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t, THE ADVERTISER. THE ADVERTISER O. XV. rAIKBHOTHKB. T. C. ILA.CKXB J FAJRBROTUER &, HACKER,' Publishers b. Proprietors. - il - W. lAIRBKOTHKS. T. C. nACKEIt. r;ilOItOTSIER &. HACKER, PubllHlierw nntl Proprietor. Published Every Thursday Morning AT BBOWNVILLK, NEBRASKA. ADVERTISING HATES. Onelncb-.onc-year Two Inches, one yenr ' .- .io oa r- 15 00 Each succeeding Inch, per year 460 TKJt"S IN ADVANCE: ..r,mnv. on year S'-i 00 LeR.il advertisement at legal rates One square. (10 lines or Nonpareil, or Iess first nsert!on..H0O : each !ub,seiaent Insertion, JOc. tST All transient advertisements must be, paid for In advance. , rCvp.X months... o,,niiij. ihree niontlw I 00 50 - No paperhpnt from theoflice until paid for. ESTABLISHED 1856. Oldest Papor in the State. J BROWFVILLE, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1875. VOL. 20 NO. 18. KE UHSG MATTER OX EVE it Y PAGE OFFICIAL PAPER OF THECOUKXff. EBEEXTSCSir fffltb ' ( "W V) m PROFESSIONAL CARDS. ATTORNEYS. I T. W. ewmnn, TTOItVKV AT LAW NOT. office oiFwU" First National n arnville. Neowska. NOTAl'.V PUBLIC. IJank, Jilain si. 45 in 6 K. E. Ebrlglit, . TTP.N'BV AT LAW. Notary puMlc and Real -"ate ABent. OtMce in Court House Bulld l HroWHVllle Neb. T. Ij. Sclilclt, , TTOIINEY AT UW.-MAT BE CONSULT V od In the Herman lanRiiaije. OHlce nwet r to County Clerk's Oflice. Court House Build- - Brownvllle.Nebraskn .7. S. Stull, . TTORNKY AND COUNSKLOR AT LAW. V Office, over Hill's store. Brovrnvllle.Neo. J. II- Hroarty, , -r )RNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. 'St; over Stat Bank. BrownvIU .Neh. E. W. Thoma, . t 'SKY AT LA W.-OIHw. front room over V ' i, ' .i.'h 4Cnw-s Hardware Store. Brown- W. T. Honors, i Tr.lltN-KY AND COUNSELOR ATI.AW.- V V l rive dllient attention to any lesral ,, Lnfri5edtoi,mcn. Office In Court Huse I;..l nit. Ilrownvllle.Neb. PHYSICIANS. . s HOLLA DAY. 5r. D.. Ph3r'c,--1SHrTfi" V. .vidOWetrlclan. Oradnated In lfel. Loca- , Krownvtlle 1855. OIHch Lett A Crc Eh s u -ore VcPnerwn Block. Special attention . l". . Ohstiirlcs and disuses of Women and Iren. . rT i. M t BWS.PliyMetan and Sorceon. Office If. in Cltv Drug Store. No. 32 Main street. Brown r.'.e. Neb." NOT AUIKS fc COLLECTION AGENTS L. A. Bcrgmann, VOTARY PUBLIC AND CONVEYACER. A Ofllce. No. Main street. Brovvnvllle. Neb. BLACKSMITHS. .T. XV. Gllmon, n'.trKSillTK AND HORSE S1IOER. First i nr-"t between Main and Atlantic. Brownville, Von Work done to order and satisfaction guaran t"d. CITY BAKERY. GROCERIES CONFECTIONS, rn-nmar Krmfo 5 uauuou -. FRESH BREAD, CAKES & PIES. FRESH OYSTERS n"' B. STHOBLE. Proprietor. Jolixi MePiierson, MANUFACTURER OF Cm js a Eztti j&za which I could provide myself ; accord I L-2 jtSL !8k hp I 'uy'3T I indited my small paragraph, AND JOBBER OF TOBACCOS, PI1?E?"5, AND j . r-trrT n t r1 " ! S ni OK. LllD AnilLLlljjj HROAVXVILLE, NEB. Si" Orders from tho country hollcited and Iiimilly fllluJ. 1. S. NACE, Traveling Agenl. , i Dealer li. PIIRNITOBK I ?$$' fP 3 3C TIlj jif S 1? i 1 CP '? SW,1?ItV. tho,,Sh dear Lady Golding had said Unaert&.UlIig "WjV'!she8,Ull never take les than two. Keeps tuiuni! t MICTAIIC AND WOOD BURIAL GASES. oG 31ain Street, BKOWXVILLE, NEB. j 5 j DRUGGIST AND j ROOK SFLLER has every thing in his line at the . LOWEST I'stlCJilS. t Nortli Side Maaa St. G. S. DTJNiST", DEAI.EU IN CLOCKS, ITCHES, JEWELRY SCHOOL BOOKS, jlhoellancous and Blank Books. Pens, Paper. IVns. Inks, Slates. Wall Paper .Mn dow Shades. Dally and Weekly Papers. Mag azines, Ac,. !fcc Repairing of Clocks, w atch es. Jewelry, ifcc. All work warranted. A. E0BI301Sr ' ? A&CJ .31 5W U OOTS AND SHOE CUSTOM WORK 3IA.TE TO ORDER. impairing neatly done. No. 53 Malnstreet, Brown vtlle.Neb. vEf0fin Per Dayat home. Termsfree. Address OUWOU G.Stisson & Co.. Portland. Maine. HIGGINS' IFXjOTTIR, A TaT TnTWT & WiilAfeAi 5. J,rJ "nNL'l . fjkxmri i DEALER IN JU BEST IN MARKET. Every Sack Warranted! Written for the Advertiser, DON'T! BY WITCH HAZEL. Look tired, do I; what then? A fast-but nothing to you. I may not accept of pity. Although it were tender and true. I have no time for tears Don't pity me then I pray; Tears do so trouble and choko me. And I know Just what you would say. Better to wear than ruBt, Far better to work than dream ; Better risk all In the struggle Than mope by the side of the stream. ip m igi' THE HYMNS MY MOTHER SUNG. There are to me no hymns more sweet Than those my mother sung, When joyously around her feet Her little children clung. The bnby In Its cradle slept My mother sang the while What wonder If there softly crept Across her lips n. smile? And I, a sick and languid boy. Oppressed with many palus. Oft felt a quiet bense of joy Come with her soothing strains. The stealing tear mine eye bedims My heart Is runningo'er The music of a mother's hymns .Shall cheer ma here no more. MY CUEIOUS COMPANION. "Wanted, by a young married lady, a companion to reside with during her husband's absence in India. A liberal salary will be given, with every home comfort, to any one suitable. Apply, personally, if possible, at No. 241) Up per Berkeley street, W." The foregoing advertisement was dispatched by me after considerable cogitation, and I awaited the result of it with some anxiety. My husband, Major Conyers, had been suddenly ordered to India; and having no sister or any available cou sin whom I could invite to stay with me during his absence, I thought a companion was the best thing with T 11JU11 -M. 41.111 I.11C7 CUUOinLUUll VJ i CCl llMfa placed in a very conspicuous part of the paper on the morning after I sent it. I lived in London, consequently j I felt certain that the personal inter- v'ew wo,ltl be easily managed ; but I had committed au error in not naming a particular hour, us, from eleven in the forenoon until quite late in the :.y, tiiu nnnlicatlons fora personal in- tervlew with my unfirtunuie-oiiv; never ccaeeu. ine iirst'arnvai was a very hundficmely'dressed lady of-about I :;,. i. ,.;.! i ..iC-., . iiiij, mi inuic, xz v n4ij u , ijiiitx; jjic: pared to enter upon her dutiesat once, j ' . ...:.t. .. I mil quite overpowered me with a se- I lies of questions and btatementd, with- outgiving me the faintest chance of making any inquiries mjseif. She had lived with Lady This and the Hon. j Mrs. That, aud one and all had treat- ; ed her like a sister she feit certain I should do the same indeed, she quite knew me already. Home comforts were eacuy v..t , ua.e.. ur , to salary it was no object to her a hundred u vear was all she abked. j am afraid,' I put iii at this jutic- lure. . that even one hundred is be- yund what I intended to give, and I ; live so quietly,' Ve won't quarrel about salary,' in terrupted my would-be companion ; 'and as to quietness, it is just what I ' A peal at the door-bell emboldened I me to still greater determination, so 1 1 replied very resolutely for me: 'I do not think we would suit; I am sorry you have had the trouble of coming.' 'So am I,' she rejoined dryly ; 'but oneoug"t not to trust to advertise- litUIUOt IIardly noticing my 'good morning,' alio got up and flounced down stairs, evidently in great wrath at her rejec tion. Another lady to see you, ma'am an nounced my parlor-maid. A very quiet, sweet-looking little person came forward, and at the first glance I fancied I had found a suita ble companiou. But alas! her story was a sad one, and there were reasons which rendered it impossible for me to avail myself of her society, rfhe was married. Her husbaud was a hope less invalid, and they were very poor. She had not been educated highly enough to be a governess, and when she saw my advertisement, she fan cied, if the salary was good, she might be my companion by day, and return at night to her home, which was at no great distance from my house, bhe looked so thin and so 111, that I was almost tempted to make some arrange ments with her, but as I intended leav ing town occasionally, second tho'ts told me it was out of the question. Besides, I could not have borne to think that while she was with me, she would always be in an agony to to be with her husband which, had I engaged her, would most naturally hare followed. I told hersoas kindly as possible, and, after making her take a glass of wine and some cake which latter I saw her furtively con very to her pocket, for the sick hus baud, I suppose she gave me her di rection, aud took ber departure. I af terward went to see her, aud her tale was sadly verified. But to proceed : My next visitor was a most pert damsel, withoutany pretensions to be ing a lady, who informed me that her pa was dead, and as there were so many of them at home, her ma want ed her to do for herself. I had not much difficulty in dismissing her. And of the legions that followed, I cannot at - tempt a description. By the after noon, I was thoroughly exhausted, and had made up my mind to see no more, when, just as it was getting dusk, my servant came up to the drawing-room and informed me that such a nice looking young lady was in the dining-room ; quite the nicest that had yet been. 'Ask her to come up-stairs, then, Ellis ; but do not admit any one else,' I replied, and the next moment the drawing-room door was thrown open by Ellis, and "MisB Burke.' announc ed. She was dressed in mourning, and even in the dim light, was, I could see, a pale-faced, rather handsome girl, of apparently about four-and-twenty. Her height was over the average, but seemed greater from her extreme thinness which struck me as most startling. 'Good evening,' she said, In a low aud rather pleasant voice. 'I am a- fraid I am very late ; it was so kind of you to see me.' 'It iB late,' I assented, 'but that does uot matter.' 'Thank you,' responded my visitor. I came about your advertisement I saw you wanted a companion, and I am anxious to get a situation of that kind.' 'I have had so many applications to day,' I answered, for want of some thing better to say. 'Ah! I cau quite fancy it,' returned Miss Burke. "I fear I am too late?' 'No,' I replied; 'I have seen no one yet to suit mo.' 'If you would only try me, T should do my utmost to please you,' she said almost pleadingly. 'I have already been a companion, and I can give you reference which may induce you to think of me ;' and Miss Burke opened a small black velvet bag, which, un til then, I had not perceived, and placing in niy hands a monogrammed and coroneted epistle, addressed to herself, purporting to come from Lady Montacute, whoso compannion she had been for two years, and who ex pressed herself in the warmest terms, assuriug Miss Burke, whenever she returned from the continent, whither she was just then going, that it would give her the greatest pleasure to ans wer any inquiries in her favor; in the meantime, Lady Montacute authoriz ed her to make what use she chose of the letter now sent, ending by saying she was certain whereven she went, ututr3;oJiiouiu3i ucmjiuvuiuo auuiiiuji acquisition- . ruenTonow8JYeuerirbm a ttev: Mri'Wti'ite from a remote rectory in 7 ...fi. . 'l. f ... . w Cumberland, stating that he had known Miss jSihilv Burke from her chI1hnod ami cou!d certify that she ' J was not only desirable in all respects, but u ni o.st amiable and talented young lady, whose family were both well known and highly respected. Nothing could be more satisfactory; aud after reading the two missives carefully, by the light of the lire, I raised my eyes towards my visitor, whom I found regarding me in the most eager manner imruaginable. 'They are most kind letters,' I said ; 'and as far as references go, I am sure I could not do better. Your duties would be very light it is really only for the sake of companionship that I require any one, as I do everything for myself, but I have been very lone ly since my husbaud went ava3.' '1 can imagine it,' respouded Miss Burke, sympathiziugly. 'I should do my utmost to cheer you.' 'You are very kind to say so,' I answered. 'Should we agree as to terms, when could you come.' To-morrow, if you will permet me,' replied Miss Burke. 'I am in lodg ings, and the expense of them is so great, that I should be only too glad to give them up I am very poor,' she added, in a low tone. I was sorry for the poor girl ; aud feeling I had been as prudent as pos sible in perusing her references, and trusting a good deal to her air of quiet respectability, I proceeded to state my terms which were eagerly accepted. After a little conversation, all was set tled, and my companion promised to make her appearance before. luncheon on the following day. For therestof the evening I was unusually medita tive ; I was pleased, and yet not pleas ed. She was not altogether my beau Ideal of a companion. Although lady like, and with undeniable references, there was a certain awkwardness in her manner. Her room was to be on the same floor as my own; and on the follow ing morning I went in, a short time before she arrived, to see that every thing was ready for her. lp was Oc tober, and the weather was chilly, so I ordered that she should have a fire, as I fancied, coming from wretched lodgings, it might be a sort of welcom for her. At one o'clock she arrived, bringing with her a small black box as hersole luggage, which Ellis and the house maid, between them, carried directly to her room, whither sho followed al most immediately, to take off" her things. I accompanied her, and re mained fora few minutes, telling her to join me in the drawing room as soon as she could, lunch being ready. She presently appeared, very much altered by the removal of her bonnet. She wore her hair in a crop, a fashion I detested ; and ber figure without her cloat was only redeemed from awk wardness by the well-made black dress, which had evidently been the work of a first-rate modiste. She wore no ornaments, except a plain gold ring on the little finger of her left hand, j whioh I noticed was particularly large. I ceased to criticise her after we had been together for a little. She was so pleasant, po chatty, and bo quiet withal, thatere evening came I began to congratulate myself on my own perspicacity in having engaged her, and was fully prepared to endorse Lady Montacute's opinion, that she was sure to be not only a favorite but au acquisition. A fortnight slipped quietly away, and in my weekly budget to ray hus band I gave most charming accounts of my companion, which our every day intercourse seemed fully to con firm. But about the third week a something happened I could not ex plain, which made me