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j. -m- t ' I p-i. fffTmi'f p'"-" IllEBRASKA-ADysnTISER ' '.nallrtsar ItwMrt 0 'liasS-rUon, IN ''j, rT. lints or lea. 00 ,-.1 lint 1 ' rciusxxs STXaT tbtxsbat bt $S0 CO i 0t 4,111 -' MOO SO 00 M04 SO 00 11 10 50 00 II 00 IS CO 51 00 15 01 It 00 f 00 S 00 Col." t- AdTertiser IHci,iIiaSt ,tetwealr4 fc 2J Ay Ay AyvvyAy uo.b, tares uiuotLs, ' rltci n,ooUl,' tr6tfcColn,10-oBe 7er !'rtth iVlnn.n. mi m -nth., J .hih c..:""J- tUvv u;""lh'i' N..n f. ( li liU'l) 1 Cot, year, la araa, - . . . 3 el LIBERTY AND UNION, ONE AND INS EPAR A B L. E N t W AND FOREVER." J tat t rty!t. am a atcrt aaiic. " ? XII. BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA, THUESI) AY, DEC. ,5, 1867 KG. 10 y, i f . , 4P Ay BBT 1 VOL. i i r.rt'u Prujg Stores. i H0LLADAY & CO.. j rtiofMlt and Retail Deaier la ;FXGS, MEDICINE, PAINT, OIL, &c, 1 BB0WKVILLE. NEDBASKA. nd BeUil Dealer la n. Books, Wall-paper and Stationery, Oraer Va'n and lrt St., BSOWKVILLE, NEBKASKA. Ncuj0 DcpotSt XSTMATsi?r NEVS DEPOT NO X. j saiOOL BOOKS, STATIONERY, &c, Poft Office, Main St., ZEOWtf VILLE. JVCCiiASKA. BLISS & HACKER, EXCELSIOR NEWS DEPOT. "school Bouks,News la!iouery, a oppuflte P G. Store; EBOWNVILLE. NEBRASKA. P. DEUSER, Pealer la Cofiftrctioczrics Toy-S Nolioa, &c, Maia bet. lit and 2 tSH , BEOWNVILLE, NEBRASKA. Confcctionartcs. ! WM. ALLEN. I horior rf iheClTV: BAKERT. Pcr Wtd- ,) i;Ckfariiibed ua bor riiiici. Dealer I uCoaiiBM, frulta aot tet Faajilr F;ar. Warn 5rfrf Iff end 2d, i H BAUER. r iurr au't 0aer ia H.HLYESS. Hill DIES 4' COLLARS n-,-(! ir !t. (u.ler tipfactiiii aaarracued. ik on .Vain t(. I( an( 24 f.. H.u v j; :lle, 'euhaska. j JUHNW.MIOIILETON i II UN K, 1!K1 i) LE COLL A US, PU'eritiC Stir Ca ll iht lor Hi.ie. C n.rr Main kiwi :a Mf.. Brownvil e, Nebraska- W.D.MaHlN, ITtiriawturet and Dealer in 21 kinds of Saddles, Harness, Whips Collars, die. Smiih's Patent Trace Buckles, Niion'a Patent Trace Buckles. Aortl Sido Main Strtet ER01TSVILLE, KE RASIXA, 0tooeanHStinBtoct0 john'cTdeuserT' Dealer ia STOVES, TINWARE, PUMPS, &c. Oppotite KePheraon'a B'ock, IF.OWNVILLE. KEBBASEA. itteat .market. KEISWETTER &. EARSMAN, Batcber, CITY MEAT MARKET Mln bet. 1st and 2nd Sta., BBOWNVILLE, NEBRASKA. iltfrcljftntJisc. GEORGE MARION, Dealar In Dry Goods Groceries KSS & Notions. foot of Kaia Street near Leree, BROWKV1LLE, NEHRASKA. Ealabliahed , 1850 WM. T. DEN, Wholesale and Retail dealer ia GENERA I- mpuptiuvhtcp. tnra Planters, Ph.ws, Stoves, Furcilure. COMMISSION AS D FORH'ARDIXG MERCHANT Mun atreet tft Levee and lt, EROWNVIU.E, NEHUASrCA. '' "-rice poitf for WwJm, Pf. Fra W . WM.T.DUM. Ci. M: HENDERSON. Dealer In P.ir.iv. n.i iun...t DUY GOODS AND (iUOCEIUEti U aia bet, lat and W Sta., . B'ownTille, Necruki. CAHRLES BRIEtiEL BKELl HALL, LUNCH ROOM AKD LIGHT GROCERT STORE, lain bet. lot aud 2d Sta.. , 2-OWNVILLE, KXBBA'.KA. Blacltsmttljs. J. H. BESON? B ArKSMmilMI of all kinds. Korte Skotino. Ironing of Waoont end SUieke end Aleckine Work SpecioJtg. 8opB Main St.. wetr XcraerMn's Block, BROWNVHXE, NEBKASKA. J W. & J. C. GIBSON. Blacksmiths HOP oa lat between Mala aid l, BEOWKVII. i.e vrnnava f1 T!"1 fttrSitUJtctiQn Gwrentud. ll.Ccili liMS. JONAS HACKER. Tax r Hector for the City cf Brownville, i U t0 tkePym't or no-retident "wn fl(nf cowny. corrM pond en e Solicited. Office on Mala bet. 1st and 2d, BBOWXVILLE, NEBRASKA. SMITH P. TUTTLE. U. S. Atiittmnt A ttnd to tht Pnemiin of caimt btfort tht Depart ment for Ad Bountw Rii't .. p...... ii.. tht Collection of Semi-Aunuol ive on Ptntiont', 'Office rer' Canona Bank Vain atrett, BR0W5VILLE, NEBRASKA. A. STAFFORD, HOTOGRAPHTf! APTTST Periont wishing Piclurti executed in the leJett etvlt Main itiet bet. 1st and 3d atreet. BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA. I. II. CLAGGET&CO., BILLIARD HALL AND SALOON Basement of WUitney'a Block, Main bet. lit &. 