,... .n?T'V.r"'"''" " " 1
Th- ik
Tho IrtJirf waul a notice.
! ' hall ro-'.ii um-s.
And IiovfLliKt eokt-d vriili.d.wmoiid on.
All am. mrli
Oli ! ide the ilacll e . all they want.
Tliry a k fir. e-l il, too ;
The oulv peonlr ill the woild.
We love '.t lMt-rvl w ."
( La 11. V'the, in Omaha Iforl!
HICH iCHOOL fiOTE3.
School children pretty generally keep
off the grounds ituw and were it oat for
aome of the town boys goin up there to
jilay bull the grasi would have a- goou
chance to grow.
llobcrl Sherwood is conpclled to stay
out of school ou account of measles in
the family. It seems hard fr one of oui
graduating class to be obliged to miss so
near the cud of the term.
Richard Wituluhas also had a seven
time with the diseases, having bseu out
something more than six weeks on ac
count of chicken pox and now has an at
tack of German measles.
It is now almost definitely settled that
Misses Oas.8, Wilson and Wiles, and
Messrs Drumniond and Chatbura will at
tend the stale teachers association at Fre
mont the latter part of next week.
Wo wish some oue.who has the welfart
of the public at heart, would nee that tht
sidewalk up High School hill is kept
clran. A soapy, viscid clay covers Bwrue
portions of tho walk to a dpth of s-jrer-al
inches.
Stuart Livingston was ubsent two days
this wck to attend the graduation ol
bit brother JJob from the Oman. M--r-k
cal college. Hubert is. himself, asradu"
ate from tho Plattsmouth. schools and
president of aluiuai .issocijtiou. We al
ways like to see the boys "approach Ih,--proscenium
on the stase of life."
Jjist aiuadar Miss Shepherd, of thv
east fourth ward, sustained an injury
which has sio.ee prevented her from at
tending to her duties as teacher.. She
slipped in such a uiaunor as to dislocate
her knee; it is not serious and he thinks
h will be able to resume work next
Monday. Miss llolloway has charge in
(Us meantime.
Why can not the Plattsmouth school.-,
observe Arbor day by sowing grass and
planting tree. If thre ure plenty of
trees on the hiU M-Jiool grouud?. sum
wight b?. plant. -d about tho ward schools.
Appropriate ex- rcivm couhl tis held am'
due ceremonies observed, which womb:
s-edcar the trees to th heart of th."
ju-u and in that . way guard them
gainst any iujury they miifht ctherwisr
joceivc frru ths school child !-n.
Cmua Wti.noif.
City property of all kinds iu exchsn
for binds improved or unimproved. Appl
to Windham and Da vies. ' w-6t.
Thsir Correct NanT i?.
JJUncb Chupnifin s Mrs. II. C. Ford.
JKabt Ciitktou is Mrs. Iluiry Phillips,
(born Freeman.)
Emma Abbott ia Mrs. Wethcrell. Lou';?
Aldricb is Louis Moses.
Pauline Hall is Mrs. Frank " White.
Henry Irving is Henry Croadril.
Little Coritiiie is Corrinae Flaherty.
M. I. (Jartis is Samuel Skelcngcr.
Adelina Patti is Mme Nieolini. Anni -Fix
ley is Mrs. Robert Tulford.
Mme. Jauauschck is Mrs. Fred Pillo:
Marie Jansen is Mrs. Burton Key.
William J. Florence is William J. Cou
lin. Etelka Gcrster is Mrs Dr. Gardi:. .
Richael Booth is Mrs. William Bowei?.
Agnes Booth is Mrs. .John ShoefTel.
Fanny Davenport is Mis. E. II. Pric
Billy Emergen is William il -dmond.
Oliver Doud Byron is Oliver B. Iotv.'-Vivl-t
Cameron is M s. IX' Iiensu;ul
Lawrace Barrett is Lawrence Brnii;ii.
Maurice JWrymorc is Maurice Clino.
Kat- CltsUtt m 11'. Chi . l-sSl .'v: .-
Bo Vuns. i. M-.. M'ftA!. K,Vr!..
&raIS;."5r-.l ii Ik :?. .u.
lin, th- v.V.kcr, i I'.isSe i:
Eva Bourienu'.t il-f J': Cir -t ? .
Msnd Bar'Pf- I- ... v?:a:d fi.a.-
Ruh-rl .-.vjr:.'-i?
dotff. U hi.
Hfebvk-vr. . "
IJliijn ! ;:.:.';
men No. 2 , T; . ;
liain WV-:.
