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THE ADVERTISER.
PiulishedeveryTbursdayby
GAJb'JTJUBY & HACKER, -
Propriotoi's.
Office No. 74 McPhcrson's Block, ux Stairs
BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA.
Terms, in Advance :
one copy, one year. .. .
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3rAlltranscient advertisements mnlr ht ra.lZ
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BUSINESS CARDS.
ATTORNEYS.
ttoiine
J. II. nronrty,
AND COTTNSELOr. AT
LAW.-
1 omce over State Bank. Brownville.Neb
E. W. Thomas,
i TTORNEY AT LAW. Office-front oomflver
, J1- SMirenson ,1: Cross's Hardware Store, Brown-
vine. :reo.
Sidney TrcnclJ,
TTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW.
0S two doors east ot Post Office. Brown
impXe?Wlll give careful and diligent -tten-Tfffcn
S'nll 1 bnslnWntrusted to him. 13yl
Stull fc SchlcU,
TTOUNEVS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW,
A HWv be consulted In the English and Ger-
W- Office. No. 70 Main street. (Up
twiilrg.) UrowuviHe.Neb. i
IV. T. Ilogcrs,
j TTORNEV AND COUNSELOR AT I.AW.
& l W.T:5.. m.r.tit ntti.iition to any leial
- ",,.hi.:...ii.iw.r nmctf. in Court lleuse
buMn-entrusteJ to hUcnre.
ItelMiBg. Krownville.Ncb.
. TTOUNEYS AND
A 1itow!mrtUe.Ncb.
Hcivctt to Newman,
COUNSELORS AT LAW
ESTABLISHED 1856.
Oldest Paper in tlio State. J
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PERU ADVERTISEMENTS.
Insurance not a Privilege liut a Duty.
BROWNVTLLE, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY JULY 24, 1873.
Continental Insurance Company
OE NEW YOKE.
Assets orcr .....
Lomhcs paid in Chicasc.
ItOHHCH paid in Itoston, ,
. . $2,000,000
. . 1,500,000
. . 500,000
T7nwiyvi mode a specialty, upon the Instal
r d.1 111 mentor Annual Premium plan,
n;,.- for Ave years; less than five years,
rLlbiib stock plan.
Insure npalnst loss or damage by Fire and
Lightning buildings end contents, liny, grain
and stock. GEO. T. HOPE. Pres.
Cyrus Peck. Sec.
C. J. Barber, General Agent, Omaha.
P. M. MARTIN, '
AGENT FOR NEMAHA COUNTY.
PERU ADVERTISEMENTS.
a. W. PETEESON
will make to order
BOOTS AND SHOES.
BSPiiBINS DOME PROMPTLY,
Call and see Samples.
3"0 FIT 3STO SALE.
ALL WORK WASSAyTHn.
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JOHN BRUXSDQIV,
Fashionable Boot and Shoe
CDST0M TV0BK ALWAYS ON HAXD.
RepalrB executed AvitU neatness.
CALL AND EXAMINE MY STOCK
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VrlToHreGS. Attomoyat .Law and Land Agent,
Cf.BttStrtee.GaKe County, Nebraska.
PIIVSIC1A7JS.
. t, . v -5X r 1hV3lelHll. Surseon
X ;, dObTtotrVci:u. Graduated in ls',1. Loca
'.a nlvilffl . iSs. Office. Lett i Creieh's
81" "-ShSn-niocfe. Special attention
n.
jea ib uwii"; -.n.r-t, SmcM
XV&3Zi.i na"tllsoase3 ot Women
paw io """"- 10-cin
(Ktiiorttn.
,-r t WTIIEWS. Phvirfclan and Surceon. omce
H. Vn CwJdwk Storo,-No. 32 Main street.Brown-
ville. :
KOTAU1E3 & COLLECTION AGENTS
J. ,V. nrusU,
XTI3TICE OF THE PEACE AND COLLECTION
Tu . . tHMk.ii Precinct. SpociJ.1 ntwntwn
,J Ant. Ifmrtou l rewiiu , unts for
lo wmj "". v; "7i; n,v.nvHle.Xema-
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ha Cb-, Neb.
L. A. Borgmann,
'nmasfffias.'ffis.,s5s:
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Wati & MtlX I
tlBe Life lnscrance companies.
DIVUGOISTS.
TMtUGGI3TS.
XJ I'VW.ctc ex-lie
Etreet, HroA-nvIUe, Neb.
Lrtt &v Crelgli,
in Taints. Oil. au
BlOCi. 0. 05 -ii"
and dealers
llcl'lier-ion
LAND AGENTS.
i p COGSWELL. Ileal Estate and Tax raying
A 1 t Office In Oo;swell lUoct, corner t irst
tkruwUutJLliNeuiahaJ.a:ul D.stncl! -
t 1C1IARI) V. lICQItES. Boal Estate Agent Mid
PaaS Bloc, upstuirs. lirownviHe. N-.
V llimw Aipnl
nn Estate and Tax
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Ortioe in DiunctCoun noaai.
ATflLLIAM 1L liwvwi,
IY i'uniur A'jvm """i" r "---v.. ,.rm...l v-
WH1 Rlvpromp. J.M. t... Ttha Nomaha
BARNES Sc ajcoozEsr,
DAVID RARNES. jf 8JS. 3I00DEY.
DEALERS IN
:GENEKAL
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BOOTS,
Queensware,
CIOT
HATS,
LA3EFS of the
in great
A FULL
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for
Picture
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GROCERIES
SHOES,
Glassware,
HZNO,
CAPS,
Latest Styles,
variety.
LINE OF
dings3
for
Frames,
lute and Hayiueiil of Taw throushout t
Land DWna
QIIAXN DEALERS.
I1IGX1EST MARKET PRICE
PAID FOR
C3rXB.jfii.3E
For Present or Spring Dcll-rvy.
