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TliUItSDAY, JAX. 22, 14:
J. A. MACMURPHY,.
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Its snowing-so it is.
lion Allen G. Thurman was re-elected
to the U. S. Senate from Ohio.
"The Legend, founded by Horace
Greeley" is the latest name for the X.
Y. Tribune.
T. P. Kennard, Liacoln, has been ap
pointed Swamp Land Commissioner
for this State.
Judge Durell, of Louisiana 13 likely
to be impeached, for drunkenness and
malfeasance in office.
"We are to have a Plow and Agricul
tural Implement Manufactory in
Plattsmouth, it is said.
The Beatrice Eatress lias changed
hands, Mr. Palmcf celling out to Mr.
Srownj The firm is now Coleman &
Brown. -
Rev. Chas. Little has severed his
editorial connection with the Lincoln
Leader, and Mr. M. It. C. True takes
his place.
The Chicago Mail says the Iowa
people are not suffering from starva
tion alone, their Governor has just in-flicted-a-fourteen
- brevier-column-long
message on them.
' The City Council had a heavy time
KatJrday night; so says report. Oar
finder-ground reporter was off on a
Dust, and we cannot give the particu
lars this week,
Philadelphia wants teti millions,
dollars, to help hef over the Centenni
al Exposition, Guess not, this time,
Congress is about in the fix of the
Common Council here.
Thej' are beginning , to talk about
Candidates for Governor, north of the
Platte, and also to wonder- what
''we uns" down here are going to do
about a Senator. Time will tell.
They say Cushing talks Spanish, but
swears English; and since the appear
ance of the Jeff. Davis letter the at
mosphere near his residence is semi
cerulean with prime old vigorous Sax
on oaths.
Thfc Printers are all on a strike at
. )niaha and the Dailies there look rath
er slim. Have courage gentlemen of
the Press, the strike cannot last long,
fcenrt your papers down to Plattsmouth,
Veil prlht thehi.
THE PltfoilCai ESSAYS - 0N- NEBRASKA
Import of? the Committee cJrt Assays ap
pointed bj the State Board of
Agriculture.
Tb the Nebraska, State heard of Agri
culture: Tlie Committee to whom" was refer
red the duty of examining the Essays
on Nebraska, "Her Natural Advanta
ges and Ik-sources stud awarding the 16
Premiums lias performed that duty,
arid submit the following!
REPORT.
1 ? j ! - s r
-21 To Whom Awarded.
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a j P"
1 40 $16 i.T. A. MacMurphy, 3G; &40
2 40 15 i.J. . Drisbin, 10 K)
3 40 14 i James Morris, 31 wo
4 40 1" I J. C. Ambrose, 3.". 520
5 40 13 I A. D. Williams. 51 4X0
6 r, 11 i "Aaron About." 3S 440
7 4) 10 IF. M. Mael)nagh, 34 4t0
8 40 9 : 0. T. B. Williams, 2 300
9 40 8 C.S. Harrison, 38 320
10 40 7 H. M. VanArman, 19 2ho
11 40 6 Dr. F. Kenner, 33 240
12'40 5 leo. V.Kent, IS 200
13 40 4 Helen Metiowen, 2 lo
1 3 R. M. Brake, t4 120
15 40 2 50 Miss E. Clarke, 24 100
IB! 40 1 25 N. H. Hemiup. I 8 50
The Committee experienced great
difficulty in arriving at conclusions sat
isfactory even to themselves. There
were 34 entrys for the 16 premiums, all
being confined to the same text. The
competitive articles were necessari
ly similar in leading characteristcs.
hence a difficulty in deciding upon the
merits of the several papers.
Robert AV. Furnas, ) f,nm
Geo. B. Lake. ) Vym'
Lincoln, Neb. Jan. 21st. 1874.
A little boy died in Boston the other
day, a violinist; the lAit and only
prayer he was given time to say, was:
"Merciful God, make room for a little
fellow." The angels should await
that little fellow and carry him in
their bosoms to the foot of the great
white Throne.
Senator McCormack, of Iowa, intro
duced a resolution of rebuke on a Re
publican Congress and Republican
President for passing and signing the
Salary Bill, and Senator Stdrte amended
by a vote of condolence to the Demo
cratic party, in that a greater propor
tion of its members voted for the steal
than those of the Republican party.
