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Pan.-American Exposition, Buffalo,
New York, May 1 to November L 1901.
Wobst flood in England in thirty
yean.
Ovzb $2,000,000 was invested in new
cotton mills in tbe two Carolinas daring
the past year.
Tbebe is a flouring mill at Duluth,
Minnesota, with a capacity of 95,000
barrels a day.
Fobtt men in Crawfordsville, Illinois,
were arrested for selling their votea.at
the last election.
Wind Cave, at Rapid City, 8. D., is to
be examined with a view to making it a
national reservation
Da Wet, the Boor general, broke the
British lines by a charge led in person,
after being twice repulsed.
Snow is deep in Wyoming. Much
difficulty in feeding stock is experienced,
although no serious damage has been
-done.
The Penn Petroleum company's plant
at Coreapolis, Penn., was almost com
pletely destroyed by fire Monday. Loss
$100,000.
General Lttleton reports that the
British post at Helvetia was captured
Sunday morning by the Boers. About
fifty were killed and wounded and 200
taken prisoners.
Vice-Pbesident Roosevelt will occu
py a rented hou6e in Washington; the
property which his father left.. him in
New York yields him an annual income
of $8,000 or $10,000.
The Valley County Times in remark
ing about W. J. Bryan launching into
the newspaper field, says: "From presi
dential candidate to editor of a weekly
paper is a step upward." ,
Next May, the 24th, Queen Victoria
will be 82 years of age. She has had a
continuous reign of C3 years. The
Princess Beatrice has been attending to
social and court duties for the queen for
some time.
The kidnapers threaten another raid
on the Cudahy household; that, unless
reward is withdrawn, a child will be
stolen and tortured. Mr. Cudahy says
he has not withdrawn the reward nor
will he do so.
An elk preserve has been established
at Jackson's Hole, Wyoming, by M. V.
Giltner, who fears that elk will shore the
fate of the buffalo. He now has a herd
of nineteen, having started four years
ago with half a'dozen.
William G. Selves of Burt county, a
lawyer of ability, will preside over the
house of representatives. He was born
in Ohio. Senator C. F. Steele, a furni
ture dealer of Fairbury, an old soldier,
will act as president of the senate.
David R Paige of New York failed in
business a few years ago having no means
left except his ability. He went to South
America, where he succeeded, returned
the other day and paid all his indebted
ness, including interest. It took $720,000.
Mb. Bbtan evidently has small faith
in the ability of the average democratic
editor to keep the people properly in
formed on tbe paramount issues and has
concluded to supply tho lack from the
fountain head of all modern political
wisdom. Norfolk Journal.
While New York state is first in point
of population, it is seventh in miles of
railroad, according to one authority.
Illinois, the third in population, is tbe
greatest railroad state, with nearly 11,000
miles of track. Pennsylvania is second,
both in population and in railroad track.
According to a St Petersburg corres
pondent of the London Daily Mail, an
invalid who has reached the remarkable
age of 140 years is now lying in the hos
pital of Tomsk. He still remembers
Catherine II, and talks of having buried
his wife 100 years ago and his son ninety
years back.
The Omaha city council offers eight
thousand dollars for the capture and
conviction of any one of the Cudahy
kidnapers, and fifteen thousand for the
arrest and conviction of any two of them.
Mr. Cadahy has announced that be will
stand by his original offer and allow his
tXyOOO to be added to that of the city
council. "
Word comes from tbe ranges west of
the Black Hills, in Wyoming, of a deadly
disease that has broken out among cat
tle. In many respects it resembles
banian diphtheria and it is nearly always
fatal. The throat swells up and a mucus
forma in the throat, which usually re
sults in strangulation. It is believed by
tbe state veterinarian that the disease
was started by the warm days and cold
'nights. The disease is being watched
carefully by the veterinarian, bnt it is
believed that it will be difficult to stop.
It is hoped that cold weather will .stop
its spreading.
Attention has been called to section
Q862, compiled statutes of Nebraska,
1899, page 1,372, which provides that:.
"Kany person shall forcibly and by
violence, or by putting in fear, take
from the person of another any money
or personal property of any value what
ever, with the intent to rob or'steal,
every person so offending shall be held
' gailty of robbery, and upon conviction
thereof shall be imprisoned in the peni
tentiary not more than fifteen years, nor
Issa than nine years.'
