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The deaa made the at tempt, closiag his eyes the better to concentrate fa is thoughts on his task. At length he finished. "Yes," said the sailor, "that's all Tery well, bat haren t yoa heard that we must watch as well as pray?" The rogue had drank the . cleric's beer while the latter was en gaged in saying the Lord's prayer backward. Westminister Gazette. When Was Be? The Forfarshire lairds of a remote day were wont to go weekly to great Dundee, not so great then, to diae early, but too well, and ride away home, not in every case very fit for the saddle. The road ran eastward for 1 'some miles oa a height above the Tay; a steep grassy slope dowa to the Firth. One of the old gentlemen (they were gentlemen) rolled off his horse and rolled away down the declivity. The water at the edge was only a few inches deep at that season of the tide, 1 and there he lay. By and by, some one remarked that the laird's saddle was empty, though his horse was trot ting on with the others. So the party turned back, leoking for the missing . man, and exclaiming: "Faar are ye, ltlanwiggin? Faar are ye?" At length a" voice was heard, coming from far be low: "The Lord knows faar I am. But I canna be in hell, for here's water?" Longman's Magazine. A Sad Predlcameat. One day a Dutchman in his shirt alecrer was shaving himself before the glass. His hand trembled so that be cut off the tip of his nose. The pain caused him to drop his razor, which . fell on his boot and cut off a portion - of his big toe. He promptly picked up the two fragments, applied them still warm, to the open sores, and bound up the lot A fortnight later, on remov ing the bandages, he discovered, to his horror, that he had made a mis- . take. He had put the toe in place of nose and vice versa. Now, when he wants to blow his nose, he is obliged to take off his boot Schwabische Tagivacht Hoar to Grew 40c Wheat. Salzer's Fall Seed Catalogue tells you. It's worth thousands to the 'wideawake farmer. Send 4-cent stamp for catalogue and free samples of grains and grasses for fall sowing. John A. Salzer Seed Co., LaCrosse, Wis. Cherry Mone lacense. French women often collect all the fruit stones tiiat come in their way during the summer cherry, plum, peach and appricot stones. They are washed aud boiled in clean water, dried in the sun, and put into chintz or printed linen bags. When hot applica tions are required for tooth or earache, or rheumatic pains, one of these bags . is made thoroughly hot in the oven and laid ou the alTccted part A bag, of bruit stones thus heated is good for cold feet. The stones girc a pleasant spicy scent, and retain the calorie for a loag time. Toronto Mail. ' . A sunny temper ilds the edges of life's blackest clouds. Guthrie. Wit the pupil of the soul's clear eye. Sir John Davis. Respect is bettor secured by exacting than soliciting it. Urovll'e. Only the base believe what the base only utter. 1 toiler. The $5 go'd piece weighs 1X5 grains. 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Jb'etre aae, ladli Mtsanb Cnki, Vrltm, S: rf'ssre, law, OfH, : Asalcsl and Kketrical aaatewrtae. and Ci mill Cmm, ftMSMFr toall stuecnts who tare complttod the tadircreiutrd for admission lata the Janlor or Senior Tear, of any of tas ColleciaU Courssa, A Jlmltod namber of Candidates for tas Ecclesiastical Hate will be received at special rates. St. Umfi suit. or boys'm der 13 years, is aalaa la compctenes f its equipments. Th istsk Tata will open Ssslirtu MV. tsss. CaUkewr seat Wwn on appU- I"00 TntI BST - aematssn, c a c, rtmini, anuurt, u. .ACADEMY OF THE SACREO HEART ST. JOMKP1I, MO. The coarse of instruction in ht academy, conducted T the ItcOisious of tlic Sacred Heart, embraces the whole range of kubjectx necessary to constitute a solid and refined education. 1'rvprifty or deportment, per sonal aeatnessarul the principle of morality are ob jects of tinceaslrur attention. 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CURRENT NOTES OP DISCOV ERY AND INVENTION. Vm at T a receat meetlaf; of one of the French societies, a paper was read on what was- diag nosed as a toasilar cough. This cough is described as vio lent, spasmodic and painful. It was fre quently accom panied by reflexes la. the neighboring region, and particu larly by a profuse watering of the eyes. All remedies ordinarily applied pro duced no effect whatever, and as there was no expectoration, the origin of the cough has seemed obscure. The. trou ble, however, is explained by familiar ity with the structure of the tonsils. Several sets of nerve center and blend at and near the outer surface of the tonsils, where they form what is de scribed nnder the name of tonsilar plexus. The tonsils are connected by muscles with the apparatus of the larynx, a fact which makes treatment of the tonsils complicated and difficult It is a common practice to cut off the