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THE HERALD;
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PUBLISHED fiVEUY THCKSDaY
AIVERTIS1XO DATES.
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PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA
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OFFICE:
On Vine St., One Block North of Main,
Corner of Fifth Sweet.
4
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IS 00
20 0U
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28 0u " (X
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Oil ! 40 oo
t"All Advertising bills due qHarterly.
tSTranslrot advcrUBajcuU must be pulA
for in aUvacce.
JNOA. MACMURPHY, Editor.)
"PEKSEVEKAXCE COJIIEKS.
(TERMS: $2.00 a Year.
OFFICIAr. PAPER OP CAKS
tOl'STV.
Twins, l.i Advance:
frrc orrnv-, orie year '....fl.OQ
Atne eonv, six months 1.00
On P7, thre. months... 40
YOLUME XII.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, TIIURSDAT, FEBRUARY 1, 1877.
NUMBER 45.
Extra ples the HKn.At for ml hy J. Pi
Young, Postofflcr news depot. and O. F.John
son.ooiuar ul Main and Filth Strctts
itmBm
tl2 IK
2 f
MS GARDEN MANUAL
For 1&T7. lrartieal, poine.1, and thirrnuyh. and
contains half as much mailer as 51.50 Looks on
Ihe subject. Sent for Joe. which will be allow
ed n lb first order lor seeds. . .1. IS. Hoot.
411) Seed Grower, ltockford, 111.
m:Y HOARDING HOUSE
Jt;st opened by
F.M.Young,
o.v sreoxn sr.. xext roon to e. 'ji.
i:a to dweleixii,
Ojqwisite O! J Machine Shop.
Good Board y Day ' Week.
I cor iiaily Invite my friends from tti coun
try to yive me a call, confident that I
40 ni.t can plca.se them
F I B S T
National Bank
W PLATTSMOLTH, XEBKASK A,
SUCCESSOR TO
TOOYiE, Xi.ltaXA A CLAUK,
.Kmir FinNcmtALS
L. . Imvxv
A. W. ileLAUomajc...
Jntu. u'Ui ukK ,
President.
Vice resident.
Cashier.
As-sist:rit Cashier.
This P,'ilt U nor open for business at their
ficw iem, u'ii?r Min aiud Sixth ftiftu, and
is pr. pard to transact a ertt-ral
BANKING BUSINESS.
Stafca, Bond. Got.!, Jfvr uraerit fd Lvoel
tkstsritiea
BOUGHT AND SOLD.
Dfposits llceify.i nml Interest AUoir
tsi on Tim Certificates.
Ail.ib!e Vo a:iv prut of the. Uiiitwd Statos and
l:i all liia ".'rincipM Towns ni I'.t.el
of. r".-irops.
ro?. TI25!
CELEBRATED
lure aii Lujs and Allan Line
Pat-ton wishms to tnv; out their frrnds f;om
Europe ir.n
1'VltOrtASE TT'-RETS TICOM H
TUronfii to ruttsnoi).
Fleming & Race,
dryImods,
GROOERISS,
STAT J.
CAPS.
BOOT.
oii Cxi C ,
.LVD XOTIOX3.
Aa'l i'fwrrTi' '.w-;Iie .-'cnerAfjr.
Our Gooiis are r.II
Hi tu:; t cheap.
Tit Y U3 ONCH. AND JSC !
xoslsior Carbsr Shon.
v
J. C. BOONS,
.,;4: Sere J, eftxli .:u.i-hrs House.
HAIR-CUTTIH&,
Siav!a.T end Sisauipoolus.
KsspzciAL att:n r;fy given Ti
Cttltins t JjISL'i t -t'sai-d Lnillr
llix.
CALL 1D SYAl IiOONH, (JKXTS,
Ar.d srt a boor.e in .1
C2.7DXT SHAVE.
VILLIAM HERCLD
ITecpi one of i"i;e
Lamest Stocks
OF
GROCERIES,
IN TOWN.
fJt VOT ev. j?"i,5'i;
TOPHIKTOK OF
PALACE BILLIARD HALL.
iHai'j St.. under rftst Nat. H.mS.)
?IiA7TSJ10l'T!I, ... EH
;v r..i: is svri"i.n:i with tiir
BEST WINES, LIQUORS,"
:L3-A.:Et!
DEER, F.TC, ETC. !
H. A. WATERMAN & SON,
rme Lumper.
3HIFG-LES,
Sasn,
Blinds,
CnC. KTC, ETC.
Ma- Hreet. Corner of rifth,
I'LATTSMOUTTT, - - - - NEB.
Still Better Rates for Lumber.'
7: T'o sTrir) S
I'LATTSSOITH, SEH.,
7?-2iii-er of Steam Engines, BoiUrs,
&7ic an I Grist Mills,
axH am) sthah riTTixt;s,
V rousht Iron Pipe. Tove anl Lift IMpes.Sr.-am
Uainrcs.Safctv-V.il ve Governors. and all
kinds of Prass Fnpine Fittings,
repaired on short notive.
FA HM MACHINEK-
I; p paired on Short Notice. -K'JT
MMK
Jood frrsh milk
r X 5 11 Y
aND
DELIVERED DAILY !
AT
r. VEZtYnODT'S HOME IX PLATTSMOUTH
IF TITKT WANT IT, BI
J. F. HSAL'iilEXSTEK.
srsi) ik Yon: OEDi:' ask i wilx tkv and
GIVK YOU
p-j l :;nl v-i-vp yn.: r.-jiiiy.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
nr FAXCY CAKS1K. in styles with name
,0 10.-H post, paid, J. li. llusced, Nassau. Hens.
JL.. N.JV'J 4t
riCfjC in?JC No matter liow sii-;litly
r IL 1 1 b 1 U 11 J disHi.ied. Increases now-
paid. Advice. ;uid circular free,
ael. Att'v. 7o7 Saiisom St., I'hila.
T. JlcMich-
C a r r r SfiisriiuiEUS ki.k 1x77. Kvery
OUiUUU lodr is (,'ouioir OTlEft S
aMEKICAN MONTHLY, richly illustrated,
a'dy edited 'aiiuly Ma''riine at only 3 a year.
Specimens avis, tirrtit Utm to clnlit
John K. Cotter C Co., PiiUs.. Philadelphia.
"TR1 L!Ni
WITH A COLD IS ALWAYS DANGEROUS.
USE
WELLs'CARBUiJG TABLETS,
a cure remedy for Cfil'tiHS. and all diseases
of the TUHOAT, J.UXUS, CUKSTAXD MU
COUS MHMI1RA X I '
VC C I P ONLY IN BM'K P.OXF.S.
SOLD P.Y ALL DUI GIHSTS.
