Nebraska Newspapers

    , Cratt DtUl,
The faMt three days of the Beatrice
Chautauqua, July 5th, 6th and 7th, will
witness pertuipe tbe largest gathering
of people erer teen in the state of
Nebraska. On the afternoon of July
6th the great joint Debate on Prohibi
tion ra. High License will be opened
by Samuel Dickie, tlie chairman of tlie
Prohibition Xational Committee. He
will be supported by another distin
guished gentleman whose name is not
yet announced. Mr. Iloeewater, the
editor of the Omaha Bee, and Hon. John
L. Webster, the eminent attorney of
Omaha, will defend High License.
Tbe debate will continue during the
afternoon of Saturday, July htk and
Monday, July "th. On the interrening
Sunday (July 6th) there will be a num
ber of sermons and addresses, including
one from Dr. De Witt Talmage. Tal
mage will speak at other places in the
west, but at the Beatrice Assembly he
will preach and it Is us a preacher only
that lie is pre-eminently great
THE COUNTRY NEWSPAPER.
laflMM Wleidixl by Ik Rural Pi
AdiMltM mad H'.ponKUltlM.
There Is a place and an opportunity
ot to be despised fur the country
newspaper worker, and with this, as
with every large opportunity, a serious
obligation to careful, thorough, hon
est work, writes Elwln A. Sui t, in the
Awe England Magazine. It is not
too much to say there I ho better field
for an intelligent, well-equipped man
of large sympathies and vigorous per
sonality than the editorial chair of a
country newspaper, nor is there a posi
tion which places upon a man greater
duties to the community in which he
live.
The editors of the great metropolitan
newspapers rest on the heights of im
personal Journalism, flinging their
thunderbo'ts with a freedom born of
almost entire personal irresponsibility;
and while the thunderbolts are in great
part shattered on tlie rocks below, tlie
country editor walks with the multi
tude in the valley, gives the weight of
nis personalty tothe impersonal words
of las paper, which come to the people
like the warm handclasp of a friend,
measures his words in accordance with
the peculiarities of bis constituents, and
influences the thought and feeling of
hundreds where the thunderbolt of the
unapproachable Jove strikes one.
It was a successful country editor In
a thriving Massachusetts town who
once sagely remarked that, if be were
a candidate for ofllce, apd must take
his choice between the combined siip
port of the metropolitan dailies and
that of the country press, ha would
ehoose tbe latter, and accept with
equanimity the hostility of his city
brethren. Every country editor knows
that he was right. The great dailies,
so-called, are received in the abstract
as venders of the world's news. Their
resources in this direction are great
and cannot in the nature of things be
rivaled by these at the command of
sountry papers of limited circulation.
But the country paper comes closer
to the hearts of the people at large, it
is more thoroughly read, and it has an
influence the greater because it is rue
of the subtle, unrealized, cvery-day
forces of life. It is held rigidly to ac
count for the honesty and fairness of
its utterance. It cannot palm off up
n its readers what are known in the
s.ng of the newspaper fraternity as
fakes;" it must bo reliable first of all.
Neither can it violate moral decency to
any marked extent and prosper, as can
it neighbors in the great cities. lu
most communities, in New England, at
least, its constituency is largely found
in the churches, and will not tolerate
Tnlgarlty.
The country newspaper stands to
dwellers outside the large cities in the
place of a friend and regular horns
visitor, and it U essential above all
things that it maintain the good char
acter and good breeding that are re
quired of other friends, if it would
keep warm its welcome in the home
tircla.
STATISTICS OP 010 Aue.
A Aaalysls f Betarns Rm peeling ritf
Two Baalish CantraarlMi.
Prof. Murray Humphry has Jnst
brought together a remarkable book on
Old Age,'" says the Pall Mall Qautte
It Is based upon tho results of an in
quiry conducted by tho collective in
vestigation committee of tbs British
Medical association.
