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.District Attorney
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JATIVIS 8. OHUHCH County Judge
Wl LSON K. M A J OKd Clerk nod Recorder
Air CIUIOUE Tretwurpr
JlAVIDSON PLASTEIUL,
K. E-EHKIOIIT.
..Sheriff
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.-surveyor
JAM. I'M M. HACKKIL.
JOHN U. SHOOK. ")
JOSATUAX HIGUINS. J-.-J;
II. PEKHY, J
..Commissioners
City Officers.
J. K. STULL..
Mayor
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-Clerk
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.Treasurer
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,lst"VVard
2nd '.V'nrd
3rd Ward
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
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O ATTOBXBfS AT IAIV.
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T L. SCHICK.
JL . ATTORNEY AT I, AW.
Way ho consulted In the German language. Of
lico next d.xr to County Clerk's Ofticc. Court
House nolldiiig.Mrownvllle.Xehruskn.
T H. BROADY,
O Attorney ami Counselor fit Iiniv,
OaiceoverStata Jtaiik.rtrownvllli -Neb.
WT. ROGERS.
Attorney mid Counselor athav.
U'lllK!vedlliKentattntiontOKnylp?alhHslnes3
ontrast'dtohiscarc. Ofllco In the iloy building,
Urownville. Xeb.
A B. HOL.L.ADAY,
1- I'hytilclaii, Snrfreon, Olistetrlcinn.
;raduatd In 1851. Located In IlrownvlllelBKi.
SpertuI attention until to Obstetrics and diseases
ofWomcn and Children. Office.-tl Main street.
Q A. OS BORN.
O. ATTORNEY AT LAV.
Olllce. No. St Main street, UrownvIIe. Neb.
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PAT
CLINE,
FASHIONADIiK
BOOT AND SHOEMAKER
hi
CUSTOM WO UK made to ordt-r.and Jltsnlwayi
Kiiaruntetil. ltpulrlntr neatly and promptly done,
stiiop. No. Tt Main reet. HrounvIUe.Ncb.
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V. GIBSON,
HiTaCICS3IITII
AXl) HORSE SHOEIt.
Work done to order and satisfaction Riiarantped
J'irst street, between Mnln and Atlantic, lJrown
vIUc.Nfb.
Clocks, aiGhes, Jewelry
JOSEPH SHUTZ,
No. 59 Main Street Bro-cmville.
-v Keeps consttntly on hand a large and well
ViV HiworlfNl stock of Kettulne articles in his line
SiVsXKepalrinK of CIopJcs, WatchoH and Jewelry
f " 'doneon short notice, at reasonable rates.
ALL WORK WARRANTED.
Main Street
lEITJBDAIlT'S
STORE.
jjecond door castof Post Oillcc,
?UOW?.'ViF.t-K, KEBBASItA.
Main Street
HAVE "5TQIT SSS53"
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a m s &i f n ls
11 Uil
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Having purchased tlu
ID 3L. 13 X3 IX V NT"
I wish to announce that I am prepared to
do a lirbt class Mvery business.
Josji Itofcrs,
J.T).Ts'IAJR,SJZ,
TAELOR,
UROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA.
Cutting, or Cutting and Making, dono to
order on short notice and at reasonable
rices. Has hnl long experience and can
warrant sntlsfiictlot?. Call at his chop at
residence on Atlantlcstreet.
J BIlOrJfVILLE TJLE
LAST WJ3SK OF BACH
MONTH.
BENTIST,
UROWNVILLE, NEI1RASKA, .
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Plcnso remember, if you want any Sewing
-nichino repairs of any kind, or any mar
chine or any attachment, needle, oil; or if
you want a new machine, or a new cabinet
put on an old machine, ora rebuilt machine,
lou wit! save from 23 S
ouorsenalna to H G. tt.x i,jiuu.i.,
Hrownvllle. Neb. . .
-?aT FT The Victor. Florence, New Da Is,
JS its. W.&W. Needles, uOc. per dozen,
oil others 50c, per doz. Assorted numbers
pent post paid to any address. Every needio
warranted of the bi.t quality.
