TJfF DAILY IIEliALI), 1 LAlTSMOtJ 111, Hr,vmnmvA, THtlitSDAV. MAROFI 15, lSSS.
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JLEAP TEAR. LEG ENDS.
A VARIETY OF PEASANT SUPERSTI--.
. TIONS AND FOLK LORE.
The Tcr' liipropitloa Iiil1um- on
Frmlni; ..rntln l:it ;l luwaa
Saprrktltioii Trntllt loi in tli Kurly
ltjyt of tiie tburrh A l-mii.
. The break in the regular order of days
Is naturally a matUrof nve uwl :inin;
kenalon for the i:us.uit m;ml. We iu
cordiiigly find, in nearly nil th old coun
tries, u vitritty of Mi;u-rstit ions lusU rin
around lenj year, 'i he run-1 folk, lore ft
Knlnud U-ll in ln,v ull tl:- jk-uh and
LeauM grow the vvroi.-,' way in t Ivir U
that Ih, the Keed are mi hi tf.uic tin- n
trary way to what lliey r.w i:i t Iicr'yenrs.
The reason coiiiiuntily j... ; j; :!- t I'or'iiii.n
BUppocil eccentric fnak of ii itiuv is "b
cause St u the l.i-lh s' jear. tl.'y ('iie i-ca
and Lohii;;) ulway lio l',v, vi-oji.-. way in
leap year."
In Ilclpuni the peasantry maintain that
thin yeai Ih not oniy u i freqi:i.:itly r.iipro
pilioui for fariiiili. o;-rjitio;i.s, i.ut that
throughout it the yonur; of n. domestic
animal will thrive ns ut other times. A
fclmilar fati!ity, they urue, e.UeiuU to
every kind of youn trras.-t and shoots,
which It is afT.riac I invariably hecome
cither Htunted in their growth or hllLted.
The ffcnllr i':i prevail ia cer
tain distf ids of Ku.s.ii i, j.nd, in accord
ance with the tii!ie-honored and ounli
quoted 1 rover l, tho o:is;iiit i r minded
how, "V HI. Ca-ia:i lh. look
on ncowit will wither." Oh .the other
hand, t litre would m-ciii to he exceptions
to this r!u, as ia Sicily, where the former"
is ndvisel to 'Vet and raft vines in leap
year." I
The niricnt Kor.mns con.' idercd the lis
bcxtile, r "leap day," a critical f-eason,
rcckoniif it aiiioi.i their unlucky I.iys.
That Ihil belief has not by any means lt
ground evidenced by tin; deep rooted
dislike ;rents have to a child Ix-inc; born
n 'Ior-iiday," it Win; u ular notion
that to ome into the world at stfli an
CKld tir.it is ominous as i:;ii'yiiiir the i-r-fuu's
tiHi'dy exit, lint those, however,
whochaK e to be born on this pnrticulur
ilay havclittle occasion to dread Mic h un
necessary alarms, for "it must be rcmcm
lxred hoT k-ap years comes arom.d ajcain
and n'aii, only too truly to testify to the
titter ful-ity of the many articled of belief
attached'; its anniversary."
A varidy of this superstition prevail
on the !itinent, and, aceordii:s to a
piece of "!ii?:caii folk lore, when a child is
born in 1 year, either it or its mother
will die Ifore the year lias expired, lint,
apart f roll consideration of this kind, it
must be acknowledged that it is somewhat
awkward to lie bom on "leap day," as a
person c.n only celebrate the anniversary
jf bis bifh tiiu-K in four years, it like
wise als has its advantages, as in the
cast of tlo-e of the lair sex who like, as
far a M!b!e, to minimize their aye, ami
hence l'k with envious eyes 0:1 those
whose be: Inlay comes only once to their
lour.
lleferrfa to this month. Mr. Chambers
remarks,! in the "Popular Rhymes of
Scotland, that "it appears to be consid
ered by rtime people as the most import
ant. We have as many rhymes about
thi doclod month as about all the rest
pnt toJher, many of them expressing
cither an opi-n detestation of it or a pro
found seasc of its influence in deciding
the weaticr that is to follow."
