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NEBRASKA
A man or the name of Miser has been
appointed iostmaster at the town of
Starevout Ore
England agreed that in the division
of Africa Italy should have Abyssinia
and it is probable that Italy is now
disposed to ask Why didnt you speak
for yourself John Bull
That there is music to Americans In
the screams of the eagle is shown by
the action of the Ohio Legislature
which included the national bird in the
bill to prevent the killing of the feath
ered songsters
Mexico grows in proportion more
rapidly than Canada the increase in
our Southern neighbor in four years
having been 900000 or S per cent A
republican form of government is the
first element of American prosperity
A French scientist says lie has dis
covered a method of applying the X
rays to bombs o as to disclose their
contents It would be more to the pur
pose to go ahead with brain radio
graphy and keep under inspection the
man who is thinking bombs
Russia once owned a slice of Amer
ica but sold it and in the African
scramble it has taken no part But
when it comes to extending the sphere
of influence over adjacent territory
Russia is considerably more successful
than any other power in Europe
England has long pursued the wise
policy of fortifying its nobility with
fresh blood in every generation by rais
ing to the peerage men of eminence in
public affairs The granting of Baron
ial honors to Prof Roentgen however
is somewhat of an innovation in Ger
many
Speaking of coast fortifications the
works that gave the United States the
most trouble during the civil war were
built of earth at short notice like Fort
Fisher Fort Sumter was battered in
to a pile of rubbish and then became
impregnable Fort Pulaski the defense
of Savannah depended upon its Avails
of brick and stone and surrendered a
few hours after the siege batteries
opened upon it
United States Consul General Fratt
nt Singapore has sent to the Depart
ment of Agriculture a quantity of seed
of the Sumatra tobacco which he
thinks would grow in Southern Cali
forniaandalong our Southern seaboard
The culture pays big profits in Suma
tra the dividends of the principal com
pany aggregating for the three years
ending with 1S93 about 175 per cent of
the entire capital The dividends for
1S93 were 100 per cent and the aver
age price of the tobacco for that year
was about 54 cents per pound
We hope the country has seen the last
of those decisions by State Supreme
Courts in criminal cases in which re
versals and new trials are granted be
cause of uiidotted is or Tincrossed
ts in indictments or trifling errors in
trials The Illinois Supreme Court in
the anarchist cases admitted that
many errors had been committed by
the trial court but that not one of them
was prejudicial to the defendants and
it therefore affirmed the judgment of
the lower court And now the Supreme
Court of Pennsylvania in passing up
on the case of the notorious murderer
Holmes is content to say that no sub
stantial error has been committed
This is good sense and it ought to be
good law Xo new trial should be
granted unless the accused has been
deprived of justice during his trial in
the lower court
Mr Hall Caine who was recently in
the United States says of American
women They are superior intellectu
ally to the men- This has come about as
a consequence of the American mans
putting the American woman on a ped
estal and worshiping her He has stay
ed below the pedestal and worked for
lier not having time to cultivate his
mind and manners while he so worked
33ut she has had plenty of time and she
has made the best use of it I consider
that the reverse is the case in England
The average Englishman is superior to
the average Englishwoman in intelli
gence and education In America the
women have known their own value
and set it rather high for a couple of
generations at least This is the result
of the pedestal worship of the Ameri
can men Do the American women ap
preciate the attitude of the American
men toward them It is doubtful
While horses in the United States
show a decrease of only 2 per cent in
number in four years their value has
decreased within a fraction of 50 per
cent To day a good bicycle costs more
than an ordinary horse but it is far
less expensive to keep Many catises
liave combined to lower the value of
liorses but the decline has not yet rc
ally set in Electricity compressed air
and the mineral oils have not fairly be
gun their attack upon the equine spe
cies Until the motocycle is as com
mon as the bicycle the horse need not
