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REPUBLICAN PLATF0H3I.
Wkk-v, Jn the economy of Providence.this land
a to be paired of human slavery, and when the
, s"t,if the sovenSnt of tLe people, by the
pp. for the people, was to be demonstrated, the
Honhiinin nsrtT cameioto power. Itadeedsaae
, paied into history, anrt we look back to themwitri
fTn?I tt! l.vtholrmenionesamihKti aims
' i' -.- - -. , ... . j
ko m,vr nrmirronntrvaad mankind. and too1-
1 incUi mctlKure lin anmuwiins tuuianc,auic auu
1 purpose, we. the representatives of the party, in
! national convention assembled, make the lollow
' ine declaratioL f principles:
i 1 The United states of America is a nation, not a
' leacne. By the combined workings of tn-NateBSl
I and state GovernmenUi.uiHlertbeirrespectiveiton'
, stitution-, tbe nehts of e ery citizen are securer at
j home and protected abroad, and the common wei-
"" ""v '-"y- ... : a:t , ,,
2. Th" Republican party has preserved those
Eovernments to the hundredth anniversary of tbe
nation s birth, and they are now the embodiments
of the srreat truths spoken at iu cradle : That all
men are created equal : that they are endowed by
their Creator with certain inalienable rishLs.
amonc which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness; that for the attainment of these ends
;o ernments have been instituted anions; men. de
nvinr their Just powers from the consent of the
c-n?rned aatll those truths are cheerfttlly obeyed
or. if needed to be. vigorously enforced, tbe work
of the Republican party is unfinished.
3. The permanent pacification of the Southern
Miction of the Union, and the complete protec
tion of its citizen, in the free enjoyment of all
th-ir ncnLs are duties to which the Republi
can party stands sacrrdly pledged. The power to
prond for the enforcement cf the piidples em
bodied in the recent constitutional amendments is
vested by those amendments in the Congress ot
the United States, and we declare It to be the sol
emn obligation of the legislative and executive de
partments of the government to put into immedi
ate and vigorous exercise all their constitutional
powf3 for removing any Just cause of diseuntent
on the part of any class and securing to every
American citizen complete liberty and exart equal
ity in tn exercfe-e of all civil, political, and public
nch:s. To this end we imperatively demand a
Conres and a chief executive whose courage and
fidelity to these duties snail not taiter until these
results are placed beyond dispute or recall.
-. In the hrst act of Coiujre signed by President
Grant, the National Government assumed to re
move any doubts of its duty to discharge all Inst
oblications to public creditors, and solemnly pledg
ed its faith to make provision at tne earliest practi
cable period the redemption of United states notes
in com. Commercial prosperity, pablic morals.and
national credit demand that this promise be fnliiU
ed by a continuous and steady progress to specie
payments.
5. Under tbe constitution, the President and beads
of departments are to make nomination for olHce,
the senate is to dviseand consent u appointment",
and the noo"e of Representatives is to accuse and
prosecute faithless officers. The best interests
of the public service demand that these distinctions
be repected ; that senators and ltepre&ehtatives
who may be Judges and accusers should not dictate
appointments should have reference to honesty. i
deiity. and capacity to the appointee, givinc to the -
partv in power tnoe places iiere narniony ana
vistir of administration requires its policy to be pre
sented. and permitting all others to be filled bysole
reference to the efficiency of the public service and
the riiht of all citizens to share in the honor of ren
dering faithful service to their country.
S. W e rejoice m the quickened conscience of the
people enncerninc political affairs, and will bold all
puplic onicer to a rihl responsibility. 8nd enue
that the uroeecutioa and runisbmeat of all who
betray official trusts shall be speedy, thorough , and
unsparing.
te Tr. bulwark of the American Repnblic, and with
7. lae puonc scnooi system oi tne several states
a vkmv to lis security and permanence werecommend
an amendment to the Constitution of tbe United
i states forbMuinK the application of any public fund
! or property tor tbe benefit of any schoote or lastitti
i tions under sectarian control.
itexpenditures
lmutbe larce-
importations which, so
far as possible, should beadiusted to promote the
interests or .vmericar laoor anu aovanoe tne pros
perity for the whole country.
9. "We reaffirm onr oiiMtwon to further crants of
tbe public lands to corporatons and monopolies,
and demand that tee national doma'n be devoted
to free homes of tbe people.
10. It is the imperative duty of the government so
to modify existing treaties with European govern
ments that the ame protection shall be afforded to
tbe adopted American citizen that is Riven to tne
native-horn, and that all necessary laws should be
pasf.-d to protect Immicrants in the abt-eace of pow
er in the "Mates ior that purpose.
11. It is the immed.ate duty of Ponjcrees to fully
investigate tneetlect of the immigration and im
portation of Mongolians upon the moral and ma
terial interests of tbe country.