Chrit:w "h-i'
Sltraudx. Mir?! .. I
M??f SXit-. 'i '::
Si-
Ch I apo !-. Ad. i
Thirty--vi-- VmIcs Svv .- v.v
Jood )ias destroyed tti:rty-n'n? vill.:g s
The Ita&b river ha iuu.-.dstjvl ix villag
es in Odenbergf. The entire ronnty of
3tkcs will rceuibl a lake for some tiia.
to come. Te juffain2 of thj iah ti
(aUs is inten-e.
th following .
For m.iyor, lion., 'i. ... enon; Alder
man, First ward, E. S.'lluwley; Second,
Duvid Hi-own; Third, Robert Payne;
Fourth, Gnorg F. Krecl; school board,
Hon. D. II. Rolf, and J. J. IIoehsK tier.
It was the largest, nio?t nthusi iMic
nud h:-t comlucted munic ipal conven
tion ever li lil in this city. The ticket is
composed of the three parties and of the
bet husinits? men and people. The in
tcntiou is to fret the city frvmiiZ rule.
Indian Skoletonsrtund
Gkxoa, Neb. Mireh 23. While exca
vating for a public cistern on lb hill
north of town workmen last evening,
found, about threw feet below tlnsurfacc
level, ten Indian skeletons together with
fragments ofVoliins and clothing anil
also the usual supply of trinkets. Rulic
hunters are numerous on the hill today,
most of the bodies were found buried
after the time renouned aboriginal fash
ion in a sitting posture withe to the
west, though a few had indulged in the
luxury of pin-.' cil'ins.
Wreck of Trains.
Pittsbcko, March 2:5. Two passenger
trains on the Pittsburg & Lake Erie rail
rad collided ncaf Wtipum, Pa., forty
miles from hero, this morning. Our nis
was killed and nine others seriously in
jured. The accident wa caused by a
misunderstanding of train orders.
Ayer's Cathartic Pills ara known to b
t'ie a.1est, surevt. and best purgative
medicine ever olft-red to (!je public.
They are mild yet certain in their effects,
give tone and strength to the stomach,
and kep the system in a perfectly healthy
condition.
Ayer'a Sirasparilla was the first success
ful Mood medictufl enr offered to the
public. This preparation is still held in
the highest public -stiniation both al
hom; and abroad. Its miraculous cures
and immense sales show this. Ask your
druggist for it.
There aro lot 8 of young ladies in thin
city who could enable . us to make the
city coluoins of this 15 per interesting if
they would only niidie tho same cheerful
effort as the polite young girl who hand--id
in the following communication today:
"Six sweet young damsels of Plattsmouth
have formed a club called the 'Mikade,'
tvhich is for ths purpose of celebrating
tach other's birthday anniversary and
have a jolly good ti,:j". The last occa-
iou was in honor of Mis Lou Simpson's
ourteenth birthday, u nek the occasior
Aaa one of music, mirth ad fun. Lou
was delighted with a token f regard
10m her companions. 'The Wreck of
h3 Hesperus.' Hay they always enjoy
if :- as thffy do now, anl ifay thejr future
'if be as pure and true in thought, word
n;l deed as ut present.
Bucklon's Arnica salve.
The. best sul7e iu the worbl for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, suit, rhenin. fever
sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains,
coi ns, and all skin eruptions, and postive
ly cures piles, or no pay required. It is
uaranted to give perfect satisfaction,
or money refundrd. Price 2.1 cents cx
box. For sale by F. G. Fricke & Co.
51-ly.
The uvii-1 s of premature ge may 1 e
ff actually oiiliteratc-d by using Buckingham'-
Dye for the Whisker1. It colors
Uiiiformly, and always give satisfaction,
OrunUennessor tilts Liquor HabitPoi
lively ;:ured by Administering
Dr. Huines' Golden
Speci fie.
It can hn given hi a ct;p of coffee or
-a without tho knowledge of the person
'ik'ii it; is ibsolnt ly haraikw and will
..T:.-ci permanent und sjxody cure,
ln tii :r the patient i a moderate drink
t 01 an aiccltulic irreck. Thousands of
n-!i.'!s have bcoi made teiyperate
n vh h ive taken Golden Specific in
'. 1. ...!! .-v without their knowledge.and
-" 'k'v-t: tL.y quit drinking of tlu.ir
v,- f:.e u-lii. JT i;V?R FAILS. Thr
. i ;.: ::i:pg?f:lrfd with the Spect
:. :.r v- rnrj w ttl-T impossibility for
.... :,, ..c-r 5ictif' 1j exit. For full
- -..M-. s GOLDEN SPECIFIC
. . .-i , I:.:-, st..; CiurJnniti, O. 33-1t
- r i 5 . . ii : ;i : ana ta&.i act;
j .- -f.,i S y :.-. 11 I l'd riuoi;-.!ilt-S1
S S S ;i I "m'ei:t llat will
I? i I " ' t ili-ni iraia Iheii
; I t V ; I ieM S T1. . :tll(l ISM-ilMf. '1 1'P
riiCt.1; ure lure uud si.Tr.
