rJL1HE OlMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , OCTOBER 17 , laSO. TWELVE IMAGES.
THE NEBRASKA FISHERY ,
Village of railing Waters and Artificial
Fi h.
THOUSANDS OF OVA AND FINS.
a lie Hntehcry "Which Supplies the
Streams nnd Ponds of the Stnto
With Useful and IJcntitlful
SneclmoiiH ofKlsli.
[ Written for the Omaha Numlny Iht. }
The I'latto is spanned at South Ilend by
a long wooden bridge owned by H. T.
Clarke and several oilier gentlemen. The
southern end of this structure is in Cass ,
the northern in Snrpy county. To cross
this bridge , u toll of one dollar must be
paid for a double team , wagon and
driver. Seventy-five cents are assessed
against the Individual with a horse and
wagon , while foot-passengers are classed
with horses and cattle and asked for
twenty-live cents each as u tariff for
crossing. Sheep are privllcdged individ
uals , being taxed but five centi. There
arc two railroads running over this
bridge , one a narrow and the other a
standard gnugo. The latter is made for
the cars which run scml-occablonally to
.Stout's quarries on the Sarpy side , and
the former for the fussy little locomotive
which pulls them back nnd forth.
The northern bank of the river is lined
with bluffs , covered with coarse grass ,
ill-concealing the out-cropping of rock
strata in various degrees of worthless-
ness. On a shelf , cut on the hill side ,
rniiH a rural road , at times skirting the
base of the bluffs and hugging the margin
of the stream. Thin leads , after a drive
of about ten minutes , to
TIIK STATU nsiir.uv.
Hero there is a notable difference in the
nature of the land. There is moro vor
durp , fewer rocks , better trees and richer
soil , and one feels that ho has forsaken
u rock-ribbed country only to line a tor-
restinl paradise. This feeling is increased
as the drive is continued , and the pictur
esque glen of the fishery is brought to
view. A short distance above the road ,
on the right , is a fall of water flowing in
n steady musical stream , the while spark
ling like silver in the sunlight. Beyond ,
and far up in the glen , whore the view is
more or less obscured in the leafy vista ,
are other falls , varying in size and reson
ance , each subserving a practical utility
while appealing to the refined sense of
ttio beautiful. There is little about these
miniature falls to suggest the cataract of
Lodoro , and yet the poets who nave vis
ited the place have been moro happy in
likening it to that celebrated fancy than
to anything else. Still , there is want
ing but the hamlet , to justify its beiiur
known as the Village of Falling Waters.
There is a dreamy quiet about the place
in which the inhabitants of Irving's crea
tion "would revel , to sit and smoke and
gossip and dream dreams and see appari
tions to their hearts content.
Skirting n little hill , the road winds
upward and ends upon tlm eminence ,
from which may bo had a delightful view
of the Flatte and the wooded depths and
cultivated Holds beyond. Upon this
height , tlio residence of the superinten
dent. M. E. O'Bncn , lias been built.
This is a neat little structure , interiorly
as well as exteriorly , giving every evi
dence of a calm , tranquil and happy
rural life.
On the day of my visit , Mr. W. L. May
of Fremont , the oldest member of the
State Fish commission , was present. In
company with him and the superinten
dent , I made a tour of the place , first
descending several ( lights of steps down
the hill siuo to the ponds in the glen , and
then walking along tlio tortuous path to
the head waters of the streams.
These burst through a crevice
in a rock , nnd into the reservoir of the
spring house , where they lie for a few
moments , when they How through a largo
pipe to the hatching house. Tlio purity
of this water is remarkable , so pure is it
indeed , that in the spring , it seems as if
it were even a hundred feet deep , a
pin could bo distinguished in its
depth * . The spring house is a stone
structure eight by txvelvo feet in sine ,
wNli a window and door , the latter being
always carefully locked at night. Tins is
done for more than one reason , tlm main
one , however , being to prevent malicious
people from tampering with or poisoning
tlio water , as was once done. The cow
ardly deed , however , was discovered and
the injurious effects destroyed by shutting
off the fluid from the hatchery.
In the vicinity of the spring house ,
there are Kovoral "draws'1 or openings In
the hills from which other rills gush. Ono
of those supplies pond Ivo. 1 in which ,
when 1 visited it , there worn 20,000 young
brook trout. The water in this was seem
ingly dark grcon , caused doubtless by the
rcllou.tlon of the foliage on all sides and
above , and closely resembling the cele
brated ( ireen Lake In Colorado.
At the southern extremity of this pond ,
is a stone dam thirty-live feet wide , three
feet thick and twelve feet high , fitted
with a gate and screen , through the latter
of which the water Hews and then falls
into pond No. a , with a grateful sound.
In this pond are 7,000 mountain trout , a
species of fish of which travelers to Colorado
rado and Utah know moro or less
after they return from their journeying.