15nt nifcin, l-np y-ar is not without its
tradition) and legendary lore. St. Augus
tine, for, example, writing of it, says:
'The alniyhty made it from the beyi:i
ning of tie world fora preat mysterj-, and
l it be passed by untold, the lir.-t course
of tJ'e 't:r yyiH ,MJ perversely altered, be
cans( thev is one day a!id one night not
reckonex.'-1 M you will not recount it also
to the mln, as to the sun, then you frus
trate the raid tor Kaster. and the reckon
ing of every bcV moon all the year."
Hampsol, in bis "McdiKCri Kalendar
Inm," qno:cs the following quaint tradi
tion from a Saxon treatise: -'.Some assert
that the Idssextus comes throii-h tbif,
that Joshui prayed to Gcd that the sun
might staid still for one day's lcr.gth,
when he swept, the heathen from the land
as God grntcd to him. It is true that
the sun Id stand stil for one d.iy's
length over the city of Gebaon; but theday
went forwixd in the Fame manner as other
days. And the bissextus is not through
that, as sone think."
In Franc there is a popular tradition
cmong the peasantry In the environs of
LaChatrcof a different kind altogether.
It is said that every leap year a particular
KOrt of evil demon makes its dread ap
pearance, whoe "only pleasure is to be
displeased." His shape is r.ot distinguish
able in member, joint or limb. Xeariy
thirty years arro, M. J.f.mrico fcvind exhib
ited in the salon a powerful and graphic
plsinreof this mysterious being. '"It i3
cvenf.ig; the sun has just set over a waste
country covered with marshy bogs and
fens full of sta znat ing water. The clouds
are bloodstained by the last rays of the
departing day ttnr, and the dark red color
is reflected 011 the ppleeping pools. Out
of the depth of one ot them in the distance
a marvelous monster has arisen, and is
leaning against an old water worn pile.
Before him tins frightened fishermen fly
and fall. His form is not to deQnite as
e-uld be desired, but still he i the ghost
ft leap year." T. F. Thisteltoa Dyer in
Home Journal.
TThat fay the rnrfsts?
A new verb, to '-ante-pone," ha3 hecome
a claimant for public adoption. It evi
dently avoids the roundabout way in
which, by several words of a sentence, vrc
have been in the habit of expressing the
idea which is the opposite of that coa
iJned in the accepted word "postpone."
Thi' raeans 10 Pkce after, in point of
time- "ante-pone" means to place before.
IrTno'int oJ thne- Ic is correctly formed
irom two ltin words, rnd in a literary
point of view, eJ scarcely be objected to.
It will be a more coJ-1 anJ a gorier
mode of expression to use nrle words
such as "ante-pone," 'nute-poned
'ante-poning" and "antr;'10n:eilt'
than to write, as heretofore, 5ce
stating that specified things wh.a
been fixed for a certain date were to cUie
off on a date prior to the one origmaiiy .
intended. One word will satisfactorily
contain the whole idea. Newport News, -j
A Small Koj'a Modct lieqnesJ- j
"Grandpa," said Bertie, "you like to
ee young boys enjoy themselves, don't
yon?" . ' - , !
"Why, yes," replied grandpa. '
- ' "And yon like to do all you can to help
"em bare a good time, don't yon?"
"Whv, certainly." '
"I thought so. "Well, me and the
TonpUr-s bovs and the darks are going
to play 'Life on the Plains' in the Clarks'
barn for the next two afternoons, and I
thenzht. Id asfc yon to let us take your
M-ig to use for ft fccalp," Chicago Inter
Mankn for Valuable C.cm.
"A" richly' dressed, handsome young
woman attracted considerable attention
in the lxx of a fashionable theatre one
evening this week. It was not her un
usual lx-nuly for Vhero were other ladies
present who excelled her in personal
1 harms that made her conspicuous,
neither was it due to any unusual dcort-im-nt
on be.- pari. The whole claim ujkh
f.um: rested in the manilircnt solitaire
diamoiul earrint;H she wore. As they
caught the rayn f the electric li.iht they
a!mo.-.t daz.kil tiie eyes of the audience.
