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VirribAioDTii weekly hkkald, thukstMY, august in, i8ss. x v.-v. I ii i. 13 4l f V COUNTY LEGISLATION. Procoodlnga of the Board of County Commissioners Ai;rsr 7th, 1888. Hoard in t pursuant to adjournment. Present. A. li. Todd, A. Jt. Dickson and Louis llt z; liird CriUhficld, County Clerk. Minutes of July meeting read and ap proved, when the following appropria tions were made- from t ho general fund M MmiiiW :i1nrv no.l ivinTiun 1 1 It O i - j . - ..... . . - . . . . - - - jI Spink institute fund. . 2" . (50 00 00 J C Kikenbary .sheriff fee Thomas Fulton keeping pauper. . Omaha Republican supplies.... l'lattsmoutli Herald printing. . . . l'l.ittsiiioiitli Water Co., water.. K II Cook salary as Co. physician 10 42 J12 ; 42 00 00 Kfi Suiuuoii, hoarding poor 100 M li Murphy indue to pauper. ... 8 F R White same 10 W.I White rent Kockwood hall 100 11 Critchtield work on tax list Hi 00 00 00 salary and expense F Dixon work on treas. settle-iiA J C Densun guarding insane man John Ilogan same Clias Moirison same 11 11 Livingston examining in- wine man W C Showalter to (in insane case J CLikenbary same Jesse Kot costs in same II I) Jones same W II I Jock erroneous int. paid. . Louis Foltz salary us Co. Coin.. . A U Todd " " ... A IJ Dickson " " " " ... Dick McNurlin work with insane man Frank Kendall costs in insane case fj W Grimes costs in insane case 11. li. Livingston examining J McClelland W C Showalter costs case J McClelland J C Kikenbary costs in case of J McClel'and Allen I5 -ison same Amos Weldoin same James Snell same W II Malick hoarding Co. Com. It Wileockson burial of pauper.. W II Malick guarding MaeJones Neb. Telephone Co. rent 250 4 4 4 4 60 00 00 00 00 8 8 32 !)5 50 00 50 1 10 10 86 00 0 00 8 00 o o.- U.I 00 10 10 50 . 0 12 10 80 00 75 Timothy ( lark coal to Co. office. 247 1 1 Lee painting Co. building. . 15 Amick fc Archer Mdse. to pauper 8 Cost hill state rsJohn McCann., ) 50 00 00 05 The following names were then selected hv bo- i from which to draw jury for tVpi dm of court: IMatts. 1st ward A Hack an J A Clark. " 2nd ward li Seibold, H Donnelly and .1 W Conn. Flatts. 3rd ward J W Ilridg?, 11 Peter son, J Wendall and Fred Burk. Flatts. 4th ward Frank Katon, C M Iluttler, J X Summers and Ed Moiley. Flattsmouth Frecinct J W Thomas J II Adams L Horn and It W Black. Hock Fluffs A Davs. A Dill. W E Dull. Liberty II A Callicott, E A Kirkpatrick H W Llovd and II O Todd. Eiirht Mile Grove 11 A lderson. J M Craig A E Ferry. M t Pleasant R II Lcyda. T Y Day is, A E Cutter. Avoca Jno. Corbet, Peter Peters, Jno. McDermitt. Weenintr Water Jonas Simons, D S iLilvcrstadt. P Crabtree. G W Lambing, J A Leach. C A Webster. Center F. M. Wolcott, Geo. Gilmore. Louisville J A Bancs, Chaw. Johnson. South Fend G II Abbott, James Craw ford. Elmwood G E Buell, Harvey Dimmitt. Stove Cheek Cyrus Alton, C L Bailey, Jno. Clemments Snlt Creek G Finlev. Guv Loder. .7 F Polk. fi reomvood John Axemaker, Henry Bennett. II Campbell. TW.nn L. Chaiin. Geo. A Hess, E J - Jones. Board ad j timed to meet tomorrow. ArorsT 8th, 1888. Bonrd met pursuant to adjournment when the following bills were allowed on county road fund: E. 11- Kenneday, viewing road . . A Madole A C Mayes II A Waterman, lumber for court house M Slmellbaeher, fixing seraper. . 3 00 3 00 3 03 7 33 40 A 11 owe d on dist road fund, Thomas Fulton, blacksmithing, dist 41, $1.50 Allowed on bridge fund, B. & M. R Ii. Co.. lumber for bridges, 7!.21. Mil waukee Iron & Bridge work", buildin: Inidge $1478.00. The following bills were refused: James Ilea ton for burial of soldier. E B Crais funeral expenses of Henry Fu-inrr. The report of appraisors of damages on private road on south side of Sec. 29- 10-14 not accented as the same is indefin ite, and clerk ordered to require a new LI j llllVl v. - - 1" report to be filed in the case as 47 to 51 inclusive Chap. 78 Con per rec. imp. stat utes of 1SS7. Road petition for road between sections !.