THE DAILY HEfiALD : MLAlTSMOtJTIl, HEBftASlvA, FRIDAY,. M.VY 3, 1S8U. The Plattsmouth Daily Herald. KNOTTS I3EC 3., Publishers & Proprietors. THE rLATTSMOUTlI 1IEUALI) la published every evenlnjg except Sunday and Vrkly every I liurl;ty morning, ttrids tercd at thw pottofTlce, 1'iulinnioutli. br.. . 8 Tniid-cl.iH iu;ittT. Office corner of Vine and fifth idrrfU. Teleplioui? So. TMMI rO DAILY. One copy out rar In dranc. by mail. ...86 on One ciy pr iiixdtIi. lyirOiT &i One copy per week, by carrier,.... 15 TUMI FOB WKKKLV. One oot y one year, in advance...... ..$ 1 ! One copy ! i uioiitt. in advauce 75 The: C. 15. & Q. lU'droad company's etaten.ent for March which lias just been published shows an increase in busiurf i of nearly a million dollers over the 'March of last jear. Tub actual work of opening the Nica rauguil canal is billed to commence about the middle of May. Five years is the time set for the completion of the rannl so that it is probably safe to say that the water way will be opened by tin 4th tf July 1894. Tue southern press is particularly fond of quoting the famous line: "And every gate we bar to hate, is opened wide to love." It seems to be quite unaware that the line is taken from Whittier's poem ou John Brown's execution. It is awful to think of the south quoting nn anti-slavery pott on the famous abo litionist. Omaha Republican. Di'hi.no the month of April the public debt was decreased some thirteen mil lions' At this rate the debt wil decrease over one hundred and fifty millions this year, and the whole interest bearing debt would be wiped out within six years. And that brings up the question, what securities will the national banks- substi tute for their Uuite l States bonds in the national treasury vaults? Bee. The democratic papers all over the country are very indignant over the wy the administration is conducting the be heading business. They seem to forget that it was the tariff issue and not the civil service humbug that was before Un people last November which elected Gn. Harrison. The present administration i adhereing to the civil service rules much better than Mr. Cleveland did yet be ws elected on that issue. Ose of the most ridiculous expressioi s used by a democratic paper is when speaking ot an election wl.ich Has gone democratic to say that the people have declared for "Democracy and Reform.''' That is always laughable. Gentlemen leave of the word reform; never use it unless you have occasion to talk on relig ious subjects and the result will be that the word will go into ''innocuous desuetude" so far a democratic editor are concerned. Indianola. Iowa, Herald. Fifteen years ago, when the Domin ion sought .by statute to extend the lis-! ot extraditable offenses in favor of th United States, the British government in eristed that this was a matter which should be dealt with by treaty. Tint government has the same right and pre rogatives in any question concerning the Dominion which it had then. Still there is not much liklihood that it will interfere to prevent the operation of tiie Weldon act to return future American boodlers to this country. Globe Demo crat. The centennials of important eyetita connected with American independence are now all ended. A celebration of un occurrence, however, which has mi especial interest for everybody on. thi--continent, and in which all the rest of the world even should have, some concern will take place About three years hence. The year 1S92 will be the 400th annivcr sary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus, and the event will he observed by an exposition at Washing ton, in which all the governments of the Western Hemisphere are to be represented. Columbus may not have been the first civilized man to set foot on this conti nent, but as he had the good sense and public spirit to make his discovety known while the others didn't, he is the man who is going to be honored. Globe Democrat. By the way, suppwsing a salt trust is established in this country, aa is threaten ed! Our free trade friends will doubt less lay it to the protective