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About Nebraska advertiser. (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1870)
CD ADVERTISING KATES. 0of square. (8 line or lew) first Insertion Each subsequent insertion...; guiw-w Cards of five lines or lew ptraT notices; each head ... nilumii. one VPftf so 800 I 00 21 00 j-jjrhth column, six months, f 15; three months 10 00 Fourth coluun, one year 30 00 Fourth column, six months, ; three months 13 0 Half column, one year '. : 50 00 Xtlf column, six Diont,r; three months 21 00 One column, one year .'. - 80 00 0ne column, six months, $; three months 30 00 jj-All transclent advertisements must be paid for in advance, ATTORNEYS. ' Z ,u rrT. J. w. Jcewmaw. T1EWETT & NEWMAN, ATTORNEYS & COUNSELORS AT LAW. 0(li. N'o. TO, McPherson Block, up stairs, ZvStV FRBN'f 'K. W. I. ROGER. FRENCH A ROGERS, ATTORNEYS d: COUNSELORS AT LAW. Offlc in Court House Building. Vlfl tftv- diliirent attention to any legal bnIness ,truHl in thir cure. 4H-tf JOB A- DILLON, ATTORNEY & COISSELOR AT LAW and General Laud Agent, Tecumseh, Johnson County, Nebraska. ' J. N. REYNOLDS, ATTORKETA COUNSELOR AT LAW, otth K No OO, Iteynol1s Hotel, THOMAS & imOADY, ATTORNEYS AT LAW AND SOLICITORS IN CHANCER Y . orrfCK-nistrlct Court Room. " WM. II. MCLENNAN ATTORNEY AND COU NSELOR AT LAW, Nebraska City, Nebraska. a F. PERKINS, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW, Tcciinisch, Jrihnson County, Neb. " r "'YK & HUMPHREY, ATTORNEYS & COUNSELORS AT LAW, Pawnee City, Pawnee Co., Neb. N. K. GRIGGS, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND LAND AGENT, Beatrice, ge Ouunty, Nebraska. PHYSICIANS. S. COWLES, M. D., HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN, SURGEON AND OIISTETRICIAN. A rraduate of Oe'eland College. Ofllce at Hauk A Armiuise'K More room. fcjxtial attention given of Women andt'hihlren. W. II. KIMCERLIN, M. D. FHYMCIAN ASDSIKGKOX TO NEB. KVE AND EAR 1NKIU.MAUY. Orriri-KMftln-st. OrricK Hot rs 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. JLC TIll'HMAX, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. - Omce-No. 85 Main Street, Offirf hours from 7 to 11 a. in. and 1 to 4 p. m. 7 II. L. MATHEWS, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office in City Pru Ktore, Main-rt. C. F. STEWART, M. D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Office in T. H. Lewis & Co.'s Drug Store. OfTlre liours from 7 to 9 a. m.; and 1 to 2 and C,1; to LAND AGENTS. ' . R. V. HUGHES, REAL ESTATE AGENT fc NOTARY . PUBLIC. OCeeover nannaford A McFall's Furniture store. . WM. II. HOOVER, SEAL ESTATE fc TAN PAYING AGENT. Otlice in Iwtricl Court Koom. Vni gvr prompt atteiitlim to the sale of Ronl Es tate and I'aymeniof Taxes ihruuKiioot the Nemaha Land Jn-ilriit. i JONAS HACKER, LAND AND TAX PAYING AGENT. . Office with Probate Judc. Win attend to the Payment of Taxes for Non- I'.mident lvind wners in Neiiiahu County. Corres- pondenc solicited. NOTARIES. ) JAH. C, McNAUGHTON, ' SOTARY PUBLIC Av CONVEYANCER, ' Office in J. I Carson's Bunk. E. R ERRIGIIT, SOTARY PIIILIC 4.C05YEYA5CER, ' . No. 72 Min-fct-, second door. Atant for the Equitable and American Tontine 1a ir lHsuranie Com pa men. )RUO STORES. McCREERY i NK'KELU DEALERS IN DRl GSSTATIONER Y,&e. No. 32 Mnin-Kt. Full a.enrtnint Irujrs, Paints, Hook. Stationery, K..n liand, and sold at lio't-uiU-or reiiUL D. II LEWIS & CO., l-WTCctSSOKS TO l!OI.LAlAY 1t.) DEALERS IN DRUGS, MEDICINES, &r. Xw. 41 Main-st. GRAIN DEALERS. EVAN WORTHING, . FORWARDING AND COMMISSION MKUCliANTf And daalpr In ail klr'.. uf-tjraia ad -Couatrjr j h-uduce, Urowiivir.e, .x.'l.m. GEO. G. FT ART fc RKO., DEALERS IN GRAIN, PRODUCE, Asplrrwali, Nebraitka. Tba slrlieht marker irr paM for anything the raier ran raise. We will buy and sell every thiiiK known to the market. ... MERCHANDISE. F. E. JOHNStJN A CO. Dealers ingeneral merchandise No. 72 Main-sU, McPheraon Block, WM. T. DEN, HEALER IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE, Friraria & C-4tmmiu Merchant, i No. HZ Mah-., 6rownville, i rs Planters, flows, rtoves. Furniture, tc. al . m hand. Michest market price paid for Hides, ; Kur, and Country Produce. HARDWARE. SIIELLENRERGER BRO'S., t)ALF.RS IN II ARDWARE,JSTOVES. , No.74Malnt. stov. Hard ware, Carjiter'sTofls, Blacksmith , umtshinjni, t-c, consiiMKly on band. JOHN C DEUSER, DEALER IN STOVES, TINWARE, At, No. 7 Main-sC SADDLERY. ' JOHN W. MIPDI.ETON, UAR.XESS, BRIDLES, COLLARS, Etc. No. H Maln-fft. ' ,"'llP and Ijtshes of every description, and Plas- jt'r- fcept on band. Cash paid lor 11 ides. I J. IL BAUER, ,aARKKSS, BRIDLES, COLLARS, Ete. No. 9 ilahi-C j lending done to order. Satisfaction guaranteed. '.. ' CONTXCTIONERIES. NACE & HANSEN. C1Tr EAKERY AND CONFECTIONERY. J Ko. 31 IlainU, oppoalte City Drug store, Cakea. Fresh Bread, Oonrectionery, Light t4 l&ucy tir,.ri, constantly on hand. WILLIAM ROSSELL, C05FECTIONERY AND TOY' STORE, No, 40 Maln-et. lreAdCakes, Oysters. Fruits, etc.. on hand. J. I DEUSER, -UEALKR IN CONFECTIONERIES, 4te No. 44 Matn-at. MUSIC. MRS. J. M. GRAHAM, "TEACHER OF MUSIC. Roonit. Mln-st., bet. 4th and 5th. 'vliT rt on the Piano. Orpan. Melodeon, trJ n1 Viralliation. Having twd right j-ears ' Z'r teacher of Music In New York iscon - tof giving satisfaction. fcOTJXTY CLAHI AGENTS, i ED. D. SMITH. ! 8. AVAR CLAIM AGENT, Washington 3ty, D. C -iJi""4 to the prowHTition of claims before the '. ana'to" ln l""0"- f" Additional IVmnty. Back 'a, , "nsions. and all claims accruing agalnM Jrnment during the lute war. SALOOVS. JOSEPH HUDDARD A CO.. PEACE AND QUIET SALOON, fv. No. 47 Ma1n-tt. y hest W'lnM and TJoimra knit on hand. . R. C, 11ERGER, RAMBUA BILLIARD SALOON, w. So. 48, Whitney's Block. , 'laa and Umiors rrmstantly on band. S-. lilt i ESTABLISHED 185G. tnttal nsincss fetbs. HOTELS. STAR HOTEL. STEVENSON A CROSS, PROPRIETORS, Front-et, between Main and Atlantic This House has lust been remodeled. Inside and out. Stage Office for all injinta West. Omnibusses vo ii iraiun. REYNOLDS HOUSE. NATHAN N. GREEN, FItOFRIETOR, 88 & 90 Main Street, Brownville. newly furniMhel. in the heurt of 'business part ol Kiiy. livery smoie convenient. 