WEEKLY HERALD: PLATTSMOUTK, NEBRASKA. MAY 7 1831
5A
BLANKET'
See for yourself how 5l Blan
kets wear and other rnakcs tear.
FREE Get from your dealer free, the
Va liook. It lias handsome pictures and
raluable information about horses.
Two or thiee dollars for a 5a Horse
.Blanket will make your horse worth more
sou eat less to keep warm.
5A Five Mile
5A Boss Stable
5A Electric
5A Extra Test
Ask few
30 other styes at prices to suit every
body. If you can't get them from youi
dealer, write us.
FLY N ET
CHEAP AND STRONC.
Bother styles 5-A Nets, price", to s'-l all
WM. AYKES & HONfl, 1'H r,A USXil ULA.
Sold ty all - ,'crs.
l'mtn Jfiiiitliiij Diilu
George Valley- and wife returned
to Uenvcr this morning on thellyei
Our esteemed friend Colonel John
yL. Kiser made 1 III-: 1 1 KWALDa pleas
ant call to-i!ay.
Louis Biodeker canie in from
Louisville this mornintr, having
.spent .Sunday with friends in the
village.
31 Lauer, wife of Rev. John
Lauer of this city, departed this
morning for Gerniany wliere she
will spend some, time visiting with
relatives and friends.
W. S. Wise came in yesterday;
having left the blooming' orange
proves of Califoria to attend to bus
it: -s here for a week
The new men have arrived and
are at work putting the street car
line in repair so that we may ex
pect it to be in operation soon.
A. L. Friend received a nice box
of ornnge blossoms and other flow
ers from his sister at Kiverside.
California, (he other day that were
exquisitely fragrant.
From l'rof. Noble's monthly re
port we learn that the number of
children of school age in this
county increased 3'..) during the
year liSlX).
The I. I, folks again resumed
work this morning laying track
this way from Union. Mr. Phelps,
the representative of the contract
ors, thinks there will be no further
delay wijh the work.
We sire reliably informed that in
u short time the train dispatcher
will be transferred from Weeping
Water to this phce, for the reason
that such an oliicial is not necessa
ry at stations located on a "stub
run." Union .Ledger.
Mr. Barr informs rts that hist year
they had to keep up steam in the
high school every day until May
l?Sth, except the'-Mst dti- of April.
Thus it will be seen that this is not
hucIi a late spring after all. We
Lad a killing; frost on the night of
May 7th last year.
A surprise . social was tendered
Rev. llause at his home in Mercer
town the other evening, which was
largely attended b the good peo
ple in that vicinit-, resulting in
benefits financial to the wortli3"
liost.
A. Weiy lit Social.
Rev. A Haiise informs us that the
new church at Mercertown is about
completed ready for the furniture;
and in order to get funds to procure
the necessary seats ti weight social
-will be given next Friday evening,
"May 8th. for that purpose. A cor
dial invitation is extended to the
general public to be present and
lielp along a most worth' enter
prise. Mandam used .
Judge Chapman heard the peti
tion of Prof. Rakestraw last even
ing, represented Uy County Attor
ney Morgan of Otoe, stsking for a
-writ of mandamus against Supt.
I'armelej.of the blind asylum, who
refuses to bow to the authority of
Governor Boyd and will not give
up his oflice to his successor, Mr.
Rakestraw. JudgeChapman grant
ed the writ, giving Mr. I, unti
Monday coon to vacate.
Ed Hutchison Captured.
Kd Hutchison was captured nesir
Wahoo this morning and taken to
Lincoln by a local constable and a
clrputv sheriff trom Lincoln. He
had not sliaved his beard as re
ported and seemed a- unconcerned
as though nothing- had happened.
I
1 To the eidtor of Ihe Plattsmouth
Herald, greeting: Can't you work
I up a scheme, when the Missouri
' i.iriH !u ilniulw-il to vour villture
and the excursionists arrive, to take
them si trip to Havelock and show
them the immense shops building
there for the great llurlington
system? They might sympathize
with you, you know. Eaglet of
Eagle.
