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'"mrnt U 4 4 mgsgasitga2E-i nurraiw aysaM. pj---3-g a p Q o ! tu H- r kft ;n id t SS( lei 18 IC t;i kj t -"- I' it m I . ..flar . tit' liH' i ADVER'MS PHbHshml every Thursday IRBR01HER & MaZI?' 'li flT r-- " 1 P :9-M Proprietors. . r..74 3lcPherson'a "Blocker; r.ROWNVlLLE, NEmtABl' Stub. J?H Terms, in. Advance: o-e year. ,. m. .. p Bis nouths . "g- P7, three moRtas ... n 3lt25)ISfi MiTTER OXEEK E THIS AGE OP OURS. ir mo. liow wondrous wlsQfthe rV s ins crown since we hean it! i feu schoolgirls now cn.u sead incl piny with each new pianei n kweetly chat of nebula?. canton Nature's wonders. Hugh d )ffn the ntuplil elder foL ud ridicule their blunders. ie inm-st boj , with clever head LYiid proper .uncjition, nn put to slmme the hairs oISliss GntndfAtherly relation. L ri h feet th tit fear no ditch. Ire ' to puzzling raid and ramble- Sn 1 makes hi-, way, without a st r ch, fhr -ii" pniioaopii-c uruuiLiies. AH- luren oi tue iim--i siu - ' Tl fii -blown ni'Mi uud women . .. . ... ,...,. -.-....t )f tesc eallghtened days why. tl. jy are&unly more thun human. ,VIth hands that hold all things, th- ysel Tiie universe and weigh It, rUc down the .sun from heavon al try Uy science to assay it. Pi.3 cause of all that Is to them ; Is J :st as plain as preaching," Li. i every useful thing they are l .'.U capable of teaching. if v know exactly how the oartti Kccame what we lehold It. ud hint it might ho better, had ' lT:e tas, bsau theirs to moldflt. ut ijtUl. ah ! -till these heartbrof ,ra T .rob In the wine old fashion, .ii 1 feel,Ju-t as our fathers felt, T..sj pang or every pabsson. re it progress has been made no iJObt 'Vnc re Science .spreads her hlg' tays &A still poor Human Nature gri.6S" luuh many cheerlt.bsbywn8. SERVED OUT. n the year 1S3 there live- itfBor- 2.,v fh lt or nnp of tho H ,t. of a , j2b' Hue of scoundrels who made that, Srt of France infamous (to ou&eos) " a s'icce-,sion of cold blooded raur 3. committed under sano.i.n of, Bt the people were pleased to call LiS Code of Honor. There wasacer-J In Comte deV .a man of great jvsicul btren-Uh.ininerturbabl&H&nr 'oil, and rek-nUev. cruelty. iSot i , jtort of companion, as some said. Len the dueling Ht was not qn him. ...t. ...,10 nn n,w.A in nhnut, Hverv j Hi l-ti" -- -.-v --- -- -, -- ,,.,nntl,e n.,.l fl..... ho must have hen he must uave verv little krho't . d maimed loys of k .-.,.......-, -... ...... j- illod, it mattered W.lnw. Irillorl fin r2P- I "if r -mmui. - ff -- - ' J 'OK Km Yf-ix'een, fi.tl.pr. of families.; niilitary offl'ew. itMiceful country irentSem e,,, .' " . . .. . ? . SiL. 1 I IMUMT VJFi 111- lliai lt,l .. w fill.- ,.,... A -i !.. .-. VfiJkl IUOC TI Tin imt irtauee; if one did not prweiit it-i self readily, he made onejlilwaj-a contriving that, according, op mci i.resaiu, ne snoiuu ue me iusuu-u . -. , ti i. .i.. :....'.. 1 Jrty. thus huvinir the choice of aveapons; and tie was ueiwiv with he small sword. It is difilcu.t for ut o realize a society in whicbwich w!d man could be permitted to go aS arge; but wo know it to be His . - !!y true that such ereaturesy3re en jred in France; jiift as wo 'aro aa jred that there were at one tlrau, rolvcr. in Yoikslnre; oniy me less, icHotne vermin hal a harder itime of i;t HB clvilizotion progressed, than was dealt out to the human brute. i The last exploit of the Comte d.' M -. previous to the story I sm1UmS ' 1,n a Cftrd . to tell, was to goad a p&or ,:u- r"I$haU not troub V- about dent into a challenge; and wheu it was represented to him tiiat the by had never held a sword in hiB life, -wi that it would be fairer to uee pis.o'-., he replied tliat "fools sometimes m o mistakes with pistols," and, 'h ., t . l..c At -..-.-.. !.. I... 1 morning, ran mm tnr(uyn un i-ri me evil lit was on mm; qu; i g . . . !. . I blood thus shed quieted him fo other half year, and rather iroor , r public opinion was unfuvorchle ail the air of Bordeaux becameitoo t& an i for him. But the scandal blew oyer a t a time, and he came back to Ins ofd haunts, one of which was a Cfft by river side, where ninny used to pen J ; their Sundays. Into the htt e ra -dea of this establishment our w )f p v( - gered one tine summer b Je-r , with the heavy dark look, a (5 er - ;OUS twitching of the hand , a! : those who were well acquai.. tei w ihim knew well meant tnisttlili 7 evil fit was on him ; consejjuar 'X found himself the center fa which expauded as he wet t oi did not displease him. Ki 4 be feared. He knew he eoul'd t quarrel when he chose, so he . around for a victim. At a table almost In the lied the garden sat a man about, 80 old, of middle bight, aud ta e: Ion of countenance whiib a struck one as mild and goV h ed. He was engaged in ?.at fourjial which seemed toiuUre? and eating strawberries, i n fVj. v tion which does not call fo.yi ai y x tent strength of character. Ab be was profoundly unconscious . ie id v (I presence of M. le Comte de V continued eating his