C. y. CIM 1I KNTO NV7 Si t h .vcnii X. V.
Active Aa-nt waidi d iitla:i'H't to ii.trmhice tli
CENTENNIAL HXPOSITIOIi
DKSCUIHKD AND 1 LLl ST.'LVl Kl.
Nearly HV paxes ; only .: rich illus
trations ; Hiid tre-iMifr. j; the l-Ht and etinp
est Hitorv of tlie tlicat Kxhil'ili-oi. Liiiiors
ed lv or.iciv.ls, jjrcr.s and Clery. Is solium iiii-ineii"-ly.
One lady cleared iSii-IO in four
vrclii. Act ouicklv. Now or never. For
full particulars. Add"rss IH'IUJAiil) i;i;o.S.,
1'ill'Ilshers. No.:'! LnSelle Str-et. '! ic-i''. Ml.
"Tk ACTS WANTED FOR HISTORY R
Lehtehi EXHIBITION
It contains .Tto fine emva-. io' of hiiildits and
scenes in tin lrc:'t Exhibition and is tiie oniy
atitiieiiti;' and coi;ir!crc history pnhiislied. it
treats of the jtrand t.ii:!dli:i;-. wonderful exl'.ib
tts. curiosities, (ireat events, etc. Very cheap
an I and sells at biirht. i)ne Ai;ent solil .'.S cop
ies in ore clay f-ei,d for our extra ten-is to
Ae-its and a full description of the work. Al-drcs-t
N a rK'VAi, pi ulihin; Co.. Philtidcrl
pl.ia. Pa.. Chicago. III., or St. LouU. Mo.
H A IT'TTn M t'nr-and wontilcss aookn
uftU i I Li J-., on the Kxliitiiii'-a are hcinir cir-
! culated. Do not be dc-;,ed. See that the
Look you b:iy cantaii.s s7l panes and fine en
cr.ivisius. JCOTtCB. W hT t?!
lr:r.ft nd bst sirUint;
H',t-i:ory rrkucin lt.
Worll. It e.mUtir.1 U
upti't of liaxT. If! TlTt't-
OTf pmicU, rll''. ?olJon pon,l plaf oI:uhlo
Jwtf'ry. t'-mp.fteTmWe yrk?T'. w:th e!.'Tnt fflJ-plWHl
! button, mi l l.iiM' fwlil.mata fn 1 lw, pin n
drr....prt-rH. 23 - t5 P- 'it, with Morttt Jw
"T, SI. ' l-iitmt lacier li'ifr froo ui
ELE
t!cla In or. 1 lis J,LO Tt COM blS ATTOV. Cnn be usri
s eroca.pah.,lrrnil ren , k rncr. ftrfer If?. Eire.i m
ttnfr, fi:-r Tit:cr :ubU;r, Swlne Mcliins Tl:-eii 1
Cutler, an I f-.r Utwimz Status . Cutting off Ilnt,ks ami F) c.
Cittoi.s. trt!,!.':k iitot. &c ol a romiaoD pfncll. t
i.ily J'! "it i-i.t.!.., in-l lik-t iiroiiTi.o. At:3Tt mi
eo!,li.S r.".xii j aud mjt it is Uie te t ftoai- it nn.e out.
tjtr.ip.e 5 t i-n:. mk f..r$( l:xTrnoruinarT iruiurenx'-::
to Ael. - KD'i for fHDiit. hnif lo.n and caiiTfttt wjf
town. BRIDE A CO., 7C3 Qroadway, H. V.
Vk P "J& PTATTOVERY r.CPil, and . f
VSft-i er I'" I.WTH COHUN '.TjS rr l tVO
pi-H f rjOt-l.AS. PPID-AC.,
Ffallsmoulh Giain Co.
ClffiUDEH & LA ZEN BY,
Dealer in Grain of all khi !, CATTLE and
IPj'JS ; Also
11 Mil) jiXD SOFT COAZ.
SC't HAXiJ.
.tLTrA'
O.Y
FRESH MEAT
Corns Horc Roast Reef.
Vulk in I'utton Chops.
PORK STEAKS,
c.i us, rr;. rtrL.s.-i Lr.-.-if;r. axoai.l
orilZJli HEAT. IX HVAi-OX AT
YOUNG'S Rulclier Shop,
FLATT2310UTJI, NEIL,
LOWER MAIN' ST., - - - K01TT1I SIDE.
30iu3
c:.:o.::''oro's Ilr'ir D: e I the SAFEST and
r.r.sl ; ji iuMa:iMisro:iMy. ircuiucir.3 liie
i-ii r i:;ir-..r- ! vi:a l -s i.f Ithici: or Lro.vn : doss
! MM Sf-l.V i:-.e Siil N. ;-::J ii easily apidicd.
It H a si.iiitlaru ircp.ii:;! ion. s: nl a lavi;!;;' up
ir.i every v.e!! :'pp;h;-:d Tuilt-t forlutdy or tleii-t'ei.i-in."
boid ly Du'!?its.
J. rlMST tllORO,
I. O.IirtX. ..9uii XfW Vork.
HO FOR THE
jy rLATTsiioixTir.
ASi (!.AU ST8DS
-o r
'U'lI'.K'S old stand stili kept open fcj
1 ho show.
CIGAR, TOBACCO?. dC, VTIJ0LE
SALZ d- RETAIL.
Good Goods, Buy Largely
Ar.d lnYite trade to er.il an exjunim. Itf
FDR YOLK
a. aL kaU i- tec- i
" B.?tltr you call on d-;t
I Ben Hempel,
IIE-S THE MAN.
KEEPS AN EATING HOUSE.
ON LOWER MAIN STKEET,
PL A TTS2I0 U TIT, - - - - NEB.
Meals at all Hours.
AO-yi Ji. HE IIP EL, Prop.
SAGE BROTHERS,
Dealers in
ETTC, ETC., ETC.
One Door Fist cf tl:e P-.st-OHi-.re, riattsmowth,
Nehraska.
... : o :
TTACtlcal Woricers in
SHEET inox. ZI.SC, TX, BRA
ZIERY, t-c, &c.
jt( assortment of ILir.i ana Soft
COAL STOYES,
Voou and Coal Steves for
KEATING Oil COOKING.
Always on Hand.
Every Tnrietr of Tin, Sheet Iron, ami Zinc
'Work, kept in S;c,c!;.
MAKING AND REPAIRING,
Done on Short Notice;.
isrv. ver TTii ixa iva ura x ted :
fsiici: low notrx.
ffi SAGE BROS.
TAKE
OFFICIAL IHRECTOUT.
COXdKESSlONAL.
Sf.vators P. Y. Hitchcock, Omaha ;
A. S.
Paddock, P.eatrice.
