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n. a. timw tablpi. B & M. R. R. in Nebraska, MAIN LINK Kxrncan trains amino TATIONS : : WMTi No. I. No. X flaltanioulh ... Oreapulta Coocortl Cedar c:reek... loulavllle bout l taud.... Ashland. Greenwood .... Lincoln.. flAatlBff Bed Cloud McCook 9 :Hi m V : M a iu t :39 a m 6 :S6 p m 7:15 p m 7:4i p bi T:Mim 8:10 pm :Uam 10 :04 a id 10 -M a in 10 :47 a ni IJO p ni 11 :0ft a m :4ft p m Ar. 11 16pn Ar. L'vo Ar. L' r. L've Ar. L've L're U 10 :1ft pm 3 :15 a m Ar. t L've 3 :3U it la 4r. f -J0 am 5 :0ft a Ul 12 ftp m 12 :Xftpm f P in 6 .-O0 Ul la MOp ui ft r0 u ui Ar. M twp la w p III Mam a iu -Oft am WM. ....... trover Ar. Ar. L've Ar. Ar. KXrKXM TRAINS OOINO STATIONS i CAHT. No. 2. No. 4. I'latUn.ouin. Oreapoh . . . O acorJ.. . . CedM t re-k. . ouinville utb llcu'l.. Aaulaitd ieeowoil . Lincoln . H astir jcs Red Cloud... HoCooE Akroa Denver JJAi. ''Ar. :,Ar. & :1 p in (Mp Hi I p in I :T: p iii 4 :l p in 3 -JA p iu 3 :U p ih Ar. Ar. Ar. Ar. yr. Ar. Ar. 9 :U0 a in J)u. 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Express leaven goillK OL'IU. 7.40 p.ni 8.17 " 1.42 " .! " a.24 :j1 .07 ...S7 a. i. p. i. j Express leave goiuK SOUTH. Freigut leaves going SOUTH. 8.00 8.37 9.00 !.lft 9.40 s.63 a.iu 12. .V) a. ru. rapilliou.... tfpringneld Louisville Weeping Water Avoca Dunbar ... . -Knusas City St. Lionla 2,00 p. Ih. 3.05 " 3 ftO 5.00 6.45 " tf.45 " 7.07 p.Ul a.in tiding Going (ioing NORTH. I NORTH. I NORTH. 8 52 a. m 8.32 p.ni 7.67 a.m 1.24 p.ni .ft4 -6.08 " n.33 " ...48 " to.15 " to.ftft ausa City unbar. Weeping YVatei LouUvuTe HpnnnCclU I'aplUion.. .. Omnia arrivt A.3 p. Ui 5.10 a. ill 1.01 p. In. A 46 ' 6.03 At ' ,;m a.oo Z.io " 2.43 3.5o " 4.2ft " J.25 M The above is JeflentoD City time, which Is 14 minutes taster tuau uuiui wud, BUIVAL A.U UGPABTt'BE PLAriOJlUL'TU MAILS. Of- tUul V ES. 7.30 p. m. i 8.30 a. m. f O.oo a. m. i U p. ra. J 1 l.uo a m T.&o p. m. u." o a m. i Ijsu p. m. 4.oo p. in. ll.oo a m. DEPARTS. 9.00 h. III. KA8TKRX. WMTIKK. NORTH KRJf. SOUTUKKN. OMAHA. WEKPINO WATER. 3.00 p. 111. i n.uo a. ni. 1 C.5S p. m. 4.2ft p. IU 9.o a. m j 8.2ft a. m. p. IU. 8.00 a. ui 1.00 p. Ui -ACTOKVVILXJC. 'Jee. 17. ism. aATLH CBAUUEU IOU MOXK On order uvt exceeUiug 41ft -over li and I -I rxecrUtug 3v -" " ' - 0 - 440 " 10 cent - la cen i - M cent' - ftceu( A vuigle -Moaev Older may .uc.u... u amount iroiu one ceut to Utty Uoliars. but o.ust not contain a tracUoual part ol a cent. RATKa lull PWalAOK. let c a.is battel iielter 3 ceula per uuutr. d " il-uollauer i- tales 2 cts pel lit. H " OiauBient ewepruers au-. books cuiue uuier tui ctase t cent t1-'1 eacb 2 ouuees. Kb clas tiuerwuaudiae) 1 cent per ounce. J. W. MAitaUAl.1. I. OfriCIAl. DiKXCTORY CUV U1UECTORY . UEOkOLS, Sjimi. Maor. VlLi.iAl 11. tLsUI.No, ireasutel. J. 1. lii':0.". City Cierk U1LLLU rl IL.NncU. 1 oiice Ju-lu-. K. H. SlNiii A.n.t il Attorney, f. rt. AlLul'iix.Ciiietol t'oiice. I. McL'A.N ovrrwer ui btreet.i. C. Kcttl.NKll. Cuirl ol tUK lX.-pi. S. 11. ttlCUjlOi ', tli'u ixaiU o. Uealtii C411, C'll.MIOl. 1st Ward Win . Ucruld. 11. M. lAin.i, 1-Bd W ard J. M. l-alleisoj, J . H. t airfield. Ltd vra to. a. Mitt u J. L. Montsou. iia tVard f. i. Leui.Uun. 1". jdcCalian. KHOUL iiOAKt. JESSE B. Si KUUi:, J. W. CAKNLi, tf.A. ilAKHO Wm. Wi.SlEuiiLt.N". L, 1. UENKTI, V. V . a.O.NAnll, 7tiMafr-J.Na W. AlAliSUALL. o COCNTY PIUECTORT. W. II. NKWELL, County Ireaeurcr. J.W. JtN.M.Noj, county Clerk. J. W. - Utl.Nay.t County Juuge. li. W. Utttti. ouerul. t'VUOs AJ-tO.,Sup'toI Fub. Instruction. U. Vv. AiK'lbLL, county surveyor. If. i. UASK. Coiouer. tOlSU COMM188IONKR8. JAMES CUAWr OliD. South Bend Precinct. SAJVl L lactlAUUbU.N. Ml. fleaeant Precinct. A. H- louu, tr lattsuioutu lrtles Raving business witb tbe County ConiuiUMioni9, will nud tbeut in session the feirsi Monday ana l uemiay ol eacb month. u BOARD OF TRADE. FBANK CAKKU1M. President. J. A CONNOK. ilE.SUV B.ECK, Vi'M-Fresi-dents. WM. S. WISE, Secietary. FKEO. GOltOEK, Treasurer. Keular meeiigs of tbe Board at the Court House.tue llrst Tuesday evening ol eacb month. J. F. BAUJME1STEK Furnishes Freih, Pure iallk UELAVEUED OAllsY. Bpedal calls attended to. and Fresh Milk (rom same . furnished when wanted. sly LATTSMOUTH MIU-S XTSM0UTH KB. Proprietor. 