THE DAILY HERALD, PLATTSMOUTIi, NEBRASKA, UUESDA.V, SEPTEMBER 13, 1S7.
A CHARCOAL SKETCH.
I BlrrtclK'd my lore at brenlt ot rt.iy.
Ami watclifvl tin j-lnk an-! lurj ' r-!ay
In llit tln;' moo. Is uirroiut Iiit nice-,
but colors liu-1 I in)!i! t'j tr.nv
That tvomlcr worM, that witrh's spell,
Tiiat luuIiin face- i lovo no well.
At noonday, frvM, shnrlowIcH.-,
I rl-eteln-1 l:cr In u. Hcai li t Ir ss
lie !, passionate ,j,p!-s in lu r hair,
Aroiiri'l wri:;t a m r-e-ut fair;
I fi'iuM not eateh tin- (.;lmv3 that ilwell
Vv'ilhiit that facn I love k well.
I KU-.-tchrd hcrvlicri thi lay a:i h,v.
While .S'jIii!h r cli.Uils eurne r::i:in.- :,Inv
Athwart tl.i; Kr:iy m:il r h.'-f,
Wll" till; K..li; til .t I'i i i,f my f:i 'iit
Kay ! Vain my p !i .rh; ti.sk to tell
llow fuir thi! fuee-I love an wi-II.
Gi ((r;;i) Houghton.
LIME KILN CLU3 REPORT.
Certain TIiliiK to Lm.'.l )Ilt
for
IJurlnj; till) I!:it-1 Term.
Thoeharman of (hr- committe" on tho safe
ty c f tho pul.liir health iiuiiuuii'-el that l:o
Lml hi.-s re-fort ready for tl,.( summer of I .-7,
nnd U-wis toM to proceed with it ho ui oso in
Lis pln.-o nml reu.l from tt UUC3 tinted nianu
fcript as follows:
"I Jar' am certain thin;;-, to bo looknd out
fnrdoorm' tho h.-ate-l r;:ui,. Do fust thhiz
on lo hit in i-bolero. Den -mi.hs, in do re'-'iar
orehr named, yalh-r fever, foiisiunpshun,
bilyus fever, fallm' into do ril.l.or, tjitiin.' run
ober Ly a r.lnvt ky.ir an' Hioli ni morhu:,-.
Be-in' 'rested ly do poliro an' sent up fur tixty
dnys mui' bo claimed us a li.Lslortiu instead of
a disease.
"Do hot sezuu amriotimo to 1 o keerful.
"Wo would rr.ccuRiin.-ml to tlio oull'd nonulu
SiKm of tlis ke-ntry:
"1. Jco cri nm s.houM Iio eaten slowly nn'
dclilwratuly, do cliiii well wiped off wid a red
napkin ns soon as ossiM.; afterward an' do
victim should k-wur.-.-f mental t-eiti mcut
or phy.sk-y 1 on ivhuii fur an hour or two.
"2. Sodawat- r im' (;iii.-r nlo Mim;M l;o
pri 1 fur in ik1v.".::co. Dis do ko.!:i man
achanco to look ut do inoiu-y an' find it all
riIit, an' saves do -ustom r any f(;-.r of h'jv
in' to tako to his l.-j;3 an' outrun r.nvl-ody.
Wo doan' specify as to t ho imr.nl ily which kin
lx snfely Rurrounh-iL Komo j.us.sons kin hold
a Lar'l, whilo others stop at a faiion.
"2. Harvest apples an cow oumlx-i-s hr-v
slaycd tons of tliou.saud.s of iunix c-nt i-opli,
but dcy war' nil whiln folks. V.'hilo wo doan'
Lolievo citlior vottahlo am harmful, it will
lo well to eat slowly, haw do rinds an' cores
very fino, an' sit down in do shado of do
wood shod fur half an hour arti-r eating.
"4. A wntcrmoilyon fwed from a cannon at
a cullinl gcni'lnn two fevt nany mi;.;ht sotuo
whafc injooro his jlijicnl rorporosity, hut
under no odder K'.rcumstaiu-o kin wo look
upon tho pod-.u-t wid evi n sispiiun. Wo 1k -liovo
d.at do melon c.-op of lis kentry fur do
Luit fivo y'ars. together wid do way it was
(listrihtited nliouJ, ha.s h-jn do means of
kec-pin' cholera from cur do.-.hs. Doan' leavo
ri tiy core stick in' to do rinds.
