Nebraska Newspapers

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Ttio rrt push Mlinlly on
TtyNt' lo hustle Isle Mlilo,
White you to flnattn' with tint llil.
tlttms of Knnwlnlgo
A Philadelphia saloon announces tlmt
It serves "a bichloride of gold sand
vloh with every drink."
Actor were ho much admired by the
lato Dr. Morel I Mackenzie that he
never charged them for medical advice.
The highest clouds, the cirrus and
drrostratus, sometimes rise to au alti
tude of 80,000 feet, or nix miles above
the earth's surface.
Doubtless the coldest civilized place
on the globe in Werchojansk, in Si
beria, where the thermometer once
registered a temperature of el degrees
below aero.
In territorial area the United Ktates
ranks third. Grunt Britain controls
efl57,000 square miles of territory, Rus
sia, 8,352,U40 miles, and the United
States, counting Alaska, 8, 580,242
miles.
It Is stated that a Paris firm of glass-
makers hat produced some porus glass
to be used as window punes. The pores
are too flue too permit of draught, but
cause a pleasant and healthy ventila
tion in a room.
The highest velocity ever given to a
cannon ball is estimated at 1030 feet
per second, being equal to a tulle In
8.2 seconds. The velocity of the earth
at the equator, due to its rotation on its
axis, la 1,0'K) miles per hour, or a mile
In S.8 seconds. Therefore, if a cannon
"ball be fired due west, and could main'
tain its initial velocity, it would beat
the sun In its apparent journey around
the earth.
The advantage of a thick skull was
manifested the other day at Canton,
Miss. A couple of darkies became en
y aged In a quarrel, end one drew a re
volver and shot the other, who instant
ly dropped like a log. It was thought
that he was dead, but the discovery
was made that ho was merely stunned.
The bullet had flattened Itself against
his forhead, and in a few moments ho
was walking around.
Dunning With s Corpus.
In Npaiu, when a person dies, the
body is frequently removed to tho
undertaker's shop a few hours after
death. In one of the largest of these
establishments in Madrid, some years
ago, an extraordinary sight was wit
nessed.
A gentleman was brought In his
"casket ' one afternoon and placed in
the room set apart for that branch of
the business. The proprietor lived
over his premises, and on this
espeoial evening was giving a grand
ball. When the ball was at Its
height, a gentleman, In full even
ing dress, suddenly joined the com
pany. He danced with the wife of the
undertaker, and he danced with the
undertaker's daughter, and lie seemed
to be thoroughly enjoying himself. The
undertaker thought he knew his face,
but didn't like to be rude and ask him
hie name; but by-and-by all the guests
departed, and the strange gentleman
was the only one left.
"Shall I send for a oab for you?" said
the host, at last."
"No, thank you," replied the gentle
man; "I'm staying In tho house."
"Staying In the house!" exclaimed
the undertaker. "Who are you. sir?"
"Whatl don't you know me? I'm the
oorpso that was brought in this after
noon!" The undertaker, horrified, rushed to
the mortuary room and found the ooffln
empty. Ills wife and daughter had
been dancing with a corpse. An ex
planation, of course, followed. The
gentleman, who had only been In a
trance, had suddenly recovered, and
hearing mnsie and revelry above, and
having a keen sense of humor, had got
out of his coflln (the Spanish coffin
closes with a lid which Is only locked
just previous to interment) and joined
the festive party. He was presentable,
as in Spain the dead are generally
buried in full evening dress.
A Good RiiKR-aitlnn.
When the Einporor Francis Joseph
was making his first journey through
Hungary, the good people of Tenth be
stirred themselves to give him a
hearty reception. The then burgomas
ter of the town was a notorious skin
flint, and regarded with anything but
respect by the inhabitants.
At a meeting of the Ecceptlon com
mittee, a proposal had been made to
Import into the town's welcome to the
Einporor something of a novel or
unique character. The burgomaster
Igreed, bat stipulated that whatever
s done must fulfil three conditions:
stly, surprise the Emperor; secondly,
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dlswly told Mr hmsiit, 1 he Uy
the cslUd out .i Mr. Msinx-lksa thst
there a shsi k in the wtor. Khe
glsind hiiiml end with horror saw a
sltaik tiiriimg over within a foot of her.
