TUB" DAILY HEKALD: FLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA, SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1888.
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WHAT IS DONE BY. A, BIG CATTLE
. . i SLAUGHTERING FIRM. .
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Scene In I'wcklng Hooao at lUmmood,
IdI. Wlint ISrrome of tho Parts of a
Etrer Nut I'aed Ucef CUllxing OJJs
ihI HimI. .:. .9
Tho Ur U hanging by a log to a strong
Jron chain, and the hidetrippers are busy. It
Is the rule I n rjl packing boues for special men
to (kin wfinl jiarts of the bides, and this la '
one rasor why packer b idea are o strictly
alike in trim and take- o(T, and why the
tinnwrs are usually willing to pay a cent per
pound more for throe bides than for those
taken c(T In tho country ton. The bide,
tlf.-fi, i thrown Into the hide cellar, a cool,
pU'axnnt place In the Hammond bouse, SiV)
foet wide by about 300 feet lonff, with another
one lr pro;jre of buildln;. The first thing
th cellar men do Is to sort the branded and
unhraudod Rrron hides into separate piles,
und it is remarkable bow expertly and rap
Idly this la done by the old band. Next
comes the salting and packing away In piles.
Coarse Hyraous salt is used in jvefcrenco to
all othr kinds. It takes about three weeks
X' In summer and four weeks in winter to tbor
V ouhl cure hides, although when tanners
- are in a hurry a little low time is given by
mutual agreement and by using necessary
precautions.
vrruzrsa Tnr blood.
Tho first run of the blood from the cut
throat of We animal Is collected In round,
shillow pans, which are trucked to cool
shelves, w here coagulation soon follows, and
then the albumen is dried and sold to button
manufacturers, to be speedily made up for
the use of tho unsuspecting public, who are
thus blood stained, as it were, In a highly
artistlo fashion. Coagulated cattle blood is
also used by calico printers for dying turkey
n-d, and in the preparation of red liquor for
printers' work.' Dried blood serve to clarify
tviix.it, syrui and other thick solutions.' In
Hciiiidinu via it is inado into a kind of good
bread for tL poor. Doctor have recom
mended th drinking of warm, fresh cattle
blond in caes of pulmonary diseases.
From the buaiU are carefully taken small
pii.-oca of moat, whicb go to the suusaga fac
tory. The horns flud ready sale to comb aud
knife baft makers, being softened by bunt
niid molded into numerous articles. The
guts, after scrupulous cleansing, are packed
in tierces and shipped to dealers In sausage
caiin'S. Tripe is a nutritious and clieup
food, and it is produced from the animals
stomachs, w hich are cleaned, boiled, scraped
ami placed in kegs for consumption, Tripo
in f.onmtinujs pickled, according to the do
inanJ from buyers. The legs are steamed
for what glue they contain, and also to soften
the boof, from whicb is extracted the cele
t l.ra toil neat's foot oil, which is valuable for
keeping shoes soft and waterproof. These
hoofs arc llnally ground up and sold to fer-
tilizers. .The shin boucs, after being boiled,
ate in request for knife handles, being shipped
to Europe. The Sheffield manufacturers in
i-'ngland convert these shin bones into handles
for ooi!S and knives, backs for tooth and
.jail brushes. -The jaw bones are sawed in
tw o, in order to extract every possible vejtige
. et aic from them. To go to the other end
of the animal, even the extreme portion of
the tail is cut off and sold to the manufact
urers of ourled hair.
- s a vrsa Tins odds xd ejcds.
The bladders, when dried and prepared,
form useful coverings for the transportation
of glaziers' putty, for oilmen, druggists, etc.,
and are valuable for placing over the jars
it 'vhjcb the careful housewife lays away
ii ii vers ana ugnis are soia ires a 10 surrouuu-
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car to distant points. Tho tongues are cun
ningly curled, put Into, air tight cans, and
tind th)ir way to many a Tillage at borne
and abroad, w here they ere useful for pic
nics aud cold collations.
