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THF DAILY HERALD, i'LATTSMUU J ii, HcJ tri iCiVTWEKI ) KUKOa if r irnic-?r Til E CRUST DROPPER. A MENDICANT'S GAME WORKED ONLY ; ON THE FAIR SEX. A New Y-r.,liii of it V-ry Old I rami, i ixl . t iist on 1 !i nail w ;ij Olio of I In- .Many Trl! il Smart J.uzy Men. Life was not i mit.ia r's -ii ii j , lint ii nij;!it in:ina of "! In ,s. The iti.it rar men I. r In1;,' i ii'-i I" !. ! "- : t iif ii. i i-r ; on i ho walks v.i n- .-1 j j - i 1 1 - iiioui'il r.c 1 slapping j tinir 1 j m : T - i' - it w. r..':i; 1 1 if pies'iit 1 X::;.:ii"' Ii c l'! -had i!'i.' 1 liouor-ii- tricks i V. it il Sin oid ll.-l I . i s : f j nd- Y at o-. I Y . a a I ii'.A r. !ly ::- . . ! 1 1 1 1 .s op- . ni iit, i i:d i . ryl.o 1'.' we . r.; l.-i.e', a :'i Iry- j lag to !. i ; '...I' l l. -I . t ; I lir-i.lv i.a!'l'..l 1 1n- . 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S!:,-;':.' i Kit jiur.-, ::iul thi; lia::il."'i hi-n " 1 s.lvi v, which lie received witli iv'f'vci.- ! hi-:. -.! an i'.f'".-t ir..tr j.;os- turt ot' --'' v.- ss s-.ii'i'i'.-iliy ln--,i;,.,i,i,..l t-v.-r;. , I i:.l c.otius'.i 11 u am! wara t'.:i' tt, -.-a -.-Shr; vo::ia!i. I hate f..,.,..,,.; ;;i- v. ''i! I !: i i;.i;s t!u i.innvy, ami 1 w;ii:il t 1 : .-i- i a ;! 1 ' ! 1 1.' - en 1. I 1: 1 r ";.- t a :' I:!;-.i:,:r th;s little act am! c.-'li :.v. : 1 ; .::-: my law sin-a!; a:i ii.ia'irat '. ; 1 w.-:.-; ! :c iti-iu l.v'.ini; for tls I;.-itay tii'- rc::i. i'p Jlyso.iiwr.y the chariti liie c.:::; w ' , I i!"vn i'iv.:"ivay the lv.riiv i i i:.. v. i h i:u- i.. e l'V. I ;ct closer tliais 1 ' :i;:-ei' !,.-::'. i w. . i:i:'..!r.SH'-.lvh'.'ii he f'.;rel i' l ... the w:'l':. I wotj- Ar' I w::::' !"..' i w;i. lor 1 i.Iar'.i', not :it .!-.-: . his :.-:' 11 hy :-.r-j.::ui or It ; pa---.:i.';j !ii: ' ' ",v;ii i:i l." e: r.v v..: . 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The ;ie.c-;- otitv iiri;'i'il t t rr.t hi foi-e men. Treat' !! :.-. 1 s-:w h:':i ; ;uickiy in ii ,cT,iw-.l a:nl a; ;-. ai-. ti: y y'.-.-k r.; the .-;;st five.-.i i-!;v ttie IV; L i Lie . 1. . 1.1 c:i. Tl.ocMe.it iif tin- lot cr.vsi"! t b'.:u v. lu-iv he jwui n.i instant .:i tlio c;:i' i.'.i.l i-li'cd ben;:th;a5 i:;to his li.i.-.il. I hail il 'e!T.:i:'.-' l to V.v.iil up to hiza jailil ifiiii t'y leii hi:: 1 he was watcho-.l v.hon 1:9 saw mv a::it ivi-.jp:::-:- 1 i.:e. I J.ia Mjr., from the 'x;uv - ii..:t v-. v. I his face, lie knew that I was t'o.l -- i:';' h;:.'., i'or !. iov.vivJ his Yea. 1 r.ml hurrinl ilown Ihv :nrv::y. ii:s look vt uii; ii.t-rcr..-c.l any !e-iiv to follovf iiir.i to his homo", hut I frit that it would l useless to at:e: ij-t it, i:.eo he knew i:w. Nellie Civ i:i X.w- York V. orM. A gt-attj'iiiun stoo.l lo kiii ut a horse car team the o! Iivr day. oi the hcrsos was a beautiful l.;.-:c"i. a hi-r'i stv;i-ovr, l: ry and evidently of hum j-odirrr-.-e. 'vh:!w' the fren '.e:iian v.-a:; iulLiiria tli. aiiiaial a friead iar.'.o 'S and leir.arke.l: "Iij you know ivhjro lairse that isf "No," said the jroiiilo jaan. vi'e!!,' said tee friend, "that ijlaek c-olt is the i--v.-ty of Mr. natnin a ell k:iowa U- Tre fancier. "His i.orsj ran awav wit 'a hi.a t;.e otlur day. Ii. has LL-oi:ie so spirited that dctvrmiiied to l iruk him flves-ii to hard v. ark. Ev-.vj- time l,e ct ? a horrnthat worries hiia I:k.. that he lets the r-rren c;ir c ::i;ajiy take hi.a ainl tue L::n Jor a fi--v w.i'i:s. That takes the life urul spirit rihl cut of h.i'.n, a::d he Ixcc m -s jr jcvtly tractrd lo. Afur t.vo v.tks i:i the street car LuLititj3 Ls jDr.r:-.'t ran away ;:ny iu-:-e." It is s.