THE SEMI-WEEKLY NEWS-HERALD, PL ATTSMO UTH NEB., JUNE 3, 189(5.
THE EARTH GIRDLED.
REV.
DR." TALMAGE'S LATEST BOOK
OF TRAVEL.
nia Vivid Record of a Unique Journey.
How an Eminent Word Painter Has De
picted dame of the Earth's Rarest Mar
vels An Interesting Work.
Rev. Dr. Talmage would have made
a capital newspaper correspondent. No
body has keener perceptions as to what
interests the public and his ability to
depict it in picturesque English cannot
be surpassed.
The advance sheets of his latest and
greatest literary production have been,
through the courtesy of Mr. IL S. Smith,
president of the Historical Publishing
company of Philadelphia, furnished to
the writer. The book bears u title that
is in itself characteristic of Dr. Talmage,
so great is it, so comprehensive and yet
so simple "The Earth Girdled. " As is
suggested by the name, it is a record of
a trip around the worleL, a wonderful
iournev filled with all sorts of scenes
and incidents, bizarre, beautiful, pa
the tic and instructive, as well as in
tensely interesting, and sketched by the
master hand of a word artist so deft and
exact that the reader's senses aro all
" kept alert and the perusal is more an ex
perience than a mere mental act.
After thoroughly digesting the 504
pages of magnificent material one can
not avoid tho conclusion that it is one of
the most interesting and valuable books
of travel that ever came from the press.
The volume is richly garnished with
illustrations, of which there are niore
than 400. Among them are a number of
photographs in colors, produced by a
new process. These are highly artistic
and beautiful and form a special feature
of this attractive volume. The letter
press is extremely handsome and clear,
and the binding will be of sora to suit
purchasers; hence, you see, i is not
hard to sum up and say that the book is
, i i r
m ail respects cnanning. j
Anything like detailed e-jimnent upon
the various subdivisions rJ the work is,
of course, beyond the purpose and the
scope of this notice. ro summarize, it
may be said that DrTalm age's travels
embraced, first, a large portion of oui
own country, traversed in his passage
from Brooklyn through the southern
states and tn-ritories to San Francisco.
From ' .6 Golden Gate he sailed for
Haw;u.i Samoa and the Sandwich Is-
ds generally, after which he visited
in turn JNew Zealand, Australia, tjey
lon, India, Egypt, portions of Ethiopia,
Syria, Palestine, Greece, Italy, Europe,
Russia, the British isles, eta, consti
tuting tho most wonderful and stupen
dous journey ever undertaken and ac
complished in any age of the world.
The object of the famous preacher in
making this remarkable circuit of the
earth was to study the various religions
and superstitions of the different nations
and races of mankind, compare their re
sults with Christianity and leave a per
MOUNT OF THE HOLY CHOSS.
The sight that enchanted Dr. Talmage.
manent record for the enlightenment of
future generations. This was his aim.
He has accomplished it, and much more
besides. He has stamped upon each page
his strong personality and brightened
every paragraph with tho brilliancy of
his imagery and artistic depiction and
warmed it with the fervor of his daunt
less optimism.
In the pursuance of his great purpose
he carefully studied Mohammedanism,
Confucianism, Hindooism, Buddhism,
fakirism, lamaism, fef ichism, cannibal
ism, fatalism, savagery and all the dif
ferent shades of fanaticism that curse
and degrade the peoples of the heathen
world. His pilgrimage was out of the
ordinary lines of travels and his experi
ences were striking and unique, and
this fact, supported by his natural orig
inality of thought and expression, gives
bis book a peculiar and delightful fresh
ness and novelty which cannot be found
in other books of travel.
With that directness and strong ear
nestness for which ho is noted, the au
thor plunges at once into the current of
his subject and puts into a sentence or
two bis tender leave taking of his fam
ily. Its very abruptness makes it ten
derer. He tells of his pained thoughts of
the possibilities of misfortune to his
family and casualties to himself that
may transpire during the accomplish
ment of the long journey that is before
him and stops suddenly with "May the
God who holds the winds in one fist and
the ocean in the hollow of the other
hand protect us. "
As a complex instance of graphic de
scription, wonderful imagery and dra
matic apostrophe, perhaps no fitter cita
tion could be made than that passage cf
the book in which Dr. Talmage describes
his sensations as he stood on Lookout
mountain, Tennessee, and lost himself
in solemn retrospect.