-.? f.n I :5:i in tow n 11 ranee l-i examined nnd refused. T r.l tlien adiourned to meet Sep. 4th 18S8. A. B. Tom. ) A. B. Dicksox, Com. Loris Foi.tz, ) Attest : Bird Cfitchrleld. Co. Clerk. lloldrege is soon to be the scene of a n 1?. reunion, ant, the B. & M. will eell tickets ovr their line from all points, fit one f:irfi for the round trip, August 13th to 15th inclusive, and for trains ar riving at lloldrege on the mornirg of the ICtli. The return limited to August ISth. There will also be a reunion of the G. A. R. at Xorfolk, ami for tins occasion tickets will be sold to Columbus only, nt on fare for the round trip, August 27th to 29th inclusive, limited to return Sep tember 3rd. UNION. Our barber, Mr. G. E. McDcrmid, re ports a very good business. The Murray band gave us some excel lent music at tho rally, which wasapprcci at d by all. Another new drug store we have. Mr. M. L. Thomas, of Helena, Missouri, be ing the proprietor. W. W. Wolfe is luiMly engaged in his line of blacksmithing. Will is a woiker and will get there if any of them do. Why do the democrats wear mourning ou. their hats? If Cleveland is rejected, it will be iiut as I expected. Brother J democrats, distinguish carefully between inallace and mischief. Cleveland is in noccnt matter in the wrong place, so 0 Thurman is innocent activity in the wrong place. Remember democrats, that "self preservation is the law of nature Let us preserve our country by voting for Harrison. Hurrah for Hairison! The grandest ratification (of any kind) 0 that I'nioii has oyer had was held Satur day evening, Aug. 11, by the republicans of this place and abroad. Weeping Water came out in her uniformed ank and headed by her- band with a grand torch light procession which made the streets of Union appear in a new dress that she feels proud to wear. Nebraska City also sent some (,f her most able re publican leaders to address our people on the political issues of the day. Among them were Hon. John C. Watson, Paul Schminke. and others. B. A. Gibson spoke and touched on all subjects and was manlv nimiaudeu down, lie macie some very good points which will remain in the minds of our intelligent voters tor some time to come. C. W. Barrett enter tained us with a song entitled, ''Veto.' Mr. Sperrv also sang a song entitled "Good by Old Grover, Good by," which was excellent. Mr. Jaquitt matlc some good points also; among the many points he made he said: ' Cast your vote the wav vou shot vour bullet." Cheer's for Harrison. Sum.. ULAINE AT N.E1V YOHK YES- TEJIDA Y. 4T am glad this meeting is called in the name of the laboring people, because this question is from first to last, from skin to core, a question of labor. If you will agree to live in as poor a house and eat as poor food and receive as low wages as the people in England receive, we can produce as cheap goods as a dem ocratic administration wants to see. But it will be otherwise jf yon wish to better 'our condition, and want flic industrial system of protected interests that prevail in this country now, to be maintained Tho savings of the wagerworkers of Eng land. Scotland and Ireland are not near as great as lie tonight in the saings banks of Massachusetts to the credit of the wage-workers of that small state. If you turn the administration of this re public into free trade channels you may uot expect those great sa ings, for you will put our laboring men throughout the country into competition with the laboring men of Great Britain, and in live or ten years you will make them as poor on this side as they are on the other side of the water. Woeping Water Precinct. Editor Herald: I noticed in the call for republican primaries, Weeping Water precinct is allowed 20 delegates while the city of Weeping Water, which contains three wards, is not mentioned or allowed any representation. Also that Weeping Water precinct is to meet and elect dele gates at Union Hall which, I presume. means Union Hall, in the city of Weep ing Water aud in the second ward of said city. This may be an oversight and might be corrected at once and save trouble, not only at the convention, but perhaps dissatisfaction and bolting the ticket at the election in Qveniber. If no change is made, Weeping Water precinct will be on hand with her 20 delegates. A ItpM tsLIc-AN of W. W. precinct. FinsT a half dozen mercenary colored men were so up shot in Indianapolis tp declare for Groyer Cleveland. Then a faction of the "Trades Union," which has been figuring in that city for the past week, are induced to formulate reesla- tions against Mr. Harrison, all under the direction of the democratic national com mittee, in ft vain attempt to break the force of the uprising in Indiana for the republican nominees. At the same time delegations of miners, railroad men, tradesmen and farmers, are calling upon Mr. Harrison daily, in a manner hereto fore unprecedented in the history of presidential contests, in order to testify the unanimity with which all these classes of yoters in that state ara cordially sup porting him. Such demonstrations speak much louder touching the semment of Indiana than the sterrotyped resolutions of a set of fellows who misrepresent the laboring classes and who resolute purely from a hoodie standpoint, Indiana