Plattsmouth weekly herald. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1882-1892, February 27, 1890, Page 6, Image 6

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    Tin: WEEKLY HEUALI): PLATTSMOUTII, NEHKASKA, THURSDAY, FEBHUAKY 27, 1M)0.
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ONE NICIIT OF IIOKKOi:.
)in ni J:t I n i nt to li 'l with rl. "
liru-vti liair, ami l;i" f.i-'i'.r ii 1 of IS;
next in. ii iii'ig; I 1. ft my roniu w it It hair
lis jt.iv ., -. it is now, 1 1 . i i; 1 1 forty-two
M'.il's Irtvi- jci ,',i away m.'hi tlnn.
In oi:i.- 1 1 5 . j ; t .-m awful horror struck
UK- si'.il-li-'il y with tin: weight of scori'd
uf yea is. !
3Iy fathi-r w:i-t a Mr. Marriot, .a ship
liiv!; r, uholiwil in Kus.scll s-ii:iit with
1 1 is family. -r.i -i-,tin uf my m ,ih(-r atul
I On r i'Ii I ! ! r n, of whom I was t In - e!i It -s-1 .
Oii iii-uaim g;, in i ho 1 ),'i,iMiihcr of lol'.',
w liilu ! wi re .-.il t in.' at breakfast , my
1 1 tr it 1 ii r s:,i'l, sln 1'iihmicmI Ic.i'i i n a
1. tti-r wi.i.-h iia I ju-.t Ix'i.n 1 livcn-d,
"It".s from Juoith. Slie wants Ialcii to
pi ;i ii.l st ay a month at The W illows.
Put do not liko the i lea. S'.io never
even callei! on ns when she came back
lo I ai.lar.il la-t s'ltumer. Jiesiiles, we
have know n aluio.-t nothing of lier for
years ..i-t.'
"Oh! I shotikl like immensely to Bee
.mit Jielilh," I crieil.
' -1 i 1 1 1 you have never seen, mul don't
know anythiiiL; about her," relii -d my
mother. "It ii nearly ten years now
since I saw r, and she didn't leave a
very pleasant impression on my mind.
I had nut seen li.-r, of cotir-se. since' I
was a child, but, as I have often told
you. there was something curious and
weird about her that was not to my lik
iny. Jn fact, the did not seem like a
:su r of mine."
Ar.nt Judith was my mother's tlder
-iMer by fiffceu years. When she was
tibnt twenty she married a German
baron who was i proie ecr 11 ' :n:ver
sity. Why it was nobody kii"v, but
sotne two years or so after her marriv'-
Aunt Judith became very apathetic- as
regarded' her rehuioi.s in Eii;;iand, and
but. rarely corre-ipondej with iheui.
Jlcr hu-band, the baroti an I prnfe.-,sor.
died ;d' .it three years before th" lime of
which 1 ersoak. Mouniii'.j; cardd were
unkiio-.vu in those days; still she miht
have sent a word to it-form her sister of
tier bereavement. To our jrreat aston
ishment, it w;is nr.lv from a friend who
itt-'nil.-d his funeral that we heard, cas
ually, that be was dead and that she was
a widow.
V.'fl!, b.-;!i my father and my mother
were iiuwilh:; to let me p-o to The Wil
lows; my ine: her. b: e.iu-e she had. or
50 tiled to i;.e to have, a prejudice
a:-uiitst- ! r si.-.ter; my father, for no
reason that I could make out, except that
he echoed my mother. At all events, 1
overcame their opposition at last, and
started, one line, or rather gloomy, umrn
in;c for the clouds were dark and heavy,
I remember, as I left London for The
Willows, a mansion i;i Warwickshire
which had 1 ecu k ft to uiy Aunt Judith
I y my frrandf.' t her. Traveling was slower
in tho- days than it is now, and it was
not until nearly G o'clock in the evening
that I drove, in the iumberin coach
s hic'i conveyed me. up the dreary car
riage pub which led to The Widows.
Aunt Ju loh had only returned to live
there during the past six months, so I
was not surprised to find the place in a
wry untidy state. Such, tit h ast, was
my impression from what I saw through
the d 'irkness of the evening.
Things, hov.-r-vf r. seemed to change
for the better when we drew up at the
bouse its-. 1.'. it was a great, itra.linj;
buikhn;:, v.h.Vh bad Ftoo l for more than
a century, and was cold and forbidding
to l,k :.t from the outs; le. Ihit from
the window.-, and what I cot:';-! see of
the hall, it seemed to be well i:t. warm
and well appoint -d widiin? A female
se rvant c;me out to meet me as the coach
slopped at the door.
I,
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".Mi'e. .darriot;' sue inquired,
in a
German Vvi-'.