1'UttKmoath Telephone Excbaiiffc. 1 J.T. Young, renldSucs. . ' """ 2 3 Bennett it lwl. store. M. B. Murphy A Co., Bonuer ntabies. Couiity Clrrk's offlce.i K. 11. Lew l. rctildence. J. V. Week bach, "tore. Western Union Telegraph office. J'. 11. WUeeler, residence. U. . Campbell, K. b. Wliiduaiu, " Jno. Way man, " J. W. JriiiiUigS, " W. 8. Wine, onice. Morruiaey Brtxi,, offlcs. W K. Carter, utore. . W. F airflow, residence. M. B Murphy. I. 11. Wbeeler & Co , office. J. f. Taylor, residence, r Imt National Bank. P. E. Uuffner's o01ce. J. I. Young, store. Perkins House. It. W. II v", renluence. Journal office. Fairileld's Ice office. Hkralu Pub. Co office. J. N. Wise, reUlence. M, M. Chapman, " W. I, tones, A. N. Sullivan, " 11. K. Palmer, W. II. Hchililknecht, office. Sullivan tt Woo ey, A. W. Mcutughliu. residence. A. Patterson, livery. C. M. Holmes, " L. l. Bennett, residence. ieo. Smith, ofhee. L. A. Moore, dor st. J, W. Barnes, residence. It. K. Llvlugston, office, J. V. Weckoach, residence. Chaplain W light. W. 11. ochlidkuecht " Geo. rtiultn, 1C K, Livingston. " C. C. Uallard, 4 5 ' 6 7 8 t 18 14 1ft l 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 26 M 28 29 31 32 34 36 3tf 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 4A 6 47 49 bO 307 33ft 340 346 3.'0 31ft Ibe swltcu board connects I'laltsmoiitb will. Asuiauu, AruiiKiui,, uiair, - ouncil Bluffx, 1 re moui. Linoiu. t n.ili.t hUlioni .-Slat ion i apiiiiou, ntriiiKHi-lU, .iuvl!le routh I .-ii.t iiuu vavniy. PHOFiSSlOrtAL CAWOb. HMiisi tv iii:i:o. AIIOK.M-.lh Al LAW. Will nrai-tn;.- in I lie C'-urls In tlif 4ii. iifiii-ui.L... r-i . nuiiai i.uiiK. 4Svl PLAtlnMOLllI - .M.UHArKA. It. A. jSALISUL'ICm. xjsjsra?is,z?. 'llice uvn Smll li Kiiu-L m. itr.i.. w...... . ..oi ua ucunsiry at leasoiiaoie prices, 3ly II. HKAUK, II. .. I'lllMlClAN mid HL'KtiliOV Orllceoii Main Htrerl, MhertvooU's Uluck. suUlii ski.- ii.ii.-,. ,en uay uuu iiignt COUNT PHYKICIA.N. CAS COUNTY. M. 0'UONOHO AVIOHLY AT LAW & NtUAKY rUBLlO. l ilZKcrald'e block. I'LArTaMOUTlI, - NK1IUASKA Agent lor Stcnuiship iincs to and Irom Europe. uizwittiy K. 1C L.IVI.X l.H I U.. Si. PHYSICIAN A HUUflKDN. OKKI K IlfllTIrM Irm,. in.. ... o . t U Hill. . . . IT . 1 I . r huibcuu iui yj.a. ireusion. UK. H. 311LLKU, PHYSICIAN ANI SUKUEON Can be found by calling at his office, corner 7th " " iu u. u. n airrinaii s uouse PLATTSMOUTH. A ki.ii,..,ivA. JAH. . UA'liIEWN ATTOHJfEY AT LA W. Office over I : kw ft ttwood's store, south side i'am uci cm oia auu em streets. 21tf NTKOUE A. CI.4 HK ii,.v... . .1 l'a-iie3 in ail A11IIK.VKYS AT 1.1 W Will . i , ... ... vuuiu i ii i ii c oiate. District A.ttorrjt'j and A'olarv Public. WIIjIj . WISE, COZ.Z.ECTIOJTS H $2&CIrt. X.21. A TIs tuvcir . v . . "'iu"',,r' 1 ai i.Av. ileal E.sta. Fire In surance and Collection Agency. Ooe-Unlon block, l'laltsuiuiitli Nai.r-j-i, :.","u - . '111.1 l. II. WHEKf.ER r-n LAW OFFIPK Vai irut.. di ". . oj utles Buy tnd self Veal eSle WJ f JA3IKS E. JlvICniSOX. 1 E I irmpv.r , notary Public. and adtoin ini,.? .WJ, JLJJP '? t0C0Uectinn?.rKrfV."VKV:a"en"t FitzirpM ."i "nice in A iaitemouiu. Nebraska. J. C XEIfBERRY, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. 11:1.4 bin rfnna In K a . .... imrhLVM "S".?1 a "resiaence nuciouoia Deiound in readiness to attend o the duties of the of" A7rt ROBERT B. irnD04.il, Notary Public ATT-IBKET AT LAW. i iffiee over Carruth's Jpwe irv stnr : .:tlI.moutb. .kK,u M. A. HARTICAFI, c a iv y it. trOlfit)l .'f Tlif tf;af iiT -MiAiii:.... ... w-Praoti.-e. " sjenern. A. N. SULLIVAN, Attorney and '.Counselor- at-Law. rtppi.