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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (May 26, 1892)
A Vdadioa Battler. . m queer story conies from the mount- aim up about Mineral King. If true, and no one perhaps will doubt it, it shows the existence of a remarkable musical instinct in tie make up of a reptile which is not generally given credit for possessing a single redeem ing quality. One day a party of three or four per sons left the regular camp, and went out for a climb through the canyons. Finally becoming weary they sat down to rest on a little flat, and one of them to while away the time took from his pocket a mouth orau and began play ing. He had run through one or two pieces, and started off on some oil favorites which bad a rather quick rnovemeut, when all hands were startled by hearing a sound as of some one keeping time on the bones. It seemed to b very near, and yet it was not loud enough for even a pair of wooden imitation bones, unless they were very small indeed. The music ceased, and almost instantaneously the accompaniment stopped. The boys supposed that some one fron tt.e camp had followed them and was havicja little fun, and they w alked in the direc tion from which the souud Lad eorre They found no one, and decided to try it again. After the first few notes of a lively air had been played the strange accompaniuent began azain, keeping most excellent time, and wade the mu siciau played one of the party stealthi ly made his way toward the spot where the toy bones 6eemeU to be clattering together. Glancing toward a rock just over ihe edge of the flat he saw something mov ing very rapidly, which at Crst he was unable to make out After a lew mo me.nta. however, he preceived that it was the tail of an immense raHk-snake. The tail was pointed upward a-id quiv ering and curvimr at a eieat rate. The animal was rattling off the time with wonderful correctness, making the more emphatic notes by striking his rattle against the rock. The gentlemen was paralyzed with wonder and stood with his eyes riveted on the strange Bight until the musician, becoming impatient, stopped and wanted to know what the matter was. The snake's tail dropped, ho coiled himself instantly, and as stating up his head saw the man standing near. In a moment he had uncoiled himself and glided into a hole under the rock. An exclamation from the witness of this marvel called the others up and things were hurriedly explain 1. Kvery effort was made to capture the snake. They had no means of digging alter him, even by the seduoUve.toncs of the mouth organ. It is a great misfortune that the reptile was not secured, Tulare (Cal.) liegister. Hlntorlo Expression, The mace is an emblem of authority and use in our congress as well as in the English parliament, and though it is merely a symbol it commands res pect: but it was never so insulted ni when Oliver Cromwell stalked into the English house to disperse the members and dissolve the parliament. The mace lay in its regular place, and when Cromwell saw it lie must have sneered at the petty symbol, for he called one of his soldiers and ordered, "Take away that buble." So, as the mace was carried out, the doors were locked and parliament effectually dissolved. The message of Commodore Perry is better known. The battle of Lake Erie had taken place, and tbe British fleet were defeated. Then the commo dore sent to General Harrison, grand father of the present president, bis famous dispatch, "We have met tbe enemy, and they are ours," It was but a little longer than Caesar's, "I came, I, saw, I conqured.v An English general, however, made the record for brevity when, after he had conqured the province of Scinde, in India, be sent a punning dispatch in the one word, Peccavi, which, as our young Latin students know, means, "I have Binned." Harper's Young People. IUmM ftfce War. About the middle of the Franco- Prussian war two German soldiers one named Andrew Ahrens and the other Jacobs belonging to Cora pan 2. BatUlioa 4, Raiment hi of the Ger man army of occupation, were sta tioned in a village in France along with some others, and instructed to subsist on the enemy. These two were quartered with a Frenchman and his family, whose name J. A. Kinnear, ho was made acquainted with the narrative, has forgotten. It did not take Aureus and Jacobs long to lesrn that the family that was to subsist them could scarcely Keep it self in food, for it wasn't to be had for e.tiier love or money, the contending armies having devoured everything digestible. Thesubj ct family was at first very fearful of its guests, but in comparing notes they found they bad no necessary animosity toward each other, and wouii tat le& friends it siit tat foe Si iicTet.: v.k of their aaifcras. tie-ir Frer-tfi tees vuj: i. thei decided to f-i Sua it fJt-::y. On day tiiey euw too: ""J Uden with prvti.cok Jj.