DAILY HERALD : I'LATTSMODTn. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 7, 189.
'jr-.UG ron preserving' the re
mains OF THE DEPARTED.
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7.1:iiuir.:-tiiro mill Important lutlua
ii i l.t,.ft l.lvi mI, . Soiiit-tliinc
.nt t!:- Vium N I'mmI Uy the Ancients.
( it mat ion (droning lii 1'nror.
I'ri's lor t!i u.sIk-h of tho dead are
i n ii-iu : Iii.ukI now than cvi.t Ijefore
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ni'xii in iii:is. Tln ir manufacture
! an iinMrtant iiVIu.stry in the
t l..it Livi-rpool, O., nlxiut
. A ( ;,t of tlii.-i city. As cre-
i n)..-i i i K,.iil.uity tho necessity
(ril.. a-i- i.arta.N-s. At first some
v.as pt-i iem-el in keeping
li'.-a i !.: Iii xiiiin Ixxly freo lroiu
! r .1 l. I i lls. Kven ill Ancient
j . i I i.. iii;.t was a .rolik iu. The Ci recks
i. i i a r.J.ii.inl of iif.!i-hton, tho Kgyptians
i ;i . I ::ii:i.:iiili ami even tlio scientific
J1 3 r. I i ! a 'steil a zinc Collin, that
i.m !:;l I i in;; volatile. L!ut earthen urns
. it i:im t f'.i-nerally used. Vet great
:: v.; 4 l:.:.n to protect thefcO UrilB
1 1 : 1 1 avail's of weather and in-
. i .. '1 In- ll.nuaiis had a cliamlier
I .1 ! 1.1 ...r d oil puqiosely for sepulchral
. it u.i i known us the coliuiiliaiitun,
! v.;. ; .siirro;tii(icd ly binall holes or
., in -., in v, hi -Ii the urns wero derositcl.
'i'iic t(.!iii.i!,:iritiin resembled tho dove
; .f in.!:: y. Toinhsof thia description
v. -1 : i . : I v ou;ied hy tho wealthy
l.::..ii.i ; Ii r ! Mi.-itin thoashes of their
: I . : dependents. Several of them
i tni.e seen at Iiome. One, dis
)..: ! i:i n cent years, contained two
i ii . ; ry niche, with tho names of
Ii c p- i.'.'is whoso ashes wero there in
t,c. .! 1 iiv cr them.
AM !!..NT AND MODERN URNS.
A 1 i ) ia the United States today urns
i.'i a -: 1 ware M eexclusively used after
1. s. 1 lie potters or luisi liv-
I I ..; e a 1 1 parato line of apparatus
!.i:;i:ul;: ture, ami put into the
l!..' very lest kind of materials.
' l!rv may ho preserved an in-
I. :il,iIi of time. Caro is taken
t last nins for tho covering
j.t;: ' airtight. 1 wo designs of urns
;i i .: ii r tho trade. One u wholly
I ',... i'..- other is ornamented witli
1 ' . . ; !. i :;i's, tho representation of ivy
I 1. . . ia a lew instances, with scri
; :. i : ... Tlieso varieties are in
1 . .! 1 iMiit the dili'erent intentions ol
i . : ! i..- i:rn in the houses of the liv
i . : ! ;', it iii tho vaults in the
i :. :;;-.r interring it in ordinary
: i. . !i t'li-i-e methods of linal dis
. m 1 ;.r. ued in this country,
i - .. . -. 1 ;. .1 : lid iniluential family, for
i; :: 1 iii!;:.; of this city, keen the
. : the ashes of tho father
. 1 iii aii American Hag and sitting
i 1 1 pof I. is old Eecretary in the
;. 'i : -. ;: .-lies of others who have
' .ii..? .! i.i I'lttshurg have heen
I . ! in tho graveyards or
1 . 1 i. . :. !i 1:1:1s. There used to L-e
: :.:: ...:ig the Digger Indians of
. : ii;f ; In s to the winds, or tc
. ; : . v;:i ;'i;ni Ukii the heads ol
t : . li.t among civilized kh
1 . i ' : ; - t!:e svinhol of relinemeut.
