Nebraska Newspapers

    BELIEVE IN SIGNS.
arrant Hop ratltlona In Various Part of
tt UBltrcJ Mtatmt.
In Mansfield, O.. many years ago, it
wm generally lMlivi-ii tli.it the seeds
"Job i lean," worn around the neck,
would Cure goitre, a- would amlwr or
oM bead. t through New En
gland teethin ehiMren wer presented
with the (iiiinc eltaini. whirh were kept
at the lritr store to ward oft oro
throat ami liphllieria.
In Michigan a douiilo relitr knot is
earrieil in tlje poei:et t cure rheuma
tism, und in New IJamjisliire a man
carried a frail from the stems of golden-rod
for the s:ime. li,as;. A small
white grub is in the g:dl, aii'l he
thought as long as tint trrtjlj remained
alive no rheumatism could get hold of
him.
Hickory nut, the buckeye and its
cousin, tin? horse chestnut, which
bring good luck in New Jersey, are
fies to rheumatism in different locali
ties. Some jM-ople wear a strange
ring made of a potato, with a hole
bored through it, for rheumatism, and
carry a plain jxitato in the pocket. The
charm is more jKt-nt if the potato has
been stolen. Almost everything seems
to have rheumatism-fighting proper
ties, for in Southern Michigan a peb
ble in the xckct serves to ward it off.
A New Hampshire cure for nore
throat is to wear about the neck a
stocking.in the toe of which a potato has
leen tied. According to a Maine be
lief a nutmeg pierced and hung on a
string around the neck prevents ImmIs,
croup and neuralgia. The effect of a
(Connecticut wooden nutmeg is un
known. Among the negroes the most strik
ing remedies are to be fonnd. Witness
the combination of cure and spell, de
scribed under the name of "conjuring
a tooth," in Alabama. (Jo into a lone
ly part of the woods with one of the
opMsite sex, who is to carry an ax.
The bearer of the ax chops around the
roots of a white oak. cuts off with a
large jackknife nine splinters from the
roots of a tree, then cuts around the
roots of the aching tooth with the
knife, dips each of the nine splinters
in the blood flowing from the cuts, and
linally buries the splinters at the foot
of the tree from which they came.
While doing this the operator repeats
something you don't understand,
which Is a charm.
From the same locality comes a curi
ous remedy for chills and fever. Take
the skin from the inside of an eggshell,
go to a young persimmon tree three
days in succession, and tie a knot in
the skin each day.
On the eastern shore of Maryland
biliousness is cured by boring three
holes in a carefully selected tree and
w alking three times around it, saying:
"(lo away, bilious."
In parts of Massachusetts it is
thought that if a girl puts a piece of
Southern wood down her back, the
first boy she meets will be her hus
band. In lioston if a marriageable
woman puts a bit of Southern wood
under her pillow on retiring, the lirst
man she sees in the morning will, so
says the superstition, be the one whom
she is to marry Wuxhinytoti Mar.
l ui-tloi cil in Sonj;.
"Say, Danny, it's tough on youse
te-a-ter blokies. ati't it?" was the greet
ing whk'h recently met a loudly ulster
ed member of the variety "profesh"
as he supplcm ' lied his morning "draw
one" and "st i of wheats" with a
classic pose on the Mower house cor
ner. "What's eaten' yer, my funny
friend?" was the haughty response.
"Come, now yer don't mean to say yer
haven't heard de news? Why, the
Grand army men all over the country
Lave signed der pledge to give variety
fhows ther cold shake." "Say. is this
on ther dead level?" gasped the ulster
edone. "Yer bet it !e." "Hut why?"
-Oh on account of -Comrades' bein'
murdered everv night see?" He saw.
.V. Y. Ikrabl.
A MUSICAL CROVE.
Tr "rivTt'l ly ui rn-N into il(rn-
This township a s a Harrisburg
Conn.. .. t' r. hiats of a curiosity that
rohaMy is not duplicated in the en
tire heii)ip!i-.T.'. and probably not in
t!ie world. It a nuical grove of
eliestuut and v..-iiiint trees. This grove
ramls mi the north side of Niekerson
iliil. which i the hiirhet point of land
in New London county, and all the
t rees are old. jtid there are cry few
tliat are not hollow.
