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s Q o WIVJ'JUM JSX33ESEZEE3&t THE ADVERTISER O. V. FAIBDKOTHER. T.C.IUCKEB. FiIUBROTfj!ER &. HACKER, palilisliers antl Proprietors; THE ADVERTISER: -i o.w.rAiiinnoTUEB. t-cuacket- FAII1BROTIIER. & IIAG2i.R. Publisher! &. Proprletoriu f ublished Every Thursday Morning AT I1K0WNVILLE, NEBRASKA. ADVERTISING RATE'S. One Inch, one year .?io-aa, . is eo . seo Two Inches, one year . Each succeeding Inch, per year- TEIt.1IS, IN ADVANCE : Legal advertisements at legal rates One square . (10 lines or Nonpareil, or less) first nsertlon, $1.00 : each subsequent Insertion. Sc. Q-All transient advertisements must be paid,, for In advanc. nnc copr. n ycar- me copy, six months Oncopy, tnree months 8150 . I 00 50 3-0 faper sent from Iheofflce until paid for. ESTABLISHED 1856. i Oldest Paper in tto State J BROWFVILLE, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27. 1876. VOL. 20 NO. 31. READING MATTER OXEVERTPAGE OFFICIAL TAPER OF TJIECOUXTY. ,rawTTT C Mm iiib "" t I IVEItlAIZA CITY ADS. 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Itepalring of Clocks, Watches and Jewelry uone on snort nonce, at reasoname rates. ALL WORK WARRAXT&D. PLOTTS' STAR ORGAETS Are celebrated for their purity ot tone, ele gant, design and thorough construction. ?Jor catalogue. Address, EDWARD ill U iHil Published by special permission of Harper Brothers. A GOOD INVESTMENT. -s A STORY OF THI CHAPTER XXII Continued. Late in the forenoon of the next day the purchaser, having received a satisfactory reply from a person liv ing at the telegraph station nearest Stone House, and well known to the jockey world, to whom ho had been referred by Robert, came to ask him "how lie would have his money." As tho latter had already considered that question, ho was prompt to an swer that he would like it paid to him at the bank, and that tho white-haired old gentlemen behind the counter there should examine tho bills and as sure him they were not counterfeit. This having been done, and tho bill of sale executed, there occurred a leave-taking between Major and his late owner, which might of itself have satisfied the vendee that the vendor was really the lawful owner of the properly sold. "I don't care about the old saddle or bridle," Robert said, when remind ed that they properly belonged to him ; "but I'll take the bogs, if you please ; there's something in them I want to keep." "Perhaps," remarked the other, you had better put your money in them; and, by-the-wny, I see they are of the same make of a pair I once owned that had a secret pocket. But there comes the train ; you must be quick if you wish to take It." A few minutes later Robert stepped on board the train bound for Junction, with thesaddle-bagsswung over his shoulder, and two hundred and fifty ten dollar bills stuffed in an inside waistcoat pocket he had a year before prudently got made for that very purpose, and armed with only a feeling of distrust toward all man kind. A hundred times during that day's journey he furtively hugged his breast with his elbow, to make sure the money was still in its place, and he studied the faces of every one In the car to judge if they were of thiev ish propensities. Arrived at the junction he found it would be necessary to pass the night there, and insisting on having a room to himself, was put in a small attic chamber, whose door ho found, to his great disgust, was without any means of fortification whatever. There was no sleep for him that night. Grief for the friend he had just lost, and anxiety for the money he had juat gained, exultation over his first and great success in horse dealing, and, above all, joy at the prospect of soon again seeing Bella, and endowing her with the means of acquiring wealth and rising still far ther above him, were more than enough to keep him stark awake, and make him long for the hour when the cars for Nashville anJ the South would come in. But Robert Hasan was not destined to take tho Nash ville train, nor to travel southward; and thus it befell that he did not: As tho night wore on, the blood, mounting to his head, agitated it with all manner of fancies and apprehen sions. Among the rest at length came doubts that his money had been hon estly counted, which grew stronger each moment, until they became in tolerable, and he must get up and light again his candle and learn the worst. After seeing that his window shade was drawn down close, he seat ed himself on the floor, with his back braced against tho latchless door, and placing the light