,'.r. Wc doa-.rivroiumeiid too inucli washi!:'
an' veanin'. Do Injun am do dirtiest pusor.
on dL." airtb, an' nobody ebor k no wed an In
jun to Iiavo clioiera cr smr.l!pox. Hinder
wa.-h uj Jow an' tlen, an' sorter scrub up a
lectio exti Xi on Sundays, fin' trust do rest to
earrym an onion in your jiotket.
"0. Leave do window up when j-ou p;o
to bad, frow s-iino limo around do back d.oali
occasionally,
i' when obIec.:;ed to drink
water shako in a kctl. pcj-iier sas." Detroit
Free Pi es
Degradation of' tlio .Alaskans.
An cntertainin:; udihvss was given in the
locturo room of West mil. st ?r church by Dr.
Sheldon Jackson, snperiut -rideiit of I'resbj--terian
missions ami Unite. 1 States pjpiiernl
iager.t of eduer.rion in Alaska. Dr. Jackson
claimed that tho country ha-.l been sy.stem
sttically misrepre.-ented in thv? newspapers.
"With its fur i:iterest:-:, tiheries, coal, iron,
-old and silver mines, f crests, otc, it was
, -stilled to become a. source of niihtv
alth to tho United yt:.te.--. Tki ro was cor.l
ana iron enough in Al.'ii::.i, roifciincil, to
buii. UI' a 0i:,-'!l great strte.s b!;o IV imsj-I-vania
KoM i::i:io was yielding
?ltK (n V1 a month. Whilo th. cliiur.te in the
norther. 1 f. u n-ntr::l i-ortio:;s is extremely
ri"nnnic m'' tllO S.-iUtlliTll COa. tilt
winters ere t
'milar to t:io.-j of J:-:itucky,
ami tho s :m:re.:-i
will m;.tcli IhOi-o of Miime
rs account c-f the iniiabi-
sota. The spakt
tants was very stri.
nad even anion the
ho lVesbA-terian mis
tat? of degradation
' -'.-r tVo i-'ll ;u-i of
jiloiiS Zm; coat
Clinkets outsida of
sions, a mos'j ap;,ali."
eri.'-ts. The peo:-le a
medieino v.j n who
uii
flesh of deail
people, cttiuiinii that by so i.'ci. th ?'irit
of tho dead enters iu tltt-ni. in t-:.!;r.rc-
lision the3- aro like tho fetich tri sof 'ilr,ra
IK-i-petuatin- tho evil spi'rits a :l ett:-, " ,
goo.1 spirits alone. Temalo iufanticido .
practiced as a rclisrious duiv. "Won...., ...
held as slaves and aro killed at tho will of
their lords an I masters. When a 1 uiMin is
put up four women aro killed and put into
tho post holes on which tho building rests
rersons suspected of witchcraft aro roasted
arowneu or rurnea a:ive. Ail
tneso shoe
ii-g heathen 1 radices are carried on at this
da3 rionet-r i'rc.-s.
Shockins: tho Secretary' "Wife.
I believe that Ilrs. Ilanii'ton Fi-h s superb
rpese was never disturbcl but once, audthe
ftor3' is worth telling. "Wheu Garfield was
in tho house, chairman of appropriations I
believe, be lived at the corner of II street and
Franklin square. His two bo-s were per
fect limbs, enfauts terribles "to a degree,
freckled, sun burned, noisj-, full of horso
play, just ns l:I:cly as not to bo romping
about the strctt barefooted and barelegged"
Ose day Fish was makirg a visit on tho
G;i fields, an-1 just as sho camo down tho
tiers to enter her carriage, tho el, lost Car
Held boy, now a scholar! 3- and reserved voung
man. darted up, turned a handspring and
digged ri,;ht under the ttate'y naa., with
"I sa3 Jlrs. Fi.-h, give us a ridel"' ll was
diEcult to ted wm 11 was tho raosi
t-hcckcG,
or Ji-s.
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Jilme. la tor ret a, re, tier footmrn or i
Garucld, who ws ivomg out of 1110 window,
New York Star.
