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WEEKLY HERLD: PLTTS MOUTH. NBBRSK FFURY 2 1S91 I i : a i c j ,1! uiV I 'I u V V CmtMOn Ken About tlio Clgarettn. A tobacco do oJr say a: There has been great deal Haid ibout the harmfulncaa f cigarettes, arul certainly they are- in- jnrious to young boys or to men if fcmoked m excess; but most of tho.su who attack the ciararetto lialat have verv lit v'lo idea of what they are talking about. It Bhonld bo rememlwred that the great est einokerain the world the Spaniards, the Cubans, Spauirth-Americans and the Russians use cigarettes far more freely than cigars, and none of the.se nations can be. called unhealthy. People talk about the injuriousiiess of the paper, but any physician will ttll you that it has no effect worth mentioning. If you take a piece of rice paper and light it scarcely any residuum will re . main, and a man might sinoI: that pa per indefinitely witho.it experiencing tiie smallest Lad result. What makes cigar ette smoking injurious is the fact that thcmoke is ncc retained in lite mouth anu throat, but is talon into the lungs. It is because the cigar smoker does not understand this that ho denounces cig arette smoking as insipid. So it is if the cigarette is smoked like a cigar, but when the smoke is swallowed the effect is far more delicate than can be obtained from any cigar, and you will find that a confirmed cigarette smoker seldom en joys either a cigar or a pipe. St. Louis Cjlobe-Democrat. j rj Why X'conle liite Their IJps. If you surprise the father of a family Stretched out at full length and trying till he is red in the face to raise his legs without lifting his body, you may know he is endeavoring to work off his super abundance of avoirdupois, which inter feres seriously with his cutting a grace ful figure in the waltz, which his better half insists on dancing every chance she gets. If you consult Mr. Russell on What changes will make you better look ing, you will find him very blnnt. fie may tell you you do not wash your face clean, and when you ask how he knows he will tell you if you did your skin would not be disfigured with those black pimples, or he may tell you, as he told a woman who recently appealed to him for advice, that she did not eat. enough, "which fact ho had reached because he had observed how much she chewed her lips. So you see you need not bo on your good behavior when yon pass under his eagle eye. But did you ever sit in the v ferry boat or car and watch the women, who make the nioi ludeous, wry faces in their attempts to got some nourish ment or crumb of comfort from their lips? Not only the women but the men also have this fiend rsh habit. Brooklyn Eagle. A Hare New Zenland JJirl. Dr. Fristedt has brought a most inter esting and valuable collection of birds, etc., from Australia, where lie had many an adventurous outing, and from win-re .ie proceeded to New Zealand. There he iticceeded in obtaining a specimen of the quaint and almo.-;t extinct kibi bird. 'This bird is somewhat like an ostrich, but only tho size of a crow. It ha.s no wing vat all, and is covered with fur like short striped feathers. Another pe culiarity about the kibi is the fact that l,s ogg is larger than one-third of its u He also succeeded in bringing home some Maori skulls, which are difficult to obtain on account or tne maimer m which the natives bury their dead. When the bodies have been so long in the ground that all the flesh has fallen from the skeleton they unearth them and carry them into the interior of tkj forests, where they are deposited in nat ural caves, which are very difficult to find. The attempt to obtain these skulls is attended with the greatest danger, as any one discovered with one is certain of being instantly killed. Galignani's Mes senger. Ailments nf Horses. Almost any liveryman is, in his way, a horse doctor. He practices on his own stock, and will prescribe timplo remedies for a sick horse that is brought to him, but in any cse h" deems serious will al ways advise calling in a regular veteri nary surgeon rather than to undertake the treatment himself. All sorts of sur gical operations are undertaken for the rtlief of horses, and there are one or two men in the city who are specially skilled in the treatment of diseased teeth. Ilorses have the toothache just like men do and from the tame causes, and pull ing a tooth is now a common thing in veterinary surgery. Of course the horse kicks, for his teeth have long and strong roots, but the operation frequently saves the life of a valuable animal. Interview in St. Louis Globe-Democrat. V Cheap Fuel. Aniocjr the latest attempted solutions ""vof the cheap fuel problem, is the method J of a German inventor, who proposes to manufacture gas by dropping a stream of crude petroleum through a blast of cold air from a force pimj). The gas thus obtained will be confined in a regu- will be lighted. This