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ATTORNEYS.
J A It VIS s. ctiurctl
I ATTORNEY, COCXSELOK.AHD SOLI-
Brpwnville. Nebrasktt
practices in the Courts of Southern Nebraska.
I .. .. IISHTTT. J. V. KKW MAS.
jTTOUXBYS & COrXSEI.OllS AT TiAW,
Ollicc, X. 0, McPhcrson lMock, tip suilrs.
E in:JE KKKXCH fe ItOGEItS,
iTTOttNKYS As COI'XSKr.OItS AT liAXT.
Ai Officeln Court House JtuildiiiB.
Will civedilijjciit attention to any lt'pal Uitstness
wtriU'ltot"eircjire. -S-tf
JOil A. ILT.ONT.
I ATTOIlXEV fc COXIXSKLOR. AT I. AAV
TecuniM-h, Jolnwon County, Telra.sk-a.
THOMAS & IJROADY,
1 1TT0KSEYS AT T.AW AM) SOLIClTOItS
OFFICE WLstrlct Court Ilooin.
AVAL IL MetEXNANr
! ATTOIIXEY AXI1 f:)UXSKI.rt AT UW,
4luuuwiiavHj, ai.wmom.m.
It. F. PERKINS.
Uttorxey axi cnrxsKLoiz. at Ij.vv,
Tecuneh. Joliuson County, eb.
NYE .t IIUMPIIKKY.
! ATTOItXEYS : COUXSKLOItS AT UW,
i Pan nee City, Pawnee Co., X'cb.
N. Iv. GRIGGS.
! ATTORXKY AT LAWAX1 IjAND AGENT,
i Iteatrice. Onee County, yehraska.
PHYSICIANS.
C. F. STEWART. M. D.,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEOlf,
Oflice in J . ll. IjCwis eco. 8 JJruB ?iore.
Offlce hours from 7 to 9 a. m and 1 to 2 and 6'i to
iJ',P-n- . .
AVM. M. DAILY,
PHYSICIAN AND STJRGEON,
SU Dcroln, Nebraska.
Cnuluntc or Cincinnati Eclectic College. 31-3'
V. IL KIMBKULIN.M.D.
! PHYSICIAN AND SVIICEOK TO NEB.
! EYE AND EAR lNFllOIAItY.
1 Oricfi- Main-bt. Orrtvti Hocus 7.m. to G rv.
H. C. THlMnfAN,
'PHYSICIAN AS!D SUKBiiUfl.
onioc rso. b-j jsiain j-ireei.
Office hours from 7 to 11 a. in. and I to 4 p.m.
II. L. MATHEWS.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Oftice In City lJrug store, jiain-si.
LAND AGENTSTT
R. V. HUGHES.
; UEAI. ESTATE AGENT &, NOTARY
PCIILIC.
I Offlceover Haunarord AMcVftll's Furnltuie store.
WM. IL HOOVER.
REAL ESTATE & TAX l'AYLNG AGENT.
UIIICC III JJlsirici uiunjuww.
Will rlrp nriiinnt attention to the sale of Itcil Es-
tte and I'aymcut or Taxes throughout theNemaha
Land ULstnct. ,
JONAS HACKER,
LAND AND TAX PAYING AGENT.
Ollicc with Probate Jndsc.
win attend to the Payment or taxes rorXon
llnident Land Owners in Nemaha County. Corres
pondence solicited.
B. F. LUSHIlAUGir.
IUlAh ESTATE AGENT
For the purchase and sule of Heal Estate In Iowa
sad Ncbra.ika, Paying Tases. etc. Office, cast side
of Twelfth street, near Farnham (up stairs). Oma
haNrtirMkB; 37-T
COUNTY SURVEYOR.
JULIUS GILBERT,
COUNTY SURVEYOR,
Post Oillce nddrecs,
Clifton. Nemaha County. Xebra-ska.
NOTARIES.
"jAS.C. McNAUGHTON, .
S'OTARY PUBLIC &. CONVEYANCER,
Ollice in J. 1 Carson's itank.
F K. F.HRIGHT.
KOTARY PUBLIC & CONVEY ANCER,
No. 72 Maln-sU, second floor.
Acent f.r Hip Knnitable and Amcrtcnn Tontine
Life insurance CV)jiyiaiihj
DRUG STORES
"" McCRKERY ..'I NICKELL.
DEALERS IX III5 IRS-STATIOMiK Y, it J.
Xo. SI JlaiU hV.
Fullaortmnt Drugs, Paints, n-ioks, Statloneo".
eu.im hnnd, and sold at whuleale or ri'tail.
HOLLAHAY & CO..
DEALERS IX IRI':S, 3IEDICIXES, &c.
No. 11 Maln-st.
GRAIN DEALERS.
EVAN WORTHING.
FORWARDING AND COMMISSION
MERCHANT,
Ofilce and Warerwni : raln-st..
Dealer in all kinds or Grain and Country Tro
T. GEO. G. START A BRO
HEALERS IN GRAIN, PRODUCE, fcc.
A.plnwall, Nebraska.
Tlie hUhcst mnrk.;t price paiil for anything the
farmer can raise. We ill buy and &ell everything
kmmn to the market. .
MERCHANDISE.
f"e. JOHNSON & CO.
DEALERS INGEXIHiAL HBKUIIANDlSfc
.No. 72 Maiii-t.. IciMicrnloc!
WM. T. DEN, ,
DEALER IN GENERAL ZHKUriiANDIsE,
FownrilinciVCoBiiiiiitMon Merchant,
No. S ilaln-sU, IJrownvllle,
Csrn Planters. I'lows. Moves, lurnlture. !.. nl-
wavxmihand. Higli(t market price paid forllHio,
PelU. Furs, and Country l'roduce. .
HARDWARE.
SHELLENBERGER "JJO,
DEALERS IN HARDWARE, STO ES.
No. 7t Mnin-st.
st..t-.. u.nimm (briMiitr's Tools. Blacksmitn
FarnUlifngs. Ac. constantly on hand.
ToiINC. 1KUSER.
DEALER IX STOVES, TIN WARE,,&.c.
No. 731aln-st. .
SADDLERY.
J. II. BAUER, ,,
HARNESS, BRIDLES, COLLARS, Etc.
No. !) Main-st.
Mending done to onler. SatLsfactjon guaranteed.
BOOTS rTsS0JHuv
aTrobinson.
BOOT AND SHOE MAKER,
No. 58 JInin-t.
