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TIIUKSUAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1S70.
The Little J Hue says that land has
advanced twenty percent, in Jefferson
county, in consequence of railroad
prospects.
Culver & Parsons are about to es
tablish n new paper at Mil ford, in
Reward county, to be called the Blue
Valley Record.
Hon. James .1. Farran, who was
twenty-five j-ears ago editor of the
Cincinnati Enquirer, has again Liken
charge of that paper. ,
We find from our exchanges that
there is almost universal complaint
throughout the State as to the man
ner in which the census has been ta
ken. The arming of Russia is supposed to
be not so much to mainTain the de
mand for the abrogation of the Cri
mean treaty, as for the absorption of
Turkey.
The popularity of Gov. Butler and
Col. Cropsey, of Lincoln, is to be de
cided by a vote at the Catholic Fair,
to be held in that city. The winner
to receive a silver headed cane.
The people of Claiinda, Page coun
ty, Iowa, have pledged $-"0,000 and
depot giounds, to the Omaha, Council
Bluff and St. Louis Railroad, in the
event of its construction through that
place.
The Nebraska City Chronicle says
Cap. V. D. Scott, of Rulo is in that
xity, and gives encouraging accounts
of the prospects of the Trunk Rail
road. The Captain is oneof the board
of directors, and believes the road will
be built within another year.
The Omaha Republican says A.
Shelton, assistant cashier of the U. P.
and friends, returned a few days since
from a buffalo hunt in the vicinity
of Plum Creek. The party give the
most glowing accounts of their sport,
and evidence IheiFskill in a half doz
en fine buffalo slain.
Nkuraska Statk Board ok Im
migration. We are indebted to C.
C. Smith, President of the Nebraska
State Board of Immigration, for a
copy of a pamphlet the board has re
cently gotten out for distribution
"Nebraska: h sketch of its history;
re.-ourees and advantages it offers to
bottlers."
A rairoad from Niobrarah, through
every town on the river, is a neces
sity not only- to Omaha, but to the
towns named. Sosay the Covington
A'ea's; and the Republican endorses
every word of it. A united, hearty
effort will place such a result beyond
contingency, with or without Con
gressional aid.
The Slate Journal says that the
school board have adopted the policy
of loaning to school districts, at ten
percent. It thinks that the repay
ment of these loans, principal and
interest, being thus virtually guaran
teed by the taxpayers of the county,
there can be no more danger of loss
than by investing in Government se
curities. The State Journal urges the passage
by Congress of the proposed land
grant bills for the benefit of the Ne
maha Valley, Lincoln & Loupe Fork
Railroad, and the Sioux City & Col
umbus Railroad. The construction
of these roads will, it is claimed, give
to central Nebraska access to the Min
nesota lumbering regions. Congress
cannot do better towards the new
States and Territories than to give
their lauds liberally for the purpose
of constructing railroads, and thus
opening them up for settlements from
the overcrowded old States.
When the President of the United
States, ortheGovernorofanj-State, in
sists upon displacing men who they
themselves have placed in position,
merely because of failure to agree in to
to, on all matters that may come before
them, or the people, or the party of
which they are both members, des
truction of the nartv will be the re
sult, in the end ; and the men whom
the people have mistakingly elevated
must be held responsible for the disas
ter. The people of this country are
not- tools, or serfs, to obey the wink
and nod of he, or they, who may,
per chance, be "clothed with a little
brief authority." That day has
passed in America, thank God. The
people are the power of this laud.
Governor Butler, says the Ashland
Times, made a speech at a temperance
meeting in Lincoln recently, in which
"he stated that he was, and always
had been, theoretically, a temperance
man ; and while he had, from force
of circumstauces, been in the habit
of taking occasionally a class of li
quor during his former campaigns, he
had now resolved there should never
another drop of spirituous liquor pass
his lips, God being his witness and
support."
We have always believed that the
most of Gov. Butler's faults have
grown out of the excessive use of
strong drink. If he keeps his pledge
and we sincerely hope he will he
will be a better man, and give the
people better reason to be satisfied
with him.
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THE ELECTIONS.
In looking over our late elections,
and summing up results, showing the
Republican majorities in Congress cut
down from 79 to 37, we have no tears
to shed. Experience is said to be the
only school in which a certain class
of mankind learn. We know not
why politicians should be exempt
from this axiom. The Republicans
still have a good working majority in
Congress, and we hope will learn some
useful and important lessons. They
make Congressional gains in the fol
lowing States: Louisiana,.:; iumue
sota, 1; New Jersey, 1, and Virginia,
1. The lose as follows: Alabama, j;
Arkansas, 2; Indiana, 1; Michigan,
1; Missouri, 2; New York, 3; North
Carolina, 3; Pennsylvania, 3; Ten
nessee, 6; West Virginia, 2; Wiscon
sin, 1; Illinois, 3. Georgia is yet to
vote-on the 1st, 2d and 3d of Decem
ber; Connecticut on the first Monday
day'in April ; New Hampshire on tle
second Tuesday in March, and Cali
fornia and Texas in February. These
st-itP olect twenty-one members of
Congress.
