a prodigy of statesmanship. In his eyes the public is a rabble of gullible fools. In the judgment of these reformers, each of them, by some supe rior virtue of his administration had something to do with this increase in the school money. The governor looks complaisant and considers that the credit is largely due to hi in. The treasurer strokes his lieard with a self-satisfied air, as much as to say, "It never could have happened with out me. It will ease up the gossip about my straw bond." State Superintendent Jackson, lie cause his clerk made up the figures of the apportionment, feels that he is almost us great a hero as old Ilickrey himself, and he is sure that when the apportionment rejiort gets out among the fanners, each good mother will call her little son and say. '"My dear boy. when you are a man yon must never vote for anybody but Jackson. See! He has sent us $:177.)00 to maintain the schools. These good men do not hate the common jieople as Mark Hanna does. They love the common people and they love the children too. and they have sent out this money that the common people may be educated and that you may grow up to be as great and as good as Holcomb. Maret or Bill Green." Out at Nelson the mother will say, "Why you can even be as great as Sutherland, if yon study hard while these good men are sending us the money." In ,H4,iC and IW, the payment of taxes lagged and the interest payments on school land leases ran behind, slower and slower. It is no cause for criticism that republican officials did not collect these taxes and this interest money, for collection was impossible. Neither is it a virtue in them that they refrained from distressing property holders, for such a course would have lieen disas trous. It was better that the school money should run low than that the people should lose their homes. And now when good crops and good prices Lave enabled the people and they 1.50 "i 10 soeKKXJOOx50ooooooaoq; It is a commanding duty to keep the appropriations within the receipts of the J5 government, and thus avoid a deficit. q J 5 President McKinley. m have paid up voluntarily those delin quent obligations, it adds no virtue to this administration, which has tried to deny and .belittle these bettered condi tions. 'This'increate m school money is one of the signs of better times in Ne braska. There are some new ftars of hope in the peoples' sky, and this is one of them. TheJ people. are paying their debts without repudiation and with dollars that are honest. We have reach ed the period of paying.debts and are going out of the period ofilmrrowing money. This is untruth which will ap peal to the women of Nebraska who love their homes.and to the children who love their schools, more eloquently than the tricks of Maret. ortthe sophistries of Edmibton with his gold headed cane. The "common people," whom these pass-grabbing railroad shysters hover over, annot so uncommonly common, not so uncommonly dull, that they do not know where,, tlu money e:;me from and who paid it. These "common people" are not so lame in wit'norjn.honestyjhatjhey do not know that Bartley's default never interfered; a.dollarJii.thelistribntion of school money and therefore this large apportionment is no sign of superior honesty m the presentJ,treasurer,vho in any other northern state would have been impeached months ago Tor his lxld defiance of law and for his absconded bondsmen. There are over twenty funds which the law requires the treasurer to keep separate and on which he must report monthly the daily balances. This re form treasurer dumps these funds into one pot. Here'll be a pretty mess by and by when the day of reckoning comes. And it will come. The passes are right in the pockets now, the salaries and emoluments taste good, and the laws appear to be "absolete." But the laws are not "absolete." They will remain. These chickens will come home to roost. Some things that appear light now will weigh a ton before next fall. .1. W. Johnson. DROP IN PRICE OF WHEAT Remarkable Slump In Decem ber Option at Chicago. BIO RUSH OF GRAIN TO THAT CITY. Kletator loil- Are Mill Keeping the lleeenilier ItulU In tlm Hark a ti the Amount ! mil rati tir.iin The. Are to (et I'ra.