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" ny mm attempts to haul tloicn the lmcrican Flag, shoot him on the spot."
VOL. 3.
PLATTSMOUTII, N1SBKASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 18G8.
xNO .,9.
THE HERALD
IS PUBLISHER
WE EKLY,
BY
II. D. II A T 1 1 A WAY,
EDITOa AND PROPRIETOR.
i T"y0!toe corner Slam sticet and Levee, second
Terms: $2.50 per annum.
: Hates of A titer Using
j square (apace often linen) oue insertion, (I .50
Kcj subsequent insertion - - 1.1-0
Prcfev imal cards not exceeding six lines 10 00
0i4'-qurt;r column or less, per annum 35 PO
six mouths 20 f'O
' . " thne months 15 00
9 a-hair Culunin twelve mouths CO.OO
six months 85.00
" three months 20.o
4ieeoldma twelve months - lOU.OO
-' six mouth - 60.00
three months - - 85.00
All transient aiverti-tmeuts m jei be paid for In
advance.
We are pn pared to Jo all kinds of Job Work
a short notice, aai in a .trie that wul give satis
faction. WILLITT P0TTENOER
ATTOtt NEY AT L A V ,
PLATTSMOUTII - - NEBRASKA.
T. ,71 MARCIUETT.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Ann
Solicitor in Chancery.
PLATTSMOUTII, - - NEBRASKA
C II. KING
Carpenter ard Joiner
CONTRACTOR ani Bo TDER,
Will Jo work ia ii line wilh n entries au dipatc,
apoa tthoit notice
Dr. J- S. McADOW,
HAVING RETCIIV KD TO KOCK BI.CFP3 TO
practice Phy-;e. otf.iB his profe-ion.il services
to his n;1 patrons and puVic seueral.y. I'.irtrular
attention paid to ilise-i. of thw YK. A cure Rnar
an fed in all iurabl- cases. Charges rr.c!"r;.te
am as oue year :.. Jela m5
B. R LIVINGSTON, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon,
Tenders bis professional servicis to the citixeas of
Oas ro'iDty.
fTrTRev dence tiu'h-MSt comer ofi'' aa l Sixth
str-fts; US re on Main stf .-ct, cppis.t Loin'. House,
VUtHuvruth, Nebraska.
Platte Valley House
Ed. B. Murphy, Proprietor.
Corner of JIiin and Fourth Streets,
l'latlsiuoutli, Xeb.
TTitsHou'e bavin been re fltt-J and newly fur-
lhed offers flrst-ciass accommodations. Hoard by
It day or wee.
BITHNS & CO.
DeUrs in
DUY COOKS, GROCERIES
AGMCVLTCU&L WPLEXESTS.
And a general as-orttnent cf r.. Is ngual y kept in a
first class country etore.
Atcca, Cam Co., - - kb-
auKl
: AXWKLL.
BAM. M. CHAPMAN
Maxwell &, C'liapiiiaiiy
ATTORNEYS A T LAW,
ASU
Solicitors in Chancery-
PlATTSSIOCTIf, - XKBRAfiKA.
OSes ever tliik, Eull'ry A Co s Drug Store,
a-rl
CLARKE, PORTER & ERWIN,
ATTOU KEYS AT LAW,
And Solicitors in Chancery,
MA IK ST., OPPOSITE THE COURTHOUSE
PLATTSMOUTII, NED.
SMYUblS . CLilCl, 'E rOBBT roBTSB,
WM W. KRtriM.
RKAL ESTATE AUESCY.-.
sn!4 wtf
SEPH
SCHLATER,
"V7ATCYHAKER and JEWELER,
M AI.V STBCCT,
PLATTSMOUTII, - - NEBRASKA
A pcood assortmen of Watches Clo - old Pen
Jewelry, Stiver Ware, Fane- oo Violins and Vi
Ma Trimming always on hand. All work com
saltted to hi? rare will be warranted.
April 10. l-"o5.
