THE DAILY nEBALDl : PLATTSM O UTII, NEIJKASKA, TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 1889.
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SLAVE TRADE IN AFRICA
BRUTAL
TO EE
BUSINESS THAT SEEMS
ON THE INCREASE.
Tim Atrc-Uif of it Slave Man li !-lctftl
W illi Painful lMht in. tncn Tho 1 of
it rnt K-nMic I'ut to a llano mul
1 cxri'l l"B I'm.
No oho who understands liow human
life l.i estimated by savage jieoples will
doubt the shocking and revolting ac
counts of travelers regarding this phase
of tlio Irallie; and no ono wlio knows
what an Arab's heart is made of will
make any discount oven for tho ex
aggeration of an orator, as lio listens to
tho following citation from a speech de
livered in I-oixlon ly Cardinal Ijnvigeric:
man's inhumanity.
"The inon who appear tho stroqgest,
and whose escape is to be feared, havo
their bands lied, and sometimes their
feet, in such fashion that walking be
comes a tortme to tlii-iu; anl on their
necks are placed yokes which attach
several of them together. They march
alt !ay: at night, when they slop to
rest, a few handfuli of raw '.sorgho' are
distributed among the captives. This id
all their food. Next morning they must
fct art again. Hut after the first d.13' or
two the fatigue, the sufferings and tho
privation: have weakened a great many.
The women and the aged are tho first to
halt. Then, in order to strike terror
into tlit -t miserable mass of human
lieings, their conductors, armed with a
wooden bar to economize powder, ajv
proach those who appear to bo the most
exhausted ami deal them a terrible blow
on the napo of the r.eck. Tho unfortun
ate victims utter a cry, and fall to tho
ground in the convulsions of death. Tho
terrified trtnip immediately resumes its
inarch. Terror has imbued even the
weakest with new strength.
"Each time some one breaks down tho
same horrible sceno is repeated. At night,
on arriving at their halting place, after
the first days of such a life, a not less
frightful sceno awaits them. The traf
fickers in human flesh have acquired by
experienco a knowledge of how much
their victims can endure. A glance shows
them those who will soon sink from
weariness; then, to economize the 6eanty
food which they distribute, they pass be
hind these wretched beings and fell them
with a single blow. Their corpses re
main where they fail, when they are not
suspended on the branches of the neigh
boring trees; and it is close to them that
their companions are obliged to eat and
sleep. But what sleep! it may be easily
imagined."
SLAVERY ON THE INCREASE.
It is enough. Our hearts are .sick with
slaughter. Let the witnesses stand down.
Is the smoke of this torment to go up for
ever and ever? Bemeinber that these
deeds of blood and darkness are no iso
lated facts, no temporary misfortunes,
no mere parsing accidents of tho savage
state. They are. samples of a sustained,
accepted and careiully organized system
of cruelty and murder which pervades
and penetrates every corner of tins con
tinent. Do not lot it be supposed that
this horror is over, that this day of tribu
lalion is at an end. This horror and this
day are now. It is not even abating.
Slavery is on the increase. Time, civiliza
tion, Christianity are not really touching
ii. No fact in relation to the t .e trade
is more appalling than this.
The fact of this increase, for a time
denied, then doubted, lias at last been re
luctantly admitted, even by the govern
nient of England. . In a government blue
IhjoIc her majesty's consul for the Somali
coast reports that "tho slave trade has
been very active of late. On the lGth of
Sept. (1S), Capt. Gissing captured three
dhows and brought two hundred and
four slaves to Aden." The consul at
Zanzibar writes (September, 1SSS) to the
Marquis of Salisbury: "There is a marked
increase in tho slave traffic carried on
under the protection of the French flag."