between his out spread heels, took out his treasure and began to count. As it was all in ten dollar bills, ho knew that there should bo just two hundred and fifty of them. But his fingers were clumsy, and his mind confused, and ho could only find at first two hundred and twenty one bills; the next time he counted there were two hundred and thirty six, then two hundred and thirty nine, then two hundred and forty fivo ; then they went back to two hundred and twenty-three again, then suddenly increased to two hundred and forty-seven ; and only after four hours of distressing labor and profuse perspiration could he mako them amount to the proper sum. When at length he succeeded, he hastily wrapped up the bills, as If fearing, as slang phrase has it, they would again "go back on him," and crowded the package into his almost bursting pocket. "Suppose the stitches should break, and it should fall out,' he thought, and with the thought came a recollec tion of the remark about the secret pocket. Ho took tho bags, and after first opening and looking at the treas ure that was not money ha had so long Eecretly carried there, began to examine them inside and out. "It can't be very hard to find if there really is one," ho reflected. "I wish, though, I had thought to ask how to look for It. Don't the bottom of this one feel stiffer than that of the other? It does, that's a fact. Why, here it is!" And he pulled out a false bottom, arranged like an inner sole to a shoe ; in doing which, ho uncovered an en velope that had lain hidden there since the day when he for the first time mounted the mare with foal. The envelope was not Eealed nor ad dressed. Within it was a letter which was as follows : g" SRIAT REBELLION. "Chicago, July 12, 18G3. "My Dear Wife, I have com pletely succeeded in the business which has caused us so severe a sepa ration, my only disappointment hav ing come from the delays I have been compelled to submit to. The vessel and cargo sold for something over $30,000 in gold, which, converted into paper money has yielded me almost $48,000. Nearly the whole amount I have placed with my old and tried friend. Ho is quite rich, and scrupu lously honorable, so that I feel the most absolute assurance that, what ever may happen to our other posses sions, there is enough secured for our comfortable support. You, whose ex pectations regarding the result of the war are so different from my own, cannot realize how much peace of mind the success of my enterprise af fords me. "On arriving in Chicago I learned that ray friend had retired from busi ness, and gone to live on his great farm In Iowa. I have just returned from making him a visit of three days, which I exceedingly enjoyed. He is, you must know, on enthusiast on tho subject of cultivating land on a vast scale, and rather advised me to have our funds invested in a desirable tract of land adjoining his own. I left all to his discretion. "And now, my own dear one, Tarn on raj' way to you. I shall leave Chi cago to-morrow morning in hope to find my way home by a much shorter route than I looked for, as an oppor tunity for obtaining a safe conduct through the Northern lines just now offers, which I am disposed to avail myself of. "This letter is written with intent to send it by some sure means only iu case my plan should fail, and I should be forced to return home by ithe cir cuitous and troublesome route I took to get here. "Should you receive it before 3ou see me, remember that secrecy is very important; for sweeping confisca tions are threatened against all prop erty of Southerners found at the North. You will observe that for mo tives of prudencel mention no names, and subscribe none to this- epistle; nor shall I address the envelope until the moment comes for sending it off. "I beg you will not allow your be reavement and anxiety to prey too much upon you. That the Father of Mercy may assuage your grief, and remove all care of anxiety, is the prayer of "Your affectionate husband." Robert read tho mysterious letter twice without having the faintest no tion that it related to any circumstan ces or concerned any person he ever had knowledge of. On a third read ing there came a slender clew in shape of a vague recollection that Polly, in strict confidence, had once told him she believed Bella had been wronged out of some property left by her fath er; and after further reflection he was able to recall that Chicago was named in some connection with the circumstance. He read the letter a fourth time, and then a fifth, and at each reading