Fret not they gizzard, Brother
English. If you would come to
Plattsmouth and see the gigantic
plant operated by the IV & M. here;
note the fifteen sicres of busy
machinery humming; with the whir
of active life, and the S(X) prosper
ous employes, the little shop at
Havelock would not look so large
to you. Come down and get ac
quainted with a live progressive
town; you would get over your
dvsnensia and would feel much
better.
Mortuary.
DlKl- ?!-:. Msirgaret Rutherford, at
her home in this city, of Bright's
disease, at 12;30 last night.
The deceased was a noble Chris
tian woman, a member of the Pres
byteri.ui church. She leaves three
sons, John, Walter and Charles to
mourn the loss of their only parent
the father having joined the silent
majority twenty 3-ears ago.
Mrs. Rutherford was born at Gil
boa New York June 1st 1S30 and
came to Nebraska in lHA) she was
a sister of the late C. M. Holmes of
this city and settled near his farm
in Rock Bluffs precincts.
During her illness which proved
fatal she suffered "Teat pain but
bore it with true Christian fort itude
The funeral will take place to-mor
row afternoon at 2 o'clock from the
Presbvterian church. Rev. Baird
will officiate.
Cough Hyrup.
Koch's Lymph is good in its place
but no remedy has been put on tne
market and had such marvelous
stiles in so short a time as Haller't
Sure Cure Couirlt Svrun. u e guar
antee it to cure any cough, cold
bronchitis or sore throat. For sale
by all druggists.
From Tuesdays Daily
Ol Butts of Nebraska CU3- board
ed an Omaha train this morning for
home via the Missouri Pacific.
Mrs. Fred Murnhv smd Mrs. Lew
Myers, of Cedar Creek came in this
morning- to spend the day with re
latives.
Joseph Knotts will leave to-night
for Council Bluffs where he will
take a position in his brother's coal
othce.
The schools vaill nil take a gener
1 holiday before they close, and
eat a picnic dinner in some one of
our man- beautiful groves.
Ellen Greeson, by her attorne-,
Matthew Gcring, hied a petition 111
divorce to-day against her husband,
Clark Greeson, charging him -.with
cruel t j' and adultery.
The Missouri Pacific folks laid
their first mile of track on the Union
cut-off yesterday and will reach
Murray by the middle of next week
if favored with fair weather.
Dr. Viola M. French of Xeills
ville, Wisconsin, a graduate of the
Woman's Medical College of Chica
go, has recent I3' located in this city.
She comes highly recommended
and will for a time office with Dr.
Shipman, as may be seen from her
card in another column.
The Custer papers speak in glow
ing terms of John Sheafor's newly
discovered silver mine, which The
HERALD has mentioned before, and
claim it is worth a round million
dollars. In writing to his father
John says they have just been en
joying some heavy snowstorms up
in that country.
Hurrah for the flag! The school
children have been making penny
collections to purchase a flag for
the central building. It was slow
work and now the board of educa
tion have taken up the matter and
will see to it that a nice flag floats
from the high school tower as soon
as it can be obtained.
The county grader is an excellent
machine and in si short time has
changed Chicago avenue from a
rough inconvenient thoroughfare
to as smoothe a street sis could be
found anywhere. It is being oper
ated on Washington avenue to-day,
gresitly to the betterment of that
street, which had been badly cut up
by heavy hauling during the
muddy weather.
James Allison took a car load of
fine stock cattle to South Omaha
this morning in order to take ad
vsintage of the high prices now pre
vailing for that class of cattle. It
is rather uncommon to see stock
cattle shipped out, as they are us
ually brought in by the hundreds
Our feeders seem to think thejr are
too high unless a man has a sur
plus of clover pasture to feed, them
on during the summer.
J. O. Phillippi, Esq.,general agent
of the Missouri Pacific tit Omaha, is
in the city to-day renewing old ac
quaintances and looking after the
interests of his road. Plattsmouth
ha
warm friend in the
person of Mr. Phillipi who was once
a resident of this city while agent
of the B. A M. We are glad to be
able to renew business relations
with the g-enial gentleman.
THE PROPER THING.
A Scheme Thnt Beats a Pontoon
Bridye.
