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CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY JANUARY 3, 1891 ZMHESS Alice Isaacs OMAHA, LATE WITH STERN BROS, NEW YORK LATEST NOVELTIES TUKTKAKS0FT11K1U1)S IN Millinery j. - Very Lowest Pices. tn the HI ore of Hcyiiinu .V. PcIcIicm, 1518-20 Earaam Street OMAHA. A VALUABLE SUBSTANCE WHICH IS GROWING SCARCER EACH YEAR. Amber III It'imiinri" mill In Commerce. What the Ancient Thiiiiglit of II. mnl tint line In Which .Modem lime Af piled It. tCV)Jrllit by American Press Association 1 Amber has so long con lilentllled with tin) luxury of perfect enjoyment Milnd ii pipe or cicnr tlmt It Is nut pleasant to he reminded tlmt tlm Hiipply Is gradually di minishing, mnl unless new deposits nrt) roiiiul it will eventually Ihi exhausted Fuiulllnrns most people lire with thcstib Mnnce, fiv reull.o iih thi'y touch to their lips tho pretty lilt of color tlmt It 1m ii pnxluctof tint itru tint In.'t mo fiir tuu'k In thi uges tlmt no record of Its origin Is attain- K - NOW IN NEW QUARTERS i Lincoln Trunk Factory o st. n33 ST- Where we will be glail to ce all old friends tun! customers and ns many new ones as can get Into the store. C 7. iAZIRlCK, SUCCESSOR TO WIRICK & HOPPER. WESTERFIELDS Palace Bath Shaving PARLORS. Ladles -and -Children's -Hair ASPEO.A1.TY. Cutting COR 12 fiO STS., NEW HURR HL'K Jj&ya&ft. Leading PHOTOGRAPHER I Flno Hunt Cabinets ft per dozen. Special ratcH to students. Call and sec our work. Studio, 1214O Street. Open from 10 a. 111. to p. 111. Sundays. J. S. EATON, Physician and Surgeon Office: ufiS. Eleventh St. Telephones: Office 6S5. Residence 562. LINCOLN, NEB. ' Steialist. l'nictlee Limited to DIscaseM of I lm Nervous System, Heart and Blood UKFFHKNCIM: Hon. Win. Ivcsc, Attorney Goucriil. Hon. T. I . Norvnl. Associate Justice. Jones' Niitlonal ltmiU, Howard. Citizens' National Hank, Ulysses. Okkick: lH O Htrcot, LINCOLN, NK1I. I, adieu Use llr. I. Diir'n rerlndlcal Pills from l'nrls, France. 'I'lmt positively re lievo suppressions, monllily derangements nnd Irregularities caused by cold, weak net., Bhock, anemia, or general nervous delilllty. Tho inrRo proportion of Ills to which Indies and misses are liable In tho direct result of a disordered or trreyiilur menstruation. Hup. previous continued result In blood poisoning and quick consumption. I'-' puekngu or3 for l!i. Sent direct on receipt of price. Sold In Lincoln by II. l 8hcrwln, druggM O tree LINCOLN W gr AM) INSTITUTE OK I'tSMANSIIlr, Shnrtliunil, niicl TjiicwrltliiK. Ii tlio beat mnl lnrKcst Collrijulii the West. I'll Students la ultt-luliimv liist jiur. Mil lent prepared lor btnlncm la froia lint) uinnllia. i:xM'rlviiced faculty lvisonul Inntructlon. Uentltlflll Illustrated ciitnloKiic, college Journals, mul .x-clnicn of H'iuuuiiilili, sent freo bymldn mIiik ULUlllttlXlK & ItOOSE, Lincoln, Neb. Tickets ON SALE TO -A-IjI. mm w?"7. iSS .'A ti.AJC r - ZL-C J-U W JB. . . -JR M'M KKp:';l SiWE ":;?- -inssr. sST- vVW- sW5 "vr AMIIKIt llt'NTi:iW AT WOIIK. able. For all wu know to tho contrary, It was contemporaneous with A1I11111 11111I Eve. The prophet E.eklel speaks of "11 great cloud with a lire infolding It and 11 brightness about it as of tho color of umber." Tho classic, writers of old com pared it with tho yellow tressesof thuceles tlal divinities. Sophocles sung of amber us "tho con cealed tear drops of tho birds t hat mourned the death of Meleugcr." A.s tradition hath It, "the sisters of Melcager wept unceas ingly after his death, until Diana changed them Into guinea hens, which were trans ferred to t liu Island of Ixtus." A still older fable, coeval with Ilcsiod himself (who lived about X H. C, and wrote an account of thu birth of tho world and the origin of thu gods), relates how l'h.'