-t it-ally N'o IIHIver Mail- by the IJIk luirt. Armour wild HVjre. Chicaco. Dec. 1-1. The wheat bulls began to feel today the effect of the prices which they permitted last week. The inspection sheets showed there had been a rush of graiu in this direction from every quarter. ;:s much probably as 400,000 bushels contract grain iu the 4f hours. A little inquiry showed that the inspection sheet did not begin to show all the arrivals. One elevator concern has cargoes aggregating :!0.000 bushels in t he river, not a bushel of which had been inspected. Armour and Weare had cargoes iu and the car lots showed a jump. The majority of this graiu was to fill shorts made mouths ago. Some of it had evidently been brought, however, to get the benefit of the Chicago December price. There was a .scattered December selling, largely by elevator people against new receipts of this sort. Armour was credited with more of this than any other iu tercet. The December bulls themselves told more or less Dccemlier in order to hapten its decline. There was a remarkable drop iu price, 71.. cents, but it was acconipauied hv no corresponding excitement aud by no great trade. December opened at 1.05, aud Ull.. cents and clo.-cd at !'.. cents. The January was influenced by the May. as it has leeu all along, dropping from 15 cents to !'.M., cents and closing at !:tJ4 cents. The Leiter party did what their friends thought they ought to have done last week let down the Decem ber. They did not sell uiuch, because the market would not take much and because Armour was selling enough to make the price weak, but they finally helied to break the price. Everybody is still astonished that the December bulls permitted any such price as ruled last week. Today's receipts clearly showed the result of the Chicago pre miums. Miuueapalis advices were that the Leiters had people buying up there in order to increase the difficulty of bringing the Minneapolis grain down here. The elevator people are still keeping the December bulls in the dark as to the amount of contract graiu they are to get. Practically no delivery has lieeu made by the big shorts, Armour and Weare. Armour I Buying Wheat. Eureka, S. D., Dec. 14. Armour & Co.'s representative, Charles Pleffer, is buying all the wheat coming to Eureka. He has very recently purchased 70 car loads, representing 50,000 bushels, for immediate shipment. Small amount iu farmers' bauds yet iu the country i tributarv to Armour. PINGREE GIVES OUT A STATEMENT. Denies That Three-Out Street Car Fare Hate I'roicd a Failure. Detroit, Dec. 14. Governor Piugree has given out a signed statement for publication denying that :-ceut street car fares have proved a failure. He says tliat "the railway managers damn their own business by sayiug S-ceut lares do not pay, hoping to receive sym pathy from the aldermen aud mayor," and that t he next move has beeu for the newspapers to rake up the cry. The governor asserts that if the $1,800,000 bauds of the Detroit railway were sold the owners got back all they paid for constructing the road ; if they were not sold they have received upon their bonds a greater profit than have most of the manufacturing firms of the city for the three years past. Governor Piugree says tliat a subsequent issue of 1, 000,000 bonds, which was made at the time of the consolidation agreement between the rival systems, were in reality pure gifts, made by the owners of the road to themselves, upon which they expect the people of Detroit to pay interest, and eventually the principal. The governor asserts that for the last year after paying interest upon all "honest bonds" there was a clear profit of more than 6 per cent on stock. $ i REPOMT ON MISSIONS. Turkish lain ami rUmiur In India Tre.ttnl ul l.-ulh. Boston. Dec. 14 The American board or forehru mi items made public today its S7:h :i!i:inai iv:iirt. The total receipts fr ui all s iu;ves were t$4--7S1.07. Th: repnr.- d- lis at length with Turkish massacres and says that while i many Uhristians v.vr. killed or tied, the number of profe.st" I I 'liristiaus exceeds that previous to th- outrage. The ! m:issacre.s,i:i which :tr bust o.oOO Avuie-. uiaus were slaughtered iu Constanti nople, were the result ostensibly of an attack ou the Ottoman bank of the city by u band of revolutionists, but in reality of the same fanaticism and race hatred which deluded the whole empire with blond the previous year. When the sovereigns sjioke the word ou the third day blond -died ceased instantly throughout the whole country. In India during the famine food rose to abnormal prices As the poor of In dia live constantly up hi the verge of starvation when prices are normal it is easy to imagine the result of such times as these. Grain riots ocenrred iu miuy places, starvation Mured miliums iu the face, and almost at once became an awful reality. The bubonic fever first came to public notice in Bombay. A panic seized the mO.uOj inhabitants. Traius and .steamers from the city lie came crowded with people fleeing to the country. The mortality of the city rose from ."irtu a week to 2,000. The Christians from the city have been luarvciously preserved. Among them only a few cases have occurred. This has Iweu by far the most fruit ful year in the history of the sju:1i China mission. In the Foo Chow, China, mission wirhiu the last twe years there has lu en an expansion of field