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THE GREAT AUCTION SALS
REGISTERED HSBEFORD CATTLE
Will take place at the rachnf the Ash
land
mil;:
Hoic ford c w
Harlem Cut leC
furmiT'y mvii.-j ltyt'. e 'Z-j
uHitiaiiv iiinl ttl'li-h tMnt ' - i
them the e'.ortn;us sum of f HT.ouO
Land and Live stock to. f..ur (Kiym'iVV-' w nuurrr- .
i north and Home east ot VTvS-VAVX ..Cfn
ASHLAND. NKH. JSS
lies!o( Iteieford cattle iu l:.,l:i.l , :- ..' -, ? ',' y . ' l. . 'TVf !. ..,.....-
v J America utd is vrod by th ,.,v,,..i Ci.YV,, ;':.,!. v?', V J ''.. h a-w 1 1 . s,; ...,
k and fasluonuble bulls, Kutneo, eader, -;'. -i--c v'.-f?v'f.-".,, I o ftm ns Mo-k huts na "e.l heieni,
V 1 Leader, lo'd Derby. ixaii er tin fr"?" Vfz-'i; '''"'. r y.V' .n,-'.v,VvVI''1' " "i-m liv-fa:vjitsi.l,'.
-Vf I 'ircat. Kail of -liii.lt land anil i rfc-tot V '-f ' ". - V"5 tVu '- "j .
I and daii.es mthe noted aedcar.-f.tb, v 4 , , , , ; ipr. I;' ... ' m .ur an-; t .. -i I. . I i.i
r looted herd of tlmroii .-libred ivirMere.i V'-i " - ." -' V l k .' '.S-V'- - ; . In t!i. ..r!.t
SPBCI A-L-Wi' havf ;i!n)iit 1J." lic.ul t.f ..i;it!f ;iatl iiniii.iiyf.iitU' tn fi'II at private nli tliat fan l
bought at half their value. V w:utt to gvi ri I . i" them as wr i 1 1 u-1 1 ! raising nothing but pure broil Horof.ml
in the futuro,
Anhlauil i on the D.& M. railroad. :!0 n.ilfs frui-i t )in:i;.a ti.I 'J." milt f from Lincoln. Four train daily
each way.
COL. F.'M. WOODS, Auctii.uoor, BDWAIID LARKIN, 1'roHideiit.
Lrgel Notice.
TiCenru'C O'Neill and Ullie O'Xelll. tlef. o
riainb. Vou art hereby notified tb.,t mi cntnrd.iy
the 24.li day nf Muv ni'ior. A u. l8Ji,at it
o'clock . in. t r a sunn tln'icafti r us iilanilf
can li lit-aid, It will mij.ly to In- tlKlnct c i n
o( CaHHi'imnty, Nnbrascia, or to Hnu. Kiuun-t
M. t'liapinan, uilt! . Id court for tint ap-
fioiuttiK'iit i u receiver to take io''fiioii nt
he ircinisps to-v.lt: I.otf 1 2-8-4-Santl 6 in
block 2 ot O'.Ni'll''.' itildillon lit riatttnio'itli.
(lai-sctdiiity, Nhrakii. iii.n the kmuih! tlic.t
t lit laintilT. Tli Provident Buvlugx. Louii and
Building Assoc ation, of .Hi.'ih.i htvc uni
mencd action in the district court of 'lufs
county. Nebraska, to fort cuH cci t iin nvirl
ga! upon said real estale because if if
Fault ha lug been mailt) id fie tiayinent of the
note secnr.td by said mortnagt., that it in
provided in aaid ninrtgae thai in the event of
any default, on thermit of the luurlKinees to
comiily fully wltli the lernm ami conditions of
al note and moalioiue, the proner court r
Judge hall, uimu app ication appoint a receiv
er lutaka possession, cjiitrol ami care of said
premise and collect the rents thaoeof and ap
ply the net proceeds of the sain - after paying
all expenses to the payineat of the debt se
cured by Haiti inoriitat-'e. n in suiiimr:. of
ucb application, p'ain III will file and read the
petition ami exhi it attached and the alPdavit
of James I'etle aim Cbae ('. Km I ly. fiain
tllT propones the name of Th s. Pnlb c' as re
celverwith 0. U I'annele and Samuel Uauitii
as his sureties, riaiutlff hIho oilers a his sure
ties J. M, Patterson and J M. Itobeits
j'itovmKHT Havin loai
AVD UUll.UIMO ASS it'IS-
tion. of Omaha, t'lainiiff
HyB.-S. Erv.n.itd Atty 14
Legal Notice.
