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Show T- Th KutsUi'l rtflHrltf, pression just abovo its base, and he Terbapa tba mandolla is stealing soma oi the popularity enjoyed by At any rate, thejormer instra-mea- t is becoming' a greater favorite Is folt-desu- Cunning as thin 'animal sa. his sclioi displaced a lack of inventiveness a hich Sai.derson i hargt s against the iae, and this defect saved the lives of many who woad tLerwl' the-banj- a society, and shop windows show them mnch more frequently now than heretofore. Formerly all the mandolins usrd is this country were imported from Germany and Italy; bow nearly all tbstro used Jiere and great are mj4 hi this counny areK try. In the past year and a nil! or : two years the mandolin has become S. I vety popular her and ju popularity shown no signs of diminishing. The i-- . rim ra-U- htrrp 1 Spanish-Amerfca- i I "E?. a.id habit-- '""? t of the Tk t. "r" nr PHYSICAL STRENGTH, man who suffers from nerv- ous debility, impaired memory, low spirits, irrita-ble tem thousai zangements of mind and body that result from, nn-- " natural, pernicious habits usually contracted in youth, through ignorance, is thereby incapacitated to thor- oughly enjoy He feefs life. -- Take Home a Bottle ALLENS : Lung Balsam PA". MliblUl l ..asgfliagargc I. BLaaUaMt 1 this !' akin Arb - row a and 1 eria Branch. corntrie, ir ... I ea closely to that, mentioned in the scriptures is still naturally produced iu some considerable quantity, It comes say Good Housekeeping. ImiiL the lender hraalihca of the tama ist, and is known to the Persians by It the name of "tamarisk honeyL consists ol- - tear-lik- e drops, which etude iu consequence of the puncture of an insect during the months of June ami July, in the cool of th morning it is found solidified, and the congealed tears may be shaken front the limbs. That. In fact, is oue of the methods of gathering' manna.t Herodotus alludes to the sumo nut.-i- lions product, so that there is no doubt it has been known in those regions from the earliest ages. It is easy to see how it might be produced in wonderful quantities without any special manifestaIt is a tion of the supernatural. sweetish substance, pleasant to the taste and highly nutritive. d Some students of the bible have the manna there mentioned to have been a fungus growth; but whilu tuo explanation would be a natural on, the modification which it would require is an unuecessahy one. There are numerous interesting things, nevertheless, aiiout the various kinds of fungi, which modern experimentation has decided to be edible; and not only that, but highly palatable and nutritive. What country boy of an imaginative nature but has frolicked in mimic warfare with Imaginary foes, get! ing the smoke, for his artillery and infantry from .the numerous puffballs' which a convenient pasture afforded, while bis own lung power furnished the "crash and roar and cheer for the inspiring contest! Yet science has demonstrated that those very puffballs were once good to cat in fact, capablo of furnishing the most dainty nourishment. and fortification occupied a narrow-necof land dividing two small pools the - water- - holes of Kabis in Africa. It was a magnificent moonlight night,' and the hunter soon heard the beasts coining along a rocky ravine near by. Directly, an immense elephant, followed by the towering forms of eighteen other bulls, moved down from high ground toward his hiding place, with free, In the sweeping, unsuspecting step. luminous mist their colossal figures assumed gigantic proportions, but the leader's position did not afford an opportunity for the shoulder shot. and Anderson waited until his enormous bulk actually towered above his head without firing. The consequence was, he says, that in the act of raising the muzzle of my rifle over the skarm, my body caught his eye, and before I could place the piece to my shoulder, he swung himself round, and with elevated trunk and ears spread, desperately , charged me. now too It was to late of think less much flight, of slaying the savage beast. My ovm life was in the most imminent jeopardy; and seeing that if I remained partially erect he would inevitably seize me with his proboscis, I threw myself upon my back with some violence, in which position, and without shouldering the rifle, I fired upward