Mr
mr4 n Ny -ever k.mmt,WA-i
.W"t-iel
Weak
Indica'e. as surely as any jii.jiit.-il
ryinptoni show-" anything, that the or
.ii.n and t!-u.- of tin- body a if not
Ht!-(ieil with their lloU Ishiuelit.
1 iiry draw t)nir enance Iron,
the biood, and ll the I '"Oil ' thin, im
pure or insutli 'ie it. i ev are in a state
of r oil. I ht-lr complaints arc mad.
to the brum. me k: i of the body,
tlirmiiii til iiervou-. -.istem, an 1 tie
rfiiilt o( ilie gru-ttl i s-; it's act iii m
ulta' we call Nei voti-me-i
Tim l" a cotin-i-, nMtiiab expla
nation ol 'In who.e matter
The ouie lor Xer. nntif i, then, in
(tin p. c 1'unly and : i r . c ! i your t),ioi
hv .Hknii; Hood ,u!t .p ir..i i, .'iie. 'he
iiervn, tiitnUf ant "rgans will have
ttii b'-ii.tlittil i our :-( input tlcy crave.
Nei v msnes and W akne:ii will turn
fit ay to strength an 1 health,
'lb t tins is not theory but fact is
pr veil by the voluntary eta'cme nts of
thousands cured by Hood's Sarsip
Tilla. Head the next column.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Is the Only
True Blood Purifier
I.euctll of til !jr.
The division of the meai 'y into 21
hours of ft) minutes each oi urinated
with the Kiryptlans, tlieu passed to
liativlon and (ireece. Why divided into
H nmtfrid of .some other number of
hours. It i impossible to say. The Chi
nese and a few other oriental nations
reckon but 12 hours to the day and
OiRiit evi lently making the whole to
correspond with the apparent passage
of t lie sun over one of the zodiacal
llffHS.
In 9mt fc'W li wki gn I' M t f t,,r itrr Iap0r1t lA.
4UI hai.4 :.n I f '! fiw'l eultcf u. ,fti4Kl i
$10 -$40
ltt wk w u t -ii ti (-r -.f e''i'i'"s 1 1 milt-
p rMfiUIl fjU m Nul "s-k i Will ri i yf.a
id mmiiin f t"o rfrrn' . lrsj.(i-. rirro.( illu - ,
on A r.i.n hu tjl-1 4'" I Ib tiihttW-JuiiM-ri The
k f iji witii i- l"if' tlifl brt pt.n ( nvU
hiiej win I t ti rft irn nai l.it tr.ii fr luff i
4filr1 -A nrt tt.- K (rdi .;!.; thM vf Ulfc . y-.
( . latVtmiaKj ttlil, -hf lVC, ( ll.fl Ul,f.fli"f ut
f JH otiU if r i"n Thit i ot,tr ti.n id Jo
a-( tt rift f iv u.tn . wnr
Th Arm t r i tF.(,-n ir'.u tti tutd.p fnnniiily
h.nui.iti'lif rwih fc" t.T,f r.rv f.if
t,i" m,.-'. .rtv t F. mi tr r. IT t- rt'l TMtT
THK 4kifiii( 11 fiH Tift IPiH lfi
nr uni'H.i.m 10 Mi iih j-kkj- oh uh-uki
ht t 4 ioir( f n -ciHi haik hh tiiini Kifi
IMHt ll" 4l. r4MT 1(1 VI t tt k I Oll'l I C. HttS,
mv'R n Tiur wv Tin (n in .t 4 in him
niHriK HI OMlJUlli II AttHLllh I f'pl
aurf i ntto'tawf t,hi4y wi.wkuty ti.wir -.
