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VOLUME XXVII.-NUMBER 25.
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 31, 1896.
WHOLE NUMBER 1,577.
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PIMTKEE SIDING.
ICKETT, tick, tick,
tattles the sounder
in the little box
like structure which
serves as water and
coaling station as
well as dispatcher's
office, midway be
tween the towns of
Bluefields and Port
au Diable, on the
S. F. & L. railroad.
Overhead the sun pours down In pitl-
less glare, making the air quiver and
. swirl in a wavering sort of dance over
the straight stretch of track on either
side of the station.
Upstairs, in his glass-inclosed cage,
he operator sits in his shirt sleeves,
. mopping the perspiration from his face
t and neck and gazing moodily at an
open letter on the desk in front of him.
It Is a short letter, on the company's
paper, and signed by the division su
perintendent, but its few typewritten
lines have had a wonderful effect on
ths operator. Only a sharp, business
. like letter, written by a busy man who
. cannot afford to waste time on trifles:
"Dear Sir: Certain details of your
previous history, which you thought tit
' to conceal when you entered the em
ploy of this company, having come to
. the knowledge of the writer, your serv-
ices will not be required after Thurs
day, July 31, when you will receive
your pay in full to that date.
"Your successor will arrive on the
special following No. C. Very truly
yours, J. M. L .
"Division Superintendent"
The 31st! That is to-day, and he has
only received the letter an hour ago!
So he was to be turned out on the world
at a moment's notice, without a chance
to prepare himself for the next step in
the struggle for existence! To be
dogged all his life by that one black
act of his youth, which he had hoped
buried forever. It was always the
'.same old story; like Banquo's ghost, it
would not down, but, spreading its
grisly, arms, effectually barred his en
trance Into the paths of honest com
petition for what many claim as a
right, and which he only asked- to be
allowed to work for a livelihood.
His ears are ringing and his head
burns as though a thousand devils were
making a cast of it in molten steel.
-Even the clatter of the telegraph in
strument, which during the long, lone-
"ly hours spent in his glass cage, had
become like the voice of an old friend,
.as the train orders and message
flashed through the little station, now
seem to mock and jeer at him with its
. ceaseless rattle and tick.
And above all that great dazzling orb
continues to blaze down upon the
shrinking earth until the verdure on
the hillside above and below the sta
tion withers and curls, and the glass
cage is like an oven.
The operator's head seems to be on
fire and his brain throbs so violently
that he cannot think at all clearly.
There is but one idea around which his
mental forces rally and to which his
nerves respond retaliation! And this
idea grows upon him irresistibly.
" Shall he tamely kiss the foot which
kicks him out of a position in which
he has ever tried to best subserve the
fntcrests of his employers, and which
he now loses through the malice (so
he tells himself) of one of the superior
subordinates of the company for which
. they both work, and who uses as a
means of satisfying his spite an error
committed and expatiated twenty years
ago! What claim had such a cur on
life which should be respected by the
rest of humanity? Would he not be
" doing the human race a favor by rid
ding the world of such a travesty on
-man? The human race! Bah! What
did he owe the human race? Had cot
START BACK IN HORROR.
the hand of his fellow-man been
against him for twenty years? Was
he not a pariah, one cut off from social
communication from his fellows, liv
ing, traveling, working under an as
sumed name, ever endeavoring to ob
literate and dispel the old shadow! He
had striven to live a life which should
be blameless from the world's point of
vievr and those few with whom he had
been thrown in contact, and who knev
naught of his previous history, could
catt no aspersions against his charac
ter. But to.what avail? It was his fate.
Surely it had been that every man's
hand should be against him. So tt it
his own hand should be rald
against the unforgiving race of Phari
sees. And the operator knows tha-. his
present position, albeit his tenure of
it is but short, is such as to render
such a wholesale declaration o war
doubly effective. .
Hotter and hotter blazes the sun
from an almost white sky, and wilder
and wilder glare the eyes of the oi-ra-tor
at Pinetree Siding.
Suddenly they happen to rest oa a
wire running close to the glass in front
of the station, and light up with a wild
er gleam than ever, while his working
features distort inemseives into a ma
licious grin.
