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Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-26
STATE AND TERRITORY.
Nebraska Jottings.

Superior wants a creamery.
The First NJ. IL. church OF Crawford will
de dedicated August 2.
Sunday was the first anniversary of the
hanging of David Hoffman at Nebraska City,
and Tuesday that of the lynchlng of Shellen-
barger.
Kearney county will hold special election
on Saturday, August II, for the purpose of
voting $50, 900 bonds to aid in the cOnstruc
ton of the Santa Ee road through that
county. -.
A ball of electric fire was seen to strike
fence post on the fair grounds at Hastings,
slip along the wire for some distance, and
ny off into the air again, where it exploded
with great force.
DR. Burgh, of Hooper, has had to take his
own medicine. He ate too heartily of Gu
cumbcrs and as result cholera morDus
tackled him and made him very weary for a
time. He is on deck again.
The acreage of Dawes county the present
year has increased IS per cent over last.
Wheat is estimated to yield from 22 to %
bushels per acre; oats 40 to50; corn IS to 40; :;
rye 20 to %; potatoes 175 to 200, and all other
crops III proportion.
Four prisoners attempted to break Jail at
Fremont few days ago, but were frustrated
by the watchfulness of the jailer. They had
dug hole in the roof, but some of the NOR
tar fell on the floor and revealed their plans
just in time to prevent the escape.
II. Kleinholz, a farmer living near York,
loaded his family of eight into wagon Sun
day and started for church But they never
got there, for the horses became frightened
and precipitated the whole load on barb
wire fence. Mr. Kleinhoz and his fifteen
year-old daughter were each cut quite seri-
ously about the arm and shoulder, a girl of
about twelve years was also cut in the arm
and hand, and another daughter of about
seven years was considerably bruised about
the head The rest escaped with but slight
scratches. The wagon was complete
wreck and was scattered along the road for
Il considerable distance.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-26

THE reported big find of gold in Mich
igan comes in handy for the November
election,
Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-26
Dakota.

Yankton's electric light is visible at Walsh
town, ten miles away.
ment of a lodge of the A o. U. w. in
Sturgis.
Sturgis is troubled with two opium joints.
One is conducted by an almond-eyed heather
and the other is said to be managed by a
lady of color and avoirduois.
1t looks as if Grand Forks would have a
railroad connecting with the Milwaukee at
Fargo, running in between the two Mani
Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-26

plated craftsmanship and nickel-plated re-
form. In fact it is an ideally congrous ar
rangement all around. r:
Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-26
CleyelanO'S Lament,

Professor j. A. AdnmZ.
l am going far away, far away to leave you
now,
And up Salt river l am quickly sailing,
And III take my tribe along, and we'll sing
our parting song
AS we sail back to Buffalo, my home.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-26

CHORUS.
Down in the corn fields,
Hear the mournful sound,
All the democrats are weeping,
Growers in the cold, cold ground.
] am going far away, for know / cannot
stay,
And III use that old bandana while I'm
crying,
And to wipe away these tears for the sins of
many years,
AS | stay there in Buffalo, my home.
| am going far away, far away from Wash
ington,
For I've heard some dreadful tidipgs from
Chicago,
That the G.. O. Pts alive, and with Harrison
will drive
Us away back TO Buffalo, my home.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-27
A New Standard of Length.

Scientists have long sought for fixed
and invariable standard of length. The
measures in common use are mere arbi-
trary lengths, and, # the original stand
ards should he destroyed, could not be ac-
curately replaced. The French meter il
supposed to be ten-millionth part of ths
quadrant of the earth; but the accuracy
of the original measurements has been
seriously called in question. The so called
wave lengths of light have been suggested
rs furnishing an invariable numerical
magnitude, but their excessive minute
ness and the difficulty of accurately meas
uring them have heretofore been an in
superable objection to their use
MesSrs. Nicholson and Morley have now
devised a method Of measuring these
wave lengths, which they claim is prob
ably accurate to one ten-millionth part
When 1t IS considered that a wave length
of sodium yellow light is only about one
rtythousandth Of an inch, the delicacy
Of this method becomes apparent What
ever theory may be held is to the nature
of light. the numerical values called for
convenience ''wave lengths" are actual
and invariable maguitudes OF something:
and, if the new method of measurement
proves reliable, there will be no difficulty
in obtaining a fixed standard of length
which can be reproduced at any time or
place.-Popular Science News.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-27
The Club as q WeaDon.

