A LOITERING LIZARDS
He * Is Now Kccurcly I/ockod Upla a
'junker City Iconic.
The clerk of a Philadelphia hotel re
cently rescued from the spiteful attacks
of two sparrows a beautiful specimen ol
horned lizard that is believed to have
been carried in the wind's vortex from
far distant The little reptile was dis
covered when the wind was highest ,
just before a heavy rain.
It was seeking1 escape from the
tormenting birds which hindered its
progress until almost run over by a
car. It looked so desperate with its
horny scales that great care was exer-
in unecung me capture. ic now
sports a cigar-box home and a bed ol
water cress.
The creature in appearance is broad
and squatty. Its back is covered with
thorny armor and a halo of horns en
circles its head , which it carries ele
vated , as if listening. It is of the
agamidoo family , known to natural
science with an alphabet exhausting
name in Latin , but commonly called a
horned toad , frog or lizard , really be
longing to the latter class.
Strangest of all is where the reptile
could have come from. The cloud
theory is urf id because its kind is un
known in those parts , it being a native
of the stony and sandy districts of
Mexico , Texas , Oregon and California.
The wind was blowing a gale just be
fore' it was seen , and was sufficient in
velocity to have carried a creature of
its size a great distance. Its ultimate
distination will probably be the
Academy of Natural Sciences.
How Aigrettes Arc Obtained.
A little pamphlet just issued by the
Society for the Protection of Uirds in
England , it appears that the wnite
aigrettes , so much worn on bonnets and
hats and : is ornaments for the hair ,
are obtained from the egret or the
heron. The bird is found in warm
climates and are smaller and more
graceful in line than the English
heron. The feathers of this bird are
ttfliifrt T rt * TT j nlirinfn * i TI tcr it o1lTT r iit 1 _ .
AIhl\.J Vrfl. . * X * * . * tftVhX * l * & * . & LJlSL-f J * i. JF XJL& & . * .
ed toward the point. The plumage of
the egret is so snowy white that diff
erent species of the bird have been
given scientific names of Alba , imma-
culata and candidissima. The special
plumes so much in demand for millin
ery grows only in the breeding season.
The hunters find the best and easiest
time to shoot the bird and secure
these feathe 3 to be wh"i the young
egrets are fully fledged , but not able
to fly. It has been computed that for
every bird of the rare species that is
captured , ten have been sacrificed ,
counting the young tli it die of star
vation , the wounded that fly away
to drop down into the reeds and
bushes to die , and those that are too
much mutilated to be used in decora
tion.
Wearing on tlio Man.
The man of the house took to thi
sofa in the sitting room with a news
paper directly after breakfast , while his
wife went on with the house cleaning.
She was dismantling the front room ,
and while he perused the sporting
column she carried past him , in turn ,
seven chairs , three tables , a desk , four
footstools , all of the pictures , a piano
stool , a bookcase , and the rest of the
furniture. Then she lugged in a pair
of steps and a big pail of water , and
began to clean. "Maria , do you want
my assistance ? " said the man just
then , rising and folding his newspaper.
"Not just yet , dear , " said Maria.
"Well then , I think I'll leave you , "
said he , and he started for the office.
On the way down he told three men
that if there was anything that wore
him to the skin and bone it was that
confounded house cleaning. Said he :
"We are in the midst of it now , and I
tell you I'm about used up. "
Canine Slcep-Walker.
Colonel Munnerlyn's dog Hugh is
somewhat of a somnambulist. Sev
eral mornings ago he was talcing a nap
on the upstairs front porch of the
Arlington Hotel , Atlanta , when he
fell to dreaming. He jumped hurriedly
up and sprang for the baluster. As he
reached the top he discovered that he
was not on the ground floor , and made
desperate efforts to regain his balance ,
but it was too late. In his great effort
to stick to t iu baluster he turned com
pletely over and came down with a
thud. He .i.-ose carefully , looked all
around wit'i a deeply insured express
ion , and fiu.ling no one was laughing
at his misfortune , walked thought
fully away. He fell-about twenty feet.
Tito Knights of the Nippers.
