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PUMAS, OOEHAPP & CO,,
Publishers and Proprietor.
Office No. 74 3TcFhersoR' Block, ap Stairs.
BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA.
Terms, in Advance :
One copy, one year i e.
Cue copy, six months 1 90
JOE T?TZI3SrSn3SG,
Of all kinds, done on short notice and at reasona
ble rates.
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general usiucss jntbs.
ATTORNEYS.
.. KW hVETT & -NEWMAN.
TTORXKYS & COUNSELORS, ATIAW,
A k officeNo. 70. aicl'heraon Woe, up stairs.
, T.r.OQEIlS.
.TTORNKYS Ar fOrXSEUMW AT LAW.
Tl UlllM in Court Houe Building.
xillchediHxent attention to any legal business
.Jmistedto their care. itl
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iTTOWEY aiCOUXSELOR AT LAW
Tecumeh, Johnson County, Nebraska
THOMAS & BUOADY,
lEYS AT LAW AND SOLICITOR
ATTO
OFFH K District court itoom.
WM. H. McLENNAN,
1BnnNKV ANI COUNSELOR AT IAW,
ATTOK-Mjjaaty Nebraska.
" " R K. PERKINS,
iTTnitM'V AND COUXShLOR AT LAW,
ATTO 'ymsciuJniiHson County. Neb.
" " NYE & IIUMl'IIUEY,
TTflRNO"S &: COUXSCLORS AT LAW,
"" N. K. GRIGGS,
iTTOltNEY AT LAW AM) LAND AGENT,
A Beatrice. Ougc County. Nebraska.
'' PHYSICIANS.
' " W H. KIMIIERLIN, M.D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON TO NEB.
F EYE AND KAtt 1NFIIOIARY.
0f rItK-S5 Mnin-St. WFTK-J2 nofKS-7 A.M. to6 LM1.
"" IL C. THUUMAN,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Office No. 85 Main Street,
Office hours from 7 to 11a.m. and I to p.m.
II. L. MATHEWS,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Offlc in City Drug Store. Mnln-st.
C. F. STEWART, M. D..
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Office tn D. 1 1. Leu Is it Co.'s Irug Store.
Office liours from? to 9 a. m.; and 1 to 2 and C-, to
LAND AGENTS
R. V. HUGHES,
IlEAL ESTATE AGENT fc NOTARY
PUBLIC.
OQiceovcrlJannaford A. McFall's Furniture store.
WM. II. HOOVER,
ltCVL ITATE fc TAX PAYING AGENT.
Oliice in District Court Room.
f;:i clverromi't attention to the sale of Real Es
Utf al Pa nicnt of Taxes throughout theN-maha
XsniDislnct.
JONAS HACKEP..
tAXD AND TAN PAYING AGENT.
Office with Trobate Judge.
V.'l attfid to the 1'ayment or Taxes for Non
Km lent !nd Owners In Nemaha County. Corres
jESknee solicited.
NOTARIES.
JAS. C. MrNAUGIITON,
NOTARY' PUBLIC fc CONVEYANCER,
Ollirc in J. I- Carson's Bank.
"""" K. E. EBRIGIIT.
SOTARY' PUBLIC &-CONYEY"ANCER,
No. 7- Slain-st., second lloor.
Ajnt r the Eq:iit.ible and American Tontine
Life Insurance Companies,
DRUG STORES.
McCKEEKY NICKELL.
DEALEKS IN IRlSSTATIOXERY,&c.
No. X! Main ht.
Foil assortment Drocs, I'amts, Rooks, Stationery,
vlc.uri hand, and sold at v holesale or retaiL
1IOLLADAY CO.,
DEALERS IX DRIC, MEDICINES, &c.
N. 41 Mmn-sit.
GRAIT DEALERS.
EVAN WORTHING.
FORWARDING AND COMMISSION
MERCHANT,
Office and Wareroom Midn-it.,
De&ler in all kinds of Urain and Country Pro-
iace
GEO. G. START & KRO..
DEALERS IN GRAIN, PRODUCE, fcc.
A-spinwall, Nebraska.
Th highest market price paid for anything the
fanner can raise. Wc will buy and sell everything
Injwn to the market.
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MERCHANDISE.
P. E. JOHNSON & CO.
DEALERS IX GENERAL MERCHANDISE
.No. 72 Ma!n-rtj McI'Iierson H!oc.
WM. T. DEN.
DEILER IX GEXERAI. MERCHANDISE,
Furmirilln. AiComniif -ion Mcrchnnr,
No. t Maliit, llrownvllle.
tornriantere. Plows. Stoves. Furniture. &. -I-wTS3n
hand, nixhest market price paid for Hides,
W!,Funi.and Country Produce.
HARDWARE.
PHELLENBERGER BRO'S..
DEALER. IN HARDWARE, STOVES.
No.74Maln-st.
Storoj. Hardn are. Carpenter's Tools, Blacksmith
Fi.rni.ing4, Ac., constantly on hand.
JOHN C. DEUSER
DE VLER IN STOVES, TIIS YV ARE, &.C
No. 71 Main-st.
SADDLERY.
J. H. BAUER,
HARNESS, BRIDLES, COLLARS, Etc.
No. 1 Main-st.
Mndln done to order, satisfaction guaranteed.
BOOTS AND SHOES.
', ,..
nftiiivcnv
BOOT AND SHOE MAKER,
No. 53 Main-sU
Has constantlv on hand a good assortment or
Oenf, Idi-s, Misses' and Children's Boots and
"io-i. cuswmwork done with neatness and uls-
rtca. Ilepairlng done on short notice.
CONFECTIONERIES.
