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.V' C ... V THE HEBiLD THE HERALD;. I T r PUBLISHED CVEI1Y THUESDaY AT PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA OPFICS: On Vlio St., One lilock North of Main, Corner or Fifth Slroeu li.MUlFHT CIKCCIjATIOX OV AXV fAPKBUi CA6S COIXTY. TiriM, I Advance: One copy, o jrw fs.no ne ofry, six months l.oo Oat oopy. tbroe months .6u a i v i: n t i k i x a it a tj:m. SPACK. i 1 V. 3 w. 1 in.. 3 in. I u m. I yi 1 Ml . Nljl S . li Col. 't Col. 1 (Ol . I if . i ;m ---in i J i I . eiy l.'.O, -I'm li ".", J 'JO lu ;. H.itt liiH); 2 75; 1 (. i 7.1 H (Ml !:)('' VMM? ." U). fiK). ) U) 1 ' itl (Ki, 0"' .'MiO H Mil 1.! (Ni 1.CKi IMm IT, (XI JOfKM fA Wl l.r (Alt IS (if II 00 2." H . 411 IK! i (HI lll I (Ml W JNO. A. MACMURPHY, Editor. J PERSEVERANCE CONQUERS." (TERMS: $2.00 a Year. "AH Advertising bills due quarterly. 7Translent advertisement must bo jaiti fur in advance. VOLUME XIV. i- PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1879. NUMBER 51. JT-Extra copies of the Hkraiii for sal liy J. Young, al the IVlotr.c News I t-jt. Main Street. n -V i lLJ 'a. 1 r 1 l f J 3 . i 4 9 "A f I -; PIB8T National Bank JF PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA, ITCCCESSOR TO TOOTLE, IIAXVA A CLARK 'OHX FlTZOEHAI.D.. V O. DOVBY A. W. M ' La I'GHLI.V. JONJI O'ltOLKKK President. Vice President. 'aliiiT. Assista tCashier. This Bank Is now opn for businps at tlioir ben roDi. toninr Main anil Sixth si ects, aud prepared to transact a general BANKING BUSINESS. StaoVa, Bonds, Gold, Government and Looel Secuntie BOUGUT AND SOLI. ItejMMtit Received aiitl Interest Allow ed on Time Certificates. A-vallable tn anv part of the United States and to ail the Principal Towns and Cities of Kurope. ACEVrs't'OK TIIC CELKBHATED In man Line and Allan Line OF MTKAMKItM. Tnon wtahing to bring out their friends from Europe can l'CRCHASK TICKKTS FKOM IS Th rn(h to Piatt month. WILLIAM HEROLD, dealer lu PRY G00D3, CLOTHS. BLANKETS, FLANNELS, FURNISHING GOOD3. aiiOCBRIES OF ALL KINDS. Large stock of BOOTS and SHOES CLOSED OUT AT COST Notions, Queensware, and lu fact everything yu ean call for in the line of General Merchandise. I A8H FAID FOK HIDES AND FlK3. All klttd of country -r ui.io taken in cx TtiMge for gottcU. SAGE BROTHERS, Hen It i s in STOY E S , PIC, Rir., FTC. Oue Door EaM el !!: ri'M-f :'e, r!:Ut3i.:juM-, Ni i'la Pructionl Winker in sheet iiion, zrxc, tin, nriA- Ijtrgo as-ntmetit of Hard ana Soft OOAL OYE3, Wool and Coal Stoves fur HEATIXti OR COOKING. Always oi; Hund. fivry Tarfctv rtf Tin, Slieer Iron, and Zinc 'Work, kept iu lock. tAAKING AND REPAIRING, Done on Short Notice. trikTEK r Tii iso ir.4 nil a stkd : I'HICi'.S I.OV lOYVX. SAGE BBS. LANDLAND! BEST FARMING LANDS IN NEBRASKA, FOR SALE BY fS r.llltASIiA. Great Advantages to Buyers Ten Tear Credit at G per cent Interest. Six Tears Credit at G per cent Interest, ond20per ctnt Discount. Oter Liberal liMrount I'ar Oah Jttiebstriw on farm anil Krrls'il", and rreuiiuniM tor Improve ment!. Fainphlf t und iap. contaitiinR full partic ular w ill be mailed fvv to any part of the world on application to LAND COMMISSIONED, & M. K. It. Lincoln Nkhuaska. A. Schlegel & Bro., Manufacturers of ZFULSTIE CIGARS, And dealers iu FANCY SMOKEKS ARTICLE'S, SMOKING aud CHEWING TOBACCO'S. Special BRANDS and sizes of CIGARS made to order, and satisfaction guaranteed. Cigar clippings sold for smoking tobacco. Main St. oae dooi west of Saunders House, Plattsmoutit, Neb. lOly Excelsior Barber Shop. J. O. BOONE, Main Strut, opposite Saujultrr-i House. iTAiE- ctrrrrrxjsrcjr, SHAVING AND SHAMPOOING Eieei;!l attention iven to CUTTING CHILDREN'S AND LA- ! J HAS HAIR. CALL AND SEE BOONE, GENTS. PROFESSIONAL CARDS J. hi. SIrCRI'M, DENTIST, and Honurpnthlc Phvflcian. Of fice corner Mam and 5th, st's., over Uerold's More, fiattsinmitn. rven. 2iy T. II. WII.SUX, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Practices !n Saun ders and Ca.-a Counties. AulaDd, Nebraska. 3riui IC. It. UI.VDIIAM, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Plattsmouth, Neb. Of nee l-roiit lUom over Chapman & Smith' Druz Store. 43ly It. K. LiriHTI, M. I PHVKICUX & Hl'BUEOX. OFFICE HOCKS, from 10 a. m.. to 2 p. Examining Surgeon for V. S. Pension. m. IK. AV. II. H1III.II4XK1IIT, PRACTISING PHYSICIAN, will attend calls at all hours, iiicrlit or day. I'lattsimmt h. Ne braska. Oflice iu Chapman & Smith's Drug oiore. 42iy UKO. H. HM1TII. ATTORNEY AT LAW and Real Estate Bro ker. Speci;d attention tiven to Collections nml all matters a fleet in '4 the title to real estate Omce on 2d door, over Post OUice. PlutUsmoutb Nelira.sk a. 40)1 JAWKH K. 3IOKRIMOX, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Will practice In Cass anil aajoininj; counties ; Rives special attention to collections and ahstraetsof title. Oflice with :eo. S. Smith, Fitzgerald Block, Platteniouth cDrasKA. I7yi U. II. AVHKF.I.Klt & CO. LAW OFFICE Real Estate, Fire and Life In suraiiee Airents, Plattsmouth, Nebraska. Col lectors, tax -payers. Have a complete abstract oi tines, jiuy and sell real estate, negotiate loans, &c. I5yi W. CltL'TTKIC. DENTIST. Plattnmoatb. Xebrnoka. Office on Main Street over Solomon and Na thau's Store. 34ly HA3I. 31. CIIAP3IA.V, ATTORNEY AT LAW, And Solicitor aid Rlock. In Chancery. Office in Fltzser 19yl PLATTSMOUTH NER. D. II. H'llEKLKR, C. I. STO 5iC WHEELER & &TONE, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, I'lattHiuouth Xebraka. V II Altl.KS WARKELV. Tonsorial Artist. ri,ATTH)IOl'TII Xi:ItAKIA Place of business on Main St.. between 4th ami . Mil streets. Shampooing, Sliaii:, eliil- dreu s hair cutting, etc. etc. l'Jly C0M3XERC1AL HOTEL, LINCOLN, NEB., . J. 1 31 II OFF, - - - Proprietor, The best know n and most popular Landlord In the State. Always stop at the Commercial. LENHOFF it- DONNS, 31ornf ns: Dew Saloon ! Oue door east of the Saunders keep the best of ' We Beer, Wines, Liquors & Cigars. S;iin9 Constantly on Hand. SAUNDERS HOUSE. . X. (JllEGOU Y, - - - Proprietor. location Central. Good Sample Room.. Every attent ion paid t quests. 43m3 rL.vris.-'OLTU. ..... Xkr HUBBARD HOUSE, D. WOODARD, - Prop. lfocplnpr Water, eb. Good accommodations and reasonable charg es. A good livery kept iu connection with the hoiis-e. cyl OCCIDENTAL HOTEL. FREMONT, NEBRASKA., FRANK PARCEL L - - - Prop, Good rooms, good board, and every thing In apple pie order. Go to the Occidental when vou viit Fremont. lotf PLATTSMOUTH MILLS. PLATTSMOL'Tn. NER. C. IIi:iSi:i., - Proprietor. Flour, Corn 3Ieal d- Feed Always on band and for sale at lowest cash prices. The highest prices paid for Wheat ai.d Com. Particular attention tiven custom work. AND MACIIIXE SHOPS ! john "VvwsnvEvsr rUATTHMOL'TU, NRB., Repairer of Steam Enjinrs, IJoilers, Sam and Grist Mill iAH AM KTHAM FITTItH, rrouuht Iron ripe. Force and Lift Pijws.Steam Gauges. Safety-Valve ;overnrrs. and all kinds of Ilrass Engine Fittings, rei'aired on short uoti.e. FARM MACHINEKT P.M. C0X? MERCHANT TAILOR Over Solomon 5: Nathan's Store, Main St., Pet ween 4th and 5th. am prepared to do all Imiiiess in my line at Living Rates, and Satisfaction Guaranteed ! In every instance. WARRANT A FIT I Or make no charge. J-Call and examine jroods and samples Good .Stock of trimmings itiwaysou hand. 4'ni:j W. D. JONES' Again takes the Brick Livery Stable, FLATTSMGUTH. NEBRASKA The old r.onner Stables, in PintHmoiith. are now leased by Wm. D. JONES, and lie has on hand new and lruidoiue accommodations, in thu shape of HORDES, CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, and SADDLE HORSES. I am prepared to keep HORSES FOR SALE? TRADE! And w ill Train and Break Colts On Reaonal)!e Terms. ALSO UEjIEHBEK, That with plenty of room (that every one kmma I have i in my stable. 1 can get Farmer.' ftotk and w:Won. !..:,ds of hay, &v.. undtr cov er . w here they w ill keep dry. ,kv"UJla' co it 'v??' ?il '.uy. ol? VMTom for their llberai uv. 1 solicl their traderforthe future, atisfled that I can accommodate them better asd So better eytheuitnan ever before. " OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. Stnlo ?)ireelory. A. S. PADDOCK. V. S. Senator. Beatrice. AI.VIN SAl NDKRS, V. S. Senator, Omaha. TIIOS. J. ?,lA.IO!:s. Representative, Peru. AI.BINl'S NANCE. Governor, Lincoln. S. J. A LEX A Nl EK, Secretary of State. F. W. LEI DTK K. Auditor, Lincoln. . M. DA KT LETT, Treasurer, Lincoln. S. K. THOMPSON. Supt. Public Instruction. F. M. DAVIS. Land Commissioner. V. J. DILWOKTH. Attorney General. REV. CO. HARRIS. Chaplain of Penitentiary. DR. H. 1. MATTUEWSON, Supt. Hospital for tne insane. o Supreme Court S. MAXWELL. Chief Justice, Fremont. GEO. It. LAKE. Omaha. AMASA CORP., Lincoln. o Seeonrt Judicial District. S. P.. POUND. Judge. Lincoln. J. C. WATSON. Prosecutinit-Att'y. Neb. City. W. L. WELLS, Clerk Dist. Court, Plattsmouth. County directory. A. N. SCLLIVAN, County Judge. J. D. TUTT. County Clerk. J. M. PATTKKSoN, County Treasurer. It. W. H Y E RS. Sheriff. . W. FAIRFIELD. Surveyor. G. HILDEBRAND, Coroner. fOUNTV rOMMlfi.SIOJTF.RS. HENRY WOLFE. Mt. l'lea-'imt Precinct. JAMES CRAWFORD. South Rend Precinct. SAMX RICHARDSON, Eight Mile Grove. City Directory. J. W. JOHNSON, Mavor. J. M. PATTERSON, treasurer. J. D. SIMPSON. City Clerk. P. P. GASS. Police Judge. P. R. Ml' It PHY. City Marshal. WM. L. WELLS. Chief of Fire Dept. COUNT! I.M EN. 1st Ward ELI PLUM MER, W. J. AGNEW. ad Ward K. G. DOYEY. O. W. FAIRFIELD. 3d Ward It. C. CUSHING.THOS. POLU)CK. 4th Ward F. M. DOKKINGTON, P. McC AL LAN. 2J6tmater3'SO. W. MARSHALL. B. & M. R. R,.Time Table. Corrected Friday, October 18, 1878. FOK OMAHA FROM PLATTSMOUTH. leaves 7 rfx a. tn. Arrives 8 -45 a. in. 2 :a5 p. m. " 3 :50 p. in. FROM OMAHA FOK PLATTSMOUTH. Leaves 9 :0 . ni. Arrives 11 :20 a. m. " 6 :U0 p. iu. 7 :55 p. IU. FOR THE WEST. Leaves Plattsmoutli to 5 a. m. Arrives Lin coln, 1 -25 p. in. ; Arrives Kearney, a: 05 p. in. Freight leuves a :H a. in. Ar. Lincoln 2 M p.m. FKOM THE WEST. Leaves Kearney, 6 :22 a. m. Leaves Lincoln, 12 :15 p. m. Arrives Plattsmouth. 3 :0U p. m Freight leaves Lincoln 11 uJO a. m. Arrives PlatlbiHouih, 5 :00 p. in. GOING EAST. Express, 6 :13 a. in. Passenger, (train each day) 3 :."50 p. m., except Saturday". Every third Saturday a train con nects at the usual time. II. V. K. R. Time Table. Taking Effect Monday, Xnv. 4, 1878. SOITUWABD. Arrives 1 Ayr 8 :2I p. in. n. I Blue HHI, -.8 :W p. m. P' U1' f t:ow les t :47 p.m. J Red Cloud. 10 :.13 p. m. Leaves Hastings. Leaves KOIITIIWAK n. Arrives Cowles.... Blue Hill, Ayr liasUllgs.. . 4 :Si a. m. .5 :.rc a. m. .c, ;2 a. m. .7 :2o a. m. Red Cloud, I tfQ a m V. IS, &. . II. II. TIME TABLE WESTWARD. Express 10 l.";im 1 2.1pm 4 .irpm : 7 4)plll Mall 1CH.ve Chlifiuo " Meiid.iia " Galestiunc . ... l'.nrlli.juon ... " Ottuimra " Chaiilou " Creston Red Oak 10 oopin 1 4."um 5 3lam 8 M.i in ; 10 'Sipin ; 1 4..II1I 4 2.1am. ! 7 loam ; I 9 2uam , 11 3.aiu 2 Mpm ." 15pm 8 Oopm Arr. Plattsmouth ... EASTWARD. Exiress I 3 ,10pm : 1 8 Ot'plll i ; 10 3.1pm 12 6-i.'in : J jmii: ! Mail. 5 3y:uii H 5.1a in 11 1.1am 2 Mpm a 0ipni 8 40plii 11 iKlpm 3 liuiu 7 00am Leave Plattsmouth Red Oak Cretoii Chariton..... Oltumwa Burlington ' C 3iani (ialesburg I 8 51am Meudota 12 11pm Arriv Chicago i 3 3t'pm ONLY 27 HOURS TO St. LOUIS bv the new ROUTE just opened vi.i MONMOUTH. l'UI MAN PALACE SLEEPING CARS run from flui'Iiuston to St. Louis without change. BY LEAVING PLATTSMOUTH AT 3 :50 P. M.. you arrive in St. LOUIS the next evenimi at 8 :20. and leaving St. Louis at 8 :20 a, in., you ar- rive in Plattsmouth 9 :20 the next nioriniiL'. Coupon rickets for sale for all iiuU North. South, East and West. SAllLtl. I'GV ELL, D. W. HITCHCOCK, Ticket Agent. Gen. Weteru Pass. Acent. J. M. Bechtal.. Agent. 1'lattsmoulh. c 5 ri - ci ri r- p ij C3 o a - w - fa 71 c S 4 - J- . : S . y. C "E Tj f.5 .c x S . - - ? - - ' - - -s r- e. " CQ To Hoosiers in Nebraska. Former resident of In.1l the West, desirinsi to obtain the news from their old Hoosier Home. Fluttild at in. .in scribe for the beK of all the wei kly papers. The northern Indhinian. g::n. reur. Williams, Editor and Prep. Without a doubt Tn k North an- Ivmivnv s the best weekly paper published within the "..iuer ui mui.iiiu. ii is a large lort v-eoiunui olio-the largest i'irh enmit v.,..) ber is tilled to repletion wifh lmlun i Cditorals on ever- snliet cm.;,... Vp .,...,. , of History. Select Sketches, and letters from its own correspoMk'iits in tlie East and Wot. The great size of THe Xohtueux I.npianian en ures ii itt iurnii.ii its re.i.'.Hia nh i.ii.,i,,t m tinned SUirv. In mid it inn mn i..r, ........... f Miscelaneoiis Ke:nliiiL iu:.i...r '..iih'W i. ., vded by every one to be the bi-s-t paper publish- er of Hi ... iui- v., jumpier ti;ne. in in it lh.- year mzj, w ill be commenced a new ntitled. trst liiiiu- st orv KOXIL', A TALE OF THE IIAKISISON CA.MPAlUN, By the Rev. Edward Egsteton.' i on. auir.oroi " Hie Til,, irini. It'..!... ' i .-K-iioojin.-i.Mcr eie. will the plot of w hich is laid in Indiana, and !i will far smiia anvt:il nnt.iii-.. i western Journal. At the hesinlng of therewye;lrTllK IxniAV i x will print a mainoth Double liheet Iluiiduy Nusiiber. wliwh will i.e the 'U"MU' UllllfiDT I'AI'KK KVKK fKIXTF.n IN AMEHIf A 1 Ills il.nitila number w iil 1B sent to retriilnr u:sers!l.ers I he same as its usual lsue, but -iu-gle copies of this special i.-ue will ba-fcynt t'D reilpt of ten cent". TllE TERMS OF THE INDIAN IAN ARE i Three BionthstoutrLii) , V,o Six wombs, . . , V , ' ' ? ;5 One year, oJCt Addres GEN. REUB, wi'lXlAMsi" .PiA3riA3f Bt;iU)llo.wAB,AW JSDi : : : : : J :fj v r 2 V H -J ? 3 - . I- ;t.C I -- 1-- CJ 8 ) i552''cii' iJri;- 5 5 - j i if N fee s2sss5iiSllias z ? H z ' - s n 2 5 " " r The Ideal. There was never a picture painted, There was tisver a poem sung. But the heart of the artist fainted And the poet's soul was wrung ; There was never a grnd conception In the veiu-ed marble wrought, But the hour of its inception With bitterness was fraught; For each knew that his fund endeavor, Though he strove with utmost might. Must fail of its meaning ever, As darkness fails from light. There are wondrous colors blending. Which the world may uaver know ; There are angel-faces bending. But forme alone they glow : There are rapturous voices singing, 1 here are symphonies that roll In dreams I hear them ringing Through the cloisters of my soul i But my waking fond endeavor Still these fleeting visions mock Like Prometheus, find I ever But the vulture aud the rock. J. Albert Wilson. EEMINISCENCE OP A BELGIAN T0 LICE OFFICES. I havo seen many queer eccnei, and have been through many ugly little scrapes since I have been on the police, but of all the risky ones, my adventure with lions Strodoch was the worst. . And since you want the full particulars, I will give them to you, but remember, I lay no claim to bciuj; an author; I am Eimply a policeman, and therefore you must not expect much from me. I was sitting, one fine day, in the Salle d'Attents of the Central Police Oflice in. Brussels, calmly meditating over my mo notonous fate, when the usual quiet of my everyday life was promptly disturbed by receiving an order to holdni3'self in readi ness to escort a prisoner to th.e French frontier at Moucron. I sprang joyfully to my feet, carefu'.y secured tiie lat button of my uniform, and, with a light stop, entered ths ollics oi the Chef de Police. Dumary," says the ch-f, "I'm going to intrust to your euro Hans Strodoch, a dangeroua madmr.n. Take him to Mou cron, and you will thcr-j be met by the, French officials and released of your charge, liut remember, though strongly handcuffed, and ordinarily of a quiet na ture, he is not to be trusted, so take care of yourself!" btnking a small bell, a door opened. and my charge was brought in, escorted by a sergent de ville. Hans Strodoch etood six foot two inches in his stocking ed feet, and, moreover, was powerfully built. He had recently escaped from the ilaiion de Saufe, cf IJicetre, and having ucen reiaxen in iru&seis. was to De Ueliv ered to the French police, on the strength oi an cxirauiuon warrant. IIo was an ugly-looking character, his dark eyes Hashing fiercely, while Ins coal black beard gave a cadaverous look to his otherwise htndsome face. Well, I secured the necessary papers, called a fiacre, ami was driven to the rail way station. During this part of our jour ney linns was p.s quiet as a lamb, con versing pleasantly upon the topics of the day, and having as little resemblance to a madman as I had myself. I secured a compartment to ourselves", wishing to befriend Hans as much as jxs sible, and therefore hide liim from the cu rious gaze of the other passengers. When we had covered about tlf our journey, Hans, who had gradually relapsed into silence, suddenly turned to me and said: "If you have no objection. Monsieur l'Agent, I will have a nap. for I am get ting pretty tireu, ana a sleep will clo me good.' "Certainly, Strodoch," I answered. ,:Streteh yourself on one of the seats and snore ;.way." In a short time Hans was prcmlngjy wrapped in a dc-rp, heavy slumber, tor his regular breat'is and occasional snores would have deceived the most wideawake ayenl in the world. Of course hfs sieep did not make me release my vigilance, but I was fool enough to take my eyes off him and con template the passing scenery. Hy head had not been turned two min utes when 1 felt a fearful blow on my head, and sank sens-less on the seat. When I came to my senses, I was alone. My sword was gone, the whole of my available cash, and the key of the man acles was missing. I thought of the fearful disgrace I should endure, of my lost position, and of my poor fsniily. This last thought seem ed to completely restore my senses, and I resolved to retake Hans Strodoch or die in the attempt. The train was now slowing up a little, down about half-way between Brussels and Moucron, ami I remembered that Hans must have attacked nie a short times before we reached a large wood, situated on our road. As soon as the train reached the station, I sprang out, and summoned the station master, ordered a special engine to bo prepared while I ran to the police-station and telegraph office. As good luck would have- it, an engine with steam up was waiting for the passage i our tram, to convey a goods train on the up-track. In less time than It takes to write it, I had summoned half a dozen police officers, sprang on the engine, and ordered the driver to "steam away for his life 1" We were soon tearing along at a fearful rate, the houses, trees and fields seeming to rush by us in one continuous stream. The old engine rocked from sideio side, like a 6hip in a stonn, and I expected ev ery minute to lie hurled down the em bankment. But driver, stoker, and gendarmes, all seemed to have entered into the spirit of the chase, for nothing excites a human be ing so much as the chase after another poor wretch of his own species, if. .... . . e soon rcacuea tiie wood, and, slow 'd for a tne : ing up, we ran into a "tiding" use loading wood, and were soon scourin lorests in all directions 1 had previously secured a sword, and with my naked weapon in my hand I rushed frantically among the trees. We hunted and hunted till nightfall, but with no success; Hans Strodoch was not to be found. Night had now fallen, and gathering the party together, we re solved to regain our engine. As we were slowly walking in the di rection of the railroad. I espied a glim mering light through the trees, and as we were sadly in want of refreshment, I re solved to make for the lw?acon, thinking it came from same woodland hut. My 6urrahiei provod correct. As we en tered the hut, I was forcibly struck" with the appearance ot its nronrietor. Hp vraa an immensely tall marl dJwud ir 7iw- t Mr3Zl7j!Sr 5?? m filth wrty ciotnes, and having what appeared f to be a black board of a week's growth. His face was as black as soot, but that did not astonish me, as it is usual for the wood-cutters and charcoal-burners to re semble African blacks. "Can you provide us with any refresh ments, my friend?" I asked, politely. "No!" he growled in a deep," bass voice. "Well hand us a drop of water, at any rate," I continued. "Have you seen any stranger about here?" "No !" he answered. J ust then one of our party entered with a bucket of water, so turning to the charcoal-burner, I said : "Well, since you are so obliging, per haps you will be kind enough to lend us a glass or cup to drink out of." He sullenly reached for a cup, and as he did so exposed his wrist, which I saw was encircled by a broad, red mark. To spring upon him and shout for help was the work of a moment, and to our joy we perceived that the sullen charcoal-burner waa no other than my friend, Hans otrodoch. This worthy had evidently entered the hut, bound the real proprietor (we found him under the bed in an adjoining cham ber), ana naa disguised himself as a wood man. Needless to say that he was soon on his way to the police-station, and on my re turn to Brussels I escaped with a severe reprimand instead of the dismissal that I had well merited. An Electric Light at Ser Another collision at sea between two steamers. One hundred and fiftv drown ed, says the New York Graphic. These accidents succeed each other with fearful rapidity. Is sea travel now really safer than it was 100 years airo? Shoals and headlands are better truarded bv lirhtA than formerly. But the world's ships are doubled and perhaps quadrupled in num ber. The chances of collisions are gre at ly increased. On such waters as the Ger man Ocean, the English Channel, and the 3Iediterranean, the sea is crowded with vessels. Urged by sti.m, one-half of these are shot along like bolts through 6torm, fog, and darkness. A feeble li'dit at the foretop and perhaps two colored ones in the waist of the ships are the safe ty signals. in clear weather at nijxht these are sufficient. Iu thick, foggy weather, or when snow, rain, sleet, and wind combined half blind the eyes of the watch on the lookout and the officer on the bridge, when sheets of 6pray at fre quent intervals are drenching the entire deck forward, when you cannot see your hand before your lace and through all this the immense bulk of an ocean steam er is being forced hour after hour into an abyss of Egyptian darkness, the lights in common use are of little better avail than the glow of a fire-fly. All this every traveler can testify is real ized for more or less times at every trip across the Atlantic, especially on the banks of Newfoundland and at or near the en trances of the English and St. George's Chaunels, and more particularly at tin's season of the year, when the days are short and the nights frequently dark and stormy. The use of an electric light at the foretop would greatly diminish these increasing chances of collision. The electric ray would penetrate the thickest fog or tempest many hundred yards, where the onliaary lamp in use can only be seen when too late