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Tliftt iiSJle, In the days of old.
Gr4tfi silver and In gold,
:o.Mi vhat they bought or Hold,
2jl3mdln3 their own busmcss-
?hf i"otto to wonnd one's fame.
Or ste-fir n:i vb i ly's name ;
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Jlotlaot2"',!l ra,5 modern days
Ttawra'a quite a change in people's ways.
, Aud &at i parson does or says
"tle hell up unto the gazo
Of .every busybody.
: Mt yon do not toll them, too,
yffrmSO'.i are going, and what to do,
tot in such an awful stew,
I even watch and follow you
Bse very busybodles.
JLadJaen they surely think thoy know
Jawtwhe- yon come nnd when you go.
And bey will whisper, so and eo,
To wiry frlsnd and nvery foe
3tese very busybodles.
Bet tfwc take the pains to see
VyWfhc saino busybodlea bo,
Sd there's not a he or she
WXas a decent history,
-JUflong these busybodles.
Btttht us no more notice lako
Ot'evk tongues; bui, for their sake,
"Vfe'l&bpeanflpray thoy soon may wake
Fro:wlek:ednes' and money make
mp minding their own business.
W Cldcago Tribune.
THE GUITAR
TEAC5IER.
Miior Inaoldsby was learning to
BY .MP gUUHi.
Martf.Tw.iin says that in tho fuli-
pesf'timo 'every man will make
knowjla distorted desire to play up
en.goaw instrument. Therefore, you
who we annoyed by an unsuccessful
atteraffc to subjagate a flddle, beware.
Torwoiier or later your time must
ooma.5i
KajM Tngoldsby had been attacked
Uy i8ire to play the guitar. Per-
ke could not, in the entire list of
?MtgUMMents, have chosen one on
Jf HlW? UilU L'AITUUlIUll on"T3 l' "
iMAta disadvantage as this particu
lar JMiBtrument. liuitar playing i
; itootonou9 at the best, nnd when it
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into me nanus oi a iiovjut; u, i
Itelv worse. At least so Tom
Ineoldsbv's ohutn, assorted,
tn6 iKbcertainly ought to know, for
kfe tin, turn, turn, of that guitar
btaied his waking and sleeping
hoUTaaf Tom Tracy was a patient man.
fJb lfe liad endured too much.
jSSyr, see here, Seth." he said, "I
lihiwMBtood by you through a creat
aeat.ax'vomarcneu iourih nnu siepi
. . . , , ,x..l..,-t
J, by 3Cir side, starved with you, suf-
feFrith j-ou, but I'll be blamed"
vrejxret o say that the word used
I was jmt blamed, which wo put In for
'theaalko of euphonv "if I'm coinir
to BtJfer anv farther. I'll mash that
tl.tfc23F:nn r.nran-.nn-n :e ..--..i inn -..
:o , "liii'tyou think T makonrogress?"
BakOTngnblsbv. distorting his face.
iearly dislocating his wrist In
tempt to roach tho "key of C."
listen
$ll quiet nlonsc tho Patomac to-night.
ceptnowand thDn astray"
re was n long pause una a npa-
efTort to get at the "key of D,"
Wjjt oni suggested "cow, pig,
hdMi, etc." as the missing thing, be-
forngoldsby could get at the rigbt
atriags, and continue his song.
& "picket ;
V Lk Tc ort oc fia ""'-" f
T5lf Klrvt mnflr Ann'F nn 9f cnirl
Tow for Incoldsby was at sea asrain,
jn search for tho key of the same
uaaaw.
"ou shut; now I've got it."
VJKeep it," said Tom.
43toi his boat tc an fro,
Hr a riCem3n hid In tho the the-"
"flramp, hollow log, gum tree!"
afir6ted Tom.
"Thicket. Now, Tom, how do vou
expaot any one to learn how to play
tha.fnitar. If you will shove your oar
iB-arery time he begins ? Don't I re
maiaf)or the time when you were try
inf to learn the fiddle?"
'Jdidn't last bo long as this." said
fcomTrather crestfallen, for he remem
bered hla experience;
"You only played the first bar of
'Bapgoes the Woasel,' and very poor
Iya played it, too. If my music is
baiwhat wa9 yours, I should like to
know? Superlatively eo. I'm not
goisg to be made game of, if I do play
badly. I'd get a teacher if I could,
bit there Is nothing of the kind to be
tared in the village."
i il!!11 yu wbat rn a" 8aid Tom ;
u&ir Lumg i. wouiu not. uu lor any
om atse in the world ; but If you will
proaafee to practice when I'm at the
ofiloaI'll get you a teacher."
"Dne," eaid Ingoldsby, extending
hla !nd. "Shake on it. When will
jTOU.iatroduco me ?"
g-night, if you like."
'jVtery good. I did not know there
waf guitar teacher In the village.
WSfisho?"
ittle fellow on Varick street."
toes he play well?"
rime. I can sit and hear him by
lour. By tne way you can learn
ig there, too."
Fahall be muoh obliged, Tom."
fot at all. I do it to savo my lifo.