CITY BAKERY AND CONFECTIONERY.
No. 31 Jlaln-kU. opposite City Drug fctore.
?ir.. 1L. Fresh -read, dnrectionery. Light
d Fancy Oreccries, constantly on hand.
DEALER IN CONFECTIONERIES, fcc
No. 44 Main-st. .
BOUNTY CLAIIAGENTS
KD. D. SMITH,
V. S. WAR CLAIM AGENT,
v -.. . . 4-.. t r
wasnmgi'ja v-nj, . v-
Vlll attend to the prosecution of claims before the
nMtmentl person. r Additional Bounty. B-vek
FS?P,niloas. and all claims accruing against
tSe Government during the late war.
SALOONS.
JOSEPH HUDDARD fc CO..
PEACE AND aUIET SALOON.
No.47AIain-sU
The best Vlijes and Liquors kept on hand.
II VRPSTER & GLINES,
ALII AMBRA BILLIARD SALOON,
No. 1 Main street.
t-i btst Wines and Liquors constantly on hana.
JUSTICES.
PROBATE JUDGE AND JUSTICE OP
THE PEACE.
. Ofuce In Court IIous Building.
CARPENTERS'aND JOINERS.
GEO W. NEELY& CO..
CARPENTERS AND JOINERS,
HroKiirlUe, Nebraska. , .
Are prpartsl to do all kinds of work in wood, in a
rwnaniikc manner, on short notice, and at n-jw-ble
rates. CMntruct wort solicited. W"
?U A McLaughlin's Auction and Commission
ioC -J
BRIDGE BUILDING.
BRIDGE BUILDER & CONTRACTOR.
Bron1llc. Nebraska.
-Sole -sent for K. W. Smith's Patent Truss Bridge,
ylwtr.mcest and best wooden bridge now 1" "?-
TAILORING.
Sv . r.
M... r. ,r t i.nAT m
MERCHANT TA-ILOR,
,. No. IS Main-st. .
lUsonhandasjilefdid stock of Goods, and win
?etliemupinthe latest styles, on short notice
yw teaxouablc terms. - ,
BLACKSMITHS.
'V
J. n. BEASON.
GENERAL BLACKSMITH,
. Main-st Brovvnville.Neb.
i prepared to do all kinds of work In Iron, on
Jjwwt notice, and at prices in keeping with the
Sr , J. W. & J. C. GIBSON. ,
aACXSMITHS HORSE SHOERS.
i,, Ftrst-st.. bet Main and Atlantic
'"orlc done to order and satisfaction guaranteed.
COUNTY SURVEYOR.
JULIUS GILBERT,
COUNTY' SURVEYOR,
., Post Offlce address.
Clifton, Ncmn County, Nebr-i
ESTABLISHED 1856.
inxcxnl business garbs.
JHOTELS.
STn TTOm-CT.
STEVENSON & CROSS, TROPRIETORS.
, . -e31 Accommodations in the Citv.
Pc.HouA?i.hMJII,t been remodeled, inside and
L., .tae onlce for all points West. Omnibusses
to all trams.
AMERICAN HOUSE.
L. D. RORISON, PROPRIETOR.
Front-sU. bet. rain and Water.
A good Feed and Livery Stable In connection with
the Rouse.
STATIONERY.
A. D. MARSH.
PIONEER BOOK AND NEWS DEALER.
City Book Store, No. 50 Main-st.
1R. J. BLAKE,
DENTIST
J-l 3 Would respectfully
announcethat he hag
i-locatedln RrnwnvlilB
ii5 and Ls now prepared
j i"i'erjorni,inineoesi
is- manner. ALL oner-
- ntln.lil ,f..Inln r. .n
!--- the Rclenci of Ilpn-
tlstry.
OrriCK Over City Drug Store, lroHt room. . let
FRANZ HELBEER,
jfAGON &gLACKSMiTHHOP
ONE BOOR WEST OF COURT HOUSE.
WAG OX MAKING, Repairing,
Plows, and all -work done In the best
manner and on short notice. Satisfaction gunrnn
anteed. Give him a call. 34-ly.
C. SNOKE,
BOQT&SHOE
MAKER.
No. 15
faln Street,
BROWNVILLE, NEB.
Has constantly onliand a superior stock of Boots
and Shoes. Custom work done with neatness and
dispatch.
H. H. BRYANT,
HOUSE, SIGH, AND CARRIAGE
PAINTEE,
tefti2ier S JPttpcr Hanger,
No. GO MAIN STREET,
Bro-wivillo, Nebraska.
33-tf
Slielleiiberger Bros.
3S"o. 74,
H-cPIicrson's Slock,
BROWNVILLE, jSTEB.,
SOLE AGENTS FOR
CANTON CUPPER PLOWS!!
THE BEST FLO W MADE!
IUEOFORO & HOWARD,
RCHiTECT
Are prepared to furnish
DESIGiN'S & SPECIFICATIONS
for all kinds of
BUILDINGS,
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE,
or the latest and most approved styles.
ALSO TAKE CONTRACTS!
All irtnds of Job M'ork done to order!
"Sb.op, corner Main and Second streets,
JtnoWXril.LE, AE. 4T-y
Clocks, Watches, Jewelry
No. 59 Main Strcot, Brotuvillo.
JOSEPH SHUTZ,
Has just opened and, will constantly
keop on hand a larpe and well assorted
stock ol genuine articles In his line.
Ropairing of Clocks, Watches, and Jew
elry done on .short notice.
ALL WORK WARRANTED.
LOUIS WALDTEER.
THE PIOXKER,
Is fully prepared to do all kinds of
HOUSE, SIGN,CARRI AGE,
Ornamental Painting,
Gulldlng, Glazing, Pnpcrliniiglnjr, &c.