dmM m rj.ra. , i " ' '-W';sii
n.t i ii.r, tlMi f.- V-jUml ','i'"ri
cntno w ....4 t H it rytVT '.' it
fim 'rtJwn tb; tr.y " " rcl.it
iM-.-ot '. .11 B-. p. t W fi.f ', p- o .f U
ear. rjal'.r. U, WM.Ajfk ' I f ''"
in-f..-., ,,r -tein ri.Mn i i l-.n ftiut t -rsli. th i
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f Hi' i.t i ? H i , ridt ti'i I 't . ' - V
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TI TM .. l) H( t -PS J I t AitlUt I'.ISfH
TNf I'fH IKt (V KIttI JM! T II Mi RUT "M lf
iOt)H ft t 441 f.' l
RII IKS UHI ft IM
ftr iiMby 11.' Iff
.! r f !). :fci-l
i'lf(h'l.l tltv h a"t f
w ft, An o )" it
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Oiir trne Ibl 1..IJ (( Hfiis t n rvi 'I.Ii
nnft-1 " itn n!r -i !r ! I s,-.t ,!' . f. t., win 1.
V4Ml,of tiii ti. n . ! lily of f'i'l Ifi'f f-f ' 'if r,M l &
rtvMr, nil i r-f.wri Aofmoior Co..
mi SHORT L!N
TO
J. FRANCIS, Gen'l Pass'r Agent, OMAHA, NEB.
W.L. Douclas
S3 SHOE riT FOR A KINO.
3. CORDOVAN,
rRENCh4.lNSLU.L0 CULT.
S.SOFlNECALf iKANGABCa
3.op POLICE, 3 SOLES.
eo2. WORKING!,;
" -f KTUA TINE- 4-
2.l7-BB3VSSCHDOLSH0i
LADIES'
tno run catai acuc
wi.-oouc.uAa-
BXOCKTOH.-VAIjJJ.
Uvr One M.'llloo feof le ui the
W. L.Doug'as$3&$4Shoe5
All our shoes are equally satisfactory
Tkcy five the beet value lor the money.
Tbty equal cuatoae Ihoee In ityle end (It.
Th)lr wearing qiialltlee are unurnecl.
The prlcee are unlliirm, atimnrd n eole.
From ft to eevnl vn thr miikee.
II your denier cjtntiot upply you vecua.
ln Bt. Joieph ni Grand Island B. R
SHORTEST and QUICKEST LINE
TO ALL rut MTU
NORTH
WEST ?S?i' EAST
SOUTH
4B4laM(ir.M-n:nn Pflftifili CfcCtPm
HUB Will tne UIIIUII ' UVIIIH Vltfivill
-ie thi roiT eutii-
ToCelitornle, Orenti nl ell Wtrn Polnti.
tn ltilorietlon rfardijf reteti, eut., cell oa
e olilren enr (teiil ur S M AoeiT,
i H. P. Roemeoii. It , Oen. ,i Aft.
(Mb'I Menener, H. Joeepb, Mo.
a auar far our ennonni-rinaiil In VCVT
LLmA ku It wlllrhow a iml PgfiAl or
Iwie ot tkle
i ivior
CiVIS SEPARATORS
IT Tl- k.b MfMl an alvt, ilauiia about there
-y- " ... ..j f.HMklaa
rlaar aklaaa
tW aeaara wma
lAVII RANKIP BtLDQ. MHO WrU. Wa
oeejo.
II, H. U. M. M"I4.
lerk, Meb
majBN WRITIMii TO ADVKKTINKIU
Vf aleeM ear r eteaaat
Mm
IMerves
, -V. itn ; :. :n- I wiil i-iate that Jlood
Sit'-aiMr.":. I. a- hi-':n-l no w .nali rhiliy.