tariff. Cn the contrary the protective tariff bus probably prevented the Fait trust being established long ago. In free trade En gland they have bd a 'rust of that sort in full swing for some time, and prices have gone up wonderfully. What ivjjl burst the s ilt trust in America is not free trade, or protection, however, but these wonderful salt mines in Kansas, wht-ie they take out.the pure article in grett blocks, and don't have to spend a dol lar in !oiling kettles or constructing vats for solor evaporation. Kansas has salt enough to supply the world, and it will t ke a pretty big syndicate to corner it for it extends over several thousand farms according to all accounts.- Liu jColn Journal. WHAT AliE TliUFFLESf SOMETHING ABOUT THE MUSH ROOM'S UNDERGROUND COUSIN. A Member of the Fund Family That Tickles the rwlato of the Epicure How They Grow and Are "Canglit" Attempts at Cultivation Cuauccraaful. Probably few of the thousands of peo ple who have enjoyed these culinary dainties aro aware of the manner in which they grow or the circumstances in which they are obtained. Others, again, who have iierchance never encountered truffles or met with them in, the bill of fare or u-on the menu of the dinner table for they are not sufficiently plenti ful to bo a popular article of diet will have but a confused idea as to what de nomination they belong, 6uch confusion being heightened by reason of the term "catching" or "hunting' being used to denote the means by which they ore ob tained. It is, therefore, not unnecessary to explain that truffles oro underground fungi, those which are the subject of commerce belonging to the genus "tuber," whilst others which tear the name are of related though different genera. In England they were formerly known as "trubbes," both names being doubtless derived from the Latin terra? tuber. They aro somewhat oblong or globose, and vary in weight from a couple of ounces to several pounds, according to tho sj)ecies, locality and the circum stances iu which they aro grown. They vary somewhat in color; some are white, but generally they aro of a black or dark brown color, and of a rough exterior, the skin being thickly covered with wart like protuberances. When cut tlirough with a knife, they present a different ap- Iearance from that of any other fungus. Veins traverse the mass in all directions, giving a marbled character that is a dis tinctive feature of the truflle. When closely examined, minute 6acs will be noticed in the veins. These contain 6pores, which are covered with spines. DOGS AS TRCFFLE HUNTERS. Not much is known of the early de velopment of the truflle, owing princi pally to its peculiarity of growing under ground, where it is free from observa tion; but when found in the mature state, in which they are used for food, they aro altogether free from attach ment, cither to the ground or to any other lody. They aro commonly, if not invariably, found in woods, the pres ence, of oak or beech trees apjtearing to favor their growth. From this fact ft has been inferred that they are of a para sitieal nature, and that at some stage of their existence they derive their nutri ment from the roots of trees. Light calcareous soils are those which most frequently produce truffles, and in Eng land they r.ro chiefly obtained from tho hill districts and chalky grounds of Hants and Wilts. a nose, nowever, which chiefly supply the English mar kets are brought from France or Algiers. Trufilos emit a fragrant odor both dur ing tlieir r-rowtn ana otter tney are gathered. It is this characteristic which favors their acquisition, 03, being buried out of sight, some other faculty has to bo employed to discover their presence. For this purpose tho keen sense of smell in tho dog is taken advantage of, and dogs are systematically trained for the purpose of "truflle hunting. This ser vice is sometimes performed by pigs on tho Continent. Tho dogs are trained by the device of hiding a truffle and re warding tho dog each time ho discovers its place of concealment. By degrees tho dog soon learns to search in the woods, attracted