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Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-16
TRIUMPH OF THE INTELLECT
Supremacy of Brains Over Muscle in the
Animal World.
QUEER ANCESTORS or SOME COMMON BIRD
The Greatest Brnin weight Possessed
by the Jnpnpese--wiii They Re
come the yDos,tnnnt Race
of the Futurct

Copyright, 1897 by the s. S. Mcclure COS
Prof. o. c. Marsh Of the United States
geological survey and Yale university has re-
Gently concluded a series Of comparisons be-
tween the brains of fossil and modern ami
mails which give new turn to the theory
Of the Survival of the ittest." When the
Investigations Of Prof Marsh are accorded
their true scientific weight they will show
that the struggle for existence among pre-
historic beasts birds and reptiles has really
been battle of brains 1t has been suggested
that these researches involve the question of
the future dominating race of the world, and
select candidates for the coming honor
class of people from totally unexpected
quarter. No less race than the Japanese
are said to be the coming dominators of man,
and this simply because. as a class, they
possess the greatest brain weight of any
people in the world.
1t has always been a popular notion that
when that old phrase relative to the
weakest going to the wall" was uttered that
lack of Drawn, and not lack CT brain was
meant. But 1t seems now that the latter
Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-16
JACKS LETTER TO BOB.
The Lotus.

The Lotus.
Dear Bob: 7 am going to be married
But before saying more must write
About something which weighs on my con-
science.
In the Carnival season at Venice,
When We trained through the dampest of
With that party of jolly venetians
That at first we mistook for the Browns? I?
How, after the ball, / was married,
In joke to angel in black
To o., that ghostly and dark-hared marchesa,
That madcap queen of the pack?
Her mask simply heightened the romance,
p, And the joke seemed immense. till ] knew
That that rascally priest was a real one,
which made me uncommonly blue.
For they said that the marriage was legal
Till you got up duel and killed me.
To get me out of the scrape.
And took the next steamer for Naples,
And left my fair widow to fate
It's queer how her eyes come and haunt
Whenever I'm thinking of Kate
I could kick myself well, when think that
And pray that you'll bury the secret .s
Deep down in your innermost soul,
For my Kate would make things rather
For me, If she ever found out.
And now l will tell in what manner
our little affair came about.
We met on. the steamer from Naples,
states
And at table kind fortune had placed me
In the chair which was opposite Kate's
She's friend of the Browns, Bob beauty
With manners both arch and demure;
And she's tall and her eyes If you saw
them,
Would remind you of Venice. I'm sure.
In the nook just back of the wheel-house
We talked OF things joyous and grave
Saw the waters grow dark I'm the twilight
And the moons silver bridge cross the
wave
The rest is the usual story ee
Which no one knows better than you
Wen be married tonight, and I'll pause
here, u
And write you some more when we're
through
POSTSCRIPT.
Well, It's dome Bob and-would lou be-
She knows all about that affair,
And that was the Browns party-great
Caesari
They did us up brown, ] declared
And love her the more (but this follows,
OF course. when such cases arise)
For i've marrled-just think-my own
widow
Jerusalem! Yours. ~ -
Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-16
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

A Moscow bell weighs 423,O0O pounds.
Gas is rs cents per 1000 at Wheeling
Bank of England has 11,0OO employees.
Emperor Williams household employs 500
housemaids
Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-16


unimagined. And he could do this simply
because by this time his central nervous sys-
TEN, which is as a storage battery recording
impressions from the outside world, had been
aggregated into a massive cerebrum or fore
brain, which connected aud harmonlzed all
the various impressions, performing for the
human organism somewhat the same function
that central telephone station performs
for all the myriad detached wires In a great
city.
The prime function OF any brain at all
is to bring about such a coordination OF inn
pressions as this. But the earlier brains
those OF fishes and reptiles-are mainly
given over TO supplying what might be
termed substations for each of the senses.
Hence we find that these brains have large
optic and olfactory lobes, and very small
cerebrums or forebrains. All the vertebrates
OF early geological ages had such brains az
this. These creatures could feel, hear smell
and see accurately enough; what they lacked
was the capacity to associate the impres
sons brought by these channels OF sense and
build them into wide ideas. And the evolu-
tion OF the brain that went on as time pro
Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-16

