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Fan-American Exposition, Buffalo,
New York, May 1 to November 1, 1901.
At Deahler, Nebraska, August Koer
witx kicked at a dog, lost his balance,
fell, and broke his own neck.
It is claimed now that Fat Crowe has
been located in the jungles of Bellevne
island near Omaha. What next?
A bill has been introduced in the
senate of Illinois for making hazing a
felony and providing for its punishment
by imprisonment in the penitentiary.
Scsax B. Anthony, the great woman
advocate of Woman's rights, considers
the ballot, not the hatchet, as the proper
remedy for the control of the liquor
traJRe.
Ovr information from Lincoln is that
the opinion is gaining that "must drive
Thompson ont of the race before any
thing jean be done. Don't see that
Meiklejohn is losing any ground or any
'friends."
Jakes Callahan, arrested at Omaha
as one of the kidnappers of Eddie
Cndahy, was the second boy committed
to the state industrial reform school at
Kearney, being there from August 31,
1881 to February 24. 1884, when he was
paroled.
Da. Kcflewski of the Chicago Public
Library board exhibited to the members
at their last meeting specimens of dis
ease germs found in volumes1 on the
library shelves, and recommended that
all such volumes be periodically steri
lized by the dry process.
John H. MrrcnELL has been elected to
succeed J. W. McBride as senator from
Oregon. The result was reached on the
twenty-fifth ballot of the day and the
fifty-third of the session. Eleven dem
ocrats assisted thirty-five republicans in
the election. Mr. Mitchell has served
three full terms in the U. S. senate.
Mrs. Nessekheneb, convicted at Han
nibal, Missouri, of the murder of her
husband last July, by morphine, has been
sentenced to be hanged Friday, April 12.
When asked if she had anything to say
why sentence should not be passed upon
her, she simply replied: "I did not get
jastice." An appeal has been granted.
Early Sunday morning Feb. 17, snow
fell in the city and in the Valley of Mex
ico, the ground being covered with snow
in the higher suburbs, where trees and
tropical plants were beautiful, with a
white mantle, greatly aroused the curi
osity of the people, and created much
excitement. Snow had not fallen in the
vicinity before for nearly half a century;
In the city, however, it melted as fast as
it fell.
Nebraska is being congratulated on
all hands over the fact that Vice Presi
dent Harris succeeds President Perkins
of the Burlington road, whose resigna
tion was dictated by failing health. The
new president worked his railroad
apprenticeship in Nebraska, and will
undoubtedly be always alert to the
interests of our state, especially where
they are mutual with the great organi
7ation which he represents.
The steamer City of Bio de Janeiro,
which sailed from Hong Kong January
22 for San Francisco, via Yokohama, in
command of Captain Ward, struck on a
rock at an early hour Friday, just out
side the Golden Gate, and sank in
twenty minutes. Fifty to one hundred
and fifty persons were drowned, among
them, it is supposed, Consul Wildman of
Hong Kong and his family. The captain
locked himself in his cabin and went
under with the ship.
Francs is getting very nervous over a
recent report of Consul Covert at Lyons,
to the effect that the United States is
preening rapidly to the front as a silk
manufacturing nation and that for the
past three years has consumed more raw
silk than France. This progress has
been made so quietly that it seems in
credible to Frenchmen. France has been
'. for centuries the great silk manufactur
ing nation. But Uncle Sam seems to be
branching out in every possible direction
in his pursuance of the industrial cham
pionship. Lincoln Journal.
When Hepburn of Iowa in the house
. last Thursday called attention to the
fact that the superintendent of the mili
tary academy at West Point had rushed
iato print to declare that hazing had
passed there, and yet that the committee
of the house had found forty-one cases
where under classmen had been called
. ' out to engage in a brutal prize fight, he
created a sensation, and when he con-
- ' tinned saying he favored a "certain, fix
ed, severe punishment" for the cowing
- aad brow-beating of the younger class
sea at the academies, his statement
received a round of applause.
Th sure that your father knows you
love him, just as you take his affection
for granted, but do you ever stop to
think how little you have to say to him
day after day?" writes Helen Watterson
Moody in the January Ladies' Home
Journal. "How often do yon find your
self at his side on the piazza, or by the
aittiag-room fire, really talking to him
with the vivacity and interest you show
Gertrude's father, for example? Some-
i he seems to want to talk, and asks
to draw you out, but you ans
ae indifferently and with so little
desire to keep up the conversation that
hafMsi rebuffed and says no more. Do
jam knew that he said to me on my last
visit, wheel he spoke of yon: 'Amy is a
and arirl aad a bright one; I wish X
knew her better, but she doesn't seem to
father wy interesting'? And
ras feehag in his voice. Now
I know you have not had the slightest
idee of this."
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It is estimated that there is paid by American producers to
foreign shipowners in freight charges at least $175,000,000 a year.