Jn a portion of it the analysis of the
returns respecting 62 centenarians are
Cren; of these 10 were males and 36
males. Eleven of these were single
(10 being females), 6 were married,
and 86 were widowed. Out of 60 re
turns 2 only were In affluent circum
stances, 28 were comfortable, and 19
poor; of these 9 were fat (8 being fe
males), SO were spare, and 18 of average
condition. Twenty-five were erect in
figure and S3 were bent
Ottt of 86 returns 28 used glasses, 7
did not; out of these 4 were poor, 6 had
used classes for 40 to 60 years, 6 for 80
to 86, 4 for 10 to 20, 2 for 4 to 6 years,
6 tot many years," 2 for a few years.
From among these 1 had used specta
cles tor maoy years, but for the last li
Jean bad been able to read without
aem; another bad not used them fot
IS years, another "not for many years.'
bat I can not now get them strong
non
Xatatal Ink.
There Is a plant in New Granada
known as tbe "ink plant," the juice of
whk-h serves, without any preparation.
Mink. Tho writing at first appears
rod, bat In a few hturs assumes a deep
black boo. Several sheets of maun
script, written with this natural ink,
became soaked with sea water on their
Money to Europe, but when dried
tbe writing was found te bo still per
iMtlf titer "
tlwtp Killed by Dot
A tttdrllki,(Pa.) paper
estimates
at des destroy annually In crawiora
ewnttabctp to the Talus of about
(VOi WUtUa raw tbejr Would kill to
U fttate abort POO.000 worth of eheew
STATE NEWS.
XKBHASKA.
Grand Island raised MOO for the Brad
shaw sufferers in one day.
The B.cM. bridge at Ruby was par
tially consumed by fire Sunday after
noon.
Jonathan Edwards, residing near
Weston, was struck by lightning and in
stantly killed.
A steady flow of emigrants f or the
Sioux reservation is passing through Ni
obrara daily.
It is reported that a brass band at Til
den was run out of town for playing
"Annie Laurie."
A Culberteon woman makes a living
by furnishing her neighbors with Boston
baked beans.
Kearney is preparing to entertaia the
Michigan state press association some
time in August.
An Omaha man with 8C0 in bis pocket
was arrested Sunday for stealing a dog J
collar worth 25 cen'o.
Never in the history of southern and J
eastern Dawes county have the prospects
tor crops been so alluring. '
Shepherd, the condemned murderer
of Dodge county, will secure a Btay of
execution until December.
Fire destroyed a barn at Chadron be
longing to Henry Stephens, together
with all the contents. Lo-s, tl,2U0.
The Chadron creamery is now turning
out 300 pounds of butter daily, sn in
crease of 100 pounds per day over that of
lost week.
According to the West Point Progress
there are thieves in that vicinity mean
ooough to steal How ers off the graves in
the cemetery.
Mrs. Annie Grimison, wife of Judge J.
A. Grimison of Schuyler, passed a credit
able examination Mondny and was ad
mitted to the bar.
AtSoHthSioux City tbe Missouri river
. higher than it has been since 1HS1. Os-r-ar
TebbeU ot Sioux City was drowned
while crossing in a boat.
Miss Millie Cunnell, aged ninty -seven
yoars and six months, died Sunday at
Kearney. She was supposed to be the
oldest jierson in tie state.
The Niobrara brewery is doing a land
ofllce business in original package with
the Dakota. Over one hundred and
sixty kegs were shipped last week.
The North Nebraska conference camp
meeting will open July 21 at the Christ
inn park and assembly grounds north of
Fremont and continue for ten days.
Tbe residents of Harrison smoked out
a mountain lion dcu and succeeded in
killing the she beast and nine cubs. Tho
sire was not at home and escaped death.
Tom Connelly, who recently shot a
mrn at Crawford, was heard from at
Valentine last v-ek where he chewed off
Charles Strickland's chin in a rough and
tumble fight.
Ira J. Grahnm hat commenced suit in
the district court of Otoe county against
the Missouri Pacillo Railway company
'or 85,000 daniogns sustained by a
.".rushed hand.
The seventeen-year-old son of Chris
Krenger, living between Fremont and
Arlington, who was wounded Thursday
by the accidental discharge ot his gun,
died Friday night.
A Shell Creek, Platte county, couple
who were about to be married quarreled
over the selection of the "best man" to
"stand up" with thorn, and the wedding
has been declared of.