Mit; kitked nnd SdshiMt and nesrty
fainted anuy, i h shark made for the
I'htldrvtt, olig bet w wit the rxe and
the shore.
Mrs, Maomelkan speedily reiHitered
her prvM'iioe of iiiiii.l, sit 1 ilurlcd U
the ivu'iie of the rlnldri'ii. tulcttly se
curing Uy, this brnve Indy placed the
child lu about one foot of witter. Then
she turned lo secure Mrs. French's
child. She was just lu time to effect
the rescue. As she grasped the little
one, and was milking for the shore,lhe
shark, with a big companion, made a
dush. The undaunted woman suc
ceeded in frightening the monster
away, and safely bore the children
from all danger. Mrs. Macmeikan
was much exhsuste 1 after her terrible
adventure. The battle between life
and death was most exciting, find two
ladies fuiutcd. The sharks were flno
specimens, tho largest one being about
twelve feet in length and tho other
about six feet. The pair had effected
an entrance into the baths through
some broken pickets. Some muii were
subsequently culled In, and succeeded
In kilting the suiuller shark. The big
one managed to getaway into the open
ceu. The men stuck a boat-hook into
him six times. The shark darted
through the hole and nearly smashed
the hook, the jerk precipitating one
of the harpooners into the water.
The frhii'B of Wale' Study.
The l'rlnce of Wales' private study
at Sandringhiiin is anything but pre
tentious. It is oue of the smallest
rooms in the hoiifcc, and is lit by a large
slnglo window. The woodwork is all
of light oak and the walls and ceiling
of a neutral tint. There sre no hang
ings, no bric-a-brac, no ornaments of
any kind, no soft rugs even on the
oaken floor. The principal piece of
furniture Is a solid, square oaken desk,
at which tho l'rlnce writes all his pri
vate letters. Tlio Pri nce's wasto basket
Is odd. It is from a design furnished
by his Royal Highness, and resembles a
hugo chimney-pot hat. There are no
books in the room, but a huge collec
tion of pipes and cigars la arranged on
shelves. A telephone connects .Hand
rlngham witli Marlborough house, and
Is fixed by the sido of the study win
dow. tbont Ma OiiIU.
(lulls are cunning birds, and have a
well-tmdorstood method of communi
cating their thoughts to their species.
Not long ago one of them who seemed
to be high in command separated from
several of his companions, at Taooma,
Wash., and took. hit position on a
log resting In the water. The under
sido of the log was co.ered with barna
cles. For a few moments the bird
uttered peculiar cries, and was pres
ently joined by several othor gnlls. A
whispered conversation seemed to en
sue, and then all tho birds stood in a
line on one side of the log nnar the
water. Their weight caused the log
to revolve until the barnacle side was
uppermost, when the birds began to
peek eagerly at the food, and in a little
while had pecked It clean.
ftpread-Rselelsm.
Young America does not like to be
beaten. After a very patriotic speech
before a youthful debating society,
some time ago, a small ny of twelve
wound up with tho following perora
tion, "Not only, fellow-country-men, did
we bent, rout and utterly annihilate
tho Jirltish In our glorious war for in
dependence, but we, too, have 'a sun
that never sets,' although they think
they are the only fellows which have
that proud distinction. For when it Is
six o'clock at Al to Island, Alaska, it Is
nine o'clock a. m. the next day at Mr.
Maine's homo In Portland, Maine.
Hurrah for the red, white and hi no,"
Tntd bj the Csnsnt.
Some of the revelations of the census
will startle a good many people. For
instance, there are now moro than half
a million almond trees actually bearing
in the United States; there are hun
dreds of thousands of bearing eocoanut
trees; there are more than a quarter of
a million olive trees, producing fruit
equal to the best Mediterranean
varieties. There are more than half a
million bearing banana plants, 200,000
bearing lemon trees, 4,000,000 orange
trees, and 21,000,000 pineapples. And
the value of tropical and semi-tropical
fruits grown under the American flag
is nearly ao,000,000.
A Snrexs llotrsyod II I in.
