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I., '-" " COLUMBtlS; NEBRASKA. WfffSKSPAY. MAY 11, 1898. . It. - -i r ' WHOLE NUMBERli61. J. ' ' A.arcs fJ.V-4. VOLUME XXIX-NPfBER 5. v i t i?r IS,, "- r - ir r t L r . ;fe . V , Jo lo o . B lo o I 'gWyvi SgO CAMPFIEE SKETCHES. GOOD SHORT STORIES FOR THE ; VETERANS. The Hero? ChBe-He Wm f Irish DtHMt awa Was Calto Memarerat rlck O'Higglns Martial Record That Beqalre Sosse Heating. A Sea Fight. TVould you hear of an old-time sea fight? Would you leant who Tiron by the light of the sneen and stars? list to the yam. as my Grandmother's c father, the sailor, tokl it to.we. "Our Xoe vas no skulk in his ship, I tell you (said he). Ills was the surly English pluck, and o there Is 'no toucher or truer, aad never was. and never will be: Along; the lowered eve be came horribly raking us. I "Wc 'Closed with him. the yards entan gled, the cannon touched. My captain lashed fast with his owa nana. "We 'had received seme eighteen-poRon ? .r.'"-r"yr . '. . ' - zr i i -- va er jewer gun aecK iwo large pieces iiaii t,r t h. irt fir viiiinr e all arouui and blowing up overhead. "Fish ting at sundown, fish ting at dark. Ten o'clock at night, the full moon well up. bur leaks on the gain, and five feet of water reported. The master-at-arms loosing the prison. ers confined In th afterhold to give them a chance for themselves. "Tile transit to and from the magazine is now stoj.t by the sentinels. They see so many strange faces they do not know v.licm to trust. s "Our frigat takes lire. Vlie otiier asks if v.c demand quarter? If our colors are struck and the light ing done? "Now I laugh content, for I hear the voice of my little captain. We hae not j;ruck.' lie composedly cries. have jiat ucsun our part of the flchtln.' o "Only three guns are In use. die is directed by the captain himself against the enemy's mainmast. Two, well served with grape and canister, silence his musketry and clear his a " decks. " "" Tlie tops alone second the fire of this little battery, especially the main top: They hold out bravely during the whole ei the action. "Net a moment's cease. sTlic leak gains fast on the pumps, the lire eats tow aid .the powder, saaga- sme.- V1 One of the pumps has been shotSggfjBB,it is generally thought we anPjHpng- "Screnc stands the little He Is not hurried, his v faBeltner high nor low. it'-s-V His eyes give more light to us than our 11 battle lanterns. Toward 12, there In the beams of the moon, they surrender to us." Walt Whitman. The Hero o Chile. "O'Higglns" teems a queer name for a warship and particularly' as for one belonging to a country which has ap parently little in common with the "O's and the Mc's." This battleship, which is the property of Chili, or if you like the Spanish form, Chile, has become very promin ent recently through alleged negotia tions for its purchase, firstly the Span ' ish and then the United States govern ments. If this vessel had been called the Santa Maria or the Valparaiso or some Euch name instead of O'Higglns, then the question of its origin would never liac occurred and the need of this explanation would not have been qcca cioned. "O'HigfiinF," however, i3 looked up to by the Chilian in much the same way as George Washington is by the Amer ican or Bc'ivar by the natives of Ven ezuela. He was their liberator, for It was Ucrnatdo O'lliggins who did most to wrest the country away from Span ish rule anl placr ii ?nong the repub lics of the world. The father cf the man in question was Ambrose, or as he was later in life called Ambrosio O'lliggins. lie was born in County Mcath, Ireland, in 1730, and while still a Loy went to Spain, vrncre he cettled, grew rich, got a title, became a man of importance,, and fla ally went to Chile. He had a natural son born to him at Chile in 1776. He was named Bernardo O'Higglns, and it was his lot in life to take away from the Spaniards what his father had helped build up for them. Young O'lliggins was sent to England, where lie was educated, and where at the came time he managed to derive repub lican ideas. Returning to Chile he be came a prominent military leader, and from 1810 to 181.1 commanded the army of revolutionists who were