-id that ether Lt.re fcr.ciers in this and ot r cities have a i.imiir way cf breuiin,; La tiielr 'jery tteeus. Aliwcy oar- WINTER LIFE IN DAKOTA. X)encrlptlun of tlie lit a-1 Ii oil of Coimtraet Soil lfoiiKa-ii am the I'ruirle. "I win tit tli liiiiiMt of on oM .S-otcli-man :i year or two 110," xaiil an oM Ia Lotati. Sa-veral nf us yomi )Hple wcro j-iltin :it tli'; tri'ih in the living iikhii playing i'arils. Outside a Mizztml w;lsi howlinij;. Tin? old man nail: " ! tliink I will ki out to the fchisls and 6C0 how tlio hiock are.' " 'iJon't you K"-' I replied. " l iri :i 1 will.' "I looked over my tJioulder and Htiid: fin lieie, old man, don't yon try that; you htay ri;!it licro.' You may think this v:w coii.-idcruhlu fuss to make, us the ih'-ds were not over four nuLs from llio house; hut I had In-come acquainted with winter weather on the prairies. We went on with our clinic and nolhiii'!; more was (-.aid. Ahout ten minutes l;:ter I looked up and the old man was jone. I)id your father 140 out?' I :l:s-al one of the jirl.s. Yes,' she replied, 'and I don't bjo what L'eeji.; him. I wi.sh you would jo out and lind him.' "I wrapjied up and ftartcd out, first t.i'..i:i the precaution to takeone end of a lOjie, which 1 trailed sifter me. Alxiut lialf way hctwecn the .sheds and the house 1 fo'.md the old man on his hands ntid knees in the Know, which was w?vcn feet deep, crawjin altout, trying to liml the house. He wan then nearly dead, and ten minutes more would have f in i.-.hed hitn. I picked him up, and car ried him to the house, where with snow, ice water, and whisky, t.upplementeil with an hour or two of hard work, wo 111; 1 linked to save his life." "How do ieoplo nuuiao to live in eui h a climate? ' "Live? Why, they prepare? for it. The carlv comers ereiicruily put up sod houses, and there is nO'.hin in the world bo warm its a sod house, ion can walk around barefoot on tho floor of one, if properly cotistrui-ted, in the coldest ivi utlnT. After they have been there long cnoiivrii settlers generally inula 10 housi M, hauling lo;s tlflrty or forty miles for the purpose. These houses are warm and comfortable. So lon as you don't have to jo out you don't know what winter is. l!ut the sod house is not to be treated with disdain, I assure you." "How are they built?" "In the first place a frame of boards, the size the house is to be, is put up so sis to ive tho house a nice appearance in side; the roof also is hoarded over. Then the soil is cut with a plow, and a Imnk three or four feet thick is raised all around tiiis frame. K very soil is laid as carefully as a mason lays a brick, tho roots up, and all openings are filled in with fine dirt. Opening are made for the windows and dixjrs, which have frames exterding from inside to outsiile. These will contain sometimes three win dows for winter id ways two. When the sod rampart is raised to the height of the roof, poles are laid on and then sod put over those. The roots hold every thing linn. You would be surprised to t:ce Ihe roots. Some of those grass roots are as thick as my finger, and extend down from from ten to fourteen feet." 