R. TIMM TAHLEH.
B & M. E. E. in Nebraska,
MAIN LINE
r.xi-K train ;lNi
wr.T.
STATIONS :
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No. X
FltUtnouth ...
OreapulU
Concord
Cedar Creek...
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bouth Itend....
Ashland.
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Lincoln ..
flatting
Bed Cloud
McCook
Akron
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Led Cloud, run dally exci.pt Sunday.
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time: table
Missouri Pacific Iluilroad.
KxpreMn
Express
leaves
KoIiik
BUVTU.
Frelgiil
leave1
Koli'K
SOUTH.
C'liliK
euUTIl.
7.40 p.Ul
8.(o a-in.
12.50 a. in.
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Avoca .
Dnnbur
Kansas I ii
St. Loui
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i.47 a.n
8.37 "
9.00 "
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9.63 "
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7.07 p.m.
6.Z2 a.m.
2.0O p. Ii
3.05 "
360
6.00 M
6.45 "
6.45 "
fi-r
living
NORTH.
IxolIlK
NORTH
St. Lonlt 52a.m 8.32 p.m.
Vkuhk 'i:v i H..ip.in 7.61 a. in
uular 5.10 a.m L'J4 p.m. 1.01 p. m.
rfVOCU i " I " 2.10
eeplus Water.! U.oa I 5.08 -' I 2.45
Ixjui.-vnl- I .i2 5.33 " 3.5
bprmIield I ol - 5.48 " 4.Z5
apiil.i i.M " .15 - I 5.25
Om :tb a arrive. i.iio " 6.55 7.06
The abov ii J.-tterwn City time, which U li
I&iuuttn (alr tlt i'i omalia time.
Hhil tt. AXII 1IKPAKTIBE Ol
PULllbJlUl'TU .HAILM.
AKKlVEd. DKPARTl.
I JO p. m. I T1RTFRV ' U- ,U
9.30 5. m. f KABTZKN. 3.00 p. U.
9.00 a. Ui. I W1THTKKV 4 !, 0 "'
kiWb.iu.1 1 6.55 p. m.
11.00 am NORTH EKX. 4.25 p. Ix
?.& p. in. aoutrnm-v. 9.uo a. u.
l-.."um. . , J 8.25 a. in.
iOU p. in. f OMAHA. 4 p ,
4.00 p. 111. WKEPIXU WATER, 8.00 a. Ii
ll.oo am. AaouvviLLK. 1.00 p. n
Oec. 17. 181.
KATKH CUAKUKU FOB MOSKl
UUUfiUS.
On orders not exceeding S15 - - - 10 centr
Over 15 and nwt exceeding 30- - - lScenu
$3o 40 - - 20 ceuir
gw - - 25Centr
A single Money Order may mcit.u.
amount iroin one cent to fifty dollars, but
must not contain a fractional part ot a cent.
KATES FOR POSTAGE.
Ift c ass matter Uetteru) 3 cents per H ounce
2J " ( r'uulisuer's rates; 2 els per 1U.
m " (IraUHieut Aewepyners aui.
book come uuier this class; i cent pei
each 2 ounces.
4th clas tmeruuaudue 1 cent per ounce.
J . W. Marshall 1. 11.
OFFICIAL. DIRECTORY.
CITY MllECTGitr .
GEORGE S, SMITH. Mayor.
iu.idil li.CLMHAo, treasurer.
J. 1. oijurso.N, cuy Clerk.
' tVUXbii rui it.jJt.li. folice Judee.
K. U. WlNUtlAM.City Attorney.
1. Ii. AIL rril 1, CUlel ol l olice.
f. .vicSJANA.OVereeer ol streets.
C kun.NnL, cniel oi r'lic urpi.
b. il. KIcIijIO.n -. t'U'u Hoard u Health
JOL'NCIl.ilK-".
1st Ward Win . llerold. 1J. M. Bons,
2na V ara J. Ji. 1'atientou, J . 11, Fairfield.
iXa ara At. U. Mur,.hy, J. fc. Morrison,
itn Ward f. u. Lennuoll. f. McCaiiau.
kCHVOL KOAKl.
JESSE B. STKUliK. J. . BAKXES.
