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V- a - VOLUME XXXV. NUMBER 3. COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 27, 1904. WHOLE NUMBER 1.727. H if w If-. . TIME TATETR, COLUMBUS. NEB. Lincoln, Osaka, Chicago, Bt. Joseph. Kaasaa City. St-. Louis and all poiata Baat aad oath. Denver, Helena, Batte, Bait Laka City, Portland, Ban Frandaco and all polnta Weat. TRAIXR DEPART. No. ti PaHMecer, daily except Baadajr. 7:25 a. aa No. S2 ArcomawdatioB, duly except riatardar 4p.ai TRAINS ABBITK. N. 21 Fasseajcor. daily except Bandar- 830 P. N. SI Arcommodetioa. dally except saaday 1J0 p. a B TIME TABLE U.P.RR EAST BOUND, MAIN USE. 12. Chicago Special 1:2V a. m. 4. Atlaatic Express 4JB a. m H. Vltnnbns Local lv J0 a. m. 10. Fast Mail 1232 p. m. tf. Eastern Express 2:25 p. a. 2. Overland Limited 533 p. m. WEST BOUND. MAIN LINK. 5, Pacific ExpnxM tS:10p. m. It.Colo. Hpecial 2:01a. m. 1U1. Vast Mail 11:45 a. ai. No. No. No. No. No. No. Si.. No No. No. 1. Overland Limited. IZ:1U p. m No. I, (California Express No. 7, i'-oltitabas LocaL. No.SS. Freifht NOKTOLK BRANCH No. KS, Passenger No. .1, Mixetl .... 7Jp. . MO p. at. . :30 a. m. Depart . 7:10 p. a. . 7:15 a. m. Arrive .1230 p.m. . 7:10 p. m. No. 61. No. 72. ALBION ANU 8PU.KIXU BRANCH. Depart No M, Passenger 2d0p. aa. No. 73. Mixed 630a. m. Arrive No 70. Paanger 1:00p.m. No. 74, Mixed 8410p.m. Norfolk passenger traiaa ran daily. No trains on Albion aad Spalding branch Snndays. ( 'olumbne Iocal daily except Seaday. W. H. Bkkham . Agent. COUNTY OFFICERS. K"preentative Joss W. Bkxdeb Clerk John Graf riherlB Cuarles J.CtBBIO 8iiieriatcniUnt L. H. L.KATT As-4Mor .John J. Galley Judge John IUttekman Treasurer Dirk A. Brcher Clerk of District Court C. M. Grcentheb Coroner..... K. H. Metz Surveyor K. L. Koshiter UOAIll) OF SUPEItVISORS. Dit. 1 John Goett. Chairman Dirt. 2 Peter Mender DM. s Mathew Dietbich Dibt. 4 Fbane Kiebnan 1!U f. KUDOI.PU C MULLEB IHnt -7 Louis Held. E. J. Ernst U. S. SCNATOBS-Tltarlm II. Dietrich. I. H. Millard. Mfjibeh of Conorehs. 3d District. J. J. McCarthy. STATE OFFICERS. Governor. John II. Mickey; Secretary State. George W. Marsh; Anditor. I liarle3 H. Weston; TrBarer, I Mortenon; Attorney General. Frank N. Front; Superintendent Public Instrac tion. William K. Fowler: Commissioner Public wind'. George D. Follmer. Juikieh Otu Judicial District -C. Holies. UvW. J. U. Keeder. Sfnator W. A. Way. Kfprehentatite 21tii DiSTRiOT-J.W. Reader Float Representative E. E. Fellers. GflHHKGH DIRECTORY. COVGUEGATlONAL-SabbaUi school, 10 a. 01. Preaching, II a. in. and 8 p. in. Junior En deavor. S:00 p. m. Senior EndeaTor, 70 p. m. Prayer meeting Tharaday, 8110 p. m. I Adieu Auxiliary, first Wednesday in each month at 3.-00 p. m. G. A. Munro, Pastor. PBESBfTEKIAN-Sabltath School. 9:15 a.m. Sermon. 11.-00 a. in. Snior Endeavor, 7:00 p. m. Evening sermon. 8A p m. Prayer meeting aad Mndy of the Sabbath school lemon. 80 p. m. Walter N. II tuner. Pastor. MErnoDIST-Preaching. 11 a. m. and 8 p.m. Sunday school. 12.00. m. J anior Leagoe, 330 p. in. Epworth Ijeague, 70 p. m. Prayer meeting. Thursday. 8Wp. m. ladira Aid Society every ther Wednesday at 230 p. in. .. G. A. Luck. D. D., Pastor. GERMAN BEFORMED-Sanday School. 930 a.m. Preaching. 1030 a.m. Endeavor, 730 p. m. Ladies Guild, first Thursday in each month, 230 p. in. Bet. Neumabeeb. Pastor. BAPTIST-Snndiy School, MMW a. m. Sermon 110 a. in. Junior B. Y. P. U., 3:80 p.m. Ser mon. 8.-00 p. m. Prayer meeting, 730 p.m. Rtv. K. jTUlkkb, Pastor. GBACE EPISCOPAL-Low celebration. 8.00 a. m. Soatiay School, 10.00 a. m. Preachiag, 11:00 a.m. Evening service. 800 p. m. St. An drews Brothers, second Tuesday of each month. Daughters of the King, second Tuesday of each month. Ladies Guild, second Wednesday of each month. Be v. W. A. Cash. Rector. GERMAN LUTHERAN-Freaching. 10:00 a. m. Sunday School, 2 p. m. Ladies Society one Thursday in each month. Rev. U. Miessler, Pastor. ST. DONAVENTDRA CATHOLIC-Sanday services, mass and sermon at 8, V and 1030 o'clock. Sunday school and benediction at S o'clock. Then o'clock mass is gives ia Polish and the 8 o'clock mass alternately ia German aad English. Week day mass every morning at 8 o'clock, Fridays at 3:15 o'clock, stations aad lieaediction. Confessions heard from 4 to 6 o'clock Saturday) and from 7 to V on Sunday morning. Confessions also Sunday morning be fore 8 o'clock mass. Father Theobald Kaiamaj a. Priest, LODGES. VESHTl DAUGHTERS OF BEBEKAH. No. 108-MeeU in Odd Fellows hall, second and fourth Wednesday of each month. Mrs. Maad Dussell, noble grand; Mrs. Fairchild, secretary. THUANELDA No. 12. O. D. H. S. meets the second and fourth Monday of ench month in K. .f P. hall. Alois Maier, president and J. H. Johannes, secretary. M. W. of A. No. 299 Meets second and fourth Tuesday in K. of P. hall. Louis Held. V. C Ijoais Krunken, secretary. OCCIDENTAL LODGE. No. 21. K.of P.