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feller that folks oalle tf "Oj
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"Salt,
lty fond of wlmmlniar xus.
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lnedhls battles, tholb.1 yarn i
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Sloody" Jackflon, a vfcl as sor'
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pagin on kiokin ap &smcas. '
in Klntucky on oae oarsiy,
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fleuts on record, I've nerio
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ot:ono to equal thla here rar
lerve.
old chawed rosin, and3ntick
Idn't swerve ;
foout Jack's woman that W
iiegln,
bad tuck hlsdavy tbatjbytna
tofhln, k,
Jackson Btruck her (and that
Dk's kind or style,)
m suro as shootln evfcUief hlfl
aoiild spile. ?
; he liked the wlramen, nnd Rrar
i his sort er way,
i fellers what know'd hlrabflen
ten say.
iw'd him to glvo to poor ones the
cent he had.
lit kind er heathen, yer know, that
bad. 0
UiriR away from the sbjlct'(lf yer
I'd llko a chaw),
Kin tuck's method of practicing
f-knlfo law.
shure nuir got benzined arid,weut
all with a stick, ..
ick, though more'n forty rod off,
kin heord every lick. . f .
t want no advantage, solie fill'd
ag up full,
into Jaok, the paglu; as mad as n
nbull. l
real beautiful, the battle that
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it:
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l and tore nnd yelled nnd swore
but and shot and bit
Jack, he flt llko a chicken that's
sight of blood, J
jck war llko them igyanto, what
afore tho flood. ) t
Ifack mauled and out him, he never
, word,
; away with his bowle. llko a well
led llghtln' bird.
ley 'glnd to weaken, and then the
i could seo
; would never lick Moll again when
rur on a spree,
kid stretched out a gaspln, like a
pants for wind.
It!
llle war like a woman's ooa chtf Ta
t's never-sinned;
faupmy hand In this game, boj,-B,
1 my checks I passes In.- I
ibuckod agin n game thlsTtlme.as
tk wouldn't let me win ;
Ktntuck. old partner; lei's shake
fore I've passed ; h
v a
nnd where wo all mustlvamose. Ifor
ath will win at last l)W-
loti no grudge, old feller, and crawl
coer would you see
oil don't want for nuthln'-for she'll
k r
llss even mo. h
sard nt the best I own It out I kep
Jo wolf from the door:
fck I free forgivo you, and now-;ood
re once moro" V
hat ho died, nnd Klntack -trwtpln,
Ikenchllo, 2 Y
ho wore a quiet nndpCAceful kind
smile; e
this stuff 'bout sinner dylu' slch
Borrld deaths . v
i I've seen n hundred gafjibnt belr
lyln' breaths; v . JT"
1, whomado ub, give uftlaijiii.lghty
Sirrent ways, ' f
: some as swears and coast. &nd lome
ts preaches and pray, f "
Sod forgives as eosj-vaMrtUi aeny Jlst
Ho same, m t
Mnts that sing In meetln . nd l t sln-
3er that dies game; Ij f
of them's applntojl, ft ba their
t-ork to do, I
honors In tho gnmo'sto ni, hoes
their rows siraigtu tnroa
mis may sound some Bit a
l Jill yer
pity men,
it naan't oeon for Jck ial i la jut
icll me whore you'd beto;
ttttln hero a llstenln', i-tftle I.x'uns or
Lhe bar
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Lhea-chewln' of yer ionj or imin'
, er har. T
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1S74.
THE COMJjr sSi&r j,
OUld Dlain 18'IaKi Rn- , r
ikh
annock, PfRyfi dn, down
fcadwflv tn-mor SS rh-
to-mor m Smith
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lid very likely t Bsmti ofe bland
ftleraan who woullfad' asue vith
2nded hand anda5nS Jon
are you, and fatsU tke
eb in Jericho?" V "
ir. Smith woalc raplj H'Vctx are
ftaken my dear Ir5 so (Cname la
; Jones, nor do Iliveln Jericho : I
Air. bmith aniiliUT. In Tunk-
inock."
excuse
rne." wild ike bland
Niger reply; wm uptakes."
ir. Smith would! walk one
more
:k and be
accosted by another
id stranger wbo woJc" say, "How
Smith, asd hew are all the
JsinTunkhannock?''
md then the blaad Btragt-r would
n to say that hHved i i Tunk-
mock some five ao that he
it there to go .n WitHWrffiMs but did
make the riffeWfcfcft; but that
met Smith oncejSrf.twke rnd reo-
ilzed him. 3?-
f Will you take2Jthtos?" says
stranger ; aniH;1beW a foi.
good fellow aaffcwW"mgt any
tom. &&
Oldest Paper is. tie State.
pan who ever saw Tankhannock,
'di-- with alacrity.
