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THE DAILY TITITIALD: 1 UV; ijlioor i;iz:;HAu::A. i aUDAY, JUKU :). ic:j. 0 0 T 1 A JAMAICA MOIWIXG. 6CENE3 NOTED BY A TRAVELER WHILE IN KINGSTON. Soma 011 Characters About the llotel. Victoria Market rrieaa of Eatablae. flef, Mat tun uhI Vegetables Tbe Itaa Wr of Mfilit Air. ' Early erery rporntnjj there wera curious y acenee around J'ark lodge. In Jamaica tha ' negroes bare to wme extent tbe unpleasant habit, common to the colored Inhabitants of all tbe West India Islands, of standing; im movable bjr tbe quarter hour staring at any thing that attracts their attention. When atone they stand erect and silent as statues till they seem about to take root. When tbey ha vrtompony they are more likely to jabber as fast as their tongues con move. When tbe object of their curiosity happens to be a stranger who is not used to this sort of admiration, he Is pretty sure to lie embarrassed, and very like to become indignant. But it Is only to some ex tent, as I have said, that tbe negroes in Jama ica do this, and when it is done at all it is nearly always done by those who walk in long distances from tbe country to sell their jfcodiice. Those who live in Kingston are hsed to seeing strangers and pay no attention a 'to them. In Jamaica eyes Park lodge is a marvel of everything stylish and elegant, and the darkies coming In from the bills to bell their bananas and akees and "nice fresh eggs, boas," can rarely pass the open gates without stopping to gaze at the wonderful sight within. DARKIES SEEING TBI EIGHTS. It was no uncommon thing to see four or Ave colored ladies and gentlemen, with loaded trays balanced on their beads, stand ing in front of the Park lodge gates at once fairly drinking in the Oriental magnificence. - Tbe groat sight consisted principally of the fountain in the middle of tbe yard and a few strangers sitting under the archway leading to the hotel office; but this was enough to in terest the sable tramps, who had already trudged over miles of dusty roads to bring their goods to market, and still bad a ' long walk before them. , It is only fair - to the colored people of Jamaica to say tliat they do less of this sort of thing than their brethren on any other l!nglib inland In tbe West Indies. In Monbterrat, for Instance, they regard a ch ange white man as a colossal aggregated Circus come to town, and follow him wherever be goes. In Nassau, though they are used to seeing strangers, tliey surround a new arrival in droves, and make great efforts to secure a sixpence or even "a big copper, boss." In Jtarbadooa, where the Improvement of the jiogro race under British rule is seen to the Lest advantage, they set after a newly ar rived stranger like a crew of Malay pirate till he is driven to take refuge in tbe nearest shelter. But to Jamaica they are quiet, in offensive, and generally well behaved and polite. Of course those who make infrequent trips from their country borne to the capital feel bound to see tha Bights when they are in town. I thought at first that these lads and lasses with trays on their beads who stopped to stare in the gate were waiting for a chance to sell their wares; but they bad no such idea. Two or three special ones came in every morning to sell eggs and fresh fruit, bat tbey were aiL One morning a girl came In with a dozen fine alligator pears, which 1 bought for a few pennies; but I found soon afterward that I bad oaptured tbe hotel's supply for the day, and I bad to surrender tbein. C?r.e of tbe earliest arrivals every morning was tha man who sold photographs. This Aftle I rive bina, Tbe man who sold photo graphs," partly out of courtesy and partly becauxe I do not know what else to call him. He was hardly a man, although be bad the outward appearance of one, for be bad no more mtelligence than one of tbe goldfish in the fountain, and be did not sell photographs, for nobody ever bought any; tbe pictures he ottered wore hardly worthy tbe name of pho tographs, being the worst smudges tbe sun was ever made accountable for. TH VICTORIA MARKET. Pork lodge is perhaps a trifle over a mile from tbe end of tbe street car line, and the market is one short block from thp terminus. This is the Victoria market, the principal one in Kingston. There is another, called tbe Jubilee market, in another part of the city. The Victoria market I consider the finest in the West Indies. In tbe early morn ing it is crowded with bpyersaellers and goods, and by early morning fmean from G to 0 o'clock. It U a wonder of a market for any West Indian city, built entirely of iron, SOU feet long, and 1(30 feet wide. The ends OHof sides are open, there being no side walls, ''it3 none are needed, but tbe whole