Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 8, 1888, Page 9

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 1883,~TWELVE PAGES. ULLMAN PALACE CAR CO. The Modus Oper: randi_ Puvsued by Their Employes in Renovating Thewr F ulum- Cars. A TNeporter \mu the Yards and Learns All Abuut lt—Hundreds of [} Interview with One ¢ ho have enjoy the sumj long trips, T Frank Dahlst his co porter ence learned the following ha which that gentleman Mr. Dablstrom said, for awhile, situation at Provide for two whe owing experi- contly” passed e Bos - good then at its height 1 v aun landed fn Omaha something over ago, 1uoticed while in the New Engl Ahet L was always more colds in the head, and | ulilers with a was nearly my month al might the ather in my throat and ning it would ! arrence i and n th s, and 1 Wis of 1 e woull have to vomiy be myself of it. Then 1 hegan 1o notice that my hearing was o rless affected and 1 e AR DEAFNE: 8 as 1 had o constant ringing and buz; head and I thought that after [ tavice the climate wonld be beneflcial, ich was not the case, of getting better I continued to grow w Lite Wik poc ecially this the e « morntmg, uf which tinie 1 could scarcely cakfist at sl and what little smed to distress me very much. 1 up of wind and wonld feel sick for thun an hour atter eating, My food did ot seem to digest. T wis o Al the time, and siffered from b Iatteituted to the stomach cais d by indice tion, Whenever I would stoop downi to pick up anythivg I would beeome dizzy, wnd would tr quently stigger or would have to have support until the faint spells would | away, | was frritable and morose wid Wi very ci eited. tined to grow worse wid woi becai Tec and LOW SPUUTED AND DESPONDENT, and felt as thongeh ns soing to die. 1 worried myseltconsidernble wial probably that helped to make me wo 1 viys telt tired and arow 4o winbition to do anything. 1 did not steep soundly at night, and whiat little sloep 1did get was aitend (DY the most horrible dreams i nabie, and would lay awake for Tows fo i 1 should go to sieep T would bave wiepetition. My feet were nearly always cold, my eyes were ved and frequently swollen, and at thnes my n would disch thin white mucus, and when locsened wounld be kind ‘\lfll.ll. My breath was oftensive aud seemed to @ short, =0 much =0 that 1 could ouly wulk i hort distance betore 1 would have to stop and rest. ST grew rapldly worse, and was about to give up my situation here when 1 noticed the suce ful weatiient of Dis. McCoy and Henry finully T wi's induced 16 visit their offiee for con sultation, After a carctul exumination 1 was toid | was suffering from Caturrh of the nose, throat und stomach, wil that tuey could help ne, and in all JLabiiity cure me centively, Mhéy would 1 We ver, promise me positively that they would cure me. I began treatment about the tirst of October, and’ visited their office nt regular intervals, following their di tions to e Jetter, and [ must s t 1 never felt etter i my tife than 1 do v, and 1 ¢ tainly owe my life to those gentlemen, for 1do Nt have w single symptom of my former 10 1ble, nnd [ cheertuily recommend the treat- 1 estof those gentlemen to any one suffering from Caturrh, FIANK DATLSTROM, the subject of the above sketch, now re No. 511 William street, and is erip} Prilnin Palace Car rompany, a S Ftatoment (o any one des at by the VTl vorify who inay call on hini, FETID NASAL CATARRH. Its Symptoms and What it Leads To —The Miserable Feeling, Etc, This form of catarrh s essentailly a disense of the nasal cavity proper and does not extend to the vault of the pharynx, For a while o dry ca- tarrh may, and very” frequently does, develop in that r esult of structural changes witiin the tissues of the mucus membrane, The S mainly consi in the accumulation [ offensive masses and Wwith more or less of a Huld dis- dl - cavity thus obstructed, nell is bupairved, it not 1 liability to t the sus il the phiere frequently Iucas membrane, 0 on from the surfu e, the asses are 17t still Ising their mofsture, 11y built fron tirely colds mn the prbility to infiuence of a 1ses thickening As the secre: wCns mem- heir bed, and KC CTUSLS are frud- Below which mould themsolyis LErow portions in such a manuer that the sufferer is unable 1o dislod L and remain . The odor is resuit’ of long re- trefactive ) o o wutterer consclons of the offensive bt others veadily notice it and end o Shuu t atmo; rson. & the in- 1ses, but nable to mship of such p iy classed an tractible, ind oftentimes incurable i reutd sucessstully