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THE ADVERTISER, prBLISHKD ETEUT TUCESDAT BT ITRNAS, LYaNNA &. FISHER, gjor.4 story Strickler Block, Main Street, BBOTFNVILiIC. X. T, $2 00 -..vr if in dTince, ' . if nid tthendof 6 month! 2 60 "u tt .. . " IS 8 00 s of 12 or Tiinre will be furnished t $1 60 per C " n'ok-ided- ibecb ccinpnlei tli order, not 03ir.ii v ,-j,er"- OtfV ,:lf K i V I vnr i i n LA sJ A! ' - I V NY, pV ii ' M ! 1 i h ii ! il7 i t Ay A Ay A 'Ay Ay " LIBERTY AIID TJIIIOTT, OIJB AIHJ HISEPERABLE, IIOV7 AHD FOREVER. THE ADVERTISER, 'O.ie s j ,t re ( 1 -3 1 1 r o r 1 e .-t o n t i q ser l . b , - tl) K jcU aiJi". ijiii;aji'rt:vD, ------ Of : Cue square, Di-aift, - - - - - - - (f I one Colmr.a one year, e i fc j One-half Cvlnn.a oce7ear . . 3 l i One for.rtii Coinma one yer, - - -'& , Oneeisbi'u Culomn ne year, ... - - I Oneeoliuiui-Uj months, - - - - - 0' I Oue h!f Ci'lnma sis utontl; - - - O ! Oue fourth Co'-. rua six niotv.a . . . . ij u 1 One eititi Column ix tjm.tif -v 4 Otie Column three niuatfcs. - - - to .' One half Co'.uma three monttJ, - - - . 13 o i One fourth Coin :ii a three mouth j, - - - io 0 I Oaeeiiith Column three cioriria. .... ca I .aujuaciaicad.itesjQrciv; (la jTic,)- 4 64 VOL. VI. BEOWNVILLE, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DEC, 5,1861. NO. 22. BUSINESS CARDS. iiiirustus Sclioenkeit ATTORNEY AT LAW, AND SOLICITORS IN CHANCERY, " Corner First and Uain Streets, IroivIlc - - Nebraska I5r. d. g win, Ilavin permanently located in BROWN VI LLE, NEBRASKA, for tbe practice of Medicine and Surgery, ten ien his professional service to the afflicted, i) 'Lee -ix Main Street. no23r3 A. S. 110 LL AD AY, M. D. Vj-ifnKv inform" hi frieaJ In Brownville and BsioJiMtcwcinity ttatbeLit renmeI tbe practiceof Medicine, Surgrcrjr, & Obstetrics, tnd h"'C".,'T,,rct attention to his prof ein, to receive t cener iu .troiwse heretofore extended to him. In vf,,-tifrf it i poi .leor expedient, a prescription J.'4i,ie..will heiocc. OUce at City Drugstore. Keb. 21, '69. 35. ly JAMES S. BEDFORD - ATTORNEY AT LAW, AND , t Master rcacilsvloner In Chancery. USO vnTKTILLE, TS. T- T. M." T.VLROTT, DENTAL SURGEON", Ihvin ' l'K-ated him?ch'n UronVille, N. T.,teo rfi.iM,,r.,resMonalerriceato tbecoiniaunjtj. jIm warranted. r Clocks batches & Jewelry. J. SCHUTZ iT T..nld nauur-lo tbecititens of BrswnTiHe nJv!c4iiitv tut he t located himt-elf in frTJ J,-ornvi:ie, audi ntenls keeping a lull assort, tin n fvervthiti:to hi line f bOMoesg, which will i irwj."rcah. He will also do all kind of re wmt ut clocks, watcheend jewelry. All work war. ua:eJ. , xDlS' EDWARD V7. THOMAS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, AKD Slicitor in Chancery. 0 e c irner of Main aud First Streets. BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA. PIlCPAKi: IX TI3IE THE FIRES OF FALL, Hj I'riiue, A. No. 1 Insurance, IK THE PI Ul r.Tti: iv men I II A 1 1 nil i OF I1ARTEO m co. ID, ' The Fruits of the Phcsnix Are manifest in tbe following statement of Facts and Fgures. showing the amount equalized to public benefit, in the shape of loea paid in the we-tand South, durin6 the patfour years ;a sutUi.tul rec ord of a ITcII Trietl-Corporatlon. tl.167 00 DTI A SKA $1,167 CO 40,377 55 OHIO 40.::77 4j 27,622 94 INDIANA 27.(2 63,174 55 .ILLINOIS 0.174 50 32,f70 OS MIUAICAN 32.t 70 CS 34,220 U WISCONSIN 34.220 13 31 IOWA 1);2.3 ?t 8.663 10- iJINNLSOTA S.f53 10 ,765 00 KANSAS 9,705 '0 34,054 35 KENTLCK i 34.(54 36 43.054 VO T LNLLh 4 5.(54 l0 20,;2 55 MISSISSM'i'1 1032 -55 27.6'.H 83 MISSOURI 27,ftS Ki 22,.M 43 AKKANSAS 22.!-t;'J 43 a.'