His I'rofession.
A baby girl of 3 yrar, who had strayed
away from home, was found by a policeman.
Tho child's father was a leaiTang lawyer in
tho place where ho lived.
"What's jour iir.me, little one;'' inquired
3Jousieur Dlucce.at.
"Mamie," was the repl3".
"Hamie what:"'
2Co. not iIrtn.:o what, dez Ibiruie."
fcTV hat's 3-our father's business;"
Tho little- girl reflected, and replied, "Ha
tuts meat 1''
The policeman imagined tho father to be a
butcher, but sul.si liuently found that Ma:nio'd
opinion of htr fathers bui-ines was based.
upon LLs prt-lieiencj- in carving roait meat at
the dinner table. Youth's Comiauion,
Only Two Sentences.
Ameer Abdurrahman c-f Afghanistan is
pleasant person to meet in an oliicial capacity..
He administers justice in person to all cf bis
subjects within Lis reach. He has only two
sentences for all offenders: BekowsLiu"
cutout his tongue or "Gagava Koouid"
bang him. Chicago Tribune.
i the
PIIiDS IN TIIEIIl NESTS.
errs of nature grouped in the
PARK MUSEUM.
Bow Collections of Kativo Ilirds Were
Obtained for Central I'urk Ail Inter
istin; 1'-:i(iii of the CroupH Tho
"Clapper" itails.
In tho exhibit of tho Museum of Natural
History l.hi ; summer aro eighteen groups of
I.ird-. which inako their homos sr.mo portion
of I !i i year in liio ity cr within fifty mile of
K w Vurk. Somn of (liem are to bo found
in ( 'i ntral p ii k. Others wero taken on tlio
l.ilD or alonjj tho c.ii-:t of Kon.; Ida-id; m-.st
of tl.i-ni from W. : t. h( ster county, but M-veral
of Iho rarer groups aro only to lo fou::d in
lit-- l!i':r..hes and dei;-r woods of Ni;w Jersrv.
1 ll" lnot
i; lii.it th
nit-resf i i; fi at uro of tm-so groups
ey do not simply represent stuffed
bo-.l : m.l.
r n j;!ji.--s c:ie, buS in eaeh instatico
preserved in a life like latitude,
th- bir-1 i
."iii i its n -! , ojs or yon
r nio-s, amiil uhieh it.-
ll'- -clll'-el. In I'Vl'llil-
X birds, and tho tree
oino was made, aro
i; th'-m f-ii" hr.s Im-
foro him not a pii-luro but a s'-rap of naturo
it-elf. In o;i; inslai.ee, tint of tho field spar
low, t he birds have, built, their homo on a bog
in the lon erass by tl:- si lo of a running
stream. A p-irl. of tly b(g -vns brought away
bo.!i!y, nii'l with it tho imprint of a cow's
hoof cj.-s-. I.e-ide tho nest, wl ieh tho animal
narrowly mUs.d cnishiiig when sho camo
down t- the stream lx drink.
Tho work of securing tho birds mid prepar
ing them wisdom by Jeanncs.5 Kiohardsoji,
the nat uralist, who has charge; of tho labora
tory of th-- iim-um. Tho foliage which looks
t- rerd is reprodueed from tho natural speci
mens by IIr. 11. . Jlogridgo, who was con-!i-
ef -1 with tho Ken si ii on museum in Kng
J -.::d, but is now eiia.ed l-y 1 lio niuscnm
hero. ZI r. l;ieliar-l.-oii is un pnihuRiast in his
work. lie knows no keener enjoyment than
in senrehingout, tho home of some rare species
to mi l to his eoll. et ion. During tho summer
his vacation v. ill bo taken up in a search for
ten more groups to add to tho museum collec
tion. "Hunting for specimens," Jlr. Richardson
said, with a spai klo in his eye, "is tho rarest
Fport I know of. Especially when tho speci
mens lire the smallest of all birds, and it is a
1-n tiouhir speeics of them (hat 3-011 want. At
firt thought it would seem quite impossible
to trace tho humming birds you seo flashing
about tho honeysucklo homo to their nests.
