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LODGES.
3"- ''It rnrmr-lt:omniandcryKnlBtTeBa-
plnr No. :i. Meets in M&sonic Hall on the
ecoad suturday night In each month. R. W. Eua
ma Em. Com. Jnii. Blikk, Recorder.
K-rv:t rnvn illr Chapter No. 4. K. A.
U. A. M.
" iti
ItegtilsrCommunicaUons first Monday night
'n each month, lecture .Meetings every .-iinu-
mg.M Jons uuAfc..,
lUir.v rXj-
M.. K. II
11.
Ilurus T.
CF Vennha alley Lodse No. 4, A. F. &
Aw i. tf. Regular Communications first and
third Saturday nights In ich month. Lodge ot
Inmniunet'er Saturday night. John Buki,
W M aut.N-gv Fmcxcn.Secy.
Itrownvllle Lodge No. -Vi I. O. (I. K.
Begular meetings Tuesday evening 01 each
J STKVKXaost, N. O. I). O. Crosh. Hecy.
CHURCHES.
wrk
I'rraiiTtt-rltin
Church. Servicer encli
cutibitth at 10:33 a. ni.. and T;30 11. m. Pniyer
Meeting Wednesday evenings.
Sahi
bath school
at li clock p. in. J. T. Baihd, Pastor.
IrtfaodUt E. Charrb. - Services raca
.l.h,th at llrlii. m a.nA ?Tf U m. Mill
dav School at D a. m. Prayer Meeting Thursday
evening. W n. M. Colt. I'iistor.
5S?fhHnt'ii Cliurrh - J-.rlsropnl. -Corner
' Atlantic and second streets, rvlce t-verj
Sunday Morning at 10-, o'clock- p. m. 5unuj
School 'atr ,.c;x-lf KveningServiceat.', o clock.
H.il v Coiunjuniuii HdniinNtered on the I.rst Sunday
of eaou month Seats tree, i i 11. IA VIS. Rector
fnS?lliiptit ChurrU. Corner Fourth and At
' Ian. e streets. Services every Sabbath ex
evni tlie tlnru m eacn tnouib, ai 11 o ciock - n.,
". i ,." 1. o s.hm1- .-h.Kil ut IU a. in
or, Tci-lik-k r w. nuiiaav
10 a. in
Praver Metilin Wednesday evening.
rstor
T. S. LOWE.
S ,fi3 fbrl-tlan Charrh. London. Divine ser
,jS mKS vlceeveo bbjlh ut 11 a. m., and in the
' I VVfOlDj:. .
" rtCX't. Warj'n-Eplaropal-Prrn. Service
ill Miv p..rrr simdiiv morning and evening. Sun
? Javssciofi. it Jocloc p. m. llev. It. f. Talbott.
PnLtjr
Ce?
M. K. fhiirrh, I.on.lon. Serviei's ever
ntlior Sabbath. Rev. J. W. Maiitin, 1'ustor
fS?"I.!
fburrh. Trru. -Services every Sab
'T' L.
bath. IIW..M4KTIS Pkitchaiii). Pastor.
gi57U. li. Church. N'rm.ihn City. -Sen-Ices
' every other sabbatii. IL UruoK. fastiir.
CITY OKFICAL.S.
?('ii3 Counch. Met-tstlie Fir.tTimr-dny ir
',D rarii iii.miIIi. Mayor.!'. F. Stewart. Al
Itnici r" A T.l-I V. D. I'wis. F. li Johnson
c W1Ub.mI1, 1). VI cstern. MurNhal. I) CainnbL-ll
t rri.,J 15 Docker. Attornev. S. Frencii. Treiif
tt S W Mtddlet'iii. Kngi'ieer. T. W. Ued.ord.
.MAILS.
No.-tbern -Daily via Phelps ;
Arr.'i ai IJ p. In.
..uilifru -Diitl via Phelps:
Deartsat 3 a. ui.
Daparts ut s a.m.
Ar '-. -1 3 p.m.
Ntirthrru-Via IVni
o"it4Jt.'rn - Via Ntiii.sha TriAWekly : Depitrts
M ilrf . VlueiIay ami Saturday al 7 a.m. Ar
r f -'tiu- d- t a; o p.tn.
Wcleeii Viu 'IV-cuniseli to Beatrice Daily:
I k ur .t ." a.jii. Arriv ai f p.m.
NoriluTii -Via l.oi.duii to spruit Creek Week
.j D.,u.rU Frhla;. at ." a 111. Arnves .iturtla;- at
I :'
"jill'awrstem-Via Shermnn to Table Hok
','j Di-j.artj M-nda a: a.m AiriveaTuea-
ijt a 1. - Ilu
! i 1 Dice If.ur JV.im 7n m.,tT-, ji. m. Sun
1a 'rur.i Utl.)-, ... W. ... itHMCK.y. M.
;' sj xes 'A J: iss.
AT'I'OK.NEYS.
ITI Winv NEWMAN. Attnriit-ys niiil Coun
1 1 ifior at Law , llruw n tile. Neb. O.'Iite No.
w.
U i'hersoji lllotk. up stairs.
IMU.M H A SlOUi:
ii A !t Li I :!'. A tturnuys and Counselors
1 ..'I . Mai give .l.l:"ent .mention to uny u-
lion to any li-(llln-e
ill Court
gai t i-m-s entruieil to their care
House ltu.Idiiig. lirounville, eb.
T H V. DILIJN". Attorney and Coaiiselorat Law.
' j. il Ileal l-.-itutc Agent, 'I'ecumseh, Johnson
,Neb.
I !IlM.-;.t I5UOADV
Attortievs at Iiw and
(Jilice in District Couit
solicitor, in 'liaii'-ery
i lSionvi:ie. eb
W II. .MrLLNN.YN.Attorney
at 1j.. Nebraska City. Nb.
ami Counselor
"M. 1 lU'MIMIKKY. Attorneysaud Counselors
.' ai l-ivv. P.iwneM'ity. Pawn-e('i:iiity. Neb.
N
Kj.HUiiiS. Attorney at Ijiw and Laud Agent,
. lltiiruv (JAgv liunty, Ni-braska.
PHYSICIANS'
ri.W.Ull.M. I).. Pln-sirlaa and Surgeon.
. !
HrouoMiIe, eb. flltlcu hours lrom 7 to Ua.m.
-aiii!ti-3 to ;'j p. 111. llilieein II. C. Li-tt's
ar.J
li-
.ure
' M M DAILY, Physician and Surgeon. St.
ihTi.n. Neb. Uraduate ot Cincinnati Eclec
tic. iiege. .11 V
' II KIMIIELIN.M. D. Physician and surgeon
- i. me Nebn-ka Ee and ISar lni.rmiry.
s . Main -trl Urownvilli Nt-b. (MlrM Imiirs
N
rn . a.m to 1. 11
m.