3d Sts., BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA. The Beet of Liquor i kept Constantly on Hand. J. W. SMITH, IH535S3HL AND Main St., sth door rom r W tor 2nd rt. BROWN VI LL13. NEBRASKA S.L. LIATHEW3, PHYSICIAN &. SURGEON, CITY DRUG STORE, BROWNVILLE, NEBRASK4. A. S. HOLLADAY, M. D. GraduatMl in 1851.1 Located in UroUliWUc In 1S5 . A S I OBSTETiaCIAN Dr. II. Us ( n han.l ruuiflcte rts of Auiutat Tiejliini'iif nd bstrtri nl ijiftrume nta. Uttlte: linlluda) & Co's Drug Store 7'iro Voors East of Post Ojjxct. IV S. Sie 'nlu-ni,n eivn to Oltetricyand lie diat- ol w-tim-n and children. z-44-l.v O. F. STEWRT. M- D. rntb East corner of Main and Firt Street BUOIVNVILI.E, rai:URAS4. rtr Hnrita 7 tii 9 a. u.and I to Z and 6U to I BrewBTtlle, Nebraska, May 5tb, 185 No U, I j. T.Vv.Tiiton O.B.Hewett J:S.Cburch TlPTOIl, HEVETT &, CHURCH ttorncjis at Cam, itOWNVILLE, NEBRASKA, lltrcb lit, 'M. I7. EDWARD W. THOMAS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, SOLICITOR INDCHANCERY, Office corner of Main and Flrt Streeta. BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA. ttttiT "rVfT T?TJTTA M ATTORNEY AT LA W NEBRASKA CI nun ao Y, O. E. NYE, ttlfrmnj at Cata, A SO WAR CLAIM AGENT, PA VTA EE CITY, NEBRASKA. J STKVKNSON. l. 0. CROSS STEVENSON & CROSS Proprietors, On Liereo St., between Main & Atlantic, This Houmi c.ovenent to the ate.ua u at .1 Landing, and the busincM prt .fToL. The bet be CBfSiifd Stable and Cjrral convenient to the Housp..,,! AMERICAN HOUSE. 'uad Feed and Livery lu connection with tl Uou.e. Stilble! L D. RGB li0M. PKOHBIETDK Iroii Sirne'. btv-ii Mm nd Water, PR WXYIC.I.E. XEHU 4SKA. Vav. aO iSHi. 0M ly t IIAUi.LS HELLMER. Ti r BL E5 , Main St, Sdoora below BrowiiTilla House, OWNTILLE N. T Ilason hand a anwnor stock of Boots and bb es and th. w material and ability for doinr ntt o s - TK7ir"aTT7 (jllnl ()M'WUKlV Repairing done xciihntalntss and dispatch jmirj rssir X"oxrzrxa Colsu Barf mi mm - II if Iff (rV 4 If 1ft' ill , . , Ccopanlon PleccS. THE YOUNG WIDOW. She ! ennniDg aometimei wittj, Free and aaj, bat not bold ; - -Like aa apple, rip and mellow, - ( Not too young, and nol too old ; Half-inritinf, half ftpeHant, . . : Now adraacinf , and now abj, There ia miaehief ia bar laafjter, . . There ia danger in her eye. She hai tfadied bamtn natuf, She U schooled in every art; She hat taken her diploma At the mittresa of the heart ! She can tell th rcry moment When to aigh and when to taile j Oh, a maid : sometimes charming, But widow all tbi while I Are yon sad? Oh, then how serious Will hef pretty fa?e become I You are angry, the is wretched, Saddcn'd, friendless, tearful, dumb, Ire yea mirthful? How her laughter, SilTtr-soundlhg, wi I fir? oat She can lure, and catch, and play yt a As as angler dose a trout. Ah, "old fowils," nearly fifty, Who are plotting, doep and wise; Ya Adonises" f twenty, ' With the lore light in your eyes You may practice a 11 the lessons Taught by Cupid since the fall But 1 know a little widow Who can win and fool you all. BE wise. One more inisne one, Rained for life, The reason a plain one, ' He's taken a wife. Loring him tenderly. This widow so fair, Trim and so slenderly, Took him in tnare. i Where was his fa the: ? Where was bis mother? Where waa his oUtci ? Where was his brother? Or was there no sharper one rUUUhan another t For the bleak winds of March ' . He cares not a ataver, ' But his wife's frowning arch"J Makes him tremble and ahirer ; Once be looked boldly, No matter how coldly Life's currency ran. The girls he could wink at them, Smile at, and think of hem. Like a gay singl j man ; Hit Bl iseties now