Hot tanks are great levelers, and every
scrap of sinews, loose bones or small rough
pieces is loi!ed down to threads and frag
ments, and the liquor, when drawn off and
cooled, produces glue or other available
material Even the dirt and residue at the
bottom of the tank is sold as "tankage" for
fertilizing, and refuse blood is eagerly col
lated and turned to account in refineries.
J.'ow we come to the utilization of the
fit. Oleomargarine is made as follows:
The caul a&d Lett parte of the ft of the
ssttle are boiled down to a thin, transparent
oiL Fresh milk is brought eyery morning
to the packing bouse for mixing with this
beef oiL The milk and oil are poured into the
rjiurn together, and a littla pure prime bird
Jj added to cause tha mixture to flow more
eaiiy frooi thechuin, which Js driven rapidly
by machinery till the yellow globules separ
ata. This semi liquid mass drains into a
'large ice cooler for a short time. Then these
globules are taken and kneaded together care
fully, drainod and the mass is salted by
special machinery with good, clean, English
dairy salt The oloomargarioo j colqrutl b7
common rnnatto seeds, as used in all dairies,
avd thus prepared is put Into clean white
linen cloths by neat looking girls, und, as
ready for sale, is difficult to distinguish from
real butter in taste or color.
Tallow is made by boiling the rough pieces
Of fat. The ox tail ueat md bones consti
tute) the chief luxuries obtained from cattle.
Eacb car of beef carries o certain number of
tails, which are mostly bought by tba hotel
keepers. Even the udder from a young, dry
cpw, when nicely corned and boiled, is very
good eating. The ox gall is used for lini
ments, for the mixing of paints, cleaning
clothes, carft3, ft.?, Shoe and Leather lie
porter. '
- A Maiden's Fatal pisSgnrenicnt.
"Did you ever notice that girl's mouth P a
' critical friend said to ma at a luncheon the
other day.
Ves, and what a pity it U, too; she would
he awfully pretty if it were not for that one
Yifigurement," I respond!.
"I'll tell you just what is tho matter with
ber," said my friend. "She is rather shy,
you know, and whenever she is embarrassed
she draws in her lower lip and bites it. This
habit is fatal to any one's looks an 4 bas
utterly ruined the contour of her lower face,
which used to be rarely beautiful, ifof-ioe
bow her chin recedes and the lines that are
forming around her mouth. That girl is
only 3U, but looks five year" older- When
she is 80, you mark my words, she will be a
perfect old bag."
Here my friend turned to her salad and
' co (Tee while I studied the face of the girl in
question. Sweet, shy, dainty in dress and
manner, she would indeed nave been very
beautiful were it not for the one disfiguro-
,ient This fatal habit had fairly trans-
bnnod her. and as I watched I noticed that
vhenever she was addressed the quick color
come into her ;aoe and that fct.e wouJd
.a her lips every time without one- excep
i In. How 1 wished that 1 knew ber well
4iougb to tell ber bow she was marring ber
beauty an i to beg of ber to control ber fatal
v habit beii re it was too lata. puoaJo news.
Nature made only stupid people; tool
THE PAGODAS OF JAPAN i
Towers Wlilch Control the Mystle Dragon
of Wind and Watorv
All the pagodas I saw La Japan were gen
eraly built In Ave stories, with very fine
dart rod woodwork and harmonious gray
tilos, while be..ath tba shadow of each pro
jecting roof are innumerable boldly carved
dragon hnds peering from beneath the
eaves and panels of fine wood carving be
tween the stories. The sun unit Is invariably
crowned by an honorific symbol In metal,
consisting of nine rings, disks or cupolas as
the case nay be, piled one above the other.
On further examination we shall find that
those rings and these accumulated roofs are
developments of the same original simple
emblem.
