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THE NEBRASKA HERALD IS PUBLISHED WBBKLT ST H- D HATHAWAY EDITOR AXO fROrMITOl. Office corner Main and Second streets, seo ond story. TERMS: Weekly. $2.00 per annuel if raid in advance. 12.50 if not paid in advance. THAI NI!OHI.U. We hare stated that the State failed to make any t-howing Ifforc the Land Office at the time appointed, and that in fconsequence Morton & Co. had th'ngs ill their own way, and for this we have tailed the acting Governor and the At iorney General to answer to the people. While His Excellency has not attempted any explanation whatever, except to use Unbecoming expletives in connection with our name, he has endeavored to biake it appear that our statement was incorrect ly eayiag that neither Morton nor the State made any showing, thus 'creatine the impression that the case stands exactly as it did before. We can hardly believe his Excellency is so igno rant as to not know the facts, hence we must conclude that he attempts to de ceive. The facts arc as follows : Some time tince about a year Morton ob tained a new hearing, and some time in October last was set for the hearing be fore the Lincoln Land Office. At the appointed time Morton appeared and made up his side of the case. Attorney General Robinson (Attorney General at the time) obtained a continuance on be half of the State, on account of the ab sence of important witnesses. It was at Vhe time set for the hearing of the cvi 'dence on behalf of the State that the failure was made. Morton had no occa- hion to be there he had already made out his case la.t October and as no one appeared for the State to either take evidence or ask a continuance, the case was c'osed and Morton's side of the case is the only evidence to go before the De partment. Gov. James will not deny that this is a fact, neither will he deny that he was urged to do something to protect the the interests of the State. CASDIU, AT LEAST. Will our neighbor inform us, whether were he again surrounded by the same influences and circumstances as when he took up arms in rebellion again.-t the old flag, he would repeat history and be come a rebel soldier again ? Advertiser. Should the State of Nebraska see fit to dissolve or try to dissolve her con nection with the Federal Government to morrow, and should call on her sons for aid in arms, we would again become a "rebel soldier." We are with our peo ple against any government that they desire to repudiate. Jiroicntille Demo crat. The above admission of the editor o one of the principal democratic papers of Nebraska, has the merit of being .candid, and we doubt if any democratic journal in the State dares to condemn Mr. Calhoun for thus proclaiming not only hi? own sentiments, but the senti ments of a very large number of the men who control the democratic party. Per- haps the people are ready to place such men in power, and perhaps not. We are inclined to the latter perhaps. We are not inclined to censure every man who claims to be a democrat, but the above admission of one of the party leaders in this State proves that which wc have always claimed, that this same old rebel party would be a strong for re hellion in 1S72 as they were in 18G2 -were they only in power throughout the nation. When the people arc ready for another rebellion for another war we advisj them to p'acc democrats in power but not before that. THE SALT LA.U NT E A L. Captain Dnnaviin, Stand I'p. The Herald seems to have stirred up a regular hornets nest in relating a few facts connected with this notorious steal of Morton & Co., and every day pro duces a new witness and more stubborn facts. Where is Morton ; where is Mil ler; where is Hopkins; where is the balance of the gang that conspired to defraud the State out of the inheritance of her citizens? Perhaps they have gone to hunt the brave and chivalrous, and upright and honest and incorrupti ble Attorney General the legal adviser of Morton & Co. But there is one man who is "comeatable," and we call upon him to stand up before the wronged people of the State and tell themhow it :air"conie about tell them how the thing was planned, how Hopkins and Calhoun and himself, and CoL Manners, and others planned the scheme, and ho-y they let Morton into it because he was a "good hoy too" and because he had the money, and because Hopkins had it toot. Oh, no ! there was no fraud there ; that was all fair. Capt. Donovan, of Lin coln, is the man we refer to the man who first inaugurated the steal, and who ''talked it up" to Morton, Hopkins, Manners, Calhoun, & Co. If Capt. j)anovan will say, upon the witness stand, that which he said to a prominent and well known citizen of Cass county in the year ISG2, it will give the State her just rights, and a set of men who would commit grand larceny upon the people of the State will go whipt of justice and disgraced in the eyes of all honorable . men. Will he do it? Capt. Donovan, stand up! It is stated that the practice of brewing beer from rice is rapidlj coming into use in Germany. This beer is said to be a very clear, pale color, of an extremely pleasant, mild taste, foaming strongly arid yet retain well its carbonic acid. A discovery of coal-beds on the Isth mus of Panama, made three or four years ago, has recently been brought practicaly to bublic attention by a trial of the coal at Aspinwall. The result leaves no doubt whatever that the min eral is of excellent quality, superior to the Cumberland coal, and quite equal to the best Newcastle. The number of horse in Russia, i greater in proportion to the population, than it is in our great horse region Kentcky. Russia has one horse tcTevery fcrar and a half persons. NMBIRA VOL. 7. 