4-in AMERICAN HOUSE. L. D. ROBISON, PROPRICTOR Front-st., bet. Main and Water. A good Feed and Livery Stable ln connection with the House. BOOTS AND SHOES. A. ROBINSON, BOOT AND SHOE MAKER, No. o Main -st. Has constantly on hand a rood assortment of oent's, ladies, jHlsseK' and Children a Boots and snoes. nistom work done with neatness and dis patch. Repairing done on short notice. JUSTICES. A. W. MORGAN, PROBATE JUDGE AND JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. Office in Court House Building. STATIONERY. A. D. MARSH, PIONEER BOOK AND NEWS DEALER. City Book Store, No. 50 Main-fit. BRIDGE BUILDING. C. W. WHEELER, BRIDGE BUILDER &, CONTRACTOR. Brownville, Nebraska. Sole apent for R. W. Smith's Patent Truss Brlrtce. Thestrongeht and best wooden bridge now In use. TAILORING. CHRIS. HAUBOLDT, MERCHANT TAILOR, No. 62 Main-st. Hils on hand a splendid stock of Goods, and will make them up In the latest styles, on short notice and reasonable terms. BLACKSMITHS. J. W. & J. C. GIBSON, BLACKSMITHS & HORSE SHOERS. First -St., bet Main and Atlantic. All work done to order and satisfaction guaranteed. Shellenberger Bros. HiBDH (ilEilCfllliTS No. 74, McPIicrson'g IUotk, BllOWNVIILE, XEB., SOLE AGENTS FOR CANTON CLIPPER PLOWS!! THE BEST FLO W MADE! MiilTECTUBIJILDfilS Are prepared to furnish DESIGNS & SPECIFICATIONS for all kinds of. BUILDINGS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE, of th? latest and most approved stylrs. ALSO TAKE CONTRACTS! All LiwU .f Job Irort- fse o; rfr.' tfysliop, corner Main and Sr-cond slny-ts, JiliftWXVJLLE, Xr.H. 4y C. SNOKE T & SHOE BIAKER. No. IS Mala Klre, BROWNVILLE. NEB. Has constantly on hand a uf erior at'-lc of B'ots ainl !lioes. Custom work done with neatness and dispaU-h. EC 3. BRYANT HOUSE, SIGH, AND CARRIAGE PAINTER, Graincr $ Paper Hanger, No. 0 MAIN STREET, Bro-vrnvill, Nebraska. -f J. K. FRETZ, mmi mwm AND SIGN PAINTER. OVER II ELM Kit's WAGON SHOr, Rroiviivillc, AcbrasUa. OFFERS his services to the public, wltli the confident U'llef thut liU work will meet the approbation of his patrons. J--tfJ DR. J. BLAKE, DEI1TIST wii ? Would respectfullr ' announcethat he baa t Cf -vv-l"cnted In Brownville t 1 1 IT 11 y and Is now prered TV Xrv: - --! top-rform.inthebest ... "Vy manner, ALL oper- ' "Pi atlons pertainint: to SL.s the acU-nce of len- " tistry. OrriCK Over City Drug Store, Iroat room, lot TIIAIIZ HELMER, AG0!l &lAC!$MI7il$riCP ONE DOOR WEST OT COURT HOUSE. WAGON MAKING, Repairing-, Plovrs, aiil all work done In the loit manner and on short notice. Satisfaction cuarun anteed. Give him acalL 34-ly. CHARI R O. WUhET. Att y at Law. GBOROK W. PORSKV. C. G. & G. "V7. DORSET, REAL ESTATE AGENTS Dealers in Land "Warrants. nay and . Sell Ileal Estate and Land Warrants. Select fcliocate Grovenuaent Lands. ATTEND TO CONTESTED CASES IN THE . U. a LAND OFFICE. AND -3 A A large quantity of First Class Lands for aale In Nemaha, Richardson, Pawnee, John Knmd Gage Counilen, Nebraska, to which the attention of purchasers is specially Invi ted. OScevBROWNVILLE, NEB. Branch 0icBEATTLICE, NEB. lS-5-tf TOB PRINTING,! n one or more V v.i?r'promtl2' done at the Advertiser Job 0Kc. BOO X v zv t. cscplj bbtrlistrntnts. J. A. PIER. T. R. REYNOLDS. SOUTHERN HOTEL. PISER& REYNOLDS, Proprietors Eight street, two blocks from R. R. Depot, ST. JOSEPH, MO. 451y WOOLWORTn & 50LT, Book Binders, And Dealers in BOOKS, STATIONERY, PAPER HANGINGS, AND PRINTERS' STOCK. No. 12, 2d St., St, Joseph. Mo. CASH PAID FOR RAGS! J. PFEIFFERS 3XVI1IJLK works: Corner Sixth and St Charles Streets, ST. JOSEPH, MO. Dealer in Lime, Hair and CEME3STT, PLASTER, WHITE SAND, FIRE BRICK, Ac., Ac., tc., Ac. ll-151y IJ. .J. CO.VST.lBIsE ST. JOSF.ni, MO. I 3X P O 1Z T E R WHOLESALE AXD REAIL DEALER IN Iron, Steel, and Heavy HARDWARE! WAGON,Carriap;e,and Plow Works, Agricultural Itnph ments,Springs,Ax els, Axes, Shovels, Siniden, Files. Ita.ps, Cha'ns, Carriage and Tire Bolw. Nuts and Washera, Nails, liorse and Mule Shoes, Saws, Castings and Hollow Ware. Siij.rar Kettles, Andirons, Skillets and Lids, Stew Pota, Bake Ovens, Fruit Kettles and Sad Irons. BLACKSMITH'S TOOLS : Anvils, Stocks and Dies, Bellows, Sledge and Hand Hammers, Vices, Pincers, Jtasps, Farriers' Knives, Tire Iron, fcc OUTFITTING GOODS: Ox Yokes. AxleGrer.se. Ox Chains. Wairon Jacks. Ox shoe Nails, Shovels, Picks, etc. Hubs. Spokes and Bent-siuiL Agricultural Implements: j nnn celebrated moline I 1 1 1 1 I PLOWS, I-le Mowers. Mccormick's I IP II le:llMrs and Mowers, Kallers Horse liUUU Corn Planters, sulky Corn Cultivators, Hand Corn Shellors, Hay Itakes, etc., et. AGENT FOIi FAIRBANKS' SCALES. Buying my goods direct from manufacturers I offer verv Rreat inducements to WHOLI3ALK HCYJiKS. AV. M. WYETH & CO., Wholesale Donler in HARDWARE & CUTLERY No. 6 South Third, bet. Felix & Kdmond sts ST. JOSEPH. MO. HARNESS, Skirtinpr, and all kinds of Sn (Idles, I-atlior. Hridles, Hardware, Ac. constantly on hand. Acents for I)itson"s Circu lar Saws and Marvin's Safes. - JACOB MAROIIN, MERCHANT TAILOR, o g! g I w I n t 3 PI w Jr, V Jt ins: M4 H a a a c A e e e H ? a 7. LOUIS WALDTEER. THE PIONEER, Is fully prepared to do all kinds of H0USE,SIGN, CARRIAGE, Ornamental Painting, Oiiildln,' Glazing, Paperlinnging, Ac. JOHN L. CARSON, BItOWXVJLLE XEIiKASJvA Exchange Rounht nml Sold on all the prin cipal cities. Alo dealer iu Gold ad Silver Coin, Gold Dust and GOVERNMENT BONDS. Deposits received, iwyjOde at M:ht. Inter est paid on time deposits by srweial agree ment. Taxes paid for non-residents. All kinds of V. S. Bonds wanted. PHILLIPS & BARNES' GREAT WESTERN Livery, Feed, Sale and Exchange Corner Main and IveeSt nit OWN VILLE. HAVING purchased this Stable of A. P. Coirswcll.'weare prepared to furnish the best TEAMS, BCOtJIK and CAKRIAtiKS in Southern Nebraska, at LOWEST CASH HATES, lUam for Fifty Horses. Corral for Stock. Particu lar attention paid to l'eedine or Boarding Horses. 