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black brotli ami barley bread. Tboy bo-
lievecl that bo had been misrepresented.
lu truth , as Plutarch said , "bo changed
color more quickly than a ohamoloou. "
In Sparta ho was grave , temperate and
fond of physical exorcise ; in Ionia ho
wes easy going , luxurious and merry ,
in Thrace ho was drunken , in Thessnly
howas devoted to horsemanship , and in
the court of the Persian satraps he sur
passed Tissaphernes himself in magnifi
cence. As Sparta was to bo the prize of
the Athenian victory ho showed the
people their danger , advising thorn to
begin active operations against that
city. No better advice could have been
given them , and they profited by it.
A Zulu Rain Charm.
The Zulus employ a ram charm
which is very remarkable considering
their usual fierceness and cruelty. They
catch a bird , and after the tribal wizard
has consecrated it and made it a "heaven
bird" they throw it into a pool of wa
ter.
ter.In
In spite of their own indifference to
the sufferings of animals they believe
that the sky , which they conceive to bo
a personality , will bo full of woo at the
death of the bird and drop sympathetic
tribute in showers of rain.
Frco Passes.
The legislative free pass is still uni
versal in Prance. Every member of the
chamber of deputies has free traveling
on any railroad in the country and is
furnished with a medal of identification
to make sure that he gets his privileges.
In the matter of pay they are better off
than the British members of parliament ,
though their indemnity of $5 a day is
small beside the $5,000 a year of the
United States congressman.
This Date In History Aug. 25 ,
1482 Margarut of Anjou , unfortunate queen of
Henry VI of England , died in France.
1770 Dnvid Hume , philosopher and historian ,
died at Edinburgh ; born 1711.
1819 Jnmcs VTntt , engineer and inventor , died.
1840 Daniel Stuart , noted improver of print
ing press , died.
18S5 Reuben E. Fenton , ox-governor of New
Yoik , died at Jamestown ; born 1819.
1890 Hamid Bin Thuain Bin Snld , sultan of
Zanzibar , died ; born 1850. Professor Nich
olas Rudinger , celebrated German anat
omist , died at Tutzing , Bavaria.
1SC7 President J. Idiarte Bordzi of Uruguay
shot and killed by an assassin in Monte
video. Mary Kyle Dallas , the aiithor , died
in New York city ; born 1847. Count Mutsu ,
formerly Japanese minister at Washington ,
died at Yokohama.
This Date In History Aug. 26 ,
1840 Enttlo of Crocy , Franco ,
in which cannon were first
used ; Edward III defeated
the French.
1635 Lopez Felix de la Vogn ,
often called Lope , prolific
Spanish poet and drama
tist , died ; born 1502.
'
1788-Elizaboth O h u d 1 c i g h ,
duchess of Kingston , ad- ADAM CLAKKK.
ventures. ) and bigamist , died in France
after a trial which excited all the nobility
of England.
1818 Theodore Korner , the German martial
lyrist , was killed ; born 1701.
1810 Prince Albert Francis Augustus Charles
Emmanuel of Saxo-Coburg-Gotlm , husband
of Queen Victoria , born ; died 1801.
1832 Adam Clarke , famous Methodist preacher
and commentator , died in London ; birth
date unknown.
1842 Treaty of peace concluded with China
and opening of her chief ports to British
merchants.
1850 "Louis T-hilippo , ox-king of France , diud
at Clareinont , England ; born 1770.
1850 Fiist petroleum well began to flow at
Titusvillo , Pa.
1801 Celia Leighton Thaxter , American poet ,
died at the isle of Shoals ; born 1800.
This Date In History Aug , 27 ,
65 B. C. Julius Cttisar landed in Britain.
1735 William Woollot , the eminent engraver ,
was born at Maidstonc , England ; died 1785.
1748 James Thomson , the poet , died ; born
1700.
1809 Hannibal Hamlin , statesman and vice
president , born in Parie , Oxford county ,
Me. ; died July 4 , 1601.
18-17 Silas Wright , statesman nnd noted for
suppressing , ns governor of New York , the
antirent riots , died in Canton , N. Y. ; born
1705.
1859 Leigh Ilunt , poet and essayist and the
friend of Shelley , died at Putney , England ;
born 1784.
1680 Sir Rowland Hill , father of the cheap
postal system of Great Biitain , died , aged
84.
1693 A West India hurricane devastated th
Carolina and Georgia coasts , causing an
appalling loss of life.
1897 William Cookson Carpenter , the oldest
practicing lawyer in Now York city , died
there ; born 1827.
SOME MOltK KXCimSIOXS VIA TIII3
ISUHLINRTOX ItOUTK.
Cincinnati and return $17.70 , Sept. 2 ,
y , 4 and 5 , for National Encampment
G. A. B.
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Aug. 26 and Sept. 10. Tickets good 550
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20 and Sept. 10.
Omaha and return , extraordinarily
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Mississippi exposition.
R. R. DOUGLAS ,
Agent B. & M. R. R.
. . .STATEM BINT. . " .
OF THE
Merchants National Bank
OF NEBRASKA CITY , NEBRASKA.
JUL.V 1 , 1898.
RESOURCES.
Loans 10.,242.13 !
U. S. Bonds 1U.OOO.OO
Other Stocks and Bonds 8,924.81
Banking House and Fixtures 7,400.00
Cash and Due From U. S. Treasurer 228,701.41
Total $451,267.88
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock 50,000.00
Surplus and Profits ! ! 0,481.C7
Circulation 11,250.00
Deposits ,359,536.21
Total $451,207.88
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W. A. COTTON , PUES'T.
R. O MARNELL , CASIIIKU.
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