The jxit is well known among local
hunter" as a report for gr:iy i nirrii.
and many hundred of tliee animals
are taken out of the grove every year.
Into the heart of the trees the squir
rels have gnawed their way through
the knots and stumps of limbs that
have decayed and fallen to the ground.
In many cases but the mere shell of
the tree stands, and if a tire is built in
the hole at the roots smoke iues from
a hmn!rc, holes aliove it in the limbs
and in main trunk.
The jM'culiar sound caused by the
wind blowing into thee holes has
riven the grove the name of Singing
Trees. In the sn miner. when the trees
:it"o covered with foliage, the wind has
no effect upon them. iut i:i the fad.
when the ie:: e- fall to tlie ground,
liiewi'pl h: a c!"an -"-; at the
tree, and it whistles and moans and
hi: through the hollow trunks and
l'!:)l until it seems to one a short dis
tance away that a horde of crary
demons are holding a grand jubilee
among the trees.
These ounds are produced only
when the wind blows from the south
east. It t hen sweeps over the top of
the hill and falls upon the grove ap
parently, as tie wind from the mouth
of a hoy falls upon a hollow key placed
a: his lips, and the ound produce I in
many cases, is likf that made .by a
person blowing into the noe of a lot
t;e multiplied a million times. In other
cases there is a nerve-hattering noise
a if a giant was blowing through an
immense comb eoered with pajer.
lireakinjj into these tones is. now ami
then, a hort. sharp, shrieking noise
and then a hissing sound, as if from
1 he mouths of a thousand pythons in
chorus.
Taken together. to his? and
Von 4 man sa-i shriek make
fandemonium that one doesn't care to
isten to very long. The noise of these
trees can be heard fire miles away,
and it has been heard to the leeward a
distance of eight miles. Its roaring is
looked upon by the people Hying with
in hearing distance of it as a precursor
of a storm. Among the hills and val
leys it is often impossible to tell cor
rectly in what direction the wind is
blowing, but when the roaring of the
Singing Trees is heard the wind is
known to be blowing from the south
east.and preparations are at once made
for a storm.
In Septeniber.during what is known
as the equinoctial storm, this strange
grove is heard. Then, above the howl
ing of the wind, the roar rises and
faljs like the moatdng of ten thousand
leviathans in the agonies of death.
BUSINESS, NOT BRAINS.
Tht U Wlist Count in Novrl Writing
Nowaday.
Novel writing has become a trade,
and is among the vulgarest and least
respectable of modern occupations. A
mere business or a mere handicraft
may be ennobled by its pursuer, but
can not be vulgarized as the trade pur
suit of what was once an art may be.
The public insists on being served
with imaginative literature of one sort
or another. The great mass of read
ers has no power to distinguish good
work from bail. It has no faculty for
the recognition of style of power or
fineness in the delineation of character.
We have seen already what it demands,
and we have seen that men whose
literary equipment is least adequate in
the sight of the judicious can supply
the demand as well as the most accom
plished literary artist.
The novel, as a vehicle for the ex
pression of thought and emotion, is
neither dead nor doomed. The oj
portunities it affords are so wide and
various that great men will always be
found who will employ them. lint
for the time at least its day of splendor
is over. We are on the eve of a new
epoch. The immediate publicity
afforded by the theater and the splendid
rewards gathered by the successful
playwright will combine to enlist the
most capable literary workmen in the
dramatic art. We shall have very
shortly a renaissance of the stage.
This is not to say for a moment that
all well-equipped writers of fiction will
at once begin to work for the boards.
The difference between the two kinds
of work is so wide that only the man
why has essayed both can rightly
understand it. The result must be
looked for through the action of a
growing fashion. Dickens and Thack
ery and George Eliot wrote novels
naturally, because the novel was the
form of literature into which they
were born. Men and women of equal
power who will dawn upon the world
of letters twenty years hence will be
writing drama because the literary at
mosphere will be saturated with stage
influences. Great fame and great
pecuniary reward are baits to catch
the biggest kind of fishes.- The fame
and the reward may be trusted to
create and fashion of seeking for them,
and when the masters of imaginative
art arise they will work after the man
ner of their hour. D. Christie Murray
in lic Contemporary Review.
