c. 'I 1 1 J 1 i, ' t a CI 'V OISOKODS COSMETICS. RISKS RUN BY WOMEN IN TRYING TO BE PRETTY. Many IJctIcc Bcsortea to ojr .' Sex Itleaclilnz the Hair to the Vmlr Clrt It L'p Tcrrl- ! rMhlonakU Shade Making 1 ' ble Consequence. A "Can I get my b&lr bleached buret I anked on entering a well known Chicojo hair drewer'a cstablitfiimeut, "Ccrtai uly, aid the nulling attendant "What color do you wUbT I am rather undecided between a blonde and the now auburn fcuade," i replied uu blunhlngly. "You hod better decide in favor of the red. That is the shade- Just now, and your hair would take it splendidly. I wouldn't have to touch tho ends at all, Just here next the scalp, where it's so dark." 'Don't you consider it danfferousP "Well, I've hod my hair reddened for six years now, and it hasn't hurt mo," she said, smilingly. "There's not so much rik with tho rod dye os with the extreme blonde." "Can dark hair be bleached whiter" "Mot on the head at least not in this country. I have heard it could be done in Paris, ajid a lody buyer for one of our largo di-fgootU firms is going to try and discover vJ turret for me when next she goes tArood." ' 1 said I would think it over and would call again. QCITS BCSIXC83 UKX.1 While I sat in another fashionable hair dresser's shop, waiting for my hair to dry, 1 i.Uy watched a littlo woman through a glass partition ns she made np her face. Klie rubbod her entire face with some fine white powdor until she looked like a clown at the lntomlne; tnen sue loos: a cnaraois skin and carefully rubbed and smoothed it until only tho suspicion of the powder was visible. Jfext she took a small hare foot brush and, dipping it daintily into a box of rouge, proceeded to redden her cheeks. This was then carefully toned down with another dash of white. Then the eyes. Khoponci led her brows and drew black lines closo up to the under lasn. xnen uainuiy wetting her finger she drew It over her eye brows, the moisture emphasizing as it were tho blackening process. Then she took a hand glass and regarded herself from all points of the compass. Tho result evidently wn satisfactory, for sue came out with a rratifloJ Eniilo. Bhe had cone in the little room a dark skinned, rather tallow faced Dcraon: sho einenred with the pink and white eomnlcxion that should belong to a radiant blonde. Thl process bad been cone through with in plain view of the rest of tho peoplo in tho room, and with a serious ana Dusiness- liko air that was quite astonishing. "Do you make up many society ladies T I asked. "Yes, indeed, though not hero. We are sent for and go to their houses to dress their hnir and then make up their faces . for them afterward. Oh, yes, we have a great many regular cuitoniera in the make up line." "I miTTOOse von have actresses, toor "Well, not so many. You see, they know how to do their own make up. That's a part of their business just as much as fino dress- in"; but ladit generally make a botch of it either cet too much or too little, so they save themselves the bother and fuss by - having it done for them just as much as hair dressing or manicuring. There, your hair's done now better let me touch your face up , a littlo you've no Idea how nice you'd look. Nof Weil good day." M v Turkish bath attendant tells me that she Las seen the frightful ravage which cos- irptics and dyes have produced. --"I wish ladies would see the results of such follies as I have,' she said, "they, would not try every vile cosmetic and hair wash in the market.'' tlair dressers say that the yellow bleach is . not much in demand now. The lemon haired blondes are not in vogue. The red haired girl is the rage. The hair that looks brown in the dark and turns red in the sun is also very desirable. poi30xou cosarcnes. I know a lady who had such hair, or, at least, her back hair was that color. Her bangs were much darker than her back hair, and the contrast was not pretty. Her hair dresser suggested doctoring them a bit. "I dont dare," sho Bald. "t have stuff which will do it positively harmless." ho urged. "Drink some of it and 111 believe you," she said, and be complied. She argued that if it couldn't hart his stomach it ought not her head, and allowed transformation to take place. Nor has she ever experienced any ill results. Dut it is generally very unsafe to tamper with one's hair. Blindness and in sanity are often brought about by this folly This has been told women again and again, but they pay no heed and rush madly in where angels would fear to tread. There is no risk a woman will not run, no pain she will not suffer, if she thinks thereby she can be made more beautiful. 