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VOLUiIE I.
BEOWNVILLE, NEIAH A COUNTY, N
T;, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1856.
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.'.-BUSINESS" CARDS.
. OSCAR F. LAKE & CO.,
. GEXE1UL
MUD AND LOT AGENTS,
OFFICE Lliin. Ut. 1st and 2d
Erownville, IT. T.
A. S. HOLLIDAY, IL D.
i SURGEON, PHYSICIAN
' And. Olostotricirvxi. r
LROWXVILLE, 5. T.;
Solicits a share of public patronage, in the various
brnche or his profession, from the citizens of Brown-
T.Ile and vieinitv.
W. E0BLITZELL & CO.,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IS
DRY GOODS. GROCERIES.
Queensvraie, Hardware,
Stovos, JPixxTtxitrxro,
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
BROWNVILLE, N. T.
MISS MARY W. TURNER,
J.ncL Dross Vitvlior.
Tint. EtTeet, between Ilaln and "Water,
BROWNVILLE, N. T.
Bonnets and Itimmings always en hand.
C. W. WHEELER,
'ARCHITECT AND -" BUILDER
272 337. HLZ3 JATSZ t"2.
T. L. KICIvETTS,
CARPENTER 'AND. JOINER.
BIIO W V XXaXaZ3y
' . NEBRASKA TERRITORY.
JOHN S. HOYTj
County - Surveyor and Land Agent,.
f r Richardson county, N. T will attnd promptly
V- to all business in'his profession, when called on:
uch as l'aying Taxes, Recording Claims. Subdiriding
Land, Laying out Town Lots,'Draf ting City Plats Ac.
wes:dence and' address
ARCHER, Riehardson co., N. T.
J. HART c SON
B & MflESS
Oregon, Holt Couuty, Missouri.
p constantly on hand all descriptic
Saddles, rijje?t 4c., Ac. '
-,. li. Lrcry article in our shop is manufactured
J onreelvend warranted to give satisfaction.
fill AWt DUEL k BARBOUR,
IJtrOKTrEg A I0BBER3 OF
552ry Q-oods
55 Pearl Street, Cincinnati.
sllEB0r,C, G, 33AW, l.C.BVZLr.G. U. CAEBOrB
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J. D. N. THOMPSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
LOT AND LAND AGENTS;
"BROWXVILLE, X. T.,
Will attend the Courts of Northern Misaoori, Ne
braska abd Western Iowa.
E. M. M'COMAS,
PHYSICIAN, SURGEON
and obstetrician, '
xi:maiia citv, k. t.
Tenders bis professional services to the citizens of
Xemaha county. - - .'
Be S. HARDING. G. C. KIMBOTCH TU. T. TOOMES.
HARD1MG, KOOUGH CO,,
- 2Ianfactu re r$ and WloJe$ale Dealer in
HATS, CAPS & STRAW GOODS,
Ro 49 Hain street, bet. Olive and Fine,
ST. LOUIS, MO.
Particular attention paid to manufacturing our
finest Mole Hats. 1
JAMES W. GIBSON, : ;
BLACKSMITH
Second Street, between Main and Nebraska,
. ' BROWN V ILLE, X. T.
C. V. SNOW,
SURGEON, PHYSICIAN
Aoooucliourf
KOCKPORT, MO,
NUCKOLLS, RUSSELL, & CO.
- "WHOLESALE AND KETAIL D&AXEAS IN
on
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HARDWARE-. AND CUTLERY,
Medicines, Dye Stufls,
Saddlery, Boots & Shoes, Hats' & Caps,
QUEEffSWAEE, STOIfEWAEE, THT57A21E, :
IEOX, NAILS, STOVES, PLOWS Ac. '
Also Furniture of all kinds, Window Sash, &c
A. D. KIRK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Land Agent and Notary Public,
Archer, Richardson county, X T.
Will practice in the Courts of Nebraska, assisted
by Harding and Dennett, Nebraska City. v
JACOB SAFFOKD, '
Attorney and Counsellor" 3 at Law.
GENERAL INSURANCE AND LAND AGENT.
And Notary Public.