Moscow bell weighs 423,000 pounds.
Gas is rs cents per 1000 at Wheeling
Bank Of England has II 900 employees.
Emperor Williams household employs 500
housemaids.
Two ounces of altar Of roses represent
the refined product of ton Of rosebuds.
1t is stated that every year the railway
servants of Britain get no less than 81 500 900
in tips from the public
In Marion county Tennessee farmer
driving a COW stopped to throw a stone at
1t and was seized with a pain at his heart
just he drew back to throw. He fell
over and died within a minute
The railway companies of Great Britain
carried $50, 900 passengers in 1885, of
whom 1856 were killed. During the same
year in the city of London alone, $50 per-
sons were killed by falling from buildings
or out of windows.
According to Pliny, Lolita Pauiina, the
| wife of Caligula, wore on her hands, arms,
neck, head and waist pearls and diamonds
to the value of s16SO000. Faustina had a
ring worth s200000 Domitia possessed one
worth 100000, and Caesonia had a bracelet
worth 100000
Miss Stella Evans of Colorado Springs was
boiling a can of lard over cook stove, and,
| picking up an egg, thought she would boil it
in the red-hot grease. The egg sooner
| touched the boiling lard than loud explosion
occurred ana TIE young woman was literally
covered with the flying lard.
The following are the commonest names
in New York, according to the New York
City directory for 1897 from which they are
selected: Smith $685. Brown, 1852; Miller,
1,495; Murphy. 1,21O; Meyer. LOB; johnson,
1,OS6; Kelly, 1,O74 Cohen, 1OO6: Levy 961 ;
Williams, 1913: Jones, S92; Murray, SS4; Will
son, SS3; Clark, S4S; Sullivan. $50; Mar
tin, SIG; White, 1872; Davis, 1862; O'Brien, 76O;
| Ryan, 1852; Moore, 752.
Hardham's tobacco shop in Fleet street,
| near Ludgate circus, London is to be torn
down after nearly a century and halfs ex-
| istence on the same spot. The fortune of the
| place was made by Garrick. who, to help
| along the proprietor. former actor, praised
on the stage his mo. 81" snuff. The shop
| became fashionable and Hardham left $110,-
| 900 to charity at his death in 1872.
| report OF a queer lawsuit comes from
| Eastkill hamlet in the heart of the Catskill
| mount tains. The plaintiff is Ole Halverson,
| Swede. who cultivates a small farm on the
| mountain side. He is suing Rev. j. G. Remer-
ton, German Lutheran minister, for dam
ages for christening his baby by a n; ne
which was not to his liking Halverson is a
patriotic Swede and wanted the child named
after King Oscar. The minister claims that
he chrstened the baby according to the wishes
of its mother.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-16
MILLIONS OF CLAY PIPES
They Are Made in an Old Shed in a Suburb
Of New York.
HAS A MONOPOLY OF THE BUSINESS
Primitive Methods stiiI Employed Bc-
cnuse No Inventive Genius Has
Devised a. Machine for
Their Manufacture.
HAS A MONOPOLY OF THE BUSINESS

The humble white clay pipe is attracting
attention because of the attempt Of the
American manufacturers to secure legislation
regulating the importation of European made
goods The only clay pipe factory of note in
this country is a one-story AFFAIR with a sim
gle kiln, located up a side alley in a New
York suburb, hence the special need of gov
ernment log-rolling may not strike the aver
age person very forcibly. Yet as over 500,
900 pipes are annually made in the little shed
and as many millions are imported, 1t will
be seen that the industry is not such o
small one after all. The contention Is that
a revised tariff would broaden and extend 1t
and make 1t a means of support for many
thousands. AS it now exists in New York 1t
is perhaps the most picturesque Of the still
surviving ancient trade.
The making Of clay pipes was an aboriginal
industry in this country, and many really ar
tlstic specimens made by the Indians are
preserved in our museums and in private col
lections. The colonist too. finding the
proper material at hand, took to supplying
Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-16

of the period, and its destiny was sure;
yet that brain was only half the size of that
of modern man.
BRAIN DEVELOPMENT IN MAN.
A million years or so later man had learned
to make crude tools of flint, and had devel-
oped what we now term a paleolithic or rough
stone age. Armed with artificial weapons
he had begun to dominate the animal world
about him. He could kill even the great
mammoth and feast on his flesh. But he
could do more. His big brain, come now to
be two-thirds large as that of the modern
European had begun to seethe with new
trains of ideas, new fahcies, aspirations, day
dreams such as no smaller brain had ever
domciled. He was not content to merely
fashion implements for pure utility-for the
qualification Of his animal desires-he began
to make ornaments, to grave outlines of
animals on bits of ivory. In word he en-
tered the. new realm of art-a realm hitherto
Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-16