and 1s quite amn peot if the fustructions and t d out faithfully. and the physiclan thor oughly understunds his busine ss. 1t must be Aialist p lur at I lungt rou Fektor quntiied to. bens w1 + he i thoroughly b onull the I medical sciene modern upplin CATARRH CAN BE CURED, The Successful Methods Drs. McCoy & Henry. The treatment for catarrh, linz tr asthma, vheumatism and other chronfe 3 can only be applied successfully by one who has fvetigated ind made 1fe-long sudy of sich ise s and those who are oubles Used by are i has de is given to a i that these Nectual & rough medical ¢ an hospital given By mail. DOCTOR J, CRESAP McCOY, Late of Bellevue Hospital, New York, AND Dr. Columbus Henry (Late of University of Penns: HAVE OFFICES Fifteenth aud Har where all curable ¢ with success. Medieal diseases treated skilltully. Consump- tion, Hright's disease, Dyspepsiv, Khoumatism, and all NERVOUS DISEARES. - All diseases pe: cullur to the sexes CATARRH CURED. CUNSULTATION at offios or by m Office howrs—0 to 11'a. ., 2 to 4 m.. Sundsys fucluded, Correspondence veceives prompt attention, Many discases are treated su Drs, McCoy and Henry through the wmails, and it thua posaible for those wuable 10 WAke & Journey to obtain successtul hospital treatent At tuelr homes, Nol;!\uls answerod unless accompanied by stanps. Address wil letters to Drs. McCoy aud Henry, fimnmn.fl\' and O Ramge bulldg, Omuba sfuliy by’ IN THE FUNNY MAN'S DOMAIN. Mr. Sullivan's Philosophy—A Whole Family of Sports. AN ENERGETIC MISSIONARY Keeley as a Vibrator—A Lover of Can- dor--She Blushed -Got Into the Century—Almost Brokene Heart Mr., Sullivan's Philosophy. New York World, said John L. Sullivan, As his massive right he hurled, “That ‘the hand that rocks the cradle 1s the hand that rules the world, “I've heard," “But since I've struck this forcign land— And its prince—all of a heap, I'm ined to think 1've got the hand That puts ‘em all to sleep!™ A Whole Tid-Bits: A scwing machine agent drove up to a backwoods cabin and country store combined and inquired of the ted-year-old hoy who scemed to be in full charge and who was the on person in sight, whether his mother 1 she's took our old rooster and gone to match it agin one Nance Sims has been blowin® about bet our old torll lick v’ ; . two on ‘em: Sary Yaller Jacket ball Bow Legs from P has gone ten mil + down to Pillville Got any brothers? A Yes, Bill and Sid. But they're cone to a hard-glove slugging match over to Bud Hixon's cabin. ou are aloue, eh? n'dad and gran’m 1 playing euchre the club play agin the e Cat holler, and < afoot 1o the hoss am are in for the hard ¢ Jusiness is pretty dull to- il T might shut up shop this afternoon and go down to Bob Ag- and him mateh a big bagin one Hi Jenkins id 've got 15 cents to put up on [tell you it's a dandy. Worth Making a Somerville Journ is that fine-looking man just now? Jonc "ou mean the handsome man with iron-gray huair who was driving that spankin pan?”? Brown—*"Yes; he old fellow. Who is business? Jones—1Ie’s an antograph collector; devotes his whole time and attention to gathering autographs; he's made a big fortunc out of it, to Brown--You don’t mean it! Why, how in the world he wale a fortune in such a business’ Jones-—*+0Oh, particular about the that he colld once unless i owns; i pte of. Brown—*Who you bowed to looked like o rich he? What's his v enough. He's very Kkind of autograph's He won't even look at the bottom of achecl Keeley as elphia ibrator, Recortl, Vou se Of course, of ¢ “The etherie for Was an airy sham, A film and a flam; But wait, just wait, Till T vibrate.” And they raised more money; And now they're waiting ‘While Keeley gets re T'o do his vibrating. The High Card Wins, San Francisco Chronicle: Two old sports accustomed to catching the ger at poker are playing against one another. 1 call you. “Four ace “What's yer outside card? four aces myself.” Pump Frozen. A lack of precaution, a change in weather, A pouring of hot water, shrinking of leather, Here woes ! Fierce jigeling of handle and packing of salt, And soincbody scolded says tisn't her fault, Pump froze. What ye got?” I've got The advent of misses complaining of racket, Finds out the mystery, thinks she'll uttack it, Back goes: Maid, still apout, and big eldest day i0 over the way for a pail of fresh water, Pump froze Head of the house aroused by the Appears at the door with **Now. matter-- tter, what is the Who know: Some words (not here mentioned), a aweeping, Children all cross, and things all in keeping, Pump