From the earliest times, the club was a
favorite military weapon, its primitive
form being simply of a straight stick,
much heavier at one end than at the
other, and adapted for use either by one or
both hands. With improvements in
other styles or weapons, however, came
the mace. The mace is a shafted
weapon, consisting of wooden handle
fitted into an iron head, the latter
being of many different styles. Some
maces have phalanges on the sides; others
are round like an orange, and furnished
with sharp projecting points; while others
again are in the shape of two imperial
crowns placed base to base.
The mace was a horseman's weapon,
usually fastened to his saddle during the
march, and, in an action, suspended by
cord round his wrist 1t WAS favorite
weapon for fighting ecclestiastics, of
whom there were many during the mid
die ages. Priests, by canon Of the
church, being forbidden TO use the sword,
the mace, the lance, the halberd and sew
eral other weapons of this description,
were allowed to take the place of that
weapon, which, in all ages, has been typ
zeal OF war. A modification of the mace
was plain hammer or maui, frequently
carried by long bowmen. 1t was q simple
mallet of wood or of iron. with handle
or feet long. used as an offensive
weapon at close quarters.-Globe Demo
Graf
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-27
A Bicyclist in China.

As we proceed down the street nv ap-
pearance seems to stir the population up
to a pitch of wild excitement. Merchants
dart in and out Of their shops, people in
rags, people in tags and people in gorgeous
apparel, buzz all about me and fit hither
and thither like nest of stirred up
wasps. If curiosity has seemed to he
rampant in other cities it passes all the
limits Of Occidental imagination in
Ki-ngan-foo. Upon seeing me, every
body gives utterance to a peculiar spon
taneous squeak of SURPRISE, reminding me
very much Of the monkey's notes Of alarm
in the tree tops along the Grand Trunk
road, India.
By the time we are half way along the
street the whole city seems in wild tumult.
Men rush ahead peer into my face, de-
liver themselves of the above mentioned
peculiar squeak and run hastily down
some covergent alley way. Stall keepers
hastily gather up their wares and shop
keepers frantically snatch their goods in
side as they hear the tumult and see the
mob coming down the street. The ex-
element grows apace, and the same wan
ton cries OF 'Fankwaei Fankwaei' that
followed me through Kan-tchou-foo are
here repeated with wild whoops and ex-
ultant cries. One would sometimes think
that all the devils of Dante's inferno had
gotten into the crowd and set them wild
with the spirit of mischief-ThomaS
Stevens in Outing
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-27
Con. Phil Sheridanrs Sword.s

During the entire war Gen. Sheridan
never wore but one sword, and he wears
the same one yet on all occasions Of dis
play 1t is light dragon saber, and one
Of cargo shipped from Spain to Charles
ton for the use Of Confederate officers.
The vessel was captured IN Charleston
harbor by the blockade, and the swords
were distributed among the various ar
senals Of the north, at which they were
sold to Union officers. The one which
Sheridan wears was sent to the armory
at st. Louis, and was purchased originally
by the adjutant of the Second Michigan
cavalry, who wore 1t q while and then
presented it to Sheridan. The original
scabbard WAS broken by having q horse
fall upon it, and new one was found to
fit the blade The general has a number
of presentation swords which have been
given him from time to time. Some of
them are very valuable, and one, which
was presented by the Army Of the Cum
berlaad, is mounted with gold and dia-
monds, but it is too fancy for the gen.
erals taste, and nothing would induce
him to wear it.-Philadelphia Times.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-27