Four per cent upon this would give us an American merchant ma
rine and the expenditure of the greater part of this money in oar
own country. Political economists and statisticians to foreign
lands do not hesitate to say that there is no country in the world
which could stand this drain of $175,000,000 paid to foreigners, to
be expended in foreign countries and for foreign labor, except the
United States. Senator Depew on the Subsidy Bill.
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Capital City Letter.
(Special Correspondence.)
Lincoln, Feb. 23, 1901.
The caucus has been with us another
week, with no results. By a system of
trading and borrowing votes,' some of
the candidates have gone up or down a
few notches, but the changes have been
without special significance. The prom
inent features of the whole affair is that
seventy members agree that none but
republicans of unquestioned loyalty
should be considered, and that several
members are now determined to hold
the caucus to the bargain.
One thing is being done which is with
out precedent and would cause trouble
should a nomination be made in the
short caucus. Since the first meeting
there have never been sixty-seven mem
bers present. Some absentees are
marked present by proxy, and their
votes are cast the same as if they were
there. The proxy business has long ago
been condemned by republican conven
tions, and not being allowed in joint
sessions it would seem to be much out
of place in a republican caucus.
The anti-Thompson men say that they
will agree to the selection cf any two
loyal republicans. The Thompson par
tisans say it must be Thompson or
nobody. The latter will thus have to
bear the responsibility should there be
a failure to elect.
The possibility of an election in joint
session on account of absentees has not
been forgotten, and a forcible reminder
of the value of an absentee comes from
Delaware, where a member has made
affidavit that he was offered $2,000 to
remain away from the session and thus
give Addicks a chance to be elected.
The republican members have spent
considerable time getting a satisfactory
apportionment bill ready, and it is be
lieved a fair one will be put through.
There has been no change in the legis
lative apportionment since 1885, and
some of the counties now are very much
over represented. If sentiment on the
senatorial question is taken into consid
eration, many of the counties aTe very
much "misrepresented."
Adau Granger.
United States Consul Winner at
Annaberg, Germany, has transmitted to
the State department a translation of an
article which recently appeared in a
German publication, bearing upon Russian-American
trade, and the exportation
of American machinery to Russia in par
ticular. The article says: "The increase
in the trade of the United States with
Russia is noticeabla This is due to the
cordial relations which exist between
these two countries, and to the less
friendly attitude of Russian merchants
toward the manufacturers of other coun
tries. The greater part of the orders for
the Siberian railway have been placed in
the United States. Another order,
amounting to $595,000 in value, has just
been placed in America, for machinery
to cut a tunnel of about one and a half
miles in length, not far from Charbin in
Manchuria. The tunnel is to be finished
in one year's time. Direct connections
then will be completed between Europe
and Vindivestock. The United States
has outdistanced Germany in the mar
kets of Russia."
End of Gentleman Case.
Wednesday of last week in the district
court was devoted to argument in the
Gentleman case.
Frank Dolezal of Fremont for the state
made the first speech; J. G. Reeder for
the defense the second; County Attor
ney O'Brien for the 6tate closing the
forenoon's work.
Mr. Dolezal spoke about the serious
duty which the jury had before them,
the majesty of the law, the safety of the
community, the welfare of the state.
Courts are organized with a view to
securing justice to all. It is the State of
Nebraska against the accused, but every
safeguard is thrown around those who
are charged with criminal violation of
the law. In his view, this was a plain
case. There was essentially no differ
ence of opinion as to the chief facte in
volved, the real question being Was
Gentleman sane when he shot Oleson?
The attorney dwelt at considerable
length on the plea of insanity. In the
Garden of Eden, Adam, the first man,
when called to account for his misdeeds,
sought to get rid of the blame, and so it
has been all the way down, men charged
with crime have sought to mitigate, to
palliate the effects, or lay the blame
elsewhere than on themselves, and this
case is no exception. The plea of insan
ity has been defined as the last plea of
scoundrels. When none other is possi
ble, this is the last resort. The remain
der of his speech was devoted to refer
ence to various phases of the testimony
tending to show the sanity of the accus
ed man, the main fact that he was in
business with his partner, with whom he
had been for years, and up to the very
day of the tragedy; that he was a shrewd
business man, capable of making his
calculations, and of getting the better
end in a trade. There had been a con
siderable effort to convey the idea that
Gentleman had many imaginary trou
bles, but the speaker claimed that all
such attempts resulted in clearly show
ing the real facta. Tan Allen, Burns and
Oleeen had had trouble with him. These
troubles were real, and not fanciful
They had had him arrested because
there seemed no other way for them to
get along with him than to invoke the
strong arm of the law to keep him in
check. When they did that, it made
him mad (angry). The deed was not the
result of insanity, but of malice because
he had not been able to runjhings to
suit himself. He claimed there was no
evidence, whatever, proving insanity.