'What if" "It's a fact, I assure you. I have fol lowed them down myself when digging wcils in that blue joint grass land. Why, n man in plowing has to stop and sharpen his plow every eighty roils if he cares j.nything for his team. The blacksmith draws out the jiohit, hut tltat and the edge both have to be filed down as sharp as possible, and then, as I say, sharpened every eighty rods. But to return to tho pod houo. After the outside is com pleted the inside is finished up to suit the taste and jxieket of the proprietor. Some have only the earthen floor, and others have a loard floor, and are divided up into two or tlireo rooms. And, I tell you, for winter comfort in Dakota a sod house leats them all. Besides these, there are dugouts on the side of a hill, and occasionally you will meet one on the prairie. The class of settlers that come in there as a rule have to put up with al most everything the first year or two." Milwaukee Cor. Chicago Times. The Contribution Iloxes. There need Ik? no fear but that those who want to "pay for their religion," as some like to put it, will be given op portunity to do so. The man who wants to help pay for the preacliing of the gos pel doesn't need to have a pesky contri bution box slid gracefully along tinder l.is nose every time he attends service. Nor is there any reason why the amount i f money usually so small which is taken every Sabbath, ia the morning and evening collections, may not be con tributed in some other and less awk wardly conspicuous manner. There are many ways in which people can be led to understand that if they wish to con tribute they can do so in a quiet and un ostentatious way, and there is no doubt whatever hut that those who want to give will find a way. American Maga zine. Electric Light Ttuoys. The lighthouse board is alout to under take experiments which will have an im portant liearing on the lighting of dan gerous points in oar rivers and harbors. It is nothing less than the lighting of buoys by electricity. The method at present ia use for illuminating buoys con sists in supplying them with oil or gas. With lK-th of these it is necessary to re plenish the source of illumination peri odically, and this means additional trouble and expense. Besides, in most cases, the buoy is allowed to remain con stantly lighted, tis it is not visited daily. Hence it appears that the electric light is esiecially adapted to this purpose, as it requires no attention whatever and i3 under control at all times. 2Cew Orleans Picayune. Endurance tt an Eskimo. A medicine man of the tribe, in order to prepare for himself a drum or drum head to accompany his peculiar religious riKs, has leen known to take a reindeer bkin. soak it in the water until the ha'r was loose, and when it was frozen as stiff as a hoard place the pleasant thing against the bare skin of his body until it was thawed out and then hold it there an hour or two until it was dry as a bone. Thcra is little wonder that such people r.eed no seal or walrus oil to warm their habitations cf snow. The only singular thing in that they do not sieep out of doors all winter to prevent being over come by the heat in the snow houses. Frederick Scliwatka. 1 5 ITALIAN RAILWAYS. Their discomforts as compared with the american roads. A Itlile in liuroj lii't-oiiii'M 11 1't iiaua-a; Ii- fcteud of 14 l'la-OKiirt sci-iiai ut u Slut ion In Italy Three Smli of Coiiva yiiiircH. t'axiiliu-tor liml Kngiiica r. Tho United States Mirpasscs the viorl l in rail n Hid traveling. A trip there eim lie made with comfort. In Kiuom" it licciniivi u pin nace. .V vnst Held of operations is open to the professional corporation wreckers of Anierien if they would only transfer their genius to this quarter of tho globe. Tho traveling public on thi.i side of the Atlantic, fit least, would 1j jjliid of their uppi.-afance, lio-a-aso ia their manipulations some comforts, tt least, would be instituted. As liad as it i: in l'u;;Iand, steam journeying in this quarter of the jrlolio falls below even that standard. In tho winter season a fellow, if not care-' ful, will have, his tins iced in his boots or contract pneumonia. There are io stoves in the earriuges, as they are termed, and the only menus of heat is supplied ut the prin cipal stations by sheet ir..a iiit-sks, shaped lik'j big ar.