MOUND CITY HOTEL.
Cor. North irarket and Broadway,
ST. LOUIS, MO.
G. A. BOYD, PROPRIETOR.
One block w est of the North Market Street Depot
of the N. I. B. It. The street cars pass this honse
for all parts of the city, for all purposes it is the
best hotel in the city. -tf
joi-iist i5A.TJSirii:ii,
Bricklayer and Plasterer,
Brownville, No"brasa.
Is prepared to take contracts In his line, in city or
country. All work done In the bet of style. Also.
w III build Cisterns, and warrant them perfect. S5y
the mm HOUSE.
C. AT. ICVUFPMAN,
raorBiKTOR
4G JInlii-st., Brownville.
This Rouse lias been remodeled and refurnished
throughout, and aflbrds the best accommodations In
the city to the local and traveling public It U cen
tral! v located. Stages for the Wot, and Omnibuses
for all trains go from the Sherman Rouse. Valr
(tit c w, Otmrgcs ntodxrrarc'. 13 tf
j. pfelffers'
3j:.ie;i1-: wokvs:
Corner Sixth and St. Cliarles Streels,
.ST. JOSETH, MO.
Dealer in Lime, Hair and
CEMENT,
PLASTER, WHITE SAND, FIRE BRICK,
S.c, Ac., Ac, Ac 11-loly
VOOLVOlTH & COLT,
Book Bm-ders-
And Dealers In
BOOKS, STATIONERY,
'" PAPER HANGINGS, AND
3?IlVT3E:i-S' stock.
No. 12, 2d St., St. Joseph. Mo.
CASH PAID FOB BA GS!
J. A. PINER. T. It. KEYKOLDS.
. SOUTHERN HOTEI-
PII.ER& BBXOLS,Prqprcor
Elght street, two blocks from It. R. Depot,
ST. JOSEPH, aIO. 451y
COLIiAES. All kinds antl styles,
HETZEL'S.
HATS AND GAPS. All Varieties
and Style, at HSTraFKS.
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JOItXQ.A.SITH.
e. n. wrcox.
STORAGE. FORWARDING.
Asn
COMMISSION HOUSE
OF
S3HTH & WILCOX,
And dealers in all kinds or Grain, for which they
pay the highest market price In Cash.
jeSTOflice at Store of '. E. Johnson & Co. IB-Cm
JACOB 3IAROHN,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
PHILLIPS & BARNES'
GREAT "WESTERN
Livery, Feed, Sale and Exchange
STABLES.
CornerMain and I,evee St BItO VNVIE.
HAVING purchased this Stable of
A. P. Cogswell, we an prepared to furnish
the bost TEAMS. BUGGIES and CABBIAGES. In
Southern Nebraska, nt EOWEST CASU BATES.
Boom for Fifty II orses. Cornil for Stock. Particu
lar attention paid to feeding or Boarding Horses.
f45-iyj pnlixirs & BAHNES.
NEW STOCK OF
Dry-Goods and Groceries at
ZaOLTlDOT,
A. W. ELLIS,
-To accommodate the public In and about Xondon,
has Just received, and opened up in thut place, a new
stock of
GRY-GOODS, GROCERIES, READY
MADE CLOTHING,
which he is selling at prices which defy competi
tion from the river towns.
PATRONIZE IIOME.nnd assist In bulld
Ingupapoint in the interior, especially when you
can get goods just as cheap, whieh is the case nt the
store of Mr. Ellis. ism
JOHN L. CARSON,
JBRO WXriLLE..
, NEBRASKA
Exchange Bought and Sold on all the prin
cipal cities. AIM) dealer in Gold and Silver
Coin, Gold Dust and
GOVERNMENT BONDS.
Deposits received, pnyablo nt sight. Inlcr-
fzt. ll.li(l on tlm flonrwlfu r crtnoinl firrron.
-ment. Taxes paid for non-residents.
ah Kiuus or u. t?. iJonus wauled.
A LARGE AND SPLENDID
ASSORTMENT
HEAT STOVES
JUST RECEIVED AT
Shellenbergcr Bros.,
7-1 Main St.
BBOWXVIZLE, ArEB.
PHELPS HOUSE.
Orpostte the Depot,
PHELPS CITY, JSLO,
W. IT. STEVENS, Proprietor.
As good accommodations mid good stabling are
offered as can be had in the West. -ly
Fremont
Broad Street, fcetwoet 3d &4:tlt,
FREMONT,NEBRASKA.
S. II. FOWLER,
PROPRIETOR.
This House Is within 50 rods of the U. P. B. It. and
aCL&P. It. It. Depots. Hacks leave lor West
rolntdally.nndlincoln tri-weekly. 6-tf
VL,T A.I3:0-.Tr I "
The Brownville Transfer Line,
Under the raanascment of
JACOB ROGERS,
Is now Running Regular Omnibusses from
Brownvilloio the Railroad Terminus
ot the Council Bluffs and St. Joseph Railroad,
At North Star, Mo.,
Two Miles from Brownville and North Star Ferry
Lending.
Good. Omnibusses. Close Comvcctionr
Chr.rgcs Moderate. 30-tf
W. AL 'SVYETH & CO.,
Wholesale Dealer in
HARDWARE & CUTLERY
No. 6 South Third, bet. TelLx & IMmond sts
ST. JOSEPH. MO.
TTARNESS, Skirtinjr, and all kinds
n r c.i.tini! TotTir Hrhllis ITardwnre.
xte.f constantly on'hand. Agents for Ditson's Circu
lar saws ana .unrvin s iuie3. i--j i
1?. .:. CO.VST.WXJ,
HT, JOSEPH, MO.
