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, .VJ JlTS"? S&SzT1 -pVW 3553? iSC -- - j. - r - 2-j-i . IK -V "- (ia-iSJ ysswi--? t -'" ' ' ' -v 3eo2C a Lri- asSSWSVn : CS-T" -r V yc i Etvy- .. isJ ' j. C T ik m5M ' . vt, l- V. & ' Cfr -?" r -i- - ." . . ? j5j'- ;-a i WW5t --- - -- J-S - US - te.' K .". v VOLUME XXVIII.-NUMBER 50. COLUMBUS. NEBRpKA. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 23, 1898. WHOLE NUMBER M54. isetb&kk mo:ita fe t m y rf- e n 4 - s. THE OLD RELIABLE. CoIumbusStateBank (Oldest Bank in the State.) foj: literal mTiie Depot: lataLiainM&Jati UBCBS IBT SIARI OJT Oanafca, Chicago, New York aa all Foreicm Couatrlce. SELLS STEAMSHIP TICEETa BUYS GOOD NOTES And b.Ipa its customers when they Bted ash OFFICEKS AND DniECTOBS: aaxTER Gebrakd, Prea't. E. H. Hexbv, Vice Pres. JL Bbcqqes, Cashitr. 3oinr Stacffeb, Wjc. Bccnaa, COMMERCIAL 111 or COLUMBUS. NEB.. HAS AN AitheriziJ Capital of - $500,000 Part in Capital, - - 90,000 orricEBS: C. H. BnELDON. Pres't. U. V. II. OKHLUIon. Vice Prea. DANIEL SCI1RAM, Cashier. FRANK KOUEB, AuL Cash'. 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MM W JsBsLflfe ME. BBsVlflL SBbMr MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMbsM MeCmMMMMrs (JwjJmimBiiS- COUNTRY CA5IPFIRE SKETCHES. COOD SHORT STORIES FOR THE VETERANS. Rebellion, a roem by the Late Geoff Croly of England Fumu Canity Corp. Some New Uniforms for the Lee's Story. BebeUlon. I had a vision; evening sat in gold Upon the bosom of a boundless plain, Cover'd with beauty garden, field and fold, Studding the billowy sweep of ripen ing grain, Like islands in the purple summer main. And temples of pure marble met the sun, That tingled their white shafts with a golden stain And sounds of rustic joy, and labor done Hallow'd the lovely hour, until her pomp was gone. The plain was hush'd in twilight, as a child Slumbers beneath its slow drawn canopy; But sudden tramplings came and voices wild, And tossings of rude weapons caught the eye; And on the hills, like meteors in the sky, Burst sanguine fires, and ever and anon To the clash'd spears the horn gave fierce reply; And round their beacons trooping thousands shone. Then sank, like evil things, and all was dark and lone. 'Twas midnight; there was wrath in that wild heaven: Earth was sepulchral dark. At once a roar Peal'd round the mountain tops, like ocean driven Before the thunders on the eternal chore: Down rush'd, as if a sudden earth quake tore The bowels of the hills a flood of fire: Like lava, mingled spears and torch es pour. The plain is deluged, higher still and higher Swell blood and flame, till all is like one mighty pyre. Twas dawn, and still the black and bloody smoke Roll'd o'er the champaign like a vault of stone: But as the sun's slow wheels the bar rier broke, He lit the image of a fearful one. Throned in the central massacre, alone An Iron diadem upon his brow, A naked lance beside him, that yet shone Purple and warm with gore, and crouching low 111 men in one huge chain, alike the friend and foe. The land around him, in that sickly light. Show'd like the upturning of a mighty grave; Strewn with crush'd monuments, and remnants white Of man; all loneliness, but when some slave With faint, fond hand the hurried burial gave, Then died. The despot sat upon his throne. Scoffing to see the stubborn traitors wave At his last breath. The good and brave were gone To exile or the tomb. Their country's life was done. GEORGE CROLY. Famous Cavalry Corps. In the celebrated corps known as the Guides cavalry esprit dc corps is more than a word. It is a living part of the regiment, says the Times of India. Even the last joined recruit feels no punishment so deeply as the reproach, You do no credit to the corps," and mature soldiers in very shame volun tarily take their discharge if so ad dressed by an officer. Illustrative of the high value placed on personal bravery in the Guides as against a Babu-like knowledge ot the drill book, two Interesting instances may be mentioned. There was on the Yusafzai border a noted freelance named Futteh Khan, who had a small following of horsemen as bold and in-, irepid as himself.. Even the gallant and resourceful Sir Henry Lumsden, with his Guides, could not bring this man to book, though oft he tried. At last Lumsden struck a unique solution of the problem by deciding that he would enlist Futteh Khan and the whole of his band! Accordingly a po lite letter was written, saying that Lnmsden had the. greatest respect for the bravery and daring of Futteh Khan and his band, that it was a pity that they and the Guides should continue a bootless'feud to the profit of neither and that he would make Futteh Khan a ressaldar and take over the whole of his band as it stood! Futteh accept ed the offer and he and his men served