produces an in- i tensely ; hot flame of several feet m , length. By means of this flame the in ventor proposes to heat boilers, and he maintains that the heating of large , blocks can thus be reduced very consid erably. New York Telegram. Revolver in Sight. r The policemen of Savannah carry re volvers strapped to their belts in plain sight. The' are armed with short clubs ' as well. They cannot unlimber their shooting irons any quicker than a New York policeman, who usually carries his in his hip pocket, can do it; but with most of th offenders tho sight of a weapon in itself has a salutary effect on many r " them. New York Sun. There is no department of British mer cantile industry which has developed !;'. wi.'r C1.v h narvelon-j rapidity as the pe- ' 'roieum u-u.ie. on:co its ueginnmg in 1859, when the total importations were about 2.000,000 gallons, it has increased by leaps and bounds until, in 1889. the amount brought into the United King dom reached the total of 102,647,478 gallons. I Out of Work. ' At a rough estimate 12,000 yonrifr wo- men were thrown out of employment the last of the year from the retail dry goods stores of New York city. One firm alone , dismissed 1,100 women and girls and an- j other 700. These unfortunate little mar tyrs of commerce and circumstances were for the most part "extras," hired in November and December for the holi day trade at salaries that barely paid for car fare, lunches and the, wear and tear of clothing. One manager, when ap proached on the subject, s.id: "I was ashamed to tell n, girl who wanted an en gagement the wages, and so dismissed her. It was less than her living would co:-t. And yet, what can 1 do? If wo men offer to cori'.e Ij'to to clerk fur fifty c:-?;!s a day why should I offer her 1?" 'i'L- tr-.v.bl. U women u i t proper- ly value themselves. They nre alone in the world, dependent on their own en ergies; tli'-y w.vit a chance, a footing, an ' open:;;; anything that will enable a j beginning. In their desperation they) will wor;: for almost nothing, and once ! in a x:-!iioi;, h::e not the bravery to ' as.-ert themselves by properly valuing: th.-ir nen ices. Time goes on. the star-! vation wages are accented, and not only does the individual suifer, but the whole ! coi-.nr.miiy of l.ibor is affected by the: . V . kit!.... L. . i ' J ....... i V- . V. hat the working girls of New York need is less poetry, loss kitchen garden ing, less a?stheticisrn, less patronage, and a regular lecture on business tactics. She has no library, she does not take a newspaper, and if she is to know her worth the value of honest, earnest labor and the relation her skill and industry bear to capital, she must be instructed by sermon, speech or address. As it is, .-he is groping in the dark and growing tiie plant of experience for herself, but it is sad gardening, for there are thorns instead of fruit, and in the leaves is poi oon. New York World. I'uyinr Creditor. Like many another famous man, both beioro his time and since, Talleyrand ex hibited at least in early life a great reluctance to settling with his creditors. When he was appointed bishop of Autun by Louis XVI, he considered a fine new coach to be necessary to the proper main tenance of the dignity of that office. According. -, a coach was ordered and delivered, bnt not paid for. Some time ifi.-r, as th. wiy appointed bi.-.hop was l:is coach he noticed a ;;: 'h;g n.w'.r who bowed ab ut to nge i" CO a'.-. i.v coaca T" I f jr s i.illeyrand. w.;-; driven veral-days, addressing "V. t;l. 1 am L-J the -Ah!" i my good man, who are you?" our .. '.eh maker, mi y lord," re aid Talleyrand, "you are tnv --j.-.chiiu'Lcr: and what do you want, mj cu; .chiiuikvr.'" "I want to be paid, my lord." "Ah! yon r.re my coachmaker, and yon want: to be paid? You shall be pain. iOv coachmaker." '"!.!. when, my lord?" V said Talleyrand, settling liim- se" c comfortably among the cushions of hi.-, new coach and eyeing his coach m. ker fe-verely. "you are very inquisi tive." Boston Transcript. A Dramatist with Influence. vtifn Elizabeth of Roumania has vi it ten a plaj' whicL sue is pleaded to describe as a tragedy, but which is really a piece of the most wildly and extrava gantly sensational kind. It is entitled "Meister Manolly," and it is to be intro duced at the Vienna Court theatre. The piece is of the old trail -pontine order, with g.;c.-ts iuurderf,.a wife walled up alive, and other sensational episodes, and i! is full of preposterous situations, ab surdly stil-e-.l dialogue and Bombastes Furioso declamation. Quen Elizabeth, when she was recently at Vienna, in vited the con:p:.iv of the Court theatre to partake cf a i'.umptuous dejeuner at the Hotel Imperial, and the champagne flowed in rivers at the meal. Iter maj esty r-id the pi ay to her guests, who :ipplauded it as a matter of course, and then she went to :srj the emperor, and in duced mm to coraman-. that tne piece should be piuc-a at the Hofburg, where, .as a rule, new plays are not readily accepted. London Truth. Just Like lili IliinNi;in ISrotlicr. The fenlaax very rarely cr never leaves the ground.; of Yildiz Kiosk, except to go once n week to a mosque just outside, when the very striking ceremony lmown as the Seinmlick takes place. Once a year, aloo, Le pays a visit to Stamboul, but the route there and returning is never known in advance. lie ii in con stant fear of assassination. Some grand duchess whom he received at his court, on his complaining that his health was indifferent, advised him to take more exercise and change of air. and to drive boct the country. On her departure lie is reported to have said: "What harm aavo I done thr.t this woman should dc sire my death? Why does she advise me to run into such dangers?" Nineteenth Century. A Wedding Cako Deflected. "I had some wedding cake today un der very distressing circumstances," said a postal clerk. "At the postoffice a pack age had been received containing a heavy invoice of this style of fancy goods. It wa3 nearly six inches wmare and had sixteen cents in postage stamps, but not a sign of an address. There was no help for it. The owner couldn't be found, and rather than let the cake go to waste it was distributed judiciously among a few friends. Of course everybody ws Fony, but the state of things might hav been worse." Buffalo Kxpress. lie Was Unduly Anxiouit. One of the most amusing distortion? of English that I ever heard was perpe trated by a waiter on a Grand Trunk dining car, eager for his fee. 1 had ordered a simpie supper of lake trout and buttered toast. Its meager ap pearance seemed to disturb my friend in the white jacket. "Ain't you goin to have no other meat I)sides that fish, sir?" he asked. Lewia 2U J ourn&L WOMAN'S REAL PLACE A CONTRAST BETWEEN THE SHOP GIRL AND THE SERVANT. The Former Tries to Keep l!oly ind Soul Together with Scarcely More Money Thau the Latter Gets a I'ocket Money. The Cause of the Kvil. The kitchen and nur:-cry versus the i . , iaciory una siore question lias long en gaged tho attention of women who are devoting their lives to the improvement of the material condition of their sisters. In other words, those philanthropic jer eons are wondering whether, after all, the working woman has done a wise thing by leaving tho sphere which was peculiarly her own, with different sur roundings, since tho days of Adam, and invading the occupations which ae, by their nature, adapted to men. Some opinions on this subject have re cently leeii given. They came from wo men who thoroughly understand the ex isting conditions of life, and their ex pressions were echoes which are heard everywhere nowadays. The best friends, male and female, of the working women are asking the same question Wny do women put themselves under circum stances where they may bo led to starva tion or shame when they can readily avoid both by remaining within their natural sphere? The answer given by a leader of the working women is the only one that cov ers the question iu many cases. It is the "lady craze." The "saleslady" and the Mactory laay have an ambition to eclipse the wives and daughters of their employers in the matter of dress, and the- see not hing abaurd in carrying out their purpose. And the community seems to agree with them. WAGES IN TWO IJ?;KS OF WORK. Careful observers. ss.y that in this mat ter the girls act just the same as the young men of the day who crowd one an other for clerkships, etc., whose pay is 4 cr a week, rather than learn a trade in which they can earn three or four times that much. The puny little clerk and the pale, unhealthy "saleslady" think they are gentlemen and ladies and would be horrified if any one offered to intro duce them to the rosy, healthy servant girl who has an account at the bank, or to the robust mechanic who can produce a larger roll of bills on Saturday evening. The "lady" who sells handkerchiefs and toilet boxes during tho day for an income of fifty cents is tiio ether half of the "gentleman"' who sells cuiis and col iars for sixty or seventy cents a dav Thej- are the natural product of the new American ladv and gentleman craze, and they never realise j .-t v ; i: ir. ms un less they get tianit.-,'.. V:.e.i tL ? ' gentle man" clerk wishes he had mated with a ;:irl in domestic service v.-ho kr-ew how to cook and who had a little money laid l y; and the "iauy" regrets that she did rot devote her smiks to a mechanic who cor.'d f.upport ht-r. The police court;, and the divorce courts. Mve the cr.hninalioiis of these stories every day in tho year. But the purpose of this article is to rive further particulars that enter into the contrast between the women in do mes', ic service and those who have Hooded men's occupations. According to the mo. t accurate statistics obtainable, the wages of servants in this city average, at tae lowest estimate, $l. amonla, uebiues board, lodging and in many caies ail the clctiiing needed. Perhaps tj-3.50 a week talgrit be fixed as the average money com I ecjv.iiion of all the women in domestic iSow, according to the statement of Mi.