'I II K TKCXK RAILKOAD. Mayor White returned last Saturday evening from a trip down the river, where he has been for the purpose of as certaining something in regard to the prospect of building the Trunk Railroad lie reports the men in charge of the matter favorable to building the road so soon as a sufficient amount of aid is of fered them, but with a fixed purpose to only build the road so far as aid is ex tended. Mayor White thinks Nemaha and Otoe counties will aid the work sufficiently, and that the road will be built throuch Cass provided wc are equally liberal. He expects to hear fur ther from Col. Abell, President of the road, in the cours3 of the present week, when it will be determined whether or not it is worth our while to move in the matter. Roslonlan Sketched. The Rev. T. De Wit Talmage, who walks the streets with his eyes wide open, and therefore sees everything worth seeing, photographed in his mem ory some Boston pictures, which he thus describes : The genuine Bostonian is for the most part, pleased with himself, has con fidence that the big Elm will last anoth er hundred years, keeps his patriotism fresh by an occasional walk near the meat market under l'aneuil Hall, and reads the magazines. We think that the average of human life must be longor there than in most cities. Dys pepsia is a ranty, tor when a mutton- chop is swallowed by a Bostonian, it trives up. knowing that there is no need of fighting against such inexorable di gestion. The ladies of Boston have more color in their cheeks than those of many cities, and walk as though they would livo to get around the next corner. It is not so fashionable to be delicate. They are robust in mind and alway ready lor an argument, btate what you think - . t . 1 1 an indisputable proposition, ana tney willsav: "Ye?, but then ." There arc fewer dandies in Boston than in most cities. Clothes, as a general thing, do not make fun of the people they sit on. The humps on the ladies' backs are not within two leet ot being as high as in some other cities, and a dromedary could look at them w ithout thinking itselt car icatured. Vou see more of theoutland- i.-hness of fashion in one day on Broad way than in a week on any one street ot Boston. Doubtless, Beston is just as iroud as New Yew York but her pride is that of brains, and those, from the necessity of the case, are hidden. Bos ton horses are, for the most part, fat, feel their oats, and know that the eyes of the world are upon them. Y'ou see, we think it is no disnonor to a minister to admire cood horses, provided he does not trade too often, and impose a case of glanders and bots on his unsophisti cated neighbor. We think that, as a minister is set up as an example to his flock, he ought to have the best horse in tho congregation. A minister is no more sacred when riding behind a spav ined and ring-boned nag than when whirling along after ' a horse that can swallow a mile in 2:30. SHOW Til KM I P. The Fremont Tribune copies an article from the Herald od the? Salt Tind Steal and. adds : "Wo can hardly believe that Repub lican State officers can be found mean enough to carry out a fraud commenced under an old Democratic reign, but this showing looks like it amazingly. If the gentlemen alluded to have anything to say in defence they will please to pro ceed at once, otherwise the people must believe them tools of the Morton ring. If there is a Republican official guilty of neglecting his duty in this case, let us know it and take steps to give him full measure of the law. "We hope the Herald and other pa pers will let the facts of this case be known as fast as possible, and we hope the Omaha Herald will show as much zeal in hunting up this Saline business as in the School Fund matter. Go for em. Wc, like the Tribune, "can hardly be lieve that Republican State officials can be found mean enough to carry out a fraud committed under an old Demo cratic reign," but as the aforesaid "State officials" make no attempt to explain a matter which could be easily explained if they were innocent of wrong, and as the only thing yet did by the acting Gov ernor is to curse the Herald for stirring this matter, wc are almost forced to be lieve that there is "corruption in high places," and that acting Governor James and Attorney General Roberts know more about this matter than they care to tell. We can assure the Tribune that we "mean business" and thatthe facts are being developed much faster than such sheets as the Omaha Herald care to have them. Saury. The Providence Journal, on the "new departure," says : A venerable citizen, afflicted with a complication of diseases, described his case as asthma, so that he could not lie down, dropsy, so that he could not sit up, gout so that he could not walk, and dyspepsia so that he could not live with out great exercise. He concluded, after a creditable but unavailing struggle with his manifest destiny, to surrender. The Democratic party has a complication of diseases ; it is too rebel for the North, too timid for tlic South, too false and faithless for either Nothing could le easier than to make a platform to suit either section, both of which are neces sary to its success, and nothing could be easier than for the leaders to step upon any platform that might be arranged for them ; but it is a lighter task to reconcile absolute free will with predestination from before the foundation of the earth than to bring the loyal Democrats of the North into successful alliance with that large and controlling portion of the par ty in the South, of whom JofF Davis is the representative, and the Lost Cause is still the object of their affections and the star of their hopes. According to the statement of an Amer ican Chinaman, the rationalists of the Celestial Empire quite out-Darwin Dar win himself, for they hold that man is not only descended from lower animals, but even from the lowest of the low lice. The original Adam were parasites on the body of Pwaa Koo, who died for the creation of the world. Must we go to sunrise for our new departure in anthro TRAVELI.XU-PAKT AM) PKKSEXT, Comparison Between English and American Railways Emigra tion, Etc., Ete. We clip the following" sensible article from The Farmer, published in London which we think is worthy a perusal, es pecially by persons intending to emigrate to the West : Sir, An old English song has fur its chorus, "Methinks it seems but yester day since we were boys together," and really Old rather lime is going on at such a rapid rate, that our yesterdays seemed somehow mixed up to-day, and have a tendency towards to-morrow. Time seems noichere, to use classic lan guage, and as for space, it is knocked out of time. Young folks have no idea of the troubles experienced by their fithers in going from place to place ; they can form no conception ol the feel ing of awe, experienced by all, when it was decided, in solemn conclave, that one must leave home and no wonder ! Any one who remembers the mtroduC' tion