.i C3 tlx as ds 555 56 ALABAMA 555 55 InsuraDces solicited, and injlicies i.ued Rnc r.Juew- d ia thu leading Coryrution, at fair rate j V. T11U.MAS Iicsideut Agtnt. BrnwnTi'lle, Sept. 5, I3C0. THOMAS DAVIS, ECLECTICPHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, LADLE ROCK, NEBRASKA R rTonce, Dr. D. Gwin, Brownville. A.rnl If.'fil. , , V n40-Iy LEWIS WALDTER, II01SE. SIGy AND ORXAJIENTAL 8L.MZER AND PAPER HANGER. i:;.oYNVILLL, N. T. il Tlie Xewest and Best 31nslc B. th 'K !il and ictruuienUl by the bet Amcrioan oiil ruroj.cn e-m',m. -appear rgular!y evory wci-V In tLe 110ll-:noLl JOURNAL. Trice Four Cvs. A r.er song by Mephea Glover, appeare in No, 1, V..1 2. Iew SIioc Sbop. "W. G.J-1N,,X,, W 0 ir.VJVLLE, Jt-PrtfillT Inform the citizen of this place and .rt(,iiy tLjt he Las conirueri.W tbe niauufclory of B.ts and bres iu Brownville, and hope by attention 11 c:e to merit a -hre of public yatrouair. Hi k i ail .f tbe be.-t quality, and hi work all war Mined t "mve kiitihf action or no pay." All tyle"of wotk, from a Xo. 1, fine calf kin boot, t oirVe Lrogau, aud at prioea o low that noua can fcive ro acail at my ehop, oa Tirst street, between I!j;u and Waler. Brownville, Hay 9, 1S61 !y J. WILSON EOLLINGER. AND Counsellor at Law nrncral and Collecting A?rent. BEATillUE,- GAliE CO., .NEBRASKA. 1V1LL proof ice in tbe several Courts in Gage and aij.iinit: counties, and will give prompt attention t !!l.nii.c- entrueU-d tobitu. Colloetions prompt ly m.iji.. lf. articular attention piven to loeat- rz L ii I Warrants on lauds carefully selocted by L:uc'.f.- Sp;.t'tui.cT 25. nl2-yly H. A. TERRY, IVlGksale and Retail Dealer in Garden, rieldnnd riower Seeds, ALSO GEAFE VrNES, G00SEBESRIES, Cirrnnts, T?Tbf trips. Ulackhf rries. ivMt. end Ornamental Shrubbery Generally. CHESCENTC1TY IOWA. ' E'EONEEJJ imim book A5U BI1IDERY, COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA. WILLIALI F. KITER. MT 17, 1S60. FAIRBANKS' . ET AUD AFJ) CITY LIVERY STABL AND BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA. ROGERS & BROTHER v-viwvrKS t.i thp ni.lilic that he has Durcua.-i.'.l the Llrery Stable anj Btocfc formerly owiieJ by William BvMtell an J aJJel thereto line ktcit, and ia now prepar ed to accouiniocUte the put lie witfe Carriages, Buggies, Sulkies, Saddles Horses THE TRA.yiLUMG FUBLlG Can tni at his Stable ample accommodation for horse, nellies or cattle. 8EXJAX1X & JOSnUA ROEiS. BrownTllle, Oct. 18, lt0. nl5-yly JOHN L CAES0IT (Successor to LnshbaiRh & Carson. IB J. 3XT jEL IS LA.VD ANU TAX PAl'LYG Dealer in Coin, Lucurrtnt Jcwity, Land Warrants, Exchange, and Gold Duxt MAIN Sl'llKKT. DROtVMiLLC, MallilASXLA. 1 will pive e-reci.ii"tterition tobnyin-r an 1 pellinz os- banpe on tbe principal cme of the l i.i P'l St.nci a:id Eur.ipe. Gv.id Silver, uncurrent Kat'i Bills, a;;J ioM Dust, Co'.lo-tiiiis made on all accenbie p ir.ti, aJM pr.K-t-e'l remitted In exchange at current tiites. Deji)"ii. received on current acoouut, uJ interest al lowed oa vetial derMo-it. O F F I C E , 3IAIV STREET. HETVTEE. TIXE Telegrapli and the L". S. Sacid Oliices. RE F E R E V C E S : Lin1 h Brother Philadelphia, Pa. J. Ti. Carbon it Co., . " " Hifcr. lirk ix. Co. Baltimore, Md. Tonr.e &. Caron, " " Jeo. Thotiifiioa Maoon, Crl'r f Port, wm. T. Sinithiu, Esq., U;nker, J. T. Stevens, Ksq., Att'y at Law, Jno. S. Gallaher, Late 3d Aud. U. S. Tarlor it Krieh, BankerA, XcClelund. Pye & co., Hon. Thomati J. Tr&tt, lion. Jaa. O. Careon, P. B. Smali, Kq., Pres'tS. Back, Col. Geo. Schley, A'y at Law, Col. Sru. UanibletonAtt'y at Law, Judpe Thos. Perry, Prof. 11. Tutwiier, Wahinctcr, D. C. .( it 4 I tt Ohicipro, in. St. Loui.s, Jfo. An nape liH, JI. Meicersbnrs Pa IIfU:erto'-ii, ild. a tt Eptrn, Md. Cumberland, Md Havi.ua, Al.ibma. Kov 8, ISbO-tf. OU (t2rrS C ALE S PE0T Of ALL KIXDg FAiR3M!KJ & GREEHLEftF, , LIRE ST.. OIICACiO, ' And corrver of Idam & Walnut Sts. St. Louis. frBUY ONLY THE GENUINE. PIKES' PEAK GOLD! I mill receive Pike'a Peak Gold aud advance money upon the came, and pay over balance of proceeds as soon ax Mint retur-.is are had. In all cases, I wi' exhibit the printed returns of the United Statc l Jlic sr Assay otllce. JNO. L. CARSON, BULLION AND EXCHANGE BROKER BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA. no204 REAL ESTATE AND Collection fiice o r 1?. "V- 33oc5lToirc3.