-ny -anl'i'iis, lilhil with hot water, that nre shoved into each compartment, before thirty minutes clupse their surfaces are chilled; for lei. it be remembered, nil the sea-tiinentalilii-s concerning tho balmy air of Italy ia winter, are nonsense, pure und sim ple. Snow cove."-, the. groin-d, mid the cold is biting, csjieciully so if you sit in it as you Lave to do when making any excursion. COXIH-l YOIl AN1 t.NUIXEtit. Along tho route an opportunity to protest is never offered, because thtro is not 11 con ductor with thu train except on rare occa sions, und then that functionary cannot reach you while the wheels are whirling ulong, since the carriages have no continu ous platform communicai ion, the doors b;i iug 011 the :.ido. It is exactly like riding in hacks fiistvmnl to gondolas, with only t:i:a exception: that there are M.t teats in each compartment, three on each, side. The cni nver is thu monarch of the train, only be tween station and station, however, which distance he eovirs as best he can. As soon as hu steams up to a h poi a guvvrauient otli cer blows a bra::s horn, w in :vi:poii he is coiiijiclleil to choke oil" the motive power at once, for the government rims the raiho.ui::. An ugly list it makes of it. The protils arc enormous, lie vert helcs::, iuaamu. ii as tho .-.-pciiEos of emplo is m e cow ipr. rati 'eiy small. At the stations curriage doors aio jiviad open anil tiekels inspected that will not Lo collected belore the t.;Vc!vr alights at hij destination.. To be able to tai.e a meal ut a station, no matter the l-jngth of time a train is scheduled to remain, is a novelty. Y'l:c.i it is time for tho dispatcher to loot his horn or ring a boil a la milkman the engineer has to send tho engine on its way iumiati ately. A station inai:tvr must h iv e one w tiiU cleared off bei'ore he can order another oa its way. To propose to !:im to have as many trains to run as is ca. toniary in tho larger dvpots of the United Suites would Lo simply to threaten him v. ila i jiasms. TmiEi: sop.ts ok coxvnv.vr.-crs. There aro three sorts of conveyances, CrEt, second and third class ail of a poor class. To rido in a superior carriaga m.-mis to tit on a lumbering cu.-Iiion, with a tidy at your back and your luggage iaara:-k over your head. If you are ulouo you can stretch to an adjoining seat; your iogs, as a consequence, being somewhat higher than your head, be cause of a padded arm rest befwoeu every pair of seats. Intermediate transportation consists of similar accommodations, in car riages padded in tn inferior manner, while the third class means roughing it 0:1 baro boards. Your vis-a-vis may not be agree able, but you have to succumb to the exigen cies of tho trip. Your f.liuw travelers often cmuse themselves by commenting on your make-up, as you know- by their whispered conversation and stealthy, smiling glances. Uoeause, as an American, used to better treatment, 3011 fail to bring a horse blanket with you, in which to wrap your knees aa l feet, j-ou aro Lxiked itpcn as an llxquiinan. A pair of rubber shoos ars a source of curi osity, not infrequently of laughter. Other men and worjten travel hi low cut shoes, and with blue, pinched noses. It is all summed under the head of custom. The American traveler is amused in his turn by a fellow running along the ror.fs of tho carriages, a red hot poker in Lis hand, lighting any way ho could the wicks of ga::oliuo lamps that il luminate the padlocked ceils. Xor is tho en joyment diminished at the discovery that the boasted lightning express trains stop at evciy btation, big and little. The duties of the con ductor of tho sleeping cars, a berth which h:v; to bo secured oftentimes three days in ad vance, if even then a chance? co:nc to gi t in one, aro to make the beds of the p-is.