-Meet every Wednesday ia K. P. halL J. M. Cartis, C C V. J. McCaffrey, secretary. - W1LDEY LODGE. No. 44. I. O. O. F.-Meet every Taeaday. Odd FeUows hall. J. E. Paul, N. G., George Fairchild, secretary. BOYAL HIGHLANDEBS, No. I41.-Meet first Tharaday in month. Odd Fellows liall. Carl Johnson. C. C Peter Lachsinger, secretary. COLUMBUS ENCAMPMENT LO.O. F. No. 9. Meet srst and third Montlay in Odd Fellows haU. George Fairchild, C. P., J. M. Curtis, secretary. 1111 KXX-XX-X--HH"M' . R. A. VALUER, OsteoBfttBic Physiciaii, 2. Columbus, Nebr. Nsbraska 'Pboae A 111. Iadepeadeat 4. PhoaeNo.7S. Ofice, Barber block. J. 2 4. BewillcareaUyoari aad paias; X accarcawaeamediciae fails. i 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 n 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 LOUTS MAIER Jhi,atilMi mTTul BfJsa4mt lak - ' - aaaajsvyfy --.-T.!-;;;-.- r--.-..-. -rf- m . . . . i ......- . . .- . --.--i. T- -z i- Fron flea at Joucmal, Joaa 1, 187a Taa citizaoa north of tka depot mj that tbey want a aehool honaa in that part of the city thia annmar. The honee, known aa the CkMcraga- tional church, ia hereby ofered for aale. For particnlara iaquire of J. B. Walla. On Saturday last Becker ahipped froat tbia point 40000 lbcof wheat, aad oa Monday last received for ahlptneat 13,000 lbs. Married, on the Slat, by Ber. 3. M. Wilson, at the residence of the bridea father, Leander Gerrard, esq., and Miaa Bettie Weaver. Lehman, Lawrence k Ca have received from Memphis the material for their new well aad hare already taken a treat many orders for more. James Hallows has the nicest garden we have seen this season, peas in blos som, radishes as large aa a piece of chalk and other things in proportion. J. P. Becker has moved to his fine building near the depot. lie has for sale more things than yon can mention, from a clay pipe to a thrashing machine, and the people throng around there like bees about a hive. Through the energy of Senator Thayer mail service has been iacreaaed between West Point and Norfolk, and Wast Point and Ashiand have been made money order offices. Seaator Thayer ia also actively pushing a land grant to the Sioux City k Columbus railroad. Some of our eastern friends don't know how a sod house is built: the sod is turned up by plow, and cut into any con venient size, then built up somewhat similar to brick, without mortar. Some make thatched roof, others board. These houses are warm, good against wind, and are said to be pleasant dwellings. O. W. Brown publishes the following announcement to the public: The Union Sunday aehool which convenes in the Congregational church will meet on June 3, to make all necessary arrange ments for celebrating the Fourth of July. All who are interested in the celebration are invited to this meeting." Henry Ward Beecher preached a Sun day ago on the night scenes in New York and Brooklyn. He condemned midnight labor, late parties, late suppers, Saratoga excursions, etc. He made a point that good broad streets, well laid oat, kept clean and well lighted, will have more moral inflaenoe than all the churches and all preaching put together. Plant your fields in corn and then pat it into pork aad beef. It ia a standing reproach to our farmers that every pound of ham, bacon and lard that is for sale in our city today, is brought here from Iowa and farther east This should not be: we must fatten our own pork and cure our own bacon and then we can begin to realize the advantage and profit of good farming. It is evident that another public school in our town is a matter of necessity. The present one is overcrowded, there being nearly eighty children in daily attendance. Many of the children in the district do not attend aehool for the reason of the distance, it being nearly four miles from the residences of some of them. We shall continue to agitate the subject, and would like to hear from cit izens upon this subject The following children represent the roll of honor in the schools during the week ending May 27. Annie Bremer, ElesnoraBremer,JohayBecher,Everetta Coffey, Claud Coffey, Johny Coffey, Harry Coolidge, Anna Keller, Sarah Marmoy, George Matthews, Mianie Phillips, Augusta Biddy, Albert Biddy, Tom Besgan, Mary Beagan, Freddie Speice, Gussie Speice, Dora Taylor, Valentine Weaver, Susan Wake, John Harbottle, Sarah Rice, Mary Weaver, Nellie Ferren, Charlie Lathrop. A. J. Stevens writes a column and a half article on advantages of easterners coming west, in which he states: "We are located on the great nstional highway, the U. P. railroad, in the path of the world 'a commerce, and where the people of all nations in their intercoarse with each other must pass oar doors. Com to