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B & M. R. R. in Nebraska,
MAIN LINE
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STATIONS :
No. 1.
No. 3.
flaltsinouth ..
Oreapvlls
Concord
Cdar Creek..
LouUvllle
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Ashland.
Greenwood ...
Lincoln
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toulsvilln Ar. 4:lnpiiiAr. H :17 a in
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and 4. nuiiibeiinx 39 and 4o west of
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KXi-KKMI TRAINS iOIN
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UATt! C1IAK4.EU I'OH
OHUKU8.
MOXKV
On order uot exceeding 315 - - - io cenU
Over 13 aiid nt excceuing $30 - 15 cents
mm " ' 40 - - 20 cents
K4u " " it - - 25 certs
A slnirle Monev Order mav iiiviuuw &n
amount lroni oue cent to liny dollar, but
Kiut not contain a lraciioual part oi a ceuc.
RATES FOR FOSTACJE.
1st e ass matter iletters) 3 cents per 4 ounce.
2a " i TublibUer's rates) 2 cts per lb.
lil " (Transient Newsutuers aud
books coine uuJer this class; l cent per
each 2 ounces.
4th class luiervnaudise) 1 cent per ounce.
J . VY. AlAKSUALL. r. M.
OfHCIAL DIRXCTORY.
CITY D1UKCTOKV. -
GEORGE S, SMITH. Mayor.
WILLIAM M. CU8ULNU, Xreasurer.
J. l. ollf0, City Clerk.
WlLLfcTT 1'OlTK.NGtK. 1'olice Judice.
K. B. W IN OH AM. City Attorney.
. H. ML KFHV, Cblel ol Police,
r. McCANN. Overseer of btreets.
C. k(KU. KK, Chief of Fire LH-pt.
S. 11. liJCHMON ut Ch'a Board oi Health
COCNCILMIM.
1st Ward Wm . 1 Ceroid. 11. L Bon.
2nd Ward J. 31. 1'attersou. J. 11, K airfield.
3rd Ward M. B. Murphy, J. E. Morrison.
4ta Ward f. O. Lebbhoif, 1. McCallan.
SCHOOL. BOAiU.
JESSE B. STKODE. J. V. BAKNES.
ALA. HABTIOaN Wm. W1NTEK.STEEN.
1 I). BENNltTT, . V. LEONAK1).
tlmaler JNO. W. MARSH ALU
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COl'MF PIRI-X TORT.
V. 1L NEWELL, County 1 reaxurer.
J.W. JENNING.-. County ClerK.
J. W. .OH.NSO.N, County Jude.
K. W. HVEK5. Shenfl.
CVKCS aXION, Sup't of Tub. Instruction.
ii. W. KAlUflELO, County surveyor.
F. F. OAia, Coroner.
COVXTX COMlItSSIOXEBJJ.
JAMES CKAWFOKI). South Bend Precinct.
jjlji'l BICHAKOsON. Mt. Pleasant Precinct.
A. K. iouu, riattamoutn
trtir havine business with the County
Coumiisiooais. will 0Dd them In session the
First Monday and 1 uesuay ox eacn mouia.
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BOARI Or TRADE.
HiVir I'iHKirrH Froitiut.
j :isut. HK-itV B.ECK. Vlcs-rresl-
aeou.
WM. 8. WISE, Seeietary.
FJKE1. OOSOKK. Treasurer.
Jtegular ineetingi of the Board at the Court
House.tue Unit i'uesday e veu:ut( of each month.
SSI IIbH.
J. E. BAUME1STER
Fur&lsne FreH, Pure llk
DEUireucu UAILT.
Snedal calls attended to. and Freeh Milk
fx otn mom furnished when wanted, Iy
LATTSMOUTH MILLS
TTailOCTH NKB .
Proprietor
I
V4 -
lltal eft Feed
riattamooth Telephone Exclianje.
