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On Via St., One Block. North of Main,
Corner of Fifth Street.
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PIBST
National Bank
' OF rLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA,
SCCCESUOB TO
TOOTLB, II A XX A S. CLARK,
John Fitzakrald..
K. it. Iidvkt
A. W. AlCLACGHLLX.
JOXU O'KOLRlvE
..PreIdent.
Vice President.
Cashier.
Assistant Cashier.
This Bank Is now open for business at their
new room, corner Mam and ftixth streets, and
u prepared to transact a general
BANKING BUSINESS.
Stock, Bond. Gold, Cinnmil sad Leetl
Securities
BOUGHT AND SOLD.
Deposits Received and Interest Allott
ed on Tim Certificates.
Available in any part ot the United Stated and
In ail the Principal Towns and Cities
ot Kurope.
ACEXTS FOR TIIC
CELEBRATED
Inman Line and Allan Line
OK STKAMKHS.
Person wishing to brlnj; ont their rends from
Kurope enn
PURCHASE TirKKTS FROM US
Throgh to Plattmonth.
New Tailor Shop !
"WV Xj. THOMAS,
A COLORED TAILOR,
has opened a shop
On eth Mt. next door to Or. Jno. Black's
Office.
UK IS A
Professional Workman,
has given food satisfaction, so far and
rnorosES to stat:
If the people sire him the requisite euconr
x agemeut.
GOOD FITS,
WAKRAXTED,
AXD ALL ORE 11$ ATTENDED
TO PROMPTLY. 141y
THE OL.O STASD OF
STADELMANN,
Nta-rly opp. Saunders House, Main St.
At the old stand T still hold forth, and for the
Centennial year I offer good at 7G prices 1776,
I mean. If 3-011 do not believe it.eome and see.
A Large Stock of Clothing,
MEN'S AND BOYS'
hath, ' a rs. i,or ICS.
CAXI.S, TItL.K. VALISES,
etc., etc., etc., etc.
Ail G'fxls at a Great Itctuttiim in rricc.
E. PARMELE, "
SALE, FEED c& LIVERY STABLE.
At the old Hyatt Barn, (lataly Jena's stable)
in riattsiaoiith. Xeb. Will keep eonstaaUyen
hand a number of
Horses for Sale.
The buying and selling of good horses mad a
tfre specialty of the business. A new
PONY PHAETON,
with gentle horses, for Ladies to drive is kept
at the Stable.
FARMERS CALL AND EXAMINE
MY STOCK FOR SALE.
lt-yl. E. PARMELE.
Fleming & Race,
DEALERS IX
GROCERIES,
HATS,
CAPS,
HOOTS,
SHOES.
AND NOTIONS.
And Farmers'Knpplits (Generally.
Our Goods arc all New,
and we sell them CHEAP.
TRY US ONCE, AND SEE I
(40jl) WEEP TNG WATER, NEB.
HENRY BCFOK.
DEALER IN "
IF 11 5? 23. i 1 11 1 e?
SAFES, CHAIRS,
Lounges, Tables, Bedsteads,
ETC., ETC., ETC..
Of All Descriptions.
METALLIC BURIAL CASES
Of all sues, ready made and sold cheap for eash.
"With many thanks for past patronage. I invite
invite all to cnl! and examine my
LARGE STOCK OF
4Uf. FCRXITl'RE AXU COFFIX8
Excelsior Barber Shop.
J. O. BOONE,
Main Street, ojposite Saunders House.
HAIR-CUTTING,
Sliiivln;? and Shampooing.
ESPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEX TO
Culling Children's mid Ladies'
Hair.
CALL AND SEE BOONE, GENTS,
And pet a fcoone in a
CrjULlT SHAVE.
DRY GOODS.
VOLUME XII.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
OC FAXCY CAROH. 11 styles with name
, U locts post paid, J. B. Uusted, Nassau, Kens.
Co., N. . 3;t4
AGENTS WAITED FOR THE STORY OF
(HARLEY OSS
Written by his father. A complete account of
thin most mysterious abduction and exciting
search. With fac-simile letters and illustra
tions. Outsells all other books. One agent
took 50 orders in one day. Terms liberal. Ad
dress. John E. Pottek & Co., Publishers, Phil
adelphia. TRIFLING
WITII A COLD IS ALWAYS DANGEROUS.
TTP!"F!
"W ELLs' CARB0 LIC TABLETS,
a sure remedy for COUGHS, and all diseases
of the THROAT, LUNGS, CUKST AND MU
COUS MEMimANE.
PUT CP ONLY IX RliUE BOXES.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
C. X. CltlTTEXTOX. 7 Hlxth Avenue, X. Y.
ATTENTION ALL
Great Rankrnpt Sale of Jewelry.