tonsils, but this has been attended with very grave results. The hearing Is sometimes affected by this arrangement and the larynx is necessarily involved. The best surgeons are at present very careful how they perform any surgical operation on the throat or tongue, as it is a fact past question that very few such operations are successful in the long run. There may be temporary re lief, but it is almost invariably short lived. Is BaleMe Epidemic? A foreign medical society has been giving attention to suicides and their causes, and has come to the conclusion that suicide is epidemic, and that a great deal of it comes from what, for a better name, is called suggestion. It is an undeniable fact, and one of which a few persons long since satisfied them selves, that there is a mental bacilli as well as a physical one, or, to get even more closely down to the real state of the case, that the material and imma terial differ largely because we can see the one and cannot see the other. When we are able to comprehend and admit that the unseen has just as marked ef fects on human life and conditions as the seen and tangible, we shall be on the high road to the solution of many problems that now seem unsolvable. We shall live to see the day when sen sational accounts of murders, suicides, tortures and outrages will be barred from the news columns of our daily papers, and also when trials of crimin als and the testimony in sensational cases will be taken strictly in private. Who knows how many murders, sui cides, thieves and brutes are evolved from the awful array of detail with which the news chronicler furnishes us. Am Iaveatlesi for Composers of Mule. Very many people have musical in spirations, and it is often the case that a fine pianist improvises the most ex quisite harmonies, which he cannot afterward recall and put in shape. A Frenchman has invented an attach ment to the piano with somewhat the effect of a phonograph roller, in that a fine needle records the keys used in producing the chords. It is possible with this invention to catch the ideas that emanate from the brain and flow through the fingers. As there is a great deal of exquiBite harmony that goes to waste, the value of this inven tion is evident CfcMCl-K Water late Wise. A pretty experiment, by which water may appear to be changed to wine, is quite within the reach of boys and girls of ordinary ingenuity. The ac companying illustration shows how the apparatus should be arranged. Get a bottle such as is ordinarily used for mustard, and, having fitted a cork into it, pierce the cork with two holes large enough to receive good-sized straws. The straws must be about eight inches in length, and one of them should reach nearly to the bottom of the bot tle, the other just clearing the cork. To the upper end of each- straw at tach half a walnut, making the joint tight with sealing wax, and a third straw is to be fitted to one of the shells, as shown in the engraving, in clining downward as a miniature drain pipe. Now pour water into the bottle until it is two-thirds full, and insert the cork, being careful that it be made per fectly tight If water be poured into the upper shell it will descend through the straw into the bottle, and, nnder ordinary circumstances, would raise the level of the fluid. But as the bottle is perfectly tight the air within it is compressed, and a certain quantity of the water will rise through the lower straw and flow off through the little drain pipe. Just as much water will rise and ffow off as you pour into the upper shell, so that to fill the bottle would be an impossible task, like that to which the fifty daughters of Danaus were condemned. Now, if you pour wine into the up per shell instead of water, you will find that the light fluid will remain on top of the water, and that the latter will gradually flow out of the lower shell until the wine has wholly replaced' it in the bottle. You may make, this wine experiment a "trick," if you desire, by using a bottle of colored glass so that the spectators cannot see what takes place inside. Little Featatan. Let ns tell you, says a Philadelphia editor, how to make a miniature foun tain, and a very pretty experiment it is. The details are so well shown in the accompanying illustration that you might almost make the experiment without a verbal description, but we give it nevertheless. Get a small empty battle, similar to Lhasa ased for vaseline or pomade, and throgm the cork make a hole with a J a straw or a tube throaca the hole. tW lewer ead of it reacalag aaarly to the bottom of the battle. Haviag poared water into tke oottle uatil it Is aboat three-foarths fall, pat la the cork and seal it awmeUcallr with varnish or sealing wax. Now lay two or three pieces of blottiat; poper apoa the bottom of a plate aad aaotstea them. Having placed the email bottle apoa the blotting paper. Invert over it a pickle jar, or seme