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Omaha daily bee., 1898-08-28

twelve males and A. many females In order
10 study them at his leisure lie was not
long in finding out that those OF the fair
SEX were remarkable for perfect sobrlety.
These winged ladies drank nothing but
water, several drops OF dew day. TO quench
their thirst.
The males. on the contrary, were OF a
revolving intemperance.
They came" said the professor. ITO the
flowers whose distillation produce the most
alcohol and they drank Of the juices to the
point of remaining inanimate several hours
There was not a day when I did not pick
up butterflies dead drunk" And the pro-
fessor is persuaded that the butterfly does
not merit the reputation for Inconsistency
which the poets give It, When the insect
is overcome by the abuse Of strong liquors
it staggeringly takes itself to its spouse to
receive the attention which its state needs.
The professor conducted his experiments
so far as to intoxicate his pupils. not with
flowers, but with veritable spirits, OF which
he placed few drops on the glass OF the
greenhouse.
The butterflies did not hesitate; they pre-
cipitated themselves upon the whisky and
several of them succumbed.
Some butterflies at liberty were attracted
by the fumes Of a glass Of gin left upon
table in a garden and fell asleep after ex-
cessiye libations.
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are necessary to crack the tough nuts and
reeds which form part of their food.

are necessary to crack the tough nuts and
reeds which form part Of their food
The cave is SO straight that the traveller
can enter for some distance without being
obliged to light his torch. AS he proceeds
over the somewhat rough ground which
forms the bed Of the river he begins to
Guacharo birds, and when he has arrived
at the dark parts Of the cavern the noise
is perfectly terrific; thousands Of the birds
uttering their piercing cries simultane-
ously.
These screams re-echo from the surround
ing walls, and when 1t Is remembered that
they take place in pitchy darkness. it will
be easy to understand the superstitious ter
rors which the natives associate with the
spot.
Midsummer is the harvest time for the
fat. The natives enter the cave armed
with long poles. The nests are attached to
holes in the roof about sixty feet above
their heads.
They break these with their poles, and
the young birds fall down and are instantly
killed. Underneath their bodies is layer
Of fat, which is cut off, and is the object
sought. At the mouth Of the cavern huts
are erected with palm leaves. and there, in
pots of clay, the natives melt the fat which
has been collected.
This is known as the butter Of the
Guacharo; 1t is so pure that 1t may be kept
! for months, indeed for upward OF year,
| without becoming rancid At the convent
| of Caripe no other oil is used in the Kitchen
| Of the monks.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-08-28
THE OLD.TIMERS.

Isador Bush, who died recently in St.
Louis at the age Of So, was General John
G. Fremonts secretary during the early
part Of the civil war.
Ristori, at the age Of 76 recently read
in public the fifth canto Of Dante's Inferno,
and was received with great enthusiasm.
Julia Ward Howe made five public ad-
dresses in one day last spring, and she
is 70.
There lives in Marshall, Mo-, Alexander
| Steele, who was an own cousin Of Gladstone.
Mr.. Steele was born in Scotland in 1915, and
as boy used to be much with his cousin.
He came to this country in 1880. and up to
few years ago kept up an intermittent
correspondence with the "Grand Old Man.
Mother Krugermann. Berlin's senior
| artists model, is dead. at the age of %
years. Her husband fought in the battles
CT Leipzig against Napoleon I. She was
peddling in the streets when an artist took
used her as the model for Atropos with the
| shears in his we'll known painting, "The
Fates.'
Herbert Spencer is busy in his Brighton
| home revising those Of his books which need
| to be squared with the knowledge of today.
| He is now feeble old man and has been
obliged to decline all correspondence save
| that of immediate personal concern. He
| can work only short time each day. There
| is said to be steady demand for his books
| all over the world.
John H. Reagan, the only survivor 6f
Jefferson Davis cabinet, is living in Chicago
and Is almost so years old. He was post
! master general and secretary Of the treasury
During the reconstruction period he was on
adviser Of President johnson and Secretary
Seward. He was born in Tennessee, but
went to Texas when a young man. Since
| the civil war he has been elected rep
resentative in congress AMI United States
senator.
Abner c. Goodel, aged 90. Of Salem, Mass,
| Is the Oldest living inventor in the United
States. He perfected the design of the first
printing press which printed on both sides
| OF paper at once, and he also discovered
! the process for preparing steel and copper
plates for engravers. Later he helped build
| the first locomotive for the Boston G. Lowell
| railway. He worked on the first electric
| motor ever constructed, which afterward
| ran between Baltimore and Washington, and
| on the first engine lathe for the railroad
repair shop.
John Browne, one of the few survivors OF
| the Balaklava charge, died at Lichtield
England short time ago, 81 years old. He
| served through the Crimean campaign with
the Seventeenth Lancers, and was present at
| the battles OF Alma, Inkerman and Balaklava
| and the siege and fall Of Sebastopol On the
! memorable October rs, 1854, the day of the
charge of the Light Brigade. he was regi-
| mental trumpeter, and sounded the charge
for the death and Glory Boys" Browne
| escaped unhurt. but lost the heel Of his
| boot and spur by a musket ball, and had
| his coat tail cut off by a Cossack lance. He
was in India throughout the mutiny, being
| present at the capture and execution Of the
| rebel chief, Tantia Topee.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-08-28
chip to warrant q stage being slung over
the side to be occupied BY only ono