1-l.VlyJ PHILLIPS & BAKNES. Clocks, Watches, Jewelry No. 59 Main Street, Brotraville. JOSEPH SIIUTZ, lias jnst ocnel and vill constantly keep on hand a larjre and well assorted stork ot genuine articles in his line. Repairing f Clocks, Watches, and Jew el ry dune on short notice. ALL WOJtJC irAIiJlAXTED A LARGE AND SPLENDID ASSORTMENT HEAT STOVES JUST RECEIVED AT Shellenberger Bros., 74 Main St. . BROWSVILLE.XEB. TIES. Endless in style and quanti ty, at IIETZEL'.M , JOB WORK. Neatly and Plainly 0 Executed, at the Advertiser Job, R'mms. PARDS, BILLHEADS, CIRCU- VJ LARS, at the Advertiser Job Office. TRUNKS. VALISES, c.. c in 1 endlw variety, at . IIETZEL'S.' HATS AND CAPS. All Varieties endStym,at - HETZiXT?. . v mm "' J STABLES. BROWN VILLE, NEBRASKA, LEGEND OF THE OAK. BY A. F. P. In the midst of forest, high above the rest, ' So proudly stood the king of all the wood. In Khaie and grace of form he proudly rose. The good of forests, fields and all that dwell ' On earth, and wear fresh jrarlands ofbriuht leaves. Soon ln his mlRht, frrew niournlhl, thus alone. Cnfonnd in sports and Joys of forest fames. The dancing of bright bouchs with Notus sweet, 1 The soft wind chasinz tiny leaflets round. The mljrhty (rod of all, still heeded not The leafy host, but saw with anxious eyes Sweet Florip's joy, and Zephyr's pride and love. His thoutrhts now swept his wide dominion o'er For one who worthily hit love could hold ; Within a tempting nook and far away, Jjwelt leracefnl Ivy, clincins; soft yet kind. And Onk beheld with looks of kindling love, "Fair Ivy mine, fair Ivy for my queen !" He fondly sought her heart ana hade her share His love, his Hie with each new fond delight. She unrelenting, spurns his great brave soul, T'ncaring for the wound her pride had made. Then gloomy and morose became his mood ; The forest feared and stool in awe of him, Heneath his chilling shadows tlowrets paled. No birVlling dfired to shelter 'neath his shade. The beauty of his strength from him had flown, M Ana knotted grew, invioience ornis wratn; The Satyrsjoyed In this unkindly strife, While more the Oa grew gnarled each day. One morn a tempest swept across the wood Bold Boreas with Eutus hand in hand With fiercest fhrv danced their maddest glee. And piped, ln fitful strains, their shrillest notes ; The tall trees !owed like reeds before the storm, -The sturdy Oak alone strod undisturbed, And gentle Ivy reft of all support. Her mild eyes lifted to the kingly tree. She longed for shelter In his noble strength. Forbiddingly he frowned npon the vine. But grief o'erthrows restraint of pride. She turned to him with humbly pleading grace, Nor leared his chilling frowns nor angry look. She wound her tired arms about his torm. When first he felt her clinging trembling touch, The evil spirit left him free from wrath ; Then gently stooping, drew her to himself, With tender care he raised and sheltered her. In his great love she stronger grew each day, And graceful twined herself about her lord, His each deformity thns kindly hid, beneath her mantle green of beautv's own ; . Brave Oak his lovelv colors spread o'er all. And pnvvst birds to pleasure lent their song, And higher yet and higher Ivy climbed. At last she er.gcrlv his level reached That she might place upon his rugged brow A shining, beautions caronal of leaves Thus crown'd she him who chose her for his queen. - Thoughts for Winter Evenings. One has to toil hard in proportion as lift is ie-norant. To be doomed to the Hrndo-prv of a slave, who is driven under the lash, is not to lead a very nappy or a very nonoraoie me. That what we have said is trne is apparent to every one on looking around him. Who is he that works the hardest and gets the least for what he dnos? Is it not the most Ignorant or the most reckless? Who are they wno can live oy comionaoie laoor, without overworkinc and when old enoutrh to take their ease are able to do so ? Arethpv not more intelisrent. who have known from early life that it was necessary to economize in order to "get a start in the world," and who have been able to work to the best ad vnntnro in all thev have attempted? Does not an intelligent man know how to make a crood farm out of a poor one ? one made poor, perhaps, by some one who was too ignorant to hold his own, and who was doomed to drudgery, penury and discomiort an his daj's. These things being so, it follows that the best of all capital with which to begin independent life is intelli gence. The more thought and knowl edge one has, the more certain his success and enjoyment. Next to bodi ly health, all depends upon the mind. We therefore, note some foolish ways in which people, and especially young people, spend their leisure time : 1. Going to the town village, or crossroads, to sit out the evening in vulgar talk, smoking cigars and drink ing beer at iirst, and then something stronger. 2. Getting cards, checker boards, &c, and wasting the long winter evenings in games for amusement, at first and then something else. 3. Getting up parties, balls, fcc., in order to have a good time, generally. Tn this wav. it is the easiest way in the world for a young, man to waste all the leisure of early life, and even if he get through without becoming the slave of a bad habit, he has failed to form a good habit of self-improvement. He has "missed his opportu tunity," and nothing better than hard work, with a very small reward is his destin v. On the contrary, the largest part of . 