other klad of glass bottle, which has beea warmed over a gas flame. Press down hard apoa the jar to pre vent the air from entering at the bot tom, and in a short time the contrac tion of the air from the cooling of the jar will cause a little jet of water to rise through the tube frost the small . bottle, thus making an automatic fountain. The stream will strike the top of the jar and break into little cry tal drops with a very pretty effect The Uses af Seaaeteae, Soapstone is absolutely impervious to acids, and therefore is invaluable for many purpose- Its most ordinary use is for sinks, laundry tabs, fireplace linings and cake griddles. It is said that griddles made of soapstone never require greasing, but it is the experi ence of housewives that they are great ly improved by a very slight going over with a bit of fat or butter. In hospitals and laboratories soapstone is used for tables and tanks jewelers find it very valuable, and in all of the arts it has its uses. Some of the best soapstone in the world is found in Albemarle Coun ty, Va. There is a tract there of nearly two thousand acres containing quarries. Within the last twelve years this soap stone has risen from obscurity to the first place in the market It is so ex tremely hard that It was with the ut most difficulty that it could be worked. Machines had to be invented for it It is cut out in blocks weighing from nine to twenty tons. These blocks are loaded on steam trucks and sent to the works, where they are sawed into slab of the required thickness. Alcohol la CoM Weather. A scientist thus explains why it is so dangerous to use alcohol in the polar regions: A moderate use of alcohol causes a deposit of fat Alcohol is not turned into fuel in the muscle and nerve cells, but serves as a puro fuel in the organism and replaces the combustion of fat Alcohol is, therefore, dangerous in the extreme cold, because it assists the throwing off of heat in a great de gree. The effect is as if a stove in a room should be heated red hot and then all the doors and windows thrown open. Heat produced by muscular work in the body is best obtained from carbo-hydrates in the food, but, besides this, the indispensable production of heat is best obtained by fats. This explains the in stinctive choice of the food of men. In the tropics they eat little fat and much fruit, while the polar dweller requires immense quantities of fat to keep up the bodily combustion. A New Vlre-Escape, A departure in fire-escapes is made on the principle of a swinging crane. An upright is mounted on a truck braced and strengthened by bars and ropes. From the upright there is a long, swinging bar, with a cage. The bar is of iron, and the ropes and cage arc of wire. The upright post is constructed on the principle of an extension ladder, and may be raised to the fourth or fifth story window. Of course, devices like this are absolutely valueless among the extremely high buildings that are now being erected, but will prove very use ful in cities where these sky-scrapery are not permitted. Her Keasea. The young man picked np his hat and looked sadly at the lining. "There is no hope for me?" he asked faintly. "None whatever," replied the beauti ful girl, her eyes filled with compas sion. . When he reached the door he turned toward her again. "I have to thank you for one thing." he said, bitterly. "What is that?" she inquired. "You have not told me that you would be a sister to me." "I thought of that," she rejoined, hur riedly; "but I suddenly remembered. "What?" he asked, shortly, as she stopped. "That I promised, this morning, tc marry your father." The Trath Net Half Tatd. "You are charged," said the judge, "with riding your bicycle through the streets at a rate exceeding ten miles an hour." "Ten miles?" said the man, whose new wheel had run away with him; "ten miles? I'll bet I was going threr hundred." Worse aaS Worse. Mrs. Brown I have been so annoyed at my husband. He has been at the club every night for a week. Mrs. Jones Why, so has my hue-' band, and he said he hadn't seen any thing of your husband for a week. - AboIokt to the Herse. Millie It looks as though the bicycle would drive the horse out of existence. Leavitt Not a bit of it The more bi cycles' there are the more they will need horses. Millie What for? Leavitt Ambulances. New York Herald. Iafereaee. Helen What makes you think that Eve rode a bicycle in the Garden of Eden? Larkins Merely inference. The bible says she was the first woman to full. ss Daft Judge You are accused of carrying a razor. Prisoner Bat yo honaa, it war ef safety razyah. Starr Vm to Date. Mary had but little nerve With mice, antil she got Her bloomer safely fastened om. And thea she had a lot a... ! mk a - mb 1 iir Tirn.nnim ami wva.w . umsb aaa ! awstnaa 1 www a wava Yaaaa aawaa aw otw hb w . p. sma ! laiwiK as -a" sc '... a avwaw na wwr a www. A KENTUCKY INSTITUTE THOSE