place is surrounded by a tall iron railing mounted on a brick walL Everything about it is as clean and sweet as possible, and even whef the fish and meat stalls are full one smells nothing but the sweet odors that float over from tbe flower places. It cost about fl?Q, 000, and is well worth the money. "The beef, it is all raised on the island, and U originally very good beef before it goes into the hands of tbe butchers. But they kill it and sell it tha some morning, appar ently cutting the whole animal into slices cr chunks, without regard to choice parts or poor ports. I know the beef is good when properly handled, because whenever I dined in a private house the roasts were excellent, having no doubt been kept for some time oti ice; but in" the hnteL where it was used within b few hours of its coming from market, it was utterly unfit to put on tbe tabla. The mutton, too, was good when properly Iced; but the best Southdown lamb, if killed at dayliglit, would not be fit to use for break taat that morning. This is the practice throughout the West Indies to kill an ani mal at 5 and eat him at 10, and it account Tory largely for tbe wretched meat com monly served in that part of the world, itoat mtat la not to be laughed at, provided it comes out of a tander kid. J ate my first plate of roost kid In Bermuda, and like it quite as well as turkey. Strawberries are scarce, and egg plants are not as cheap as they look at two cents each, for tbey are very small. Tbe native way of keeping bouse is to send a servant to market in the morning to buy provisions for the day, and for oca day only, and these will erbaps in clude a pound of onions, two cents' worth of small vegetables, a pineapple, and every thing on tbe same moderate sea la Thar is reason for this, for scarcely anything will keep without ice, and ice is dear even when cheap, because in hot climate it melt so fast. These early morning boors for sight teeing and noticing the habits of tba people were for better than tbe evening. I have always made it a rule to be tinder a roof if pca-ille after dark in tropical countries, and to tui 1 attribute in great part my escape from a single day's illness in all my years of resi dence and visiting in the West Indies. But there are many nights in tbe worst climates, even, when one can be out with perfect safety. You loam in time to tell by tbe feel of the air whether It is safe or not. William Prysdaie's Kingston Letter in Zlew York Times. . , Ban Francisco policemen say tbey have never seen a drunken Chinaman. BASY LOUiSS.! Baby tVeulaa. la It really rear Grown to womanhood, tall and odd. Tour eyes are still that wonderful blue, Yet tbey do not seem like tba eras of old; Surely, It Is but a year or so Since tba tuna I drew you upon my knee. On winter night by tba back log's glow. And told you stories of land and i You bad always a kiss for me In those days. If my mem'ry serves me well; Thn your kisses you lavished free For a flower, perhaps a caramel ; Too bad been nursed In a worldly school. My lady mamma bad taught you well. That a girl or woman was half a fool Who didn't know charms were made to sen. You hare not changed since those days, Louise, When I purchajuxl your kisses with lollipops. Though you pluuged In the baut monde's treacb erous seas Of kettledrums, Germans and Thursday bops, You will marry, I bear, if reports are true, A titled loon, who Is bent and old; Yet matters are equal between you two. For Pin sure that my lord will be soldi Ernest de Lancey Plersoa. A Richly Merited Rebuke. Tbe literary wife of a western senator went to bear Riley one night; the price for tbe author's readings were too high for Jher purse, and sho gladly availed herself of a re duced rate to bear tbe star of tbe combina tion. 8be was much in earnest. It chanced that her seat lay among a lot of frivolous women to whom tho going was a "fad." They did not care for Itiley nor bis reading, and tbey talked small talk all tbe evening. The senator's wife was distracted by their clatter; she could not follow the reader, and she sent several severe glances to tbem with out avail. Finally sho could sit under the outrage no longer, and, rising, she 6aid in a tone loud enough to be beard by more than those for whom the words were intended: "For God's sake, women, stop your fool talk or adjourn to the lobby with it, and let other people hear what they jmid their money for, not your nonsense." There was quiet in that neighborhood through tho remainder of tbe programme. Washington Letter. 