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WEEKLY HERALD: PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, SEPTEMBER 18, 1890. .3 I CHEAT MEN'S ILLUSIONS. rCEAN SWIFT SAID ALL MEN ARE MAD IN SOME DEGREE. -.JBvMeace Which Go t Prove th Truth C Ills Baying Poctf, Philosopher, Soldier and B formers Who Saw Spooks and Were Influenced by Them. It has been said or sung that all men re more or less insane, differing only in flegree. Certainly those who are consid ered sane in which category the gentle - reader is included are liable to halluci nations, and it depends upon the extent "to which we give way before, and believe in, the illusions of the brain, whether we -wrallc abroad with our follies or are placed in a padded room. Byron often received visits from a .specter, but he knew it to be a creation of the imagination. Pope saw an arm ap parently come through the wall, and nade inquiries after its owner. Goethe vtates that he one day saw the exact counterpart of himself coming toward 2dm. EenJonson wpent the watches of the night an intended spectator of a crowd of Tartars, Turks and Roman Catholics, who rose up and fought round Iris arm chair till sunrise. Dr. Jonson -beard his mother call his nam in a clear Toice, though she was at the time in an other city. And Sir Joshua Reynolds, 4ving his house, thought the lamps were trees and the men and women trashes agitated by the breeze. " VISIONS APPEAKIUX Nicolai was alarmed at the appearance of a dead body which vanished and came gain at intervals. This was followed Ty human faces, which came into the sroom, and after gazing upon him for a -while departed. None of his friends was among the faces he saw. After smjoying a silent acquaintance with his -visitors for some weeks, they began to sspeak, and he describes their conversa tion as brief and agreeable. Such vis itors would cause many to lose their reason, but Nicolai knew they were but the effects of indigestion. Bostock, the physiologist, saw similar -figures and faces, and after recovering from a momentary surprise, he set him self to study the habits and customs of his curious visitors. This he had ample op portunity to do, as they remained with him three days and nights. There was one human face constantly before him "lor twenty-four hours, the features and Steadgear as distinct as those of a living - mrwm. vet havinar no resemblance to smy one he had ever known. Finally phantom disappeared, to make way tor troops of little human figures, which disported themselves like fanticcini for bis entertainment. The reason, says Connolly, that Nico lai and Bostock did not become hopeless- " ly insane was because they never believed in the reality of the visions. The effects of the illusions of some men have been felt in history. Religions have been founded on the words of men supposed to have been Inspired, but who were merely suffering from a form of madness which medical science calls "ecstacy." Oliver Cromwell, lying sleepless on his conch, saw the curtains open and a gigan tic woman appear, who told him he -would become the greatest man in Eng land. In 1806 Gen. Rapp, having important news, entered the emperor's apartment unannounced, and found the great war rior in a rapt attitude, gazing at the ceil ing. The general made an intentional poise, whereupon Napoleon seized his jinn and said excitedly, "Look up there!" Be looked and saw nothing. "Why," . eaid the emperor, "do you not see it? It is my star; it is before you beaming; it nas never deserted me, I see it on every great occurrence urging me onward; it is an unfailing omen of success." SPIRITS THAT INSPIRED. Some men have been inspired to per severe in their life's work by self con jured illusion. Loyola, lying wounded daring the siege of Pampeluna, saw the "Virgin, who encouraged him to prose cute his mission. Benvr unto Cellini, im prisoned at Rome, resolved to free him self by self destruction, but was deterred by the apparition of a young woman of wondrous beauty, whose reproaches -turned him from his purpose. This spirit returned and consoled him on mother occasions when he was low spirit ..ed. Descartes was followed by an in eligible person whose voice he heard urg 4ng h"n to continue his researches after truth. Many have fondly clung to their illu . -coons, and though reasonable in most ' things have at least been distinctly mad . in one. Tasso firmly believed that he 2id familiar genius, whose great de- - light .and chief recreation was to con versetwith him. His friend, J. B. Man o, tried to persuade him of this illusion, - whereupon the poet offered to introduce axis unbelieving friend to the spirit. But Enough he. often heard Tasso in conver sation with the imaginary being, it vtir made itself visible to other eyes. Few believe that Luther actually held warm discussion with an important personage from the other world, yet that - believed it himself we have his word, and he has even Jeft on record Borne ac count of the dispute, from which it -would appear that his opponent is not so wily as we have .been led to believe. At any rate he could not wind himself argu xnentatively round the sturdy priest. Havaillac, while chanting the "Mis erere" and "De Profundi," fondly be lieved that the sounds he emitted were of the nature and had the full effect of a trumpet. Count Emmanuel Swedenborg believed that he had the privilege of in terviewing persons in the spirit world. Jean Engelbrecht was wider a similar impression. Zimmerman was for some time in constant fear of an imaginary enemy, whom he expected to arrive at any moment, break into and wreck his .