The State Journal misrepresents us,
when it assumes to say that the
Brownville Advertiser is opposed to
ttjal estate security in case of loaning
school funds. We repeat what we
have before said, that personally, our
plan is to loan on unincumbered real
estate security, with details making
the loan really secure.
As to our policy of not selling lands
at nrcsent, we undertake to say that
the majority of school lands in Ne
braska will enhance in value a much
greater per cent, the next five and
ten years, than even fifteen percent,
interest on money. There are some
exceptions in cases of lauds near cit
ies and villiages that have already
reached a point when it would be bet
ter to sell, and put the money at in
terest. When we spoke of this mat
ter before, we advanced the idea as a
rule.
We have no retraction to make as
to our interpretation of the spirit and
letter of the law under which our
school fund has been recently loaned,
and none knows better than the edit
or of the Journal the correctness of
our position; for, if our memory is
correct, he was the introducer of the
amendment referred to in our former
article, and which was so summarily
and definitely disposed of by the Sen
ate. We thank the Journal for the cour
teous introduction of his article in
reply to our former one, and ex
press our admiration of his adherence
to his own and originally promulgated
sentiment "Let us evince manhood
in our resentments as well as our pref
erences." What is known as the Crimean
treaty, signed in Paris in 1S56, allied
England, France, Austria and Turkey
against Russia, and crippled her by
forbidding large ships of all national
ities, from navigating the Black Sea.
The powers parties to this treaty,
agreed that a violation of this stipula
tion should be a just cause for war.
The demand of Gortschakoff for the
abrogation of this treaty, is the cause
of England's indications of war prep
arations. France not being prepared
to take a hand, Russia now thinks it
her time to strike. It is believed that
Prussia is in secret alliance with Aus
tria. If all this is true, aud England
is drawn into the European war, it
will not be ended in a day.
The editor of the Omaha Rcimblican
has had a conversation with Governor
Butler, who is in Omaha, relative to
the loaning of the school funds. In
the course of remarks on the subject,
that paper say3 :
'A Innn made to Mr. Coirs well, of
Brownville, has been alluded to by
the Advertiser of that town. We are
mccii rri that our cotemoorarv is mis
taken. All incumbrances and mort
gages were removed from the property
before the loan was granted from the
school fund."
We have simply to say, ill reply to
the above, that "our cotemporary is"
not mistaken." The facts were as we
represented them shown by thecoun
tv records.
The people of Missouri have just
adopted the following important
amendments to their State Constitu
tion :
1. Abolition of the District Court
system.
2. Abolition of Jurors' test oath.
3. Abolition of the double liability
clause for private corporations.
4. Abolition of voters' test oath.
o. Abolition of disqualifications for
holding office on account of color, dis
loyally, &c.
6. Prohibiting the use of any pub
lic moneys, derived from anv source
whatever, for the support of any sec
tarian educational institution, or the
donation of any real or personal prop
erty belonging to any State, county,
or public corporations to such objects.
Hon. C. C. Smith, President of the
State Board of Immigration, of Falls
City-; Col. J. H. Notware, and Col. J.
G. Miller, Omaha; Prof. J. G. Miller,
Ashland, and E. M. Ciapp.Tekamah,
have been appointed by the Governor
of this State as Delegates to the Im
migration Convention, to be held at
Indianapolis on the 23d of this month.
The Omaha Republican says that
Mr. Joy has assured a committee from
Council Bluffs, who visited him at
Buffalo, that if they made the best
bid they can have the machine shops
of the Kansas City & St. Joe. Rail
road located in their city.
To-day is Thanksgiving.
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OUR ENGLISH LETTER.
IT. S. Consulate, Bradford,")
Yorkshire, Eno. Oct. 29th.
Dear Editor : Once morel am pre
suming upon your kindness by my
boldness in addressing you this letter.
Although lam now about 5,000 miles
from your growing and beautiful city,
I feel quite conversant with all your
improvements, as your valuable pa
per is a constant and very welcome
visitor, and keeps me posted weekly
as to your doings. I was very much
gratined on the 14th mat., to see per
cable dispatch that "Nebraska had
gone Republican." I assure you, you
cannot appreciate with what profound
pleasure, I, a citizen of Nebraska,
hailed such intelligence. Of course I
had not doubted for one moment, but
that Nebraska would go all right, but
it was quite a pleasure to know for a
certainty that she was still true to the
principles for which we fought dur
ing our late "unpleasantness."
I am pleased to learn per your pa
per that Nebraska is receiving her
quota of general prosperity, which
appears to prevade our whole land.
And, indeed, if I received no direct
news from America, I could judge as
to her prosperity, in a measure, from
the steady increase of exports from
this Consular District to America, as
compared with the hist few years.
The exports from this Consulate to
America for the month of Sept., 1870,
amounted to $1,4G0,9US 52 in gold, and
for the month of Sept., 1SG9, they
amounted to $915,009 42, showing an
increase of $545,259 10 for the month
of September, 1S70, as compared with
Sept., 1S69.