.'rerv incir.sTri'.u jT.on.man hnre mad
anl a: n:w srul JiuuJriii'l dollars
fern.i'uh ItWrasy t'r i:iioi e lo irkeSS
and uitwarsls per day. wbu 1 wMlin? to work
Either sex. younc or ol : capital Dit peede.i ;
w start yen. E'rw4Ulns r.ew. No spci-.il
slU'.l required, vou, raiT'r. cn 1o It as wei!
n ajv on. Write to u- at ore for full par
feulaVs wh'.cb we ntll iree. A-Jdress titi-.n
i Co., Portland, .Maliie.
il, a.Id.
i at tlie south
uiK.r i t Ui eijt.it iii. un la i'latti-iuoutti lty. in
suit! ruiirity. Fell t pulilic hucUo i. tli follow
ing Ji-scribed real ff-tal to-wit: Lot four
tuiMiiri il and twi-iitv twoi423 ;!ut fuiir liuiulreil
ai.ti teiity-1 hive (4:i) ; lot tour : uudrtu' and
Iwrrily-ioiir i.'4 in ll:0 villace f lxiisvllle,
('sm county, et.k:i. '1 ii- oaiue lieinj Irvit-d
neon a l txken hi tlio prcperiy t( Henry
Helirtw'der. Ilet:iietla jjcl-roeder mid Frark
C'rrutli. di-fi'iul:ints ; to tisfy a judnit-nf of
"Hid Court rrcovr red t'V Charleii Koeiteker,
l)l,.lutirf, aiiiiisl sai l tl'l'ei:i -tit.
l :aii: utl ,f eh. 2.iid. K I. ISS.
.!..'. MK2NUA.UV. tif riff Cass Co. ieU.
CAj-H l.y iJavid Miller, Deputy.
Legerl Notice.
In the district court of Cits' county, Nebras
ka J.ilm 1. Uarry. I'laiiitilt. vs. Ma tro " r
ry. drf-'inlant.
i lie Hiiiu Margret Harry, defendant, wi.. take
notice tli:it nil the ad day rl K- ill, lt8. Ie
tivi pu 10 o'clock a. in, ami 6 o'clock p in., be
fore W. If. fcprneer. a liulaty public, at his of
fice In the bank building on the corner o Court
and MoetMr ptreets. in the eity of Nan Ltd
Obii-po, in the state of California, the plaintiff
Johu I. Harry above named, will take the tes
timony of Hautz M Soig, - it no s iu ihe . hove
eutii l"d ac'Jon. to b ieW as evidnee In the
trial thoreof. wirh authority to adjourn from
dny to day till ih taking (f said deposition,
shall be coiuuleteil
.HMN' P. B UtltY.i'lalutiff.
By J. T. Murlarty hU attorney.
Legal Notice.
In DUt riet Court of Cass county. Nebraxka.
(leorj-e K. Dovey, Justus . Icichey and Wil
liain H. Wise, plaintifii, vs.-John ti. Towu
send. defendant
John S. Tewneiu1 will take rotlc that en
he i'l t day of February, lSr, Ceo. K. i'ovey,
Justus i. hichey and William S, Wise. lniii
lifla herein tiled the:r petition in the is'liet
ourt of Ca.s county, Ki'ti avka, n'Minxt said
John H. Towuer:d. Ihe cbji-ct ahd pruj er pf
which are In ouiet Ihe title ef piainiiils to th
follvln desi-ribed real estate, fo-wit : Bet;i
hingatthenor.h east corner of the iiTtli
we't fjuai ter of Ui nnrth-etlst quarter of sec
tion thirteen (13), in township tvyelveOD rang
thirteen (l'J), east In Casa c-miity, -ebra-k,
runninjr thence south ?il:t(H)chaln and
seveuty-five (75 links. Thence went ten (lo
chniiift and elKhty-five (85) llnkn ; thence north
eight (8) chai -s and nevrnty-flve (75) llaks ;
thence est to the place of bgliniag and U di
vmt anlddefendant of anv and all interest, right
or tttln wh:ch he may hitve or elahun to have in
and to .ild rul estate. You a e required to ans
wer naid petition on or before Monday the 2nd
day of Am l. IMS.
ifE. E, rOVif', 1
Justus ti. Kk'kev. VriffB.
Williams. Wisk,
By Bjren Clark ad W. S. Wle, puis attya
SherifTs Sals.