The Cuban montero's indolency grows
rather out of overproduetion than inner
ent laziness. He does not require and
grab and wear his life to shreds to set
great store by. No condition he ever
knew required that He has no love for
luxury Hence he is IN nowise distressed
or distracted He has no envious Ion ging
for broad acres, for one acre will suffice.
II he owns half dozen, his unnecessary
wealth rests heavily upon him. He needs
no fuel to warm him, for loving sun al
ways Goes that. He needs but little
endless summer. He requires no barns
and great storehouses, for all the world
he knows is an endless storehouse with the
bin-end at his very door. He needs no
grand house, for the whole flower bios
somed island is an Odorous bed chamber
eternally. He may herd cattle, or work
on the sugar plantations for few months
of the year; but, If he does, negro or
guajiro is his slave for the rest.
The whole active, prompting element
of need is eliminated from the montero's
life. You must know this before you can
know him. Getting q little closer to his
home life and thought. he may be said to
exist in perennial serenity. He marries
because his father did He rears children
because they come. They are welcome to
come, to stay, to 60 The wife attends to
her few duties happily; she has no mis-
sion" to become frenzied over; and the
yams come ON the table at the right time.
So in the montero's, there is better light
than in some Of OUT pre,entious American
Unconstitutional l.. Wakeman.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-27
How Justice Miller Lives.

Justice and Mrs. Miller are having quiet
and very enjoyable evenings at home,
with a choice company of invited guests.
Going up the granite steps which lead
from Massachusetts avenue to Highland
Terrace and then ascending still another
fight one reaches the brick mansion Of
Justice Miller, with its tall and ornate
mansard roof A black bonnie with q
white muslin cap on her head opens the
door and shows the visitor into the ample
parlor on the right Of the hall. The hang
ings for this room, at the front windows
and in the archway which separates the
parlor from the rear room, are of q pale
apple green satin, with o wide border bro
caded in white roses and leaves. Beneath
this there are deep fiounces Of white lace.
In one corner Of this room, where Mrs.
Miller receives her guests, there is a very
good marble bust of Justice Miller, made
when he was n much younger man.
The walls of this room are profusely
hung with pictures; among them is a
large collection of water colors. The
mantel piece is surmounted by Japan
csc series Of shelves OF unequal lengths,
covered with maroon velvet and filled
with artistic trifes. A grand piano and
numerous sofas help to fill up the room.
Not infrequently, when Mrs. Miller re-
ceives, some young lady entertains the
company with q song. A bountiful table
is spread in the dining room, supplied with
all the kickshaws Of the day. This room
has fine cabinets filed with porcelain, and
everywhere there is profusion Of books.
New York Graphic.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-27
The Work of q Ranchmau.

A ranchman's work is, OF course, free
from much Of the saneness attendant
upon that OF a mere cowboy. One day he
will ride out with his men among the
cattle, or after strayed horses; the next
he may hunt, so as to keep the ranch in
meat; then he can make the tour of his
outlying camps; or, again, may join one
of the round ups for week or two, per-
haps keeping with it the entire time it is
working. On occasions he viii have q
good deal of spare time on his hands,
which. if he chooses, he can spend in read
ing or writing II he cares for books,
there will be many q won volume in the
primitive little sitting room, with its log
walls and huge FIRE place: but, after
hard days work, q man will not resd
much, but will rock to and fro In the
Pickering freight, talking sieepily over
his success in the days chase and the
difficulty he has had with the cattle; or
else may simply lie stretched at full
length on the elk hides and wolf skins in
front Of the hearthstone, listening in
drowsy silence to the roar and crackle Of
the blazing logs and to the moaning of the
wind outside -Theodor Roosevelt in The
Century.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-27