1C The Republican party recognizes with approv
' esMblisrcent or equal rights for women by 'he
many important amendments effected by Repub-
j Mean legisUtu n in the laws which concern the per-
' sonal and property relation! of wive, mothers.
land widows, and by the appointment and election
J f womn to tbe superintendence of education,
j charters, and other public trusts. The honest de-
. mauds of thH class of citizens for additional rights
! and prn ilexes and immunities, should be treated
al tbe Mioetantiai aavance recently maue uiwiiru
with restwctfhl cnnaMeratioc
I.S. Tbe Constitution confers upon Coneress sover
esn power ovtrr the Territories of the United states
fur tiieir jrovernment. and in the exercise of this
power it is the n?ht and the duty of t'ongress to
prohlb.t and extirpate in the Territories that relic
o barbarism, polysamy. and we demand such leg
islation as shall secure this end and the supremacy
of American institutions in all the Terr tones.
I !. The pledges which the nation has given to our
soldiers and sailors must be fuinled The grateful
people will always hold those who periled their
lives for the country's preservation in tbe kindest
remembrance.
15. We sinoerelv deprecate all sectional feeling
and tendencies We therefore note wra deep so
licitude that the deamcratic party counts as its
chief hope of success upon the electorial vote of the
united south secured through the efforts of those
po were recently arraed. aeainst tbe nation, and
we invoke the er ritest attention of the country to the
grave truth that a success mas achieved would re
open sectioml strife and imperil culional honor
and human rights.
In. e cbarge the Democratic party as beins the
same n character and pintas when it sypath:zed
with f-eaiu.n : with making its control of the House
of ReDresentatives the tnuninh and tbeooportuni-
I t of tlie nation's foes : with reasserting and ap
i Diaudins-in the national capital the sentiments of
unrrpented reoeluun: wltn seiMimg i nion soldiers
to tlie rear and pn'inoting Confederate soldiers to
thefrnt: w uh deliberatly proposing to repudiate
tbe plighted faith of the government: with being
equally faNe and imbecile upon tbe overshadowing
ends ot justice by its tartisnn mismanagement and
ibdtrution of mvesttsation : with proving itself,
through the period of its ascendency in the lower
bout of Cooirress. utterly incompetent to adminis
ter tbe govenment. We warn the country against
trustinc a party thus alike unworthy, recreant, and
incapable.
17. Tbe national administration merits commen
dation for its honorable work In the management
of domestic and Joreicn affair, and President Grant
deserves the continued and hearty cratitude ot the
American people ror nis patriotism and his un
menrss services msar and peace.
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DEALERS IX
MERCHANDISE
SUCH AS
Dry Qoods
clothing,
Groceries, Boots, Shoes,
JIatSj CapsanCi Xotions.
nigest Market Pries allowed for
nn ttwvt "v
j.
PRODUCE
HIDES, ITXJXJS, Etc.
on
U
laia Street,
"JVT,. ? Cp stairs over "WItcherly &.
1U 5t Smith's Barber Shop.
BROW.XV11LE, NEBRASKA.
I make every size or style of picture de
Mred. Life-size photographs a specialty
Every pains taken to irive tleaslnr anil be
coming positions. None but
PIRST CLASS "WORK
allowed to leave my galiery. A fell assort-mC?5-PICTURE
FRAMES, of all stvles
fV? S?ri5- ALBUMS. LOCKETS
COLORED PICTURES, ana many other
tw?e!.ns.W,Ishl?p,Photogra?h wr's done in
tbe best style, at lowest prices, should not
fall to call and see for themselves.
P. SI. ZOOK.
THANZ ESI-SSBH,
;fAG9N&gLAGKSMITHK0?
OSE DOOR WEST OF COURT HOUSE.
S BRQ'S
GALLERiI
WAGON MAKING, Repairing, come. Anderson arrived with his fam
1 HoP ""Jsl all work doneln the best ily at his native town. Pnttintr un at
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Shall "Ve ilake the Sonth Master I
I
bnail we
make the South master that Inso
lent section
Impenitent yet for the crime of tbe war ;
That has organized murder to win the elec
tion, And bosts of the lawlessness men should
abhor
Shall we make the South master, and give to
November
The gloomiest date In our national life?
Shall we crown with with rewards those who
sought to dismember
The country, and plunged It in horrible
strife?
Shall we make the South master surrender
to mallco
The highest control of this Union of States.
And drain to the bottom the dregs In the
chalice
That's full to the brim of the bltterst hates?
Shall we make the South master, and tar
nish the glory
Of mighty achievements that righted a
wrong ;
And reverse all the teachings of battle-fields
gory,
And basely abandon the weak to the
f strong?
Shall we make the south master, and foolish
ly peril
Amendments we've made to the law of the
land?
It is certain the fruits of the war will be
sterile,
If thus we shall Jeopardize all we have
planned.
Shall we make the South master and trouble
the nation
"With change, and with doubt, and with
dread and suspense ?
nd engender alarm that must cause hesita
tion
In business ventures by all men of sense ?