"I took a carriage and wound up
.Lookout mountain. Up, up, up! Stand
ing there on the tiptop rock I saw five
states of the Union. Scene stupendous
and, overwhelming! One almost is dis
posed to take off his hat in the presence
of what seems to be the grandest pros
pect on this-continent. There is Mis
sionary Ridge, theiaeach against which
the red billows of Federal and Confed
erate courage surged and broke There
are the Blue mountains of North and
South Carolina. With strain of vision,
there is Kentucky, there is Virginia. At
our foot, Chattanooga and Chickamauga, J
the pronunciation of which proper names
will thrill agei to come with thoughts
of valor and ,d3speration and agony.
Looking each way and ' any way from
the top of that mountain, earthworks,
earthworks the beautiful Tennessee
winding through the valley, curling and
coiling around, making letter S after
letter S, as if that letter stood for
shame that brothers Bhould have gone
into massacre with each other while God
and nations looked on. -
"I have stood on Mount "Washington,
and on the Sierra Nevadas, and on the
Alps, but I never saw so far as from the
top of Lookout mountain. I looked back
31 years, i and I saw roiling up the side
of that mountain the smoke of Hooker's
storming parry while the foundations of
eternal rock quaked with the cannonade.
Four years of internecine strife seemed to
come back, and without any chrc.nolog
ical order I saw the events: Norfolk navy
yard on fire, Fort Sumter cn fire, Charles
ton on lire, Cliaruborsbtirg on fire, Co-
AMOAN GII11-S MAKING KAVA.
lnrabia, S. C, cu fire; Richmond on
fire. And I caw Ellsworth fall, and
Lyon frill, and McPherson full, and
Bishop Polk fall, and StonowallJackson
falL And I saw hundreds of grave
trenches afterward cut into two great
gashes across tho lurid, the cue for the
dead men of tho north, the other for the
dead men of tho south. A;;d my ear as
well as my eye w.is quickened, and
heard the tramp of enlisting armies, and
I heard the explosion of mines and gun
powder magazines, and the crash cf for
tifiration walls, and the 'swamp an
ceL' and the groan of dying hosts fa.ll
imr across the pulseless hvart c f other
dying hosts. And I saw still farther out,
and I saw on tho banks ;f the Penobscot
and tho Oregon, and the Ohio, and the
Hudson, urn! the Roanoke, and tho
Yaztio, and the Alabama, widowhood
and crphanage and childh svnes.-: some
exhausted in grief and ethers stark and
mad. and I said: 'Enough, enough have
I seen into the past from the top o
Lookout mountain. O Gocl, show me
tho future!' "
Great nulure has never found all aptcr
pupil than Dr. Tahnagc. Her haudi
work is pl.tin to him, her liiemglyphs
and monmncfits cn rocky v. all cr mouu
tain ton are to him died with drop sig
nifieanee. Thu-' when a grand landmark
of a western state met h;.s eve it was
hailed us but another special revelation
of Omnipotence.
"Do you know," says he, "what in
some respects is the roost remarkable
thing iK tween the Atlantic ami Pacific
It is the figure of a cross cn a mountain
in Colorado. It is called tho 'Mount of
tho noly Cross. ' A horizontal crevice
filled with perpetual miow and a per
peudicular crevice filled with snow, but
both the horizontal lino mid the pcrpen
dieular line so marked, so bold, so sig
niiicant, so unmistakable that all who
pass in the daytime within many miles
are compelled to see it. There are somo
figures, home contours, k me mountain
appearances, that you gradually make
out after your attention is called to
them. So a man's face cn the rocks in
the White mountains. So a maiden's
form cut in the granite of the Aeiiron-
daeks. So a city in the meriting clouds.
Yet you have to look under the pointing
of your friend or guide for some time
before you can see the similarity. Bu
tho first instant you glance at this sido
of the mountain in Colorado you cry out,
'A cross! A cross!' Do you say tha
this geological inscription just happens
so? No! Nothing in this world just hap
pens so. That cross on the Colorado
mountain is not a human device, or an
accident t;t nature, or tlte ireas or an
earthquake. The hand cf God cut it
there and set it up for the nation to look
at. .Whether set up there in rock Ik fore
the cross of wood was set up on the bluff
back of Jerusalem cr s:.t at some time
sinco that assassination, I believe tho
Creator meant it to suggest the most
notable evevt in all the history of this
planet, and he hung it there over the
heart of this continent to indicate that
the only hope for this nation is in the
cross on which curlmmanuel died. The
clouds were vocal at our Saviour's birth.
tho rocks rent at his martyrdom why
not the walls cf Colorado bear the record
of the crucifixion?"
