fS liY iTldiY ftZ ; i "If any man attempts to haul down the American Flag, shoot him on the spot VOL. 3. PLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 18G7. xNO. 37, ( I ii THE HERALD 13 PUBLISHED WE EKLY, BY K. D. HATHAWAY, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. C3"0dce corner Mala street and Levee, i?ond. tnir. Terms: $2.50 per annum. Kales of Jldcerttsing O je square (space often lines) one Insertion, $1 .20 Eaca subsequent Insertion - - 1.(0 Professional cards not exceeding six linca 10 CO Oae-quarter column or less, per annum 35. 00 ' ' six moatha SU 4'0 " three moatha 13.00 Oi half column twelve month 60.00 " six monthf 85.00 throe month 2u.P je-oljmn twelve raontha - 100.00 six months ... bj.ihj three montha - - 85.00 All transient advertisement must be paid for la adraace. 9Wt are prepared to do all kinds of Job Work an short, notice, ami in a style that wUl give satis. fction. WILLITT P0TTENGER ATTORNEY AT LAW, PLATTSMOUTII - - NEBRASKA. T. iTI ITIAVRftUETT. ATTORNEY AT LAW Awn Solicitor in Chancery. PLATTSMOUTII, - - NEBRASKA C H. KING Carpenter and Joiner CONTRACTOR and Bu TT)ER, Will do work In h.s line with n eatness an dispatc, upon short notice. Dr. J. S. McADOW, H AVISO RETCRN'F.D TO ROCK BLUFFS TO practice Physic. off-ts his professional services to his old patrons and public generally. Particular attention paid to diseases of tbv EYE. A core guar anteed In all curable cases. Charges moderate aatne as one jear ng J. je!2 mC K. B LIVINGSTON, M. D. Physician and Surgeon, Tardera bis professional services to the citizens of Cai eonnty . W Residence souih-east corner ofPak and .Sixth streets; UfBce on Mam stfeet, oppcs.te Court House, Platttmouth, Nebraska. Platte Valley House Ed. B. Murphy, Proprietor. Corner of .Vain and Fourth Streets, 1'Iattsmoutli, Neb. ThlsUoae bavins been re fitted and newly fnr- tsbed oners first elaM accommodations. Board by tbe day or week. augi BTJBNS & CO. DojI' rs In DUY (SOODS, GROCERIES AGRICULTURAL IXTLE MEX TS, A hi a geueral assortment of poods nsual y kept in a Urst-tiaa country store. At oca, Cass Co., Nkb. soil S. MAXWELL, BAM. M. CHAPMAN maxwell Sc. Chapman, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, ASD Solicitors in Chancery. tlATTSUOUTH, - - KEBRASKA. Offiea over Black, Buttery k Co'a Drug Store, aprl - CLARKE, PORTER & ERWIN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, And Solicitors in Chancery, MAly ST., OPPOSITE TUB COURT-HOUSE PLATTSMOUTII, NEB. aTLOBO J. CLABXe, FORBST FORT I a, w. w. ttwis. CtF- REAL ESTATE AOEA'CT.-. jsn4wtf josefh SCHLATEB, WAT C JT MAKER and JEWELER mais STurar. PLATTSMOUTII, - - NEBRASKA A pood assortment of Watches do . Gold Pen. Jrwelry, Silver Ware, Fancy Goon Violins and Vi olin Trimmings always on hand. All work com salt ted to his care will be warranted. April 10, leU. o. n. iRurt, " CiLHons t cioxroi, ImU Sp't Indian Affair. Attorney at Law IRISH, CALHOUN & CR0XT0N. The above named Bentlmen bare associated tbemeWes in business for the purpose or prusecut ioii and collecting all claims aRainst the General eorernment, or against any tribe of Indiana, and are prepared to prosecute such claims, either before Congress, or any of tbe Departments of Gorernnient er before the Court of Claims,, . ' Mb. Ibih will devote bia personal attention to he talness at Washington. j3 Office at Nebraska Crty, corner ef Main and Vtfih streeta. ADLBB, B.A.rimOtlS. S. ADLER Sc CO., EECTIFIERS JJXD DISTILLERS, Dealers In all kinds of roreisn and Domestic WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS. JTO. 14, r AST BIDS MARKET SQ CAES, ' St. Joseph Mo. eS5 ly Rational Claim Agency. WASHINGTON. D- C F. fA- DORRINGTOrJ, SUB AGENT:! ?VA rTSMOUTLT, - - NEBRASKA, -epared to present and prosecnle claims before . e ?ress. Court of Claims and the Deparlmenta. Pa pensions. Bount es. and Bounty Lands ae .-red riw"Char(res moderate, and in proportion to the ararant ortne Claim. " . April 10, 65 J. N. WISE, General Life. Accident, Fire, Inland and Transit INSURANCE AGENT WiH take rl.ks at reasonable ratos in the most reliable e nraates lathe t'nited States, gj'ei&eeal the took stere.Pla stt ontb, Nebraa- 0V For tbe Xebraska Herald. PATENT DREAD. BT J. J. ROBERTS. Common bread at nine days old, is dry stuff, very. Crusty as an old batchelor or common scold, if you Lite it the windows will rattle. Many per sons regard rny subject as more stale than nine times told, as quite too dry for literary food, and, he who tries to entertain people with it, as either sense less or plucky, perhaps both. . Speaking: of bread, inclines me to give some account of