with distinction for many .years in the Guides, taking part in the historic march to Delhi and doing yoeman ser vice before its walls. The other incident occurred when Sir "Francis Jenkins was colonel. The Guides, with other troops, having made a turning movement, dropped down into the Kh'yber pass in the rear of Ali Mus jid, so as to cut off the enemy's re treat when the frontal attack should be driven home. Among the first batch of the fugitives to come up the pass was a squadron of Afghan cavalry, which, making a rush for it, managed, with some loss, to run the gantlet and get through. " One man alone wa? seen quietly walking his horse in the wake ot the fugitives, and defiantly waving his sword in the face of the-heavy fire of 800 rifles. How he came not to be hit was a marvel, but Sir Francis imme diately ordered the "cease fire" to sound. The colloquy which ensued was delightfully unique. "Who are yon?" said the colonel. "I am Sultan Jan Kaazilbash and I don't care a box of grapes for yon and the whole of your anny. "Yon" are a monstrously brave an. any way," said the colonel; "will jem enlist ia my registent?" "Yes. I ; "" - Snlt,in J. " u you.aaa us uuiaea as mn warrior." And enlisted ae Was dn the pot, Mad a daisdar there and then, and afterward served with distinction throughout the campaign. At the end of two years, when the war was OTer, he went to his colonel and said: "I am a man of war and cannot face all the drill and monotony of an Indian can tonment in peace time, with your high ness permission I will now take my discharge." And away he went, a free lance born and as such determined to die. Not a Coward. Nervous excitement is responsible for much that 'might pass for cowardice. The author of "A Cuban Expedition" speaks of one dreadful day, when he aad his comrades sat In a Wet ditch and waited, concealed, while the Spaniards were so near that escape seemed almost impossible. The discomfort of oar predicament up -to the middle in .ansa and water, with the rain pouring down on us, was at the moment unfelt, in our ex citement and eagerness in watching the enemy. Little Joe Storey, who was next to me, was trembling all over. Suddenly he grasped my arm and whis pered: "Ob, what shall I do? t must scream or fire off my rifle! I can't help it!" I, too, felt that he would do either the bne or the other, and I whispered back the first thing that occurred to me. "Storey," I said, "if you make the least noise I'll stab you to death." Then I told him to keep his eyes closed, and try to think of something else, until he heard the first shot fired. After that he might shout as loudly as he liked. I put one arm about his neck and drew him close to me. There, trembling, he rested like a quiet child. Presently his excitement wore off, and he became used to the situation; then he was ashamed of his breakdown. But Storey was no coward. He was a gallant little soul in action, and only his tortured nerves were responsible for this temporary revolt Story by Gen. Lee. General Lee told an amusing story to a reporter at one time when he was about to deliver an address at the Con federate reunion. Some one came to him and asked to speak to him. The general consented, and the old negro, whose name was Sam, and who had fought throughout the war, came and received the proffered hand. General Lee at once began to put questions to the old fellow, who answered With won derful skill. The general then asked him where he had seen the best time during the war. "At Chickamauga," at once replied tne darky, "because I ran as soon as the firing began." "But how did you know In which way to run In such a hot battle?" asked General Lee, with a merry twin kle in his eye. "I went drectly to the safest place and the first I could find," answered Sam, coming to his climax. Again he was asked how he could tell which place was safe. "I knowed it was safe," answered Sam, '"cause I skipped for de place whar de ginirlls was." New Uniforms for the Army The United States army is to change its style of dress uniform. General Miles and his staff have been consider ing the matter for some time, and the suggestions which the General has de cided on will in all probability be adopted at the present sitting of Con gress. The cavalry will be put In hussar uniforms of black fur busby, tight tu nic braided across the breast riding trousers and Hessian boots. They will excel even the smartest of the English, French, German or Austrian cavalry, and will make that branch of the United States army one of the prettiest dressed in the world. The helmet will be en tirely discarded. For the artillery and Infantry will be adopted a busby similar to those worn by our cavalry In the Revolution, and by the city troops today. The change in the artillery and infantry uniforms will