1 know a woman who has used cosmetics all her life, and those, too, of the rankest and roost poisonous kinds. Now she is paying for it Her skin is something terrible to see. Physicians tell her it's her stomach, but those who have seen her daubing on lotions, pastiles and powder know better. Bhe was a hand- oma woman, too she bad no need of these accessories. Her friends often remonstrated with her, but to no avail. Now she is reap ing the whirlwind. I know of another lovely woman who was sensitive about her freckles. She took some powerful cosmetic and removed them. Bhe never seemed strong after that, and died be fore sho was COl 1 knev another who would take infinitesimal doses of arsenic She die.l with some unknown stomach disease. lint the saddest case I know of was one of a most beautiful, dashing society woman. I remember seeing her one night in her sump tuous, glowing beauty, the queen of an ice carnival, surrounded by Batterers ana aa ."mirers. I did not see her again until three years afterward, and then she was being led along the street by an attendant totally blind from the excessive use of cosmetics and, worse than that, continually subject to terrible epileptic fit. These are "awful examples," but true ones, and still in the face of these and kindred waminzs women will insist upon painting fin.l nowdc-rinsr and dveine themselves. Edith Sessions Tupper in Chicago Herald. Tho Victory Gained. Onnnincrton (appearing suddenly) Once fnr n. Clara, will you forgive me I 1 ennt bear to give you up for so trivial a reason. Clara No, Henry, nothing but a very stronz will power a power stronger t'uan my own would make me change my ue ter mination, and (as Henry turns away) heaven knows you've got it, Lienry I 1 ul liiw. After the wedding breakfast of Prince Henry and the Princess Irene at Berlin, while the hade was dressing for the journey her gaffEr was cut up and the pieces distributed ainon: her maids of honor, to accordance ,witb an old Uermaa custom. A CHORUS OF 8TEER3. Vexaa Cattle Trained to Keuow -suui Columbia" A Caique Concert. It was now about 6 o'clock and the sun was rapidly approaching the horUon. Tb bovine orchestra was to perxorm as usual as 0, or about sunset, just before feeding time. Sir. Ilemlnwny led tho way to the home corral, a heavily timbered stockade Just over the crest of a hill and about a quarter of a mil from the house. The cowboy band hlch bad ridden out to meet him accom panied the party on horseback. It was a cool but calm April evening, the air balmy with the freMh prairie air and the rain per fumes of vtld flowers. As they approached the stockade melodious bellowlngs sounded over the pale. Within were Just twenty of the most intelligent boasts In tue wnoie nera of 50,000. Brawny, big boned, long bomed and muly some of them smooth limbs, sleek coats and bright eyes marking them as crack cattle. Tbey moved forward in a leisurely, self contained way and stood look ing at the cowboys. Six of the Utter dis mounted, came inside with their trombone, cornet, French horn, big horns and cymbals. Each cowboy took up a position by a parti o ular ox. Six of the cattle were now separated from their fellows and led by the horns to skeleton stalls of light poles, constructed so the beasts faced in towards the center of the lnciosure and were ranged on the soft grass side by side, near enough to touch the tips of each other's bonis. The cowboy with the cornet stood Immediately in front of a light brindled heifer that had an exceedingly vivacious aspect and was very quick on Its feet. The trombone confronted an aim obi jet uiacic steer that proved to have a high voice of great reverberatori power. I he cymbaia flanked a red bull, while the other horns pointed at bright eyed cows that re garded the whole strange scene with an ex- . . . J . I : LL periencea air ana aniicipaiorj ueusu The Heminwav party stood sngnuy w one sido, the unofficiating cowboys, to the num ber of forty or more, in a group near tnem. Just as the sinking sun reached the horizon and seemed to linger for a moment berore eoad uieht. Mr. Ueiuinway cave the J ---o m a ' - - signal. The cowboys at once struck up "uau Columbia." playing that fine old air with mnrh Knirit and tolerable correctness. With the first note from each instrument the anl mnl In its front raised Its neck, opened its mouth to the widest capacity, and throving its head back gave prolonged and musical