AFFLICTED. FOR HOULD theLwal--ville baseball dab at the close ef the season have suc ceeded in suc cessfully defending twelfth place in the pennant race it may earn fresh laurels by challeng ing and probably defeating the nine from the Kentucky Institute for the Blind, which is located near the Falls city, says the New York Journal. , It hap often been said of New York's "Giants" that "they played like blind men," and the expression has been tak en simply oa the ecstatic figure of speech of some freniled "rooter," and to mean that they did not play ball at all. Now the comparison may be gra phic enough, and truthful, perhaps, on occasion, if the idea to be conveyed is simply that of loose and ragged play ing, for as a matter of very strange fact, blind men can and do pla7 base ball, and derive a very considerable amount of pleasure, as well as physical benefit out of the national game. . In the Kentucky institute there are two regularly organised nines, between which there is the fiercest rivalry, and the Institute pennant is as highly prised and will be as bitterly contested for as that gaudy strip of bunting which, whatever happens will not wave next year over the Polo grounds. Prof. R. B. Huntoon of the Kentucky school, describing baseball among the blind, makes the astounding statement by way of preface that among the boys and young men who must go through life in darkness there is a fondness for athletic exercises and an ambition to excel in feats of physical power al most as deep founded as among the students of the universities. The gymnasium is well patronized and field sports are in high favor, nota bly sprinting, longer races up to a mile, running jump, hopskip-and-jump &nd- putting weights. Intense excitement prevails during these contests, the re sults of which must be reported by word of mouth to both contestants and "spectators." The baseball game differs, of course, in many of its details from the reg ular games played by the youth of America. The diamond is not of reg ulation size but Is of regulation form. The distance between bases is but forty feet, instead of ninety. The in fielders are stationed the same as in a National league game, with the excep tion that there is a right shortstop, thus making ten men to a side, an ar rangement once seriously considered by professional ball managers. In the outfield, on public games, thers ie an unlimited number of players, each tak ing a turn at the bat, first moving up one position whenever a batsman la put out The catcher sits on the ground, well back from the home plate, and, to guard against injury, he wears a mask and a chest protector. His position is such that when the pitcher delivers a ball it strikes the ground just between his knees and is taken on the short bound. The batsman takes Ms position at the plate, with a heavy flat bat some what like those used in cricket The umpire, who must be a man of unim paired vision, calls upon the pitcher to get ready and then clearly sings out "One, two, three!" At the word three the pitcher must loyally deliver the ball. He pitches in the slow, under hand way peculiar to the game twenty five or thirty years ago, the idea being to deliver a ball that can be hit by the batsman, who, standing there in the darkness, with a sharpened sense of hearing and a wonderful conception of the time that must elapse before the ball reaches him, is prepared to strike. Baseball writers often refer to "the whlsh of the ball as. like an arrow, it fairly split the space over the home plate." To the quickened sensa of the blind this "whish of the ball" is a reality, and it is astonishing, guided by this refined development of the hearing faculty, how often the ball Is struck by the batsman. If the batsman should miss the ball bounces into the catcher's lap and is at once returned to the pitcher by a single toss with a precision that is wonderful. When the ball is batted the umpire calls out quickly to the fielder, in whose direction It is travel ing, and he. guided by a sense of hear ing, either catches the ball or follows it in its course through the trrass. Six strikes are an out. In fielding any num ber of bounds are permitted. If the batted ball is a "hot-liner" and travel ing straight for an infielder's head, the umpire shouts a warning, and in such cases the endangered player ducks or falls to the turf. It Is possible, in fact the ball is fre quently fielded to first in time" to put out the runner. When throwing to first the assisting player, who is guided by the voice of the batsman, calculates the distance with nicety and throws the ball so that it strikes the ground a few yards in front of the batsman. The latter hears it coming and usually gets it without further assistance. Running bases was formerly a difficult thing. There were then three trees on the diamond, toward which the runner ran with outstretched hands. Bags have since been