- -dwelling. London's tandard. Lenwenhock by means of microscopes observed spiders no bigger than a grain of sand, which spun threads so fine that H took 4.000 of them to equal in magni .tnde a single hair. The fly spider it is nown lays an egg J large as itself. At the Savings Bank. In the long procession that passes be fore the cashier of a savings bank are many odd characters. The man behind the counter does not receive the de posits, little and great, without retain ing also a good many amusing recollec tions. The other day a pleasant faced woman handed her book to the cashier in a Boston savings bank, and said, with a good deal of what the French call em pressement, "Next week I wish to draw the full amount of my deposit." "Very well, madam," answered the cashier, looking at the book. "I thought I would mention it today, and then it would not cause any incon venience." 6he continued, with a bright smile. "Thank yon very much," replied the cashier. "Come in any time next week and you shall have it. Or you can draw it today if you like. We have the amount on hand,1 and he smiled upon his customer as if he took a personal interest in her plans. "No, I will come in next Wednesday, thank you," and she tripped happily away with her precious book. The "full amount of her deposit" was .$10.1)0. Not long ago an Irishman explained to the cashier that he wished to draw a certain amount from the deposit of a friend, whose book he presented. "Very well," said the cashier, hand ing him a printed blank. "You must have j r friend sign this order. Let liim pui nis name here, and write 'Pay to Bearer here, and we will give you the money." n , Not many hours later Mr. Riley ap peared again. He pointed to his friend's nume properly signed to the order, and also an inscription after the printed words, "pay to "I don't know what ye wanted that name there for," he said, "but I wrote it in as ye told me." The "name" he had written in was "Pater Barren" There being no rule of the bank against phonetic spelling, Mr. Riley re ceived his money forthwith. Youth's Companion. Fell Against Ingalls Skeleton. I used to know Ingalls years ago. He was thinner then than he is now and looked just about the same. He lived in Atchison, and had the reputation of be ing possessed of more brain and less flesh than any other adult in Kansas. One day he went np to the office of a friend of his, a doctor, and while he was in there a newsboy dashed in. Now the kids who sold papers around Atchison in those days were the noisiest I ever heard, and the doctor's assistant, a cheerful young student, was always on the alert to shut some of them up and to prevent them from invading the privac of his room with their stamping feet and esu- piercing yells of "S'n Louay papers." The assistant had seen this particular boy as he entered the building, and in an instant had placed inside the door way of the office a full grown skeleton. When the youngster threw the door o;en, and was midway through one of his declamations, the skeleton fell over on him. With a shriek that was worse even than his regular street cry the boy rolled down one flight of 6tairs and tum bled into the street, and his murmuring? continued right straight along. "You've scared that boy to his death!' exclaimed the budding senator, who was overflowing with indignation. Then he went to the window, and bending out (.ailed to the grimy but pallid faced vic tim: "Come back here, boy; I'll buy some of your papers. He shan't hurt you." The response was instantaneous. The boy's sobs ceased, and he shouted: "No. you don'tl You can't fool me if you have put your olothes on." Interview in Washington Star. The Value of Knowledge. A Brooklyn manufacturer paid a bill without a murmur the other day, aim ply on account of the way it was word ed. His engineer found that the hot water pump would not work and sent for a machinist. The latter bothered with it half a day and said it must come apart. This meant a stoppage of the factory for a long time. It was suggested that a neighboring engineer be sent for, as he was a sort of genius in the matter of machinery. He came, and after study ing the pump a while he took a hammer and gave three sharp raps over the valve. "I reckon she'll go now," he quietly said, and putting on steam "she" did go. "The next day," says the manufacturer, 'I received a bill from him for $25.50. The price amazed me, but when I had examined the items I drew a check at once. The bill read this way: 'Messrs. Blank & Co., Dr. to John Smith For fixing pump, 50 cents; for knowing how, f 25.' Had he charged me $25.50 for fix ing the pump I should have considered it exorbitant. But fifty cents was rea sonable and I recognize the value of knowledge; so I paid and said nothing. Brooklyn Eagle. How to Eat Feaehe. "The art of eating a peach" is, it ap pears, one of the questions of the day. According to one authority on the eti quette of the dinner table a peach should be picked with the fork, quartered, peeled and eaten piecemeal. But as so much manipulation would evidently leave all the juice of the fruit on the plate Jhis method, to be palatable, re quires the courage of the young lady in the 6tory who, at her first appearance at a dinner party, raised her dessert plate with her two hand and calmly drank the sweet juice of the nectarines. The French rule of eating peaches will, there fore, be accepted with much favor, and that rule is, "D'y mordre a pleines dents." Pall Mall Budget Ruby light for photographic purposes, in spite of all that has been said in favor of