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i.J y ., J! J J YU DAILY DZBAU) : PLA'in?f "in iTff TJFnr? a sir a Tirnn5rnv tirvr 01 ioca - ; i 5 I u n il A TURTLE UIOTER. CATCHING KENTUCKY SNAPPERS TO MAKE FREE LUNCH OF. low th Snapper litm in Walt and Poll t' ' in lh t'nwmry Mallard Soooplng Vp tba Gni Steel Traps, Ulila and I'Uli hooka. A mrill mallard dralce, with a eurlod tall rwl four wItm, waa quietly taking hl break iai in toe bosom or hi familr tha other tnornlng among the weal and willowton the awt bank of tha licking rlrer, at tha . mouth or Hank Lick crook, Kenton county. Jty 1 b ooz her U rich In worma, sluga ana tenacr snoots or aquatia vegetation, and ror a Lima tha drake iwung binuielf on bis azisand wahblnd bia tail In tha air, while his rceaa waa twittering and sucking In tha lu4 under the river's surface with consid erable concentration. It was plain that he had struck a soft snap and knew It. Uriea. when he brought his bead above water to swallow a slug and cart a little largos of gentle quarks Into bis harem, something seemed to take hold of hi legs irom it: low ii0 quacked frantically and lioat tha water with bis wing. Then his wlng and hi bock and" his head went under, whil his four wives axoitodly lifted them olre Into tho air and winged their way into .Toother county. -Holy smoko! Tliat must be a big fellow," remarked French Henry, as he rowed toward the spot where the ducks had been feeding. Henry Is a woodsman of some repute in this latitude, whose attention Just now U turned to the turtle harvest. With a sixteen' foot Cfciir. a couplo of No. 2 steel traps, a Flohort rifld, carrying a 82 ball, a leng handled table fork, which he flubbed a "scoop," and half a down three inch hooks attached to as ninny strong ma gran linos, ho was out on a turtle hunk The river at this point Is from twenty to forty yards wido, and lips Its way over the bar of clean sand and gravel which time and spring freiihets have brought down the creek and anchored here. Almost immediately feathers began to rise from a spot about fhrea yards exit from sliGio, and the clear Water became tinged in that place with a bloody streak. As th skill drew near to the troubled point we coukl clearly make out the form of a turtle anchored upon the sand about three foet below the surface, and shel tered from the force of e current by a ltdjo cf limestone. llu chell locked about two net loiif by a foot anJ a lialf in breadth. He held the body of the mallard under him while be tore its neck and breast with his booked Jaws, working with the eagerness of a vulture and much tho same general action. In bis feast upon the warm body of the drnko, a that bird displays when greedily tearing a piece of carrion of which he expects shortly to ba dispossessed. ' "They win plant themselves in tbe mud on the bottom of the river near shore, those big fc!ows will," gaid Henry, 'with their heads jui? popping out of their shells, and in the fccurie o ba! an tour 1 be current has'duted bem" with mud and leaves and bits of drift, until a sunfish cant tell them from a rock to save bis soul, and so be floats down that way. witb one eye looking out for danger and the vmer iurgruo, any an ntencesometh in "darts out from that muddy rock and catches the aim. fLsh by tho side or the bock or tho fceat or the laiL It dont make any djerence where it patiM mm, k Jong as it takes in a good muuiuiui, occause mat tning that has darted out Is a snapping turtles head, and. whatever It catches jt keepa. Then tha turtle tucb the tun unaer him, jus as hp has the nvillard ,nere, ana wars aqq swallows like a hungry "He will eat catfish and snakes, and almost anything that lives in water, and once 1 saw oue out in a meadow catching grasshoppers. fotraigbt gorxu, sum To see a big turtle on land Is enough to mate a bonw hiiigh. This uiiy lifted bis bead, an J his tail as high in the air as to could get them, and then, raising lumseir on u; tips or bis toes, be struggled along ror a rew yards,- wbpn an at cno his jtrtrgth save 046 and down ho come ker pmnn. v, beuever a grasshopper would alight within rzt Of bis head out would go his beak, and lcfore the hopper knew what hit him it would be his meat. Cut this ain't catching turtles, U ItP He placed one of the pea