I IX. tL TIME TAI1IX9. 1 B & M, R. R. in Nebraska, MAIN LINE. KXFKEflM TRAIK8 0IN STATIONS i WMT. No. 1. No. .3. I'lattxniouth . Oreapoll.i .... Concord Cedar Creek. Louiavllle.... Hoalti Itend.. Atitilaud Greenwood .. Lincoln Hosting.... Ited Cloud... McCook Akron Denver :00 a ill V :'.ll a III :3 a in U :4H a in 10 :04 a in 10 :W a in 10 :47 a in 11 .-OS a m Ar. ll.Vptii e :M p in 7:15 P in 7 -M p in 7:42 p in 7 :'; p in H :10 p in 8 !.)U p III 8 : 15 p in 9 :30 p ni Ar. I.'vtf Ar. Ive Ar. L've Ar. L've Ar. L've Ar. L've VI :' p hi 10 :V p in 3 :l.r a in j :M a in Ar. 4.rpin L've 4 :a.'pni r. 55i iii L'vo b C2fl p m M:.w a in 8 :IX a in 12 :5li in Ar. 11 .oo p in iveii :iopm Ar. 4:20 a in l.'vo 4 u'M a m Ar. 8 i 5 a in 12 :2.Fi)p III 6 p in 6 : p in 10 :00 p III KXTREflSTKAlNS COIXQ KAtfT. STATIONS : No. 2. No. 4. IMattxtnoutli... OruapolUi Concord Cedar Creek... Ijouisville Koutb liend.... Atthland Greenwood .... Lincoln fastings Ued Cloud McCook Akron Denver Ar. 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EX PRKSS TRAINS OOI0 riattsmouth.... :2 a in 8 :io p ni Oreapolis : a m W P " Im Flatte 9 :n a lit 7 :5 p m UelUvue :T a m 7 :4J P " Omaba 8 a m 7 :M p m TIME TAIII.C Missouri Iaciflc ltailroad. Express Express Kreigut leaves leaves leaves guinir going Kolug BUUTH. SOUTH. SOUTH. Omaha - 7.40 p.in 8.oo a.m. 12.50 a. m. "apillK.il 8.17 " 8.37 " 2.00 p. Ih. hprWneld 8.42 " 9.00 3.05 " jiiUi.Vtll. 8.N " .15 " 3.50 - Weeping Water. 9.24 - 9.4o - 5.o AVOCa. 9.37 " 9.M " 5.45 " Dunbar , loo7 " 10.21 6.45 " Kan.MHa City 6.37 a.rn 7.07 p.m. St. iM-aln ft.- I' m --' a.m. ;oing ;olnf? Uoiuc ' : NOJtTU. OUT 11. KOKTH. St. IonU 8 52a.ni 8.32 p.m. ansajiCliy 8.3Jip.ln 7.67 a.m. Dunbar 5.10 a.iu 4.24 p.m. 1.01 p. m. avoca. 5.45 " 1.54 2.10 " Weeping Water. c.W ' 3.08 " 2.45 " Loulivllle 6.32 " 6.33 " 3.50 " HprlnKtleld. 61 - 6.48 " 4.25 " l-apilHon. 7.20 " b.15 - 5.26 " Omalia arrive 8.00 " 6.55 7.o " The above Is Jeffer-ion City time, which Is 14 minutes luster tban umana nine. imiVAL A.U DEPARTURE OF PLATTHMOUTU 3IAILJS. ARRIVES. iM p. m. i tEPART9. 1 9.00 a. in. 1 3.00 p. m. .m a. ni. KASTEKX. x. 9.00 a. ni. i j 9.00 a. m. 6.00 p. m. J 11.00 a m 7o p. m. luJiO am.) 7-39 p. m. f 4.00 p. m. 11.00 a m. WE9TF.RX. KOKTIIRRjr. SOUTH KiCX. OMAHA. WEEPING WATER. I 6.55 p. 111. 4.25 p. in 9.00 a. m I 8.25 a. m. 4.25 p. m. 8.00 a. in l.oo p. m rACTOKl'VILLK. Dec. 17.1881. RATES CUABUEl) FOR MOXEY ORDERS. i II. 'IIICID UVl A.VUUg V - " Cr 15 and not exceeding ?30- - - 15 cents " &SQ SW - " 20 Cents " K-iii " S5 - - 25 cents A ninclA Monev Order may mcraue ant amount Irom one cent to fifty dollars, but must not contain a Iraciionai part oi a cent. RATES FOR F03TAf.K. 1st class matter (letters) 3 cents per 4 ounce. 2d " ruDMsner's rau z cw per 10. i.i Transient NeTS?oaoers and books come under this class; l cent per f set! 2 ounces. h class (merchandise) 1 cent per ounce. J. W. Marshall P.M. OFFICIAL. DIRECTORY. C1TV DIRECTORY . GEORGE S.SMITH. Mayor. WILLIAM 11. CL'SHING. Treasurer. J. D. SlMlON, City Clerk. W1LLETT GOTTEN UEK. lolice Judk'e. K. B. WINDHAM, City Attorney. y. K. MUKPHY, Chiet ot l'olice. 1. McCANN.Overeeer of Streets. t- KIKHNKK ChlHf nf Fir IlenL W. 11, bCUILDKNECUT, Ch'n board of Health COC5CILMEK. ' i-.' "v a.? ' Wi Jlerold. U. M. Bons. and Ward J. M. I'atterson. J. H. Fairfield. 3rd Ward M. B. Murpby.J.E. Morrlsou. 4th Ward F. D. Ltshnhoti, I. Mcfallan. CHOOI. BOARD. jts-si? -r sTRnnE. J. W. BAKNES. M. A. HARTU1AN Win. WIN TEKSTEEX. L, U. BENNETT, V. V. LEON ARD. 7vtmaltrJ'SO. W. MARSHALL. o COO'TY DIRECTORY. W. U. NEWELL. County Treasurer. J.W. J iNNINGS. County Clerk. J.W. J JUNSON, County Judge. K. W. rtVERS. Sheriff. CYKCS ALlON.Hup'tof Pub. Instruction. i. W. FAIRFIELD. County Surveyor. 1. P. GAS3, Coroner. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. JAMES CRAWFORD. South Bend Precinct. KAM'L RICHARDSON. Mt. Pleasant Precinct. A u ToUl). Plattsmouth Parties having business with the County CoiuinliODis. will flud them in session the First Monday and Tuesday of each mouth, o BOARD or TRADE. FRANK CARRUT1I. President. J. A. CONNOR, HENRY B.ECK, Vice-Presidents. WM. 8, WISE. Secietary. iHJU.ut.ti. .treasurer. ?ular meetlnirf of the Board at the Court nil tn am i ii'M41.l pTruiuir (I i rocu uiuuiu. J. F. BAUMEISTER FnifOshea Freb. Pare Mlllc DELIVERED DAILY. Special calls attended to, and Freeh Milk from same furnished when wanted. 