-. -vJi - $T ;--"& , S T&m&p. mw i -. - ?-J mt iramr Tk- Tr!kBv' ". b&- JsaSft n?w Pit 1 THB ADVERTISER " .BbHsIiedercryTUnrsflayby - - FABBEOTHER & HACKES, Proprietors. nlceNo.r4 3IcPhenon's Block, spStelro RllOWNVIIXE, XEBRxVSKA. Terms, in Advance: onoBeyew; ' O-e .r, six months 0-,-r7, three aonths. s-2 eo . 1 0 50 gpEfGgJlTTEROSETERTPAGE THE IVUISKYZOOTIC. j vJH told you how dat beppent, Iy me. Carl Zimmermen : I os ted b little bier shop Vay ond In Madison, ptvoslrt lndlani, ElnJinudert mile nuf here Ver dockderDio Lewis Got liees firsl atteck of bier. yft, wol ! It vos von morning, y'uBt I open t me meln door ; per vcs-veU. dirty ladles Come btand round dot vloor. Dey lookarnunt, eln Augenbllck, Und shpeak deni not a vdrd, V:n every one begin to sing The orst I ever beard. Dey Vos all sooch songs like dot : I Ylsh I vas a fly 1" X73d. "It's better I vas an angel," rnd, "How dot vos auf high ?" pcn dose ladles come arount me, Tod say I am doing wrong, I zA ven I don't trow out-do bier IKj- Using anoder song. w I bed in meln cellar An old hafa keg of bier. It tas ail sour und mouldy ; It s bsn dore tree year. . I , t)".d dam dat mein fraa und child .-I at got some tings to eat ; r.-t If cey pay me for dat bier I . trow it In dass street. Ya If dcy pay me for dat blor, HI trow it ll around ; 1 ;, mate example of mein blaco, I nd spill it on der ground Dorf laiie are delighted, Duy'fc got a convert here, Dev glfe me a deu-thalor bill, Und I prlng up dat bier. 1 1- sbpllled It all around so quick, Dey fo got to ran or shvlm, I'niso dose ladies all clear oud ; I vas den tharlerh In. Und ven I didn't vas a pbool, I U keep dat to melnself, Bt I'll told von rooster of It, Tud-vell-you know nor1 it vas your self. I: vrti better dat I cum away, Und tnke a little rot. Yea dat gruel var vas over. Again I so in Vest. 1 1. took dat leetle bier shop, Und keep It ymt the same, I ad for Dockder Lewvis.es prigade I didn't glfe a tame. Written for the Advertiser. COHPCLSIOX AND ATTR.ACTION. The need of a compulsory school law Is again be;ng discussed in some localities, end as it is a subject of vi tal iniDortanco to us as a people, we tUoalJ fully uuderstand its nirrits an3 demerits. We should take into consideration everything which appears to make such a law necessary, aud see If the appareiit causeB could not be adjusted without applying a law which would necessarily come in contact with the interests of a large number of people. In very many cases where at first glance it would appear that a com pulsory law would be just the thiug. tL-re fs, iu reality, a need of every thing els-e which pertains to a school It is a lamentable fact that in the thousands of schools in the United States, a great majority Are uuprovid ed with the rudet necessities, to say nothing of conveniences nud attrac tive features. It is evident that thisstate of things can be improved. Two things are necessary to the successful manage ment of a school : the student must be interested and he must be comfort able; and If, instead of laboring to compel people to send their children to schools which better deservo the nmn nrienns nnd whose ver7 name has become distasteful to the children. thoe persona would labor to build up our present system and make it the ideal of what it was intended to be. they would so revolutionize educa tiDnal Interests that iu a few years the subject of compulsion would bo drop ped. One great step toward this end would be to improve the condition of school houses and surrounding ob jects. Exchange bare walls for map, charts and pictures ; things that will at once be a source of eutertalnment ond Instruction. Exchange small, muddy yards for spacious, grassy play-grounds. Exchange weeds and other rubbish usually found aboutour school houses, for shrubbery and shade trees. In short make the place attractive, and fit for civilized chil dren to occupy, and the present in difference of the parents and chil dren would be changed to an active, cheerful interest, and the other re quisite improvements will soon fol low. That our school houses are the least attractive of all public places Is too true. Enter a railroad car, the cabin of a steamboat, a hotel, a theatre or any place of public entertainment or amusement and see with what care everything is arranged that the com fort of the guest may be secured, but vho thinks of making a school house cheerful or pleasant? A few hard benches aud a stove are the only things to be found in many of our school houses, while the surround ings are even less inviting; in fact there is an absence of everything that vould have a tendency to excite pride 'Mid interest In children. 