Taiari parties extorted from Cudahy
$25,000 by putting him in fear of vio
lence to hk son, and they are clearly
guilty of robbery under this section of
twsiatata."
0000&iHXltXXOtOGi
It is said that for the last three years
American ships have carried annually only
about nine per cent of our imports and ex
ports, the smallest percentage in our his
tory. What is our best remedy?
As to IT. S. Senators.
Under this heading we purpose giving,
from week to week, such information and
speculation as may be of current inter
est Ed. Journal. "
Whatever they say about Edward
Bosewater, be it good or bad, there is no
longer ground to deny tbe fact that he
and. his paper cut a wide Bwath in Ne
braska politics and that Boeey knows a
thing or two whether they give him
credit for it or not. While his ambition
to be United States senator may never
be gratified, yet, throwing prejudice
aside, it would be hard to find a man
who would fill the place with more credit
to the state or who is more deserving of
it than Mr. Rosewater. Springfield
Monitor.
'
Mr. Meiklejohn's appearance in the
senate chamber as a member-of that
body will take from the war department,
it is true, the best assistant secretary of
war the country has ever bad, but it will
place on the floor of the senate the best
friend the service can have there. His
familiarity with army matters, gained by
a long and intimate acquaintance with
departmental and service affairs, has
made him a particularly well-equipped
representative of the military establish
ment. He has been entrusted with the
actual duties of the head of the war de
partment at various times for a longer
total period than any other official. He
served with great ability and untiring
devotion to responsible duty during tbe
momentous days of tbe war with Spain.
Tbe army needs such a friend in tbe I
senate and the citizens of Nebraska will
have no occasion, to regret the choice of
their legislature should it fall, as seems
most likely, upon Mr. Meiklejobn. He
has been a faithful, enthusiastic and in
dustrious assistant secretary of war and
he is bound to bo equally valuable to his
state in the United States senate. Army
and Navy Journal.
The teachers of tbe state closed their
session in Lincoln Friday nigbfTwith a
lecture by the noted divine, Dr. Newell
Dwight Hillis of Brooklyn. U. S. Conn
of Wayne was elected president.
A WARM DISCUSSION.
JERICHO AGITATED ABOUT A SCHOOL
HOUSE LIGHTNING ROD.
Pap Perkins, tbe Postmaster, Telia
Aboat tbe P'inta Tbat Were Made
on Both Sides and How tbe Balld-laa-
Itself Settled tbe Question.
Copyright, 19C0. by C. B. Lewis.
It was a ligbtnin rod man who start
ed the schoolhouse discussion. He
came along the other day and saw tbat
tbe scbcolbousc was without a rod,
and he went to tbe town board and of
fered to put one up for so much. Tbe
town board wrastlcd over It all day
without coniin to a conclusion, and
when it got to be known all over Jericho
a big crowd assembled at tbe postofDce
in tbe crenin to talk the matter over.
It was Deacon Spooner who called the
crowd to order and said:
l cs 14- nnnnnM n nin nn1 4rh i mntnr.
Hty of tbe citizens of this town tbat an
epocn in ine History or jencno nas ar
rived, I call upon the ligbtnin rod man
to state his case."
"There ain't much to state," replies
the man. "I've offered to put up two
rods on the schoolhouse and warrant it
a good job for $40. Bein as a school
house Is an emporium of knowledge
and bein as the cause of education may
be said to be the bulwarks of liberty,
I've knocked $15 off the reg'lar price."
"I take it tbat he's made a p'int,"
says tbe deacon as be tunks on the
floor with his cane. "Emporium, of ed-
"HE'S HADE A PTST."
ucation and bulwarks of liberty seem
to come in jest right and bit the school
house on all sides at once. I fur one
am standin neutral in this bizness, and
I'd like to hear both sides of the ques
tion. Mebbc Silas Xapham, who lives
next door to tbe schoolhouse, would
like to make a few remarks."
"As fur me." says Silas as he rises
up, "I'm ag'in tbe Idea of a ligbtnin
rod. That there schoolhouse was built
13 years ago. and durin them -13 years
we've had 72 thunderstorms. If Bhe's
dodged 72, why can't she dodge .200?
Why can't she keep right on dodgin till
she tumbles down of old age? Forty
dollars fur a lightnin rod means more
taxation. Tear's sich a thing as an
emporium of education, but thar's also
sicb a tiling as an emporium of taxa
tion. Jericho is out of debt and no
one kickln. but let the hand of ex
cessive taxation clutch her throat, and
how long would It take to strangle the
life out of her? I'm askin you to
pause and ponder afore it is too late."