at random toward his chest, uttering at the same time the most piercing shouts and cries. .The change of position in all probability saved my lifer for at the same instant the enraged animal's trunk descended precisely upon the spot - where I had previous! crouched, sweeping away the stones, many of them of large size, that formed the front of my skarm, os If they had been pebbles, In another moment his broad forefoot passed directly over my face. Confused, as Anderson supposed, by his cries, and by the wound he had received, the elenhant swerved to the left, and went off with considerable rapidity. "D'Evves in Both lIemis- pheres') relates one of the many reliable incidents illustrative of the animal's implacability when aggrieved. A friend of his, a field officer stationed at Jaulnah, owned - an ' elephant remarkable for his extreme docilityr One of the attendants not his ma- tired, spiritless, and drowsy ; his sleep isdisturbed land does not refresh liim as it stwuld ; the will power is weakened, morbid fears 1 taunt liim and may result in confirmed hypochondria, or melancholia and, finally, in soiling of the brain, epilepsy, (fits"), paralysis, locomotor ataxia and even in dread insanity. and restore such To reach, unfortunates to health and happiness, is the aim of the publishers of a book of 136 pages, written in plain but chaste language, on 'the nature, symptoms and of such curahility, by diseases. This book will be sent sealed, no. in plain 'envelope, on receipt of this tice with ten cents in stamps,' for Postage. Address, Worlds Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y. For more than I quarter of a century hout the creature and was physicians connected with this widely discharged in consequence. This man celebrated Institution have made the left the station; but six years after be. treatment of the diseases aliove hinted at unfortunately for himself, returned, their specialty. Thousands have con- and walked up to renew his acquaintsulted. them by letter and received advice who let and medicines which have resulted iu ance with the abuse'd brute, himapproaeh without - giving the permanent cures. Sufferers from premature old age, or least indication of anger, and- - as soon loss of power, will find much of interest as he was close enough trampled him in the book above mentioned. to death. . "A rogue who infested the Bala-ghof district is described by Baker a a captured elephant who, after considerable detention, escapad to the forest again. Domestication, he remarks, beems to have sharpened its intellect and exaggerated its powand ers of - mischief cunning. IT CURES COUCHS & COLDS. "There was an Actual love of homicide in this anlmsL He continually changed Great Rock Wand Route place, so that wo ne could foretell his Playing Card.errata whereabouts, and approached those - If voosmai eeawtawamp O. 1. jro. whom he intended to destroy with PEBAMTAIN, Geol neb fatal skill that they never suswill peoeive poetpwd tM K you Mokit ick of ptsrtar ssffs TOT was too Kulee txamr pected his presence until it HeftuUfulsteel engrave late. lie made the public roads m&ttbcn free, InBy day and wight the -of far apart habitants ing Villages lj Waablnxlon l).C, heard the screams which accomImmeand ar panied Jiis attack, yilaltw,iD"W,tll1 diately the monster was in the midst of them, killing men, women and children. At length Colonel Bloomfield, aided by the whole population, succeeded In hunting the beast Maddened by pursuit and down. wounds, --he turned to charge, and as Owaha DIM W It he lowered his trunk when closing, a AbvsrtkwwaaW heavy rife ball struck him in the de home-treatmen- t, of EATERS- Wf answering upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the sometimes is so employed. At all system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease; and giving the patient events, in face of various assertions strength by building up the constitution to the effect that it never strikes with and assisting nature in doing its work. The its trunk, we End Anderson nearly proprietors Lave so moeh faith ia its curative powers, that they offer One Hundred killed in this manner, lie was shootDollars for any case that it fails to cure. ing from a karm.' that is to say, a Beud for list of testimonials. trench about four feet deep, twelve or Address, F. J. CHENEY & CO-- , Toledo, O. fifteen long, and strongly roofed exMold by Druggists, Tie. cept at the ends. This hiding place Hall' Family Pills 35c. cheerful spirits and the ability to fully enjoy life, xotne only with a healthy bodyand Blind. The young raplt with If any one was out Hak It Trow Taa trite In come of the Eastern b 1 ble fibers. You can make better food tivtt. MANNA two-horn- Dtamaads. in a shaking its The-m- The diamond is believed to be of re cent geological formation, and a microscopic examination often discloses in its substance minute plants and vegeta- J smal tree the rogue never thought of ge'.tiuj at him by n His Reads. "Aaron's boy would do tiptop if he had a string long enough, said one neighbor to another. "I don't know what use a- - business roan can put a string to, said neighbor Number Two. Well, if he could tie np all th loose ends that he leaves dangling, tie himself down to his work, tio his pocket book together, and then tie his tongue so it wouldnt wag so busy, he'd be useful a man as we have got in town. But I doubt if it can be done. It would take considerable string. Wn hilled. of reach usually dealers in musical instra-- luw not always able to Veep opKrittmibrnlh-tgHbffSnf- f west It ia said that we 1 not roll upon legendary fictions. tnakq in thin country mandolins better The elephant is the great mystery than the imported, and the same ia of mysteries which, of course, he does said of American guitars Guitars not solve, but he gives us new phases now used jre Tre Th&racTfTinia mtra vora ttrconp throughout the land, sod they are also nt bat a good many of the popularly accounexported to all tries Fhilsdephia Bulletin. cepted theories regarding this most interesting of animals. SfyitlfylBf a Kentucky Aedisec. Baldwin, Harris and a few other Colonel Kaintuck Tslking about authorities report that elephants are most slight'of hand, the mysterious sometimes attacked by the black rhitrick I ever saw was in a little town noceros, but otherwise an they have no down in Kentucky; wasn't s professional, either, but just a bright enemies except man. In Mr James young fellow who has a genius for such Alexanders account ('Excursion into things. He took a glass of water and Africa") of the manner in which thbse held it up before us all, and then wa beasts attempt to defend themselves threw a big tablecloth over him. In against the charge of an enemy of this two minutes he threw off the cloth-e- nd kind, it is implied that the trunk is there was the glass empty; yes, sir, habitually used offensively. ln fightnot a drop in it. ing the elephant, .he observes, the Friend Perhaps he drank it rhinoceros, for no white Colonel Kaintuck By Jove! Maybe he did. Never thought of it New rhinoceros ever does this, avoids the blow with his trunk, and the thrust York Weekly. with his tusks, dashes at the elephant's lOO Reward S OO. belly and rips it up. w ill be pleased The readers of this paper Apart from the question whether to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that eclence has been aide to cure this kind of combat over takes place, In all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's or what the result would be if it did, Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure so many reasons exist why the trunk known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh should not bo used like a flail, as here being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment Hall's Catarrh represented, that good observers have Cure is taken internally, acting directly failed to recognise the fact that it wholesale - sup-Hie- 4 rsw- sweeter, more wholesome. tM ROYAL tAKINQ POWOCR CO. WALL ST., HEW-YO- Ti Pats Hoar tha Mlakskla Cost So Much. . That is a very fins minkskin you you have, said a citizen to Mr. Frank Botefuhr. "H ought to be a good one, was the reply; "it cost me enough." Further inquiry elicited the information that the mink bad been killed on Mr. Botefuhr'a place, up on Cornell mountain. It had made way with four, teen of bis prize valued at tl4, and was then caught m a trap act by a man in charge. When it was found that the animal was trapped. the man took out a fine shotgun to kill it, but concluded it was not worth win to waste the powder and shot on so small a varmint, struck st it with the butt of the gun. The mink