the clew grew stronger, though slen der still. But when he thought to re fer again to the date, which he found was only a few days before his own bush-whacking exploit, and at the same moment there flashed in the recollection of what Hector had told him in the ferry-boat concerning the circumstances in which Mr. Johnston met his death, it became clear as light that Morgan's raid through the Ohio in July, 1863, was the opportu nity of safe conduct referred to; that the riderless mare he, Robert, had captured was the one the unfortunate gentleman had rode when ho was shot; and that the letter that then trembled in the hand of the reader of it was written by Bella's father, and by him concealed in the secret pocket of the saddle bags. Bella was rich, then, and independ ent! The free-will offering Robert was on his way to lay at her feet was not needed, nor would it ever be ac cepted, or the inteut of the unselfish votary ever bo known to her. A pang that was selfish came with these thoughts that he was ashamed to feel, followed, and in some slight degree assuaged, by the reflection, nearly as selfish, that to him alone would she owe the discovery of her treasure that had been hidden so long, and to him, and no one else, would she owe the recovery and realization of it; for he resolved to 6tart forthwith to Iowa. But stop! Are you sure you can re cover it? No name is given. Iowa Is a vast State. T.here are a good many great farmers in it. Then there is no proof; no receipt for the inoney was ever given, and as to honor, two years and 'a half have elapsed since the war olosedj and yet the honorable depositary comes not to look for the heirs or representatives of his dead friend. "Well," said Robert to himself, af ter long pondering, "I will go and do what I can, and will not let her know anything about it until I know certainly if her property is safe or not. If I learn she has been wronged out of it, then I can do as I first intend ed." He replaced tho letter in the false pocket, and placed in it his money al so, after abstracting, as necessity forced him to do, a few of the two hundred and fifty ten-dollar bills to defray the expense of the journey; and then as by that time morning had come got ready to take tho first train that should be going in tho di rection of Chicago. When, early in the morning of the following day, he arrived in that city, he had already matured his plans of operation. He had also become aware that, with his tribulations in the cave of the horse-thieves, and journoyings on foot and on horseback since then, the suit of every-day working clothes ho had on when he so suddenly left home, had become too disgracefully shabby to wear into tho presence of his honor the Ma3'or of Chicago, and resolved to buy a new suit. lie had heard all about tho iniquitous wa3?s of dealers in readj'-made clothes, and in making his purchases tried his best to outwit the one into whoso web he happened to fall, as a fly would into that of a spider. But the spider took him into his confidence, informed him that his partner was, he was sor ry to say, "a swindling rascal," who was then on his wa3 to New York to sell out the joint stock in trade, and leave him, tho unfortunate associate, penniless; for which reason, and in order to realize as much as ho could before the consummation of the fraud, the latter would sell at half cost anj--thing in the shop. Robert believed the rogue, and was taken in indeed. When, having made all his purchas es, he arra3'ed himself in them and looked in the glass, he could not, for the life of him, see why ho was not as genteelly dressed as the most genu ine gentleman he had met on the streets ; but ho was not, by auy means, though tho glass did show a very handsome 3'outh, and decent' enough clad. The injunction to secrecy the letter contained which he did not know it was no longer necessary to observe deterred him from frankly unfolding his whole case to tho ma3or, but he was able to interest that popular offi cer enough to obtain from him the best advice that could be given : it was that he should go to Iowa City, and there apply to the secretary of the state board of Agriculture, who would bo pretty sure to know every great farmer in Iowa, and possiblyjcou tell,whicfi cmedathem had fdrmerJjvFgone. TnHhe next place, wo do own resided in GHicaggJU1 "You might possibl3T trace up your man through our commercial agency or detective police," added the ma3r or, "but that would cost you monej", and 3'our best way is to go straight to the capital. Good