The ' Herald. The Herald. 5T 73 "T- N1 A 1 V K K T I H I X It A T K . PUBLISHED KVEiiV THURSDAY. PLATTSHOUTE, NEBRASKA. O. Vlr.e St., One D!o?k North of Main. "r. of F'fiSi Street. a w. 3 w. 1 in. j i a. 6 in. 1 1 vr 1 fir... 2'ir . 3s irs. H col. H cot.. 1 col... $1 oo ft ro f2noi$2M!f oo:5no f 12(4 0Ji 1)00 16 ui 2 '( j 2 79 4 00 8 00 8 0ft 10 OO 00t 12 00 1ft on 15 00 1 Is 00 20 Oil 4 7j 8 00 1 too ISO 20 00 'Ji 0O 13 3.1 oo io oo 1800 -.001 41 00 1 20UOJ 40(0l 6)001 1(H) Of 137" Advertising Ellis Duo Quarterly. tST Transient AdvertUmeuU mujt be FtU In Advance. JNO. A. MACMURPHY, Editor. "PERSEVERANCE CONQUERS. 9 (TERMS: $2.00 a Year. Term In Advance: On copy, one ya $2.00 ne copy, six mouth l.oo One copy, three mouth, JO HT Extra Copies of the ITk rald tor sale fry J. F. Youso, at the Post-OQlee New Depot Mala Street. VOLUME XVII. V PLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, 'OCTOBE It 13, 1881. NUMBER 30. Visitors tot will l well t eall on us and see oiin Mew and 'Stylish s'taiaenf & flESALB, JO ,1 1 M "5 I i 53 B r"A Fine Ready-Bflade Clothing CaB3 anl OFhCIAL DIRECTORY. State TJirectory. ( . H. VN W YriC. U. S. Scn:iHr, Xrh. City. Ai.YIN SAt .". lKliS, U. S. Senator, Oin;ili;i. !: K. VAI.l.N i I.M.. ltfprfs(iiat'-. West i'oint. Al.l'.IM S N Nt !:. (ioveroor. Lincoln. S.J. ALKXAN !i:u. s.'Ciftary ( St:Hc. .1!IN WAI.I Il llv Aiolitor. Lincoln, i. M. I! It I t-K IT. Tresis ii rtr, Lincoln. V. W. JilNi-s. Sunt, i'ulilic Instruction. A. :. KKM 1 '.L. Laml Coiiiinisi(incr. I '. .). 1 )l I.W .. i 1 1 , Attorney (iner;il. KEY". C. C. !! itlMS, Ch;il;ilii of IVnitcntiiiry. II. l". ilit si S. suut. losiiul for tll IllSM., . u jurertie Csnrt. s. M A X VK1... Chief Justice, Fremont. i !. II. LA K .J. m:ili;i. AM ASA C...:. L.Uiii.lu. V u ' Jtiilii iril Dittrict. roi'Nii. J.i. Lincoln. J. C. Y A I ' I'riiceutiun-Att'v Xel. City. I Clerk lMtriet Court. - il . VY. I . SilO V. Ciitlsj, ''niy 7iireclry. A. X. "-"'I l.i . N. Coll nl V .liltle. 1. I 1 1 1 . .i.iy ierk. J. M. 1"A I 1 1 ... vX. County Tre.i.uivr. It. V. ii YLl.. . .-.iienif. K. It. Wool i. V. Co. Sup't Pull. Instruction. ;. . PAI ii!-1 Li. Ii. Surveyor. P. P. i.SS, ' inner. COIMI COM MISSION KKS. s AM'L i:icii ai;is. Mt. Piciii-iiiit PicciKct. ISA f Wll K . Plaitsiiioiitli Preetnet. JA.MI.S CliA 'k i-'(.i:l . Siiutli P.entl Precinct. Parties lia i::;,' lus:tics wttli the County CoiiiiuiFxioiit rs. w ill find tliwni in session the l iist Mnnday niti Tuesday ol each month. -Utf City VJre- tory, J. V. .M Ml XsoX. M tvor. J. M. I'A 1 1 1.U.-I N, 1 reasurer. I. I. MMPstiA. l;y ci.-rk. ll. i:i VI VIAX. Police Judtre. V.. i . .M N KS.. Cli l-f of Police. K. 1 if I i i:. 1 iio f of Pile lejt. ( ill Xi ll.llK.V. I I :f d-K. i;oi;iKK. C. 11. PAUMKI.K. j.-. .-;.rt--; W. KAlUKIKI.H. J. V. WKCB- l. HACII. Ward-5. M 1 LLKK, TIIOS. Pt )LLt C K. t :i Wai.l-P. M I'ALLAX, C. S. DAWSON. y:tti..tiet- ,)N. YV. M AUSilALL. IH F iSlON AT, CARDS IIC. .?. I,. lleCKHA. liOMilll'ATHIC PHYSICIAN. OHice over U. . Mat new 's Hardware Store, Platl-uioutli.Xe- jiasUa. 871 y lH. . SALINIU ItY, O.tu-e ovei .".iiiitii. P.lac!t & o's. Dni;! Store. 1- ut Ut-i.s deulisiry at leasonahlc prices, J3ly ti W. CM TrKK, DBITT IS T I'lattMiuoittlt. XelirjisUa. tllll--Mi Main Street ovt-r Solomon t !i:i;i s S;ore. & Na 34ly Itil. II. 1 I 'A Oil. PHYSIO N and slT,.;i;FOX. ofiice in FitZ Ceialii fcuick, wliicli will be e;,rn day or "'Sht. . il. Imm.i.i:. .ii. i. PKAC ITSIXi! PH YM IAN. OlViee and Irtig Sio.e. MA:n St. near Tliiro PlaUsmoutli. Neb. lily tt. It. L.1Y1.M4-MTOX. 31. W VIIYSH'IAV & SUKIiKON. OFFICE HOCKS, from li) a. m.. lo 2 p. in. ExaiiiininB Surgeon for U. S. Pension. J.t!. K4. JIATHKW'M ATTOKXKY A T LAW. o;;i.-.t over Baker & AtwoodV store, foutli side t Main bet ecu 5tli ami i.lli street. 21 tf Wild. WIHK. CO L L ECTJO.S V JSl'JiCIA L Ti . ATToZtXKY AT LAW. Ileal Estate. Fire In rurancc and Collection Agency. Ollice in Fitz gerald's block. PlaLtsiuoutti, Nebraska. 2iii3 ii-:o. Nil mi. ATTOKXLY AT LAW and Keal Estate Bro ker, special aiuiitioti uiven lo lollections and all matters ailcctin;; the title to real estate. Ollice on 2d lloor over Post Ottice. PlatlMitouth. Nebraska. 