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PL ATTSMO UTH, NEB., JUNE 2, 1897.
VOL. V! NO. 74.
Mews
DECORATION DAY.
It Was Olt-hrated With Appropriate Ore
monies On .Saturday.
The sun ne'r shown on a rorre boau
liful day than dawned last Saturday
morning. Tho day seemed especially
fitting in o-der thai prupor observance
("ouii'i b? mid i of the annual memoria
ervic in honor of the sac roil dead
wl.o hud bared their bosoms to south
em banois, that the bo-a governmen
on eu th should bo maintained and
perpetuated.
A balrav breezo bent down and
caressed, with tender touch, the grassy
mounds bedecked by loving hands with
Mowers; while bowed heads and yearn
ing,' hearts testified to the appreciation
of those who had gone to the hotter
world. The sodden homes, the
white marble monuments, point
ing like talismanic fin per
boards to the blue heaven
ahove, and the throng of sympathiz
injr, mourning' friends of the departed
made up an impressivo spectacle at
tho Oak Ilill cemetery Saturday af
ternoon.
Tho parade which formed on Main
street at 1 o'clock was a long one, and
was boa Jed by the High School band
and members of the G. A. It. At the
cemetery a very interesting part of
the ceremonies was tho singing of ap
propriate songs, an address by Judge
Hay ward of Nebraska City, which
wo should . bo glad to print.
as it was one of the best ever
listened to in tho city. It was replete
with touching incidents and testimon
ials of Iovaltv and feolinsr for the old
loys who aro so rapiJly passing away
As a miuister of this cit said to TllK
News mar, it was a speech from the
heart to the heart, and car
ried gray haired veteram back
to the tad days of 'Gl and 'GJi
Guy Livingston as a member of tho
Sons of Veterans, ulso delivered an
interesting address in a manner that
did lain honor. The beautiful cere
mony of scattering llowors on the
graves of the loved ones gone, appro
priately fell to the. lot of the ladies,
who performed their wor k with the
tender grace which so naturally be
comes a woman, and at the close the
immense crowd returned to town not
unmindful of the fact that another
year had passed since a s'milar duty
was performed, and that ere another
decoration day arrived there would
bo new mounds to eherish aud care
for. Tho warm place which the sol
dier boys have in tho hearts of the
people however, is a gurantce that
ibeir memories will over Iks vener
ated auJ their graves kepi green for
eoming centuries.
Woman's 1 lull F.lectlun.
There was a full attendance
at ihe final meeting of the club
for the present year at Mrs. Stouten
borough's homo May '1 he follow
ing well known women were chosen
as officers for tie ensuing year.
I'resid-nt Mrs. Kate V. Davis.
Vice 1'resident Mrs. II, J. Streight.
Uec ding Keerotnry Miss Myrtle
Porter.
Corresponding Sccretaiy Mrs. J.
N. Wise.
Treasurer Mrs. James Ilerold.
Delegate to Federation Mrs. Flora
Waugh.
lYllowi:'g this, reports of officers for
past year.
Household Kcnuniuio Mrs. Waugh.
Current Literature Mrs. Munger.
' English Literature Miss Olive
G;iss.
A t Mrs. Snyder.
The tr. aui e: "s report showed a fair
sura in the treasury. It was decided
that the ciub should secure rooms
down to vn for the coming year.
The te?t of feeling prevailed, and
the club, which has grown to be a
laitf and affectionate family, ad
journed to meet again October, 1817.
Ilflcl Au Alltopxy.
At tho coroner's inquest over the
body of VVm. Haight, held at Xchawka
Friday, the county attorney, ill order
to it iiiovi- all di ubt as to cause of
death ai d make re: t-iin tho conviction
of the ncriieiinlor of the crime, caused
an autopsy to bo l ei I. Doctors llren
del, Wallace and Butler conducted
it, and all swore positively at the in-quo:-1
that death was caused by the
blow wh'ch was received at the
hands of tho defendant, s that no
cloud will rest o i the prosecution for
not having fully performed its duty.
