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U. W. FAIREROT1IKE. T. C ItACTwEJI.
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SOCIAI. DIRECTORY.
LODGES.
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rt,fIior l-nas'- . )n MRSOnjc nail. Visitlnsr
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'--- i over Nlckells druc stor"e. Main
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jtdaUf!rit".-rfh7d Monday in eaoh month.
ciiuncnES.
JS . r rhurrh. Servfcsee Sabbath
ctiooM.1 l 7.M . m. sun lay fechool at
w-r Meeng Thursday evenlnR.
, ,, TiMt is. Pastor.
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ITV OFFICKRS.
i -.ip4 the First Monday la each
t.trronn'-V h- A. TilS. Al lermen-JIrst
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n W. A. JwdklBB: Third V.ard-
1 r.ar.ck Farker. Marshal. "
t -.j iwwVor- Treaiwrer. J Blake.
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OUNTY OFFICERS
Arrival nntl Departure or Malls.
Nort'.rrn r-dly.by iuUroad-Arrlvcs 11 a. m
.,-ltc-i luily.by JiaJlroad-ArrivesiSOp.m.
,oril.cravia Peru, Daily-Arrives 12 m: De-
Cathcrn- N'e.naha City. Dally-ArrlvesS
: : ,-, v aaTcmsh to Beatrice-Dally:
-2 Arrives at 5 p.m.
, rJ7..rn Via Table Itock eekly Ar-
, ' 1 Saturday at C p. m. Departs
' tr.day at 7a.m.
' .iijfrom 7a.m..to7m'.m. Sun
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Unrltiigtou &, 3Tlnouri Klver Railroad
In relrn!lta.
MAIN LINK.
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B12ATKICK llRAXCH.
V i 1? v.e t OwH I T:45 a.m. arrive
,Ai.. arrive I Beatrice. I 6:45 a.m. leave
Chlcn:
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I E.. Freight lOAia.in.
W. II. STEXNETT.Gen.Pas.Agt.
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BUSINESS CARDS.
ATTORNEYS.
II. C. Parker,
A
tt(pkni:y at law. land and tax
P.it mg Aetit. Howard, Ieb. Will Rive tiUlI
atteniion toany leKal business entrusted to his
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ii. iZ. BlirlIit,
UNI.Y AT LAW. Notary public and Real
' Vi:. OiHcem Court Ilouse Build
v.iville Xeb.
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T. L. Suliick,
AT LAW.-MAY BE CONSULT
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;er:nun lansuage. Omce
next
antv( lerk'sOllice.
Court House Build-
.vu iilo. Nebraska.
lS4y
T. S. Stull,
.TTORNTY
AND COUNSBIX)R AT LAW.
No.; Main street, (up .lairs,) Brown-
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is-uy
.T. II. Droaily,
;ey and counselor at law.
over State Bank. BrowiivilU-.Neb.
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W. Tlsoinns,
TT nvr.Y AT LAW. Omce, front room over
V (- 'i,..n A Cro.-4S's Hardware Store, Brown-
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XV. T. Rogers,
AND COUNSELOR
TTiiTSXry
AT LAW.
diligent attention to any local
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-ntrvsved to hH care. Office in Court Reuse
'S Br-wnvilie.Xeb.
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PHYSICIANS.
s 'I'H.I.vday. M.D.. Physician. Surseon
;-:' i-l "bnotrichHi. (iradiialert iu 1851. Loca
li.u Urownville 1855. Olfice. Lett & Creich's
i''J5,5 re MrPhersou Block. Special attention
i) Obstetrics ami diseases of Women and
L. MATHEWS. Phvslclan and Surgeon. OlKce
tiT "l.t'l,y Drag siore.'No. 32 Main itreet.Browp-
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NOTARIES & COLLECTION AGENTS
I.. A. Bertjnianii,
VOTVr.Y rUBLIO AND CONVE
- ' Offl.-v, No. 41 Main street, Brown
EYANCER.-
nvllle. Neb.
L.ANIJ AGENTS.
W"ILLIAM II. HOOVER, Real Estate and Tax
' Paying Ajrent. Oftice In Ditrict Court Room.
' 4ive prompt attention to the sale of Real Es-
ind Piymeotof Taxesthroughoutthe Nemaha
-an 3 Iiistrift
BL.ACICS3IITIIS.
.T. XV. Gibson,
)LVPKSMITII AND RORSE
i . v ro"' -"' t vren Main and Allan
tto W rK ilJlle to order.and satis
S1IOER. First
tlantlc. Urownville,
jric dime to order.and satisfaction guarau-
MIQGIEI
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BEST IN MARKET.
