A WHALE HUNT.
aw the Excitlnr Sport Is Carried On by
Norwegian Hunter.
We arc in the middle of a flock of
giants of the sea. The enormous
brown and blue bodies rise out of the
sea; the back is bent upward, it looks
liko the bottom of a capsized ship; it
disappears; but the sea becomes almost
calm where the whale went down, and
several minutes elapse before the waves
arc abl to cummer tiie calm. From
time to time deep, dull snorts are hoard,
thundering and trembling:, as if the
deepest strings of a dozen double-basses
were being played down below; and at
others, a harp swishing sound, like an
enormous fountain suddenly set to play
and a column of crystal spray ascends
some thirty feet into the air. The
gigantic, glistening body appears on
the surface; the back is bent upward a
second, and ii again disappears. It
looks as if the whale was warm and
comfortable enough; the sea water, to
s looking so cold, plays pleasantly
around it; hot. steam issues from ite
dilated nostrils, and it seems like a
man enjoying a refreshing morning dip.
During the last quarter of an hour
we have seen some forty whales, but
none have come within range. The
gun has no certainty much beyond
thirty 3'ards, so that the whale must be
nearly under the .ship's bow when
tiring. As wc stand looking at this mag
nificent spectacle the water close around
the ship suddenly becomes light green
in color and somewhat calm. Then a
deep, heavy thunder; the ship trembles
from stem to stern: a great column of
dampness is shot into the air, drench
ing us all; a dull snort, and an enor
mous blue whale rises out of the sea a
few yards on our starboard side. Now
the Captain will lire, we think, invol
untarily holding on to the wirarigging;
.but Foyn stands by his gun without
making the least movement, and the
next second the whale again descends
into its watery home. The range was
probably not a good one. A few min
utes after the same thunder, the same
sensation, the same column and the
same snort another whale appears on
the port side. The Captain turns the
gun, while we watch, with beating
hearts, the movements of the animal
ns well at his own. Every second seems
an eternity. He raises the gun, aim.
Alas! a heavy sea strikes the vessel;
keels her over; the gun is lowered, but
the whale is gone. TTiey seem all to
have disappeared now, not a puff to be
seen. We stand ami talk about the in
cident, and somebody suggests to go
aft and "have a smoke;" when sud
denly two whales are seen some dis
tance ofl. now going side by side, now
behind each other. The helm is turned
and we follow them in hot haste
through wind and waves. A complete
silence reigns on board during the pur
suit, only now and then broken by the
Captain's short words of command,
who stands calmly watching the ani
mals. Now the vessel heels over the
whales arc within range. "Stop,"
sounds in the engine-room. But the
speed was too great and we shot past
them. "Full speed ahead." sounds
again. "Two men at the helm!" The
vessel turns swift ly and we separate
the couple. The whales disappear.
Wc follow the direction they are tak
ing, ami look! a little before us the
sea becomes emerald green. "Slow,"
again. The vessel moves slowh- for
ward and the whale reappears twenty
Yards off. "Stop," shouts the Captain.
The gun is turned, raised and again
lowered not a sound is heard on
board the whale lias puffed the back
is bending; the captain aims and a
thundering report rends the air and
makes the vessel tremble in every sec
tion. We have watched all this with
every nerve strained, and hardly feel
the icy foam of the sea which bedews
the check and benumbs the hands.
Did you hit him?" wc shout to the
Captain.
Don't know," is the laconic an
swer. "Almost absurd to attempt it
in such a sea; one risks losing the gear
and frightening the whale."
In the meantime all the crew are
busy clearing the line of the harpoon,
ami we are still in doubt whether we
have hit him, but the suspense does not
last long, as immediately a "lookout!"
is shouted by the Captain, and the line
runs out with terrilie speed and a great
noise. "Full speed ahcadl" is shouted
below, but the ship is running double
her highest speed, such is the strength
of the whale that has her in tow. The
animal is fleeing at the top of its speed,
and we follow right through the break
ing seas. Ten minutes pas by the'
.seem ten hours when suddenly a
blood-streaked column of water is seen
on the horizon. It is our whale! An
other moment, ami a clear one is seen.
It is his companion which follows her
wounded mate. Both go down; the
line does not run so fast; the wounded
whale appears once or twice more,
when he sinks. The whale is dead.
After a while the hauling-in begins
very carefully, and finally the great
body rises to the surface, the ship keel
ing over. After a few hours' hard work
in securing the monster to the vessel
with chains and ropes, the course is
shaped for Irnne.
"What do you think of it, Captain?"
I ask.
"Not bad," he answers simply.
"Steward, give the crew a drink all
round! And lot us have something to
cat '
"The whale measured more than
eighty feet in length.
Once more his widowed mate takes a
turn round the ship, when she stands
out to sea; while wc, with our noble
spoil in tow, slowly make for the whale
station in South Varanger. Chambers'
Journal.
POPE PIUS IX.
A Introduction to One of the Most Fa.
mou Kulem of t.ic Church.
A chamberlain opens the door foryou,
loudly c:illing your name and titles, a
tamcricrc follows behind you with a
large tray, on which are laid the objects,
ivory, gold, silk, silver, anything that
you have brought with a view of the
Pope "blessing it, that you may bring it
to your Catholic friends, who look at it
from that moment as a relic You hold
in your hand whatever offering you
hare voursclf to lay at the feet of the
Holy Father. Mind you, you are on
the threshold: now comes the ceremon
ial. On the door-step you have to kneel
down, you then get up and make three
stops and kneel down again, another
three steps and you kneel at the feet of
th padre santoiiivl pit hold of the hem
of his rob:. which either he lets 3011 kiss
in all humility or he takes j'ou by the
hand, lifts 3 oil up, and, after blessing
you, stretches out his hand toward the
tray which the camcricrc holds and pro
nounces the blessing: "In nomine I'at
ris, etFilli, et Spiritus Sancti. Amen."