40 j 1. 1. II. WIIKMLKIl &. CO. LVW OFFICfc, Keal Ilate, Fire and Ufelo- Kiuaiice Agents, i'lattsiuouth, Nebraska. Col lectois. tax payer-. Have u complete abtfac act oftitirs. uuy ana sell reai efiaie, plans. &c. negotiate tsyl K. P.. Wixkham. 1), A. Camitkli.. Notary Public. U i Villi. 31 A CAMI'UKLt, ATTOK.NKYS AT LAW. riattniioiitli. ... - Nebraska. JAMKS K. MOKK1SOX, W. L. KKOW.NE. Xotary Public. som:iso. a. liiiowxii. ATTOKNEYS AT LAW. Will pra tiee :u C;iss au.i sidjoinin; Comities ; i;ives specia: attention to co. lections and abstracts of title. Otiice in FiteiaUl lilock, l'laltsinouth, Nebraska. C.Vl BRICK! lilUCK! If you want any ViiO or Ornamental Brick, Call on j. T. A. HOOVER, NE Jill ASK A. HANSEN & CHASSOT Dealers lu i:(tt: s, Provisions and Crockery. Al.KNTS t OU -l II K CKKUANIA LIFE IXsCi'AXCE COMPANY. New Yoik. GEKMAX FIKE INSVKANCE COMPANY. I rceport. IT. MILWAILKF M EC I! AN ICS MITCAl.. .Milw.Mikce. Wis. WESTEKX liOKSF Wll caTTI.K INV. CO.. Omaha, Net. H VMP.CKi", AMKKiCA SiEA.VSllIP PACI I.T COMPANY. . M)!.i it lil KMAN LLOYT. STEAMSI'IPS UK I W I KX IIAMKVKC. UKh'.i EN AND NEW YthlK. tr! Mi IIOLS & SOX, Cttniraccoi's aiui iinilders. Havina enlarged our shop ami puicbMfed a Steam Power ircle saw . we are prepared to do an aiiiiaiitc.i aaiount of work in our lihe in a I- I iCST-fl.ASS ma x Ki:. and thoe contemplate builoiui: will find it t i their in'e--:1 r t ;cet estimates from li In-fore civ iu lilt ii- ;k 1. 1 other tiarties. Efthuatc lii'lde on a:! i ids efw rk Kkkk iK ClI.AKiiE. ((jXT.'-i 4XT- f ! HeifaMd Fast ie-t Selling Pieloria! Honks ami Uil.Ies. Prict red need 3: ' r cent. National Pul-hsliinir Co. tt. Louis, Mo. 6U18 for Yourselves! Next Door to Cnmith's- B. & M. R. R. Time Table. Taking Effect July 24, 1831. FOlt OMAHA FKOM PLATTSMOUTII. leaves C :80 a. m. Arrl ves 8 :35 a. m. 2 :." p. m. " 4 :15 p. Ul. FKOM OMAHA KOit PLaTTSMOCTH. Leaves 8 :j5 it. rn. Arrives lo :05 . m. 7 ;00 p, in. " :00 p. m. fOIl THE WEST, leaves l'lattsmoutli a :20 a. m. Arrives Lin coln, 12 :05 p. in. ; Arrives Kearney, -lo p. in. Fieiirht leaves at 9 :2 a. in. and at 9 : ). in. Arrive at Lincoln at 4 : 5."p. m. and 3 :00 a. in. . FKOM THE WEST. Leaves Kearney. 5 :.' A. in. leaves Lincoln, I .( 0 p. in. Arrives l'lattsmoutli. 3 ::) p. u Freight leaves Lincoln at VZ :5 p.. in. and 8 :0 p. in. Arrives at PlattsmouUi at 5 ;35 p. in. and 1 :!5p. ni. ;OIXO EAST. Pa-se'iKpr trains leave Plattsmoutli at 7 00 a. in.. a. in., 3 40 p in. and arrive at Pud tic Junction at 7 30 a. in.. a. in, and 4 10 p. in. FKOM THE LAST. Pa-fecitcr trains leave Famine Junction at 8 33 a. in. .7 -A" p. in., a. in. and arrive at Plalts- rnoiith itty 05 a. in.. 7 'p. in. and a. in. (I. V. Ii. II. Time Tabic. Taking I'.ffcct Sunday, December 5, 180. WEST. STATIONS. FAST. 5:15inii HASTINGS. 12.10am C:1j AYR. " :5 ! 7 :25 P.Ll'E HILL I0:30 8:20 COWLES. 9:20 8:55 AMP.OY 8:25 A 9:40 KED Cl'l't). 8:00 10:15 IN A YALE. b :a5 10:55 I! I V KKTON. 3:10 H :40 FRANKLIN. 5 :10 12 :10pm BLOOMINOIOX. 4:45 H:J5 NAPONEE 4:10 1:2.1 j KEl'l'P.LlCAN 3:40 1 :.-) i ALMA 2 :55 V ! ORLEANS SS,0 OXFORD 12:50am 5:00 I ARAPAHOE 11:40 A KHIVA I. AM IHrAItTI ItIl OP siTrsuirrn .iii.i.s. A Hit I VKS. 7.:m p. iii. I 0.:io a. in. f s.oo a. in. i 3.:o p. in. f It. (mi a in 7.:o p. in. toJio a m. i 7.:w p. in. ) ll.oo a in. ll.on a m. Nov. 10. 1 M DF.PARTI. ) 7.00 a. III. ( 3.00 p. 111. j 8.50 a. III. ( 6.15 p. in. 3.00 p. in 7.o a. m I 7.45 a. 111. 