To Ge rge O'Neill and his wife, l.illie O'Neill
et a,, defeudants.
Vou sad each of you will take Hotlc that on
theiHth day of Oc otter A. 1). IMl, The Provi
dent Havings, Loan and ltiilldiug A'piji'U.ioii,
Of Oumiia, plalnlilf, herein filed Its petitiit
In the tlMilt't cnu-t of Cass county. ,Vebra"ii,
against nM defend it's :the ob.e land prayer
of whr.rh rre to fnreclose a rerialu ni'trtgag t
executed hv the defendant fleorgo O'.Nt'ill and
his wife l.illie O'Nell ,o the plaJntilt, Trovi
dent Savings l-oan and iluildlug Asrociath u
of Omahv upon lot one (1), two 1 2. three
four 4). flveiti), and niK(K, In Mock two .2) of
Ocelli's Htldilit n to 1'lattMiiouth as surveyed
platted and recorded, Cass county Nebraska,
to secure the payment of a certain rroini toy
note datetl May surd, lt91 f r the sum of one
thousand dollars (l.ooo.OOt due and pavuhleon
demand after dale. Demand haviuic been
made far payment by plmmirt thfrc i now due
up n said note and in Ttjagt the sum of one
thouaml (Jl.fKioiHi) ill 11 lis. iln Irili-ie.ft n1
premium at the rate of lUteen oellars (isa,
per month, payable monthly from June 23rd
1WH, according to Ihe tenor of aidw te Plain
till pravs for a decree that the defendant..
(icolgeO'Neill be required to pay the - ante nr
that said piemifes mav be pnld to sailsfy the
ammint foiinii tlue with all cost- ' f this aciine
You are r quired to answer said p;'tl fi n t n
or before Monday, the 7th th.y of I erembT, A
). lfitll l'HO 1 1' KM' HAVlMis I," AN
AM Hoit.niKO AssofiA
T on, of Omaha. l'laiiuitT.
It S. Kivin. I'lainlift's At y. 41
Sheriff Sale.
Ity vl'lueof an order of sale ismied by W. ('.
Hhowalter, clerk of the illstrict court .i biu
and lor Ciihi count v, Nebraska, and to me di
rected. 1 will on the ard day of f-oveinber A.
D.18:i at lo o'clock p. m. of said iKyal the
foot of the stairway leattiug up to Uockwoo !
Hall in the City ot riattsmoinh. Cass c unly
Nebraska that being the place where the list
term of thenistiltl court was h lit in said
county, ell al public auction the following rea
stats' to- -wit :
Lot to(2), iu Mock one (1), in Wah'.ut Hill
Addition (utile city of Weening V alor, Cas
County. Nebraska, toiit'ther with the appur
tenances thereunto b-loi giug or iu any wise
'ThHiiiiefieitia levied upon and taken atbe
property of Clara faMiliVtmi, Wil lain Ham
blctan and llenrv B. t:arler. defendants, to
satisfy a Judgment ol said court recovered by
Beujainln A. (Jit son, substituted for Ida lugor
soil, plallltllt.ag.ilust Haiti defeudant.s.
WM.TniHK.
Sheilffof Cas County. Neb.
Plattsmoutli, Sell, October, 22nd, A. n. l'l.
Notice.
To William . I. t'or ter. non-resiilent deteiiilant
Vou are hereby notified I hat on lb" th day
of October ls'.U. llaiinah Cursor tiled a petition
aiisiusl i on Iu t'te I'istilct court of Cass coun
ty Nebraska, tbe ohj. ct nid prayer ol which
are toohlain a div ree from you on tli" proiind
that you without the consent r i t.n.iivar. e .f
plala'tiiLeouiiuilli d adultly With a. woman or
women unknown to plainun.at a time or t lines
unknown to plaintiff.
You are required l answer said petition on
or bofore Monday the awl day of November
IK.) IIannaii Couhkk, riaiutilT.
liy j. S. Mathews, her attorney.