-1 Uy threw into the coast iS-xt tvnfl cis trust vanished : core. T)xr uH.-n.an guests had robbed a Prnssiat prrv ion train. The art wm iii.wiUinriw but as the robbers brv pf& to the in vading army they -- i.n urwv.ii'4. and tliey carried to ti T:w.hii.ui.' house bread, hia-s, K0.ifi.fc sutish?fc, coffee and sugir sijf-x&t u. month. Though they coaii n; ni.ai each other's tongue they tin- gry and sign language went a frrit way. The Freucha.in's if wis good cuisinee and all soon ti the best of friends. The two Germans continued their raids u:.t;t they had laid in a supply of provisions sufficient for all for six montlis. None had any money, but all had plenty to eat In less than a month there came an order for a forward movement ou the part of the Germans, and hosts and guests parted with fervent protestations of undying friendship. The members of the French family had exerted them selves to the utmost to make the two Germans comfortable, and as the weather was bad Ahrens and Jacobs found tlieir wardrobe in such good con lition that they got along with com parative comrort until the end ot the war. Before leaving Ahrens made the family a present of a watch. After the war was over Ahrens, Jacobs and four companions came to this country, and they have been for considerable time and are at present working in a mill at Braddock, Pa. some days ago Ahrens happened to be at Munhall station and noticed a man approaching who appeared to be mak ing the most violent demonstrations of a friendly character. Ahrens not knowing exactly how to receive the overatures, the man began asking him if he were not a Prussian, if he had not been in the army, eta, until pretty well satislied with the result of the catechism he drew a watch out of his pockei and asked Ahrens if he had ever seen it before. Ahrens recognized it at once, and then the two men em braced as ardently as two schoolgirls after forty-eight hours' separation. The French family came to this country several years ago, and the parties have been living in sight of each other for years without knowing it Pittsburg Dispatch. The AdFu(e ef Old t u.tom.. We should like to call attention not onlv to the pictures! ness, but to the convenience ot me m during the Crst twenty-five years oi tne Sixteenth century. Many of our doctors are assuring us that an eitra-, ordinary amount of pulmonary dist a ei isdue to the fact that men are in thei habit of going about of au evening' much more lightly dressed than during' the daytime, wearing waistcoats of a, tliiner material and open in front upon the chest, precisely the part of the body which should be most protected. Now the doublet screens the chest from every wind, and can be made of the lightest material in summer and of the heaviest in winter. It is quite true that the legs were not exposed than they are at present; but at the same timo if we study miuutely the drawings and engravings of the Sixteenth century we observe that in winter men are represented as either rearing worsted stockings, gaiters, or Song boots.-London .aturday lieview. Good Roads Int-resse Land Values. In Errand the highest ambition of Kis-ww-iiT of well to do nieti is to have a i" tlje country. They don't J I:ii.ker after the city living the year i arr-nsd; indeed, they don't hanker1 siftffr it 1. except as it may be forced j upon them .n oraer mai uiey way n.c :eiu tlm.r business. But the minute the.ii buSiirffs reaches such a point as U) uflora ,'Jxm some leisure or the miiju ihy acquire sufficient means to retort. t:y seek a home in the fMEiitry sr'.i:i.l has goods roads, and these .-. -try rcaideuta are never beyond the reach of good markets and of the supplies which good markets offer. A couutry house ten miles from a market tow n, but connected with it by a good road a road good at all seasons and in all weather isn't reall so dillicult of accsss as some country houses within a mile of Norwich city limits.