Beheading a Congressman.
"The struggle which resulted in
Pennington's success," said Senator
Sherman, "was I think the longest
Speakership contest in our history. It
lasted from Dec. 5 till Feb. 1. and. the
House was in an uproar a great part
of the time. There were many funny
incidents during the contest, and a
number of times it looked as though
we would have a general tight in the
House. The' Democrats were on one
side of the House and the Republicans
on the other, much as they are now,
and 1 remember that we tried to keep
the parties separated and the aisle be
tween them clear. Potter, a Republican
from Wisconsin, and a very large and
powerful man. got in a fuss with
Barksdale of Mississippi. The- sat
across the aisle from one another, and
Barksdale said something that made
Potter very angry. lie jumped for
him and grabbed him by the hair, in
tending to jerk him up from his seat
and pound his face, but lo and behold
Barksdale's whole head seemed to rise
up in Potter's hands, and the House
found out for the lirst time that Barks
dale won- a wig. and his pate, as bald
as a billiard ball, shone out under the
gaslight, while the House roared.
I 'ii ilutli l 'fihiti I ni i it in r.
Magnetic Stone.
In Texas there is a stone about
twenty feet in diameter that has won
derful magnetic power. It is said that
it will draw a hammer or an ax to its
surface even when placed tenor fifteen
feet away on the ground.
Kleptomania in New York.
"Do you know." said a member of
one of the big dry goods firms recent
ly, "that the weakness for prigging
small articles of portable property,
known as kleptomania, has increased
to Mich an extent among our custom- !
wn.i, . II"" in... . ii.i ... v...
three women who rob us every time
thev come into the store. As they
are all steady patrons of our house,
and t huir annual bills mount up to a
liig sum in the aggregate, we let them
1'reel v indulge t hir siioplifl iug fancies.
Afterward a clerk is sent to their
homes, and the missing goods are re
turned either by the kleptomaniac her
self or her ivlathes. Nearly every
one of them is fond of taking sonw
particular article, ami the remainder
are liable to lay hands on anything
from a handkerchief to a 1m of gloves.
The only drawback to this little sys
tem is that when we light on a Inma
title shoplifter she invariably tries the
kleptomania lay. and it is hard work
to select the real article." A". Y. A'l-rcrti.-rr.
Kmploye of the Hank, or Knj(Und.
There are aliont 1. loo men employed
in the Bank f England, and their
united salaries, including pensions,
amount to f per annum.
The Children's Eye.
The constantly increasing near
sightedness among school-children.and
the very general need and use of
glasses.ought to suggest to us whether
or not we are sufficiently careful of the
conditions affecting the eyes of the
young. Do we see to it that the books
they read and those they study are of
a clear and large type, requiring no
straining or forcing of the vision; and
do we encourage a large and open
script for their handwriting? Do we
see to it that our school-houses are
built with a view to the falling of the
light in the right way for the children's
safety? Do we have the lights at home
so regulated that no blaze shall pro
duce blindness and no dimness make
sight difficult? Do we make sure that
the child holds his book at the distance
which gives a correct focus, that he
holds his body properly in relation to
his book or work, that he looks off fre
quently, thus changing the character
of the demand on the eye, and that he
is not allowed to continue long in any
effort requiring the too intent use of
his eyes? Do we keep ourselves on the
lookout, too, for the first indication of
feebleness or strain, in order that arti
ficial aids may be resorted to in sea
son to prevent any positive evil? That
precaution in all these directions is
wise is evident from the fact, if we
look for it, that in those living what
might be called the natural life that
is, without books or line work there
is very little trouble with the eves
where the conditions of good bodily
health otherwise are maintained.