There evidently was no paste alxiut them.
They were genuine stones and worth not
k--: than sje.'.OOO each. When the day
had coiim; to an end, a reporter who had
oiiserved t he hwly during the perfurmanee,
saw lic-r as kIio was leaving the building,
ih- looked f.ir the diamonds, but they
v.i I '; 11 L visible. The setting of the stones
i :ri iii:ed the harue, but in the place of
tie- ;.:cms were two chased gold bulbs,
mk'.i as any fashion loving saleslady
mi
have aspir-d t- own.
I.'i'.Uhig f.r tho diamonds?" asked the
rei !;' i '.s companion, v, ho spent his days
1:1 : ..:M"ii l-.ne jewelry emporium.
'Vc.. Has she changed her earrings'?"
' No; b!.r still wears them. She has
:e ,-iy covered them up with those gold
11M ,-:s. Tiie.-e contrivances arc of recent
origin," he explained, "and are becoming
very fashionable. They are cheap unci
neat. They lit over the stones and hide
them from view. 15y this means a lady
can wear plain gold ornaments on the
"-tri'ot, and the moment she reaches the
playhouse she can blolSom out in the most
uoreoiis jewelry. She runs no risk of
robntry. and otters no bait to hinhway
i:vi. It is safe and economical." New
York Mail mid Kxpres.
Tim ?ii.-erleori!ia i f Florence.
Here, sis we turn a corner, we meet one
of the queerest looking processions in the
worldl It is ;b small comjiany of men,
1 heir heads perfectly covered with white
maiitl'.s, wiili holes for Hie cye.i and
motitii. They look in the moonbeams like
a company of dead pcoul ju.-t resurrected
and walking about the streets, with
shrouds still upon them. One of them,
met alone in un American town, would
scan any girl into hysterics.
A feeling of indignation comes over w
an we glance at this strange walking
group, but when we know what they are,
it turns into a sent inietit of fervent love.
They i;re the Misericordia an association
formed to comfort and relieve misery
wherever they can hear of it. They are
recruited from all classes of citizens, from
the prince to the paiqicr. When:, certain
signal is struck by the lell of the big
cathedral, it means that somelxidy is suf
fering mid needs their help. Those on
duty that week must rush to their rendez
vous as village people do to a fire, and
help the afllieted one. These masks con
ceal their faces from bystanders and from
each other. No one knows w ho they aro
not even the person who is receiving
their help. Six of these men are bearing
a human body with them. If the stretcher
is tightly closed they carry a corpse; this
one is open, thank heaven, and they are
trying to save a life to its friends. If any
association in Italy has the approval of
Jod. the Misericordia has. Will Carleton
in New York Star.
'Inriuaii'i ImlifiVrenee to Ileutli.
Three Hurmans were led out to sufTer
death by being shot. They were perfectly
apathetic, not seeming to care a bit, judg
ing by the way they laughed and talked
and smoked the never absent cigar. One
ot them having lieen lied i:p, the other
two squatted down and watched the sen
tence being carried out with intense inter
est. The volley was fired, ami so true
had gene the bullets that the top of the
IJurman's head was riddled with five of
them. Turning away in disgust, what was
my horror and surprise to see the remain
ing two prisoners rolling on the ground,
convulsed with laughter at the elFect cf
the Sepoys' rifles. It was some time be
fore they recovered sufficiently to be
taken up for punishment, and when they
were, one of them was smoking a cigar and
the c.tlier burst out laughing just as the
order for firing was given.
ThT Uurmau, it will le seen from this,
Is rpathetic, apparently indifferent to
ileal h. In spite of this quality, he is a
coward in action and rarely fights in the
open or stands his ground when attacked.
They are not n t?.ll race, and in many re
spects resemble the Chinese, having flat
faces and small eyes. They wear their
hair long like a worceu, and the greatest
insult that they can receive is to have their
hair cut. In daily life they are lazy, mak
ing the women do everything; thieves and
liars, and not to be trusted in any business
transaction. Nevile Morris in New York
Etar.