utterance to sonorous sounds which, (f they were pot singiug In the human sense, consti tuted something remarkably like it. The accord between the instruments and the vocal accompaniment of the bovine chorus was perfect There was one harmoqi otis volume of sound, that echoed far and wide with singular power and sweetness, car rying through the charmed air strains of the western patriots' favorite song ana meiiow tue in the distance to a grand choral ode. But the most interesting part of the unique nerformance was vet to coma. When the strains of the horns died away the cowboy performers withdrew and joined the other rnnhen. The bovine chorus was left to itself. Mr. Ueininway drew a revolver from his pockef and fired, a shot' As the smoke curled up In the fading sunlight, the steers opeued their mouths, threw their heads back and ip perfect harmony war$ cgin through the air they had just finished. Ti- auU volume and tness or their voices were now distinctly apparent. They chanted ab solutely correctly and lacked only articula tion to be the champion sextet of the vocal world John Paul Bocock in New York World. The Game of "Ftogerhaclteln, A tourist in Tyrol watched two hot headed youths, who, having got into some dispute over money matters, had agreed to settle it by a resort to what in that country is called "Fingerhackeln." This game, or rather struggle, is a simple trial of strength of arm and biceps. The table is cleared, and the two competitors seated opposite each other, with the table be tween them, stretch out their right hands s? as to let them meet in the center. Each, bending the middle finger into the shape of a hook, entwines it with that of his rivaL At a giVen signal each begins to pull, the object being to drag the antagonist across the board. Both were strapping young fellows, each eager to 6bow off his prowess, and the fact that they were well known adepts at it ren dered the struggle doubly interesting. Vie tory sway6d hither and thither; the most pro digious efforts were made to wrest the slight est advantage from the foe, the subtlest ruses coming into play, the most impossible con tortions of the body undergone; and yet the issue seemed as far from decision as at the very outset. With set teeth, rigid features and neaving breasts, the two young fellows tug and pull, and neither will give in. Their hands are of an angry red, the veins swollen to double their usual size, while drops of perspiration on their foreheads tell of their almost super human exertions. Watching the face of oca, the observer all at onoe saw a look or agonizing pain snoot across it His band dropped; the struggle was at an end. Poor fellow I his finger is maimed for life; for the principal muscle has been rent to the fierce struggle. His antago nist, by a sudden jerk one of the numerous stratacems or tlngerhacKem nas succeeaea in unbending his adversary's ringer. One very frequently sees in jyroiarnan with a finger bent nearly double on the right hand. If you ask the cause, you, will invari ably be told that it happened whilo "finger hackeln." Youth's uompamon. John Was AU night. "Your husband Is out pretty late o' nights, Mrs. Callv." "Yes, Mrs. Dally; his business keeps him late, you know." "Are you sure its business! inese men ain't to be trusted too far. airs, tally. X sieak from experience." "Well, 1 guess my John is an right." "What makes you so confldentr "Well, he shaves only once a week, and then ho crumbles about having it to da He doesnt give the least bit of attention to his personal appearance; indeed, 1 have hard work in keening turn tidy, men ne won s put a drop of cologne on bis handkerchief, and" "That's enoueh. Sirs. CaUy. There's no m I x Via enM TXefa. oil wirrVif. I 4t?IIlU0 Ui UI3 UUC) mum 0 mA -aw or ii " Boston Courier. Tho Czar's Best Engineer. The Russian imperial househo Id has con eluded an arrangement with the engineer, M Kozell, regarding the great irrigation works which are to be carried out in the ex- tensivo territories in the Murghab valley which have been acquired by the czar. U Kozell, who is of Polish origin, was in 1SC3 the commander of an insurgent battalion ox bis countrymen. He was taken prisoner by the Russians and sentenced to death, but suc ceeded to making his escape to France, where he subsequently carried out several import ant engineering worka. After the war la 1 370-71. is which he fought against the Ger mans, be returned to Russia, and as a punish- mont for his form 3 r rebellious conduct he had to serve