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leauhlican County CtnYantita.
Ilepublican voters of Platte county, Nebraska,
are hereby notified to meet in their respective
precincts and wards on Saturday, May 7, 1904,
from 2 p. m. to 4 p. in., for the purpose of select
ing delegates to the county convention, to be
held nt PlaUe Center, on Saturday, May It, 1904,
at 1 o'clock p. nu, of that day, to choose dele
gates to the republican state convention, and
delegates to the rejHiblican third congressional
convention, for the further punose of nominat
ing candidates for county attorney, delegates to
the twenty-fourth district representative conven
tion, delegates to the tenth district senatorial
convention, to nominate representative for dis
trict number twenty-four, to select officers and
members of the central committee for a term of
two years, and for snch other business as may
ronio before the convention.
Tim township mActings will also nominate
losal officers.
The several wants and precincts will be entit
led to 2 delegates for each ward and precinct, and
to one delegate for each fifteen votes and major
fraction thereof cast for Judge Barnes at the
lat general election, and will have the follow
ing numlier of delegates:
4'ity of (Vtlumbus
First ward
Butler
liOUp
Ijost Creek. .
Granville....
Burrows
Monroe.
Juliet.
St. Bernard..
Woodville...
Walker.
... 3
J
...7
n
... 3
Second ward !i
Third wanl 8
Columbus township.. 5
llismark. 4
Sherman 4
Creston. 7
Shell Creek. 4
Grand Prairie 3
Humphrey 5
a
Edwin Hoabe, Chairman.
Gaubktt Hiii-st. Secretary.
Republican Congressional Convention.
The republicans of the Third congressional
district of Nebraska are hereby called to meet in
delegate convention at the opera house in the
city of Columbus, Nebraska, on Tuesday, May
17, 1H0I, at 1:30 o'clock in the afternoon for the
puriseof placing in nomination a candidate
for congress from the Third Congressional dis
trict to be voted for at the general election to be
held in the state of Nebraska on the 8th da-of
Novemlter, 1J04, for the election of two delegates
to the national convention to lie held in the city
of Chicago on June 21, 1901, and for the transac
tion of such other business as may regularly
come before said convention.
The basis of the representation of the Foveral
counties in said district at said convention shall
lie the votes cast for the Hon. J. J. McCarthy,
candidate for congress nt the regular election
held on Noveuiler 4, 1H02, giving one delegate
for each one hundred votes or major fraction
then-of so cast for the said J. J. McCarthy and
one delegate at large for each county. Said
np-Mtrttontnent entitle the several counties in
the said district to the following representation
in said convention:
Antelope 13 Knox li
lioone 14 Merrick 10
Burt.... li Madison....... 15
Cedar 13 Nance 10
Colfax. 10 Platte 11
Canting 12 Pierce
Dakota 7 Stanton fi
Dixon IS Thurston 7
Dodge 20 Wayne. 10
Total 211
Hated Norfolk. Neb.. March 3, 1.04.
F. D. Riles, Chairman.
Jack Kokniosteiv. Secretary.
Official Call for Republican State
Convention.
The republicans of the state of Nebraska are
hereby called to meet in convention nt the Audi
torium in the city of Lincoln, on Wednesday,
May 18, 19M, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, for the
purpose of placing in nomination candidates for
the following offices, to be voted forut the next
general election to be held in the state of Ne
braska, November 8, 1904, viz:
Governor.
Lieutenant governor.
Secretary of state.
Auditor of public accounts.
Treasurer.
Superintendent of public instruction.
Attorney general.
Commissioner of public lands and buildings.
Eight electors of president and vice president.
Aad toeleet four delegates at large and four
alternates to the republican national convention
to be held in the city of Chicago, 111., on Tues
day, June 21, 1901; and for the transaction of
each other business as may regularly come be
fore said state convention.
The basis of representation of the several coun
ties in said convention shall be the vote cast for
Hon. John B. Barnes for judge of the supreme
court at the general election held on November
3, 1903, giving one delegate for each 100 votes or
major fraction thereof so cast for said John B.
Barnes, and one delegate at large for each county.
Said apportionment entitles the counties men
tioned below to the following representation in
the convention:
Boone 13
Colfax. 9
Merrick.... ...10
Platte 10
Stanton. 7
Butler 14
Madison lit
Nance. ...... ....... 9
Polk 9
1L C, Lindsat, Chairman.