2.oo p. m. l.oo p. m 1.00 p. in F.ASTKRX. - - WKSTKBX. NllKTHKRV. SOU 1 HKUX. OMAHA. WKF.flXi: WAT Kit. KACTOItY VI LLK. J. W. Makshall. P. M. National Bank OF PLATTSMOUTII. NEBRASKA, fOH.V FlTZUERALl) . H. C Dovfv A. W. McLaughlin. fox it O Rolkkk President. Vice President. Cashier. .Assistant Cashier. Tliis. Rank is now open for biislnc-s at their lew room, corner Main and Sixth streets, and is prepared to transact a general BANKING BUSINESS. " Stock. Bond. Gold, Government and Local Securitie ROUGHT AND SOLD. Deposits Received and Interest Allow ed on Time Certificates. DBAFTS X3V"W"3ST7 vailable in any part of the United States and tn all the Principal Towns and Cities of Europe. Atl L.TS I'OH Till: CELEBRATED Cnman Line and Allan Line OF MTF.ASIF.KM. Person wishing to bnng out their friends from a. h rope can PUKCHA8E TICKKT6 FIIUM t"8 Through to riattniuentli. WEEPING WATER BANK or -4:i:i imos. This Rank is now open for the transaction of a Banking Exchange Business. i Eros ITS Received, and Interest allowed on Time Certi ficates. DRAFTS Prawn, and available in the principal towns and cities of the United States and Europe. o Agent for the celebrated Haiton Liie of Steamers. Purchase your tickets from us. Through from Europe to any Point in the West. REED P.KOS.. 2Kf Weeping Water. Neb. If HARDWARE STORE. .J. S. DUKE Has Just opened an entire new stock of hard ware, on Next door west of Chapman & Smith's Druv Store. A Full Line of - SHELF HAKDWARE, SHOVELS, RAKES. SPA PES ana ALL GARDEN TOOLS. NAILS, NAILS, NAILS, ly the A'c or Pound ROPE, P0WDFK. SHOT, GRIND STONES, WEEEL-BARROWS. A Full Line of CITI.KKY. Special Rates tc Guilders and Cun tractors. All poode sold as lo s they possibly can bt and live. 4lv fn tOf T :lt home. Samples worth JKi LU o'vifiee.' Addre, Stinios &Co, Portlnmi. Maine. 4ely $70A WEEK. S12 a dav at home easily ni nl 1 fc'Ciwily outfit free. Address, Turk & Co , Augusta. Maine. 4lly to he sold for tS. 66 5 "Ti iff?! JL.tDy 46 66 66 66 HENRY BQTCK DEALEK IN SAFES, CHAIRS. ETC., KTC, ETC., Of All Descriptions. METALLIC BURIAL CASE woodeit coFinsrs Of all sizes, ready made and sold cheap for cash With many thanks for past patronage, invite all to call and examine my LARGE STOCK OF i3tr. FL'itvrruK ami cofkixn James Pettee DEALER IN Musical Instruments, Sole Appointing Agent for The Fii rival led Mason & Hamlin CABINET ORGANS. Also State Apent for the Henry F Miller and YV. C. Emerson Co. Pianos. SAMPLE INSTRUMENTS at office. Leonard's Art Gallery, Main St. PLATTSMOUTII, NEB. 3Iuslc Scholars Will do well to examine our New Mason & Hamlin OEO-AJsE IUSTETJCTOE 1 5 2 t Ef'S : P s o s, o , m rt-s S SI ' -- XL u c c cjw S 5 p, -i a m 'Jin i a a- tf I t- i J 3 ci X .rz CO 91 3 M a o o o r3 cii m n a m a c jL 5 05 1 1 1 C ci 1 S.S JIONARCH BILLIARD HALL! In the basement of Merges Store, PLATTSMOUTII, - - - NEBRASKA. One door east of the P. O. Rooms Newly Fitted up With XF.1V 9IOXA11CII TABLKS. Cigars & Temperans Drinks On hand at the counter. It is a wide and spacious Hall ; plenty of room for players j.nd seats for visitors. Ed. Oliykr. P. R. MURPHY, Manager. lltf Prop. E. SAGE Successor to Sage Brothers. Dealer in STO"VIE3, TINWARE, SHEET IRON, ZIN :o: At the old Stand opposite the new IIni. PUMPS, GAS-FITTING, ALSO Making & Reioairincr Lone. hop bitters: (A Medicine nt a. Drink.) COXTAIXS hops, Brcnu, maxduake, DANDEIJON, AsdtbiPtust Ajrr BFfTMETt-l.QrAi.i-TlESor ALL. OTUKB Bl rTKBd. THEY CTJllE All ritscusesof theStomRch. Bowel. Blood, LlTer, Kldneyd I'nutiryOntan. Ker votuntMM, lecplessoesuand eipeciully Female Complaints. SIOOO IN COLD. tYIll be ptd for cane they will not cer- or litlp, or tor no vtinue impure or iujur...i.j found la tlium. Aokyour drnpRlst for Hop Bitter an n v Uivm before you sleep. Take no otL.r. I I. C. t an absolute and IrreglstlMecim- ir Drunketitieaa, ue of opium, tobacco anvi narcoiica. ESSO FOB ClBCTLAB. All lion oM by dnrevtmU. Hop BIticn Sii'jC Co., ILxlUr, N". V., A Toronto, Onl. & 1q 21 T FINE HEARSE ' jj<b I MO . V t MLtil A Vik KS A. Aw iVbi I J and upward. " " J Beats anything you ever saw FOB HftYERp IMPOK.TA1TT I We shall sell fa the next 1 days s'e gas'dless f cst aapstek f We are Holding out some Eeal Inducements to close isa5Sfe rbeiE2s yaa ca5E asa exasiiiie plessMF tt$ slaw yen rtlaimIa nar vsa- WILLIAM HEROLD. dealer in DllY T.OODS, CLOTHS, BLANKETS, FLANNELS, FURNISHING GOOD. :o: GROCERIES OF ALL KINDS Large stock of EOOTS and SEOES to be CLOSED OUT AT COST. Notions, Queensware, and in fact everything you can call for in the line of General Merchandise. CASH PAID