We are constantly Ailing up -r-IIU new goods,
which wo
Geo. t.-.rt.
nAsn i)ata:u in grain and agu-ictl-
d C-aintiilit'JU aiercnaai., ..'
SADliLSilY.
J-1L BAUER. IlHrnew. Bridle. Collars. Etc., No.
. MalVirk.t.r.rowuviUe.Neb. MenJlnK done
toorder SaUfictjyu uaranteea. ri..?-r
llllIDGE UUILDINGV
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to fcult purchasers.
REFER TO OUR CUSTOMERS.
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ILtnuLTravi Uride. 1 he U.u:esi a
bridK- now in u-w.
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Justice of thePeace & Collection
AGENT.
Special attention given to collection of notes
and accounts for non-recldeuts.
AddreKB Box 50, PERU, Nemaha Co., Neb.
" O. UP
BarberShop & Restaurant
w. c. .cmaaiia'o.
All work done In tho neatest and latest
style. The choicest brands of Cigars con
stantly on hand. Delicious Confectionery.
Ice Cream In seuson. Oysters stews on short
notice. Soda Fonntnin in ul! blast.
Fifth St. opposite Hiricfc Churcb,
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WE
A. TV. ELLIS
SOLE PROPRIETOR.
I i j ilias tiio exclusive right
I 1 I iof puttiug In BORED
COUNTY. Calls by
letter receive prompt
attention. Parties may
make choice ofPINE, UAtiVijiii
IRON OR CEMENT TUBING. We make
wells through ROCK, as wo are provided
with a thousand pound horso-powor drill.
Drill same size as Auger. Guarantee water
or no pay. Postnffloe address, PERU, 3ib
Boring done In Winter at well as Summer.
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4 MERICAN TlOcPE. L P. Rf bison. rropr clor
A Kro..t-trfet.liweeii Main nnJCulltge. tloi
Kel anJ Llverv tetable m conu0Mn with tins
House.
rvnoev.
GUN S3IITII.
CRADDOCK;, Onn SnutU A LocU Smith
vM,
TOtai-n-lca.
.promptly "t-le.ip rAt-h.
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HOP ..t .w. -.-. -" ..-.' .1,n.,d,.
mini tiJAe iwuM,.uii"";'-""
itrovvnvllle.
35-ly
HLACKSMITilS.
T W A J. C. (HR-H)X. Hlacksraiths and Horse
t . .Starrs, nrststr-I.t.etween Main ana Aiianuc.
tlou 5Bttrntf(l.
Work done to orderand snti-:ac-
BOOTS AND SHOES.
ALEX ROP.IN:ON. Root and Klioe fVer, No.
5-.fiiiiivtreet.Rro.-:i-iilH.X-b. JInconstant
lyea hand a Vo.Jd aortnient of Of ill's. Lady h,
JHH' mid Children' Hoots tnd Slioes. Custom
nark done with -leatness and dispatch. Ite).iriug
done on -short "lotice.
SALOONS.
JOSEPH HimDART & CO.. Peace and Quiet Pa-lo-r..
No. 31 Mala .tr.-et, Rro -n ville. Neb. The
bMtWlniiind Liquors lcpt on hand.
I.. A. Barginau.21 & Co.,
Manufacturers of Cigars,
and Wholesale Dealers In
Chewing and Smoking Tobaco.
Orders from tli country proTiptly fllled.
and SAUsfictlonJ.Kunranti-t.
Xo.il Main St., BKOIV.WILLE, XEB.
Ciocks, Walches, Jevelry
JOSEPH SHUTZ,
No. 59 Main Stxt, BroTsrnvllle.
S. H. DAILY,
DRUGS, MEDICINES,
CHEMICALS,
FIN. TOILET SOAPS,
Fsner Hair Jtffoata liVasUM,
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rf9hsafsBM!!S
TUUSSES, SHOnUDUn 3RACE3,
?ra anti Pardon ,, .
PURE 1VXXKS AND LIQUORS 'FOIfc
SrBIilCINAL 1'1'JIPOSES,
Patuts, Oils, Varnishes and Dye Stuffs,
Letter 1'nper, lV;t, Iukh, Eiivelopua,
OLASsS, PUTTV,
Carbon Oil Ttmpw and Chimneys.
rhyIcien'K Preserlutlons Carefully t'omponaded
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U. S, Mail and Transfer Hacks,
MAKE REG ULARTRIPSDAILYFROM
PERU, NEBRASKA,
TO
"Nolir-aska making connection with trains
City, on the Midland Pacific K. K,
Tlrn-n-nTillo al return dally, maklntrcon
mction with tiie Hussew to Phelps Station,
M., on the K. C. St. Jo. & C. R. Ii. R.
Also with Imcks to Arasjo via Nemaha City,
Asp'nwall, Hillsdale and St. Heroin.
FREIGHT AND EXPRSS of A 1 ! V m rlc
traiisferrotl on tliw.o routes All rvlllUo
at reasonable rales.
3 Past-enizers comfortably provided for.
Ciurcs moderate.
OFFICE at Hatty Rros.'s Drug ftoro, Pern.
All orderi. will rnoelve prompt HttonUon.
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THE RAIN.
bt witch hazil.
the flne silk or tho set of jewelry that
has teken her fancy. And when she
eetfe It aha keeps tight hold of it, too.
ijhe Ia nover given me even a cuff-
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UUilUN. J.UU3C UlWiiyB YU3 SLIU.
And f he Is so stuck up because she
hgoR son. Just as If It were
goinibi;ng wonderful. Why, Ira.