Two or three drinks are taken
and
jr Smith being sufficiently primed
starts out with bia friend. Getting
lown into Naesati street the friend re
members that ho has drawn a prize
la ft lottery and will juBt step up and
get it cashed. Will Mr. Smith step
up? Mr. Smith does step up, and
)Ir. Smith steps into a room witn a
,iign "Jones & Co., Bankers," and
Mr. Smith's friend is greeted by a be
nevolent old gentleman in spectacles
rho takes hiB ticket and pays him
i275, less commissions, and oongratu-
!ates him on nis gooa iuck. aucu
he benevolent old man says to Mr.
3mith's friend, that a now style of
ottery has been devised whloh is just
ii -, ot nnn ntVlOF lnlfAfV. Otllv It
" eBl"0 ,,7 -tr a
b played with dice. You put down
$5 and if you throw certain combina
tions you take up $500. Mr. Smith's
friend tried it and won $500, which
was paid him very willingly by the
benevolent old gentleman who seem-
e(j (0 stand there to pay out money.
QmUh Mm n Q poyfl
- r ..i nnltt nrlnn 4f)K TXa f-riao arrnjn
juuwmu.j ., hjuv-. .". v..- -
BUU lOBUH, UUfc BB UO lO lClb iv oucmu
ne iaUghs and goes In again. This
time he loses, when a new combina
tion i explained to him, whioh by
venturing $500 can hardly fail to make
$5,000. Mr. Smith's friend is so cer
tain of it that he proposes to "go"
$2-50 of it himself, and Mr. Smith Ib
satisfied and he puts up $250 with
him. This time he loses he has
B8ruck that infernal ugly chance, and
aa be does not want to pfay more the
game is olosed.
As Mr. Smith's friend disappears
the moment he strikes the street, Mr.
Smith gradually awakens to the fact
that he has been taken in and done
for to the tune of $250, by a most
shallow device, an imposture so thin
that a baby should have seen through
It. He rushes back to demand his
money of the benevolent old gentle
man, but alas, the "office" is olosed,
and the nice old party is gone from
his gaze like a beautiful dream.
Occasionally the sharpers get sharp
ed. A New Jerseyman was picked
ed up In this way the other day and
they allowed him to win $25. The
moment the money was paid to him
he politely bid them "good morning"
and started to leave; his friend plac
ed himself against the door and in
sisted that he should not go till the
"house" had a chance to get oven.
But he did go. A revolver pointed at
ihe friend's head was a persuader that
was potent.
FASHION AND MONEY.
There Is one class In New York
who heroically refuse to recognize
"hard times," namely the fashiona
ble women. No matter what hap
pens, the woman of fashion must
maintain her position so long as she
holds any place at all. When she
cannot do this she goes out altogeth
er; that is, when she dies, she dies
all over. Let one of these see a wo
man in the same olrcle with more ex
quisite laces or more gorgeous dia
monds, and forthwith to Tiffany's or
Stewart's goeB she, and Belects the
costliest, remarking, in a majestic
way, "Send tho bill to my husband."
The bill Is sent and the husband, poor
fellow, pays it. It may ruin him ; he
may want the money in bis business
to keep it afloat In theso cruel times ;
but that matters not. The gorgeous
gem of a woman must have a gor
geous settincr, and settings must be
paid for.
But some of them do make a fight
to keep up appearances without great
cost. 'J hey spend $1,000 on a shawl,
and starve their servants and never
pay tnetr wages, 'iney allow tneir
bakers and butchers to go unpaid, (for
these people are seldom sued by trades
men), that the money thus saved may
be squandered in the palaces of the
great autocrats of finery who must
and will have their money.
There is a great deal of living be
yond means bere, as elsewhere. Some
of theso people get credit. Stewart
does a very extensive credit business
among them, and this department is
under charge of one of the most ex
perienced men of the retail palace.
He knows every fashionable woman
in this city, and he knows how much
it is safe to trust eaoh one. There are
some who run a bill, say from $3,000
to $5,000, and there are others "who
are allowed to go as deep as $10,000,
and then there are a few whose ac
counts may reach $20,000 before a bill
is presented. When the ladies trade
heavy bills, the clerk sends the
amount on a slip of paper to the cen
sor, whose penoll at once marks ap
probation or refusal. This class in-
1 eludes those who have property that
can be levied upon, If the worst comes
to the worst, or whose husbands are
in a fair way of business, whioh will
eventually enable him to pay. The
Profits are so large In fine goods, that
the dealer can afford to take some lit
tle rUk. But if the roofs were taken
off tbxj nne hOU8ea ia xw York.
there wuid be some ghastly scenes
disclosed.
dogb.
The dog question ia agitating the
city just now. The authorities, with
a wholesome fear of hydrophobia be
fore their eyes, instituted a dog pound
in the" upper part of the uity, and
made every dog running at large
without a xquszle a vagrant, and lia
ble to seizure f anybody. These
dogs are taken to the pound, and all
not claimed within a certain timer are
doomed to death.
