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ATTORXEVS.
J. II. IJrondy,
AND COUNSELOR AT LAWt
A o f-H over fetatw Bank, nrownvllh.Xcb.
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E. "V. Thoinas,
i TTOuNKY AT LAW.-Orfice. front room over
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Sidney French,
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COUNSELOR
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A rj "u-f o t l'ofct Ofllce. Brownville. Xeb.
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Slull fc Schick,
TTonvE"is and counselors at law,
Mh "be connlted In the Kncllsh and Oer-
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Ilewett (t.SewmRi
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lUIYSAXB COUNSELORS AT LAW.
- .i.iille.Xeb.
V K i.LK'r'S. Attorney nt Law and Land Agent,
. linnet' (.age County, Nebraska.
" PHYSICIANS.
i v, imllaDAY. M.IL. Physician. Surgeon.
V. j. ln'i-ti'trlclaii. Graduated In lr51. Looi-
t j t I!r . i mule !- uiiice, u:u a i.i)iu
Mrriiorsn Block, biveclal attention
t,.M - i.-,su tries, and diseases of Women and
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, Iiru btore, Xo. SI Main street, Brown-
.VOTARIES.
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ii y j l.ni'.HT.Xotory I'ublicand Conveyancer.
J j. S ".' M it" street, hecond Door. Brownville,
I , ir I'iriiie iviuiiuuie unu ajui-iicuh iuu-
' U jf I- ' I - irance coiiianies.
DHUGOISTS.
Ijctt fc Creljrli,
--y pt"i ,..! 1 - aim tieaierj in x.-iiiim. uii-.
) "i'j, er " M''I'liervon Block, Xo. CS Main
Btrcf l.r wnMiie. .mmi.
FEKI) STAULE.
tuloii House Kertl &. Training Stable.
i i, ' M N" rroiiriPtor. lIorpebreakinK and
.rv.
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iiittdea sjiecla'ty.
Horses boarded
r:u t.
mr.vry surveyor.
C. M, IIaflrti,
T'r.VEYOIt. 1'ost ofiSce
i malm County, Xeb.
L.V.VIJ AGE.VT.S.
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address,
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- I I.I.. Beal Estate and Tax rayini;
iti-e in tHTSei: Block, corner Firat
(nM-i. Will bivc prompt attention to
.. . i.st-iti uiid the Payment of Taxes
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il'l V HU:Hli, Bjal Estate ABPiitand
sr I" i'.1 Olhce iii northeast corner Mc-
1 is . k upstairs, Brownville, eb.
Til 1 IAM II HOOVEK. Ileal Estate and Tax
I j. ru: ct-nt. OIHce in District Court Itoom.
i . pr ijiijit Htteiilimi to tiic sale of Be.il Es-
tat a 1 IMwuent of Taxes throughout tberemana
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KAIX DEALERS.
(. o. G. Start,
'lAslI M U.V.U IX GIIA1X AXD AGRICUL-
. ira lt..loinenls, and storage. Forwarding
u n "ii Merchant, Aspinwall.Xeb.
MERCHANDISE.
IIL1M T DEN. Dealer in General Merchan-
? an 1 1- .ir.ard:ng and Commission Merch-
a-1 N Mam street. Brow n vine, reu. . oru
p i i-- i' ,Movn, lurmtiire, etc., always on
: hn 1 II' i' i market price paid for limes, reus,
t-rs . .nu rroiiice.
.SADDLERY.
JH nt l it. Harness, Bridles, Collars, l-.tc. ro.
. i Mi -jeei.BruwnvIIIe.Xeh. Menaingdone
lOcrJr a'faetiou ;uaranleed.
UUlDCiE UUIL.DING.
i V UIH I.Eit. Bridge Bui'derand Contractor,
V . Ilranlli- Neb. sle agent for IL W.Snilth s
Pa i Tra ltride. Thestrongebtaudbebtwooaeu
lit ')! ii in use.
HOTELS.
4 Mi Mi AN IlOUSi:, 1- D. ltobison. Proprietor.
Air . s-rtst. betw een Main and College. Good
Fee' uj Luery stable m connection wun una
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:U. SMITH.
T'M 1 i II MiDOt'K. Gun Smith A Lock Smith.
s.- y at No. 52. Main street. IJrowiiville.
X ira i. mi-, made toorder, audrepairingoone
pr . i ieap rtes. 3vly
IJIjACKSMITIIS.
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r tirst street. between Main and Atlantic.
ii Work done to order and satisfac
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BOOTS AND SHOES.
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U'lBlNOX. Boot and Shoe Maker. Xo.
i street Brownville. Xeb. Hascontant-
1 ,i guild assortment of Gent's, Lady s,
' liiulren's Boots and Shoes. Custom
v id neatness and dispatch. Repairing
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SALOONS.
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131U)WrNVlLLE, NEB.
JACOB MAROHX,
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CLOCKS, WATCHES, JEWELRY,
Repaired, and Jewelry Manufactured to order.
ALL WORK WARRANTED.
Clocks, Watches, Jewelry
JOSEPH SHTJTZ,
No. 59 Main Str-"t, Brownville.