the Platte valley, take a hoaaestead, the free gift of the government, go to work upon it and at the end of five years yoa will find yoareelf owner of a farm worth from $25 to $900 per acre. Choice homestead farms can be bad from 12 to 20 miles from here. City residence lots in Columbus can be purchased at prices ranging from $50 to $900 each. Business lots from $100 to $200." A Trip to lif Barm laain. We started on Sunday, April 3d, going over the Burlington by way of Seward, and arriviag at Garlaad, Wyoauag, en Tuesday morning. There were seven ia the party, composed of the following gentlemen: Cant. J. E.' Backiagaam. assistant general passenger agent of the Bsxlinyton, Omaha, CoL A. B. Todd of PlattamouthfxJ. T. Baaghaa of David City, F. P. Andrew, of Cedar Bapids, J. W.TeaapKaof Lincoln, E. B. Wilson of Central City, aad the writer from Col urn bus. We were met at Garland by Mr.O. C. Morgan of Basin City, who faraished aa with teams and carriages, and after tatang oar first Wyosaing dinner we started overland to Basin City, the county asat of Big Horn county, Wyo. About half way to Basin (Sty, we cam to the little inland town of Germaaia, which is located in the Grey Bull valley, where we first aaw the frails of irriga- All around thia village are fine where large crops f wheat, oats, potatoes, barley aad alfalfa see raised in sbaadancs. After taking laneh at "hotel de Grey Ball' we ooutiauai on oar joar ney to Basin City where we arrivWatM o'elock p. bl, hnviag driven St awfaav City is abaaatifal inland town ofaboat 500 people, aUaated on the Big river beaks. Has a fine brick and coart bones, large atone store beildiags, Ill4d with up-to-date stocks of sasrchanflise, two good hotels, large schools aad churches, fine residences, etc. All archsndiss is freighted in on wag ons drawn by 4 and 6 horses. The mail and passengers are taken in and oat twins a day by stage coach, drawn swift ly over the valleys and mountain sides by 4 fiae western horses that make better time than some of our Nebraska freight We left Basin City Wednesday morn ing to view the new canal which is about completed by the Hanover Canal Co. and which will cover about 85,000 acres of as fiae land as there is in the west Our driver palled up at the village of Wor land for dinner, aad after dispoaiagof a sqaare meal of irrigated potatoes, cab bage and pumpkin pie we started for the Bohertson camp near thfbead of the! oanaL (By the way, a F.'atobertson, promoter of the Hanover Canal Co. is from Oaaaha and ia a brother of Wm. Robertson of Norfolk.) Thursday morniag we started for Ther mopolis which is becoming one of the great western summer resorta. Thermo polis lays on a level valley at the foot of snow-capped mountains, below the snow line. These mountains are red, making a beautiful picture. Thermopolis is located in the south end of the Basin, in the northeast corner of Wind River Indian reservation, two townships having been net aside for the white man to enjoy the pleasures of this wonderful health resort, where the hot sulphur springs are gushing from the base of one of these lofty red mountains which overhang this beautiful little city 100 miles from any railroad. Thermopolis has about 600 population, has two large hotels, news papers, sa fine stores and stocks as we have in Columbus, one of the best school buildings in the state, wide streets and fine electrio light plant, which is run by the power of the large boiling hot spring which gushes from the earth, throwing out 18,6001000 gallons of hot water daily. The water being too hot for bathing pur- it is run into a cooling lake, it is turned into the hotels and bath houses, plunge baths and vapor baths and many other parposea which utilize the water. After performing all the func tions which is possible to perform for man's convenience and pleasure, this great body of water leaps over a high ledge of rock into the Big Horn river. There are many smaller springs in the vicinity of Thermopolis but they are not need for any purposes as the great spring furnishes more power and water than can be utilized. Some day Thermonolie will make a great city aa the resources are many and valuable, coal mines, cop per mines, stone quarries and lumber are all found in large paying quantities on every aide of this resort, which is sure to set the railroad builders on fire within the next 12 months. Oar boys all took an bourn swim ia the plunge bath and aomeof them that never swam a stroke before came out expert water dogs. After enjoying a dsyssighteeeingsround the springs we started on our return trip to Cody, the city on the Shoshone made famous by Buffalo Bill. Here the grand hotel The Irma," called after CoL Cody's daughter, ia bailt and ia certainly a fine structure, made of different colored