I. W. Hendee, the popular hard
ware merchant, tit the old Mathews
corner, is one of our most energetic
citizens. Speaking of ti pontoon
bridge, Mr. Hendee remarked that
we don't want a pontoon bridge
just now; the thing to do, says he,
is to buy the Petersen terry, make si
landing as near to Main street as
possible and make a low round trip
rate, i 11st enough to pay actual
running expenses, say ten cents or
twenty-live cents for si team with
load, both ways. That would brin
us more trade than we get now from
Nebrasksi, as on the east side of the
river Council Bluffs is the only com
petitor Plattsmouth would have
vortl13' of mention. We would
draw trade for miles and it would
get better till the time as the people
over there would appreciate our
efforts to give them a better market
than they now have. To start the
matter and show his faith in theen
terprise Mr. Hendee will give fifty-
dollars 111 cash. W no will lo as
much? This project is a practical
one that will not cost much and we
believe will appeal to the goodbusi
ness judgment of our people in
manner that will assure its success
That Ball Game.
Well the printers met the barbers
on the base ball field 3-esterdti3' eve
nining and the result was not flat
tering to the prowess of the print
ers. Here is the score on hits am
runs :
HAItllKIW. I'ltl.N'TKHS.
ii.ii. y- B.it. it
H. Kuleiey, 3b.. 3 r i;mn, ;sl 1 2
Han-old, i r Kirkliatn, ss 3 5
I. eunlitw.-is, if... 2 t; i:il)l), rf 1 :j
Lolmes, c .'! (i ;f"liue lib u
J. Crow. 2n 3 V, Wisp, j 0 1
.1. Kllliney, ss... 2 G 'thoil... If ' :,
llrooks, cf 2 7.l'ristniiinn.c 4 4
Brown, lli&c :t r. t liifili li. lb 1 a
L. Kuliuey. rf... 2 j Kfuier. cf 0 1
Dray, lb., 2 2
Total 25 M Mapes, 3D 1 0
1 T.tal ir 27
SCOKK l'.Y INM.MIH.
..12 3
. 0 Ij :
427
Uarbeis. .
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Weather Report.
APRIL, 1891.
1st, light snow and rain.
L'nd, " " "
3rd, 7:30 a. m., 23 3 , '1 p. m
light snow.
; ."th, 7 a. m., U0 .
l'.Jth, rain.
Uth, 7 a. m., 2!) 3, heav' frost
13th, thunder storm.
14th, light rain.
15th, 7 a. 111., 34 2 , light frost.
10th, thunder storm.
ISth,
TJth, light rain.
20th, 2 p. m., 77 3 , light rain.
21st, 2 p. in., 7!) 3, two thunder
storms.
2Uh, 2 p. m., S3 .
2.")th, 2 p. m., 84 0.
20th, 2 p. in., 83.
27th. 7 a. m., 42 O
28th, 7 a, m., 37 0
light frost.
'2 p. m., S3 o, light
frost.
20th, 2 p. m., 91 o , daily mean tem
perature, 70 o, thunder storm.
Month.13- mean temperature, 51.7.
Highest, 01 o f i9th; lowest, 20 o ,5th.
Total rainfall, 2:33. Three snow
storms, three frosts, seven thunder
storms, tame cherries and wild
plums in bloom 27th, tipple trees in
bloom 29th, bobolinks heard sing
ing 29th.
APKIL, 1S90.
Monthly mean temperature, 53.60.
Highest, 87 , 30th, lowest, 18 o . 1st.
Rainfall, 1 inch.
The monthly mean temperature
for April, 1884, was 41.2 o .
Gymnastic Exhibition.
The Plattsmouth Turverein will
give one 01 tlieir interesting g3rm-
nastic exhibitions at the opera
house on the evening of May 13th.
The price of admission has been
placed at the low figure of 25 cents,
thstt all who desire may be able to
attend.
Senator Thomas was surprised b3r
about fifty of his neighbors Thurs
day evening headed hy the Cullom
cornet band. They called at his
residence to pa3 their respects to
the senator on his return home
from a trip through the south. The
ovation tendered was a heart3" one
and could not be considered other
titan as a flattering testimonial of
the course pursued b3' Mr. Thomas
in the senate, which must have been
peciall3 gratif3ing coming from
his immediate neighbors who knew
him best.