A. B. Allex, Secretary.
Railroad freight charges in England
are from two to six times as much as
in the United States.
There is a large and growing ele
ment in the populist and democratic
parties that has come to prefer the
democracy of McKinley and Roosevelt
to that of Clevlaad or Bryan.
For the office of commissioner of
public lands and buildings there are
plenty of candidates. Wilson of
Papillion, Manning of Wayne and
Eaton of Fremont all have friends in
Platte couny.
Frank Williams of Albion, who is
candidate for delegate to the repub
lican national convention, will un
doubtedly have the suppport of the
Platte county delegation in the con
gressional convention. No man in the
third district has been a more consis
tent republican or is more worthy of
the honor.
There is no nee of attempting to dis
guise the fact that personal jealousy,
political ambitions aad purines ri
valry among a few Platte county re
mrtHcana have been largely
Ma for the party's lack of'
That the same factors will not work
republican defeat in Platte
this year is evident from the
iTpreosions of prominent
lUicnaa in favor of
The editor of the Telegram rises to
correct our impression thathe would
support Roosevelt this year. We
based this presamption merely on the
fact that neither Parker nor Hearst
has found favor with the Telegram.
Permit us to ask one question. If the
democratc convention should nominate
either Parker or Hearst, will the
Telegram then support Roosevelt? Of
course, if tnis is an impertinent
question we will withdraw.
J. M. O'Neal is salesman for the
Ellsworth Thay Mfg. Co , a position
which he has held for fourteen years.
He was endorsed by the Lancaster
couny convention for auditor and in
fracted to name the delegation to the
state convention. He has also been
endorsed by the trarveling men's as
sociation throughout Nebraska. There
are several candidates for this office,
all of them recommended, but Mr.
O'Neal at present seems to have the
lead. Who will be Platte county's
choice for nomination to this office has
not yet been determined.
Democrats and republicans look alike
on the street. The majority of both pay
their debts and tell the truth. Neith
er party has a monopoly on political
virtues and wisdom. All honest mem
bers of both parties will agree in pri
vate conversation as to the general
purposes and aims of government and
as to what constitutes proper conduct
on the part of public officials.. They
will diner only as to the methods and
policies best adapted to bring: about
the desired results. Now -with all res
pect for the opinions of democratic
voters who honestly believe that dem
ocratic polices and methods would se
cure better results, we should like to
ask you as property owners and tax
payers, what more do you ask the
government to do for you than it has
done under McKinley and Roosevelt?
POLITICAL DUTY.
The primaries for the selection of
delegates to the county and congres
sional conventions are now at hand.
On next Saturday. May 7, it is not
only the privilege but the imperative
duty of every republican in Platte
county to go early to the his polling
place and cast his vote. And it is
not the whole duty which developes
upon him ; if his vote is not to be
wasted, it must be given to delegates
who consider party above faction and
principle above personal choice.
In this campaign of HKM is born the
opportunity of republicanism in Platte
county. Throughout Nebraska this
year republicans, democrats and popu
lists will vote for Roosevelt the Man.
Counties which have been hitherto
the Gibraltars of democracy will be
found in the republican columns.
But this will not elect the county
ticket in any county unless the mem
bers of that ticket individually dis
play qualities similar to those which
havo made Roosevelt the people's
president and the peoples's candidate.
The most important of these are: (1)
Unassailable integrity of character:
(2) unanimous support within his
own party; and (3) freedom from al
liance with or obligations toany class,
section or faction. If we nominate
men possessing those qualifications,
they will be voted for, by the same
token that Roosevelt will be voted
for, by men from the other parties.
No man shonld be nominated whose
candidacy will not receive the united
supportof th republicans of this
county. No man should seek nomina
tion who has reason to know that he
could not receive such united support
for he is only courting defeat for him
self and endangering the success of
the ticket. Now is the time for re
publicans to pull together. Nominate
men who are withont reproach per
sonally and without enemies political
ly. Nominate solid, conservative and
honest men, andthe voters will do the
rest. It is up to the republicans of
Platte county. The opportunity is
here.
Bryan the Bolter.
The speecn delivered by Mr. Bryan
in Chicago on Saturday evening is de
serving of notice only because it fell
from a man who has been the candi
date of a great party for the preBi
dencydate of a groat paraty for the
presidency. Malicious, doll and vain,
its pubclaition is all that is necessary
to its refutation.