shrink at them Be wue ! wise when you can. Tlie ResnrrcctlonlstSi la the nucient practice of surgery. anatomy was little regarded, and tt.e corpses of murderers and other crimi iinls atlurded a sufhciem'supply of sub jects for the tetv etudeuts who held that examination of the ' dead aumaa body wus absolutely necessary j but toward the close of the eighteenth century, the progress of surgical science on the con ttnent, and the discoveries of John Hunt er in Eng?and, caused men to turn there attention more and more to the study of nature ; hence arose an increased de maud for subjects', aud the reurrectionists came forward to meet it. In many instances the graved isrrere, sextons, nud persons appointed to take care of thH burialgrounds, were in the leave their eates unlocked, and turn tueir DttCKS wueu tue ueeu was oeing at- complished So little confidence did toe public nave in these official guardians, that in many instances tho friends nf the deceased person were wont to keep watch, night alter night, by the side of the grave, un- till such time had v lapsed as to render the body no longer fit for the purpose of the surgeon. Even their kindly vigil ance was too often bamed. A very short period of inattention was sufficient for. the refurreciionist?. whose boast it was that they could remove a body from a grave of the ordinary depth in forty five minutes They never removed the whole of the earth from the grave, bnt simply ting a hole at the head of the coffin, until! it was bn red to view. Inserting a peculi any snapeu crowonr 1 1 between the lid ari( ile coffin; they pried up the lid which generally broke in two from th Uupennoimbent weight cf earth. The iva'' ln,en 'rawn out. stripped of its t-lotl.iritf. and carried away in a sack. The Udy-anatci.ers were particulia in plicitig every article of cloihin? :n ihe ctave. and inereiyrnrriea on tne nawea rorpse. Th ream for this was. that lody-snatching wa: by the law merely a misdemeanor; but in'kin? the - clothing wa felony, and would have subjected ihem to transportation. They were ex- trembly careful al-o to replace ; every thinsr in th crave in the same older as they hid found it. The friend ot thf depaited were in the habit ,f nu ing private marks on the yrave, io discover whether it had been d"t-craied ; such as a piece ff stick, a dtiwer. or an ovster-shell. and These we- repaced with . . , the most rigorous . . 1. . i- : . mouruing survivor ionaiy oeuevea mat the grave tili contained the remains of; his beloved one. while in reality it was j only tenanted by an empty coffin. Spring-guns were occasionally set ia churchyards, but without avail. During the daytime, the resarrectionists seat a female member of there fraternity in lo the place, for the purpose df observing vheie the pegs were fixed to which at night the wires would be attached ; there fore, when night came, they easily found the pegsi and feeling their way cautiously along the wires, they reraeved the loaded weapon and pursued meif avocation in security. . . The surgeons were not without their share of risk in these affairs, as they fre quently had to take the bodies from the houses of the resurrectionists to the hos pital. On one occasion, a student was conveying a subject, caretuuy packed in a hamper, in a nackbey-coach, from one hospital to another To his surprise and alarm, the coach stopped in front of the police ofiice. The coach man descended from his box, and putting his face in at the window, said in a low but significant tone. 