1st go to the office for hsl f an hour.
it meat half-past seven on the post
steps, and I'll take you down,
uld go raving mad soon, if you
it up that row here. I know I
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They had known each other from
boyhood, and, as Tom said, had been
in tho army together. Both had a
heart in the cause, and did their duty
well. And now they were well es
tablished, Seth In the law, and Tom
in medicine, in a thriving village.
Ingoldsby waited at the post-office,
In a village like tbis, every one goes
to the office at the opening of the
mails, even though he never receives
letter or message, from friend or ioe.
Several Idlers about the office nudged
each other and pointed him out as
the man who had lifted the banner of
his regiment in the midst of a terrific
fire, when the color-bearer and two
sergeants had fallen in quick succes
sion, and sustained the flag while the
broken regiment closed up about it.
This was on tho Union side. That is
over now, and we.as friends and
brothers, are ready to clasp hands
aoross the myriad graves of brave
men ou both sides. Tho tempest Is
past; let there be fraternity again.
So thought the men who did tho
fighting, and so think they now.
Tom came up and divided the inter
est, for he was a gallant officer, and
had done his work well.
"Come along," said he, "I hope I
have not kept you waiting. "
"Not at all," said Ingoldsby; "the
mail has just come in."
They turned into Varick street, and
Tom stopped at the gate of a house
standing in a perfect bower of roses
and vines. Tom rang, and they were
admitted. The servant took their
hats, and showed them Into a nice
little parlor, where books, music, and
articles of taste and virtue were gath
ered about. A woman's hand had
evidently been at work here. A gui
tar, often used, stood in one corner.
Tom oalled his companion's atten
tion to it.
"There. I told 3Tou so. I don't sup
pose there Is a better player to be
found in the country than Vic.
What do you think of playing 'Dods
worth's March' upon tho guitar?"
"Vic. What is the rest of the
"Didn't I tell you? Upon my word
I think you are right. I said noth
aboutit. And "
He was interrupted at this moment
by the entrance of a person, at sight
of whom Ingoldsby rose in some con
fusion. Bo it known that Seth In
goldsby wa5 not a ladies man. tn
fact he rather avoided them. Why
he did i immaterial. While he gave
woman her due, as a rather necessary
portion ef the human race, he kept
out of her waj And this was as en
ticing a little maiden as ever brought
a bachelor to his knees. A slight fig
ure dressed in exquisite taste, in plain
muslin, with cherry-colored ribbon
at the neck and shoulders. Tom
managed to keep hii countenance
while he introduced them.
"My cousin Vio . Majr Ingoldsby."
he said ; "if you want to put on stj'le,
you can call her Mi?s Stanton. I nev
er do The point is, Victoria, the
Major wants a music teacher a gui
tar player. And a3 I have had all his
hideous music to end .j re for the last
three weeks, I bring him to you. If
you can't boar it send him back. If
you do, and I am forced to commit
either suioide or murder, you will
have it to answer for. I've got to go
down and see Nelllo. Take good care
of Seth."
"But Tom?" began the Major.
It was useless. Tom dashed out,
got his hat and was off like the wind
while Major Ingoldsby, holding on to
his guitar-case desperately, as if he
expected to perish the moment he re
leased his hold, sat, like Nlobe, the
picture of woe
"The sight of his misanthropic face
was too much for Vic. Stanton. She
burst into a merry peal of laughter,
aud before the Major knew it he was
laughing too.
"The Impudent scoundrel," he
gasped as soon as he could recover his
breath. "He told me that he would
Ku iuu a guitar teacner, ana you see
me, with this ridiculous case. I do
uot know what to say to you, Miss
Stanton. My only excuse "
"Do not make any. Major Ingolds
by. I am sure that everybody knows
that Tom Tracy will bo a blockhead
sometimes, with malice prepense and
aforethought, and wo caunot help it.
I am glad to meet you. For, if Tom
Tracy has a good feeling for anybody,
it is you. You are welcome."
"But this ridiculous guitar."
She took the cuse and placed it in a
corner, and coming back to a place
near him. berun tn tnlk. Ami ho
could talk as few ladies can.
Seth Iugoldsby forgot that he was
afraid of women, and suffered himself
to be drawn ou.step by step, until he
began to tell his army experience. A
strauge and varied life it was, and
she listened to him with' unflagging
interest, starting him now and then
by an artful question, or a sly hint.
At length he stopped of his own ac
cord, with a laugh.
"I am getting prosy, Miss Stanton.
Will you not play somethin"-?"
"Certainly. Do you prefeVthe gui
tar? Mine is out of order."
"Take mine. They saj it is a super
ior instrument," he said.
He opened the case, and gaye it to
her. She ran her fingers lightly over
the strings.
"They told you the truth. Major.
Tbis is certainly a remarkable instru
ment. Whnt. ehnll T tJit-9"
"If you don't mind, I should like
'All quiet along the Potomac' That
is the one I have been trying to learn,
andwich Tom hatea so fervently I
suppose I do play H in a fearful Btyle."