It may not be out of puce, however,
to explain that this stupid diatribe
was the utterance of a man istensibly
opposed to "lutocracy" in behalf of
the candidacy of the one plutocrat
who has aspired to the presidency and
who has hoped to reach that honored
poistion by the use of money.
Mr. Bryan upholding the bribery
suppnorted candidacy of William R.
Hunt in the name of "the common
poodle' is a spectacle which every
American should remember.
We have bad rich men in America
who havenot been over scrupulous in
the accomplishment of their object
and we have had rich men who cor
rupt and even criminal but Mr. Bryan's
partrons at this time and the man who
no doubt pays him liberally for all
that he does in his behalf is the first
of our plutocrats who has been weak
enough and unprincipled enough to
suppose that he could buy the presi
dency. Mr. Hearst did not earn the
money which he is squandering. He
inhherited it. Ho is throwing money
lavisnly in a score of states in Jan at
tempt to bny and bully his way into
the democratic national convention.
He is debaucing the youth of the land
with his immoral publicatins. He is
enticing the foolish and the deppraved
in several of the great cities to the
penitentiaries and gallows.
When Mr. Bryan comes to Chicago,
therefore, to assail a mythical pluto
cracy it is no more than fair to task
him what are his relations with the
contemptible little plutocrat who is
trying to bny his way into the White
House. William Bryans position on
the pay roll? How much more does
an excandidate for the presidency re
ceive of this dirty money than one of
the heelers in the first ward of the
city of Chicago, for example? Does
the thrifty individual from Nebraska
who writes wills, indites sealed
letters and undertakes to devour wid
ows nonces suppose anybody in this
town believes that he is working for
nothing?
Mr, Bryan's speech bristled with
libels. Taking his cae from the other
scamps in Hearst's train, he did not
make his charges in direct and manly
fashion, but by innuendo, bv inference
and by suggestion. He intinmtesd
that Judge Parker, chief of the New
York court of appeals and most of
the members of the state convention
in New York which proposed him as a
candidate for the presidency were
prejured and bribed not by any in
dividual like Hearst,who is openly in
business and who might be. named,
but br the "plutocracy".
There are a good many different
kinds of slander in the world; there
are many characters so mean that al
most any libel many fall naturally
from their lying lips, but we believe
that this is the first time in the his
tory of the republic that a man honor
ed as this calumniator has been ever
ventured to publish sue a falseood as
this,. As the degradation of the de
mocratic party when it took np with
Mr. Bryan was unexampled, so his
vicious ingratitude for all that parry
has attempted to do for him is also
without a parallel.
' Twice a candidate in violation of
the principles and precedents of a
hundred years, he now presumes to
make it a criminal offense for demo
crats to ignore his person, his lunatic
ideas, is corrupt associates aad bis
ridiculous menaces. He has no quarrel
with the democrats of the east except
that they are democrats. If they were
at this moment at the feet of the
diminutive Hearst with his rotten
money in their pockets and his pesti
lential doctrines on their tongues his
vocabulary would not be sufficient to
extol the virtues which only he could
see in them. If the reeking Hearst
could have bought New York, Mas
sachusetts, New Jersey and Pennsylva
nia as he and his agents have bought
a few counties and districts elsewhere
this pattern of righteousness from Ne
baska would have had a different story
to tell in Chicago.
The sin which democrats are com
mitting and for wihch this chronic
bolter is now filling the arsenals of re
publicans with weapons to be used
aganst them next fall is that they have
concluded to dissolve the shameful al
liance with populism and socialism
which they have maintained for
years. They are reorganizing the
democratic party. They are doing
more than that ; they are reconstruct
ing it. The work is going on from
the ground up. If we may judge by
the proceedings of the eastern conven
tions there is to be no puce in the
reformed organization for ropodiitors,
law breakers or revolutionists. It is
now certain that there will be ne place
in it for William J. Bryan, libeler.
As to the object of this interloper's
falsehoods, it remains only to say that,
urged on by his consuming vanty and
by the desperation of his present
employer, he must have imagined
that the democrats of the middle west
would give heed to his words and at
St. Louis confront their breathren of
the east with mongrel delegations op
posed to democrats and democracy.
Egotism reenforced by avarice is cap
able of any absurdity.