With regard to the construction of these
towers there are Instances in whicb the
lagoda Is of solid masonry throughout, but.
far more frequently it consists of two towers,
one within tho other, and between tbem
winds a spiral staircase which leads to the
summit. In this caso the Inner tower is
generally divided into as many rooms as
there are stoves, the lower floor forming the
temple wherein is placed the relic shrine,
which, in some cosos, is a miniature pagoda,
while the wJls around are adorned with
numerous Images of Iluddha.
In many cases we find a pagoda erected
within the court of a I '.add hist temple as the
storehouse of itr relics. The honor thus due
to Buddha war extended to such of bis priests
as were most distinguished for their learning
and devotion, so that in many cases pagodas
were erected to contain the' ashes saved from
the funeral pyre.
In later times, however, this primary pur
pose sooms to beve been abandoned and
many of the more recent pagodar are said to
have been built on the ancient model, but
solely with a view to geomantic Influences,
the tall towers being supjosed to have some
mysterious effect on that strange, undeflna
ble fung shuf the mystic spirit of the dra
gon who rules over wind aud water and who
controls all human destinies. Several of the
finest nine storied pagodna in the neighbor
hood of Canton have been erectod 'solely for
this purpose, jn the belief that by their
means lurking evils would be dispelled and
the general peace aud prosperity of the prov
iuce insured.
Not only is the fertility of the fields thus
provided for, but even the learning and gen
eral distinction of the citizens. Such a one
wax erected in the district of Sam-shueo iv
1SI0 because the prosperity of the neighbor
hood had for some yenxs been falling ofl
and the candidates for secretary honors at
the great examinations bad been peculiarly
unsuccessful. So a three storied pagoda was
erected, each story consecrated to a different
deity. The god of wealth (as controlling the
very foundations of prosperity) occupied the
ground floor, the god of peace the second
floor, while the god of learning reigned in
the top story. English Illustrated Maga
zine. The Fortress of the Future.
The plan of fortresses at present adopted
unknown to the public, but the divulging of
whicb can do no barm, as it cannot remain
secret is very peculiar and quite opposed to
any aesthetic or artistic conception. A fort
ress is henceforth composed of an immense
block of concrete of incredible thickness. It
will offer to the eye only a square,' QYa! sr
lozenge shapo-.the outside taing a mere block
without prdjictions or access. It is not yet
settled whether this block shall be surrounded
by a trench, but all competent authorities in
Europe seem to bold that one or several
sheeted cannon shall move round the block,
and as powder will in future be smokeless,
this cannon, always in motion and escaping
the enemy's aim,, will fire on a fixed point.
This movable sbcetipg will make up for the
absence of trenches. At the angles of the
block, moreover, if square, or elsewhere it is
round or oval, there will be sheeted reducts,
which will cover the base of the block and
make assault impossible.
Of course the interior of the block will
contain the equipments of fortvfis The
entrar.oe 13 aud&rgiound, on the side opposite
that where the enemy can appear. There
will be air openings in the interior, which is
lit up by electricity produced on the spot or
at a distanco. The magazine of projectiles
is in a - spot inaccessible to the explosions
caused by shells coming without. TU biores
of other ammunition and cf victuals are sim
ilarly protected. The biding places for the
men, and, in short, everything that bas to be
under shelter, are under ground, and so
placed as to be quite protected from the be
siegers. Electric wires, totb for Hicasagosiviid
liht, as aisc telephones, beyond reach of the
besiegers, protect the fort against isolation
that is to say, against abandonment and dis
couragement The underground existence
of the garrison may not be very lively, and
it will be well to eccustora as raiiy' men as
possible to It; but that garrison will not ex
ceed thirty or forty men per fortress. Lon
don Times.
Cypress Lumber Becoming Topular.
