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LSI- t km i)AlLY HERALD, JrlAiTSMUuTfT, NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. MAY 10. 1SS3. OLERIC -PEOPLE. CHAPTCR ON THE ADVANTAGES OF SERENITY. ("irontrill-l I'au.lon OppoMwl to lD ,gvit jr of I.I rv Ileal fli of Mind und fiody to-Irfeiileitt ' Fuclt for the Hot IlliMxIeri to riutler Over. Ilcgnrding tho matter merely from tho , hygienic standpoint, eirort can bo expanded fer the oliU.iiiiin-iit of few more valuable pos-w-s.ions Uiau u rn!m ami even tempcruiuciit. fSii b a tern;eraiiii'iit does not rusli to ex tremes, it is not swept by whirlwinds of f;.e!it'g; under almost any circumstances it be cunii content. Few things can present a , more insurmountable barrier, not only to mental ills, but even to. physical ailments and infirmities, or yield a better grounded lir.jxj of longevity.. Sir I -iiiac Newton, .for instance, led the ptacid and uneventful if toilsome esistciuro of a student and bruin worker. Tho serenity of his day wiflis only to huvo lcen disturled by t!i controversy witli Ia:H i.ilz r.'grirdiir; the invention of the Huxiorial fnc'lio-Is. mid the- quarrel with FlMiiislit.-d, tile ic-ti'.n'M.iiT royaL How great bis eipia tiiuniy ivii.i-in othe r worL, how thorcughly r.-i.i i;.s tho controlling element in his ::;.. -.il to tlio biilijcetion of the j.as- hi.cn -.i;. .- i.'-j in the well known story with J'V I '" hi i ll'g li 1111'!! 1. And whut WJU t'i-' ri Hi-; health v:is v i porous unit ru- ;na:iil uuimo.iii vd to witliin a few years of 1 . - ! . i ' i i lit. lo-.t hut one toolli in all his lift', ll-f i:i'vt-r won.. glav.i lie never grew br;! !, it 1 1' 1 In- lived to the npo old n'O of b. years, .'iiu .Milton, again, live! in troubled tini' , i'i v.: Jcli he bore his full part. lie v.-.-is given, tio to (Kilemical writing, which is i-pt to i scito warm feeling. Vet in his jicr.on.'il habit lie was auslcro ami grave, holding liiiiLvlf sternly aloof from the prof Jig:ito rabble nround him. and inflexibly t--fc::d:' :-t nris: 1 t dotm-slic infelicity, obloquy find mi-! .i";iiie. lloou!d scarcely be colled n ! t I ! " 1- i iii in, and, after a life whose ml'' physical all'ietion wns tho loss of his eyesight, he di-d at tho age of Co. OTitiai notable i.nstan'cla. Con! rust it h his tho brief career of another famous Kngli.-.h oct, lrd By toil Torn as ho was by every pu-ioii, and the victim of lint ni' t wearing en lot ion, chronic hate, a spirit that furnished tho arena in quick Suc re -;oi: for tir- n. .-t inteuso and extreme ro vn! i . ms of feeling allowed its jessessor an r.ithly cxi.-teocu of but thirty -.ix short yr-.r pr. : t!- ; i of f i :r. i! 0:ir o.vn calm Emerson, than whom, no 111.1:1 that ever lived was less -.i gusts i.f feeling, reached the age '. - r 1'oc, who was a sort of cmo : siuecock, waa miserable all his life. r.ir.i ui- I at -to. iUmund Kean, not only in 1;U pr..;-::.sio:sa! capiicity, was un actor and ;.:in. t. r i- frc piently obliged to feign the t :!- v.-heuiviit p;i.ciicn, which is commonly fir :p,..-i to be tho next worst thing to :i-i;.i!.v ;' t iln;; thc:ii but in hw private life v.-.-s r. rn:::i .f ;no-t erratic and tiery temper iinient. Keau l.i.n.S'.lf was a stage for the lr:iia i of th" ;.; - ; :is, aTuI the conseqm'noe :is he is fivijuntly ill. and survived but ;i y - j i b votid iJ. r.i ion h.is U ( ii.t inaptly defined as any :t..-.:ioii -f the sonl which alfec-ts tho lxdy i'.n 1 is all- ct.-d by it. Such is the sympathy exi-tin bets-.-the mind anil the Imdy, tho iii rul ftvlings t-X'-rcise a Hteut inlluence on fhf phy:'"d orgnnti, while the latter in turn nffivt tl;.j nrmer Tlie effect of mental ;:: ; 1 1 ' ii ,;ccn't.l in the vital functions, u::a r;..r:...ii states of the functioiis nerve in o lie n;'i:u:cr to awaken tho diJeiciit pas f:o::s. Ti.j pasioti.s founded on pleasure e ;.;n to nft as a universal stimulant to all vial io Circulatit.-n Ls quickened, the f-!-.. d-'.-'inIs the vessels of ilc system, tho lace ui iliteus, tho tlin assumes a io:Jy 1 i::t. thj n.ii:-! LTOiv stronger and invite nC - ity 1 lie " hole body 16 reanimated in i'.ioi t, f v. ry function rtjonil3 to too vitaliz j.:, ia'j.rrvo of the happy moral condition. As Iiu! ier says: 'L.ove, hope anil joy promote I-!