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The Herald. no. ft. 4ac4urpht, - JOlTOR. tPLATTSMOUTU, APRIL 29, 1880. Call for Republican State Convention. The Republican elector of the State of Ne braska are hereby called to send Delegates from tlie several Counties to meet in State Con vention at Columbus, en Wednesday, the luth day of May. 1880, at 7'clock p. m.. for the pur pose of electing six delegates to the Republi can National Convention to be held at Chicago, on the 3d day of Juue next, to nominate candi dates for President and Vice-President of the United States ; and to transact such other bu siness as may properly come before It. The sevtral Counties are entitled to repres entation In State Convention as fol.ews. based upon the vote cast in each county for Hon. Amasa Cobb for Judge of the Supreme Court, In 1879, giving one delegate to each 150 votes, and ene for the fraction of 75 votes, alfo one aeiegaie at large lor each organized County Counties. Votes D's Counties. Votes Da Adams 1437 11 Kearney cos 5 Antelope 335 3 Keith 31 1 Boone. 459 4 Kuox 481 4 Buffalo H'jS 7 Lancaster 2752 10 Burt cm 5 Lincoln 256 3 Butler .-. 72H 6 Madison 4 4 Cass 1355 10 Merrick 781 0 Cedar 171 2 Nance '. i Cheyenne .. 250 3 Nemaha 1200 9 Clay 2025 1H Nuckolls 44 4 Colfax 6S2 5 Otoe 1453 11 Cuming 632 5 Pawnee W25 8 Custer 83 2 Phelps toil 3 Dakota 279 3 Pierce WJ 9 D;ion 354 3 Platte 633 6 Dixon 378 4 Polk 829 7 Dodge lo7 8 Ked Willow.. .. lye 2 Douglas 2:170 17 itichardsoii 1519 11 Fillmore 12S 10 Saline 1615 12 Franklin tw5 6 Sarpy 47'i 4 Frontier 58 1 Saunders I2tt6 lo Furnas 626 4 Seward W7 7 Gage 1228 9 Sherman 206 7 Greeley 10:1 2 stautou 152 2 Conner 113 2 Thayer 70t c Hall 972 7 Valley 330 3 Hamilton 759 6 Washington. .. 117 9 Harlan 744 G Wavne 97 2 Hitchcock 122 2 Webster 11 3 9 Howard 472 4 York 1225 9 Holt 229 3 Jefferson 836 7 Total 373 Johnson .... 8G5 7 It Is recommended first, that no proxies be admitted 10 the Convention, except uch as are held by persons reniding in the Counties from which the proxies are given. Second, That 110 Delegate shall represent an absent member of his delegation, unles he be clothed with authority from the County Con vention, or is in possession of proxies from re gularly elected delegate. By order of the Republican State Central Com mittee. JAMES W. DAWES. CVu. JAMF.S DONNELLY. Sec'y. LiNceLif, Nt.HJ., April 8, laso. Call for Republican County Convention The Republican County Convention will meet at the School Houne at Weeping Water, at. 11 o'clock a. m., Saturday, May 8th. The basis of representation will be one delegate for every twelve votes, er major fraction thereof, cast for Judge Cobb, at the election In Fall of 1879. Following Is the number of delegates to which each precinct Is entitled, and the time and places of holding the primaries, on Satur dajvMay 1st, 1880 : 1 J5 3. X 00 3 This Convention is for the jiurpoe of select ing ten delegates to the Republican State Con vention at Columbus, ou May 19th, and for the transaction of such other business as may le gitimately and regularly come before It. O. S. Smith. Chairman. Primaries S.itnrday, read the call and be prepared. Republican primaries Saturday, every true raari turn out. TnE "Junior" knows Gov. Nance, it seems, asd has a good idea of him. S. D. Morrow shipped 35 head of cattle last week, that had gained 37G pounds each. Ix Burt County they elected tw for Grant and three for Maine and the County for Grant. Hold your primaries promptly, keep cool, don't quarrel and give us a good set of delegates. It seems the Covrant has two edi tors, a "senior and a "junior." Biff head of steam. Where does Billy Shry ck eeme in? It's a great and blessed Gd send that the people have gotr more sense than some of the Newspapers on this Grant Blaine business. D. 11. WiBEtiR and Jehn Jennings were ielef ates to the K. of H. at Co lumbus, and did not go there on poli tics inclined, as some supposed. Good square delegates to the Coun ty Convention and no nonsense. Let the men speak for themselves when they get there, that's all we ask. Dn't hang back from the prima ries and then growl at the result, come out and put your spoke in. If you make a mistake you've done the best you knew how any way. Ke on weuld know by reading the Republican or Xews that there was a Democratic paper or party in Omaha. They seem to waste their whele time fating each ether, and the Herald has a lay-off. The County will be dem ocratic this fall. A small shoeting scrape is reported at Seuth Bend on Sunday. Peter Dow ers was shet by "Willett Tottenger, his son-i-law. The affair grew out of a faraily quarrel, in which, if reports are true, the young man was almost justi fied, nly he eught to have shot high er up. There are a whele lot of enterpris ing fellows round in the state who are satting their pins for Congress. We just want U live- leng enough to pull tone of these pins out, and leave tlio helea open. -Plattsmouth Herald. And then, Mac, ' wouldn't it be nico te just slip into one of them hles yeurself? Brownville Advertiser. We really never thought of that. "It is quite a surprise" but if you could not "send a better man," you know; but, h pshaw! thU isn't the democrat ic party. In uur ranks every man is equally as good as the other fellow, es pecially the other fellow. S : I S 5? 