dodged the blow, and the man, becoming excited, whaled away at it again and smashed the stock ol the gun. The making good of this damage cost f 12 more, so the minkskin cost 82C net Mr. Botefuhr is not anxious to get enough skins st the same price to line tn overcoat Portland Oregonian. Doetor. e lst Jeffersonlss Simplicity Faactered, A pleasing' story of Jefferson's inau- Paterson's Method of Writing. It was Emersons practice to set his journal tha well-know- chic-kens- down in FaUS la One of the moat remarkable cases of n faith I have ever seen, said a occurred when I physician, was a sludent in Philsdelpliis. Thud" a patient, an Irishman, who had a broken leg. When the plaster banlighter one dage was removed and put in its place, 1 noticed that one of the pins went in with great difficulty, and I could not understand it A week afterward, in removing this pin, I found it stuck hard and fast and I was forced to remove It with forceps. What was my astonishment on making an examination to find that the pin had inbeen run through the skin twit-stead of through the cloth. Why, said 1, didn't yon know that pin was sticking in you? 'To be sure, 1 did, replied Pat 'but I thought you knowed your business, and so 1 hilt me tongue.'" detached thoughts as soon as they had taken shape. Whenever he had a lecture to prepare, he selected from his journal those sentences which seemed to bear on thtsubject of his discourse, adding 'whatever other illustrations or anecdotes suggested themselves to him st the moment "In writing my thougbs," he declared, 1 seek no order or harmony, or results. 1 am not careful to see bow they comport with other thoughts and other words; 1 trust them for that Any more than how any one minute of the year Is related to any remote minute which yet I know other WEAKNESSES OF FAMOUS MEN ia so related. The thoughts and the own magnetism, minutes their obey la IHBelaat Hat Bira Vaaf and will certainly reveal themselves In Mental anl Moral Health Dr. James Weir observes that mechanical geniuses, or those who deal mainly with material facts, do not, as a rule, show any signs of mental deIn proof of this, says the generation. London Public Opinion, one need only instance Darwin, Galileo, Edison, Maxim, Watt, Rumsey, Howe, etc. It is only the genius of aestheticism, the genius of the emotions, that is generally accompanied by unmistakable signs of degeneration. Swinburne's poems show the mental bios of their author, who is described as peculiar and eccentric. Many of the men who hate aided in making world's history, were victhe tims of epilepsy, as was Julius Caesar, military leader, statesman and author. Many men of. geniufhave suffered from choleric and spasmodic movements, notably Lenau, Montesquieu, Buffon, Ir. Johnson, Thomas Campbell, Napoleon and Socrates. Suicide, essentially a symptom of mental disorder, has carried, off many a man of genius, including such immortals as Cliatterton, Blount, list don. Clive and David. Alcoholism and morphinism are now regarded as evidences of degeneration, and have had - ABSOtUTEtYPURE- r"xr - his guration that has long been current, represents him as riding to the capitol and tying his horse to the fence, and then entering almost unattended to This fable has take the oath of oflii-e-. been dispersed. Current accounts relate his ceremonial installation into of lice surrounded by martial music, banners and guns Baivos of artillery announced his arrival and departure from ths capitol and tho militia paraded in front of his lodgings before he left for the ceremony. Scribner's v Better Every Tsar. Tims was when tha "glorious c'imete of California did not attract tourists But year after year tb tide of travel sets in stronger and stronger every foil and winter toward this favored region. There is no climate like it on this continent for a winter resort, and tbs usual fin service on th Union Pacific System bus this season beea brought to a degree of perfect ion which leaves nothing to be desired. For further information call on your The OnMpeeteA Dtseharg ef a Cnnnou Close by would net hav s mors disturbing of' nearest ticket agent orK.address L. LOMAX, . fort upon nerves which are vicorous than si Genera! Foss, and Ticket Agent, rdlnarysolM upon those thkt sre weak sod Omaha, Neb. nstrung. As n nervine, Hostetler's Stomach