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About The American. (Omaha, Nebraska) 1891-1899 | View Entire Issue (July 24, 1896)
THE AMERICAN TRYING TO KEEP UP. Ma. There It nothing so absolutely fool ish and unremuntratlve as the false pride which attempts a style of living beyond the means of the individual, whose only incentive thereto is that others in her set do thus and bo, and therefore it is incumbent upon her to do likewise, says the New York Tri bune. To strive to keep up to a certain standard, without the means to do so comfortably or successfully, is of all things most wearing and dispiriting. Many a woman at the end of the season asks herself what it is all worth, and thinks how foolish she has been to waste time, energy and money to gain the favor of certain people who have bo much that they count for nothing the efforts made to please them and consider they are conferring a favor by accepting invitation' Yet, despite her experience of the vanity and hol low Bhani of it all, the chances are ten to one that such a woman will begin her poor, pitiful worldly campaign the next season wifh renewed vigor, and that she will again sacrifice herself and family to this Moloch of modern so ciety called public opinion. If only these poor, hard-working, weary deni rens of vanity fair realized that such striving is not only fruitless, but de rogatory, that the very people whose acquaintance and friendship they are most anxious to secure would like and respect them far more if they were simple and honeet and hospitable ac cording to their means, it would save them no end of trouble and discour agement. "We dined at Mrs. A.'s the other evening," said the sensible wife of one of our multi-millionaires, "and enjoyed it so much. She lives in a tiny apartment and has only two maids, and she gives us the simplest little dinner, but so good, and such a relief after the elaborate affairs one generally has to sit through. Just soup, fish, a fillet of beef, an entree and a sweet, everything in such excellent taste, and only eight at table, but Just ITtA mr.1n n .......... .1 ,. III. 1 me again,' my husband said to her as we were leaving. 'I have not enjoyed myself bo much this winter, and he really meant it. We took dlnuer with some one else, who shall be nameless, a couple of evenings afterward. Such a tiresome experience as it was! The dinner was poor and yet very elab orate, and everything was on a scale too big for the house. 'What a mis take those people make,' I said as we were driving home, 'and how anxious and fagged Mrs. looked.' 'I pre sume they are living beyond their means,' was my husband's manlike conclusion. ' came to me the other day to get me to go into some new en terprise in which he Is Interested, but I guees I'll keep out of It.' " "How tired and discontented Mrs. Clymber looks," remarked one of her acquaintances, "and yet she has made a success of it this winter, every one ays." "She has bought her victory too dear," answered some one who was ''present. "She has spent more than she can afford. She bad offended her old friends, and what has she gained? Toleration only from the set she haa set her heart upon belonging to. No wonder that she finds the apples of Sodom dust and ashes yet she will continue to reach after them with the same eagerness next season." CAMBRIAN ETYMOLOGY. Localities In the Ilrltlah Ieles Tha Retain Celtic Nimn. Many localities retain the names originally bestowed upon them by the Celtic Britons, those, for example, which have tho prefix cum, -which is the Welsh crom, a valley, says tho Gentlemen's Magazine. Anderson, the local poet, enumerates them: There's Cumwhltton, Cumwhlnon, Cumranton Cumrangan, Cumrew and Cumcatch, And mony mair cums in the county, But nin wi' Cumdivock can match. Some of the above names, it will be observed have the Anglo-Saxon "ton" superadded to them. The familiar Celtic prefixes, pen, a hilltop and caer, a fortress, appear In Penrith and Penrudock (which both signify "red hill"), Cardurnock and Carlisle or Caer-Leol. Durnock may be the Gaelic dwr-cnoc, "water hill" or else a proper name. Leol is merely a contraction of Luguvallium, the Ro man name of Carlisle, and the Latin ized form of some unpronounceable ap pellation by which the Britons desig nated the site of that city. In Talkin we recognize the Celtic word, talcen, a brow, and In Castle Carrock we may trace the Gaelic car ragh (which means a large stone set on end) or the Welsh careg, a rock. The river names of the county, are for the most part of Celtic origin. Thus the Irthing, wandering over the allu vial plain, is believed to derive its name from the Welsh gwryddu, to to writhe or turn, and the Gelt, dashing over its bed of red sandstone, from fh Celtic gait, a rock. Of mountain names Helvellyn, the yellow mountain: Rivelyn, the red mountain, and Blencathra, the seat mountain (the ancient name of Saddle