Erastus Wiman began his business
career in the Canadian Office OF Dun,
Barlow g. Co. on salary Of "a week.
A sketch Of Mr.. Wiman's life shows that
he has been and still is hard worker
His usual hour for rising Is 5 O'Clock,
and after he is dressed he dictates some
letters to his stenographer, then he mounts
horse at z o'clock and canters over the
hills Of Staten Island for half an hour,
eats hearty breakfast, and takes the
8 O'Clock boat for New York In the IN
used pilot house of the boat he meets a
party Of business friends, and they talk
over Staten Island Improvements until
New York is reached. At O'Clock he
takes his lunch, and after lunch he sees
the ''cranks, who he says take a. natur-
ally to him as ducks do TO water. He al
ways sees them, for he says one out Of 100
is likely to have good idea. Mr.. Wiman
takes the 4:30 boat home and the days
work is done.-Harper's Bazar.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-27

An article in Scribner's upon 1.-THE
Electric Motor and Its Applications, by
Franklin Leonard Pope, refers to the
proposition Of Siemens in 1877, that the
energy OF the water at Niagara Falls
might be transferred to New York and
there utilized for mechanical purposes,
and the belief of Sir William Thomson,
announced in 1879, that, BY the use Of
half inch insulated copper wife, "a, 600
horse power Of energy being taken from
water wheels, 81 900 could be delivered a,
a point 300 mile. away. Mr.. Pope goes
on to say that it seems indisputable that
Marcel Deprez, a French electrician, has
delivered more than thirtydve horse
power at q potn. seventy miles distant
from that at which IN energy Of sixty
two horse power was applied, showing .
loss in transmission Of only about 43 per
cent-Detroit Free Press
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-27
A MEMORY.

A perfumed deliriurn steals through the air,
As l sit here alone, and the fire light dies;
And you stand here again, with your exquisite
hair,
With your passionate lips and your pleading
eyes.
1t was here that you sat- II I stretch out my
hand
/ can almost believe that touch you again;
Like the hunger mad sailor who springs for the
That he sees in his madness, but springs for in
vain.
Do mad people know they are mad-do you think!
And do the dead know they are dead-tell me
tEss
care not. for should be willing to sink
Into madness or death meath the spell Of your
kiss.
You're here once again-leaning back il this chair,
And am content to crouch here at your knee;
In the flesh you are distant-but what do care
That your body is there, since your soul is with
ma
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-27

A recent report from an English consul
tells that England has complete mon
cr0lv r 'hn trade in TOckiG9 horses"
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-27
9ail9 eagle
ONE MOMEN

4 tickle moment filled with wonder power.
To turn life, a suffering brothers fate,
Perchance lies in your hand. The precious hour
You do not heed until it is too late
And all the good you might have done, not done.
One passing moment held it ALL Just one.
A tickle moment, filed with wonder power
For ruin all that life long virtue wrought
Perchance lies in your hand. The fatal hour
You heed, and passion turns you all to naught.
The good you once have done is Iost--undonei
One moment has destroyed it all! Just one.
-"E. NJ in Chicago Journal
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-27
She Meant II.

"You shouldn't have taken NO for An
answer so readily, Charley, said his more
experienced friend. Don't you under
stand that girls no often means yes;'
'She didn't say No, Jack" responded
Charley, utterly without hope. "She said
Nav. New York Sun.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-27
Not 4 Dead Lion.

srCncle Rastus, am very sorry 30 hear
that you have lost your wife"
''Neber mind, boss: neber mind, rs
had de 'sperience. It'd Bit>
The Press., 1888-12-27
Volume 3l. Number 39.
Prepared for The Press.> THINGS WORTH KNOWING.