-pi. .... it.. rul htiiiines-t . iii-ir'i BOYL- & LARSEN", Contractors and Builders- in ive estimates on all kind of work. Am oint-r- ien ai m i.uiiiDt-r Yard or Post .imc- will receive promut atter-tion Heavy Truss Framing, f'.f ; iru anri lare baiidtns a oteci:tit.Y. 1-Of tefeince apply t- .1. P. Youor. J. V. Wee "r 11. a. waterman & Son. d&w Dr. C. A. Marshall vSuccessor to Clutter & Marshall.) IU ES HI T I S T Preservation of natural teeth a specialty. Tetth extracted without pain by twe of Laughtng Gas. All work warranttd. Prices reasonable. Fitzcxrald Block. - PlattsmocthNeb a. i. NiMPsoir AGENCY FIRE INSURANCE CO'S: CITY, of London. QUEEN, of Liverpool FIREMAN FUND, of California ESPREESS C01IPANIES AMERICAN EXPRESS CO.. WELL'S FA V.Cln t. frt VYBitma Offleo In Jtotflwood Ulock. Johnson iros The Widow Eockcry. An(;ino Teal. I made her acquaintance at an oM settlers reunion. The club, which held its yearly meetings at Oersbom, was compoHed of tlie surviving pioneers of 1839. All iersons who, either as adults or children, had settled in the district covered by the organization pre vious to or within that year were entitled to enrollment. ' I was spending the summer with a friend who called herself an old settler by mar riage. Her husband, CoL Hugh Hastings, had come into the wilds with his parents at the age of 2 years, and so had gi wu up with the country in a literal serwe. Tliey lived at Bar hail statiou, on the line of tbe one rail road which traversed the county. Gerbhom, tbe county-seat, was six miles distant. It was arranged on the morning of the re union that my friend Marian and I should drive over early with the children ami spend the entire day. The colonel kept a saddle horse, and would follow in tbe afternoon. We vtAi-ted in the dew, yet when we reached Uershoni tbe village was all astir. At 10 o'clock the beautiful picnic grounds on tlie banks of Sliokobee lake were swarming with the population of many township. The old settlers proper, were not a numerous band, but their assemblies hod como to be gala days with the entire community. Passing among the groups gathered here and there, one caught bits of char acteristic talk. A group of men were discussing wheat prospects. Tlioy soomed to belong to that clasn in whom tho uncertainty cf toe farmer's hope hnd bred a ronditlon of chronic foreboding. Oii- said the what was too strong, and would all rje "lodged" lieforo harvest. An other thought thj r-cent h-.-avy rains would prod ice "runt iu the stalk." A third pre-dii-tisl a hot, dry tiim, that woulJ cause it io "f.re nt the root." Ilow dx-i your wheut look, Dave:" Tlie quo-lion v.'a3 n;!:-d of n trill, st rf-sliouldi-ic.l f-'Uow, who lial boon ln-t .-:iing to the rest nid siyiti nothing. "D-rn.d 7 I know," was tho rr-i!y. "I sowed it in good time and good Kyk- lu-it fall, an-1 I l am't looked at it siiifc. l.'K-kin doe no good, nor croukin,1 nuther.'' . The pr-vi lent ." the chili t! en a b l how ii.:ny iu the assembly h:id any pi-rv' r.-il re-col'i-clion of a tw--liiys' himt f-:- n lr.t child ill the autumn of '41. "Answer Siin.lay school faili'ori," 'A ho, ait alxHil h.tlf drj;ii lia:i !; vv.'i t "I the Widow Lotkcry horef ho n?xt in 1 liritl. "I reckon slw is," cam a the answer in a w-M-mn's voice from soniewhure in the Cl'owd. "Mrs. Lockery," continued the president, "found the lost child, and if sho will tell us all about it, I, for one, will be much pleased. I have a vague impression of the terror which tho bunt produced and the excitement it aroused in my childish mind; but I do not remembor that I ever heard the occurrence fuliy described by any one who took iiart in tbe search." He glanced again in the direction whence came t hat prompt response, and sat down. A tall, straight woman rose from her scat, walked vlowly down the aisle between the rude benches, and took a position facing tbe people. She seemed in no hurry to begin her story, but deliberately took off ber starched bqnnet and laid it on the grass be side her. She was the most remarkable per sonage I had seen that day. Though fully 70 years old, she was erect as an Indian, and gave one the impression of great physical power. Her iron-gray hair grew low over her forehead, and was gathered into a great, rough-looking knot at the back of her head, and secured in its place by a brass comb. Her compelxion was swarthy, and her dark eyes were shaded by darker brows which almost met above her prominent aquiline nose. Her lips closed firmly, and her whole face had an expression cf unspeak able sadness. "Friends and neighbors," she began; and all at once I found myself smiling. a I ob served man)' others doing. Never before did human countenance so quickly transform its expression. Tbe tlarK eyes twinbletl, the corners of the mouth gave a humorous curl, the lips parting in speech