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PATKICfilVE away.
To-day at 3 o'clock sucecssfully
ilosed the second week of school.
There were two tardy cases last
jf eek, one occurriujj in the jjrnm-
i'Uir school and the other in first
,;ard. At the same time last year
there were seventeen.
The hijh school started in Mon
day with a perfect record of at
tendance. It was spoiled, however,
since.
This has been a hot week for
school.
Hurrah for the stars and stripes.
School is dismissed this after-,
noon at M o'clock so that the stud
ents may see the halloon ascension,
fchool took two half holidays
tlm week on account of the lair.
, J Miss Gertrude 11 ilton was a visi
tor at the hih school Monday.
I'lie hioh school has no tardy
cases so lar, and we nuiii-i stand
they don't intend to have any.
There is a marked increase in the
.nrolliuent this week.
To-morrow the teachers, with
SI'IX I.U. uuesls. will take a vacation
and seek the woods to "gather
nuts 'ri." They will start in the
morning and he gone all day.
Won't we le surprised (r) if they
"Mlou'l hriny home about sixteen
bushels of the best of the fruit of
the forest! We shall expect a
report from them upon their re
turn.
We said in our notes of I i-t week
that the names of the memb. rs of
the I i iiili school base ball club
would be announced to-day, but it
. is impossible to do so as there has
been no organization as yet. How
ever, we understand that in the
the near future possibly
next week a club will be organized,
in which event we may expect bet
ter playingthati wasdoneyerterday
by Mr. Leonard's (?) nine. There are
a goodly number of players at the
central building from which a good
.I lib could be selected. We will
announce names when the club is
formed.
jjItis now a fact that there is a
business c urse in connection with
ijhehigh s -ml. Prof. Kwing has
been e.igagvo by the board of edu
cation to conduct a special courses
embracing, shorthand, type
writing, penmanship, book
keeping etc. Prof. Kwing
will also conduct a might course
for those who cannot attend day
school. This will be independent
of the public schools.
For the benefit of those who do
vnot know it we will say that the
high school affords three courses,
Latin, Knglish and business
course. Students may graduate
from either of these courses. The
business course is only a two years'
Also those desiring may take a
teachers course. Students from the
fit j' or county are recommended
to take one of the courses.
Miss May Patterson visited sev
eral days at central building this
week.
Someone said that Prof, llalsey
was raising a mustache. Can you
prove it?
The flag-raising Thursday was a
very pleasant affair. All the pupils
in central building gathered in
order on the east side of the house,
and a short, but highly interesting
program was executed, the front
steps being used as a rostrum. The
following is the program:
Sunt? --Aitieriea'' By scln l
Hsiay- "Tim Star and Stripes"
,'. Misi. Nellie MornHH
Selection Quartette
Hlieecli Ib'bt. brown
The wind blew so strongly that it
was difficult for the participants to
be understood. Miss Morgan, of
the senior class, gave in her essay
some very valuable information re-
garding the national flag. The se-
lection by the epiartette was a high
ly patriotic song and was well ren
dered. Koht. Hrown, of the junior
class, delivered a warm oration re
garding the the present and future
condition of the I'nion, showing
how the civil war should he utilise d
in building the character of the
American people, and lauding the
American Kepublic and the Amer
ican flag. He was thun
derously applauded but responded
only by thanking the company for
their regards. Then the Hag was
hoisted, and Mr. Waugh, being tin
only member of the school board
present, hail the honor of "pulling
the string."
Then the school sang " The Star
Spangled Manner." Three cheers
were given lor the Hag, the govcr
ment, tin- Platlsmouth school,
etc. Among the visitors present
were the following: Mesdames Sehle
gel, Wcseott, Mrown, Griffith, Pol
ock. Mrantner; and Messrs. Waugh.
J. W. Johnson, W. W. Prummond,
P. Hawksworth, Toviie Mopes, Fred
Schlegel.and Misses Klla Kennedy,
Hattie Shipman, and Laura Keney,
of Central City. Iowa.