'Sir rot fare to the place you want to go lb is ten dollars, unless, you wish to be put down here.'1 The student took the hirit arid paid him the money. " The leading men among the resurrect- ionlits were wont to strut about the dissecting-rooms, and give themselves no small airs. At the commencment of a certain sessiou, one Murphy, a noted character, presented himself before the house- surgeon. After some unimportant con versation, he said : Well, doctor, this season I roust have " one hundred dollars down, and forty-six for everything I. bring you." Nonsense," repled the surgeon ; ' tis downright extortion. '. I shall em ploy tome one else-" Very well, sir," said Murphy, on his heel ' but you won't be able to dd with out us." ' ; The event proved thtt Murphy was right. The new men were either bribed off" by the old gang, or else were ex posed and detected by the police ; so the doctors, in despair, were obliged tore- employ Mr. Murphy. ' " Tne Two kings of this uphallowed craft for it was in but a few hands were the above-mentioned Murphy and one Pat rick. The following story is told of the latter, as a specimen of bis untiring activity ; .: He was one day strolling about a coun try village, with nothing particular to do, when be heard that a female body, sup posed to be that of a pauper from'' the work house, had been found in the ca nal, and was theu lying in the sable of an adjoining public-houe. Having always an eye to business, he entered the public-house, ' called . for a glass of ale, and entered into conversa tion with the stable-boy, who remarked "Catch me siting up with another dead body." "Why not? ' asked Mr. Jratnck. Because, last time, the parish officer gave me next to nothing for my troub el." Parick chuckled . iuvVardly, and ap parently out of pure absence of mind, began playing with the lock of the stab le door. He presently left and went straight up to the city. He returned the same nigth with a trusty friend and a bunch of keys. Next morning a jury of twelve honest fellows was empanueled by the coroner. After hearing a certain amount of ev idence the coronet said i " Now, then, gentlemen, if you please, we will view the bodj." The boy led the way into the stable ; a cloth which covered some object in an empty stall was removed, and disclosed to the eyes of the astonished jury a truss of straw ! On another occasion a footman who was acquainted with Patrick, informed him that his master was dead, and that he thought something could be done with the body. Patrick declined to have anything to do with the affair, until the coffin was screwed down, which was accordingly done on Saturday night, the funeral be ing ordered for the following day. The footiinin and Patrick then removed the body, placed it in the garden, and filled the coflii. with earth- Patrick actually attended the funeral. and afterward stated that he could not help smiling when the clergyman alluded to "our dear departed brother." On another occasion. Murphy and Patrick were working amicab'y together as partners in a most lucrative undertak ing. There was a privaie burialgrouod belonging o two old women, who resided in a cottage hard by. They employed one Whackett as crave digger and watch man: Messrs. Murphy and Patrick -on-eluded an arrangement with this .man. by winch e graveyard was placed at their disposal. . ( Whackett u&ed to leave the gate un bolted, provided thein with a key. ai d even made secret marks on such graves as. he deemed itadvi.-abl- ta rifle, for the purpose of guiding them in their nightly rambles; Unfortunately, however, two rival reftirrectionhts, nam! Vaughn and Hoi lis. got scent of the affair, and calling one day on Whackett, threatened to ex pose him unless he gave them a share in the job. "hackett made no reply, but crossing immediately over to public-house which was full of laborer.