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,rnvill'- 'j,0,eev. ingot each veek.ln their
' "3 Vr,wmanstore VisltiiiK brothers
vrnvited.2A.a.GATii3.X.U. James
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" :' rfr A. ii. tiilmore. Surveyor. J.
"-'.-' A Supenntedent. D. W. Pierson.
T IR, IT
very Sack Warranted !
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ESTABLISHED 1856. l
Oldest Paper in the State. J
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AUTHORIZED RY TnE U. S. G0VERX3IEXT.
THE FIRST NATIONAL
OF
BROWNVILLE.
J?aid-U2 Capital, $100,000
Authorized " 500,000
IS PREPARED TO TRANSACT A
General Banking Business
BUY AND.SELL
COIN & CUKKENCY DEAFTS
on all the principal cities of the
United States and Snrope.
MONEY LOANED
On approved security only. Time Drafts discount
ed, and special accommodations granted to deposit
ors. Dealers In GOVERNMENT BONDS,
STATE, COUNTY & CITY SECURITIES
DEPOSITS
Received payable on demand, and INTEREST al
lowed on time certificates of deposit.
DIRECTORS. Wm T.Den, B. M. Bailey, 51. A.
JIandley. Frank E. Johnson, R. M. Atkinson,
Wm. Frazier.
JOHN L. CARSOX,
A. R. DAVISON. Cashier. President.
J. C. McNAUGRTON, Asst. Cashier.
BOWNVIIII!
GOOD NEWS
FOR THE PEOPLE OF
Richardson, Johnson, Nemaha,
AKD OTOE COUNTIES,
AND
WESTERN MISSOURI I
SHIGAG-0 LUMBER C0.
OF CHICAGO,
liave established
A FIRST-CLASS LUMBER YARD
AT
BROWNVILLE!
And will constantly keep on hand
a full and complete Stock of all
kinds of Dry Pine Lumber, Sash,
Doors, Blinds, Lime, Cement, Plas
ter and Hair, Cedar Posts, Enam
el Paint and Suilrling Paper, which
they will sell as low as any point
in the West, at the old stand of
John E. Bell. Give us a call be
fore making any Purchases, and
see how it is yourselves, and ex
amine our Grades and Qualities, as
&! &rrsiv?w tm
T
Gmj J? bA
LOW PRlOEf
Is Our Main Sold.
Try us once and judge for yourselves.
Yours respectfully,
CHICAGO LUMBER Co.
HAVING rented the Photographic Rooms
and apparatus of J. R. Shroil", I am
prepared to do all kinds of Photographic
work, LARUE OR SMALL. Photos
COLORED
IN OIL,
Rooms over Post
reasonable lictiree.
Office.
F. R, SYKES.
Mm:!
BANK RESTAURANT.
WARM MEALS AT ALL HOURS
OYSTERS
SERVED IX AXY DESIRED STYLE.
J. G. RUSSELL,
Nos. 37 fc 39
Jilulu St..
BEOWJYILLE,NEB
Clocks, Watches, Jewelry
JOSEPH SHTJTZ,
Ho. 59 Main Strt, Brownvillo.
fTSL Keeps constantly on hand a large and well
9 assorted stock or genuine articles In his line.
RepalrinK of Clocks, Watches and Jewelry
done on short notice, at reasonable rates.
ALL WORK WARRANTED.
J. BLAKE,
.V110 Derations Per
1iS furmed in the best
manner.
Office:
IWs" !!
At residence on Main
street,
from 1st to 7th of each
At Rock Port, Mo.
month.
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D&LER IN
DOTS AND SHOE
CUSTOM WORK
5xte: n:o o:rx:ii::k..
Repairing neatly done. No. 5S Malnstreet, Brown
vlIle.Neb.
PEANZ HEI.2EER,
loon &lacksmithShop
ONE DOOR WEST OF COURT ROUSE.
WAGON MAKING, Repairing,
riows, and all work done In the bent
manner and on short notice. Satisfaction guaran
teed. Give him a coll. J-iy.
PiOTOGHlPH GALLERY.
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BLESS THE BABIES.
BY ELLA AVnEELEIt.
Bless the lltte babies!
Ah, they make the home I
KeeplDg husbands evenings,
"When ho used to roam.
Boon compalons miss him
Cards have lost their charms
There he sits contented,
Baby In his arms.
Bless the little babies I
Ah, they strip the heart
Of all false allurements
By their native art.
Once the belle a mother,
Fashion, fol-de-roj.
Selfish whims that spoiled her,
Vanish, one and all.
Bless the little babies !
Bridging many a breach
'Twlxt wife and husband,
Binding each.to each.
Husband stops his growling, '
"Warmed by baby's smiles,
"Wife forgets her grievance, -
"Watching baby's wiles.
Bless the little babies!
Shame upon the wives,
Ruled by self and fashion,
Living barren lives.
Out upon the practice I
Murder, nothing less
Of tne scores of women
God had ineut to bless.
Bless the little babies !
Blessing, few or many ;
Pity on the household
Never counting any.
It is like a garden
Where there are no flowers,
Oil, the pretty blossoms !
Filling happy bowers.
DAYTON'S HOUSEKEEPEfi.
"Wanted. A housekeeper. No
one but an elderly person, competent,
and of the highest respectability, need
appty. Call between the hours of
three and four, Thursday, April 6th,
No. Michigan Avenue."
Kate Franklin read thia iu the pa
per which lay on the counter In the
little grocery while waiting to have
an ounce or two of tea done up, and a
roll of baker's bread.
She repeated the number of the
house over to herself, as she received
the change from the grocer.
She prepared the tea after she re
turned to the littlo bare attio, and ate
her scanty meal mechanically. She
forgot how unflatisfied her appetite"
still was, in her busy thought.
A stranger in a strange place. Suc
cessively she had tried to iind a situa
tion as teacher, copyist, in a store,
sewing. Sho had failed in the first
three, and was etarving on the last.
She would apply for that place, but
she would -need references. Only quo
person iho knew in the whole great
city, of sufficient Influence Mrs.
Davenport, the rich, haughty step
sister who had ill-treated her gentle
mother while she lived, and hated
Kate herself.
Perhaps, thought Kate, she would
permit her to refer to her, because
she was glad to have her desceud to
menial employment.
Kate was competent for the situa
tion, for during her mother's long 111
nefcs, and her father's absence, she had
entire charge of their large family and
splendid house.
But an "elderly woman." Now
Kate was not an elderly woman, be
ing ouly twenty ; but she remember
ed, with a sort of pleasure, that in
private theatricals, in happier days,
she had imitated the voice, and as
sumed the character of an old woman
with great success. Sho knew how to
stain tho skin, to give and old wrinkl
ed annearance. and she had. in tho
bottom of a box some false grej' hair
and n muslin cap worn on ono of these
occasions. She did not need to look
so very old only to present a mature
and matronly appearance.
Mr. Ed wan! Dai'ton waited at home
after his dinner to see tho respondents
to hisadvertisemen'. He was a hand
some man, not3et thirty, with a gay,
frank, good-natured countenance.
Ho leaned hack in a nonchalant
wa', with his feet on another chair.
"There ought to be a Mrs. Dayton
to manage these housekeeping mat
ters. Well, there is time enough."
Two applicants wero seen and dis
missed in Mr. Dayton's gentlemanly
way.
A third was ushured in. Mr. Day
ton instinctively laid aside his cigar,
and placed a ohair for his visitor.
The lady-likeness and propriety of
her manner pleaspd him at once.
"Fallen fortunes," he commented to
himself.
She answered his questions readily
but in a few words.
"A silent woman a good thing,"
was his inward remark.
"I think you will suit me. Mrs.,
what mai' I understand your name?"
"Franklin."
'Mrs. Franklin, you will be requir
ed to go out of town about seven mile,
to my country house, Oak Grove in
the town of Embury, on the Grand
Central Railroad. Tho salary I pro
pose to, pay is six hundred dollars per
annum. Do my terms suit you '?"
She answered, quietly that they
did.
"Then it is all settled. By the way
Isupposeyou have references though
that is a mere matter of form?"
"The name of Daveuport was given.
"Davenport? Robert Davenport?
I know them. All right. If con en
ient, you will please go to-morrow,
Mrs. Franklin, or the next day. I
shall not como till the middle of next
week, and brobably bring a friend or
two with me. Have the chambers in
the wings prepared, if you please.
The housekeeper there now will not
leave until Satuiday. .She will show
3
you rounq,' y
BBOWNYILLE, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 18. 1875.
"Is Mrs. , is your wife there,
or
to go soon ?"
He laughed.
"Mrs. Edward Dayton ? No, she is
not there, and I do not know of her
going at present." Adding more ser
iously, "I have not the pleasure, Mra.
Franklin, of having a wife," with a
slight stress on 'pleasure.' "
A vivid color came into the brown
cheeks of the housekeeper, and her
manner showed evident embarrass
ment. "I thought I believe I oaunot "
and stopped.
He did not notice it. His mind had
already turned to other things. He
rose.
"It's all settled", I believe. By the
way," his eye falling on the rusty
black dress, "you may like an ad
vance, as an evidence of the bargain.
It is quite customary, I bolieve, to do
so."
The housekeeper's band closed on
the fifty dollars that hd gave her; and
the words she would havd said, were
left unuttered. She moved to the
door. He opened it for her, courte
ously. "Good-morning, madam."