Another dam and cascade mark' the
boundary of this pond , when the third
pond is reached.
This contains mountain trout two years
old. many of them being about eight
inches long. As wo journeyed by the
ponds , Mr. O'Drion carried a pan full of
pulverized beef liver , handfulls of which
ho cast into the water. In a second every
lish in the ponds rose to the surface and
the next darted away with the fragments
of a feast. The avidity with which this
breakfast was seized was most noticeable
with the mountain trout last mentioned ,
some of them jumping out of and lashing
the water into foam. In the fourth pond
were two-year old brook trout. Each of
these ponds is framed with water cross ,
which in some places is very beautiful
indeed , contrasting in its light green
with the moro sombre hue of the surface
of the pond.
TUB IIATCHKHY
is reached at this point , ft is a two-
Btory frame structure , painted in dark
brown. The sooond lloor is used for
storing lish cans , while the tirst is used
for hatching , The water , ns before
stated , is received from the main spring
at the head of the glen , It forces its way
through an upriaht pipe and falls in
sparkling purity , into u long wooden
trough extending across the building.
From this trough run twenty-live faucets ,
beneath each ot which , in another trough
is a tin pail of peculiar construction.
The bottom is perforated ami a slight
distance above the lower rim of the pail ,
Near the upper run is a circular opening
ol about one inch in diameter , A tin pipe
perforated is fixed to this anil may bo re
moved at luisnni. Whnn the water is suf
fered to run through the faucets men
tioned , it flows into the next trough and
tliuu'o , through the perforated bottoms ,
ris-os gradually In the pails. When it
reaches the perforated tin pipe near the
upper rim , it flows out and drons into
another trough which loads it to a
large wooden box on the floor called the
nureery , Tlio rise of the water in. the
palls is most gradual , scarcely percepti
ble , just such as is necessary to gently
ugituto Uio ova which arc there deposited.
After the ova arc plac"d there , the milt Is
deposited in the same place , and with al
most immediate effect upon the ova ,
which arc seen to largely increase in size.
These ova are procured from the female
when in n state of fiiicundity , after which
she is at liberty to again be set free in the
waters. The null Is procured in the -same
manner , without injury to the male. The
ova remain In the cans until the fry is
hatched , the moderate rise of the water
keeping them in motion akin to that ot
the stream. When tlio' fry is hatched ,
however , the perforated tin pine which
guards the outlet Is removed , and the fry
llo.it to the nursery.
Itcsides these cans there is a scries of
wooden troughs , about ten feet long , two
feet wide anil six inches deep. Thcsn are
several feet below the trough from which
the main supply of water is received.
and from this by means of faucet and
hose , they are supplie'd. Small supports
run along on eacn side of thcso troughs ,
upon which rest square frames with wire
gan/.o containing openings about one-
eighth of an inch in width and three-
fourths of an inch in length. Upon tlio o
tray.s or sieves trout uggs are placed , the
water is allowed to rise up to and However
over thcin , and then pass away The
capacity of these trays is about 500.000
brook , mountain or lake trout , which re
quire about ton weeks to hatch. When
hatched , ( hey swim through the sieve ,
sport for a time in the waters , and are
then sent to the pond , In the cairn men
tioned , ' . ' 5,000,000 eggs can bo accommo
dated at one time , and require about six
weeks in which to hatch.
The lish raised at the hatchery arc
those already mentioned , namely brook
trout , which require ten weeks to hatch ;
California ormountnm trout , eight weeks ;
hike or salmon troutton weeks ; wall-eyed
pike , ten days ; black bass , fifteen days.
( torman carp , six to ten days. The egg _
of the pike are imported from St. Clair
river and East Saginaw bay , in llannel
bottom trays , covered with moist moss ,
and packed in boxes with line ice. They
are then hatched at this hatchery.
In this Kame room is a .small but inter
esting collection of alcoholic specimens
which have already done duty at the state
fair. There arc also line aquaria with
beautiful specimens of the several kinds
of lish raised , among them being the
( mill-back sucker , the mirror carp , par
tially covered with scales ; young German
carp ; sealed carp , covered entirely with
a glistening coat ; brook trout , speckled ,
seemingly transparent , and as pretty as a
picture ; mountain , or rainbow trout , even
moro attractive and interesting. In an
other acquarium mopes a pair of turtles ,
one a venerable old snapper , with a mossback -
back , which ill comports with the vic
ious visage which he turns up toward
the surface. In the nursery are a cat
fish and a hideous buffalo lish with white
lips and dark sides. He sulks in the
shadows and teems annoyed over our
mquisitivcncss.
South of the hatchery is a series of
other ponds , larger and more beautiful
than those described. The lirst of these
is almost an oval , with sodded banks and
a terraced island with ( lowers in the centre.
