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, 1891-08-27
And tho Frightened Boy Fairly Flew.

And tho Frightened Boy Fairly Flew.
A dirty faced little boy, incased in a
single garment of shreds and patches
was caught clinging TO the rear end of a
train thai rolled INTO the Grand Central
station a few nights ago. He was about
four years old and small for his age. In
the expressive language of a Westchester
farmer, che didn't look much bigger'n a
jug o. cider" A Jealous traiuman espied
the tiny lad before he could dismount
from his dangerous perch on the car
platform. A policeman was summoned
and the arrest of the marauder was de-
manded. The boys who catch on trains
are a nuisance and should be punished
maintained the tTainman. A police
officer o feet Q inches in height and
broad in proportion, took hold of one of
the child's arms with his thumb and
forefinger and marched the little culprit
almost the entire length Of the long sta
ton, a crowd Of fifty or more people fol
lowing.
Some of the people uttered indignant
and sarcastic remarks, such as "Do you
want any help, o%fficer?" Look out, Mr..
Policeman; he'll trip you up" But the
officer paid no attention to the crowd.
He grimly marched his prisoner to the
Forty-second street exit of the station,
and with n twinkle in his eye he lifted
the child in his arms and addressed him
sternly thus: prisoner at the bar, you
have been arrested. But this is yer first
offinse. If yuse gifts arrested agin you'll
be punished till the full extint of the
law. Now git" The youngster got out
of sight in the throb of a second.-New
York Times.
, 1891-08-27

To the uninitiated it is "A great puzzle
how the dangers of lightning are ar
rested where there are so many con-
ductors of electricity as there are in a
telegraph office. More han . 1000 wires
enter the big Western Union building in
New York city, and from one to a thou
sand in other offices of that company
throughout the United States. Each of
these wires Iun more or less directly to
the desks of the operators. This being
the case, how do they guard against Ian
ger from lightning during times of great
electrical disturbances? Even when less
electric attractions are wanting most
people confess to n certain feeling of in
security when the elements rage and
wake up terrifying flashes of forked
fury. But science has provided an an
swer to the question asked above, as
well as to almost all other puzzles which
stand in the way of human progress.
Every wire as it enters a building
passes through the bottom of a long,
narrow board, and then again through
it at the top. This board is the Eight
ming arrester." LIZ the current is heavy
the first effect of the board is to deprive
it of much of its force. Should the first
contact with the "arrester" fail to elm
mate the lightning of its fatal powers it
passes on to the top of the board and
touches a spring which communicates
with a drop" instantly shutting off all
connection with the operating room.
The spring is called the plush magnet"
and beyond it no overcharge of light
ming. whether proceeding from n storm
or from contact with other wires, can
possibly go.-St. Louis Republic.
, 1891-08-27

Panama hats are so named from the
circumstances of their being shipped
from the port of Panama. They are
manufactured in Ecuador and the neigh
boring states. The material used is the
fiber of the leaf of the screw pine, which
is related to the palms. 1t grows only
on the slopes Of the Andes. The tree is
described as having no trunk. The
leaves are on slender stems that spring
from the ground. They are about two
feet long, fan shaped and four parted.
Each of the segments is ten cleft, so that
when the leaf is folded, as in the bud,
there are eighty layers.
The fiber of these leaves is finely
plated, and each hat consists of a single
piece of work. The plating of the hats
is a slow and tiresome process. Coarse
hats may be finished in two or three
days, but the fine one takes ms many
months. The work is begun at the
crown and finished at the brim. The
hat is made on a block, which is placed
on the knees, and has to be constantly
pressed with the breast.
About 200, 900 dozens of these hats are
made every year. The price varies ac-
cording to the firmness of the material
and the quality of the work. They are
valued Mt from s. to $100.-Youth's Com
paniOn.
, 1891-08-27
Guardian of the Jail in India.


The Jail fixed establishment consisted
of a native jailer, with deputies and n
few paid warders, with a semimilitary
guard for sentry work, armed with
muskets and provided with ammunition,
most of which was so old and damp from
the climate that it had to be destroyed
periodically. They were commanded
and dri' ed by n handsome old pensioned
Subahdar (native oficerl This old gem
tleman wore n collar ofgold beads round
his neck, and over his dress of spotless
white an embroidered sword belt sup
ported a native sword in a green and
gold scabbard. He was n striking look
ing old man, with strict notions of dis
cipline and duty. His father had been at
Plassy with Give.
1t was part of this officers duty to
make his morning report at the magis-
trate's house, If the magistrate had not
had time to go to the Jail on his morn
ing round. His usual report WIS brief
and emphatic. MY lord, the Jail is all
we'll" One morning he continued it
thus: BE it known to your lordship
hal the Jail cat has had five kittens.
Will your lordship order that the cat
have an extra ration of milk" This he
said in the gravest voice, with his hand
still at his forehead in military salute.
When the order was given for the cats
extra ration he marched off without the
shadow of n smile on his face, while the
magisr ate remained almost ~convulsed
with pressed laughter. National Re
view.
, 1891-08-27

