-w jj y-f j. w - i -V "?trt -" " '-- v. v MM Ift 3S I Jiff li i i?S it S h I i 5; u 4. i 1 r V . - V,-; 4 r' -f- L J .AGO.. Files ef the Jouraal, March 31,1875. A company of soldiers stationed on the Loup, Kventy-lve miles north of Kearney, have been ordered to the Black Hill. - A. company from Omaha will apply the vacancy. ' ' '. Dead beets pass through Columbus nearly every day clinging to the cars wherever they can find a place to hide themselves. This we regard as a very dangerous occupation, and - it is stange to us thai men whoNrill risk death in anch shape would shrink from commit ting intentional'suidde. If the nice weather continues through the present week-all .the -seed wheat on the high lands will.be put in the ground. The older farmers, in Platte county, we understand, practice fall plowing as a preparation for spring sowing, and by this process the ground in the spring is ready forsowing. harrowing and rolling, and this accomplished, the work of seed ing is done. Thursday 'of last week was a bright, warm and'pleasant day. About five o'clock p. m: suddenly an infant zephyr arose in the west striking the northern part of ' the city, extending, as we thought, no further than the bluffs, boat three miles from town, . scattering all light substances hither and. thither. We learn from a gentleman living nine or too miles north of town that the wind was very severe at that point. Route No. 1. Louis Loseke was sowing barley Mon day. John Bupp marketed his corn Tues day. W. T. Ernst planted9 potatoes last w$ek. B.O.Boyd was doing some work on Adolpb Muller's new house. J. A. Fanyer of Creston will work for Herman Ahem this summer; Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Devlin were guests of Mr. and Mrs.F. A. Scofield Sunday. Earl and Will Ernst went to Gardner last Sunday to get their hunting equip ment.. - Route No. 3. D. A. Beoher was a Columbus visitor Saturday. Miss Julia Bonk left last Saturday for Sterling, Colo., where she will visit relatives for month. MrC and Mrs. J. L. Brunken and daughter, Miss Laura, were guests of Mr. and' Mrs. John 'Brunken, sr Mon day. George D. Reese has jnoved into the Jeldon house, recently vacated by Wm. Reese. .He will continue to farm the F. B. Berends place, as usual. Measles have broken out in. the neigh borhood of the German school; on this route; to such -an extent.that itwas ne- to close tne scnooi or awuiie. The town board of 8hell Creek town ship, together with overseer of public highways, Ghas, Brunken were viewing the toads in their .district Tuesday, in order to ascertain just where the work needed. The marriage ceremony of Henry KHper and Miss lily Krause was per formed at the Shell Creek iBaptist church last Thursday at .1'. p. m.'.Tne young couple have been spending-.their honey moon at -Fremont, visiting -with Mr. Super's relatives. On their return they will go to housekeeping on the groom's firm, .near: the Baptist church, on which Mr, Kuper has built a nice residence for a home. Mrs. Wml Lange of this route, in Shall Creek township, died last Thursday afternoon. For the" past year she has Buffered from a complication of diseases, ad early in December she was taken to her bed, and since then her ailment was of a dropsical nature. Sathrina Mag delina Albers was born in Germany in 1850, and was 59 years, 2 months and 15 days old at .the time of her death. In 1879 she was united in marriage to Wm. Lange and came to this county with hint, where they have since resided. To this union 'have been' born six children, four of Whom have preceded their mother to the spirit land. William and Mary remain with the husband to monrn the loss of a dear loving wife and mother. She also leaves three brothers, William and Martin Albers" of Columbus, and P. fiC Albers of Monroe. 'The funeral was held -Monday afternoon, a Bhort service being held at the home at 1 o'clock and at the Shell Creek Baptist church at 2 o'clock, to which a large number of rel atives and friends followed her remains. Bar. Hilsmgerof the Platte Center Bap tist church delivered a very touching sermon, taking his text from II Peter, 1 chapter, 23-26, after which the body was lowered to its last resting place in the cesaetery near the church. The pall bearers were Henry Bakenhus, Fred Behlen, sr., H. P. Mohrman, Joseph Franae, Pater Lutejens and Fred Beh lea, jr. Mrs. Lange was a devoted chris tian and a .consistent member of her church, a kind and conscientious wife jad mother, beloved by all who knew Iter, and her demise will be sadly felt by those who were nearest t and dearest to her. The flowers' were many and very beautiful. - FOB SALE. '5 rooam fcMse, is first-class paiiti6Bj locate S blocks from lattices, corner lot, cement walks electric ligats. This msreperty offerei at a bargain. Elliott, Speiee& Co. , t - ; COAL. " ." !W have all the leading grades of lift teiL Also Penna. hard coal and asaaaaathraoitefarBaceooaL ' ,Nwiuji & Wihi. .