revealed a double row of perfect teeth, gleaming with drollery, and the whole changed physiognomy was laughter-provoking. "Friends and neighbors: Seem' as how Mr. Evans has -sort o' give out that I'm the hero wine o' this tale o' terror, maybe it would sound better for some one else to tell it." So much by way of preface "It was Benjamin Nyfer's child that was lost. Ben started one mornin' in October to get some grindin' done. There was no mill nearer than the one on Taylor's fork, twelve miles off, and the way roads was then it would take him away 'long into the night to get home. That little boy o' his'n, just 5 year old, took a notion to go 'long, but his pa wouldn't let him. He whipped the poor lit tle fellow in the mornin' for cryin' to go; but when he started the child .just follercd the wagon and bawled to be took in. The othe" young nues toll me that: and that preciom mother o' his'n, insteud of coaxiu' him into the home an! fryiu' him a dough horse an ' twistin' h?m tlvo or sis )-ar-!s of ton- string for drivin'-lines, just w-eut on nliont her work, and paid no 'tention to him till l.e was clean out o' sight. 'Long towards troa Mary Ann Nyfer. the oldest ga.1, cauio over to my house, lookin r?al scairt, rmd sii 1 Sammy was lost. He 'd foliered his pa a ways in the raomin' uul ha in't cam hack. I says right away: "'He 's all nht. - Your father's givo in to his veJlin' and took him 'long.' "But the g;il shook bcr head, and re marked: "Father never givi? In tonut-hhr. no's drnv him back, and Sammy's lost.' "I went home with her and found Luke Wilson there. We three families lived purty cloast all within a mi'o. I.u!ce thought just as I did, that Xyfer had tcok the b-jy along, but the mother and Mary Ann seemed to doubt it. Wil.-;on sail he'd go down lha j road, and stop at Fell's and Hardcr's may- j be littlo Sara had stopped to play. ell ho didn't fiud him, and the good feller hoofed it till he met Jfyfer, three or four miles this side the Fork. There was no Sammv with him. He said tbe child had turned back at the big shingla-tree stump, about a mile from home. "When Ben druv up to his house there was a quite a company of the neigh bors there waituV to see if he had the boy. A sarch was started that night with lanterns and kep' up till mornin'. Word was sent fur and near, and before noon the next day three townships were on tbe hunt. Horns was blowed, bells rung, and the poor baby's name called in hundreds of voices. The woods and swamps was scoured, and every brush heap and holler log peeked into. "Tbe sarch lasted another night and an other day. till in the afternoon some begun to give out, myself among the number. J went home and throwed myself onto ny bed with my picthes on, and slept as Id never siepc oetore. adoui 10 o'clock that evenin' I woke up sudden, just as wide awake as I am this min ute. My mind seemed on common clear and quick. 'That child can't be fur away,' I thought. He's been with tbe rest to the huckleberry swamp this summer. The trail U-idin' to the swamp leaves the mam road not fur from the shingle-tree stump, i a ci te n beard that lost cnuoren wouia never an swer when called, but at night, when every thing was quiet, they'd cry and make a nnisA Tt soattuvI na though the hull kentTV had been well sarched, but I still believed he was stickiu' somewheres la that nucKieoerry marsh. . . . "Now. I don't want anybody to thinic l was a hero wine, for I wasn't. I think I felt more'n common sorry for Rachel Nyfer, bo cause I'd had a dislike to her for quite a spelL It growed ou. of an egg trade. I wanted a settin' of goose-eggs; she had some, and said she'd let me have a dozen for two dozen hens' er, well, we uaaeu, uui x i- all right, till one day she come over ana saia ..