1 J . F. Ywwjr. wildeoce. - -
2 Bennett & Lewis, ntore.
3 M. B. Murphy & Co., -
4 Bonner Stable.
6 County Clerk's "fllce.
6 K. B. lewl, residence.
7 J. V. Werkbach. store.
8 Western Union Telegraph olllee.
9 1. 1L Wheeler, re.Hldeuce.
10 I. .. liii.lell,
14 K. It. Wliidnam, '
15 Jao. Waymaii,
1 J. W. J en ii In K". '
17 W. H. Wine, oniee.
18 M orrLsney Bros,, olllee.
1 W K. Carter, store.
J ii. W. Fuirlleld, residence.
21 M. B Murphy,
22 O. II. Wheeler & Co . oHlce.
23 J. P. Taylor, residence,
21 First National Bank.
2T P. K. Kulluer's olllee.'
2d J. P. YounK, store.
28 I'eiklns lluu.se.
29 Jt. W.Hv-rs, residence.
HI Journal olllee.
11 Fail lleld's Ice odlee.
34 Hkkai.i Pen. Co olllee.
35 J.N.Wise, retldeuee.
:vt M. M. Chapman, "
37 W.l. Jones.
38 A. N. hulllvan,
39 II. K. Palmer,
40 W. II. Hclilldkuecht. ofllce.
41 Huliivan Si Wooley,
42 A. W. MCLatiKhiln. rcHldence.
43 A. Patterson, livery.
41 CM. Holmes,
45 L. I. Bennett. residence.
4i tlco. S. Smith. oMIce. "
47 L. A. Moore, tior.st.
49 J, W. Barnes, residence.
60 K. II. l.lvlngHton, olllee.
307 J. V. Weckbacli, residence.
3.15 ( liaplain WriKlit. -
3W W. 11. Mehildkiieclit "
34d ieo. S. Hmitli, "
350 It. It, l.lvlngHton.
315 C C. Ballard,
The gwiteh board connects IMattsinoufiiTwirii
Ashland, Arlington, Blair. Council BlulTx, Pie
moiit. Lincoln, Omaha KlKliorn Station.
1 apillion, SpriiiKDeld, ixiuisville South Bend
and Waverly.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
SxMitii & iii:kso,
ATTOKNEYS AT LAW. Will practice iu all
the Courts in the state. Ofllce over First Na
tional Bank. jyyi
1M.ATT8MOUTH - NEBRASKA.
mi.
MALISIIl'KV,
Jfllce over Smith, Black A Co's. Iru Store,
first class dentistry at reasonable prices, 23ly
II. MKADK, M.
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StreKL. Sllerwihiil ItlneL Ufintlk .i.U nm....
. - .... , UVMWM oiur. VlllLU
v ii uajr anu uigui
-OUNTV PIIV8ICIAN. CASS COUNT V.
M. O'DONOHOE
ATTOKNEY AT LAW & NOTAKY PUBLIC.
Fitzgerald's Block.
FLATTSMOUTH. - MKBKA8KA
Agent for Steamship lines to and from Europe
ai2W52iy
rill-SICIAX & 8U1KSKON.
OFFI K IltlUlrs. from 10 a. m., to 2 p. oi.-
... i.ui(,tuii iui o. eusion.
l)It. X. MILLKlt,
PHYSICIAN A N I HIT im: i,wi v
Can be found by callinB at his omce, corner 7th
i , ' - ii. naiermau House.
FLATTSMOUTII. NEBRASKA.
JAM. H. MATHKWM
ATTORN EV AT LAW.
Office over Itrkirjt- a
i m-.i.. ""uin muc
;ncviu auu tiu sireets. aitf
MTItlK JL Cl.iiMr
ATTOKXKYS AT I..1W wm ..
thi; ,7.r.. ti.V j;".'" ""ce in an
District AlUy.ru.-j ami Jfotaru Public.
WHili H. WIJSK.