The olty pay fifty cents for eaoh
dog captured, consequently a new
trade has been Inaugurated. Boys
steal dogs by the hundred, and sell
them to collectors for twenty-five cts.,
who pound them and get fifty. Af
ter they have been there two days,
those not claimed are killed. This
summer the authorities have tried the
plan of suffocating them with gas,
instead of the old process of drown
ing. " It Is a pitiful sight to see two or
three hundred dogs of all degrees,
slaughtered bo unmercifully. But it
has to bo done. "Were they allowed
to live, the city In five years would
be overrun with them.
Speaking of hydrophobia, a most
cuHoub occurrence took place in
Brooklyn the other day. A well
known dog-fancier named Butler had
taken an aotive part In the dog ques
tion. He was a man who knew dogs,
had bred and trained them all his life,
not for money, but from sheer love of
them. He was the author of several
works upon the dog his last one be
ing a pamphlet, the intention of
which was to prove that there was no
suoh thing as hydrophobia. Well,
last Monday Mr. Butler was admin
istering a dose of medicine to a Spitz
dog, which bit him in the thumb, but
no particular attention was paid to it.
Two days after Mr. Butler was taken
with horrible convulsions and in forty-eight
hours he died. It was a clear
case of hydrophobia at least so all
the doctors said.
THE STRIKERS
are not striking so much as they
were. The fact is at last becoming
apparent to them that there is but
little use of attempting to strike when
fully one half of the laboring men of
the city are idle and must have some
thing to do. To talk of Increase of
wages or diminution of time with a
wife and children hungry, is most ex
quisite absurdity. The striking me
chanics are mostly back at their work,
that is such as the employers will take
back. The ring-leaders they are
leaving out in the cold for a while,
that their ardor for trouble may have
time to subside.
ME WEATHER
in New York Is as beautiful as
beautiful can be, and the peo
ple are taking advantage of it. The
parks in New York and Brooklyn are
lovely in themselves and in their oc
cupants. Despite the hard times you
will see as many gorgeous carriages,
as many extravagantly attired wo
men and elaborate flunkies as ever
before.
What a world this is.
PlETRO.
SCHOOL MATTERS.
LETTER
FR03I OUR COUNTY SU
PERINTENDENT. PLEASANT HILL. DISTRICT NO. 51.
Wm. Burke, Director ;TiIIie Beach,
Teacher; compensation, $20; num
ber In attendance, 20.
I found here quite apleasantschool.
Children neat and clean and in their
nroDer places: everythlncr In the
room in order; bits of paper, trash of
no kind, waB allowed to be thrown
upon the floor. On the blackboard I
noticed these words "Roll of Honor ;"
beneath this was written the names
of those scholars who had conducted
themselves properly during the past
week. The names of several little
girls were recorded there, but the
name of one boy only.
Text books were discarded during
recitation, except in reading, by "both
teaoher and pupil. All work done
on the board was explained and a
reason given for every step. I must
say I did not hear what I would term
a poor lesson the whole day.
I suppose the board is aware that
the celling of this building is in a bad
condition, and if not repaired for the
winter term the extra 'fuel required
will probably cost more than the re
pairing, besides the inconvenience oc
casioned the teacher.
HOWARD, DISTRICT NO. 5.
G. A. Clapp, Dirseto? ; J. Lewis,
Teaoher ; salary, $40 ; number In at
tendance, 82.
I think this is the only distriot in
the county, outside of Brownvilleand
Peru, that is paying so large a salary,
and well Ib Mr. Lewis earning his
money. His whole soul is engaged
in the work. I like, very much, his
manner of conducting classes in
arithmetic Praotical every day ex
amples were given. Injgrammar sen
tences were placed upon the board for
correction, The "use ofcapltal letters,
the importance of correct spelling,
punctuation, &c, were all explained.
In this way children realize more
readily the benefit to be derived from
the study of these eoiences.
His mode of governlhg a school Is
quite different from any I have visit
ed. Don't believe altogether in the
Normal methods. His order was
good. Believes children should be
taught to govern themselves, as much
as possible. Good behavior was striot
ly enjoined. The board think they
will employ Mr. Lewis for the winter
term. Very doubtful whether they
can do any better.
DISTRICT no. 18.
C. Campbell, Director; Jas. Gar
rett, Teacher; compensation, $30;
number in attendance, 26.
Mr. Garrett is doing well for the
first term. He has had no advanta
ges higher than the common Bchool,
and even here they have been quite
limited. But notwithstanding the
many disadvantages ho is well versed
in tho!common branches. A constant
reader, which has aeonrad aim a fairj
BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 2. 1874.
supply of general information. Has
a good faculty of imparting what he
knows.