The consul further states that dhows
carrying French colors were constantly
and regul.uly leaving lor tlio Comoro
b l inds. Mayotta and Madagascar, loaded
with sdaves. In June, 1SSS, Ihig. tien.
jloi;. d.uing from the Aden residency,
svivt to the Horn bay government: "I
have the honor to bring to the notice of
government that I havo from lime to
time received reports of the activity of
the slave trade from the neighborhood of
the Gulf of Tajourra. and I deem it lay
" dutv to inform government of tliis fact
with a view to such action being taken
r,s may be deemed advisable." From
-Slavery in Africa," by Professor Henry
Drummond in Scribner's.
Highest Mountain.
The highest mountain on the globe is
not. us kccnc-rally supposed. Mount Ev
erest, that honor belonging to a lofty
iH-ak ou the Islo of Papua or New
Guinea. This monster, which lifts its
now capped summit far into the clouds,
was discovered by Capt. A. J. Lawson,
of London, in 1SS1. According to Law
son lhi-5 new claimant for the champion
ship feet in height, being 8,781
feet higher than Mount Everest, which
Is on!yV-.03 feet above the level of the
Indian ocean. This New Guinea giant
has been named Mount Hercules.
Of oceans the Pacific is the largest,
bein-11.0O0 miles long and 8,000 miles
wide It also claims tho honor of being
the deepest. The deepest place yet meas
ured was near the Lead rone Islands,
where a depth of 4,473 fathoms wa3
found. Tli is great depth may be better
understood when we consider that4,47o
fathoms is 2G.S.V0 feet, or something over
live miles. St. Louis Republic.
Tnrtlo Over SO Years OKI.
II. A. Andrews, of this city, has in his
. oJ.-r. n l.nx turtle, commonly called
"iVn.l turtle, which was marked with his
initials in lSt. "k'TTPf
1..1 in -lSCa bv Ellis B. Hall, of
Baynham, who died over twenty years
Bo This turtle is over t0 years old,
and prooably 100. as they have been
known to exist that long. Ho was found
in Ilavr.haru and journeyed to Brockton
by express. Brockton Enterprise,
- A MORNING WALK.
Tlmimh ' M liflVA until lrwl-liT.
danp;l Iiain?it and iorU'l way, my tlrvam and I.
rticro still U U-auty on I tie eann anu glory iu m
iky
Tm wnrlil hn not irrown old
With foolixli liop. nor commonplace nor cold.
Nor U there any tarulxh ou the Iiupny harvest
(Cold.
tlm riU-ht In slirlilmr.
In tear and vain regret, heartache and cry!"
U! break tho windy, azure morn, with cloud
tumultuous flying'
1-lfu Is not all a cheat.
A sordid HlrutfKlo, trite and Incomplete,
when Kim and shadow lie ncrons 1110 uuiows iu
tho nhrat;
When nmvnril rlercex kren
The lark'tt shrill exultation o'er tho sheen
Of the young barley's wavy Heec-e of silky, silvery
Tililst think. 0)1. narrow heart.
That mighty Nature shared thy puny smart?
l uce her serene. Heart wnoie, neari iree;
that la tho better ait.
Aru tho hlLrh heavens bent.
A vault uf Know nud sapphire wonderment.
Merely to arch, dull egotmt. tny uisinai cn-scoiucuir
W.iililr. tuiiir Into the fftr
Of tho young morn tiie thought that mako thee
drear;
View the land's Jayros splendor through the folly
of a tearr
Tht liwin thou hnut not had
Tis a slight triviul thing to make thee sad
When with the Kunshaie and the storui Uou S glo
rious world is glai.
'Tis guilt to weep for III
When blithe the swallows by the poplars flit,
Asluiit they go, pied cloveu gleams thro' leuvage
golden lit;
While breezy purples stain
The long, low gra.isy reaches of the plain
Where ashen lalo the adlers quake before the
hurricane.
Ah I there are still delights
IT!.! In w. mtilttl mlii raf VitTinillll il-lf.
1 I HI 1 HI!! iiiiiuii mil' ' ' ..v-....-.--- - - - n I
The dear and wonted-pageant of tho summer
days ami nights
Tli- tvm-t! In not vet raid
Of ultimate ending, we are iuiek, not dead.