Cliicktii Thieve.
Some villain stole sixty young
chickens of Jim Woodson at the Cot
tage House the other night, and last
night they returned and took several
more all that were left from tho first
visit. Mr. Woodson is in a state of
mind that a meeting with tho purloiuer
of his poultry would result in imme
diate blood theJ. lie will get some
more chickens, and roost out in the
bick vard, himself, for awhile.
Spf-iil Alerting.
All members of Star Ix)dgo No. 4,
D. of II.. are ieq nested to meet at
their ball Tuesday evening, June 1st,
at 7 o'clock sharp, as business of im
portance will be transacted, and it is
especially desired that each member
of the tem bo present. V,y order of
C. of II.
Hair Kates To Onmha.
Via the Burlington Koute, 8, ), 10
and 11 from points in Nebraska within
150 miles of Omaha.
A YOUTHFUL BOY GOES WRONG.
Claud a Shu maker Arrested For Daylight
Ilnrglary.
Nothing more sensational has oc
curred in this city for many months
than the arrest of Claude Shumaker
yesterday, a boy 19 years of age who
had been a stranger to the courts and
police circles. It seems that W. J.
White, a near neighbor of the Shu
makers, nas been missing things for
sometime. Not long since Mr. White's
residenco was entered while tho fam
ily wero away, and his daughter's
gold ring, a kodak, and several other
articles wero stolen. Suspicion at
onco attached to young Shumaker,
and he was seen with the stolen ko
dak in his possession. The officers
Instructed Mr. White to allow his
family to go away while he remained
at home and keep watch.
He did so yesterday afternoon
and he did not have lonsr to wait.
Young Shumaker soon came down and
after knocking at the doors he raised
a window on the east side of the house
and walked in. A moment later Mr.
White confronted the boy with a re
volver and he surrendered without a
word. An officer was sent for, and
the sherilf soon after arrived and the
boy was landed in jail. On searching
him the gold ring belonging to Mr.
White's daughter was found in his
possession, and the kodak was after
wards recovered.
lie was arraigned this afternoon be
fore Judge Archer on a charge of day
light burglary, which is a peniten-
tiary offense. He pleadod not guilty
and his preliminary hearing will be
had at 3 p. m. Wednesday. Byron
Clark appears for the defendant and
County Attorney Graves for the state.
Ualdeuian-Weoton.
Our esteemed fellow town sman,
Jacob II. Haldeman was married Fri
day, May 2S, to Mrs. Amelia B. Wes
ton, also of this city, at the home of
C. M. Sprague, at Grundy Centre,
Iowa. They will be at home to their
friends after June 10, in their ele
gantly furnished residence on North
Fifth street, purchased a few years J
ago of J. M. Roberts. Mr. Haldeman
wns supposed to be a confirmed bach- I
elor but it seems otherwise. He has
been a resident of this county for sev
eral years, where he -has built up a
thriving law practice. The bride is
one of Cass county's early settlors, and
was a widow of A. P. Weston, of Ne-
hawka. She is universally admired
for her kindly disposition, aud their
host of friends in this county will join
The News in wishing Mr. and Mrs.
Haldeman a full measure of happiness
nd prosperity.
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THE VATl'MA COMPANY,
P. O. Box, I 13. Chicago, 111,
Refrigerators at Cost.
For the next twenty days we will
sell our entire 6tock of refrigerators at
cost, for c;ish. Wo h ave tho "Alaska,"
which is admitted to bo tho best. A
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prepared to deliver nice, clear ice to
any part cf tho city.
INFORMATION AND OPINIONS.