Has constantly ou hnnd a go)d assortment ot
OenfR, Ijulie's, Misses nnd Children's Hoots and
blKHH. Custom work done with neatness and dis
patch. Hepalring dine on short notice.
CONEECTIONERIES.
ISRAEL S. NACE.
CITY BAKERY' AND CONFECTIONERS.
No. MSn-st-. opposite city Hrtu; Store
Pies, Cakes, Fna.h Bread, Confectionery. Light
and Fancy Groceries, constantly on hand.
J. P. DEUSER, t
BEALEBInCOSFECTIOXEBlES,&c
No. 44 MalnU
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BOUNTY CLAEM AQEKTS.
ED. D. SMITir,
V. S. WAR CLAIJI AGENT,
Washington City. H.C. .
Will attend to the prosecution orclalins before the
Honartment in person, for Additional Bounty. Back
Py and Pensions, and all claims accruing against
th Government during the lute war.
" S ALO ONS
" JOSEPH HUDDARD & CO..
PEACE AND O.DIET SALOON.
No. 47 .Malu-st.
The best Wines and Liquors kept on hand.
HARPSTER & GLINES,
UHAXBBA BUiLlAKU jmiw,
No. 19 Main street.
The bet Vlnes and Liquors constantly on hana.
CARPENTERS AND JJ5555-
GEO. W. NEELY & CO., "
BCU.DERS,BRIBGE CONTRACTORS
Brownville. Nebraska. ,
Win take contracts for building Bridges. Raising
Moving Buildings, and all kinds frshopand
Jobbing Work. Contract work solicited. Noticeor
Bridge Lettings Solicited. Work guaxranteed o
lve atbfactlon, and done on short notice andrea
g?able terms Shop under No. 5G Slain st, Uiy
MUSIC.
M1K. .T. "NT. G1UHA3I.
TEACHER OP MUSIC
Rooms, Maln-st., bet. 4th and 5th,
Mr.Graham gives Instructions In Vocal and In
strumental Mumc, and is agent for the best Organs
J1 Pianos in the countrvfrom the Arms of Root &
iJ. Chicago, HL, Bradbury, SiecK. UBCKenus,
,upeL All
"rranted for Ave years, and will be sold at
znanu-
zxi"'" fi prices.
BLACKSMITHS.
J. IT. REASON.
GENERAL. BLACKSMITH,
T ilaln-st Brownville. Neb.
J prepared to do all kinds of work In iron, on
port noUce, and at prices in keeping with the
"PiCT, ' 21-y
. J. W. J. a GIBSON,
"liACKSJIITHS &. HORSE SHOERS.
... . Elrst-sL, bet. Main and Atlantic
work done to order and satisfaction guaranteed.
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Scntntl Sitsiufss &sr&s. i
ESTABLISHED 1856 1
Oldest Paper- in tlio State. j
timixl Ihtsrocss arbs.
HOTELS.
STJV.H HOTEL
STEVENSON ct CROSS, PROPRIETOIIS.
. Best Accommodations in the City.
This House has Just been remodeled. Inside and
out. Stape Ofhce for all points "VVett. Oninlbusses
to all trains
REYNOLDS ROUSE.
J. N. REYNOLDS, PROPRIETOR.
Nos. SS A 510 Main street, opposite Tost Office.
Newly furnished throughout; thoroughly remod
eled from cellar to attic First Class Sample Room
on first lloor. iTost convenient House to the busi
ness part or tlie city. Livery accommodations con
venient. Stages ior all points leave this House
daily, making close connections with all Railroad
trains. 37-y
AMERICAN HOUSE.
L. D. ROBISON, PROPRIETOR.
1 ror.t-st.. bet. Main and Water.
A good Feed and Li very Stable In connection with
the House.
JUSTICES.
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PROBATEJCDGE'AND JUSTICE OP
THE PEACE.
Office In Court House Building.
TAILORING.
CHRIS. HAUBOLDT,
MERCHANT T A I I. O R ,
No. 62MaIn-st.
Has on hand a splendid btock or Goods, and will
make them up In the latest styles, on short notice
nnd reasonable terms.
BRIDGE BUILDING.
C. W. WHEELER.
BRIDGE BUILDER &, CONTRACTOR.
Rrownvllle, Nebraska.
Sole agent for It. W. Smith's Patent Tru3s Bridge.
Thestrongestand best wooden bridge now In use.
sa
JOHN O. A. hMITK.
E. 21. WILCOX.
AND
C03SSMISSIOK HOI7SS
OK
SMITH & WILCOX.
Dealers in all kinds or Grain, for which they
pay the highest market price In Cash.
ByOfflce at Store orI- E. Johnson A Co. IS-fim
13Ta!&ier & liesunon,
House, Sign and Carriage
m
No.56 3fninSt.
xx o vrxriLi.E.
Mixed Paints
FOR SALE.
GJJjDING
GRAINING, SMARTING,
FROSTING, KALSOMINING, ETC
28-ly
JACOB MAROIDS',
MSRCHA2TT TAILOR,
o
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SI. F. BC1D,
BEIOKLAYER & PLASTEREE,
Broivsivllle, NcIrnUn,
Will take contracts Tor Brick or Stt.nc "Work, or
Plastering. In town or county. Will build Cisterns,
and warrant them. Good work guaranteed.
33-y
I? El. 3. BLAKE,
AVould respectfully
announce that he has
located In Hrownville
and Ls now prepared
ii.in ineotoi
ALL oper-
Dcrtainim; to
the bdeiice of Hen-
-' --- tLstry.
Office Over City Hrug Store, JroHt room. let
John L, Carson, Banker,
JiliO M'SniJjLB, JTJ-JBIIASKA.
Exchange bought and sold on all the principal
cities. Also dealer in
(iold and Silver Cola. Oold Hast, and Govern
ment ISouds.
Deposits received, payable at sight. Interest paid
on time deiHislts by special agreement. Taxes paid
for non-residents. All kinds U. S. Bonds wanted.
Clocks, Watches, Jewelry
JOSEPH SI-TUTZ,
No. 59 Main Street, Brownville.
9k
Keeps constantly on hand a large and well
ixcnrinl stock of centilne articles in his line
Repairing or Clocks, Watclies and Jewelry
-.'nni mi .short notice, at reasonable rates.
ALL WORK: WAIiRAXTED.
CHAS. HELMER,
BOOT & SHOE
3IAKSB,.
