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Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-30
A woMAN,s EXPERIENCE.

Mrs. William Downes, Of Uxbridge, Mass, writes
on March IS, 1883, as %follows;-
During the past three years I have been a great
sufferer from a complication Of diseases which bahses
the skill Of the most experienced doctors, as I could
not obtain permanent relief by their treatment and
prescriptions; and I have also tried many so-calied
cures In the medicine line, but could get no relief
The pains, aches, and weakness increased so rapidly
and constantly that | was 30 reduced In strength a.
to he unable to leave the bed, and the doctors in
formed me that there was no hope for recovery. In
this exhausted and discouraged condition q dear
friend persuaded me TO use Hunts Remedy, and after
taking IL only three days I commenced to get better,
and to my great Joy and delight I have continued 70
improve constantly by its use, until now, after having
taken the remedy only a few weeks, I am able to be
about my house again, and am now doing my house
work. My lame back Is cured, the severe pains have
disappeared, and am now in better health than for
many years, and beg this privilege OF gladly recon-
mendiug Hunts remedy to all who ARE affected with
any disease Of the kidneys or liver; and I also highly
commend II for the attacks OF sick headache Ny
husband has also experienced q very great benefit to
his health by the u.s. of the most valuable medicine.
Hunts Remedy.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-30
Impurities in Ice.

The p~Opular delusion that water in til
process of freezing somehow eliminates an.
impurity it may contain, or that the vital
ity OF animal or vegetable germs is destroy
ed by the cold. is now very generally o.
ploded.
An American naturalist has been micro.
scopically examining fragments of ice takcr
rom various canals and ponds. lie took
only such specimens as appeared clean, anu
were quite transparent to the eye Q
melting them and subjecting to magnify.
ing powers, varying up to nine hundred
diameters, he says that vegetable tissue and
cOnfervoid growth were in most cases OBJ
servable ut once. He found no instance il
which animalcule were present in an active
state after freezing, but after being allowed
to stand fol- a while in II moderate tempera'
ture, the water presented mOnads whose
movements were easily distinguished
with q magnifying power of from two hun.
dred to four hundred diameters. After a
while, cOnfervG were observed growing and
taking form similar to the nests occupied
by the young of the Paramecium, common
in stagnant water. The result of the OBJ
scrvations is to prove beyond question that
freezing does not in any way eliminate
impurity or prevent the subsequent devel.
Opment Ofanimal or vegetable GERM.
This is merely n confirmation of what
has already been asserted and proved be.
fore, but the matter is of such importance
that it is not likely to be arguea with un-
necessary frequency. Many persons who
will look askance at Il glass of uniiltered
water will not hesitate TO cool their drink
by dropping q knob ice into it. That from
ponds and canals is, Of course, Ostensibly
gathered for nOn-dietetic purposes; but il
is to be feared that in hot weather ice il
ice, and that much risk of mischief is often
incnrred-LOndOu ELDbe.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-30
Rest for

DR., Day says in a late lecture: what
ever be the plan oftreatment decided upon,
rest is the first principle to inculatein very
severe headache. Rest, which the busy
man and anxious mother cannot obtain so
long rs they can manage to keep about, is
ole of the first remedies for every head
ache, and we should never cease TO enforce
it. The brain, when excited, as much needs
quiet and reposc rs u fractured limb or an
inflamed eye it is obvious that the chan
ces Of shortening the seizure and arresting
the pain will depend on our power to have
this carried out actually. 1t is q practical
lesson, TO keep steadily in view, that
there may Turk behind n simple headache
some lesson of unknown magnitude, which
may remain stationary if quietude can be
maintained. There is ~ point worth at
tending TO in the treatment OF all head
aches. Sec that the head is elevated at
night, and the pillow hard, for, if it be soft,
the head sinks into it and becomes hot,
which with some people is enough to pro-
woke an attack in the morning if sleep has
been long anS heavy"
Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-30
A Day OH a Guano Island.