D. B. COLHAPP,
Manufacturer of
59 Main Street, .
KroVKVillc, Pclrltslia.
Orders From Neighboring Towns
plicitcd.
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MATHEWS
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ESTABLISHED 1856.
Oldest Papor in tiio State
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AUTIIOIIIZED BY THE U. S. G0VEUX2IEXT.
THE FIRST NATIONAL
OF
BROWNYILLE.
JPaid-up Capital,
$50,000
500,000
Authorised
(t
IS PItEPARED TO THANSACT A
General Banking Business
BUY AND SELIi
COIN & CUEEENOY DEAFTB
on all the principal cities of the
United States and Europe
MONEY LOANED
On approved security only. Time Drafts d!sconit
wl. ami special nceoinniodatloiiH granted to deposit
ors. Dealers in GOVERNMENT UONDS.
STATE, COUNTY & CITY SECURITIES
deposits;
Received payable on demand, and INTEREST al
o wed on time ccrtlllcatea c r deposit.
DIRECTORS. Wm. T.Don, R. M. Bailey, M.A.
Handle. Prank E. Johnson, .Luther Hoadlcy,
Wm. i raisher.
JOHN L. CAHS0N,
A. R. DAVISON. Cashier.
I.C McNAUGUTON. Asst. Cashier.
President.
OKGAN1ZED, IS70.
AT BROWiWILLE.
CAPITAL,. $100,000.
Transacts n irpner.il b nine business, sells
Drafts on all tho prluc" lcltles of the
STinBHofllBIU
'TJMTEDSTATESB-EIJEOFEfohQrfnsaHnrawoiUdnbe-.djath-
xxs Special
depositors.
accommodations granted te
STATE, COUHTY" & CITY
SECUKITIBS,
XJOTJOIXT AND SOLD.
OFFICERS.
W.H.fflcCREERY, ; : President.
W.W.HACKNEir, : Yic6 President.
H. E. GATES, : : : : : Cashier.
DIRECTORS.
I.. nOADLEV . J. C. DEUSER.
WM. H. HOOVER, C. M. KA UFFMAN,
W.W. HACKNEY, H. C. LETT,
W.H. MCCREERV,
I buy my beer
by Jake.
I don't.
J. It. HAWKINS. WM. V. SMITH.
Sawkins & Smith,
TONSOEIAL ARTIST
1st door west Frst National Bank,
HroivnviUc, - 3'cbraska,
Shaving, Shampooing, Hair Cutting, &c
done In the highest style of the nrt.
YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED,
Gsrceia !
DYEING
CLOTHES.
lie -will Color or Dye your
COAT, VEST or PANTS,
in thclHist stylo. IViHDyo
Ladies' SUnivls; will taUc
all tlie Spots out of Gents'
Garments, and press tlicm
up In good slinpc j will re
pair Garments, and war
rant to give entire satis
faction and will cut and
ninUe gentlemen's clotlics.
Equaled byFewf BcceSIed by Hone
Shop in Alex. Robinson's old stand,
next door toRoy'sPnniitnre Store.
IiISTCOLV, NEB.
SNIDER & WEIGHT,
PROPRIETORS.
This house is now conducted In flrst-claes
style. Lanro rooms for COMMERCIAL
TRAVELERS, Billiard parlor and reading
room oonnectPd with the hotel. Tho people
of Southern Nebraska are solicited to try
Metropolitan, when visiting Lincoln.
his n
niua Sra areas
?d Safe I bit G
iFTROPOIUii loin
A Farewell of tlic Period.
Farowell, my dearest nevermore,
Hand clasped In hand, shall wo together
Roam o'er the breezy, broad sea-downs,
All in the merry soft May weather!
But then this thought occurs to mo:
'T will save a trlilo In shoe-leather.
Farewell ; for fate will havo it so,
Oh, fondest heart! O, tenderest, nearest !
Tho hues of spring havo lost their glow
The leaf the leaf Is at ItK searest.
I may not wed thee, sweet Just now
Dry-Koods and things are at their dearest.