and growth in churches, schools and hospital work unparalleled in the history of our missions in Chiua. Ecuuieuiral Missionary Conference. Boston. Dee. 14. A letter from a committee representing the foreign mis sionary societies of America, addressed to the secretaries of the Protestant mis sionary societies of Great Britain and the continent of Europe, soliciting an expression of their views as to the de sirability of couveniug an e-umeuical foreign missionary conference (similar iu aim and character to the world's missionary conference at Loudon in 1SSS) iu the city of New York, iu April, HI00, and their readiness to co-operate iu such a conference, has met with a general and favorable respa i e. In view of the cordial feeling and uuauim ity expressed, the American societies have authorized the holding of the con ference, and an invitation has been is sued, signed by the Rev. .Tudsou Smith, D. D., of Boston, as chairman, and Rev. H. X. Cobb. D. D., of New York, as secretary. This invitation asks each society to be represented by two or more delegates iu ecumenical confer ence ou foreign missions, to meet in New York, on April 20, 1SXH), aud to continue for 10 days from that date. The invitations are to be sent to all Protestaut foreign mis-iouarv societies. Ilryat Fort Scott. Fo::t Scott, Dec. 14. Not a drop of wafer has been served to the consumer? of this city since Mayor Ilesser took charge of the waterworks Saturday evening. Employes of the water com pany refuse to work for the city aud no engineer can be found who can operate the pumps. The city authorities ac cuse the compauy's engineer of having "spiked" the pumps. The superintend ent of the works has served notice ou the city that the safety of the pumpiug station is iu danger, lieeause of the in competency of the men who are at tempting to run it. Hotels, factories and consumers generally are compelled to obtain water from private sources, which are insufficient to supply the needs. The trouble grows out of the city forcing the water company to bell its plant. Ltiftgrrt'it Plan of Ilefcnsp. Chicaco, Dec. 14. Attorneys Har mon and Ries, in their defense of A. L. Lnelgert. have decided to base a strong tight on the paint of the corpus delicti. They have beeu making a sjieeial study of the law covering tliis poiut. They will contend for the principle of com mon law, enunciated years and yearn ago by Lord Hale, that a man cauuot be convicted where the corpus delicti and the offense are both proved by cir cumstantial evidence. Either the body must be produced or the murder proved to have beeu committed, and proved by direct testimouv. I'nion Printer Win. New YokK, Dec. 14. President Sam uel B. Donnelly of Typographical un ion No. G, at a meeting of the union held iu this city last night, announced that G'f of the 120 publishers had granted the request of the uuion for a nine-hour day. About 20 book ma chine offices also consented to an eight hour day. President Donnelly said that the other oliices would undoubt edly come into the compact, and that the impending strike will probably be averted. Death From IM-kJaw. Albia, Dec. 14. The death of James Grimes near here from lockjaw, resulting from a gunshot wound was particularly sad. Young Grimes acci dentally shot himself iu the leg some days ago. The wound was dressed by a physician aud it was thought the youug man was getting along all right until lockjaw set in and his death re sulted. Democrat Win Content, Sioux City, Dec. 14. John Games. Democrat, won the Woodbury county shrievalty contest here today by 10 votes. Unless V. C. Davenport, Re publican, cau persuade the contest board tomorrow to reverse a decision by which it gave Gaiubs IS votes, an appeal will probably be taken. The first returns showed 1 1 majority for Davenport. Wuiuau Shoot a liurglar. San Francisco, Dec. 14. At an early hour this moruiug a burglar entered the residence of Sergeaut-of-Police Mc Mauus and proceeded to ransack the parlor. Mrs. McMauus heard the burg lar at his work, but decided not to waken her husband. She picked up a revolver from a table by the bed and awaited developments. Iu a few mo ments the burglar reached the swing ing doors leading from the parlor into the room adjoining the bedroom, aud when he opened the door she opened fire. He made his escape, but the trail of blood which was left showed that the woman's aim was good. GOMPERS IN THE CNAIR. Seventeenth Annual Session of Federation of Labor. HAKES HIS ANNUAL ADDRESS. Big lurreaoe i.f .Meinhersliip In the Itnttie Affiliated With the Federation Seert" tary .MorrMouN Kf-purt Shown the He reipl Ktit Year Were S?,X4 Over the I'rrtioiM Year. Namixii.i.k. Dec. 14. The American Federation of Labor began its 17th an nual r-essioii in this city yesterday, with an attendance of