take a dislike to her. I had not been very well, and her kindness had been unremitting; consequently, I feltalmostangry with myself for indulging in a feeling which I could uot help acknowledging was both unreasonable and childish. But it gained ground in spite of my self; and one night, as I was standing by the looking-glass in my bed-room, which was in the shadow, I caught sight of Miss Burke, who was leaning on the mantel-piece in the full light of the gas, which burned on either side of it, regarding me with a stealthy and searching glance, which I in stantly observed, but had sufficient sense to take no notice of. The ex pression in her large black eyes haunt ed me for days, and caused me fo say good night to her on the landing, and in addition, to lock my door, a precau tion I had never before thought of taking. One night shortly afterwards I awoke, fancying I heard a movement outside my door. My room was per fectly dark, and I was convinced some noise had suddenly awakened me. I listened intently, almost too terrified to breathe, until I heard most distinct ly the handle of my door cautiously turned. An almost deathly horror seized me, and for au instant I was absolutely rigid with tetror; but the speli was broken by another audible efTort to open the door, and the hall clock's, striking three, which made me spring up in bed, seize the match es, aud, with trembling fingers, at tempt two or three times to strike a light. At last I was successful and the welcome blazs of the gas which I lit gavi me courage to call out boldly : "Who is there?" But no answer came. I pulled my bell vigorously, and in a few moments I heard steps anproaohlngifandlHswejctitfae.voice' asked If I.waa ill. . .,. --- v - -"No, Ellis, not 111, Dut terrlueuV'T said, as I unlocked the door and ad mitted her. "Some one tried my door not five minutes ago." "Tried your door ma'am ? surely not !" ejaculated Ellis. "Yes, Ellis ; I am certain of it, and it has given me such a shock. I can not be left alone again." "What is the matter, dearest Mrs. Conyers? exclaimed Miss Burke, who appeard in my room jut as I had made the last remark to Ellis. "I have been frightened," I answer ed; "but do not disturb 3'ourself, Miss Burke; it was probably nothing." "It could not have been anything or I must have heard it," she said, half to me and half to Ellis. "Pray do not trouble yourself," I responded ; "I aiu only sorry you got up at all." She stayed for a few minutes, but getting no encouragement to remain returned to her room, assuring me if she heard a sound she would bo with me in a moment. The instant she was safely gone, I turned to Ellis, desiring her In the first place to close and lock the door ; and in the second, to prepare to re main with me until the morning; for I was so unhinged by the circum stance, trilling though it was, that to be left by myself was out of the question. Ellis had been with me over since my manage, now three years, and had been well known to my husband's family all her life, consequently I felt I might trust her, so I said: "Eilis, I have my own suspicions ; but we must do nothing until we are sure. Meanwhile, you must have a bed made up in this mom and we must watch i "Miss Burke!" whimpered Ellis. "Yes," I replied "it was she who tried my door." "Well ma'am," confided Ellis. I have been down rightafraid of her this some time back civil-spoken though she is. But what could she. want at your door?" "That I do not kuow ; but we may find out." By dint of a blanket off my bed. and sundry shawls, Ellis was made comfortable for the rest of the night on the sofa, and I returned to bed, not to sleep, for I was thoroughly up set, but to lie and wonder how I was ever to get through the ten months that still remained of my husbaud's absence. Tired and unnerved I met Miis Burke at breakfast, aud we spent our morning in a very silent fashion. I wrote to my husband whilst she walked restlesty about the drawing room, constantly asking me how I was, an Inquiry for which I did not feel so grateful as I might have done under other circumstances. Lunch came, and afterwards Miss Burke, who was usually most unwilling to go out, asked me if I could spare her for the afternoon as she wanted to go to see a sick friend. "Certainly," I replied, glad to get rid of her. About four o'clock I lay down on the sofa in the drawing-room,- and muBt have fallen asleep, for I heard no one come into the room, but I awoke with the consci ousness that some one was leaning over me with their face in close prox imity to my own. I felt rather than I saw them; bo close were they to me that their lips seemed almost touch ing ray own, and as I sprang up I came in violent collision with my companion. "MIbr Burke!" I exclaimed indig natly, but I could say nothing more, for, after all, the crime of leaning over me