--; i:'it ion. tpiickon the j;:!se. promote cir u!:.tioi:, increase the appetite and facilitate the cur.- of :Li.-.i-.i-.'-'s." While joy and kindred morions thus contribute to health by induc ing a inort active performance of u!l the vitI f:mct ii::.-, .'.- with all other stimulants, tlv J ;rab!e f"c!i.i.s tieeoine painful if the b.-i:::Js oi m.leralion ai c.ceedi-nL On t'..o i-.v's-vous system tho effect of the j-.ainful emotions i inuUlfestd by depression, ! raii' in-'i t an-1, possibly, instruction of t'.ie vitul c;iergi.-s. The saiw; agencies influ cr.co t!.-.- various siTetioiis by increasing, Ui:ni::i.-Iii:i.4 or vitiating tbsiiL When tne iii;::.i is overtly fi:;d unpleasantly agiMtoti. Jryu--. "f t'uv moutb testifies to the snppres t io:i of the olivary settretion. This is proved j.v tho 'ii.ii ii.t.-.v':.' test, of ion resorted to in li' lia for the discovery of a tbief among the nrva:it-cf - f:-.:.ii'y, that of eotuficiiiiig ail the J' ti iie- t i.. '' -X certain quantity of rice in th" i:i I'll during a lew minutes, the of ie:i.!r r 1 iiig g. iR rr.ily distiiig".:ii;t!etl by tho co'.r.p.u-a'.ivp J-yii,.sscf Ids mouthfuh I'i? V.s:.JLOoiC4b EFFECTS. Ui d.'i" the mdu-'nee of di.yrbng passions cert.-.iu -ti ons become corrupted end oven a. -; lire prisonous properties. It is a Lr.ow u faet that the biuJ of an auimaJ goaded to dosneration heals less rapidly, and is ct tended iih greater iiiilaiumatiou Uiin oue idwU-ii-'tre.l when the system is uninfluenced br tV excited passiotL Great mental dis tiirt :iu'-e m th-- ni-'her diminishes or vitiates the ?ec:ei.-a of her milL". and it becomes hurtful to ti.e nursing child. contrast between the physiological effects of the pleasura! '. j an 1 pninful emotions, and their influence u,k u h.--!:h, are obvic-cs to U.U. la tho faces ot the Siurp J and confident is ccen tho bright g'owcf natural vigor, while tho drawn. care c.:rl pallid features of the sad and deapoi- lut ratify to iaviard .uffor iitg. In habitual irrt'ibilt'ty crT fr?tfu!ness of temper, hatred, revenge, envy and jjidcusly, and. in fact, i.i all di. positions of the mind t'laracteri-cd ly bitter feelings toward Mie.-s, a r... cuure of anger is almost recessa rily b!en l;.L The effect upon the bodily health of the mind harassed by passions of this nature is to propngate derangements and Jntirmities. The p.ppctite lessens, digestion is imr.drcd, cad then follow other functional tlis-Drder. The nervous system suffers from continued metal irritability, and hysteria, l.ea-iacu-, and other painful affections often owo their origin to this prejudicial influence. I'liTsicians well hncw that when the system is laboring un hr disease a temper amiabl ftnd tranquil under the littlo ills and crossc3 of life encenrr.gfs recovery, while one easily in2 .lined b tho base passions obstruct it. VLi!o the ::i;i!evoletit feelings. with nhich tngcr ii blende 1 are the promptings of an iil conu."tionl inin'i or uncontrolled temper trouscd by external influences, they may ba cicited by unbealtliy states of the organs, and thai original within the body. In cer tain fnnotfoi!d disturbance and dis-ased conditions the iniuJ sometimes become dis turbed, and the uissiositiou peevish and irrit able. IVrsons naturally amiable ami iiaticnt under oufn ard annoyances will oftel (woirc nnxiom ftnd fretful when attacked with bodily infirmities. Disturbances of the stomach, liver or other important organs axe thus active in perverting reason, and in rcn derm,; the -.aspuition suspicious, ptevisu and xnorcoo. iiostoa Herald. t CORPULENCY OF THE SINGER. Whal a Celebrated Tenor Kara of Ilia Own Iliyalcal Itolundlty. Tho coqulcncy of opera singer la very often tho cause of remark, but you rarely bear it accounted for except that they have n easy time and live on the fat of tho land. Neither is true. They do not bave an easy time, nor do they glut themselves with the fat of the land. They are usually a self denyfng set of fieople, and must necessarily lie so If they would maintain the excellency of their art. They are, bowover, peculiar. In epito of all their hardships they get fat. But it is a healthy fat, and does not incumber or depress them in the least. You never heanl of a 6inger suffering from .excessive corpulency. "Jt is a kind of light, windy flesh we Lave," said a celebrated tenor, sjieaking of himself. "1 look as