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, 1891-08-26

An amusing instance II the contagion
Of example has recently been afforded
by a case in the Berlin police court re-
ports. The outrage on the Turkish rail
way and the stories of brigands which
have lately filed our newspapers seem
to have acted on the imagination of two
boys named Oscar Scheffner and George
May. They determined to become ban
dts, and they prevailed oil several of
their schoolfellows to join them. The
average g Of the band was thirteen.
They i~naugurated their defiance of the
law by boldly playing truant, and then
they took refuge in the wilds Of the
Grunewald, where, in true brigand fash
ion, they hid themselves
After a night passed in this fashion
they felt the pangs of hunger, and n
sequently they sailed forth at an early
hour and seized the milk ans and has,
kets Of new rolls which had been left at
the doors of the neighboring villas.
This, however, they thought was scarce
ly heroic, and their next step was to gar
rote an old gentleman who was taking n
morning stroll in the park. Somehow
OF other the Berlin police got wind Of
the affair, and the juvenile bandits were
seized. They are now languishing in
of a cane administered at intervals, it is
hoped that they may be made aware Of
the historic fact that in northern Eu-
rope brigandage is al a~nachronism.-
Pail Mall Budget
, 1891-08-26

The grip of an ants jaw is retained
even after the body has been bitten off
and nothing but the head remains. This
knowledge is possessed by a certain tribe
of Indians in Brazil, who put the ants to
a very peculiar use. When an Indian
gets a cash cut in his hand, instead of
having his hand sewed together, rs ply
sicians do in this country, he procures
five or six large black ants, and, holding
their heads near the cash, they bring
their jaws together in biting the flesh,
and thus pull the two sides of the cash
together. Then the Indian pinches off
the bodies of the ants and leaves the
heads clinging to the flesh, which is held
together until the cash is perfectly
healed.-Boston Courier.
, 1891-08-26
wv ALTERNATIVES.
A shrewd Young Man Chooses An I'm
fair but the Expensive One

A shrewd Young Man Chooses An I'm
fair but the Expensive One.
A young man came to this city some
time ago with no capital, but with an
experienced and expert knack of getting
rid of money. He brought letters in
Producing him to the favorable attention
of several rich and influential New York
business men. His relatives in the west
persons of good social standing and
ONE means-were very glad to grant
such courtesies to him in consideration
of his departure from their immediate
neighborhood. He had proved an ex-
pensive indulgence for them
One of the gentlemen upon whom the
young man called was the president of a
flourishing down town bank. This bank
president had been the intimate friend
of the young mans father, and, without
thinking Of the consequences, he offered
to do anything in his power to advance
the interests of the son of his old friend.
The young man had ga business scheme"
in his head and he wanted credit at the
bank until his expected remittances ar
rived. The bank president told him
that he might draw up to 81 900.
The checks came in promptly for large
and small amounts until the young
mans overdrawn account amounted to
81, $50. The hard headed cashier then
went to the president and suggested
that the bank ought to have some col
lateral. He frankly admitted that he
had no confidence in either the young
mans schemes or his intentions. The
president saw the force of his cashiers
suggestion, but, still chary of offending
his old friends SON, he wrote a personal
letter to the young man, saying:
MY DEAR YOUNG FRrEND-It has been q
pleasure for me to accommodate you with a
small line of credit at the bank. Sufficient
time, however, has elapsed, / think, to enable
you to realize on your own resources, and |
trust that you are now able to make a settle
ment- In fact, l am constrained to say that
you must either make your account good or
cease drawing checks on the bank.
The young man was not thin skinned,
and this letter did not offend him. He
smiled as he read the closing sentence,
and stepping into the office of a friendly
broker, he penned the following note:
RESPECTED SrR-Accept my cordial thanks
for your kindness. or the two alternatives
that you suggest am Obliged TO accept tho
latter. l shall cease drawing checks on your
bank With kindest regards, etc.
The kind hearted bank president was
somewhat nonplussed by this reply, and
he showed the note to his cashier. That
practical functionary looked over his
gold trimmed glasses at his superior and
said: "Umphl well, that is pretty slick.
But you have got rid of him cheaper
than l thought you would. New York
Times.
, 1891-08-26