--i -fT-'-v u.V "i " Advertised Letters. , v Following is a list of unclaimed mail matter remaining in the post osmoa at Columbus, Nebraska, for the period end ing March 31, 1909: ' Letters Dick Brown," D Bonner. Mrs B G Carter, Julia Davis, Henry Doersch, Julius FUurnst, Mrs Hattie Eaoker, Miss E German, James T-Hogan, J M Hastings, H JS Jams, Bob Jaoobeon, Henry Mohlman, Joe Beznik, Miss May Valentine 2, F B Woodrpw. Cards Miss May Valentine, Harry White, John Yuda, Miss Myrtle Young. Parties calling for any 67 the above will please say advertised. - -Oabl'Sjukkr, P.M. " NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed proposals will be received at the office of Ghas. Wurdeman, architect, until 2 o'clock p. m., April 2nd, 1900, for the election and completion of an addi tion to the Second Ward school at Co lumbus, Nebraska. -Bids must be accompanied by a certi fied check of five per cent of the amount bid, made payable to M. Brugger, secre tary of the Board of Education. This check will be returned when building contract is executed. Plans and specifications may be ob tained from the architect. E. H. Nauman, L.H. Lkavv, G. A Scott, Building Committee. REAL WIT AT GOLFERS DINNER. Man Telia How Ha Touched Rocke feller and Got Away with It. There are only two real rapid-fire bits as after-dinner speakers In town nowadays, guaranteed to make good in any company. One of them is Simeon Ford, who says he has retired, and the other Is Patrick Francis Murphy, who Is bald and grows old! They met at the golfers' dinner the other night and spilled epigrams so rapid ly that the reporters had to quit writ ing to hold their sides, says the New York correspondent of the Cincinnati Times-Star. Murphy, In the saddest manner possible, declared that the one distressing thing about drink was that It produced the temperance orator. The barbarians, he said, Insisted on regarding golf as a retreat for fallen men. He held that golf was the pur suit of pale pills by purple people. "There are born golfers and born duf fers, and the tragedy of it Is we never know which we are. It Is, like mar riage, a game of chance, not akllL" And then Ford got up and com plained because he had to follow Mur phy, who Is a polished orator from the sole 06 his feet to the crown of his head. "Personally, I wish he had a duller finish on his head." 'And after talking on awhile in the aame tone In which he might announce his own death, he told a golf story. "It was once my privilege and pleasure," said he, "to soak John D. Rockefeller ki the off hind leg, in the golden calf, with a golf. ball. It was at a distance of 50 yards. He' was excessively annoyed but when I told him I didn't think I could drive that far, ha was mollified. I am probably the only man who ever touched John D. and got away with It" NOT THE BARGAIN HE THOUGHT. Discovery That Seriously Interfered with Millionaire's Joy. Ton tMnir our American million aires buy a good many fake pictures?" M. Rochefort laughed. "It's pitiful! It's shameful! But what can they ex pect? It's their own fault for buying pictures as they buy lumber or steel rails according te specifications. Til never forget the last pictures I was asked to look at by a rich American, He was proud of them! So convinced that they were masterpieces! There were 40 in all, and they had cost him 800,00 francs. It was a bargain all right if they had been genuine, foi there were great names in the lot; several old masters, a Dias, a Theo dore Rousseau, a Daublgny, and sever al Corots tht usual millionaire assort ment " Well,' he said, as I studied them "Some of them are "well done,' 1 admitted. "Ah!'he purred. "But they're not .genuine.' "What! You mean you've found a counterfeit? "My dear sir, I'm sorry, but they are all counterfeits.' "Cleveland Mof fett in Success Magazine. District of Columbia. The District of Columbia comprises an area of '69,245 square miles. The government consists of two civilian commissioners appointed by the presi dent and confirmed by the senate, and one army engineer officer, detailed by ! the secretary