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THE DAILY HERALD, rLATTSMOUTIl. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY. 3 NOVEMBER t 1SS7. TENDER THOUGHTS. I liwir tm wind, I hear I ho ruin, I w tlw lightning's fliTy chain, Tli" Klorjri lt witllinjr tlirouifli the trcefl. Tin; wavi n grc ronrloif on tin- ncfui; 1 l-ur th'- aw fill tliiimlrr cranh 'J'liut folIowMnii tho lixbtnliin (lash I 'ill thou,. !i all thinif" in trmjirst U, I t in. ii' t think of might but tlif . Tlioiui-t wooil flower' fnltit porfume. Tin- Io-ih tliut on tlwlr burthen hluuni. Tin-n i i t .IVilinu mc-lotty Himx n-illly hy the wind kl.wil tn-r; The mim toiii-hcil cIdU'Im, unfnt liom-l skli'3. Tin' l.uU li.nl, hiiiirif. Mlliwanl Iliirs All lnv.-ly IhiiiKH I lu-rir r nit h'i-uk ! n. y In-ill t of tln-e- lint lint. I'hilip Uucoltt. JIA:!) CAR 112, C. . For tin' l.-!:-t hour Urn const ruction train hail li-n t r:iv flin slowly; fur it wliolu liour it li.-ul i-uii! i:ily Muinlili.iJ over the lmsc:ic(l Ji'.hpl.iti-.s wiih 11 monotonous ciiu;;-ty chit;.?, cbuiikct y c'niiiik tlnit h:nl loii ou.jI to uwuIh-ii miy lutcn-ht, Kyuiicit hc-tie or otlicr M im-, in our iirowsy miii'Ls. Finally it kIhjc1 nit. i-1 Iii r u lth a ji-rk, as if it hml KUiMoiiIy lmt con -In.. ivdy realized tlm vanity if any furt in r cll'orl. Tlio o.sto;iishol cars pullc 1 at tlicir I'ins ;'!nl jrfunill tlieir birircru u-s if in annry i-xm illation at this frouk of tho loe motivc, nn.il sorno of the men ofTeni! ener getic inlvieij d tho Dc-ity as to what ultimato courso to pnriiio with tho management of tho roml in f;ei..(-jil ami tho I"i freight links la purlieu In r. "(Vin't help it, cv.n't help it!" huiit the l.n-L. mini as he enmo along the top of tiie l.ux cfir itljeal. ''Thu rails havcspreail, 1111 it'll I- two hours, may!) three, before we start h:-r up again." ... - - - - I . , ...a... I- ' . . : . oun . . ( . 1 L ' , ftjlil Vt'l l'J r.lll to irrillfil.ll' KfjlllH V u-rin.li.rin'r I?ut tin- lua- pa-sMcJ. tho tram still waltoj. ' J " - o why, iii Mm name of various places and thitijcs, they chose to dully in such a dismal, godi'ors'ikcii :ipot. It wiw raining ist Ilat Crossing; i;i fai it hail lioen raining slowly, steadily, for two days with a certain dif-pcr-ulo pcrlinai ity. Thrro had loc:i no provious G"oii;;!.l to render such an uljimdauce of wilier dcMi-iMc; in tho country through whii'h v.c parsed we ha I noticed no fields of Jiarchc'l wh--.it, no withering trt, no droo veil.".l l' s, no thirsty cuttle, no traveled f oads on w liii li the dust required laying. )u tho contrary, tho lakcj wero ull full to over flowing, tho rivors swollen, tho ravines drowned, tho swamps soaked and tho tanks so full that the relief pipes ourcd forth a continuous itroiuu of chattering expostula tion. Wot withstaiiiling this lavish extras of water jno tir ki-iiiiiI no fresher thun before tho storn' wno" therinometor In tho calwoso ... ''.., ' i7 degs. on the shady side of tho j ogitei e. ... . i.ii -i 4 , i , lront and wdo doors were wido track, ij.tl.. , , , open, arid son. " of tlw ,n a v,n wl: deavor to pn.lu Png nsation of frcoh.i-ss siit down .'a.th'' I;uddl covered will, u lll.no clinler ami daxiSll their legs in tlw iMiur out f,,t V no V- pos..; the air was d.- ul. t ho Wfr Vttru au1 we coiitinm-'! l stiile and gro. Tho view iro:n tho car was not uireresMng. To tho loft, as far as we could seo th'ouK tno vudless, inu'oiding curtain of rain, a "mal muskeg s-.vas.ip stretched away to tho so,it! tf the track, brokon only by rare clumps -rtggil tain.iv.ick. J5oth slojies of tho Iwnk were covered by long beds of pink iirewced varied with ik-hos of soggy pigeon grass, mid to the north lay tlw desolate waste of Lrulo through which we had been traveling for interminable hours. Here and there among thq si any black poles of the burnt trevs little bum hen of "popples" rustled their I.mjsc leaves with a nervous activity tliat filmed out of place in tho dead quiet of their surroundings and their silly, feoblo flutter ing, like the barking of a frightened cur, -was to exasiRsrating tha -we could scarcely re frain from thr.iwing a stone at tho shivering things and calling out: "Oh, thut up!" Tho under'i.vus'u -was thin, and the ridges of pink jrv.ei-i.-.. banded with black, thrust their bare, s:aooth surfaces through tho mottled mo-,.; like great pockmarked .shoulder.