ITvriPOI-'X'E-
WHOLESALE AND T.E.VIL DEALElt IN
Iron, Steel, and Heavy
HARDAEE!
WAGON,Carriage,and Plow Works,
Agricultural ImpIeinents.Sprincs.-Vx-cls.
Axes, Shovels. SpadCB, Files, ltasps. Chains,
Carriage and Tire Bolts. Nut and Washers, Nails,
Hor-e and Mule Shoes, Sau1!. Castlncs and Hollow
Ware. Sugar Kettles, Andirons, Skillets and Uds,
Stew Pots, Bake 0 ens. Fruit Kettles and Sad Irons.
BL,.CKSjIITM'S TOOLS:
Anvils, Stock, anf Die. Bellows, S!elge and
Hand Hammers Vice, I'lnrere, Basi, Farriers'
Knives, Tire Iron, &c
OUTFITTING GOODS:
Ox Yokes, A-le Grease. Ox Chains, Wagon Jacks.
Ox fehoe Xall, Shovels; Ticks, etc Hubs. Spokes
and Bent-sIufT.
Agricultural Implements :
ill
CELEBRATED MOLINE
PLOWS, Jiigle 3Iowers. ifcCormlck's
Iteapers and Mowers. Kallers Horse
Corn rianters. Snlkv Corn Cultivators.
Hand Corn Shelters, Hay Italics, eta, etc.
FAIRBANKS' SCALES.
Buying my goods direct from manufacturers
I olfcr very creat inducements to
WItOLHfULE mTYKHS.
Bir JHar4Vf k w I 0 5 "
BEOWNVILLE, KEBEASKA, THUBSDAY, APEIL 28, 1870.
THE OLDEST CHRISTIAN HYMN.
Shepherd of tender youth,
Guiding In love and truth.
Through devious ways ;
Christ, our triumphant King!
Wo come Thy name to sing,
Aud here our children bring,
To shout Thy praise.
Thon artour holy Iiord t
The all-subduing Word,
Healer of strife !
Thou didst thyself abase.
That from sin's deep disgrace
Thou mightest savo our race,
And give us life.
Thou art Wisdom's High Priest !
Thou hast prepared the feast
Of holy love !
And in our mortal pain
None calls on Thes In vain;
Help thou dost disdain,
Help from above.
Ever be Thou our guide,
Onr Shepherd and our pride,
Our Btaf and song !
Jesus! Thou Christ of God !
By the perennial Word,
Lead us wliero thou hast trod.
Make our faith strong.
So, now, and till we dlo,
Sound we Thy praise on high,
And Joyfully sing,
Infants, and the glad throng,
Who to Thy Church belong,
Unite and swell the song
To Christ, our King!
In Book III. of Clement of Alexandria, ls
given (In Greek) the most ancient hymn of
tho Primitive Church. It Is there (one hun
dred and fifty years after the Apostles) asser
ted to be of much earlier origin. Tho above
version will give some Imperfect Idea of its
spirit.
LOWER CALIFORNIA.
A Jfew Empire.
In a recent number, n brief sketch
was Kiven of the ceoffraphicnl posi
tion and varied resources of that vast
Peninsula on our Western coast,
known ns Lower California, and
which, jutting as it does, down the
Pacific for full six hundred miles,
forms a natural barrier to those fertile
provinces of Northern Mexico, which
are destined, ere long, to become, like
Lower California itself, integral parts
of the United States.
This Peninsula may now be said to
be in its transition state. Eor ages it
has lain comparatively idle in the sea ;
but by degrees the heave of modern
progress has turned it over almost Into
the centre of the populated globe, and
it must soon play fully as importanta
part as Upper California, which lies
above it, and more so than the luxu
rious provinces of the decaying em
pire, to which it never more than'
nominly belonged. In fact, Lower
California has never pretended to be
long to Mexico, in order to protect
itself from seizure by some more vig
orous power; while Mexico, on the
other hand, has gladly contented her
self with a mere nominal allegiance
(without subsidy or tribute), in order
that Sonora, Sinaloa and her other
ocean provinces might not be domi
neered by this formidable Peninsula
in like manner. The present State
and its dependent province have,
therefore, got along very well togeth
er down to the present time, and as
only an illusory authority is exacted
by Mexico, and no taxes are levied
from Lower California, the natives of
the Peninsula have always had a very
happy and independent time.
These days of simplicity, however,
could not be expected to last forever.
Heaven is not for men on earth. Nay,
in the case of this earthly elysium,
teeming as it is with gold and silver,
and bordered b3' its gulf of pearls, the
westward tread of man forbade it.
Seven hundred millions, out of the
thousand millions of the population
of the whole earth, belong to empires
which push their coasts to the shores
of the Pacific; coasts which have
been comparatively silent until the
last twenty years, but which, now
that they have been astounded by the
railway, and inflamed by the magnet
ic wire, begin to stir and wake to the
destiny that lies before them.
On the whole wide circle of that
mighty sea, which is destined to be
the future residence of human power,
there is no piece of coast of such geo
graphical importance to the United
States, as Lower California. It is
worth the British possessions in the
North-west Coast and Alaska, ten
times told, for it gives us certain pos
session of every line of trade, that
either crosses by the Isthmus to the
Indies, or passes downward from our
western railway routes, to the coasts
of South America or Australia.
The acute statement of Mexico per
ceived this problem more clearly than
perhaps even the Ministers of the
United States, and forseeing, too, that
they could not expect to hold such a
fortress as Lowr California consti
tutes for the command of the Pacific,
they wisely prepared to pass it into
the more powerful and conservative
hands of the United States, in a man
ner whieh would not be in the least
humiliating to themselves.