stone and cement There is n telephone in every room in this hotel that you can call the ofioe or anywhere in town from your room. There are many fine paint ings throughout the whole building, some of them costing aa much as $6,000 each. I noticed that most of them were painted by great artists in London and Paris. There are buffalo and elk mount ed and life-like in the large windows. The parlors and rooms are elegantly fur nished throughout There are some very large coal mines, oil wells and stone quarries near Cody. There is a hot sul phur spring and bath house 3 miles up the canyon from Cody that ia well pat ronised by health seekers. We stopped one day in Cody after arriving, there on Sunday evening. We enjoyed a fine evening on Saturday at Basin City, where CoL Todd gave aa a birthday party fresh mountain trout, oysters on the half shell, "Black Jack" to drink and nwny other irrigated things the only aad feature about the banquet was that the building took fire and CoL Todd got his goatee singed in sasistiag the fire company. After the excitement was over our driver called out all aboard for Cody aad we left CoL Todd landing on the hotel veranda wiping the big alkali tears from bis cheeks, aad the last words be spoke "He waved his handkerchief.'' Monday night we left Cody for home over the Burlington, which ia the only railroad into Big Horn bantu, and I wish to say that thia company has worked wonders in opening up and developing a once unknown and supposed barren country. The Burlington runs through an iatorestiag and picturesque country all the way and the scenery is grand. You pass Gen. Caster's battle ground where Castor and his brave men are sleeping oa the hillside a few miles east of Fort Castor. The monument and be plainly seen from the Tow pass thronah the Crow Indian reserratioa, where 2J00 of those red men are living in villages along the railroad. The Devil's Peak oaa be seen from the train after yon leave JeUetto which is a great sight. This is n rock that runs ahnoat perpendicular up into the sky, snd which is ssid to have about one acre surface oa top, sad only reached by one linag being, who scaled its walla SaKlJsntedtheanMricsanagonthe4th of Jaly, 190L, and was awarded $600 by the state of Wyosuag for the risk. He was a cowboy from that state and it took him IS days to eeeoaxatiah the feat The awtwa membsrs of our party each purehsaed from 160 to 321 seres of land en the Big Hern raDey covered by the F.T.Wi We wfll nassTai nana! AGMCTJLTUIX For thi department The Journal aoiicit items from inane county jarmters, vuHcing what then are doing and how they do it. The following excellent article upon the raining of potatoes comes front B.Y. Lisco, one of the most success fal fanners in that line in this lo cality. "Potatoes require n rich mellow soil fully supplied with humus. I prefer n piece of land that has been well manared and thoroughly cultivated in corn the year before. The coca stalks should be removed as mach aa possible. I dink the ground twioe, then plow six inches deep. I then harrow until I have a fine asellow seed bed. I consider the Burly Ohio the best potato to raise here. .1 have tried late varieties, , but have had no saooess with them, while I have never had a failure with the Early Obios. I cut aay seed potatoes so aa to have oae-or two eyes ia each seed, (that is ia large potatoes) ; if I plant small po tatoes I cut the potato in two length wise so as to cat through the head of the potato. I soak my potato seed in a solution of Formalin using one pound bottle to fifteen gallons of water. I let my seed remain in the water 1 1-2 to 2 hours. Pefore I conf menced this treatment six er seven years ago, my potatoes got so bad with the scab it was hard to sell them. I aim to plant the seed aboat three inches deep and the rows about three feet apart and the seed twelve inches apart in the row. I com mence to harrow the ground as soon as the first grass or weeds start after slanting and harrowing about six times before the potatoes are up. As soon ns the potatoes are up so 1 can see the rows, I cultivate them three times, hilling up all I could with the cultivator the last time, which I considered good in a wet season, like last season was but not so good in n dry season. This season I shall follow the advice given us by McFerguson at our Institute 'do more cultivating and not quite so much hilling up." lam also experimenting by planting part of a piece of ground to whole pota toes, and the other part to cut teed, to see if there will be any difference in the yield. The potato growers in England claim that they get a very much greater yield by planting whole potatoes. Some land is more adapted to the raising of potatoes than other, in tne same locality. My land seems to be especially