Though the dim years witniioiu irom us one iruu
joy coveted.
rkur lif.. l't itU frwi liri-f.
TI10 world too wide, too wouderful for grief.
Too crowded with the loveliness of bird and bud
and leaf.
So though wo said good-by
With bitter futile tears, my dream and I
Each slender blade of wayside grass Is clothed
with uiajesty I
Com hi II Magazine.-
The PM-tlc I.iuik Cashier.
It was in Indianapolis, or somewhere
around there. lie was a trusted clerk
in the bank, with all the usual Sunday
school connections and religious reputa
tion. It wasa big bank, where tho direc
tors took special note of character. The
cashier died and they gave him the va
cant post. He was a man of feeling and
had a great deal of rioetry and originality
besides. He was deeply touched by the
dec'i of his friend, whose place he took.
So he took a page of the cash book where
his friend's accounts closed, ruled it
around in artistic style with broad bands
of black, and in tho center ho wrote a
beautiful, touching, poetic obituary,
which brought tears to the eyes of the
president and the board of directors.
They were deeply impressed. Later
there came a little dispute between the
board and himself touching an extraor
dinary difference in tho balance between
what they thought it ought to bo and
what ho found it was. He left, and they
turned back to read that beautiful obit
uary again. Opposite that feeling tribute
they found on the first page of his career
two "mistakes" which were much against
the bank and to the cashier's advantage.
San Francisco Chronicle.
Dldii t Look Like a Poet.
"About twenty-five years ago I was in
Boston one day, in a book store a
wretched day, rainy, sloppy and muddy
when I saw the striking figure of a
little man, wealing a slouched hat, his
pantaloons rolled up, dashing along the
street. lie looked as little like a poet as
a man could. I turned to the bookseller
and asked him who that was. 'That is
Oliver Wendell Holmes,' he said. 'Well.
I want to know that man; and I got to
know him, and we have been the best of
friends ever since. A more genial, gen
uine, delightful man and a finer conver
sationalist I never knew. A copy of
The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table,
which he sent me, contains an interesting
letter, giving rue his reasons for begin-
ing the papers in the Atlantic Montniy.
which magazine he says he named.
"As 1 speak a thousand faces pass
Ixrfore me.. None more gentle and kind
than that of Emerson. He visited me,
with his daughter; a tranquil, lovable
man, and he wrote me letters. It is a
pity, by tho way, that I failed to pre
serve my correspondence; much of it,
doubtless, would be now of considerable
interest." George W. Childs.
A Fake Fisherman.
Quite an idea upon the plan and pur
pose of fishing came to light at Vienna
last week, when a fellow went fishing
down on Gum creek. After selecting a
nice, shady place and a comfortable seat,
he threw his hook into the 6tream and
took from his pocket a newspaper and
was soon lost in its columns. Directly
his cork began.to Jbobble, then a strong
pull from the water caused the cork to go
clear under the water. Deliberately lay
ing his paper aside, he picked up his pole
mid. as he besran to wind up his line, re
marked that a man couldn't fish in peace
. r
there, and lie was going nome. aiacon
(Ga.) Telegrapli.
Not a Man of Oil Word.
"W-w-will youb-b-be m-mine. Miss
Laura? C-can't you t-trust me th-through
1-life, my angel?" asked the stuttering
rnnri" man.
"I am afraid not, Mr. Jenkyns," re
plied the object of his devotion. "I am
a little afraid to trust you. You have
broken j our word a half dozen times in
the last two minutes." Terra Haute Ex
press. i
Tim nir-lrelr. of the natriotic school
r-liil.lmn of Kansas. nrrreratinr 1,000,
nml enminsr from 20.000 children in sixty-
three counties and 203 schools, the same
being contributed to the Mount Vernon
Ladies" a.ssoeiation, are to be used to re
build the old servants quarters attached
to the historic mansion of the Potomac
"K IMitr.bud I'miiu" n Coin.
