The news-herald. (Plattsmouth, Neb.) 1909-1911, March 07, 1910, Image 5

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    INI'JMIUIY.
! t:i Way It It Etrcld
- In T :;ydoy Lifs.
A M'.rf;ir i. torniun awakened a
trai-.i of !li i'..,t not long a,',ro wlien
lie 6tv ! car shortly ut a cross-in'-.
Tj. ei'u -was apparently no oiw
t'.v're waii :: to pet on. A vc... ri
was standing .1 'lie curb, r t evi 1
looking tov.i'nl the i::-vinir u-;. vet
vlien.ilio car came to thi uiner
tl. i.iot(ri!ia!i In-oiu'l't it to a .-tatxl-still,
and, s:ne cjuu;:!i. the woman
hurried o't of I lie crowd and clam
bered aboard.
"How'd you know that woman
wanted to pet on:" he wiu asked as
the controller was thrown mi a;.aiu
and the car started with a jerk.
"Just felt it," he lanjhed; "didn't
know it. A fellow's affected that
way in this business. How many
people nowadays signal the motor
man when they want him to Btop?
It's 6one sort of power, I guess,
that tells nie. 1 can't explain-just
what it is."
This patiert knight of the motor
voiced one ot the mo't bewildering
psychological t;uths found in the
entire downtown propaganda, where
about every nip and tuck of the hu
man habit, custom or peculiarity
findd n shining place. Taking met
ropolitan humanity a9 a whole, there
are few who do not use intuition in
the course of the average workduy.
A certain teller in a large C!iic"o
1 ink recognizes intuition as a fa'tli
t d and valuable ally, one that r n
1 1 ?' it to good n;-(s. though one that
i t i-falli.ViP. A "J. 1! .if us Wal
lingUH" 1:1 iy ftrcl! i'.it) i' is 1. .:::.'.
lank, t .?s t'w,.! :-r..l d !!;:; "eck
over the counter in a bin tu.ww
and something mav tcii tin:
thkt the check isn't any good.
"I just feel it," he explains this
Etrange power of intuition.
And the check may be' turned
down, or, on the other band, some
thing may "tell" the cashier that
the man is good he just feels it.
Scoffers are referred t" th? f-.'or-aj:r
-Tolicr- ; 1.
Does the citv detective always
1
4
know a cr': when he plucks him
out of a downti. vn crowd, when the
man's back porap9 is turned to the
officer of the law?
Tie feels that the shoulders anc:
neck ahead of him the head crown
ed with a battered derby is wanted
Often he does not know the crook's
name and could not tell why lie ar
Tests him until the man is hauled
back to the station and his photo is
found gracing the .limelight iu the
rogues' gallery some months or
years back, the intuition in a ease
of this sort being extremely strong,
ns records prove amply.
rohcemen and detectives are sup-
powed to study the photograph, the
terse history and "story" of each
crook as thev are placed on the
cit) '9 police records. We know thai
the mind of mortal man cannot car
ry ail of this dutu iu hid mind, which
is n jon imitation of the wonder
ful ,)ower of ir. tuition which will
drai the detective to the crook like
a magnet from among a crowd of a
thousand people. Chicago Tribune.
Wig In Colonial Day.
, The first colonists wore often
their own natural hair. . The cava
liers bad long and perfumed love
locks, and though the Puritans had
been called "Roundheads" their hair
waved also over the band or collar
and often hung over the shoulder
The Quakers also wore long locks.
r the portrait of William Penn
shows, bat by 1(575 wigs had become
common enough to be dor. ninccd by
the Mas-achuset..; govern: cnt and
to be preached against by many
miniatnre Tlio r;ivn nf tlicsn ivi'r
. t l fi l1A -
for a single w'.'X, and some gen
tlemen ' "r.c.l cijlit rr ten wigs.
Little ('.iidven wore. them. The
Massacb.; to Gazette in 173-1
chronicles the fact of a runaway
negro slave who wore a curl of hail
tied around his head with a strini
to imitate a wig.
To Froti a Wi.-.Jsw.