- B vO WNVILLE, .NEBRASKA. Main. B'ticccn Lev.e and First Streets. Particular attention iven to the l'urc-ha&e and aie 01 ueai Eitate, Maktn? Col lection n:id Payment ol" Taxes tor Xoji-UcsI-d e it t s . LAND "WARRANTS FOli SALE, for cash and on time. LAND WARRANTS LOCATED for Eastern Cap itolisUo.on lands selected from icrsonal examination, and a complete Towcjhip Map. Bbowing Streams, Timber, 4c, forwarded will tLc CcrUflcite if loca tion. Brownville. N.T. Jan.S.lSfil. t! A. 'C O X S T A n laE IMfOlKR AKD DEALER IT IRON, STEEL, NAILS, ton.NliS, spRiXGS. AXLES, FILE tnr;iiijo izsj- a , pLA-C-KSMl'TU'S TOOLS Also: Hubs,' Spokes, and Bent Stuff. Third St reet, between Felix and Edmond, SAINT JOSEPH, MO. 'Uch he sella at St. Louia prieeafor cah. ' Highest Price Paid for Scrap IroD. fu.ttrl, 186..ly. Pils.c'8 Peak, or Bust." NEW iIN STORE, ATCD DRY GOODS HOUSE. INJ"o. XI, Trtixx Btroot, BROWNVILLE, II. T. J. BEERY & Co Have Jnst completed their new onsiress house on Main Street, near the U.S. Land Office, in Brownville where they have opened out aud jireoCrring on the most favorable terni. Dry Goods, Provisions, Of all Kimis,' FLOUR, CO N FECT1 ON A Rl F.S, GREEV A.I DUIEI FKOTS, Choice Liquors, Cigars, Ant a "thousand and one," other things everybody reeli. CALL AND EXAMINE OUR STOCK Brownville, April 26, ly SEHI-ANNUaL STATEMENT, No-102- CAPITOL and SURPLUS $932,302.98. rIay X(3t. 18G1. Cash and cash items -Lo.us well secured - - - -BeI Ktate - - - - -28J6 shares ITartford Bank Stocts - " Xew York " " -1010 " Boston " " 607 ' other " " - I'mted St:ite aud Stafe " . " llartld & X Haven li.R. bond " Hartford City Bonds Conn. Eiver Co. &. R.E. Co. Stock - Total Assets - - - -Total liabilities - - - - $79.fVS8 18 fi'l,2i3 20 15,tMK) 00 274,859 00 193,360 00 I0O 750 Oil M.0S5 00 73 367 00 33 700 00 3(5 750 00 4 600 00 74 2U 27 For details of investments, see small Cardi aud Cir culars. Insurances may be effected ia this old and substantial Company ou very favorable terms. Apply to JOHN I. CARSON, Agt BROWXVILLE, X T. JCj"Dwel !inps and Farm Property insured tor a term of years at very low rates 2 O.vno-I Johns & Crosley, SOLE if A X C V A CTU REUS OF TnE IMPROVED GUT A PEUCIIA CEMENT ROOFING, Is the Cheapest and moid durable Roofing in use. IT IS FIRE JXD WATER PROOF It can be applied to new and ".d r-os of all kinds, aud n shi ncle rifs without removing the shindies. Tliecost is only one-ilsird ol Tin, and is ttvicc a$i durable. Gutta Percha Cement For prefer vine and rrpairins tin and other metal ro ofs of everp description, troni its pret elasticity is not in jured by the contraction ar.d expansion of metals, and Will not crack in cold or Run in warm weather. These materials have beou thoroughly tested In Xew Tork and all parts of the Southern and Western states, and we can give abundant proof of all we claim in their favor They are readily applied by ordinary laborers, at trifl ing expense. 4,NO HEAT IS REQUIRED' These materials are put vp ready for use and for Shipping to alt parts of the Ccuiiry, with full printed directions for application. Full dcscrijlivc circulars will le fur nished on application L'j mail, or in per son, at our principal cfice, 510, E IIO AD WAY, fOppotite St. Xichr,: .s H..;el ) NF.W TORK, JOHNS & CROSLEY. Feb.23, 1561. AGEiVT3 WANTED. 6mo- Furiiitur Manufactory. stf-if w ' f The UaJersincd having opened a shop at the BROWNVILLE STEAM MILL, Are prepared to put p all kinds oi CABIWBT WORK. To order, at short notice. TTe will manufacture BUREAUS SAFES DESKS TABLES STANDS LOUNGES CRIB CRADLES ROCKING OFFICE CHAIRS CHAIRS WINDOW LOUNGES CHAIRS &c. &c. We are also prepared to furnish Coffins with the ut most dispatch. We have on baud well r-ea-oiie' Black Walnut lumber for that purpose. We have the fxci li lies of making furniture as ct cap as it can be furnished in this country, when durability is takeu mlo the ac. count, as we warrant all cf our work. We solicit the patronage of tbe community. We will take in exchange for fnmitnre all kinds of farm produce. Tle highest prices for butter, eggs, aud lard will be paid the eutire hot season. Brownville. May 30, ly. CHAMBERS & XOTES. BROWNVILLE m?