Tacts Concerning Cold Waves.
There are many other curious facts con
nected with the progress of cold waves.
Many instances occur, saj-s L.ieut. Wood
ruo, where the temperature at a given
station, at the time of the appearance cf
the cold wave in the northwest, is lower
than the minimum afterward produced
by the col.i wave. It often happens that
a cold wave sets in from the extreme
northwest, and upon reaching the Missis
sippi valley divides, a part going north
easterly to the lower lake region and the
other part southward to the Gulf states.
In either case the intensity appears to be
greatly diminished. This action seems
generally to be due to the sudden devel
opment of a storm somewhere in the
southern part of the Missouri valley.
Sometimes a storm of slight energy re
mains in Kansas, Missouri and the Iudiau
territory, and has the effect of retarding,
or even totally destroying a cold wave.
Again, when a cold wave is retarded in
this way, it seems often to gather fores
and intensity, and rush rapidly forward
and spread over the entire country. An
other frequent feature is that after a cold
wave commences the temperature con
tinues to fall in the northwest, and an
other wave is formed entirely distinct
from the first, from which it becomes sep
arate:! by a warm wave. The warm wave
is only a narrow belt, but the cold waves
are perfectly distinct. Pioneer Press.
EritlsH roatoiT.ee Girl.
In one respect the employment of
cales in the British pCtoCice is acting
a a way 3t quite foreseen by the depart
ment namely; la the promotion of mar
riages. Especially has ihv i--Central hall"
u!lCTed in this respect, lour ot its tuwr 1
valued lady clerks having lately resigned
In order to enter the stale matrimonial. (
But if the government js thereby incon
venienced all the girls in the department
are pleased, for if they do not win lb
prize of matrimouy tliey profit in the way
of promotion by the retirement of their
fortunate sisters. St. Louis Republican, !
, 1
She I hear that you Lave lost yenr 1
valuable little dog, Mr. Sissr. '
jje Ya'as, in a railroad accident. I
was saved but the dawg was killed-
She Shocked) "Wliat . a pi'jl The
Epoch. ." . ' J
IRRIGATING LANDS.
DESCRIPTION OF THE BIG DITCHi
OUT IN COLORADO.
t'onotructlon of CauuU for Irrigation.
TuIsiC th I'.Iver or Creek I'lootllng
tlio Crouit iu a Dry Season Surprising
i:-Milt Fronts.
The great system of irrigating lands in
dry sections for crops is us yet in its in
fancy, but wherever tried It lias done
well, and irrigating ditches have yielded a
large return to the investors in them.
.Most oi tho largest ditches are iu Col
orado, w here ;j,00u,0w!) acres of land are
subject to irrigation. Of this vast body
less tiian GXt,00'0 acres, have been ir
rigated, leaving 2,500,000 to be wa
tered yet. The canals in course of
construction will water about 1,200,000
of the 2,."i(HJ,0(iO acres. This is enormous
when we consider that the whole
system of irrigation has grown tip almost
within the past five years. The San Iouis
Park canal, watering 400,000 acres; State
Land canal, 1 10, 000 acres; Citizens' canal,
110,000 acres, and Del Norte and Suguache
canal, l.0,000 acres, may be mentioned as
among the most successful Colorado
ditches. These three canals cover 100,000
acres of government land, 200,000 acres of
patented land, and 1 0.000 acres of state
land. They will furnish homes for be
tween 3,000 and 4,000 farmers. The water
for the canals is taken from the Uio
Crande river near the town of Del Norte.
The largest canal is 120 feet wide at its
head and gradually narrows down to
twelve feet. Its depth varies from two to
six feet. It has when full 11 capacity for
watering 400,000 acres of land.
CONSTKUCTI NO A CANAL.
How do they make irrigating canals?
Easy enough and quite rapidly. First, is
tho construction of the main canal. The
water is taken from a river or creek, the
supply being regulated by a head cnte.
The canal may be ten, twenty or fifty feet
wide av.d one, Jive or ten feet deep, nc
conliii'.; to the volume of water desired.
