TILE UAJt.Y- HEliALl), TLAlTsMotf rlf, NKr.?i.yfcA, KlitDAV, PCHMHUU 2, 1$$L yll)c tJlattsmoutl) Daily fjeralb KNOTTS BBOa, Publishers & Proprietors. Tnn.EE largo iron works arc to be erected in the south, one in Birmingham ouc at Sheffield and the other at Nash ville for the manufacture of steel. This will set the ball to rolling and make things boom in the new iron fields of the south. Tue flint class manufactures, have agreed upon a scale of wages, which they will present to their employes on the 2n of January, and if they are not accepted will shut down and if this is done there will bo abont 8,000 men thrown out of employment. How does it come that those 4brhk battles' in Louisiana have not been heard of lately? All seems quiet on the bayous, and the militia arc rest ing on their laurels. In the last des perate attack of the colored '"ruffians'' on the inoffensive militia, it is a remarkable fact that most of them were shot in the back excent that poor old '"aunty"' who was shot dead because she couldn't tel which direction to run she was stone I 1 ind. Omaha Republican. "Worm it not be better if Secretary Fairchild would buy up some bonds ant cancel them? instead of distributing the money in the depository bonds over the country? He lias already dispt s :d ot $33,764,332 which is a increase of nearly $2,000,000 over last week. If he would buy the bonds it would relieve the covin try of a part of its indebtedness, and the interest charged would be reduced, and ilia volume of investment money for business enterprises increased. WHY MEN FAIL. Few men come up to their lithcit measure of success. Some fail through timidity, or lack of nerve. Ihey aie unwilling to take the lisk incident to life, and fail through fear in venturing on ordinary duties. The lack of pluck Others fail through imprudence, lack of discretion, care or sound judgment, They overestimate the future, and build air casties. and venture beyond their deoth. and fail and fall. O hers, again fail through lack of application and peraeverence. They begin with good resolves, but soon get tired of that and want a change, thinking they can do much better at something else. Thus they fritter life away, and succeed at nothing. Others waste time and money, nnd fail for want of economy. Many fail through ruinous habits; tobacco, whisky, and beer spoil them for business, drive their best customers from thtm, ci scatter their prospects of success. rme fiil for want of brains education, and fitness for their calling; th-y lack a knowledge of human nature and of tLe motives that actuate men. They have not qualified themselves for theli" occupa tion by practical education. School Stejjlement. LINCOLN'S PR A YER. The following touching story of Lin coln is related hy Col. Dayton of Wash ington: "Shortly after the battle of Gettysburg, Gen. Sickles, badly wounded, brought to "Washington by some member of his staff and was taken to a private ltouae of a Mr. Dule, on F street, opposite the Ebbitt house. The brave hero of many 6 hard-won field was very near his last muster, The morning after his arrival Presideut Lin coln, with bis boy Tad, was announced. He walked with solemn step into the room where the general lay hardly gasp ing. We all thought he was djjng. Dr. iMmujs was holding his pulse, and as Mr. Lincoln approached the bedside with Tad, he was much affected. He raised his head to Heaven, while big drops of tears fell from his cyce, and offered up tlie most fervent prayer I ever heard. Not a dry eye was in the room; ali, even Tad, were aobbing. I can not remember the exact words if the prayer, but this portion of it will never Uo effaced from mj memory: 'Oh God. let e not lose sail uj friends in this war.' Mr. Lincoln was very foad of Gen. Sickles, and vis ited him" almost every day, and sent flowers of the choicest klad to his room daily from the Whitn House conseatcry. Jl UTHERFORD PEA P. Dr. Rutherford, who took morphine Monday, is deaJ. The man who dies by h"n own hand proclaims that livinrwas a failure. "When the victim of the mor phine habit takes an overdose of tbe drug, the error is not deeply to be regret " ted. But suicide is morraly as pernac jous At murder. It is the taking of a human life. Life is given to mortals to improve. It is not theirs to destroy. Yet it i not strange, that impelled by the belief that the grave is the eud of all, men should turn wearily to it for rest. Upon some form of the hideous doctrine tba there is no God' must rest the odium of most of the suicides save those attributed directly to a disordered brain. Bach doctrine is a curse to the world., A man who looks upon himself as an animate atom with no