$ 1 11 I ' i t i-r I H.i-.ifll nil i ( If." TKORfJ, COLEMAN, CO., .nnnirce to the traveling public that their splendid commodious Steam Ferry running across from Brownville, Nebraska. is on of the best in every Ttspert nn the UrTfv Mis .nri river. The B-mt makes reirnlar trips every hour sothat no time will be lost in waiiin. Thn banks on both sides cf the river are low ard weU" (Traded which renders unloading unneceesary aii is the case at most other ferries. No feirsneed be entertained a to difficulties at or near this crossing, as cverybmiy in this region, on both sides of the river, is lor the I'nion the strongest kind. )ur charpe- too sn Item these hard times are lower than at any other crossing. Travelers from Ku.sas to I.wa and to tbe east will find this ihe ne:iret and best r. me I" every respect. TIIOllN. COLEMAN & CO. Brownville. Nebraska, S-.'pt. 21st, 1S61. I1013T. W. FURXAS, NOTARY PUBLIC, BROWVILLEN N.T Blindness aciosg Horses Its Cause This 13 a subject of very general importance. : It has been stated that blindness is more prevalent" among horses in America than among those of other countries. If this is the case the cause of the evil should be investi gated and removed if possible without delay. " The last number of the American Stock Journal contains a good article on the subject, the leading ideas of which we have con densed for our columns. It states that blindness is niore prevalent among horses in Ohio than those of anv other section cf country. The cases of blindness arc attributed,-in a great measure, to over feeding the Ohio horses being notoriously fat. It is a common practice in that State to fores the fat upon horses intended for sale, by stuffing them principally with In dian corn, and keeping them, without much service, in warm, close stables. This method of feeding soon fattens a horse, but at the same time its diges tive functions are injured by the treat ment. It is now believed that the blindness can be traced to a sympa thetic relation between disorder of the digestive organs and the brain, and that through the latter the optic nerve becomes diseased and ends in destroy ing the vision. Blindness is also transmitted to offspring, and thus an evil, first originating in disease, al most becomes a natural defect by hereditary descent. Errors in feeding horsesN, as is well known, also produces blind staggers, stomach staggers and organic diseases of the brain ; there fore the greatest care should be exer cised in feeding them. In order to prevent the spread of horseblindness, it is recommended that whenever an animal shows the least symptoms of the disease it should be kept on a light diet of hay and oats. A horse may be maintained in good condition on 12 pounds of hay and 5 pounds of oats for daily feed. In breeding horses it is also recommen ded that all animals showing the least symptoms of organic disease be re jected. One of the first symptoms incident to blindness which any person may readily notice is the disposition of the animal to raise his fore legs un necessarially high, while at the same time, the ears are drawn backward and forward in quick succession, thus giv ing evidence that the sagaciaus animal is sounding the ground over which he travels. These are the principal ideas- ad vanced by our cotemporary respecting the cause of prevalent horse blindness in our country, and a rnnde of arrest ing a spread of the evil. There are some other causes of this disease which appear to us more evident, and which are perfectly capable of removal. Blind horses are more common in cities than in the rural districts. This we consider