(Ie::erally the canals are wide and shallow
like, a creek Indeed, they are merely
artificial creeks, and when grass grown
and planted with trees alone; their banks
are hard to tell from the natural streams.
A favorable place for tapping the river or
creek having been found, the canal is
carried forward to the high grounds. It
is generally given about half the fall of
the river or creek, so it soon reaches an
elevation far above the natural stream
and has the lands between it and the
stream below its waters. At intervals as
needed, small canals are taken out and
carried to the farms. Each lateral has a
head gate and measure for the water. The
laterals are built so as to cover the greatest
number of farms. At certain distances
sublaterals are taken out from the main
laterals, and these sublaterals too have
head gates and 'miter measures. The sub
laterals are used by individual farmers.
If before plowing time there has been rain
enough to soften the ground the farmer
does not resort to his ditch, but, if tho
season is dry, he opens his headgatw and
saturates the ground. The seeding is
then done. Ten acres is about tho allow
ance of land that can be irrigated in one
day per man. Unless water is very plenti
ful farmers are limited to eighty acres each
to be irrigated in one season, but this does
not include grass lands.
After the crops come up they are irri
gated or simply flooded. The quantity of
water put on is about equal to what would
fall in three days' steady rain. "When tiie
crop is half grown it is irrigated again.
Two irrigations are considered enough for
a crop in a season, unless the weather is
very hot and dry, and then three irriga
tions may be put on. It will thus be seen
that every farmer holds in his own hands
the means of making a crop when he has
irrigating ditches.
EXPENSE of mniGATiox.
Root crops can always be kept moist,
and require five or ten times as much
water as cereals. The expense of irriga
tion, when compared with tho benefits
derived is very slight. Irrigation about
doubles crops, and the cost of the water is
never over $2 per acre, and often as low
as sixty cents per acre, per annum. Forty
and fifty bushels of wheat per acre are
often raised under irrigation. Potatoes
frequently grow to five pounds, and yield
250 to 500 bushels per acre. Other root
crops yield equally well, and barley will
yield forty bushels per aero and oats often
fifty and sixty bushels. I have seen sev
enty seven bushels of oats cut on an acre
of irrigated land, and myself measured
500 bushels of wheat cut from a ten acrs
field in Colorado, near Boulder. Wild
hay, when well irrigated, will cut two
tous per acre, and alfalfa four to six tons.
All kinds of berries, sucli as strawberries,
raspberries, blackberries, gooseberries,
currants and such fruits, grow prolific
allv under irrigation, and yield nearly a
donble crop. From $300 to 100 is often
taken from an acre for small fruits.
Ditching machines have been made for
digging irrigating canals, but I never sav-'
one that worked satisfactorily. The best
ditching machine is an Irishman and a
wheelbarrow or a plow and a scraper. A
ditch ten feet wide and two or thfeo feet
deep can ordinarily be made at" a cost of
1,000 per mile. The income from the
water in such a ditch in a good locality is
about 24 per cent, per annum on the cost
cf making. So it will be seen ditching is
profitable. The little companies first
formed in Colorado had great difficulty in
placing their stock, but they throve amaz
ingly and soon men of capital began to
look into the matter. The Colorado Loan
and Trust company was formed by Mr.
T. C. Henry for the purpose of irrigating
lands, and soon large ditches were under
way. This company now controls many
ditches and irrigates nearly 1,000,000 acres
of land. There are many other compa
nies, and I believe all are making money.
Gen. James S. Brisbin in New York
Tribune.
Delicately Flattering tlio "Freshies."
A certain barber in this beautiful city
has been vexed in spirit because some of
his trade seemed in a fair way to slip
away from him. The manner of it is this:
He has among his customers a large num
ber of Yale freshmen of tender years.
These frisky youths insist upon being
.shaved, although their chins may be as
smooth as the surface of a billiard ball.