Y -s," I re
'Ah! your
you," sh- s-i.
She i ; tire--i:
her up stairs,
.f'tanc i" ' b .fi
,s I descended.
ii-'d
ant would like well to see
"I shall take vim to hi r.
for dianer." 1 foliowcd
o i into a large Lelroom.
a glass at the end of the
room w.-i . a tail wmuail whom, from the
lioacripu- o I had heaid of her. I imme
diately recognized as Aunt Judith.
lie;- S':!ire was very erect, almo ;t m:t
jestie, bat her faee puxzled me. The
f,l.tu:cs were very regular, and clearly
draw:i. 'i i.ere was i.i them a cousker
a' le roi: ...at of pov.er, and yet, what I
could not v..; ierstaiid, a curious, wizened,
jli.v-.,t cr-ivi it cvtcsi-ioii, which just
i. ... i ..... ; ,. i I, .-i'i - sinister. I was tn
'.. ;.a i;:,',r and knew notiiiu- cf i
!.-. i iii ;:n--.-te..ess as
I nut
keen
-.ray cy.s which geeaied v.:: i
jura uLui.-nt, but to waade- y
sit the biddiiigcf an uneasy spir-t
re-t
her -ie:
Coll! '.
wi.l be
. aor was
1 . if 1 OTSC
otherwise
ssed.
cur-
; loom is not ready yt, but it
,,r. .;;:. " fches eaid, when we
hail gl'
ad eaca OLa
"you ca.ii dro3
to ni - h! . 'our parent s arc well, I bo,i'."
'Your parent -d" atid lids in aliu-iou to
h"!- nu ll si-ter, w hom she had not seen
b.r ears! lbr creel iii ill faet, her
ma ii e-r, e( rylhin about h'-r was Jer-f.-ctlv
poble, I ut slr.in ;ely cold.
"'l e-,," I replied, "they are quite well,
thank von."
"You can ci, me down Mairs when you
I'.i l."hhe cont inin d, as she stood
l. -o,- i- .1 is-!. ;;ivill; the I.I t touches
l i I.i r toil. t. "Dinner will be on the
I; i.i" iii about tw nt;.' iiiiuutes. f bad
1 .. ! ! r ; i , 1 1, e.i. 1 1 . -; he v will be ail in;; for
me," ii, v ii i. h .'he hit the i oolll.
A , o ::,'! i win-: an, I t! ioi e 1 :t , wh-n s he
v. ; : ; Old, a i I , ,;'e hef, J i!;. not i;ui:
n.ii'ii i:i I" r ' l! i a i -, ;, 1 -o, I was it
i"iie Sill'. I 1:." t , a.L'ai I e I tie' wid.lSof
ley , . i . ! , I bad come in '1 1 1 V' i i io .-,
ill a'l. V. in-;! I came into the drawing
;:..,; i I found a party of about a dozen
- i j -1. : : -I , i ! ,le, I t here. There Wei e, !)-
:i: - i' . ai.nl and an tldeily (i.-rmau
i ' . . -. . I io :: s a l'i la I i ve of lea" I.i! e li us
oarid. lie- i 1. is - ma n of the pn i v .! j with
I : , -.
abne'
a: "I t
. I f.'
i ; i 1 1 .
leu i
i ale'
my
ei' hi
lab!.-
and two d. u -h'.er . the loeal
r- a o,,. 1 . . . L. : i ) -c yoiin.; man of
.- i or . e van a lid I wei it y ; lie' m j aire
1 1 . r I hi r nt hers, w ho. lik,- m II',
sla i'i on a vi'dt at the house,
r p a I i i y ph -a-a i , t ! y. We had
1 a dance v ben ti e ; -e :it ) 1 1 1 n
: .ji stair-. A io ,. 'et le r 1 enjoyed
!.' . a 1 1 : 1 - i i . ioid it was past, mid
.!'en we K.-e from the slipper
, 1 1 er 1 o it I Milne a boost li u-
i
i'e;--.i;-; (he e , l.ili. and this
. 1 1 . -. a I - i lit, .Mai ." t the
:' -in! i'X l- i.iti wiu'cli tmiie
,e upon Aunt .heiitii's face. It
.iivii she were lool-.m.; at or for
': w hii h was iir.i.dble lo every -
1 n supp. r w a ; o r, and 1 hose
- t s w bn v. ere I' - a ii i; I he hnu .-,e
ii t heir di-purt lire, I want with
oil il I. i her l.t dr.n.' ll, "to r.('ip"
"wii ther Sophia had got my
w.
id lie
had !
.'.unt
I. v
: I
I .
i wa s e, ,t
tie r
n- lv b -i
for us when we
my aunt and she
talk in German.