adapted to raising po tatoes as I have not had a failure in any of the dry seasons since I have been raising potatoes, which is over twenty years ago. "Otoe oounty farmers and stock growers nave organised tne Otoe Stockman's association. The object is to secure better transportation facili ties for stock, to be in position to treat with the railroads for fair rates, and to agree among themselves upon the time for getting stock ready for market. Other counties are making similar movements, and a state organization is talked of." " If the weather is favorable it is predicted that the acreage of corn in the United States will be greater this year than ever before. The high price of the last three years is the in fluenoa that is expected to produce this result There is some danger that many farmers will be tempted to plant more land to corn than they can cultivate properly, a policy which al ways results in loss." "The Nemaha County Herald points with pride to the cattlefeeding record of Dietrich Harms, who lives near Auburn. On September 17, 1903, he purchased 26 feeders on the Omaha market. They averaged 1,070 ponnds ench and cost $3. 70 per hundredweight He put them on pasture for seventy eight days, and then he put them in a lot where he gave them a weekly allowance of 170 pounds of hay per week and one-third of a bushel of corn per day for 106 days. In the 106 days they were on feed he increased their average weight from 1,070 to 1,421, and on March 7 he sold the cattle on tne Kansas City market at 64.70 per nundred." Mr. J. O. Blodgett of Duncan reports the grass in the pasture late and says that the hay supply is being exhausted as a result Farmers at Platte Center say that the clover was frozen out last winter and that alfalfa suffered greatly. Flour has been put on the free tar iff list by Holland. This is good news for the millers and grain raisers of America. In planting corn observe that three stalks to the hill will raise more corn to the acre than any other number.. Kherson oats are a Russian variety introduced into this state three years sgo by the State Experiment Station at Kincoln. They are an early oats, ripening in Buffalo county, Nebraska, about July 20. Two bushella of seed per acre is sufficient In 1903, 800 bu shels were raised from 15 acres in this locality. Nebraska live stock breeders should have a share of the state appropriation in aid of a state exhibit of live stock at St Louis. Trustee lajeia. Edward A.Broadboll of Liadsay has filed a complaint in district court against Chan, E. Charnquist, a village trustee of that place. The complaint alleges that the defendant as trustee of the Liadsay village board, together with other mem bers of said board, made a contract with himself by which he was to receive $50100 for copying ordiaances of the vill age; aad asks that the defendant be a- a - - egousaag or trans. aa order issusd to him tor that it ODE SENSITIVE EABS V - r? THE KCUUMMECrlANlSM OF THESE WONPERFUL OBQAN6. f tnw OsM Way Ave Wl r Vasteaa 1m Whenever a big gun la fired at Fort Hancock, -the ajoyernmenfa proving grounds aa Sandy Hook, toe oOceraia charge adviae'aU spectators to stand on their tiptoes, stick their lagers la their ears and open their mouths. On board ship, where conditions are such that one cannot get far away from a thirteen Inch rifle, the more sensitive among the oJteers aad sailors place a cork or chunk of rubber between their teeth when there la about to be a dis charge. Men7 have been known to bleed in the ear from the effects of the concussion- eauscd by a much SBsaQer' gun' than a thirteen Inch bore. One of the officers at Fort Hancock was asked to explain the philosophy sf ele vating' oneself on the toes, placing- an gers In ears and opening the month. "Standing on the toes Is like stand ing on a spring," he replied, "while standing on the heel or full sole of the foot Is like standing on a solid. By placing a spring between your person and a violent force the Impact Is so weakened that you are uallkety to suf fer Injury. In the firing of heavy ord nance a severe shock may be received from the ground. "As for the fingers In the ears, that a plain enough. It la simply closing the auditory canal to prevent the Ingress of the air which Is set In Intense vi bration by the discharge. Many a careless soldier has had his tympanic membrane destroyed by neglecting to close up his ears, either with his fin gers or some foreign substance. . "It is wise to open the mouth, for the reason that to do so tends to equalise the pressure caused by the detonation. With the mouth closed the pressure la on the external side of the tympanic membrane, forcing It Inward and split ting It When the mouth Is open this Is offset by the same pressure from within, by means of the eustachian