No. J9 Main Street,
1 BUOWILLE. NEB.
5aS-S?2; Has constantly on hondasu-'vNL-li'id?
ixuior stock of Boots and
C3 ' 3&v- fcho&s. Custom work done
-- Cc-'-' with neatness and dkpatch.
House, Sign and Carriage
PAINTER,,
G-rainey & JPaper I&mt
9" 5
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No. CO MAIN STREET,
ErownvUlo, ITeoroslia.
IIi:FOiiE & 3IOWARD,
ftHiTFiCsT n nu
i y. M
I
Are prepared to furnish designs and specifications
for all Kinds of
BTTIIxXMITGrS,
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE,
of Uie latest and most approved styles.
ALSO TAKE CONTRACTS!
I7 JUnrfs qf Job Work tione to vrvla !
jg3-Shop, corner Slum and Second streets,
xxowyyjLLX, xxv. 43-y
Bricklayer and Plasterer,
3row2ivillc, Nebraska.
Is prepared to take contracts In his line, in city or
connrrv. All work done 5n the best or style. Also,
will build Cisterns, and warrant them perfect, Sy
iiiliJEiJ.,
Wagoh &Bl
ACKSnliTHHOP
ONE DOOR WEST OF COURT HOUSE.
w
TAfiOK" 3IAKIXG, Repairing,
Plows, and all work done In the best
manner and on short notice, batislaction guaran
anteed. Give him a call. 31-ly.
PHELPS HOUSE.
Opposite the Depot,
:p;o::e:li?s city, 310,
W. M. STEVENS, Pnoi-nnrroit.
As pood accommodations and good stabling are
olTered as cau be had in the Wett T3S-ly
vTOuSPc EflaraiPn HP
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Kfe-OEITIJT
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tJ -r!rrrVvv:,-r - t0 rertori:
-A sr3F5'?- inanncr.
sKf.&jzMzs ntions
j&SBSb.
.eiKPTS
MPirnn
Al fSIBfeifi E y. rrMlfiSiK'i
aibiiHLb
FREMONT HOUSE
Broad Street, bctweot 3d & 4th,
PKEHOHT NEBRASKA
S. 33C. 3TO"VTIL,ErSa
PROPRIETOR.
ThlsHouse is within 50 rods ofthe U. P. R. R. and
n ?-.,? 1L JB. DeiKJts. Jraeks leave ior West
Point dally, and Lincoln tri-weckly. c-tr
WOOIiWORTH & COLT,
Book Binders.,
And Dealers In
BOOKS, STATIONERY,
PAPER. HANGINGS, AND
DPSSIITJUXtS' 'STOCK.'
No. 12, 2il St., St. Joseph. Mo.
CA SIT I3 A ID FOR RA OS
W. AL WYETH &
CO.,
Wljol&salc Dealer in
HARDWARE & CUTLERY
No. C South Third, bet. Felix A Edmond sts
ST. JOSEPH. MO.
HARNESS, Skirting, and all kinds
of Siiddles, Leather, Bridles, Hardware,
Ac, constantly on hand. Agents forDItson's Circu
lar Saws and Man in's Safes. -5-y
ST. JOSEPH, MO.'
I3IPORTER
WHOLESALE AND REAIL BIVLEIl IN
Iron, Steel, and Heavy
HARDWARE!
WAGON,Carriage,and Plow Works,
Agricultural IiiipIcmcnts.Spilnxs, Ax
els, Axes, Shovels, Spades, Files, Hasps, Chains,
Carriage and Tire Holts. Nuts and Wasters, Nails,
Horse and Mule Shoes, Saws, Castings arid Hollow
Ware. Sugar Kettles, Andirons, Skillets and Lids,
Stew Pots, Hake O vens.FruIlKettlcs and Sad Irons.
B2iACKSB!ETi2S TOOLS :
Anvils, 5tocks and Hies. Bellows, Sledse and
Hand Hammers, Vices, Pincers, Rasps, Farriers
Knives, Tire Iron, Ac
OUTFITTING- 5002S:
.Ox Shoe Nahs, Shovels, Picks, etc' Hubs Spokes
ami lient-smii.
AgricnliuraJ Iniile2cnts :
! flftfl CELEBRATED MOLINE
4 Iff If I PLOWS, Kigle Mow ers. McCormlck's
UfHS Reapers and Mowers. Kallers Horse
SiUUU Corn Planters. Sulky Com Cultivators,
Hand Corn Snellen), Has Hakes, etc, etc.
agent row
FAIRBANKS' SCALES.
Buying my goods direct from manufacturers
I offer verv great inducements to
WHOLESALE BUYERS.
Saellenberger Bros.
m i
No. T
McPIicrson's 35JocR,
BKOWNVILLE, NEB.,
SOLE AGENTS FOR
CANTON CUPPER PLOWS!!
THE BEST JPLO W MADE!
J. A. VIJfEIt. T. IS. HKYXOLDS.
S"OTKE3K" HOTEL.
PIKE R &. HE YI'IO LttS.Projiriciors
Eight street, two blocks from R. R. Depot,
ST. JOSEPH, MO. 451y
J. E. SHOOK & BB0.,
Would inform their tiumbrons frlend.1 and thepub-
licgeiieraiiytiiasiiieyKaveonnaiiuaiarge'-v
assortment oi nu kuius oi
ATIVELUK3
uMrii thev will sell at nrlces to suit cus
tomers. Parties Intending to build would,
do weilto call and sec them at their Lumber Yard
miiliSDAIiS, NEB.,
before purchasing ejSewhcre. 37:3m
The Brownville Transfer Line,
Under the management of
JACOB ROGERS,
Is now Hunuing negular Omuibusses from
3ro-mvilleto tlio Railroad Terminus
of the Cornell Bluffs and St. Joseph Railroad,
At Norfii Star, Mo.,
TwoMilesfiom Brownville and North Star Ferry
Lrnding.
Good Omuibusses. Close Connectionr
CIiargo3 3Iodorato. 30-tf
A LARGE AND SPLENDID
ASSORTMENT
HEAT STOVES
JUST RECEIVED AT
Shellenberger Bros.,
M Mai a SI.
BRO WNVILLE, NEB.
PHIX.X.XP3 & BARNES'
GREAT TVESTERN
Livery, Feed, Sale and Exchange
Corner Mnln and Le ce St BROWN VILId.