as a private to a Cossack regi ment for four years. Sew York Tribune. HAIR OF SAVAGES. HOW IT 13 KEPT WITHIN BOUNDS BY THE PROPRIETORS. Coiffure of tho American Indians Ethi opians and their Kinky LocIlb The Asiatics Uead Drwilng of tho Sooth Bm Islanders New Zooiaoders. . Why should savages care for their hair? The question is not easily answered, for sav ages, apparently, care for so little according to our notions to the way or personal ap pearance that regard for their locks would seem to be the last matter to which they would give attention. But, nevertheless, there Is reason to believe that savages have much more concern for their locks than we are apt to believe; and. Indeed, no pages of travelers books are more interesting than thoee which give ai -counts of tho manners and dress of the burbarous ra-es; for, by means of the hints imparted by travelers notes, we are able to gather that vanity is as prevalent among savages as among tne civu zct, and fashion as Imperious in her man dates. Amone the American Indians great atten tion has always been paid to the hair, and well it deserves it, for although coarse, harsh and straight, the hair of tho American Indian is of a deep lustrous bluck, and when properly arranged, U capable of making a very beautiful coiirure. i no works ou Amer ican antiquities give a great numucr oi styles of hair dressing in vogue among the Indians. Among the BUawnocs uie iavonuj style was to closely clip the sides of the head in front, above and behind the cars, and allow a straight ridge of hair to grow from tho forehead to the uae of the neck, adorning this with feathers, and sometimes plaiting ttja top Into a long cue behind. The Indians of the North Atlantic coast had a habit of clipping the entire head, with the exception or a scalp lock just at the top, though not infrequently the savage beau, instead of clipping, would permanently destroy the growth of hair on all portions of tho head, except tho apex of the cranium, by pulling out the hairs by the roots and rubbing ashes or some other strong alkali on the skin to destroy the growth. The Indians ci the Pacifto coast frequently ciip tff or pull out the hair on Vhe top and ba?k of the head, leaving a lock over each ear, while in tho south it was a practice among tho Indians to extirpate the hair on all portions of tha head save the back, and leave" that for a scalp lock. a all cases, wherever the lock or locks were left, they were always adorned in tb highest style of Indian art, sometimes with feathers, occasionally wth wampum or beads, and not Infrequently their siw was increased and their length extruded by the use of horse hair. ETHIOPIANS AND ASIATICS. The Ethiopians have no hair, properly speaking, but what answers them for hair is really different from the hair of the whita races. If a hair from the head of a Caucasian be examined, through a, " jtucroscopo, it Is found to b? hollow and. composed of sections or 'joints somewhat resem.bUn.3 tlnide of a cane, or in sqio pasta UKe a ladder its ronnd i,,behairot aajfllean is entirely diffei-ent " respect, being solid and. roinift. this constituting the difference be tween wool and hair; but nevertheless, the fact, that his wool is solid appears only to en dear it to the African, who gives it all the more attention, perhaps because be has bo little of it, and divides his scalp into patches, gathering up the hair from each into a cir cular knot and tying it with a string as care fully as though it were a treasure. In the interior of the Dark Continent the wool of the negroes is frequently long, though never straight, but so difficult is the task of disen tangling their locks that not much attempt at ornatcness is made in the African head dresses. Livingstone says that when an African chief makes his toilet, the most he ever attempts in the way or arranging a head dress is to comb his wool up into a pyramidal shape, stick a few feathers in it, and hang one or more strings of beads along the facade, so to speak, of this unique edifice. The Asiatics have always been famous tor decorating their beads. The Mohammedans of old shaved their head-s, except a single knot of hair at the exact top of the head, which was left for a practical purpose, the Mohammedan doctrine being that at the res urrection of the dead the Angel trabnel was specially detailed to attend to the Mohamme dans, and he raised them by the top knot. Accordingly, the top knot was lert lull and . . I 1 I t A. strong, in order Uiae tne now nugut uoi break, a