1 ihat is ijuestionable to
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: e: r OK INCINERATION.
:I. .;of L;iit Liverpool arclut
:.eross the country from
1: . : n-y ever erected in the
. 'il:at is at Washington.
miles from St. l iltsburg.
.. i y Ur. Julius Ixj Moyne not
1 1 .. ive j-ears :;go. i'or two
. id the" incinerations whieh
. d there attracted wide-
. .: :i on the buhjects being
. .u prominent f.imiiies all over
u rapidJy has cremation
1 ;.i l.-.vor of Americans bince
: t. :' y there are furnaces in
1 :.l Lam-aster, l'u., UulTalo, N.
i i.iLurg, I'iu Uno society,
; : i-o elected a- crematory at
: '. L. L. has about iHH) inem
...i!;.r M-ciities cxitt in nearly
: ci'.ies, and so common liave
i. : s i eoaie that half of them
!. ..i-d ei'. The use of natural
; . : ; lie liwly at the furnace
: ; l".:s n largely reduced the
: i a i;a ration and the attendant
. . t exjK-nse is, now no
. i '.-.-j method, sit least in thi?
1. Li r places, win re they have
: v. D-;-!. ri'ul fuel we have, the
,!i Uglier, do-s not exceed
ration and 1-3 for the
rvi-v. it is said, however, that
;Iie ;:."iives luivo reduced the
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v' ul oe, the most prevalent
i:i";iil ages for vases for the
t..f dcud has generally been
. . Multitudes of Greek sepul
; l::ive. alter a lapse of more
i eaii;i ii S, been Lrought to
. when learned men can
'.: -in and gather from them
:oi:::alion in history and
i'gyptians made these
; .-it "such early times that
:: poi ary with the pA ramidd
Lui the most remarkable
't ry for burial purposes was
.1 porcelain, mado of fine
!i-.-. eiy fused together, and
!; a t'dck silicious glaze of
!. white, purple or yellow
t ; v. re not only made out
: ..) for the dead, but for the
i : . ii g. too. But for the first
e . : .-'iiMil mot. They were
: 1 r.'ypt to the neighboring
. ! ; ;e found alike in the
. ' : e.-l: i.-les, the eepulehers
; :..; ll.e graves of Greece.
: s f deities, the sepul-
iu d with the dead, and
r ho'.i.-ehold purposes werti
i . . i e lain. It was at a late'
; a:ed cf deities were
: : a 1 otta. The objects most
i : i ! . 1 s material for tizo are
. . fnur.d nt Vv'arka (suo
: t f e the L'r of the Cbal
i -. i ioii-w, atl crnainenta
: ..: t ied. rittiebUIg Cor.
. ;.e I -i !:;ocrat.
THE CHARMS OF MEW YORK.
A Graphic Inscription of Metropolitan
Life, with Illuntratlon.
"You see, it is this way," said tho
New York man u ho was walking
along tho street t;ilking to a friend
from out of town. "New Yorkers
won't liavo anything but tho best of
everything. This being tho metropolis
of tho western continent, wo aro put
in a position where we can have our
nick of everything, and you can well
lelievo that we take the best every
time. You will notice this," ho went
on as they just managed to get out of
the way of u truck team on a crossing,
got punched in tho backs with tho jmjTo
of a furniture van, heard the
driver of un ice wagon swearing
at them and wcro well spat
tered with tho six inches of
mud on the pavement by a hack team
being driven twelve miles an hour:
"you vill notice this tho longer you
stay here. Little annoyances that you
have been accuslomeu to having to
submit to you will seo regulated in
New York. Wo reason like this," he
went on as ho dodged uround a couple
of garbage barrels and a brick fell
from tho sixth story of a new build
ing anil cut a notch out of his hat
brim : "our idea is this: that if wo de
inand the best and stick to it, wo will
get it. Of course, now in your town,
a country village, you have some
rural advantages that we can't have,
but then wo liavo numberless other
ail vantages that you can know noth
ing of. New York," ho ran on, as his
foot slipped on a banana peeling and
a policeman threatened to arrest him
for being drunk, and a grocery wagon
horso took a bite out of his coat sleeve,
"New York leads in everything in this
country. It is not, of course, London
or l'aris, but we manage things better
here.