O. . IRISH, CALHoOS CROXTOS,
Latt S'up t Indian Affair: Attorney at Law
IRISH, CALHOUN & CROXTON-
The above named entltnen have associated
beni -elves in business for the poiposeof proecnt
In ? and c illeeiinK all claims atinKt the tieneral
Oove: nmeni, or against any tribe of Indians, and
ars pr-'T tred to prospente soch claims, either before
Conrrrs,or anr of the Departments of (iurtrnment
r before the Court of ClaiuiH,
Ma lai-H will devoti his personal attention to
srs brt-iins at WashliiRton.
ty Otfice at Nebraska Cfty, corner of Main and
Vifih streets.
SV AOLSR,
B A. rBI5sMAS.
S. ADLER & CO ,
EE TIFIERS
1XD DISTILLERS,
, Dealers ia a! i,. . a of Foreign nnd Domestic
WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS.
KO. 14, EAST SIDE 3IAHKET SQVAKB,
St. Josephs Itfo.
oSo ly
National Claim Agency.
WASHINGTON. D- C
F. M. DORRINGTON,
SCB AGFNT:
ITSMOUTH, - - NEBRASKA,
eparod to present and prosecute claims before
rress. Court of Claims and the Dep. tmeuta. Pa
... p.miAni Rnnni es. and Bounty Lands se-
ired. rT"Charices moderate, and in proportion to
is it n iitv1 rr' XT
IBs amiunt ortne claim. ai. uunanuiu..
April 10, 'S
J. N. WISE,
General Lift, Accident, Fire, Inland and
transit
INSURANCE AGENT
Will take risk s at reasonable rafts in the most reliable
e upaaiea in the Cnited States.
K9"w4e at the book store, Pla sir eoth. Nebras-
6
PLOWS! PLOWS!
C. E. F O R G Y ,
Manufacturer of all kinds of
Farming; Implement,
Puch as the celebrated Rfxl Breaking Plows, Mould
Hoard Mrek?r-, StirrinR Plow, single and Double
shovel-, Cultivator-and Harrows. Repairing done
on shot t notice All work warranted.
Having had much experien e in the business, I
ief i apKurea mar i can rive (reue- ni siiMIaciion. -Please
give me a call before piirclmsiiig elsewhere.
C. . FOUGT.
Plattsmoulli. Neb., May nth, 1967.
AND
WOOL- CARDIEMG.
Ho! for Salt Creek, wh' re you can kill two birds
with one stone, pet you' (Ira n (i round and Wxd
Carde I a the s:,uie timi-; the machinery fir b ih is
in -ierft:ct order. We ue the Patent Machine Cards,
which were run enough last year to establish their
superiority over the old kind, as ail who used the
cm testify. The superioritt of Mr. S. Twis as a
Carder is Well known, and his terries are still re
tained for the benefit of the public. With the above
advantages we flatter ourse lve that we can make it
to the advar1 tae of all who want work in our line
to :ome this way. D. DEAN. Projrirtnr.
mi ! S. TWI&. 'arder.
II. WSLRLkJI,
S. C. LI WIS
D. II. Whcrlrr & Co.,
Real Estate Agents,
Commissioners of Deeds
AND
Fire and Life Ins, Ag'ts,
PLATTSMOUTif, .V. T.
CoTtectionn promptly attnilt to, and pmeee-Ix re
ntiuel t current rates of fcxehaiip. Taxt-n paid io
We tn Iowa anJ IN'ebrrtsiCa 101 noti-resideitts. Titla
to la id investigated. Alouty lojiitd on lieai Htate
e.ur.ticd. Land Warrants lucnte'1-
CLAIM AGENTS.
Agents forcollectiori of claims against iiovernmen
for soldiers, their idow and minor hei's. A z'nt
for .he purchase aud fie of Lan'Is and City proper
ty, easiii); of Tenements.
n i:f:r r:ctis:
Tlon. S. II. Elbert, Denver City. C. T.
Messrs. Konntze liros., Omaha, Neb.
" Mc'-ar.D & Metcaif, Xebrasva City.
' G. K. Filley, bt. Louis, M.ssouri.
Dr. D'.o Lewis, Boston, Massachusetts.
H W Dtlmars. Chicago, Illinois.
11 M Mapill, Cinnnnati. Ohio.
Too,!e A tianna, Plattsrnouth . Kebraska.
L 15 Kich, Thr-e Kivers. Michigan.
Hon F Fellows, Hloomtield, tViconsio.
II'ju T M Mirquett, l'iat(jmouth, Nebraska.
j Lewii", A'toi ney at Law, Buffalo, New York.
