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r i w 'I Irf If any man attempts to haul doicn the American Flag, shoot him on the spot.- Joiix A. Dix. VOL. I. PLATTSMOUTII. N. T., WEDNESDAY, NOV. 29, 1665. iX'O 34. V THE HERALD IS K'bLtsllKD EVEKY WEDNESDAY MORNING, BY II. ID- II AT II A WAY, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. Terms: $2.50 per annum, invariably in nilvitiM. Ealcs of A dec i vtising. Cr "1 M' (f fr- nt tu lin") o'je insertion, F.it , -Hi A-j lnt ill-rrM .D r.g''i nil c-iN ri"i xel':o ix line Oaf (I'Ui tcr c j'liuu or lea-, J-'r annum B.r mucin. tt.r lu-iniks Ca half c twelve month v i:v..riiln " three muu-its Ooifitlima (e'M ininlin . - x f" ii Ihrc iil-'litH i - "l-':.: nj-.'tr:; era-nts m'Jt lc j ail iJT'II j"Vfl'i it. 1 ti a'l k in U if Job i .;; .-: i. u.u. . iii. i iu .tjrl that i 1 Kie fa-: $1.50 1.' 0 10 "0 1ft 1 o 1 1.1.0 45 00 Sj.uO 11 HI 6.1 t-0 4.-. co CO fur in Wmk tat..- gnomes gitcdonu R. R LIVINGSTON, II. D physician and turgeon, .,...pj er t to th- llt.Z 'LI t r I: : - . iu I' n Tik W 1 li u c, ir:..r i f 0' ... ' ! -.'f-: n:lnT..n Mi"i ;:-.t, i. putt- .. 1.. . i-, I': .f - in u ii, .NVi..j . TI'TT T TXT PnTTTTTRFH ! ATTOISNEY AT LAW, I'LATTSMoVTU - - NEWfSKA. T. 31 HAKUI'KTT. ATTOIiAEV AT LAW tsn- Solicitor in. Chancery. rLATTSMuCIH. - - NKKK.-ISKA. JCEFTII SCnLATER. 7ATC7MAKElt and JEWELER, j r.V M.I "!l Ut fcT, j rr. vnMrni. - - Nr.r.iiASKA. 1 ,.i ,1 i. .H' nl . CI i IV'ia. ; Z Kr'n i Wi-. K if r - Vi ar.d Vi- I i, 1 ' .. ;i ' - iv, u ti i-i'l. All IVOIK ColU' pi-".-.1 i. .-..r.- ft l i l. WT Aiilt-ii. Apr:l .1.. l-i J K. C Lovii, NOTARY PUBLIC AND r-oNT v i-'.v a vn ii F.-t . '' l l'.'f'r(if low.i aa-I Nfl'ri- j - A i... . -. r a u-i-l w l..i car will ri-ceive :I .1 .1 -I T . C'Mh tf .Vnfioital ('(aim Agency. WASHINGTON- D C- F. M. DCRRJNGTON, .-fit Ai.r.M: IT.MTSMnUTI!, - - NEBRASKA, . ,T-, " ft . f I '.,!!' II.m! ( 'I I - (. I Pi. !rt. Vl- Mu IVm'S-i-, JJ.illI"-. .litl V ry Lit TP I ? tf'e ! f T ' i'.ir;- - m. - N r r . i..t in r 'i'rP"'l to la am mi i ..f 'Uv ci m. F. M. l UKJN" -i TO V Arr,l 1 P, p. I). II. WIII.IjLER. NOTARY PUBLIC a sr COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS Fire and Life Ins, Agt A.tt i" r . r.'t t -i. (till i.i a- iir.t ."Vrr.nient, cr5i'tr i l.t-ir - .f' H' Mi-I I !! K i " A .' r t Vr ;i t L .: t - it- tl I...U-I- iAii-t i'V pn.j-er-l . 1 - .-! If li'ti:-fir-. I' . th tit .f 1Q Hi! .; v- ;t(.'l l' .ifci."n Ap ucy, J j".. - t .! Iu?n o in ii ? u Nebra?W. PLATTE VALLEY C. VV. CRCW, prop ; I -n pn r- -1 ti- fti ti t al who mv ':iV'i mr I..- 1 i ,- li . W . CU'AV. i -ii-ii. i t1-, Ay- i; 1 -. 1 r.RS. L. GCLDING, I R CTICAf, F p' ..!. .rot-ftj! y S'.ft;i veirn in S. I , -:U ' I ft ti my . a eiillc4Tr-l, f - - y . i ii i ' a ti. it K- M . : .t. a.' tt-n)T !- c'ti) ii .his t.tjr. F." ; i i " i -i t i.v u i :tt- c-l t v( li-wii. J y l :l TOR SALE ! T'uirtv desirvib'e business and resi Jhnce LOTS IN rLATTSMOL'TII. Ten ,,.r'.i-;m I acres of rrairie .vnd tim- LAND IN CASS COTNTY. i.-m to fuit cash purchaser. ll.ll MIIH-I.KK. PUMPS! PUMPS! i.7k mi. 1 i- I r i. .rt-l to furn''i il.e pej i x ..1 l'i .t ii., u'.Ij mi sjt .1. ' c r.v Kiih ANY DSCRiPTlON ! rf Pj.n:- t'.'i in -y .l-:r; n li-r F'Mt 'K itT- , T.i I .. C i A 1 .i ' i,t t f 'l I In l J ! Vi' -r k i ' .il l fxmi oe tiie u II rem kiud, aiiJ t1 f:ir.'L-vl..r,t.t.i.'U. j N v. ,0 ;i.-.' T. Cl'MMlXS. I foe: sale. Eight or T n TIioiM.ugli hi'i (1 American MERINO RAMS Tier trt hrd ay J. S. Walk"', Wj. rnirig C''ty. V Y., n,l .r.J i v li Ihiihj Id . nc'icliuk ' det." iilcu" w. bitfil tiy -r. Cuim.j, ' ef V.rmo-jt. .u'l i. half Uioiher -f hi ce b .,! irk Mjn tjr "til. I Hfi'n" h.i .l.orn 3 I 2 01 ,! of i ne yar' gruvriU. Kur Junior ll.'. dil.cn ii.Quire' f . .V. VTItK PUittnuth,or if WA.LX, Silt Qrmk ford KLEi SElt &WISE, Dealers in BOOKS & STATIONERY, WALL PAPER, WINDOW SHADES. Confectioneries. IVotions, Toys. Coal Oil Lamps. Ac. &c. Wear- alf-o aarer.t. for the Bucutnan Wooln Mills, of St Juh iIi, ilo., and liT. nuw ou baud a Ko-.d a.-ortni-nt of .VCT CASSISfgRSS. CLOTHS, JSAXS. which f Iut on commission, and ar Ircpr.J to ricl.atigf for WOOL OR CASH. at Tery r,n..nn'iiJ ipne f tiira a a call. 'Iit rast t.f the llEkiLD offlce, Plaiieiuoutli. il-y ili, 15C5 tf CHEAP GOODS NEW STORE! Howe & Thatcher. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DIALIK1 I! FANCY GOODS, Boots and Shoes, YANKEE NOTIONS, Hardware, Queensware, STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES, OUTFITTING GOODS.&C THET WILL NOT BE UNDEBSOLOa Call before purchasing, and Examine Goods and Prices. If you do not buy, you will Got Posted ! RE31E3IBER THE FLACE, iVTgvlTi streets OPPOSITE POST OFFCE, ILATTS310UTII, July 1, 1865. tf IS. Te T. M. DORRINGTON, REAL ESTATE AGENT, 1'LA rrsMuurir, a-;?., I'rr-Tv.pt att'Tit'.on paiil to t.i .urctae and aal of K-al V.-''e, an. I pivmcnt of rir., .ad all hu- met. ei t -iiiiDg to a grurl LatrJ AKency. TUlcS invef Iiyaii'd. Kefr. by i-ermi.ifin to Hnn.E. S. Dutiily. Juitpe S.l Judicial Dist., Falla Ci'. Xrli-a-ka: M.Jor fcrtw il Kurlnnk. J'HTniiii'tr l. S. A v LaTiiiWoi ;h, KanHk: II. .n J. ti. Burb.t.k, i Ute A-or Nebraska, f-illi ity. Nib ; Hon. T. 51. Ma qu-tte, l"attiim"th. Nrb . Col R K. Liingtin, laiiCol Nibra.ka l.l V . t. Vil. , Pla't.mouih , S. b.; M.j .r D. M. Wbiel'-r, L'. 8. lnilian Acmt, PnwiiM Agi-ncv; Cha'n Nctlrtnn. So 111 Broadway. Srm York; rey, Dfiincli Jt Brown. Washington, I). C ; T.arv. Maalrr A. Co , CMcnfro, Ilia ; K. J t'll. h, K tlie-tr, X. V.. Prof. Ueniy Arlmj ale, ''Hartford Umerity," X. V. trc23 FOll SALE. 160 alerts of Good Land, Well watered, tuttedT 1 2 milea went rrm Platte mouth, a (rood rhance f"r a Kanthe. Terma rea dable, app-ju r M ooHRisaros. Kaal Eitata Agtot. tr-OS orr Blaci 4 Batteiy'a gvra. ocj From the Stir York Herald. The rouTiic on.; ii:sac.e of ruEJsiDE.vr JOII.SO.. No document evtr penned by an American statesn.an since the Declara tion of Independence, the Constitution of the United Stales, and the first in aug-urauon of the lamented Lincoln will be read on both sides of the Allan tic with so much interest as the forth coming1 message cf President Johnson. Providentially called to the chief ex ecutive chair at an extraordinary crisis, when the country was first emerging from the blood and smoke of a terrible civil nar.nnd when the world was hor ror tricken by the news of Lincoln's assassination, President Johnson assum ed his onerous duties at a moment's no tice, and has since discharged them with tin energy, tact and discretion that cannot be too highly extolled. Sobu-y that h could not spare time to write a line that was not of the iiks'. pressing importance, he ha left us to judge by his acts rather than Ly his words. It is truo that he has often delivered short olT-hand speeches to various visitors and delegations: but such speeches are al- way more or less unpremeditated, and cnnno'jbe arcepted as ofTiciI and au thoritative expositions of the Presiden tial policy. Such as they are. however, they have been sufficient to unite the whole country in his support, irrespec tive of party platforms and party disci pliiif, and to excite a general curiosity to lenrn more of the views md designs cf a statesman who seems to be as ex traordinary in his character as was the occasion that made him our President. The message will probably treat mainly of our demestic affairs. His policy in regard to the restoration of the Union will no doubt be fully Mated and explained. This policy involves the admii.-ion of regularly elected repre sentatives from the Suiuhern States to Congress ; and whether that point is it cairu to as a corollrtry of ihe restoration pol icy, it will, we hope, be so clear and incontrovertible as to remove every reasonable doubt that may be entertain upon the tubject in any quarter. Ui course, Congfess will h.ve to be organ ized before the Pres-idem's message is received, and we anticipate that, as the time for action approaches, the radicals will abandon the revolutionary projects which they have been rt cently concoct ing, and allow nil the Ieg-al members of the House to take their seats with out disturbance. In any event we bilieve that its de: clarations and explanations in regard to ihe President's policy will be so satis factory to the American people tnai there will be no ground left for such constitutional or unconstitutional grum blers us Wendell Phillips, who appear to think it their special mission to find fault with everybody and everything, not excluding themselves. Wherever ihe foreign policy of the government is intimately connected wiih the fcufject of restoration it will be amply treated; but ii is not