Northern and eastern markets will hi a
few years be almost entirely dependent upon
southern woods for fine lumber. Northern
capital is pushlag into iientneky and Tcn
ucssee, and is ' also dotting Florida and the
Carolinas with mills in the lumber regions,
for the reason that many of tho northern
fields bave become exhausted so far as certain
classes of fine lumber are concerned.' pno of
the coming woods that 'will be universally
used for fine trimmings in' a few years by
northern builders is -the cypress. Cypress
shingles havo been poriuiariy' fcnown In the
north for many years on account of their
durabttity. But only in the past two or
three years has the valueof cypress for build
ing purposes been recognized in the north.
The southern states have been utilizing
thfs wood for building material, and have
found it to be one of the most durable woods
as yet known. It is similar in figure and
grain to Georgia pine, and is susceptible of
a very fine polish, and, therefore, is used
principally for woiuscoticg and inside fur
nishings. It is a soft wooiL and when dry is
of about the same texture as white pine.
While a general product cf all the southern
states, wuere it gvowa In the lowlands, yet
the best cypress comes from Florida and
Louisiana. This is true, not that the wood
growing in those states is any better, but for
the reason that the raillnjon there know how
to work it into smoother and better lumber
thnn is manufactured elsewhere. ' Cypress
lumber has never commanded the price in
northern markets that it should cororgapd,
having never exceeded $30 per 1,000 feet.
"W. IL S." in Qlobe-Democrat.'
Or. O. W. Holmes' favorite Room.
Dr. Holmes' favorite room in his Boston
home is one in the basement, where, opposite
a row of well filled book shelves, is fitted up
a small carpenter shop, with a foot lathe
standing near the window. It is possibly the
surgical side of him that enjoys the clean cu
ting of this delicate instrument as it courses
its way through the wdfed.' The poetic side
enjoys the picturesqueness of the carpenter's
bench, with its gleaming tools, and there al
most any every the genial poet may be found
doing some little odd job with his hands,
while his brain is turning over some delight
ful fancy that will be written out in the room
overhead, by the bow window overlooking
tbe tranquil Charles. Harper's Bazar.
THE LOWEST STRATUM.
A SOCIAL CLASS THAT 13 HOPELESS,
AMBITI0NLES3, LOST.
Tli Antecedent of the Professional
raaper How an Army of Beggars la
Ilred Self Dektrnctlveness of SI oral
and riirtlcal Degeneration.
If we could got at a literal history of tbe
lower strata of society In our larger cities we
should be convinced that it consists of an ele
ment permanently degenerated. It is very
seldom that a member of this class rises to
anything permanently worthy. You muwt,
however, considor society everywhere as con
sisting of three strata the upper, which is
cultured and yet very subject to degenera
tive influences; the middle, which is lers
plastic, but on the whole moves under tbe in
fluence of a I jetter class of motives; and the
lower, which is settled lu habits of mendi
cancy and unchastity, and is frequently ad
dicted to crinieu Of course, by this lower
class 1 do not mean the poor, and not in
variably the drunken; for the poor arc often
the victims of misfortune, and the drunken
are not seldom recoverable. Iiut there is a
class everywhere that ic hoptlesa, ambition
less, lost; and the ouly good thing about
them is that they die early, and, under
proper restraint, the stork easily dries up and
perishes.
I have at hand the statistics of one city of
about 100.00C inhabitants In this city it is
ascertained that there ore nearly 2,000 pro
fessional pauiers. Now you would laugh at
tbe idea that in America we have fixed castes,
llut we certainly have one caste that of
mendicancy. Very few ever rise out of its
ranks. Yesterday two children, very pretty,
begged at my door. Their fathei is what I
call a half caste; that is, he does work at in
ferior, brainless jobs; but he retains his in
stincts of beggary. 1 bave severe qualms
against giving to these littlo, broni eyed
creatures, because ) gcc they, too, have thif
instinct. They do not blush at asking. They
can go from dooi to door without sensitive
revulsion. The man is a freak in bis class,
it is probable the family will not emerge.