2.33: .52 H. : agri?-: 5,3 ? : : : f: : cS; : ." a A :::::: y: : g :::::::: n g : : : : : r: ::::: : : : : c :::::::::::::::: - a . , . ; RS'-'iv;3l---:-Trri- -- 1 a v Zr? 2.-" r-- e - - - : & : : . : c : . : t t z 1 : -. : . a .... "j . tt 1 " . a r o - . a As To Grant or Blaine, the best men in this state advise a fair, honest and capable delegation uninstructed. In this County we hopaTTie suie will be done. We are not running any Grant btern, and there is no Grant ring here We want the people to decide. Surely, no paper has said kinder words for Mr. Ciair. than the IIlkald, as wit ness our issue of February 12th, in which appears: . Blaine is a jrauci man, u liery leader, a superb tactician, and has shown pa tience and courage ef a high order in the late contest in .Maine. He un doubtedly would make a good Presi dent. The only question is: Could we elect him V If any Blaine paper has said mure in as many words, we ehould like, to see it. We deem it our duty to lay the sit uation honestly before our readers and to tell them of the real strength of Gen Grant in the Commonwealth, also the reasons why he would make us a strong and acceptable candidate, furth er than this we do not go because we think it unwise and foolish to quarrel among ourselves, and furnish food fer democrats to flourish on. . Every good Republican must vote for the nominee at Chicago, be he Grant, Blaine, Washburn or Edmnnds, or vote for a democrat. There is no choice in this, and our only care should be to nominate the best man and whoever the people on a fair vote choose, is our best man. Whatever may be doubtful about the intentien of the authors of our tar iff laws, they undoubtedly meant to place on the free lisk all materials us ed in tlie manufacture of paper. It happened that pulp of wood, which is by fur the meat important wlement in the mannfacture of paper used by the daily and weekly press of the coun try, was not specifically and by name exempted from duty. Under a Treas ury decisien, wLich held that this verb al omission was fatal te the free ad miisien of wood pulp, a few manu facturers of that article have been able to impose an exorbitant tax on the general body of paper-makers, by wkem it is ef course .shifted on the eensumers, the newspaper publishers of t he country, and the burden falls with special hardship on publishers eutside ef the great cities we, conse quently, being impoverished so that a handfsl of monopolists may grow rich. Th meat powerful champion of these monopolists is Representative Gar field. Were his opposition to the bill withdrawn, the restoration of wood palp to the freo list, where it belongs, weuld be accomplished in a few days. While his opposition continues, the monopolists are secure. Can Mr. Gar field afford to contiue his support of a most odious and oppressive tax, whieh brings in no revenue to the Government, but which interferes very decidedly with the dissemination of knowledge among the people? This has been sent to us for publi cation. We do not know the facts, but if true, then Senator Garfield ought to do and know better. Tnis is the way the Ashland Times talks about our new Democratic paper here. Verilr, there is no fury like a Greenbacker after a Democrat, when his back is up. The Plattsmouth Couraut makes its appearance, Wentworth A Crites, pub lishers. These gentlemen issue their Democratic sheet without apology or excuse in the wav of a salutatory, but we know it is Democratic, becau-n in its first editorial we notice something about the party that has existed for "ninety years without a change," and they might have stated, without one advanced idea. They issue a neat pa per typographically, but politically it will always be a stench in the nostrils of advanced civilization. Those who, as the Chicago Times says, never can learn anvthing, and who believe that General Jackson and Jesus Christ are the standing .candidates of the party, can hug it to their -bosom and say: "Eurek.i! At last we have found the gospel