FOK IIIDKS AND FPUS. All kinds of country urodttce taker n ex change forgoods. H. A. WATERMAN & SON Wholesale and Retail Dealers ii I'INE LUMBER, LATH. SHINGLES. SASH, DOOHS, BLINDS, ETC., ETC., ETC. Man. street. Corner of Fifth. PLATTSMOUII, NEB. NEW Livery, Feed & Sale STABLE Or an Old Stable in new hands entirely : The Now Firm of PATTERSON & DIXON. open the d ST HEIGHT BARN on the Corner of 6th and Tearl Streets with a New Livery Outfit. GOOD HOUSES AND CAUKIAGES at all times 1JOKSES FOK SALE, HOUSES BOUGHT AXD SOLD, HORSES KEPT IiT THE DAY OR WEEK.. Call and see PATTERSON & DIXON MIKE SCHNELLBACHER, BLjZ CliWWl Til HORSE MI0LING, AND WAOOX KEPAIRfXG All kinds of FARM IMPLEMENTS mended Neatly & Promplp :0 Horse, 31ule& Ox Shoeing, In short, we'll shoe anything that bar four feet, from a Zebra to a Giraffe. Come and see us. SHOP n Fitth St between Main and Vine Streets, ust across e corner from lue new IIEltAL office. joy STKE1GIIT & 3IIL1EU, Harness Manufacturers, SADDLES BRIDLES COLLARS. and all kinds of harness stock, constantly on hand. Repairing of all Kinds ! NEATL T DONE cs SHORT NOTICE 1TEW HARNESS ! TURNED OUT IN SHORT ORDER And Satisfaction Guaranteed. t Remember the place, Opposite lieu.; Boeck's Furniture Store, oa Lower Main Street, Plattstnouth. Neb. 21-ly STREIGnT & MILLER. SEND MPS TO imiu DAV1D.LANDRETH &S0SS. PHILA.I 1 Men's Ctotfosa titts5 315 Men's Heavy .Suits, ? 5 HBoy s9 uits, -S5 Children's Suits. - HD.on't Forget tine plaee wliere 'you can hmj the (Cheapest I Clotlfiiii&Tc What Our Exchanges Say. North Flatte lias a public reading room. N. D. Mumfoid. of Beatrice, was fa tally injured while at work about a threshing machine. Six car loads of sheep passed west for Boone County over the U. P. last Wednesday. Bulletin. Miss Fannie Arnold, of Brownville, has removed to Omaha, where she con tinues the practice of her profession. Mr. W. II. Wright, of Pacific City, sent two car loads of cabbage to Coun cil Bluffs last week, that netted him 99.49. The bead3 were as large and solid ;is in ordinary, seasons, because our friend utilized the waters of Ponv Creek and irrigated them. There 'is an idea here for future dry seasi ns. Opinion. ' We learn that Mr. B. F. ButTmgton agrees, if the citizens will raise suf ficient stock to start a Creamery, to build a steam elevator at the depot. Such an institution would give the farmers at least one cent a bushel IHnore for their grain, because of the cheapness of handling corn especially. Let the Creamery be made a success. Opinion. Nearly all the farmers around Ceryl postotnee have threshed, and report the best yield we have yet heard of. They claim the yield of wheat will av erage about 11 bushels per acre, some fields going as"1iigh as 13 bushels. Corn is also unusually good for this year, and denotes the farmers thereabouts have been up and doing, all of which we are glad to note. Arap. Pioneer. Mr. Squires, whose sheep passed through this place last Saturday, in forms us that on Friday morning one of his drivers, just before daylight, called fr a drink, saying lie was tick. Another hurried to wait on hini, but when he returned with the water he found his companion dead. The man had been in the employ of Mr. Squires about ten days. The death occurred near Overton. Western New Era. Town four comes to the front once more with a first-class sensation. M. I. Mead and Charles Leslie h ft the country, taking with them a large amount of property belonging to other men. Mead took Scott Bush nell's wife, Leslie took her sister, to gether they took a team from Richard Ellison, (encumbered with a mortgage) a harness from Milton Rhodes, a light wagon from Nay lor. Green & Co., which .they afterwards exchange'd for a new one at Carleton. Various other persons mourn the loss of various other articles. Parties immediately started in pursuit, and at last ac counts, Geo. Guile, F. Naylor, and Harvey Morgan were only three hours behind the runaway party, somewhere near Belleville, Kas. It is very likely thay will be caught and brought back. Hebron Journal. Afton Notes. As if to make amends for the late cold winter and hot summer, Provi dence is now favoring us with as fine a fall sasn as could be desired. Set tlers are improving it by repairing or building bouses, stables, sheds, etc., but too little attention is paid to fire guards, few being plowed or kmrned. There will be corn enough for home demand, and some to sell 40 to 50cts. Small grain is scarce, and flour high 82.90 to $3.50. Sirae ".