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\ 14 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY JUNE 24 , 1888.-SIXTEJ1 SINGULAR FREAKS , A. Double-Headed Turtle A Travel ing Island. A BIRD'S PECULIAR DEATH. A .Hermit Stmi/i to Drnth Wrapped In n I-lvhiK Utnnkct IjIglititliiK'B Frcnkn A Io Detective A Htrniiuo Creature. A Hint's IVcitllnr Dentil. Among the strange things which have found tholr way Into the rooms of Natural History society Is a sparrow which \vns handed by a woman's hair. It was discovered by T. A. Lalnson , of Worcester , Mass. Near his house is a number of plno trees , and ho saw at the end of a limb on one of thcso trees n Bparrow suspended from a branch. Ho could see nothing by which the spar row was hung , and it was a very cur ious sight. Ilia son , who was called , wont up into the tree and carefully sawed off a small portion of the limb. The whole secret was then revealed. On the twig was n neatly built nest , in which wore three speckled eggs. When examined , they were found to bo cold , which showed the homo bad boon broken up for some time. The male Bparrow was hung by a woman's hair , which was placed around his neck just na neatly as though it had been done by human hands. The other end was fastened to the nest , being a part of it. The eggs wcro on ono sldo of the nest , while on the other side was a hole just largo enough for the bird to go through. It may bo , perhaps , that bo had been rHackcd by un enemy , and took thie way of escaping , only to nyet his death. In going through the nest the hair might Imvo caught around the "chippor's neck , and thus caused the bird to choke to death. A Double-Headed Turtle. Leighton Foster , Bonnie Evans and Lewis Bishop spent Saturday In hunt ing for turtles , snakes , toads , butter flies and bugs along the banks of West rlvor and on the West river meadows , says the New Haven ( Conn. ) Palladium. Araqng other specoments captured was n turtle which has two distinct heads and necks , both perfectly formed , and they move in any direction. The turtle is about as largo as a silver half dollar. If a lly ia placed in the mouth of ono head the other immediately tries to seize the lly. The turtle has consider able trouble in walking , owing to the fact that the heads at times become possed of the idea of traveling in op posite directions. This generally re sults in a struggle of the loot and little progress. Foster bought out the inter est of his two friends in the turtle and has it at his homo , 7It Kensington street. Ho will otTer it to the authorities at 'Pcabody museum. A Hermit Stunt ; to Dcnth. "Old Tim Williams,1' the hermit , need seventy-six , who has lived alone upon a small farm , amid underbrush and thicket , at Lebanon , Conn. , almos. his entire life , was found dead there re contly. His place was seldom visited' owing to his eccentricities. Ho was de voted to his small garden , his chickens and his bees. These and a cat and dog wore his only friends. His largest hive of bees swarmed upon u huge apple treejubt back of his hut. Fearing that they would'escape , ho climbed the tree , a distance of twenty-live feet , whence ho fell to the ground , stirring up the boos in his descent. The bees followed him down , and completely covered him in their anger , stinging him hundreds of times. With one log broken , the cage torn from his face , and too weak to light the inbects , ho was practically at tholr mercy. They literally stung the old man to death. When ho was found the bees still swarmed upon his body , which prcbontc > i n pitiable bight. A Traveling Inland. Sable island is being submerged and is traveling eastward at such a rate that any chart of it , to bo accurate , would need to bo corrected every few years , says an exchange. It is safe to say that the latest chart obtainable by mariners is some miles , at least , out of the way. Since the beginning of the present cen tury the island has decreased in longtli from forty miles to twenty-two ; in breadth , from two and one-fourth to something less than ono ; in height from 200 foot to eighty , while there has boon a variation in the position of tin. west end of not loss than twenty-live miles. With such startling figures as tboso before us it is nofhiird to forocasl its future. Slowly , perhaps , and none the less surely , and defying all attompti or devices of feeble man to stay its advances ' vances , the time is coining'when the victorious waves will ( ling their trium phant spray over the last vestige of drj land , and the lights of Sable island wil no longer send tholr warning gleams across the fatal sands , that will then far'moro than over merit the sorrow litdon title of ' 'An Ocean Graveyard. ' A Menu I'ri'dluiunont. A singular case of disputed Identity ii reported from East Saginaw , Mich. A hor&e car conductor in that