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V FRISCHHOLZ BROS. SHOES CLOTHING Gents' Furnishing RELIABLE GOODS AT RIGET PRICES. FRISCHHOLZ BROS. 405 11th Street, ITEMS OF i INTEREST UOWI-.I.I.H I'loin tlic.l.iuriiu!. Bruno Bogner, who bus been receiving treatment at Omaha ftr weeku following the accident which resulted in break ing IiIh piw, Iikb ho far recovered us lo he .itlilc to return home, arriving here Fri day evening. Chus Jonas, who expects to leave about March 1st for South Dakota, dia- po?ed f his personal property ut public mile on Tuesday. We are told that there was u good crowd out and that 'Satisfactory prices were realized for everything sold. One team of horses brought $480. Last week Will H. Dickinaon hhelled anil hauled to market the corn from a -17 acre Held he had raised on lno father's farm Booth of town. By weight it showed a yield of fi.'!1 bushels per acre. ".Home time ago the land on whicli this corn was raised Hold for $120 per acre aud it's worth it. OKNOA. . 1-Tuiii llm trailer ' The post office department has nti- .'nrtunced thatafter February 1st no peu- ' Mies will be gathered for postage from ; Die rural mail boxes by the carrierH So govern yourself accordingly. Ed Pord informs us that he has re- . ceived the appointment as Farmer t the Indiuti school and will ussumo his duties the iirat of the month. Mil will make things hum all right providing the Indian don't scalp him thelirstday. -; . Farmers report, that the severe .ven- "ther for the past two months lias practi- t:dly cleaned out the quail in this sec- . lion, aud that there are apparently mighty few left to breed u new crop. The law protecting qiluil in this section I- of .the state should be repealed One ": luwere winter eJeans them out more ef- .'fectively than all the hunters you could . potiMhly turn loose among them. i.r.niii. Prom lji W'orlil. We'heard a rumor during the week Unit. -(ins Herehenhau and ltiniolph AVurdeinan intend traveliug over the country this summer exhibiting their ifiOO team of horses aud $510 span of : mule-Hat much per admission) as the 'two highest priced teams over bought in l'latte and Colfax counties. The Carl Staab place was sold the first '.if the week to V. W. Abels for a con sideration of S-'.OIkl Mr. Stnab expects to erect a residence on his land north of the Herman .Lutheran church, as soon as tlie weather will permit. Mr. Abels also purchased the acre of ground ad joining the Stuab place belonging to Henry ljiieseheu. A lire, the orgin of which is unknown, was discovered early Wednesday morn ing on the Wm. Albert farm, in a build ing used by Mr. Albert as a granary and workshop. The building, which was 18x20 ft., was burned to the ground and 1,000 bushels of shelled corn, which were stored in the granary side, were badly burned though not completely destroyed. A. E. Albert, who is staying at his fath er's home during the absence of Jiis wife ' who i. at the Wise Memorial hospital in Omaha, was the first to rise that morn ing and on going outside discovered the tire aud gave the alarm, but it was too late to save anything. The loss is part ' .ly covered by insurance. One might think that Mr Albert "has corn to burn" but he assures us that suoh is not the , ase. sjs -, r"i' 'y'AtrjfclXfTM! Sw.-v.,v"i rlrii ',. !.!. T nimm iV-Sfcif.5 tt'l Jl"" ( tri r tr& P- I V ;!?.''' g PI ? m 4.. ' .rf -ai-i. mMmmm -vfc??P Columbus. ABOUT OUR NEIGH BORS AND FRIENDS CLIPPED FROM OUR EXCHANGES Hl'Ml'llKFA. From tlm Dtunorrat At half past five o'clock on Wednesday morning of last week, Valtine (ehr passed to the Oreut Beyond at his home in the west, part of town, after a few weeks' illnon with typhoid pneumonia. On the 4th of January. Charles Moore sold his farm northeast of town to Fen! Fucluj, the consideration being H1 per acre. This iranster is important in mai tlie farm in question was hnmesteaded by Mr. Mooie more than thirty years ago and he and his family hare resided on the pluce continuously since it was homesteaded. A wedding of more than ordinary im portance which we failed to chronicle last week was that of Mr. Emil Zachand Miss Anna llassenstaah, which took place in the Catholic church at Alliance, Nebraska, ut i o'clock Tuesday, J nunnry 11th. The groom is a son of Frank Zaeh, who lives southeast of Humphrey, and has lived in this community nearly all his life. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Hasscnstaab of Alli ance, who were former residents of Humphrey. The young couple arrived here Tuesday of last week aud imme diately went tit housekeeping on the groom'ti farm two miles east of town. VI.ATTK rr.NTKi: from tho.MKiitil. Ven. Si-ter M. Felecia, who has been u nurse in St. John's hospital at Cleve land, Ohio, the past three yours, writes to her sister, Mrs. C. (Jruenlher, that she has recently been transferred to St. Jo-oph'f: at Memphis, Tenn. She fur ther stutes she is enjoying the best or health, aud is well pleased witli the sunny i.onth. There is an unusual amount of freight being handled on I his branch of railroad this winter For several weeks all truir.B have been hauled by two engines and such is the volume of business that they are behind time from two to four hours everyday. The train Tuesday morning was bo long th:it when the last oars reached the depot the engineer was so far on the way to Tarnov that he could not distinguish the signal that the. brake man wiis giving him. It is with pleasure that we chronicle the marriage of nucha worthy joung couple as William Krings and Mies Anna Stracke. The ceremony occurred Tuesday morning at 'Jiitt o'clock at SU Joseph's church, Rev. Father Augelus otlictaling. The bride is the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stracke, and is well and favorably known iu and around our city, she hamg grown to womanhood in our midst, and is admired for her many excellent qualities. Tne groom l- a son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe ICrmggs. of Columbus, and has a wide acquaintance here. The daily papers of last Saturday con tain a dispatch from Kearney telling of the suicide of Gerhard Brims, lie left his home early Friday morning, saying he wad going to town and his body was found about ten o'clock hanging from a railroad bridge by a piece of smooth wire. He had tried u handkerchief nnd his susuendere. both of which broke BrunB lived for a long time n few miles southeast of Platte Center, and was well known in this vicinity. He moved to Buffalo county three or four years ago, and it is supposed that his suicide whs caused by despondency over the con tinned loss of his crops. He leaves n wife and four children. His mother, Mrs. Clawsen, lives n few miles southeast of here. re-:! -t -rl' tacKst &&ZS'T . "MUtoMBBaS 'VHB'JMHH ST. EDWARD From the Advance. Meedamee Carl Becker and Frank Scbratn of Oolumbns are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Nels Hasaelbalcb, and Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Kennedy. Mica Jnlia Reed left Monday for Lin coln where she will study music, ller brother Samuel accompanied her as far as Columbus where he will etudy at the commercial college. Dolph Wood was operated upon for appendicitis at St. Mary's hospital, Col umbus, Wednesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Cuas. Wood, his parents, were both in Columbus until yesterday, and report that Dolph is recovering nicely. Geo. Reedcr was taken to St. Mary's hospital, Columbus. Thursday, noon. His condition is reparted as being very critical and it is feared his right foot will have to be amputated. Every effort is being made, however, to avoid this and his physicians still hold out hope that he may recover without any opera tion. Mrs. A. . Cain left Monday for Pal mer on a brief visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dunning. The Advance uu dernlanda that Mr. Gain will take charge of the St. Edward creamery ufter F.'b. 1.1. X. C. Peterson, the present manager, has not fully decided upon his plan for the future, but he says possibly he may move to his farm in Kimball county. J. A. McKelvey and sons, F. II. and Hnrley, and E. D Vieths and son Ed ward, returned home Monday afternoon from Haswell, Colo., where they had gone a week ago to look the country over. All express themselves us highly pleased with the locality. F. II. Mc Kelvoy and Uarley McKelvey each tiled on a half section of land, and E. D. Victhaund Edward each contested a half section. MoXltoK. From the Kejmlilienu. Miss (J race Lubker of Coluiiihua was an over Sunday visitor at the Hill home. Kay Crillin and sister Miss Daisy went to Spalding Wednesday to attend the silver wedding of a sister. The Misses Carrie Sacrider and Veluia Truelove arrived here from David City Saturday to visit relatives. The quarantioe which has been on the John Gibbon home for the past month for scarlet fever was raised Monday. Mre. Harry Hill who has been a pati ent ut the Columbus hospital for the past month returned home Saturday. Geo. Nieraoller will return to Canada in February, nnd his father will come home for a visit. George said the' hud 40(1 ucres of wheat in last year that mad thirty bushels to the acre, and they sold it for eighty-6ix cents u bushel. They are only u tuile and a half from a town of .100 and like it first rate. Those who are behind the project of putting in a pontoon bridge