Bitten is unrivalled. By promoting dlgsstloa Whss ts Sell. and assimilation they overcome that gaatrio A potato grower of long experience, disorder, which Is the most prolific cause of nervous debility, and which, so long as It exists, discussing the question of whether it wa bettor to sett or hold therrop saver defeats In large measure the action of sedative sod opiate. Such remedies, moreover, necesMy opinion is that it is undoubtedly sitate the use of Increasing doses, and Boslly best to sell at 50 cents per bushel at csss to act altogether, exsept Is dangerous digging time, even if on were assured quantities. They never reach tb fountain of double the price four months after nerve head ol th trouble, and quiet the only storing. Handling, shrinkage and deby stmi paralyilng them. Equally objectionable are Boryunmedicated alcoholic stimulants. cay in four months usually reduce the and I amount stored about Kidney, bladder and liver trouble, malaria, and rheumatism are relieved by the have never found out when to market Bitters, which also promo lot appetite sad a crop; sightly repose. Wlatar Tsarist Tickets Via the Wabash laeesaas la Coantry aod City, Ball read Five thousand dollars in a country Art now on sals to all ths winter resorts of town ia affluence, if the beneficiary is ths Boutb, good returning until June 1st, content to stay there; but in a city the 15. Also Babvsst Kxitrsiox Tics its to sonth on excursion dates. Is adfamily man with only that income, all points la ambitious, can only just dition to above. Railroad and Btssnwhip he firovided In tb Uxitbd Btitx to all might fairly be described as ticketEcaorx, points st lowest rates. For rates, the cousin german to a mendicant and excursion date and full informs; And yet there are boros worthy citizens tickets, tlon or a copy of ths Horn Fveken rtuids, be who would doubtless st still, csUlsttt abash Oflirs, lMtiFsrnsm street, aghast these statements, and would wish to or writs G. N. Clattov, know how one is to spend 15,000 a year N. W, F. Agt, Omaha. Neb. without Atcttms ef Wild Animals ia ladle. Ferocious as the rogue elephant appears to he its record as s man killer is far below that of other animals in In- atSTThuiln lodio in 1SS5, the tigers killed 828 persons and 12,123 domriL animals; wolves killed 1,001 persons; leopards, 187 persons and 10,158 domestic animals; while the elephant is persons charged with hut sixty-on- e killed and six domestic snirruJa, Rogue are fur wolves and leopards tigers, more to he dreaded than rogue ele-- , . phants. lee with Glyrsrtae. V'anpaar liegeman's CuiwwiMEpimi Umm1awI Pjuw, CyiliWBE! ruw. Ac. Ce Ue CiM k Otto. L & In Canton, Chins, 800,000 live in house- boats. Glass bouses on wheels or now employed by horticulturists for forcing plants. , ( It ths Baby ts Cuttlsg Teeth, end sail tried rvewdy, kaa. h Sara sad M tketsld uiuv't Scorsese arsur tor CfcUdrse Tsstktaf. H If everybody was perfect what would th gossips do for interesting material! Hansen's Magic Cars Salve. " Warranted ts cur or lannc) rutusdod. Ask your iruggnt lur It. Pru.s IS ccuie. -- A good rinter ran always tall how the cast stands. For sale Billiard Tahls, oarond-hanchoap. Aptly to or address, R. G Axis, 611 a. 10th BL. Omaha, NsU. Thee may be plenty of room at the top, but happiness doesn't always get thsr. It Is better to fail in trying to do good than it ts not to try. time," a Brings oomfort and Improvement and tend to nersonal enjoyment when rightly used. The many, who li?o better than others and enjoy life more, with lew expenditure, by more promptly adapting tbe worlds beat product to the needs of physical being, will attest the vadue to health of tbe pure liquid laxative principle embraced ia tbe remedy, Syrup of Figs. Its excellence ia due to its presenting in the form most acceptable and pleas-au- ( to the taste, the refreshing and truly beneficial propcrtica of a perfect laxative; effectually cleansing tha system, dispelling cold, headaches and fever ano permanently curing constipation. It baa given satisfaction to millions and met with the approval of the medical Eoded lhs EmibarraMmiit. beexuw it aetk on the-Kiprofcw'mn, An old man in a Cheshire workhouse and Bowel without weakLiver neya, lately admitted to th poor law guar- ening and it U perfectly free from them dians thst he bad 5 in