'Bagging at the Knee. A great many inquiries are mode as to how to prevent pantaloons from bagging at the knees. There is only one answer to these, it can't be done. Your trousers will bag, and you cant help it. The bagging can be less ened by frequent pressings and taking good care of them, but as long as men bend their knees in walking their pants will bag. Tbe skin would also, if it didn't settle back. A great many men pull thjfcir pants up on their knees when seated to pi event their bulging. This is very foolish. The smallest part of tha trousers is that around the calves of the legs, and, of course, in pulling them up and bend ing the leg a greater strain is brought to bear on the cloth. There might be some way to sponge tbe cloth so it w ould not stretch so much, but so for no tailor has succeeded in hardly lessening the cause of the complaint. The tailor who does make tbe discovery will at the same time make a fortune. Tailor in Globo-Dcmocra t. "Loud Dress" of Actors. It seems to the ordinary observer that as soon as a person adopts tbe stage as a profes sion tbe aforesaid adopter must instantly put himself or herself on the outside of tho flashiest, loudest and broadest clothing and dress tbatxuan can conceive o hw Weave. It looks to the common, everyday, plain American citizen that the dress is affected to save the adopters from carrying a perambu lator sandwich reading on both sides, "I am an actor," in all tho glory of yellow, red and green letters. The men get into the queerest cMt garments tbey con find, and tbe women itro always looking for soma headpiece, waistpieco or gawgaw that will attract the gsze of tbe gaping multitude. Fine feathers may make fine birds, but loud dress on tbe street does not proclaim the wearer an actor of genius or a shining light la tbe pro fession. Clipper. Tlie Prairie lark's Ixve Song. As the full springtime comes on tbe num ber of these short chants is greatly increased, while their prolongations, and variations are without number, and soon it becomes evident to the most casual observer that tho love fires aro kindling and that each musician is striving to tbo utmost of his powers to sur pass oil rivals and win tbo lady lark of bia choice. On oce occasion, as I lay in biding near a fence, three lark3 came skimming over the plain; they alighted within a few yards of me, and two of tbem burst into song, sometimes singing together and some times alternately, but tbe third was silent. When at last they flew up J noticed that the silent one and one of tho singers kept to gether. I bad been witness to a musical tournament, and the victor bad won tit bride. American Magazine. Clam Shell SCO a l-air. CoL Silas Moore, of Southington., sold a pair of clain, shells last week for $G0. The pair were two feet and ten inches in length and about one foot and ten inches wide, and weighed 304 pounds. Col. Moore is the owner of a pair weighing 330 pounds, which ho would not sell for $100, These large elam shells came from the Mediterranean sea, and there are some in Italy which weigh 700 pounds. Most of these shells have a blemish, but in a public museum, where they are not bandied, the blemish may not be seen. In a private collection it io desirable to have perfect shells. Col. Moore's $ 100 6hells are perfect and the finest in the United States. There are parts of the meat of these big clams which are good food. 04. Moore has seen a clam steak six inches wide and a foot long. In his collection are clam shells bo small that ten pairs would not weigh an ounce. To outweigh tho big pair would require more than 10,000 of the small ones. Hartford Post, Feeding Cows in Finland. To any one who could be satisfied with an unvarying diet of fish and black bread, accompanied by the best cream and but ter that can be found anywhere, it would be easy to satisfy bis wants in any part of the country. How the cream and butter como to be sq good is a mystery to me, for assuredly the Finnish cows are the wow,t and most scantily fed of their kind. What other cow that respected herself would be satisfied with bay soup in which the water formed so unfair a proportion to the hay? Tho most meagre looking hay, mixed wth tho dried branches of alder, simmers in a huge iron pot, and ono sees the poor beasts dipping their noses into the unsavory broth and fishing out its soddened contents with the evi dent relish of hunger. It was complained to mo by a resident in the country that cows could not be induced to look upon sawdust as the staple of their food. How far he had seriously made the trial I do not know, but should he ever succeed, there will be a Tich prospect for Finland in dairv farming. Murray's Magazine. STUFFING THS MEMORY. That Faculty Cultivated In Our Schools a4 tba Kspena of Otbar Power. We have seen a certain class of educational "experts" who attached more Importance concerning the knowledge of the authorship of some musty, dusty, rusty, long