The towns of Bluefields and Port an
Diable are lighted by electric light, the
plant being situated at Blnelelda.
Promptly at 5:30 every evening the
dynamos are started up, running until
6:30 the next morning. The wires con
necting the two points run directly in
front of and close to the station &t
Pinetree Siding, and it is one of these
jrires which has caught the attention
of the operator.
It is .now 2:45 in the afternoon, and
aot a cloud has crossed the face of that
hanging, ball of fire which threatens
to shrivel and. scorch to a cinder every
thing on which its beams rest.
The operator goes over teiha window
m attaches to the electric-light wire,
fTMi a rtlsB f which kt Mrtfvtlf
jumtw tkt taMtatto, tfc tM if
wit
m -i -s-
ether piece which he holds in his hand.
When this is secure he carries the othei
end over his desk, and kneeling down
spends some minutes' is arranging it
in some manner below: bringing two
free ends op through a hole in the top
of the table. This done, he takes from
a closet several round and greasy-looking
sticks about a foot long, and, de
scending the stairs, places them at reg
ular intervals along the railroad track,
connecting them all together with
wires, which he afterward brings up
stairs and joins to the arrangement
underneath the table. Then he returns
to his seat, and save for his trembling
hands and the peculiar glare of his
eyes, performs his routine duties in the
usual manner.
Tick tfck, tickety tick. It is the call
for Pinetree Siding. The operator opens
his key and, answers promptly. It Is a
message from headquarters announcing
that the special following No. 6, and
carrying the divison superintendent
and, the new operator for Pinetree Sid
ing is doe at 5:69, jvst-three minutes
after No. s schedule time. The oper
ator's eyes flash; it is as he has anti
cipated. He wires the track clear and
waits.
Promptly at 5:47 No. , the vestlbuled
limited express for the east, dashes past
the siding with a rattle and crash that
causes the operator, whose nerves are
tense to the breaking point, to spring
to his feet in alarm, fearing that the
destruction meant for the special has
overtaken her predecessor. But the
express whirls safely by and the oper
ator has the satisfaction of seeing his
innocent looking messengers of death
lying untouched but waiting his will to
fulfill their devilish mission.
And now the operator's breath comes
short and sharp and his eyes glisten
and glare as though the fires of hei
were lighted behind; his lips are draw
back ovei his teeth and his long finger?
work nervcsly, as if longing to execute
the finishing touch which shall culmin
ate the awful catastrophe he has
planned. Gold help the poor men on
the train so swiftly rushing to their
doom, and God help their waiting fam
ilies, for the operator at Pinetree Sid
ing who holds their lives in his hands
is no longer a man but a demon.
Suddenly the whistle of the approach
ing special is heard and the operator
bounds from his chair and rushes to the
window,, eager to feast his eyes for a
moment on the sight of his nearing vic
tims. Everything is complete. He has
but to press together those two tiny
bits of wire and the entire telegraph
line will be transformed into a hissing,
blazing serpent, carrying death and de
struction to the poor operators along
its path and wrecking the instruments,
thus stopping telegraphic communica
tion all over the line; while at Pinetree
Siding only a scattered tangle of wood,
iron and human flesh would mark the
annihilation of both the special with
her human freight and the operator as
well. For he is quite willing to sacri
fice himself to achieve his end, and
counts the cost but little if with the
forfeit of his life he may encompass
the revenge he has so cunningly plot
ted. But there is no time to lose; already
the special is slowing up in front of the
station, and, leaping to the table like a
wolf upon his prey, he presses the two
wires together. But no boom or roar of
the expected explosion follows, nothing
but the escape of steam as the air
brakes of the special bring her to a
stop, and the operator, realizing that
his scheme has miscarried, flings him
self upon the wires, biting them togeth
er with his teeth, cursing, praying.
blaspheming and shrieking aloud in his
mad rage and disappointment But all
to no purpose; and as the division
superintendent and the new dispatcher
enter the room they Btart back in hor
ror at sight of the body of the operator,
as with black and twisted features he
lies across the table, still grasping in
his hand the wires by which he had
hoped to avenge himself for a life of
scorn and enmity. A glance reveals
the whole plot, and with cheeks paler
than usual they cut the wires and re
store everything to its original state.