-iengcrs and blacken their shoes. The English systoui goes be3'ond this. In a corner of the coach i ; u heated stove, with a kettle of watjr 011 the top. Tho conductor makes a cup of tea whea requested. The Italian oiiiei;'! carries your srachel. You sleep, that is ii you can, cross wise in a car not a:ry higher than a circus cage, and in the morning cougratalato your self that tho ear springs did not punch into your ribs. Rome Cor. Baltimore Sun. Women Who Vi"ui:t Slices. It is an easy matter for an experience 1 man to handle women who want shoes. K she asks for a certain ftamLor lr; w ill not g away and get tho sise. lie will take oli hi r siioe and have a look at her foot, from which he can tell at glance just -what sort of a clo j will tit her. Ciet one that will make her foe t feel comfortable and that will look nice, and sho purchases at once. If you tako her word for the number, the chances are that you will be deceived, for a woman has an unaccount able objection to tolling Ler exact number, even if it is in the threes. A green eki k uk.ii learns this little peculiarity alter Le has shown everything in the shop Uj several wh y will not buy. Another rule with .-c:uc;i :j not to show- thvia too much. Let them ir-co several nice things and their choice is easy, if they are suited; but show them your who.'a stock and they will want to see n.ore. I flu 1 that ladies are not so given to cramping their feet as formerly, so as to make them seem smaller. Young misses still do that, but women of the world are not so willing to in jure their feet. The introduction of ilnglish styles has done this, for English ladies al ways wear comfortable shoes, rogardlt-ss of a tight fit. Shoe Clerk in Globe-Democrat. On tiie Seventh I loor. A well known Parisian portrait painter lived once, before his fame csuo, in a com mon lodging house at an altitude of reven stories, rearing he could not induce the public to come so high, he put up a placard on the basement of the house: Portraits taken here. Only ten francs. Studio en third floor." On reaching the third floor a placard, "Ten franc portraits: the studio has been removed to the fifth iloor," would greet tho eye. After much panting and pufT itig the picture seeker was greeted with "Tea fraac iiorlraits; the studio has, owing to re building of the premises, been tc-rnxicrai iiy removed to tho seventh ll xir." Th? customer ilid not mind suffer! .ig more after ho had reached that period of ascent, and the m tUt got his patron. "New York Sua. MR. DERGH ON DUTY. IiitiTlrrlim In I'.i Ii.itf of a rails u Itorsi. I'tiilcr Arn-M A Kurprlx-. On the corner of Avenue A h" bs rvi-n n: liveiliiiien bore m:i!y hi rug lm v. oil piv.eri.ig loildof h'ti vy boxes. The leu-i ' has (alleii down arid t In- brutal driver is.-nd 'a vo.--ng to ln"it hifu into a perpcmliev:i.:r p Ii i' i. ) lis dVorts me fruitless. A : 1 ' . , ..;!: livd ai otiiid the m-i-iik an I v. tri . ' . C,auiiu. are encouraging the driver t '! creater ruelt y. Mr? I'.ergh pieces l.i, ...y Into the ii'iit. r of t he t lining. "Take oil half those box- i and your l.oi -e V.iil go ail right.