"Silas, you've made a p'int and a
strong one," says the deacon when the
applause has subsided. "If the school
house has dodged 72 thunderstorms,
thar's no reason to think she won't
keep np the record. Yes, If s a p'int,
and mebbe the lightnin rod. man would
like to answer it"
"I 'don't think much of the p'int,"
says the man as he gits up ag'in.
"Thar's SO.000,000 people in these Unit
ed States, and because none of 'em fell
down stairs last year it don't roller
that a heap of 'cm won't tumble down
this year. I've known a man to go on
dodgin a mule's heels fur 1G years and
then git 'em both In the stomach at
once. Mebbe your schoolhouse will
dodge a hundred more thunderstorms,
and mebbc we will skassly bev sought
our virtuous couches this night before
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a thunderbolt as big as .a barl will go
drivin through her and leave nutbin
but a heap of splinters to mark the
spot where your emporium of educa
tion once reared its proud roof to the
blue vaults of heaven. I said $40 to
tbe town board today, but hi order to
show my interest in the cause of edu
cation and to prove to you that my
hand is ever stretched forth to uphold
the prestige of a nation of freemen
Til make the price $53." "
"He's made a p'int, gentlemen he's
made a p'int." says the deacon as he
whacks on the stove and looks around.
"Yes, sir, when he talks about our
schoolhouse rearln it's proud roof to
the blue vaults of heaven he's made a
p'int, and I'm more favorable to the
lightnin rod than I was. I think this
crowd would like to hear from Enos
Williams."
"I'm with Silas Lapham," says Enos
as he shets up bis Jackknlfe and gits
bis feet under bim. "I'm fur. Iettiu
sartln things dodge or bust. They
wanted to Insure tbe meetin house 24
years ago, but my advice was to let
her dodge. She's tbar yit I've got a
barn 30 years old, and she's never had
a lightnin rod or been Insured jest
bad to dodge or bust all these years
ind she's tbar yit. Seventeen years
ago, when I built my house, I put a
bell on the front door. Nobody has
rung that bell to this day. It would
be tbe same if we put a ligbtnin rod
on tbe schoolhouse you wouldn't see a
thunderstorm around here fur the next
15 years. I'm all right on the empo
rium of education bizness, and I can
see that tbar schoolhouse rearin It's
pioud roof to the blue vaults of heaven
as pL?ln as if it wasn't 0 o'clock at
night, but I don't see no call to pay
out $38. Let Scr dodge or bustr
"Thar's a p'int tbar, Enos thar's a
p'int," says the deacon as he hits a
cracker barl with his cane. "Yes, sir,
thar's a good deal in your theory about
dodgin. When all the cows around
here was hevin tbe lump jaw, a feller
offered to protect mine ag'in it fur $3.
I said I'd let her take her chances, and
she come through all right. I obsarve
Moses Forbusb among the audience,
and, as Moses built the fence around
the schoolhouse, mebbe he's got sun
thin to say." v
"I ain't ag'in lightnin rods," says
Moses in his slow way "I'm not ag'in
'em fur what they are. It 'pears to
me, however, that we'd better begin at
the bottom instead of the roof. Thar's
about 20 bogs nestin under the school
house, and thar's about 20 holes in tbe
floor. I sorter like the idea of a light
nin rod, and I sorter like the idea of a
new floor and drivin tbe bogs out One
idea sorter balances the t'other, and I
don't want to cast my vote either way."
"You bevn't made a p'int" says the
deacon, "but nobody expected you to.
I take it however, tbat you go in fur
an emporium of education, bein you
got tbe job of buildin the fence and
hev seven children goin to schooL" '
"Yes, I think I do," replies Mose.
"I've alius felt that It was my duty
to uphold the Magna Cbarta of liberty,
and when it comes to boostin tbe
wheels of progress and civilization I'm
good to lift a ton."
It was then suggested that the light
nin rod man might want to say sunthin
more, and he went at It and made a
reg'lar Fourth of July oration. He pic
tured George Washington, John Han
cock, Thomas Jefferson and half a doz
en more goin to school to learn how to
spell such words as "liberty," "free
dom" and "bulwarks."- He pictured
them schoolbouscs bein struck by ligbt
nin fur the want of rods, and he bad
tears in Joab Warner's eyes in less'n
five minits. Then he pictured tbe hap
py children of Jericho crowded into the
schoolhouse on a summer's day.
