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Nebraska's State University an
Interesting Snbject
A LIST OF ITS BEPABTMEKT&
L Sketch efPret Beaver. Hew
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(Special CorrespoBdeBce.)
Lincoln, Nov. 11. Owing to a some
what hingii'fir series of mimindcrBtand
aigs that term being perhaps more
strictly applicable than any other the
chancellorship of the State university is
vacant. The duties of the position are
performed by Professor Charles E. Bes
sey, professor of botany and horticul
ture. Contrary to wltat might have
been expected, the institution seems to
be feeling a stimulus rather than a
PROFESSOR EESSEY.
drawback from Una temporary
of a nominally official head.
rrefea r Beaiey
was born in Wayne county, Ohio, May
SI, 1845. He was the son of a farmer
and remained on the parental home
stead uatil he had completed his 16th
year. His educational facilities were
amply those of the average farmer boy
hi aa exclusively rural district, embrac
ing, however, the New England academy
system and course. He then went to
Michigan and engaged in surveying in
he pine regions. In 1808 he began at
tendance upon the Michigan Agricul
tural college at Tensing, completing a
faM scientific course. He was immedi
ately appointed to fill the chair of bota
ny and horticulture in the State Agri
cultural College of Iowa, where he re
maned for fifteen years. During that
period he spent parts of two years in
post graduate study at Harvard, and
was at one time lecturer in the Univer
sity of California. In 1884 ho was chosen
by the board of regents to the chair of
botany and horticulture in the State Uni
versity of Nebraska, which he accepted,
and has since filled the position to the
perfect satisfaction of the governing
board, the ubuc and his associates.
Professor Beasey is as nearly the mas
ter of the sciences to which his life is
devoted as any man of his age. Besides
being a most capable instructor, lie is an
author of national reputation. His first
publication was a "Geography of Iowa,"
which was a popular and successful text
book in the most advanced schools. He
subsequently published a "Botany for
High Schools and Colleges," "The Essen
tials of Botany," and numerous pamph
lets and bulletins of more or less import
ance. For the past nine years he has
been, and is still, the editor of tlte
"American Naturalist," a periodical of
national circulation and high standing
in learned circles tlie world over.
It will be seen that Professor Bessey is
an honor to the state that commands his
sen ices, as well as a man who will soon
be as eminent as be is now industrious
and efficient. Young, modern in idea
and aaetbod, abreast of the foremost de
velopments and broadest treatment of
scientific questions, of the most pleasing
address, a growing man, he has the fac
ulty of guiding and teaching in a degree
rarely equaled. It is understood, by the
way, that he has declined a virtual
proffer of the chancellorship, which
would be regrettable but for his prefer
ence for the special department in which
he has been so long and successfully en-
Sged.
The Ualverstty
is in a more prosperous condition than
ever before. The number in constant
attendance now is 433, of whom 358 are
hi regular university work. The re
asaiainr, seventy-five are engaged in
special courses in the art and other de
partmeats or annexes. The total for last
year was 427, and when it is considered
that that embraced three terms, and this
is but the second month of the first term
of the year 89-90, it may be safely cal
culated that the forhcoming catalogue
waU show at least 500 names. In the
higher work there are now 225, as
against just 300 for tbe whole
of last year. The institution m
growmg steadily in strength.attenrtance,
aamrtrr and qualification of instructors,
said in reputation. The mass of youth
of the state is drawing closer to it, while
the slate system of public schools is di
recaty connected with it There are al
ready quite a number or high schools
whose graduates can pass directly into
university nlanafp without other examin
ation than the presentation of their grad
uation certificates. Thus to every pupil
inthoM schools the university is merely
a eontiauatioa of the course entered up
on in the first grade. Both ends of
The LeAder ef KaewleAjre
axe firmly bound into a strong andac-
ceariale whole, the educational system
ef tits state is perfectly continuous and
eoaanlete. This condition also exercises
a healthy stimulus upon the high schools
of the state, as it is the laudable ambi
tion of each and every one to connect it
aeV warn the great central institution,
and to do this it must elevate its stand
ard ef iaati action. To this connection
ia dfeactiy traced the entrance to the
uaimuilj of a large percentage of its
But the, most beneficial
of the sjtuatlan is that it noou-
the university. It is no longer
; afar off, to be regarded by
the youthful student with fear and trem
ulatien, hut is merely the next step be
yend the familiar high school. It is to
too, that the number of
; students has increased at
i a nacre ranid rate than the eeneral
By this is meant young
aae kind of labor
i that nays or helps to
boad and other expenses.