of war, the three consti tuting the board of commissioners for three years. Why She Waa Changed. A little girl in Knoxvllle, Tenn., asked the family whether they had. not no ticed recently that she had had a dif ferent and a very sweet expression. They said: "Perhaps so, but what would be the reason?" She replied: "Well, thoughts of Jesus, and then the new way I do my hair." Delineator. Deserved to Escape. A Russian political prisoner demned to death at Kleff recently es caped from prison as he was on the point of being driven to the place of execution. Although In chains, the man ran over half a mile before he was overtaken and recaptured. He was sub sequently hanged. ' Life. If you sit around any particular store or office a good deal, you ean bet you are unpopular at that particular store. The proprietor growls about you to his friends, and would like to get up the nerve necessary to give yon both barrels. Atchison Globe. r Ruin. 1 am about to commit suicide," writes a friend. "Cant see any other way out of It. Ton see, I was mar ried about a year ago, and St unmar ried friends sent nice wadding pros ents. Well, they are all galas; te gat married this month." MODERN SOCIETY; 18 IT IDEAL? Indictment Drawn Up Against 1 By the 'Late Henry George. Let the duke . . . wander for a while through the streets tenanted by working people, and note the stnuted forms, the pinched features . . . And If he go to that good charity (but, alas, how futile is charity, without justice!) where little children are kept while their mothers are at work, and children are fed who would otherwise go hungry, he may see infants whose limbs are shrunken from want of nourishment.. Perhaps they may tell him, 'as they told me, of that little girl, barefooted, ragged, and hungry, who, when they gave her bread, raised her eyes and clasped her hands, and thanked our Father in Heaven for His bounty to her. They who told me that never dreamed I think, of its terrible meaning. But I ask the' duke, did that little child, thank ful for that poor dole, get what our Father provided for her? Js He' so niggard? If not; what is it, who is it, that stands between such children and our Father's bounty? If it be an in stitution, is it not our duty to God and to our neighbor to rest not till we destroy it? If it be a man, were it not better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck and h6 were cast Into the depths of the sea. Henry George. CHINESE FIRST GREW ORANGES. From That Country They Were Intro duced Into Europe. At a time when tiny orange trees are to be seen as table decorations and oranges Innumerable are for sale It is not Inappropriate to trace the in troduction of the fruit into Europe According to a Paris contemporary after its introduction into Europe from China a Carthaginian conceived the idea of grafting the yellow man darine orange upon the grenadier with the result that we have the blood orange. Jean de Castro introduced the orange from the West Indies to Portugal, and the first attempt to cul tivate it was made by the Constable de Bourbon, but after his revolt Fran cis I continued the experiments. At the time Louis XIV visited Toulon the Chevalier Paul, in compliment tc the king, placed some preserved or anges on trees in the orangery Ladies in the retinue, It is added were under the impression that these oranges grew sugared. Growing Up Together. "The size of the pages varies with the age and slse of the New York hotels," the woman remarked. " That is, so It seems to me.. The Knicker bocker, which, while it is fairly tall Is also fairly young, has pages about 10 years of age, who look to be 8 tiny kinds in uniform and buttons whose baby faces must rake in the coin by way of tips, all right enough I came near giving one of them a. quarter myself, he was so cute and little. The Hotel Astor has boys s size or so larger, being an older hotel and perhaps a trifle more massive. The Waldorf-Astoria, older and larger still has boys even larger to match, while the St Regis has full-grown men However, In the downtown hotels which are not particularly high, but can boast of an age considerably In advance of the young Knickerbockers that have grown so fine and tall, old men are pages." Koumiss. The national drink of the Tartars is koumiss, the fame and manufacture of which has spread to every land Many are the stories told of Its won derful powers. The Tartars declare that very little if any of other suste nance is necessary, and they can per form the most laborious