A sneeze betrayed a burglar In Pitts
burgh. He had secreted himself In the
cellar of a residence, intending to be
gin his explorations for plunder after
the family had retired. The family
wore preparing for bed, and tho girl
entered tho cellar to rake the furnace.
She caused such a dust that the burg
lar could not repress a sncezo. The
girl heard it, but went on quietly with
her work. Then she sl?wly passed up
stairs and cautiously announced her
discovery to her mist ress, lloth of them
bravely entered the cellar, pounced
upon the burglar, and held him until a
policeman was summoned. j
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HOW THEY MKT.
O look, Regit) al Tliero
lie i there in tlio jwr
qiint third row! Hut
what is tlie inn tier
with you? Whom do
you see there?
"I oli! I aw an
interest ing head among tho utowd,
roally an exceptionally intercHtin
i head; but now I am very anxious to
become acquintod with your adorer.
Ah! that blonde youth? Not bad;
that young man tins a distinguished
air no doubt conies from a fine
family and what is much better, ho
looks manly and healthy."
"How coldly you judge him! I think
him extraordinary! I never saw a
handsomer face! Ho has a fine physi
que and appears like a prince, just as
I imagine tho prince in the fairy tale.
For the last week I have mot
him daily on thol'romonado oh! and
ho has the sweetest snow-white poodlo,
that often jumps around me in joyous
leaps, as if ho had something to toll
mo! Since then, too, I always moot him
at tho theater, where ho fixes his opora
glasMes steadily upon mo as soon as
the curtain falls. Do you think ho
loves me, Kegina?"
"I cannot say with any certainty,
but at any rate you are in love with
him!"
"Oh, Kegina, you are so cruel!"
"Well, dear, do not lot yourcouraire
fail yu; I think you stand achance of
oncoming uie mispress oi mu sweov
white poodio, if his master continues
to stareat you to-night for you your
self are not less sweet," Kegina remind,
smiling at her younger sister, a beau
tiful girl of eighteen, with whom she
occupied one of tho first boxes.
Kegina herself, 10 years her senior,
who had been suddenly widowed after
an exceedingly unhappy marriage,
was one of those dignilieil, interesting
parsons who aro characterized by an
atmosphere of melancholy. Those
women often go through life alono, be
cause they are rarely understood and
appreciated.
itegina's lovely eyes turned once
more in tho direction whence hor sis
ter had diverted her attention, Yes,
she had not been mistaken; it was a
remarkviblo head. The man to whom
it belonged could not possess a plain,
everyday nature; lie must be an ex
traordinary creature Ho was not
handsome, but there was something
glowing, fascinating, something very
forcible in those features, as if pas
sionate fancy and unrelenting realism
had combined to bring forth a true
human soul, lilted wit h a sonso of
beauty.
How strange! In spite of tho dis
tance, it seemed as if his oyos were fix
ed upon hor, and she felthorsolf drawn
to nun witn a kiiki oi magnei.ism,
Tliero he took up tho opera glass,
and that disturbed her impression,
so she turned away. At this moment
the curtain rose, and her attention
was fixed upon tho stage. Hut bo
tween evorv act, as soon as the dast
xling light filled tho theatre, it seemed
to Kegina as if she were to greet a
friond, one long sought for arid final
ly found, whose look should tell her
that ho would understand her deepest
and inmost thoughts and sensations.
Oh, how good, how lovely beyond de
scription it soemed, after such long,
long wandering!
Tho littlo sister at her sido was so
absorbed in hor own romance that
sho no longer heeded her. The Wag
norinn music and the glowing looks
of her "amoroso" put her into an ecs
tacy of delight which well became hor
eighteen years; and as both were go
ing homo in their closed carriage each
one leaned silently in a corner. Ke
gina had closed her eyes, as if she
wore dreaming, but Klsie sighed now
and then in a most heart-rending
manner.
Dear Mndsm: Thin ran go on no longer;
we are si'inialnted; only enough, howevor,
to know that we limit look for one another.
We have yet to confirm that which we
have told through the opera glares. I
feel a wonderful agUation In my soul like
unto thst which must have stirred the
treat toul of the univre on
the morn of the crestion after
the "Let there beliuht!" liclieve me there
will he light for us bot'
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jm tnnt to bit!l in i).ry detail.