more than 100 dele gates from different states aud an equal uumbvr of visitors. President Gompers preMded. The hall was decorated with the Hags of many nations. Havelock Wilson and Edward Hartford, dele gates from Euglaud. were introduced by the president. After the mectiug had been culled to order, William Aimi sou of the local Typographical union delivered an addres of welcome. President Gomp :- ponded to the address. The report of the committee on credentials was presented, after which President Gompers read his an nual address. ;oinicr' Aililress. President Gompers said : "With two except ious all our affiliated national uuion report a large increase of local unions aud membership. There is an increase of about 34,000 members in the organizations affiliated. It lias beu the constant aim to organize our fellow workers engaged in unskilled labor. With the invention of new machinery aud the applications of new forces, the division aud subdivision of labor many workers who have been employed at skilled trades find themselves with their occupation goue, and to which they have devoted long terms of years to acquire. Tims we see the urtisau of yesterday the unskilled laborer of today. "It is also a source of gratification to report that within the post year a very large number of federal labor union: for unskilled workers had beeu organ ized and from them a much larger number of trade uuious. There have been quite a uutnlter of strikes within the pait year, but the change iu tht causes which have produced them arc worthy of note. The strikes of this year with lew exceptions have beeu foi higher wages, shorter hours and uniou principles. Our uuious report with gratifying unanimity a large number oi successes achieved, advantages gained and the growth aud extension of the power of organization enjoyed. Muvcuteiit for Short Work Day. "The movement to reduce the hours of labor is always oue which commands the first attention of organized labor. We hold that no condition is satisfac tory, nor any solution complete, which fails to eliminate the curse aud the de grading influences of uouemploymeut, and so long us this evil shall lie with us our best efforts will be concentrated to the reduction of the hours of labor of all until the desired end is attained. "The establishment of a postal sav ings bauk system and also a postal tele graph system, long since demanded by organized labor, seems nearer accom plishment than at auy previous time. It is submitted whether it would not be wise to modify our position insofar as to interpose no objection to the passage of a law providing for compulsory arbi tration in disputes of organized em ployes of railroads aud railroad com panies, and of giving award by such lawful arbitrators, but we should hesi tate to give our indorsement to any legislation, state or national, lowering t he compulsory enforcement of award aud enforcement of a contract for labor. Recently one of the branches of the federal courts decided by a majority vote that l he boycott is illegal. The suggestion i made that upon any letter or circular issued upon such a matter of this character after stating the name of the unfair firm and the grievances com plained of, the words "We have been enjoined by the courts from boycotting this firm," could be added." MorrUou' Report. Vice President McGuire presided at the afteruoou session, which was well attended. Secretary Morrison pre sented his report, showing an increase i;i receipts of -?..',:M! over the previous year. An extra amount had lieeu ex pended iu organization and 31,280 new members were enrolled. The greatest item of expause was $3,53!) for organiza tion, and of this $2,0110 had beeu used in sending organizers among the min ers during the great strike. Expenses for the year were $10,113. The report stated the Federatiouist, the organ of the federation had been increased iu size at an increased expense, but re ceipts had exceeded expenditures. Dnriug the year, the report states, 20 strike had beeu officially noticed, in volving lt!5,407 workers. Of these IS!) were won : 31 compromised aud 33 lost. During the year 21 7 charters were issued to national, state, central, local aud federal labor uuious. Two charters for state federations were issued to Ohio uud Missouri. The report states the indications are favorable for a coutiuuauce of use of labels. The secretary recommends that the par capita tax for local and federal laboa unions to the federation be iucreased from 1 to 5 cents per mem ber. Treasurer J. B. Leuuon submitted his report showing the income of feder ation from Noi 1, lS!o to Nov, 1, 1S97, to be $21. 