- of giants protruding from their tattered shirts; in tho gnlliej lietweon them the water gurgled dismally , below tho tangle of deail trees, a;il ran away under gloAV,- pigeon berry leaves, on to which - th grotos-pie pitcher plants, icning v.ide Hwir liils. ijt-nu-ed their turplus water. Save by the patter of the rain on the car top aid Uhe pishpishiug of the engine blowing ofi' Tta. the silence was absolute, and rendered only more pre.our.d by the booming crash of a. falling tron. Nothing moved but the crazy poplar trees, and once more we marveled at the recklossiiL-s:? of tho men who had buil a : railroad through tho dead, barren wiidemess where there was nothing but rock, water and '..burnt timber. Ber-iiles our party of engineers, detailed on a-ome-arciroment work, there were two stran gers in the car; they had blank passes from tlio chief and were going west; as they kept to themselves, talking together most of the tims and net socming to enre for our com pany, we had paid r.o especial attention to thesi. Kvcry man of us, however, turned nuidenly as the younger of the two, speaking escii-edly m a iouo, swaggering vouo, muru- .;:.,. 1 n rtrrmir tu117. iaid to his CODl- . DIUVl. J O V paaion: "I tall yon, Morton, that man Jilatt ilur- phy was the biggert coward that over walked :. tns earth ; now djn't you forget itP Tho iutonaiion of th man's voice was so - vicious, so mean, that wo all .felt convinced that the statement was false, and although : utterly ignorant of tho facts each of an felt ; a:i instinctive desira to contradict him. But i before anyone could think of what to say a i deep voice from the end of th car condensed . our feelings in tha energetic and laconic an- wer: . "That's n lie!" The speaker, Jack Gollina, was the quietest jnaii on the staff and had acquired a certain reputation for minding nobody's bu-sinessbut .his own. Jack wm somewhat of an enigma to us all; wa did not understand, but we all liked him, for he had way of doing small charities and helping tb boys in a pinch that showed a truly good nature and a warm heart. AVhat hi exact work was noiio of us knew; he had the nania of being a good locator an.l explorer, especially asnong the older men, with whom ha usually osso . cuited; his reports never passed through . our oCice, and no complaints were ever made : about the irregularity of his work; he al- ways went v:l lioforo office hours with his . compass and notes book, but the men not in frequently fouud him lying in a secluded cor ner reading or sleeping with his book bo--.side him. lie was a large, powerful fellow, with a heavy beard that concealed half his rfoce, of which the only remarkable fijatiirvs were a strong, determined mouth and loupr. slanting black eyes that kept moving slowly round from left to right and suddenly jumped iiack to their starting point. Sometimes, when we pressed him very hard, he tol l us a story or some a 1 venture which had happened lo him, and it was only then that his eyes t-ere at rest, void cf expression, as if he were reading from some far away book. lie spoke lowly, but well, in a low, even voice that commanded the attention of his hearers; we ntver questioned tho truth of his stories, and whenever any statement seemed a trifle ex travagant wo acknowledged that it must oa ur fault if we could not understand tho cir comffSaooM. ... For a moment aftxr his n.nmlly emphathj denial no one rjKike; tho Ktrunger had risen at once, but seeing that Jack did not move ho Kut down again, filled a fresh pi', and waited. Jack wu.-t sitting on the lloor at tho end of tho car looking down ijcri:;ivcly ut the revolver that hung from his belt; after u short pause In loikel up at the ceiling, and lii hi.-i usual k!ow way ho told us the tttory of Matt Murphy's last work on the rood. It had happened two years bef ore; Murphy was then road master at Carnpljell's I'oint, and far from In-ing thought u coward, ho was lookiil upon as the only man on the line who had phick enough to run a. snow jtlow at tho head of live engines into a c!n iked cut, and htand linn when every plank fairly quivered under the strain. One. day, while ho was dozing in his ollico, for Mutt was lazy when he had nothing to do, tho door opened with a bang, and tho operator, in h state of breath less excitement, ran into tho room. "Tin-re's a bush lire Ik-Iow tho long, bridge, Mr. Murphy," he called out; "the wind is this way, mid the 1'aeilic Kmigraut is duo in nn hour. What tho devil Khali