; I could not tell.
lal the language;
ir m inner or the
eemed to me as if
somei ! i i t i -r w hich
il"! t
ion
i I
t'
in v w i-i"e .-a
s 1
,UI :-
,ii-'
1 i
not tui.l. ;':
'.v, from 1 1
ir voice-., it
i i i -eu --in '
they
lb-.- '
At I.
illI'll.
be n a
mu !
1 ! :
and ..
ai l. :
"Ti
ci n! i:
fa -':;.
Si lid: i
deal."
A ::.
be inn
room
l ne w
We
n.-L want me to know
'.- aunt said to me in K".
about.
li: h:
, 1 am s : ry the room I had
I-you is not ready yet. It will
v t i-1 , i .
-pin;
a . pi da
r a ue
if i.i a
n ow, out lor to-uignt you
no; !e r i i)- m."
;a id something in ( ! en nan,
iia-nt's pause .iuit Judith
isWer:
hire
ro;m.
Yt s. my dear," s);e
t me, "it is an old
' i ,
sneaking
roeni, but very
cninlortanie.
will show ou to it. Good id.
m
1 1-
curious look I had n
ciiuieover lit-r face ;is 1 left the
wi,h Sot.hiii. w ho walked before
di a candle.
want up a flight of smiry that -led
of the builditig w high seemed
little u,-ed. At the top of these
there was si long narrow passage,
alls of which were lined w ith oak
When we got to the t-nd of this
e we turned to the right and went
yards down another and similar
. -. until the servant opened a door
to :i
to be- !
-tairs
the w:
panels
pass.:
il fe.v
V" ' -
ii.at 1-
ikiv
pleee.
.-.he
mi' a spacious bedchamber.
. - put the - aud:e o;i the manlel-,-!
laid my traveling bag. which
: i wttii her, o:i the floor, fhfc
erieedy round the room, and
iooke
1 r:
v. h
ineil.
o sa" ).ai ijiiiuen me goo.t
nt oat and shut the door. I
;:: rvous as I looked about tha
. !iic!i :,eg-:icii to be ki an un
lgbr
icir v
i
! apart
; i:;l::;i
v : . . i
' an.! i
it or. lue l.ifgo H'use, ami
d, I t'l'jiight, i:i an aiili'jUe
v vsi .mo lii-ui'ter. The loiiy
ur-ii-:
her
! wall
l
; nam'
jUe-i.
I Were
j .,, i
I !:,,-: '
, !;)ia .
1
1-1,-d as they were with wood
1 b!:i, co.'i'raa-ied straageiy with
g.vy si';!; window curiaiti.s. which
if ;; ..I ii!; red color, and with some
airails iii oil that bung in mas. ive
,:d ebony frames. This chairs and
were ;dl cumbrous and old fash-an-i,
as to th ' b d, italnn.it fright-
cued me to Hunk of ne.
in ii, so vast
and ;
io- :i
iv did it look w ilh
huge
ea:io.,v
id somber curtains.
ll i- not.e-asy to go to.-,!eep at tmctidlir
ing t i.e iir.-t night of one's stay in a strange
house, especially if anything has hap
pen. i lo liiiilo- t!:e minil uneasy and sus-pieio-,.-;.
i'or a long tune I lay awake
won ierir.g at the curi:i:-i look I had seen
on AuiH -Tlidilii's k.ce, and ,'ihivering.
now and again, as 1 thought bow far
a wa v
holk
or if
daS .
was a
g, iitv'1
1 wa.s lrom the !v-t in the house
If I were to be taken su.l krdy ill,
mn liiir.g w ere lo happen . to mo
ig the night, wlatt could I do? There
i Ue ii r. pe i.- the room, hut 1 had for
n to r.:.k S- j.-hia wl.f-thcr it commu
, :1 with a I tdi, and, if so, whether
ldc:
t'.icre was ae.y. o :o to
Isoh:ted asl wasiu thi
answer my rmg.
large ;v"id gioomv
chamber, t v mind was agitated with
vague fears, and it must Jiave been near
ly two boars before I got to sleep.
How long this stat" lasted I do not
know, when suddenly 1 awoto. In a
moment I w-as wide aw ake, etaring be
fore me into i!.o black uarkiie.-3 and li.-t-
ri: -.' int.. ntlv to the profound about me.
. iiV v.a
i.ut or.
lidug m
What w
listened
;-: I doing this? I a-kea myself.