strawberr reading his paper as If no wr In that pleasant fold. .e .'0 itf' eJ 'M .v As the count approached h (it became sufficiently well . t whom he was about to honor I, insolence; and the circle ut-r jagain to see the play. It was sport with some of us to see a f creature baited e.'ppcialljwi were out of danger ourselves. The strawberry eater3 costuro not such as was ordiuorUy ,Ud in France at that time, and-heih $ a rious hat. which the weithe e ij warm he had placed on .he f n le by his side. He Is a foreigner,' wl w e pj some in tne cjress circle. r r - p ( he does not know M. le f.onit- t Monsieur le Comte seated e t at the table opposite to the l onr soious stranger, and called louillyj Garconl" 'Gfrcon," he saidt whoo ttja funo- . -.. at j - OS ISvwi KiAlPy Ror Uw Yrv EK. lxC iiil , B ill 1 il L m "t TABLlan&i jlouw. .xTmn 1C5Q Oit .st Paper in tlio Stato. W7Z nnnpRred. "tskeoip away from tbafn sty thing !" pointing to the bat aforeE id. So the stranger's olbow, as he read h 5 journal, was on the brim of ue V isty thing,' which was a very good 1 at. but of British form and make The groom was embarrassed. "Do rouhearme?" thundered the count. "Takeuje that thing away! o one has a right to place bis bat on tbe table." f rI bt your pardon." said the straw berry iter, politely, placing the of fendii article on his head, and raw Inghif chair a little aside; "I will make mm for monsieur." The arcon was about to retire well satjefii ', when the bully called after I Him: $"Hae I not commanded you to take tit t thing which annoys me so away ? VBu Monsieur le Comte. the gen- tlemai as covered himseir." "Wl t does that matter to me?" 'Rn Mnnslour le Comte. it is im- i-poswl! e!" ; "Whit is impossible?" "By no means," observed the stran ger, uncovering again ; "be so good as to carrj my hat to the lady at the counter, and ask her, on my behalf, to do me the favor to accept charge of it for the present." "You speak French passably well for a orelgner," said tue ouny, stretch' g his arms over the table and ookln. his neighbor full in the face a titter of contempt going around ibja U k. I. . .. Jl. 1 II V"l am sorry ror mat. - "So am I.' i "May one, without any indiscre- Won. ask why?" "Certainly. Because if I were a feigner. I should be spared the pain oaeeing a compatriot behave him- J ruuc,.u '.dMelanlng me! an.nK p.bl-v . , j. " y ow "" A -" " '"' uu" lu",,ub "" "" " "' on him. and lacing tne ioouers on, as . lT ... -.!-..-..- l j I mucno.iosay, jowou.eive uuw x uia- - ..., , -.,-.. all crusli this miserable creature." "Monsieur," .aid the strawberry eater KlUi l,erlecC l'Oiuene in ui tone, "1 have not tue nonor 10 Know vni T - w Death of my life ! I am the Comte de V ." Tue strawberry eater looked up, and theeasj', sood natured face was gone. In the place was one with two gray eyeathatliashed like fire, and a mouth Ithntset if-elf verv firmly. . "The Comte de V ," he repeat- in a low voice. "Tea, monsieur; and what have fpou to-eay against him?" 'I? Oh, nothing." "'PhaLmay be well for you." "HiiFthere are those who say that he J31, 53'pcoward." 'Tiiat is enough," said the bully i starting to bis feet. "Monsieur will nr.dfljfe I-. two hoursaithis address." -; mm rouble myself to seek Monaeur le Comte," replied the strawbern eater, calmly tearing the cardan two. i ; 4en t snail say or monsieur wlnt he, permitting himself to lie, said just i. w of me." ii-dtlatis?" iiat he is a coward." '""4ou may say what you. please, Moi Meur e Comte. Those who know me ?oald not believe you, and those who do m t my faith ! what care I whattltey think?" "Ajud tliou thou art a French man." No one but a Frenchman could have thrown so much disdain as he did ititc the word "thou." Th 3 strawberry eater made no re ply, ait turned his head and called, "Gar ion." The poor, trembling crea ture tanie'np again.lwondering what new lilitn.i was prepared for him. jnd 4o)d trembling some ten rods off. ;"Gi rcon, is there a vacant room in thehel?;- ' "Without a doubt, monsieur." ,l PSKrlarge'-ue?" ,m -"Gertaioly. They are all large our apart ttcnts." "Then engage the largest for me, and jspo her no .matter what for Monsijui le Comte." "Mcasieur, I give tny own orders when ' think them necessary," said tlfe'coiuhifuly. $tlj-ugli to spare you the trou b V 1 if.you pleaso" (to the wait- em'a. U pr Ka. 0 prepare mv room." ffihei jtUfe strawberry eater returned ghei jtbj Ms i ir& toihls i Iniwberries. The bullv r naw- ecja 'ffiL'He could not make head nrjftailSofrtbis phlegmatic opponent. :o' TjlWCi.fclecrew a' little wirier, for h hirrjd Ilea had got abroad that the counjTl-tidnot found one that was Hkerlj t suit him, and he would be compel fedUo seek elsewhere what he wan led J jynrmur that went around aroufsedUfte bally. -xuouneur," ne hissed, :'l,as pre sumed to make use of a word which asjamojagmtn of honor " "Ie?J'onr pardou." "-rw.i.ch ERiong men of honor" "But what can Monsieur le Comte possibly know what is felt amontr i Inieir.of honorS" asked the other, with I a flhrug pfincredulity. ( ..