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THE DAILY UERALD: PLA'ntJMOUrii; wiSriKASKA. TUESDAY, .117XE 5. 1S68. NOSKS MADE TO ORDER. Warranted to hold color and to wear forever. Chat with Stan Who Supplies Unfort unate I'copla with Artificial I'robo Clilea Flngara and Hands Made to Order An Artificial Soft Falat, "Tli discovery of xylonite ban marked an era of Improvement in the art of making falw noM.fi," said a well known doctor, wbo supplies unfortunate people with artificial proboacidcs wben accident or the ravages of disease ha va removed that very prominent feature. "Before that time," he continued, "we had to make note out of rubber and paint them to -the right color. KubLer is not a Oet.h color, and when the pn frit began to scale off the effect was not at all good. A rummy nose was a beauty beside one that needed a coat of paint. Hut xylonite can be made to take the color very easily, and we got it in all shades of pink, to corrcxpoud with the tint of the face. Jt is light and very bard. It is almost impossible to break it. Ho hero," and be took a blank of the material and dashed it on the floor witb all his mlgtit. 'l ... I L 1 ... m . j now a irosx a made. Tor a cose," said the repairer of facial damages, "we And out which way the fiuh and Llxd nose naturally curved. There isn't a man living, 1 suppose, whose nose was exactly in the middle of bis face. We find out from his friends what its proper appear ance was, and then we make a wax model as nar like life as we can. A plaster cast is made of the model, and then the blank xylonite is boated so as to soften it and pressed into the mold by an Archimedean screw. That forces it into the proper place. It is then olisbori up and attached either to spring or a sponge cut button shape so it will crowd into the cavity and hold on with enough forco to keep it from falling out. If the fic.-li shall have Lurome sunken around the nose go much as to cause the eyes to have a stlfing look, spectacles are worn to offset jt. Of course you understand that this is not a practicable nose, as the stago carpenter would say. It is for looks only. Methuselah couldn't have worn out such a none. It will lart forever, and that's as long as any one would want it," and the old doctor chuckled at his joke. "A body wants to le careful hovr he goes into a rough and tumble ii;;ht with one of them on his face, for be might g.t his nose knocked off. ile ought to boiler: Here, you jut wait a Bpeil till 1 put iny nose In my pocket.'" 'Io you ever make artificial outer ears?" i'ever had a call for one yet. They could lo made all right, but to insert ono would be to destroy tho hearing, which would be too dear a price to pay for the whistle. "Fingers and hands, though, are often mado. They are the hardest thing to get right. They are made of the same material xylonite. The joints of the wrists and fingers are made in what mechanics call the uni versal joint. You often see people on tho street who always wear a glove on one hand. That is their artificial hand. The well made band can close up the fingers so that articles can be held almost as securely as with tho natural hand. Usually only one articulation is made in the fingers, as it is very tedious to put in two joints. Artificial feet 1 have never made for patients, although they would be much easier than artificial hands. AX ARTIFICIAL PALATE. IIero Is something which might Interest yoa," said the physician, handing the re porter a red flap of rubber, spatulated at one end, like a beaver's tail, and bearing small ri vets at the other. "What's thatr "That's an artificial soft palate. You know soma people are so unfortunate as to be born with a cleft in the roof of the mouth, which interferes sadly with their speech. All sounds which depend upon the breath being excluded from the nose, like n and m,' they are unable to pronounce. These sounds are called nasal because they go through the nose. Look- In the glass witb your moutb wido open, and you will soe a little tongue dangling away back at the roof of the mouth. TJiis is tho uvula, which is absent in those who have cleft palates. It helps in swallow ing as well as in speech. Jiow, this artificial uvula is not the natural shape, as ycu see, but i thinned out and spread out like a fan at one end. That is so that it may rest against the muscles which would naturally move the palate. The other end of the piece Is riveted to a plate, which is kept in the roof of the mouth either by suction or by springs, "A queer thing about these cases of cleft palate Is that the perception of the proper sounds of letters dies out as the man grows older. A child in whose moutb an artificial palate is attached soon learns to talk as na turally as people whose palate3 are normal, lint those who have passed middle life before they have one put In have, it is said, to