already -Making life a burden to the Spaniards. , In October, ISH. Bernardo O'Higglns. with another rebel leader named Cor rera, was defeated Ly the Spaniards B and driven over the Andes. Aftsr three years of work in organizing an other army in Peru. O'lliggins and a cader named San Martin again invad ed the country. This time he was nore successful, and in February, 1817, r In the battle of Chacabuco, O'Hitgias. y a masterly and magnificent 'charge, changed the fortunes of the day and the Spanish lost Chile for all time. San Martin was offered the position of Supreme Director cf the country, but he refused the honor, and then it was tendered to O'Higglns. Beinado "O'Higglns accepted the p!ace. which, to all intents and purposes made him dictator as well as director. This of fice he held until early in 1813. when he was obliged to resign, public senti ment being against him. The former dictator then retired to Lima, where he died in October, 1812. O'Higglns wa? Eaid to have been a progressive and good ruler as rulers go down there. Now they name a warship after him, e and Spain, the former owBer of all th's country, wishes to buy it to help save another Spanish colony, aad the Chil laa refuses te selL Such is the irony er fate, or Is it fortune? Seas SaMlen. The London Daily Mail printed sev eral cases in which three generations of a lankily have served their queen aBd coBBtry, hut the fo'lowing letter tnm Richard Cornelius of Victor-read. Colchester, shows that his "Soldier Family'' will take a lot ef beatiag: I have frequently seen accounts In your valuable paper of soldier fami lies. I thiak. perhaps, this Bright take My father was a soldier te the old lit Faatr My slitst heather enlisted in the 4th Light Dragoon?, aad was all cssssbi' eeaj threat-'the 'Crlmeaa war,4' alee tie BeJactaTa charge. The:secofta"hrether wm tweaty-eee years la thelst-Nerth-umterlaa-ea Royal ,ftetUers. He has four aeas'aaa1 oae entagnter. - The oldest son is at preaenU color-sergeant te tke 2nd Northumberlaiid- Fusiliers. The secoad aim la sergeant !& the 2nd Royal FMjliere.' The third soijs a sapyer to the Royal Engtaeers; a&dthe fourth sob isaboutto enliBt. " The daughter married a landsman cf the Norfolk regiment My oldest slater atarried , Private John Taylor. 1st Warwickshire regiment, and has Ire seas, the oldest being ia the Royal Here Artillery. The second and third sobs' are In the Norfolk-regiment The foarth son ia in the Duke, of York's school, and application Is about to be made at that school for the ifth sob. My second sister married Private Francis Thistle, 4th Battalion, 60th Riles, aad has four daughters. The oldest married a bandsman of the Nor-i folk regiment. " The 'second daughter.. married a volunteer.- The third ia the wtfe ef a private ia.the rtj jOrdaancf la th Roval .rtfllerv ! gunner ia ine noyai Aixuiery. I myself had the honor. of eervlag in the 1st Northumberland Fusiliera. My oldest daughter is the wife of a private in the Derbyshire regiment; and my only son is at present serving te the 2nd Northumberland Fusiliers. "Sir, that is all we have at present but as some of them are young, thero may yet be others to follow ou. This, sir. will show you the military spirit in one family. There arc several med als In the family. Those who have none have not had an opportunity of earning them, btjt who are read) when wanted." The foregoing is run very close by the family record of Sergeant C. F. Ruse, whose grandfather is still draw ing his pension In the royal engineers, -in which. Sergeant Ruse is serving, to gether with an uncle, a brother, and six ."r .,J.rZ?