johnson City, Tenn, has the cham
pion eater of the country. This is one
Clay Morris, a whilom blacksmith, who
is said by competent witnesses to have
recently eaten at a sitting four loaves OF
bread, three chickens, three pounds OF
ham, five good sized yam potatoes and
FIVE cucumbers, with a quart of gravy
with the bread and n pint and a half Oh
peer with which to wash the whole
down. The occasion of this meal was a
wager between himself and his brother,
job Morris, who himself ate two and a
half loaves, two chickens, three pounds
of ham and four potatoes, but retired
from the contest in seeing his relatives
appetite apparently undiminished
The winner declared the meal nothing
unusual with him, and indeed seemed to
suffer no inconvenience from his gor-
mandiZing, but enjoyed unbroken slum-
Der for nearly fifteen hours after. He
says his enormous appetite has beer of
gradual growth and is rather proud of 1t,
though he is wholly untitled for any
work by it and spends the greater part
of his time lying down or sleeping.
At one time, however, Morris was con-
sidered a good workman and the strong
est man in tho county. Strange to say
he is not fat in proportion to his height,
which is something over six feet, and
weighs only 100 pounds, but he claims
not to have known n spell Of Indigestion
for over ten years, and though he is
stupid in the extreme, is very vain.-
Exchange.
, 1891-08-27

One of the necessities of life in Japan
consists of the fan, of which there are
two kinds-the folding and the non
folding fan. Paper enters largely into
their composition. Bamboo forms a ma
terial very handy for the framework of
the cheaper kinds. The paper is either
decorated with paintings in all the diff
ferent styles of japanese art, or else
brightly colored and sprinkled over with
silver and gold leaves. These fans are
manufactured of all possible qualities
and prices, the richest and largest being
used for ceremonial dances, where they
form accessories of great Importance.
The place most noted for its produc-
ton in fans is Nagoya, and superior ones
are made at Kiyoto, while the inferior
descriptions come from Fushimi and
Toxic. Several millions of fans are ex-
ported annually from Japan to America
and Europe.-Paper Mill.
, 1891-08-27

S. II. Clifford, New Cassel, WIS, was
troubled with neuralgia and rheumatism,
his stomach was disordered, his liver was
affected to an alarming degree, appetite
fell away, and he was terribly reduced in
flesh and strength. Three bottles OF
Electric Bitters cured him.
Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg, ILL.,,
had a running sore on his leg OF eight
years standing. Used three bottles OF
Electric Bitters and seven boxes of Buck
lens Arnica Salve. and his leg is sound
and well. John Speaker, Catawba, o.,
had FIVE large fever sores on his leg, doc
tors said he was incurable. One bottle
Electric Bitters and one box Bucklen's
ArnIca 3alve cured him entirely. Sold at
A. 4. Roedel's drug store.
, 1891-08-27
Dog. Help Each Other to a Drink.

The fountain on the Clark street side
of the county building was the scene Of
a very funny incident the other after
noon. Two dogs, water spaniels, were
trotting north when they came to this
place and stopped for a drink. They
were both thirsty, but neither was tall
enough to reach the trough, and they
talked the matter over as dogs will, and
wondered why they had not been treated
with as much consideration as had the
horses. Presently they solved the prob
lem.
One of them ranged himself under the
edge of the trough, and the other, rest
ing his fore feet upon his companions
back, was able to reach into the pool and
slake his thirst. When he had finished
he hoped down, seemed to say the wa
ter was good, and then in turn ranged
himself under the edge Of the fountain
and the other reached up for the drink
he had earned. When he was satisfied
they trotted away together, as well con-
tented as any man could be who had
met a problem and v~anquished it.-Chi-
cago Herald.
, 1891-08-27
DAKoTA HOT SPRINGS.