substituted for bases and the runner is guided by the voice of the batsman, who is required to shout "First first, first" In like man ner the other bags are won. Once on a base the runner is pretty sure to get home, unless his side dies at the home plate. Six outs put a side out Naturally there is no approach to scientific ball-playing, but under all circumstances it is astonishing to note the frequency of "clean hits," while the base-running and fielding are at times almost marvelous and present a most wonderful exhibition of the re finement of the development of the sense of hearing in an effort to com pensate for the loss of sight -r "I should think it would irritate yoa. Dr. Pounder, to see members of your congregation falling asleep during year sermon." "Not at all, madam," replied the preacher; "on the contrary, it delights me. Sleep is a sign of an easy con science. Those who can sleep do not need sermons." Boston Herald. FetMhrtlesi of Japaav Japan now ranks fifth in population ong the nations of the earth, oalv Chlaa, Iadia, Russia aad Germany be lni ahead of it . e eiJiiSl wJaaWBtaMSSJaafz MHVinb A lady roslstac la the aovtheasterm pair of the city had aa experience with a- tramp the other day which has sowed her oa that class of meadlcaats. the Steektea Mail. The fellow areand and begged for something to eat, aad got It "Have yoa any work that I can dor he asked; after satisfying his hanger. "Well, yoa might cat that wood," said that lady, pointing to a pile of four-foot stove wood. "How Hack do yea want for the Job?" "Six hits." "Well, go ahead." she said. Shortly after that she had occasion to go downtown, and when she left the hoase the tramp was industriously at work. Upoa her return he had fin ished. Pointing at the the wood pile, he said, proudly: "What do yoa think of that? Ever seen an old man like me who coald cut wood as quick as that? Oh. I'm a lightning striker!" The lady acknowledged that he was a fast worker and promptly paid him his money. Shortly after his depart ure she went to the wood pile for sticks and was surplsed on removing a few of them to find that only the top layer had been cut The body of the wood pile consisted of uncut four-foot pieces so arranged as to leave large spaces be tween them. It was quite apparent then that considerable of the wood had disappeared and that the remain ing wood had been arranged in that way so as not to show the pile had shrank. Investigation disclosed the fact hat some of the wood had been hidden under a sidewalk, while other large sticks had been concealed in various places around the yard, and some of the fuel taken into the wood shed. Yesterday the lady chanced to see a giant sitck on top of the wood shed roof. She expects to happen on other pieces here and there around the premises for the next two months and would not be much surplsed to And that the tramp had wedged some of the fuel in the chimney-top. Hew a Ilea Soars Hto Best. The lion seldom roars his best, be cause a good roar needs a great physi cal effort The whole interior and mus cles of the mouth, throat stomach and abdomen are, for the moment, convert ed into an organ of terrific sound, and the sound does make the earth trem ble, or appear to do so. But the atti tude is not that usually drawn. Unless he roars lying down, when he puts his head up, like a dog barking, the lion emits his first moan in any position, then draws in his neck and lowers his head with extended Jaws, right down to his fore paws, as if about to be vio lently sick; while at the same time the back is arched, and the whole animal bears an appearance of concentrated strain. This is Captain Millais' pho netic rendering of the sound, taken when listening to three lions roaring their best: Moan roar r-o-a-r roar roar roar grunt grunt grunt grunt (dying away). Why lions roar when it ought to pay better to keep silent is not yet ex plained. Chips. He Was Oblls-taff. An effective reproof was that given by an elderly man to a fashionably dressed young woman who, as it seems, must have been surprised out of her "manners." The young woman was walking rap idly along a street shaded by many trees, when the elderly man, coming up behind her, saw a large, fuzzy caterpil lar on the collar of her coat "I beg your pardon," he said, laying a detaining hand on her arm as he spoke and removing the obnoxious crawler, "I wished to take off this cat erpillar which was almost at your neck." The young woman stared haughtily and with an air of resentment at the caterpillar and was about to pass on with no word of thanks. "If I made a mistake, and you would prefer to have the caterpillar replaced, I can easily put it back," said the gen tleman, courteously, suiting the action to the word. Youth's Companion. EARS AND HEARINQ. In 1875 the Abbe Le Pee established a school at Paris for the benefit of the deaf and dumb. The inner ear is sometimes denomi nated the