1 1 1 l 1 A 1 A nis leisure nours snouiu ne uevoieu to his intellectual and moral culture. Neither the young man or theyoung woman, the boy or the girl, has anj' time to waste at the village. Nothing except business, or literary society, should draw one to town. The fortune the respectability and the happiness of every one depends upon the right improvement f early life. m Two Curions Xecdlc The King of Prussia recently visit-, ed a needle manufactory, in Ins king dom, in order to see what machinery combined with the human hand could produce. He was shown a number of superfine needles, thousands of which together did not weigh half an ounce, and marveled how such minute ob jects could be pierced with an eye. But he was to see that in this respect, even something finer and more per fect could be created. The borer that is the workman whose business it is to liore the eyes in these needles ask ed for ahair from the monarch's head. It was readily given with a smile. He placed it at once under the boring machine, made a hole in it with the greatest care, furnished it with a thread, and then handed the curious needle to the astonished King. The second curious needle is in the possession of Queen Victoria. It was made at the celebrated needle manu tory, at Rcdditch, and represents the column of of Trajan in minature. This well known Roman column is adorned with numerous scenes in sculpture, which immortalize Trajan's heroic actions in war. On this dimin utive needle scenes in the life of Queen Victoria are represented in relief, but so finely cut and so small that it re quires a magnifying glass to see them. The Victoria Needle can be, moreover be opened; it contains a number of needles of smaller size, which are equally adorned with scenes in re lief. Physical Effects of Midnisht Be tween eleven at night and one in the morning is the interval that the temperature of the human bndy fails to its minimum. Prom some research es lately communicated to the Royal Society, it appears that healthy beings go regularly through a daily "cycle of variable warmth. The maxiutn heat Is reached at nine a. m.,when, in per sons under twenty-five, the tempera ture of the flesh stands at ninety-nine degrees Fahrenheit, and this is main tained till six p. m., when it slowly and steadily fails until an hour before midnight; the amount of decrease by this time is something over two dev prces. At about three a, m., the up ward turn is taken, and the heat in creases till nine o'clock. It is curious that this extent of change only occur only to young bodies. Old folks pre serve a nearly equal degree all the twenty-four hours through. Other notable facts are that feeding has nothing to do with the variations and that hot and cold baths do not appear to interfere with the regularity of the successive changes. - a i a i i iia i ; is m iiiii k. m a i i i f THURSDAY, JANUAKY 27, 1870. The Tea District of China. Charles C. Coffin who recently made a journey round the world, and has since published a book upon what he saw, thus refers to the tea district of China: lea drinking is so general among Americans, that a brief des cription of the plant, its cultivation, and the preparation of the leaves for market, will be of interest. That can not be accounted a small matter which aflects, in any measure, the happiness of thirty millions of people, thre hundred and sixty-five times a year. The consumption of tea in the United States amounts to more t han 30,000,000 pounds per annum, or nearly one pound for each inhabitant. Americans use an unduly large portion of green tea, but no Chinaman would think of drinking this variety which we so highly prize, for they know that the greenness which gives it such value in our estimation, is not a natural con dition of the leaf in Its dried state. It Is obtained by the admixture of for eign substances, and poison at that. Prussian blue, and other iujurious substances, are used in the preparation of green tea. Tho tea shrub is an ev ergreen and may be propagated either by suds or slops. When the plant has attained a height of a foot or more, it is transplanted into well cultivated fields. It sometimes attains a growth that would seem to give it a right to be ranked among trees, yet, as culti vated by the Chinese, it is not often more than seven feet in height. The root is not unlike that of the peach, and the plant is very tenacious of life. It blossoms in the winter, the flower resembling the wild rose. The seeds contain considerable oleaginous mat ter, and a commodity called tea oil is extracted from them. The shrub is hardy and thrives well on poor, grav elly soil. It is very desirable to have a southern aspect, since sunshine pro motes the thrift of the plant, and greatly improves the quality of the tea. . The leaves are gathered three times a year. The first picking occurs early in the spring, while the leaves are young and tender. This crop is mostly bought up by the Mandarins and wealth' people. Very little, if any, of this harvest reaches America. The second plucking comes several weeks later, and the quality inferior. The third is in midsummer; quality, poorer still, and it is gathered with less care. The tea is prepared for mar ket roasting or firing, as the process is called. Iron pans are brought to dif ferent degrees of heat over charcoal fires. The tea is first subjected to a low degree of heat; when sufficiently heated it is thrown upon a mat, and the leaves are rolled ; then pass into the pan, which has higher tempera ture; then rolled again. Each