Kp, constantly on hand a larse and well '
assorted siock of Kenulne articles In his line, i
.Repairing or Clocks, WatcJies and Jewelry
done on bliort notice, at reasonable rates.
AM, WORK WJUtRJLKTBZK
PERU ADVERTISEMENTS.
Insurance not "a Privilege lint a "Duty.
Continenfaf Insurance Company I
OF NEW 1TORK.
Acti over S2,0d0VGil0:
Loshch pniil in Chicneo. ... 1,300.000
Lonhch pniil In RoNton, .... 500,000
tTontvi made a specialty, upon thelnstnl
F dlfTl mentor Annu.il I'remltim plan,
ni-Lf, for five years; less thun live years,
fllblvb stock plan.
Insure acr.inst loss or damage by Fire and
Lightning buildingsand contents, hay.Kraiu
and stock. OEO. T. HOPE, Pres.
uvnus I'ECK. tiec.
C. J. Babbeb, General Agent, Omaha.
P. M. MARTIN,
AGENT FOR NEMAHA COUNTY.
DAVID BAHNnS. ' S. S. MOODEY.
DEALERS IN
GENERAL
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BOOTS,
SHOES,
Glassware,
mira,
CAPS,
Lalcst Styles,
variety.
Queenswarej ' HH
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Picture W Frames.
HIGHEST .MARKET PRICE
TAID FOR
RjflLXSsr
For Present or Spring Delivery.
We are constantly filling up y.itli new goods
which we
SELL LOW DOWN
to suit purchasers.
WE REFER TO OUR CUSTOMERS.
S. R. DAILY,
DRUGS, MEDICINES
CHEMICALS,
FINE TOILET SOAPS,
Fancy llsir A" Tooth Brushes,
Perfumery,
Toilet Articles,
THl'SSKS, SHOrLIIEK B1SACES,
Grass and Gviiton Seeds,
PURE 1VINES AND LIQUORS FOR
MEDICINAL PURPOSES,
Paints, Oils, Tarnishes and Dye Stuffs,
Letter 1'npcr, Pcno IuIim, Envelopes,
GLASS, PUTTY-,
Carbon Oil Lumps and Chimneys.
Phj siclan's Prescriptions Carefullj Comiionndeil
PESD, LIVSR1T
AND EXCHANGE STABLE
J. JL. OXLIXIST
Would roppec fully nnnnunce to the citizens
of Peru and vicinity, that he has opened out
.A.T ZPIEIRU"
with a flac array of
Slock, Carriages & Teams
AND
A Xo. 1 Saddle Horses.
OPEN AT ALL H0U2S, DAY OE EIGHT,
to accommodate the pleasure seeking
public.
No. 1 GALLAHTS
;o drivo teams if desired.
I solicit a liberal share of the public patron
age. Very respectfully yours,
"JACK."
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THOMPSON'S
U. S, Mail and Transfer Hacks,
RUN DAILY FROM
PERU, NEBRASKA,
to the following points:
NoTraslr.a making nnneetlon with trains
City, on the Midland Pacific R. R,
Brownville "1 return daily.
Watson Sta- making connections with all
tioa. Mo., trains on the K. C.St. Joe. &
C. 11. R. R.
PASSENGERS AT LOW RATES.
FUEIGHT AND EXPRSS of
All Kinds
traiili i rtul tin thoe routes
at reasonable rates,
5- All orders loft with GEO. A BROWN,
Vgnt. at the P. O. in Peru, Neb., will be
promptly attended to.
"Moss" Thompson.
C. W. CXLOERTSOIV,
CONTRACTS TAKEN.
Material Furnished when Desired,
at terms and rates which defy competition.
Address, or call at Shop, corner Filth and
Park streets, Pern "Neb.
Refcrs to i A- H.GILLETT,
ueicrs, to M. M. WiLES. Syi
chari.es gaede
PROPRIETOR.
Guests received at all hours, DAY
and NIGHT. Connects with
i Livex-y Stiible
under same management.
-83-Careful attention given to the
wants or guests. Wo refer to the
traveling public.
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WELLIsi I
WELLS in NEMAHA
COUNTY. Calls by
letter receive prompt
attention Pnrt!e iimv
mnke ohnlce of PINE, GALTESIZED
, "rt?S;irEo'S-TUBIXG- We ,n.a,k?
wf.,s tnr,ouKh ROCK, as we are provided
ltn a thousand pound horse-power drill,
Drill same size as Auger. Guarantee water
l or no pay. I'ostofflcc address. PERU, Neb
1 JB&rfttj; time in Winter w xceii as &wtm-.
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PERU ADVERTISEMENTS.
Gr. V. PETERSON
will make to order
BOOTS AND SHOES.
ESPAIEING DONS PEOUPTLY.
Call and see Samples.
3STO no? 3STO S-XjS.
ALLJVORK WAEKAXZED.
JOHN BRUIVSBOIV,
Fashionable Boot and Shoe
CDST03I W0BK ALWAV& ON HASD.
Repairs executed with neatness.
CALL AND EXAMINE MY STOCK
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Justice of thePeace & Collection
AGENT;
Special attention given to collectidh of notes
and aocorintsfor nou-residcuLs.
Address Box50,PERU, NcmahiTCo., Neb.