The outlook for a corn crop in this
county is not very flattering. Far
mers from all parts of the county re
port ine poorest stand for years,
partly on account of poor seed, and
partly on account oi moles, wire
worms and cut worms. '
. Capt. P. M. Dorrington name down
from his mines in the Black Hills
Monday and reports that work is pro
gressing very satisfactory. lie re
ceived a letter from his brother re
siding at Yuma, Arizona, stating that
he had a rose bush in his yard, from
which he has plucked roses for five
thousand days successively. At
Yuma it has never been known to
rain, vegetation being sustained by
artificial irrigation. Alliance Grip.
A search of the premises of An old
house in Grand Island disclosed a
tran door under which a. larn-ta wooden
cbest wa8 found containinff an aorU
ment of stolon goods. Among them
silk and worsted dress goods, gloves,
neckties, handkerchiefs and various
other articles were found.
Germany exported last year $150,-
000,000 worth of beet 6ugar, and it is
6aii that tue average yearly profits of
the 112 beet sugar factories in that
country is $30,000 each.
Wanamaker was defeated for the
United States senate and has turned
"muggy". He is taken up tenderly
and lovingly by the pops, who know
I just how it feels not to get an office
I when you want it with all the in ten-
sity of your nature
Plaitsmouth is suffering from a mad
dog scare and the people up there are
busily engaged these days in killing
off all suspicious canines. It is a pity
that the good work in this line
could not be extended over the state.
-Nebraska City News.
NEBRASKA NOTKS.
There is a project on foot to connect
Harrisburg and Kimball by telephone,
The bachelor cirls of Wavne cot to
gether the other day and had their
pictures taken
Uriah Bouncer of York is in a pre
carious condition, the result of a
stroke of apoplexy.
Frank Lance of Grant caught a hot
ball without gloves and split one of
his hands wide open.
George VV." Duffey" has" purchased a
half interest in the fachuyler Sun and
the firm will now bo Bulla & Duffey.
The ten-year-old daughter of Daniel
McCaulev of Dawson county was
thrown from a horso and suffered a
broken limb.
Rev. D. M. liudd, representing the
Latter Day Saints, has been laboring
for ten days to evangelize the people
of Harrisburg.
A case of shop lifting occurred at
Fullcrton the other day, but the guilty
ladv had to eive no the stolen lace
before leaving the store.
Edgbert Fox, a highly riB?ected
resident of Garrison, died Sunday
evening after an illness of only forty
eight hours. He was an o'd soldier.
The section men working west from
Rolbrook, scoped a heavy catch offish
from a canyon into which, they swam
when the water was high.
D. W. Montgomery of Oak, while
lariating a calf, became entangled in
tho rope and foil, breaking the large
bone of his left leg below the knee.
The Stanton Picket has discovered
the cause of the death of the imported
Texas "razor back" hogs. It was lice!
Lice of the regular Texas variety, a
cross between an alligator and mud
turtle. Down in Stanton, hogs so af
fected were treated to an immersion
of coal oil without biblical ceremonies
and they are coming outaU right now.
or Interest to Ladles.
I have taken the agency for the La
dies Taylor Dress Cutter. It is taught
in a very short time. Ladies who live
in the country are requested to call
and learn. ' It cuts French Darts and
Eaton Jackets. Terms reasonable.
Parlors over Herold's store.
Coka M. Alexander.
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Pyice 25 cents per box. For Hale by
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Alfalfa Seed.
A No. 1 alfalfa seed for said cheap
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Notice of Sale.
In the district court of Cass county, Nebraska.
In the matter of the guardianship of Adolpfa
Rosenbaum. insane.
Notice is hereby given tha,t in pursuance of an
order of Basil S Kamsey, iud?e of the district
court of Cass county.
Nebrask;
made on the
25th day of May. A. D. ls'JT. for the sale of the
real estate hereinafter described, there will be
sold at the south door of the court house in
1'lattsniouth. Cass county. Nebraska, on the 3rd
day of july. A. 1. 1S97. at 2 o'clock p. m. at pub
lic vendue to the highest bidder for cash the fol
lowing described real estate, to-wit: The east
half of lot one. In block thirty-three, and lots one.
two and three, in block thirty, all in the city of
Mattsmouth, Cass county, Nebraska. Said sale
to remain open one hour.