fear for existence The real struggle
is still in the future Inventions thai
at the outset threatened man as a work
er such as the spinning and weaving
machines farm and foundry machin
ery and mining devices speedily prov
ed to be benefactors of mankind be
cause they cheapened production ad
vanced wages bettered living and mul
tiplied Industries Man is the only ani
mal with whom science contends in
vain Invention aided by nature is
catching up with the horse and in
stead of increasing his usefulness and
thereby augmenting his value he is
being gradually but relentlessly push
ed out of his place Man alone not only
survives all assaults but triumphs
over all assailants and inevitably har
nesses his antagonists into his service
Thus is evolution confirmed genera
tion after generation It is the lis
test that survive
That long standing nuisance the the
ater hat has defied all attempts at regu
lation in the United States But light is
breaking at last The Tabor Grand Op
era House in Denver Col is now con
trolled and managed by receivers under
the direction of the District Court
These receivers have no obligations to
ward the public and like receivers who
run railroads they share in the opinion
of Yanderbilt the public be d d
They have issued an order requiring all
women attending the opera house to
remove bonnets hats and all other head
paraphernalia As it is now a woman
who wears anything of the kind in the
Tabor Grand Opera House is guilty of
contempt of court Theatrical managers
have always maintained that if they
made such a regulation the women
would stay away but they are not stay
ing away from the Tabor Grand Opera
House
There has been a shadow of mystery
over the split in the American branch
of the Salvation Army which state
ments of the opposing sides have not
cleared away entirely Ostensibly
Ballington Booth and his wife resigned
because they were transferred against
their will to another field of labor
The fact that Ballington Booth had
raised the standard of the army in
this country far beyond his fathers
anticipations had doubled its numbers
and filled its treasury did not prevent
the old General from removing him
Gen Booth had demonstrated a sagac
ity and genius for organization that
made his action in this matter rather
inexplicable The American branch
of the army was prospering it even
was contributing a large sum each year
to the English headquarters It was
more than self supporting Gen Booth
therefore had every reason to leave
well enough alone Ballington Booth
since his removal has frequently in
timated there was more behind the af
fair than le cared to tell Respect for
his father made him keep silence he
said What was this secret history
has been a matter of much speculation
Gen Booths adherents have stated
publicly that Ballington Booths rebel
lion was simply a wayward and selfish
determination not to abide by well
known rules of the organization which
prescribed frequent changes in com
manding officers If this had been all
there was to it Ballington Booth cer
tainly was entitled to his present course
of action But with the natural affec
tion he was known to cherish for his
father and the cause in which he was
reared it seemed there must be some
thing further to the matter Hints
thrown out since then have strengthen
ed this impression The assertion is
now made that the rapture between the
General and his son came about through
a demand from the former for a fund
created and built up solely by the
American branch of the army This
was the supernumeraries fund a
benefit insurance obtained from the
profits of sales of the War Cry Gen
Booth wanted this sum transferred
bodily to him to use elsewhere He
demanded it and Ballington Booth re
fused to send it He would have
been unjust to those who earned it and
to whom it rightfully belonged had he
done otherwise than refuse Hence
his removal the story goes It contains
the elements of probability and if veri
fied will redound to the credit of that
stalwart young American and his wife
who already have the sympathy of a
large class of the public
Too 3Iuci Commission
When Bret Harte wrote For ways
that are dark and tricks that are vain
the heathen Chinee is peculiar he knew
what he was talking about remarked
a resident of Pacific Heights yesterday
For months I have been wondering
at the size of my grocers bills and
finally I became convinced that there
was something wrong
The matter bothered me so that I
finally gave it up in disgust and em
ployed a detective to look it up for me
He found that the grocer was paying