DAW. BRYANT,
Barber and Hair Dresser,
PETERSON'S OLD STAND,
Fifth Street, - - - Pent, Neb.
Particular attention K'ven to Ladies' Hair
Dressing. Switches and Curls made toorder.
I guarantee good work. 8yt
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THE LITTLE GLASS SHOE.
A KORTHLAND FAIRY TALE
"Hoi hoi ha! ha ! What is It I view?"
Johu Wilde, the plowman cried.
As be hit his foot on a little glnss shoe
Thatlay on the mountain side;
"Some Fay has lost it, there's never a doubt,
Ilutruh. 1 how lucky for me!
The owner will soon ho roaming about,
To find where his shoe may be.
And so," said John, "I'll carry it borne.
That's just what I will do,
And lie will pay me n pretty surd
Who biiys tills little shoe !"
And he spread, the slory far and nearv
For many a mile around.
That the-fairy folk might surely hear
Who the little glass shoe had found.
And soon to John a merchant came,
Who said he had the news:
And would, the plowman sell the same
To a dealer in glass shoes ?
And lie offered John, a pretty price
.For the shoe that he had found ;
Bat Jjohn replied it was much too nice
To go for a hundred nound :
Then the merchant ottered a hundred
more,
But the plowman still said "Nay
The man who buys my shoe," he swore,
"Will dearly have to pay.
There's not a prettier shoe on earth,
To cover a lady's toes ;
And thus I happen to know Its worth
Far better thun you suppose.
The shoe is one ot wondrous price,
. (That nobody cin deny.)
And yet, perchance there's some device
May serve the shoe to buy.
If you are able to show me now,
When Iiim plowing my field.
That every furrow behind my plow
A shining ducat may yield
Why then, to you t lie shoe I ll give,.
Else I will keep it myself
For an ornament as long as I live,.
To grccs way ruantcJ Hiielt !"
And so It vfts the luiry bought,
('Twas In a merchant's guise!)
His own glnss shoe and quick as thought,
Away to hi-, home lie hies.
And oil" went John, with much delight,
As fast as ho could go.
By trial to prove, that very night,
If the charm would work or no.
And he found the fairy's word was true
As lie promised in the trade:
For a shining ducat came to view
In every lurrow lie made!
An'.n'aln, next morning, off he went
Nor scarce to eat could stop.
To plow again, he was so intent
To gather his golden crop.
And so lie plowed, and plowed, and plowed,
And scarce for slumber ceased ;
No wonder John was growing proud,
As fast his wealth inci cased !
And still he plowed by day and night,
When none were looking on,
'Till lie seemed, indeed a sorry knight,
Jiegrew so lean and wan !
And still when none his work might view,
He plowed by night and day.
And still the more his riches grew,
The more he pined away.
Until, at Inst, his work wasstopt.
And the plowman, where was lie?
Down in the lurrow, alas ! hedropt,
As dead as dead could be !
JtORAL.
Though good Is gold, to have and-hold,
My story makes It clear,
Who sells himself lor sordid pelf,
Has bought it much too dear!
John G. Sazc, in If. 11 Ledger.
DONA MARIA.
BY LISLE SINGLETON.
Many, many weeks had pu&sqd
since we bade good-bye to our friends
at Council BluflVs, and recommenced
our tedious overland journey to Cali
fornia. We had cm-bed the rich prai
ries, teeming with builaloes, and we
encamped for the night by the clear
waters of Lake Tahoe, thankful that
God had brought us afe so far on our
way, and looking forward with hope
to the termination of our toils and
dangers a pleasant reunion witli
friends from whom we hail long been
separated and a happy and prosper
ouh abode in the lar-famed land of
gold. There was still danger from
the Indians, who had been hanging
on our track for several das; so a
watch was set, the cattle picketed in
close proximity to the camp lire, and
our fire-arms carefully examined and
placed whore they could be seized at
once, should r.n alarm be given. The
train was a large one, and several 01
the men weie taking their wives with
them to California.
Taking advantage of this protec
tion, a fculy Mrs. Delalield hoso
husband was in California, had join
ed us in St. Louis, with her little girl
about five years old. Active and en
ergetic in time of need ; quiet, reso
lute, and possessing a moral power
that controlled the other women in
time of danger, we found her pres
ence a help rather than a hindrance
on our route. She was now seated
by the camp fire, the little- golden
haired Ada by her side, while I lay
at her feet relating many anecdotes
of her husband, who had been my
chum at college. She hetl left St.
Louis unexpectedly, and had no op
portunity to apprise him of her in
tended coming; and she talked of the
joy he would feel when ho saw her
and the little daughter that had been
born during the absence of her fath
er. Francois, the cook, was preparing
supper, and the savory odor of broil
ed antelope steaks, mountain quail
roasted before the fire, and delicate
trout, fresh caught from the clear,
cold waters of the lake, fried in their
jackets of Indian meal, mingled with
the delicious fragrance of the eou'ee
in a way that was quite appetizing to
us weary and hungry travelers. Some
cows that were driving witn the train
had been milked, and we were pre
paring for the evening's meal, when
an alarm was given by the guard.