tasks upoi a diet of koumiss alone. They claim for it all the virtues and none of the evils of other beverages. Any Tartai can ride 132 miles in seventeen houri in all weathers on a quart of koumiss. Here's a tip for the army and navj victims of Roosevelt's military tests Take along .koumiss. Put New Blood into Your Business. The up-to-date professional adviser or business doctor, when called to examine a shrinking, declining bus iness, often finds the patient barel alive; the circulation being so slug gish that he can hardly find the pulse In a desperate case like this he says to the proprietor: "You must put new blood Into this business. There is no life in it There Is no energy, nc push, no enterprise here. When s patient gets as low as this one, there are only two things to do. let nine die, or infuse new blood into his veins and try to resuscitate him." Success Magazine. The New England 8pirit In every crisis that has come to thi3 country the "New England spirit" has risen to 'the top. It may have been dormant for a time, but when ever the necessity arose it manifested itself. In the great internecine strug gle it predominated; hi more recent times it has asserted Itself. , The pil grim blood and the pilgrim spirit have, overcome all difficulties. Without them the west would be a wilderness The pioneers of the western statet were actuated by the spirit that set tied New England. Denver Republi Not the Right One. "The tall girl over there is a queer oae; she is sul generis." "She ain't no such thing; she's Susy Jones." Circumstantial Evidence; "Is It true than an employe of the street-cleaning department was sees Intoxicated on the street?" x, "No; the rumor started from the fact that some people said they saw him fall off the waterwagon." Not in the Natural Order. "It would be rather an odd solu tion of that case, -wouldn't It?" '. "What solution of what case?" "If the Thaw case should turn out North Theatre Sat. April 3 N. WF. MANN presents The Breezy Western Play TIE COW PUNCHER - 3rd lig Statu WATCH FOR THE MAN WITH THE ROPE Arizona Hank will give a free exhibition of roping on the street Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Prices 25c, 35c, 59c COUNTRY OF FOUR RELIGIONS. China Seemingly Should Be Land of Great Piety. Of the late Chinese emperor it may be said, as it has been of his subjects, that he was born a Confucian, lived a Taoist, and died a Buddhist China indeed has four state-established re ligions, and in each the emperor ex ercises sacerdotal functions. Twice a year the emperor, as "Son of Heaven." worships before the tablet of Shang Ti or Supreme Heaven in accordance with the ancient imperial monotheism. Twice a year he burns incense before the tablets of his ancestors in accord ance with Confucianism. Twice a year he sacrifices to the gods of Taoism and twice a year to the image of Buddha. The ancient and primi tive religion of China is monotheistic, but this first worship was regarded as too sublime for the people, so that It became reserved for the emperor alone as the Son of Heaven and as priest of the nation. The people on their part worshiped their ancestors and it was the ancestral religion which Confucius identified himself with and reformed. The old supersti tions rejected by Confucius were ab sorbed by Taoism, which is polytheis tic and the religion of the populace. Then Buddhism came into China about 65 A. D., and, like the other three religions, became state-supported and state-endowed. BOTH CHEAP AND CONVENIENT. Wonderful Living Light That Is Found Only in Brazil. A living light, called the pyrophore, makes illumination cheap and con venient in Brazil. The pyrophore is a monster firefly an Inch and a half long. With one it is possible to read fine print, and three will light a room. The Brazilian peasant, when he traverses by night the perilous forest paths of his country, fastens to each shoe a pyrophore. Thus illuminated, he has no difficulty in avoiding poison ous snakes, pitfalls and wild beasts. The Brazilian coquette fastens in her hair or her corsage a pyrophore incased in white tulle. The effect is as of a great luminous pearl or opal. When a pyrophore's light goes out, it is not necessary to fill him up with oil, to drop a coin in him or to throw him away; but a moment's ducking in cold water suffices. Thereafter his three little lanterns one on the breast and two on the back emit again as bright a radiance as ever. The pyrophore, as all nature stu- dents know, is called vulgarly