"The, blood of Soren Oleson cries from
the ground where this defendant has
put hisa." .
Mr. Reeder in speaking for the accused,
explained" the three degrees of crime
charged, in 'the. Information,' and said
that the command -Thoa shalt not kill, -to
which reference had been made, was
no older nor more universally recognized
a law than that an insane person is not
accountable for his acts, having neither
the ability to distinguish between right
and wrong, nor the strength of will to
choose the right and avoid the wrong.
Even the savage tribes of mankind,
where their customs had been known,
have held such persons as under the
hand of God, and not accountable to
man. The facts of the case which attor
neys for the state regarded as showing
malice and malice alone, were referred to
as strong evidence of insanity. On the
day of the tragedy Gentleman had open
ly, publicly declared on the streets of
Platte Center that he would kill Oleson,
Burns, Van Allen and then kill himself.
This certainly was not the conduct of a
sane man about to commit a crime
against society. Everybody knows that
they go about it very differently. Later,
in the jail, where he declared he would
be back home in two weeks, that $2,000
would 'fix the matter indicated insanity.
All the physicians testified as 'to the
effects of the continued and excessive
use of alcohol upon the brain; there waa
abundant testimony showing the liquor
habit of the defendant, and how it had
affected him. He had lost the ethic
sense, the knowledge of what was due to
society. He was not of sound mind, and
Mr. Reeder plead earnestly with the jury
not to brand the; wife and children as
the wife and children of a murderer.
County Attorney O'Brien made a short
speech just before the noon recess,
acknowledging his own inexperience in
trials of this kind and thus explaining
the presence of other attorneys in the
case. He emphasized the duty of the
judge, the attorneys and the jurors, and
reviewed the testimony tending to show
that the accused was guilty of murder
in the first degree.
In the afternoon A. M Post spoke for
the state, occupying a half hour. Judges
and jurors had often been misled, deceiv
ed by so-oalled scientists in their defini
tions of insanity. Above all things it is
desirable that the law and its adminis
tration should have certainty and stabili
ty. The rule now universally recogniz
ed is that the insane person, with refer
ence to the particular act, had not the
ability to recognize right from wrong,
and the power of self-control to avoid
the wrong and dojthe right This rule
is simple, certain, comprehensive and
broad, and it is just. Science has found
no better one. This rule was then ap
plied by Mr. Post to the facts, referring
to the long-time partnership; the deal in
real estate made after December 5; the
starting ont upon a plan of the murder
on the day the crime waa committed.
W. M. Cornelius, on behalf of the
accused, followed in a speech charged
with feeling all the way through, but
occasionally intensified beyond the usual
bounds, especially when he said there
was something unusual in this case,
which had been a persecution instead of
a prosecution. The county attorney did
not suffice. All the way 'through the
examination of witnesses, he had been
constantly prompted and corrected by
Dolezal, Post and Gondring. The ap
pearance of the county attorney and his
assistant Gondring were accounted for,
but Dolezal of Fremont had been em
ployed; A. M. Post, ex-judge of the
supreme court, U. S. district attorney
for Alaska, were not here for nothing;
Mr. Duffy, the eminent criminal attor
ney, was also among the "hired attor
neys" mentioned, besides others in and
about who were referred to in a general
way. He warned them of the stain of
blood that might possibly be upon their
fees. Mr. Cornelius dwelt upon the rule
of law that the jury must be satisfied
beyond a reasonable doubt of every
material charge made in the information.
The chain has only the strength of the
weakest link. The accused is entitled to
the reasonable doubt The testimony
was reviewed with a view to showing the
unsound condition of mind of Gentle
man on December 5, and he claimed that
this condition was proved beyond a reas
onable doubt. No sane man contemplat
ing the perpetration of such deeds would
proceed as he had. Mr. Cornelius did
not, in so many words, say that the ver
dict must be acquittal (not guilty be
cause insane at the time), or guilty of
murder in the first degree, the penalty
for which is hanging or confinement in a
living tomb for the remainder of his fife,
but this waa, very plainly indicated as
the background of his argument, and
gave earnestness and vigor to the plea
that he made. The majesty of the law
is never more clearly shown than when
it shields the weak, the defenseless, and
especially the irresponsible. The laws
are not meant for persecution, and jus
tice demands of you that you turn away
from the specious pleas of hired attor
neys, and remember that "Blessed are
the merciful."