M. A. HA K11U i W in. VV 1 -M fc.KA'1 EN.
L, 1. JiNNlT, V. V . ttoAAKO,
rWar-JNU. W. MA IIS 11 ALL.
o
COUNTY UIKKCTORY.
Vf. H. NEWELL, County T reanurer.
J. W. E.NINUd, County Clem.
J. W. ViMAsjl. County Juue.
K. W.Hlit,ouerm.
CYtfCs A.L1U-N, oup't or Pub. Instruction.
U. W. r Aitfi'ltLU, County surveyor.
F. r. UAad, Coroner.
CVIWII COMMISSIONERS.
JAMES CKAWFOKl). South Bead Precinct.
SAM'L KlCHAttlisO. 3tt. Pleasant Precinct.
A. H. Tull, Puuisniouui
lrtle having ousmesa with the Count)
CouuuieaioiMiis, will ana them in session the
pirst Monday ana Xuemlay ot each mouth.
BOARD r TRADE.
FRANK CARKU1H. President.
J, a. COXXOtt. HikNilK B-ECK, Vica-Presl-dents.
WM.S, WISE. SecieUry.
FBKO. OOKUJkR, ireasurer.
Begular meetings of the Board at the Court
llouse.tue nrst l'ueiday evening of each mouth.
J. F. BAUME1STER
Famishes Fre. Pare Milk
DEUfBED UA11.Y.
Special calls attended to. and rreaa Milk
from same ftiraistoed when wanted. ly
LATTSaOUTH niU-S
a ucmel,
Proprietor
flour, Corn Meal & fd
rUttMmonta Telephone Exrhao?e.
1 J. P. Young, renidence.
3 Bennett 4k Lewi, more.
3 M. B. Murphy & Co.,
4 Bonner Stable.
A County cirk's office.
0 K. B. Lew l. renldenre.
7 J. V. Weckbach.wtore.
8 Wentern Linton TeleKraph ofllre.
9 1 1. 11. Wheeler, resldeuce.
Id 1. .Cinpbell.
14 K. 1. Wludnam, "
15 J bo. Wayuian,
l J. W. JeiililUK.
17 W. 8. W !. olllce.
IS Morriftney ltrosH ofllee.
19 W it. Carter, more.
20 (. W. Fairfield, rs-ldence.
21 if. B Murphy.
il l. II. Wlieeler & Co . office.
23 J. 1. Taylor, rexluenre.
SI Firm National Bank.
25 1. K. Runner's ofllre.'
2 J. P. Yoiiiik. more.
28 I'rrklns llouie.
K. W. Hv-M.renluence.
31 Journal ofllce.
32 Falllleld's ice office.
34 llf l(Al.l Pub. Co office.
35 J.N. Wle, reMdnce.
34 M. M. Chapman, "
37 W. 1. lones.
3H A. N. ulllvan,
3J II. K. Palmer, "
40 W. II. Sciiildknecht. ofllce.
41 Hulllvan & WiMi.ey, "
42 A. W. McLaugliliu. residence.
43 A. Paltenou. livery.
44 C. M. Holme!!,
45 I.. I. Benuett. residence.
4 ieo. Hiultli. Olllee.
47 I.. A. Moore, tlor st.
49 J. V. Barnes. relleuce.
60 It. . MviiigHtou, otllee.
3o7 J. V. Wcckhavli, residence.
3J5 Chaplain WriKlit. "
SMI W. 11. Sclilidkuecht '
30 ico. rt riiulth,
3M K. It. LiviuKitton. "
315 C. C. Ballard,
The iwltch board connect PI ;itts mouth with
Ashland, Art lug ion. BUir, Council Bluffn. Fre
mont. Mucolu. Omaha ElKhorn Htation.
Papilllou. KpriuKlleld, ixuiHvllle South Bend
and Waverly.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
SMITH & 1IHESO.Y,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Will practice in all
ine Coiirtn in the state. Oflice over First Na
tional Bank. 4yl
I-LATT8MOUTII - NEBRASKA.
UU. A. NALlSIirUY.
DE1TTIST.
mice over smith. Black Co's. Druif Store.