If western democrats are disposed to
accept the counsel thus gratuitously
extended to them in the mistaken be
lief that they are still to act within
democratic lines we would remind
them that in this speech Mr. Bryan
burned his bridges. He will not and
he can not now support any democrat
who may be named for the presidency.
He has done his best to stigmatize
the entire organization collectively and
indivdually. His democratic disguise,
thin enough at best, has been cast
aside. He is now plainly enough mere
ly Bryan the populist and socialist,
hating democrats and democracy as
only a populist and soccialist can.
He will bolt the nomination of Judge
Parker just as he did that of Cleve
land.
We do not believe that the democrats
of this section will follow him in the
devious path that he has mapped out
for them. Chicago Chronicle.
BT P.J.BAHBOX.
We are in favor of the abolishment of the
reel organ by statutory enactment.
The State of Nebraska is still waiting for
somebody to say something definite against
Mickey.
Many things have been said, justly or unjustly,
against W. J. Bryan, but nothing so damaging
to his reputation for honesty and sanity as that
he would lend his support to a man of the stamp
of W. It. Hearst.
Why can't Columbus havo a ball team? A
baseball nine is to a live town what a football
team is to a live college. The Columbus press
hereby undertakes to produce an aggregation
which will mop np the sandy soil of Nebraska
with any other bu tineas or professional gang
that the municipality of Columbus can furnish
forth.
The favorite noonday repast of our common
friend. Judge Curtis, consists of two pounds of
honey and fortycentcworth of sour pickles. lie
eats honey a while and that makes the pickles
taste good, then he eats pickles a while-but
what's the use of explaining your jokes?
A St. Louis Judge has handed down a decision
to the effect that eleven p. m. is late enough for
any fellow to stay when he goes to see his sweet
heart. Being safely without the jurisdiction of
this learned court, we make bold to surmise
lliat he is an old bald-headed lobster with two
or three marketable daughters and no hopes of
out-living his present wife.
The communion service is a ceremony that no
doubt is dear to the hearts of church men and
women, and symbolically it is a beautiful cus
tom. But ItyKienically it certainly is dangerous
and wrong. For two or three hundred people
to drink from one cup, in a community where
various contagions diseases may be prevalent,
as scarlet fever and smallpox are now in this,
is to invite the wholesale 'spread of disease
germs, and medical men should b courageous
enough to protest against the practice.
The prisoner is led from his cell into
the presence of his seven wives, for
having which number he is about to
answer to the law.'
"John," cries wife No. 1, "see where
your folly has led you."
In a dazed manner be looked at the
array of women.
"How dared you?" demands No. 2.
"Wretch!" shout No. 3 and No. 4.
"Villain!" exclaim No. 5 and No. 6.
Nervously he dutches the arm of bis
guard.
"Have you no excuse, perfidious
man?" demands No. 7.
Wiping his beaded brow with trem
bling finger?, he at length stammers:
"I I I must have been crazy."
"You cavtalnly were!" agree the sev
en wives, each looking meaningly at
the other six. Chicago "Tribune.
1DUCATI0IAL. -Next
Friday and Saturday, MayC
and 7, Snperintendeut Leavy will con
duct an eighth-grade examination at
the court house.
- The following pupils havo received
a certificate of award from Superin
tendent Leavy for bains; neither absent
nor tardy during the year 1908 to 4:
Olarabel Newman, Alio M. Newman,
district 77; Bessie Roberts Nellie Nel
son, district 37 ; and Vera Freeman,
district 28.
The last legislature changed the law
which providesfor the pupils of one
district being transferred to another
where the school is closor. Inasmncn
as 247 children of Platte county re
ceive the benefit of this law, it is im
portant that those interested note the
changes. Formerly a renter's parson -
al tax only was transferred, but now
added to his personal is tax on the
land on the section on which he re-1
sides, not to exceed 160 acres. It is
well for all parties residing over one
and a half miles from the school nouns
in their own distiict that they can
avail themselves of the benefit of this
law by applying to the oounty superin
tendent for a blank, the same to be
filed not later than the annual meet
ing the last Moutlay in Jane. The fol
lowing important interpretations of
the law have been made by the courts :
Persons transferred vote in their own
district, not in the district to which
thev are transferred. Children '" trans
f erred shonld be enumerated only in
the district to which they are' trans
ferred. 7' A
The following new books have
just been purchased for the Columbus
library:
Natural Way in Moral Training.