-s Ida Van Etten, 2-Irs. Crea-'h and iiss Foster, the average warc-s of work ing women in stores and factories is, at the highest estimate, $ I a week. A COMPARISON. leat is a nalt doiiar rtirierence m wages, and that half dollar ic; regents, in a comparison, the board, lodging, etc., of the servants. Of course, no woman can live on fifty cents a weeic. it takes kir whole $-1 to pay for board and lodg ings if she gives anything like proper nourishment to hsr body. IS ) it amount to just this: At the end of a week the servant has $S.50 to lay by, while the "s.aiesiady" has not a penny. As to lodging, the average servant has her own little room, nicely furnished and heated in winter. The "sulas-iady," if she boards, has a cold room at tho top of the house, shared by three or fonr other unfortunates. The latter works on an average of ten hours a day, while in the holiday season she works as much a3 sixteen hours, and never does a penny of extra pay reach her pocket. Tho servant has no longer hours, and she can rest during a great part of them, and, besides, has her two or three "even ings off" during the week. Her work, on t he whole, is much lighter, and she does not know what fines are. If she fails ill, in a good family, she receives the same cordial attention that her mis tress would, and is surrounded by kind attentions. And ner wages go on all the time. But how about the "saleslady" np in the top of the boarding house if she Bhonld get sick? Well, unless she ia absolutely at the point of death she is packed off to a hospital when the time for which she has paid her board has expired. But even if she is allowed to remain there till she gets well, she re sumes her work with her trunk under bondage to the landlady, and with a, to her, heavy debt staring her in the face. Is it any wonder tnat many a naturally good girl seeks escape from such troubles in the concert h ills? And is it any wonder that the comfort able servaut girl generally ends her career of working for others by marry ing an honest man and settling down in a comfortable home. New York Com mercial Advertiser. Valuable Ancestors. Mrs. Biiger (reading) The body of a petrihed man found near Fresno, Cal., has been sold for $10,000. Mr. Biiger Ten thousand dollars! By the way, my dear, your family used to live in California. Are any of them buried there? Xew York Weekly. Taught a I.mnnn. A man with large ousmess interest and a handsome income married a lady who, accustomed all her previous life to the luxuries of wealth, had never formed any clear conception of the worth and purchasing power of money. For some months the indulgent husband gratiQed liis wife's every whim. Ono day the lady, to carry out eome caprice, asked for a check for so large a sum that the gentleman wad disturbed. lie saw that such prodigality, if ierhist- ed in, meant ruin; but not wisning to grieve his wife by a downright refusal he determined to give her a lesson in fin ance, lie therefore smilingly remarked that he could not give iier a check as usu al, but would send up the money from his store. About noon the promised money came. not in crisp bills, as w.is expected, but it silver donars, the sum total tiilingsever; specie iia ;s. The Wji'e was first vexed, then amused. and iinady, as the afternoon wore away. became deeply thoughtful. When hei husband came home to supper she tooii him g! uliy by the arm, and lending bin into I ::e ro m where the ponderous bag oi specie wire still stanmng, said: " j.i v o r, is this the money 1 askeJ you ior tins morning?" "It is, my love," was the reply. "And did you have to take this money all in, doiiar by dollar, in the course oi your business?" was the next question. "Yes," he answered, gently, "it repre sents the earnings of many weeks of hard labor." "Well, then," she said, with tearful eyes, "send a man to take it back to tiic bank in the inomiug. I can't use sc much money for so trivial a purpose. didn't understand about it before." Yoaith's Companion. A Ulind Man's Intelligent livery one wno wanes along uppei Broadway knows the blind newsman and his dog at the corner of Thirtieth street. The man sits on a camp stool from noon until 8 o'clock every day sell ing papers, and during that time the dog is his constant companion. The other evening, when the man had sold ail his papers and was ready to gc home, he got up, folded his camp stool J and tucked it under his arm, and catch ing a tight hold of the string attached to; he dog's collar, started to walk up Broadway. When they readied tnt miudie of thenext block the dog stopped. "Come along; get up, Prince," said the blind man, tugging at the string. !:-.: ine dog seemingly paid, no attention. lie was looking intently down the street at the approaching horse cars. He stood way for some minutes, scanniu. car carcf-iliy as it passed, and sud- .;y ia.i out into the street, the man a '.: wii:;t, ::T'd .