hole being left in tho top of the cor On in order to facilitate the angel's work. The Chinese method of hair dressing is too well known to need description, while in India the styles are both numerous and di versified, many of the tribes of the Punjaub being distinguished from each other by tbei. tnetbods of dressing then hair. Trip 8QVTB SEA ISLANDERS. According to Lubbock, Darwin and other authorities, the head dressing or the bouth Sea Islanders is ornate in the last degree. while not Infrequently their styles of dress ing their hair are so iugeuiously grotesque as to create the impression that tue arrange ment was solely for the purpose of exciting laughter. Sometimes most of the hair on the head is clipped away, leaving a number of short, round tufts, as though the scalp were planted with short paint brushes, oc casionally the hair is cut away from the forehead and temples, leaving it at the top and back of the bead; sometimes the back of the head is shaved, leaving the hair on the top and sides; but generally the entire growth of hair is left upon the head, and as the capil lary adornments of the Itew Zealanders are " ... . i-w . i - very long and ousuy, me com ure oi a cmei generally assumes enormous proportionA Una trnvoler mentions the fact of seeing a chief In New Zealand whose head dress was over three feet in diameter and arranged in long cones, the surtace or. tue scaip ueing ui vided Into a great number of small circles, and the hair growing in each twisted np and so curled as to form inverted cones, the point being towards the scalp. But not content with these extraordinary appendages, the South Sea Islandei-s have a practice of dyeing their hair and in the most extraordinary colors. The natural color of their hair is a jetty black, but they have a number of pigmeuta, the usa of which is well known to tljem, by which they color thoir Jocks red, green, blue, yellow and white, and every variety of color may be seen in the course of a clay's walk. But the New Zealand, dandy is frequently not satisfied with having bis hair of one oolor, and, so will dye it to several, making bands or stripes across his cranium. A recent traveler records having seen a New Zealander with an enormous shock of busby hair. In front tho hair wai left its natural color. Next, from one ear across the top of the bead to the other, came a stripe of white hair, then a band of red, then a streak of green, then a blue stripe, and this parti -colored cavage, who rosemblec nothing so much as an extraordinarily hab ited clown in the circus, was not only the ad ruiration of himself, but of the entire villagt ir which he lived, so that in New Zealand, at well as in more civilized countries, the adage "variety is the spice of life," is perfectly true -St. Louis uiobe-lJemocrat. WOMEN WRITTEN ABOUT. Kowspapor Gossip Cooosrnlas; tho TM Res I terns -of Personal Interest. Tho queen of Sweden is a clever cook, Dagmar, of Russia, la very clever with her needle. Ella Wheeler Wilcox's favorite com panion is a big black cat. Elizabeth Stuart riielps, tho author, it 44 years old. Mra. Lnngtry now owns 5.000 acres oi farm land in Lake county, Cut. Tho ex-Empress Eugenie has developed a tendency toward spiritualism. The queen of Italy debigned one of the prettiest lamps on view at the Italian ex hibition. Mrs. Garrett Anderson, England's leading woman doctor, realizes $10,000 from her practice. Rev. Carrie J. Ilartlott has for nearly two years been pastor of a Unitarian church at Sioux City, la. , Hiss Clara Conway is the first woman to receive the degree of A. M. from a southern institution of learning. Queen Soj'hie, of Sweden, reads the newspapers from every European coun try after breakfast eacli day. Queen Victoria ia afflicted with insom nia. She is sometimes put to sleep by having her brows stroked gently with a camel's hair bnibh. Mrs. Oscar Wilde is fond of yellowish green not to mv prwrorv vr.!! 'rv - gowns, and looi. cluu uung in tlieuu Mrs. J. A. Ansley, of Decatur. fa., has a pair of Indian moccasins donated to her grandfather by Gen. Andrew Jack son, who obtained them in Florida dur ing some of the earlier conflicts of the government with the Seminole Indians. Mme. Modjcska flew in the faco of tradition at the Wallack testimonial ier formanco in New YwU hy going mad, as Ophelia, in, a sage green gown. It is against all the customs of the stage, op eratic or dramatic, for a mad scene to l enacted in any but white garments Mme. Modjcskn, seeing no good reason for this eastern,, chose to go mad in green, and delighted an audience of 4,000 by the innovation. Ex-Queen Isabella, of Spain, who will vi:-it England for tho first timo this sea son, lu9 an iwo me of $1,000,000 a ypar, but ia uiways in debt. She maintains no house at Paris, hut always resides at a hotel. She eviends vat sums on hoi'ses. Eler executive ability is clearly shown, by tho ease with rhich she constantly spends more than her cnortuou3iftcorneamount3 to. t'riends of Mra. Gen. 1' an mv thai she has recovered ,r.