-JZZ rnrheVlsTn theroVri 'mlgTSS, Well the very next day he cousin in the navy. p -,$ Yet another military correspondent, who modestly signs himself "Mick" (late Nineteenth regiment)," eends hU family pedigree in the army, beginning withliis great-grandfather, and includ ing his grandfather,. father, step-father, Ave brothers and even his mother, who, he states "was horn in the Forty-first regiment and ifuow living at Richmond." "r lcuiaud for the Ytandlere. Is the new woman tojSave a chance In the army at last? Over in England some one whose energies'might well bo directed toward comic-opera plots has concluded that the reform most needed in the British army is the introduction of the vivandiercl According to this military genius, the disinclination of the young Briton to enter the army is due to the "lack of woman's nursing and the dearth of woman's care." Give him a vivan diere fortius regiment and he will fly to arms, the would-be innovator thinks. He points to the success of the salva- tion army as proof that the presence of women in any sort of a military organ ization is an incentive to glorious deeds and a forerunner cf glorious tri umphs. Short-skirted, high-booted, capped in military style and clad In the brilliant colors of the regular "Tommy Atkins," the vivandiere would certainly be good to look upon say at a review. How she would appear at the close of a long march or of a hard-fought fight is an other story. The Taterior of Patagonia. Prof. J. B. Hatcher of Princeton uni versity has newly returned from a re markable trip of exploration in a hith erto unknown region of South 'Ameri- ca namely, the wild interior of Pata- eonia. He visited W ashington a few days ago for the purpose of depositing with the bureau of ethnology a rich collection of objects Illustrating the and the baby is so musical that she a mode of life of the various i tribes of tual, crie8 n tnne ..You d(m.t aborigines m that part of the world T 8heuid tWnk woaW , These natives are among the strangest! fr.ends hear and most picturesque savages in exist ence. some of them being described as representing almost the lowest stage in the scale of human development. Their country, too, is more than ordi narily interesting, being associated since the earliest times with rumors of gigantic human inhabitants and an astonishing fauna. Quite recently some skeletons of birds that had heads as big as those of horses have actually been dug up. They stood at least nine feet high, and had short wings, claws like aa eagle's and a beak like a con dor's. It Is likely that they attacked with success the largest mammals con- j time or other, be n used for the wed temporary with them, beinp the big- J ding ring. gest fowls of prey that ever lived; but I When Mary Stuart was married to they became extinct long ago. aad;so Lord Daraley. four rtegs were used in were we ihiiuii; tn. Hatcher to secure a living specimen: Steasa for Extinguishing Fires. Steam has been found very efficacious ia extinguishing fires on ships loaded with cettoa. When such fires are ex-' been dipped will cure weak eyes. tiagulabcd with water, the water often ' - The Roauut bride, whea beiag dress causes the principal damage. Steam,' cd for the weddteg, invariably'had her while very eflcacious, causes exceed- hair parted with the point ef a spear. iagly little damage. A fire-extiBJsh- J ins boat ia Galveston harbor as been ' Nearly LStf.SM pouads of 'colors are fitted fcr this application of steam," ased by the Uaited States soTerBaMnt with a special view to the proiectloa bi aaBBally for prtettec paper asoaey, cottoB-ladea shirs'. ' j reveaae aad postage stamps. YOUNG HOPES BLIGHTED. Aad ihe OM lire Captain DM 841 fle llheratar. TLere are Immature inventions that look well on paper, inventions of beau tiful proportions aad exquisite arUslib detail that are Utterly Valueless when subjected to a practical test That's what a bright young Cicvclander dis covered some time ago, says the Fliin Dealer of that city, He happened at a fire one day and was close by when a section of hose burst. The water gushed out in a fountain, and of ccurse the steamer was immediately helples3. It took some time to replace tin wrecked section with a new lengtk end this set the young man to thinking. The result was that he went back to his oflce and after a few hours' plan ning evolved a ready repairer th:t eeemed to him to fill the bill admirably. It consisted of a heavy fold of soft rubber with wire attachments, and tin theory upon which he particu ail based bis belief In its Utility was the namef waWcomfchie wkh Iscrf - lapsing hose would exert When the contrivance was completed he showed it to several friends, and they all pro nounced It a remarkatis invention. Tha day after he had finished it a capitalist