back), are Celtic. The Gaelic word catbair and Welsh cader mean a chair and Blaen is a Welsh term for a hill top, occurring in other local names, such as Blencow And Blennerhasset. A Skill That Vanishes. She paused to watch the boys play ing mumblety peg. "Isn't it remarkable," he said, "how cleverly a boy can handle a knife?" "Yes," she answered, with a sigh; "and it's more remarkable to think how he loses it all when he grows up and ought to be able to carve." Wash ington Star. THINKS THE MOON IS SAFE. I Ita Barrels Will Kat Ha K.v.al.d hf the ItlK Pari TalMrope. George Manvllle Fenn, In a letter to the London News, has this to say about the great Paris trlesc p now making at Iaris and which, according to recent stories, is to show "the moon one yard off." "I have read with much interest ths article of your Paris correspondent bearing the above heading from the fact that for the pnst two yt-ars I have been experimenting upon the possibil ity of producing a telescope or optlo glass of far greater power than any thing we have at present on the way. "Now, M. Pelom-le's venture for the Paris exhibition certainly sounds big, but upon carefully going over your correspondent's report, it H-nis to mo perhaps wrongly that the learned Frenchman Is not about to eclipse the Mount Hamilton glass, neither will he equal the larger instrument being set up at Chicago. These are refractors pure and simple, but with all the re sources of the glassmaker brought to bear in producing the most perfect lenses. "We read nothing of the kind with regard to M. Deloncle's instrument. We are told of a huge disk of glass nearly 7 feet in diameter, but upon your correspondent's showing, this is not to form either the objective for a refracting telescope nor a mirror for a reflecting telescope, but a plane mir ror to use on the principle of a slde rostat, while the lenses of flint and crown glass, which form the true tel escope, are 1 meter 25 centimeters in diameter; that is, about that of the Chicago lass, whose power it cannot possibly equal, from the loss of light caused by the moon's rays being re flected from his plane mirror through his huge tube that is to say, the rays are received second hand from the reflector, Instead of primarily from the planet, as in the case of all great re fracting telescopes. "From Ihe above circumstances, the Image to be produced must be fainter upon M. Deloncle's principle, and he proposes to weaken it still more by casting the image upon a screen instead of directly upon the retina of the ob server's eye. For popular visual pur poses M. Deloncle's instrument will doubtless be a success, but it will only prove so from the spectacular point of view to amuse an audience. Its scien tific value will be nil, while its cost seems to be absurd. I venture to think that upon my own principle I could produce ten times the effect at a tithe of the amount. If I am wrong a couple of years' thoughtful experimenting have been In vain." THE PRESENT BLACK ROD. The Incumbent Did Not Even Try to Walk Backward. The assembling of the present ses sion of parliament in February was the first appearance of a new black rod, says Good Words. The office to which a salary of 2,000 per annum is attached, with an assistant called the "yeoman usher of the black rod," to discharge some of its limited duties Is in the personal gift of the sovereign and is invariably bestowed on an old military or naval officer. Admiral Sir James Drummond has accordingly been succeeded by Gen. Sir Michael Biddulph. The first ap pearance of the gallant general in the role was distinguished by a few nota ble "new departures" from established usag. Sir Michael Biddulph discarded the old official dress of the office and appeared in the more picturesque un iform of an army general, wearing his many medals on his scarlet tunic and carrying his plumed hat in his left hand, while he bore In his right a new rod of much larger dimensions than that which was carried for so many years by his predecessor. There Is nothing perhaps more diffi cult than to walk backward from the table to the bar with ease and grace and dignity. Sir Michael Biddulph did not' attempt the feat. After he had de livered at the table the customary summons that the lords commissioners desired the Immediate attendance of the commons in the upper chamber to hear the queen's speech read, he bowe l low to the speaker and then walked down to the bar, not in the convention al manner of progression but the man ner ordained by nature. No objection was raised to the innovation. No member cried "Order, order!" at the moment, nor when the speaker return ed from the house of lords was his at tention called to it by any stickler for ancient etiquette. Of course, the action of black rod may have been due solely to a species of "stage fright," to forgetfulness en gendered by the natural embarrass ment of a novice in a novel