Farewell, beloved thou art free
A fearful dearth oi funds hath done it;
I'll keep theo ever in my heart
I'll put thee in ray choicest sonnot;.
These will I, love they little cost
Not so a Tarls gown and bonnet!
And now wc go divided ways ;
Dead broke am I that's all too certain ;
I take no more'stock in bouquets,
lion-bons. and all that goes with illrtln'.
So now I drop love's pretty theme,
And so to speak pull down tho curtain.
Emma 21. Cans, in Ealdtvin's Monthly
DEAF SMITH, THE SPY.
A Leaf From the Annals of Hie "Lone
Star" llcimblic.
About two years after the Texas
Revolution, a difficulty occurred be
tween the new government and a por
tion of tho people, which threatened
the most serious consequences even
the bloodshed and horrors of civil
war. Briefly, the cause was this :
The constitution had fixed the city
of Austin aa the permanent Capital,
where the publio arohives were to be
kept, with the reservation, however,
of a power in the President to order
their temporary removal, In case of
danger from the inroads of a foreign
enemy, or the force of a sudden insur
rection. Conceiving that the exceptional
emergency had arrived, as the Com
anohes frequently committed ravages
within sight of the Capital itself,
Houston, who then resided at Wash
ington, on tho Brazos, dispatched an
order, commanding bis subordinate
functionaries to send the State records
to the latter place, which he declared
to be, 2'0 tcmporCt tho seat of the
government.
It is impossible to describe the
stormy excitement which the promul
gation of this flat raised in Austin.
The keepers of hotels, boarding hous
es, groceries and faro banks, were
thunderstruck maddened to frenzy,
biow to their prosperity in business,
and accordingly, they determined at
ouco to take the necessary step3 to
avert the danger, by opposing tho ex
ecution of Houston's mandate, They
called a mass-meeting of the oitizens
and farmers of the circumjacent coun
try, who were all more or less inter
ested in tho question; and, after
many fiery speeches against the as
sorted tyranny of tho administration,
it was unanimously resolved to pre
vent the removal of the publio arch
ives, by open and armed resistance.
To that end they organized a company
of four hundred men ; one moiety of
whom, relieved by tho other at regu
lar periods of duty, should keep con
stant guard around the house, until
the peril passed by.
The commander of this force was
one Col. Morton, who had achieved
considerable renown In the war for
independence, and had still more re
cently displayed desperate bravery in
two bloody duels, in both of which he
had cut his antagonist nearly to pieo
es with the bowie-knife. Indeed,
from the notoriety of his character for
revenge as well as courago, it was
thought that President Houston
would renounce his purpose of touch
ing the archives, as soon as he could
learn who was leader of -the opposi
tion. Morton, on his part, whoso vanity
fully equaled his personal prowess,
euoouraged and justified that prevail
ing opinion by his boastful threats.
Ha swore that if the President did
succeed in removing the records by
the march of an overpowering force,
he would then, himself, hunt him
down like a wolf, and shoot him with
as little ceremony, or stab him In his
bed, or waylay him in his walks of
recreation. He even wrote to the he
ro of San Jacinto to that effect. The
latter replied in a characteristic note
of laconic brevity:
"Tf the people of Austin do not
send the archives I shall come and
take them ; and if Col. Morton oan
kill me, he is welcome to my ear cap,
Sam. Houston.
On the reception of this answer, the
guard was doubled around tho State
House. Chosen sentinels were sta
tioned along the road leading to the
Capitol, tho military paraded the
streets from morning till night, and a
select caucus held permanent sessions
in the City Hall. In short, every
thing betokened a coming tempest.
One-day, while matters were in this
precarious condition, the caucus at
the city hall was surprised by the
sudden appearance of a strantrer.
whose mode of entering wa9 as ex
traordinary as his looks and dress.
He did not knock at the closed door
he did not seek admission there at all ;
but climbing, unseen, a small, bushy
topped livo oak which grew beside
the wall, ho leaped, without sound or
warning, through a lofty window.