what I call patent bread; not to say that it has letters patent, tut that it pays royalty to excise. Patent bread is not a dry thing, however drily it may be treated, for it is a liquid; but none tha less bread, for men have experimentally proved it to be, not only food, but also drink and lodging. They also use it for a panacea for the various ills, acci dents, and inconveniences to which flesh is heir, for a cover to pandora's box. Some who walk in the old naths. and glory in the "good creature," re gard its use as necessary, and its trafic as honorable, regard it good for any thing; but others whose inventions innovate on the customs of the fathers, regard the liquid as a snare, and teach that its use is evil, and its trafic illegal, teach that it is good for nothing. The doiDgs and sayings of some of the fa thers show their ideas of liquid bread. They hare been known, after barter tog for breadstuff, solid and liquid, and rinding a balance in their favor, to take that balance in the liquid, simply remarking that ,4tbe extract will go fur th r than the flout." TLis food, whn swnllowed, lias the property o: " setting the chimney on fire," and when partaken of heartily of inducing the influence of the spirits, dmons:iating the philosophy and prac tice of spirit-rappings, so thnt the whole thing is according to the theory of patent bread, sufficiently known, having evolved more substantial reve latious tl nn tkose cf furniture dancing by animal magnetism and jargon with the jnknown. Ihi? Iread changes the condition and appearance of tue person using it. After swallowing his repast he expe rienees in some instances an agreeable transition fro n plelean to prince, from common ignorance to uncommon wis dom ; and he feels able and willing to manage both Church and State, but appearances indicate that to manage both feet is quite another question, for when he acts you cannct till whether he designed to put them into his boots or hat, njr whether he designed they should go whea he did, nor come af terwards ; ' for often he pushes the body headlong, leaving feet in the rear to take care of themselves. His face has as much expression as a lump of putty, and you cannot tell whether he de signed to laugh, sing or whistle, not whether be talks because he thinks, or thinks because he talks; but one thing is certain, he is an old politician, for whatever he does are signs of a kn jw- notbiog. In some instances the trans ition is so great that the person seems to pass from the pressure of all exter nal circumstances into the sublime heaven of the Budhist. " ' When habitually used it . has the property - or ornamenting the users premises with weeds and old hats, of blessing his lady relations with the grace of humility and the beauty of blushes, of conferring upon his depend ants the blias of ignorance and a great er abundance of rags than bankeis give to com merce, and of leveling all distinctions to a democratic status It will ornament his own clothes with a scarry appearance, his walk with' a slouch, his voi.-e with a croak, Lis eye with a rye beard, h:s nose with a bios eom, and finally his boots with snakes inside, h's muscles with dance more fantastic than the poika, and his imag ination with'Vublime and awful tragedy. This patent stun having such a variety of properties is variously known. Its generic names are few, its specific are legion. AmoDg its sig nificant and appropriate names may be mentioned sling, punch, blackstrap, bitters, red-eye, emptyings, striped pig, spirit-rapper, bricks, crackers, and last we mention patent bread. This bread is made from different kinds of grain, according to conveni ence, but rye is preferable. After th grain is ground, it is mixed, bran and all, thinrer even than latter, and then allowed to stand until, rotting, it gene rates another substance, whh ' ensists of only a small portion of the -ngina mass, and wh ch is extracted by a pe culiar process of steaming it The ex tract is then rectified, after which it is patent bread, ready for consumption The larger portion of the original mass severs to swell the importance of that species of Arab dev ls oF which two thousand " ran violently down a steep place int the sea." They who make this stuff3 require shop and machinery for this purpose, as especially as the baker does for making crackers. Ineir building is without form or comeliness that men should desire it, and as a nuisance stands aside. From it issue stench, vapor and smoke, and horid discords of geer, grinding, and swinish wailing and gnashing of teeth. The oper atives, usually as morally far irom civilization as the building