- tl4. . "uu you aght with me yourself, or will you . of?" roared the coijnt, goaded to fury, "If Monsieur le Comte will give himnelf the trouble to accompany me to thlapartmenta which, no doubt, gre norRd fop ie, e8?.d fhestrn- ger, rising, "I will satisfy him." "Good," said the other, rifling, "I am with you. I waive the prelimin aries. I only beg to observe that I am without arms, but if you " tlO, don't trouble yourself," said the stranger, with a grim smile. "If you are not afraid, follow me." This he said In a voice sufficiently loud for the nearest to hear, and the circle parted right and left, like scar ed sheep, as the two walked away. Was there no one to call the police, no one to try and prevent what to all seemed imminent? Notasoul. The dreaded duelist had his evil lit on, aud every one breathed freely now that the victim was selected. More over, no one supposed it would end thus. The count and his frieud (?) were ushered into the apartment prepared for the latter, who, as booh as the gar con had left, took off his coat and waistcoat and proceeded to move the furniture so as to leave tho room free for what was to follow the count standing with folded arras glarijig at him. The decks being cleared for aotion, the stranger locked the door, placed the key on the mantle behind him, and said : "I think you might have helped a little. Will you give me your atten tion for five minutes?" "Perfectly." "Thank you. I am, as I have told you, a Frenchman, but I was educat ed in England, at one of her famous public schools. Had I been sent to one of our own lycees I should, per haps, have gained more book knowl edge ; hut, us it is, I have learned some things which we do not teach, and one of them is not to take a mean advantage of any man, but to keep my head with my own hands. Do you understand me, Monsieur le Comte ?" "I cannot flatter myself that I do." "Ha ! Then I must be more plain, one who takes advantage of mere brute strength against the weak, and who, practiced in any art, compels one unpracticed in it to contend with him. is a coward and a knave. Do you follow me now, Monsieur le Comte?" "I came, monsieur " "Never mind for what you oatne, be content with what you will get. For example to follow what I was observing if a man skilled with the small sword, for the mere vicious love of quarreling, goads to madness a boy who has never fenced in ills life, and kills him, that man is a murderer ; and more a cowardly murderer and a knavish one." "I think I catch your meaning; but if you have pistols here" foam ed tiie bully. "I do not come to eat strawberries with pistols in mj' pocket," said the other, in the same calm tone he had used throughout. "Allow me to con tinue. At the school of which I have spoken, and in the Pociety of men who have grown out of it, ami others where the same habit thought pre vails, it won Id be considered that a man who had been guilty of ?tich cownrdice and knavery as I have mentioned, would he justly punifhed, if, some day, he should be paid in his own coin, bj-meeting some one who would take him at the same disadvan tage as he placed that poor boy ar.." "Our Beconds shall fix your own weapons, monsieur," said the count, "let this farce end." "Presently. Thoae gentlemen, whoso opinions J have ventured to express, not having the craze for bloed which distinguishes some who have not bad a similar enlightened education would probably think that such a coward and knave as we have been considering would best meet his deserts by receiving a humiliating castigation befitting his knavery and cowardice." "Ah ! I see ; I have a lawyer to deal with," sneered the count. "Yes, I have studied a little law, but I regret to say I am about to break one of its provisions." "You will fight me then?" "Yes. Atthechpol we have been speaking of, I Jearned among other things, the use of my hands, and if I mistake not, I am about to give you as sound a threshing as any bully ev er got." "You would take advantage of your skill in the box?" said the count, growing a little pale. "Exactly. Just as you took advan tage of yourekill in the small sword with young B ." "But it is degrading brutal." "My dear monsieur, just consider. Vou are four inches taller and some thirty or forty kilogrammes heavier tnan 1 am. I nave seldom seen so fine an outside. If 3rou were to hit tne a good twinging blow it would go hard with me. In the same way if poor you ng B had got over your guard it would have gone hard with you. But then I shall only blacken both your eyes, and perhaps, deprive you of a tooth or so, unhappily in front; but you killed him." "I shall not accept this barbarous encounter," said the count. ' You must; I have done talking. Woujd you like a little brandy before we begin? No? Place yourself on guard, then, if you please. When I am done with you and you are fit to appear, theu you shall have your re vengeeven with the small sword, if you please. At present, bully, cow ard, knave, take that, and that, and that!" And the wiry little Anglo Frank j wae as good aa his woj:d. vl leas tjme BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 16. 