First class dentistry at reasonable prices, 231y
11. MKADE, M. U..
PHYSICI AN andSCROEON. Office on Main
Street. Sherwood's Block, south side. Ollice
open day and night
county PHV8ICIAN. CASS COUNTY.
M. O DONOHOE
ATTORNEY AT LA W & NOTARY TUBLIC.
r'ltzgerald's Block.
rLATTsMOUTH. - NEBRASKA
Agent lor Steamship lines to aud from Europe.
dl2w52ly
K. u. livi.i;hto., ai.
PHYSICIAN A SURUKON.
OFFI E HOURS, from 10 a. m., to 2 p. ni.
'.xaiuiu.11 Surgeon lor U. S. Pension.
1K. H. 9I1I.I.KK.
PHYSICIAN AND SUKOEON.
Jan be found by calling at his office, corner 7th
uid Main streets, in J. H. Watermau's house.
PLATTSMOL'TH. NEBRASKA.
JAM. (4. UAT1IKWN
ATTORiiEY AT LAW.
IfTlce over Pj ksr & vt wood's store, south sidi
l Main Ueiweemetli and tith streets. 2ltf
NTKOOK A CLAKK.
1TTORNEYS AT LAW. Will practice in al
.ne Courts lu the State.
District jUirry and Notary Public.
WILL H. WISK,
COZ.Z.CTIOJTS SfXCIA L22
ATTORNEY AT LAW. Real Esuir-. Fire In
urance and Collection Agency. Oace-Unio,
lock. Plattsmouth Nebraski 22ui3
. H. tVHKULKK A CO.
LAW OFFICE Jteal JMate, Fire and Lifcli -lectors,
lax -payers. Have a comulete absinu i
;!al9,.e&c.1,Uy a"d Se" rCSil neSu
JAMKS K. JIIoKBlSOX.
ATTORNEYAT LAW. WnraffinCas
o ctlttt t'ionf aCn0,lUnnIetS 1
o collections ajid abstracts of title. Ofllce 11.
FiUgerald Block. Plattsmouth. Nebraski:
J. C ACUIJCRItY,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
if-h.,!omc? ,n the front Dart of his residence
in Chicago Avenue, where nem v be found ii.
eadmess to attend .0 the duties of the o"
nce' 47tf.
KOItKKT 11. WI.YD1IA1I,
Notary Public
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office over Carruth's Jewelry Store.
Hattsmouth. - . . . Nebraska.
M. A. HARTIGAN.
Ii A W Y E K .
Fitzgerald's Block, Plattsmouth Neb
iPracUM.03'61111 attention to fienera
A. N. SULLIVAN,
Attorney and '.Counsolor-at-Law.
0FFICK-In tii Union Dlock. front room
jec.ind mory. souti. Prompt -mention given t
ill hus-.nes . mar25
BOYL & LAKSEN,
Contractors and Builders.
Will give estimates on all kind of work. Any
orders left at the Lumber Yards or Post
Office will receive pronot attention
Heavy Truss Framing,
for barns and large buildings a specialty.
For refeiencrf apply to .1. p. Young, J. V. We
! . or H. a. Waterman Si Son. d
Dr. C. A. Marshall
Successor to Clutter & Marshall.)
BEKTIST !
Preservation of natural teeth a specialty.
Teeth extracted without pain by use of
Laughing Gas.
All work warranttd. Prices reasonable.
Fitziierald Block. - Plattsmouth.Nkb
a. I. NIMPSON,
AGENCY
FIRE; JNSDRANCE CO'S:
CITY, of London,
QUEEN, of Liverpool
FIREMAN FUND, of California
EXPREESS C01IPANIES
AMERICAN EXPRESS CO..
WELL'S FABGo CO EXPRE8S.
0 CD co in fiock wood Block. wUo.Jfctmson Eros
CllCTu.
CANADA.
Borne Thoughts on the Subject of An.
nezation Offered by the Poet
of the Sierras.
Joaquin Miller.