HAVING purchased this Stable of
A.P.CoRSwell.wenre prepared to furnish
the best TEAilS, BFiWrERand CARRIAGES lu
Southern Nebraska, at LOWEST CASH. RATES.
Room for Flftr HorsiM. Corral for Stock. Particu
lar attention paid to Feedin.g or Boarding Horses.
15-lyJ PHILLIPS & BARNES.
TIIRESUIXG MACHINES.
J.I.
RACINE,
CASE &; CO.,
- WISCONSIN.
TrA-CTTPAfn'RraiS OF
THRESHING 3IA-
HI oirrvrcs .with Pitts. Climax and Mount
ed Horse Povers, Tread Powers, Wood Sawing
Maclilncs and Portiihle Ikigines. Descriptive cir
culars sent free bv maiL 3Tbe largest manufac
turers of Tn RxsuKas In t he Woe-d. 35-3m
Forsaleby r atjsdel JR.,&Co.,
Brownville, Nebraska.
NEW STOCK OF
Dry-Gootls and Groceries at
A. W. ELLIS,
To accoraraodato the prAHc in andalwut London,
has Just received, audopencdup in that phice.a new
GRY-GOODS, GROCERIES, READY-
MADE CbUTUlAU,
whlcli he is selling at prices which defy competi
tion from the river towns.
PATRONIZE H03IE,nndass1st In build
ing up a point in the interior, especially when you
can get goods Just as cheap, which is the case ut the
store of Mr. Ellis. 15-6
HOWARD SANITARY AID
ASSOCIATION.
For the Relief and Cure or the Erring and Uufor
tuuate,on principles of Christian Philanthropy.
A.., It, ..?nttii, Irt AInrrlr.a n,!. Social KvilS- With"
iiv-Naysonue-urorsoi louiu.uim im.-ruiuom
sanftarvaldforthe alllirted. Sent free, in sealed
Knvelopos. AJdress, JIOWARH -V&toUULA.nu.M,
Box p. Philadelphia. Pa. vz-xy
mm
BE
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BEOWNVILLE, NEBRASKA, OMUBSDAY, JULY
NINETY-NINE IN THE SHADE
Oh for a lodgo in a garden of encumbers !
Oh for an lceberc or two at control !
Oh for a vale which at midday the dow cum
bers! Oh for a pleasure trip up to the Pole.
Oh for a little one-story thermometer,
With nothing but Zero all ranged in n'row!
Oh for a big double-barreled hydrometer.
To measure the moisture that rolls from
my brow.
Oh
that this cold world were twenty times
colder!
(That's irony red hot, Itseemelh to me),
Oh for a turn of its dreaded cold shoulder !
Oh what a comfort an ague would be!
Oh for a grotto to tlplfy heaven,
Scooped In the rock under cataract vast!
Oh for a wintcr-of discontent, even !
Oh for wet-blankets judiciously cast!
Oli for a soda fount spouting up boldly
From every hot lamp post against the hot
sky !
Oh for aproud maiden to look on me coldly.
Freezing my soul with a glance of her eye !
Then for a draught from a cup of "cold pi-
zen !"
And oh for a resting place In the cold grave!
With a bath in the Styx, where the thick
shadow lien on
And deepens the chill of Its dark running
wavo !
Jhmcliinello.
COMMUNICATED.
Charles Dickens.
As the intelligence goes over the
earth that the "people's friend" is
gone, the first impulse is to give one
long, deep sob from tho depth of the
heart, as a farewell wail. Atthe next
nulsation of the morning spirit, the
joyous words go forth like those spo
ken by the Master, when his disciples
said : "Your friend is dead." In
composuro and majesty he replied :
"Lazarus is not dead." No, "no;
Charle3 Dickens is not dead.
"What a mysterious providence,"
is an exclamation which goes oui,
from many a mind when a great and
useful man is "taken away." Hush !
ye doubting ones who question the
deelings of them all. Father, sister
and you will heara voice saying : "It
is expedient for you that I go away."
At this the sad soul, although submis
sive, weeps until the joyous refrain
comes : "Though I go away, yet I
will come again."
For fifty-nine years the brilliant
thoughts of Dickens have been illu
mining the darkened earth. His
heart was a deep of unfathomable
kinduess; overflowing with sympa
thy for the poor, oppressed and er
ring children of earth. Tho dews
arising from his broad charity has
sprinkled the nations with showers of
love, which has caused the desert
wastes in the heart to bud and blos
som like the rose. He rises a peer
among humorists. It is difficult to
retain peals of laughter at witnessing
tho shrewdness and pleasant humor
he approaches the pompous and ego
tistical "Pick Wick Club," and ex
poses to ridicule the absurd decisions
of scientific boobies who, with a very
ridiculous dignity, cry "humbug" to
every thing in heaven and earth,
which they cannot make square to
their narrow and limited experience.
With what exceedingly good nature
and .clever managing he tears the
masks from the face and strips the
cloaks of deceit from religious hypo
crits, and tho smiling, villaiuous
"Pecksniffs" stand exposed In all
their native ugliness, who all their
lives have been "stealing the livery
of heaven to serve the devil in."
With what imposing grandeur,
mingled with laughable dignity,
poor "Old Dorrett" moves in the
"Chelsea Prison," representative of a
class of unfortunate men who have
fallen victims to brainless, heartless,
aristocrats, who, "clothed in a little
brief authority, play such fantastic
tricks before high heaven as make
tho angels weep." This poor old
man, brought out from the seclusion
and gloom of prison incarceration by
the charmed pen of Dickens, will
walk the earth with measured step,
and gentle, reproving words, with
eyes which tell of suffering, with
upraised and taunting hand, haunt
oppressors and tyrants until they
shrink back affrighted into the dun
geon of their own black hearts.
Is it said Dickens is dead because
he has passed into a higher lift! and
entered the "house not made with
hands, eternal in the heavens ?" Is
it said his mission on earth is done
because his body is in the grave and
his spirit gone to possess tho "man
sion in the house of tho Heavenly
Father?" Nay! nay! the infiuenco
of tho great intellect and large heart
of Dickens is just beginning to be
felt. Now the stream of light flow
ing from the powerful brain in mes
meric currents, will illumine many a
darkened mind. Now, from the deep
fountain of charity and sympathy
from his great soul, will come forth
floods of kindness, which will break
up tuc icy letters m many a frozen
heart.