In this are 400 largo trout. Hclow is a
series of spawning races , and then comes
another pretty pond , studded with an is
land upon which the remnants of some
frost-blighted llowcrs are visible. This
is hemnied in by a stone dam , sixty feet
long , six wide and fourteen high. A fall
of water drops into a basin and is thence
conducted by a pipe under tlio roadway ,
to several other ponds beyond. Ono of
these is the carp breeding place , 200 feet
square. The water had been drawn out
of this pond and the fish removed to the
small pond preparatory to shipping. The
bottom showed a number of cedar
boughs upon which the carp spawn.
Another pond 150x200 feet contains .Vi.OOO
wall-eyed pike , while a smaller enclosure
shelters about 7,000 black bass. Two
other ponds complete the complement
and in tlios.o , little aiul adult carp disport
themselves. Mr. O'Brien with an assis
tant seined one of these ponds and
brought up some beautiful specimens ,
each of which seemed in the possession
of the greatest vitality.
The carp are fed on squash , but Mr.
May's story that they make nightly pere
grinations to the neighboring fields for
their vegetables may bo received with
doubt. The trout luxuriate on liver while
the bass and pike are fed with smaller
fry.The
The hatchery was commenced on a
small scale about four years ago , when it.
was authorized by an act of the legisla
ture. the commission then consisting of
Dr. Livingston of Plattsmouth W. L. May
of Fremont , and It. S. Kalcy of Hod
Cloud , hiring a man to breed some Cali
fornia salmon. It soon got into the hands
of the present management , by whom
everything outlined above has been done
in about tlio last three years. There are
now eleven ponds , and the fishery prop
erty comprises fifty-two acres. The su
perintendent has two assistants in sum
mer and ono in winter. The last appro
priation was $8,000 for two ycais. which ,
when salaries and other incidentals arc
deducted leaves but about if 1.700 for im
provements. In view .of this fact , tlio
amount of work done , the transformation
that lias taken place on the site
of the fishery , and the number of
strcants and privufe ponds stocked
throughout the state , the success of the
undertaking must bo considered remark
able.
able.Tho
The commission is at all times ready to
supply people , in season , with fish' for
streams or ponds , and during this month ,
November and December , will furnish
applicants with carp without other ex
pense than that of express charges. It is
probable that a larger appropriation will
bo requested next year to successfully
carry out the plans now maturing.
The superintendent is ono of the most
painstaking of our state ollicialu , and is
ably assisted by the commission , espec
ially Mr. May , whoso interest in the un
dertaking is nearly and well directed.
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The Young OlarKymnn'H First Poo.
Chicago Inter-Ocean : It was their
first W'idding. The groom was "now , "
so was the bride , nnd tlm congregational
clergyman had committed matrimony
only in his imagination. Finally however -
over , it was all over ; the twain was one
flesh , and the little wife was weeping in
the arms of the mother. The groom
slipped up to the nervous minister , and
as that gentleman was about to pass out
into the night , pressed a coin into his
hand.
* "A $20 gold piece , " thought the young
preacher. His heart beat faster now
than when ho was olliciating at the wed
ding. Ho needed the money t > o much ,
Indeed , ho often wished his meagre salar\
was only half its size , ho had such dilli-
culty in collecting it. And now
to receive $20 all at onco. Why ,
it - . Then it occurred to him that it
was customary for the minister to ninko
the bride a present of his tirst marriage
fee. The good Yuan sighed as ho removed
his thin overcoat and returned to the
room where the guests were offering
their congratulations to the newly
wedded couple.
"I forgot something , " said ho , as ho
approaohcd the bride. "This is the tirst
marriage fee I have over received. It is
yours , It should be kept as a reminder
of this occasion. "
The young bride stretched out her
hand and the coin rang as it touched her
marriage ring , The guests looked up ;
thn unconscious wife did not close her
hand upon the fifty cent piece that lay
there and all saw it , The minister was
glad it was his lirst marriage. The guests
tried to. appear as if thov < iid not seu the
half dollar , and the reporter quietly
smiled , and thought perhaps the veiling
husband was saving up to buy the di
vorce.
A California youtiTsquce/ed Ms girl so
tight that ho broke- two of her ribs , but
was comforted when she suld : "Uo on ,
Hank and buit the other twenty-two.1'
WOMEN AND THEIR HAYS ,
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The Great Lack of Proper Education of
Girls In the Affairs of Everj-Day Life ,
THE COMPLAINTS OF THE SEX.
The Charming Girl niul the Tom-Hoy
nt AVomnnhooil Senmtnl. Mnr-
i , Deaths niul KtliicUo |
A J/ove-ljn loii Ditty.
All for Sty hove.
Launch 1110 n golden argosy.
Hoist ino the silver sails :
Lend mo tr > o waves , tlinu dnnchiK ? ci :
\Vnlt 1110 , yo favoring gales.