The people of this distriot are proud
of their house and location and are
making efforts to enclose the yard
with a live fence, and as soon as pos
sible plant with trees. The board has
always worked together harmonious
ly. I believe there has never yet oc
curred here what is termed a "distriot
quarrel." Visit the school often. If
the teaoher is in need of anything it
is generally granted. Willing to pay
fair wages. Ready to do their duty,
and expect the teacher to do his.
I see many blackboards that need
painting. The following preparation
is said to be very good by those who
have tried it : Dissolve 2 ounces shel
lac in 1 quart of alcohol, to this add
one-fourth pound lamp-black and two
pounds flour of emery. This Ib said
to be sufficient for one hundred
square feet. Half of this will paint
most of the boards. Probable cost,
about $1.00.
D. W. Pierson,
County Sup't.
A SORE-HEAD SQUEALS.
Elsewhere we publish an artiole
from this week's Falls City Journal,
which was written in bad temper and
taste, and conveys a falsehood. The
editor starts out by calling the late
meeting of the Republican State Ex
ecutive Committee, as"Maj. Caflrey's
little meeting of the State Executive
Committee," whereas tho fact is, that
although chairman of said committee,
we did not call it together. The call
was issued by Mr. Johnson, chair
man of the State Central Committee,
and without consultation with us.
The editor also says the committee at
tempted to re-apportion the State.
No such attempt was made.
Bro. Stretch enquires "how can
Maj. Caffrey reside in Lancaster
countv and represent Nemaha?" In
asmuch as there is no conflicting in
terests we can very easily do so.
Since the last meeting of the State
Central Committte, two members
thereof, namely, Cnpt. Woodhurst, of
Lincoln county, and tho editor of the
Blade, have changed locations, both
removing to this county. At the last
meeting of the Executive Committee
a suggestion was made thatsaid mem
bers notify the committee of their old
Senatorial Districts to supply their
places if desired. We acquiesced,
but concluded afterwards, at the re
quest of a majority of the committee
and approval of the gentleman who
made tho suggestion, not to file such
notice. We were elected to the posi
tion in State convention, without
solicitation, and have spent more time
and money to forward the interests of
the party during our membership on
the committee than any Republican
in Nemaha counLy, adding thereto
the editor of the Journal. We did
not fail attending a single meeting of
the committee, whereas the Richard
son county member did not, if we
recollect aright, respond to a call.
Nothing is now left for the committee
to do, but to call n State convention,
and we propose Indulging in our priv
ilege and right to assist in determin
ing when said convention shall be
oalled. Capt. Woodhurst has resolv
ed likewise.
The Journal says there are three
others besides ourself, residents of
Lincoln represented on the commit
tee. This is not true. Messrs. Gere,
Woodhurst and ourself are all, and
the former was, when elected, as he
is now, a resident of Lincoln.
The Journal further says, the com
mittee resolved not to call a State
convention until September. Now
the committee resolved nothing of
the kind, as it had no authority to so
resolve. The committee was owing
something over a hundred dollars,
and was called together to make ar
rangements to meet the deficit. "On
ly this and nothing more," therefore
the slurs, insinuations and falsehoods
which the Journal's art'olo embodies,
falls with slimy effeot upon the sense
of every reader who is cognizant of
the facts.
Right here, however, we will say
that we are opposed to an early con
vention. Long campaigns are good
for venal editors and politicians, but
dangerous to parties. The names of
all the candidates who will go before
the convention are now familiar to
the people, and to our mind, each and
all of them command the confidence
of the people. No stranger will be
sprung upon the people, and certain
ly no corruptlonist. If the Journal
man is so apprehensive on that score,
let him make arrangements to slide
out of the party the representatives of
whioh he holds such loose opinions.
We have enlisted for the war and
will battle for tho oleotion of the nom
inees of the Republican party, and
would advise friend Stretch not to
fabricate any more stories with the
view of damaging the Republican
party. If he wants to fight it let him
do it openly, not as a bushwhacker.
Lincoln Blade.
A Vermont debating club is now
struggling with the question, "Which
eats the most chickens ministers or
owls?"
China has streets paved -with gran
ite blocks laid over three hundred
years ago, and as good as new. The
contractors' are dead'.-
A Brockport, Pa., parson who, with
Paul, believes that it is better to mar
ry than burn. oSera twenty cords of
wood for a wif?.
THE BLUE JUNIATA.
Wild roved an Indian girl.
Bright Alfarata,
Where sweep the waters
Of the bluo Juniata I
Swift as an antelope
Through the forest going;
Loose where her jetty locks,
In wavy tresse3 flowing.
Gay was the mountain song
Of bright Alfarata,
Where sweep the waters
" Of the blue Juniata.
Strong and true my arrows are,
In my painted quiver;
Swift goes my light canoo
Adown the rapid river.