The full influence and majesty of a
noble, beautiful, Christ-like nature in
a man or woman ia not known or felt
until the individual is "passed into
the heavens." It is thus the allwise
Father would have it, and he doeth
all thingi well.. Many a patient, toil
ing, submissiyo "Little Dorrett" will
find herself drawn into a life of com-
lort, ciegCHce anu rennemenc away
from the coarse, vulgar, tyrannical in
fluence of Mrs. Grunby, by the
cluirmed power of Dickens. Many a
poor little hungry "Oliver Twist," in
a pauper home, will take courage and
ask for "more" when the well-fed,
smooth-tounged, make-believe relig
ious keeper is dealing his small meas
ure of "soup" for his famished little
body, by the strong will of Dickens.
Many a "stilts-talking and stilts
walking" aristocrat will shrink abash
ed before the earnest, honest gaze of
the "common noonlo" tlimtu'li fln
SCruteill.lllg gklUCC Illld IllRtHltilic
, , , T. ,..,,,- ,. , ..
touch of Dickens. Hu CU1UU a light,
a power an influence into the world.
And.his'mission is not ended. .
It Has been aid, and with truth too,
that there.couldlbe but one Shaks
peare. Soitejjajjpan be but one Dick
ens. His individuality is plainly pho
tographed in the galaries of human
existance. His prsonallty is distinct
ly eeen-inoving in the procession of
humanity. In no place, at any time,
in the. past, at the present, in the fu
ture can any one mistake the identity
of Dickens. This is the first step in a
great nature, marked individuality,
concentration of character. Look at
Byron, consuming away in his own
brightness. See at times, to be sure,
columns of flame and smoke about
him, which arise from the smoulder
ing volcanoes of human passion, bur
ning out the dross to leave the gold.
Could there be another Byron ? Look
at Newton, Agassiz, Humbolt, with
downcast eyes and thoughtful brows,
moving with heavy tread and majes
tic step in scientific research down the
aisles of time, each with his peculiar
characteristics, with a reserve of pres
ence unapproachable and an identity
not to be attained by another. So of
all great characters, poets, philoso
phers, and reformers, all have mark
ed individuality. This is sometimes
called odd, peculiar eccentric. The
masses of tho people all think and
act alike. They dare not be them
selves. It has become the proverb
"Better bo out of the world than out
of tho fashions," with regard to the
cut of a dress and the style of a coat.
So thought, morals and religion aro
merely educational an extorual cov
ering which must all bo after one
pattern.
"The Kingdom
you," said Jesus.
of Heaven is with.
People are afraid
to bring out the "treasure" of this
kingdom within them, for fear some
may threaten or ridicule. But there
has been some, and are some now,
like the ascended Dickens, who care
but little for the externals of religion
or philosophy, which is but tho dra
pery which the day puts on, and will
vanish with the day. But go into the
interior, which is eternal, and is true
philosophy, true religion. Of such
was Charles Dickens, and every age
and every nation has had their inten
sified characters, intelligences of great
individuality, and their influence goes
up to illumine and bless tho earth,-
"lake rays of stars which meet In space-.
And mingle In a bright embrace" '
And as the children of earth cry
farewell to the "people's friend" as a
mortal, he Is welcomed into the para
enso of the glorified immortals.
Jennette Harding.
London, Neb.
THE TAX AND TArvIFF BILL.
Sonic of tho Leading Provisions of the Act as
Fsssed bv Congress.
TAXES REPEALED.
On and after the 1st day of May, 1871,
the special taxes imposed by the nine
teenth section of the Internal Reve
nue act, approved Juno 30, 18G4, and
as amended by subsequent acts, are to
be repealed ; but this act shall not bo
held to repeal or in any way effect the
special taxes imposed by the act of
186S, imposing taxes on distilled spir
its and tobacco, and for other pur
poses, or the amendatory thereof.
On and after tho 1st day of October
next, the several taxes on sales, sav
ing and excepting such taxes on sales
as aro by existing laws paid by stamps,
and tho taxes on the sale of leaf to
bacco, manufactured tobacco, snuff.
cigars, foreign and domestic; distilled
spirits and wines, imposed by said
act, approved July G, and the acts
amendatory thereof, bo and the same
aro hereby repealed.
On and after October 1, next, the
stamp tax Imposed in "Schedulo B"
on promissory notes for a less sum
than $100, and on receipts for any
sum of money or for payment of any
debt, and the stamp tax imposed ju
"Schedule C" on canned and preserv
ed fish, bo and the same are hereby
repealed. And no stamp shall bo re
quired upon the transfer or assign
ment of a mortgage where it or the in
strument it secures has once been duly
stamped. And the proprietor or pro
prietors named in "Schedule C," who
shall furnish his or their own die or
design for stamps to be used especial
ly for his or their own proprietary ar
ticles shall be allowed the following
commissions, namely ; On amounts
purchased at one time of not less than
$50 nor more than $500, five per cent.,
and on amounts over $-500, ten per
cent., on the whole amount purchased,
provided that lucifer or friction
matches may be removed from the
placo of manufacture for export to a
foreign country without the paj'inent
of the tax or the affixing of stamps
thereto, under such rules and regula
tions as the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue may prescribe ; and all pro
visions of existing laws inconsistent
herewith aro repealed.
On and after the first day of Octo
ber next, the taxes imposed by the
Internal Revenue laws now in force
herein specified by the same, are
hereby repealed, namely : On articles
in "Schedule A," the special tax on
boats, barges, and fiats, on legacies
and successions, on passports and on
gross receipts.
INCOME TAX.
There shall be levied and collected
annually, as heretofore provided, for
the years 1870 and 1871, and no longer,
21 per cent, upon the gains and profits
and income of- every person residing
in the United States, and of any citi
zen of tho United States residing
abroad, derived from any source
whatever, whether within or without
the United States, except as hereafter
provided ; and a like tax annually up
on the gains, profits and income de
rived from any business, trade or pro
fession carried on in the United States,
by any person residing in the United
States and not a citizen thereof, or
from rents of real estate within the
United States, owned by persons re
siding without the United States and
not a citizen thereof, there is an ex
emption of $2,000, and also the
amount paid for rent of dwelling
houses. For the purpose of allowing
the deduction allowed by law from
the income of any religious or social
community holding all tljeir property
and incouife therefrom jointly aud in
28, 1870.
common, each five of tho persons
composing such society, and any re
maining fractional number of such
persona less than five over such groups
of five, shall be held to constitute a
family, and a deduction of $1,000 shall
oe allowed for eacn or said families.