II TIICRMAN. Physician and Surgeon. No.
A A. '
si Jl.iin street, llrownville. Neb.
Ullice liours
rjui B to 11 a.m.und itiuu 1 to i p. 111.
H.
I. -MATHEWS. Physician and Surgeon. Office
s.lie Neb.
o iy irug tore. .. :c Jlaln strfet. Hrow-ii-
LAND AGENTS.
A-,... . ., ...,., iitm i-iiiitr iiu knx &niii)(
. Agent Office ill Corsivell Hlnclr-Miriirr Kirct
1 fYW:i"l.-I T !..! T7.. . T 1 1
anl Atlatifc streets. Will gi-e prompt intention to
the '-.lie ot Ileal Estate and the 1'srmHntnfTinn.
throughout the Nemaha Laud District. 7tf
RHTIARD V. HCi.HES. Real Estate Agent and
Notarv Public. Olliiwin Uannni,, . f..vuii-
Furniture Store. Bruwnvllle. Neb.
ILI.IAM 11. HOOVER, Real E?tate and Tax
' PJ.ving Agent. Office in District Court Room.
lgie prompt attention to the sale of Real Es
tate and Payment of Taxes throughout the Nemaha
I-11I Mstrict.
GRAIN DEALERS
VV.N WOilTHlNO. Forwarding 1
1 1 sioii Merchant, and Dealer 111 all k
and C'ommls-
mdsof Cram
nnu l Aiumry Produce. Office and
6j Main sln-et. Browiiriile. Neb.
Wareroom. No.
(Ei 1. START BRO.. Dealers In Grain. Pro
... car'' .Ar ' A,,I"nalI. Neb. Highes: market
pr ce pai,l tor anrtlung the larmer can raise. We
t.-i otii and sell evert thing known to the market.
MERCHANDISE.
JOHN McPIIEltsON. Ialerin Oeneral Merch
V, a,ld'!""-. ;aes room in McPheraon Block. No. M
Main street. Brownville. Neb. i.i5j-
V E JOHNSON CO . Dealers UiOenerafMerch
J. . ana:se. No. .2 Main street, ilrountille. Neb.
? UT ILLI AM T. DEN. Dealer In O
" diseand Foritardingand Cor
I- a. No a; Main street. Brownv
:eneral Merchan-
ommLssion Mercli.
I'a.ers ptuw
reet. Brownville. Neb. Cum
t.,i ii .. ''"""":. .. mwavs on
i-sna Ilidiest market urii-c mM r.. it; i..,..
.T.tl'l. !-... ...... ... ..
Fcrsand Countiy
nd Countiy Produce. '
NOTARIES.
lpanies.
JUSTICES.
J1 MORGAN, Probate Judge and Justiceof the I
. leuce Othce in Court H.wo itiiiMiro. n.,r., !
t..le NVb
COUNTY SURVEYOR.
,1 V,LS O.LBERT. County Surveyor. Postottlce
-uurrs. iittun. .Nemaha County, Nebraska.
SADDLERY.
T JI I"iUER. HxrtlPS nrirt! Pnll.r. W w
M Malnstreet.BrownvIlIe.Neb. Mendlngilonc
"order MitUfactlon Guaranteed.
J iir V syix-:'eral Blacksmith. Main street. ,
ttik "''"n V1' l,re! kinds !
keemm. . ' V.a '"ho-t n'w. and at prices In ;
keejuni: nith the times.
TW
A J c.
GIR-J1V M!Q-wmt,h -.,., w.. '
Bror.',?: FirL' ,tfJT'"-between Mam and Atlantic, j
tion Vt''r,b- Vo'k done to orderand sattsiac- I
tanteed. j
. UKIDGE BUILDING. j
C.nr.m.?L1;F' Br-d"' Builder and Contractor.'
bridge
lateiiTTr,,.. u.., .. "' h-. " ...o-niniB .
,a ---"" iue. lUetriini.'Mt&nilhi-itirnntin
now in ue.
BOOTS A5D SHOES.
Am Ji,',IXS9N"- Boot and Shoe Maker. No.
"von j.:,a'rw'' brownville. Neb. Has cons tan t
M!s"es" a!i ?J?!ri- assortment of Gent's. Lady's,
rkTlnV,. "dren's Boots and Shoes. Custom
"eotisaiT nes-,ncs and dispatch. Repairing
HARDWARE.
Sr,L?:VBI:ROER BROS.. Dealers in Hard-
mlth Fi-7 ."? lnware. Carpenter Tools.
vme.ieubrnuillla53. Et. No. 7 Main streeC
Black-
.Brown
D ? vR SHIRTS. Hardware Merchants. No.
Stoves Tm!L 'tr,,. Brownville. Neb. Dealers in
- 2lutware. tC-
TAILORING.
x"n,H.AyB0LDT- Merchant Tailor,
5ley.?.i,;.l"?. Brownville. Neb. Has on
No. C
Has on hand a
" lati it S or Utd. and will make thetn up in
Win,. '". ou short notice and reasonable
1
MUSIC.
il Main .RAnAM Teacher of Music, Rooms
-- tirahlm ' between 4th and 5th. Brownville.
!;rumeBtaiu':?VM lnsmctIons in Vocal and In-
?. CUicW ,.,C0llntr" from " ""a of Root fc
fchnwar HV??: i1- Bradbury, Steck, Chickerlng.
?-raritrt'rnro'-Calenburgand Vaupel. All
2!l!SiPrtees 7e' and 111 be sold at manu-
5?STATJRAKTS.
tf SoTAURANT,
.Geo. Daughertv. Pro-
'''-Ibour
street. Bruwnvllle. ?Ceh
Board by the day or wee.
V ."'JOHT. Notary Publicand Convevancer.
.' -: o - Mam street, second floor. Brownville.
! m t. t ;?"1 u,r tlle Equitable and American Ton-
! il l'e Lile Insurance comtianies.
BUSINESS CARDS.
HOTELS.
CT HERMAN HOUSE. a M. Kauflman.
Pronrie-
Thoroughly remodeled and refurnished, reed sta
ble in connection with the house. Stages lor all
point west and omnlbusses for all trains.
REYNOLDS HOUSE. J. N. Reynolds. Proprietor.
v km wi Main treet. ODtxwlte Postofllce.
k 1
tor. No. :C Main street. Bruwnvllle. renrash..