Whereupon the camcricrc with the tray
disappcais, the door shuts, and you are
left alone. The room is a very small
me. nothing like the big hall where the
general reception of over two thousand
people takes place; it contains a simple
tktti and chair. A white cotton dress
ad a red cap arc all the uniform of the
Pa 01 the Catholic Church. He then
ekednie; "Do you prefer to speak
JiaKaa or Trench?" the two lan-
ttes which were easy to him. After
vow reply the conversation begins.
ffUBr.
- Mermaid are wearing many aa
Jperted spring suit, cut to fit fair
jiMflriffaa. bat loat witk tka frernn
S, V,
r' iWhuMi
THE MUSHROOM.
How the Dainty Killblo I Cultivate fn
l'n.ire and America.
Every jcar thousands of quart cans
containing champignons, or fairy-rhig
mushrooms arc imported here from
France, and eaten in the leading hotels,
clubs, restaurants and such household.-,
as can afford to use them. They are
costly, often selling at a dollar wi
pound. In Europe they are call.d
"fain'-ring'1 "mushrooms because of th.'
circles of from a few feet tos'v-rd
yards in diameter, of an siitc'i.-vly
br ight green color, which are futsn i
here and there on the lawns and n-t-t-ures
of England, Ireland and France.
They arc caused by the myccHimu -r
spawn of the mushroom, which h;-viit
exhausted the soil within the ring, -.
constantly spreadingand enlarging the
circle. France is the great mushroom
producing country of the world. For
nearly half a century the eommunes of
Grand Montrengc, Arcticil, ChutiHon.
Bagncaux. Vilry, Maisons-Alfort and
Noisv-le-Sce, all wi'hin reaching dis
tance from Paris, have been devoted
almost exclusively to mushroom c-ul-ture.
Th.'. soil in these districts is poor
and would produce nothing but short
grass and stunted fruit trees. Forlv
seven 3-ears ago a country genius hit
upon the idea of utilizing the galleries
of the worked-oul and disused cnarrirs
with which the entire district is under
mined. These miarries :uv now the
greatest mushroom beds in th.: world,
and the once struggliugehampignontsts
are millionaires in their way.
The galleries, as a rule, are from
forlv to seven tv fe t below the surface.
and a uniform t-mperature of from
fifty to sixty decrees is maintained in
them. The bed? are made of horse
manure, which undergoes a special
treatment before being used. It is
thrown in heaps on the sides of the
country roadways, ami turned nvenlay
after day until it is thoroughly sun
dried. From it the beds are con
structed. The manure is laid down
from the walls to the center of the
gallery, being higher by several inches
next the walls. At regular intervals
small footpaths run from the center
aisle to the walls, so that growers may
gather the mushrooms witlurit spoiling
the beds, which ar" one and a half
feet deep nearest the walls. On these
beds the spawn is scattered. How this
spawn or seed is gathered is the secret
of the mushroom grower. The beds are
then kept at a temperature of seventy
degrees. Three or four weeks later the
beds are covered with a layer of line loam
tothedepthofa half inch, and a fort
night later the mushrooms begin to ap
pear and are gathered every morning
or evening, according to the demands
of the trade. The men who work in
the mushroom galleries begin their toil
at live o'clock in the morning, and do
not cease until late in the evening.
They are paid from live to five ami a
half francs daily. As an instance
of the enormous fecundit' of the
French mushroom bods, it may bo
mentioned that one bed at Arceuil,
when in full bearing, sent "i.O )0 pounds
of champignons to the Paris market
daily. In gathering, the stocks of the
mushrooms are never cut but twisted.
as cutting injures the flavor anil spoils
the beds.
While, of course, the delicaltcsspn
market of this country is. and will be
for years, supplied by France with
champignons in the lry canned form,
still mushroom culture has been adopted
as a profession by different parties in
this city and the surrounding suburbs
with varied degrees of success, and
some of tiie experimenters have kept
on and are now making money. The
freshh -gathered American champignon
is certainly superior to the French dry
canned article in every way. but it will
take years before th' general prejudice
against the native production will be
overcome. Of course, the professional
cooks and restaurant keepers know the
difference and buy the American mush
room. .V. V. Mail and Fxprcss.
FIFTY YEARS AGO.
l.i-i U'licn a I Joy-. Life Win Xt as Kisr
:i II I-. .So iv.
The winter apparel of hoys even fifty
3r'ars ago wouid be an interesting sub
ject. We lack the pen of General
Oliver to do it justice. The change
from those days to the present is some
thing wond "Vfiil. India-rubber boot-'
and shoes were not then invented;
great coats were among rare things;
boys' clothes were generally made over
from l.i ls dress coat rlrousers were cut
down anil traveled through successive
boys, and finally cut up to patch and
piece other clothes. I5.y tailors were
unheard of. Se.unst reuses passed from
house to house and lived over the boys'
clothes, cut down and made; over, etc
If a 003- had a grandmother, he could
count perhaps 011 a pair of woolen inits;
otherwise he went without. To pur
chase such things was little thought of.
In the houses no furnaces, few stoves,
bedrooms as cold and colder than barns
nowadas; warming-pans for beds at
night in constant use. as the bed clothes
were like two cakes of ice. Washing
was done by lirst breaking through the
ice found in the pitcher over night. All
cooking done In wood fires, and better
lone than that of the present hvy, in
spite of our modern improvements.