As the new operator brings in the dy
namite which he has carefully removed
from the track, and looks over at his
predecessor lying straightened out on
the floor by the window, he shudders so
that the division superintendent jumps
forward to catch the stuff, thinking he
is about to drop it
Next morning the Bluefields Exposi
tor calls the attention of the citizens
to the wonderful mercy of providence,
which by permitting a fuse at the elec
tric light plant to blow out so cutting
off the current just before the special
following No. 6 was due at Pinetree
Siding, had saved the lives of several
prominent railway officials, besides a
large amount of damage to railway
property. And when the coroner gave
to the public the verdict that the oper
ator at Pinetree Siding had come to
his death from the effects of the in
tense heat of the previous day no men
tion was made of the letter found by
the division superintendent on the ta
ble beside him.
An Ideal A.ttaeptlc
Hermitine, or electrolyzed sail
water, besides its use as a disinfect
ant for sewerage, is now employed as
an antiseptic in Paris hospitals. Dr.
Proger, chief surgeon of the Deaf and
Dumb Children's asylum at Asmeres.
recently told the Academle de Medi
cine, as the result of long experiments,
that "the electrolyzed saline water k
neither caustic nor irritating; it may be
applied to the mucous membrane as tc
the skin; it instantly removes all bat
odors, stops all putrescent fermenta
tion, kills microbes more effectual!?
and rapidly than any other antiseptic,
cleanses and heals fetid wounds and
sores, and hastens healing; it is an
Ideal antiseptic Consequently, it ap
pears to me of the utmost importSnce
to make it known, and to draw atten
tion to all the applications that it may
be put to, both from a domestic point
of view for deodorizing and cleaning
and from a medicinal point of view a
an antiseptic and healer par excel
lence." Dr. Proger used hermitine
with success in cases of angina, coryzi
and incipient diphtheria as well.
Clnag of 8ecm.
The speech jf the aborigines of Af
rica changes with almost every gener
ation.
While ia England potatoes are
grew alawst entirely as an escaleat,
tout 4,09tlM0 tons are amanmlly ssed
Ik TiWMt It (lit tHMMftttsft tf ttrt
INDIANA'S ICE CAVE.
FfcM.mcaM That KM
Bun Exptelaaa.
One of the most remarkable natural
shemosiena discovered in recent years
has just been reported in the south
west corner of Brown county, Indiana,
ays the Cincinnati Enquirer. It is
near the diminutive Tillage of EUdns
ville. At its entrance, which is com
pletely overlapped by the trees, the
cold air is plainly perceptible. The
winding way leads to a subterranean
cavern which is fully fifty feet below
the surface. This huge aperture is
very like a broad vaulted corridor and'
Is known to the natives as the devil's
chamber. The air of this apartment
is near the freezing point It is
trimmed with' glistening rock forma
tions, which reflect the light and
sparkle with the brilliancy of count
less, diamonds. From this point a num
ber of hall lead off in a cenfasing
manner, hot the one to the Ice vaalt'
Is evident from the "cold blast that
comes from it
The descent to this natural corridor
is similar to the rocky decline at the
entrance of the cave, but not over a
dozen yards within the frost from the
ice vault is plainly visible and fur
ther on it is thick on all sides, like that
crust that is formed on the pipes of
an ice plant A little further on the
descent entirely ceases and here the
walls are frozen hard like the ground
in, the middle of the winter. Then the
narrow way leads to a mammoth cham
ber and this large natural opening is
known as the ice vault In this great
subterranean aperture, which extends
fully 100 feet in width, the ice towers
In a miniature mountain, appearing
like a dozen icebergs heaped together.
The frost-lined walls and ice-sealed
dome present a frigidness which would
bring the shivers to a seasoned Esqui-
mo. Here the ice stands in a solid
mass, extending downward to a depth
which would be folly to conjecture,
Some have advanced the theory that
the air is forced through under-pas
sages of the earth with such pressure
as to make the strange formation.