be slight The picture on the left shows how Uncle Sam's cavalry now looks. The one on the right portrays how he will look in his new clothes. Another W An inspector was recently examin ing a class of girls in natural history, says Scottish Mights. "Tell me the names of any animals you know," he began; but the faces of the children expressed bewilderment at the request At length, however, a little girl at the back of the class shot up her hand as though a bright idea had suddenly struck her. "Ah." sais! the .inspector, "the small est girl in the class knows. Well, my dear, what is it?" "A worm." came the triumphant an eswer. "Well er yes, a worm is really an animal, but can no one think of any other?" Again profound silence reigned. "If I were one of you big girls." the Inspector remarked, after a pause, ox seeing the same hand held up. "I should be ashamed of myself." Then turning to the little scholar, as a last resort, he said: "Well, what is it this time, say gWr -Another worm, sir," was the quick response. ' - Money is useful a a servant hat t. ranaical as a master. BESSIE.; T'S only Bessie ren." said Mrs. dington to niece, Mrs. En: a blooming matron, who brought her boys to the cou: for the summer, wouldn't let and Felix ass with her on any count, If I were you. There's no in any of those Ravens a vile, set" Mrs. Enfield looked nttviaglr at browh-faced, bare-legged little gTPir. who had slunk aroUnd the back dor, a basket ot late luscious blackbe: on her arm, and the deep flush that tokened hnw nlainlv she had OVI heard Mrs. LiddiBgton's careless w still dveinar her cheeks ,4 -OalyvBesafc'RaTear J How ,ote4 she had heard that phrase. How fit ter a meaning did it convey to her ears. "There ire nd trout there! You might throw a bait and wait a year, and you wouldn't get a bite!" It was a deep, solitary ravine, where, in attitudes of intense eagerness, Hal Enfield and his brother . Felix were holding their fishing rods, awaiting the expected bite, while Bessie Raven's brown face and big, black eyes looked out at them from a natural oval frame ot bushes and vines, as she held a basket in one hand, and her tattered sun bonnet in the other. Hal Enfield, a self-sufficient little aristocrat by nature as well as by education, drew himself haughtily up. "I don't know that we asked any information from you," said he, haughtily. "Have the goodness to be about your business." "I won't!" retorted Bessie Raven, with an ominous flash in her dark eyes. "It's a free country, ain't it? And I've as much right here as you have!" "Very well," said Hal, rising and gathering together his tackle. "I'll go, then. Come, Felix." But Felix, the younger brother, had no idea ot leaving his cool, shady nook, for a whim ot Hal's. Hal stalked away in high dudgeon; Felix remained behind to cultivate the acquaintance of Bessie Raven. "If there are ho trout here," said he. composedly eyeing the brown gypsy face among the leaves, "where do they hide?" "I'll show you," said Bessie, with alacrity. "Just a piece further on. There's lots ot 'em only everybody don't know it Come on!" And the two children spent a long summer's morning together under the green trees. Until just as Felix Enfield was turn ing to go home, half apprehensive jthat he had missed the farm-house dinner', he did not perceive that the little gold cross he wore attached to his watch chain was gone. "Oh!" cried he, "where Is my " He stopped abruptly. For In the very moment in which he spoke, he per ceived, half-hidden in the folds of the bosom of Bessie's tattered dress, the gleam of some golden ornament In voluntarily he caught at it it was his own. "You little thief!" cried he, "you must have stolen it!" Bessie stood sullen and silent, her eyes cast down, her bare-feet impa tiently patting the velvety grass be- "YOU LITTLE THIEF!" low. She could not deny It she scorn ed any attempt to justify herself. "Bessie," said the boy, slowly, "what made you do It? Don't you know that it is wrong to steal?" "Wrong!" cried out Bessie, passion ately. "Why Is it wrong You are rich and I'm poor! 'You've got everything, and I've got nothing! Why shouldn't I help myself when I've got the tfhance?" Felix Enfield looked at her. Verily there was more in her creed than he had realized. "I'll tell you why, Bessie," said he. "At least. I'll tell you what I think about it" So, In his boyish way, he unfolded the philosophy of meum and tuum. Bessie Raven listened in surprise. She had never been reasoned with be fore. No one had ever taken the trou ble to explain matters and things in general to her. "Oh, Felix!" she cried out, with a great sob in her throat, "I see it all now. But no one ever told me before. And father was lost at sea, and mother had us little ones to take care of, and 'somehow everyone's hand was