A Wreck,
In the railwa3' wreck at the Oma
ha 3'ards yesterday Charley Whit
ney, formerly of this cit3 had a
close csill. The World-Herald speak
ing of tne affair this morning, sa3s:
Charles Whitney, the engineer,
received a deep cut ou the head, and
his body was badly bruised. He
was pinned under the engine, and
it was with great difficulty that he
extricated himself. From the cut
on his head he bled profuse-, and
he was a little demented immediate
ly following the accident, but he
was fully recovered and was at the
shops yesterday. Whitney was not
the regular engineer, but was tak
ing the place of Wilkina, who ' waa
taking a lay off.
Fireman Hambright js tit the hos
pital with ti broken leg and bruises j
on his head. !
Clisis. Ilassemeir and wife S1111
d;i3 ed with relatives at Louisville.
The Jurors.
Names of jurors drawn for term
of the district court which convenes
May 2f:
A. K. Lake, Wm. Dunn, Geo.
Houseworth, Chris. Maukenhanpt,
jr., Sam'l Richardson, M. (). Weed,
Walter Adams, Fred Black, I).
Ouackenbush, Chas. Cummins,
Thomas Wiles, jr., J. N.Gardner, K.
R. Todd, S. K. Hall, A. Sheldon, J.
W. Bush, A. O. Ashle3r, Henry Fill
ler, J. M. Beardsle3', JamesChalfant,
Joseph Gapen, J. M. Johnson, Silas
Long, C. D. Clapp.
We call special attention to the
important sale of Short-Horns at
the Casi3r barn, two squares east of
the Union Depot, St. Joseph, Mo.,
Tuesday, May 10, 1801.
This sale will contain twelve head
from the excellent herd of Mr. John
McC'03-, Sabetha, Kansas, mostl
the get of his grand Scotch bred
bull Lord Ashland 99132. and 2
head from the well known herd of
Mr. B. O. Cowan, New Point, Mb.,
21 of which are sired b3' his famous
Cruikshank sire, I nip. Scottish Lord
77.701, Mr. John McCoy has been
ver successful in securing prizes
at northern Kansas fairs during
recent years. He has alwa3's used
first class bulls and has therein
established a line herd, Mr. B. O.
Cowan has shown his cattle at the
lending State fairs, and in lK), his
3'outig herds were not beaten 1013--where.
In 1SS9 and 1S90, his young
cattle won 0 prizes, 20 of which
were grand sweepstakes. If 3011
want some lirst class short-horns
don't fail to attend this sale.
OUT AT FIRST EASE.
The roaring farce is ended, and
John M. Thaj-er litis been chosen
governor of Nebraska b3 a divided
court. Tin: IIkkald extends its
congratulations to the fellows who
profit b3' the change of conditions
under the smiles of the executive
head center of Nebraska and its len
der condolence with the fellows
who lose their grip oil the patron
age dispensed by the same power.
It is but a demonstration of the iti
stabilit3' of political fortunes. The
old wheel revolves with its glitter
ing promises and "now 3'ou see it
and now 3011 don't. Governor Bo3'd
had a brief taste of power from the
mountain top, when democracy
survc3-ed the promised land with
its green pastures and still waters,
and now, at once, like a stick he de
fends to the -alle3' of humiliation
with his army of camp followers to
endure, for a season at least, the
hot winds of political discomfiture
and misfortune. He will now pose
is a mart3T and every democratic
sheet in the state wtll shout over
the "partisan decision which rele
crates the Omaha governor to the
shades of private life at the same
time, public opinion will divide up
on the legal it3' and fairness of the
opposing views expressed b3' our
supreme court. Upon this question
TlIE IlEKALl) refrains from deliver
ing an opinion, sis tne court litis re
leived us of that responsibilit3'; be
sides we have not read the opin
ions, but we shall have great re
spect for the same and consider
them the honest views of both the
majority and minority of that tri
bunal. FIspeciall' will the opinion
of Justice Maxwell be considered
the honest views of an honest jurist
in this community where he is
known and admired for his sterl
ing integrit3'. We hope the pres
ent incumbent, General Thayer,
will prove a conservative
and cautious executive, espe
cially during these revolutionar3'
times, in political circles.