Kki-kcskntativk Fra'ilc elch, Norfolk
STATE.
OOYKKN'on Silas tlarher. Lir,coln. ,
LlF.t r. Cov.-Ii. A. Ahbott-W-tcitETAKY
Ilnm.i Tzsehuck, Linco'.n.
TiiKAsntf.a L l McP.rid.-. Lincoln.
ALiiiTOit-,1. P. Weston, l incoln.
ATTOltJfKY tiKSEKAL li. II. ItobCrtS
Lin-
Suit. Pchlic Instruction S. VL. Thomp
son. LEGISLATIVE.
Stnato, tli Di-sTnirT Sam. M. Chaptnan.
Pli tsuiou.li.
KKt ltKSKNTATIVKS. 2".th D IS TI.1. T .TO'CTih
P.enrdflcv, WeeuiiiK Wilier; .Io-e; li ( ; i! m.n c,
1 lattstnouih ; T. N. P.oi.l.iit. Sunlight.
Fiiat Ur.pi:f:sK.vT.TivK. ruh District
Sam. Harkt-r, Eiat iliie lirove.
JFDICIAL.
Si'PKEMH JlrmKs lieo. Ii. Lake. Omaha ;
Dir.iel (lantt. i:rowuviile ; Samuel .Maxwell,
Fremont. ....
2d Icpiciai. DlsTltH'T S. 15. Pound. Lincoln,
Judire : Oeo. S. Smith. rM-'ttsinouth, Attorney.
LOCNTY.
Clkks-C. I'. Moore. Plattsmorttli.
Thk sfKKit .1. C. Ctiniiiiiiis. Platismouth.
Shekiit-M. P. Cutler. Piattruoulli.
Coi NTY .It 1m:k W. 11 Newell. I'h.ttsmolith
Coi-NTY Si-p'Tfl. P. Crippeii. Weeping W ater
Com v 1 s 11 KKrt W. B. A mold, : recti wood ;
15 S. Kauisey, LouUvillu ; Henry Wolf. Three
Groves.
toaosr.K-B. F. Seed. Kock LltiSa.
CITY.
Mayor V- Llvimr-toa.
T:F.Asi ui:K W 111. Winterstein.
Ci.kkk W. F. Peunelt.
fnrxcii.Msx, 1st Waku-J. Pcpperht;r.
Neville.
Cof.sciLMEir, 2d Waud V. L. "Wise, J.
Week bach.
foLNaiLMO". 3d AVard Y.'ia. L. Webs,
W.
V.
K.
Donncliv.
i'iH'Mii.MKS, 4th Ward r. R. Gu:br.ian. J.
IlefTner.
pi:ofi:ssioxal cakds
b. viii.v:
ATTOr.NKY and Counselor at Lr.w. lit
eta!C bo;ii:lit .-.nd u!d. Taxes paid : nd sp
cial attetu'Mi friven to coliei-tions. O!'. re over
Dr. Chaomaii's D:u Store, P!aitmoai li. . .T7y I
(Jill U rilAi'ii.W.
ATTOltNEY AT LAW und Solicitor i Chan
rrv. tirbes in FitZscrald's iliook, Plattsaiouth.
Nebraska.
khiicm:!! a jtr.AXi:TT.
Ii!ZAI. I-.SI.VIJ-J an;', i t'avi.ic .Aeuis. .m-
taries PubHe. 1- ire and Luc liisuianeu Aj cuis,
I !:itt ;niou;h. Nebi itska.
r iti vir-':.NTx.
PIIYSir I.'.N Jt RVItGEON. t-nd.-rs bis pro
fess'd'i,:' m i ,i.-'-s to ii;e citiei! i.f C:i county.
).'(! b. i'.ce eniubeart corner sivtii .sad Oak .!. :
l;icon ii:a s'.ret-t. two doors v.vilof Sixth.
Fl.'iiscii'juli:. Nciiru'k:.
A 1 1'. !..
:ky at
L VVi' v:A
:ei Estft r.iv-
Sp'-:::1 attention iv-n to Collection)!
id'
n;:'. tiers Mice' ins it-c tu c i'i 1 eai esiaie.
l;""ee 0:1 I'd ilaor, over Post Ui.sc, Pbittsmoutii,
Nel i-ka. soj 1.
( HAS. 12.1'iIF;-. 31. t.
HOMlOPATIliC I i'lY'i.IAN. Thirty yeaif
pra.'liee i:is ni idf ih. D. f:t'iii!'-r with nearly
all dise.s.A ami tlx.ir cure. Ou : Cor. .Mb i
.Main Sts., over Jtdmeor,"5 Diu lior. il-'tf
ji'st;. i: or Tin: peace, a v, c.ih-c cr or
debts. eo!!eet;;.T.. Iliads i'.oia oi,'! (bdhir t. oi.e
thousand do bus. iiorU. Deed, and olh
cr i::s" vi;:,-nt drawn. 9. ail oy tvy business
usti ..! tr,:s:i ted bf.r a ..'usii.-f ti the I'caee.
l.e;i i rl-ieui-e -iveii it" required.
fhco on Mai'l stt-eet, V'est of Court Hi'W.
4-j-vl JrilN" V.'. 11 sINES.
mi. sir. ivat.-:ikak,
Physio Medical Prictltionor.
Jjnvrf.tv&e, (iae Co., Xi h.
tST"A!.r.t;, s at the olllco c:i Sitr.rdAys. 40yl
EL" WO'lD, - - hCEKASKA,
PeabTS ia
Dry Good.-. & Groecrsie-s,
:t:id ull ait'fV? ere rally Ke;t i:i h country
eiore. 3'-.:: T-.-ers. c .'.l .-tnd e.aiir.a beloiv ''
away from home to i.,,-.y. 71 f.
PLATTSMOUTH MILLS.
FI.ATTSMOUT'I, NEH.
C. ilEISEL,- Proprietor.
Flour- Corn 3Iv.l, & Fcca
Always on hand and for?;ie rst lowest crh
y. iers. Tiie bichest prices p-iid for Wiicat ai.rt
l"orn. P;-sriicui;:r stlcn'.ioti iriveti cirr-tom work.
FURNITURE ! FURNITURE!
Charles Thornsjatc
ll.is Just opened a N'p-.v Stoc'i of FurniMtrp. cf
aii kinds and is prepared t funiish snvtbin- in
bis line, ai Pial tsji'ioul Ii trices. Will not bo
underso'd. Call and ee Biy stoeii before pur
chasing. Opp.site Hubbard House. Wcc-rJnS Water,
Neb. 4lii!3
SAUNDEIt HOUSE.
J.S.GREGORY, - - - Proprietor.
Location Central. God Sa:np'e Room..