by the perfume, and scratches at the 6pot under which re pones the hidden fungus. He is then re warded by a piece of bread, and the truffle is carefully exhumed. The "catching" or "hunting" of truffles is ; regular means of employment for men and dogs in those districts in which the fungi exist in sufficient quantities to ren der the work remunerative. HOW TO PREPARE THEM. The attempts at artificial reproduction or cultivation of the truffle have not been successful, as mycelium or spawn, from whfch other fungi (such as mushrooms) are readily produced, has not yet been obtained. Success has occasionally at tended the sprinkling or suitable ground with water in which the fresh peel of tin Slcs has been steeped. The odor and flavor of truffles are most distinctive, and the delicacy of this flavor is highly esteemed by cooks, these fungi being generally employed lor flavorpig meats. The fresher truffles are used the better, as they lose their perfume by ex posure to the air. Thus, English truffles which reach the market fresh gathered aro preferable to those obtained from abroad ; and those, again, which are deeper in the ground are superior to those found near tho surface, possibly owing to the same reason viz.: that they have been better protected from ac- fre.ss or air. To cook truffles, they should first be well washed if necessary scrubbed with a brush in warm water, rinsed and then boiled (according to size) from two to three hours. They may be served, hid den in a napkin, as if they were chest nuts. They are eaten pt the second course, dry with cold butter. Tnegame , is eaten wuh tuem, and the crisp peel is not discarded, bomejpeople boil truffle, j in ch;unpagne under the , impression that; they acquire the flavor of the wine. This , is a most extravagant and useless cus tom, as, in the first place, the tough 6kin of the truflle is quite impervious, and secondly, the wine, directly it is heated to Ixdmg pomt, loses oil spirit and flavcr. , " lS f 1 , , ,, """J salmi, bod them separately ', then peel and cut them up when tho disl, is ready. men over an pour me gravy or sauce. be ..eeled and introduced wim tlie stuff- in-. London Queen. 0 .. An oblong opcl the full length of a -....1 .I, L knife edged bar, surrounded by dia- . inonds, Lj a brooch or a recherciie caar- v ctr. . . . . I Ihey should also be cooked separately if I votes for each .ntended for msertion into a boar s head cuntlidJat0. juJ verif v the nam or for combination with the stuffing for . , . . . Venus aa a SUtcr World. While watching (Tiese graceful wind ings of the planet, we naturally inquire as to it3 real condition. Headers are fa miliar with tho idea that it is a world like our own earth, trareling in a smaller but otherwise almost similar orbitaround the sun. On more minute inquiry wo find that tho likeness liotween it and our earth is in some points very great- greater, in fact, than in the case of any otli'T planet. In the fundamental ele ment of size they aro almost alike, our earth being 7.900 miles in diameter, and Venus 7,500. The force of gravity on the surface of the latter is very nearly nine-tenths of what it is with us. Its density is almost the same fraction as that of the eartli. These facts show that if transported to the surface of Venm wo should feel more at home, so far as some essential features of experience are concerned, than on any other planet known to us. We should weigh just about nine-tenths of our present weight, and should find distances bearing much the same ratio to our muscular jower of walking that they do in this world; while in all probability tho surface rocks and earth, if such lie formed there, would lo compacted and constructed like those we daily see around us. This would not bo the case on planets so much smaller than the earth, as Mer cury or Mars, or so much larger, as Ju piter, Saturn or Neptune, Again, the year on Venus would bo about 225 days in length, a good deal more like what we have on the earth than is the case on any other planet. In tho length of the day we should find a still more home like