1 ii- t give any answer. Somi-a.-t
have happened to awake me.
as it? I wondered. 1 looked and
There was onlv blackness and
silence.
l-Va- many seconds I lay thus peering
and listening, and was jitst on the point
of slm- ting my eyes again, when, glaring
at iheni through the darkness, I saw two
oilier eyes, and hoi on ;r.y cheek came
ii:e breath of something man, Least,
or monster! I drew my head some inches
back; the eyes, to which mine were rivet
ed, advanced. I felt a lorn i bending over
li - e s.de of the bed. It stopped. Tk-eye?
stopp' il, the form became motionless. In
tiie ure agony of tue moment actuated
by that aloue I rose a little in my bed,
and bent my head forward; the fo-rut
r-k,- rose, and the eyes, which were etill
facioned io igoi-io, retre ated. As they did
eo. to iny uiiiiitt-a:1 ;; .'m. ror I diaccrntd
t'ne ot;tiii..e of a i.u;.i.Ui f;;.';
T. 'Vi'.s v. imin .
o" m
J- of ray CTrii; j
1
o xhi C&xkuQii, ccald sw tuat is wan
covered with hair. There was a dread
ful -ibber such as in'-rbt enme I'mm an
;i e nr a dumb 111,'iri in pain and before
i,i v fascinated gae D.isln 1 two rows of
shining teeth. The creature mon-tcr '
or iiemi tc -was by my sid". n ady, wait- j
ing to spring upon me. Hot upon my !
fae; a.me Us breath, while tue a ti l
e i-i hone like the eves of a li r. It i
was o i the .spring to tear me limb from
limb. Just one thing stayed it. Ju.-t
one thing was keeping oil the awful
death that threatened me. In all the
ec.-t.i-v of my terror I comprehended
what that oi.e thing It was the
pow er of my eyes. I w as light ing an
ee ball!" Willi the mon.-ter.
Into ks dreadful eyes I gazed, as
though 1 was gazinjg into the very gates
of lei!. Like the eyes of a wild beast,
thi v seemed ever re-tless!y pouring forth
a tumultuous torrent of passion, and
ever re ;!e-ly in search of mine, w hich
vet ll ey shrank from when they met.
t'oli.-tau! ly as they did so there was the
same hideous, inarticulate gibber of baf
11. d r.. e.
Tim some two or three hours at least
mu.-.t have passed until the dav light be
gan to steal in through the curtains,
which wi re only partly drawn.
Wh'-n t li" light came the sight before
m" w :: even more horrible than my im
agination h'-d conjured in the dark.
( 'roii. !, ing by the side of the hu ge bed,
l lw n the window undme, w.'is :i liwin.
S : 1 1. : i eh a man! A tall man in a llmv-ir-g
"own. with long, matted, unkempt
yello.v hair and beard, his face deadly
white, but every m;i.-e' in it throbbing
in ci .". vul-ive sympathy with the fires
that I l.i.t d from his wild and awful
eye-!
Minute after minute passed, though 1
took no heed of them. All my thought,
ail my at r nig h was concentrated into
the oue weapon 1 had my eyes. Still.
1 !'. !t : t last that I could not prolong the.
' . -1 '. I e 1 1 1 : tc s longer. v. iiat was l to uo.--tien;
t!i ivus giving way. The mon
sti.i or i na n iac was becoming more and
me!" excited, foaming at the lips and
uttering sh-rt, sharp cries, while his
long, i ruel lingers worked convulsively,
as
1 1,
.ugh they were impatient to be on
prey.
I ng as I could ward liitn off with
t ia-ii-So
I. iv e . e.s, be
dared not approach me
nearer; directly, tnmugii iaminet;s, l
dropped them, he would fall upon me
and tear me to pieces. My strength was
going. A look of oxullat ion came upon
Ids fr.ee. The daylight had lasted for a
long lime. Oh, God! would no one ever
come. 1 could hold out no longer. His
gl.-.re of triumph increased. My eyes
wa re getting dim. His face was getting
nearer anil more exulting.
It seemed as though another spirit
came suddenly into my body I was
ii.m'.lv c nisciotts of w hat I did looking
into his eyes with a strength that t!h! not
seem to he mine, I rose in my bed, bent
forward my body, eye to eye, drove the
creature back till he was more than a
yard irom the beil slipped from the bed
gave one spring caught the handle of
the door, anil was in the passage run
ning. There wa.s an awful noise behind
me ot 400 ye.iS
do and laugHor and tr-
suing feet. As I lied, screaming, diAyr.
tiight after flight of stairs, it grew near
er and nearer. The monster was upon
me. A number of people seemed to be
about me. I heard shouts and blows a
confused trampling, shouting and 6Ctf
(h"g and then ail was dark.
Wkdi I awoke I was in bed. I had
be.-ii very ill for many days, they said.