"Did you attend the ball game
yesterday?"
"YeB." "
"What was the score?"
"Seventeen to live."
"In whose favor?"
"Why. in in Murray's favor I
believe."
"Well! What was tne matter with
the boys?"
"Nothing, only Carol Leonard
couldn't play all the parts.
"Oh! I thought he could."
"So did he. but he changed his
mind."
"Well, the greatest (?) men fail
sometimes."
Ml'KKAY HKKVITIKS.
BY PANSY.
Miss Lucy Kdmunds ami Miss
Anna Young and Mr. Win Lough
ridge departed for Lincoln toattend
school last Monday.
Mrs T. W. Faught is enjoying a
visit from her sister. Miss Delia
Koot of Weeping Water.
Mr. Frank Root is the happy
father of a bouncing girl baby.
Frank; si t up the cigars in good
shape last Saturday night.
The supper held at the 1'. P.
church in this place diil not prove
as successful as was anticipated.
The expenses were large and the
profits small. They cleared about
eleven did lars.
A social gathering of young
folks assembled at Mr. 1. Johnson's
last Saturday night. All reported
a gay time.
Mr. ( has Murray has ohl bis
farm north of town and is going
into the machinery business. We
wish him success in his new line of
labor.
Mrs. Dr. Mrendel has been having
poor health for some time past but
we are glad to note she is slowly
recovering.
Mrs. Drake, our operator, has
arrived and is now keeping house
in the up stairs of the depot.
Mr. Robert Adams is soon to
begin a house for Mr. Crosser about
three and one half miles east of
here. Mr. Adams has become quite
an expert in his line of work, as he
only has been working at the trade
a short time.
Mnrried.
Kmktsc II Kkokhu:k. At the resi
dent e of the bride's parents
in Plattsmouth on Sept. Hi. 1WI,
at N o'clock p. m'
Mr, Herman J. C. Klietsch and
Miss Ann K. Kroehler were united
in the holy bonds of wedlock,
Judge Ramsey officiating.
The contracting parties are too
well know to our people to need
any introduction. The groom is
every where known as tine of our
enterprising and thorough going
business men and richly deserves
the prize he has won.
The bride is the handsome and
only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Kroehler. of thiscity. Miss Kroehler
is one of our most popular young
ladies.
After the ceremony had been
performed the invited guests did
ample justice to a wedding supper,
provided with tempting delicacies
prepared by that culinary skill so
well understood by Mrs. Kroehler.
A little child of Frank Dickson's
is in a very critical condition. Hut
little hope is entertained for its re
covery. Fred Mlack packed two sample
trunks yes'erday with magic yeast
and left this morning for Louis
ville, a full fledged traveling man
in the interest of Gillett's Magic
Yeast Co.
C'lias. Grimes, Judge Ramsey's
efficient clerk has returned from
his trip to Denver and other west
ern points, lie reports a genera I good
time and returns well prepared to
resume his duties.
IT is plain to a careful observer
that the convention of alliance men
now ill session at St. Louis is held
in the interests of the southern de
mocracy. The south is well repre
sented, and it now seems certain
that a great break in alliance orga
nizations in the south will be the
result.
It has been evident all along tnat
this move was inaugurated and
carried forward for the purpose of
injuring the republican party in
the north west, and while the plan,
thus far. has worked admirably, it
is hoped that such lessons as this,
coupled with careful thought on
the part of the reptibl ican alliance
men, will cause their ret urn to the
fold.
Probably the largest shipment
received by any one linn in Platts
mouth was unloaded this week by
Phil. Harrison for LehnhoiT Hrds.
The shipment consisted of Toys
ayd Holiday goods of every des
cription anil nearly filled njcar. The
prospects for good crops and pros
perous times have influenced the
linn to make the heaviest purchases
they have ever made and they no
tlouol will n.ivc me ir.nie hi vv,u
I rant it.