Did you know that tho legend E
I'lnril.un'Unniii. which has apiieared on
different United Suites coins, was never
authorized to he so placed by lawr naid
a numismatist. "It was lirst used in
that way in 17S0. There was no United
States miut then, bnt there was a private
ono at Newburg, N. Y., and the motto
of the United States was first 'placed on
a copjicr coin struck at that mint. Few
collections havo specimens of this coin.
They are valuable. In 1787 a goldsmith
named Brasher coined a piece which
was known as the 10 gold piece, and tho
motto placed in this form, 'Unum E
l'luribus was stamped upon it. Tho
coin is worth today $2,000, and only four
are known to bo iu existence. In 1787
the motto also appeared on various copper
coins of the State of New Jersey.
"A great many of our early coins,
before there was any legal authority for
national coinage here, were made in
England. The State of Kentucky had
some peculiar copper coins which were
minted in England in 171)1 and bore the
national motto. The United States mint
was established in 1792, but the use of
the motto on any of tho gold, silver or
copper coins was not authorized or
directed by any of tho provisions of tho
act establishing it. The motto had not
appeared on any of our coins since 18o7
until the present silver dollar was coined.
It remained on our early gold and silver
coins until 1831, when it was omitted
from tho gold coins. In ISoG it was
dropped from the silver twenty-five cent
piece and tho following year from all
silver coins." Philadelphia Press.
A Monkey Felo I)e Sc.
Not long ago the authenticated case
of tho suicide of a dog from grief at
being beaten by its master was chron
icled, and now wo read of a monkey de
stroying itself under very remarkable
circumstances. The facts of the case,
which are positively vouched for by a
correspondent writing to a Paris con
temporary from Montrichard, in the de
partment of Loir-et-Cher, are as follows:
A learned monkey, named Bertram, was
deeply attached to its owner, who, among
other tricks, had taught it to fire a pistol
whilo galloping on tho back of a dog.
The master of the animal, it seems,
lately met with certain domestic troubles,
and, in a dejected frame of mind a few
days ago, he sent a bullet through his
head, death being instantaneous. The
monkey was present at tho death of his
master, and probably took in every par
ticular. In any case, when a doctor was
called in to see if life was extinct in the
man, he was astonished to find himself
in presence of a double suicide, the
monkey's body being stretched beside
that of his master, with the revolver
clasped between its fingers. It is 6tated
that the animal picked up the pistol
gfter his master had blown out his
brains and imitated what he had just
seen done, sending a bullet through his
head precisely as the man had done.
London Standard.
The Voltaic IJattery.
At the very beginning of the present
century Volta, stimulated by Galvani's
recent discovery of what he called "ani
mal electricity," invented tho "pile" and
the "crown of cups." We now speak of
any equivalent arrangement as a voltaic
battery. Without attempting to trace
out tho path of discovery and invention
pursued by Volta, it will be sufficient for
our purpose if we make clear the gene
ral construction and action of such an
apparatus.
If n olato of zinc and a similar ono of
copper be nearly immersed in water con
taining a little sulphuric acid, which may
be held in any suitable vessel, no note
worthy action will bo apparent so Ion?:
as the metals do not touch; but if they
bo brought m contact, or be joinea uy
means of a conductor, bubbles of hydro
gen gas will at once apriear on tho sur
face of tho copper, and tne zinc win
more or less rapidly dissolve to form
zinc sulphate with the acid.
If the plates bo separated, and the por
tion of the zinc which remains above
tho liquid be tested with a very delicate
electroscope, it will be found to be
charged with negative electricity, and in
like manner the corresponding portion of
tho copper plate will be found to be
charged with positive electricity. Pro
fessor C. F. Brackett in Scribner's.
Plenty of Oil.