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shostsl o plainly in lltese lims hurt
htt, and .i iin-. sbnost a t 'omm-iiid,
hi-n l isle bad rs til a hili,
nio.bst en I nit v in fimib tattoit id
the boldness til t he mpiest . And fins
nil rvnditttt ibrt.o.lv was tnsVunt
her lil uneasy, by diil be not sun
ply say "I love you," nr "I am dyina
of lneM That would bae Imhh
intii h simpler and pre! tier,
Amid all theae oiisiderat ions she
buttoned the last button of her (null
les gloves, while er hear! Iniat vio
lent ly; t hi'ii once more she drew fort h
a Minill mirror lo i losely examine her
fringii and the ettii t of her little hat:
alas! every woman knows very well
how Import nut her fringe, tlm shape
of her hut and the cut of her dress a re,
in t ho grout derisive moments of her
lif-!
When finally the carriage stopped
at the entrance of the Nat ional tial
lery her trembling limbs scarcely
brought Klxiti to her place of destiiwi
(i. At first she seemed to sen
everything through a haze, and, not
daring to look around, sho seated
herself, waiting for him fo come up
and speak to her.
Hut no one cainu. About. 10 min
utes later lie took hen rt. mid looked
about. Was it possible lie was not
there! Klsie wanted to grow angry,
but then slio said to herself that lifu
was full of unexpected events. At
the 1ist moment, he might have re
ceived company a wealthy old undo
might have dropped in whom lie
could not very well ward nil or ho
might havo been detained at the
glovostore, or his coachman might
have taken him tho wrong direc
tion; indeed, tliero wore many roa
sons.
Some tiresomotildorly English ladies
stood about and a few schoolgirls
were t rying their best to appear ap
preciative of art. A couple ol young
men stared boldly at lier, some went
by inuilTereiitly, ami several earnest,
looking elderly gentlemen wore deeply
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iiiit i .:m un in i.im; ni.iiu y oi iin.nrti b
great work of art.
Why, oh, why are there so many
superfluous people in tho world? If the
ground would only swallow thorn up!
Tliero in tho corner sat a verv old fel
low, etrango to say. Ho hail fixed his
eyes on tho entrance as if ho wore ox
tiecting some ono, A alow of exnect
ancy shone in his eyes. As yet ho had
not even glanced at tho iiaintiiiu. to
which ho had turned his back, and he
himself looked like an artist or some
thing of tho sort, thought Klsie.
Minute after minuto passed by, and
one quarter of an hour after another,
but tlio expected one camo not.
The visitors in tho art gallery came
and wont iiko the pictures in a kaleid
oscope; only Klsio and tho "odd fol
low" did not move.
Klsio would havo gone long before.
but sho was full of curiosity to sen
whom tlio stranger awaited. Jielook
od as if life and death depended upon
this expectation. Klsie, too, hung her
dear little head despairingly. Him was
bitterly disappointed. Ho she had in
vain felt feverish all that forenoon,
had not eaten a bit of luncheon. In
vain sho had spent, two long hours up
on hor toilet, and had told hor sister
a falsehood about a friend's sudden
illness. And now all terrible doubts
as to love and sincerity camo back to
hor. Alas! how desolate this world
and how insipid was life!
Huddurily sdo noticed that she rnd
the stranger remained alono all t he
ot her visitors had left, Hho had just
drawn the letter from her pocket to
re-read it for the hundredth time. Jt
was an odd handwriting, as if written
with a match, and the largo, heavy
letters wore formed straight up and
down. Keally,tho writing harmonised
little with theelegant youngcavalier
if only
"Madam, how did you como by this
Iotf.ei7"
With this hoarso, half suffocated
utterance the stranger had suddenly
grasped her wrist. Palo as death
witli a low cry of terror, Klsio arose,
for sho thought him insane.
"Don t bo alarmed; I am quite sane.
I 'ray tell me tho truth. How did you
receive this letter not intended for you?
"Not intended for mo? It was ad
dressed to me!"
"Addressed to you? Then you are
Miss von LosswiU?"
"Yes, that is my name. What does
my lot tor concern you?"