higher destiny Uiau the clods he treads. He can not be go verned by deep- seated self-respect or entertain much respect for his fellows. There would not be much to respect in an ani mal here to-'ay and feeding the worms to-morrow. If man were really this, for the whole race to commit suicsdc and leave a vacant and desolate world to whirl through , space, were a stroke of wisdom. Life for its brief self is not worth the toil and the sorrow. The bur den of the day is too much for him who expects to become nothing after he shall lay the burden down. Why not drop it and be done with the strife. With noth ing to hope beyond there can be nothing to fear. Suicide is not alone an outgrowth of morbid doctrine. To the same source nmy be traced a thousand other crimes. All will continue while men continue to deliberately rank themselves with the beasts of the field. Those engaged in checking evil will attiuk a potent source of it iu attacking the Dob Ingeroolism of the country. Even among those guilty of suicide or other crime seemingly due to the influence of drugs it will be found that these beliefs prevail. The morphine cater is an agnostic; the victim of arsenic a disciple of I'aine. Relieving in no Ilea Yen, they seek the one created by the poison, only to find that it vanishes and they are wrecked on the mystic shore whose existence they denied. Omaha Herald. AMERICAN HONESTY. American travelers have a good repu tation in Italy, so, at least, Dr. Osgood, of New York, reports. These shopkeep ers are willing to trust even strangers, never doubting that the money in the end will come to hand. Dr. Osgood gave some illustrations from his own experience. At Home and Geneva one is most tempted to make purchases, and at both places you can do well at the best stores. I was umazed at their readiness to ac commodate Americans. At Geneva a large dealer in watches and jewels said, in reply to my remark that I hai little money to spend: "The money sir is of no const quence. You can hayc anything you want, and pay for it in New York." On my ex pressing surprise at such confidence in a stranger, he said; "You must allow us to believe that we understand our business." In Rome I was repeatedly told to take anything that I wished to my hotel, and pay when convenient; and Pspe, after asking the ludy proprietor of a rich mo saic establishment to reserve for me a choice piece of Byzantine mosaic until I had filled my purse, she said: "Take it with you;" and, on my ex pressing surprise at her confidence in a stranger, she said: "O sir, have no scru ples. We never lose anything by the YmcrUianii end English." Good Ch?er. HERE'S WHAT'S THIS MATTER. Cali in Treasuav, October 1. ie87..H2.635 4G9.00 Ciifh in Treasury, .MaicIi 4, 1S35,... 37a.ii3,353,0O fneTaeti lock -up 233 472,116 0 Decre.iseu rjonal Bank Notes, jtiune i eiiiui. l03.02iV02.oo Total contraction since Malta, 'ii': xr,34,H8,W) Average contraction per capita oi po. illation, u.yO Oskaloosa Herald. Ascent of Kl!inisidarr, The highest mountain in Africa lias ftt last been conquered. Dr. A. Meyer, of Loipsic, succeeded in reaching the sum mit cl tho Kibo peak in August last. Kilimanjaro wa 4iseovered by the mis sionary Rebniann in l$iS, and in the following year bis colleague, Hrap, .dis covered its snow covered companion, Kenia. In 18G2 Van der Decken at tempted to ascend Kilimanjaro, but suc ceeded fxdy in reaching a height of 11.000 feet, in 1871 the Rev. Charles New ascended as far as the naoyy Jine, and in 1881 Mr. II. H. Johnston reached a height of 10,000 feet. Dr. Meyer took six days to reach the summit of the crater of Kibo. On the first day lie readied k forest limit; on the second Johnston's camp n the third, passing over extensive grass meadow.;, ho at tained the snow lines, and here, n3 usual, his native companions deserted him. On th? fourth day, through broken up blocks .of laya. Dr. Meyer reached the foot of the crater, and thn pdge of the crater Itself on the lifth day.. Tiiis lie found to bo thickly glaciated, as also the region which lies between Kilio and its lower companion summit, Kimawezi. The sixth day Dr. Meyer spent in taking phoUjfraphs" and making collections around Klbc, and he also spent several days lower dowii at tie snow limit for a similar purpose. He estimates lha Jip.'i??1 of the Kibo summit at close on 20,000 feet, considerably- higher than the esti mates f Mr. Johnston. Dr. Meyer's de tailed narrative his journey will be looked for with interest. -j-Luiiion Stand ard. j..