How hartily Unite that kind of patriotism
w hich refuses to see any gtxxl ouUide of our
ownlinesl That mui.t bo the kind of patriot
ism of which Dr. Johnson sj-oke as U ing the
last refuge of a scoundrel. I found this a
charming, almost matchless land to summer
in when I came here a month ago; I found I
did not have to pay a hotel f . a dayTor a
brass band and the almost equal terrible ma
laria, nor half that sum. I dared to say so
to about flvo millions of my friends in the
states through this paper, and for this I see I
am being pounded fearfully. Such nonsense 1
We have 60,(XX),WXI of people. These people
must pour out to the sea. Well, we have no
suaconst for summer except that little lying
between Cajw May and Maine, and more
than Pilf of titat is malarious, to I have
suggested Canada. That is all.
One American patriot demands vigorously
why I count Canada so much better than
Mexico for annexation. Briefly I answer,
because Canada is healthy, phyhically .socially,
aud morally, if not politically. Most im
portant all this, and this is obviously why I
have tried to call earnest attention to this
country of the great river. We Iuve plenty
of malaria without going to Mexico for
more; plenty of political corruption, plenty
of dynamite revolution, of instability, irre
ligion. Believe me, my friends, I have no ends to
serve; I seek only the health, tho happiness,
and the solid comfort of my kind. I have no
homo here I have no home anywhere. One
siiot of solid good mother erth is as dear to
me as another, if well and happy tbero. But
now that some of you have been finding fault
with mo for finding that good things can
oome out of Nazareth, I am going to advise
every one of my people making the trip to
Europe from west of New York to come by
way of Canada.
You can crobS tho ocean in about two
thirds the time, at two-thirds tho cot-t, and of
course with only two-thirds the discomfort.
Como by way of Niagra Falls, down the St.
Lawrence through tho Thousand islands, by
Toronto, Montr'tl, Quebec, and then return
by way of New York. This, it seems to me,
is common sense. You certainly see much
more of the world, and for less money, than
by sailing out and returning by tho same
port.
A tremendously loyal Briton writes me a
savage letter, walking over on me for my
suggestion of annexation. Now, my dear
sir, I do not care an old rusty copper whetnor
we annex you or you annex us. Mainly what
I want is to sweep away that standing army
of tribute-takers stretched along 2,000 miles
of line. These fellows who wake us up at
night and shako us, shake out our night
shirts and old linen with the possible hope of
finding a cigar or a spool of thread cotton
are a nuisance, and ought to beset to plowing
and to planting corn i.i the west.
Another writes to me demanding to know
just how I would go about the matter of an
nexation. Well now, confidently, I will tell
you. And don't you let it go any further!
In the first place I know where the keys of the
great city of Quebec are kept! They hang in
the balls of Mr. Lo Moine, your trusted his
torian. And now this is the way I should go
about annexing you. I would fly at once to
Washington and tell my friend President
Arthur where the keys are I Yesl And
my friend President Arthur at the ta
ble would gently lay down his cards;
maybe a full hand, jacks at the bead! Yes!
And he would rise up ana take a broad sword
und a fishing pole and he would stride out of
Washington and on and on and on till he
came to the door of Mr. Le Moine's hall Yes!
And be would then pound on the door of the
ball with his sword and cry "What ho! come
forth and bring me the keys of Quebec!" and
Mr. Le Moine would what-ho-come-forth
with the keys laid crosswise on a silver
waiter. Then my friend President Arthur,
standing proudly erect with his sword in his
right hand and bis fishing pole in the left
hand, would receive the keys with the other
and tie them to bis belt with buckskin
itrimr. Sab be John?
PARSON BBOWNLOWS PREACHING.
The Colonel Describes a Meeting; He
Once Attended at Betjher's Church,
in Brooklyn.
B. L. R. -Dane in New Orleans Times-Dem-crat.
"But of all the preaching I ever heard,
Brownlow's took the lead. You remember,
Sally, don't you, about my being in Brook
lyn just after Lincoln's assassination? I
heard him there. I used to suffer dreadfully
with nervousness there. After the constant
turmoil and excitement of war and the life in
the open air, I found the confining city life
almost insupportable. At any hour of night
or day the restless fit would seize me, and as
irresistibly moved as Ahasuerus, I arose and
went. One night, about half after 8, I drifted
into Beecher's church, where Maynard and
Brownlow were to speak. Ten minutes after
I was seated the crowd surged in, and
were packed in there like sardines.