morning, sir." "Good morning, sir," responded the 3'outh. "I am ver3' much obliged to 3'ou, and if 3rou ever come our wa3' I hope 3'ou will stop and spend a few da3s with us." Then looking down at his dress, as ho went out, he added, "Nothing like store clothes to do business in." Arrived at Iowa City, the store clothes again had their effect. "Why, 3'es," said the secretary. "The gentleman you want must be Mr. Richardson. I know him very well, and know him to bo a very fine man." And ho gave the inquirer, on a strip of paper, the address, "Samuel Rich ardson, post office, count3" Robert invited the secretar3" also to visit him at Stone House, and thank ed his stars, his breeches, and his boots. CHAPTER XXIII. "Has ere the sun, since tlmo began, Such scene of plenty met? In standing corn he rose at morn, In standing corn will set." The farm of Square Miles, in county, Iowa, is n snug little tract comprising twent3'-three thousand and forty acres of land, which is most of it rolling prairie, tho rest being wooded slopes bordering watercours es. The surface, while it is sufficient ly uneven to shed its waterinto brisk ly flowing, clear streams, and thereby insure as healthy a climate as any country can have, is level enough to permit tho free manceuvering of horse-spaders, drills, cultivators, ho ers, ditchers, mowers, reapers, ted dies, rakes, and all the cavalrv' of im proved agriculture. Each one of its thirty-six fields is bounded by astro nomically ascertained lines, of which two run straight toward the north pole, and two parallel to the equator. Each contains six hundred and forty acres, or one square mile, and is en closed with a fencing of boards, the posts of which are driven into the ground as piles are driven. The dis tance between the posts is reculated by an iron hook just one rod long, which trails behind the one-horse sled that carries the simple driving machinery, and by catching the post last driven arrests tho further progress of tho sled at a point which innnroa that the post next to be driven shall stand just one rod distant from the other. Thus lines of stakes, easily counted, surrounded the field, b3' means of which its area can be readi ly surveyed and divided, and Its cul tivation managed with 83'stem and ease. At Square Miles all qualities, numbers, and measurements are large and sxaot, and easily reckoned. Sheep and hogs are counted by the thous and, and horned cattle by the hun dred. Every hay stack contains one hundred tons, and every corn crib one thousand bushels. The ambition of the proprietor, who was brought up to thoroughly under stand agriculture b3' his father, a very rich Ohio farmer, had been to dem onstrate that land in largo tracts might bo cultivated with system, and with reasonably certain results, and, if managed with intelligence and en ergy required for success in other kinds of business, euch cultivation might be made as profitable as most of them, while being at the same time the Barest of all. With this inspira tion, when he retired from the com mercial house in which he had accu mulated a large fortune, he devoted to an experimental test of his views one of the two townships of land he owned in Iowa, and since then had JaboYed at his problem with the zeal of an enthusiast, the steadiness of a veteran man of business, and the skill of a born and bred farmer. But no experiment is certainty, and the proprietor of Square Miles, after ten years' trial of his, during which time he flung into the work all his zeal steadiness, and skill, found that ho had also been obliged to fling in all his resources of money and prop erty, and contract large debts besides. Embarrassment followed ; then came temporal loans at usurious interest, and other makeshifts ; then judg ments, executions, and mortgages. Still he continued to labor and strive courageously and hopefullj, and in tho end effectual. Tho darkest hour of his night was when tho civil war came to a close uamel3', in the spring of 1SG-3 and the clearest beam of his morning is now brightening his broad, white forehead as he re poses his great frame on a lounge af ter a fatiguing journey he has just made from the county seat, whither he went two da3's ago to consummate eomo important business. His beau tiful 3roung wife, who sits beside him and holds his hand, seems as happy as he, for ho has just told her of deeds executed and recorded, mortgages canceled, judgments released, and moneys paid and deposited. "Let me see, then; how do we stand?" said tho wife. "You know I havo alwa3'S refrained from