forgotten book than tboy did to giving a child any amount of practical knowledge. Tbe educa tional premium Is now for stuffed memories. That faculty and organ is cultivated at tha expense of other powers. The "smart" boy or girl is the oue who can repeat the most names, dates, word and sentences and for get them a year afterward. It is no indica tion of a bright, comprehensive mind, quick to see and quick to act, that it can repeat the dictionary "by heart" after a few weeks' study, or commit to memory a thousand sen tences in six months. Such over stimulation of memory deadens other faculties. This is often proved. The smart scholar in after life very often be comes tbe literary drudge to tbo very man who when a boy at school was called stupid because be wouldn't learn his lesson. Bo fur as a certain practical success in life is con cerned it was fortunate for him that -be wouldn't or couldn't make of his braiu a stuffed mental sausage case full of names, dates, boundaries, delinitions and sentences of whose real meaning (if there was any) be knew next to nothing. Hod he been thus turned out the premium prize essay memory crammed scholur, the mental rag bag, full of shreds of information, bo would have been loggy and top heavy with the load, slow to see chances, incapable of an original plan or idea, and afraid or indisposed to execute anything unless it was previously learned out of a book. Garfield never spoke a greater truth than li9 did in saying that "any child was fortunate who escaped the abuses now rampant in our public school ed ucation." I An intellect is not a mere memory. It is a power to do and accomplish results through ideas generated out of itself, and the mem-' ory is oue factor to pick up and bold what it needs for the time to carry out such re sults. Education from educo, to draw out ' indicates tbe drawing out und exercise of the powers and talents inherent and born i with a mind, and not tbo cramming of a certain department of that mind. Prentice Mulford in New York Star. Tbe Colonel's Monopoly ISroken. "It may be a fact," saj-s an Arizona ex change, "that the Western Union Telegraph company is a giunt and grasping monopoly . as charged in some quarters, but it neverthe- less remains that the building of a line of this company to Dob Cat City bos broken up one of the wor&t monopolies that ever in-, fested our city. We refer to CoL Colo, who, possessing the only tree in town with a large, strong limb at the proper distance from the ground, bos been in the habit of renting it out to lynching parties at f5 per meeting. It bos, of course, been an inspiring sight, and one that spoko volumes for tho get up and get of our citizens, to see the colonel standing on bis well kept lawn, and, when, business was brisk, boar him shout: 'Put down the gen tleman 1 Kextl' But nevertheless it has been rather expensive and he could bye well afforded to have rented tle tree as low as twelve bits qf 3. "Ths Western" Union Telo-r--u plant bas.howevcr- aw.ay with "'afi .0-k one Eyed Smith was adjusted to the cross bar of tbo polo in front of the post- offico by the Willing Workers Vigilance com mittee, while Yankee Bunker, Pizen Pete and another gentleman, whose name we could not learn, were suspended from tbe next three poles to the north under the auspices of the Western Improvement society. It is rumored that a prominent citizentf Paradise V alley was seen securely attached to another pole four miles north of here. If it is true the North Side Higher Plane association must have commenced operations, as we trust it has, thero being a loud demand for such an organization in tho valley. This makes Bob Cat City independent of the colonel's tree. lie has put up a fine swing ror -hi9 children frorq the Uistorio limb, which, of course, pleases them, though Mrs. Bolo, being fond of society, finds it some what lonely et Hemp Retreat since the various associations stopped meeting there." New York Tribune. Clianncey M. Depew on Oratory. I think oratory is something that cannot be taught. Undoubtedly a man can learn to be a fair talker. He can, by practice, learn to present his ideas consecutively, clearly and in what you may caJl "form," but there is as much difference between this and an oration as thoro is between a skeleton and a living human being clad in sensitive, throbbing flesh. There are millions of skeleton makers, millions of people who can express what may be called "the bones" of a discourse, but not ono in a million who can clotbo these bones. You can no more teach a man to be an or ator than you can teach him to be an artist, or a poet, of the first class. When you teach him there is tbe same difference between the man who is taught and the