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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
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from which our job printers are turning
out much satisfactory work.
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