"Down, in the south western sea Dr.
Talmage round Hawau found it m a
sense that perhaps no other has found it
as the very heaven r.f flowers. How
his wholo sentient soul revels in the
bounteous richness and variety of floral
exuberance of this run kissed isle! Hear
him:
"Banks cf flowers vli't? as snow, or
blue as skies, or yellow as Rnuscts, or
starry as November nights, r r'.-d as
battlefields. A heaven of Cowers. Flow
ers entwined in maidens' hair, and
twisted round hats, and hung on necks,
and embroidered on r:qs and sacks.
luneroses, gardenias, magnolias, psissi-
flcras, trumpet creepers, oleanders
geraniums, fuchsias, convolvuli and hi
biscus reel as fire. Jasmine, which we
in America cart fully cuax to climb tho
wall just once, here running up and
down and jumping ove r to the other side
and coming bock again to jump down
this side.
"Night blooming corens, so raro in
our northern latitude we call in our
neighbors to see it, and they must come
right away or never see it at all, here in
these islands scattering its opulence of
perfume on all the nights, and, not able
to expend enough in tho darkness, also
flooding tho day. Struggling to surpass
each other all kinds of trees, whether of
fruit or of rich garniture,-mango and
orange and bamboo and alligator pear
and umbrella trees and breadfruit and
algarobaand tamarind and all the south
sea exotics. Rough chec k of pineapple
against smooth cheek of melon. The
tropics burning incense of aromatics to
the high heavens. ' '
In another vein tho doctor writes of
the degraded Samoans, tho mmderous
Maoris and the general racial character
istics of tho other natives of those odd,
picturesque islands.
Further along wo find hint weaving
inimitable word garlands about his
memories of Australia smd the beautiful
harbor of -Sydney. But he finds thut
tropic land too prolific of suakes and in
a species of half abhorrent humor dis
courses of the 83 kinds of reptiles Aus
tralasia affords.
An intensely interesting and instruct
ive chapter is the one devoted to a de
scription of the author's visit to a Bud
dhist college in Ceylon. A portion of
this may be quoted:.
'Among the first visited was a Bud
dhist, college. About 100 men studying
to become priests gathered around the
teachers. Stepping into the building
where tho high priest was instructing"
the class, we took on an apologetic air
and told him we were Americans and
would like to see his mode of .teaching
if he had no objections. Whereupon he
began, doubled up as he was on a lounge.
with his rigiit liaiid playing with hia
toes. In his left hand he held a package
of bamboo leaves on which were writ
ten the words of the lesson, each stu
dent holding a similar package of bam
boo leaves. The high priest first read,
and then one of his students read. A
group of as finely formed young men as
I ever saw surrounded the venerable in
structor. The last word of each sentence
was intoned. Not able to understand
what was said, there is a look of lan
guage and intonation that is the same
among all races. That the Buddhists
have full faith in their religion no one
can doubt that in, in their opinion,
the way to heaven. What Mohanuned is
to the Mohammedan and what Christ
is to the Christian, Buddha is to the
Buddhist."
I cannot pass from this portion of the
work without quoting a characteristic
"eiaculatorv outburst concerning the
beautiful trees that embower this lo
cality so densely:
"Oil, the trees cf Ceylon! May you
live to behold the morning climbing
down through their branches, or tho
evening tipping their leaves with am
ber and gold ! I forgive the Buddhists for
tho worship of trees until they know of
the God who made the trees.
In India the author found rich ma
terial. Tho horrors and grim grandeur
of pagan superstition struck him more
forcibly than anything else. The ghast
ly burial rites cf this peculiar people
riveted his attention m a most unpleas
ant way, held him by a pell of horror.