They made a grant, in 18G4, cover
ing the vast area of the forty-six thou
sand eight hundred square miles in
Lower Caltfornia, which was subse
quently transferred to the hands of
the Lower California Company, of
this city; a corporation which had
already possessed itself under other
grants, of a vast portion of the rich
provinces of Sonoraandof the Penin
sula. For this transfer the grant of
1864, the Lower California Company
paid to Mexico a large sum of money,
when she was in her utmost need.
The transfer of was duly made at the
Mexican Legation in "Washigton, in
May, I860, and was formally ratified
by President Juarez in the following
August. A certflcate of the convey
ance, which was drawn by the Hon.
Caleb Cushing, and endorsed by the
Mexican Minister at Washington, was
filed in the office of our Secretary of
State, to be the basis of any future ac
tion between the two Governments,
for tho purchase or joint protection of
the Peninsula of Lower California.
But it is not the object of the Low
er California Company that their char
ter shall be made the basis of a mere
political operation. Their object is to
colonize the land duly and faithfully,
under the contract with Mexico ; and
to that end they are now preparing
an extensive expedition, with a view
of settling up two of its provinces,
and establishing an ocean eity. Al
ready, emigrants, allured by the pre
cious metals, and other deposits of val
uable materials of commerce, are
pouring into Lower California; and
this spontaneous movement makes' it
all the more requisite that the Com
pany should at once apply its power
and its means, to regulate this ran
dom population under civil laws. The
Company is armed with powers equal
to those of the great East Inda Com
pany, whiph founded an empire in
Hindoostan, and its Superintendent
and Governor General is the Hon.
John A. Logan, who will probably
follow the colonizing expedition, du
ring the next recess of Concrress. with
a select party who will make ifc their
summer trip. j
Some notion of the power and re
sources of the Lower California Com
pany may be formed by the names of
a few of its members and directors.
The President of the Company, the
Head Quartern -of which is at No. 35
William St. in New York, is Richard
Schell, Esq ; and Wm. R. Travers is
the Treasurer; following which, we
find the names of General B. F. But
ler.. August Belmont, Wm. G. Forge,
Caleb Cushing, C. K. Garrison, Hon.
John A. Griswold, John Anderson,
Robert P. Leese, Ben Holladny, Rob
ert M. McLane, Francis Morris, John
McB. Davidson, Leonard W. Jerome,
S. L. M. BarJow, Edward S. Sanford,
J. B. G. Isham and Marshall O. Rob
erts. Among the above names, are those
of two ex-Miuisters to China and Mex
ico (Mr. Cushing and Mr. McLane),
and the well known public views of
all the others, make it evident that
the Company is.not merely a stock or
puuiiuurmacmu e. xu iuuuit oners no
stock for sale.
But the highest proof of the expan
ded views and enlightened sagacity of
tne Company may be found in the
fact, that though the democratic
members largely prevail in number,
the Company as long as three years
ago, and while a large portion of them
were bitterly contesting the principle
of the Fifteenth Amendment for the
United States, decided, that all races,
colonists, and of whatever color,
should have land on equal terms, and
have leave to try, without limitation
or interuption, the problem of self
government with the great races of
the world. It ia clear, therefore, that
this Company has the sagacity to suc
ceed ; and it will be an important
hour for the future destinies of the
North-west coast, when the colony
which is now in preparation, lands
upon the peninsular coast.
This is an age of progress; but
among the greatest enterprises of the
day, none is a more majestic stamp
than the colonization of Lower Cali
fornia. Prom BrownTille to Rulo.
Rulo, Neb., April 1, 1870.
Editor Advertiser: Having under
taken to prepare a work descriptive of
the Nemaha Land District, allow me
through the columns of your paper to
briefly refer to any matters of interest
that may come to my notice while
canvassing.
Nemaha City, proud of her locality,
may also bo proud of her business ca
pacity and the well developed coun
try lying just west, which only needs
the facilities of one or two Railroads,
of which this place would form a nat
ural termini.
Aspinwall, protected from the wash
of the Missouri river by the solid
bluff, underlaid with rock and coal,
has one of the best steamboat land
ings on the river, from which is ship
ped great quantities of grain, while
the business of the place indicates the
reception of a large amount of freight
for the supply of a large scope of
country around it. j,
Hillsdale is surrounded by bodies
of fine timber, and judging from the
appearance of the log and lumber
yard around the mill of Mr. Gideon
Amick, an immense amount of lum
ber is sawed and shipped frpm that
place. Hero we find one of the best
school houses in Nemaha county.
St. Deroin commands the trade of a
large scope of country. West of this
place may be found bluffs of wonder
ful formations, which are yet to be
admired by excurtionists from the
lower cities, who will ticket to this
point on tho Trunk Railroad. In
front of this place, which lies at the
, eastern base of the bluffs, is quite an
extensive tract of rich bottom land
covered with fine timber. St. Deroin
can boast of one of the largest and
best steam flourihg mills in the State.
Crossing into Richardson county,
and six miles west of the river, we or
ganized a Lodge of Good Templars at
Hazel Dell School House, Barada pre
cinct, in an intelligent and flourish
ishihg community.
On the river again we next come to
Elm Grove Steam Mills. Quite a
village is springing up here, and the
mills are in continual operation turn
ing out lumber from the heavy body
of timber that surrounds the place.
This will bean important pointon the
Trunk Road, as in the rear of it the
bluffs present a bold front of solid
rock, which will ere long become val
uable ahd paj'ing quarries.