- tmio-lit sha orter have about another neli and tnort crocs two firas tgz tmw tv, and it wasn't quite full. Twould have lield asy half another egg! I counted out six eggs, and she lugged 'em homo; then I told Miss Luke Wilson and one or two other women that I was purty thick with, and we uiad no end of fun about it whenever we got toe-ether. "I didn't liliO the general mako-up of tho woman. She had five purty children, but sho didn't seem to take no kind o' comfort with 'em, just pushed 'em one side and druv t,l with her work. She and Jfyfcr both seemed to think all the duty they owed their young ones was to make 'em mind from tho word go, and dig away like all possess, to make property for 'em. But I was there that von in' wIim Run ctmt homo without tho boy, and I saw 'cm stand and look in each nilixr'i fm-M. like the end of the world had come, and neither one could help the other Then slie went about puttiir a bit of supM-r onto the table; but when she set out Sam's littlrt tin ulate and muz. all the mother in her broke loose, and sho flung herself down, sbuddcrin' and sobbiii' in a way 1 11 never forgit Well, secin' as how I'd kinder mis judged tbe cr!etur, for bavin' no heurt, I felt pushed to make one more try for that poor lost kid o' hern; so I jumped right up ana said out loud: " 'With tlie Lord's help, I'll find hini yet!' "I lit mv lantern and shaded it so it let just a littlo light down onto tho grouuL Then I went over the road, just as I guessed the boy had done, turnin' oft on the trail at the bitr red oak stuinn. and took right down to the swamp. There 1 stopped and listened, still as death. Sure as there s mercy for us all nliove, I heard him almost right away. "O.i. ma!' Such a nitiful call! Th -n he cried and whimpered, very weak, like his breath was 'most eone. and his hetrt 'm-ist 1 roke. I followed that sound and found him easy. He was mired to his arm-pits in mud und water. 1 couldn't at first sco how 1 was to i:ot to him. 1 hero was the body of a big walnut tree lyin' Lack on tho hard groiiud. aul tho bark was t.joe. 1 nulled it oil" in slab and throwed 'e:n onto tb; hummocks, find so bridged m) uuy out to that little yalier head. He trug th-d wild when 1 first pulled him out; ihei save ur in a kind of f.tiit. I carried bin homo in a Ir.irry. There was still a gooi many iieople at Nyfer's. They made sonw m. Ik warm and put a tasto of liqu-.i iu it, and forced a few drops d i.vn his throat as j'ou'vo done to a i hiilud lambou a winter mornin. Jli w bathed nud rubbed am wrapped in Kofi :i uiiini a-id laid in the baby's warm nest afore the tire. Nyfer und hi; wife stood looki'i down at him. " 'Raich, said he and sho looked up, hei black eyes a-swimmm' and her face al a -tremble. Then he took her in his arms and held her cloast 'Raich, we hain't loved ont another cnougb, and we bam t loved oui children enough. There's that that's better'n money and land, and for the rest of our live; we'll try and keep bolt of it.' "And I believe they did. Tbe littlo boy had a fever, but he came out all right at last. Miss Nyfer lied about llvo years after that, and ho took the family and went back east. Of course, I wouldn't have told this story just as I havo if any of 'cm had been around. The people had listened closely, and when Mrs. Lockery put on ber bonnet and re sumed her seat tho hush was so profound that we could hear, high above our heads, the twittering clamor of a nest of young tana gors, to wjketii the mother-bird had brought worm. The next to address the assembly was a noble-looking old man with silver white hair. It was Mr. Luke Wilson, or 'Squire Wilson, as he was generally called. Ho had a firm intellectual head, and when be spoke his lau guaze was correct and well chosen. "The Widow Lockery," he began, "has disclaimed all right to the title of heroine. Do not lot tho verdict be rendered till I have finished what I am about to relate. My friend and neighbor for forty years will, I know, pardon me if I for once lift the veil from a iiassage of her experience to which she seldom alludes, and of which many in this audience have never heard. Nothing has been told here to-day, notliing could bo told, more strongly illus trative of the courage and endurance of the pioneer spirit, nt least of tbe spirit of one brave pioneer. une winter evenmg, many years ago, a stranger presented himself at the cabin of Thomas and Ruth Lockery and begged a night's lodging. He was a Canadian, completely tired out, and far from welL Neither Lockery nor his wife had it in them to turn a sick stranger from their door; so they gave him supper and a bed. Tbe next day he was unable to rise, and before night he broke out with small-pox. "The following