On receipt of 50 cents we will send by mail,
pontpaid, all of the following pieces of Jewely,
viz: 1 pair Gold plated Engraved Sleeve But
ton, one set Cold Front Shirt Studs, 1 Collar
Stud, 1 Wedding King, 1 Roll Plate Watch
Chain and 1 Gent's Rose Coral Scarf Pin. We
offer this great bargain merely to draw atten
tion to our business, as we have all kinds of
watches and Jewelry at low prices. Send lor
catalogue.
COLES A CO., 735 Broadway, IT. T. City.
READY FOR AGENTS THE
CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION
DESCRIBED AXD ILLUSTRATED.
A graphic pen picture of its history, grand
buildings, wonderful exhibits, curiosities, great
days, etc. Profusely illustrated, thoroughly
popular and very cheap. Is selling immensely,
5.000 agents wanted. Send for full particulars.
This will be the chance of 100 years to coin
money fast. Get the only reliable history.
HunuAitn Buos., Pubs., No. 36 LaSalle St.,
Chicago, 111.
PAIlTTflW r,e not deceived by premature
UlUllUil books, asruming to be "ofticial"
and telling what will happen in August and
September.
stimulates the secretive organs, thus purifying
the blo d and striking at the root of the dis
ease. It is the medicinal extract of the plant
of that name found in Brazil, and is one of the
most wonderful tonics and invigorators known
and is used in their regular practice by the
physicians of that and other countries.
It will make the Liver active, assist Digestion
purify the Blood, restore Vigor to the debilita
ted, and is a certain remedy for all diseases of a
Scrofulus nature, and those arising from pover
ty or want of blood. TRY IT.
tor sale b DrutrgUts. -
Wholesale bv C. N. CRiTTR'STOjr,
. 7 Sixth Avenue. New York.
Piattsmouth Grain Co.
G(EHTEU & LAZENBY,
Dealers in Grain of all kinds, CATTLE and
HGGS ; Also
HARD AXD SOFT COAL ALW ATS OX
36 tf HAND.
Great Mercantile College. Keokuk. Iowa, on
the Mississippi, Prof. Wiu. II. Miller, General
Manager. Nineteenth year. About sixty dol
lars nay all expenses, for Membership, Board
and Stationery. Bookkeepers, Penmen, Kepor
ters,Oper:itors,Architects.Surveyors and Teneh-
ers tnorougniy ntteu. .ingiisn urar.ones tree.
Free Lecture by Eminent Orators. Free Fes
tivals with Brass Band in College Hall. Free
furnished rooms for self boarding. Telegraph
ing free. Short hand writing free. Good board
ing clubs, and family board. Railroad fare de
ducted. Immense business In Keokuk. Nova
cation. Address Baylies College, Keokuk, Iowa.
State where you saw this advertisement, llyl
FRESH MEAT
Come Here Roast Beet
Walk In--3Iutton Chops.
SING OUT
PORK STEAKS,
CmAHE. nsn, rowi.,sAVSAGV..Axn all
QTHEIt MEATS IX SEASOX AT
YOUNG'S Butcher Shop,
PLATTSMOUTH, NEB.,
LOWER MAIN ST., -
30i n3
- - SOUTH SIDE.
To the Working? Clasifc-We are now
prepared to furnish all clashes with constant
employment at home, the whole of the time, or
for their spare moments. Business new, light,
and profitable. Persons of either sex easily
earn from 50 cents to $5 per evening, and a pro-
f ortioual sum bv devoting their whole time to
he business. IJoys and girls e:ui nearly as
much as men. That all who see this notice may
send their address, and test the business we
make this unparullelled offer; To such ss are
not well satisfied we will send one dollar to pay
for the trouble of writing. Full particulars,
samples worth several dollars to commence
work on, and a copy of Home and Fireside, one
of the largest and best Illu- trated publications,
all t-ent free by mail. Reader, if you want per
manent and profitable work, address
Gkokus Stij.'sox & Co., Portland, Me.-
TxpTCToTorr
1st f act of discharging from the throat and
chest Iter that arises from colds, instead of
scatter. " gand distributing it through the blood,
and poisoning It. . By thus assisting the Lungs,
Throat and Chest, Dr. Greene's Expectorant
cures Coals. Coughs. Asthma, Bronchitis. Croup,
Dvpthcria, Whooping Coi:gh and all affections
of tae lungs, inroat ana Chest, and the first
stages of Consumption and Typhoid Fever. Its
qualities r.re Expectorant, Sedative Peetorial
and Alterative. It does not stop the cough a
most preparations do, by their anodyne and as
tringent effects, retaining the mucuous and of
fending matter ir the blood and causing jierma-
pem uiseuse 01 me iuiih, uui 11 cure uv loos
ening the cough an assisting the lungs and
throat to throw off the offeudinir matter which
causes the cough, thus scientifically making the
cure penect. -11 at once alleviates tne most ais
tiessiug cidd on the lungs, soothes and allays ir
ritation, and breaks ui AVhooping Cough. No
better remedy can be found for Asthma. Bron
chitis, Croup and all affections of the Throat.