COLLECTION'S H St'EClH Z. I
ATTOKNKY AT I. A w .,.
m . . .v ai 1 irA ln
1. II. 1VI1KKI.KH J.
l.iW nvriri- i t ..
- .. . i;ai j-iaie, t ire and I if 1 1..
Plans. &e. iie;ju:ue
11 I
-AJIKS K. JIUltltlMOv,
attorvrvat r ..fotary Fublic.
Fity.r .i.i v. Vf lL"e. umce 1:1
x laiisinoutii, Nebraska.
J. C, AEHDEHRy,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE-
Has his oflli-p in tiio r.-..t ... t,
reauiuess to atteinl :n t iu .1...1.,., ... ... v
ni;e ""ilea oi lll ox-
. u.
ROUEKT K, WT.1H.VJI,
Notary Public
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office over Can-nth ' .Iou.ui... c
Plattsinouth " tc'
M. A. HARTIGAN.
I A W Y E li.
Fitzgerald's Block. Plati-sit,..,
V A 11 X-JJ
LawPractiee aneuiion io a seneral
A. N. SULLIVAN,
Attorney and '.Counselor-
at-Law.
OPPrCE Tn i IT: T1 i. r
, i , " . xiciv, irons rooms
aU buline-. irWU,Jfc jnrent
BOYD & LARSEN",
Contractors and Builders.
'"Lfilf 2J?? ? ,n4? o? work. Any
Vm- T.i . uu",uer arus or fost
Office wiU receive proniot attention
Heavy Truss Framing,
for barns and Iaree buildi
For reference anplr to J P. YounP, J. V. Wee
. iLuiTinan K son. d.tw
Dr. C. A. Marshall
vSuccessor to Clutter & Marshall.)
DEHTIST !
Preservation of natural teeth & unepi.iitv.
Teeth extracted without pain by use of
maligning Has.
All work warranttd. Prion ronoKi
- . 4w uaoiv
FlTZOESALD BLOCK. - PLATT8M0UTH.'iB
3. I. SlMfSOIf,
AGENCY
FIRE; JNSDRANGE CO'S:
CITY, of London,
QUEEN, of Liverpool
FIREMAN FUND, of California
EXPREESS COHPANIES
AMERICAN EXPRESS CO..
WELL'S FARGO CO- EXPRESS.
Offlco la Rock wood Block, wltUAJohnson Brci
... caaui. , . .
A JAPANESE RAILROAD.
A Ride on Japan' Oovernment Rail
way, the Tokio. Yokohama.
Mine reeullarltieM ot JHanaaeameat
A I'eep at the fajtaenaer
Aboard-'-Japanene Mmok
In a
Ii:jhtou Transcript Ix-ttr.l
A loi tion of the Tokaido (a leading high
way) U now nearly deserted on account of the
Tokio-Yokohama railroad. Close to Yoko
hama in a Hiuall town callod Kanagawa, and
from thin place the pilgrims now commenire
their trauip. Kanagawa is about eighteen
miles from Tokio, and third class pasaeugera
ran ride thero for about 20 ctnta, certainly
much cheaper than an eighteen mile walk
with the eoMt of a lunch.
The Tokio-Yokohama railroad is a govern
ment affair, as everything else is here. Al
though it cripples individual enterprises, it
sucures the. Miccess of a thing to have the
government control it. Tho railroad and the
telegraph systems are very satisfactory, and
tu postal system Is just about perfect.
Trains oro run lietween the two stations
every liour and a quarter during tho day,
leaving both stations simultaneously. The
whole equipment is English. The cars are
divided into three classes. Even the first
class cars are decidedly plain. These are
divided Into three compartments. The second
class cars would hardly bo used on a horse
railroad in Boston. They are as plain as
plain can be, and made just like a horse car,
having two long seats on the sides facing
each other. Tho scats are upholstered with
tho same kind of matting whicli the Japanese
use on their floors.