Dated this 1st day of June. A. D. 1897.
I. W. Johnson, liuardian.
Byron. Clark and C A, Rawls. Attorneys.
1
Martial Poems.
Soon after -the close of the civil war
fcassius M. Gay, T. C. Durant of the
Union Pacific railroad, Commodore
Boggs, Curtia Guild, the secretary of
the Russian minister, and two other
gentlemen were guests at a little supper
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, Mew York.
The conversation turned upon Teuny
son's "Charge of the Light Brigade,"
which one of the guests declared to be
the most martial poem ever written.
"Bah!" exclaimed one of the compa
ny, half in jest:: "The rhythm is faulty,
and dome of the lines remind me of
pumpkins rolliagover a barn floor. For
instance:
"Some one fcrvl blundered.
Rode the tax hundred!
"I defy any ne to name an Ameri
can poem so inspiriting,' ' retorted the
enthusiastic lover of the British poet.
Mr. Guild, who reports the conversa
tion in his "Chat About Celebrities,"
suggested that there was Holmes poern
of "Old Ironsidif."
"Do you know the lines.'" was de
manded.
jn, yes. i eciaimea tnem more
than 30 years ago at school. "
Well, I challenge yon to reeito 'Old
Ironsides, ' and I will recite 'The Cha:ge
of tho Light Brigade, and we will
abide by the verdict of the company as
to which is the more inspiriting."
"The Charge" was recited first, and
it waa done admirably. At its conclu
sion, after the applause had ceased, Mr.
Guild began back in "A Metrical Es
say, " in which the author re-presented
the poem with au introduction and then
followed it with the well known verses,
beginning:
Aye, tear her tattered ensign down!
"By the time,". s he writes, "I was
half throuph' the first verse I saw the
face of Commodore Boggs light up and
his eye flash. Cash Clay, too, was all
attention. The poet's lines had their
effect. As the dcclaimer ended with
"Nail to the manS her holy flag,
Set every threadbare sail,
And give her to the god of titorms,
Tho lightning and the gale,
the bravo eld commodore brought down
his fist ou the table, exclaiming, 'That's
so, by JapiterP and Clay leaped to his
feet, shouting, 'Harrah for tho Amer
ican flag!' " Youth's Companion.
Frenchjr.
A 5-y ear-eld who happened to bo
present when his auntie's new hat came
homo tho other day was much impress
ed by tho praiso accorded it on all sides.
One word, however, pnzzled him.
"Beautiful" and "sweet" and "ele
gant" all 1he80 terms were clear
enough, but wheu it came to"Frenchy"
he was at a lo.-'3 to know what was
meant. "What does 'Frencby' mean,
mamma?" he asked. "What
is Frenclry? ' His mother therefore ex
plained that "Frenchy' meant all the
other nice thing" th; laud been feaid
about the hat and more too.' It was tho
weight of worldly encomium. "When
you wish to say that a thing is partic
ularly pretty and graceful and artistic,
when you want to give it tho very high
est praise," 6ho said, "you call it
Frenchy.'"
" To all of w.'iich the 5-year-old listen
ed with that intent literaluess indica
tive of his species. Some days after
this, when the arrival of tho hat bad
presumably been forgotten by every
one, the 5-year-old, with his aunt, at
tended divino service at a well known
ritualistic church for the first time. Up
on his return his mother a.sked him
what he thought of it all. "Oh. I liked
it so much!" was the answer. "It was
so Frenchy!" St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
-
She Saw John Adania.
At a recent celebration in Boston Mrs.