Ira Arms! rntm will lake notice that op the
nth dav of October 1JI, M. Archer, a Justice of
the peace, in liatismoulh City precinrt. m
Casscoiinty, Nebraska, issued an order of at
tachment for the sum of 7!) 4. In an actiou
pending before lilm. wherein Oswald t aier is
platntlftaad Ira Ariiistroiig li defeiidai.t, t hat
property consisting ol moneys and creditshas
been attached under said ordr. Bald cause
was continued until the Jut a day of rtoveiuber
1131, at in o'clock a. nu Oaw ai,u baim.
11 a in HIT .
Bv Polk Bro, liii Atterneys
A Lively Pace.
The delivery team of Halt A Otto
become frightened about noon to
day and damaged the wajfou and
hartifMH to the extent of $23. It is
though the leant was frightened by
Home small boys while Mr. Otto
was it) the house at dinner.
Capt. V. A. Abbott, who has long
been with Messrs Precival and
Hattou, Kenl Kstate and Insurance
Brokers, Dea Moines, Iowa and is
one of the beet known and most re
spected business men in that city
ays: "I can testify to the good
qualities of Chamberlain's Cough
Rentedv. Having used it in my
family for the past eight years. I
car safely say it has no equal for
either colds or croup." rOcent bot
tles for sale by F. O. Fricke & Co.,
DrtigifiBtg,
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Finn ilmi'ltiy't IhiUy
Liseuso was i.-siu-d Saturday to
Mr. Jose Seolt and Mi.-a Lu.her
Smith, both o I'liittstiioutlt. The
wcdiling took place ill the brides
parentM iu thitictty, Judge Kainncy
officiated'
Foliun Court.
A Httit of Nickels vs. Good for the
posHosnion of property, m-t for to
day, was conl i nued until Nov. 7th.
A case of arden vs Fry, a suit
for payment of work done i pend
ing as we go to press.
To be Given Awiy! 2,000 Copti of
10 cent Music.
The time has come for you to get
good 8hoe music free of charge!
J. 1. Young will give with every
casdi purchase of twenty-live cent
or more, one piece of ten-cent sheet
music, free of charge. This is no
cheap music, but the same kind
sold by him for ten cunts, nnd
would cost you elsewhere from
forty to seventy-live cetita a sheet.
All goods will be sold nt the very
lowoot cash price. This is a chance
of a lifetime. Don't forget the
place: J. I. Young's, r0! Main
street. d'wl
Mr. C. H. Jones, of Spring Hill
Iowa, says: "I have used Chamber,
Iain's l'ain Halm for severe and
painful burns with better effect than
anything I have ever tried. It re
lieves the pain instantly ami cures
without leaving it scar." Pain Halm
is one of the most useful medicines
(hat any families can be provided
with, especialy for rheumatism,
lame back, sprains, bruises, tooth
ache, ear ache and like ailments.
One application will relieve thepain
and a fair trial insure a cure. 50
cent bottles for sale by F. G. Friek.)
A Co. Druggists.
Wheelmen Meet.
Our local wheelmen, with the ac
cession of several Tourist wheel
tnenand the Omaha Wheel club, re
paired to the fair grounds yester
day for a speed test. Messrs. Tom
and Sam Patterson supervised
matters generally. The following
tire the results:
1-irst event, half mile, safetyclass:
T. W. Taylor; K. K. Smith, second.
Time: l:t"1.
Second event, one-fourth mile,
safely: Tom Patterson, Platts
mouth; T. W. Potter, second. Time
:ts 3.5.
Third event, half mill, oulinary
class: Sam Patterson, Plattsmottlh;
Koon, St. Louis, second. Time:
1:47 3-5.
Fourth event, one mile, open,
safely: Sehnell, Omaha; Hollow,
second. Time: 3:54.
Fifth event, quarter mile, ordin
ary: Poller, Omaha. Time: 40 3-5
Sixth event, one mile handicap:
Starlet-:;: Sehnell, Omaha;.T. Pat
ter, -o a. I'I. ill 'inoiltll, l'ot ::;, ;na!..i,
scratch; Siefkin, 110 yard.'; Koen,
130; Taylor, 140; Smith, 175; Town
send, 200. Sehnell won; Townscnd,
second. Time: 3:21 '-j.