They buzz and Hash liko a meteor, and they
are gone. Then there aro half a dozen varie
ties of sparrows, which to tho general ol
nerver all look alike, but hero aro several
varieties in tho groups I have collected, '
when you look at them clKseiy 3-011 wil!
tiiat (hero is a wide diiTerence. Of course
j" on don't often
fet
t n chance to approach so
Heart - .-., r -. - nnd i; tho
fields. ... i . aro
just as unlike as inch- appeari.ee. Ono
variety nlwi-s makes its nest near tho water
on tho ground, r.r.d another fthvaj-s under
some overhanging bank or in tho roots of an
old tree.
"Do 3-011 see this pair with tho nest under
tin 1-ank? That is a Louisiana water thrush.
IL is r.-it'-er a r.ire bird in (his section, but a
f.-wof them get up hero along tho coast every
3-car. In the winter they go down into the
Wo-.t Indies, Houlhern Jlexico and Central
America. Thry- aro l.oautiful singers, but
arc not often hoard becauso their homes are
id ways deep in tho woodland thickets, where
th. 3-are not often intruded on b- human
brings. Iea-no on this male quiet by acci
dent, and it was a long hunt of nearly a week
before I found tho n t and secured both the
birds. I was looking for another kind of
bird, the red breasted grosbeak, that is a
powerful singer up in tho new parks of West
cliesler, v 1-en I heard the male thrush sing
i:ig. I caught a good glimpse of him and rec
eg:iiz:.il what he was. 1 followed him some
di taii'-o and then lost hini for tho day. The
rext hi3' I found him ngaiu and traced him
down to a littlo stream, but I could get no
further dev.- to him. For several da3s I
brought; my lunch atl sat down on tho bank
mid wr.t l:cd the littlo fellow. I could have
shot him any time, but that would havo done
t:o go.,,1, as I wanted tho nest. Ho set-mod to
know itvi'.r.d would alight on a branch almost
within arm's reach an-1 ting with all his
mighc tin 1 tl;;.!i dart out of sight. How did I
g t, him? Why, at last I examineif the ba:;k,
mi l right under tho very spot whoro I had
l-ei '.ii ating my luncheon wr.s the nest hidden
away. Th- fetnalo was sitting on it with the
four white egrs spotted with brown, as 3-ou
see. It was ea3' to take tha birds then,
though I felt it a pit3' t do so. I cut out a
pier-o of tho bank, and there it is, tho genuino
"Westchester soil that 3v.11 seo there."
"Do 3-ou a shotgun to secure !ho birds J'
"Yes. with tho smailast kind of shot, hardty
largor than mustard seed, and a light chargo
f powder. Tho small birds liko tho pha-bes
tho wrens would bo tern to pieces by
or
- shot. When I cannot carry away tho
large,
surrouu
and take
la bora tor
lings of tho nesc I photograph them
-otcs for their reproduction in tho
It is quita ens- to get tho branch
'. 'cr a dogwood on which iTrs
trc. ido such lifeiiko blossoms
of an arpl
I.-gridgo has n.
The robins, too,
cardinals I found
vera easy. to get. Those
entrr.1 p.ark and got a
in v ""her are vcrv shy. A
permit to take them. j. -o park four or fivo
pair cf them escaped in t.. here summer and
years ago and (hey remain t dozen pair of
winter. There aro about a . th0 oven
th'-m. now. That little fellow . " nest
bird, so called fro.-a its dotno sh. V 'u an
built on tho gror.nd, roofed over and
entrance on ono side. That little bro.
fell v.' singing to his mate is tho 'Poll .ician.'
I found hitn up near Ilarisdalo, Westchester,
an-1 there was a piece of Tho Tribuue in his
nest. He gets his name from his habio of
jpickiug up bits of newspaper to weave in his
nest. In tho winter ho goes down to the Gulf
ns far as Cautemala. The largest birds in
tho group are tho clapper rails, a kind of
snipe. I found them i.i tho course of a bunt
down on Long Island for tho seaside sparrow.
You seo how theso rails- make their nests of
eel grnss and reeds. Tlio ncs.'-s aro only
found out in the den?o salt ma rshes. Tho
birds havo little Indian trails to tha nests
through tho tall grass, but it is t liCicult to
find them. The- lay as many s 'S twelve
creanr.- buil eggs. Their harsh c. ottering
notes give them their name, and the- ' iiO in
the marshes summer and Trinter."