cochlea, from its resem blance to a snail shell. Accidental deafness may result from inflammation or ulceration of the mu cous membranes. In 1869 much Interest was excited in London by the sessions of a deaf and dumb debating club. In 1874 a church mission was estab lished for the benefit of the deaf mutes of the United States. In 1889 an international convention of deaf mutes from all parts of the world was held at Paris. Deaf and dumb people received syste matic instruction at Oxford in England by Dr. J. Wall is in 1650. The ears of the cuttle fish or octopus are located in the creature's body, near to the base of the feelers. The hairs in the ear of a cat are so sensitive that if touched, as with a pencil, the animal shudders. In the Indian statue of Guadama the lobes of the ears are so long that they reach the level of the lamp. Among the lowest forms of life there are not found any organs which, with propriety, can be called ears. The tympanum covers the passage leading to the interior of the ear, Just as a drumhead covers the drum. - The first systematic instruction on scientific principles for the deaf was be gun by Bonet at Madrid in 1620. In 1793 Dr. Thornton of Philadel phia published an essay on "Methods of Teaching the Deaf and Dumb." Deafness Is more prevalent In cold than in warm countries, the ears being sensitive to changes of temperature. The number of suicides among the deaf and dumb Is said to be greater than among any other class of unfortu nates. In 187i the first deaf mute clergyman was ordained. He was an Episcopalian and the ordination took place in Phil adelphia. Darwin declared that all human ears were formerly movable. Persons are occasionally found who still retain this power. Physiologists say that of all the peo ple in middle life, at least one-third have one ear in some degree affected by deafness. It is a common practice both in Af rica and China 'to ase the ear as a pocket a receptacle for small arti cles or colas. Haaua nature is the same ia ns that it was i Adam. THIETIEKTH ANNUAL FAIS AUD EXHIBITION. To be held at Omaha August 27 Sep tember 5, 1896. WUl certainly he the GREATEST STATE FAIR ever held. NEBRASKA IS HERSELF AGAIN, aad those who have retaiaed coafideaca are bow rewarded by a bountifal har vest, aad all the people, by pradeat care, are able to attend this fair. ThegToaads at the 'WHITE CITY OF THE WEST have lost all disagreeable features ia cideatto their newness last year aad are ia good shape. Ia.additioa to the best AGRICULTURAL, HORTICULTURAL, HAIRY, TEXTILE. FINE ARTS, MKXJHANICAL ARTS, AND LIVE STOCK exhibits, special attractions in speed program and rare musical programs have been arranged. The NORTHWESTERN SCANDINAVIAN SINGERS' ASSOCIATION will give free entertainment on the fair ground, Friday, September 4th 1,000 voices 5 beads of musk all of rare merit. The KNGIHTS OF AK-SAR-BEN will celebrate the FEAST OF OLYM I'lA. Grand parades each night Sep tember 1st to 5th inclusive, in the cKy, and special attractions at the theatres. THE FREMONT. ELKHORN AND MISSOURI VALLEY R R COMPA NY have made special provision to take care of the people along their line by additional train service, and by extra facilities at terminals. The low rata of ONE FAIR FOR THE ROUND TRIP, plus 50 cento ad mission, will be made Handbills ad vertising time of special trains and ad ditional attractions will be issued shortly. NO ONK CAX AFFORD TO MISS THIS FAIR AND EXHIBITION. The Are of Brook Treat. How long will brook trout live is a question one often hears discussed. A Dexter gentleman, now middle aged, says that when he was quite a small boy he caught three brook trout and put them in his father's welL Two of them were probably sacrifices before a very long time to the cannibalistic propensities of their mate, but the lat ter continued to live and thrive in that well until last summer, when he died, probably of old age. The gentleman is unable to fix the exact length of time, but he thinks the trout must have been "well on" to 200 years old. Lcwiston Journal. To Cleaase the System Effectually yet gently, when costive or bilious, or when the blood Is impure or sluggish, to permanently overcome ha bitual constipation, to awaken the kid neys and liver to a healthy activity, without irritating or weakening them, to dispel headaches, colds, or fevers, use Syrup of Figs. Tellies' a Horse's Age. "The popular idea that the age of a horse can always be told by looking at his teeth," said a veterinary surgeon, "is not entirely correct 'After the eighth year the horse has no more new teeth so that the tooth method is use less for telling the age of a horse which is more than eight years old. As soon as the set of teeth is complete, however, a wrinkle begins to appear on the upper edge of the lower eyelid, and a new wrinkle is added each year, so that to get at the age of a horse more than eight years old you must 