bis possession substance. to provide for bis being buried beside every objectionable for sale by all of h (Syrup Fijr decided wife. that The his guardian in 50c and II bottles, but it i manas ba wa not destitute be bad no busiufactured by tbe California Fig Syrup ordered and ness in the workhouse, him to be turned out. At dinner the Co. only, whose name ia printed on every next day tbo poor man seized a knife, package, also tbe name, Syrup of Fig, cut his throat and so relieved the guar- and being well informed, you will out dians of tbeir embarrassment accept any substitute if offered. one-thir- well-grow- extravagance. KNOWLEDGE 1 n d Addison, Hoffman, Charles Lamb, Burns and many others. In men of genius the moral senss is sometimes ebtunded or absent. Sallust, Seneca and Bacon wers suspected felons; Rousseau; Byron, Foscola and Caresa were grossly immoral, and Casanov a, the gifted mathematician, was a common swindler. lungs by Fiso s Cure for Consumption. U'USA Limdamax. Bethany, Mo., Jan. 8,14. Property Rights Meehans Monthly Among : Birds and other Birds creatures apportion ths earth among themselves just about a man does. A bear has boundaries beyond which his fellow bear does not trespass with impunity the wild rabbit you fcee on your lawn is the same little innocent creature you have been seeing every la Darkt Africa. night ail tho summertime aod even Nealy Arrived Missionary My poor the robbin that gathers the early worm friend. I don't see how I ant fo start for his breakfast from your garden will to enlighten yo.i.- Yoj apparently show fight when another cornea marknow absolutely nothing!' auding on his preserve. Nor does this last a year only, for there is' good eviThe7 Cannlliul King -- Ifi. j i! Kuo the same bird will come dence noting, hey? Yo'tink I was in museum back to that the claim it staked off the year fo year fer noting? listen: Mamie, come kiss your honey boy! Texas previous. Low Rate Excursions Jssnsry IS, 1SS0. Sittings. - dru-j-gis- ts A On the above date, the Mbsonrl Pacific Railway and Iron Mountain Keats will sell tickets at half rates, ipius 82 00) from bt, Cairo and Missouri river gate-way- s "Mrs Snobby has u great deal ot Louis, to all points on their hoes in Arkansas, She style. Mercy, 1 wonder Iouisiana, including points on the K. C. whose It Is?" W. A U. ; to all points in Texas, Doming. K. M , and Fecos Valley points in New Mexico. a man I'm with good Staylait M ill also sell from and Kt Don is to deal of go. She, wearily I shouldnt points In Missouri Boutbthrough sod Went of Her, have believed it if you had not told risonvllle; from and through Ht. Louis, Kansas City, Leavenworth, Atchison, Kt me. Joseih and Omaha to points in Kansas, NeMamma, r disappointed t Ibotyht braska and Colorado. . For particulars reprivileges, and furMr. Plunkley was going to' propose garding limit, step-ove- r nearest ticket agent last night? Daughter So did I. ther information, see H. C, Towksxxh, Mamina Why didn't he? Daughter . General Passenger Agent, BL Louis. FLASHES OF HUMOR. ha? lie did. Mamma Ob!, Awfally Eaabsmuslag. Weeks I wouldn't stay at Mrs. Sue Did you bear about Blanche's Slimdietfc if the table linen' wasn't so terrible embarrassing experience at the nice and dean. Day She must be theater the other night? very particular? Uceks She never Neil No; tell me about it tne on the to table spot puts enough "Her hair comedown." cloth. "How excessively annoying.-- ' "Bat that wasn't tbs worst of it It "The insurance company is unwilunder the seats and was only reling to pay the loss on Muddle's house rolled covered after a good desL of trouble, Thera is a and that burned. "Why?then you can fancy what condition suspicion that he started the fire it was ia Pittsburgh Chronicle-Tele- Himself." "Pooh, bow absurd; heean prove he didn't; he's n married mao. ChlssH Dentistry. Great Scott another hat! cried The Chinese dentist makes artificial Mr. Harlem Flat, when his-witeeth from the femur of an ox, .and inthrew out s hint ."You are the most serts them by passing a copper wire extravagant woman In this part of through them and fastening them to town. 1 believe you have a different the adjoining teeth, hat for evry day in ths week. Ths fool thinks his death voukl leave S "Why, of course I have! 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