The Distribution of riithisis.
The influence of ceocrranhieal position ur oil
j phthisis turns out to be much less than, ct t
re:it opinion would indicate. We are 1 ;roi .o
I to regard it as essentially a malady of ten. -:
pernio latitudes an-1 of tho Ar-glo-S axoi
j race, but mere accurate statistical infc riua-
tion proves that it is virulent in many v. "arm
countries, an-1 that some of the inferior races,
sue-h as tho i:egroes, tho inhabitants of tho
i West India Islands and tho peopicsof the
I South Sea suffer more iu proportion than tho
! nations of Europe. It will bo a great sur
I prise to many peoi lo to leam that the death
rate from phthisis is as high in sunny Italy as
in foggy England. Those who hold the old
fashioned notion that damp and cold aro the
main causes of phthisis -will bo puzzled to ac
count for the almost complete immunity eu
i joyed by tho inhabitants of the Hebrides and
Faroe Islands. British Medical Journal,
the "jilxd coriE.?'
VHAT A CELCCRATED PHYSICIAN
SAID MANY YEARS ACO.
A RIceitHu Without a ltemcds- A Cao of
I'ruyer Cure A I'rioiit'it Jlethoi Cur
Jiss tho CholeraNovel "Treatment by
Criticism." x
"l'hysio and l'in-sicifns," published in 1Q3D,
ij-eakingof tho l--brnted and extraordina
rily successful Dr. KadchiTe, who lied in
r.llaml was tho founder of tho Ihulc'.iffo
library at Oxfor-1 univi-rsity, s;iys that ho
paid particular attention to tin. mind of the
patient under his can, and Ltid lx-en heard to
ray that he attributed much of his success
and eminence to this circumstance. There is
a very good nnecih-to illustrating bis viowa
upon this subject:
"A lady of rank consulted IladclifTd in
great distress about her daughter, and tho
doctor began tho investigation of tho case by
asking, 'Why, what ails her if 'A his I doctor,
replied tho mother, 'I cannot tell; but the
has lost her humor, her looks, her f-tomach;
her t trength consumes every day, and wo are
upon hensivo that sho cannot live' 'Why do
you not many her' said llailcliffe. 'Alasl
doctor, that wo would fain do, and have
offered her us good u match as ever sho could
cx2oot.' 'Is there no other that -ou think
sho would Ik content to marry V 'Ah, doctor,
that is that troubles us: for thero is a young
gentleman we doubt sho loves, that her father
ami I can never consent to.' 'AVl-y, look
3-011, madam,' replied RadolifTo gravely,
'then tho caso is this: "our daughter would
marry ono man, and 3-ou would havo her
marry another. In all my books I find 110
remedy for such a disease as this.' "
KEMAUKABLE CASES.
This principle has also been employed by
certain priests and clergymen, of every sect
A 3-oung womnn, a teacher, was, as she
believed and as Ler liriends supposed, at the
point of death. Her physician was not quite
certain that sho was as ill as sho seemed, and
requested tho pastor to assist him in breaking
up her delusion that sho must dio. He at
tempted it, but sho refused to hear him, and
loaded him with messages for her friends.
ami especially for her class in tho fr'.unday
school. As ho was fcbout to bid her farewell,
he said that ho would return in tho afternoon;
sho said that sho would like him to pray with
her, but that it was useless to pray for her
recovery. Having in view her hearing what
ho had to say, ho prayed in such a way as to
break tho spell and mate her believe that s.he
would recover; as ho did this, tho morbid
symptoms of approaching death gave way,
and she is still living.
Another case was still moro remarkable. A
woman, ill and bedridden, conceived a high
-gard for tho piety and intelligence of 1: r
pn.-'or. IIo entered her room und in a lot:-:
and solemn voice said, "I command j-ou t.
arise!" Involuntarily sho arose and n-snt;i-i
tho duties of housekeeping, which after (';:
l.-ipso of ten -ears sho still performs.
A Roman Catholic priest of high po? it ;
in his church told tho writer that l.o tk- .
ho had saved scores of lives 1-3- rcfusii g t ;:
minister tho Sacrament of Extreme. Unci.- .-
which led tho patients to sa3", "Father
does not thiuk I am going to dio."