like bullets in the little rifle's breach, and laying the gnn to bis Shoulder sighted along its octagonal barrel. Instead of pointing toward tbe snapper the gun's muzzle bore on a floating object about the size of a man's thumb which was rapidly approaching us from above, Witb tbe report of tbe gun the object dUappearea. and then, grasping the scoop, Henry leaned eagerly over the skiffs side and looked down into the water. In less than a minute the current brought with it the body of a second turtle smaller than the first, which Iler.ry dexter ously scooped in as it was being half borne by tho current and half propelled by its own dy lug exertions down tbe stream. The bullet bad crushed its skull while it was swimming, as ta the fashion of many inland turtles, with nothing but tbe tip of its heat above water. "Now, then, for the duck eater. . I want to take him alive, if 1 can, as there Is not much market for dead turtles, tbe dealers not car ing to take the risk of having stock spoil on their hands, when it can be kept in a tank for six months, at almoKt no expense, if alive. Tlx- only way to get him is to catch him In a trap, or a line, or to scoop him out. As he has enough to eat there for a week, the tlrst two plans will hardly work, and while in such deep water as this tho scoop is danger cu. I will try it." Then with an oar Ilenry turned up the black earth along the river's bank, sending it in a cloud down the current and com pletely hiding tbe turtle under its dark mantle. "DooT be afraid; be is not lost, as I nave bis bearings. You see when the water was Clear be could see every motion I made, and had I tried to scoop him out then be would be off before you could say 'Co f but now" , nenry leaped oat of the skiff and into the cold water, which washed his thighs. Witb " tbe long handle held firmly in both hands be raked tbe bar with the teeth of the scoop until, they touched something which his practiced touch told him was the game. With a sudden shoot forward be lifted the obstruction, and then putting all bis strength into bis arms be cast it from tho scoop's teeth. nding it in a clean flight of a dozen feet out the water high and dry on tbe sandy lioro. It was the snapper, with its Jaws tightly closed on the wing of tbe dead duck. When taken aboard, and thrown on tha bottom of the boat with several of its con geners, it made no effort to escape or to finish its breakfast, but remained quiet, witb tbe r' z iu it mouth and its kbarp little eyes fnng. lh he jaws of the steel traps were now sprung A nd fixed In that position, and after being f a-stened to one end of a ten foot length or quarter inch hemp rope, the other end of I which was fixed to a peg driven deeply into ' the river bank, the traps were baited witb tdnoows and sunk' in likely looking holes aaiong the submerged willows. Tbe fish hooks were baited in tbe saihCfi manner, and their lines- tied to stout willow- branches, after which tho boat was secured, and with nothing but tbe scoop, Henry set olT on a tramp up the creek. Newport iKy.) Cor. liexr York Sun. PLAST SHADE TREES. IMPROVING NFW YORK'S 6ANITARY CONDITION AT SMALL EXPENSE. The IntlmaU Connect lor Itctweer Sbada and Good llealtl. During the hrm 00 A F!alcin's Happy Thought. On Who Cam for Trees. There has been a boppy thought brewing Ui tue mind or a very learned a well a verr kind beartec resident of New York, whose name b Ur (Stephen Smith. Tbe thought ba been brewing for the luxt ten years and is one that d user vet U be told, because. If H not told and a targe number of citizen of ew i ork are not made to are tbe tieaoty and wisdom of it and lend human support and aid it can never become more than thought, and then more would I tbe pitv It is well known tc thost unfortunate pnople wno are obliged to remain iu town all summer what suUering Is caused by the exceeding heat, but the degree of beat borne by tbe well to do and those who have spacious rooms and house that allow of a full sweep of air, suuh as there may be, is nothing couiarcd witb mat boning, molting, burning beat that has to be endured by the dwellers in tenement bouses and the poor district of tbe city. It was when Dr. Smith was on tbe board of health, and had more than ordinary facility for making Investigations