THE WEKKLV11EUAL1): PLATTSMOUTH, NEHKASKA. Al'HI 1 6, 1803.
UNCLE SETri S AOVICE TO POETS.
Tliv K'ti w liiit write about nymp a thorn
An ilriwla an irdi1fiiieii hain't Rot no miim
Ax "ylN an aniU'U what fly round 'Ith whin
'I I limit cur ituppin to light on tha fenie
Tliey hain't ifot no idee
Of wlml im'try hL'J be.
An tliry ilon't torn a Mliir like you an Ilka me.
IVr llicy talk alxiut gods the old (irreka ustrr
An ipnIiIvmm'4 imlxnly h'livvm III no uiore,
In a kin of a clii.viii al tlnK-a-lliM-iiiiK.
They say I lie miiiih ihinirt we liave all tit-urn
afore
in a luiiKwiiK'r w cniii
1 hat wo ran t unili-rstitn.
An tNi ttty lit) an wl for a workaday man.
VV'y, hit. , thpre'u po'try in Ito-repi an ttlnlf
An rourtln an In v an yoiinti Imliips enough
lin t don't hi'V to In v Imiic aradi'iny words
To itittki; a iiihii yell. "Thet'a tho ntiill, tliHt'n
the HI HIT!"
Yen, thi-fn JrM thmluif
Of which imy nle dutT
I.Ike yon ami llkti me can't fill Hi wit li rnniuh
Ji-M tlx up ycr imiiikh o in plain folk ran hem
An iimke 'em Home M'ti-to fer inn an in wife.
kl.'iUe 'nil Jingle an Kullup eviiryiluy duel
Wet 'fin down 'ith tho Jot of the wiiiepruv
of life!
Ketch Vm np from your heart.
Where all aonis orter start.
Iet yoiirVcuiMiii no an climb Into our i art!
-Ham VV. Koaa in Yankee Hlutle.
NoiiTenlr Spniin.
"Soiuh jmxijiIo are born with silver
Hpooim in their mouths. " If it iw only
a jilain, everytlny Hurt of Hilvcr spiion.
it (liM'un't count in theso fin le biccle
days. It must Ihj a souvenir Kpoon,
and no common ono at that, or oua
had k'ttcr not liuvo Wii honi. This
U indifd a tune, if not an uyo, of lux
ury, and even the jKioiest neoolo are
not contented with the plain usages
and aipointnients of tlie pant half
century. It in an nyje of constant
chanKCrt. where nothing lasts, and in
which anything that irf ln-fore the
public more than a year is considered
ft matter of hiicient history.
The wonder in that with mich an
existing Mate of things a fad like
that of collecting souvenir Kpoons
nhould have lasted more than one
season, and yet the interesting fact
remains that the fancy or fad or
whatever you choose to call it of
houvenir spoons is just as eagerly fol
lowed now as it was five years ago.
when first introduced. - Ouco a
Week.
Tim IVatli of ( lini:ilrH.
The story that Cleonatra killed her
nclf by allowing an asp to bite her has
long been lielieved, but probably has
no l letter historical basis than the fan
ciful imagination of a gossipy Roman
historian. For some time before her
death she made careful preparations
tor that event and tried many differ
cut kinds of poisons on her unfortu
nate slaves to see which would tiro
(luce death with the least atmarent
agony. She probably died by one of
mese poisons, tor she was qh adopt m
Mich matters as anv of tho Boririns
No asp was found in her room, and
the wound on her breast supposed to
have been that of its bite probably
had another origin, for her whole
UKiy was covert u with bruises, where
fcho, in Egyptian fashion, had struck
lierseit with her fists and torn her
flesh with her nails in her grief for
the loss of Antony. -St. Louis GloW
Democrat.
Oolden Silence.
There nre times when "silence is
polden," but women have the repu
tation of always ignoring this fact.
A minister's wifo tells a good story
lit her own expense which illustrates
man's incredulity of h,.r ability to
keep her mouth shut under any con
nideration. Her husband was recov
ering from a serious illness. The day
when the worst was over the doctor
hiniled, with the remark that all he
needed was quiet and sjKikeof a jiovv
tier which he would leave. Rising to
go, tho wifo reminded him of the
powder "to keep her husband quiet."
when to her amusement the doctor
turned, and looking her in tho face
said: "The powder was not for your
husband, but for you. H0 will be
quiet enough if he ouly gets the
chanco."-E.change.