of railroads into this country must recollect the various arguments used atra'mst them, and they will not be sur prised to hear that the same were used against the use of coaches. Coaches, however, were only used ty the great and rich the popular mode of conveyance was the tail end 01 tne car rier s wairon. Fielding has immortalized the scenes common then to travelers by stage. In the reign of Charles II., it took two davs to eo to Oxford by a last coach;" subsequently, old chronicles tell us the journey was enocted in thirteen hours. In 1742, it took three days to go to Birmingham, and to Exeter, only fifty years ago, nearly the same time. J o come to later times ; it used to take more than a day to go to Margate ; and as for going to Dublin, it seems but yesterday" since that awful journey occupied a week. iNow, we can go to Uxiord in about an hour, to Exeter in five, to Edingburgh in ten and a-half, and to Dublin in about the same time. The old times in traveling have left many rich stones behind tnem. t no has not heard of the old carrier whe woke up one night ignorant of his whereabouts or his identity, declaring, 1 hat be had cither lost a horse or found cart." And who has not some memory of the annovances experienced by trav elers in the happy davs gone by ? About the year 1820, the Manchester and Liv erpool Railroad was started in this coun try. It was then contemplated that six miles an hour would be the greatest need obtainable : add an 0 to the 0, and we have now somethingilike the rate. Very singular to say, however, this country has not progressed in acco'iiuio dation for its travelers by rail. The car riages are nearly ot the same lorm as ol old. Uther countries, while not excell ing this in speed, far outstrip us in pro viding comforts for their travelers, and, generally, in the public spirit uiatiifested by the fctate to aid and abet every pri vate enterprise havinir for it object the convenient transport of its citizens from place to place. The United States Gov ernment, wisely seeing that every such facility granted to the inhabitants ot the country, adds to the permanent growth and strength ot the nation, encourages all proper railroad schemes, and gives special privileges to those who construct railroads, foreseeing that they are the best means for developing the natural re sources of the country. The plan adopted is simply this : from the public lands certain portions are granted to the promoters of railroads, as an encouragement to them to aid in inducing population to the State, by the very natural process of making that State comfortable, so far as the traveling arrangements of the inhabitants are con cerned. The foregoing remarks are the results of a long conversation with Mr. C. R. Schallcr, the European Commissioner for the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad, United States of America. We had been comparing notes as to the raiJroads in this country and in the United States, and I bad given him some of my experience on the same con veyances in India and elsewhere. 1 con fess that he astonished me. The Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company, composed of some of the richest citizens in America Bostoni ans, chiefly, I believe have obtained land from the States of Iowa and Ne braska, and the following has been their course of action. They appointed good men to represent them in all depart ments. Mr. C. E. Perkins, the General Su perintendent of the road, is known throughout the United States as an en lightened promoter, not one in the fancy limited company sense of the word, of all railway enterprises, and especially have his abilities been of service in de veloping the resources of this line. Mr. A. E. Touzalin, the General Passenger Agent, is known and his in fluence is felt in every congress of rail way men in America ; and Mr. George S. Harris, the Land Commissioner, has shown himself peculiarly fitted to advise and counsel all -those who desire to lo cate lands. All these officials work to gether, each aids the other, and what have they done? It will scarcely be credited, but nevertheless it is a fact i that they made this line so very conve nient and comfortable that it is now the richest in the United States, having paid, as their last year's dividend, the modest amount of 33 per cent ! This company have obtained nearly 2,000,000 acres of lan 1, which they sell in lots of 80 or 1G0 acres on ten years' credit, taking interest only the first and second years, and then by regular instal ments, bearing but six per cent, interest. The consequence is, that settlers are at tracted to these easily procured lands, they buy, and naturally every purchase increases the value of the remaining lots ; besides this, the fact remains that every one added to the population be comes a customer to the railroad, which has done, is d )ing, and will do so much for them. The Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company are not content to hide their light under a bushel they have sent their representatives to Eu rope. Mr. C. R. Schaller has a roving com mission to go anywhere. Mr. Henry Wilson looks after the financial arrangements in the country, and Mr. W. II. Hayward, in his double capacity of State Commissioner in Lon don for Nebraska, and agent for the com pany, advises emigrants, and grants tourists through coupon tickets at 25 Moorgate street, E. C. A late meeting of the Farmers Club disclosed many facts of which previously I had no knowledge. When there is so much competition for farms in this coun try j when there is evidently eo much SKA PL ATTSM O UTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, !S71. dissatisfaction respecting the system, or rather non-system, ol leases now preva lent; when it is seriously urged by such a competent authority as Mr. Mechi, that 20 per acre is requisite in order to obtain even living returns ; and when farmers so loudly complain that they are almost at the mercy ot landlords and their agents, it occurs to me that the at tention of that body should be specially directed to the Western States as a field for the energies of their sons, who have no scope therefor here. It is a mistake to suppose that such States as Iowa and Nebraska should only be sought by the laboring class of agriculturist. Unless capital is there, labor would find no