Each man sprang at once to arms,
and everything was disposed in the
best possible manner to protect the
women and children, as well ua the
cattle upon which our comfort and
safety so much depended. A compa
ny of horsemen, ten or fifteen in
number, were approaching our camp.
At the distance of a few roda they
halted, and the leader alone road for
ward. He was a Mexican, tall and
graceful, mounted on a magnificent
mustang.
"jBucios tftrdes, cimigos raio.t," he
said. "JVb tengn w,fedcs miedo. S'o
moa am ifos." (Good evening friends.
Do not be afraid. We are friends.)
Some of our party understood Span
ih, and we soon learned 'hat he was
Dn Juan Lopez, accompanied by big
herders ; that he owned a large ran eh o
In the vicinity, and that he was rid
ing in search of some lost cattle. He
joined us in our meal, at our request,
ami thniish he spoke but little h.ng
lisli, his intelligence and vivacity ad
ded much to our plpaifre that even
ing. He seemed particularly struck
by the beauty of Mrs. Delalield and
bet blue-eyed, golden-haired Ada De
latield: He said. "Has the Senora by
chance relative's in California ?"
"My husband is there. I know of
no other," answered the lady smil
ing. "That cannot be the one," Iip said :
"El Senor Delafield to me is eunedn;
what you call brother-in-law. He
marry my sister. Dona Maria Lopez.
He marry her. nov is, almost four
year. I not home then."
"Oh ! that cannot be mj' husband,"
said the lady laughing. "And so,
mv little Ada. we may find some far
off cousins, for Delafield is not a com
mon name. Senor, I hope that I
shall become acquainted with Dona
Maria. I shall regard her as a rpla
tive. since she has the same name."
" Mi gractas, Senora, you are very
Kind."
The next morning Don Juan ac
companied us several miles on our
way, and then took leave of us with
all the graceful urbauity of a Castil
ian caballero.
On our arrival at Sacramento, Mre.
Delafield took the boat for San Fran
cisco. I accompanied her, partly be
cause I had business in that city,
partly because I wished to see my
friend Eugene once more, and partly
because I was unwilling that oue in
whom I was so much interested
should perform the journey with no
companion but her little child. We
went to the American Exchange,
then the best hotel in San Francisco,
and the house where we knew from
his letters Eugene was in the habit of
taking rooms during his frequent vis
its to that city Perhaps he was there
now.
"Do not inquire," said Mrs. Dela
field, "until I change mj' dress and
that of Ada. I want to surprise him,
and Eugene is so fastidious about
dress, I want m' little one and my
self to look our best."
When ihe rejpined me in the par
lor, a short time after, I thought I
had neverv seen a more brilliantly
beautiful woman. Her very agita
tion seemed to lend a new charm to
her beauty, for her blue eyes sperkled
with a new light, and her cheek,
whicj.hail been pale before, wore the
rich hue of the damask rose.
The clerk, said that Mr. Delafield
was in ; that he had just gone to his
room ; and scarcely waiting for the
bell-boy to precede" her, she hurried
to the room indicated.
'Oh ! my husband," she exclaim-
ed, "I have come to ou, and
havs
brought' our child our little
Ada,
whom you have never seen." Then
seeing the strange look in his eye,
the hesitation in his manner: "But
vou are glati to see Us, Eugene ? Say
that you are glad to see us."
Before he could answer, a lady, tall,
stately, and elegantly attired advan
ced from the inner room, and stood
with heaving breast, cheeks crimson
ed with emotion, and great, Hashing
black eyes fixed in wonder upon
them.
"What means this intrusion ?" she
said, with a slight foreign accent.
"Eugene, my husband, please tend
her away. Or she may be insane;
have her cared for tenderly cared
for hut send her away ; her presence
pains me "
"Your husband!" and Mrs. Dela
field started back, with pale cheeks"
and quivering lips. "Your husband!
That cannot be. Eugene Delafield is
my husband and the father of my
child. Eugene, dearest, who is this
poor lady, and what does she mean
by claiming you as hers?"
"Pobrita ! Yes, she wanders in her
mind ; but send her away, please
send her away ; my heart aches to nee
her." And tears dimmed the lustre
of the magnificent dark eyes.
"The way of tiie transgressor is
hard ;" and so Eugene must have
found it. as he stood confronted bv
these two beautiful women, both of
whom we had wronged. For a mo
ment he hes-itated ; then, advancing
toward his wife, he passed his arm
around her and drew the beautiful
head till her face was hidden on his
breast.
"Maria!" be said confusedly, "I
have wronged you deeply, irremed
iably. This lady is my wife. I mar
ried her before coming to California."
Dona Maria stood as if transfixed.
At last she said, slowly and painfully:
"That lady is your wife; who, then,
am I? You swore at God's altar and
in presence of the holy Father, to be
my true and faithful husband. Can a
man have two wives? Who at.d
what am I?"
Eugene, bowed down with shame
and humiliation, could only answer:
"Yes, Louise is 1113' wife. I married
her first; she is my true wife."