of the evils, and distress, and misery, and mortality that accrue from tho heat and lack of air In the summer that tho thought came to him what a beneilt would ba gained to the dwellers all over New York if tho city was planted, witb trees. He becamo so in tores tod in tho idea that be made a tborourh Uuilv of it. nml viewe 1 it from every side in order to test its practicability. One means to which he bad recourse to test his theory was to take tbo temperature cf the pavement in town on a hot summer's day. It was l.'Xl degs. Fah renheit. Ho then went to Central park and took tbe temiwrature of tho atmosphere underneath tho trees. It was CO dec-s. and 70 degs. Fahrenheit, according to tbedeme- uess of tbe foliage. It is a well knowu fact that tLd iemriera ture in a forest or 'even under a clump it trees is cooler in summer and warmer in winter than in the open countrv. The In stinct of animals is to go under the snade of trees when tbo sun's ravs are too heating. Men gladly avail themselves of tho same privilege, knowing the beneCta ta ba r cei ved. s a rcsul t c.f Rr. Srpith.'s ip vestiga tion he cays in this regard: "Forests and even single trees have a marked upon the surrounding temperature, especially ui nig me summer, ana they evidently tend to equalize temperature. Di-event pirrm both in summer and winter. Hence thev be come of immense value a sanitary agendas in preserving equality of climatic cccditions: t noever nas waiK&q in tue streets of New York on' a hot summer da v. protected from tho direct rays of a midday sun by hia um brella, has found the reflected hcs.t 0 the pavement intols.-ab!. H tof a momeiit he passed into the dense shade cf a troe ba at once experienced a marked sense of relict" I tree? exUMJ oiinsifftntly Lu- moiature to to th . umes of , and this is a constnnt process of cooling the air. Dr. Smith also jiu uisuoara 01 health report: "The in uueiuw oi ireea, neaviiy leaved, in a district uiHe,e is no other vegetation, in mod erating and equalising the temperature can uot bo overestimated. Thev are al f menso value owing to their power to destroy or neutralize malaria, and to absorb th i onous olenieuts of gaseous compounds, while luejr emu me oxygen. The conclusion from iuii-soius 1 acts is inevitable that one of wie great and pressing sanitary wauts of New v.. is an ample supp(y cj trees. It is evt.ient that the ctyulo fciees of nrooor ti aud euiUbly arranged, supply the conditions necessary to counteract the evils of excessive ueai.- 1 rees would add much also to the lnt of the city, bu.thatJja minor question for considevliuo. They would brina shade and moisture, and reduce the fearful blaze from tue sun s rays, and that would mean the ore- 1 ... . " wn nuuu ui uuninn me ana some sugbt re spite from tho hand of disp,i. 1 ue wonder that such a fellcltou thought as the planting of trees in this city lid not occur to soino one long ajo, and ha not been carried Into ciToct. Charitably minded people ae constantly trying to find a new method or helping their fellow beings. 1 bis is an object that would be far more praiseworthy than starting a hospital, and iioes not moan a lax on any one citizen nn !es it would be a tax to kotp In preservation 'he precious boon in the shape of a shade tree What if these great green bits of natnro were distributed in the ncighlorhood of the Fi ve Points, or any of tbe quarters where tenement houses are as numerous! Witb what added comfort the children could play in tho street! It would be possible for them to have the benefit of tho little air there was stirring instead of being shut up in their two roomed homes in order to be out of the sun. The degree of crowding In the tenement house districts of New York is greater than auy other city in th civilized world a fact that is owing much to the small compass of land on which the city is situated. The mor tality is of course very great in these dis tricts, but if it could be decreased even In the smallest degree by the planting of tree. ueb a result would certainly bo worth the eilbrti A curious map was made by Dr. Smith while he wes pursuing the in vest ig a tion of the tenement bouse system, aud it shows to an appalling degree the increase of the death rate during the heat of the sum mer. J 111:0 20 