Tubbj.or.ir laundress has eight of
thern, besides one that was drowned
a fiacre scalded, and she Isn'i a bit
Bsfc vp ; bi t Thuse says "my boy!"
sEtlcbes, ttie maternal all to pieces.
ttyb:hk'j Alexis is made out nicer
tubUt als than most babies, and I
k'iltrt she doesn't believe the cate
olilai where it says ho wa3 made out
oj(l$f ,' vulgar dust of the earth. I
sOpie'sna thinks Tose-leaves and
corn taroh were used to make up his
dTU te organization. It would re
iiV ray feelings to see a speck of dirt
oV ?,ia; ouild's face ; It makes me
t&l to se him so painfully clean.
'Jj&UirtAh hi nil the Hmo feeliug his
.bun ps, because sue thinks he is go
'inJtobo a little Solomon, ox some
'hui bug or other.
tA w, Aiue, l nave got a secret mac
a living soul, it
Jo I will never forgive you. I
Dromised Monsieur Fontaine to
Be tiarried in three weeks, on my
ui eonth birthday, and If mother
ijifieM likely to objeot, we are going
' La ol inn tnut liba tho crirla ill tlio nnv.
" Is dear you're a bachelor, careless and ) vouk t bo splendid? Just
No woman to pester you'ra head about VfiW of what a sensation it will
bonnets; jjiaiiii The Chicago papers will be
No baby, with colic to trot on your knee, UWfifc "Elouemeut in hich life.
When your soul is adrift on tha ocoon of tl-l 1C: &opeiutunu uiu me.
soniiots. ,,TUlovoly daughter of the rich aud
alo-it Mrs. E h eloped with her
"Love Is enough" when the May sun lsshln- .oayr.M poor Thuse would do high
It win' do rery well in the meadows of Tragedy, wring hr hands, aud talk of
oiover, flitt tisgraoe to the noble house of
Or wheu tho Jnna roses our trossoaaro twin- pit ortU, I should think her dei-
Andnhummlng birds murmur tho sveot StelUquIders would ache from oar-
borders over, .rvwz out noble house so long. Aow,
UoO'J you
Out on the willow hedges,
Down on the'growlng grain,
Oe'r the early flowers,
Falloth the trarm spring rain.
Cheering the full June roses,
Bending the ripenlngjtraln.
Pelting tho new-mown hay fields,
Falletu the summer xaln.
Dripping from laden orchards,
Flooding the desolate plain.
Plashing against the windows,
Falloth the autumn rain.
Blinding the eyes of tho mourner,
Chilling our hearts with pain,
Beating the graves of loved ones,
Falieth the pitiless rain.
Teaching ns not to murmur,
Making oar duty plain.
On thejust and tho unjnsi,
Falleth God's merciful rain.
LOtTB ISIC'T EKOtTOH.
Ah, Morris, dear Morrh?, it's tru you're afyoUj nusu't tell to
A diamond, no doubt, though qaitejin the
roujjh;
Your poem ls"proof that you haven't been
polished,
J write such a seatence aa "Loyo Is
enonah."
It is sweet, without doubt, to love in a cot
tage, Where the ceilings are only as high as your
hoad ;
Where yon sleep In an attic so dreadfully
sloping
That you can't make a move without
bumping your head.
But houses like this ara apt to bo boggy,
With roaches and ants In the oupboard
beside,
And I wouldn't advise any bridegroom I
know of
To hint ouch a home as a cage for a bride.
Love won't buy carpets, nor foathora, anor
satin ;
Love isn't happy on codfish and bones;
Love won't pay ga bills, nor fill up the coal
bin;
It doesn't know mnch of what honsekoop-.
lug means.
Love Is n beautiful snare and delnsion.
Changing aa often aa movers In May ;
Always inconstant, and fickle, and foolish,
Never survives but a year and a day.;
Thcas thonghts wuro "borne In" on my splr-
WhilnmahiKzacahon a youas! marrlodlj
friend, , .
Who married for lore "just tho handsom
est fellow,"
U'W- linrln'f u .Inllar to SQVB Or lO CDOUti.
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Bubv wan sucking a fifteen c;nt monhey, i
a ni iimiiiiiiL? tlm Dalnt in his ;ves and lilt'
- - m - j.
And mmn was "beating" a pair of old!
breeches,
with hor Inn full of Patches, and eves ful
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mmk&zJgr' riZZImVhtLtih a quarter of
!T(HMrCMrari(.a baok'ottthat poeui.tf IS-fc-V-IW, nrkuawiu
veitsauii5Uiv-."afltr: 2,Z-.'-jrIrsd21
. . - wf 'ittotitttin a uneir tbb'
nr
Try to touch, in an age like therpresont,
BucU,olt fognotions as 'Lovo Is enough.'
HOW ATOUHO LADT FEELS 1VJ1SX
SHU IS JAGAUK1.
The following "intercepted letter,"
from the Home Journal, tells funnily
how a j'oung iniss feolswhen surrep
tilioiiHly encaged :
Dear Allie I have got a real,
Ilw. irrowu up beau: and isn't it jol
ly? He's peifectly splendid; just
breathe a word about it,
'audi, will stand by you if you run
awXyj with a shoeblack.
TMrrried at fourteen! Just think, I
shall jeatThuso out aud out. Ti.oa.
too, something might happen to IIon
flieur Fontaine. Of course I wouldn't
'haw anything happen to him for the
Lt.ia . Ki.f hun snmfthmsr misrlit.
K-'ou kullw the railroads are always
Wsanins? ud : and if there should,
why then I would be a young and in
teresting widow; and blaok crape
wlh my iair complexion would be eo
swt, and O, Allie, do you think
thatlitua too young to wear a wid-
,owa dip f vnat a iuuw mm
aWWIll US w ainuu.. -
7&Tfer-ieeive a whole papsr of uee
4Uc?!ji her side that Is, gold-headed
'onil, nbu of your common steel
tUmgs.r .Now, AIlio wynuuara, n
fi...il ,!lt V. inof no monn na. vnil
Wnibei
WX- Your loving frtoud,
cr UEHA JjLLSWUKTu,
f (For a little while.)