cuengo but scientifically the name os coleop ter serricorn stermose elaterides. . Electricity as a Carrier. Does an electric current when pass ing through a metal conductor cause any transportation of particles? It is well known that it does so in the liquid conductors known as electro lytes; in fact, such a common opera tion as electroplating depends entirely upon this action. To test the matter a recent experimenter passed an elec tric current continuously for a whole year through a conductor composed partly of copper and partly of alumi num, the sections being pressed firm ly together. At the end of the yeai they were taken apart and examined but not the slightest trace of either metal was found in the other. Boys as Glass Breakers. "It's about time," declared the In dignant citizen, "that something was done with boys who smash the glass around the street lights. Again and again I have seen them throwing rocks at it for ten or fifteen minutes until one was successful in smashing it When they play ball, it seems to be for the purpose of hitting and break ing the glass of a lamp either on the curb or at the steps of an apartment house. If a house is vacant, you will notice that the -basement" windows are broken half the time. It Is all done by boys, who apparently take great delight in the sound of a good, hard smash." Captain 8tood Sentry Duty. Captain Herbert Winslow, U. S. N., who is executive officer at the Charles town navy yard, Is a great sticklet for the honor of the service. The other night he did sentry duty for half an hour when he found an un guarded post Captain Winslow dis covered that an entrance gate had been deserted by the marine. He im mediately assumed the man's place and had some minutes' wait before he secured a messenger to telephone for a marine ..relief. Until the post was manned by a new marina guard Captain Winslow stuck it out in tht cold and flriiifa . WITH PEOPLE OF LONGh LIF&, . Men mi ft Net RefaraVfa' as 6fd ' Simple Life and longevity. In Norfolk, England, there are In every village Individuals of more , than 8,0 years of age and not infrequently one or two over 0, and those of 70 and upward are regarded as not even old. Many farm laborers of 70 are quite hale and hearty, working from early mornings up to five and six o'clock in the even ing; and some are so vigorous as to earn a full man's wages. And the women in the country, writes a correspondent, are more tena cious of life perhaps than are the men. In one village personally known to me, containing about 300 people, within the past six months have died three women of more than 90 years of age, the oldest of 'these being no less than 96. In another Norfolk village with inhabitants to the number of 400 there live a man of 95, a woman of 90, a woman ot 89, a woman of 87, and several of both sexes over 80. In yet another village there is a blacksmith aged 96 and the widow of a country medical practitioner whose years mount up to 92. This longevity, of the Norfolk peas ant, comments the Lancet, has a very interesting pathological side to it The chief enemy of the farm laborer of the eastern" counties from the standpoint of health is rheumatism. Not many reach even 'middle age without having been the victims of rheumatism, and a large number are crippled in 'their old age by this disease. But in spite of this the average of longevity seems to be very high, although as well as rheumatism he has to contend with the lack of adequate housing accom modation and want of proper sanitary arrangements. That to eat-sparingly of plain wholesome food, to be much in the open air and to work sufficient ly to occupy the mind and to exercise the body will enable a man to defy more or less the evils of environment would seem to bo shown by the tough ness of the Norfolk laborer. AT SUMMIT OF GREAT VOLCANO. Crater of Mount Etna Well Worth Visit of Traveler. We were taught to spell it Aetna. but the "a" has been dropped by geog-v raphers. The Arabians who discovered It gave It the name of "Gibello," signi fying a mountain. The natives stuck a "monte" before It, hence "Monte Gi bello," a mount-mountain. An abbre viation is "Mongibello." A pyramidal rock forms the summit of the great volcano, of which the crater is over nine miles in circumference and 750 feet deep. Many strangers visit the mountain, but few ever reach its fro zen top, so much do the difficulties and dangers increase after passing the first region of snow. Not many years ago an English tourist who reached the