Nebraska City, Nebraska Territory,
WILL attend promptly to all buisness entrusted
to his care, in Nebraska Territory and West-
em Iowa.
September 12, 1S5G. vlnl5-ly
SPRIGMAN & BROWN,
RAILROAD AfID STEAMBOAT
AGENTS.
And General Commission Merchants.
. Xoi 4.0, Public Landing. ; - ,
Cincinnati, ohio;
A. A. BRADFORD,
11. MCLESNAX,
Nebraska City, N. T.
D. L. MC GAR V,
Brownville,N. T.
BRADFORD, McLEXNAN & McGARY,
ATTQSHEYS AT L1W
AND
SOLICITERS IN CHANCERY.
Drownrille and Nebraska City,
NEBRASKA TERFJTORY.
BEING permanently located in the Territory, we
will rive our entire time and attention to the
practice of our profession, in all its branchas. Mat
ters in Litigation, Collections of Debts, Sales and
Purchases of Real Estate, Selections of Lands, Lca-
ting of Land a mints, and all other business en
trusted to our management, will receire prompt and
faithful attention.
REFERENCES.
S. F. Nuckolls, Nebraska City,
Richard Brown,
Wm. Hoblitzcll & Co.,
Hon. James Crair,
Hon. Janes M. Hughes,
Hon. John R. Shepley,
Messrs. Crow, MeCrearyA Co.
Messrs. S. G. Hubbard & Co.,
Hon. J. M. Lore,
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Brown? illo,
St. Joseph, Mo.,
St. Louis, Mo.,
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Cincinnati O.
Keokuk, Iowa.
June 1, 18jC.
a. MUDD, O. L. HTJGHES, J. J. MUDD,
n. T. JftTDD, g. o. GBTJEB.
MUDD & HUGHES.
PRODUCE 4' COMMISSION
Xo. 33 Levee and GG Commercial" Street
ST. LOUIS, MO. . .
OUVER EENNET. TJI. B. OASRIT.
r. HhKK. AITGCSTCS KNIGHT.
OLWER BENNETT k CO.,
Manufacturers and Whalesale Dealers in
BOOTS AND. SHOES,
7 STIIEET,
(FoaxEKir, No. 101, Cokxek of Mais akd LocrsT.)
ST. LOUIS, MO.
X. J. FOrTLETOX. - WM. N. BYEBS.
IOPrLETOX k BYERS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
And General Land Ajreats,
OMAIIA, NEBRASKA. .
Land Warrants Bought and Sold.
LAND ENTERED ON TIME.
SPECIAL attention girento the selection and en
Otry of Lands for Settlers, and all others desiring
choice locations.
Land Claims, Town Lets and all kinds of Real Es
tate, bought and old and inrestmenta made for dis
tant Dealers.
E. D. JOHNSON. 3. P. CASSADV. J.D.TEST.
JOIINSOtf, CASS AD Y TEST,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law.
And General X.and Agents,
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA.
WILL promptly attend to Land Agencies, In
vesting Monev. Locating and felling Land
Warrants, and all other business pertaining to their
profession, in Western Iowa and .Nebraska,
nnv pnnn
I S)'i5tfIIanfmi5. .
. . CE0SSEW THE ATLANTIC.
A -traveling correspondent - of tlie
Kew York Post, writing from of Cape
Clear, Ireland, thus gives Jiis impres
sions of crossing the ocean: i ' ..
We i had the usual Quantity of sea
sickness; the same repeated setting of
tables, withplates and victuals upon it,
but; with few eaters; the same set of
mci,:who eternally drink;" again set,
vrho are ever gambling; another, for
ever reading; another, who never move
out of their births; and another, who
seem never to go to bed. We had
men always pleased, and again those
that were never pleased; we had those
who had seen all countries for in
stance, Bayard Taylor; arid again,
those who were for the first time abroad;
we .had, in short, a motley group,of all
. ..iionalitics, with varied . religions,
politics, morals, ages, sentiments, feel
ings, country language, arid condition.