The third class- cars have simply plain
benches for seats. The exterior of all three
classes is the same. Third-class passengers
are. bolted into the cars. The eugines are
smaller than the shifting engines in the Bos
ton depots. The time required for the
eighteen miles rido is fifty-seven minutes.
Everything pertaining to the road is kept in
tho best condition. The road-bexl is like
floor; the cars are clean; the stations are
clean ; all the officials are uniformed. I never
knew one of them to be in any way impolite.
Passengers are not allowed to cross the track
except by the bridges overhead. Following
English custom, trains run on tho left-hand
track. No baggage is allowed to go free,
save such us ono can take iu his baud. You
can take no living thing into th j train, uot
even a canary, without paying an extra price.
Posted up in the stations is a notice to the
effect that the government does not run the
railroad for the transportation of dogs, but
if dogs most travel provision has been made
for them. So every station is provided with
boxes latticed on top, in which poodle or
uiostin can be transported for a definite
Bum.
Lt us start on our eighteen miles ride from
the Tokio station. It is a fine large building,
built of stone, having two large entrances in
front. Tho waiting-rooms are furnished
with the daily native and foreign papers.
Five minutes before the train starts a warning
Den is rung. The ticket office is styled a
"booking office," and a notice tells you that
you must be "booked" before you can enter
the train.
Just liefore the train starts the bell is again
rung in the station and the door closed, so
tnere is no possible chance for a belated pas
senger to "run for tho train," and possibly
get run over by the train. There are no side
doors either through which you can dodge
toe omcmi.
Having booked yourself, or purchased your
ticket, you are allowed to pass through a very
narrow passageway to the outward bound
train, showing your ticket as you pass. Al
though there is no gold leaf or bird's-eye
ma pie on tne cars, tnere are other arrange
ments that more than compensate for this
loss of elegance.
No official goes with the train ; no brake-
man in dulcet tones whispers out the name of
t'le next station. The only break on tfce train
is on a car made specially- for that Duroose.
and attached to the reaf of the engine. No
conductor shouts "Tickets, please," and when
he has finished his rounds sits down br the
fair miss who goes daily for her music les
son'. Every passenger is expected to enter
the class car for which he holds a ticket. If
he doesn't do this and he is found out there is
a penalty for his misdemeanor.
When it is time for the train to start an
official on the platform blows a little whistle.
the steam engine blows a shrill whistle, which
would do terrific if it were only powerful
enougn, and off we go. And now we see one
advantage over the average American rail
road there is not the slightest ierk in start
ing; indeed, you never know when you are
really in motion unless you look at objects
outside tne window.
The tram glides (that just expresses it) ; not
Bwiiuy to oo sure, for if it were swift prob
ably the Japs would condemn it. Nothing
upsets a native like swiftness : time is no ob
ject here.
The road follows the Tokaido and the coast
of the bay most of the distance. It is nearlv
a dead level. On both sides are the rice
Gelds, where, at this time of the year, the
farmers stand nearly up to their, knees in
mud, setting out the rice plants. There is
nothing particularly attractive to see, unless
on a bright day you watch the changing
forms of that noble mountain Mount Fuji
the "peerless," as it towers up bjthe distance.
xxv, us iuos bij our ieuow passengers in the
car. As it is an early train there are various
officials going to Yokohama for their daily
Dusiness. j.nese men are dressed in foreiim
clothes, and many of them understand some
foreign language, English or German. They
are mostly an intelligent looking group of
men.
x Besides these somewhat foreignized natives
we nave tne real, genuine native article, with
nothing foreign about him unless it is a hat.
Hats are very generally worn, except it is a
rainy day, when they are left at home and
the wearer goes bareheaded.