Among them was future lawyers, doc
tors, editors, statesmen and poets.
They was drinkin in deep drafts of
education when a black cloud appeared
over Jim Taylor's barn, a rumble of
thunder was heard, and a minit later
a thunderbolt shot out and struck the
schoolhouse, and tbar was a tragedy to
convulse the world. The town had
saved $38 on a lightnin rod, but wbar
was tbe schoolhouse, the schoolma'am
and 44 scholars?' Some was sboutin
and some was wipin their eyes when
the man sot down, and after Deacon
Spooner had declared it tbe strongest
p'int be ever heard he made ready to
put the question to a vote. Jest then
in comes Lish Billings, and the deacon
turns to him and says:
"Lish. we are hevin a meetin about
that lightnin rod on the schoolhouse.
As you painted the buildin mebbe
you'd like to say sunthin. Are you fur
it or ag'in it?"
"Neither one," answers Lish after
awhile.
"Are you standin neutral?"
"Not exactly."
"Then, how do you make it out?'
"Why, the durned old buildin fell
down, about an hour ago of its own
sen, and I don't reckon thar's any call
to waste any breath about the mat
ter." M. QUAD.
Talismans lav Calaa.
The belief in the potency of charms,
etc., Is very widespread among the low
er class Chinese and the Shans In parts
of Yunnan. The latter In particular
have all kinds of amulets to ward off
evil, the gem of their collection being
one which confers invulnerability on
the wearer. This useful quality may
also be obtained, I was informed, by
undergoing a very painful process of
tattooing. During my trip I was shown
a "dragon's nest" which looked like a
bit of the horsehair stuffing from a for
eign saddle, guaranteed to render tbe
purchaser's house safe from fire, and a
"female deer's horn," which would ena
ble the fortunate owner to walk a great
distance without fatigue.
Not being a landed proprietor or a
professional sprinter, I had no use for
these things, and thoughl entered into
negotiations with several people for
the talisman which would render me
invulnerable none of them was willing
to stand the test of western skepti
cism a revolver at 30 paces even
though I offered them an enormous
sum and a handsome funeral in case of
accident Geographical JournaL
The Gardeaer.
The term gardener implied much
more a few generations ago than It
does today. Young men paid heavy
premiums to get In as apprentices un
der learned gardeners, and when at the
end of the term they were Invested
with the "blue apron" most of them
would compare favorably In general
Intelligence with the graduates of our
modern universities. .
ODD BANE VISITORS.
CRANKS ARE ALMOST AS MUCH TO BE
FEARED AS CROOKS.
Pmyisc Tellers Have to Be
larUaaee All tbe Time
Maetaf
the Schemes aad the Seh
Tht
Ue la "Walt Far Them.
Many are the uses and the schemes
that are devised for the purpose of
beating the paying tellers In banks,
and tbe cranks are as much to be fear
ed as the crooks.
"That old man who has just left the
bank," said the teller as be ran his'
fingers quickly over the new bills, "has
been coming to this place every day
for the past two years calling for mon
ey, tie comes in every morning exact
ly at 11 o'clock and'a8ks quietly if his
check has arrived. I always have to
tell him no, and he thanks me gracious
ly and goes away. I was new, at the
bank when he came in the first time,
but I saw at a glance that he had some
thing the matter with his headgear.
When he asked about his money, I told
him tbat we bad nothing, and -he look
ed greatly surprised and worried. He
asked many other questions and then
left He returned the next jnorning
and the next and he has been coming
ever since. One day be failed to show
himself, and I thought he had given
up tbe hunt as a bad thing. For u
month he kept away, but by and by be
bobbed up serenely again.
" 'I've been sick,' he said, 'and I hope
I have -not caused you anyr Incon
venience in holding my money. No
money here? What? That is strange.'
"With this be thanked me aad; went
away. He will 'be' here again In the
morning, and he'll keepcdmlhg' day
after day until death- sends him to a
bigger bank. The man is just a'sampie
of what we get every day, although he
is the most regular chap of tbe kind I
have ever seen. The boys around the
bank feel rather superstitious now if
be fails to come in, and I'll gamble
tbat tbat black porter yonder will quit
his job tbe very first time tbat old man
fails to make bis daily visit"
The teller leaned on the counter.