2Sow, it tnay be said that children do not no tice the absence of these things thiB nay be true, and It is, true that they ould notice attractive features and be benefitted. There is a train of evils growing out of the condition of schools and school property. Those bavitrg district property in charge evince but little luterest because there Is nothing hlch demands it". Teachers fre quently evince but little interest In their work, and who wonders at it hen we consider the encouragement given by those who should have a vi tal interest. When will the people of hl5 enlightened age awaken to a tense of duty in this matter. Pent, Jeb. A Tacheb.. - aJM - VWZf if ft. ESTABLISHED 1856. Oldest. Paper is. the State. i OUE NEW YOEK LETTER. Temperance Brooltlyn Tlte Kevr Horse Disease Tn8 Cli&rltle Chi nese Fashion for, Easter Bonnets Tlie Cost of Two Itcsns. Correspondence Nebraska Advertiser. New Yokk, April 4, 1874. TEMPERANCE. The rum cyclone has struck New York at last. In Brooklyn it came with all the force of a hurricane, and It is rivalling the Western movement bo far as power Is concerned. The drinking places in New York, by which saloons and groceries, in which liquor is the principal article dealt in, is meant, number 7,514 ; one to every 133 of the population. This Is exclu sive of druggists, club houses and places of that class which dispense liquors quite as freely as the professed dealers. These furnish facilities enough for drinking in all conscience. Wall street is full of drinking places, many of them furnished without reference to cost, for gambling in stocks and gold is a business so exciting as to re quire stimulauts constantly to enable the gambler to sustain the drain upon him. The Astor House bar does an enormous business. From early morn till 12 at night the long bar is crowd ed with feverish-looking individuals, who keep the cool and self-posseesed dispensers busy. One thousand dol lars a day for liquors alone is not a big day's work at the Astor. Delmonico's Broadway place is another famous place, then the Braadreth House, St. Nicholas, Grand Central, New York Hotel, and so on up, all on the west side. The east side lias quite as many. The regular thing for the regular drinker who is in business down town, is to walk to his home, up above 20th street, and he Is very apt to stop at every one of these places and drink. Just at thi3 time a series of meetings are being held in all the churches and most of the halls, the object being to create a sentiment against the traffic and use of liquor, and to bo unite the people opposed to it Is that a raid will have some effect. The clergy are all in it, aud many of the leading business men have corns out and an nounced their willingness to give the movement all the aid in their power. DIO LEWIS is here with his Western laurels fresh upon him, and the ranks are closing for a big movement. In 3H00KLYX the women have taken the field with some prospect of success. One shrewd saloon man took advantage of the ex citement to post bills all over the city, in the name of the Woman's Com mittee, stating that a prayer-meeting would bo held at his saloon a given evening. Of course hi3 saloon was crowded from early in the evening till after 9 o'clock. Then, as no women came it crept through the wool of the thirsty crowd.present, that the saloon man had made a rather nice thing by attracting them to his den. The un scrupulous fellow made several hun dred dollars by his Bhrewd dodge. THE WOMEN of Brooklyn did, however, organize, and are now on the war path. Last Monday they formed praying bands and visited various saloons, in which they held cervices. These agencies can be used in Brooklyn as well as the west, for Brooklyn is a cuy o rebi dences, and a very religious city. But they met with but little success. The saloon keepers wefe obdurate, and no results followed. They propose to keep it up. however, till they huve crushed out the evil in Brooklyn at least. A SGVT HORSE DISEASE. A new disease has broken out among the horses in the city, which, if not checked, will create as much trouble as the epizootic of two years ago. It is a complaint entirely different from any that has yet appeared. Some horse doctors declare that the disease is of a mild type, runs its course in a very few days, never kills, that the horse does not suffer at all ; that it merely feels dull, languid, under the weather, rather sleepy, rather dis pirited, like a ward politician "be tween elections." Other doctors in sist that the horse suffers intensely with an aching pain alternating with coile spasms, and that it has proved in many Instances fatal. One horse doctofinslsts that the disease is a form of lung fever. Another is certain that : : - naco nf catarrhal fever. This lit la i Wfc- w - i.i. nnininn is ranidlv gairii "'" ground, and finds many omnno the ownerB of the auvouuies j ..;j " - horses of- 44 Iff & hK w fected, who are liaving their animals treated for this complaint. In all the large stables the disease. whatever it is, has run through all the horses. In the stables 517 Washing ton street, a personal case has occur red. A horse was attacked twice by the disorder within fss-Q weeks. The first time he was sick six days. The secoud time the attack lasted half that period. The horse eeeraed to suffer as if affected with the quinsy sore throat. He refused food, avoided water, but did not lose flesh. In every case but this the animal became thic, but in this Instance the horse was, after the second attack, even fleshier than at