can not be carried for the democratic party this year; especially by such cheap clap trap methods. Douo,A8 county seems to have some roiMihlir-nn orrromyiilon vet on rnncrrecs- republican organization ycr, on copgress- ional matters but we are afraid all their sreat men will loose interest in the con- gresstnan the moment some gentleman south of Platte is named, which event, we hear and now predict will take place, UNDESIRABLE FfllENDS. HOW CITY FOLKS GUARD AGAINST UNPLEASANT ACQUAINTANCES. Note of liouie Circle Conri-rvitLlon. Taken lu hj a Charming Fellow A Nice Looking Couple An Unsophisti cated View Notes. Notwithstanding the true American free dom of approach and readiness to accept tho advances of others which juMhapa exists in a greater measure in Js'ew York than elso m here, thero are yet curtain hounds cf in timacy which may not bo passed until time has ripened acquaintance- into confidential friendship. The mail one meets daily nt the ofllee, in the store, on the elevated railroad or at the club converses frwly after intro duction, and loth gives and receives pleamiro by daily talks, but ho is not Invited to vu.it the home circle, nor does he give such an in vitation until long acquaintance has fuuiill arize 1 each party with the circumstances of of the other's life. In a recent home eirclo conversation tho writer asked tho quebtion: "How long and well should ono know a jktsou before com mitting himself to confidential friendship f' The unswers, as was to be exiK-'cted, were as different as the natures of those who made them. "I can judge a man tolorabl y well at sight," said an Impetuous New Englander, not yet familiar with metroixjlitan ways, "If ho ho an honest eye and a good faco, is not marked with a rummy nose, and talks sensibly, I should not bo afraid to ask him to my home. He might turu out badly some time, and I might bo ashamed of having known him, but that cannot bo helred. Ono never knows the whoio of anybody's life Lis- tory." l hero was an ominous pause after this efrusive statement. It was not pleasant to express less generous sentiments, but the couuteuunees of tho auditors showed that they could not agree with him. AWFULLY TAKEN IS. "You will iind that you cannot go on that rule here," said one who has lived longer in this city. "I used to foul just that way and acted accordingly, but now I mako it a rule never to invito an acquaintance to call until I havo known him favorably at least three months. If I am introduced to a stranger and hke his appearance, I try to be cordial to him during that time. Not hearing anything against alia, or seeing any thing wrong about him, I then give him an invitation. I was awfully taken in once by one of tho most charming fellows in the world. Ho looked like a princo and talked like an angel, but he is in Canada now and a bank down town mourns for him and several thousand dollars which ho stolj. cimee then I have not been hasty in making friends." "Three months is not nearly long enough," said a bright, chatty lady, the sister of a well known clergyman, "lien (her brother) and I have to meet all sorts of people in our church work, and we always wait a year. Most of our friends did so with ps and thiy were right, judging by our experiences. Ono of the nicest and daintiest of little women moved into tho flat next to ours soon after brother was called here, and I told him I meant to call on her. I didn't go just then because I had to ro homo and take care of mother during a sickness. Cm& day after I Lad got back I Implied to pass her door while she was say ing good by to a friend, and I heard more slang words in' ono minute than in all my life before. You can guess that I decided not to make hc-r acquaintance." "You wei'd perfectly right n say tag-that i a rear is not too long," said another lad v picking up the conversational thread. hen v.e lived oq street we had for near neighbor as nice a looking couple as ever were seen. The man went to his busi ness every morning, and the woman was singing over her work all day long. My hus band thought they were nico, and so did I, but we learned belter before long. One night they had a supper party that "began at 10 ox-lock and ended at daybreak. Every ono must have been drunk, for they sang and shouted so that nobody else in the bouse could get a wink f &lep. After that we heard them scolding each other every night, and at last something exploded liko a cannon cracker between tlin. Eoth commenced divorco proceedings, and the wife was turned out of the houso because she cpw.Mc't pay her tent and tue husband would not." IX A VERY QUEER WAV. "No doubt all