my Chinese cook a commission on ev
erything he ordered and the cook was
ordering everything that 1 could pay
for What Ave couldnt use he carried
down into Chinatown and used to stock
a small grocery operated by his cou
sin
I have since learned that nearly
every Chinese cook in the town de
mands a commission from the butcher
baker grocer etc San Francisco
Post
Machine for Driving Nails
An automatic nail driver is a late
invention It is arranged with slides
and runways into which the nails drop
through fitted courses that necessitate
it going in right end first As the nail
in proper position slides down through
one of these channels a hammer auto
matically comes to the attack and
drives the nail into place A tack
driving machine of the same sort is
also made In factories where large
numbers of boxes are turned out
these may have their uses but for
ordinary every day usefulness the old
fashioned flat nosed hammer still holds
its own even at the risk of an occa
sional battered thumb and fractured
temper
Whats that long piece of writing
papa Is it poetry Hastily replacing
it in his empty pocketbook Y yes
dear it is an owed to your mothers
milliner Chicago Tribune
A KILLING MACHINE
LATEST INVENTION TO EXECUTE
CRIMINALS
The VictniB Neck Is Broken by a
Downward Twisting Motion Death
Is Painless and It Does Not Mutilate
the Subject
AVrincs the Neck
Gruesome in the extreme are the man
killing machines which the Ohio Leg
islature is being called upon to con
sider as substitutes for the gallows
in the execution of criminals convicted
of capital crimes A couple of weeks
ago the World described a steel mask
designed to crush criminals skulls in
vented by an Ohio Legislator Since
hen another Ohio inventor George
Teremias a young Columbus tin
smith has come forward with a death
dealing machine more horrible if pos
sible than any of the others
This new device is designed to break
the neck of the murderer on much
the same principle employed by a coun
try housewife in wringing the neck of
a chicken It combines the main fea
ture of the Spanish garrote the gal-
s
OHIOS XEAV KILLING MACHINE
to the chair being free to move in
upAvard doAvmvard and spiral direc
tions under the impulse of the spring
acting in the drum on the back of the
chair The spring is set free by a
lever on the side of the chair
At the moment set for the execution
the spring is released and the projec
tion striking the protruding pin on
the strap around the neck imparts a
violent doAVUAvard and rotary movu
ment to the head This force is Avar
ranted to break the neck of any man
not more powerful than an ox In a
twinkling causing practically instant
death
The death chair is so constructed that
it may be turned into a table When
the murderers life is extinguished the
back of the chair is lowered and the
foot rest raised so that the body is in
a horizontal position for post mortem
treatment The inventor claims many
advantages for his device By it he
says the mishaps experienced and the
pain and torture suffered from the
present mode of executing criminals
will be avoided and the body may be
delivered to the relatives of the de
ceased in a condition differing little
from that in which it would be had he
died naturally New York World
Facts About People
The seventy two races inhabiting the
world commuicate with each other in
3004 different tongues and confess to
about 1000 religions The number of
men and women is very nearly equal
the average longevity of both sexes be
ing only thirty eight years about one
thir of the population dying before the
age of 17 Moreover according to the
most careful computation only one per
son in 100000 of both sexes attains the
age of 100 years and only six to seven
in 100 the age of 00 Generally taking
TIIE DEATH CIIAIR
lows and the electric chair The vic
im sits in a chair of the ordinary
hape but very heavy and strong The
Dody is tightly strapped as in the elec
tric chair and the head is secured ro
the head clamp Over the top of the
head a heavy metal helmet is lowered
being adjusted so as to lit tightly A
wide strap is passed around the neck
securing it in position against the
block
On the back of the chair is a drum
in which a powerful spring is wound
and set The head clamp is not fixed
AS A
STRETCHER
the entire Avorld married people live
longer than single and those avIio have
to Avork hard for their living longer
than those avIio do not Avhile also the
aAerage rate of longoAity is higher
among civilized than uncivilized races
Further people of large physique live
longer than those of small but those