Now THEY ARE IMMORTAL -7J ohnson or ten walked the streets all night with his friend Savage, when their combined funds could not pay for a lodging.
 IF the queen of E gland (Victoria) were a private lady. she would be known as Mrs. Victims, that being the family name of the late Prince Albert.
 Two EXCEPTIONS ID GENERAL RULE - Water expands when 1t fret zes; clay con- tracts when heated.
 Is marriage failure? Iu Marlboro, Md, the other day man 107 years old married widow of 75 summers.
 A FLOWER is s'botanicaIly 2oerfect when il has both s'am4lls and pistils. 1t IS complete when 1t has siamens, calyx and carolla. As corollary to this, man is quite com plete if he have stGnai1ea, without pistols
 THE cocoa palm is put to more nses than any other tree in the world.
 THAcKERAY's "Vanity Fair" was re- fused by dozen publishers when t.ffered in manuscript.
 WHEN Milan was under the rule of the Sporza family it became ceiebra'ed throughout all Europe, and gave fashions to the whole world hence came the word milliner.
 FLArrERY is a sort of b,d money to which our vanity gives currency. y.-Locke REST satisfied with doing well, and leave others to talk of you as they please = PytltGg0rGs
 SUCCESS is full f promise, till men get it: then it Is lat years nest from winch the bird has hown.-Beecher.
 THE crows have cost the farmers of Maine $1OO, ,0OO the past year.
 TEXAS has the largest number of cDlor' q men in her legislature of any state in~ the union. @
 THE only five masted schooner in the world sails from Oregon. -a.
 SAoKv1LLE WEsT's successor will not be appointed before March 4th. MAHoMEDAN GRUEL-A cant te m for coffee, the common beverage of the Turks. MAN OF BLooD.-David is so called-2 Sam. 16.7. The Pnritaus applied the term to Charles I becaHSe he madA war against the parliam sut. Any man of vio- lence.
 QU1D OF TOBACCO A eruption of cad, morsel. We still say ''chew the cud."
 QU1xoT1c-Dreamy, foolishly, romantic, like Don Quixote, half crazy retormer or light of the supposed distressed.
The Press., 1888-12-27

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 "A God-send is Ely's Cream Balm, ," writes Mrs. NJ. A. Jackson, of Portsmouth, N. Fl. sI had catarrh for three years Two or three times week my nose would bleed. I thought the sores would never heal. Your Balm has cured me. v
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 | Many an otherwise handsome face is dis | figured with pimples and blotches, caused by hl1mor in the blood, which may be eradi- cated' by the use of Ayers Sarsaparilla. It is the safest blood medicine in the market, being entirely free from arsenic or any deleterious drug.
 CARD OF THANKs.-If the proprietor oi Kemps Ba'sam should publish card oi thanks, containing expressions of gratitude which come to him daily, from those who have been cured of severe throat and lung troubles by the use of Kemp's Balsam, il would fill fair-sized book. How much bet ter to invite all to call on any druggist and get free samp e that you may test for your self it's power. Large bottles soc. and $1.O O.
 THE VERDICT UNANIMoUs.-W D. Suit druggist, Bippus, Ind, testifes 'I can rec ommend Electric Bitters as the very best rem edy. Every bottle sold has]'given relief 1T every case. One man took six bottles, anc was cured of rheumatism of 10 years stand ing" Abraham Hare, druggist, Bellville Ohio, afirms '.The best selling medicine have ever handled in my 20 years experience is Electric Bitters.' Thousands of others have added their testimony, so that the yer dict is unanimous that Electric Bitters do cur, all diseases of the Liver, Kidneys or B'ood Only half dollar bottle at E. K. Taft drug store.
 Sleepless nights, made miserable by tha terrible cough. Shiloh's. Cure is the remed, for you. w. D. Heald agent.
The Press., 1888-12-27

Shiloh's. .Vitalizer is what you need for Con stipation, Loss of Appetite, Dizziness, and all! symptoms of Dyspepsia. Price 10 and 75 cents per bottle. W. D. Heald, agent.
The Press., 1888-12-27

Use the great specific for 'cold in head and catarrh-Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy.