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    THE DAJLl HERALD : PLA1TSM0UTH. NEBiCASKA, SATUJtDAV, FEBRUARY 16, 188d.
iND CCRIOUS COINS.
ViF RCARCE. KINDS OF MfiNFV
p THEIR FANCY PRICES.
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A craze which of late years has greatly
develop and at this time tliowg no
sign of falling off, la that of collecting
raro coins. Chicago load all western
cjtlca in the number of its nuniisntatista
boahU some fine collections. It
&j N be 8Upiose that the demand
vtJl be principally for coins of great
antiquity, but this is not tho cao. The
chief Inquiry la for sets of American
coins, and some numbers are bo rare us
.to readily command "fancy prices. In
certain years some descriptions of coins
were not minted at nil, while in other
Cases few copies were issued. Other
coins are valued because of some error
or eccentricity in tho die; in fact, any
variation from the ordinary types, if in
good condition, will bring more than its
face value.
ODD SIZES AND DATES.
Of the silver dollars, nearly all tho
earlier issues are in domand at a slight
premium, and that of 1704, in which tho
goddess of lilerty is depicted with flow
ing hair, is worth $20. As for the dollar
of 1801, of which few are known, any
copy in good condition will bring ?."i(XJ.
The flying eagle of 1833 and 1S39. and
the coins of 18ol, 1852 and 1853, with the
lilcrty loving lady seated, are worth at
leant $15 each. The one time despised
trade dollars, issued 1879 to 18S3 in
clusive, are at a premium of 10 cents
each. Of half dollars, those of 1790 and
1707, with fifteen or sixteen stars, bring
$15 each. Others of value are dated
17941801 and 1803, and there are many
more, such as 1830 with a liljorty cap,
1833 with an "O" mark under tho head,
and a coin of ISG.'l with liljerty seated,
which are worth from $3 to $3 each.
Tho scarce quarters are those of 1823
and 1827, with tho heed to the left, each
valued at $15, while the 1790 fillet head
is to be had for $2 and that of 1804 for
ft. Twenty cent silver pieces of 1870
bring 80 cents: those of tho succeeding
year are cheap at $1.50. The dimes of
the grandfathers are mostly worth from
five to twenty times their face value,
while half dimes in silver bring from 50
cents to $2 each, and a special brand of
the vintage of 1802 will command $23.
Silver three cent pieces run from CO to
60 cents; nickel fives 15 to 30 cents each,
and nickel threes 15 to 25.
COITER LEADS COLD.
There & a great demand for old copper
cents, the first ambition of every col
lector being to start even with tho pro
cession in 1793 or so and bring it down
to date with a coin for each year. It
will cost him from $1 to $3 for tho vari
ous tindt Issued in 1793. $3 for 1799, and.
$2.50 for 1S0L With tho exception of a
cent of 1809 with the head to the left the
rest are reasonable in price. Half cents
are in demand, and readily command
from $4 to $0 for those of certain years
between 1831 and 1849. But in these it
must not In understood that those of all
years are equally in request. Those is
sued 1840-48 inclusive, with the head to
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me leu, nu'iaj;u uuuut c-' iiu
ington medals, old fashioned cents, and
thecopjvr issues of New York. Vermont.
Massachusetts and New Jersey bring,
provided they have the necessary ear
marks, sums ranging from $1 to $10.
There is not much call for gold coins,
but trial pieces are valuable, and good
proofs of double eagles of foicc jears.
a 1S53 and 1S50, bring a small premium.
Scarce half eagles are those of 1S13 and
1822, and worth full $20 each. On other
dates from 1793 to 1SC4 some 20 to CO per
cent, premium is paid. Three dollar
gold pieces of 1S75 and 1S7G, with the
figure of an Indian princess, bring $0
and $3. respectively. Quarter eagles of
early dates run from $3 up to $9, and
there ore. many gold dollars for wliich a
slight advance on their face value uust
bo paid.
Intending collectors need not distress
themselves in looking for dollars of the
years 180-VC5. inclusive, for Uncle Sam
was either short of metal or otherwise
busy those thirty years and none were
coined. Thero were no cents rushed on
the market in 1815, and no eagles from
1805 to 1S37, inclusive. The Confederate
States made a die for a silver dollar and
-struck off a few, but ran out of silver.
"An authentic coin of that issue would
bring $1,000. As a contrast to tliis it
may bo noted that you can get a penny
of tho Caesars for 0 cents. Chicago
Tribune.