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She smiled as she began a sweet
prelude, and then sang and played
the Bong with a touch and voice
which seemed wonderful to ingolds
by. "I don't wonder ho praised your
playing and singing," said he. It ia
too bad. He led me to efcpect a teach
er.
i
"And why not, Major? I should
be glad to teach you anything I know.
My knowledge is not great, but suoh
as it is it ia entirely at your service. I
have heard so much of you from Tom
that I do not make astranger of you."
"Of course not," said Ingoldsby,
Btoutly. "That would be absurd. I'm
quite one of the fataily."
"Really," thought Miss Vic, "for a
man who is afraid of girls, he makes
wonderful progress." Then aloud
"will you lako your first lesson to
night?" Certainly he would. Itwas
exactly what he wanted, and so she
sat by his side, and
"Bowed his hand to teaoh him fin
gering," as good old Shakespeare hath
it, until he quite forgot how the time
flew, until he happened to look at a
clock. It was eleven.
"I beg your pardon, Miss Stanton.
.You are to blame for this. I shall not
hear the last of this soon if Tom finds
out how long "my first lesson lasted.
By the way ; your guitar is out of or
der. Suppose I leave mine until I re
turn again."
"I shall be glad If you will," she
said. "Aud call as ofteh as you like.
I am a stranger here, so to speak, for
I have been away from home for two
yeais. I am glad you called."
And so Seth Ingoldsby went away,
feeling wonderfully elated somehow,
and wondering how he could have
been such a fool as to avoid the socie
ty of women, if they were all as
agreeable as this damsel. Her cher
ry lips and dancing eye3 had made a
deeper impression upon him in that
first meeting than he would havecar-
eu to own. lie ratner nopeu cuac ne
should find Tom out, but he reckon
ed without his host ; for that worthy
was in, leaning DacK against tue wall,
puffing lazily at a cigar.
"Mr. Ingoldsby, I believe," he
said. "Formerly Major Ingoldsby, a
gentleman who had a rooted aversion
to the female portion of the commu
nity. I hope I see you well. How
did you enjoy your first lesson on the
guitar? An. i do you propose to con
tinue the lessons to any extent?"
"Let me tell you, Mr. Tom Tracy,
that such a trick as that would would
insure j'ou .a good thrashing from a
less good natured man than myself."
"Tako a cigar, Seth," said Tom,
with inimitable sang froid. "Now,
sit down ; put your feet on the hob
very good. Don't you like your
teacher?"
"You know very well that do one
can fail to admire Miss Stanton."
"Just my opinion, my dear Seth.
Did she give you a lesson ?"
"Yes," sahl Ingoldsby, slowly.
"But does that absolve you. from the
impudent action that took me there?"
"Now, if you ain't the most fault
finding dog upon the face of the earth
I hope I may never get my just de
serts. Hero I have been working for
your benefit, have introduced you to
the prettiest girl in tho country, and
what is tho result? Casting pearls be
fore the animal mentioned in the
Scripture, and, like that animal, you
turn again and rend me. Now, is
that right ; is it Christian ; has it ev
en the first point of common decency
in it, Major Seth Ingoldsby ? Here I
lay myself out to serve my friend,
and behold how he raves."
The injured tone assumed by Tom,
rather amused the other.
"That's enough, Tom. It was a
joke. Let it pass as such. Where
did you get this cigar?"
"One of my stock at the store. I
suppose you will beat me out of six
or eight every day. ' It will just serve
me right. When you get done smok
ing, come to bed. I suppose that I
havo dished myself now. It is just
like me. You will be taking lessons
every week day, but what excuse 3ou
can find for Sunday nights, I don't
know."
"I did not know that Mr. Stanton
had a daughter, Tom. Where has
she been?" asked Seth.
"Interested, are you ? At Bchool.
I used to write to her in the army. I
never showed her letters to 3'ou, be
cause she used to lau h at 3'ou, dread
fully, though she never saw 3'ou. She
will laugh at you worse now. What
a figure you cut hanging on to the
neck of that gui-nr, gaping like a
gravo3ard. T saw you when I passed
the window."
And with this good nitrht, Tom
wentslowl' to bed muttering as he
went.
He was a true prophet when he
said that eth vould go often toStau
ton's. Somehow Vic never could
keep her guitar in ordor, uud his was
left. He made wouderful progress,
too. B' very great labor he could
leap to the word "picket," a wouder
ful performance for him. But after a
time, great gaps came into the lessons,
which were not there before. 'Beats,'
Tom called them. Ver3 learned was
Tom on the subject of music.
"An 'accidental flat,' you see, is
different from an ordinary flat. If
one is flat b3' nature, all is right.
Miud, I am not speaking of music.
But these accidental flats are created
by some sudden change. There's
Seth. He used to be a sharp, butnow
he's nothing more nor lesB than an ac
cidental flat, because"
Here Seth picked up a book to throw
at him. Master Tom decamped in
BROWNTILLE, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1874.
hot haste. If Seth Ingoldsby had ev
er been in a delirium, he was in one
now. But, being 'a soldier, he' looked
the matter in the face. He was com'
mltted as a bachelor. All the female
prophets he had ever met with said
he would never marry, except one,
who allowed him a family of twelve
girls and a boy. The thought, at the
high price of calico, was maddening.