But I am sure that our habits of giving U
beggars will prevent them from emerging.
DESCENDANTS Or EEGGA-B3.
Of the 2,000 reported from the city I have
quoted, nearly all sprang frorr about thirty
five families, that came tc the city twenty
years ago as beggars. They multiplied
rapidly; some families having seventeen to
twenty children. Of course this soon bred o
small army of beggars. Marriagef took
place mostly within the limits of the caste.
It is said that one young man who left the
ranks, and became a vyeli to do business man
of the middlp ranks of society, was looked oi
as a traitor, and attempt? made on his life.
He is the solitary exception in the history of
these people, so far as known. . Marriage
laws have been wholly disregarded, and rela
tives have married and intermarried, until
tbe relationship can hardly be traced. In
one caso a woman bad married ber own son,
after having lived with half a dozen men.
The original thirty-five families were, so far
as known, not interrelated when they first
made their appearance; but rov they are
thoroughly a Cpi;glomarata Jeastly habitt
have steadily degenerated them, until now
they are twrely above tbe brutes.
But it will not be possible tc stop at thu
point, or we should despair of civilization.
A happy law comes in to help us. The aver
age life of the first generation of these people
was about sixty years, but novr, In ibe third
generation, th.e arcritge s about fifteen years.
This is the fortunate 'end of moral and physi
cal degeneration; it is self destructive. It
kills out vitality and so we are rid of them.
They will not work, ; thoy will bfg. This is
one distinctive definition of the degenerate.
They will not put forth any effort to rise.
Motive power is gone. They more on the
line of least rtsiaUnca, (Shame is a lost
faculty wtp theui They cannot understand
their own degradation.
OXS OF THE LOST TRIBE.
The following history of one of the tribe I
quote: "The family is hard to describe.
They wander all over the country, liTin" for
months in hollow trta? on creek bottoms.
Whpn. coid weather drives them to shelter
they will take any unoccupied premises they
can find. From their beastly habits they are
diseased, idiotic and deformed. They are
like half civilized animals, jQvorned more
by instinct than by knowledge. The familj
numbers' l3i persons. Several of the women
have made themselves nearly blind by the
use of acids to keep their eyes sore." Of an
other family the record says: "They
have eighteen dogs, and, have been
known to b,ava l$ high as thirty
Nearly e fery male member bas served in tbe
penitentiary. Recently a cow died in a pas
ture near tbe city, aud after nightfall the
entire family, consisting of over twenty,
went out and cut up tbe creature, and carried
it home to eat." This illustration from a
single city 1 give at length, because ij Is an
exact parallel of whatccin.s a every city of
size in tba Uud. Besides, there ore townships
in eVery state, outside of cities, where there
is some-thing so similar that the lesson is the
same.
Tho first conditio" c." degeneration is not
reyeroa, but perversion, "The evil man
does not go back on the line of bis animal
heredity, but turns aside into paths that are
neither human nor ouim&L The human
creature acts precisely like a degenerate ani
mal or insect; he becomes parasitic and lives
off his neighbors. Some vegetable existences
learned this trick long before man did it;
and in doing so lost faculty and structural
perfection. The comparison is very striking
between a human hanger on and a, pA.-ii3ii.ic
plant that all it) Jif J clings to 'some ' other
plant, bucking tho life out of it. You never
saw such a person who had not lost self re
spect, manly features, sound judgment and
ability to use himself to adfoiitat'tj. "iP.
iV pioba-DemocraL
Tbe Science of BasebU.