S. L, Srars and M. Newman, of
Ashland, are in the city to-day at
tending to some cases they have
before the county court.
BUSY REPUBLICANS
In Convention at
To-day
Louisville
Nominaieii the Following Ticket lor
County Offices, Which is a
Strong One.
Fitm Saturday' Dauy
LlH'lSVll.I.K. Neli., Sept. Ill, ll.
Special to TliK llKk'Al.i. The re
publicans in county convention to
day nominated the following ticket
which will be the winning ticket
on the ;trd of next November:
L. C. KickholT, treasurer; A. Salis
bury, clerk of the district court;
Frank Dickson, county clerk; ('.
Russell, county judge; Geo. I'Mson,
sheriff; J. R. Lcvil.i, superintendent
of public instruction; J. I. I'nruli,
coroner.
Burglary.
The residence of A. M.
entered bv burglars
dd was
stcrday
e
tween the hours of twelve and
one o clock. .Mr. lodd does not
know that many articles were taken
though he missed his revolver and
a few small articles. It doubtless
would have been much belief for
the community if the thief had
been presented with the contents of
the weapon in rather a forcible
manner. 1 1 is trul v hoped that tin-
fakirs will be punished for if any
thing is obnoxious to a community
it is to have a gang of sueak-t hieves
prowling about residences.
Signed the t-'roelaniHt'on.
WASHINGTON, I). C, Sept. IS. Tin
president has signed the proclama
tion opening to settlement and
homestead entry the newly ceded
lands of the Sac and Fox, Kiowa
and Pottawattamie Indians in the
eastern part of Oklahoma. These
may be entered upon next Tuesday,
the 21 tul iust., at noon, standard
time.
The proclamation reviews in de
tail the agreement between the
government and the several tribes
and bauds of Indians and also the
aits of congress authorizing the
accepting and conferring of those
acquirements and providingfor the
proclamation. Notice is given in
the proclamation that no person
shall be permitted to enter upon
and occupy the laud until the time
given, and no person violating this
provision shall be permitted to en
ter any of said lands or acipiirt
title thereto. further notice is
given that these lands included in
the proclamation will be attached
to the eastern Oklahoma districts.
Attached to the proclamation is a
schedule descriptive of the lands to
be opened, the aggregate of which
is lilHi.'lll acres.
Twenty-four annual fairs have
been held by the CassCounty Agri
cultural society, and the t wentylifth
is now in session, bigger and bet
ter than any ot its predecessors.
Newcomers in Omaha who desire
to see what twenty-live years of
agricultural growth has accom
plished in one of the best counties
in Nebraska, will be wise to knock
oil long enough to run down to see
the Cass county agricultural show
and the pretty, progressive little
cityof Plattsmouth.- Omaha Hee.
Yesterday just after the races at
the fair some careless man backed
his wagon into the buggy of John
Tighe, which was full of girls, up
setting the buggy and causing the
horse to run away, hurting the
fourteen-year-old daughter of Tom
Murphy quite severely. She was in
the buggy and when it was upset
was caught in some way and was
dragged along over the ground
tearing her clothes almost of! of
her. The other children escaped
without injury. The buggy was
broken so badly that Mr. Tighe hail
to get another one to bring his
family home in.
The members of No. S Lodge of
A.O. V. V. moved into the new Odd
Fellow Hall last night.
Mr. C. C. Hadsell, of Weeping
Water, made a pleasant call at this
office last evening.
Jessie ill's, who has been visit
ing in Indiana for the past month,
returned this morning.
S. L. Stiles is deputy county clerk
today on account of the serious
illness of Frank Dickson's child.
A huge and enthusiastic delega
tion left this morning for Louis
ville to attend the republican coun
ty convention.