to avert the fatal crash. The dynamic power for the elec tric light is ready at hand on every steam er. And when almost weekly hundreds on hundreds of human victims are by such casualties being drowned in these un guarded boxes like rats in a cage, when the los3 of life by maritime collision with in the last three months has been greater than that occurring in any combat of navies since the days of Aboukir and the Nile, it would seem as if the suggestion was warranted by the circumstances that the principal maritime nations uuite in enforcing some additional means for avoiding the recurrence of these terrible catastrophic3. We send out a Government vessel at many thousand dollars' expense to hunt for a reported sunken rock which may not exist, while with our present ap pliances every vessel on the ocean in thick weather grants the dangers of a rock or an abandoned other vessel. and drilling wreck to every Science in Agriculture and Fertilizers. Farmers are commencing to compre hend, that if science has done much for them, their own intelligent observation of the soil and its vegetation can do mors. Perhaps one of the greatest lenetits sci ence has conferred on the agriculturist is. compiling him to observe ami teaching him how to think. There are numerous questions in farming that science cannot answer, and many complexities that she cannot reconcile. For example, the sub ject of manures: that from the farm-yard no longer supplies tor the wants of the soil, even when it has Wen enriched by feeding stock on oil cake. We cannot prepare spec ial manures like pills, and prescribe this as sufficient for wheat, another for the vine, and a different one for beet, for the manure to be employed dejiends oftent r on the nature and state of the soil than of the crop to produce. Again: the chemical analysis of a soil docs not always suffice to indic ate the fer tilizer to employ, ns the relatioushin be tween the fertility and the comjtosition of arable land is still obscure, and we are ignorant also of the inlluences of its phys ical constitution. But we are perfectly sure of the chemical value of the salt.s of ammonia, potash, the nitrates and the phosphates. Here ajrain, the emplovment of these salts alone, or studiously combin ed, docs not suffice, and the same observa tion applies to manures of organic origin, as oil cake, animal refuse, etc. The per centage of nitrogen, phosphoric acid, etc., in a fertilizer, is only an indicator, not a measure of its utility. Nitrogen will not produce the same effect w hen presented in the form of a nitrate, as of an ammoiii- acal salt: lOiiercent of nitroiren in the 'attt'r k not the equivalent of 10 jkt cent : of nitrogen in horn; nor when horn is ai- ! plied in the form of tiny morsels, does it pruuui-o me same eincacy as when ia a pulverized condition, j The grand ol ject ought to be, to apply ' a manure in a state mot easily soluble ia water, and so more rapidly, likely, to bo absorlied by roots, observing how the soil checks or favors the action of the fertiliz j er. In the animal economy it is wise and I rational to vary the food; it is equally good to vary the aliments which form the diet of crons. Farm-yard manure is of all others the liest, because it contains pre- ciscly a larger variety of ingredients. Two happy results characteristic of tho , farm schools not only of France but of Belgium; their balance sheets indicate not a valued but an actual cash nrofit. and T Z 7 - , PuIms iramea, lonow, m- , Btead of as hitherto learning cultural ! tlA t . . .. . i pursuits Convict Labor. First workman. No; what I say is that no criminal ought to be allowed to work. 'Cause if he works he works, cheap, and it knocks down your wages and mine. Second workman. Wal, I dunno you see. F. W. (quite warm) There ain't no "see" about it! I tell you it degrades every human man's labor to have a State prison bird doing the s.ime sort of thing for a quarter of the wages. It ought to be forbid by law! S. W. Wal, I dunno; you see if F. W. (deeply excited) Nonsense with your "ifs" and "buts" and "meb bies!" It's easy enough to see. If a lot o chaps works fer 20 cents a day, you ain't goin' to get $2, be you ? Not much? Don't it bring you right into competition with degraded culprit la bor? Don t it? Say! Don't it? Why don't you speak aud say something? is. W. Wal, I dunno. Ain't it true that F. W. (furious) No, it ain't true! They ain't a word of truth ia it! You know ez well ez I do that S. W. (bristling up and interrupt ing) Look a-here! Y'ou yaup every minute, 'opose you jest shet your fly-trap tempo-ra-ri-o-ly and giye me a chance to say a word. F. W. (toning down) Very well, ef you reely think you got anything to say thet amounts to anything, jest spill it. S. W. (tuning up) This ere: Ef prisoners don't work an' support them selves, somebuddy's got to work to s'port 'em. F. W. Wal, capital '11 support 'em !S. W. And who s'ports capital ? F. W. Why nothin it s'ports itself. S. Vm (laying his hand on the first workman's shoulder) That's where you make your mirtake. Labor s'ports capital. F. Vv . How do you make that out? S. W. If the State's prison don't s'port itself, it 13 s'ported by taxes. Whenever a property holder pavs a tax he adds to the price of what he sells enoi'gh to reinibuss him. And labor eventooallv pays every cent. i. W. It seems to me. that if S. W. (now thoroughly aroused) Seems!" They ain't no -if" "bout it! Any fool can see it! Somebody's got to ay that pris' ner's board. Ef he don't earn his own board, you an I 've got to pay it out n our wages. S. . P raps you re right. Ef thet s so, he might jest ez well go to work. b. Vv . And keep to work. Seems to ine labor is degraded more by 'low ing a lot of togup3 to shirk for