was. not of a deadly nature though coupling it as I instantly did, with my previous suspicions, I felt not only extremly angry, but consid erabl3' alarmed. "I was afraid you were ill, dear Mrs Conyers. I hope I have not displeas ed you," she proceeded in a depreciat ing tone. "'I did not mean to offend you." "It is of no consequence," I ans wered, rising from the sofa; "but do not do so again. lam nervous and easily startled." The circumstance was then dis missed, and got through the evening pretty fairly. I rather looked for ward to a safe night for I knew Ellis' bed was in readiness for her. I said good night a little earlier than usual to Miss Burke, but did not inform her that I had indited an epistle to her friend the Rev. Mr. White, to ask for further particulars as to her antece dents. I heard her come up to her room, and when her door closed, a feeling of compassion came over me, for I fancied I had not only unjustly sus pected her, but had been very cold in my manner which she evidently felt. Ellis came after I was in bed, and in a short time I had oral evi deno that she was slumbering. It made me feel secure at all events, though I was certain I should dream of all kinds of unearthly things if the snoring went on all night. Nothing happened to alarm us, and next morn ing, in a subdued anxious voice. Miss Burke hoped that I had not been dis turbed, and that Elis had kept me from feeling nervous this last remark very reproachfully. About twelve o'clock, when we were sitting in the drawing-room, Ellis came up and told me a gentle man wanted to see me on business, but would not give his name. "Probabiy about somesubscrlptlon,' I observed; 'perhaps I had better see .whftWje.-w.ants.- iJP" -- ni-ruetv went nown stairs, ami ou en terlngthe diiiing'ro'om encountered a 8hort.and"ratherire"daced man, who, bowing profoundly, asked if I was Mrs. Conyers. On my replying in the affirmative, he continued : 'May I ask what establishment you have ?' I must have looked astonished, as he explained : 'I am a detective police officer, mad am, and my business here will, I arn afraid, be an unpleasant one.' Indeed; I ejaculated; 'in what way ?' From information I have received. I believe you have a person under your roof who is wanted under a very serious charge. I must ask your per mission to summon every one in the house into this room. I have taken precautions to prevent any one's leav ing it, and if you will kindly accede to my request I shall get over a pain ful duty as quickly as possible.' If my lips had been capable of ut terance, the words they would have framed would have been 'Miss Burke,' but I said nothing; I merely rang the bell, which Ellis answeredso prompt ly I felt certain she must have been behind the door ready to protect me in cae of emergency. 'Call the servants. Ellis,' I said ; and and ask Miss Burke to some down stairs.' It was almost like a dream to me, seeing my four domestics walk in ; and then suspecting nothing came Miss Burke. 'Got you at last, sir!' cried the de tective, making an agile dart towards my companion. Not without some trouble,' coolly responded his prisoner, whose cour age was apparently quite equal to the occasion. In my wildest moments I had not dreamed of so desperate a de noumeut, aud the discovery perfectly paralized me with horror. It was tuo dreadful to realize that I had harbored a wretch of a man in woman's cloth ing not only in my house, but in the capacity of my companion ! In less time than I can describe it in, the detective aud his prisoner had departed ; it was quietly and quickly mauaged; and though a detailed ac count of It did appear in the papers, my name was happily for me, uot al lowed to transpire publicly. The pseudo Miss Burke turned out to be a notoriousyoungman.or I may say lad, of the name of Browning, who. having embezzled large snms ot money, as well as stolen a quantity of magnificent jewelry, had been unable to leave London, or to dispose of his stolen property, owing to the precau tion taken to prevent his doing so. Through the ageuey of a female friend, he had adopted his disguise, and my unlucky advertisement had suggested to him the idea of insuring his own safety, should I be credulous enought to take him upon the recom mendations, which, I need hardly say, eminated from his own pen. Not only had he thought of his own per sonal security, but that of the stolen goods, which, in the shape of dia monds and bank notes, were found securely stowed away in the little black- book, whioh I had thought con tained the worldly possessions of my povert3'-strickeu companion. He was tried, convicted, and sentenced to pe nal servitude for fourteen 3ears. My husband's return was hastened by the illness which the dreadful af fair caused me. Since then, he and I have never been separated. However, should I ever be