The Japs are peculiar. On a cold, rainy
day they po about with their dress skirts
caught up to their waists, and the water
streaming down their bare legs. Ski.-, does
not cost as much as cloth, you know. In the
car we can see this native dress; a -ose robe
with no buttons, bat folded over the breast
and fashioned by a sash. This is the dress of
the men as well as the women. Some of the
dresses are very rich indeed, being made of
beautiful silk. One-half is longer than the
other, which allows for pulling up above the
sash, and then hanging down in front, mak
ing a pouch. This is the pocket where
nearly everything is carried. There
are also pockets at the bottom of the
large square sleeves. Suspended from the
sash is a little box and a leather wallet
Sometimes these articles are exquisite and
very costly. The box contains the tobacco
pipe and the wallet contains the tobacco.
The box is frequently made of ivory or
bronze, finely worked. Japanese tobacco is
very, very mild. The average American
smoker would Hiaat to use it.
The pipes consist of a long slender stem,
and a tiny brass bowl not so large as an acorn
cup. The smoker opens h:s wallet, takes out
a very sznall quantity of tobacco and fills
his pipe; then he tekas out his box of matches,
which are like the "parlor match" in Amer
ica, contained in a sliding box (that horrible
nuisance, a sulphur match, doesn't exist
here)? clouing the match box about two-
thirds, the pipe is lighted and three whin's of
smoke taken very seldom more than that;
the ashes are then emptied into the open
third of the match box, the pi p"i refilled and
lighted from these ashes. Frequently the
ashes are dropped on the floor until the pipe
is relighted, when they are extinguished.
A pipe is seldom refilled more than three
times, when it is put beck into the case.
The whole amount of tobacco imbibed would
not be equal to one puff of a strong cigar.
But the almost universal practice here is to
draw all the smoke up, expelling it from the
nostrils Instead of the , mouth. - Women
smoke as well as iftcn.
morning- paper.
Most ot the passengers are sitting on their
feet, which are crossed under them a favor
ite posture. .
It is ei-rural It the custom to read aloud
The reading ia verv neculiar. beinz mostly
in
a monotone, with occasionally a rise and fall
in tne tone. Home of the people nave a very
disagreeable habit ef suckinsr the breath be
tween tiieir cloned teeth. The noise thus
made with unceasing regularity is almost
uneudurabw if one has any nervoa.
The Japanese are not a meddlesome peo
ple, and traveling with them is attended
with almort no risk. A single lady could
travel with a car load of Jaoanoue men, and
there would be not tho slightest improper
word spoken or act committed.
C'nrloaltln In Knives.
(New York Sun Interview.
I have met some very queer collectors. One
old fellow used to call on me regularly once a
month to see if I had added any further varie
ties or knives to my stock. He was originally
attracted to mv store by a curious little
wooden-handled knife iu my window, which
nurnortcd to have been made out of a ten
penny nail by an African boy. It seems tliat
a missionary had discovered the little chap
pouiidinc; the nail into shape with a stone,
and the good man told a nice story about it
as being a remarkable instance of the power
of civilization. I was grieved to learn that
he had sold several of these article
to other dealers, and had helped
their sale in one instance by telling
how the boy had half killed an Ethiopian
chief with the article. I fear the esti
mable missionary manufactured the things
in his lack-yard, for the liandles looked re
markably like split clothes-pins. Inis col
lot-tor did not generally examine too closely
into such little discrepancies, however, and
he certainly had five or six hundred of tho
most curious-looking tools I ever saw. A
most horrible instrument, for which he had a
great affection, consisted of a long, thick,
finely-pointed blade, hollowed out so as to
contain two other blades worked witn springs.
It was so arranged that when a man was
stabbed with the knife the interior blades
would fly outward, and the assassin, by pull
ing on the handles, would thus be able to cut
his enemy terribly.