of you are right from the point of view of personal interest," said tho unsophisticated New Englander, who has uot yet realized that personal interest rules the best of us in an inordinate measure. "You have had bad luck, but most peoplo are good and weli disposed. Now, l'Ve ' just made some new friends in a very queer way, and I mean to stick by them until I find they are not all right. Last night when I was going up tho stairs of my boarding house ii my usual dumheaded, absent minded style, I turned into tho room below mine by mis take Thinking, of course, that I was in my own room I was dumfouuded at its appear ance, with trunks piled up in tho corner and ladies' dresses banging iu j.kt open closet. A low, sweet female voice struck on my ear as I stood there amazed. 'There, baby,' it said, 'is papa,' and before I could turn her arms wero abo'it piy neck. ThfJi shs saw what had happened and accepted my apology, though not very graciously at first We are good friends now, I am glad to say, and laughed over the accident this morning." A genoi ai comparison oi notes was made at'the end of this funny story. The conclu sion reached was hot perhaps the best, but most people will think it a prudent one. All kinds of people live in this great city. Not onlr are thero good angels with good ' faces, and bad angels with bad laces, but there are also good men and women whoso counte nances would convict them of any crime, and evil disposed wretches who look as if they belonged to heaven rather than pn earta, and who talk as sweetly as if "but ter wouldn't meit iu theis mouths. Every man and woman rightly limits the list of in timate friends to the rule of congeniality. Well disposed, decent, law abiding peopla very properly avoid those who havo not sim ilar virtues. In a large city active and stipr ring people meet new acquaintances every day. These ought to bo received pleasantly and politely, but may In common fairness be compelled to wait until time has proved their desirability as friends. New York Press. The No relist in Society. The professional character of French lit erary society makes ono of the chief dis tinctions between literature in France and in England. An English writer does not con fine himself, either wholly or partly, to the society of his brethren to art ; he does pot, perhaps, even prefer his brother novelist to any intelligent person. He, too, is like Dog berry, and seldom allows his gifts to appear, lie prefers to be received like any other gen tleman among his friends, leaving his literary cuaracier 10 lkj juierreu irvui jest now ana tfa passing reference. Piacassiona upon arc ana lis meinous nave veen genuy due firmly discouraged hitherto' in ' his society. The other society across the channel is not like this. It is, above all things, professional. The novelists form their group, as painters do everywhere, having a thousand technical things to discuss. Blackwood's Magazine. ARE EMBEZZLEMENTS INCREASING? T' Society Ijm-cH-to Illame for Che Down fall of a Weak Man. The New York Herald has compilod a list of tho embezzleiueuU during tho past year, and from this list it reaches the conclusion that defalcations are on tho increase and that tho confidence of tho employer is being abused more and more. Its ground for this inferenco is that the embezzlements and tho number of embezzlers of liiVJ are so much greater than thoso of 173. This may bo true, and yet it does not follow thut dishonesty among employes is increasing. Tho ratio of this class of crimes may bo no larger iu lstt than in 178, although tho numUr of em bezzlementi in th" later year may exceed thoso in tho earlier, lic-causo wo have more capital employed in business, more business institutions, nn.ro jKsitions of trust to be Idled. Iho monetary transactions have largely increased and also tho number of em ployos. With this growth in bu.Miiexs comes a growth in crime, beeanso tho field of opera tions for dishonest employes has l.en so greatly extended. A good deal of this augmented crinio can bo traced, first, to tho employers themselves, and, second, to tho false standards of lifa Society is largely to blamo for tho downfall of a weak man. It has erected meretricious standards of quality, und tlnso who seek and obtain admission into that society must live up to these meretricious standards or elso they will bo ignored. A weak, dependent man, ono that set ks for any kind of social distinction, no matter how ptierilo it may bo, is utterly crashed if society ignores him. Ho must be. recognized. And this feeling of despair is tho first step toward his personal destruction. If ho bhotild