18T4. than it takes to write it, the great braggart was rendered unpresentable for many a long day. The number one caused him to see fifty suns beam ing in tho firmament with his right eye; that number two produced a similar phenomenon with his left; that number three obliged him to swallow a front tooth, and to observe the ceiling more attentively than he had hitherto done. And when one or two other "thats" had completely cowed him, and he threw open tho window aud called for help, the straw berry eater took him by the neck and well, some other and lower part, and flunpr him out of it on the flower bed below. That strawberry eater remained a month at Bordeaux to fulfill his prom ise of giving the count his revenge. But then, again, the bully met with more than his match. The strawber ry eater had had Angelo for a master as well as Owen Swift, and after a few passes, the count, who was too eager to kill his man, felt an unpleas aut sensation in his right shoulder. The seconds interposed, and there was an end to theafiair. It was his last duel. Someone pro duced a sketch of him as he appeared being thrown out of the hotel win dow, and ridicule so awful to a Freuchman rid the country of him. The strawberry eater was alive when the battle of the Alma was fought, and is the only man to whom the above facts are known who never talks about them. AN IXQUS8T ON ABEL. Yesterday afternoon an excited in dividual, with his hat standing on two hairs and his eyes projecting from his head like the horns of a snail, rushed into the office of Coroner Holmes. The Coroner is by profes sion a dentist, and his first thought as ho glanced at the man was that he was well-nigh distracted with tooth ache. He was soon undeceived, how ever, as the frenzied individual cried out, as soon as be could catch his breath after running up the stairs: "Been a man murdered !" "A man murdered?" cried theCor oder; "how? where?" "In a garden, I believe ; with a club or a rock.:' "How long ago?" cried the Coro ner, seizing his hat and cane. "Been done a good while, and no police nor constables hasn't never done nothin' about it. Never been no Coroner set on the body, nor nothin' of the kind ; no verdick " 'What's the dead man's name? Who was he?" cried the Coroner. "His name was Abel." "Abel? Abel who?" "Donltknow. Never heard noth in' but his first name." "Well, what is the name of the man who killed him? Do they know? Any one suspected ?" "Well, I've heard that a fellow named Cain put out his light. Cain was the brother of Abel, and" Coroner smells a mice and., flourish ing his cane, cries : "You git down them stairs, my fine fellow. Git, and don't you show yourself here ajcain !" With a loud guffaw the fellow went down stairs three steps at a time, the doctor call ing out after him, "How dare you trifle with an officer in this waj-, sir?" Virginia City (Nev ) Enterprise. ONE VIEW OP IT Science is infallible; but any relig ion not so "based is not. Go to any scientist on the globe, aud ask him what is the chemical composition of any compound substance, aud you will receive the same answer. Inter rogate all tho physiologists of earth as to the number of bones, muscles, and tendons of the human frame, atid the response will be the same. Question all the astronomers of earth as to the number and movements of the heavenly bodies, and you will re ceive a uniform reply. But ask the religionists of earth concerning the dogmas of what they conceive to be truea7i, and the number of replies is endless. Take us to Turkey aud wo find Allah and Mahommet held up a3 objects of worship ; in China it is Confucius; transport us to India, and the balmy breezes whisper only Brama and Gotatna. It is folly to as sert that any system of religion is in fallible. Science alone is infallible. And religion, to be infallible, must be an outgrowth of science. Super stition, in connection with religion, is almost universal. It exists among the civilized and uncivilized. With the latter it tortures the body, aud de stroys life ; with the former it shack les the mind and dwarfs the intellect. This age of facts requires a religion of fact, instead of blind faith. A Washington special to the Cin cinnati Gazette says : On the depart ure of Senator Morton last evening from the Senate Chamber, a crowd of senators shook his hand at parting, aud it was remarked by a number that many of the most important aots of the session were substantially his work, especially the Finance bill, and that he had in this session held the leading position in the Senate, and without the aid of the administration, as heretofore ; that in the Louisiana matter and the finance bill he had been opposed by it and yet had won. These old fellows are perfectly re sistless. Four montht After the death of his wife, Asahel Mix, qf Bristol, Ct., aged eighty years, eoramittedLthe Jtfow.gYqrker has. to encounter. Tirl fnHPtnor, rr.rvl T7..lInt.