I. L. Albert made the closing speech
for the defense, and was listened to with
marked attention throughout. After
particularizing the different offences as
laid in the information, and stating that
no one should be deprived of life or
liberty, by process of law, unless there
was guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, he
went into an illustrative argument to
show the natural workings of the human
mind, and the difierent degrees of
accountability from infancy to mature
judgment The mud has its fairly de
fined functions, the preceptive faculties
coming first in order, and putting the
mind in connection with the outer world
the sight hearing, etc; next the mem
ory, recording these various sensations;
reason, comparing these recollections;
the power of classification; the judg
ment the will. Some people are defec
tive in sight alone, some in hearing;
many in memory alone; some in the
power to reason and draw correct con
clusions, sad some defective in will.
Some of the brightest men, are yet un
doubtedly insane along certain lines
There can be no crime without criminal
intent In this esse, the defendant was
not capable of forming a criminal intent.
The deed was done without an adequate
motive. Everything showed a miad
weakened through continued and ex
cessive use of alcoholic liquor. Proof
was that on the day of the deed he had
said he would kill Oleson and two other
mea, naming them, and then kill himself.
He had become childish through much
use of liquor, talking with neighbor
women about Oleson, evidently to gain
sympathy. Mr. Albert declared that no
man could com 3 out of a year's debauch
without wrecking his intellect. The
evidence was thoroughly sifted, and then
came-the reference to the attorneys for
the prosecution, no objection being made
to County Attorney O'Brien and his
assistant Gondring, but Dolezal, Post,
Duffy and others unnamed as probably
being employed by the Fremont Brewing
Co., the State Liquor Dealers' associa
tion or some powerful trust. At this,
Judge Post demanded of the court that
this style of argument be stopped. -He
also said he was employed by Wm. Bloe
dorn and other citizens of Platte Center,
who had no interest but that of law
abiding citizens. Mr. Albert retorted
that it was difficult to follow a man who
had got on to the u ror.g road, without
yourself getting on the same road, and
that these men who pretend now to be so
anxious about the enforcement of law
should ask themselves why, during the
past four years, when they knew the law
was being violated every day in the
method of the sale of liquor, they didn't
do something instead of virtually placing
intoxicating cups to the lips of their
neighbor. In closing, Mr. Albert em-.
phasized the fact that Gentleman, be
cause of the condition of his mind was
entitled to the protection of the law,
provided for all those who are unac
countable. And asked the jurors to
remember that, otherwise, they must not
only be satisfied that the accused was
guilty of premeditated, malicious killing,
bnt satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt
J. M. Gondring closed the argument
for the prosecution, his entire speech
being animated not only in language but
in voice and gesture. A dozen words in
regard to the case being decided accord
ing to the evidence and the law, preceded
an impassioned arraignment of Cornelius
and Albert for endeavoring to raise
issues in the case that are as false and as
black as night, detracting the attention
of the jury from the plain facts and law.
This and all cases where the laws of the
state have been violated are brought in
the name of the State against the accus
ed. Every man, woman and child in the
state are interested in the enforcement
of the law, and especially those designed
for the protection of human Ufa Strip
the state of Nebraska of all her personal
property; set fire to and burn up in a
night all the destructible personal prop
erty in the state and yon will have done
damage in no way worthy to be compared
with the destruction of our liberty or
our life. It is no light thing to take
human life. Onr sympathy naturally
goes out to the wife and children of this
defendant, but no amount of sympathy,
nothing that we can do, can bring Soren
Oleson back to life. He reviewed the
testimony, and instead of insanity, claim
ed that there was a deliberate plan to
murder; his vicious nature overcame
every other feeling. He had had trouble
with Oleson; he had kicked Oleson;
Oleson had him arrested. It seemed to
him that he must carry ont the threat
made to kill Oleson. He claimed that
the leading facts all tended to prove
premeditation and malice, bnt not. insan
ity. The marshal's office was locked,
but he found a way to get in; he put the
gun under his coat, and kept it concealed
until be drew it up on Oleson; he said:
"Good bye, Oleson." A method in all
that he did from the threat to kill, until
the fatal shot was fired. The state has
done nothing more than duty in the
prosecution of the case; after the court
shall have given yon the law, it will have
done its duty fairly and impartially; it
will then be for the jury to decide, theirs
being the greatest responsibility.
Judge Hollenbeck's charge to the jury
was then given, showing clearly the
difference in the crimes charged in the
information. Material allegations must
be proven as charged, before conviction.
Voluntary intoxication is no excuse for
the commission of crime.
At about 10 o'clock Thursday morning,
the jury returned their verdict of guilty
in the second degree, as charged. Each
one was asked "Was and is this your
verdict?" and answered in the affirmative.
Seal Ertate Transfer.