Shall we make the South master ?.0f course,
if reaction.
Embarrassment, ruin, are objects In view.
And we wish, by exalting a murderous fac
tion. The hard-won results of the war to undo
Butwe never will suffer the South to be mas
ter. If keenly we long for both peace and re
pose; And are sternly resolved to avert all disaster
And shelter the Union from treacherous
foes.
inn i qu
W&A.T HAPPENED.
It was ou a trauquil summer even
ing, just like many that preceded it,
that the Widow Anderson sat at her
wheel spinning flax, just as she had
sat on many a summer, autumn, win
ter and spring evening. All was
still; flowers and Insects seemed
dropping asleep; little birds peeped
drowsily in their nests, and the whole
u-rIJ semcd as jcit and steady go
ing as the old clock in the corner
when something happened."
But this is not the good, old-fashioned
way of beginning a story. I
will start aga!n.
In a little post-town, among the
Highlands of Scotland, far away from
any great city, there lived a few years
ago, a woman much respected and
well beloved, though of lowly birth
and humble fortunes one Mrp. Jean
Anderson. She had been lefta wid
ow, with one son, the youngest and i
last of several promising children.
She was poor, and her industry and
economy were taxed to the utmost to
keep herself and son, who wa3 a fine,
clever lad, and to give him the educa
tion he ardently desired.
At the early cge of sixteen Malcom
Anderson resolved to seek his fortune
in the wide world, and became a sail
or. He made several voyages to In
dia and China, and always, like the
good boy he was, brought home some
useful present to h?s mother, to whom
he gave also a large portion of his
earnings.
But he never liked a seafaring life,
though he grew atroug and stalwart
in it; and when about nineteen he
obtained a humble position in a large
mercantila house in Calcutta, where,
being shrewd, enterprising and hon
est, like most of his countrymen, he
gradually rose to a place of trust and
importance, and finally to a partner
ship. As his fortunes improved, his
mother's circumstances were made
easier. He remitted money enough
to secure the old cottage home, re
paired and enlarged, with a garden
and lawn; and placed at her com
mand, annually, a sum sufficient to
meet all her wants, and to pay the
wages of a faithful servant, or rather
companion ; for the brisk, independ
ent old lady stoutly refused to be serv
ed by any one.
. Entangled in business cares, Mr.
Anderson never found time and free
dom for the long voyage and a visit
home; till at las:, failing health, and
the necessity of educating his chil-
dren, compelled him to abruptly wind
up his affairs and return to Scotland,
Me was then a man somewhat over
forty, but looking far older than his
years; showing all the usual ill ef
fects of the trying climate of India.
His complexion was a sallow brown ;
he was gray and somewhat bald, with
here and there a daah of white iu his
dark auburn beard ; he was thin and
a little bent, but his youthful smile
remained full of quiet drollery, and
his eye had not lost all its old gleeful
sparkle, by poring over ledgers and
counting rupees.
He had married a country woman,
the daughter of a Scotch surgeon ;
had two children, a son and a daugh
ter. He did not write to his good mother
that he was coming home, as he
wished to surprise her, and test her
memory of her sailor boy. The voy
I!
age was made in safely.
One summer afternoon Mr. Mai-
the little inn. l. rtmnPtiaA trt rlrocc
J fm s. . w . ww w v.ft.w.3
BKOWNYILLE, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1876.
himself in',a suit of sailor clothes, and
then walked out alone.
By a by path he well knew, and
then through a shady lane, dear to his
young, hazel-nutting days, all
strangly unchanged, he approached
his mother's cottage. He stopped for
a few moments on the lawn outside,
to curb down the heart that was
bounding to meet that mother, and to
clear his eyes of a sudden mist of hap
py tears. Through the open window
he caught a glimpse of her sitting
alone at her spinning wheel, as in the
old time. But alas, how changed!
Bowed was the dear form, once so-
erect, and silvered the locks once so
brown, and dimmed the eyoa once so
full of tender brightness, like dew
stained violets. But the voice, with
which she was crooning softly to her
self, was still sweet, and there was on
her cheek the same lovery peach
bloom of twenty years ago.
At length he knocked, and the dear
remembered voice called to him in
the simple, old-fashioned way, "Coom
ben" (come in.) The widow rose at
sight of a stranger, and courteously
offered him a chair. Thanking her
in an assumed voice, aomewhat gruff,
he sank down as- though wearied,
saying that he was a wayfarer, strange
to the country, and asking the way to
the next town. The twilight favored
him in his little ruse; he saw thatshe
did not recognize him, even as one
she had ever seen.
After giving him the information
he desired, she asked him if ho was a
Scotchman by birth.
'Yes, madam,' he replied ; but I
have been away in foreign parts many
years. I doubt if my own mother
would know me now, though she was
very fond of me before I went to sea.'