"In the old countries," he continued,
as ho dodged a bobtail car that already
had blood on its wheels, jumped ten
feet to one side as tho cap on an elec
tric subway blew off with a loud re
port, and stood and waited for a pro
cession of ten trucks to pass, each ono
of which spattered two quarts of mud
as it went over a loose place in tho
pavement; "over there the people
haven't got the energy they havo here
and they don't demand tfie best like
we do, and so they don't get it. Now
witli us " he went on, as ho rubbed an
elevated railroad cinder deeper into
his eye and felt hot water running
down his back from tho same source,
and went up (he dirtv and crowded
steps, and tho ticket seller refused to
take a good quarter because it was a
littlo worn, and the ticket chopper
accused him of only dropping in ono
ticket; and tho guard slammed the
gate m their faces and swore at fliem
a couple of times; "with us we pride
ourselves on leading in everything in
this county, and have that reputation
and so have to keep it up.
"This elevated road," lie continued,
as the next guard yelled "step lively
there!" and they crowded into a car
and hung on to each other because
thero were already two men and ono
woman suspended from each strap;
"this road is something you won't find
anywhere else. Instead of crawling
along in street cars or paring exor
bitant hack fares wo have this o carry
us back and forth at a rapid rate. As
I said, New Y'orkers demand and get
tho best Wo" here tho train ran
into another one, and tho car ahead
fell into the street and tho ono behind
stood on end. "Sit still right where
you are on tho window," shouted the
New Yorker from whero io Jay on the
roof with four men on him ; "keep per
fectly still; tho coroner will bo here
inside of ten minutes. We have tho
best system of coroner service in the
world nothing but tho best satisfies
us, you know. Breathe easy and hang
on j-ou'll never want to live any
where elso after trying New York for
two weeks!" New York Tribuno.
Treating Consumption.
A new method of treating tubercu
losis, or consumption of tho lungs, has
been proposed by JL Ilaller. l con
sists in inhaling dry air heated to the
temperature of from 250 degs. to 275
dogs. Fahrenheit, the theory being that
at this temperature tho bacilla
which are supposed to produce the dis
ease are destroyed. Old experiments
havo shown that there is no difficulty
in inhaling air at these temperatures,
but it seems more than doubtf -1
whether tho effect will bo in the leait
degree advantageous. Another and
more rational novelty in the treatment
is that described by Pettweiler as in
use at tho FolkeiWein sanatorium.
The essenre of this method is that the
patients "re required to live perma
nently in the open air, to sleep there,
even if the temperature fall as low as
14 degs. Fahrenheit Thus perfectly
pure air is secured without the break
m the conditions which occurs when
patients live put of doors in the day
time, but aro housed at night. The
patients are said to become fond of tho
treatment, and the recoveries are
placed at 25 per cent of tho cases
tieated. New York Sun.
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: t!:e to w ri of Ilowland.
i'.-.'mi- frrn the exclama-.-.
i. ivi-r.turoiis white man
. e with and stele awry
r's wigwam a young and
lie was pursued down
-. v ia re he tool: his sweet
::.; and ookliv paddled
r.siag water. In hot pur
:.i:Ly m:s of the forest.
t!.e banks cf the swift
. they saw the white
the Hiorc. They set up
: I.ieli eontiniiol through
.. n tlivsy t iiine to his ears
it hes head each time auvi
Ii. f; cried Uick. "llowl
:" Uostoa Traveller.