Becher, Hockenberger & Chambers,
real estate agents, report the following
real estate transfers filed in the office of
the county clerk since onr last report:
Gottfried Urben to Jas Lassek,
s2 sw4, n2 se4 13 and e2 net
24-17-3w,wd $7000 00
Eva Ciohon to Stanislaus Mite-
ra, lots 7, 8, blk 198 and lots
7, 8, blk 199, Columbus wd . . 400 00
I O O F Lodge No 44 to Jac A
Ernst, lot 1, blk 181, Colum-
buswd 10000
Tom Finch to E L Sisson, w2
sw4sw46-18-4w,wd 60000
Ed Galligan to L M Heesacker,
e3of n2 24-20-4W, wd 400000
V Crue to E ECrue, s2 5-20-1 w,
qod r , 100
L R Painter to Jas O Pearson, ' '
ne4 20-20-4w, wd 480000
Bessie Harrel to Addie Stocks-
lsger,Bw41-20-3w,wd 400000
E R Dack to F R Hoppock,lots
4, 5, blk A Monroe, wd 90000
Gu8 G Becher, executor, to
Mary Stracke, lots 3, 4, 5, blk
A Columbia Square, Col. wd. 400 00
Gustav Kaul to Israel Glnck,
s2nw4 2-20-3 w.wd 232000
H F J Hockenberger to W H
Moore, ne4 12 and ne4 13-17-
2w,wd. 680000
Total. $31,32100
M. C. Bloedorn and H. E. Bones re
turned from their Oklahoma trip Satur
day night They saw a great deal of the
country on their trip and seem favorably
impressed with it Lots of people mov
ing in there makes times good and gives
everything a hustling aspect H. E.
Bones decided to locate there. He pur
chased a brick yard in Guthrie, a town
of something over 10,000 inhabitants,
and will move there at once. He has
the only brick yard in the town. Prices
for brick are higher there than they are
here, and the cost of production is less if
anything, so he ought to do well. We
hope he will. " Broder Ketekon will con
tinue the business here alone. M. C.
Bloedorn did not find anything that ex
actly suited him so did not locate any
where. Humphrey Democrat
VtW fcfriug Gat4i20tk CemUry
Prices.
New Muslin Underwear, better,
cheaper.
New fine Laces, Trimmings, Linings,
Battenberg material, B. & A. wash 8ilka.
Straight-front Military Corsets, new
style.
New Velvet, Moquette and Tapestry
Carpet, cheaper, at least 10c yard.
New styles in Kid Gloves.
New Spring Suits, Skirts and Jacket,
will arrive in a few days.
Our dressmaker, Miss Uhlin, of Omaha
will fit you perfectly.
1 F. H. Lamb & Go.
- KEEP EVER VIGILANT.
!fc4 C Defemalve Oimmlsatlm
AsralMt Fre Tm.
It Is a truce, not a peace, that Is now
on. The free trade agitation Is dor
mant but It Is not dead. The selfish
Interests which underlie it are too
powerful. The real backbone of the
free trade propaganda In this coun
try Is not the old-southern school of
politics which takes its notions from
Calhoun, but a very much more mod
ern, practical and formidable Influence.
It Is the greed of European Importing
houses and European manufacturers.
These persons ache with an Incurable
enpr of the great, rich American mar
ket the greatest and richest market In
the world. Their personal pride and na
tional prejudice are piqued that they
are steadily being fought out of this
market by their resourceful American
competitors. They see the masterful
Yankees laying hold of trade after
trade of which Europe once enjoyed a
profitable monopoly. They are angry
and revengeful, but they ere helpless
as things now stand. They will watch
with eagerness for the first shifting of
Dolitical conditions that may enable
them to make a breach In the protect
ive wall and recapture some of their
shrunken commerce.
So long as Europe covets the patron
age of the wealthiest nation in the
world, so long will It be necessary for
American producers to maintain de
fensive organizations and keep ever
vigilant Boston Journal.
BEGINNING TO THINK.
The Sewtfc EYldeatlr DUeenu Wfeere
Its Interest Lies.
Hon. William R. Moore of Memphis
In an address which he has sent since
election day to Southern Youth gives
some advice pre-eminently suited to
the time. Among other things he says:
"Your commendable love and loyalty
to your ancestors have heretofore been
strong enough to lead you away from
the political leanings of your own en
lightened better judgments. Old things
have passed away. Behold all things
have become new. No Intelligent and
thoughtful young southern man can
have failed to notice that the political
policies urged and persisted in by the
now discarded leaders of the so called
Democracy of the southern states have
been ever since the great war continu
ously in their effects obstructive and
reactionary."
It may be that In this address we
shall find a sign of the good time com
ing when the south will not vote
against its own Interests, as It did on
last election day, when It voted against
the policy of protection, which has
brought such prosperity to the south
ern states, when it will not have to be
saved from itself as It now has to be,
but when It will ally Itself with the
party which brings plenty and prosper
ity to south and north alike and which
Is pledged to the protection of every
American Interest
South Shares la Prosperity.