Tho body of a woman was found Mon
day floating in the Missouri river oppo
site Brownville. The clothing was of
sn elegant texture and indicated that
the woman had been a person of refine
ment. Throe weeks ago a boy about sixteen
years old rode a horse into a livery barn
at Ashland and said be wanted to leave
it there while he veet in search of work.
Since that time nothing has been heard
of the lad.
The sheriff of Custer county is hunt
ing for Walter U. Henderson, a Middle
Loup farmer. During a quarrel Hender
son tried to trepan a noighbor named
McGriiih with a plow hammer. Mo
G roth's condition i serious.
Miss Hyla M. Davis is the first lady to
claim a bounty on n wolf scalp in Orant
county. She app tared tt Hyannis the
other day with the scalp ot a big gray
wolf whlih she had killed and secured
the reward.
Deputy Shei iff Ooodsall ot Dawes
county arrived at Chadron yesterday in
oharge of a desperado and thief named
Bingham, who has a notorious reputa
tion in northwest Nebraska. He was
captured in the mountains of Montana.
A Custer county Yankee contemplates
working a new deil to secure another
slice of Uncle Sam's domain. It is to
obtain a divorce frowt his wife and al
low her to live upon the land and after
ahe makes final proof they will be re
united. .
The people of Holdredge were recently
treated to tbe exciting spectacle of a har
ness thief pursued and caught by John
Y. Francis, and, at the point ot a revol
ver mads to deliver up a saddle and est
of harness.
The whisky trust has completed the
work of wreoklng tho Nebraska City dis
tillery and tbe machinery baa boot
shipped away. Tbe building will be re
fitted with machinery for tbe maaifao
ture of aloohol aa ooon as possible, .
While holding down aa immense jag
Jrck Darriugerof Columbus was stabbed
in the side and Joim Kaott had his
thumbs nearly cut off. Young Meager
who did the cutting is under arrest..
A case of kidnapping occurred at Wil
sonville the other day. WhileMrs. Wal
ter Cross was in a store with her aix
monthsold babe her husband approached
and asked to see tbe child. Mr. Cross
banded the baby to him, wnareupoa be
rusbed from tbe store with the child,
jumped into a buggy which he had in
waiting and drove rapidly out of town.
His whereabouts are still unknown.
KANSAS.
Chapman has closed its creamery.
Leaven worth is to have a 8000,000
hotel.
Alliance newspapers are on the in
crease. An original packng house was opened
yesterday in J m notice City.
The democratic iUU convention wiil
be held at Wichita Srp'-ejiber 9. ,
The total aeo.-tbe-! si nation of Kan
sas railroads this ir is SOT.SC'tyiST.
By the new city directory just issued
Topeka slaims a population of 38,097.
Leaveuworb has gone no fur aa to ag
itate the matter of public drinking
fountains.
Tlie next republican congressional
convention in Kansas will be held at
Emporia, Juno 24.
It is now thought that Goo:ge Pette
of Leavenworth , who was bitten by a
rattlesnake recently will recover.
The Kansas commissioners for the
world's fair ha .o received 'heir commis
sions and are now reat'y for work.
Fire destroyed the elevator at tbe
Leavenworth coal mine, entailing a loss
of 110.000.
Frank Tucker of Coyvillo committed
suicide by taking laudanum. Financial
trouble was tb cause.
The books of tbe treasurer of Summer
county fed to balance in the sum of
$1,832 21 on the wrong side.
Franklin county boasts that it has
$80,000 less ot mortgage indebtedness
than it bad two months ago.
District Judge Benson has decided
that a T o vrence ordinance prohibiting
the sale of liquor by the glass is legal
and valid. .
Work on Topeka's new mammoth roll
ing mill is progressing rapidly. When
completed it will give em ploy meat to
500 men.
The sheriff of Kiowa county has an
eye opon to the main chance. He has
started n paper of Ids own iu which to
print the sheriff's snlo notices.
There are 11,000,000 children in the
public schools of this oountry, tbe larg
est proportion of which, nccorcling to
the population, is furnished by tne
state of Kansas.
A now railroad .ir.-l a now bridge over
the Mis-iouri river .'o two objects to
ward which Nebraska City'senergy is at
present directed an.i v ith very reason
able prospect of sucwe. The board of
trade is also considering a proposition to
erect large woollen mills.