Jarier, Hussey & Carl, Des Moines, Iowa.
A' S 14wtr
WOOL WORTH &co,
BOOKSELLERS,
STATIONERS,
Binders & Paperdealers,
SALYT JOSEPH, MO.t
cc25 6m
Buined Out,
BUT NOT DISCOURAGED.
T. W. Shryock is apain a tho old stand prepared
to wait uioa his fiiruier customers, and the public
p-neraliv. If yon want anything n shai of Farni
ture or iiairs, cive him a call. 3rd street near
Maio.riettjmouib, N.T. mayI7,dtf.
Prices He&uced!
IlsJutl received a large assortment of
IiOOTS AND SHOES,
CLOTHING,
DRV GOODS.
HATS AND CAPS,
GROCERIES AND
LIQUORS, of all description",
Aud a general assortment of
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS.
Al' kinds cf
COUNTRY PRODUCE
Taken in exchanpe for Coeds. Cash paid for
FURS, HIDES, WIIEA T, tc.
'PS6. C. G. 1IER0LD.
II O. Wortliinsrton
Attorney and Counselor
AT LAW)
Office in Ka'baeli's Block, corner of Douglas and 15th
streets, Omaha, Nebraa. auRU
F AIRBANK'S
STAKOABD
SCALES.
or ILL KINDS'
Fairbanks, Greenleaf
& Co-.
S26&HH Latest Chicago.
2'I9 Market St , St. Limit
JtBe car.ful to boy only the fieLulne. myy2?
Sale of School Lands
Postponed.
To those whom it may concern : Notice is here
by g:veo, thai in consequence of recent instrnctions
received from the tate Land Commissioner, to the
effect that, as the Department at Washington has
not as yet confirmed the title to sections It and 86
tn the titat' neither ha confirmed (he title to other
lands selected in lien of sections 1(5 and 80 which
had been sold ; the sale would necessarily have to
be defenel until s ioh confirmation is mid. 1 there
fore hereby give notice of the indeUaite postpone
ment of said sale of lands and of the withdrawal
fron- pnblication the notice of said sale. In witness
whereof I hereunto set my hand and official seal at
roy office in PUttfinouth on this 9th day of December,
A.D.1666. , - B;gpcBL0JR-
Orlt Cass County, KobraikA.
J December IS, 19U. w5 -
PIANOS, PIANOS,
MEL ODE ON S.
J. MUELLER,
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA,
Deader in (he celebrated Stock McCammon Pianos,
and other Musical Instruments.
ff""AU InstmmenW warrantel Ore years. Jd
oct?l 1
Fir the Nebraka H rald.
"TIIAXKSGIf I.ti D.4.
BT J. J ROBERTS.
What it Thanksgiving Dayl Not,
what was it accordine to the Jewish
Theocracy, ruled by Sbrkinah, King of
the king, nor to PuritHnic "blue light,''
sacred to our father?, and a venerable
legacy; not what is it according to the
Romish church, whose corruptions an
oul her authority, nor to a State proc
lamation by a wicked executive; but
what is it according to the American
Church the broad church or, so
broad as to embrace tho creeds, live,
formal and effete, orthodox aud hete-
rodcx, written and unwritten, Gentile
abd Jew?
That, cer'ainly, is thanksgiving day,
which agrees to the definition of the
terr.i. Hut the definition no more
embraces the extent of the t'.?rm, than
that of Armstrong, its term, wher usud
lo signify one with weak arms, or with
none. Ask a truthful child, what is
thanksgiving; he observes what they
do, and iheir doiug the language of
their hearts, logically makes his defini
tion, and be shapes his answer to what
he has seen; and, hence, a thanksgiv
ing is an extra church service; or, an
extraordinary dinner; or, a family
gathering; a going abroad; a tea meet-
in?; a cotilion party; a grand theater
bill; a shooting match; a raffle and
row; and in the Sunny Sooth, as it
used to be, a chouder; a barbtcue; a
horse race; a bull tight; and, North or
South, any thing to give reins to appe
tite and passion. All (his Christened,
tnatiksgiving to Almighty God! Shame
ou such mocking God, and burlesquing
his worship.
Is fuch thanksgiving a legitimate off
pring cf either law or religion?
