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HOCKENBKRGKR, Clerk, Speaks German. $66w T whip week in vourown town. $5 Outfit free. No risk. Reader vou want a business at which persons of either sex can make great pay all the time they work, write for particulars te II. Hal 1Ktt& Co Portland, Maine. U. P. Time Table. Easticard Bound. Emigrant, No. G, leaves at . C:2i a. m. 11:00 a.m. 2:13 p. m. 4:30 a. in. rnssong'r, " 4, Freight, " 8, tt it 41 t rciirlit, " iu, it Westward Bound. Freight, No. 5, leaves at.... 2:00 p.m. Passeng'r, " 3, " "... 4:27 p.m. Freight, " It, " ".... :00p.m. Emigrant, "7. " " 1:30 a.m. Every day except Saturday the three lines leading to Chicago connect with V P. trains at Omaha. On Saturdays there will be but one train a day, aa shown bv the following schedule: Columbus Post Office. Open on Sundays troni 11 a.m. to 12 m. nnd from -:30 to (i r. m. Business hours except Sunday 0 a.m. to 8 p. m. E stcrn mails close at 11 A. m. Western mails close at 4:13 p.m. Mail leaves Columbus for 3Iadison and Norfolk, daily, except -Sunday, at 10 a.m. Arrive at 4:30 p. m. For Monroe, Genoa. Waterville and Al bion, dnily except Sunday G A. M. Ar rive, same, C p.m. For Oxccoln and York,Tuesdays,Thurs days and Saturdays, 7 a. M. Arrives Mo'ndavs, Wednesdays and FridaTS, Cp. M." For Wolf, Farral and Rattle CreeK, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 6 a. M. Arrives Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, at l! P. M. For Shell Creek, Crcston and St-inton, on .Mondays and Fridays at G A. M. Arrives Tuesdays and Saturdays, at G p. M. For Mcxik, Patron and David City, Tuesday. Thursilavs and Saturdays, 1 P. m. Arrives at 12 m. For St. Anthony, Prairie Hill and St. Bernard. Saturdays, 7 A.M. Arrives Fridays, 3 p. M. PICTURES! PICTURES! NOW IS THE TIME to secure a life like picture of yourself and chil dren at the New Art Rooms, east 11th street, south side railroad track, Colum bus, Nebraska. 47S-tf Mrs. S. A. Jossklyx. KELLY & SLATTERY, HOLDS HIMSELF IN READINESS for any work in his line, ltefore let tine your contracts for buildings of any description call on or address him at Columbus, Neb. JSTFirst-class ap paratus for removing buildings. FOE SALE 0E TEADE ! MARES 1 COLTS, Teams of Horses or Oxen, S,lIlI.i: KK IKS, wild or broke, at the Corral of 4 GERRAItl) & ZEIGLER. Chicago Barber Shop. 0;;ulta "Sik1 2.-ui," COLUMBUS, NEB. HAIR CUTTING done in the latest styles, with or without machine. None but tirst-class workmen employed. Ladies' and children's hair rutting a specialty. HENRY WOODS, 472 Gin Proprietor. STAKE ECOIJ'ML JOHN IiritER. the mail-carrier be tween Columbus and Albion, will leave Columbus everyday except Sun day at O.i'cloek, sliarj), passing through Monroe, Genoa, Waterville, and to Al lion The hack will call at eithei of the Hotels for pas-engers if orders are left at the post-oflicc. Rates reason able to Albion. 222.1y GOOD CHEAPBEICK ! AT MY RESIDENCE, on Shell Creek, three miles caitof3Iatthis's bridge, I have 70,000 pooI. lianl'Iiumt brick for :llc which will be sold in lots to suit pur chasers. 4IS-tf GEORGE HENGGLER. Columbus Meat Market! WEBER &KNOBEL, Prop's. KEEP ON HAND all kinds of fresh meats, and smoked pork and beef; alo fresh fish. Make sausage a spec ialty. 3j"Rcmcmbcr the place. Elev enth St., one door west of D. Ryan's hotel. 417-tf DOCTOR B0NESTEEL, u. s. isxAMirvirvc; sukgeo."i, coLfMnus, : nebkaska. OFFICE HO I RS, 10 to 12 a. in., 2 to 4 p. 111., and 7 to V p. in. OHicc on Nebraska Avenue, three doors niirih of E. J. Baker's ;raiii oflieo. Resilience, corner Wyoming and Walnut streets, north Columbus, Ncbr. 433-tf IHelricks' 31nt Jlnrkct. Washington Atcm cparly opposite Court lions?. OWING TO THE CLOSE TIMES, meat will be sold at this market low. low down for cash. Rest steak, per lb., 10c. Rib roast, Sc. Roil. ' 6c. Two cents a pound more than the above prices will be charged on time, and that to good responsible parties only. 207. MRS. W L. COSSET, Dress and Shirt Maker, 3 Doon wt orstllliuan's Dru? Store. Dresses and shirt cut and made to order and satisfaction guaranteed. Will alo do plain or fancy sewing of any de scription. 