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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (March 16, 1894)
urs ' v S" ln4 U I' y f f w THE HEP CLOUD CItlEF: RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA :t I he Otfrtef BT A. 0. HOSMEH. e CLOUD, NEBRASKA. A PonfRRTiixc jokor shot a mom ilbcrof tho Salvation army who had (docllnod to danco at his bidding. A wjost so morry as tills should havo n "soquol. Tho Portervlllo jokor done Jing, but not qulto reaching tho 'ground, would bo appropriate A i-Anrwlth intout tomnnifnst hor l lisplonsuro rodontly throw a cupful .of vitriol at a fotnnlo acquaintance. flfor aim bolng bad; most of tho llqilld nolieundod and smbto tho throwor, .affording hor a losson in mannora, and at tho samo tlmo Riving a ram oxnmplo of justico Rotting In Its work promptly. Tub convontlon of rotall druggist from nil ovor tho country, which is gjwr to moot in Now York, Fobru ary 0, is going to try to cut out tho 'out rate (loalors in pntant medicines, uftd by restricting salus to jobbers to kco'p rotnil prices up. Tho samo thing has boon tried boforo, but tho Hchoino has novor yot boon mado to , work. I'm: appolluto court of Indiana has Acpldcd thatnny person ovor 10 years of ago who' shall point n firearm at nnothor, ovon If ho or nho knows that it,bj unloadod, is guilty of a mlsdo mcanor. Tho samo ruling in othor santos would roduco mntorinlly tho "dldn't'know it was loadod" reports am! do avny in a largo moasuro with tho nocosslty for fool killors. ); When tho world's fair in Chicago closod thoro was much speculation us to what would bocotno of tho numer ous buildings which woro orootod , near tho grounds for tho accommoda tion of visitors to tho oxposltion. Investigation shows that families havo boon moving into tho hotels and 'flats by hundrods, and that but few of thorn nro loft vacant. Kvorythlng is fish which comes to Chicago's not ' Fnri tho Aluminum Industrlo Actoln Gosollschaft of Fouhauson, Swltzorlnna, comos tho nows that tho process of producing aluminum lias boon so choaponod that thoro is now a prollt on It at forty-ilvo conU .a pound. This Is said to bo lowor ' than the prosont prlco of tin. Owing to tho low spoclflo grnvlty of this modern motal and Its docllnlng cost it is llkoly to bocomo tho most pop ular of all kitchon utonslls. J Tiik bill to consolidate Now York, Kings, Quoons, Wostohostor and Richmond counties into ono groat city is now ponding at Albany. With Doss McLaughlin n-cold in Brooklyn tho prospocts for tho huccoss of tho proposition nro brighter than thoy over woro boforo. Chicago's 2,000, 000 will not bo In it in tno raco for first place if this bill passes. Now York will thou havo only ono rivnl In tho world, and that tho capital of i(jront Britain. Mmk. Fatkna. the wlfo of tho .Japanoso mlnlstor nt Washington, is trying to wear civilized clothes, and hor only objection to corsots scorns to bo that hIio cannot with thorn sit An tho floor, on cushions, as alio was bred to do. Thoro should bo a law forbidding tho snlo of corsotn to women who havo bocn brought up without thorn. Wo try by law to provunt our citizens from being de moralized by Eastorn customs, no matter how enticing. Ought wo not to do something to prevent foreign ers acquiring vicious habits whun thoy nro condemned to Uvo in our midst. 'I'ick-mk-ui'" Is tho namo by which f stono soml-occaslonn'ly rofroshos himself Is known. Tho G. O. M. eurrloB this preparation with him whoro.vor ho goos, in a llttlo glass ' jar. It is somo kind of a liquid, is yellow In color and is only takon in homoopathlo dosoa. What it is or whoro tho old man pots it is a mys tery, but that Its Influences are ex hilarating and rovlvlfylng thoro can bo no doubt In tho minds of thoso who havo soon (Jladatono suddenly change from an apparently exhaust ed to a rofroshod, almost jubilant, condition. What Is this Plok-rao-up? Not only tho old but tho young Amorlca would lllco to know. Tun total numbor of immigrants arriving at Now York during 1803 did not oxoood 363,000, against 388, 40G for 1802. Of tho totnl, 65,2'J0 oatno from Italy, fit, 100 from (lor many and 85,906 from Russia. Franco sent ovor less than 4,000 aud Spain but 100. Tho total numbor Is largo ly in oxcoss of what was oxpoctcd, in viow of tho enormous numbor of pooplo already out of employment . hero. It was a tromondous addition to tho army of