at this place have been getting estimates on the pro bable cost, and expect to soon be able to know what cun bo done. Monroe cer tainly needs some kind of u crossing over the Loup, and it would nlso be a great convenience to Lonp township farmers. Jim Thomazin shipped his fat cattle to South Omaha Monday night, and while they were putting his car on u main line train, Jim was looking at the sights, and did not notice it until the train had pulled out. He wascompelled to ride a pnssenger train to Omaha, but he says this beats a stock train and be sides he not thero in time to get a good night's rest. CKNTKAI. CITY. From the Nout:uvil. BryFou Itnird continues to hold the lo cal record for the prices paid for thor oughbred hogs. At the Thompson Bros.' sale at Dizney's barn Monday nf-tei-noou he paid 27.1.00 for the sow "Proud Giantess." Work on the Union Pacific depot was resumed the latter part of last week and the brick work will soon be completed. The mortar is warmed us the workmen use it and rapid progress is being made with the construction. The four big stone columns are being placed at this time. Construction has been suspended for several weeks owing to the cold and snowy weather, but it is hoped that the building can now be completed without further interrupt!' n. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Troh are,guests of Sheriff Her and will he for the next thirty days. It is the same old oflense, too much association with John Barley, corn. Friday night they went to Graud Tsland in company with George Odell and returned with ten quarts of whisky. They were arrested by Marshall Tooley nnd Mr. and Mrs. Troh had their hear ing Saturday with the result as above stated. Mrs. Troh tried to take n bottle of liquor into the jail with her. but Sher iff Her discovered it before looking her up. George Odell had his hearing Tues day and was given the same dose, thirty days under Sheriff Iler's care. Only Half Price. A quarter will pay for The Lincoln Daily Xews until April 1, just half-price, and the paper will stop then unless you send in money to renew it This is one paper that don't try to force itself upon people. Not u name is put on the list unless paid for nnd every fellow is cut off when his time is up You're not helping to pay other people's papers We don't have solicitors and other ex pensive methods, but do bu-iness thro ugh Uncle Sam's uinils, which i th cheapest way. The News is a live one You'll like it no matter whether you are satisfied with thing or area kicker. The News is plain, frank nnd fair. Its not afraid of tramping on somebody's toe. Goes right to the bottom of thing?. In vest this quarter and you'll be more than satisfied. Send direct to the publisher or give to jour postmaster. Don't ever let some smooth canvasser come around and work yon with some premium scheme. You can trust yonr mone with your postmaster. Electric Light Always Ready Brilliant . Clean Safe Have your house wired Columbus Light, Heat & Power Co. COLUMBUS MEAT MARKET We invito all who desire choice steak, nnd the very lest cuts of all other meats to call at our market on KIoventliHtreet. Wu also handle poultryuud fish and oysters in season. S. E. MARTY & CO. Telephone No. 1. - Colnmhus. Nb. WHY NOT TRY THE PACIFIC HOTEL COLUMBUS, NEB. Tlie big brick hotel one and one half blocks south of west depot cross ing. 2T rooms at 25c; !! roomn at fide; meals, J-"c. HARRY MUSSELMAN, Proprietor Facts About Hailstonss. If it was not Tor the countless tril lions of dust particles that lloat sep arately, invisible iu the atmosphere, there could be no raindrops, snow crystals or hailstones. From a per fectly dust less atmosphere the mois ture would descend hi ceaseless rain without drops. The dust particles servo as nuclei about which vapor gathers. The snow crystal is the most beautiful creation of the aerial mois ture, and the hailstone is the most ex traordinary. The heart of every hail stone is a tiny speck of dust. Such a speck, with a little moisture condensed about it. is the germ from which may be formed a hailstone capable of fell ing :i mail or smashing a window. But first it must bo caught up by a cur rent of air and carried to the level of the lofty cirrus clouds five or sis or even teu miles high. Then, continual ly growing by fresh accessions of moisture, it begins its loug plunge to the earth, spinning through the cloud and Hashing iu the suu like a diamond bolt shot from a rainbow. Xew York Tribune. The Nerve of a Boy. "Speaking of the nerve displayed by small boys." said a man who had a trip through the southwest, "reminds me of au incident that occurred in the Santa Ana mountains, iu southern California. An