A Shrewd Dos.
Of ft sedate but cunning dog out in
.,- California thiJ story is told: On one
occasion a rabbit was started, and all
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tho tlogs Willi me exception vi nouus
dashed oJ in full pursuit. We were
.nntJinl t i!K.irvp that he. forecroinrr
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the intense excitement of the chase, de
liberately trotted by a short cut to a
hollow oai trunk, and crouching at iU
base calmly awaited the coming of the
fleeing rabbit. ' Anl to was not disap
pointed, for tho pursuing dogs pressed
the rabbit so hard that after making a
long detour, it approached the placo of
refuge. As it was about entering tho
hollow trunk. Bonus sprang up and cap
tured it. Now, this old dog wa3 used to
hunting rabbit3 i:i tliat field, and knew
that the roder.U were in tho habit of
flying for safety to tliat hollow tree.
Moreover, this 6tory is true. Philadel
phia Times.
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Don moil Cndooe.
a Dirtinscn college student, in e
spirit of Lmggadocio, made a bet of ?5
with another young man that he could
pot two regulation billiard i-alls in his
mouth at one time. lie accomplished
tho feat, and is now a sadder but wiser
person. The balb stuck ia his mouth,
and all efforts to dislodge tho same
proved futile, until finally an SI. D. was
called in. who, in order to get them out,
was compelled to cut a slit in his mouth
on each side. The other fellow paid the
bekHarrUburg Telegraph. .
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Coon limiting.
There was sport in the coon hunt for
our fathers, and in a measure a maii'n
irnportanco in Kome communities wa3
judged bj- tho number of coon skins ho
could nail to ii barn door after a hunt.
Willi thu co-n hat como to be det pistil
by sortsine.'i in these latter days L ouo
of those tlii r gs alxnit which tho remark
ha.i onco or twice len made that no
fellow can i'.nd or.t. He is ns cunning as
the fox and more difficult to trail. He
Is, moreover, the cleanest of animals, and
eats only tho most wholesome of food.
Ho should not be despised, surely, le
eause he can be hunted only at night,
for in threading the woods in the dark
newt, following dogs that you cannot see,
and whose baying ulone breaks the still
ness, thero is a most singular enchant
ment. Kven in localities where coons are the
most abundant, nine out of ten of the
present generation never saw one, and
few jK-oplo know anything about them or
their habits. Although tho coon prefers
tho vicinity of civilization as his habitat,
he plans to keep aloof from the eyes of
men, ami hU habits render this an easy
ta:.k. By day bo lies in out of tho way
retreats, in tho depths of hollow trees or
isolated crevices and holes in the rocks.
Ho wanders forth only at night and al
though his foraging cxjeditions may take
him to tho very doors of farmers, and
even within tho boundary lines of vil
lages, ho never betrays his presence. If
more than one coon is brought to bay in
a tree they will invariably be females or
a mother coon and her offspring. The
scent the coon leaves on tho trail is at all
times less than that of other game quad
ruped, but when tho female is nursing
her young during tho summer months
her scent is hardly perceptible to the
dogs, .thus saving her and her litter from
many a race for life. The scent of the
coon grows stronger as the cold weather
advances, and through November and
December tho dogs follow it with com
paratively little diiliculty. Philadelphia
Press.
A Warrior's M:itriiiioni:il Fate.
Walking along I.ake Shorp with an
old soldier, who had married thrico and
for money every time, I had some new
and valuable light died upon tho ques
tion, "Is marriage a failure?" Tho war
rior takes an easy view of life. Ho is
inclined to think that women i"G not as
ba.l as they are painted, but that they re
quire strong handling. "Tho marriage
laws mo much too easy on women.
Now, look herd I'm a man of family -I
mean social position. I havo an in
come of between C2.500 and $3,000.
Tisn't much, but as Shakespeare says,
' 'tii mine own. I married a widow for
my first wife. She had $3,000 a year of
her own and no social position, as her
first husland was a saloon keeper. I
got her into refined and fashionable so
ciety. "How did sho repay me, think you?