is locally. creating around them fire, steam and poison, stalking in stench clouds, and feeding the worm that ' biteth like a serpent, and stiugeth like an adder," are imps at home, and the whole con cern is Satan's sanctum. They who sell it are honorable men, gentlemen of suavity and leisure, of cloth and equippage, in polite and use ful business, who mingle their cups with tears, blood and damnation. As the word is true, the reward of their hands shall be given them." They who legalize it ought to obey the higher law, or " drink of the wine of the wrath of God." The World is asking: '-Shall the negroes elect the next President?'' If the whites of the South do their duty in reconstruction, their States will be controlled by their superior in telligence. If they continue sullenly disloyal, they will abandon that control to those who mean to maintain the Union. But it is simply absurd to talk of four millions electing a President for thirty millions of people. The ne groes are not so smart as to counter balance that inequality of numbers. The World and its echoes seem to fear they will be equal to even that work. Forgot His Name The Demo cratic style of voting is well illustrated in the following: On electiou day, an Irishman presented himself in a cen tral district of this city, and desired leave to deposit a vote. " What name?' asked the inspector. 'iMichel Mur ray, sir," replied the would-be voter. "Micheal Murray? no such name on the list," called the inspector, adding, "There's a Micheal Murphy.'- "Hould on, gintlemen; bould on gintlemen!" exclaimed the excited Irishman. "Hould on," continued he as he pulled a pieca of paper from his pocket, and proceeded to read. -'Sure, it t Micheal Murphy, instid of Micheal Murray?" Of course, this man, who had torgotten bis instructions did net vote. vV. Y. Tribune. Military Greeting A pleasant episode occurred a the Tremont House in Chicago, during General Sheidan s recent visit to that chy. On the break ing out of the war. General Augur was the Captain, Colonel McFeely was the First Leiutenant and Major General Sherid&n was the Second . Leiutenant of a company in an Oregon regiment: On that occasion they met for the first time since they were separated by pro motion. Major General Sheridan and Major General Terry also met for the first time. ; ' ' ': " . : JKSTeach a child that there is harm in everything, however innocent, and as soon as it discovers the cheat it won't see sin in anything. That's the reason Deacon's sons don't turn out well, and preacher's daughters ' are married through a window. The President's message was printed in full in all the Eastern pa pers on the morning before it was read in Congress. . It is supposed that some Presidential confidant realized a haid some sum from the operation. g"A lawyer had bis portrait taken in his favorite attitude, standing with his bands in his pockets. "It would resemble him more closely," said an acquaintance, 'if he had his hands in tomebody else's pockets." SCRAPS FROftl THE MESSAGE. "There is no Union as our fathers understood the term." There is no President as the world understands the office 'It is a melancholy fact that the States are not restored," It is a melancholy fact that they seceded, and that, encouraged by an usurping Executive, they have continu ed obstinately rebellious and rejected erery compromise. "to me the process ot restoration seems perfectly plain and simple." The decree of a Dictator is certainly a very simple fact. Napoleon wonders that the people do Lot undersatnd him "The mere naked will of this gov ernment, or or one or more of its branches, is the only obstacle to a per fect Union." The naked will of the Executive, one of the branches of the government, making common cause with the traitors, has prevented reconstruction on a loyaj basis, and constitutes to-day the "only obstacle to a perfect Union " 'Usurpation is the most dangerous of political crime." Out of thine own mouth thou art con demned. The acts of Congress confound all to gether in one common doom indiscrim inately ." The acts of the President discrimin ate between the loyal and disloyal, admitting the latter indiscriminate to he franchise, conferring upon them a monoply of political power, and at the same time disfranchising the loyal men nd stripping them of all political rights. "It is tbe curse of despotism that it has no halting place." It is the blessing of a republican government, and cf an honest Congress that a halting place has been provided or a usurper in his career. "It is manifestly and avowediy the bject of the reconstruction laws to confer upon negroes the privilege of voting, and to disfranchise such citizens will gi o i bo former d.r majority at all elections in the Southern Sthtes." It is manifestly and avowedly no uch thing. The object of the recon struction laws is to secure equal justice to all men. 