first. His joints, however, became stiff; he was unable to inove, as if he had rheumatism did not seem to suf fer any, but was as inanlmateasa log. The horse the day or night before is perfectly well ; when the next feed-iug-time comes he will ajot eat ; he wiH not drink ; his loins contract and the disorder is in fullibree, till at last it oeases as suddenly and as causeless Iv as it appeared. One fact ba3 been I verified by experience, the disorder only attacks horses of a certain age. Young horses and horses below 8 or 9 years are unaffected by it; and fe males are less susceptible to it than males. The disease is spreading rap Idly and bo far no remedies have been found for it. THE CHARITIES. A number of the professional phi lanthropists of the city enraged at James Gordan Bennett, because he preferred to disburse hla money him self, instead of putting It in their hands, attacked him roughly, and Bennett in turn, has subjected them to a microscopic examination. Quite a number of interesting fricts have been developed. For instance, there are seventy charities In the city gov erned and managed by "boards," "agents, "&c. Tht-secbari ties disburse $1,700,000, and the cot of carrying them on foots up $185,000! Now, here is where Bennett gets them. Of the seventy, eight are Catholic, and the eight disburse over half of the entire amount, at a cost of $23.000 ! To make the comparison more sharp and dis tinct he gives this instance : The House of Refuge, a Protestant charity, collected and disbursed $61,000, at a cost of $33,238, while a Catholio Pro tectory, the same kind of a charity, expended $365,000 at a cost of $10,374 ! And Bennett pertinently asks where does the money go to ? What do the demure Individuals in black gloves who collect it do with it? And no one, as yet, has answered his question. The fact is there is a small army of professional philanthropists who live, move, and have their being by the collection and disbursing of money for charities. Of every dollar contri buted so many cents stick to their fingers in some way. Mr. Bennett is doing the charitable a good work by his timely exposure. THE CHINESE IN NEW YORK. Saving the cities on the Pacific Coast, New York has more Chinesp. resident, than any city in what may be called the civilized world. They are huddled together In the most squalid part of the city, and though they live wretchedly, the3' manage to save something every day, and many of them are absolutely accumulating property. The emigrants are, to a large extent, men. but they all marry after thev have been here a time. It is a singular fact that Chinese men find their wive3 amongthe Irish. The Irish women of the lower grades have no objection to marrying the pig-tailed Oriental, and they all-testify to the I fact that they make good, kind hus bands. The progeny of these Mon-gol-Celto marriages are larger than the Chinese, quite as nimble, lithe and active, and very much stronger. But it is a ourious mix, isn't it? FASHION. Easier com memorate3 the resurrec tion of the meek arid lowly Jesus. How do his followers in Gotham pre pare for it? Read, and get an idea of New York religion. "Madame 's opening of Easter hats has called out the beau monde. The elegant drawing room was crowd ed. Among the nobby hats our at tention wa. called to pretty ecru chip, embellished with French flowers and pure ostrich tips, also, exquisitely cut garniture. A lovely chapeau compos ed of rjrns de siicz, in a soft, gray tint, reminds oue of Quaker simplicity, and yet there is no lack of grace about this natty Easter hat. Among the recherche EisVer black silk and camel's hair cloth appear to take the lead in promenade Spring suits. Ov erskirts are not so extensively worn as formerly. The neat little postilion jacket is quite a favorite with the bon tons." Isn't this a descent from the sub lime to the ridiculous? A "natty EasterHat!" indeed. But speaking of HATS AND THINGS, It costs something to be a fashionable woman in New York. The simplest bonnet, without flowers or feathers, costs $20, and one as cheap as any wo man of pretension would wear costs $50. Then a Spanish Mantilla to suit that bonnet costs $350, the roses on it being $4 each extra! And these two articles, bear in mind, only com mence the dress. Seme of your lady readers are doubtless able to take the cost of these two items, and from the figures see what the entire outfit from bat to shoes would cost. I can't do -i r... k: t i,nm if T Pircr mar- )I5. DUl MHO I ivu" ... --- - - . T l Mnr G.aMin.in of no-ition in .New ioru j . 1 1 -Jiall examine the resources or ner papa before th ceremony is pronoun ced. I shall insist that the old gen tleman settles on her at least $20,000 per annum. This sum will take an ordinary belle through, unless she is very ugly, in which case more will be required. But think of a young merchant saddling himself with bo expensive a luxury as a fashiouable wife! What certain ruin it is for him. if he happens to be in love with her! Is it any wonder that so many young men live at the clubs, aud keep rooms of their own,.rather than marry? I think not. Pietro. The Rev. Henry Ward Beecber makes this sensible reply in the Christian Union to a query as to whether it is wicked tcr dance: "It is wicked when Jt is wicked, and not wicked when it is not wicked. In itself it has no more moral character than walking, wrestling OTTowing.r Bad company, untimely hours, evil dances, may make the exercise evil ; r.