Newly furnished throughout: thoroughly retnod
eled from cellar to attic. First Class ?P' Hm
on rtrst floor. Most convenient House , Ite.brJ"r
nesi part or the city. Livery accommodations con
venlent. States for all points leave Ibis House
dally, making clone connections with all Railroad
trains. J'
A MEniCAN HOUSE. L. I). Robison Proprietor.
A Front street, between Main and Collegt. Good
Feed and Livery Suble in connection with this
House.
DRUGGISTS.
r TBKEKY A X1CKKLL. Dealers
In Drugs,
Stn-lonery. Eta. No. 32 Mam street. ""
ville. Neh. Full assortment or Irugs. raiius. ui',
Biwus. stationary, etc. on uauu,uu ".
snle or retail.
SALOONS.
TOSKPH HUDDARD A CO.. Peace and Quiet Sa
I loon. ii. 47 Main street, Urovrnville. Neb. The
best Wln-s and Liquors kept on hand.
RICHARD HARPSTER. Alhambra Billiard Sa
loon, No. 19 Main street. Bruwnvllle, Neb. The
best Wino and Liquors constantly on hand.
r
GEO. DAUGIIERTY,
PROPRIETOR,
jBANK RESTAUEANTj
I
No.37MaInSt.
BROWSVILLE, NKB.
THE SHERMAN HOUSE.
40 Jlaln-kt., Hrownvllle.
CM. RtVFF.U.tI'. Proprietor
FIOICD iTABLK
IX C0XXECTI0X WITH THE HOUSE.
This House has been remodeled and refurnished
throughout, and affords the best accommiKlationsIn
tne city to the loeal mid traveling public. It is cen
trally located. Stages lor the West, mid Omnibuses
for ail ira.ti-. go lrom the Sherman House. Fair
first class, charges moderate. l.r-tf
D. REMICK.
EBAL ESTATE AGENT,
For the purchase and sale of Real Estate in
l!iuc!4 lowit, Missouri. Si an'
jsus, lYiL'bi'iisk.i and CJol-
PAYING TAXES, S-.
Valuable l--.ii'Js in above ucmed States for sale
011 long time.
OKice.OMaln street.
l-m
W. 15. W til (.SIT,
Wholesale and Retail
Dealer ia
KENTUCKY
OLD
Hollo HO LWOES
Pure Wines, 81 It (ess, &c,
G3 1IAIX STREET,
BROWS VILLE. NEBRASKA.
H. H. BRYA1STT,
House, Sign and Carriage
P A INTER,
Grainer $ Paper Hanger.
No. 60 MAIN STKEKT,
Brownville, Nebraska.
Bricklayer and Plasterer,
Brownvillo, Nooraska.
Is prepared to take contracts in his line, in city or
country. .vl work done in the best of style. Also,
will build Cisterns, and warrant them perfect. Siy
Clocks, Watches, Jewelry
JOSEPH SHUTZ,
No. 59 Main Streot, Bro-wnville.
Keeps constantly on hand a large and well
asxorted stock of genuine articles in his line.
'IP-pairing of Clocks-, Watches and Jewelry
dohe on short notice, at reasonable rates.
ALL WORK WARRANTED.
REAL ESTATE AGENTS,
ILVTEiRIIDIAJNr.
JEFFERSON COUNTY. NEBRASKA.
-tf
John L. Carson, Banker,
JUtO Wy VILLE, NEBRASKA.
FTphnnr.. Iirmc-lit and n1d nn all the nrlncina
'cities. Also dealer In
Gold snd SilTer Coin, Gold Dnst, and Govern
ment Bonds.
Deposits received, payable at sight. Interest pal
on time deposits by special agreement. Taxes r.
fcr non-residents. All kinds U. S. Bonds wanted.
FRANZ KELMER,
UfAGON &gLAGK$MITHH8P
ONE DOOR WEST OF COURT HOUSE.
TT7Ano:s MAKING, Repairing.
Plows, and .ill work done in tlieliest
manner and on short notice. Satisfaction guaran
anteed. Give him a call. l-ly.
Dr. O. F. THIHAUT,
J BermanPhysician & Obstetrician
OFFICE IN THURMAN'S DRUG STORE.
Brosvnville, Nebraska.
POSSESSING an Electro Magnetic Battery, he
will be fully able to attend to all Nervous and
ojher diseases.
Will be in Brownville from the 1st to the 5th. and
from the istti to the lath of every month. Mf
? A R 1 iT f . I m
W A 411 -14 V Jh ill ill
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Hrotvnvillc, ebrnaka.
UrP1?"i7' rVOAXT P. PDAOO
inmjmU.n
PKOPRIETORS.
General R. R. & Foroiffii Ticket Offlce.
OMNI UUasES TO ALL TRAINS.
DaUy Stagos for All Points West.
crcT ej xrxr j? pnnw rv titt ctitp
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JOHN Q. A. SMITH. g. It. WILCOX
STORAGE, FOhWARDiHG,
AND
COMMISSION HOUSE
OF
SMITH & WILCOX.
Dealers In all kinds of Grain, for which they
pay the highest market price in Cash
ice in cash.
E. Johnson Co. lUm
ss-omce at store ot r.
FREMONT HOUSE.
BROAD ST.. BET. 3d fc Jth,
FREMONT NEBRASKA.
S. II. FOAVLKK,
PROPRIETOR.
This House Is within 50 rods of the U. P. R. R. and
P. C. P. R. R. Depots. Hacks leave lor West
Soint dally, and Lincoln tri-weekly. 6-tf
pHARTER OAK STOVES, for sale by W. D.
Vy Shellengerger. No. 71 Main street. McPherson
Block. Brownville. Neb. dwtf
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D. Bhclien-
rhersun Block,
, wrownvme, eo.
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THB ADVERTISER.
BROWNVILLE, NKB.,
TBUBSDAY MORNINO. FEBRUARY J. 1871.
From the WesUrn Rural.
TO-NIGHT,
v louisk wood.
How mnny there nre who arenad to-night,
In their weddings cold and drear.
With naught but the moonbeams' tremulous
light.
And the stars that are twinkling clear and
litlKlit,
Their desolate homes to cheer I
How many there are who are dreaming to
night '
Of beloved onea lar away ;
Whose- bosoms ure fllled with a weird de
limit Ah ! waklnic will cast h terrible blight
SI'..-.I...- ...I-,... .......
j . moil npiiiw uun DU K1.
How many there are who're dying to-night.
While friends stnnd weeping around !
How many whose spirits have taken flight
Are appareled in fieery loldh of white,
To He in the cold, damp ground !
How mnny a mother listen to night
To he darll ngV fleeting breath !
And the swelling tear-dropa betlim he sight,
Ah she thinks tmu before the morning light
It muHt bear the dart of death.