"Yes," he went on, "it would surprise
you to know how many people come
here day after day to get money when
they have absolutely no reason for
coming. They have no papers on which
money can be secured, but they just
come right along, hoping, I guess, that
some day they will hit the bank. Now,
last week a big fellow who had evi
dently been drinking rushed ' in and
yelled to me that he wanted $1,000, I
had never seen him before, 'and be
made no pretense of banding J up any
papers. He said he was in a big rush.
I realized at once that he was crazy,
and I acted quickly. Reaching back
to my drawer, I put my hand on my
revolver and waited. He did 'not see
the weapon. 'The vault Is closed,' I
said, 'and you cannot get any money
today.' With that be reached his hand
to his hip pocket, but I did not move.
I looked him squarely In the eye and
waited. He stood there for 20 seconds,
with bis band on bis hip and his eyes
on me, and then he cowed. Without a
word he turned bis back to me and
walked out I tried to find out who
the man was, but failed, and he never
came back to repeat the demand.
"Another time I had a really danger
ous crazy man to handle, but I acted
like a flash and possibly saved my
skin. It was about 1 o'clock one sum
mer day when the weather was stifling.
The front and side doors were prop
ped open to let In the breeze, and I
was looking over the books (when a
big fellow ran In the front door scream
mg. I looked up and saw him flourish
a butcher knife, which fairly glistened
in- the light. 'Where did he go with
that money?' he called at the top of
his voice as he halted and looked at
me. 'Right out tbat door,' I said quick
ly, and in a moment the man had dash
ed through the door and went sailing
down the alley. A policeman was call
ed, but the man was not seen after
ward. I am sure I would have felt
the edge of his dangerous knife if I
had not sent him out that door.
"Another strange thing happened
once while I was working as a clerk
in another bank. I was standing by
tbe teller's counter when a nicely dress
ed young man came in, walking rather
awkwardly. He managed to reach the
teller and presented a paper. 'Will
you please cash this for me?' he said.
The teller took the paper mechanically
and looked at the stranger. 'Why, this
is no good,' he said. 'This Is only a
piece of white paper. What kind of
a game are you trying to work?' The
man gasped. 'Why, it is a check,' he
called quickly. 'Not much.' said tbe
teller, banding it back. The man look
ed at It 'Good Godr he cried. 'Then
I am blind!' They took him away, and
be died at tbe hospital before be bad
a chance to explain. The doctors said
It was a mystery, and the man's body
was kept for six months. Finally it
was sent to Kansas on the order of a
woman who wired a description and
said it was her son's." New York Sun.
The GeacsiM ai u Patriot.
One night' in 177G tbe Duke of
Gloucester, the royal brother of George
III, then hiding from bis kingly broth
er's wrath in Paris, was regaling a ta
ble party of aristocrats at the expense
of the king of England with a trench
ant account of the "Boston tea party."
His cynical sympathy was expressed
for the American rebels, and he dwelt
upon their need for recruits to fight
against his brother. The table laugh
ed at the tale, which was the first the
most of them had beard director on the
preposterous ambitions for' freedom of
the new world colonists. Among the
company was a silent solemn young
soldier who had listened Intently to
the recluse until the dinner was finish
ed. Then he strode across tbe room to
tbe duke.
"I will join tbe Americans! I will
help them fight for freedom! Tell me
how to set about It!" be cried, his sal
low, listless face now aglow with a fire
none of his Idle comrades had ever
seen there before.
It was Lafayette, the 19-year-old
marquis, who was the despair of his
family because he seemed always in a
drowse. Coming from one of the no
blest houses of the empire, he was mar
ried to a lady of high degree and was
already a father. His wife had been
his love,' but now freedom became tbe
stronger passion, and for more than 60
years he was to followJts cause. This
was the genesis of Lafayette. Bdward
Page Gaston In Woman's Home Com
panion. Kamlaatlaa- a Preslaeat.
Until the constitutional amendment
of 1804 the president and the vice pres
ident were voted for on the same bal
lot, the man with the second highest
number of votes becoming vice presi
dent The presidential electors have
not always been chosen by popular
vote.
Before 1800 It was the general cus
tom for the state legislatures to choose
the electors, and it was not until 1828
that presidential electors were chosen
In nearly all the states by popular to te.
As late as 1878 the CotandolefIajhue J
I
chose the three presidential electors to
represent that state. There la nothing
In the constitution to prevent any state
legislature' naming its own electors
without appeal to the people provided
such a method of election Is prescribed
by the state laws.