1 ir - i - . . .1,. .,i!, 4 ., not Ic- ll' t ii to
-: - ' 'i t cil iii-art tro-ink- alul al.-o
; ProtratiOii of the Nerves.
tr-.r -i v. an I U il hn-ii d a-ioring. but
cuid (to! g I ,:,, I rii i ! vi- 1 rei';. t for a
'tU ' 1 1 i ii i ri i ! t . Sion utter h-.'(i:t.u-
! im I!o... . S ii nriilu lb. -re
t -bati 'or 'h better. In short
mi. I -, - I h-,g .eti'li.!!y. 1 tio rwt
'w : ,v ,iii ,',!.. i ,io (.rk 'it whatever
:.-,! ; I t, i I not tr.ed Hoo.!V Miiai.-
t :: t fl" i.oi know !.' nil 1 have be-
.i. i i.-. I l;i" (i it in my hmi-e all the
1 1 Hi i 'li.-r n:t in'iern ul the I'amiiy
t:i'...- it an ! all -ay i here is
N'o'.hing Like Hood's
i
i - j-.i.jr i'a I liave highly r-e' muneiieib-il
i it ati.t utie ! my iieihnom bus comim-iired
i tak.iiir :t. I r-'foinmentl Hood 8viirapa
' nllj at every oi.ort unity." M i:n. H.
iimlilei' K til Kritf Ave., W i 1 1 ia til sport,
I i'fri-; :v it.n. He sure to get
Mttiiite tV incler of Nature.
The liber of the coarsest wool is about;
he live hurnlretu part of an inch in
;auieter.
Human hair varies In thickness from
' ie two hundred and fiftieth to the six
i.iindrelh yart of an inch.
The thread of silk spun by the com
mon silk worm is only the fifteen bun
itreth part of an inch in thickness,
I.eiie.nheck and Humboldt both say
that a sint'le pound of the liuest spider
webs would reach around the world.
KNOWLEDGE
Bririff-t coin fort mid impnJvoment nnd
tri'ls h jitrvitial cpjuymeiil when
right! v ukciI. The many, who live bet
ter ll.an it!ier and !., iy 'if'.' ne.re, with
cxjieinliliire, by nioro promptly
Kdnptimr the vorld'it be-t pniliitt.- to
th;''ll. f-i. of !i!iy:i :il beinj;;, will atttvt
the value to licallh of tlie'p"'e. lili'l
laxative principle! nnbiacc-d in the
remedy, yrup of rip.
iLt excel Icnee in due to its jtrri-r titin
in tint form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the tasU', the n:frefliiiijiMiil truly
beneficial projterties of a jH'rfect laxative-
eirectually clcnn.-iiip ti e cytcnt,
,' u i .- : . . .,! I....,.-.
(llllHJIIirijr ftunH, rieauiieuea nun n e ia i
and permanently curing contipation. 1 1
It bat triven maii-fat'tiim to millions and ;
met with the approval of the medical'
prof'-fiion, l-cau-e It acts on the Kill
nev,, Liver ami hovels without wcak
enliifr them and it i perfectly free from
every t.bjeetintiablc aiibstrincfj.
Hyrup ef Kitri ii Tor nlc by all drtiR
eU in 00c ami $1 bottlei.but it in man
ufactured by the California Fig fyrup
(Jo. only, whtwe name if printed on every
jmokiiire., y the name, Syrup of Fir,
and lM-itt well informed, you will not
accent anv pubMitutc if oilered.
Beecham's pills arc for bil
iousness, sick headache, diz
ziness, dyspepsia, bad taste
in the mouth, heartburn, tor
pid liver, foul breath, sallow
i i i
skin, coated tongue, pimples,
loss of appetite, etc., when
caused by constipation; and
constipation is the most fre
quent cause of all of them.
One of the moot important things for
everybody to learn is tbat constipation
causes more then half the aickoesa in the
world, especially of women; and itcanall
be prevented. Goby tne book , free at your
druggist s.or write n.r .Aiiento.,.vauul
St., New York, rills, lo and a box.'
A nioia I b!ir mura tlvin 6.W0 tX() bomr.
WALTER BAKER & CO.