The south is in clover these days. It
Is estimated that Its cotton crop In 1000
will be worth from $450,000,000 to
$500,000,000 as compared with an aver
age of $300,000,000 in recent previous
years. Moreover, a larger and larger
portion of the crop Is being manufac
tured every year by southern mills. In
1900. according to estimates, the mills
of the south will use 1,750,000 bales as
compared with 1,500.000 In 1899. Eere
are gains In both directions for the
south which ought to make that section
supremely happy, as undoubtedly It Is.
The south voted against the Republic
an party, but it Is sharing In the Re
publican prosperity nevertheless. St
Louis Globe-Democrat
Like Bryaa'a Scheme
Doctors know many things which
will kill the microbes of the worst dis
eases, but do not use them because they
kill the patient too. Just like Bryan's
Kheme for punishing trusts by taking
the tariff off the articles they produce.
That would end the trusts and also the
labor employed by them. The trouble
must be reached in another way than
by free trade. Yonkers Statesman.
Bryaa Versaa Prosperity.
Mr. Bryan Is reported to have made
the statement that prosperity defeated
him. This proves that be has not yet
come to understand the nature of his
Insufficiency as a candidate for the
presidency. If prosperity was the
cause of defeat In 1900, why was he
defeated In 1896, when the people were
anything but prosperous? While de
pression In the earlier period gave him
many votes, these were by no means
adequate to elect him. And while pros
perity had deprived him of many of
these votes in 1900, these have rendered
his defeat so much more decisive
American Banker.
me Baayaa Tree.
In the fruiting season the banyan
tree Is an arbor for the feathered crea
tion, and a rude temple Is often set
up under or close to Its shade, at which
the wayfarer stops to cook a meal more
frequently than to offer a prayer.
These sacred trees, with their grateful
shade, are common In every part of
India, and are confined to the tropical
zone. As timber they are of no value,
but gumlac Is obtained from their
juice, and the bark is used by the Hin
doos medicinally.
Iaataeorlty.
"Our civilization demands a greater
er less degree of mendacity," remarked
the abstruse person. "We-are con
stantly encountering some empty
phrase, some conventional remark,
which Is absolutely devoid of sincer
ity." "Thar s right" answered the book
agent "That's perfectly true. I am
reminded of it every time I walk up to
the front step where there Is a door
mat with the word welcome' on It"
Washington Star.
"Blowhard is always boasting of his
driving abilities."
"It comes natural to him. He has
been handling the ribbons behind the
counter at Gunamaker's for six years
or more." Rider and Driver.
Ebony was esteemed as an article of
luxury by the ancients. In India it
was employed by kings for scepters
and Images and as It was supposed to
annul the power of- poisons was oftsa
made into drtaUaa; cups."
WeejMa CaauOlel
t tan a cooiteccd that tb neoMIe la dne that
1 ahaU art attoaai to de aay men for K.
There would be a vast multitude of
mourners refusing to be comforted but
for the fact that the nation has ceased
to be a republic so many times that
the people have become accustomed
to the utter wreck and ruination which
occur every time thinrs don't go to
suit Gamaliel Bradford and other
devoid ec all faith in God aad
Every time a aresldeat or a congress
Is elected favorable to furalshlag
plenty of Jobs, good wages and full
dinner palls to common people. Gammy
aad his friends can see the dissolution
of this republic about to take place.
Poor Gam Is so familiar with dreadful
facts that are not so and neer will
be that be has become a fount of tears.
PreaMeat of the Whole Peoalo.
The country needs no proof of Presi
dent McKlnley's broad patriotism. He
was never a narrow partisan. His first
administration has been marked by a
breadth of view which will give him
a conspicuous distinction among the
presidents of the United States. For
the ensuing four years he will continue
to be the president of the whole people
and not of a party. Baltimore Herald.
Bryaalaat BaraeeU
This Is the answer to the challenge
of Bryanlsm, anti-Imperialism, cheap
money, free trade and general chaos.
The answer Is so emphatic and over
whelming that we may rest with per
fect confidence in the conclusion that
the Issues of 1806 and 1900 will never
have to be thrashed over again, at least
not In this generation. Philadelphia
Press.
A Boathera Ohjeet
Birmingham, Ala., has nearly dou
bled Its population in ten years and la
an Instructive object lesson to the
Democratic south of the great value of
the Republican protective policy which
has brought wealth and prosperity and
population within its gates. San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
Has Seea Theaa All Before.
Once while James Whitcomb Riley
was visiting a southern town where he
was booked to give a reading a com
mittee called to take him in a carriage
over the city. In acknowledging the
compliment he said:
"I'll go with you, gentlemen, provid
ed you promise that you will not show
me the new courthouse, the new town
hall, the new bridge, the new gas well,
the new school building and the new
jail, for I've seen them all a hundred
times In as many towns, and they In
variably wear me out before the time
arrives for the curtain to rise on the
evening entertainment!" Atlanta Con
stitution. Peatlalae Thrift.