From 1800 to 1824 presidential candl.
dates were chosen by tbe members of
congress In caucus. In 1824 the elect
oral college failed to make a choice
from the candidates so submitted, and
the matter went to the house of repre
sentatives. Four years later Tennes
see's legislature nominated Andrew
Jackson without any reference to the
congressional caucus. His opponent;
John Quincy Adams, was nominated In
tbe old way, but tbat was the end of
presidential nominations by congres
sional caucus. New York Sun.
Her Eleetrle Saarlc
"Millie!""
The young lineman twirled his bat hi
his hands In an agitated manner and
spoke In a voice that seemed to have a
tendency to get away from him.
"Millie, the fact Is I I there's some
thing I've been wanting to tell you a
long time, but I can't seem to fetch It
When you look at -me like tbat you
know, it breaks me all up. I've been
coming here so long that I oughtn't to
be afraid, I reckon, but but you know
how It Is or maybe you don't either. I
thought I could say It all right when I
came in. but you're a little the Hvest
wire 1 ever I didn't think It would be
so hard when I"
Here be came to a dead stop.
"Millie." be exclaimed In despera
tion, "I'm short circuited! I've burned
out a fuse!"
. "Jerry, are you trying to ask me to
marry you?"
"Y-yesr
"Why, of course I will, you foolish
boy!"
And love's current flowed unobstruct
edly again, ligbtiug up with Its pure
radiance the rose embowered pathway
that etc. Chicago Tribune.
The Dlspated Kane of the 'War.
Tbe Confederate Veterans. In their
annual convention In Louisville, decid
ed that tbe war of 1861-5 should be
known as the "war between tbe
states." This Is tbe name that Alexan
der H. Stephens favored., and it Is the
one generally used by tbe people of the
south in speaking of that war, the
northern people calling It the rebellion.
Strange it is that neither name is a cor
rect definition of tbe event All know
that there was no rebellion. States that
had sovereignty could not be guilty of
rebellion. Neither was It a war be
tween the states, but actually a war
between two governments made up of
states. Some writers call it a civil war.
yet It was not a war between citizens
hi their civil capacity, but. as before
said, a war between regularly organ
ized governments. There Is, In fact no
concise way of naming the conflict;
hence these misnomers. Possibly tbe
best title would be tbe simple one of
calling it by tbe years of its beginning
and close namely, tbe war of 1861-5.
Mobile Register.
IRONCLAD FEVER.
A Pecallar Disease That Waa Klllea
by Ventllatloa.
In tbe fight between tbe Monitor and
Merrimac it was found tbat there was
not sufficient air in the turrcted steam
er for the crew and tbat tbe suffocating
gases generated by the explosion of
gunpowder found their way below and
rendered it practically impossible for
the men to work. Necessity therefore
compelled the introduction of some ap
paratus for artificial ventilation.
The old methods in vogue for hun
dreds of years had been retained even
under the new conditions and but for
the striking exhibition of direct inter
ference with fighting capacity would
have remained for many years longer.
In the Monitor was placed a rotary
blower, worked by steam. Air was
thus drawn from one half of the steam
er through a system of pipes and
forced Into the other. Various changes
were made in later ironclads of this
period. In some the air was drawn
down the turrets and forced through
out the vessel, thus rendering them
more than ever liable to suffocate tbe
men below in battle, while in others the
supply was obtained through armored
cylinders and forced out through the
turrets.
It was in tbe early Ironclads that a
peculiar disease developed which, be
ing confined to those vessels, was soon
designated ironclad fever. In this af
fection tbe initial symptoms were
much like those of typhus, but In a
short time severe occipital pain was
followed by complete aphonia and this
by coma and death. The introduction
of ventilating appliances caused the
disappearance of this singular disease,
and in time these metal boxes, almost
entirely submerged, came to be regard
ed as probably the most salubrious ves
sels afloat Cassier's Magazine.
SHOOTING IN SCOTLAND.
aae Sam Exaeaaea Aaaaal-
ly la Thia Form of Saort.
As to the sums spent on shooting
In Scotland, so large Is the total tbat
It Is a difficult matter to arrive even
at an approximate estimate. In Perth
shire alone there are 465 shootings, of
which about four-fifths are let to ten
ants and bring In about 150.000 a
year, or an average of 400 a year,
which seems about a fair estimate If
It be borne In mind tbat this is an ex
pensive country and that 50 of Its best
shootings bring 35,000, or an average
of 700 a year. In tbe whole of Scot
land there are about 4,000 shootings,
and as each of them must at least em
ploy one keeper and one gillie during
the shooting season some estimate
may be formed of the money expended
In wages and the number of people
employed.