-Xorwieh (Conn.) Bulletin. u rddiBC Kir- I The wedding ring u. olden time u blessed and sprinkled with holy before it was used, and a special serv ice was prepared for this purpose. ' appliance of the ring varied accord- oi we ma. . adorned witn i ...I others gems, some were piam. - -were iugraved. The sernt -ill. 1 ts mouth as indicating euu. was a frequent symbol usea times, anu u ing to tlie fancy cm in. rinirs were the lowar stono OD A Deflnltlon of Poetry. Whether sung, spokon or written, poetry is still the vital form of human expression. One who essays to analyze its constituents is an explorer under taking a quest in which many hare failed. Doubtless he, too, may fail, but he sets forth in the simplicity of a trood knight, who does not fear bit fate too much, whether his desert be great or smalt. In this mood, seeking a definition of that poetic utterance which is or may become a record -a definition both de fensible and inclusive, yet compressed into a single phrase I bare put together the following statement: Poetry is rythmical imaginative language, expressing the invention, taste, thought, passion and insight of tbe human soul. Edmund C. Stead man in Century. Nearly Killed bjr BUr A four year-old son of William T. Bums, of Lancaster, is lying in a seri ous condition through an attack made on him by a rooster. Vfbile fondling a pet hen tbe rooster flew upon bim 1 nicting a number of ugly holes on hit left temple, which bled profusely. Tbe child became seriously UL and la now threntraed with blood poisoning, Cor. XMladelpUa Ledger. - tail in affection ,.. ulriv Christian i'l,r,.ls or (ides was another. ti. u-piiilifiir rimr under ii tf i"oii tallied a which was engraved the heads of the bride and bridegroom, but ainong the Christians the head of some JavorlU saint was a most favorite ornament The likeness of t Margaret, tbe protectee? of woman through tb. perils of childbirth, was frequnUy used and the motto attached to Um representation was usually "Be cf good cheer." The namn o? the wed ded pail were as a tide engraved in the ring. 'J he practice of placing mottoes upon rings was nearly universal lrss than two centuries ago says the tier's Beview, and it is strange to say that so pretty a custom should bave leii allowed to fall completely out of use. The Greeks and Ilomans engravtd mottoes on their rings such as "May you l.ve long," ' Live liappy," "I bring emA fortune to the warer." ! give tlm love pledge," The word "Bemember"' has U-en found en graved on a stone above the reproscn tationof a hand pulling the lobo of an ear. This action was a sign of fifTection, and Napoleon I., when he was in a particularly good humor with any one about him would pull bun by the ear Garfleld Killed the Rat. Rev. Mr. Wakefield, of Warren, O., has secured the house formerly occu pied by the Gar fields as a resedence. Among the numerous things therein is a bullet hole in the wainscot in the library. The story thereof is that home on a furlough Garfield was writing late at night, when he went to his wifes bedside and asked. "Crete, are you awake?" She said she was a little, and he told ber not to be frightened when she heard the report of a pistol, for he was going to lire at a confounded rat that was gnawing at the woodwork at bis feet He got the rat located by the sound, and fired through tbe board and killed it, Exchange, Invalids or All Nations. According to the clerk of the Good Samaritan dispensary is at Broome and Essex streets, New York, the polyglot character of city life is there well illus trated. His tasks is to assign hundreds of patients to tbe various departments of the dispensary. Many of the patients baring been treated often before, know that it is their first duty to sit on the benches and await their turn. But scores do not know so much, and when the ignorant ones come, crowding to the busy clcr k's desk, be simply repeats "Sit down" in all the languages at his command. If English has no effect German is pretty sure to thin the tanks of applicants, and after that Polish and Russian usually suffice. Water a fifty Cento a Drink in Maine, A Lewistown gentleman driving in the country found the watering places by the roadside dry as herring bones, .teeing a farmer in a yard by the road side he drove up to the door and asked for water for his horse. The man looked at him interrogatively and said: "Water I should say not. I shouldn't agree to give your horse what water he j might want under half a dollar. It's worth that." The Lewistown gentleman paid it and the horse was watered, and the farmer said in explanation that all the water they had was brought a long distance laborously, by hand, and 'hat it cost nearly that amount in tiio.iiard work to get it. Water at fifty cents a bucket in Maine is a novelty. Lewistown Journal. A Queer Silver Wedding Performance. Thursday was the twenty-fifth anni versary of an Augusta couple's marriage, On that morning the husband, upon awakening, asked his wife how they should celebrate