His account of a Hindoo funeral, couched
in crisp, photographic English, is a very
gem of simplicity and strength. Here is
a part of -it:
"We got into a loat and were rowed
down the river Ganges until wo came
opposite to where five dead bodies lay,
four of them women wrapped in red
garments and a man wrapped in white,
Our boat fastened, wo waited and watch
ecL High piles of wood were on the
bank, and this wood is can fully weigh
ed otfc largo scalev, according as the
friends of the deceased can afford to pay
for it. In many cases only a few sticks
can be afforded, and the dead body is
burned only a little and then thrown
into the Ganges. But where the relatives
of the deceased aro well to do an abun
dance of wood in pieces 4 or 5 feet long
is purchased. Two or three layers of
sticks are then put on the ground to re
ceive the dead form. Small pieces of
sandalwood are inserted to pnxlucc fra
grance. Tin1 decea-sed is lifted from the
resting place and put upon this wexxl
Then the cover is removed from the face
of the corpse and it is bathed with the
water of the Ganges. Then several more
layers of wood are put upon tho body
and other sticks aro placed onlxith sides
of it, but tho head raid fret are left ex
posed. Then a quantity of grease suf
ficient to mako everything inflammable
is put on the wood and into the mouth
of the dead. Then cue of tho richest
men in Benares, his fortune made in this
way, furnishes the. f:e, and alter t
priest has mumbled a few words the
eldest son walks three times ju'ound the
sacred pile and then applies tlio torch,
and the fire biases up. and in a short
time the Ixxly has become the ash
which the relatives throw into the
Gauges. "
But the temptation to further expa
tiate upon the varied debYhfs afforded
the reader of this wonderful anil vala
Mm.
n
MODKKN CKlCIFiilOX OF CHIMIN ALS IN 1N-
PIA. -
able lxjok must lx- foregone. Beguildeel
by the beauties cf tho ever lifting hori
zon of this unparalleled panorama of the
world, I have extended this review far
beyond my intentions, and still the in
clination is strong upon mo to say more
in praise of it. At any rate, there is one
thing Cif which I iun assured v. hoever
reads a part of it will read it all and
will then see how very few of its many
virtues I have been nolo to set forth.
Walter. J. Davis.
ThouRht lie Lout Hi Head.
A few days since a gentleman, whilo
taking a ride with his groom, had the
misfortune to have himself and com
panion thrown violently to the ground
by his horso taking fright and running
away. The gentleman was not seriously
Injured, his principal loss being that of
his wig,- which hod been shaken off,
but he found Pat in a much worse con
dition, with tho blood trickling from
nis head and holding his .master's wig.
which ho was surveying with the ut
most alarm and horror. "Well, Pat, "
6aid his maste r, "are you much hurt?"
"Hurt is it? Oh, master, do you see
tho top of my head in my hand?"
Pat in his terror and confusion had
mistaken his master's wig for his own
natural scalp, and evidently thought
that his last hour had arrived. London
Telegraph.
Kuown ly Hid Walk.
A tutor of one of the Oxford colleges
who limped in his walk was se?me years
ago accosted by a. well kngjvn politician,
who asked him if he was not the chap
lain of tho college at such a time, nam
ing the ye nr. The doctor said ho was.
Tho interrogator observed, "I knew you
by your limp. " " Well, " said tho doc
tor, "it seemeel my limping made a
deeper impression than my preaching. '
Ah, doctor," was the reply, with
ready wit, "it is tho highestcompli
ment we can pay a minister to say that
ho is known by his walk rather than by
ins conve rsatmn. " St. Louis Star.
Faittear Results. "".
The lost report issuctl bv the Pasteur
institute in Paris shows monv gratify
ing results. In the year 18'J5 1.520 per
sons suffering from rabies or incipient
rabies were inoculated. ard onlv 2
died. Of the patients 1 , 2G3 were French,
178 English, bi Swiss, 20 Anglo-Indian,
11 Spanish, C Belgian; C Dutch, 2 Egyp
tian, 2 Greek and 2 Turkish.
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A SUCCESSFUL YEAR'S HOHK.
Interesting Keport of the Meeting of the
Woman's Club.
The annual meeting of the Platts-
mouth Woman's club for the election
of officers occurred Friday evening.
May 2fJ, at tho home of Mrs. Beuj.