Julia Ward Howe "sweet aud gracious
as evcr,v"gavo a delightful reminiscence
of her once seeing John Adams, "some
thing which," sho said, "perhaps no
one else in the company is old enough
to have done. When I was 6 years old, I
was brought tcrarisit my maternal grand
mother, living at Quiucy. Tho children
of the Quincy family, in taking me
about the town, once led me into a room
in which there was a man who looked
to me then very, very old. He wore a
black silk skullcap. My guides, point
ing him out tome, said: 'Look! Look!
That's John Adams, who has been pres
ident of the United States. I don't
think the fact that he had been presi
dent meant much to my mind then, but
his appearance and the manner of the
children made a profound impression on
me." Woman's Journal.
Varied Matrimony.
It was the boast of Levi Rogers who
died at Perry, O. T., the other day, that
be had been married seven times and
that each wife had been of a different
nationality. Rogers was born in Geor
gia, and when a young man married an
American girl, who died within six
months. After that he married eix
times, his successive wives being Mex
ican, Bohemian, Indian, German, Cre
ole and finally a very black negress.
The latter survives him, and Rogers al
ways claimed that she was the best wife
of the whole collection.
Rich Men and Debt.
f The late Judge Asa Packer believed
that a rich man ought to be in debt, be
cause it helped him maintain his cred
it. "Were L" eaid he, "to wipe out my
indebtedness and at some future time
see an opportunity to make a large sum
of money and attempt to borrow, every
body would marvel and say Judge Pack
er was borrowing money. As it is I can
borrow almost any amount nd no ques
tions are asked or comments made. "
Foil.
'T liavA ill! tA tt : .3 . , n ,1
.wu, ram lue tuuuueub
young man with manuscript sticking
out of his pocket, "to see whether there
is a vacancy in this office. "
"No," replied the melancholy editor,
7m he looked around the place, "I'm
orry to say there is none. Even the
1 waste paper basket is fulL" London
Answers.
SLANG OF COLLEGE GIRLS.
Xne -crnsn" "Ueaa Squelch" and Other
Term Expressive of Student Life.
College girl slang is not often heard
outside of college walls. To outsiders it
is chiefly interesting because it gives
glimpses or college lire. Take the word
"prod," for example. A "prod" would
scarcely be met with except in the col
lege world, although prodigies might
It is always a question whether a girl
who is called a "prod" receives the
term in approbation or disgust. There
are two sorts of "prods," one receiving
the term from pure brilliancy in some
particular line, the other for general
studiousness. The latter are the most
irritating, for they are always ready
with answers in recitations, while tho
brilliant "prod" may be on the ordinary
plane of intelligence when out of her
particular sphere. She is a "prod"
through no fault of her own. A dis
tinctly woman's collegiate word is
crush," expressing arelationship be
tween two girls hard to define. One
girl, generally an underclassman and
usually a freshman, becomes much at
tached to another girl, ordinarily an
npperclass girl. The younger girl is
"crushed" on the other, sends her flow
ers and tries in various ways to give
expression to her admiration. The
"crush" soon passes over, the admirer
finding some flaw in her idol, or else,
as is often the case, the "crush" at
length loses its youthful sentimentality
and settles down into a good friendship.
If, however, before either of these
states are reached the object of the
"crush" gets weary of the devotion,
she resort9 to what in college parlance
is known as "squelching," the highest
form of which is a "d. s.," or "dead
squelch. " This method indeed has often
to . be employed toward freshmen,
whether "crushed" or not, to teach
them their proper place. There is an
unwritten but well established decree
that upper class girls shall always be
held as superiors. At the first of the
year, for instance, before the entering
class is thoroughly at home, it would
be a decided breach of etiquette for a
freshman to ask a mighty senior or
junior to dance. She must wait to be
invited. But the freshmen well, they
don't understand all these impoitaut
points, but a judicious use of the "dead
squelch" will teach them a good deal.
In much the same category with
slang are the abbreviations rife at col
lege. Literature is always "lit," psy
chology "psych," dictionary "die"
Tho abbreviation most in the minds of
the girls at present is that dreaded
monster, ' exams." v omme might be
written concerning the blue btate of the
atmosphere during tho time when every
one is looking forward to the "exams."