tube. "Many men in the artillery are ml- nus tympanic membranes, but that wonderful design of nature la not ab solutely necessary to hearing. When it Is torn the bearing Is Impaired, cer tainly, but not destroyed, since the surrounding air then acts directly upon the membranes' of .the two orifices. Nothing In anatomy la more beautiful than the arrangement of the ear. I have made a study of it since coming here, as I bad the misfortune to lose one of my tympanic membranes. "The inner membrane of the cochlea Is lined with elastic fibers, discovered by Cortl and bearing his name. They apparently form tbeferinlnatlons-of the filaments of the auditory nerve. Helmholtz, the greatest authority on acoustics the world has produced, de clared that each one of these fibers Is attuned to a special note, and as they are above 3,000 In number there must be over 400 for each octave. The In terval from one to another Is one-sixty-sixth of a 'tone. They form a won drous instrument for reproducing every note that the ear can distinguish. The cochlea may be called an aeolian harp of 3,000 strings that move in sympathy to all the sounds of creation. "Many ears are Incapable of hearing very high sounds. Many persons are deaf to the chirping of crickets, and some cannot hear the twittering of sparrows. There was said to be a boy In Texas whose ears were de formed to a remarkable degree, the auricle of one being nearly as large as the side of his head, while that of the other was no bigger than your thumb nail. By closing the small ear he could bear the approach of a rain storm a hundred miles off. By dosing the big one he could hear a fly walking on the celling. Isn't that romantic enough for you? It takes a vivid Im agination to believe the story, but when you consider the miracles of the ear and hearing you may believe al most anything. "I do not doubt that there are many sounds so faint that our ears are deaf to them, but tbey make sweet music for others. You know what paracouals Is, I suppose. No? Well, you have it when you cannot hear faint sounds at all when things are still, but hear them at once when they are accompanied by a great noise. I once read of a woman (an authentic case) who made ber serv ant beat n drum whenever she want ed to listen to anything, for then she could hear very well. There was a man who could not hear except when the bells were ringing. It la an old story that deaf persons hear well when traveling on a railroad, or when rat tling over a rough highway in a car riage." "There was a shoemaker's apprentice who heard only when his master was beating out a sole-on his iron. The left ear generally hears better than the right Some say this Is owing to the common habit of sleeping on the right side. I have my doubts. There Is a .record of a man whose two ears beard different 'tones at the name time when a single one was given. "The ears of the lower animals are Incomplete. Do fisher near? Certain ly, although the cavity of toe tyawpa num Is entirely wanting, the round aad oval orifices being' at the top of the head. Look out! Get up on' your toes and open your mouth. The mortar oa the left is about to be discharged. The wind Is with the shell, aa yoa needn't close your ear. There she gees!" New York Press. ; Where there is mi much has, been borrowed. Nature aer er pretends. Lavater. naval Torpedoes f or the destruction of Tea sels were first used la the spring of 1861 by the Conf ederates la the James river. Ia 1865 the secretary of the aavy reported- that more aaJpa had by torpedoing than from all Qeaeral Jtalas, chief of the Confederate the number at artyalgat, a aumhsrthaahobeeaiawjsfafifaiail ton wan avaf Portugal are as fond f ahow aVare the women. Their fingers are nearly' alwaya loaded with rings. about their bodies, which are as" round aa the bowls of their tobacco pipes, hang chains as thick aa ropes, from which are suspended iHHicheaaf trinkets. The Portuguese dandy Is very fond f aaythlag that will attract public attoattoa to his mach esteemed per aaa. Above hit snowy vest he wears a cravat f gleaming colors, while In ats buttonhole is stack a full Mown rasa of Inordinate atee. I think I am pretty safe la saying that most of the preaoetiaaers, I have seen strutting about In the chief thoroughfares oa4 with a riding whip In their and handsome spurs on their heels have never set foot In the stir rup. The spur Is to them a sign of aobiUty which they arrogate to them selves a relic ef the privileges of the aid chivalry. London Standard. Ia the saes) ef a cabinetmaker lu- New York a sign announces "sawdust for sale." There Is no evidence any where of the bags of coarse pine saw dust such as Is used In butchers' shops,' Bsarkets and saloons. "We don't handle that stuff,' said the proprietor of the