A CORRESPONDENT writing to the Cas-
per Derrick calls attention to the fact that
several large Nebraska cattle outfits are
throwing their herds into Natrona county,
eating up the ranges of the actual settlers
while at the same time they manage to
escape the taxation which falls to the lot
of the resident This is a dupli-
cate of the situation which prevailed in
Uinta county, where the Utah sheepmen
annually devastated the ranges and got
out of Wyoming just in time to escape
assessment. 1t is a species OF imposition
to which the people of Nstrona county
cannot be expected to tamely submit and
we are not surprised that the residents
there are Indignantly discussing the sub
ipct
, 1891-08-26
BLIND ARE THOSE WHO WILL
MOTT SEE

The editor of the Big Horn RHstieT
must be one OF those mushy philosophers
who would put a piece Of plaster over an
ulcer and as the sore was then out of
sight believe it was cured. Speaking OF
the agitation over cattle stealing he goes
on in this way: 1T is regretiul that those
editors over Wyoming who are bowling so
loudly about the extensive stock stealing
which they claim is being done, cannot
appreciate the harm they are doing the
state by pursuing this policy. Moneyed
interests that might come here are being
kept away, for capital does not seek fields
for investment where it Is liable to be en-
dangered. Settlers who would aid ma
terially in the upbuilding of the state, as
well as a desirable laborers, are also being
kept away, for honest men will not cast
their lot among thieves."
This is precisely why the agitation
against cattle thieving has been kent up.
We want to see the thieves punished as
they deserve and property protected under
the law. Until this is done Wyoming
must meet with the two-fold calamity of
losing investments which have already
been made and failing to attract any new
investors. Conditions were such as to
demand bold treatment. The good effect
of the agitation is already noticeable and
at the present rate of progression we may
hope that cattle will be as safe on the
public ranges by next year as in our
n%eighboring state of Montana for instance.
As to the statement that no stealing is
being done, the Rustlcr. which is pub
lished in the Big Horn country, must
either be as blind as a bat or it willully
closes its eyes to what is transpirng
within Its own bailiwick. It cannot have
forgotten hat within the past two weeks
a man from the Big Horn region pleaded
guilty 10 court to cattle stealing and is
now out of harms way in the bowels of
tho Laramie penitentiary.
, 1891-08-26
FrIghtfnI Los of Lie

OF the many disasters with which man
kind has been visited, one OF the worst is
that class of ailments which originating
simply with inactivity OF the kidneys aud
bladder, causes such frightful loss of life.
Under the appalling category come
Bright's disease. diabetes. gravel, ordinary
nephins and citarrah OF the bladder. No
class of organic maladies, against which
medical skill is pitted, so often battles the
expert practitioner and sets his skill at
naught. Easy Is it, however, to arrest
these dire ailments at the start, The
dluretio action of Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters is just sufficient to set the bladder
and kidneys at work, preserve or rescue
them from fatal inactivity without ex-
citing them. The unmedicsted stimulants
of commerce excite without either
STRENGTHENING or regulating. Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters does both. 1t is unfail-
ing for malaria, dyspepsia, debility,
rheumatism, liver comblsint and consti'
patton.
, 1891-08-26


In Greece, during the heroic ages,
men wore their hair and boards long,
which 80 disguised the clearly and clean
faced Egyptians that, If we are to credit
Herodotus, no one of either sex of the
latter nationality would on any account
kiss the lips of n Greek, make use of his
knife, his spit and cauldron, or taste the
meat of an animal which had beer
slaughtered by his hand. 1t must not
be inferred from this that the Greeks, in
the early days Of their being, were alto
gether barbarians; but they were GER
tainly not 80 civilized-not so well ac-
quainted with the arts of peace and war
as the Egyptians until long after they
had made their mark in history.
The love of the beautiful was there, no
doubt; but it had not yet manifested it.
self and raised the social character of the
people. 1t required the softening and
h~umanizing influence and intercourse
with more liberal races, such as the
Egyptians and Phnnicians, to one or the
other of whom they were indebted for
much that they possessed. 1t would
seem that, in the matter of personal
%adornment, they derived the beginnings
from the Egyptians, and that they i'm
proved upon these beginnings as their
own sense of the fitness of things devel-
oped into a passion for the beautiful.
Their arrangement of the hair they and
their women carried eventually to the
highest point of artistic excellence
Gentleman's Magazine.
, 1891-08-26

A new antiseptic agent called micro
cidine, which is composed of 10 per cent.
of naphthol of SODIUM and 25 per cent.
of naphthol and phenyl compounds, has
been tried in France, 1t is a white pow
der, soluble in three parts of water.
The solution, which is cheap, is said to
be a very effective antiseptic, without
being poisonous Or caustic or injurious
to instruments or linen. Its antiseptic
properties are inferior to those of corro-
sive sublimate Or naphthol, but surpass
those of carbolic and boracic acids ten
and twenty times respectively. The So
luton has given excellent results in
dressing wounds New York Telegram.
, 1891-08-26
Curved Trunks Get Straight.