oc cupation, for it is a Utopian idea to con- ceve that capital is the result and exist ing only in consequence of labor. Intel ligent small capitalists are the men who, on the whole, succeed best in any new country, and if this were more thought of, we should hear less of the trials and privatior.a experienced by the poorer class of emigrants, who evideutiy expect to find work waiting for them every where. -Let the young farmers of England, in stead of waiting among the numerous applicants for farms, take heart, and be come landlords themselves "monarchs of all they survey" in the Far West. Scottish-ameuican. The Conntitiilion .Made. Yesterday the convention finished its labors upon our new organic act, and in a few days it will be published and the people will for the first time be able to set in judgment upon the labor of their representatives. W e are proud of the results ol the convention, believing, that while Jike all other human contrivances it must neces sarily have its weak points and imper fections, yet it is as near "filling the bill" as any like instrument ever framed, and that it will be accepted almost unani mously by the people. It is modeled much after the Illinois constitution fram ed last year, is somewhat voluminous, and is perhaps only faulty n tresspassing somewhat upon the domains of orJiuary legislation. The tendency of the last ten years has been in this direction in con stitutions, and must therefore be found ed to some extent upon a popular idea. It is the reply of the people to the ten dency to centralize and augment legisla- t.ve power. It may easily be carried too far, but wc think that no serious objection can De urged against this Nebraska prece dent on that account The subjects for separate submission are five, instead of three as we stated yesterday morning. In addition to compulsory education. railroad subsidies, and "inhibition," is the section making members of banking corporations responsible in addition to their shares, to an amount twice the sum of their respective shares. Yesterday the advocates ot female suffrage succeeded in adding as an independent proposition or section, giving to the Legislature power to extend the franchises to classes not by the bill of rights entitled to suff rage. lut sueu extension must be en dorsed by a vote of the people before taking effect. With such limitations we ran see no reason for voting down the proposition. It is not necessary to deprive the peo ple of the right to make such changes whenever they are persuaded that the times demand them. We shall enter more particulrrly info the merits of the instrument in the fu ture, when it shall be printed and spread before our readers as a whole. Lincoln Journal. Faces ti. Features. This is one of the "Grizz'y Papers" "Overland Monthly:" -How of the very seldom we meet a man or a woman with a face. Ihere is great plenty a superfluity of people with features with eyes to see the outside or a mill stone ; noses to languish upon a flower ike a sick butterfly, or turn up at a beg gar; mouths to chew, and lie, and as sent with; cheeks to cover teeth, aul foreheads along which to train the sup ple curl but not a lace ; no, not the faintest suggestion of one. These eyes are but windows in a vacant hall, unfur nished with even so much as a rug ; these noses have no more significance than a hillock on a prairie ; these mouths are merely the burrows of Welsh rabbits:' these cheeks a blank expanse of canvass, waiting to be painted upon by an artist who has gone off to tome ; these foreheads are parchment, upon which nothing is written, ouch hings are but the front sides of heads : they are no faces. They arc the visible portions of God's image carved in bread and butter. It is accounted marvellous that nature has made no two faces alike. here is no marvel here ; men who have material for faces share their own each after the fashion of his mind : and as for mere countenances, nature can not exactly reproduce her own accidents and duplicates her blunders. You may send one arrow after another and lodge them in the same target, but you can not make two empty soap-bubbles drift awav in the same line, nor one puff of tobacco smoke curl and twist like another." An attorney at-law, who wished to how his smartness by Quizzing an old farmer, began by asking him if there were many good girls in his neighbor hood, ices, rep'ied the old man. there's a dreadful sight of 'em so maii3' that there ain't half enough re spectable husbands for 'em all, and some of 'em are beginning to take up with lawyers." The attorney didn't follow up the subject. At the banquet to the Iowians who re eently visited St. Louis, twenty-four hundred bottles of champagne were drunk by the party, equal to four bottles to each woman and child in the crowd. The river city must have looked double its size to some of them. The Ice Cave situated somewhere in Iowa, we believe must be a grand place to visit about this tiae. August is said to be the very best month in which to see the cave, for then it is frostiest. In the winter this remarkable cave is warm and dry and free from ice ; but when the "heated term" comes on, water leaks through the earth into the cave, and congelation begins. A cup of river water will skim with ice in twenty minutes, and freeze solid in an hour. When one emerges in midsummer from this ice cave into the outer world the sensation is like entering an oven in good baking order. For the benefit of all who de sire to cool themselves off, we mention that this wonderful refrigerator is in the town of Deeorah, on the Little Iowa River, twelve miles south of the Minne sota line. It Is said that the leaves of the com mon walnut tree, placed over doors, win dows and mantle-shelves, or in bunches or wreaths everywhere in the house, will unve rues away. A Itailway Ticket tiooU Eitber Way In the Superior court in Boston, on the yth inst., a case of interest to th traveling public was decided. In 186S, Mr. John A. Coleman, of Boston, at tempted to ride from New York to New Y T a ... iiaven on a coupen ticket, which was rejected by the conductor on the ground that it was good from New Haven to .New ork, but did not pass the holdc over the road in a train going in an op posite direction. jlr. Uoleman insisted that the company was compelled to re ceiye the ticket, as it represented money paid tor a passage between these point ana was put oil the tram by lorce, re ceiving such inlury as to affect his health He sued the New York & New Iiaven railroad company, and recovered. Hie railroad company obtained a ucw trial and was beaten asai.i. On exception to the ruling of the judge, the defendants obtained a third trial, which terminate! in a verdict for Mr. Coleman for $3,200 damage. A I'eiiihiles Boy. The working men of England, in ii tin . . . singuiany uoiuiy and tosit've manner, are objecting to allow 1'rmce Arthur any thing to live on. Because they support . 