Some have attributed the cause to an
underlying bed of alkali, whose chemi
cal change to a gaseous form has pro
duced the phenomenon. Others have
thought that the interior heat of the
earth, acting upon the iron pyrites, or
fool's gold, which largely abounds in
this country, is the true source of this
unparalleled discovery. Still others
think the sudden expansion of the car
bonic acid gas given off by the heated
limestone, which is also common in
this country, could have easily pro
duced the ice. But thus far the theor
ies are nothing more than speculation,
and further than the fact that the ice
cave exists and is, indeed, a remark
able phenomenon none has been able
to further determine.
HOW JIMMY CROWS RICH.
Scheme Adopted By aa EaglUb Boy for
Fleecing- Cawary Theater Goer.
They called him "English Jimmy."
He came from London this summer in
some unaccountable manner, says the
New York Herald. He lives well with
out working and patronizes a fashion
able Bowery tailor. When the theater
goers know him he will be dead, for he
is the cause of the match nuisance be
tween the acts. Everybody has en
countered his representative. He is
the- boy who meets you as you come
from the theatre between acts with a
match which the wind will not blow
out You light your cigar or cigarette
by it and the small box Is thrust into
your hands. Then for the first time
you glance into the face of the lad.
Marks under his eyes show where the
tears have dried and stuck the dirt in.
His countenance is wistful in the ex
pression of grief which it wears; his
cheeks are hollow. You put your hand
into your pocket, intending to give him
a dime. You look again. You fancy
he seems hungry. You give him a quar
ter. You think you have done a chari
table act and your heart swells with
pride till you see him work the same
game on another man and then you
realize that you have been "done."
"I make $2 or ?3 some nights," said
one of these boys to me, "but half of it
has ter go to English Jimmy. Why?
Because he puts me onter the game.
The other day Jimmy comes up an'
asks me how much I makes sellin' pa
pers.
" "Bout 75 cents a day,' sez L
"'I'll show you how to make two
bones a night,' sez he. 'Will yer givt
me half?'
"'Sure,' sez I.
"Then he sprang the match game on
me. 'Tain't no work an' it's a good
graft It's a better graft for Jimmy,
though. He's steered about twenty
boys against the game an he's making
piles. He says it's his profit for im
portin the scheme from England. I
guess dat's right I ain't kicking."
ChUdrea'e Ceataaaial Balldtar
The children of the state 'of Tennes
see are erecting a building for the cen
tennial exposition, to take place next
spring at Nashville, and some very
unique ideas are being carried out All
exhibits will -be for children and by
children, showing children's "work.
Children's organizations of the whole
country are invited to contribute their
ideas and valuable specimens of any
sort Little Miss Lizzie Pearcy, 13
years old, daughter of the United States
consul to Colon, suggested a very
unique idea which is to be carried out
She proposed writing to every United
States consul at foreign parts of the
world, over 300 in number, and asking
them for some typical toy or doll be
longing to that country. Responses
have come by scores and the collec
tion of dolls promises to be a most sur
prising one and of great value. Some
very valuable toys have already been
received. Exchange.
To Prereat Rut
A practtoal machinist says he has
found the following mixture very ef
fective in preventing machinery from
gathering rust: Melt together one
pound of lard andone ounce of gum
camphor. Skim the mixture carefolly
and stir in it a sufficient quantity of
fine black lead to give it a color like
iron. After cleaning the machinery
thoroughly smear It with this mixture
and allow It to remain thus for twenty
four hours. Then go over it with a soft
cloth, rubbing It clean. Treated thus
machlBery efun retains Its brightness
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"AUSTI" WBWISONbI
THE REAL LABOR PALLS U
HER MISTRESS.
Z
aals Trtee to Bo TratMal
tha Clock aad tha
Gcmaddaag-htar At
wttha
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TJNTY crossed tM
floor with tar
heavy, plantation;
tread and set aSml
clock down on Sri
mantel, says af
writer in the ChP
cago Dally NewsT
It had in its to
(gjR
kept company w"t'Iore loB rm down there'
old creele
any and carried -ft-
ielfin lordly fashion among itmeissv
but bow for many years, on account of
some obscure derangement, it had been
retired to humble society.