A CHOLERA CURE.
In 1SC3, when tho cholera raged in ITorfolk.
Ya., Dr. B-azzcll, a ph3-sic-ian- of great lo--:;
celebrity, lived thero. Ho was driving nigh:
and da3-, and 011 ono occasion was summon- o
to seo a stalwart negro who was apparent!
in tho state of collapse. Instead of beginning
at once to medicate him ho accused him -!
shamming, denounced and derided hini ii
every possible way for calling him when he
was at work night and day, driven almost tc
death. Then, putting on tho appearance ol
intenso excitement, ho procured a switch ami
began to thrash the negro very severely. The
moro l:o groaned, and tho moro ho said he
was dying, (ho moro Dr. Euzzell thrashed
him, and with his threatenings and beatings
brought on such a tremendous reaction thai
tho n an recovered.
In visit to a branch of tho Oneida com
muib'y at Wallingford, in I asked Mrs.
jliller, the sister of John H. Ko"es, the
founder of tho community, what they did if
a.:y of the inmates becamo ill, as they re
pudint ed medicines. Sue said the' bad very
little sickness. "Dut, havo I not heard of un
epidemic of diplheria among 3-01:;" She
said there had been, but 13- their treatment
tkc3- saved ever- case. "What was that
treatment?" "It was treatment by criticism.'
"How was it applied.'-' "Ho soon as a person
was taken ill, a committeo was appointed
who went into tho room and sat down, pay
ing no attention to the patient; they began
at otico to speak about him or her, criticising
the patient's peculiarities, bringing every de
fect to tho surface, and unsparingly con
demning it." Mrs. ililler added that 110 ono
could endure this moro than an hour. Ths
mental and moral irritation was so great that
the- began to perspiro and invariably re
covered. Tho universal efficacy of thii
method may well be doubted, for many per
sons live in such an atmosphero that if that
treatment w ould save them they would never
dio; while others are so callous to criticism
that the remedy would be without effect.
J. ZL Buckley in Tho Century.
Those Old Tim Straw Hats.
One seldom sees now the Panama and
JJanilla straw hats which were so much in
favor in my boyhood ; some of them were of
very Cue workmanship, and they wero kept
as carefull' as family jewels, and lasted
about ns long. There was a certain indi
viduality given to individuals and classes in
tho community by their straw hats in those
vs; tho East India and South America
t,a- hants hael their finely plaiteel Panama or
mere. hats, and clergymen wore hats of
ieanilla -ej straw with wide black bunds,
dr.rkcolot xirtod with tho rest of their
WUICU COn 11. T tvtcl. ,- fn(..l,nr.e in l,nn,t.
clerical attire.
-o into ruts, although I am
gear elid not run .
ome men of distinction
glad to note that
-e is a certain esteemed
keep out of them. The.
Mcial court who, as
judge of cur supreme ju.
in summer, puts
seem as the ccurt adjourns
felt hat, which
on Lis light colered gossamer
can be crushed into a handful,
nel bo looks
extremely comfortable 111 conse
-uenco. A
friniid of mine who put on such
a bat a
no.- Tnliiii.l 1 V
in ac-
quaiutance on weariug a "biily cock ha.
f, fhn ndionrnment of the supremo cou. h
which, by tho action of one of its members,
had created a precedent as to the time
which such bats could properly be worn. j
Boston Fost. j
ot Ilcrd to Do.
The other elay a reporter saw a blacksmith
examining an ax, from which he bad been
asked to remove a portion of the handle,
1 which had been broken off close to tne iron.
Tlirt vrno i CO uld not bo driven out, and as
nails had been driven in at the end it could
not bo bored out. "What will you do?" asked '
. ;he reporter. "Til burn it out," was the re-,
1 ly. "But you'll injure tho temper of tht
It eel." suggested the reporter. "Well, mayt !
no
edf.
arm
t, saiel tue smieu. uiuo -"-- c
-e into the moist e&rtli and built a firt
mdthe projecting part The wood be-
charred and was easily removed, while
cam
rfv. -mnered part of the ax sustaia-jd no in-
jury.. -Philadeiphia Calb - -
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HOW TO COUNT BANANAS.