Seventh event, one hundred yard
foot race, open, five entries: Potter,
Omaha. No time.
Kighth event, half mile novelty
ride and run: Sam Patterson,
Plattsinoitth. Time: 2:24 4 5.
Ninth event, half mile safety,
open: Hollow, Omaha; Sehnell,
Omaha, second. Time: 1:411-5.
Tenth event, match race, half
mile, safety: Klencher, Omaha;
Donaghtie, second. Time: 1:40 2-5.
Oflicer of the track; A. II. Per
rigo, referee; H. L. Porlcrfield,
starter; L. Flescher,, timer; F. K.
Hurr and H. Ilullhall, judges; Len
Livesey, clerk of course.
More than 100,000 people have
passed through the Nebraska ad
vertising train and beheld the
wondrous possibilities of our noil.
The people immediately go home
and tell their neighbors of the great
agricultural exhibit anil impress
the latter with the fact that they
missed an opportunity of a life
time. The fact is, the train may well
be denominated a tulkitig machine
for Nebraska.
l'ru c n:r :ii!i-t' tn and frm U
i'i-. t nd "l.laiid t r V ,
1 Li lit' It ,lV ll'iOII.
D. Hawksworth and Hal Johnson
relumed to Lincoln last evening.
Lester Vivian has been promoted
to the pssition of fireman on No. H7.
J. W. Herge, editor of the New
Era, of South Hend, is in ihe city to
day. Mrs. G. Knapp, who has been
visiting friends here a tew days,
has returned to her home at Shen
andoah, Iowa.
Isabel Wiles returned to Shenan
doah, this morning, where she will
resume her studies at the Western
Normal College.
Mr. and Mrs.JJ. A. Reynolds de
parted this morning for Fort Col
lins, Colo., with a view of recujier
ating Mrs. Collins' health.
Miss Cora Davis, of Murray, is iu
the city to-day.
Mrs. Fred Murphy came in from
Cedar Creek this morning.
J. V. Herge, of the South Hend
New Kra, is in the city to-day.
Win. Merlins departed for Omaha
this morning for a visit to friends
Harry Dray, of The Herald
force, departed this morning on a
visit to Missouri and points in
Iowa.
Val Hurkel, who was recently
called to Ohio to attend the funeral
of his sister, returned home this
morning.
H. N. Loverin, K. C. conductor,
will lay olf for a short time. The
run will be made by J. X. Dority
until Mr. Loverin resumes his
work.
A voter who was reeentlyshown
a sample ballot at once exclaimed:
"Great Scott, am I expected to vote
wallpaper!"
Mr. Hoyt, formerly an employee
of the M. P. road at Hastings, has
been transferred to Plattsnioutli to
assist Mr. Apg.ir at the M. P. sta
tion. A great many easterners will not
be permitted to see the Nebraska
advertising train, and after hearing
of the wonderful exhibit, they will
doubtless feel sadly disappointed;
but they may find consolation, in a
measure, in the fact that the world's
fair opens next year.
Kearney has secured the estab
lishment of cotton and oat meal
mills and she is now laying plans
for paper and wool mills. Why not
Plattsmouth h ave a beet sugar in
dustry and keep in sight of the
procession at Icastr
The Chicago Packing and Pro
vision Co., with a branch linage at
.' 'ir.i.-'...:i City, lias .:iuioti:n-'- that
they are prepared to pack 1,000
ltogs per day and that the capacity
will soon be increased In 1KI prr
day. The industry will doubtless
give an impetus fo trade iu our
neighboring town.
The authorities at Nebraska City
are determind to wipe out the cases
of diphtheria that are prevailing
there, if possible. The board of
health yesterday visited several
portions of the city and found them
iu a very unhealthy condition. It is
thought that if the alleys.slaughter
houses and other places where filth
is permitted to accumulate, were
completely renovated that there
would be little danger f further
spread of the diseaae.
Mrs. Riley Funk, wife of an M. P.
section foreman, at Nebraska City
made a desperate attempt to
commit suicide yesterday by
jumping into the river. She
was rescued, however, aud taken
hotne,but auejappeared dissatisfied
that her plan had been frustrated
and proceeded to smash the
windows aud tear things up gen
erally. She has been placed iu
charge of the officials pending on
investigation by the commission on
insanity,
CHASED TY MAD UOU.s ;
HAIR3KCAQTH ESCAPE OF A CLU'i !