unemployed for which tho lax immigration laws and tho looso way of onforolng thoso ulroady onaotcd must bo hold largoly respon sible It is altogether too largo a body for tho country to asslmllato and to Amorlcanlzo, oven though tho tlmoa woro propitious. Tiik Brazilian navlos nro having as good a tlmo gottlng togothor as two champion prlzo lighters. And in both eases a "heavy bonibardmont of blab and braggadocio is annoying tho inhabitants. An Oakland robbor, old enough to know bottor, being 62, soeurod at tho point of a pistol an old watch and enough to buy a moal. Ho was arrested before ho had tlmo to buy tho moal Thoro aro times whon to bo ono of the unomployed is the part of wisdom. NfcTfK rSJ& ftamniMir fJll&TX EE NORRIS was nearly nlno years old. It wanted a week to hor birth day, and sho tol'd Her school fel lows thnt her mothor had prom ised to let her linvo a party. nico?" sho asked. may havo dnnctntr -"Wont It bo ".Mother says wo auor ten, and my sister uora lias been teaching mo to waltz. It isn't so very hard to do. Father is going to show his mnglc lantern." A chorus of approval erected this statement. "And wo shall have games, besides; Hod and Dora know so many Musical Chairs, and Hunt the Slipper, and Dumb Charades." Deo was a merry, good-tempered llttlo girl, and very popular with her companions; but during tho next fow days sho found herself tho object of tnoro attention than she had over boforo received. Ada Martin mado n ring of many-colored bends for her, (rnclo Turner lent her a storybook, and Maud Ellis lent her her skipping ropo during recreation hour. Two davs boforo tho birthday Deo brought half a dozen little notes, folded in tho shnpo of coclced hats, to school and distributed them with nn important air. Ada, Maud and Oracle wore threo of tho fortunate ones, and tho others wero Flo and Kntlo Soton, a pair of twin sisters, and a young girl named Nettlo Coulter. "I wroto tho invitations mysolf last night," said Dee, proudly. "Dora told mo how to spell tho hard words, and Hob did tho folding." Perhaps Nettlo Coultor was ,tho ono to whom tho invitutlon gave most Slcasurc, for she had not expected It ho was a shy child of seven, and had not long attended tho school. Her eyes sparkled as sho thanked lice, and when lessons wero ovor hor eager llt tlo feet carried her homo 'In a vory short time. "Mothor. may I go to Heo's party?" sho cried, holding tho noto aloft in triumph. Tho mother smiled at hor impetuous llttlo maid, and pointed to tho books that Nolllo had flung on tho table. "Put your things tidily away llrst. my dear, and then tell ine all about.lt." "There's the noto, mother," said Nettle," hastening to oboy. "You roon ximm know Dec, don't you? Sho brought mo homo ono diy when I had a fall In tho playground." "feo that was Deo?" said Mrs. Coul ter. "Sho seemed n nice llttlo trlrl. Would you llko to go to this party, -Nettle's faco was Nottlo?" "Oh, mother!" sufllclent answer. "Then I think you may, Uenr. I will havo your white iroclc ready Enemy afternoon." "Thank you, mothor. Oh, I am so happy I I shall think about tho party every mlnuto until the time comes." "Don't think about it too much, dcnrlo or your Ichsohs will suffer, anil Miss Stuwart will not bo pleased with you." This was good advice, but Nettlo did not prollt by it Sho was ho inat tentive to her lessons next day that her teacher was obliged to speak sharply to her more than once, and on Friday matters were worse. "What aro you thinking of.Nottlo?" asked Miss Stewart when Nettlo had told hor for tho second time thnt an island was a portion of water entirely surrounded by lnnd. "You cannot havo studied your lesson. If you do not do better I ahull bo obliged to keep you In this afternoon." Nettie felt rathor alarmod at this threat, and when Miss Stewart re turned her book she set to work In real earnest to learn her task, succeed ing so won tunt suo was auiu to re peat it perfeotly in half an hour. This was something gained, but thoro was still a sum to bo done. Nettlo did not like arithmetic, and she pouted as sho took her slato and looked at tho row of figures that wero to bo multiplied by two. It was a very easy sum, but anything will seem difficult to a llttlo girl whoso attention Is not given to her work. "Twico three nro"- Nottlo yawned, and Idly tapped tho slate with her pencil. Was mothor ironing her whlto frock? she