eleven-year-old boy. :t member of a family making their way to the coast. left the camp early one morning to stalk deer. He found tracks ami had followed them until he was live or six miles from camp. In reaching up oil a rock he disturbed a bilge rattlesnake that was sunning himself, and the snake without warn ing struck, wounding the boy ou 'the middle finger of his right hand. Kuow ing that unless prompt action was tak eu the wound would prove fatal, the youth placed the linger over the muz zle of the gun and pulled the trigger. Making a ligature above the wound to stop the How of blood, he killed the snake and walked back to camp, where he fainted. The linger was blown off close to his baud, but he recovered." Exchauire. WANTED Tlie riuht party rail focum an excellent Miitiiui, J'.ilary orrouiuii""ioii for l'iluuiliu and i-i-iiiity. Htataw, ftirinTH-cuiatiii ami kivh rrfiTi'nce. Aililiv I.OI'K ItOX 43.H. I.im-filn, N'eh. UNION PACIFIC TIME TIILE wrsT isocnii. II -W a in 13 l:ir. am 1 lorfu III 11:11 nm 17 2 i in ir, i;:2.ttiu 3 i:T0 in S ? in 'M ?!.. i in 11 11 a ill EXST nOPNU. 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We pay for all the medicine used dur ing the trial, if our remedy fails lo com pletely relieve you of constipation. We take all the risk. You are not obligated to us in auy way whatever, if you ac cept our offer. That's a mighty broad statement, but we mean every word of it Could anything be more fair for you? A most scientific, common-sense treat ment is Kexall Orderlies, which are eat en like candy. Their active principle is a recent scientific discovery that is ordor lees, colorless and tasteless; very pro nounced, gentle and pleasant in action, and particularly agreeable in every way. This ingredient does not cause diarrhoea, nausea, flatulence, griping or any incon venience whatever. Rexall orderlies are particularly good for children, aged and delicate persons. If you Ktiffer from chronic or habitual constipation, or the associate or depend ent chronic ailmentp, we urge yon to try Ilexall Orderlies at our ripk. Remember you can get them iu Columbus at our store, 12 tablets 10 cents; Wl tablets 25 cents. Pollock A- Co., the druggists on the corner. A Pleasant Old Legend. Many years ago. sailing from Con stantinople to Marseilles, we passed close under the lee of Stromholi. off the north coast of Sicily. The irrecon cilable old volcano was not in active eruption, but from the crater a reddish smoke was rising, while from the fis sures in its sides burst now and again tongues of lurid flame. "Ah." observed a sailor the vessel was an English one "old Hooty is at it again!" So far as 1 can remember there is a legend that otic Captain Booty, a mas ter mariner trading to the Mediter ranean iu the seventeenth century, be came so notorious for drinking and swearing that he was seized upon by the fiend and carried off to the interior of Stromholi. from which he has con tinued ever since to utter profane lan guage by means of tongues of fire and puffs of smoke. This, however, did not prevent the ghost of the profane skipper from frightening his widow, who resided iu Lower Thames street, half out of her senses by appearing to her at supper time smelling strong ly of brimstoue. London Times. The Elephant's Revenge. In the autobiography ot Mr. Llndley Murray a passage occurs from which It appears that one ot the clearest heads that ever engaged in the busl. iiess of analysis was well nigh cracked by a simple ageut for a small offetiso. In the year 1771 he visited the ele phants at the queen's palace and, from whatever motive, ventured to with draw a portion of the hay which one of them had been collecting with his proboscis on the floor. The little af front offended the sagacious animal highly. The keeper remarked that he would never forget, and it was obvious from the rapid convolutions of his trunk Unit he only wanted an oppor tunity to avenge the misappropriation of his property on the spot. The gram marian, however, kept out of his way. probably thinking no more of the mat ter, until he chanced to revisit the same place after an interval of several weeks. On this occasion a number ot other persons were present, but of the whole the elephant singled out his en emy and aimiil a desperate blow at his head, which, fortunately, neither prov ed fatal nor took effect. There Was No Duel. Colonel Crisp when iu the Missouri legislature was one of the central fig ures in a sceue which promised blood shed, which ended in a hearty laugh and whicli was the cause of an as tounding remark from Hon. John V. Farriss. the then speaker, said Champ Clark. Crisp and another member got into a debate