-, shouted out to the j assembled company : , .. ,. "Do you see those two men f They , are' body-snatcher, and have come to bribe roe to let them'roo the graveyard." The laborers, cached to fury bf these words, rushed out. and chased Holli? Hod Vaughn for their lives. The baffled scoundrels, in reverJgS, went before a magistrate, and told him that if he ex amined the burial-ground at Holywell, he would find the graves in numerous in stances'despoiled of their dead. The rumor spf Bad, crowds of people assembled, the graves were opened, and found tehaniless. -The mob were enrag ed beyond measure j they gutted Whac ken's house completely, dragged his wife and children through a horsepond, and seizing . Whackett, attempted to bury him alive. . The miserable wretch tttJs half suffocated when be was rescued by the constables. Even the two aged proprietresses, who were totally innocent of the whole affair, had their windows broken. flaln Girls. Champions of plain girls are not-wan ting who boldly take the difficulty by the horns; and deny in toto the fact that in matrimony and love the race is generally to the beautiful. Look about you, they tell us, in the world, and you will as of ten as not find beauties fading on their stalks, and plain girls marrying on every side of them. And no doubt plain girls do marry verjr very frequently. No body, for instance, with half an eye, old fail to be familiar with the phenoroanoh, in his own circle, of astonishingly ugly mafrled women. ' It does not, however, follow that plain girls are not ieffibty weighted in the race. There are several - reasons why wo men who rely on their beauty remain un married at the list, but the reason that their beauty gives iherfi no advantage is certainly not one. The first reason, per haps, is that beauties are inclined to be fastidious and capricious. They have no notion of following the advice of Mrs. Hannah Moore, aud being contented with the 'first good sensible Christian lov er who falls in their way ; and they runt in consequence, no slight risk of over staying their market. They go in for a more splendid sort of matrimonial success, and think they can afford to play the more daring game. Plain girls are providentially preserv ed from thee temptations. At the close of a well spent life they can conscien tiously look back on a career in which no reasonable opportunity was neglected. and say that they have not broken many hearts, or been sinfully and distracnnglv particular. And there is the farther consideration to be remembered in the case of plain girls, that fortune and fank are nearly as valuable articles as beauty, and lead to a fair number of matrimoni al alliances. The system of Providence is full of kindly compensations, and it is a proof of the universal benevolence we see about us that so many heiresses dre plain. Plain girls have a right tp be cheer ed and comforted by the thought. It teaches ihem the happy lesson that beau ty, as compared with a settled income. is skin deep and valueless ; and that what man looks for in the companion of his life is not so much a bright cheek or a blue eye, as a substantial and useful amount of this werld's wealth. Plain girls again expect less, find are prepar ed to accept less, in a lover. Everybody knows the sort of useful, admirable, practical in ah who sets himself to marry a plain girl, tie Is not a man of great rank, great promise, or great expecta tions. Had it been otherwise, he might possibly have flown at higher game, and set his heart on marrying female loveli ness rather than homely excellence. His choice, if it is nothing else, is an index of a contented and modest dispo sition. He is not vain enough to com pete in the gfeHtface for beauties. What he looks for Is some oue who will be mother of his children, who will order his servants duly, and keep his house-' hold bills ) and whose sense will teach her to recognize