soggy and heavy as an elephant, but 1 feel as light n3 a cork. I often disguise und dance in tho ballet for the fun of the thing. My constant habit is to breathe free and full, asleep or awake, and that pull's me out, 1 know Fin laughed at by people with little, withered up stomachs no bigger than your hand, but they are fools and don't know how to live. Why, an opera manager can tell whether you ure a good singer or not just ubout us well by the size of your abdo men as ho can by hearing your voice. In applying for an eiigagennt u singer id ways Kends his waist measure, and the manager invariably requests it." "But all opera singers ure not big around,' I said. "No, but they are exceptional. And some times you see a little muu or woman who can sing like a bird, but they are most alwuys physically defective or diseased. The rule is no puir no sing. Now, 1 swell biggest in warm climates. But when 1 was last in Italy, after singing two months magnifi cently with extraordinary rotundity, 1 felt that my waistbands were gradually loosening. It alarmed mo, for I knew if 1 didn't begin to swell soon I was a goner. 1 noticed my abdomen growing gradually less, my voice losing its strength and tone, and in order to avoid a complete collapse I bud to retire. It is strange and unaccountable, this rising and falling of the operatic abdo men. It is peculiar to ourselves. Speakers are not u flee Led in this way. When ono is d windling he is spoken of by the profession its lieing 'on tap.' " Chicago Times. Artillery Prelude at Gettysburg. From the exertions and the anxieties of two days of strife the armies had fallen into lethargy, a silence that told of nerves and muscles worn out. The moruing of tho third slip! cd away. A spirt of battle at Gulp's Hill drove oil the enemy there, and men at a distance turned over to hear the news and drowsed ugaiiL While some slept, others cooked and ate, then the sleeping and the waking, tho hungry and the filled, exchanged places. From tho description of Samuel Wilkesou, who was at Meade's headquarters, and whose son Bayard was now lying still iu death just beyond the lines, this faithful rec ord of tbe hour has been preserved. "A silence as of deep sleep had fallen ujKjn the field of battlei Our army cooked and ate and siumiiered. In tho shadow of the tiny farm house "here Gen. Meade had made his head quarters, lay wearied staff officers. There w is not wanting to the peacefuluess of the s-ene the singing of a bird, which hod a nest in the peach tree within the tiny yard of the white washed cottuga. In the midst of its warbling a shell screamed over the house, instantly followed by an other, and in a moment the air was full of the most complete artillery prelude to an infantry battle that was ever exhibited It made a very hell of fire that amazed the oiuoyt officers. The shell burst in the yard burst uext the fences gat'oi&hed on both sides with the hitched horses of aide; tiiid orderlies. The fastened animals reared .it id ; lung-jd with terror. One fell, then an other, uniii tistwn lay dead and mangled, still fastened by their liaiteii, ccd having the expression of being wickedly tied up to die in torture. These bruto victims of cruel Bar touched all hearts. The Curimue at Oettysburff. The expressions cUn found in battle ac o'Uiits of "heaps of slain" and "rows of dead" are food for ridicule in this skeptical age, but a few figures showing the condition of things at Gettysburg m ill prove f hftt in this case at least these terms are not mere extravagances of speech Ths killed outright and mortally wounded iverfi, in round numbers, 8,000. Of the J.'j.OiW wounded and otherwise disabled, probably lti.OUO more, at the outset, were prostrated, and the total number to be ac counted fallen is 'J0,000, an army that, i placed in four ranks as soldiers ordiuarily march, rt-ould ref.ch nearly four miles, or a distance equa'l .to the whole front froni Ceme tery IX ill to the Round Tops. Of counw tliie prostrate men did not all lie La unbroken lines, nor were they to be seen all at ona i'oC- J?'