In the corridors may be heard such ques
tions as "How many 'exams have yon
got?" "Do you think we'll have one in
lit? " Then with gloomy foreboding,
'Oh, I'm so afraid I'll flunk." Then
the pyuonyms for hard work come into
play, "grind," "dig" and "bone,"
New York Sun.
BIRDS AND KITES.
The Feathered Creatnres Cannot Under
stand the (Strange Fliers.
Many amusing experiences have been
the lot of the scientists who have been
manipulating kites for scientific pur
poses, says the Chicago News. Large
birds are always interested in the
strange devices floating in the air and
cannot quite make out what they are.
Prompted by sharp curiosity, they hov
er around the floating kite and subject
themselves to the danger of becoming
entangled in the silken string and be
ing dragged down to earth.
No bird, however, has ever alighted
on a kite or attacked one. hue one
scientist was flying a train of five kites
a conple of years ago a large, silver
tipiH-d eagle came suddenly out of the
higher air and sworped round and
round the first kite, looking against the
sunset sky like a huge silver ball. As
the train of kites was pulled in the eagle
followed, visiting one kite and then an
other, seeming uncertain just what to
da In a few minutes, when ho seemed
to have decided that they were not good
to eat, and he knew nothing about
them, anyway, ho indignantly flew off
and was lost to view.
Another experience was had with a
stork that came from the New Jersey
side of the Hudson and flew straight
for the queer object in tho air. He ap
parently had made up his mind to go
straight through it, but changed and
dove underneath, lie went around and
above it, and through a glass it could
be seen that he cocked his eye at the
intruder in a most comical manner. He
started away a few hundred feet,
changed bis mind, and came swooping
back. He finally reluctantly went away,
mystified over this queer addition to
the inhabitants of the air.
While kites were high in tbe air one
March flocks of geese flying in the
wedge flew over. They invariably stop
ped, broke up, hovered above the queer
object, and at last slowly reformed aud
flew away. While the larger birds all
come from heights above the kite, the
small birds of the air will alight on
the string holding the kite and sway to
and fro.
Cigarettes at Auction.
A niirfr nf rpimlars in Charterland
had been out for some time in the veldt,
and their supply of minor luxuries naa
Inmr ninoA piven out. There was not a
pipe of tobacco to be raised in the whole
force, when some good, thritty soni pro
dnrari a naekaee of cigarettes and said
that he would pufthem up to auction.
This was done, ana tne pac-Kec oi ten
pieces was disposed of in ten lots at an
average price of 10 shillings each.
Johannesburg (South Africa) Standard
and Diggers' News.
Brought Home to Him.
Crusht After all, right doesn't al
ways make might, does it?
Frank man I don't know about that.
The matrimonial rite seems to have
made a mite of you. Richmond Dispatch.
The American Negro,
The typical negro tenant arrives at a
new borne in a mule wagon or ox cart
with a bundle of rags, a fiylng pan and
a covey of children, and he stays with
a landlord who may have saved him
from destitution by advancing provi
sions aud dry goods only so long as the
caprice of the toour dictates. Landown
ers who have sunk into financial ruin
by mortgaging their property have
nearly always been dragged into the
slough by the effort to help their negroes
out of it The crop made by the average
negro farmer is subject to many contin
gencies besides those of the weather.
He does not hesitate to leave his field at
the most critical season if pleasure calls
him. "Big meetings" he never can re
sist, and these take place dnriug the im
portant agricultural months of July and
August, first at one church and then at
another.