1 T a a . . their children by hard labor, they thought it barely possible that the (ueen of England might be able out of her own means to keep the life and soul and shoe leather in the person of her son. The Parliament, however, thouirht different ly, tar they have voted him a sum enuiv alent to about $75,0X) of our currency per annum, which is a verv handsome behavior on their part, considering that the money is not theirs to give. e are atraid the young man has fal len upon an ungrateful period. Me ought to have lived fifty years ago, when his magnincently tat uncle, George IV ., flourished. Ah! that was a blessed time for royalty. Or he ought to have been born higher on family pay-roll like Wales. eventy-nve thousand a year! What can a high-spirited youth, who is expected to dress decent ly, go to an oc casional party and sustain his rcspeeta- l l , onuy oy Keeping a ouggy, ao Witn a sum like that ? Mamma is not much on the give, and then, poor dear old lady, what can she spare out ot seventeen millions? It is really hard on the boy. He can't work. Royalty never works. It makes its head ache, and then it is so plebeian to work, lor example, iust like the poor devil with the begrimmed faee and greasy clothes hurrying home to his dying wile and wondering where in all the wide world he can beg, borrow or steal the money to burv her. Taken altogether, this case of Arthur Guclph is one of frightful destitution. He can't even buy Captain Jinks out of the army now. It is quite likely that he couldn't keep a boarding house. lie might perhaps eke out a precarious ex istence in a cigar or beer stand, or in a billiard saloon. Either is a light and pleasant occupation in which the royal gentleman ol decayed lortunes might en gage The cross of iron fortune allied to noble birth is heavy to carry. How would a one cent sub-cription with the respectful compliments of the -oung ladies of Amcrca meet the case? A happy thought occurs. Marry him to Flora McFHmsey, of Madison Square. lut, then, she s got nothing to wear. Jhat wouldnt do. Poor penniless boy, he will have to get along in the best way I.. . 1 " - f . r- mat uu can on me pituui seventy-nve thousand dollars a year, with what he can pick up in other waj s. Mr. Waters, pastor of the Methodist church at 1'ittsneld, seeing several sleep ers in his audience, on a recent Sabbath, stopped suddenly ami called out to the chorister, "Brother Taylor, sing a verse, and wake up the congregation." The coGgregat ion joined in that familiar hymn "O, for a thousand tougucs to sing," fil ter which 3Ir. Waters resumed his preaching, and there was no more nod ding this morning. Most controversies would soon be end ed if those engaged in them would fir.t accurately dtfiue their term and then rigidly adhere to their definitions, Ed wards. A f urious invention Is exhibited in New York. It is an apparatus by which the head and hair can be washed with out wetting the face, neck or clothes. The process consists in adjusting a bot tomless bath tub with an India rubber rim to the head of a person sitting at ease in an arm chair, so that the head forms the bottom of the bath. Another part of the apparatus is a ladies' hair dryer, whereby the hair can be very speedily dried by means of air being fan ned around it. Mayne Reid distinguished himself in the Mexican war. He was wont to re cite poetry, much to the wrath and dis gust of his brother officers. One day he roared out : "At midnight in his guarded tent, The Turk lay dreaming of the hour- Whcn Greece her knees " "I say, Reid," interrupted Ned Mar shall, "Why does she 'grease her knees?' "What, "You said 'grease her knees.'" "Now, the question that agitates the country is why did she grease her knees?' The gay Lieutenant gazed for a moment in blank amazement, and said sternly: "You're a fool." A duel was the con sequences, in which Ned Marshall, with his usual luck got the worst of it. A correspondent writes to the New York Sun that the readiest and most useful remedy for scalds and burns is an embrocation of lime water and linseed oil. These pimple agents combined form a thick, cream-like substance, which ef- tectually excludes the air from the in jured parts, and allays the inflammation almost instantly. He mentioned a case where a child fell backward into a bath tub of boiling water, and was nearly flayed from her neck to lelow her hips. tier agonies were indescribable : but her clothing being gentlv removed, and the lime and oil preparation thickly spread over the injured surface, she was sound asleep in five minutes. Subsequently the parts were carefully washed with warm milk and water three times a day, the oil dressing renewed, and the little patient rapidly recovered. Though all the scalded skin came off, she did not have a scar. This remedy leaves no harp coat to dry on the sores, but softens the parts, and aids nature to repair the in jury in the readiest and most expeditious rri, , , manner, me mixture may oe procured in the drug stores: but if not thus ac cessible, slake a lump of quicklime in water, and as soon as the water is clear mix it with the oil and shake well. If the case is urgent, use boiling water over the lime, and it will become clear in five minutes. The preparation may be kept ready bottled in the house and it will be as good when six months old as when first made. One of the Siamese twins is lying at the point of death, and arrangements have been made to seperatc the living one as soon as death finishes the other. Ton i:ich. It is a rare ihing to find people richer than they want to be,-but such a case is to be found just now m Iowa. Ihe tax able properly of Pottawatomie county foots up more on the State tax rolls than that of any other county in the State, though several other counties have near ly double the population. The Council Biuffs JTonpartit seem3 to think that such opulence is not conducive to a healthy public sentiment, and appeals to the State board of equalization to give the people a little more poverty Pnpers in Aebrntika. Nebraska has seven dailies, thirty-one week lie.