learn a latimasre like French, where the great prevalence of nasal sounds compels them to notice their importance. Only in that way do they learn to speak English properly. Talkinz about palates reminds me," con cluded the doctor, "of the old fashioned style of teeth, lief ore the material of which arti ficial teeth are made was invented sots used to be carved out of what was called hippo potamus ivory When 1 was a young man 1 can remember when there were only a dozen houses here when 1 was a young man 1 used to get front teeth for artificial plates from the old Indian burying ground- The t.Tcth were very sound, and 1 bave known them to le in use for over thirty years with out showing signs of decay." Chicago Mail. A Jo; to tlie Memory. There,' aid an old gentleman, transfer ring a blocdsto-ue ring from the index finger of his lef t hand to a ia ciupicusus place, "I've managed to remember that little errand and tha ring can go back to tho right linger." Tve a better plan than that," said a by stander. "When I've something important to do I write myself a postal carl My clerks have got used to seeing these missive come in addressed to me in my own band. No body can read the message, for 1 uso a rough sort of short hand known only to myself. "When 1 get to the office in the rooming with a dozen thing3 to do, there are the pos tal cards mailed the night before to remind me of any matter that I might overlook. The postot'.ie is a great convenience 1 know a man who habitually posts small packages to his home address simply to save bimstrlf the trouble of carrying tfcera up town. That plan, be ssys, is cheaper and safer than using a messenger service." 2evr York i'ress "Every Day Talk." After rictetfs Famons Chars. T;-oif- division mustered, before . the charge, men and afterward 3,fitv When l'ickett raohjd the Union line and saw bU brigade commanders, Arniisted and Oarrelt. down, and turning to tho right and left found that fu? bad no supports and stood alone, be threw down his pistols and went back, exclaiming to Lee: "Oeiiera!. my di vision is destroyed." Lee replied- "I know it, general, I know it, it Is J was have lost tLu bitUs, urlp ms out of it taa sbott way you can." PARIS ON A SPRING DAY.' IIow tier Cltlsans Disport Tbeaa selves Willi Oat mMrlag. In front of the Palais da Moduatrto I saw hundreds of carriages and regiments of foot men, and, bent upon pleasure, 1 penetrated Into tba Interior, which 1 found crowded witb people wbo were watching red coated riders forcing unwilling horses to leap over artificial rivers and hedges and mock stone walla. And as 1 wandered through tba crowd 1 noticed that many of the spectators beld papers in their bands, on which they wrote something from time to time, mur muring! "Una mistake a quarter of a mis take. Oyster Sauce mounted by the Vlcomte de Z." Other spectators seemed to pay no attention to horses or riders, but formed family groups of papas, mammas and bony daughters, wbo were presently joined by young men dressed In their 8unday best, and extremely voluble in commonplace remarks and formukr of politenas. These, 1 con cluded, were discreet rendezvous arranged by the kind parents in order to give the young people an opportunity of Inspecting each other in view of possible matrimony. In a central reserved tribune I saw men and women of high degree dukes and duchesses pale faced, fine featured, some of them re minding you of Clouet's ortraits, witb their waxen cheeks so delicately tinted with anaemic rose; these were the decendanta of the Crusaders, of the great nobles and war riers, and courtly shoe blacks of centuries ago. Yet other spectators turned their backs toward the arena, and appeared to hang upon the lips of garrulous maidens, blonde like Milton's Eve, bloude like the angels of Dante's Purgatory, blonde like Venus. For, like the charming Florentine poet, Messer Agnolo Firenzuola, our modern Romcos will not ad mit tliat woman's hair can be any color but blonde; and so the fair ones are all blonde, and they wear black straw Directory bats, trimmed witb tilleul ribbons of the color of fresh linden leaves, and thus look charming in a perverse manner. Having had enough of the monotony and withered humanity of the Concours Dip pique, 1 strolled toward the boulevards, lined witb cafes and brasseries, with their little tables aud chairs trespassing over half the footpath. Every place is occupied; gal lons of absinthe are being drunk; the sound of discussion and peroration strikes the pass er's ear. Here is a literary cafa At every table are journalists, dramatists, vaudevil lists, po ets and inoipient Juvenals, from whose lips issue words full of envy, hatred, malice and all uncbaritablenesa. So and so has a duel to-morrow; X has made 150,000 francs with his last piece, a production beneath con tempt; Y has sold his novel for a fabulous