"The clock doctor, he say she all
right, now, an' jest as magnficus as she
ever were; only you'll jest have ter
wind her op, please, ma'am," said
Aunty.
The mistress cheerfully arose and
essayed the novel task.
The key turned in its place with In
finite difficulty, as if it dragged after
it the whole weight of the unwilling
years and there was a strange groan
ing and creaking within and a convul
sive shudder of the whole machinery
and framework. But it began to tick
and the hands began to move.
Aunty surveyed it with awe and de
light. "She goes tribulatin' along as peart
From an eyrie altitude of 1,150 feet
Chicago proposes to look down on the
rest of the world. A tower which sur
passes in height the Eiffel structure of
Paris is projected by the citizens of the
Windy City, and already land on which
to build has been secured and actual
work begun. This cloud disturbing
structure is the outcome of a patriotic
desire by Chicagoans to fly the Ameri
can flag higher than any other banner
In the world. The structure is to be
known as the City Tower, and as an at
traction it will outrival anything ever
before undertaken, except the World's
Fair. The base of the tower is to be
326 feet square, and it will occupy an
entire city block! At the base, from
the four corner supports, each of which
is 50 feet square, will rise arches 200
feet across and the same in height
as ever she did. How nachal it does
sound!"
"Where did you get such a fine old
relic, Aunty?" asked the mistress, not
ing Its points.
"My ole mistr's give her to me arter
the surrender. They was all broke up
and the ole plantation was sold and
they went to N' Orleans ter live. An'
now, honey, I'se ready fer de letter if
you is."
"Yes, Aunty. Who is the letter for?"
"My granddaughter. Her mother give
her ter me an' I let her go to "S" Or
leans ter stay with her father. You
see. they didn't get erlong "
"Who, Aunty? Your granddaughter
end her mother?"
"Bless yer heart, no! I means her
father an' mother, an' they separat
ed an' he's got another wife an she's
got another husbanV
"Oh, welL I have written 'My dear
granddaughter.' Now. what next?"
"1 was mighty glad tor hear from
you ail an' that you was well an' dolB
well.'
Vha givs oae when she orttr tiro
twain ' the fire twtire wftfB ah
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give OBe," amid Aunty, intemnt-
aftg her droning recitative.
,Tbo scribe looked ap 1b bewilder
'BMBt Aunty's eyes were flxed dis
tressfully b the clock.
. THan't you hear her strike?"
, ""No. Never mind the clock bow,
Aunty."
"He said she wen ail right," mur
mured Aunty, sadly. .
'. "We will consult him again if she
to set, but bow we must write the let
ter if you want it to go in the next
maiL"
5 "I does want it ter go powerful bad."
- "Well, then, what next?"
"I am well and doing well at pres
ent, hut I have had mighty pore health
this winter. Be a good girl an' don't
fergit your pore ole gran'mother.' If
r"" miner sent let ner come up nere
iM9 serine caugnt ner Dream ana
4rew her pen through a line and a
kalf.
' "What you do that fer?" complained
Aunty.
"Never anind. Goon."
"You worries me so, scratchln' out
the writin', I done fergot Oh! "Won't
you please let my gran'daughter come
up an' see me, if it's only fer a day?'
That's fer her father." said Aunty.
The writer- paueed.
"If I'd listen at her Aunt Lulu I
shouldn't never have let her go with
him. Tell her I'm a-comln' down ter
see her. He beats her with his crutch
and don't give her nothin. 'Don't
think hard o' me 'cause I didn't send
you anything Christmas. I was away
from home two months water-bound."'
The mistress laid down her pen.
"Oh, Aunty, what a story!"