And. oh! how many are happy to-night
Who will ne'er know sorrow more;
Who are now in the blissful realms of light,
In sweet communion wiih the angola bright
On tho beautiful unseen shore!
WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.
A Cave of Skeleton Unearthed
K.agle Polui.
Near
From the Duhutiue Times, Dec. 27.
On Satunlary last a discovery fully
as wonderful us any yet reported in
the Northwest was inudo by the work
men on the Dubuque & Minnesota
nailroau, near tne base of one or the
tall, frowning bluil's overlooking the
river, a short distance above fiaule
Poiht. At the foot of the hluti'a
squad of workmen were engaged in
excavating in the loose strati tied" lime
stone rock lor the railroad track, and
while digging away with pick, spade,
ami crowbar in the side of the bank,
they suddenly found their further
progress arrested by a large, smooth,
square stone on the outer surface of
Which was inscribed a number of
btrange characters and devices, which
noiit of the unlettered workmen, of
course, could make out. Under the
direction of the foreman, and by the
uuited exertions of a number of men,
the stone Was removed, when, to
their great astouirdtment, there suc
ceeded a violent ru.-h of cold air, from
a large, square opening, which ex
tended into tin- lilulF in a horizontal
direction, the air rushing out with
such force that a lighted taper held in
the mouih of the opening was extin-guL-heJ
in an instant. In-pi red by
the thoughts of hidden treasure, ami
thinking that perhaps a ouche of
some of the early explorers had been
unearthed, it was resolved to explore
the mistery at once, ami bring out the
strong chests and piecious gems re-po.-ing
somewhere within. Lights
were procured, and, holding a caudle
in each hand, five men, headed by the
foreman, set out to explore the stibte
ranean passage, which was about four
feet wide, and high enough to permit
a man to walk bending over a little.
Groping their way along cautiously,
and, casting many fearful glances
around them, as though they expect
ed every moment to encounter some
dreadful spectre, the party proceeded
along the tunnel, which extended di
rectly into the heart of the hlulFahout
fifty "feet, when they found their way
impeded by another large stone. Ke
moving this, they found a flight of
stone steps leading downward a dis
tance of ten feet, and descending
these, the party found thcmsclvet in
what appeared to be a huge chamber,
cut out of the solid rock, about twenty-five
feet square, and twenty feet
high. For a moment the men stood
lost in admiration at this wonderful
work. The floor beneath was haid
and perfectly smooth, while by the
dim light of the caudles they could
see that the walls were embellished
with a multitude of uncouth charac
ters and figures, intended to repre
sent birds, trees, flowers, and other
natural objects, all carved in solid
limestone. On the south wall, ap
peared a representation of the sun,
and immediately below this was the
figure of a man clad in a loose, flow
ing robe, in the act of stepping out of
a boat, ami holding in his hands a
dove. The roof of the chamber was
embellished with stars, serpents, and
chariots, the outlines of all being re
vea'ed plain and distinct. In the
centre of the appartment was a large
flat slab, and upon removing this a
large vault was revealed below, which
was filled with the skeletons of some
unknown race, ail of them being in a
sitting or standing posture and almost
perieetly preserved, even to the small
er bones. It was noticed that all had
originally been interred with their
faces to The southwest. By the side
of each skeleton stood a small vase of
the most perfect form and finish, each
being tilled with u species of yellow
culoied earth. One ol the vases "was
examined, and at the base found to
contain some animal bones and dark
particles of animal matter, which 1 ad
evidently been placed in the sepul
chre to support tho departed to the
spiritlaml.a funeral rite in obedience
to a wide-spreud custom among many
barbaric natious. ileatis or arrows,
stone hatchets, and pieces of shells
perforated with holes, were found
scattered about tin? vault in profusion.
The skeletons were arranged in the
form of a semi-circle, the largest being
placed in Mie centre. This skeleton,
by actual ineasurinent, stood seven
feet eight inches high. The teeth
were white and glistened like ivory,
while in the palm of one of the out
stretched hands, securely locked in
the articulated bones, reposed a small
pearl ornament. This person had
evidently been the chief of the tribe,
and was consequently buried with un
usual honors. By the side of the
crat.iuni were two ear ornaments of
shell, while numerous minute bone
and copper heads covered the floor of
the vault. Vestages of a fibrous cloth
were also discovered near the lower
nxtremitips of each skeleton, but so
thin and impalpable that it crumbled
away at the slightest touch. No or
naments of gold and silver were
found, but various implements in cop
per were scattered about, which hail
evidently been procured from the
mines of Lake Superior, as these
mines were worked at a date long
prior to the deluge.
After making a thorough examina
tion of the chamber of death and its
ghostly occupants, the men came out,
closing the entrance behind them. To
what race the skeletons belong, by
whose hands their tomb was con
structed, must ever remain a mistery.
It is another leal looking to the long
ages of the past, another evidence of
thejact that of this world and its
founders we know very little.
We understand that measures nre
on foot to remove the skeleton and
ah of the most important articles to
the hUl of the Iowa Institute of
Science and Art.
The New Senator Frara Nebraska.
The Hon. Phineaa W. Hitchcock,
elected yesterday as Senator from Ne
braska, is well and favorably known
in this city. His record, as a mai
and true Republican, is entirely satis
factory. When we say that he en
joyed the fullest confidence of Abra
ham Line iln, but little need be said
to insure a cordial welcome from those
who do not know him peio sally.
Mr. Hitchcok was bom in New Le
banon, N. Y November , 1831 ;
graduated at Williams' College, Mass
achusetts, in 1855: studied law. and,
after being admitted to the bar, emi
grated to Nebraska Territory, and
settled in the practice of his profession
at Omaha in 1857.
In 1861 he wan appointed, by Presi
dent Lincoln, Marshal of the Territo
ry, which office he held until hiselec
tion from Nebraska as Delegate to the
Thirty-Ninth Congress. He was a
member of the national committee
appointed to accompany the remains
of President Lincoln to Illinois. In
March, 1867, hu was appointed Sur
veyor Genera! of Nebraska.
In parting with so good a man as
Senator Thayer, it is some satisfac
tion to know that he is to be succeed
ed by a gPht Ionian of the character
and .standing Uf Mr. Hitchcock.
Washington Chronicle.
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CONVENTION OF COUNTY SUPER
1NTEN1IENTS. Interesting Proceedings
In accordance with a call issued by
J. M. McKenzie, State Superinten
dent of Public Instruction, the Super
intendents of nearly nil the counties
iu the State, met in the Supreme
Court rom on Wednesday, ami or
ganized by electing Superintendent
McKenzie Piesident, and J. O. Shan
non Sectetary.