MAN AN0 HIS BEST GU5L. :
A Yarn V til. It (iors to Prow That llnrh
Ing Dogs Oil Itltc Somrtiiurs-Sl 111
S"! Smite llrutes Iluu't Wt Much
Tito In linking W hen Out for II I. nut.
No one had spoken at the club for
about an hour when a raconteur rose) to
the oeca.sitiu. Laying asitle his pipe with
a Ion it of regret he began:
"It s it popular saying that barking '
dos ilmi't bite. Like other popular wty- i
iugs tins is a fallacy uul mis...-iding. i
I5.ii l;iu-; ih.(.'s ilo nut bite while they are
barking, but there is only oiie species of
caaiiiit that Mie.'.ks up to you takes,
hiii'l without haying a word. That is j
the Si,h'!i collie, which itiheiits its habit
of Mietit biting from a slniep nipping nu-ee.-ti'v."
;
"Htiirv! Mnrv!" culled out the pros- i
iileiit. i
"Story? 'lioil bless you! I have none ;
to tell, sir,'" qtiotetl the raconteur, r-I
tiieiiihi'iing his classics; "this is only a
memory of two ilogs, accursed brutes, j
llml nvi'.l Willi nu utitrieiHlly liiati on a
bill, over which tho postmail was laid.
This man, who was a Cain among his
fellows, kept two savage) inastilfs, who
not only barked but bit whenoverit was
HFsihle. I was courting my first wife
up there in the Cumberland mountains
in Ilritish North America where, this
huppciiril, uinl had to pass the bouse
regularly. I drove a blooded mare that
went like a bird, and the dogs were no
match for her, but it was very annoying
to have thein follow ins down the hill
for a mile or more barking and yelping
like ik'iuouH. They would bark at the
stage coaches and run long distance
after them, but the passengers were safe
inside and the driver and those on the
outside- were too high for them to reach.
But I heard frequent stories of their at
tacking men, aud being lieaten oft with
ticks and atones. I asked why they
were not killed and my answer was
always the aaiue, a shrug of the should
era and the remark: 'You don't know
the kiud of man their owner ia.' It
seemed that he lived alone with his
dogs, and people feared him so much
they dare not go to him to complain
or call in tho provincial law to help
them.
A TFTWIBlJI OlARIt.
"A crisis came, when one day I took
ray sweetheart out for a sleigh ride in a
low pnng belonging to her father, to
which was banies-tod my own sore and
swift footed mare. It was a luvoly day
and we eipocted to inak a safe and
rapid descent of the mountain, a dis
tance of tenor twelve miles. The air
was crisp and cold, the sleighing fine,
and we skimmed up the ascent and
reached the landing before we knew we
had started. There we were met by tho
dogs. 1 think it would have been less
difficult to have gotten rid of a pair of
wolves. I dare not give my mare her
head going down that long, steep declivi
ty on froten auow. and the dogs, em
boldened by the cold or maddened by
repeated lashings from my whip, jumied
at my companion and tore her cloak and
her dress in inouthf tils. I clubbed with
my whip and bent thein on the head, hut
t hey did not even seem to feel my blows.
Their great black and yellow frames
qui vens I with ferocity. The hair ou
their backs stood up like mimes; their
eyeballs gleamed red and angry, and tho
noise they made was deafening and dis
tracting. "( Hi!' I ev liiiiiiL'.l, 'why haven't I a
pistol '
"'Look in lii" bo:: under the seat,'
cried my 1 1 tiip.ii.ioti, whoso face was
blanched.
"I looked quickly, and found a rusty
double barreled horse pistol of a make of
forty years ago.
"'Is it loaded:" I asked.
" 'Yes, but don't shoot. If you do that
man will kill you!'
TWO Flh iTS 11X11) THEM.
"1 remember thinking how like a
woman It was to tell inn where to find
tin) pistol ami then aak urn not to shoot.
"I laid tiie reins ltsise ou the male's
back and away she went like the wind,
beyond my control now, and I know hIio
would never stop till she was a mile be
yond the level ground at the foot of the
hill.