GovernorThayer undoubted
has the good of the state at heart,
and at his great age can have no
ambition except to serve the public
wisely and well which we have no
doubt he will do.
CAPITAL DRIVEN AWAY FROM THE
STATE.
F;. II. Dyer & Co., the well known
beet sugar manufacturers of Cali
fornia have just closed a contract
for the erection of the largest beet
sugar plant in the United States at
Marshalltown, Iowa, at a cost of
S5.T0.000. This identical plant would
have been located in Nebraska had
not the bount3 been removed on
beet sugar b3' the recent abortion,
sometimes called a legislature.
More than half a million dollars are
invested in Iowa and her cities
built up all on account of the fool
hardy actions of the majorit3r in
the last legislature. If only the
mullet heads and bass wood states
men were made to suffer for this
sort of legislation it would be well,
but the trouble is decent men have
to suffer the reverses decreed upon
them bj' the gang of mono-maniacs
and brainless rogues that assem
bled at Lincoln under the garb and
cloak of "independents" last winter.
Give us pestilence, give us fam
ine, but in the name of the blue
vault above excuse us from auoth
er eiegeof "independents."
Ouk esteemed friends, Col. Dick
Norval and Col. Ed Carnes,are both
in the swim.
new warehouse law, which
es vast hem-fits to the farlit
this state, was prepared l3
.(Jen. H. F. Test, of Omaha, and in
its provisions is not materially dif
ferent from that in operation for a
number of years in Minnesota and
Dakota. In brief its provisions arc
tis follows: The farmer can store
his grain in the nearest elevator,
taking receipt therefor, and wail
until the price suits him before
sell ing, ay nig, f eon rsc, a nominal
charge for storage. His receipts
represent a certain cash value, and
he can, if he chooses, obtain mon-3'
ou them tit the local bank, and
when he finds it ad va ntageons to
sell, can take up bank notes, thus
getting Ihe benefit of :ni3- rise 011
the market. The farmer's own
judgment is exercised as to the
probabilities of a rise or fall in the
market, and he ma' sell outright
or store the grain according'. The
local bii3'er is also enabled to hand It1
1 IIIIIU1(
ing the j
r of his'
his own grain 13- forward
surplus to some other cento
choice, and take receipts upon i
which he can realize, if occasion re
quires. The interchange of receipts
for grain will, to ti considerable ex
tent, take the place of actual trans
fers, and give all parties, from the
producer to the speculator at the
central market, the benefit of mar
gins, which have hitherto been ad
vantageous to the members of the
Chicago board of trade and their
speculative customers.-1 Jeatrice
ICx press.
THE BEATRICE CHAUTAUQUA
The managers of the Beatrice
Chautauqua announce some rare
attractions for the approaching as
sembl3'. The long- 1 ist of speakers
includes the great and onl3' Sam P.
Jones, Dr. P. S. Benson, Dr. A. A
Willits, and ex-President Hayes,
Dr. Powers, Garfield's pastor in
Washington, lecture on Garfield;
Hon. Ignatius Donnelly and the
brilliant l'rof. Freeman of the Uni
versity of Wisconsin, will debate
the Bacon-Shakespeare question.
l'rof. W. W. French, the great
crayon artist of Chicago, will draw
pictures and talk about them in his
inimitable wti3r. Dr. Sauaubrah of
India will lecture in picturesque
costume and with a platform
crowded with curiosities.
The class instruction will be es
pecially fine. The music will be in
charge of Prof. C. C. Case, the best
known of till the Chautauqua musi
cal directors. Madame Rosa Li tide,
who attracted such widr attention
with the famous Gihnore and I ness
bands, will be the soloist of the oc
casion. The Swedish Male Ouar
tette, the finest in the whole world,
will be present for a week.