4ly LATTSMOUTH MILLS. " . PLATTSMO CTTI NEB." . DEISEI., Proprietor. Flour, Corn Meal & Feed m IimA an fnr aula at InWKSt Cash ni hlknt nrirpn naid fnr Whnat and P PlatUiuvuth Telephone LxcbanhTe. 1 J. P. Young, residence. 2 Bennett 6i lewls. itor". 3 M. B. Murphy & Co., " 4 Bonner Stables. 6 County Clerk's ofQce.l 6 E. B. Lewis, residence. 7 J. V. Week bach, store. 8 Western Union Telegraph office. V D. U. Wheeler, resldeucw. 10 D. A. Campbell, " 14 K. B. Wlndnaiu, " 15 Jno. Way man, iH J. W. Jenuing. " 17 W. S. Wlee.oince. IS Morrl.isey Bros,, office. 19 W. It. Carter. More. 20 . W. Fairfield, residence. 21 M. B Murphy, 22 D. II. Wheeler & Co.. olllce. 23 J. P. Taylor, residence. 21 pint National Bank. 2ft P. E. Runner's olllce. 20 J. P. Young, rtore. 2H Perkins House. 29 R. W. II vers, reMideuce. 31 Journal ofllce. 32 FaitOeld's lee ofllce. 34 llKKAi.n Pun. Co olllce. 35 J. N. Wise, residence. M M, M. Cliapinan, " 37 W. D. Jones, " Vt A. N. Sullivan, " 39 11. E. Palmer. 40 W. II. Schildkneclit, ofllce. 41 Sullivan 6i Wooley, 42 A. W. McLaughlin, residence. 43 A. Patterson, livery. 44 C. M. Holmes, " 45 L. D. Bennett, residence. 4l ieo. S. Smith, olllce. 17 Ij. A. Moore, llor.st. 49 iiarnes. resiueuce. 60 R. R. Uviiigxton, ofllce, ' 307 J. V. Week bach, reoldence. 3. Chaplain Wright. 3l W. II. Schildkneclit " 31 Geo. S. Smith, " 3.'0 It. R, Liviugnton, " 315 C. C. Baliard, " The switch board connects Plattsmouth with Ashland. Arlington. Blair. Council BIuIIm, Fre mont, Lincoln, Omaha Klkhorn Station, Papilllon, Sprtuglicld, LouUville South Bend and waveriy. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. SMITH & HEESO.Y, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Will practice In all the Courts in tlie state, omce over irm jxa tioual Bank. 4syl 1-l.ATTaMOUTII - NEBRASKA. im. , NALISB1JUY. 'Jfflce over Smith. Black & Go's. Dnnr Store. First class dentistry at reasonable prices, 231 y II. 1IEABK, 31. !.. PHYSICIAN and SURGEON. Ofllce on Main Street, between Sixth and So vent li, south side Olhce open day and dignt COUNTY lHVHK'IAN. Special attention Klveu to diseases of women and clilldren. 2111 M. O'DONOHOE ATTORNEY AT LAW & NOTARY PUBLIC, Fitzgerald's Block, PLATTSMOUTH, - NEJtUASKA. Agent for Steamship lines to aid from Europe. dl2w52ly K. R. LIVLMiMTOV. M. PUYSICIAST tc SURGEON. OFFI E HOURS, from 10 a. m to 2 p. m. Exanun.g Surgeon lor V. s. rension. 1)K. H. 3IIL.L.KK. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Can be found by calling at his ofllce, comer 7th and Main streets, 111 j. 11. waterman's uouse. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. JAN. H. 3IATIIK1VM ATTORNEY AT LAW. OfUce over Baker & At wood's store, south side ot Main betweeu 5tn and Ctn streets. 2111 J. R. STROBE. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Will practice in all the Courts in the State. Dirtrict A.Unrnt'j awl Xotarv Public. Wllib H. WINE. COLLECTIONS i4 SfJTCJiZI 1. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Real Estate. Fire In surance and Collection Agency. Olllce Union block. Plattsmouth Nebraska. 22m3 U. II. WHEELER Jt CO. surance Aceuts. I'lattsmouth. Nebraska. Col lectors, tax -payers. Have a complete abstract 01 titles, uuy and sen reai estate, negatiate plans. &c. 15 1 JAMES . MORRISON, Notary Public. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Will nraatice in Cass and adjoining Counties ; gives special attention to collections and abstracts of title. Olhce in t itzgerald Block, Plattsmouth, Nebraska. iiyx J. C. XEWBERKY, JUSTICE OF" THE PEACE. Has his office in the front part of his residence on Chicago Avenue, where ne may be found in readiness to attend to the duties of the of fice. 47tf. A. II. KELLER, (1 11. G. M. D. Graduate in PHARMACY AND MEDICINE. Office In Prrv'. drup stnreonnnsite the Fe r kins bouse. ROBERT U. lVl.'l)IIAn, Notary Fublic. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office over Carruth's Jewelry Store. Plattsmouth. - - - - Nebraska. M. A. HARTICAN, Tj A W Y E It . Fitzgerald's Block, Plattsmouth Neb Prompt and careful attention to a treneral Law Practice. A. 1. SCLLTYAN. J3. II. Wooley SULLIVAN & WOOLEY. Attorneys and Counselors- at-Law. . APUfPr T ITniAn TTxlr fmnf aatdi second story, sunt i- Prompt attention given t ail Duainess . matw BOYD & LAESEN, Contractors and Builders. Will give estimates on all kinds of work. Any .1 1 ..... V Uiurrn icii at incr ijuiuucr iaruo ui usb Ofl)c will receive promot attention. Heavy! LTruss Framing,- for bams and large buildingsHa!pecialty. For reference apply to J. P. Young, J. V. Wee Dun or 11. a. water man son. aw O. A. VR1SLEY & CO'D DEOT IN THE MARKET. Made OXLTot Vegetable Oil and Pure Heel ToHow. To Induce housekeepers to glYe this Soap a trial. WITH EACH BAR WE GIVE A FINE TABLE NAPKIN This offer Li made for a short time only and should be taken advantage of at ONCE. We WABBANT this Soap to do more wash ing with creator ease than any soap In the market. 12 has no EQUAL for use In hard and cold water. YO'JR GROCER HAS IT. a.A.Wrisley&Co. 1 Of Standard Lftttltrt ec3 Tc'lat C?a. - BABE ASP COSTLY W00D& biioar Practiced la Their V ICare WoodCat lalBtaeets as Tnla m TUaae-I'apcr. Cincinnati Enquirer. In olden times bedsteads, doors and other furniture were made of solid rosewood, ma hogany or whatever the variety might be, while now the more common kinds of wood are veneered with the more extensive and beautiful woods. In this way the same outward appearance is gained at a much less cost, and furniture is apparently made out of woo1h which are not obtainable in sizes suf ficiently large to make solid pieces of furni ture. At first the venoers were sawed, but thin method, as the wooils increased in value, caused so much waste that machinery was invented for the sjiocial puriose of mak bur veneers with the least possible loes. A veneer-raill in operation is a curious sight. The machinery is ponderous and seemingly unwieldy, but it works with the utmost pre cision and nicety, not varying a fraction of an inch even when carrying a load of 6,000 tiounds. To carry such weights the mac bin try is necessarily massive, but moves with the exactness of a printting press. The wood. lxiforo beinz taken to the mills, is put in the sweat-room or steam-box, where it Is sub jetted to the action of steam until it becomee soft and offers less resistance to the knife. The time taken in this process varies, accord ing to the solidity and firmness of the wood, from six to twenty-four hours. After hav ing been thorougldy permeated with steam it is finnlv fastened to a part of the machinery , which revolves altout a razor-like knife that is utterly immovable. Unless the wood has Ikmmi steamed it is impossible to shave it into us thin sheets as desired, lor 11 it were nam and dry tho sheets would be brittle and unfit lor use. The knife can be set so that sheets of any thickness may be shaved olf. With one of these machines wood can be cut into sheets as thin as tissue-paper,but when so thin they are not of much value, as the gluo with which they are fastened to other goods shows through, and if used they must be backed with paper. As many as 150 sheets have been cut from an inch of wood, but for common purposes the veneers run about fifty to the inch. Another advantage in this invention, other than the economy of material, is the in crease in the ei?e pf the sheets when shaved over those that are sawed. The steamed sheet is about four times the size of the others, because it is taken from the entire circum ference, while, if a saw is used, nothing can be obtained but a transverse section. Wood known as French walnut is the most valuable for veneers. It has, however, no chum to the name walnut, and is only termed French because laree Quantities or it are ex ported from Marseilles to this country. This wood grows in Persia, Circassia and Asia Minor, and is becoming very rare. It is only seen in the most costly furniture, and great care is taken to prevent its waste. The