Any taxes on thorinconies, gains and
profits of such societies, now dueand
unpaid, shall be assessed and collected
according to, this provision: and the
tax upon dividendsof insurance com
panies shall be deemed until such
dividends are payable either lu money
or otherwise, and money returned by
muhial insurance companies to their
policy-holders, and annual or semi
annual Interest allowed or paid to the
depositors of savings banks or savings
institutions shall not be considered as
dividends.
TARIFF. -
Ou coffeejjill kinds, thjepceiits per
pound ; leas of all kinds, lo cents per
pound ; on all molasses, five cents per
gallon ; on tank-bottom syrup of sugar-cane
juice, nielada, concentrated
melada, and concentrated molasses, 11
cents per pound ; on all raw or Mus
tovado sugar, not above No. 7 Dutch
standard in color, and on syrup of sugar-cane,
melada, or concentrated me
lada molasse3, If cents per pound.
On all raw or Muscovado sugar above
No. 7 Dutch standard in color, and
not above No. 10 Dutch standard in
color; 2 cents per pound. On all oth
er sugar above No. 10 Dutch standard
lu color, and not above No. 13 Dutch
standard, 2 cents per pound. On all
other sugars above No. 13 Dutch stan
dard in color, and not above No. 1G in
color, 2 cents per pound. On all oth
er sugars above No. 1G Dutch standard
color, in and not above Dutch stand
ard No. 20 In color, 3 cents per pound.
On all sugar, above No. 20 Dutch
standard in color, and on all refined,
loaf, lump, crushed, powdered and
granulated sugar, '4 cents per pound ;
provided, that the Secretary of the
Treasury shall by regulations pre
scribe and require that samples shall
bo taken by tho inspectors from the
hogshead, box or other package, in
such a manner as to represent a true
average of contents of package, and
from a sufficient number of packages
of the same in each and every invoice,
so that the samples on which the clas
sification is made shall be a fair av
erage in the quality of the sugar im
ported under that mark, and the clas
sification shall be adjudged on theen
tiro mark accordingly and the
weights on sugar imported in casks or
boxes shall be marked distinctly by
the Custom-House weigher, by scor
ing the figures indelible on each
package.
On all wines Imported In casks con
taining not more than 23 per cent, of
alcohol, and valued not exceeding 40
cents a gallon, 25 cents a gallon ; val
ued above 40 ceuts and not over $1,G0
cents a gallon ; valued at over $1 a
gallon, $1 a gallon ; and in addition
thereto 25 per cent, ad valorem:
On wines of all ftinds imported In
bottles, not otherwise provided for,
the same rate per gallon as wines im
ported in cases ; but alL bottles con
taining one quart, or less than one
quart and more than ono pint, shall
be held to contain ono quart ; and all
bottles containing less than one pint
shall be regarded as containing one
pint.
On champagne and other sparkling
wines, in bottles, $G a dozen bottles,
containing not more than ono quart
and more than one pint, $3 a dozen,
containing not more than one pint
and more than a half-pint each ; and
not more than a half-pint, $1,50 per
dozen, c.
Provided, That any liquor contain
ing more than 23J percent, of alcohol,
which shall be' entered under the
name, of wiue, shall be forfeited to the
Unite'd States.
INTERNAL TAXES.
Brandy and other spirits manufac
tured or distilled from grain or other
materials, aud not otherwise provided
for, $2 per proof gallon, provided
each and every gague aud wine gallon
of measurement shall be counted as at
least one proof gallon, and the stan
dard of determining the proof of
brandy, and other spirits," and of wine
or liquors of any kind imported, shall
bo the same as that which is defined
in the second section of that act im
posing taxes on distilled spirits and
tobacco and for other purposes; ap
proved July 20, 18GS. On cordial liq
uors, arrack, absynthe, kirsh-wasser,
vermuth, ratifia, and other similar
spirituous beverages or bitters con
taining spirits, and not otherwise pro
vided for, $2 per proof gallon ; provi
vided any brandy or other spirituous
liquors imported in casks of less ca
pacity tlian fourteen gallons shall be
forfeited to tlie United States. On
straw flax, $5 per ton; on flax not
hackled or dressed, $20 per ton ; on
flax hackled, $40 per ton ; on hemp,
Manilla, aud other like substitutes for
hemp, not otherwise provided for, $25
per ton ; on tow of flax or hemp, $10
per ton ; on cotton bagging, or other
manufacture, not otherwise provided
for, suitable for the use to which cot
ton bagging is applied, composed in
whole or part of hemp, jute, flax, gun
ny bags, gunny cloth or other materi
al, at 7 cents or less a square yard 2
cents a pound ; valued at over 7 cents,
3 cents a square yard. On cotton a3
above valued, over 10 cents a square
yard, 3 cents a pound. On iron in
pigs, $7 a ton. On cast scrap-iron of
every description, $0 a ton. On steel
railway bars, 11 cents a pound, and all
railwav bars made in part of steel, 1
cent per pound ; provided that metal
cemented, cast, or made from iron by
the Bessmer or pneumatic process, ot
whatever form or description, shali be
classed as steel. On hair-cloth of ev
ery description, known as hair seat
ing, 18 inches wide or over, 50 cents a
square yard; less than IS inches, 30
cents a square yard. On nickel, 30
cents a pound.
On nickel, Oxide and alloy of nick
el with copper, 20 cents a pound.
All auimals brought into the United
States, temporarily and for a period
not exceeding six months, for the
purpose of exhibition or competing
for prizes offered by any agricultural
or racing associations, shall be admit
ted free of duty upon bond being first
given in accordance with regulations
to be prescribed by tlie Secretary of
the Treasury, with the condition that
the full duty hereinbefore imposed
shall be paid in case of the sale of any
such animals in the United States.
On cotton thread, yarn wraps-pr
wrap yarns not wound upon spools,
whether' single or advanced beyond
the conditions of single b' twisting
two or more single yarns together,
whether on beams or in bundles,
skeins or caps, or in any other form,
valued at not exceeding 40 cents per
pound, 10 cents per pound ; valued at
over 40 cents per pound, ami not ex
ceeding GO cents per pound, 20 cents
per pound; valued at over GO cents per
pouud, and not exceeding 80 cents per
pound, 30 cent per pound ; valued at
VOL. U.-STO. 41.
over SO cents per pound, 40 cents per
pound, and in addition to said rates
of duty twenty-five per cent-.ad val
orem for the term of two years from
and after the passage of this act and
no longer. Machinery and apparatus
designed only for and adapted to be
used for steam towage on canals, and
not now manufactured in tho United
States, may be imported by,any State,
or by any person duly authorized by
the Legislature of any State, free of
duty, subject to such regulations as
may be prescribed by the Secretary ;
and also, that for the term of two
years from and after the passage of
this act, and no longer, steam-plow
machinery adapted to the cultivation
of the soil may bo imported by any
person for his own use, free of duty,
subiect to audi rfiftulntions .f the
"Secretary of the Treasury. The bill
contains provisions for merchandise
entered for transportation.