Rather, is it not a bastard from the dal
liance of the State with the Church, a
Puritanic blue light, venerable for its
age, origin and profession, but damna
ble foi its present moral deformity?
Away with it. Away with nothing
good save all that; but the blue light,
blow it out. Some persons respect a
thanksgiving proclamation a? a conve
nient notice for a desirable meeting,
regard the day as unto the Lord, and
are llessed. Let them do so. Some
respect it os a convenience for per
forming the sacred offices of friendship
or love. Let them do so. Bat let not
'he liberty of some, license many to
not in folly and passion. It" with in
digencies admitted, there creep Tn all
hoofs and horns, then shut out the
whole. Hold to religion, friendship
and all things good, continuously and
persistently hold, but not on proclama
lion of the wicked, as specialties w ith
the wicked thn ng.
A gubernatorial or Presidential
proclamation for thanksgiving is with
out authority, not.vi'hstanding the
great seal attached. For if Govern
ment may determine the observance of
a thanksgiving, it certainly may, in
detail, and this might accord with prot
estant, papal or pagan custom; and
this is unconstit itional. God alone
prescribes hi own worship. And the
State can no more legitimately promul
gat3 that all t'te people shall worship
the God of Daniel at a given time, than
that they shall worship the golden
image. The State ought to let the
s-anciities of the Church alone, and if
she cannot make her own appointments
for worship, let her go without them.
When one f these proclamations
issues from a source of wilful wicked
ness, from drunkenness and profanity,
it is without respect, as well as author
ity. These proclamations are usually
as Cbristless as any other piece of pol
itics, and those who make them, are
usually wicked men who never pray.
and no wonder the popalace observe
the day so irreligiously. "Unto the
wicked God saith, what hast thou lo do
to declare my statutes."
The popular observance of tl is pop
ular day is secular, rather than sacred.
Proclaimed by secular officers of secu
lar government, and sometimes for
secular purposes, its observance could
not be else than it is, so long as "every
thing after his kind," is the law of pro
duction The meager religious servi
ces of the day d. no; disturb its charac
ter. Even these, performed by only a
few clergymen and choirs, at the hour
of eleven, are regarded by many, as a
pleasant prelude to huge dinneis. The
orator of the day may talk religion
enough to maintain his credibility for
pie'y, but, if be give no party meas
ures or principles an ailing, and no
general laudation of the thii gs of his
hearers, if he do not talk more panics
and buncombe than religion, many of
them will deem hi3 effort painfully
tame and inapposite for the State occa
sicn. For these unpopular, and, perhaps,
unjust strictures, on this popular day.
no popularity and thanks, nor pardon
are expected; but sweet satisfaction i
taken in the exercise of the sentiment,
"think and let think."
OUIICL.ERGV aud lite KATIOX
The Rev. Samuel Osgood, M. D
communicates an article to the New
York Citizen under this title, from
which we take the following extract:
In reviewing the in.ellectual history of
our clergy f r nearly a century, we
note one very mirked change in them
selves and their relation to the people.
The popular preachers were on-e men
of positive precedent, who went for the
letter of the book or the creed and who
had little regard for the free and what
seemed to them the daring spirit of the
age. They were afraid of reason, and
not overfond of tin? authority of con
science as compared with the auihorita
live letter. No preacher-was ' very
popular except such as rested in the
old-fashioned standards.
Things have now considerably
changed, and all our most marked
preachers have much of the spirit of
the nineteenth century, and appeal
freely to reason, conscience and ih
human breast, and do not think that all
light and life are shut up in ih old
records and creeds. The old fire and
brimstone orators are not ex;inct, but
they are not thought much of except by
limited assemblies of feeble men and
timid women; whilst the leaders of re
ligious opinion, who have the love of
the nation, have a large measure of
the free thought end generous progress
that ere so characteristic of the best
minds of our time. Elder Knapp holds
forth upon h-s pel topics, the wrath of
God and the horrors of his material
hell, lo ?m. II assemblies, and with no
reporters to record his word:; whilst
the movement men of all churches have
the ear and eye of the people, and the
nineteenth century is voicing itself in
their pulpits as well as through the
press.
Twenty Minutes tor Dinner.