The barber saw that in order to keep that
class f trade he must convince it that it
had hair on its face, so he beihonght him
self of a scheme.' Jle took a very fine
r;izor and honed it down to a. Very fine
edge. This accomplished, he so manipu
lated (he tpol that when it was drawn
along the smooth flesh Jt made a noise as
if the points were being soaped off a
barbel wire fence.
He tried it on the first freshman that
came in, and the man went away looking
as pleased as if his mcther-in-law had just
died. The tonsorial artist now flourishes
and the freshman goes on his way rejoic
.fng. New Haven News.
HE BESTED MORRISSEY.
.1 u I IbVii MnV I'.oj's Oik Itouild ll.at
i . i.ed to Hi .Success In Life.
C W'liitrt lliii.f tin vm?isTr cf 111
V 1 1111, Vl',.. II.IKLV. - . ...V
New Vork, Lake Erie and Western ra'.lroad
company for many years, h;is resigned.
He is succeeded bv Peter V. Donobue,
! who was Paymaster White's asist;mt.
When risk and Gould were in coativ.1 of
the Erie, Peter Donohuo was 1'isk's oiTire
boy. lie was a blight-built boy, but I. is
eye was always on the right side of
business.
One day Fisk gave orders to Peter, who
sat at the outside door of Prince Erie's
office in the (Jrand Ojiera House buildlm;,
that he would be enaed in some partic
ular matters, and must le out to every
applicant, no matter who it miht. be.
At that time John Morrissey and l i k
were great friends, and Morrissey hap
pened to want to see Fisk that day on some
important business. Peter knew of the
high regard Fisk had for John Morrissey,
and the latter was in the habit, when ho
called at the Erie building, of walking
into Fisk's office unannounced and with
out ceremony. On this day he was pass
ing, when the three-foot-nnd-a-half of.iee
boy rose up and told tho congressman
that he couldn't pass.
"llow'a that?" said Morrissey.
"Mr. Fisk is busy and can't see any
body," replied Peter Donohuc.
"He'll see me," said Morrissey.
"No he won't,"' insisted Peter.
The persistence of the boy rather net
tled the ex-prize fighting statesman, and
h- said, testily, and taking a btep toward
the door:
Do you know who I am?"
"Yes," saitl Peter, coolly, "you're John
Morrissey."
"Well," said Morrissey, "I gnecs Mr
Fisk will see i.. .-. ''
With that he swept the diminutive of
fice boy aside and strode toward the door.
His hand was on the knob, but he did not
tern it. Peter Donohue sprang on the
broad back of the former .athlete and
climbed tip it like a monkey. He threw
his arm around Morrissey's neck and
gave it a squeeze that shut the big nian'u
wind off, and forced him to give all his
attention to freeing himself from the de
termined office boy's grasp. He finally
succeeded, but when the novel struggle
was over the office boy stood again be
tween the congressman and Fisk's dour.
"Mr. Fisk gave me orders to let nobody
in there," exclaimed Peter, 'and yuu
can't go in. That's all there is about it."
Morrissey's anger quickly gave way to
admiration of the boy's pluck and faith
fulness, and, laughing heartily over his
defeat, he went away. He told Fisk next
day about his encounter with Peter, and
how the latter had "downed him." Noth
ing all Fisk's remarkable career ever
pleased him as much as the "miil," as he
called it, between Morrissey and Donohue.
The boy was rapidly advanced by Fisk,
And one of the direct results of this affair
with Morrissey is his present place at the
nead of the most important branch of the
Srio railway's financial department.
S'ew York Sun.
Politeness of tiie Japanese.
Talking of politeness, the Japanese have
that article in their composition to a very
extraordinary extent. Men are always
excessively polite to one another. They
bend their backs and bow their heads and
put their two hands back to back lietween
their knees and have a great time. Hut
the most amusing thing is to see two old
laJies in Japan meeting one another on
the street. The street is empty, w e'll say,
and they catch sight of one another three
or four blocks apart. They immediately
begin to make obeisance at one another,
and they keep bending and bowing at
short intervals until they come together,
when they make that peculiar hiss by
drawing iu the breath and keep on saying
"Ohayo" for about two minutes. The
young things, the "Moosmais," are very
charming and graceful in their greeting of
one another, but the old ladies are ornate
and elaborate in their address.