is principally caused by bad stables. Many of them are under ground cellars, and with few excep tions, all stables are too small. They do not admit a sufficient quantity of fresh air for ventillation and respira tion, and this always tends to injure the health of the animals. Light is as essential to the health of horses as that of men, and yet most stables are nearly as dark as dungeons. Several vears since, a great number of valua ble French horses were attacked with glanders and other diseases, of which they died. It was recommended that more spacious stables should be erect The suggestion was aeted upon, and, with improved army stables, there is not onefourth the cases of sickness now among the French cavalry horses. Th;s fact is invaluable. It would be far better for most of the horses in our cities to be kept in open sheds than in the stables commonly provided for them. We are also positive that eye-blinds on the harness tend to injure the eye3 of horses, and a3 they are totally use less and unsightly appendages, they should be abandoned entirely, Wre are awaro that, of late the open bridle has become more common, but it sho'd be universal. .Tight, close collars, which squeeze the eyes of horses in putting them on, are also tery injuri ous to the eye3 of the animals. We have knowu one case of perfect injury to the eyes of an excellent horse from this cause. Carriage and draft horses should be provided with open collars, secured either at the top. or bottom, so that they are not required to be forced over the head of the animals. Scientific American. An elk can run a mile and a half in J two minutes; an antelope a mile in min ute; the wild turkey of Tartary has a speed even greater still. A Little Hero. Grace Greenwood writes the follow ing little story and a true cno it is for the Little Pilgrim, a child's paper. She gets the facts from an incident described in the Hartford Daily Times some years ago, a3 having happened in Colt's Meadows : In the city of Hartford Conn., lives the hero of the true history I am about to relate but no longer 4little," as the perilous adventure, which made him for the time famous in his native town, happened several year3 ago. Our hero was then a bright, active boy, of fourteen years the son of a mechanic. In the severe winter ot IS, the father worked in a factory, about a mile and-a-half from his home, and every day the boy carried him his dinner, across a wide piece of meadow land. One keen frosty day, he found the snow on his readow nearlv two feet deep, and no trace? of the little foot path remaining. Yet he ran on, as fast as possible, plunging through drifts keemn? himself warm bv the most vigorous, and brave, cheerful thoughts. When in the midst of the meadow, full half a mile from any house, he suddenly felt himself going down, down ! He had fallen into a well ! He sunk down into the dark, icy water, but arose immediately to the surface. There he graiped hold of a plank which had fallen into the well as he went down. One end cf this rested on the bottom of the well, while the other rose about four feet above the surface of the water. The poor lad shouted for help until he was hoarse and almost spheechkss, but all in vain, as it was impossible for him to make himself heurd from such a depth, and at such a distance from any house. So at last he concluded that if he was to be saved at all, he must shvc himself, and begin at once, a3 he was getting extremely cold in the water. So he went to work. First, he drew himself up the plank, and braced himself at the top of it and the wall of the well, which was built of brick aud had become quite smooth. Then he pulled off his coat, and taking out his pocket knife, cut off his boots that he might work to greater advan tage. Then, with his feet against one side of the well, and his shoulders against the other, he worked his way up, by the most fearful exertion, about half the distance to