.e thnn paid thu penalty of his drive across the heavens in tho chariot of tin; sun, eus having killed him with a Hash of lightning and burled him down into the river Erlilauus. His sisters, thu Hcllaihi1, daughters of Helios (thu sun), who had yoked tho horses to thu chariot, bewailed the, death of tlielr brother so hlttetly that thu gods, In compassion, changed them into poplar trees that shed "tears of um ber." In later times thu Eridauus was supposed to bu thu samu as thu river Po, becausu amber was found on its banks. Ileuci) thu Eleetrides Insulin, or "amber islands," aru placed at its mouth. Tho philosophers showed themselves scarcely less Imaginative than the poets. With them amber was illiquid produced by thu rays of thu setting sun, or an excre tion of tho ocean thrown up by its waves in thu spring, or the gum of certain trees growing on some of thu inaccessible islands in thu Adriatic, which exuded from their branches with tho rising of thu dog star. Thales, the llrst to observe its electrlc.il properties, was so struck with its power of attracting other substances that hu did not hesitate to endow umber with thu pos session of a soul. Absurd us weru thu de ductions, they constitute the germ of the modern science of electricity, which takes its iiitmu from elektron, thu Greek word for amber. l'lliiy arrived much nearer tho truth than any of his predecessors when hu al leged it to bo 11 resinous juico oozing from old lines ami (Irs and discharged into thu sea, where, t.-tkliig lodgment, it was gradu ally hardened by thu iutlueneu of beat or cold or the action of thu sun. The origin of amlier has also hc.'ii 11 matter uf dispute among naturalists, somu describing it a.-, an animal substance resembling beeswax secreted by an ant Inhabiting pine forests, others maintaining it to bu a fossil mineral of antediluvian origin; but according to thu recent researches of Goppcrt, amber Is nothing more than nil indurated resin de rived from various trees of thu gum fam ily, which resin is found in a similar condi tion in all zones, bjcatisu its usual original depositories, uutmS.', beds of brown coal, Suivu been formed iilmost everywhere iindei similar circumstances. A convincing proof that amber was oncu Until is afforded by thu fact that insects, leaves, drops of clear water or portions of metal, sand and other articles aru some times found inclosed in it. Occasionally tliu insects are entire and in a line, statu of preservation, but frequently tlielr detached legs mid wings indicate 11 hard struggle to varying from that of a tuition mini's head. A piece neighing otto pound might Ihi wortli ."), hut a piece weighing twelve or thirteen pounds would Ihi thought cheap at f.",(HHV In the time of the Itnniaiis Nero used an atnlsTtlrliiklugctip, and an amber dish represented Ihd counleiiaiii'u and his tory of Alexander The historian (llhbon tells us that among thudreeks the mate rial was so greatly appreciated that the amphitheatres were uilurned with either sliver, gold or iiiiiUt. In modern limes iiiuIht Is ehlelly ob tained on sea coasts after storms, when It Is either picked up on thu Is'iuh or sought after bj men who walk up to their necks In tliu waves, with long pules to which nets aru attached; or It is gathered from precipitous elllTs by men in Inials, who go armed with pules and iron hooks, and loosen fragments of rocks In exploring them. The hitter methods art) not with out danger to tliu amber seekeis, AmWr occuis In beds 111 (ireetilantl, rrussia, Francu and Switzerland, but the greater portion of it