"Good-morning," she replied.
"I cannot starve. I must go. lean
keep up my disguise," sho murmur
ed. Mr. Dayton, acoompanied by a
friend, arrived at his country house
the ensuing week. Everything with
in and about tho house was in perfect
order. If tho new housekeeper had
rnado a few mistakes at first, they
wereeoou rectified. Every room that
she had touohed allowed a magical
change.
Her predecessor had been one of the
kind who believed in the suulight
never entering a room for fear of fad
ing the carpets.
Mr. Dayton felt the change with
out knowing the reason of it. He
looked around him with a satisfied
air.
It was not possible to find fault with
the variety and quality of tho food
placed before them, nor the manner
of it's being served ; and the table ap
pointments were perfect; and Dayton
congratulated himself upon having
secured such a jewel of a housekeeper.
The weeks passed, and a holiday
came. Mr. Dayton had gone to town
the day previous, to remaiu the rest
of the week. The housekeeper had
given permission to the servants to go
also. She felt a welcome relief to
have the house and the day to her
self. She locked the doors carefully
after the last servant. She would
make the most of her day. She
would have no dinner, only a lunch.
She had almost forgotten her real
character in that which she had as
sumed ; but to-day sho could be her
self without fear of intrusion or dis
covery. She laid aside her cap and grey
dresses, washed the stain from her
skin, and arranged horluxurious hair
in becoming curls and donned a pret
ty, fresh muslin, which fitted well the
slight, graceful figure. This done,
she entered the parlor and stood be
fore the mirror, as attractive a figure
as one would often see.
"Truly, I have forgotten my own
looks! lam Kate Franklin, after
all !" she laughed.
Removed from .the long restraint,
her spirits rebounded. She felt gay,
light-hearted and likecommittinguny
foolishness.
"Miss Franklin," she said, in tho
mincing, affected tones ofan exquisite,
"it would be inexpressible pleasure to
hear the music of that long silent
voice."
"It would be a great pity to deprive
you of it then," she answered, in her
natural voice, "ond myself, also," she
addded , and going to the piano she
opened it and played a few pieces with
exquisite taste and skill, and then she
sang song after song, in a sweet, clear,
cultivated voice. She ohose at first
tho brilliant and triumphant, then
the sad plaintive succeeded. There
were tears in her eyes when she rose.
But to-duy her moods were capri
cious. "Mrs. Franklin, who is playing on
the piano?" she asked, in an excel
lent imitation of Mr. Dayton' voice.
"It Is only I, sir, dusting the keys.
They need dusting so often," she re
plied, in Mrs. Frauklin's natural
tones ; and she dusted them vigorous
ly with her pocket-handkerchief.
"Ah, me," she said. "Now what
other foolish thing shall I do to prove
to myself that I am not an elderly
housekeeper, but a young girl, who
by virtue of her age should he gay, by
right of birth, wealthy, and of con
sideration, visited ami visiting, as Mr.
Dayton's lady visits and is visited.
He is noble, good and handsome."
she said, with a sigh. "Sho will be
happj'. How gracefully she danced
here at tho party the other evening,
when the old house-keeper was per
mitted to look on. She looks good
and amiable, too. Mr. Dayton danc
ed with her three times. I wonder
if I have forgotten how to dance?"
and humming an air, sho floated
gracefully about the room.
She stopped, breathless, her cheeks
brilliant from the exercise, her splen
did hair disarranged.
"I believe I feel like stiff old Mrs.
Franklin, with whom dancing does
not agree."
"One more song by that heavenly
voice, Miss Franklin, and I shall go
away dreaming I have heard angels
sing," in the ludicrously affected
voice she had before imitated.
"Ah," she laughed, yet half sadly,
"the compliments poor
old house-
- TP.. . J I I iiJrfT
keeper Franklin receives, I hope will
not spoil her, and turn her silly old
head.
She sat down again at the" piano,
andsang"Home,SveetHome;" then
pla3'ed one of Beethoven's grandest
and mostsolemen pieces.
She rose and closed the piano.
"The carnival is ended. Kate
Franklin disappears from the scene,
and Madame Franklin enters."
Neither Mr. Dayton nor the serv
ants would have suspected, from the
placid and dignified deportment of
the housekeer, when they returned at
evening, of what strange freaks she
had been guilty.
The houskeeper, as usual, when
Mr. Daytou was alone, sat at his table.
It had commenced to rain violently,
and the weather had grown suddenly
cold.
Mr. Dayton, as he had done occas
ionally, invited her to the library,
where a cheerful firo burned In the
grate. He read the letters and the
papers which he had brought with
him from town, while she knitted.