80S and the expenses $19,113, leaving a balance of$2,94, which added to $1,000 now in tlu hands of secretary gives a total balance of $3,094. The report was referred to the committee ou treasurer's report. HEPBURN IS SUSTAINED. Entire Session of the House Is Spent Adjusting: a Dispute. N0ET0N MUST STAND BY EECOHD. Not Allowed to Amend HU Remarks on the Pension Bill Additional Work for Justice Brewer Senator Allen' Indian Cougrets Bill Favorably Repoited to the Senate Newt at Washington. Washington-, Dec. 14. Excepting the reporting of the legislative, execu tive and judicial appropriation bill, which is to be considered today, the house did no public business Monday. The entire session was consumed in adjusting a personal dispute between Hepburn (la.) aud Norton (O.) which grew out of a controversy that occurred last week during the debate on the pension bill. The jioint at issue was ua to whether a certain word used by Mr. Norton, but which he afterwards disclaimed auy intention of niug should appear in the permanent record. The house, by a party vote, yeas, 130; nays, lil ; sustained Mr. Hepburn. Advocate a fooling Bill. Washington-. Dec. 14. The aunual meeting of the National Board of Trade began at the Shoreman hotel iu this City this afternoon. A number of mat I ters of national interest-will be consid ered, among them tho presentation to congress of a pooling bill aud tho recom mendation for a department of com merce. Just what action will be taken on these measures cannot bo predicted. The advocates of the pooling bill are to be found chiefly among tho eastern delegates, while the opposition to the measure will come fom tho south and west. The board as a wholo is in favor of the establishment of the department of commerce, and it is rumored thut this measure has the approval of Presi dent McKinley aud that a message will be sent to congress on the subject soou after the 1st of Janrary. Lower Court Is Reversed. Washington, Dec. 14. An opinion was rendered by Justice White in the United States supreme court today in the case of Thomas Bram, under sen tence of death in Massachusetts for murder committed at sea. He was ac cused of murdering the captain, mate and captain's wife, of a vessel bouud for South America. The opinion re versed, the decision of the court below on the ground thut Bram's testimony should not have been admitted. To Strengthen Eight Hour Law. Washington, Dec. 14. Senator White of California has introduced a bill to strengthen the eight-hour law us applicable to government works. It has been found impossible to force tho law, owing to the lack of adequate pen alties. Mr. White proposes an amend ment, in which a violation of the law is made a uiislcmeauor subject to a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprison ment not exceeding six mouths, or both. Vulted State Wheat Crop. Washington. Dec. 14. The agricul tural department today issued the fol lowing. The speci'il wheat investiga tion, instituted by the department of agriculture, indicates a crop of 530,000, 000 bushels. These figures are subject to slight modification in the final re port. Congress of Indian Tribes. Washington, Dec. 14. The sen ate committee on Indian affairs to day reported favorably on Senator Al len's bill providing for u congress of Indian tribes to be held at Omalia dur iug the coming Trausmissippi exposi tion. Additional Work for Justice Brewer. Washington. Dec. 14. The retire ment of Justice Field from the supreme court of the United States has made necessary the assignment of Justice Brewer to the Ninth circuit iu addition to his duties in the Eighth circuit. For Belief or Southern .Methodist. Washington, Dec. 14. Representa tive Gaines of Tennessee has introduced a bill appropriating $'28,0O0 for the re lief of the I took agents of the Methodist Episcopal Church South for property taken during the civil war. Snprenie Court Keeeiw. Washington, Dec. 14. The United States supreme court will take a recess next Monday for the Christmas holidays, resuming its sittings on Mon day, Jan. 8. Final Appeal For Uurrant. San Fkancisco, Dec. 14. Mrs. Alice Hartley, who killed Senator Foley at Reno several years ago, created a great deal of excitement in Emanuel Baptist church last night. At the conclusion of Rev. George Gibson's sermon she dramatically declared that she had a message from God to the effect that Durraut's life should be saved, and that it was the dury of the congregation to save him. Rev. Gibson, who was Dur raut's pastor, refused to see the con demned man's mother when she called with a message from her .sou askiug the preacher to tell all he knew about the murders in Emanuel church. A final appeal for a commutation of the sen tence of death will be uiade to Gover uor Budd this week. Pardoned by Governor Fiugree. Jackson, Mich., Dec. 14. Edward Rogers, who was seut to the state prison from Saginaw iu August. 