Horticulture Professor
instructor, H. J.
Professor H.E. Hitch-
; T. M. Hodyman.
UeocroMcHMJea.
seen who perform
pay their
The fallowing is a
Uatrta
Betany and
Charles t Beany
Weaker. -
Modern Languages anil Sanscrit JWo
fesBor A. H. Edgreen; instructor, Law
rence Fossler.
Geokxrv and Allied Sciences Profes
sor L. E. Hicks; instructor,
Bhimek.
Latin Professor G.
structor, V. J. Emery.
Englfeu Literature Professor
L. A.
film man
History Professor George E. Howard;
asMiristn nmf eaaor. H. W. Caldwell.
Chemistry Professor H. EL Niohol
eoa, Professor Bachael Lloyd; instructor,
Elton Fulmer. This department is Just
now crowded to its full capacity analyz
ing samples of sugar beets raised in this
state, of wliich more particulars anon.
Agriculture and Biology Professor J.
S. Kingsley. In this department embry
ology u made a specialty.
Physic:; Professor D. B. Brace; in
structor, 11. N. Allen.
Civil Engineering Professor Charles
N. Little.
Rhetoric and Oratory Professor E.
W. Hunt,
Political and Economical Science
Professor A. G. Warner.
Philosoyhy-iProfossor II. K. Wolfe.
Military Lieut T. W. Grifllth, of the
regular army.
Preparatory School Principal, James
T. Lees.
Painting and Drawing Sarah Wool
Moore; teacher of music, Minnie D.
Cochran.
Registrar and Librarian Ellen Smith.
A I Evident
from this statement the university main
tains all the departments necessary to
make it rank with the foremost western
institutions of its kind, and, in the opin
ion of men competent to judge, the con
duct of tlie institution in every branch is
of a character in full keeping with the
needs and ambitions of a strong young
state. Tiiis is a very brief allusion to
this great factor in the education and
elevation of the youth of the state, and
it will be now and then supplementedby
treatment more in detail. It should,
however, be said, that a large majority
of the principal and associate professors
and instructors are young men, fresh
from the best institutions of the east,
fully imbued with modern ideas, ac
quainted with the best methods and very
greatly attached to the institution of
which they are parte.
Libraries
There arc now nearly fifty thousand
books accessible to the public, free, in
this city. Firbt in the matter of siae is
the state library at the Capitol. It con
tains about thirty thousand volumes,
mostly of legal and historical character,
and is perhaps as large, complete and
generally valuable as any in the north
west. In the printing of statutes, re
ports, supreme court decisions, etc., a
sufficient number of extra copies are
made to permit a continual system of
exchfti.se with other states and terri
tories, as well as with other public U
braries and possibly private collectors. It
is a matter of time and growth when
theNebraska state library will be equal
to the older and more renowned collec
tions of eastern states.
The university library contains some
thing over 12,000 volumes and is divided
into one general and three special de
partments. The management has al
ways been liberal in this direction and
that excellent policy will doubtless be
continued. The general reading room,
with 10,000 books and all the stand
ard periodicals, is open for six noun
daily.
The free city library contains about
7,000 standard works and is open to the
public day and evening. Tt is one of
the best and is well patronised. In ad
dition to those tlie state historical
collection is large and is open to
the seeker after information in its spe
cial line. The common school libraries
may also he included in this paragraph,
though, as they are only used by the
pupils, they are omitted from the esti
mate of numbers. Tho collection of
books in the high school is worthy of
note for its size and quality. It needs no
additional statement to show that Lin
coln can consisteutly make claims, to be
considered a city of culture.
The TLate Campaign
lias been specially characterized for its
inert and passive character. There waa
a good deal of seething and bubbling in
the early stages, but it soon subsided.
Not a state 'meeting was held, and but
for tho accidental choosing of a con
gressman in the Second district and here
and there a fierce fight in some of the
counties over the spoils.one would hardly
have known that the annual eruption
was taking place. It is observable,
however, that the contests over the
county treasuries are becoming more
and more spirited year by year. This is
a bad sign morally, but not so bad finan
cially. It means that the custody of the
public funds shall change often enough
to constitute in itself a not inconsidera
ble addition to the legal safeguards
against peculation and embezzlement
It is perhaps, again, not good that
the biennial fight over public funds
shows that they are regularly em
ployed between times in ordinary busi
ness channels contrary to the spirit of
the law.
Corporal Paalthateat.