morning when I went out to feed my cattle I happened to look toward Lockci-y's, anil saw on a sharp riso of ground, about half way between tbe tw-o bouses, a woman standing and beckouing to me. It was my neighbor bore. I went to ward her, but while I was some distance away she halted me and told me in a few words about the man with tho small-pox, and charged me to watch tho road aud warn the community. She said she had been in oculated, and would not take the dis ease, but she feared for her husband and children. That day I rode eleven miles to tho nearest doctor. His wife cried, and would not lot him go. He read his books for an hour, while my horse rested, then he mada up a package of meiiciuo3 for mo and I started back. I left the medicines and stimu lants on the scrub oak hill, aud Tom came aud got them. "As Ruth had feared, her husband and their two children were taken down. Several out of the nearer families then olF.-rcd to take the risks and help her nurse her sick, b.:t she Onally refused th-.-ir assistance. " I can get along nloue,' sho would say from her post on tho lull. Th3 Lord giv me strength for all I have to do, and this hor ror mu.t net spread. ' Everything she nccdo-J was fumi-hed promptly an I abundantly, and this was all sho would suiler us to do. The stranger had tlie disease i.i the mildest form, but Lockery aal the little boys, Amos a;id Willy, were hopelessly bad from the first. One morning tho poor old womin called to ui3 thus both the children were dead, and told mo to have two coffins bi ought to the hill that eve nmg at dusk. George Giles and I dug a sbor, wide grave at a spot on the placs whir a she I'esignatod; and that jiht she took those coirius to her cabin, put her chil dren into them, and buried tiieai with her e wn hands 1 One t .nornlng, some thrco wx-ks later, as I went out of my house just at day break, I saw Mrs. Lockery waiting on the hilL She looked changed and bent, and her hair was loose and flying in the wind. I can see it all now. The sky was such a clear, pale gray, and she looked so dark and wi!d against it! I ran to my old post, from which I had hailed her daily for weeks. " 'Thomas died at midnight,' she called. 'Make his 'coffin as light as possible to have it strong enough.' "Then I shouted bade: " 'Ruth Lockery. vou have dono enough! Giles and I will come to-day and bury your dead.' At this she threw up her nrins and uttered an awful cry. "'Don't do it, for the love of God! I've gone through all this alone, that no other place need bo desolated as mine has been. Don't let it be for nothing. It shall not be for nothing! If man or woman' dares to come near that awful house, I'll draw my rifle on them!' "The Canadian was by this time well enough to render her some assistance, and together they coffined and buried poor Tom. They drew tbe lxxly on a stone-sled over the snow," and laid it in tho new grave beside the other. The next day wo saw a red flame shoot up through tho timber, and we knew Rutb had fired ber cabin with all the little effects it contained. There wasn't much, to be sure nothing that she valued after what had gone before. We left a pound of sulphui and two suits on tho hill by her ordors. Thr strangcr got into his fresh garments aftei Ruth bod smoked them welL Then she ;ut his ' hair short, and rubbed his jid wjtl guiatujr rUi sti eJCTnvjl. 1 sue knew bo'd carry tho scent into tno next world with him. He took a gun and a pouch of provisions and weut away, promising sol emnly to enter no human habitation for at leaitt a month. "Tho weather liad turned very mild It was tho last of March and Mrs. Lockery beggod us not to ask her In for a little while lonicor. Slw built herself a wigwam of jioles aud bark; wo took her s-mq beddinir, and for three weeks she lived out of doors. Then slie Changed her clothing again and came among ui, pure enough, wo thought, to minglo with tho angels of Heaven. The psoplo got together and built her another house, and furnished it with everything for her comfort. Sho lived alone for years, a brave, cheorful, actively helpful life; then sho adopted a friendless babe, whom sho reared to womanhood, nud who is now well married, and gives to Mrs. IxK-kery in her old ng a