grain of this wood is very peculiar, and presents twists and figures 01 the most fantastic ana beautifuldesigns, looking in many cases like mosaics. There is no other wood whien pre sents to the eye such pleasing contrasts ana shades of color. Next to French walnut, rosewood or ma hogany is probably the most valuable. arge Quantities of these woods are cut into veneers, and fine pieces often bring as high prices as French walnut. Ebony is a very valuable wood, but owinz to its extreme hard ness is seldom sent to the veneer-mill. Economy has become necessary, also, in the use of our native woods, and burls of white and black walnut, asn, maple ana cheery are in much demand. The use of black walnut as a veneer is in its infancy, but the wood has become so scarce that it Is now stretched as far as possible. Poplar, ash and oak are commonly veneered with walnut and other more expensive woods in the manufact ure oi all Kinds 01 rurmnire. xtosewooa veneer is used largely on billiard-tables and piano-boxes. Much veneering is now used in the interior decorations of fine houses, and in giving a hard finish to railroad cars. Chair seats, car seats, brush backSj telephone boxes, ciear-boxes. 6e wine-machines, cases and many other things which come under the eye are only imitations of what they appear to be. Business cards have been printed on veneer, and it has also been used as wall paper. From the finer French walnut burls veneers have been cut which none but an expert could distinguish from hand-minting. Table covers are usually made of thees. They range in price from $25 to many hundreds.and can be made as expensive as me purcnaser wiauea. SHIFTS TO LIVE. rood for Two Weeks for the Impecu nious for a Dollar. v" ' Chicago Inter Ocean. The next young man to consider is he who is out of employment, and whose slender store of currency will by no means bear heavy draughts. Even for him there is fat ness. He hies him to the little restaurant on wheels, where "a piece of pie is given with every 15-cent meal." He meets with rebuffs and discouragements and his appetite is not strong. He can get a good meal for 10 cents. and perhaps two a day satisfy his hunger. Or he can go to the beer saloon where a "busi ness lunch" is given for 10 cents, in the high est style of German cookery. Strange as it may seem to many, a young man, having his lodging secured, can live pretty well for two weeks upon a dollar. When even this fails and the "Little Sher man" is too expensive, the friendless young man begins upon a career of free lunches. It is a fact that a thousand young men, and old ones, too, for that matter, live exclusively upon free lunches in this city. There are a number of well-known beer saloons that set out at various hours of the day lunches that ought to satisfy any hungry man. With a nickel to buy a glass of beer, the unfortunate man can in several "grabs" mate quite a hearty meaL A waiter stands at the board behind a huge cold roast of beef, and ' as the visitor approaches with his piece of bread ready spread with mustard, he carves off a slice of meat and lays it upon the bread. It is then tnat tne nne work 01 tne iree-iuncn fiend commences. He deftly claps a second slice of bread uppn the beef, making a sand wich. Then he spreads more mustard on the top piece of bread and puts on a piece of cheese. Another piece of bread goes on that, and the top is neatly rounded with half a red herring. The iree-luncb artist then, holding in ms lett hand what is known in saloon parlance as a three-story" sandwich, eats a couple of raw onions, and takes nail a dozen tones ruu 01 baked beans. If there is anything else on the table that he thinks we would like he takes a pick at it. such as "liver wurst," friend liver, or pickled tripe. All tho time he has held his precious sandwich in his left band, and now turning to the bar he finds his glass of beer awaiting him, and between gulps he puts away that fecimon of architecture. If this man is really and truly, and sure enough huii errv. he turns a sain to the board until he re ceives a warning look from the carver or bar- keener, when he goes away.ana u