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JuJg-lHff Bj Appearance,
"When Maine was a district of Massa
chusetts, Ezekiel Whitman was chosen
to represent the district in the Massa
chusetts Legislature, lie was an ec
centric man, aud one of the best law
yers of his time! lie owned a farm,
and did much work on his land; and
when the time came for Lim to set out
for Boston, his best soitot clothes was
a suit of homespua. Ills wife objected
to his going hi that frrb, but he did
not care.
"I will get a nice suit made as soon
as I reach Boston ," he said.
Reaching Lis destination, "Whitman
found rest at DooliUle's City Tavern.
Let it be understood that he was a grad
uate of Harvard, and at this tavern he
was at home. As he entered the parlor
of the bouse lie found several ladies
and gentlemen assembled, and be heard
the following remark from one of
them: ' ,
"All, here comes a countryman of
Hie real homespun genius. Here's
fun."
Whitman stared at the company and
' then-sat down.
"Say, my friend, are you from the
country?" remarked one of the gentle
men. "Ya-as," answered Ezekiel with a
ludicrous twist of the face.
"And what do you think of our city?"
asked one of the ladies.
"It's a pooty thickly settled place any
how. It's got a sweepin' sight of
lious'n in it."
"And a good many people too."
"Ya-as, I should guess so."
"Many people where you come
fromVH
"Wal, some."
"1'lenty of ladies, I suppose?"
"Ya-as,a fair sprinklin'."
"And I don't doubt that you are quite
a beau among them."
"Yes, I beaus 'em home, tew meetiu',
and singing skewl."
"Perhaps the gentleman from the
country will take a glass of wine?"
"Thauk'ee. Don't keer if 1 do."
The wine was brought.
"You must drink a toast."
"O git eoutl I eat toast, never heard
of sich a thing as drinkin' it. But I
can give you a sentiment."
The ladies chipped their hands; but
what was their surprise when the
stranger, rising, spoke calmly and clear
ly, as follows:
"Ladies and gentlemen, permit me
to wish you health and happiness, with
every blessing earth can afford; and
may you grow better and wiser in ad
vancing years, bearing ever in mind
that outward appearances are deceit
ful. You mistook me, from my dress,
for a country booby, while I, from the
same superficial cause, thought you
were ladies and gentlemen. The mis
take has been mutual.
lie had just finished when C.leb
Strong, Governor of the btste, entered,
and inquired for Whitman.
"Ah, here I am, Governer. Glad to
see you."
Then turning to the dumbfouuded
company, he sail:
"I wish you a very good evening."
About the Prince of Wales.
In relation to the Prince of Wale's
good nature, it is told t!iat he was one
evening attracted to the scene of a Lon
don the, and linding that neither he
nor the little group of gentlemen with
him had a fusee with which to light his
cigar, accepted a'light from a quick
witted ieporter, who stood near. He
lighted his cigar and then held out his
case to the reporter, and courteously
asked him to help him-:elf. The other,
trembling with delight, took a ciar;
but instead of lighting it, extracted an
Echo from his pocket, clirtf ally
wrapped the princely gift in it, and'
buried the pared in his bosom. "What
are you doing?" asked the astonished
Prince, "why don't you smoke it?"
"Your Royal Highness," replied the
other, "Heaven forbid that I should
ever smoke the cigapa liave just
given me. I sha;i " "ijsnre it up
. amongst tk-ttungs 1 3te most, and
leave it to toy chillMBras a precious
heirloom. " JTL? - Prince laughed,
"Well," a&lv-to, again offering his
cigar-cus7'tlAk jour heirloom, but
take aiipj&ef to smoke now. They are
JsA weeds, and I think you'il like
vfiem." Th poor newspaper man
heardftiitd obeyed. He took a cigar,
and in a reverent daze silently smoked
iE. .""Audit is further related that when
lie died-? not- long ago,- the precious
cigar was foui.d under ItU pillow care
fully preseiv. d
Sir William Kerschel'S First Ttlcseope
Sir William Ilerschel -arrived in En
, gland from Honover, his birth-place,-about
tbeud of the year 1759, when
he was in his twenty-first year. lie
was bred a professor of music, and
went to live at Halifax, where he ac
quired by his own application, a con
siderable kmwledgo of mathematics;
nrnl, having studied astronomy and op
tics in the popular' writings of Furgu-
son, he was anxious to- witness with hi!
own -ryes the wonuers of ' the planetary
system. He accordingly Lorrowed
from a fiiend a telescope, two feet in
focal length, aud having directed it to
the heavens he was so delighted with
, the actual sight of phenomena, which
he. had previously known only from
books, that lie commissioned a friend
to purchase for him in London, a tele
scope with a high magnifying power.