Dr. M. M. Parkhurst, whoso expo
sition of Scripture is simpl3r mar
velous, will give dail3r readings and
will conduct the Ministers' Insti
tute. Prof. W. W. Karnes of Chi
cago, one of the ver3r best elocution
ists in America, will conduct classes
and give platform readings. The
S. S. Normal Class for adults will
be in charge of Dr E. L. Ivaton, who
will also conduct classes in micro
scop3r and show the wonders of the
heavens through a large telescope
There will be in all twelve different
courses of study in charge of able
and enthusiastic instructors.
The grounds of the Assembly are
in superb condition. The electric
railwa3'- now in construction will
carr3r passengers into the grounds
and up to the tabernacle. Several
new buildings are in process of
construction. A unique feature of
the Beatrice assembl3- is the beau
tiful steamer "Queen of the Blue,"
which carries 300 passengers over a
six mile course unsurpassed for
picturesqe beaut3'. We advise till
who contemplate attending an as
sembly this yesir to send to the sec
retary, S. S. Green, at Beatrice, Neb.,
for the program before deciding
where to go The dates are June 23
to July 6 inclusive.
"A FREE trade organ has just dis
covered that there is a tariff of 20
per cent on imported snakes, par
rots and monkeys. This is another
evidence of the awful iniquit3r of
the McKinley bill. B3- all means
give us free snakes and take the
tariff off of monkeys."
A DEMOCRATIC organ defines reci-
procit3r as a scheme by which "the
fears and necessities of South Amer
ican countries are to be played up
on for our commercial advantage."
This is very sad, of course; but
there is something still more melan
choly, for democraeic newspapers
in the fact that it is going to insure
the election of another republican
president next year. Ex.
Liniment
There are many liniments on the
market now that are good for some
purposes but only one that will
heal barb wire cuts effectively, and
that is Haller's Barb Wire Liniment.
If your horse or stock is cut buy a
bottle and witness the wonderful
results. For sale by all druggists
The Herald rises to congratulate
our friend C. W. Sherman of the
Journal on his narrow escape from
a membership in the defunct gov
ernor' defunct staff.
Tin:
promi:
e rs of
'LOVE cannot FAIL."
Irvsaniiot full." wh.-n Joy irrows rnlt
And llojx-'n blithe he-art forlorn;
Wwu sin nialtw bla k the nhininif track
tii-lisA- tlio lnIUof morn;
tVhfii KuUU U wfttk, mill Iaxo uot wnnic
TI10 Soiil'n abiding jilarc;
Whrn Doubt iloth lilt from Tlmo'cltrk. drift,
A wiin, bi vilili-rtl ftM-e;
W'liou Tni'ii's knen blmln ! wounds h
IIIUll.l
From wbii h wo vainly nhrlnk;
Wlif-n LiV burns low, Willi I! i krrintf glow,
Abovf D mIU'.- somber brink;
Wio-n Kartir.H l:it libt failr Into lil;ht,
" Ami till is fuii'l unit iloiic"
"1. mi cannot fail," anil must rvuil,
i Hi- ( loil ami lovo ui-i' on
V. II. ilayno in Sunilay School Tlinod.
LIFE IN CALIFORNIA IN '49.
A Sl ff of Sorlrty in Which Woini-n HaU
I.ittlu or No I'm I for n 'l imn.
Life in California was at thtit tiino a
wild rm;inee. No words of mine etui
iu;cii)(! the hceiieH tli.'it were enacted
..ri.'.'; t'i."l chtiotie j.- i Thousand
ol' :'i ;i, organized in bands or wholly
i!;sirg.iiiiz".l, were eon.-ittu.tiy arriving
from evry ji.irt of the world unil leav-
'J I
i-"'.-: f'r tl:. diggings. Oull.tt
fl ' ' j;.uul)le:-s oth-iumI
Oul l;t ws and ro-
Kdoons by
tin; r.coie tit every jHint win-m lneii coil-
gr.'gnted. Money whh heath-red every
where as if by the wind. Miners who
!.:. 1 realized fortune in a few day.1)
can! down to Stockton, Sacramento
mid S.in Francisco to Hijuander them iu
a night. Scarcely a woman was nny
whero to be Been. All restraining inllu
etices of .society were absent, and I can
n l find an oxpres.sion better suited to
the case than "I'.tndeuiouiuui on a
frolic."