crater was rash enough to descend it by means of ropes attached to his waist. He was drawn up suf focated, after having given the signal to his guides. These were unable to restore him -to life. MUST PLEDGE GOOD BEHAVIOT: Terms en Which Strangers May Enter .British House of Commons. One of the most important altera tions which members of the British bouse of commons will notice when they reassemble will be a strangers' bureau. Its construction, which is now in progress, is the sequel to the scenes created by the suffragettes in the house during last session. In the last month of the autumn session as the result of their conduct no stranger was seen within the house of com mons. A committee was appointed to draw up new rules for admission of strangers. The members recommend ed the passing of an act making it a criminal offense for strangers to brawl within the chamber, and they also recommended that strangers should be made responsible for their own good behavior and should sign a pa per accepting that responsibility. That being done the committee saw no reo son why women, as well as men, should not be admitted to the strangers' gallery. It is in preparation for the change that the new bureau is being made. As heretofore, tickets for the gallery will be balloted for by members In ad vance. LEAD THE IDEAL SIMPLE LIFE. Finns Devote Summer Months to En joyment and Pursuit of Health. In Finland everybody lives the sim ple life in summer time. They camp out on islands, in the forests and al ways somewhere near the water, for everybody swims and bathes. Almost all classes sleep and eat al fresco at this time of year, and the town coun cils of the towns in this progressive and altogether delightful little country provide public fireplaces and public bathing sheds in all places where the working classes go in search of fresh air. But the simple life Is by no means dull with the frisky Finns. They com bine it with a surprising amount of gayety. They eat drink and are merry In their picturesque little log cabins outside the cities. When they are tired of bathing and splashing they dance, they sing, they watch fireworks and practice gymnas tics, they all become like children and are the happiest, merriest most good natured, most easily pleased and most healthy holiday makers In the world. We might take many leaves from the Finns' book. Ladies' PictoriaL Fools. What do you suppose fools were made for? That you might tread upon them, and starve them, and get the better of them In every possible way? By no means. They were made that wise people might take care of them. That Is the true and plain fact con cerning the relations of every strong and wise man to the world about him. He has his strength given him, not that he may crush the weak, but that he may support and guide them. In his own household he Is to he the aula and saaoott at aia calMrea; sat f tf or ass aoaseaoM he fs' stftf V tsT tw father, fiat fs, the guide' mi of the weak and the pear; Hut tsarel of the sseriterioaaly weak aa4 the In naves!? posr, but of the gadty anal punlstssfr past; of the ssea waa ought to have known better; of the poar who aught to ha sshaawd of thai sal vet. John Raskin. te Brawn. Tha triaaaha of the scholar th !la,raiaraaaiaJvidaal:-tW"prowea of tha atWaAtapopajarry held te as tahsfetBnaata and faate ef his cot- learn. Oreourae.thia.Ja for tha reputation of a university an am institution of learning should ae paad upon' tha liberal education- aha gtvea.tp'thoee within her gate. But it Is quite true that, despite thfr excel lent reasons why It should not do so? the public continues to pay homage to brawn rather than brain, In so far as the undergraduate Is concerned. A' Monster Loaf. Bakers In Germany are fond of making-odd experiments, the following be ing reported from Duisburg, in West phalia. At a children's party recently held in that town there was exhibited, and afterwards.cut up and distributed among the youngsters present, a bread twist which for size at least has surely rarely been equaled. Weighing no less than 180 pounds, it had a breadth of six feet and a length of ten feet and was thus found sufficient to supply a satisfactory afternoon collation to as many as 500 boys and girls. When Tower Loomed. It was while Charlemange Tower was ambassador to Russia that a New York city' newspaper "spread itself upon a fete held at St Petersburg. A green copy-reader produced this re sult: "As pleasing to the eye as was all this decoration there was additional pleasure