the sterling qualities of her husband, and not object to bis diuing daily in his slippers. This ;s the sort of partner that plain girls may rational ly hope to secure, and who can ray that they ought not to be cheerful and happy in their lot ? For a character cf this un deniable sobriety there is indeed a posi tive advantage in a plain girl as a wife. It. should never.be forgotten that the man who marries a plain girl never need be jealous. He is in the Arcadian and fortunate condition of a lover who has no rivals. A sensible, unambitious na ture will recognize in this a solid benefit. Plain girls rarely turn into frisky mat ron?, and thi- fact "renders them peculi arly adapted to be wives of dull and steady mediocrity. Lest it should be supposed that the above calculation of what plain girls may do leave some of thwir Dower and uc cess still onaccounied for. It Is quite r;ght and proper to add that the story of plain girls, if it were carefully written. would contain many instances not mere ly of moderate good fortune, but of splendid and exceptional triumph. Like prima donnas, opera-dancersi and lovely milliners, plain girl hare been known to make extraordinary hits, and to a Waken illustrious passions. Somebody ought to take op the subject in a hook, and tell us bow they did it. This is j the age of golden treasuries. We hare golden treasuries of Lnglfsb poets, of French po!ts. of great lawyers, of fam ous battles, of notable beauties, of Eng lish heroes, of successful oerchanti, and of almost every sort of character and ce lebrity that can be conceived. What is wanted is a Golden Treasury containing the carative of the most successful plain girls. The book might be called "BcToi of Utiliii.."'." and we see no reason why to givff rea!iy to the story the portraits of some of the most successful might net be appended Saturday Rnievt. . The IIoMe Ccrenge. The coffin was a plain one a poor, mimabl pine coffin. No flowers on its top, no lining of the rosewhite satin for 'he pale Lrow ; no smooth ribbons about 'he coarse shroud. Th brown hair was laid decently back, but there was the crimpled Cap. with its nent tie fcerfeath the chin. The ruffefer frotfi cruel pov erty smiled in her sleep she had found bread, rest and health. "I want to see ray mother?' sobbed a poor child, as the city undertaker screw ed down the top You can't get out of the way, boy, why don't somebody take the brat?' "Only 1st me see her one minute," cri ed the hopeless, helpless orphan, clutch ing the side of the charity box, and as he gazed into the rough face, anguished tears streamed rapidly .down the cheek, on which no childish bloom ever linger ed. Oh ! it was pitiful to hear him cry, "Only onte, let me see my mother only once." Quickly and brutally the hard hearted monster struck the boy away, so that he reeled from the blow.. For a moment th? hoy stood panting with grief and rage, his blue eys distended, his lips sprangapart, a fire glittered tiifb'iig'h his tears, as he raised his puny arm, and with a most unchildish accent sdf earned. "When 1 am a man I will kill you fr that." , There was a coffin and a heap cf earth between the mother and the ffo'dr 'feff sa- ken child a momentum much stronger than granite, built in his boy-heart to the memory of the hearties', deedr ..