All that can b said of the boy of
half a century ago is that the fittest
lived. No wonder that consumption
claimed its thousands and tens of thou
sands, both old and young. The won
der to us of to-rxy is how a 113 one ever
lived "through the winters of tho-e
.lays; and yet the boys, in my opinion,
had a better time, h itl more real en
joyment than is the case with bo3s of
toHla Toys, sleds, skates, balls and
marbles were costly and rare. The
boys saved their pennies for a whole
3'ear to be able to bin a sled or a pair
of skates. Christinas presents were
unknown. New Year, perhaps, brought
round a something, and then most
gcnerallv- a something useful rather
than playful. To-day boys no longer
treasure their things. " They get them
for the asking, without effort on their
own part, and they are consequent
held in light esteem. This has engen
dered carelessness, dependence ami
want of forethought in our bo3s. The
future seems all cut out for them.
The3 have 011I3 to sail along the placid
stream of life, and when trials and
financial disaster come, as they do to
most all of human kind sooner or later
in life, there is less manliness and te
nacit of purpose in fact, less intcgri
ty than formerly. When I went to
Charles W. Green's school in Jamaica
Plains, I had six cents a week pocket
money, on condition I would put three
cents each week in the bank. There was
no room here for extravagant expendi
ture, and my parents did not intend
there should be, but I got more out of
my three cents than bo3's do to-daj out
of three dollars that is, of real satis
faction. The subject is an endless one
in all its bearings and no less interest
ing than of advantage as displaying
the trials ami hardships of our fathers.
Boston TraxscripL
m m
S:iys Mr. Carnegie in his new book:
Whenever an American is met abroad
with the assertion that government in
the Republic is corrupt, he can safely
say that for one ounce of corruption
here there is a full pound avoirdupois
in Britain; for every 'job' here, twenty
yonder. One nobleman gets 4,000
pounds (.B20,000) per annum for walk
ing backward before her Majesty upon
certain occasions; and so on through "a
chapter of jobs' so long and irritating
that no American cou Id patiently read
through it." Pittsburgh FosL
FRENCH GAMBLING.
The Growth and Development or the Fr
uic!oa-c Habit In iurU.
Gambling in Franco has passed
through Yarious stages in the hist two
generations. When rougc-et-noir was
abolished at Fra-cati and at the fripoU
in the Palais Boyal, an era of priw.tc
play succeeded in Paris, which in-st of
the novelists of the time have described.
The plucking of pigeons was per
formed in boar-ling houses, where
there were always a few Colonels
and Majors at the tabic, and in boudo'rs
inhabited In hospitable ladies, who
were singularly lucky if they to k a
hand ai lnuvp.-net or vingt-et-un.
Then there were the parties in the
"particular ciMnots' 01 restaur.mts,
where the younger gentlemen present
would begin by pouring champagne
out of the window, and end 13 inditing
1. O. U. 's. At all times. I b dieve,
there is pi -tity of this s rt of card
phiying in tin centers of the civilized
world, but in i'-ir s it nourished in-ist
especially tin :;;: u'. th.! old "flush"
days of th ; Cafe Anglais ami the
Maison d'Or. au-1 was one of th chief
amusi'iuc'ils of "gilded" people during
the recent emp're. "Plunging" was
tic order of the da, and Ians'pien"t
was the game at which most of this
plunging" was done. The latter time
honored pistim lansquenet was
finally detltron-'d by hiccarat some
twenty 3'ear ag . and with the gie tt
vogu of luiwir.tt the birt'i of the g.im-lingelub-sseeinst
1 coincide. The clubs
of Paris, previ us to the baccarat ag,
wore all of Ih m just such places as those
k-iownuu 1 Tthe s.timnameiu London.
When in lo ) or there ib ut a man said
'.Ie vais an circle," he meant that he
was about to repair to a line suite of
rooms in tii b st part of th"- town, sit
down in cii deo company to an artistic
dinner, and perhaps, in the course of
the evening take a hand atbouillotteor
rubicon or whist. Rarely in that da3
did the pl-iy get at all wild or ruinous
at the cm7r: all the heavy gaming was
carried on at private and sami-privatj
hoiiM'5. But toward the close of the
empire even the bast of the club? were
b comingdemorali.ed in regard lo card
playing. People were talking about
lvhalil Bev's trem :i Ions gtmj of
piquet f which la;te I f jr sixty consecu
tive hours, at tii j end of which the loser
drew a cheek for a milllion of francs)
and about the immense roup effected
by one or tw Iv ts-iau Prince, whose
cxtravigaucos of oven-sort where tli3
daily theme of the lo'tl-l'urit. Thus the
natuj of ccrc'c became more nearly
assoeiated in the public mind with the
idea of wild pla- than had bien the
case before; an 1 sou after the w ir of
1S70-71, in the midst of the administra
tive laxit- following on this national
upheaval, certain clever speculators
conceived the idea of opening, under
the title, and with the outer aspect of
clubs, places which should be little ei30
than gaming houses, with all the profits
accuring from such institutions. Fort
niglttly llcoicw.
SNAKES AND FROGS.
An Instructive Chat About Ucptilcs of Va
riiiiii Families.
"Salamanders," said Prof. Bickmore
in a recent lecture in the museum of
Natural Iliston, "are sometimes
termed 'naked reptiles,' in distinction
from the snakes and others that are
covered with scales or plates. The
difference between the naked and the
scab reptiles would at first glance ap
pear slight, but the gap in reality
has been found b-naturalists in their
studies greater between these two
classes than it is between the reptiles
and the birds. That is. there is a
closer resemblance between snakes
and birds than between snakes and thb
frog or salamander."