Possibly the greatest manifestation of
growth power that could be referred to
is in the power of many trees to curve
their trunks when partly blown over,
though they may have had them straight
for a quarter of a century. This curious
subject is yet in it's infancy rs "a branch
Of study; but SO far the c%urving has
been noticed more in connection with
palms and coniferous trees. A trunk
may be, say twenty or thirty feet high
and a foot thick, and as straight as a gun
barrel. Should it, from my cause, be-
come tilted in a few years the whole
trunk from the ground to the summit
will be found curved like a bow.
1t was at one time thought that plants
grew toward the light, and we come to
believe that "as the twig is bent the tree
is inclined" but it now seems that
grew" is not here an active verb-the
a offoliage-that which was grown as
well rs that which is growing-is really
lifted-lifted by some power in nature
SO far entirely unknown to vegetable BIZ
ology.-Thomas Meehan in Philadelphia
Ledger.
, 1891-08-26
A SPRAY OF HoNeYsUcKLe.

l broke, one day, a slender stem
Thick set with little golden horns
Half bud, half blossom; and a gem
Such as one and In autumn morns,
When all the grass with dew Is strung.
On every fairy bugle hung.
dropped It, careless, In a place
Where no light shone, and straight forgot
Its delicate, dewy, howery grace.
Yet from the dark, neglected spot
Stole, unresentinR, through the gloom
Sweet breaths that giaddened the whole
room
Whereat I thought, o heart of minel
A lesson for thee, plain to read:
Thou needest not that light should shine,
Or any man thy beauty heed;
Enough-if haply this be So
That thou hast sweetness to bestowi
Mary Bradley in HArper's Bazaar.
, 1891-08-26

Arago, the great French scientist,
dreaded nothing more than seeming
ridiculous. He was careful Of his dig
nifty even with his most intimate friends.
Eugene de Mirecourt give an amusing
account in his Portraits ct Silhouettes
du XIX Steele" OF Arago's modification
at having to share a room with his
friend, M. Quetelet, director Of the
Brussels observatory.
They were at Louvain. When it ap-
peared that the best accommodations
that could be given them was one room
turbed. When they went to the room
he paced the floor impatiently, while the
Belgian astronomer watched him in as
constituent and dared not prepare for
bed.
Finally Arago seemed to form a des-
perate resolution. He exclaimed, 81
ought to tell you, my dear friend, that
it is impossible for me to sleep unless l
nave on my head"-
WHAT"
"a cotton nightcapr" O..
Faith, that is my own habit" replied
M. Quetelet. MANY persons cover their
heads so when they go to bed"
do you think SOP said Arago with a
sigh of relief. But that is not all.
When l sleep"-
"Well2"
81 snorei"
"Ah, so do l. make as much noise
as a pipe organ" returned the Belgian.
ooh, well, then, that is different"
said Arago, much consoled. LET us go
to bed"
, 1891-08-26

About sitting Erect and LnunGrE.
The crusade which began some months
ago against the habit of Americans "sit-
ting on their spines" has suddenly start
ed up again. The lackadaisical, round
shouldered and slanting carriage of New
Workers is noticeable in nearly all public
places. | have often observed, in glanc-
ing over the people in the big restau-
rants, that the diners lounged in their
chairs almost without exception The
man who sat erect in a sensible fashion
was n great rarity. All along Broad
way loungers in hotels are sprawled
over their seats in a similar way, and
nothing is more common than to see a
man slide down in his eat in the thea
ter until his knees are wedged against
the chair in front Of him and his neck
rests upon the back of his own chair.
In railroad trains there is a similar ex-
hibition of l~ackadaisical, sprawling.
loungiug and half recumbent men. |
have a notion that all of this is due to a
certain extent to ignorance.
Men who have long journeys to go
through should try the effect of sitting
upright in the corner Of a seat one day
and sprawl all over the seat the next.
They will find that the percentage Of
fatigue is ~immeasurably smaller when
sitting squarely in the seat than when
trying to cover it in 3 rScambent posi-
ton. So it is in the street car, the cab
and the elevated trains. The principal
advantage of the erect posture is that
when n person sits in this way, without
leaning against the back OF the seat, the
jar of the car is so distributed that it
never reaches the head. There is much
more comfort to be had in. sitting erect
than in lounging. = Blakeley Hall in
Brooklyn Eagle.
, 1891-08-26