Lovers of baseball may find it convenient
to keep in mind this explanation of the
pitcher's curve from Mr. IL A. Proctor: Jf
the ball is advancing without spin, or is
spinnin? oq an. oi lying along its course,
the cushion oi compressed air carried forward
by it is conical or rather conoidal and
therefore resists the progress qf the ball
equally on all sidjs, atrccting only the
velocity. . But in the case of the curve, where
tho ball is spinning on an axis square to its
course, the air in front of the advancing side
of the spinning surface canuot escape so
r-eadily as if there were no spin, and escapes
more readily on the other side. Hence the
resisting cushion of air is thrown toward
that side of the ball where the spin is for
ward, and removed from the other cida, and
the ball is deflected (rem the region of great
est resistance. Arkansaw Traveler.
Couldn't Hope Him In 4 gala.
Confirmed Bachelor How time does fly.
Miss Seasidel Why, it was ten years ago
that you refused me 00 this spot..
Miss Seaside (who wishes she hadn't) So
long ax thatl 1 was young and foolish then,
Mr. Smith.
Confirmed Bachelor But we are both
older and wiser now. Harvard Lacapoao.
TEETH WHILE YOU WAIT.
flow the Dentist Tries to Defy Title ax
Well as Nature.
"Four and five dollar acta of teeth luadt
whtlo waiting."
That is a portion of an advertisement that
caught a reorter's eye and caused a vUit to
tbe office of tbe dentist wbc had intcrtod it.
Many men doubtless remember that cer
tain of their relative remained in solitary
confinement for from two to three weeks
while waiting tbe arrival of tho ideal set of
grinders. Is ft possible that one car ho vo
one's own worthless teeth removed, an Im
pression of the mouth taken and new teeth
fitted, and all within an hour or two's time?
The dentist, when asked that question, an
swered afHrnuitively. "You see," said ho,
"dentistry is progressing like everything
else, and it is an every day occurrence for
me to get up a set of teeth in an hour and
a half. Although it would be much better if,
after having teeth extracted, the patient
would wait for a week until the moutii hculs
and the bone which surrounds tbe teeth be
dissolved, still there are ever so many who
come here nnd will endure the discomfort
and pai.i which of necessity follows a quick
operation rather than depart toothless.
"How do 1 do it so quickly. Well, by a
method or process I use In vulcanizing or
'cooking' tho rubler used for the plato.which
reduces that usually long process to au hour's
time.
"No, it is not so satisfactory, nor Is it any
less expensive, but it is quicker. The price
of a false set of teeth depends almost entirely
on the number and size of tbe platinum pinr
which the teeth contain, and tbe quality and
texture of the porcelain used.
"Then, too, the small manufacturers of
cheap teeth are continually r-.:rt!-r; o:i.
another's throats, and the people get tht
benefit. The dentist has very little to do ic
determining the price.
"Countrymen and farmers buy more fals.
teeth than do any other class of people. You
see, Mrs. Jones, for instance, has the tooth
ache, comes to town, and, after frantic at
tempts to get rid of the pain, bas all her
teeth pulled, and with a beautiful new set,
with perhape a little gold filling in front, re
turns to her village or form. Mrs. Smith
sees Mrs. Jones' teeth, and, not content to be
without anything that Mrs. Jones bas, she,
too, comes to town and has porcelain uubsti
tuted for bono.
"Country people don't take proper or even
decent care of their teeth; and, besides, they
eat too much pie. And they, too, are the
people who want their teeth served up in an
hour's time. A countryman comes to the
city expecting to do shopping for 'the folks
at horns,' take n the town acd provide him
self, and perhai his family, with a set ol
teeth, and all in oue day. Sometimes he i
successful, too.
"Negroes carry a good deal of porcelain
and gold in their mouths, too, but they, al
most invariably, want the most expensivt
sets, insisting upon gold plates and a plenty
of gold filling. 1 have made a number of
sets for negroes which cos.t $100. But in a
year's time a negro will manage to bveak the
best set tliat 1 can make, and ther, of course,
he receives a bill for repaid
The gold plates are, of course, ineompara
ably better than the rubber or the celluloid,
and if u patient oan afford them 1 alwavs a-
vise their use." Jew Vork Evening Yi'orld.