chip to warrant q stage being slung over
the side to be occupied by only one
Or two men, the others being kept ut q
distance. But familiarity with peril robs
men Of their fear and Hartley sat buslly
making ready shell after shell. filling them
with the explosive composition, and after
ward fitting In the fuses, driving them homo
and ranging the prepared shells In cases
till they should be fetched to be sent In
fiery arcs to deal death and destruction
amongst the enemy.
The laboratory was at that time full Of
explosive material. every grain of which
was OF inestimable value to the beleaguered
garrison, and it had been accordingly placed
In q position which rendered 1t impossible
for the shot or shell Of the enemy to reach
1t. But now the danger guarded against
from without threatened, IL possible, more
terribly from within-threatened to destroy
at one blow the whole Of the explosive COM
pounds stored for defense, and this at a
time when such loss would have been ir-
reparable.
Shell after shell had been filed, the grim
black spheres, as they lay ready, giving but
small signs Of their deadly power-the force
that should rend them into innumerable
shreds Of cast iron each to MAIN or slay.
Suddenly. while calmly proceeding with
filled shell, the fuse took fire, kissing loudly
as 1t discharged its rain Of sparks, and
burning rapidly away. There seemed hardly
time for thought, much less for action, and
the first feelings of Hartley were those Of
blank dismay.
He had seen the discharge and flight Of
shells SO often that he knew he could only
reckon upon its burning for a few seconds,
and then would come the dire explosion
that should act upon the part of the
fortress where he was like an earthquake
the bursting Of the shell being as it were,
but the flash in the pan that should prelude
the blowing up OF the laboratory. But
with the calmness Of the man whose trade
was one which brought him daily face to
face with death. Hartley seized the shell
IN both hands. hurried out into the open
air and then with tremendous effort
hurled the deadly globe far into space,
where q couple OF seconds after it harm
lessly burst. 1t was not until some time
after that the performer Of this daring act
could thoroughly realize the great danger
that had threatened him with destruction.
and, though the peril was past it was some
time after, and then only with unstrung
nerves. that he returned to his perilous
task.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-08-28
PRATTLE OF THE YOUNGSTERS.

"Mr. Meeker. your nose looks Just like
other folks noses"
Hush. Wille!"
81 heard you say the other day. mamma
that Mr.. Meeker had had his nose to the
srindstone for seventeen-quit that!"
The governess was giving little Tommy
q grammar lesson the other day. "An alb
stract noun," she said, "is the name OF some-
thing which you can think Of, but not
touch. Can you give me an example
Tommy-A red-hot poker!
Edgar, aged 4, accompanied by his mother
was watching a regiment Of soldiers, headed
by its band marching by. Mamma" he
asked, whats the use Of all them soldiers
that don't make music?"
One day little 3-year-old Mamie was
passing through the market with her
mother. and, seeing strange looking OBJ
ject, she asked what it was. why. dear
that's head Of cabbage" replied her
mamma. "Zen where's its mouf an eyeses?
she asked.
Mamma" asked little fellow Of s, NOV
that I've got jackknife and pocketbook
amt a man like pape?" Eyes, suppose
so," replied his mother. "Well, then" he
continued II wish you'd look and see II my
whiskers Is sprouted yet"
There is al little boy in Denver who is al
bright as an 1898 dollar, but he doesn't al.
ways have a ready command Of language
says the Denver Times. The other day his
sister got married. and Willie was the hap
piest boy in the crowd. for his newly ac'
quired brother-in-law had been generous IL
the purchase Of candy for the little fellow
After the ceremony was over and the tim,
for the shower Of congratulations had ar
rived, Willie was one of the last to reacl
his sister and her brand-new husband, ant
when he did get there he took hold Of thei
hands and studied for some time before h
| could say anything.
poor little fellow, he is almost crying
too" said the bride.
mo, I amt" was the brave reply; e
| have forgot that thing I had fixed UP to 81,
| and was trying to think Of somethin els
oh, yes, wish you many happy returns O
the day-that's what I had thought up
wish you many happy returns Of the day."
Omaha daily bee., 1898-08-28
RED, WHITE AND blue.
story of the Flag for which Many
Americana Have Given Their Lives.