-, one sena-monthly, and seven monthlies, published in its territorj-. ime hundred and ten daily papers, e'ght hundred and eighty-five weekly, .am a one iiiousaim semi-monthly, and one thousand and twenty-one monthly pubii cations, are circulated. Nebraska has seventy-five thousand nine hundred and ii nety five square miles, oie hundred and sixteen thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight inhabitants, with a total an nual circulation of periodicals of three million one hundred and forty-seven thousand one hundicd and twenty; giv ing twenty-seven papers per year for each resident. Every one thousand three hundred and two square miles has an average of one paper. "What are vou disturbing the whole house with your yellsin this way for?" demanded a fcaratog landlord ot a guest whom he found late at night seemingly in active puruit of invisible foes. "I'm shouting the battle cry of fleadom," an swered the guest, as he went ahead with his search and yells. The chignon deformity is out of fash ion only those now wear the thing who have no natural hair. The most fashion able ladies cither braid their hair and ei ther twist it round the head diadem fashion or let the braids hang down. this sensible and elegant fashion will last until some ugly female or crafty coiffeur nods some other dishgunng device to su persede nature. Have the courage to cut the most agreeable acquaintance you have when you arc convinced he lacks principle. A friend should bear with a friend s infirmaries," but not his vices. A country editor's sole editorial in one week's issue of his paper was to the ef feet that if anything will make a man feel juicy about the heart, it is to talk velvet to a pair ot sky-colored eyes, by moon light, in a clover field. An old-fashioned woman remarks, with pathetic retrospectiveness : "1 can remember when eight yards of prints and ten or twelve hours with a sewing machine would make a dress, which re quired only a pretty collar, a black silk apron a brooch to arrange into a very neat toilet, but that was when ladies did housework in the forenoon, dined in the middle ot the day, occupied them selves in sewing in the afternoon, and had tea at six o'clock. Some papers are disposed to discredit the story of the Portland Press that the grasshoppers of that region had made themselves lame in jumping from one blade of grass to another, but it is true. N e know the man who made crutches for some of the lamest of them. The editor of the Elmira (N. Y.) Ad vertiser has poor luck buying medicine. lie says: "I went to a drugstore carlv OHO morning for n doso of morphine for a sick mend. 1 he night clerk objected to giving it to me without a prescription, evidentlp fearing that I might destroy mysclt. l'fchaw,' said I. 'do I look ltke a mau who would kill myself?' Gazing at me steadily for half a minute. he re me if I plied, '1 don t know. Seems to looked like you I should be tempted to kill ru-sclf. greatly Once while dining with General Sher man at a little Italian woman's restaur ant in front street, in Memphis, in 18 U, after General V eatch and General Llietlain now our Consul at Brussels lad told several army stories. Sherman's chiet-ot-stari told the chicken story. Said he: "While at Bowling Green, the rebel woman bothered us to death. It was always the same old complaint 'the 8 )ldier have milked our cow.' or tolen oui chickens, or 'busted into the smo e house. Alwaj'.s the same story all through Kentucky and Tennessee, too. At JChattanooga we were bothered to death with these woman. One morn ing they besieged the General's head quarters, when General Sherman, rais ing himself to the most solemn posture, and addressing the foremost woman re marked : 'Madam, the integri v of the Republic and the solidity of the Con stitution must be maintained, if it take &ry chicken in- Tennessee V " It is generaly thought that London is the largest city in the world, but the be- lete is erroneous: Jed no. the capital of Japan, is, without exception the argest and most populous citv in the world. It has the vast number of one million dwelings and five million inhab- tants. Denver, in Colorado, now a citv of 10.- 000 inhabitants, promises to become one of the most charming resorts on the con tinent. The town it situated on the main branch of the river Platte, and an queduct twenty-hve miles long brings water from this stream, at a greater ele vation in the; mountains, to serve the purpose of irrigation. By this means the city and its suburbs are always fresh anu green, wniie almost every private gentleman is enabled to ornament his garden and grounds with sparkling foun tains. The streets are nearly all eighty feet wide, and planted on each side with hade trees. .Tasteful residences and fine churches and other public buildings in dicate rennement and enterprise on the part ot the inhabitants. In the distance is to be seen the Rocky Mountain range, its sides for the most part covered with vergreens, and the summit mantled with suow. The climate is exceedingly healthy as a general rule, but the ex ceeding rarity of air, notwithstanding its dryness, is injurious in confirmed cases of consumption. Artcmus Ward remarked that "there is something indiscribly beautiful in the true wife's devotion to the husband. There is something very awful in her grief when death takes him away. leaves have their time to fall, but death comes irregularly and relentlessly. We recently heard a most touching incident of the resignation of an affectionate wo man at the funeral of her husband. Though she adored him, she did net re pine at this dark hour. Looking at the remains of her loved and lost husband for tho last time, she put on her bonnet and thus spoke to the gentlemen whose duty it was to officiate as pall bearers: "You pall bearers just go to the buttery and get some rum, and we will start this man right along !" If you want to glide smoothly, use the on oi patience treeiy. NO. 21 liOndon, August 22. The news from Persia is still contra ditory. The