'.a I n ' '
FRANCE AND PRUSSIA.
Xnpolcon and hl Chassepots Population of the
Empire Her Finances An Army of One Mil
lion Thrco Hundred and Fifty Thousand Men
Tho Commanders The Fleet.
The population of Franco, accord
ing to the census of 186G, was (exclu
sive of 125,000 soldiers, stationed out
side of the Empire,) 3S,067,0G4, of
which 11,595,348 lived in towns, and
2G,471,71G in the rural districts. As
regarded nationolity, 635,495 were res
ident foreigners, the remainder na
tive Frenchmen. Tho difference of
language among the natives of Franco
has been the subject of an ofiicial cen
sus. It is estimated that about 1,200,
000 of the population (Alsace and
Lorraine) speaK German as their na
tive tongue, 20,000 Flemish, 1,800,000
Walloon, 1,100,000 Breton. In their
religious faiths, the people are divided
as follows: Catholics, 37,107,211 ; Pro
testants, 840,019; Jews, S9.040; oth
er sects, 24.1SG; and in Algeria:
Catholics, 211,195; Protestants, 5,002;
Jews, 35,737; Mohommedans, 2,GS8,
74G ; other sects, 17,232. Tho popula
tion of the French colonies (not in
cluded in the above enumeration) is 2,
G49,G78, and the population of coun
tries in Asia, Africa and Ocean lea,
under tho protection of France, is
3,G93,575 making a grand total of
people living under the sway of the
French Emperor of 44,535,317.
FINANCES.
The public debt in 18G9 amounted to
12,915,71S,073 francs, or upwards of
$2,585,000,000. The revenue for 18G9
appears to have been 1,755,843,283
francs, and the expenditures, i,75i,
241,931 francs.
ARMY.
Tlio army, according to the new
law of February 1, 1868, consists of
the active army and the reserve, each
numbering 400,000 men. A Guardc
Nationalc Mobile, which was to num
ber about 550,000, was to co-operate
for the defenso of fortresses, coasts
and frontiers. 'The National Guard
has a military organization, and is
placed under tho Minister of War.
It comprises 250 battalions, having
each eight companies of 2,000 men,
and 125 batteries of 200 men ; togeth
er, the active array, the reserve and
the National Guard, number 1,350,000
men.
The active army is as yet low. Of
course, it will bo greatly increased
when placed on a war footing.
rtltl .- ' '
ii imitr3 - ...w)-,w
Ofivfiir " t
Vrtiiltjr'.y ooo
Engineers....... . l&
Gefidarines. HM......H.......M 21,535
Troops of the Administration.... .. 15,006
XOt!l ..... ." i w-
At the head of tho lrench army
are eight Marshals of France, namely:
Count Vaillant, Count Baraguey
d'Hillicrs, Count Randon, and de
Bceuf, F. C. Canrobert, M. E. P. M.
McMahon, (Duko of Magenta), C. F.
Forey, F. A. Bazaine. The army is
divided into seven army corps. The
headquarters of the army corp3 are as
follows:
Headquarters.
1. Paris-
T.lllf
3. Nancy..........
4.. Lyons
5. Tours ,
6. Toulouse-....
7. Algiers.........
Commanders.
, ..... Marshal Canrobert.
- .Gen. De IAdmlraut.
.-Marshal Bazaine.
.Gen. Count dePalllcao.
Marshal D'iniliers.
. . Gen. De Goyon.
Marshal McMahon.
Franco has 119 fortresses, of which
eight are of tho first rank; Paris,
Lyons, Strasbourg, Metz, Lille,
Toulon, Brest, and Cherbourg. The
fortifications of Paris are stated to
have cost $40,000,000, and up to 1SG8
there had been expended on Cher
bourg $34,000,000.
NAVY.
The fleet, on the 1st of January of
last year, was composed as follows:
Description.
Screw steamers, iron-clad ....
Screw .steamers, uon Iron-clad..
Wheel steamers.. . ......
No. Guns.
.. 55 1,032
-233 2.GIS
.. 51 11G
-11X) 911
Besides these there are eight screw
steamers, iron-clad, with aixt3-eight
guns, and twenty-three non-irou-clad,
with 144 guii3, building.
-The following is a list of the chief
vessels in the French iron-clad navy,
with their strength in guns and nom
inal horse-power:
iiorse
Power.
1,000
1.CC0
000
Names.
Magenta
Solteriuo
Coaronne
Normandie
Invincible..
Glorie ..
Provence....
Heroine-....
Savolc...
Guns.
"52
40
36
36
S3
5R
M
38
3
.30
jsa
38
in
M
.30
1
990
000
900
900
900
900
900
900
900
000
Revanche.
SurvelUantc
Flandre.....
Vnlenrouso..
Gnyennc . .
Gaylolse .
Magna n lm o... ...
Taurean (cap.). -..-
POO
GOO
000
600
2i5
1.000
225
235
225
225
300
300
300
300
Tounanie...-
Dunderberg
Devastation
Tjave .- .
Fotulroyante...
Consreve...
..16
lti
10
10
10
1G
14
11
11
14
Saigon
Pales tro...
Peiho
Pabchans
The French naval force consists of
72,446 men. There are two Admirals,
C. Rigauld de Genouiliy and F. T.
Trehouart; six active Vice-Admirals,
and thirty active Counter-Admirals.
BISMARCK'S BACICTNa POPULATION
OF PRUSSIA ORGANIZATION OF THE
ARMYIN TI3IE OF PEACE PREPARE
FOR WAR.
The total population of the King
dom of Prussia, according to the cen
sus of December 3, 18G7, was 24,0-13,296.
This includes the population of the
territories lately "absorbed" by Prus
sia. The total population of towns
and cities was 7,456,350.
FINANCES.
The national debt of Prussia is
442,GT,9,372 thalers, or over $200,000,000.