-' lie exclaims. "He'll go without that,-- is tho u :fei hag repl, its the driver's blows fail with i-douMi-d force upo.i the animal's head. ".Stop I M-i:t ing him, and do ns 1 tell you, or I'll nrrest you.-' At this a -i y of derision goes up from the crowd. An oiiieer arrives ut this 1 loui.-nt und gruhly inquires the cuuse of the !i.-liu b unii'. "Oflicer, aivi-st this man!-' orders Ivlr. Iiorgh. Tho otlicer looks lirst at onoof the men and then ut the other. 1 le ia acquainted with the brutal driver, of whom ho asks the full par ticulars of the aimi.. "My hor:,e fell down," ho explains, "and as I was getting him up this man interfered and thiViiieu- ii to ;:i 1. st me." "OHii-or," int'-rpo.-ed Mr. IVrgh, 1 ahaly, while the crowd enjoys the scene with hilar ious delight, "1 order you to ui-rcst that man." I ll do nothing of the sort,'' rMurus tho oflicer, "but Til arrest you. Come with mo to the : tat ion hoil.-.e." "Wait, until 1 tako this man's name and immlior and I'll go," ivphcs Mr. b'ergh. This iiii'oi-mal ion is Mion ol.'.-i-"' ! c-'d pair start f r i'. . . ..... gone tM blocks t!ie oiiieer, who was lion phissed at ti.e prisoner's willingness to ac company him, began to fear that he Lad lioeli led into a blunder. "J don't kno-.v as I c.iro about arreting you," he remarks. "Ye-:, yuii do. You i.it"rf"red with mo i.l the pi-riormance of icy duly and ijow J'ou must take mo to the station hou.-o." "I don't WiOit to. '011 can go.-' "1 wi-I go iiini yo-.i siiiill go wuh mo. If you won't m 11: t ill", I'll crii-st you.'" 'You.''- in ton; s of the ilei'jK-.'.t amazement. "Yes," displaying his gold badge as i.n o'ilc: t of tha Mo- ii-ty for the 1 'levent iiei of Cruelty to Anil. .a: "A re -, 011 Mr. I a r; ,h :"' "It makes no diliVretfo v!io 1 am. You come vvith me." At tills point In tin; journey the ofi'ci r's I'liaiposure entirely gas e way. lli be-gi .1 an.l pl.-aded. lie laid it would rum his future, lie was a now man on the force, lb did not s-e- the driver beat his horse v: ry much. lie had a w ife and live children who would starve if he v.-cs discharged. At la.-1 Mr. liergii's pity was touched. Taking tho man's mime and number and warning him tli.-it a repetition of such h'.'.i-v. arnmess would be instaiilly -"pone'!, he left him and walked briskly in the direction of tho abattoir on Avenue A. Benjamin "Northrop in Xe.v York -'Jail and ! Impress. t xii'r.s vi- Outdoor .i!v-rtisiiijj. On great thoroughfares some men are only t:o glad to put up fences for the owners and consider the permission a privilege. And they erect cosily fences at that. V.'hero an old building 011 Broadwaj", for instance, is being raised, a master bill post.'i- or advertising sign man will fence the lot and pay some thing handsome for the exclusive use of the boards, lie will use the best material ami have the job done in first class style. When the big posloilice was in course .f erec'.ion tho contractor received a small fortune for the use of theoxti nsive fence that surrounded the plot of ground, and tiio fra'o coiitraefiiig advertising firm is said to hao realized thousands of dollars daring its pro tracted stay. This was tho beginning of this stylo of oat-o '-door advertising that has since spread to every important city throughout tho coun try. Two or three firms in this c.ty employ as many as fifty men each who are expert lcltc:vr.s, and a few of them real artists in the way of pictorial work, who are .sent all over the United States a:id the Cminias to maku tho rocks and hills tell of the virtues Smith's Lung Destroyer or some ot her patent nostrum. !. lories aro eurrenj of so much as -?10!l,(iO) .1 year beir.g expend: d in that way by the ow.