out a mass OF pipe clay upon board until
thin sheet resembling a flap jack is
formed; a second boy stamps out the birds
with a cutter such as Is used by house
wife In making fancy cookies. This class OF
labor acquants the boys with the nature OF
the clay and FITS them for the more important
work in store for them. The Httle fat birds
are stacked in the kiln within the space be
tween the seggars and are burned with the
pipes.
TIE clay employed in the manufacture of
white clays Is, In its natural state, OF slate
color. and may be depended upon to come
from the kiln snowy white; with the red clays
there Is less OF a certainty that the hue Will
be the one required. Some clays originally
red have only a pnkish tint when fred The
red clays derive their color from the solution
OF iron contained in them and are not always
OF uniform character. Strange to say the
black clay pipes, which one occasionally sees,
are made from the same material as the white
pipes; the inky hue is produced by partly
filling the seggars with oak sawdust or the
dust Of btuminous coal, and placing these
seggars at the top OF the kiln, where the
heat Ia least, the carbon OF wood, or coal,
combines with the clay and the pipes come
out of the kiln dull black in color; the pipes
are then busted with plumbago and polished
off with cloth.
Coke. obtained from the gas houses is the
fuel used to heat the kilns and the burning
process lasts throughout the day-unless in
deed. there Is a demand for immediate de-
livery, or that very soft quality of pipe is
desired in the latter case few hours burn
ing with a hot fire will suffice to whiten the
clay and give the pipe sufficient stability.
A PIPE MINUTE.
The time actually consumed by an expert
workman in moding a pipe is about seven
seconds; 1t will, however, require fully
minutes work to complete a pipe-600 pipes
being considered fair days work. rapid
workman will sometimes make six gross a
Ia bnpn
out by bands employed in some OF the old
Scotch factories. In Scotland men only are
Omaha daily bee., 1897-05-16

and a couple OF little cherubs lowering
around It, nay yield an abstract pleasure 10
a smoker Of esthetic tastes, or a satyr-be-
decked stem may serve to trim a show case
OF street window. but a plain "T ID" OF JeT-
sey clay will absorb more nicotine than a
dozen such works of art h"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-10-13

led to my decision. am now ready ana
anxious to accompany you.
Mr.. Barnes scrutinized Marvel close
II to determine whether this were q
genuine or an assumed manner. He was
puzzled.
81 am glad" said he, "that you will
go peaceabiy. You save me a great deal
of trouble. T would haze taken you
back, even though it had been neces-
sary to get warrant and follow you to
sea in a tag. Then you would have been
under arrest. Now, since you offer no
resistance, you shall receive every con-
sideration. il will take you back as a
Witness. %
T will not gowith you as witness.
twill submit to arrest, though you
have no warrant, but if go with you
it must be as your prisoner. -
Gas you please. It matters not, SO
long as you return. +"
Mr.. Barnes and Marvel left Ports
mouth on the first train available and
reached Wadley's Falls the next morn
ing. While on the train iMr. Barnes
found an opportunity to be alone in the
smoking car long enough to piece to-
gether the fragments of the letter which
he had picked up when thrown away
by Marvel With mucilage which he
had procured at Portsmouth he pasted
each piece to another sheet SO that
finally the letter was once more legible.
It read as follows:
After the events Of last night It is best that
you leave the co1ntry. Do so without delay.
It would be madness to think of marriage now.
FAREWELL VIRGIE.
After studying this for long time
Mr.. Barnes was forced to admit that
the whole affair was as great mystery
as ever.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-10-13

"lfstrdcrcd' My God, this is tafghtfTl1"
term was applicable, for though s?;e
possessed charming face she could be
called neither handsome nor beautiful.
Small, we'll chiseied features, 4 rosy.
pert little mcuth, piercing black eyes
chestnut brown hair and q clear conl-
plexion with considerable color, these
were the salient points in her favor. IL
stature she was petite. But it was her
manner more than her physical charms
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-10-13

sDai!y. fDaily except Sunday.
via Central r. B., arriving Naming lo p.
m., Lanes 4s pm, Charleston 9 IS P. n.
Trains on Conway Srsuch lsave Oksd-
bou-n 10 40 6. m, arriye at Conway
wsy co p. "a, returning leave Conway at
24s p. m, Il ~ive Chaaoousn Is 2. m.
leav, Chadnccrn As . r., arrive at Hub at
s Is p. m., returnIoc leave Hub 80 q. z.
arrive ct Chadbourn el5 e. II. Daily ex-
aept Sunday.
JOIN +. DIVINE, Gsn'I s1pt
J. KENLY, Gen'i Manager.
$. d. EMERSON. Traffic Manager.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-10-13
SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE,
COLUMBIA, s C.