The following experience of a humor
ous traveller, who attempted lo get a
dinner at a railroad eating house, is
worth reading by those who have hid
a similar experience:
"Twenty minutes for dinner," shout
ed ihe brakesman as we approached
the station.
Arrived there, I entered the dining
room and inquired of the waiter
'What do you have for dinner?"
"Twenty minutes." was the hurried
reply.
I told him I would try half a dozen
minutes raw, on the half shell, just to
see how they went. Told him to make
a minute of it on bis books. He
scratched his head, trying to compre
hend the order, but finally gave it up
and wailed upon some one ele.
I approached a man who stood near
the door with a roll of money in his
hand.
"What do you have for dinner?" .
"Half a dollar," said he.
I told him I would take half a dollar
well done. I asked him if he could
not send me, in addition, a boiled
pocket book stuffed with greenbacks,
and some seven-thirties garnished with
postage stamps and len cent scrip.
Also a confederate bond, done brown,
with lettuce alone (let us alone.) I
would like to wash my dinner down
with national bank notes, on "draft."
He said they were out of everything
bi t the bank notes, and he then ordered
the waiter to go to the bank and
"draw" some.
JCF"A cynical journalist says the
reason so many marriages occur imme
diately after a great war is, that bach
elora become so accustomed to strife
that they learn to like it; and after the
return of peace they enlist in matri
mony as the next thing to war.
gigA man in London, Canada, lost
bis life at a game of poker. His wife
held the poker.
THE DISTIL.I.EKS COSFEX
TIOX. Says the New York Tribune, when
our friends the whiskey distillers, met
in convention, the o her day, they
strangely neglected to present the de
tails and statistics of their business.
On the contrary, when the dentist.,
iron workers, manufacturers aid mas
ter artisans and workers meet in con
vention, they always give us accounts
of the progress mide in their several
departments, and they po-nt with pride
to the increased demand for their pro
ductions, and the advantages which
the Duman race derives from their en
deavors. Now, the distiller? gave us
no fact than that their working capital
is $100,000,000. However. a3 it i
our duty 10 keep ihe great public in
formed on all matters of current inter
est, we will do something to supply the
defi iency; and the reader will imagine
a well dressed, rosy-faced Secretary
reading to an intelligent and equally
ro.y faced audience a summary of
what the liquor busines has been able
to accompli.-h on the basi3 of the above
named capital.
The whole cost of lipuors annually
made and sold in the Lnited States,
il.a' is, whiskey either in a pure or deri
vative state, is about 8-500,000,000
In the consumption of this liquor, 60,
000 lives are yearly destsoyed, 100,000
men and women are s?nt to prison, aud
200.00C children are bequeathed to
P'or-house3 and charitable institutions.
In addi'.ion, 300 murders and 400
suicides are committed, aud the expense
connected with these events is S200.000
In our noble State of New York, of
course including thi) city, one person io
15 is substantially made a pauper.
Meanwhile, large sums are disbursed
in erecting and supervising those im
posing establUhments.the common jails
and the penitentiaries, for so far-reaching
are the effects of drinking spiritu
our liquors that our citizens are enable
ed to violate every law of the land. It
will not be necessary to go into ihe de
tails of the manufacture of whiskey as
now conducted; and it will be sufficient
to say that, since strychnine, red pep
per, sulphuric acid, and some other in
gredients have become common, the
cure of delirium tremens is impossible.
Of course the same effects, though in a
modified degree, characterize the vari
ous beverages which are derived
from whiskey. In the mild drinks
it is gratifying to slate that the pro
gress receutly made in the sciences,
and, in particular, in chemical affinity,
enables the expert manufacturer to pro
duce remarkable results. For instance
we furnish 800 000 more baskets of
champagne than are produced in all the
champagne districts of Europe. By
passing the oil of whiskey through car
bon, n Madeira is made at a profit of
500 per cent., which few can tell from
the genuine and with good reason
With neutral spirits, or even with
whiskey, vinegar, sulphuric acid, beet
root and copperas, which is to produce
the proper astriogency, we are enablea
to turn out more port wine than all the
rest of the world besides; and of these
and other wines, New York City annu
ally manufactures to the value of S3.