. rhe heaviest lusses were on ope'ti ground,' where the fire had a clear sweep, and although there is much scattering of the ranks when those not killed outright are kituch. the losses were so severe ct the vital points on the several fields fought over that language could not paint the scene witt. milder words than "carnage" und "blood stained sod strewn with the dead and the dying, ail mingled La ghastly heaps and rows." One Way yi G$Llng q print, 'A nei.t trick was played on me by an old toper the other day," remarked an East Side saloon keeier. "The old soak brought in a blaci bottle and nsked for 50 cents' worth of whisky 1 drew iid LzZ OT? t tho bottle while ho went through bis pockets after the silver. Presently he put on a look of dismay and said fc? had lost the money. 'All right, says I, and turned Out fis wMskr and put the bottle on the bar. lie took if and went away, saying he'd be back after tbe inebri atcr presently. He didnt come, however, but five minutes later I found him sitting on a hor;o block around the corner poking something in tlu bpttle with a stick, and after every poke turn out a thimbletul of whisky in a cup. I seized the .bottle and made au investigation. What do you think I found) Why, ths eld rascal had forced a spenge as big as my clenched fist into it, and this had soaked up a glassful of my whisky when I fiilJ the Lottie." Buffalo Express. To Slsiko Knee l.reeches Comfortable. There are people who maintain that knee breeches are vastly "becoming" and "com fortable.' Now, as to "comfortable,' that is stork ab--jrdity, contrary to all experience and reason. The only way to make knee breeches comfortable is to imitate the now almost extinct Irish peasant breeches wearer and habitually forget to button them at the kr.ee. As to the much abused steel pen coat, it is not Leautiful, certainly. But properly eontmet.'d, as our grandfathers wore it, made double breasted and to button across the chest, it is a remarkably good garment. For any kind of bodily work or exercise it is absolutely unrivaloL It has no useless skirts to flop about and impede tbe movement, and the pockets, well out of the way, are only In convenient when you sit down. It is tbe b?st walking coat ever devised, whereas the mod cm frock coat i al:it tbe worst and most tttmersoraj. London Truth. ; WAYS OF SHOPPERS. MONDAY THE BARGAIN HUNTERS' DAY IN THE STORES. Wednesday tbe Farmer's Wife Comes to Town Thursday tit "TLady Help' . Cone Forth la Her Glory A nosh on Saturday. " "Every day brings forth a different class . of shoppers, said Inspector Knqx, of Bos ton's police headquarters, to a reporter. Tho inspector is one of the most astute detectives of shoplifters and pickpockets in the police business, and, from long, habits of observa tion, ho can "size up" a crowd with remark able quickness and accuracy. He can usu ally tell at a glance whether a ix-rson iu u big dry goods store is "straight" or "crook cd." There is something about every thief that "gives him away." Notwithstanding tho disguises which they adopt, female shoplifters und pickpockets can naver deceive Inspector Knox. The way they act when they meet him is often amusing. The detective pre tends never to see them, and they at once begin maneuvering to ascertain whether he has really noticed them. Wherever there is a mirror or a store window that offers an opportunity to see what is going on without looking around, tho "suspects ' strive in in genious wnj-s to study tho inspector's face and eye. Tho ofilcer has been too long in tho busi nrss to get caught napping in this way, ntu the thief will gradually come to believe that he has not been observed. It is, of course. tne onject or tlie onicer to make a case ngninst tho suspect, and at the samotimo to find out in what manner stolen property is likely to be disposed of. Tho thing then to be done is to shadow the suspect tliro'igh all the stores which he or she may visit, mid filially to the lair. This is a mo.