Elson, where artistic decoration aud a
hearty welcome greeted the large at
tendance of members. Tho usual
oueniuir preliminaries over, balloting
for otlicors for the ensuing year took
place, with the following result
President, Mrs. J. I. Unruh; vice-presi
dent. Mrs. C. M. Butler; recording
secretary, Mrs. W. N. McLennan
corresponding secretary, Miss Trcssa
Hemple; treasurer, Miss Edna Adams
Mrs. Stoutenborough, the retiring
president and for two years past the
faithful head of tho club, gave the
chair into the hands of the new presi
dent in the following address:
Madame President and Members of
Woman's Club: This gavel, as many
of you know, was presented to this
club by Mrs. Chapman, and in the pre
scntatiou speech she told us that it
was made from the first bedstead that
was brought across the Missouri river
to Plattsmouth. It is a typical pioneer,
and as vou have thought best during
the past two years to emigrate with
me into new and untried domains, I
fancy that both tho gavel and myself
will go on record as pionoers, ana tti
nighl I take the place as the little
German children say as "gross-
mutter" of the club. The modern im
provements which are sure to fallow
under a new administration 1 shall en
joy with you, sinco we are alt to sit al
the sarao home liro-side. I can but
think, Madam President, that this
club is standing on tho threshold of
groat opportunity and that there is
stored up powers of capabilities in this
membership of which wo have never
dreamed, lis educational eiToct has
been and will bo felt in its diffusion of
literary taste exteuuing to the homes
of our city, and in the awakening of
faculties which have long lain dormant.
Tho work accomplished during the
past two years is duo largely to tho
executive board and to the leaders ef
department work, and I wish to th'ink
these ladies and each individual mem
ber ef this club for your hearty, co
ejperation, and if I should prophesy to
night, I wouid repeat what I said when
this organization was made per
manent, "You aro buHding belter
than you know," taking, possibly,
the stones which havo hng been
buried in the chill and gloom of the
earth surrounding circumstances.
many of them bearing tho weight of
wails, towers and turrets of grt-vious
burdens taking these to carve and
polish, making strong, beautiful
corner-stones it may be in its future
stately edihee 1 he Woman's Club of
Plattsmouth."
At its conclusion, the town clock
having alteady proclaimed tho hour
of adjournment, a motion to that eilect
was in order, but no motion seemed
forthcoming; instead there prevailed a
suspcnsivo pause, while from an ante
room was produced a beautiful writ
ing desk, which, with much feeling,
was presented Mrs.Stoutonborough oy
the new president, Mrs. Unruh, in the
following address:
Mrs. SLoutenboreugh,Ketii ing I'resi
tlent of the Woman's Club: Tho key
note was struck to 'the universal de
sire of the membership of our Woman's
club when a proposition was made to
present you with a token of our conli-
ttence and alTecliouaio regard.
iieneving mat tne success or our
ciub during its brief life has been
largely due to your untiring and
efficient efforts in imparting to us a
share of your euorgy and zeal for in
tellectual improvement and develop
ment, in behalf of tho Woman's club
of-Plattsmouth I am requested to pre
sent j'ou with this desk, as a slight
symbol tf our appreciation.
A desk that was fashioned from
some renowned and perfumed wood of
finest liber would have been more in
keeping with our wishes, but simple
as this one is, may sweet affection and
good cheer cover it with a rich var
nish that shall be more precious to
you than costly settings of pearls and
rubies. Moro valuable to the world
than mountains of guineas wiil it be if
it shall servo as a - means whereby
truth shall evermore be crowned, and
"wrong doing bo hurled down."
Seated at this modest desk, as the
gentle dew falls from tho quiet
heavens, so may fresh inspiration fall
upon you, which, in turn, shall bo
breathed upon the world in beautiful
and wetnderful creations, lifting others
into the higher atmosphere of that
culture, which means tho perfection of
warmest sympathy, brightest intellect
and purest leligion.
May the summit of your far-reaching
thtmght mount heavenward un
til you catch -bright glimpses of the
daybreak- of eternity, where, at last,
whii glad root-steps may you calmly
walk the shining track, and your
"longing Tor perfection be changed to
certainty.?' t
lhis meeting closes the secemd year
of most successful work in the
Woman's club of this city organized
two years ago with a membership of
twenty, increased to o or seventy. It
has been a power for good in this com
munity, breaking down walls of sep
aration and prejudice and doing much
toward bringing about that etago jf
ovolutiou in which one "loves her
neighbor as herself." Four do part
pur intents havo been in oiieration and
many a busy wife and mother has felt
the mental cobwebs brushed from her
brain as she spent every alternate
riuay evening at tbe c ub. The 1 rst
president of tho federation has said of
tho club movement for women: "It
is a new factor in iiKxlern civil zation. "
That it does mean social, intellectual
and moral culture no one familiar with
its workings can denv. It lifts women
into a "new atmosphere ef privilege
and responsibilities," opening dehors to
all classes, regardless ot social cliciues
or creeds. And it was with a feeling
that tho "Plattsmouth Woman's Club"
had "come to stay that the members
dispersed te their homes with pleasant
memories of the past vear and high
hopes for tho coming.