' DKLIXG IN SEW OULKAN3.
llaw n('7onns ICentncIciaa Wcat to
5UU i)atU Twenty-live Vur Ao.
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are viviaiv- recanea oy tne
lea4i events" of the recently-per-fore1firgady.
At the date alluded.
to,jmg man, hailing from the
State oKontucky, made liia appear
ancffiE' the city, who attracted atten
tion fipni his remarkable pergonal
beauty, great intelligence aud win
ning inannera. He was tall, faircom
plexioiied, with a bright, smiliug
face, setoff vith a profusion of gold
en hair, Tho era was oue of hoapital
it. eaoeciallv for the sou3 of the
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yv hiorled stoct of genuine article in hiwline.
KA Tn..nlH.. .. F 1 11 n. 1 - . r..h.l.Aj n.. Imi-Alt",'
"-doue on short notice, at reasonable rates.
I7.L WOtfiT WARRANTED.
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ONE DOOK WEST OF COX7P.T EOUSE.
'VST'AGOX MAKING, Kepairing,
Plows, and all work done In the best
manner and on short notice. Satisfaction Knarau
teed. Givehlmacall. f34-lr.
W. T. MOOSE & CO.,
Commission Merchants,
SHIPPERS,
AND DEALERS IN GRAIN AND COAL,
72 3tn Street,
Broivxiviile, ATiibraslia.
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-Ve invite your attention to the superiority of the
P1S? DESK k SETTEE
COMBINED.
IT HAS THE FOLDING DESK AND SEAT.
IT IS TREE ntOir NOISE.
IT IS STRONG. BEAUTIFUL. CONVENIENT.
DUKAULE.
The castincs are onp-fonrth heavier than those of
any other dpsk. and so Haneced a to secure the
greatest pos.slble streiicth. Tlie wood Is selected
cherry, walnut or uh!i. thoioucjily seasoned and
klln-drlod. and handoraely UnNIied in shellac.
m,.LU..i arm ami i.artr nr( ha&utifull v carved and
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slatted. We Ruarantee aRaint un-:ik.iii;- m
usaue. It lita the school house for school or church
P Veal80 manufacture "T II E G E ?f ," m Its
name indicates, an elegant stationary Top Desk.
The "I'COMnilC" absoiuiely deliw cmniwtl
tion in priccH ior furniture WHICH IS OOOD.
We arc also maUn full line of Tlecitatlon So
tees Teacher's Desks, Chairs, and all SCHOOL
FURNITURE. Our list of apparatus Includes
Clocks, Hell. Globes, Mapn. Charts. Slated Paper.
Liquid Slating. Chalk. Philosophical and Chemical
Apiuraiu;. Dictionaries, and evrrytliluc aeslrahie
In auv jrade of schools, all ot whicli wo will sell
for cish. or on fiiinicient tloAe to enablo a district to
ln- oTi.1 villArt u. tnv.
Biude's ReadinK Case is rapidly sapercedlr.R the
crdinarj-reudingTableU. 2fi.0tt) groups, phrases ami
sentences, based upon tne word-inethod, adiuiraui
adapted to primary lessons in Drawing, Numbers,
Reading, and Orammar. Address our nearest agent,
who will call upon you without ueiay.
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pursuit tne stuuy oi taw muugu
withoat- the possession ot noerai
and he always smells so sweet meanfioon found au anchorage in
md lillies! 1 don't have any- the office of one of the best lawyers,
whouDitrucceu mm in me aij-awim
of bischoscu profession, w.th such
suocesa-that, between the careful
teachings o' the master aud the nat
uralajIlity of the pupil, ere a year
f.lanseU the young adventurer found
out in
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like those lovely wax-tigures in the' sons of tb 'dark and bloody ground,'
windows, only they cuu't use tut-ir
lips. It's my Freuch teacher, and he
says "tuu petite" just like a cooiug
dove
ot no
thing to do with trie boys now ; those1
little boys ot seventeen anu oiguiuen
do very well when there are no men
around, if they can get money enough
from their pa3 to buy us Guuther'a
candies, but they oau't amuse us girls
nf fnnrtfion : thev seem lust use
hies, and when they try to make love j posse;
O, my! arn't they mushy iNow,
Monsieur Fontaine acts as if he had
been engaged twenty times, although
I'm hislirst love; but we dou't let on,
before ma, and Thuse. It makes Ar
thusa awful mad to have me call her,
Thuse, and that's the reason I do it.
I heard her ask ma the other day if
that Frenchman's manners were not
too familiar toward that child. Child!
cvio .r,,Hv nfmiil of iiiv beiutf a
youn' lady ! What need she care,
now "she's married? Wasn't bhe
spoouey, though, about Fred ! When
he uned to come anu see uer, x um
drag Tommy into tho room and put
my arm around his waist and squeeze
hh hand until her face would be as
red as a beet. Such fuu ! I caught
her kinsiuK him once BUch a littJJ
nippi'hg Uiss. just as if she wero task
ing pepper-sauce. Now, if I protend
ed to kiss a man, I'd do it in right
n ant mv ieni.
tlo simply aa a business man, politely
signified to young Burt that he had
intruded, and pointed to his lady part
ner as an evidence of his assertion.
The fiend triumphed ; his noble rep
resentative of natural courtesy forgot
himself, and taking from his right
hand hl3 unsoiled glove, he graceful
ly dashed it across the face of the as
tonished stranger ; then handing him
his card, he turned to receive the
proud glances of approval shot from
the eyes of his resplendent partner.
The deeply wronged man, to the
surprise of all who noticed the trans
action, displayed no excitement ;
without looking around to see the ef
fect of what had occurred, without
eveu looking at the superscription, he
put the card, as if it were valuable,
carefully in his pocket-book, and of
fering his arm to the lady in his
charge, quietly moved away" and was
in a moment more lost in tha crowd.
The professed duelists at the ball
and there were many who noticed tho
affront and the manner of its recep
tionshrugged thoir shoulders aud
passed telfgraph signals ; something
had evidently occurred which met
their approval. Meanwhile the mus
ic struck up, and Burt and his beau
tiful partner were more thau hereto
fore the center of admiration Burt
prouder than ever that he had so gal
lantly achieved a place on the iloor,
and the lady more radiant because hor
escort had possibly imperiled his life
that she might not be disappointed in
a polka.
The expected challenge came the
day following the insult, and the
meeting was secretly arranged for the
afternoon of the following day. "The
morning proceeding, Burt surpassed
himself in a splendid argument be
fore on of the district courts. At its
conclusion, his admirers all uncon
scious of the peuding meetiug, con
gratulated him on his success.
An hour later, with a few friends,
he was on hli way to the "Aleterie
Jtidirp-" There they discovered the
Englishman and hio friunUa tUrcauy
on the ground.
The story is now quickly ended.
The Cooley and Rhett duel repeated
moat strangely the cereraouy the
wehpon3, the distance, and the orders
were exactly followed. On the first
fire both parties esoaped. Aa Burt
and his antagonist wore absolutely
strangers to each other, one of the
seconds suggested that there might be
explanations. The Englishman, in
reply, without showing auy feeling,
remarked that he was not desirous of
continuing the duel. An instant
more and the meeting would have
amicably ended, when one of the ad
vising friend- of young Burt, and his
friend par excellence, and the friend
of his mother and slaters (!) demand
ed "another shot."
The Englishman's face suffused
with blood and then turned deadly
pale ; then his eye flashed with un
wonted iudignatiou. Taking his
weapon with ru e grasp, at the word
"lire" he shot Burt instantly dead
satisfying those who witnessed the
terrible performance that ho had at
tho tlrst lire cmvRirouiy spareu me
vol. rr.-isTo. 4i.
allowed to do without opposition, but
some of our "Old Guard" watohed
their every movement.
The chairman, in a few remarks,
introduced the distinguished guest
and then Mr. Lincoln arose. Old
Abe was not graceful, and it was some
moments before he had planted his
tall figure solidly on his feet. To me
the hush was painful, but we could
only wait ; it was never our oue to be
gin an affray. Lincoln began to
speak with a power I have never
heard equaled except by Mr. Web
ster, though I have listened to many
a more eloquent speaker. He did not
declaim, nor gesticulate much, but he
made every point tell, and clinched
every proposition. He was very qui
et, his voice raised but little above the
ton? of ordinary conversation, but
ther.9 was such an air of sincerity, of
kindness, and such a downright
charm in what he said, that for my
own part, I declare to you, Mr. Edit
or, I forgot all about the expected out
break, and thought Mr. Lincoln a
handsome man which you know he
was net.
What were the adverse faction
about? At first they fidgeted a little
and exebonged glances. Now aud
then one would interject an insolent
remark or donial of some statement
mad by the speaker. But Lincoln
met these attempts to carry out their
programme with such perfeot bon
hommie and self-possessiou, that they
gave up the game and allowed him to
proceed without further interruption.
Mr. Lincoln was the first rami before
whom thesa ruffians had quailsd.
They had laughed at Greeley, sneer
ed at Seward, and m for Burlingame,
why, with one of his cartridge-box
speeches, he had set the whole swarm'
buzzing about our ears, and had seen
knives drawn, aye, and used, too, at
no great distauce from his own apart-
'Trot w--.r end I. do not
think I ever knew a more quiet polit
ical meeting- The mob element bo
oime attentive, and were respectful,
and at length withdrew in an orderly
manner. I say nothing of Mr. Lin
coln's magnetism over his friends, for
thai was quickly established ; but to
have successfully exerted it upon his
euemies was equally a source of aa
tonishment to them and to us. Let
not the reader suppose that there was
any fear ou their part; they were, as
I have said, in the majority, aud a
desperate, lawless gang.
o
SINGLE 11LESSEDXS;.S.
OFFICIAL PAIO) OF THE COUNTY.
Report of a Man vno Kpt Hows
Willie nU Wife was off for the Sua-msr.
My wife has gone away for the sum
mer, aud left me in full charge of the
house. I like it ; havo'nt had such a
ruu of liberty siuce we were married.
I hope she's having a gocd time, fori
can now exercise my right as the head
of the family. Can't do it when she
Is ai koiuc ; she'll not stand it. fcjho
ha3 rule3 and makes everybody about
her toe the mark. But I've got her
oiid am havimr,.tuin$2s-my own
I
u:MUsMMiaciiM
nowj
way:
r-jM. morninsr
rz ' vr . o ,m-
.(TM A - -- w- -Vml. - ' ' 4-1 U r I- b .. j !&.. AI-:aW
opinion tisSt had driven him Into a Ulb-antl 20tcau4ht ouliutffcUt?
duel. : - .. Vnr hnlf an. hour I atdaHwftifoth'!-?
From- the -stricken home -or the tey-hole, whioh musf1-taY.e got niu
i umblo widow and faithful aisters h.u t feit for it everywhere, and
there came no wail tnat evor reacneu
the buuy world. Death scon relieved
the hoart-broken parent of a life that
insanity had mercifully rescued from
agony too groat to bo borne. The rest
is involvad in the unwritten history
of thoeb homes desolated by the duel.
MR. LINCOLN.
A Bemlulsccnee or Ulna.
even got down into the yard and ex
amined every brick, but couldn't find
T V.-RA in the act oi cullinsr one oi
it
Mi
;f'
ipd the pots aro
me crop of white
mould, which I
name of, but sho
she comes. Tho
KlRe as bright and
but the files aro
I were to wash
beautiful red t
bringing forth
loosing vegeta
haven't learned
will know It ve
dishes don't loo
clean as they m
bad this year, a
them every two weeks they wouldn't
present n respectable appearance.