ne nas an other nickal h proceeds to the next saloon, where he can complete his repast. Many beer saloons, from JJ to 8 o'clock in the after noon, give away hot sausage known to Ger mans as v emer wurst," ana to Americans as boiled aog." w itn tnese is given a coupie of small pieces of bread and unlimited mus tard. The man who is acquainted with the saloons on the south side, and has a sufficiency of nickels, can find a free lunch Tor every hour in the day and nizht, and retire to bed comfortably drunk and bilious as a professor of literature. TChenTriantlBsTTreee. These who plant trees for landscape effect ihould give attention to the grouping of vari ously eclored foliage lnjthe trees planted. A Tnat mucA la ic ". Texas Sif tings. When the government undertook to bring the star routers to justice, it should have re membered the following story, which is very appropriate: "My case is just here," said a itizen to a lawyer, a few days ago: "The plaintiff will gwear that I hit him, I will swear that I did not. Now what can you lawyers make out of that if we go to trial" "Fivt dollars apiece, was the prompt reply as h extended his hand. THE "SLEUTHHOUND." The Detective's Diagnosis of the Bob. bery. About two years ago Mr. Aearlah Boody, of New York, N. J., an enormously rich, re tired plumber, on returning from Ilome, where he had Ix-en to Behx-t a really good cash article of title for himself, was astonished to And the front door of his splendid residence standing open, although he had closed it se curely uion his deiarture. I'roceeding further, he at once perceived by Uie empty wine-bottli-a and costly viamls scattered over the uiuiniilii-ent satin furniture tliat the house huiI been biu'gluiized in his absence. (It teems strange that burglars should always jcatter costly viands about when thoy rob a place, but according to tho papers they will do it.) A ponderous hair trunk, in which he kept his valuables, had been opened, and a set of shirt-studs and a million-dollar package of 1 per cents, removed. It was iniosKible to tell exactly when the robbery occurred, but the excited millionaire at once started for the ofllce of the "prefect of police," as they say In all the French plays. On the steps of the ofllce he encountered keen-looking man, with the eagle nose and hawk-eye peculiar to detectives, who inquired if he wished to see the chief. "Immediately," said the millionaire. "lie is in isew Y or k," replied the man on the stei, ''but if it is anything of importance I will attend to it in his place." "I have been robbed," said the victim. "I knew it," said the police attache, with the true promptness of the profession. "Let us at once to the spot." The plumber led the way to the house. "I trust nothing has been moved since the crime was discovered," said tho detective as tney entered tne bouse. "Absolutely nothing," said the old gentle man, wno naa roaa u-aooriau'a "M. .Uecocq four times. "Because," said the detective, "much de pends on a careful study of the surroundings," and he began his investigations by measuring a square inch of the dust-covered lid of the trunk. He then produced a smnll pair of scales, and scraping off the inch of dust re ferred to, carefully weighed the same. "Let me see," he muttered, makincr acalcu lation, 'dust settles at the rate of 48-l,0)0th of an inch per hour. It is therefore certain that the burglary was committed last Thurs- aay at a quarter-past 1 a. m." "Dear me," said the old gel gentleman, "how wonderful" The detective now approached the remains of the robbers' repast: "There were three roDDers," ne said. "Yes, but here are four glasses used," ex claimed the old crentleman. "The fourth was merely used to pour the corky top of the bottles into," explained the "One of them was a powerful man of ad- viuicbu uo. dbb, mis imien cracker wears the marks of six decayed teeth. The second was a dandy, with a long mustache, for you can perceive here he has repeatedly wined it u tuu 4.14a uuru was unmistakably "A woman V gasped the house-owner. "iTecisely. i ou see she has eaten nothing save pickles and the icing from this cake. In her nervousness she