But then he admired Vio, and he
rather thought she liked him. Sup
pose ho popped the question, aud
was accepted ? What then ? A host
of probable resulta arose "in his
mind's eye."
But matters carne to a climax. It
happened in this wise: Tom had
just been into the room where they
eat, and was especially facetious on
the subject of music lessons generally
and this one teacher in particular. As
usual he had been driven out, and
Seth went on with his lessons. It
was something new and difficult, and
those white hando were laid on his
pretty often, to prevent him from
straying to the wrong keys, as they
were very apt to do. I am afraid he
made some mistakes purposely.
Seth was only a man after all. He
looked at the little hand several times
and, at last, when it was very near
him, seized it and pressed it to his
lips. Tom, coming in soon after, was
astonished to find Vic cosily seated
on the sofa with Seth's arm about her
waist.
"Hallo !" he cried. "Rather a new
style of guitar lesson, this."
"I like your teacher bo well that I
have engaged her for life. Provide a
new room mate, my boy. You have
lost me to my music teacher."
"Andsarvedycm right." said Tom.
"I suppose you think you are to have
your own way. M3' consent must be
asked, and refused. That is if Nellie
sa3's 'no,' to me. I am going down
to see. If 3'ou think you are going to
beat me, Master Seth, you are" mistak
en." So there were two accidental fflats
in the village that year, and all tle
world and his wife went to tile double
wedding.
THE SEW POSTAIi IjAW.
The post office bill passed by the
last session of Congress makes the fol
lowing changes in the postal laws:
tfeuispajw and Periodical Postage.
On and after Jan uar3T 1. 1875. news
papers and periodicals mailed from
the office of publication to be paid in
advance b weight at the following
rates : Issued weekly or oftener, 2
cents a pound aud fraction therpof ;
less frequently 3 cents. To be weighed
in bulk and paid b3' attaching a spec
ial adhesive stamp, for the purpose, to
the package, or as the Postmaster
General may direct. One cop3' of each
newspaper to actual subscribers to go
free in the count' where they are
printed in whole or in part.
Other Mailable JJattcr.The uew
law makes a uniformity in all matter
other than letters, newspapers and pe
riodicals, .limits the packages to four
pounds, at one cent for each two
ounces.
Salaries of Postmasters. The new
law fixes the salaries of first, second,
and third-clasa offices on a new ba
sis, according to the receipts of the
same. P atraasters of the
fourth-class to be paid by a com mis
sion on the receipts and the full re
ceipts from the post office box rents.
THE NEW PENSION LAWS.
The following changes in the pen
sion laws were made during the last
session of Congress :
Total Disability Increase of Pen
sion. All persona who while in the
military or naval service who were so
permauentl and totall' disabled as
to require tho regular presence, aid,
and attendance of another person, to
havo their pensions increased from
$30 25 to $50 per month, commencing
June 4, 1S74.
Partial Disability Increase of Pen
sion. Persons who are now entiled to
pension under existing laws, and who
lost either an arm at or above the
elbow, or a leg at or above the knee,
shall be rated in the second-class, and
shall receive twentj'-four dollars per
month commencing June 4, 1874.
In rder to obtain the benefit of
this act pensioners havo only to re
turn their certificates, accompanied
by a letter givincr their post-office ad
dress, no formal application being re
quired. No medical examination will
be ordered, excepting in cases here
the evidence on file fails to show the
point of amputation.
Capitalists Alarmed and Withdraw
their Capital from tlic West.
A few days since there appeared in
the financial article of the New York
Times, the following paragraph, of
the significance of which we need not
speak. It requires no comment.
Advices received b3 an eminent
bank firm shows that a serioiid awak
euiug among tho Granges is immi
nent, and that they beginning to view
with some apprehensi n the strong
hostile feeling their policy has evok
ed in the centre of Eastern capital.
It is a fact that a number of lead
ing houses in Canada and the East
have communicated with some of the
heaviest firms in Milwaukee, iuviting
them to close their accounts and sig
nify their intentions to withdraw the7r
interests from all sections in which
the Grange seutimeut is so over
whelming. They say they do not pro
pose to subject themselves to risks of
busiuess under such arbitary and even
coerceive restrictions aud influences.
It was also reported that the Astors,
Moses Taylor, and others, leading
New York capitalists, have decided to
withhold all contemplated invest
ments, and withdraw their existing
interests from the danger of suoh oon
trol. It is very evident that in the
event of any further aggressive move
ments against capital in the West,
the East is prepared to resort to very
extreme measures against the States so
influenced, both asmeans of self-protection
and retaliation.
Sixteen thousand aores of land were
taken up near Kirwln, Kansas, by
emigrants witbn a month.
LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP.
Love is like the wild rose briar;
Friendship like the holly tree ;
The holly is dark when tho rose briar
blooms,
But which will bloom most constantly ?
Tho wild rose briar is sweet in spring,
Itssumraer blossoms scent the air;
Yet wait till winter comes again,
And who will call the wild briar fair.
Then scorn the silly rose wreath now,
And deck thee with tho holly's sheen,
That when December blights thy brow,
lie still may leave thy garland green.
OUK NEW YOEK LETTER.
Ileeclier and Tilton.
Correspondence Nebraska Advertiser.
New York, August 8, 1871.
Beecher, Beecher, tieecher. Til
ton, Tilton, Tilton. We are having a
surfeit of Beecher and rather too
much of Tilton. None df your sens
es can escape either Beecher or Til
ton. As you walk the streets the
ilewsbo3Ts howl "All about the Beech
er scandal-1-1!" You look over the
dead-walls, and portraits of Beecher
and Tilton, in advertisements of sen
sation papers, stare you out of coun
tenance. Sit down at table, aud 3'our
next neighbor will, a thousand to one,
ask 3'ou, "What is the latest regard
ing tho Beecher scandal ?" and insist
upon" discussing the entire case, com
mencing with the marriage of Tilton,
down to the absorbing conundrum,
"What will Moulton testify to?"
And by the way tho whole thing
just now simmers down upon this one
man, Moulton. The fate of Henr'
Ward Beecher is in the hands of
Mouiton While Tilton has been
gaining friends every day and Beech
er losing ground with equal rapidity,
after all Tilton's unsupported state
nient will never drive Beecher out of
his place. For while Tilton affirms,
Mr. Bpecher and Mrs. Tilton deny,
aud Theodore has not kept Irs hands
sufficiently clean in the matter of
miscellaneous love-making to bo ac
cepted as a competent witness, no
matter how strong his statement. No
one who knows the parties doubts
Mr. Beeoher's guilt, but the people
get very judicial in such cases, and
insist upon file charges being proved
judlolally. Now, Mr. Frank Mmil
ton was with Tilton when Tilton
charged Beecher with the crime, and
it has heen stated over nnd over again
that Beecher confessed to adulter'
with Mrs. Tilton in the presence of
Moulton. The great moral, or rather
immoral question la. will Moulton
swear to this? If so, it settles tho en
tire question and makes a funeral of
Mr. Beecher. If not, while the peo
ple at largo, will believe all that Til
ton has charged, Plymouth Church
will affect to disbelieve it, and hold its
pastor.
Why should not Moulton testify to
what he knows, he being a friend of
Tilton? Because It is no small thing
to incur the enmit' of so strong and
powerful a bod' as Plymouth Church
and whoever assaults Beecher does
just that. To Plymouth Church
Beecher is more than a man, he is a
demi-god. Thoy believe in him, in a
wild way, as the sum total of every
thing that is good and great, and no
matter what the proof may be they
propose take him through.
If Moulton sides; with Tilton to the
extent of supporting him by testimo
ny, vials of wrath, equal in quantity
and quality to those uncorked upon
Tilton, will be poured over his devot
ed head, nnd that Mr. Moulton can
not afford. It remains to be seen
whether he will have the nerve to do
this.
Now that Tilton has been arrested
for libel and the matter has got into
the Courts, it is possible that Moulton
may be compelled to swear. If so,
look out for broken crockery. By the
way,
IT TS A MISTAKE
to put Tilton down as a blatherskite,
or as an utterly unreliable man. Ho
is a man of great genuis, a good and
true friend, and in mostthlngs steady
and level-headed. Hp has notions
that take him out of the channels In
which men float, and his cross-country
exp ditions havo been frequent,
and to him most disastrous. His op
eration with the WoodhuIIs hurthim,
though I doubt if there was anything
more In it than he stated She is a
wonderfully attractive woman won
derful in intellectual force, wonderful
in conversation and with a peculiar
wierd Way about her that could not
but catch and hold a dreamy poet such
as Tilton is at times. Then they held
views to some extent in common on
the questions of love and marriage,
and there was just enough of danger
In supporting her to make it fascinat
ing to him. Besides all these there
was a business consideration involved
which Tilton in his circumstances
could not overlook. Altogether The
odore is a good fellow. He has his
faults he is iudiscreetand impulsive,
but who of us is perfect? I presume
1 am not, at least I am not going to
hurl the first rock at Tilton.
I predict that Mrs. Tilton will come
back to him, and that despite all that
has happened he will take her back.
She is the mother of his children, and
Theodore Tilton oan no more live sep
arated from her than fly. When this
wretched business is over they will be
reunited, and possibly a change will
be wrought In both of them- that will
make their lives happier.
BOSS TWEED
has nearly gone out of public sight.
It is astonishing how soon a man is
forgotten in New York politics, when
he has nothing to give. He might as
well be dead. It is true he has influ
ence enough to get better treatment
than other convicts, but that is about
the extent of it. The old man went
over to the Island, and that day his
star set. Other aspirants for power
administered upon his estate at once.