"Aii! there is tho mistake!" The
strange man looked suddenly enlight
ened as if ho had been relieved of tho
burden of a great calamity. "Par
don mo, madam, I wrote t he letter,
and it was intended for a diflerent
lady, Tho usher must have misin
formed mo, Tell mo, were you in the
third box in the first row at the ojnira
on Monday, Wednesday and Friday?"
"Yes. indeed with my sister."
"A slendor lady, darkly clad?"
"Yes, that is my sister, Mrs. von
Planeck."
"Is she married?"
"Hhe was married, and is now
widowed."
"The boxkoeper told mo your name
and address only."
"He knows mo and not my sister,
who has boon in Jlerlin onlyashoit
time."
"My dear madam, will you take me
to Mrs. von Planeck and int roduce me?
My name is Ott o Keimar."
"Are you Dr. Otto Keimar, the well
known writer?"
"I am a writer."
"How delighted she will be to meet
you! I happen to know that yuo are
her favorite author."
The stranger mailed and nodded his
head, as if he wished to sny ;
"I also know that!"
A few moments more and Elsie von
I as it sii i l;.'irtr an di l n.
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tniiti
hit l lsie understood Hi) situs
lion she lifStlv Implied atoi.. It
W S ilehi-l Uoebsble
Tlintv sh hud p lit tart limns tit
m in tat ion and despair in the sit
Otlli'iy with Ibvina's suitor, while be,
Iheobhst of Iter 1olH!'btfs, ,iiiiIiih;
her 111 iaitl, lirtd IlidHlnlti !y tH'iditiun-d
bis i all, sn l doomixl poor IbvniS to
entertain biiiion the sub)ist of the
weather, the theatre or the latest tad
road sii ident. Oh, t( she had but I
tnained nt home.
Ibvuta'a anianeitieitt lookml very
linn Ii like a glad sin prio w hen she
saw Kino's companion and heard his
name.
"You are Olio Keimar? I low
strange that the idea did not occur lo
me! I know nil your writings, and
should also havo recognised you at
once!"
"You havo recognired me the name
ruts no llgure, my dear mndtm. I
had written all my best products for
you alone before I saw you. Hut,
sometimes I would lose courage, fear
ing that. I might never find you."
Ifegimi silently gave him her hand,
which ho pressed to his lips. It seem
ed to her like a dream that, at tho
first, meet ing, sho should have given
herself to the man whom she had al
ready learned lo regard as ono of tho
best and noblest of souls, and whose
thoughts had made so deep an im
pression upon hor through his writ
ings. And then hn spoko to her, and liogi
iia felt as if, hitherto, all had spoken
in a strange language, and as if now,
for tlio first time, alio were hearing her
mother tongue. His thought burst
fort Ii like a sf ream on whoso billows
Kegina was carried away into bound
less regions of light.
Tho young couple, meanwhile, Were
so interested in ono anot her that they
disturbed no one, KMo, too, and her
fairy prince, Assessor von Lucktiow,
hud an endless amount to relate
about t ho events on tho Promenade
and at tho theater, and about tho
dear lil tie whil e poodlo.
Dr. Otto Keimar and Assessor von
Lueknow woro for sppie time dally
cailers at Mrs. Von Planoek's homo,
and when, later on, Kegina became
tho beloved wlfo of I ho great pool, and
author, and Klsio the ailiancod of her
fairy prince, this first meeting remain
ed a sourceof inexhaust ible moiTimnrit
and pleasure of those conetiriiod.
From the German,
UNDER THE LADDER.
A Story Showing That Every Man
Has His Price.
Kocnntly Mr. Frederick Jiond, the
comedian, came out of the stage door
of Hermann's theater with the air of
a man who is In a hurry .
Tho door is at the hood of a long
flight of iron stall's, which i tin down
along the sido of the building to tho
street below.
Just above thoso stairs tliero is an
enormous hoard bill, and at the time
of Mr. Ifoiid s apnoaraneo a uentlo
man with ft bucket of baste and an
armful of paper, was renewing the
printing thereon.
Ho stood upon a long ladder, which
reached from the pavement to the top
of tho bill hoard and crossed thestakw
close to their highest point. Mr. Jiond
started gayly down t ho storm. Just
as he was about to dart beneath the
ladder ho stopped and rushed hack
again.