Tlio fear that there would lie an oil
famine in tho near future has been ex
rrfKKpd no-ain and arain: but the fijrures
given by The Oil City Derrick and in
dorsed by Bradstreet go to show that
tho Pennsylvania and Virginia belt alone
ia r-mcticallv inexhaustible. So far the
yield from this tract of 204 square miles
r.n hr.en over 340.uoo.uoo barrels, llie
estimate is that the possible future yield
will not bo far from 2.000,000,000. This
estimate makes no reference to the fields
that exist in Canada, in Colorado, Call
fornia and elsewhere, both at home and
abroad. The yield per square mile has
heen for fifteen vears 1.000.0GO barrels.
There seems to be no reason to fear that
the oil supply will fail before its substr
tnt in fullv establisneu. ot. iouis
Globe-Democrat.
The Eiffel Tower.
The whole tower could be lifted by
four men of average strength. The case
has been proved. When it was about
half its present height a few men actually
did lift it. This is not humbug; the
thine: is perfectly simple. The construc
tion of the tower is based on the canti
lever principle, and its bulk of G.400 tons
is so adjusted as to press on uie xounaa-
tion with less weight man mat ot a man
in an armchair on the floor.
Is the tower beautiful? No. But it
has the erect, fragile looking elegance
of an olielisk not hewn out of red trranite,
but knit of dark hued meshes. Emile
Michelet in Paris Illustre,
A French count when brought into
court bv eisrhtv-two different creditors
acknowledged tliat he was somewhat
llv embarrassed, but he wanted
n little more time, to conclude a mar
riage with an Ameiican girl. It wa3
granted.
Itnrnos Ayres.
On entering Buenos Ayres from tho
pier one can hardly realize that it is tho
chief city of South America ind ono of
the most nourishing places in the world.
Tho streets are narrow and badly paved,
holes several feet deep being not uncom
mon, and the houses are mostly only
ground floor: some have one upper story,
but very few havo two. However, it
improves on nearer acquaintance. Tho
streets, though not wide, are straight
&nd uniform, and far U tter than those
of Seville, Cadiz and a great many other
important European cities, and between
the shanties which still exist in many of
the principal streets are edifices which
would not disgrace the lxst parts of Lon
don or Paris. Indeed, several well known
English and French firms have branch
establishments here quite equal in t-tylo
to their head offices. Buenos Ayres is
tho most European looking city of South
America, yet it is far from being English
in appearance; I should rather describe
it as "Mediterranean." though it would
be difficult to say whether it is luoro
Spanish, Provencal or Italian.
The great .majority of the working
classes are Italians, and the inscriptions
on all tho shops near the water are in
that language. But on advancing into
the tow n, ono hears quite as much Eng
lish, German and French spoken as Span
ish or Italian; and English Uioksellers,
German Bierhallen and French hotels
abound. Tho restaurants are almost all
French, from establishments equal to tho
best on the Paris boulevards down to
estaminets. whoso chief delicacies are
sauerkraut :;;d .s:!uii. Evi ry nations
tastes are consulted. The Marseillaise
can get bouillabaisse, the Neapolitan ra
violi and macaroni, made and cooked by
his fellow countryman, and an English
man has a better chance of a good cut of
roast beef than he would have in many
European towns. London Globe.
IMeuty of Con!.
In reply to the assertion that tlio world
in tho future may bo dependent upon
America for its supply of coal, n foreign
exchange cites the numerous undrained
coal fields of the Netherlands, Switzer
land, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Bo
hemia, Servia and Hanover, which are
estimated at .r;9,C00 square miles, and
Russia with 2,000 square miles. Tho
island of Formosa can show 10.000 square
miles. Near Peking coal veins ol ninety
five feet thickness are to be found.