- Value jFJis Autograph. "I see that Ben: Perley Pppre's collec tion of autographs is to be sold," said a bright young lawyer who would shine in a community where lawyers are less plentiful. "But I don't believe," he continued, "that any autograph in the collection will bring more than mine." "And what- is the market value of your autographs?" asked Mr. RustJ.er. "To the best of my knowledge only one has ever been sold, and it brought first $400 and then $300." "And who were the unfortunate pur chasers?" "Mr. Nptfshaver bought it for $400, which was 50 per cent, of its pax value, and 1 myself secured it from bio. at a slight advance of $100. I am rather choice of my autographs, aud I shall put no more oh the market unless hard pressed." Kansas City Journal. WIVES IN TIIE CITY. LITTLE REDRESS FOR WOMEN DE SERTED BY THEIR HUSBANDS. Marital Trouble Brought to Light In tb Folic Court a of New York City Cholc Between fauperlam and Starvation Delinquent Hunband. Men tired of their wives occupy more than a fair share of the time and attention of the police magistrates. The law gives very lit tle redress to women deserted by their hus bands. Before a magistrate can interfere at all in behalf of the woman she is obliged to apply to the commissioners of charities and correction for a requisition to the magistrate in tho district in which she resides. "I Lis requisition empowers, or rather orders, the magistrate to issue a warrant for the arrest of the delinquent husband. Before obtaining this order on the magistrate the applicant is obliged to swear that she is without means of support, and that she will be obliged to call on the city to support her if her husband is not compelled to provide for her. If she asks for any of the luxuries of life she will not get them, because, having secured tho arrest of her husband, she mei el y occupies the josi- tion of a witness in the 7ice court. She has sworn that she will hare to be supported by tho city if the city does not compel her h"is baud to provide for ber; therefore the city takes charge of the unfortunate woman's affairs, and takes the husband into custody merely to protect itself from having another pauper to support. FIVE DOLLABS PER WEEK. -This being the case, the woman is rarely Ulowed more than f5 per week by the mag istrate ior me support or herself and perhaps two or loree cauaren. u she has no chil dren and can do work, or has children who ore able to work, and who turn any of their earnings over to her, these facts are taken into consideration and the amount the hu; band is ordered to pay her is correspondingly lessened. iue husband may have made tho wife's life so miserable that she cannot live with him. He boldly announces, however: "I never refused to live with her. Bheleft me. I am willing to take her homo with me now and support her." "How is this! Is he telling tho truth?" mo magistrate Inquires. "1 could not live with him. He abused me, called ine all manner of vilo names and said he wished I would leavo him," tho woman answers. Although tho magistrate may believe every word the woman says ho is powerless 10 ao anyinmg out tell her to go home with the husband, and, if he abuses her, to come back and have him arrested for disor derly conduct or assault. If the woman re fuses the justice has no alternative but to dismiss the case and let tho woman starve or become a pauper, supported by tho city. Many of these applicants for support have not been actually abandoned, but have been doing more than their share toward main taining the household, while tho delinquent husband has been turning; a mere pittance of his earnings into the house, drinking up the remainder and abusing his family every time ho got drunk. "if you would only give him a talking to and make him premise to do better, judge," the wife says. "Don't 'lock him up. The little money I get from him is better than none, and if he is locked up ho can't earn anything." iJtcTrnata the delinquent. The magistrate thus appealed to delivers a lecture to the delinquent and dismisses him with the threat of prompt imprisonment if he does not treat his family better. The ju'v tiee, however, rarely believes that this wi : have any lasting effect, and it very rare J does. In most instances the man is xrjtv firmly convinced than ever that his fa;s2y are uur.ble to get along without him, and ho feeis fiure that his abused wife will not dare to appeal again to the court through fear that her little income will be still further de creased by his imprisonment. Accordingly, ho usually acts worse than before. If ho continues- to give spme little support to his family his wife bears his abitee a best she can. Sometimes such men become so reckless that they cease to be of tho slightest benefit to the; j" families and are locked up. The law is next to powerless with men