The housebreaker of the future wUl
require an outfit resembling the acrobatic
batic apparatus of a traveling circus.
A complete assortment of the anti-bur
glar contrivances patented in the
course of the last twenty years would
fill a fair sized museum , and the
French patents alone comprise ar
rangements which , if properly adjust
ed , make it impossible for a would-be
robber to enter a house without awak
ening its tenants from any ordinary
slumber , or rather any slumber but
that of death , to judge from the sensi
tive construction and the startling
noisiness of the alarm apparatus.
L.andsccr'8 Famous Dogs.
Mrs. Ritchie , the English writer ,
says that in her young days she used
to go to Sir Edwin Landseer's beauti
ful villa in St. John's Wood , and she
tells the folio wing-story about one of
his dogs he was in the habit of taking
out at the end of his work. The dog
used to wait patiently all day long
while Sir Edwin was painting , but he
used to come and lie down at his feet
and lookupin-hisfacetoward 5 o'clock ,
and on one occasion , finding his hints
disregarded , trotted into the hall .and
came back with the painter's hat ,
which he laid on the floor before him.
A ' ( man recently -saved his
life " l" ono .hundred
dollaVbills" inside iiis vest when a "bul-
let.came that way. Yet there are people
ple who neglect so simple a precaution
LIVINQ IN HOUSE BOATS. "
The Semi-Aquatic Inhabitant1 of u Ton-
noHsee City.
A Memphis writer introduces to the
public , a strange population who are
counted as residents of that city , al
though most of them vve 'e born on the
Mississippi or one of the streams
emptying into it , and have never lived
on dry land. These people occupy a
floating settlement of house boats.
The boats arc sometimes named , and
many of them are neatly painted and
show signs of comfortable furnishings
judging from lace curtains at the windows
dews and pictures to be s.ecn hanging
on the walls of the interior.
The colony is made of representa
tives from twenty-odd states drained
by the Mississippi and its tributaries.
Moored side by side 130 boats were
counted by the writer , who learned
that some of the families began their
navigation of the river as far north as
Montana. It is not a fixed population ,
for , although most of the boats have
been anchored at Memphis a long time ,
the absence of one of the families is
noted now and then , and the inquirer
is told that the head of the house has
changed his habitat to New Orleans or
some other river city.
The house-boat owner , of course
pays no rent To escape it he took to
the water. His food consists chiefly
of fish , at catching which he is an
adept. He knows better than any
body else where to find the cat , the
buffalo , the perch , and innumerable
other fish. Driftwood serv i him for
fuel , and clothes , tobacco , spirits , and
a few necessaries are secured by an
occasional day's labor as a 'longshore
man , roustabout or farm hand.
PQMPEIIAN CANNED FRUIT.
Americans Foinclau Industrial Hint in
the Burled City.
Do yon know that we are indebted
to the old Pompeiians , who lived in the
first century of the Christian era , for
our knowledge of how to can fruit ?
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. * . V * Al.fc I'U AAV * W , H * * / * W - Mf i * * x W AW . w v W
less.
less.Years
Years ago , when excavations were
first being made on the site of the old
lava-covered city , a party from Amer
ica found a jar of figs ; not only one ,
but several. Upon opening one of
them , the contents were found to be
as fresh and perfect a- > when first put
into the jar nineteen centuries before !
Investigations institute 1 on the spot
proved that the fruit had been put into
the jars in a highly heated state and
that an aperture for the escape of
steam had been left in the lid , which ,
when it had served its purpose , was
sealed over with wax. Yankee inge
nuity caught the idea at once , and the
next year canning factories were erect
ed all over the United States.
AN ANIMAL FLOWER.
The Strange Plant Found in St. Lucia
Caverns.