Larsre coal fields are also found in Aus
tria, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece,
Turkey and Persia, with 39,000 square
miles, to which India s S.,000 and China,
with about 400,000 square miles, are still
to bo added. Japan can furnish 0,000
square miles. There still remain the
Falkland Islands, Patagonia and t'cru,
which contain rich coal deposits. Tlio
largest portion of southern Cluu is an
immense coal bed. Brazil contains coal
beds of seventeen to twenty-five feet
thickness. In the United States of Co
lombia a soft chalky coal of good qual
ity is found. Mexico. Vancouver's Isl
and and New South Wales all have coal;
the latter country has 2-7i,000 square
miles. In addition thereto, Queensland,
Victoria and West Australia add upward
of 14,000 square miles of coal. New-
Zealand furnishes .0,000, besides las
m.niia. New Caledonia, Natal, Alaska
and other partially developed portions
of the world, winch slioulU represent ai
least 100,000 square miles, in addition to
former figures. The coal fields are in
the main but partially explored, and
known only to tho geologists. The coal
fields of North America (excepting Alas
ka and Mexico) are as little considered
in the foregoing statement as are those
of Africa. Oil City Derrick.
A Tinman Fly.
One of tho prominent figures in West
erly, R. I., is "Steeple Jack," by which
name William Wallace, the chimney re
pairer, i3 known. "Steeple Jack's"
method of working on a chimney is novel
and interesting and he always has largo
audiences. lie is never out of work. lie
sets up his own peculiar device for a
staging, which is a feature of his profes
sion and which enables him to complete
a job in about the time that it takes to
erect an ordinary staging. "Steeple Jack"
first places a long, light ladder against
the chimney that is to be operated on.
Then, mounting it, he drives a peculiarly
shaped iron pin into tho brick work and
binds the top of tho ladder fast to this
pin. Standing on the top round of this
ladder, ho drives another pin into tho
chimney as high above his head as he
can reach. A rope is then passed over
this pin and made fast to a round in a
second ladder about three feet from its
bottom round. This ladder is then hoisted
up until it rests on tho top of the first
ladder. It is then made fast to the lower
pin, and then "Steeple Jack" mounts to
the top of it and, driving in another pin,
secures tho top round to that. From this
ladder a third is hoisted, as before, and
Jack and the ladders, as many of them
as be necessary, continue to rise as far as
may be desired. It is estimated that he
lias clambered about fifteen miles up into
the air in this way. Philadelphia Times.
A Change of Weapon.
Last winter I climbed Lookout Moun
tain in company with a veteran of the
late war. It was his first visit since the
day of the memorable assault, and as we
climbed he fought the battle over again
for my lcnefit. As the conflict waxed
hotter he grew excited, and on our arri
val at the hotel near the summit was at
fever heat. We then passed on through
the narrow defile which leads to the pin
nacle, where we were confronted by
a diminutive specimen of the genus"
"cracker" with these words: "If you gen
tlemen wish to go to the tcp you must
pav twenty-five cents." This was too
much for the pent up feelings of my war
like companion who, tragically waving
his strong right arm, shouted: "I won't
pay it. Twenty-five years ago I came up
here with a sword in my hand." But the
modern Leonidas, moving not otherwise
than to display a deputy sheriffs badge,
quietly remarked: "Well, sah, you must
come un with a quarter today." The
money was paid. C. C.TealcinHarrer's
Magazine.
CHINESE PRESCRIPTIONS.
Some of the Horrible Hohcn lite Him-tors
Mix for Their I'ut lentx.
The New York Chinese doctors are be
ginning to Jos-; their hold upon their
heretofore devoted clients. This haw
been accomplished by t-implo but solid
American nu-dieal genius. It has been
the cui- tom ever since the Chinese colony
began to "put on airs' in New York for
sick Chinamen from all parts of tho
country this tide of the Rocky mount
ains to come to Gotham to consult with
their big medicine men, of whom there
are over a dozen who have their fantastic
shingles hung up in Mott street u)ii the
doors of their domiciles. Besides this,
they give a bigger prescription and
heavier doses than their American com
petitors. These Chinese physicians will
devote from two to six hours to feeling
your pul.se, and all for the munificent
sum of from a quarter to a fifty cent
piece.