Bold Is my warrior, good
Tho love of Alfarata ;
Proad waves his snowy plume,
Along the Juniata.
Soft and low he speaks to me.
And then his war-cry sounding.
Rings his voice In thunder loud,
From height to height rebounding.
So snng the Indian girl,
Bright Alfarata,
Where sweop the waters
Of the blue Juniata.
Fleeting years have borne away
The voice of Alfarata ;
Still sweeps the river on,
The blue Juniata.
A BEAL K0MANCE.
"N
THE I.IFE OP THE FIRST ANGLO
SAXON IN JAPAN.
How William "Ward Became a Prince
in the Orient.
Twelve miles from Yokohama,
down Mississippi bay, says a corres
pondent, writing from Yeddo, Japan,
to the Springfield (Mass) Republican,
is the town of Yokosko. It is at the
head of a little land-look harbor and
has the most beautiful surroundings
imaginable. The scenery of the
whole bay oh either side of this little
Inlet reminds one of the "Thousand
islands" in the St. Lawrence river, on
ly the shore-line and the groups of is
lands rise more abruptly and much
higher out of the water, are covered
with richly varied tropical vegetation.
The islands and the main-land, all
are crowned and covered with groves
of evergreen trees. In the distance
to the west the Wakoni range of
mountains is plainly seen, towering
above above all other points is Fusi
yama, the highest mountain in Ja
pan. Yokosko is a town of the old
order of things. Here the Japanese
have their naval station, with capa
cious machine-shops, foundries and
docks. Across a lesser inlet is the old
village of Hemimura, a fishing town,
and as old, for aught that is known,
as the fisheries of Japan. On a hill
aide above the village is the temple of
To-ko-san. It is a Buddhist temple
and has carved stone lions and dra
gons and shaven bearded priests, gilt
images of Buddha, and lesser deities.
It is like all temples in Japan, em
bowered in a beautiful grove, and
there Is enough ol the beautiful in its
surroundings to incline any heart to
worship the giver of suoh beauty.
From this temple a winding path
leads up to the crest of a rounded hill,
from which Is spread before you pic
ture of intense and varied beauty
the wide sea, studded with green is
lands, the long, High shore-line deep
indentations of Inlet and harbor; lofty
mountain ranges and deep valleys.
Here, in the grove crowning the hill,
midst fir, cypress, palm and bamboo,
tress is the grave of William Adams,
the first Anglo-Saxon ever in Japan.
He must have been a remarkable man.
In the whole history of the Orient no
other stranger has arrived at suoh
position and power, or influence over
a strange people.
AdamB was a native of the county
of Kent, England. His occupation
was sea-goi n g. He served i n th e-E n g
lish navy in the olden days of the "Vir
gin queen," and held the position as
master of a vessel in the wars with
Spain. He must have been with the
bold buccaneers who hunted the
Spanish traesurejand merchant ships
on every sea. While on shore in a
little village surrounded by the green
hills of Kent.he had met a fair-haired
Saxon girl. They loved, plighted their
troth, and after he had taken a voy
age or two they were wedded. Be
tween the sea and shore several years
passed happily and prosperously.
Two children, boy and girl, were theirs
both the image of the mother, with
the same glimmer of gold in their
bair and the blue of the Kentish sky
in their eyes. But times grew bad.
The wars had ruined trade. Eng
lish ships lay Idle ip their harbors.
Holland, Spain and Portugal had
then the trade and commerce of the
world. Adams received an offer from
tho Dutch East India company to pi
lot a squadron of five merchant ves
sels to Asia. He bade farewell to
Eegland and his fair haired wife and
children, and repaired to Holland,
whence he set sail in 1593.
After two years of untold hardship
with only one ship left of the five
and only five able-bodied eeamen, in
the greatest distress for the want of
food and wafer, they sighted the coast
of Japan. On the 16th day of April
1600, they made a harbor In the prov
ince of Bungo, in the southern part
Niphon. The people flocked arround
the ship. By signs Adams made
their wants known. The sick were
taken on shore and tenderly cared for.
Soldiers were stationed on the ship to
proteot the cargo. Four or five days
elapsed, when some Portuguese arriv
ed from Nagasaki, where they had a
trading station. They alone had of
all European people, since the won
derful accounts of Marco Polo, found
the islands of Japan. The Portuguese
bad oonaa to the Orient as traders and
missionaries. Between them and the
Dutch there was every reason for ri
valry. They were warring with each
other for the trade, wealth of tho In
dies. One was Jesuit and the other
Protestant in religion. The Portu
guese being sent for by the prince
of the province of Bungo, they repre
sented that the Dutch were privates In
commerce and heretics In religion,
and should be beheaded for either and
cruoified for both.