wo do 5" Matt startled in Ids chair and. repented tho man's words in a dazed sort of way. "Hush fire and they are due in an hour. My od!"' Then ho got uja, staggered ucross tho room und leaned against tho wall. The baggage master, who ha 1 overheard, stcpied in from tho adjoining office, mid the operator, with a shrug of his shoulders, turned to him and said in a ix-rplexed way: "Murphy's drunk as usual what's to be doiief "Drunk, you blamed idiot!" cried Nolan indignantly; "his wife and kids are on that train. ct out of here, you scented squirrel, and blamed quick, too, or I'll make your empty head so blessed soro you couldn't seo daylight through a ladder! May, Matt, old man" Ho did not finish his sentence, for the next moment Murphy pushed him aside and sprang out on tho platform where tho men wore collecting to hear tho news. "Hoys," ho t ried in a voice that seemed to rasp in his throut, "loys, look a-herc! 1 want three g'.xd men to go to hell with rnel Haul up a pun ii t ti eatth a hold there; now heave away so! Drop her on tho track that's ill Slap on tho oil, you fello ws. Two hundred lives! My God!" he continued, as if thinking aloud. "Quick, blanio you! oir with your shirts aul hurry! all alKM.rd! That's tho style; now come along, boys, ar.d work!" Ho was the first on the car and took tho rrar handle behind the brake; Lng Miko the J'inlander, Jim Itceves and "Dumb Dick" jumped on after him, an oil can, a monkey wrench &nd an ax wero thrown on; tho men gn vo t!ie;ii n shove to start, and away they went down tho long grade, fifteen miles an hour. Instinctively for tiicy merely know that there was a firo below the bridge and that the train was soon duo instinctively Mur phy's three companions had understood what they had before them. They wero old hands and knew that this vva3 a desperate venture, a forlorn hojie, and that their only chance of success lay in their working well togother, each man doing his duty absolutely, regard less of what might happen. But all thisthey felt rather than reasoned, for men of action rclluct slowly, and the pace was so severe that they had no time for reflection. Matt leaned over and slipped tho key of the switch to Jim Reeves, who was in front. " If we haven't time to unlock her. Jim." k.i said so quietly that it hurt tho men to hear him ''jump on the lever and break tho chain. Now, feliows, heave away for all you're- worth." The first six miles passed quickly; to right and left the load and the trees flew back wards, and nothing was heard but tho short, quick panting of tho men, the burr of the cogs, and the clickety-click, clickety-elick of the wheels over tho fish plate-i. On the half milo up grade to Bass' Falls they bad to slacken uo a little and hang on tho handles, while the sweat ran off their smooth backs down over thoir muscular arms to tho cross bar and driped off on to tho platform; but with their heads down and every muscle braced, they worked on steadily, panting hoarsely through their closed teeth. They uo1 but one idea in common, and that was. as Jiiu Heeves tersely expressed it, that they must reach that qualified switch or bust. At regular intervals Murphy, who seemed to hava renounced his customary profanity, re peated his short, earnest exhortation, more, as a prayer than as a command: "Steady, bovs, steady 1 for God's sake!" The top of th grade was reached; then came a level run of two miles before tho curve to the bridge. Ahead of them on each side of the track tho workmen, apprehending some disaster from the enormous volume of smoke that was blowing toward them in pur plish clouds rimmed with golden sunlight, had assembled before tho Falls station: and as Murphy's gang camo along, up and down, up and down, every man in that crowd felt his eyes grow moist and his throat dry. With one accord English and Yankee, French Ca nadians and Italians, Swedes and Fiulandc-rs, gave on solitary ringing cheer, and stood si fent again, as if uu.ldcnly awed by the simple heroism of these four men, appai'i-btjy push ing consciously, determinedly to certain ,ii, on. i is-nrkinir ficrcelv as if they were IlLaut) - e - escaping from somo great danger instead of hunting into it. Not a man spekeasthey flashed "past. A few pushed their hats back and stopped as" if aatmuvd of tho movement, watching the hand car grow aimiljer ,md sturdier above the converging lines of the Sweaflnjr Dan Dunn, tho walmng boss, stepped out