The Utrgert Manufacture of
PURE, HICH CRADC
COCOAS AND CHOCOLATES
Oa tiita CoatitMat, bar i-mcWsA
HIGHE8T AWARD8
from tkm fruit
ul and Fi
EXPOSITIONS
.In Europe and America.
t'-l.iieha. Ilutnti Hreteeia MA A lkaV
lllworf.il.fr (.wn.fUIyp.r
.A In ar, tit Ihflf IreitM"'II.
pmr ud u1ubK utti rau than mm owl a ciup,
OLD Y 0OCe"tVKRYWMlRl.
WALTER BAKU COTdORCHCSTER, MASS.
Ely's Cream Balm
WII.I, Cl'RK
Catarrh
"prt!MrctlT1
1
1 (LXfcL
Mi
.KlKA.SKACCL(iUr:SSi
DOINGS IN EOTH SENATE AND
HOUsE.
t'rlilMjr.
Senate. The (enat pained Jenkins'
amended t lira ret te bill, and in com
mittee of the w hole eoii-idered bills re
ported by the fiftinj; C unniittee, includ
ing the Omaha hre and pulice com-rnii-Hion
bill, the litjuor notice bill,
which was killed, ana corrected ant-rror
in Wrij.'ht'f insurance act.
The Senate then adjourned until 2 p.
in. Monday.
Hoi hi:. The house parsed the con
ference committee relief bill, canniderel
the ne depository law and the banking
bill in commit U-e of the whole, repfirt
ineonboth favorably, and adjourned
until 2 p. in. Monday.
Thin clones the sixty days' time for
which representatives draw pay.
M uuday.
Two mighty strides toward final ad
journment were taken by the legisla
ture yesterday when the house accepted
the chicory amendment to the sugar
bounty bill and the senate practically
disposed of the Omaha lire and police
commission bill by considering it in
committee of the wholii and advancing
it to a third reading. The bounty bill
is to be pre He n ted to Governor Holcomb
today, snd the tire and police measure
is to tie burned through as fast as possi
ble, so that in cast! either id vetoed be
fore the expiration of five days' time it
may be passed over tlieeovernor'shead.
Sk.natk Senate file No. NO, by Stue
fer, perinittinn a county judge to grant
authority to executors or administrators
ol e-tates and guardians to mortgage
real estate, was read the third time and
passed.
Halm's bill, senate iile No. 101, au
thorizing the listing of adjoining tracts
owned by one person as one tract for
assessment purposes, was passed.
Senate tile No. 310, by Mc Kes-on, pro
viding for incorporation of guarantee
companies, anil for the approval of such
corporations as sureties for public ofli
cia's, was parsed.
Wright's insurance bill, No. OS, agen
eral law goveri.ing life insurance com
panies and taxing foriiizn companies 1
per cent ot wih premium), came up
for passage. A eill nl the bonne, brought
in i ' -v 1 iKi't-s and the roll was
i '.! of il.iil voted against
ii t; i ie tiflieveii it
i- se il does not re-
,r, ',, ,r to turn over U
In- e, ved under the bill.
He in ', or because of the
power conte red on per-onH to examine
insurance companies and to send for
jierMins and papers.
The bill passed by a vote of 10 to 8.
I'tiewiliiy.
The senate ye-tcnlay passeil the fire
and police comiuiMMon bill, the measure
Hjiproprialihg S7.'!,tX)0 to complete the
university library building, approved
the anti-bueket shop measure, killed a
pop water bounty bill, ami left Mc
Kesson's lull for the purchase of a peni
tentiary f:ir,n banging in the balance.
In the house the entire day wan con
sumed with bills on third reading anil
final pas.sce The water rights irriga
tion bill uassei. with the emergency
clause. The two principal bills killed
were the ones submitting a constitu
tional amendment reipiiriinr an educa
tional itialilh:ation for voters, and the
bill allowing county boards to issue
bonds for jails without a vote of the
people.