- , . The Court House was crowded to suf focation. "Does any one appear as this man's counsel?" asked the judge There was silence when be finished, till, with his lips tightly pressed togethe. a look of strange intelligence MeudtJ with haughty reserve upon his handsome fe. tuf es, a young man stepped forward with a firm tread and kindly eye, to plead for ihe erring and friendless. He was a stranger, but from his first sentences there was silence. The splendor of his genius entranced convinced. The man who could not find it friend was acquitted. "May God bless you, sir, I aarioot." "I want no thanks,1' replied the stran ger, with icy coldness. "I I believe you are unknown to me. Man ! I will refresh your memory. Twenty years ago you struck a broken hearted boy away from his mother's cof fin. I was then & poor" boy." The man turned livid. "Have you rescued me, then, to take ray life?" "No, I have a sweeter revenge I have saved the life of a man whose bru' tal deed has rankled in my breast for twenty years. Go ! and remember the tears of a friendless child." The man bowed his head iu shame and tvent out from the presence of a magna nimity as grand as to him incomprehen sible, and the nolle young lawyer felt God's smile in his face fdfeter after. He is a fool that grumbles at mischance Put the best foot forward, is an old max im. Don't run about and tell acquain tances that you have been unfortunate. People do hot like td have unfortunate people for acquaintances. Add to vigo rous determination a cheerful spirit; if reverses edine, bear them like a philoso pher, and get rid of them as soon as you can. Poverty is like a panther look it earnestly in the face and it will turn ffom you. . uf t A Maine editor says: he cannot imag ine when editors have leisure, "unless it is after the ferryman carries U3 over Styx, and then, we have no doubt the' olef fel low would besiege us for a puff oti his boat. An Irishman passing through a field of raitle the other day, said to a friend : When you fee a herd of cows all lay. ing down, and one of them only standing up. that one i. sure to be the bull. Passengers have arrived at Omaha from Salt Lake in fo'jr days and eleven hoars. They came by the way of Chey enne. The titne heretofore has been from seven to nine dajs. . m m ' A young Dmncrat cf New Albany, Indiana, paid $7,80 for begging two col ored girls on the streets of that city sst week. How are yoa, negro equality? Highway robbers in Montana af e known "road agents, and the.f sworn eh emies are the "v gantes, whv hang them summarily when cadght. One of the most disagrecble ways of tvomkn to weigh two hundred. -V. Y. Eve. Post. Liverpool streets ire-: kept level aod hard by means of .team rollers ru&nta - - t - 4 -aisfsa i i Thirty-two divorce cases are on the docket m Floyd County. Wis. Maxiciillian left a consideiable fcrtusv id iht old stag days aa IrisLffiin wj traveling iS Hew England. Arming; late at the town where they wera t spend the night, Pat discovered, to h4 dismay, that hia only vbance fof ileep was to share the couch ef a colored broth er. The natural repugnanca of his race ft'cfde him loth to accept tbe situation, but being' very' tired be submitted with as good a gta'c; ss possible. In the night some mischievous toys black erred his face. In the morning fifteen raifcitfefdi to be traveled before breakfast. Our" Celtic friend .was wakened just in tims to spf ing inio the carriage aa it was moving otf. A ihsir slopping-place he fouod ho coirten?chce fcf washing. Stepping up to a" gIa"S5 to arfange bis hair he started back In hdrror exclaiming: "Be jabers, yuu've woke that durty nagur, dnd left me fifteen miles behint 1" . . Dean Swift's brief but celebrated charity sermon, delivered in Dublin, on the text, "He who giveth unto the pocf lendeth unto the Lore?." his b'tefc reaa by every one, for lh5 entire discourse is contained in a single lin : If you like the security, down with the dust." We have heard of another sermon, prerfched not long sifc'd ia behilf of aa eleemosynary institution, whfci coaelud' ed in thi3 style ;. "Such is the importance and excellence! of this institution that no man can possi bly be prevented from bestowing liberal