unavoidably left alone again, my past experience has decided me on one point never to advertise, or to trust to written refer ences, or the result may be A Curious Companion. Scaring People to Death. Brooklyn womani 50 3'ears old, her eon, aged 2G. spend their A and time in devising means of scaring people to death, and thej carry out their silly tricks unmolested. The Eagle sa3?s : Of a night when the children are pla3'ing in the streets, a horrible spec tacle will suddenly appear from ou der the stoop. It will have horns, a very red nose, aud huge goggles In the da3 time, when people are en gaged in the neighboring yards, a head, such as one sees in a pantomime, will be discovered gazing at them over the wall. A figure clad in white will slowly rise, a rusty old sword will be flourished around, and then the sceptre will subside. All day long strange faces flit about the house and 3'ard. and faces of indiscribable ugli ness and horror gaze at the passers-by from the windows. The favorite amusement of this eccentric mother and son consists in frightening peo ple in the dark. The way the3' do it most successfully is this: The son, with a well igot up spook on a pole, goes Into the cellar and partly re moves the grating under Phe basement windows. The mother awaits up stairs, and gives the signal of an ap proaching victim. As the passenger draws near the house, a white-robed ghost elowlj rises from the cellar, turns its horrible countenance toward the f-tartled gazer, and then slowly disappears. Education and Crime. The advocates of compulsorr edu cation cau find a strong argument in their favor in the statistics of reform atory institutions in this county, an interesting account of which is given in a circular justissued,by the Bureau of Education at Washington. The ultorresortlfousanda ot obys ano" girls there cited show that they be- come subjects for reformatory institu- tion9, with few exceptions, more from neglect than because of any more vidous inclinations than other children have ; and j'et it is rare that a bo3 or girl is committed who has had an3' considerable school advanta ges. The importance of looking after this cias-s of children earl3, before their evil habits become strong and fixed, is equally well shown by statis tics, which prove that the greatest success is had in the reformation of thoe under fourteen 3'ears of age; and that as tley advance from this point the probability of their reforma tion grows less. Leavenworth Times. A ?tIastodon. The skeleton of a mastodon of great size has been found .it vyt-un.1 liib.c. .. -...... r !..i.. Boon Co., N. Y. The r:....i... ..,.... uuifiiiauipiuu jttepuuuc inns speaks oi it: jasi !-. 1 ,- .1 l J. ..-!-. Saturday Hiram Millen, a farmer, set some men to work to dig a ditch around a barn. In pro-ocuting the! work they came upon what the3' sup posed to be a log, but soon found by picking it that it was ivor3'. The3' finally took up a piece of tusk two feet long, which measured 21 inches in circumference. After digging a little further they took out another piece of tusk eeven feet in length. The tip was gone. It it believed the tusk was nine feet long when the ani mal died. A hip bone three feet long and weighing sixt3' pounds, was ta ken ont ; also a knee-cap 14 inches in diameter ; a rib 5 feet long, and sec tions of a great backbone, which for merly contained a marrow 7 inches in diameter. Mr. Millen, after tak ing out enough of the skeleton to convince him that he had run against a "big thing," fenced in the hole and sent intelligence of the discovery to Cornell Universit3'. Much has been written against the use of tobacco, but there are very few cases where it can be charged fairl3 with abridging life. In consequence of its power of relieving nervous ex citabilit', of rendering the mucous membrane of the air passages less sus ceptible to the influence of cold aud damp, and the cause, whatever it may be, of influenza, it must, when used in moderation, rather tend to promote longevity. I have known very aged persons who have been smokers for tho greater part of a centu. Dr. Gardener. One of the best remedies for neu ralgia we know of, is the oil of pep permint, applied to the affected part with a camel's hair brush. Do not get it into 3our e3Tes, it would be pret ty severe ; nor 3'et allow a child to fiud it, as it would act as a poison, ta ken internally. It will soothe pain almost instantly, and a few applica tions about the temples and the cords of the face, will, we doubt not, effect a cure. Feeding corn to swine will tend greatly to hogment the farmer's pile. A Moutain Adventure. M. E. Irving, the mountain hunter (sa3"s the Denver News, recently came into Colorado Springs from the moun tains, aud reported the discover of a pony in company with a herd of bi son, known to range among tho hills about the