truths of Democracy." May they continue to wave until their party is consolidated with its twin brother, the Republican party, to be buried be neath an avalanche of Greenback votes. Some Blaine papers have sense,some haven't. Here's the kind of a Blaine outfit we do not object to very mucli: The Pilot is for Blaine for nominee of the Chicago convention, first, last and all the time, if it shall appear that his nomination can be accomplished. It believes that more than three fourths of the Republicans of the state prefer his nomination to any other, and that the State convention, to as semble at Columbus next month, will be so strong for Blaine, as to be almost unanimous in favor of his nomination But we doubt the wisdom of instruct ing for him. A resolution expicssive of the sentiment of the convention, would be the better thing. If we elect good men as delegates to Chicago, we ought to permit them to exercise some discretion and judgment in casting the vote of the State. We are opposed to instructions in any shape er form.-An expression f sentiment answers the some purpose, and looks and sounds much better. Blair Pilot. The Court, tnat is, Judge Pound and Mr. Mullen, short horn reporter and Lawyer Marquette, etc., etc., all arrived on Monday and a case small case you know from R. B. was tried that evening. Murfiii was in thatcaso and Lawyer Windham, and the wit nesses and the principals of course. How it came out we don't know be cause our Court House telephone give out and left us in the dark. Tuesday, however, they get off in good style and all the big guns and little guns shot off their mouths at the Judge as he in terlined the Docket to eni. Joshua Murray shipped a very flie lot of cattle the first of last week2 which wo maant to notice before.- Among the rest was a steer, not un- sually fat, and receiving the same care as the rest, that weighed here 2235 lbs. Another very fine steer weigh ed 1720 lbs, and the two had taken on. since Mr. Murray bought lnm, 11S5 pounds. Pretty good ese of corn, that. We desire te thank Senators Pad dock and Saunders for valuable public documents. From Senator S. we got the Government report on diseases of swine, etc., which vp-have really read almost entire; and from Senator P. "Tlie Memorial Services and Lifo of Frank Welch," doubly valuable to us by reason of our persona! knowledge of and friendship for Mr. Welch. Odd Fellows' Celebratioa. The members of Platte Lodge, No. 7 I. O. O. F., with their families and friends, held a very pleasant and en tertaining sociable in their hall, last Monday-evening. It was given in hon or of the- anniversary of Odd Fellow ship in tho United Statenr The exer cises consisted of music and singing by the members of the Plattsmouth Glcoclub, a few very interesting re marks by Chaplain Wright on the ob jects and character of the order, and a collation furnished by the popular restaurateur, Fred Stadelmann. The singing was excellent, and reflects great credit on Mr. Marsland.the lead er, and the other members of the club Plattsmouth may well be pioud of her Gleo Club. In Meiaoriam of the Death of William Delcsdenier. Hall of Prairie Lodge, Xo. 25, ) i. o. o. f., Westing Water, Xec, Apr. 24. ) Through the economy of God's Prov idence our worthy brother, William Delesdenier, ha3 been called from his labors below to his reward above. Ho departed this life on the 17th day of April, 18S0, and whito we bow in hum ble submission to the Divine Power, which doeth all things well, yet we deeply mourn the Joss, wh'ch we, as a fraternity, have sustained in his death. Therefore, bo it Resolved, Tnat we recognize in Br. Delesdenier's life a true example of manhood, which is worthy of our imi tation. That in all his dealings with his fellowmcn he ever practiced that principle, whicli made him gratefui to his Creator, faithful to his country, and fraternal to his fellowman. Resalvd, That In the death of our brotlier the order has lost a faithful co-worker, the community an honored citizen, the wife a kind and faithful husband, aud the son an indulgent father. Resolved, That we hereby tender our heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved family and friends in this their hour of affliction, hoping that they may make his life an example, and do their life's work well. Resolved, That a copy of the above resolutions be presented to the widow of tlie dceied, and that a copy be sent to Jno. A. MacMurphy, for publi cation in the Nebraska IIeuald. M. M. Bctler, ) J. U. Thomas, Com. F. P. Hull, ) We are pained to hear of the death ot this old friend, and mo3t willingly lend our aid to commemorate his vir tues and deplore his loss. A 