Lungs and Chest, and if continued in use will
sulHlue any tendency to Consumption, Lung and
Typhoid I- ever. " -
If the liver is torpid or the bowels constipated
a few doses of Dr. Green's Liver Pills will assist
nature. No better Cathartic can be found.
For sale by W. E. Donel&n and O .F. Johnson.
CH J. Z. 9i T
DICK STREIGHT'S
LIYBBY, . .
Feed and Sale Stables.
Corner 6th and Pearl Sts.
FIORSBS BOARDED BT TFIK
DAT, -WEEK, Oil MOXTI1.
HORSES BOUGHT.
SOLD OR TRADED,
For a Fair Commission.
TEAMS AT ALL HOURS.
Paiticular attention paid to
Driving and Training
trotting stock.
Also A hearse furnished when called for.
kTTSMOUTIT,
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY'.
COXGRESSIOXAL.
Sknatohs P. W. Hitchcock, Omaha ; A. S.
Paddock, Beatrice.
Ksfkkskxtativk-L. Croanso, Ft. Calhoun.
STATE.
Ootkbxor Silas Garber. Lincoln.
Iwkckkta it y Bruno Tzschuck, Lincoln.
Trkasurer J. G. McBride, Lincoln.
Auditou J. B. Weston. Lincoln.
Attorney Ueskeal (j. II. Roberts, Lin
coln. Srrr. Public ijrsTKUCTicu J. M. MeKen
zie, Lincoin.
LEGISLATIVE.
SKXATon, tk District Sam. M. Chapman,
Piattsmouth.
Rkprkskn-tativks. 25th District Jno. "W.
Barues, Piattsmouth ; Jno. Rouse, Greenwood.
JUDICIAL.
Supremr Jurats Geo. B. Lake. Omaha ;
Daniel Gantt, Brownville Samuel Maxwell,
Fremont.
COUNTY.
Clkrk C. P. Moore, Piattsmouth. .
Trkasurer .I.C. Cummins, Piattsmouth.
Sheriff M. B. Cutler, Piattsmouth.
Commissioxf.rs E. G. Dovev. Piattsmouth ;
W. It. Arnold, Greenwood ; 1$. S. Ramsey,
Louisville.
ConosKE-B. F. Reed, Rock Bluffs.
CITY.
Mator R. R, Livingston.'
Trkasurkr Win. Wiuterstetn.
Clkkk-W. F. Bennett.
CouNciLMEX, 1st Ward J. Pcpperberg. W.
Neville.
Cot'xriLMEX, 2d Ward P. L. Wise, J. V.
Weckbach.
Couxil,mf.x, 3d AYard Win. L. Wells, Tt.
Donnelly.
Couxcilmkx, 4th Ward F. R. Guthman, J.
Hellner.
B. & M. R. R. Time Table.
Corrected Sunday, January '60th, 1876.
OR OMAHA FROM rLATTSMOCTn.
Leaves 5:45 a.m. Arrives 8 :50 a. m.
" 2 :J0p. m. 3 :45 p. ni.
FROM OMAHA FOR PLATTSMOUTH.
Leaves 9 :V" a. m. Arrives 10 :24 a. m.
" 4 K)0 p. m. " 5 :05 p. m.
" 6 O0 p. 111. .' 7 :45 p. m.
FOR THE WEST.
Leswes Piattsmouth 9 :40 a. m. Arrives Lin
coln, 12 -15 p. 111. ; Arrives Kearney, 8 :oo p. m.
St. Louis Extrkss Leaves Flattsmouth,
4 tiS p. ra. Arrives, Lincoln, 6 :40 p. m.
Freight leaves 7 :10 a. m. Ar. Lincoln 12 :25 p.m.
" 11:50 p.m. " " 3:00 a.m.
FROM THE WEST.
Leaves Kearney. 6:40 a. iu. leaves Lincoln,
12 :4j p. iu. Arrives Piattsmouth, 3 :15 p. iu.
St. Louis Exprf.ss Leaves Lincoln, 7 :20 a.
m. Arrives Piattsmouth, 10 :24 a. m.
Fright leaves Lincoln 11 :15 a. iu. Arrives
Piattsmouth, 4 :12 p. m.
Leaves Lincoln 7 :10 p. m. Arrives riatts
mouth, 11 -.10 p. m.
GOIXG EAST.
Express, 6 -.00 a. m.
Passenger, (train each day) 3 -M p. m.
RRIVAL AXD DEPARTURE OF PLATTS
MOUTH MAILS.
KASTEB5T, NOKTHEBX & POUTHERX
Arrive at - 9 :30 a. m.
I Depart at - s :30 a. m.
I -' " - 3 :00 p. m.
OMAHA VIA B. & M.
Arrive at 10 :30 a. m. Depart at - 2 :1S p. m.
WESTERN VIA B. & M.