"It's jest ter satisfy her, honey, so
she won't think hard o' me. Tell her
These arches will support the first land
ing, which will have 90,000 square feet
of flooring, where 22,000 persons can
be accommodated at one time. There
is a distance of 225 feet from the
ground to this first landing. After
passing the first landing there is no
other landing until one is another 225
feet up in the air. There, at a height
of 450 feet, there is to be a platform
150 feet square. This second platform
13 about as high as the top of the Great
Pyramid of Egypt, or the Washington
monument Six hundred and seventy
five feet above the ground is the third
landing, far higher than any building
in Chicago. At an elevation of 1,000
feet above the earth is the fourth land
ing, and from these stairs lead up to
the very top of the towei -From the
Chicago Dispatch.
I'm comin'
two an to
me."
ter eee her in a week or
be sure an' look out fer
"Now, Aunty, you know I can't spare
you ia a week or two."
"Co'se I. does, an I ain't a-gwine.
But she kin be Iookin' out I wish,"
added the kind soul, regretfully, "that
I could send her some fruit But how
can I? I don't know anybody gwine
there."
"Why, Aunty, there's always lots of
mat in the city market and you can
send; her a dime or two hits any time
ia a letter and she can buy some."
"Lawsakes! So I kin. Huccomes It
you al'ays thinks of everything? That
head o' yours to plum full-all the
time." said Aunty, admiringly.
"to that an, Aunty?"
"Oh, tell her ter be sure ter ax her
father ter pray fer me."
"Aunty, I wouldn't He seems to be
a bad fellow."
"But you see. honey. I don't want
s!m ter be mad at me. 'cause mebby
thea he won't let her come an' sea me.
I dOB't reckon he alms tor 1st htr come,
no mok itr iway ttr ktop
i6tt3 ' '-' -"
'.dKaEmV a
mmaaaaammm
I
her, but he needn't have aoae at H
that reverent way."
"What name shall I writs on the .
side?"
"Rev. Jim Brown."
"But, Aunty, it's for your grand
daughter."
"He gets the letters an hell know
who it's fer. And now there's another
one an' it's to the Rev. Jim Brown. An'
then if you ain't anything partickler
to do, rd like ter have you write ter
my daughter out on Tickfaw, please,
ma'am."
Two hours later the amanuensis laid
down her pen with a long sigh of re
lief.
The Oriclaal of Mr. Caaaahaa.
Many years ago Frederick W. My
ers, in an article on George Eliot, told
us how once, when he called upon that
great woman and George Lewes, he
found the couple vastly amused ever
the fancied discovery by a friend that
the portrait of the pedantic, capricious
and jealous Mr. Casaubon had been
drawn from Lewes.
"But whom did you draw It from?"
asked Mr. Myers.
Mrs. Lewes pointed solemnly to her
own breast and said: "From myself."
This old story is brought to mind
by a paragraph in Mrs. Annie Field's
"Days with Mrs. Stowe," in the cur
rent Atlantic Monthly, from which it
appears that Mrs. Stowe was the friend
who identified Lewes with Casaubon.
In the summer of 1869 Mrs. Field
called upon George Eliot at her home In
St John's Wood, in London. The
novelist expressed the great love and
admiration which she felt for her
American contemporary. "Many let
ters had passed between Mrs. Stowe
and herself and she confided to us her
amusement at a fancy Mrs. Stowe had
taken that Casaubon in 'Middleman'
Lewes. Mrs. Stowe took it si entirely
ewes. Mrs. Stowe took Is so entirely
for granted in her letters that it was
impossible to dispossess her mind of
tho illusion. Evidently it was the
source of much harmless amusemenf
at St John's Wood."
Bad Never Hoard of Him Before.
"A new slang phrase is picked up
and worn out in a day in the great
cities of this country," said a com
mercial traveler, "but sometimes years
elapse before they are ever heard in
rural districts. I was sidetracked in
a small mining camp in southern Ore
gon a few days ago and was playing
freezeout with some of the natives.
In the course of events I got three
tens and made a small bet A big,
red-ehirted hoosier opposite raised me.
I raised him back, and he came back at
mc with another raise.
" 'Well, I'll have to call you,' I said.
'My name is mud.'
"He raised up from his chair,
seized my hand in his big paw and
shaking it enthusiastically, said in all
seriousness:
"Glad to know you, Mr. Mud. My
name is Jenkins.' "San Francisco
Post
Oatalde the PaiL
"That boy of yours has put himself
outside the pale of civilization."