20,000 lire at Glen wood last night destroying Wilcutt's livery barn, the City hall, Journal office, and several other buildings. (Jraat iu Chicago. The following are the resolutions adopted at the monster mass meeting in Chicago: This' mass meeting of Republican citizens, assembled in the Common wealth that gave Abraham Lincoln to tho nation, and in the city which first placed his earns at tlie head of tho party of liberty; gathered in the State which one year later furnished a hum ble soldier to the Union cause, and in tho city which eight years afterward nominated that soldier as the worthy successor of the martyred President hereby declare: 1. That wo are is favor of the nom ination of Ulysses S. Grant for Presi dent of tho United States. We believe his nomination to be dic tated by a sense of prudence, of policy of safety, and by a patriotic regard for the recognition and enforcement of that law of the republic which declares in effect, that all citizens shall bo pro tected in the enjoyment of their civil and political rights. It will bo time enough to dwell anxiously upon alleg ed uuwiitten laws of tho nation when the written statutes are enforced, re spected and obeyed. 2. That every principle of duty, of gratitude, and ef local pride requires that the State of Illinois, which Gen eral Grant has honored by his citizen ship, dignified by his stainless charac ter, exalted by his achievements, and rendered famous by his valor, shall speak heartily, positively and unani mously for him in the National Con vention. 3. Tho present condition of affairs demands that personal preferences should give way to public necessity, sentimental prejudices to party weal, individual ambition to tho common welfare. Grant is the man of victory, the candidate of success. His life is a platform; his deeds are a history; his triumphs the record of the Republican party. His election will give stability to the government, conlidence to the financial and coniineroial interests, and tranquility to tho whole country. It will be a step for ward in the plan of universal peace among nations which his wise foreign policy has done so much to strengthen and encourage, and in this especial respect the en lightened judgment ef the nineteenth century in his sponsor, his spokesman, and his advocate. 4. The nomination of General Grant is the one boon which the dusky mil lions f tho South, peering out from their semi-servitude from their bond age of body and mind long for, hope for, pray for. To them the name of Grant :s the shibboleth of triumph, the harbinger of justico, tha symbol and the guarantee of peace. These humble people wrho, defying persecu tion, saved, at the peril of their lires, tho Presidency to the Republican par ty at the last election, should not plead to us in vain. 5. This is the soldier's year. Not the year to enkindle anew the flames of civil hate, but the year to receive the fulfillment of the terms upon which tho veteran army disbanded fif teen years ago. From every quarter comes the united demand for obedi ence lo the laws. The promises of the vanquished must be kept. Justice must prevail. Liberty of mind and deed must be enthroned. The hour, the necessity, and the man have met. The turbuleut element of tlie South will givo way before that hero to whom it has twice surrendered once to his invincible prowess, anc aain to his unqualed magnamity. With charity for all, with malice to ward none, speaking as Republicans to Republicans, and pledging hearty sup port to the nominees of the National Cotivertion, but with an abiding con fidence that General Grant possesses these qnaliflcations of mind and heart, that bravery without boasting, that modesty without hypocrisy, that hon esty without cant, that high sense of duty and honor without vaulting or love of self aggrandizement, which pe ca'arly fit him to lead the people as a national candidate, on a national plat form, to victory and to peace, this mass mt eling ef Chicago Republicans pledge t him and- to his friends throughout the Union, their hearty, sincere, and en thusiastic support. The resolutions were adopted with a tremendous outburt cf cheers. REPORT OF THE CONDITION Of The First National Bank at Platts month, In the State of Nebraska, at the Close cf Bnsiness . April 23d, 18S0. RESOURCES. Loans anil discounts $14 841 67 Overdrafts 4 513 65 V. H. Bo i Hi twsecure circulation 50 0OO 00 Other stocks, boiids and mortgage. 13 1"J6 67 Iue from approved reserve agent.. 8 014 42 Diirt f nun State Banks and bankers. 55 75 iieal estate, furniture and fixtures.. 