The ( ictidu r I'oriini will contain
an article on the prevalence of
gambling in the I'nited Slates, in
which an effort is made to calculate
the enormous proportions of the
"business." The writer will pre
sent much evidence to show that
we are a nation of gamblers.
Always hike your prescriptions
to Hrown &, HHrrctt's. if
Dr. CoUlii' IU.I ami Good Lurk.
Dr. S. A. Collins, h Connecticut phy
tiiian, had hu encounter with a wildcat
in the northeastern part oi tne slate
which is rarely equaled in those days
He was i.dled to attend a pitieut in
SattH'l Corners and the read lay 1 hi hi ; a
Wild Wood known as tilt) "De d's lie,.
Yard."
When almm half way through too i .m
yon th doctor's horse nave a snort of f, .u
ami refused to g- ahe id. Wonderim; al
the cuiise of the animal' flight, tin- o.v
tor leaned out of the carriage mid s- red
into the hushes. lie had hardly doi.o m
when two wldc-its Stirling from tin-
toughs of a li' iiihick tree. One land, o
on the haunches of the horso iind the
other dropped into the bottom of the
carriage, and fastened its teeth in the
flesh of the doctor's legs.
A desperate struggle ensued, in whien
the doctor, from loss of blood and
strength, became unconscious, in un
insido pocket of his coat tho doctor car
ried a Miiall mtdicineca.se. During tho
struggle this fell out and attracted tho
attention of thoc.it, which began toclaw
it and tear it vith its teeth. In doing
so it broke a hit tin of chloroform and
the contents seem to have stupefied it
farmer pass.ng over tho road some
tuno later found tho doctor unconscious
mid the wildcat among a lot of broken
bottles in tin.-hottoiii of tho carriage in
II deep stupor
l'lie cat weighed fifty-two pounds, ami
was ono or the largest ever killeil ui Loti
iR'cticut. Cor Chicago Tribune.
K.MKh'i'i-r S-i'iy hi ninuely Hurt.
William II. Sei-ry, engineer of tho fast
express uhieli leaves iow VorK in tlio
afternoon at 4 o'clock and is duo hero at
U:o"i, met with a strango and probably
fatal accident the other day hear Mon
iiioiitu.hitictioa. Whilo ho was leaning
out of tlio wildow of tho cab, looking
back at the train, a looso bolt flew up
f: . .111 the track, striking him in tho head
and fracturing his skull. Ho fell uncon
scious, with hu body hanging out of the
cab window
The tip-ninn, W. Harry llowers, was
in the tender at the tuno attending to
t lie scoop, win ill t ikes up water from
the track tank and lusattention was at
tracted by tun blood which spurted on
him from tiio engineer's head. Ilo ap
plied tlio airtralic and brought the
train to a stop. Tim unconscious engi
ueor was lilted into the baggago car.
and tho liremai took tho train through
to Trenton It is doubt ful if Seery ro-
covers. I Inlailelpliia lelegrapn.
lliilli-tM Went Hire' Mm ttt it Tlinn.
Army and tin y ofiicers have been
watching closeh tho military features
of the insurrection in Chili, and the
arms have been carelnllv examined by
the authorities m this country. It ap
pears that it win tho Mannlichcr gun,
loaded with cartridges tlio ze of ciga
rettes charged with a first cousin to gun
cotton, ninl sealing a ball nearly two
inches long and threo-tenths of an inch
thick against lUiiiaceda's troops at the
rate of from forty to sixty per minute
from each gun, that did tho business for
tlio insurgent ;roops. Tho long, slen
der, hard pointed bullets were of steel,
covered with a thin coat of copper, tho
soft metal heii g designed to follow the
rifling of the barrel more accurately and
witii less wear' to the gnu than tho naked
steel would iimko. Single bullets went
through two or three men at a time.
Washington Cor. Boston Journal.