After the mules have been working
bard all tho week in this busy season
they are often driven from 10 to 15
miles on Sundays, carrying wagon loads
of men, women and children, long
bright ribbons flying out from the heads
of the female members of tho f ami I v.
whose hair has been tightly plaited and
bound with cords during the week in
order to prodnco a holiday sensation in
an ample psyche knot at the bark and a
bushellike roundness in 'front. They
appear in fancy waists and big sleeves
and regale themselves and their friends
with a dinner of fried chicken, cake
and watermelons after the meeting,
rags being good enough to wear, hoecake
and bacon being good enough to eat, dur
ing the week. Like his African ancestors,
the American negro is miserable with
out jollifications and feastings. If he
can have them, he will do a hard job of
work between times. Francis Albert
Doughty in Lippiucott's.
The Silkworm.
We owe the introduction of the silk
worm into Europe to sticks.
Silk was produced in the east, prac
tically solely in China. When Christian
missionaries penetrated into that strange
land, they heard much about silkworm
breeding aud the manufacture of silk,
but although they longed to make use
of such profitable knowledge iu their
own countries they were not able to do
so, for the Chinese guarded their val
ued silk industry with the most vigi
lant jealousy.
To attempt the removal of the cater
pillars or egps across the nation's bor
der meant death by horrible torture.
Daring adventurers there were, but they
met terrible fates. The prize was a
great one, however, and men persevered.
Tho popes at Rome offered large re
wards to any one who could bring them
the much coveted tiny eggs. Two pil
grims at last succeeded in doing so.
They made a very small cavity in their
long staves, concealing therein. .a, few
eggs. These ragged and dirty wayfarers
awakened but little curiosity, being re
signedly docile to all formalities of
searching.
They trudged on cautiously to Rome.
Then they felt safe and laid their sticks,
with their priceless treasures, at the
feet of tbe pontiff. From those few eggs
the silk industry was established in Eu
rope. Strand Magazine.
Charity In Judging Character.
Hasty judgment of the actions of oth
ers is dangerous and often unjust. We
measure too much by some superficial
appearance and condemn hastily, when,
if we but knew and understood the mo
tives and reasons, we would warmly
approve. We sometimes say of some
one, "That pain, sorrow or loss has not
deeply affected him." But we do not
know. It is like the death of a few of
the soldiers in trout of a regiment. Tho
broken ranks close up again into the
solid phalanx, and the loss is not appar
ent. There may be no disorganization,
no surrender, no craving for pity, no
display of despair. It is like the calm,
dazzling play of the waves warmed by
the morning's enu after a night of
storm and disaster. There is no sign of
the wreck. The tide hr carried the de
bris away far out oi tho ocean; the
treacherous water has swallowed all
signs and tokens of tho night's awful
work. We see only the fairness of the
morning, not the suffering of the night.
Let ns be -cbaritaLle in our judgment
and condemn not when we do not know.
William George Jordan in Ladies
Home Journal.
Sleep.
"A man receives a certain term of
life," Nikola Tesla said recently, "so
many hours to pass on this earth I
mean hours when he is alive, awake. I
do not count the hours when ho is sleep
ing. I do not believe they are, strictly
speaking, included in his term of life.
When a man really lives, he is dying
hour by hour, but when he sleeps he is
accumulating vital forces which will
make him go on living. In other words,
in measuring ont our dole of hours to
each one of us, the great timekeeper
stops his count while we are sleeping.
Therefore tho longer a man sleeps the
longer he will remain on earth."
Dr. J. H.
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BOTTLED BACTERIA.
Fears Hitherto Expressed as to Their Dire
Kffect Are Passing Away.
The average layman has long been
sustained by a secret belief that the
ast majority of bacteria are harmless,
and, considering that he daily consumes
millions of them in eating, drinking
and sleeping, it is consoling to find the
belief confirmed by an eminent author
ity.
Another scientist contributing to an
English review does something toward
relieving bacteria of their evil name by
explaining how much they have to do
with successful butter making. Butter,
as every one knows, is best made from
sour cream and does not keep well un
less the cream is soured before churn
ing. This result is usually attained by
letting tho cream stand till it sours of
its own accord. But a series of experi
ments carried on in Sleswick-Holstein
have proved that the souring of cream
is produced by the presence of certain
bacteria, which can be cultivated and
introduced in such a way as to cause
artificially the necessary souring.