Fr-" Cunveyr.rce to ar.il from th "Depot at
" I'lxtisiuutith, Neb.
'GRAND CEKTRAL'
HOTEL,
L.as'.:3i antS Gnct EJolel bo
t vvcera CIii-;s:o :ttsd f an
GEO. THRALL, - - Prop.
OMAHA. NED.
I keep constantly on hand
Best's Milwaukee Beer.
which can be bad at r.o other
PLACE IN THE CITY.
Also the best of
iriXES, LIQUOIiS, AXD CIGARS.
S"n;3 Hi. lioscuttamn.
C. L. fIUETZE,
CUSTOM BOOT & SHOE MAKFR!
I make fine sewed
Frc
Calf Boots.
1IVI1
Fine French Calf Pegged Boots SS.00.
Repairing don neatly, and with dispatch.
LENHOFF d B0NXS,
Morning Dew' 8alo0n !
Or.e door ea.t of the Saunders House. We
keep the best of
Bser, Wines, Liquors & Cigars.
SJmD Constantly on Hand.
A threat deduction in Prions of
GUNS, REVOLVERS, &a
I'rices rcd'teed from 20 to 30 per cent. Write
for I'instrafed Catalogue, witli reduced prices
for 1STT. Address,
GREAT WESTERN GUN WORKS,
91 Sniittfit-ld St., Piiubursh, Pa. ISj 1 J
AnnrjC'an't 1 e made by evei-- ajrent every
i n itJiiK'.riiii in the l.:ir.in s we faniisii. but
ID UUtj''1"" willbii to wori cau easily eani a
ifVzen dollars a dar ribt in theii own bealllies.
Have no roo;r to explain here. Eusi-.iess phuis
ant and honorable. W.Hiien. boys and friris fo
;im well as men. We will furnish you a comHete
outfit free. The business pay better.th:;!i nny
thinelsp. Wo will Le;ir pxpeuxe of tttavtiul;
vou. l'm-Ticubirs free. Write and see. Fnrni
ers jiiul iiier;!ianies. I heir sous and daughters,
and all classes in need of payina work nt home,
Khould wri'e to-us and le.iru nil about the work
at oKce. Now is the time. Don't delay. Ad
.dress Trck Jt Co., Augusta, Maine,
GRANDPA AND BESS.
Two bright heads in the comer,
Deep hi tiie easy chair ;
One with a crown of Veliow ifold,
And oun like the silver fair ;
One willi th nioruimr's rosy flush.
And one with the twilight's" tender hnsh.
"Wiiere do the New Years come Trout?"
As'.'.s Goid-loeks in her jzlee ;
"Do they cail in a pearly shallop
Across a wonderful son ;
A sci wiiose waters with rainbows spanned.
Touch ait the borders of fairy land?-'
"Where do th"? New Years come from?"
s.iy.s CJraicijia, looking away
Tl:niu.j;li the Irosty riiiic on t.ie windinv,
To i iie distant lulls so fr-ay ;
"Th.-j eotii-j lia.il lite cxtiary .f y.iuth I ki ow
And lacy jiass to liie land ol the loo;; ayo."
"Tl:e New Years wait lor you. dariins ;
And the old Years v.rdt for me ;
Tliey have carried my d ?aresl Ircas.trcs
io the country over t'.ia se t ;
The eves tnat ere brir:liti'Si, t i i li;s thai ht:nj
The gUiidot caiols wiiL'ii life w.i yuuiy.
"Put I know of a lietloroiiiitry.
Win-re the O'd Years all are new :
I shall tbid its shiriinji pathway
Sooner, sweetheart, lii in vimi :
And I'i! seu! you a message of love and cheer
With every dawn of a ylad New Year."
The eyes of the dear old pilgrim
Ar? l.i )i:li .i-rcMSjt.itJ s.l v.
While closer nestles the merry face.
With its rhish like aidnk wild ro.e,
Dreaming to,;etiicr the youi)' and old,
I-ocks ol silver and crown of gold.
PSSTTf l0LL.
A Story fjr Capt. Jlarshall.
"Pifttj-Poll indeed! I'd tlitmk you
to stop saying that Mr. Mocking Uinl.
1 say it lieciuse I can't help it. I s.iid
it so often wltn I teas young and pie
ty thitt I tinJ it impossible to leave off
now lni t.d and uiy. You weedn";
siiiikc your Le-d.i and try to be po ile
iihoii; it. 1 I nit o po.iteupss when it's
to) poliif. Oi l ? I s'i ul l think so.
I'm tilty if I'm a day. And ugly-
I) lift c !:tia :ict m-. Tin looking
glas i hangs ju-t (ii;i -..sit;' my ;ag'', and,
not being givsi- to ll.ntviy, it tt'iis me
p ain rnouj'u o d ami ii;;iy."
. "Ukl and ugly old and ugly," re-pt-a'-fd
th' iii ' king-l'iid. "I beg j'oiir
pardon; 1 im-anl to.rvin.uk tiatt tifty
i.s a very great age a very grt'-at. age.
i'rav, were vou iiere when the world
lg-'uV"
"2s o, not exactly; in fact, I have
reason to believe there were several
parrots be" -re me," said I'o'.l, conde
scendingly. "Dut still the world luust
have been quite young, for a world,
wli,"ii I popped out of my shell, for,
you say, Mr. Mocking IJird, fifty year
ii a very long time."
"A very long time a very long
time," said the mocking bird. "You
must have seen a great dra! during
your life?"
"Yes,' said Poll, scratching lnr head
in a thoughtful manner tvLh htr right
claw; "you're rigid. I have, though I
haven't trave'ed raiu-!), having always
lived in th t s,:me family ever since I
came to this cjuntry forty-nine years
ago to mono w, which will be Ciirijl
inas iny." -
"Which will be Christmas d iy." re
peated the mocking bird; "and I dare,
s iy, Mrs. Parrot, you couid tell many
a C'hristmaa story."
"I dat e say I could,'' replied Poll, her
round eyes twinkling. 'A hundred of
lh:m."
"A hundred of them !"' said I'm mock
ing bird. "That's two for every t .'in isi
r.ias you have known. Now I'd dire
to hear cue to-nilitl"
"IVin't say anything abo.it the siig::r
I livuk out of the bowl." said Poll. -"Tw.i
oniy two lunijis."
"Tin-) lumps?'' said .In? mocking bird,
who knew ii, was five. "Thank vou,
ma'am, but I don't mean lb it kind ol"
story." lint tlun, seeing Poll begin to
mine, her feathers, h added, h isiily.
"No, I won't tell, on the honor of a
bird."
"Weil, then," said Poll, smoothing
hiv feathers again, "vou shall have a
story."