the top. Here he was obliged to pause, take breath and gather up his energies for the work yet before him. Far harher was it than all he had gone through, for the side of the well being from that point completely covered with ice, he must cut with his knife, grasping places for his fingers, slowly and carefully all the way up. It was almost a hopeless attempt, but it was all he could do. ' And here the little hero lifted up his heart to God, and prayed fervently for help, fearing he could never get out alone. Doubtless the Lord heard his voice calling from the deeps, and pitied him. He wrought no miracle to save him, but breathed into his heart a yet larger measure of calmness and courage, strengthening him to work out his own deliverance. After this, the little hero cut his way up inch by inch. His wet stock ings froze to the ice, and kept his feet from slipping, but his shirt was quite worn from his shoulders ere he reached the top. He did reach it at last crawled out into the snow, and lay down a moment to rest, panting out his breath in little white clouds on the clear, frosty air. He had been two hours and a half in the tvcll! His clothes soon froze to his body, but he no longer suffered with the cold, as full of joy and thankfullness he ran to the factory, where his good father was waiting and wondering. The poor man wa3 obliged to go without his dinner that day, but you may be sure he cared little about that, while listening with tears in his eye3 to the thrilling story his son had to relate to him. He must have been very proud of his boy that day, a3 he wrapped him in his own warm overcoat, and took him home to "mother." And how that mother 'must have wept and smiled over the lad, and kissed him and thanked God for him. From the Omiha Xebruikiac Wool Growing The Tl'ae Interests or tlie Nebraska Farmer. Our townsman, Hon. D. D. Belden, has lately returned, after an absence of 2 vVeral months, withurfr en hundred slocl; sheep, the : r;pcrty of himself and S. N. Parceled, Esq., which they de sign keeping on their farm near Oma- -were pa lichigan. rchased by Mr. (i State second T To Softe-h Old Putty. In remov ing oil broken paries from a window, it is generally very difficult to get off the hard, dry putty, that sticks round the class and its frame. An exchange says: Dip a small bruh of nitric or munitic acid, to be obtained at the druggist's, and go over the putty with it. Let it rest awhile, and it will soon become so soft that yea can remove it with eaaa. ha. They Bolder; in only, is Vermont in tLe -gro .. 'la pt sheep and fine wool), and were care fully selected, both with regard to health and quality of wool, from the largest llocka ia that State, and he feels confident that many of them are fully equal to those so often sold for prices ranging from fifty to two hun dred dollars per head. The most val uable breed Mr. Belden brings with him are the Spanish Merino, the wool of which commands an extraordinary high price in every market of the world, and which, from their peculiar ities will, it is believed, thrive better in Nebraska than in any other section ot the Union. This is a move in the right direction, and Messrs. Belden and Parnialeo are the pioneers in an enterprise, worthy not onlv the attention of our farmers, but of all who have the interests of the Territory at heart, and are desirous of seeing her progress as rapidly a3 pos sible to wealth and influence. We have ever believed that Nebras ka was specially adapted to the raising of sheep her broad prairies were surely de-signed to make "her the greatest graising and stock raiiing country in the world. In a high roll ing country, well watered with pure springs and rivulets, and with a dry climate like Nebraska, with anything like proper care, the growth and health of sheep is almost a certainty our dry atmosphere, at least, will exempt sheep from those diseases which have proved so disastrous to