Of course, where there are unclean
methods of life, like those in crowded
Oriental cities, ophthalmia of various
degrees is to be expected; but the free
roamer of the desert, the dweller of
the Jorest, the sailor on the seas, they
who oxygenate the blood in constant
currents of fresh air, and live wild
lives that train the eyesight upon far
distances, have little or no trouble
with that eyesight. The eveless fish
of dark underground lakes are a per
petual example of the atrophy that
takes place through non-use of an
organ: but just as fatal an atrophy can
result from its over-use that is, from
undue strain and effort and too much
attention cannot be given to the pre
vention of such possibilities. We may
hate to put glasses on the fair free
faces of children, but their future com
fort is of more importance than the
pride of our eves in them; and it may
be a burden to give the constant over
sight that the prevention requires in
other directions, but as we chose to
assume that burden in the beginning.
we have no right to shirk one of its re
sponsibilities, and there is none of the
physical resroiisibilities of more weight
than the care of their eyes. Ha rjjer,a
Bazar.
THE KHEDIVIA.
A Woman Who W the Mole Wife ot
the Late Tewlik.
The foremost wife of the late khedive
of Egypt, formally known as the
khedivia, is worthy of considerable
notice, as being in advance both of
her race ami her people, says the Cin
cinnati Enquirer. Her royal husband
did not by any means neglect his
harem, but more than any sovereigu
of his class he elevated her above the
common throng. Up to 1887 she had
never seen a man save the khedive,
and the first that she did see, save
him, was a photographer. She was
pretty, and she wanted the world to
know it. A little later in 1889 an
American lady, who had some consid
erable reputation as an artist, was em
ployed to paint her portrait. It is
from this picture that current repre
sentations of her face mostly come.
She made and insisted upon some
startling departures from the habits of
her race, and yet they did not go so
very far. She never "received" with
her royal husband. When he gave a
ball she could only look through the
lattice. But she gave audience con
stantly to women, talking French only,
and exhibiting both charming man
ners and adjright mind.
In 1889 she was described, by one
who saw her, as 81 years old. and com
plaining that she was "getting fat and
very old" "a pomegranate face, still
lovely enough, in a slightly heavy
way, with liquid brown eyes, a pretty
pouting mouth, and a dimple in the
chin unmistakably, however, a double
chin." One sometimes met her with
the whole harem driving in close car
riages out toward the desert. To con
template the monumental pyramids
and to guess at the riddle of the
Sphinx? Dear, no! To sit and eat
bon-bons, each out of her embroidered
bag. The portrait can be seen in Cairo
"a rich, warm color-scheme of golden
browns in the fur-edged velvet robe,
with yellow lace inside; pearls in the
dark braided hair; a face that not in
frequently suggests the houri of the
Koran, and a hand which, though deli
cately formed, seems more that of a
baby than an empress."
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American iirl at KngliKh College.
Writing of Xewnham College an
English woman says:
"A careful observer of human nature
in visiting the beautiful room's of the
girl under - graduates at Newnham
might, to a certain extent. discover the
nationality of the occupants from the
st vie of decoration adopted. This is as
varied as in most caes it is picturesque
and lovely. The American girl is
especially happy in the art of em bcllish
nicnt. She goes in for bold effects. and
now and then will venture on a some
what startling experiment. Her fresh
ness, her high spirit, and her quick
wit can be seen even in the jtose of the
ornainent on her mantelpiece. the way
she arrange-" flowers, and her choice in
the mutter of photogravures.
Thf Gulf Stream.
Three utiles an hour is a boat tb
average of the gulf stream, fcknugh at
certain place it attains speed of
lift v-f our miles. In the Yucatan rhan
nef. for instance, where it is !H miles
wide and l.oOO fathoms deep, the cur
rent i not over a quarter of x mile an
hoar. In the Strait of Bimini the cur
rent is so rapid as to give the surface
of the water the apperaru-e of leing a
sheet of tire
Taken Up.
Taken up at my farm 2l4 miles
mouth. of Plattamouth, Wednesday
Februry 3rd, one yearling heifer ca I f
and one yearling eteer calf, both red
marked with tip of left ear cut olf
and "V" cut on under wide. Party
may have same by paying for ad
vertisement and proving owner
ship. Hk.V F. Hohmixu.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve.
Tns Best Salve in the world for Cuts
Bruises, 8ores, Ulcers, Bait Rheum. Fever
Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains,
Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and posi
tively cures Piles, or no pay required.