The following named gentlemen
answered to their names: F. W.
Williams, Richardson county; W. It.
Patterson, Cass county ; John M.
Osborii, Pawnee county; D. W. Me-
i'arhmu, fcarpy ; A. M. Uhot, Lan
caster cuunty ; J. O. Shannon, Platte
county; L. B Filley, Gage county;
George B. France, Reward county.
The President then stated the ob
ject of the meeting was: First, to
take into cousiceratiou the amend
nuutof the school law of this Slate.
Second, to consider the text books
Third, teacher.-.' institute. Fourth,
teachers' certificates. Fifth, blanks
Sixth, State teachers' association and
the establishment of a State School
Journal. Seventh, school funds
A motion was carried that the chair
appoint a committee of three on
amendments, and the same number
on each of the foregoing subjects.
The chair then appointed the fol
lowing gentlemen, as such commit
tees :
Amendments Raymond, Walford
and Behn.
On Text BooksMcFarland, Filley
and Osborii.
On Teachers' Institutes Osborii,
Behm and Ghost.
On Teachers Certificates Shannon,
Filley and Pancost.
Un Blanks Referred to Committee
on Certitieates.
State Teachers' Association and
Journal and Education Behm, Ray
mond and MrFarJand.
State School Fund J. M. McKen
zie. State University and Normal School
Filley, Williams, Osborne and
France.
The gentlemen composing the or
ganization are all line, intelligent
looking men, iu fact there is not ano
ther State in the Union that can fur
nish better men for the position that
they occupy. They aie gentlemen
that under.-tand their business thor
oughly, and if all other counties are
as well represented as those which
are here, we feel confident that the
children of the State will not suffer
in an educational point of view.
Superintendent McKenzie is a gen
tleman who is thoroughly posted iu
all branches of education. It appears
to be the aim of all present, to make
this a model Stale iu this respect, and
they deserve great credit! for the in
terest taken iu the matter.
A resolution was passed asking the
Legislature to inemoralize Congress
in regard to granting a part of the
public domain for proper endowment
of Normal Schools. State Journal.
Nevr York Managing Editors.
From the American Newspaper Reporter.
It is a singular fact that so many of
the most active workers on the New
York press are almost-all strangers to
to the general public. Leading jour
nalists like Horace Greeley, H. J.
Raymond, Charles A. Dana. J. G.
Bennett, Mautou Marble, Parke God
win, and Theo. Tilton, are known
even to the minutia of their journal
history, but their subaltern editors,
to whom is often due the main credit
of their
success, would scarcely be '
recognized. even by name, outside of i
the profession
To the majority of the readers nf
ourgrea- daily journals, the namesof
r - - ...
..icasio. lyiui, jveiu, Jennings, uum
mings. Putnam, Conaut or Nordhoff
have no special significance, and they
would be greatly surprised to learn
the important nature of the duties
performed by these gentlemen. While
the editors-in-chief are responsible for
the contents and general policy of
their respective papers, the amount of
work performed by them is nominal,
ami mainly consists iu writing occa
sional leaders and keeping the gene
ral run of politics. To the managing
editors, on the other hand, is allotted
all the details and drudgery of office
work, such as receiving and examin
ing contributions, revising manu
scripts and attending to the throng of
visitors, each with his little axe to
g"V,d' wrl" besct evefy newspaper
office. Tim kind of labor, while
both tedious and confining, reeeives
but little recognition, and is the mo.-t
unsatisfactory of all newspaper duty.
The managing editor is usually oc
cupied from two or three o'clock in
the afternoon until a like hour the
next morning; hence, his evenings
are never free, and his only leisure is
at a time when it cannot be used to
much advantage namely, from the
hour he gets up in the morning until
going to the office. He is, in conse
quence, debarred from society or other
relaxation ; and though he has carte
blanche to all places of public amuse
ment, he must be content to notice
their performances without himself
being able to witness them. Yet, in
spite of these deficiencies, journal
ism seems to possess no ordinary at
traction for its professors, and it has
well been called the most laborious
and yet tho most fascinating of all
occupations.
BECANTATluN OF k MEDIUM.
The Spiritualists Lose a Pillar An
drew Jackaon Da-rls Declares Dim
self no Longer a Median!-Spiritual
Consolation.
Mr. Andrew Jackson Davis, the
great Spiritually, has. fallen from
grace and the high repute in which
the Spiritual brethren held him. He
has. according to their view, "gone
back" on them, and could they do
less than "get back" at him. Ju the
Sjiiriiual Monthly they pronounce his
sentence, speaking in doleful language
of his recantation. With much mag
nanimity they say : "What motives
prompted him to do this we are not
able to judge, and do not mean to mis
judge." After this the Spiritual
Monthly continues:
Only a short time asro a writer in
the New York IFoWd interviewed
Davis, and if the statement published
in the ly'orW be correct, our once
lauded medium, throughhis wife, ig
noreu me term "ineuium"anDiieu to
himself, and recognized 'clairvoy
is
spiritual experience nave ail along
been sifted. "Mediums," martyrs of
the nineteenth century, as Gales
Forster has it, your cross is growing
heavier. A. J. Davis is no longer
with you. but against you. If you
cai keep faith in yourselves after this
it is evident that only a man and not
a god has strayed from the flinty path
way of mediuniship. Clairvoyance,
deai-seeing, oi second-sight, accord
ing to Scotch lexicons, is becoming
more and more recognized by men of
science, who have no sympathy with
....;.:-- -
spiritualism. The man, therefore,
who uses the term clairvoyance and
ignores that of nelium, whatever
may be the motive, runs ess risk of
martyrdom than those who press on
under increasing difficulties.
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The Great English Humorist In Ills
Houra ot Ease 11 li. Fondness for
Fun.
The current number of the Atlantic
Monthly has a long article on Thack
eray, fiom which we clio the follow
ing illustration of a peculiar charac
teristic of the humorist: Thackeray's
playfulness was a marked peculiarity ;
a great deal of the time he seemed
like a school boy just released from
his task. In the midst ol the most
serious topic under discussion lie was
fond of asking permission to sing a
comic song, or he would beg to be
allowed to enliven the occasion by the
instant introduction of a brief double
shuttle. Charles Lamb told Barry
Cornwall, when they were once mak
ing up a dinner party to ether, not
to invite a certain lugubrious friend
of theirs. "Because," said Charles,
"he would cast a damper over a fune
ral." 1 have often contrasted the
habitual qualities of that gloomy
friend of theirs with the asstouuding
spirits of both Thackeray and Dick
ens. They always seeimd to me to
be standing in tlie sunshine, and to
be wuriiiug-jo,ther people out of cloud
land. During Thackeray's first visit
to America his joliiy knew no bounds,
and it became necessary often to re
press him when walking thestreets.