shop. "Our ape-' dalty Is In the sawdust of fine woods, such as mahogany, boxwood and san dalwood. We sell sawdust by the ounce or the.pound, not by the busheL. The sawdust of fine hard woods brings good prices. There are about 'twelve varieties of It, and each has Its ap propriate use. "Boxwood sawdust, the most expen-' sire of aU, Is ased by manufacturers to burnish silver plate and Jewelry. Sandalwood Is used for scent bags and for the preservation of furs. There Is no waste of sawdust In our business." New York Press. KaMea Gaaae Praam, The ruby mines In Burma are of four kinds, the most valuable being gullies formed by the action of water on the aide of the hills. Next to these come the shafts, or tunnels, sunk In the hill aides; and then the wells. These last are sunk In the valley, and are of two aorta. The deep wells are sunk to. fifteen or twenty feet, and the shallow: ones only reach to four feet, where the first ruby bearing stratum Is found.. Rubles, or rather red stones of all sorts, are offered for sale In large num bers and at every conceivable price.' The Inhabitants are well off, the min ers being either Sbans, In their enor mous broad brimmed straw hats and baggy trousers, or Chinamen, In Indigo blue. A Barrel ff Wsei Carrlan. One of the greatest works of Henry Torbruggen Is the carved pulpit of the grand parochial church at Brussels. The whole design ts an allegorical' scene. At the base are Adam and Eve, life size, expelling the angel, while grim Death himself may be seen hover ing In the rear. The first pair bear upon their shoulders a hollow globe, the cavity being the place where the preacher stands while delivering his sermons. From the globe rises a tree sustaining a canopy, which In turn sup ports two figures one of an angel and the other a female representing Truth. Above all thia are the Virgin and the Infant Jesus crushing the serpent's' bead.wlth a cross. On War ta It Is scarcely credible, but it Is a fact; that a glass can be broken by the voice. If yoa strike a thin wineglass while you bold It by the stem it will emit a certain note la most cases a pretty ,( deep one. On approaching the glass' rapidly to your mouth and shouting In to it the same note as loudly as possi ble, the vibrations of the glass being thereby extended, it will be shivered Into fragments. This used to be a favorite experiment of Lablache, the renowned basso, who, when In com pany with his friends, thus broke one after the other all the glasses that were handed to him. a OMeat Bit f Utei The book of Job, as it Is Incorporated la the Bible, Is believed to be the most ancient literary work In existence. It' Is known to have been written prior to the Pentateuch and prior to the pro mulgation of the law. In profane liter ature the poema of Homer are the most ancient that have come down to our day, though the names of others still older are In existence. The Penta teuch was written about the year 145 B. C, and the Homeric poems about 640 years later. Tfca Mtavcas Seen rraaa tfco Every one who has been much at sea knows something of the peculiar splen dor of the heavens when .beheld from the deck of a ship. Celestial phenom ena seem to possess an unusual Im pretslveness when viewed under such circumstances. The clearness of the air In fair weather and the flatness and distance of the horizon tend to heighten this effect Analrlaa; Her lartarsaatteau "Mamma, queried little Florence, whoald I say pants or trousers?" "Trousers, my dear." replied her Bother. "Then," said Florence, "I must give Fldo aome water, for he trousers Just awfully." DaaUey Smith to an awful coward. Way. ha looks afraid of his own shad ow. Lumly I don't wonder at It if Us shadow looks aaythlag like tan ! Think three times before you speak aad then talk it over with your wife. -A goad wife has more wisdom than the aunreasa court Schoolmaster. Ia the highlands of central Ante Mree ton snow leopard, which never de scends below the snow line of the aaountalns. Its color Is a gray, Inclin ing to buff. A few largedark spots shew about the lower parts aaaVu num ber of sxaaller ones congregate about the head aad.tbe neck. The back aad the aides are saarked with faded look tog browa rings or rosettes. The com paratively eaormawa tail of the animal ltofaUyastoagasltebedx. A DOG'S TESTIMONY. M WaalataUa brajatatlnto. Ia one of the Prague district courts receatly a foreman named Dastych sued a manufacturer named Weln wert, alleging the tatter's dog had bit ten him, thereby rendering him for some time unfit for work. The dog waa produced In court and the services of a veterinary surgeon were requisi tioned aa expert evidence. Herr De aensy, in the presence of the judge, did his utmost to Irritate the dog, and even struck It, but all to no purpose. The dog