The popularity of these springs is fast IN
creasing, both az a summer and a health re-
sort. The cures effected by its waters are many
and marvellous. The altitude OF the place
(3,yOo feet makes the atmosphere eXhlleratlng
and absolutely free from malaria. They are
and delightful scenery. The elegant new
plunge bath go feet long by 20 feet wide Just
completed has added a very attractive feature
to this resort. The hotels are ntted 1p with
all modern improvements, and accommoda-
lions are ample.
The Ere mont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley
railroad goes direct to the Springs with palace
sleepers from Omaha without change. Tourist
rickets good for ninety DAYS from date of sale
can be had all the year round. For pamphlets
concerning these Springs or any Information
as 10 rates. etc, call on or address any agent
of the remon EIkhorn & Missouri Valley
and Sioux City & Pacific railroads, or
J. II. BUCHANAN, General Passenger Agent,
0msha. Neb.
II. q. BURT, General Manager.
, 1891-08-27

DR.. Haughton, calculating from the
observed thickness of the rocks down to
the miocene tertiary, and assuming n
period of S,6l6 years for each foot de-
posted on the ocean bed, finds, for the
age of the strati6ed rocks, a period of
1895, 700, 900 years. Assuming the rate
of denudation, however, as ten times
greater in ancient times than at present,
and adding one-third for the period since
the miocene tertiary, he arrives at a final
result of 200, 900 900 years. DIR. Croll
doubts the validity of Professor Haugh-
tons assumptions, especially the total
thickness he assumes, namely, 1T, 200
feet, or over thirty-three miles. Gentle
mans Magazine.
, 1891-08-27
When SILK Was Costly.

When silk was first worn in England
two mantles on the shoulders of noble
ladies belonging to Elizabeth's court at
tracted more attention than even the
queen. The manufacture of goods from
raw silk began in England in 1904, and
was brought to perfection by the Hugue-
not refugees in 1858. Even ut that time,
however, silk was very costly, a pair of
stockings costing in our money a little
over 800, a cloak a little less than 81 900.
Among the 3,O52 dresses left by Eliza
beth at her death only twelve were Of
silk, and Leicester, more than his knight
hood, prided himself OF "A pair of silk
breeches which he had imported from
Italy at an expense Of yer $500.-St
Louis Globe Democrat
, 1891-08-27
THE LAMENT OF oAP-Nrs

D nymph. whose faith I have so weakly kept.
o love. whose smile | never more may SEC.
Pity the tears these sightless eyes have Neri
And let INC plead once more, once more. wlih
theel
did not dream In loves FIRST golden hour
THAI from mine eyes thine Image e'er could
pass,
saw thy pictured face in every flower,
And heard thy footsteps in the Whispering
grass.
Tho birds and waters echoed thy dear voice;
Thine eyes smiled at me from the stars above;
In sleep OF thee 1 dreamed-woke to rejoice
And tell again the story Of our love
The tale is donel My punishment is just
lifted up mine eyes, / turned away.
And 10! the flower within my hand was dust.
And darkened was the light OF loves sweet
day.
Yet think not that my heart slrayed with mine
eyes;
Nay. love. for 1t was shriped within him
own
Can'st thou Its pleAdings evermore despise7
Is thy warm beauty hardened into stone2
His work but half complete. Death stands Hfnr.
And will not end the misery begun.
Night, railing, tells my tale to every star.
And the day mocks me with The heartless
sun.
But hope still fingers while my UPS car pray.
And through the endless dark / grops for
thee,
Thinking, perchancc, upon some happy day
Thou wilt relent and turn again to mo
wilt turn again TO be my guide, my light,
And pleading, hoping, In the dark ! wal
For thee or Death to end the weary night:
o love, dear love. ] pray, come not too latel
Annie Louise Breckenridge in Kate Fields
Washington
, 1891-08-27

A novel plan for extinguishing a
church debt has been hit upon in Mel
bourne, Australia. The church com
mittee-or vestry, as the case may be
divide the total debt among themselves,
and each man insures his life for the
amount that falls to his share. The
policies are transferred to the church
and the annual payments on them are
made out of the collections. Then. Of
course, as the members OF the commit
tee drop off, the sums insured on their
lives drop in, and later, when the only
survivor dies, the last installment of the
church debt is paid.-Pall Mall Gazette.
, 1891-08-27
When sudden fainting 81

When sudden fainting spells come
upon n lady, you may always suspect
some uterine disturbances or trouble, or
some great disorder in the circulation and
nerve centers. A remedy that has al
ways proved successfulin warding off and
removing the tendency to n recurrence of
fainting spells-that removes the cause
of them, corrects the circulation of blood,
and gives to the system that even run
ming nervous energy so essential, is DIR.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription.
The Prescription =" is guaranteed to
give satisfaction in every case, or money
refunded. Nothing else does as much.
You only pay for tho good you get.
Can you ask morep
As a regulator and promoter of func-
tional action, at the critical period of
change from girlhood to womanhood,
"Favorite Prescription Is a perfectly
safe remedial agent and can produce
only good results. 1t is equally eficn-
cious and valuable in its effects when
taken for those disorders and derauge-
ments incident to that later and most
critical period, known as "The change
of Life"
, 1891-08-27