Knight of Barbara, How to Study
Pictures, Autobiograpny of LeConte,
Roosevelt Citizen, American Hu
mor, Russian Advance, Tree Dwel
lers. Baron Munchausen, Helen's
Babies, Patsy. Russian Life in Town
and Country, Rebecca, Velvet
Glove, Compromises of Life, Primer
of Psychology, Bluegrass Region of
Kentucky, Strange People, Mother
Goose Village, Child Stories from
the Masters, Ali Baba, Robinson Cru
soe, Who is Who in America, Turkish
Life in Town and Country, His
Daughter First, Log ofaCiw Boy,
Gladstone, Life and Destiny. Rocas,
the Indian Boy. Stories of Indian
Children. American Indians. Story of
the hotter. Real Diary of a Real Boy,
The Boy and How to Keep Him,
When natty Went to College. Daugh
ter of Sionx, Hans the Eskimo,
Story of Ab, Roderic Taliafero. A
year in the Field, Pepacton, Handy
Andy. Honnd of Baskerville.
Horses Nino, Thrall of Leaf the
Lucky, Bow of Orange Ribbon. Two
Little Savages, The Deliverance, Red
Rock, Emmy Lou, The God of his
Fathers. Maid at Arms, A Start in
Life, Tinkham Brothers Tidemill,
Peterkin Papers.George Washy Jones.
American Revolution, Trow biiJge, his
Life by Himself.Crowded Out of Oro
field, Colonel Carter's Christmas.
Sanctuary .Little Colonel at Boardiag.
West Point Colors, Phieps Story of
Jesus.
Shakespeare.
The presentation of King Lear by
the Shakespeare department of the
Woman's Club on May 11th at the
Orpheus opera house will represent
many weeks of study devoted to this
play by the ladies who will take part.
This is one of the most intensely dra
matic of the tragedies of Shakespeare
and is justly considered among the
very first in point of emotional interest
of the dramas of that gratest portrayer
of the human heart. Above any other
one author, Shakespeare shonld be
read and studied, and no person can
lav claim to literary culture who has
not a speaking acquaintance with all
his works. As a matter of education
it will pay any one to attend this per
formance. The entire proceeds from
the entertainment are to be devoted to
public benefit in the purchase of a
drinking fountain for the city park,
but the attendance of Columbus people
is not solicited as a charitable con
tribution. Von will be given your
money's worth and it will payyoa to
attend. The play will be presented
purely from a literary point of view,
no costumes or scenic effects being
employed.
Monroe E.F, D. No. L
Mrs. John Bryan is very poorly.
T. S. Hoare and family visited friends
in Wattsville Sunday.
Miss Alice Hoare visited relatives in
Platte Center Friday and Saturday.
Miss Hattie Keller visited friends in
Colntnbus the latter part of the week.
E. Nicholson began planting corn
Thursday and Ben Nelson began Friday.
James Marker, our efficient aeeeasor,
was doing official duty on the route last
week.
Miss Stacia Cronin closed a very suc
cessful term of school in the Postviile
distriot last week. t . -,
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The families of F. R. Hoppehand
Chas. Watts visited at the home of G. A.
Kerr Sunday. Mr. Kerr who has been
confined to his bed for the past eight
months is not much better.
The Misses Mary and Stacia Cronin
and Augusta Nelson, all teachers on the
route, left this week for their home
steads iu South Dakota. They will be
gone a week or ten days and will engi
neer some improvements on their home
steads while there.
Walking Locomotives.
Professor Hole-Straw of Liverpool
has invented the "pedrail,"a walking
locomotive whicn is ascribed as a
4 ' traction engine which actually walks
up stairs with the stride and sure foot
edness of an elephant aad hauls loads
behind it under circumstances which
would nonplus an ordinary traction
engine. Rnts,cnrbstonea and boulders
it thinks nothing of, and even 9-inch
balks of timber are stubble before it"
This engine, it is claimed, can be used
to advantage not only in ordinary
freight hauling on common roads
bat is practicable as a traction engine
over bad roads, and even in districts
where there are no roads at alL It
will be suitable for hauling minerals
from newly developed mines aad will
be usefal in military operations. The
invention is attracting attention
threnghoat Europe,
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BUYING RUBIES IN BURMA.