The organ struck up 'John Brown's Body,'
and you never did see such a state as those
people got themselves into. I've seen many
a negro protracted meeting, but never any
thing as wild as that. They burst into full
chorus with the organ, and, I tell you, it
sounded grand; it's a stirring tune and each
one did his best. Directly they got wrought
up and swayed from side to side, and the
pressure was awful in that crowded place.
As the verses went on they got wilder and
wilder, and at the end it had grown to a
fierce, dreadful roar. Some fellow changed
the words to 'we'll hang Jeff Davis,' and
then, sir, they grew simply wild; they sprang
up on the benches, they sang, they stamped,
they swore, shrieked, and some finally burst
into loud weeping with rage and excitement
Beecher and the rest saw 'twas time to quiet
them, so Maynard came forward on the
platform and petitioned for silence. In ten
seconds you might have heard a pin drop. A
great long, lunk creature he was, with a pale
face, and such a stream of acrimonious speech
I have never heard before or since; but it
didn't have the faculty of appealing to the
imagination. He spoke for some time, for
Brownlow was in New York addressing an
other meeting, and they were waiting for him
to come back. He did not come after awhile,
and, my dear Basils, he was a speaker! With
a bie voice, too. Why, my dear sir! he could
lust brin? tts crcrcn out of bell bv his chain,
mourn running with bloody slobber ana roam,
teeth clashing, tail writhing, scales glitter
ing, eyes shooting fire and leathern wings
trailing their bony points on the floor! He
could make you see it all plainly. 'Call upon
all the devils in hell from the tiniest imp to
the great Lucifer himself to come, clothed
upon with rage and diabolical fury, with all
the weapons infernal malice can invent, to
plunge to the block hearts of the fiendish
rebels f Those may not be his exact words,
but it's how the final peroration sounded to
me. I'd had all the excitement I wanted, and
more too. When the thing was over I went
quietly home and slept a whole night through
in bed. a thing I'd not done before for two
months."
"Do, Charles, come to supper," said
madame, plaintively, who had been waiting
patiently in the door-way for the colonel to
fUJfeX
IV bat They Depend On.
Boston Transcript.
A French investigator has discovered that
the character of a person's dream depends in
a great measure on which side the sleeper
lies. . The dreams of a lawger, then, who
habitually lies on both sides, must be very
much mixpd. "
Philadelphia fct-ord: Henry VillardVi
real name is Heiurich Hilgard. The one by
which be is known is a uom de plume, under
which be used to correspond for the oews
papers. .
1HE FAMOUS BLIND POOL.
Hew rreaident VII lard Kenred Con
trol or the Sort hern Pacific Mall
road. E, V. HnialJey, who ha dovoted a god
deal of time to Mr. Vlllard's affairs and the
affairs of tho Northern I'aciflc Hallway com
pany, and who Is now engaged in writing a
history of the road. Wis the story of the
famous "blind pool," as follows:
Mr. Villard exercised every precaution to
conceal himself as a buyer, using exclusively
his private means and credit In this way he
very quietly took out of the market largo
lines of ti e desired storks duriug the months
of December, 180, and January, 1SS1. Hav
ing thus obtained the virtual control of the
market, as regarded three stocks bo was buy.
ing, he felt sure that complete success was
only a quwtion of further investment. Early
in February, 1881, he decided to call on his
friends for funds for further purchases
in such a manner, however, as would not
yet disclose the real object be sought to ac
complish. Having absolute faith in tlw
soundness of his project, and feeling justified
in taking large responsibilities, as the as
sumption of such was in the direct interest of
all concerned, and- was the only suro means
of accomplishing his purpose, he decided to
niako tiie strongest appeal any man could
make to the confidence of others in him by
asking his friends and followers to place tbeir
money in his bawls without telling tbem the
use to which he intended to put it Accord
ingly be issued a private circular to about
fifty )orsons, informing them that he desired
them to subscribe toward a fund of $8,000,
000, to which he himself would contribute a
large part, in order to enable him to lay the
foundation of a certain enterprise, the exact
uature of which be would disclose
thereafter. The effect of tho annonnc
ment was marvelous. The very mys
tery of it appeared to be an irre
sistible attraction. Tbe result was that one
thirlofthe porsons appealed to signed tbe
full amount asked for lfore the subscription
list could reach the other two-thirds. Then
an eager rush of applications for the right to
subscribe ensued, and within twenty-four
hours after the issue of the circular more
than twice the amount offered was applied
for.