, Yesterday was an eventful tlay in the
bi'tory of the legislature. Five bills
were sent to Governor ilolcoinb, com
prising the sugar and chicory lioiiiity
bill, the Omaha fire and police commis
sion bill the university library building
appropriation, bouse roll No. 5;U, ap
propriating M0,(K)O to pay legislative
expenses, and bouse roll No. ltd, relat
ing to payments on state land, sold or
leased. A sixth bill, senate file No.
33"), by Sloan, authorizing the secretary
of state instead of the governor to de
signate newspapers which shall publish
constitutional amendments prior to
election, was passed by the house
signed by the proper officers and is now
ready to be taken to the governor.
I This piling up of responsibility upon
the governor was not without some re
turn on bis part. Ho approved house
roll No. 332, the act providing for organ
ization of irrigation districts and the
voting of bonds to pay cost of construct
ing irrigation works or to bo used in
purchasing works already constructed.
This is one of the big irrigation bills
formulated by Senator Akers and other
prominent irrigationis's of Nebraska.
It was Introduced by Representative
Myers, while Senator Akers introduced
a similar one in the senate. The gov
ernor also approved senate file No. 1, by
Watson, correcting a former act under
which cities of less than $'.'5,000 inhabi
tants were organized, the act having
been declared unconstitutional by the
supreme court.
Wedneerine'.
8knate The judicial apportionment
bill, senate file No. 184, by Hitchcock,
was passed by a vole of 24 to 4. The
bill apportion the state into judicial
districts as follows, changes being made
in the First, Eighth, Ninth and Fif
teenth districts:
First judicial district Richarson,
Nemaha, Johnson and Pawnee counties.
Second Otoe and Cam.
Third Lancaster.
Fourth Douglaa, Sarpy, Washington
and Burt.
Fifth Saandera, Seward, Butler,
York, Hamilton d Polk.
8ith-Dode, Oolf, Platte, Mer
rick and Nanoe.
re e.uii --il.ne, J-'iiimoie, 'lhayer,
Nut koilsand Cay.
higbtb Wayne, Knox. I rixon, Dakota.,
Cedar a id Thurston.
Ninth Cumin.', Madisnu, Antelope,
Pierce and Stanton.
Tenth A'Jnuis, Webster, Kt-arney,
-ranklin, Harlan and l'in lps.
Eleventh Boone. Hail, Whieb-r,
Greeley, Garfield, botip, Yaliev, How
ard, l;laine, Thomat, lluokir and
(jtant.
Twelfth Buffalo, Daw ton, Custer
ami Sherman.
Thirteenth Lincoln, logan, Keith,
Clieyene, Heuel, Scott's JJluff, Kinm
ball, P.hi lie ', Mi 1'hersori, Arthur and
IVilias.
Fourteenth ( iosper, Furnas, Frontier,
Red Willi-, Hayes, Hitchcock, Chase
and liiindy.
Filteenth Holt, Hock, I'.rown, Keya
Paha, Cherry, Sheridan, Dawes, Sioux,
Ilox Butte, Boyd and the unorganized
territory.
Sixteenth Gate and Jefferson.
It also passed senate Iile No. 34, per
mitting electors of counties to vote on
the proportion of having three or five
commissioners; and considered the
salary appropriation bill, adding to it
items aggregating $17,300, not includ
ing the salary of a secretary for the pro
posed bureau of immigration.
Hockk. The house passed the con
stitutional amendments, killed the
plumbers bill ami approved the bill au
thorizing townships and cities to vote
bonds in aid of sugar factories. Chicory
factories were also included after a
spirited debate.
Tliurailay.
S k.n' ate The senate buried the stock
yards bills, had considerable fun over
the removal of the state capital, and
witnessed a personal ei. counter between
Senator Stewart of Dawes and Serjeant-at-Arms
Stewart.
The following bills were passed:
Senate Iile No. 44, by Graham, forthe
keeping of an incumbrance book in the
ollice of the clerk of the district court
ami to require the entry therein by the
sheriff of each levy of afachment or
Fubitquent vendees or iiiciinbranee.