A good deal of excitement has char
acterised a recnt event in the city
schools involving the matter of corporal
punishment A teacher in the central
school, a young lady who is one of the
most efficient on the list, found her room
becoming turbulent and disorderly.
One of the ringleaders, a boy of 12 or 18,
was especially insubordinate and the
teacher punished him quite se
verely in the presence of. the
school. The implement employed was
a bit of light rubber hose,
about eighteen inches long. The suitable
portion of the boy's anatomy exhibited
some marks of the hose next day. After
the punishment was inflicted and the
pupOs dismissed a dozen or so of the
larger boys hooted the teacher all the
way to her home in true hoodlum fash
ion. The matter got into the papers
and an investigation was loudly
demanded by members of the Hu
mane society. The teacher was
arrested, tried and acquitted. The
acquittal was as proper as the arrest had
been a matter of doubtful propriety.
None of the critics of the teacher have
been heard to comment on the fact that
a mob of half -grown boys mobbed a re
spectable lady ia the streets in broad day
light without an arrest being made. This
world is getting to be a good deal too
velvety for the rising generation.
J. D. Calhoun.
NEBRASKA NEWS.
The amount of money collected in the
police court at Omaha during the month
of October was $282.75.
John Norburg, a baliff in the dfetrict
court was arrested at Omaha on the
charge of nfmmilfhig William Vaughn
on a street car, and also for using loud
and profane language.
The ministerial association of the York
district will meet at David City Novem
ber 18 and 14.
The police have begun a warfare on
the gamhMag dene of Beatrice, and have
already broken up one, with several
The energetic cHiaono of Kearney are
working for sewerage.
A Greaham farmer has harvested over
two hundred hualieki of onions. Bee
receiving 88 cents per bushel t or them.
ThebamofCyrusHalliger.aNuckolte
county farmer, waa destroyed by fire
and three valuable Clydesdale stallions
were burned to death, entailing a loss of
$12,000.
Nebraska is exporting apples to Aus
tralia Irr tto tiaiutoalr
THE BOSTON,
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Fall Clothing for Men
Whirli T am
tables, everything is fresh, stylish and bought of the largest manutocturies.
The evenings growing chilly, you all feel the need of one of this class of coats. My stock is complete. I shall be pleased to fill your wants in this line. I will offer you bargains in suits.
I scarcely know which one of the many beautiful styles to mention. I will offer you a NICE 8TYLE SUIT FOR $5.00, yoa can't get elsewhere for less than 18.00. My $0.00 suits, worth $12.50.
are all wool, stylishly made, and will compare with any suit bought elsewhere for $12.50. A nice, fancy plaid or stripe sacks or frocks for $12.50 is worth $18.00; the nicest dress suits for $17.50, cheap at
$22.50; $20.00 suits are cheap at $27.50. . , . - r . -J.
MY CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT IS COMPLETE. Now is your time to buy children's suits, age 5 to 12 lor $2.00, cheap at $3.25. age 5 to 12 for $3.00, cheap at $4.50 and too
many others to mention.
A BIG LINE OF BOYS' AND CHILDREN'S 0YERC0ATS. Parents now is your time to purchase. I also carry a; LARGE LINK OF BOYS' AND CHILDREN'S HATS
AND CAPS that will be sold at the very lowest-prices.
TALKING ABOUT GENTS' 'FURNISHING GOODS, you can find any style for less atoaeythaa was ever ofered to y ou before. You cam buy a good undershirt for 50 cents, cheap at
75 cents ; a full line of GENTS' AND BOYS' OYERSHIRTS in flannel and all styles. I have too large an aajortaaeat to awatioa prices ia this line.
A COMPLETE LINE OF MEN'S AND BOYS' BOOTS AND SHOES, at the very lowest prices, and errthing k warranted or money will be cheerfully refunded. I intend to make
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In addition to my
TEE BOSTON,
AeerisaticMdieBartof the attempted
suicide of Mrs. 081 FWd of Hastings
is indignantly denied by the lady and
her friends.
A company has been incorporated to
build a road from township tt, range 5,
Antelope county, through Knox county
to the north hne of the state.
The McCook Democrat has changed
owners.
David Richards, a farmer living near
Mflford, took the first premium on corn
and fruit at the Canton, O., fair.
A Kansas City actor was picked up at
Beatrice the other day nearly dead from
Teure and privation,
deal ia on on the tapis at Hastings to
"fill a long-felt want" publication of a
morning dafly.
Fairfield has asoured the machine
ahopsof C O. Gffiett, formally of Bur
lington Junction, la.