The inhabitants of St. Lucia have
lately discovered a most wonderful
olant. It grows in a cavern in an im
mense basin of brackish water that has
overflowed from the sea. The bottom
of the basin is covered with pebbles
and each pebble with from one to five
of these plants , which , for want of a
setter name , are termed "animal
flowers. "
These curious creatures , which , are
in all shades of colors , remind one of a
beautiful flower-bed. To the sight
; hey are perfect flowers , but on the
approach of a hand or a stick they re-
are out of sight. Close examination
shows that the middle of the flower-
like disc is provided with four fila
ments which move ar
with a brisk ,
Each of these fila
with pinchers for
They live upon thejjil ,
marine insects. WhenCTei.thepincher
moves the filaments atie-a-icatch ,
the petals immediately close and there
is no escape for whatever has been so
unfortunate as to fall into the vo
racious creature's maw.
FOOD AND THE BODY.
The Influence of Diet on the Mind and
Characteristics.
4That veteran vegetarian , Prof. Al-
cott , of the school of Concord philoso
phers , used to say that if a man eats
pork he becomes piggified. This as-
snrtion of thfi old nhilnsonhfirhns
much disputed and ridiculed , but now
"The Autocrat of the Breakfast
Table" comes forward in his recent
30ok , "Over the Teacups , " reasserting
; he same dietectic philosophy in the
iollowing paragraph : "Most assuredly
[ believe that body and mind are much
influenced by the kind of food habit
ually depended upon. I am persuaded
that a too exclusive porcine diet gives
a bristly character to the beard and
lair , which is borrowed from the ani
mal whose tissues these still-bearded
compatriots of ours have too largely
issimilatcd. I can never stray among
the village people of our windy capes
without now and then coming upon a
luman being who looks as if he had
been split , salted and dried , like-the
salt fish which has built up his arid
organism. If the body is modified by
; he food which nourishes it , the mind
and character very certainly will be
modified by it also. We know enough of
iheir close connection with each other
; o be sure of that , without any stat-
stical observations to prove it. "
Making Money.
The investment of § 20,000,000 made
> y the British government in the Suez
canal shares will in a year or two , ac
cording to Mr. Goshen , be worth $35-
000,000 , which proves to have been an
excellent stroke of business as well as
diplomacy.
There are-three places known where
preen snow is found. One of these
jlacesisnear Mount Hecla , Iceland ,
mother fourteen miles east of the
mouth of the Obi , and the third near
Quito , South America.
TO AGENTS.
Homeseekers' excursions ,
1892 , on August 30 and Septem
ber 17th , a rate of one lowest
firstclassfairwillbemadei'rom
eastern points to points on our
line for two homeseekers' ex
cursions. These tickets will
be sold at all tne principal rail
way points as far east as
Buffalo and Pittsburg. Tick
ets will be good within twenty
days from the date of sale and
stop overs will be allowed after
passing the Missouri river. It
is expected that there will be
quite a large immigration of
intending settlers to Nebras
ka , northwestern Kansas and
eastern Colorado , during this
summer and fall. This immi
gration can be very largely in
creased by judicious advertis
ing and work by the various
communities tributary to our
line. It is therefor suggested
that sections proposing to pre
pare such advertising matter
for distribution in the east in
regard to the inducements
they have to offer the farmer ,
the business man and investor ,
should begin to get their ad
vertising in shape at as an
early a date as possible. In
case their plans contemplate
sending a good advertising
man to distribute their matter
and attend to their advertising
generally , this departmentmay
be able to give valuable point
ers as to the best method of
doing the work.
I think it is desirable that
editors of the papers along
our line should begin agitating
the matter in order that the
people may be prompted to do
more or less individual work
with their friends in the east
in the way of sending by mail
such matter as the different
counties or districts may pre
pare in pamphlet form or in
the shape of extra editions of
their home newspapers giving
full information as to the re
sources and advantages , and
directing attention to the very
Low rates that will be made to
enable them to come and see
for themselves that the repre
sentations are not really up to
the reality.
The company has recently
issued a pamphlet in regard
to the agricultural resources
of Nebraska , which -will be
furnished free to those who
treats
' 3m-Tl : : *
nomnwesteri
would present this matter to
editors at your place and also
to other parties who may Tbe
interested in settling up va
cant farm lands of this state.
J. EKAKCIS , Gr. P. and T. A. ,
Omaha , Nebraska.