From the above you will readily
preceive that business with America
is in a very prosperous state at pres
ent, and the merchants here expect
equally as large spring trade. The
large increas? is due in some measure,
I think, to the suspension of the Ger
man and French trade, formerly car
ried on here, but now, of course,
wholly suspended in consequence of
the war. Some of those merchants
who formerly had an exclusive French
or German trade, now seek an outlet
for their goods in the American mar
ket. Of course only a small quantity
of the goods manufactured for either
France or Germany are suitable for
the American market.
In view of the heavy business trans
actions carried on between this place
and America perhaps a few general
remarks on the manufactures of this
vicinity will be interesting. Brad
ford is situated in the great manufac
turing district of "merry old Eng
land," and is one of the wealthiest
and most prosperous towns in the
Kingdom. It has; a population of
about 150,000. The principal articles
of manufacture are woolen and worst
ed goods of all varieties and descrip
tions, more commonly called "stuffs."
Carpets are also manufactured in this
district. John Cropsley & Sons, at
Halifax, eight miles distant are the
largest manufacturers of carpets in
Eugland. Filth, Williams & Co.,
near here, also make a tine quality of
carpets, and not long since they
brought us samples of a carpet made
by them for the White House at
Washington. It was ordered by A.
T. Stewart & Co.
Iron and steel are also manufactur
ed in great quantities in this immedi
ate vicinity, but no great amount is
shipped from here to America. I
was much amused not long since at
an incident which occurred while be
ing shown through the "Low
Moor Iron Works," near this city.
Among other things of interest I no
ticed several nice large cannon lying
upon the ground, and they apparent
ly looked to be good guns with the ex
ception of some rust upon them. I
asked the gentleman who was acting
as our escort, why those guns were
abandoned in that manner ? He in
formed mo that "they had made them
for the Confederate States of America
in the year 1803, but that as their
terms were cash, and the Confeder
ates could not produce said cash, they'
never shipped the guns, aud there
they lay." I assure you I was much
more pleased to see those guns ib the
above condition, than I would have
been to have seen them mounted and
in operation upon some of the Rebel
forts during the war.
Velvets and silks are just beginning
to attract the attention of some of the
wealthy and "go ahead" manufactur
ers here, aud before a great while they
will form a very important article of
manufacture in this Consulate.
The shipments from here to Ameri
ca for the present month will exceed
those of the corresponding month last
year by about $250,000 00, and as the
month of October is comparatively a
dull month, you will see that our
home trade is enormous.
Before closing this (already, per
haps, too long) letter, I will just brief
ly give you an account of English
weather. The summer wnicn nas
just passed, was a perfect success so
far as I am capable or judging, neun
er too warm or too cool, rather dry
rhnn otherwise, but upon the whole,
very pleasant, indeed. The long twi
lights, so very different from anything
T have been accustomed to at home,
struck me as particularly charming.
Repeatedly have I been able to read
small print very easily up to half past
ten and even eleven o'clock. But if
Euglish summers are pleasant, surely
the fall aud winter weather is perfect
ly horrible.
I think, to speak within bounds, it
has rained every day for the post six
weeks, and since it has commenced it
appears as-though it required no ef
fort, whatever, for it to rain at any
time and without a moment7 notice,
BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA,
Occasionally the sun ventures to shine
and when it does, almost invarinbly
along comes a shower, as if to rebuke
him for his impertinence in attempt
ing to struggle through so much
smoke and fog. Thocoutinual damp,
heavy state of the atmosphere, pre
vents the vast volumes of smoke
which arise from the innumerable
chimneys, from raising and passing
off, and often at mid-day it is almost
as dark as mid-night.
But as I have already been more
lencthv than I contemplated. I will
close, assuring you of my gratification
caused by the cheering news of your
general prosperity, afforded me by
your valuable paper.
Yours most sincerely,
Thomas C. Tipton,
U. S. Vice-Commercial Ag't, Brad
ford, Yorkshire, England.
original.
the christian.
When Jesus of Nazareth was here
on the earth in a material body, many
of his sayings were mysterious to the
multitude, and even to His diciples.
For. well as a teacher of morals, he
tiyjght great spiritual trutliB, among
which was the true and acceptable
worship of the Father. Now, the
natural man receiveth not the things
of the spirit of God ; for thoy are
foolishness unto Him ; neither can
he know them, because they are spir
itually descerned. As it was then, so
it is now. It is foolishness to talk
of spiritual things to the natural man.
His mind needs to be illuminated by
the spirit, so as to "discern the Heav
enly." The natural man is not necessarily
wicked and sinful; but he has a ten
dency to the earth, and carnal things,
and is liable to be made a "servant of
sin." He is of the first man, Adam,
who was of the earth, earthly. But
to bear the image of the Heavenly,
he must have the spirit of the second
man, who is of the Lord from Heav
en. That is the Christ. Then the
Christian is the one who has the nat
ural man in subjection to the spiritual
man ; whose abiding home is not the
earth, only a sojourner for a little
season ; and is come in spirit to Mt.