This being more responsibility than
the prince wished to assume, ho refer
red the whole matter to the tycoon,
whose capital was then at Osaoa, 80
miles north. The tycoon sent at once
for Adams. On the way Adams as
certained the feeling bf the Portu
guese and what they were anxious to
accomplish, and he also saw byjh
headless trunk and suspended bodies
how frequent capital puishmeuts were
in Japan and for what slight offences
they were in use. Iyevas was the ty
coon. He was first of the Tocagawa
family, which after him, ruled
for 250 years. Through 2,500 years of
written history he is consideren their
"Alfred the Great" by Japanese his
torians. When in the presence of the
tycoon Adams found a mild-mannered
unpretending man who questioned
him thoroughly of England and Hol
land, of their commerce and trade and
their wars, and especially their object
in coming to Japan.
After the interview, which lasted
several hours, Adams waB placed in
confinement. He was kept there 43
days and nights. With visions of
ghastly, headless trunks and bodies
suspended on crosses having been
pierced by spears, his sleep could
have been neither very sweet nor
refreshing. But Iyevas was too
great and too shrewd a man to be used
by the Portuguese Jesuits, and Adams
had told so straigh forward a Btory
and exhibited such an intimate
knowledge of the history of Europe
the trade and commerce of Its differ
ent nations, and of the various arts
and Bciences, that Iyevas was strong,
ly impressed with him. To the Port
uguese importunities he answered
that he saw nothing in the conduct of
the strangers to oondemn but muoh
to commend and ordered the release
of Adams. He sent their ships to Yed
do and told the whole orew to content
themselve in Japan as they would
never be allowed to leave it. Adams
was taken into the employ of the gov-
erumeut and he taught Iyevas math
ematics and navigation, and bow to
build, launoh and rig large ships.
Adams wrote home each year to
his family by the annual Portuguese
ship, but failed to receive any answer.
He repeatedly requested of the tycoon
permission to go to his family, and
wae as often told that he must be con
tent here. As permission would nev
er be allowed. To induce him to stay
and interest him in the work of ship
building, teaching navigation and
military tactics, ho was given a large
tractof oouutry with a great number
departments', over which he had abso
lute authority. He was ranked among
the nobility next to tho princes of the
Empire. He was called Anjin, the
Japanese name of pilot, and part of
Yeddo was, and to this day is, called
Anjin-Cho, or district of Anjin.
In this way twelve years had elaps
ed since he had left England, and al
though he had written aa often as
conveyance presented itself, no word
came of his friends o? family. And
so hope died in him of evor seeing the
shores of his native land again, or ev
looklng again in the eyes of those be
loved. He saw nothing before him
but a life in Japan. He went again
to hia work of teaching and ship
building for the purpose of drowning
thoughts of home and loved ones.
About this time an alliance with a
noble family was offered him. With
all other hopes dead, he accepted it.
By this marriage he had two children
a boy and a girl.
Not far from this time a Spanish
ship, with an embassy from the king
of Spain, arrived in Japan. Although
they bore magnificent presents from
Philip II. to the tycoon, they were
refused audience, and permission to
trade wjis denied them. Shortly af
terward a Dutch ship came to trade,
and although their oargo was small,
and they had no presents, through
Adams' influence, they were conced
ed the most liberal privileges, and
thus through this stranger was laid
the foundation of the Dutch trade,
which last through three centuries of
Japanese exclusiveness and hate of
foreigners. In 1613 or 1614. an English
ship arrived under command of Capt.
Saris. Adams obtained for them
even more liberal terms than he had
for the Dutch. An English factory
was built, thegoods were landed and
all steps taken to build up English
interests. After having been here a
year or more the ship was about jo
sail for England, and now was pre
sented to Adams a trial such as comes
to few mortals. Iyevaa after 15 years
of persistent refusals for him to go
home, and as persistently held honor
and promotion before him after in
ducing him to marry an raise a family
here suddenly and voluntarily sent
him permission to go home for some
great service rendered.
How be must have been torn by his
conflicting desires and interests! On
the one handthis land of the Orient,
which bad been his home for 15 years,
its picturesque beauty, with its soft air
and its tropical vegetation, must have
taken a deep hold in his heart. The
people of Japan had received bira a
ship-wreoked sailor, and had made
him a lord in the land. He hod been
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treated and loved by them, with the
depth and warmth unkown to the
cold climate of hia native England.
One of their, dark eyed daughters had
given him her heart, and all the best
of her young life. Two children
with hair ?s black as a raven's wings,
called him father, and climbed over
his knees. All tho fortune accumula
ted In long years was here, to be left
behind him, and with the best years
of his life and his youthful vigor gone,
he had gone out in tho world empty
handed. Moreover, no word of ti
dings had reached him of his family
forl7years. The shadow of the dark
winged angel might have covered
them all within that long weary time,
or, worse still ho might find that his
wife, weary with waiting and watoh
ing for his return, at last when no ti
dings came, hope being dead within
her had given his place in her heart
to another whispering in the other
jgars the sweet words which had often
been his, and that his children, hto
blue-eyed and fair-haired boy and
girl, had learnded to call a stranger
by the fond name of father. Like
Tennvson's Lotos Eater he could
say:
"Dear Is the memory of my my wedded
life
And dear tho last embraces of my wifo
And her warm tears; but all hath Buffered,
changed.