WHILE the state central com
mittee was in executive session in
; lie parlors of the Capital hotel
Monday evening 200 or more re-
Dresentative republicans and mem-
iers of the republican press from
every part of the state , drawn to
lie city solely by an earnest and
unselfish interest in the welfare of
lieir party , thronged the corridor
of the second floor. Never in the
history of the republican party
has there gathered a more intelli
gent and loyal set of men than in
attendance upon that meeting of
the committee. Yet - National
Committeeman Eosewater , in his
attack upon the state ticket , calls
theoo gfe08 dancers , " "the ruffian
'
ifcVd' " "mob " and " '
ly , , "Major's
disorderly friends. " There were
a go'odjniany long memories pres-
entksftime | | will reveal. Journal.
* $
*
rg
fils nearly as can be learned , Prof.
Aiclrewsrgrows | in popular favor
tl fmpr'e he is known and heard by
till people. They say he is both
alpe1 ! arid , honest and will do them
gooUas'a'Congressman.- like
hisSiqgical reasbning , his sterling
integrity , his manly habits and his
1 scholarship. Hastings Tribune.
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What is
Castoria is Dr. Samuel Pitcher's proscription for Infants
and Children. It contains neither Opium , Morphine nor
other Narcotic substance. It is a harmless substitute
for Paregoric , Drops , Soothing Syrups , and Castor Oil.
It is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years' use by
Millions of Mothers. Castoria destroys "Worms and allays
feverishness. Castoria prevents vomiting Sour Curd ,
cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. Castoria relieves
teething troubles , cures constipation and flatulency.
Castoria assimilates the food , regulates the stomach
and bowels , giving healthy and' natural sleep. Caa
toria is the Children's Panacea the Mother's Friend.
Castoria.
" Castoria Is on excellent medicine for chil
dren. Mothers have repeatedly told ma of its
good effect upon their children. "
Ds. Q. C. OEOOOD ,
Lowell , Mass.
" Castoria Is the best remedy for children of
which I am acquainted. I hope the day is not
far distant when mothers will consider the real
Interest of their children , and use Castoria in
stead of the various quack nostrums which are
destroying their loved ones , by forcing opium ,
morphine , soothing syrup and other hurtful
gents down their throats , thereby sending
them to premature graves. "
Da. J. F.
Castoria.
M Castoria Is so well adapted to children that
I recommend it as superior to any preecripHoa
known to me. "
H. A. ABCHKR , M. D. ,
Ill So. Oxford St. , Brooklyn , N , Y.
" Our physicians In the children's depart
ment have spoken highly of their experi
ence In their outside practice- with Castoria ,
and although we only hare among our
medical supplies what is known as regular
prodnum , yet we are free to confess that the
merit * of Castoria has won us to look with
favor upon it. "
UMTXD HOSPITAL AMD DISPCTSART ,
Boston , Maaft.
V/VUITJ/I Jll . I i-i. : u. DMIiU ,
The Centaur Company , T7 Murray Street , Now Tort City.
THE MILD POWER CURES.
HUMPHREYS'
Dr Humphrey'Fjieclfle * are sclentlflcnlly and
cnrofully prepared iccinwllrt ) , uml for > mr lu
Iirlvnto practice and for over tlilm'jtnrs by the
people with entire niccem. Evt'ty nlu lc SpcclJto
a ppcclftl euro lor ( ho dlcoiso IHUIKM' .
'J'jieyeuie without clrunBliiK.purKliiKor reducing
thoBjfiUMir.amlarc lin.titiuu
Hcuietllu * of ( hoorltl. .
LIST nr HVHU7W. cuxus. rntcx * .