-tayers" return ing. Several parties out on a buffalo hunt. As ever, E. S. Child. The addresses and the deliberations of the woman's convention lit id in tt;is city last week were scholarly, sensible and wie. There was none of th- rant ing, hackneyed sdvle that made the movement unpopular in its earlier days, but instead a giaco and diirnity. and disposition to treat the question in the practical lights o'her than the mere act of voting, that entitled the ladies to a careful hearing and a can did judgment from the sterner sex. The woman suffrage movement in Nebraska- is in good hands. There is an abundadce of brains, ability and com mon sense connected with it. and the ladies who have enlisted in the work will rank evenly w'tli many of thedis tingui?hed men of the State, who may perhaps have the 'dea that a prepon derance of wisdom, human and divine, as concentrated in their masculine frames. Beatrice Express. GREAT RED ST0 K3 m m a to. 66 66 66 EE. jSebraslta. It Daa't Work that Way. From the Leavenworth Standard, Jutie litii. A LaPorte, It.diana, paper publishes a letter written from Leavenworth, containing the statement that the adop tion of the Amendment and the opera tion of the prohibitory law had seri ously interfered with the business of the Brown Medicine and Manufactur ing Co. We called at the office of thi3 Company to learn the condition of their trade since the first of May, and found by reference to their books that during the month of May their sales were twenty per cent.greater than any previous month since the organization of the Company, and forty per cent, in excess of the sales for the month of May. 183t; and that their sales for the first ten days of June are fifty per cent greater than the first ten days of last month. A walk through the four floors of the Brown Medicine Company's large establishment will satisfy anyone that there is a marked increase in thtiir trade, notwithstanding they do not manufacture a sincle article in viola tion of the prohibitory law. Twenty seven employees in the house, fire . traveling salesmen on the road, eigh j teen hundred dollars paid per month i for running expenses, and seven hun dred per month paid lor advertising a Leaveuworth institution, is a part of the work of this Company. The American Newspaper. A newspaper is a business enter prise and must be conducted on busi ness principles. Men are constantly asking favors from newspapers which mean a sacrifice of space representing money, who would never dream of asking lawyers to take cases without fees, or expect doctors to take their pay in thanks. The deadhead is dis appearing freui other departments of business life, and the newspaper dead head, distinguished though he may be, must follow. Newspapers, being business enterprises, must live in a business way. If the people do not support the best newspapers they must expect the worst newspapers to thrive. The daily journal is a pro duct rather than a force. It wlil not only reflect but represent the" age it lives in. It is true, and especially true of our own country, that news papers, in the hands of the men hav ing convictions and believing '.hat they could with this modern lever, help to move the world have accomp lished, great things. Without them the great movements of the past cen tury for the furtherance of personal, religious and political liberty, would have moved at a snail's pace. But this was possible only because they had the support and sympathy of the best men and women of the commun ity. The newspapers can lead, but the leadership implies a following, and where none will follow none will be brave enough to