northern base of Pike's Peak. The pony had often been seeu b3 other hunters leading the bison herd, and had long been known as the property of an old citizen now ab sent. Irving, believing that ho could capture the pon3 was appointed by Justice L3on a deput3 contuble for that purpose, and he accordingly left Colorado Springs about ten days ago, mounted on a mule, with lariat, rifle and mountain outfit. On Tuesdaj he returned, bringing with him the pony. His manner of capturing the animal was an achievement that stands alone among lariat-thiowing exploits. The third day out in the mountains he dis covered the pony in a small park of some fifteen acres, together with sev eral bison and a large herd of elk. The pony, it appears, was feediug off a little distance from the herd. Ir ving, b3 lying close to the back of his mule, and permitting it to feed slowly along, succeeded in getting between it and the other animals, when he rose up in his saddle and gave an un earthly scream, at the same time bear ing down on the pony, whioh, with a snort and a bound started off in an opposite direction from the now frightened herd. The bison and elk were soon out of sight. .The pony took toward tho southern edge of the park, where it disappeared up a deep, narrow, rocky cannon. Ir ving, finding it impossible to urge his mule along the almost impassable gorgo, dismounted, and leaving the animal secured to a tree, continued the pursuit on foot. For nearly two miles he followed the devious course of the cannon, which in places was not more than three feet wide, its walls rising perpendicularly to a height of several hundred feet. The cannon unexpectedly opened into a park of some two or three hundred acres, around which mountainrose with gradual slopes, covered with a dense growth of the pinion tree. Fol lowing the path of the pony among the pinions, along the base of the mountain, Irving was.startled b3T a strange noise, the like of which he had never heard before, and whioh; li At 14 1 W ""J1 Ujr- u 1 6u-l x o -Hw hastened on, however, and soon came upon the pony,.eecurely in the.power of a mountain lion, which had fast ened its teeth into its side, pulling it down to the earth. Irving's first movement was to se cure the pon3 with his lariat, one end of which was fastened to his bolt. No sooner had he accomplished this than he was discovered b3 the lion, which, loosening its hoi 1 on the pony, sank down l3' its side in a crouching atti tude, with its gaze fixed upon the hunter, and read3 tospring upon him with the crushing power peculiar to such animals. With the celerit3' and accuracy of the experienced hunter, Irving sent a ball from his Winches ter through the brain of the lion, which bounded into the air with a j roar that might have been heard a j mile, and quickly expired. The pony, slightly injured, tugged llamv . thft i,ir;nfc !n jtH pftbrts to re r--- j . . froorlmn. lint Irvifiir b"" "" ....V...W.... ....... . f. gain its treedom. nut Irving sa3's that after reading the execution to him beseemed to give up and became quite docile. The hide and head of the lion was secured b3 the hunter, and was on exhibition at Colorado Springs yesterday. The length of the animal from nose to tip of tail is 11 feet 4 inches. The pony has been advertised at constable's Bale, and manj' bidders are awaiting tho da3' of sale. It Is a Bhaggy. vicious, wild looking animal, which would pass for a cross of the bison aud the bronche. Hard to Please. Last j'ear a commercial man, gener ally known as a "runner," was trav eling in this count3 and stopped at a farmer's house in the northern part of the county, when the following conversation took place: "Well, how du 3'ou like Kansas?" "Don't like it at all," said the far mer. "You can't raise anything; and when ou do, the plagued grass hoppers take: it all. I am going to leave as soon as I can get out." Happening along this summer, he met the man again, and said : "Hello! you here yet?" "Yes, but I'm going to leave.'' "What are 3'ou going to leave for? You surely have raised enough this 3ear." "Y'es, but that's the h 1 of It. Got mor'n I want this year, aud can't fcell a cent's worth." Wichita Beacon. Here is 'our champion straddler. The Bi.-hop of Toulouse is not to be cornered. When attacked by the spiritualistic theorists he nirabty shins up tlie fence and shies back an opin ion that "a medium maj" converse with the spirits, but the are epirits of Satan." A Maine clerg3man has been try ing to earn an honest living by alter ing $1 bills to$os. He thought it bet ter than boarding around among his parishioners. One of the curious things about whiskey is, that the crooked article will straighten a man out as quick as the other kind.