'figure the teeth plus the wrinkles." Tiso's Curo for Consumption is the best of all rough cares. Georgo W. Lotz, Fabu cher, La., August 26, 1SD5. He Disputed the Coast. When the last censns was taken the returns showed that a certain Scottish parisli had only increased by seven from the time the previous census was taken. One or two cronies dropped in on the registrar, just as he was com pleting the returns, to hear how mat ters stood. One of them, an extensive family'man, inquired what the increase was, and on being informed that it was "only seven," he exclaimed: 'What! Only seven? Impossible. There shairly maun be some inistak'. Man alivel I have contributed mair than that mysel'!" New York Post Hall's Catarrh Care Is taken internally. Price, 75c. The Fastest Canoe The fastest canoe in the world is the WasD, owned by Paul Uutler, son of the 'late General It. F. Butler. The Wasp's mainmast is 19 feet G inches long, or 3 feet C inches longer than the boat, and she carries a spread of 220 square feet of clotli. The mizzenmast is stepped on the port side of the keel alongside the ccnterboard trunk, which, contrary to all usage, is well abaft of the skipper. With this boat Butler last year made a new canoe record for the mile, covering the distance in 4:25. Ceea CesssTBi Balsam Is tbe oldest and best. It wffli break op a Cold quick ertcAnaortblncebe. It a always reliable. Try Milk Caaaed Like Fruit. It has been declared upon good authority that milk can be kept for a week by canning it as one would fruit. Fill glass jars and screw down the' lids; then place them in a steamer over cold water. Heat the water gradually and steam the jars for an hour, then tighten the tops. The woman who has preserved milk in this way can see no reason why it should not kcepmucb longer. Pittsburg Dispatch. Jl the Itaby is Cuttles; Teetav Sesiire and ne that old and well triad remedy, Kcs. Wixslow's SooniKQ Sybct for Children Teething- Aanoaaciag the Baby's Birth. In sending announcement cards of a baby's birth the baby's name is printed in full on a small card which is inclos ed with the parents' card. If desired it may be attached to the larger card by a bow of very narrow white satin ribbon, or silver cord. The date of birth is added, but not the weight of the baby, nor any other particulars of any sort whatever. FITS stoppni frre and perm-inentlr ctiri-d. So lit ntlT 3rvt day'. iim of Dr. Kllne'aUreal Xerre Kestorer. Kre S3 trial bottleaud treatise. bend to Da. Kuit, rgArcaSU, Philadelphia. Fa. Whom the gods would destroy they first make scorchers of. The Greatest fledical Discovery of the Age. KENNEDY'S MEDICAL DISCOVERY. MULI KENEDY, OF WXsUSY, MASS., Has discovered in one of our common pasture weeds a remedy that cures every kind of Humor, from the worst Scrofula down to a common Pimple. He has tried it in over eleven hundred cases, and never failed except in two cases (both thunder humor). He has now in his possession over two hundred certificates of its value, all within twenty miles of Boston. Send postal card for book. A benefit is always experienced from the first bottle, and a perfect cure is war ranted when the right quantity is taken. When the lungs are affected it causes Shooting pains, like needles passing through them; the same with the Liver or Bowels. This is caused by the ducts being stopped, and always disappears in a week after taking it Read the label If the stomach is foul or bilious it will cause squeamish feelings at first. No change of diet ever necessary. Eat the best you caj get, and enough of it Dose, one tablespoonful in water af bed time. . Sold by ail Druggists. Itisaot isaerally kaowa that aa yawn. The writer saw a terbot twiee aad a cod eae of the' widest jw ay say saiaisl of its sine, The yawa of a tarhot, being MMMthiag not eoat aeoaly seen, rather as if it dad beloac edtoaroaad ash which sebaceae had accJdeatly troddea oa aad sqaashed half flat. The yawa begine at the lips, which opea as if .to sack ia water. Thea the jaws become distended, aad it is seea that this is going to be a real, geaaiae sabaaariae ash's yawa. Bat the yawa goes on, works throagh the back of its head, distending the plates of the skull, and comes oat at the gills, which open, show the red inside, are inflated: for a momeat, aad thea, with a kind of stretching shiver of its hack, the fish flattens out again, uatil, if nn asually bored, it relieves itself by an other yawa. Spectator. AaTsetleea of the Eye. Occalists say that one of the com monest affections of the eye is prodac ed by coatienoas ridiag ia street cara The seats run lengthwise, sna therein lies the difficulty. Some day, as yoa are riding ia one of these vehicles, watch the eyes of the man opposite you. He is gaziag out of the window, possibly reading the sfcms of the busi ness houses just to kill time. First his eyes glance ahead of the car, fall oa the sign, and as the car passes