W. II. Marrow, n jcung attorney of
Auburn, was out ilJiug when his horse
became unmanageable and in attempt
ing to jump from the buggy caught his
left leg in the wheel, broaking the bones
between the ankle and the knee so bad
ly that amputation cos necessary.
Ed Purdee ot Ili-r o had nothing else
to do so he shipped ericut 4,000 bushels
of corn from that tlalion last week.
The Lawrence can clue; factory is in
full blast putting up strawberries. It
is thought 1,000,000 quarts will be
canned.
Roy Steck, of good family was arrest
ed at Olathe charged with having stole
a fine mare recently. Other arrests ure
promised.
In the trial ot a case before Justice
Ooodall at Grant Attorneys W H.Saun
ders and C. P. Logan indulged in a legal
knock down, tbe lie having been given
by Logan. The gentlemen paid a fine
and court adjourned.
One of the neatest banks in north
western Nebraska opened business at
Marsland lost week It starts out with
an authorized capital of $50,000 and $25
000 paid in. George P. Waller, of Chad
ron, Neb., ia the president and W. E.
Alexander, formerly cashier of tbe
Dawes county bank, is the cashier.
E. A. Coombs ot Geneva division No.
32, who was elected colonel of the third
dlviaidh Knights of Pythias, is perbaps
the yoangest colonel n tbe Nebraska
brigade, being twenty-seven years ot
age, but his military experience has
been a lengthy one, beginning in Ohio
as a cadet under Colonel Kilpatrickot
the regular army. He was a member ot
the Ohio National guard, and last year
held the offloe of lieutenant it. Geneva
division, doing most of lu drilling. .
The Edgar city council has decided to
grant a saloon license to J. A. Ellis in
spite of a' remonstrance, Tho remon-
strators have appealed to the district
court for an injunction restraining the
board from iesnlns such license on the
ground that tbe petition was not signed
by tho rsqatred number of free-holders
Mr. Ellis now sars it the lioswe is re-
refused be win open up a obop tor tbe
tale of liquor of all kind ia original
peonages. 1 u ,
WASHINGTON NOTES.
The New Orleans chamber of com
merce has petitioned congress for an ap
propriation of 8300,000 for tho establish
ment of a line of steamers between New
Orleans and tbe west coast of Africa.
Ex Congressman E. K. Valentine of
Nebraska, was, on Tuesday, selected by
the republican caucus for sergeant at
arms of tne senate, receiving 23 votes
on tbe second ballot to 13 for his ntU
higheet competitor. A caucus nominfr
lion is equivalent to election.
The bureaus of construction and en
gineering of the navy department bav
received bids for the new naval ves
sels. Secretary Tracy, it is understood,
ia under the impression that the figures
submitted on the armored cruisers are
excessive and a special re; ort on this
point will be made to him. It is not be
lieved that the bureaus will make any
recommendations, but will simply sub
mit compsrative figures for the secre
tary's information and guidance,
Second Assistant Postmaster general
Whitfield has received information that
the criminal action instituted under sec
tion 803, postal laws and regulations,
1887, as provided in section '.i'XA revised
statutes amended by act of August 11,
1870, against W. A. Stoddard, failing
contractor, has resulted in his convic
tion, in the United States court at Port
land, Me. This is the first case of rec
ord where a conviction has been secured
in the case of a failing contractor.
Uuuse.
The title of the silver bill has been
amended to read: "A bill directing the
purchase of silver bullion and the issue
of treasury notes thereon and for other
purposes."
Mr. Dodge ot Massachusetts offered a
resolution, which was referred to the
committee on foreign affairs, directing
the secretary of the treasury to report
to the house whether theCunard steam
ship company refused to obey orders of
United States officers and give return
passage to em'grants landed Saturday
in violation of the contract labor law.
The senate bill amending the internal
revenue laws was passed. It relates to
tlie method of battling beer.
The post office appropriation bill was
passed without opposition.