Edison Explains rrtctlon,
A gentleman who thought he knew
a thing or two about electricity, and
was doing his best to convince dison
that he did, ndvauceel a theory ebout
how electricjlv was produced. "Oh.
fudge," said Edison. "Do
... oy friction of course. It flies
oil" a w heel as it goes round. What
makes it lly off! Why, tho resistance
of the air. All the electricity in the
air i cauied by friction produced by
tho atmosphere-as the earth turns
round. When you get higher up
there is no electricity, because there is
no friction. "Pittsburg Times.
To Cool Journal.
Quite an ingenious way of cooling a
journal that cannot be stopped, say3 a
mechanical paper, is to hang a short
endless belt on the shaft next the box,
and let tlo lower part of it run in cold
water. Tho turning of the shaft car
ries the belt slowly around, bringing
fresh cold water continually in con
tact with the .heated shaft, and with
out spilling cr spattering a drcp of tho
water. Leslie's Is ewspaper.
HOLY LNflOCENT HOAXERS.
PRACTICAL JOKES PLAYED ON MEXI
CAN ALL FOOLS' DAY.
Very Funny Editor, Wlio Can "Fake" to
Ttialr Heart's Content Bogus Bandit
anil Make Believe. Highwaymen Pranks
Costly and Troublesome.
From Ids appearance tho average
Mexican would never bo charged with
the crime of practical joking. In fact an
American would think more than twice
before ho tampered, jokingly, with the
quiet dignity and solemnity, two char
acteristically intuitive qualities of tho
Mexican Don, owing to tho latter s readi
ness with tho revolver and dexterity with
tho stiletto.
Yet on occasion tho Mexicans, from the
littlo toddling boy to tho white haired
Don and tho dark eyed Senorita to the
old wrinkled Senora, are tho greatest of
all practical jokers. It becomes a sort
of mania with them, as it did with their
ancestors hundreds of j'earaago.
Dec. 28, tho anniversary of tho slaugh
ter of tho Holy Innocents, as tho babes
who wero killed by King Herod on the
birth of Christ are known, is tho day of
all others in Mexico. The arrival of
Fiesta de los Santos Inocentes is
anxiously looked for every vear, and
when it comes it is observed without
stint. The exact origin of this peculiar
day as one devoted to practical joking
has been lost, so ancient is tho custom in
Spain.
The fact that it is 6poken of as the day
of Holy Innocents seems to have inspired
tho Spaniards with the idea of making
Innocents or fools of one another and any
one elso that can possibly be victimized.
Ever since this hanpy thought occurred
to some ingenious Spaniard some time in
tho Fourteenth century the day has been
duly recognized.
BOUUS NEWSPAPER 6CAnES.
The ways of celebrating it are, of
course, many and varied. Mexico offers
a particularly fertile Meld in this peculiar
pastime, owing to the eruptive tendency
of tho government ana people. A
country in which a citizen inquires of
his neighbor tho first thing each day,
"Who is president this morning?" natur
ally affords an ingenious practical joker
abundant material for unlimited pranks.
Tho newspapers are the leaders in re
cognizing the day after the popular form.
All sorts of liogus storiey uro artfully
written so as to create immense excite
ment, yet tho circumstantial facts are so
related that suspicion is seldom aroused.
High government officials are generally
assassinated (in print) and robberies com
mitted of great magnitude.
On one occasion a gold mine of fab
ulous wealth and extent was discovered
four miles out of the City of Mexico, and
the same day two-thirds of the popula
tion of the town had foisaken their
homes to hunt for tlio mythical bonanza.
Another favorite nsode of paying court
to the Holy Innocents is to frighten the
population of a small village some miles
out from the capital by publishing alarm
ing stories of a threatened ra jd by bands
of bloodthirsty Indians and bandits.