Aa there were no wives there could bo
no homes or families. A few stores had
been ha.tilj' lut up along the shore,
made of rough boards or canvas, and all
of them were doing an enormous busi
ness. Tho rest of the village consisted
of shanties or tents used for restaurants
and saloons. Human life was a moving
panorama. Tho whole placo wtis uliv
with a mass of unkempt men cL-wl in
flannel nhirts and heavy boots, who were,
inspired with the 0110 desire to hurry oil
to the mines.
This rough life was not without itti
touches of sentiment. Ono day tho town
wtis electrified b- th" rumor that tin in
voice of women's bonnets hnu arrived
and could be seen at one of tins stores.
The excitement w.-.s intense, ,-uid there
was a rush from every direction to get a
realistic view of even so insignificant a
substitute for female society. I do not
overstate the truth in saying that the
thoughts of homo that were awakened
in the breasts of the rude looking men
ut the sight of thou; bonnets started
tears from eye which the worst forms
of privation and hardship had failed to
moisten. ';
The Christian i:.i.--r i. .nary was already )
en ttie
te ground, ami good Parson Will-1
had managed to tirA :i p.'.e-r.- wliere
i. ut is
he could preach on
nmiay.
One of the
I) is family
first men who
came to one o
arrived v.il
a
( -e in'.ctin
ilUnded
Ly his wife tu.d biuv. During the uer
uina it chanced that tlii-baliy cried, and
the mother was about to withdraw,
when the preacher aduiv: ,,ed her thus:
"My good woman, I beg 3'ou to re
main; the innocent sound of that in
fant's voice is more eloquent than any
words I can command, it speaks to the
howrts of men who.-u wives and children
are far away, looking and praying for a
saf e return to their own loved ones at
home." Never shall 1 forgot the sobs
and tears which those words evoked
throughout that rough a.-.-embiy. Tjiat
infant's cry seemed to them the mnsic of
angels. John C Fremont in Century.
Auliquity of Cfinlti jig.
Probably no branch of industry can
lay claim to greater Mithjuity tiian that
febing. 1 ts origin would seem to be
coeval with the earliest efforts of human
ingenuity, for the old'-st monuments of
antiquity- show the fisherman in full pos
session of the implements of his calling,
and even those tribes of Ravages which
have learned neiter to keep flocks nor
to till the fields are skilled in the fabri
cation of the hook, the fish spear and the
net. The earliest civilization of the
eastern Mediterranean was begun with
fishing. Sidon, which means "the fisher-,"
was originally a fishing village,
and its enterprising inhabitants devoted
their attention mainly to the collection
of a cirtttin kind of milusks, from which
they prepared the famous Tj'rian pur
ple, prized more highlj- for the richness
and -ariet3- of its hues than any other
dj-e known to the ancients. Waehing
tos1 Star.
Are Yon Iiiglit or Left Handed?
Theories as to the origin and cause of
right handedness ma3' be divided aa fol
lows: According to one class of theories,
it rests on an anatomical basis and de
pends on a physical cause which exerts
its influence in every one of us. Accord
ing to another class, man originally had
no preference for either hand, but be
came right handed by conventional
usages, which may or may not have had
iheir origin in some anatomical features.
For any theory of the first class to bo
satisfactory it must, first, account for
difference in sensation as well as in force
or dexterity; second, it must account
for the occasional appearance of left
handedness; and, third, it must not be
inconsistent with the fact that most of
those who have their organs transposed
the heart on the right, the liver on the
left, etc. are right handed. Thomas
Dwight, M. D., in Scribner's.
Guard Yoar Speech.
Elmer Young, an Oswego man, felt
funny the other morning, and he said to
Mrs. "White, who was going to the gro
cery, "Trot along after your coal oil,
sissy."" She had. him arrested, and the
court decided that "sissy" was 6lander
and gave her a verdict for Detroit
Free Press.
Her CTiang-ed Estate.
Mistress (to former servant) Where
are yon living now, Bridget?
Bridget (haughtily) Shure, mum, Oi
ion't live aay where. Oitn married.