'Ah, mon! it's little ye ken aboot
mithers, gin ye think sae. I can tell
ye there is no mortal memory like
theirs,' the widow somewhat warmly
replied ; then added : 'And where
have ye been for sae laisg a time that
ye hae lost a' the Scotch fra your
speech?'
'In India in Calcutta, madam.'
'Ah, then it's likely "ye ken some
thing o' my sou, Mr. Malcom Ander
son.' 'Anderson?' repeated the visitor, as
though striving to remember 'There
are many of that name in Calcutta;
but is your'son a rich merchant, and
a man about my age and size, with
something such a flgurc-head ?'
'My son is a rich merchant,' replied
the widow, proudly, 'but he isyoung
sr tKan you by may aloryaar.aiid,
begging your pardon, air, far bonnier.
He is tall and straight, wi' hands and
feet like a lassie's; he had brown,
curling hair, sse thick and gIo.sy!
and cheeks like the rose, and a brow
like the snow, and big blue enn, wi' a
glint in them like the light of the
evening star! Xa, na, ye are no like
my Malcom, though ye are a guid
enough body, I dinua doubt, and a
decent woman's son.'
Here the masquerading merchant,
considerably taken down, made a
movement as though to leave, but the
hospitable dame stayed him, saying:
"Gin ye hae traveled a' the way fra
Indian yc maun be tired and hungry.
Bale a bit, and eat and drink wi' us.
Margery ! come down, and let us set
on the supper.'
The two women soon provided quite
a tempting repast, and they all three
eat down to it Mrs. Anderson rever
ently asking a blessing. But the
merchant could not eat. He was only
hungry for his mother's kissss only
thirsty for her joyful recognition ; yet
tie could not bring himself to say to
her 'lam your son.' He asked him
self, half grieved, half amused
'Where are the unerring, natural
instincts I have read about In poetry
and novels ?'
His hostess seeing he did not eat,
kindly asked if he could suggest any
thing he would be likely to relish.
'I thank you, madam,' he answered,
'it does seem to me that I should like
some oatmeal porridge, such as my
mother used to make, if so be you
have any.'
'Porridge?' repeated the widow.
'Ah, you mean parritch. Yes, we hae
a little left frae our dinner. Gie it to
him, Margery. But, mon, it is cauld.'
'Xever mind ; I know 1 shall like
it,' he rejoined, taking the bowl and
beginning to stir the porridge with
his spoon.
As he did so Mrs. Anderson gave a
slight start and bent eagerly toward
him. Then ahs sank back in her
chair with a sigh, saying in answer to
h questioning look
Je minded me o' my ilalcom, then
just in that way he used to stir his
parritch gieiug it a whirl and a flirt.
Ah! gin' ye were my Malcom, my
poor laddie!'
'Weel then, gin I were your Mal
com,' said the merchant, speaking for
the first time in the Scottish dialect,
and in his own voice; 'or gin you
braw young Malcom were as brown,
and bald, and gray, and bent, and
old, as I am, could you welcome him
to your arms, and love him as in the
dear auld lang syne? Could you,
niither?'
All through this touching little
speech tbe widow's eyes bad been
glistening, and her breath coming
fast: but at that word 'anther' she
sprang up with a glad cry, and totter
ing to her son fell almost fainting on
his breast.
He kissed her again and again
kissed her brow and her lips and her
hands, while the big tears slid down
his bronzed cheeks; while she clung
about his neck and called him by all
the dear old pet names, and tried to
see in him all the dear old young
looks.
By and by they came back or the
ghosts of them came back. The form
in her embrace grew comlier; love
and joy gave to It a second youth,
stately and gracious; the first she
then and there burried deep in her
heart a sweet, beautiful, peculiar
memory. It was a moment of solemn
renunciation, In which she gave up
the fond maternal illusion she had
cherished so long. Then lookingjup
steadily into the face of the middle
aged man, who had taken its place,
she asked,
'Where hae ye left the wife and
bairns?'
'At the Inn, mother. Have you
room for us-all at the cottage?'
'Indeed I have twa good spare
rooms wi' large closets, weel stocked
wi' linjn. I hae been spinning or
weaving a' these lang years for ye
baith, and the weans.'
'Well, mother dear, now you must
rest, rejoined the merchant tenderly.
'Na, na, I dinua. care to rest till ye i
lay me down to tak my lang rest.
There'll be time enough between that
day and the resurrection to fauld my
hands In idleness. Now 'twould be
unco irksome. But go, my son, and
bring me the wife I hope I shall
like her; and the bairns I hope I
shall like them.'
I have only to say that both the
good woman's hopes were realized. A
very happy family knelt down in
prayer that night, and many nights
after, in the widow's cottage, whose
climbing roses and woodbines were
but outward eigns and typea of tbe
the sweetness and blessedness of the
love and neace within.
The Dunkers
"Dunker" is from the German verb
dunken, to dip or duck, a word used
in familiar, conversational German.
The German Baptists immerse their
converts in a maimer wholly peculiar.