Superstitions of the Omahas,
Mr. Frank La Flesche, an Indian who hap
for some years beep employed in the Indian
office, read an interesting paper before tbe
Anthropological society the other evening on
"Funeral Customs of the Gmahas." "Tbf
approach of death." he said, "is believed tc
be foreshadowed in various ways, not only tc
the person himself, but to others, who, by
reason of theii supjxsod skill in seeing the
coming of death, gain reputation as prophets.
They either have visions or pass through ap
parent death. The dreamer lies in the open
air, in the midsummer, with the thur.der
roiling in the heavens, and listens for voices.
These come to him from animals, clouds or
merely the air. Such prsor3 s can
foresee death are elig'.hlo to member
ship iq thjs 'Ghost "society. One vis
iou is that of a woman walking, but
not on the ground, surrounded by e
halo of brightness, and always leaving a vil
lage or lodgo. If they wear a placid, pleasing
expression, the death will bf from natural
causes, from aseident or ia war; but if the
face s distorted it is an indication that the
person will die while engaged in a quarrel
with another, and the soul is full of bitter
ness. Those who foresee can flso prevent
death, and are often cilleu upon to render
this servicp. One method is pouring hot
water at right angles to tho path Hading to
the lodge, while another consists of occupy
ing, with one whosa death is foreseen, a sweat
lodge built by the latter, pronouncing cer
tain incantations and sprinkling the body of
the client with the powder of the aiidinesia,
supposed to be the food of the ghosta,
"The howling of a dog is also, a foken of
ccEr4n death, but 13 hot so infallible as tbe
spectacle of a dog mounting the side cf an
earth lodge, and peering through tha opening
at the top. Then, with tvenjbling limbs, the
warriors, seated, abound the fire, seizo mis
siiti and chase the dog and kill him to propi
tiate the ghosts. To see or hear the voices of
dead relatives is alsq a, sign of approaching
death." Vfashiagton Star.
Ecuador Behind the Tiroes.
There once was a steam railroad in Ecua
dor. During the time when Henry Meiggs
was creating such excitement by tho im
provements he was making in the tmnaporta
tion facilities of Peru, the contagion spread
to Ecuadcr, and some ambitious English
capitalists attempted to lay a road from
Guayaquil to the interior. A track seven
teen miles long was built-, which represents
the railway Eystaia of Ecuador in all the
geographies, gazetteers and books of statis
tics; but no wheels ever passed, over the
rails, and the tropical vegetation has grown
so luxuriantly about the place where they
lie that it would now be difficult to find them.
Last year a telegraph line was built con
necting Gruayaqtul with Quito, the highest
city in. the world, but there is only one wire,
and that is practically useless, as not more
than seven days out of tho month can a
message be 6ent over 56. The people chop
down the poles for firewood, and cut cut
pieces of wire to repair broken harems when
ever they feel so disposed, Then it often
takes a week for tbe lineman to find the
break, and another week to repair it. In the
government telegraph office 1 saw an operator
with a ball and chain attached to his leg a
convict who bad been sent back tc his post
because no one else could be found to work
tbe instrument. A fouiale clerk took the
message and the money. There is a cable, be
longing to a New York company, connecting
Guayaquil with the outside world, but rates
are extremely high, the tariff to the United
States being $3 a word, and to other places
in proportion. Win. Eleroy Curtis in Ameri
can Magazine.
Widows Wandering Disconsolate.
The sultan of Zanzibar died recently, and
now the sultan of Muscat has passed away.
The number of widows wandering discon
solate along the snores of the Arab.'ian sea
and the Indian ocean ia enormous. New
York World, i .. . . . - - -
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national interest and importance will he
strongly agitated and the election of a
President will take place. Ihe people of
Cass County who would like to learn of
Political, Commercial
and Social Transactions
of this year and Mould keep apace with
the times should
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people we will venture to speak oi our
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from which our job printers are turning
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