Snakes, said the lecturer, are divided
into two general classes, those that are
poisonous and those that are not. The
boa-const ric lor is the largest of the
non-poison. nis snakes in America, but
in India the anaconda or water boa at
tains still greater si. . The largest on
record is one that vvu- taken by a nat
uralist in India and was forty feet long.
In its st mi.ich was found a h r ; that
had been enishe I before it was swal
lowed. Mr. Uiekmoiv related an iuci
dent of his own experience with a
pthon eiihte.'ii feet Ion j that was pre
sented him in India. The snake es
caped from a b in which it had beci
inclosed on board a ship, and an ex
citing struggle eiisu"d before it could
be killed. In p i-onieis snakes like the
rattlesnake two small sacks in the up
per pari of the mouth hold the poison
ous lluld, and I he fangs are two hollo-.v
teeth through which the p iiso:i passes
when thi' snake strikes its prey. The
species known as the Frr-tlr-Lnna
found in the West Indies, is the most
poisonous snake in this couiitn; but
there is a sugar-eating snake in India
which is even m re fatal to lift;.
Tiie different species of lizards were
next described by Mr. Bickmore. and a
large number of them were shown in
life colors on th screen. One species
was present d with a fold of skin by
which it is enabled to tly like the uytng
squirrel and the Borneo frog, and an
other with Hat disc-like toes by which
it adheres to the side of a smuoth wall.
The alligator and crocodile ranking
next in order, Mr. Bickmore said, are
provided 13' nature with means by
which they can enter the water with
mouth distended by the prc3 which
the3' cany, a valvoin the throat closing
so as to prevent the water from enter
ing the stomach. Turtles form a
group 1)3 themselves, Ivit are akin tc
tvptil 'S. Mr. Bickmore showed speci
mens of rest tre.l skeletons of the early
geological periods, when the saurus
and ottici gigantic reptiles existed. A
stone plate in the museum retains the
footprints of one of thesj spjcim mis.
Mr. Bickmore was of th ; opinion that
the stories of sei serpents are not
wholly sailors' nvi'ths, but that some of
the ancient monsters may still exist in
the depths of tho ocean. .V. 1. Tribune.
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THE LATEST MARVEL.
An Ingenious Ap1t.1r.1tu4 Which Prints
Music at It I lletiiff flayed.
An apparatus has hecn invented
which, when placed in electric com
munication with a pianoforte or other
kex'-board instrument, prints the music
as it is being pla3cd. The machine is
driven b3 clockwork. When in motion
a band of paper is drawn through the J
machine, and during its p:issage is
ruled with the staff lines and passes
under a number cf small marking
wheels, which correspond to the keys
of the pianoforte, and it is here that
the music is recorded. The notation in
which the music is recorded is not the
ordinary.., one. Whoa a note is de
pressed on the key-board, which is is
connection with the recording machine,
the corresponding wheel will begin to
mark, add the length of the line made
will be in proportion to the length 0
note. Thus, if a line a quarter of an
inch in length represents a quaver, a
line an eighth of an inch will represent
a semi-quaver. This system of nota
tion is easiby translated into the ordin
ary notation b3' any one who under
stands the latter. The connection with
the ke3'-board is obtained by a pin fixed
undcreach note, which dips into a small
cup of mercury. This arrangement in
no w3' interferes with the touch of the
key-board. .Y. Y. Post.
Over twenty-two million lobsten
were captured and canned on FriaM
Edward Island last year.
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.
President Holden, of the California
State University, receives a salary of
$3,000 $5,000 as president and S'l.OOO
as director of the Lick Observatory.
The English Church Missionary
Society have arranged forsimultuieotis
meetings for presenting the claims of
foreign missions in 1.10 cities and towns
m England.
There was irony as well as wit in
what Sidney Smith said. On taking the
parish at Foster he write-: When I
b"gan to thump the cushion of my pul
pit, as ii my wont when I preach, the
accumulated dust of l.VJ ;,'ears mad-
such a cloud that for som ; miuut- -s I
lost sight of 1113 congregation. Y. I.
Exmn.nci'.
A Presbyterian mi 5 'iouarv on the
west coast of Africa, a worn its. is the
011I3 white Chri.-t'un for sonv hun
dreds of miles, and has no idcmus of
travel but b3 a skill up and down the
river. She has the training of voting
men and worn n, not tuily in their
education and Christian life, but in
their even day pursuits; and she is de
clared to be most happ3 in her work.
Montroil Wiltics.
.Just before the outbreak of the war
Stonewall Jacks' tu, tli-m a professor in
the Virginia Miiitaiy Institute at Lex
ington, organized a Sun-la v-school for
colored children, which is still sustained
In leading citi.eus there. ThisSunda'
school has now set on fo t a siib-crip-tion
for a inmument to Jackson, which
is meeting uitli a live' v rcqiousuunung
the people. Hack aid white, of tiie
South. Chicago Herald.
In Genua n3 (J per cent, know
more languages than one: in Austria,
01 percent.; in England. .! percent.:
in France. '29 percent.: in 1 1:1(3, 23 per
cent.; in Bussia, 2j per cent.: in Spain.
13 per cent. A classical education had
been enjoyed in Germain In 32 per
cent.; in England, 31 per cent.; in
France. 20 per cent.; in Italy, 10 per
cent.; in Austria, 13 percent.; in Spain,
7 per cent.; in Bussia, 2 per cent.
Philadelphia Press.