'It is proposed that the black race shall rule the white race that the uture destiny ef the country be placed n their hands negro denomination would be worse than military despotism subjection to the negro race will degrade the people of the South." It is a sad thing to see the Executive of a great nation, for the sake of a dirty partisanship, so falsify fact?, and in a great crisis in our history, encour age a war of races. There can hard ly be a greater degradation to the re bels of the South than their own cow ardice in refusing to exercise tbe high est attribute of their citizenship, the ballot. It is proposed now that slave ry is abolished, that the white man shall not be a slaveholder, that the freedman shall have a voice in the choice of their rulers, and that the des tiny of the South be placed in the hands of men of both races on terms of political equality. "In all Northern States the people still hold in their hands the sacred right the ballot." So do "the people in the- Southern States under the reconstruction law, though the rebels refuse to exercise it. "The negroes are taught that every white man who has any respect for the rights of bis own race is their enemy." The ' President teaches white men that distinction of race and class are natural, inevetible, desirable, and must be maintained, however opposed it may be to ihe theory of our government. -Chicago Tribum. ST" A gentleman once asked a little girl, an only child, how m.iny sis ters she had, and was told " three or four." Her mother asked Mary, when they were alone, what induced her to tell such an untruth; " Why. mama," cried Mary, " I didn't want bim to think that you were so oor that you hadn't but one child." " My dear," said Mrs. Rumble to her daughter, " you must have some thing warm around you' in the car riage." Mis3 B. mentioned the re quest of her mother to her beau, and he immediately complied with ii. ..... DEMOCRATIC OUACiGIVG The Democratic newspapers of ihe country seem not able to contain them selves over their partial success in ihe recent elections. They recur to it again and again doing tremendous trade in tbe game of brag on a very small amount of cash capital. One of these sheets, the Alton Democrat, hails the election as an emphatic repudiation of the Congressional plan of reconstruc tion, declaring that "the wrath of the sluggish North has overwhelmed the party which inauguarated it beneath an avalanche of popular retribution," etc, This kind of talk may be very accepta ble to the readers of Democratic news papers, but then tbe "repudiation" and "retribution" referred to come to be sittea aown it will be tounu that it is the sheerest nonsense in the world. In spite of the Democrats "avalanche," it appears that "Of the twenty-seven States now in the Union nineteen have Republican State Governments Governor and Legislature four, viz: New York, New Jersey, Ohio and Conneticut, are divided between the two parties, and only four are Democratic, viz: Dela ware, Maryland, Kentucky and Cali fornia. Of these, the only Northern State is California, and there we were beaten by a split iu the Republican party, and - by local - issues. Of the divided States the Republicans have both Houses of the Legislature of Con necticut by a majorty of one in the Senate and thirty-five in the House, making thirty-six on joint ballott. In New York we have the Governor, and a majority of six in the Senate; in New Jersey we have the Governor (and Camden & Amboy. has the rest), and n Ohio we have the Governor, with he prospect of being reinforced by the election of Valandigham to the United States Senate. In Congress our majority is equally comfortable and satisfactory. This does not look as though the Republican party were as yet "over whelmed" not much. But' "on the contrary quite the reverse-" Indeed it s a well known tact that among the people the Republican party has a reserve, which was not called out in the recent fall engagements, sufficient at the Presidential election to carry any Northern State, except Maryland and Kentucky. We can give the Demo cratic party two or three of our heavi est States, and still thrash them on the great national issue and candidates. In "the ten rebel States now being reconstructed we believe the Republican party can afford to make a very liberal extension of the right of suffrage to the classes