city , it is related , was mot by a young lady several - oral weeks ago who accosted him as hoi brother , and has since insisted that he is her brother , that ho disappeared from his homo near Harrison two years ago , and that the family had mournot over since over his departure. The father , mother and brother of the youiif ! lady wore brought to this citv urn' identified the conductor as Henri SehaolTor , but ho denied all knowledgi of them , states that ho was born In Saginaw - inaw , and novnr before saw the alleged relatives. A Freak From thn Rllzzaril. A few days ago , a singular relic qf tin blizzard was found in the garden of Gil bert Clew , of Cooymans , N. Y. Thii was nothing more nor less than the head and forepart of a rabbit , which was attached to the limb of a tree. The other half of the body , with the oxcep tlon of ono shriveled log , had dibtin poured , The inference it , that the rah bit was blown up into the tree , snowet upon and frozen'fast. When the snov molted the head and front of the litth animal remained , well preserved by tin eovoro cold. Horn With One KnrOnlv , It Is not considered wonderful by phy sicinns that in all the millions of hunmi bolngs born into the world there shouli bo occasionally some ono who lack th < usual members , bays the New Yorl Mail and Express. Tholr wonder i rather excited by the fact , that , except ing in rare cases , the structure of cucl ono of the multitude is entirely similu to all the rest. The lay mind , however is liable to surprise on learning of sucl n case as the ono recently reported which was that of the birth of a healthy strong and remarkably pretty utu bright child , a girl , who is perfectl ; formed in every respect save that sin 3 ' 1ms only ono our. r ? She is the four-months-old-daughto of Mrs. Murray , of No. 240 Wuvorl ; place , and is the pnly child of the fain Uy. The father ia a member of the tin department. The left side of the child's head is smooth , with only a slight pro tuberance where the oar would bo looked for. This as If a pea wore under the skin. Dr. John A. Burke , of 1/52 / West Elev enth street , who attended the mother in her confinement , says that he has consulted several other surgeons In ref erence to the advisability of performing an operation to expose the drum of the ear , but that ho Jins by no means de termined that it is best to attempt it. There are three cases only of a similar character reported in the books , all of them having occurred within the past thirty or forty years. In each of thcso cases it was supposed , na it is in the present instance , that the internal or ganization of the car was normal and if an opening should bo mndo to expose the drum there would bo nodilllculty in making the child hear. In the previous cases the OJKrations ) have been prima rily successful , the hearing being cleared for a time of obstruction. The trouble has como later In the difficulty of keeping the aperture openas nature at once starts to close it up with a cicatricial tissue. It is. of course , pos sible to introduce a tube which shall prevent this , but the expedient has not been tried and is deemed of unques tionable value. Dr. Burke says that ho docs not know whether the child's parents will desire or consent to have such an operation performed , oven if ho shall decide later on that it would bo advisable. At all events he would not think of per forming it until the child shall bo a little older , and ho would not perform it at this time of the year. It will bo time enough , he says , to decide in the fall. Thin Takes the Prize. A strange phenomenon has just boon discovered four or live miles from Sara toga , on the farm of John L. Slatchon- burger , near the old "Pigeon Koost. " About two weeks ago Mrs. Sarah Langs- ton , colored , gave birth to a male child that surpasses all monstrosities in the human family. This baby , which is alive and well , has two perfectly formed faces , backing each other. It frequently cries with ono face , while the other is sober or laughing. Both faces are per fectly formed in all tholr features and functions , there being two mouths , two noses and four eyes. The throats ap pear to join or run into ono just below the Adam's applo. The freak has only one arm , but three legs , the extra limb sticking back like a kangaroo's tailand serving as a prop when the baby is placed on its feet. At birth the thing weighed three pounds , but now weighs eighteen. It can take nouishmont with either mouth or both at the same time from two nurses. The mother is a largo , masculine-looking woman. She cannot explain the cause of the strange deform ity of her child. A Strantjo Creature. In going over my plantation a few days ago I saw some cow tracks , says a correspondent of the Jackson ( Miss. ) Argus. The tracks wore in a place , strange to say. that a