The total revenues are about 170,000,-
000 thalers, aud the total expenditures
lOU.UW.'JOO tualera.
JOB I?IIIGCI2N-3t
or all kinds, done on short BeUceaaS at
ble rates.
ARMY.
Tho German military organization
is complete, and, according to a state
ment in the Prussian Military GaaeHe,
"a million soldiers, can, at any mo
ment, be placed under arms by a sin
gle telegram from Berlin." The
Prussian troops? the same authority
adds, consist of 325 battallions of in
fantry, 2GS squadrons of cavalry, 11
regiments of artillery, with 1,146
gunst and 12 battalions of engineers,
'making in all 410,000 soldiers. To
these should be added the Federal
contingents of Saxony, Brunswick,
Mecklenburg-Strelits, and the Hesse
Darmstadt in all 53,000 men. But
this force of 463,000 only represent
the standing army of North Germany.
In caso of emergency, Prussia can also
command tlie services of the troops
of Baden, Wurtemberg, and Bava
ria, and immediately order a reserve,
consisting of an armS of 143;O0amMT.
An additional force of 200,000"men Is
at her disposal for the occupation of
towns and garrisons. Every Prussian
subject is enrolled as a soldier as soon
as ho has completed his 20th year.
He serves, unless exempted, three
years in the regular army, four in the
reserve, and at the end of this term
enters the Landwehr or militia Ibr
nine years. Leaving tho Landwehr
he is finally enrolled in the Lansturzn
until ho is fifty years of age.
The Commander-in-Chief of 4ko
army and navy is tho King. Tho
chief of tho staff is Gen. de Moltke.
The regular army is divided into elev
en corps and divisions, with the . fol
lowing commanders :
Headquarters. Commanders.
1. Kajningsborg .... Gen. do Mantetulel.
2. Stettin Prince Frederick William.
3. Rerliu Prince Frederick Charles.
4. Magdebouri;..-..-'...Gon. tl'Alvenslcben.
5. Poscu -. ..Gen. do Stelnmotx.
0. Hreslau - Gen. do Tumpllng.
7. Mun.stor. ...Gen de Zastrovr.
S. CoTjlentz . Gen. de BIttenicld.
9. Schleswlg... ... .... Gen do Manstein.
10. Hanover -.,. Gen do Volgts Rhetz.
11. Casscl ............ ..... ...-.Gen. de PleusJci.
The commander of the Corps of the
Guard Is tho Prlnco Augustus of
Wurtemberg. There aro twenty-nine
fortresses In the Kingdom, of which,
five are of the first rank.
NAVY.
Count Von Bismarck has been able
to assert that the Prussian navy is
now second to none iu the Baltic sea.
Since 1SG0 vessel after vessel has been
rapidly launched, until Prussia, which
a few years ago was really contempt
ible on the sea, has now become a for
midable naval power. According to
the latest returns, the fleet of Prussia
is composed as follows:
No. of
Vessels
Description.
Iron-clads .....
Frlgntes and corvettes,
Goas.
an
s 2
uunooau
Yacht
23
..I
-3
..53
Paddle eorTtsttes
Sailing Yokels
Total
.... 99 637
The steam fleet is being increased
as rapidly as human efforts will admit
of. The vessels In commission are
manned by 5,012 sailors, 737 engineers,
370 carpenters and mechanics, 192!
warrant officers, and 225 officers. Be
sides this, thero Is a reserve of 4,156
men, which can be called upon at any
time, and a second reserve, called sea
wehr, which acts only in time of war,
and may be translated sea militia.
ma . c
Things Not In Order.
3. To stand before the church door,
before service.
2. To engage in any kind of conver
sation, even roligious, between tho
time of your going in, and tho com
mencement of worship. The interval
should be spent in composing' tho
thoughts for tho solemnities of tho
approaching services. -
3. To salute persons coming in,, by?
bowing, smiling, &c. It is profana
tion. 4. To look around to catch the eye
of a friend, and smile at any remark
from the pulpit.
5. To permit your children to sir, in.
any placo except your own pew.
6. To allow them to be stuffing
themselves all the time, with apples,
sweet cakes, candy, or anything else.
7. Sleeping in church.
8. To be reaching for garments, .or
adjusting the dress, while the bles
sing is pronounced.
9. To commence laughing, talking
and saluting one another, as soon as
the people are dismissed.
10. To stand in the doororalsle, and
detain others getting out. - .
11. To stand around the door, ga
zing at the ladies as they leave tlje
church, to see who conducts them,,
and many other things which asllt
tle concern others.
12. To read this item, and not en
deavor to correct them. Congrega
tional Journal.
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At a performance of "Dora," in,a
Western city, the best obtained rejK
resentation of little Willie was ayouth
of 15. Tho farmer Allen, instead of
inquiring "How old are you, my lit
tle man ?" endeavored to remedy tho
matter by saying, "How old are you,
my strapping boy?" But the boy,
who was instructed to say from "four
to six," said it in such a course, sep
ulchral tone as to drive the indignant
grandfather to exclaim, "Forty six!
You look like it, my boy ; you look
like it!"
Two urchins, Tom and Jack, went
to school for tho first time. Tho
teacher asked Tom what his name
was. "Taum," replied the boy. llNo,
my boy, you should not say 'Tom,'
butThom-as." "Taumas," repeated
the boy. "That's better. Now my
lad," said she, turning to the other,
whose face suddenly brightened up
with a newly conceived idea, "What's
your name?" "Jack-ass," replied tho
urchin, promptly.
A colored man In Roanoke, N. C. wa3
found lu a neighbor's cabbage patch
down on his knees. He said It was
queer a man couldn't go no whar to
pray, without being interrupted. Ho
was left to his dovotions, and in tho
morning, singularly enough, it waa
found he had prayed off tho heads of
half of the cabbage in the garden.
"The prayers of the righteous avail
eth" right smart of sour kraut.
The Mt. Carmel (Illinois) Register
says: "A young spoony of this city
sent word "to one of mother Eve's
fair daughters, asking permission to
call on her, and received the follow
ing emphatic reply: 'If you come
about our house, I'll snatch you bald
headed!' He didn't call on her."
A case of female daring I related
of a Virginia belle, who rode to tho
edge of the precipice, and defied any
'o
man
with whom she was riding to
follow. Not a man accepted the chal
lenge; but a tantalising youth stood
tin hib head in his raddle, and dared
j the lady to do that.
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