by his eyes turn back. Thea they shoot ahead again. This constant shifting of the eye is very rapid if a passenger watches the people on the pavemeat. In half an hour's ride his eyes will have twitched hack and forth with a continuity that brings on fatigue. But he keeps it np to the end of the ride, and later in the afternoon won ders why his eyes are weak and tired. Family Doctor. ASaaoalesseti by the Ceart. The venerable Jadge Allen, of the United States Circuit Court at Spring field, I1L, was hearing a case a few years ago, in which James C Courtney was one of the attorneys. The counsel on the opposite side had asked a ques tion of a witness, and Courtney had objected. The point was argued by both sides and the objection was over ruled. The opposite lawyer asked the same question of the next witness, aad Courtney again objected and began to argue it over again. Judge Allen in terrupted him with this observation: "My. Courtney, you remind me of a dog that keeps barking up a tree after the coon is gone." Mr. Courtney sub sided. Argonaut. A Fatal Shock When the Tire Bant. A little girl named Helen Latham, 0 years old, died from fright in Mystic, Conn. She was playing with ber mates about the streets when she stopped to watch some boys at work on a bicycle. All at once a loud report was heard. The pneumatic tire had exploded from pressure of air. This frightened the girl so she fainted. As she did not revive, Drs. Purdy and ltarber were called and endeavored to revive her. In this they had partially succeeded when the girl again became comatose and died. New York Sun. Care of Aqaarlam Fish. Fish is aquaria that turn on their sides or in other ways at times indi cate a diseased condition. If they are taken out and placed in a vessel of salt water water made about as salt as sea water they will csually recover. They should remain in the salty water about twenty-four hours, according to Mcehan's Monthly. m BIG AND yawn ease the latter hetas? S W a'aWia,ViaV ir .Sjaaaaw aaaaaaaaaaajQaaaaaaar aaaaaaafcaaaaarg? wrnsjBKr ' XaaaaaaaaaaaaaanP ." 1 ayTT -mM.' 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CO., Stores anf Agencies in almost every properly represented in ysur MJaWsaaaaaaaaH '"'. f Art la the i SaTwha word "statu" is a i The method loysd ia sailed i ia enveloping a with tow-wrap ped sad sewed lata a tonga ci of the shape reaairett with tadesatiaeth whole with clays afterward to be ssea eled lata the ferats repaired. Upoa this the skla is stretched and. made to) eoaforam ia every partiealar. There is, therefore, ao difference in the reqaire aWBtsot the best work ia scalptnre and taxidermy, except that one is prin cipally employed in treating the hamaa agare aaa the other exclusively the forma of Carter Beard ia Seribaer's. If Fawtorett Day aaa Nlft-hs With Bervotsaaess, take llostetter's Stomach. Bitters, which iaTljcorate and trttnquil isea the aervous system. The basis of re covery ia a reform ia errors of digestion. The epigastric serve aad brain are united ia the closest boad of sympathy, so that dyspeptic symptoms la tno gastric region are always accompanied by hurtful rellox ervoua actioa. ltoth are remedied by tho Bitten, which also caret aiaiaria. billious- raoaawatism aaa kiuney trouble. Tho Mystery of tho Feari. The nasal sorce of pearls found with ia the oyster appears to be the intru sion of some small foreign body which sets ap aa irritation of cuticle. Tho oaly means of defease open to the mollask is to deposit a layer of nacro aroaad the irritating particle, and thus cat it off from the soft, tender skin. A grsia of sand or a smal 1 srust aceaa may slip in between the lips, sad settiag ap irritation, provoke tho cuticle to deposit around it a series of thia films of nacre. Theso are added to from time to time, the little nucleus is completely encysted, and a pearl is the result. ANY ONG who has been benefited by the ass of Dr. Williams' I'ink Pills, will receive information of much value aad interest by writing to "Pink PUls," P. a Box 1592, Philadelphia, Pa. A Toachlae; Stent. There is aa old colored man in Willcos county who has never had his member ship changed from the white people's charch at Independence, lie belonged to it when a slave and has held on to it. He attends service regularly and does not intrude upon the congrega tion, hut sits quietly on the steps and listens to the sermon. Atlanta Con-' stitution. Blood... ' Bubbles. Those pimples or blotches that disfigure your skin, arc blood bubbles. They mark the unhealthy condition of the blood-current that throws them np. You must get down to the blood, before you can be rid of them. Local treatment is useless. It suppresses, but does not heal. The best rem edy for eruptions, scrofula, sores, and all blood diseases, is Ayer's &&,: Sarsaparilla. J GOOD. "iniehty good. investing 5 cents THE WORLD. 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