has upset the salt and spilled her wine on Cho cloth. It was her first an air oi tne land." "Yes I see," said old Boody, much Inter ested. "And a pretty woman as well," went on the detective. "You see she has brushed the dust from every mirror in the room to look at her self. Next we find that they divided the plunder on the spot. Look! were not these oroKen tapes the ones with which vour bond 1 a. i . .a UCM;JUl.gO WCU CMX4S "They are." "During the division they quarreled. n "But how do you know thati" said Boody. "By this overturned chair. Besides, the piano is open, and marks of fingers are on the bass keys. Women always sit down and thump on that end of the piano when angry." "Even when burglingf said the old party. "At all times," replied Kickshaw. "It makes no difference whatever. The woman had red hair." "Had, eh?" "Yes, she threw that book in the corner at the old man, and made his nose bleed. See this towel stained with blood I No onn hut. a. red-haired woman would have done that." HOW do you know it was the old mnn'a nose?" "Because," replied the detective. microscope, 'the blood srlobules are thos of an elderly man." 1 suppose they did not remain hereabouts longT queried the plumber. 10; tney lext the next moraine: for Chi cago." "Great heavens! what dr. the old party, "are you a magician?" "It is very simple," said the human "sleuth hound." "On this crumpled scran of naner vmi will see some figures. Of course the thieves could not realize on the bonds at nnm. Thpv tVinra fore, made a computation to discover just how mi illcu iiuiiieuiu.ee. casn would take them. Chicago was the result, as the total arrived at is the fare to thAt city multiplied by three." "I see I see," said the plumber. "I start for Chieaero on the next fxnfn " continued the thief-taker. "Let me see. per haps you had better let me have $500 for ex penses." I he other instantly passed over the amount. "Remember." said the detectivw. as fm do- parted, "not a word of what we have discov ered. Keep perfectly auiet until vou hear from me." And to this day the defrauded plumber is sitting on his front steps waiting for news from the detective (who was nothing more than the robber himself). A Couple of Cat Stories. A correspondent writes to The Boston Transcript: "A few summers ago my cat kept her fam. ily of four kittens concealed in the hay in an almost inaccessible corner of the barn. Whenever we brought them out she would wilfully hide them again, one by one, and we used to amuse ourselves mewing as nearly as we could like a member of the family, when she would come anxiously running out to us to gather up the missing fifth which she had never had." Another correspondent writes to the same paper: "Several years since we were the wssessors or a valued cat with a family of bur kittens in the hav-loft. The stableman. thinking it too much of a good thing, drowned two of the kittens. Again, in the course of time, another family of four kittens gladdened the heart of the same mother, two of which she left in the family home in the hay loft, and the remaining two she carnal across the yard to the woodhouse, there hid ing them away. She thenceforth devoted her tune between the two places, m the care of her divided family. . "Query Did Mother Cat elect which of the four she would keep in any event, or did she, naving oniy the experience of the past to guide her,' reason that if only two 'were found she would be left in undisturbed possession?" Woman's Attraction. " " Tour woman of true power always has a large fund of the motherliness in her nature which insensibly attracts; men whether they -ill or no. George Shot, despite her almost psinfal horaeliaoaa, proves this; George Ssnd still mors so. ... The Ruling Passion Strong in Death. Cincinnati Enquirer. In one of the inland counties of this state lives an old man, who, while he has no edu cation, has to a great extent the faculty of accumulating wealth. He has plodded along through life in a slow, even way, but shows as the results of his existence a family of eight children, and property, real and per sonal, amounting to more than $100,000. The rone of his