pro cess is called "a firing." When a Chi naman desires to make a superb drink, he elects the tender leaves of a young plant. He does not boil them, keep ing in the aroma by having a close fitting cover to the pot or cup in which the tea is made. In the tea saloons, we notice, that all the grounds are care fully saved. Those in our cups, as well as those in the cups of the na tives. who drink at a neighboring table, are tossed into a basket, which, when full, is emptied upon a serene and placed in the sun. After drying a while they are "fired" again, color ing water added, the leaves re-rolled, re-packed and sold as good as new, to do service once more, quite likely in the United States. The average cost of tea in China is from fifteen to twen ty cents per pound, but dut es, freights, insurance, interest on capi tal profits to importers and middle men swell it to the prices we have to pay them. More poor tea is drank in the United States than any other land. Russia imports the best, England stands next, and consumes an enor mous quantity. France uses but little, cheap wine and leer takes its place. The value of the export of tea from China to Great Biittaiu and the Uni ted States is as follows : TO GREAT rmiTAIX IN 1S0S. Plnck Tea -. .....?1 1,410,000 .Green Tea 4,061,000 ; $15,301,000 TO THE UNITED STATES IN 1S67. Illack Tea $2.f07,0fifl Urevn Tea....i. 5,3o;l,oo0 $7,510,008 "Winter Rules. Never go to bed with damp or cold feet. In going into a colder air, keep the mouth resolutely closed, that by compelling the air to pass circuitously through the nose and head it may be come warmed before it reaches the" lungs, and thus prevent those shocks and sudden chills which frequently end in pleurisy, pneumonia ami other forms of disease.- Nnver sleep with the head iu the draught of an open door or window. Let more covering be on the lower limbs than on the body. Have an extra covering within easy reach, in case of a sudden and great change of weather during the night. Never stand still a moment out of doors, especially at street, cor ners.after having walked even ashort distance. Never ride near the open window of a vehicle for a single half minute, especially if it has been pro ceeded by a walk ; valuable lives have thus been lost, or good health perma nently destroyed. Never put on a new boot or shoe in the beginning of a walk. The largest wagon ever built on the Pacific coast has recently been com pleted at Hamilton, White Pine, and is to be used for transporting ore from the South Aurora Mine to the Stan ford Mill. Here are some of the di mensions: , The spindles are 4 inches In diame ter, of the best quality of iron ; tlreso inches wide, by inches thick; spokes, 5 inches thick ; hubs, 19 inch es' in diameter by 20 inches long; height of the hind wheels, 6 feet 9 inches. " The bed is capable of hold ing o,000 pounds of ore, and the wag on Is estimated to bear up 10,000 pounds ovtr any ordinary mountain road. Wrhen first built, 32,500 lbs., of quartz, were hauled on it from Gold Hill to one of the mills about Dayton. The two largest wheels weigh 1,064 pounds each, and the entire rig up ward of 8.000 pounds. In Salt Lake City, says Anna Dick inson, a man leads'to the wedding al ter half a dozen women, calls them his wives, and lives with them as such. In New York City a man does precisely the same without any pre liminary exercises. In Salt Lake City they call it religion. In New York Cit5" they call it sowing wild oats. A woman at Dayton, Ohio, wanted to see If it was true what the papers said about kerosene being dangerous, and she filled a lamp while it was burning. She Rtill lives, because a man blanketed her before it spread. But she indorses everything the news papers say now. HE LEADS US OX. ITe leadg us on. By paths we do not know. Upward he leads us though our steps be slow. Though oft we faint and falter by the way. Though storms and darkness oft obscure the day. Yet when the clouds are gone, ....... We know lie leads on. ITeleadsnson Through all the unquiet years, Tast all our dreamland hopes, and doubts and fears, lie guides our steps. Through all the tangled maze . We know Ills will Is done; And still lie leads us on. And lie, at last, After the weary strife, After the restless fever we call life After the dreariness, the aching pain The wayward struggles which have proved in vain After our tolls are passed , Will give us rest al last. which vrixs. Tills sighinsr after beauty, This longing after curls. This chasing after fashion Wherever fashion whirls. And all that sort of thing, May do for those who Ilka It, For those devoid of taste ; For those who barter diamonds off For diamonds made of paste. And other blockheads. But to the wife who truly loves Who is what she appears; Who sheds a sunshine 'round the man Who keeps away her tears And brings her taters home. IM whisper softly in her ear, I'd grave it on her her heart, That well to know to broil a stake Beats sentiment and art, A sight. PICTURES FOR THE HOME. Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe has an admirable article in "The Atlantic Almanac " for 18G9, full of good common senj-e and shrewd, humorous hits, in reply to the question, "What pictures shall I hang on my walls?" Once pictures were the prerogatives of the wealthy: now there is no family so poor that it cannot afford to adorn its home with them. "The question what to get'" says the author of "Un cle Tom's Cabin," "amid the crowd of applicants and possible choices, is often a puzzling one. A picture that is to look you in the face at all hours of the day and night is, after all, somewhat of an item in your exist ence. It is taking to yourself a silent companion ; and though theie is no speech nor language, and its voice is not heard, yet its lines go out into your daily life, and its word to the end of yo .r days. Pictures," she continues, "are as different as people; and to them as to persons applies the rule, think before you choose an inti mate friend." Iu considering the question of what pictures one would buy, Mrs. Stowe proceeds to puncture those most in flated of all live balloons, the "high art" critics, with a skill that is alike ftdujirabie and remorseless. Read: "Well-meaning people who' have money to spare otten are troubled with the question, what to buy. There are a crowd of talkers about pictures ; and the cry of 'high art,' and a varie ty of other bewildering cries, are flung into one s face at every turn. Does the honest John Stubbs want to get a picture because it is a pretty thing, and pleases him, or comforts his wife when he has the blues? Then he has awful thoughts of Don Positivo, his next neighbor, who writes ixvt-criti-ques for "The Ne Plus Ultra," and solemnly informs him that it is a duty he owes to society to protest' against every thing that is'nt high art. No body must be left in peace to have any thing but the publications of the Ar undel Society, or artist's proofs of Raphaels Madonas, or proof-casts of the statues in the Louvre, or some thing else which has the seal of ages, a written certificate of good anti quity, giving him leave to admire. Poor Stubbs doesn't admire the Ma donna San Sista half as much as one of Tait's pictures of chickens picking at a worm, or some hens in a barn yard, which puts him in mind of the pleasant old days when he was a boy, and of the old farm and meadows, and father and mother and 'our folks' who are gone. All this almost fills his eyes with tears as he looks; but Ktubbs is a good fellow; and when Don Positivo tells him-with a lordly air that he can buy such things if he pleases, but he feels it his duty to in form him how very trashy they are in point of art; like a good christian he wipes his eyes, and goes resignedly, and gives a' hundred or two of dollars for an old proof engraving of the San Sisto, and hangs It up where those dear, too charming hens and chickens were to have been, and feels that he has done his duty by society. To be sure, he does n't care a bodle for the picture, ami never will ; but Don Pos itivo tells him it's high art, and he has saved him from getting a poor thing for his money, and that's com fort." Mrs. Stowe has evidently read and enjoyed the egotistical effusion of the "art cri tics" of "The New-York Tri-i bune" and "New-York Natiou." The manner in which they sometimes pooh-pooh the most beautiful recent art publications, Prang's inimitable chrornos, for example, and always go into ecstasy over the medkeval re productions of the Arundel Society, Which are less appropriate for a modern American home than a series of fifteenth century sermons would be suitable for a modern American Li brary, is well bit off in this and the succeeding passage, which however, wa have not space to copy. She then grapples at once with the cardinal axiom of the art-creed of these critics, and bravely denies in words, what the people have always denied in acts, that high-art pictures are suitable for the adornment of a home. The language will be reckoned little less then blasphemous by thee pretentious wrters; but every friend of living art, and the education of the people in art, will be glad to see her assail the idol which they worship so devoutly. She says, "High art means, as nearly as we can makeitout, what professed artists and instructed jieople, who under stand the technical properties of art, ami the technical difficulties to be overcome in it, consider as interesting and valuable. It also means what past ages have liked and enjoyed, and things that are historically interest ing as tho record of the modes of thinking and feeling on such subjects in past ages. Now, many of the "best reco ds of these in-cast engravings are not suited to family life, but ought to be kept in museums and portfolios. The admirable engraving of old blind Belisarius is nchefiVcrnvre of engrav ing art, a touching and tragic picture; but who wishes at all hours to be con fronted by the image of a blind father with a son bitten by a serpent in his arms, however well represented. Th. better the representation of xii"h a sub ject, the worse it makes it 'for a home picture. Hung in a bedroom, tbi' VOL. 14.-N0. 15. work of high art might give bad dreams and a possible nightmare ; and it had better bo kept in a portfolio and admired when the subject of proof engravings is up. If a person should be so fortunate or unfortunate a3 to get a capital photograph of the first draft of that bloody-bones picture. 'Micheal Angelo's Last Judgment,' where the Judge looks like a prise fighter in a passion, shaking his fist at his mother, snch a sketch might have a certain value as 'high art,' for there is abundance of high art In this very disagreeable picture; but we should earnestly recommend him not to frame it and'hang it up for the ter ror of his wife and the bad dreams of his innocent babes." Mrs. Stowe then lays down her first rule for the selection of home pictures, which is as excellent as It is heter odox: "As a general thing," she says, "what is not high art, but only re spectable and permissable art, is the best company for every-day family life. As we should not think it amusing to have Satan's Speech to the Sun recited at our breakfast table, so neither should we think Scheffer.s picture of Francisca di Rimini a pro per thing to be forever talking to us from the walls of our parlors and bed rooms." She would not have all pictures mere prettinesses : she would have some represent the higher side of our nature; but such solemn and grand subjects should not be conspicuously