of middle size beat both New York
Medical Record
His Liast Pun
I perpetrated a pun several years
ago Avhen I Avas a struggling young
attorney in Humboldt County said
George Knight and I have not at
tempted another since
I Avas riding along a country road
Avhen I came to an old acquaintance
hoeing in his garden
Hello Uncle limrnie Avhat are
those Aines I inquired
Summer squashes he replied
Some are and summer not said I
He looked at me pityingly a mo
ment and then remarked
If you knoAV as little about law as
you do about garden truck Im sorry
I Aoted for you for District Attorney
San Francisco Post
Bavarias Mad Kinij
King Otto the insane monarch of
BaAaria recently celebrated his forty
seventh birthday or rather it aats
celebrated for him Since his accession
to the throne the mad sovereign has
never left the Castle of Fuerstenreid
Once a year his prime minister pays
him an official Aisit in accordance AAith
a certain laA His latest report says
his majestys physical condition leaves
nothing to be desired but that his
mental condition is simply pitiable
SomehoAV the Avorld cant help pity
ing the Avife of a man Avho has a loug
beard
THE CRIPPLE CREEK MINING CAMP
GENERAL YIEW OF THE TOWN
BENNETT AVENUE
CAPE HATTERAS LIGHT
thz Skeleton Tower Planned for Onter
Diamond Shoal
One of the greatest engineering feats
of the day is to be attempted by the
Lighthouse Board For years the offi
cers in charge of lighthouses have talk
ed of a station on Outer Diamond shoal
a particularly dangerous point off Cape
ilatteras celebrated among mariners
for its fearful storms
The structure is to stand in about 33
feet of Avater and Avill be supported on
disk piles sunk 30 feet In the sand The
floor of the Avatch house Avill be 47 feet
above high Avater Forged steel will
be used in the main structure and the
principal joints and connections AA ill be
of steel castings The essential parts
beloAV the Avater line Avill be of massive
dimensions
The structure will be of the skeleton
style and therefore Avill leave the sea
full play The section Avhich Avill be
most affected by the force of the waves
is that extending from 13 feet beloAV
Hie water line to 17 feet above and in
this section a system of framing will
be used which Avill be at once strong
simple and rigid The house for the
lonely keepers and the stores and the
room for fog signals apparatus are to
be of iron or steel and will be fireproof
A boat Avill swing from an arm so that
Uie keepers may abandon the place if
there is likelihood of the structure be
ing demolished
Whether Hatteras and its dangerous
outer shoal are to be guarded by a
lighthouse built on the plan of the light
house board or simply by an inexpen
sive light vessel probably Avill depend
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THE PKOPOSED STKUCTCRE
upon Congress The board has giAen
its approval of the proposed light and
the plans are complete There is also
aAailable about 300000 with Avhich to
begin the work and it is expected that
the remainder to carry out the project
Avill be asked this Avinter If it is se
cured or if authority is given to begin
the Avork the Government proposes
to undertake it alone and not to ask
for bids from contractors as it did pre
iously to establish the light
The light Avill be visible at least 20
nautical miles and in thick weather the
most poAverful steam fog siren aaHI be
bloAA n at short intervals Three keep
ers will be required to manage the light
and keep it in order There av311 be
room for eight people On account of
the dangers attending lighthouse tend
ers that come alongside all suppliies
Avill have to be hoisted in by an im
mense derrick projecting far out from
the side of the light There will bo
supplies to last six months
Epitaph ol an Indian Chief
Just below the St Augustine city
gates and in the first yard Avest of the
corner of Granada street in Orange
street is a large stone surmounting a
mound commemorating the burial
place of Ptolomato an Indian chief
Avho lived in ages gone by It is with
in a couple of feet of the front fence
yet undoubtedly is passed unnoticed by
thousands of tourists The inscrip
tion carved in the stone tells its OAvn
story though interest Avould be added
if the Aery peculiar style of lettering
could be reproduced
if
it ft it it a
XOTIS
This Averry elaborate
Pile
r is ereckted in mem cry
of Tolomato
A seminole Iiigin cheef
Whoos Wigwam Stuiid Upon
This SPOT And sirroundings
Wee cherish his memery
As He Avas a good hearted cheef
He wood knot Take your
Skalp without you begged