The Dearon'a ThiiiKhM.
Good Boy Here is that penny you
gave mo to put on the contribution
plate. I made a mistake an put in
a button instead.
Father-Hum! What did Doaoou
Sharp say when he saw it!
Good Boy He didn't uotice it. 1
guess the church is out of kindling
wood, because I heard him mutter
something alniut getting more chips
from the ole block. -Good News.
Knlti, a Sardinian city, has no k
Kco, no clergymen, no doctor, no
chapel. Marriages nre ratified by a
priest or registrar at a parish many
miles distant, to which brides and
bridegrooms travel in batches to have
Uio necessary ceremonial conducted.
Tin minute green Ixxlies fouud on
the fresh water polyp have been
shown to be vegetable cells which
furnish sugar for the animal, while
the latter in turu provides them with
nourishment.
Tho house of commons has met on
Sunday 11 times, on various occa
sions when urgency demanded jt.
The first time was in the reign of Ed
ward III, the last at the death of
George II.
Mrs. Homespun, who has a terri
Me time every morning 'to get her
young brood out of their bods, says
(die cannot understand why children
are pilled the rising generation.
Be not affronted at a jest. If one
throw ever so much salt at thee, thou
wilt receive no harm unless thou art
raw and ulcerous. Junius,
MASTEhEO IT OVER NIGHT.
A Oelrriolned Mocking lllril Thai Succeed
e-l In Imluting a Hard Cry.
A good story aUmt a bird or anv
other animal is doubly interesting
if t'.ie reader can Ik? sure that it is
not onlytnio substantially, hut has
uot Ini-ii dressed out by the writer's
imagination. Midi a story is the fol
lowing, told by Mr. William Brew
ster, one of the lx-st known of
American ornitholoirists. He was
KlH'iiding some weeks at the little
village of St. Mary's on tho coast of
ueorgia. Mocking birds were abun
dant, ami lieing protected by every
one were half domesticated, build
ing their nests in the shrublierv tlmt
surrounded the houses and hopping
alxnit like robins upou the grass
ph its ana graveled walks. An orange
tree iff tront o the window was an
propriated by a particularly fine
singer.
his reortory includi.nl the notes
ol nearly all the birds in tho sur
rounding region, lesides many of
tne characteristic village sounds, and
most of the imitatious were simply
perfect. Moreover, he was continu
ally adding to his accomplishment.
An instance of this occurred one
afternoon when several of us were
sitting on the veranda.
A greater yellow legs (a well
known game bird of the snme nm
sandpiper family) passing over the
towu was attracted bv mv answer
ing whistln and circled several times
anove tlie House reiterating his mol
low call.
Tho mocking bird up to this time
nau own hinging almost uninterrupt
edly, but at the sound of these
strange notes he relapsed into silence
and retreated into the thickest foil
ago ot his favorite tree. Then we
heard him trying them in an under
tone.
The first note came pretty readily.
nut the lulling inflection of the suc
ceeding thre'j troubled him. When
ever I ventured to prompt, he would
listen attentively, and at the next at
tempt show an evident improve
ment.
Finally ho abandoned the task, as
wo thought, m despair, and at sunset
that eveniiiir. for the first and i.nlv
time during my stay, his voice was
missing in tho general chorus. But
at daylight tho next morning the
garden rang with a perfect imitation
or the yellow legs whistle. Ho had
mastered it durin-r tho niulit. ami
ever afterward it was his favorite
part
The disconiforture of tin rival
males in tho neighborhood was as
amusing as it was unmistakable.'
Lath in turn tried tho new song, but
not one succeeded,
Harry K.dwanU and II U Specimen.
Tho late Harry Edwards was an
enthusiastic amateur botanist. On
ouooccasiiMi ho was aecoimiimii'il l,v
Mrs. Edwards and a friend of hers
upon a short excursion into tho coun
try. As they were waiting at the
station for the returning train, the
two women lotingiug back in relaxed
attitudes of utter fatigue, the actor
strolled away for a little walk. Pres
ently he came rushing back, his fact
full of excitement. "See here!" ho
cried, holding up to view a little wilt
ing plant, "I've looked for this from
Maine to Florida. It's an extremely
rare Pjiecimeu of the"- etc.