froze. wife left Rising barometer (blessings upon it) Man "gins to smile--wife writing a sonnet, Warmth grow: Small fry grow cheerful; o thaw Maid Years no more” of the Qinning— beginning, bling und “Pump goos. A Lover of Candor, mious man--1 wish you would s to lend me #5, 1l pay you Il\nu had asked me o loan in a candid and straightfor- yd manner I would have lent you the mey, but asking me the way you did es me todistrust you, I don’t understand you.” Cou asived me tobe so kind asto lend w had been eandid you would id ¢ “Be so stupid, be such n ignowinious such o hopeless idiot as to lend me $5," and you have gotit.” Practical Demonstration, “Pray tell me can an auarchisy He also a monopolist ! Iair Auna asked me this one day, As down the lune we took our way, “Most certainly,” T made reply, +And 1 will shoiv the reason Wiy : Your many charms of form and face, Your innocence and modest grace, Your witching smiles and glances bright, My heart have captivated quite. Since tirst 1 saw your fuce you've beea Of ull wy heart's uffections quect My time, my thoughts, my vows my sig All, Anna, you monopolize. Yolr're therefore a monopol SOh ! well, mu not an Shy 1 drew her to m, And on her lips sw “There now, sweet maid That you're an Anna kis brcast essed. an't deny 4,” said L. A Bad Outlook, Chicago Tribune: *Did [ unde nd YOu to say t yvou had had consider- able experience with the Indians in th o #*inquired a man on an eastern grain to u tall strange Yes, | suppose I have. “What do you consider for their civilization “Poor, very poor. They don't seem to learn anything. Why, sir, only last week T traded one of the most intelli- gent of them an old horse, blind in both eyesandall crippled up generally! good ponies, and he never kuew he was cheated. T can’t understand why it is the Indian doesn’t improve more. Well, thet lookis bad for them sure eaough. I suppose you have a. ranche near one of their reservations?” *0h, ne, 'm nc rancher,” replicd the " the outlook stranger, ns he threw his leg over the arm of the sext: “no, I'm a missionary. 1 wns sent out by the William P Missignary socie of Philadelphia, and have N brethren for the last twenty years. Blushing for Hi She Blushed Again. “Sir, how dare you approach me!™ she exelaimed to her lover. **You know you were druuk when you came to see me last night.” “Ah. ‘my dear,” said he, *no man can help being intoxicated when he sees you. Whereupon she kissed him and begged him not to do so Jugh." When he found he was getting the hiccough While drinking, he said, *“I must piccough My hat and depart, OF my wife, bless her hear At bome will be making a kiccough Got Into th Arkansaw Traveler: much of a lite m:ln the Century M ine “You don't s0? expect it of him, ™ *No, and neither village.” “What was his subjc “His wha “What subject did he write on?” “None particularly “But you say he got into the Cen- tury?” “Ile did. He came to our village solieiting ~\|h~<'rl||tmus and got mm the Century for about $20, I belic Century. ‘He may not be but he gotinto Why, I did not did the people in Almost Broken Hearte “Papa,” she said as the old man eame in late, “young Mr. Sampson offered himself to” me to-night and [ refused him. And oh, papa, [ am afraid his heart is broken. “He told m about it,” said the old Then you met him?™ “Yes, hie is down at the Bagle playi Dilliards.® SING A child born at Manilla. Ta., last week, had two well developed teeth. A horse lately in the hunting field picked up a stone with his fore foot and threw it against his hind leg and broke the bone., A. D. Few, of Watkinsviile, Ga., has a hen that has raised five broods of chickens this vear, and is now starting on the sixth batch of egirs. There is & mountain of coal in Wild Horse Valley, Wyoming, which has been burning for thirty years. It sends up dense volumes of smoke. A Nevada ranchman, to protect his cattle from the effects of blizzards, has planted them all with a mixture of tar, red clay and linseed oil. A cypress tree recently felled in Woodruff county, Ari., had a diameter of 9 feet 4 inches at the base, and a height of 40 feet. It will make 18400 feet of lumber or 75,000 shingles, an? it is valued at £300. swors going over the line between shington and Green counties, Pa., found one house so situated that the husband his meals in Washington while his wife 5 hersin Green and they sleep with their one county and their feet in the other. Big lake, near O miles long and ele Ark., usually forty n vide, has shrunk, in consequence of a protracted