The resolution passed thus, and is on
the records.
REPRESENTATION.
Read the Governor's Message in re
gard to enumerating our population.
This is an important matter, and we
are glad to see that our wide-awake
County Clerk, Dan McKinnon, is up
and dressed with his blanks and fix
ings, and next week Assessors ' and
Census-takers may be looked for. We
want a larger representation in Con
gress, and must have it.
Sometimes an editor misses it when
he writes an editorial, based on the
telegraphic news, Tuesday to come out
in his paper Thursday. Any amount
of fellows are caught just now on Ca
leb Cushing. They hare told us how
high-minded, and capable, and honest
he is, and that there was sure to be no
trouble about ?iis confirmation by the
Senate, first for minister to Spain, and
then for Chief Justice, and it turns out
that he is likely to fill neither position.
The St. Louis Globe comes down on
the project of building an air line rail
road from Omaha to New York, and
calls it a mild mannered, cut throat
sort'of arrangement Keep shady. Mr.
Globe, St. Louis might have had the
trade of Nebraska, and this North
west long ago and held it, if her mer
chants and business men had shown
ordinary gumption and pluck. Now
that it is lost, because you refused to
help us to an outlet down your way,
please let us alone, to get to the sea
board the shortest cut, will you.
REPEA l7o F TH E S A LA RT BI LL.
The increased Salary law is at last
repealed. Senator Conkling's little bill
did the business, and it passed the Sen
ate by a Vote of 46 to 8, Hitchcock
voting for the repeal and Tiptofc
against
In the House it was promptly taken
up the day after the Senate acted upon
it, and there repealed by a vote of 226
to 25. Representative Crounse voted
for the repeal and thus ends the row
over this most disgraceful business as
the President will no doubt sign the
repeal at once.
CRACKERS !
Home Manufacture.
Our friend, E. A. McClure, sends us
I n fi ni lurirolkiT. of Om:ih:i mailt Praelr-
ers. They are fresh, good and pure,
and taste so nice, our boys are nibbling
crackers all the time. Messrs.
McClure & Smith started a Cracker
Bakery in Omaha some two years or
more ago. They have had great suc
cess, and are now about to enlarge
their house, and ovens, and everything.
Give them a call, merchants of Platts
mouth. Patronize this home, State
institution.
We are not acquainted with Briga
dier General McBride, lately appointed
on the Governor's staff, but as the
Governor has got around to the editors
and the Mactf ve are afraid" the Watch
f?tan'or'ourselTrr?ny catctr ft next.
. AVe hope Judge Dillion will reerctre'
the nomination of Chief Justice he
seems to be of - the right age, with
abilifcy sufiicient and is a 'Western man,
far "West "we mean. We should have
at leas ena member of that bench from
the great? West- - - '
The good peophY ef Weeping Water
liad quite an instaTlatioiTaf Chetf house
week before last, an account of which
Will be found on our first page, and- Dr;
Goppfertbwaitc's Speech in full. Whtf
w the IlETuis'.is'nt" an I. O. O..F.2.
that is; n independent all over fefr
TELEGRAPH.
A long article on our High School
management appears in another place
this week. It is needless, almost, to
fy that the Herald does not always
agree with all it correspondents, and
this article is entirely too long for a
good newspaper aTtWe. It could all
be said in half a column. -We have
published it because it is well written,
grammatically, classically, and because
it has been represented to us as ex
pressing the feelings of a number, of
our citizens on' these points.
We are free to say this much, that,
as a rule, we believe children have too
many studies, and are forced ahead, by
'ineiting'fheir ambition, or by dread of
punishments, to an extent that prevents
I their acquiring as thorough aknowledge
pf the rudiments of their studies as they
should. Whether this is the case here
rv are not r.rpnrd to .say.'at 'prere-Tit'
?p?dal to the Nebraska Herald.
Lincoln, Neb January 41, 1874.
JdiiN A.MacMurpiit, Plattatuouth:
I have the pleasure of informing you
that the Committee have awarded you
the First; Premium, in the competi
tive "Articles' or Essays' Upon Nebras
ka. The premium i-J 40 acres of land,
valued at 8640.
D. H. Wheeler,
Sec'y State Board of Agriculture.