ques tioning you about your affairs, lest I might be troublesome ; but now all is settled, I would like to know what we own." "In tho first place," was his reply, as he doubled up his pillow so as to lift his head high enough to observe well her beaming features, "3'ou know, that we don'tjpwn the unin cIo'scdStowBehilfjthat's Bold and " x-&Bt-- ' the wholo of Square Miles, with all the stock and Implements, besides a good part of last year's crops. Next, we hold a mortgage against the land just sold for a hundred thousand dol lars of the purchase nione3 Next, we owe no man any thing" "Glorious!" exclaimed his wife. "And next?" "That's all," ho said. "All! And Turtle's-back Farm don't we own that? You didn't tell me that was in the deed." "Turtle's-back, m3' pretty one, is not in the deeds. It has not been sold ; it still stands in my name ; but, for all that, it is notour propert3', nor ever was it ours." "Oh, Mr. Richardson, wli3T did 3'ou never tell me so before? WI13' did 3'ou let me set m3' heart on the beau tiful place? Do 3'ou know.I am more attached to it than I am to Square Miles, and have even thought of per suading 3'ou to build tho new house there instead of here?" And she al most whimpered. "Then twent3'-three thousand and fortv acres in complete order, well stocked, with unsold crop3 sufficient to pa3r the next season's expenses, and build a handsome house besides, and a huudred thousand dollars fully secured at eight per cent, interest, out of which she shall receivo whatever sumshema3be pleased to name as pin money, are not enough to content a little woman who has said a thou sand times sho had no desire to be rich, but only wanted to be comfort able; but she must go and covet tho possessions of other people, and make herself unhappy becouse sho can't own tho whole State ! Margery, I'm ashamed of you." "Please don't be angry with me. I'm not covetous, but I have eo long been permitted to look on the place as ours, the news 3ou tell me disturbs me, to say the least. But who does own it, then?" "The right heirs of my old friend Johnston, who3ou will remember to have seen here in the summer of 1S63. He then placed in my hands fort3' seven thousand dollars, to keep or in vest for him as I should think best. You knew nothing of the matter, be cause there was danger the mone3' would be confiscated if it were known to be in vay hands." "I see; 3'ou feared to trust your wife." "With other people's Becrets, yes, though I never withheld my own. For the same reason I was compelled, when I invested the monsy in Turtle's-back and its stock and improve ments, to do it all in my own name. Thus, when my embarrassments came, the whole was subjected to my debts, beyond any power I possessed to relieve any part of it. What could I do more than write to my friend, informing him of my condition, and asking hi3 indulgence until I could restore to him his own ? This I did as soon as tho war closed ; but the letter, on tho outside of whioh I wrote the usual request that it should be return ed if it could not be delivered, came back, with this indorsement by the postmaster : 'AH the family dead.' "Had I been able to repay the mon ey," continued Mr. Richardson, "I would have gono to South Carolina and looked up tho heirs, whoever they might be ; but as it was, I defer red doing so until I could acquit U13' self of the trust. The timo to do this has now come, and earl3' next week I shall be compelled to leave 3'ou for that purpose. While I am abseut 3'ou and the childron must make llfty new plans for tho new house." The following da3 he rode over to Turtle's-back to Inspect Its condition and take an account of the cattle aud other personal property appertaining to it. Tho farm in question contain ed four thousand acres, most of which lay within boundaries formed b3 a considerable river and two of its trib utaries, down to tho banks of which the land fell off in such even and rounded slopes as to give the resembl ance to a turtle's back whence came the name. It was completely fenced, fully stocked with the best breeds, and provided with all needful build ings, though the3 were all of them of a rough and temporary sort, except a ver3' prett3' white cottage that stood half-wa3 down tho southern- slope, fronting toward the river, and shelt ered from the northwest winds b' the elevation at its back. A 3'oung grove of planted trees surrounded the cot tage, close to which wero also a gar den of two acres, and a large orchard. Ever3'thing showed conscientious keeping up, as though the trustee, to