into the middle of tho track be tween his men, threw mvTO his pick, and wiped his wet forehead on the tsitve of his shirt. -Boys," he said, "that gangs a-gom' to ever lastin" destruction as plucky as any fel lows I ever see, every blamed man of them, and I'll bet a barrel of highwiues to a cup of tea they known it, too. Matt Murphy knows it, sure," Then, turning suddenly and pointing down the track, ho cried in his usual bullying tone: "Give them a yell there, blarno you ail together now, and yell till you bust or I'll break the son of a tadger's head that hangs nre!" For once, Although they had their custoni arv effect of insuring prompt compliance with his orders, Dan's threats sujwrfluous; for onco his wishes coincided wiih the w lakes of bi3 men, and from those 500 throats there burst such a cry that the flames ahead seemed to halt for a moment in their forward rush. On the hot, pulsating sir it floated away across the muskeg, over the heads of ths fv voted crew, and re-echoed with a booming roll from the slate walls of the rock cut through which they pushed their car. But Humeri. thi exnression of their comrades' sympathy cheered and helped them it told each man only too plainly that this was hi last job on the track. "That's goodbv fur tho Jong contract," said Reeves, and "Mike in his biokeu Eagliiji repeated: "Yas; koot bye, pyes koot bye," but both relajtsed into silence at the sound of Murphy's remonstrance Steady, boys, steady, and mind the brake, Jiiu; wi'e right on the down grade." At the end of tho level was the grade to tho bridge and the fire; beyond the fii o tlis bridge, the switch, and the fated train with its ir.v man cargo hurrying to destruction, for the wjnd was high, and the engineer would natur ally th'nlt tho fire far away until he was in tho vcTy mid of It. Thon tjp struggle Iwv pan. The smote: Tun along th embankment toward thern hi great llylug gust's denso they could liarely see tho platform of tho car; the hunt lieeumo intense, but they inner wavered. I'erhujw it was iKK-au' wonv-u were few in tho dismal country which hud liecomo their home, mid that, as is usual in purely malocomnuinitii-s, every man invested tho gentler kex collectively with a romantic halo, in exact inverso proportion to the pro fane skeptical contempt w hich he prof -swiil for them individually; perhaps it was 1m--cause some lingering bpark of chivulry, driven into tho west by the bin-era of a higher civili zation, had fhuned up suddenly in the ln-nrts of these rough journeymen ; or jierhaps it, was merely the humane hoj of saving the wives und children of men v. ho had slept under tho same blanket, worked i:i the same ditch, and shared tho same biscuit; but, whatever tho cause, it was sufficient to silence selfish con nideratioii and make I hem look upon the sacri fice of their lives as ny more than the fulfill ment of a necessary duty. All a rou. id them the trees wero falling in rows; broad flashes of flame, quenched for a moment in the bla k smoke, burst up end flared in tho wind like shreds of sonio vast tattered canopy. Along tho ground th?) brush wilted away, burning' with a sharp crackle like that of a musket ry discharge; and up through the hollow tamaracks tho liro swept with a noiso like tho bellow of a filling sail, (treat trunks tottered und fell with a booming crash like tho sound of dis tant cannon. Tho hot uir quivered around them and they gasped spasmodically as they shook off the burning sparks and laughed hysterically lietween short howls of pain. Ahead all was red and bluck a sea of fire. Murphy called out onco more, "Stead-, boys, steady!"' and they plunged into it resolutely with the desperation of a wounded bull charging on tho espaiia's blade. "Steady, my men! Up and down, up and down! Stick to her, lads; it'll soon bo over now !" Then tho flames closed upon them, and as they lowered their heads lieforo tho whirl wind of firo anil smoko that was hurled at them they shivered ut tho crisp crepitation of their hair and beard and felt the hot grip of tho fire fasten o:i them as thoy writhed in pain. Something struck the car and it reeled for a moment. . "Stand by her, boys; steady there!" Thcj grasped the handles again and struggled on; by tho hollow sound of tho wheels they lniew that they wero on the bridge at last, and it lent them fresh strength. Then something struck thorn again. "Hard, hard at work there! Jim, Mike, Dick, all of you pump away, for God's sake, boys! wo are nearly there. Try again! tho switch, boy.