13- PRICES VERY REASONABLE. GiTc me a call and try my work. 425-ly F A It .11 1? IIS! BE OF GOOD CHEER. Let not the low prices of your products dis courage you. but rather limit your ex penses to your resources. You can do so hv stopping at the new home of your fello'w farmer, where you can find good accommodations cheap. For hay for team for one night and day, 23 cts. A room furnished with a cook stove and bunks, in connection with the stable free. Those wishing can be accommo dated at the house of the undersigned at the following rates: Meals 25 cents; beds 10 cents. J. It. SENECAL. i mile east of Gerrard's Corral. HENEY GASS, UNDERTAKER, KEEPS ON HAND ready-made and Metallic Coffins, Walnut Picture Frames. Mends Cane Seat Chairs. Keeps on hand Black Wal nut Lumber. Tt&setoc It. e;?!t Cmrt En, fchslcs, VA BUSINESS CAEDS Ir. 12. I,. SIGGirVS, Physician and Surgpon. tSTOffice open at all hours M Building. II II. SIMPSON, - A TTOltNE T AT LA IF. Will practice in all the courts of the State. Prompt attention given to all business entrusted to his care. Office: lTp-stairs, one door east of Joukxal oth'ce, Columbus. 473-Gm XRLSOX MILLETT. ItYItOX MILLETT, Justice of the Peace and Notary Public. iV. MII.r.ETT At SKV, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Columbus, Nebraska. N. It. They will give close attention to all business entrusted to them. 248. GEOEGE N. DEREY, CARRIAGE iPAPEPyx: no I. t:. ti:i:, s? 1IUU.M) CV Olll illlllllll, C2AIKIKC, gla:u;3, Paper BDaiisr'nCT KALSOMINING, Etc. J3T All work warranted. Shop on Olive street, opposite the "T:itteiall" Stables. aprlGy IT. SCHECK, Manufacturer and Dealer in CIGARS AND TOBACCO. ALL KINDS OK SMOKING ARTICLES. Store on Olive St., near the old Post-office Columbus Nebraska. 447-ly H. 0. CA2S7, J. B. CAUP. lto:? hill:. CAREW &, CAMP, Attorneys and Counselors at Law, AND REAL ESTA TE AGENTS. Will give prompt attention toallbuM ness entrusted to them in this and ad joining counties. Collections made Office on 11th street, south of Depot,one door east of T. C. Ryan's Grocery Store,Columbus,Xeb. Spricht Detitsch Parle Francias. LAW, REAL ESTATE AND C.ENEKAL COLLECTION OFFICE Y W.S.GEER MONEY TO LOAN in small lots on f.irm property, time one to three years. Farms with some improvements bought and sold. Ollicc for the present at the Clother House, Columbus, Neb. 47.1-x CALIFORNIA WINES! ScJ ii TOte, Sl.25eSl.T5 A GALLON -AT- SAML. GASS'S, Eleventh Street. NEBRASKA HOUSE, S. J. MARMOY, Prop'r. Nebraska Ave., South of Depot, coEjU.iissijs, ivi:bj. A new house, newly furnished. Good accommodations. Board by day or week at reasonable rates. 33TScIk a First-Class XalIe. Xcals, 2.r Cento. Lndgings. ...) Cts LOERS&SCHREIBER Bhct.'Eith: and Wagon Makerr. ALL KINDS OF Repairing Done on Short Notice. Ezcjics, Ta:::, Zt:., Uxit it Crier. ALL WORK WARRANTED. They also keep on hand Furst & Bradley Plows, SULKY PLOWS, CULTIVATORS, iC. Shop on Olive Street, opposite Tattcr sall. COLUMBUS, NEB. WM. BECKER, )I)KALEK IN( GROCERIES, Grain, Produce, Etc. I. NEW STORE, NEW GOODS. Goods delivered Free of Charge, anyichere in the cily. Corner of 13th and Madison Sta. North of Foundry. 807 mS& NOT SO BAD, AFTER ALL. Jtirctl Treat was an eccentric old bachelor, rich reputedly, and the proprietor of a handsome country cottage, where he lived wiih 11 coup le of orphan nieces, cousins of cacli other who composed his household. Of these, Fannie White, by far the prettier and better of the two, was her uncle's favorite at least all the people thought so till the day that his will was opened. This was not the only ground Nora Lester, Fannio's cousin, had for jealousy. Willard Norton was the dashingest of beau, and from the lime that Nora met him, while visiting some city friends, she had marked him for her own ; the gen tleman seemed quite smitten with her charms at first, and remained as constant as maiden's heart could wish till the day he 6aw Fannie White. From that day Nora marked a change in Mr. Norton. For a time his attentions were pretty evenly divided between her cousin and her self; then Fannie received the larg er share, and very soon the whole which filled the soul of Nora with