their silver wedding. The wife did not suggest any particular observance of the day. The husband then said: 'Shall we remarry or separate." The wife said it was immaterial to her either way, and what suited him would satisfy her. He then seid he would just as leave part as not The wife acquiesed, and she packed up tier trappings and left the house, and they have remained apart ever since, and neither have sought the other or pro posed reunion or any other sort of celebration. A gusta News. Two Tear Between Meals. Two years ago Mrs. Adam Wucber of Whitehall, ate her last hearty meal Then she rapidly lost all desire for food and finally she could not eat a morsel. For more than a year she has fasted, not being able to eat at alL Hers to the most wonderful case of the kind fbyslcUnt bare any record of, she Is gvewlng weaker. -Cor. miadelphla Beeord. Swell thieves. The other evening two dapper dudes" walked into the writing room of a fashionable up town hotel, which itisjusbnow the fad to review, and looking around to see "who wasn't looking," they deliberately pocketed all the stationery there was in sight. Surreptitiously taking handsome paper embossed with the silver crest of a famous house may not be manly, but it is fine to use to impress friends out of town that their relative! and acquaintances are magnates living in iwelldom. There are pennies saved, too by stealing note paper from a swell hotel that might bay an extra package of cigarettses. A Mirror In Your CJIove. Without merely desiring to remind herself of her good looks, a woman has often need of as much looking-glas3 as she can see her face in. In the street, It a ball, at a theater. In the shops, all sorts of little disar rangements may occur, and to set them right with a mirror is an absolute necessity. The very handiest form of portable mirrors is the new "mirror. glore." A little flap is buttoned into tbe palm of the glore; When it is let down a small circular mirror is dis closed. A Wedding en Wheels. in oraer to assist George J. Defjv and Miss Mary Ellen Wmptou to be married and catch the Victoria boat Justice Sharp this morning made them man and wife In back while the horses were being driven at a rapid pace to si. . a m . . uw iiwi. a minuter refused to marry the coaple, and only ten min nu remainon neiore we departure of the beat when the lattice was found.- SspphlreA, One famous sapphire was found in Bengal by a poor man who sold wooden spoons. .U was taken to Europe and bouehtbv the house oi Kaspoli. at Borne. Later it became the property of a German prince, who sold it tc i'trret, a 1'arisian jeweler, for l31,t;2U. It was absolutely without a blemish and meiglied 1:M carats. This stone eventually found its way into the Museum of .Natural History at Paris. A beautilul star sapphire is owned in New York, and two mag nificent specimens of this jewel in possession of Burdett-Coutess are val ued at Si:!tl,iXl. Another in the col lection of Mr. Hope is called the 'Marvelous .Sapphire," being blue by daylight and amethystine by night Among ths crown jewels of IJussia is a magnificent sappire representing a female figure enveloped in drapery. The stone represents two tints, a c'tr cumstance or which the artist has skillfully taken advantage to make the woman dark and the di apery light The most remarkable stone of this kind is an engraved sapphire repre senting a profile of a young Hercules, executed by Cnelui. It is in the Strozzi cabinet at Rome. Jeweler's Review. The Kecord of Ihe l-'alr Typewriter, One evening recently Mi83 Katherine V. Curry, of Syracuse, beat the record for fast typewriting making 182 perfect words in a minute. Miss Curry has been operating a typewriter for five years, l ast summer she comnieucedto try speed work, and the other night succeeded in breaking the world's record. The highest sworn speed heretofore lias been 172 words per minute. At the first trial Miss Curry wrote 172 words, but some of them were not quite perfect Then she tried to get ISO words iu a minute. The first trial showed 176 words, with but one imperfect one among them. The second trial showed the requisite number, but with some imperfections The third trial, however she managed to get 180 perfect words on the paper inside of sixty seconds. Then she attempted to beat her own record, and on the third trial made the unprece dented speed of 182 perfect words in a minute. The speed was sworn by the judges and timekeepers.