placed in reception-rooms, or parts of the house where the mere surface-intercourse of life goes on. She then add3, "Pretty rjenre pictures, such as Prang i3 getting up so many of, have a certain value a3 house ornaments quite independent of considerations of high art. A red cashmere shawl carelessly thrown down on a garnet colored sofa, with a gleam of sunshine across it, often forms a bit of coloring that turns a room into a picture. So Prang's overturned basket of bright red cherries, hung on a wall of a pro per tint, is a pleasing bit of color, pleasing because it attempts not too much, and does all it attempts well. So, also, pious mottoes and texts in illuminated letters have-a double val ue, they ornament and they teach. These have no value one way or the other as art; but they are very pleas ant and useful as household ornaments-" Mrs. Stowe then teaches the alpha bet of all true culture, self-reliance, and a courage to reject the advice of others, however pretentious, when their dicta are at utter variance with one's own impressions. Of course, this does not imply unteachableness: it only demands a reason for the faith prott'erred to us. She says; "The great value of pictures for home should be, after all, in their sentiment. They shuld express sin cere ideas and tastes of the household, and not the tyrannical dicta of some art critic or neighbor. It is desirable that the drawing and painting should be good and respectablef and that the family should be well enough inform ed to know that a picture painted on a japanned waiter, however smooth and pretty, is not a good picture sim ply because it is smooth and pretty. We should try to cultivate our taste, and then try to expres3 it; but the value of family pictures in a great degree should consist in the" fact that they do sincerely represent our own tastes and preferences, and not those of others. It Is desirable that these should be cultured tastes, but quite as much so that they be real and gen uine. A respectable engraving, that truly is fctt by the family a.3 an artis tic pleasure, is a better thing for them than a much higher one that they do not understand or care for." This is sound doctrine, but dilicious ly iconoclastic; "The Nation," which has sneered at almost all our best men, will give its icsthetic lips an extra curl when it reads this passage. Following out this thought, Mrs. Stowe commends all self-selected col lections, whether they be those of a connoisseur with only classical engra ings on the. walls, or those of some pains-taking business man, and his plain, excellent, housekeeping wife, to whom, "and it i3 neither sorrow nor shame to say it," "a genuine pic ture of a smiling baby, a good dog, a fine horse, a bunch of flowers, are worth the whole Vatican." There is a world of sound art-criticism as well as common sense and genial feeling in this passage, with which we shall close our extracts : "Can there be but one sort of thing in this world? and is not a tuft of moss, in its way as good as an oak tree? Is it any sin not to have been to Rome and lived, or any merit to have done so? If your neighbor Is steeped to the lips in 'high art,' and so classical that his' very chairs ages of good authority for his pattern, let us not despise him tnereiore; and let him not snub and predominate over his brother, who has got only so far as a sincere admiration for the pretty things the Lord makes, when gen uinely represented. 'Hast thou faith? Have it to thyself. Applaud and glq rify thy own collection with a full heart, but be gentle to thy next-door neighbor who eateth only herbs. ' There are certain humble walks of art in which excellence consists sim ply in a faithful and truthful repre sentation of nature, in which the excellence is of a kind of which com mon people can become good judges. It takes very little artistic skill orj sense to judge whether a stalk of blue gentian is faithfully painted, or the copy of a bunch of apple-blossoms is true to the model of its great original. A host of such simple, inexpensive ornaments are given by Prang in his ehromo-lithography. A bunch of apple-blossoms, a blue gentian, so repre sented as to excel average painting, forms a domestic ornament, unpre tending, unambitious, and always beautiful. Never do our hearts cease to thrill when the time of ear comes round for their fair originals to smile on us, and never can we lose the sense of beauty in their imitations. "It is one of the signs of the mil lennium that real good art, correct and pure so far as it goes, is being made the inheritance of the million, as it is now being done by the chro mo lithograph; and we have little sympathy with the scornful style in which some self-important art-critics have condemned or ridiculed efforts that are bringing beauty and pleasure to so many thousand homes that otherwise poverty would keep bare." Bravo, Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe! But what will Don Positivo of The New-York Tribune" say to you? We wait in fear and trembling for his next savage onslaught. Watchman and Reflcdor. A little eirl who w.i spnt out tn hunt eggs, thought strange sho did not find any. as there were seve.'al hens "standing around doing natlw ing." i FUENAS, C0LHAPP;d: CO., ' PabHshere md Freprlctora, Offle-Ne; 7 1 McPTieriw'a ETek, ay Stair. ' BROWN VUJJE, NEBRASKA. ; Terxna, in Adraae t ' One copy, one year g j g j Use copy, six mora ha - , c JOB PRINTING, Of all kinds, done on short notice aa4 at reasons, ble rates. Drippings from the Sarserj. A little girl at Elmira got her eve ning prayer somewhat, calxed the other evening. She kneeled down and gave vent to her feelings as fol- ' lows : , . . r. Now I lay me down to ?p, ; i -, my !arllnc daughter. I nray the Lord my ml to kn. But