is reckoned as the beginning of tbe hot weather. With the rise in the temperature, indicated by a brilliant scarlet mark on tbo map, rises also, in close prox tuity to it, a heavy black mark showing the havoc death is making. A cloudy day. the black mark descends; a thunder shower takes place, the same effect is produced. All these variations go to show that tbe smallest at mospheric changes as well as other contin gencies make a difference in the death rate. There is at least one man in New York who exercises his best endeavor to keep the few remaining trees in order. He is a man of leisure. Much of bis time is spent in ex ploring different parts of the city for the purpose of discovering where there are treea. Tbey have become to him as interesting as human beings, and if he finds that any or them are badly treated that tbe pavement has been brought in too close con tact with their roots or that they ought to lie inclosed in order to keep them out of tbe roach of mischievous boys be takes tbe num ber of tbe bouse before which be has seen such a tree and finds the name of the owner in the directory, then goes home and writes a postal card to him, and calls bis attention to the circumstances. In this way be has been tbe means of preserving many of tbe old landmarks of New York. New York To set delicate colors in embroidered hand kerchiefs, soak tbera ten minutes previous to washing in a pail of tepid water, in which a dessert spoonful of turpentine has been well stirred. When stung by a boa or a wasp make pasta of conuuou earth and water, put ou tha place at oaceand cover jwith a cloth. SOME EXPENSIVE LUXURIES. Costliest Article la A inert cat Furniture, Jewelry, Books and Pictures. ' I have come acroaa a curious paper com piled by some of those cranks witb a passion for figures and statistics and is meant to show how tremendous is tbe luxury of this city. He begins by saying that Mr. IL O. Mar quand has the costliest piano In the world. Steinway made tbe works and the case painted by Alma Tadcma was done in Iion don, the wholo costing $40,000. This stands in Mr. Marquand's famous music room, one of tbe motot luxurious and beautiful cham bers in this country. He also has the cost liest billiard table in this country, having paid for it in round uumbers tIW.000, and everything in the houso is on a scale to har monize with these expensive bits of furniture. The costliest dinner service ever made was done iu this city by Tiffany. Mr. Mac-key brought with him from his mines $75,000 worth at bullion, aud this tbe jewelers madu up into a service, asking 10,000 for tho work, making the cost of it in all flitt.OOO, and uo sovereign in Europe eats from such a gorgeous plate. Yet, strange to say, Mackey is as simple as possible in his manner. Tho costliest string of pearls in this country be longs to Mrs. Louis Hamersley, and was tbe one she wore on her neck one night lost winter when a-thief put his band in tho car riage window and tried to snatch them, suc ceeding only in breaking the string ami scat tering the pearls, which were nil recovered with the exception of one. He had heard of their price, doubtless $51,000 and made a uddcn grasp at fortune. Mrs. Willie Vun- Jerbilt wears a solitaire diamond n'H which cost $J8;004 while Mrs." Cornelius has just purchased for $125,000 tho fittings of 0110 roonv Tbe late Mrs. Mary Morgan imid $250,000 for a diamond necklace, and Mrs. Hicks-Lord bos one equally as valuable. 1 ho niot expensive picture in this countrv Is Meissonier's "1S07," which hangs in the Metropolitan museum, presented by Ilenry Hilton, who mid f 00,.100 for it. It has been estimated that this sum wJuld more than cover tbe entiro canvas with $20 gold pieces. The most expensive book of ijj iz 'ft Now York h he- COti 'eJUiiii 'of ' "Swaksure's 3u:iuuts,u of which but two copies exist, 0110 in the British museum, and the other owned by the publishers Dodd & Mead. They paid $5,000 for it, which in weight is about $4S0 an ounce. In tbe Lenox library is a perfect copy of tho Mazarine or (jutienberg CiblaJ the first brok riintcd v. ith'' liibvablo. types. It 4 J worth 25)0, and uotbing better has been dono'sinM. ' Cray ton Ives has an imper fect copy for which he paid $13,000. J. W. liouton, the book dealer, sold