And Dona Maria swept quietly and
gracefully from the room. Like one
walking in a dream, she passed
Mi rough the long passage, down the
broad stairs, and out to the darkness
of the unlighted street, anywhere,
she cared not whither, so that she left
him behind her. And this was the
meeting with her husband that
Louie Delafield had so fondly antici
pated. After repeated inquiries, we were at
last on the track of Dona Maria, for
Mrs. Delafield could not rest while
she thought her innocent rival was
wandering alone and unprotected in
this wild and dangerous country. The
raiiiB had swelled the mountain
streams, and the waters rushed furi
ously through the canons, bearing on
their way up-torn trees and other
debris which they had encountered
in their tumultuous path down the
mountain's side.
We were encamped for the night on
the high ground at one side of the
loveliest valley in the Coast Range,
called by the Californians by the ineu
phbnious name of 'Shirt Tail Canon.'
We arrived there late at night, and at
once lighted our camp fire and made
preparations for our evening meal.
Another party had encamped on the
opposite side of the canon ; but they
had arrived earlier, and now seemed
to be slumbering around the fire, with
the exception of one who, wrapped in
a Mexican poncho, wasseated on a log
with his elbow resting on his kneea
and his face buried ih his hands.
"An Injin, you may bet your life,"
aid Missouri Ben. "See his long,
black hair. Now, strangei, thar's no
use talking, tint that 'ar party of
denied red skins isgoin' to give us
trouble."
Delafield turned wearily in the di
rection indicated ; just then, the sup
posed Indian aro'-e, threw oft the
poncho, and stood in the full light of
the blazing pine logs. It was a wo
man ; and Delafield grasped my arm
tili the pressure was painful. He rec
ognized Dona Maria.
"Whee-e-ew." whistled Missouri
Ben. "Ef that 'ar Injun ain't a wo
man after all. Who'd a thought it?
And she looks as pretty as one of
them stone images you see at Frisco."
For Dona Maria was standing qui
etly, her hands clasped, and her grace
ful head bowed on her breast.
"She do look like them stone fig
gers, sure." continued Ben. forgetting
in his admiration of the graceful
stately figure, tbesiipperhe was cook
ing for us before the fire. "Now. I've
been upon thee mountings, man ami
boy, for nigh upon thirty years, and I
never seen afore this n,sight half so
purty. But, I say Heiloa, there,
boss! What air ye doin' ; you'll be
drowned, sure. Thar ain't a boss in
all Californy can ford that slough."
Delafield had hastily un picketed
one of the horses, sprung upon its
back, and was now on the edge of the
dark, ru-hing stream in the canon,
vainly striving to force his horse to
enter the madly-rushing water. Dona
Maria ran to the edge of the precipice 1
aim ueiiL uvn, clinging to a tree ior
support. The light from their camp
ftre shone full upon the faoo and fig
ure of Delafield, and she must have
recognized him.
'Back!" she shouted, waving her
disengaged hand. "Back! Don Eu
gene for your life!"
Her tones were so clear that we
could hear them above the roaring of
the waters, and even as she spoke, an
other figure was seen scrambling
down the almost precipitous side of
the canon, and in a few moments,
Don Juan Lopez stood on the other
side of the stream, his rifle aimed at
the man who had so cruelly deceived
his sister. He fired, but withoqt ef
fect, and the next moment the strug
gling horse stumbled and fell head
long into the stream, and, with its
rider, was whirled rapidly into the
darkness.
These mountain streams subside al
most as rapidly as they rise, and in a
few days we were able to return to
San Francisco, bearing with us the
mangled body of Delafield. Dona
Maria stood beside the widow and or
phan, as the bi.dy of him who had so
cruelly wronged her was consigned to
its final resting place, and then took
them with her to her home in the
lovely valley of Santa Clara.
"Let us be to each other as sisters,"
she said, "and let me share with you
the care of the little one. My little
Inez died I can now say, God be
thankful that he has taken them to
himself. But let me be a second moth
er to your little Ada."
Delafield died poor. Self-indulgent
and luxurious in his habits, he had
spent, long before his death, the large
amount of money that he brought
with him to California. But Dona
Maria was a Spanish heiress, and the
large income received from her vast
estate had enabled him to continue
the indolent and expensive life to
which he had been accustomed. Mrs.
Delafield and her child were never
permitted to feel the loss of fortune,
and when, in a few years, the beauti
ful widow became once more a wife,
her generous rival placed in her jewel
casket all the rich gems that had de
scended as an heirloom to the only
daughter of the house of Lopez.
"Take them," she said, "I shall
never need them more. You are now
my brothers wife, and I shall be
glad to see .you wear them. Juan, too.
would like to see his beautiful wife
wearing his mother's diamonds."
Dona Maria never married, but. her
life is spent in deeds of charity and
self-denial. Each year on the anni
versary of Delafield's death, masses
are said for the repose of his soul nnd
the monument that covers his grave
is wreathed with the fairest flowers ;
for the woman whom he so falsely
deceived looks upon his memory in
death as being exclusive her own.
And the little Ada, whoso blue eyes
and golden curls are so like her
father's, is dearer to her by far than
the dark-hoired children, with their
large, black. Spanish eyes, that now
cluster about the old homestead.
Caxillvlty
mitl Dentil of illnry
of Scotts.