don't gn near la wter. "?when' ftnPI(3. -what'a the next rr." nat comes after cheee? Dull boy : A mouse, sir." A little girl, repeating her Sunday school lesson, said : "Ye cannot serve ' jrou ana mamma." A little three-year old girl la New , Orleans recently astonished her ino ther.who attempted to correct her by motioning her away with a chubby little hand and scornfully savin" "Shoo, fly, don't bodder me!" ' ! "Boys," asked the teacher of aa : infant Sunday-school class, "did you " ever see an elephant's skin ?" "Yes sir. I did " niDed a littln Min down at the foot. "Did you, Robert ? AVhere was it?" "On an elephant. . sir." ' A little four-vear old mfsa v,0r- 3 a gentleman addressed at her father's nouseaa -josepn!' eyed him intently for a while, and then asked, "Was you ' the Mr. Joseph that was sold by hla brethren?" "Yes" replied the gen tleman, "I have been sold a great many times, mv dear." "Oh f T woa so sorry for you ?" said the little klnd- iy uearc. "TTow Ir schoolmistress ol a little girl, "that you uo noi understand this simple thing?" v "I do not know, Indeed," she ans wered, with a nprnlAvoil lz-lr . n,t t sometimes think I have o many things to learn that I have no time to understand.1" "Mother," eaid little four year old Carrie when she came homp T hv heard such a smart minister. He ' stamped and pounded, and made such a noise; and then he cot on mail h shook his fist at the folks, and there - t A. ft 1 " wasu i anyoouy uared go up and tight him. Origin or Odd Fellows. It has been supposed by many that the origin of the society of Odd Fel lowsor rather the organization was of comparatively modern date. They will be somewhat surprised, however, says the Cincinnati lime, to learn : that its origin dates as far back as Ne ro, and was established by the Ro man soldiers in the year '5-5. At that time they were called "Fellow Cui zens." The present name was given them by Titus Ciesar, twenty-four years afterward ; and they were bo called from the singular character of their meetings, and from their know ing each other by mysterious signs and language. At the same time he presented them with a dispensation, engraved on a plate of gold, bearing different emblems of morality. In the fifth century the order was estab lished in the Spanish Dominions, and iu Portugal in the sixth century. It did not reach France and England until the 11th century. It was then established In the latter country by John do Nile, who, assisted by five knights from France, formed a Grand Lodge in London. This ancient fra ternity has now its Lodges in every quarter of the glebe, and, by lt3 use fulnes and bei evolvent character, com-e munds the respect and countenance of all who are acquainted with its nature and purpose. I nose upon wiiose Information rell liance' may be placed, give credit to Baltimore for first introducing Odd, I'Vllowshin inrn thf TTnitil Htntoa and to Grand Sire Thomas Wildlv belongs the honor. yo 3Iother. "She has no mother." What a vol ume of sorrowful truth is comprised in that single utterance, no mother! We must go down the hard, rough path of life, and become Inured tot-are and torrow in their sternest forms before we can take home to our own ' experience the dread reality no mother, without a struggle and a tear. But when it Is said of a frail young girl, just passing from childhood to-' ward the life of a woman, how sad la the story summed up in that short sentence ! Who shall now check the . wayward fancies who shall now bear with the errors and failings of the motherless daughter? Let not tho cup of sorrow be overflowed by the harshness of your bearing, or your unsympathizing coolness. Is she heedless of your doings ? Is she for getful of her duty ? Is she careless of her movements? Remember, oh, re member, she has no mother. And the poor boy too, with none to care for him or administer to his com fort. You see him sportive with his companions, perhaps rude, may bo at. times wjeked he has no toother to warn and chide hfm no, no mother to shed her softening influence over him. And when jie goes to Led, strange fears creep over him, and a desolation of spirit that no tongue can express. Ho has turucd out into the world to battle its storms alone, and when pain and weariness press upon him, no word of pitying -"ympathy fall cm his ears nt- soft hand sooths and supports him. Remember, oh. remember, he has no mother. Ex, In Baltimore, the other day, a new ly wedded couple repaired to the de pot for the purpose of takkg passage . northward. Just as they were about to enter the cars a boy stepped up to the bridegroom, hel l out his hand say ing: "Papa, give me a cent before you go away." The bridegroom looked surprised and extremely foolish ; the bride red and Indignant. The hus band finally manged to eay to the child, "Go away, I'm notyour father!" The little fellow, however, assert that such was the case, and stoutly insisted on being presented with a penny. The wife's jealousy wa now thor oughly aroused, and a ."scene" was imminent, when a gentleman stepped forward and assured the couple that the child was in the habit of impor tuning young gentlemen with ladiea on their arms, in the identical lan guage quoted above. This made mat ters pleasant at once, and the young couple proceeded rejousingly on their way. Men become bald. Why ? Because they wear close hats and caps. 'WV. men are never bald except by disease, and they do not wear close, hats and caps. . Men never lose a hair below where tho hat touches the head, not if they have been l ld twenty years. The close cap holds tie heat and pre- . j v a t i it ? . i i juration, ami inerety me uair gianas, become weak and the hair f'.I!s out. If this be true, the woiuori wf tho. present Jay will never fce bakl hcd,-. '.