Well, she insisted upon spending all her
on;i 'coin upon herself, and then de
manded half of my little income. Wasn't
that pretty cheeky? She paid mo noth
ing for my social position. Sho got
everything and gave notliing savo tho
-$3,000 a year when she died to a twenty
second cousin near Prince Bismarck's
homo in Foinerania. My second wife
was in her second widowhood, but not a
bit softer about money matters than
when sho was a maiden fair. Every
thing settled upon herself. I paid for
the wedding breakfast. Sho had a large
income end bho never gavo mo a cigar.
She went to heaven and left her money
to a sister. The 6ister wouldn t marry
me, but I got a nice littlo woman with
four children, who had buried three hus
bands and was as merry as a butterfly.
She is alive now and i3 tho hardest nut
of :.I1. Ehe doesn't take half my money
she take3 tho wholo of it, paj-s my bills
and -allows mo fifty cents a day for
spending money. No, sir; marriage was
no failure for three women who had
the good fortune to marry me." Chi
cago Journal.
A Cheap Lesson.
"That piece of paper isn't worth shucis.
u it?" queried a stranger, as ho handed a
check in to tho cashier of a Griswold
street bank the other day.
"No, sir," was tho reply, after a brief
glance.
"It is signed John Smith,"
"I see it is."
"He's a fraud?"
"I think so. Where did you get the
check?"
- "At tho depot. Lent a party $20 to
get off on a train with, and ho gave me
this check of $30 as security."
"You havo been coniidenced,"
"I know it. I knew it half an hour
ao. When I started to como to town
my brother said I'd let some ono mako a
fool of me."
"And you have."
"I liave. Turned out just as ho said.
Sav. wasn't that confidence operator
rather fresh?"
"How?"
-See here. Here's a wallet with $3,800
in it. and tho fool only ask 3d me for $20!
Won't ho- kick himself if ho ever finds
out how cheap ho let me ofTP Detroit
Free Press.
An Abiicut Minded Man.
Cincinnati has the champion absent
minded man. A gentleman living in tho
suburbs went in a storo on Walnut street
to make a few purchases. The only
light in the storo' wa3 a candle standing
on the counter near tho money drawer.
After making his purchases he handed
the proprietor a bill, and after returning
hira the change the proprietor walked to
the rear cf tho 6toro to arrange some
ilung. when suddenly he was left in tho
dark. He started toward tho counter,
and, groping around it, found, not the
candle, but the change. It struck him
then that probably the man. In a fit of
absent mindednc-ss, had taken tho candle
instead cf Ids change. He started out
after him. and, catching up with him,
saw tliat he had the bundle in one hand
and the candlo in tho other. After apol
ogizing for tho mistake the stranger took
his change and avo back tho candle.
Chicago Times.
THE HUMAN VOICE.'
DIFFICULTY IN DESCRIBING THEM
ALL SATISFACTORILY.
Compared to. the Stops of an Orj;nn Th
Clyocrlm- and fcucLIu;; Ioo Stojm u:id
Their Cr Vocal reeullarltlea of lro
fcMlonal Actor and Speakers.
The human voice is one of those tan
talizing things which can never be ade
quately described, and yet which are
constantly tempting people to describe
them. The joet3 per6piro in vain, and
the novelists pant a long way after them,
but nothing comes adequate to the sub
ject. Even tho musical critics, whoso
use of language is marked by an audacity
which tho rest of the world trembles at,
do not succeed. Nevertheless, there aro
a few remarks which may be modestly
made on tho outskirts of the subject.
COMPARED TO ORGAN STOPS.
The human voice, in tho first place, is
not a simple instrument, but a very com
plicated organ, with a great variety of
stops. You hear tho glycerine stop, for
instance, when a man is trying to sell a
horse he "doesn't want to part with," or
is persuading a friend to invest in the 500
Woe Mary Janes ho "happens to havo
to spare."
Then man has another very useful
stop, tho sucking dove 6top. - When a
man's wife had to sit up for him he meets
her with the sucking dove 6top full on;
you would think as ho comes along tho
passage, humming a psalm tune in it,
that he had just descended from tho com
pany of an innocent band of seraphim.
This stop is also made some little use of
in business, though the majority of men
ha we not sufficient face to play it suc
cessfully. Bold cabby very often has a
try at it. when he assures the stranger
in London, with tears in his eyes, that
the proper fare is five and sixpence; and
tho skilled restaurant waiter turns it on
when he assures tho doubtful guest that
the wine supplied is actually what i3
named on the list. There are also other
varieties of masculine stop; such as tho
mad bull stop, which comes into play
when the button's off again or the meat's
underdone.