in the sight, as one stood at the head of the Prospekt Nevska. of Charlemagne Tower, brilliantly illu minated, looming grand and imposing against the winter sky." Success Magazine. Separating Listeners. "One thing must be stated clearly in the contract," said-Uhe woman who was having a party telephone line put in her apartment "the other party must be some one who does not live in this house. I am willing to shar6 the line with a stranger, but not with neighbors who know me well enough to take an Interest in my affairs." "You may be perfectly easy in your mind on that point, madam," said the agent. "We never put two subscrib ers in the same house on the same line. The company learned long ago that such a plan does not work welL You are not the only person who ob jects. In fact, everybody objects, and the company never makes such an arrangement of lines. We expect to put you on a wire with a subscribe! in the next block." Observing the Amenities. It is beautiful to see the graces and amenities preserved in spite of difficul ties. The prisoners in the county Jail in Milwaukee have "presented resolu tions to Ben Johnson, the retiring jail er,w thanking him for his treatment ot them "during his regime." The makei of the "address of presentation" is un der indictment for murder, "a boy who beat a grocery collector to death In a wagon during a storm," but a tender heart and sympathetic disposition "We wish to thank you for the little acts that made us forget for an In stant that we were in jail," the re gretful guests say to the parting host Little courtesies like these light up the dungeon cell and foretell, perhaps the roseate day when even the peni tentiary shall be co-operative. Ready Repairer for Automobiles. There are various roadside expedi ents possible when a nut has been lost and no duplicate at hand. Usually at good a plan as any Is to wind the threads of the bolt tightly with soft iron wire, such as stovepipe wire, ol which a coil should always be carried in the tool locker. The winding should start at the en6 of the bolt and follow the threads ur to the part it is desired to retain. The wire is then wound back in a second layer over the first and the ends twisted together. If there is a hole Ir the bolt for a cotter pin one should be inserted and the ends of tha wire twisted around it so that the jmpro vised nut cannot screw Itself off from the bolt Scientific American. A Colorado Woman. That women should display enter prise in Colorado is not to be won dercd at, since they have been foi man years fully qualified voten there. A good specimen of the ad vanced woman in the Centennial staU is Mrs. Nellie Upham, who Is the vioe president of a mining company, and who personally supervises the running of fifty gold and silver mines, boss ing three hundred workmen. Mrs Upham had studied mining and min erals for a long time, and some five years ago she drifted Into her pre ent business. It is stated that she manages affairs with great ability. Leslie's Weekly. King Leopold's Art Treasures. King Leopold of Belgium, it is said intends to bequeath all his art treas ures to the nation, to be divided among the various museums. It is for this reason, rumor has it, that a French art expert has for some time past been busy making a catalogue ol the collections and valuing them. To the Grave and Beyond. Kim Yunwka, a Chinaman, was re cently made the subject of a strange jail sentence. After being condemned for life by a Chinese court he escaped and when captured he was tried by another court and a further term ot punishment was given him. One Worthy Remembrance. The brightest spot In a long and In timate experience with the telephone Is that once some one called up the wrong number and got us by mistake and didn't blame us for It Ohio State Journal. iNTM t-xrtfrf ftow m&ms Travel's Have Made It Easier for tha Spread af tha WenL , The" world Is now explored." Tna last man Is located. With tha opening af Tibet, there is no longer a hermit nation. The church knows her task, and is confronted by an open world. A world-wide commerce is develop ing world-wide facilities for misslonary undertakings. .Livingstone was six months reaching the Zambezi from Caps Town. Tou can now 'make the journey by rail in four days. Railroads and steamboats are opening up the Dark'Contineat from four sides. China Is operating' 3,709 miles of railways, and has' 1,600 miles under construc tion. The missionaries,, long the ad vance agents of commerce, are now reinforced by