man who is what he is by virtue of a natural aptitude that there is between a pump and a spring be tween a canal and a river between April rain and water works. It is a question of capacity and feeling not of education. There are some things that you can tell an orator not to da For instance, he should never drink water while talking, because the interest is broken and for the moment be loses control of his audience, no should never look at his watch, for tbe same reason. He should never talk about himself. He should never deal in personalities. He should never tell long stories, and if he tells any story ha should never say that it is a true story and that ho knew the parties. This makes it a question of veracity instead of a question of art. He should never clog bis discourse with details. He should never dwell upon particulars he should touch uni versal, because the great truths are for all time. New VTk Mail and Express. The Science of Electricity. The last twenty years have seen more ad vance in tbe science of electricity than all the 0,000 historic years preceding. More is discovered in one day now than in a thou sand years of the middle ages, so that, liter ally, "a day is a thousand years." We put it to all sorts of uses. We make it carry our messages, drive our engine, ring our door bell and scare the burglar. We take it as a medicine, light our gas, see by it, hear from it, talk with it, and no? we aro beginning to teach it to write. Tbo question naturally arises in contemplating this subject: What is it!" I can imagine the last man on the last day asking this same question: "What U itF At one time, not long ago, it was sup posed to be a fluid; by some two fluids, a positive and a negative. But in this day there are few who do not believe it to be simply a mode of motion; not matter, but a condition of matter; and not a mechanical, but a molecular motion. By mechanical motion (a meant a motion of tbe mass, and by molecular motion is meant a motion of the ultimate particles of which tbe mass u made up. Scientific American, - When broiling steak throw a little salt on tbe coals and tbe blaze from dripping fat will not annoy. ' 'EYES FOR THE BLIND." K"t whollv sod. dear youth, thy hapieas lot, Lioveclrctaa near with geutly fluttvrinK xrvifc. Bweet mimic wbtupers from tlx) echoing ktrlngifc "Ulna lo luv smile le all thy Ua forgot. " iltr soft band leads through dell and momy rrol; Sho draws from grief and woo ttielr nujLlicp stings; Points tor thy luoer sltfht the soul of lhlur. And finds joy's semblance where iutuit U tut. At her command blue late and leaping ri:i Gie&in oo tho darkened can van of thy bruic; Crave formts rinu along tho creKtml hiil; Fair ronen bloom untouched by canker stain; Tho summer's sublimit uuvuees dlntlll Nepeutue draughts to lull tho from thy pain. Surah V. Hubert in New Orloooj Times Demo crat. The Locusts of tlia T'aMt. Locusts are now a regular part of the day's provisions with us, and are really an excel lent article of diet. After trying them iu several ways we have come to the conclusion that they Rre best plain boiled. The long, hopping legs must bo pulled off, and the lo cust, bold by the wings, dipped into salt and eaten. As to flavor, this insect tastes of veg etable rather than of fish or flesh, not unlike green wheat, and to us it supplies tbe place of vegetables, of which wo are much in need. For catching locusts morning is the tune, when they aro half benumbed by cold, and their wings damp with tho dow. They may then be found in hundreds under the desert bushe3, and gathered without troubltj, merely shoveled into a bag or basket. They devour everything vegetable, ami are devoured by everything animal: larks and bustards, ravens, hawks aad buzzards. Wo passed through flocks of ravens and buzzards, sitting on the ground gorged with tbem. The camels munch tbem in with their food: the greyhounds run snappirj nfter lhe::t al. day long, eatiug as many us they can catch. The Bedouins often give them to their horses, and just now many tribes have nothing to eat but locusts and camel's milk. Tourists' Letter. Odd Fact A boat -Gnn Cotton. When gun cotton or other high explosive are freely exposed upon an iron anvil and detonated, the explosive leaves a d?ap and pei-mancut hnprc-ssiou upon tho surface of tbo metal with wWch it was in contact The impression produced by the exploding mass is an almost exact copy of that face of the explosive whial won in contact with the metal. This is best observed with gun cot ton, for, from the nature of tho material, it can bo shaped according q fancy, and e-uch figures and designs, na wo wishes can be stunped upon its surfaoo. Thus if a disk of gun cp,tton, on the ta.ee of which tho