"How much money was raised in this
way f"
"In all f 20.000,000; the plan was disclosed
to tbe subscribers to the purchasing syndicate
June 24, aud on tho same day the new com
runy was fully organized under tbe name of
the Oregon & Transcontinental, its object
teiug to unite the Northern Pacific & Oregon
Railway and Navigation companies. "
"What is tbe present relation which this
company holds to the Northern Pacific coiu
jianyf" "Merely that as bolder of its stock."
Ueatcn at Ills Own lame.
New York Dispatch.
Tbe local article of confidence man is quite
meritorious in its way, but hardly yet able
to compete with the more scientific members
of the fraternity now rapidly arriving from
New York and Chicago to gather in the
country visitor crop.
Last Wednesday, as the overland train was
disgorging its passengers in Oakland depot,
a plausible looking young man walked up to
a gray beaded granger who was staring open
mouthed around bim, and clasped him fer
vently by the hand. "Why, how do you do,
Mr. Guffyf"
"II haw did you know my name was
Guffyf asked the delegate from the foothills,
much astonished, and apparently oblivious
1 hat "Jos. GulFy, Ukiab," was painted in big
letters on the valise he carried in his hand.
"Why, Jim, old man, you can't have for
gotten me Tom Saunders, your old friend.
How are all the boys in Ukiahf '
"Glad ter see yer, glad ter see yer. Tve
got a powerful bad memory, but seems ter
me I do remember yer face, somehow," said
the granger.
"Of course you da Coming down for a
little look round, eh? All right where do
you put up? I'll meet you after dinner and
we'll take in tbe town together. Here's my
address."
"God bless you, my boy," said the hay
seed party, much affected. "Them's the fust
kind words I've hearn since I left home,"
and with the honest impulse of bis simple
uature, the farmer took the young man in
his aims and hugged him. Then, arranging
where to meet later, lie shuffled along.
That afternoon tbe plausible young man
was down at headquarters complaining that
he. bad been robbed of his watch and pocket
book by a "boodler," got up as an old
granger.
"There wasn't nuthin' particular in their
liocketbook," iie indignantly explained, "and
the watch was oroide, but I'm blessed if I
want to be beat at my own game."
A Minneapolis Land Agent.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
While riding oat across the unf enced prai
ries three miles beyond the city I came across
two men. One had his pocket fall of signs
and the other carried an ax and bundle of
stakes. After pacing around for a time in
tbe tall grass, the man with the hatchet
drove a stake and the other man pulled forth
and tacked to it: "This house and lot for
sale or rent on easy terms." Accosting him,
I exclaimed, "Man alive, what do you mean
by putting up such a sign on an unknown
prairie? There isn't a house or a street
within a mile of here." Looking up pity
ingly, and drawing a roll of paper from bis
pocket the agent replied : "Here is the plan
for a seven-room house. This afternoon
twenty-four men will begin its construction.
Here is a contract for its lease already signed
at ft!5 per month, and a week from next
Saturday tho tenant will move in. My name
is Herrick. I'll sell you a lot fronting this
double-track street car line on this broad
avenue for $3,000. Cheap as dirt. Next
week you can refuse $0,000 for your prop
erty." .
Catching my breath, I protested :"Broad ave
nue! Double-track street car line! Great
king, this is an open prairie, it has never
even been ploughed."
But from the other pocket jumped another
roll of papers. "Here is the plan of a street
I had recorded this morning, and here is a
petition for a street car line. In sixty days
you will have both. Here I have a deed all
filled out except signing, and I can make
this lot right over to you now. We'll get
witnesses down town."