By virtue of au order of pale, isued by TV. C.
Showairer, clerk of the district court, within
and for Cass count', Nebraska, and to me di
rected. 1 will on tbe9fh day of April A. J. ls8
at 1 o'elo k ?. in., of said day, at the south
door of the cbuct Uo iu lUatt'tiipiith. t'as
county. Nebrask:i. in said county, self it pub
lic auet ion. the following real etate, to wit:
Lot No. three (3) ; lot No. four O) in block No.
th rtv-uine (39; tu Yonnj; and U s' addlti. a
to the eity of I'ia-tsnii.uth, i as county. Neb.,
as the same are described mi the records-d plt
;f 9 id addition to said city togethrr with the
CrlvileEe anp appurieeanc tht-ret;nlo bi
ininu or inanv wise a : in rtainir.g. Th.esa - e
bc-iu-r levied iip-n and t.-ikeu as the prop- rty of
Auuie E Heroh. Christian ti, Uer.-Id and
Isaac Well & Co.. ! fendanK ; to satisfy a
judgment of 4! euc rycuyureJ t? y W S.
Pe-k Xros, ie, Co.. p:intiit ayamsi auid de
fenda t.
Plattsmouth, Neb., March bt,-. A. D. 18?S.
J. C F1K.KNB KV.
M-5 Sheiiff "iw eiity. Neb.
By David Miller. D.-pury.
Sheriff's Sale.
By virtue of Two Executions tesued by V . C
Sliowalter. Clerk ?f the District Court within
and for ("jif eoinity. Nebraka, and to ine '.i
reeted, I will o the 28ih day of Anril. D
1M3. at 11 o'clock a. j;.. of aid d.y at the south
door i-t the court douse n ine ciiv if rhtts-n-outh.
in said county, sell at public auction,
he foilowius al estatx to-wit : Com inenein-i
.it fhe southwest corner of the snntnwest
qn irter of the southwest uuarter, that beiu
the center of the hi?hwy. thence runninij due
north one hundred and eight feet (108) tlievce
dueat eie'itv three f. et (8S. thence due
south one hundred and eij;ht feet (l.8). theuee
due west to ice of tii-jth.liiiiii ; cor.tainiriu
u fifth of an acre all in i!jiii;n 4. t'v.'a 11.
tanje 13 Cass county, Nebraska. The same
tein levied upon au d taken as the propertv
.f '. F. Latta, defudant ; o satisfy two judjj
menis of said court recovered by C. M. It ilmes
.tnd J. Newman plaintiffs, aualnsf nald d -lcnd-ant.
PUittsniouth. Neb., varch 21. ;.D.
.J. O.Kikknuaiiv. hpriir, t;.iss Co.. ' eb
By, David J''l,l.kk, Deput ?. lw-5
Jesse Overlander, an f-nginecr of the
B. & M. on the K. C. run, who left this
eity about a month ago since to visit his
son who was sjck at Ilavanna, Neb., re
t lrned home yesterday.
The Old Doctors
Drew blood, modern, doctors cleanse it ;
hence the increased demand for Altera
tives. It is now well known that most
diseases are due, not to over-abundance,
but to impurity, of the Blood ; and it
i.s eqnally well attested that no blood
medicine' ia so fclEcfrCious aa AyWs
Sarsaparilla.
" One of my children had a large sore
break out on the leg. YVe applied
simple remedies, for a whiie, thinking
the sore would shortly heal. ISnt it grew
worse. We sought medical advice, and
were told that au alterative medicine
was nijeosary. Ayut'a SarsapariJa
being ' ' -
Recommended
above all others, we used it with mar
velous results. The sore healed and
heiilth and strength rapidly returned."
J.V.'-rni'atro;), Ve!iiir, fWAt
l find Ayer'a Strsa:5a:i'.Ja to be an
admirable remedy f;r thu ot-re of blood
disia.sfN. I prtjjieriliH if, and it d'i"i the
work every time." lil. L. Paler, M.
Manhattan, Kansas.
" have, so!;! Ayer's Sariaparillft
hern for over thirty "yiar and always
recommend it when as'icd to i:&m the
best bhxMl-pnritier." W. T, iilr-an;
Untwist, Auaiuta, Quij.
" Ayer's nie-itclne ecntinitQ lv lw the
-jr;t:i-'.ar.l rer:ie:Iios iu spire of all com;
n-:iii n " T. V". Kiohmond, Bear
h ; fie!i. -
r's Sarsapariiia,
TSEPARED BY
. j. C. Ayer & Co., Lowel!, Mass.
Price 91; sU bottles. $5. Worth ?i a bottle.