Fortunately for science, the price.of"
snch n instrument greatly exceeded
. his means, and he immediately resolved
to construct a telescope with his own
hands. After encountering the diffi
culties which every amateur at first
experiences, in th 3'-casting, grinding
and polishing t nwtalic specula for re
jecting telescopes, ,e completed in
1776, a reu cti;:g im rurnent, live feet
in focal leugth.-with which he was able
to observe the rnig 3f Saturn md the
satellites and belts of Jupiier. This
telescope was conp:'elert when lie re-Fidt-d
at Bath, where he acquired by
degrees and in his leisure hours that
practical knowledge- of"- optics and
mathematics which was- necessary for
fuch a task. Ilis exjerinee in this
cientinc art were of the most remark
able kind, :md-by IIS! h had construct-
. ed so many telescopes a to b& better
" furnished wph the menus of surveying
ilia heavens than were possessed by
njrthT tronnier, in jtiy of the
:UvL .Utvjilui u s of Europe . i
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It is'vr'l miJcralood and admitted
that suuliirht is nearly as essential to
human health as pure air. No person
who lives in a dar k room can be well.
Sunlight is just as necessary to animal
health and thrift as is to human. No
farm stock will do as well In a dark
stable into which the sun cannot pene
trate as it would in a bright, sunnt one.
Therefore we can't fford to not put
plenty of windows Into our stables.
During the winter our best stock cannot
well stay In the yard more than three
or four hours a day. It needs at least
six hours of sunlight, and it should get
the best through the stable windows.
But in putting in windows don't do it
in such a shiftless way as to leave cracks
which will admit too much cold. Our
cattle need both warmth and light and
one should not be sacrificed to the other.
At bedtime little Willie was saying
his usual prayer at his mother's knee,
and having got as far as "if I should
die before I wake," hesitated.
"Weill what next? 'asked his mother.
"Why, mamma, I suppose the nerxt
thing would be a funeral."
"Look a herel What d' you give
your boss for the bots?"
"I give him a pint of turpentine."
Next day "Look a herel I give my
boss a pint 'f turpentine, 'n it killed
him 'a dead 's a hammer."
"So it did mine."
Feed p'gs, not hogs. If you want to
make it profitable. We often see ac
counts of pigs which dress from three
to four hundred, at eight or nine
months of age. There can be no doubt
but there is profit in feeding such ani
mals. Pigs should be kept steadily
growing from the time of their birth
until they are slaughtered, and receive
their proper feed every day. Milk is the
best food at first, then a little bran and
meal may be added. Bran should form
a part of the daily feed from first to last
as it will keep them more healthy.
They should be fed all that they will
eat up clean during all stages of their
growth.
To find the number of bushels In a
heap of grain multiply the slant height
In feet and parts by itself, the perpen
dicular height by itself; then the differ
ence of these two products by the per
pendicular height, and deduct one-sixth
from the remainder. If against one
side of the house, take one-half of that:
if against two sides, or in a corner, take
one-fourth. This rule will be found
correct, if the heap be Grst thrown up
as high as it will stand, and the meas
ures accurately taken, which can be
done in this form better than any other.
The contents of a box or bin of grain
may be obtained in bushels sufficiently
accurate by multiplying the length,
breadth and height together and taking
one-fifth off the product.
Wli?pplag iu Scliojli iu O'crinaiij.
I cannot quit the subject of education,
says a Berlin correspondent of the
Revue ISiitcmniquc, without pointing
out a curious fact characteristic of
German manner. I mean the agita
tion which exists in a great number of
the school circles relative to the re
establishment of corporal punishment
for children. The new laws having
prescribed fines for both the institu
tions aud the professors who have re
course to such means of repression,
the latter consider this an infringement
of their lights and authority. They
contend that It is impossible for them
toenforce obedience without corporal
punishment, and petitions to this ef
fect have been sent to the Reichsrath.
Visitors of the Paris shops and flower
markets frequently remark the profuse
way iu which many of the roses are
dowered in pots; while even many good
cultivators here, who attempt a similar
culture, frequently find their specimens
running all to stem and leaf, while
flowering but very sparsely. French
cultivators secure profuse bloom simply
by selecting the buds from stubby,
dowering shoots. Thus buds taken
from comparatively weak, free flower
ing and dwarf shoots, pioduce quanti
ties of bloom, while those taken from
long "water-shoots" produce little be
sides llowi-rless and useless wood.