called upon him and offered to put money into its manufacture. He pre ferred, however, to handle it alone. Of course he showed it to one of the offi cers of the fire department, and the official was highly pleased with it. "Good thing." he said. "Every hor.e man should have one of the contriv ances hanging at his belt. Singular nobody ever thought of this before. It seems so simple and yet so apparen ly effective. "Say," he added, "the next time the steamer from the St. ClaL Btreet house goes to a fire I'll telephone to you and we'll give the thing a prac tical test," The young inventor walk ed away delighted: He saw his device t success, coining money in every - bthu - mimr iivt v-aiEBBB- iir'i:. and waited there until the steamer re turned. When it rumbled back the. assistant chief stationed it in Academy street and had the boys stretch the hose down that thoroughfare.with a busted Bection near the nozzle end. Then the inventor carefully clamped his con trivance over the gaping orifice and said that all was ready. "Go ahead!" the chief shodted to the engineer, and the latter went ahead with a vengeance. Something small and dark and wiry arose on a perfect geyser of water an J disappeared over the engine house. It was the wonderful hose repairer. This suction was all the wrong way. And the poor inventor, soaked to the bone, gazed after the marvelous flight with despairing eyes. The chief signabd the engineer, gave a contemptuous glance upward, and muttering some thing that sounded like an artistic mix lure of sarcasm and profanity, stalked 'into the house. And the inventor walked back to his oflce a wiser and a wetter man. That Hot Bed. , One of the questions of the season for "all suburbanites is: "Have you prepared your hot bed and cold frames?" If not, why not? There is money in them, as well-as health and' satisfaction. It is a pleasure to grow great solid heads of lettuce, crisp, ear ly radishes and tomato plants, that arc almost ready to blossom before the .garden beds are ready for them. A first-class hot bed with lumber at east ern prices costs about $10 for 6x12, if the owner builds it himself. This is a permanent investment, provided it is properly built. The glass should be in four sashes each 3x6 feet. Corner posts 4x4 inches are most desirable, and any inexpensive boards one inch thick will make good siding. If you do not thoroughly understand making the hot bed, and getting the earth ready for the seeds, ask your neigh bor's gardener to help you. Better pay him a trifle and have everything right You will only need to be instructed .once. Tuck a few flower seeds snugly Inio one corner of the place, and don't 'forget the cabbage and cauliflower J plants; leave a - space tor transplant 'your lettuce, those few luscious early -heads that make you forget spring fe :ver, and even persuade yourself to be lieve that, after all, life may be worth living. Such little 'conveniences cost Ibut little, and bring a very large amount of luxury with them. Indeed, Ht takes but a trifle to expand them 'into something extensively profitable. A Modem DMcalty. Anxious Mother "Daughter, you i'ooked wretched. I do wish you would feo to dear Dr. Helen and see what she can do for you." Daughter (who Is a, contemporary of the new family phy sician) 'Well, I want to, but then, you see. I hate to give her the satisfaction W seeing me look like a perfect fright." . 'Puck. A Series of Coaeerts. i "Twn nr our limp enllnrpn ran elnv music" Philadelphia Bulletin. Troabie of a New Nat a re. Aunt Emma "Your folks arc well. Willie?" Willie "All but mamma. She's got billiard trouble this morn ing." Puck. OUR MARRIAGE CUSTOMS. The wedding ring finger of the Ro mans was the thumb. The wedding ring, worn on the left hand, is symbolical of obedience. Every finger of the hand has. at some ; ine-weddlB ceremony. At a certaia part or the marriage ceresaoBy te Java the bride washes the feet of the bridegroom. Spanish peasaats believe that the .water te which a weddiag riag ha3 ilMi HISTORY OF CUBA told in outline for benefit Of our Readers. tt TVa the Second Tolat VrUIeH coldss hus Laaded aa Hi first Yeyage D&trn to h Frescat Day Story ei Its Bevolatlen. Bboa after the