"If the pting held together; if nothing
made the niaro swerve from tho direct
line; if, in fact if Providence kept an
eye on us, and the breeching didn't
break, we might escape breaking our
necks, I looked back and saw the dot's
ruining i n us, ewn tit that mad gail
then I tot.k ami and tired. Iking! lUng!
There were t wo dark objects lying prone
on the snowy road, und as quick as she
could gather her feet under her my mare
stopped in her tracks. She was traiued
to the use of a gun.
"lint my companion urged me to hur
ry ou, and we were soon down the in
cline and beyond the reach of recogni
tion or pursuit, and strange to say no
one but our two selves ever knew who
killed those dogs. We beard the most,
marvelous accounts of the slaughter, the
weapon varying from a Queen Anne
musket to a cannon, but dead they were
as door nails, and their rhn of terror
over. I imagine their owner did not cart
to vwnture out to avenge their death. 1
rove boldly past the house every day,
hut was never molested or even inspect,
ed. But I often heard their unknown
slayer praised and applauded for the
deed which rid the neighborhood of their
natural pmeaue," Detroit Free Press.
Cleaning; PUh DeMtrlbod.
The first time my little Marie, age.i
twen'y-ei monihs, Hawthe girl dreeaing
the fuh for dinner she came running to
me, her eyas sparUling with excitement.
"Maium, mamma!" h exokimed.
"Atary-oomb nW UW wid detune
aud it oil come off f Cor. DaVyheod.
Bwtk TIssM Osin Rfant.
"I feel constrained tell you, Fred,
tht I have leen engaged before this,"
Hiie whispered.
"Don't montion it," he aaid gently; "I,
too, have been jilted." Harper's liaaar.
On Method nf Making Mnnej.
A man who bad only a few liuudre t
dollars left out of a fortune tailed mis
day at a banking house, and asked to -
the manager, who wa a mau of coi.
enatie mind and fully acquainted
with tbe bet-t ami most profitable invest
ments. Throwing down his roll of banknotes
he said: "Invest this for lne. Use your
pleasure with it. I'm going to the coun
try for tho remainder of the summer. I
will leave my address with you, nn.l
you can let mo know what vou dowii.i
it."
The man widkod out aud was not stvo
again for many mouths. His money w..:
judiciously invested on his carte blanch
order and beg in to ncciuniilatn. T 1 ;
house duly informed lum, according I
its business methods, of his good hid:,
but nolhi !; was heard from him person
ally for some time.
Some Hi. l. lbs afterwards htt presente I
himself nt the banking house, ro.-j
health beaming in bis face, well dresse i
and portly. The manager failed to
recognize linn at first, but when Ins
memory was refreshed ln recalled the
circumstances of the case.
Now, this was an example (if a limn
who more than doubled his savings by
mmply taking the advice of aa e
is'rienooil and reliable man. And this i -not
a solitary case. It is one of iiiiiii
such that happen every day throughout
the length and breadth of our land,
Henry Clews iu Lathes' Homo Journal.
lupimrsn Women.
It would bn hard to say how Christian
ity-iu-uauie, aa wo usually have it, could
improve the conduct or character of the
Japanese) women, who seem always to
have lieen very good Christians without
knowing it, if we are to ladinvo Miss
Bacon. Perhaps the answer to the con
undrum is that Christianity is not pri
marily a purifying force, but is first an
enlightening force; that its Ideal is
virtue, not innocence (lothsomane, not
Eden. The harmlosstiess of the dove
will not avail without the wisdom of the
ertient; the impulse of our faith is to
ward consciousness, knowledge. No
doubt this is what the Japanese feel in
it; probably it is what makes them will
ing to change tbeir civilization for ours.
They really seem a race of better and
sweeter nature than ourselves; unless
their witnesses misreport them they are
gentler, kinder, even truer, than we are
naturally.
But something seems lacking to them,
and they look toward as for it; they
fancy spiritual iioKsihllities ou the piano
which we tell them is above thoirs. The
fine perfection of their art is a stunted
beauty; it has never the infinite reach
of the Greek; the loveliness of their
lives is childlike; It has not the celestial
aspiration of the Hebrew; and no doubt
they feel this as clearly as they perceive
the difference lietween us and our ideals.