A letter in the London Times.
written from Tientsin, speaks of mis
sionaries as "the true pioneers of civil
ization," and adils that "tho d:n has
gone by when English missionaries :ire
snubbed by their own authoriti-s.'"
He states that "a new wave of mission
ary interest is pus-dug over China."
and he seems to appreciate the 3'oimg
men of the English universities who
have recently gone out under the China
Inland Mission.
Co-education, according to the
Sanitarian, is conspicuousK successful
in Hampton Inslitut", where General
Annstroiig has G08 colored and Indian
students, nearly half of them girls.
The training is largely industrial,
especially for the 131) Indian students,
but a ven large proportion of the gradu
ates become teachers among their own
people. The fact that 200 applicants
were turned "awa3 during the last
school 3'ear because there was no room
for them is a forcible appeal for mo'V-W
to erect more buildings.
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.
Most of us lay up a good stock of
patience, but wc make the mistake of
putting it where we can't find it just
when we need it most.
Never refuse advice. Of course
you have no use for it. Nobody ever
has. But it is vciy handy to have, to
give to -somebody else. llurdcttc.
Stopped in time. Mistress Why.
Delia, what in the world have 3011
done? Delia Shure, ma'am, the mas
ter said the gas was leaking, and I put
up the pail to catch it. Tid-Uits.
Eliza llicarliy, a rich woman of
New Orleans, left two-thirds of her es
tate to another woman on condition
that she takes eare of a little dog be
longing to the deceased. X. O. Times.
The class in natural history being
asked the difference between a dog ami
a tree, the head boy answered: "A
tree is covered with bark while a dog
seems to be lined with it." .V. 1.
Ledger.
Among the wants in the New York
Xems is one for hands to. cut boys'
clothes. If the advertiser would only
give the boys a pocket knife each, th'-v
would furnish the hands. Chicago
Ledger.
A good imitation of celluloid is
now being made from Irish potatoes.
Nothing hut the apparent indifference
of science stands in the way of some
thing indestructible being evolved from
the modern beefsteak. Xurristown
Herald.
An exchange advertises: "Wanted
a 103 for bottling." This must be a
new iiidiisti'3. and it's a wonder it
wasn't thought of before. A good many
boys ought lo be bottled; it may be the
only w:i3 to keep them from spoiling.
Detroit Free Press.
"Going widing to-day, Awthaw?"
"Naw. Got to work." "So sowy,
deah boy. What is the aw blaw.sted
job, eh?" ".Maw's witten me a lettaw
ami I've aw -got to wead it befaw I
can make anothaw dwaft on haw. Did
3'ouevaw hc.ih of such a boah?" "Ncv
aw, deah boy, nevaw." Town Topin.
"Can 3'ou tell me what kind of
weather we 111:13 expect next month?"
wrote a farmer to the editor of his
county paper. The editor replied: "It
is 1113 bdief that the weather next
month will b very like your subscrip
tion bill." The farmer wondered for
an hour what theeditor was driving at,
when he happened to think of- the
word "unsettl -d." He sent a postal
uote. Troy Times.
Chances materially lessoned.
"Mrs. Dusenberrv!" "Well, rav dear?"
"Where's the bureau?" "l" had it
taken to the fourth floor." "Why did
3'ou do that, 1113- love? I've dropped
mv collar-button." "Well, why don't
you hunt for it?" "Hunt for it! " That's
encouraging, isn't it, when you've re
moved the only place where ihere'd be
any possibilit3of my limling it." I'hil
adctjMa Call.
A practical application of Scrip
ture. Winnie's mother had been com Fl
ing the little girl's long and hand-oine
but wind-tangled, romp-snarled hair.
When the operation was finished and
it was not unaecompanicd with several
severe pulls Winnie asked: "Did 30:1
get out many hairs, mamma?" "Yv.
dear," was the answer, unite a good
them all over
Harper's Jiazar.
won't He?"
An Almost Perfect Clock.
The works of the immense clock
which has been put up in the Board of
Trade building in Chicago are pro
nounced a most perfect reproduction of
those of the great Westminster Palace
clock in Loudon, but with some addi
tions and improvements adapted to its
commercial purpose. It is constructed
of iron, bronze and steel, and weighs
ten tons without the bellthe latter
adding some 4,500 pounds more. The
?enduluru alone weighs 750 pounds,
n its arrangement the works arc di
vided into a time train, a hand train,
and a striking train, these several
trains comprising separate machines,
resting, sidc by side, on separate
frames. Each of the trains is operated
by a separate weight, and the three
weights together reach some 3,5u0
pounds The hammer that .strikes the
bell weighs eighty pounds; the clock
work is below the dials, which are ten
feet ten inches in diameter, and the
bell is above them, or 250 feet above
the ground. The pendulum swings
oae wy in tw Mconds. M. Y, Sun,
! BOUND FOR THE
sz-e- j wzm ht m. m m. m. - a 11 rw
&
1? TRANS
tift2!.fe Jn,
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ObM
tf
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W IIKrl
ENORMOUS RAILROAD SHOWS
-WILL K.Y
Monday,
U.MI'.lNINtJ A TIMPI.K SYN'DICATK OF SKVEBAL,SI-:AUATK. SUl'KKi:
SENSATIONAL SHOW'S, hitherto traveling as distinct organizations
anil now FOB THE FIUST TIME
ALL THREE UNITED IN ONE !