I well remember his uproarious
shouting and dancing when he was
told that the tickets to his first course
of readings were all sold, and when
we rode together from his hotel to the
lecture hall he insisted ou thrusting
both his long legs out of the carriage
window, in deference as he said, to
his macuanimous ticket holders. An
instance of his procrastination occur
red the evening of his first public ap
pearance in America. His lecture
was advertised to take placeatSi, and
when he was informed of the hour
he said he would try and be ready at
S o ctoc'i, but thought it very doubtfi 1.
Horn net! at this assertion, I tried to
impress upon him the importance of
punctuality on tins me ingot oi uis
first bow to an American audience.
At I called for him, and found him
not only unshaved and undressed for
the evening, but absorbed in making
a pen-and-ink drawing to illustrate a
passage in Goethe's "Sorrows of
Werther," for a lady, which illustra
tiona charming one, by the way.
for he was greatly skilled in drawing
he vowed he would finish before he
would budge an iuch in the direction
of (I omit the adjective) Melodeon. A
comical incident occurred just as he
was leaving the hall after his first lec
ture in Boston. A shabby, ungainly
looking man stepped briskly up to
him in an ante-room, seized his hand
and announced himself as "proprie
tor of the Mammoth Rat" and pro
posed to exchange season tickets.
Thackeray, with the utmost gravity
exchanged cards, and promised to
call on the wonderful quadruped next
day.
Republican Illinois.
From the Frt-eport (HI.) Journal.
Sixteen years ago the Democrats
were turned out of office in the State
of Illinois, and the Republican party,
in the election of Governor Bissell,
assumed control of the State. The
State Treasury was, at that time,
nearly empty, and the State groaning
under a mountain of debt. Sixteen
vin of Mfinihliciin rule have chanir-
ed things wonderfully. The Repub-
lican party has not only paid all the
ocdiuarv expenses of the Mate gov-
ernmeift, but the extraordinary ex-
penses occasioneu oy ine war, ami
have now in the trea-ury money suf
ficient to discharge all the obligations
of the State and leave a surplus. The
entire debt of the Sta e, December 1,
was only $4,890,000, while the amount
of ready money iu the State treasury
at the time, was $4,503,000, with $400.
OuO more due within a month. A
large portion of the old State indebt
edness does uot mature for some years
to come, and tha holders are ao well
satisfied with the financial condition
of the State, that it will probably be
impossible to induce the presentation
of State bonds until fully matured.
This is a financial record of which
the Republican party of Illinois has
reason to be proud an argument the
people unoersiauu, aim win uot, iuu
to appreciate.
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The Romances of a Tenor.
The following romantic story is rela
ted of Carl Formes, the well-known
basso :
While abroad he was suffering from
th:ee abscesses, which had formed in
his throat, the result of over-exertion
of the vocal organs. Hearing of a
distinguished lady surgeon of the
University of Vienna, who had made
the study of the throat and ear a spe
cialty, Mr. Formes paid her a visit.
She informed him that an operation
was necessary, but that she felt confi
dent that it would be successful in re
moving hia bronchial trouble. Ht
entrusted his case to her, and the re
sult was an .entire recovery.
The intimacy thus' formed resulted
in a proposal of marriage, and the
distinguished lady physician of Vi
enna.la now the wife of. the roost dis
tinguished basso in the United States.
tuiee - as tne gut ihrouKii winch h
GEN. R. E. LEE.
The True Cause of his Death.
Drs. R. L. Madison and H. T. Bar
ton, attending physicians of Gen. R.
E. Lee, have contributed to the Rich
mond and Lnuisvllle.cdfcaf Journ
al a detailed account of his last sick
ness and the treatment pursued.
They sum up the case in the follow
ing manner :
"We had long been painfully im
pressed witii the conviction that de
pressing moral causes were slowly but
steadily undermining Gen. Lee's
health in a ratio far exceeding the in
iada of mere physical disease. In
deed, how could it be otherwise ? The
terrible strain upon him during the
momentous campaigns of 1863 and
1864, tilt: agony of mind endured at
Appomattox, the wail that went up
from widowt. and orphans all over the
desolated and ruined South, the bank
rupt condition of his native State,
the mute and eloquent Woe appealing
to him on all sides, were enough, and
more than ctiougn, to bow his migh
ty spirit, and to crush out, with fatal
treatl, the energies of his life. And
more than this, with all this mighty
sorrow weighing him down he ever
preserved a calm, serene and even
cheerful exterior. Few, even of his
most intimate friends, knew the
depths of his anguish, rendered all
the keener, all the more poignant, by
the very effiirt to repress it. He felt
it his duty to conceal it, even while
consoious that, like the Promethean
vulture, it was tearing away his heart.
No man less heroic than himself, no
man less sustained by Christian faith
and Christian principle, could have
borne his burden for an hour. Yet,
even with him, it was only a questioi
of time. General Lee died of a bro
ken heart, and its strings were snap
ped at Appomattox ! In reference to
the proximate cause of his death, we
were of he opinion that it was due to
passive congestion of the brain, not
proceeding far enough to produce ap
oplexy or effusion. There was no
positive evidence of aceute softening
of cerebritis. or of embolism. There
was no paralysis of motion or sensa
tion, but marked debility from the
first. His symptoms, in many re
spects, resembled concussion, without
its attendant syncope. The treat
ment was based ou the above diagno
sis." V
Preserve It.
Few readers can be aware, until
they have had occasion to test the
fact, how much labor and research is
often saved by such a table as the fol
lowing, the work of one now in his
grave. If ''history is poetry," then
here is poetry personified :
1607 Virginia settled by the Eng
lish. 1614 New York settled by the
Dutch.
1020 Massachusetts settled by the
Puritans.
1624 New Jersey settled by the
Dutch.
1627 Delaware settled by Swedes
and Finns.
1635 Maryland settled by Irish
Catholics.
163G Connecticut settled by Puri
tans. 1630 Rhode Island settled by Rog
er Williams.
1650 North Carolina settled by the
English.
1670 South Carolina settled by the
Hugenots.
18S2 Pennsylvania settled by Wil
liam Penn.
1732 Georgia settled by General
Oglethorpe.
1791 Vermont admitted into the
Union.
1792 Kentucky admitted into the
Union.
1796 Tennessee admitted into the
Union.
1802 Ohio admitted into the Un
ion.
1811 Louisiana admitted into the
Union.
1816 Indiana admitted into the
Unien.
1817 Mississippi admitted into the
Union.