Arrive at
Arrive at
- 3 :15 p. m. I Depart at - 8 0 a. m.
WEKPIXG TVATKR.
12 :00 m. I Depart at - 2 .-00 p. m.
ROCK BLi rrS & UXIOX MILLS.
Arrivt at 12 :00 m. Depart at - 1 :00 p. m.
J. W. MARSHALL. P. M.
PKOFESSIONAL CARDS
it. K. WIM1IAU,
ATTORXEY and Counselor at Law. Real
estate bought and sold. Taxes paid; and spe
cial attention given to collections. Ofliee over
Dr. Chapman's Drug Store, Piattsmouth. 37yl
HAM M C1IAP3IAX.
ATTORXEY AT LAW aad Solicitor in Chan
cery, or.icc in Fitzgerald's Block, Piattsmouth,
Nebraska.
lritKKLrJt & BEXXETT,
REAL ESTATE and Tax Paying Agents, No
taries Public, Fire and Life insurance Agents,
Piattsmouth, Nebraska.
IV. B. JEXKIX8.
ATTORXEY AT LAW, TJ. S. aaim Agent and
rublic Auctioneer. Business promptly attend
ed to. Greenwood, Neb.
It It LIVIXSTOV,
PnTSICIAX & SURGEON, tenders his pro
fessional services to the citizens of Cass county.
Residence southeast corner Sixth and Oak sts. ;
Office on Main street, two doom west of Sixth,
Piattsmouth. Nebraska.
UEO. H. H 31 1 Til.
ATTORXEY AT LA W and Real Estate Bro
ker. Special attention given to Collections
and all matters affecting the title to real estate,
Ofnce on t!d floor, over Post Office, Piattsmouth,
Nebraska. , . 40yl.
CHAN. II. TIIOMFWOX, 31. 1.
HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN. Thirty years
practice has made the Dr. famili-.ir with nearly
all diseases, and their cure. Office: Cor. 5th tz
Main Sts., over Johneon's Ding Store. 25tt
JOIIX AV IIAIM.H "
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, ann collector of
debts, collections made from one ilollar to one
thousand dollars. Mortgages, Deeds, and oth
er instruments drawn, and all county business
usually transacted before a Justice of the Peace.
Best oi reference given if required.
Office on Main street, West of Court House.
40-yl JOHN W. HAINES. -
IIt. J. 31. WATSR9AX,
Physio Medical Practitioner.
LwilnTille, Ca$ Co., Xeb.
E57AIways at the office on Saturdays.
40yl
CLAPP & GRE.YSLATE,
ELMWOOD, - - NEBRASKA,
Dealers In
Dry Goods & Groccrsics,
and all articles generally kept In a country
store. Fanners, call and examine before going
away from home to buy. 7tf.
PLATTSMOUTH FilLLS.
PLATTSMOUTH,' NEB.
C. HEISEL,
Proprietor.
Flour, Corn Meal, & Feed
Always on hand and for sale at lowest cash
prices. The highest prices paid for Wheat and
Corn. Particular attention given custom work.
'GRAND CENTRAL'
HOTEL,
Largest and finest Hotel be
tween Chicago and San
Francisco.
GEO. THRALL, - - Prop.
. OMAHA. NED.
CHARLES WARREN,
TOXSOUIAL ARTIST,
Will give you 'a clean shave, or trim your hair in
the
Latest Style !
OR GIVE YOU A -FIRST-CLASS
SHAMPOO.
XEXT IK)OR TO TLATTK VALLKY HCl'fK,
30m3 ' Flattsiuoutli, Nt h.
NEBRASKA, THURSDAY,
Written for the Herald,
THE WRECK OF THE WRIGHT.
The sun has set. and all alone
A steamer battles with the sea ;
Her plume of smoke Is backward blown
Beneath her prow with bodeful moan
The conquering wave bends sullenly.
And chill and drear a shadow creeps
Along the wild and misty deeps
That roll to windward and a-lee.
With mjnlac laughter, deep and low,
The hungry caverns mock her way ;
A pallid sea-bird, whee'ingslo.
Shrieks to his mother sea, below
The hopeless flight of human prey ;
And o'er the waste of water broods
The dreariest ot Nature's moods.
Bereft of all save bleak dismay.
A sudden blenching strikes the ea
To wiudward, and the fearful twang
Of Neptune V trident, hums a glee
Of might aud wrath and agony.
Far wnere the breakers boom and clang ;
Like flying shrouds from rilled graves.
The foam lies jl anting on the waves
Whence ocean s slumb ring furies sprang.
The stricken billows leap away
With trampling thundeis in the gale.
And staggering blindly to the fray.
The frail hlp starts each bolt and stay ;
Her cordage shrieks and with a wail
She plunges downward in the gloom
Of roaring gorges Hoarse with doom
And none alive may tell the tale 1
What thoughts there came of home and
friends.