On Wednesday CLairman Cannon,
from tbe committee on appropriations
submitted to the house the sundry civil
appropriation bill. It recommends a
total appropriation of $27,820,600, being
$13,298,000 less than the regular and
special estimates aed $2,029,000 in excess
iation carried by the last
rt states that it is ap-
'bs ia largely due to fea-
porated in the lost sun-
tnong which are: Eleventh
census, $175,000; artilicial limbs for dis
abled soldiers, $270,000; homes for dis
abled volunteer Boldiers, $000,000; and to
state homes for soldiers, $100,000, and a
large number of appropriations for pub
lio buildings.
Senate,
Mr. Call offered a resolution request
ing the president to institute negotia
tions with Spain for such modifications
of the treaty with that government as
will enable American cattle to be
shipped from the United States to Cuba.
Mr Cackrell addressed the sonate in
opposition to the senate silver bill.
Mr. Vests bill entitled "to prohibit
monopoly in the transportation of cattle
to foreign countries," was taken up. No
action was taken on the bill.
On Tuesday the house silver bill was
reported to the finance committee.
Plumb's amendment to the senate sil
ver bill providing that no funds avail
able for the payment of the public debt
(including such as are kept for the re
demption of the United States notes)
shall be retained in the treasury in ex
cess of $110,000,000, was considered. The
amendment was amended by adding to
it the words, "provided, that gold and
silver coin and gold bullion in the treas
ury on which gold and silver certificates
have been issued cannot be considered
available for any purpose except the re
demption ot such certificates" and the
bill went
The comnvttee on finance reported
baok favorably, with sundry amend
ments, the house silver bill, end gave
notice that at the proper time it would
offer it as a substitute for tbe senate
bill.
The senate bill to prohibit a monopo
ly of the transportation of cattle to for
eign countries was taken up and passed.
Tho senate bill to provide for tbe in
spection of all live cattlo and beef pio
ducts intended for export to foreign
oouutries was then taken up and passed.
It requires the secreUry of agriculture
to cause to be made a cnroful inspec
tion ot all live cattle and iicef products
intended for shipment to foroign coun
tries from tbe United States with a view
to ascertain whether such cattle or beef
products are free from disease, and for
that purpose he may appoint inspectors
who shall be authorized to give an offi
cial certificate clearly stating the condi
tion in whioh tome animals and beef
products are found, and no clearance
shall be given any vessel having on
board cattle or beef produots for expor
tation to a foreign oountry unless the
owner or shipper of such oattls has a
certificate from the Inspector stating
that said cattle or beef prodmota m
sound aad Qraa from dii
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dry ciW act. a
YORK FOUNDRY
Manufacturers and Dealers in
Mill and Elevator Supplies, Engines, Boiltrs, Horse Powers, Pulleys, Shaft
ing, Belting, Store Fronts, and all Kinds of Casting. M
Oox2rea?xOxi.dLexi.oo OolloltexL.
A Ship taneb in Nebruka.
On the afternoon of June 10th the
Citizens of liealrice gathered on their
beautiful Chautauqua grounds to wit
ness a sight unique iu the history of the
prairie states, the launching of a large
oak-built steamer. After an oration,
music and the reading of a poem, the
vessel, gaily decorated with buntihg,
slid gracefully into the bosom of the
lovely Blue Biver. As she left the
shore she was Christened by Miss Minnie
McGee who broke a bottle of spring
water (instead of the conventional wine)
over her prow and named her Queen of
the Blue. The Queen is over "0 feet
long, 15 ft. beam, has two promenade
decks and will seat 150 persons. She
will be run as an excursion boat during
the Chautauqua Assembly and will be
one of the chief among the many at
tractions of that grand occasion.
An Empress In Tlie Hnrem.
The Empress Victoria Augusta had
In Turkey one experience not to be
matched in any other place in Europe.