atone for having innocently imperil ed the propert3 confided to him, had done all Ln his power to increase its value. In consequence of which, as well as of tho general and real ad vance in values from the settlement of tho settlement of the neighbor hood, and tho factitious advance in prices from tho superabundance of paper mone3', the property might fairly bo called worth a hundred and fifty thousand dollars. And such was the estimate made b3' Mr. Richard son on a page of foolscap, as ho and the overseer of the place sat in con ference within the parlor of the cot tage. "A pretty property a very prett3T propcrt3'?" he said to himself. "Would to God my poor friend had been spared to enjoy it, and fiud here refuge from evil times ! What happy neighbors wo would havo been ! I wonder who will now become its oc cupant!" The wife of the overseer opened the door, and there entered Mr. Robert Hagan, whffavingcalled at Square Miles, had been sent over to tho cot tago to-find the person he inquired for. The appearance of Mr. Richard sou and the reception he gave his vis itorboth so different from what the latter had aii3' idea of had the effect of rendering useless and committiug to oblivion the long and rather ono sided conversation ho had 0 imposed during his journey and committed to memor3'; and in two minutes after the Interview began he was frankly unfolding his business and laying bare all its weak points to the man he had prepared and drilled himself to approaeh as an adversar3', with skirmishing and masked artill ery. It was only after Robert had told all he knew concerning tho fate of the Johnstons, and particular' all relating to Bella, and replied to nu merous questions put by Richardson, that tho latter, in hi3 turn, made known what the reader already knows concerning tho disposition of the fund confided to him. "Here is a little statement," he said, "that I had prepared for the purpose of mak ing an exhibit to the heirs whom I was about going in search of. In fact 1 had made arrangements to go to Carolina for that purpose tho begin ning of next week. But, after hear ing what 3'ou have just told me, I can not dela3' for a moment. I must set out to-morrow to look up the poor child. Will 3-ou go with me?" While he said this Robert was tr3 ing to look at the memorandum hand ed him, but what his ear heard made his eyes blind, and the figures danced illegibly before them. "It foots up something over a hun dred and fifty thousand, you will see," said thaother, poiutingto the bottom of tho page. Robert began to feel that his life had been a failure. "Then, Sir," he said. "3'ou would have gone and look ed up Miss Bella, oven if I had not came to tell 3'ou what I have?" "Certainl3', I should have gono to search for the heirs, whoever they might be; but, of course, had I known Bella was living, I would not have waited till this time." After a pause Mr. Richardson added : "I now see I have done very wrong. I should have made more strict inquir3 But I am all the more grateful to the good friends whose kindness to the poor child has in so large a measure repaired the ill consequences of m3' neglect, and to 3'ou who have been bo good to her in her late trouble." "But I haven't been good to her. I haven't done her any service, after all," exclaimed Robert, in a distress ed tone, "since 3-ou say she was sure to have come into her property an3T how, and no thanks to me." "Please to read the heading of the memorandum j'ou hold," said Mr. Richardson. Robert read as follows: "Memorandum of property held by Samuel Richardson in trust for tho right heirs of James Johnston; the same being the proceeds of a sum of forty-seven thousand dollars deposit ed by him with said Riehordson in the month of July, 1863." No shadow of doubt remained that all Robert had d,one for Bella the selling his horse to set her up in the business of rice-planting, tho discov ery of the secret pocket and the letter itcontaiued, so mysteriously made, and all his astuteness and energj sinco then exerted to unravel tho clew to its end and restoro her to her rights a3 solo, heir of her father all had been of no Bort of advantage to her, save hastening b3 a few days Mr. Richardson's departure for South Carolina. But was that nothing? When, during tho evening of that da3r, Mr. Richardson related tho hls tor3' of Bella Johnston to his wife, and she, b3' numberless questions put to Robert, had drawn forth details that greats increased its interest, that lady becama quite reconciled to tho relinquishment of Turtle's-back Farm to