fury. Now, if Nora had opened her heart to Fannie, with cousinly frank ness, she would have spared herself a deal of self-tormenting; for Fan nie would have told her, first of all how very little she cared for Air. Norton, and then, as a great secret, how very much she did care for Ed ward Tracey. But Nora preferred to brood over her fancied wrongs, and began to hate her cousin with an intensity which the latter was alike incapable of conceiving or suspecting. "It is not because she is more beautiful than I, but because he thinks she will stand better in our uncle's will," shrewdly reasoned Nora with herself. The death of Jared Treat, and the reading of his will a few days after occasioned a change in the relative positions of the coimins. When old Air. Gavelkind, in a suit of solemn black, read to the assemb led relatives the document in ques tion, it seemed to sound air enough. It gave his house, plate, furniture, moncv and stocks, describing the whole minutely, to his beloved niece Nora Lester; "and all the rest and residue of my property," the will went on, "I bequeath to my beloved niece, Frances White." 'What other property had he?" inquired a curious relative. 'None 1 hat I know of," answered Air. Gavelkind. So Fannie, whom everyone had looked upon as safe for the lion's share though nominally declared residuary legatee, was really, it ap peared legatee of nothing. "Jtifrt like the old deceiver!" broke out Alalilda Briggs, when 6he heard about it, "to delude the girl with false hopes, and then cut her off with nothing, pretending it was some thing!" Alatilda Briggs, wc should explain had kept her cap set for Air. Treat for many years, never giving up the pursuit till its object took refuge in the grave a species of absconding. which she resented as a fraud on her affections, which it would be over taxing Christian charity to ask her to forgive. When Nora Lester heard Air. Gavelkind's announcement, there was a gleam of malignant satisfac tion in her eves: and that verv evening she gave her cousin to un derstand that (die could no longer remain a guest in her house. Poor Fannie was surprised and shocked. She had noticed and been pained at Nora's coolness of late; but of its cause, and the unrelenting hatred which underly it, she was wholiy unsuspicious. "I shall expect yon to find another home to-morrow," ?aid Nora. There was something so hard and cruel in the tone and look, that Fannie shrank back affrighted. "I will leave at once," she faltered pitcously. "As you please," answered Nora, turning her back haughtily. Fannie went to her room, lfaetily packed a few things she hardly knew what was hers now put on her bounct and shawl, descended the stairs, and passed out to the street. She was hurrying away, without thinking whither, when a familiar, kindly voice arrested her steps. "Where are you going, Fannie?' "Oh! Air. Proctor" 6he began, and then broke out in a flood of tears. Ezra Proctor, Air. Gavelkind's partner, had been Air. Treat's most confidential friend, though it was not he who had drawn his will. After a few soothing words from the kindly old lawyer, Fannie be came more composed, and was able to explain her situation. "You mast conio home with me till wc can find you a belter place," said Air. Proctor, drawing her arm within his own ; "I was just coming for you." Fannie allowed herself to be led away, not knowing, in her helpless ness, what else to do. As soon as etiquette would permit Aliss Lester to receive visitors, among the first to come was Willard Norton. Though Air. Treat's estate didn't foot up anything like what had been expected, still it wasn't to be despised at least so Air. Norton thought. He had little difficulty in convinc ing Nora that he had never thought of any one but her. An engage ment followed, and, in due time, Nora Lester became Airs. Willard Norton. We are quite sure, we may add, that Fannie White felt no pang of jealousy on the occasion. Fannie was undecided whether to teach music, go out as governess, or take a place iu a millinery store. A solution of her doubts came un expectedly one day. Edward Tracey had long loved Fannie. She knew if, though he had never told her of it. He was a young doctor, just beginning prac tice, and in her uncle's lifetime, had not felt free to ask her to leave a home of comfort to eharc his poverty. By degrees he had won his way, and was now in receipt of a certain in come, and felt that, at last, he had a .. . 