Pet rless Perfection Personified,
Arts ot Artists Aggregated,
Company of Clever Clownp,
El-phu!ilF Educated Extensively,
Nal lire's Newest Novelties,
Scintillating Sensational Slurs,
Wi'-e Welding of Wonders,
Merry-Milkers' Melange,
Various Vigorous Vaulter?,
Bousing Biding Beiusmeu,
Loir of Lolly Leapers,
Peculiar Perilous Performances,
i:u-lling Hurricane Horsemen,
Wide World's Wonders,
Astonishing Ami) of Animals,
Multitudinous Miraculous Marvels,
Unparalleled Unh'tie UnilicHtioiiH,
Sells' Scries of Surprising Sensations,
Tented Temples of Trophies,
ludchcribsble Inimitable Innovations,
The Triumphant Trio,
Supremely Successful Sells,
Aendemiot. of Arenic Acts,
Sells" Summer Saunters,
tiii at Goiman, Polly Leo,
William Sclln, Minnie Minneltn,
Lewis Suulin, A Hie .lacksou,
Melrose Family, 1 Judge?,
Prof. "White's Dogs, Goafs and Monkos,
Johnny Purvis and Donkey h,
James Bell, Leslie Broilirre.
Donaldson Brothers, Edward Howard,
William II nines, Denny Stirk,
Prof". Merrick's Cornet Band,
Morse's Plantation Band,
Zeno, r0 Leapers and Tumblers.
Over 200 Performers All Told !
Q IIRS. 1
onims.1
Till: A TICK.
staui:.
PAOKAXT.
I'KOJIKNAPK.
i.
2.
3.
That Funny Fat Fellow, Button-Bursting
Billy Burke, and the Clown Elephant,
"Sid."
Only living Male and Female Hippopota
mi ever exhibited untrammeled in the
ring.
A Living Giraffe in addition to all the
animals mentioned in the hooks.
NX At the cml of this season, the
0 the three Shows now in
rcuits. So future opportunity will be
Two lerloriua-a-eM
PAGEANT PARADE AT 10 A. M.
I3r EXCURSIONS OX ALL KAILKOAHS. UOlJ.Nl TI'II' TICKETS.gj
IMMEDIATE APPOINTMENTS
Fremont June 19, Columbus 21, Norfolk 22,
Albion 23, Central City 24, St. Paul 25, Grand
island 26.
GOLDEN GATE!
omm
111 BIT AT
June 21st.
1,000
Men and
Horses.
present Syndicate will be dissolved, anil
one will thereafter resume their u-ual
ottered to see them as now combined.
Iail at aed 7 1. ill.
Ayer's
OneftfPeGtoral
Slioi:!.! !. Lc;t coattsatly :" l..::al. fr
i. - i.i i ."orf'a.ic. of- iLi- i:ni'-'i':oi!.
.":; ; ijiolii.., cur,..,, iu . .c i:iwLZ !'
t..e oia..:u.; ar.ui t ; C:o;.j . 1..:I ,"
iiltie suti.riT, ttlili n;i :iul : ."..;: fare.
:..p:t!,: tur s::r. In m.i!i c::c.i A;.i
v. a.-; r !'oi ;ral b iuvsii:.,?,!". ?Ji .. T.-.I.: :
Cdis.., IZd VT.it 3:3 s, Sew jc;.
wrl.e. : "TLl."o iu the co-mtrr. !.-.-
winter. is: ' :iUiotiiy. three ji-roM. v.
!::i;ca ill with Crctm; it iccK:-.'! r- i." 1
v.euhl di.: frs'ii rtrciii.'Minilci:. A.i."
Cherry i.ctora! v.-s tried in Miin'.t ..
freiU. n!. doses, .uid. in lesi :h.::i !.:.' : i:
hour, the little i::tk-nt was l-rt-atit!-. -c:m!.
The durior r.-.iil 'hut the IV -.i-'
saw.! my .brlin-V life." "Ir--. i ' . -.
liuL:i. Cuiiford. Co:ui.. v.riiv. Ait;'
t'iuirv lVvioral
Saved RSy L::"e.
ami :iIm llje life of iu 1:1 lie m.ij. ,'.- !;v.
i-i trutilMtl with 'ru; I .Lre t.t.i !
wiiiioti. thi- n-uiiih ii: tin-l.cu-i-.' ... .
,). !ie;r. Loweli. JIas ,it,-. . ;.;
chiMiiil hac n-.-:;:,ii;j !.!. it ..!".
Cherry IVeloral for Cmis;In :n.-I . r. i .
It "' intiiK-iliate iciief, ii':'ou,' 1..
uiv.'' 3Ir. 31ary 2. Kv-ui-.. .-. ::e..:t e.
l'a., writes: "I haw two I'llii- li.. : .. ?.
of whom have Iiicn, from ii:r:in.- . -t.l, ii
lo wofcail ztttaek:: of Crottj-. .'.brt:! -
uiitiiths :iijo we bc-ui umjij, Ani'- ' 'i r-
IVctond. and it acts like a '... u.. Jr. r.
frw lnhuilc." after the cliii.1 t.-'t- I I..
hronlhrs easily ami r.-l w'.. 1.
mother onjjlit to Know what t- be .-ht; !
have fouml in AwrV Chein i i-lcirl."
3!r?.AVni.0.i:ii5,FrehoM.X.e. wri.o
In our f.unily, Ajer's na-ilu-im - I.:.x
boon Me:ii!r for many yrr.i. ir. u:m
i;f CoitLs and Cough:, we take
flyer's Cherry Ural,
and the hicom entenre N soon for-.-ottoi:."
rm:ii:i:i r.v
Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, M.-isr
SoUI by all Druggists.
tub:
OMAHA & CHICAGO
SHORT LINE
o Tin-:
Cias) , Milwaukee ani
If Tlnn!
01.
THE BEST ROUTE
E'roniO.11,111,1
XO THE; 3SASX.