cow could not ' possibly have' gotten into. Moved by curiosity I followed the tracks , and di rectly I came upon a I don't know whether you would call it a wild man era a beast. It had hoofs like a cow , hair like a cow , a short tail bomothing like a deer , hands like a man , and extra largo oycs. It walked like a man bent half forward. On getting a scent of mo it gave a peculiar whistle like a deer , raised its head , and dashed away. I was groijtly excited , but as soon as I recovered sufficiently I wont to see my neighbor , Joe Wright. He asked mo not to bay anything about it , as ho thought ho could got a largo steel trap with wings like a partridge not for $100 , and catch the creature. In ca&e this plan failed Mr. Wright said he would otl'or a SfiOO reward for it alive , 01 S100 for its hide. Mr. Wright already circus wagon and says that if he could got this curiobity our fortune would be made. Neighbor Wright is a married man and didn't move fast , enough for mo , for , honestly , I am afraid to move about my promises. I wont to Marshal Malone , but ho didn't give me much encouragement. Then I went to Mar shal Coon. Ho baid he was "no tic- toctlvo and did not consider it his busi ness to tackle a wild man in the woods , but if it came to town and cut up any devilment ho would carry it before the mayor. " I spoke to the sheriff about it and ho said ho would do all in hispowoi to capture it , and. with this object in .view , has ordered a line bloodhound , lie wants 150 men to meet him in Jack son on the fourth Sunday in this month but as for myself , I am going to stay al Neighbor Ball's till that animal is either caught or run out of the country , I think it will bo very dangerous foi black folks to gather blackberries until it is caught ; or killed. $ fc Saved hy Oil. Another wreck aeservos attention because of its bearing upon a problem now deeply interesting seafarers the world over. It happened in 1810 , ant Superintendent Darby is our authority says Scribnors. A wild gale had suddenly donly sprung up , and ho and his tnon were patrolling the bench , when thoj descried a largo schooner running right down before the storm dead on tt the lee shore. The boa was breaking everywhere as far as the eye could fcuuh , and it scorned impossible for nnj vessel to live in it for a moment ; yet or the schooner came , passing bmikoi after breaker uninjured , the extraor dinary thing being that , although the huge waves raised their curled heads almost to the top of her musts , and the fall of any of them upon her deck woult have crushed her Hue an eggshell , no ono boomed permitted to touch her. Or the contrary , as if by a miracle , the sot became smooth ere it reached her , ani she loft a shining track behind. Aftoi some minutes of thrilling suspense she was hurled high ntld dry upon the beach and every ono of her crow rescued un injured. Then came the explanation of tin strange phenomenon which had so mys tilled Superintendent Darby. Two largt casks filled with fish oil had beonlashoi In the fore-rigging , and securely lashot beside them , two of the strongest sail ors in the crowwith long wooden ladle : in hand , had been throwing the oil higl up in the air , where it was caught bj the wind and carried far too leeward ii advance of the vessel , spreading eve the sea with such otTcct that , while i was raging , pitching and breaking al about her , not a barrel of water fol upon the Arno's dock. I believe till may with safety bo claimed as ono o the earliest recorded instances of tin practical application of oil to tin troubled waters. _ _ _ _ _ Ij | > ; htiiliij'H Freaks. While Mr. and Mrs. Bighnm , of Florence once , S. O. , wore sitting , in companj with the hitter's little sister ; in ono o the rooms of their residence , lightning struck the east end of the house , do molibhing that iwrt of the structure en tirely , striking Mr. Bigluun on tin head and running down his right side touring the shoo entirely from his foot His wife was thrown about six feet into the centre of the room , and both wore covered with the falling timbers ant seriously bruised. The sister who wai not hurt or even shocked , removed tin timbers from thorn and wont for assist nnce. Mr. Bigluun wusthought to havi been fatally injured , as ho did not snco.1 for ten hours after the Shock , aud botl arms .were paralyzed , but at last ac counts ho and his wife had recovered to some extent. One Woman's Work. An Atlanta Constitution special from Cedartown ( Ga. ) says : Miry Jane Christain , a white woman twenty-five years old , was arrested recently in a cabin on Mr. Bcasloy's farm near Fish , in this county , b. Messrs. W. F. Free man and Tom Clements , under a war rant for murder from Walker county , Ala. , charged with killing her infant child. It is also said that she gave away another child to Mr. Davis , of Itagland , Ala. , and a letter proceeded her hero saying that she had parted live men from their wives. She was found In company with Berry Hughes , and it is said that they moved into the cabin by night. There was a $50 re ward for her. She says the child was born dead. The Dog Detected Him. A few days ago the now bishop of Waitzen , in Hungary , was sitting at dinner in his own house with seven friends , when all at once a small dog belonging to him ran up and , seizing the tail of his coat , tried to pull him toward his bedroom door , which opened into the dining-room. At first ho drove the animal away , hut It whined pltcously , and his guests ad vised him to see what it wanted. The bedroom door was thrown open , and by the light from the dining-room the bishop and his friends discovered a mnnjiiddon under the bed armed with a largo knife. Ho was dragged out and made to confess ho had escaped from the town jail and was bent on robbery. Not a 1'lrnmint Ttatli. A few days since , .Tool Smith , of Al- lantic City , N. .1. , who was engaged in sinking piling in the sand for founda tions for bath houses below the excur sion district , concluded , as ho was wet up to the waist , that ho woultt take a bath in the ocean. The ocean was very calm , and ho had scarcely entered it when something wrapped about him like a wet blanket. Ho was i-lobO to the shore and got there very lively. Ho rushed into a saloon and was horrified to find that the thing was alive. It hold on by suction and required three men to got it off. A scientist , who is stop ping at a hotel near by , pronounced it an olnutyo cncgalhous , or what is vul garly known as the blanket fish. I'rotty Dcers. As the passenger train was speeding along below Seville , Ga. , a day or two ago , the engineer was not a little sur prised to see a beautiful herd of seven door run out of the swamp near by and mount the track just ahead of him. The engineer blow his whistle , but in stead of leaving the track the deer started down the road ahead of the lo comotive. The track was straight as an arrow for ten miles , and a desire for a race with the fleet-footed denizens of the forest was irresistible. For .1 mile or more the race was kept up , during which time the locomotive gained steadily , when suddenly the fiord darted frdm the truck into the woods. The last to clear the rail was a magnificent buck , and the engineer bays the pilot was within ten feet of him when he made the leap. SINGULiAltlTIRS. A phenomenal case is reported from the west. Lightning struck ami killed a gcntle- inan who was carrying an umbrella , without injuring the umbtullii in the Ic.ist. Near Cluimbcrsburn , Putin. , a flvo- wccks'-old baby was attacked by a rut und so severely bitten on the mouth ana cuins that it is fcaied the child will die. An uutops.on the body of Nelson Lcc , who was killed in Charleston . Vtt-i a few days ago , showed that his heart was situ ated on the right side of his breast. Joseph Uavis , of Wayne countv , West Virginia , lias a daugiitur aired six years who weighs 33J pounds. This is believed to bo the largest child of its ugo iu the United States. A Georgia man has a Plymouth Hock chicken over a month old anil astonishingly lively , which has but onu wing , the other siilo being ns smooth as the b/cast of an or dinary bird. A Georgia man has a inulo that is driver to school of week days and tochuich on Sun days , and is so intelligent that if given the reins ho will go straight to his destination according to the day. Henry Jackson , a colored man working for a Mr. Livingston , in Solby county , Georgia , recently cut ton acres of wheat , averaging 14 % bushels to the acre , and drank oao gal lon of whisky during the day. They have a wild girl at Guilford , Conn. a poor , crazy creature for whom nobody cares , who lives all ulonu in the woods , and sobs and moans if spoken to. Very lately she lias given birth to a child. A crazy tanner of Ohio named Ladd was kicked on the head by a ho rso the other day and knocked senseless. When he came tc ho was as sane as anybody , but could re member nothing of the last fifteen years. Three statues of Roman art were discov ered ut Athens on May 2'J ; ono of the Km- peror Hadrian , another of Antonius , and the third a small Uacchus. All tlireo are well preserved and of excellent workmanship. A Hoop snuko has been captured by a farmer mor nt I'loris , Ia. , where it is now on exhi bition. It is described as being 15 Inches in length , with a spliced tail , while "between the oycs is a small socket in which the end ol the tall fits when coiled up like a hoop. The wife of n Huffulo physician has re cently been adjudged insane because of a strange mania for funs. She was accus tomed , when out shopping , to purchase every fan she saw , regardless of cost , und accumu lated a magnificent