"Hay," lie called to tho gentleman
with tho paste bucket, "I m in a bur
ry!"
"Well," replied tho other, leisurely
laying on a frosh sliest, "who's ft
stoppin ye."
"You are."
"Me? Watcher glvin' us. Ain't the
stairs opeiir"
"Yes, but there's your ladder. I
wouldn't pass under It for anything.'
"Then drop olT." ,
"Heo here, I've passed under a lad
dor twice in my life; first time broke
my arm, second time lost all my
money. Won't you move that ladder
lor a tavorr
"Nixoy. Not even fur a fiver!"
"A good cigar, then?"
"That's different," said tho gentle
man of the paste bucket.
Ha laboriously descended and
swung the ladder outward, while Mr,
lfond, coming down flvo steps at a
jump, handed him the promised ran
som, and flow up the street.
"Holy smoke!" sighed the gentle
man of the paste bucket, "them actors
is superstitious din ks!"
What a bad Digestion Doe.
A doctor has been comparing the
state of mind of a man before dinner
and after dinner who suffers indiges
tion. Jiefore dinner the patient's
thoughts aresomothingof this kind.
"What a jolly thing life is! How
grand it is to broath t he pure air to
revel in the glorious sunshine, to laugh
and be merry! With friends all around,
a prosperous fortune before one, all
ono's hopes and plans turn out well,
Jt nay safely bo said that wo live in a
good country, and that life Is tho most
enjoyable state imaginable.
Hut after dinner, when the salmon
and the cucumber an 1 the lobster
salad have begun to do their deadly
woi K, ttiosamo man tiiiukssomotliiug
like this:
"Life is a fraud. Those who say
life is wortli living are humbugs. We
go about the world with a heavy load
of care, and from morning t ill night
our time is spent in battling with new
annoyances. Hills pour iu on every
side, failure stares us in the face, every
clieiiHiied hope is dashed to the
ground. Ilih!
Tlie whole thing is
humbug!"
4 NTslMt nt M4 Sis ,
t IiimM
It I nn et t i.. tsUs thst llln.
Irsl tlm tt.nni id U.lt ernd a
Ih 'l'u h hicj In... Mm , on i e
id tM h.Mi..st en. I an li !. No in.
tlm h f WtitiM itisk'i tl,, i,i.,i
a msn (.mil ho e listing r.f,iii
lo t stidts fur ia and Hies throw.
tug 111 II, Slf ll.h.!tM.N Would 'Sf
iiiii all around tin in N.i in.-r,
hn In thes.l f. till Cillii, l u
lawn them roMsM'S and tlm mr
cIiaMs thm s a lasting and desti
husUIHjV it was to tl. ptmla
thst lbs t'obi'iibl bloti)'ii, ami id all
the i-oialrt of IIim day they weia the
must lennwiied
lha etdei" t'oliiinlnn had S'.
rniljr lain In wall la tain for the ilrli
Heel thai rtlle.l yearly lo lint Nurtli.
Ibit he had a sou kuosn s t 'olunihiit
Jualor, aim liiltnael the am prn
fassion. and whosn Itua mona was
Nleolo t.rli-ifii, or Nb h, .las Ih itireck,
lie at last sil iToded ttl Iha pin net
which hi dither had so long essayed
In vnliu The pi l'ii was a t m .1 i n
one to lint bnbl bnc 'iiukiii s hn
J hinders galleys w lih thoir frelghl
wore valued at, ao ou) dm au -. per
hni tw tniiHiifw of chillaranil
would havo iirnved an Iniiiiniiso for
tu no to tho citini could they have
retained tho spoil.
In 1 H.1i the valley wore e flipped
with unusual euro. Wo have the do.
creo of tint sonatn umhir wlilidi they
sot sail. 'Jim Dogu (ilovaniii Men
ruuigo Bppnlnts the nohlo liartnloinoo
Mlnlo captiiln, with a salary of liOO
ducats, lour great galleys aro pra
vhlod, and to en eh captain a bounty
of .'I, JiUU golden dti ats Is promised on
their safu return to Venice. This
money was to ho paid out of tho tax
on tho .Iowa mid calls up anew Mink
spuro's unreal picture, It Is plain that
the merchant of Venlco worn the
true Hhylocks of the tlmo, A medical
man was assigned to tho find; hi sal
itry was only nino ducats a month.