You read in the papers of "the
splendid tables: they, set on ocean
steamers." Do not believe it, kind
reader. The tables and the fastenings
are well enough, so are the plates, but
the cooking is of the grossest charac
ter -rich in : grease and . apices, but
poor, very poor eating to a stomach
just recovering from seasickness. The
fresh meats and poultry though why
call them fresh I know not are picked
tightly in ice, and thereby downright
deadened in all that makes them fit for
life. After the steamer is out a week
they are tainted, and hams are the only
reliable resource, and a very good re
source they are. Folks wonder at
being sicker on steamers than on
packet ships. r Pass the meat-house
and your nose will explain the cause.
Packets used to carry live stock, and
tneir, iresn meats were iresn their
poultry and pigs were good. , ' '
Another illusion is ,"the comforta
ble state-rooms and cabins."- What
is there comfortable about them?. They
are narrow, not over clean, and one of
the two occupants must always rise
late and descend early at the risk of
lite and limb.
('An experienced surgeon always on
board. bo reads tho advertisement,
and so believed an elderly Connecti
cut lady. The had looked for him, and
mistaken several doctor-like gentlemen
for him. The, - at last, to make per
fectly sure, applied to that "useful
gentleman, always present on steam
ers, by land and sea, who knows every
thing, who has been along before, who
talks with the omcers on navigation
and whom every body intuitively con
sults for information, and he pointed
out to her, as the doctor, a young gen
tleman, just from college whom she
had long observed as a most expert
shufH ebqard player, and 'whom she had
marked out as a nice specimen of a
"middy," but whose surgical and med
ical experience was happily not need
ed, seasickness excepted, and for that
nobody takes a doctor, bhe eyed the
doctor well, and came to the conclu
sion that Seidlitz Powders, Congress,
arid Soda Water, were the physicians
whose experience were the best.
"Attentive ivaiiers" Well, they are
so just now: for in a few hours they
expect the passenger s hand , to ap
proach theirs, and a gold piece to slip
from one to the other. But at the
commencement of . the voyage, unless
you fee like a prince, they do not at
tend to you. I saw one attentive
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waiter, however,for he regularly attend
ed to slipping nice bits from the kitchen
to certain quarters, whence they went
into general consumption, saving only
the passengers. I watched the fellow,
and. forgot my seasickness over his
pilfering abilities, for I was glad to
have found the solution of a question
asked by a fellow passenger: "What
becomes of victuals prepared 2nd not
eaten by the passengers: He was
much pleased to learn "that they were
not spoiled.
The Union having Committee -I do
riot mean to say that we had actually
members of that committte on board
but it is a fact that we had soiae men
who were afraid the Union would not
last till they got back. I endeavored
to reason it out of them, but failed
and they were determined to fill every
.hnghshman and other . foreigner on
board with food for running down the
Union. Now this is decidedly bad
policy, fcuca fears make seasickness
worse, and prolong it, for they add to
that swimming sensation of the head
which makes men and women afraid
to go on deck and look about them.
In fact, Union saving is a sort . of sea
sickness, which those get who are no
used to the motion of the vessel o
state as it is moved by the frefr wincta
upon the billows of a free popular
movement. An old. gentleman re
marked, "That Tail this hobbling and
he emphasized tie word about the
dissolution of the'Union' was too stale
or him.? ' . -1 'r ., '
"Why, sir! . babbling ,geese saved
Rome," .said, a Uiion-saver.
"That s no reason why every goose
should trouble itself a"bout saving the
Union!" - was thev cxirt." reply, - which
cured one . babbling" Uriionrsaver, for
he voyage, at leait. r 5;
Ucean steamers c0mpared.--B.wm2
crossed in all the several isteariier lines,
I feel myself justified,. in forrning and
giving a correct opinion." The' Collins
me'is certainly the fastest,- and the
most commodious for passengers in its
arrangements. , . In machinery the
unardcrs are the strongest and most
reliable, and I regard them as safer in
every respect in which strength is con
cerned. There is a sort of "English"
preponderance in the Cunard steamers,
which docs not let an American feel
at home in them. There is more hard
eating and drinking on these ships
han I ever witnessed before. - - . -
The Bremen line has, or. had, all the
aults of the other, steamers, but their
first cabin- and saloon arrangements
are certainly superior to all. For
amines, the Bremen line possesses
. w : . i
advantages which none of the others
can equal. " Would that more attention
were paid in them to cleanliness! The
Bremen lines keep the poorest order,
he Uunarders the best; and let me add,
hat. all these steamer lines fail in
guarding properly against accidents
by lire. 1 do not mean the boiler,
machine and engine-room by this, but
rather the pantry and the state-rooms,
etc. v .