Omaha lias a scandal in the disappear
ance of "Proffeseor" Waltners. a leading
musician, followed soon by Miss Rachel
Franko. tho popular vocalist.
Hastings has a sensation, a Mrs.
Hosher, wife of a clerk, eloped with Dr.
R. A. Stewart, a prominent dentist of
that place.
Long Jing. Wah Gee and Song Sing
Ling voted tlie republican ticket at
Chadron.
Tlie soldiers' home at Grand Island is
full of inmates and no more will be re
ceived. A small boy at Belmont picked up a
dynamite cap, such as is used in blasting.
He hit it with a hammer, when it ex
ploded, tearing off one hand, badly
injuring the other and making a terrible
wound iu his breast He caunot recover.
Charles Kidd, local circulator of the
Omaha Bee, at Nebraska City, was ar
rested cliarged bv Fred Ostrom, carrier
for the Omaha Republican, with inter
fering with the delivery of the latter's
papers and destroying Republicans.
James Cunningham, a young married
man of Osage precinct, was found hang
ing to a beam on his farm. Ill health is
the cause assigned.
Bucher Koch and A. G. Armitage will
commence the publication of a weekly
newspaper this week at Hastings, in the
interest of the Union Labor cause.
A "knowing" father at Mayflower
while allowing his cliildren how to cut
nice thin slices of breali. nearly cut off
his hand.
Mrs. Henry Arndt of Minden swol
lowed a dose of carbolic acid, dying in
great agouy. Family troubles.
The body of on unknown man was
found near Dunbar. The tracks show
that he had fallen into a creek and after
ward crawled up on the bank and died
from cold and exposure.
There are 980 papers published in Ne
braska. Of these Mare dafly, 836 week
ly, 5 semi-monthly, 1 every ten days and
14 monthly.
J. H. Snell of Ashland has awarded
the contract for a 100-barrel flouring
mill, with a corn meal plant of twenty-five-barrel
capacity.
Burglars raided a dry goods house at
Tekamah and secured considerable
booty.
Mrs. Henry Arndt. living six miles
southeast of Minden, committed sui
cide by taking carbolic acid. Family
troubles.
Kearney will have a public library.
An unknown man has terrorised the
community near Harrison by entering
houses,demol falling furniture. Killing ana
carrying away hogs, intimidating de
fenseless women and committing other
depredations.
It cost John Craig of Schuyler $125, be
sides an expensive lawsuit, to clear his
f arms of prairie dogs.
Calvin Madfaon shot and killed J. L.
Pordmore, a prominent citisen of Scotia,
in front of the former's residence. Jeal
ousy was the cause.
Rev. J. P. Havnon one of the men
who have been conducting a holiness
meeting at Table Rock, has eloped with
a daughter of Rev. Mr. CarmichaeL
Professor Nicholson of Lincoln has
finiahed the analysis of Mrs. Dr. Rob
ajns atoaaarh. The result is a complete
vindication of Dr. Robbins, who was
caartfrfwr&rxfacniaa-niBwife.
Nebraska will be saprgiiated at the St.
Louis silver
LUNA AND LUNACY.
ffthsTi
The old idea that Luna and lunacy have
an intimate relation appears to be not
wholly without foundation. This, at any
rate, is demonstrated by the commission
ers in lunacy for Scotland that the sea
sons have a distinct influence on asylum
statistics. The tables of admissions dur
ing the years 1860-7 show that there are
two well marked periods one in which
the number rises considerably above the
average, and the other in which it falls
considerably below. The average monthly
number for the eight years was l.Gtt.
During the three months of May, June
and July the number was 828 above what
it would have been if the average num
ber only had been admitted. On the
other hand, during the months of Octo
ber, November, December and January
the number was 462 below what it would
have been if the average number had
been admitted. The table shows further
that this rise and this fall are preceded
by a gradual rise and a gradual fall, the
rise taldog place during bruary, March
and April, and the fall taking place dur
ing July, August and September.
"The jpecial frequency, the couuiiL:
aioners say, "with which asylum treat
ment is resorted to during the period
from the middle of April to the middle
of fuly corresponds with what has been
observed by asylum physicians that
there fa a tendency to an exacerbation of
the amenta disorder of patients in asy
lums during tho early part of summer;
aaditfaiaterestituc to notice also that
now nflferiner to tha neonleof Columbus and vicinity. Not a dollar's worth of old clothing can
are bound to bring you to me, and if
t ino
business here I take measures for men's
the statistics of suicide in the genera
population show that this occurs most
frequently during the same period.