An hour or so passed in silence ; in
deed, tho housekeeper seldom spoke
except when asked a question. At
length Mr. Dayton looked up at her,
and said abruptly,
"Yours must be a lonely life, mad
am. If it is not a painful subject,
may I ask how longsinceyoulostyour
husband ?"
Two hands suspended their employ
ment, two eyes looked up at him with
an alarmed expression. In his seri
ous, sympathetic countenance there
was nothing to frighten or embarrass,
but the red grew deeper on her brown
cheek.
"It Is a painful subject," she eaid
at last, falteringly. "If you will
please excuse me."
One morning he was speaking of
the great loss to children in being de
prived of their parents.
"I never knew a mother," he eaid.
"She died before my earliest recollec
tion. I believe that, man as I am,
if I had a mother, I should go to her
with all my griefs, as a little child
would. I have some times thought
of asking you to act as mother in the
quiet evenings, when I have longed
to confide in some one. My mother
would have been about your ago, I
think,"
Again there was a vivid color in the
cheek of the housekeeper, pucIi as is
rarely seen in the aged, but it was un
accompanied by a quiver of the mouth
and ended in a cough, but both mouth
und cheek, were quiokly covered with
a handkerchief, and quite a violent
fit of noughingsucceeded.
Mr. Dayton, however, did not seem
to notice, though he had given her
one curious glance, instantly with
drawn, and ho continued ;
"For instance, respecting matrimo
ny, whose advice is of so much im
portance as a mother's ? Who is ao
quick to see through character, and
make a good selection ? Had you a
son, whom, about here, would 3-011 se
lect for a daughter-in-law, Mrs.
Franklin?"
"I am not acquainted with any of
the 3'oung ladies, Mr. Da3'ton, she an
swered, faintl3', after a pause, during
which beseemed to wait for an ans
wer. "True, but you have seen them all,
and are, I should judge, a good dis
cerner of character, from observation.
Whom would 3'ou select, from those
3'ou have seen ?" ho persisted.
She reddened and paled.
"I have heard the Misses Grandison
highly spoken of.The!r appearance
would seem to prove the truth. I
doubt not that you ngreo with me,"
she returned quietl3T.
It was now his turn to color, which
ho did, slightly.
"I do agree with you," he answer
ed, emphatlcall3'.
It was late in September. Mr. Day
ton and the houst-keeper'were both in
tho parlor. He had been unusually
grave all da3r. It seemed to the house
keeper that his manner was changed
toward her.
"I have a few questions to ask, if
3011 will permit me, Mrs. Franjdin?"
She felt, instiuctivel3, alarm at his
tone.
"Certainlj'," with an effort.
There was an ominous pause.
"I have been told," he said, "that
Miss Kate Franklin, a young lady, by
disguising herself palmed herself off
upon me for several months as an el
derly lady. Is there any truth in the
storv'?" looking searchingly at her.
She started to her feet, then trembl
ing, sank back into a chair.
"Yes, it is true," sho murmured,
faltering.
"I confess I fail to see for what ob
ject. My heart you could hardly ex
pect to gain iu that character.''
"Your heart!" she repeated scorn
fully. "I had no such laudable am
bition ; I had never seen or heard of
3'outilll saw 3'our advertisement.
Would you like to know for what
purpose I took upon me a disguise so
repugnant? You shall. Tosaven
self from starvation. I had eaten but
one meal a daj for a week when I ap
plied to 3-ou, and was suffering with
hunger then. My money was all gone,
except a few pennies, with which to
buy a roll of bread for the next day's
meal, and I had no prospects of more,
for I had been refused further sewing.
But why should you find fault?" her
pride rising. "What matter if I were
Miss or Mra. Franklin, old or young,
if I fulfilled, the duties I undertook?
Have I not taken good caro of your
house? Have I not made you com-
fortable? If I have not, deduct from
this quarter's salary, which 3rou paid
this morning, whatever you like."
"I have no fault to find, except for
placing yourself aud me in an awk
ward position, were this to become
known."
Waves of color mounted to the poor
housekeeper's temples.
"I thought I meant that no one
should know, lea3tof all you besides
I thought when I engaged to come,
that you were married. Oh, what
shall I do !" and she burst into a pas
sion of tears.
Mr. Da3'ton's manner changed.
"Kate! Kate! I did not mean to
distress 3'ou. Nobody knows but me
nobody shall know." and he sooth
ed her tender-. "Kate, lookup; I
love you with my whole heart. I
want you to bo my little housekeeper
my wife, always. Kate", what do
3'ou say ?" taking her iu his arms and
la3TIng his cheek against hers. "My
own Kate, is it not?"
She murmured something between
her sobs, that she must go away this
minute.