William Dean Howellaiu llarjier's.
Mortlfjrlnt for the Girl.
The late Emperor William objected to
the banker Blelchroeder, and it was
only by dint of the pressure exercised
upon his venerable majesty by Bismarck
that Bleichroodor and bus daughter were
very reluctantly invited to court balls.
Once his guests the old monarch de
termined that the banker and Miss
Blotchroeder should Imj hospitably treat
ed, and, finding that the younft lady
lacked partners and was left to sit out
all the dances, ho himself iu js-rson
ordered every young oflicer whom he
met in the ballroom to invite her to
dance.
Alnch to their annoyance the gilded
youths of the guard were forced to oliey.
They did so after their own fashion,
however, ami marching up to the lady
one after another they exclaimed in far
from engaging or affable tones, "Most
gracious frauMn, by the commands of
his imperial and royal majesty I invite
you to fiance with m." The poor girl's
mortification may ls more easily im
agined than described. San Francisco
Argonaut.
Serving and Cooking Fond.
"Cookery," says Yuan Mei, "is like
matrimony. Two things served together
should match. Clear should go with
clear, thick with thick, hard with hard
aud soft with soft. I have known peo
ple mix grated lobster with birds' nest,
and mint with chicken or pork I"
This, he observes, is an arrangement
in which one does all the monopolizing
and the other all the yielding.
Feeds of a heavy flavor should be
served separately. Such are crab or lob
ster, samlie (a delicious kind of white
salmon), beef and mutton. These, we are
told, should be eaten alone, without any
adjunct.
The lire should be carefully attended
to. For frying or baking a "military"
fire will lie required. For stewing or
boiling, a "civil" fire. Such is ono of the
quaint idioms of the Chinese language.
Temple Bar.
Sworilflsh.
Up to within a decade or leas sword
fish were not considered edible, but now
few salt water fish command a higher
price. The swordfLsh steaks are delicious
and bring from fifteen to twenty-five
cents a pound in the retail markets.
Hwordfish are found In eastern waters,
from Block island to the Canadian hue.
Hundreds of men devote the summer
months to capturing' them and fish for
other species the remainder of the year.
New York Telefram.
FrV of flalrptas.
Hairpins vary In prior from few
pennies a grow to ff00 apiece. Perhaps
the hairpin is the most asefal ail-oroaud
article of feminine wear. It serves not
otly the purpose for which it was de
signed, but also as glow buttoner, shoe
bnttoner, cuff fastener and even breast
pin. Near York Recorder.
Bars fltrseh' WH.
Qm of the best of authorities on
wealth kstta npon Baron IEjbcIi as in
the first rook of the world's millionaires,
in foot not far from the very top. He is
convinced that Bawn lltrseh is the
owner of at least 73,0O0,00O. Blake', y
' Hall in New York Truth.
Itow Ntiskei t limb.
How do snakes climb? is a question
srkiich Iihm been frequently inkisl. Many
have thought that they accomplish the
feat by wrapping then-elves about the
tree and following a spiral course up
ward. Several years ago a story went
the rounds of the papers to the effect
that two woodehi. j ptrs, having felled
large oak tree several feet in Uiatnetei
and very tall, found iu its top two com
mon blacksuakes.
Alter Minlenng for some time, the
men arrived at tiie conclusion that one
make had taken hold of the other's tail,
and thus by co-operation they bad been
enabled to clasp the trunk, and by cir
cling about it had ascended to t;..,. to;..
Whi.tcvt r probability may h.iw aV
tliche 1 to this cotu Iu -ion has h-oa d;v
polled by the observation nf two yoiun
naturalists while hauling lire wot id lioiii
tLn forest.
A black snake, nieteuring perhaps a
tril'. t over six fret, was found dinging
to tiie sitit of a small tree, around which
it could hiivo wrapped itself nearly twice
had it wished to t!o so. Instead of this
the snake p ,(.d right and left at short
distances, catching the folds along iU
under parts over nnd behind the slightly
projecting roughnesses of bark.