Oo lull ttio illicit liy stars to light ,
The inuoii to stoop niul shine ,
Hccnuse my love hath sent for me ,
Ui'cause my love Is mini ) 1
Foil mo tlio mighty ciHlnr tree.
Build imi a palace fair.
Deck It with tolil ; niul Ivory ,
Hang Itvltn arms rare.
Film , ' wlilu thu ijntes that part tlio sea
And let thu clarions piny ,
Jiocanso tlio day hath dawned for me ,
My love Is ml no for nyot
( So bit ! the nlKhtlneales to slug ,
Tlio pearly fountains play ,
A melody ol love by nlKtd ,
A diemii of iiluiit by day.
Tull yo tlio world It draw not near ,
Tell ye tliu hills and sen ,
Tlio dory of my llfo Is here.
.My love hath come to me I
\ Now Iilcn.
Health anil Home ; Ono of the great-
curses ot this intellectual ago is the grunt
lack of proper eilncation of our girls in
tlio practical affairs of every-day life.
Tlicy till want to bo "school inarms , "
governesses or the wives of ricli men.
Housework , which should form tlio basic
principle of our cconomin life , is sluinnoil
by tiioin as something degrading. A
young woman will stand behind a dry-
goods counter fourteen hours a day for a
mere pittance not enough to clothe her
lese her health , become anemie : and un
fitted for tlio performance of her natural
duties , rather than accept a position as u
domestic where she would have si com
fortable home , good health and become
properly lilted for the duties of a wife
and mother. The ranks of the unfortunate
filled with who having
nate are shop-girls ,
ing no place to spend their evenings ,
seolc the parks and beer-gardens , where
young men , as it were , lie in wait for
thorn aa their natural prey. How many
young women can trace their downfall to
this misplacement of their talents ? Good
domestics , and wives who are good cooks
are so rare that when one is found she is
is worth her weight ; n gold.
We have schools in which our girls arc
taught cookintr , embroiderv , music ,
painting , school teaching , the languages ,
but positively not one in winch is taught
the art of housekeeping. Why ? Shindy
because of the prejudice against it. Yet
ail girls desire to get married , which is
very easy to do , but it is very , very aif-
lionlt to live happily in marriage ; and
where the wife has no knowledge of the
art of housekeeping , domestic economy ,
or is a poor cook , bo her husband as rich
as CruL'sus , her lot will be miserable.
Such a woman is totally incompetent to
be a wife ; her proper place is in some
garret "singing the song of the shirt. "
While n man admires womanly beauty ,
yet in married life ho admires much
more 11 good square meal , cooked by the
hands ot his wife or under her immedi
ate directions. What we mean by a good
square meal is not simply roast beef and
potatoes , with a piece of indigestible pie
and a cup ot ordmaweoffee , but a table
covered witli snow-white linen , the china
and glassware shining like so many min
iature mirrors , witli bouquets of fresh
blooming ( lowers in season , and napkins
soft and fresh from the laundry , not stiff
as pasteboard , so that they will slide
from your knee. These preparations cost
but a triilo and are the invariable precursor
ser of a good appetite. No dish should
be served umlocorated ; the fish or meat
should bo surrounded with small pieces
of either parsley or beets , carrots or tur
nips cut by molds into various knickknack -
knack devices , not so much for eating as
for ornamentation , and also as an appe
tizer. For puddings , melons , etc. , pul
verised sugar should always be at hand ,
and for iced tea a slice or two of lemon
with granulated sugar. These , r.nd a
thousand and one other little things wo
could mention concerning the table , cost
no more than the slovenly-served appe-
tito-destroying-foods of the present time.
Cleanliness of tlio table should bo coim-
portant with cleanliness of the body.
Such a table would never fail to make
home the abiding place of true love and
solid comfort.
But as wo have no schools for teaching
the above art , what are \yo to do ? Why
not establish one , establish a tlo/.cn , yes ,
and in every city and in every village.
Have it a nchooi for practical housekeep
ing. Instruct tlm pupils in every depart
ment , from the scrubbing of tlio front
door stops to the mysteries of the kitchen.
Itun it actually as a boarding house.
Issue diplomas of graduation to your
servant-pupils after a two , throe , or oven
four years course. Have each pupil begin
by learning the most menial labor , and
'
by degrecs'advanco luir until she is thor
oughly qualified in every department of
the scullery , chamber , laundry , and
kitchen. Have her do practical work , network
work in theory. Take in boarders , charge
good prices , give first-class service , and ,
as Colonel Sellers would sa'y , "thorn's
millions in it. " Will any of our readers
take the hint ? A diploma from such an
institution would insure marriage , and ,
what is still better , happiness in mar
riage.