sum. and yet be has not an atom of talent: 'A, who is ignorant of the elements of meter, is winning fame by reciting his wretched verse? in tho salonr of Israel "And Judith Oautier's piecer asks soma one. "Who knows anything about it?" Cor. London World. .Primitive Mining In Huudoras. During ray travels in Honduras last year, 1 found, situated several days' journey in the interior, a minr that I was discovered in 1S47 by a native who has since continued to work it, but in a slow and inefficient manner. The old miner has driven seven tunnels, or rather levels, averaging each about 70 yards long, about 9 feet high and about 5 feet wido. The distance vertically between the lovels is about 20 feet; the several levels are con nected by independent shafts about 4 feet by 0 feet, situated at different points, descend ing from level to level, each an average of say 29 feet. Thus the total length of the seven levels equals a total of 400 yards, and the total depth of the seven shafts of ') feet each equals 20 feet. Until the last eight years this native worked his mine for silver only without any assay. He then discovered that he was throwing away much more value in gold than he saved in silver. His only mode of extract ing the gold has been, and is, by carrying th ore out of the mine n a sack to a huge bowlder on the surface, in which is cut a cqncavjty something larger than a bat crown in size. Another round bowlder fits into this cavity, and is worked by a wooden handle mortised into its top. The dirt and rock from the mine is rather soft. It Is easily pulverized in this primitive manner, then washed and the gold gathered by quicksilver. The magni tude of the work accomplished by this old man during the last forty years, in his poor way, is simply incredible, for be has done i$ all himself witb a single bar of iron. Tba natives never use powder for mining, but do all their work with a short iron bar. If the work cannot thus be done they invariably abandon the mine. CoL E. IL Powers in (J lobe- Democrat. Picturesque Costume of the Greek. When the Greek whirls round in his native dance his skirts, whicb circle and circle, fold within fold, expand like the petals of a thick leaved flower, and remind you of the pict ures which we bave seen of tho dancing dervishes. The same material is continued up above the belt, aud is often inclosed in a richly embroidered waistcoat A loose frock coat, frequently of blue, of the gentle blue, or a short cloak, is the winter garmeut Kjieebreecbes of homespun white wool reach to the knee, while from below a pair of long stockings of the same material, generally white, but ogn of, dark blue, are drawn above the knee and fastened below the knee with a plain black band. Th? rod fea or skull cap, with its black or blue tassel, sur mounts the head and gives a crowning finish to the whole of thjs most natural and pict uresque costume. Of course, there are slight variations Intro duced, as, for example, iie cloak of white unshorn wool or of goats' hair, the cap of greenish gold velvet, and other less Impor tant details, but, in the main, this is the na tive costume, which certainly holds its own aatr.st the growing innovations from Eu rope. For, it may be mentioned, that, though geographically included in the first quarter of the globe, y.bt fha Greeks, and all who live iu Ureece, speak always cf going to Europe or coming from Europe when they allude of the lands imme diately wesp of themselves. It is tba rare combination of eastarn and western life whicb gave to Ureece it? versatility and manyudeduess in the past and stil) Imparts to tba Ureek character and intellect certain attributes which plasa it without a rival ic the society of the world. Corinth Cor. -Boa-touruiobe. VicLsburg' Bill of Fare. After the surrender some soldiers picked gp in the Confederate camp a burlesque bill of fare, of which ffcc fo'4owins Is part: EILL OF f ARE FOB JULY. 1663. SOCT"." Mule Tan. SOILED. Hule bacon, with poke greens. Mule ham caovsadd. BOAST. Mule sir lota. Mule rump, stuffed with rioa, E.VTHXKS. Mule ears fricasseed la Dutch, alula snare rib, plain. - Mule bver. hast)w. JELLIES. Mule root, etc. fn at an hours. uutkmm to wait noon Uienuelveft. Aov inattention oo the part of tba servants will be protupU reported at tba office, - THE VILLAIN PURSUED. s m k " MASHER" DISCOMFITED BY A LADY'S SELF POSSESSION. Aa Incident Which Took Place on a Uroofcljrn Promenade A Self Conceited Club Man Ilroasht to Grief Commenda ble Femlnlnn Dignity. Ordinarily the women of Brooklyn are ex empt from Insult on the street. That uni versal nuisance, the "masher," is not often seen In this city. An incident that passed under the Rambler's observation, however, shows that there are exceptions to the rule.and that some of our bowling swells occasionally transcend the proprieties of gentlemanly lo