letters "U. S. N." and the dat "1SS4" are indented, be detonated, it will be found that the letter and figures will) be reproduced, in tbe iroa and, most singular oi all the phenomena, they will bo indented in tha iron just as tbey were in the gun cotton. Charles E. Uuuroo in Bcribner's .Magazine, Outwitting tho I'olitieal Tollce. It is said that during the last preside crisis in Franco a newspaper dent at Ilennes wrote regular G hls newSpaper. Every tune tho !W-ticaf 1, opened his letwra. -r awhilo bo tried the plan ot Tliiitering his letters. "Inclosure of 100 francs" ho wrote on the outsido of one in or der to insure privacy for it, without, of course, putting the money inside. The let ter arrived safely; 110110 of the seals were broken, but neatly inclosed lay a postal order for 100 franca The clever olaeers who had intercepted the letter thought that on open ing it they had lost the inclosure, and substi tuted another, hoping thereby to escape urf Pleasant investigation. iJew York Sun "Chains "for Russian Prisoners. - A point on which falso information has been spread relates to tho manner prison era wear their chains, which some, like the author of "Called Back," would have us believe is tinder their trousers. Cut this is purely a hoax. I have in my pos session pairs of Russian handcuffs and leg chains, and a prison suit which I obtained in Siberia, where also I saw scores, not to say hundreds, of leg chains. The last consist eaoh of two rings, to be riveted around the ankles, and attached by a chain thirty inches long, which, for con venience in walking, is suspended in the middle by a strip of leather from the waist. Between tho rings and the pris oner's skin there is worn first a coarse woolen stocking and over that a piece of thick linen cloth; then come the trousers, over which is bound round tho shin a leather gaiter. How, then, could these chains be worn under the trousers The chains in my possession weigh five and a quarter pounds, the handcuffs two; but of these latter I should observe that in going across Siberia and through its pris ons I saw only one man manacled, and ho a desperado, who, to the crime for which he was judged, added that of murder in the prison. Henry Lansdell, D. D., in Harper's Magazine. Parisian Lack of Comfort. Each day that I live here, certain things strike me more forcibly in this great city, and just now I am trying to solve the problem of why the French people have not the many comforts about them that we Americans have in our so much younger country. To begin with, they Are only beginning to have gas put into their houses from garret to cellar; tele- E hones in private homes are few and far etween, and the messenger boy system is not even known. You can get a mes senger, it is true, but he is not the bright, agile American boy, but a man grown old with hard work. Then he is called by the dignified name of commissionaire, and ex pects to be made much of aecordinglv, and never half does his work. I hive already spoken of the poor arrangements for fires. Could we transfer some of our fire brigades to this fair land, the good people would fairly marvel at such a won derful institution. Then, again, the general use of elevators is only just mak ing headway, and a hundred other things that have become second nature to us are still to be heard of in the city of cities. Paris Cor. Tho Argonaut. "Why Money Doesn't Count. There are abundant reasons why money should count for less in society hero than it does abroad. Rich men are numerous among; us. "Wealth is accu mulated with ease, and dissipated with rapidity. Millionaires are almost az plentiful as English sparrows. We are familiar with their presence and familiar also with the fact that riches are often found without the qualities that afford pleasure to intelligent people. Those, who are the joy and pride of the most select society are frequently people of moderata estate. The parlor in which it is moat difficult to obtain admission is not gener ally that of the richest man in the city. James Breck Perkins in Cosmopolitan. Anent tbe Wales sflver wedding;, ft Is ob served that tbe princess eight bridesmaids of twenty-five years ago are all living, all mar ried and none Oirorcaa. The Plattsmouth Herald Is enjoying a DAXIT AND WEEELT EDITIONS. Tke Tear 1888 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. The 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 -FOU Daily or Weekly Herald. Now while we have the subject before the people we will venture to speak ot our m rr irfl n mm Which is first-class in all respects and from which our job printers are turning out much satisfactory work. PLATTSMOUTH, Soam in both, its S3i EITHER Till 0 IB) nnienn NEBRASKA. t V