labors is a corner ETOCery, in which members of his family serve as clerks. Not long since the old man was stricken witu paralysis, and it was tnougnc ne was aoou to die. His sorrowing family were assembled at his bedside watching with tearful eyes tne kulvance of the grim destroyer. The oli man, who had lam In a stupor, aroused. lie looked from one to the other of the group, as if he were giving each a silent blessing, until he seemed to discover that all his family were present, when he turned to his eldest son, and. in a voice which, though Broken, be- tokened deep inwress, asueo. : nuu a m-jj-Htbear'yy,Hap P The old rn rtcoy WITHOUT A SUMMER. The Htory et the Phenomenal Weather That: Tel lowed a C'ol4 Hprlnc In 110. New York Run. During a cold spring like the iat on a ko pie generally console themselves with tin) re flection that the sun will eventually get the victor)', and that summer will certainly come at last, though its coming may be de layed. Uncertain as the weather U, the general features of the seanon recur with a regularity which warrants the confidence thus revised in the annual return of sed time and harvest; but there are instances on record in which even the seasons seem to have lost their characteristic features, as if the ordinary laws fTf meteorology had been temporarily suspended. A remarkable case of this kind, and one which the long-continued cold weather of this spring makes particularly interesting just now is that of the year ISItt, which luas boon called "the year without a sununer. A communication printed in The Congregationalist gives the following summary of the weather of this re markable year: January and February were mild, March was cold, April began warm and ended in snow and ice. Ice formed an inch thick in May, and fields were planted over and over again till it was too late to replant. June was the coolest ever known in this latitude; frost and ice were common. Almost every green thing was killed; fruit nearly all de stroyed. Snow fell to the depth of ten inches ji V ermont, seven in Maine, three in the in terior of New York, and also in Massachu setts. There were few warm days. It was called a dry sison. But little rain fell. Th wind Mew steadily from the north, cyld and fierce. Mothers knit extra socks and mittens for their children in tho spring, and wtxxl piles that usually disapjeared during the warm spell in front of the houses were stead ily built up again. Planting and shivering were done together, and the farmers who worked out their taxes on the country roads wore overcoats and mittens. The lth of June a heavy snow-storm fell in New Eng land. The cold was intense. A farmer who had a large field of corn in Tewksbury built fires around it to ward off the frost. Many an evening ho and his neigh bors took turns in watching it, He was rewarded with the only crop of corn in the neighborhood. Considerable damage was done in New Orleans in consequence of the rapid rise of the Mississippi river. Fears were entertained that the sun was cooling off, and throughout New England all picnics were strictly prohibited. July was accompanied with frost and ice. Indian com was nearly all destroyed ; some favorably situated fields escaped. August was more cheerless, if possible, than the summer months which preceded it. Ice was formed half an inch in thickness. Indian corn was so frozen that the greater part was cut down and dried for fodder. Ajmotft ev ery green thing was destroyed in this country and in Europe. The Soth snow fell at Barnot, forty miles from London. Very little corn ripened in New England and the middle states. Farmers supplied themselves from corn produced in 181a for-ayi in the spring of 1817. It sold at from W to't-Vpe? bushel. September furnished about two weeks of the pieasantest weather oi the season, but in the latter oart of the month ice formed an inch thick. October had more than its share of cold weather. November was cold and snowy. December was comfortable, and the winter following was mild. Very little vege tation was matured in the eastern and mid dle states. The aim's rays seemed to be desti tute oi beat durig the