The venerable old villain's political
property was divided just as soon as it
was tolerably certain that ho could
not get out for a 'ear. Morrisse7
grabbed a portion, and the other gin
mill politicians took the balance, and
were Tweed out to-day he could hard
ly reinstate himself, for the men who
have usurped his place will hold what
they have, and the old man, having
no places to dispose of, could not or
ganize a new party to stand at his
back. They like him as well as thoy
ever did that is, those who liked
him at all but personal liking has
little to do with such matters. The
politician anywhere" is selfish the
New York politician ia particularly
and essentially so. He commands
respect precisely in proportion to his
power once dead, always dead.
"But lam happy to be dble to say
that the old rings will never again
have the power once wielded. Tweed
heid it all in his hands and used it to
the advantage of himself and his
friends unquestioned and unchecked.
He was the source of power and the
fountain of wealth. Whoever was
useful to him was rewarded, magnifi
cently, and whoever was opposed to
him was mereilessl' killed. Butnow
that power is divided. There are a
dozen able and unscrupulous men as
piring to be Tweeds, and a3 they are
warring with each other it is not im
possible for the decent elements of the
city to wrest the power from.them and
reform and purify the government.
It is fortunate that each of the aspir
ant leaders had rather see the power
go into the hands of the opposition
than to let it be grasped by a rival.
Let us hope that these rogues will
continue to fall Out, till honest men
come to their own.
CHILD STEALING.
The kidnapping of children, inau
gurated in Philadelphia, has broken
out in New York, which might have
been expected, for I know of no soil
in which villainy thrives &o well as
hexe. A child of about five years of
age was stolen from 35th street, near
ly a week ago, and the only clue the
parents Could get to it was by adver
tising in the Herald. Tho answer
came promptly the child had been
stolen and was being held for a ran
som. In this case, however, the cold
blooded villains made a mistake, for
the parents of the child have no
moans and cannot possibly raise a
tenth prtrt of tho sum demanded. The
fact that they lived in a good house
in a fashionable quarter of tho town,
add rode in a carriage and dressed in
purple and fine linen deceived the op
erators. They did not know that the
house was mortgaged, that the car
riages were hired, and that the daily
profits of the head of the house was
absorbed in keeping up the st'le that
indicated wealth. Hereafter the kid
napping fraternity will probably em
ploy a lawyer to search the records,
that they may be certain of striking
fat game. It must bo provoking to
steal a child and have it turn out that
the parents cannot pay a dollar for its
return. Negotiations are going on
with the thieves direct, the detectives
being unable to get any clue to its
whereabouts.
BRRGH AND BARXUM.
Bergh is after Barnum. Bergh says
the hurdle-racing in Barnum's Hip
podrome is eruel and dangerous; and
he cites the following facts : Tne per
formances at the Hippodrome com
menced on the 17th of April, aud up
to the 17th ult. the following casuuli
ties bad occurred : Miss Hess, arm
broken by being thrown from her
horso ; at the same time two other la
dies were thrown, but not hurt. Miss
Lewis, hurt by being struck with tho
pole of a chariot. Miss Alice Costen-
I eigr.-i, nurt by being tnrown irom tne
racer Castro, and having a horse jump
on her; Castro was instantly killed,
but the lady has since reported for
duty. Frank Dooley, leg broken
while riding an elephant race, and
death ensued. Mrs. Anna Davis,
collar-bone broken by the horso Spot
falling with her over a hurdle, and
dead.
But just as Bergh got ready to move
on the great showman, theentire con
cern was tnoved to Boston, where,
there being no Bergh, horses ma
fall with men and women as much
and as often as the3 choose. I rather
believe that Burnum started the re
port as an advertisement. reople
will go a long way to see a horse fall
on the rider. Pietuo.
Civil rights conversation in Macon
between two darkies: "Sa3', Bill,
when dis civil rights bill dono passed
'fore Congress, do you know whatl'se
gwine to do?" "No, Sam ; what yer
gwinetodo?" "I'se gwine down to
the Brown House and take dinner
settin' at de same table wid dem
white folks. And den I'll set out in
front and smoke my cigar, jes' aa big
as any of 'em." "G'way, nigger. If
you 'tempt to eat dinuer at de Brown
House I bets you eats supper in h 1."
Over 2,500,000 votes wero cast in the
late Parliamentary elections in Great
Britain. The total number of voters
in the United Kingdom is about 3,
000.000. Fifty years ago thero were
only 200,000 voters.
VOL. 19 -NO. 7
A Visit to the Immigration Office.
Editor Nebraska Advertiser.
Persona visiting the city of Omaha
should go to the Immigation Office.
Col. Noteware, the Superintendent,
la always happy to have people call
and see tho productions of Nebraska
that he has collected.
Of the vegetable productions, there
is a large number of samples of wheat,
corn, barley and oats, of different va
rieties and from all parts of the State.
I noticed, among other things, a
sheaf of timothy hay from Colfax
county.