My idea of n guano island had always
Deen that it was very rocky, and covered
with q white substance resembling mortar
before the sand Is mixed with 1t. i mag
ined, too, that it eXhaled an Odor different
somewhat from the orange groves of Tahiti,
Had | not been told that | was on q guano
island, | would not have known it from
the surroundings. Instead of being rocky
the soil was mellow and dark, and every
where vegetation wa most luXuriant. The
air was remarkably clear and pure. Dur
ing u walk around the island / then learn
ed that there are two kinds of guano; or,
rather, that of certain qualities which all
guanO possesses, some of these qualities
predominant in that found in IA given local
ity, while gHanO taken from islands differ
emily located possesses in n much stronger
degree some other essentials. Thus tina
of the coasts OF South America, exposed to
the rays of q tropical sun, where the sur
face of the surface of the land is never
cooled, and where rain seldom or nek
falls, possesses the strongest ummOniaS
properties. Not only are the excretions a
birds deposited there, but the birds them.
selves come there to die; and eggs have
frequently been taken out u little below
the crusts which form over these deposits
that are almost pure ammonia.
The guano of these islands has a strong
pungent odor, and is white and light brown
in color. But the guanO Of the islands of
the Southern Pacific is made up of decOm.
posed coral, forming mostly phosphates of
lime and magnesia. 1t is entirely inodor'
Gus, and of a dark brown color, resembling
well pulveriZed loam.
1t is belieyed that the birds, which in
large numbers inhabit these islands, living
as they do almost entirely on fish, deposit
phosphoric acid on the coral, and thus
form the phosphates which give to guano
its value.
1t is separated from the coral in the fol
lowing manner There are quite u force OF
natives employed, VIII gather the earth il
large heaps, and then screen IL i'll the sam
manne that fine coal is separated from tn,
coarse. The screens are about eight fee
by three, and the iron gauze covering then
is fine, allowing only the guano or fine por
tions of the earth to pass through, ant
leaving the coral in the screens. The gu
ano is then sacked and shipped.-Ihe Caft
~fOrnian,
Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-30
The Dog.
z. n. Robertson.

The dog is q digitigrade c%arnivorous man.
nal. This will be news to most persons,
who had supposed that n dog was simply II
dog.
1t has been bruited about that the dog is
the best friend to man among the dog crea-
ton.
He pants after the thief. When once he
gets hold of the thief's pants, he makes
breaches.
A barking dog never bites that is to
say, when he begins to bite he stops bark
ing. Conversely, n biting dog never barks,
and for similar reasons.
The hair of q dog will cure his bite. That
is a cure-ious superstition among hair
Drained young men who are fast going to
the dogs.
Dogs are dentists by profession. They
insert teeth without charge.
The sea dog loves his bark. Did you
ever see a dog that didn't?
The bark of n tree is unlike the bark of
4 dog. Even n dOgwood know This.
Dogs are not always kind, though there
IRE many kinds of dogs.
Every dog has his day, although dog
days last but q few weeks in the year.
There must be q Sirius error here.
The dog star is the dogs planet. They
planet so that their days come while the
star is in the sky.
They do not fear it. 1t is not a Skye
terrier.
When a dog enters a pitched battle he
uses the dogs tar. az
Brutus said " I'd rather be dog and bay
the moon than such a Roman"
He had seen the dogs roamin' round on
the bay.
They never get over the bay.
Sea?
A living dog is said to be better than a
dead lion. There is no lynn about this
but adead dog'is dog gone bad.
Tray was u good dog, but trey is worse
than the duce when it is against you.
Dogs we.e the original Argonauts. They
have never given over their search for the
feas.
The bull dog ina stubborn fellow. Hc
is not easily cOwed.
A great many stories about the dog have
obtained Currency. The man who has left
a part of his clothing with the dog has cur
rent.
See?
Puppies are born blind. They are no,
see dogs then.
There are many types of dog, including
the doguerreotype.
But perhaps we better paws here.
Howl this do for the dog.-BOstOn Tran
script
Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-30
The "Year without a Summer"

