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BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA, THUESI) AY, DEC. ,5, 1867
KG. 10
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VOL.
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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 .
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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.
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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.
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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"
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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. '
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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"
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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. '
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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
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