Levant Herald declares that the famine and pestilence arc worse than ever; that there has been 27,000 victims at Ispahan alone; that the crops have been destroyed, and that one-third of the population has been annihilated. The details are said to be heart-sicken ing. .. Dublin, August 22. As a band of music was passing through the streets of Limerick to-day, followed by a large crowd, a signal was given on which a mob commenced stoning the police who were watching the proces sion. The latter immediately rushed upon their assailants, and after some hard fighting succeeded in dispersing them. Several persons were injured and taken to the hospital. New York, August, 22. The Tribune this morning says if the Republicans lose the election this fall, it will be the work of the faction mono polizing the Federal patronage of our city, who will permit no Republican vic tory unless it inures to their spciial ad vactage. This faction hopes to carry the country Republican by charging their adversaries with Tammany affiliations. It declares" that the Republican office holders under Tammany came by their places bjr pre arrangements made when charter of 1870 was passed, and that at that time tho Times gave to that char ter its support and commended the ap pointees under it. President Grand has informed an in terviewer at Long Branch that he thinks there is no lack of harmony among the Republicans, as the discord which some men try to make always clears up when the election comes; that the New Or leans muddle is beyond his fathoming; that the Tammany frauds and Orange riots would deieat the Democratic party in New York, and that if we can't get from the Coreans a treaty which would protect our sailors there in the future, we won't tonic a treaty from the Cor eans, but would teach them a lesson which will probably protect our sailors just as well. Due ot the papers this morning, m speaking of the Corean difficult', says it looks now as if England and Prussia will have to take a hand in this matter. I wo Englishmen and one German were seized by the Coreans and carried off into the country. One thing is certain, that if England does not find out what has be come of her subjects, Germany will, so that after all perhaps some other nation will finish what Amcraca has commenc ed." lilcnu Produce Market. Chicago, Aug. 22. Flour Quiet, except for low and me dium grades to till orders ; prices un changed. V heat Active demand to cover shorts and prices for No. 2 advanced on change to 1 lS cash for August, and in the afternoon to 1 20, dropping back t the close to 1 IS, with indi cations that shorts were pretty well covered : seller for September 0S(1 00; No 1 sold on change at 1 70U 1S;No3W OS! 10: winter No 2 red 1 20; No 1 do. 1 21; No 2 amber 1 22. Corn Active and higher but unset tled: No 2 sold at 47(t,48 closing on change at 47, and on open board in the evening at 47 cash or August 461; clos ed in the evening at 421; rejected, 45; No 2 yellow 48. . Oats Active, firm and higher; No 2 closed at 30 for cash, August or Sep tember; rejected, 2fJ()27J. S T .A. E EVa EAT (V1ARKET, THE UNDERSIGNED HAVE OPENED THE STAR MA RKET. At their new stand On Main Street, between 4th and 5th south side, where they arc ready to serve all their old customers, and lis many new ones as may give them a cull. Wo keep on hand nothing but the very BEST OF MEATS HIGHEST PRICES PAID FOR FAT CATTLE SContra;ts made lor furnishing large quan tities of meat. Call and see us. febaidAwtf. F. J. IIAIGHT. S T Jl B L E S Buttery & Lazcnby Props. LIVERY SALE & EXCHANGE. 7The best of Horse? and IJuarpies on band.9 CorL.fr Vine and i'ourth streets. jan21d k wtf Plattsuioutb Nebraska "Luxuries of Modern Travel." In these days the taste of the Traveling Pub lic has become exceedingly fastidious. In order to obtain their patronage, a Railroad line must be able to insure gaiety, hpeed and comfortable transportation. by possessing the necessary qualf b-.ationsot a.hrsl-eiasg equipment ol coa:hes aaa locomotives, a solid road-bed and heavy, iron Pullman's Tallace (sleeping ears. Pullman's dinine cars, a direct route, good connections and careful luaiKtifeinent. - The iiurlinKton ronte is making ever effort to possess all these qalitications to a uign degree, and offers a route to all points east, west, north south, by means of it connections as follows: 1. At Omaha with the Pacific roals. 2. At PUttsinouth w ith the ii. it SI. R. R.. im Kebaaska. 3. At Hamburg, witb the Bt" Joseph Railroad for all points in Kansas. Ac 4. AtOituniwa, with the Des Moines Valley and north Missouri railroads. 5. At Turlington with the IX, C. It. & M. R. R., for Davenport, Muscatine, Sc. 6. At Monmouth, with the R. R. I.' & St. L'. and Western Union Railroads, for St, Psul, and points in the north, and for St- Louis aaa points in the south. 7. At Peoria, with the short lrne Blooming ton route to Indianapolis, Cincinnati. Louisville and all points south and easf.' , 3. At Peoria, with the T., P. W. R. K.', for Loganport, Columbus, Ac 9. At MendoU, with all the Illinois .Central. 10. At CHICAGO, with all Trunk lines for the East. No btter advice can be given then, than to TaM tie B or irntftoff Route." M. IIZC D.4I.IV PLATTSMOUTJi HER ALi is ytnLumrD T v ii i. irif h'awaT, . . . ... I 231 to iD raoraiAToc. ClfO&c eornr Main and StooBl afreet? ltd story? -. p TEH MS : -Daily$10.00 per aoatitt. bt I1.1C Jftailront) Kimt Stable. B. A M. WRSTWAM. TRAIN NOt: Lo. io.no A. M. Le. 10.-.-5 A. M. lie. 10.M A. M. Le. 11. (ft A. M. Ar.ll.:l A M. Ar.ll.tf Ar. 12 00 n m Ar. 12.12 Ar. 12.30 Le. 6. on a m Le. 6.40 " " Le. 7.20 Ar. 7.40 . R IN NEBRASKA. T1TIOKS. E18TW11D TRATTf NOT. $A1J NOT Vr. .1.4.5 P. Jvs I r 3.20 P. M kr. 3.(10 p. hi Plattsmoutll. Omaha Juno. Louisville. 8ou4h Hand. Ashland -1 Jrecnwood Waverly Newton Lincoln Lincoln Denton lliahiland Crete Dorchester Switch Switi h Switch Ar Ai Ai Ar. 2.4S P. M A r. 2.25 P. M Ar. 2.10 " Ar.l.5fi Ar. 1.5 Le. I-0 ' Ar. 1.00 " Ar. 12.25 Ar. 11.50 " Le. 11.30 ' Le. 1050 " Le. SU Le H.2i Le 7.30 TRAIN NO. 4.'