8 480 00 Current expenses aud taxes paid 1 939 34 rill of other banKs 4 900 00 Fractional currency (including nick els) 200 41 Specie (including gold Treasury cer- tiiiC!.?s) 4 9S6 40 Legal tender notes 8 Ooo 00 Redemption fund with U. S. Treas urer (5 per cent of circulation Due from U. S. Treasurer, otherthan 5 per cent, redemption fund 2 2." I 00 1 &00 Of Total... S 243 328 21 LI AEILITIKS. Capital stock paid in 5 60 ooo oe Surplus fund 10 ooo oo t'ndivided profits 5 0T4 97 National Bank notes outHtandin?. . . 45 ooo 00 Individual deposits ubiect to check S3 937 00 Deuiaud certificates of denosit .. 2t 08161 Time certificates of deposit 25 GOfl 10 lJue to other National Bank 3 628 CS Total.. St 243 328 21 Statu op Nebraska, I County of Cass, f B, I, A. AV. McLacghlix, Cashier of the abore named bank, do solemnly swear that the above viitiemfUL is true to ine uer. ui mv mh iuiiw and belief. A. W. MCLAUGHLIN', Cashier. Subscribed and sworn tobefor me, thf 2tli day of April, isso. iY o , Jas. S. Mathews, Notary I'ablic. CorrectAttest : J. M. Tattkrhox. ) C. H. Barm elk. V Directors. A. Y. McLacgulix CHARLES DE YOUNO SHOT READ. The Man who Shot at Mayor Kalloch Killed by Kalloeh's Sou. San Fbaxcisco, April 23. Charles De Young, editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, was shot arid killed at 7Ji o'clock this evening'by I. M. Kalloch, iu the office of the Chronicle. Such was the brief telegram that reached us in the Sunday's papers. La ter advicos Chronicle more fully the result of this f ued. It will be remem- ed that August 23d, 1879, this Chas. De Young shot at and almost mortal ly wounded I. S. Kalloch, fathet of this boy. Kalloch the elder survived and by the sympathy of the masses for this outrage was elected Mayor of San Francisco, which position he now holds. DeYoung was indicted fortius attempt at murder and the trial would have shortly taken place. De Young out on bail traveled to the east and gathered up the record of the ReY. Isaac, which he was about to uso during the trial and part of which had been published in pamphlet form. It is supposed this so exasperated young Kalloch that he determined to taKe the law in his own hand as Young had done before. From a legal and moral point of new both shootings were and are inexcusable, but as a blessing to California it is scarcely disguised. De Young ran a vicious malicious paper always, aud there is no doubt but that the Kalloch's were first-class demo gogues. If it wipes out and destroys the influence of both parties so much the better for San Francisco. Gere makes a good point on Xye when he thinks Douglas county should stand outside at Columbus, she having given a democratic majority last fall. Xye had previously asserted that the Democratic States south should have no voice in the Republican Xational Convention because they have given a majority of Democratic votes, lately. Pbof. "Wilber wrote a rain Jotter to the Journal, and the Very next day the gentle rain drops camo pattering down, causing tlie wheat to grow, and everything that is good for food r pieasant to the. eye, to spring forth with renewed vigor. Now, who says these scientists aren't good for any thing? Luelia Notes. Ed. Herald: Is it too early to ord er camp meetings V We need rain very much and if it is not to early, please suggest it to some of the brethren. District Xo. 43 is to havo a vory special school meeting soon. We hope every Republican will turn out aud attend the primaries and send delegates to the County Convention that represent a majority of the voters. No dictating in ours, we want to hear from the people of Nebraska when the State Convention meets. We heard rumors to-day that tha trouble betwen Willett Potlenger, Jr. and his wife and her people culmina ted in a shooting affray. Willett's wife has been stopping with her people for some time, against his wishes,while he was forbidden, under penally of death to visit her. He made up his mind on Saturday last to go and see his wife, regardless of the consequence. His father-in-law met him at the door and greeted him with a shake of his right hand against Willett's nose, who in return embraced father Dowers rath er chokingly about the throat. Mrs. Dowers, not liking the way Wilktt showed his "dacency" for his father-in law, volunteered to help the old gent to free himself from the suf focating embrace of his son-in-law. As soon as Dowers was free, he made for a double-barreled shot-gun that stood near by; but Willett was too quick for him, got the gun, retreated in good or der, covering his letreat with the gun, discharged one barrel at Dowers, who was following him, hitting him in the legs, and the other barrel he fired into the wood pile, grounded arms, and took a leave of absence for a