-?, mind tho switch! all together now, heavo!" But strain as they might and they strained with a fierce, desperate energy, for there was something in Murphy's tono that went to their hearts tho car was fast and would not move. Then they heard a wild cry above tho thundering crash of tho bridge as it fell from under them ; the car was suddenly shot ahead and sprang away easily over tho debris that lay across the iron. The trestle was passed; but at tho rear handle Mike stood alone; his partner, Mutt Murphy, was gone; that last failing brace had struck him square ly across tho amis, and when ho saw that ho could no longer pull his w eight, he jumped oir and put ail his remaining strength in that last push that sent them through into tho comparative quiet beyond. "Steady, boys, and God be with you!" camo onco more from out the chaos of flames be hind them, and that was all. On the other sii!t, beyond tha clay cut, they heard tho hel lo whig whistle of the engine; a few more strokes and they reached the switch. ' "Jump, Jim; for God's sake jump quick!" The next moment the train swept round the curve over tho frog and giided smoothly down the siding, where it stopped; but the handcar had disappeared. When thoy camo back they found Jim Reeves' body ii by tho broken lover of tlio switch; Long Mike, too, they picked upbesidu him, with a shattered leg and an ugly gash across the forehead, while on the other side of tho track "Dumb Dick" was clutching tho broken handle of tho hand car and sobbing like a child. Strong men liftctl their crashed bodies with tender care, and side by side they laid them on a bed of fragrant balsam boughs; a woman's light hand wiped away tho blood from Mike's rough face and held moist linen to his bleeding brow. Soon he opened his e3-es and locked solemnly, with a puzzled expression, into tho anxious faces of the women and children that stood around him, silently watching for his recovery. Then he remembered all ; for a moment a bright smile lit up his plain features, and died away slowly as he caught sight of his companions stretched beside him. Coming through the distant smoke tho rays of the red evening sun touched their pale faces with a ruddy glow and wove a soft golden halo around thoir passive heads. With a slight quiver Long Mike passed away in the sunset silence to join his comrades." When Jack finished there was a pause; then wo all looked up at him with the same question on t.ur lips. Ha rose slowly from tho corner in which' he had been sitting. "You want to know where I heard all this:" he asked. "Oh! I am 'Dumb Dick.' Toba frank with you, boys, I havo been a special detective on the C. P. R. for several years, and if I tell you so now it iti because my con tract is, up as soon as I have handcuffed Mr. James Bowles over thero. Don:t you move!" he called out, covering him with his revolver. "I suppose," he continued, addressing tho man he had called Bow les, "that it would have been more correct to chain you first and tall my story afterwards; but I knew you could not giv'irie tb ulip. That man, boys, was Murphy's partner in a contract on this road and tried to get him to swindle the com pany. Matt wouldn't do it and threatened to ehow him up and now that he's dead, this fellow takes his revenge out in attacking his character. Hwaver, he's so badly wanted at headquarters just now that he will keep his Jnouth shut about Murphy for the next ten years," John Heard, Jr., in Tho Century. They Prefer Chinese Huf.l.-ands. Now you will be surprised when I tell you that the ambition of every Hawaiian girl is to beconto 15 years old and marry a ( Hiinaman. The islands are full of Mongo lians. Tlujy d'"i n thriving business in opium, and are considered eligible m evtiy -ay. But the American teachers are trying to put a stop to this, and the only w;;y they can do it is to provide other husbands to take the placa of t-he Chinaraer:. for if a Hawaiian girl is not married very early in life she soon goes to destruction. So the American teach ers, particularly those from the boarding schools for girls, take occasion when their young ladies are nearteg womanhood to call at the schools for boys and arrange mar riages lietwecn native you-tg men and women. T.'hfs sounds harsh, but it is really salvation to tho girls, as tli marriage u sually tvn out v.