"Yourlotf'I timidly veutured, "is small,
only sixteen feet"
"Small!" yelled Herrick in a tragic and
injured voice. "Do you call sixteen feet front
small? Why, you can build a three-story
house on that lot, and that is large enough
for anybody." At this I cut the horse and
galloped away through tbe grass, lest I should
fall a victim to Herrick' blandishments and
Pluscins Car Loads of Wheat.
New York Sun.
Wheat is shipped to the western markets
in bulk, the grain being carried loose in the
cars as in a bin. Shippers sometimes mix in
ferior wheat with that of good quality, put
ting it in the bottom or around the sides o
the car load. Each load is tested with an in
struinent a little like a sand pump, and if an
inferior wheat is found in the cor tbe entin
load Ls classed as inferior. This penalty hai
put dishonest shippers to their wits' ends tc
contrive ways of mixing poor with gooc
wheat, so that there shall be the fewest
chances of detection. An inspector of grain
in Kansas City says that the most ingenious
plan for deceiving buyers is to distribute a
number of bags of poor wheat on the floor of
the car, standing the bags with their mouths
downward. When the car is filled up to tho
level of the upper ends of the bags, the bags
are pulled out, leaving a column of poor
wheat hero and there. The operation may be
repeated with another layer. The chances
of the inspector's instrument touching tho
inferior grain when it is thrust into tho load
are much fewer than they would be if the
poor wheat wero mixed in in any other man-uer.
ABOUT CREMATION.
Itn Method Explained and Its Adop
tion Urged- Growing in
Favor.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
In view of the interest that is felt at tbo
present time in relation to the Mthjert of cre
mation, an Enquirer reorter sought an in
terview with Mr. Ben Pitman, of this city,
whoso wife, it will le remembered, was cre
mated a few years ago, and was, it is 1
lieved, tho first female whose remains were
thus disposed of in this country. Mr. Pit
man received the reporter, when his misskxi
was known, in the friendliest spirit "Yoa
will," said be, "bo doing a real public service
If you aid in ridding people's minds of mis
apprehension with respect to cremation, and
putting in its place some of the ninny rea
sons in favor of this method t diiosing of
the dead."
Mr. Pitman hero reached from a desk a
large bundle of letters, and went on to say:
"There is nothing connected with crema
tion that is not reasonable, and, in its way,
beautiful, as couqiared with the method t f
biding away dead bodies, and allowing them
to slowly rot in the damp earth. I wish you
would in j our own way disabuse people's
minds of the supposition that the bodies of
our frieuds when cremated are actually
thrust into a glowing fire or blazing furnace.
Tbe body when cremated does not in fact
touch the fire. Tho fire las been used to heat
the small horizontal chamber built above the
fire, made of flre-claj', and sometimes called
a retort, and this chamber by means of a lire
below and around it is heated to an almost in
candescent glow, until it becomes a glory like
the sun when seen through a veil of mist
Tbe body to be cremated is laid 011 a light
iron frame work or crib, which rests on a
thin plate of iron; it is covered with a sheet
that has been saturated with alum water, tho
friends look a last adeau and tho body is
noiselessly slid into this glowing spectacle;
the lid is closed, and in a few minutes all
that was of the earth save the lime of the
bones, has ascended in invisible vapor to the
skies. In an hour there is nothing left but a
few handf uls of calcined ashes aud irregular
chips, white and pure to the eye and touch.
There is not a single thing offensive to any
sense in this method of disposing of our dead
friends, and when people say it is shocking
as compared with our present method, it is
clear they speak without knowledge or
thought"
"There is one think 1 would much like you
to say," Mr. Pitman, continued, "and that is,
that there is far more sympathy accorded to
cremation than is generally believed.
