NEWSPAPER HOLDER.
, A Covnlcot anU Pretty Artlel for th
Nlttloff-Koom.
This U a very convenient, pretty and
useful article to hanjr in a sitting-room,
or on the outside wall of a house under
the shade of a piazza rof. to eateh the
-paperH, which, for want of a convenient
receptacle, are apt to lie scattered on
the floor.
the foundation a piece
twenty-four inches lonff arid fourteen
wide of straw matting, coffee-sacking',
ery coarse foundation imitUin. r any
thing of this sort that can W doubled
without breaking, aiul is soft enough
to allow a needle to past through.
-i9Jlnd ttUr corners, Tlien cut from
India silk, eivloniie, Turkey red, or
any similar material, either figured or
Jlain. a strip one yard long and four
inches and a half wide, (father this on
both ed;,res, and commencing in the
middle of the lonj side of the founda
tion, sew it two inches from the edffw
up one side, across the top. and down
the other side. Then draw it over the
edge and catch it down one inch Ix-low,
thus making a full puff.
f Hit a piece of material twenty-three
"""'amf a "half inches lony and fourteen
inches wide, turn the fcdvje in and haste
it on the deepest side of the puff, cover
ing its raw'edjres. Hun or hem it neat-
1 . ,1,-, - M tlie ein T'V
v, .. '7 vi th putTw tne
material mu.i e slashed and turned in
.to cover them, then the remainder is
drawn smoothly over the half of the
lining' not finished by the pufF, turned
down over tlieedye and basted inside,.
Xext cut a lininy. either of the same
material as the outside or of a contrast-
0
NKWSl'AfEK 1IOLDKK.
ing color, long- and wide enough to
cover the raw edges, baste it down
smoothly, turn the edge under and hem
it. Then fold together bag fashion the
broadest side of the puff on the outsule,
-catch the four corners firmly together,
tew a loop of the material three meters
long on the outside of the back at the
middle to hang1 it by. If ribbon can bo
had, make a bow with loops and short
ends and place it on the right-hand side
of the holder, about an inch inside of
the puff. Three-quarters of a yard of
ribbon three inches wide will be need
ed, and the color may match or contrast
with the material. A pretty effect can
le obtained by having- lxth the bow
and the puff the same color, and the
covering; a pretty contrast. A gathered
rosette of the material can be used in
stead of riblKn; for instance, light
blue crepe cloth for the pun? and the
rosette, and Turkey red for the cover
ing. Harper s Young- People.
AN ELEGANT SCARF.
It Makes' a Iteautiful Appearance with
Very Little Work.
One of the most perfectly satisfac
tory scarfs, because making' a beautiful
appearance with very little work, is
made out of scrim ami ribbon. The il
lustration indicates the manner in
which this scarf is made so plainly that
a description is almost unnecessary.
The materials used in the scarf
hown in the illustration are a yard of
scrim of an open pattern, and a yard
each of light blue and old rose satin
ribbon. Half a dozen skeins each of
rope silk, of the same shade of light
blue and old rose as the ribbon, and
a dozen tassels of each shade, complete
the list of materials.
The ribbon should be the width of
the plain part of the scrim, and should
be basted down so that it comes just
to the edges of the open-work part.
SCARF OF SCRIM AND RIBBON.
The old rose ribbon is then brier
stitched down with the blue rope silk,
and the blue ribbon with the old rose
silk. Another. row of brier-stitching' is
worked down each of the narrow
strips of plain scrim, that intervene be
tween the narrow and the wide strips
of open work.
The clusters of three threads that are
separated from each other in the nar
row row of open work are decorated
with over-and-over stitches of old rose
and pale blue silk alternately. The
ends of the scarf are turned up and
hemmed and the tassels sewed on, with
the colors alternating'. The scarf was
then caught up in the middle with a
bow of ribbon made of the two shades
of ribbon. The ribbon used in the bow
was not included in the two yards men
tioned in the list of materials. The
sides of the scarf are also hemmed and
finished with a row of brier stitching-.
Good Housekeeping.
If the eyes are tired and inflamed
from loss of sleep, by sitting- up late or
long travel, apply in the morning- soft
white linen dripping with hot water
as hot as you can bear it laying the
cloth upon the lids. You will feel the
eyes strong- and free from pain or dis
tress in half an hour.
SIOUX CITY C0H2T PALACE.
T.--0
Efctorate Slraclure and Great IncLustr'al Ex
hibition to "05 Cpsn October 1st.
The SioUx Citv Corn Palace is
f r exhibition Oct. 1, The I'ahice which in the p:tst h;is attrnctetl visitors
from nil sections of the union ami wnicn nas ijiven universal ;msi.u nwu
to those who have attended, will this year surpass insplemlsr any formal
attempts. Vastern Nebraska should feel intercstel in this enterprise m
asmiu h as our soil is similar if not superior to that included in the o're-at
corn licit of Iowa, and while the corn palace is an Iowo enterprise it can
l e plainly seen that it cannot hut advertise the country within a radius
of several hundred miles.