-elL The girls who have been educate! in the industrial schools make good house wives, and have pretty little cottage homes set down amidst the most luxuriant foliage, Denver Republican. Death to rf-.larla, A decidodlv hard frost always put an end. for that season, tq the ilanger of espusui-.e to malarial influence in the region where it on-con. A DESPAIR STRUCK CHILD. A I-lttle Iioy'n Flrnt Tonte of I.lfc'a Bit-term-! Ilutf o Awukriiluif. Everywhere tho gloomy truth of Schopen hauer's summary of life is felt and seen, but It remained for a Detroit small loy aged ;J years to work out tho last analysis of thi mockery and tho miw ry of this orlrtonco. His fond lilauimn was gone down town. Tho small ly sat on oi.e of tho U-m to his palatial Hvenuo horn in impatient waiting for that fond mamma's return. The mo ments hjx1 and she cano not. To tho un tutored soul of that small loy seconds :: paml.xl into ages nay, aims of time. The intervale lietween horso cars (fin one of which tho l.M iked for mother was to conn ) fulfilled tho child's conception of unlimited duration by which phruso tho ohf urithme ticians defined eternity. Cur after car passed motherless, involving half a scoro at leust of eternities, but at last, at last, oh, joy unspeakable! tho eager, peering eyea caught sight of tho figure for which their owner had stayixl so long in agony. Ecstasy chased away the settled, dumb det-pair that brooded over tho soul of the waiting small boy. His every dream of earthly bliss was now to have immediate realization. With ono wild whoop and three mad leaj ho wa.'i at tho curbstone. Laughter and shouts of delight wero his welcome to tho comer. What, is this she holds in her liiuulf Ah, joy again! It is the coveted ball th ball for which that tender soul had yearned unsjieakably and which is now almost within his graMp. Here indeed is the one earthly gliinp:-io of heaven which, so the legend tells us, favored mortals sometimes catch. Ho seizes it with feverish hand. The mother's faco glows and grows lieautiful in sympathy with her darling's happiest dream come true. Ho was at tho track side. Ho is on the side walk, IAU in hand. With ono all concerted effort he dashes it to tho ground and bursts into tears! "Oh, mamma." moans the despair struck chiiii, "it don't bounce!" Tho i:m:sl! boy's idol was broken. He had tasted life's bittcraen;, had seen tho unirder of his rosiest hojie. His ball, on which h had set incomputable value, ai:d on w hoso ngi!e performance he bad counted w ith never a black intruding doubt- his ball, which to liii; overwrought imagination was tho one thing that made life worth living, refused to bounce. Detroit Free Press. Overpressure In tlio Schools. 3 Passing to tho main question, overpressure in the schools is a fact to tho samo degree that overpressure in other departments of American life is a fact. Here I seo no reason to throw aside or modify tho conclu sion that I came to three or four years ago, of which this is tho substance: Our inherited Saxon push, our natioial environment, our boundless opportunities, find our free institu tions, in lt.sjiocfc to courage, audacity, enter prise, and m;"y forms of achievement, make us a ieoplo by ourselves. It would tie hard to name a field of life in which our energj-, impatience and nervousness do not show themselves. It is notorious that the average American does more work, whether physical or mental, than any other average man in tho world; hence it is that America is tho gauge for measuring the most energetic com munities of the old world, as w hen Lanca shire, England, is called "America and water." The words in which Mr. Herbert Spencer spoke of the injury done by our high pressure life, at the dinner given him in New York four or five ye irs ago, will not soon Ikj for gotten. History ha:; charged a good deal to the American spirit, and credited it with much more. Its worst effects, unfortunately, are seen in tho higher fields of elfort sci ence, literature, education and jut where timo is an all important factor. Tho tension of tho public schools is too high in tho sense that tho tension of our but.ines3 and social life is too high; in other words, the schools partake cf the national gonius. Dr. Stanley Hall, some years ago, said ho had seen a file of ono hundred and fifty siuoll German boys just as the;" inarched out of the r.ehool house at noon n quarter of a mile away ; also that he had ob served that tho little girls at the Victoria school, Berlin, did not ru:i a step at recess, or do anything that an equal number of ladies might not do. But t uch things as these, it hardly need be said, cannot be found in the typical American school. B, A. Hinsdale in Science, Journalism Is for the Young'. Tho prominent figures here at the heads of tho great mel rcpoiitaii journals aj-c, almost V.