The ladies turned their heads Inn
guidly in his direction. Mrs Edwards
said nothing. The other drawled.
"Itseems-tome-a-very-conuiioii
-weed." The extinguished bi.tanist
stared in blank anger for a moment
Then ho turned on his heel. All his
rising fury could seize upon was a
loudly uttered epithet. "Vou re two
cads I" he flung back over his shoul
der. New York Tunes.
. Woiuan'a Handkerchief.
A woman's handkerchief is so close
ly identified with her that it seems a
part of her presence, and both in fact
and fiction, particularly fiction, it
frequently figures among the keep
sakes of the ardeut lover. We have
all thrilled at its discovery upon the
breast of the wounded hero.
It is simply indispensable to every
condition of woman. If she is nerv
ous, she toys with it; enthusiastic,
she applauds with it; tearful, it is
her friend indeed. Moreover, in seek
ing either to stop a street car or lieok
on her lover, it is her signal. In the
latter capacity it contributed largely
toward bringing alniut one of the
most renowned tragedies of our own
tunes. -Philadelphia Times.
Ilia I'oithumou I'orlillcallun,
Stephen Langford, a wealthy farm
er of Madison county, Ky., has just
had completed for him here a stone
coffin. It Weiirlm nlifiut i Mm ,.,
and is made of Kentucky limestone
Hum muigitiru s iarm. tie
is 80 years old, but is apparently in
the best of health. Mr. Langford
says that the countrv ntv.nn.i i.;..
home is overrun with polecats, miuks
and grouudhoirs. anil 1 It ItlMi.tViu: tin.
only way to keep them from devour
ing his body is to have it buried in a
stonecoiriu.-(,or.IittsbnrL'l)isi.iit..l.
- c - at.
Hla O Or line.
The urisoner was n itmnn u. ,.i...i
for chasing a watchdog nil over the
back yard and kicking him into a
pulp.
"Guilty or not iruiltv?" nvt-wi
, - - c -
judge sternly.
"I Was onlv riwliiinr .....i
j a mv (ivniri.
your honor."
' Sixty days. "-Detroit Frw Prtss.
The Powder of Projection.
The belief in transmutation and in
the virtues ot the "towder of nroieu.
fjyu" is to lie found more clearlv
Jtated in tho works of Zosimus of
Panopolis. tho earliest known writer
on alchemy whose autheutic works
nave come down to us. for in his first
lesson he exclaims. "How beautiful
it is to see the changes of tho four
metals lead, copper, tin, silver till
they liecome perfect gold !" Tlie idea
had evidently lieen developed and
the art assiduously cultivated in
Egypt wnw the time of the spurious
Deniocritus, for Zosimus quotes the
opinions of many adepts, of whose
writings, mostly atsx'hryphal, uoth
ing is kuowu save from his pages.
Hermes Trismecistus and Denux
ritus. Moses and Mary the Jewess,
AgathoUemou and lleonatra. f.u
prophet Chymes and the "divine"
Sophar are quoted as authorities for
the oiK'rations to bo performed on
various minerals, which, after being
duly melted, calcined, refined and
sublimated over and over, are de
clared to have lecoine irold or silver.
To these more or less intelligible.
descriptions of chemical processes
Zosimus adds his own commentaries.
which he sometimes presents under
tne torm ot allegories or visions. -
Edinburgh Review.
Narcotic KnVcti of a California Spring
Superintendent Stout recently do
scriled a wonderful mineral spring
that tormerly flowed from the moun
tain side some miles above the Butte
Creek House aud near the Pluma.
county line.
This spring was first called to Mr
Stout's attention some years , ago
while camping in that vicinity by an
oiu prospector, who called it th
chloroform Minn sr. Tlie wntei
which flowed from it did not differ
m appearance or taste from the wa
ter of other springs, except that it
was sliirhtlv brackish It wsw tl ID OT
feet that followed the drinking of its
waters that was remarkable. A small
cup would in the course of half an hour
render the drinker totally insensible,
and he would remain for hours as if
dead. But few white men had evei
tried the experiment of drinking
from it, but those who have done so
Uescriljo tho ctlect as not unlike that
resulting from a heavy narcotic.