1$!U, for life, has been jiardoued by Governor Piu :ree. Rogers' sister will take him to 'icr home iu California. He had a fam .ly iu New York City, but left home luring a drinking spell. At Saginaw ie became infatuated with a woman, flio he killed because she refused to narry him. Gets a Life Sontence. Bakeusfield, Cal., Dec. 14. David Davidson, the Randsburg wife mur derer, has lieeu convicted of murder in the first degree, with the penalty of life sentence. lie is said to be the sou of a prominent St. Louis physician. The defense was insanity, and dnriug the trial Davidson appeared oblivious of his surroundings, but experts declared that he was shamming. Mr. Beuriuan Sentenced. Lawkenck, Kau., Dec. 14. A motion for a new trial iu the case of Mrs. Anna Beurmau, charged with killing her husband, was overruled, aud she was sentenced to 10 years iu tb penitentiary for murder in the second degree. Warships Leave Port au Prince. Berlin, Dec. 14. The German school ihips Chattle and Stein, which were tugaged in the recent demonstration tgainst Huyti, will leave Port au Prince tomorrow, the former going to San Domingo and the latter sailiug for Havana. Postpone ale of Road. St. Louis, Deo. 14. Judge Sanborn in the court of appeals has grauted a postponement of the propjsed sale of the Kansas Pacific railroad for 00 days. His Liut Meal. Every day some fresh source of food supply is discovered, say The Stamp Collector. Adhesive stamps have not hitherto been regarded as nutritious. The ostrich prefers gold watches fur a steady diet, and the traveling tinker's donkey has a reputation for consuming any clean linen that may he handy. A Hindoo paper, however, gives an account of a curious incident that oc curred at the residency in u remote dis trict in Ceylon a little while ago. Mr. PieriR, the office assistant, placed on his table some judicial stamps to tiie value of about 200 rupees. While his attention was drawn to something else bis pet goat was slowly but surely mak ing a meal of the stamps. This was not discovered until the goat had swal lowed some 50 rupees' worth of stamps Immediately the goat's life was de nianded as a penalty, and the stamps, afterward taken from its stomach, were forwarded to the commissioner. Our Temperature. The ordinary temperature of au adult when a thermometer is placed in tho armpit is JiS.4 degrees, in the mouth 99.5 degrees. The blood is about 100 degrees. Blood heat is marked on the thermometer at 99 degrees F. In fevers this is much exceeded, aud the heat of the patient may rise to 10.i degrees or 106 degrees. A higher temperature than this will generally prove fatal unless it descends very quickly. The highest temperatures recorded have burn iu some ca-s of rheumatic fever, when that of the body rose to 109 degrees aud even to 111 degrees. Him England Meeting Hoi Cuttcu Mather said: "1 Uud no just ground in Scripture to apply such a trope us church to a house for public worship A meeting house is the term that is most commonly used by New England Christians, aud every town, for the most part, cau say we have a modest and a handsome house for the worship of God, not set off with gaudy, pompous, theatrical fineries, but suited nuto the simplicity of Christian wor ship " The people were seated in tho early days, says Dr Ezra lloyt Byingtou, iu bis bur.k ou "The Puritan lu Euglaud aud New England. ou rousu benches, men and women on opposite sides Pews were tic; provided first. Now and then a special vote was passed by the town authorizing some person to build a pew iu the meeting house at his own expense Squares tin the floor, about 6 feel by 8, were deeded to individuals, on which they erected pews to suit themselves The best seat was some times assigned to the man who paid the highest tax in the parish. Sometimes th: committee was iustruuted "to have respect upon them that are 50 years old aud upward, others to be seated according their pay " In oue ia stauce we have a record that the com mittee was instructed "to have respect to age, oilice aud estate, so far a it teudeth to make a man respectable, and to everything else that hath the same tendency " Turks and Meerschaum. Accordiug to the best authorities upon the subject, the idea of using white talc in the manufacture of pipes is of comparatively recent date, com pared with the age of the habit of smok ing, cud what is still more curious is the fact that in the oriental countries which produce white talc, or meer schaum, us it is called, and where the use of tobacco forms part of the educa tion of the faithful, the people never dream of making this substance into pipes. They make bowls and goblets of it, but no pipes It may Le that the loug pipesrems which allow the smcke to cool aud lrwii its actidity before reaching the mouth leave the oriental smoker quite iniliilereut iu regard to