summer; all nature was clad in a-etrole hue, and man exhibited no little anxiety concerning the future of his life. The average price of flour during the year in the piew x ork market was $13 per barrel. The average price of wheat in England was 07 shillings psr quarter. Bread riots occurred throughout Great Britain in 1817 in conse quence oi the high price of the stair oi life. Pistols in Court. Philadelphia Times. When Congressman Joe Blackburn, of Kentucky, was young at the bar, it fell to him to prosecute a case that had enlisted pub lic sympathy. The evidence went in, and Blackburn got as far as the argument when he was warned to quit under penalty of. trouble. Tho next day he appeared in court and be gan the argument. He had not proceeded far when there was a suspicious noise from the rear. He wheeled to find confronting him-a synmathizer with the accused, in anger and aboTl' to strike. Whether Blackburn fired through his pocket or not, mythology doesn't say, but an instant later the would- be pugilist was ready for an inquest, and Blackburn turned coolly to the jury with, "And now, gentlemen, as I was saying." This yarn is pretty evenly balanced, how ever, with another that tradition connects with (Jolonel iienny oi tne counsel lor tne prosecution. When attorney for his county some years ago it became his duty to pros ecute his uncle, tjertain members or the family objected and threatened him with violence, even in court. The situation becom- inz critical when the argumentative stage of the proceedings was reached, Denny care fully laid a pair of revolvers on the table in front of him, and saying mildly, "I shall now argue this case," proceeded without inter ruption through a snorting argument. " A. 'jnew Xdea in Clubs. The Continent. The "Twilight club" of New York is a new exponent of the tendency of the over-worked business men of our cities to seek recreation by some form of co-operative association. In tho ordinary acceptance of the term it can hardly be called a club. It has nothing in the nature of a lounging-house, a restaurant, reading-room, billiard-room, smoking-room or drinking-room, that are inseparable from the imported club idea as it has taken root and developed with us. How it may succeed is yet a problem. The movement is certainly radical in its character, the club being dedi cated to "the new erospel of relaxation," and laying down its platform in the following ouamt tormuiary: Objects. To cultivate intellectual good f rl'owship, and to enjoy rational recreation. 1-JXPEXSKS. nacn memoor pays tor nis own dinner. Principles. No constitution; no by-laws; no president; no dues; no initiation fees: no s?!:iri-.; no debts or pecuniary obligations; no defalcations; no watering stock; no de-ci-..n;ing treasurer; no cliques; noduelling; no scu tidal: no profanity; no late hours; no ex cess; in drinking; no puns; no gush: no lemrthy speeches; no ''papers;" no "high idea';" no "grand reform;" in short no red tape; no formality; no humbug. Programme. A dinner, v.iuiout wine, at 0 o'clock, sharp, $1.00; int?rsjersed with music, recitations, and ten-mmute practical shop- talks by members. Invitations. Members may invite friends to attend any dinner upon at least one day's written notice to the secretary. 31 Ins Astor as a Ballet Uasetr. New York Letter. Mi Carrie Astor, daughter of William B. Astor, heiress expectant to millions upon millions, pet in our most exquisite socicty,has become a ballet dancer. Her debut was in the presence of a jammed crowd of eager spectators. Tho dance was a Dutch reel, elaborated by new and picturesque move ments. Miss Astor wore a correct Dutch peasant costume, consisting of a red merino skirt and white muslin waist; her hair was braided lehind and banded with an ornamen tal gold device, while her cap, modeled after those worn by the girls of the province of Friesland, was prettily coquettish. She had heavy gold bracelets, a gold-linked chain necklace, a diamond brooch and diamond ear rings, irihe danced gracefully to the music of zithers, and was applauded with immense en thusiasm. 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