- . ...-.. ..f II.. . t- matrimony with a girl fourteen yegyl? and eis months c4t CZ3 "" THY REQUEST. AltE TOU A JIASOX ? Rev. Mr. Magill, Rector of St. Paul's Church, Peru, 111., being asked the above question by a ltldy, responded as follows : I mil or a bund . Who will faithfully stand In the bonds of affection and lovoj I have knocked at the door, Onco wretched and poor, And there for admission I stood. By the help of a friend. Who assistance did lend, 1 succeeded an entrance to gain ; Was received In tho West, By command from tne East, But not without feeling some pain. Hore my conscience was taught, With a moral quite fraught With sentiments most I10I3' and true: Then onward 1 traveled To have it unraveled What Hiram Intended to do, Very soon to tho East I made known my request, And "light" by command did attend; When, lo! I perceived, In due form revealed, A Master, and Brother, and Friend. Thus far I have stated, And 3Imply related What happened when I was made free; But I have "passed" since then, And was "raised" up again To a sublime dnd ancient degree, Then onward I marched. That I might he "Arched," And And out tho treasures long lost; When, behold! a bright flame, From the midst of which came A voice which my ears did accost. Through the "vails" I then went, And succeeded at length Tho "Sanctum Sanctorum" to And; By the "Signet" I gained. And quickly obtained Employment, wliich.sulted my mind. In the depth I then wrought. And most cheerfully sought For" treasures long hidden there : And by labor and toil I discovered rich spoil, Which are kept by the craft with due care. Having thus far arrived, I further contrived Among valiant Knights to appear; And as Pilgrim and Knight, I stood ready to.llght, 2sor Saracen foe did I fear. For tho widow distressed There's a cord In my breast; For the orphan and helpless I feel ; And rr.y .sword I could draw To maintain the pure law Which the duty of Masons reveal. Thu3 have I revealed (Yet wisely concealed) What the "free and accepted" well know. I am one of the band Who will faithfully stand As a brother wherever I go. OUS ItfEW YORK LETTER, The Heated Term Luxury Horses, Ac Ilclmbold Dogs Buhlness. Correspondence Nebraska Advertiser. .New YottK, July S, 1ST4. THE HEATED TERM. Think of being compelled to stay in narrow streets, built up with stone or brick either side three, four, five, six and seven stories, with the sun's hot ray? sending the thermometer up to 'J0, and on occasions to 105 ! This is what New Yorkers have had to en dure for the last two weeks. It has been terrible in the best and most pleasant parts of the city in the roomy and airy parts and what it has been in the lower parts, where people herd together in eub-cellars and attics, may be imagined. Think ff a building six stories high, with windows only in front and rear, say 50 by 100 feet in dimensions, contain ing six hundred men, women and ohildren.all the cooking, eatiug and deeping being done therein ! And this with a glowing sky, a burning sky, a burning sun, with no air! Im agine the atmosphere of suoh a build ing, when the thermometers in the open parks stand at 100! But there are five hundred thous and people in New York who exist In such buildings. LUXURY. Where there is extreme poverty, there is extreme luxury. Probably one makes the other. It is a curious contrast, these hot, stifling tenement buildings in the lower part of the city, with the luxurious mansions up town. While the mechanic smoth ers in a tenement house, Mr. Win. B. Astor revels in the possession of $2, 500,000 in pictures, plate and furni ture. Geo. W. Burnham confesses to $150,000; the Lennox family can't enjoy life with less than $1,055,000 worth of jewelry, plate and pictures; the Brown Bros., bankers, have over $1,000,000 invested in these things ; A. T. Stewart has $2,000,000; the Ki ng lauds, Taylors, SpolTbrds, Lor illards, and a score of others wear, sit on aud look at suoh property to the amount of $2GQ,0QQ each, and up wards. And, bear in mind, these sums represent only the rare aud cu rious in these luxuries, the diamonds, pictures, ornamental and luxurious furniture, the quaiqt and curious, the beautiful and luxurious. It i3 noth ing for these people to paj $20,000 for a picture or a piece of statuary, and that sura for a piece of jewelry is as common as eating. That is to say, it toasoommon. Just now men are not investing in this way as much asthey were. The tight times has checked this kind of extravagance, and for some time to oome the dealers in arti cles of mere luxury will languish. HORSES AND CARRIAGES. Speaking of luxuries, vehicular ex penditure is not the least thing that X- H-UJUUlUCUlCtB.VUai t-IJJ"liU.l-!J(J13l&. hf an;gp(eq-9 to fflea m$ bi carried, and of course the vehicles and horses must be owned. Aud it costs, as the head of the family dis