He Have you done as 1 asked, Elsie,
and saved some money this month?
She Oh, yes. 1 spoke to the grocer
and asked him not to send In his bill
till next month. Fllegende Blatter.
IFGOING EAST
or south of Chicago ask your local
ticket agent to route you between Omaha
and Chicago via the
fcc&
fMammm
STmt
the shortest line between the two cities.
Trains via this popular road depart
from the Union depot, Omaha, daily,
connecting with trains from the west.
Magnificently equipped trains, palace
sleepers and free reclining chair cars.
Dining cars and buffet, library and
smoking cars. All trains lighted by
electricity. For full information about
rates, etc., address
F. A. Nash,
General Western Agent, 1504 Farnam
St, Omaha.
H. V. Howeix,
Trav. Freight and Pass. Agt.
Are yon nervous, ran down, weak
and dispirited? Take a few doses of
HERBINE. It will infuse new energy,
new life into the exhausted nerves, the
overworked brain or muscular system,
and put a new face on life and business.
Price GO cents. A. Heintz and Pollock
A Co.
$800 far Letters About Xetraaka.
The Burlington Route offers twenty
prizes, aggregating $500, for letters
which can be need in encouraging immi
gration to Nebraska.
The first prize is a round trip ticket
from any Burlington Bonte station in
Nebraska to Yellowstone Park, and a
complete trip through the Park, includ
ing stage transportation and five and a
half daya accommodations at the hotels
of the Yellowstone Park Association
value f 100.
The second prize is a ticket to Denver,
thence to the Black Hills, and $25 in
cash value 175.
Particulars can be obtained by ad
dressing J. Francis, G. P. A., Burlington
Bonte, Omaha, Neb. 2jan8t
-WANTED-ACTIVE MAN OF GOOD Char,
acter to deliver aad collect in Nebraska for old
agfabliahed BMaafactariBg wholeeale hoaae.
908 a year, earn pay. Hoaeer aoretaaa expe
rience reqaired. Oar refereace, aay bank ia aay
city. Eacloae aelf-addrtaeed ataaiped eavel
ope: MaBBfaetarera, Third Floor, 3M Dearborn
St.. ChicajC". 12meh
luunroTov xoun.
$25.00 to California.
February 12, 19, 26.
March 5, 12,19,26.
April 2, 9, 10,23, 30.
Lowest rate in years.
Applies to San Francisco, Los Angeles,
Sacramento, San Jose and pretty nearly
every other important point in Califor
nia.
Throagh tourist sleepers on all the
above dates get aboard at any station
in Nebraska at which train stops; get
off at Los Angeles.
See nearest Burlington ticket agent,
or write J. Francis, General Passenger
Agent, Omaha, Neb. Cfeb-12t
The Journal
For all kiada
-of neat
job Paixmio.
Cheap latas via Uaiea facile.
Preeideatial Inaugural Ceremonies,
Washington, D. C March 4th $34.70
round trip.
Epworth League Convention, San
Francisco, CaL, July 18-21-S45.00 round
trip.
February 12, 19, 26, March 0, 12, 19, 26,
April 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, Colambae to Sacra
mento, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San
Diego, San Jose and other points, one
way-$25.0a -
For farther iaformatioa.call on
W. H. Barnux, Agent,
lumufoiotf torn.
Ltw Bate, West aa4 Merthwett.
At a time of year when thousands will
take advantage of them, the Barliegton ,
Route makes sweeping reductions in its
rates to the West and Northwest-to
Utah, Montana, Washington, Oregon and
British Columbia.
Dates: February 12, 19 aad 261
March 6. 12, 19 and 26.
April 2, 9, 16, 23 aad 30.
Bates are shown below:
ToOaia.SatLalcj,Batte Hel- IN
raiT ftaafaaaa ssi HI t'i
To All Palataea the Northern 1
Facile Ky. west of Miweala,
laclaalafc Ssokaae, . Seattle,
TarosM, Porttaaa, aa well a
.$28
Vaaeoaver aaa Victoria, Bv V. J
To AU Feists oa the Ssokaae 1
Fall A Northers Ky. aad the AS)
WaahlagtaaaCelasiaiaKlver f"V0
K.R. ' J , .
Never has the Pacific Northwest been
aa prosperous as now. Labor is in con
stant demand and wages are high. The
money making opportunities are beyond
number in mines, lumber, raerchaadis
ing, farming, fruit raising, fishing, and
all the other industries of a great and
growing country.
Literature on request free.
J. Francis, Gen'I Passenger Agent,
Omaha, Neb. 23-jan-14
Career aad Character af Abrahaai Liacola.