The Simple Yet Almost Unknown
of Determining tho Number.
"Stop a minuto and count tho bananas in
this bunch for me, pleas-," k-n'-l a genial
dealer in fruit tho other day to an Indian
apolis News writer. Tho reporter stepjjec!,
wondering at such a requ.-st, and proceeded
to count. He first counted all thoso hangin
on tho outside in plain sight, and then lifting
them up fr pushing them aside, counted tho
bidden ones In-low. "There are exactly Ki.'),"
Lo said.
1 ho uealor smile-l a pitying emtio iitiil n
niarked molistly that h' had supposed even a
newspaper man could count. Then tho re
porter proposed to count them again to prove
Li : a-curacy.
This (imo ho olise-rvcd they woro arranged
in circles or tiers about tho stalk, and ho
numbered them carefully, tier by tier. Ala
for his bottled accuracy. IIo found there
wero 1!7 bananas in tho bunch. Fully
aroused to the precarious situation in which
bis mathematical ability was placed, ho bo-
gan ng .-.in, while the dealer stood by with
arms akimbo, occasionally emitting an nu-li
bio c buckle. Tho final coimt gave l'.VJ ns tho
result, and tho newspaper man was attempt
ing to slink away unobserved when the dealer
told him to wait a minuto.
Said he, "You are not inflated with prido in
your numerical ability now, are 3-ou's" Tho
reporter meekly signified that ho was not,
"Well, then, I'll tell -ou that not ono man in
a hundred can count banantis correctly as
tuey hang m tuo bunch, so."
"How, then, do -ou find bow many aro in
a bunch
"Wo uso strategy. Wo take a pajic-r of pins
ami count just how ninny pins there aro in it.
They aro arranged In rows, und wo can count
them and wo know wo aro right. Then wo
go through tho bunch of bananas and stick a
pin ia eaeh ono, going over them several
times to make suro that each ono has its pin.
1 lien, y counting how many pins are left
and performing a little problem in subtrac
tion, wo learn what wo are working after
There are exactly loo bananas in that Lunch."
New York Sun.
The Innovator's Ti-iels of Trade.
The tricks of trade aro many and mani
fold, but I think I have dropped in on one of
tho newest dodges. Tho dyers, scourers and
cleaners always display a window full of cm
tains, leaders ami gioves, oeiiiuu which rise
on tall, sjieetral, headless figures tho lovely
tea gowns and tho sweet seasido rolKjsof spot
less while that tho proprietors of tho shops
havo renovated. It is u great inducement to
buy cream cashmere or ivory silks when ou
see how well they look after being cleaned at
Screwzendriver's. Sly friend Jennie has her
clothes sent from Paris, and in her last batch
ot gowns was a lovc-jy house dress 01 some
soft material, cascaded wiih cream white
laco anil beribboned v. i!-li ivory sa(in ends.
uas uu ims pretty gown: it, was ever so
much too short, and it had a ridiculous little
back in it about big enough for tho back of
your Laud.
"I wonder whether I couldn't exchange
that dreadful misfit at 0110 of tho places I
patronize?" mused Jennie.
Up spoke the chambermaid, who had heard
the conversation: "ily sister is working for
2ilr. Naphtha, and I thiuk it's very likely he'd
buy that gown of you tei put in his window,
to show how splendid he cleans things. The"
made three lino white wrappers for tho show
window last month, but none of 'em was as
pretty as yours. That would look beautiful
iu tho window. Folks would never think it
hael liecn cleaned but for being in old
Naphtha's window, where of cour.so the
know there's nothing but cleaned garments. r
"But some of the things have been cleaned,
haven t they, that I seo there?" asked Jennie.
"Well, a few pairs of gloves, but tho cur
tains nnd blankets and tho whito dresses are
mostly brand ii3w." Now York Mail and
Express.
The English Royal Plate.
Tlio royal plate, w hich is probably tho finest
in tho world, is used at the stato banquets.
It is usually kept in two strong rooms at
Windsor castle, and is valued at 2,000,000.
The gold service, which was purchased ly
George IV. from Rundell erc Bridge, dines 10U
persons, and the silver wino cooler, which he
bought about the same time, holds two men,
who cou It! sit in it comfortably-. Ic is in
closed with plate glass, and tho splendid chus
ing occupied two -ears.