Two Train.N IJ;:il !!; rrn lii;;ha
Chicago, axi - Milwaukee,
St. Paul, Minneapolis, Cedar Rapids,
Clinton, Dubuque, Davenport,
Rock Island, Freepurt, Rockford,
Elgin, Madison, Janesville,
Beloit, Winona, La Crosse.
A nil ,ill other lni..ri u:l I'oiiU-. K.i:,
Xirlh-at anil Southeast.
For throuii tiKl- rail on the Tn-ket
Aueiit at CohiiiiNas. .Nflir.il.i.
I'1'I.I..MAN M.ki i-Pics ml the KlM-.sr
MlNlM. "i:s in iiik WiiiM.D an- run on
the main lilies ot tin- 4tti-:i;o. tl il
WiiHk V St. B:! ill lty. aiol et-i
.-ttention is naiil ti p tseners 1 ti.iir
ti'dlis elilloe- of I hi- t '.1111p.u1 .
K. .IBiller, ,. V. NM4iirM'nfr-,
(iclK-ral Alan er. .i :iI i'.iss. As;!.
.1. 1'. a'in-k.r, U.. CS. Il.:t flortl.
Am'! Ui-h'I Alan. A-'l I'ass. A-'t.
.1. 'I'. 4'iurU, lit-u'I Sii.'l.
Keli. 17-1
LOUIS StJIIRElBEK,
i
All kinds tit' Ii-n:ii: in doiie on
Short Notice. Unties, V:-
ons, etc., maile to oilei
anil :t!l work (itiai-
anteeil.
Also sell the world-famous Walter A
Wood Mowers, Reapers, Combin
ed Machines, Harvesters,
and Self-Mnders - the
best made.
JSTShop opposite the " TiUitviII," on
Olive St.. COl.l'Mltr.S. .-.II
Denver to Chicago,
Denver to Kansas City,
Denver to Omaha,
Omaha to Chicago,
Kansas City to Chicago,
Omaha to St. Louis,
BEST LINE
FROM
WEST TO EAST!
SURE CONNECTIONS
LOW RATES
BACCACE CHECKED THROUGH.
Through tickets ovor tho Burling
ton Route are for sale by tho Union
Pacific, Denver & Rio Crando and
all other principal railways, and
by all agonts of tho ''Burlington
Route."
For further information, apply to
any agont, or to
P. S. EUSTIS,cn'ITk'tJg-t,
OMAHA. XKB.
100 paffCf.
xklorun
to coti-
cxjHjrl
lerwiso. llciinlniiisliplHOliiewsnaiH'rsaiult-.iiinatcH
oftlicfostofadvertisinjr.Tlwa'lvrrli-oTwIio
wank to s-nil one Uollnr. HihIm Ii it tint In
formation he requin-P. wlulo lorliim who will
invest oiittliuiiilrvd tliousiin.l dollars in nd
vertiainir. u cclii'iiw in Inilicntcd wliieh wilt
meetliU ovurj- n-iuiivinent, or cm be watte
to ilo so btf ili'jht chaiifes easily urrivtU ut by cor
rtspondence. 1 59 editions luivo leen isuel.
Sont. post-uuiil. to any aiMrPsn for 10 cents.
Write Ut GEO. P. ROWELI, &. CO.,
NEWSPAPElt ADVERTISING BUREAU.
(lOSpruMSt-PriiitiDg House Sq.), New York.
llflllW
Busilll
a Wagon MaKe
HiHHHDBBHR2S8flQHHHBHHHiHHH
UpiLFcpA ppD A hook-of
M Tli: b'st In
f r ,'-.., , -.,.... alvcrti.-t-r
JIDVfcRTISlWS,-!?,
UNION PACIFIC
LAND OFFICE,
AML.C. SMITH, Ag't.
AND
Ooirai Ebb Esi&te Dealer.
IS" I h.svt- a l.irirr iitiiulifr of iittprovd
fjjni;. lor ab- fhi-.ip. Also Unimproved
r.iijdn; and v:n?.i;tk; l.i:uN, r.oin ?l to$t3
pfro-i'.-.
irtrSj't-fi.il atii-iiiiou j-aj, t making
li:-a! proof on MoiiH-.-u-ail anil Timber ,
"l.iim ,vT ,"-
if II l.avii." I:ip..ts la n-l w ill iai t
. to il.rlr .-nlvHiitaiM- to li-avo llicm'in my
; hard i lor salo. .Money to loan on farm-i.
i F. II. -Mai I) . !4 rL. !-..-:ik Ci-mnii.
! ..
to tr
I'otitnilni-. Nl.rak.
FREE LAND!
-Fo.:
PAKHKRK&RTIICKIIKN
i
,ln-i hi-yoitil tho N.-'iriki line on the
I 'tall i- t."m-r
Tho Country is Wonderfully
Productive.
fhenp Lands lor sale, in the vicinity
of the live! town tit Sterling.
Grand Openings for all kinds of Busi
iipss. Present population of
Town 500.
XTrSoiid for circulars to
PACKARD & KINO,
"S-y Sterlin-r, U'-M I'o., Colorado.
ESTABLISHED IN I860.
'I'm:
AASIIIN(' ION, t. V.
I.iily, i'-i'i'pt Siindiv-i. I'rii'r, ?;.(! per
j ear in ndtaiu'e, pot:ifre free.
-thi:
WEEKLY iYATIBML BEFOBLICAM.
fievoted lo re,ier.il new- and orlirtn-tl
matti r obtained Irum t!it- )ep irtmeni .