Mounted couriers in the employ of the
newspapers leave the larger city with
abundant supplies of tho newspapers,
and, dashing at full speed into the
doomed town, throw the residents into
a panic by reading from the public
squares the horrible fate that awaits
them. In a few minutes the whole
place is in a terrible stato of commotion,
and in another hour o- is com
pletely deserted. Every one takes to
the high road and inake-j the beta time
possible to the larger city and safety.
When tho hoax is discovered, no mat
ter what the cost to the- victims, no
trouble ever ensues. They pack up their
goods, collec t their families tnd return
in high good humor t" t'l-iir homes,
thankful that hey have thet'-j t go to,
and promising oiio another that they
will not allow themselven to bo fooled
next year.
Yet when next year does come and
with it the terrible news tbat yellow
fever or somo other deadly .?couro is
raging in the vicinity, threr.teniila to
depopulate the whole qv,-- by its rav
ages, the poopln forget the resolutions
formulated the previous year. Provi
sions are hastily packed and safety is
sought in the nearly hill3 and moun
tains. In one instance, six families
lived in the open air for ten d; ya before
the joke perpetrated, upon them was dis
covered. THE BULL FIGHT SELL.
Prank3 nt the expense of private imli
vidualj are the commonest mouo of cele
brating the clay, It li no uncommon
thing for a wealthy old Don w;dking in
a secluded portion of the town to lind
himself suddenly confronted by twe
masked marauders, with revolvers in
their hands and knive3 in thvir belts,
who command him to give up his valu
ables quietly or they will take his life
and valuables both. The next day he is
pot greatly suipi ised when ho receives
his valuables, accompanied by a cask of
wino and u neat littlo note, stating that
ho was merely made a temporary sacri
fice to King Herod.
On ono occasion notices in all the
daily papers in the City of Mexico an.T
nouncedf that a grand, bull fight would
occur on. U:a at" tei noon, of Dee. 28, and
that, as the admittance to the amphi
theatre on this occasion would cost noth
hacr. every one was cautioned to be on
nana earrt
i;ng ceioro miUday tiio eopio were
Injuring into tho immense building in
tordes. Although tho iirst encounter
was not to take place until " o'clock, tho
building was jammed to Itft utmost by 1
o'clock. Tho great assemblage waited
patiently for almost two hours, and then
anxious ipieries about tho matadors and
their victims were made.
After another two hours' wait it began
to dawn on part of tho audience that
they had been made victims to tho iopu
lar day. In small parcels they left the
building, but it was long after nightfall
before the placo was empty. New York
Journal.
A Coffee Grower's A U vice.
Tho writer has spent at least tho better
part of liia life growing and curing tea
and coffee, and however wanting he may
bo in giving expression to his ideas, ho
Is 6urelj in a position to advise tho gen
eral reader on a subject with which he is
well acquainted.
First, then, deal with reliable people;
and, secondly, buy what they consider
tho purest and the most carefully pre
pared tea and cotfeo they can supply you
with, without demanding the same at a
price at which you know yourself lirst
class produce cannot Ik imported.
If it should please you to take this
littlo piece of advice, you will find that,
hi tho end, it will not prove in any way
extravagant, and it may add a year or
two to tha length of your dayn. Table
Talk.
A Horse Problem.
Headers of Tho Chicago Journal are
puzzling their head over this problem :
A sells D a horse for .."). r.-d t.rtrrward
buys it back for $70, und then sells it to
C for 100. How much does A make by
tho two sales? Tho original cost of the
horse does not enter into the proposition.
We will give a good silver watch to
anyone who sends us twenty-five yearly
subscribers to the IIkhai.u.
C. F. S M I T H,
The Boss Tailor
Maiu St., Over Merges' Shoe Store.