against us, and we had to fight our way along, so I got somehow not to care about anything." "Don't cry, Bessie!" soothed the lad. "Don't fret that's a good girl! Here take the gold cross and keep it I don't care much for.it" So they parted. At home Felix found that his father had come to take them up into the mountains for a few weeks, before they returned to th city home and so he never got the chance to tell Bessie Raven good-by. - Ten years afterward! Three and twenty Is a dangerous age for flirta tions, hut Felix Enfield had never been seriously smitten until that time when he crossed the Atlantic in the steamer Win o' the Wisp, and fell in love with the captain's Spanish-eyed daughter. "If yoa don't marry me." said Felix, with comical earnestness, "I'll throw, myself into the sea." "There's not much danger of that" ali Miss RkhieW, futetiy. I If S orfe (T? fe , 'But I am ia earnestr protested Felix. "So am ir said the damsel with the blue-black eyes. "Don't you love me?" pleaded Felix. "I doa't dislike you," demurely an swered Miss Richfield. "Then I shall hope," reclared Felix. "Hope Is a commodity that is free to all!" said the young lady. But at the voyage's end Mr. Enfield was deeper in love than ever. "Look here. Miss Richfield," said he; "if you don't say you'll have me, I won't-leave the steamer's deck! I'll go back and forth perpetually between New York and Southampton!" "1 don't think papa would care for so permanent a passenger," said Miss Richfield, with a mischievous twinkle in her eyes. "But, really! Do you know. Mis. RIchfleld. I believe you art engaged al- reaay." She colored Ailttle. -T'ii.-W'.ml think I haven't perceived, that you always wear a black velvet ribbon around your neck a bldck velvet rib bon, from which is suspended some trinket of gold, hidden ltt the lace frills of your collar. Is it a gauge?' "Yes," Miss Richfield calmly an swered; "it is a gauge df true love. If I ever am married " "If," almost scornfully ejaculated the lover. "Well, when I am married," Miss Richfield corrected herself, "it will only be to the gentleman who gave me this!" "Then I may consider myself reject ed V slowly spoke Felix, with a face of the bitterest chagrin. "Not quite," said the dark-eyed dam sel, soltfly, as she drew the golden talisman from her throat and held It toward him. "Don't you remember who gave me this?" He uttered an exclamation of recog nition. "It is the golden cross I gave, years ago, to Bessie Raven!" cried he. "Yes," she said, quietly, "and I am Bessie Raven." "You!" "Yes. My mother died shortly after you gave me this. My uncle, who had just returned from the West, adopted us all. Two of my sisters are in boarding-school. My brother is being edu cated in a German university. And 1 am my uncle's adopted daughter, known only by his name." "But, Bessie, you said you would marry the one who gave yott tfcat!" cried out Enfield. "So I will," confessed Bessie, laugh ing and blushing, "If he is still In fatuated enough to persist In wanting me." They were' married within a month a regular true-love match and old Mrs. Liddington finds herself grand-aunt-in-law to "only Bessie Raven!" "And really," says she, complacent ly. "I don't think Felix ould have made a better match!" New York Daily News. Coaat s Passion for Prison Life. Of the many methods of achieving fame or notoriety that of Count Rocco Dianovitch is surely among the strangest. The count has made the getting into prison the chief business of his life for thirty-four of the forty seven years he has lived, for the pur pose of gathering information for a book he is anxious to write on the subject At thirteen he left his home and went into Prussia, where he was arrested for trespassing, and sent to prison for three months, working at chair-making. "From that time to this," he adds, "I have never been free from the desire." From thirteen until he was twenty-one he was in and out of more than twenty prisons in Belgium, Prussia, Poland and Russia. His first experience of jail life in Eng land wa3 in Liverpool, which he says was one of the worst he ever was in, filled with drunken sailors from all over the world. He stayed there bIx days, when he paid his fine and got out the first time he failed to serve his sentence. Then he went to Ireland, France, Spain, Italy, Greece and Tur key, then to Egypt, "where the Jailn are the worst in the world except Aus tralia;" and to India and Japan, and America, where he has been for more than a year, spending most of his time in jails and penitentiaries. According to his views, the best jail in America Is in Denver, and that In St. Louis, where he spent a week, is very bad, for "the prisoners run the place," and "It. was impossible to find any peace or comfort In the place." The count ought to give us "the book of