The greatest number of recoveries take
place during June, July and August, and
they are fewest during the months of
November, January and February. The
regularity in the rise and fall of the num
bers is twice interrupted. Tlie rise is in
terrupted by a fall in April, and the. fall
is interrupted by a rise in December. "It
is considered probable that these inter
ruptions are due to some causes which
recur regularly at these periods, because
they are well marked in character; and
it is suggested that the December rise is
occasioned, in part at least, by the an
nual statutory revision of the condition
of patients in asylums during that month.
This revision is made by medical officers
of asylums with a view to determine
whether they can properly give the cer
tificate of the necessity for further deten
tion in tho asylum which ia annually re
quired to legalize tho continued residence
of all patients who liave been three years
in an asylum. The occurrence of the
large number of recoveries during the
months of June, July and August is
probably due to tho largo number of ad
missions during May, June and July, as
more than 48 per cent of all the recover
ies which take place during the first year
of residence occur within three montlis
of the date of admission." Pall Mall
Gazette.
He Could Drive.
The first colonel of the First Maine
cavalry was bluff John Goddard, an iron
sided old lumberman. Before the war
he used to take gangs of men into the
woods every winter. x
Late ono fall in the "fifties" a tall,
lank Yankee came into CoL Goddard's
office and asked for employment as a
teamster.
"Do you know how to drive oxen?"
asked Goddard.
"I rather reckon I do," was tlie bash
ful response.
"Suppose I was a yoke of oxen,1 said
Goddard, getting down on "all fours'' on
tho office floor, "and suppose I would
not haul, let mo see what you would do
to make me come up under tlie yoke."
The Yankee objected at first, but when
he was told that his winter's work de
pended upon the trial, he took the long
bradded oaken ox goad and began to
flourish it over tlie kneeling Goddard's
head.
"Hish, Bright; get up there. Golden.
Come here, Star; gee off, Liru," lie yell
ed in turn, but never a move did God
dard make. Finally, getting weary, the
teamster inserted tho steel brad into
Goddard's trousers. Tho coming cavalry
colonel got up in a hurry, and the
Yankee was hired at his own price,
proving the best teamster in the gang.
When the cavalry regiment was organ
ized the humorous teamster went to the
front as a private, and when ho fell
fighting under Grant he had a set of
lieutenant's epaulettesoii his shoulders.
Lewiston Journal.
Cariua Hindoo Notion.
A curious light is thrown on tho rural
life of Bengal by the contents of a paper
reprinted lately in tlie annual report of
the Bombay Anthropological society,
says The Calcutta Times. From this
paper we are told the following, among
other things: Shouting the name of the
king of birds (garuda) drives away
snakes. Shouting ram, ram, drives away
ghosts. Cholera that attacks on Mon
day or Saturday ends fatally, but no
cholera that attacks on Thursday. The
flowering of bamboos augurs famine.
In fanning, if the fan strikes the body it
should be thrice knocked against the
ground. When giving alms the giver
and receiver should not be standing on
different sides of the threshold It fa
bad to pick one's teeth with one's nails.
If a snake is killed it should' be burned,
for it is a Brahman. At night the words
"snake and "tiger should not be used;
call them creepers and insects. Do not
wake up a sleeping physician. A morn
ing dream always comes to pass. De
votion without headgear is wrong. Iron
is a charm against ghosts. A black cat
with a white face is very auspicious.
New York Star.
of Wheel ea KaadU.
The character of the vehicles which
are used upon a roadway has a great in
fluence upon its endurance to the beat of
the wheels. Withthesameburdenatwo
wheeled cart does far more damage to
the road than one of four wheels, and
this because of the suddenness in the
motion of the wheels and their irregular,
twisting movement in the trackway.
Where the axlesare short and the wheels
close together the damage to all, save
turnpike ways, fa greatly increased, for
the reason that there isnochanco for the
growth of gram between the tread way of
the wheels and the footway of the
horses. This principle appears to have
been recognized in some parts of the
country. Thus in the neighborhood of
Boston, where the ways are made solid
by macadam or other rubblo, the distance
between the wheels is generally about
five and one-half feet while in the
sandy road district of Cape Coil the
length of the axle fa usually half a foot
greater.