lead. As a rule, newspapers, are what their readers make them. Tho responsibility of the subscribers is as tireat in its way as that of the editor. The surest way of keeping the standards of our jour nalism high, and of raising them, is for that portion of the public which knows tlie necessity of a dignified and able press to withhold its support al together from newspapers which cater to depraved tastes and are reckless of the truth, and to give it to newspapers which can be safely taken into the family, and are not only decent but just. Ex. The monster century plant agave Americana for which several Eastern gentlemen were negotatiiig three or four years ago, offering a small for tune to the parties m Wisconsin who have cared Ut it for th past thirty years, has been pin ch-d by Fred J. EngelliHidt, and is likely to supersede the whale in his regard. The plant is the largest ever known away from its native climate, measuring twelve feet in heisrht. the firmest leaves over nine feet in length, and the whole twenty feet in diameter The plant now shows unmistakable signs of bloom ing, and Chicagoans will be given a chance to see this vegetable rarity in bloom. There :uv 15.00) trass bands in the United Slates, and mo-o insane asylums arc i.ccdcd. he sold 66 66 66 S. 1.5 w. riRn j A Hitcli in the Ceremonies. I hato to si! a hitch in :i wt'ililiti'," remarked a farmer from out Jamaica way, as lie dropped into the counting room with nuptial notioo. "It looks bad and it makes talk." "Anythin"; wrong about (his wed ding?" asked the clerk, as he made change for the old man. "Nothing positively wrong, but it didn't launch liko I want to see things of that kind. You seen by the notice that liuck Thomas was marry in' Mary lililV.and at one time webgun to think thev never would git through that ccr- enionv. "What was the hitch?" "Why, Buck is a MethodiV. and Mary is a 'Pise ipaUnn, and as one wa to I one service, and the other nnother.they ' patched tip ome kind of a sehemo to nave t o:n. ieuiier woni i go i mo other's church, but eac'i has their own minister and the woddin come oil' in the school-house. The 'Piscopal min ister married Muy, and tho Methodist undertook to marry Buck, ami thero they was takin' alternate whacks at tho thing, and neither pay in' any attention to the other. Tho Metho.list brother lired oil a sermon first, and tho bride sat down and went to sleep. Then tho 'Piscopalian said as how we'd all dropped in to see that woman j'ined, but he wouldn't s.ty who to, ami want ed to know if there was any objections." Th;it started up tho Methodist, who be gan to ask Buck if ho knew what a solemn business ho was pegirin' at, anil if ho really meant trade. AllthaCtima the 'Piscopaliau was hovetin' around about vhis woman,' and Mary was say in' she'd do this and that and the oth er. The Methodist was marryin' away on his side and finally they brought up agin a stump." "II .w's that?" asked the clerk. "Well, the 'Piseopalian wouldn't rec onizo Buck or his minister, and the Methodist wouldn't have nothin' to do with Mary or her preacher, and thero was no way of gittin' them together. Everythiiij: was all ready except askin' them if they'd take each other, and neithc one of 'tin would do it. Mary and Buck w'.ts statnlin' hand in hand, and the crowd was g ttin' hungry." "How did they get through il?" "They had to compromise. They wra'igU-i! for a limn, and finally Buck ppoke no of his ow n accord said he'd t:ik- Mary for his wedded wife, and then M try ehippe I in and said she'd take B;;ck tr her husband. At that we all ciie -tc I and hollered. But there they phi npjd on another snag." "In what respect?" inquired the clerk. ' "Because there was no ono ti pro nounce 'em man and wife. Buck tried to reason Mary into lettin' tho Metho dist do that' part, and Maty argued with Buck and tried to persuade hita into listenlu' to her preacher; but it was no use. That brought on anoth t row, and as it was gittin' nigli on to dark, we all felt that somethin' ought to be done, as we'd been there most all day." "Well, did they get