discovery which im mortalized his name. Columbus cruised westward and landed onthe most beautiful and far most important of the West Indies, which the natives called "Cnba." Today it is brc.isht into our notice, not on account cf its delightful climate, which would seem almost a perpetual summer, nor for its luxurious growth of tropical plants, and its inexhaustibly rich soil hut for vastly more vital reasons. The world at large is dis cussing the little island and its "alpha1 and binega," involving as it doe3 two suck isiporteaU natipns. Q and its width varies. It is 128 miles at the extreme eastern end, while from. Havana south tb the coast is hot more than twenty-eight miles. Compared with the state ofLcng Island It is about twenty-eight times larger, though bare ly one-third of the island has been cul tivated. It has a good coast line, with no less than twenty-seven harbors. During the early history Cuba was under the Spanish flag. About 153S Havana was destroyed by the French, and again a few years later, and in the seventeenth century was captured by the Dutch, but in one of the treaties was given back to Spain. For a lime peace existed, but always the cruel and rigorous servitude which the Spanish enforced. In 1762 the Island was taken by the English, and the next year, by a foolish piece of statesmanship, exchanged vith Spain for a'barren title to Florida: The United Slates during Polk's ad ministration offered something like a million dollars for It, which the Sran lards indignantly refused, saying, "all the gold in the world could not buy Cuba." A little later thq United States threatened to seize it if Spain- would net sell. About the time our war of the rebel lion closed, the Cubaus tired of Spanish rule, proclaimed Cespedes -president, and under the leadership of llaxlnio Gomez made a desperate fight for in dependence. In 1S73 the congress de posed Cespedes and proclaimed Cisne ros president, who is at present in of fice. Cespedes mysteriously disap peared in 1S74. The "ten years of ruin and tears," as the war was called, cost Spain $60, 000,00 and thousands of lives, and this expense was levied on Cuba, while they had gained approximately nothing to ward liberty, as they soon realized. There constantly recurred the dis content, as the outrageous taxation continued, and without going further into details, the' same reasons that prompted the American colonists to sever themselves from English-ty ran - ny, drove the Cubans again into the field, this time to fight for nothing short of absolute Independence. The Juntas, leagues organized by Cuban exiles at Key West and other non-Spanish ports, flow numbered many thousands and were ready at any time to help liberate Cuba. Maximo Gomez waa tendered the command and organization of the Cu ban army, with Antonio Maceo and Jose Marti as generals. The army at this time was merely an Unorganized body of scattered troops, as Gomez says, "with scarcely four rounds of ammunition apiece." The one weapon with which even the poorest was GEN. ANTONIO MACEO. I equipped, however, was the far-famed machete. Originally this was not a weapon at all, merely an Implement used for cutting passages through woody and bushy cane; but recently It has become a general term used for most any kind of a sword cr sabre. Gomez accepted the command with the distinct stipulation that the commander-in-chief should have supreme and absolute control and direction of the patriot army. He is a man of sura great judgment and foresight and such renowned ability, that it was with the utmost confidence that the insur gents gave him control of military af- fairs. Gomez is the son of a farmer. During the early dissatisfaction on the island he joined the Spanish troops and, as a private aided in quelling the rebellion. Afterwards, as he grew old er, having given the matter much thought, he became a stanch advocate of Cuban liberty. This change, cf l-y-i:: i S?aBBuBU?EM liBnBW r til ' MAP OF HAVANA, -SHOWING FORTIFICATIONS AND COAST LINES. effife. v?ss previous la'tfc '(cfl-years' ajarg as during that rebel! icn hi was te active ssrvlce for "Cuba -cre." Qeneral Gomez tells the stcry of hi3 laWranlFaign in a little book entitled "jgCseolta" ("My Escort"), which he secretly had printed and published. The date set for thwar declaration wFeb. 4.