Senate file No. 3ii, by B essler, giving
tlistrict courts original jurisdiction to
bear and determine impeachment
charges againfl', county, precinct and
township ollicers.
senate file No. 58, by McKeeby, to
validate conveyances of real estate made
by corpotations without the corporate
seal.
Senate file No. 3'iti, by I'ope, authoriz
ing county boards to tend children con
fined in poor houses to public schools,
and to pay proportionate cost, of text
Isioks, fuel and teachers' wages.
Senate file No. 131, by Sloan, permit
ting cities of less than fi.O'JO inhabitants
to contract for gas or electric linht for a
term of not longer than six years and to
levy a lax not exceeding mills.
Hoi.sk: The joint committee on final
adjournment reported that the com
mittee had agreed upon Friday noon,
the 6th, as the time for final adjourn
merit, and the report was adopted by a
vote of 42 to 33.
The hiiuso put in the entire morning
hours in considering the bill for the per
manent location of the state fair it Lin
coln, defeating the measure.
House roil 500, by Jenness of Douglas,
a bid providing tor a method of divid
ing counties as already organized, was
read a third time and passed yeas Ofi,
nayH 2.
House roll 602, by Harris of Keith,
defining what sha'l be required of a
newspaper in order for it to tie a uctlium
tor legal advertiiemi nts, w as read a
third time and passed yeas 07, nays IS.
The Omaha charter bill w.is then put
on third reading and final passage. So
many members l.at strolled out during
the lung reading that on roll call only
twenty-seven votes were secured and
the Douglas delegation at once demand
ed a call of the house. After the call
was raised the bill received fifty-Ave
votes, not sufficient to carry the emer
gency clause. It was then passed w ith
out the emergency clause 56 yeas, 28
nays.
What People Write For.
Mr. Fronde, In one of our earliest
talks, said:
"And why do you want to mrxltllo
with biography? Why can't you be
content to write three-volume novels?"'
"I have no Invention," said I.
"Then I suppose yon en n't write that
sort of 'rot' out of which Ritler Hag
gard and Rnch men make their thou
sands?" "I am not clover enough for that," I
replied.
"That answer Is disingenuous," he
said.
"Well," said I, "1 don't want to write
those books."
"That's better," said Fronde, and
turned away. Bit afterward he ro
ne wed the subject, and said: "I am
glad you don't come to me saying that
you think you have a mlnslon of nny
kind, or want to remove vell from
the ey-s of ralsta!itn humanity on any
subject or to do anything grand or
phllanthroplcal or that sort of Idiocy.
I have heard so much of that kind of
thing."
"Oh, dear, no!" I ald. "I want to
put a little money In my pocket. I
have no other motive, and m a publish
er asked for the book, I took the nceae
sary stepa. Nothing more."
"That's well," aald Froude. Mrs. Ire
land, In tba Contemporary Review.
The lighter the color on the walls oi
the room the less artificial light will be
required.
A man aired 108 years has just died
in Arkansas. It is a glorious country,
A mother's Iots Is home,
llorange.
Mary E
GrCurE J. GOULD'S
Mmmm
ii'TT
JU
The spnciiu:9 New York resilience of
George .1. Gould is a beautiful home.
The walls are hij;li, the balls and stair
cases wide mid roomy, and an air of
luxurious comfort iu all the Btii-rouud-iiius.
I pun ascc mlm? the broad bruwnstone
steps, with their couched and vigilant
linns kecpiiiK guard, am! passim; the ves
tibule the visitor liiiils himself in n splen
did hull, from which he is conducted into
a stately wititiioj mom on the left liir
nlshed ill the stylo of Louis NVT.. with
chairs tuul tables of narrow mid slender
form and elegant workmanship.