They take the convert down to the
water's edge, always to a river or run
ning stream, none of your new fan
gled warm church cisterns, and have
him kneel down in the water. Then
the preacher takes him by the back of
the neck and dips him under the wa
ter, face foremost, you understand,
not backwards, as do other Baptists.
They dip him under face foremost,
three times, once in the name of the
Father, once in the name of the Son,
and once in the name of the Holy
Ghost, tbii giving, him a triple or
triune bapcr-Tr Hence the nickname
Duuker or Duuker.
The men of the church psrt their
hair in the middle, wear both hair
and bear ' quite long, and look like
pictures of the old Bible patriarchs.
The wear their hair and beard be
cause the patriarchs and apostles did,
and are forbidden to crop their hair
short or to shave their beard off.
The religious ceremonies which
particularly distinguish this from
other Christian churches, are kissing,
feet-washing and soup-eating. In
various placed in the New Testament
the "holy kiss" and the "kiss of char
ity" are uieutioued ; therefore, tfhen
these brethren and sisters meet at
church they shake hauda and kiss.
When a brother comes into church he
shakes hands with and kisses all the
brethren, a sister ditto the sisters.
I confers It nearly upset my dignity
to see these gray-bearded old fellows
come in and kiss one another with a
sounding smack, all round. I dare
say one could get used to it though.
The brethren kiss the brethren and
the sisters kis3 the sisters.
But they never kiss across.
A Sew 3Iode of IVashin.:.
The ill effects of soda on linen have
given rise to a new method of wash
ing, which has been extensively adopt
ed in Germany, and introduced into
Belgium. Tbe operation consists of
dissolving two pounds of soap in about
three gallons of water as hot as the
hand can bear and adding to this one
tablespoonful of turpentine and three
of liquid amonia; the mixture must
then be well stirred, and the linen
steeped m it for two or three hours,
taking care to cover the vessel con-
taiuing them as hermetically as pos- 1
sible. The clothes are afterwards
wahed out and rinsed In the usual
way. The soap and water may be re
heated a second time, but in that case
half a teaspoon ful of ammonia must be ;
added. TM3 proscess is said to cause 1 lowing it to rei for five hours, then
a great economy of time, labor and fu- J stir the ma3h well up. The bran ab
el. The linen scarcely suffers at all, SOrbs, while retaining the vapor and
an its clenlineasand colors areperfect, , the linseed bind3.tne oata and brau
The amonia and turpentine, although together; a greater quantity of flax
their detersive action is great, have no eed would make the preparation too
rf-h fntnTI , - i-
while tbe iormer evaporates immedi-
atelv. the smell of the latter is said to
disappear entirely during the drj'ing
of the clothes.
A California paper highly recom
mends charcoal for fattening turkes,
and says that it should be pulverized
and mixed with mashed potatoes and
corn meal, as well as fed to them in
small lump3. Others say it should be
given only in iumps.
j 111
There Is at present a growing con
viction in the minds of smokers that
vest pockets should be made deep en
ough to hide a cigar from the scrutin
izing gaze of the man who never has
any. A newspaper reporter is an
honorable exception.
Those who live near blacksmith
and machine shops, and can get iron
filings and rusty ohips of iron, and
will work them into their flower beds,
will add greatly to the rich and bright
j coloring of their flowers.
The Geysers of California.
After tea. accompanied by the old
German guide, we armed ourselves
with stout Alpine staves, and went
down the ravine at the side of the
house to the springs. A gulch only a
few feet wide and some half a mile
long, contains steam, smoke, boiling
springs of all colors, and rocks covered
by salt and minerals of various hues.
Copperas, alum and sulphur lie in
thick powder around some of the
springs, and cinnabar and magnesia
color the ground under our feet. We
passed all the weird places which have
been so many times described ; sat in
the devil's high places, were enter
tained in his office, and feasted on
tea, bean porridge and hot lemonade.
We walked over the ground from
which steam was spurting, and which
was eo hot it burnt our shoes; the
steam keepa puffing from the subter
ranean engines, and some day the
boiler will burst and scatter these
rocks and vi3itor3 to the four winds t f
theheavens. Ashortdistancefromthls
smoking gulch" may be seen the cra
ter of an extinct volcano. The ground
was hollow beneath our tread, and
on every hand were pieces of lava
which had in past time issued in a
molton state from the crater. It Is
truly a fearful and wonderful place.
All night our ears were saluted by the
strange muftied sound of steam and
water forciug their way through the
fissures in the rocks just back of the
house, and in the morning we saw
great volumes of steam rising from
the gulch and floating upwards in
great feathery lines. Of course the
volume of steam increases in propor
tion to the Iownessof the temperature
of the surrounding atmosphere.
California Cor. ZouisviUe Courier
Journal. A Spider's Terrible -Bite.