A TaWIe witli Crowing l.ej;
1 had presented to me on the 3d of
May last, a small fancy table as a birth
day pre-ient paaited black, varnished
and gilded. However, it had not been
in tho house very long before the legs
were observed to be growing, und they
are coiiliniiing to do so, Ono of tho legs
has put out a shoot four inches long,
upon which tliero are ten leaves. Alto
gether it is a very pretty table, with its
black and gold, and now the green. I
think they are fipplo tree leaves. 1 set
it out of doors occasionally, so that a
lit tle moisture might bo given to it to con
tinue the growth, as I do not know but
it may blossom and bring forth fruit,
which would very much increase tho cu
riosity. Ontario Cor. Montreal Witness.
A Lively llnirnnl.
Harry Walter and Benjamin Talbot,
of Morgantown, caught a large turkey
buzzard in a steel trap. They took the
bird home, and after keeping it a few
days by means of Rue wire, attached a
sleigh bell to otie of 1U legs and set it at
liberty They never heard of the bird
until a few days ago, when they read in
one of the newspapers of the capture of
a buzzard with a bell fastened to its leg
in Bolivia, South America. From the
description of the bell and the manner
of fastening, they have no doubt that it
is the identical buzzard that was liber
ated by them. Harleysville (Pa.) News.
More Slmiipi to (olli'ct.
Philatelists should note that at last
the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg can
boast stamps of its own. Hitherto the
ordinary Dutch stamps have been in use
there, but now Urand Duke Adolph,
who has always possessed his fair share
of vanity, h;is had a new stamp issued
that shows his own illustrious visage in
profile. London Star.
An amusing story is told of Sir Wil
liam Thompson, tlio great physician,
who h is been id. His medical attend
ants declare that they never bad u worse
pal lent in the matter of ob.it luacy. Hd
would not te.ko his lnedh ine for days t
gether, and it was only by the doctors
threatening to abandon him altogether
that h" reluctantly consented to swallow
tiie pn scribed drafts
Two costly diamond in-klact-s were
lost overboard from it yacht at Norwich,
Conn., a few days ago. Uno, valued at
fJ.OijH, has since been recovered by
divers, but the second is still at the bot
tom of the river.
Among the permanent decorations to
bo added to the vestibule of the Whito
! House are portraits of Washington and
Lincoln, paintod on the wall over tLu
mantelpieces.
A GREAT GIIOST STORY.
50 VE
EXCITEMENT
ENGLAND BY
CREATED
SPIRITS.
New smM'r ttri rn,m1iit Wltm
l uu. nil Ti on li.ecl veil by the Splrllf
of Hid OiU'l In a Siiluirlimi Omeler
tin YV V l.le Allkl.
I was pfoceishng leisurely on foot to
!:ro.ulgreeii. when on passing thochureli
it Knotty Ash my attention wa.s sud
.leu Iv arrested by the strange and uu
i- uiiiv appearance of its graveyard Tin
time was sUoitly alter midnight, the
whole burying ground seemed alive and
glistening willi a thousand small bluish
lights, which appeared to creep in and
out of the different graves, as if tho de
parted spirits weto taking a midnight
ramble. 1 stood petrified, not knowing
what to make of it, at tho same time ex
periencing a feeling of horror which sud
.leiily took complete possession of mo.
Just at tin moment the moon, which
had hitherto lieen more or less obscured
by a moving panorama of passing clouds,
came, us it would seem, to my assist
ance, giving mo for a very short time
the benelii of her companionship. And
now appeared tho most startling phe
nomenon of all a phenomenon which
caused my hair to stand on end with
fright, a cold numbness of horror para
lyzing me in every limb, for, advancing
up tho road directly opposite to me,
camo a funeral train, the coffin borne
along with a measured tread, covered
with an imiuenso black pall which flut
tered up in tho midnight wind.
At first I thought 1 must surely lie
dreaming, and thereupon pinched myself
in tho arm to ascertain if this wero real
ly the case. Hut. no; I certainly wait
not, for 1 distinctly felt tho tup, ami was
thereupon satisfied as to my wakeful
ness. "What could it all mean?" 1 asked
myself, as tho cortege gradually ap
proached mo ami 1 began to distinguish
the general outlines of the bearers.