experience, as the difference would be imperceptible except to careful ob servation. Venus rotates in twenty- three hours, twenty-one minutes, twenty- eight seconds, and the earth in twenty- three hours, fifty -six minutes, four sec onds. The day, of course, depends a little upon the motion of the sun in the sky, but tho difference between this, as seen on our earth and from Venus, would not appreciably affect the similarity of the days in each. These likenesses to the length of our day and year and to our world's density would cause a siini larity, in all probability, in the irupor tant matters of mountain form and of vegetation. In fact, so far Venus is nearly the twin sister of our world. - Chambers' Journal. Curious Mental Phenomena. Under the above heading the current number of The Revue Rose publishes an interesting summary of an account re cently communicated" to the Kociete do Biologie by M. Fere, and in which aro embodied some of his experiences of the effect of ether on persons at tho point of death. It is a well known fact that (he djing are often able to see the principal facts of their lives, which otherwise have been forgotten for many years, clearly and accurately before them. The reason ior tnis clairvoyance air. t ere nscrioes to a sudden modification of tho cerebral circulation, which can also be brought about by artificial means. Thus he tells of a case of a patient who was dying of consumption. He had already lost con sciousness, when, having been revived by two successive injections of one gramme of ether, the dying man slowly raised his head and rapidly pronounced a string of words, which no one near hint was able to understand, as they v. c ; e Flemish. After some movements jndipating im patience ho tuado a sign that lie wished to write. A paper and pencil were t'.:: :i handed to him, and he wrote rapidly three or four lines, also in Flemish. This man, w ho was a native of Antwerp, had lived in Paris for many years and pevpr wrote or spoke anything but French; but when dying he seemed to be unable to recollect that language. Afterwards it was found that his pencil note was about a dobt of fifteen francs, which he hail borrowed from somebody at Brussels in ISG8 and which had never been paid. In another case the patient was dying of lung disease. He had fainted several times and no longer replied to any ques tions put to him; his pulse was all gone, but after an injection'of ether be turned Ins head towards his wife, saying rapid Iv: "You will not find that pin, for all the floor has been remade," which was an allusion to an incident of eighteen years ago. After pttering these words 1 . T-V 11 till ll ureatiung ceaseu. .rail mail uazeue. A New Votiug Blacliinc, A small, box like thing, with glass sides that show the machinery inside, is what the voter sees when he approaches the opening to the little booth into which each voter must enter to record his choice. This booth is the samo as those used in the Australian system, and is necessary to the secrecv of the ballot. The voter approaches, lifts the lid of the box, which act causes a bell to ring, and finds himself in the presence of an ap paratus much Jike the finger board of a typewriter. There before him are the names of all the candidates, all those of each political party being printed on pa per of one color. This is for the benefit of illiterate voters. Y'ou press the buttons of your choice and 3'ou have voted. The machine re- cnJ ako records tho whoIo number of Votors who ,uive d tho machine. gating impassible. You may push he ,(UiUf)n al, d and tyil - iePsistently keep on recording saiJ numbi,r, J sot luntii the COver of the box has been closed can another number bo recorded. If a voter attempts to close tho cover and vote again the When the polls are closed tho face of h iaat.1)ino shows the total number of v P-i" 1:1 s-'kJ envelope and go home supper nijd tQ repose: or tney may hasten t tho telograph ofiioe to he;ir the retunu frora other precincts. Before p OvKiC4 l.usresuitoi me election is Known to every one, cn4 MI niay go tooeuwp.?n they please. St. Paul Globe. W m cvv fciv-ft oia ma vj( a v I;atli at Sea. 