Silently, deadly and irresistibly move
these battalions; out of the forest, down,
into, across and up the ditch, through
the bona (wood stockadel across the
square, and into every nook and Granny
conceivable they swarmed. The first
notice (they generally came at night
would be a loud yell from some of the
men, Look outi SlaiuI" There would
be no more sleep that night.
After experience gained we found it
the best plan TO clear out of our houses,
rush into the square and build rings of
fire around us. To put on ones clothes
was to get bitten by dozens all over ones
body unless the garments had been first
thoroughly smoked over a fire. Every
now and then yells and curses told howa
lazy one had got caught in his bunk.
The walls of the huts, the roofs and floor
were simply one seething mass of strug-
Cling ants.
They were after the cockroaches, mice
and insects that had taken up their abode
in the roots. Now and then squeaks of
young mice told their story. AS fast as
the ants found their load, generally a
c~ockroach, they would make off down
the hill in long lines. Luckily they never
touched our granaries; they seemed to
prefer animal food. Toward morning
there would only be a few thousand lost
ones, aimlessly tearing about, apparently
looking for the main body which had
just decamped.
Usually these raids on US were made
after a rainstorm; many of them came
into the fort already staggering under
loads; these appeared to wander about
till the others were ready. Next day
not a cockroach could be found in the
place, so that the ants did us a service
in Kidding us of these pests. The rats
had decamped also. and did not return
for some days.-Nineteenth Century.
, 1891-08-27

An enthusiast on the subject states
that Zach head of clover is composed of
about sixty distinct lJwer tubes, and
each Of these contain sugar not to ex-
coed the ive-hundredth part of a grain.
The proboscis of the honey bee must,
therefore, be inserted into 500 clover
tubes before one grain of sugar can be
obtained. There are 1000 grains in n
pound, and as honey contains three
fourths of its weight of dry sugar each
pound of clover honey would represent
the insertion of its proboscis into $780,
600 clover heads.-New York Telegram.
, 1891-08-27

1 think the financial condition of Rus
STA to be a most precarious one. I'm
doubtedly she has great resources; SO has
Turkey, but natural treasures are of no
avail without the human hand to- turn
them to the benefit of the nation. AS
the French finance minister, Baron
Louis, said to his colleagues, "Give me
a good policy and l will give you good
finances" Russia must reform her adj
ministration and her fiscal policy, she
must abandon her aggressive external
policy which constantly threatens peace
European s-editors.-Dr. F. H. Geffcken
in Eornm.
, 1891-08-27

Now. look over there in yonder
meadow The man who made that
scarecrow sweeps his barn floor every
morning, oils and wraps his farm ma
chinery when storing it, is careful to
keep accounts and whitewashes the eel
lar walls. If you don't believe it just
look at his scarecrow. There are neatly
made posts planted at regular intervals
throughout the lot. From pole to pole
is stretched Irvine, forming m~onotonous-
ly regular squares and rectangles. Why.
the very regularity of the thing strikes a
chilli to the heart of the crow and effectu-
ally prevents him disarranging the plans
Of 80 painstaking a mani-Lewiston
Journnl
, 1891-08-27

Since the corn canning shops com
menced operations in Maine the farmers
have found a brand new defense against
crows, They corral whole basketfuls of
the disdarded tin scraps and next day
hundreds of poles toss and faunt n daz-
zling array of adornments in the eye of
the sun. This will scare crows, horses
and COWS, and when travellers find them
selves in the gutter with the carriage on
top, they at once understand that a tin
field is in iew.-Lewiston~ Journal
, 1891-08-27

1t will cost you nothing and will surely
do you good. il you have a cough, cold,
or n trouble with throat, chest or lungs.
DIR. Kings New Discovery for consump-
ton, coughs and colds is guaranteed to
give relief or money will be paid back.
Sufferers from la grippe found 1t Just the
thing and under its use had a speedy and
perfect recovery. Try a sample bottle at
our expense and learn for yourself Just
how good a thing 1t is. Trial bottles free
at A. Il. Roedel's drug store. Large size
so cents and 81.
, 1891-08-27