"Nonsense, darling! Haven't 3Tou
been here for months? What differ
ence can a da3 longer make? You are
safe with me, Katie. Oh, because I
know 3ou are Miss Franklin, will you
give me this inexpressible pleasure
from that long silent voice? Oh, Ka
tie, 3'ou bewitched me that da3 ! lam
afrnid you "will bewitch me alwa3"8.
But, Katie, let's take off these trcp
plngs," untying the cap and remov
ing the grey hair, and with this no
tion down fell the wealth of brown
tresses.
"Oh, Mr. Da3'ton, 3ou wero not
surely, 37ou were not at homo that
da3T?" looking up, covered with con
fusion. "Yesj Mr. Dayton was in the II
brar3'," with an accent on his namo
which Kate understood.
"O, Edward! and j'ou teased me
with all those foolish questions when
3ou knew.''
"Yes, my Kate, WI13' not?"
"But you looked so innocent."
Ho laughed.'
"I shall soon, I hope, have some
body, if not a mother, to confide in;
and Kate, it is my duty ond pleasure
to give 3'ou a husband, so t-hat in the
future you cau answer without so
much pain, when he is inquired af
ter," "You are too generous."
"I can afford to bo generous," he
said earnest', "when I have the pre
cious gift of 3Tour love. Kate, blest
forever be the day that I first engaged
my housekeeper."
QUE 2TEW YOEK LETTEE.
One Class of Thieve A Pretty Oper
ationA Theatrical Incident The
Scamlul Business.
Correspondence Nebraska Advertiser.
New York, March 13, 1875.
ONH CLASS OF THIEVES.
The ingenuity empIo3'ed by tho
thieves of this cit3 is something-miraculous.
Wero the same talent and
energ3 espended upon legitimate pur
suits, it would make every ono of
them independent' rioh and of some
use to the world. It is one of the
m3'steries of human nature wh3T n
man capable of putting up a scheme
equal In poiut of va3tness with the
best of Tom Scott's railroad plans,
and involving infinite' more labor,
should devote himself to the making
of small sums illegally, and taking
all chance3 that such operations car
ry-
With thesmall ones it Is tho same
as with tho large ones. The favorite
dodge this winter is peddling. A wo
man appears at an area door with a
satchel of small goods, pins, needles,
or what not. B3' hook or crook sho
gets up stairs into the main hall, and
then her object is accomplished. Sho
tries hard to sell, for she wants all the
time possible. Nothing escapes her
e3e. She takes tho measure of the
hall so accurately that she could walk
blindfolded to an3' given spot. She
takes in the position of the doors, the
kind of fastenings inside, and if left
a moment to herself she gets on im
pression in wax of the ke3' holes. The
position of bolts or other fastenings
are observed in short, she comes
away with an accurate photograph in
her mind of just as much of that
house as her e3ea have beheld. All
this may bo for tho purpose of plun
der to the amount of a twenty-five
dollar overcoat, or it ma3 bo for a
general raid upon the house. If the
house contains valuables enough to.
make it worth while, this information
is imparted to professional burglars,
who, with tho information thus ob
tained, are enabled to get" into the
house iu twenty minutes. If not so
promising a house, there aro at least
overcoats, umbrellas and overshoes
In the hall to be captured, and sneak
thieves make use of tho knowledge.
In the latter case the time and talent
of the woman and of the thief who
operates w'ith her are employed for
days and days on the mere chance of
pluuder to the amount of $2-5 to $50,
which, from the very circumstances
of the case must be sold for one-fourth
its value. The parlies Interested do
not make fair da3's' wages at their bu
siness. There is no clas3 so poorty
paid as the thief, and 3'et once in they
never get out. There i3 a fascination
In it that holds them forever. Send
ono to Sing Sing make him labor
hard for five j-eara, and discharge
him, and in a week he is back at hiB
old trade, knowing the chances he
takes of detection and thecertain pen
alty that will follow. It i3 an excit
VOL. 19 NO. 38.
ing life, and once embraced is seldom
relinquished.
A NICE OPERATION.
There are a great manj" waj's of
making money besides stealing it, but
the way a Mr. Nelson, of Brooklyn,
got capital to go into business is about
the neatest for an honest one. Mr.
Nel3on went to Mr. Herring and pur
chased a block of lots for $45,000.
When the deed was being mado he
requested that the price paid should
bo stated at $100,000, and as there
could be no objection to it, it was so
done. The papers were perfected nnd
placed in the hands of a third party
till Mr. Nelson should pay tho $45,
000. Then Mr. Nelson went to a big
life insurance company and said ho
wanted to borrow seventy thousand
dollars on a blook of lota in Brooklyn
whioh he had purchased of Mr. Her
ring. The insurance company inves
tigated the case and found that the
deed represented a consideration of
$100,000. They had the property ap
praised, and wore willing to take a
loan of $70,000 on It, and instructed
their lawyers to draw up tho papers.