a Ciblo tbe other day for $10,000. It was originally in tliree volumes, but by "Crayerism" the in sertion of wood cuts, manuscript, encrav- ings and etchings it has f Tpanvwu to sixty imperial fslio volumes. lirook IV ri Eagle." Experience of a Vegetarian,, Mr. McCrone has alvava btm u vwv hard worfccri in the field" would outwork sv.v of his, uiiier6.u3 Jahcuera, wjirj vu - fooil enters, and t r-miLipd w1- " filial s?r fOf di'-iu. -i a frequent de- " , gratify which not only re- ix tbera in their work, but was a sourco of relaxation as welL Ho never feels the need of water or other liquids as a beverage, but uses a generous supply of milk in his diet. His general diet consists of oatmeal and milk, Graham bread crackers, vegetable soups, potatoes, corn and other common vegetables, and also considerable fruit of various kinds. His use of drinking water, he thinks, will not average over a quart a year, fruit supplying a great deal of tho moisture necessary for the body. As regards tho relish of food it is a well known fact that a more discriminating tasto is acquired by entire abstinence from meat, and if this be doubted, a trial of a few weeks, even two weeks, will convince tho most skeptical thnt it is not owing to a keener appetite consequent upon the stoppage of tho habitual hearty diet, but thnt meat really dos blunt tho tar.te and such a trial w ill injure no oue. Mr. Mc-Crone thinks three weeks a fair trial, and believes that any 0110 at the end of that time will admit that ho feels better and derives more enjoyment from tho food he eats, and if continued, will be better in every way for it He cites the healthier condition of the lower classes iu foreign countries, who are unable from their small wages to obtain meat; while those of better means, in the cities principally, live upon animal food and are as a rule of more feeble constitution and in no way so well equipped for life's battle. Consequently tha recruiting supply of the armies of those countries is drawn largely from the poorer classes, who have more endurance and are better fighters than their city cousins. They transmit stronger constitutions to their off spring, and are longer lived, and practically f reo from the pains and ills which humanity is commonly afflicted with. The history of various ancient nations furnishes strong ar guments in favor of his doctrine in their rise, strength, progress and decadence. Spring field Republican. Tho Captive Prairie Dogs. " Wben I was a little boy my father moved from lloosierdom over upon a broad and blooming prairie in Illinois," said a man to a reporter. "One time my father trapped four or five prairie dogs. I don't know how he managed it; I've forgotten that. I think they must have been young and foolish, like baby rats, which ventured where their pa aud ma would never go. My father brought them borne, and wo children bugged our selves in delight as we fancied them as pretty pets, like squirrels or white rabbits. A cage was quickly fitted up, tbe captives were placed in it and surrounded by all the dain ties which we fancied could tempt them to forget their captivity. Our parents kept us away from the cage, as the little strangers re garded us with a terror which they did not attempt to conceal But we went to place more food before them the next momin". Tbe food previously provided had not been touched. The little prisoners sat wearily oa their haunches in the dark extremity of their cell. Childish curiosity was repressed till the second morning, when the cage was again visited. The captives sat in the same posi tion, and no morsel of the varied bill of fare with which we had designed to tempt them bad been touched. The water was undimin ished in the bowL "Another day passed, the third morning came, and wo ran out to see our pets. The sight that met our eyes I shall never forget. In their hunger and despair tbe poor captives bad eaten their own feet. The bloody stumps were a sad and sickening reproof to our cruelty in depriving tbe children of the prairie of their wild, sweet liberty. We felt ft, children as we were, and silently, almost in tears, we opened the prison door and slipped uway to give tbe captives opportun ity to escape. But it was too lata Witb their feet gnawed off up almost to