covers. To begin with, a simple phaeton for two horses (and two, at least, must be had) costs with the horses, not less than $2,000, and to keep It going re quires a coachman, who costs per an num not less than $1,500. This is the very least that can be done to be anybody. If j'ou desire to be more than merely comfortable, a cohjjc can be had for anywhere from $1,500 to $27500, and still higher up is the Clarence, which will require something like $3,000. A wealthy family will have six or eight horses one for single driving, two pairs for carriages, one or two for the saddle, and so on. They will have several carriages, for it is a point to be seen one day in one and another in anoth er. Then in addition to a solemn looking coachman in livery on the box, you must have two flunkies equal In solemnity on behind, the en tire outfit costing probably $20,000, and requiring an outlay of fully $10, 000 per annum to keep it up. THE NOBS. This statement inolnde.. only quiet people who do not especially desire display. Those who wish to make a figure in the Park and on the drives spend much more. HELMBOLD For Instance, thegreatmediclne man, had one team of six horses that cost him $20,000; he had carriages that cost $10,000, and his coachman that he seduced from the service of Potter Palmer, of Chicago, he paid $5,000 per year, besides house rent, fuel and lights. This man was six feet six inches in height, and probably the best whip in the world. It was a sight to see him handle that team of horses all thoroughbreds. I say it was, for poor Helmbold's horses he had twenty of them are scattered to the four winds. As enormous as were his profits, high living, horses, and the accompanying extiavagaucea broke him, and he is to-day living on charity in London. In tho last days of his prosperity he called In a friend toladvise him what to do to save him self. "Do," eaid the friend. "Why, It's easy enough. Sell off your horses, and your carriages, put 'em up atauc tlon. get what you can for 'em, and live sensibly." "Sell my horses,' quoth Holm bold, with tears in his eyes. "I can't do it. Who knows into whose hands they would fall. Imagine my feel ings, standing in front of my store and seeing that slx-in-hand driven down Broadway by a cmscd quack!" Helmbold wept qt the picture in his mind's eye, but his friend didn't. DOGS. The hydrophobia question is up again fiercer than ever. Several per son have been bitten by dogs and died of what looked wonderfully like hydrophobia, but tho learned men differ as to whether hydrophobia or fear of it killed them. But in the meantime the killing of dogs is going on very lively. The yamina capture them by the hundred, and they are put out of their misery the moment tho hours of grace expire. The trade in dogs is about the only brisk trade In the city. BUSINESS is a little duller, if ouy diflvrence, than when I wrote last. The bottom is out and it will stay out till the fall. The man who is making a living and is not running in debt, Is the lucky man just now. Nobody expects any thing better than that. PlETRO. "WASHINGTON'S STRENGTH. During a visit at Arlington House, Va., in 1854, th6 writer asked Mr. Curtis if Washington could, like Marshal Saxe, break a horseshoe, and received in reply that he had no doubt he could, had he tried, for hia hands were tho largest and most pow erful he had ever seen. When sentout on one occassion aa a looker-on at wrestling games, tired of the sport, he retired to the shade of a tree, where he sat pursuing a pamphlet, till challeng ed to a bout by the heio of the day, and the strongest wrestler in the State. Washington deolined, till taunted with tho remark that he feared to try conclusions with the gladiator, when he calmly came for ward, and without removing his coat grappled with his antagonist. There was a fierce struggle for a brief space of time, when the champion was was hurled to the ground with such tremendous force that as to jar the marrow of his banes. Another In stance 1 f his power was his throwing the stone across Rappahannock at Fredericksburg a feat that is quite safe to say has never been performed since. Later in life a number of young gentlemen were contending at Mount Vernon in tho exercises of throwing the bar. "Washington look ing on for sometime, walked forward, eaylng, "Allow me to try," and grasping the bar sent the iron flying through the air 20 feet beyond its former limits. Still later in his ca reer, Washington, whose "age was like a lusty wluter, frosty yet kindly," observed three of his workmen at Mt. Vernon vainly endeavoring to raise a large stone, when, tired of witnessing their unsuccessful attempts, he put tbeniraslde, and takJng3IItriiFSia ironT Hkegraap, lifted U'tggfi piaeeremoan- )s horse 4 igou VOL. 19.