A frosted w!ud'r,v is often a con
venience. It admits light, but not
sunshine. r.r.cHt is, of course, im
possible ic through the glass
Jrom the out-ide. Any windoT may
be frosted by making a strong solu
tion of epsom salts in hot water
-and applying to the inside of the
glass with n brush. Care should be
taken to cover the glass completely
and not to allow the liquid to run.
When cool the salts will be deposit
ed on the glass in crystalline form,
giving a beautiful frosted effect.
" Don't Ntglect Headache.
"In young children headache
should never be neglected," 1 says
the Hospital. "It is a more signifi
cant sign in them than in older per-
anna ami mnv inilirntfl the onset Of
acute or dangerous disease. In
eomt instances it is the result of ed
ucational pressure. Many an adult
Buffers from headaches as the result
of premature Btrain on the brain
...
The Mahoir.'o Hook and Spike and Hi
t.nte and Toe.
. 1 v tlog is e-)ii companii'-;;
! e ('iilinnt iu U .'.i-i " ..;:...,
: 1 Samuel W. l.akor ui "Vil
i.easts .::!t Their Wavn.' The d
shares if!, his ma.-ter'll.e .:. Iight..f
limiting and defends him from ni
enemy's uttaek. hut an pupmiv might
kill an elephant's mahout ;.ud the
beast would not interfere to save
hiiu. He never volunteers his serv
ices, although he can he trained to
do certain acts, for he has a wonder
ful capacity for learning. Hut he
will not do them unless he is or
dered to by his mahout, to whoe
guidance he submits because he
knows that disobedience will brin
punishment.
The mahout, sitting on the ele
phant's neck, governs the animal by
an iron hook and spike, which re
sembles a boat hook and weigh
from four to six pounds. The ma
hout drives the elephant forward 'y
digging the point of the spike into
its head and pulls him back by in
serting the hook in the tender base
of the ears. Without the hook the
elephant is like the donkey without
the stick. in obeys not from affee
tion, bat because he knows he will
be punished if be disobeys.
An elephant whose mahout rules
him respond to the secret signs of
his driver. The gentle pressure of
the mahout's toe, the compression
of his knee, the delicate touch of his
heel or the slightest swaying of h;s
body to one side guides the mighty
fvHst a a ship is guided by an i l
most imperceptible movement of
t',n rudder. H it the mahout mu t
liii'tlf be cool and free from r'l
nervousness if he expects the ele
phant to obey him.
Illustrating the fact that a poor
driver makes a disobedient elephant,
Sir Samuel says a man may sit a
horse gracefully, but if he has not
the gift of a "good band" there will
be litt'e comfort for the animal and
n o;' fr t'.e r'.Vr. A rdor with
a "bad hand" makes the fact know:
to the hor " almost as soon as In
seats himse'f in the saddle. The rc
suit is that the horse becomes nerv
ous and does not perceive what his
master wishes him to do.
The elephant is not bitted and
therefore is not disturbed by a "bad
hand." But if the mahout is nerv
ous or hesitates or vacillates he
will be sure to have a "bud knee"
or a "bad toe." His mood will in
fluence bis muscles, and the ele
phant "feels that the mahout does
not exactly know what he is about.
Instead of obeying instantly tho
pressure of knee or toe, the animal
vacillates, swings his head, be
comes unsteady and if engaged in
hunting or scenting a tiger turu
round and runs away made a cow
ard bv his master's nervousness.
Forettt and Deserte.
Whole provinces of the Tibctar.
borders of China have been convert
ed into uninhabitable, sandy desert,
which centuries ago were fertile and
well watered and supported rich
cities, apparently in consequence of
the destruction of forest. The
formation of desert is due in the
first place to the destruction of for
est, the consequent formation of a
barren, sandy area and the subse
quent spreading of the "disease" or
"desert ulcer" by the blowing of
the fatally exposejj sand. Sand des
erts are not, as used to be supposed,
sea bottoms from which the water
has retreated, but areas of destrue
tion of vegetation often both in
central Asia and in north Africa
started by the deliberate destruction
of forest by man, either by artificial
drainage starving the forest or by
the simple use of the ax or fire.
Chicago News.
Uplifting Father.