To the Indians this spring ha been
known for irencrations. Thev mil it
the "heap sleep" spring, and it is
said that more than ono weary red
man has entered the happy hunting
grounds through the medium of its
waters. Uroville Mercury.
An Anecdote of Thackeray.
On the last night of the vear Thack
eray was with the family of George
i icKiior. i no daughters of the house
had gone to a party, and Thackerav
was sitting for tho evenmur with Mr.
and Mrs. Ticknor. Aknit 1 1 o'chx k he
arose, and his host inquired:
iou an not iroimr to retire vet?
"No," was the answer, ' for nlwnvu
at the birth of the new year I drink
louieiieaitn and happiness of my
daughters, but I do not wish to keen
you up so late."
"Pray stay with us." urired th.
host, "and we will join you in a health
to your absent ones.
v hen the hour arrived Thackerav
took a glass of sherry in his hand.
rose to his feet, and said in tremulous
tones :
"God bless my motherlt 'ss crirlx
God bless them and all who are good
to them."
Drinking tho wine, ho bade bis host
good night and without another word
ho retired from the room, leaving his
menus in tears. -Chicago Tribune.
A Cat That Tut (lut a Fire.
Some of our friends have a rut
which they esteem very highly.
On a cold winter dav Mr. and Mrs
B. went to church, some five miW
away, and left the house in the jm
session of the cat, Tom, who upon
their return homo rushed out and
buried his paws in tho cold snow.
vv anting to find out themwmitic
of this behavior on Tom's nart. thev
examined his paws and found them
iiustcreu and burned. They walked
into tho house and found to their
surprise that tho carpet around tb
grate was burned, but the fire had
been extinguished. They now took
in the situation A coal had fallen
out of the irrate and set tho on in let
ablaze, which had lieen extinguished
o.v loin, wno had burned his paws in
the effort ho made. -Cor. New York
heeorder.
A l.aiub'a Kide on h Cowcatcher.
A l'utliel' sili'mlnr im-iiluiit- rww.iiii.u.1
O ..."IVM,VVVHI1C(
on the Savannah. Flnriiln nnl u-uuk
, .. . ..... . , .Cl.
el'll railwav the ntliur ilow Tt .....o
. 41, 0
alKutt li miles from Waycross on a
uirougn train to Chattahoochee. On
the track just in front of the train
1. . e- .
uie engineer. Mr. tmiiose, saw a sheep
with a vouiil' lnmb It Wiic tu. i.fa
v rt --------- k- iwu luivj
to stop the engine, and the train
passed on. leaving mutton in its
wake. Arrived at Waycross, the en
gineer descended from his engine
and saw the l:lln). nliva ii... 1 ,i,1,,,,.t
........ ..... wn,, Mlllllllk
on the cowcatcher. It had lieen car
ried w miles without a scratch. -Brunswick
(Ga.) Times.
The I'te of Shell In Medicine.
Carlionate and phosphate of lime
prepared from crab shells, and vari
ous other calcareous substances de
rived from the animal kingdom, such
as burne.l egg shells and oyster shells,
were long employed in medicine to
remove acidity of the digestive or
Kub. Loudon Tit Bits.
A S-IB.h lllril
The old fable of the selfish dog
was admirably illustrated the other
Sunday in the little "zoo" in Central
park. Only it wasn't a dog. It was
a thing which is commonly supposed
to le a bird, and a remar'fablv fnnnv
looking bird at that. This ornitho
logical specimen has a very long aud
fiat bill, from which I suppose it do
rives its name, if, by the way. that
w its name, of which fact I am not
exactly sure, but it fits him anyway.
To return to the story, this "stxxm
uui, ur jieucan, or "dodo, or
whatever it was, had taken its seat
on the only box of food in one of the
large aviaries.