It wa.s u long time before I was allowed
to see a looking glass; when I did, 1
found that my beautiful brown hair was
gray. It had changed its color in that
one uvvful night.- The maniac was Aunt
Judith's only chili, who had escaped
(iurirg the night from tho room where
he ',v:is confined. Aunt Judith, ami the
be.rn:i when he was alive, had secretly
Kept the poor creature id nee it luvi been
discovered during its in fancy to be jn-t-auo.
The constant sorrow ami anxiety
which it entailed was, I may add, the
cause of most of what was strange
t:bout Aunt Judith. Saturday Review
and iCopublic.
C.'atnjspil on a Volcano.
A special dispatch from the City of
Mexico titates that William D. Richard
son, the young Costoii naturalist, lias fin
ished bis work in the Sierra Nevada
moittiTidns, and on the active volcano of
Coi-hen, where he has been camped for
the le.-t two months. From the extreme
summit of the Sierra Nevada he could
look down iuio the crater of the volcano.
There were every five hours or more
signs of activity, great clouds of vapor,
gas mid ashes coming up w ith niagniu
re:t ctri-i t r.nd rising to a tremendous
height. But from the Sierra Nevada no
sound could be heard.
Richardson, being determined to in
vestigate nearer at hand, moveel his camp
to tho side of the volcano at great per
sonal risk, pitching his tent at the upper
!i;u' of pine trees i.nd just below the
iove-r lines of ashe.- lava. From thk
point Richardson r.:. 1 his Indian follow
ers could hear the f m a :.-f ;h volcano.
One night during ike eieyrion they
could distinctly see the det p. r d glow of
molten lava as it ran down the mountain.
Richardson w-as regarded by the natives
a. phenomenally daring, bat his expe
dition resulted in no harr.i to himself or
to his party. Boston Cor. New York
Herald. "
Tlie Muscle St-.oals Canal.
The obstruction known as the Muscle
Shoals, in the Tennessee river, which
covered about 23 jr.iles out of tl; 433 be
tween Chattanooga and raducah, at its
mouth, are at length overcome by means
of locks ami elams built by the general
government, an 1 the river is now open
so that boats loaded at New Orleans can
at all times proceed to Chattanooga, and
most of the time to Knoxville. The dis
tance from. Chattanooga to Ntw Orleans
is 1,001 milei, eg. against 2,OG7 from Pitts
burg and 1,.V;7 from Ciucimi..ti, and it i
claiaaeJ. the cord freights from Chatta
nooga to New Orleans will tw between
80 and t0 c-nt-?, r.3 against 51.05 from
Pittsburg. The improvement of ibis
I t! .rt nip.' rue m rl' 11,1s np.pii i..n;-.. i ,r
i ,,.1- e.-,n.-.rrtiction for pirtr vrar.
. -
DO XOT EAT TOO MUCH.
PROFESSOR ATWATEB'S LECTURE
ON A VERY PRACTICAL TOPIC.
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The lecture v.its by Professor W. O.
Atwater, mi "FiKid and Health." It was
under the auspices f the scietit ific socie
ties of Wa-hingtoii and the Smithsonian
inst itut i- .11. The principal point of the lec
ture w a-, the adaptation of food to the
demands of the body, and of the evils of
overeating and insuflicieiit nutrition.
Tin- eating of bread anil meat is a simple
mailer, but the way in w hich the differ
ent cons'itueiitsof the food perform their
odioes iii the maintenance of life are prol
li'insii - profound as any with which phy
sical sei. nee has to deal. The woit.s of
nature culminate in man. In his organ
ism la r op ..rations are most complex and
recondite. The laws which regulate our
physical being are discovered but slowly,
nnd by the most ingenious and profound
r search. Those which govern the nutri
tion f our bodies have been shrouded in
my: ( ry, which only the investigation of
later time has begun to unveil. Hut the
crude the l ies of the past, are being grad
ually replaced by the more certain know l
edge :f the present.
lint this evil of overeating', be it
great or small, is, of coin se, en lined to
the clashes to whom generous fortune,
unchecked by reasonable restraint, al
lows it. There are countless sufferers
from dietary habits into which self in
dulgence has not tempted, but relentless
fate have forced them. The overfed only
pay for pleasure the penalty of pain.
The greater misery of the underfed, their
hunger, with its inseparable attendants,
ignorance, nekishness, crime and degra
dation, are things of terrible moment.
The lecturer referred to the income and
e;ps laiil m e of the body, as follows:
"The body receives food, drink and
oxygen, whiedi constitute its income.
Part of this material is transformed into
flesh, fat. bono and other tissues of the
bodv. The remainder, together with the
t issues worn out by use, is transformed
into urea, carbonic acid, waiter, etc.
These products are given ol" from the
body and constitute its expenditure."