A Peeallar ateta I
the Vnmlmmm Steaea.
The peculiar business methods of ori
ental merchants are illustrated by the'
manner of unorinc rubies In Burma. In
the. examination of rubles artificial,
light Is not used, the merchants hold
ing that full sunlight alone can bring
out the color 'an- brilUsnfy of the
gems. Sales must therefore take place
between 9 a. m. and 3p.HL, and the
sky must be clear.
The purchaser, placed near a win
dow, has before him a large copper
plate. The sellers come to him one by
ne, and each empties upon this plate
his little bag of rubies. The purchaser
proceeds to arrange them for valuation
in a number of small heaps. The first
division Is into three grades, accord-
in to size. Each of these groups Is
1 ln divided into three piles, nccord-
Ing to color, and each of these piles in
torn is again divided into three groups,
according to shape. The bright copper
plate has a curious use. The sunlight
reflected from It through the stones
brings out with true rubies a color ef
fect different from that with red spi
nels and tourmalines, which are thus
easily separated
The buyer and seller then go through
a very peculiar method of bargaining
by signs, or, rathergrips, in perfect si
lence. After agreeing upon the fair
ness of the classification they, join their
right hands, covered with a handker
chief or the flap of a garment, and by
grips and pressures mutually under
stood among all these dealers they
make, modify and accept proposals of
purchase and sale. The hands are then
uncovered:and the prices are recorded.
Jewelers' Circular-Weekly.
JAPANESE PROVERBS.
-B-SBBB-BB-.TBB
Thsr Ave Bforv Ptetresae la Laa
gaase Tfcsm Oars.
"Boses have thorns" and "Walls have
ears" are as common in the Japanese
speech as in our own. We say "More
haste, less speed," but the Japanese
phrase Is "If in a hurry go round."
In this country we very often remark
that "accidents will happen In the best
regulated families." The Japs, on the
other hand, with an eye to the pictur
esque, vitalize it, so to speak, in their
"Even a monkey sometimes falls from
a tree." One of our useful English
sayings is "Those who play with edged
tools must expect to cut their fingers."
In expressing a similar thought the
Jap goes us one better so far as plc
turesqueness is concerned. He says,
"If you keep tigers you are likely to
have trouble." One of our standard
maxims is to the effect that "oil and
water won't mix." The Japs have not
improved on this. "You can't rivet a
nail In a custard" is their way of put
ting it "The lotus springs from the
mud" is their poetical expression of
the common thought that "out of evil
good may come."
What could be more suggestive and
at the same time so poetic as their
"Scattering a fog with a fan?' When
a Jap undertakes the Impossible his
neighbors do not scoff at him or mock
him. They simply say that he Is
"building bridges to the clouds" or
that he is "dipping up the ocean with
a shell." Failure in such a country
must be as 'delightful as success In our
more material land. "Thine own heart
makes the world" Is worthy of Emer
son or Browning. Rochester Post-Express.
Tfce ficSusmt Drraaaaaer.
"It was right funny," said Uncle
Hoses, telling of the orchestral con
cert. "A smart Aleck lookin' feller set
in the middle, an' all ter oncet the lit
tle man at the end o' the line hit the
big drum a sassy rap. Well, the smart
Aleck feller shakes a little stick at the
drummer, an' what does he do but hit
her up agln jest ter show he was as
good as the next man. An, by Jinks,
he didn't take no back talk or, rather,
no orders from the smart Aleck man,
because he just kept a-whackin that
big drum In spite o' the boss' a-shakin'
that stick, as if ter say he'd catch it If
he didn't quit Yes, sir; I gloried in
his spunk, If he was little. An' at the
end o' the tune be whooped it up on
that drum harder than ever. A little
man for nerve every time."
Rlsat aal lft Haaaea1.
It is curious to notice the vagaries of
humanity in cases where no hard and
fast line has been already drawn. Al
though most right handed persons put
on their coats left arm first, a consid
erable' percentage thrust in the right
first Soldiers fire from the right
shoulder, but sportsmen are found who
prefer the left. In working with a
spade a proportion of right handed
men grasp the spade with the left
hand and push with the left foot and
right hand, though when using an ax
the same individuals would grasp
farthest down with the right Cham
bers' JournoY
erhert leeaeer Was Ha
Herbert Spencer in the attitude of
superintending his household affairs
was practical and amusing. At one
time the poulterer had not been giving
satisfaction, so Mr. Spencer called bis
housekeeper and gave her directions
to transfer his custom to another
tradesman whose' shop faced the de
linquent's. "And, Miss Smith," said
the author of "Synthetic Philosophy,"
"he particular that the first poulterer
sees you giving your orders to the
second poulterer!"