An address by Joseph Choate, Amlma
sador to Great Britain, on the career and
character of Abraham Lincoln hie early
struggles with the world his character
as developed in the later years of hie life
and his administration, which placed his
name so high on the world's roll of honor
and fame, has been published by the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
and may be had by sending six (6) cents
in postage to F. A. Miller, General Pas
senger Agent, Chicago, III. 20-feb-3
J. M. CURTIS,
Justice of die Peace.
HT" Would respectfully solicit a share
of your business.
Over First National Bank at rear of hall
18aprtf
ESTRAY NOTICE.
Takes ap, at ray place aerra nilea aorta aad
foar miles east of ColBHahoa, December JS, IMS.
ONK SPOTTED RED AND WHITE; HEIFEK
about two years old. The owner will please
proTe property aad pay expenaea.
23jan5 John Ahbxxs.
LEGAL NOTICE.
Tax Stats, or Nebraska. .
Platte County, )" ,
Ib the coaaty court ia aad for said coaaty. In
the matter of the eatate of Joha Mnetiatr, de
ceased, late of aaid coanty.
At a eeaaion of the coaaty court, holdea at the
coaaty iadge'a olice ia Colambaa ia aaid coaa
ty oa the 25th day of Jaaaarr. lWlpreaeBt, T. D.
Bobiaoa, coaaty iade. Oa reaaiac aad filiate
thedaly verified petition of Frederika MnetiBjr.
administratrix of aaid eatate prayiac that aa
thority be granted to her to mortgage the Booth
54 of Borthweat H of aectioa 8, township 19 north,
ranae 2 weal, for aa amount sufficient to raleem
aaid lande from a certain mortgage aboot to be
come doe.
Wherefore, it is ordered that the 11th day of
March, 1801. at 2 o'clock p. m. be awigaed for
the bearing of aaid petition at the coanty
judge's office in said county.
And it ia farther ordered, that dae legal notice
be given of UV pendency aad hearing of aaid
petition by pablicatioa ia The CoLtmavit Joca
N, for four ronaecatiTe weeks prior to aaid
day of hearing.
rRAi I T. D. Boaiaoji,
I seal. 1 aojjua Coaaty Jadse.
CONSULTATION
FREE TO ALL!
DR. DASSLER,
SURGEON AND PHYSICIAN
Has permanently located at Colum
bus, Neb., and solicits a share of your
patronage. Special attention given to
female diseases, diseases of the womb
and rectum, piles and all chronic dis
eases successfully treated.
HTNiaht r Day Calls in the Country
promptly attended to.
Office Telephone 59.
KeameTe te Hlewekmer Black, Tkir
teeatk aa Olive.
19septf
D. 8TIRE8.
TTOKJTBT AT LAI
Ofiee, Olive St., np-ataira ia Firat Natioaal
Baak Bid's.
y.y CnT.nvan,. NKBB4NK.
$25.00
TO
The American
Summerland.
the
Has authorized a Settlers Excursion
rate of $25.00 from Columbus
TO CALIFORNIA.
Pullman Ordinary Sleeping Cars are
run Daily via the
UNION PACIFIC
TO
CALIFORNIA.
These cars are the most comfortable,
commodious means of travel for large
parties, intending settlers, homeseskeis,
hanting parties.
Fall information cheerfully furnished
on application.
tf W. H. Bknhabt, Agent.
WHEN IN NEED OF
Briefs,
Dodgers,
Sale bilk,
Eavelopes,
Catalogues,
Handbills,
Statements,
Note heads,
Letterheads,
Meal tickets,
Leeal blanks.
Visiting cards,
Milch checks.
Business cards,
Dance invitations,
Society iavitatioas,
Weddiag iavitatioas,
Or, ia short, aay land of
JOB PRINTING,
wauoaoratrarees, Joaraai; -I
Coluambua, Nehraska,
XXECTRICIAH.
D
Blacksmith and
Wagon Work...
Everything in onr line
ant! every thing guaranteed.
WaceHs made to order.
Best horse-shoeing in the
city.
A ine line of Buggies,
Carriages, ete.
am agent for the old reliable '
Colambae Boggy Company, of Colam
baa, Ohio, which is a sufficient guaran
tee of strictly first-class goods.
LOUIS SCHREIBErt
ZSocttf
. C. CASSIN,
PBopairroa or the
Omk Meat MftAet
nBBSpMnini fMvnin snnnani
Fresh, and
Salt Meats .
Game and Fish in Season.
BnTHighest market prices paid for
Hides and Tallow.
THIRTEENTH ST.,
COLUMBUS, - - NEBRASKA
SSaartf
FCCORSETS
Mtke
American Beauties.
We have them
in all styles and
shapes to fit every
figure, and every
a a
I corset is sold
under this most
liberal warrant
"Money refunded after four
weeks' trial if corset is not
satisfactory.'
Look tor this
Trade Mark on
inside of corset
and on box.
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Sale Makers. Kabnaaso, Mich.
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