-.t difficult thing to do, as the thief who has had expe rience will always make a number of "bluffs" at going home, perhaps calling at half a dozen dilferent places, going in front doors and out back ones, until the ofilcer has lost tho scent DAY KOR BARGAIN nCXTEUS. "Monday," said Inspector Knox to tho re iwi ter, "is the bargain hunters' i-ay. They have taken all the Sunday pajiers just to see what they have got to offer. Tho news and literary articles have no interest to thorn. They grub up tho paier as soon as they get out of bed Sunday morning, and all day long they pore over it, reading the cut down prices of shirts, dusters, dress goods, house furnishings, including tin pails and brooms. and all the rest, and they can hardly wait for aiouuay to come, they are sc anxious to get to the bargain counters to inspect tho 'mark downs.' Monday is a bard day for the em ployes iu the stores. These people predomi nate, and they look over $10,000 worth of stuff for every dollar's worth they buy. Of course, there are other peo ple out on Mouday, but I mean to say that tho bargain hunter lists the light way. Some of them are known in tho stores as 'bens' and 'rifters' nnd their mission in life seems to be to make tho clerks 'tired.' Monday after Monday I see hun dreds of faces that I bave not seen for just n week, and I know them like a book. I don't suppose any of them spend mora than lift v cents or $1, but what they dqu't know on the subject of bargains isn't worth knowing-. They know all about prints and prices, if they don't know anything else. Sonio of them haven't got over the old fashion of trying to beat tho clerk down. That used to be the favorite pastime of many estimable oil ladies from the north end, but with the modern metliods of doing retail business, it is just as useless as talking to n stqn? Y.'flll. "Tuesday is a better kind of shopping dnv. The 'mistresses' coino out. I snooose thev have come to learn that tho bargain hunter must have her day, and thero is not much comfort in entering into competition with hu So the 'mistresses' v.ait until Tuesday. nnd then they come forth in all their clorv Wo know them pretty well now, but there is. of course, loss sameness in this class of cus tomers than there is in the Monday set. FOLKS FROM THE COCVrRy. "Vednesday we expect the country people. The Sunday papers' havd by this time' been read far ami near, and the farmer and tlu. farmer's wife having read, marked Jearr.oJ and inwardly digested all that was therein contained, harness up,' drive to the depot and take train to Boston, with pockets well filled. It is the easiest thing in the world to tell when thero atq a lot country people in town. They clog up the sidewalks, if they are at all numerous, and they gape into windows nnd hang over counters, as if half bewildered by the rush and noise, pne would, e;;rriv. that whee theycame so often, as many of them undoubtedly do, they would get used to this: but then, there is a great difference be tween working on a quiet farm and elbowing your way through Boston's uarrcw iis;cm. and if they should eomo every week, don't believe that it would bo possible to get used to the change and act like city people. The country people are good, people f gr us to handle. They oro always politp and pinch more considerate than the' people pf the pity arc. Wo watch their interests closely, xa, and gawd thorn gam5 pickpockets, to whom they might easily fall victims. Yet I will say this for the country housewife: She knows how to carry her money a great deal belter than the city woman does, you r.pvcf see a .-ountry woman going along with a long, narrow pocketbook sucking away out of a hip pocket, from which it could be taken with fhe greatest ease. The country woman holds on to her money as though it had come hard, snd TA'a; gains just in the suma man ner. ' ' "' J ' ' "Thursday bring3 a remarkable change. It is the Biddies' day. There is the plain, every day sort of creature, (he 'lad;? bilk,' from the Back bay, and the nurses, coots and chamber toilers. Two out of three of those we sea on Thursday are servant girls. They flood tho stores, looking for dress goods a few grades better than their mistresses wear, and they fill the horse oars with the knockdown fragrance pf their perfumes. Th9 wives of Solomon, in all their glory, a ere not arrayed like some of these. The Thursday class is a generous one in many respects. I don't believe that th average servant girl is saving much money. They spend liberally, and on their day off they have a pretty good time of It. "Friday is a shopping day which has no dis tinctive feature. There are almost all kinds of people out on Friday, and usually, I think, retail business is pretty good. Saturday is the same, only more sol There is a big rush on Saturday, and a very large amount of money is suddenly put into circulation. The clerk gets half an hour off just to run out