THE DEADLY UNDERTOW
AND THE FATAL CLASP OF THE EVEP:
STEALTHY "SEA PUSS."
Dangerous Ocean Current Alone the
Shore How They Are I'rodured and
How They May Ue Avoided Advice
That Surf Usthera Should Heed.
The many deaths by drowning on the
New Jersey coast have caused a greiit
deal of discussion. Some attribute the
loss of young Brokaw to the presence of
a "Bea puss;" others say it was simply
an ordinary undertow, while the con
6ervative claim that it was neither.
The majority of people do not know
the difference between a tide and a cur
rent, but believing the words to be syn
onymous, nsethem indiscriminately A
tide is the alternate rising and falling of
the waters caused by the unequal attrac
tion of the sun and moon, while a cur
rent is a moving of a mass of water
that may or may not rise, but has only
one direction. Currents are sometimes
produced by strong winds, but geuerally
by a difference of level and the configu
ration of the bottom.
The first thing to avoid is the under
tow, which is always strongest in water
about waist deep. If the bather would
venture out further or remain nearer the
shore he would escape the strength of the
undertow. This disturbance of the water
is confined to no particular locality,
though it is stronger in some places than
in others, owing to the trend of the
shore. It is caused by the rushing out
of the water under the surface after be
ing thrown up on the beach, and is al
ways strongest in an angry surf. One
may judge of the strength of the under
tow by the height of the waves as they
break and the velocity which they im
part to objects along the beach.
The explanation of the undertow is
simple. The approaching waves have a
velocity depending upon the strength of
the wind. So have the receding ones,
but this is due to gravity and depends
upon the angle of inclination of the
beach. The breakers, therefore, with
their greater velocity, run over the top
of the waves, while the receding water
keeps below.
THE DREADED "SEA PUSS."
Eddies are 6imply partial currents
that take an opposite direction to the
parent stream, and are produced entirely
by the trend of the shore. Wherever
there is a recession of the beach or
"pocket," as it Lj called, there will be
found eddies. They are of no conse
quence, however, and of little or no dan
ger to the bather.
We now come to a disturbance of the
water, the very name of which causes a
panic among bathers. The "6ea puss"
has no place in physical geography; in
fact, no scientist has deigned to notice
this phenomenon. Webster does not
even give a definition of it in his un
abridged dictionary. In The Century it
is defined as "a swirl of the undertow
making a small whirlpool on the surface
of the water; a local outward current
dangerous to bathers. Also called sea
pouce and sea pnrse."
How the "sea puss" is formed no scien
tist states, but in all probability it is due
to the same causes as the whirlpool, to
which it is closely allied. When two
currents, with different 6ets and drifts,
meet at a point in the water, the result
ant is a motion of rotation, with a diam
eter and velocity depending upon the
resistance with which it meets. The
whirlpool or "sea puss" is given a mo
tion of translation, which it takes from
the stronger of the two currents. Now
there is often a slight southerly current
setting parallel to the shore along the
Jersey and Long Island coasts. This
sometimes meets another setting to the
westward and at the union of the two is
formed the "sea puss," which moves
slowly to the southward and eastward.
OCEAN CURRENTS.
This westward current may be due to
strong winds, or to a storm many miles
out at sea. Far away to the eastward,
the water is piled up and driven land
ward, where it is smooth and undis
turbed. In this way it is possible that
the "sea puss" may be formed under
cloudless skies and in unruffled water.
1 Ml. -.;.-..
nearly completed ami will le ready
ouoaiu a oatner oe caugui m tne swin,
it is useless to attempt to swim against
it. The wiser plan would be to keep his
head above water and swim with it,
gradually nearing the edge until he
is ont of its unwelcome radius of action.
Professor Maury, formerly a lieuten
ant in the United States navy, attributes
offshore currents to a difference in the
temperature and density of sea water at
different places.
Another proof of the presence of sub
marine currents is the fact that in all
deep se;i soundings the line has never
yet ceased to run out even after the lead
has reached the bottom. Should it be
held fast in the boat it will invariably
part, showing when two or three miles
of it are out that the undercurrents are
sweeping against the bight of it with
what seamen call a "swigging force,"
and that no twine, however strong, has
yet been able to withstand this.
Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort, when
in command of her majesty's steam
frigate Friedeichsteen in the Mediter
ranean, also made some important dis
coveries in this direction. In the archi
pelago he found the counter currents so
strong that they often prevented the
steering of his ship. In one instance
when the water was very clear he low
ered the lead with colored shreds of
bunting attached to every yard. These
pointed n different directions all round
the compass.- W. Nephew King, Jr., in
New York Kecorder.