havo an extravugunt wife and family who also havo tho craze for social recogni tion, ho Is comiielled to get it. If he cf.nr.nt earuenougu money to i.s;;mlai.i Hit. sho.v, ho begins to appropriate small sums from his employer in tho hopo that by speculating or gambling ho can mako a good deal nioru. Ho may uot mean to stoat in tho beginning. Iiut ho generally loses, and then the descent in the down grado commences. After tho first pec ulation tho remainder come easy, and before no Knows it he is an embezzler to tho extent of thousands of dollars. There are noma clerks who steal merely because they like to steal, but these aro iu the minority. Thev should not bo considered in analyzing tho causes that underlie tlin d.isiio to embezzle. Fuiph-yers are to blamo in this class of cases, not primarily, iierhaps, for the embez zlers generally belong to tho trusted class of employes who get good salaries. But they are to blame for failure to prosecute because friends or relatives make up tho deficit. When this is dono tho matter is dropped and tho embezzler, having felt no disgiucc, does not appreciate tho full extent of his crimo. Tho employer who does this docs himself no benefit, but does a positive harm to society. Every dishonest clerk or oflicial should be punished not only lecauso ho has dono that which merits some kind of a penalty, but he causo he bus violated stc,tutu. l'copie who violato laws with impunity, by and by begin to loso their respect for the law. There is yet another consideration. Every time that a clerk is discovered in dishonest action he should be punished as a warning ia others who may contemplate vrGug'tioing. Employer cii- again by putting young men in plaeos of responsibility and then paying them meager salaries. It is human nature to err. And the man who holds a po.-ition of some importance will in time consider him self also to 1)0 of ccina importance.' When this mental conuiriju is reached, hi must live better, dres.s better, and enjoy life in al its pua;es more completely. J his takes mouej'. If his employer does not give it to him for services rendered, tho clerk finally appropri ates in little sums tho money of his em ployer. There is one peculiar fact about this peculating, and that is that rriH p ;he em bezzlers seem to realio that iii the end their deeds will bo discovered. Detroit Freo Press. President Arthur's CRBi.ed Slmn. TThen Seoatov Vest a-ccmpauied tho luro President Arthur out to tho Yellowstone park on tho famous fishing excursion, tho littlo Missourinn thought ho would play a trick on Mr. Arthur. Ono day VeBt. v.ont out by himself and returned in the evening with a Sno lot of fish. ' lie- met President Arthur and remarked: ''I never would have believed it, but do you know that I really caught somo salmon today in a boiling spring that wero nicely cooked all that was needed was a littlo pep per and salt and sauce to have tbcra ready for tho table. Bee, I brought three of them home. Just try one of them, Arthur, jlost delightful flavored fish I ever tasted." President Arthur looked vV?yally' at the fish and then replied .- "Well, thai is cmito a freak of nature, Vest, but I had an experience today that lays your boiled unseasoned fish out cold. See," ho said, as he drove down into tho fish ing basket and brought out a tin can, "I found a spring today where I caught thes6 just as fast as I could throw iu my line. Try some, Vest. It's tho finest flavored canned salmon I ever tasted. I'll take you out to-morrow and show you tho spring where I catch sal mon liko this. Oh, this is a gr&afc place, ain't it, senator? People in tho east would hardly believe I have been catching canned salmon, but I want j-ou to stand by me, and declare that you saw the cans. I'll stick to the fact that I saw your boiled fish." Senator Vest didn't try to work ofT any more funny gags on President Arthur during that Yellowstone trip. Globe-Democrat. To Achieve Trus success, "What will assure success? It needs a com bination of sound elements to achieve true success call it nerve and brains, or over drawn assurance, whatever you will. The spirit of push, of unbounded perseverance, of untiring patience, is a recognized feature of tho true American, and there is no reason to mourn its existence; it is a necessary fac tor in modern life, lu the midst of tho hurry and rush of these days a man wdl be left far in the rear who does not make hin self aggressive. Mcro braia power ia not enough, thero muss be some means whereby the ability can be manifested. The man of mere intellect may be a fino scholar nnd a thoughtful reader, but ho can never