Session teeins September 2sih Classical,
Literary, Scientific. Normal and Law Courses.
wits Diplomas Sasc;al conrs.s. with Ger
:ifcates Board S. 2 north Total neces-
saiv expenses for the year (exc;usiee Of
travelling. clothing, and booksl. from Sll3
to Sl53 Women admitted to all Glasses
For further information, address the Presl
dent, F. G. WOODWARD
July "A.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-10-13

Trains 1@:wean sMiliard snt s.. Paul leave
N;l!arf: 70 ga n and IS p "a. sr:iving
st Paal &c g n anj 3 s. . NJ. Returcing
Gave 81 2.ri 10 25 10 snd u . Y, ao.:
arrive Miila73 10 45 g "a and &c . u. Das-
y eSccp; Sarda:
sDs,:y except Sas:dsy...
TliSaAS WILSON
Predsiens
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He acent aboard q schooner lying there.
him to attract attention, and then, be-
fore Mr. Barnes could say word, Mar
vel exclaimed:
els it you: am glad. Twill go back
with you
.sYou will go back with me?' Mr.
Barnes was much surprised at this sud
den change.
Yes. I an. sorry now that refused
at first. I see that it is the best course
to pursue. Yet I had reasons that
seemed to me at the first moment of my
surprise to be unanswerable and which
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1897-10-13
SOUTH CAROLINA AND GEORGIA
RAILROAD.

PASSENGER DEPARTMENT.
Corrected to Jan. 24th, 1897.
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do mean2 Who was it that
quarreied with my uncle? Who was i.
that threatened to Kill hiu:''
"My God, you mean my brother"
Alice sank in chair and sat staring
like cne in trance. Finally, - great
effort, she aroused herself and soened
to regain her self possession.
Virginia. you must think me CIT of
r.y mind to have acted as ! have, but I
have had terrible night. In my dreams
7 have seen your uncle murdered in 4
thousand fantastic ways. Therefore it
is not strange that when you startled
ne should have addressed you as I
did. It was q tremendous shock to have
you announce that all which ny ilnag-
ination had pictured was really true. "
Undoubtedly, Alice, but it is a
strange coincidence that you should
have had such dreams What We're You
thinking of when yoa retired that my
uncle should have been SO conspicuouslyT
in your thoushts:''
81 was thinking Of him. Bus will
tell you the truth at cncc.
Stop q moment. Twill listen to your
story after awhile. Il is OF vital impor-
tance that no more time should be lost
in warning Walter of the danger which
threatens him
eyes, but how Will ycu Go it: Do
you know where he is:''
'Hc is III Portsmouth by this time, I
hope he Will expect {. letter from me
tomorrow morning. came out to post
it, but an certain that arl watched
by the detectives. I did not dare to go
to our office for fear that they would
discover just what Go net want them
to know. The only way left is to send
the letter to New Market ard mail it
there How can we Go that::''
Alice had entirely composed herself
ard while her friend spoke was rapidly
dressing. She replied:
81 know the very ore to trust, for Of
course it must be tried friend, as the
bearer of the letter will discover the ad-
dress. Will Everly is the man for this
emergency. Walter. you remember,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-07-08
HAD A JOYFUL TIME.
ABILENE CELEBRATION WAS A
LIVELY ONE.
Races, Ball Games, Fireworks and
Red Lemonade Gave Everybody a
Chance to Be Happy = Several
Thousand Enjoyed 1t.

The Fifth Of July makes just as
good an Independence day as the
Fourth.
Abilene found it so and never had a
better time than this year. From the
early morning when the flags began
to futter from the stores and the
T small boy set off his daylight fire
cracker there was no cessation of Joy
until the last rocket stick had de-
scended.
The program of the day was carried
out in full. The weather was perfect.
The crowd was large, including sew
eral thousand. All parts of the
county were represented by happy
young people and special Santa Fe
train from Minneapolis brought 100
from the northwest. Solomon and its
fire department were here.
The crowd was good natured, the
accidents were scarce, the show was
good. Abilene's fire department. the
Flambeau club and all who took part
deserve credit for the excellent enter
tainment of the day.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-07-08
FIREWORKS AND FLAMBEAUX
Best Display Ever Seen in the Town
Was Presented.

The parade of the Flambeau club
and the fireworks display that follow
ed attracted an immense crowd for
the evening. There was a solid mass
of people filling the broad spaces Of
Second street from Spruce to Cedar
and hundreds occupied every want
age place on roof or window. The
club first gave a drill with torches
which was very pretty and showed
good training. Then with their
hambeaux they marched and counter
marched making scene Of red, white
and blue glory. Immense sky
rockets were fired from diagonal
corners of the parade ground aud
made striking feature of the show.
1t was in many respects the best fire.
works display ever given in the city
and was heartily praised by all who
saw it.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-07-08
TEMPERANCE RALLY.
Speeches and Songs at the Old Fair
Grounds Gathering.