Their eating arrangements are uni
versallybad. TJiey have but one good
quality if it be a good quality pro
fusion without taste. Tho cooking is
steam-cooking, which I 'can' not de
scribe, except by .comparing it to the
worst specimens of Lnglish hotel cock
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CORONATION - CI ALEXANDER.
The following pnragraph, descrip-
ive of the actual criFm rig. is from the
letter of the correspondent' of. the
Daily News; dated Moscow, Sept. 8.
The emperor and empress being
seated in the ancient throne of the
czars in the Church of the Assumption,
the regalia was properly arranged, and
another burst 01 devout harmony came
from the invisible ctoir. The Metrop
olitan then presented a profession of
faith, which his majesty. must read,
and which he did read on this occasion
with due emphasis ind discretion.
The documents, whhh was exceeding
ly lengthy, took upwards of ten min
utcs in the reading during which pro
found silence reignel in the church.
Immediately after, the emperor was
invested with the -state mantle, and
here followed the most interesting
feature in the uay s . Ttroceedinprs.
Taking the crown, sn immense one
blazing all over with- diamonds up
with his two hands, he placed it on his
head, thereby intimating that from no
earthly power, priestly or law, did he
receivo sovereignty. Then making a
sign to the empress, who knelt submis
sive before him on a golden cushion,
he just touched her forehead, with it,
and immediately replaced it on his
own head. This was a moment of
intense interest. 1 The empress mother,
who had borne up with immense forti
tude, burst into tears; and , the whole
of the congregation, as they fell on
their knees in honor of the rite, sobbed
and cried like children. What a history
did not those 'tears of- the empress
mother recall? ; . " '
More than a- quarter of a century
before she had received a similar honor
from the greatest sovereign of his time;
had long after shared his thoughts, his
joys, and his' sorrows; and' now' she
stood alone the great man naa passed
away, and to" another hand was about
to be confided the powerful scepter
which, it had been so long her happi
ness to share in wielding. This was
the culminating point of the ceremo
nial.' "Then came the anointing: the
administration of the sacrament to the
Emperor in both forms, the Empress
in one; the mass, and other ceremo
nials purely religious; and finally, the
congratulations, which the Emperor
received with great dignity and sclf
posssscssibn. At the same time his
countenance wore a care-worn and
saddened look, and he seemed like one
who felt oppressed with the sense of
an aWIUl responsiuiinj. j.u came me
moment for which 70,000 people out
side had been waiting with exemplary
patience. A gorgeous procession issued
from the church door. , In front was a
splendid canopy, under which walked
the emperor, with the imperial mantle.
There were the standard, the. seal, and
the sword of the empire, the great
functionaries at a respectful distance
behind, and the dismounted guarded a
cheval in their golden cuirosses, lining
tho way. k rom : a hundred bands
pealed out at once the national ari'them
-".God save the Czar," and the shouts
o the people -formed a tremendous
accompaniment to the music. The
countenance of his majesty was most
solemn: he bowed repeatedly but never
smiled, and the cheers seemed to die
away for the want of the imperial
sympathy. It was a striking onential
spectacle the pargoda-like .". canopy,
the great Czar with his immense crown
of diamonds blazing in the sun, the
many oriental costumes, and the beard
ed raujiks, all formed a picture which
I shall not soon forgot!.-. " '
" ' BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. : :
If ever ai. city had reason to erect a
statue, Boston is justifiedin the present
homage to Franklin. To him we owe
more of what we value in life than to
any other one man who ever lived.