To be received as a guest, but by men
alone; to be entertained with perfect
devotion, but exactly as if her host wa
a bachelor; to find not a single woman
on the premises in any capacity, and
then, after twenty-four hours of this
kind of life, to be taken through a side
door into a walled-up section of the
palace, and there, in the midst of wai'
Ing women innumerable, and of unsur
passed magnificence, to Iks introduced
to Madame the First Wife, Malame
the Second, Madame the Third.Madamc
the Fourth, etc., etc., must of courso
impart a slight impression o limited
hospitality to the flavor of the enter
tainment previously offered in tho halls
outside of the real household. Tbi's is
what happened to the Empress oi Ger
many. Ihe impression produced by
the passing glimpse of tho real home
of the Sullau was heightened by the
fact that in Turkey etiquette forbids
speaking to a man about his wife. The
subject is very properly tabooed. The
man who has fallen into multiple en
tanglements of the heirt does not care
to be addressed concerning them any
more than he wishes to be talked to
about any other weakness or failure of
his life.
The ladies of the harem, says a cor
respondent of the New York Tribune,
have had one revelation in this connec
tion, even more startling to them than
this opening ot tbe harem door and the
taste of its democratic life could have
been to the Empress. The rumor that
their Imperial master had taken the
Empress on his arm, and had driven
through the streets sitting by her side
in his own carriage as no one of them
could possibly do, was in itself sullici
ently amazing. But to read in all the
daily papers the account of the visit of
the Empress without her husband to
the citv, when the Turkish sailors
manned the yards of tho licet in her
honor, and when salutes were fired for
her sole benefit, was a most unexpected
disclosure of the heights of dignity to
which a woman may attain in some
parts of tho world. Not one of the
harem is known even by name to the
nation, much less honored by the na
tion, as this stranger from Germaui
has been honored.
The Other Fellow Got the Drop.
He was six feet two inches tall an
weighed 250 pounds. His tace was
purple with rage, and his breath came
in short and quick gasps. Ho walked
into the ofliee of a quiet little man on a
certain street of this city, and, with a
heavy cane uplifted, ho commenced:
D n you, I've got you uow. My
time has come, and I'm just going to
wipe up your floor with you. You are
a gentleman, sir!" he stuttered as
his eyes fell upon the self-cocking re
volver held pointed at his heart by tbe
quiet little man. "That's all I wanted
to say, sir. Goo morning, sir," and
be rushed out of the door with the
perspiration standing' in beads upon hi
forehead. Turning to the Town Talk
er, the quiet little man said: "Don't
iiay a word about this, but that man
is going to meet with a sudden death
some of these days," and he replaced
tlie weapon in his pocket. LouitviU
Cemmtrdai.
A Millionaire In a Pitiable Condition.
The men I pity most at New Tear'
time are tho millionaires, says the San
Francisco Chronicle. They balance
their books and they find that they have
not made anything like as much a
they would like to have made, however
much they have made. I don't know,
because my business does not take ms
much into the haunts of the million
aires, but I judge 1889 has not been a
good vear for them. The other day a
iend of mine went In to see a well
known real-estate owner of other peo
ple's real estate as well as his own. He
found him seated at his desk with his
bank-book before him, in a brown
studv. Ho looked pale, and hazgard,
and "ill.
"What's the matter P You don't look
well."
"Don't If Do I look bad?"
"Yos; you look bad."
Well. I trues ron'd look bad too.
If you had 6,000,000 lying idle In the
bank, not drawing a cent al In
tmt A Moase1 ferUews Trip.
Tbe other day at Jackson, Mich., a
dog chasea a mouse, and tho frighten
ed animal ran up a telegraph pole, and
then started out on a wire for the next
pole, 160 feet distant. The wire swung
gayly in the breeae, but the trembling
traveler hung on and reached the neat
station In about an hour. He descend
ed the pole, and when ho reached the
base be was so tired that ho allowed
Umealf to be picked up b a pecUtotV
I ENGINE CO.,
Railroad Haanaa Xatawav
Now and then one finds a person who
understands railroad human nature, aa
exhibited by the gatemen in the depots.
There orders are to pass no one in
without a ticket, and it is the easiest
thing in the world for them lo wave
back old age, youth, beauty, and any
body else who wants to pass in to meet
a friend expected on that train. One
of tho surliest officials I every saw has
a gate ia the L. & N. depot in Cin
cinnati, and I have seen him turn
stiffly away from desperate men, weep ing
women, and howling children. To
every protestation he had but one an
swer: "Can't pass 'thout a ticket"
The other da while I was watching
him a little blue-eyed woman came
gliding into tbe throng waiting at the
gates. Of the two tenders she selected
this one to operate on, although any
one could have seen that tbe other had
the biggest heart. After several peo
ple had been turned away she slid for
ward iu a graceful way and inquired.