likely thar much space will be devoted te our foreign relations in de tail. In his formal speech upon the reception of ihe Minister from Braz 1 the Preiident has already expresvd his views in connection with the affairs of this continent, referring fjuite dj-tinctly to the Mexican imbroglio; and Europe at om:e recognized the applicaiion of his remarks. The claims of this gov ernment upon Great Britain for the damages inflicted by English privateers have already been presented by Min-i-ter Adams, and are being diplomati cally discuised. The President's tele grains to the North Carolina and G or gia convention have settled the case of the rebel bondholders. Brief references to these and kindred matters will, there fore, buffice fur ihe forthcoming mes sage. President Johnson br lieves that we should attend to our domestic nffuirs before attending to our foreign affair; that ne should make no demands until we are perfectly ready to enforce ihem; and we consequently presume that ihe momentous message which he is now preparing will be mainly devoted 10 the policy of restoration, aud that our for eign relations will be in a measure re served for another Presidential com munication. 5sf Mr. Buchanan, who lives in Lancaster couutv. Pa., ha read the proof of his "Lasi Dying Address and Confession," and it will appear in book form next moatb. Mr. B. was formerly President of the United States. NEXICAX AFFAIUS- As much importance is attached to the statement of the Independence Beige, that the evacuation cf Mexico by the French, may be looked upon as a decided event, it will not be uninter esting to revert to the fact that about two yean ag-o M. Druyn De L'Huys, said to Minister D.iyton, that the dan gers to Maximillian's Government would come principally from the Uni ted States and the sooner, we showed ourselves satisfied, and manifested a willingness to enter into peaceful nego tiations with that Government, the soon er would France be ready to leave Mexico and the new Government to take care of themselves, which France would, in any event, do as soon as it could consistently do o; but France would never tempt the Arch Duke into difficulties, and then desert him before hi3 new government was settled; France could not do that. Mr. Seward in reply to this narra tion of Mr. Dayton's, instructed him to inform the French Government, that in . the opinion of the Uui'.ed States, ihe I permanent establishment of a foreigu ai.d Monarchal Government in Mexi co wouIJ be fnund neither easy or de sirable. The United Stales can do nothing else ihan leave the destiny of Mex ico in the hands of her own peo pie, aud recognize their sovereignty and independence in whatever form they may choose. It was previously dechred by M. Druyn IJe LTIuys that as to Mexico, ihe purpose of the French Government was to give order to the condition of things there; to repay themselves for debts and expenses, etc., and then leave the country. The contract of the Convention con cluded between France and Mexico regulates the conditions of ihe stay of the French troops in Mexico for the - ' --'tiiiJg order and con solidating the new Jmpire done in the Castle of Miramer, the tenth of April, 1S64; provides that the French troops at present iu Mexico, shall be reduced as soon as possible to a force of tweny- five thousand men, including the For eign Legi n. This corps, in order to safely guard the interests which led to the interven tion, shall remain temporarily in Mex ico, on conditions; among them, thai the French shall evacuate Mexico in pro portion as the Emperor of Mexico shall be able to organize the troops necessary to replace them. The Foreign Legion in the service of Fiance, composed of eight thousand men, shall, nevertheless, remain in Mexico three years after all other French troops are recalled. From that moment the Legion passes in:o the service and pay of the Mexican gov ernment, which reserves to itself the right to shorten the period of its deten tion. It was further stipulated that the expenses of the French expedition shall be paid by the Mexican Government at the sum of 870,000,000, the sum to bear interest at the rate of 10 per cent, from the 1st of July. All the expen ses of the army to be charged to Mex ico. 1 he above is given to show what the original purpose of Napoleon in estab lishing a Munaiciiy