Notice to the Editor. Please sup
press that article I sent you about my
Spell of Single Blessedness. The old
woman has got back.
AnscrsoTs oir palhikrston.
Lord Palmerston's wit was in such
unmistakable Saxon that the edge
was of ton too sharp for very free use.
Few persons have earned themselves
a greater reputation for philauthro
phy than Lord Shaftesbury, who, by
the way, married Lady Palmerston's
oldest daughter by Earl Cowper, her"
first husbaud. Lord Paimerston was
never weary of telling stories about
his son-in-law, whoso religious zeal
he did not much believe in dr care for;
and Lord Shaftesbury, it was said, al
ways took them in good part. It
must be nearly twenty years ago that
I overheard the then Ho sue Secretary
call across the table to Lord John
Russell, who sat reading a newspaper
at the Garrick i
"Russell, havd yoti read Tony's
(the nickname by which he always
designated the Earl of Shaftesbury,
whosa name was Anthony Ashley
Cooper) speech last night before the
parsons and pariah paupora6Sxeret
Hail?" 7
"I have not, hri JGor." repffed
Lord John, wbofgi'shnesa sifter
permits him to treat or adtlruss any
person ftuuL'iarly. . - -
"Well, read it. It's devlish good,
and the examination of tho children
aif jiiasB. I jsm.taliL2iv fctt"
"Howso?
"Tony was asking tho children rt
variety "of questions of a Scriptural
nature, to which ho had received very
satisfactory answers. Just as he was
concluding, he addressed a girl some
what older than the rest, and, among
other things. Inquired 'who raado
your vile body?' 'Please, my Lord,'
responded the unsophisticated girl,
'Betsey Jones made my body, but I
made tho skirt myself.' "
1 m '
PHUN MD PHANOI,
Rather contradictory Gay's grave.
"Weight for the wagon," sang thd
fat lady.
Spot3 on the sun Freckles on your
boy's face.
A woman who tells fortunes from iv
tea cup is a sauceresa.
Captain Jack ia said to have asked
to b tried by a jury of Indiana.
People who r always wanting
jomathiag new, should try neuralgia.
The drossiag-gown is the most last
ing of all garments : it is seldom worn
out.
A Lancaster, ?., -undertaker ad
vertises :""'Get yAgqifoififey coffins
!A-3CentuekvTnanhae named bia
tftxteenth eon. recently bora to hUn
Coiega, ho-jd ugtt win be the last.
What wasjtbe; proverb that King
Lear heard from the lips of his two
daughter ? Go father and fare worse.
" Where ore the'men-of 76?" gbout-
my neighbors, and aakmg him who ed a btump orator. "Dead!" respoireu
had carried on ray irout uuor, wuou a sad-loottiug man in mo mwuu
I happened to hud it anu got in.o the The Bucces3 Gf the balloon expert-
house. ,.,-,., ; Went now on the carpet, will proye
lu the dark I kicked over a spit- whtther or not it l3 Viae to croes the
toon, but lucmiy aiunt get any ui mo
tobacco iuice on my boots, l nnng
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j
Undertaking a Specialty.
& m&zrffis
ba-lhimself, not only a lawyer.
uve possession of a paying practice.
His course was a continued success.
Everr one hailed his good fortune.
He wemed to be exempt from creat
ing tvie hostility of envy. Flattered
by scalety, he was the central point
r,f th fashionable carty. Acknowl
edged as rising star in his profession,
he t is a favorite with the elder mem
bers of the Bar and Bench. High
spirfM, ambitious, and desiriug to
exctl iu all honorable ambitions, he
uniU-d himself with one of the two
gre?t political organizations of tho
I day, aud was soon the acKnowieugeu
leader or tne young men oi m uumul
ed ome ; the head and front of the
t l L 1.1 .1 n m A Inlnnf f,mvi oil
verr Dest oiouu mu whdui .iulu ....
palUfof the United States, that supo
ribfenterprisB and prospects of auc
ce.B Jiad at the time attracted to the
"Crescent City."
:jut young Burt, in all this triumph,
bed a source of constant uneasiness
nrd approhension. He was emiuent-
WaJself-made man. Left an orphan
Iri Mm tonrloroat VP:
arl to thesaoriflces of a devoted moth
erand two accomplished sisters for
the means that carried him through
tfjg Studies, and placed him on his
feel ; anu mis ftacruu ms'j ....
him ; he had no proud title of family
precedence; no social distinction of
nsffatMi lights: no natent. he fearod.
of acknowledged station, and overes
timating the value of what he did not
Wsess, lie evidently conceived the
ilea that in a high spirited sooiety of
ftho great Southern metropolis, us
miHt be the hero of a duel to maite
unquestioned the place his personal
and intellectual merits were rapidly
Resigning him. In short, the fioud of
th dunlin was weaving ft net about
hi feet; the "brilliant reputation" of
the great (!) duelist we have descnb-
jt-" r ,j ix . - .. n . n mi i rv niia ii;i
and held tight hold oi nia wv-- 7 '-"," V;rM rn hi. rasn-the
IliliUSV w wfcj .- - t-,
nnd nariiPKt : iust uiant my
O .. , , , It tn
xr.Broati'Tp"K.
Allie, poor Thuse would go off on a
dead faint at my low-bred expres
sions, and inform me, for the uinel
hundred and ninth timo, that my
name is Ellsworth. Just as if I 'dd.
not know my own name, and w tat
does It matter, any way, when I ex
pect to change it so soou ? I do aot
iMipni! in hnncon to it till I an. a
horrid old maid, like poor Mrs. Tra-
w nnnnailA HllO miPllt DO a WM"
ing to tlio tronget mindod.
nervous, and how I do lovo to
hr T nromised Tommy the
day five cents worth of pea
lot me hold him out of our
ry window. He'd lot
for o nmipr of Dea-llUts.
out, and knelt down under tho v?ln-i
dow ledge, where I couldn't be SSj-
Sie's
sjare
o hor
nuti to
third sto-
m t.t m
me sKin "".