Imagine a man who, having taken a
big dose of opium with the avowed pur
pose of having his carcass housed in
Evergreen cemetery as early as iob.sible,
so that his bones may be ready for speedy
shipment to China, having a doctor with
big round eye glasses sit down to feel the
poor fellow's pulse for two hours and a
half, and then givo him the following
prescription to be boiled into a soup and
then drunk:
Tickled lizards, two pairs, 4 nmlesnrid4 females;
Corea Kn's-'1;; root. : an ounce; willow cricket
bkins, half a dozen, 3 males and 3 females; sweet
potato vinos, 1 ounce; white nuts, 1 ounce; lotus
Irnvcs. !'..-.n ounce; rat t !"fir,!;c t;.i!. ' of nn
ci.i.cv.'; block (...itji. - o.. i.i-i.-.; i lm l.aii., -j uu
ounce; devil fish toes, (. nn ounce; reindeer's
horn, Ys nn ounce; birds' claws, 14 of an ounce;
dried Kinder, of an ounce; coflin naiLs (old
ones), an ounce. Boil the whole with ! quarts
of water until only half of tho water is left, imd
then drink it as u preliminary dose.
Such was the prescription given on
last Friday afternoon to a poor laundry
man on the corner of Broome and De
lancy streets by a Chinese doctor, who
said his office was at IS Mott street. But,
fortunately for the patient, before the
famous prescription was put up by a
Chinese druggist on Mott street, his
friend. Ah Sing, rushed to an American
doctor near Chinatown. The latter went
to the dying man and restored hint to
consciousness before tho deadly mes
senger got back.
Hero is another prescription given to
Wong Ah Sing, of .0 Mott street, some
time ago, for a cancer, which tho doctor
and his colleagues had been trying to
euro for the past four years. But they
didn't cure it. At last the poor fellow
was nearly dead, and tho doctors at the
New York hospital got hold of t'10 pa
tient and cured him in less than three
weeks.
This is tho prescription for tho euro of
cancer, translated from the original:
Iluw earth, 3 ounces; winter wheat, 3 ounces,
gins:'us pilLs, 3; spri of cinnamon, y, ounces;
southern upricot seeds, 1 ounce; willow k-aves,
ounce; nniseticed oil, 1 ounce; red do;j"s tail, 1
ounce; peach skin, 1 ounce; clam shell, - ounces;
sandal wood, 5 ounces; dandelioic dried, 1 ounce.
Mix and boil with water; tuke it seven times a
day. C'110 I'ixo.
Of the dozen or more sick Chinamen
who have recently been drugged nearly
to death by such wonderful compounds
many have been subsequently cured by
American phjsicians when they had
been given up as hopeless by their own
physician. These examples of their own
doctors' inefficiency is the principal cause
of their recent downfall. Wong Chin
Foo in New Y'ork World.
Grass That Is Not Green.
It may bo noted that the one defect of
tho Riviera is, that it is not green. A
few of our forest trees would make the
landscape perhaps too perfect. The
olives which clothe the hills are gray.
Tho grass is scanty and ill grown. When
a millionaire would indulge in the lux
ury of a lawn ho ha3 to resow it every
year; from which the reader accustomed
to immemorial turf, which has lived
through as many generations as would
suffice to confirm the nobility of a fam
ily, will understand what gras3 is in
these regions. But our Frenchman was
none the less sure. "Sir," said an Ameri
can, afterwards, "there is no grass in the
world like English grass, except at New
port; there is beautiful grass at New
port." And we bethought us, to soothe
our feelings, of Mr. John Burroughs, the
.American naturalist, who declares thut
if we would but refrain from washing
for a little while, such is the soft and
dewy character of our climate, a green
ness would grow all over us a turfy do
posit upon our hands, a gentlo veil of
mosses upon our uncovered brows. Such
arc tho differing opinions of other na
tions. Blackwood's Magazine.