collection. A meteor , nt least that's what it is pro nounced , has been unearthed in the yard oi u residence nt Greensboro , Pa. It Is supposed - posed to bo the ono which fell about twenty years ago , and which then attracted the at tention of astronomers throughout the country. An Akron ( O. ) woman's house wasentorci recently and among other thlngi * curried oil were Jlvo thimbles , presents to the owner , Afterwards the thief learned that hU victim was charitable , and therefore he rotuinoil the thimbles , together with giving his reason for so doing , A fanner while driving along a country road near Sulphur Springs , Tex. , saw an old pot , which had been washed up by the bard rain of a few days before. Picking It up to examine it , he was astonished to IIml that it contained f l ooj m gold. The money is supposed to have been hidden by guerillas in war times , A dog In Davenport , In. , having seized i young spu-row that hud dropped to the sidewalk , was instantly sot upon by half u dozen of the grown birds with a ferocity that not only made him drop his prey , but sent him off howling with the blood flowing fr.nn bovcr.il places where their sharp bllli hud struck linn. A Savannah lady went to another lady to leave some flowers to bo placed on the grave of a friend who died a few days before , AVhllo returning homo she was frightened by a boveru shock of lightning , and was stepping into a store to wait for the storm U piss , when she full dead. The flowers whiel she carried to place upon the grave of hei friend were placed upon her own. While workmen were digging n trench across the Hoston common their spades struck against some hard substance , anc upon excuvaling further a human bone was brought to licht. Work was then continuet more carefully until an entire skeleton of r man was seen. It was In a fairly good state of preservation , und was not badly disjointed The bones are supposed to bo those of an In diau. 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To inako the rain in torrents pour , The wind in frigid whirls to udncc , To make it free7o three feet or more , Put on your coolest Jonah pants 1 To blast the fruit with fatal frost , To bear the fruit man's maddest rants , To hear him wail his all is lost , Put on your .Taclc Frost summer pants 1 To biinj ? cold winter back once more , To make December bwnp with May , To have a snow at summer's door , Put all your winter clothes away. He AVas u Had Mnn. Detroit Free Press : A big man anil a little man entered a feiiloon on MiohiK'm ' avenue , near Third street , the other day and called for drinks. While the little man lingered over his the hig mail called the barkeeper aside and asked : "Ever bee him bcforoV" "No. " "That's Texas Dick. Ho is the man who grabbed a grizzly bear by the car and broke its neck. Don't rile him , for ho is on a tear and very dangerous. " When the little man received change for a quarter ho looked at it in surprise and said : "I gave you $2. " "No , sir. " "What ! Call mo a liar ! I want the two-dollar bill. " change for my - The big limn winked vigorously at the barkeeper not to engage in a dih- puto with the dangerous man , and as a consequence change was made on the now basis , and the pair wont out to tackle another place. They found it not far away , and it was in charge of a consumptive - looking young man. Everything went smoothly until Texas Dick claimed to have laid down a two- dollar bill. Then the young man flehcd up a club and went for the two , and they got out doors so fast that they un hinged the lly-scrcon. The other saloon ist saw them as they wont down the street nock and nock , Hoeing from the wrath of a ninety-pound man , and ho kicked himself and muttered : "Twenty years of experience , and still a fool. It was a put-up job on mo ! " Just Mice You , Detroit Free Press : "O , Kitty ! I've something the bust to tell you ! " "NoV" "Oh , but I have , though ! " "Do toll mo , quick ! " "You'll never lisp it to any one ? " "No , indeed. " , "I wouldn't have you breathe it for the world ! " > "Oh , I won't ! " "Not to any ono , remember. " "No-hope to die if I do , " "Well , then Oh , it BOOIIIR BO funny ! " "Oh , do hurry up and toll mo. " "I'm afraid you'll toll. ' "Oh , indeed , indeed I won't. " "I'd never forgive you } f ypu did. " "Well , but I won't/ ' "Ho might not like It , you know. " "Who's ho ? " "Oh , I forgot ! How foolish I am. " "Aro you over going to toll moV" "Yes , " yes I baid to myself right away that I'd tell \ou , anyhow. " "Well , do then. ' ' "Well , then : -oh , you'Jl bo awfully surpribodl" "Oh , do hurry and toll. " .Well I I'm engaged ! " "NoV "Yes ! " "Well , who toV1' "ToCharlio awson. " "Why , Lol Brighaml" "I am ! " "Tee. hco , hco ! " "Isn't it funny ? " "Why you old darling ! " "Don't you congratulate mo ? " "Of cpurso I do. Charlie's perfectly lovely ! I'm awfully glad for you both. " "Oh , thanks ! " _ A Season in Hnilthvllle. Smithville ( Ga. ) NewdJ Wo are in receipt of the report of the coni- mlb.slonerof agriculture , bound ; in green and containing a beautiful map of the English sparrow. Ono after another the great men are dying out , and the question is daily asked : "Who will be next to go ? " Wo are taking quinine every day. There are two things that try the patience of a man : Waiting for the follow who has promibcd to return thee $ o borrowed at the church fair , and for a freight train to move olT the crossing. An old enemy of ours has recently struck the lottery for S10. Ah ! hp.v the wicked prosper in this world , while the righteous go on pl.iyiug 4-11-14 and never draw a prize ! Uut our reward is not hero. While we wcro on our way to Albany yesterday wo got off at Adam's station to help g'recbo the engine , and took in two new btibbcribors. And only last week , while wo wore throwing on wooden on Montezuma , the engineer introduced us to a man who paid us $ - . We are gradually getting there. News. Texas Sif tings : Ho wanted a position in the bank. The president was satis fied with the credentials , and before engaging him put him through a little civil bcrvico ci-OhS-o.\amination. "Suppose , now , a man was to comp in here and deposit -WO in one-dollar bills , how would you count them ? " ' 'I'd wet my lingers and lift up each bill until I got to the last ono. " "Why would you not lift up the last ono ? " 'Uecauso there might possibly be ono more bill under it , and if the depositor was to see it ho would want it back , but if the twentieth bill is notJifted up , anil there should bo another bill in the pile , the bank makes it , don't you booV" "You will do , " wiitl the bank presi dent. "You have been in the business before , but I didn't suppose you know that trick. " _ Tnko Advantage of tin News. Washington Critic : A farmer resid ing near Falls Church , Va. , daring the frog soaeon is in the Habit of.'gathoring a mess or two of these amphibious ani mals for his own table. A few days since ho got hold of an extra largo froir and droned it , when his little son about three years old sawitandasdcd : "Papa , what is that ? " His papa an swered : "That is the devil. ' ' "Is ho dead ? " "Yes , my bon , as dead as Hec tor. " The boy drew away from it in perfect awe. That evening at bed-time his mother said : "Como , my son , and say your prayers before you go to bed. " "lilaiuma"was the reply , "no need say ing any more prayers ; the devil is dead. " A Very IlrlRlit Girl. Boston Globe : My little Mabel is now six years old and bho has learned quite a number of bible verbos. She was re peating "Blobsed are the pure in heart , for they shall bee God , " when she said : "Why , mother , Willie ( her baby brother ) must bo pure in heart , because he's just como from God , bo ho must have seen Him. " She asked a number of qucbtions when her baby brother came , among the rest if God finished up the babies and sent thorn around to the doctors as fast as lie got them done. The baby was sick this winter and I loft him in the carriage asleep to go into the next room , I was astonished to hoar Mabel say to her father : "I want you to understand that I was left in euro of the baby. Ho is more rcla- relation to mo than ho is to you , any way. I am an own sister to him and vou are not always a good-natured father to him. " The Minister's Wife. Minister's Wife I am so glad that you are going to Europe for the sum mer , Jasper. I think it was bo noble of tho-chureh to give you this delightful vacation , Of courbo , I bhould like to go too , but that is out of the question. Minister Oh , yes. Wife What is your sermon for to day ? Minister The poor yo have always with you. _ OUR GUESTS. Hill Nye Writes nil Article On the Hotel Hoarders , What electricity ib doing for our hotels is comically described by Bill Nye in the Now York World : "Take the hotel scheme , for instance. Wo go to a dial which Is marked room 32. There wo find that by treating it a certain way it will announce to the dork that room 82 wants a lire , ice-water , pens , Ink , paper , lemonSj towels , lire- cbcapo , Mumm's extra , pillow bhams , Now York World , menu , Uroton frappe , carriage , huindry , physician , bleeping car ticket , berth-mark for oarao , Long- ? 10th ! 