To say that I am gratified and pleased
at the decision in regard to my Essay
dil Nebraska, would be but a tame way
to express all my feelings. I am hum
bly proud, and I have almost been
made vain of my own exploits, for,
once, in my life, and yet it is not be
cause of writing the article that took
the first premium, nor for the land
that I have been awarded, alone, that I
am proud but truly proud if I carl do
something for the State that has been
home to me all ray manhood's days.
Nebraska is more td me than to some,
perhaps, who came here under differ
ent circumstance. Scarcely knowing
the .meaning of the word home, back
East I camo here at an early day. I
passed my twenty-first birth-day in Ne
braska, cast my first vote in Nebraska,
owned my first acre of land in Ne
braska, (always a proud moment for a
young man), and found my wife in Ne
braska, and readers, it is the thought
that I have perhaps added on link to
wards her proper history, or set forth
in good, fair terms, her great advan
tages to the world, in such shape that
it is deemed worthy of a place in the
records of the State, which makes me
feel proud. I feel that the State Board,
who suggested this plan of prize es
says, and the Committee who have so
faithfully waded through all the long
articles deserve the very hearty thanks
of the whole State ; and gentlemen of
the Board and Committee, you most
certainly deserve, and have the
sincere thanks of the undersigned.
John A. MacMurphy.
Senator Hitchcock voted for the re
peal of the salary bill, not, if we under
stand his grounds aright, because he
believed the increased salary was too
much, but because his constituents do,
and demand its repeal. They are the
paymasters and have a right to set the
terms on which they send men to Con
gress. Senator Hitchcock did just
right, and we respect the man who, feel
ing that he was mistaken, perhaps, in
his judgment of what a Senator was
worth; j-et kindly and promptly lays
aside that judgement and accedes to
the wishes of those who sent him there.
We have no respect for, nor confidence
in, the men who drew their pay, and
then, in a cowardly and truckling man
ner endeavored to "cover" it back in
the treasury for the purpose of deceiv
ing their constituents and making fu
ture political capital.
We are sorry to record that Senator
Tipton thought he wa3 wiser than his
people, and voted against repeal. We
have no words of reproach, how
ever, to heap upon his head, as many
editors are doing, for we desire above
all things to impress on our readers the
great fact that our Senators and Rep
resentatives in Congress may be the
public servants, as they are often
styled, but they are nt the public
slaves. They are not to be treated as
idiots, or bondsmen; nor as children
in leading strings. They are, or ought
to be, men in will, in purpose, and in
judgment, and we are. and should be,
bound to respect their opinion and
their judgment within all reasonable
limits. When we must differ with
them it should be a strong, manly hon
est difference and expressed in strong
but courteous terms, and as coming
from gentlemen to gentlemen.
OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.
Editor Herald Dear Sir : It was
a remark of one of England's greatest
Statesmen and Jurists: "give me the
education of the children of a nation,
and I care not who make her laws."
Could he have glanced forward
through the shadows of coming ages
and examined the hotbed culture prac
ticed in many of our modern schools,
he would have exclaimed with aston
ishment, "O temjora, O mores"! the
old age and decay of the human intel
lect has begun." When the iower to
control, direct and educate the youth
ful intellect, is confided to the arbitrary
dictum of incompetent and irresponsi
ble individuals, the result must be ru
inous and disastrous, to the dearest in
terests of a people. When civil func
tionaries, holding their offices only at
the will of the people, become so obdu
rate, and arrogant, that they ignore all
civil requests and petitions addressed
to. them by their constituents, but
adopt the motto we will "rule or ruin,"
and perhaps both, it is high time then
for the people suffering such a scourge
to devise some remedy, either in law
or justice, whereby to extricate them
selves. The system adopted by the Re
gency that control our city schools, es
pecially those taught in the High
School building," proceeds upon the hy
pothesis that the pupils are half edu
cated and have already disciplined
and astute minds, whereas such is not
the fact hence scholars who do not
know the sound of the vowels, both
when isolated and combined, nor un
derstand syllabication or orthography
generally, are found studying Physiolo
gy, Drawing, and while as a substitute
for lessons In elementary spelling, care
fully studied and correctly spelled, or
written, dictation exercises are intro
duced, which bear about the same re
lation to that for which they are sub
stituted as the shadow does to its sub
stance. Its a wise policy for teachers,
to determine the exact line of demar
cation that divides the known from
the unknown, the knowledge of their
pupils from their ignorance; with this
as data, the teacher . can determine
-what' studies each pupil can pur
sue with profit, and. when the ca
pacity -of the pupil's mind is under
stood by . the teacherV then he can de
ci.de h ImanysrViif? . t$ assign each
tpupllratiil'the extent of their lessons. I
j But the Sanhedrim that presides in
! the Council Chamber ignore every
thing of this "kind, and compe's the
teachers to assign studies to their
classes far in' advance of their ability
, or capacity, and give them task3 which
they cannot perform. Cicero said : "be
ware of the man of one book!" this
caution may not apply literally to our
times, yet it suggests an important
principle that it is not the number of
books studied that makes the scholar,
but the manner in which they are stud
ied. To burden the minds of children
with eight or ten studies, and in some
of these branches, to assign tasks so
arduous that .they could not perform,
even if the number of their studies
were reduced one-half, argues on the
part of our City Regency, either deplo
rable ignorance of the ability and ca
pacity of the youthful mind, and of the
correct method of disciplining it, or it
shows conclusively that they are de
termined to run the school as they
please, if they send it to perdition.