In any early age of the world he would
have been worshipped as- a demigod
some Prometheus ' or Hercules. .' He
has given this age its imnr'ess. its
image, and superscription. He melted
down the old theological bigotry, saved
the humane principles at. the; bottom
of it, inspired strong, practical com
mon sense, a thirst for knowledge, an
ambition to subdue, a love of labor,
order, equality, justice. Whether he
moulded candles or constitutions, he
did it earnestly and with his whole
mind arid soul. When he set type, or
inked a form, he did it with a sublime
sense of the results, and the working
of brains always dignified the working
of his hands. Hence, instead of allow
ing the physical to draJiim down to
the reign, of slavery, he made it the
staging . by which the spirit mounted
to freedom and power. By ruhn
a w s 1 it
himselt, he camo to rule kings more
than that, to extort the secrets of
nature and shape the, destinies of
alU future generations. He was
mechanic, terrestrid and celestial, and
through him; more than any other one
mechauic, it has come to pass, that all
men in this age, except, a few under
the, shadow ot the old remants 01 bar
barism, honor mechanical skill and in
ventive power as skin divinity, and ex
alted far above all tho glories of idle
ness. -
This is the native city of the great
mechanic, the printer who impressed
upon the future of his country his own
genius and glorious "success." It was :
Tho Boston Boy who tamed that fastest horse,
Since ridden by onr Boston mail-boy Morse,
And ofk in less than no time, for a wonder, "
Which kicks tho space beneath, his feet to thunder,
' And, taught by Channing, quenches on cur roofs,
The very fire struck from his dazzling hoofs,
and surely he ought to stand in the
very heart of Boston for an everlasting
pride, joy, and profit. No man can
remember Franklin without bettering
first his own worldly estate, and then
I that of all others around him, who do
not forbid themselves to be bettered.
Such' is the gospel according to Frank
lin. .
This age is famous for mechanical
improvemenents, wealth, temperance
and anti-slavery. . Of all these Frank
lin was the father. All these things
are as good now as when the great
practical philosopher first gave them
the mighty impulse of his genius and
consecrated them to eternal success.
His native city, in erecting his statue
only does what should long ago have
been done acknowledges their good
ness and commends them to posterity.
Boston Ohronicle. -..,
HOW WOLVES CAJOLE AND CAPTURE WILD
. ' ' HORSES. - '
Wherever several of the larger wolves
associate together for mischief, there
are always a numerous tram orsmaller
ones to follow in -the rear and act as
auxiliaries in the work of destruction.
Two large wolves are sufficient to des
troy the most powerful horse and sel-
dom more than two begin the assault,
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although there ; may be a score in the
gang. It is no less curious than amus
in to witness this ingenious mode of
attack. If there is no snow, or but
little on the ground, two wolves ap
proach in the most playful and cares
sing manner, lying, rolling and frcsk
inf about until the too. credulous and
unsuspecting victim i3 completely put
03 his guaru uy curiusiij auu kuuiu
arity.
-During this time, the gang, squat
tin" on their hind quarters, look on at
a distance. After soms time spent m
this way, the two assailants separate,
when one approaches the horse's head,
and the other his tail, with a shyness
neculiar to themselves. , At this stage
of the attack, their frolicsome ap
proaches become very interesting it is
in right good earnest; the lormer is a
mere decoy, the latter is the real
assailant, and keep3 his eyes . steadily
fixed on the ham-strings or flank of
the horse. The critical moment is then
watched and the attack is simultaneous;
both wolves spring Li their victim at
the same instant one at the . throat,
the other to the flank and if success
ful, as they generally are, the hind one
never lets go his hold till the horse is
completely disabled. '.
Instead of springing forward or
kicking to disengage himself, the horse
turn3. round and round without at
tempting a defence. The wolf before
then springs behind to assist the other.
The sinews are cut, and m half the
tirne I havcL been describing it, !the
horse is on his side; his struggles are
fruitless the victory, is won. At this
siguar the lookers-on close mrwith; a
gallop; but the small fry of followers
keep a respectable distance; until their
superiers are gorged; and then they
take their turn unmolested.