mingle successfully in the busy actualities of the world at large. It needs a determination to make tho world feel the brain power of the man, this is the means. It need not be shown in a way to annoy or disgust; quietly but persistently the intellect may be made to influence the lives of others. The genius of the head may be exerted by the rt of the hand and th genial familiarity which follows thereby, ii requires pluck And courage! To wait in the lowermost places to get an invitation to come higher is pretty poor policy nowadays. If you don't let it be known that you are around some other fellow will climb over you and achieve wealth and renown. Keep looking onward and going onward. Don i Etand still. To stand still in business is but to go backward. A. IL lievell in Chicago Journal. There are many bless in js attached to pov erty. Eut they are fearfully disguised. Rochester Post-Express. building Tianmoxs. LEGENDS CONCERNING STRUCTURES INTENDED FOR MAN'S USE. Choloe of a Kulldinsr Kite The Urvll SM to lie a Mighty IJuIMer Human RimtI- fice aud It fcubst It 11 Modern Cere monies. mere are lu various parts of tho world many curious traditions eoncerimij struct ures intended for man's habitation or iu.... When tho nomad finally strikes his t-nt. and adopts a tucod structure in somo chosen spot i'r ins luiuro liomn, much importance is usually laid on tho manner of selecting thi-i Kpot, then upon certain propitiatory rites deeim-d necessary to insure tho safety or con iinuaneo or tiio new dwelling. Many of our modern ceremonies aro harmh-ss survivals of tin-so uncient usages, and these custonw them selves aro still jierpetuated by symbolical substitution. If we aro to believe ancient authors, many tribes wero of old guided to their future homes by mysterious agencies. The Phoea-ns chained to have U en led to a prosperous land ing by a seal, Cyreniaus by a raven, tho Irpini by a wolf, etc., etc. Bo the sites of buildings wero frequently chosen by these wiso animals. Six vultures indicated to l:.v liuiiand twelve to Uomulus tho location of tho future mistress of tho world. Sometimes these intelligent guides transfer the building materials to a propitious spot. Thero uro many traditions in England and Scotland, as well as on the continent, of such interference in tho choice of a building sit. It has lieen the, custom in nearly all lands to attribute to ancient races, or to certain mevs V '. i : .,. ., tic worns, unci.. lit -u..t... wall.,, etc. Among the Greeks, tkuso structures wero attributed to the Titans, a race of giants onco possess ing tho earth. So in Scandinavia, tho Jotuns or giant gods performed these mighty feats of construction. In Germany, it was tho dwarf inhabitant of tho mountain cave, in tho more roniontio hinds of southern Europe, tho fairy or witch. In tho middle ages, these gavo way gradually to tho devil, whose in flueneo and reputation spread with tho growth of Christendom. Jn timo he proved to bo a mighty builder, although his labor was always performed for his persona nuvaniuge, and to uo loss of tho owner of tin; habitation. The devil disliked tho building of churches, and is wldoiu crwtitwd with assisting in their construction, but frequently tried to prevent their erection. IIo is the champion brido builder iu many old vrorld lands, and has bestowed his name on many a bridge, as, for instance, that on St. Gothard Pass, over stream which lie aiono could span. An an ecdote frequently related of theso building enterprises is, in th. words of the poet, told of thW: 1 t!i"o. you la the valley a bowMer Marked with tho Imprint of his shoulder. As lie was bearing it up this way, A pea;,aDt, pa.--.sing, crl'-d "IIi-it, j.,;" And the devil dropped Jt in hi:; ti tL'tii, And vanished b.,-.klenly out of sight. T'bttso stones aro shown iti many places iu Germany, Norway and Denmark. Ono at Lundborg has tho impress of his form, where ho lay down to rest before atteumt i.ir tha nseout of a stojp hill. In another piaco mo eleven large ttoi-.e It i.-, said tho devil was carrying the twelfth up a neighboring hill when ho stopped to rest-, Ho wa uuablo to resumo his biii'doii, which bears the imprint of his shoulder blado. A certain church wall in England is said to bear tho imprint of his foot, where he stamped to show his dethmoo of popery. A victim is UvJaliy required, as tho m-ice of his -hIusiio majesty's services as an archi tect. Many stories aro told of outwitting him, when a human sacrifice was r'yp.iied. A Swiss jieasriiit obtained dj.iboiio aid in building a biv'igi (4C-I-O.SS u valley, cheating thf aicbitect with a goat. German talcs of similar substitution aro numerous, a fox, a wolf, a dog, cat, or cock being tho s.