Iib.i-t r-'.ti .1 maps were used to show
the dietaries ef dilTerent people engaged
in dilTerent occupations, and he proved
that although people in this country
work harder and need to have more and
better food than those of corresponding
clas.-s in fhirope, yet that many persona
of sedentary habits, who really need but
little, consume as much as would be re
quired if they were engaged in severe
muscular labor.
A certain amount of food is necessary
to keep the machinery moving. A large
number of well to do people of this coun
try cat much more than is necessary.
The excess consists of meats and gweet
meat i. We ransack the four quartern of
tho earth for materials to excite the ap
P'.y,' , ai l thus increase the amount of
food consumed. Most people of this
country a.'i? engaged in occupations
winch require- comparatively little mus
cular exercise, and the result is we im-po:"'-
apen our bodies the task of getting
rid or a large amount of material in ex
cess of its needs at fearful cost to health
and happiness.
T!:e cheapest food is thot which su
nliei the most nutriment for the least
moi.ev. The most economical food is
that which is cheapest and best adapted
to tie- wants of the user. Hut the maxim
that "the best is the cheapest" does not
:p. H s' lo food. the best food, in tne
sen:; of that v- hkh has the finest ap
pearance and ii.;or and is sold at the
high.--! price, is not gene-rally the cheap
est ii.'i the most economical, nor is it ah
ways iho most healthful. It is important
that people be taught about their food.
but tiie tirst requisite is the information
to give them. The subject is, however.
new. I:i its investigation we stand upon
th" lor 1. is. of a continent of which but
a small part has yet been explored. In
th great Ikiiopean universities investi
gation is active. In our own country
exiia inly little has been done, and that
little is dependent almost entirely upon
private monifieence for its support.
'What," said the speaker, "is to I e
done about it? In the first place ve
ougg I to find what (laws there nre if
any. in the conclusions to which the Lc-.at
research of the time seems to force
us. Then we must see how these con
rkisions are to be supplemented. This
wili require abstruse and costly. exjeri
meniing. But at the same time the pub
lic needs to be educated. People need
lo uniterstand the fundamental princi
ples. The laws of a large number of
states and territories require that physi
ology be taught in the public schools,
but unfortunately the teachers them
s Ives are deficient in training, and many
of tliu tcit Looks are sadly defective."
In referring to the importance of pains
taking research, the speaker cited the
experience with the respiration appar
atus. This in its best form has been used
ia a few European universities and ex
periment station laboratories, but not in
this country. The greatest difficulties
attend its management. Professor Hen
neberg, of the University of Goettingen,
began work of this kind over twenty
years ago and has only lateh", and after
the expenditure of many thousands of
doll. as, succeeded in getting his respira
tkn apparatus into condition for experi
ments of the desired accuracy. Rut 'the
great problem now before the student of
animal nutrition is that of the income
and expenditure of energy in the animal
body. It will require the keenest, most
elaborate and most painstaking efforts of
the chemist, the phy-iclst, and the biolo
gist, but the ell'oi't toward its soluriou
must be made.
j In speaking of researches in this linq
i in the United StaUs it was that we arc
! very far behind Furopean investigators,
! thai, indeed, we Lave hardly made a be
; c inning-. What we most need is trained
mf it w tih high, scholjily idea, eiuhu.-k
tijtic de oii.aii. and abundant means t-.t
their command. luat wo thad wme
lime have thrse there is good ryuud to
j bone. Wi.uii)",i,oa Post.
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according to
Directions with, each, Bottle
f-'OR BURNS and SCALDS.
A lliiliy 11 limed.
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on hot btve id ni we jmt M. .lucot.s Oil on It.
Jt t'Hit tho 1'iiin nil nu. at once; aftor putting
ll 011 2 or a limes it . us all i-nn-il up.
C. I'. bl'AYIi mid Family
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Cure.
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Frost-bites.
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the cveiiiiiK t.i'fure K,,inS bt-U, my sou vr
cured of chilblains.
Mrs. IXOXE GLASEIt.
At Pnrr.r.isTS ivn Teai.kk.