"Beg pardon, sir, but am I speakiug
to the President of the road."
"N o, ma'am!" be stammered,
thrown on his beam ends by the query
"Ah! you look so much like him.
Are you the superintendent?"
"Ivo, ma'am not exactly."
"Then you must be the manager?"
"Hardly, ma'am."
"Dear me! but how could the people
be so mistaken?" she went on. "Half
a dozen of them said you were one of
the high officials, and I am so disap
pointed to find you are not. Perhaps,
though, you have tho general mana
ger's powers when he is not here."
What is it, ma'am?"
"My sister will be in on the 6:30, and
I so want to go inside the gates and
help her with tho children. As you
must have tho authority of the manager
in his absence, I make bold to"
"Certainly, ma'am; walk right la,"
he interrupted.
"You are so kind."
"Don't mention it."
"But all leading railroad men arj
ever courteous," she said as a parting
bit of taffy, and then she made a beeline
down the depot.
"We turned to look at the gateman,
and the change was surprising. 'He
had braced up until his height was in
creased by four inches, his chest was
thrown out, and he was standing as
Uitt as a crowbar while a man pound
ed him on the back and offered to lick .
the stuffing out of him if he would
come off the perch. The little woman
of all had found-his weak spot. JY. JT.
sun., ' .
The Life of a Shoot ins; fl tar.
A small body, perhaps as large as a
paving-stone or largermore often,
perhaps, not as large as a marble is
moving around the sun. Just as a
mighty planet revolves in an ellipse,
so this small object will move round
and round in an ellipse, with the sun
in the focus. There are at the present
moment inconceivable myriads of sik.h
meteors moving in this manner. They
are too small, and too distant for our
telescopes, and we can never see them
except under extraordinary circum
stances. At the time we see the me
teor it is usually moving with enor
mous velocity, so that it often traverses
a distance of more than twenty miles
in a second of time. Such a velocity is
almost impossible near the earth's sur
face, the resistance of the air would
prevent it. Aloft in the emptiness of
space there is no air to resist the me
teor. It may have been moving round
and round tho sun for thousands, per
haps for millions, of years without let
or hinderance; but the supreme mo
ment arrives, and the meteor perishes
in a streak of splendor. In the course
of its wanderings tbe body comes near
the earth, and within a few hundred
miles of the surface, of course, begins
to encounter the surface of the atmos
phere with which the eaith is inclosed.
To a body moving with the appalling
velocity of a meteor a plunge into tbe
atmosphere is usually fatal. Even
though the upper layers of the air are
excessively attenuated, yet they sud
denly check the velocity, almost as a
rifle bullet would be checked when
fired into water. As tho meteor rushes
through the atmosphere the friction of
the air warms its surface. Gradually
it becomes red hot, then white hot, and
is finally driven off into vapor with a
brilliant light, while we on the earth,
100 or 5W0 miles below, exclaim'
"Ob, look, there is a shooting starl"
Hew Fashions in Qaakertowa, t
It has been announced that the solid
wooden shutters and heavy-paneled
toors peculiar to Philadelphia are no
longer fashionable in that city. New
gbt has come to tho Inhabitants,
Great Industrial MmUbs.
The Farmer's : Alliauoo and the
Knights of Labor, are to have a grand
rally at the Beatrice Chautauqua on the
afternoon of June 28.
At 130 the eloquent Harry Tracy,
President of the Southern Farmer's
Alliance will speak, followed during the
afternoon and evening by Hon. John
II. Towers, President of the Nebraska
Farmer's Alliance, General O. D.
Weaver so popular with the Knlghtaof
Labor, and that brusque and hearty old
sea-dog Captain Trevelick. Among tho
thousand who will attend on the 13th
there are doubtless a great many, Who, If
they knew the store of rich thlngt pro
vided on other days, would pond a
longer time at the assembly. We ad
vise everyone to send for a program to
the Secretary of the Chautaoqaa, & &
Green, at Beatrice, Neb. EatM wl t
reduced on all railroads.