ly, according to his ability. Whoever, therefore, shrinks from his duty on this occasion m'u'st be inevitably conclu be -in debt r It brought the legal tenders. ' ; t S t t lh' the very fiercest of the battle at Malvern Hill General Lee encountered a tall Johnny Reb in full retreat,- and blubbering, fearfuily. Ha tuppd him and shammed him ; but the fellow open ly avowed cowardice, add said he knw be tias a eottard whffd they 'scripted him : "Well," said the- prftient kt fei'ed General, "that may b bat you need nol bellow about it like a great bady." . . "Baby !" echoed the conscript. "I wish I was a baby, and a gal baby at that " The gallantry and scorn of all peril that animated the better sort of the old Fire Department is still a pleasant sub ject of that with old fireman and eld res identers. Sometimes these legends may seem to be wanting in the strict veracity required in an affidavit, but they ara neverthelessood enough to tell. For example : Oue of 'Big Sixes' men had rushed itittia burtiiug building to rescue a child. The flames had cut eif his egress, acd drove him to the fourth story. All means of escape appearing to be gone,-he open ed one of the Window j and called out: "I say, Jakey. Jus' you bring the old squirt down to the kerb, put cn a three inch nozzle.- and let t come I Jakey hd piit On the nozzle, the boys manned the breaks, up comes a stream as big as a Bolony and stiff as a poker. I jus wrapped the little 'un in the old coat, put my legs and arms tight round the streamy arid slid down to the pavement without purlin' nig or the child ! If you Jn' believe it. you can juS come dvvn to thi house and see the baby " An old negro" was preaching in a larga shed on the banks of the Cumberland River, opposite Na&hville. He bad spoken of the miracles of the Lord, and flow easily he coutd have? escaped from the Jews if he had wished to. Said he: ' Dar was one time de Jews tbot dat dey had him J but at de berry moment dey tbet dey bid dar hands on him he waa thirty thousand furlongs across de f ilaa- tic Ocean I" e . Shortly before the war the writer was" stopping with major b , of UniorJ county, N. C. He was a Scotchman turned Methodist, and very fond of using the Scriptures in jusulkairoa of slavery twntng, is he did, a larger number ot slaves. Being old, his catrrarchial ap pearance was, striking as he threw hira self cn his comfortable chair and re marked, among othpr things : want to be do better than Abraham; Jaiihfvi JUraharnnho had rervants, slaTej, born in his own house.1' etc., txt. Pro voked by his repeiiiic-u in sfftercl ways of this argument from Abraham's ex ample. I replied : "Major S I have been several days now in your house, ond have failed to find rnors than one Mrs. S . If tb exame of Abra ham tta so worthy cf imitation in lha one case, why not in the other ?" The peculiar institstiaa was net fdtS er alluded to. ' i it. A fconh Carolina rebel ws relaticj how "the Yanks" fired upon his company while marching through a thick wmJ, They gladly obeyed an order to He davD. but there was nothing to shield then from the terrible voiley of the eneray- Why didn't Joa ge; beiiind a tree?" asked a listener. "Tree, the devil," re plied Reb.. "-there wasn't trees enosb for the ojScers.'' The following scene is laid iz a finU class hotel: Taveller I desire to be call ed at six o'clock. Clerk (with gold chain) If you will rincihe bell at ibat hour. 0Q9 of the boys will attend to yoo? cae I i w m I y i. or' 1-1 3:t. C3. ca t too art, .'of A3 ! w took; i in 1 ctei ' th 1 'from j form? t w. ! pur fter . I rs, a' Oi ; jrrcr tow irm-J , ar: ' S!0 3. a: Ibvl Til C ,'nivj fclll n v.J hea irea Uh ere I'':' .' lbs j .CO. sr.- i i 4 tu a re i r i T) u: hi c ' j 1 0 a; r ' j'. f 1 V c i e 1 1 -