The cage contained, tesides this
creature, half a dozen pheasants, a
seagull, and some other specimens of
oirti uio, names unknown. The ef
forts of these to obtain some food
without the spoonbill seeing them
were ludicrous in the extreme. Tlie
spoonbill had a long, very long cork
screw neck, and no matter from
which ioint the unfortuate occupants
of the cage approached the box he
always saw them and went for them
with his enormous beak.
Ho didn't eat anything himself, nor
did he apimar to want to. but he sat
steadily on the spot, aud the others
went hungry. I would have given
something to have bundled him off,
but ho was too far from the edge of
the cage, and there were no keepers
to be seen. -New York Herald.
President aud Flowers.
Railroad presidents and bank presi
dents all seem to have an equal fond
uess for flowers, but some are en
abled by circumstances to indulge
that foudness to a larger extent than
others. Samuel Sloan, for instance,
has an extensive hothouse up tho
Hudson to draw upon, and tho desk
of tho president of tho Lackawanna
road is seldom without its two or
three vases of fragrant flowers, loth
winter and summer. Jay Gould used
to nave flowers sent down from Irv
iugton daily for his office as well as
his house. In the budding and bloom
mg months of early summer Chami-
coy M. Dopew al was'8 has a profusion
ot tiowers about him. C. P. Hunt
ington is another railroad magnate
who is very fond of flowers. Almost
invariably a bunch of bright lined
blossoms is placed oil his desk each
morning. -New York Times.
A Natural Cnrioitlty In Arlonn.
In the extreme eastern ediru of Ari
zona, some 40 miles west bv wmtli i.f
that remote pueblo, Juni, N. M., there
is a most remarkable natural phe
nomenon -a treat, shallow salt hike
in a Ixjwllike depression, the sink it
self being some hundreds of feet deep
and three miles across. The basin-
all that portion of it not taken up by
the lake -is dazzling white with mil
lions upon millions of salt crvstuls
In tho center of the lake rises what
appeal's to lie a cone shaiol volcanic
ih'uK. Should you take tho trouble
to ford tho lake and explore this teak
a tasK neither tlisam'eeablo nor dan
gerous -you will find instead of ;i
crater of smoking, seething mud a
miniature lake iu the middle of the
I ieak clear as crystal and s tmrf ;is
any spring water. St. Louis Uepub
lie.
Too Much of a Hunter.
It was one of the late Senator
Kenna's ambitions to photoirraoh a
deer on the run. Finally he had some
boys to go into tho bushes to start up
the deer, and ho had his hand on the
bulb which governed the camera.
ready to press it when tho animal
should appear. As ho heard it crash
mg through the brush, however, he
dropped tho bulb and picked up his
gun. as the deer sprang forth he
killed it Chicago Herald.
Rather risky
the offer that's made by the pro
prietors of Dr. Sago's Catarrh Rem
edy. Risky for them. For you, if
you have Catarrh, it's a certainty.
You're certain to be cured of it, or
to be paid 1 500. That's what they
offer, and in good faith they cure
you, or pay yon, no matter how bad
your case, or of how long standing.
But is it so much of a risk?
They have a medicine that cures
Catarrh, not for a time, hut for all
time. They've watched it for years,
curing the most hopeless cases.
They know that in your case there's
every chance of success, almost no
chance of failure.
Wouldn't any one take Buch a
risk with such a medicine?
The only question is are you
willing to make the test, if the
makers are willing to take tho
risk?
If so, the rest is easy. You pay
your druggist fifty cents and the
trial begins.
t $5,000
SIXTY CENTS
WM. HEROLD J SON.
This is the Largest
ever Received in
f EVERY STYLE
ior humanity from
SACRIFICE SALE
of Ladies Jackets the Hahmcc ot the North.
CALL - IN - AND - k XAMIA'E.
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'A HANDFUL OF DIRT MAY BE A HOUSE
FUL OF SHAME." CLEAN HOUSE WITH
APOLIO
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FMum Trees
Three years old,40
Pear Trees
Three Years old 40
ApricDtts--Russian
Quinces, Champion &
oaraen Hoots--Asparagus
Rheubarb
Small Fruits,
t umult Hit
dmriGG Ciini'iird iind MiKirV
sin
Raspberries, Gregg Tyler
Blackberries
Gooseberries
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