"A story! gocd!" said the mocking
bird, and turning his head on one side,
he prepared to listen.
"i was too young when taken from
my native forest." began the parrot,
to remember much about it. 1 know
it was 'way across the sea, and full of
ail sorts of animals, especially mon
keys, and birds, who growled and
howled, and squealed ami chattered,
and screamed and sang, from morning
till night, and some of 'em from night
till morning again, but that's all. 1
wa3 stolen from my homo cue day, my
mv-ther being away on a visit, ta lovely
parrot she was; I iisvf to look like
her.) by a sailor, and brought as a
Christmas present to this very house.
It was new then, and smelled of paint,
and stood in the midst of a very bug,
garden, anl tlure wasn't another house
for a mil" on one side and more than
two miles on ' he ' ht r. The little girl
to whom I was given vrai the loveliest
child I ever saw. ivid I've seen more
ciiiidven than I ever want to see again,
most of t! e:u bning provoking, teasing
creatures, trying to pull out a body's
tail feathers, poking sticks at a body,
and offering nice things to a body oniy
to snatch them away when a body of
fers to take Yin. But they can't plav
any more of their tricks on me, thanx
goodness! I know them too well. I've
studied 'em for three generations. But
this child, as I've said before, was
lovely. She had eyes th? color of my
brightest blu feathers, hair like my
brightest yellow ones, lips like, the
crimson one on top of my head, and
skin like the down on my breast. I
loved her from the very iirst. and I
loved very few. We parrots are exclu
sive." "Exclusive?" repeated the mocking
bird.
"Yes, exclusive," said the parrot.
"Don't you like the word, or don't you
know what it means V" But the mock
ing bird making no reply, she went on:
"The crackers and cakes and sugar and
fond words that child used to gi ve me
would have melted the heart of the
exclusivest parrot tlhtt ever lived.
And what patience she had! Why, she
had the patience of Job."
'"Job," said the mocking bird, "who's
he?"
"To tell you the truth." replied Mrs.
Parrot, -I don't know, but I've hard
of him a great many times, jjnowdrwp
that's what they called her. though
her real name was Mildred speut
hour after hour teaching me the Eng
lish language, until I knew more of it
than any of our familyever know be
fore or since, and our family is by far
the cleverest in all I'irdlaml."
The mocking-bird began to dance on
one leg and whistle, but stopped sud
denly as Poll opened her cage door.
Pol! went back to her perch and her
storv once more.
"I can, ns vou well know, Mr. 3
ing Bird, ask for my breakfast, dinner,
and supper "
"And crackers between meals," in
terrupted the mocking bird,
"Yes, ami crackers between meals,"
repeated Poll in sharp tones, "and it's
none of your business if I do. "I can
call by name everybody in the house,
sing 'Horn?, sweet Home,' shout
Fire'"
"Fire! fire! fire!" Shouted the mock
ii.g bird.
".Silence!" screamed the parrot, "you
id iol. Do you want to alarm the
waole neighborhood?"
'Alarm, the whole neighborhood?"
s.iid the mocking bird. "By no means.
1 1 forgot mvself. '
"Don't do it again," said Mrs. Parrot,
severely, and then proceeded with her
story in her usual tone. "Snowdrop
wasn't the only child. She had two
brothers, but, bies3 'ou! no more like
herself than you are likome, Mr.
Mocking Bird."
"Am I to take that for a compli
ment?" asked the mockingbird, "yeu
know you said, ami insisted upon it,
that you were old and "
"Take it any way you please." snap
ped Pod, "but don't interrupt me again.
I woir't stand it. Snowdrop's brothers
were both older than she was, and
though they loved her dearly, they
hated each other. Yes, they actually
haled each other, and yet they were so
much alike, people oten tok .htm for
twins. Black eyes, brown skins.Straighl
d irk hair, and frowning brows. They
began quarreling when they were noth
ing but babies, and as they grew, mat
ters became woise and worse, until by
their wicked conduct they had almost
broken their mother's heart. Little
Snowdrop alone had any influence over
iheni. siio used to coax them and kiss
them aud pray for them; but though
she prevented many a light, she ntever
could make uiem kind to each other.
Well, one Christmas Eve I had been
here just three years the brothers and
their dear little sis-.er were all in this
very room. Snowdrop was prattling
abwut Jmnging up her stocking. John,
the younger boy, looked up at her (he
was lying on the hearth-rug) with a
smile he scarely ever sniiied except
when looking at aaoirdrop and said.
'I think I'll hung up my stocking too.'
Do, you milksop,' said bis ' brother,
throwing down a book he had been
reading, ynu'ie just baby enough for
that." 'J)et:cr be a baby than a liar and
thief,' sai.i the oilier. 4 A liar and thief ?
repeated Charles, jumping to his feet
aud iiinging his book at his brother'
head. "Yes, you stole my ball, and lied
when mother asked you about it.' said
John, also wprining to Wis feet, with
Hashing eyes. 'I'll hare your life for
that. shouted Charles, and ha looked
so terrible that for once John was
scared, and ran' from the ra-m. knock
ing down a chair or two as he went.
"The sido door being opened that
moment by the min-sei vant. who pass
ed quickly in with some packages, out
h fiw, Lin brother racing after him.
Snowdrop, wringing her tiny hands,
without hat or cloak, followed them as
fast as she could. 'Mother! mother!
mother!" I screamed, but as she was in
the kitchen at the other end of tho
house with Christmas pies and things,
and couldn't hear me. At last I shout
ed ai the top of my voice, 'Fire! fire!
liie!'"
' Fire! fi.e! tire!" repeated the mock-ing-i
m d. The parrot looked sternly at
h:m wi.none green eye. "Again I beg
oul- p.irdou," said the mocking-bird;
"but your story is so exciting, one is
qui. i carried away by it."
"Take care one isn't carried, array so
far ons'll never hear the end of it,"
a'id Mrs. Pol!. "Half an hour went by.
I was getting quite hoarse, for I'd
never stopped screaming, when Snow
drop's mamma came into the room with
Tiger. As a general thing I don't like
dogs, but Tiger was so very good na
tui c l, and forgave me so quickly when
I woke him from his naps by whistling
like his master, " that I couldn't help
liking Liin. By-the-by, I used to whis
tle remarkably well."
"Remarkably well." said the mocking-bird,
"but nor. as well as I do."
"Think so?.' said Poll. "Well, every
bird has a right to his own opinion.