the sea son." Courtesy of the Old School. From the San Francisco News Let ter: Everybody knows Col. Caldwell. The colonel is a Virginian of the old school. The coloneKs piety has con densed into one creed, courtesy to women. He never leaves a room with a lady in it without backing through the door. Miss N., who is very prac tical, remarked the other evening: "Col. Caldwell, have you eyes on the back of your head?" "I would have them, madam, were you behind me." An acquaintance the other day asked: "Colonel, do you always back away from the ladles?" "I do, sun! but I don't back down from the men, sun!" A lady, much given to Browning, ask ed the following question, receiving the following answer: "Col. Caldwell, is falling in love an evidence of rea son?" "My dear, madam," replied the colonel, "in love we desert the calm of logic and surrender ourselves to the rose-tinted delirium of instinct" A Qneer Caenaiber. Mrs. Rose Marlmon found in het garden the middle of last July-a cu cumber eleven inches long and twelve inches In circumference which she left for seed, but looked in vain for the vegetable to ripen and turn yellow. The first week in September It was discovered to be loose from the vine, and was taken in the house and put away. Today it is as green and firm as it was in July, and there is no in dication that it will ever change Its state. Mrs. Marimon has been gar dening for forty years and never ob served the like of this cucumber befora Harrodsburg (Ky.) Sayings. A WORD OP ADVICE, s, Ts Oaa.taiac should be impressed upon every miner, prospector or trader com ing to Alaska, to the Klondike, or the Yukon country, aad that le the neces sity for providing an adequate aad proper food supply. Whether procured In the States, ia the Domlaloa, er at the supply stores here or further oa, this must be his primary concern. Up on the manner in which the miner has observed or neglected this precaution mora than upon any other one thing will his success or failure depend. These supplies must be healthful aad should be concentrated, hut the most careful attention la the selection ot foods that will keep unimpaired indefi nitely ander all the conditions which they will have to encounter le. im perative. For instance, as bread ratoei with baking powder must he relied Up on for the ci.t part every menu 0M.:taslnMsaVBMkOr a -sMUsir- BslvWannsBaaivwBBnBaBanTmwaBHSsW- j " "Ti " . v with a can of spoiled baking powder. Buy only the very best flour; it is the cheapest in the end. Experience has shown the Royal Baking Powder to be the most reliable and the trading companies now uniformly supply this brand, as others will not keep In this climate. Re sure that the bacon is sweet, sound and thoroughly cured. These are the absolute necessities upon which all must place a chief reliance and can under no circumstances be neglected. They may, of course, b supplemented by as many comforts or delicacies as the prospector may be able to pack or desire to pay for. From the Alaska Mining Journal. A book of receipts for all kinds of cookery, which is specially valuable for use upon the trail or in the camp, is published by the Royal Baking Pow der company, of New York. The re ceipts are thoroughly practical, and the methods are carefully explained, so that the inexperienced may, with its aid, readily prepare everything requi site for a good, wholesome meal, or even dainties if he has the necessary materials. The matter Is in compact though durable form, the whole book weighing but two ounces. Under a special arrangement, this book will be sent free to miners or others who may desire it We would recommend that every one going to the Klondike pro cure a copy. Address the Royal Bak ing Powder Co., New York. MINSTRE1S HUMOR. Witty Answer of , an Irishman Wh "Never Argued with a Lady." The minstrels of Ireland are not all gone from the highways and byways of Erin, says an exchange. The mourn ful harp and plaintive pipe may have given way to tbo breezy banjo and crooning violin, but the songs which these accompany are the songs ot Ire land still. Down by the rotten Clad dagh wharves of old Galway town I came upon a rapt audience, says a well-known traveler, enthralled by the dulcet notes of Tim Brennan, the "wan dering minstrel of Tipperary" one of the sweetest singers I ever heard and one who would have been great were it not for his love ot "the cinder la It," as they aptly term the west of Ireland mountain dew. I had seen Tim many times before in Ireland. Out tramplngs bad brought us into tht same relations of artist and responsive auditor so many times that as he tipped me a comforting wink ot recog nition I noticed that his violin bad been replaced by the temporary .though ample musical makeshift of a banjo wrought from the. head of an ancient Irish