The men here of late have anoth
er fight on their hands, and it i
with daughter's music teacher. Men
having low tastes, like ragtime mu
sie, buy a piano and hire a teacher,
that daughter, in the evening, may
make them forget the day's worries
with ragtime pounded out with en
thusiasm. But daughter isn't ol
lowed to play ragtime. Her teach
er. if bhe is anybody at all, would
not let her touch a ragtime sheet
and father has to hear music in
which there is a whole lot of hand
gymnastics and not a jingle. Thif
is' in accord with the plot in which
all women are implicated to uplift
father in spite. of his screams
Atchison Globe.
Unknown to the Lawyer.
Judge , one of the great law
yers of the last generation, charged
a client a retainer of $1,000 in an
important case, but the parties got
together next morning and vettled
the suit before the judge had opened
a book or written a lino concerning
it. His client called to see if he
would not refund part of the
money. The "lawyer seemed sur
prised at the suggestion. "Re
fund!" he exclaimed. "Refund, did
you say ? My friend, that is a kind
of fund unknown to the legal pro
fessionl"
AN EXCITING GAME.
Buddy Taught It to Hia Grandma and
Explained It to Hia Father.
There is a good old lady living
not far from Woodward avenue and
the boulevard who looks upon all
games of cards us a menace to the
soul of man. There is not a play
ing card in her daughter's home,
where she resides, and the per.-on
convicted of indulging in solitaire,
casino, euchre or any similar pas
time forfeits that old ladv's esteem
and wins in its place her sineere
and deep sympathy.
, She has a grandson who is not
quite as saintly. Ho is going to
hitrh school and has been known to
win 2S cents in one afternoon at
penny ante freeze out and can rifile
a pack without spilling any on the
floor. lie and his grandmother arc
great pals, and the other eveninp
his father, who left a great mam
things behind him when he married
was startled to hear his son exclaim:
"I'll see you and raise you three,
grandma!"
On the family 6cwing table grand
ma and the young man were playing
an exciting game. They were using;
a pack of cards designed for a game
known as our feathered friends and
a dish of beans. On each card was
the picture of a different kind of
bird.
Presently grandma in an excited
tone piped up:
"Xow, Buddy, you forgot to ante
again."
Father became interested. Grand
ma stayed up until 9 o'clock, half
an hour past her bedtime, and when
she reluctantly arose she said:
"Well, Buddy, 1 have nineteen
more bean3 than you have, and I'll
get all of yours away from you to
morrow night."
"My son," said father after grand
ma had left the room, "what's the
game vou were playing with grand
ma?"' "It's called beano," said hit son.
"You see, these cards are divided
into four groups birds of prey,
songbirds. game birds and domestic
fowls. There are thirteen of each,
and they arc graded. The eagle,
lark, grouse and turkey count the
highest. The dealer gives each
player five cards, and each one can
lay aside as many as he wants and
draw as many more. Everybody
puts one bean in the middle of the
table at the beginning"
"I er think I understand," said
father. "Let you and I play a
little game, so's you ran teach mr
how."
There was a wickedly reminis
ent smile on father's face as he
pulled the last of Buddy's beans at
10:50. Detroit News-Tribune.
Punctuation.
In the earliest tatin inscriptions
and manuscripts no system of punc
tuation is followed. ., The full point
(.) was gradually introduced, being
placed on the level, middle or top
of the letters. In the minuscule
manuscripts of the eighth, ninth
and following centuries the period,
on the line or high, was first used:
then the comma and semicolon and
Mie iaverted semicolon, whose pow
;r was rather stronger than that of
the comma. Some say that the
Caroline minuscules of the ninth
century exhibit the note of interro
gation, for which the inverted semi
colon, which was gradually dropped,
may have furnished the mark. The
Greeks use the semicolon as an in
terrogation point. In English the
colon is 'said to have been intro
duced about 1485, the comma about
1501 and the semicolon about 1570.
In Sir Philip Sidney's "Arcadia''
(1587) all the punctuation points
appear, including the note of inter
rogation, asterisk and parentheses.
Helping the Minister.