Zion, to an innumerable company of
angels ; is in communion with saints,
having day by day, more and more of
the image of Christ, and approaching
nearer aud nearer the Father. His
citizenship is iu Heaven, aud he is
continually learning the things of the
kingdom, and is alwaj-s preparing
his spirit to dwell with the saints in
light, when his change shall come
and he passes into the heavens.
Well, exclaim the caviler, if a man
is to wait for the illumination of the
spirit, who is to blame if he is not a
Christain? Let the blame rest where
it may ; the fact remains the same,
that a man will not rise up out of his
carnal nature into spiiitual life, with
out the spirit of Christ.
But know this, that the Heavenly
Father is more willing to givetheHo
ly Spirit to those who ask, than earth
ly parents are to give good gifts to
their children. It requires, to besure,
energy and effort, and discipline, to
develop the spiritual nature. I' may
be that some natures are not as capa
ble of being as highly spiritualized as
others. That is their misfortune. It
is true there are many weak speci
mens of Christian character, even in
those who profess to be Christians.
But the strong should bear with the
weak. It is a very high attainment
in the divine life, to encourage the
weak, aud lift up the fallen.
It is beautiful to be a Christian ;
to be a learner in the school of Christ.
Every day learning of the Heavenly
teacher spiritual things, which the
world cannot understand .because they
are "spiritually discerned." This
great teacher knows just the capacity
and attainment of each of his disci
ples, and he gives them lessons as
they are able to bear. Many are
weak and cannot bear much, while
others goon from strength to strength,
until they are strong in the Lord, and
they stand on Mount of transfigura
tion, and they come into communion
with things beyond the veil and
know of some of those unuterable
things of which Paul makes mention.
There have been many colleges of
learning, many schools of art, many
academicgrades, many schools of phil
osophy. There has been many teach
ers of morals and philosophy, and
these have all benefited the world,
but where is the learning equal to
that learned in the school of Christ.
Where is the teacher like Jesus of
Nazareth ? Here all conditions in so
ciety, all grades of mind may come
and learn. Socrates and Solon, and
other moral heroes may inspire with
courage, men and women of strong
and powerful intellect, to pass serene
ly through ali the ills of life, and be
sublime in death. But Christ can do
this aud more, and greater than this.
He can go to the deep, sensitive, af
fectionate soul, when it is receiving
the terrible baptism of suffering, as it
sees the mystery of death gathering
In the eye, and the seal of the grave
on thesilent lips, and the agonizing
parting is about to come ; and it cries
out, "Oh, Father if it be possible let
this cup pass by." Then comes out
the most lofty character ; the greatest
power of soul ever possessed bv mor-
tals, and says, not my will, oh ! God,
but thiue be done. The finite bows
in submission to the infinite. Let ev
ery earthly undertaking fail. But let
no one fail of being a Christian.
Jennette Harding.
London, Nebraska-
Gen. Logan's majority for Congress-
man at large from Illinois is 40,000.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24 1870.
A Woman' Revenge.
This morning at an early hour great
excitement prevailed over the rumor
that a man had been murdered on the
bottom below town last night. As a
sountryman was going across the
bottom in a wagon, he heard a woman
shriek in a rfhanty nearby. Jumping
out of the wagon, he rushed in and
beheld a woman standing over the
body of ainan, mangled and bleed
ing. Appalled at the sight, he asked
the woman what she had done that
for she motioned him to a seat with
a dagger. She commenced: "Ten
years ago this man married me under
false pretences, but I found him out
in time and informed him he must
leave, for it was my house we were
living in, and my money this worth
less vagabond was living on. He
asked for ten hours to get ready in
and I gave it to him, and he left that
night for where I knew not; but I
did know before the next morning
that he had stolen my last cent and
left me poor. I sold my house and
lot and have ever since been hunting
him, and yesterd ay detected him
while he was milking his cow and
now come and see the result. He
looked and she pushed him over on
the stove, and he awoke up from a
dream to find himself in a niudhole.
If this had really occured, it would
have been one of the most bloody
tragedies that ever occurred in Lin
coln. State Journal.
A Homesteader's First Year.
Mr. Lamertine, of this city, yester
day brought us some samples of the
product of his father-in-law's home
stead in Sioux county. The genlte-
man, by name Wm. 11. Brewington,
resides between the Rock and Big
Sioux rivers, about fifty-five acres of
breaking last spring which he devo
ted to crops. The result has proved,
if the fact needed evidence, that
homesteaders can raise good crops
the first year. His sod corn went
sixty to eighty bushels to the acre.
He had eight hundred bushels of tur
nips and rutabagas, and one of the
turnips brought to our office is two
feet in circumference, and some of
them were larger than this. Eighty
selected ones averaged twenty-two
pounds each. He had one thousand
head of cabbages, and a sample in our
possession measures three feet two
inches one way and two feet eight
inches the other iu circumference.
He also had two hundred and twenty-five
bushels of potatoes, one hun
dred bushels of buckwheat and any
amount of garden truck. Mr. Brew
ington has got his crops all secured,
and feels abundantly satisfied with
his first year's experience. We tell
you these homesteads in Northwes
tern Iowa are worth having. Sioux
City Journal.
Nebraska Reports.