-NO. 3. THE BLOODY iE MEJf. Thc Arapalioes, Kiowas and Comman ches Break their Peace Treaty. Two Thousand Indians on tue War Patli. DEPESSKLESS CONDITION THE FRONTIER. OF On the 7th Inst., the Commissioner of Indian Affairs received the follow ing important telegram, whlQh brings news of a serious outbreak among the Indians in the Indian Territory : Osage City, Kas., June 7. Hon. E. P. Smith, Commissioner, Washing ton : I have just arrived from the Cheyenue and Arapahoe agency, on the north fork of tbo Indian river. Hostile Cl.eyeuues, Commanches and Kiowas thade their appearance In the vicinity of the agency on the second inst., aud on tho same day killed and scalped Wm. Watkins thirty miles north of the agency. Five war par ties seemed moving in directions of the trial from the agency to Caldwell, Kansas. I at once dispatohed a cour ier to Fort Sill for troops to protect the agency, which were temporarily granted. On the morning of the 5th wo mustered a small party of employ ees to escort rae through to Caldwell. Hostile Indians had been seen at Kingfisher's ranche. Proceeding north we took all the men and stock to Lee & Reynold's ranche, on Turk ey creek, and on tho 6th inst. the In dians attacked this ranoh, but were repulsed, getting only some horses. Four miles north of Baker's rancbo we found four men, Pat Hennessy, Geo. Fande, Thos. Colloway aud one unknown, lying in the road murder ed. They had three wagons, loaded with sugar and coffee, for agent Ha worth, all of which was destroyed or taken away. All the men were scalp ed. Hennessy had been tied to his wagon aud burned ; the fire was still burning. We gave them a hasty burial, and proceeded to tho next ranche. Here we found teamsters, stages, etc, concentrated, and they reported a war party of about ono hundred having passed north and east that forenoon, and the ranchmen had them off We (ook a woman and child from this place, and gave the men all the ammunition we could spare. Tho next ranche wo reached after dark. The Indians had gone in to camp four miles east, on Skeleton Creek. I advised all ranchmen and freightmeu to abandon their places, which they did, and by making good use of night, we reached Caldwell yesterday. We found Loftin's ox train at Pond Creek, twenty-rive miles south of Caldwell, and fear this train loaded with subsistence for the three agencies will be captured, as we saw hostile Indiana in the vicinity and and tho party had only throe guns. My chief clerk Is in command of the party. There are now but two ranches occupied on this road, and we fear their fate before help can reach them. I have no doubt the In dians will clean everything until re pulsed. This is their proclamation. I have offered my own life in passing through their lines tosave others, and now I ask and shall expect to receive at once, two or three companies of cavalry, one to be stationed at Baker'b ranche to protect the government in terests on this road and one at the agency. These troops should be trans ported as quickly as possible to Wich ita by rail. No hostile Indians shall be quartered at the agenoy, aud I must have troops to back it up. Let the hostile elements be struck, and with such power us shall make the work quick and effectual. I now go to Leavenworth, awaiting instruct ions, and ready to go with General Popo. Jno. D. Miles, Indian Agent. Mr. Miles is a Quaker, aud consider ed by the Interior Department to be a cool and thoroughly reliable agent. His requst for troops has beon endors ed and recommended for immediate attention by the military authorites of the War Department. The hostile Indians referred to are estimated to number 2,000, comprising about one fourth Cheyennes, Kiowas and Ar apahoes. A woman living In the cantom of Zurich, Switzerland, recently resort ed to a curious mode of revenge. Her cat, of which she was very fond, had for some reason or other, been killed by an official. She accordingly pro cured eeveral mouse-traps and caught some fifty mice, which she immedi ately inclosed in a box and sent it to the offending persou. He suspecting nothing, opened the package, and was horrified to see a swarm of mice spring out of the box and run over the place. At the bottom of the box ho found a note containing the follow ing words.: "You killed my cat. I have thetefore the honor to send you my mice." -It was Hit-i-iently proved during the war, that Quu. George B. McClel Is not a great military genius. It was claimed by his friends, however, that he is a great engineer, but this claim has been badly spoiled by hia recent experiments with the Steven's bat tery. After spending about two mil Hou dollars on that engineering follyi he gives it up 33 a failure, and it is to bo torn up and sold for old iron. We humbly suggestthat George B. is tru ly great as a general failure. Beach er's vacation begins after thg first Sunday in Juland lasU until the ffrst.Sunday in-October. In 111' that'tlme he ia not required to "break- MtfXMlIfgR" ong- THE ADVERTISER. ADVERTISING KATES. Space. I " 1 m I Per I Per . I Yea.-. I Month t Inch. ioca 20 00 36 0o aooa 100 o 3 inches. .. 