This is precisely the dilemma in which
they have placed themselves, and they
must ride either one horn or the other;
they cannot escape the inevitable con
clusion. In such a system of hot-bed
culture as they are forcing upon the
children, no real intellectual expansion
or advancement can be produced. It
is not a permanent and deepening in
terest, that leads the pupils on to the
performance of their tasks, and Which
should grow with its growth and
strengthen with its strength; but it is
a feverish, .abnormal excitement, that
pervades the whole school, for on the
one hand, the scholars a little more am
bitious than some others, are tremb
ling, for fear of their standing being so
low that they will be cast down to a
lower grade; while on the other hand,
the larger portion of the school, finding
it impossible to perform the tasks as
signed them, bscome discouraged, and
disheartened, with no consolation at
the present, and no ray of hope reach
ing them from the future; poor souls!
they may truly bo compared to -Eneas
of old, when he entered the dominions
of Pluto, he "left hope behind him."
Is it the true theory in educating youth
to keep continually before their minds
the infliction of some fearful penalty,
such as degradation, expulsion or os
tracism, In case thsy fail to perform
their tasks, which at the same tima
the Principal well knows they cannot
do. What an outrage to common sense!
What a libel upon humanity! "has jus
tice lied to brutish beasts and nlen for
gotten their reason?"
It is an old adage, that, "those whom
the gods wish to destroy they first
make mad." Who can fail to discern
the undisguised madness in, such a
course? What must be tlie unavoida
ble result of such a system, thus per
severed in, but the destruction of the
mental powers of the children, being
kept under an incessant strain, under
perpetual fear, while staggering under
the incubus of their multitudinous
strains? Soon their physical powers
will fail them, and brain fever and
other maladies arising from over
strained and over-worked minds, will
follow. Is it possible thai His Excel
lency, the Lord High Mayor of our
great city, the Hero of the Sword and
the Scalpel, should prove himself so ig
norant of the phylosophy of the hu
man mind? and the relations existing
between the mental and physical pow
ers, so ignorant of the economy of the
human system, and the known laws of
hygiene, as to concoct and enforce a
regime so ridiculous and monstrous?
The . subordinate teachers cannot be
blamed, they must obey orders, no mat
ter how absurd they maybe; no dis
cretion is left them. The whole sys
tem can be comp.ared to nothing but
the Spanish Inquisitidn. His High
ness, the Mayor, it seems, controls the
Council. He sits at the head of the
inquisitoral conclave; his Vicegerent,
the Priucipal, and the subordinate
teachers are compelled to report to the
inquisition, all the proceedings at tlie
High School, then this august body of
inquisition thunder forth, their Auto
da fe,some juvenile victim must suffer,
some little urchin must be expelled for
making wry faces; another must be
ostracised for rough conversation,
and another perhaps having
fallen below grade, must be decapi
tatced: thus the admirable(?) system
works on. What reason or justice can
be shown for "expelling from school
chiluren under fifteen years of age?