Thero are some quaint old pieces in the
royal collection which belonged to Queen
Elizabeth, having been taken from the Span
ish armada, and others wero brought from
India, Burruahand China, and there is one cup
which belonged to Charles XII of Sweden.
The vases, cups, candelabra and fancy pieces
aro usually displayed on tho Lugo sideboards
at each end of tho table of St. George's hall
when a state banquet takes place. There is a
peacock of precious stones valued at -10,000.
The bod 3' and tail aro composed of solid gold,
profusely studded with pearls, diamonds,
rubies and emeralds. The tiger's head, known
as Tippoo's footstool, is formed of silver gilt,
with e3es of rock cr-stal and a tongue oi
solid gold. Theso two trophies of oriental
extravagance wero taken at Seringapatam,
ar.d presented subsequently to George III.
There aro an immense number of gold shields,
some of which aro riAily ornamented. One
of theso was formed of snuff boxes under the
direction of George IV, and is valued at
10,000. There rs thirty dozen of plates,
which wero bought by that sovereign at a
cost of 11,000. London World.
Birthplace of "Fighting Joe."
One of tho oldest and smallest of the houses
that nestle among the giant elxus of Hadle3",
Mass., is best known ns tho birthplace of Gen.
Joseph Hooker, tho "Fighting Joe" of Look
cut Mountain and various ether contests.
Hooker achieved a fair fame without attain
ing a great ago, for ho would havo been only
73 years old if he had lived till today. Ilij
father was a drover in Hadley, and "Joe" ran
about barefooted liko tho other boys. Always
of a lofty bearing, he was not ashamed tc
biro out to the neighboring farmers by tli
day or by tho month, and this willingness tc
work is said by one of bis playmates to have
been tho secret of his success in after life.
Among his companions be Ls said to havt
been faithful and trusty, never indulging iu
fights, but rather "the smoother down of ruf
fled feathers." His tact and policy made bin;
popular, and his comrades readily conceded
that he was the best jumper, the best runnel
and tho best ball player. Intellectually as
well as physically he was the peer of ail the
Hadleyi youth, and none of them felt that
yoe" Hooker did net deserve tho appoi'ji.
ment to West Point that he had ardentlj
wished for many years. New York Times.
Cream in Air Tight Cans.
English and Irish farmers are agitated ovei
the discovery that cream can be kept pure it
air tight cans for a considerable length oi
time. Here, by tho way, is an opportuuity
for our western dairymen to at least test a
trade which promises large possibiJiMes. II
cream can only be preserved in thjs niannei
it will provo not only a source cf profit tc
our farmers, but a boon of nc small magni
tude to our urban populating that is, if th
product is only kept free of adulteraniona.
which are proving the bane of so many arti
cles of buman food. Chicago News.
The same fjuality t rooda 10 pur cent, cheajier tlian any Lonso wfcst of
tin' .Mississippi. Will never be uiulernolu. Call and be convinced.
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BOOTS AT40 SHOES
Last year, and if low prices will sell gU, we intend to sell nn.ro
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LOOK AT THE GREAT CUTS IN PRICES WE ARE OFFERING
YOU.
Ladies Good Grain Button Shoe for 1.00. formerly sold for $1.75; Ladi'tv
Heavy Grain Button Shoe, the best wear for 1.75. formerly for 2.2."; Laelies bent
Mihv.mkee Grain Button S!ior, ".00, formerly sohl for $-.r0;. We ure offering all
our 2.50 line of shoes for 2.00; Ladies' Fine Glaze Dongoln Button and Taiiipef'o,
Goat for 2.50, formerly :i.00. Men Heavy Boots for onlv $1.50. formerly 9. fin.
Men's Best Whole Stock Kij Boots for 2.50, formerly sold for $3.25; Men's Fina
Whole Stock Kip Boot for only :j.00, formerly 4.00; Men's Calf Boot, Kood nnd
solid, for only 2.50, formerly :i.00; Men's Fine Dress utton Shoe for nly $1.85
formerly 2.50.
AVe also have a great many other "cash" bargains in Children's. Misses And linvt'
that it will nay you to call and examine
selling cheajiei than any other dealer.
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