wondered. Would sho bring out her pink sash and protty bronze shoes? Would Mr. Norrls show many funny pictures with his magic lantern? Twice threo Twico three to bo sure, that made seven, and down went a figure seven on tho slato. Twico ono made two, of course. That was easy enough. Tho sum wns nearly finished now; only ono figure to bo multiplied. Nottlo paused again, and wondered what sort of a game "Musical Chairs" wus. "Nettle I" called Miss Stewart. Nettle started and looked nt hor slate. Sho had not yot discovered how many two would mako whon multi plied by the same number. Without stopping to reflect, sho put down a five, then went up to the teacher's desk. "I havo bcon looking at you, Net tle," said Miss Stewart, severely, "and I am quite suro you havo not tried to do your sum correctly. I really must punish you this time." She led the little girl to a stool that f J I iaWJKUJI Tl TtsToerT was placed in tho center of tho room, and bade her sent herself upon it. Crimson with shamo and distress, Nettlo obeyed, and then Miss Stewart brought from the cupboard a cap of Btlff. brown paper, upon which the word "Dunco' was inscribed in big black letters, and placed it on the drooping hcud. Poor Notticl Sho sat qulto still, her hands in her lap and tho lids veiling her blue eyes. Sho was too much ashamed even to cry, and nho dared not meet tho glances of her companions. Sho felt vory unhappy as sho thought that now she would bo kept in, and would per haps bo too Into for tho party. Even if not, could she faco llco and her friends after this dlsgraco? Tho clock struck four. Books wero put away and the children wero dis missed, nil except Nettlo. Miss Stow nrt took no notieo of her, and the llt tlo girl began to wonder If her teacher would go homo and leave hor thoro alone. Tears rose to her eyes and rolled down her flushed checks. Miss Stewart heard tho sound of sobbing, and e.ituo to tho llttlo girl's sldo Then Nettie bogged to bo for given, and confessed what hnd been tho causo of her carelessness. Miss Stewart smiled as she removed tho d unco's cap. "I believe you will not lot It happen ngaln," sho mid. "You will learn, Nuttio, that play is all tho swootcr when work Is well done. Now let mo see If you cannot get this su.n right." Tho sum was done corieetly In a few seconds. Nettle was surprised that sho hud found it so difficult be fore, for it seemed qulto simple now. 1 Ivo minutes later Mrs. Coulter, looking from her open doorway, saw her llttlo daughter coining down the street. "How late you arc, dead" sho said. "Havo you been crying, Nettle?" Then Nettle told her trouble, half fearing that mother would reproach her, but oho did not. Sho saw that Nettle had been sufficiently punished for her fault So she brought out tho white frock and bronze shoes, and be gan to dress the llttlo girl for the part). Nottic was soon ready, and then mother produced a box of choco late crenms, tied with white ribbons, and with a picturo of a llttleglrl upon tho lid. "You must give this to Uco for a birthday present," sho said. "Mother, how good you arel And Pvo bcon so naughty. I will try to bo a good girl always." lleo's homo was not fur away, and Nettlo soon reached it She could hoar tho sound of morry voices insldo as sho timidly knockod at the door. It was opened by Bee. "Come in, Nettie," sho cried. "Vo" wnuiu not uegin tea until you came." Nettlo followed llco into the parlor, feeling a llttlo uneasy lest some re mark might bo mado about what had happened nt school, but nobody said a word about it, so Nettie soon got over her shyness. And Mr. Norrls showed so many comical pictures, and told such funny stories, that Nottlo enjoyed tho party even more Mian sho had anticipated. How II- Uaiift-eil It. A Devonshire farmor went to Lon don to soo tho sights. Whilo walk ing down tho Strnnd ho saw a card in u tavern window bonring tho In scription, "Devonshire cldor sold horo.". Tho old man's heart warm ing toward his natlvo bovorago, ho ontorcd tho public houso and called for u "pint 'o zider." Tho liquor being drawn ho placed it to his lips aud half emptied tho meas ure, putting it on tho countor with tho romark that It was "vory poor stuff." A cocknoy standing by, thinking to rulso a joko at tho farm er's expense, said: "I say, mister, do you know how that older was mado?" "No," said tho farmor. "Woll, I'll toll you. Thoy stuck up a