The greatest defect of our American
carriages fa that for a given weight of
carriage and . burden the. tires of the
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wheels are extremely narrow. It w true
that on ill conditioned and muddy roads
a narrow wheel tread is advantageous,
for tlie reason that the thick mud baa
a less extended hold when it wraps
around the felloes and spokes; but with
this arrangement the interest of the
roadway are sacrificed to the conveni
ence of the individual who drives upon
it These narrow l wheels, with tires
oft not more than an Inch in diameter,
cut like knives into the road bed and so
deepen tlie ruts. If wo could require
that no vehicle should have a tire leas
than an inch and a half in dbuuoter,and
that all springless carriages should have
tires at least two inches m diameter, in
creasing in width with the burden, we
would secure our ways against a consid
erable part of tlieevUs from which they
suffer. Professor N. S. Shaler in Scrib
ner. The Saow PtaaC
One thing that never fails to interest
all who see it when it is found on the
mountain heights of the Sierras, is tlie
snow !.uit. known to botanist as tlie
Sarcodis KUiguinca, meaning blooded
Ili-ali. No flesh or Mood could be as ex
quisitely beautiful; imagine a rosy and
snow tinted, crowded hyacinth, from
eight to twenty inches in height every
miniature bell wound about by a rosy
and frosted silver ribbon, all topped by
a huge head of asparagus in lioar frost
and silver. The frosted papilla is very
marked on every sepal and bract
Though the whole translucent spike is
flushed with roseand carmine, the petals
are the deepest and most brilliantly col
ored parts of the flower, which is five
parted, and each open one showing
slightly the stamens and pistils.
There Iiaveeen seen specimens bear
ing eighty perfect flowers and a pseudo
bulb twenty-two inches in circumference,
brittle almost as spun glass, and although
solid as a pineapple when first dug up,
dried away to the size of tlie stem. All
attempts at cultivation have thus far
failed, the bulbs refusing to stand trans
planting and the seeds to sprout It waa
once said that they would not survive
below the level of tlie summer snow line,
but they have been since seen almost
covering the ground far below. The
snow banks seem, however, to protect
them from-the winds sweeping among
the mountains, and they make their
early growth and development beneath
the driven snows, and when the approach
of summer leaves the surface of the
ground exposed it is covered in a few
days with the red crowns of the snow
plants. American Garden.
A aeeatea Faraaiaafc.
Most people take it for granted that be
cause musk is sold in what is called a
pod, therefore, it fa a vegetable product
But the truth is iliat it is entirely an an
imal product being a substance found
in a two or three inch sac in the body of
a little musk deer of Asia. This sac,
when tied up and dried, goes by the
name of a pod among the hunters who
bring it Into market Probably there
are few things subject to such adultera
tion, as one part of pure musk will scent
thousands of parts of some other powder
mingled with it and, as the pods sell for
from 915 to $20 apiece, the adulteration
has its profit It is indeed so pungent
that when just fresh it lias been known
to produce violent bleeding at the nose,
and many people are ao susceptible to
it as to have sad headaches, brought
about by contact with the pure article;
and while a suspicion of it b very agree
able to many persons, one atom too
much becomes offensive, aa the case fa
with patchouli. It waa formerly largely
used in therapeutics, especially ia the
Orient having become disused aa
much from the difficulty of obtaining t
in a pure state, as from anything else.
and it fa now seldom given, except ia
hysteria or hiccough. Harper'a Baxar.
ADSCIDSO
swthsAi
BosTOir.Nov. 12. The late
in this state were important not only la
selection of a governor and other
officers, but asa test of the
system of balloting. The trial was thor
ough and complete, and ' as a result- it
may be said the system has come to amy.
The plan fe ro simple aadfair that,aflar
the practical endorsement given it by
the people of this- state it can not fail to
find its way into the electoral methods
of other states. The early moraine rash
in the large precincts denMmatrased its
complete practicability. Voters emer
lag from- their tttoths and deoositimT
their ball jts were surprised at the sim
plicity of its workings, and all
unanimous that its permanency was fully
esuuiusneu. as a maner -oc iacz,iai
nractical workings axaadfted aha wia.
The quiet whichthe law secured about
the polling place was most noticeable.
The sticker distributor waa a miaua
quantity. Voting was facilitated m aa
small measure because of aa outside in
terferences. Perhaps the law's best test
waa during the noon hour. At that time
the crowds were handled without the
wast trouble. In several preincts dar
ing uterusa tairty votes in a
were polled.
! Blaaabeatfc Maa Wm'I Uke It.
The average citiaea hunted aphis
voong piace warn learaaa
and looked with awe upon Uk
jaratus. When he omergtJUt waa
an entirely new and elegant stock of
Tonth
to save it, call at TJLK JfUBTUA,
IN CHICAGO ' guarantee perfect
-r'rf r
align of relief anal a wonder taas any
one could have found any diiBculty in
fuMfliBjr the rmdremeats of the Jaw.