H. E. Jewell, son of the late John
Jewell, of Kiskatom, who was killed
while bravely fighting in Virginia du
ring the war, and whose mother and
sister live in Catskill, was recently
bitten by a tarantula, or poison spi
der, in Arizona, where his home now
is. These animals vary in size from
a dollar to that of the palm of the
hand, and the poison of their bite is
more fearful and deadly than that of
the rattlesnake, so that few recover
from it. Prussio acid andammonis were
injected into his system through the
wound; he was filled with a mixture
of lard-oil and brandy, so that ho was
unconscious for more than forty hours,
and was kept drunk six days, to coun
teract, by alcohol, with the poison in
time, blisters from it having come out
on his body. He writes that he is
now apparently free from poison, but
is nervous and weak, as he well may
be, from the effects of the poison,
or his forced debauch, or both.
As Mr. Jewell Is but 26 years
old, he hasa strong and vigorous con
stitution, it is hoped that he will soon
be well. Hudson (iV. Y.) Republican.
&
Indiaa Summer.
This halyon period of our autumn
will always in some way be associated
with the Indian. It is red and yellow
and dusky like him. The smoke of
his camp-fire seems again in the air.
The memory of him pervades the
woods. His plumes ahd moccasins
and blanket of skius form just the
costume the season demands. It va3 j
doubtless his chosen period. The 'lent to discharge the accruing inter
gods smiled upon him then If ever. '! which avenues must la the na
X,. .. , u .t c tu" of things be derived principally
The time of the chase, the season of from dutle5 on lmport3 . aud in tbe
the buck and the doe, and the ripen-
ing or a u cue lorest iruits; tne , me
i m . m . . .. I
.WIIF.fi Till IflPII Kit 1Ttt41TIIfc.nl. II1IIHHEN I
.. .. ... ... ....f,.w..- ....... -.w,
when tbe first frosts have given pun
gency to the air, when to be abroad
on the hills or iu the woods is a delight
that both old and young feel if the
red aborigine e7er had hid summer of
fullness and contenment, it must have
been at this season, and it fitly bears
his name. John Burroughs, in Scrib
tier for October
A2Tew Food for Horses and Sheep.
a favorite aud rather new kind of
mash for horses 13 coming into use,
composed of two parts, one of bran
aud half a pint of flax ?eed. The oats
nrp first nlwwl In a .fahip .nftoh nr
, ... .w. UUWU., - .
which is placed the linseed ; add boil-
Ing water, then the bran, coverintr
the mixture with an old rujr, and al-
oily to be relished. One feed per day
..-..,.. ., ,. , ,
13 sufficient. It is easily digested, and
is especially adapted to young animals,
adding to their volume rather than
their height giving substance to the
frame. California Farmer.
The Brooklyn Argus is a Democratic
newspaper. The following statement
of its estimate of Mr. Tilden is of in
terest: "The Argt3 would like to
support an honest Democrat as against
Governor Hayes, but as between Gov
ernor Hayes and Samnel J. Tilden,
there Is not an independent paper in
the State of New York that will not
support Governor Hayes a3 a matter
of patriotic duty."
-t -j . .-
Chicsen3 like clean, good sized
puies iu ruui uu, entirely smootu
and firm. It i3 an erroneous idea
that one kind of wood is less liable to
contract those pests known aa roost
lice thait another.
VOL. 21.-ST0. 18.
Wfg3gpj.p"iQCggaagpqiWMiBMBeTc
Nebraska Ilepnbliean Platform.
Adopted at Lincoln, September 2), 1S7
The Republican party in conven
tion assembled, send greetings to the
people of the State, and congratulate
them on a nation restored, a republic
consolidated.
We ad Republicans have no need to
re-allirtn our faith in the perpetuity
of the union, or proclaim to the world
; our acquieaeuce in the constitution
and the laws; toe have never lost faith
m the stability of the republic, or ourj ? ui l ? equJ and justice to grant
devotion to the caute of numan liber-1 ' ?- Joseph aud Denver. Atchi
ty, the equal rights of all men, aud ' and Nebraska, Midland Pacific, Oma
the paramount obligations due from ' n- Northwestern railroads, and
us to the general government. Iu j otner railroads which may now or
tbe darkest hours of our nation's his- "ereafter connect -with such connect
tory; in the midst of a fratricidal!
warfare, when the nation rocked to and
fro on the abyss of uncertainty the Re
publican party was true, steadfast and
loyal. It never forgot its duty, never
swerved from the pathway of the
right, and never ceased to venerate
and uphold the flag of our country.
With this premise, we present "to
the electors of the State, the follow
ing summary of principles and poli
cy: First. We endorse and sustain the
nominations made by the National
Republican Convention at Cincinnati,
and pledge the Republican party of
this state to the election of electors
who will cast the vote of the state for
that incorruptible, able and honorable
man, Rutherford B. Haj-es, of Ohio,
aud also for that other discreet legis
lator and patriotic statesman Will
iam A. Wheeler, of the State of New
York.