flocks ia many of the other Western States. But considering everything equal that Nebraska has no special or pecu liar advantages in this line, but stands on precisely the same footing with her sisters eastward there is nothing in which her farmers can engage which will enable them to compete with those who are more conveniently located with reference to a market, as in wool growing. A ton or wool is worth from seven hundred to one thousand dollars, owing to its quality, and can be trans ported from even the Far West to New York fcr a very small per centage on its value, while a ton of wheat, worth from forty to fifty dollars, is absorbed bv the freight before it reaches the Atlantis seaboard, and consequently cannot in ordinary times stand trans portation any great distance in this country, and leave a remunerative margin for the producer. Besides, wool is one of the great staples as well as wheat, and has with it a world wide use ; but unlike wheat, it is not per ishable, and consequently its price is not so easily depreciated by the quan tity produced. It always demands a remunerative price, and even in this extraordinary state of public affairs, though a temporary depression in the market was at first felt, wool commands its usual figure. While commerce is languishing, trade dull, and millions of bushels of wheat and corn rotting in the granaries of the Great West for the want of buyers, her wool is sought after with avidity and commands a price which, ia these hard times, can be considered almost fabulous. The farmer3 of tho Eastern States, who have systematically and some what extensively, for a series of years, devoted themselves to wool growing, have invariably grown rich, and if it can be pursued with great and certain profit where lands are worth from sixty to one hundred dollars per acre, it will be singular if.a like result docs not follow its prosecution ia a country where the pasturage of thousands of acres of the best lands ia the world can be had for nothing. We hope this will be the inauguration of a new era in the products of Nebraska. Not the most uninteresting feature of the advent of this flock of sheep into Omaha, was the performance cf a couple cf trained shepherd dog3, which Mr. Belden purchased while in the East. There is nothing which pertains Cnttics tae Tails cf Cattle. j A man lately wrote to Joha Jchnstca to get his opinion in regard to the prac tice cf cutting or slitting" the tails cf cat tle. Mr. Johnston sent the letter and hi own answer to the Eural New Ycrker. as the correspondence may interest soma of our readers, we copy it. The 'follow ing is the letter cf inquiry: "I would like your opinion ia regard to the practice common in many portions of the country of cutting cr slitting tlo tails of cattle. Do yoi couiider it bene ficial, injurious or useless, and, if either, will yju be kiuJ enough to give me your reasons ? Do you ever practice it ? if so, at any special period cf the year, and j your method for doing it ? Would yo-i auvioe me to uo it at tnis time or ta year, and if you approve of it at all? I have forty there-year-eld steers ia fins, condition, and not fancying the practice, did not operate oa them in the spring;' Lut have be-n urgently advised to do so time and patience are not too jreat, I should be very glad of your opinion." To which Mr. Johnston replies as foI lovvs: "Bleeding cattle in spring, either by neck, vein, or cutting their taih, has been practiced Ly many stock-keepers ever duce I remember anything, and that i over sixty years. I have owned and kept cattlj all of fifty years, but I never mada a practice cf bleeding any animal uulesi it was sick, as I considered the wholesale bleeding of cattle in spring useless and . barbarous. What would you think of the man who would call in his family physician every spring and hire his, whole family bled i yet that would bo no more absurd than the indiscriminate bleeding