drought. to' di mensions of less than two miles,and the water is so shallo m wade in and Kill the fish which ar numerous, by means of clubs. A party of fifteen men attracted consider- able attention in Allegheny City. Fourteen werc one had no legs at all. d o bicy- cle. The Pittsburg Dispateh pretends that they were going to spend a pleasant ning somewhere and practice bicyele rid- lady in San Francisco has had three ries so tame_that they flew about the One sickened and died sud- body was taken from the nd laid on a table, and the other two to it and examined it very carefully. n they went back to their cages, and for ver thirty days neither of them uttered a note fter that period of mourning was over they piped up and sang as of old. Orlando Devine and his brother, of Mon- rocton, Pa., saw a coon put its head out of hole in a big tree at G. W. Kipp's sawmill, the other day. They resolved to capture the coon by cutting the tree down. When the tree fellit struck another large tree, and both trees fell on the roof of Kipp's mill, crushing it in and doing over £1,000 damage to the machinery. The coon escape ined fleas are exhibited from time to Whether trained or untrained they are extremely interesting inseets simply from un atheletic point of view. A healthy flea will cover 200 times its own length at one jump. They are plucky fighters and will stand on their hind legs and strike at each other until they lose their legs, ten! and life. A gle been known to draw asilver cannon tw * times its own weight and to show no at the discharge of gunpowder from the cannon. A. L. Barker, of Lochloosa, a few days ago saw a large horned owl strike as if for prey in a marsh near the road along which he was riding. As the bird did not rise immediately Mr. Barker concluded it had ¢ t some- thing too heavy forit to rise, and walked over to see. On ching the spot the owl was seen struggling with extended wings on the ground nearly dead. Mr. Barker killed him with a_blow of his whipstock, and then saw that a black snake was twisted around his neck and had already chocked the bird nearly to death, Frank Henry of Crawfordsville, Ind.,owns an English bulldog and two milch cows, and pasture not being convenient the dog is their tutor and constant attendant. Through all kinds of weather he follows at their heels, remaining with them until they returnat night. When the cows are fed on corn he, too, must have his ear, or he will jump up in the manger and help himself from under the cows’ noses, He cats the corn with as much relish, apparently, as do the cows and thrives on the diet. time, By Chas, Rief, of Grand hhuu Hazy in the northern skies, Doth a dark-grey storm-cloud rise; »w a lull, anon u gust . in sportive lust, rimixed with dust and suow; Driven g kly to-and-fro, Whirling round-- Onward bound; With a hollow moaning sound, And an icy arctic sting Comes the storm—the snow crowned King. Neb. t with instinct, man with brains, cad the storm-king of the plains, In his snow-fed track they come *h one striving for a hom , blinded on his te, t will roam about y are cast Down before winter's blast; One to die, one to be blest Yonder with cclestial rest! See the fragrant Cedar tree— Hows it 1o worship thee, King of storms thy royal will Sweeps the mountain, vale and hilly On thy regal diadem Every crystal is a gem, Snow suplime, For a time, Ruler of a northern climes All thy fury will thou spend Three days bring thy final end In the west we see a gleam, Now and then a golden beain quickly by, Presently an azure sky Greets us, with a setting sun: Storm king, now thy work is donet Still the night, Stars shine bright, And the moon sheds silv'ry light. Sparkling white the crystals glow, On the suowy plains below. Mme. Marchosi takes a hopeful view of Madame Gerster's chances of recovering her injured voice. She ascribes the recent breakdown of the prima donna to nervous excitemgnt, caused at the outset by worry aud excitement consequent on violent scencs botween herself and Patti during the Maple- son tour, three years ago, followed by do- mestic trouble. 