-;thout- exception, men in their prime. Ben nett is very little, if any. more than 40. Pu litzer hasn't a gray hai-r in hits l.e::d. White law Iteid i-i in about the smiuc lurtcr with both of these. Dana is old, but Amos Cuni mings, who edits The Evening Sun and is really the moving spirit there, is still a young man. Georgo Jones is not yet past his prinie,, John Cockerill is still young, and. Eggleston, who edits Tho Commercial Advertiser, is gri7-zled about the temples, but still on the right sido'of the hill, and his staff are all very young men. Tho editor of the new Evening World, which sprang into such instant popu larity, is a young fellow who was scribbling at tho reporter's desk three years ago and is not yet GO. The same may be said of the magazines. The clever new Scribner has. an entire staff of young men. The Century has not an old man connected with it, and Alden is the only "elderly person who is in power on Harper's. Journalism is for tho young and not for the bid. The genius cf the profession requires it. New York Cor. Brooklyn Eagle, Things Asked of Actors. John Drew was Ehown a letter in which the authorship of . "The Taming of the Shrew" is attributed to Augustin Daly. Mr. Drew said he was not very much surprised. "Why, the other day in New York," con tinued the comedian, "a real estate broker to whom I was introduced said . ". ;If I could talk as well in my business as you do in yours, Mr. Drew, I w ould be a rich man. ' I can't understand how you manage to think of all those funny things just on the spur of the moment.7 " Tho ignorant questions actors ure subjected to is not half as appalling as their lack of tact ar.d their impertinence, A member of Mr. Joseph Jefferson's family once said she had cfteu bsn asked if it did not pain her very much to see her father making an exhi bition of himself for money. And this of tho most graceful of comedians. Philadel phia Press. A Long Wait. The Philadelphia North American says that "Insurance Agent Adams has been wait ing for fifteen years for a letter which has just reached him." he sender must have inadvertently put one of the immediate de livery stamps on thf letter; but it doesn't soeru fifteen ean since such stamps were in troduced. Ncrristown Herald. Consumption of Railroad Spikes. There are 200,000 miles of railroad in the United States and it takes five kegs of rail road spikes per mile to keep up repairs, which makes an annual coiuruuiption of 1,000,000 kegs. To thismusite added three and a half tons per mile for the 12,000 miles of new road which is built annually. Chicaxro HerahL i I C53HIIES-IF BOO The Kimc quality oi r.,od. 10 yvrvvnt. clienjier than any I.ouko wtt t the Misbii'li. Will -ver ln mukn-oM. Call ni.d be cvimnceU. AIjBO E3ESj3:OLJ:3NrC3r PETE! THE FURNITURE PARLOR SET ! fc!si .1 u u m FOU ALL s'0"iEMri:Bii? "ORIS vow Parlors, Bi drooiiis, Dining-rooms Kitchens, Hallways and Offices, (JO TO JHEE8L&Y BOECK'S, Whero a magnificent stock of Goods it ml Fair I'ricM abound. . UNDERTAKING AND EMBALMING A SPECIALTY CORNER MAIN AND SIXTH (SUCCESSOK TO Will keep conntantly on hand 1 I mm and M t j Wall Paper ami a Full IJne of IDE;T7GG-IST'S STjnSTIDIRIIES. PURE LIQUORS. E. O. Dovey & Son. a fls tX B U Orilt m B trfS We tqliC pleqstji'G it s:yiiQ soiiGsf lino of . Fall and in!er Goods Ever brought to 1 Sals Market and shall be pleased to show you a Superb Wool Dress Goods, and Trimmings, Hoisery and Underwear, Blankets and Comforters. A splendid assortment ot Ladies' MisssesJ and Children CLOAKS, WRAPS AND JERSEYS. We have also added to- our line of carpets some new patteiu3, Floo Oil Cloths, qtts W11 ltlgs. In men's heavy and fine hoots and shoes, also in Ladies', Misses and Children Footgear, we have a complete line to which we INVITE 3 aur inspection? All departments 1- ull aud Complete. I MERGES. EMPORIUM BEDROOM SET I CLASSICS OF- PLATTSMOUTH, HEURASKJl CKE ul CO. j J. 31. IK) I; KIMS) a full and complete stock of pu.tf 41 edicines, Paints, Oils, , u E. G. Dovey & Son. lifer G oods Line OF Ho