Him to do so or pade him
Sum money
He always akted
More Like a Christshun
Gentleman than A
Savage Ingine
Let Him R I P
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Springfield Republican
Daniel Boones Monument
The Kentucky Legislature has been
asked to appropriate 9200 for the con
struction of an iron cage over and
around the monument of Daniel Boone
and his wife near Carrollton Ky in
order to preserve what is left of the
monument from the ravages of the
relic hunters
What the Princess Needs
Amelie Rives new husband Prince
Troubetskoi is a composer That is
just what the Princess needs Spring
field Republican
The more fellows a girl has the
Sess the chance that she -will land one
Ss liitico
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To remove warts from the hands soak
them Avith acetic acid and apply lunar
caustic
In cases of profuse nosebleed snuff
up extract of witch nazel and cold
water
An excellent remedy for burns is
made by mixing equal parts of lime
Avater and riav linseed oil
Ten drops of aromatic sulphuric acid
taken n AAater at bedtime will help to
counteract severe night SAveats
The best effects from quinine can
oe secured by taking one or two grains
in powdered form before each meal
Ten grains of bicarbonate of soda in
a glass of water or a small piece of
carbonate of magnesia Avill dispel
heartburn
When gums are very sensitive audi
bleed readily rubbing Avith tincture of
myrrh several times u day Avill givo
great relief
Chronic rheumatism sometimes yieldsj
to doses of syrup of hydriodic acid
Dose tAvo teaspoonfuls taken in water
half an hour before meals
Weak eyes may be benefitted by bath
ing them every night with a solution
composed of one teaspoonful of pure
salt and a pint of AAarm Avater
A tablespoonful of extract of malt
AAith cod liAer oil may be used Avith
good effect when a person is anxious
to gain flesh Take immediately after
meals
A lotion composed of ten grains of
citric acid one ounce of glycerine and
one ounce of rose water comprises a
standard preparation for removing
freckles or sunburn
The 1olloAving is a simple remedy foi
headache Citrate of caffeine thirty
two grains bromide of soda one ounce
elexir of guarana four ounces dose a
teaspoonful every three hours
Shampooing the scalp Avith green
soap and tepid Avater twice a Aveek
Avith later daily application of an oint
ment containing one dram of tannin
and one ounce of A aselino will effectu
ally remove dandruff
Hives in an adult may be alleviated
by a dose of iiAe drops of salicylate of
soda taken every three hours The tor
menting itching can be lessened by ap
plying a lotion composed of one part of
AAater of ammonia one part of spirits
of camphor and tAvo parts of alcohol as
required
EXTREMES IN HUMAN NATURE-
ilassan AH the Egyptian Giant and-
Fritz Christian the Swiss Dwarf
The tAvo extremes in human stature
are men The tallest man in the Avorld
is an Egyptian named Hassan Ali IS
years of age S feet in his stocking feet
and what is Aery rare in giants as
well as in dAAarfs good looking hav
ing dark broAvn eyes a full chin smalK
nose and prominent ears and lips
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Fritz Christian who is the antithesis
of Hassan Ali is a SAAiss and only 1
feet G inches in height Ali is young
enough to grow taller but Christian has
reached his full statute being now 23
years of age He came to this country
from Switzerland Aery recently and
has made his home at Stony Creek
Ohio
Pathos in Congress
A very conspicuous and absurdly
sentimental member of the House from
New England aaIio Ioacs to weep over
the wickedness of the Avorld and AA-as-pathetic
over pensions gave utterance
to this burst of eloquence Avhen the pen
sion appropriation bill Avas under con
sideration by the House
Why did he Aveep Why did he
Avoep I say Mr Speaker Avhy did he
weep I repeat Mr Speaker why did
he Aveep His heart Avas broken Yes
Mr Speaker I kneAv this man He
died of a broken heart He died of a
broken heart I repeat Mr Speaker
he died of a broken heart He never
smiled again They refused him
the
pitiful increase of 2 a month on his
pension I say Mr Speaker he never
smiled again I repeat he neA er
smiled again and there Avere tears in
the members voice as he closed this
outburst of pathos Philadelphia Tele
graph
I should like to know said one New
York sportsman to another tvwhat
makes Lord Dunravens apologias so
slow in getting here Maybe hes
bringing them over on his yacht11 waff
the reply Washington Star
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