marriel?" asked the tired clerk. "Yes, we fixed it up. The ministers was gittin' pretty mad at each olher.but they agreed that they'd each attend to their own Hock, so the Methodist' said I now pronunce you man,' and tho 'Piscopaliau said "I now pronounce you wife,' and they let it go at that. Then Buck paid the Methodist, and the 'Pi.sc ipaiian wanted to know where ho came in. Buck said he'd hired his man ami paid him, ami as ho was not resp nbl.j for his wife's foolishness be.'ore marriage, her parson could whis do for his wealth. I guess there'll be a lawsuit about it, for the 'Piscopa liau says ho'll have half of that fi' dol lars if it takes a leg off to the armpit. I don't like to see them hitches at wed ciiu's. It don't look right, and it aiu't business." j With this reflection the old man but toned up his change and drove homo in deep meditation. Brooklyn. Eagle. Quaint Phrases of tha Pacific; Coast. The great west has become noted for quaint and expressive phrases coined by the rough element of tin coast. Tin miner and prospector, as he wandered through the hills and followed the cir cuitous valleys and narrow passes, pre fixed names to these places, as "gulch es," and ". anyons," until almost every c myon an l gulch has been dubbed with some :d name which forever af terward will designate the locality. The mountaineer, aficr years of west ern life, finds himself lost in an eastern metropolis and fails to meet his cn-gar-ni';nt on prompt time, but is not a: a loss t give a decided reason for his delay, because of "getting lost amonir the b- x canyons." TersjanJ pointed rem irks liko that of the man who said: "I id not fight him, but h id hn come a f-tep further the doctors would have thought when they dissected him that : they had struck a new lead mine," ave qi;ii.e common antoog miners. How exnr. ssive are the sayings, ."lie is a gashed v in ami has p'nc'icd;" "IIj sho i s w e'l on the surface bat there is noi hing in his lo ver lewis;" or "he di ti't as -ay wo "th anything." II 3 w 'io lacks courage is in Western par lance i cvoid of "grit" aud has no "sand." Men who roughed in the j early d ivs n tho 'Pacilie coast are j caih-d "oMtimer.s,11 and whon they die j it is not uncommon for their associates ! to speak i f their taking-oil' as their t "having pas-e l in their checks." Those ' who have toiled through the snows and ! braved the dangers of cro-sing great mountain ridges have coin ;d a style of i expression upon the death, of an old j friend which to then is fuller of mean- t jug-fian the plainsman can realize j .n has cone over tho range." Each ; staie and territory on the P.t-ific slope has its peculiar phrase-, and there arc ' many commoa to all. O iber, " Oma- j ha Bee. I t upward, 66 66 66 rv i mi rmi u y u lj u u u lj u a u What Medical Science Will Do. An English doctor, Dr. Granvillc.has stal led in the London Spectator a little controversy as lo whether tho prolong ation of life, which medical science boasts to have accomplished for tho race, is not a "slower dying" rather than a "longer living." and henco of d iiihtful benefit. lie finds, for in stance, that the average ago of persons dving in tho public insane asylum of Middlesex. Surrey', and London has risen, from 1810 to 1M75, from -11. A to 51. G, showing lhat these lunatics havo gained an average in longevity of over seven years, which ho thinks is no ad vantage to them. A more careful anal sis of ids statistics, however, discovers that tho patients at the age of admis sion in 1873 averaged l"-8 instead of "'i.o, ai in 1810, and that tho ago of those who recovered had al-o risen from 37 to 40. hi other words, the av erage person enjoys sanity for six years longer than fonnerh, but when he doi a break dow n has much less chance of rccoveiy, since thoso who recover av erago two years younper than tho av erage age of admission. That is, only the younger patients recover, but this has alwas been so. We give tho lablo in full, as it will bo of interest to our alienists: Av.ntro at At recov At ud :u . -in ere. di-iith ;r...