-s-rt rnrrmnnv. wholesome hOUTS, and 0- r .,, bomej influences, may make it a very great bonsai BROWKTILLE. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 9,' 1874 Historical Items. The flax-seed was first planted in Eugland in 1533. The first flax water mill was invented in Scotland about 1750. Fire-ships were first used in the sixteenth century. They were first employed by the English navy In the engagement with the Spanish arma da. July, 15SS. The language of France was first introduced into England by William I. in 1066. Law pleadings were chang ed from JFrencb to English in the reign of Edward III., 1362. An angel was an ancient gold coin, weighing four penny weights, and was valued lh English at 5s 8d. in the reign of Henry VI., and at 10s, in the reign of Elizabeth, 1562. The hearths of the early Brittons were fixed in the center of their balls?. The fire-place, originally, was per haps nothing more than a large stone depressed below the level of the ground to receive the ashes. Funeral games are mentioned by most early writers. Among the Ro mans they consisted of processions and mortal combats of gladiators around the funeral pile. They were finally abolished by Claudius1. A tax was laid on funerals in England in 1793. Dials were Invented by Anaxi- mander, 550 B. C. The first dial of the sun in Rome was placed on the Temple of Quirinus by L. Papirius Curror, when time was divided into hours. In the times of the Emper ors almost every palace and public building had a sun dial. History informs us that the pro duct of the silk-worm was first util ized In China 4,515 years ago. through the eucouragerxie'nt of the Empress Si-ling-Chi, to whom is attributed the invention of silk-stuffs. The se cret of silk-worm culture was finally stolen from China, and ultimately spread all over the globe for twenty ys-fcrs, however, the Chinese kept the secret faithfully ; death was the pen alty which any one incurred who at tempted to impart a knowledge of it to any outside nation, aud their fron tiers were guarded closely to prevent the secret from being carried abroad. Burled Aiive: r Two weeks ago at Chapmanville, Pennsylvania, a woman named Mar tha Cogswell, wife of Anthony Cogs well, a drover, died, as was supposed, in this village, and was buried. Her husband was absent at the time. His first knowledge -of his wife's death was on his return home. Almost wild with grief, he insisted upon her body being exhumed, so that he could see the remains. This was done, and the coffin opened in the presence of seve ral friends. To the unutterable hor ror ofall, the body had changed its position in the coffin . showing that she had been buried while in a trance. The body was lying on its face. Evidences of a fearful struggle made by tho unfortunate woman when she recovered consciousness in the coffin were visible. The flesh was torn from one shoulder, and the shroud was covered with blood. When Mr. Cogswell saw what a ter rible fate his wife had met, he fell -enseless across the eoffin, and has been a raving maniac ever since. AT. Y. Sun. A New Oklahoma liili. The new Oklahoma bill, introduced the other day by Senator Dorsey. dif fers materially from the other bills in troduced in the House and Senate on the same subject. It pnwid.es for the incorporation of the Territor3 in reg ular form, and without any special provisions for the Indians, except de claring them citizers of the United States, and providing that any Indian shall be entitled to a patent upon any lands that mav be held in a state of improvement by him : that each in dividual Indian man, woman and child shall be entitled to a homestead of 160 acres, to be located in the lands now owned by the tribes in common, and that the balance of the lands now owned by the tribes in common shall be bought by the jfnited States at a fair valuation, the sums in payment for the same to be held as a fund for the benefit of the Indians, similar to that of the Osage aud Pottawatomies. The bill also guaranties to negroes do mesticated in the various tribes the s-iine rights its the Indians. Senator Dorsey will make a strong fight for his bill, and he is an indefatigable worker". The Western Rural has a correspon dent who throws out the following hints to youcg men who work for others: Be read3 to throw in an odd half hour or an huur'.s time when it will !e an accommodation, am don't seftn to make a merit of it. Do it heartily. Though not a word be said, your employer will make n note of it Make yourself indispensable to him. land he will lose many of the opposite kind befrfre he will part with you. T'hose young men who watch the clock to see the very second their working hour is up who leave, no matter what state the work may be