He showed me an innocent-looking um
brella, from the end of which a short barbed
blade would fly out and become inserted in a
man's clothing. The object was not to kill
an enemy, but to embarrass his move
ments by opening the umbrella wide
after inserting the barb. This de
vice was said to have saved the life
of a celebrated Quaker coffee merchant. A
long dirk-knife of Belgian make was arranged
with a sort of bellows in its handle for the
purpose of throwing pepper into the eyes of
the victim before striking him. He showed
me also a curious Spanish dirk, which had a
half-rounded blade, and looked like a sort of
a gouge with very sharp sides and a fine
noint. The idea was to turn it In a wound
and take out. as the proprietor remarked
with a grim smile, pieces as big as Bologna
sausage at every clip. In spite oi bis iona
ness for deadly weapons this collector was a
very mild-mannered man. Ha had knives of
peace as well a of war, and said his hobby
started with a set of very old Italian carving
tools which had been given to turn by a dying
model-maker whom he had assisted.
Mr. 31 &e It aye's Novel Theatre Chair.
"Oath" in New York Tribune.
The chair Mr. Mackaye has invented for
theatres is more original than his double-
floored stage. It consists of an iron standard
of a conical shape, hollow in front, which oe
cupies perhaps three or four inches at tho
base; each standard holds two swivel seats;
when unoccupied they come together back
ward and look like desks or easels; when re
quired for use they come parallel to each
other, and the seat drops and has a brass or
iron piece under it which makes the front
support, but the moment tne seat is pusned
up this piece folds beneath it. Under the
seat is an arrangement to put your nat in.
which is, therefore, underneath you, crown
downward. Behind the seat is a wire ar
rangement in which the person sitting be
hind puts his overcoat At the corner of the
standard is a place for a cane and umbrella.
When the people come into the theatre these'
seats are all folded up, and hence the parterre
or floor is almost as open as if there was
nothing there at all, and it consists of a series
of aisles running in both directions, with two
seats like saddle-bags hung together at tntor
vale.
Mr. Mackaye's theatre seat revolutionizes
sittings as completely as his stage revolution
ized waiting for tho scene to be set. He cre
ated a stage where one scene was being set
while the other was being played. He has
created a seat which, the moment an individ
ual rises from it, folds up into a rack and
affords through the theatre, lengthwise and
crosswise, broad open aisles, so that the
people can get out in case of fire or riot or
panic almost as easily as they could escape
through a corn-field with the Indian corn
growing equidistant, diagonally and trans
versely. The seats normally are folded up,
when you need them you take hold of the
seat and sit in it, and the back is adjustable
to any movement you make; you want to
have your knees far out, and the back accom
modate you; you want to put your feet up,
and there is a place under the seat before you
for that purpose; you want to sit straight up,
with your feet under your seat, and that is
also easy. If you are waiting and some late
chap arrives in the theatre with his lady, you
stand up and your seat springs vertically and
gives a broad aisle; when the intruder has
passed you sit down, and everybody is happy
Sacrificed Her 11 fe for Her Child.
Pall Mall Gazette.
A touching story of a mother's devotion
comes from Belgium. A few days ago the
wife of a gate man on the line between Sot
tegem and Alost was attending to her hus
band's duty, when her little boy strayed in
front of a fast train. Without a moment's
hesitation the mother sprang across the rails,
and, seizing her child, tossed it on to the bank
the very second before she was caught by
locomotive and killed. It is well to know
that this brave woman did not die in vain;
the child escaped with a few bruises.
A Polite Lawyer.
Chicago Herald.
St. Louis has the politest lawyer in the
country. A long and terrific peal of thun
Ser had stopped him in the midst of an ad
dress to the lury, and resuming he bowed
courteously and said: "Gentlemen, please
excuse this interruption."
Not the Things by Which They Ldvc.
Burdette in Cincinnati Enquirer.
It is a common error, wise men inform us,
to suppose that Neapolitans eat little else than
macaroni. Not one-fifth of the population
ever taste it, save on the Sabbath day. We
never supposed they did eat much of it. Ah!
no. They make it. Hence they avoid it as a
food. You never catch the druggist drink
ing fruit sirups with his soda water. He
makes 'em himself. Do you ever see
the confectioner nibbling candy 1 Not be;
he sells it. Does not tho barkeeper
over courteously but firmly decline to
partake with his patrons the liquids which
be sets forth for their refreshment? lie
knows too much, and when he is a thirst he
sucks a real lemon or drinks cold water.