whose income will allow them to Jive apart from their wives. If such meachoosa to contribute to the sup port of their wives they may abandon them at will i.od a police magistrate can do noth ing to aid the decerted wife. Many wives aro unable to swear truthfully that they are liable to become paupers. Many others will not submit to the humiliation of swearing so even if it is true. Many refined, well educated women submit toJJ the humiliating preliminaries to secur ing tho pbnAJummp warrants, because of their just indignation at being alimdaiied for women whose physical charms are superior to their own. Such applicants are surprised to Jeam that the law is not framed to punish such offenses, but merely to prevent an in crease if the number of paupers. The de linquent is merely palled upon fa give bonds to givo his wife a certain amount paeh week. Rare indeed do such men face their injured wives, even once a week. Some place has to bo provided for the receipt and delivery of tho weekly stipend. This has led tho sergeants of the various police courts to assume a duty, whiehlias'bf late gro.vyn to ss.eh proportions that it has become decidedly' 'onerous. Ser geants of the police courts have more than fifty mca on their lists who are thus handing in their weekly installments. These are passed over to the deserted wives, and receipts taken. In'manypf the busier courts this list will in cludo frpm J0j to '5Q' names. "New York Evening Hun. Harpooning Boards at the Docks. Among the flotsam of our docks damaged boards are often found in considerable num bers. The other day en Italian fished for ih&in Tery yirns.tically just above the foot of Deebrosses-treet,-- jie uspj around piece of heavy wood, about three' inches in diameter and eighteen long. One end of this was armed with a sharp pointed spike, while to the other end was attached about twelve fee$ ( cjhtheslino. Taking tho stick lus hand,1 the Italian tiat il th? sp'ke into the end of a bcahi, much, as a 8aifor would harpoon a whale, and then carefully drew it up so J-hat be could reach it with his hands and pull it up n the dpek. The spike would sometimes pull but" when the board was almost within reach, and oho 'particularly at tractive one had to be harpooned a dozen times before the Italian could call it his own. The man Orjja the boards thoroughly, then chops them "into kindling wood, which Lis wife sells. He is said to be making a fair living out of the business, -rSew York Evening Sun. The Main Foint Vividly Indicated. A little Sunday school girl, whose lesson had been about the story of the fiery furnace, was telling her mother about it. "And, canona," she said, "that naughty king hcaf od an oven jnst as hot as he could get it, put three good lneh Ta and "thoy" wouldn't cook a lyt!n-jraiuse Herald. : J ALL SORTS OF ITCMS. Newtpapr-r IVrnrzipliM of f;-!ieral later t Clipped from the I'.K'hangrt. A Yale diploma 122 yef.rs old was re cently pi i -I up at an auction salo in New Yot:. It l:!onged to the Rev. Elam O. i 'otter, who was graduated in 1705, uii'u r 'President Clapp. A muol.iiiuiii plantation h:is been es tablished i:i a disused railway tunnel at Edinburc!'. The mushroom ledti occupy about 8-' i yardn of the t'.iimcl, whoso total lenli is about thico-v-arters of a mile. Near tl;-" headwaters of the "White river in Alaska i n very large :.::.l active vol cano wli' a discharges a!ni.t;t continu ously gr; l i-tr-::r:!ri of lire, smoke and lava. It i ; r.hout SOI) luilcj ::iland. "Pa," : il little Johnny, "teacher is thinking ; ; ;it promoting mi'." "How do you l;:: m?' "From v. Jiat she said today." -And what was that?" "Sho said that if 1 kept on I'd ln-Iong to the criminal ! -.-ii " A kitt i r i Portland, Ore., was seen to charm a n.iticsiiukc. The .snake was coiled ar ,!. with its hend followed every motion oi' .'u- kitten. The kitten seemed to realize importance of i!i; situation and never ;.I3ov.-ed her attention to wan der from tlie snake. The snake was killed. There i.-. s.n nnnecoiintaMr mid remark able morir !iiy among (h nari:nes of San Luis Obiv; f..:iy. They are dying by the thousand, and the shores of (he bay are covered v i:ii these dead fLsh t. the depth of two or three feet, and the stench is unbearaL:o. The m .-i expensive iiolirpmrm's star in the Unit ! -''. hLcs i paid to he the one owned bv Marshal John Jo!I-. of Butte City, Mo::. It L- of solid ;! !; has five points; e;- h point has :i diamond : and in the centi : a monogram of diamonds. The deso indicate:; thr.t it is worth more than the vOO at whieh it is said to be valued. Largo t.'.tntities of gunpowder are at present 1 ' .