-Utica (X. V.j Observer. A Telephone Marvel. An interesting and amusing instance of the efficacy of the London.l'i.ri telephone occurtd the other day which is worth recording. Tbe Salvation Army band were marching from the Roynl fcxehage playing the "Alarseil- laise," when an Idea struck the men present in the telephone room. The windows and doors were all thrown open and the attendant at the Taris end was asked if he could here any- ...-.B. .tnF.j,,,,D i rencnj was Immediate, "Yes, I can hear a band playing the' Marseillaise," That a band of music playing in the streets of London could be plainly distinguished In Paris Is, we think, a sufficiently striking marvel of the nineteenth century science. A Maiden Woiiiim'i Itogret I would nert-r Lave Un an old Baid," said a lady oi nown as much twenty years azo i now now. When I was at a marng- ible time of llle I liearu moiu unhappy couplas that I was afraid to become a wile. i.ut i around in later times and havecuangeu u.rnd on the sjbject. Last year 1 toon 4 in. a list of twenty wives or my ac quaintance whom I had known before Urir wedlock, anu 10 wnoiu i .-y lK)ut their exi.eriei.ee in life, 1 found hat fifteen of the twenty were happily lamed, that four of them got along ilerably well with their hiisbanii. and ,at only one of thelil bewailed her matrimonial lot I hfttn nappy wives are amiable women, fond of their hildren and helpful to their husbands . . il f .... Aliout the unhappy one oi meui i nii only say that she is a grumbler mar ried V) a growler, and would be uiihap- y any! ovv, and as to the other four tlie ault is not all on one side, I suspect that tlie twenty married women 1 have ooken of are fair ntK-cimens of wives ' . . . .. I -...,! .. n general, insi " "J r x ricm e that it is marriage that makes fe worth living. As I myself am the .ul of amiability, I believe that I would have made a liappy marriage if I had not been frightened by the stories that 1 heard twenty years ago. --New York Sun. How rooplo Say Jool-IIy. When I'm on the road," said a trav. ding man at the Sherman house, "I make a study of the different manners in which different people bid their friends good-by. A business mail comes on the car with Ins wife, gets a scat for her, puis her bundles in the rack, presses her hand, and perchance gives her a matter of a fact kiss and is gone, and the whole has been done so quietly that no one ha taken any no tice of it. A voimg lady accompanies her young lady fiieiid to the train. A fter going from one end of th car to other and back again they find a wat that will answer. The young lady is going up the road ten miles and will lie gone till the next day. "Well, good-by Lil,' says one. 'I do hnte to say good- bysays the other. '1 wish you were going with me,' "Oh, so do 1.' 'Well, good by.' 'Good-by.' Then they kiss. 'Hope you'll have a nice trip.' "So do I.' '1 shall lie lone some till you come back.' '( ih, pdiaw!" What's wrong, deor'?" '1 forgot the novel I was going to read on the train.' 'Too bad, but you ran get another. Quia j What a pretty dress that lady , at the CV(J Freak rw,ue" i"rswfi. usual tuiiglntwri anU-quary, xt i freshman ntcoUA for tl.ia J7 " '"T, ureal! dij the Lord's praver Hie great once stomal ... .. ... .in, fc. from a defeat of,,. himself rer.,r,Ua. i 1 . .."" I. tlil lllaff sfl i " " '"""IKtlH lion to two other rJ" went to hear at diff.. ilia same day. ' preacher Mopm' iV Merman uii.i .. ... nils llr..i n.o . -""! c was, Iigeiiiously. "Friends," said he to say that a 1M.rijn recoiu mended ty prayers." He inent himself knees, and before he J coverea the thread i u-lii.,!. I.A A........ . i memory u-ing penti in is. New York' SiiialieJ A park policeman rJ mat me winter LasLiiJ fllA l.T.....u ..f I.:. 1 , - , ., howling wind and tl J lie said, "have no term, tursoine small boy. , kinds of weather, , i-onwiig oi ice w-gui ,J lake he wants to test t across the iawo, cIiilU.- to no end of mischief t course we are consUr.'-'j out to prevent the lo anu rroui coming Uijr;j pranks, but they arc vji foot, and can usuallj y.J They are like loousu Tn over tlie park at utiwi&i cliiet as easily as tLey trf other day a little chap n wandering around Uu at the managerie and m ball bat to Tip, the ckpiiJ a imicy iu ii, aim u u three hours getting it m He narrowly escaped ia at that." New Yorkxa I Cuttlne .' With Shears. A sheet orglassa window.nann for example-can be cut as easily as a sheet of card board. The secret con siU in keaplog the glM, the shears and the hands under water during the operation. The glass can be cut in straight or curved lines without a break or crack. Tl.is is because lil watei deadens tlie ribratlons of m shears and the vlaa. part of the shears comes' out of th C4lenteurt-inuill.ur, IZTZ ' ,u - - -.