- 1S93. but the flag of the refiblic cu!d ollly be raiEcd in turce ofcjfce provinces. Then folietoed de &&9T7 outbreaks, the instfrsenls sel fioijcemiEg cut in open warfare, but ECHrflng themselves in swamp3 and a"1'3f "SclntainF, and at nlght'terrorizmg the iaMllsts by raiding tiielf plantations. i the la3t day cf March, 1S95, Slaccd Sf a handful of men landed on tnc Srn lib of Cuba, where he was met b-?- counted Sai:Ir!t guard. 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It is interesting, right here, to note thai Ahtoaio Slated had made an in tricate study of war in every possible way he could devise. At one time, it is said, he spent a number of months Ht West Point as a hostler, where he abeorbed Much valuable" knowledge. At this Fame time when Maceo land ed on one side of the island, uoniez with Marti succeeded in getting Iritd Cuba on the oppc&ite side, and as soon as Gomez afesumed command. Marti left him, intending tb ieavc the island and return to the United State?. Here he hoped to push his financial and diplo matic work in Cuba's behalf. Hut he had traveled rcarcely a quarter of a mile when he was shot, having been led into a nest of Spaniards by a treacherous guide. Gomez was wound ed trying to recover Marti's body, and with his few men was forced to turn back. In April, Campos relieved Caiieja as governor-general, to the intense de light cf the Spaniards. But it was soon realized that the quelling of this rebellion was too great a task even for Campos. His men were fast dying from the fever as the rainy season came on. The Spaniard's extremity was the Cuban's opportunity. In fact, Gomez declared that if he couldn't kill them by fighting, the climate would ultimately do i-e work for him. During the first year nothing hap pened to change the tide of atfairs. Marti's death was univrrsaUv lament ed, for he was a great soldier, and that was what Cubans needed. He was all his life a patriot, having been, during his early boyhood, confined in a Span ish prison. Marti, too, was an orator and a voluminous writer. Towards the latter part of 1853 Ma ceo defeated Campo3 near Bayamo, with, a heavy loss to the Spaniards; J only the heroism of a subordinate gen eralwhich resulted in his death- saved the entiie Spanish force from being captured. The most severe combat of th" year was at Tagussco, where, Nov. 19 and 20, Gomez defeated a Spanish brigade. Campos' campaign was a decided f failure, and he Ingtorleasiy referae to Spain. The war was befltBlag to tell, o the nonconlbataits specially. Those whoso houses were ndi burned wers slowly starving to death, as their laf had been ravaged and laid wast, if cot by "plaletdos" (robber bands), by the ever destructive hand of either Spanish of Insurgent. The gusrlllas, too, were another terror to the peas ante. The following Is a dingle in stance of their butchery: A party of these escaped convicts (for they were what composed the guerilla bands) were in hiding, and overheard a lad of about 16 talking to a straggling party cf Spaniards. Im mediately en the disappearance of the poldiers the boy was caught and taken to their chief, as an "informant." The commander, however, considered tti matter too trivial, and, to the Intense disgust of the guerillas, dismissed the boy. They afterwards re-caught him and within sight of his own door used the machete so effectually that his body was scarcely recognized by his parents "who found htm a few hours later. Valeriano Weyler was sent over in command of practically the flower of the Spanish army, at the beginning of 1&9S. His campaign is characterized with less fighting, but continual fire. The country he traversed he left In slnoking desolation. it wa dttting this year that the bril liant Cuban general, Antonio Maceo. was decoyed away Under a flag of truce and killed. The Cubans bcliev the Spaniards purchased the treachery of one on Macco's qtfn staff. However, nothing except the bare fact of his death Came to us as authentic. Strike Ingly .similar to this incident was the tleatfi of Lieut, ioaqtlin Ruiz, a prom inent Spanish