1- . i ... .1 , . s rigui iu speaK 11 is iiiiuu 10 jMiiinie, and he spoke it like a man. We will not say how Fannie answered him; the reader will surmise that. On the day before their wedding, Fannie White and Edward Tracey, iu obedience to a written invitation, went to the office of Alessrs. Gavel kind & Proctor, where they found that Air. and Airs. Norton had ar rived before them. When they had all been conducted to Air. Proctor's private room and seated, that gentleman thus began: "The time has come when it is proper to diclose a matter in con nection with Mr. Treat's estate, known, as j ct, to no one but myself." There was a curious exchange of looks between the four auditors. "By Air. Treat's will" continued Air. Proctor, "read by Air. Gavel kind, in the presence of those inter ested, shortly after the testator's death, certain specific property was aiven to his neicc, Nora Lester, now Airs. Norton." That fortunate lady relied compla cently on her husband. "The residue of Air. Treat's properly-" "As there was no residue," put in Air. Norton, it can't be necessary to waste time about that." "The residue of Air. Treat's prop erty," proceeded Air. Proctor, disre garding the interruption, "was be queathed to another ncice, Aliss Fannie "White, here present. There was a residue, and I now deliver it to the right lul owner." As he spoke he placed in Fannic's hand a small wooden box. "Aly dear, it must be your late uncle's snuff-box," said Air. Norton, sneering! to his wife. "Let me open it," said Air. Proctor seeing that Fannie's hands trembled. He touched a hidden spring, and the lid flew up. A brilliant gleam dazzled Fannic's eyes. Within the box, which was lined with velvet, lay a diamond larger and brighter than any she had ever dreamed of, whose facets, as she held it in her hand, flashed forth rays of many colored lirht. In the bottom of the box was a small folded paper. Air. Proctor opened it and read : "In this gem I have invested a hundred thousand dollars. It will never be worth less. Il is my neice, Fannie White's legacy, entrusted to the keeping of my friend, Ezra Proc tor. I wish it to remain a secret for two years, unless within that period some worthy man shall woo Fannie for her own sake, then let it be given her the day before her wedding." Willard Norton and his wife took their leave, the former muttering something not quite in the lone used by the "gentle turtle-dove to his mate." Honor I lie Scin.Hor. Some people, ignorant of what good editing is, imagine the getting up of selected matter to be the eas iest work in the world to do, whereas it is the nicest work done on any paper. If they see the ed itor, with scissors in his hand, they are 6ure to say : " Eh, that's the way you get up original matter, eh?" accompaying their new and witty questions with an idiotic wink or smile. The facts are that the inter est, the variety and usefulness of a paper depend in no small degree upon its selected matter, and few men are capable of the position who would not themselves be able to write many of the articles they see led. A sensible editor desires con siderable selected matter, because he knows that one mind cannot niako so good a paper as five or six. Too True. Ex-Senator Alcorn, of Alississip pi, confirms the view of every close observer of Southern political sen timent, by saying that there arc more people iu his State in sympa thy with the Bourbon ravings of The Okalona Stales newspaper than most persons think. He is sorry to say it, but it is true. "The editor really means what he says, and there arc thousands who applaud him." Talking to a reporter of the St. Louis Post - Dispatch about Southern sentiment, Air. Alcorn ad ded : "As things now are the South will scid extreme men to Congress. Take Chalmers, for instance. He is a true representative of the senti ment of the South. I tell you many of the people down there are very