What interested mo most was the
specimen of minerals. There waa
coal from Richardson county; kaolin,
or white clay, such a3 table ware is
made of, from Cass count'; cement
stone, and tho man ufactu red-cement,
from Beatrice. This cement is used
in tho foundation of the U. S. build
ing in Lincoln, and ia manufactured
quite extensively at the cement worka
at Omaha, whore it ia pronounced a3
gdod as tho imported article.
I also saw a block of marble from
Gwyer'a quarry, in Sarpy county.
Thia stone has one face polished, and
it is equal to the celebrated Vermont
marble. It will be U3ed in the U. S.
building at Lincoln.
Thus one by one the natural pro
ductions of Nebraska aro being dis
covered and utilized. Coal ia mined
in Richardson, Pawnee and Jdhnson
counties in the South-east, and in
Dixon county on the Northern bor
der. Valuable building stone in near
ly Op quite every county in the East
ern half of tho State. Fine clay and
ochrea in various places, valuable aalt
springs, hydraulic cement, andaa the
State becomes settled many other
things will be diacovered that will be
of great value to the people.
How about Nemaha county ? Val
uable buildiug stone Is found in near
ly every township in the county.
There Is no doubt but that there is
coal in abundance. The same stone
that cement ia made of i3 here in
abundance, and I know of a fine clay
that I think ia equal to the Cass coun
ty kaolin. All we need is oapital and
perseverance to develop these various
mines.
Right here I wish to state,
that I want any person, who fiuda
any mineral that he thinks will be of
value, to bring it to the Post office,
and I will label and take care of tho
specimens, and put them in a place
where they can be seen, and I believe
they will be of value to the finder,
and to the county at large.
W A. Polock.
A SHARK STORY.
Mr. Keatly, of No. 833 Atlantic av
enue, Brooklyn, in Company with
two friends, went out to Coney Is
land Weduesday afternoon. The par
ty wandered along tho beach, and
when near Bath, ?.Ir. Keatly suggest
ed they should bathe. The three ac
cordingly went into the water. Mr.
Keatly, however, wandered out some
what further than the others, but did
not go beyond hi3 depth. While
swimming around he felt a soft, cold
sub3tance rub against his leg. lie did
uot pay any attention to it until the
rubbing was repeated several times.
Becoming alarmed he glanced down
ward and saw a large shark in the act
of turning on its sido. Beforo he
could gain the shore the sea monster
had fastened his teeth deep into the
fleshy part of his groin, causing him
to yell with pain and terror. Fortu
nately, however, he had sufficient
presence of mind to make a grab for
the fish, and succeeded in catching it
by tho narrow part of tho tail, be
tween the dorsal fins. He clung to it
with desperation, at the same time
making every effort to get ashore.
The shark, meanwhile, tugged so
fiercely to go away that it terribly lac
erated the flesh of Mr. Keatly, who
finally succeeded in making a land
ing. The shark, with great difficulty
was forced to loosen his hold, and was
finally killed by aaiDg repeatedly
struck on the houd with ajarge stone.
Mr. Keatley'a wounds were then
dressed, and he was removed to
home in Atlantic avenue. The shark,
which measured fivs feet eight inch
es from the tip of his nose to the eud
of its tail, is now on exhibition in
Brooklyn. JVciv York Timea.
The pressman of the Bethlehem,
Pa., Times is 16 years old, and meas-
urea six feet and seven inches in
height, and wauta same one to "beat
him."
There ia nothing more calculated to
weaken a boy's moral character than
to get his fishlnghook fastened on rub
bish In tho river.
A Missouri man who swapped
wives with another Missourian got a
cow, acnlf, thirty good steel traps,
and four children "to boot."
-LC
What l tho difference between a
Jew and a lawyer? .The cno gets his
law from the prophets, and the other
his profits from the !aw
A Toast Woman : the last and
beat of the series if we may have
her for a toast, we won't ask for any
but-her.
When a lady stands at the' hymen
eal altar with her intended, you" may
know' that she I3 about to diaw her
beau nto a knot.
Queen Emma, of tho Sandwich Is
lands, weighs 300 pounds.
A woman 83 yeara old 13 the most
adroit thief in Albany, N. Y.
ft 00 fZ to ?x no
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4 00 r. 00 5 75
7 CO 1l 00 3 PO
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60 CP
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Iiegnladvertlsements atlegal rates: One sqnsrs
(lOHno of Nonpareil space, or less,) first Insertion
$1,00; cachsubseqnentlnsertlon, 50c
23-Alltranscient advertisements must be paid
fortn advance.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE COUNTY ,
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A VIVID AND GRAND PICTURE
Tho following telegraph diapatbbi
sent from Pittsburg to the N. Y. 2W6
une, descriptive of the recent destrnoi
tivo storm which vi9ited Pittsburg, id
grandly sublime, full of interest,
though somewhat extravagant in
rhetorio :
"A description of the appalling"
storm, or water-apout, whichever it
may be called, should not be out of
the way, although It would be impos
sible to draw even a faint picture of
the awful original. At about six-and-a-half
o'clook on Sunday evening two
great black olouda camo up from op
posite points of the compass, one to the.