Ladies' voices possess most of tho mas
culine stops and a few others besides.
They, however, make a little different
use of some of them. A lady, for in
stance, talks politics through the glycer
ine medium, and keeps the 6ledge ham
mer for her domestic affairs, and for
training mankind in the way they should
go. Sho never uses her sucking dove
stop in matters of business, but keeps it
exclusively for affairs of a tender nature.
At the approach of any eligible man out
comes thu Etop at once, and all sho has
to say to him has the seductive intona
tion of innocent candor. An exclusively
feminine 6top is the woodiecker, spe
cially designed in those crises in the
female economy known familiarly as
"being out of sorts." This stop gives a
shrill, 6nappy timbro to the music of
the lady's voice, which is much admired
by tho hearers, when they have acquired
a taste for it.
Another feminine Btop, and a pecu
liarly beautiful one, is tho Minnehaha,
or laughing water stop. It is not every
lady who has it in her organ, but when
she has, and plays upon it, the hearer at
onco imagines himself under a green
canopy by the 6ide of a sparkling rill,
and if he is not careful he sits there and
forgets liis train. Tho Minnehaha is tho
queen of all stops, but, unfortunately,
has a terrible habit of changing into tho
woodpecker lato in life.
PROFESSIONAL VOICES.
The above remarks aro inspired by or
dinary private voices. A more extended
view of tho Bubject may be obtained
from professional voices. The former
play on ono organ of many stops, but the
latter have the run of a great variety of
different instruments, natural and artifi
cial. The stage, to wliich ono looks for
tho ideal of what tho spoken voice
should be, supplies us with some charm?
ing examples. Ono especially beautiful
stage voice is that usually described as
"bird like." The bird voice is especially
affected by tho young and innocent dra
matic maiden, whoso pride is to remind
you of all tho sweet songsters of the
grove in turn. While she is heart free,
she hops in a cheerful manner round the
scene, and emits littlo chirps, something
like a healthy sparrow devoid of care.
When the inevitable young man makes
his appearance, she puts on tho swallow
and begins to twitter continuously; and
when he arrives at his declaration she
sinks into his arms with the time night
ingale gurgle and ends a pathetic scene
with a cadence of "jug-jug-jug." Then
' when things get a little mixed and he is
thought to be faithless and to have taken
money from the till, sho comes out
strong as a "pee-wit," and shrieks faintly
over her blasted hopes, much as that
plaintive bird does over a wormless
moor. By and by there is a prospect of
things coming right, and 6he drops the
pee-wit for the canary.
When sho gets a letter from him you
hear sounds as though a canary were
fondling a fresh root of groundsel, and
when all is explained and he arrives
with the marriage license by the 5 p. m.
train, there is no more nightingale, and
the curtain comes down on a final "jug."
Tho well trained jeuno premiere runs
tho gamut of tho whole ornithological
tribe, and tho experienced playgoer can
tell what the "situation" is from tho
bird she is representing, even though ho
is too poor to pay for a place where ho
can see anything.
In the public meeting you hear the
turkey gobbling in explanation of the
object of the gathering, tho bray of tho
ass in moving the first resolution, and
the duck quacking in support, while J
there follow tlie calf bleating an amend
ment, the cow lowing to "order," and
the clucking of a multitude of hens car
rving something simultaneously. It is.
of course, for the evolutionist to say
why assemblages of speakers imitate so
closely the voices of animals, but he
6hould not overlook tho fact. London
Standard. '
Rub the teakettle with kerosene and
polish with a dry flannel cloth. .
HOW VANIULA GROWS.
Two Methods of Pre paring tlio Pods for
for Market The Plant.
Vanilla belongs to the orchid family
ani is a sarmentoso plant furnished with
thick, oblong, glaucous green leaves.
The vine sometimes attains a height of
forty-five feet. It logins to Uar the
third year after planting and continues
bearing thirty years. Lach vino annu
ally produces from forty to fifty-five
capsules or seed pods, which are gath.
ered before reaching complete maturity
between April and June.
For ono method of preparation they
are gathered after they have lost their
green tint, and aro then exposed to the
sun in woolen sheets which linve pre
viously been thoroughly heated. They
are then put into boxes covered with a
cloth, and aro again heated in tho sun,
twelve or fifteen hours, after which they
should assume a coffee color. If this is
not obtained they must be covered and
again exosed, the whole process lasting
aliout two months, after which they aro
packed securely, fifty each, in tin boxes.