000.000, all of which are admirably
adapted to Timothy's weak stomach. It
is scarcely possible to overrate the im
portance of this branch of manufacture
nee, by enlisting the wealthy and the
fashionable, t'le lower c'asses are led
with less difficulty to the use of more
common beverage. To show ihe fruit
of wine drinking on the upper ciust of
our society the following statement is
significant: By last accounts, of the
State Inebriate Asylum at Binghamp
ton, there had been applications for ad
mission from 39 clergymen, 8 judges;
340 merchants, 22G physicians, 240
gentlemen, and, what is more cheer
ing man all the rest, 1.300 rich men's
daughters.
Aside from these little exploits, the
distillery business receives great sup
port from genteel billiard tables, which
are always seen in connection with bars.
It is nol too much to say thai these ta
bles, by enlisting our most prominent
young men, cnatles us to pour out from
our distilleries an amount of whiskey,
if collected in one stream, sufficient to
run a grist mill of ten pair of burrs the
year round, Sundays included. It is to
be hoped that these tables may continue
to receive ihe patronage of our young
men, and it ia also to be hoped that the
supplies of black walnut and mahogany
may be undiminished, since whatever
may not be needed for the manufac
ture of tables will be sure to be in de
mand for coffins. As to the gambling
establishments, little need be said, for
they will always require large supplies.
There is one branch however, which
needs encouragement, and it might be
well to consider whether legislative
action should not be invoked to the end
that the number of houses of prostitu
tion may be increased, for it is well un
derstood that there is a vital relation be
tween them and our distilleries. On
the contrary we may reflect that the
prevailing fashions, and the habit of
living beyond our means, will sufficient
ly make marriage unpopular, and in
the end the houses of ill-fame will be
crowded. On the whole, theD, the dis
tillery business never was more pros
perous. As a consequence, the As
phahhum Kingdom must be receiving
large additions to its population.
Niagara Eclipsed. An astonish
ed tourist writes to the Frontier Index
from the curious district surrounding
the Yellowstone Lake of Montana:
Near the outskirts of this monstrous
locality there is a lake on the top of the
mountain that is yet frozen over; the
ice and snow covering its surface some
twenty feet deep. Two main forks of
the Yellowstone, one heading opposite
Wind and Green rivers, and the other
opposite Henry's Fork of Snake river,
in the s: me vicinity that the Madison
and Gallatin rise, empty into the big
lake, which has for its outlet the Yel
lowstone river, and just below the lake
the whole? river falls over the face of
the mountain thousands of feet in
height, the spray rising several hun
dred feet. A pebble was timed by a
watch in dropping from an overhanging
crag of one perpendicular fail, and is
said to have required eleven and a half
seconds to strike the surface below.
That teats Niagara Falls "all hollow."
The river at these falls is represented
to be half as large as the Missouri at
Omaha, and as clear as crystal. The
great lake, like all others in these
mountains, is thick with salmon trout
of from five to forty pounds weight,
i Dd where the milky bailing mineral
waters from the geysers intermingle
with the clear water from the running
streams, these elegant fish can be
"forked up" by the boat load.
Hohtid Down. The story of ihe
"Ticket-of-Leave Man" was repeated
practically in the case of a man recent
ly tried for a petty theft in Middlesex,
England, only that the man gave up
ihe attempt to be honest. When asked
what he had to say for himself he re
plied: "Well, my lord, I rather prefer
prison life to being in the streets. . I
have had more than twelve years in
prison. I cannot get employment, for
the police hunt me down." He was
sentenced to ten years penal servitude,
when he observed with a dismal at
tempt to be funny: "Well, I did not
think I had so long to live. You are
a smart old fellow. I hope I shall see
your lordship when I come back, and
that you may give me ten years more.
I would sooner be in prison than about
the streets. 1 have got several places
of employment, but the police have
hunted me out of them."
gMr. Thaddeus Stevens is bro't
to the Capitol eiery day in a carriage;
is carried up the steps and into his
committee room in a chair, and
then, by the aid of the benches and a
cane he feebly and totteringly walks to
his seat. On Friday he came in this
manner, presided in his Committee,
was in his seat during the speeches of
Boutwell and Wilson, and afterward,
during the filibustering contests, an
swered to the roll call from one of the
sofas on which he lay at the rear of the
hall.
gSSThe Troy Times contains the
following severe hit: "Since Mrs.