their littlo bodies, they could scarcely more than drag themselves out and creep away into tbe grass, where they soon after died." Chicago Herald. Tbe thistle at -antipodes seems to attain a most vigorous growth. Its root penetrates to a depth or from twelve to twenty feet, and this root, even when cut into small pieces, retains vitality, each root producing new p tan L. Chicago Herald. FRANCE'S EDUCATION. IN SOME PARTICULARS FA AHEAD OF THAT AMERICA. The French Ky.trni or rrartlcal Inlruc tion The Aim of the Oovernrariit An KducMtlon Technical School Tbe I'arli I'rluiury School. Oeneral education in France is "fully n thorough and gratuitous as that of tho United States, and in Komo particulars far ahead of it, mainly so in the Kystem of piw tical education. "Commencing with the kindergarten, the primary schools, the intermediate schools, drawing-aud art ncliools, all have tho same manifest ami outs;olu-u tendency of raising me growing xjiiI.-ition into a ixx.plo of skilled and well educated workmen who. bv meir Kujienor training and intellectual out fitting, will bo better able to light ini.-ierv and lovei ty thanntany ix'i io.1 of the world b.- lore. All the instruction, tools, lxoks, sta tionery 10 1110 very j,oor even food and clothing are given free of charc-e. so thnt senooi becomes an abode of pleasure and u disjienser of comforts to the poor children whose parents are not able to provide them with any of these blessings." I-ranee spends S00,0U0,00i)f. a vear to e-ir its growing generation iiiU Hectunl advance ment. Iu addition to, this tho ministers of war and Of commerce, contribute largo sums for sjiecial sch.K.ls, and I'aris tiju-uds for municipal si-hooU :MUNni,ooof., which is fivo times moi-o money than was spent for this purpose in tho time of the empire. Air. Helm enhuf says "the scl.o .l ytfrtiT of i.;!;, ;- lo tions may n- as complete in their educational facilities, but nowlien: excepting in Switzer land and America is free instruction so systematically- carried out as in France. Xowhero are industrial education ud, art education made, so to Cj,utt aii tiryanic part of the whr-Je,5,Vi.tiiii or' public insh uc- '.- -? itgiiiH witn manual tra with it in combined object teacbin AIM OF THE GOVERNMENT. This seems to be tho aim of tho governryiit. General education at first, a.ml in Liino "'sih cial instruction, ' ' "1. T'lapuiston. the child to know the tools, to luuier&taiitl their use. ami to amuse him ns much as possible with sketchings, outlining, modeling mid hmid work. 2. To assist in tho eronttun of apprentice schools in industrial centers to the end of giving to the pupils who follow the instruction dexterity in tho use of tho hand and other corresjioiuUng knowledge to prepare them for entering the Eoolo des Arts ct Metier -. manufacturing establish- menu;. M To contribute to tl luo'a wi luacimiery usuu ui Vo hu'xjt' primary and oth.fr schools M-cnoi-in'- --''1 tcchniiwil school.-- 4 TV a tor the of admission to tho. U' -j the standard by the. er-efd. dvJ Ai-ts et Metiers oud r wuiciency given bv these seo- j primary schools with workshop prac tice connected. 5. To assist the superior lo cal schools in the support of specially deter mined industries of the district. 0. To bring the principal schools to tho highest degree of technical and scientific perfection by adding new courses of complementary exercises of special application, and to support and en courage as much as possible industrial soc-ie ties wuo maintain special public courses in the different industrial centers of tho coun try." Americans who favor on art education as necessary for workmen had to combat old ideas and tinte honored prejudices. Once, so long as cloth was thick or warm, or a house, as William Morris has it, was a "comfortable hutch," that suffice) 1. Hut as manufactures havo increased, our "infautile productive powers" turning out more goods than we could conveniently use, wo want a market for them. The Minnesota or Iowa man is satisfied, indifferent to tho color, design, form, finish of the wares he makes or buys, yet the Mexican or Brazilian may fec-l disin clined to wear tho goods ve manufacture simply because they do not suit bis taste ns to "color, design, form, finish." As Mr. Schoenhof aptly puts it: "Many