orange green, continues to hold its own in the dark room, although many who nse it complain of its effect on their eyes. A remedy tor tnis nas oeen lotma in the Introduction of a pane of ground pass between the eyes and the ruby. FATE COULD NOT HARM. he Feeling of Security of a Man Whose Life Was Insured for SIO. They are tearing down old houses all over the city to make room for the more modern house. While those houses are being demolished there is usually a class of people who crowd around, eager to pick np the stray pieces of wood which come in their direction. Colored people generally predominate in this class, and many a family is thus supplied with fuel. While tearing down a house in the northwest section of the city re cently the workmen were very much bothered by these "wood hustlers," as they term them. The "wood hustlers" in this case were composed, with but one exception, of small negroes. This exception was an old negro who had one leg shorter than the other, and was nearly bent double, but whether with age or not no one knew. He looked as if he had worked hard all his life, but appearances are de ceitful. The workmen became so incensed at the "wood hustlers" that they drove them all away excepting the old man. After a while the old man became more bold, and endangered himself in trying to get pieces of wood. One of the work men spoke to him about it, telling him he would be hurt if he persisted in get ting in the way. The old man mumbled out something, but paid no attention to the warning. Finally he got close to the wall and stooped to pick np a piece of beam. Just as he was stooping a brick fell in front of him, and he narrewly escaped being bit. Seeing this a workman yelled: "Look out, ole man, or you'll be killed." "I doan't kare," replied the old man, and he continued to confiscate all the wood that came within his reach. Again he barely escaped being hit with another brick, and again the workman shouted: "I done tola yer onst to git away from dere. The fust thing yon know you won't know nothing." "I doan't kare," reiterated the old man, looking around for more wood, and, seeing some in the interior of the build ing, he went for it. He had hardly passed the door when a heavy beam fell in the place he had just vacated, envel oping him in a cloud of dust. Several workmen, thinking that the heavy beam had pinioned the old man to the ground, jumped down to render all the assist ance possible. Imagine their surprise when, on reaching the place, they found the old man gathering the wood as un concernedly as though nothing had hap pened. The workmen were speechless for a while and then one said: "Look a har, ole man, youll have to git out o' this. We don't care 'bout losin' time ercarryin'yer korpus through the street." The old man looked contemptuously at the speaker, and then said in a don't-give-a-continental tone: "G'way, niggers; I don't care. I jist had my life 'sured fo' forty dollars." Washington Post. Discoloratlon of the Skin. Between the cuticle the epidermis, that is, or scarfskin and the true skin is a layer of cells which secrete from the blood a dark coloring matter. The bhvck races have this feature most fully developed, but even the lightest are not wholly destitute of it. Its complete absence characterizes the albino, giving us occasionally a chalk white negro, the hair, of course, partici pating in the defect. As this pigment is also wanting in the albino's choroid coat of the eye normally a dark back ground for the retina, and essential to clear vision he is nearly blind except at night. There is often a local absence of pig ment, causing white patches on the limbs and different parts of the body. Such a patch on the head may give rise to a solitary white lock amid a full head of dark hair. Some parts of the skin are naturally darker than the rest, and the darker color may extend far beyond the usual limit and still be purely physiological, but dark colored spots often appear on the body as a result of some diseased condition or of exciting oauses. The simplest and commonest of such spots are known as freckles. Their re mote cause is a peculiarly sensitive skin; their direct cause is the light and heat of the sun. Persons with fair skin and hair are most subject to them. The pig ment, which in others is uniformly dis tributed, seems to gather into small rounded spots. Youth's Companion. Badly Crippled. A party of Americans, including three or four boys and girls, were not long ago visiting an ancient church in a French provincial city. An aged beadle showed them the objects of interest. "Whose portrait is thisr asked one of the girls, indicating an ancient canvas upon which the face and form of a man in armor could barely be made out. "That," said the beadle, after stopping to take a pinch of snuff, "is the celebrat ed Grand Duke Anatole, the founder of the church." "Was he a great soldier?" "Yes; but he had the misfortune to lose a leg or an arm in every battle in which he took part." "How many battleB did he take part in?" asked one of the boys. The beadle, who was expecting a sneeze, looked skyward a minute, then sneezed violently, used his handker chief, and answered: "Twenty-four!" Youth's Companion. A Sagacious Collie. On Saturday forenoon, while a gentle man was being driven in his private car riage past the Cross, Paisley, a little girl ran in fro nt of the horse and would in evitably have been seriously injured but for the sagacity of a large collie dog which was running behind the carriage and saw the danger. 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