Editor Repurlican: It will be
of interest to the legal profession and
the public to know the progress being
made in the publication of the deci
sions of the Supreme Couit of the
State. I was appointed reporter on
the loth day of May last, and set to
work at once preparing for publica
tion such opinions as were on file. I
have continued the work as other
opinions were prepared and furnished
by the Judges. Enough material
has been collected to fill a volume of
the usual size of law reports. Nearly
one-half of the volume has been
printed, and the manuscript for the
remainder is in the printers' hands.
The work is being done by Messrs.
Van Benthuysen & Sons, of Albany,
New York. The contract with them
calls for the best work, and the por
tion already done is fully up to their
agreement Every effort has been
made on their part and on mine, to
the profession and the public, a book
which will be a credit to the State. It
will, I hope, be roady in the course of
six weeks. Messrs. Calaghan &
Cockroft, law book publishers of Chi
cago, have charge of the publication
of this work. Its title will be,
"Nebraska Reports." "Volume 1."
Yours truly, .1. M. Wooiavorth,
Reporter to the Supreme Court.
Omaha Republican.
Tun Midland Pacific F. A.
White, Esq., President of the M. P.
R. R., is in town. He reports pro
gress along the whole line of the road,
the iron being daily expected. The
ties are arriving by the car load, and
are being put down rapidly. Myers
has the construction and boarding
train in readiness, and will the day
after the arrival of the first instal
ment of the iron commence spiking
it down at the rate of one mile per
dav. The rail is the oG-pound "fish
joint," known as the "continuous
rail," and is the best known. Mr.
White is confident that the Midland
will be completed, and running regu
lar trains "on time," unless the
weather should beunprecently bad.
Lincoln Slate Journal.
Don't Like Elephants.-A nice
little boy in Kalamazoo, Michigan,
went to the circus the other day, and
amused himself throwing stones at
the elephant while he was drinking.
When he got through, the doy tried
to propitiate him by offering him a
piece of gingerbread. Before accept
ing the cake, the elephant emptied
about sixty-four gallons of water, beer
measure, 'over the boy, and then
slung him into the third tier to dry
off. This boy is very indifferent
about circuses now. He says he be
lieves he doesn't care for them as
much as he used to.
Our esteemed friend, Senator Pom
eroy, seems to have met with a total
failure in his spiritual, literary, and
functional aspirations ; but he is very
handy at laying the blame upon
somebody else. When he failed to
find the Saviour, he accused the Free
Masons of hiding him. When he
blundered in his Ledger article, he
laid it to the charge of a mythical
Ledger reporter. If he should be
taken to task for disobeying the in
junction to "multiply and replenish,"
he would probably blame it on the
mumps. oof. Jiiuer.
A Banker lent a graceless scamp
fiftv dollars, in the hope of getting
ridof him ; but, to his surprise, the
fellow paid the money punctually on
the day agreed upon, and a short time
afterward inquired for another loan.
"No," said the banker, "you have
deceived me once, and I am resolved
you shan't do it a second time."
Many of our greatest men have
sprung from the humblest origin, as
the lurk whose nest is ou the ground
soars nearest to Heaven. Narrow
circumstances are the most sowerful
stimulauta to mental expansion, and
the early frowns of fortune the best
security for her final smiles.
THE LORD YILL PROVIDE.
Xn uoine way or other the Lord will provide;
It may not be my way.
It may not be tby way.
And yet in his own way
"The Lord will provide."
At some time or other the Lord will provide;
It may not be my time,
It may notlc thy time.
And yet in His own time
"Tho Lord will provide."
"REDICCLOSITY."
Some wit thus touches olT Senator Sum
ner's last word coinage "Rldiculoslty:"
Slowly rolled forth tho novel sound
"Kidiculoslty,"
From out the classic mouth of great
"Preponderosity!"
And through the Senatorial .Hall,
With great velocity.
Echoed from mouth to mouth, the word,
Rlillcnloslty!"
Sure, Worcester never dared to write
"Rldiculosity;"
Nor Webster, either, murmured they,
With grim ferocity.
Is there of terms gigantic, then.
So great a paucity,
That we must coin this fearful one,
"Rldiculoslty 1"
m i
The Cure of the Drunkard.
A man long noted for intemperance
was induced by the Rev. John Abbot
to sign a pledge "in his own way,
which he did in these words :
"I pledge myself to drink no more
intoxicating liquors for one year."
Few believed he would keep it; but
near the end of the year he ajraiu ap
peared at the temperance meeting
without having touched a drop.
"Are you going to sign again?"
asked Mr. Abbot.
"Yes, if I can do it in mv own wav.'
replied he. And accordingly he
wrote :
"I sign this pledge for nine hun
dred and ninety-nine years, and if I
live till that time, I intend to take
out a life lease."
A few days after he called upon the
tavern keeper, who welcomed him
back to his old haunt.
"Oh! landlord' said he, as if in
pain, "I have such a lump on my
side!"
"That's because you've stopped
drinking," said the landlord, "you
won't live long if you keep on."
"Will drink take the lump away?"
"Yes ; and if you don't drink you'l
have one on the other side. Come
let's drink together," and he poured
out two glasses of whisky.