Flapping ot a Fly's Wing. -The
slow flapping of a butterfly's wing
produces no sound, writes Sir John Lub
bock in his book, but when the move
ments are rapid a noise is produced
which increases in shrillness with the
number of vibrations. Thus the house
, fly .which produces tho sound F, vibrates
its wings 21,120 times a minute, or C;o
times a second; and the bee, which makes
tho sound of A, as many as 20,400 times,
or 440 times in a second. On the con
trary, a tired beo hums on E, and there
fore, according to theory, vibrates it3
wings only CCO times in a second. Mani
llas succeeded in confirming these num
bers graphically. He fixed a fly so that
the tip of the wing just touched a cylin
der which was moved by clockwork.
Each stroke of the wing caused a mark,
of course very 6lightj but still quite per
ceptible, and he thus showed that there
were actually 330 strokes in a second,
agreeing almost exactly with the num
ber inferred from the note produced.
Boston Herald.
On tl;e Quiet.
"Can you shoot a revolver? she asked
in a whisper of the girl nest to her on the
car.
"Yes; but don't you never, never tell
anvbodv."
"Whv?"
' "You know Annie Blank? Well, she
learned to shoot a revolver and it got
out. and after that she didn't have one
flirtation a month. I'm not going to tell
anybody until after" I'm married." De
troit Free Press,
It. Wl.MMIAM, JcllN A.lUVIICK,
Notaiy I'uMlo. 't!iwy 1 ubllo
vii:i.tiA iavii:h,
iLttornoyc - at - Law.
OMeti over r..iuk of ruck County,
vi. vrrsMorTii, - In'kiu'.ahk a
C. F. S M I T H,"
The Boss Tailor
M.iln St., Over Merles' .Shoe Nloie.
Has the best and nio-t rMnph f c rtock
of sample;;, both foreign 11 n 1 domestic
woolens thai ever mini- west of Missouri
river. Note these pliers: Business suits
from 10 to ?:jr, d.-rss suits, .r to f l.ri,
pants .f 1, !fii..r,o and upwards.
t'Will guarantee a lit.
Prices Defy Comnolilion.
H. C.
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(Cor.NTV M.l'.VI'.N OK,)
Civil Enu'iiieer
Surveyor and Draftsman
Flans, f-'pi-eiliciitiniis and LMiiiiulcs, Mu
nicipal Work, .Maps i'cc.
PLATTSMOUTH. - - NEO
KIKE SCfUtELLBACHER.
Wagon and Iihu l.siiiil li .Shop.
Wagon, liuggy,
A Specialty. lie uses the
Ifoisohoe, the Bist Horseshoe, lor the
Farmer, or for I'ast J':-!viiig and City
purpost S, ever invented. It is inade so
'tnyone eim can put on sharp or flat corks
as nrcdid for wi t md slippry roads, or
smooth dry roads, (.'all mid Examine
these Shoes and you will have no other.
J. M. Schnellbacher,
rth St., Plattsnioutli, Neb.
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THE OLD RELSAQLE.
I L WATEBMAH k SON
Vl!")!esHle iid lihtM.II Peale.r In
Shingles, Lath, Sash,
sorsBiin
s.
Can supply every demand of the trado
Call and get terms. Fourth street
In I'nar of Opt.-ra House.
Eobert Donnelly's
Wagon and
Blacksmith
"Vixens, r.uu'frif's, Miiclfrc ( u:kly Repaired ;
a Mial petied aii'i Ct iieiai
.lubting In.i.e.
Horseshoeing A Specialty
I USK Till"
Ilorsf-slioe. v.lik-n siinri ens it ' a It wears
aw-iy. -o ihe: is i:pv( r any :!: wH't r of your
Jlcrs" slii'i'K ami liiirtiuj i!n-!f. Call
ami examine tlii shoe wl yru wiH
Have lo other. i;et .Shoe made.
ROBERT DGHKELLY
SIXTH ST., - - PLATTSMOUTH
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