So loot liim
A correspondent of the Boston
2YciVclcr writes as follows of the lato
President:
I assert that Mr. Lincoln was a fair
representative of his section, as much
ao as Mr. Douglas or Mr. Beuton.
We never hear Mr. Douglas anoth
er unsuccessful Presidential candi
date deprecated. And yet, if the In
tellectual contest between Douglas
and Lincoln did not prove the supe-i-ioritv
of the latter, the Republican
partyat tho Weat was strangely in
fatuated, and is to this day. There
were few men in the Senate who car-
i 1 ill, t.n mHn rrl.
eu io oreaK a iauw "" "" . &
ant." On the stump he was in his el
ement. An obacure country lawyer
attacks the champion of Democracy
and literally shreds squatter sover
eignty into pulp. This was the isaue
before the country. With all his per
sonal popularity and you have only
to recall Mr. Webster's hold ou the
people of Massachusetts to find a par
allelDouglas was near losing his
election.
Mr. Lincoln's fame in this contest,
accumulating as it rolled on, at last
reached us on the banks of the Mis
souri. iuucu io our auiijuao uo ac
cepted an invitation to make some
speeches in Kansas. On the day he
was to arrive a gentleman sent in
nuest of him found him tranquilly
seated on the bank of theBig Muddy,
a carpet-bag in his huud, and his own
genial smile on his angular counten
ance. Mr. Lincoln wore no gloves,
and I have forgotten the color of hia
coat, but he stretched out a big braw
ny hand, and appeared, as he said.
rithr. irl.id to see ub. There was no
formality. Some of our party had en
dured imprinonment and privation in
the cause of i ree lvansas,
Thuse thinks my strength is
inir. Prettv soon there was an
"T"
elder-jtemptatiou of a fiend posseasoa nun.
iHpHv form, ut all tno niagnniceut gaiuciiua-
lyshnek.andthen an eiuet, . , . diatiniru,Kld tho St. Charles
rushed acroBS tne street V' "Vl,ra:-f Jkotol that winter we allude to. none
hut bv the time tney got "f ": ..,, .r7,. i.i. M.;av
. ...'.. .. A.nnnPL irtJ2Li3iit:ii liiu huiciiuiu
RC I11V iiiu--I---- tr
was seated quietly
achieved
the
the
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still edgod belle of tho evening. The la-
4,a dies looked with unconceaieti envy
upon the lovely representative of their
so'sex: the gentlemen leu
was semeii qu.cwj . -y - inh-ht whAn vmmtr Burt od into
work' ,ndZmLa" i " ; loveiv center of the ball-room tho.aofcnowl
w-ta- nri! t iiiki nil i i !-. x" .
n..f miinTr.DUQac. And ma
thinks It is poor Miss Tracy that is
little wild at tunes. , iav m,q nVlnmpn fAlt without
JA0rSlT" how bTWl of Jjl, .hat they weraonce
u,ulu "--- - - - .. onii- ritlv renresented. The lain was over-
Because she is so' whelming, the sets wero always ln
tnnnnoe but she 'stantly made up, and it appeared that
If Burt and his lovely partner, for wans
Indecent haste, would tinu no
ace when an opening presented it-
and without apparently noticing
that a ladv. for the moment unaccom-
real pretty panied by a gentleman, was Intruded
in artist uuuu, uie icsiiichucih ku.w, . j
pairm to fancv Hiich a
men as our Thuse.
....,ii.r Tirnrtv T sunnose
inof turns him round her thumD.
j"v . . . ..
!. ..onto Kflfi OI
he refuses to gee wiiataue 7 ;""- nl
:.,f inni-a libn n martvr in the flames, pi
- ; ;.. j 11 i,..-Kont hnlr like self,
ana lets unwn an nci. uw -
fdO Ui. 1. . t.. .-- -
the Macdalens in tne picture K"c-
And. although they nre
SST2 want ,0 .1 'at the "table three right of royal precedence, toot pos-
i:,oa o o nnKir 51 live one. Wltnesaiuu BDu watieu
L"" .-niinyn knd hr hair down begin
her back. So poor Fred always gives
in, and she smiles a forgiving hiuub,.
puts up her hair, and goes off to Duy
for the music to
A moment moro and a most quiet,
unpretentious Englishman, but little
known la New Orleans, and that Ut-
and Mr.
Lincoln greeted them with especial
v;annrnPBa Tt was arranged that
he should speak at the principal hall
in L.. the next nrternoon.
Wo had still among us the old leav
en of the Border Ruffian Democracy.
Thia element was in an insignificant
minority in the State, but in a raajor
ly in L. by amalgamation with its
old enemies, the Douglas men. They
were Kentuckians aud Missounans.
with a fair sprinkling of the hottest
blood in the Union. The3e men said
Mr. Lincoln should not speak, and
that they would prevent it. I will do
them the justice to say that they were
vicious enough to attempt to do any
thing that thoy threatened.
s the time or tne meeting ap
proached our friends began to bo fe-
. .1 ...-V. nnt- r1.limnt.'rirl Wf
had already passed through many
similar experiences, but always with
inis-'iviugs ns to the final result. I
am not sure that Mr. Lincoln was in
formed of the storm gathering around
him ; but I think at a late hour ho
was offered the alternative or wnn
drawing from hi3 engagement, and
declined to do so.