"I guess I won't drink," said the
former inebriate, "especially if keep
ing the pledge will bring another
lump; for it isn't very hard to bear,
after all ;" and with this he drew the.
lump a roll of greenbacks from his
side pocket, and walked off leaving
the landlord to his sad reflection.
Tin: Best
A uthoritv. People
discomfiture of law
who enjoy the
yersand who does not? will laugh
over this incident : "I call upon you,"
said the counsellor, "to state distinct
iy upon what authority you are' pre
pared to swear to the mare's age?"
"Upon what authority?" said the
hostler interrogatively. "You aro to
reply, and not to repeat the question
put to you." "I doesn't consider a
man's bound to answer a question
afore he's time to turn it in his mind."
"Nothing can be more simple, sir,
than the question I put- I again re
peat it: Upon what authority do you
swear to the animal's age?" "The
best authority," responded he gruffly.
"Then why such an evasion? Whv
not state it at once?" "Well, then, ff
you must have it " "Must! I will
have it!" vociferated the counsellor,
interrupting the witness. "Well,
then, if you must and will have it,"
rejoined the hostler, with impertur
bable gravity, "why then I had it
myself from the mare's own mouth,"
A simultaneous burst of laughter rang
through the court, and tho judge on
the bench could with dificiilty con
fine his risible muscles judicial deco
rum. Tin: Wonder of the Spider's
Wer. A few days ago a snake was
found suspended in a spider's web un
der a shelf in a store at Knoxville
Tenn. On inspection it was cleatly
ascertained that the snake , about a
foot in length, and still alive, had
been literally captured by a spider
about the size of a common house fly.
The spider had spun his web tightly
around the neck and entire head of
the snake, and drawn him clear from
the floor, making him a close prisoner.
The snake was taken, while vet in
the coils of the spider, to a photo-
grapher. Atter the photograph was
taken, the web was removed from
the snake, whereupon he struck at it
all around, evidently showing a de
sire to avenge himself for the terri
ble indignity put upon him by so in
significant a creature as a spider not
much larger than a grain of wheat.
A
Beautiful Idea. Away
the Alleghanies there is a
spring so small that a single ox in a
summer's day, could drain it dry. It
steals its way among the hills till it
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1 Hence us alil'tunta iii tuuusanu ,
miles leaving on its banks over a hun-
dred villages and cities
cu
th
til
away some twelve hundred miles
more, till it falls into the emblems of
eternity. It is one of the tributaries
of the ocean, obedient only to God,
and shall roll ond roar till the angel
with one foot on the sea and the oth
er on the land, shall lift up his hand
and swear that time shall be no lon
ger. So with moral influence. It is
a rill a rivulet a river an ocean'
and is boundless and fathomless as
eternity.
Flowers. It is said that almost
all kinds of flowers sleep during the
night. The marigold goes to bed
with the sun,- and- rises weeping.
Many plants are so sensitive that
their leaves close during the passage
ot a cloud. The dandelion opens at
five or six in the morning, and closes
at nine in the evening. The daisy
opens its day's eye to meet the early
beams of morning. The crocus, tu
lip, and many others, close their
blossoms at different hours towards!
the evening. The ivy-leafed lettuce
opens at eight in the morning, and
closes forever at four in the afternoon.
The night-ccreus turns night into
day ; it begins to expand its magnifi
cent, sweet-scented blossoms in the
twilight ; it is in full bloom at mid
night, aud closes, never to open again,
at the dawn of day. In a cloverfield,
not a leaf opens until after sunrise.
Confab between inquiring stranger
and steamboat pilot: That is Black
mountain? "Yes sir; highestmoun
tain about Lake George." "Any
story or legend connected with that
mountain?" "Lota of 'em. Two
lovers went up that mountain once,
and never came back again." "In
deed; why what became of them?"
"Went down on the other side."
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Rivaled farm, and bearing half r ?"Y . ","' . " , r . ' '. .
rJli& better to sleep t anTS
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VOL. 15.-
-NO. G.
A New Railroad Enterprise.
A, new company has been organ iz
ed, with a capital of $15,000,000, to
construct a rail rond, having its ini
tial point at Dubuque and running
west through the northern, counties of
iowa, ioriumg a luiicuou ii int.
Maple Valley road in Bdena Vista
county, thenco with the TX & Sl 0.,
theS.'C. &P-Mland the U. P. This
road will probably cross the Missouri
river sb'as(to pass through the interi
or of Burt county, where it will con
nect with the O. &N. W. Burt coun
ty, now without a rmiroau, win, wnn
in the next two or three years have
railroad facilities equal to any in the
State : -outlets to the east superior to
any other county. !From the system
of roads already inaugurated and those
iu contemplation, that will undoubt
edly be built within a very few years,
Burt county, from its location, nitiet
derive superior advantages. Those
seeking homes in the west should not
lose siglitof this county nor the pros
pects ui uio luture. .matr jcicytsicr.
.Paddle Your Own Canoe.