- vweo. end of the car has.' 'I think the striX is too narrow.' 'Well, I guess the train is starting, so good-by.' Another kiss. 'iiooU'by. Ana thus they go. on us long as the train will wait for tiiem. "Then there is the lovers' good-by it is very different from any other. In many goou tiys there is much more said than is meant, but the lovers mean much more than they gay. Tlie sly look that (lashes from eye to eye has whole world of meaning iu it for them. And the good by clasp of tlieir hands telegraphs whole volumes of affection from heart to heart And when they kiss well, there isn't a person in the car but would like to steal a taate of tlieir bliss. And sometimes there are amusing things occur in the hurry at tending the good-by salutations. A train 1 was on stopped at an Iowa town one day and an honest country couple entered the ear. Tlieir apiicar ance and manner indicated that they were unaccustomed to traveling. "The wife was provided with a seat, aim me uusnanu, who was to be left alone, went outside and talked through the open window to her. She was civ- ing him detailed instructions how to look after the household during her ab neuL-o. i ne engine began blow nir off steam and it was necesssary for her to speak very loud to make her husband here. The noise suddenly ceased just when alio was In the middle of one of her sentences, but she did not seem to be aware of it, and the passengers all smiled as she shouted on the still air, "And don't forget to change ' our un der clothes every Sonday." ' I don't know of anything more mixed with tears and smiles than are tlie jrood-bys spoken at the railway stations." Chi cago Herald. Henry Clay's DaiiirliterN. Says a gossiper In the Cincinnati Times Star: "Henry Clay has a daugh ter buried at Lebanon, Ohio. She died while Henry Clay and his family were on his way to Washington by stage coach many years ago. She was a girl twelve years of age and her loss was a fad blow to her father, who at the time was so pressed with business tares that he was compelled to bury the body and go on to Washington, intending tome day to return aud move it to Lexington Ky., Uiithe never did so, and the grave may yet be seen in the old buria ground, surrounded by a wire fence The tombstone is one of tlie Hat tablet style and relic hunters have so marred It that it now presents a dilapidated appearance. To such an extent was this spirit of relic-seeking carried on that the graveyard authorities at last set posts every two feet apart around the grave and wrapped them around with wire strands to the extent of twenty or more, so that it was almost impossible for anybody to elimb oror and chip off a piece of ihe gravestone. As the old burial ground is being rapid" J abandoned It Is only a question . f a few rear. until Henry Cla,'. daugbtw Will Mthe i only occupant" - - Old Shoes ofDri In Dresden therthsaJ a number of IjohU,sb once worn by eninTon ii and princes, which s!rjee interest to relic huntet v!i5TrT A citizen u! V.m &ait lectors. to have iu his posses g,- : sandal which were itiUJr""' Klizalwth nire Uii ' The shoe is iu tmmder:' ervation. Amwi3 a weakness lor rojaltjit to learn that from tl$ one of our prinrow b' robe a couple ot pan"" ..t flret-s and n.ailu.r morocco 1 Chambers Jovial Spoiled the M A murderous nH t... r.U lit Jacobs U"1 There was Hspriiikli"!! ever, through the third 'J ir flint Ret tW "T. . The hero Of the pUJ m to the soubrette bow M bovs had been down alb "shoeing" gw-se, "ec,i joke in explaining ho1) ered round .1 pool f forge, and how the selves by shaking u bmit.iiiff "Shoo, shoo- boys caught on at once, Hia villain unfolded oK'i mi the lives of tln ine the "gods" cornt out with their "slioos- It was at a very sen the performance- 1 nrotected heiress w ' en by the unscrupuM The sea rolled heavily '4 raged fiercely; while tM awaited execution. she'll never see him M1 u ill.ln arm's reach ' H I n l.i.wxiu knife in IIVIU M stwm j , In a moment ho would Pj i. .-I- i. Hip (rttfn ner uvju j , wni. liairatilndincr tOIICS ,r "angels" cime, "Slwo, rapid succession. TK na-ful KCClie f1 ,:n..i.. i,.mnul three le" llllUlll ju.n'v- . fnrernt 1.1s lineS. '"I! lienu If and looked W derer straight in t't at tlio thnilffht Of ""Z-Jf course didn't see l'in' act of providence to iroiu inn iivi eifectoi lllCieim- trie wire, every H went out lnsiai- righted afUr a time-' gram. pi.T.th.p.-''": 11 IS liov iir - not more than W JA their pianos stay they say, ".r7 flnm-rs are too Uut poP ",h0 E! street house, music from a I''" U Matilda Sewell, ' 'kif. ohLpU,. wHM agtrt.-Kenn-'