of rebels now disfranchised, and 6till carry more than half of the South ern States. Democratic bragging over the recent elections will not save that party at the next November contest. Exchange- gSS"A wag entered a grocer's 6hop some yeora ago, which had for its sign 'The Two Baboons," and; addressing the proprietor said, "I wish to see your partner," "I have no partner, sir." I beg your pardon, sir, and hepe you will excuse the mistake." ; "O. there's no harm- done; but what made you think there were too of us?" "Your sign," he replied, "The Two Baboons.' JgSTA London telegram of Novem ber 22d stales that dispatches have been received containing intelligence of the safety of. Dr. Livingstone, the celebrated traveler and explorer. He was safe . and well in April .last a time subsequent to his reported murder. He was then - exploring the wastes of Africa, hundreds of miles from the sea coast. The oldest coupla in Ohio are Mr. ard Mrs. Boyd, at Irontown He is HO, and she is 108. They get mad at each other every little while and threaten to obtain a divorce.. Tbe other day the dame refused to sow on a shirt-button for her spouse, when he indignantly inquired if he bad to live so all his life." Eg" To save space, the "locals" style the traveling party of female suffrage lecturers now porarobuUting th West " George, Francis Train and family." fiThe live man is like a little pig, he iz weaned young and begins tew root early. SE.MATE COMMITTEES. The following are tho chairmen : Foreign Relations Sumner; Finance Sherman ; Appropriations Mor rill ; Commerce Chandler; Military Affairs Wilson; Naval Affairs Grimes; Postoffice Ramsey ; Public Lands Pomeroy ; Private Land Cb'ims William; Indian Affairs Henderson; Pensions Van Winkle; Revolutionary Claims Nye; Claims Howe ; District of Columbia Har lan; Patents Wilicy ; Public Build ings Fessenden ; Territories Yf tes; Pac fic Railroad Howard ; Conting ent Expenses of the Senate Cragin ; Engrossed Bills Fowler ; Mines and Mining Conness ; Joint Committee on Printing Anthony ; On Enrolling Bills Ross ; Joint Committee to Re vise and Fix the Pay of both Houses Fessenden; To Examine Claims an I Account for Repairs to and Fur nishing Executive Mansion Harlan; Ordnance Howard ; Rules Pome roy. ESfThis must be the platform of the Republican party. 1, Not a dollar of tax beyond the necessities of the nation; to wit; the unavoidable expenses of government and the annual interests upon the public debt. 2, Not a dollar of expenditure upon any object that can be made to wait until the country is in better circum stances. 2, The fewest possible articles to be taxed and no tax except for revenue. 4. Every tax to be collected in full or not levied at all. 6, Fair saleries for every office, and no fees or perquisites that do not go to the government treasury. Upon this platform of rigid economy, carefulness and integrity, holding the straight course of its legitimate political principles and allowing no straying in to side issues and theroetical enter, prises, the Republican party can regain all it has lost, with more besides, and establish ivsolf .permanently as the controling party of the nation.' Refus ing to take it, we doubt if Grant and his generals combined cru'd save it from a rpetition of defeat next year. Exchange. There is a district in Pennsyl vania, where the boys never wear shoes until they are eighteen years old. Then the shoemaker goes round every November, to measure their feet an operation, which has tobe perfot mea while they sleep, or a day would be lost catching the young men with dogs That district gave a Democratic major ity at the recent election. Of course it did. JfQTlt has been remarked that the word "its" does not occur in common English version of the Bible, but a careful observer shows that it does oc cur, once only in Liviticus, xxv:5 "That which groweth of its own ac cord," etc. It is possible that this was an officious alteration by the printer in one of tbe first editions. The word was coming into use, at tbe time of translation, but seems not to have been recognized as good English. ESSf-A genius living in California made a nerve and bone all-healing salve, and ' though: he would experi mentalize a little with it. He first cut off his dogs tail and applied some of the salve to the stump. A new tail grew out immedii.tely. He then ap plied some to the piece of tail which he cut off, and a new dog grew out. He did not know which dog was which. SFThe Cleveland Herald says that the road by which Weston entered that city looks as though an array had pass ed over it. Bjggies minus a wheel or shaft, pieces