Seeketh the physician unto himself when the
pangs of sickness get hold upon him? Does a
lawyer believe all that be tells a jury Is
eternal and immutable truth? If he does he
will believe anything. Does the man who
is now in hold the same views on civil-service
reform that he entertained while he was yet
out! Of a verity, brethren, those things of
which men make their trade are not the
thimrs bv which they live. Net by a jugful
For Damp Cellars.
New York Times.
Sulphurous acid generated in cellars by the
rombustioo of sulphur will destroy the germf
which injere the flavor of cream aud milk
kept in cellar.: or outhouses. Iu damp eel
lars the butter product is seriously decreased
befidos bojng injured in QUalitv.
TUB MO&MOIT QUESTION.
A Men cr the Prophet Makee Oat m
riauslble Caee fer III People.
pioncureD. Conway in Philadelphia Times.
In conversation with an intelligent lawyer
of New York he montioued to me that Jobu
W. Young, the son of Brigham Young, was
on the train and that he would bo gX,to in
troduce me to him. I readily accejl..t hU
offer and in the course of a day or two bad
frequent interviews with Mr. Young. I
found him an affable and handsome gentle
man, with a great deal of that kind of intelli
gence which a man gets only from the uni
versity of life and exierieuce. There was a
certain sternness about his mouth, but his eye
was light and genial. He received me kindly,
surrounded by bis young sons, who, 1
may remark, were polite and well-behaved
lads. 1 told him that I should probably use
my conversations with him iu writing for
the public some account of my journoy, and
with that understanding we at once entered
upon a conversation on the burning question
of polygamy. He held in his hand a book
recently written about his people, by Phil
Robinson, aud also tho statement of Judge
Jeremiah Black, whose death the Mormons
now lament. I freely agroed with him tnat
there was much in masculine human nature
which accorded with the Mormon system and
which bail a disastrous development in great
cities. The evolution of man in conquering
the lands and seas of the world, his life in
camps and in ports have tended to make him
a national polveamisL
Young said: "You cau't go contrary to
human nature." "But." I answered, "man
is only half the human nature in the world;
there is the nature of woman, whom au tus
conditions of lifo have tended to make a
monoeamist. There have been forces which
have sometimes suppressed her instinct in
that manner, as in the swai-ruing populations
of the far east, where there is no career for
her and no support but in marriage, and
where tho excessive number of women seems
to suggest polygamy as a necessary social
economy: but these conditions -naving
been left behind to a large extent, the
question arises whether the charm and
beauty and morality of lifo are not to be se
cured rather by the loyalty of one to one iu
matrimony." He then said: "Woman is
necessarily the inferior of man. There are
religious reasons why she should be the one to
surrender her feelings in that respect." "But
is it not found," 1 asked, "that the romance
of life and the charm of the relation between
man and maid is diminished by this plurality
of wives?" He said: "Courtship goes on
among us the same as in London. 1 believe
in love, but not in infatuation. Whatever
woman may suppose that she loses by being
one among other wives, she is com
pensated for in a greater devotion to
her children, for, in our system, tne maternal
feelings are regarded as supreme. These
feelings are very early developed and form
the chief earthly happiness of women. They
also increase the affection of man, who can
not fail to feel a deep tenderness for the
mother of his children. It must be remem
bered that in our faith this feeling concern
ing the production of the race is a profoundly
religious feeling, and brings happiness
which we believe is not realized where the
relations are merely worldly."