story of the Flag for Which Many
Americans Have Given Their Lives.
The Cuban flag was first carried by Mar
ciso Lopez about 1s50-1S5l, when he in
vaded Cuba and lost his life. There are
quite a number of versions as to the mean
ing Of this flag: one is that the red equi-
lateral triangle stands for equality; the white
star represents Cuba, which would gain her
independence through a sea OF blood, and
the three blue stripes for the three depart
ments which they intended to divide the
island-Eastern Cuba. Central Cuba and
Western Cuba.
There is another version that once, about
1850 or 1851, a group Of Cuban exiles were
talking Of the new flag that should be
adopted and trying to get a suitable design,
when one Of them went to the window OF
the room in which they were holding their
discussion and saw the evening star shining
brightly In the heavens surrounded
by the glare Of the setting sun, while still
higher the sky was blue, striped with white
clouds.
The revolutionary flag Of Porto Rico is
Of the same proportions and design as the
Cuban flag, only the colors are changed.
Where the Cuban nag 10 red the Porto Rico
nlg u blue. and where the Cuban nag Il
Omaha daily bee., 1898-08-28
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HARTLFY'S COURAGE.
An Historical Incident Of the Great Siege Of Gibraltar
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The most memorable siege OF Gibraltar,
indeed one OF the most memorable of all
sieges, was that which the fortress sus-
tained from the combined sea forces OF
France and Spain during the years 1870 to
1888.
The great attack on the place was made
on the 18th OF September, 1882. and all the
resources Of power and science were ex-
hausted by the assailants in the fruitless
attempt.
1t was ON this day that humble private
performed an act which history has handed
down to U.S. The business Of the siege
progressed. The rock by the batteries sent
forth Its splinters to deal destruction around
at every impact OF the Spanish shot; but the
return fire was OF the most telling descrip
tion and most steadily kept up by the Brit
ish.
But removed from the smoke and din, in
the laboratory Of the garrison, surrounded
by the chemistry OF war, sat one man, a
humble private His 1t was, while his COM
rades worked the guns in the suffocating
easements OF the covered batteries, to pre-
pare the shells for the use Of the mortars.
dangerous task-so dangerous, in fact, that
even the examination Of the deadly missiles
is considered sufficiently perilous on board
Omaha daily bee., 1898-08-28
LITTLE GIRLS WINNING WAY.
Visited the President to Get Hel
Soldier RrOthcr Sent Home.

Soldier Brother Sent Home.
A little girl OF about years of age,
dressed in white. and looking as pretty as a
picture, came up to the door OF the White
House one day last week. while her mother
and aunt stood in the grounds. Approach
ing the usher at the door she said:
"Please, sir, want to see the PRESIDENT"
What do you want to see the president
about, little girl" asked the usher, kindly.
II want to see him about my BROTHER
Ralph; he's soldier, and We want him to
come home"
Just then General Corbin came along, and
the usher told him what the child's mis-
sion was.
Want to see the president eh?" said the
bluff old general. well. he's very busy
now. but am going up to see him. and you
can come along. We will see what we can
do about that brother Of yours"
The little miss, nothing daunted, went
along, and was introduced to the president.
what is your name?" the president asked
her.
blanche Richardson
And what is your brothers name?"
His name is Ralph Richardson, and we
live at st. Joseph, Mo-; but Ralph has been
going to school at Yale, and he joined the
First Connecticut regiment"
And you want him to come home now,
do you?" asked the president.
Eyes. please, sir. He's been away an
awful long time
General" said the president, "see what
you can do about this"
Then, STOPPING to the little girl: II think
you can count on seeing that brother OF
yours before very long"
THANK you. sir; I'm very much Obliged
and she made a courtesy which would have
done credit to a queens lady in waiting.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-08-28
DUTTER BIRDS.
Strange Cavern In SOuth Africa in
which They Live.

