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About Plattsmouth herald. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1892-1894 | View Entire Issue (April 6, 1893)
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. Wlf I iinr ucdht n 7 omi 1 t iiiLLinm jiLivULL a OUlx, f 506 AND 507 'A HANDFUL OF DIRT MAY BE A HOUSE FUL OF SHAME." CLEAN HOUSE WITH APOLIO WLATTSMOUTH NURSERY. Apple Trees,1! tliiuiM. Wins Sims. ( iriiinv yi'iirn tilil lirt i J tliuiiM, Wins Sups, Crime . i. Ii-ii hVil nriit ii4. Hi.ii Juiif.s, Kfiirlv llnrvt'Ht, Mu. I'iiipins, I. Qnlir Dmmnnn I .ii to h jjr i uwniuiiu, Mon.ll.i.Muntii.urLiK.v, 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 ADDRESS ALL ORDERS TO J. E. LEESLE , PLATTSHOUTII, NEB. F G. FRICKE & CO., KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND -A COMHLKTK Drugs, : Medicines, : Paints, AND OILS. DRUGGISTS' SU.NDRIKS AND I'URK LIQUORS. PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY FILLED atall HOURS. 171 -FLVS roriu dai IW.RUrn, A IIhvk 1'itlii . .... ..... rm, ..rmi.t.rm llWf.HI milfll, ftllfl 11lftll xirjXiKiiaisi lve Kolit'f Hi lllli'a Apply into th MriVi Vic. lr,.a;iUf bjrm.il. ELY f WOK'TH OF SHOES, ON A DOLLAR. One Shipment of Shoes this city consisting of OF SHOE MADE, infancy to old age. MAIN STREET. Knell Dozen. IVr lno. In-, It'iicliiii; InnQlinc Ci( linvis. Iiilitm.i uuiiViiuo.ifaU 80 ii to k'icliiiioiiil.Kiirlvi f liiri.llii.Miiiiiin..r......'..lW 3 80! 33 00 3 50, 25 00 3 oo! 2 80 3 00, 28 1 OO 50; 4 00 78 8 00 80 4 50 28, 1 28 28 1 28 1 80 40 Orange 38 U',K'"V - ray ... OS, I 5 20 10 STOCK OF- i.. ....... ,u. , . mid InlUliitiintlnii, limit rim fur 1-..I.I I. 11 , ti iMtrlclu Ahmrbtd UKOS..M W.rtvnSu, N. Y.