child's love and duty." An Industry Which Mapportw Ilany Oandy Yoaas .Urn. Kansas City Star. Io do up a bundle properly soe:ns lilco a very simple and easy thiug to do, yet it Is not everyone that can do it properly. Lundle- wTapping has become one of tho important features of many largo businesses, and boys are esiiecially trained for that work. This part of a heavy business has bocomo an item of considerable expense. Not only have tho salaries of the young men to be jaid, but tbe papor and time used foots up to a large figure and in this city of bih rent, even the, space occupied by the buudlo-wrnpncn U an item worthy of consideration. In a largo retad store the young man who manipulates the paper and twine earnt his money. Ho must be ublo to work very rap idly und do up his bundles in the strongest and neatest possiblo manner. To do tin's when the goods are laid lieforo blm, ho must be able to decide instantly the kind of twine aud thesize and quality of paper which should lie used. No person, be ho gentleman or lady, likes to carry a parcel Insecurely tied, or awkwardly done ip. So much skill is re quired in this lino that boys are specially trained for it. When placed in the wrapping department, if they show an adaptability for lh-. bu-iness, they are kept th'., but only a small iierceutage of tho.se who are thus p!:e-e-i on trial are kept there. Th.y may bo v.jry smart at other thing-?, but iu doiu up hu dl-s t'ley are not a success. 1 here are soma hues or goods whica are dilllcuit to do up securely ana neatly, in a music store in a large eastern city, wh re forty clerks were employed, there was only one of them who could properly do up a vio lin. Books which are sent by mail or in pa per bundles require a great deal or care in being done up, in order that the string may not cut the edges or that their corners may not bo broken by being tossed about. In grocery scores very little care ia used, and no stj-le whatever is observed. This may be because it is thought that a man who carries home his groceries is not apt to be very par ticular about the manner in which bis bun dles are done up. But many an unlucky fel low, whose arms were loaded up wtb par cels, has sighed to find bin sugar leaking out of a paper bag, or his eggs dropping one by one on the sidewalk. Provision stores also do up their goods carelessly, and one has hard work to carry home a bundle of meat without soiling his fingers and his clothing, Not exactly under the head of bunale- wrapping, but nearly akin to it, comes t he doing up of newspapers for tbe mail. Tho magazines and many large daily and weekly newspapers use the best brown paper for this purpose, but most of tho smaller publi cations are conteut to use fragments of news papers, circulars, and the like. A machine has been invented for folding newspapers. but they have all to bo wrapped for the mail by band. Young men who aro employed for this business acquire wonderful profi ciency, and can do up tevcral hundred pa pers in an hour. prom tho foregoing facts it will be seen that bundle-wrapping forms quite an exten sive industry, and in large cities an or da em ployment to a large uumber of persons. An Exposition India. Chicago Times. Tho great Calcutta exhibition, which will open on Sept. 1, promises to be the finest ever held in Asia. Up to June 22,104,40 square feet of space bad heeu taken up. Great Brit- am and her colonies occupy about three- fourths of the whole. A show of live stock, including exhibits from Australia and from an parts oi main, is to 1x2 aiiaea to tr.e otii-r attractions. The question of accommodation for visitors is a very diflicult one. Houses are already being let at fancj' prices, and the hotels arc hardly sufficient for the ordinary winter incursion ot strangers i uere it soma talk of forming a standing camp. Why Site Objected to the Honor. Maine Gleanings. Tho daughter of a fisherman down tho coast had a tiff with her lover because she would not allow him to name his new loa. for her. "Why do you stand out ag'iu it?" asked her father. "Well," queried the girl, "do j-ou think it such a great compliment to Lear e wry few weeks that Matildy Slocuni's up for repairs, Matildy Slocuni's in tho duel: v I o sc -.i.ped, or