Passing on down to Arago, one of
the lively towns of Southern Nebras
ka. An extensive trade is carried on
here by an enterprising class of citi
zens, a large proportion of which con
sists of intelligent Germans. Here
we find a push go-ahead mind your
own business sort of people, and who,
if not interfered with and aided by
the completion of the Trunk Road,
will build up a city before the world
is aware of it. No town in Nebraska
of its size carries on as an extensive
pork business as Arago. Her church
building, the steeple of one of which
overlooks the bluffs, and her bchool
house is a credit to the place, while
her people can boast of a fino Brass
Band and a first class dramatic
troupe, who perform semi-monthly.
The Arago Actw, published here, is a
live paper, and. promises to lend much
material aid in the development of
this county and Southern Nebraska.
We called on Messrs. Sanderson &
Metz, the gentlemanly proprietors,
and found them busily engaged in
the duties of their office.
Leaving Arago, we continue down
the river to Rulo, the most Southern
city in the State, at the junction of nt
least two Railroads, and the key to
the agricultural and commercial hi-
terests of South-eastern Nebraska.
Occasional.
"Well," said Douglass Jerrold to
the collector of a fund in behalf of a
suffering friend, "how much does
want this time?" "Why, just four
and two naughts will, I think, put
him right," the bearer of the hat re
plied., ,VeJll" said Jerrold, "putrhe
down for.one of the nauglitsJ' , .
OUR NORMAL CLASS.
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Rules for Spelling.
Tho true teacher is ever willing to
gain Information, and feels kindly to
ward those who are trying to aid him ;
and since the subject of the Teachers'
Cla&3 is to advance methods, and
teach the correct manner of applying
them, we hope by our suggestions, to
benefit those who contemplate teach
ing, and trust our efforts may not all
be in vain.
Good penmanship is certainlyn ac
complishment, and much to be ad
mired ; yet, it matters not how neatly
an article may be written, if every
third word is mis-spelled. And al
though orthography is one of trie first
branches taught- in ousijMHatxion
schools, it is generally made such an
unattractive study, that children soon
grow weary of it. To be sure, there
are some who will learn the lesson by
rote, and recite it parrot like, having
no more idea of the meaning of the.
word, than if they had committed so
much Greek or Latin. No wonder
they tire of their task, and "wish
there were no spelling books in the
world."
The mind of thechildas ever reach
ing out for something new, and the
teacher who has the interest of his
school at heart, will never nllow him
self to become weary of de
visiug other methods, by which he
may throw a new and attractive light
upon old subjects. But in order to do
this, he must first take an interest in.
and understand what he intends to
teach. Hence the necessity of giving
particular attention to the rules of
orthographj'. The orthography of the
English language is perhaps among
the most difficult of written lan
guages, and since many who wish to
teach cannot find time to learn a
complete set of rules, we, as a class,
have compiled a few which we deem
important, and which can be readily
committed in odd moments, and
during schoo'l hours taught to the
children in such a manner as to make
them interesting and practicable. I
would suggest that the class learn one
rule at a time. This can be done, by
writing it each day upon the black
board, and give a specified time in
which to commit it. Then, constant
ly drill them, until they become per
fectly familiar with it, which can be
done by pronouncing a few words,
having them spelled, and applying
the rulo in each case. The smaller
children, perhaps, cannot readily
learn these mles, yet each day it
would be well to have them print a
few words upon their slates or on the
black-board.
Tho teacher must remember, that a
spelling lesson is only commenced,
when the word has been spelled.
The child should then give its defi
nition ; if he fails, it is the duty of
the teacher to assist him. This re
quires the teacher to prepare himself
on each lesson, which can be done in
the evening, by the aid of a spelling
book and dictionary. In giving these
definitions, it is well occasionally, to
relate something interesting in con
nection with, or growing out of its
definition.
Long lessons should be avoided. A
short one, well learned, is worth two
half learned.
We trust the following rule3 may
prove of some service to the young
teacher, who has not had the oppor
tunity of studying the subject.
These rules only serve as a hint to
investigate the matter further. A
full discussion of them may be found
in the fore part of Webster's, or Wor
cester's Dictionary.
BULK FIRST.
Words ending in silent e, drop the
e ; before the addition of a syllable
comnencing with a vowel, as move,
moveable, except when ceor ge would
come before a, o, or u, as change,
changeable, service, serviceable.
KULE SECOND.
Words of one syllable ending with
a, single consonant, preceded by a sin
gle vowel, and words of two or more
syllables, accented on the last, double
the first consonant on annexing an
additional syllable, as plan, planned,
regret, regretted.
BULE THIRD.
Nouns ending in ey, form the plural
by adding s, only as chimney, clura
neys, turkey, turkeys.
KULE FOURTH.
Words ending in ie, change the le
into y, on adding ing, as die, dying.
Words ending in y, preceded by a
consonant, retain the y, on adding
ing, as spy, spying.
RULE FIFTH.
Words containing the dipthongs ei,
or, ic, the e precedes the i if the pre
ceding consonant comes before h in
the order of the alphabet, as deceive,
receive; if not, the i comes first, as
believe, relief; exceptions, reign,
vein, rein, &c.
RULE SIXTH.
Words ending in t, change the bin
to h, and double the 3, if thd final con
sonant of the accented syllable is pre
ceded by a single vowel, as commit,
commission. The s is not doubled if
the final, consonant of the -accented
syllable Is preceded by a consonant,
as avert, aversion.
Molte Snydlr,
Committee.
The Chicago papers prescribe as fol
lows for a cold in the head :
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They vary the paternal blessing in
Sulivan county, Indiana. There it is
"Take her, and be'd-d."