and trying situation; but whatever may have been the explanation whether it was an un rehearsed effect, or an effect duly set down In the book of the play as amend ed by Sir Michael Biddulph the pre cedent has been established; and In an assembly ruled by precedent as the house of commons no black rod need in future fear to walk frontward down the floor as the sergeant-at-arms walks after he has placed the mace upon the table. Reaaon for Doabt. Boftrder (In the mountains) Think of the Himalayas being ten times as high us this! Farmer I don't believe it, young man. I've been keeping boarders nigh onto twenty years and if there was any resort ten times as fur from the level of tho sea as this is guess I'd have heard tell of It before now. New York World. A Sense of Propriety, "But what has become of Jack, your little white dog?" "This is Jack. As I am In deen mourning I had him colored deep black. It's more In keeping." Le journal Amusant. THE PROFESSIONAL BEAUTY. Uef Leas of Good Looks Is a Pitiful Tola. "How she haa gone off!" Is the fatal verdict, more dreaded by a fashionable belle than any other misfortune, for to her it means the liasa of everything that she most values not only the eclat and freshness of her beamy, but the prestige and power which it in sures. Nothing is more melancholy than to see a woman, who has been what is known as a professional beauty and who lives for society, gradually lose her attraction, while she keps on striving to retain, by obvious and piti ful effort, that which was onoe hers by Divine right. Her admirers, whose name once was legion, gradunllly dwin dle Into a few second-rate men or cal low youths, who still feel flattered by the friendship of the once renowned belle, while to retain even such as these she is obliged to make an effort, to cheapen hereelf In a way, to Btrlve and flatter, to descend from her pedes tal, and from a goddess to become "A creature not too bright or good For human nature's dally food." until finally she grows into an object of contemptuous pity to a younger genera tion. "Poor old thing," they say, "she was very handsome once!" "What has hap pened to her? She is not so very old." "No, but sho has 'gone off,' and there fore out and her day is over." Truly nothing seems left for the poor worldling to whom flattery and admira tion have been the very breath of her nostrils and who feels that she cannot live without them. What a trite.worn out little sermon might be preached about such life! Only a few years ago the poor thing was one of the most brilliant stars in the social constel lation. Men of fashion and position swarmed around her and were delighted when she condescended to accept their atten tions; now they have one and all desert ed her for a newer and brighter lumi nary. At social gatherings she has to Insist upon her old friends speaking to her; she is obliged to waylay them and take possession of them, and has frequently to maneuver to got near some . particular man who will not come to her. It is no uncommon thing for such a woman when she finds that the stimulus of her existence is gone to seek for something to supply the abso lute need she feels for excitement, and physicians say that opium eating and alcoholic excess are largely on the in crease among women of society. "Favor is deceitful and beauty Is vain," salth the preacher; but the wom an who looketh well to the ways of her household and those children arise up and call her blessed, her price is indeed above rubies in this worldly age of ours. lllood of llnrg-anrtlan. Lake Morat, one of the prettiest of the many pretty lakes in Switzerland, has recently turned red and this re vives the old legends about the place. Every four or five years for a century or longer the waters have taken on a peculiar reddish tinge. This Is due, scientists 6ay, to the growth of a minute aquatic plant, which is designated by the long name of osclllatrola rubescens. In no other body of water In the world does it flourish and It does not appear in large quantities except occasionally In Lake Morat. On June 21, 1476, there was a battle on the shores of the lake. A party of Burgundians, under the com mand of Charles the Bold, fell victims to the Swiss and nearly every one was killed. No quarter was shown and thousands of bodies were thrown in the lake. Old fishermen say that the red color of the lake Is the blood of the Burgundians. Frenchmen, however, claim that the lake blushes at the mem ory of the Swiss, who showed no mercy to'their antagonists and continued the fight after It had become mere slaugh ter. The lake presents a sinister ap pearance, especially when the setting sun heightens the crimson effect A nambngging- Story. The story of the plot to capture Wil liam Penn first appeared in the United States more than twenty-five years ago. It has been contradicted over and ovpr again, but It still reappears periodically in the