6 Inches . llnches Zi. Inches Legal advertisements t legal rfctesT One sqnars (IOIIne of Nonpareil space, or less,) flrat lasertioii $1,00; eachsubsequentlnsertlon, 50c: S-Alltranaclent advertisements must be pal fori n advance. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE COUNT Y, :iSE SIOUX, An Aitaclc Ordered on Then on the 4th of July. Fifty Killed and AVounded, ahd Ono Hundred Horses Captured. Loss of Government Forces Two IC1H- and Four Wounded Official Dli- IifttcU from. Gen. Sheridan., CiiiCAGO, July 8. The following dispatch was received at the military headquarters last evening : "Lone Tree, Neb., July 8. Gen. R. C. Drum. TJ. S. A., Chicago: In, consequence of the many depreda tions by the Sioux in Wind River Valley on the white settlers and tho Shoshone Indians, one of the lateet being the murder andJbordble mutil ation of two white women, Dr. Irvln, agent for the Shoshoues, made tho request that the Sioux should be pun ished, if possible.? On tho morhtng of the 2d of July, while Gen. Ord and myself were at Camp Brown, an op portunity presented itself.and Captain, Lorry, of tho Thirteenth infantry, commanding at Camp Brown, was directed to sendCaptaIn Bates and. Lieutenant Robinson wltl company B, second cavalry, accompanied by twenty Indian scouts, under LieuJ, Young, fourth infantry, and 150 Sho shones, under their chief Washakie, to attack a camp of Sioux lately ea tablished on the north side of the Owl mountain range, where the Wind RiverILreaks.through, distant about ninety miles'from Camp Brown. Tho attack was made at 3 A. si. on, July 4ih, the result being fifty Sioux killed and wounded.'and over one hundred; horses captured. Our loss Was twa nienj killed and Lieut. Young ot;d three men wounded. Young was not dangerously wounded. "Captain TorryteIeg.apha thatho result was not as satisfactory as de sired, on account of bad 'behavior on the part of the.-Shoshones. Captain Torry went out on the 5lh with am bulances and additional mon to mcot Captaiu.Bates's command. "P. H. Sheridan "Lieut-Goneral." Correspondence Inter-Octcan. eT.IE lyillTE LEAGUE." A -Reorganization of the Kufclux in Loussiana. They Pulillsh a. Platform Avhlcli Men Vnr upon the Black:. Trouble lm pendingA Social War Ditty JJtreaK Out at any .llumcut. New Orleans, LA.July 4, The appearance yesterday of tho platform of the "Crescent City White League," has soupded the note of tho campaign of this State. The tone of the document Is unmistakable. After repeating the woes and afflictions that have fallen upon Louisiana, it disa vows all responsibility for the preaent condition of thihgs, and closes with "a determination to maintain legal rights by all means that may become necessary for that purpose, and to pre serve them at all hazards." "It Is time," says this reorganized band of Kuklnx, "that a timely and pro claimed union of the whites as a raco, and then efficient preparations for any emergenc3'. may arrest the threatened HORRORS OF A SOCIAL AVAR, and teach the blacks to beware of fur ther Insolence and aggression." Tfc.ey then "come out flat footed" and ask all men to. join them "in an earneB effort to re-establish a white man's government in the city and State." These white leagues aro being or ganized all over the State. Your cor respondent called upon one of the principal movers in this organization, a creole of education and influence, and one of the leading contributors to the columns of the Democratic press of this city. He frankly said that the Democrats of this State had tried all the dodges and games known to their leaders. "Wo have been beaten, we are In the last ditch, and and we intend to DO ANYTHING TO CARRY THE COM ING ELECTION." The opposition press have come out boldly and advocated tho DISCHARGE OF ALL COLORED PERSONS. in the employ of the whites. They daily parad tho fact that tho Stato is at the mercy of the people, that the soldiers stationed here since the war have been removed, and that the po lice of the c$ty aro in a disorganized conditio. The whole Southern mind Is cen tralizing around this ono point op position to the negro. During the last thirty days this Idea has been spreading and deepening more than ever before. IT MEANS R--OOD, CIVIL AVAR DES TRUCTION. In a conversation with the com mander of the militia in this State, he said; "These leagues may pre cipitate a war at any time ; the State Is without protection. I fear the coming campaigu." This apprehen siou is shared by all the law-abiding! citizens in the State. Already scores of the colored people are seeking ref uge In the city. Hundreds will b compelled to leave the State. B. A French editor, anxious to sho his knowledge of American history gives tho following account of th battle of Bunkei Hill : "On the 17t of Jane, 1775, the American volun teers, commanded by Gen. Artemu Ward, attacked and thoroughly bea the English troop3 near Charleston in Massachusetts." The'MIestesloSf iudsres hate that mr4S--aR in that: State tay rejesjsd; oMrsbelkre $$? 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