Has the best and most complete stock
of samples, both foreign and domestic
woolens that ever came west of Missouri
river. Note these prices: Business suits
from $10 to 35, dress suits, $25 to $45.
pants $4, $5, $6, $0.50 and upwards.
E3FWill guaranteed a fit.
Prices Defy ComDetilion.
J.H.EMMONS, M. D.
HOMCEOPATHIC
Physician I Surgeon
Office over Weaoott' store. Main street.
ReHlnuo in Or. Kchildkneckt's property.
Chronic DUeafes and Diseases of Women and
Children a specialty. Ottlce hours, 9 to 11 a. in.
2 to 5 sind 7 to 9 p. in.
tar-Telephone at both Office and Residence
B.& M. TlmeQTable.
OOIVO WKST,
No. 1. 5 :lo a. m.
No, 3-, -6 :40 p, m
GOING KAST,
No,2. 4 ;33 p. oi.
No. 4. to ;30 a. m.
No. 6.-7 :13 p. in.
No. 10. 9 :46 a. m.
No. 5. fi :47 a, rn.
No., i.t-f y1 p. Ui,
No. a: 6 :IT n. m.
No. 11 a ;27 a. m.
All tralus run dally by wavof Omaha, except
P os. 7 and 8 which run to uml (mm H-hnvW
dally except Sunday.
rn. vi is asiuoto racine Junction at ft. 30a m
No. 19 to a stub from Paolno Janctlon at 11 am.
Lumber Yard.
THE OLD RELIABLE.
H. L WATERMAN & SON
Wholesale tad Ketall Dealer In
PI LUMBER !
Shingles, Lath, Sash,
Doors,BIinds.
Can supply every demand of the trade
Call and get terms. Fourth street
Iu Rear of Opera House
" K. DRESSLER.
The 5tM. Merchant Taibi
Keeps a Full Line ol
Foreign & Domestic Goods.
Consult Your Interest by Giving! Him a Cal
SHERWOOD BLOCK!
G-O TO HJSITIVZ' BOECK'3
FURNITURE EMPORIUM!
Parlor, Dining R00m and Kitchen
S'UEMITIJB.E
HE OWNS HIS OWN BUILDING,
AYS INTO EENT
And therefore can sell you goods for less
Money than any other dealer in the city.
HE ALSO HAS A COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF
HEARSE FURNISHED FOR ALL FUNERALS.
lie hmUB
The motto, "What is Home without a Mother," exibta in many
happy homes in this city, hut the eflect of what is home without tho
Local Newspaper is sadly realized in many of these "happy homes" in
Plattsmouth.
THE HE1SALB
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Is steadily finding its way into these homes, and it always
comes to stay. It makes the family circle more cheerful and keeps its
readers "up to the times" in all matters of importance at home and
abroad.
During the Year 1889
Every available means will be used to make the columns of
The IIekald a perfect storehouse from which you can obtain all in
formation, and will keep up its record as being the beet Advertising
Medium for all purposes.
AT 15 CENTS PER WEEK
This paper is within the reach of all, and will be delivered to any ad
dress in the city or sent by mail.
ENRY BOECK.
COR. UAIN AND SIXTH STREETS.
Ik !a!gj MM
Is the Best County Newspaper in old Cass, and this has been
well proven to us by the many new names added to our list during
1888. Special merits for the Weekly, are all the county news, six
columns of good Republican Editorial, News Accounts of all import
ant political or business events, one-half page each week containing
a choice piece ot Vocal or Instrumental Music, choice selections of
Miscellaneous Reading Matter. Advertising in it brings profitable
returns.
Our Job Department
Is equal to any, and does work to the satisfaction of patrons
from all over the county, and receives orders by mail from a distance,
which are promptly filled. We have facilities for doing all kinds of
work, from the plain calling card to colored work, books and blanks.
Work neatly and promptly executed. Large stock kept on hand.
Legal blanks for sale.
BiroSoo
Office Cor. Vine and 5th, Telephone 38.