A mortgage of the property was as
signed to the compau3r. Mr. Nelson
received $70,000. He paid Mr. Her
ring $45,000 aud had, $25,000 to use in
his buainess, which he needed. Mr.
Nelson ought to be immediately made
Seqretary of the Treasur3. He would
pay off the National debt in three
years.
AN INCIDENT AT A THEATRE.
A most painful Incident occurred at
one of the principal theatres of tho
city tho other night. A young and
very beautiful girl ia the ballet corps,
who, during the run of a spectacular
piece bad personated an angel, died
suddenty in tho theatre in her stage
dress. She was nrra3'ed in all the
spangles and gauzo of a stage-arigel,
and when struck with death was
about to take her place iu the scene.
The excitement was intense, as may
be supposed, behind tho scenes.
There were two hundred people in
piece, and in five minutes the entire
company was assembled around the
inanimate form of the girl. Tho wo
men cried and wrung their hands,
and tho men, "albeit unused to the
melting mood," could not restrain
their emotions. But the piece had to
go on all tho same. Another angel'd
dress was improvised and put upon
another girl, the bell rang, up went
the curtain, crash went tho orchestra,
and on went the piece, tho audience
never dreaming that the smiling fa
ces before thorn were wet with tears,
find that in a dressing-room la3 a
corpse. The girl died of absolute
starvation. Her salary was the regu
lar one of $6 per week, on which sho
had to support five persons. She was
beautiful and could have sold herself
for a high prico ; high enough to have
had all tho comforts of life and even
its luxuries, but she preferred hunger
and oold to shame and sin, and so
died. Sho hod been sick for weeks,
but had not had a pl'sician, for she
could not pa3r fot the services of ono.
BEECnER-TILTON.
There has nothing new been devel
oped In tho case whioh calls for spe
cial comment. The populace has thus
far been horribly disappointed be
cause Beecher has not been put upon
the stand. Tho appetite grows on
what it feeds on. After such high
seasoned dishes as Tilton, Moulton
and Mra. Moulton, the Ovingtons
were flat and insipid. The spic3r
Beecher was reouired to keen up the
Btrain. Tho Chairman of thoLecture
Committee at Winsted, Connecticut,
swore that tho j'ounjf lad3' In Tiltou's
room, who was described b3' Tilton as
"a mere school girl of 17," was n ma
ture girl of 27 or 30, and that the con
dition of dress in which he found
them was not altogether so proper as
it might have been, though what that
ha3 to do with the question as to
Beecher's guilt with Mrs. Tilton, I
am unable to see. Posslbty the idea
is that if it can be established that
Tilton stra3'ed into by and forbidden
paths, his wife and pastor had a per
fect right to do the'sarne.
A prominent member of Beecher's
church told mo that the trial had af
fected Beecher's Church seriously
that over one-half of the old Btand
bys had gone out, and that tho im
mense attendance counted for noth
iug, as it was mado up largely by
straugers who went from sheer curi
ositj' to see tho man. There is some
truth in this, but how much lam un
able to sa3. I know personally very
many families who have been regular
in their attendance at tho church for
yeas, who have withdrawn under the
belief that whether all that ia charged
is true or not, enough is true to make
him an unfit man to keep his place in
such a church. And 3-et the pews
sold higher than ever. Probably the
new-comers in Brooktyn were those
who made the investments. There
are sevent3'-five witnesses 3-et to ba
examined, so the trial will probably
last a 3'ear. The testimony thus far
makes a closely printed octavo vol
ume of 600 pages.
BUSINESS
continues dull, generally speaking,
though somo branches show an im
provement. The merchants are, how
eve!, hopeful, and the feeling that a
good spring trade must be had ia gen
eral. The weather is terrible.
Pietro.
A Binghamton man took a twenty
dollar sneeze the other da. He blow
a new set of false teeth out upon the
sidewalk, breaking them to pieces.
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OFFICIAL PAPER OF THEtiOUST?-
SHARP BOYS.