These appeared to bo elderly men and to
have lived in a bygone age.
All were dressed in the cosluino of the
hitter part of the Kighteenth century
They wore tie wigs, ami Homo hail
swords, as well as walking sticks mount
ed with deathheads. I olworved only
one really young limn among the crowd
of followers, walking ust behind the
I'oflin.
A 0II0ST1.V COUTKOIL
His voutli in comparison with Hu
nt hers, perhaps, made mo take especial
notice of bun. Ho was dressed in what
appeared to be black velvet, the whito
i.essol bis liifllesBtandingout in marked
contrast to the somber natuu-of his gen
oral at tiro, lie carried a sword, had
diamond buckles on his shoes, and wore
his powdered hair in a cue. The face
of this young man was deathly pale, as
were also tho faces of all tii' others ac
companying hi ui. Instead ot tho pro
cession advancing to tho gate at which
I stood, it turned suddenly and entered
tho burial ground by the ono bitiiated at
a few yards' distance
As tho coflin was borne through this
gate all the blue spirit lights seemed to
riso from tho graves as if to meet tho cor-
tego for the purpose of escorting the
body to its last resting place. These
awful lights added considerably to the
ghastliness of the scene us they floated
over the collin and heads of the mourn
ers. Slowly the procession glided up the
pathway, passing tho main entrance of
the church, and, continuing its way in
a straight lino, finally disappeared at tho
back of tho edifice.
Where this most extraordinary funeral
went to or what became of it 1 cannot
tell, but this much 1 distinctly aver
that collin. mourners and lights even
the pale, flickering moonlight all dis-apiN-ared
as mysteriously as they camo.
leaving me standing in the darkness
translixed with astonishment and fright.
Upon gathering together my somewhat
scattered senses 1 took to tny heels and
never stopped running till I found my
self in my own house, hi fact. 1 scarce
ly remember how I got homo.
ArmmiouuuTs.
After' recovering a little from the
shock I immediately aroused a female
relative who had retired for the night
and related to her the above particulars
She assured me that 1 must have been
suffering from mental hallucination, but
seeing the great perturbation of my
mind, and at the same time knowing uiy
natural skepticism with regard to all so
called supernatural phenomena, she came
to the conclusion that, after all, I might
possibly have seen what has been de
scribed above.
The next day I made inquiries tn the
neighborhood of Knotty Ash, and ascer
tained from a very old woman that sh&
remembered a story in her youth having
reference to the mysterious and sudden
death of an old occupant of Thingwall
Hall, who was hastily and quietly buried,
she thought, at iniduight, in old Knotty
Ash churchyard. If so, was this a ghast
ly repetition of tho event gotten up for
my es;ecial bent-lit, or was it a portent
intended to foreshadow the coining of
the dread visitor to myself
Now. us I have before stated, 1 am no
believer in ghosts, but certainly this re
markable expeneneeof mine has entirely
upset all tny previously conceived no
tions of the subject, leaving mo in a
quandary of doubt. On the evening
upon which I saw the mysterious funeral
at Knotty Ash 1 was exceedingly wide
awake, had met several cvclists on the
l'rescott load with whom I conversed.
Strange that a few hundred yards farther
down t he road I should encounter so
ghastly an experience an experience 1
shall never forget to my dying (lay.
Liverpool Post.
A N I ie fur OIuiihiihIh.
A t.se for diamonds, us an assistant to
uiaiKsuii-ii, li.is been discovered, Tho
diamonds are fixed iu the front and back
sights of rifles, and it is said they enable
tio marksman to taxo a quick and cor
rect aim even in a bad light. Tho bril
liants are so fitted that immediately the
piece is brought to the shoulder the rays
in the gems assist the alignment, and the
eye takes aim without the leat hesita
tion. Horological Journal.