of harness, hats and caps are strewn along this road in endless confusion. It is estimated that the damage to buggies alone amounts to $1,000 . JKy Scene on the street Jubilant Democrat Do you bear those gun? I tell you we can afford to burn powder over euch victories as these! Touchy Republican That's so! Ycu . didn'l burn much during the war and tmen't burned much since. i One Live Jllan in a village iz like a case ov itch in a district skool he sets everybody tew tcratchirg at ocst. STorriN a Newspaper. Some people seem to think that their sub scription to a newspaper obligates the editor to advocate their own peculiar views on all questions which affect the public, forgetting that an editor should' be an independent being, honest enough to give his opinions, and let his readers judge of what they are worth. To those who are so ready to send word, "Stop my Paper," because the editor expresses his honest opinion, formed after careful research and ma ture deliberation, we commend tb? fol lowing little story: A certain man hit his toe against a pebble and fell headlong to the ground. He was vexed, and, under the influ ence of anger and self sufficiency, he kicked mother earth right saucily. With imperturable gravity, he looked to see the earth itself dissolve and come to naught. But the earth remain ed, and only his poor, foot was injured in the encounter. This is the way of man. An arti cle in a newspaper touches him in a weak spot, and straightway he serds to "Stop his paper!" With great self complacency he looks to see the crash when the object of his spleen shall cease to be. Poor fool, he has only hit his own toe against a world that dots not perceptibly feel the shock, and injures to a slight extent none but him self. ' - Domestic Intelligence. Tha man who wrote this evidently had ag greviance: A Card. I feel called upon to an nounce for the benefit of the gossips of Weedsport, that my wife left town on. Wednesday, for the purpose of visiting friends in the central part of the State; that she went with the full csnsem and approbation of her husband; that so far as heard from, she was anaccompaoied " by gentlemen, though it is probable she will meet two or three, or more, during her absence; that she expects to be ab sent about one week, and that during that timo thcr will be two females at my house. I make thi3 announcement thuspublicly, to save ihe wear and tear of shoe, leather and tongues, to say nothing of conscience, on the part of the gossips and EcindaJ mongers who had so much distress lately over the af fairs of my hoiiseho'd. I would further stale that any additional information in regard to my family affairs will at times be furnished to said gossips by myself and the members of the household, if they will call at any time between 6 a. m. and 10 p. m. The balance of ray time, when not professionally employed, -I desire to devote to sleep, uudisterbed by the wagging of the tongue of scan dal and "all uncheritableness." Ira D. Brown. M. D. Advirttsino Patronage, We Copy and fully indorse the fo'lowiog sensible remarks, from the Jamestowr, (N. Y.) Journal of recent date: "In a -general ense, the effort on tbe part of any merchant to get trade without ad vertising is a wrong to other business " men in the place. Whether a man believe in advertising or not, ho will coincide that the newspapers are ' a great help to the place, and that busi ness . amounts to very little in plates that don't support on J or more of them. Absence of newspapers is a bad sign for a place, in a business point of view, as absence of churchs is in morals, of school houses in education. The men ' who support the village paper do more to build up the place, and make it pros perous, and draw trade there,' than all other influences combined. Therefore, the man who tries to cjme in end. take the benefits of that prosperity without contributing to rustain it, tries to 'dead head' on the rest of the business men, and does them wrong. fX3" The cleanliest village in the' world is Brock, in Holland, which no horse or carriage has ever . been per-' mitted to enter, and where everything is kept with the most scrupulous neat ness. Before entering many of the' houses you are requested to remove' your shoes. It is said that even the Emperor of Russia was : compelled to' comply with the custom. " Six Republican Senators take' seats in the Fortieth Congress, hereto-' fore occupied by Copperheads or John son men. There'are few Democrats now living who can hope to see the' Senate again in the bands of a Dmo--crati. tnnjrj'y. i 'i r H ; -., i t .; 1 .,' t 4 f raw a i f i! T j i t !. 1 O