'A great deal ban been done. F-rtid an old sailor the other day, "to improve the lot of tho tne;i befory the mast, since first I vent to tea in u cabin boy, and when- ever a complaint is properly lodged against a cruel ofiieer, I inut say it is fairly investigated. let for all that, there aro pleuty of murders ' committed : today on the high teas that ure never in I vestigated because no comj ilaiut is made. ; Every day one or two vessels come into this port with a shorter crew than they ; started out with and their captains' re ports of 'seaman fell overboard and was j lost,' or "cabin boy killed by falling spar,, j or 'coal passer died from heart trouble i and v:;.s bu.-i-'d jit sea." are accepted as perfectly satisfactory. No investigation , m made into the death, unless boine one I lodges st formal complaint, j "llV an easy matter for orv. man who ! has a grudge :igaiu:;t bis i:, ate to .shove the other overboard, if they are both up hi the riggin-.; ia a dark and t-tormy night Th; tins. -en cutting of a rope is often enoii ;!i to do it. it is ea.y to drop a block or a marline t-piice on the bead of a man below, thai will knock hint dazed uito the wjiti-r to drown, or down to tho deck to smash his skull. 'Heart trouble' covers a. groat deal of insuilieient nour ishment, lack of medicine and overwork. This is not the way things are done on land. You have your coroners here to investigate sudden deaths, why should they not look into deaths at sea? Many loor cowards would tell the truth agaiiibt their ofricers, if they were" thus forced to do so, who would not dare come forward and lodge a complaint they might be un able fully to prove." New York Tribune. The lie::.! of tl.ii .iniy. Grn. Rehofields s though he L; the who followed a iiiM' fkv who were i though he is r;;,;;:f; reason of bis ii-riic career has not been name over IV. miliar Hid military li.'e h;a ;.: .:y is f-1:5.000. Al i : t:f IJheridan, MI.;ii-rs in the of .u l hi roes, and iil i! y til.- incumbent by s to the coantry, his such as l; make his to people generally, been loivr and the duties faithfully performed, but in few events has bo bt e'i very c:.' t'icuous. (Jen. Kchi'f.i 1.1 . as I cm on the 2'Jti of September. 1 M. lie graduated from llii? United Slates I.iiiiiaiy atvdc.my in VSt'-j. in t':e hame claj.t v. illi Sheridan, Mc-Ikt!.o:i ::nd Hood. Koi'ore the .war he left the service to I -coot no a professor of natural science in a university, but at the breaking out of hostilities he entered tho army as a volunteer. A major'.-com mission was tendered to him at once and on Nov. 21, 1 01, he had reached the grade of brigadier general. lie served ail through the war, notably in the Atlanta campaign, and for a time was secretary of war in Grants first cabinet. At pres ent his duties are practically nominal, for lucre are plenty of t;uboi dmates to Ioo.i after details. He ha.4 mi office in the o'e- parlment building which is principally interesting for tho relics which it contains of his service. Sheridan filled up his of fice in a similar way, and it was a favor ite spot for sightseers. Louisville Cou rier-Journal. Tho Cottonwfxxl Tree. It was not many years ago that the cotton wood tree was considered useless for the purposes of lumber. Today it ij crowding white pine out of the market for certain purposes, and largo fortunes re leing made all along the Mississippi i'lvfr out of tins wood, winch was once 1 1 . . .1 . T i n 1 1 r i oL-s)i.t.