bavior in their treatment of the fair sex. The incident occurred on a bright (Saturday after noon. Fulton street, in the fashionable mer cantile quarter above the city ball, was crowded. Robust dowagers, blooming ma trons and radiant maidens brightened the thoroughfare on both sides. The swish of satins and silks was almost audible above the tinkling car bells. Ilicb perfumes, exhaled from dainty handkerchiefs, permeated the air. Wonders iu millinery floated about like so many miniature flower gardens. The scene was brilliant, enlivening and pictur esque. Suddenly a womau more beautiful than any on the promenade appeared in the throng. She sailed along Like the Puritan, tho Mayflower or Volunteer amid a squadron of inferior yachts. She was a beauty, and no mistake. Her figure, of about medium height, was admirably proportioned and su perbly developed. Her skin, as smooth as ivory or alabaster, mingled the hues of the lily and the rose. Her rich brown hair, brushed straight back from the temples, re vealed a perfect forehead. From beneath her pretty bonnet ber luminous gray eyes, deli cately shaded by sweeping lashes, looked forth in candid confidence upon the surround ings. From the tip of the plume in the bon net to the little feet that pattered on the pavement this dainty lady was dressed in ex quisite taste. Her costume, a dream in old gold and rich brown, admirably became her charming person. Nothing could have been mora modest than her demeanor, and yet, by ber superior charms, she attracted general at tention. Men, and women too, stopped to look after her in admiration. Quite unaware of the sensation she created, she continued quietly on ber way. But the villian still pur sued ber. crmsow Tvrrn chagiun. Just as she neared the coiner of Bridge street the 'masher" appeared. Those famil iar with Brooklyn affairs would readily recognize him as a well known club man who is largely engaged in the wholesale import ing trade. He Is handsome, wealthy and well connected. His personal friends num ber a small army. His reputation has been above reproach in the elevated social circles in which be moves, end he enjoys the do Lights of a refined home and a Largo and interesting family. Bounding along at a rol licking pace, he approached the belle of the promenada In a moment be was walking rapidly beside her. She looked neither to the right nor left. He bent upon her face a gaze of ardent appreciation. Onward she marched without recognizing his proximity. They moved forward side by side for per haps a hundred fee. Ybe "masher" turned crimson witb cha grin. The lady was as cool and collected as if she had been within the sacred precincts of ber boudoir. Suddenly the interloper whispered swiftly in her ear and switched into a side street in order to note the effect of his words. What be said elicited not so much as the responsive elevation of an eye brow. The Lady proceeded calmly and with much dignity on her way. When she reached Ma com ber square she gracefully tripped across the car tracks and entered a mercan tile palace in the neighborhood. Her pursuer, very much crestfallen, slunk into a conve nient inn and proceeded to drown his dis cpmflture in copiqus libations. Had he learned a lesson that would prevent a repeti tion of his misconduct Brooklyn Eagle "Rambler." Usefulness of the Phonograph. The improvements in the phonograph bave now been carried to such a degree of perfec tion that the instrument is practically ready for general introduction. Undoubtedly means will be hit upon from time to fame to enhance (he value and efficiency of the phono graph, but it stands today, Lu our opinion, far more practical and complete than was the typewriter wben first brought out and placed on the market. Back of all the tall talk and exaggeration on the subject, for which tho daily press is chiefly responsible cer tainly not those who are introducing it is a machine of admirable performance, whose utility is so wide and various that it is hard to determine just which worlt will give it the largest fields of employments And then, too, aside from the practical use, is the wonder for wonder it is that not only can the hu man voice be registered, but it can be dupli cated in countless electrotypes. We may be wrong, but not greatly. In be lieving that this century will be memorable above others because it is that which first preserved articulate speech for after time. All poetry, of every age, is full of the yearn ing, one of the deepest in human nature, for the voice whose gentle greeting could be heard no more; and yet this tender sentiment will bo gratified, and each elusive tone and accent now has conferred on it a perpetuity that is not an attribute of even the graven stone or brass. Electrical World. Popular KewspapeftT Literature. What sort of literature is our popular modern newspaper likely to