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Sr. iiuN t. Th.it a pfi.'hi! flcctioa he and is
lit-rs l c.alc! io Ii I cl.i in lli- city nt I bi ts
1 1 . 1 1 i 1 1 . ii ill; I'olHity cf I'its.H, ot lint state t-i
Ni lira-Ua. on tlx first ihiy of Ai iii, A. 1). l -i.-o
ut tin i l;i.-'-H hei cinai I r "-I'Ccilii'O it. :- ii
Wdi .l iii saiil ciiy lor I he j,ui imsc i i i-n I, i
tin: h'gai vi'lei.s of -;tui rny lo loll- Upon tl.i
lulli.vHf: prtipi ni ion, nainclv :
".- li;i 1 ilig c ty of la! tsnaiiitli In I 1m county
of ';:s ;.:it .-lati br s.ka by ts in.ij or ;u,,l
oiincil i--.ii-. its ic lids in tee aaioiini o: li-rty
t hi u s.i mi iloii.i s with iiiti-it-ft ionp'.iis ;ia-;it,l-'
l.; i.t.,ri'r tuciily yen n alter date a:nl le-liK('ii:al:lt-;it
I !n pleiisuie fi' said city lil'teet!
.e;tis atier t!ii- date an I diir.vin J.itei-.vst. nt
noi lo ( xce. d six percent per m inaa, p;iab e
aiiiiaally, intert-s and pi iiu ip:i I.i lm pay.ibli
;i li. Iiiss-jil agency of the state of NelnasV a in
i he I y of New Vol k in th - male of N e .v Vmk,
ant sh.nl 1 ii . city ol i hit I sinoiH h in the count y
of (;i-s of ibe statf of j-ebia-kn levy and
tlio iil; its pi cper ( Iliei rs cause lo bg l'.-vii'il
am n.-.ily up n t,.e lax ib'e pr- ,i i ty I tin sa d
eit v of ! 1 it Mil. mi! li. a siiltUieiil tax I o pay I he
mte:e-t and ( inieipal as the saiiie beeoiiiis
line in addition lo all t!ier taxes, t-aid
tioads t ;i l,e issued to the l imalia Son-h'Ti.
tiailway company. 1'rovi ed s.ud Dinaiia .v
Souiln-rn Hallway company shall on or before
I lie Ml-t day 1 l)efeiiib'r A. I Is'.io hiiilri.c.ju
si lia-t. faiuip and have in opi iatioii it-, in. e of
road io lie of tin standHrd (iiiai;e fioni a pi l-it
on the line of the Missouri 1'aeilin I ail way
coinpaiiy t i l.ilie.ity precinct in ( asc unty,
Ni-'no.ska. noiih via J'lai tMiioiit h throii';ii Faid
county I the 1 latie river and sliail perma
nently locale its pa-senger and freight depots
anil lii cusMiiy taiiiiiiils upon its main l-n; in
i'lalt iiiuuth c ist of Maiden I.anv a pliown
upon t: e recorded and a dhorized plat of t-aid
illy. Trovnh-d luitlnr that said bouus s.hail
niiTy be issued to a amount i o,ual to Ihe
iictiial com. ot th rin'it ot waiy liu-.HiKh s id
county of (JiiK and liie expense theieef and
shall be deliveied to til anJ Onialia & South
ern Kailway coiiioany or to sucii person or ier
sons ;is it in y itesijinate."
bKg 2. Sai! bonds hall be ksued In denotn
ualions of tl.lMio waih coupon thfi'eto attach
ed for all iin ei est paymeiits thai may be conic
due t la i't'oi'..
8Sk'. :i 1 lie form of the tickets which shall
be vo'ed upon said question at siiJ election
shall be as fol ows :
"r or Ihe issue of bonds to purchase rilit of
way ai;d uepot Kioiiuds and to aid in the con
st u- tio:i of the Omaha & Southern railway
and f ir hddii ioii il i ax." and
"Against the issue of h nils to purchase I Ight
of way and ep -t grounds sin.d to aid in the
c.'insti net ion ot the ni all a & -Southern railway
and aioiinsi additional tax."
Ski.-. 4. should ivvo-lliirds or more of the
voles cast at s.iid bciiui have wiilteu or
jiriniei. tliereoii, o p u ily winieii or printed
liii-ieoti, "ri r b- lids t:i piirclia-e ri. hi
ol way and ai.i in th c ins-rue: ;o:i of uk Daoi
lia ,t r outliei n r.iil -vay and for aiiilit iona
las." t.ien mis propos'tion slid' le adopt go
aii't the may r and council of said city slia'l o.
authoii' d to isue said bonds "inter ami by
the name of Om lia & Snutlierti railway
bands'' and snail annually levy a tax f-i the
Inter sT and pi inc'p.il a- it may come due.
Skc ."- Said eleciion w ill be i Id at I lie fol
lowing named iol!:iir places ia the city of
Piaiismo'-.tii on iaid 1st day of April, A. I.
ls io, iiameiy :
fast "iirl at county court house.
Si c nd An re! at i assl'oiintv U"1! vois.
Tuiril w ad at oH'tco l i:iehey 15ms. lumber
ynvi;
Houith wv-.rd at t Hi e ;f H. A. Waterman &
Son.
F f'h ward at f ifih ward si' ool house.