newspapers. It Is nothing less than a miserable forgery, intended to deceive the public, either for the pur pose of putting Its credulity to a test or of creating a prejudice against the early founders of New England. The name of Mr. Judkins is entirely unknown at this library; no such chest of old papers as is alleged to have been deposited in the archives of the society has ever been received, and no such person as the one said to have made the deposit is known to the members. At the date of the document Cotton Mather was only 19 years old, which fact alone would be presumptive evidence that he was not connected with any such pi ratical scheme. Furthermore, I doubt whether the word "scampe" was in usa at that period Notes and Queries. Never Heard the I.ait of It. "Well," said the whale, "I am not much of a hand at fishing never did do much In that line but once down by Nineveh I pulled a prophet clear out of the water. His whiskers were at least two feet " The sea serpent Interrupted him. "I suppose, of course, you preserved a pho tograph," he sneered sarcastically. "No," stammered the whale, in some confusion, "to tell the truth, he he got away. You eee " A storm of jibes drown his explana tions. New York Press. So Sudden. He "Do you think it unlucky to t;et married on Friday?" She (shyly) "Well, dear, if you like that day best I'm not superstitious." Cleveland Leader. Cripple Creek Advertisements HARRIS BROS., 224 Bennett Avenue, WE WANT our "Friemls" nnd tho Public to know Unit wo are coinjielled to remove from our old btund. AVe frhull sell our ........... Entire Stock of Clothing, Shoes and Famishing Goods V ACTUAL COST! As we have ulwuys kept faith with the people, you can rely upon this statement. We will sell the host bargains ever offered in this city. Do not fail to give us a call. OFFICIAL OF Midland Terminal Effective March Hi, lMltt. ARRIVE DAILY. HEAD HI'. St S2 55 it Suburban fox 17 P. M 10 10 10 IB V M IS P. M 6 as 27 :i a 13 P. M P. at I p. u 12 20 12 11 12 05 A. M II 52 II 42 11 37 It 33 II 2M II 20 II uu 10 57 10 3X 10 30 7 A. M 7 00 8 52 0 4 Ar. it 4:. i J0 1 10 1 (C! .Or. Orek. . Anaconda . ...Klkton... 12 50 8 4 87 8 32 8 27 s it 6 m 6 5H 6 55 3 20 ;i hi A 05 it do 2 55 2 47 2 35 2 24 2 04 1 55 12 4A 12 38 12 34 12 30 fi 05 8 25 6 20 8 15 8 (HI 8 ll 6 50 5 25 5 00 4 45 .... Victor ....Portland .ln(lp'ii(lnce. ... Hull Hill Granny ... Kylvanite .... UI1MI Tunnell.-... ... Midland.. . Murphy Lv. 1 45 10 20 4 30 . Divide. 11 15 8 Xt 8 0U 8 00 tin 11 HO 8 40 .Onl. FpK8.. .. Ilnnver.. , .. Pueblo... P. II A. .U Ar. Lv. ...Divide... Lv. Ar. .Lcadvllle.. 4 52 2 10 P. M. 12 20 A. M 8 55 8 20 8 02 Aspen Ulenwoud. 5 25 .Grand 7 40 6 35 .Salt Lake.. ...OKdvn.... LEAVE DAILY. Through I'll 1 in nn Cars and day coaches are run between Cripple Creek, Victor, Colo rado Springs, and Denver, on Train 7 and 8. I'aHsenircra ran occupy berths In Colorado Springs Sleeper until 7:00 a. in. Connection Is made at Divide with Colorado Midland Hall land Railroad for all points In the Went, and at Colorado tarings, Denver and Pueblo, with all lines for the East, Went, North and Houth. The Midland Terminal Is the only broad-Kiiire railroad Into the Cripple Creek district, and Is sixty-live (IV miles the shortest, ana several hours the quickest time to all points tast and West. J. U. WATKKS, Superintendent II. COLLUKAN. President. AMERICAN GOLD MINING ZEp MILLING COMPANY 1G15 Howard Street, Omaha Neb. Capital Stock $2,000,000 CLAIMS LOCATED ON NIPPLE MOUNTAIN .... AND IN HIGH PARK IN THE GREAT Ox-ijojolo Creek Mining DiHtrict Our claims are surrounded by some of the richest strikes of recent years, and are undoubtedly as rich as any In the whole district. They were located by a practical miner, one In whom the Denver mint people had so much confidence that they hired him to locate several claims for them, from which rich ore has been taken. Surface Rock on our Nipple Mountain and High Park claims assays J2.00 per ton; down eight feet it advances in value to more than $7.00 per ton and the indications are that these claims will ba as rich as the richest claims in the Cripple Creek district. Here is an opportunity seldom met with for the Investment of money in a mining enterprise near at home, where any who chooss may visit the mines and see for themselves just what is being done. The mines are located within 200 feet of a railroad. If you want to MAKE MONEY buy stock In this company. It is a safe and sure investment, and WILL PAY DIVIDENDS TO EVERY STOCK HOLDER, if the mines pan out as rich as present indications warrant us in believing them to be. We court the fullest investigation. Full Information will be sent by mail upon application from those who cannot call at office. Fill out the coupon found below, giving the number of shares you desire to purchase, and inclose it with a P. 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