1818 Illinois addmitted into the
Union.
1819 Alabama admitted into the
Union.
1820 Maine admitted into the Un
ion. 1821 Missouri admitted Into the
Union.
1830 Michigan admitted into the
Union.
183G Arkansas admitted into the
Union.
1845 Florida admitted into the Un
ion. 1846 Texas admitted into the Un
ion. 1S47 Iowa admitted into the Un
ion. 184S Wisconsin admitted into the
Union.
1850 California admitted into the
Union.
1859 Oregon admitted into the Un
ion. Drum the Elephant.
The leading Democratic journals
throughout the country are in a quan
dary as to what to do with Senator
Blair. They acknowledge that they
have "drawn the elephant. Here is
a wail from the New York Sun :
.Do the Democrats of the Northern
States accept the doctrines of General
Blair, and do they intend to incorpo
rate them into their platform for 1872,
as they inscribed the sentiments of the
Broadhead letter upon their platform
inl86S? But what do they propose
to do with Frank Blair? He is a man
not given to backing out, and he is
not easily backed down. For a year
past Hendricks, Seymour, Adams,
Hoffman, and other Democratic lead
ers have been engaged in the solemn
work of burying dead issues; when,
lo, here conies the late Democratic
candidate for the Vice-Presidency, de
claring that the issues in question are
not dead at all, but are alive and kick
ing! We repeat, what do the North
ern and Eastern Democrats propose to
do with General Frank Blair?
The Republicans of Missouri "give
it up." not being in the humor to rel
ish conundrums.
A young lady named Taylor, meet
ing a former acquaintance named Ma
son, at a party, where the latter as
sumed any quantity or importance in
consequence of her wealth, and who
did not deign to notice her, revenged
herself by stepping into the group
surrounding the haughty belle, and
thus,oddressing her, with, the most
winning smile: "I have been think
ing, my dear Miss Mason, that we
ought to change names." "Why,
indeed?" "Because my name is
Taylor, and my father wava mason ;
and your name is Mason, and your
father was a tailor," There was a
seen then, but there was no help for
It.
Telegraph Flashes.
Gen. Von Goeben ha? defeated the
French Army of the North, taking
500 prisoners and one cannon.
Gen. Von Werder is pursuing Gen.
Bourbaki.
The Prussians have again occupied
Tours.
The bombardment of Longwy con
tinues vigorously, the town being Iu
flames.
The Prussian fire on Paris for three
days has slackened, but is to begin
again with renewed severity.
Peace negotiations, it ia reported,
were in progress In Versailles, but
have proved unsuccessful.
Diplomatic intercourse has been
suspended between Italv and Tunis.
Another terrible Ku-KIux outrage
has occurred in Georgia, eight negroes
being whipped and mutilated, and
one killed.
A congratulary letter has been sent
to Victor Emanuel from Boston sign
ed Gov. Clafflin and other prominent
citizens of that State.
Three persons have been killed and
one injured by a boiler explosion in
Illinois.
Another Pacific Railroad robbery
has occurred, ten thousand dollars be
ing stolen.
Curtis won the Champion Skating
Match at Buffalo.
Cattle are dying In some portions of
California for want of grass.
Seven illicit distilleries have been
broken up in Tennessee.
The Methodist Book Committee has
formally reinstated Dr. Lanahan.
The forger Van Eaton has been ta
ken to New York.
There was almost a riot In Jersey
City between the militia aud police
men. Language of the Handkerchief.
Drawing across the lips Desirous
of an acquaintance.
Drawing across the eyes I am sorry-Taking
the center You are too
willing.
Dropping We will be friends.
Twirling in both hands Indiffer
ence. Drawing across the cheek I love
you.
Drawing across the hands I hate
you.
Letting it rest on the right cheek
Yes.
Letting it rest on the left cheek
No.
Twirling in left hand I love anoth
er. Folding it I wish to speak with
you.
Over the shoulder Follow me.
Opposite corners iu both hands
Wait for me.
Drawing across the forehead We
are watched.
Placing en the right ear You have
changed.
Letting it remain over the eye You
are cruel.
Winding around the fore finger I
am engaged.
Winding around the third finger
I am married.
Putting it in pocket no more at
present.
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Hsart-Rending Case of Exposure and
Death.
The State Journal of Wednesday
furnishes this sad story :
A little over a fortnight ago, Mr.
Reinch, a man living about eighteen
miles from Lincoln, uot far from Oak
Grove, came to town with his daugh
ter, a girl about sixteen years of age.
He left her to find a situation as a do
mestic while he proceeded to Nebras
ka City on business. The girl after
seekigg a place for a day or two un
successfully, started home ou foot, in
the bitter cold of Thursday, the 12th
of this month, facing the north wind.
She was seen by several persons,
walking very rapidly toward her
home. She passed the house of Mr.
Webber, eight miles out from this
place, about tour o clock p. m. This
was the last ever seen of the unfortu
nate girl in the laud of the living.
Her mother was away from home as
well as her father. Her father soon
came back from Nebraska City, and
seeking his daughter, learned that
she had gone home. On arriving at
home he was distressed to find that
she had not been .there. A search
was immediately instituted, but until
yesterday no trace was fouud of the
poor child.
Yesterday her body was discovered
on a bleak ridge only two miles from
her father's residence. So it seems
that the unfortunate creature faced
the pitiless storm for sixteen miles
across the bleak prairie to fall chilled
and exhausted, in sight, perhaps, of
her home.
Mr. Reinch and family were Ger
mans and had recently arrived from
the Father Land.
A Batch of Riddles.
The following conundrums are the
harmless ebullitions of a gibbering
maniac:
Why is the letter G like death ?
It makes ghosts of hosts, and is al
ways in the midst of slaughter.
Why should one never sleep in the
cars? The traiu runs over the sleep
ers. What sort of a day would bo good
for running for a cup ? A muddy
day.
Are there anj- birds that can sing
the "Lays of Ancient Rome? Yes ;
Macau lays.
What have you to expect at a hotel?
Inn-attention.
Why are there no eggs in San Do
mingo? They banished the whites,
and cast of their yoke.
When does a chair dislike you?
When it can't bear you.
What is the key note to good breed
ing? B natural.
Which Is the better off, tea or cof
fee? Coffea. It Bftt.tlps tPf hut fl
has to draw.
A Boston girl asks the following
pertinent questions of other Boston
girls :
"Could you love a man who wore
false hair on his head, when he had i
enougn oi nis own.' Who painted
his face and Improved his form as you I
improve (?) -yours? Who pinched
his fees witlrsmall shoes, his hands,
with small gloves, his waist with eor-,
a .. . -i
seta, ana tnpn.as ir ie had not already
flarnfmaH hlmdalf. Annnk .X...1 L....-
bustle to his back, and thrust tiny
mountains of wire into his bosom ?"