give us? It would be unfair to ignore the fact that some of our newspapers do exert the best Literary influence on their readers and conscientiously subordinate other features of their work to their duties as educators. But the typical modern newspaper, to meet the taste which it has created', must surrender whole columns to writers who aim only at being s amusing, and often succeed only in being pert, slangy or scandalous; and it must find or invent "news" items whicb have about as lofty en influence on the minds of readers as the wonders of tho fair bad on tho mind of Moses PrimrosaL' A"contihual flod of 6uch matter is not to be ofTset or corrected by an occa sional brilliant editwvial or a half column speech by a publio man, or a "syndicate" story by a good writer. And the effects ardcumulative. Such news papers are steadily training a Large number of readers to false standards in tba only litera tura of which they have plosa and daily ex pcrience, and the newspapers themselves are as steadily being forced to on adoption of these false standards. ' In brief, the newpa per of the past, by reason of lbs Lack of op portunity, was compelled to restrict its readers to matter of permanent educational value; the newspaper of the present, through its superabundance of opportunity, is too cf ten training its raaders out of all knowl edge pf or care for educational standards. TLe Century. Never walk under a safe that Is being hoisted, if you donl want it to get the drop on you. ENERGY. OF THE SUN. Amount of II eat Which Ills Kays G cm-rat Mechanical Power. Tho most satisfactory way of arriving nt an idea of the enormous energy ct the sun is by measuring the amount of beat which his rays are capable of generating; n;;d further, by our knowledge of the relation which exists letwcen heat and inwhnnical work, we are able at onco to estimate the amount of work which the sun is cauble of doing, and also tho quantity of energy he must 1e losing year by year. Ily suitable arrangement we can cause a certain quan tity of bis radiation to be alworbed by wafer or other substance, and note the rise of tem perature which results, and as we koV tho mechanical equivalent of each degree of tetn Maturo in water, for instam-e, it is only a matter of calculation to arrive-at n knowl edge of tlio sun's total energy. Like everything else connected with this wonderful tody, figures give us no adequ.ito conception of his energy, ami various illus trations have U-eii ul by different investi gators. Thus, Hersclu'l considered it in rela tion to the quantity of ice which it would meit iu a given time, and states that il:o amount of heat which the earth receives when the suu Is overhead would melt an inch thickness of ice in two hours and thirteen minutes. From this it can be calculated that if the body of tho sun were entirely sur rounded by a sheet of ico on its surface of more than a milo in thickness, the suns heat would entirely melt this couting of ire in the same time namely, two hours and thirteen minutes. Professor Young uses mi even more striking illustration. He says: "If wo could build up a solid column of ice from tlio earth to the sun, two miles and a quarter in diameter, spanning tho inrnrirvivr.li! ; of IK5,000,OOJ ijJes, uud if then the suu should concentrate his power upon it, it would dissolve and melt, not in an hour, nor in a minute, but in a single second; one swing of the pendulum, and it would bo water; seven more, and it would be dissipated in vapor." Of course, of this enormous quantity of heat the earth receives but a very small frac tion. The remainder, except, of course, what the other planets receive, passes away into space, and is lost forever, so far as can be ascertained, to the solar system. If wo esti mate iu mechanical power what we do re ceive, we find this to bo on each square foot of surface equivalent, on tho average, to about fifty tons raised a mile high yearly, or to one horse power continuously acting, to every thirty square feet of the earth's sur face. It is by this enormous supply of energy that tho whole world is kept ulive and active. It keeps us warm, and drives our steam en gines and water wheels; it circulates our at mosphere, and brings, us rain and snow in due season ; it grows and nourishes our i lants and auimuls, and, in n word, is tho sourco of almost every earthly blessing. Tho Scots man. .The French Essentially Home bovine- Yes, tho French are essentially homo lov ing. And their morality, so often impugned by ignorant critics, wbo find it easier to re peat idle nonsense than to study for them selves their morality will bear favorablo comparison with that of any F.nglish speak ing nation; of this I am convinced from tho depths of my soul. But we ere happy, aud care not a jot what impression wo make. You will never hear a Frenchman usk n foreigner: "Now, what