"Gracious. What has he done now?"
"He is up the alley emptying the pail
of beer you sent him after." Exchangr
NEWSY TRIFLES.
Sixteen out of the eighteen assembly
districts of San Francisco have woman
suffrage clubs.
The cost of a London four-wheeled
cab is from $350 to $400, that of a han
som about $350.
In Russia the principals in a duel
partake of breakfast together before
going out to fight
A flowering plant during its life is
?id to abstract from the soil 200 times
its own weight in water.
It is proposed to celebrate the 400th
anniversary of the discovery of Natal
by an exhibition next year.
English radicals are asking for the
appointment of public defenders to op
pose the public prosecutors.
A forty-four-year-old chancery case
has just been decided in England, and
there was a little oney left for the
contestants.
The piles of old London bridge, driv
en 800 years before, were found to be
in good condition when the new bridge
was erected.
The city attorney of Helena, Mont,
warns the council that the indebted
ness is over the limit and future con
tracts will be illegal.
A New Orleans man who rides home
on a street car Is met every evening
by p. pet cat, which waits for him at his
usual place of alighting.
In Albania the men wear petticoats
and the women trousers. The women
do all the work and the husbands at
tend to nothing in particular.
An Oklahoma editor expresses his
thanks for a basket of oranges thus:
"We have received a basket of oranges
from our friend Gus Bradley, for which
he will please accept our compliments,
some of which are nearly six inche?
in diameter."
The Morning Post in 1812 made the
following statement: "We congratu
late ourselves most on having torn off
Cobbett's mask and revealed his cloven
foot It was high time that the hydra
bead of faction should be soundly
rapped over the knuckles."
An English lecturer on chemistry
said: "One drop of this poison placed
oa the tongue of a cat is sufficient to
kill the strongest man," and an En
glish lieutenant said that the Royal
Niger company wished to kill him to
prevent his going up the river until
next year.
It was the celebrated Sergt Arabia
who, at the Central Criminal court,
informed the prisoner before him that
"if there was a clearer case of a man
robbing his master that case waathis
case;" and, after passing sentence, con
cluded: "I, therefore, give you the op
portunity of redeeming a character ir
retrievably lost"
A clergyman ft an Eastern town
warned his hearers lately "not to walk
in a slippery path, lest they be suckeS,
maelstromlike, into its meshes!" This
metaphor suggests that of another
clergyman who prayed "that the word
might be is a nail driven In a sure
place, sending iU roots downward and
its btajcats upward,"
"The Old Salt Doctor."
From the WerM-HeraM. Omaha, Nth,
Mr. William C Hart. faveraJy
known among his friends aad acauaiatr
ances as "The Old gait Doctor." M
probably the most familiar character;
in the vicinity of Twenty-fourth aad
Franklin streets. Omaha, Nebraska.
Mr. Hart Is now over 59.
An interesting history of bis recov
ery from a common malady follows:
A little over five years ago 1 became
afflicted with a malady, the name of
which 1 do not know. My family have
been troubled the same when they ar
rived at my age. and they said I was
on the same road and that there waaj
no cure for me. The symptoms were.!
dizziness, loss of memory, and an utter
prostration of the nerves. The moat no
table trouble was a swimming of the
head, when I came in from a walk or
was out standing In the sun or doing
any kind of exercise at alL When I
would alt down, my head would swim
aad everything would dance before my
eyes, and I would become so dizzy that
I would have to hold to a chair to keep
from falling; or If I were sitting down
and got up suddenly, everything would
whirl before me. and I would have to
hold to the chair for some little time;
my memory was so poor that it was dif
ficult for me to remember some of my
best friends. This state of things con
tinued for about a year and a half, and
kept getting worse and worse; X could
not remember anything, and my head
was in a constant whirl: everything
swam before me so that life was really
miserable.
"On the recommendation of some
friends. I went to mr drunrtst Mr.
Shrader. on Twenty-fourth and Clark
streets, and got a box of Pink Pills for
trial, and after taking a few doses I
began to feel the effects and found
that they were doing ma good. When
the first box was gone I got another
and another until I had taken four
boxes and I was entirely relieved.