Women "Who Are AlwnyH Complaining
Cincinnati ! Enquirer : The egotism of
tlm sex loads its members to be always
balancing their sensations in a pair of
scales , weighing them with tlio utmost
nicety and exactness , or else to place
them under n mental microscope to bo
studied. Habits of introspection and
solf-anaiysis aru most hurtful when u too
vivid imagination renders calm judgment
impossible. The training that women
receive and their habits ot living are cal
culated to heighten emotional sensibility
and nerve sensitiveness , and their love nf
excitement is a most dangerous clement
in degeneration of tlio organism. They
yield easily to all passing , real or imagin
ary disorders , without making an ollbrt
to forgot them , belittle thorn orriso super
ior to them.
To ho fragile and frail in appearance ,
to have a look of extreme delicacy , is the
consuming desire of our women. A smill
waist , hand and foot ore desiderata ; the
lily must usurp thoro.se on the fair cheek ;
to avoid a coarse and blowsy complexion
a veil must bo used during the promen
ade to protect from even a zephyr's gen
tle breath or tlm sun's kisses. The con
finement in close school-rooms during
early life nnd the artillcialitles and ox-
eilomont of society later on causa defici
encies of every kind in blood and bone ,
nerve and muscle.Vhat wonder if tight
lacing , the ttso of cosmetics , exposure in
dress , laok of sleep and exercise , cause
an impeded elnmlation , poverty i the
quantity of the blood , and all attendant
evils. Women an * reared like exotics in
a green house ; and often they meet the
samu fato--llourish apparently for a sea
son , bloom in beauty , nnd are gone.
It is a pity that a knowledge of physiol
ogy is not more generally diffused , and
especially among women. Even thu best
educated of them are ignorant of some of
the simplest fuels , or have tudied thorn
to so little advantage as to piako the
grcatcM mistakes. . Thus t hey try U > make
certain diseases lit certain paina.diagno3D ;
them as symptoms of heart , lungtor liver
trouble , or imagine they are threatened
with a terrible sickness. Starting with
nn inherited feeble constitution , even this
is deteriorated by a lifo of indoor Inac
tivity in the best hours of the day and
late hours nt night. Though the complex
mental and physical organisation re
quires the most careful treatment , they
tlo not ven try to recuperate after n se
vere strain. There Is thus given an apti
tude to morbid degeneracy , with no re
serve force to fall back upon. Fleeting
pains , which in a moro active life would
pass unnoticed , are treated as cause for
alarm , and drugging and doctoring arc
commenced ; the high-keyed nature.which
hns a sensitiveness of the violin , broods
over them until a morbid pitch is reached ;
from agitated apprehension they sink
into mild-eyed melancholy or gloom , and
become burdens , to themselves and
friends , \\hociinnotnin \ the gamut of
the disease of tliovaletudinarian ? .Malar
ia , billiousncss , , dyspepsia , neuralgia
what changes have open rung upon them ;
what fugues written ! Malaria ( bad air )
might not be Heard of if constant and
sulUolent , exercise were taken ; billions-
ness and dyspepsia , names given by
women to any manifestations of stomach
trouble , would fniquently vanish were
proper attention ! mild to dietary rules ;
neuralgia , that ) note noire in many a
home , is oftciii the indication of over
taxed nerves , weakened vitality or ex
posure to cold. Of course , these things
may bo , and sometimes are , serious mat
ters , but in how many instances uro they
n ami's given to passing disturbances and
slight ilerangi'tnontB ot function , which
would pass quickly away if left to them
selves ?
The Charming Girl.
It is a little dillicult to describe the
"charming girl. " She has not as yet
penetrated the remote country places , ex
cept in tlio faint reflections to be found in
the columns of the illustrated story-
papers , says the Boston Record. She has
succeeded the "typo" girl , however , in
the current literature of a somewhat bet
ter order , and is a decided relief from
the over-ingenuous , too-quickly loving ,
extra-spontaneous maiden who preceded
her. ' 1 he charming girl usually knows
a good deal. A man feels in talking to
her that she has ideas , that she is quite
out of the transitional stage between an
affectionate creature of impulses and a
rational human being. She is a compan
ionable girl. Slie is less impressionable
than the typo girl was.
As Mrs. Howe says , girls don't fall in
love any more. It would bo impossible
for the truly charming girl to fall in love
in the old-fashioned way , the way which
led the amiable predecessor of the Ange
lina typo to set her affections on a villian
or idiot mid cling to him through thick
and thin with a fidelity and a rapture that
looks very silly to the charming girl. She
knows hersclt better than ever a girl
know herself before. She is taught wisely
anil well by her careful mother , and no
man can surprise her heart into surren
der unless ho has at least a few of the
elements of genuine _ manliness and no
bility , attractions of mind nnd spirit as
well"us of face and manner.
Of course there is a sham charming
girl who doesn't fall in love because she
has no heart to loso. having wasted it all
in adoration of herself and pretty gowns.