military ieadefi who, the GENERAL MAXIMO GOMEZ. Spaniards claim, was shot down by the 'insurgents while In camp under a pa role flag. The Cubans' explanation ia quite different. They claim that Ruia came to them with the well-worn pro position of autonomy,, when be knew that Gomez had Issued orders to the c-ffect that any one proposing anything short cf an absolute independence should be' treated as a spy. Accounts so conflict that in justice to both par ties we are obliged to treat all unofficial reports Incredulously. Gomez' policy wa3 to destroy the whole Island, thereby depriving Spain of any possible rcvenus or supplies like the Cuban chief in the fifteenth century, who discovered gold, and call ing, his people to him with a great deal of ceremony, threw the shining nug, r.-ts Into the river so there would be no possibility of the Spaniards ever finding and profiting by it. At the opening cf 1897 the situation in Cuba was something fearful. Wey ler's orders were cruel and relentless. The suffering of the noncombatants was increasing. Already the foreign ers in Havana were doing all they could to provide for the famine-stricken people. Loyalists, separatists, au tonomists were suffering alike. Europe looked on with apparent Inumerence. Spain was too impoverished to aid financially in the work. It was daily becoming exclusively a question of hu manity. Through great dissatisfaction Weyler was recalled and Gen. Blanco succeeded him. Statistics show that already 400,000 have perished through starvation alone. Dot-Water Lamp rests. "Hot-water lamp-posts," with which Liverpool is already familiar, are to be erected shortly in four different parts of London. A gallon of water boiled by the heat of the ordinary gas lamp, will be supplied, day and Bight for a halfpenny on the penny-ia-the-- slot principle. A cake of solidified tea, coffee er cocoa, with the use of a metal mug, may also be had aatomatically for a peany extra. T liaMa rV r BBJBBE yjUBL Tot Be, Ned He married the girl I was ca gaged to. Fred Well, OBt worry, you'll get over it before he does A Georgia rural" editor thus de scribes an accident that occurred dur-lag-ajfeedlBs; ceremoay: "Thejwldc lookiag- 'the pictare of Iovelteees,' ssaiht BBirtttheiemJteMieMejaMMBetefv IaT BBT ! arilaBaaBIB TBI gTconi.was over six "feet two, and ia bowing his responses to the miais ter's questions he accidentaly tilted the chandelier, which overturned the keroseso lamp, the oil of which spat tered all over the bride's dress and the minister's broadcloth coat. To say that me brldgroom was - mad would not do justice to his teeliags. But ho restrained himself and sup ported the -ride to the front porch. where the ceremony was concluded under the stars of heaven. The min ister has sent In a bill for his coat, but tho bridegroom swears he won't pay It." -ITemeseefce! Eacwrilons. On the flrsi and third Tuesdays la May and Juae, 1&28. the Chicago. Mil waukee St. Paul Hallway will sell round-trip cttenrsioB tiChSts (good for 21 days) to a great many joints in South and North Dakota and other western and southwestern states, at practically one fare for the round trip. Take a trip west and see what an amount of good land can be purchased for very little money. Further Infor mation as to rates, routes, prices of farm lands, etc., may be obtained on application to any coupon ticket agent or by addressing Geor&e II. Heafford. General Passenger Agent. Chicago. III. Yale's invested funds foot up. all told, 13,921.699. against $2,273,092 iu 1887. The amount invested In leal es tate Is 39,343: In bond and mortgage $1,712,284; in railroad bonds, $1,243, 871; in other bondg, $2S0,000, and in stocks, $223,373. The real estate In vestment returned last year 3.29 per cent., the bonds and mortgages. 