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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.
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