Q,
For nineteen years Mary Stuart re
mains a prisoner under guard, wear
ing away the weary hours with "needle-work,
with dogs, with turtle
doves, and Barbary fowls." She
cools her feverish impatience to the
last'b) a mad gallop in fair weather
after the hounds. The confinement
is not severe, but the torture is insup
portable, for the hope of deliverance
is never quenched. Elizabeth never
announces a definite purpose concern
ing her loyal prisoner, probably iit-v-er
lias one. For nineteen years botii
captive and captor are made misera
ble by plots and counterplots; and
whether Mary in prison or Mary at
large is the more dangerous to the se
curity of Protestant England is a
question so hard to decide that Eliza
beth never fairly attempts to determ
ine it.
At length a plot is uncovered more
deadly than any that has preceded.
Half a score of assassins band them
selves together to attempt Elizabeth's
life, and to put Catholic Mary on the
vacant throne. The blessing of the
pope is pronounced upon the enter
prise. The Catholic powers of Eu
rope stand ready to welcome its con
summation. Mary gives it her cor
dial approbation. "The hour of de
liverance," she writes exultingly, "is
at hand." But plots breed counter
plots. In all the diplomatic service
of Europe there is no so ingenuous
spy as Walsingham, Elizabeth's
Prime Minister. Every letter of Ma
ry's is opened and copied by his
agents before sent to its destination.
The conspiracy is allowed to ripen.
Then, when all id ready for consum
mation, tiie leaders are arrested, the
nlot is brought to the light of day.
Mary, with all her faults, never
knew fear; no craven heart was iiers.
The more dangerous was she because
so brave. She battles for her life with
a heroism well woitlry a nobler a na
turebattles to the lasf, though there
be no hope. She receives the sen
tence of death with the calmness of
true courage, not of despair. With
all her treachery, never recreant to
her faith never but once, when her
infatuated love of Bothwell swerved
her from it for a few short weeks
she clings to liis to her crucifix till
the very hour of deatii. Almost her
last words are words of courage to her
friends. "Weep not," she says ; ' I
have promised for you." Her very
last are a psalm from her prayer-book
"In thee, O Lord, have I put my
trust." And then she lays her head
upon the block n peacefully as ever
she laid it upon her pillow. No
"grizzled, wrinkled old woman," but
in the fuli bloom of ripened woman
hood forty-five, no more Mary' Stu
art pays on the scaffold at Fotherin
?ay the penalty of her treachery at
Ed iu burg.
The spirit of the stern old Puritans
is satisfied, and trie prophecy of the
Good Book receives a new and greg
illd tration "Whoso sheddetb man's
blond, by man shall his blood be
shed." .ynaM Abbott, in Harper's
Magazine for February.
g :-
"I came for the saw, sir." "What
saucer?" Why. the saw, sir, that you
borrowed." "I borrowed no saucer."
"Sure you did, sir, borrow a saw,
sir." "I never saw you saucer," "But
you did, there's the saw now, sir."
"O, you want the saw Why didn't
you say so?"
A judge, of Milesian extraction,
charged a jury as follows: "Gentle
man of the jury, you must find that
the defend nt id guilty beyond a re
asonable doubt. A reasonable doubt
is such a doubt as will convince a
reasonable roan that the defendant is
not guilty.
A sporting gentleman, who boast? of
having a very correct watch, said to a
friend with whom he was riding a
long way across country to a meeting,
pulling out his watch, "If the sun
isn't over that hill in a minute and a
half, he will be too late."
A chop for breakfast hash.
PIG TN THE POT.
Yonng Paddy McShane.suro no lad could be
bolder,
Coaxed Biddy McShae to be sharing his
lot.
And Pat had a lively young pig on his shoul
der, And she on her head bore a big Iron pot.
From the town just at nightfall, as home
they were walking.
Through a dark, lonely thicket thcirwlnd
lugpnth lay;
Biddy sat down the pot, stopped her laugh
ing and talking
Paddy turned round and ax'd her the
cause of delay.
"Och," said she, "I'm afraid ye'll be acting
uncivil,
I'll not go alone through the thicket wld
vou.
For Paddy, avlck, you're as wild as the dlv-
,. n :
lou'li bekissincand squazlng me, that's
what you'll do !"
"Bat the pig." replied Pat, "that I've lusged
so securely.
If looe back "to town like tho divll he'd
trot."
"Och, Paddy," said she, as the glanced up de
murely, "Sure couldn't ye's put the pig under the
pot?"
THE GIANTS OP A7ITIQ.I;.
Size of the Human Race In Remote
Aucri.
In examining the claims of tho gi
ants of antiquity we must take into
consideration the fact that it was the
custom of all ancient nations to mag
nify the stature of their kings and
heroes. To be consider d a giant in
strength and in size was the ambition
of every warrior. Even tiie great Al
exander was not free from this vani
ty, tor we are told that iu one of his
Asian expeditions he caused to be
made and left behind him a suit of
armor of huge proportions, in order to
induce a belief among the people he
had conquered that lie was of great
stature. Homer exaggerated the size
and strength of all the heroes of the
Trojan war, uul leads us to infer that
the whole race of man, even, iii his
day, had degenerated. We may sus
pect that even the Jewish writers
were not entirely free from a similar
failing. Admitting that a people like
the Itephaim existed existed in Pales
tine, of greater stature than the He
brews, it would require but a little
stretch of a poetic imagination to
paint them as giants. They may
have been no larger in comparison
with their conquerors than are the
Patagonians beside other more civil
ized races of to-day, yet seemed more
immense to the children of Israel,
who were more probably under than
over the average height.