and buy something he has bad his eye ou all the week, and tho clerk's wife, having got a little money from him in time to make some pur chases before the closing hour, rushes around in terrible baste in order to do all that she wants to before the shuttei-s are put upv She comes out late, because her husband hadn't got his money earlier in the daj, and she must needs be quick. She snaps up things without causing the storekeeper much loss of time and flits away, it is an easy thing for i mc to see that there are many thousands of fieople in Boston who are living from baud to month and who have hardly any money ex cept ob ftjatuxvlajr. " iktou iir aid. v- AIYT OF MAKING QUILL PENS. Out of Style, bat Hill lUerul VI hat They Are Chiefly Henlffned for.. "Quill pens! Yes, large quantities of them uro mado in this city," said a William street maker to a reporter." "11:3 Quills for these pens are chiefly fi-cm t'-'a pose ondjjio swan, but the osjrich, aw and other birds occa sionally contribute their quota. The general ,uko of steel pens bos greatly lessened the de mand for 'mills. Most of tho goose quills arb from the Netherlands and (Jermauy, Thile a small amount come3 from tho west ern state, and Cuftada. Koine idea of tho number of geese required to keep up the kuj ply may bo judged from tho fact that each wing produces about five good quills, und that by proper management n pooso may afford twenty quills during the year. 'Qui'lu are classified according to the order in which they are fixed in the wings, the sec ond nnd third quills being tlio lest. Tlio quality of quills is estimated partly by the size of tho barrel, but more by the wci ;Lt. Tho (mills ns they come from the bird are covered with a nn-mbrune, nnd uro tough und soft, so that they will not iua':r a cl. ;i;i ilit. Thesa defects are got rid of and tho quills prepnrei 1 for the peumuker by un ojK'ratlon culled quill dressing. A uniform yellow color is produced by dipping tho barrels in diiiiUd nitric acid. This prtK i-ss hardens them. "The quiils having leen divsscd and fin ished, u portion of tho bark is stripped o!f so txa to occupy less room iu packing, and tho quills uro tied up in bundles of t .vcnty-livo tiinl titty each for (ho market. The quills, having been prepared, aro cut into pens by the pen cutter's kuil'e, and are also trimmed. A pen cutter will out iu ti i-y iv.i Crowqilill Jions ;il'o lis.i..il einpiocd 111 line drawing, on account of tho fine, point to which they can bo brought. They are ulso useful in that lalxirious kind of etching in tended to imitate prints. Quid pens uro sold from f 2 to S.l'pcr 100, but tho trade is limited." New York Mail and Express. Story of the Chicago l ire. George C. Williams, a woil known jewelry merchant of Chicago, was at tho Limlell the other day. , IIo was rel.iting to a number of friends several incidents which ho remem bered of the Chicago fire, nnd one of th" many unpublished stories of that tcfrihl calamity, told by Mr. Williams, is worthy of print even at tuis late day. Mr. William:: and his family were llccing for tiivir lives to ward the lake, and as they reached tho cor ner of Ontario arid State streets, on t he north side, they met a poor, lone woman struggling in tho maddening crowd end seeking to gain the street, whero she was i.i danger of being run over by tho hundreds of vehicles which were driven by frantic drivers at break neck sjw-cd toward the lulxv Mr. Williams tool: charge of her and keiit her by his side. Tho woman was curryiir' a elosery wrapped object i.i her arms, nnd every now and then would murmur soothing words of comfort to it. The lake was reached at last. The woiiin laid the object on the sands. It was f largo water pitcher, filled with papers.. The woman gave vent to an ear piercing scream and swooned away on tho beach. She became hopelessly insane, and was subsequently re moved to nn asylum, where ilie is now oe'r filled. Through her insane ravings tho true story of the, lionih'o uiijtako of tho poor woman was learned. It neo:n.? that when tho lira first broke out she began pack ing up her household eflects, her husband l.eing nway from homo. Beoro sho h:: l time to complete the packing U:o dovonrin" flames were close ct hand, and realizing her imminent peril sho snatched her infant, te ller breast with one arm, and with, oti-i" mud secured a piti-iiti, , such was filled with qw.riiltsa and money. Running to the yard n tho rear of the houso sho threw, as she thought, tho pitcher of securities into u:i old dried up cistern, and fl-j-d with the supposed uaoo to the lake. When sho rer'cj.x? t;.;.