more southern clime, where the shot-gun policy is looked upon with more favor. Constable Ward was around to-day. anxiously inquiring after Willett, but had not found him up lo latest re ports. Wo give this report as wo heard it not knowing the facts in the case. As the letting of mail routes is rood to take place, we wish some oiie would interest himself in getting a route from South Rend to Unadilla. Our present route from Ashland is a pub lic nuisance, as every one on the route who takes a Plattsmouth, Lincoln or Omaha paper, well knows. Adirondack. Two tiiisMiillis fo-.ight on the roof of a St. Louis h'ntsu, ami an excited, crowd witnessed t!m perilous strug gle. Finally, onu wu kuo:ke I down with a hammer, and foil lo tho ground, receiving fatal injuries. At Mrv.lrhl sentries exposed to the 'ileiih breath." blowing from tlie G -nl -i-.i Mountains, aro changed uVvi- h.tii hour. Our Temperance Column. EDITED BT THE WOMAX'g CHBISTIAX TEM TE&XHCK UXIOX.. "For God. and Home, anil Native Land." The Public Library Is now kept in the office of Will Wise, and will De open for the loaning and exchange of books every u ednes day and Saturday afternoon, from 1 to 3 o clock, and on baturday evenings from 7 to . 44tf ow He's Safe. In the Xational Temperance Advo cate, for May, 18C9, Rev. Cyrus D. Foss relates the following touching fact: "Within the past month there has died, in his early prime, a minister o the Gospel, who was first the victim and at last the conqueroi, of drink Some years ago, after a severe illness he 'stimnlated,' by medical advice, When he had fairly recovered from hi disease, he found himself in the coil of a sorpeat. It was the old story alas I more than 'twice told;' he fell struggled to rise, stumbled, and fel agaia. Ho never resigned himself to his bondage for any considerable length of time, but shook his chains and tried hard to break them. He re solved, and resisted, and prayed, and then in exhaustion yielded. At lengtl he went, as the last resort, to an ine bnate asylum. His high Christian character secured for him the respect and esteem of all the inmates and ofli cers. When, ftfter about a year, his cure was supposed to be complete, and he was about to leave, he was desired to remain as Chaplain of the institu tion. But his heart; was in the work o the regular pastoral ministry, and he accepted a call to a vacant pulpit When he began his labors there, he made a full and frank statement of his infirmity to the congregation. He told them he felt his weakness, and realiz d that he was subject to a terrible temptation, by which he must fall un less ho was sustained by the grace of of God and the sympathies and pray ers of good men. This announcement and appeal won for him the heart of the whole com munity. He became immensely popu laf, and labored with untiring zea! for the salvation of the people. God gave him great success. Tho church was revived, and in numbers largely increased. The pastor's labors exceed ed his strength. He flagged, was tempt ed to take stimulants. and resisted. By the help of divine grace and sym pathy, he stood. That church enjoyed his services on ly about a year. Ho sickened and died ; but he died a hero; fo he conquered the foe which conquered Alexander tho Great and by which 'many strong men have been slaia. At his funeral hi6 wife seemed composed, and almost happy, and after it she maintained the same demeanor. The officiating cler gyman, wondering at this, and assum ing that it arose from a kind ef religi ous ecstacy, which would soon give place to a corresonding depression, m quired of her about it. "Oh," said she, "he's safe! You don't know auy thing about what we have passed through. For years he and I have been standing on the brink of a precipice, trembliug with apprehension that, at any time, he might go over. Rut now he s safe. "Safel" indeed, but what a danger is that from which death is the only es cape, and tho grave the only refugel Woe to that man who, under 'medical advice,' or any other advice, takes into his bosom a slimy, gliding, writhing, biting, stinging adder, which winds it self around him, hisses its. venom in his ear, and, when he hurls it from him and treads it under foot, pursues its fleeing victim to his death, and thrusts its forked tongue against the iron gateway of the sepulchre, until the loving wife exults to hear the clanging of death's gloomy doors, which none but Christ can open, and the anguish of widowhood is forgotten in the thought that the loved one is safe at last." "Oh, touch not the wine -cup, though pleasures may sn un In the bubbles that float around its roseate brim. For dark in the depths of the vortex