We continue to receive occasional inaui-
ries concerning the year in which there
was no summer" Some persons appear Ia
have a wrong idea of the time. Ii was the
year 1916. IL has been called the wear
without u summer for there was sharp
frost in every month. There are old farm
ers still living in Connecticut who remem-
Der il well. II was known as the year
without % SUMNER The farmers used to
refer to it as eighteen hundred and starve
20 death" January was mild, MS was also
February, with the exception of u few days.
The greater part of March was cold and
boisterous. April opened warm. but grew
colder rs il advanced, ending with snow
and ice and winter cold. lin May ice form
ed half an inch thick, buds and flowers
were frozen and corn killed. Frost, ice and
o were common in June. Almost every
green thing was killed, and the fruit was
nearly all destroyed. Snow fell to the
depth of three inches in New York and
Massachusetts, and ten inches in Maine
July was accompanied with frost and ice,
On the 9th ice was formed of the thickness
of window glass in New York, New Eng
lang and Pennsylvania, and corn was near
ly all destroyed in certain sections In
August ice formed half an inch thick. A
cold northern wind prevailed nearly all
ummer.
Corn was so frozen that q great deal was
mt down and dried for fodder. Very little
ripeAed in New England, even here in Con-
necticut, and scarcely any even in the Mid
die States. Farmers were Obliged to pay
"a or So d bushel for corn OF 1Sl5, for seed
for the next springs planting. The first
two weeks of September were mild, the
rest of the month was cold, with frost,
and ice formed u quarter of an inch thick.
October was more than usually cold, with
frost and ice. November was cold and
clustering, with snow enough for good
sleighing. December was quite mild and
comiortable.-Hdrtoyd Times.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-30
4 Strange Preacher.


There was on e u minister of the Gospel
who never built n church.
Who never preached in one.
Who never proposed II church fair to buy
the church II new carpet.
Who never founded II new sect.
Who frcquentcd public houses and drank
wine with sinners.
Who never received a salary.
Who never asked for one.
Who never wore u black suit or white
necktic.
Who never used a prayer book.
Or u hymn book.
Or wrote u sermon.
Who never hired II cornet soloist or VOL
mist to draw people TO hear the Word.
Who never advertised his sermons
Who never took u text for his sermons.
Who never went through u course of
theological study.
Who never was ordained.
Who was never even converted"
Who never went to u conference.
Who never was surprised by a donation
party.
Who was he?
Christ.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-30
Lamp Explosions

All explosions OF petroleum lamps are
caused by the vapOr or gas that collects
above The oil. OF course u lamp contains
no gus, but Immediately on lighting the
lamp consumption of oil begins, o o leav-
ing u space for gas, which commences to
form as the lamp warns up, and after
burning a short time sufficient gas will ac-
cumulte to form an explosion. The gas
in u lamp will only explode when ignited
IN this respect 1t is like gunpowder. Cheap
or inferior oil is always the most danger
Il The fame is communicated to the
gas in the following manner: The wick tube
in the lamp burner is made larger than the
wick which is to pass through it. 1t would
not do to have the wick work tightly in
the burner; on the contrary, it il essential
that it move up and down with perfect
ease. In this way it is unavoidable that
space in the tube is left along the side of
the wick sufficient for the flame from the
burner to pass down into the lamp and ex-
plode the gas. Many thingsoccur to cause
the flame to pass down the wick and ex-
plOde the lamp. Ia lamp may be stand
ing on the table or mantle, and a slight
puff of air from the open window or door
may cause an explosion. "A lamp may
be taken up quickly from a table and ex-
plode instantly. g.. A lamp is taken into
the entry where there is q draught, or out
of doors, and an explosion cnsues 4. A
lighted lamp is taken up q flight of stairs,
or is raised quickly to place it on the man
tie, resulting in an explosion. In these i'm
stances the mischief is done by the air
movement, either by suddenly checking til
draught or forcing air down the chimney
against the flame. 5. Blowing down the
chimney to extinguish the flame isl fire.
quent cause of explosion. g. Lamp explo-
sions have been caused by using q chimney
broken off ut the top or that has u piece
broken nj of the side, whereby the draught
il variable and the flame unsteady. Z. Some
times u thOughtless person puts a small
wick into q large burner, thus leaving con-
siderable space along the edges of the wick.
9. An old burner, with its ~air-draughts
closed up, which rightfully should lie
thrown away, is sometimes continued in use
and the final result is an explosion.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-30
THE sAoRY OF THE GATE.

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A nd faro IN fara ox.ao einaa IN nx.oo
Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-30
The Origin OF Familiar Words.