The devolution responds to these
questions by others, addressed to
young men, as follows : ' Could vou
love a girl who defiles her mouth
with tobacco and loads the air with
the fumes of cigars? Who staggered
home several times a week the worse
for liouor? Who indulged in fast
horses, bet high at races, and swag
gered around the streets with ques
tionable companions? "Which pic
ture wears the moac alluring colors?"
The Great Event of the "Week.
The great event of the week, con
sidered as to its importance to Ger
many and to the future of Europe,
was the acceptance of the Imperial
Crown by King William of Prussia.
It occurred on the auniversary of tho
cornation of Fredrick I., tho first
king of Prussia, at the very close of
the seven teenth century, 27o yeara
ago. Fredrick; the elector of Brad
en burg, was a comparatively weak
prince, having received an unfortun
ate injury when a child. He" was sou
of him who was called the "Great
Elector.,' His vigorous ancstors
hail prepared a road to kingship.
The Kaiser or Emperor of Germa
ny, with his capital at Vienna, had
often received most important aid '
from the 30-000 high-bred soldiers, of
the Elector's army, ami desired their
support for the future. He had with
in three years permitted the crown
ing of the King of Poland, aud had
elevated the rank of the Prince of
Hanover. Fredrick therefore became
importunate Air the long-promised
privilege or a coruatiou as King oi
Prussia;
It was obtained on the 10th of No
vember, 1700. The first application
was accompanied with a bribe of li),
000 thaler, $75,000, offered to the
chief opposing minister or Hofrath of
the Kaiser, which was rejected. It is
said by some, and denied by others,
that the bribe was then offered to anil
accepted by Father Wolfe r tho chief
Jesuit at Vienna, whose influence
with the Kaiser prevailed.
At all events Fredrick might get
himself crowned, still holding, hwev
er a certain subordination in the Im
perial family.
There were two persons to be
crowned electo- and electress man
and wife, one in law, but in stern fact
two very different persons. It is im
portant to speak of them as two per
sons, in order that the fact may go to
the credit of womanhood, that if the
man and his wife were one. that one
was Sophia Charlotte, in shaping tho
future destiny of Prussia ami transfer
ring the Imperial Crown o' Germany
from the Hapsburg to the Hohenzol
lern family the final act of which
was consumated last week.
Having got the permission to bo
crowned, Fredrick proceeded to make
extensive preparation for that event.
He would be crowned at Konigsberg
the cupital city of Prussia, far away
from Berlin, through tangled forests,
boggy wildernesses, and for the most
pilrt over corduroy roads. He ordered
30,000 post-horses lo be provided at
the several stations, and the party set
out on the 17th of December, iu mid
winter, with 1,800 carriages such a
calvacade as was never seen iu thoso
parts before. Fredrick Wilhem, fa
ther of Fredrick the Great, went in
the third division of carriages, Soph
ia Charlotte in the second, and theos
teutatious candidate :or the kingship
in the first.
The display at Konigsberg was an
astonishment. Fredrick was dressed
for the occasion to the utmost reach
of a very vain person for a miserable
show. The diamond buttons of Hi
Majesty's coat cost "$7,500 apiece '
showing the general extravagance of
that elector not much like a Hohen
zollern Fredrick Wilhelm, though a
boy, even then had his thoughts
about, but all the way up to his own
kingship he had the prudence to keep
iiis thoughts to himself.
Judge also of the ceremonies of the '
coronation at Konigsberg the rla
ings and sittings the geiiufluxious
and shiftings, with infinite invoca
tions and benedictions-
Butwhatof Sophia Charlotte, the
female side of the Kingship. To her
it was all a sham an insufferable
"bore," and she signified her appre
ciation of the scene in the very height
of the performance by drawing her
box and taking a delicate pinch of
snuff to the observation of the great
throng. This was scandalous. Tho
King noticed it and shot forth a look
of reproach that was wholly lot on
Sophia, who snuffed away as much
as to say that all this is "not worth a
pinch of snuff" one sound judge
ment deliberately passed upon the
shams of this worl 1.
Who was Sophia Charlotte? Was
she a full-blooded Wind or Vandal,
as the people of that country were a
centuries before? Had she no polish
no manners, no culture of ciziliza
tion ? Yea, verily the lirst woman
of her age. The great Leibnitz and
such as he were hercompanions. That
philosopher found her an astonishing
woman. She wanted to "know tho
why of the why" of things. She per
plexed the bishops on church history,
and "showed up" St. Jerome, Oiigin
and others, greatly to the annoyance
of the ecclesiastical dignitaries. She
believed only in the kingship of the
mind, the queenship of the soul, and
to her, indeed, as to all such, before
or since, all that Konigsberg and ou
the way was "not wortji a pinch of
snuff." She obtained the title of
"The Republican Queen."
Such was the mother of Fredrick
Wilhelm, the true founder of Prus
sia s dominion, and from whom dates
more than from any other King or
Prince the present glory of Prussia
and of Germany. Then came Fred
rick the Great, grandson of Sophia
Charlotte. Such a woman could make
herself felt, at least through two guu
erations. There is much more concerning tho
women in the Ilohenzolleru line that
would be interesting to speak of, but
our limit, for tlm time, is reached.
The Grand Army Journal says:
A visitor at the White House recent
ly came away with pity in Ids eye
and thanks in his mouth, realizing
how "uneasy lies the head that wears
a crown." He had last seen Presi
dent Grant as he reviewed, at tho
close of the war, his victorious le-
i gions ; a healthy, ruddy lace, a calm.
clear, satisfied eye, a look wi.ich had
never known worry or trouble. To
day he found a nervous, excitable
man, with, in his face, the deep lines
of care and anxiety, almost a stoop in
his shoulders, as though he bore a
burden that was above his strength,
and behind his enrteous reception a
mute anneal for mercv to everv
visit-
or. The same story came from the
friends of Lincoln, who knew him
before he took up his burden, and
sought him out at'thc mfddie of his
journey. If the assassin's hullett had
not found him. it is probable
we
; should have to mourn a martvr Pres
ident all the same. To the indigni
ties of the pirates of the pres. tho
chief magistrate cannot lie altogether
deaf. He realizes by and by how
closely his every movement is watch
ed ; how unfair and ungenerous is
every enemy ; how broad a mark ha
has become for jealous criticisms;
how slow in defense will be every
friend. He finds that his confidence
must be restrained ; that every gen-
erous act will be abused, and "that n
refusal to grant even an impossibility
is credited as an e (front.
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