Aiirieiiltiiri -nut other Pepartmenti ot
tin-loncrnm. -tit, relating to the 1'trniiiikC
and pbilitinv intere-.-.
An .doe.-ite of Kepnblieau priueiples,
reiewin fearU-. -ly ami fairly the arts
of Coiisjre-.N and theN.ition.il Admint.s
t ration 1'riee, .'fl.00 per year in advant-e,
postage Iree.
E. V. FOX.
'resident and Manajj r.
The Natiunai. Uki-uiilican and the
CiU.ii.Mtius.loUKNAt., I year, $2.."0. ,'W-v -
Cnres Guaranteed!
DR. WARN'S SPECIFIC No. 1.
A ertain t'ure for Nervous Debility,
Semin il Weaktn-.-), Involuntary Kmi's--ioti,
Spermatoirho-a, and all disease of
the yeiiito-urinary orfjan- eaiised by self
abiixe or over indnlettee.
I'riie, $1 00 per hov, i V liove.t $.".0(.
DR. WARN'S SPECIFIC No. 2.
For F.nileptic Fits, Mental Anxiety,
l.n-i.i f Mt'innry, Softening of the Brain,
and all thoxe diea-e.-4 of the brain. 1'rwu
l.o0 per box, ix boxes $.".0i).
DR. WARN'S SPECIFIC No. 3.
For Iiupntonee, Sterility in either sex,
Lois of Tow er, premature old age, and all
those diseases rei-uiriug a thorough in
vigorating of the sefii.il organs. I'riee
?'J.IM1 per box, six boxen $IO.OO.
DR. WARN'S SPECIFIC No. 4.
For Headaehe, Nervous Netiralirin. and
all aeule diseases of the nervous sriteiu.
I'l l.-e .".Oi- jut box, six boxc $i.1t. "
DR. WARN'S SPECIFIC No. 5.
For all diseases eait.sed by the over-use
of tol.ar.-o or liijuor. This remedy is p.tr-tii-ulailv
L'tlieaeious in avertiug palsy and
delirium tremens. Price $l.0u per 'ox,
.-i. boxes :f.".0O.
H'i; I'tiarantee a (,'ure, or agree to re
fiiiid double the money paid. Certificate
in e.teh box. This guarantee applies to
eaeh of our live specifies. Sent by mail
toanv address, secure from observation,
on receipt, of price. Ite careful to mention
the number of Specitic wanted. Our
specifies are only recommended for spe
citic diseases. Ite ware of remedies war
ranted to cure all these diseases with one
medicine. 'I'o avoid counterfeits and al
uaj s secure toe genuine, orderjouly from
lUU"l-Y .V C-lll.W,
I)i:uuuists
1!'-I Columbus, Neb.
Health is Wealth!
l)a E. U. West's Neuvt. aso Reaiit Treat
dent, n t-narantood Bpecihc for Hysteria, Dizzi
ness, Convnlsions, 'itn. Nervous Aeuralgia.
Hoadncho, Nervous Prostration caused by tlio usa
of alcohol or tobacco. Wakefalnefcs, Mental Do
pre8ion. Sottoninff of tho Urain rebultinginin
eanity nnd lendinft to misery, decay and death.
lrcmatnro Old Ak. Itarrcnncss. Loa of power
in either box. Involuntiry Iosseq nnd Bnvrmiit
orrheca caused by orer-oxor ti m of tho brain, eelf
obusoor 7cr-indulKo:ico. lach box contains
ono month's trcntnvnt. SljTO.ibox.orBixboiea
tor5XJ.fcC-atbyinail i-ni.iidoii receipt of pneo.
WE GL'AKAXTEK MIX BOXES
Tocnronnycaso. With eachonler received byna
for six boiefl, accompaniid with t&W, wo will
eend tho purchaser our vritten fjuaranteo to re
fund tho money if tho trvatmontdueanotetwcl
fccuro. Guarantees istmedonlyby
JOHN O. WEST & CO., -862
W. MADISON ST., CHICAGO, ILLS.,
Solo Prop's Wcst'3 Liver Mils.
in presents given away.
Send lit 5 ct-nt.-t postage.
tjjj aim y man you win fjei
free a j):iKaj: of iroods of lar;e value,
that will start mi in work thit will at
iiiin: Itrin-; youin money faster than any
thing -Nc in America. All about the
$-2(K,0)() in prt-cntH with each box.
Ajjent- wa-ted everywhere, of either
sex, of all ;:, for all'thc time, or spare
time only, to work for u at their own
homes. Fortunes for all workers ab
solutely assured. Don't delay. II. Hal
LVTT.t Co., Portland, .Maine.
S500 REWARD!
JVEwlllpTlabOTrw4 tnrytfot Iirr ComptaM
p7frpia,8kk Ilradxh.li.lMloa.CoatflpaUoa mCmIiihi
cuootnr with Wnl'i Vrxttll Ltrw H1U, b Ik 4iro
tlontlr tUicU cumplb4 with. Tbrmr puily TrfUtl..iJ
XTrrMl to ttr miiftrtleo. Hagsr Catl. lrfg boin.cw
UlalKKSOplISScnti. JTr Ml tr U draffbu. Dkwuo1
KmsUif.lU u4 ImlltHim. Tte .iln muubcUraJ nlf by
JOHN C. WLST A CO, HI 1 Is W. MIIo hL. Chtafa.
fMHUftfiVHOwuvinpUiantalyiiifticnlii
WIN
more money than at anything
else by taking an agency for.
the best selling book out. Be-
giuner succeed grandly. None fail.
Terms free. Hall-tit Book Co., Port,
land, Jlfcime. 4-32-J
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