-t fntirplv from the effects ot ie accident by which she W 'tt. i rr-n f p.im hfr mrri:i"-fv filifi will never be ablo, however, to raise her right hand above her head. She is lound up now in the completion of a memorial room in her house at Washington, in which she ha-5 brought together all the mementoes of her husband in her pos session. Women lawyers are becoming a power in the land. Michigan university has already sent out twenty-four young wo men holding the decree of LL. D. Tliia year a young woman from the Sandwich Islands, Miss Alma Ilitehcock, will make the twentv-fifth. In England there is a club of woman lawyers. It i3 mainly a correspondence club, yearly letters from the members wing printed and circu lated. Mrs. Bclva Lockwood and Miai Waugh. from the law school in Chicago, are among the members. The motto of the club is: "All the Allies of Each.' The trousseau of the future empress of China is a-making in v lenna. The prin cipal court dross is of very rich blue vel vet. On the front there is an embroi dered eagle, the wings of which aro ornamented v ith over 300 small and five very largo pettrls. The hat to match this dress is of folded velvet; between the folds there are bows of diamonds. 60 Uiat the head dress has the appearance of a diamond crown. There are besides three gala dresses made of Chinese satin. one of sky bhe, one in purple blue and tho third of a dark indigo shade. The fronts of thoso gowns are embellished with mottoes in the Chinese language. worked in cold. One has "Wan-fu' (eternal happiness), another "Wan-shou" (eternal life) and the third "Wan-car" (eternal love). Iinagires nim.solf a Teapot. There passed Palatka not long ago a man of forty winters who was an object of pity, and vet, with all that, was some what amusiiiz. He was sane on all sub jects but one, and that he imagined himself a teapot. lie would put himself into the 6hape of a teapot by rounding one arm to represent the epout and the other to represent the handle. While in that 6hape he became very uneasy if any one came ne?r, fearing they might break off tho handle or 6nout. LI would not speak, but would make a danger Bignal with liis mouth to represent the escaping 6team. Then he would walk around, sway to and fro among those about him, fully satisfiel that be was a teapot. Savannah News. Progresi In tbe Indian School. The Pipe of Peace reports great pro gress in the Genoa Indian school. A genuine native poet has matured sevea atanzas on "Tho Horn, "and turned them loose on the tribo. Seventy dresses and an eaual nnmber of 6kirts have beei rucked away for the 6ummer picnic sea son. The seventy girls in the school at tend to their kmttmg with uncommon diligence, and boastfully declare that there is noi a hole in the 6tockingf cf schoolboys, 100 in number. Chicago Herald. 'Example of Connclentlonsness. The matron at Castle Garden has set a good example of conscientiousness by re signing her position because she had'littlo to do beyond drawing her salary. Thoso who aim to work as little for as great pay as possible might" be interested iu this new interpretation of business. Chicago Herald. As Chinese immigration is now pro hibited, the Chinese laundry nien of Cali fornia have combined to advance the price cf washing, no longer fearing com petition from their countrymen. The Plattsmouth Herald Is enjoying a DAILT AND WEES EDITIONS. Tke Tear 1888 Will be one durin" which the subjects of a national interest and importance will le strongly agitated and the election of a President will take place. Hie people of Cass County who would like to learn of Political, Commercial and Social of this year and would keep apace tiie times should iSUHSC HES-HHBIES; -Foil Daily or Weekly Herald. Now while we have the subject before the people we will venture to epeak ot our Which is first-class in all respects and from which our job printers are turning out much satisfactory work. PLATTSMOUTH, So am in both, its LIT Transactions w ith KITIIER THE- IB rvn IVJ NEBRASKA. i