' THE INOjrisrTIYE YAN2ZS. '
The following ,'new edition with im
provements, of an-old anecdote, is
exceedingly rich; -
A gentleman riding m an Eastern
railroad car, which was rather scarcely
supplied with passengers, observed in
a seat before him a lean, slab-sided
Yankee; . every feature of his face
seemed to ask a question, and a little
circumstance soon proved, that he
possessed a most 'inquiring mind Be
fore him, occupying the entire seat,
sat a lady dressed in deep black, and,
after shifting his position several times,
and manoeuvring to get an opportunity
to look into her face, he at length
caught her eye.
" "In affliction?"
"Yes, sir," responded the lady,
"Pa-rant? father or mother?"
"No, sir." ' "
"Child, perhaps? boy or girl?'f
"No, - sir, not a child I have
no
children."
"Husband, then, I expect?";
"Yes." was the curt answer.
"Hum cholery? a tradm man,
mabe?"
. "My husband was a sea-farjng man
the captain of a ; vessel; he didn t
'die of cholera; he was drowned."
"Oh! drowued, eh?" pursued the in
quisitor, -hesitating for a brief instant.
"Save his chistr . .
"Yes, the vessel was saved, and my
husband's effects," said the widow.
"TFas.they? asked the iankee,his
eyes brightening up. . , , r
"Fious man:
"He was a member of the Methodist
Church."
The, next question was a little de
layed but it came. -
."Don't you think you have great
cause to be thankful that he was a pious
man and saved his chist?" r
"I do," said the widow abruptly, and
turned her head to Mook out of the
window. , .
.The, indefatigable 'pump' . changed
his position, held the widow by his
glittering eye once more and pro
pounded one more query, in a little
lower tone, with his head lightly, in
clined forward,' over the back of the
seat, "Was you calculatin' to get
married again?" . - ;
"Sir," said the widow indignantly,
"yor. are impertinent!" , And took
another, sea ton the other side of the car.
"'Pears to be a little huffy r. said the
ineffable bore, turning to our narrator
behind him; "she needn't be mad; 1
didn't want to hurt her feelings. What
id they make you pay for that umbrel
you've got in your hand? It's a real
pooty one. .
r JZRIAL NAVIGATION. '
With a view of demonstrating the
possibility and feasibility of man navi
gating the air by flying, Mr. S. S,
Richardson, of this city, who has de
voted two ycar3 to the study and the
expenditure of many thousand dollars,
has built a machine which ho contends
with satisfactorily demonstrate this
vexed question. On a frame work of
bamboo rods, set transversely, con
sisting of five combinations, four rods
in each, forming an x, and covering a
space of twenty-four feet by six, he
has laid an upper and lower, covering
of canvass in two rowsthe upper
rows covering the entire frame, the
lower being in two part3, 0 feet by 6.
These" r0W3 of canvass aro stiffened
with small pieces of bamboo, and are
the only portions which resist the air,
being intended to skim 'the air. The
propelling power lays in two rows of
gulls wings, set on the front and rear
six set in front and rear; f In the front
frames there are ten sets of wings, and
on the rear eight. These wings work
perpendicularly, describing the half of
a circle, and are so aSxcd as to work
as free from the bamboo sticks as they
would on the bird. The motive power
is given these wings by the operator,
is slung to the centre supports, and
by means of working his hands and fe et
in proper pedals, gives the wings mo
tion
ion.. To go directly forward ail the !
vings are m.use; to turn or steer, the;
right or left motive power ceases. Thi
motive power is conducted to the, wing'
by -means of bright wires .running '
through brass pulley3 on the er(d of" .
each transverse section. Each .wing
works on a bamboo rod. being connect- .
ed in sets by wires; the sets vcrklng
by means of two . small tnar.gular'
braces, top and bottom, revolving on
light hinges' , . ; ,
It is not onr purpose to question the'
practicability of this" maehine, fihich ;'
the inventor '. claims ' is destined to.
demonstrate the texed problem of'
serial navigation, until we can sec it in'"
operation in the atmosphere. ' . The in- .'
veritor has spent two ycar3 and fiome j" .