remained calm, and finally, finding the proceeding monotonous, crept under a stool. "Quiet aa a Iamb!" waa the finding of the veterinary sur geon; but "Oh, no, said the foreman, "the dog behaves Itself because Its master Is present" So the dog was taken out Into the corridor, among the public, this time unmuzzled, and the veterinary again tried his best to irri tate the anlmaL Doggy wagged his laB, offered ficst'one naw and then the other, and, its advances being rudely repelled by the unfeeling veterinary, raa back into court, sat upon its hind legs before the Judge, and begged! Not even the hard heart of a judge could resist this appeal, and the animal left the court without a stain upon Its character. FISH FED BY HAND. y Saweiaaeaa ff the Flaatjr Trla Are ataailr Taaae. Experiments made In a large aqua rium have proved that fish may be easily tamed and trained. Thia ia par ticularly true of blue perch. They soon consent to taking their food alva, a green, lettucelike weed from the hand, and do not at all object to being handled. A huge kelp cod, a splendid specimen of rich blue and green hues, that was kept In the same tank with the perch, readily learned to feed from the band, and seemed to enjoy being scratched and rubbed. Sea slugs, too singular, shell-less things possessing the faculty of secret ing a purple fluid which tbey throw out In self defense took their regular meal of seaweed from their feeder's fingers without the slightest fear. Sticklebacks, perch, bass and catfish are among the most easily tamed fish, and the story Is told of an old fisher man who day after day fed a large horse mackerel In the open sea with pieces of the fish he cleaned. It grad ually got Into the habit of coming nearer and nearer to where the boat was tethered until, finally convinced that It would not be harmed. It con sented to take Its daily meal directly from tne fisherman's band. YOUGHIOGHENY. The Pianer Way at Prenaamei rThla laaUaa Kaaae. Perhaps the most difficult geograph ical name in the United States Is Youghlogbeny, or geny. as It Is some times spelled, the name of a creek in western Maryland and Pennsylvania. Few besides natives of the region pro nounce It with the chief accent on the penultimate and who so essays It with the accent elsewhere finds his mouth filled with a meaningless confusion of vowels and consonants. The first syl lable Is "Yough," pronounced "Yo," with a short "o." The second is "i" abort, the "o" following is almost If not quite unheard In the mouth of the native, while the last two syllables are those made familiar In "Alleghany," though there Is even here a question of "a" long or "e" short The pronunciation of Youghlogbeny Is, however, a simple matter with the modern spelling compared to what It must have seemed to the stranger who met It with the old spelling. On an ancient map of the region the name Is spelled "Yogbyyoyghgania." Doubtless this spelling came nearer than that now in use to Indicating aptly the In dian pronunciation of the name. Tarrlaa; aad Feataerlas. The practice of tarring and feather ing, which we regard as essentially American, belongs to Great Britain. To us the honor of Inventing or adopt ing that very disagreeable mode of punishment belongs. Among the laws for the preservation of order when King Richard sailed on his crusade was one that-any soldier convicted of theft should have bis bead shaved, be stripped of his clothes, have melted pitch poured all over him. after this be covered with feathers and so set ashore at the first land that was touched. London Queen. SaMldaar Ia K All men and women in Korea, what ever their age or station, smoke tobac co Incessantly. The bowls of their pipes are so small that tbey only bold a pinch or two of tobacco, and the stems are so long that the smoker Is unable to apply a match to his own pipe. The cooly carries his pipe thrust down his neck between his coat and his back; the Korean gentleman carries his In his sleeve. Oae CeaMlatlaau Patient (feebly) Doctor, do you think I shall survive the operation? Proud Physician Well, sir. If you don't, you have the satisfaction of knowing that It cost nearly twice as much as any similar one performed In the dtyl Smart Set. The Ptcclae Meaaeat. Bessie And when does a young maa begin to think about marriage? Tom About two months after marriage, aa a rule. Puck. Well Minister (to widow) I hope the dear departed was prepared to die? Widow Oh, yes; he waa Insured In three good companies. He Aettea First Patient (at the fashionable springs) What are you here for? Sec ond Patient To flesh up a little. Aad you? First Patient To reduce say weight San Francisco Bulletin. The tac t BV "Did she consult the groom ia fixing the date for the wedding?" 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