The Harrfsburg fpenn.) Tetegraph
says: "Tho small bo3 (or a number
of him) of Ridge avenue has been In
the habit cf coasting down Heir
street, from the Ridge to Pennsylvaff
ia avenuo. Tho residents of Her'
street didn't like that it made tho"
street too 103 and slippery, and so'
they threatened the boj-a with an ini
aginar3 ordinance forbidding coast
ing : but the bo3'S had 'em b3' saying
they used tho middle of tho street to'
do their ooasting, and the defied tho
old 'uns. Then a policeman was sta
tioned to stopthem on the oro3sing f
but he was in so much danger of hav
ing his legs knocked from under him,
and ho was compelled to keep so con
tinual a dodging, that he gavo ft up
in disgust. Than a man wUh a hrill
iant idea spread coal-ashea in tho
mlddlo of tho street, but the Bmall
boys had him where the wanted ;
the j threatened him with prosecu
tion for throwing ashes in the middlo
of the street, and tho man had tcf
sweep tho ashes up and carry them,
away. Then a policeman was sta
tioned at tho bottom of tho hill to Rr-r
rest tho small bo3'a as they earner
down, but they eluded him and tor
mented him so that he used strong
language and the boj-s had him ; the3f
promised to report him for using"
profane language, and ho thought it
oe3t not to linger about tho vloinity.
Boy-like, as soon as the excitemeni
of opposition was gono they qulfr
coasting."
SCRIPTURE ON GU-ASHHOPPERS
The plaguo of grasshoppers that ov
erran the far West last fall seems tcr
have been foretold in the book of Joel,
In tho following words:
A fire devoureth before them, and?
after them a flame burnetii ; the land
is OB tho garden of Eden before them,
and behind them a desolato wilder-
ne3s ; yea, and nothing shall escape
them.
Tho appearance of them is as hors-'
es, and a3 horsemen shall the3r run.
Like tho noise of chariots on tho"
tops of mountains shall they leap f
like tho noise of a flamo of firo that
devoureth tho stubble ; as a strong;
people set in battle nrfay
Before their face tho people shall be
much pained ; nil faces shall gather
blaokness. They shall run liko'
might men ; they shall climb thef
wall like men of war, and they shall
march every ono on his way, and
the shall not break their ranks.
And I will restore to you tho years
that the locust hath eaten, tho cank
er worm, and the caterpillar, and tho
palmer worm, my great army which
I sent among 3'ou.
COFFEE MADE OF OI.D jflllUTS.
Wo called attention not long sinco'
to a recent triumph of soienco moro
curious than tempting, viz: The man
ufacture of nice table-jelly out of old
boots. But scieucestopsrat nothing,
and now matches its last exploit with
another. Tho Scientific American
sa3s :
Some time ago Dr. Vander We3'do
of this city, (New York,) regaled
some friends not merely with boot
jelly, but with shirt-coffeo, ond tho
repast was pronounced by all partak
ers excellent. Ths shirt-coffeo waa
sweetened with cuff and collar sugar,
both coffee aud sugar being produced
in tho same wa3. The linen (of
course after washing) wa9 treated
with nitric acid, which, acting on tho
lignite contained in tho fiber, produc
ed glucose, or grape sugar. This,
roasted, made an excellent -imitation
of cofiVe, which an addition of un-'
roosted glucose readily sweetened.
The toad takes off "his dotted coat
and pantaloons after they get old and
dirty, and eat? them with a relish.
This "old boot and shirt business"
1 looks very much as though the chem
ists intend that men shall not bo out
done in economy even by toads.
A FRENCH REPORT OF THE SCAN
DAL. This is tho way a Frenchman ro
ported the Brooklyn scandal :
"One Grand Ecclesiastical Scandal
Greol Excitement in Now York
aud Brooklyn, three Clergymen in
Moosh Troubell Mons. Moulting
Tiltong, and Beecharo havo Ono
Grand Controversee. Mons. Moul
ting, is zo pastorr7of ze Pleemoz
Church, of New York, discovered by
Columbus, Ohio, in 1402. Mons. Moul-'
ting is accused of taking ze improparo
liberie wizze wife of Theodore Beech-fare,
who i3 Mrs. Harriot Beechara
Stowe, ze mozare of Undo Tom. zo
blind pianist. Mons. Beechnre also
is accuse of ze impropare liberteo wiz
Mrs. Tiltong, daughtare of Susane B.
Anlhon,zezIsts;reof Mark Anthony,
who was mako love wiz Cleopatra,
Mons. Tiltong havo cauze ze separa
shong of Mons. Beechareand his vife.
She resided in ze city of Brooklyn,
while he has moved into Elizabeth,
New Jereee. Ze congregation of zo'
Pleemoz Rock shurch will not permit
Mou3. Moultong to preesh never from
zat poolpet. Ze greatest excitement?
preveil." Our French friend appears
to understand this matter as clearly al
though he bad a statement to make.
The Methodists are the leading de
nomination in Illinois, having a
membership of all sorts of about 99,
000. The Baptists are next, with
probably 65,0.00 ; then come the Disci
ples, followed by the Presbyterians
and Congregationalists, quite a dis
tance behind.
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