which grew iuto a quar rel. They shook their fists at each other aud roared like a iwir of Xu mldian lions. Everybody expected and many hoped to see a regular old fash ioned knockdown aud dragout fight, which expectation and hope were frus trated anil dashed to the ground by Speaker Farriss remarking: "If you geutlcmeu do not quit fuss ing and take your seats 1 will order the chaplaiu to take you intd custody," whicli so amazed the bellicose legis lators that they stood in a state of lingual paralysis, while the spectators laughpd till they were red in the face. Humor saved the day. Mind Over Matter. "Much may be done," said the acute observer, "by an authoritative voice. Now. if a man says to a dog. 'Come here!' with a note of absolute authori ty in his voice the dog comes imme diately." Ye.-." said the traveler. "I've notic ed it. And it is especially marked in oriental peoples. Why. when I was iu Khali.-amljharo I heard a man say. with that authoritative note iu his tone, king, live forever.' and im mediately the king lived forever." Carolyn Wells in Success Magazine. Disinterested Affection. I'm afraid. Edward, you're marry ing me only because I've inherited from my uncle 1W.000 crowns." "Why, r.lanche. how can you thiuk that of meV Your uncle is nothing to me. I would marry you no matter tium whom you Inherited the money." Per Floh. Successful. "I started out on the theory that the world had an opening for me, aud 1 went to find it." "Did you find it?" "Oh. ,es; I'm In a hole." Baltimore American. A Double Hold. Miss Momilite Er let me hold the reins, please. Mr. Bashphul What will ! do then? Miss Moonllte You might hold the holder of the reins. no.-t.m Herald. A Failure. Wigg At the first night of Scrib bler's new play 1 understand there was a big house. Wagg Yes, but most of the audience left early to arcid the rudi. Philadelphia Record. The torpedo leaves the gun at a rati of -10 kuots an hour. 9K&kkkkr kr mWbiiS'X'tia kkv&? ?kkkkkk7 kkM- -.-lkkkkhkJ kkVk iikkkkkkH Prices, 10c, 20c, 30c. Ladies Free Monday Night. FOOTBALL TANGLES. Queer Situations That Have Developed on the Gridiron. In the fall of 1S99 Young, the Cor nell quarterback, received a bad bump ou the head during the first half of one of the early games, aud was so dazed that he gave the signal for the same play eight times in succession. The rival eleven, unable to compre hend such generalship, or, rather, lack of it, became just as bewildered as the injured quarterback and in the ef fort to understand the uuiutelligible let the Coruell backs through for a quick touchdowu. The calling out of numbers while the opposing quarterback is trying to give his team the signal for the next play has resulted hi numerous tangles. Iu one-of the Army aud Navy contests the quarterback of the latter eleven be came so confused in one instance when the Army players were shouting out various numbers while he was trying to direct the next play that he actual ly gave his men one of the series of numbers the Army men were suggest ing. The incomprehensible signal and the subsequent mixup may bo better imagined than explained. On the Yale squad iu 11)00 there was a niau who was uot only a good play er, but au excellent comedian. It was told of him that more than once he put this gift to good account in a game. An amusiug remark here, a bit or a story there, then a touch of burlesque, and his rival iu the line would forget for the moment that football Is too se rious a matter for laughter. It is un necessary to add that the comediau was never so interested in his owu dramatic eCTorts as to fail to take ad vantage of their effect ou the other man. Outing. A LITERARY SIN. Th Fabrication of Quotations Is a Censurable Practice. Plagiarism is hardly so great a crime as the fabrication of quotations a practice which has caused many an earnest studeut to waste hours iu a fruitless endeavor to trace the passage cited. Among the guilty Samuel War ren deserves special mention. On one occasion he took part in a debate dur insr which Roebuck boasted that he was not a party man. whereupon War-i ren rose and said that "my learned friend's boast reminds me painfully of the words of Cicero, lie who be longs to uo party is presumably too vile for any.' " At the conclusion or the de bate Jtoebuck came over to compli ment his adversary on having made a successful hit. adding. "1 am fairly well up iu Cicero, but I hae no idea where I can find the passage you quot ed." "Neither have I." said Warren. "Good night." That literary siu. the fabrication of quotations. leaves Its legacy or trouble behind it loug after it has been com mitted. Only the other day to a week ly journal's