uu article superior in wearing qual ity, and consequently of higher intrinsic value, is rejected 111 comjietition with an in ferior one, more pleasing to the eye, how ever, in virtue of higher skill and taste em ployed in its ornamentation, coloring, shap ing. The particular manufacturer in the United Scat?s who ignores this fact and is obstinate stands the chance of ruin." In Paris there are from fifty to seventy five studios of designers for industrial art. and at their heads are designers of skill, with full knowledge of art industry or the adap tiveness of certain forms and ornamentations to materials. To these studios come tlw manufacturers who purchase ideas. THE TECHNICAL SCHOOLS. All technical schools in France aro under the supervision of the minister of commerce. The highest of these is the Eeole des Arts et Metiers. There are others at Air. Ansrera and Chalons-sur-Marne. In tho workshops are turned out oomietent foremen and super intendents. The work in these schools, it is believed, will be better in the future, because the rising generation of Frenchmen, under that newer sj-stem, which teaches the child how to work earlier with his bauds, will have more time for theoretical study. Special schools for trades are singular to France, as the Eeole Municipale Frofcssion ello d'Ameublement, where pupils are taught to design and make artistic furniture. In theoretical studies tho pupils are taught French, history, language, arithmetic, geom etry, technologj-, history of industrial draw ing, sketching, modeling and molding. Pro fessional instruction consists of cabinet making, wood carving, turning, joiner work and upholstery. Instruction is free, and pupils are fed during school hours. The teachers are practical workmen. Somewhat similar in character is a school whero car riage building is taught, and tho Eeole d'Horlogerie, which gives education to those who work to become skilled watchmakers. With similar ends, many schools are now in the formation process in Franco for the making of mathematical, optical, telegraphic and surgical instruments. In Lyons there is a weaving school (Ecolo de Tissage). In Paris, as a center of population, there are 2S0 primary schools for boys, 275 for girls, and the pupils number 200,000. The divisions are three kindergarten schools, primary schools and superior primary schools (coles primaires et superieures). Of tho 2So primary schools in Paris ninety have workshops for the working of wood and iron, and in time workshops will be the con stant adjunct Everywhere in all the depart ments of France are to bo found these schools, not elementary alone, but where tho highest branches of technical art aro taught. Take, for instance, the apprentice school of decorative art applied to industry in Paris. "The object of this school is to give special instruction to special trades of an artistic nature ceramic, glass, enameling, sculptur ing and carving in wood, marble and ivory, metal casting :copper, bronze, iron), chasing, textile designing and decorative painting, furniture and artistic woodwork, modeling in Clay and wax from plaster or from life. The instruction from this school js gratui tous, and all are admitted after having passed an examination iu written papers or an ex amination and a submitted drawing." Jtw York Times. von Ladies' Shoes Ahi Alen'n, Hoys' ami CliHtlreii't nnu in order to iteduce Our For Fall Goods, while you have Now is the a chance to W- A. The Plattsmouth Is enjoying a DAXXr AND W EDITIONS. The Year Will he one during which the subjects of national interest and importance will he strongly agitated and the election of a President will take place. Ihc people of Cass Countv who would like to learn of Political, Commercial and Social Transactions of this year and wor.ld keep apace the times should -FOi: Daily or Weekly Herald. Xow while we have the subject before the people we will venture to speak of our nCPflPT Which is first-class from which our job out much satisfactory PLATTSMOUTH, .n y 0 mm Tin: fnY 11 THIRTY DATS and Slippers. t fo at a iviluction usiinier Stock tunc t to lay 111 your supply Ag '"Cash" IJarain at ;et a h Boom in both, its with EITHER THE 0 in all respects and printers are turning work NEBRASKA. hferald 1888 PRO llll 0 7 1 u , iV