that Matilda t-'o-Mini's i hi- and ilitildy Slocuni's that? If you u ), 1 don't, as d tbat s got to settle it!" As an Emblem or Ti-nth. '.v Orkv.ns Tiiiws-Deuv -crat. uucorac-tvo article mac miy 00 made in vnriou wavs is shaped hke tho geuunn Gecrgo Was;i:n-tcn hatehet: it should be of soned white wood, and may bo covered ii plush, velvet, oi satin: it may be painted r eaiL-roidere-: upon, or it mav servo as a raoie for a boll1-" wo.i-1 nri-. Lillian Russell aud. the Prince. New York Graphic. liie piniee of ales i., said to be d-lightou with Lul;an Ilisstll. He summoned her to his box the other evening, aud shr showed her tiftb, loiirtcsiud i.nd snapped her eji.-s at him. During an interval in tho succ-eudiug conversation the prince levelled his glass at Sol -men and remarked w ith what upjieured to lam to be great good humor, "Ach! mine lolViy frien', dis vus rtauty an' dot vas da Pcavt, hey;" 'Sir Albert Edward, or perhaps j-our gracious majesty, or whatever they call y-u," said i all.au. snapping her eyes still more, "the geut!emai to wb -m you refer is my best friend aud I won't have him abused, so there now I I consider your remark ouite un- gentlemanly, and there is moit German than Jew ia it, anyhow. What do you think of the several Georges, aud how do you account for the fact that your ina loved Mr. Disraeli better than all of his political predecessors put together? You may be tbe heir apparent, but vou shan t abuse Mr. Solomon. "Haw! by Jove!"' said the prince, wininsr his bald head with his handkerchief. "That's good, y'know. Haw! Are all pretty ladies of America historians, y'know? Haw' Tou me word, aw dida t mean to offend, y'know. Mr. Solomon is a very decent kind o' fellah. y'know. Let me haw! let mi apologize by paying you the fincst-aw compliment that could be paid-aw an American woman." 'Thank you in advance, sir," said Lillian. turning her eyeo to the floor, "aud what is that?" Why, aw, it is, y'know, that y'don't look like an American woman at all." "Oh, thank you again," said Lillian, look ing very much pleased. "It's very pretty and very gratifying." "My bleeding county," sheexelnirr.ed, after she had gone to bed. "It was an insult to every American wotr.au that ever lived, and I thanked him for it. ell, I ili.lu t think. I never do. But I hope Mr. Frelingeuysen will act u;j a war with England right away.' Envied, an Alligator. Boston Post. Two gallons of cool waUky wuro poured. down the throat of a capcurad young alliga tor ia Mississippi to sea how it would affect Its organization, iia uttered a "Lie or twt wanted to fight an old scow, glgjledic a siliy uumuer, aad finally rolled over an I went to sleep. Over 100 tr&mpa asti dtizwa e&ad .)".-.- v ' , - - -v 'y t .vi:r-'-' Livery, and RIGS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION DtY OR NIGHT. KVKKYT IIIX(i IS FIIIST CLASS - - ....... j j., I I I J'j L-1J 1 SINGI.i: AND DOUJJLK CAKHJAfJI'S. f ... 1 Comer Vim nml Fomlli Streets, IrRlKUKU AM Th LATTSMOU'i II HI' KALI) uat'UTs win uijti ci'iniijelf even facility Cor lii.sl l:iss JOB In Every Department. fttaiogues LEGAL BLANKS, A.UCTION" SALE Ozi7 Stoelz of .inn iiiiueiKiis im large mm r I 1 C- -TV n- PLATTS3I0UT1I Subs c 7 u( f'(jr Uui.fJa.Luj J'r.faLa LTTZLVTTB H '-"EL h. y l)i vli-:ii in 2 7? sowest' B..sfes. WAYS Lumber, Sasii.D BEMNETT& LEWIS HE LuO rG Come to the froi.t with taple am FIJESII AND XICE. We always buy the best poods in the "e sell V e are sole aeents in tins town " PERFECTION" AND Tlir CELEBRATED "BATAVIA" CANNED GOODS g fir.er in tlie market riain Tiper" Lr?.nd of IJAltimore O n harifl. ('nrnn and se n htm we uillmuka ynn clad. FJLOUI&, A X At Wliolealeand Retail. VirA paid for aJi hind? of rounlry ppoife S'irsj Sale Stable. Till! mvrTiMvc iv mi hi I lils by calliiiL' at the a ----- 9 PLATTS MOUTH. Mill. PliBLISiil O. PITULISIIIXC CO. MI 'A NY lias hlet Work BILLS, IB 31 T e. $ ramp OOUVJ. MERCIAL J3lan7-r, JPajiers complete in every deparl in A -i r- . II ERALJ OFFICE ALL K I N If- Ol' oors, Blinds i A.II-TTS, iiSIS, Terms Cash AHEAD a complete UKOGLnS rancv brocenes market, and guarantee fvervthica for the sale of GROUND SPICES D- FEEB ' till iivil Hcii m. . National iiank. irr: TT 7 Err) n rc-x ra I v