the quality of the bowl At all events, oue never sees it Turk with a meer schaum pipe Courrttr ties Etats Unis. The Aiicii-ot Uuilirrlla. On coins in the rock carvings of the aucifuts the umhivUa often shows its familiar form This goes to prove that Jonas Hair.vay did not invent the um brella, but he saw the value of the east ern huu.ohadi anil idoii it became the fahicn to cany tins useful article Tin-re must Le a great din'ieuco be tween the tttubtellu of the eighteenth century and the modern aUtl riLbed. siik covered. lt-iu! r article which it is regarded as a misforti ue to get Wet. Irish Times Off the coast of Ceylon the fishing season is inaugurated by numerous cere monies, and the Meet of boats then puts to sea. Fishing, when allowed, gener ally commences in the ecoiid week of March and lasts from four to sin weeks, according to the .reason. A pessimist is an invalid who consid ers happiness a disease. Dallas News. f"r ilricilibors. Genoa Leader: John Welin of West llili was taken to the insane asylum at Lincoln again on Monday. His insanity took a more violent turn than two years ago when he was taken to the asylum the first time, as it took two or three men to handle him. Fremont Tribune: An east-bound Union Pacific extra freight jumped tho track at North Bend early Wednesday morning and ditched eight or ten cars. The cause of the wreck could not lie learned. No one was hurt and the wreck did not delay the passenger trains. Madison Reporter: One of Sherman Willberger's little girls is so seriously ill with diphtheria that but small hopes are entertained of her recovery. On account or the fact that the little one attended school up to the time of the discovery of her malady, the south school has been closed indefinitely. Albion News: Tho body of Ben Griffin, who was lately killed by accident in Colorado, arrived at St. Edward Monday of last week. He fell li() feet down a mine shaft. It seems that he had gone down into the mine to fix an electric lamp and instead of going up the shaft in the usual manner, got into the buck et. Tn yoing up the bucket Iteeame un manageable and Mr. Griffin was thrown out at a height of I.10 feet. An exami nation of the body showed a broken leg, dislocated ankle and wrist, a badly scarred face, and a very bad cut in the back of the head by some sharp instru ment which cut very deeply. Norfolk Journal: "We nre learning something new about farming every year over our way," said D. W. Darlington to the Journal today. "One of my neigh lKrs found out this year that he could get fifteen bushels more of corn to the acre by using the lister to subsoil and planting with the check-rower so that he could cultivate both wave. The corn ho planted that way gave a yield of fifty bushels to the acre, while what he plant ed in the ordinary way with the lister only went thirty-five bushels." The idea seems a good one, and tho Journal will gladly give space to the neighbor to tell his methods and experience. Klondike. What does it cost to get there? When and how should on go? What should one take? Where are the mines? How much have they produced? Is work plentiful? What wages are paid? Is living expensive? What are one's chances of '"making a strike?" Complete and satisfactory replies to the above questions will be found in the Burlington Route's "Klondike Folder," now ready for distribution. Sixteen pages of practical information and an up-to-date map of Alaska and the Klon dike. Free at Burlington Route ticket oliices, or sent on receipt of four cents in stamps by J. Francis, general passen ger agent. Burlington Route, Omaha, Nebr. l.aprIH ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE. BY VIKTTK of an order mail by th diidrict court iiianl for I'lattc county. NYlira&ka, on ih --! la.v "f Nowniber, 1M;. granting licen-e to k-H tl. real nlat hereinafter do. Miileil for the iairn- of payioi; thn claim allowed nisiin-t the estate of Henry S. Godfrey. il ceaed, ami the coi-Ip of ailminUterinir on taid e-tate, I will "ell the real eMate. described in Kiid order, to uit: The east half (e'jl of the houtheftht iuarter (miUjof i-ection No. thirteen (13) in township No. eighteen ls), north of runce three (3 west of tlietith 1. 31., in 1'latte count v. Nebraska, at I o'clock p. in., on Wednesday. Dec.'JAI. Ili7.at the front door of the court house in Ihe city of Columbus, Xehnuka, for cat-h inhand. mibject to two mortKaffe, one for fl.'KM in favor of It. K. Pcdrirk and one of fll) iu fat or or 3Iary K. ti.-mev. ALUKUT KUSSELL. C. J . I i ahlow. Administrator. AU'yforAdm'r. Idec3 J BECHER j Farm Loans, And Insurance.. COLUMBUS, Setting Out in Life! Sm 111 ras$ Ki REPORT Or THE CONDITION or Tiir.