the privilege of payin their board, then by makin' 'era work at soma price or other, F. W. But they work for less wages than we kin. S. W . But there s very few of tun and ez they work to pay the expense of keeping of themselves shet up, I Ion t see ez it makes much difference whether thev earn a cent a dav or 5 a day, ez fur .jz we are concerned. F. W. But they shouldn't be let out on contract. S. W Certin they should. They should be let out to them that'll pay the most for it. F. W. Then sposen thev earn more'n they ctst? S. W. In that Disposable case the surplus should be turned right into the State treasury. F. W. Ain't it deniorlizin' and undiguiiled for respectable folks to let their gov'iuent be s'ported by the crim'nal classes? S. W. No, sir! It ain't! What awful stuff hev you got into your head? The more work you can git out .of criminals the better! That's all they're good fer whilst they're bein punished. Why, ef 'twan't fer the crim'nal classes there wouldn't be no need of gov'ment. Did you ever think of that ? They ought to s'port it. F. W. That does look sort o reason 'ble after all. Why, that ain't wot that feller said down to the Union. S. W. Don't let anybody fool ye! Make all prisoners work jest as much as possible. It'll do 'em good. Make 'em earn ez much ez they kin, either under the superintendant or outside contracts. And remember that every cent a prisoner earns is jest so much in the pockets of the laborin men. New York Graphic. A plan, says the Scientific Farmer, for Improving the aroma of butter, in use in many parts of Sw itzerland noted for good milk and fine butter, is as follows: The milk, as soon as it is drawn, and while vet waim, is filtered through a sprig of washed fir tips, the stem of which is inserted loosely and upright in the hole of the funnel. The milk deposits hairs, skins clots or gelutinotis sliminess on the leaves. It has imparted to it a most agreeable odor and does not readily turn sour. A fresh sprig should be used each time. Survival of the Fittest. A number of scientists and social phi losophers have been for a long time con vinced that there are too many people ?n the world, and that the onlv chance for society to regsiin an even bal ance lies in the extermination of half of them. As they have omitted to mention which half is to be allowed to survive, the worid awaits their further utterance with considerable anxiety. In the eyes of these gentlemen, the fam ines in India, China, and Wales, the war in Turkey, the yellow fever iu the South, and the piague in Euro;c are so many social Providences, inevitable to the working out of their theories. They look forward to the final thinning which shall leave those remaunng bread enough aud i to spare, and plenty of c-IIkiw room. They are tielievers in the doctrine of the surviv al of the fittest, and are in consequence placidly resigned to the heart-breaking and lamentation this pr-Krcss must brin ujxju me race, -it can r be jieijK'U, you know, so what's the use of feeling bad over it T they say. The latest of these ' gentry having complete telephonic com munication with the Almighty, which en ables him to keep lasted concerning His plans for the future, is amiabl-.: jrson who steps forward with the cheerful an- ' nouncement that in a year, more or less, half of the existing human, brute, and ! vegetable life upon the globe must peris'i : through fire, flood, f-imme. stonn. pesti- J leuce, aud tiie sword. When this takes place (and the prof-nwr's htttior is pledged to it jTfo: uia!K ii tliehard times .will undoubtedly s"vk off into stvtriau darkness, and those of us who are left will nave room enongu tn swuigall our cats in Peace, without writ of teWooin- tho fe- a . . . lines of our ncitrhbor? starting: a isoy. A lonesome looking boy was hanging around a woodyard, when the owner of the yard, having both charity and philan thropy for Iwys with tears in their eyes, asied the boy why lie uulax peddle ap pies or do something to earn a few shil lings, lite boy replica that lie naa no capital, and the woodyard man took out a nickle and said: "Now, my boy, I'm going to start you in lif. Take this nickel and go and make a purc hase ot something or other, 1 11 buy it ot you lor ten cents, no matter what it is. Come, now, let's see what sort of a business head you have on youf" Tho boy took the nickel and went off, but in ten minutes wus back with a gal lon jug which he had purchased with the nickel. "Well, you are a keener," replied the man. "I never saw one of those sold for less than fifteen cents to any one. I want such a jng, and here's ils fuir price. Go, now, and lay out your luteen cents in ap ples, and I'll buy half your stock." The boy did not return. Perhaps he tell into a sewer somewhere; but you can't make the woodyard man believe so. When he lilted the jug from under the ta ble, where the boy had carefully placed it, he found a hole in the lxittoni large enough to let in a black-and-tan terrier. Glasgow and the Clyde. A hundred and fifty years ago says Chambers Journal, the inhabitants of Glasgow, then only a few thousand in number, resolved on improving the Clyde, and they have gone on working at the idea ever since. It was a shrewd concep tion. The city had great capabilities of ad vancement. The neighlxrhood aIound cd in iron and coal, The river opened into a channel communicating with the west coast of England and the Atlantic; and the Atlantic was the highway to America. There lay the elements to wealth, and no doubt wealth would be realized in immeasurable abundance if the river could lm rendered navigable. Such was the reasoning of thes'; Glasgow people. They hardly yet imagined the possibility of bringing "the sea up to their city. They would establish a