What prayers were said, what kisses thrown
Were lost upon the wind that lends
Its borrowed wealth no more, and blends
A sigh of trouble with the moan
That xadly haunts the restless waves,
Forever rolling o'er the caves.
Where ricner things than pearls are strewn.
They sailed one day and came no more !
All else is wrapt in mystery ;
TLe surges kneel upon the shore
And telltheir sorrows oe'r and oe'r ;
And still above the Northern sea,
A pensive spirit, pale and slow.
The gray gull wheeling to and fro ,
iveeps waicu auu vraru eieruaiiy.
Knab. -
SILENCE AND HASTE AT DINNER.
From the Scientific American.
There is probably not one among; the
readers of this paper who would not
assent to the general proposition that
habitual haste in eating is hurtful to
digestion. Everybody knows that food
hurriedlyeaten is very likely to be in
sufficiently masticated, and not proper
ly mixed with those salivary secretions
which are essential to the perfect di
gestion of many Kinds of food", partic
ularly brcadstufCs and other starchy
preparations. Everybody knows, fur
ther, that food hastily swallowed is
very apt to carry with it more air than
is good for the stomach. Each bolus
fills the bore of the oesophagus, and
pushes before it all the air that tube
contains; the uccessive charges fill the
stomach to distention, often paralyz
ing its action for a time, and always
favoring fermentation of food rather
than its proper solution. All this, and
much more of equal physiological im
portance, is well known to every intel
ligent readers, and we may safely as
sume that all our readers belong to
that class.
It is therefore no easy task which a
fair correspondent has set us in a well
written communication just received.
The gentlemen of her family, she tells
us. have long been subscribers to the
Scientific American, and they hold it3
utterances in high esteem. Conse
quently she appeals to us to read them
a lesson on the evils of hasty eating,
hoping that our advice will be heeded,
to the benefit of their health-and the
material enhancement of her enjoy
ment of the dinner hour.
She writes: "It has become the cus
tom of our gentlemen to devour a
newspaper with their breakfast, which,
being light, we must permit ; but when
the meal of the day, dinner, it is sure
ly as unwholesome as it is disagreeable
to all present to have the head of the
house sit with absorbed look, eating as
if for a wager, and impatiently watch
ing the servant hand around and clear
away the dishes. I am one of five suf
fering wives, who never eat our dinner
without feeling that we are taking
time from some business which our
husbands long to return to. We have
therefore resolved to appeal to you to
address from your editorial chair those
men who are seeking dyspepsia and
making our tempers sour by the trying
ordeal of dinner."
If any word of ours could arrest so
suicidal a course on the part of our
readers, our petitioners may be sure
that it would be spoken with all em
phasis. But here's the rub: the evil
complained ef is in many cases one of
habit, and not amenable to correction
through reason ; in more cases, proba
bly, it ia one of necessity, under condi
tions for which the offender is not
morally responsible; very rarely, we
fear, is it the result of deficient or de
fectire information. And since we
know nothing of the circumstances of
the present case, any suggestion we
make must necessarily be of the most
general character, as likely to miss as
to hit.
For example, we might enlarge upon
the horrors of dyspepsia, its disastrous
influence upon character, its power to
acidify and eclipse all the sweetness
and light of living, even where it does
not put an end to life outright; only
to receive the crushing reply from live,
or five thousand, suffering husbands:
"We know all that, probably as well as
you do. But how can we help our
selves? If we were independent of
the duties and responsibilities of ac
tive life.we might, and ceitainly would
very gladly eat our dinners with leis
urely enjoyment; but the demand up
on our time and thoughts are such
that we cannot do as we would ; we
are parts of a great machine, and are
driven to sacrifice our pleasure, our
health, may be; ana possibly what we
regret still more, the good temper of
our wives, because of the rights and
requirements of those with whom we
have to do business."
This is very largely the case where
dinner i eaten before the day's work
is done. And when it comes in the
evening, physical fatigue and nervous
exhaustion from the conflicts of the
day are not unsnldom equally fatal to
th social enjoyment of the dinner. It
is easy to say that men should lay aside
their business schemes and anxieties
at such a time, and we admit that it
is both the moral and the physiologic
al duty of men to try to do so; still
men, a3 a rule, have not yet reached a
stage of moral developement at which
duty perceived is equivalent to duty
done. When the penalty of wrong-do
DECEMBER 7, 187G.
ing is apt to be inderlinitely deferred,
as in the case of silent and hasty eat
ing, and when the reward for right-doing
is likely to depend upon incidental
conditions; and here the truth compels
us to observe that the ladies are often
quite as much to blame as the gentle
men for the unsocial and unsanitary
naDits or eavng which tne latter so
frequently acqaire.