And each of said polls shall oji 'ii a! it o'clock
a. in. of a:i! ihiy and cloie at 7 o'clock p. in.
llieieoi
Si c. ii. There shail be three judijgs and two
clerks of el etion apiointet by "tue" nniyor and
council for eagli Wiiru and tlie jiui iiiid
I'leiKa oi eleciion sli 11 peifoiiii the duty at
Mich eleciion which devolves uj.on indues and
cleiks of election at elections of ciry otlicers
and tiie returns thereof shall be ma le by said
judges an c'.r-lkj lo the mayor and city c- nneil
of aii city within one day "after s;'.:d"el ction
and said maynr and council ot said city shall
canvass the vote and dechiie the resu-lt of said
elect ion at the if.xt rejzular session cf said
council :. fie i-1 he said elect ion or as soon there
a. ter ;s pnicticable.
skc T. Police nt said elect ion shall be iiven
lv pubhshli! this call in Tin-: I'i.ati fMoexn
WrKKi.v ii?:KALn aiid llie 1'ial t-ni'i tii rttek
ly Jouiiial once a week for four successive
weeks' 1'iiioie ition tu' er to said day of election
and the city clerk shall cau-e to tie posted in
a consp euoiis place at eaeii of said polling
places a ceititied copy of this call and proposi
lion curing the tini" said poll- t?hall be open.
Skc. k. This orditiiii'ce shall be in foice and
takt; i fhict from aim after i-s passage, approv
al anil puhiica! it n.
Passed and approved this 17th df-y of Febiu
ary, A. D. lsyo,
Attest : F. M. ItiniEV. Mayor.
W. K. Fox, City i lerk.
LSCAL NOTICE.
Silas flrfene il! take notice thnt on January
::r,iu, tiie riattsui"utli ,aMl ami Impreve-
iiifiit Company bean an action in the oij-tii t
cj'.iit "f Cass county, elira-ka. aiainst you.
the ubject and prayer of which is io (aiiet the
lill" in plaintiff to the northwest quarter of
northwest quarter section 14. towi slup ,
north laiijie l-'J east, and that liiib s you make
answer t ' saij petition on or li fore March :i.
1:.), the alienations therein contained wdl be
taken as tru and judgment rendered accord
irmly. Thk Pi attsmouth Land a.- Impkovemkt
(o.
Ba lou & Hrow-ne, Attorneys.
LECAL CTI E.
Edwin .1. Shiinrhter. Wm. M Slaughter, Mar
tha siauchter. Samuel F. r.rowne. George W
Foote and irtcil W.Stoddard will take notice
that on January 25. Is:)'), the l'L-itt-miuit h hand
and Improvement company bej;ai) an actioi in
tlie district court of Cass county, Nebraska,
against you. the object and pi a ytr of w h leh is to
oiret ti e till" in said plaintiff to t!i following
(li-seiibed really tn-iV'.t : West ha'i of south
west q iartt r section !' and nordove t quarter
of imnlnvpft quai t-r section 1.3. a!l in townsirp
1J north raiiir- H east. :s county. Ncbrana,
except live acir in sunt iieaKt - ner i-f west
1: i!f of s-,.ti hwi st -ua!'t-r (-aid ecti.,n 1-'. and
thai unl.-ss (,u make u: swer to said i tition
mi or b foie ire 3d ay of March, ls io. the al
; ir:o . n-. ia fiaid petition v. .i be taken as true
no,! ia.i 'men- ieadered ac -.irdiruiy .
l.Al I-M'iL'l H tlMi .t I JII'IuVE.MK-r CO. f
Ballou 0. Liuwte, AUi-iutys, j
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Biink of Cass Count j'
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Stocks, Bunds, itolU, dove iiont-lil tti.a l.- 1
Miiciii it at-h Koui'Jit in ni .Sola.lH-puslthreci Iv
ti! iinti Hill n'st ni.ov.fU ou lime I'l'lliil
CHle, liruiti- drawn, avitiihblr in in,
purl ol ll.u L nitvU Hlnlff anil all
the piinr.ipHl towns ot
Knroue.
Votlevliowf iitudt it romitiy retr.iitmi
U'tff.etit market prlcei" paid for County Wtu
Ktateai.d County ftoudc
DIRECTORS I
John Fitzireraid
.loiin K. ClarK, fl. Ilakswoitli.
. Waiuh. f. V. WMte.
JmiN KiT.nici'.Al.l), S. WAlm i
I'reHident. Canhlir
THE CITIZENS
1'i.ATIbiMOUTH. - MEliHASKA.
CAPITAL STOCK PAID IN, - $60.0L'O
Authorized Capital, $100,000.
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