port near the salt water, aud carry on traffic by means of lighters. That was the primary notion, and it did good service in its day. In process of time as trade, and wealth increased, tiie improving of the river on a grand scale, and making Glasgow itself a port, bec ame a predominant idea in this keen-witted and self-reliant community. In short, the tidal water must be made to flow upward over a space of fifteen to eighteen miles, to the Broomiclaw, so as to secuiv the advantages of harlors and docks with a clear aud direct route to the sea. Where sand-banks were bare at low water, laud plows drawn by horses were employed to break up the banks so that the current might carry the sand away. Where the saud-banks were under water they were torn up by harrows attached by tackle to the stern of steam tugs, the lib crated debris being swept away by the current and reflux of the tides. Then le- gan processes ot dredging, at first by a chain of iron buckets worked by hand and by horses, but afterward by steam jower. Sometimes the dredges encoun tered rocks and boulders, and these had to be mastered by a recourse to divinr-bell8 and blasting-. For a long time the engin eers were unaware t-f a remarkable bed or dyke of whinstone rock at the lxttom of the river, near Elderslic miles from Glasgow. This about four formidable bed of roc k, which was only discovered by tue grounding ot a large steamer m 1ST4, extended nine hundred feet in length by about three hundred feet in breadth. It was blown up by gunpowder, the charges lieiDg fired by agalvanic bat tery. Tiie cost of these blasting opera tions was upward of 10,000. Much, we are told, remains to be done; but the northern half of the rocky area has lioen lowered so as to give a channel of four teen feet at low water, the other half hav ing an available depth of eitrht feet. Ul timately, as is expected, there will be a depth throughout of twenty feet at low water. Oliver Cromwell. Literary sycophants have been accus tomed to revile the character of Cromwell and to represent him as a low-born, vu1. gar hypocrite or bigot. He had not the parlor graces of Lord Chancellor Hat ton, but he would have walked alone through an army of Hattons as an ox walks through a field of grasshoppers. Born of an auciei.t family, descended from some of the high nobility, he was related to Thomas Cromwell, the Earl of Essex, and sometime minister to Henry VI II. His grandfather was Sir Henry Cromwell, the lord of Hinchinbrook, known as the "Golden Knight," on tic count of his great riches; and his mother was of the best of English blood, and her relationship to Junes I. induced that monarch, on his way to lhe English crown, to become a guest at the Cromwell mansion, where Oliver, then but four years old, saw the king at the family ta ble James little dreaming that the head of his own son would be cut off by this kindred Wiy, who should reign in his stead. He was educated at the University of Cambridge, and when but lb years old he was called home by tho death of his fa ther, to be the bole protector of his mother and sisters. While reading law in London, at the age of 20. he fell in love with Eiiza!-th, the beautiful and accomplished daughter of Sir James Bourchier, a wealthy knight. At the age of 21 he niarrieil, and under the same roof with his mother took his young bride, who afterward, coming to her exalted station, showed a purity and nobleness ot chaiacter more beautilul than her personal loveliness. She was the first and vuly love of Cromwell, and in the height of liis greatness and near the end of his rtign, when necessity had sep arated them for a short time, she, like a true and loving woman, e luded him for not writing oftener; and to her eludings he replied: "My beloved wii'c, you scohl me in your letters because by my silence I appear to forget you. Truly it is I who ought to complain, for I love you too muc't. Thou art dearer to me than all the vorhV lie was in Parliament at the age of and again at the age of 40; and when the Civil War broke out he raised two coin panics of sotdicrs at his own exjensc and devoted hi entire estate to the public ser vice. Aud when he came to power the haugh tiest kings and nobles of Europe sought Eolitical and matrimonial alliance. At is death th Corn t of Franc went into,. mourning, though he had required Louis. XIV. to banish the sons of Charles, whose widow was Henrietta of France, the daugh ter of Henry the Great. He was buried in Westminster Abbey, as a legal monarch beside the annointed kings. Domestic. Scotch Short Bread. Four pounds flour? two bounds shortening; I take half lard and half butter; one egg, and as much milk as would iiil an egg-shell; lient well together, and add to the Hour and butter; with one pouud of fino sugar; then with your hands work the whole, until it is soft enough to roll out on your baking board aliout half an inch thick ; cut into any form you may wish, pinch the edge with your linger and thumb and bake." t Peas-Pudding. Soak one pint of dried pens (cost, five ceuts,) in cold water over night; tie them loosely in a clean cloth, and boil them about two hours in pot liquor or water, putting them into it cold and bringing tlitm gradually to a boil;' drain them, pass tliem through a sieve with a spoon; season them with a level tablcspoonful of salt, half a saltspoonful of pepper, one ounce of butter, aud one egg (all of which will cost live cents) mix,' tie iu a clean cloth, and boil half an hour longer; then turn it from tho cloth on a' dish, and serve hot. This receipt makes a good large pudding for ten cents; or you can lcavo out tiie egg and it will cost' less. Brown Soup. Take cold roast beef or' fowl, cover it with cold water, let this simmer for two hours, then