By the second method about a thou
sand jhkIs are tied together and plunged
into Itoillng water to bleach them, after
which they are exposed to the sun, and
then coated with oil or wrapped in oiled
cotton to prevent them from bursting.
During the drying process tho pods ex
ude a sticky liquid, which is expedited
by gentle pressure two or three times a
day. By this process the pod loses about
a quarter of its original size. The best
quality pods are seven to nine inches
in length, and large in proportion, and
possess in greater abundance the char
acteristic and agreeable perfume which
gives vanilla its value.
The vino is sometimes covered with a
silvery efflorescence producing an essen
tial salt similar to that found in the pod,
and this is diffused on the outside of the
capsule. It is called vanilla rime, and is
in great demand in the Bordeaux market.
Vanilla is used in perfumery and in
flavoring confectionery and cordials. It
is supposed to possess powers similar to
valerian, while it is much more- grateful.
Its production in Reunion has increased
in tho past forty years from a few
pounds to nearly half a million, and that
colony is now the principal rival and
competitor of Mexico. The total import
into Franco rose from about 200,000
pounds in 1880 to about 260,000 in 1886,
but the annual import fluctuates con
siderably. London Times.
Insulting Proprieties.
Since I was 10 years old there are a
few things that have always made me
mad, and one was to ask me, the minute
I mentioned approvingly a man's unme,
whether he was married or not. What
earthly difference did it make? And an
other was to have a man change his tone
and manner to me when he got married.
Mr. Brownell talks altout the man find
ing the woman treating him differently
when he marries. I assure him that is
not half as asinine as when the man who
has known me since I was as high as the
table and called me Mollie all my life be
gins to address me as "Miss Bawn" the
minute he gets a wife. What did he
mean by calling mo Mollie at all ever, if
it was something that controverses tho
rights of his wife? I was net engaged to
him : ho was not my lover. I thought wo
were the simplest, matter-of -course old
friends. But, lol it seems thero was
something else in it according to his
view, and now I have a right to bo in
sulted over the past, it seems to me. I'd
get a divorce from a man I married that
acted like tliat. New York Graphic.
She Made It IMndluc
'Darling Bessie," said Mr. Hoover to
his lady typewriter, "will you marry me?
Sinco you have come, like a gleam of
sunshine, to gladden my existence-1 have
lived in the radiant light of your ethereal
presence, and passionately"
"Please speak a little slower, Mr.
Hoover," said tho fair typewriter, inter
rupting lum, whilo her fingers continued
to fly over the keys of her machine.
" 'Ethereal presence passionately.'
Now I am ready to proceed."
"Great Scott, Miss Caramel!" exclaimed
her employer, "you are not taking down
my offer of marriage on that infernal
typewriter, are jqu?"
. "A proposal!" shrieked Miss Caramel.
""Why, so it is. I didn't notice. I thought
you were dictating. Forgive me, dear
William; I am yours, And now, since I
have made this foolish blunder, please
sign this paper, and I will keep it as a
memento."
The marriago took place according to
contract. Chicago News.
' ' - Abolishing a Nnlsance.
The railroads of Germany are under
the control of tho government, and it
seems that the practice of giving and
accepting gratuities has Jed to so many
abuses that it has been determined to
put a stop to it. The royal railway ad
ministration has accordingly notified all
employes that they will not be allowed
to accept the smallest gratuity or favor
of any description upon penalty of sum
mary dismissal. Prosecution is also
threatened against those who may offer
gratuities to railway employes. A long
suffering traveling public will rise up
and call the government blessed for this
putting on end to one of the most un
pleasant features of continental traveL
The example would seem a good ono to
follow elsewhere. San Francisco Chron
icle. Woes of a Country Editor.
When a man is trying to run a country
paper with au army press and a hatful
of type and seventeen paid-up subscrip
tions; when ho is compelled to skirmish
around on the outside of his business tQ
make a living by begging, borrowing or
stealing; when he is out of heart, hope,
friends ond money, in debt, in love and
in the middle of a railroad rumpus that
will not come to a focus: when he lias
nothing in the past but remembrance of
failure, and nothing in the future but
visions cf the poorhouse well, under
such circumstances, he is in confounded
poor shape to assume a virtue that he
hasn't got, or a joy that lie doesn't feci.
Benton (Ky.) Tribune.
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