That is, ninety-nine out of a kuadrea'
thought ao. The hundredth man did
OaoMaaaatowlMmtheaew order
of thimn had civet a sort of mental
slvwk, after going through the prelimi
naryo
taking about tan aminutes to mark his
crosses ia the right place, carefully old
ed his ballot about three times oftener
than he ought to have done, and depos
ited H in a slit in front of thedeakoccu
iad fay Mm cheeUaw clerk. Bethought
that that waa the ballot boa.
Iaoneof the pracinctaof EaatBostoa
a man. 60 years old, ahowsd-hai coa
teaapt for tho new method. After ex
ainiaiiu: the ballot carefully he returned
it to the ballot clerk, serin- that he
would not be bothered with such a
plicated system,' and left the room.
In ward 8 was a man who wanted
somebody to vote for besides Sheriff
O'Brien. After examining his ballot he
left the booth without voting. Here
turned shortly afteward -and started to
enter tho enclosure, but was stopped
with tho information that he had lost his
vote. In ward 10 the first ballot that
was polled went into the box just as it
was printed, the voter, a Republican,
failing to supply the creases opposite tho
names he fataaaed to vote for.
Masse SSeawa have Ufa.
Many travelers by rail and steam Iiavu
doubtless speculated as to tho reason for
the existence of a sort of gallows erected
over railroad tracks, with not one but a
dozen ropo ends dangling from tho cross
beam. frequently along tho line of the New
York Central are these odd looking
structures to be seen, and I noticed a
couple as I passed under the bridges on
the Culver route from Bay Ridge to
Coney Island recently. A few days later
the knotted but nooseless ropes swinging
in the breeze caught my eye as I was
awaiting a train at a little depot on the
Hudson river, and curiositv induced me
to question a railroad employe on the
subject
The mystery that had puzzled me so
freouentlv was simnle cnoncrh of solu
tion. "That contrivance is intended to
warn freight brakemen of a bridge
ahead, said my informant "These
men, as you know, frequently run along
the roofs of freight cars in the night aa
well as the day time. It fa often pi-h
dark, and they may not know where
they are even if on the lookout for possi
ble dangers. But in -:ne times out of
ten they are too much engrossed ia their
work to think about low bridges, where
a man standing erect or even kneeling
on a car roof would have his brains
dashed out against the hard atone or
brick while the train swept from under
him. The gallows like structures you
refer to are placed at a tauTacient dis
tance from abridge to give the brake
man time to lie flat on hie car roof and
thus avoid the danger. The rope ends
strike Urn Ifajhtiy on the lud or shoul
ders as the train passes under them, thus
giving him a gentle reminder of we
bridge ahead. New York Herald.
Whetting for
, Some people have a prejudice for such
feasts as 'piMtum suppers, but those who
have tile wcuktiess are almost fanatical
in their taste.
Just here it fa well to recall the con
versation that occurred between two
darkevspho were fellow travelers in a
certatodirection.
One liad asked the other what he con
sidered the finest'dish lie liad ever eaten.
With due promptitude he replied, and
mentioned everything; that was suggested
to his mind. But his appetite was evi
dently not aroused, aa his companion
afterwards found out
'After relating, or atatiag everything
tempting that occurred, to him, luacom
paafcmsail: "WelLdeanem thing I ever eat waa
Jes get a -Mc. fat, juicy -poa-himtad
grease runs all
over the plats, let nfag i he good done aad
brown, den have" titers packed up all
rouad him baked well fade grease'
The other one, couldn't stand it any
longer. Stoppiachfa coampiation just at
thfapototheaaid:
"Look hereV nigger, If you doat quit
talirm' 'boutdai.Tm gwme tor fall offn
dfa mule right here." '
This indicates how irresistible the pos
sum fa when laoperlyliaked and served,
and no one fa to' be censured' for having
a highly cultivated taste' for this rich
meatAlbany (On.-) News.