bitter, and I fear to look into the future." Chalmers ia the man who stole a scat in Congress by frighten ing a 10,000 Republican majority from the polls. The fire-belching editor of The Okalona States has been giving his views about the popularity of his utterances in Mississippi. He de clares that the " bruin and weight" of the Mississippi press coincide with him. " Ha! f-breed sheets, ed ited by the coward: and camp-followers, liars and forgers" in the party have condemned him, but "the sound, substantial Democratic edit to i-h, North and South, who under stand the principles and purposes of our party, are with us to a man." To give the public a clearer idea of the "principles and purposes of our party," the editor added : "By the way, I consider a bastirid Democrat and a reconstructed rebel the mean est things that crawl. I can respect a Radical who is sincere iu his con victions, no matter how much I may hate and loathe his teachings, but I spit upon, I trample under my ycry feet with scorn and contempt the sneaking, pitiful, whining spaniel who professes to be a Democrat, and who at the same time fawns on the Radicals, and barks, and snarl, and yelps at Democrats Hke Col. Harper and myself, who are bearing the heat and burden of the day." The man who says this was greeted with wild cheers by the assembled edit ors of Alississippi, and the same editors who applauded Jefferson Davis' declaration that lie had never seen a reconstructed Southern wo man, will undoubtedly applaud the kindred sentiment that a " recon structed rebel is the meanest thing that crawls." What is I'ut in I-etler-Itoxex. The carriers who collect the mail from street boxes sometimes find queer deposits therein. Loose silver coins and loose postage stamps arc among the principal discoveries, while a carrier the other day bro't in a bank-book containing $S5 in bills which lie had taken from a lamp-post box. The most remarka ble instance of absent-mindedness in this direction was the case, not long since, of a young man who daily car ries two leathern bags one for mail and the other for money, etc. He deliberately, in a fit of absti action, walked up to a box iu the Boston post offiee, and emptied the contents of one bag, containing several bank books and bills and chocks amount ing to thousands of dollars, into the mail-box, and did not discover his blunder until lie went into the bank and handed the receiving teller a bunch of letters. That young man's face, it is said, grew so pale as to frighten every one who saw him rushing through the streets, eyes distended, and heart thumping loud ly in his wretched bosom. He was made a happier and a wiser man on receiving at the business office the bank books and money iu place of which he gladly tendered his bundle of mail matter RruiiiK, nnd not Wealth. People of smali means do not find it easy to believe that the power of money is not omnipotent. The greatest things which have been done for the world have not been accomplished by rich men, or by subscription lists, but by men gen erally of small pecuniary means. The greatest thinkers, discoverers, inventors and artists have been men of moderate wealth, many of them little raised above the condition of manual laborers, in point of wordly circumstances. And it will always be so. Riches are oftener an im pediment that a stimulus to action ; and in many cases they are quite as much a mislortuue as a blessing. The youth who inherits wealth is apt to have life made too easy for him, and he soon grows sated with it, because he has nothing left to desire. Having no special object to etruggle for, he finds time hangs heavy on his hands ; remains mor ally an mentally asleep, and position in society is often no higher than that of a polypus over which the water floats. Melf-Relluncc. Be not mere imitators of other men's actions, methods and rules of thought. Use other men's ideas and experiences as you would a book or a newspaper, iu stimulating your own action, in comparing your own conclusions. You arc not safe in blindly accepting the deductions of any man without first upplying them to the crucible of your own common sense, to the dictates and promptings of