In the rear of Ibis reception room is an
alcove furnished with the richness that
would delight a connoisseur. Across the
liall is a iiiiigiiilieeiif apartment, known
as the Moorish drawing mom. The
Moorish drawing mnsi opens by a puir
of folding doors into the music room,
an apart men t fully as spacious and, if
possible, even more magnificent, or, at
least, more dazzling. This .room is fur
nished in the style of Louis XVI., with
the furniture appears to be one of solid
SOME COi-D WINTERS.
Facts Which Indicate that the I ant
Wan Not the Worst on Record.
In the year 401 the Black Sea was
frozen over for twenty days ami men
crosset from Asia Minor to the Crimea.
In 704 the Bhick Sea was frozen to
a distance of fifty miles from shore.
The Hellespont und Dardiinclh'K were
frozen und the Sea of Mannora was
passable for cavalry.
In Iih','! the River Thames was frozen
over for fourteen v--eks. All the riv
ers of the coiiliiiwit were frozen, and
even south of the Al,i.s the I'd (mil
ninny other streams were blocked with
lee.
Ill 1201 the Cattegat was covertd
with ice seven feet thick. Butteries of
artillery were moved to and fro on
the strait.
Iu 1:123 the Baltic Sea was frozen
over, and during three mouths travel
ers passed from the continent to Swe
den on the lee. Heavy wagon trains
were substituted for the trading ves
sels. In 14:!,'i the Thames and all other
rivers of England and Scotland froze
over; the Seine, Rhine and Danube
were closed to navigation in Decem
ber. The Dardanelles iinil Hellespont
froze, as did many buys ami inlets of
the Mediterranean. Ice formed In
Algiers, unci the Strait of Gibraltar
was almost impassable from drift ice.
In lbiO the Baltic again froze over
so as to permit travel on the Ice. In
Germany deer sought the towns for
refuge from wolves. Backs of .volves
ciinie Into the cities and attacked the
people lit the streets.
In 1044 the cold was so severe In
Holland that wine was cut In blocks
and sold by weight.
In 1.V.I4 all the rivers of North Lu
rope were frozen before Christmas.
The Cattegat froze, together with a
huge part of the Baltic. The sen at
Venice froze so that during three
weeks no boats could be used. The
'fiber froze at Rome and men crossed
it on the ice, a thing never known be
fore' nor since.
In ll'ioS the bays and inlets of North
Europe froze over early in December.
Chillies X. of Sweden crossed 1 he
strait to Denmark with bis whole
army, Including the artillery baggage
and provision trains.
In 1048 the Thames was covered with
Ice over a foot thick. Booths were
erected for a fair, which was held on
the river. Conches plied to mid fro on
the ice ns on dry land. All the French
ports were closed for three or four
weeks, the hnrliors being frozen over.
In 1001 the cold was so severe In
Eastern Europe that packs of starving
wolves entered Yieuiiii and attacked
ineti and women in the streets. All
the canals of Venice were frozen, and
the principal mouth of the Nile was
blocked with floating Ice for a week.
In 1740 the Thames was frozen for
eleven weeks. F'orest birds almost fill
perished, and trees were split by the
frost. The harbor of Barcelona froze
over, and navigation was suspended
In the Greek Archipelago on account
of the danger from limiting Ice.
The winter of 1S12-'13 was one of the
hardest ever known Iu Europe. The
Thames froze from the source to the
sea, the Seine, the Rhine, the Danube,
the To, and the Gaudalqulver were
all covered with Ice. The Baltic froze
for many miles from land, and the
Ikagorack and the Cattegat were both
frozen over. The Adriatic at Venice
was frozen, so was the Sea of Mar
mora, while the Hellespont and the
Dardanelles were blocked with Ice
NEW YORK RESIDENCE..
m in
cast gold. In the middle of the room, on
the polished flour, lies a rug that was,
still fresh from the I'ersian looms when
Columbus first saw lie shores of tlm
western world, and t lint was old when
Ilendrik Hudson made Ilis adventurous
voyage tii the river that bears his name.