take out tho meat and strain the liquid. Have chop-' ped fine equal parts of celery roots and cabbage. Add to each quart of liquid one cupful, two tablesjioonfuls of arl' barley, one tablcspoouful of chopped parsley, one small carrot cut fine,twti -binall potatoes sliced fine. Let this boil one-half hour. Then add one well-beaten ' egg and two tablcspoonfuls of swoct milk thickened with browned Hour. Make this ' in small dumplings and drop in. This' 6hould boil live minutes more. When ready to serve add one onion fried browa in butter snd two tablcspoonfuls of toma ' to catsup. Keeping Meat Fresh. The system of protecting animal substances by securing the coagulation of their albumen and the ' exclusion of air is attracting in England just now, according to the London Coun- ' try Gentleman, a good deal of attention. The process, know n as the Japanese meth od, consists in placing raw flesh in porce lain vtsticis and pouring on it boiling wa ter, whereby the albumen on the surface; is quickly coagulated and forms a protec tion against the lurther uction of the wa ter. Oil is then ioiired on the surface of the water so as to prevent the access of air and consequent putrefaction of the meat. -The journal alluded to, commenting on this method, says that it is undoubtedly preferable to that practised in the process ' of preserving tinned meats, which apjiears ' to consist in boiling them for such a length of time that almost all their llavor is d- ' stroyed, and the ultimate result is amass of tasteless shreds of muscular fibre. Individuality in Booms. Our own - home should not be like the one next door, or the one round the corner, even if theso were better, but should express the char acter of its especial inmates. And I would -choose for its living-room the largest, sun niest room in the house; 1 would array it with the mobt beautiful tilings our means ' Could afford, and there should be nothing; ; in it tiK) good to bo used; and if the fam- ily comprised a mini, wife, and seven chil dren, every one of the nine should bava a chance to let his or her own life speak in it; the piano should be there, and tho work basket and the writing desk; and somewhere should be a corner for Totty's baby house; avid there thould be a shelf' in the bookcas-j for juvenile reading; and there must be plenty, plenty of nowcrs. -And that room should be the heart of that home, tiie place where the new mitgazines are, the phice to find mother, the pl.tee for the open fire, the place to make a circle for the family song or hymn before led time, the ple.ee to long lor when at boarding-school, tiie place U keep a heart-picture of when nwe.y in foreign lands; tho : central jewel in the rrowu of social life - an economical, American home. wcll-muuaged, beautiful. Interesting to Tea-Drinkers. The nose is one of the best judges for' distinguishing good tea, and how to pre- -pare tea properly art teuches us. To ol iain a beverage very aromatic and only in a small degree astringent, you intt infuse the tea for half un hour in a very small quantity of cold water, and then add tho loiIing water, pouring the tea, lx;fore it is very brown, into the cup. The cold water saturates the whole tex--ture of the leaves, and produces the faino -advantages as when we wish to obtain good broth from butcher's meat; and tho Ixiiling water separates th tannin from the caffeine, which is precipitated when the infusion begins to grow cold. In effect, if you take tea in the Russian fashion, in a drinking-glass, you will see the tea grow turbid almost as soon as it is -poured out. It is best to take only the . first infusion, which contains from four to six times as much useful i!stanc8 as. the second. This la.-t hits the inconven ience of being only in a very small degreo aromatic, and in a high d .-gree astringent. . The addition of a few drops of lemon--juice, or of e.ny ot!i-r vegetable acid, ren ders tea more exc iting; and this custom prevails among poor Chinese and many liussians. The addition of an alkali, on( the contrary, makes tea less stimulating, . and in some measure narcotic. In the East Mmu drugs are put into tea . to give it greater stimulating qualities. In . Chinese Tart.iry, in Cash mere, and In oili er countries of Asia, the leaves of tea are eaten, cooked in various modes with but ter, flour, and sixla, nul tiie richness of' the leaves iu albumen explains tlu Lrnutri-. tive power. It is said iu the trave ls of Hue, Cabct Auchterlony, and others, that a good soup, of tea is one of the le.-t aliments for those about to undertake f.iiiguing journeys in; lofty mountains. Tea excites the: move ments of the heart less than collee, is less, hostile to sleep, and is less tit to sustain intellectual labor; but more than coffee it increases the eliminativa activity of the skin and respiration. Iu manv persons it irodiices an astringent cfiett on the intes tines and a troubhrsomc constipation. The addition of a few drops of gener ous wine can prevent waKetuines wincrt tea causes. Mor? thon everything, exjie rience availeth to indicate to any one whether, from the state of his nerves, his brain, or his digestion, he ought to prefer ea e.r coffee. In every fa'.hiou it seems to mi proved Hint, after dinner, tho Chinese leaf ought to be preferred t tue Abyssin ian berry. In very cold countries, and on very cold eiavs, and consequently with supreme rout-on in the Aret'c zone tea is tli? best of eh ink.--, as ail tiaveiciS have d -mous-tnit.-L Dr. ivar.e did not hesitate to call tea the "greut jwmueeuof Arctic travel." The excessive use of tea, ejccially of green tea, produces (jbstinate wakefulness, nervous tremblings, convulsions, erampS) ot tne fitomacn, palpitations of tho hear, ftao; so oft,. !f I n n n o