And now, although my memory Is not
so good as It was forty years ago. It
Is greatly Improved, and Is better than
many men's memory that are much
younger than I; my dizziness Is entire
ly gone, and my nerves are strong as
they were ten years ago, and Dr. Wil
liams' Pink Pills did it too."
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale
People are now given to the public as
an unfailing blood builder and nerve
restorer, curing all forms of weakness
arising from a watery condition of the
blood or shattered nerves. The pills
are sold by all dealers, or will be sent
postpaid on receipt of price, 50 cents
a box, or six boxes for $2.50 (they are
never sold in bulk or by the 100), by
addressing Dr. Williams' Medicine Co..
Schenectady, X. Y.
POPULAR SCIENCE,
At a recent meeting of the Paris'
academy of Sciences M. Balland pre
sented a memoir describing m analysis
)f a sample of rice over a century old.
He found the rice only slightly defi
cient in fat
Though butterflies are often blown
out to sea, and have been thought by
Inexperienced observers to belong to a
different species to the ordinary land
butterfly, there are none which can be
said to live on the sea.
It is reported from Paris, where
pneumatic tires have been introduced
an some of the cabs, that in conse
quence of the lessened shock to the
vehicles the cost of repair has been
reduced fifty per cent, to say nothing
3f the sating to tiic nerves of passen
gers aud the muscles of horses.
Sir John Lubbock says that the house
By, which produces the sound F, vi
brates 20,100 times a minute, or 335 a
second, and the be, which makes the
sound of A, as many as 26,000, or over
130 a second. On the contrary, a tired
bee hums on E, and vibrates its wings
only 300 times a second.
The tongue of the cat family is covv
erea wiui recurving spines. In the
common domestic cat these are small,
but sufficiently well developed to give
the tongue a feeling of roughness. In
the lion and tiger the spines are strong
enough to enable the animal to tear
the skin of a man's hand by licking It
It has been practicable to propogate
sugar cane only by cuttings or their
equivalents, and the lack of seedlings
has been a difficulty In the way of im
provement From the 200 or 300 varie
ties experimentally grown In East
Java Mr. J. H. Walker has been able
to select a few plants that by crossing
have given very good seeds. These
have given vigorous seedlings, which
vleld more si:gar than the parent
plants and promise varieties more
profitable than any hitherto known.
SUMMER GIRL.
First, remember that a good voice is
is essential to self-possession as good
ideas are essential to fluent language.
The voice should be carefully trained
nnd developed: a full, clear, flexible
voice is one of the surest indications of
good breeding.
Second, remember that one may be
witty withut being popular; voluble
without be'lng agreeable; a great talker
md yet a great bore.
Third, be sincere. One who habitual
ly sneers at everything will not ren
ier herself disagreeable to other, but
will soon cease to find pleasure In life.
Fourth, be frank. A frank, open
countenance and a clear, cheery laugh
are worth far more even socially than
"pedantry in a stiff cravat"
Fifth, be amiable. Yo may hide a
vindictive nature under a polite ex
terior for a time, as a cat masks its
sharp claws In velvet fur, but the least
provocation brings out one as quickly
as the other, and ill-natured people are
always disliked.
USEFUL HINTS.
When an artery Is severed compress
above the spurting surface. Blood from
the arteries enters the extremities.
Remove Insects from the ear with
warm waier. is ever use a probe nor
other hard substance for the ear. lest
you perforate the drum.
If a high fever comes on at evening
bathe the feet and wrap in a blanket,
put warm irons to the feet and give
aconite in water every hour till the pa
tient Is In a "good sweat," then keep
well covered.
It is not generally known to farmers
that wheat straw Is a most valuable
food for stock, containing almost "as
much nourishment as hay.
In 1891 the wheat crop of the world
was estimated at 2,137,000,000 bushels.
Of which the United States raised 612.
30,000, or over one-fourth.
In Connecticut the rent of farming
land la the most serious Item of ex
pense in the production of wheat, betag
ao less than fell per acre.
Tha cast at heosing wheat after
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