A Scotch preacher had in his con
gregation an old woman who was
deaf. In order to hear the sermon
each Sunday this old lady would
Beat herself at the foot of the pulpit
stairs. One day the sermon was
about Jonah, and the preacher be
came very rhetorical.
"And when the sailors threw Jo
nah overboard," he said, "a big fish
swallowed him up. . Was it a shark
that got lm? Is ay, my brethren, it
was ne'er a shark. Was it a sword
fish that eat him? Nay" V:
"It was a whale," whispered the
old lady excitedly.
"Hush Biddie," said the preacher
indignantly. "Would 'ye tak th'
word 0' God out 0' yer ane meenis-
ters mouth? Success Magazine.
The Pleasure Wat Mutual.
The friends of two American ce
lebrities. one a stutterer and the
other somewhat deaf, succeeded aft
er much maneuvering in getting
them to meet, and the event aroused
considerable unholy glee.
Some timo thereafter the stutter
er was asked how . the interview
passed off.
"Oh, w-we g-g-got alonz f-f-fine-
ly," he stammered. "I c-c-couldn't
t-t-t-talk, and s-s-sbe c-c-c-couldn t
h-h-hear me. Lippincott's.
A GREAT SINNER.
Even the Good Deacon Weakened on
Hie Chances For Heaven.
Deacon Hroiidlienl. a very honest
ami loes mini, was conducting a rell
Kloua re-lval with j.Tent hhciosh. In a
word. ULs powerful exhortations hud
brought Oillioui) White, the towu'i
worst sinner, weoplni,' to the mourn
er's bench. The deacon. Knitllied by
this proof of his evangelical prowess,
hastened to Cnllioun's side.
"Peueon," sohbed Calhoun, " 'taln't
110 use In mail comtn' 11 i. 'g siuued
away de day o" Kraee."
"No, jo' tmln't. Itrmidcr Cal." said
the demon. "All yo" got lo do Is to
tTlb up sin an" all will be forglbben."
"I's done kHi It up. deacon, but dur
hain't no salvation fo me."
"Yes. dey Is, hon. ley hain't 110 sin
bo black but It klu be washed whiter 'n
de snow."
"But I done stole fo' young tuckeys
last week." said the penitent.
"Dat's all forglbben. Cal."
"Au' free de week befo'."
"Dat's forglbben too."
"An' six fat geese"
"The deacon suddenly frowned and
stiffened, while tho peultent sinner
continued:
"six fat geese outer yoro own yard,
deaeon-deiii fat geese wot you' Mowed
to set so much store by."
"Wot's dut yo say?" the deacon hiss
ed furiously.
"It wuz me wot stole yo' fat geese,
sab."
The deneon rose.
"I reckon, Calhoun," he said slowly.
"I reekou I's spoken too hasty. DIs
case o yourn needs advisement. 1
ain't sho' dat we's Justified In clutter
In' up de kingdom o' behen wld chick
en thieves."
Didn't Mean That.
"These." said the lecturer, Indicating
them with his pointer, "are the mov
able bath houses. Thousands of peo.
pie congregate here during the sum
mer season. Over here on the left Is
the hotel at which I stopped, and un
exceedingly homelike place It Is. I
shall give you a nearer view of It pres
ently. Although I was there a week
or two and would gladly have re
mained longer If I could have spared
the time, I did not take any baths
for the reason"
fI.oud and prolonged In tighter.
"I meant, ladies and gentlemen." he
resumed after the merriment had sub
sided, "that I didn't take any baths
dowu at the beach. This audleuee Is al
together too smart." Baltimore Amer
ican. A Task. 0
To be honest, to be kind, to earn a
little and to spend less, to make, upou
the whole, a family happier by his
presence, to renounce where that nhnll
be necessary and not to be Bnblttered.
to keep a few friends, but these wltli
vut capitulation; above all. on the
same grim conditions to keep friends
with himself here Is a task for ail
that a mau has of fortitude and deli
cacy. Robert Louis Stevenson.
He Knew the Ropes.