churn. In the pause following his ballad I felt emboldened to toss him back his wink, with the query: "And, Tim, why didn't you bring the churn with its head?" "Faith yer hon or," he replied, In a flash and with a winsome smile, holding the churn head banjo aloft so all could see, "'faith I never argue wid a lady an, yer honor, a bould Irish wooman stud at its other ind!" N. W. Ayer Son. N. W. Ayer & Son, the successful newspaper and magazine advertising agency of Philadelphia, have issued an announcement stating that Albert G. Bradford and Jarvis A. Wood were ad mitted to partnership in the firm Jan uary 1. , The new members are not be ginners in the advertising business. They have been connected with N. W. Ayer & Son for years and have worked their way to the top by careful atten tion to business and painstaking work for the firm and its patrons. In con nection with the new partnership an nouncement, N. W. Aer & Son review the history of the firm. From an hum ble beginning in 1868, when the busi ness of the first year amounted to but $15,000, the concern has jumped slowly but safely until its annual business amounts to over 11,500,000 a sum that represents a daily payment to newspa per and magazine publishers of $5,000. Chicago Times-Herald. Astonishing. Mother "And what do you think of my daughter's French. Count?" Count "Eet ees ze moat astonishing French I haf evaire heard." Tid-Bita FROM EVERYWHERE. Beauty may be only skin deep, but the plump girl gets the most tandem rides. The pawnbroker who takes the most Interest in his business has the least principle. Out of sight is never out ot mind with true lovers, who turn the gas very low. London baa 600,000 bouses. Paris has 90,000 houses. New York has 115, 000 houses. A wife never hates to ask her hub band for money any worse thaa he hates to have her. The belle in the choir often brings more young men to church thaa the bell In the steeple. Life seems but a dreary ex-pants to the boy who has to wear his dad's made-over trousers. Marriage sometimes uncovers the truthfulness ot the proverb, "Troubles never come single."- - That maa doesn't live who has not at one time thought he had all the ele neata of greataeas la alas, - ausssBsnw wass xiaiaai ABOUT CHILBLAINS. THE MOST BOTHERSOME AIL MENT OF MANKIND. ' BsacraMy Begte Opratlesa wfcti the ef CM. Weather stew to Treat Aa EngMaki XaaoTaUest Seme- Kxtreasety Patafal. A chilblain Is a painful swelling and redness ot the skia usually of the feet, but sometimes of the hands, ears, or other parts, occurring in cold and damp weather. One who has ever suffered from chilblains, however, need no def inition of the malady, for bis memory will never leave him. The trouble usu ally begins with the first appearance of frost, aad persists obstinately until the return of mild weather. One who has ace suffered may usually count upea a freak iaflktlea with each recurring; au- fjsaspMlsr'ls has bee -walking for some time with cofdor wet feet, a redness of the skin appears as the feet get warm again, and this red ness is accompanied by an Intolerable mixture of Itching and burning. This state of things persists with varying in tensity, but is always worse when the feet are warmed, and so causes especial annoyance at night, when the sufferer begins to get warm in bed. The itch ing Is such an unbearable symptom that in England, the native home of the chilblain, extraordinary remedies are resorted to for its relief, some old-fashioned people going so far as to whip the afflicted part with sprigs of holly Until blood is drawn, in orderjo relieve the congestion. People with a rheu matic tendency seem td suffer most from chilblains, and it is found some times that unexpected relief of the local trouble is obtained by anti-rheumatic remedies. A person. subject to chil blains should carefully avoid shoes which are too short or too tight. He should wear soft woolen stockings and Well fitting, thich soled shoes. Some can. wear overshoes or "Arctics," but most sufferers find that rubber shoe? br boots Increase their distress. On returning from exposure to cold or wet, the shoes and stocking should be changed, the feet bathed in cool water, and "patted" dry with a soft towel. Warming cold feet over a register, in front of the fire, or, after the manner of farmers, in the oven, is the worst possible practice, and will almost sure ly cause chilblains in those who have ihever had them. When the pain and Itching become unbearable, a measure of relief may be gained by putting the feet into a basin of very hot or very cold water for a moment, and then an ointing them with a salve containing jborax. Sometimes alight continuous pressure, such as is made by painting the chilblains with collodion, is bene ficial. Some cases are benefited by painting with tincture of