Let the candid thinker rellect a few
moments upon the real merits of the
case. The teacher who pursues such a
course, provided he has the privilege
of punishing, displays an incapacity to
govern a school, and demonstrates his
inability to secure the respect and es
teem of his pupils, as well as a pitiful
deficiency, in weight of moral charac
ter. Let school directors throughout the
State and nation debar teachers from
inflicting corporal punishment, and ex
pel all juvenile offenders, instead of
punishing them, and keeping them at
the performance of their duty. These
unfortunates would soon become the
inmates of saloons, grog shops, and
other places where they ought to not be ;
idleness would beget crime, crime
would incur punishment ; and soon
our court room would be filled with
juvenile offenders; our jails would
overflow with malefactors, and our
penitentiaries with feloas. It would
open the flood-gates of iniquity and ru
in when the disintegration of civil so
ciety, and national decadence would
rapidly follow. The civil, common,
"and moral laws of every country in
Christendom, places the teacher in loco
paitntis It was a law of ancient
Greece, was copied thence by the De
cemvirs into the laws cf The Twelve
Tables, for the benefit of ancient Rome ;
it pervades European jurisprudence,
and comes to us also through the com
mon law. of England. It , is a'safe
guard and bulwark of civil society.
Let the reverse of this principle pre
vail in our schools, and all discipline
would become a thing of the past,
subordination, .a mockery and ohedi-
ence, a farce. The infusion of the
principles of French Philosophy and
German Theology into . social life in
this Government within the last quar
ter of a century, has done more injury
than all other causes combined.
.iThe transcendentalism of the one,
aad skepticism of the other, have fear
fully sapped the foundation of the glo
rious structure of constitutional liber
ty reared by our fathers. The sacred
desk, the bar, the bench, and halls of
legislation feel their withering effects.
The school room is not free from their
influence.
Once the object of sending children
to school was to receive thorough in
struction, and a knowledge of the prin
ciples involved in their studies; now,
the main thing is to give them a glori
ous smattering of a dozen studies at
once, with a monthly examination to
prepare for which the classes are
rushed forward to gather up all they
can of this half Hedged information, in
order to magnify their monthly re
ports. Formerly it was considered the
main-spring of a teacher's success, to
teach their pupils to think, reason and
investigate, and rely upon themselves,
when the principles connected with
their studies had been explained to
them ; now, all that is thought neces
sary is to cram their minds with stud
ies of every description, and give them
no opportunity to think or reflect ; all
in a hurry, confusion, and Babel worse
confounded. Cannot our Regency
learn something from experience and
failure of others? Several years ago
the city authorities of Boston, Massa
chusetts, discovered that the children
in their public schools were looking
sickly and feeble; that their growth
seemed stinted, and their minds en
feebled ; on examining into the cause,
they fonnd that they were crushed down
both in mind and body, by the arduous
tasks imposed upon them, with little
or no time for recreation Alarmed at
this state of things, and seeing their
schools were producing intellectual
pigmies, and precocious dwarfs, instead
of children of sound minds and heal
thy bodies, they ordered a ehange at
once, that less study, and more recrea
tion should be practiced. The hot-bed
system was laid aside, thus the modern
Athens with all her literary fame was
glad to beat a retraxit.
Qui Vive.
Meal E3sfat
EESTITAL AT EIGHT MILE GROVE.
Tlie special attention of all persons having
Lands or Town Lots for Sale,
in Ctus County, Is called to the fact that
SMITH & WINDHAM
will fflre prompt attention to the disposition of
all property placed in their h.'.nds for that purpose.
If you bate
Unimproved Lands
for sale they wgl sell'lt for you. If you want to
purchase they will give you a bargain.
If you hare an
Improved Farm
you desire to disjwse of they will find you a
customer. If you wish to buy ne they , can
supply you.
If you have
Property to Rent
they will rent it for you. And will
Pay Taxes for Non-Residents
andfumUu any aiul.all information as to
Value, Locality, and Prices
of Real Estate.
The citizens of Eight Mile Grove met
in the Baptist Church, on Tuesday, for
the purpose of making a festival on
the 27th day of January, the proceeds
of which shall be used to pay off the
indebtedness of the Church. The fol
lowing persons were chosen as officers
and committees :
D. S. Draper, President.
Robert Metteer, Secretary.
Special Committee A. J. Mickle, S.
II. Draper. "
Committee of Arrangements Mr. C.
II. King, Chas. Bates, John Richardson, j
James Ruby, H. Snyder, Samuel Rich- !
ardson, B. Austin, Chas. Metteer, John ;
Murray, James Mayfield, J. C. Gilmour.
and Mr. Best, also Mrs. E. E. King, E
Bates, "M. M. Richardson, James Ruby,
Henry Snyder, M. S. Richardson, B.