I asked him whether, in the growth of
society in Utah, it was not found that there
were not enough wives for all, and was not
this, to some extent, a reason for the hostility
of the gentiles toward the Mormons. He re
plied: "The men who settle in this region
are largely adventurers: they do not wish to
settlo down in permanent homes; they no
doubt desire our women -for immoral pur
poses, but they are not generally of the mar
rying kind." He dwolt largely upon the
good order, the freedom from crime, which
marked their settlement, even though many
outsiders have come among them, and, un
questionably, Mr. Young made out a very
plausible and no doubt sincere case for his
people.
A Sew ITtto or the Electric Motor.
Demorest's Monthly.
Thousands of experiments are now under
way to develop the capabilities of electricity
as a motive power. Its latest application is
on a pleasure launch on the river Thames,
in England. The boat is forty feet long and
of good beam. It is propelled by a screw
driven by a Siemaus motor and the Sellon
Volckmar accumulators. There were twenty
one persons on the boat, and about eight
miles an hour was made. The expense is
about the same as that of steam, and the
weight of the machinery is about
the same, but tho advantage is
in the very small 8pa.-e ' taken up
bj the accumulators. A twenty-foot electric
launch will allow as much room for passen
gers or freight as a thirty-foot steam launch.
Then it is the very perfection of a pleasure
boat. There is no heat, smoke, dust, steam,
no smell of oil, and no noise of any kind.
This Thames launch will run for six hours,
when the accumulators must be charged
afresh for a further journey. The pleasure
yachts of the future will not be propelled by
sails or steam, but by this new motor. The
close of the nineteenth century may be called
the age of steam, but the beginning of the
twentieth promises to usher in the reign of
electricity, and perhaps of even more power
ful motors.
lier f'irwt Pair or Mpeetarlco.
Detroit Post.
A woman who looked as if sua hud been a
long time in this vale of tears went into a
popular and fashionable jewelry establish
ment on Jefferson avenue and said:
"I want a pair of specs."
"This way," said an obliging clerk with his
hair parted in the middle, and he led her up
a flight of stairs into a long room where a
space was reserved for optical purposes. A
small, nervous looking man at once sur
rounded her.
"Sit here," he said, placing a chair for her
and hanging up an A, B. C card in front ot
her; "fix your eyes on that."
"I ain't agping to have my picture taken,"
said the woman tartly.
"Certainly not, madam; you wish to re
new your eyesight. Just tell me what you
can see on that card, tt- 7-10. Do you follow
me?"
"Just let mo have my par'sol and Til foller
ye. 1 did't come here to Ijo made fuu of. I
kin read and write as well as you kin, and
count, too. I want a pair of specs."
"Exactly, but I should recommend eye
glasses with such a nose-as yours, madam."
"What's the matter with my nose, hey? If
it ain't much of a nose, you ain't agoin' to
poke fun at it"
"It is a beautiful nose," said the optician
firmly, "and would adorn a handsome pair
of eyeglasses. Will you kindly look at this
circle of lines? Do they all appear to be of
the same size?"
"'Pear to be? thoy are all of a size; no
foolin', young man."
"Certainly not, madam ; if tho circles ap
pear to be ail of one size your eyes are not
deformed." "
"Deformed! Good gracious! who said my
eyes were deformed If ever I heard of the
like."
"You see, madam, we ar compelled to test
the optic nerve and determine if the person
has presbyopia "
"ro, sir, I'm a Baptist, aud won t stay here
to be insulted " " '
"You misunderstand me, madam; if you
are amictea witn nypcrmyopia in either
eye-"
" Look here, young man, said the woman
fiercely, " 1 dare say you think you know a
lot, but I want a pair cf specs; 1 ain't as
young as 1 used to be, and "
" Oh, yes," interrupted the rash optician,
1 see you are getting old and" But he
never unislied the : sentence. - W heu the
woman came out of the store sho was trying
to straighten out the libs of her parasol and
muttering to herself:
" Old. indeed! Tve ruined a F2 p-iras.il. but
I haven't lived all these long years to be in
sulted by being called old 1 I'll find some hard
ware store where they speak English to get
;iay specs at Old! the impertinent thing!"
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