What's the m itter. Poll?' asked niMii
ma. 'Why do you make such a noise y"
The? seeing the fiook on the floor, and
the overturned chairs, she cried, 'The
chi'dren where are they?' 'The road!
the road!' screamed I, and catching up
a shawl, she tlew out of the still open
door, calling loudly for her husband to
follow her. In a moment he was be
side her, and I burst open my door,
hopped out. of my cage, and looked
after them up the "road. It was very
dark, and the snow deep and still fall
ing fast. I ne-er ftlt so wretched in
my life. There was some cake on the
table, but I never even looked at it."
"Never even looked at it! How did
you know it was there, then?" asked
the mocking-bird, slyly.
"Heard Snowdrop say it was. So
there now!" answered Mrs. Pariot,
triumphantly. "What silly questions
you do ask! But I must hurry with
my story, for, to tell the truth, I'm get
ting rat hr sleepy. I went back to my
cage, and never spoke or moved fhr an
hour. At the end of that time father
came in, bearing in his arms a droop
ing little form: Snowdrop, with closed
eves and pale cheeks: Snowdrop, with
great tUkcs of snow among her pretty
curls: Snowdrop, with no smile upon
her lips. The two boys, with bruised
face3 and down-hanging heads, follow
ed their father. At this moment the
doctor's sleigh stopped at the door, and
in an other moment he was iu the
room giving orders to the frightened
servants. 'Snowdrop! dear Snowdrop
sweet Snowdrop!' said I."
"Snowdrop! dear Snowdrop! eweet
Snowdrop!" repeated the mocking-bird
"How welF you do tell a story, Mrs.
Toll! You us 2 such beautiful lan
guage!" . .
"Pooh!" said the parrot, a little flat
tered, nevertheless. "I've heard th's so
oftn I know it bv heart. 'Where did
! you find her?' aked the doctor. Mother
; burst into tears. 'In the woods,' an
j swered' father. 'Tiger, good dog, led
us to where she lay in a snow-drift.
' Mie followed her cruel, wicked broth
! er. to beg thpm not to fight; but they,
! bliud ;tnd deaf with rage, ran madly on
! never seeing r hearing her, until at
' last she fell, and the anow quickly cov
ered her. They have murdered her !
1 'Oh no, father!'" they both cried, 'she
; isn't dead; she must not die. Oh, if
; God will only give her back to us, we
swear never more- to quarrel or fight
from this night, but to be good boys
. and kind brothers for evermore; and
I Tor the first time in their lives they
fell into each other's arms. And as
they did so, Snowdrops big blue eyes
opened, and a bright smile Hashed
across her face. She didn't die after
all."
"She didn't die after all?" said the
mocking-bird.
- "I told you she didn't," said the par
rot; "and the next day was the mer
riest Christmas-day ever known in this
house, and that's saying a great deal.
I ate so many good "things I was' sick
for a week. And the boys kept the
vow they made on that dreadful night,
and loved each other dearly; but ah!
never as dearly as they loved Snow
drop, their darling sister."
"Their darling sister. -What a sweet
child she must have been!" said the
mocking-bird. "How I should have
liked to have seen her!"
"Ha! ha! ha!" laughed Mrs. Parrot.
"You've seen her hundreds of times."
"Hundreds of times!'' repeated the
mocking-bird.
"Yea, and what's more, you saw her
only an hour ago."
"An hour ago?" said the mocking
bird, in astonishment.
"In this very room," continued the
parrot, shaking with mirth, "tilling the
children's stockings with candies and
nuts. Grandma now, but Snowdrop
once; and the two old gentlemen who
left the gold pieces on th mantel were
and are, for that matter, Charles and
John."
".Charles raid John! Charles and
John!"' screamed tho maeking-bird.
"Stop, srop!" cried Mrs Poll, "yon
crazy thing. You'll have them all out
of their beds, hearing such a noise in
j the middle of the night. Bye-the-bye,
I wish it were morning. 1 m awfuhy
hungry. Polly wants a cracker!"
FOURTEEN LI f ILK TillXOlS.
Interesting Examples of SaTing or Pro
ducing Tlicni.
From the American Agriculturist.
Li fa is made up mainly of triiles. A
pin hole will in time sink a large ship.
A small saving per day or week will
speedily amount to a large sum. An
extra production of a small thing, as
an extra egg per day or week, a good
hill of coin in each row, a bushel of
wheat, or cor", or potatoes, extra pr
acre, will in the course of e.irs ni."ik?
on? comfortably rich, or what may he
better, will buy many co.ivyiiieot or.
useful things as oils goes a!-;ug. and
such extra production is ;uiiy se
cured by trilling thought, cttre or labor.
To illustrate what the w-e!:iy saving,
or the extra production will amount to
in asir.jls year, va select tho following
common items:
1 F : a wik,...'. r.t OTc per doz $!.(
2 Ks a week, at lS'.e periloz.,. 1 to
1 quart wheat a week,. ,. .at 9-ic per bus l.i(
t'i qa irts corn a week,., .at 6tc per bus.,.. . Let
3 (ju.ut corn a week at :ac per bus.,... l.et
2 quails potatoes a week, at .vie per bus.,...
4 quarts potatoes a week, at 25c. per bus.,. . . i.ea
1 eahhae a week at 3-s per head,... l..;
I'i quarts milk a week,., at c. per quart,. .. 1.56
Dioz. butler a week, at 3-o jer lb., 1..M3
H pail coal a week at 4.1-' per ton,., l.fia
1 foot wood p-r week at S4 per cord Liw
2 feet of wood a week,... at Si per cord l.GS
ill), susjar a week at l-'c per ll l.fi5
H oz. Tea a week. at iusc per lb l.ao
i '-t oz. co.Tee a week at 32c per lb.,: l.r
1 P. O. stamp a week, ...at a cents, 1.5C
1 poor cigar a week at 3 cents, 1 06
Total .522.17
A practical suggestion is that any
one of the above items saved, or pro
duced extra, will just about pay for
the American Agriculturist a whole
year, postage included, which will
place before your family 500 to COO il
lustrative engravings, and a Thousand
Column of reading, containing a mul
titude of hints, carefully gathered and
prepared, that can hardly fail to be of
use to yourself and others in develop
ing thought, and suggesting modes of
doing many things. Would it not be
well to pass tho above along to your
friends and. neighbors at this time?
Hints for tho Month.
Be sure to hava the ground where
you put onions last spring rioh, and to
make it so cover it over with manure
;io;r, running it over in the spring aud
raking off ail the. coarse parts.
Throw your coal ashes around your
fruit irees and under currants and
goosebei ries. Don't throw away or
sell wood us bui use them around
your pfjeh and o-.lier fruit trees.
Carefully examine with a sharp in
strument, the peach trees wherever
gum is escaping, and kill the grubs.
If not done before, trim currants,
grapes an.F-ygsoaeberries; cut up the
cuttings C to 10 inches long, and bury
below frost for spring setting.