its real owner. "lam sure I shall love her," she said. "Do, 013' dear, go and bring her direct' hero. She mustllvo with us, and bo my companion and friend. Or should she get married and re side on her own place, then I will havo the neighbor and friend I have so long wanted. Won't it be delight ful?" Her husband's face caught the glow of her enthusiasm, but when she glanced toward Robert she saw a face of distress almost of despair. to be continued. This story is published by Messrs. Harper & Uros., N. Y., complete, and will bo sent by them toanypnrtof the United States, post age prepaid, on receipt of fifty cents. In Suspense. " You are about to witness Mons. G.'s ascension, '' said a gentleman to me as I entered the enclosure devoted to the aeronautic displa3. He was an entire stranger to me ; but not being superstitious In matters of etiquette, as we might suppose "a gentleman of distinction'' to be, I did not object to this brusque mode of introduction, and so civilly answered "Yes." "But I shall go further to seo It than you will," continued the gentle man ; " I intend toascend with Mons. G." "You may go farther and fare worse,' said I. " You are pleased to be witt3'," said he; "but I intend to makosome-ex-amination of those upper regions for myself to ascertain whether tho stars celestial are on duty during the day, or whether theirs is as much a sine cure as the offico of our 'atari terres triah.Would 3-ou like to ascend with us?" "No thank 3'ou kindly," said I; "in getting into the clouds one might loso one's self tho way is likely to bo mist! Every one to his taste; the earth has such charms for mo that I would not chango a spadeful of it for cubic miles of blue emp3'rean." Vain declaration ! How little did I imagine the horrors that awaited me! How little did I foresee my dreadful fate in hanging between the heavens and the earth, a spectacle to laughing men, giggling women and insensate, hooting boys. We entered the inclosure. There was the vast silken bubble, pulling out its hollow checks, like the face of a fat clown when laughing, and rising and tugging away at the ropes as if impatient to leave our society. "You will not accompany me?" said my friend ; to which I replied in the negative. " Perhaps the gentleman would as sist in cutting tho ropes,'' said the aeronaut in French, which, singular ly enough, I understood at that mo ment, though I never before or since ventured to exhibit my knowledge. " Certainl3'," said I, "with pleas ure." "Thank you," said tho aeronaut; "please take 3'our Btation." He and my friend entered the car. I grasped one of tho ropes and await ed the order. In a moment it came. "Cut!" eald one voice. " No, hold on," said another. I was bewildered, and did both. When the other cut I did tho same, and with tho direction to hold on I grasped the end of the rope still near me, and "held on." In a moment more I was fifty feet from the ground. Imagine my suspense ! There was I. like a freah'-caught fi3h, dangling at tho end of a line, with tho balloon representing tho float. I cried out to my friend and the aeronaut, but in vain. Thespectators below thinking, I was some aerial acrobat, who was about to turn fifty double-somersets and then alight upon his feet before them, cheered sufficiently to drown my voice. Tho parties in the c-ar could not see me. But, by tho hat swung occasionally over thp side I knew they were bowing to tho crowd below. Meanwhile I was swimrrnp like a pendiiinm below them with only ten fingers to sustain the reWht of ISO pounds (I am rather stent), and to preserve me from beiog thinly spread over tho ground bmeath, from "larding tho lean earth" with my human form divine. What an age of terror! The domo of St. Paul's be cameaparsol; men became ninepins; and fine Gothic churches began to look like so n-tany chicken-coopa. In tho mc-antlme my fingers stiffen ed, but I clutched tho rope with the energy of despair. I had long ceased calling; I had exhausted ni3'self. buuueniy a cold perspiration broke out upon mo I knew my hour had come. My fingers we slipping down the rope! Oh, those agonizing mo ments! Inch by inch I approached my doom. First tho left hand lost its hold ; and then as I felt the end slip ping by the little finger of the right, I gave one brief praver and fell nut. of bed I Bolng, as I before observed;ta cor pulent man, mj- fall had shaken tho wholehouse, and thealarmed Inmates, aroused from "sweet slumbers," wero knocking violently at the door, which had tho effect of restoring me to con sciousness, wnen I