Second. We adopt and endorse, in
all its essential features, the platform
of principles enunciated by the Re
publican National Convention, and
pledge ourselves to maintain, sustain
aud advocate those principles until
they become as household word
throughout the length and breadth of j
Nebraska.
Third. We affirm that the Repub
lican party standa pledged to the prin
ciple of the equality of all citizens be
fore tbe law without regard to color,
creed or nationality. The fact of cit
izenship clothes all alike ; its panoply
i- over all, and each and every one is
entitled to the fullest protection iu
accordance with the constitution in
in every State of the Union.
Fourth. We recommend the leg
islation of Congress, the orders of
President Grant, and the action of the
Attorney General in his letter of in
structions to the United States Marsh
als to enforce the law3, and protect the
citizens in the performance of their
political rights, and sacredly shield
the elective franchise in states where
obstructed.
Fifth. We unhesitatingly endorse
the financial policy of the govern
ment in its successful efforts to "re
store the public credit and maintain
the national honor:" and the late
fiscal arrangmenta, by means of which
hree hundred millions of bonds have
been placed at 4 per cent, interest,
and an equivalent amount of S per
cent, bonds retired, thus effecting a
saving of four and a half millions In
terest money annually, meet? the un
qualified approbation of the Republi
can party.
Sixth. That we favor suh a fi
nancial policy upon the part of the
government as shall enable tbe hold
ers of the legal tenders to receive
from governmenton demand theirface
value in coin ; but that we are unal
terably opposed at present to the re
tirement from circulation of the legal
tenders, and to the repeal of the legal
tender not.
SKVE:Tit. We approve the policy
of redeeming the outstanding curren
cy in coin or it3 equivalent, so as to
make it convertible at any time at the
option of the holder either into gold,
silver or government bonds, at an
equal interchangeable value ; and we
look with confidence to a returned
prosperity and to such a revival of
commerce, trade and manufactures as
will make such redemption speedily
practicable.
Eighth. Owing the requirements
of the public debt, revenues must be
provided in addition to the ordinary
exnenditurea of s-overnment, sufflc-
adjustment ot the tarnll laws, equft
i -.; Wnl Kn ... .n
- P """ - -- -
ter labor, promote enterprise and ad- j
vance the public welfare.
Ninth. We approve and commend 1
the generou3 and benehclent policy ot
the government In granting pensions
to loyal men who periled their lives
that the nation might live, and to
their widows aud orphans. A grate
ful people people will cheerfully pay
taxes for this holy Durrjose.
Tenth. We desire to express oar ' of tarope, owing to the Increasing
abhorrence and placs the seal of eon- j compellton of the Unltld States man
demnation on that element in the, ufa,.ture who are sendiDg tbeIr
Democratic partv which jnstifies tbe 1 , ,. . . J- . f
slaughter at'Samburch. S.C: which S3 d,rcCt to Hamburg, and ofler-
looks with complacency on the butch
eries at Couchatta, La.; which ap
provesof the .shot-gun policy iu Mis
sissippi; which endon-es the displace
ment of Unioun soldiers and estab
lishes confederate guerrillas in their
t-fnn r. rvris)t"rn. whiphmifilnirn Iho
- - -
nnnmnrktinn. for th rmv nnri rmw
whilst a savage warfare is in progress
on our borders ; which has sent to the
congressional halls the most violent
nnl Klfffif fiuia n t Ihfi rUn.Di1 1fmiH
""-. . " -"""-s""" cr...
he j wuich nas in solemn convention
declared the amendments to the con -
stituion null and void, and which pre -
sents itself to-cay in aa attitude of
defiance and hostility to the peace,
integrity and autonomy of the na
tion, We, the Republican party of Ne-
f rkp ilhrpnfa nt ika namwroiir.
UK fcW HU..to.WUtM V II1W ., -l v u.au
party, and we reject with disdain the
preaentat on of statements made in
the platform of the party at St. Loui
To the maintenance of all herein aet
forth . we pledee ourselves as becomes
all good citizens, all patriots who love
their country and cherish their coun
try's honor.
Eleventh. That we are in favor
of such legislation by our State and
national lesri'latures a3 will secure a
pro-rata tariff of charges, adjusted up
on just and equitable terms between
all connecting lines of railroad with
in the limits of the State,
4.V;. ?-: .'V-r U ,: t"
rrin-T-T TW.TT 1VrtI-T.T.rf. fV.. - .,
road was a national enterprise, inau
gurated end carried to a successful
completion by the national Republi-
tutu uiciii j.j iiic uabivuui iiruuuti'i
, can Dartv and built j,h ,he n2tfonr3 ,
treasure, thereof
Be U Resolved, That all business
orhzinatinjr in the State of Nebraska.
and produced and situated on the line
of railroads connecting with the
lUnion Pacific railroad in shipment
ADVERTISING RATES.
Oaet&ca.sae ywr
Ji0i
IS 3
S CO
Two Inches, one year ,
Hack saeceedlBg Inch, per year-
Legal advertberaeaia at Icral rates Oaeaar at
OaUBeaof2eBpareJI,erS3)arst iaierttoc, tl-00
each subsequent tasrtiott.SSe..