-juTry.M aboard the front .'. ior,.i of mi up town green car. The car ft i pped and lite blind man groped n s -. ay the i.og : i::: ide and took a -seat, while remained on the platform. j.ne rame performance is repeated cverv ni-.'ht. and it is said th-.t the man m i his d,g :;r: knnwn to ail tnj drivers t coituucioiv on uie line. Is'ew York v ziiii! tin. liupplc f tn-ss of tiie "Cr.iflicr." One clever, original manufacturer foi iivf yt-avs devoted head, heart and purse to .ameliorate tiie condition of his oper atives the worst class in the cotnnmu- liy. iney i;au no nones; no nonnt ano built houses, which 1't il top-luces turough r.- gW't or were burred up in orgies. i nTi tiieir uwc-ni". :erj again re p:';iva the crackers it-it o-u-t of piace in a M-.;i.;gof order a:;.t neatness, and "j? to n:al:e thing-', sorter homelik?," as wa; i a: :.ci-vard naively explained, they kick- tit out the panels of the doors, smashed tue windows, riddled the wails and cut up the floors for kindling wood. With driftwood for fuel lying almost at llieir gates, if thev have a gate. raiher ti.an walk to and from the fence, if they have a fence, the proletarian in habitants prefer to destroy their land lord's property. An attempt to utilizt ti. eir horticultural instincts was unavail- ia;. Tiie gardens were fenced, the ten ants burned the pl.mks: the plats were plowed, not a s-ed was planted, and when, undiscouraged, the employei ;i;-.Tited the gardens himself, the people tt:i"ied in the hog3 with the comment, i.-:;;-i's b--lt(r than garden sass any daw" Centurv. A lJymu with Two Antliorn. Who is the author of the hymn, Ir the fjv.-ct-t liy sj.ui Uy?" With regard to the authorship of this now famous hymn there is a diffei-ence of opinion. 1 he author of the words is leiieved to be Dr. S. F. Bennett, who, while living in Elkhora, Wis., wrote the lines in a fit of mental depression. They were set to music by Mr. J. P. Webster, a composer living in the same town. Another version credits Mr. Webster with the authorship of the music and the first verse of the hvmn, which was then completed by Dr. Bennett. The credit of both words and music must be given to the two gentle men mentioned, though what was the individual contribution of each cannot now be determined. The song was writ ten in 1SGS, and almost immediately achieved the wide popularity which it has ever since en joyed. fee. Louis Globe- Democrat. Sterinjr Clear of Sin. Milkman Johnny, did you put wateT in the milk this morning? ICew Assistant Yes, sir. "Don't yon know that is wicked, Johnny?"' "But j-ou told me to mix water with e milk." "Yes, but I told you to put tiie water m nrst ana pour tne milK into it. men, von roe, wo can tell the people we never put water in our milk." Texas Siftings. r Knn Tint. The ; o: .'tors in a private institution ir. a ik.-msas town were getting ready to ike ii rur., as the banker was reported saort. bur I ciore tuev couid do so no ielc by way of the back door, ami took all tho cash in his carpet-hag. He reasoned that in his case it was better to riui i n La XXiitcoit. Frue Presi. 2r? 3D W HENDEE & CO (Succensvr to U. V. Muthewi.) CAKKV A COSiriiE'I'i; 1,1 M-; OF Hardware, Stoves, Tinware Etc. Having completely reelean ,m1 anil renovated, have as neat a hardware stock as fenn be found County. We respectfully earn our method of doiny Hardware can be sold cheaper for cash than on time and we are to do it J. W. HENDEE & CO. Everything to Furnish Your Mouse. AT I. PEARLMAN'S GREAT MODKKN HOUSE FURN1TVING EMPORIUM. Under Waterman's Opera House Vou an buy of him Cheap for epot cash or can mansion on tne I siallw EN T I'JLAN. STOVES, RANGES AND ALL FURNISH1NCS. Agent lor t'ne Celebrated White Sewing Machine. lie largest ;in.l must, complete vrock to select from in Cass County. Call and see me )cra House Block Insure your property m .1 roriiauo AMAZON INSUKAKCK COMPANY. Of Cincinnatti, Ohio. Commenced: Btislfies.s Octoticc iM'Z Zm CAPITAL - Stockholders individnally liable , oi umo wnicn logetner witli the present net surplus is a net Guarantee of about $700,000,00 to policy holders. Losses paid in nineteen years, (since dollars J. IL BEATTIE, Secretary. Win. L. BROWNE, Resident DAILY AND SUBSCRIBE TTIQTJE JDIEJLIISIIM PAPEB IF CA (DOHJMOTii7' THE WEEKLY nUa si ILnrgev CCircuIatloia tliain any iwo IPapers in tiie County. US We now in CaHH invite the nuhlic to call and business. the people that propose peenre what you need to furnlnh cottage oi? T P?UOfAIY against lire, liglititiii" and Ul 1118 - S3oo.nnn.nn under the constitution of the Stat organization) uearly four million GAZZAM GANO, President. Agent, Plattsmouth Nebraska p WEEKLY If II H m ii I HERALD,