barrol of wator at one end of a shed. and stood back at tho othor ond and throw apples nt it." "Did thoy?" guld tho farmer, slowly sipping tho cldor. "Thon thoy didn't hit that barrol moro'n onco." Loudon Tid Blts. Fuul of tho future. Fritter What aro your ideas about, tho fuol of tho futuro? Twitter That is a quostlou, thut does not concern mo. I havo conr sclontlously tried to make my llfo such an exemplary ono as to roliovo mo of all fears of going whero fuol will bo noodod in the futuro. Fritter You qulto misunderstood, mo. I am thinking of tho rUo In coat and tho nocesslty, soouur or lator, of dovlsing something to tnko its place In tho oveut, then, of a continued rlso m coal, what do you think It would bo best to burn? Twitter In such an ovont I should, unhesitatingly advocate burning tho coal dealers. A Miiuii Mini. Old Judgo Potcrby is a vory closo man ovon to his young wife Sho was going out shopping nud hinted that sho would llko a bluo silk dross. "Nonsense! bluo doesn't suit your complexion at all," ho ro plied. "Thon I'll tnko a green dross." "Do you want to poison yoursolf? Don't you know that all theso groon drosses aro poisonous?" Then you pick mo out n dross." "That's tho trouble I don't -llko to soo you In any othor colors oxcopt bluo and groon." loxaa Sittings. A Dreadful Thought. "Perhaps," said tho man who trios to bo philosophic, "it is just as woll that tho lives of groat mon cannot bo prolonged so ns to onnblo thorn to witness all tho fruits of their endeav ors." "Possibly." "No possibly' about it. Just lm aglnoBon Franklin having to Uvo in a city full of trolloy cars!" What It May Come to. "Ol'm sorry, ma'am," said tho queen of tho kltchqn, "but Ol'll havo to luvo yoz." "Why, don't wo troat you woll?" "Ol'vo nothln' to say agin tho tratomout; but yor ways o' llvln' is unoonganlal to me However, Ol'm porfeotly wlllln' to glvo yoz a letther of rlccommondatlon to ycr next cook," JAPANESE POLICEMEN. The Moit Aristocratic anil Polltett Con tabular Known. Thoro-is no human being quito so polito as tho Japanoso policeman. Not to his follow countrymen, ibo. It understood) by no -moans. Ho ro gardB tho bulk of thorn, probably, with a good-natured contompt, for, In tho lniiguugo of Mr. Chovallor, ho is "a gontloman of birth and oducai tlon." Whon, in tho pursuit of Wostorn civilization Japan cast off feudalism and put on a frock coat and a silk hat, thousands of samurai or two-swordod rotalnors of tho old noblos, found their occupation gone No moro oxhlloratlng llttlo expedi tions into tho territories of neighbor ing princes woro possible unf chopping foreigners into llttlo bits soon hecamo a gnmo hardly worth tho candlo. Tho words rusted in their scabbards, and finally woro, by imperial dcerco.discardod altogothor, and helped a fow years lator to dec orate tho drawing rooms of Murray. What was to bo dono with thoso Hill swashbucklers, trained to a militar ism quito Impossible in tho modorn army, modelled on i tho French pat tornP Tho govornmont wanted po lico. Tho samurai know nothing about tho status of tho British "Bobby" or of tho French gons d'nrmcs; so thoy onrollod in largo numbers, happy in boing ublo to wear, nt nny rate ono sword, and that u, two-handled one Thus It hnppons thnt tho Japanoso pollco nro tho most nrlstocrr.tlo forco of constabulary In tho world. Thoy aro u flnoly disciplined body, small in stuturo, but woll drlllod, and ex port In tho tiso of tho stool-scabbard-od weapon. which dangles at their hcols. It is to tho forulgner whether ho bo tho veriest outcast of a no-natlon-allty sailor from a korosano ship, or a slick monoyed globo-trottor that tho cssontlal politonoss of tho Japan ese policoman is shown in all its na tlvo rlchnoss. With tho formor class tho pollco of the- foreign ports in Japan Yokahoma, Kobo and Naga saki havo much intercourse not of tho gontlo kind. Yot tho scrlmmago invariably has put ono termination. Tho truculent son of Noptunols sooner or lator handod ovor to tho consular authorities of his country if ho owns ono and lodged in tho foreign jail Perhaps two policemen will bo ongaged .in itho operation perhaps twenty, that is a moro dotail. What is important is tho fact that onco a Japanoso policoman makes up his mind to arrest anyone who 19 in his hands, ho-sticks to him with bull dog tenacity novor loses his tompor or his hold and conducts his victim to tho