Bu loyal to all the interests of th
town in which you live. It is your
home. Speak well of it to otheis.
Favor every reasonable publro enter
prise. Do what you can to make it
more attractive. It always pays.
l'lant trees, cultivate Cowers. It
speaks so well for you . Did you ever
think how universally wo associate
a place where trees, flowers, and fruits
abound, with a family of fine taste,
generous impulses and kindly deeds?
At Kii;lit .Mile (irove.
A social will be given by the ladies
at the Eight Mile Grove M. E. church
on Friday evening, June 5. A cordial
nvitation is extended to all and a
nice time is assured. r
THOUGHT THE WORLD SMALL.
When Her Comment In Europe Found It
Eeho In America.
"I have known for some time that
the world is small," complained a wom
an recently, "but I eliel suppose, one
could make a comment in Europe that
would' not echo in America. On the
piazza of a little inn in the Swiss
mountains last summer I chatted with
two ladies of a jwrty we had encounter
ed at two tr three places en route till
wo felt as if we had a little acquaint
anco with them. When they discovered
wo wero from Minneapolis, cue of them
asked if we knew Mr. B. . As he id a
very intimate friend of ours, wc aY
dially assente-d and fell to discussing
his family. Incidentally I spflke of hi
first wife and commented em the fact
that tho present and seccnei Mrs. B. re
fused to allow tho pictnre of her prede
cessor to hang in the house. 'We nwei
knew the first Mrs. B.,' I saitl, 'but wc
do know and aro very fond of the sec
ond wife. There must have l.e n some
thing very peculiar about Mr.;. B. No.
1 to make Mrs. B. No. 2 so Krji;:ieut
in her determination to keep all men
tion and memory of her out if the way.'
"My new found friend smileel a little
oddly before she said: 'There was some
thing peculiar about the first Mrs. B.,
which, I believe, cannot be attribute d tc
tho second. She was a rarely beautiful
woman, and her untimely death at 24
was a terrible blow to her husband. He
married again after awhile he was toe.
young a man to spend a lifetime, alone
but his young-love has always been a
teiuler memory to him, and her picture,
painte d by a famous artist, and wonder
fully lifelike, undoubtedly attracted too
much attention from every one who t:.w
it to please the present wife, wh; m jst
be a jealous wom.ui. I know,' she fin
ished suavely, 'for the picture hangs to
day in my own p:u-lor. Ihe oi:gin:;l
was my sister. ' After a wild attempt, to
recall just what I' had said about the
first wife, 1 registered a vow that here
after with strangers, tin uIi I cikoo;
teretl them in South Atr:e-.. I w nhi
never mention a name again." 17: w
York Times.
SUFFOCATED BY THE SNAKE'S ODOR.
a Vlrsiniii ?oc-casin.
"When I was a young fellow," says
a now aged Maine man, "I went into
southern Virginia for a time. I hud
lived in Maine anil Massae-husetts and
eon.-i-nuenlly had no fear cf snakes. I
had formed a habit of jiieking up hy the
tail sueli snakes us eamo aersiss 1113' path
and eif giving tln-m a quick snap to
break their necks. So;it after I weiit to
the south, in the road one day I saw a
small snake, a couple of f et long, er
haps, and of a yellowi-h e.juh r, wrig
gling acro-s the path. Without think
ing of harm, I jamin-d for him, put my
fot on his nee k, aii'l, eatehing him bj
the tail, swung him to give him a snap.
Some iK-oplo were near l:y, and they
yelled to me like wild nun to drop that
snake.
"I stopjieda moment, v.hiietho km. fc
wriggletl, and then I snapped hfiat in
due' and ancient form. Mark-ihe result.
In less than ten mimics I became drovr
sy and insensible and remained so for
several hours in spire? of the efforts of
those who hael warned me to rouse my
dormant suites. I did not know that
the snake bit me in any way and do
not now believe ho did. The air had a
snff(jcating, sickening huic.11 an eidor
thrown off by the snake, I think, and
breathing that poisoneel 1110.