Austin, J. Murray, J. Mayfield, J. C.
Gilmore, Mrs. Best, and Miss Cary.
The above committee are requested j
to meet at the Church on the evening j
of the 24th of January, to make further '
arrangements. " !
All arc cordially invited to attend.
'By order of Committee.
Those who wish to
Buy, Sell, or Rent,
or dispose of their property in any way will uo
well to glve'them a call. .
SMITH & WINDHAM,
PLATTSMOUTH,
nni-yi. -"
NEB.
THE
OLD RELIABLE
Editor Herald Dear Sir: I no
tice in your last issue a statement that
at the Police Court, the bar and bench,
was at variance, and that there was
Judges on evidence. The above is in
correct. There was but one Judge
on evidence ; and developments were
not very rich; the richness did not
come to the surface. The trial was
properly conducted, and disposed of in
a legal manner.
J. W. Haines, P. J.
THE MARKETS.
HOME MARKETS.
Reported by White. & Barrah.
Wheat
Torn Sltelld..
Corn
Oats
Kye
Bailey
... 100105
4ol
28
30
. . . 40'5 50
... 801,10
Reported by Clark & Plummer.
Eprtrs
Butter
U-ird
Chickens Sjriuper Aoz
Potatoes
J5
10
200
100
Reported by Wm. STadlemaN.
A Heavy Stock of Goods on
Hand.
iVb Rents arid Interest on Borrowed j
Capital to be made off Customers. j
OLDEST ESTABLISHED HOUSE
IN THE CITY.
Go DOM,
North side of Main bet ween Second and Third
streets, takes pleasure iu announcing to
FARMERS AND MECHANICS
Thai, he has a lare and well selected stock of
Dry Hoods, Groceries, Provisions, as were evei
brought to the City of PlatUsmouth.
It will cost you nothing to look at them
whether von Iniv or not. Bv examining the
prices at the "Of.D HELIABLE " you will be
able to teil other parties where you buy the
ehcapwt. 8-tf
Prospectus, 1874 7th Year.
THIS ALD1JVE,
An Illustrated Monthly Journal uni
versally admitted to be the Hand
somest Periodical in the World.
A Represetttatice aad Cham
pion of American
Taste.
Not Tor Sale in Book or Nw Store
The Aldine, while issued with all the regrtilar
ity, has none of the temporary or timely inter
est characteristie of ordinary periodicals. It is
an elejjant miscellany of pure, lijjht, and grace
ful literature : and a collection of pictures, the
rarest specimens of artistic skill, m black and
white. Although each sucecedint; number af
fords a frvsh pleasure to its friends, the real
value ami beauty of the Aldine will be most ap
preciated after It has been bound upat U close
of the year. While other publications may
claim superior cheapness, as compared with ri
vals of a similar class, tlie Aldine Is a unique
and original conception alone and uuapproach
ed absolutely without competition in price or
character. The possessor of a complete volume
cannot duplicate the quantity of fine paper and
engravings in any other shape or number of
volumes for ten times its cost ; and then, there
are the cbroinos besides !
Art Department, 1873.
The illustrations of the Aldine have won a
world-wide reputation, and in the art centres
of Europe it is an adu itted fact that its wood
cuts are examples of the highest perfection ev
er attained. The common prejudice in favor of
"steel plates," is rapidly yielding to a more ed
ucated and discriminating taste which recog s
nl7.es the advantages of superior artistic quality
with greater facility of production. The wood
cuts of the Aldin- possess all the delicacy and
elaborate finish of the most costly steel plate,
while they afford a better rendering of the ar
tist's original.
To fully realize the wonderful work which the
Aldine is doing for the cause of art culture in
America, it Is only necessary to consider tho
cost to the people of any other decent repre
sentations of the productions of great paint
ers. In addition to designs by the members of the
National Academy, and other noted American
artists, the Aid hie will reproduce examples of
the 4est foreign masters, selected villi a view
to the highest artistic success and greatest gen
eral interest. Thus the subscriber to the Al
dine will, .at a trilling cost, enjoy In his own
home the' pleasure and reliniug influences of
true art.
'I he quarterly tinted plates for 1?74 will be by
Tli os. Moraii and .J. D. Woodward.