A curious illustration of the domestic
economy of the Egyptians has been met
with in the unwinding Of the bandages
OF the mummies. Although whole webs
of fine cloth have been most frequently
used, in other cases the bandages are
f~ragmentary, and have seams, darns
and patches. Old napkins are used, old
skirts. pieces of something that may
have been a shirt; and once a piece of
cloth vas found with an armhole in 1t,
with seam and gusset and band finely
stitched by fingers themselves long since
crunibled and their dust blown to the
four inds.-Harper's Bazaar.
, 1891-08-26

DR.. l.. Corneau, author Of a work en-
titled Certain Signs of DEATH" says
that he car cite ninety-siI well anthem
ticated cases where persons were buried
alive by mistake. Here is one; A French
army officer, on Aug. 80, 1886. was buried
at Saintes with military honors. The
parting salute awoke him from apparent
death. He knocked upon the lid of the
coffin, was heard and set at liberty. He
marched back to the house of mourning
at the head Of the detachment that had
been detailed to escort his remains to the
1871
, 1891-08-26

A westerner has invented a hay rake
which he thinks will avoid some of the
defects of those now in use. 1t is u COM
bination of the sulky and revolving rakes.
There are the wooden teeth of the re-
volving rake hanging under and revolv-
ing round the axle. The proper motion
is given by mean of n hinged back. The
idea is a sulky rake which will not
gather dirt and rubbish, and will drop
the hay in the windrow without drag
cling it several feet or yards beyond
Nav York .Jonrnnl
, 1891-08-26

The senior proprietor Of this paper has
been subject to frequent colds for some
years, which were sure to lay him up il
not doctored at once. He finds that
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is reliable.
1t opens the secretions, relieves the lungs
and restores the system to a healthy con-
ditiop. II freely used as soon as the cold
has been contracted. and before it has be-
lessons the attack and often cures in q
single day what would otherwise have
been a severe cold.-Northpestern Hotel
Reporter, Des Moines, La. Fifty cent
bottles for sale BY druggist.
, 1891-08-26
sfAYINe ne HANp oE peA1a-
There Is Said to BE n Certain and Rapid
Means of Reconciliation.

There Is Said to BE n Certain and Rapid
Means of Reconciliation.
Colonel Henry Elsdale, of the Royal
engineers, claims to nave discovered n
certain and rapid means of resuscitating
persons from the effects of suffocation.
A sapper among the men under his COM
mand at Chatham was one day found
enveloped in the folds of a half empty
war balloon. The coal gas with which
it had beer inflated had ~suffocated him,
and to all appearances he was a dead
man. But efforts were made to restore
him, though the pulseless heart and ca
daverous face of the man gave no en-
enlargement to persevere. In a mo-
ment Of something like inspiration it
occurred to Colonel Elsdale to send for
some tubes of compressed oxygen which
had been prepared for the oxyhydrogen
light
This pure oxygen, at a very high pres
sure, was hurriedly conveyed into the
mouth Of the PROSTATE sapper by means
OF inserting the nozzle of the valve be-
tween his teeth, and the supply was
gently turned on" to the Smallest ex-
tent. The effect was absolutely instan-
taneous- In an instant he opened his
eyes and seized the nozzle between his
teeth. In short, the sapper was not only
thoroughly revived within IA few min
utes, but in half an hour walked away,
quite well, to the barracks, and refused
to go to the military hospital, as was
suggested by his commanding officer.
OF course the objection will be raised
that everybody has not tubes of pure
oxygen at high pressure in readiness to
annlv To gnrh raaag b. Honnf1u rr-rr i,
quantities as large as those administered
is not needed, and it can be stored ''in
small, strong bottles made of the finest
steel, with a valve giving an absolute
hermetic SEAL"
These vessels may be as small as a
o water bottle, and may be made part
of the medical stock of every doctor.
Oxygen at any degree of compression
required can, in fact, now be obtained,
and the whole apparatus for restoring
vitality can be packed in a small box
quite portable.
What possibilities may not such a dis
covery as that to which we have drawn
attention involved 1t is equally availa-
BILE, we are assured, for those persons
who have been asphyxiated by choke
damp in coal mines, or by ordinary coal
gas. People apparently drowned, and
those insensible from long exposure in
the rigging of a ship, might also be saved
from an untimely end by what Colonel
Elsdale calls "a dose of oxygen"
1t would probably be invaluable, too,
in cases of ~suffocation from the fumes of
charcoal, or in cases where chloroform
had operated i~njuriously on a weak
heart. Such a discovery should at once
occupy the attention of the Royal Col
lege of Physicians, with a view of ascer-
tanning whether Colonel Elsdale has
overrated the benefcient effects to be an
ticipated from the administration of
-nnra nxvnen -I.nndnn Chrnnicln
, 1891-08-26