in Mexico wa- LAST LLT1LK OF W1RZ. The following letter was written by Wirz before mounting the gallows: Old Oapitol Prison, ) November 10th, 1SG-5. J Mr. Sciiade Dar Sir Ii is no doubt the last lime I address myself to you. What I have said to youoften and often, I repeat; accept my thanks, my sincere heartfelt thanks, for a'l you have done for me. May God reward you; I cannot. Still I have tomeihing more to ask of you. and I am confident that you will not refuse to receive my dying request. Please help my poor family, my dear wife and children. War, cruel war, has swept everything from me, and to-day my wife and my children are beggars. My life is de manded as an atonement; I am willing to give it, and I hope that after a while I will be judged differently from what I am now. If any one ought to come to the relief of my family, it is the people of ihe Sbuib, for whose sake I have sacrificed all. I know you will excuse me for troubling you again. Farewell, dear sir, may God bless you. Yours thankfully, H. Wir. NCUItO EqUALITV. Ho much has been said upon this, in some localities, all-absorbitg question, that it may be said to be worn thread bare. It has been agitated to death, and deserves a decent consignment to ihe tomb. We would not be at all dis posed to resurrect it. We copy the following sensible remarks from the Howard (Ind.) Tribune, under ihe im preion that they will be appreciated : 'Some folks are terribly afraid of nigger equality They ought to be. Usi ally, those who talk so much of it are fence-corner politicians, ready to run for any paltry office, and if a re spectable negro thould run against them in f. respectable community, the negro would get a respectable majority. "We believe that God, when he cre ated men, made the white man a little bettor ihan the red or black. This rule, upon the average, is true, and vro don t believe any change can ever be made. Bui'all men are not equal. It is equal ly true tnat :very many negroes are very much belter than some white folk. negro 6hou'd ever run for office against ut, wa expect to beat bim. In j der-r,v we do not fear him in any respect. But if we were a Copperhead, if we had been a traitor to our country during a fojr years war, we should go for keeping the negro down, because, give him half a chance, and he would be as muc'i bener than a traitor, as a fine wooled sheep is better than a sheep killing dog. We are not in favor of negro equal ity i or white; equality we pray God to rve us from an equality with some nois white men, but we are in favor of g.fving all men their rights, so that eacl human being may have the op portunity to go up :o that standard to whuh he is entiiled by acluil merit." IIIC.IIW 11 .I AX VANQUISHED MY A PAHSO.V . Tsft Rev...L ILStuhhs. of Tituvill Pennsylvania , related ihe following at a prayer meeting in his own church, one ilay last week, having received his information from the hero of the story: 0;i Tuesday last, ihe Itev, of the Battimore Conference, was riding on horseback from Pit Hole to Titus ville; He had nearly reached Pleas antville, and was trotting quietly along hum'ming a psalm tune, when a man stepped into his path, aud seiziog his horse's bridlej presented a pistol at the parson and demanded his money. Nothing di?concerted. the trav eler calm ly remarked that he was only a poor Methodist preacher and had but little money, but wrjiuld give up all he had. The robber made no reply, but main tained his threatening position, and pa tient';y waited for the Conference man to disgorge. '. The dominie eyed the f reeboater pretty earnestly, and remark ed with great solemnity, "You can have my money, friend, but for Christ's sake and jour own soul's sake, give up this business of highway robbery." The freebooter dropped hi pistol at his side, and in a voice trembling with deep emotion, exclaimed, ''You can pa;s on!'