As a window pi mt, there is nothing
that will give more bloom than a ver
bena. Let it be trained on a trellis,
and give it all the sun possible; the
more sun, the more bloom. It came
originally from South America, and
was introduced into England about the
year 1S2-3. In its native home it grows
un dry hills, and one great fault in
growing verbenas with us is the prac
tice of wateiingtoo copiously. Damp
not only produces mildew but rots the
rooti, and thus destroys the plant or
produces disease. Pinch the shoots to
prevent it becoming too rambling.
As to the best method of tempering
mill picks, the editor of the Scientific
American says: "Select good cast
steel. Forge carefully, using a low
heat, and light blows. To harden, get
two gallons of rain water, add two
pounds of salt. Take off the ehill of
the water by-pJuisir'ng a hot iron into
it. Heat t lift pick giadnally from the
centre, and plunge the point vertically
into the water, letting the heat toward
the centre draw the temper. Draw to
a 'red' or 'copper color.'"
During 1S77 no less than : twenty-six
cnienarians died in the United St ites.
Tneir aggregate age was 2 H02 years.
The oldest among them was Captain
L tin bush, who died last April in Ne .
York at Die age of 111. Oae of the
most interesting cases was that of An
uustin l'icard, who died at Rochester,
New York, at the age of 10. His
father is sa'd to have lived to the age
of 103 aud his mother to 3.04. Ilis sister,
109 years old, i3 stiil alive iu Quebeck.
The deceased was an inretevate smoker
and scarcely ill foYaday in his iil'e. Of
the whole twenty-six no less than fif
teen were women, and' of t .e eleven
ni iles u.iu w.is Colored.
- CitRicti? and J (panose gardeners luir
long practised lh ' art of dwarfing largb-
growing trees, an 1 the specimens so
treuied, only a few inches in height,
bear leaves, flowers and fruit in season, j
and form pretty tittle p'ans for deco-
caiLveHurt''4f;s. "
IP. c WIQ
has come home,
And he has brought
Dress Goods, Staple Goods, ' Fancy
Goods and Notionsyon ever saw.
ri? say snotMBBg of grocer
te by the acre9hooit aiad
!aoe till ymi easa5i ret
hats assd cap till
yow niu8; huy
Spring and Summer Goods ever and ever so cheap.
Now isyuur duincn lomul to sell and undersell anybody. Hurry
tj). I icant to (jo East ayain next month.
BOOT sm SHOE
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in workmanship is equal to a Chronometer Watch,
and as elegantly finished as a first-class Fiano. It
received the highest awards at the Vienna and Cen
tennial Expositions. IT SEWS QMS-FOURTH FAST
ER than other machines. Its capacity is unlimited.
There are more WILSON ffi A C K i N U S sold in the
United States than the combined sales of all the
others. THE VILSON MENDG ATTACHMENT, for
doing all kinds of repairing:, W3THOUT PATCHING,
given FREE with each machine. A Certificate is given
with each Machine, guaranteeing to keep it in repair,
free of charge, for five years. It requires no special
instructions to learn how to use it. Satisfaction
guaranteed, or no pay. Machines delivered free of
charge anywhere in the United States.
Send for Illustrated Catalogue, and ask for sample of mending,
and our Circular No. 197 for further instructions for buying machines
upon terms stated in the Catalogue.
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Snr.p .tf wl.irh :n thr V.y.sT SPirc;Mh;Ns tvt r in poi It !. If yc u want
th" i:jr jiikI ln-si I'liiict T f rom lMi'Oi.xi.i tock jmuI in pi'irs not ;ticin,
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At tlie Old Stand Fitzgerald Block,
MALDANER
Having bought out the entire stock of Schnasse & Gramberg, in this city,
will during the next thirty days offer the balance of their "Winter Stock at
prices lower than ever before seen in this city, and invito the inspection
of the ladies of Flattsmouth and vicinity, as they feel assured that their pri
ces cannot be undersold.
-:o:-
DJIEiSS GOODS.
UNDERWEAR,
SHAWLS.
ETC.,
ALL NEW GOODS.
W E HAVE NO OLD STOCK 0 11 OLD ST Y L E S
A Complete Assortment of Boots and Shoes which we will
Sell Very Cheap.
Gents' Caps, Scarfs," Cardigan Jackets, Underwear, Ete.,
Which We will Close out at Low Figures.