For our own part, we approve of the
morning paper at breakfast. General
ly it is the onlv means of securing de
liberate eating at that hour. It is easy
enough for those who have little to do
to enjoy a soeial breakfast at ten or
eleven o'clock in the morring; but ear
lier and especially if the battle of bu
siness is to follow at once humanity
is not social, and conversation, except
with regard to the morning's news, is
all but impossible. The morning pa
per therefore is in most cases not only
a sanitary brake upon the jaws at break
fast, but a real blessing to the family
as well as to the reader's stomach.
At the midday meal, business is
pressing and time brief. As a rule,
whatever a business man eats at such
a time must be taken hurriedly. The
effect is bad it is true; but it is a
choice of evils, either to eat quickly or
go without. For this. reason it is the
custom, whenever possible, to take the
main meal of the day after the busi
ness hours are over. It is with refer
ence to this meal, we take it, that the
just pretest against baste and silence
has been uttered.
The pestilent heresy, moral as well
as sanitary, that it is unbecoming an
immortal being to enjoy his dinner is
well nigh extinct ; we trust the once
prevalent insanity of self-immolation
upon the altar of business push and
worry is also dying out. Active men
are learning that the human machine
can be run to death ; that moderation
pays best in the long run; and that no
time is more wickedly wasted than
that which is unduly saved (?) from
the hours of rest and re-creation in
cluding in the latter the dinner hour.
In the scientific code of conduct, de
liberate and enjoyable eating is one of
the fundamental virtues. It ranks
with justice in the moral code. It is a
virtue, too, which can be, and ought to
be, cultivated by all, most of all by
those who are doing the world's best
work.
But, generally speaking, it i3 a vir
tue, the cultivation of which calls for
effort on the part of the ladies as well
as self-restraint on the part of the gen
tlemen. No sensible man will willing
ly hurry through a meal when he is
keenly enjoying the food and its ac
companiments; and it depends chiefly
a pon the ladies to secure sucn conui
tians at the family table. How they
can do so, it is not for ss to say. There
can be no rule for their attainment any
more than a single specific for all di
seases. The special conditions and re
quirements of tfUch household and the
idiosyncracies of its members must
chiefly determine the course to be pur
sued. This is one point, however, a very
important point, which ladies very of
ten overlook. It is this: Civilization
and hunger are incompatible. All the
virtues and graces of humanity cer
tainly of male humanity fly before an
empty stomach. - It may be possible
for a man to be hungry and amiable
at the same time, but it i3 not safe for
any wife to presume upon so unlikely
an occurrence habitually. Ignorance
of their physiological truth has been
the ruin of many an otherwise happy
household. And we may set it down
from both observations and experiences
premising that our experience in this
respect has been exceptionally happy
that prepandial discretion is the se
verest test of a good wife. Just be
fore diniier is the worst possible time
to bother a husband with questions or
complaints, or even with efforts to be
aggressively agreeable. There is the
time above all others when social si
lence should grace the home, and make
it seem to the tired man the most de
lightful and restful place on earth.
Half an hour of quiet rest just then is
the best possible preparation for the
secial enjoyment of the coming meal,
for then the nervous tension and men
tal strain of business care and anxiety
can be gradually relaxed, and the en
tire system brought into conditions for
enjoying food and the amenities of so
cial life. Yet how frequently does the
wife choose that particular time to
speak of her own trials and troubles,
the misconduct of servants and chil
dren, the petty requirements of the
household, or other things trivial or
disagreeable, and then marvel that her
husband's temper is not so sweet a's it
ought to be! The offense is worse even
than introduction of such topics at
meal time.
Another physiological fact i3 often
overlooked by well meaning wives
who have to complain of the husband's
haste or taciturnity at table: that is,
the softening influence of a little sa
vory and easily assimilated food to be-,
gin with, something calculated to allay
the irritant cravings of hunger while
stimulating the appetite ; this especial
ly when the geutlemen are mentally
or physically exhausted by the labors
of the day. At such times soup i3
even more conducive to sociability
than wine.
This is perhaps not at all what our
correspondent asked for, still it seems
to u the most practicable way to cure
the evil complained of. The kindness,
tact, and skill of the ladies before and
during dinner can, in our opinion, do
infinitely more to correct their hus
band's unphysiological habits in eating
than any amount of scientific disqui
sition. Let the ladies recognize the
physiological conditions of the offence
and the offenders, and while trying to
prevent or correct theui study to make
the dinner hour so agreeable that their
husbands will not be in haste to have
it over, and the desired reform will
mvst probably come as a natural con
sequence, if any reform is possible.
A story is told of Chivac, the Duke
of Orleans' physician. He never no
ticed that he was ill, being so anxions
about tne neaitu or otners; but one
daj he felt his own pulse, ond said
" He's a dead man. I have been call
cd in too late.
NUMBER 37
THE GENTLE ART.
Probably one of the worst businesses
under the sun is that of a printer.
His every deed seeks the light of day.