In the deer forests and on the larger
shootings there will often be from four
to six men permanently engaged and
from six .to eight others working for
the shooting season only. In a well
known forest where I once spent many
pleasant days there were three for
esters, three gillies and three pony men
out each day. On the grouse ground
there were three keepers, with three
underkeepers, a kennel man and two
carriers going to and from the nearest
railway station, a total of 18 men and
five horses, not to mention the ponies
kept for riding into the forest and
those kept to carry grouse panniers.
On this property three rifles could stalk
each day. while three other parties of
two each could shoot grouse, or the
six could combine for driving. Cham
bers' Journal.
Uvlaa- oa the Bylaws.
Rufus Choale once by overwork had
shattered his health. Edward Everett
expostulated with him on one occasion,
saying:
"My dear friend. If you are not more
aelf considerate, you will ruin your
constitution."
"Oh," replied the legal wag, "the con
stitution was destroyed long ago. I'm
living on tbe bylaws,'
i.
REUNITED.
LK m liia. dear love, warn wv-Mt of;
Tit va tat broken tan ol tmt oU
aai ! ea aappru befort sad am
taoaca aU tbe worid aa
Lat m fctfat the cold, mdidoae late
Who aade oar loriaa; hearts her idle toys
aad eace awre rerel ia the tweet old Joys
Of harry lore. Kay. it is aot too lam!
Forget the deep plowed farrowa ia asy Exvw!
Forget me aUrer (leaadag ia aay hair;
Leek eary ia aay eyea! Oh, darUag, there
The eld lore aboae ao loager thea thaa aav!
Tie up the brokea threada aad let m go, .
Like reaaited lovera, haad ia haad.
Back aad yet oaward to the tuaay lead
Of ecr To Be, which was our Long Ago.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
PERFUME AND DISEASE.
Satare Practical, "Not Poetical. Ia
Seatterlaar Sweet Dloasoaaa.
A French physician has decided! that
perfumes prevent people from taking
certain diseases. During an epidemic
his attention was attracted to the fact
that persons who constantly used per
fumes escaped taking the disease. But
he found that the .more delicate per
fumes, like violet, lavender, attar of
rose, were more efficacious than musk
and strong, rank essences.
Beccarla, the famous Italian botan
ist, long ago advised city officials to
plant trees and shrubs with odorifer
ous blossoms or fragrant leaves along
the highways, courts and parks of
cities, because these strong odors, pro
duce ozone, and thereby purify the uir
and make tbe city more healthful to
human beings confined to city streets
or narrow, sunless courts and alleys.
Indeed nature teaches us some of her
delicate mysteries and farrcaching
processes when she plants tuberoses,
orange trees, .the night blooming ce
reus and other shrubs and blossoms
with such rich and oft well nigh over
powering odors In tropic lands to neu
tralize the danger of fevers and mala
ria arising from dense vegetation or
damp, unwholesome marshes and riv
ers. Who of us can resist the charm to
the senses of great masses of white
and purple lilacs with countless bees
murmuring round the fragrant spikes
of blossoms the pure, delightful per
fume not too strong in the open air
under the radiant sun of May? And
lilacs are so vigorous, are easily grown
on any soil and very long lived. Only
an expert could tell bow old some lilacs
on a great-grandfather's old place are,
with the gnarled trunks and vigorous
masses of green and blossoms in May.
Boston Transcript.
Ilia Ijgaaraaee.
Tess Oh, I like bim well enough, but
It's so bard to make him understand
anything. Last night he asked me
several times for a kiss, and 1 said.
"No, nor each time.
Jess My ?ocdness! I should think
that was emphatic enough for any
man.
Tess It certainly should be for any
one who knows tbat two negatives
make a positive. Philadelphia Press.
$500 for Letters About Hebraska.
The Burlington Route offers twenty
prizes, aggregating $500, for letters
which can be used in encouraging immi
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The first prize is a round trip ticket
from any Burlington Route station in
Nebraska to Yellowstone Park, and a
complete trip through tbe Park, includ
ing stage transportation and five and a
halt days' accommodations at the hotels
of the Yellowstone Park Association
value $100.