.Judge $. gaye, his son a thousand
dollars, telling him to go' to college
and graduate. The son returned at
tno end of Freshman year without a
dollar, and several ugly habits. About
the close of the vacation the Judge
said to his son :
"Well, William; you' 'are going to
college- this year?"
"Have no money, father." ,
"But I gave you a thousand dollars
to graduate on."
"It's all gone, father."
"Very well, my son ; it was all I
shall give you ; you must now pay
your own way in the world."
A new light broke in upon'ther vis
ion of the astonished young man. He
accommodated himself to the situa
tion i he left home, made, his way to
college, graduated "at the head of ."his
class, studied law, beeahie Governor1
of the State of New York, entered the
Cabinet of the Presideutrof tihe, Uni
ted States, and has made a record for
himself that will not soou die, being
none other than William H. Seward.
"What Shall Tnat Tloy Do :
Who shall tell? The boy who reads
this, what will he do ? When he be
comes a man, will he do many things?
Will he bring the powers of mind and
body into exercise, and strong? .Will
he pra3", and oe pious, good of a iio
ble and virtuous soul? Will he write,
and so be graceful in speech ready iu
communication, aud of strong influ
ence? Say. 'my boy, what are yoh
going to do? What you like to do
now, you will bo very likely to do by-and-by.
,Do you swear now ? Doyou
cheat, deceive, lie, steal? Do you do
dishonorable things? "Are you re
spectful to, or do you disobey your
parents and teachers? Remember the
boy makes .the man. If the boy i3 bad
the man will be bad. If he is idle
now he will be idle when a man,
What will you be?
Henry Ward Beech en on In
terest. No blister draws sharper
than the interest does. Of all indus
tries none is comparable to that of
interest. It works all day and night,
in fair weather and foul. It has no
sound in its footsteps, but travels fast.
It gnaws at a man's substance with
invisible teeth. It binds industry
with its .film, as a fly is bound in a
sj)ider's web. Debts roll a man over
and over, binding hrfnd and foot, and
letting him hang upon the fatal mesh
until the long-legged interest devours
him. There is butj one thing on a
farm like it, and that is the Canada
thistle, which swarms, new plauts
every time you break its roots, whose
blossoms aro prolific, and every flow
er the fatheref a million seeds.
Every leaf is an awl, every branch a
spear, and plant liken platoon of bay
onets, and a field of them like an
armed host. The whole plant is a
torment and vegetable curse. Aud
yet a farmer had better make his bed
of Canada thistles, than attempt to be
at ease upon interest.
A negro preacher said to his congre
gation : "My bredern,. .when de fust
man Adam was made he was of wet
clay and set up agin 'de' palin's to
dry." ' "
"Do you say, said one of the con
gregation, dat Adam was made ob
wet clay and set up agin de palin's to
dry."
"Yes, sah, I do."
"Who made de palin's!" ' - '.
"Sit'down, sah!" said the preacher,
sternly. "Such questions as .dat
would upset any system of theolo
gy." "It was ever my invariable custom
in my youth," says a celebrated Per
sian Writer, "to rise from my sleep to
watch, pray and read the Koran. One
night., as
I was thus engaged, my
tamer, a
man ot practiced virtue,
.
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A little fellow, some four or five
years bid, and who had never seen a
negro, was greatly, perplexed, one
day, when one came to where he ami
his father were. The youngster eyed
the sti anger suspiciously till he had
' passed; and then asked his father,
"Pa, who painted thatman blackj-o? '
"God did, my son," replied the fath
er. "Well," .said the little one, still
looking after the negro, "I shouldn't
'a thought he'd 'a held still." '
A RAD little Chjeago boy, who had
been inveigled info a Sunday school
the day after species began to "be paid
out, kept- pretty quiet until he saw
the collection plate passed, on which
was several dollars in silver, when he
turned to a companion and said "hay,
Billey, there's silver on thaj. plate for
Christ's sake!" The teacher, a nice
younir woman, took him across lu-r
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ivnct auu i.lliut.-w mill iiii utf llitfltl.
A Christian was brought before a
magistrate for an unprovoked assault
on a Jew, "Whathad he done that
you should knock him down?" as-kedt
the Judge. "Done! why isu't he ope
of the bloody Jews that crucified our
Saviour?" "But," remonstrated the
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thousand years ago J'
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ed the over zealous convert.
The- following note from a grief-fltricken-
parent explains itself:
"Please excuse my son's absence
from school caused by the Death of
brother who was at the funeral yesterday."
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OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY.
MnnanHMiHaBaiH
Preparation for Marriage.
Girls do not reach their maturity
until twonty-five, yet at sixteen they
are wives and mothers all over this
land, robbed of all tho rights and
.freedom of childhood in marriagp,
oripplcd iu growth ami development;
the vital forces needed to build up a
vigorous nnd healthy womanhood are
snapped and preeuted from their
legitimate channels iu the prematuro
otlico of reproduction. When the
body is overtaxed, the mind looses its
tone and settles down in a gloomy
discontent that enfeebles the whole
f moral
brings
being. The feeble mother
forth feeble sons : the snd
mother those with morbid appetites.
The constant demand of stimulants
among men is the result of the mor
bid conditions of their mothers.