- :7.o 4t.r , I1S.2 o7.l 411.0 .T.l.l :iU! 47.0 4 1.1 II . 4 47.0 :ts.7 at. tt m.h 4J.8 41.4 51.6 jsio 1KV -i lvi'i 171 l-7.i Undoubtedly the use of anesthetics and tonics in many diseases simply prolongs and softens the process of dy ing. -xy o A. T. Stewart's Gay "Widow. It has bei'ti very truly remarked that Mrs. Stewart's Mylo of dressing has changed greatly unco ten years ago. when she used to congratulate herself that she was wealthy enough to afford to dress with simplicity. Now she wears all that the most ttyli'h and ex acting of dress-makers could demand in fabric and, cut, and her toilets arc as many as a belle can boast in her first season. At this garden party she woro a white brocaded satin, thick and heavy enough lo stand alone, as Mir grand mothers put it. It was flounced with deep point lace over plain white satin plaitings, and the corsage was cut witli a narrow V to lit a broad collarette of the same lace. A large cluster of white lilacs wa3 fastened at one side with a diamond buckle, and diamond buckles were on the sleeves and sashes of tho ovcrskirt. Youthful as this tdlet was, it was not unbecoming, for, liko her lalo husband, Mrs. Stewart looks re markably young for her age, an 1 her slight, trim figure and auburn hair would do for a woman of forty. Sar atoga Letter. Potato Cultivation. The potato was discussed recently at tho Central New York Farmers' Club. The facts developed in the experience of farmers present were that, though soil and season unquestionably have much to do with tho flavor of potatoes, the late potatoes retain their flavor over Winter and into Spring belter than early sorts. Professor Itobftls found that under tho same conditions, small potatoes for seed gave the poorest re eult, the middle part of large potatoes next, the seed j ota'oes next, and tho stem end the best. A whole large po tato w ith a single eye is the best possi ble seed. More work is needed, but a better crop s cured by cultivating in rows or drills rather than in hills. An inventive genius of Paris, On!., bavin" been pestered withisiU from his iieig-ib..!.-' h'.gs, fa-.tcn-4 a very sharp fcjlhc 11 .dc to the bottom of his front "ate. Nett. morning there were several si. out; i.iidei'iieath the gate whose owners had been Irving to cllect au entrance. Hands of American Women. The American w .mien have tho smallest hands in the wotl I. Glove? m ule in France fr the American mar ket are smaller and narrower than for any others in the world, and tho lingers . are made more slender, as any Ameri can woman will discover who has to buv a pair of gloves in any provincial citv in EuropeT Probably no American with a smallish hand which excites no remark here has traveled 1 ng abroad without discovering that it is only largo shops in big cities which keep gloves small enough for her, and a lady with a hand just below the Americans aver age, four, living in one of the largest cities in East m n E irope. recently found herself forced to send to New York reg ularly for her glows. It is idle ness that makes the hands small, work that enlarges them. Perhaps tho foregoing is equivalent to saying that American women arc the laziest in tho world. "Old Polks at Homo." 'Old Folks at Homo" w as written by Stephen C Foster thirty years ago, who sold it to Christ', of minstrel fame, for 5, and received a bonus of Sj more for the privilege of having his (Chris ty's) namo on the tille-pago as author, and after that piece had made hjrn rich he generously gave Foster $ j0 more, which was ail" he ever received for tho song. But it .served to make the author famous and to sell all his other songs, yet he died a poor man. For a whiTo the piece waned in public favor, t.ntil it was sung by Mde. Nilsson at her concerts, when it took a new start, and at this present time it is ono of tho best si-lling songs in the market. The numerous transcriptions from its melo dy bv upwards of twenty diilercnt com p nse'rs serve to keep it p-i; ular. It is really a woity c impauiou p'ceo to "Sweet Home,"' an I will probably be sung for a hundred ye:is or uh" 0. and