ALSO A
FULL LINE OF GROCEKES
CONSTANTLY ON HAND.
CALIFORNIA DRIED A XI) CAXXKD FRUITS
AXD JELLIES.
Country. Produce Takeh in Exchange
for Goods. 421v
'O THE
READ AND
THAT
DIJY fiOODS,
CLOTH IXC,
iu order to make nnn for their spring purchases, will from this date offer
splendid inducements to the public, in every department. We assure you
this is a grand clearance sale, and we will offer goods at prices that will not
fail to please the closest buyer. A visit to our elegant Store l'ooms will con
vince vou that we have the largest and most complete stock of goods in our
line in the cuy, which must be sold to make room lor our
StPilOM TT(BK3
We. have just received from our store, formerly located at St. Joseph,
Mo., a full line of
Millinery & Fancy Articles
for lite Ladies, beautiful in design ami pattern, at exceedingly low figures. In
Gents' Clothing and Furnishing Goods,
We Miry a complete lino, wlirrp pvoiytliia can he found to si! it th most fastidious fccntle
maii in Cat's County, ;tt liottnin figures. 0;ir line of
is that wc defy competition in stylo and price. We also have a choice selection of
CLOCKS, WATCHES AND JEWELRY OF THE LATEST PATTERNS
ZEPHYRS IN ALL COLORS.
Berlin and Germantown Yarns in Great Variety.
CARP HOARD, PLAIN, GOLD AND SILVER.
CANVASS, BRUSSELS. 31 ATS, ETC.
iJcIow we attach pi ices on our goods, and judge for yourselves.
500 yds. Wooleir Dress floods, Kemuants at 10, 12a', 15 and 20c; formerly
10 and 50c per yard.
00 yds. IHack and Xavy lIue, Cashmere J )i ess (,oods at 2o; formerly oOe.
5:: yds. Leant iful Patterns iu Uuchings, from 10c up.
500 yds. .Jap. Striped Wash I'ojdin at 15c per )d.
A beautiful selection of Hamburg K.Igings and Lnibroiderics from 5c up.
Gents' Overcoat.- from .ii00 up.
Ftill Suits from SiOO no.
I tidies' Haudkt ichiefs 5c apiece 6 for 25c.
Ladies Merino Hose 3 pair for 25c.
All Wool lilaukets from 1.25 up.
Horse lilankets 2.40 jer pair.
Led Spreads White ami Colored 1.00 up.
Celebrated Hip Gore Corsets 35c.
Madam Foys Corsets t'Oc.
lieautiful i'atterns in Cassiiunes 75c and 1.00.
Kentucky Jeaii-s 25c rer yard np.
Kid Gloves. 50c per pair.
Ladies' Merino Underwear 50c apiece up.
Mens" Loots 2.00 a pair up.
Ladies Shoes 1.00 up.
Children's Shoes 25c up.
Hats from 75c up.
Caps 10c up.
Lle.tehed and Brown Muslin 12 ds. for SL0
Caiitou Flannel Sc. yd up. all Wool,
up.
s for 1.00 up.
And other Articles too Numerous to Mention.
CALL AT ONCE.
TZEilE- SALE'BEGIKS TO-JDJlTZT.
S0L0M0X & XATIIA.
ilair Stttet, Philadelphia Stcre-
one door east of First National Bank
& HERRMANN,
HOSIERY, NUBIAS,
DOMESTICS, FURS,
CA R PET ft, LA CES,
ETC. ETC.
PUBLIC!
REMEMBER
M0N & NATHAN,
iliinir to lt-duco tiicir iiir.iion-e stor-k of
XOTIOXS. LOOTS SHOES.
J' ATS & CATS, CAIH'ETS, Etc.
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J. V; WECKBACH, Prop.
NEW GOODS,
ELEGANT STYLES.
:BA:a-x:ENrs i
We are In almost daily receipt of
DRY AND FANCY GOODS,
which we offer our friends and the public at
WBiolesale and Metail,
at prices to suit the tiinc.
Cashmeres, Alpacas, Delaines, kc.
Cahcos, from 12 to 16 Yards for $1.00.
Muslins, from 6 cts. a yard upward.
The finest stock of White lU-dsidca.;- -ver brought to the fit v.
Bueirs Cassimeres, Tweeds, Jeans, and Cottonades in
full Stock.
BSot ami Slicie?
CB'oceaics and IProvisiosis
or AI.I. KINDS.
Country Produce taken in exchange for Goods.
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