5AU transient ad verttaeneats raaat be paH
for la advance.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF THECOUSTY
' " " '
and transportation over said Union,
Pacific railroad. Is entitled to equal
advantages and facilities of any.
kind in favor of the business
of any or eithre of such connect
ing railroads, or of brIH TTninr.
I Pacifiic railroad : that to effect that
, en" aa,d union Pacific railroad ought
j in equity and justice to carry such.
ousiness over its line from what
ever point received, at a pro-rate of
its own through tariff on similar busi
ness, and that all railroads so connect"-
! lnS w,tn sa Lnion Pacific road
u ,u.- m3 ngnts privileges
and immunities In resDeit to rates.
time and transportation possessed or
claimed by themselves or either of
them in respect to the "Union Pacific
railroad.
Resolved, That It Is the sense of the
convention that if leslslation is neces-
l inT? to. elTect the end specified in the
forogeing repolution. thesama be urg-
eu upon congress by our Senators
and Representatives.
BATnrxG ix Cold "Water Noth
ing is morejeommon than a custom of
many persons to have ?a cold water
bath immediately upon leaving their
beds as a dally habit. Delicately or
ganised ladies not unfrequently have
established the same course, consider
ing it conducive to health. There is
an impression that it Invigorates tho
individual, hardens the muscles, and.
strengthens the constitution. Tha
sudden abstraction of caloric or vital
warmth in that way has not only In
jured but destroyed more than were
ever benefited thereby. A reaction, aa
it is called, a glow of warmth that
subsequently follows, Is a direct draft
upon the system to meet the sadden
loss of vitality, and is by no means so
beneficial as theoretically imagined.
A tepid bath makes no such injurious
demands, and Is, therefore, not inju
rious or perilous for those of a frail
structure.
The letter of Commissioner Raum
to the various United States Attorneys
throughout the country explaining
the Providence (R. I.) case, and In
structing them to bring suit agalsf par
ties who have evaded their tax under
the income law by neglecting to make
returns, appears in our Washington
special this morning. Under these
instructions it Is presumed suit wilL
be brought against Mr. Tilden. We
shallthen see how much that defense
of bl3 amounts to.
Secretary Cameron explained his
Southern policy to the Nevada Ockl
Hill News: "Our idea is only tosee
a fair election. If a negro wishes to
vote the Republican ticket, we pro
pose to have him vote it, if we have to
march every United States soldier in
the South to the poll to protect him.
But we will give the same protection
to negroes who wish to vote theDem-.
ocratlc ticket. We want a fair elec
tion ; that 13 all."
"Why don't you answer the charges
of the Sentinel against you ?" shrieked.
a Bandit at Bob Ingersoll, in Indiana
"I came down here," answered the
ready Robert, "to fight the whole
Democratic dog, and can't stop to
mash every flea on the dog's baok.".
And then the Bandit shrank into hte
shoes and was heard no more.
Ke was an applicant for the posUieri.
of writing teacher n one of our p brie
school:. They gave him a copy-book"
and asked him for a specimen of what
he could do. He took the pen. and
In a hand-writing that looked Irke a
fiash of lightning that had mistaken
the direct road, wrote as fHpw3 :
"Sorrer dosen't kill folks aa fsi ad
' reea KOoburv3 "
6 " J
Birmingham advices of theLonden
Times, Aug. 2S. say that "English edge
j tools are losing ground In the North
1
lAt . .
mx mem in many cases at nricas
in many
which our producers cannot touch."
A London woman with a babe
her arms provoked her husband
in
so
It
, much that he shied a knife at her
killed the baby, entering two inehes'
deep into the head. The-jury acquit
ted the father by rendering a verdtet
lnfM,(.i,Unr.l ,1.tU .1 -l
j -" .- v.TO.u, uuu ac.c.dj.
' reprimanded the mother for hariag,
! aggravated her husband,
i
Work on the tenne!" across tbe
British Channel i3 to begin on tbe 1st
of July, 1S77. The tunneling maehin-
err to be used can bore a
drift nine
; feet injdismater serosa the ebannel in
, two vears at a cost of S4.000.000. Feor
! y&ar3 more and aQ additJonal
r. .,, ... :
".. win complete tne tunnel.
Two young vosien who wenS- from
the East to teach school in California,
but failed to find employment in that
capacity, started a chicken ranch, frem
which they aro making money at a
rapid rale. The market priee of eggf
in their locality ranges from twenty-
5ve cents to $1.50 a dozen.
Colonel A. C. Barrv. of Warsaw-
. . - -. r
Mo., one of the mo3t nrominent and
influential Democrals- of Southwest-
v;nfir i,oa , , ,
-.mouu. u.
.fciayea and Wheeler. Manv Dem
ocrats in Benton County arc follow-
I ing his exam ?le.