. Ar. 8.00 A. M Ar. H.20 A. M Ar. 7.4 Av K, A. 7..iU A. M, Le. 6.40 A. M. Ar. fl.lu Ar. 5.50 " Ar. 5.30 Le. 3.09 Ar. Ar Ar ar 8.20 9.45 ll.SO 12.20 TRAIN NO.S. Le. 4.45 P. M. Plattsmouth. Omaha June. Louisville. South ltend. Ashland. (4reenwiod Waverly Nwtun Lincoln Lincoln lnton ' Highland Cr Dorchester Switch Switch Switch P. M. Lo. P. M. P. M. P. M. Le. f. M Ar. 7.4; Ar. 8.15 Ar- 8.40 Ar. P.Ort ' Ar. 9-) Lein.on Le 10,(l Le ll.'jnr Le 1I.4(P Le 12.20 Ee 1.45 Le 3.:1 ar 4.20 Lr. 8 00 Ar. 7.25 Ar. 0 Le. Le. .5.50 Le 5 40 Le 3.16' Le2.30 . p m Or soon after the arrival of train from PlatU tnouth. As the train Vet of Dorchester is en gnged in construction it is likely to be irregular as to time. The time given above is hat of Plattsinoath, being 33 iniaUtes slower than CTitcago. k -t, B. Si M. R. R. ABRIVg. Pacific K.Tprrss.. except Monday 8:45 a. in Mail Erept Sunday Iih40 p. m; Freight No. 5 except Sunday .2:00 p. ra. Freight No. 7 except Sunday 8:30 p. m nrriRT. Atlantio Express except Saturday ,5:15 p.m.. Mail except Sunday- .fi:25 a. in Freigh. No. 6 except Sunduy... ..........12:50 p m Freight No 8 7:10 p. ra. The above is Chicago time, being 33 minute' faster than Plattsmouth time. Ront leave Plattsmouth Depot to connect with trains oing east half an hmir in advance of above time, except for Atlantic Express for which it leaves forty-live in in u its in advance. K C. ST. JOE. A B. C R. R. AT PACIFIC Jl'NCTIOlf IOWA. I OOlNfJ NORTH. OOtWO POt'TRi. Mail and Expross,....3:55 p. in. 7:30 n. m. Night Kxpress ...H.10 a. m- 6:20 p. m.. This gives passengers from Plattsmouth close connection going South or North by leaving hee on the 5:15 p. ui. train. OMAHA & SOUTHWEST CRN. T-t lake Effect Uon.Liy. Mny,2Hth, 1S71. In connection with Iturlington & Missouri River Railroad in Nebraska. Depot at foot of Jenes Street. I.KAAKH. Omaha K:00 a. m. do ......3m p. in, Lincoln 5:00 a. m. do 1;30 p. in. ARKivrq. Lincoln 1 l!:rv p. m. do 9-.'M p. m. Omaha 11 -10 a, in. do 0:10 p. m. ARRIVAL AND DEPARTUKR OF MAILS. BOUTK. CI.OHKS. ABKIVKrt 10 p in. 10.30 pn. 10 p. in. 10.30 pn 10 pm, 10.30 pn. 9a m. 4 p in. 10 pm lo a ni 12 am. 12 am C. B. & St. Joe R. R. South C. B. A St. Joe R. R. North. K. A M. R. R. Kast. B. A M. R. R. West, Omaha by Rail Woeping Water, Vi'linmliA (?itv liv t 9pm.- Mpni. Departs Aodays. Wednesdays and Fiftdaya. umct nours, irora I a m lo o. p m. Sundays, 12 to 1 p mr . J. W. MARSH ALL.. P. M Y. M. C. A. Hall over Clark A Plommer's Store Preaching every Sabbath afternoon at 3 o'clock; Prayer meeting every Tuesday even ing at 7 o'clock : Reading Room open each day from 8 a. in. to 10 p. m. First Prrsbttf.biak Norttf stdeof Main st-! ei-t of Sixth Rev. I). W. Cameron; Services, very Sabbath at 11 a. m. and H:30 p. m. Sab- 4th School at 9:30a- m.. Thos Pollock Superin. .andent. Prayer meeting every Wednesday evening st 6:30 o'clock. Mbthodist Episcopal Westsida nf Rlxfl street, south of Main Hv. J. B. Maxfield." Services every Sabbath at 10:30 a. la. n.d 7 m. mi Prayer meeting every Thursday evening. Class, meetings every Monday evening and immediate ly after close of Sabbath morning services - Sabbath School at &30 CoNCRROATiosAU-Corncr Locust and Eighth? Greets Rer. R. Foster. Services every Sabbath at 10:30a. m. and 7 p. m. Sabbath School at 12: 30 p. m. Prayer meeting every Wednesday' evening. Episcopal Corner Vine and Third strents-r Kev. H. St. (ieorge Young. Services every Sab- ii h at 10:30 a. m. and 7 p. m. Sunday School t 3 p. ni. Chuistiax Services in Court House Hall G B. Mullis. local preacher. Elders, Isaac Wile and 1, J. lodd. Baptist Prenching at the Court House Hall every Sabbath at 11 o'clock by Rev. P. M. Mc-' Leod. Prayer meeting every Thursday evening at the residence of the Pastor. Sabbath SehooT ininediatcly after morning service Catholic North side of Public Square Rtri Father Hayes. First Mass every Sabbath at 8;30 a. m.. Second Mass and Sermon at 10:30 a. m.,: Nepers and Benediction at 3:30 p. m. Mass at 8 a. m. every week d:iv. . I-- p. F R eguiar"me7TngTo7iniUe LoilgeV v; V. . eX,erjr tfturdayk evening, at. Odd Fellows Hall. Trancient Brothers are cor aially invited visit. . S. MY CHAPMAN N. O. II. Nkwmaii, Sec. I.O. 0. F. Plattsmouth Encampm'onf No. 3., Regular Convocations the 2nd and 4th. Friday's, of each month at Odd Fellow Hall cor.'Sd sniC Main sts. Transient Patriarchs cordially invited V;vi'V D. H- WHEELER. CP. 11. J. Stbkight. Scribe iioht8 or Pythia8 Platte Valley lodge No.' '.. Regular meetings every'! hursday evening.' Visitingbrothers always welcome. W. L. WELLS, W. C, R. HEISEL. R. A C. s V. V. LEONARD. V. P. MiFomo Pi.ATTHMorTH Lodgb No. 6 A. F.' A A. M. Regular meetings at their hall on the' first and third Monday evenings of each month.' Transient brcthern invited to visit, J. II. WHEELER. VT. M. P. h. Rukknkr, Sec. Macot Loons No. 22 A. F. & A. M. Regnlar meetings at Masonic Hall, first artd third Fri-" U7f- J'X. WISE, W. M. I- M. Wolf. Sec. VvRRinr I Ph nTirD Vn -lit A Vf T? 1 .. - convocations second and fourrti Tuesday eve. mngs oi eao momn ni i;. o ciock p. m. n. n. ui l.ivjona n. r. E. A. RlRKPATBICK, See MlRTIRHTl B TlHO IIV I .I n- W t. I n . m . . tngs of the Family r-re heVd.on. Wednesday eve ning, n or oenire me iuu moon oi eacn inonlbs All Masfr Mn,ns. thr i,M mnJr iaugbttr are invited to attend, t'n married la- lice ujubi ue over eornievn years oi age. , ' A D. H. WH EELER, Patron. Mas. C. A. Dckb,' Patroness. J. N. Wibb. Recorder. I. O. C-T.-)litb Bbah'cs. No.2--W D Fcrree W. C. T.r K. Bradlev. W. K T. W K Wr ack Lodge -Oer.iwy. Meets at Clark rPlnmrarV hall every Tuesday evening. Traveling Teniplai respeciruny invneu. Kxcelsior tir.nnrr. Lo'dob, J?n. E. . Lewis, D. T.; F. E. White. D. 8. Meets at Com 11...... If nil nr. ,1,. .n.l . k ; l C-. 1 .. ingsofeauh month. Stab p Hop Lonon No. 8 T. E. HaehesW v. T-; Andrew Coleman, W. 8.. S. B, Hobson. Lodge Deputy. Mets at M. Pleasant every Saturday evening.' FAfKviEw Looor. No. 11. J. j'.'-Chandler.' .V. C. T.: Wm. J. Hesser. W. S.: S. W. Calkin liOdge- Utpu,y. Meets every Wednesday ven- g. Traveling Templars respectfully invited.. TnBFP. (ikdti Lod6b. No. 24. Amos CriiutliV v.C. T.;Jas. llison. W. S.j C. If. . Winelow, LoIge Deputy. Meets every Saturday evening; Traveling Tempi , -cspectfulfy invited t meet with us. (JETTING MABRIED. ... . Essays for Young. Men. on great social evils, and abuses, wbioa interfere with' iparriasre with sure means of relief for the Errlr'g and Un fortunate, diseased aQd,debiliated. Sent free, in sealed envelopes.; Address, . , r HOWARD ASSOCIATION; Ao. 2 N'iA Street, rhilaetepia Pi: Ot-jbarmhUi 7tf wlyV