Wight tenkaams ea thsaaWrl
aaar afc qarsrdTssai arlaji la-
of
PRICE
Absat IoahMk, waaa am an all Ira ef me
eatamU nliti I ia)i a lege eat 'en' msrtvar. a
sramrdwmmsa as fcp fate aW wafar
easaBTeaaswBat waaa waamv a Beats
lasala umeraaa aaBwaA'aajatv "Waaa asar
sasaga aWiirsarariiia7awuWTatrd.aas
aalanTanTaBwawy wawaffi snaanunTl bbbbb1 'uuanuf a1aBBwBnur' aawawawfe
aaawsmmlmaaaeklai ahnutlhaasai. The
tuanuswhlalliiliilll dewawawaVs ear,
tew lbs eraaa wosMaot givs it aa, aad
&rS!&?S2 afa ass
Vawft atuuuuufewialul asataifi VaaaanaawaaBaffwaaniBwT aawafanaT
"BBaaatankaa AJBaaa as aUBBBawawaBB wafaaw aUBSaTamaa
wmmf aoara severe saraams ass erane
Boys Children,
UxMS-raUClS CLUTUINU HUUSE.
fit or no pay.
am
TO
G HOUSE,
Prop
Tttftr Face."
"The face reflects the inner self. says
a business man. "Upon the countenance
'the toiler emotions are plainly recorded.
We read on each other's faces tlie mo
tives moving in the mind. Asa leaf that
has written upon it surprises, pleasure,
annoyance, hatred, every trait of a man's
character marks itself upon Ids face and
makes an impression on every one. If a
merchant carries his business losses and
reverses m his face he becomes lus own
enemy. Many a man has been saved
from insolvency by carrying a bold mien.
expressive of success, and tlie courage
sufficient to throw every shadow of sus
picion from his face." New York Star.
CaasuapUsu Surer Caret.
To ram Enron Please inform your
readerathat I have a positive remedy
for the above named disease. By its
time! v use thousands of hopeless aases
have been permanently cared. I shall
be glad to asad two bottles of my reme
dy rams to any of your readers who have
consumption if they will send me their
express and post omee address. Respect
fully. T. A. SfcoouM. M. C 181 Pearl
street New York. 90y
The brave do never shun the light
b Ceasaarftlaa IsearaMe?
Read the following: C. H. Morris, New
ark, Ark, says: "Was down with Abscess
of lungaand friends and physicians pro
nounced me an Incurable Consumptive.
Began taking Dr. King's New Discovery
for Consumption, am now on my third
bottle, and ablo to oversee the work on
my farm. It is tho finest medicine ever
made.'
Jesse Middlewart Decatur, Ohio, says:
Had it not been for Dr. King's New
Discovery foe Consumption I would have
died of lung troubles Was given up
by the doctors. Am now in best "'
health." Try it Sample bottles frea :
David Dowty's drugstore..
All offences come from the heart
Aa Aasstato Care.
The ORIGINAL ABIETINE OHFx
MENT ia only pat ap in large two-ounce
tin boxes, aad is an abanlata aura for
old aorea, burns, wounds, chapped hands
aad all kinds of akin eruptions. Will
positively cure all kinds of piles. Aak for
tlmOMGmALABITINEOINTMENT
Bold by Dowty A Becker at 25 cents per
box by mail 30 cents. mar7y
Men hate those whom tbeyhaveia
jured. Electric Bitter.
This remedy is becoming so well known
and ao popular as to need no special
a. ntion. All who have used Electric
Bitu."8 sing the same song of praise.
A purei medicine does not exist and it
isguaran;! to do all that is claimed.
Electric BsUera will cure all diseases of
the Liver ac' Kidneys, will remove all
Pimples, Boils, 'I'-U Rheum and othor
affections caused by impure blood Will
drive malaria from the system and pre
vent as well aa care all malarial fevers.
For euro of headache, constipation and
indigestion try Electric Bitters Entire
Fabsfaetion snaranteed. or money re
funded. Price 60s and $1.00. per bottle
at David Dowty's drugstore.
The great Meanings of mankind are
within ua.
A Natural Frseaet: Csllfsrala.
It is only found in Butte county, Cali
forma, and in no other part of the world.
We refer to the tree that produces the
beating and penetrating gum used in
that pleasant and effective cure for con
snjnption,aethma(htonchitia, and coughs,
SANTA ABIE, the King of Consamp
tioa. Dowty k Becher guarantee and
cell it for SL00, a bottle, or three for
1150. By the use of CALIFORNIA
CAT-B-CUBE,all symptoms of catarrh
are dispeUed, and the diseased nasal
rajeage, is speedily restored toa healthy
condition. $1.00 a package; by mail 81.10.
Circular free.
It is a kind of happiness to know to
what extent we may bo unhappy.
Bsckles'S'Anuea Salve.
The best salve in the world for cuts.
braises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fover
aorea, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains,
corns, and all akin eruptions, and posi
tively cures piles, or no pay required.
It is guraateed to give perfect satisfac
tion, or money refunded. Price 25 cents
per box. For eale by David Dowty. 3
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