The hall was crowded, both parties
appearing in force. Every man was
armed, and there were many palo, res
olute faces. In the whole assembly
Mr. Lincoln appeared to be the only
person unconscious of any unusual
lagitation. The pro-slavery gang
posted tnemseives ai me neau 01 inw
stairs in a body, thus taking possess
ion of tho entrance, This they were
my overcoat and umbrella on a prong
of the chandelier, let them drip on
the parlor carpet, went up staira and
turned in with my boots on. I tho t
it wasn't worth while to pull thorn
off", as I would have to get up in eight
or ten hours anyhow. If my wife had
been at homo she'd have had me
looking an hour for the boot-jack, and
I would have lost that amount of reat,
which my system so much needed.
Besides, she'd have made me give a
full account of myself, which I don't
like to do I never did believe in
praising myself. It's better to let
others speak of one's virtuss. I can
now wear a shirt a week and it's no
body's buaine?3. I don't see how I
ever did get along with that woman.
The idea of having to put on a clean
nhirt, black my boots, aud brush up
mv clothes every morning, ia simply
ridiculous. It is a miracle to me how
T pvar Hid it and attend to rny other
affairs. I now read the morning pa
per without being forcad to see an im
patient woman standing with her
dress in one hand, looking very mis
erable, and finally telling me she i
going down town and wants that pa
per. Any erne, to look at the house
now, would know there's no women
about, everything is so quiet anu com
fortable and handy. If I want to do
a little figuring I don't have to hunt
up a pencil, or pen and ink, but I just
ait down to one of the tables and do
it with my finger, and there's no
body to be eternuily wielding a dust
ing brush around my bed and telling
me to get out of tho way until the
house is cleaned up. These are con
siderations that every married man
should ponder over. But when we
do ponder and resolve, what good
does it do ? That's the question which
is now agitating tha American people.
What good does it do? Not a bit. If
these women can't have everything
just their own way, they swoon off
into hysterics. As a consequence, we
have to pay a fifty dollar doctor's hill,
and stay In the house all day, fan
ning them and promising in cne enu
that "wo may bo happy yet," before
they show any disposition to compro
m!s3. Our wives are petted too much.
And this reminds me that mine won't
yield to any other treatment. I un
dertook to prescribe a more stringent
remedy for her one day, but it throw
her into a fit more like Jim jams than
anvthinL' I knew of. Sho brok ev
ery plate in the house over my head
and then I had to kiss her before she
would promise not to do it azain.
That's what makes me say that she Is
set in her waya.
There, too, are tho piano ana guit
ar, which she kept going from morn
ing until midnight, filling tho whole
neighborhood with discordant sounds
which sho called music. Both are as
mute as tho bird csjre which was va
cated last week by a stragetio move
ment of the cat.
Tho 200 pots of flowers she left mo
to cultivate I don't think will pro
duce much of a crop. They're nearly
all ripe now and there's no sign of a
flower vet. I havo watered them
twice since she left, but it did no
good. I reckon they miss her and are
pining away because she ain't here.
In this respect they do not resemble
me to any alarming extent. -
Our kitchen never looked better.
The stove and pipo have assumed n
Atlanta.
A Japanese paper
thinks that tho
paper manufacturers of that country
will soon be able to pupply the Amer
can market.
A Scran ton household la enjoying
an era of peace. The lady of th
house put her tongue to a flat-iron to
see if it waa hot.
When Shake3peores mother wished
him to coufesra a theft, what distin
guished character did she hold up
before him ? William Tell.
Mrs. J. A. Dunniway wants to be
Mayor of Portland. Oregon. She Pays
it Is high timo the prejudices of the
past were Dunniway with.
It is stated that the "late John Car
penter, of Marquette, Mich., knocked
the ashes out of his pipe on the heal
of a keg of blasting powder."
The Loudon papors not having anj
revolutionary heroes to fall back upon
are nuuting out um uviuio.o ,. ..v
fought with Sir John Moore of Cor
unna The old gentleman whopufc his pos
tal card in a stamped envelope i
matched by an Omaha man who had
his money-order sent by registered
letter.
Moat of the arrests made in Duluth
on the Fourth of July were for not
complying with the ordnance that re
quires ashes to De sprinKieu uu wj
sidewalks before 10 o'clock a. m.
It is a remarkable fact that the mo
ment a woman writea a letter eh i
frantic to put it in the poat office, al
though she may have been putting
off tho writing for six months.
In a recent article on a fair in hi1
locality, the editor of a western parr
va n hrnthftr editor took a valuable
premium, but an unkind policeman
made him put it right back where ha
took it from.
It Is suggeited that persons who pa
about with their Ct3hrnere shav.-
turned inside out to shw that tbb
are genuine. ' h.ul '. adopt the custom
of walking on their i.t . to ho
that their boou an- eoied.
Boston ladles put on cb?Hnsloc..i A
when they have their photograph
taken. A phiiosopner is trying '
study out tho reason. Bus the ml
interesting point of inquiry is, how
did the reporter lenrn the fact?
To the telegraphic announcement'
a railroad accident near Schuect1 ..
recently, in which one man wask, ie I
and several wounded, is added tL
important statement: "Tho expr d
was delayed only one hour!"
The St. Louis Journal is goirc to
publish a list of itemizers who?.e
credit when they clip anything, and
will enritle it "The Laurel Wreath,"
"The String of Pearls," "The Chief
eat Among Ten Thousand," or soiiw-
thing of the kind.
A Portland man, caught fishing fo?
trout on another mau's laud the othvi
day, completely silenced the cvntr,
remonstrated, with tho maje t;f at-
swer, " Who wauls to steal your t. .' '
I am only trying to drown this v. vsu.
An erudite Insurance agent sent the
following dispatch to a western ofJic
just after the boston fire : "Our com
panies all sound as a nut. Loss will
not exceed $100,000. Advance rates
2-5 per cent, and go abend. Our motto
i&ztUl'Socetiuem.1 "
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