? i CONSCIENCE. There are five kinds of conscience in the world: first, an igrorant con scierrce, which neither beholds ihe sin in a r-oul nor i reproves it. Secoudiy, the flattering conscience, whose speech is worse ihan silence it?eif, which, tho' seeing sin, soothes men in the commit ting thereof. Thirdly, 1I12 seared con science, which has neither sight, speech nor snse in men that are past feeling. Four'.hly, a wounded conscience, fright ed with sin. The last and best is a quiet and cUcrr conscience, purified in Jesus( Christ. Cf these the fourth is incomparably : better than the three former, so iha: a wise man would not lake a world to change with them. Yea, a wounded conscience is rather pa info I than sinful; an affliction, not an offence; and it is the ready way at the next remove, to be turned into a quiet conscience. FuVer. Cr;5J" A resolution closing in ihe fol lowir g words,-has been introduced into the Senate cf Tennessee: "That for their bad eminence and great crimes agait.st their fellow men and the United States, Jefferson Davis and his accom plices have justly forfeited their lives, and deserve and ought to suffer the J extreme penalty of the lar." J First, have a clear conscience. Next attend to the following directions: Cholera has two stages, a premoni lory, or mild stage, and a stage of col lapse, which is fatal. The premonitory stage is ushered in by a mild, pai.iless diarrhcea, which generally continues for h urs. sometimes for days, before the stage of collapse sets in. In this pie monitory stuge the disease is readily and promptly curable by simple reme dies, combined with rest in the recum bent position. All that is necessary, therefore, to prevent a fatal aitai k of cholera, is ihi the patient shall lie down, keep warm anJ quiet, and take such remedies as will relieve the diar rhoea. A knowlidge of these facts led many English towns, in former visitations of cholera, to organize a body of visitors, under the direction of a central medi cal board, whose duty it was to visit from house to house, two, three or four limes daily, and inqjire in every fami ly for these cases of diarrhcea. Each visitor carried the proper remedy, and personally attended to us administration. una to tue confinement ot the r atieni to his bed. The result of those organiza nons was most nappy, in numeraus instances townc lying in the direct track of the disease did not lose a Mngle in habitant by cholera, though thousands of cases of painless diarrhcea were treated. 8I.tIO.V9 WIFE. A friend just returned from New York tells us a pretty good story of an Illinoisan who was stopping at the same hotel. On Sunday the western man, being desirous of hearing several of the more famous pulpit orators of the me tropolis, went in the morning to Dr. Chapin's church, and heard a stranger preach from the text: ''And Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever. In ihe afternoon he went Beechet'o me dame discourse, from the same preacher Going in the evening to Dr. Osgood's church, he found the same clergyman and the same theme: "Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever." The next day the patient hearer of the thrice-told discourse was crossing to Brooklyn in a lerry-ooat, wnen tne alarm oeii in the park agitated the air with its great shocks of sound, and a man behind him inquired why that bell was tolling. Looking up, he saw the now familiar countenance of the preacher, and was prompt to reply, "I think Simon's wife's mother must be dead; I heard three times yesterday that she was sick of a fever." The Boston Journal informs us that the Puritan ship "Sparrow-Hawk," wrecked in 162G, on the eastern shore of Cape Cod, has been recently ex humed from its sandy bed, carefully cleansed, readjusted, and taken to Bos ton for exhibition. The Commonwealth. says it is unquestionably the identical craft which went down at that lime, as narrated by Governor Bradford and other historians. " It will be an object of curiosity, not alone to the descendants of the Puritans, but to all who have an interest in memorials of the olden time. jKa5"Mrs. Overly, of Westmoreland county. Pa., was fatally injured lasi week by attempting to fill a lighted lump with kerosene oil. Mrs. Abigail Campbell, of Batler county, Ohio, at tempted the same experiment with the same result. Her little girl was also fatally burned, and her husband severe ly injured. Mr. Clark, of Steele Co., Iowa, in precisely the same manner exploded a can of oil, setting fire to his house, burning his wife and child to death, and very nearly destroying a family living up stairs. A for himself, he walked a mile to a neighbor's house and then fell dead. ?5Br" Cleopatra has always been wondered at for her extravagance in dissolving a pearl in her drink. A great many men in our