-ii iij omen in mat ueia as a garusii rdways has been among fishermen. In New Orleans white pine is worth a thousand, while yellow cottonwood brings ;G.j. For tlie ceiling of grain harges it is invaluable, as grain cannot sweat in it. Every cracker Ijox in use in this city today ij made of cottonwood, and it cannot io excelled for fruit bar rels. I ao not know why this is so. but it U a fact, nevi rlheless. Cottonwood will liold iiails and can be used for build ing, and it ij also capable of a fine polish after certain treatment, and it is much prized for interior decorations. There are now men rich because they own tracts covered with cottonwood, who five years ago would have traded an acre of it for a yellow dog. St. Louis Globe- Democrat. When We Were Doys. Speaking of "mibs," who has Dot in dulged hi that fascinating game at some stage of lus youthful career? Every man has had in his time his favorite "shooter" either an agate, an alley, r, parchance, a cornelian and ho has had a bag of marbles. He has leen able to make a good ring on soft dirt with the sharp edge of his boot heel, and he has often Beooped holes in the ground for "holey-boley." Ho has practiced lagging at the ring for his shot, and he never forgot the order of that shot. If he were a smart l6y he put the kibosh on his better playmates by calling: "Fen picks an' fen cverythings all aroun' the game!" Often he has recklessly played "chineys for keeps,'" and even now he cannot pass a crowd of boys playfig marbles without involuntarily pausing to see what the next boy did on his shot. Marbles was and still is a great game, especially when played "for keeps." Ciucago Lieiatd. Gone to IZuin. Sherman Island was one cf the first islands reclaimed and a few j'ears ago was a Tiorfect garden spot. In 1S73 the island, v.hieli is of a peaty formation. caught fire ami burned for months. Tho emoke was so dense that vessels found diiiicidty in navigating both the fJacra- nsento and San Joaquin rivers. It burned out in some places to a depth of fiftwii and twenty feet, and the island today is entirely s ubmerged. ro one lives upon it ut all except a few fishermen, whose floating houses are tied upon what was once a levee. The town of Emmatown is no more. The residences are aban doned, the wharf and warehouses dilapi dated and unused, while the water stands up to the windows in the -school house. It Li a scene of desolation. Sacramento Ucjord-Unicu. Neat I;ttl bracelets are formed of sn.a!l eirrksof pugget linLsh gold, linked together, with a pt--arl ja the center of . "7T" ' 1 1 i J . j has Tin: u n i n run m HOUSEHOLD GOODS. In i he cify, wh A conipioie it'll I." IS lri: liil-.' U,' Frames in oy 1 1 v i You Cati !! y ir i t illolitlr ;M! I V .. 11 ' 1 A ii:e ' XL. SIXTH STIiKK r, I;KT. 5! A IN AM; 3 f?r t -Al. j . T... i. 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Gold, v(-ri!-ent ai;d J c- 1 Securities Bou;hi aail uM, i f-;.f! t'. ,veei v ed and interest allowed r::D cates. Draft drawn. -ii :''::: '. i;i ht y part of the United sr.ttj- na-J the priiicipii tuwne of . tart) oo. Collection made & pr;r,nrii; rui.ii -i!lttel issaxket prices pafd fr Cot nrj- Wji- 8tat ai.d Countv Bond.-. DIRECTORS i John Fttrerald John R. Clark, D. Uakworth f. h, ulw. b. wancn. JO0JT vrzoxsAZt, t. t ;'J so n a I" NEST STOJ'K OF mTll J!f JLa i - ti at Mill make itis ;it a t-aci ilico. f t-rvl Iiinir You thcni fell. I'icturc mod KaM pay -o much each ;i ,i- lill Jli.-!l (1 IlollPC ( :!1 ;uul tet mtmmm alim mm VINK. ii.A'niyAtinu M i'. 4 tiki tfaii s 4 ALD Pi 7$ Ii ii N 'll WS 1 m; 1TY i It. LP h 1. A l vertiing &Ie.'liuni in Cn county, r 1 peipl". Advertising rate If yon IiMve f roperty to i y. -nr )' rt to ad :" lii.'iAI.D. rry ij !? Jki, 'i of Tiiss County . M tin aij Fifth Hts., I'UU'tnoutli. '.W.-.CAt JI AI $50,600 ; 1 ' 25,t'0 OKFICfcliS : I'utTUKrK... remlrnt . ' ' ' ' ! 1 7-1' Victr Pi iijfn t ' '' '' '"! :;o.v Cashier mi Ki;v..r; ... Aw't Cashier MKi-.C'TOJiS : ! M. i-jitterso i. Frd border, ii I'l. 15. 'A i;i,Hl4lil. '.. S. I,'uin,r l-'H K A- u jr. . - y , :ii;!iessTraactcd Ii.ii-Mst allowcil cn time l-: tlfn'i.ci ttiveri to nil I to Its l-dli'. t MSSIXTOUY. ' t ; i I .?;:ry I'liUJe. "t . .H. Ofllre In f Iv V. A. N M l I I y , -I t-.v.. j.r,.,..,.t attention r ..! t t , on!.. in '. v I'! itiv,,,,,, tb. Nt-U. ' ill.!- IfTII. I '!. ant' w I ii: Ihs 5th -St. Kcrchc.nt Tailci Foreign & pomestic Goods. Consult Vi.jr lQf.r...t b. ijjvinif Him m t t SHERVOOD PA now Pl.'ltKjIn.-..,.!-, -m. BROWJ5TE. to'...y 7JlttenUQ t0a!1 Kntr.- XOTAUV IX OfFHT Eetur Facilities for making Farm lu- tt, ar Any utiier Agency, STOVES, wtEK. lit r H