The Christmas issue for 1S74 w ill contain spe
cial designs appropi late to t'ie season, by our
best artists, and will surpass in attractions any
of its predeco3S jrs.
Premiums for 1874.
Everv subscriber to the Aldine for the year
1874 will receive a pair of chromos. The origi
nal pictures were p.-iinted in oil for the publish
ers of the Aldine, by Thos. Moran, whose great
Colorado picture was purchased by Congress for
ten thousand dollars. Tlie subjects were chos
en to represent "Tlie East" and "The West."
One Is a view In tlie White Mountains, New
Hampshire ; the other gives The ClitTs of Greeu
River, Wyoming Territory. The difference in
the nature of tfie scenes then selves Is a pleas
ing contrast, and affords a good display of the
artist's scope and coloring. The cliromos are
each worked from thirty distinct plates, and are
in size (12xlG) and appearance exact lac-slmilcs
of the originals. The presentath n of a worthy
example of America's greatest landscape point
er to the subscribers of the Aldine was a bold
but peculiarly happv idea, and its successful re
alization is attested by the following testimo
nial, over the signature of Mr. Moran himself.
Xkwark, .V. J., Sept. 20, IS7X
Messrs JamEs Sutton fi Co.
Gentlemen: I am delighted with the proofs
In color of vour chromos. They are wonderful
ly successful representations by mechanical
process of the original paintings.
Very respectfully,
(Signec) Thos. "orax.
These chromos are In everv sense American.
They sre bv an original American process, with i
material 01 American msnuiaeiu!e, ironi ae
signs of American scenery by an American
p;unter. and presented to subscribers to the first
successful American Art Journal. If no better
because of all this, they will certainly possess
an interest no foreign production can inspire,
and neither are they any the worse If by reason
of peculiar facilities of production they cost
the publishers only a trifle, while equal in every
respect to other chromos that are sold singly
for double the subscription price of the Aldine.
Persons of taste will prize these pictures for
themselves not for the price they did or did
not cost, and will appreciate the enterprise that
renders their distribution possible.
If anv subscriber should indicate a preference
for a figure sublect. the publishers will send
"Thoughts of Home." a new and beautiful
chromo, 11x20 Ihches, representing a little Ital
ian exile whose speaking eyes betray the hmg
ings of his heart.
Terms:
$3 per annum, in advance, with Oil
Chromos free.
For BO cent extra, the chromos will be
sent, mounted, varnlstied, and prepaiby mail
The Aldine will, hereafter, be obtainable only
by subscription. There will be no reduced or
club rate : c:ish for subscriptions must be sent
tn the rtuliTtaha.nt tWrwt wlnnill to th Incfil
canvasser, wit hoot responsibility to the publish- j
ers. except in cases where the certificate Is glv- J
en. oearing tnc iac-&imne signature 01 Jamil
Sutton & Co.
Canvassers wanted.
Any person wishing to act permanently as a
local canvasser con receive full and prompt in
formation by applying to
JAMES SUTTON & CO.. Publishers,
" .TCtf 58 Maiden lice. New York.
yEV At3TAJBLISiTjtEXT.
J. PEPPEKJlEItG, ;
Has re-opened his
Cigar Manufactory :
in Plattsmouth once more, and now tuTer ut
our citizens, and the trade,
CIGARS, TOBACCO, &c,
at the lowest wholesale and retail prices.
Call and see them before purchasing !
where. JULIUS PEPPERBERG,
2rtyl Proprietor.
WOODS & FLEMING,
DKAtlHIK
Hardware.
Tin-war,
Pumps,
Agricultural
Implemwtt
Iron,
Nails,
&c., tie.
STOVES, OK ALL KINDS, FOR SALK.
New Tin-Shop, just Opened
AH orders for making or repairing prompt
ly executed.
Goods Sold Cheap For Cash!!
10-tf- Weeping Water. Nebraska.
OSAGE HEDGE PLANTS
For sale this fall at
JJ5!.2S per 100O
Honey Locust Hedge Plants
For sale at
$4.50 per 1,000.
Also, at low prices, and of superior quality,
large supply of
Fruit Trees, Small Fruits and
Ornamental Trees,
at the
Union Nurseries,
Ghtnwood. Mills County. Iowa. Call and ex
amine my stock before purchasing elsewhere.