-. i haven of safety sho discoveicd that, instead ! of tho pitcher, sho hji'i thrown 'tho child intj tho cistern. Globe-Democrat. A Itroadwny rioncr liyl, Whenever go d. n hroadv.ay inst i'riri'ty church of a pleasant afternoon, nt tho time when ilia Wall street brokers nro thronging out of their busy thorv.ughfai-e, dispersing for thfir homos, 1 see ayoung M-piiinn who is bewitching them with h'jv artistic dress. They don't know it, and could hardly be made to comprehend it, avy how, but it is as clear ns A U C to a wghulo The girl is a flower vender, and for tv. o or ! tbr.-j hours toward night, she stands w;tU her back against tha railing of tho church.- ! yar.l and a basketful of lie; ""f-i j nt her foot. J Sho is decidedly pr-jy, io Login with. Sho j woais no covering on her head, and hr ! complexion is naturally flue enough to statu ! tanning without deterioration. .She eri.ugv i her auburn hair deftly enoi'.g'.ij ttnd yc: iu a ! style that docg r.ot bugwst carefulness to a ciumsy maio observer. Her dress is cheap 1 calico, but it fits her as nicely as any silken gown ou aq heiress' figure. Jler sleeves vsii j roiieti up nearly o ier eiix-.w? to. show bt c Shapely foxtauus, and a shawl folded and crossed over her bosom rcveste a segment of the samo complexion, 'i'inis he makes the neatest sort of a fiarure. tidy and feminine, without any grotesque- i ness or extravagance. She commands ad- ! miration, and tho practical yaluo of hii success lies in the fact tbt,t Lo can sell tea ent flowers ior a quarter. She has to en dare a good deal of ogling and occasionally an impertinent remark, but she is adroit and ! self possessed, and knows how to repel ttnv insulting advances. I fancy that sho does j't ' thriving business, betuse 1 met her up towi 1 Ue other, day, and then her ingenious flowev. ! girl's costume was replaced by a hnnU.-oin. i and rather expensive promenade toilet. Ne York Sun, Tlie Alligator a HeluRion. The alligator is a snare and a del',uion, generally speaking. Those who expect to see him basking numerously upon the banks of every river and creek, for all the world like the picture book crocodile of then"; infancy, are doomed to bitter disappoint ment. Except in rare case3, he doesn't bask. The mighty hunters of Crotham who conio down every winter to shoot and fioh in south ern waters have pretty nearly wiped out tho alligator, and have seared the tarpon so that his visits are as few and far t jet ween as angels'. On the Ocklawaha river, where shooting is now prohibited by law, the former may be seen slipping from the slimy banks into the water, as the steamboats filled with excursionists glide by. But big ones aro scarce, end it is a crush ing blow to find tho largest to be nothing sn formidable after all. Little ones are ca iture I elivo by hundreds and farmed out to the dealers in curios, who drive a flourishing trade in them, and beguile many a traveler into purchasing the unattractive pets against their wiiL Alligator teeth are mado into pins of various devices, all hideously ugly, and into cuff buttons, bangles and other or naments, which, it is to bo wipposed. Lave some admirers, as thousands are sold during the course of tho season. Jacksonville (Fla.) Cor. Boston Herald. Connecticut is a comparatively small state, but it hasabout 50,000 miles of stone fenctA 1 i he Plattsm Is on joying aBoomin botli its nJLlXT A. Em WEEE EDITION . The Will lie one during wliicli the .ttu! jcet. lmtional interest and importunce will f-trono;ly agitated and the fleet inn nt' a President will take place, 'i he jienjde nt Cjuss County who won hi like to learn f Political, Com mere and Social Transactions of this year and would keej the times fdioiihl roifi Daily qt Weekly Now while wo have the puhjeot ho fore tho people we will venture to tpeak ol our II 3 M 4 p a ! vara;?. -r ... "Which is Mrst-clas in al) respects and from which our job printers are turning out much satisfactory work. PLATTSHOXJTII, Hera ou of III- iaee with - :iTiiKii Tin-: try NEBRASK her 7 1 "S3