This inconsequent and effective little
sham knows enough , however , to imitate
the ways of the girl who is genuinely
charming , and she gets up a very clever
and interesting counterfeit oftentimes ,
and one which is extremely good to look
at on a plessant summer's day.
By and by , when the ideal srirl comes
to bless the world , there will without
doubt bo a sweet and pretty sham of her
also to be tonnd at the shore and mount
ain resorts , whom the sham men then
upon earth will Ilirt with to their heart's
content , while the ideal men will bow at
the shrine of the ideal girl.
Tlio Tom-Boy nt AVomanliood.
The girl romp , otherwise known as the
Tom-boy , is an oagBr < earnest , impulsive-1
glad-hearlcd , kind-souled specimen o'f
genus feminine. If her laugh is too fre
quent , and her tone a trilletoo emphatic ,
wo are willing to-oycrlook these for the
sake of the true lifl ) and exulting vitality
to which they arjj Uio escape-valves ; unu ,
indeed , wo rathqr Ifko the high-pressure
nature which must close oil'its superlln-
ous "steam" in such ebullitions , s.iyr tlio
Cincinnati Enquirer. The glancing eye ,
the glowing cliook , the fresh , balmy
breath , the litliQ , . graceful play of the
limbs , toll atalo of'healthy and vigorous
physical development winch is nature's
best beauty. Thc'jjpnl and the mind will
bo developed alsoi in due time , and wo
shall haye before ; us a woman in the
highest sense of ( he term.
When the Tom-boy has sprung up tea
a healthful and vigorous womanhood she
will bo ready to take hold of the duties of
lifo , to become a worker in the great sys
tem of humanity. She will not sit down
to sigli over the work given her to do. to
simper nonsense , or fall sick at heart , but
she will ever be ready to take up her
burden of duty. In her track there will
bo sound philosophy , in her thoughts
boldness and originality , in her heart
heaven's purity , and tlio world will bo
better that she lived in it. To her alloted
task she will bring health , vigor , energy
and spirits ; these will give her both the
power and tlio endurance , without which
her life must bo , in some respects at
least , a failure.
What Catches the Feminine Eye lu
thu Newspapers.
Brooklyn KaglnAman : who has started
a number of papers and who is keen on
newspaper subjects told mo the other day
that ho had at fast hit upon u highly val
uable scheme.
"I have ascertained through a careful
series of observations,1' ho said , "that
women who read the newspapers are in
terested in four subjects scandals , mar
riagcs , deaths and etiquette. Take any
woman in town and toss a paper in her
lap while she is working on a 'splasher'
depicting the everlasting 'Throe Little
Maids,1 or is engaged in some equally
absorbing work , and what docs she do ?
First she glances along the headlines
until she comes to the Victoria Morosini
episode. She at once drops her work ,
taps her teeth meditatively with her
thimble and wades through jovory word
of the report. The moral she draws from
the story is usually that she doesn't sco
why so much , fuss is made about that
Morosini { croaturn , whom she saw onn
night on the stage of the Casino and
found to bo ns awkward as a cow. Then
she stops abruptly and skims over tlio
paper till she finds the column headed
'Deaths. ' she revels time
. Hero fora long ,
wondering if the Johnson who has just
died is any relation to the Johnson who
boarded at the second farm-hoiisa down
the turnpike near the cross-roads from
whore she spout the summer in Connecti
cut four years ago. After arguing this
over for homo time and settling it posi
tively one way or the other she goes to
the next name. If she discovers the death
of a child she divines at once that it was
scarlet fever , nnd decides to have the
doctor look at the rash on Lucy's ' neck
the instant she returns from school , Then
she comes to the marriage column. Did
you ever too anything more amusing
than the absorption of the woman over
the marriages ? An earthquake wouldn't '
disturb her. She invests every couple
with the romance of her own courtship ,
and goes off into , speculations on the
groom's prospects and the style of the
bride's wedding outfit. As for the etiquette
column , that always makes her chatter.
'Hero,1 she says , 'is the most absurd
young woman , 'bo writes to the editor
to know whcthciUbo ought to go to the
theater with her 'young man without it
chaperon , I remember thu first time
dour llonry took.tnu to the theater.'and
so on. After shelling waded through this
column.sho throwthe paper iwiuo , and
th t night when her husband comes
homo shy tolls him how much she was In
terested in the newspaper. 'Yes,1 ho suys ,
BROWN PARK
Tlib latent addition to South Omaha , only twoblocltn m > iitli of
ccntct' ' of South Omaha anil two Mock cant of tlwurcut llannnonil
J'ach'intllottm. ;
Large and Choice Lots , Wide Streets and Al
leys , Fine View , Easy Terms.
For further purllcutura call on
MORRIS MORRISON ,
/Vtf ( youth Kith , lid. Dour \in-tli of llod'ard .S7.