There is nothing better for hot-beds
than leaves mixed with barn-yard ma
nure, as they produce heat for so long
a time. We advise hauling now from
the woods and throwing them under
the horses and cattle.
To grow good roots from cuttings of
quinces, currants, gooseberries, flower
ing shrubs, &e., it is well to take off
the cuttings first open spell, and bury
in earth, so they will callous over be
fore planting out in the spring.
Cut scions cf aupies, pears and cher
ries now, and bury in sand fur graft
ing. Fruit Ih- orl-r.
DeroaJii and the Jewish Ifegira.
Tiie life-work to whieh IVronua co:i-
secrated himself mav not hav
m en as
visionary tis most readers of the novel
suppose. An English travel;-who has
recently relurned fron. 1 1 5 y Land, in
forms the London Times that "every
where" from D m to lieersheba" he saw
signs of strange activity on the part of
the Hebrew race, and that from all the
countries of Europe it is flooding back,
in great numbers to Palestine. In Je
rusalem and its neighborhood especial
ly every plot of ground for sale is eager
ly bought up by them. Mordeeai, too,
would have taken heart if he could
1 ..... k ,:inA.AAJ I,a ,-ni.iin TXirla r 1
nave itiiraaca tiie irtttio a t v.m
r- ' r 1 . 4 ,-, , Tahm.'Ii r, r. . , e
leience ot ueicaies iiom iirn .-.-,-ciations
all over the world. The Ex
aminer savs that there has been no
such gathering and organization of
Jewish opinion since? the dispersion of
the nationality. "W hat the conference
decided upon doing on the continent
beyond generally watching after Jew
ish interests was not made public, bat
their action in England was extremely
moderate. They simply sent a deputa
tion to Lord Derbv to urge upon his
attention that in Roumania the Jews
hail -been treated for a series of years
with great barbarity, whole villages
burned, and populations outraged and
put to death, and that in Scrvia also!
thev had undergone persecution and
deprivation of civil riahts.'
Never tell what a success yon are.
I Let some one else do it.
HOl'PERS !
Apropos of uf grasshopper conven
tion, here is a mathematical calcula
tion about Mr. Hopper from P. Green,
Esq., to his aunt in the country:
"Venerable authority informs us that
befyre the era of slates and black
boards, men developed the mathemati
cal instinct by multiplying upon the
face of the earth. The mode is popu
lar fo this' day. But the grasshopper
as a champion rnultiplyist has no equal.
He lays (speaking generically, and not
to put to fine a point upon it) an egg,
which is about the size and shape of a
long primer 0. In fact he lays several
of them. From August first until
winter, he is actuated by a restless am
bition to bore holes in the ground, of
the size of a pipe stem, and then to till
the holes with cream colored 00. And
though he is small he attends to his
biz, and is a triumphant success. In
stature be is about a match for a six
penny stub nail, in form he is like unto
a lyuch-pin.and he wears a sealing-wax
head on him and a pair of glass eyes,
so that with Ids long-tailed duster on,
he looks like ail unsophisticated and
near-sigbted schoolmaster. But unso
phisticated isn't what's the matter with
him." And numeration is his best
mathematical hold. He will stand
himself bolt upright like a peg in one
of those hles aforesaid, and view the
heavens with an air of sublime seren
ity and wooden-headed unconssious
ness. Don't you fool yourself he knows
just what he is. about. He prefixes
himself like a figure 1 in the business,
and adopting the decimal system of
notation, calmly .places a 0 where it
will do the most .good. That stands
for 10, and before you can dot and car
ry one he ha3 another cipher to that,
aud he now reads 100. About this
time you begin to discover what sort
of a rooster he is, and you entertain a
degree of awe for him not inspired by
a front view cf his green goggles.
Reasoning a posteriori you discover
that ha is a dangerous neighbor. But
while you stand amazed he rapidly suf
fixes fifteen or twenty more 000, carry
ing his problem into the million mil
lions, and he has sealed and cemented
it up ready to be fired off at yeu next
spring. In two minutes and a quarter
he has given you a problem that with
all your manly power of multiplica
tion cannot be solved or equated. He
compounds his interest at a hundred
per cent, every five seconds, puts a snap
judgment on your corn-field, and fore
closes before you can say Jack Robin
son.
And when you observe that every
square inch of your ground is occu
pied by one of those impassive figure
l's each industriously" putting down a
row of ciphers, you will admit with
me that the grasshopper is the light
ning calculator of the West, and that
for multiplying on the earth he has
no known equal.
Anecdote of i hcodore Hook.
At a certain printing office where a
work of this celebrated humorist's was
being printed, there was an old com
positor who went by the name of
"Twaddle." In completing a sheet of
one of Mr. Hooks novels, the copy was
given out in small "takes" or portions,
to each one of which the compositor's
name was as usual, appended. When
the proof was sent out to the author,
there appeared a line drawn down the
margin of a certain page with the
word'Twaddle" at the side. Mr. Hook
received his proof, read it, and brought
it back to the oilice, with the remark
that, "though he Wit 3 not above criti
cism, he did not think the Reader, was
quite the man to make it." The over
seer sent fer the Reader, who explain
ed the circumstance to the novelist.
Mr. Hook heard him patiently, but was
by no means satisfied with the explan
ation offered. "It isvery ingenious of
you Mr. Reader," said be, "to explain
away the matter in that fashion. I
have read the passage over and over
again, and though it is certainly not
very brilliant, 1 do not think it de
serves to be called twaddle!" The
Reader protested, and assured him
that the man was so called in the of
fice, and offered to send for him to con
firm his assertion. But Theodore Hook
would not be convinced. "Well, well,"
ho observed, "I shall say no more about
it ; but don't let it occur again. Twad
dle indeed." From the Book-seller.
Ari'IlOrKlATE.
Sliding Down Hill.
There is a little boy in South Nor
walk who has watched with envious
eyes his comrades slide down bill, while
he having no sled, was compelled to
take uu with an old chair or a barrel
slave. His foster mother finally told
him to pray for one. He took his moth
er's atlvice, and one evening prayed ' as
follows: "Now I lay me down to sleep.
I want a sled; I pray the Lord mysoul
to keep, I want a cutter." The grand
father of the little fellow was inform
ed of the prayer, and wa3 so pleased
that lie bought a sled, and a few morn
ings after it was left by his bed, so that
he could see it as soon as he awoke.
As his eyes first rested upon it the good
lady li-hind the door was both surprisd
ed and shocked to hear him say, "Well,
now, where the devil did that Come
from ?"
One morning Miss Bridget O'Farrel
Sphlitted up a petroleum barrel :
"Now," said she, "111 have a foine fire?"
And surely she did.
For when they found Did
Shs was baked like a brick.