"The snake, I was told, was a moe
casin, one; of the most venomous of the'
whole tribe of crawlers. tUncio that elay
snapping snakes has auoreieel me no
fun. " Lowiston Journal.
Curiae a Enake'n TtlimlneHW.
One cf tho most poisonous snakes at
the London zeo, a king e;obra, recently
became nearly blind. When it shed its
skin, it threw off every part except the
transpare nt plate; which covers the eye.
After each change eif skin this plate re
mained uncast, and the. sue;cessive lay
ers became opaque and projec ted eivcr
the eye in a "homy boss. The keeper
used the snake habit of creeping through
any aiorture which it can finel in the
wall of its cage; to riel itself of the
growth over the eye. lie drew book the
iron shutter which separates one com
partment from the other, leaving a nar
row space epeu. The cobra soon discov
ered this, and pushed its nose into the
crack. This was slightly widened, anel
the snake sque'ezenl thremgh, rubbing off
one of the scales as it diel so. It was
then indnceel to get back by the way it
had come, and after this had been re
peated once or tw ice it cleared the scale
from the othe r eye. Sinews then it has
cast its skin eompletolymid its eyes are
apparently none the worse; for its tem
porary blindness. Snakes naturally drag
themselves through rough crass and
holes to ge t rid of the eihl skin which
clings to themt. London lublic Opin
ion.
W or1 s worth and tue llaby.
Mrs. Houstoun, I remember, when
Wordsworth, Iloge rs and Hallom once
dined with her father at Hampton
Court, was, weimanlike, somewhat dis
appointed by the itoet's appearance,
considering him the ugliest of tho par
ty anel well nigh weeping over his big
nose aud what she rather uncharitably
called the "general coarseness" of his
apiiearaitce. nac sue; was mucn natter
ed and touch ed when Worel.swoi th in
sisted that her little fatherless baby
should be brought to him, although,
when the mite put up his lip, as chil
dren will, the poet saiel gently, iu slow,
reproachful accents: "What! Make such
a face as that at an old man and a
poet 1 ' ' London Gen tlewcmian.
AmkiEiioiM.
Brielegroom Unfortunately I shall
be unable to go to the zoological garden
with you tomorrow. Wilt you not go
alone and look sit the monkeys?
Bride (tcnd-rly) Dear Adolph, when
yeu sue not with me, I have no interest
in mjiikcys. Me-gsrenelorf 's Blatter.
jMoin-y to 1,0ml
On long time and on short notice at
ow rate; " of interest, 00 gooel Csiss
arm land. Enquire at First National
bank, Piattsmouth, NeH,
When Baby was sick, wt jave her Costorla.
When she vas a Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she clung to Castorta,
When she liad Chillren, she gave them Ciatoria
fc m kv
for Infants
1 pplkl III p pM'-
THIRTY yeftr' observation of Cmwtoria with the patronngn cf
raillionw of peirwom, permit ts to apeak of it wi t h oti t 5 r. rr .
It in nnqneationn'bly th Tot remedy for Infant nnJ ChiltTreti
the world haw ever known. It in harmlewn. Children like it. It
ftives them health.- It will tmve their Ilvew. In it Mother bavo
Bomething which l abnolntely wafo ftnd practically perfect a
child' h medicine.
Cntori destroys "Www.
Castorin allays Fevorishness.
5
Castoria, prevents vomiting Sonr Cord.
Castoria enrew Diarrlnea and Wind CoHo.
Cawtoria relicvea Teething TronIile
Castorin. enren Constipation and riatnlency.
' CastoriA neutralises the effect of carbonic ftcid C,'.r.P.0j?0WjI!?f
Caatoria doew net contain ?norpMn, opinm, or otjierjnarcoojropertr.
Castorta asslrailn tew tho food, regulate the wtomachnnd bowclw,
gi vi af; hoal th y oil 1 1 n ji n 1 ' s 1 r p .
Cantoria in pnt rtp in on eisl7 ho ttlw oid y. It in not gold in hl k.
Don't allow any one to noil yoa r.nything ygggLhft JIftgJiroi'?.
that it is " juht an Rood " and " will answer every pnryowr?
See that yon p-ot C- A-S-T-O-R-I- A .