in at precisely that instant who calcu late the extra amount they can slight their work and yet not get reproved who are lavish of their jem ploy ef '8 goods will always be the first to re-oelve-notice when times are dull that' theirervices are no longer required. "If you are courting a girl," says a California paper, "stick to her, no matter how large her father'ef feet are.'r THE HAPPY FARMER. BT MBS. LTniA. TI. SIGOUBNET. Saw ye the farmer at his plow, As yon were riding by T Or, wearied 'neath his noonday toll, "When Summer suns, were high And thought ye that his lot was hard ? And did you not thank God, That you and yours were not condemned Thus like a slave to plod? Come, see him at his harvest home, Wheri garden', field and tree Conbplre with flowing stores to fill His barn and granary ; His healty children gaily sport Amid the new-mown hay. Or proudly aid, With vigorous arm. His task as best they may. The dog pertakes his roaster's Joy, And guard the lonely wain ; The feathery people clap their wings, And lead tholr youngling train. Percliance the hoary grandslre's eye Theglowing scene surveys, And breathes a blessing oii his race. Or guides his evening praise. The harvest giver Is their friend The Maker of the soil The earth, the mother, gives them bread. And cheers hlr patient toll. Come, join them round ihclr wintry hearth, Their heartfelt pleasure see. And you can better Judge how blest The farmer's life may be. SHAKEN DOWN. A DETECTIVE'S STORY. In one of our Western cities, a for gery to a large amount had been ef fected, and the perpetrator had esoap ed with, the spoils. The plztce of his concealment was not certainly known, bnt he was supposed to be secreted in New York city. In the city where the crime had been committed, I held d situation as lieutenant of police, and in obedience to orders, I proceeded to New York In search of the forger. It was my first evening in town, and as I was sittiug within the friend ly walls of the St. Nicholas, wrapped in a cloud of tobacco smoke, and a fine specimen of the lateBt style of false whiskers and moustuche, I saw enter a very dear friend, from whom two years before I had parted in Cali fornia. As he passed he glanced at hie', but did not recognize me. I was glad of It, for it assured me that my false whiskers would be a valuable aid to me as a di-guiae in th search which on the next day I idteu'ded to corri mence. My friend lishted a cicrar. and seat ed hfm'elf some distance from me. As T couldn't allow the opportunity of speaking tor him pass by, I went td ward him and safd : "Good evenliur. Mr. Markhara." "Good evening, sir," he feplied, at the same time looking at me as if en deavoring to recall my countenance. "When did you return" from El Do rado?" I asked of him. "A week ago; but really you have the advantage over me, iuamuch as you are acquainted with my name, while I do not recognize you." "Is that the case ?" "It is, sir." "Don't you remember me?" "No. sir. I do not," he replied. "Can Ispenk with you one moment in private?" I asked. "Certainly," was the answer; and arising he accompanied me to my room. When" the door was closed, I said : "Do-you recollect me?" "I cannot was the reply. Taking off my whiskers and mous tache, and speaking In a natural tone, for I hud before usad a disguised voice, I asked : "Does that refresh your memory?" "Harry Evans, hy all that's power ful !" he exclaimed its he .grasped my hand, and shook it until I feared that when he should release it, my fingers wouid drop off. "But what is the meaning of all fMc? whpre did vou come from, and what are you up is, that you must disguise youreself so that your friends don't know you?" On promise of secrecy, and in a few words, I told him what business I had before me. When I ended, he cried out: "By Jove! Harry, of all the men in the city, j'& are the one I am most delighted to see for there is a little matter which is precisely in your line that I want attended to." I assured him that nothing would afford me more pleasure than to serve him in an3' way which might be in my power Having ordered some champagne and fresh cigars, he told me of the work which he had for me to do, and I will repent the story as nearly as possible in bis own words : "It is just a week since I arrived here, with good health and plenty of money a combination of circum stances which I consider .particularly fortunate and last nlirht the -trouble happend which I want yon io set ritrhl "Burins -the .veiling, having noth ing better to do I strolled into Bur ton's, to witness him in one of his in imitable performances. Next to me was seated a lady wlo was neatly but rather showily dressed, and who ap peared to be unaccompanied by anyj one. "Moreover, she was exceedingly handsome, and having by some chance entered into conversation with her. I found her also very interesting. What started our acquaintance I can not .remember, although I think it arose from some remark" she made to me but at any rate, she -was quite agreeable. "When the performance was about - - .