lookup, if ho bo a foroignor, with tho greatest urbanity and much polito ccromony. POISON- AT DRUG STORES. Mott Iloadljr Kutatancei May lie Ob tained In the Original rnrkaRe. lf'thero Is ono thing just a llttlo moro absurd than nnothor it is tho way poisons uro sold In Now York. A physician taken with a toothacho in a part of tho town out of his usual boat wont into a drug storo on Lox ingtou avonua to got a llttlo bella donna, says tho Recorder. Tho clork would not sell It to him. Ho roforrod to tho directory, and produced his visiting cards to show who ho was. Tho clork wus adamant ho would sell a small doso of belladonna to no ono ho did not know. Tho doctor offorod to wrlto a prescription for hlmsolf, but his proposal was scorned. Then tho doctor said ho would tako a bottlo of ollxir of opium, and though tho clork was "riled" thorc was noth ing for him to do but to sell it. Of eourso thoro was enough of It to kill a dozonipeople A day or two after that u woman who is now in an in sane asylum, and who oven thon had tho light of madnoss In hor syos, wont into nnothor apothecary shop and with no difficulty ut all bought an ounoo bottlo of' morphine Of course sho wont homo and tried to kill horsolf. After sho had takon tho morphlno sho was takon to a hos pital und a dojon pooplo mado a night of it whipping hor, walking hor, oloctrlolslng hor and finally sav ing hor life Anything In tho orig inal packago can bo got anywhere Small doses thoro is a lot of fuss about A woman who la a confirmed victim of opium buys an "ollxor" as hor regular standby, and hor family aro helpless, bocauso anyono will soil It to hor. Another gets an arsenical pill In boxos as it comos from the maker. A man, not bolng subjoct to tho soaruhos usually praoticod on tho fomlnlno victim by hor family, constantly gots his morphlno in tho original ounco bottle) and says ho has novor had his right to do so quostlonod. John Howard Payne's Claim. Whon John Howard Payne tho au thor of "Homo, Swoot Homo," dlod In Tunis, in 1852, tho govornmont owed him $205.92 salary as consul at that placo. It has bcon owing it ovor since Payne's holrs aro now trying to got congress to mako an appropriation to disehargo tho obli gation. If compound Interest should bo reokonod on tho sum for tho for-ty-ono years that havo olapsod tho holrs of tho poot would rccolvo a cnmfortablo fortune Howovor, the bill thut has boon introducod for tholr roliof only appropriates tho amount of tho original claim, $205.92, which is not enough to fight ovor. Tho govornmont doos not allow In torost on unclalmod monoy loft in its possession. A Ulnt. Undo Jack Havo you a collection of any kind? Karl No, sir, but I am going to collect silver dollars as soon as I can I get any to start with. Life. NO PETIUFIED BODIES. HUMAN REMAINS IN SUCH A STATE NEVER EXISTED. Some Facts on Subject That Has for Years lleen at the Mercy of Popular Ignorance What I'etrMcatlon Iteally Is Formation of Fotill. Ono roads almost every wook in the nowspapors of tho finding of a "potrlflod" human body. Such n thing novor did and nover will oxlst. Novortholoss, ho donso is tho popular Ignoranco of such mattors, and so roady is tho human mind to bo de luded, that reports of this kind aro commonly ncccptod us facts. It would bo woll if they could bo do prlvod of credibility for all futuro tlmo by tho publication of a fow truths on this subject. In tho first pluco "petrification" is not strictly speaking a transforma tion of tho original animal or plant Into stone It is moroly a roplaeo mont of tho organic tissuo by miner al substance. As each particlo of tho plant or animal decays und dis appears its placo is taken, usually in water nnd mud, by a particlo of m in oral matter doposltod from tho water which hna hold it in suspension. Thus tho porishablo original is changing into imporlshnblo stono, prcsorvlng its form and ovon its structural npponranco when cut into. By such mcuns havo tho skeletons of anlmuls millions of years old boon presorved in tho rocks of tho ovor lnsting hills, so that thoy may bo reconstructed to-day as thoy wero ages boforo man appeared on tho onrth. But it is only tho bonos that aro In this way kopt; novor tho flesh, bocnupo water cannot pcrcolato through it In tho samo way wholo forests of troos In tho Yollowstono rogion and olsowhoro aro changed into agato and othor forms of stono, tho hoilow