southwest and one to the northeast',
They rose slowly, like two awful de
mons. Their edgea were ragged and
black, flecked here and thero with
patches of fiery colors. A dozen little
promontories jotted out here and
there, like the heads hydra upon each,
changing shape aud appearance every,
moment, assumiug the appearance of
bird, or beast, or monster; oooasaioh
ally extending far up across the-inter
veiling space aa though to reconnoi
tre the enemy, and then again recea
ing. But all this time the two great
giants swathed in inky blackness,
and almost without outline, slowly
approached each othei. Suddenly a
noise between a roar and a growl
burst from each. There was no dis
.tiuct detonation like ordinary thun
der, but a low, terrible and continu
ou3 rumbliug growi, causing the air
to vibrato and the vary founda-
tions of the earth to shake aa though
a tertian argue had seized upon tho
everlasting hills. A fringe of fire like
the aurora borealis began to run along
the ragged edgea, faint at firet, buC
growiug in inteusity every moment,
uutil it looked as though the two .de
mons had put on an armor of fire.
On they came, nearer and nearer,
when suddenly a mighty bolt of
blinding light leaped from the central
head of the demon of the northeast,
burned high up In the sky, and then
fairly struck tho opposing
demon. A moment ant! a deafsn
ing crash divided the hot 'atmosphere
and made the earth tremble palpably.
But the demon of the southwest wa3
not even stunned, but paid back, bio"
assailant with a forked javelin of sul
phurous flame,
"This waa the the opening of tho
grand battle. The long lines of flames"
that enveloped the combatants cease
ed to dance and flicker, and like the
borealis gathered into tongues of
silver and blue fire and leaped for-"
wanlsimultaneoualy from both direc
tions, until the rapidly narrowing
space between them seemed
to be an ocean of fire. The two demon
clo'uds met directly over the city, and
Seemed to rock the earth toita ntlef
most foundation. For a few minuted
previous a few heavy drops of rain
had been pattering down, but when
the two giants met lutheir death em-br.-ice
it seemed as though a river had
been unchained in tho heavens, and
was falling bodily to the earth below.
For half an hour It did not rain.
There wero no distinguishable
drops, as the term is general under
stood. It was the descontof a torrent,
like a river leaping over a precipice."
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Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton pre
fers not to be impeached by the
Beecher whitewashes. A reporter
asked her if alio would mako her
statement before the committee if re
quested to do eo. She answered i'
"No. Not before that committee,
when gentlemen who aro in the con
fidence of ita proceedings tell me thai
the integrity of very witneaa wiho
appears against Mr. Beecher ia to bo
impeached. I have no wish to givo
my testimony. When tho casecometf
before a civil court, I shall willingly
appear if summoned. There :a no
stronger proof that the committee
havo a difficult case in sustaining Mr.
Beecher. than it ia the understood do
termination to impeach the integrity
of every witness against him, and
there is no better proof of the strength
of Mr. Tilton's position, than ita sub
terfuges in trying to undermine him
by attacking the characters of oil la
dies of his acquaintance
Can Mr. Beocher, in his circle bonsfc
of nobler, truer, puer woman than
those identified with the Woman's
Reform movements in thia country ?
Neither Mr. Moulton or Mr3. Tilton
need be ashamed of such acquain
tances as Grace Greenwood, Anna
Burleigh, Anna Dickinson. Lucy
Stone, Suaan B. Anthony, or Pauline
Davis, who havo all been honored
visitors at this house. It ia beneath
the dignity of any man and commit
tee of men to attempt to shadow ladies
like these.
THANKS FOR II ATTLE SNAKES'.'
In the state of Ohio there resides a
family consisting of an old man of tho
bisfnamo of Beaver and hla four sons, all
of whom were hard "pets," who hax5
often laughed to acorn the advice and'
ontreati&3 of pious and very excen
trie minister, who resided iu tho same
town. It hnppeded that one of the
boyB waa bitten by a rattlesnake, and
was expected to die, when the mrnis-
waa sent for in great haste
On bis
arrival he found the young man very
penitont and anxious to bo prayed
with. The n.iuiater, calling on the
family, knell down and pre:ed in
this wise : ' O Lord we thank Thee
for rattlesnak 3. We thank Theo
that a rattlesnake has bitten Jim.
We pray The- to sencfa rattlesnake
to bito John ; send one to bite Sifl';
Bend one to b!!e Sam ; aud O Lord,
send the biggest of Thy rattlesnakes,
bite tho old man ; for nothing. but
iafctle3nakea will- bring tho beaver
family to repentenco."
"What do
you call that?" indie-.
nantiy asked a" customer of a cheap
resturant, pointing to an object hei
had discovered in hla plate of hash
"Wriatband with sleeve buttou at
tached, sir," eaid waiter briskly.
"Well, do you consider this a proper
thing for a man Itor find in his hash V
asked the customer with wrath.
r'Good heavens, sir!" cried" the wait
or, "would you expect to find a ten.
dollar silk nrnbrella In. a fifteen cent
plato of htt:.?,r
D -bbs thinks that instead of giviogf
credit where credit ia due, the casl
had better be paid.
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