Enkinio Moiiruine Customs.
All Eskimos are superstitious about
death, and, although they hold festivals
i in memory of departed friends, they will
usually carry a dying person to some
abandoned hut. there to drag out his re
maining days without food, medicine,
water or attendance. After the death of
a husband or a wife the survivor cuts
the front hair short and fasts for twenty
five days. St. Louis Republic
THE LAMENT OF DAPHNIS.
0 nymph, whose faith I have so weakly kept.
0 love, whose smile 1 never more may see.
Pity the tears these sightless eyes have wel.
And let me plead once more, once more. win.
thee!
1 did not dream In love's first golden hour
That from mine eyes thine image e'er -m:i.
pass.
I saw thy pictured face in every flower.
And heard thy footsteps in the whisp-i-i:
grass.
The birds and waters echoed thy dear voire
Thine eyes smiled at ine from thestars ::
. In sleep of thee I dreamed- woke to rejoice
And tell again the story of our love.
The tale is done! My punishment is just.
1 lifted up mine eyes, 1 turned away.
And lol the flower within my hand was dusi.
And darkened was the light of love's hwo.--day.
Yet think not that my heart strayed with mm.
1 eyes;
Nay. love, for it was shrined within tlinu
I own.
j Can VI tltou ita pleadings evermore despise:
j Is thy warm beauty hardened into stone-
j His work but half complete. Death stanusar u
; And wili not end the misery begun.
j Night, railing, tells my tale to every star.
And the day mocks me with the heart ies
sun.
But hope still lingers while my lips can pray.
And through the endless dark I grope for
thee.
Thinking, perchance, upon some happy day
Thou wilt relent and turn again to me
Wilt turn again to be my guide, my light.
And pleading, hoping, in the dark I wait
For tbee or Death to end the weary night:
U love, dear love. 1 pray, come not too late:
Annie Louise Brakenrldge in Kate FieldV
Washington.
! In many places out of New England
and there are few such batiks except in
; the eastern states there is no instil n
I tion where five dollars when saved, can
j be put at interest.
The South American trumpet tree
might furnish a band with musical in
struments, inasmuch as its hollow
branches are utilized for horns and also
for drums.
One and the Same.
Kate Where will yon go after leav
ing here?
Clara We think of going to Baah
Haahbah.
Kate Where the mischief is that?
Clara On the coast of Maine.
Kate Is it near Bar Harbor?
Clara (ici ) It is Baah Haahbah.
Pittsburg fit etin.
Grand Fell an
Opera House Corner
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New Bam New Stock,
Klam Parniele has pushed his
way to tlie front as a livery man by
keeping nothing but the finest car
riages and buggies and best horses
to be found in the state. Those
wanting. a satisfactory livery can't
do better than to call on Mr. Far
mele. dtf
Will you suffer with d-spepsia
and liver complaint? Shiloh's Vet
alizer guaranteed to cure you. For
sale by F. G Fricka and O H Snyder
Milss' Nerve and Liver Pille-
Act on a new principle regulating
the liver, stomach and bowels through
the nerves. A new discovery. Dr. Miles
Pills speedily cure biliousness, bad taste,
torpid liver, piles, constipation. Une
qualed for men, women. children.
Smallest, mildest, surest! 50 doses, 25c
Sarapls free at F. G. Fricke & Co's
Hair chains, rings, crosses an
hair work of all kinds to order.
Mrs. A. Kxee.
tf 1720 Locust St.
Ladies, among that sample line
are some of the finest shoes yon
ever laid eyes on Ym. Ilerold
& Son's tf
JOE has the exclusive agency for
the following celebrated goods: The
Grinnell gloves and mittens, St.
Louis Jack Rabbit Jeans Pants,
the genuine Knox hats, the Tiger
hats, the genuine Wire Huckle Sus
penders, tf
Always take your prescriptions
to Brown & Barrett's. tf
Sleepness night made miserable
by that terrible caugh Shilohs rem
edy is the cure for you. by F. G
Frick. and O II Snyder. 2
The I C spectacles and eyeglasses
sold by Oering & Co. are the very
finest made.
LOOZ: OTJT IFOIES
JJ(D
d Winter 0
ept, 1591
HARN ESS!
FRED GORDER
The only Implement dealer who lists inside a success in Caes County
THK best of harness, both double and single may be found at my
storeand everything in the harness line also buggies and carriages
which are first-class in every respect, being the lightest, strongest add
easiest riding vehicles on earth.
I
ALSO have a large lot of Schutler. Moline, Bain and Sterling wagons
Spring wagons, road carts, and plows of all discription.
Plattsmouth
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