prosecuting historical studies. He speaks
the German and French languages f~luently.
Then he was appointed attache Of the
American League in st. Petersburg,
Russia. He returned to America in 1856
and soon after received the appointment
of professor of history and English litera-
ture in the University OF M~ichigan. He
resigned IN 1862 and subsequently, was
twice elected to the state senate. He YVES
largely instrumental in organizing Cornell
university and was practically its founder.
His works include The Warfare of
Science, " Syllabus of Lectures 10 Mod
err History, " The New Germany, "A
History of the Doctrines Of Comets
Studies in General History" Prot.
White is a man of wealth., much Of which
he has devoted to the endowment OF Cor
nell university. He thoroughly believes
in the influence of newspapers and
brought his influence TO bear TO have lee.
lures delivered on journalism in the uni
vorsity. The lectures have been largely
attended by the students and have already
proven the wisdom Of the originator.
Prof. White lives in Ithaca, N. Y. lie
is a very popular man.
, 1891-08-26
ANDREW ID. WHITE.
A Proposed Republican Nominee for
Governor of New York.

Prof. Andrew D. White will accept the
nomination for governor OF New York
should it be offered him by the Rcpubli-
cans. He thinks the Republicans can
win tins fall. Andrew d. White was
born in Homer. n. Y, Nov. I, 1882.
His ancestors we're New Englanders and
noted for their sturdy traits of character
and practical common sense. He entered
Yale college aud was graduated in 1858.
Afterwards he spent two years in Europe
, 1891-08-26

Now and then a small door may be
seen high up in the piers that divide the
nave from the chancel. This is the door
that c gave access from the winding
stair within the pier to the footway on
the top of the screen with which most
churches were once provided. When
screens were found inconyenient and
were removed, these doors were left.
Rsss church, Herefordshire, has a no.
ticeable example; Hinckley church, Lei
cestershire, has another. -Gentlemsn's
Magazine.
, 1891-08-26

Persons should never travel without
a box OF B%randreth's Pills. A few doses
taken before going on ship will prevent
sea sickness, and one pill every night on
shlpboard will counteract the costive
action of the sea air. When sick, troubled
with pains, cold, or dizziness. or having
rheumatism take from three to FIVE pills
and If they do not operate in an hour or
so take three or four more.
Brandreth's Pills are purely vegetable,
absolutely harmless, and safe to take al
any time.
Sold in every drug and medicine store,
either plain or sugar coated.
, 1891-08-26

For a number of years | have been sub
iect to violent attacks OF inHammatory
two months. On the first OF this month
l was attacked in the knee and suffered
severely for two days, when / procured a
bottle of Chamberlain's Pain Balm and it
r. d. WHITLEY. Martindale, N. c.,
February, 1883. Mr.. Whitley is a very
prominent man in this place and his dis.
ease wa very widely known as he suffered
such severe pain. w. NJ. HoUsToN &
Co.. Martindale, N, G. Fifty cent bot
ties for sale by druggists.
, 1891-08-26

The next state firemen's tournament
will be held at Rawllns. 1t can be safely
predicted that the warm welcome ex.
tended to the fremen at Rock Springs
will be repeated at Rawlins. The state
association is already a great SUCCESS and
reflects extreme credit upon the executive
skill of the men in the western part OF the
state, who originated the idea.
, 1891-08-26
Sea Bathing 1000 Miles From the
Sea-.
AT GARFIELD BEACH.

AT GARFIELD BEACH.
Tn famous health resort, Garfield Beach,
on Great Salt Lake, eighteen miles from Salt
Lake City, IL 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 "Slghts and Scenes In Utah." or
"A Glimpse OF Great Salt Lake"
, 1891-08-26

Fare and one-ffth for round trip to
Rock Springs for fremen's tournament,
Aug. "a and 25, and for the teachers
institute at Evanston, Aug. 81.