below Are the sirens that lurk in the vortex of woe." Herrings. From stitislics of the Scotch her-ring-fisherics, furnished by a writer in Chambers' Journal, we may get a par tial idea of the enormous productive ness and abundance of that snecics of fish. During a recent year tlie her rings taken m bcotch waters and cured were sufficient to fill 1,000,000 barrels. each barrel containing an average of 700 fish. This quantity, it must bo ob served, represented cured fish only, and onlv thoso which are caught in Scotland under tho superintendence of tho Fishery Board. It is pretty cer tain that as many herrings are cul tured and offered for snle as fresh fish and "reds" as are cured for the mar kets in Scotlaud and offered for sale as salt herrings ; which gives us tho pro digious total of fourteen hundred mil lions withdrawn annually from tho sea; and even this number, vast as it is, does not include what are used in the form of whitebait, or thoso which ate sold as sprats. After draining tho sea to such an ex tent, it might almost bo supposed that there would be scarcely herrings enough left to suffice for a breediug- stoek; but the demands of tmn are a mere traction ot wh.it are taken out the shoals. All th-it aro captured as well as all that are wasted during tho capture, and destroyed iu the process of curing, sink into insignificance when compared with the vastness of the quantities whicli are devoured by other enemies of tlie fish. Cod and ling aro known to prev extensively on the herring: aud a calculation, based ou the number of cod an I lisigannual lv caught under the auspices of tho Scottish Board of Fisheries (3,500.000 were taken in 1876), assumes that there is a capiul stock of these-fish in the Scottish firths and sets of 70,000,000 individuals ; and that each individual consumes 42J herrings per annum, which at the rate of two herrings every div for seven mouths in the vcar shows a consumption of 2'J,400,000,000 indi vidual herrings. Nor docs the account stop at this point. Tho Commis sioners who recently collected infor mation ou the Scottish herring-fisheries assume that in Scotland alone tho gannet (n sea-bird) annually draws ou the shoals to tho extent of 1,110,000, 000 herrings! In addition to dogfish, cod, gannets, and other se t-birds, the herring has many other enemies ; por poises, seals, coal-fish, and other pre daceous fishes are constantly lying iu wait to fall upon and devour Iheni. A fcnulo herring, wo know, yields over 30,000 egs; but at tho shoaling-tiino myriads of thosj eggs are devomel by a variety .of enemies; b-.si ca whicli hundreds of thousands of tho egs aro iiC'.cr touched by tiu fructiiYuig milt :' the m.Ati fi.li, :iu I so perish iu tho waieis. The Discovery of Gold. Albert N. Hatch, of Edgeinont, Ph., writes the following to tho Philadel phia Press : "In looking over my note-book tho other day, 1 came across something relating to tho discovery of gold in California which I thought might in terest your readers, and therefore send it for your consideration.- I was upon tho ground shortly after the discovery, and was acquainted with the principal actors. The discovery took place ex actly thirty-two 3'cars before the iMto of this paper, and occurred in the fol lowing manner. Capt. Suter was building a saw-mill, and ho employed two or three whiio men as well as a number of Indians. They had dug a race to the river and built tho frame work of the mill. In tho oveuing they turned the water into the race sa ns to sluico out tho tail-race. In tho morning one of the whito men, by tho name of Jim Marshall, .went down in to the tail-race iu order to find out how much dirt had been washed out. His attention was attracted to somo r'iining lumps. Not knowing what they were, he gathered up several of tnern ana took tnetn to lus tellow- workmen for their inspection. Ono ot these mew bad some knowledge ot metals, and at onco proceeded to test the nuggets. lie procured some aqua- iorlts, and alter uml vtng it pronoun- ced it gold and no mistake. It was agreed to keep tho discovery a secret, bat Marshall was to mtorm Capt. Suter, who was then at his fort, souio twenty miles distant. Marshall took several of tho nuggets in a bag and started on foot to tho fort. Of the in- terview Ca-pt. Suter gives the follow ing account: 'Marshall reached my place about three o'clock in the 'after noon. Ho seemed greatly agitated. He asked mo to go into a private room, as he had something to communicate. After wo were in the room he asked me to lock tho door. I felt uneasy. for the man looked wild. After I had locked the door he desired mo to placo something over the key-hole. "Now, Uaptain, says ne, "do you think any one can hear us?" He then pulled out nis bagot precious metal, and, empty ing it upon tho table, desired me to examine it, which I did, and pronoun ced it gold. Marshall immediately prepared to return. 