- Columbus State Bank, (t'harter No. .;). AT COTUIriUM. Ill th? Slali' of Xebiitskti, at the close of Inisiitexx, Xocemlier :o, v7. lUMOL'KCh'i. ljoant and discount jU0,'.L".t 31 Oterdraftt. xecuted and uutH-cure.1 i Hi Stock. Itomlt. tiectirities. juiluii:.-ut- claims, etc I,'.W it liankiiiK houe, furniture tuid hxturc-. 'J.I'M U Other real estate . r.V&lHK! t'urrent exj-ne- uud taxes aid .... 7,211 W! Checks and other ca-h item . -,,,"'t '" Pin-from Nutioiml. Htuteatid Piiiate Itauknand Hunkert I'..-".'- rt t 'uhIi currency i-.',W.' W Cold i.ae :m Silver iloll-irs WJ l Fractional nilver .7-4 4.i Tolal cuih ou haud l,lt V3 Tol.nl, j-S.137 '.'. i.iuii.iiirs. Capital stock paid in j K!,nn U Undivided profit;.. lo.rtir. H Individual lenwit subject to check $ll.Jl:i 17 Demand ceititicaten of de posit 17n icj Time certificate of deposit 7l,.Vi. .Vl i:tl,:.72 77 Total, SttkofNeiihhk, ( County of Finite S"- I, 31. Hrutrcer. cashier of the alioie-uamt-d bank, do mdemnly cwiur that the nUite state ment is true-to the he-d of my knowledge ami belief. 31. Itlifi.ci ii. Ca-hier. I At tet-t: I.KWUfcK tiMKAKl. ,;r,.llin, Wll. KlVllKH. J Hire. ton.. Sulicribed and nmitn to lefore me tlii- f It day of Decemlier, !b!7. II. K. Hoi'KF.NHtHISI it. It N.tar Public. I'KOBATR XOTICK. In Ihe county court of I'lVfe ronnty. Nebraska. In the matter of the .-Mute of 1'atrick IVeKau. deceased. Notice of tinal settlement and account. I To the creditor, helm, legatee and other in-j tcrcxted in the estate of Patrick IleeKau. de- cticH-d. i Take notice, that Mary A. Deetnin ha tiled I in the county court her fluid reort of her do-1 injfH us administratrix of the estate of 1'atrick j lKi-tmn. deceased, and it is ordered that the! same stand for heiiriut: on the i-l day of IV-! ivinber. IV.tT. U-fore Ihe court at the hour of 10, o'clock n. in., at which time any m-ivoii inter-i est nl uir.y upjM-itr and except to and contest ! the same. This notice is ordered Kiten in TilKCoi.tTMBfs I JorutXAL. tor two consecutive weeks prior f the i2d day of Pecemlier, 1"'.7. WitnesM my hand nnd the s:al of Ihe eo:nty contt at Columbus, this iltlt day of Peceniher, is-b. .I.N.Kll.llN. irdec2f County . I !!- NOTICE PKOIIATE OF WILL. Notice probate of will. Carl Schwan. deceased. I In the I ounty ( ourt of I'latte county. Ne braska. The State of Nebraska to the heirs aud next of kin of said Carl Schwarz, deceased: Take notice, that ufxin tiling of a written in strument purortiii;;lohe the last will and testa ment of Curl Schwarz forprolwde and allow ance, it is or, lens 1 that said matter ls set for hearing theXftth day of Pecemlier, A. II.. H7, le--foresaid county court, at the hour of 1 oVlock p. in., at which time any fs-rson interested may appear ami contest the same; and due notice of this proceed! Ili; is ordered published three weeks successively in TllK. Col.f.MBlls .lolMl.N l., a weekly and leiral iiewpai-er. printid. publish ed and of general circulation iu said county aiid slate. In testimony whereof. I have hereunto set my hand and official seal at Columbus this 10th day of Peceinber. A. P. 1'.7. J.N. KlLllN. ! l."xlec:t County . Indite. I PKOltATE NOTICE. In the county court of I'latte couuty, Nebraska. In the matter of the estate of Christian Ifoett fher, deceased. Notice of final settlement and account. To the creditors, heirs, lenitees and others in terested in the estate of Christian l!s-ttcher, deceased. Tuke notice, that C. F. lileafcon has tiled in the county court a rert of his doinirs as ad ministrator of the cstuteof Christian Hocttcher, deceased, and it is ordered thut the same stand for hearing on the lilh day of Pecember, 1'j7. before the court at the hour of ID o'clock a.m.. nt which time any person interested may up-ur and except to and contest the same. This notice is ordered K'ven in Tuk Coi.l'.M BCh Jourxm. for two consecutive weeks prior to the 17th day ot Pecember, IWJ7. Witness my hand and the seal or the county court at Columbus this r;M day of PecemU-r, I"rf7. .1. N. KII.MX, tftirrU County . I lldie. UNDERTAKING! We Carry Coffins, Caskets and Metallic Caskets at as low prices as any one. DO KMBA.X.MIlSrO HAVE THE BEST HEAHSE INTIIKCOUNTItV. FRED. W. HERRICK. wroosi.Ky a stikks, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. .Sonthwest corner Eleventh and North St rf-ets 4jnly y Cor.tTMBi'H. Nfrhihk. W. A. McAt.t.tfrFK. V. .M. Cot.NKi.irs WeALUSTER & CORNELIUS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, cobniiBrs, NF.RIUSKA ailantf WANTED! F. E. M ATTKSOX & CO.. Hi verside, R I. Want all kintla of Butter, Eggs, Poultry, IJaw Fnre, .Skins, Ginseng, Seneca, Sec. Full prices guaranteed. Careful selec- tioo, courteous treatment, immediate remittance. ' Shipping Tags, Ropes, furnished free. Write for latest price circulars. AGENTS WASTED. l5dec2iu I & CO., Real Estate NEBRASKA. 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