FASHIONS IN JEWELRY.
Srrroiirs for cundle bhades are made
of silver.
Focn l.rt.wm cloTtr is the luckj
partrr clasp.
Toi rists' chains arc mmle of oblonf
silver links.
tiou) ears of corn are designed for
sleeve buttons.
Tiny silver chairs have plush seats
for pin-cmdiions.
S.mai I. funnels of silver ure mnonf
the novel! ies.
Su.vi It fruit knives are set in ntund
srds of silver, blades up.
Five little enumelrd swallows on a
twi is a pretty design ou a bllrer
branch.
Smam. scent flasks of crystal areot
laid with perforated silver ornamcuth.
Sit.VKR match boxes with backs of
perforated ornament ure pretty and
new.
SrmtoitT cups of glass with fine con
centric ribs arc bound, as it were, in
enameled gold.
Mi'cii.Ai.F bottles of glass with fine
concentric rings have silver tops and
brush handles.
IliMlMTi vf. silver brooms prove to bfl
pencil cases to which are attached
glove bulloners.
I. lou r and graceful standards of sti
ver containing gold-lined egg-cups are,
placed between pendant egg-spoons.
Lotto sheaths of Russian leather are
bound and tipped with repousse silver.
They are designed for scissors.
Laror fleurs-de-lis and hearts sur
mounted by a coronet covered with
white velvet are used in displaying jew
eled ornaments.
Ohi.ono card counters of perforated
silver have the counters inside on
wheels slightly projecting from the
side that areeusily moved by the thumb.
Jeweler's Circular.
BUTTERFLY BROOM CASE.
A Nohy Willed should Flat! it flaca la
Itvrry rre.lnj-llooui.
Harmonious shades of plush should
lie used f r this, all the edges bein(f
worked with a button hole stitch. Fan
cy stitching with the same silk idimild
be inserted upon the leaves, us shown
In the engraving. The long roll corre-
A CASK TOR A t'l.OTHHS BKttSH.
spondin.7 to the body of the butterfly Ls
of plnsii, stuffed with cotton, and
crossed five or six times with silk drawn
tightly around it. The various pieces
of plush should lie lined with bilk or
satia, and a broad baud placed across
the back and stitched to the edges of the
plush to hold the broom. American
Agriculturist.
HANDSOME SCREEN.
Although Really Uraiitlful It Need Not
Ite Very Kipaaslrit.
This beautiful screen has a bamboo
frame, which may be purchased at any
shop dealing in Japanese goods. In
and out through the frame is twined
the stem of a wild grape-vine, which U
found in abundance in the woods. The
?ine should be carefully selected and
FANCY SCRF.KN.
trimmed so us to hae only small aDd
pretty branches, and should be stripped
of all leaves, but not of the tendrils.
Artificial leaves and bunches of grapes
are fastened to look as If they grew o
the viue. The leaves and fruit may be
purchased ready to adjust, or they may
be made at homo. The web and the
spider may be purchased and easily ad
justed, or the web may be done with
silk, with much better effect, as it la
difficult to find a web large enough to
look well. Such a screen is artistic and
decorative and need not be expensive.
Delineator. , .
1u Fumlgat a llui.
A very simple way to purify the air
of a room is to heat an iron shovel very
hot, then pour upon it, drop by drop,
good vinegar. The steam will prove
an excellent disinfectant. There should
be a good current of uir in the room at
the time of using, which can bo ob
tained by opening the doors ami win
dows, care Winy taken in a sick room
that the patient is protected from the
draught by u screen and ctra bed
clothing.
llw to VTIp th lace.
Thousands of people when drying
their faces after washing, wipe thetn
downward; that is, from forehead to
chin. This is a mistake. Always use
upward from the chin to the forehead
and outward tovrards the ear mo
tions. Never wipe any part of the face
downward.
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