logs of tho forest primoval bolng ofton found filled with boau tlful crystals of quartz and amethyst Tho cliffs that border tho eastern branch of tho Yollowstono river afford a view of a series of such forosts burlod on top of ono another. Tho lowermost lovol wns originally a woodod plain, hundreds 61 thous ands of years ago. Volcanoos burst forth in tho neighborhood, und it was overwhelmed by tholr debris. On top tho lator frosh troos took root and grow, to bo in thoir turn burlod by subsequent eruption. This sort of thing continuod through contury after contury, until 4,000 foot of accumulations woro hoaped obovo tho forost at tho bottom. Boneath tho hills thus formed wuter flowed, as it doos constantly through tho earth's crust Tho burled troos gradually decayed, and thoir docomposing substanco was re placed by mineral matter, trans forming thorn into stone Afterward tho Yollowstono rlvor cut down through tho strata formed of volcanic dobrls in tho manner doscribed. For thousands and thousands of years tho groat stream plowed out its bod, until to-day tho lattor is a cut 4,000 foot doop a canon wallod in bv towering cliffs. And, as ono looks upward at thoso cliffs, tho buried forosts aro plainly to bo soon in tho succosslvo layers composing thorn. Thoy can bo counted easily, tho rockonlng carrying tho obsorvor back to tho vory night of tlmo, whon real dragons and chlmoras dire walked on tho earth, swam In tho seas and Uow in tho air. Nearly all tho trees which lino theso wondorful cliffs are turned Into ngate Ono can climb up and knock thorn off, as thoy break roadily into sootions. Many of thorn, which woro hollow boforo thoy wero burlod,- aro filled with boautlful crystals of quartz and amethyst Wator, porco latlng into such hollow trunks, brought particles of silica, which formed thomsolvos into crystals, finully filling up tho cavltlos.'' It is in tho hollow parts of burlodi troos that noarly all existing crystals of amethyst and quartz wero originally formed. Thoy aro troasuros which woro hiddon away by tho hand of na turo in old logs and stumps Ame thyst, of eourso, is moroly quartz crystal, with a llttlo coloring matter from metallic oxides. Iron, bolng plentiful in many rocks and roadily soluble, often ro placos organic substances and forms fossils. In tho dopartmont of pro historic anthropology at the Smith sonlntl instituto is prosot-vod a human skull of iron, which was dug out of a hlllsldo not long age Not only has iron roplncod tho substanco of tho bono, but tho brain cavity is flllod with tho motal, so that tho skull wolghs many pounds. Tho hill in whioh its ownor was burlod was rich in iron oro, of eourso. Shells, inelosod in tho strata of tho hills, aro eomotlmos transformed into opal byaprocossof fosslllzatlon, opal bolng moroly a form of quartz. Petrifications, proporly tormod fossil, remains, of plants nro readily dis tinguishable in bods of coal, so that it is oasily determined from, what sort of giant forns and othpr treos tho coal was originally formed. Among tho most nnciont of fossils aro numorous insects, which, dospito tho delicacy of tholr str,ucturo, havo boon presorved through millions of years for tho instruction of a modern, generation, tho vory fluff on tho' wingH of tho primoval moth being plainly distinguishable Most of tho bodlos roported in tho nowspapors as found "potrlflod" aro examples of a phenomenon long familiar, Thoy havo boon trans formed not Into stonp, bu,t Into a substanco called, ''adlpocoro," or, "grave wax." This is. a, truo soap, into whioh tho corpso of a h,uman bo lng will .ordinarily bo metamor phosed If. burled, lo, a. grave ywd ok othor placo whoro , wator has accoss to it. This "adlpocoro" is ono of tho. most enduring of substances. It Is not subject to decay, and tho body which has assumed this constitution may presorvo its form for many years, nnd ovon for conturios. Nay, for agos. sinco ovldonco on tho point has boon obtained from tho ortho corns a molliisk thai becamo oxtlnct millions of years ngo, of largo slzo. and built aftor tho pattern of tho chamborod nautilus, but with, a straight shell. MAN PROPOSES. Napoleon' l'lnn ol Heparntlng Unclnti(l mill Ireland. Bonaparte to-day, in conversing on his formor moditatod invasions, speaking of Ireland, said ho had ur rangod ovorythlng with that country; nnd If ho could havo gotten safoly ovor to it tho forco