3.51; the rail road bonds, 5.07; the othe" bonds, 22J, and the stocks, 5.80 per cent; the return on all the invest ments being 4.84 per cent fttlatalatlng Inveattoa. That the Tians-Misslssippl exposi tion at Omaha will stimulate invention in Nebraska and surrounding states cannot be doubted. That there h need of It as a means of promoting inven tion and manufacturing in the we;t is evidenced by the fact that only oae patent was issued to Nebraska last week and only six to Iowa, whll? at the same time Massachusetts re:c!vcl 25. Ohio 29, and Pennsylvania 54. Among the most rcsnt applications for patents we have fiie;! com plete at Washington for wc:tcrn inventors are tin following: An attachment for steam engines to increapc tho velocity of steam. A straw stacker fcr threshers that nsr rows in its outward movement. A gov ernor for automatic band cuttetu and feeders. A stove pipe attachment for utilizing waste products cf combus tion to heat water and aid In warming a room. A trough for purfyicg water and watering stock. A heater adapted to be submerged in a tank to prevent water from freezing. A guide for cur tains on rollers to keep the ctirtiin3 straight s they are raised and low ered. A lock and eal adapted ty pre vent unauthorized unlocking. Valuabzlc information about obta'n ing, valuing and selling patents sent free to any address. T. G. & J. R. ORWIU. Eolic'.tors of Tatcsts Iowa Patent Office. Dcs Moines, April 20, 183d. It la Ktd 'hat then arc ;it two t-::amp"agne arrnts In New York hi n-ake tiiMr living wholly by "pushing" their brands eeluslve'y, whereas thvrc were a dozen a few yeir? ngo. The change Is not because of the fall ir.t; off In tho consumption of t-zA nut 1-r.c-ause cf ihe heavy tolls exittc.l by waiters who aid In the pushing. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad company has opened a new freight ter minal, with yard facilities, at the foot of West 26th street, on the Hudson river, in New York city. A large plat of ground between 26th and 27th strce's fronting on 12th avenue, was secured, and tracks were laid to accomodate 1C0 cars; and in addition a warehouse, 300 x23 feet, was built. Tracks have been laid across 13th avenue to the plsr, and a new bridge and other necessary adjuncts have been built to facilitate the handling of cars from floats to the land. The establishment of this ter minal enables the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad company to gather business from the extensive lumber-yards and the piano, structural lion, boiler cn'l other manufacturing industries in that vicinity. The delivery of freight for firms in that neighborhood la also fa cilitated by the improvement. Guggenheimer: "Say. Ikey, how do you get into all de theayters free of cost?" Rosenthal: "I haf a greadt scheme. I go in backwards an' d? dicked gollector t'inks I'm coming oudt." Philadelphia North American. ew Intentions. Sues fc Co.. Patent Solicitors. Oma ha, have just procured a Patent for Henry Hoeshen. an Omaha 'inventor, who utilizes the weight of a railroad train as it passes over the rails to drive machinery. The device prom ises to be exceedingly valuable and a company has been organized. Free information can be obtained by addressing Sues & Co.. Bee Building. Omaha. Neb. A $400,000 boot and shoe factory will be opened in Atlanta next month aad Georgia will begin to compete with another .of the great industries of Massachusetts. vVjBnBBBBBBBBnnal THCOLDKCUA "BLBaV" VBP' NeiMslteBiF (OiSBtt ia the flat) hn Unt Timff Ibbbbbs! lajfaBBjCBtl em lav) ItIbbbbj IitalMiMxtt& Shaath, Cmfcafa, Kaw Yark aa BUYS GOOD NOTES I ahaipsthicaeteawis whea they aneheH amcsBB AJTD DittcreaK fjaMHPKB OBBJtiBW. Pren't. B. H. nsSBT, Vice Preal. M, Bbuqqkk, Cashier. Jobs STAurrxK, VftL Mccbcb, or COLUMBUS. NEB., - MAS AX Aithirizii Capital if - $500,000 PaM ii Capital, - - 90,000 m erriccas: a. n. an kldox. Pres't. 11.1 II. OKIILKIt'lT. Vice Proa, DAN1KI, SCIIKAM. Caahjar. FRANK KOKEK. AwUCaaB DIRECTORS: . C. If. Snrixos. II. P. II. OgBiaecw. Joxas Welch, W. A. McAturrSBw caucRiBsfcC h. coiurr. Frank Uourkk. STOCKHOLDERS: 0.RKLX. El.MM. J. HEXRY WCR CURKtiRAT, DANirr.SCHRAW. A. P. II. Or.HXRieir, Rebecca IIkckkr. llrvBT lyMIII. ueo. n. Gaiart. J. I". BrCKEB ESTATBj II. M. WlMSLOW. Bank ef Deamlt; Interest allowed cm time toprslts: hyy and sell exehaaga oa Uaited States and Europe and buy and tall avail able securities. We shall re pleased te re ed your business. We solicit journal rsis;e. Columbus Journal ! A weekly Bewapaper ie voted the beatlBtereeteeff COLUMBUS THE COIHTY OF rlATTE. 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