36- 1st. L. A. WILLIAMS, Proprle or.
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J. W. Shannon's
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fHOS. tftf 0HRYOCK.
CABINET MAKE
AND 0,
UNDERTAKE It,
And dealer in aklnds of
Furniture and Chairs
Main Stiieet. Next door to Brooks House!
PLATTSMOUTH, .... NEB. j
tt?" Repairing and Varnishing neatly done- i
1- uuerais atteuueu on snort nonce. s-it
Feed Sale & Livery Stable.
Main Street, Plattsmouth, Nb.
I am prepare! to .accommodate t!i
Public witli
Hoists, Carriages, Bajjus, Wayoni,
ASD
A No. 1 HEARSE.
On Short Xoticc,
AND
REASONABLE TERMS.
HACK WILL RUN TO TIIK STEAM
JJOAT LANDING,
And all parts of the city when deV.rcd.
! Janltf.
0. F. JOHNSON.
Ladies Furs....
Hoots & Shoes. .
HaX3 & Caps. ..
3..o.nM
2.2.r'(-"r
507,0O
NEW YORK MARKETS.
New Youk, Jan. 22
Money 4 per cent
Gold.. $1 11"
DEALER IN
I
DRUBS, MEDICINES,
CHICAGO MARKETS.
Chicago, Jan.
Flour. . .
Wheat..
Com. ...
Owts....
Rye
Rarley..
Ho-rs ...
Cattle . .
22.
5,50?fi,00
l :-i
59
40
.... 79
1,40
5.405&5.H5
4,803S,80
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Get the Best and Cheapest.
THE FIRST MED
AL of the VIENNA
EXPOSITION,
Being the highest
recomjH'nse for ma
terial superiority, in
Class XV (including
Musical Instrnin'nts
.from all cotintrles).
'ha been awarded
the
Mason ; & Hamlin Cabinet
Organs,
by the concurrence of the Special Jury. Inter
national Jury, and two Sub-Juries, fticludhiff
the most Eminent Artists and Experts from lUf
ferwit countries. In -on.narison with these,
other American Organs were not found worthy
of anv even an inferior Medal. Prices It-jm
T to" $300. For sale or rent by
H. EATON. riatbmouth. Cass Co., Neb
w, T. E iTOy . Ciere. Eiline Co. iTch. Tinl
AND
WALL PAPER.
ALL PAPER TRIMMED FREE
OF CHARGE.
ALSO DEALER I!t
Books, Stationery,
Magazines,
And Latest Publications.
Prescriptions carefully compounded by an ex
perienced Dmggt.
- Remember the place. Corner FlftA and Mirfn
GO TO THE
Post Office Book Store.
IL J. STUEIGHT, Proprietor.
For Your
i Boo'ks, Stationery,
Pictures, Music.
Toys, Confectionery,
Violin Strings,
Newspapers, Novels,
Song Books, &c, i'e.
TOST OFFICE KUILDINO.
Plattsmouth. ... Nebraska.
8-tf.
E, T. DUKE CO.
At the foot of Main Street.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
Hardware and Cutlery,
STOVES, TINWARE,
IRON, NAILS,
HOES, RAKES.
SHOVELS, AXES, '
KNIVES AND
FORKS. &e. &.
j PLATTSMOUTH MILLS'
I
! ri.ATTS MOUTH, XE1.
! CONRAD HEISEL.
Provrtat
j FLOUR. CORN MEAL, FEED,
j Always on hand, and for sala at lowest Cash
j prices.
; tTThe Highest prices paid for Wheat Jid.
! Com.
Particular attention given to Custom work.
BOOT & SHOE MAKER.
New Outfit, New Place.
George Karcher.
(Formerly Karcher & Klingbell.)
nas removed his Boot and Sho establishment
up town, on the south side of Main street. OP
POSITE the Postofilce. and next door to Henry
lkeck's Furniture Store, InP lattsmouth. Neb.
GOOD WORK WARRANTED, AND FAIR
PRICES.
Call and ere the n-w place, gentlemen. All
old customers repectfuly Invited to leave their
work as before, and new traUe solicited. I shall
try to give yon as good work at as low price
as any one tn town. GEO. KARCHER.
Mtua mtttit
AH kinds et .
.1 am now prepared to furnish tbe best una-
Tinware Manufactured. !du,MalM,.irEI.mvDAY