Healthy, haopy, vigorous woman
hood would do more for the causo of
temperanco than any prohibitory or
license laws possibly can. When wo
man, by the observance 'of tho laws
of life and health, is restored to her
normal condition, maturity will not
be a period of weakness, but of added
power. "With that high preparation
of body aud soul to which I havo re
ferred, men aud women of sound
body ami mind, drawn together by
true sentiments of affection, might
calculate with certainty on a hapjy
home, with healthy children gather
ing around their fireside. To this
end let girlhood be as sacredly devo
ted to education, to mental, moral and
physical growth, to as high prepara
tion for personal independence ami
ambition as boyhood iw to-day ; re
membering that girls, as well as boys,
were created primarily for their own
enjoyment, aud only secondarily to
serve each other.
Reproduction in the normal condi
tion' of women will not be a period of
suffering, but of joy and thanksgiv
ing. One of the saddest features of
woman's present condition is that she
is cursed of heaven in her mother
hood ; that it is one of nature's neces
sities that she should suffer through
the period of maternity. It is be
cause wo Ignorantly violate so many
laws of our bolng that it Is so to-day.
An Honest (tnakcr.
Many years ago during a severo
winter. Nantucket harbor wok frozen,
over for four weeks. The coal in
store had long been exhausted, tud
there was much suffering for want of
fuel. Even tho fences had been torn
down and burnt to eke out the scanty
supply of wood. To the great de
light of the towns-people, tho ico
broko one Hue morning, and a schoo
ner laden with coal was seen ap
proaching. There was much excite
ment, and before tho craft was moor
ed, a- coal dealer boarded her aud
eagerly addressed the honest Quaker,
skipper Gilford: "Wal, Cap'en,"
said he "you've about hit it this cruise.
I guess I'll have to take y'ur hul car
go. S'pose you'll want'more'n tho
usual $7 a tun. Wal, I like to do tho
square thing by n friend, and I'll
give you $15 a tun for It." "Friend,"
said Cupt. Gilford, "theo can havo
one ton of my coal if thee likes for $S,
but only one ton ; all must have a
chance." Just then one of tho rich
est men of tho place joined them,
saying. "I want ten tons of your
coal at your own price name it. 1
have suffered enough for onee." Ho
received the same answer' and so
did all one ton for each family, and
$S as tho price for each ton. No
love of gain, no solicitation ; no re
gard for individuals could movo
honest Capt. Gifford.
Ye men of gloom and austerity, who
paint the face of Infinite Benevo
lence with an eternal frown, read in
the Great Book, wido open to your
view, tho lebson it would teach. Its
pictures are not in black and sombro
hues, but bright and glowing tints:
its nius.o .ave when you drown it
is not in sights ami groans, but songs
and cheerful sounds. Listen to tho
million voices in the summer air, and
find one as dismal as your own. Re
member, if you can, the sense of hopo
and pleasure which every glad return
of day,nwakeii3 in the breath of all
your kind who have not changed
their nature ; and learn some wisdom
even from the witless, when their
hearts are Jifted up, they know not
how, bv all the mirth and happiness
it brings. Dickens, in "Eamaby
Rudyc."
Census Errors. We aro informed
by Messrs. Jenkins & McDowell, that
the census report as to the population
of Jefferson county is grossly incor
rect, that it was sent up to Omaha as
3,400 instead of 738. Also that Nuck
olls county, which is reported as hav
ing eight inhabitants, has within its
borders one single Dane colony of
thirty or forty families. We suggest
also that Pawnee county is misrepre
sented in the figures. Shu bus cer
tainly over 4,000 inhabitants, sinco
her registered vote is from S00 to 1000.
She is reported at 2,500. These errors
must be corrected. Stale Journal.
Mrs. Fanny Houghton, of Peter
sham, seventy-eight years of age,
never saw a train of cars or rodo iu a
stage till last week. She ha been a
widow eighteen years, and in that
time has cleared a farm from debt,
supported a dependent" son, and now
is out of debt.with money in the bank.
She attends her stock and farm with
her own hand.
Startlino. Last night 1 15th iiiMt.
the western bound train was stopped
near Elko, ou the Central Pacific, aud
the express car robbed of forty thou
sand dollars. Revolvers were held to
the faces of the railroad men, and
quick work made of the express mat
ter. The robbers made for the moun
tains after they had finished opera
tions. Xorth Platte Advrtiiter.
We are constrained to believe that
the census of thi3 State is far from
correct, and fails to credit it with tho
amount of population it really has.
There are some facts in connection
with the census and vote of Omaha
that cannot be reconciled with the
supposition that the former Avaa com
plete. Omaha Republican.
The prayer which Socrates taught
his disciple Alcibiades deserves a place
in the daily devotion of every Chris
tian. "That he should beseech tho
,,,,r,mo Jnil
to give him what was
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jrood for him. though he should not
- 3k itf nn(1 to
whatever woul
withhold from him
ould be hurtful, though
heshould be so foolish as to pray for
it."
Olive Logan is
goiuir to get this
country in trouble. She threatens
now to""strip off the mysteries that
surround girls."