For surely now my household hearth; is
cold,
ily son Inherits me, my look4s strango,
And I should come llko ghosts to trouble
Joy."
On the other, hand, what if his
English Mary cherished the hope
that he would come again ; and what
if she kept every word of his enshrin
ed in her heart ; and she with his child
ren still knelt, morning and evening,
and lifted up their supplications to
Him who holds the great waves and
fierce winds in the hollow of His
hand to protect their wanderer and
bring him home to them again?
These conflicting emotions must have
wrung a proud and sensitive spirit,
suoh as that of Adams. He who had
looked danger and death In the eye
in many a wild storm and' wilder bat
tle strife without faltering might well
have broken down ana wept like a
child under this trial.
But his bitter oonflicts of loves, of
doubts, of desires and of hopes, lie
burled with his ashes under this
stone column, now before us, and hr
the oblivion of three silent unspeak
iner centuries of Japanese niehf. He
decided to stay with tbfe certainties
of the land of his adoption rather
than take the chances of his native
land. The-shlp departed, and as her
white sails receded from Adams' sight
he had put all that was dear to him
in his youthful and1 better days behind
him forever.
He went onwithTiis work perfect
ed ship-buildtng, drilled the tycoon's
soldiers, taught the arts andBciences,
educated his children, elevated and
bettered the condition of his retain
ers and followers. He emornceef the
Buddhist faith, built this embowered
temple of To-ko-san, and twice a
year he came there to worship. And
here, nfter a third of a century of
great usefulness and influence he
was bu7red with Imperial pomp and
ceremony, loved, honored and mourn
ed by the poepleofand empire. Here
his people have come, generation af
ter generation, to snis day, to offer
up prayers for blB soul at a little
shrine, which has this Inscription
in Japanese characters :
"The brightest bliss Is surely thtno
O I thou wbo prnyest at this shrlnol
A CHAPTER OP BLOODFROM"B:EN
TUCK.Y.
Louisville, June 22. At Glasgow,
last Saturday night, in a disreputable
house, a negro named Ma-xey attack
ed another negro named Everett with
a knife, nearly severing his head
from his body. Next morning the
people of the town, black and white,
turned out en masse to seoebr for
bim, and found him in the woods.
While bringing him back Maxey
broke from his guards, and picked up
a large stone. A colored barber nam
ed Jack Martin, who was with the
captors, drew a pistol and fired at
Maxey, but missed him, the bullet
striking one of Maxey's guards nam
ed A. J. Shlrely, in the breast, strik
ing a metnl button on Shlreley's coat.
He was wounded butslightly. Shire
ley thought Martin was trying to res
cue Maxey, and fired at him In return
killing him before the mistake was
discovered. The prisoner was'thea
brought to town and lodged in jafF.
The killing of Martin Is generally de
plored by all, and by none more than j,1
Shirely.
A special to the Courier-Journal
says a man named John Brougbman
was assassinated by Hugh Ellet, in
Pulaski county, Kentucky, thlsH
mnntlnn TJIInt'o arifa liar) Tof KWl
... ... -r, - t wjrsrted by tho Iricdmfng Presidents
and taken up with Brougham s fewVf .. . .. . ..
weeks since. This morning J&rog
ham was riding through the wosds
In a buggy, accompanied by Ellet's
wife, when Ellet arose suddenly from
the brush and fired both loads ofs
H cm hip liArrpljarl nhnf crnn Intn Prniur.
h-m's hrPast. "nflintin- ftl wammH
The horse ran away and threw the
woman and the wounded man in the
road. Ellet then robbed the body of
his victim, seized the woman and dis
appeared in the brush. He has not
been captured.
Mr. Roderick shot Mr. Graves In
Nashville last week because he would
not pay Bokerick his Dhtr.
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A New Bedford, firm advertises
"rain umbrelas,'' wbictris pleasantly
definite.
LKla(lvertisemeBt tlegl rates: 09ir
(10UneorNoH?reUs&ce,or as,)flnt laaerttaa
ft.ee; eacbrabstoentlBseraoa, tti.
J97AHtr&n3ceat&drertiMBats aiitkt pal A
fortBitdYaBce.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE COUKTf .
THE SUNDAY CHOOIS.
CeitstttHtlea ef the NefcrJt fttat
Saaday Selaeel Asseetatlen, TRmtIjc ,
sad Adopted Ju 11 187.