YOL. 14-NO. 2
TILE SPRAGUES.
Gossip About the Rhode Island Cotton
Lords.
PravMenco Cor. New York Sun.
The A. & W. Spraguo Manufactur
ing Company owns nine different
mills, employs about ten thousand
people, and is the recognized po.wer
In Rhode Island. Nominally it is a
stock company, with William Sprague
as its President, and Amasa Spraguo
its Secretary and Treasures, and a
board of directors. But the fact is
thjifc William Sprague is President,
Secretary, Treasurer board of direc
tors', and everybody else, so far as the
management of the affairs of the com
pany is concerned. The Governor's
word is law in every thing thai relates
to his va3tvestablishment; his iron
will imprejlltself upon every
thing (hatrisirip ; in short, he is its
brains.. Whqrtie speaks every mo
tiontliwiout the whole extent is
one of prompt and unquestionable
obedience. His brother Amasa, three
or four years his elder in years, is
quite as prompt in compliance as any
other. In short, the whole ten thou
sand persons in the employ of the
company answer a3 with the mind of
a single individual ; and all the more
promptly and completely, because it
is perfectly well known that insubor
dination is dangerous. No man in the
employ of A. & W. Sprague disobeys
the second timef the discipline is
thorough and systematic.
CROSUS.
What the actual aggregate wealth
of the Spragues is, it is impossible
with accuracy to say. It is doubtful
if they have an accurate knowledge
themselves. It is estimated here all
the way from liteen millions to thirty
millions of dollars; and it is not a
little curious that those who ought
bost to know it, put it at the highest
figures. Making full allowance for
all aggregations and differences, there
seems no doubt that twenty millions
is not too high an estimate. One has
but to look at their extensive cot
ton establishments to sec an adequate
basis for a computation like this.
SrRAGUn'S COTTON SUPPLY.
It is said that the consumption of
raw cotton in the several mills be
longing to the company reaches five
millions of dollars a year, and that
the yearly wages paid to their opera
tives reaches the aggregate of a mil
lion and a half of dollars. As one
looks upon the enormous loads of
white and printed goods constantly
passing between Providence aud
Cranston drawn by their several four
and six-horse teams, these figures
have in them nothing extravagant.
These Spragues buy madder and log
wood by the ship's cargo, and starch
in quantities of a half -a dozen and
dozen tons at a time, and everything
else in like proportion.
JS THIS THE WOKKINGMAN'S FRIEND.
How sincere a friend of the laboring
people GovernorSprague is, these few
facts amply show. The Labor Unions
want eight hours a day, and admin
ished wages: Sprague. theirexpouant.
works his operatives an average of
twelve, taking winter and summsr to
gether. The wages paid aro just
enough to keep 3oul and body togeth
er, while the wealth ot the company
grows at the rate of a million and a
year; and every year's income inves
ted in now directions and now enter
prises, and in enlarging the cotton
production, adds to tho bulk of the
great estate.
SHODDY.
And it is becouse of this growing,
and growing, and growing of two
great rival concerns in so small a State
as Rhode Island there not being
room enough for the expansion of
both that the Spragues and Brown
& Ives are at mortal war; though it is
not unlikely that the aristocratic no
tions on the one side are outraged by
the Democratic vulgarities of the oth
er. In point of fact, however, there
is no boot between the parties to the
quarrel. The aristocratic party turn
up their noses very grandly and
haughtily, but they are all plebiuns
together.
love with a tat girl ; she was very
fleshy : she was enormous ; but the
course of my true love came to grief.
I was sitting with her in the dim twi
light one evening. I was sentimental ;
I said many soft things; I embraced
part of her; she seemed distant; she
frequently turned her lovely head
from mi'; at last I thought I heard a
murmur of voices on the other side;
I arose and walked around, and there
I found another fellow courting on I
the left flank ; I was indignant and '
upbraided her for her treachery in
thus concealing from me another love;
she laughed at my conceit, as if she
were not big enough to have two
lovers at once."
Lost. There is a sadness about the
sound, even as applied to the events
of the world. But what is the loss of
property, what is the loss of mere nat
ural life compared with the loss of the
soul? The soul once "lost" will re
main lost forever. "Lost, lost!"
"Lost, lost!" The soul itself, as it
sinks deeper and deeper into eternal
death, will repeat the cry, "Lot,
lost!" And the same cry will follow
it from cavern to cavern of the damn
ed, and will be found reverberating to
the very depths of its never-ending
career, Lot! lost! LOST!
"
Several young ladies were amusing
themselves, a short time ago, with a
battery. Mis.s Emma proposed ta
king one of polls, and her friend An
nie the other, and instead of joining
hands, kiss each other. A scream
from Annie, caused the lady who was
turning the machine to stop suddenlj,
when Emma exclaimed that it burn
ed her lips terribly. Annie remarked
that "it felt justfike mou&tachc "
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"Say, Mr. Junis, is dor any place in
the Bible whar a cullud pussou is
mentioned?" said old Cwsar to his
friend. "Well, dar, an' if you'd been
to ineet'n Sunday, you'd heard the
preacher read how Nigger Demua
wanted to be born again." "Wh'-wh'-what
he wanted to be born again
for?" '.'I dunno. I spec he tought
he might be born a white man next
time, an' da's a good many niggers
alibe now jes like old De'mus, but
dey'll allers be niggers, anyhow."
Absence of Mind. Stories of ab
sence of mind nre innumerable and
universally humorous. The best that
we remember is that fathered, of
course, on all sorts of well known
characters of the man who, though
dining out at a stranger's table, got up
after dinner and apologized to the
company for the meanness of the fare
and the detestable cooking;
The Signs of tke Hands.