- - halfway through, she suddenly com plained of feeling faint, and asked me if I would accompany her where she could get Borne fresh air. I did so, and it appeared to revive her; but af ter a few minutes she appeared to grow worse, and Bpeaklng to a small boy who was standing near, ahe ask ed him to call a carriage. Up to the present time, I had felt a ellght sus picion that all was not perhaps as it should be. It had been but the shad ow of an Idea, which her last request dissipated, and therefore I assisted her into ttio carriage. But no Booner was she in, than she fell almost upon the floor. "Of course, I jumped in to help Kef upon her eeat. Hardly was I in, be fore the doorclosed, the driver sprung to his box, and and off we went. I waa just about ordering him to stop, aa I had no intention of riding with him, when the lady, who appeared to divine my thoughts, grasped me by the arm, and exclaimed : "My dear sir, do not leave me, I beg of you ; I arri" very unwell, and if you will but ride willi mo aa far as my home, you will oblige mo very much ; It is not far, and you can" in stantly return. to the theatre." "What could I do? I was in for it, and determined to take itquietly be. sides, thought I, it may turn out to be a romantic adventure ; and you will soon see that it did, aud that the romance rather exceeds the pleasant ness of the thing. So I remained seat ed by hers side, supporting her as she slowly revived. "Although she said that the dis tance was but short, and notwith standing I was rather enjoying my self, yet it seemed to me that we were never to stop, although the horses had been going for a long time at the top of their speed. In fsict, I had several times though! that they in'ust be running away with us. "But at last, after riding for almost half an hour at break-neck pace, we halted. By this time she was again so unwell that I was absolutely oblig ed Eo lift her out of the carriage and carry her up the steps. "Here she besought me to come In that silS might thank me for my kindness, assuring me that she should never forget it. Accordingly I order ed the driver to wait, and in I went. We nassed throuirh a hall in which the gas burned dimly, find into a par lor likewise but little lighted, but as well as I could see, quite nicely fur nished. "The moment we entered the room she appeared to revive, and closing the donr, and taking off her bonnet and cldJik. she requested me to be seated ; I did so upon a lounge near at. hand and presently she ceme and seated herself at nJ5' side. "She thanked me over and over again, and requested my card, which I gave her. She appeared to b' com pletely recovered from her late illness which she said she was quite subject to, and I have since come very much to the same conclusion. She had ex pected to meet her husband at the theatre, and did not know why he had not been there. He was a law yer, and perhaps his business had de tained hirri. Thus passed a quarter of iili hour. "At the end df that tiffte I heard steps co'mintf along the hull; they ttfpped at the parlor door, and the knob was turned, but the docfr jro'uld not yield. Then a heavey voice ex claimed, 'Open this door.' This wa followed by a strong kiek. "At the same time the lady cried out: 'My God ! it is niy husband the door is locked : he" is terribly jealous he will kill you!' and fell fainting in to my arms. "What a position for a modest man! Before I could think twice, open burst the door with a tremendous crash, and a man frantic with rage rushed into the room. For a moment he looked at us without speaking ; then, with a loud oath, sprung to the table, opened a drawer, and seizing a pair of pistols, pointed them at my bead, Crying out, aa he did so ; 'Vil lain ! have I found you? You shall die!" "The wife sprung from my firms, and seized the barrel of a pistol with each hand. "Would you commit a murder? he Is innocent!" she' cried out ; but he swore with ai awful oath that if I moved he would kill me. Had I only had my revolver with me and I generally -cany it he would perhaps, have come off second best ; but I had that day sent it te be repair ed, and therefore, luckily for him, I was unarmed. "At length hla. ferocity melted be neath the tears and protestations of his wife, and the matter was finally adjusted by my leaving my watch and all my money which was about three hundred dollars as a pledge that T would call the next day and settle the affair, he at the same time civine me his note for the anionnt, and threatening to blow my trains out if T retired without so doing. Af ter ft was done he walked down to the carriage with me, for it waa still waiting, and got In after me, still keeping ihe pistols in his bands. When .we had ridden some ten minutes the -carriage stopped, and I was ordered to get out. I did eo, as be possessed a most potent "persua der," and the hack drove off. and left me in an unknown part -of the city, i Of course, I have been nnsbie to find the house, and so my money la lost without you can help me find itj iiut I will give them the credit of having played the game excellently." When ;my friend had finished, I r t I 6 YOL. 18.