comes from thu southern roasisof thu Haltlusea, where it Is thrown Up iH'tweeu Koenlgsberg and Meinel. Ills also obtained by mining ut a dlstaueii ul S.XHI feet or morn fioui (lie sea, and has been met with in gravel beds near Loudon, Not many years ago specimens weru fiiund 011 Cape Sable, In .Maryland. In 1811 thu amber gatlierlugontho shores of thu Haltle was more abundant, than ever Wforu known at thu samu spot. In thu vil lage of Kahlhetg alone, whciothu product was "farmed, "It Is estimated that twenty thousand t balers worth of miiiImt was picked tip in tliu course uf a few weeks. It Is sup posed that this Increased quantity resulted from the violent. storms that prevailed on tliu coasts of tho Haltle during tliu preced ing winter, by which tliu treasure was thrown up from tliu bottom of thu sea. One of tliu largest pieces of amber at pres ent known is in thu royal cabinet, at Mer lin, Its weight heingahotit eighteen pounds. It is 11 mistake to suppose that amber is only used to tip pipes or give additional glory to a choice cigar, for, being full of cleetrleity.the smaller fragments are mailu into beads and worn by many people as a preventlu' of sore throat, and croup. Chil dren Hint relief in chewing upon tho pol ished siirfacu whilu cutting teeth. Thu Chinese wear bracelet tnatluof amber, and use largu quantities of It In the construc tion of Idols. Amlier is designated as clear, cloudy or milky. Thu eastern nations prefer the milky variety, hut Americans as a rule choose the cloudy vailety been use It Is less easily imitated by gum copal. Thu mate rial is worked with a chisel and turning wheel, thu former having 11 raorliku edge, anil thu most beautiful objects are pro duced. Among thocolleetlousof an artist, which hu preserves as evldencu of tliu kind uf apprenticeship lie passed through, is an amber skull. It Is -less than three uuarters I uf mi trieli I1I1.I1. lint. (In, limies- anil iirtlell. ... . ....... ...(-,.., ....w -.. ...... .....-. hitious aru distinctly marked. A magni fying glass Is necessary to enjoy thu mar velous detail of the carving. Another specimen is a holder, with n hollow head of 11 monk for thu cigar, tlio old recluse laughing; but you can only seu the wrinkles in his face through 11 glass. Theiu aru still other representations In art Principal Points EAST, WEST, NORTH AND SOUTH AT- 1044 O STREET. E. 13. SLOSSON, City PnssL'nLrerAa'iU cornxs uv asciknt insects. escape from thu viscid mass. Hees, wasps, gnats, spiders and beetles havu been ob served in specimens, anil because they were imbedded ages ago in thu soft tieu gum they are in demand by collectors and by college museums, where the inelosiires aru subjectsof careful study by naturalists. Tim discovery of such a piece of umber is a bit uf good fortune, for utrfl.uul value is attached to thu unlucky prisoner. Very beautiful specimens containing Insects ages old may lie seen In the estab lishment of an amber expert and mer chant in New York city. If lie takes the fancy hu will lead you into a queer looking little workshop. Tliu walls look as If they were atlllcted with an eruption of carving tools. Odd looking lathes and polishing iniu hincs, racks and cabinets full of tho raw- and half completed material, aru all urui'iidyoii. Pulling nut a nest of draw ers Je will show ou a gieat quantity of ilul looking, irregularly shaped lumps, itiii' explain that 110 product is more varia ble In price. One lot may be purchased for II a pound, while another, that appears to thu tiupractlccd eye not a whit mure valuable, may bu worth fit). Thu amber is found in dilTeutit sizes, AUTISTIC WOIIK IN AMIIKK. that will vie in perfection with