And the language has lieen framed with
a view to the necessities of politeness and
of difference in rank. "Are," with the
accent on the e, is the verb to be. If you
are talking to a coolie, somebody very
much below you, "are" is good euouu'i
for "is." If you are talking to one a
little below you, or you wish to be pol te
to an underling, you use "arinias." If
you are on formal terms with an equ-il,
you say "gozarinias," and when you ad
dress a mau high above you ia rank you
make it "gozarimasuru." It's an elastic
language, and pulls out to almost any
length. San Francisco Chronicle "Un
dertones." Germany's Army Commanders.
The emperor of Germany is the com
mauder-iu-chief of the army, whose motto
is "For God, Xing and Fatherland." The
allied sovereigns, Bavaria, Saxony, etc.,
appoint their ofiicers of the contingent
which they furnish, but they have to be
approved by the emperor. The minister
of war is Gen. Von Schellendorf. He
superintends the different commands for
Prussia and the confederated states.
Field Marshal Yon Moltke is at the head
of the general staff, which is made up of
the ofiicers of the different armies tempo
rarily detached. They form seven divis
ions. Tho first three study each a theatre
of war, the fourth occupies itself with the
railroads, the fifth devotes its time to mili
tary history, the sixth studies geography
and statistics and the seventh geodosy
and topography. Field Marshal Vet
Moltke can call to his assistance the most
dist inguished civil engineers in the empire
whenever he wishes. Tho general sti ff
has a library, begun in 1S1G. which nosv
comprises nearly 00.000 volumes. Berlin
Cor San Francisco Chronicle.
Take Time at the Table.
Americans live at too high a pressure.
N man has any business having func
tional dyspepsia. Organic dyspepsia is
different. That is due to cancer or some
other specific disease of the stomach or
other internal organs. Rapid eating
I ften grows out of the habit of eating
j alone. Pleasaut company at tabie and
goou ioou are excellent preventives or
rapid eating. Eat slowly, enjoy your
food, take plenty of time between courses
and let your teeth do their share of the
work instead of putting the whole job on
the stomach. If you don't enjoy your
meals take vigorous enough exercise to
make you hungry. Hunger is the best
sauce. That is the way to prevent dys
pepsia if you haven't it, and the way to
J cure it if you have, New York World
! Interview.
The Rule oT Tliroe,
First Medical Student Aw doctor.
1 what is the spbjec selected for discussion
at our next meeting of the Medico Scien-
' Vifico society? D'ye know, doctor
' Second Medical Student Aw let me
see, doctor. Aw yes:
"Resolved, That if a boy falls from a.
second story window and breaks one leg,
wouldn't lie break two legs if he fell from
i a fourth, story window?" Tbe Epoch..
FUBNITURE
Parlor Sets,
YOU A IA4
FINE :-: FURNITURE
Kitchens, lHallwnys, Ollicca,
CO TO
Where a magnificent
Price
UNDER AKING AND bit?
CORNER MAIN AND SIXTH
be
Is on joying a
EDITION S.
The
Year
Will be one during' which tin: .sub jects of
national interest anl importance will he
strongly agitated and the ejection of a
President will take jdacc. Hie people of
Cass County who would like to learn of
Political, Commercial
and Social Transactions
of this year and would keep apace witli
tiie times should
lOIi
Daily or Weekly Herald.
Now while we have the subject before the
people we will venture to fcpeak ot our
m -gfV
Which is first-class arr"1fli renpeets " 'aiwly! ,A
from which onJoljpi-intei, ars turning '
outnmch satisfactory work. -
PL
ATTSJIGTJi-iT,
r
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v
EMPORIUM!.
Bedroom Sets.
CLASSES OF
FOK-
stock of (ioods ami Fair
abound.
BALM ING A SPECIALTY
- PLATTSMOLTII, NKIiHASKA.
2oon in both, iti
KIT11KK rnn;
iV.i
NEBRASKA.
attsmouth Herald
1888
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