2,000 in completing the . pri'?cn't.
machine, the building of which alone - .;
occupied five moaths, and he an'Icast.
deserves credit fc-r his perseverance.-
Asa specimen of ingenious .construe . .
tiori it is worthy of a visit. . I(e hag . .
located it at No. ,131 Jackson jrecr, -.
forthe present, where he will be pleased .
to exhibit and explain it to the scisnti-; .
he. oan Irancisco 1 own Tatl; ... ..'
.1 EON'T EANCZ. - . '
A plain unlettered man came. ifroui.4"
the back country, in the State of Ala
bama, Xq Tuscafoosay snd on. th Sab-',
bath went early to church. ;' - j ' "
He had been accustomed to;. attend;
meetings in school houses and private "
dwellings, when each one appropriated .
to themselves the nrst seat they tound .,
unoccupied. :
He selected there a seat in con-
venient slip, and waited patiently tb$
assembling of. the congregation:! .
The services commenced. Present
ly the music of a full toned 'organ
burst upon his astonished ear, tc had
never heard one before. " At tli9 same
time the gentleman who. owned tho
slip came up the aisle, with Vw lady-'
leaning upon his arm r
He approached the door. of tjc slipy
he motioned to the countryman co.comc
out, in order to give place to his; lady. .
! The movement the countrvman did
not comprehend, and from the sitiia-: .
tion of the gentleman and Iady,:tsso-
ciatcd as it was in his mind with the
music, he immediately concluded. that
a cotillion, or French contra dance, or
some other dance was intended; : .
Rising partly from his scat, he said" .
to the gentleman : and lady, who was .
still beckoning to him,. "Excuse -rac
sir; excuse me, if you please J don't
dance ; .' : .
A TOUNO LAST. CRAWN IN ' A LOTTERY,
" Nearly a year ago- a young lidy-'inf:
France, named Sophe an Behe, Con-
ceived the singular idea of disposing
of herself in marriage byvmcatj3 of a-'
lottery. She was thirty years old,
tired of a life of celibacy, and in'dcs-;
pair at hot finding a husband with ' '
enough means at his command to .suit" '
her views. She announced, therefor?,
that her handsome but'rathcr inatura .
person should be disposed of. on .'tho '
following terms: She created a lottcrv
with five hundred shares ofi a thousand
francs each - Subscribers were to .
prescnt'thcmselvci in person, ih order
that she might decide on their, accept-
ability as husbands. The subscriptions,
wero placed in the hands of a notary
as fa3t as made, and tho 'draw.bg -was.
not to tako place till all the : snares .
were taken, that is, when the sum of :
half a million of francs were com
plete - '.'"..
Isot quite a year elapsed before tho -
shares were all taken. The drawing;'
recently took placo in the office cf tha.
notary who held the subscriptions and.
me money, m tnc presence 01 two.
magistrates. A thsusand' numbers .
were placed in an urn, the subscribers
being numbered in ordera3 their names
were inscribed. The urn was thorougly
shaken up, a blind hand was thrust jn-"
and 490 withdrawn. : The happy in.
dividual who subscribed was a
Tunisian General who had already ocr '
cupicd the public attention .by his
oriental caprices. But the lady was .
neitheir frightened at the tur"ban, nor
the beard, nor the harcnx of tie happy
barbarian, who hastened to marry her; .
and to pocket his five hundred thon-
sand franc3. The-'happy couple hava
left for Tunis, where they wCL reside.
A friend of ours, thc other clay, wais
accosted in one of our: streets with th
words, "Po you know the tine, sir?" .
Upon which he pulled out LLs watch",
and after consulting it, returned it to 3
his pocket coolly replying to the iritcr
rozative, "Yes, sir, I do'-.'itid theri
walked off, leaving
the
questioner
abashf.
If mm
Jodori3 war, cf
inquiring lcuu-,.
A little boy was munching a bit,
of
gingerbread, his mother asked who gave
it to him. "Mi.? Jo'irsan 'Mo
ujo.nirVd th r.nther. 'yo:.,
I didn't tell her soLv ailtnt'
oxemplified. .