The second prize is a ticket to Denver,
thenco to tho Black Hills, and $25 in
cash value $75.
Particulars can he obtained by ad
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Route, Omaha, Neb. 2janSt
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REPORT OF THE CONDITION
or THE
Columbus State Bank,
Charter No. 97,
(Incorporated) Columbus, in the State
of Nebraska, at the close of busi
ness, Dec. 13, 1900.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts SB,07i5 09
Overdrafts, secured and unsecured... 2,317 69
Stocks, securities, judgments, claims,
etc 2.2SS 2
Banking honae furniture and fixtures. 9.181 .Vt
Other real estate 12,ttW 77
Current eznenses and taxes paid 10,175 67
Checks and other cash items C69 28
Doe from National,: State and Private
Banks and Bankers 141,7X07
Cash Currency S 7.027 to
Gold coin 4.900 CO
RUver dollars 269 00
Fractional silver 1.M3 40
Total cash on band 13.729 40
Total $289.073 10
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in $50.000 00
Snrplusfund. 700 00
Undivided profits 1C.684 61
Individual deposits subject
to check 8 56,773 87
Demand certificates of de
posit 21,005 31
Time certificates of deposit 142.10 34
Due to State and Private .
Banks and Bankers 898 97-221,688 49
Total $289.073 10
State or Nebrahka, .
County of Platte J88- , .
I, M. Brnioter. cashier 'of tho above-named
bank, do solemnly swear that the above state
ment is correct and a trn copy of the report
made to the State Banking board.
M. Brcooer,
Attest:
Leaxder Oebrard, Director.
Wx. BccHEB, Director. ,
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 29th
day of December, 1900.
II. F. J. IIOCEEHBEBOEB.
Notary Public.
PROBATE NOTICE.
Ia the county court of Platta county. Nebraska,
In the nwtter of the estate of Lewis White, de
ceased. Noticeoffinalsettleaentandaccoont.
To the creditors, heirs, legatees and others in
terested in the estate of Lewis White, deceased.
Take notice that Martha White has filed in tbe
coaaty court a report of her doings as adminis
tratrix of the estate of Lewis White, deceased,
aad it is ordered that the same stand for hearing
oa the 10th day of January, 1901, before tbe
eoart at the hour of 2 o'clock p. m.. at which
time any person interested may appear and ex
cept to and contest the same. rwKr,
This notice is ordered givea ia The Colckbcs
Journal for three coneecative weeks prior to
the 10th day of Jaaaary. UM.
witness nr hand aad the seal of the coaaty
court at Cotembna this Kth day of December.
1909.
T. D. BoBisojf.
Coaaty Jadfle,
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NOTICE.
To Willinm M. Miller, defendant:
Yon will take notice that on the Ilih tlayof
December. 1800, the Commercial National lltuik
of ColnmbuB, Nebraoka, plaintiff lierin,tileil ita
petition in tho district court of Plati county,
Nebraska, nsalnst xoa.aaid defendant, the object
awl prayer of which art) to recover jndffnient on
two certain pronu-ory note, onn lor (as to and
interest at 10 ner cent Der nnnum from tho 17th
day of Heptcmher. 589S. and unn note for tt".U
aaa interest at jr cent ivr nnnnra irom tne lat
day of Jnlr. 18117. and to i-oil the southwest tiuar-
ter of taction tweiity-aix. in township teventeen.
north of muire thtre vreet of tho Hixth P. M.. in
Platte runnty, Nebmnka. to imy tho ftbov dc
Kcribed notes and interest nnd costs. The r.bovu
described land harms; bean taken on on order of
attachment fetrai-d out of tho said district ennrt
of Platte county, and leviei on the above de
cribrdland by the fheriff or I'Jatte county, Ne
braska, on th 1'Jth day of Decembi r. llHU. tliat
then is now dun on tho said notvn the sum of
gliX-iO for which Burn with intercut from this
date, at 10 and 7 per cent per annum on the res-
iwuiv uoies. puiinnu rny juuaiaeai. ion inai
the above described premises of defendant may
be ordered sold to satisfy the amount found due.
Yon are required to answer said petition on or
Deioro i ho -lilt aav ol February, iwi.
Commercial National Kane of Columbus.
l!y rUcALJJSTKR & COBNBXICS,
Its Attorneys.
Dated Dec. ?Gtli, 1S00. tf-dec-t
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