Iodine, but 'this remedy is uncertain, and may even aggravate the distress. SOCIAL STRIFE ON EAST SIDE. Heartboratags Over the Dewdrop Fleas ore Club's Ball. Trouble, arising from social Jealous ies, is brewing in the Dewdrop Pleas ure club. There are dissenting fac tions, which, unless they succeed in 'reconciling their misunderstandings, ithreaten to disrupt the organization, says the New York Tribune. So much 'information was gathered last week by a woman shopper at the ribbon counter in one of the large dry-goods stores. "Now, Mamie," the salesgirl with the purple stock was saying to her neighbor with the Roman-striped necktie, "after the way I've been treat ed you can bet I don't go to that ball. You know, George and me was to lead the grand march; that was settled long ago. Well, here last week the other party (the last two words spoken with bitter emphasis) decided to give that place to another couple. That was enough and too much for me." Mamie murmured something about its being better to go and have a good time anyway, even if you could not lead the march, but she was promptly re proved: "Mamie Perkins, I don't have to be turned down more than once to take a hint My principles wouldn't allow me to go now. No, ma'am; the Dewdrop Pleasure club will have its ball this time without me. If I went folks would say it was the only affair I had to go to this season. Yes, ma'am; that ribbon is 29 cents a yard, best quality, marked down from 35," she continued rapidly in the same tone to the woman customer, who had by this time come to feel more interest in the ball than the contemplated purchase. , Milk, as a Beverage. Many persons complain that they cannot drink milk without being "dis tressed by it" The most common reason why milk is not well borne Is due to the fact that people drink it too quickly. If a glass of it is swallowed hastily, it enters into the stomach and then forms in one solid, curdled mass, difficult of digestion. If, on the other -hand, the same quantity is sip ped, and three minutes at least are oc cupied in drinking it, then on reaching the stcmach it is so divided that when coagulated, as it must be by the gas tric Juice while digestion i3 going on, Instead of being in one. bard, con densed mass, upon itie outside of which only the digestive fluids can act, it is more in the form of a sponge, and in and out of-the entire bulk the gastric juice can play freely and per form its functions. The Kaiser's Title.. London Cable: In case any of our readers may have occasion to address the German Emperor, we have modeled on his brother's speech of yesterday the mode of appealing to his majesty which is most likely to. elicit a favor able response: "Most sublime Emperor, all powerful king, and about-to-be lord of all the earth, inspired sender 'of telegrams, serene annexer of foreign ports, beloved master, most mighty and illustrious monarch, annointed and made in Germany, ruler of all men, for ever and ever.-- Hooray! Hoo-jolly-ray! Hoo-BHIy-ray!" Deelltty m m Porker. . Searsmont, Me., presents the great est curiosity pig thai. will foUowita owner like a dog and shows no dispo sition to go ia the opposite dJrectioa. OVERWORKED MAIM. sttaa"j sssfl staffs BBBsteBBBaBsmMBBB mBsrwSBBBBBBstMkmVaMlmts7 staff? IHU ! fJwnaffCffSWVaffaw nVeaPamPA, JsVaSaWIPVeV faff PiereetosIs.avrhsaUaMeUmesaMy and physically. Be was asshsiiewa, kin sahsi was always hlswstfc; - From early mora antil lata at Bight he ceatiaaaUy paared aver his boast. ''Baxmdtk.caateatheUead.' Few peiseaMveawita the sToacastcas titatioB, can keep ap aader each a strain. la additiea to bis taea, Mr.KsmpM was ttThiagsTrtinlrT h -m sJaaosM. FiaaBy, his eacesuive stady aa taaexaoswr. ot going te aad f rona school i UUiMtoof weatbWajwlermiaed hisheaHa. He wa. take to his bed with paeui aad hie overworked brain almoercellaaesd. Far several week. a. was seriously ill Catarrh tahwaroet labia ihiasy; wadit Memindwaaia a Uoa. Ha eat to Colorado where months without rareivtar any l tent, xa.a . - noted specialist fremClava- taCakacowae tried, bat all ab- selately witaoat eeaeflt. Finally his physician re commended Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Psle Peo ple, and from the to improve. Whew OvrrstMda, first box ho Began he had takes sine boxef be was compltttlv aired. This faraoas blood and nerve med icine had accomplished what all his for mer expensive treatment failed to accom plish, lir. Kemper says bis catarrh has entirely left him; ho is strong again aad weighs nine pounds more tnaa be ever did. " He gives the pills the entire credit. He ia tartiagteachtag again aadfeels abaadaat ly able to contfime the work. To prove that the above it true in every respect, Mr. Kemper made an affidavit as follows: Subscribed aad sworn to before me this the 10th day of September. 