A doctor named Witter has studied
tho subject, and ' 'so skillfully blended
certain cultures together that when the
mixture was added in due proportion to
sterilized cream to effect souring, the
butter made- therefrom was of most de
licious flavor, pure and of great com
mercial value, inasmuch as it kept ad
mirably. The dried seed or powder of the bao
teria used in this process can now be
bought put up in bottles. A proportion
is added to a small quantity of skimmed
milk, which is subjected to a moderate
continuous heat till the bacteria have
developed. The "fermentation starter"
is then added to the cream. The pure
culture is only used occasionally, enough
of the "starter" being left over every
day to begin operations with on the
next. The excellence of Danish butter
is attributed to the care taken in choos
ing the "fermentation starter. "Pop
ular Scieuco Monthly.
HUMMING BIRDS.
Their Wonderfully Fashioned Dlminvtlve
Xests and Their Tiny Eggs.
Suddenly a glint shot from the point
where my gaze was dreamily focused.
That was all, but suspicion and savage
instincts were aroused. For tan minutes
my eyes followed the contour of each of
the small boughs 20 feet above me, mere
twigs from a higher and frreater branch,
which in turn declined from a mighty,
outstretched arm of tbe giant. Presently
suspicion centered in an insignificant,
lichen covered wavt on the upper side
of a branch as large, perhaps, as a
lady's wrist. It was like a dozen others,
yet not exactly like them. The lichen
seemed to me just a shade grayer and
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too round. I feared to take my eyes
away, lest it wero lost before I had
proved it to be oujy a natural excres
cence. The sudden glint again struck
my eye, there was a strange, tuneful
hum, and tnreka! Directly aLove tbe
point I was watching there' hovered,
with wings vibrating themselves into a
inisty point, an exquisite ruby throat.
Then it settled on tbe diminutive cup
of lichen, and I hud found my first
humming bird's nest.
By climbing far up above and then
crawling carefully down ou a separate
limb, one could look over tho nest,
scarcely a yard away, to admire the
tiny white eggs and the even more fairy
like nest, marvelously woven inside
with the finest and softest fiber, and
coated on the outer periphery against
tho weather with delicate lichen, which
just turned the rim so as to shed any
insistent raindrop that might penetrate
the manifold roof of leaves overhead.
The whole would have fitted in a circle
made by joining the index finger and
thumb. "The Oakdwellers, " by C. D,
Lanier, in Scribuer's.
Ieath Through a Tarantula.
One of the quickest and most com
plete and justifiable killings that ever
I saw came about through a tarantula.
It was at a mine camp, and the camp
bully had a tarantula impaled on a
stick. A man newly arrived from the
east stood gazing, fascinated with hor
ror, at the squirming reptile, working
its black fangs in the effort to reach
something that it could fasten them
into. Suddenly, without warning, the
bully thrust the tarantula straight into
the tenderfoot's face. His whiskers
saved him from the fangs, but he let
out a yell as if he bad actually been
bitten and jumped back, I fully believe,
ten feet. Then, as the fellow came pok
ing the tarantula toward him again, the
tenderfoot drew his revolver and turned
loose on his tormentor. His first shot
would have been enough, as it went
straight through the fellow's body, but
the tenderfoot had his excitement to
work off, and lie never stopped shooting
until his revolver had been emptied and
the man with the tarantula was a sieve.
"Served him right," was the verdict of
the coroner's jury, and the case never
went to court for trial. New York Sun.
BRIGHT'S DISEASE
Is the most dangerous of all
Kidney Diseases. Pains in the
rlr. Trrpot iTa rities in the Urine.
1 Swelling of the Limbs or Ab
I I domen are the first symptoms
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cases and for many years,