Strange Cavern in south Africa in
which They Live.
The cavern OF this most wonderful bird
Is in Caripe in South Africa.
Among the natives In the country
around, this cavern is celebrated for its
great size, for the mysterious birds which
haunt its inmost recesses, for the river
which flows from 1t, and for the super
sttious belief that in its gloomy depths
Is the abode Of the spirits Of their departed
ancestors. The name which it bears signi-
fes 'the mine Of fat because from the
young Of the birds which inhabit 1t an inn
mense quantity Of fat is annually oh.
tained.
These birds are about the size Of our
common fowl, with wings which expand to
three feet and half. All day long they
dwell in the cavern, and, like our OWLS only
come forth at night. They subsist entirely
on fruits, and have powerful beaks, which
Omaha daily bee., 1898-08-28
n Good Collector,

Lewiston (Me) young man tells how he
secured his place as collector for large
house in that city. He was working for
50 week for an Auburn man and used 10
collect bills He had a bill Of $3.50 against
rich Lewiston man and whenever he
went to collect It the man never had the
change. But he kept right after him till
he worried the life nearly out of the man
One day the Lewistonian paid him and told
him he never wanted to see him again and
ordered him out with strong language. A
week later the same man sent him an Offer
Of $l6 week to do collecting and assistant
bookkeeping and added: You're the best
collector I know"
Omaha daily bee., 1898-08-28
Not the Wisest Way

It is not always best to wait until 1t is
needed before buying a bottle Of Chamber.
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diorrhea Remedy
Quite frequently the remedy is required In
the very busiest season or in the night and
much Inconvenience and suffering must be
borne before It can be obtained. 1t costs but
trife as compared with its real worth and
every family can we'll afford to keep 1t in
their home. 1t Is everywhere acknowledges ed
to be the most successful medicine In the
world for bowel complaints.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-08-28

blue the Porto Rico flag is red. 1t is singu-
lar to notice, that in almost every country of
which liberty is the watchword and guiding
idea, that the flag is composed Of the three
colors-red, white and blue.
Omaha daily bee., 1898-08-28
BUTTERFLY BOOZERs.
Male Founders FIJI Up on Alcoholic
Stimulunts,

A learned European professor states that
insects are not free from this terrible vice
and he accuses the most elegant among
them, the butterfly. Of being given up to II.
The professor shut up In . greenhouse
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-16
FATAL SLIP OF A WHEEL
EXPERT BICYCLIsT THROWN UNDER
AN ELECTRIC CAR.
Killed and Terribly Mangled-CeIe-
brated "Peg' Hamilton Carved
by a Barkeeper.