. inventor went on Lis
.n.o hfS intended bride merrily
ad away upon her bobbin of wire.
On thq wedding day the fli-st consignment
of stock indicators came back from the jur
chaser, iuojxsrative. 'hen Mr. Batchelor,
who has always been Edison's right band
man, weut down to the shop after supper ho
found the inventor there iu his dirtiest hhop
clothoa tinkuriii away at the machines.
Didn't he remember that it was his wedding
night? No, he'd forgotten all about it.
Batchelor dragged the lagging grOvin to the
nearest clothing store, got bim into a new
uit, then to a barlx-r shop and finally put
him on a car and shipped him ofT to tho
houso of the bride. Then be went back to
the shop to work, supposing that was the
bust of Kditfon for that night. In an hour or
two, b. .wever, Edison rushed in again, threw
his new coat down on a rre-ir;.- 1 ' -,:
his waistcoat upon the gas pipe, kicked his
shoes under the bench, seized a file and went
nt the defective stock indicator as if there
were no such thing as marriage and giving
in marriage, and there he stayed with his
faithful lieutenant till the morning sun
looked in on two weary toilers and an elec
trical stock indicator that worked like a
charm.
When wealth came to them, Mrs. Edison
No. 1 betrayed a tendency to branch out iu
the social world, but it bad no effect on tho
inventor's habits. One of the largest enter
tainments Newark ever saw w(is given at
Lr house. All the leading men of the Edi
son works were there, but he was nowhere to
be seen. Ilis subordinates grew a little un
easy. A committee of them went over to his
laboratory about midnight and there was the
inventor, tipped back iu a rickety old chair,
in bis shirt sleeves, bis shoeless feet high up
on the workbench, singing away into bis
phonograph at the top of his voice, happy us
a clam at high tide.
The present Mrs. Edison sticks to her b.rf
bftijd. hte ft ehilUow. Hhe h always at his
elbow in working hours, with book and pen
cil, taking down his ideas and experiments.
Bho is, in fact, a helpmate in every way
worthy of his abilities. New York Tribune.
How to Write sv Play.
A very quick method of making a pHy
and a very satisfactory pna to tbo-e wbi?
adopt it. istasteal it. If a foreign play, trans
late it or get some one to translate it for you,
then change its title, clap your name to it
aud call it your own. We could easily men
tion several well known dramatists who have
dorie this all along. Few persons think the
less of them for it, and most managers don't
Care what the history of a play is so that it
will draw. If you make $10,000 or $15,00tl
by the theft, and your, eons,'. ien biirts you.
send tht 'of igiuaf author, if Jiving, a cheek
for $100. That will make you feel better
and Lim feel worse. You will think that
you have done a noble action, and he will
gnash bis teeth at having had insult added
to injury.
If you wish to write a farce in three or
four acts, take two or three old English or
French farces and alter them sufficiently to
throw them into one This will reqir-j
thought ariii 'tact," but this is fha way "ori
inal'' plays ai-e sometimes made. Or you
may dramatize a book by cutting out the
conversation an old aud clumsy method,
whi :h has almost gone out of vogue. Or
you may extract the entire skeleton of some
good novel published twenty years ago,
change all the names, add some new inci
dents, suppress ethers, retain, all tho strong
situations and givo the "happy ending,"
which managers so much Ipye, end, then d..
elaru that you never" read, saw or heard of
tho novel in question. Nobody will beliovc
you, especially your brother dramatists, buj
that does not mutter if the play is a succes3.
Nobody ca prove that the similarity is not
a coincidence except yourself, aud of course
you won't stand ia your own light. New
York Herald.
Business Is One Unending Drive.
Business hours are from 9 to 5. In the
larger establishments but little is done after
4 o'clock, except in certain seasons. During
these seven or eight hours the work of twenty-four
is done. I?vcry nerve, every inuscio,
every power and faculty of body and inir.d
is taxed to tho utmost to discbarge the duty
of the day. Go into any of the large estab
lishments of the city during business hours,
aud you will be amazed at the ceasless rush
and push of plrks and customers.
It is one unending drive.
Everything must be finished up to the clos
ing hour, so that the morrow may be begrn
with a series of new and clear transactions.
Merchants from other cities, coming into
these establiohaiont to make purchases, rind
themselves caught in this whirl of work, and
are carried along and made to decide ques
tions and make purchases with a rapidity ut
terly unknown to them in their own home.
We grind, grind at our treadmills all duy,
and grind too bard. We lolt our jneaJg in a
fourth of the time we snJyld give to the:a:
we rush back homo at night as furiously as
we left in the morning, and our evenings e:t
spent in an eiTort to keep up the excitement
of the day. Wo are living too fast, too bard.