During n special nervlce In a Phila
delphia church a few days ago the offi
ciating clergyman engaged In calling
those wishing lo confess conversion to
proeecd 'to the altar when a stranger
arose from his seat and slowly walked
to the- altar railing. The visitor In
formed the minister that he had decid
ed to abandon his present mode of
living and turn over a new leaf.
"Brother," said the clergyman, "do
you think you can walk the straight
and narrow path?"
"Straight and narrow path!" ex
claimed the stranger. "Why, parson,
that will be a cinch for me. I've been
n tight rope walker for fifteen yeara."
Timid Applauae.
During the earlier days of the reign
of Queen Victoria dramatic perform
ances tvere given at Windsor castle
under the management of Charles
Kean. The audience being limited
and stlflly aristocratic, the applause
was naturally not espechilly hearty,
and tho coined luns felt the absence of
the more demonstrative approval man
ifested In the regular theater.
One evening the queen sent an equer
ry to Mr. Kean to know If the actors
would like anything (meaning refresh
ments!, when the actor repllnl. "Say
lo her majesty that we should be grate
ful for a little applause when the spec
tators are pleased,
Back went the equerry and conveyed
the message. At the end of the act
there was u slight suggestion of baud
clapping and exceedingly gentle foot
tapping. James Wullnek. who knew
nothing of the message sent to the
quceu. hearing the mild demonstration,
pricked up his ears and luqulred,
"Whut Ik thatr
Mr. Kean replied. "That, my dear
Wallack. Is applause."
"God bless me!" retorted Wallock.
"1 thought It waa some one sbelli
peas."
The Sturdy Infant. " " -
At a performance of "Dora" many
years ago. In a western city, when
Mary Morrison made her exit to bring
on her little Willie of four yeurs she
wns shocked to find a lubberly boy of
at least fourteen, and as he was the
only Willie at hand on he must go.
though he was well nigh as big as bis
mother. Tho Farmer Allan of the play,
being equal to the emergency, Instead
of Inqulrlug. "How old are you. my
little man?", endeavored to remedy the
matter by saying. "How old are yon.
my strapping boy?" But he failed, for
the boy, who was Instructed to aay
from "four to nix." said It with such
u coarse, sepulchral tone as to drlre
the good nstured grandfather to
clilm: "Forty -six! You look it, 7
boy! You look It!"
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A Lose All Arouna. .
Two Englishmen on a visit to Ire
land hired a boat for tho purpow
of having a sail. One of the Brit
one, thinking'ho would have a gooc
joke at Tat's expense, asked him il
he knew anything about astrology.
"Be jabers, no," said Tat.
"Then that's the best part oi
your life just lost," answered tin
Englihhiiiuu.
The second Englishman thcr
asked Tat if he knew anything
about theology.
"Bo jabers, no," answered Pat.
"Well,' I just guess that's th
very best part of your life lost,'
said the second Englishman.
A few minutes later the boat cap
sized, and Tat began to swim. The
Britons, however, could not 6wim
and both called loudly to Pat tc
help them.
"Do you know anything about
swimology?" asked Pat.
"Nolanswered both Englishmen
"Well, be jabers,". replied Pat
"then both of your lives is lost."
COMING SPORT EVENTS
The national amateur boxing chum
ploii8lil8 will be held In Boston early
in Aprl.
The fluff to flag automobile contest
from Deliver to the City of Mexico
wLI start from Denver May 1.
Herrernon. the South African, and
Gardner of. Ixitidon. the two latent
long dibtauce runners to turn profes
sional, will meet In a match race to be
held In London the latter part of
March.
The International chess congress will
open at Ilamburg, Germany, on July
1(5. Dr. Lasker. Dr. Tarrascb. Carl
Schlcchter, A. Rubensteln. Geia Mar
cozy. D. Janowskl and Frank J. Mar
shall will be Invited to play In i
grand masters' tourney, and eighteen
lesser experts will play In a mlnoi
vent
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Return of the Popular
WILLIAM' GREW
STOCK COMPANY
In a sumptous production of the Great
Dury Lane Theatre, London, Success.
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Beautiful Scenery Costums Effects.
And a cast of eighteen people.
The dramatic treat of the season.
Popular Prices 25, 35 and 50 cents.
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