Those of the lawyer lie in dark boxes
and between musty shelves; the doc
tor places his indifferent handiwork in
the earth; the tradesman has his custo
mer to please, and m satisfying Lim
his work is ended. But the printer,
every ignoramous spell3 over the work
of the printer. Fellows wno wov
find it impossible to put twenty lettc
tocrether rrramaticallv will point out
with glee a fault in his work indeed
it is usually the class of individuals who
make it a point of finding out every lit
tle discrepancy. Did the public know
the thousands of different characters,
and atoms comprised in a printer s ev
eryday life did they but know the va
riety of altogether foreign subjects he
has to set up, read, correct, and revise
day after day they would wonder how
he kept out of a lunatic asylum. But
practice makes perfect, and constant
friction has rubbed off all the rough
edges from the character of the man
of letters nothing takes effect upon
him he can view errors of the most
frightful description with calmness.
After all, what is an error, grammati
cal or otherwise? Simply so- many
types out of place, that's all, and quite
enough but not enough to upset the
equanimity of the printer.
After this dissertation on the man
our readers would perhaps forgive U3
for introducing a line or two on the
matter, or on printing generally.
Printing may be divided into four
classes:
First. The customer brings in his
order in a quiet sort of a way, with
good morning" or "afterttoon," and
kindly print this in your best style."
He does not ask for a price requires
no proof, his copy is very good, and he
gives no trouble. His order claims im
mediate attention it is set up in the
best style, and printed on the best pa
per. There are no errors, for the
printer has confidence in himself and
his customer the work gives great sat
isfaction, and when the bill is sent in
he is perfectly satisfied and pays the
money charged with pleasure. He be
lieves in his printer and his printer be
lieves in him. This is first-class print
ing!
Second. The customer stalks into
the. office with an - unhappy cast of
countenance. "Could such and such a
job be printed at once?" "How long
would it take to print? kindly send a
proof." The copy is average bad, the
customer has evidently little confidence
in himself, and in his printer. The
proof is sent. There are two ot three
blunders due to the printer and a dozen
alterations due to himself. He per
sonally returns the proof, and would
wait while the alterations were made
"of course it would not take long."
The corrections are made, the custo
mer believes in second-rate paper, and
the job is executed in altogether a second-rate
manner. He is not satisfied.
The bill is sent in and paid with dis
satisfaction, and a deduction of five per
cent. This is second-class printing.
Third. "You don't mean to say vou
are going to charge me 7s. 6d. for this
job why, I had a thousand printed in
Bristol for that sum!" The printer
then knows he has a shrewd customer
in his office, and at once inquires how
many thousand. He finds it was ten
thousand for 2 10s. he work too was
was done in a very indifferent manner.
The customer agrees to have the job
printed it gives satisfaction. The
bill is sent in, and in, quarter after
quarter, and paid at the end of two
years. This is third-class printing!
Fourth Class printing is never
paid for the printer gets nothing be
yond a bad debt. Clavedon, Eng., Mer
cury and Courier.
THE NEXT HOUSE.
The next house of representatives
will be democratic by a very small ma
jority. The following are the figures :
Dem. Hep.
Alabama 8
Arkansas 3 1
California ; 1 3
Colorado.....; 1
Connecticut 3 1
Deleware 1
Florida. 1 1
Georgia 9
Illinois.,-.. 7 12
Indiana 4 9
Iowa : 9
Kansas .... .. 3
Kentucky 0 "
Louisiana 3 3
Maine 5
Maryland 6 .'.
Massachusetts 2 9
Michigan 1 8
Minnesota ... 3
Mississippi 6 ..
Missouri 9 4
Nebraska 1
Nevada . . 1
New Jersey . 4 3
New York 1G 17
North Carolina 7 1
Ohio 8 12
Oregon 1
Pennsylvania . 9 18
Rhode Island 2
South Carolina 1 1
Tennessee 8 2
Texas 6
Vermont.... .. 3
Virginia 3 1
West Virginia 3
Wisconsin 3 5
Total.... 147 143
The last month of leap year. Girls,
what are you going to do about it.
A nice, dear little baby sea serpent
has been picked up on the Pacific
coast. Tke sweet little pet is seven
feet long, has a head twenty-two inch
es around, and a pair of jaws that
would terrify a Chicago dentist.
Mr. G. Spaulding, who went to the
Orient, charged "by the Theosophical
Society to procure a first class magi
cian of either the white or the black
art, telegraps from Tunis that he has
got hi3 fiend and is coming.
Extta copies of the Hkrai.D for sale by J. J.
Youuic, Fostofileo news depot, ami O. F. Jonn
son.curner of Main and Fillh Streets.