The word "quiz' to make fun of, or poke
lhn at a person, was the coinage of q theat-
rical manager in Dublin, who ut a drink
ms party with his friends one Saturday
night, when the conversation turned upon
the subject of words, offered TO bet the
wine that he could then and there coin a
word which would be in the mouths of all
Dublin the next day. The bet being taken
and the party dispersed, the manager called
up his call-bOys and runners, gave them
pieces of chalk, and ordered them to run
all over the city, chalking the word"quiz'
on everybody's shutter and fence they
came to. This was done, and as a matter
of course, the new word was in ~everybody's
mouth the next day. The manager won
his bet, and his word is now in all respect
able dictionaries.
Tho slang expression for death, "kicking
the bucket" had its origin from one BolsO-
yer, who, in England a great while ago
committed suicide by standing ON O buck
ct till he kicked the bucket from under
him.
The word "bumper,n meaning O fuH
drink when friends are drinking, is a cor
ruption Of the toast offered to the Pope,
when the Catholic religion was in the as
cendant in England-du bon pere.
To dun" TO press for money due, comes
from one Joe Dunn, n famous bailiff of
Lincoln, in England, during the reign of
Henry VII. He was so uncommonly sue
cessful in collecting that when a man re-
fused to pay, the creditor was asked why
he didn't Dunn him.
"Humbug," is a corruption of the Irish
word Uim bog, pronounced oombug, signify
ing soft copper, or brass or worthless money,
such as was made by James H., at the
Dublin ~mint-twenty shillings of which
was worthless coin, the words became the
general title of anything false or counterfeit.
The sign "yiz" signilying to-wit, or name
ly, is an ~abbreviatlon OF pideIicjt: but the
third letter was the mark used in medi-
cine for q drachm, which in writing much
resembles x, and in wiz. was simply used
as a mark or sign of abbreviation.
DO not forget TO add Co your Lemonade OF
or Soda ten drops Of Angostura Bitters
1t imparts a delicious flavor and prevents all
Summer Diseases. BE sure 10 get the genuine
Angostura, manufactured by DIR. J. G.. b.
SIEG ERT & SONS.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-30
Cold and Magnetism.

A recent investigations conducted in tn,
physical laboratory of Harvard University
las lead to the discovery of the remarkabl,
TACT that intense cold can deprive magne
tiled steel bars of nearly all the the mag
letism that may have been impaired Il
them. The intense cold was produced by
solid carbonic acid. This fact has. an i'm
portant hearing upon observations of tn,
magnetic condition of the earth in higl
ATTITUDES; for what appear TO DC daily ant
early changes in the earth's magnetism
Ray be due in large part to conditions of
temperature, which affect the magnets
.sed in the observations. 1t also must l.,
concluded that the molecular condition oi
",ecl is changed by great cold.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-30
nouR FLAG STII THERE.

MI. S, b. Longtello y, Augusta, Me-, east side river,
writes ny under date Of April, 1sS
''ro whom It may concern: This may certify tina
two years ago | was very badly afflicted with kidney
and urinary difficulties, which extended through the
system and laid me up for weeks, 80 that I could Do
no work. l had the most skillful physician in town.
who gave me no assistance. Hearing of Hunts Rem
edy, | got a bottle, and half Of IL cured me entirely,
so that have been well ever since. The other half I
gave to q ~neighbor who was afiieted much az I was,
and II restored him to health. ican truly say Hunts
Remedy has been Of great and inexpressible worth 70
me-"
Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-30
Eye Memory.