Holders of Currency Itdiiils Uomls of
SERIES B ,
or TUB
&
Will rccMrnni-mmiMitilcntlon of Intcri'ft nnd
ImiMirtiiiico IM tlioiu liy fonumlliifftliolr names
anil mlclr-ijMJ1 * to u * 'If they him1 tint iilroml-
ilono m , with n iiicmofnnimni nf tlio niiinunt
< if ( mull * of rllhur illn * hrlJ by tliein. or by
tiillliiK In pi-Mon Htourollleo.
A. .S. IIAT4II tV < ' < > .
No. fi Nns nn St. , Tow York.
DAMAGED GOODS
KSSi.
Every Day and Evening , until all S"
the goods damaged at the
Are sold. Tliese goods are only slightly damaged and will
be sold for almost nothing at
Uwn fi a
'the papers arc mighty readable now.
That was an awful catastrophe in Char
leston , wasn' itV His witelooke up at
him nnd says'What was that , dear ? '
'Why , the earthquake. ' 'Was there one ?
Well , there , that stupid old paper didn't
have a word about it. ' The husband goes
and gets the paper and shows her a six
column article on the lirst page. She had
not seen it , of course' Now , that's a
pointer for any man with brains , " con
tinued the projector of newspapers some
what out of breath , but very much in
earnest , "and I'm going to work it out.
Kvery woman in America will buy a pa
per that puts forth intelligence on scan
dal , marriage , death and etiquette in tlio
most alluring style of art. "
Not JMnnv Women Are Good Ijlstencrw.
San Francisco Report : ( Jood listeners
among women are scarcer than fresh
eggs at a corner grocery. Women can
talk , ns a rule , but they cannot listen.
And yet listening attentively is the first
rule of agreeable conversation. If women
could only realize this , talks between
thorn would not bo the tiresome , trivial
efforts they ; ilways are. Personal sub
jects , their standard stock in hand of in
terest to the one , born the other ; and sho.
not being trained in tlio second rule of
conversation , answering exactly , lots
what she pleases to call her mind run riot.
In consequence , the listening air is
pierco"d by jagged ondsof "You don't titll
mol" and "lam surprised ! " ana "Just
what wo might have expected I" until the
exclamation and interrogation fiend him
self , on whom they have drawn so freely ,
sinks from exhaustion ,
Thunder Storms.
Scientific American : I'rom ' certain me
teorological statistics published in Ger
many wo iearn that thunder storms In
that country have , during the last thirty
years , been steadily increasing both in
frequency and severity. The number of
deaths per annum from lightning has in
creased in a far greater ratio than that of
the increase of population. In the prctj-
out state of our knowledge of the whole
subject of atmospheric electricity , the
cause of the phenomena of thunder
storms is confessedly obscure. It is.
however , very possible that some light
would bo thrown on the question by a
comparative study of the frequency
nnd severity of storms during a length
ened period and over a widn
geographical area. The Gorman
savants incline to the opinion that the
increase is to be attributed to the enor
mously increased production of smoke
and steam which has taken place during
the last three decades. Hut although wn
mav admit this to bo to some extent a
probable ycra causa , yet when wo con
sider the very local character of thunder
storms we should naturally expect to find
that it would follow that the neighbor
hoods of largo cities , and especially of
manufacturing districts , would suffer the
most severely. lint the statistics referred
to show distinctly that the very reverse
is the ca . The number of storms at
tended by fatal results from ligntning is
far larger in the agricultural districts
than in the towns. Upon the other hann ,
wu ought to taku into consideration the
protective action of lightning conductors ,
with.which the prominent buildings in
ho towns of Germany are well provided ,
SOaiK OM ) I'KKSONS.
Robert Cratty , of Prospect , Ohio , was
112 on August iM.
Bancroft , the historian , is eighty-six
years old.
John O'Mally ' , of Dallas county , la. , is
112 years old , has chewed tobacco and
smoked since he was a boy , takes a nip
of old Kentucky when lie fools like it.
and says that ho never recited moro than
three verses at a time iu Sunday school ,
and did not go to sea as a cabin boy.
The lirst anti-slavery man sent to the
United States senate on that issue is still
living. Joseph C'illny is the man , and lie
remains on his old family homestead at
Nottingham , N. II. He is ninety-six years
old.
Colonel George. L. Perkinsof Norwich ,
Conn. , who began his ninety-ninth year
in August , is the active financial head of
the Norwich & Worcester railroad and
works as regularly now as ho did twenty-
live years ago.
Abraham Kmerson , of Canada , re
cently celebrated his eighty-sixth birth
day by digging forty bushels of potatoes
in seven hours.
Joseph Rosenberg , 102 years old , died
in New Orleans a few days ago. Ho was
ono of Napoleon's soldiers , and partici
pated in the momotable retreat which
followed the burning of Moscow.
Andrew Lucas , who claims to have
been a body servant of Andrew Jackson ,
died the other day In Urantford , Out. , at
the alleged ago of 125 years. Next.