-.er of one pr..prii;tai - medicine, .but that is f. great deal to bo obliged to believe. Stiil. it is evident that millions are paid out amiuaUy ia m-.rn.noth lithographic and wo.do;:t work and for i !;o dofm-.-mcut of nat -iil'.d tec iierv. 1 '.o ii.u:.'.-: pi;.,te: s ale-no cost about ::;.!,!::iii;iv.li. and I hen what L-d Hiefor rulb.ray compan'; s weekly m v. s;:a;-c:s. big ciolhiug houses, ocean steamship companies, and theatrical combinations mr.ke up t vast aggregate1. Xe'.v York Times. Ui-trs j ing a liiiTiii-n Maiady. "How do I know that man had. something the matter with his right carl-' repeat--d a Delaware stree t ::u.i: t w.t h whora a repor; v.as talking. "Why, because he told me so. Didn't you see him do it:"' The rcpo'tcr conlev-.sed that ho had :i'.t hoard the man make any remark as ho jw ' :e i the window where the aurist mid the vi.-,ite-r were sitting. "Well, he did it. Or.t there on tho corner of 1:13- houiie I have a little tin sign contain ing l:ry name, benea.h w hicii are the w ord.-, "Eve and Ear.' -Cow, it is a very strange phe-nomonon. but nine m-.-n out t.f ten wim r.re troubled with ai.iii t ir;.:s of the eye rr ear will reveal the location of their diseuyo when they see that s:g:i. They do it uneeni-seious!-. A man places in a ieep brown study. lie is oblivious of everything. .Even the direction and style of his gait are ::i" chanioak When h ; is opposite that sign he is meckaniomiy remind' d tiuit hois inlere. t.d in it and ho L-i'gins to investigate the magni tude of his mlc-rest. If Lis eye is sore he will rub it: if he wears glasses he will take them oil' and wipe them, or it hi.; hearing is bad Le wiii put his hand to his car. it is all me chanically done. Tha man to whom I called your attention put his hand to his right ear when ho saw the sign. The demonstration is a freak of nature w hich shows that wo can never become so engrossed in anything cs to be regardless of cur-elves." Indianapolis Journal. A CnrioisOia Clock. There is a clock on exhibitica at th? San Francisco mining bureau wLi.-h. is wry curious in construction, and, though over -ears tdd, keeps exceHer.t time. It is inclosed ia a long gla.ss case 0:1 a three foot stand. The clock is but twelve inches long and about eight wide. It is made of Japanese b:is.s and has two sielo doers, which aro kept open ia order to allow visitors to see its ur.iqu construction. Instead of the hand movin -they remain ct a staridstill, while tiie di-l continually goes round and ever;.- minute a small weight moves up a peg. The- ia; e is covered with Japanese characters. Tie clock is wound up daily by pulling two .small weights, which are attached to a cord and move a larger and heavier weight so as t'i touch the works. This clock was th- p.opc-r-ty of the mikado's household for vvet ICO 3ears. Chicago .'ews. I h o D Is on joying a D AIL'S" AMD jSjDI'TIOjNS. Will ha oik- 1 siring wiiii-Ji ,c t-u I ji (.-, id' liutioiial intoiost i in jc v'i bco will Le. stroiio-ly ngitali-'l :nnl tin cirri i m ol' :t I'lC-itlrnt will lake jilare. 'li:e 1 !( of ('.'IS.S ('olllll.' win V.nllM li!f to le.tl'M of Political, Commercial and Social Transactions L .t 1 111 l 01 mis year aiiu voi;iu k cj aji;:rc wnli the times s-lionlc) l-'ol: or Daily Weekly Now while we have the .siihject l-elorethe jieople we v ill vetiture to spetik of our JOB mwwwm -.: iy iv'ri.'ir-' Which is iir.st-clas.-s in till rosjiects ainl from which our )h printers, are tiirniiifr out much Piitisfaetorv worlc. PLATTS3I0UTH, 5 ! n mninn Hpr t Boon in "both, its MIT I IKK I 111: eraic! i mm NEBRASKA i