MASIroU SPRINGS. Colo, June q.
Especial .EMRnitou is to the people what n
sugar barrel is TO the flies on a bright summer
alphabetically attractive. There is an alb
sence OF flies and an Influx of people at Mani
tou that is refreshing. These June days are
OF the leafy June that poets pirate of-cool
mornings, warm enough at noon time TO re-
mind the outdoor wanderer that II is sum-
mer, and evenings iull OF moonlight and cool
ness.
The walks, drives and trails about MRnitou
are so numerous that old timers OF several
seasons experience hnd some new beauties
whenever they go out. The country Is n
paradise for the lively young woman
or the brawny yonng man who delights in ex-
ploring expeditions.-Ex.
Manitou is best reached by The Union
Paei6c,
, 1891-08-27

The population between . 900 and g, 900
feet is found mainly on the slope of the
great western plains. In this region the
belt between 1000 and 5000 feet is al
most everywhere the debatable ground
between the arid region of the Cordil-
leran plateau and the humid region of
the Mississippi valley. Above 5000 feet
irrigation is almost universally neces-
ssry for success in agricultural opera
tions.-Washington Star.
, 1891-08-27
DOLLAR GOLD Pieces.

Mrs. John Curtis Of Peoria, ILL.,, writes:
Used one box of Usage Pills previous TO
my second confinement; they worked like
a charm. Wouldi pay $40 for a box
rather than do without them. as they
have proved a Godseud to me- Write
Usage Medicine company, Wichita, Kas.,
FOR particulars, and their book to wives
mailed free. Sold by druggists. Sold by
W. N. Hunt, Cheyenne,
, 1891-08-27

Among the articles made of asbestos
are mittens to guard the hands Of fire
men, assayers, r~efiners and others who
are exposed to burning. AS the mate
rial is not affected by heat, the work
mar thus protected a grasp hot irons,
crucibles and the like without discom
fort
, 1891-08-27
TIE MARAsu RourE.
1t is the SHORT LINE to St. Louis.
RIMS free reclining chair ears

1t Is the " LINE to St Louis.
Runs free reclining chair ears.
Runs the most elegant stateroom cars
on night trains and the most sumptuous
drawing room cars on day trains of any
line between Colorado and New York.
The WABASH makes direct connec-
-tions at all points comprising its Western
tcrmini. for all points south, east, south
cast and northeast.
The WABASH Is the only line having
its own track from the Missouri river to
Detroit and Toledo.
The WABASH is the only line having
its steamer plying on Lake Erie.
The WABASH owns and operates the
Niagra Falls Short Line, the only route
giving a satisfactory view OF the Falls by
daylight, and the trains leave at a conven-
lent hcEr foi business men and tourists.
Ask any hotel clerk or ticket agent for
time cards or maps of the WABASH, or
address @. M. HAMPsoN,
Commercial Agent. 1927, Seventeenth
Street, Denver, Colo.
all kinds of Job Printing neatly and
, 1891-08-27

An ant th~ree-eighths of an inch long,
carrying a burden of one-sixth ofa grain,
moves at the rate of one mile in eleven
hours. This weight small n com
pared with what they sometimes carry
Is eighteen times their own. In carrying
this weight they compare with a nan o.
feet high, weighing 40 pounds, carrying
a ton aud a half of lead from st. Louis
to jefferson City and back again in
twenty-five and a half hours.-St. Louis
, 1891-08-27
Sea Bathing 1000 Miles From the


AT GARfIELD nEACH.
The famous health resort, Garfield Beach,
on Great Salt Lake, eighteen miles from Salt
Lake City, is reached via the Union Pacific,
'The Overland Route" and is now open.
This is the only real sand beach on Great
Salt Lake, and is one OF the finest bathing
and pleasure resorts In the West.
For complete description of Garfield Beach
and Great Salt Lake, send to f. l.. Lomax,
general passenger and ticket agent. Omaha,
for copies OF "Slght and Scenes in Utah. or
A Glimpse of Great Salt Lake"
, 1891-08-27

Experiments show thai an electric
current will travel over a good conduc-
tor at the rate of SOC, 900 miles a minute,
or around the earth in three seconds.
Light travels at the rate OF 1000, 900
miles a minute.
, 1891-08-27

The Forth bridge was begun in 1881.
There were then only two cantalever
bridges in existence, one OF them carry.
ing the Cincinnati Southern railroad
across the Kentucky river, and the other
spanning the river Wharf.-The at Posen, in
Germany Both Of these We're built in
1874
, 1891-08-27

The most unhappy period Of marriage.
according to French divorce statistics,
is for the period extending from the fifth
to the tenth year. After that the figures
drop rapidly. Only 2s per cent, of the
couples seek divorce between their tenth
and twentieth years of union. Only one
pair in 100 seeks to cut the knot after
the period over thirty and under forty
wears