8S5. a > v. , . For BOYS and GIRLS , ages from 1 to 13 Yrs. Styl6Ho.52 especially for Ladies aHIssos. The VERY BEST Garment Ever Because It SUPPORTS Stockings and Underclothes - . clothes from the SHOULDERS , and has NO CORDS nor USELESS HARNESS TO BOTHER , Manufactured by.POY , IIAUJUON fc CUAUWICK , Now HUTCH , Conn. For sale by leading retail dry goods houses in Omaha. Marshall Field & Co. , Chicago , WholcMilo Agents. field's sauce , hot Hat-iron for ironing trousers , baggage , blotter , tidy for chair , or any of those things. In fact I have not given half the list on this barometer , because I could not remem ber them , though I may have added others which wore not on the indicator. The message arrives at the olllco , but the cleric is engaged In conversation with a lady. lie does not jump when the alarm sounds , but continues the dia logue. Another guest wires the olllco that ho would like a copy of the Con gressional Record. The message is Hied away automatically , and the thrilling ; conversation goes on , TJien No. 7i8 / asks to have his mail sent up. No. 125 wants to know what time the 'bus j leaves the house for the train going east , and whether that train will connect - , nect at Alliance , O. , with a tide-water j train for Cloavcland in time to catch the Lake Shore train which will bring him into Now Yorkat7HO : , and whether ' all tho&o I rains are reported on time or not , and if not , will the otllro kindly state why ? Other guests ali-o manifest a morbid curiosity through tholr trans mitters , but the clerk does not got ex cited , for ho knows that all these re marks are filed away in the largo black- walnut box at the back of the olllco. When ho gets ready , provided ho has boon through a courbo of study In this brand of business , ho takes one loom at a tltnn , and addressing a pale young , banibtor polisher' by the name of 'Front , ' ho begins to bcattor informa tion , baggage. towls , morning papers , time tables , etc. , all over the house. It is uUo supposed to boa gteat time-savor. Kor instance , No. 08 wants to know the correct time , lie moves an indicator around like the combination on a safe , reads a few pages of instruction , and then pushes a button , perhaps. Inbtcad of ringing fora boy and waiting for him borne time , then uniting him to obtain the correct time at the olllco , and come back with the Information , convoking with various people on his way back , and expecting compensation , for it , the guobt can iibk the olllco and receive the answer without getting out of bed. You leave a call for a certain hour , and at that time your own private gong will make it fao disagreeable for you that you will bo glad to rlbo. Again , If you wlf > h to know the amount of your bill , you go through certain exorcises with the largu barometer in your room and , you have been at the house two days , and have had a fire In your room three timesand your bill is thoro- 81U2.SO , the answer will come back and bo announced on your gong as follows : Ono , paubo , three , pause , two. pause , ono , pause , eight. When there ia a cipher in the amount I do not know what the method is , but by ubing duo care in making up the bill this need not occur. NOVI-31/riUH IN JlSWISIritY. A daisy , having u topiu renter und diamond mend pavuil petals , inukeb n bcitutiful biooch. A Biidtllo , bulow which is a riilliiKWhlp and brlcllo , In rcpouaso , Is u pleasing pattern In mutch boxes. A Icojmtd'ft ' licud , Immlsomoly marked , hav ing top.ir eyes , Is u pretty addition to onu- niclocl Bcurf pins. A peculiar brooch represents an alligator's head , The scales are turquoises and the eyes are rubles surrounded by dlamonda , A tiny bell of Roman gold , the oxtorlor completely covered with fortrut-ino notu , IB a pit-using pattern in queen chain pumluuta , A pretty senrf pin of sardonyx represents tlio hc.ul of n negro Joeltov. The cup in of uolil , led mid blue Htripcs bolng represented bv rubies and titipphlres. A plnwhecl of dull jrolil emitting sparks ot crimson cnuinel in a design in scurf plna which reminds us that thu duy of pyrotech nics Is not fur oft. Among the handsomest miniature portrait brooches now wliown it u painting of Ueshon. Hers on Ivory. Surrounding It is u flushing V chvlo of forty.Jivu sparkling diamonds , ' ) , An oval fchupcd opal , around which la | coiled u snnko of Uoumii gold , is a novel , design In scurf pins. { , A dainty ladles' watch has n miniature painting in unuinol , on its back , imrrouniled by u ling of tiny gleaming pearls. A small lieai t-bhnped watch cuso In dull gold , m the center of which Is u buneti of enameled ( lowers und grasses , is much ad mired. An oxidized silver bonbonnloro recently seen hail upon the cover , In relief , n well ex. ecutcd invthologle.il heail. Around the rim. at equal distances , were sot six opals. A watch shown by a down-town doalcr would bo entirely hidden by u 25 cent pieto On the back , In straight lines , uro set thirty , seven brilliants and thirty-two rubles. In Boston , in 1702 , the then noted Dr. Setli Hudson and Joshua Howe btood a second time in the pillory for the snaco of one hour , and tl0 | former received twenty and thu latter thirty-nlnobtripei fpr btoaliiiff , and wore compelled to pa ) triple damages ( XBO ) mid cent. * * * * * * * * &