As the snake rested only five or six
feet off tho ground ono of tho young
men gr.cped its tail to test its climbing
qualities, but so great was the force with
which it pulled upward that it proved a
dtfilcult task to hold it. Finally, becom
ing annoyed at this ill treatment, the
snake reached down threateningly at the
offending hands, and losing its hold fell
to tho ground. It was borne home in
triumph but wan afterward returned
uiiinjnred to the forest. Youth's Com
panion. The Lady r'urtntnm.
The "lady factotum" is what our F.'ig
llsh neighbors call those engaged in the
vocation of "visiting honsekeeper." This
is an employment which haaleet highly
recommended, and which a number of
ladies in this country as well as in I'.ug
laud have adopted. Such a person visits
ladies who from ill health or some othci
reason are unable to perform their do
mestic dnties. She oversees the sorvants.
inspects the stores and possibly under
takes shopping, marketing and the writ
ing of notes, and she performs othet
offices which are of too confidential ami
rc.spoiiHible a nature for the ordinary
servant to undertake.
If she is a woman of energy, tact and
health she can accomplish a great deal
by visiting a number of families fot
about an hour a day. She may go so
far as to employ assistants in marketing
and shopping, whose work she is able to
oversee with intelligence. She is paid
for this work on even a better scale than
a visiting govern ness, and if she is an
able, efficient woman in the items of hi
sieeting stores and furnishing food i.t
down town prices, she can easily Buve a
family half her liberal remuneration.
The institution of such a vocation in
a great reliof to many overburdened or
ill or Incapable, housewives, und presente
an excellent and lucrative field to women
of efficiency aud refinement. It is a
place such as an elder Rlster might take,
nnd such indeed as many older and tin
married sisters do take for no remunera
tion beyond "love and affection." New
York Tribune.
"Towsr of Ilia Tongue."
Our story of the Tower of Babel is
known in Chal lean and Armenian tra
dition as "The Story of the Tower of
Tongues." It isone of the earliest recol
lections of the Tigro-CnphraU's ba.siu,
and is related by Berosus in the follow
ing manner:
'The first inhabitants of tho earth,
glorying iu their own strength and size, t
und despising the gods, undertook to
raise a tower whose top should reach the
skies. This tower they erected in the
place where Babylon's ruins now lay
thickly strewn over tho ground. Iu
erecting this monster roadway to heaven
they toiled incessantly. But when it
had approached near unto heaven the
wind assisted tho gods, and overthrew
the work upon its contrivers; ami its
ruins nro said to ls still at Babylon.
And at abont the same time the gds
introduced a diversity of tongues among
men, who till that time had nil spoken
the ono language. The place in which
they attempted to build tho tower is now
called Babylon, on account of tho con
fusion of tongues, for confusion is by the
Hebrews culled bablo." St. Louis He
public. Suicide In English A rltorrcy.
Suicides among the aristocracy In Eng
land are rather numerous. Lor.lOwv.Tle
ton, who was Mr. Parnell's great-undo,
hanged himself in IS 12. In the same
year the Earl of Minister, ono of the il
legitimate sons of King William IV,
shot himself in tho head. Iu 1909 Lord
Clonearry, the last of his house, junqied
from a window ami broke his neck.
In 1S73 tho Lift Earl of Do la Warr
drowned himself, ami in 1976 Lord
Lyttleton, tho insane brother-in-law of
Gladstone, escaped from his keepers,
threw himself off the staircase of his
own house aud was killed.
A story of suicide in which sentiment
k mingled is that of PriDce Baudonin,
heir to the throne of Belgium. Toe
youthful prince loved beneath his sta
tion, and finding that love conld never
be realized sought peace in the eternal
silence) of the grave. Cincinnati En
quire. Tw Clsue ot Gjrpsle.
The gypsies of today are divided up
into the full blooded or tent cyiiea, and
the KalrengroeS or hou60 dwelfcrB, who
keep their gypy blood a secret. This
diviahm 0f the race shows that they are
grvlnally yielding to the pressure of
ontside influences, and the complete ex
tinction of their national identity will
simply be a matter of time. George
Etfcelbert Walsh in New York Epoch.
Caa Toe Bar Thf Try It.
How much pleasanter it Is to alt in a
cab and tliink how innch pleasanter It to
tof.it in a cab than it Is to h walker.
than it is to be waikn g und thit '
much pleaMititor it is to sit in r . .'i
it ia to be walkiug. Sumghtonbcii.inui.