It is guaranteed to give satisfaction, or
money refunded. Price 25 cents per box.
For sale by F. Q. Fricke
The First tftep.
Perhaps you are run down, can't
eat, can't sleep, can't think, can't do
anything1 to your aatistaction, ana
you wonder what ails you. ion
should heed the warning, you are
taking the first step into nervous
prostration. You need a nerve tonic
and in Electric Bitters you will find
the exact remedy for restoring your
nervous system to it normal, neaittiy
condition. surprising results loi
low the use of this great Nerve
Tonic and Alterative, Your appe
tite returns, good digestion is re
stored, and the liver and kidneys re
sume healthy action. Try a bottle
Price 50c. at F. G. Fricke & Co's
drugstore. 3
Do not confuse the famous Hlitsh
of Roses with the many worthless
paints, powders, creams and
bleaches which are flooding the
market. Get the genuine of your
druggist, O. II. Snyder, 73 cents per
bottle, and I guarantee it will re
move your pimples, freckles, black
heads, moth, tan and sunburn, and
give you a lovely complexion. 1
Specimen Caes.
S. II. Clifford, New Castle, Wit
was troubled with neuralgia and
rheumatism, his stomach was dis
ordered, his liver was affected to ai
alarming degree, appetite fell awaj
and he was terribly reduced inllesL
and strength. Three bottles oi
Electric Bitters cured him.
Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg
111., had a running sore on his leg
of eight years' standing. U9ed
three bottles of Electric Bitters a 'id
seven bottles Bucklen's Amies
Salve, and his leg is sound and well
John Speaker, Catawba, O., had fivt
large fever sores on his leg, doctor
said he whs incurable. One botth
Electric Bitters and one box Buck
len's Arnica Salve cured him entire
ly. Sold by F. G. Fricke & Co.
A Fatal Mistake.
Physicians make no more fatal
mistake than when they inform pa
tients that nervous heart troubles
come from the stomach and are of
little consequence. Dr. Franklin
Miles, the noted Indiana specialist,
has proven the contrary in his new
book on "Heart Disease" which may
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who guarantee and recommend Dr.
Miles' unequalled new Heart Cure,
which has the largest sale of any
heart remedy in the world. It cures
nervous and organic heart disease,
short breath, fluttering, pain or ten
derness in the side, arm or shoulder,
irregular pulse, fainting, smother
ing dropsy, etc. His Restorative
Nervine cures headache, fits, etc.
At- Ittlo lrls Expertencein a LigMt
house.
Mr. and Mrs, Loren Trescott are
keepers of the Gov. Lighthouse at
Sand Beach Mich, and are blessed
with a daughter, four years. East
April she taken down with Measles,
followed with dreadful Cough and
turned into a fever. Doctors at
home and at Detroit treated, but in
vain, she grew worse rapidl3', until
she was a mere" handful of bones".
Then she tried Dr. King's New
Discovery and after the use of two
and a half bottles, was completely
cured. Ther say Dr. King,s New
Discovery is worth its weight in
gold, yet you may get a trial bottle
free at F. G. Frickey Drugstore.
A Mystery Explained.
The papers contain frequent no
tices of rich, pretty and educated
girls eloping with negroes, tramps
and coachmen. The well-known
specialist, Dr. Franklin Miles, says
all such girls are more or less hys
terical, nervous, very impulsive, un
balanced; usuallj' subject to Head
ache, neuralgia, sleeplessness, im
moderate crj-ing or laughing. These
show a weak, nervous system for
which there is no remedy equal to
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fl.uttering,"short breath, etc.
Cough Following the Crip
Many person, who have recovered
from la grippe are now troubled
with a persistent cough. Cham
berlain's couerh remedy will
promptly loosen this cough and
relieve tne lungs, eneciing a per
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2.1 and .TO cent bottle for sale by F.
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Startling Facts.
The American people are rapidly
becoming a rase of nervous wrecks
mid the followtne: suggests, the
best remedv: alphouso Humpfling.
of Butler. Peim. swears that when
his son was spechless from st. V ltus
Dance Dr Miles great Restorative
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Miller of Valprai and. J. D. Taolnr,
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which is aggravated by alkaline
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