About 100 people gathered at the
old fair grounds for the county TEN.
perance rally yesterday. A basket
dinner was enjoyed. Most of the at
tendants were from outside the city,
Mrs. W. D. Fisher of the W. c. T.
U. presided. secy. j. H. Engle, Rev.
W. c. Wheeler of Chapman, Rev. E.
Parkinson of Herington and Edward
Froelich of Enterprise made adj
dresses. Mrs. Bjorklund of the Sal
walton Army sang solo and there
were other songs. All present en-
joyed the meeting
Mrs. Brown, state president of W,
G. 7. IT,, was unable to come because
OF her mothers illness.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-07-08

The influence which may be exer:etl
By one person is admirably illustrated
in the case of young Indian who re-
turned to North Dakota after gradua-
ton at Hampton. He had learned there
to wash and iron and bake bread, all of
which he was teaching to his relatives
and friends; and after buying a dress
for his mother he carried it to mission
ary and begged her to cut it out. He
explained that he had never been taught
10 make dresses, but that with sample
he felt sure he could teach even that art
70 the Indian women.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-07-08
B. & O. Summer Book.

The Baltimore & Ohio railroad has
just issued very handsome book for
summer travel, describing the noun
tain resorts, springs and baths located
on and adjacent to Its lines; also the
various watering places on the ATTAIN
tic Coast. The routes for reaching
them are set forth in comprehensive
and clear manner. The book is
printed on fine paper, beautifully
illustrated, and will prove Of valuable
assistance to parties contemplating a
summer tour. Copies can be had by
applying to various B. & o. agents or
by sending 10 cents in stamps to
cover postage to ]. M. SchryveI, Gen.
Pass. Agt., Baltimore, Md.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-07-08
SOLOMON WON THE RACES.
Fast Time Made on the Firemen's 4
Contests.

At 2 o'clock we're held on Second
street the tiremen's races. The start
was on Cedar and the finish 100 yards
east. The crowd lined up along the
course and with difficulty was a way
kept clear.
The first was the dry hose race, run
100 yards, lay 150 feet of hose and put
on nozzle. Only Solomon and Abb
lene competed. Abiene's new run
ming cart, resplendent in black and
gold. was used and was much admir-
ed. Solomon's time was 26 1-5 Sec
onds; Abilene's 81 seconds. Most
Of Abilene's team fell down on the
way, only three remaining at the
end. First prize S25, second $40.
The hook and ladder race was 100
yards and climb ladder. On first
trial Solomon and Abilene tied on
10 10 seconds Second trial., Solo.
mon 10 20, Abilene 10 So First
prize $25, second $40.
Abilene's ladderman was W. Lips;
Solomon's, E. Hollingsworth.
Solomon's running team: Z Ram.
sey, H Jacobs, M Evans, G Evans, F
Ewing, D Toppin, S Hogan,W Hogan,
B Bowman, F Morgan, W Ferrill, +
Pontious, E Hollingsworth, B shaifer,
A Chellis.
Abilene's running team: W Lips,
I Price, I Hogan, H Matteson, G Nc
Coy, E Mcvey, P H Halleck, j Folk,
H s Folk, F Vanmeter, E Yeadon, S
Barber, G Wayts, J Monroe.
Judges: FA Wilcox, H P Apple.
baugh, c H Pattison; timekeepers,
NJ Baldwin, E H Forney..
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-07-08
and Wagner; Cochran and Matthews.

ana wagner cochran anu MattneWs.
In the afternoon the grounds were
crowded, the grand stand being pack
ed to suffocation. The game was a
walkaway for Abilene. Plenty of
errors were made on both sides but
the visitors played very poorly. l..
G. Humbargar umpired the opening
but calling visitor out at Srd when
it was close the Minneapolis boys
kicked Justify. Abilene offered to
give it up but finally to the salts
fly everybody Mr.. Humbargar retired
and C. H. Pattison bossed the game.
Bouldin made home run in the Stb,
the star bit of the game. Only s inn
ings were played, resulting:
Abilene. 0 5 0 0 3 LII
Batteries, Bouldin and Wagner;
Neeley, Matthews and Bennett.
No official score was kept Of the
games.
The receipts at the park were about
$500.
Abilene plays at Topeka July s., 9,
10.
Atchison plays at junction July I,
s, 9 and may come here next Monday
and Tuesday.
Parsons plays here July "A, 10, l6.