Virgil Johnson, bicycle instructor, was
instantly killed yesterday morning by a
Brightwood car at Massachusetts avenue
and Walnut street. Johnson was coming
southwest along the north side of Massa-
northeast Johnson attempted to cross in
front of the car and his bicycle slipped
from under him, throwing him directly in
front of the car. He was dragged a dis
lance of sixty feet and was terribly man
gled. The wheel passed over his head all
most splitting it i'm two. One shoulder and
arm were shattered and the abdomen
was frightfully crushed. The lower limbs
also were broken and battered Undertaken
Grinsteiner said that it was the worst man
gled body he had ever handled.
Several people saw the accident and they
agree that it was an accident and that no
fault could be attached to the motorman
or conductor. The car was not going faster
than is permissible Motorman Herman N
Sehandorf saw Johnson turn to cross ahead
of the car and hallooed to him, but the
warning came too late. When Johnson's
wheel struck the track at an angle it
slipped and the rider was thrown upon the
track
johnson was about thirty-three years old
and lived with his parents at S25 College
avenue. He was professional bicycle in
structor and it is considered strange that
hs should have been caught in such a trap
as resulted in his death. He was formerly
employed by the Bells company TO teach
purchasers of wheels to ride He also gave
lessons on his own account. The funeral
viii probably occur this afternoon at .
o'clock.
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charm of personality. The true test, the
true distinction of d man, the true sign or
bis superiority is neither his possessions
nor his knowledge nor his conscientious
ness. but his personal tastes. What are ms
affinities? what his predictions his sym
pathies. his aspirations, allotmentSE what
class of literat ure does he like? what books
does he read? what friendships does he
form? what talents does he prize in all the
spheres and areas of life? This II is that
distinguishes and determines the real Gull
ture and beauty of the human spirit Now,
so judged ! think we must hold that the
average taste of our Nation, like the aver
age taste of all other nations, is far below
what it ought to be. The books that are
read by, the average citizen are by no
the best histories, we do not read the best
poetry, we do not read the best literature,
we do not even read the best works of nc
ton. The average man is satisfied with
Mr.. Barnes, of New York" with Conan
Doyle. with Anthony Hope, with Marion
host of lesser lights AS a, nation we do not
prize Hawthorne, nor do we sufficiently
value Emerson. nor do we really enjoy
Thackeray or Peacock, or George Eliot as
we would if we were a thoroughly culti-
waited people.
Sometimes in our critical moments we
ind fault with the newspaper because or
the persistent appeal it makes 10 the lower
passions of human nature. We read the
morning or the afternoon paper and fnd
it full of everything that the human soul
does not need and ought not to have pur-
veyed to it; we find it full of the darker
aspects and episodes of human life, full or
the diseases and distempers of society, full
of the maladies ana vices of the world.
And yet if we lift our voice in the way of
protest what is the answer that comes
back to us? We are informed that all this
is but an expression of the life of the peo-
pie; that the papers are what they are be-
cause the people are what they are, that
the papers are Sational because the
people are sensational, and that If there be
anything in the newspapers of the day that
is low, facilitating and meretritious, it is
there because it is demanded by certain
corresponding instincts and passions in the
reading public.
But if this be true it is very clear that
the Harvard professor is not altogether
astray when he says that there are few
gentlemen in the United States, and when
in saying this he implies that we are as
people deficient in gentility, that is det1-
cent in the love of the beautiful, in the love
of the reasonable. in the spirit that is in
affinity with those things that make for
better, loftier and lovelier life
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New Camn BED.

Adjutant Poland. of the Second Regi-
ment, is the inventor of new scheme in
camp beds which has been adopted after
wholesale fashion by the officers al Camp
Mount. The main feature of the bed is that
it is perfectly portable by soldier on the
march. In addition to this, those of the
officers who have used them say they are
of the most comfortable sort. The contriv-
ance is a strip of canvas about the size of
simply stood on end and held in place by
means of small guy ropes. On the march,
bed and stakes can be rolled up into a much
smaller space than a blanket and carried
along with no inconvenience to the man
who uses it. This will, if adopted, obviate
the necessity of man sleeping on the
way of baggage wagons to transport the
beds. The invention has been strongly COM
and it is hoped that the government will
adopt it some time
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-16
Under
Your
Fingers.....

The average circulation of
the Journal is now more than
5000 greater than it was three
weeks ago. This increase is
staying with us, while on
several days within the past
week the circulation has gone
from $4,000 to $4,000 higher
yet. The Journals circulation
is not padded by fake extras.
1t has healthy growth be-
cause it gets the facts and
tells them, and doesn't guess
at anything.
Isn't the custom of people
who want their news served
to them in this way worth
reaching for?
The Journal places these
solid citizens and their trade
under your fingers.
Even a small advertisement
is better than missing such a
chance.
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CounciI Meeting To-Night.

Tonight the Council will hold it's regular
midmonth meeting. The most important
thing to come before it will be the franchise
of the New Telephone Company recently
made by the Board of Public Works. 1t is
in the hands of the committee on contracts
and franchises. At a meeting last week,
when representatives of the company init
mated that further delay would be disas-,
trous to their plans, the committee failed
to make report. 1t is expected to meet
tonight and arrive at some conclusion prior
to the Council meeting. subject of i'm
portance to people in the southeast part of
town is the question of making the rail-
road grades of Southeastern avenue con-
form to the street grade. This subject Is
to be reported by the committee on sewers,
streets and alleys.