commerce at many points. An English and German com pany, engaged in developing the phos phate beds' or the Pacific islands, is co-operating heartily with the Ameri can board, affording the missionaries such facilities for transportation as to enable us to do away with the mission ary vessel. The Morning Star. NAVAJOS A POLYGAMOUS TRIBE. Plural Marriages There Are Not Inter fered with by Uncle Sam. It is commonly supposed that Uncle Sam strictly forbids polygamy within his dominions. This is a mistake. Polygamy has been practised from time immemorial by the Navajos, and they have no intention of giving up the practice. Nothing has ever been done by the government or by the In dian agents to discourage it Not many of the braves have more than two wives, although some have been known to maintain a harem of 12. Two wives are almost as common as one. Being only human, sometimes they "scrap." Then the husband sep arates them, building for each a sep arate hogan, located whenever possi ble on opiosite sides of- a butte or small mesa. Each is strictly forbidden to leave her side of the separating landmark. It is feared, however, that this prohibition is not always obeyed and there are doubtless many hair pulling scraps that no one but the jackrabbits and papooses witness. Poetic Justice. A certain couple in a New England village, each the parent of six chil dren, recently had meted out to them a kind of poetic justice in which they failed to see the poetry. The woman, a widow, pleading that she had no home, and was therefore unable to care for her children, in duced the local authorities to admit them to an orphan asylum. The man, a widower, pleading he had no house keeper, and therefore no one to care for his children, induced the author! ties to admit bis six also.. Thereupon being freed from all incumbrances, these two married. All went well for a few months, when the authorities, learning of the situation, promptly dispatched the 12 children back to their parents, and the woman, no longer able to represent herself as homeless or the .man as without a housekeeper, they were forced to receive them. Great Man Condemns Suicide. "Napoleon's Writings and Sayings" is the title of a little book which has just been published in Paris. On the subject of suicide. Napoleon wrote at St. Helena, "Has a man the right to take his own life? Certainly, as soon as his death would be an injury to no one and his life a burden. When is life a burden? When it offers only tribu lations, but as these may vanish at any moment there seems to be no mo ment in one's life when he has the right of self-destruction. There are not many men who have not felt at some time the impulse to end all through death, but a few days later there comes a change and the cause for self-inflicted death is gone, and the man who succumbs to the impulse on Monday, could 'he undo his work, would be sorry for it when the week end came." Are Women Less Honest Than Men? "Are women less honest than men?" This palpitating .question has become one of the great subjects- of discussion in Paris, thanks to a symposium In La Revue. There is not one dares openly, affirm that woman is dishonest Anatole France, the master of -contemporary French literature, questions whether man is so virtuous that he should de sire to weigh himself in the balance against woman. And he speaks of masculine arrogance and ferocity and brutality. And so- woman according to the judgment of Paris is not more dishonest than man. Whence sprang that legend tbat she was? 1 Improving. "How is your son James getting on at college, Mr. Boggs?" asked the par son. "Fine," said Boggs. "He's getting more businesslike every day." "I am glad to hear that" said the clergyman. "How does the lad show it?" "Well," said Boggs, "when he first went up and wanted money, he used to write asking for It. Now he draws on me at sight." Lippincotfs. Horse Sense. Customer Why, I , thought you called him "the colt?" Ostler Sure, yer honor, and that's the name he's had for the last 29 years, and he sticks to It like a re spectable baste, the same aa yourself! Punch. Tree Tenacious of Life. ' The "life tree" grows In Jamaica. It gets its name from the fact that if the -leaves are broken from the plant they will nevertheless continue to grow. Nothing will destroy their Ufa except fire. All Right. "That girl's !! right," said tha blonde girl in the dressing-roam.- after she had looked everywhere for her overshoes. 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