-MX 41T burst into a loud laugh. I could not help it, the whole afiair was so rich and amusing: but I promised to as sist him as far as I wa3 able". , "Have you mentioned tbo affair to any one?" I asked bim. "No. you are the first. I thought that it would be useless, as I had no satisfactory proof of the transaction; for of cdurse the note is worthless, even if I could find the house, which is peifectly impossible, as I have not the faintest idea of its locality." "Should you know the woman, if yeu should see her again ?" "Yes among a thousand." "And the mah, could yod recognizb hlni? "I think I could." I asked him to give a description of him, and he did so. I could have hugged him in my joy, for here was the very man I was in search of, and I could, by finding him kill two birds with one stone ; and In stead of being to my friend a losing business, It would pay well, as a re ward of one thousand dollars bad been offered me by the person" whose name had been forged, if I should ar rest tho criminal ; and I promised Markham one-half of it, in case I was succeseful, for having put me on the right track. The next day I commenced, but for two days nothing of consequence was done. On the second evening, how ever, the prospect brightened. Mark ham and myself were leisurely prom enading Broadway, and talking of nothing in particular, when grasping me by the arm lie suddenly exclaim ed: "Do you see li ?" "Yes," said I, mechanically, hut withouthaving the faintest idea what he meant. "That's the one," he continued ; "I could tell it anywhere." "What is the one?" I asked. "That pirili bonnet ahead," he re plied ; "and 'tis the same cloak, too." In truth, about twenty feet before us, was a lady wearing a pink bonnet, and walking along, unaccompanied by a gentleman. I instantly knew to what he referred, and my pleasure was as great as hjs. "But you are perfectly certain that it Is the oue." "That I am ; but see, she has stop ped at that window, and we shall have a look at her fa"ce; yes, I knew I was right," he contiriued, as the la dy in question, looking in at a store window, gave us a good view of her countenance. I instantly requested Markham to leave me, lest she sfaould chance to see him, and to recognize him, which would completely spoil the plan of operations, the principal points of which I had already marked out for myself. I promised that if he should do so, I would run the game to cover, aud he shoiilcl be in at the death. Ac cordingly he turned upon his heel, and in a few minutes was outof sight. As soon as he was gone, I walked forward briskly, till I had reached the pink bonnet. I continued be hind her long enough to impress ray self with the appearance of her at tire, and then passing her, I walked swiftly on until I was three or four rods ahead of her, when I stepped in the doorway of a store, and appeared to bo intently examininc the articles through the side window. As she came towards me, I obtained a fair viet of hex f.?ce, which was very handsome; and w"hen 'glib prfssed, I dropped behind, aud followed her at a reasonable distance, until she stop ped at a confectioner's. Observing opposite an apothecary', a sudden thought came to me, following which I hurried over and purchased a bottle of Strong spirits of ammonia, resolv ing that if, while h my presence, she should meet with a filiating turn, she should meet with a most powerful and perhaps not very agreeable re-J vival. After leaving the confectioner's, she kept on until she reached Ord way s, which she entered, I follow ing. Ju3t within the outer door, I designedly placed my foot upon the skirt of her dress. Rip went the stitches, and my first Btroke was struck. I apologized tremendously, and assisted her in Its restoration. When it was done, she inquired if I would do her a little favor. "A thousand, if you wish me answered. "Would you be so very kind as to purchase for me my ticket?" at the same.tirae putting her hand In her pocket. Suddenly, however, she withdrew it with the exclamation: "Heavens! I irsve lost my port-mon-naie ; what shall I do?" "I am truly sorry for voir loss," said I; "but that shall not prevent you from attending the performance," aud hastening to the office I purchas ed two tickets, and returning to her placed one in her hand. She was very sorry to put me to so much trouble waa a thousand times obliged, and hoped I would not con sider it unlady-like in her (o receive a ticket from a stranger; but she had so ret her mind upon tS'e perform ance, that really she could not stay away. All the thanks and protesta tions ended by rae accompanying her into the hall, and seating myself at her side. She wr3 so pretty, so fas cinating, and played lier part so well, that I did not wonder that Markham had been taken in, and I verily Re lieve that had I not been forewarned, I should have shared the same fate. As it was, however, I was prepared io whatever might turn up, and ap- THE aTTVERTISER advertising rates. Space. lw j Ira j Per Month. Per Tear. Inch Inches . inches inches St CO ?3C3 . 