1 told hun to re main all night, and that I would go up with him. I could hot pcrstiado him to remain. The next morning I started on horseback, and several miles on my way I met Marshall coming out of the bushes, all wet, it having rained -in the night. Wo traveled along together until we reached tho saw-mill, where we found all hands had quit work and gone to gold-hunt- ing.' Cigars Not Nt'Cvj-ssarily Tobacco. We are rhul to sco that judicial no tice has been takeu of tiie fact that cigars are net nccessaril v "tobacco," In an English court a excise prosecution was heard aqram?t a hawker who waa charged with soiling tobacco at a fair without a license. A laborer proved buying two cigars, for which lie paid 3d., at the defendant s stall, lie after wards, at tlio request of an oilicer of Inland-Revenue, went and purchased another cigar, which defen taut took from a box on hi3 stall. I or tho de fense, his counsel said that tho defend ant was a cripple almost penniless, and it was strange that tho excise should lay a trap to-catch him as they have done; but after the explanation he should ofler, he thought the Bench would have no hesitation in dismiss ing the ease. Tho defendant was charged with selling tobacco without having a license. Not a word was said about cigars iu the act; and ho submitted tht cigars might and did consist chiefly of hay and cabbago leaves, and that, iu fact, they were not "tobacco" at all. The prosccutiug counsel replied, but the beuch agreed with defendant's counsel, and dismiss ed the case. Central Law Journal. "SV1T AND HUMOR. To Bton a man from talkiug Cut bis said on. Dent.li mav love a shininsr mark, but we observe that the bald-headed livo about as long as anybody. Soft solder mends many a hole In a hard pan, and taffy heals many a wounaeu spirit, it juuiciousiy appiiuu. The Frenchman who attended a fox hunt was asked where tho meet came off. Having been thrown ho replied that it came off his hands and knees. When a man utters a barefaced false- bood, you feel shocked ; but when he tells another, tho cllect is to pair o' lies. ... . A iroie axer. x i&ueriiiuu ; . i . i 1. 1 a .1 .v.. A T - 1IM 1 . If 1 11 urnoug not uem auiu iu uiiu wiu north pole. If they can't find it, let me ax the question, who put it there?" "Duty stares me in tho face," said the deacon when the custom-house of ficers caugbt hira smuggling a dozen gloves. Somebody says that the Czar has as many lives as a cat. But that remains to be proved, Thero are four more chances lor tho cat s reputation. A Goat browsing on a crreensward approached a pig-pen, and said to its occupant, "Why do you stay in that place, whdn there's such a lovely spot as this handy?" "The pen is mightier than the sward," grunted tue pig. Everything in nature indulges in amusement. Tho lightning plays, tho wind whistles, the thunder rolls, the enow flics, tho waves leap, and the fields smile. Even the buds shoot and the rivers run." Schoolboy with a big apple. An other boy without any : 0 Bill! givo us a bite, won't yer " "No, 1 won't." "Well, then, give me the core." "ll'ml b'm! I tell you there ain't going to be any core. Annearauces are deceiving. "We know of girls that look asangelic,deli cate, and moderate a3 a dewdrop on a rosebud, who, when they get 6weetly settled in the arms of Morpheus, will snore with an energy that will shake the button en the outside cellar-door. Bertie had half a biscuit buttered, and a whole one unbuffered. He gave Graoie tho whole ono and kept tho buttered. A remark being made about hi3 giving away tho larger piece, biggerest, and kept the butteresL," A Pittsburg man smuggled a set of false teeth into a parlor where a lot of ladies were collected, and, pretending to find it ou the floor, he asked who owned it, and every woman present had a different way of twisting her ins to show her own teeth when she spoke to say it wa9 not hers. "This is the healthiest place in America,' 6aid the landlord of a Ni agara hotel to tne tourist. "iNooouy ever dies here." "No," 6aid tho trav eler, in the tone of a man who was thoroughly convinced of it, "No, I reckon not. Nobody would stay here ong enough to die." iiurlington Hawkeye. xa--.'-;v . Fanner Giles : "Be it trew what I hear, sir, about the Squire a 6endin' you to college, sir?" Young Squire : "Yes, Giles, I'm going to Oxford to read hard." Farmer Giles; "Dear, dear 6ir! 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