- Fate of the Brain Worker.' Not un frequently arebraiu workers represented as idlers." or at least as having a very eas3 task in life, be cause they perform little physical la bor. No doubt many too much neg lect the development of their physi cal powers, so that their exceeive brain work proves fatal to them, even If their mental powers are not very active. But still they are hard work ers. Whenever a thinker, a. student, a' scholar, gets into that condition when he feols vers tired all over, at the close of the da especially from the knees downward, he ought to take heed kindly to nature's warning; the brain is giving out; not that he is growing craz3 but he is getting into that nervous condition, which makes instant abandonment of all mental application most imperatively neces sary; without such prompt action the whole machinery of the nervous sys tem may become disordered, and months and years may not suffice to repair the damage ; it means that the nervous energ3 is so nearly exhaust ed that there is no vitality to send it to the extremities; these energies" have got such a set toward the brain that their consumption is in that di-' rection ; the magnet is there drawing ail into itself. It is just at this point that the movement cure is the most rational, most applicable, and most efficient; ph3sical motion of the limbs aud little or no action of the brain, so as to change thecurrontof the nervous flow and set it in another direction, to parts that most need it, -and thus re-establish the equilibrium. It ia wonderful to noto the change' that a single day's excursion' to the country will make, especially If sev eral hours are spent in walking or on horseback. But If a man has been suffering with weak legs for months, he cau not expect so prompt a change In his feelings. The whole idea is to change the ruts of the nervous cur rent, and give nature a chauce to right itself. Shade Trees.' It is a fact, admitted by all persons of taste, that trees add to tho oharraa of any location. In summer time they protect it from the scorohlng ra3's of the sun, and provide pleasant and. cool retreat from tho heat,-andtia .wiBter-arMira:au vaiue inpro-i iwh tt g'StrrriousfcH troranbo-cold am? piercing blasts whlob then prevail: Trees around a house impart a hbuaej like and attractivo appftraooo. Houses enough are buil, yet how few are the houses adorned by trees. A few maples, elms, lindens, a moun tain ash, with the larch and Norway spruce, and sum of our fine shrubs, will render the humblest home an at tractive spot. A house with tho roses climbing up the" piazza in a mass of bloom some handsome trees around it, its paths clean and neat, the flower beds tastefully arranged, though plainly built and humble, and the whole expense but trifling, speaks volumes to us. It tells us at a glance that homo affections dwell there. And think 3'ou that the influence of such a home will not be felt, and that at the close of day when work is over, and those who dwell there sit down to enjoy themselves before the dark ness of the night, these pleasant sur roundings have no influence over the mind? Yes, they are a constant re minder to us that the giver of all good has bestowed upon us these beautiful trees to adorn and make our home happ-, and from such a home go forth as can from no others those happy influences of mercy and goodnesw which bring joy to the household and pleasure all around us. GiTe the Children Onions.- A mother th Us writes: Once a week invariably and It was generally when we had cold meat, minced I gave the children a dinner which was hailed with delight, aud looked forward to this was a dish of boiled onions. The little things knew not they were tak ing the beat of medicine for expelling what moat of children suffer from, worms. I believe mine were kept free 13' this remedy alone. Not only boiled onions for dinner, but chives also they are encouraged to eat with their bread and butter, and for this purpose the3' had tufts of chives in. their little gardens. It wa3a medical man who taught me to eat boiled on ions as a specific for a cold in the chest. He did not know at the time, till I told him, that they were good-' foran3'thing else. Umbrellas. If your umbrella be wet, do uot unfurl it for the purpose of drying it more rapidly. If you do the whalebones acquire a particular set which It is almost impossible to obviate; they become permanently bent, in cousequence of the shrinking of the cloth while dr3ing, and give the umbrella, when furled, a bung ling aud uuseemty appearance. A clergyman at Westerly, R. I., married a couple the other night, re ceived his fee, and sent them away apparently satisfied, but, a day or two after the bridegroom returned and said he had come to pay more, as ' the woman had turned out much bet ter than he expected, after which he departed, evident' much relieved In'4 his mind. Quarrels would not last long if thtv fault was only on one aide.- i: li 4 It' X i i; ;s j r