Again, there is no absolute certain
ty that the Biblical text, as we have
it, is as it was originally written. Our
authorized version makes Goliath,
for instance, six cubits and a span in
height; but the Vaticiun copy of the
Septuagint (Codex Vaticanus), as old
as any iu existence, (unless the Sina
iticus exceeds it,) reads "four cubits
and a span," agreeing in this witli
Josephus. To Which account are we
to adhere? If to the latter, then the
giautof tho Philistines was only a lit
tle over six and a half feet in stature,
instead of nine and a half. The au
cred writer does not give us the meas
ure of King Og, but only that of his
bedstead. It is not necessary to dis
pute the thirteen and a half feet of
the giant couch, but we are half in
clined to suspect that Og was afflicted
witli an ambition similar to that of
Alexander, and used a bedstead not
in proportion to his actual size, but in
proportion to his fancied importance.
It is curious to observe that according
to Dr. Smith, the words iu Deuteron
omy translated "bedstead of iron" are
also susceptible of the rendering,
"sarcophagus of mack basalt," but
this does not militate against the
probability of our supposition.
Comparatively modern writers are
not free from like exaggerations in re
gard to mo stature ot noted men.
William of Mulruesbury makes the
tomb of Walwin, nephew of King
Arthur and oneof his famous knights,
fourteen feet in length, and Hollins
head, quoting Sylvester Giraldtls,
says that the body of King Arthur,
found iu Glastonbury in llb'J, was
two feet higher than any man who
came to see it. As Camden who
gives an account of the discovery,
fails to note this peculiarity of the
corpse, the story is probably without
foundation. In like manner, Charle
magne and his palladius have been
represented as of great stature. Egin
hard sas that the great emperor was
"seven of his own feet" in height;
from which we must infer either that
he had a very small foot, entirely out
of proportion to his size, or that he
was a very tall nfan. The obi writers
would have us believe too that Rou
land, the hero of Itoneesvalles, was
also of gigantic stature and strength.
Happily we have some direct evi
dence on this point. Ilakewill, quot
ing Camerarius, say3: "Francis I,
king of France, who reigned about
one hundred years since, being desir
ous to know the truth of those things
which were Commonly spread touch
ing the strength and stature of Itou
land, nephew to Charlemange, caus
ed his sepulchre to be opened, where
in his bones and bow were found rot
ten, but his armor sound, though cov
ered with rust, which theking. com
manding to be scoured off, and put
ting it upon his own body, found it
so fit for him, as thereby it appeared
that Rowland exceeded him lint little
in bigness and stature of body, tho'
he was not excessive tall or big." We
have similar evidence in relation to
the body of William the conqueror,
which was reported to have been dug
up, four hundred years after burial,
and found it to be eight feet in length;
for Stowe .ays that, when the Eng
lish took Cannes, in 1562, some sold
ier broke into the monument in search
of booty, and found nothing remark
able about the bones.
Were it possible to get at tho truth
concerning the giants of antiquity,
there is little doubt but tiiat half of
them could ho shown to be pure
myths, and that nine-tenths of the
remainder could be reduced in size
very materially. Pliny's assertion
that mankind is gradually degenera
ting is wholly gratuitous, and has no
foundation in fact. Indeed, a vast
deal of proof can be adduced tending
to show that the men of to-day are
equal, and probably superior in stat
ure to the ancients. The Greeks and
Romans were undoubtedly of small
stature. The helrtfets and sword-hilts
that have come down to us from the
heroic ages could not be used by the
majority of soldiers of the present
European nations. Ancient rings,
also, are generally too small for mod
ern fingers.
But the classic writers give testimo
ny enough on this point. Cscsar,
speaking of the Gauls, says: "Our
shortness of stature, in comparison
with the grpj.t size df their bodies, is
generally a subject of much contempt
to the men of Gaul." Tacitus also
describes the Germans as of robust
form and of great stature , and Stra
bo says that he has seen Britons' at
Rome who were a half foot taller than
the tallest Italians. Yet there is do
proof that the men of these nations,
were any larger in ancient times than
they are now. On the contrary, the
graves and barrows tell a different,
story. The remains are usually un-
der the average height of men of the
present day. It is the same of the
Egyptian mummies. According to
Athenarus, a man of four cubits, or
six feet iu height, was considered of
"gigantic size" in Egypt.
Apollodorus, the "grammarian oC
Athens, gives the height of the "gi-
gantic Hercules" as four cubits ; and
Phya, the woman who was selected
to personate Minerva, at Athens, in
the time of Pisistratus, on account of?
her great height, which was consid
ered wonderful, did not exceed lit
stature four cubits less by three fin
gers, or only about five feet ten.
Numerous other examples mlg!t
be given, but the facts cited are sutli
cient to prove that mankind nt the,
present day, if no greater, is certain
ly no less in height, nnd in size than
in the days of old; and that fully as
many instances of abnormal stature,
have occurred in comparatively mod
ern times as when "there were giant
in the earth." Applcton's Journal.
m sw
Llnenge nnd Education of Mary QuecB
of cott.