thu most famous statues, and yet there may not hu half an Inch of substance 011 which to carve the Hues. Take it ail In all, amber In its history and results constitutes one, of the most in teresting studies in natural history, ami to nee the deft workman uvolvo from the crude mass forms of beauty oil which tho eye loves to linger Is a luxury that Is en joyiililu by every devotee of high art. Fi:i.ix 0. m: Fontaink. (lerniHii V'.omh llemmlliig Tolmeeo. The must famous writers, physicians anil artists of Germany have expressed their opinion recently on thu usunf tobacco. The aggregatu verdict is that smoking and snuff taking aru Injurious hut seductively pleasant practices. Thu statement of Pro fessor Paul Muyei'lieiiu, nuteil as an mil mil painter, is both interesting ami amus ing in tliis connection, lie writes: What I lime to tell nhout inyon smoking ImbllU fur from ltitercUn'. t siaoKo indiffer ent, liutit cL'irs, and know llttlo nbont tlio ..trouper nnd li'ltur grade. It limy uiln-st )nti to know liortuvcr, what my moleN In tlio KinliUic.il gudeii think of tolmeeo Tlio coin 111011 browi b Mrs am nisslonate en'.husi.ists for It. When I IiIoh' smoke, through tint h.irs they ptuli forward ami rub their hicks and heads l.',Mlust tho Iron over uhU'li tlio smoku uissod Tills 1 Imarlalilf. Not Inuitngn I blew through a hollow stick a pinch of snuff hit 1 tho uosoof n sleeping lion Tho brut s it u,i straight, sueeisl violently, and then tiiydowa to sl.-ep couoMit etlly. All K'sits, deer, ll.iiuai, mid so cm eat cigars mnl mhiIT uitli great eagerness I oiuu inadoii very nly llam.i my friend by feeding It dally null snuff. I reuiemlsT that one day tho brute si.it lciotidy on sewrul soldiers who ueie teasing him, and tint orio of them exclaimed, "Holy Moses' how I1I1 breath smells of snuff!" Tliu big halskius also biv.itho ulth s itlsfuctlon 'hosmoko from cigars. You see,J do not smoko fur my own pleasure iilouo A Scholar ami n Iteclune. Tlio recent death of Charles Jefferson Lttkeus, a scholar of ilistiiiguisbed merit, a native of Philadclpfila, and for nearly sixty live years a lesident of that city, has reawak ened public in terest in ids liter ary work. He was bom July ','',', IWrt, and while a youth iH-camu noted for Ids crayon sketch es and excellence as it wati r eolor- Ist. Prose litem turn and poetry, however, later on c. J. l.t kias. claimed a large share of his attention, Between 1M"hiiiI ls(l numerous and mer Itoiious wetu tho poems, essays, critiques and hlit'irHil papers from his pen. For the last twelve years of his life tills Ingenious writer (before so facile) used his pen hut little. The woikaday novelty entviiig wmld passed him by, and hU lat ter ilus weie those of a phllosophlu her mit. Much of his work will live in Atnerl tan literature, and those who knew him test sinceiely mourn his los? JlKw m&A ) ,m ?ijs"s ; W&0T YY NEW YEAR'S EY.E. ft I'ublixhctl thvouyh 77o Amrrinni 'irx.i Atmocittlion. It" ii Woitla anil Mualo by H. W. HOPKINS. IN Amlantf, wi violtii rsprtuhnt. mmmimmmi 1. Slow ly 2. Ili.rkl 'tis and sail tlio (lionoutul of ii 1 1 .- Urn. Mmm 0 t - 'MMsm 7 -fjj 'HrP-imimmM 4 !fe-3i ohl jeiir wasdy - lug, As if tner-ry belLs sounding, The old it J cat- was loth has pass to eil de part way ' Theehi'u lug uf Hit) Thin' the deep gloiun its tos 3 nKrf- V i 1 i -3rfefe:ljEE)fi33E!l -4ii -tr-i ii 5. x crc. " p 11 tempo, ft A mHj'--mm a jq: 5: fe: rrs- JSTrs . , LJ z b-' a 1 (()(, H!5gtp lii w& p-x hours col Cliltl swift -ly lly - ing, Like eeh . is-, fell o . ver the heurt. Out hi Ihu night (ho juitr-iiey wcud-ing To leahnt of.... end - loss lay. 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