Between four and five hundred years
old, its colors do not seem to have faded
by a single shade, nor its fabric to have
hei-ouio worn. Its cost was .lt),(K)0. A
vast oblong table inlaid with pearl is
covered with easels that contain photo
graphs of acquaintances and friends of
the family, conspicuous among them be
ing the photograph of the I'rince of
Wales with his autograph, which his
royal highness gave to -Mrs. Gould dur
ing her recent visit to Lngland last sum
mer. Then the dining room is reached, the
sunniest and pleasantest room on the
lower Moor, with windows opening on the
street toward the south and a conserva
tory tilled with all sorts of rare and ex
quisite exotics immediately in the rear,
through the open door of which comes a
rich perfume of roses and of spring.
and the Archipelago was impassable?
The Tiber was lightly coated, and the
Straits of Messina were covered with
ice. Snow fell all owr North America,
and drift ice appeared iu the Nile.
This was the winter of Napoleon's
retreat from Moscow, where 400,000
men perished, mostly of cold and hun
ger. The men froze to death iu bat
talions, mid no horses were left either
for the artillery or cavalry. Quick
silver froze this winter.
In Is 10 the cold in Sweden, Norway
ami Russia was so severe 1hat great
numbers of persons, were frozen
denth in all those countries.
.u ''- . i-'CI a seveie cold wave swept
over the whole of North America. The
theruio tt r went to tio degrees below
zero iu the Northwest. The Missis
sippi River was blocked with ice in a
single night, and in twelve Hours froze
from St. I'aul to Cairo.
The Fear of Death.
The fear of death in the abstract
is a natural instinct, ami, being nat
ural, is doubtless a wholesome one.
Ami this being so, a constant realiza
tion of It is scarcely to be desired. It
Is much to be questioned whether, to
use the Imagery of the hymn, the man
to whose consciousness it was contin
ually present that his tent was night
ly pili bed a day's march nearer to his
grave would be a useful campaigner.
But. in point of fact, there is no danger
that it will be so. The story is told
of a priest who, under sentence of
death iu days when the penalty was
more common than now, obtained the
privilege of preaching to his fellow
convicts iu like case. It Is a scene
which is repeated iu a thousand differ
ent places every Sunday morning, but
It is a hundred to one that the situation
does not strike cither preacher or peo
ple unpleasantly, and you will find
each going home to dinner as cheer
fully as If he carried a special exemp
tion iu his pocket. It Is best so.
Not to climb a hill till you come to tt
Is a homely maxim, but It is astonish
ing how much, carried out, it simpli
fies life. You imagine it to bo an Alp
that is barring your way, and when
you reach the spot it turns out to be
a. gently rising ground from which you
limy view the surrounding cotiutry be
fore milking a fresh start. And so
with death. Formidable as it appears
from n distance, the more one looks
Into the subject the more certain It
becomes that mankind, when brought
to a practical acquaintance with it,
have agreed in some blind way to
recognize In the enemy whose ap
proaches they have been so unremit
ting in their efforts to ward off some-,
thing altogether different from the
terrible and hostile force which they
have been accustomed to consider It.
"We fall on guard, and, after all, it Is
a friend who conies to meet us." The
Nineteenth Century.
Personal Abuse In Old Politics.
Nothing iu modern times can equal
the virulence and the apparent ex
acerbation of the t'resltlential cam
paign of 1828, when Andrew Jackson
was formally entered iu the Presiden
tial race against John Qulncy Adams.
Personal abuse was rife. Adams, the.
Impeccable, tho rigidly Just, was ac
cused of a variety of crimes, one of the
least of which was that he acted as a'
procurer for the Czar of Russia. Clay
was branded as an unprincipled ad
venturer, a professional gambler, a!
libertine, and an accomplice of Aaron
Burr. Jackson was stigmatised as ft
murderer, a duellug manslayer, a cock
lighter, and a turf sportsman. Scrib-i
tier's Magazine.
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