correspondence column came he venerable question as to where Ii the Scriptures is to be found a reference to "oil on the troubled waters." c quotation countless preach ers and writers have used for ceu turios. but neither Cruden's "Concord ance of the Bible" refers to it nor has Notes and Queries .or its industrious correspondents ever been able to throw a light upon its origin. Londou Chroi icle. The Mahogany Tree. There is uo such thing as a forest Of mahogany. The mahogany tree lives by aud for Itself uloue. It stands solitary of its species surrounded by the smaller trees and dense under growth of the tropical forest, rearing its head above Its neighbors. Two trees to the acre is a liberal estimate for mahogany "finds." More frequent ly perhaps only one tree will lie found over a larger stretch of territory. True THROUGH SERVICE To Portland, Tacoma Seattle via Union Pacific "The Safe Road To Travel" The Oregon-Washington Limited Carries a Tourist Sleeping Car From Omaha to Seattle via Portland urd Tacoma. Leave Columbus 3:05 p. m. Today Ar. Portland 8:W P- m. 3rd Iay Ar. Tacoma 5:3i a. m. -lib Day Ar. Seattle 7:3 a. m. same Day Electric Block Signals Dining Car Mcalu and Service "Best in the World " For informition relative to ftire. rout en, etc . call on or address E. G. BROWN. Agent, Colnmhus, Nebraska m& NORTH Theatre ONE SOLII WEEK Commencing Monday, Feb. 7th VERNON, Tlie Great and His Big Hypnotic Comedy Co. i im:iIio":miv is tlie only species or tne Swieteuia inahogani. the name ,Swie tenia having been given to it in honor of the celebratrtl Baron vou Swieteu. physician to Maria Theresa. It is dis tinctly a. native of tropical America and frequently lowers to a height Of 100 feet, ihelrunk being often twelve feet in diameter. It is of exceedingly slow growth, and the time or its ar riving at maturity is probably not less thau 'J00 years. Occasionally small specimens have been found in south ern Florida. DIPLOMACY. Vague Threat That Meant Nothing, but Brought Quick Results. The late Lord Salisbury some years ago sent a foreign office emissary to make some demands of a South Amer ican republic. Before setting out on his mission the emissary, to whom his lordship had explained the exact ua ture of the demands, desiretl to be in formed as to the course to take If. after he had said everything, there was a refusal. "Oh." answered Lord Salisbury, "this is not a matter in which we have the least thought of lighting: ir the "pres ident refuses, why. you ' will simply have to come home again " The emissary went and had his say to the president or the republic, who blankly refused to give iu. aud the diplomat retired to think things over. A few hours later he wrote to the pres ident: "1 regret that your excellency does not see your way to recognize the just ness of the claims which I have had the honor to present. 1 have now to say. on behalf of her Britannic majes ty's government, that unless your ex cellency yields on all points which I have named it will be my painful duty to act on the second half or my in structions." ruder this vague and significant threat the president yielded at ouce. London Telegraph. HAUNTED ALASKAN ISLAND. Ghosts of Russian Exiles Who Died of Starvation or Torture. To the south and west of Kodiak. distant about 100 miles and forming one or the Semidi group, is the island of Chirikof. the haunted island of Alaska. Enshrouded for a great portion of the time with almost impenetrable fog. this lonely isle is au object or terror to tlie natives, who claim it is haunted by the ghosts or Uussian exiles. The natives will not go near the is land, saying it means certain death to invade the canny confines, and there are few men in the Tar north who have the temerity to test the truth of the many aud weird tales told or this for bidding and barren island. Shipmasters and sailors passing the place assert that the agonizing cries of Itussiau exiles sent there to starve or die by torture are sometimes heard on quiet nights, while the clink of chains and the sound of blows are tes tified to in an ailidavit by a white mau who once attempted to remain there for a week and who nearly lost hi reason. Tauaua Tribune. No Misunderstanding. "I hear you have had a misun derstanding with your old political friends." "No." said Senator Sorghum; "the worst of it is the impossibility of mis understanding. We have expressed our opinions of each other in terms sc explicit as to be unmistakable." Washington Star. Papa's Plan Prevents Proposal. He (impecunious) But joii say your self that your father is anxious to get you off his Iunuls. She-Yes: that's "why I don't think he'll listen to you. Exchange. t I IPPfir