Stanton and Miss Anthony have ac
cepted the association of George Fran
cis Train in ihe female suffrage move
ment, it has been suggested that their
object is to present a striking illustra
tion, in his person, of the unfitness of
some men for the exercise of political
rights, and thus show that suffrage
should not be governed by the accident
of sex."
C1IAWIA' CUM.
As the practice of chewing, "chaw
in' gum" is indulged in by many of out
ladies, and occassionally by the male
gender, we append, the following brief
but interesting dissertation on the habit
by "Kringle," of the Schenectady Star:
"As to how and where gum chawin
first originated History don't sa; but,
then I should judge it was Just intro
dewced to the publik threw the mejiutn
of a rural gurl, who kontrakted the
disorder from the kows. It looks ruther
pleasant and kumfortable like to see ft
kow quietly chawin uv her kud on a
still da; and a woming looxas pooty at
the same rekreashun.
Gum is made uv diffrent ingreedyaots
and is put up in penny packages. It is
a very cheap rekreashun, becoze a
seat's wuth will last, providin' it ain't
transferable, a muntb; and a good old
fashioned hemlock wad will last longer
than an ordinary brase uv jaws.
Wbare kan a more intereitin' site be
witnist than to see a group uv blushing
rergins discussin the favrit subjikt (the
unmarried male popubshun) and
chawin gum ?
Eliza my wife, chaws gum. The
childred loo, have kawt the infekshun;
and shuggir koted gutn is a konspikus
artikle in mi market book. Seete4
around mi doughmestic cerkle engaged.
in mi literary persuetes, mi wife sitlin
direkly opposite reedin the New York
Ledger sweetly chawin, while okkas-
sionally she removes her kud and fond
ly gazes onto it studdying the pekooler
bild of her bak Uetb, I am happy!
The children, belevin that variety iz
the spice of life, change kuJj all
around semi-frequently.
Elisa, when she retires, sticks her
gum on the hedbord uv our kouch. It's
a tune-onered praktis uv hers. On
seveeryal okkashuns I hav discuvered
that my auburn ringlits wuz fast ia the
aforesaid kud; and then I have innerd
ly kusst the prakiiss.
Wun nite I wated till she snored
magnif'cently; and then I made her
kud 2 parts uv asserfidity to 1 uv gum,
and wailed with wun eye out uv the
bed-klose, for results.
Thare was a Demoniak smile per
ceptible on my fase az she sputtered
and skoured her mouth with her nit
cap. I'm sorry to sa that the dose fail
ed to kure her uv the habit, but the
trial efektooally kured me of that kind
uv praktikal goak. I.wouldn't like to
sa that Eliza pounded me with the
mop-handle; but then she hit puny
near whire she thol I wuz rolled un
der the bed-klose, and I gave her cre
dit for guessing painfully korrekt.
Yes, it failed to kure; even now she
sits peacefully chawin."
Believing. It is related of Napo
leon, that when Marshal Durock, an
avowed infidel was once telling a very
improbable story giving his opinion
that it was true, the Emperor quietly
remarked: "There are some men who
are capable of believing everything but
the Bible." This remark finds abun
dant illustrations in every age. There
are men about us, at the present day,
who tell us they cannot believe the
Bible; but their capacities for believing
everything which seems to oppose the
Bible are enormous. The greediness,
with which they devour the most far
streched stories the flimsiest argu
ment if they appear to militate
against the Word of God is astonish
ing. '
fififTwo United States war steam
ers were lost during the recent earth
quake and hurricane in the West In
dies the DeSoto and the Mononga
hela. The Monongahela had on board
177 men, exclusive of officers and ma
rine guard. Commodore Bissell was
commander of the MonoDgahela, and
Commodore Boggs of the DeSoto.
private advices say the largest part of
the officers and crew of the DeSoto
were 6aved; a portion of those of the
Monongahela were also rescued.
E""Every stamp you put on a
deed, check or mortgage, is a sticking
plaster te remind you of a war brought
on by" Jefferson Davis, a Democratic
Senatcr from the State of Mississippi,
John C. Breckenridge, a Democratic
Vice President, Mason, Slidell, Toombs;
Wigfall, and hundreds of others, all
Democratic Senators and Representa
tives in Congress, and Democratic poli
ticians. Who saya It is not so?
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