Women, especially those of a sensitive na
ture, are supposed to be dreadfully averse
to this revival of incinerasiou. It is the
greatest mistake. I have here in this great
bundle of letters an expression of sympathy
that really surprised me. When my wife
died, and I complied with her request that
her body should be taken to Dr. Lo Moyue's
and disposed of in his crematory, I received
a great many letters; those from women I
preserved, and were it not violating the con
fidence of friendship I could give you a great
many extracts showing how wide-spread is
tho sentiment in favor of creamation. I
have letters here from the wives of United
States senators, authors, artists, clergymen,
women of distinction in literature, art and
science, and some from souls noted only for
their gentleness, and one and all thank
me for complying with my wife's de
sires, and in almost every case say
ing how much preferable it seemed t
avoid the lugubrious and doleful customs in
cidental to burial, and how great seemed the
load removed from the mind when the dead
were thus transported to the skies instead of
permitting them to rot and fester in the
earth, only to haunt us at those times when
we were least able to endure the dreadful
thought Many of these letters," Mr. Pitman
said, "are from ladies personally unknown to
aie, but they make a remarkable show of tes
timony from those who are generally sup
posed to bo the most averse to a change in our
methods of sepulture. If people wish to es
cape the possible horrors of grave desecration ;
if they wish to avoid the almost equally
dreadful thought that our loved ones ore
Blowly becoming a mass of loathsome corrup
tion; if they wish to escape the nerve-racking
association of the customary burial, they will
be willing to think without prejudice of cre
mation, its simplicity, its naturalness and its
economy."
"Another reform," continued Mr. Pitman,
"will grow out of tbe disuse of the old method
and go hand iu hand with the adoption of the
more seasonable mode of disposing of our
dead. People will simplify ami lieautify our
funeral trips; they will get rid of the custom
ary undertaker and all his dolorous devices,
his ugly black, his sentimental white, bis ab
surd plumes and ostentatious show. Tne
wearing of the regulation mourning is al
ready ignored by many intelligent families,
and it will bo more and more the
custom to avoid so senseless and costly a
tradition. The whole thing is wivtchedly in
consistent in professedly Christian people."
He IV as JSucli n Xicepian."
Detroit Free Press.
Coming down the river from the flats the
3ther day was a man about .V years old,
neatly dressed, white plug hat, kid gloves
uid appearing to 1 a real nice man. As hb
was alone some took him for a widower, while
others argued that he had been disappointed
in love in his early days and had never mar
ried. But he was nice. He chuckled to the
babies, patted boys and girls on the head, and
tat right down among the ladies and related
ill the Indian legends of Lake St Clair.
Sver so many of them said he was tho nicest
gentleman they ever saw, and ore little
x-oman who turned up her nose at the idea of
lis being too sweet for anything was promptly
x-ilted by a score of glances.
When the boat arrived in Detroit tho nice
nan with the white plug hat had agreed to
e a lady and two children over to the Cen
,ral depot Oh, no; it wouldn't be the least
xouble to bim. On tho contrary he was de
ighted at the privilege. He had a satchel in
titber hand, and was in tbe crowd waiting
.'or the gangplank when a woman's voice was
leard crying from tbe wharf:
"Yes, that's him that's the miserable old
leceiver!"
The nice man suddenly dropped both satch
ls and tried to push back, but the crowd was
10 dense that he was pushed along up the
nlank. He had no sooner reached the wharf
;han his white hat went sailing, and a voice
lissed out:
"Had to go to Pontiac on business, did
rou J 1 his is the way to return from Fontiac,
isitr
He dropped the satchels again and broke
'or the street, but she hit him whack! whack!
whack! with nn umbrella, and called after
aim:
"It's the first time you've had on gloves in
1 year, and you've got . your whiskers dyed
rince morning! Oh! you base old deceiver.
Here the children and I haven't had a square
meal in two weeks, and yon are around play
ing masher!"
"Give it to him V cried a voice in the crowd.
"Oh, you bet I will:"' she replied. "I saw
bim before he did me, and he was trying to
look purty and innocent, as if he liodn't been
married twenty -three vears and had seven of
the raggedest children in Detroit! I'll sweeten
him I'll play masher till he lutsn't a whole
bone left!"
"YoubetP
"Yes, and you bet! Which way did he go?
Whose srot a club?"
A Caprice and a Revelation.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
The jersey to dealers was a caprice; to
wearers a revelation. For tbe first 'time in
their lives they could use their arms freely
when they were "dressed," for the first time
raise them, wave them, throw a stone, hit a
ball, or in anj" other way exercise tbem with
out pulling up, disarranging or dislocating
tome part of the machinery which : girded
their arms and waists. Does any one sup
pose they are such idiots as to giv up tbil
newly acquired fmHom?
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