-'Ciilee. It was an universal custom fo-meriy to cause a dog or cat to enter a new houso first, as a propitintoiy victim. In lorkshire, it wa thought necessary to bury a dog ov c6 under the church walls, its ghoei haunting tho church yard,. As the devil required a victim, it was uid in Lancashiro that any one coun seling or planning repairs to an old building, or the building of a new cj.c, would die with in a year. Fr-om this notion of the devij as a builder, thero arose a custom prevalent in munv places during tho Middlo Ages, and surviving to modern daj-3 in Asia and Africa. This was tho sacrifice of a lis ing being upon the commencement of a new edifice, usually by burying alivo within the walls. Greek and Latiu authors contain many allusions to this practice. A pathetic tale is told of Liebcnstein castle, in Germany. A young child is said to havo beii walled up iu its foundation.;, having been purchased from its mother. To prevent its cries, it was seated and given play things. Whilo munching a roll as tho wa'ils went up, it said, "Mother, I can seo you." Then later, "Mother, I see a littlo of j'ou still," and finally, "Mother, I see nothing of you now." Tho border ca3t!es of Scotland were, ac cording to legend, washed with human blood by their savage builders, tho Picts. Eally portree castle, in Claro county, Ireland, is said to havo been erected by tho Danes, who pressed into service workmen from far and near, and mada them labor night and day without rest or food, and when any dropped with fatigue or hungor, ha was at once im mured within tho wails. Mediaeval legends abound in instances of such sacrifices. In Africa, hundreds of vic tims suffered when a new palace was com menced. Substitutes were afterward chosen, when human sacrifices had been abandoned. In Bulgaria tho shadow of somo one passing was walled in. Tho person thu.s losing his other self would, it was thought, dio within a year. A dog, cat or cock is still used in many parts of Europe. Danish traditions tell of a lamb being buried under the altar that the church might stand unshaken. In Germany it is said that a long term of good weather may be insured by walling in a cock. Modern ceremonies at the laying of the corner stono of a building are doubtless sur vivals of these ancient heathen sacrifices. Rehgious rites are still held, but the victim is no longer represented either in person or by a substitute.-!". S. Bassett in Globe- j Danger on the IligU Seas. Tb6 statement of Dr. A. L. Fuller, the dis tinguished scholar, about the oceau tragedy ; in which the steamship Fulda, on which he was a passenger, played so prominent a part j on the Banks of Kewfouudland is worthy j close attention. This unprejudiced witness ! declares nat "we were running too fast to j avoid a collision if anything lay in our path." i A fcg bell that will project its tones forward : instead of upward or backward, and an elec- ' trie light which will f ierce the ocean mists to some reasonable distance in advance of a steamer, are crying necessities for ocean travel just at present. Isot to speak of en gines that will stop a vessel as epeedilv as 1 World, ' ' . . A Frightful Skin Disease Suffering Intense Head Nearly Row. Uocly Covorod With Sore. Curod by tho Cutlcura Remedies. MfHslt. hiTKV I'N'M it ItltI N Kit, M(llim, N. !. m 'Kir .-.! , mi r i wo imoii in iil ri-ci'in iik-imI :tt Ion . on vonr I huiiulit a h'-l,- oi Cl' l Ji'ii- It A IfKSOI.V kn r. ;i I.n rcui i ha Nai.vK, I lli ii i: a fci i i- f..i ..... and oiie c.ikc of t ' ane.l llHMeeii yearn, who hut hern till..J v. nh eceniii lor a oni lime, anil I tun .,1 t say ll-al I believe lno run ilie have ruled JilMi. His suIfeiitiK- were Intense, his he ul hein in-i 'y i:iu . Ins earn lu-lin ',. I lie K ' I 'e. ami his body was i-nvrred with Hines. li s (uiiilil 1011 -a;ih filHillul In I,. -I I 'I he ci.fe-t have m.u all i l iaim-.-ii .! liiauLin 1. healthy, ev es hi Il-IiI. i-ln-ei.nl 111 iiiviw,i i,.,. and Is worhbii; evei v ilav. Mv lieli; h .1.11 r wiliie.cs to I his 1.1,1,0 Kahli- cure, mill II... iloulil 11, j; ones are le. ii.-st, ,i (u cad or will ine. or any of in v liei'.'.iliois. ., , AI. S SI ICI'IIKN.SON. llieheslei- I'. O , I nioii Co., N. C. MnN I:ok, N. C.. Oct. 1MR7. Til K I'OI I ! It I KI li AMI Cm KM II'A I. I'll. Hi iilbiDiu: Mr. Win. S. Slehhi iisim of II, U county brought 11. k.u to town b.ilav to let us see him, and to i-ho.v us w I1.1t I'l l 11 i ha l.'eiu ediei. h id dene lor him. 'i hi is I he cane n-ler-led to in our letter In vou snmo lime ;.en T It at the buy linv, . one would -.iiiiih.sk tl,ut Ih.