your own judgment. You muit bear the burden or the injury ot your own mistakes ;it will be difficult for you to find the man who gave you bad advice after the crabh has come; most friend? aud advisers rfVe fair-weather philoso phers, hence you must mark out your own pathway of action, irres pective of the opinion aud advice of others, except as aids iu forming your own final judgment. Never expect that success from borrowed ideas that you do Iroin such k have been fully digested aud assimilated iu your own constitution. You can not work so well in borrowed clothes as iu those which have been made to order. Eich forest tree depends upon its own roots for support, and upon its own leaves for nourishment, and yet, while each is benefited by the shelter and protection of its imme diate neighbors, it would die if de pendent upon them for anything further. So all men are dependent upon each other Tor much that makes life pleasant and prosperous; yet a.'ter all no man can achieve mental growth, success, or high at tainment except through his own exertions and his own faculties. The world delights to aid those who arc aouuuantiy uoie to take care of themselves. Those who most need help are least likely to receive it. The mental victories achieved through honest purpose, firm re solve, persistant effort, arc far more beneficial to the'indi vidua, as well as far more satisfying to his better nature, than the mere acquisition of property or power through the assist ance of others, or through the me dium of questionable practices. Home. Home is woman's world. The most sacred, peaceful, beloved and heaven .born place that earth con contains. The resting-place of the weary, the hospital of the sick, the visiting-place of angels, nnd the fa vorite resort of the Spirit of God. It is in the sweet confines of home that are experienced the most refin ed and heartfelt joys, the deepest affections, the truest frienships, the grandest emotions, aud the most fervent, devout and &incerc ac knowledgments of the greatness and goodness of God. Therefore, I wo'd impress upou the minds of my sis ters the great importance of study ing how to make home pleasant. Every young woman expects, and is expected, to preside over a home, and be a mother iu that home; and unless she enters her field of labor with an idea of its importance aud a knowledge of its duties, her lire is sure to be one devoid of comfort aud happiness. In the true Christian home mother is the mainspring the center, round which all its joys revolve. Home has no charm when bereft of a moth er. It is her gentle love and devo tion, her tender word: and acts, her kind manners and intelligent and elevating influence, that makes the charm of home greater than all oth ers. If home possessed no other charm, the presence of mother would make it glorious and sub lime. Our very lives are governed by love, aud where is there an affection so pure and true, so from selfishness and dross, so forgiving, charitable and vividly alive to our interests, as a mothers? It is the great refresh ing fountain of life ! What glorious love is pictured in a mother's face, as she fondly gazes on her sleeping child, as she mines it in its tender infancy, watches over it in hours of sickness, toils for its happiness, counsels it to goodness nnd virtue, aud mourns to sec it following the path of vice! Woman's Exponent. Fashion kills more women than sorrow aud toil. The kitchen maid en is healthy her lady has to be nursed as from the bottle. The fashion-bound woman has no force of character, no moral will, no en ergy. She lives without noble aim. She accomplishes no worthy ends. She saves nobody, writes no books, sets no rich example of virtue and womanly grace, gives birth to prog eny without genius and those who never become eminent. The biog raphies of all our great men and women refer readers to strong minded, healthy, virtuous, laboring mothers. Fertile soil produces vig orous plants. A Ilnntlred Yenre Hence Alan for the futuro can but reason from the past. In a hundred yean he has seen or heard of many chang es on the wondrous globe he calls liis home. Great souls have come and gone; great souls will como