time have dis solved greater fortunes in drinks than the beautiful Egyptian. f- Many of our "slang" sayings have a classical derivation. When one calls his comrade a "brick," he is only paying a compliment uttered a thousand years ago: An Eastern prince on being asked, "Where are the fortifications of your city?" replied, pointing to his aol- i-diers, "every man yea see is a brick. HOW TO MEET CHOLERA MARHIAUEIMIKai LIFE. The Hamilton, C. W., cot respondent of the Toronto Leader leiis the follow ing story: The eldest son of a ceitain Honor able in Hamilton lias been discovered in n manner contrary to the usages of well bred society. In a word, he has been guilty of allying himself to a plebian blrod; he has married a ser vant girl, nud consequently there is trouble in the family. The youth was never known for anything remarkable beyond being what in common parlance is termed "fast." Import snys he took a fancy to the girl, and to his credit, be it known, he sent her to school some two years ago, and she now comes out greatly improved, biie is spouen ot as a very nice young woman, and everybody says, vastly superior to her hustand. So that after all there thou'd not be so much noise about the affiiir. If any person should complain, it should be the friends of the cirl. JCST If one should give me a d'A of sand and tell me there were parti cles of iron in if, I might lo. k for them with my eyes, and be unable to detect them; but let me take a u agnet and sweep through it, and how would it draw to itself the most invisible parti cles, ly ihe mere power of attraction. The unthankful heart, like my fi'iger in the sand, discovers no mercie.-; but let the thankful heart sweep thiough the day, and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour.somo heavenly blessings; only the iron in God's sand is gold. O. JV. Holmes. Jir The New York Times says that on the Suuday after the first battle of Bull Run, in lS6l the American agent of the house in London through which our Government transacts its business, called upon the proper Secre tary at Washington, and requested the Government lo give security for the The balance was about S IC ,000. The Secretary informed him that the Gov ernment would not probably break up before business hours the next day, and he must request him to call again. The limes says that these bankers are vtry anxious still to be retained as agents of our Government in London. GOOD RULES I'OK ALL. Profane swearing is abominable. Vulgar language i disgusting. Inquisitiveness is offensive. Telling lies is contemptible. Slander is devili.-h. Drunkenness is disgraceful. Laziness is shameful. Avoid all th above vices and aim at usefulness. This is ihe road by which to become respectable. Walk in it. Never be ashamed of honest labor. Pride is a hateful cause a hateful vice. Never ac: the hypocrite. Keep gocd company. Speak the truth al all times. Never be discouraged, but persevere, and mountains will become mole hills. gJSr" In Sacramento recently a wo man procured the release of her hus band from jail, nnd that night ran off with anoiher. fellow. Her object in procuring her husband's release was to UtfavejaTOebodyin charge of the child- ren. was a considerate woman. ,s rrunueute iwuer reierring A T. : j r . - to the outlandish and utterly abominable words constantly coined by telegraph operators, says: "The Associated Press pours a stream of cold poison inio ihe English language every morning. We hear of buildings being 'burgl inzed' aud 'incendiarized,' of steamers 'collid ing, and oil wells 'conflagrating, and other day we were told an actress had 'debuted' wiih success! There ought to be a law against such atrocities!" m gtS The recent subsidence of tho waters of ihe Seine has revealed a number of curiosities lying in its muddy bed. Among other things, a double- faced seal, engraved with the arms of Catherine de Medicis, was picked up beneath the Pont Neuf, r.nd near the Isle de la Cite was found a large hatch et of black polished stone, of a singular make. The most curious discovery was, however, a small copper case con- taming aporiaiiof M'llede la Valiiero, painted in oil on metal. This work of art, which had remained for a century and a half at the bottom of the river, has undergone but little alteration; iha carmias only had turned black. tf i . 1 . f I