A Kereaa eastern.
In tome parts of, Korea, and among
some Korean families, it Is the custom
for bridegrooms to dwell under the
roofs of their fathers-in-law until the
first son has .been born and attained to
years of manhood. Should any Ko
rean, however, stay In the house of his
bride's people for more than three
days after his wedding, he is com
pelled to remlln for an entire year.
Platte Center
(From Platte Center Signal.)
We hear complaint that much blue
grass in lawns and pastures has been
killed during the past winter. This is
accounted for by the almost total ab
sence of snow and the frequent freezing
and thawing of the snrfaceof the ground.
Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Parker expect to
leave here about the 15th of May for
quite an extensive trip in the south.
They will visit the St Louis exposition
several days and then continue their
journey to New Orleans. Mr. Parker
will gladly look up any information
while at the exposition for any who con
template paying it a visit
Mr.andMrs.CJ. Carrigmoved their
household goods to Columbus Tuesday,
and Mrs. Carrig and the children left
for that place Wednesday. Platte Cen
ter ia loth to have this family leave here.
Mr. and Mm. Carrig enjoy the devotion
and respect of this community in more
re, and we congrat-
in acquiring the reai-
i usaus a wammaumm m aT. ana JBTS. V.
4r- SCOTLAND'S CROWN. 80o,,,,,,,,,, ' '
fte FNcUn Belle Still KesX s )
Castle et K41starsh.
A once precious diadem, which hi
only a historic relic of much In
terest, is the ancient crown of
Scotch kings kept in the castle ef Edin
burgh. It Is supposed to havo been
made for Robert Bruce and is formed
of two circles of gold, the upper and
narrowest circle being surmounted by
a. row of crosses and gem incrnsted
imitation flowers. The lower ring, the
headband proper, is adorned from end
to-end of the golden band with large
precious stones of different kinds,
mostly in their rough, unpolished state.
Above rise two arches of gold, which
unite and are surmounted with the his
toric "cross and ball." Even when the
Stuarts became kings of England they
went to the trouble of going to Scot
land to seat themselves for a few mo
ments upon the celebrated "stone of
scone" and to have King Brace's dia
dem pressed upon their royal beads.
Charles I. declared his intention of
removing Scotland's famous relic to
London so that such ceremonies could
be carried out at home, but the sturdy
Scots soon convinced him that such a
proceeding would be an infringement
upon their rigbts, so the king bad to
go to Edinburgh, as others had done
before.- The wife of a preacher of the
name of Granger once stole the Scotch
crown and the other royal insignia, this
In 1652 or 1C53. At the time of the
restoration they were transferred to
Charles II. They were returned to
Edinburgh castle in 1707.
WILD DOGS OF ASIA.
Fleree Ailaaele That Persae
Bears aa Tlaers.
The quality of courage possessed by
hunting dogs of Asia appears In a
marked difference of habit from that
noticeable in all other carnivorous
beasts. As a rule, each ferocious ani
mal has its natural aud favorite prey,
which may vary in different localities,
but is in each case the easiest and
most profitable victim. Tigers, for In
stance, are cattle slayers or deer kill
ers just as cattle or deer happen to
be most abundant in their district
Leopards prey on gouts, sheep and,
when they can get them, on tame dogs;
wolves on sheep and cuttle, stoats or
rabbits and hares, and weasels on rats
and mice. But though the juugles
which they visit abound in defenseless
animals, the wild dog does not limit his
attacks to these. The packs deliberate
ly pursue and destroy both the black
and Himalayan bears and the tigers,
affording perhaps the only Instance In
which one carnivorous species deliber
ately sets Itself to hunt down and de
stroy another. From their rarity, the
uninhabited nature of the jungles which
they haunt and their babit of hunting
at night which a probable suggestion
makes the basis of the early legends
of the demon hunter and "hellequin" at
a time when the "red dogs" still re
mained In Europe observations of
their habits are rare. London Spec
tator. The Desaiae Left Haa.