of his cattle every spring. If . men would always do their domestic ani mals as they would wish to be done by if they were in their place, with regard ta feeding ia the winter aud spring, they, would not think they required bleeding ia spring ia order to make them thrive.. The practice must have originated in ths dark ages, and has nearly become extinct, as not one ia twenty, or I might say fifty bleeds hi3 cattle now unless sick, while forty year3 ago a vast majority did. I think they must also have given up that practice in both England and Scotland, as I hear nothing of it from the last impor eats Eemcdy for PJnsvycm. The North British Agriculturist that the disease locally known as ring worm or tetter, which shows itself about the head anf neck of cattle, ia the fonn cf whitish dry scurvy spots, can be re moved by rubbing the parts affectod with iodine ointment. The disease may a!? be combated by the use cf sulphur ai.i . oil; iodine oiutment is, however, to be preferred. As this skin disease is easily communicated to the human subject, the pertoa dressing the cattle should wash hi . hands with soap and hot water after each, -application of the oinmeat. Xew Method of Striking, E020 Cat-. tlns. Mr. Peter B. Mead, editor of the Horticulturist, at tho recent meeting of the Brooklyn Horticultural Society, cummunicated the following in relatioa to the striking of rose cuttings: 'Take a pan or saucer, fill two thirds with sand, and then fill up with water ; prepare the cuttings in tho. ordinary way, cutting under a bud or eye, and place it iu this sand, and it will root ia a much less time, and with ess failure than ia any other way." ; O.N-ios Salid. Peal, wash and slice the onions thin ; cover with water, then set on the stove, and let them boil about five minutes ; drain off the hot water, and rinse them with cold ; drain it off well, salt and sweeten your vinegar to suit the taste; pour it over the onions, and thd dish is ready for the table. If any one doubts their being good, let them try it. If any one wiihej to prepare enough to . last a week or ten days after they are prepared as above, let them" boil four or five minutes in the vinegar. Remarks. Those who are in the habit . of shedding tears while pealing onion's, . may find an antidote by keeping theia immersed, or dippirjg frequently in warm water; rubbing the hands well with a ripe tomato, takes of the staia and odor ; . so do not get discouraged, sister cooks. A ay England Farmer. Color or the Eves. That the co'.cr of the eyes should affect their strength, may seem strange, yet that such is the case needs not at thia time cf the'day to be proved ; nd those whose eyes are brown or dark colored, should be informed: ;.i ..1 I .1 . 1y the driving of sheep which they do f 1 are "taer aDa Isorc uscep:i--.i. ... i- .i. ?j i : J tie cf iriiury, trom various causes, than form, and with better success, and in less time than a man can do it. It is wonderful to see with what quick in telligence they understand the wishes of the herdsman, and the singular alacrity with which they carry them into execution. An axe well used three times a day is reported to be a remedy for dyspepsia. Home can never be transferred, nover be repeated in the experience of an indi vidual. Th3 place consecrated on par ental love by the innocence and sports of childhood is the only home cf the human heart. gnty or blue eyet. Liht blae eyes aret generally the most nownrful, and next to those are gray. The lighter the pupil thet greater and longer continued is the de gree of tension the eye can sustain. CniTicxsM or Preachers. '"I would have no one criticise a sermon," said Samuel Drew, "till he had attempted to, preach one. After you have attempted to address a congregation, yt,u will better understand a preacher's sensations and difficulties. And remember this ia all your criticisms: the hand that caaqui buii a hovel uwj demeiisii a palace " "