do you think of usf We never trouble to show our best sido to tho foreigner. This is what misleads completely so many outsiders. Iu France, the vice that there is is on tho surface for every one to see. It is all open to every looker on; there is nothing hidden. What there is, that you see; no slightest effort is made to bide defects. Iu comes the Englishman or the American, and forgetting the caerfully hidden vice which exists and with a vengeance in hin own great towns, cries out upon the immor ality of Pans, I will go so far as to say that in Franco there is not even so much vice as there ap pears to be. Let mo explain myself. Far from attempting to hide our faults, we, as a matter of fact, often make show of those we bave not. Tho Frenchman is the braggart of vice. Like the Anglomnniacs, represented by Mr. Robson in that charming comedy, "The Henrietta," "each fellow," in France, "wants every other fellow to believe that he is a devil of a fellow, but he isn't." Tho small jokes that a Frenchman will go in for may bo ridiculous in your eyes, and, worse than that, they may, and often do, earn him the reputation of a reprobate. But 3 ou, dear reader, when you get a chance, look beneath that boasting exterior, look at the man in his family relations, follow him to bis borne ah! there comes the rub his homo is closed to you, aud you cannot easily know what a devoted husband, what a doting father, is this same man who is so fond of posing in public as a "jolly dog." Max O'Rell in Tho Cosmopolitan. The Execution of Criminals. Suppose all the irreclaimablo convicts in London executed in silence, Kecretly, with no possibility of pain, would tUe announce ment of the fact create half tho repugnance whicb tho execution of ono criminal doe3 now? Capital punishment is just; but some thing to make tho judge and juryman reflect, to make him fear for his own responsibility, to make him search his conscience, in theo logical phrase, i3 an indispensable check; and in abolishing pain, and the knowledge of de tails, and personal action in executions, we, to the extent of human power, tako that check away. It is foolish to assert that this would not be the case, or that men would be equally moved by the bare record of the number of deaths. Who is moved by the registrar general's, weekly return, or the return of deaths in a convict prison? Do 30 u suppose that Mary Tudor'a martyrs, dying invisible, without pain, without report save that they were dead, would have shocked London into Protestantism? They would have passed, es even now convicts sentenced to labor for, liio pass, to tbair doom unheeded, except by the few who mako their destinies 9, sludw. Lou don Spectator. The Fate of a Tragedy, Wilson Vance, soma years ago a bright correspondent, now a wealthy citizen and president of ko chamber of commerco ot Findlay, 0., tells an amusing story of a. tr edy be wrote that has never b&i produced. After the play was ttw'c-d a certain great comedian of Crotnam called upon him and tieard it read. The actor was delighted and said if the author could make a comedy out of it ho would tako it. In a few weeks the tragedy was a sparkling comedy of a high order. The comedian fairly rolled over on tho flotr with unrestrained laughter and der clared the comedy tho best ho ever heard read. Two days afterward the comedian wanted one character killed in the play, be cause it might rob him of glory. His wishes were obeyed. Every two or three das s be asked to have a character either killed or toned down. Finally he said the play was perfect only ho wanted a new female char acter introduced to do song and dance anx banjo business. That was the straw thai broke the camel's back. Tho young dra matist rebelled and declared bis comedy should not be profaned in such a way. Ne gotiations ended, New York Pres3 - DON'T READ THIS ! I rules you want to l;ii,w wlicrc to p-t the lit-st "Cusli" 1 'argil BOOTS AND SHOES I We arc now ollcring Social Price in 0IQR iEWl'IBiE I Axy the most we pride ourselves on is our excellent line of Ladies' Hand-Turned Shoes At their Present Low Prices. Ladies looking fur sncli 11 Shoe should not fail to call on BECE ie P attsmouth Is on joying a EDITION S. Will be one during which the subjects of national interest and importance will be strongly agitated and the election of a President will take place. Hie people of Cass County who would like to learn of Political, Commercial and Social Transactions of this year and would keep apace with the times should bubbo ze!.:i::os2; -row Daily or Weekly Herald. Now while we have the subject before the people we will venture to speak of our P fci Hit I iwlt 'sjjp Which is first-cla?s in all resp&cta and from which our job printers are turning out much sftiiiactory work. PLATTSMOUTH. in in G Herald 33 com in both, its jn riiEJt tiik NEBRASKA. A.WD WBHKX,lr 1888