Tho fae-tdmilo
fiignatnre of
Children Cry for
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Cliristiitii S'iiu--.
Services held sit Christian Science;
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Main street, nesir High school, sis fol
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day evening service, 7:1)0; bible lesson.
Friday evening at S o'clock. All arei
cordially invited to attend, to listen
er take part as they may feed inclined.
liooms also open dsiily from H! a. m. to
U p. m. to those seeking health or
truth. "Science and Health and
other works of llev. M. B. Eddy, on
sale.
Home Socker' i: iirloii.
Missouri Pacific will st;ll heune-
seekers ticket at rate of one fare, plus
$2 for round trip, with tep-ever
priviliges to points in Iowa,Minnosota,
Wisconsin, North and South Dakota,
Aiksinssis, Indiana Territory, Okla
homa, Texas nnd Arizona. Dates ef
ssile March 10, April 7 and 21, and
Msiy 5. For further particulars call .it
M i ssou r i 1 'a c i ti c d e pot.
C. V. SToL'TKXr.oKoi'Uil, Agent.
Wo have $100,000 "to loan at a low
rate of interest on well-improved
farms.
The National ExciiANen: Co.,
Plattsmouth, Neb.
gmmmmmmmwn?r??mmmmmg
I TUCKER SISTERS,
..THE LEADERS.. 3
Have purchased largely all the rrs
latest novelties in 3
-
I FANCY MILLINERY I
Their stock is complete in every 23
grade so that the poorest as well as 2
the rich may be suited. 23
JPi-iee Lower 2
H.
It will repay you to call and in- 3
spect the Goods and values. We 25
can't be surpassed.
g TUCKER
S - MARTIM
E rLfliisMUUTH,
, v r
V f
aj
and Children.
in on every
wrapper.
Pitcher's Castoria.
l:';it tyi OiX'iiiH mid I'iaiMM.
Hon. Daniel V. lleat.ty, of Washing
ton, New Jersey, the great O.-gan ami
Piano manufacturer, 1 uilding am!
shipping more orgsins and pianos than
ever. In Is7u M-. Beatty left homo a
penniless plow ly, sunl 13 hi- in -ilomitiibie
will ho has worked his way
up so as to sell so far. nearly 1 ((,. 00 of
Bestlty's Organs smd 1 'hums siiu e 1S70.
Nothing seems to dishearten him;
obstacles laid iu his wsiy, that would
have wre-cUed an ordinary man forever,
he turns to an advertisement and
comes out eif it brighter than ever.
Bis instruments, sis is well known, are
very popular smd sire to be found in all
parts of the world. Wo are informed
that ii tiring the next ten years he in
! tends to sell 2oo,POO more of his'mril.e;
j that means a business of 20, 000.000, if
j we stversige them at 1( O.fM) eai-li. It is
f ?itiafviiti tlio 1 :i rresit. liiiii nfK.4 of the
- - .7 - r--
kind in oxisleife. Write or call upon
Daniel F. Bealty, Washington, Now
.Jet st y. for catalogue.
l-'iiu- 1'stHf ur;K' Very ( lit-up.
The undersigned will tstko horsi s or
e-attlo feir the sestson at silmost hull
usual f sites on his ranch up the Loupe
river. Best of grass atnT running
water. Stock will be accoptod nt Mur
ray any time before May 1st and re
turned there stt close of sestson.
Gkoimik Ejixon
llom'H-'k'rrt' i:x iithIoii.
.On March 1, April 7 and 21 and
May .5 the B. & M. will soil tickets to
sill points in Arizona, Arkansas, In
dian territory, Louisisina, Missouri,
Oklahoma sind Te;xsis at ono f:ire for
tho round trip, plus $2. For further
infen msilioii call nt B. & M. depo'.
W. L. PlCKKTT, Agent.
Dr. Marnliitll, irlute Lfiitit.
Dr. Marshall, One gold work.
Dr. Msirshall, golel and fiorcelain
crowns.
Dr. Marshall, crown and bridge work
Dr. Marshall, teeth without plates.
Dr. Marshall, all kinds of fillings.
Dr. Msirshall, all kinds if plates.
Dr. Marshall, perfect fitting plates.
Dr. Marshall, all work warranted.
All the latest appliances lor lirst
1 ass dents. 1 work.
SISTERS H
HLOCK,
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: NEBRASKA.