A. R. Craig, in his "Book of the
Hands; or, Modern Palmistry,"
brings together a large amount of
amusing gossip, without saying how
much of it he believes. He founds his
story upon the system of D'Arpentig
ny aud Desbarolles, the celebrated
French Chiromancers. From them
arc taken into detail the rules for in
terpreting all the knots and hollows,
lines and furrows that occur in various
hands; and he who studies them
aright will be able to tell fortunes and
read characters, at any rate as wisely
as any wandering Gipsey. Without
much study he may be, in a superfi
cial way, a palmist. Thus,
If thq palm of the hand belong, and
the fingers well proportioned, etc.,
not soft, but rather hard, it denotes
the person to be ingenous, but change
able, and given to theft and vice.
If the hand be hollow, solid.nnd well
knit in the joints, it predicts long life,
but if overthwarted, then it denotes
short life.
Observe the finger of Mercury that
is, the little finger, if the end of it ex
ceeds tho joint of the ring finger, such
a man will rule in his own house;
and his wife will bo pleasing aud obe
dient to him; but if it be short, and
does not reach the joint, he will have
a shrew, and she will wear the
breeches.
Broad nails show tho person to bo
bashful, fearful, but of a gentle na
ture. Narrow nails denote the person to bo
inclined to mischief, and to do injury
to his neighbors.
Long nails snow a person to bo
good natured, but distrustful, and
loving reconciliation rather than dif
ferences. Oblique nails signify deceit and
want of courage.
Little ronnd nails denot obstinate,
anger and hatred.
If they bo crooked at the extremity,
they show pride and fierceness.
Round nails show a choleric person,
j-et soon reconciled, honest, a lover of
secret sciences.
Fleshy nails denote the person to bo
mild in temperature, idle and lazy,
Pale and black nails show the per
son to bo very deceitful to his neigh
bor, and subject to many diseases.
Red and marked nails signify a
eholoric and martial nature, given to
cruelty ; and as many littlo marks as
there are speak, so many evil desires.
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President Messer, of Brown, says
the Conrrerjationcdisi, was a dreadful
ly awkward man, with all his good
ness, but luckily was unconscious of
the fact. One day a student who was
declaiming on the chapel stage, "lob
stcred'' so with his supernumerary
hands and arms, as to arouse tho Pres
ident to "set him a copy." So, re
peating the sentence which needed
the illustration of gesture, and at tho
same time striking out in a manner
suggestive of a cross between tho
swoop of a windmill-arm and tho
frenzy of a pump handle, the Doctor
insisted: "Do it gracefully. It ia
jnst as easy to do a thing gracefully as
ungracefully. Do it gracefully do it
as J do!11
A party at Parkersburg recently
went to a lawyer and "took counsel"
concerning a log that had been stolen.
The lawyer advised that a "writ of
replevin" be procured and the log re
plevincd. It was done. That was
all straigth. The other party went to
the same lawj-er for "advice" as to
how he might recover the log. Ho
advised that it be replevined. It was
done, and that wa all straight. At
this point party No. 1 went for more
advice. The same process was sug
gested. It was done, and that, too,
was all straight. At tho last time wo
heard from it, the log was being re-
pievineo as last a3 the several parties
could get out the papers.
A good story, and as true as It is
good, is told of an old farmer named
Stinson, who lives about twelve miles
from Danville, Illinois. The old man
never read a newspaper, or any thing
else but his Bible, and consequently
had heard nothing of the eclipse.
When the sun began to be obscured,
and the darkness to gather, he wan
frightened half out of his wits, aud
ran to the house of a neighbor, beg
ging him to pray for his wife and
children for him. He was never
known to do any thing of the sort
himself. "I don't care for myself,"
said he, "but pray for the old woman
and children."
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An honest old darkey, whose ex
pectations of getting a forty-acre
plantation and a domestic jackass, for
voting the Radical ticket, wereentirc
ly sincere, now goes back on his
friends in this wise : "Dem carpet
baggetin' scalawag fellers da tell us
dar was provisions in the constitution
for we collored folks, but dat was n.
lie dem provisions didn't come.
'Fore God, massa, I ain't seen do fust
mou'ful."
Cheap Food for Canaries. Folks
who have pet canaries will find they
are extravagantly fond of the seed
produced from the plantain, which
may be found in almost every yard,
the leaf of which is known to every
school boy as an excellent remedy for
the effects of a bee sting. The birds
will eat these seed voracious, when
they appear to have a decided distaste
to every other kind of food offered.
A patriotic friend was on board of
an American privateer in the war for
independence, when a British cruiser
boarded her. He was peaceable in
principle, but belligerent at heart. So
when he saw a stout tar pulling him
self up to the deck to join in the tight
for King George, he seized a hatchet,
and serving the hemp at a blow, qui
etly remarked, "Friend, iheccan have
thai rope. 'n
"What do you know of the charac
ter of this man ?" was asked of a wit
ness at a police court the other day.
"What do I know of this character?
I know it to be unreachable, yer
honort" replied he with emphasis.
"Yes," said Mr. Quill, inadiscourso
upon the millenium, "we may all
live to see the lion lay down with tho
lamb; but it is likely they will be in
side of each other, and the lamb
won't be on the outside, either."
When you sleep in a room with one
who is in the habit of snoring nloud,
commence to whistle any air, assum
ing a low tone ane gradually raising
it. By degrees the snoring will cease
without disturbing the sleep of the
snorer.
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A footman, proud of his grammar,
ushered into the drawing room of Mr.
Foote and his two daughters with his
introduction : "Mr. Foote aud tho
two Mises Feet."
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