discovered that m3' "terrific balloon ascent" was. nothing more than a nightmare, su perinduced, I am led to bellovo, by. the festivities usual on Christmas. Da3, Iu which I iua3 say I indulged somewhat No! I will not betray my friends; but allow me to tell 3'ou that such a dinner as they gave is not to be sneezed at. Boston Timc3. THE XATI0XAL CAPITAL.: Scenes in Congress Last "YccI: Spirit, of the Rebellion still Rampant.. Correspondence Omaha, Republican. , Washington, Jan. loth, 1S7G. Your correspondent has. spent tho. present week upon the floor of tho house, and could wish that every reader of the Republican had enjoyed the same privilege. As my 03ea took in the visages of the prominent M.. C's, the mind seemed to well up with reflection. Upon the one sido I saw men whose names were familiar to, the readiug public, as zealous defend-t ers of the union In congress, and on the field of battle. On the other hand men whose names were linked with those of Jeff Davis. Indeed, ono of tho M. C's of tho present congress was a member of Jeff. Davis' cabinet, viz. Creagln, Jeffs P. M. General. And theso men are not only hore, but seeming to forget that they exhaust ed their energies to break up tho um lon caused HOMES TO HE DEVASTATED,. and miles of cemeteries to be populate ed, now stand up in tho national council and attempt to teach 103'al representatives their.duty. Brave de fenders of tho national honor are con fronted b3' rebels like unto Ben Hill,, who, as quoted on Tuesday byBIalne, in a speech made at Atlanta just prior to congress relieving him from politic cal disabilities, said that sooner than see his name in the roll of those seek ing amnesty from the government, ho would see it in tho peuitentlany roll, of his state. Tho very right Indicat ed, seemed to mo as a challenge to. tho administration of Heaven to ex cel it, or to equal it. Christ forgavo and granted amnest3' to the repentant thief on the cross, but denied It to tho unrepentant. Tho Republican administration granted amnesty to tho unrepentant, and they Btrut In congress and on tho stump are defi antly REBELLIOUS AND HATEFUL AS EVER- I hope 3'ou will supply 3our readera with Braine's speoch in reply to Hill, In which ho quoted from that rebel general's speech to his constituentsfr that If tho next election resulted In a republican victo-, he was favorable to another war. And Blaine- forced Hill to acknowledge tho authority of the speech. Yet, wo are told that tho Republican party is n party of bate Had theso men who thus talk lived in tho da3's of 1770 they would doubt less have proposed sending across tho brin3' chasm a commission to Bene dict Arnold as minister to tho court of St. James, Just read over the Hat of democratic M. C's, and in it 3'ou will see names which, if written, on TnE BATTLEMENTS OF HELL, would attract demons and cause-them to dance with delerioue, demoniacal J03'. And tney aro not only demo crats, but tho leaders of that side of tho house. Randall, Cox and Kerr pale in the presence of Hill, Lamar and Creagln. But enough : my mind will not permit courteous language when considering this subject, and the heart sickens when contemplat ing it. I could only wish that every loyalcitizen of Nebraska could ruh against the class spoken of, as I have, and tho result of tho next election would show a fearful deficit In the democratic account. SprcK. "Children," eaid a coautry minis ter, addressing a Sup.day school, "why are we like flowers? What do wo have that flowers have ?" And a small boy in the infant class, whose breath smelt of vermifuge, rose up and madf reply, "Worms," and the minister crept under the pulpit chair to uide his emotion. Dancing is said to be on the decline in London, and polite society appears to be acting on the hint given by the Shah of Persia when ho inquired of the Prince of Wales, at a ball, "Why don't you employ servants to do this. for 3ou ?" .0 a - . This i3 the kind of weather when a man seeing his wife coming into the room with a scuttle of coal, and after she has poured every bit of it into the top of the tall stove, 833-8 : "Dart it, Hanner, you ought to rave asked me to do that. But it's too late now. "Oh, we don't mind the fourth sto ry," said an Ohio Congressman's wlfo in choosing Washington lodgings the otuer day ; "we can go up and down in the ventillator." The cry "go west,'' has changed. An editorial article In a western paper is headed, "Hop Yeast." To remove dandruff tell your wife you took Miss Smith to the theatrp last night. .14 VI f 1 ; Hi m. lmiwmul-'t