We break down long before wo should.
This baste, this furious pace at which we
Siv goipgi at business, nt laaxure, at vlve; v
tbipg, is'the great curse of Now York life
Joe Upward in New York Graphic.
'Tb.e Propagation 'jl Clioicr.i.
Ap fc-r-jrainatiou of tho atftis of Nun; Yc-i h
harbyf has been uud&xlakea for the purpose
of diitermjning its character, and Low I0.113
it would supjt'ft Jif? of tho diiTcrnt crdc.' "j
crpani&tu, more efcpeeialty that at Asictlc
cbolei-a. Specimens wcio obtained at diCTr:--eat
places, tho fast at the Narrows, x
second alongside the tteaiasbip Eritam-.i-i
(ljing ia quarantine) : the third at KofTroa .- !
island oi;d the f?jrih 3!DLurue i-iai. i
i'tip rcsu'ts of the chemical and inicrosco;.!.;- 1
(jets' wire, such that' the" investigator, As- 1
i!;tr.f Kvron-i -T .T T:n--i.r." .f IT r '
si.ys: "After closely stud3ing the currei.ti
)t the upper bay, I am cd to telicve that, if
dejecta t'l-vin cholera patients should be
thfown into the lower bay, cholera couid gain
1 foothold 00 the contiguous shores, where
very cocditloa favorable to its development
and propagation sometimes exists." Chicago
Kewat
.. . -me.wcr
iay. tit tho age
. tided y,70() funerals and
that number of coiiins.
Tho lato Mr. -Corcoran fortune was
l irsely made in Washington real estate.
Much of the property be bought for a few
cents a square foot ia now worth dollars,
one ncre of it being valued at $G a square
foot.
"WillU Allen, n negro who died in
Pari, Ky., a few days ago, was un
doubtedly 120 years old. lie bad ieeii a
hlave in Virginia, and papers in the pos
session of Iim owner's family proved the
exact year of bis birth.
John Hoylo O'lleil! and Edward
Mosely, bceretary of lb intetf.tate com
mission, will kooii net out on a Ki-uliar
expedition. They will take their canoes
and explore the Dismal .Swamp, Va., re
maining in its weird neighborhood for a
month. They exiect to bring back a
large catch of malaria.
T'v- T , . !' I . .
a butler store at i).-.v .. 'iho place is
crowded with customers who are ambi
tious to le waited upon by one of the
quality. Thus one by one the iiH inlx rs
of the nobility are gradually dropping
into occupations where they may bo ol
6ome real service to mankind.
Jordan Little, n Wadesboro. N. C,
negro, trapped a rabbit the other day,
and in his delight held the f lightened
animal up to. bis face, saying: "Oh.
Dre'r Rabbit, Vin Dre'r Jordan." Ure'r
Rabbit thereupon grabbed Dre'r Jordan
by his ample lower lip and bung on tm
til another negro choked the rabbit to
death. Little's lip was badly lacerated.
J. W. Watson, to whom tho author
ehip of "Beautiful Snow" is most gener
ally ascrilxd, is a tall, straight man of
10, who is often seen about the streets of
New York. He is n novelist as well ns a
writer of verses, and much of his matter
ii sc-n in th periodicals, but bis income
from his writings is not large. Mr. AVat
bon claims to bo the inventor of roller
skates.
A correspondent who iftet Ernest
Renan, the great French jihilosopher, re
cently, describes him as a "hideous ex
pression of gouty epicurean materialism"
tho ypry opposite- in apjiearanco of
what bis writings would lead one to ex
pect, lie is broad, short and fat, says
the correspondent, with muddy 0308, an
alligator 6kin nose, scant ev-fcbrows, 3-el-luw
teeth and a double chin.
An illustration is given in The Balti
more Sun of Eiind Tom's (the noted col
ored pianist) wonderful memory. It ap
pears that alter one of bis recent concerts
in that city ho wj3 approached b Mr
Sioddnrd, a well known organi-.t, who
h::d not tpoken to or .seen him for over
seventeen years. "IIow are you, Tom?"
said Mr. Stoddard. The reply came in
stantly: '-How are you, Mr. Stoddard':"
Tho late David Hunter Strother, bor.t
Li-ovrn as "Porte Crayon." yu.-: a vencr
able looking man, with large white
whiskers r.nd mustache, covering all tin
lower part of hi3 face, and quiet, alsnoh'
dreamy eve?, looking out from under ji
neble forehead. Iiis disposition was go
iiial, but modet and retiring. A 3'ear
and a half ago, when be celebrate?! Ii:.