Only dryer-
Two Cold For Kissing.
The St. Joseph Chronicle, of the lGth
forcibly illustriate the severity of
yesterday's cold snap in the following
interesting incident:
Last night was no time for kissing
in the open air. This is what a chap
says who tried it on Tenth street, and
had to thaw the lips of himself and
and sweetheart apart with a burning
match before being able to start heme.
Besides this, he got both bis big toes
frozen, his left ear frosted, and will
probably have . to substitute another
noss for the smelter that be was carrv-
incr around this morning. The truth
of the matter is. lies in a fearful plight
and credits it a!J to kissing.
Probabilities: when you s?e a
man going home at two o'clock in the
morning and know his wife is waiting
for mm, it 13 llktly to bo sto-my.
FOR THE HOUSEHOLD;
Uow To Make Candy.'
Candy! All candy is nothing but
sugar only it is done differently, just
the same as all printing is fonly types,'
but they set them up In different ways.
Well, let us start with sugar loaf or
lump sugar good white sugar of any.
sort. How are we to make this sugar
into candy into the many candies we
see from lozenges. Jdrops, stick candy,,
to rock candy so unlike all the rtstr.
They are all sugar but how very diffcr
enU We must start somewhere. Let
us take a tea-cup half full of boiling,
water and drop a lump of sugar Into
it. It disolves. Put in another lump,"
and another; they disolve. The auyar.
disappears, and the water becomes
thick. We are making a syrup. Wo
are getting sugar in a liquid state..
What was hard and white now has be
come liquid and transparent a great,
change truly. Now keep on adding;
sugar as long as the water will dissolve,
any, and .when no more will be dis-v
solved put the cup aside in a warm'
place near the stave. Hang a thread
in the liquid, and look at It every day.
in a day or two, or more I can't tell,
you how soon, as that will depend up
on the relative amount of of sugar and.
water you will find little bits of clean
sugar still sticking to the thread. Let!
them alene for several days, still keep-
ing them, in a warm place, and yout
will find the bits of sugar growing",
larger and becoming of more regular,
shape. "Why, it is rock candy. Exact
ly so. This is the way in which rock,
is made. Just as much sugar as it.
will dissolve is put into water, tistlally,
in a tub, and threads are hung in lh3t
syrup, and the whole put in a warm,
place. Gradually the sugar leaves the
water and gathers upon the threads;
not in a shapeless msss, but in beauti-
ful crystals more nicely formed than,
you could possibly make them,"
and as clear and as transparent as
glass. This then is the way in which,
rock candy is made. Sugar after it has
been dissolved in wa'.er, is allowed '
to deposit itself slowly and quietly."
The regular forms it takes are called
crystals, and they are always of tho
same shape.whether large or small, and
are formed with as much care and .
beauty as if they were diamonds or
other precious stones. You will aik'
why they form upon strings. Crystals
always form upon rough surfaces soon
er than upon smooth ones. I cannot
tell you why, any more than I can tell
you why boys and girls like candy.,
but this will do for one candy le3?oii
and there is much more to tell when I
have time.
A Cuiie Fon Hydrophobia. Mrs..
Jane G. Swisshelm writes to the Pitts
burg Commercial:
"A lady met me this mwrning, n.iy-.
ing: 'Did you see that receipt for cur
ing hydrophobia in yesterday's paper?'
I had not seen it. 'Well,' she contin
ued, 'it is just the cure 1 wanted yoii
to write about two or three years ago.
the old Chester vailey cure. It nev-7
er was known to fail, and was used in
hundrtdsof cases in the eastern part
of the State. I remember hearing of
it as long as I can remember anything.
I have told people, and told aud talked, '
and no one would mind me. I tried to
get you to write a letter about it, and .
now you must, for people will not be
lieve. They will read and forget all'
about it.'
"1 remember perfectly her anxiety
that I should write to the public and ,
proclaim that elecampane and fresh
milk are the specific for hydrophobia, '
and my purpose to repeat the account
she gave me wf it, but I do not reniem-.,
ber why I did not do so.. That I may .
atone for my negligence, I now repeat
what she so long ago told me, and
what she now urges me to make as'
public f.s possible.
"In her old home in Chester County,
Pennsylvania, lived a German named
Joseph Emery, who used to be sent for, '
far and wide, when any one had been
bitten by a rabid animal. He went to'
his patient carrying something under
stood to be a root, which lie himself
dug in the woods. He milked a pint 'm
of milk fresh from the cow, put the
root into it, boiled it, gave it to the pa-"
tiMit, fasting, made him fast after tak-'
ing it ; gave a second and third dose on
alternate days, and never failed in ef
fecting a cure. In some way which,
' - 1
and the root was known to be elecanv
pane."
CoLoniNG Cakpet-kags A number
of lady correspajiidents having askerl
for trieil receipts for coloring carpet
rags, we give the following for tints'
most generally used : ,
Red Two pounds of red-wood; boiP
this one hour, turn it off inta tub, put
in four ounces solution.of tin, put in :
the cotton and let it remain rive min
utes. Blue Take two pounds of copperas,"
one-half pound of prussiate of iot-ash,
one-half pound oil of vitriol. Dissolve
the copperas in enough hot water to-,
caver the goods. Scald two hours."
Take out the goods and rinse in cold
water; then empty the kettle and put.
in fresh, soft water, suflicient to cover
the goods well; add the prussiate of
pota.-h, put in the goods, and boil twen-
ty minutes; then take out the goods,"
and to the liquor add oil of vitriol and"
stir well. Put in goods again, and let
them remain until the color is as dark'
as desired. Rinse in cold water.
Brown To eight pounds of yarn
take one pound of copperas and as
much water a3 will cover the yarn;'
she lias inr'oiren nta secret rranstured.
bring the water to a boil, put the cop-,
peras in aud let it dissolve; then pour,
it out into a tub, put in the yarn and
let it remain half an hour; take weak:
lye, as much a:s will cover the yarn, and .
bring it ta a boil ; take the yarn cut of
the copperas-water and let it air one
half hour; then put it into the lye one-'
half hour; repeat the process until the'
color is sufficient; wash well In hard
water; then in bard soap-suds, soaK ono
half hour; afterwards wash in hard wa-"
ter.
Green For ten pounds of cotton car-
pet yarn boil in loose sack four pounds
of fustic for two hours. Take out the'
sack, and add two eunces of alum."
When dissolved put in the yarn; keep'
it boiling gently one-half hour, stirring'
all the time. Then lift out the yarn;'
add to the. water four ounces of indigo'
paste; stir well. Put in the yarn, and
stir gently for fifteen minutes. Leave'
it until cold, take out, rinse in cold wit-"
ter, and dry. in the shade.
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