Article 1. ?hrs Association shall
be known as the Nebraska State San"-
day 8chool association.
Its objeot shall be to unite all'eVan
gelicsl Christians and Sunday Bctibor
workers throughout the State in an
earnest effort to promote the cause of
Sunday aohools.
Art. 2. Tho officers of trifa aaeoofa
tlon shall be a President, one Vleaf
President for each evangelleal'denotn-'
Ination represented therein, a record'
ing Secretary, a statistical Secretary,
a Treasurer and an executive commit
tee of one from each' participating'
evangelical denomination In addition1
to the President, Secretary and Treas
urer, who shall be ex-offioio member
of such committee, a majority of
whom shall be a committee for thV
transaction of business. SaicfoffloerV
shall hold office for one year, or until
their successorsshall be elected and
they shall be elected and they shall
perform the duties of thelx officers1
irr carrying out the object of thie as?
soolatlon.
Tho oleotion of officers at!' taxe"
place the second session of each annual
meeting in suoh manner aa the con
vention mrfy dTreot.
Art. 3. The statistical SWreUry
under the advice and direotlon of the
executive committee shall prepare
Baitable blanks for the formation of
county Sunday sohool associations,
and send such blanks to the Secretary"
In each county for the purpose of e
curing tho organ Izatibn' of such aeee--
olatlons. He shall also prepare ancr
send annually to the counties snltabW
blanks for their annual reports te this?
association.
Art. 4. The executive committee-
may fill any vacimeters-'in offices oc-
ouring during the year, and shall;
make all necessary arrangements fox
the sessions and business of this bo'dyV
All monies shaft bo paid out by- the
Treasurer under direotlon of this oo'ftjy
mlttee.
The committee shall appofnf a" SecP
retary for eaoh county in the State &
nevertheless; tho Secretary of tH4 at--sooiatlon
of the county In wlifcfh:' he"
shall reside shall be ex-offiolo lAoa'
hSeoretary, whose duty it shall be to
ascertain :
1. The total pepufal& of his conn--"
ty by preoincts.
; 2. Number of persons between the"
ages 5 and 21 years.
3. Date of organization of' firstf
Sabbath school established.
4. Present number-" of Sabbatb
sohools.
5. Number of officers and teacherr
enrolled.
6. Number of scholars eRrolledv
7.
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Totsl! enrollment.
Total average'attendancef:
Number of scholsr-r' in Infant
classes.
'10. Number of soholkrs In Inter"--modlate
elasses.
11. Number of scnofaras in bible
olasses.
12. Iurilb-bf volumes In Ubxty
13. Number of children's papers
taken. 14. Number of teachers'' papers'
taken.
15. Number of 80&ooli' aUitafttfbgf
teachers' meetings.
16. Number' of schools opes gamy
mer and winter.
17. At what hour held.
18. Amount df eblletrtlons for mis
sionary and" other purposes.
19. Number of eoavenddnsdiirinisf
the year.
And submit the same' ib this" aaso--
ciation in person", -if p resell t at the
annual meeting, and forward a copy
to the statistical Secretary, lfl such
form as the latter shall prescribe',' afc
!lfeast one montn previous to nxich'
meeting.
Said county Secretary shall also ex
ercise all reasonable efforts to' establish;'
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and encoumge'SuridayscbtfcIs in des
titute portions of'his-co-itit, ae-well'
as the organization dfarcounty Sab
bath school association where not al--ready
orgnnized.
Art. 5. 3Ic'etingsrifftrlI8'aeocIatIon
shall bo held at least once a year a
such time as the executive committee'"
and place as the convention may- de
termine. Art. 6. All evangelical and Chris-
i'tlan minis ''zy and Sunday school"
workers who may co-operate with u
are hereby considered to be members'
of this association, and such aa aredu-'
ly elected delegates" from any Sunday"
school In the Rate shall 'been titled't-'
seats in its annual conventione.
Art. 7i Tbe besinesa committee
and committee on resolutloae, eaeh to
coaelet of five members, shall be ap-
tknmediately- Upon his Inauguration-..
Art. 8. Amt-udments to thla co"
stitutlon may be made at any axaunl:
seselerf of this association by a-zsBJor
hity Tofcev j-ro-rdt-d-tbat written notlcs
'oBUeh aa-fenrfmetit be given at leaafcc
l03 7 befor ctIon 8 had
A couple of neighbors became se-la-hnlcal
that tfcu-y would not speakto
eaeh otHerbnt one off frheaa b&xiug-
beet converted at a camp-meetfbg, on
seeing his former enemy held'osi hia
hand; saying: "HoW d'ye do Kern??
I am bamble enough' tostiake baaeX.
with a ,
The Washington fire deyartewat
wasted ten thoaeaad gallons of wafeer
to amuse a company of Iadiesa, Hftyf
ore-
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