-- sunk at the mouth of the Thames! ' ; gnvcTninc-nt steamer. This gunpowd : ii:u been .icctiin dialing for some yea: i i the magazines it Purtleet, having be: .i returned from .stores as de teriorated i- unreliable. The govern ment has : it-.T.pk'd to lind a market for this cone ;::iK4;l powder, hut no manu facturers .viv willing to nmiertako the risk of tilt i:rocoss of extracting the salt peter. Several ye.us ago watermelons were almost in: .H vn in C'alil'.Hii .. An eild Missouri:;::, who owned forty acres near Lodi, and who had raised the fruit in old Missouri, plr nted his w hole lot to melons. His neigii' . Jangled r.t the idea of melons f -'ving without r;tin, and ho was callci the ho;-s frank of the country. But the I :;es thrived and bore melons. 40,000 of them and ho cleared $20,0?0 from his 1 -rty acres; and now Lodi is the great melo:i district of tho Pacific slope. C'lii.imey o: Kire. If a chin;-.-.; y or Hue cnlch on f re, close all windows an-I doers first, then Lar.g a blanket in front ot tao grate to e::.i:i le all air. Water 6ho.:2 i never be pou:-c-l down the chimney, ; - ii- sjioiLs the caiv.':.. Coarse salt throw;; . .v;i the fluo is much better. Boston Bu. ' . To set tL color in blac!i or d-.-.rk hosiery, calicoes, c:. ..'.vies, etc., put a l:-.v-j-3 teaspoon ful of blac'.v : :;cr into a pail of water and let tho ar . j ho in soak for ;i ccupla of hoars. JULIU PEPPiftBERG, 3i..::uKACTT:i:i;n o:-- and WHOLESALE & RETAIL iKAi.r:ji in thi: Choice Brands of Cigars, including our Flor de p.erbergc. -.rd 'Duds TUbL LINE OS" TOBACCO AND SMOKERS' ARTICLES always ii: - feck, Nov. 21,1865 GENU-NS :-: SINGER with high :::in aud vibn-.tirg shuttle, sold on i:;.h L:ivy payait:is or casli r j. bicknk'll,' ' .Manager Plattsmcutli Braich HEALTH IS WEALTH ! . Dr. E. C. Wt .s'.'s Xervc and J5n. in Trea$iiu-i:t agua-anter ".ciiic f:r Hjtori-i Iiizziuess. Convulsions. "'L. Neryi:i:s Nenr 'l;-'i:i, Hi-ad-ache. fferv." l':csi r :t;fi! cause: IjV the use ot aIeoliQ!': ; i. u j !, v. k fi:'i!P--. VewialDe pression, S. of P; -jin i.-Mpj'in in sanity anl It: !: t misery, oeesy .-'iitf f.al':i, reinature y. Parreriie-'.s. I."- oi i'ow erineither? x. i::v lui t;iry l."s s an-J Spt-r-mat rriifT;i 1-y (iv-.T-exf-: !tn of ilie brain, gelfal". ; or over-in'inles.Cf Each b-x contains om-,-.t!i'a irr:at!:init, 51 oa a I:ox or six boxes i'.:t -vS.CO, sut by mail prrpuitlor receipt of p! ' e "WE (JtV ii. 'JAKZTl 1 15 aXES TO cure air. .-- " jju i-acii or-it r fceiefl by us to- six ioves; se?o:iipHU eil vitn?3i'0. we will send t ::e pi:rcii:iSer 1 ur written guaran tee to return t!:e r.'onev ir the r atment tioes not effect a cure. Cuara-.itees ics.u' l ruly by Will J. Wain :-. sole agent. Hat tMii 'utli. Neb. YOU WPT 1 - s T TI iH" 5 t I i S3 g i H S It nil mm OF CALL OX Cor. U'li aivl Granite streets. C ontr : -or and B uilder Sept. 12 O'm. 1613 van WO Laiv,Bea! Estate & insurance -OFFICES OF- WSfSDHAS2 Mercantile T-aw ami Ileal Estate Litgation a ppecialty. ('! lections made in all parts of the State through competant attoni .v. Persons desiring the best oi FIRE INSURANCE can get it by ap plying at this office, either in the Md TheiMiix, of Hartford, JFAna, of. Hartford, Qrteen. of Liverpool, Niagara, Western, Traders of Chiv-o. No better companies can be found anywhere, and the rates arc as Iuwy as can be had in any reliable company. FARM - INSURANCE .A. SPECIALTY. We have an exceedingly large list of Realty for sale, both im proved and unimproved, including fcotne of the most desirable resi dence property in the city. If property is wanted either within tho old town site or in any of the additions to the city, it can be had through this ofiice. Persons having property for sale or exchaT-go will consult their best interests by listing the same with us. ti The loveliest residence locality in tho city can be purchased at this office for $150, in payments of one-third down, balance in one nd two years; or $2o down, balance in monthly payments. Anyone de siring fo viit tin's locality, whether they have in view the purchase ofj a lot or not, by e tiling at our ofHce will be driven to the Park free of expense. Remember the placn, OSSB 'OTP oass 5 y 3J it ii & s 1 SENT FREE. A Sample Cppy of tho Ten-Page Weekly GLOBE-DEMOCRAT READ READ READ The following comparative statement of a naniher of the most jironiineut weekij, 4 puhlished in tlie United St.it-s eiiowa conclusively that the Vcekly otooe jJcmocrat is 110111 Jio Weekly Globe-Democrat, St. "Louis, Me. eekly Kevubllvan. Kt. Louis, Mo Weekly Tr'ltune, Cliic;;o. Ill ; Weekly Times Clitrno. Ill Weekly ! ter-Oceau. Cliicasro. 111. Weekty Irxjuirer. 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