1 Fcvcrri , Coi.KcMloiM. Inflammations .23
a-WorniH , Worm Kc\cr , Worm Colic.23
a Teething ; Colic. CrjliiflT. Wnbcfulnua .ii.1
4 Diarrhea , of Children or Adult.v3
, 3-Jlyuciitcry.drlpln , IWlous C'olle . .23
I O Cholera MorbuH , Vomiting 23
1 7-CiiiiBhn , Cold . Bronchitis. 23
S-'NcurnluIn , Toothache. Faccacho 23
D Hendacheif SIcfc Headache , Vcrtlso. .23
1O Dyspennln , IHHousncfii. ConBtlpatlon .23
I H SupprcHscd or I'niuful 1'crlods. ,23
I 12 WliltoH. Too rrofuso 1'crlods 25
1 13 Croup , LuryucItlHt Hoarseness 23
' 14 Stilt Kheum , Krjalpelan , Kruptlons. .23
13 Ithcunmtl4in.or ltlieumatlcl'nlnn. . .23
Iti-rUnliirln , ChllU. Fever and Ague. . . .23
1 17-lMlrlillnd orBleedlnf ? 23
18-Ophthalniy , Sore or Weak Eyes 23
lil-C'iUiirrli , Influenza , Cold In urn Ucud .23
liO-U'ljooplnir Cough 23
| 21 AMtlinm , Oppressed Breathing , .23
. 22 Kur DlHcharifcs , Impaired Hearing .23
I 23-Scrofula , Enlarged Glands. Swelling .2.1
2-1-Uencrnl Debility , PhysicalWeaknee * .23
23 Dropsy , and Scanty Secretions 23
2i-Scn.McknoHH , Sickness from Riding .23
27-Jttdney Disc-lines 23
2O Sore Month , or Canker 23
SO-Urlnary WcnkucsH , Wetting Bed. . .23
31-Pu.Inful 1'erlods 25
: M Diphtheria , Ulcerated Sore Throat. . .25
35 Chronic Canecntiona & Eruptions. .25
EXTHA WrJMBEHS :
28-Ncrvoni Debility , Femlnal Weak
ness , or Involuntary Discharges l.OO
32-DiKcaHCHof the HeartPalpitation 1.01)
3S Kpilepwy , Spasms.St. Vltus * Uancc. .1.00
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DR. lli'xriiBKTMANUAL ( HI pngrri , ) MOI.KI. ruiK.
JirjU'lIKKYS'JU D.10.,111 A 113 Wlllbm St. , Xi-w York.
H U M PHREYS'
WITCH HAZEL OIL
"THE PILE OINTMENT. "
For riles External or Internal , Blind or Bleeding ;
Fistula In Ano ; Itching or Illccdlnjc of I lie Kcctuiu.
The relief Is Immediate tliu cure certain.
PRICE , 50 CTS. TRIAL SIZE. 25 OTS.
Sold If DruggltU , or cat ixut-puld en receipt of price.
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FARM WAGONS , ROAD CARTS AND BUGGIES.
AGENTS FOR
McCormick , Harvester and Binder , Grand Detour
Co. Little Yankee Plows , Deere Wells & Ccx
Plows and Listers , Keystone Manfg Co. Disc Har
rows , Q. W. Brown Planters and Cultivators , Minn.
Chief Separator & Powers , also Randolph Headers.
A SaUARE DEAL. THE BEST ARE THE CHEAPEST.
Yard1 t of First National Bank , McCOOK , WEB ,
The Citizens Banl of M
Incorporated under Sfate Laws.
Paid Up Capital , S5OOOO
DOES A
General Banking Business 0
Collections made on all accessible points. Drafts drawn
directly on principal cities in Europe. Tares
paid for non-residents.
Tickets For Sale to and from Europe
"OFFICERS
V. FKANKL1N , President JOHN : K. CLAKK , Vice Pres.
A. 0. EBERT , Cashier.
CORRESPONDENTS :
The First National Bank , Lincoln Xebrska.
The Chemical National Bank , New Tork City.
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AUTHORIZED CAPITAL , CAPITAL AND SURPLUS ,
$100.000. $60,000.
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.
GEORGE HOCKNELL , President B. M. FREES , Vice President. W. F. LAWSON , Cashier.
A. CAMPBELL. FRANK HARRIS.
THE McOOOK ROLLER MILLS ,
E. H. DOAN , PROPRIETOR ,
Is Now Open and Ready for Business ,
Vgggru. . am prepared to handle all business in my
line promptly and with the most approved machinery.
DO.AN &HART
are also prepared to handle wheat for which they are
paying the highest market price.
l5"Mills and Elevator on East Eailroad street.