Minuto ruins aro glvun for the con
duct of tho expedition, The freight
fs to bo paid to tho statu. No dncK.
loads of tin or pewter ware allowed, no
currents nor iiioIiimo are to bo stored
In the hold. Two galley woro logo
to London or tho Kngllsh porti, the
rust to Hluy or Hnigns, On tli.r
passage; they might touch at Malaga
und other ports in Spain: on their re
turn a ship was dulached to Inula with
tho Mohammedan along tho llarhary
h ore, 'J'ho Venetians woro too koon
tradori not to find prolltahlu markets
oven In tho land of the Infidel,
'J'ho (,'olumbl or tho (Jrlogos woro at
last to oi,o thoir prey, They watched
with sovon shlim poworfijl, no doubt,
and well oipifppod off tlio Spanish'
coast to Intercept tnq flout of Har
toiomao Mlnlo, 'J'ho comjipirulor of,
tho pirate was Nloolo Orlego, thV
ton, wo are told, of tlio oldor Colum
bit. HI father had disappeared from
light J t with him In tho plrato
ihlp was Another ('oliimbu, tho fu
ture discoverer and admiral of the
Indio,
Jn hi "Llfo" Fernando (!olumbu
boast of his father' share In this
famous engagement famous because
It led to the settlement of Columbus
at Jylsbon, hi marriage and his future
exploit,, lie wn now a man of at
least fifty, state Harper' Magazine,
hardened by thirty-six year of conso
le adventure. What position ho hold
In the plrato fleet, whether a com
mander or sen m mi, hi son doo not
tolL We only knew that he served
under hi relative, ('olumhu or
(irlege, and that ho fought with dm
porato energy in tho famou soa-flght
off Capo Kt Vincent
Orlitln of White llrshmss.
Tho White Jlrshma ha boon bred
for at least twelve year, They orig
inated from tho light Uraturia, being
sport from that breed My attention
was first attracted to snow white spoo
linens of the iSraluiia which woro Nport
of pure Folcii bird. Two or thro
years lator J learned of another party
having pure while Jirahrnas, which
woro also sport of the light llrahma.
Those two families were bolnjf brought
together by way of Infusing freh
blood one to tho other, A little later
on J learned of a French lady living In
Now York state who also had pur
white Jirahrnas, having purohased a
female from a Nebraska brooder, that
sho too, in this way, might Infuse
frosh blood Into her birds, 1 roadlly
recall these throe families, There are
doubtless many moro In tho United
Males, Indued, I know of Othor
breeders having them. Thoir general
characteristic are tho same a the
light, exoopt their color, which 1
pure white.
'J'hey are now an established brood
and breed a true a any othor solid
colored bird. Tho fact of their being
bred from sports only add to their
purity, a they were bred without In
troducing foreign blood from whit
bird from other breed than the
Uraturia family. Thll why tho typic
al Jlrahma shape and make-up has
boon so universally retained. I have
never yet soon an attempt in making
ono of theio bird from foreign ma
terial. Thi 1 moro than ran be said
of tho White Leghorn or White Ply
nouth kocic" I ho Agriculturist,
A Nw Monk,
i jriAiw mm. in inn irtiei 111 riM.imi,
That's why Dixie's now f ergot ten;
r. Tti-i. l.... i. .1... i i .......
mini corn, main corn.
Plant corn down South In Dixie!
O eottori, sho l a (fny deceiver,
That's Je' why wy'ru ifoln' to leave her
l 'lam corn, eiaiii. corn,
1 'Unicorn down Hon Hi hi Dixie!
Atlanta Constitution.
A Cordial Invitation,
(servant A gentleman at tho door
lays ho doesn't like to unnoy you. but
horo 1 a littlo hill.
Mr. Murray Ii ll-O. toll him I'm
not annoyed at hi calling. On the
contrary, I would bo vory much ploascd.
to have him call agulo. Texas Slft
ing.