again. Intellect lias quickened the means of his locomotion, lessened the Adamite course of toil; intellect will do so still. So he reasons, and so his logic rests upon the past. One hundred vears ago the world travel ed in lumber coaches and sailed to sea in slow-going ships. To-day the iron horse goes tearing through the land, and steamers bridge tho widest ocean?. Aronths have chang ed to weeks and hours. One hun dred years ago the traveler between New York and the Illinois wilds would have made up his mind to a three weeks trip in lumbering wag ons, sleepy ferries and uncomforta ble stages. In this year of graco 1879 two days and one night passed in ease nnd comfort, sec him safely at his journey's end. When lita mnjcsty'3 troops sailed from tho shores of England to give these col onists a lesson, they were fortunate if three weeks' tossing on flic broad Atlantic brought them within sight of Newfoundland. To-day an eight day passage is a matter of course. Who knows what is to be? Already whisperings fill the air with won drous motors. The busy brains of men work. "Across the ocean in fifty hours !" so reads the latest tale a life boat raised by iras and sailed by steam. A hundred years hence! Who that is horn to-day will live to 8C0 it ? And what if he docs ? Shall he see a daily balloon to London, aud an afternoon trip to Florida? Will the docks, now echoing to the hiss of steam, be filled by straugc, un earthly shapes, with wings and fans, aud gaudy bags and gas? Will freight trains drawn by noiseless power, pass swiftly beneath the sea, aud parcels dart like lightning around the world ? Stranger things than these have happened within a hundred years, and some may live to see still greater wonders. St. Paul people arc jubilant over the prospects of soon having a rail road running into that town. Wo understand that the U. P. intends to submit a proposition to Howard county for bonds for that purpose. Greebj Tribune. Like the fair sex, we expected the U. P. folks to " pop the question," on "Wednesday last, but, since they did not, we arc ready to receive the advances of some other road. We understand that a letter re ceived from the B. & AI. Company, the first of the week, advises the people of this county not to be in any haste to vote bonds, as that Company will make a proposition within ninety days, to the county. Flattered by so many Railroad Com panies, makes us feel as though we are unable to decide which suitor we like to encourage the most. There is no law, however, to pre vent us from flirting with all of them if we think best. It is very fashionable to do so uutil we know just which one to set our caps for. So we observe. Advocate. One ooI. Some women are inclined to think that the agitatiou of the suffrage question is a matter of moonshine. Airs. Gage shows how it is a case of bread and butter: "Let me show you one good that has come to woman through her ballot in Wyoming. The payment of men and women teachers has been adjusted upon the basis of the same qualifications, and been thus equal ized by direct statute for political power always benefits the parties holding it. In reading ancient his, tory we find political power shown by one person, re-acting upon a whole class. For instance, the an cient Romnu women worshiped the goddess Viriplaca, whose special mission was to appease husbands; but after Yolumnia had shown pow er to stop the conquering march of her son Cariolanus, at the very gates of Rome, the whole sex were treated with more consideration, and a tem ple wa3 erected to Woman's For tune. EucouraglDf. "Our prospects arc encouraging," says a democratic exchange. '"The barn has been etruck by lightning, said a farmer haud to his phil osophis employer. "Ah," wa3 tho reply. "It burned to the ground." "That's bad," said the farmer. "All the horses were killed." "That's bad too," was the response of the gran ger. "The cows were burnt." "Too bad" "Everthiug gone," repeated tha man, "nothing saved bnt the blind mule." "Was it saved?" said the far mer, showing some interest. "Yes." "Well, that's encouraging." "Bat both of his hind legs are broken." "Alore encourging still it can't kick anybody now."