4 0O 6 eo 10 CO woo 11 CO - MO SCO SCO ?10 0O 20 09 SGCO TO CO luooo 4 ( 5IS J 54 Inches- Igala'dverilsements tleglrats; One aauar (lOllne of Nonpareil space, or less.) first Insertion $1,K; rchabseqaeatUiert!oa, 50c. y-AUtranaclent advertisements most bpa"!2 forin advance. OFFICOXPa-TEB OF THE CdtJXTJi iiu m iLMBsa assa peared as unsuspecting as possibls. All went off according to my espeeEa tion. The ill turn and carriage srerc striotly en regie. When I had placed her in it, I beg ged her to excuse me a moment, while I returned for my gloves, whlcti I pretended to have dropped. Beck oning to me a boy of some dozen years, who looked as if ho, might bd trusted, I asked him : "Would you like to earn five dol lars?" "Certainly," was the reply. I said to him : "At the door is a hack which' r I shall get inlo. As soon as I do so; jump on behind, and ride till I get out. Notice the number of the house which I shall enter, and then run for a couple of policemen; tell them In fifteen minutes to enter it, pass thro' the hall into the second door npod" the richt hand side. Don't let the 'driver know that you are on. Call to-morrow at ten, at the St. Nicholas, and I will pay you. Do you under stand ?" "Yes, sir." "Repeat what I have told yon" . He did it correctlv. I entered the carriage, and went through precisely the same course that Markham had done. All in good time came the knock at the door, and my lady endeavored to faint, but did not quite succeed ; for laying her back upon the sofa, I pour ed about half a spoonful of the am monia into ber nose. I knew that if was rather cruel, but I could not . re sist the temptation td py her off a' little. Quick as lightning she sprang to her feet, gasping and almost strange ling, while at the same instant open flew the doo'f, arid the enraged hus band entered. The pistols were duly drawn fottlf and pointed at me, while the wife; in stead of imploring my life, was busily engaged in i-ndeavoring to ge t breath, for the ammonia nearly killed her. I saw that my gaffi'e was safe, that th9 forger stood before me; and wheri" his first burst of well counterfeited, passion was at its height, pulling off ray whiskers and drawing out my re volver, I cooly irformed him that hs was my prisoner. The moment he recognized me, "S ohange came over the spirit of his dream." He dropped his pistols, and sank speechless into a chair. In a few minutes the policemen entered, and I explained the case. The prisoners were taken care of,4 and afterward paid the penalty of their crimes. Markham recovered his watch and a portion of bis mon ey, but would not accept the five hun dred which I had promised him; and we have often since then congratula ted each other that there waa bo fa vorable a termination to our "shaking down." TnE Air We Breathe. Iu ab-' sorbing into our lungs the quantity of air necessary to sustain life, we ad vertently inhale hosts of microscopic rti dnlrrials, which aro in suspension' in the airhospherical fluid, and even portions of antediluvian animals, mummies, aud skeletons of past ages. Everyday and hour this absorption of animal and vegetable life proceeds We inhale the microsoa, several tpe cies of which are the fish of our blood and the vibrione. which attach them selves to our teeth like barnacles to a ship's bottom; and with these the. dust of microscopical animalcules, so that it takes 75,000,000 to make a' grain, and the no less" minute grains of pollen, which, germinating wir lungs, further the ppread of parasitic life to a degree far beyond that of tho normal life visible to our eyes. Beef Tea. A writer In th Cana da Lancut gives a new prooes for ma king beef tea, as follows : Take a thin rump steak of beef, lay It apon a board nnd wKh a cheese knife tfcrape it. In this way a red" pulp will be obtained, which contains pretty much everything In the steak, except the fibrous tissue. Mix this red pulp thoroughly with three times',, it3 bulk of cold water, stirring until the pulp is completely .diffused. Put the whole upon a moderate firo cndF allow it to come slowly to a boil, stir ring all fhe time to prevent the cak ing of the pulp. In using this do not allow it to be strained, but stir tho' settlings thoroughly into the fluid. One to three fluid ounces of Ibis may be given at a time. Pol-y-gron-da-ha, daughter of Med icine Horse, of the tribe of Otoetf State of Nebraska, died at her trans ient residence on the Republican riv er, south of Red Cloud, March 13th. The funeral was conducted in true-' Indian style. They loaded her pony with all her worldly goods, hen plac ed her across them and conveyed her to a bluffon the south side of tho riv- Ler, where they buried her with all her trappings. They then choked th. pony to death ond left It to moulder' on the sod, or become a prey to the wrld beasts; thus destroying 11 by which the name of the noted squff? might be held in remembrance. E6d Cloud Chief. ' That was ar practical woman who wrote to Evangelist Hammond, a4F St. Lofcis, asking prayers to lift Clirf mortgage on her farm, that she ana ner little ones may not be thrown oni of a home. m The waj's of women Anywhere from ninety to two hundred pounds. .