70ili birthday, he said to a friend: "I
weigh 1G0 pounds in my summer tog
srory, walk my five r.iil.-,i without fa
tigue, and urn i:ofc (onsciotts of any pain.
aches or discomfort:; whatever. I Lav.
accomplished the three scon; years an-:
ten, but 'labor and Borrow' have not y
come upo:-" me, for my days pass 1:
cheerful tranquility. ' Gen. . Strotbc:
fought thro igli the ir.te war with di-.
tinclion on the loyid fide, though neatl)
aii his kinsmen were Conft-deraU s.
I.- rd I.ytton in Paris.
Lord Lytton oy.cned the eyes cf the
Parisians at hh first reception with tin
Oriental splendor cf his house decora
tions. The immense vestibule was
wonderfully decorated, and transported
o.ie to the picturesque regions of the
Cansres. E very win ro around were.
o'rajeries of very rich old Indian curtains,
festoons of hanjas, old iiretirnts, curvd
cimetara. helmc-ts, shields of buifalo bide,
arrows ar:d armor of all kinds, with
figures cloihed in the most gorgexji.s
Indian fabrics. Ia the center of the
great panel that faces the entrance war
placed the bead of a cokisaai elephant,
whose tusks weio two yards and a half
long, -supposed to be the largest in ex
istence. This wonderful object, sur
rounded as it was with tiger and leopard
skins, attracted nearly as much attention
as the model of thy throi;e of the Ma
Iiarajal of ?dvtoits who was replaced in
his kingdom by Lord Lytton when
viceroy of India. This throne, which is
superbly carved, is surmounted by a dais,
and ascended by a magnificent staircase
suppoited by caryatides of the various
divinities and heroes of thu llindoo re-.
I'.pcn. New York Tribune.
Pnisonou4 (irenn Uje.
I hear from St. J'ftersburg that the
T!f tf a Rusiaii general, well known
in Nipe society, lias latelj- leen sufTering
from a mnlady tho cause of which is not
3 little hu.l'uJji'. It upjieai-3 that her ill-h'-,
which w;is at first attributeil to
over fatigue, b:is now Ik-mi traced to the
cmatntions froi a green silk diess fert!--i5
pi.rt of her wardrole. a.r.d which bad
rt-vvivtd its v"Ii" from a liighlv j.Kjisonoua
t. The ladj, who was seriously ill for
i'jiu days, is now better. It has been
f "(.riuii.s.d that Use wot k women wl,o
i-j; -de the gown were sirjulaiiy affected.
Lcudon Life, 1
Tests of Cot-rage,
Cel. Iligginson compares, as tests cf
cc-jrago. the dueling of Gorman students
wi.ii the life saving done by the 3oung
?---iool inarms iu the western blizzards.
Ei;char.e.
. t-ttf. ally fix tho
, . 1.... j i-ico of residence of our vi
a by their driaku, Americaiii UHimlljr
take whixky or -In c(K-ktnll in tho morning,
FrunchiiK-n imbibe i-l claict, or if the3' are
hard on it, some cognac or uliiitht tier
mans take lr-r. Englishmen drink heavily
of alo ami bramli, but they seldom drink
early iu the morion. There ure not many
Japs in thin country, but tho few who are
hero aro very fond of luger, iiiul Chinamen
take brandy hi tht-ir tea. Hcutrhiiien and
Iri.Hhmen drink whixky. In this country
every state has its own particular fctylo of
drink. Notv Yorkers want rye all tho time, m
IVnnsylvauiuu calls for Moiion-ulu-lu, the
Kt'iitucklan sticks to bourbon and it in ulinoht
certain death to offer a man from Florida or
(leorgin anything but corn whisk3r. Jvravy
uu u, you know, tako aiiplcjaelc In preference
to anything else, while Iltdawarinns must
have cach brandy und boii'-j'. Men from
Missouri, as a rule, aro great whiky drink
ers; they want their whisky sti-niht and
plenty of it. North Carolina, Alabama,
Louisiana, Tcnnctscu and oilier southern
states eend us great fancy drinkers. Thu
best bartenders in the world come from the
south. Since tho California wines have
been in tho market) llm.so from tho l'ueiilo
slojiocall frequently for Catawlai, but half of
tlumi can't tell tho diliVrcnce between still
Catawba and Kantc-riie."
"What fancy drinks arc mostly called for?'
"Well, Now Yorkers take naturally to milk
punches and whisky or gin sours. Houthern
crs are very fond of hherry cobblers, mint
juleps, brandy smashes, bruudy juleps and
bourbon sours. I'hiladelphians, when they
don't tako their whisky Hti'.iight, or ulo or
leer, call for cocktails, whixky smal)es,
Roman punch and li ,h house punch. A tUh
house punch is one of thu nicest drink
known. It is made of whisky, Jamaica rum
and several cordials, together with lemon
and orangts. Hut the same drinks go by
dilTorent iiuuh-s in different purts of the
country." New York Mud and Express,
A Machine for Malting ClariK.