1M7. R. P. Watt, Notary Public. We doubt if these pills have aa equal ia all tbranga of medicine, for building up a roi dewn aad debilitated system. Sixteen thousand dollars is the rec ord price paid for a cablegram, that price having been paid for a message sent by Heniker Heaton to Australia, In behalf of the British parliament To Washington and Baltimore l the Moaon Koate. There is not a pleasanter or more pic turesque route from Chicago to AVashinK ton and Baltimore than the Motion, ia Cincinnati and the B. & O. S. W. and B. & O. Railways The train service of thiKlino is comfortable and convenient, consisting of through palace ideeping enrs and conches. The time of leaving Chicago Is 2:45 a. m., but the Kleepcr is ready for oc cupancy nt any timo nfter U:.50 r. m. This route traverses the garden oction of southern Ohio, and gashes through the his toric section of West Virginia in the eve ning and down the beautiful and tradition laden Potomac valley in the early morning, arriving at the national capital at 6:47 mid Baltimore 7 :35 the next morning. Taken altogether it is a most comfortable and restful journey, a tour of education, that onto taken will never bo fogotteu, and the of toner repeated, tbo more enjoyed. Fbaxk J. Reed, General Passenger Agent. A cupful is all the cup will ho!d with out running over full to the brim. A scant cupful is with' a fourth of an inch of the top. BAUER'S GRASSES AND CI.OTKKS. Are warranted. They produce! We Are the largest growers in America. Low est prices. Seed Potatoes only $1.50 per barrel. Big farm seed catalogue with clover and grain samples (worth $10.00 to get a start) sent you by the John A. Salzer Seed Co.. La Crosse Wis., upon receipt of 10c and this notice. w.n.c JUST A PLAIN WOMAN AT THAT. Tet Mbi Anne Cnaataahana 8a Moaat Teraea ta the Katlea. The story of bow Mount Vernon was saved to the Nation by a woman was entertainingly told to the Boston Daughters of the American Revolu tion by Miss Alice Longfellow recently. Miss Longfellow's story was about Mis3 Anne Cunningham, a gentlewom an of old Virginia, who, when passing ap the Potomac river one day in 1853 and hearing the steamer bell toll when passing the grave of Washington, be came possessed with the desire to re store it The place was then occupied by a great-grand-nephew of the first president. John Augustine Washing ton. It was in a state of decay, and the generous hospitality ot the owner, who treated every passing -stranger as a guest, made the expenditure of money tor repairs utterly Impossible. When Miss Cunningham ventured to tell him of her plans he was filled with horror that women should do that which should so emphasize the degeneracy or men. But the determined woman cent out urgent appeals. Her first call was to the women of the south, and on July 12. 1854. the first meeting was held. Edward Everett was one of the first to offer his services, and as a result of his lectures $68,000 was con tributed to the fund. Northern people withdrew when they learned the prop erty was to be turned over to Virginia. but on March 17. 1856, the La'dies Mount Vernon Association was formed. A certain congressman had vowed he would defeat the association, but at a critical time Mr. Washington showed his loyalty, and just at the time when Miss Cunningham was ready to die from over-anxiety and discouragement a definite conclusion was reached. Af ter that she lay in a stupor for three neeks. In addition to the actual price of the plantation, $300,000 had to be raised for repairs, and when mattera were progressing finely the Civil war broke out and confusion was the re suit. Mount Vernon was neutral ground throughout the bitter struggle. When the strife was ended Miss Cun ningham went there to live, received the aid of Sumner in gettting an in demnity from the government and went on with the noble work she bad undertaken. Dlda't Hess It Jast That Way. It was a Chicago clergyman who, be fore preaching a charity sermon, an nounced that a collection would b taken for the sufferers at both morn ing and evening service. She. Here is such a pretty story In the paper about how Edison came to marry. He. I wish some -of these bright journalists would explain how I came to marry. Indianapolis Jour nal. Hazel "Weren't yon .awfully afraid the first time you crossed the ocean r Nutte Well er for a time I did fe3l a sort of groundless apprehension. New York Journal. "I.waa terribly shocked thfs noon. Little Willie came in and said it was damn cold.'" "What did his father Mn nr i .-. . 1 klM "TtrnAfcIva 1.51 Ul .Vfl mi " - - mV n wt tHfcV-'Vi ha neat three ssft!f""TrT I sal land treated I tBVaQaffsffMaKaatt - - fHJ-rXSr ' tel 1 1 l I I m. k-' ; i t &&&'-& jj -- v: i srVr r czrz aawSaaSSgSmagia . -flsr 5N -J .w Jgi8LfeggggSg:Bg3g