The despised left hand makes good
its claims In many cases to be the
defter of the two. The fingers that
touch and adjust with such nicety the
strings of the violin are surely as cun
ning as those that move the bow. The
hand that guides the reins and steers
with exactness the horse through the
crowded streets Is quite as cunning as,
one might say much more than, the
hand that wields the whip. But great
is fashion; 'unanswerable is theory.
It would appear that as life becomes
more and more complex we are be
coming more aud more specialized, and
the difference between our limits Is
encouraged rather tbun hindered by
every screw made in Birmingham and
every slap administered to the offend
ing lingers that would dare to shake
hands incorrectly. Chambers' Journal.
Betrothal la Cieraaaajr-
When a maiden Is betrothed in Ger
many she is culled "bride" by her
sweetheart, who addresses her thus un
til it becomes time to cull her "wife."
Immediately upon betrothal the lovers
exchange rings, which, if the course
of true love runs smooth, are to be
worn ever afterward until death parts
them. The woman wears her betrothal
ring on the third finger of her left
hand until she Is married, and then it
Is transferred to the third finger of her
right hand. The husband continues to
wear the ring just as the wife wore
hers when she was a "bride," so that
one can tell easily at a glance If a man
be or be not mortgaged as to his af
fections. la the Saa.
"Basking in the sun" is in itself of
real and considerable benefit, and It la
no compliment to our human intelli
gence to find that cats and dogs under
stand that fact much better tbun we
do. The love of sunshine is naturally
onq of our strongest instincts, and we
should be far healthier and happier If
we followed and developed It Instead
of practically ignoring and repressing
it How a sparkling sunny morning
exhilarates us and makes us feel that
"it's too fine a day to spend Indoors!"
And yet how few holidays are taken
for that reason!
The wealth of the sunbeams Is poured
out lavishly all around us, and we torn
from it to struggle for a few pitiful
handfuls of something else that Is yel
low and shining, but not half so likely
to bring us happiness and often has
strange red spots upon It Give nature
a chance, and we shall find that' there
Is more than a mere fanciful connec
tion between natural sunlight and that
"sunny" disposition which, after all, Is
the true "philosopher's stone."
Sleealaa Caaaea.
The interior of a cannon is perhaps
the last place In the world one would
associate with a siesta, and yet India
possesses a gun which Is capacious
enough to form a chamber where of
ficers retire for a siesta during tne
heat of the day. This cannon, which
!a beyond question the largest in the
world, Is probably also one of the old
est It was cast nearly 400 years ago
by a famous chief of Ahmednugger,
and came into English possession
when India was conquered. London
Standard.
Dr. Bale's Secret.
A young man greatly Impressed with
the great amount of work accredited to
Dr. Edward Everett Ilale asked the
doctor one day how he did It "Since
you are so much Interested," said Dr.
Hale, "I will tell you, provided yoaj
keep it a secret" "I promise,1
the Inquirer, with an air of one about
to receive a remarkable revemaVmij
"Well, to tell you the truth,' said thej
doctor, with a wink, "I don't do it,"
The Seal
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woman's cookw-Ejang.
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if you
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Buff Leghorns.
K. t. h. 1. Brown Leghorn
S. S. Hamburgs
Pekin Ducks
Toulo Geese
W. H. SWARTSIEY & Co.
I Coaaws,
Spring hoase-cleaning sale of high grade pianos including Steinway &
Sous, Vose A Sons, A. B. Chase, Steger Sons, George Steck. Hardman,
Reed & Sous, Emerson, Sehmoller & Mueller and twenty other makes.
These pianos are strictly bow, up-to-date makes of many years reputation.
WOULD YOU LIKE ONE OP THESE?
$550.00 Piano now
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We call your attention
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to buy a farm of 120 or 160
acres close to Columbus. He
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retain possession this year. It
mu.t lie good land, fairly well
improved. : : : : : : :
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All persons are hereby notified to
clean up all alleys and grounds adjoia-
lagueirnremisea, and see that all rub
or 11th is removed or nmaarlv
covered up. This shonld ho done every
sarwg.aadall sboald he interested ia ,
thmmoPimint, aa it ia in the interest of
good health, and ale ia compliance with
ordwanceaofthoeity. If this is not.
aouo witmn n rssenashls time the
will be deem by the city, and theeii
1 tne worlrwUI be charged a to
property anal snMsetedae ether tains.
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