French Mary we have called her .
for French she really was, though.
Scotch in birth. French sho was in
heart and sympathy, and by her
mother's blood, and, with all her dis
guises, never disguised that from her
self or others. If she were, indeed a
saintly queen, she did not come of a.
family which was- prolific in saints.
Her paternal grandmother was that
English Margaret whoso unwomanly
lust was not even hid beneath a wo
manly reserve "an ignorant, deceit
ful, low-minded, odious woman ;."'
drying her widow's tears in threo
months to marry the handsome Earl
of Angus ; divorcing from him after
two years to marry her paramour,.
Stewart of Avondale; and in nine or
ten years later seeking a new divorce
that she might return to her first love j
as treacherous to her nation as to her
husbands; selling information and
herself to the English government,
and for poor wages too ; and at tho
last paying the penalty all traitorai
pay in universal neglect and con
tempt. This Margaret's son, James.
V., was Mary's father, of whom wo
cau say nothing worse than that he
was a genuine Stuart, and nothing
better than that perhaps tho best of
them. Vigorous iu execution, but
vacillating in purpose ; brave, but.
both false and fickle; condescending
to the people, yet as one who has con
tempt for them ; of good understand
ing, but of degenerate morals; re
belling against the control of tho
Scottish nob'ifity, oulyto resign him
self into the bands of the Roman.
Catholic churchmen he died a ttie
last broken-hearted, because on thv
eve of battle deserted by his rebellious
army.
Mary Queen of Scolts, his only le
gitimate child, inherited from hi mi
the throne, and with it a Borry idea
of the sacredness of tbe marriage tfce.
It isbignificaitt of the- credibility of
contemporaneous history that this,
man, who maintained a Scotch har
em with four noble wives, and left
half a dozen illegitimate children of
rank, besides no man knows how
many unknown bastards, should be
written down as the modt exemplary
and virtuous of monarchs.
By her father Mary was a Stuart ;
on her mother's side she belonged to
the Lorraines of France a family as
unscrupulous as it was daring. It
Was lier uncle, the chivalrous Dukeof
Guise, who, coining one day upon a
congregation of Protestants, met for
worship, and opened fire upon them.
when the poor, unarmed marty.rs
broke through the roof, ordered his
soldiers to bring them down with
their shoe, "as one brings down pig
eons," his lady looking on and huge
ly enjoying the exciting sport. It
was her other uncle, the Cardinal of"
Lorraine, whom Pius V. nicknamed
tho "Ultramontane Pope." and who
signalised his devotion to the Church
by holding tit one time no less than1
fourteen sees, bishoprics, and abbeys;
and managing with great economy, to
live very comfortably on the paltry
income of 300.000 francs which they;
annually brought him. "lie is not.
much beloved," says a cotemporary ;
"he is far from truthful, naturally de
ceitful and covetous, butfull of relig
ion." The sister of these Lorraines
Mary of Guise, the mother of Mary
Queen of Scctts. has been scarcely
less bitterly condemned and no less
highly eulogized than her daughter.
On tiie whole, there is perhaps no bet
ter estimate of her character than
that of Robertson i ''Mary of Guiso
possessed the same bold and aspiring
spirit which distinguished her fami
ly ; but in her it was softened by tho
female character, and accompanied
with great temper and address."
This was the "martyred queen's';
lineage. Her education was even less
adapted to develop saintly qualities.
Probably about the last person in the
world who would be chosen to edu
cate a saint would be Catharine di"
Medici of infamous memory. And!
Catharine de" Medici was Mary's cus
todian. This woman, who .deiiuer-.
ately debauched her own sons that
she might better manage them, was.
not, we may imagine, overscu pulous
n her counsels to tiie young girl wht
was her most dreaded and hated rivak.
Probably the last school where ono.
would choose to send a susceptible
maiden to learn lessons of purity
would be the court of France in the
sixteenth century. And it was in th&
court of France Mary spent the most
susceptible years of her life from six;
to nineteen. Certainly the last custo
dians of the conscience which a mod
ern would choose would be th.se Jes-s
uit fathers Vasquez. Escobar. Men
dnza. for example who did not hesi-.
tate to defend by their casuistry, cud
under color of religion, fraud, forgery,
falsehood, murder; and whose teach-;
ing3. before they were counteracted
hy the protests of such believers ns,
Pascal, and such heretics as Luther-
brought forth their fruit in the assas
"ination of William of Orange and of
Coligni.nnd in the wholesale mas-a-cre
of St. Bartholomew. And it wnt
these fathers, and their apt deeiple
the Cardinal of Lorraine, who were,
the keepers of Mary's conscience. -,
Lirn'in Abbott, in Harper' i Magazine,
for February.
Zeb Crummet wonders why poot
ppoplearenot afflicted with klepto
mania. We call it stealing, then.
A Pennsylvania editor excuses hie
lack of a knowledge of figures, by.
saying that "figures won't lie." "
An ingenuous farmer brougb.2 a
turkey to the Boston market with?
eight pounds of shot in its trap.
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