THE INDIAN WAR.07
Chicago. Dec. 1. :
The official report of Col. McKinzio
of the 4th Cavalry was received at
Military headquarters here to-day. It
states that, about noon on the 24tli
inst., while marching in a southeaster
ly direction towards Sioux Pass of the
Big Horn mountains, five advance
scouts met him reporting a camp of
Cheyennes about fifteen or twenty
miles distant. About snnset the com
mand began moving toward the hos
tiles, reaching the village after day
light, completely surprising the In
dians, and compelling them to vacate
the village suddenly and take refuge
in a ravine. After a brisk fight, last-;
ing about one hour, and skirmishing
till night, they capitulated. The entire
village of 173 lodges with all their con
tents was destroyed, 500 ponies cap
tured, and 23 Indian bodies were found
It is almost certain that a much larger '
number were killed. Five soldiers and
one officer were killed on our side, and
twenty-hve wounded, besides one She-
shone scout belonging to us. The com
mind then moved to a camp on Pow
der ltiver, from which this report was
made on the 26th inst.
Lieut. McKinney, who was killed
was one of the most gallant officers
and honorable men.
Gen. Crock, in transmitting the
above, says: "I cannot too highly com
mend this brilliant achievement and
the gallantry of the troops. This will
be a terrible blow to the hostiles. as
these Cheyennes were not only the
bravest warriors but have been the
head and front of most of the raids
and deviltry committed in this country
Reverned Petroleum V. Nasby now
signs himself "Reformer."
But two brief months ago and the
ice man could command a bow from
our mest aristocratic citizens.. To-day
he sit3 neglected and shivering on his
box, a blue nosed victim of human in
stability.
Hot Waterproof Cement.
The following is a valuable cement
which, if properly applied, will be in
soluble eyen in boiling water: Gelatin,
5 parts; soluble acid chromate of lime,
part. Cover the broken edges with
this, press lightly together, and expose
to the sunlight ; the effect of the lat
ter being to render the compound in
soluble. Cold in the Head.
The medical journals, last spring, re
peatedly published Dr. Ferrier's new
remedy for cold in the head. As the
season for that distressing malady is
at hand, we print the recipe, which is:
Trisnitateof Bismuth, 0 drachms; pul
verized Gum Arabic, 2 drachms; Hy
drochlorate of Morphia, 2 grains. This
is used as a snuff, creates no pain, and
causes, says the .London Lancet, the
entire disappearance of the symptoms
in a few hours.
Nature never takes back her gifts.
Clouds may pass between you and the
sun, but the sun is there, and will shine
forth again. It may be a stormy night,
and the stars are hidden, but they shine
on . permanent and pure behind the
driving rain, and will again look out
upon you with their .calm eyes, and
say, from their inaccessible and infi
nite heights, "Be patient, little child!
be patient and wait till all the storms
and darkness shall have passed away."
Four cents an Hour for Women's Work
A London newspaper of recent date
printed the following advertisement:
"Young lady required who can write
neatly and distinctly, to address circu
lars, &c. Hours 9.30 to 7.30. Salary
ten shillings per week. Apply by let
ter only," &c. Here then is the mag
nificent chance for some young lady
not born with a silver spoon in her
mouth. She 13 not required to know
seveiral languages, to be a brilliant pi
anist, but only "write neatly and dis
tinctly," for such a fragment of each
day as ten hours, and for such splendid
remuneration as ten shillings a week,
which is precisely twopence per hour.
The rhiladephia Press thinks that
King Ahasuerus organized the first
national exhibition, quoting from tho
first chapter of Esther to prove the
point: In the third year of his reign
about 519 years before Christ he
made a feast unto all his princes and
servants; the power of Persia and
Media, the nobles and princes of tho
provinces, being before him: when ho
showed the riches of his glorious king
dom and the honor of his excellent
magesty many days, even a hundred and
fourscore days." The Press grows
enthusiastic over the fact that
Ahasuerus's exhibition wa3 kept open
180 days, precisely the duration of the
Centennial, but the Press is deficient
in failing to give the verdict of old
man Ahasuerus's . juries upon tho
pianos, aewing-machine3, steam
engines, and rifles of his exhibition.
Concerning chairs and makers there
of, it may be mentioned that Seth Car
lin, a renowned California hunter and
trapper, is not to be spoken of with
levity, for, lo! lie lias made unique
chairs for several of the Presidents of
the United States, lie presented Buch
anan with a chair made of elk horns
and hoofs in 183G, and gave Abraham
Lincoln a similar one in 18G4. Andrew
Johnson was the recipient of a chair
made of grizzly skins and claws. Dur
ing a recent visit to the Centennial Ex
position, Seth called on Governor Hayes
at Columbu3, Ohio, and presented him
with chair similar to the Lincoln and
Buchanan chairs of elk horns and
hoofs, with a grizzly robe covering. He
has another chair similar to the Andrew
Johnson chair in store for the Presi
dent elect, only it has the addition of a
grizzly's ferocious head cunningly con
cealed underneath the seat, which, by
touching a spring in the rear of the
chair, is thrown forward, the jaws snap
viciously two of three times, when it
returns - to -Its" place' of concealment.'
This interesting little, ornament Seth
thinks his old friend Hayes, is going to'
get.-
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