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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
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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
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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
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