William Kendall , aged ninety years ,
.Hod recently at ISclolt , WIs.
The oldest Inhabitant of Cape Cod is
Mrs. DoiiMlIu Laba , who is familiarly
known as "Aunt Laba.1' She recently
passed her ninety-ninth birthday.
Mary ICnnis , who died in Philadelphia
\VediKtsday , was 101 years old , and
until just before her death maintained
her menial faculties remarkably.
The census shows that M. Chovroul is
not the only centenarian in France , there
being 12U others who can show that they
have lived a hundred years.
Tliomns Smith , of Ipswich , Mass. , died
a few days ago , aged ninety-four years.
He was a vctuntn of the war of ISIS , and
voted for eighteen presidential candi
dates.
Francis Margaret Walpolo died in Lon
don September 20 , aged ninety-eight.
She was , on the maternal sldo.the grand
daughter of the great Lord ( Jllvo , and
paternally of Sir Thomas Walpolo ,
brother of Horace. She died a spinMor ,
though a belle in her youth.
John Ilnyus , of Willislon , Chester
county , Pa , , died on Sunday , Ootobur 3 ,
in tho'nlnoty second year of lib age. The
deceased was born at Skohanim , County
Tipparary. IndanJ. He , caino to this
country in 1W1 , and settling in DoUwaro
county , engaged In farming. Ho retained
his faculties unimpaired up to the time of
his death. Of liis six children ono son
und three daughters are now living in
Chester county ; also seventeen grand
children and ihrno great-gnuidchTldren.
Mrs. Grace Rodgers died at Miners-
villft , Cambria county. Pa. , u. .few days
ago. She was probably thu oldest person
in the state , having lived .one hundred
and four years. Shu wa vigorous to ( hi
last and six hours before she died ar
ranged her hair unaided. She was tlu >
mother of eleven children , several of
whom live in Johnstown.
Captain James Lakeman , due of the
oldest residents of Maiden , Mass. , cele
brated his ' .Kith birthday October i ) , in an
appropriate manner.
The Rev. John Rodnny , rector emeritus
of St. Luke's Church , Germantown , Pa. ,
died at his homo in that city September
08 , at the ago of 00 years.
The body of licnjamin Skinner , col
ored , familiarly known a.s "Uncle Hen , "
who had llveu here for about twenty
years , was buried in Upper Alton yester
day , Iln was aged , upon the best attain
able authority , 115yoaiv. The oninnara-
tor for this dlMriet for the census of 1880
wrote to his old Virginia homo "for TIT-
formation as to his ago , and the figures
given are based upon the reply received
by him. Skinner has been married three
times. His third wife ( lied a few months
ago. He leaves a large'lamlly of chil
dren , several of whom reside in this vi
cinity.
Hon. John ll. Kwing , of Washington ,
PH. , on October B , celebrated his UOth
birthday. During the entire day hosts of
the venerable old gentleman' ; * friends
were paying their congratulations.
NOIIWAI.K , Conn. , Oct. JJ.--A signifi
cant event recurring for many years in
the quiet village of Wilton has been the
birthday anniversary of Mn , Clarissa
Davenport Raymond who is the oldest
lady , with documentary evidence to provn
it , ) n Connecticut. Liuering 11)1011 ) her
ono-hiiiKircd and fifth year , Mrs. Raymond
mend began to show nigiiH of falling
health , and gradually slm grow weaker
till a few weeks ago , when her legs re
fused to sustain her trembling form
and she was obliged to take to her conch.
Her mental condition lias also been
( .omewhat impaired , and ut liinos her
mind wanders.
Galvcston News : Mr. * . Marie Farreau
ono of the early settlers of Galvoston.who
arrived in this city in September , 18U7 ,
died September 2'J , in I ho IKUh year of her
ago , ami was burled yesterday afternoon
from the residence of Mr.s. A. ( ) , Girard ,
corner of Twenty-sixth and Winnie , with
whom she has been living for the past
eleven years. The deceased caino from
Franco to this country , and her husband
died heroin ( linearly days of Galveston ,
her son , now also dead , having served us
an alderman of the city soon after its In
corporation , bho leaves no relativesam ]
hns been cared for during the last days of
her life by Mrs , Girard.
I'lii-fiiui tlio Hume Cni < w.
"If a lady IK beautiful , my HOD'said , a
latter-day Lord Chc.ttorlicld , "never fail
to refer to her boautv , "
"What am I to do when the lady is
plain ? "
"Just the name , stick to the beauty. "
I'lllng It On , .
Diimloy Robinson , I wriiit your ad-
vice. Drown. I hear , has , referred to mo
na an inspired idiot. What hud I hotter
do ?
"Robinfon ( thoughtfully ) -Well , Hum-
ley , I think yon ought to munu him tuk
Lwk that word "inspired '