'Mme. Murchesi says that uity does not necessarily ruin a voice, in | n laboring among the red | 'HIS ONE HAUNTING FEAR. The Weird Delusion of An Omaha Business Man. | DOGGED BY BREATHING FIENDS. A Well-Known Physician's Strange Tale An Assassin's Wicked Blow Causes Unheard of C sequences, “That man.” said a_ prominent physi- cian to a BEE representative yesterday, pointing to a gentleman well known in Omaha commercial cireles, “is one of the most incurable monomuaniacs that ever lived. Just watch him a moment and see if you detect anything strange about him.” The gentleman was walking west on the opposite side of Farnam street. very moment or two he would look en- tirely avound, This he repeated no ss than twelve times while walking » block. Just before he reached Sis teenth street he pérceptibly lessened his gait and as he reached the corner he stopped and peered anxiously around it. “Well, do you notice anything pecu- asked the physician. “Nothing. except that he appears to be looking for some one, or expecting somebody toovertake him.™ ‘That’s just it. He is looking for some one. He is looking for u demos A what?” ust what [ say: he imagines him- f pursued by o fiend or fiends and when on the street is in mortal fear that he will be attacked by them. But I'll tell you the story. T have known M —— for fourteen ye He came to Omahaduring the year 1884 and engaged in the —— business which has reached such great proportions now. He pros- pered from the start and it often hap- pened that lavge sums of mone paid into his counting roomsafte ng hours On such oceasions it was his custom to take the money home with him, preferving that risk to the one of leaving it in. the safe at his i *Onenight Mr, — was unusually late in leaving hisoffice, and he carried with him over $2,000 in cash, paid in just after du Just as he reached the cor- ner of the street onewhich he lived a masked robber sprang upon him and dealt him a terrible blow, with some in- strument, in the back of the head, lnocking him senseless. “He was picked up an hour later and removed to his _home. Of course the $2,000 was gone. T was called to attend him and through the long weeks of that followed delirious constant lig nearly all of the time, and hi: cry was ‘He's following me aga fulln\\ ng me again!’” 3 fi :\II\ he became convales- cent ulul soon was back at work in his office. No change was noticed in his demeanor by his friends and em- ployes. He was the same keen business man as ever,and worked with ail his old-time vigor. I was the only one who detected a slight change. You see, brain discases have alw n my hobby. and when he became physically cured, I watched him constantly. I no- ticed useared look in his eyes when outside of his heme-or office, and that he was extremely raluetant to go on the street after dark. One day, about n year ago when the huilding materials were piled high in front of the new First National bank he and 1 were walking together up Farnamp street. He, as usual, kept looking back, and when we reached the bank . gorner hie was pecr- ing around it, ps you saw him do alittle while age. At this instant an old friend stepped from behind the pile of bricks and before Mr. saw him gave him a slap on the ck, saying: ‘Hello, 17 Mr, —- fainted clear away, and we took him home in a cab. It wasall T could do to save him from another attack of brain fever. He remained at home fully two weelks before I would let him come down town. ‘His nervous system had received a severe shock, and "he would shudder when anyone rang the bell. He scemed to doubt his safety even in his own home. But this wore off, and T finally induced him to tell me his trouble. Hesaid that when he was on the street he was im- 'n- :ssed with the idea that he was fol- owed, and his ear could detect the breathing of the man. This he said was always the case. He could hear no foot- steps—only that awful breathing. When at home or at the office th ensation en- tively disappeared that's the Queer one, isn How do 1 plain it? Why, I can’t. He is so ra- tional on every subject but this one haunting fear, that 1t puzzles me, and 1 do not think the case hus a paralell in medical histor e ————— PEPPERMINT DROPS. It is a wise resolution that knows its own father. The profane man evidently drew a *‘blank” in life’s lotte Volapuk, dear inqu is the language in which the train men call out the stations. Solomon, when arrayed in all his elo; *a pink cross-bar shirt and white ow, -3 is always airing his knowl- edge is troubled with d chronie disease of the know It is absurd to say deceive anybody. It uses it. Jay Gould's favorite dish is baked potatoes. k ange, Now and then he likes a slice uf lamb. King Kala on his dignity. of support, There is something very funny about a pig's tail. Probably because brevity i1s the soul of wit. 1t is thought by some that our friend John Sullivan will come from England bearing the title of the duke of Maulborough. The young Saco bank robber says he left his stolen bonds in Cairo, Egypt. Probably he deposited them in a Pharaoh bank. A pickle trust has been organized. Let us beat it b, sing to eat pickles. Let the material for pickles be left to cucumber the ground first. “‘Brother Tom says bicycle riding is splen- did exercise for the calves. Grandma says it may be, but she can't for the life of her see how you would get them to stay on.’ A hole in the ground and a smell of gas sold for #,000 in Ohio the other day. T hole was found to be all right, but the smell disappeared with the owner of the land. An exchange says: “The Finus depend almost wholly on " The obligation in that case is mutual. Were it not for the fins the fish could scarcely get on in the world, A precocious New York boy accompani his mother to the theater. The seat che was marked K9, and the boy refused to sit there, insisting that it was reserved for a dog. Temperance lectupe (lowering his voice im ssively)—Go inte our American gin pal- aces and what do you find! Husky voice— (promptly)—Somebedy willing to drink with you The time for a man to exercise his will power is when he fisds himself likely to go down on the icy pavement. If it can hold him up it is a success and should be encour- aged. A book agent womun that hair-dye does not deceives the man who 1a is now said to be standing If 80 he has no visible means tried to sell a volume® entitled a Pittsburg “The Art of Specch,” yesterday, but she castsich & with- ering 100k upon him that the wretch slunk Away in shaine. —_—— The Poet. Weitten. for the Dree, Hot, dusty, travel stained and faint, A wanderer, in gurments quaint, Sits resting in the fragrant shade Whose breath wafts from o woody glade The squirrel chatters on the bough The bird its softest music make Head pillowed, closed cyelids, now The man departs, the muse awakes, He takes him into nature’s home Where satyr's come and fairies dwell, Piloted by a grinning gnome, He pierces the confines of hell; He measuresall its horrid woe: He hears the sigh; he sees the tear; He sounds the sorrow devils' know — Their utter helplessness and f A mermaid takes his willing hand And leads him where the tortois And shows him Neptune's palac High builded i old occan’s deeps. A seraph bears with cager hand Above the clouds were angels dwelly He hears the songs of every land And listens to the tales they tell. He sees the parapets of gold | The sea of glass; the jeweled streets; He sces the form of Hii "twas sold, And list! the story he repeats. And as helistens, heart aflame, With rapture at th' entrancing sight, He feels a breath : he hears his names; He ope's his eyes and lo! 'tis night. The breezes fan his fevered brow' The bird its last famnt music makes; The squirrel scampers from the bough “The muse departs; the man awakes, F. L. HAvDEN, 1888, sleeps, Couxcin Brurrs, Jan, 4, - EDUCATIONAL, Colorado pays the highes female teachers, President Bartlett, of Dartmouth, has been enjoying much social hospitality atSt. Louis. Russia's great universitios have been closed to suppress nililis m among the stu dents. Cornell university is to purchase from .7, Barnum the complete skeleton of an cle phant, to be mounted and placed in the mu seum of anatomy and zoology. There are in Mississippi 1, Indiun children of the Choctaw tribe coneress will be asked to provide schools f the in the several counties in which they age wages to Fay, of Los Angele WO.000 ina college for women somewhere in Massachusetts, It looks now orcester might have the good luck to , Cal,, wants The Freedman's Aid society of the Metho dist pal school has established twen ty four schools and coleges for colored people employing 124 teachers, and having an aver age attendance of 4,506 pupils, W. W. Corcoran sent £1,(00 as a Chr g;n to the confederate home at Cl ton, 8. C. It will be used for the permanent endowment of a Corcoran scholarship in the confederate home school. The female teachers in the Bloomington, I1L, school have 1o sign an agreement not to et ed during the school year. Their superintendent is an unmarried lady, who sets an cexample which they are bound to follow. A peculating student at Cornell university, N. Y., was electritied the other |L|\ when he werit to obtain @ 810 noto, - part. of which was protruding from the pocket of g vest hanging in an unoceupicd room. A pre sor had connected the vest by an electr to a signal bell. The victim made a an breast of his depredation, Besides the public schools schools of minor importanc the education of the ne schools that compar highest educational institutions of Georgia ‘These are: lanta unive vk uni versity, Morris Brown colleg sem- i , the Atlanta Baptist and 's school. 