-re had never In en an- tl,in;; tin- hihIIci- Willi linn, m-i-nii to he in per. eel health. We Ikum M 't l.-ll and liereuilh lurlii,,' uh-,1 1,1. f;.n,,..- ha- to say about the mat ter,-- wrote it hut 11 he dictate,! . We al e sell i 11 c ti .1 1 a 1111:11,1 it v of r-i i . ., . Keiuedieii and he; - hot him; but pruiKf for llo ni. We regard the I i in ru.v Itemedies the best 01 me rhi-t, ami 1 1 : 1 1 .: ail we emi to lo- iiioie linn sale. 1u11s 1 111 v. SiKVKNSli:l,l,N-.lt, in legist s and I'hai ni.tiiift. 'I' l l, r II .l he ci eat skin eui e and Ci 1111 inn SnAl' inepaied liom it,elei kiIIj , mid Cl 1 1 i' ISA Ki sot.x km, the new blood i- iiller. Inter nally, aie a m ilm- cure t' 1- i v. 1 v 1 01 111 .l 1.1,111 and blnl disease. fi. in i.iint.lec in cei-of uhi t-old c crvu hel e. I'liee t'ern-i 111 r. . AI'. Li e. : 111 l.nl.VKNT. . I . I'l eon. .,.l'l.v I I. J ToCer lrii' and Cheltiical Co . Iinvt.,11 M,,. ."'.Selul for '-Ibiw to Cure Kln 1 ' il paes, illu.draLioi.s, aud lixi tcktliiioiilals. PTtVP blaekheads. n-d. rciili chapped and oily skin prevented hv Ci i u i. ka Son , Snoo: Catarrh.. The ilistlB-sili'4 Mieee, Micec, M-el'o. I.e ;ci:d, watery (liseliarues from the cjts and 110M', (lie ;t in fill inlhiniiuii! Ion extending lo Iho throat. Hie Hueliii. of ih, min-oiis lining. Cillsing eiioki;: ceiisatb uik. ci.in.-b il,,,.ii,,r noises in 1 iie head and splitting headaches, how familial' fiese (-viiii.toi.is are in 1 i,..,,-.,,Im w ho si-' liueit.-a, ; that a I AI. Cl 1 r.f ''. 1 j et iedioally from head colds or In tel who live in i-noranee of tho fart Kle application of San Kn;i'd KAI1- for Catai'ih w!l ailojd ; tftiu'uuiou I hit this tii-tiiiiirtir rn ea-is of t-iinph; catarrh Ki'-;i bi,t ; iailit idea ut hat this Ifinedy will (toil) the cln- nh- f'u 111-, v.-he re the hri-utlilii is , ob-n net oil by el, na I; in-, mil 1 id iiihi-iim aeeiim -11!;.! ions. 1 he heai iiij; alli-e.ed, n.i.,-11 and lie-te i;, me. throat u'cerah-d and. h.al.ii.L'ou-h iad u My fa-.'t-i.iiig itself m-on the de nutate, 1 sys tem. 1 hen ii i-. ,'it Hi., nun . Ions coral ivo lower of S s i-imii's l; a tnr 1. Ci 11 1. man 1 IVst itseli in !n-l,itit:niei,ii" and K'atelul relii f. Cum hfum Irom 1 lie lirst appiieat on. It Is rapnl, laf.ical, peiiiiHiietil. ei-oiieinical, nafe. Sam-ohi.'s Pa -iii'Ai, Ci ,if. consists or one bottle of the II.ihlrAl, Ci'UK. one box Cataic bii.w. Sot.v k.t and iin Improved 1miaikh; pliee .-I. l'OJ I LU liIM C AM) ( WKMICAI. CO., J'.or ton . PAINS and WEAKNESSES S.&'i- Instantly relived by tho OutioH rn. Ati Pn:n Plaster, a new. uiorl ; -leeable. instantaneous ami b'falih.e .-i-Mi-kllling iilastei-.espefl-JaSi'n.r aliv ada.led to lulieve I-eniale alas .-" b ami Venkiu:s-s. N'ar-'iiiite I vastly ' tlpeiior to till ol her pla-iei s.and the most per :eet antidot" to Pain. I u!!.i;ion.ii ion aud W-ak-liesse.s vet com kip (d.ii. At all !l lljiMist, 25 cents : live toy i 1 1 ; or. oostaire fier, of I ()'l- ii:k ii!:l; and ciik.iiuai. ci., Uosiou. Jl.i-n. Midsummer Ad. Sateens-Great Bargains this Week. Domestic Sateens 10 cts., worth 17$. Domestic Sateens l. cts., worth L'. Frcncli Sateens ytl r-ts., worth M. Frencli Sateens cts, worth -10. White Goods Sold at Cost. IWrcd "Unite Lawns f-J cts., former price 12!. White' Mull 22!. i ts., former price HZ. Lace Uarretl (Joods '2 cts., former price 4. Ladies' Derby Vest 2" cents. Napkins from Q cts. per iloz. upward. Table L'-icns '' cts. per yard upward. Ladies' Li.-lc TI"ead Gloves from 10c. per pa"? upward. Our Stock of Carpets are very com plete, Lav;ng the latest shades fiid styles. Xew titock a' -""dv ? i. Reduc.jd prices in Ladies' Muslin Un derwear. We are closing tlicm out nt ost in order to make room for cur Win ter Goods. Come and con Ince yourself that our Stock of Millinery still takes the lead, and tho prices defy competition. We have also reduced the prices on Albatros, Cashmers, Teicot, etc. Grey A'l-Wool Fall Suitings 25cts, former price 40. Urocaded Silk Velvets 7. "5 cents per yard, former price $1.2". We have received a new and complete Stock of Shoes, -"nclud'io; Ladies', Men's, Youths' and M;sses",t.so 'ifants. We ban- uie exclusively h. U. wens pki Lo.s celebrat d Wc stern Made Shoes. Jos. V. WECKBACII " THE DAYLIoIIT STOHL. Taks Notice UN. ox, Aug. 10, To All W7,oi Jt Mat Concern: The pubi:c 8c hereby iiot'"ied that M-s. Lulu I. Todd lias tr-s day Jefi my bed and board without cause or provocation; I therefore foibid all persons whomsoever f .-om trusting her on my account, I will pay no debts of her contracting. II, G. Todd. i-t-w. -i-