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VOLUME XXXV. NUMBER 3.
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 27, 1904.
WHOLE NUMBER 1.727.
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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
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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.
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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.
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OsteoBfttBic Physiciaii, 2.
Columbus, Nebr.
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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
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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-
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egousaag or trans.
aa order issusd to him tor that
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THE KCUUMMECrlANlSM OF THESE
WONPERFUL OBQAN6.
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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?"
"Oh, ao; oab the
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