1t is the very general dian missi and d J ached and pr favorably with the seming testimony of all Tn- teachers ‘that the In only in their own -ular tongue. Says the Rev. Geor; ze S, Cook, an Episcopal _elergyman and a Indian by race: *“Phe rocent order the use of vernacular does embarrass our work. Of course we observe the order here atthe agency with the boarding school chil- dren, but not at the camp schools, The following are replies to questions of a written examination in geography in the ondary grade of a public school in Penn vania: Question—Tell how many oceans there are in the world and name them, An- swer —There are six oceans—the Atlantic, Pacific, Avctic, Antarctic, Indian and Adja- cent occan, Q.—Give in your own words the difference between a cave and a mountain. A.—One is & bump in and the other isa bump out, ~Tell in your own words how a riy is represented on'the maj then give the definition of one. A.—When you see a black thing on the map like a lot of angle wormsall together, that's u river, but a real river, of cou water instead of angle worms, Rev. F., T. Ingalls, of Emporia, Kan., the new president of Drury college, is a brother of Senator Ingalls. He was valedictorian of his class at Wililams, and his ministerial life has been spent in Kansas. His long-time ofticial connection with the State University of Kansas and with Washburn college has well fitted him for his new position, - IMPIETII A Catholic and Baptist_ see th about the same light—one uses the other dips Reverend™ Sam Jones is reviving Kansas City, and praying *for more sand in the giz- zards of its churches.” The fourteen year old boy who was giv bible as a Christmas present may feel happy and grateful, but he doesn’t look that wa; “The banana is much more an antiquity t tho chestnut, yet the chestnut -is - allowed & place in the linguage as mark of great age. The belief that when Adam fell he slipped on « banana paring is accepted by quite & num- ber of thoughtful persons, and if it is correct the chestnut should go. “What did the ladies do_for you this year" asked a churchman of Parson Surplus Kel. The parson, who had been a stock speculator before he was eonverted, replied, I am long on slippers and_bookmarks, but rather short on suspend A little daughter of mine, a thoughtful but smart little miss of five summers one day after listening to her papa reading the bible, said: “Papa, is God Irish?? child ] why do you a&k such a question?” The 1 tle one faid: 0, I thought He was, for He duty in A Sunday school member of his class, teacher once asked a “Who killed Abel A small boy who I have no doubt stood at the foot, if there was u foot, replied without he Mation: “It 'y captain of the Black Valle; His blood-stained lade flashed for 'nt in - the air and he cried, *You are my meat,” and Able was turned like a grindstone ou the chieftain’s sword.” Our Mabel not long siu n school, and she likewise oped considerable willfulness her parents, One night as she was rep ing her good night prayer, which wound up with the usual formula: “And make me a good girl, amen,” her mother said to her: “Mabel, don’t you know you ask to be made agood girl every night, but you ain't?" “Yes, momma, I know it,” was the reply, “‘but why don’t God make me good then ¢ Little Ethel, after making a call on an old lady who was very pious and f quently spoke of God and his Son,came home very much disquicted and seated heaself on the sofa. “Well,” said she, 'l am not going to see Mrs. Johuson again.”’ Shehad been to see her often and seemed to be much at tached to her. Her mother asked why. “Well,” said she, “‘she talks about God the time, and she don’t know anything about n she! It makes my stomach The » added after a moment, “But he's deaf; she don't know what she going to e Mention has been made of long dis- signaling by means of flashes of electrie light ¢ cted against the clou in Morse alphabet, These ex- periments were made on land at New- castle, England. Similar experiments are now being make at uea by two ships of the British navy. [t appears that a message of four words was read when the shins we sixty knots apar It seems to be necessary for this species of telegraphy that the clouds against which the light is flashed should be well ined and hang low, THOMPNO. 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