Look steadily at q bright object, keep til
eyes immOvably on it for q short time, and
then close them. An image of the object
remains it becomes, in fact, visible to the
closed eyes. The vividness and duration
OF such impression vary considerably with
different individuals, and the power of re-
tanning them may be cultivated. Beside
this sort of retinal image thus impressed,
there is another kind of visual image that
may be obtained by a n effort of memory.
Certain adopts of mental arithmetic use
the" minds eye" as q substitute for slate
and pencil by holding in visual memory
pictures of the figures upon which they
are operating, and these of their results.
In My youthful days l was acquainted
with an eccentric old man, who thcn lived
at Kilburn PriOry, where he surrounded
himself with curious old furniture, reput-
ed to have originally belonged to Cardinal
WOlsey, and which, as l was told. he be-
queathed to the Queen at his death. He
was the then celebrated, but now forgotten,
Memory Thompson" who, in his early
days, was a town traveller (for a brewery, if
| remember rightly and who trained him
self to the performance of wonderful feats
of eye memory. He could close his eyes
and picture within himself a panorama of
Oxford street and other parts of London,
in which picture every inscription over
every shop was so perfect and reliable that
he could describe and certify to the names
and occupations of the shopkeeping inhab-
itants Of all the houses of these streets at
certain dates, when postofice directories
were not as they now are. Although
Memory Thompson is forgotten, his special
faculty is just now receiving some atten-
ton, and it is proposed to specially Guilt
vate it in elementary schools by placing
objects before the pupils for n given time,
then taking them away and requiring the
pupil to draw them. That such a faculty
exists and may be Of great service is un-
questionable. Systematic efforts to educate
it, if successful, will do good service to the
rising generation and, even should the
proposed training afford smaller results
than its projectors anticipate, the expert.
ments, if carefully made and registered
cannot fail to improve our knowledge OF
inental physiology Gentheman'S Magazine
Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-30
Health is Wealth.

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purchaser our written guarantee torefundthe money
4 the treatment does not affect a cure. Guarantees
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Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-30

A young artist who lives N a boarding
house wants to know how he can learn to
play the violin without disturbing all the
other boarders. Soap your bow, young
man, soap your bow, and battle the strings
twice a day in sweet oil. Then you can
sit up all night and play overtures, and
nobody will mind il.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-30

A New Hampshire Ihrmer agreed TO sell
his farm for two thousand dollars, but
when the day came lie told the eXpectant
purchaser that his wife was in Mysteries
about the trade, aud ha guessed he'd have
to back cat. The purchaser complained,
and finally asked how much more would
induce him TO sell, We'll, give me two
hundred and Fifty dollars more, and wen
'et her cry replied the thrifty granger.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-30
PLAIN TALK!

We ARE aware that we are combating u prevailing
prejudice Of the profession and people when we assert
that we can and do cure diseases Of the blood with o
vegetable remedy! We ourselves were not easily
convinced. But does II make anything less a face
simply because YOU do not believe itg
Turn to history and read the accounts Of the dis
covery and application Of steam, railroads, ~electrici-
", etc. Were not those who preached that IL was
possible TO accomplish such grand results, ~ we nee
realized to-day, pronounced crazyi And did not SCI
entists say: 'IMrossIHLE." We do not ask that you
accept our word! We bring corroborating testimony.
In short we demonstrate by living, reliable witnesses
that every word we say Is true.
Ask Yourself the question, could men occupying
the political, social and financial position these men
do, afford to endorse those engaged In IA work Of de-
ception and Of fraud? Now let them speak.
Every word We say In regard to our remedy IL
true, and the certificates we publish are from men OF
undoubted %veracity.
II SWIFT SPECIFIC 90.
ATLANTA, Ga. JAN. l, 1882.
We are managers Of the Stcift Spectre Co., and
owl a controlling part Of the stock Of said coinpaag
Lunar, RANKiE& LAMAR.
Wholesale Druggists.
ATLANTA, Ca, August, 1891,
We know the gentlemen composing the firm u
LAMAR, RANKIN d LAMAR. They are prominent dti-
zens of our State, men of means, and Of high charas-
ter and standing.
j. W. ENGLISH, Mayor of Atlanta.
j. II. PORTER, Cashier Merchants Bank.
7. ROMARE, Cashier Atlanta National Bank
40. BACON, Speaker House Reps, Ga.
ALI. II. COLQUlTT ,IGovernor of Ga.
Write for a copy Of the little book
81 900 Reward viii be paid to any chemist whs
will find on the analysis OF 100 bottles 4. q. s., one
particle OF Mercury, lodide Potassium, or any min
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Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-30

Do that which is right. The respect OF
mankind will follow; or, if it do not, you
will be able to do without it.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-30

Satire is a greater enemy to friendship
Than is anger
Omaha daily bee., 1883-06-30

DO not forget TO add Co your Lemonade OF
or Soda ten drops Of Angostura Bitters
1t imparts a delicious flavor and prevents all
Summer Diseases, BE sure h get the genuine
Angostura, manufactured by DIR. J. G. b.
SIEGERT 4 SONS,