We now come to tho most important iart
of cigar making the wrapping. I sup-iose
that there are moie than 'M0 patents for
wrapping machines, not 01:0 device having;
proved to be of practical value. Tho great
est dilliculty has always been found in mak
ing tho point of tho cigar by machinery,
Btrango to say, while tho point of a cigar i
bitten olf or cut olf I K-.'ore it is smoked, every
cigar has a neatly made point, or ought Ij
have; the sharper and the more regularly
made the better. Suveral manufacturers
have tried to Introduce cigar w ith the poiuta
already cut off, and have fuiled; wo st;em to
inherit a desire to bite that point off. and we
go on spending money to mako what is of n.O,.
vulue, and must bo destroyed before tho ciga;
is Ufced. J
About four 3 ears ago I went tu work at r
machiuo for wrapping cigars, And it took me
two years to solve thu prolwcm of making
tho machine do, the work of Cue knife and th
fingers ::i shaping raid finishing a neat iioint.
Some months ago I exhii-ited my first ma
chine, and six weeks ago I gave an exhibi
tion of what it could do to the manufacturers
who now own it. I had it worked for sevi
oral hours under tho inspection of these ev
perts, tho result being that it turned oufc
several hundred cigars made as well as
best hand work, and about four times as
fast as by hand woi X. As a final test, a girl,
who never to.uc.hsJ a leaf of tobacco before,
after three hours' teaching, turned out 100
cigars without defects. New York Post.
Deformeil Feet In China.
Seeing that deformed feet add .V) or lOq
per cent, to the social and matrimonial value;
of a Chinese female, one, cannot help a
plauding tho enterprise of tho people in this
district on compared to the apathy existing
on tho same subject in others. The compar
ative poverty of their clayey undulations
has doubtless awakened them to tho op-jortu-nities
of increasing values in other direc
tions. Hence they convert all their female
infants into golden lilies, for whom some
prospective husband will to willing to pay
f 100 more than if they were possessed of
vulgar extremities as provided by nature.
The eoplo hereabouts seem unusually
timid and alarmed at my strango appear
ance, It; is both laughable and painful to
see the women hobble ofT across the fields,
frightened almost out of their wits. At
times I can look about mo, and within
radius of 500 jards see -venty or thirty fe
males all with deformc feet, scuttling off to-,
ward the villages with painful efforts at
speed, One might well imagine them to be
a colony of crippled rabbits, alarmed t the
approach of a dog, endeavoring to bobbU
a.Tiy from his destructive presence.
Thomas Stevens in Outing.
From RuMsia to ftihertit.
The chief paper of Ekaterinburg publishes
some interesting information about tho num
ber of persons exiled from Russia to Siberia
for political and other o.Tenses. On Jau. I
of the present 3ear the total of theso pris
oners of both sexes in the provinces of
Irkutsk, Yeneseisk and Yokxtk amounted
to 110,000. Of this number 42,00' were iu
fixed places of residence, 20,000 were em
ployed on different works, aud 48,000 had
escaped. Ia western Siberia it appears the
number of prisoners who evaded their eus.-i
todiaus was still greater, for a census Uke:ii
in the towns and villages showed, that tho
enormous proportion of 67 pee eent. cf tho
prisoners were missing Toe paper tbrowa
no light on whas became of thesa unfortunates.?-Boston
Transcript.
If tae fan'i- Demand It.
As a mirror, uncracked, tha uewepape?
press of the world in general, end of the
United States la particular, has never been
equaled, and it is diflicult for me to under
stand how it can be improved, but the news
paper press as an educator, as a director, tut
a censor, as a just, impartial erilie hoir
about thatf There cau be no two opposing
opinions in that rcs-et. Ortat capital i.'i:
mauds dividends. Dividends can be had only
frsm a prosperous business. A provpr; -;
busines.; mubb recognize tho lav of s: ' ;;
and demand, and if tho publi'. demand Oil t
the newspapers wiij furnish 'i'-t and tit &',
jou forget it. Joe Howard in Ijstou Glooo.
A Little ritcher'a QueHlou.
"3ramma, wha ii Sally Forth T' asked little
Dumle
' I'm sui-e I don't know, child; I never
heard of ber."
"Why, papa knows her, for ho sajs every
morning, 'Now to Sally Forth.' " Ix-troit
Free Press.
The working' day in Paris has been reduced
from eleven hours to ten hours. ,