ho intoudod send ing, tho party thoro was so strong in his favor that ho had ovory reason to supposo thut thoy would havo suc ceeded in possessing thomsolvos of tho wholo island. Ho said that ho had kopt up constant communication with tho disaffected party, which ho averred was by no means conllncd to tho Roman Catholics, hut hud also a vory largo proportion of Protostunts. Ho said ho Invariably acquiesced in nnythlng thoy wisliod for, loavlng all arrangements respecting tho country, roliglon, ote, ontlroly to thomsolvos, his grand rtnd only ob ject boing to gain tho advantageous point for him to sopnrato Ireland from England. Ho said thoso who camo to him from Ireland goncrnlly cunio and returned through Loudon, by which means ho obtalnod from thorn information respecting both countries; and thoycrossod tho chan nel backward and forward with llttlo risk or difficulty by moans of his frlonds tho smugglers. But ho added that notwithstanding tho groat ad vantages ho thus derived from thoso smugglors, ho found out at last that thoy played a similar gnmo backward and forward, and carriod as much intolllgonco to England as thoy brought to him from it, and ho wns thoroforo obllgod to forbid tholr bolng any longer permitted at Dun kirk, or indeed anywhoro but at Grnvclinos, whoro ho established particular regulations respecting thorn, nnd did not allow thorn to pass a barrlor which ho caused to bo fixed for tho purposo, and whoro ho hnd placed a guard to watch them, and to provont thoir having any unneces sary communication with the coun try. Contury. lie MoTed Ou. "What do you want?" asked tho housewife -Suthln' tor oat" "I haven't anything in tho houso oxcopt somo broad and corned boof. Do you want somo of that?" "No," ho said sadly, "I guoss I'll move on. It 'ud bo a pity tor wasto scch a flno appotlto on scch poor victuals." . SISTERS, COUSINS AND AUNTS. To bo dainty docs not mean to bo extravagant Kitchen floors painted with boiled linbccd oil aro easily cleaned. Tho tone of a piano improves when , tho instrument is moved from tho wall of a room. Tho university of Alabama recently . opened its doors to womon students, and two young women havo matricu lated there. Whon Mrs. Ella P. Stover of Portr land, married John Smith, her grand mother's bridesmaid acted in tho samo capacity for hor. There aro now twenty;ono law firms In this country composed of husbands and wives, and also ovor -00 women who practico at tho bar. Clara Do you know people, aro actually beginning to call me an old maid? Maud You mean that you are just beginning to hear them. A woman in Portland, Maine, de posited 8300 in a savings bank.in.1804, and has seen tho amount grow to 81,208 by tho accumulation oMnterost A number 80H woman's kdv shoo is exhibited in a Boston shoo store win dow. It weighs 10Jf pounds and 15 square feet of kid were used in mak ing tho upper. The shoo is. perfectly proportioned. A now career has 'been opened to Gorman women by tho foundation of a school of decorative art in Berlin. At a modorato feo girls receive in structions In all bran.ches.of tho deco ratlvo industry. An old lady, getting into a cab In Dublin was hoard, to.say to tho driver: "Help mo to got In, my gopd man, for I am very old," "Bcgorra, mum," said he, gallantly, "no matter what ago you arc, you,doaVook it" If English, women do not learn to swim it will pot bo tho fault of tho. national physical rocrcatlon soclotv. This, organization has instituted a scries, of rewards a diploma being givon to.unyono who, shall prove hor- sou eapame of swimming 100 yards. Tho Japanese government has granted pprmlsslon to Dr. Mary A. Suganuma to practico modloino In Nagasaki. This Is tho first timq that a woman physician, has boon allowed to practice in, Japan. Dr. Suganuma Is an American, woman and sho mar-' rled Mr. Suganuma, formerly In tho telegraph dopartrapnt at Osaka. An old negro applied at tho Louis ville county court a few days since for a marrlago license. Tho clork told hlra, it would, cost him 81. "Uh'" said tho old darkey, stralglitoning up and opening his eyes In great surprise. Then ho scratched his head, shook It reflectively, and ambjed to the door, declaring lu could '.'got a torruble lot of flour tor dat money, a terru,ble lot, xo. sho,. And, h never cam VackV 1 X V, K r V rtetit(Sr?r, wM&tomiVmtttoMk' Ua&a w.f'Vfcir;3itetaiWv-- - t-Mk .MVJ.tJUJ, tld'dWWulU'