He was clothed altogether In buok
skin, carried a long, heavy rifle in his
hand, wore at the bottom of his left
suspender a large bowie-knife, and
had In his leathern belt a couple of
pistols half the length of his gun. He
was tall, straight as an arrow, active
as a panther in his motions, with
dark complexion, and luxurlaqt hair,
" --- I
BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 1877.
with aBevere iron-like countenance,
that seemed never to havo known a
smile, and eyes of Intense, vivid black
wild, rolling and piercing, as the
pointofa dagger. His strange advent
Inspired a thrill of involuntary fear,
and many present unconsciously
grasped the handles of their fiide
arms.
"Who are you, that you thus pre
sume to Intrude among gentlemen,
without Invitation?" demanded Col.
Morton, ferociously, essaying to cow
down the stranger with his eye.
The latter returned his stare with
compound interest, and laid his long
bony finger on his lip, as a sign but
what, tho spectators could not imag
ine. "Who areyou? Speak, or I'll out
an answer out of your heart !" shout
ed Morton, almost distracted with
rage, by the cold, sneering gaze of the
other, who now removed his finger
from his lip, and laid on the hilt of
his monstrous knife.
The fierce Colonel then drew his
dagger, and was In the act of advanc
ing upon the stranger, when several
caught him and held him back, re
monstrating "Let him alone, Morton, for God's
sake! Do you not perceive that he Is
crazy ?"
At that moment, Judge Webb, a
man of shrewd intelleot and courteous
manners, advanced, and addressed
the Intruder In a most respectful man
ner: "My good friend, I suppose you
have made a mistake in the house.
This is a private meeting, where none
but members are admitted. '
The stranger did not appear to com
Drehend tho words, but ho could not
fall to understand the mild and de
precatory manner. His rigid features
relaxed, (and moving to a table in tho
centre of the hall, where there were
materials and implements for writing,
he seized a pen and traced one line
"I am deaf." He then held It up be
fore the spectators, as a sort of natur
al apology for his own want of polite
ness. Judge Webb took the paper, and
wrote the question
"Dear sir, will you be so obliging as
to inform us what is your business
with the present meeting?"
The other responded by delivering a
letter, inscribed on the back, "To the
Citizens of Austin." They bioko the
seal, and read aloud. It was from
Houston fandsbowBd-bia-usual-.tcrss-brevity
of style:
"Fellow Citizens : Though In
error, and deceived by the arts of trai
tors, I will give you three more days
to decide whether you will surrender
the pnblio urchives. At tho end of
that time, you will please let me know
your decision. Sam. Houston.
After reading, the deaf man waited
a few seconds, as if for a reply, and
then turned, and was about to leave
the hall, when Col. Morton interpos
ed, and steruly beckoned him back to
the table. Tho stranger obeyed, and
Morton wrote :
"You were bravo enough to insult
me by your threatening looks ten
minutes ago; are you brave enough
now to give mo satisfaction ?"
The stranger penned his reply "I
am at your service."
Tho Colonel wrote "Name your
second."
The stranger rejoined "I am too
generous to seek an advantage, and
too brave to fear any on the part of
others ; therefore, I need no second."
Morton then punned "What are
your terms?"
The stranger traced, without a mo
ment's hesitation "Time, sunset this
evening place, the left bank of the
Colorado, opposite Austin weapons,
rifles distance, a hundred yards. Do
not fail to bo on time."
He then took three steps across the
floor, and disappeared through the
window, as ho had entered.
"What!" exolaimed Webb; "is it
possible that you intend to light that
man ? Ho Is a mute, if not an abso
lute maniac. I fear It will tarnish
the lustre of your laurels."
"You are mistaken," replied Mor
ton, with a smile; "that mute Is a
hero whose fame stands in the records
of a dozen battles, and at least half as
many bloody duels. Besides, he is
the favorite emissary and friend of
Houston. If I have the good fortune
to kill him, I think it will tempt the
President to retract his vow against
venturing any more on the field of
honor."
"You know the man, then. Who
is he? What is his name?" asked
twenty voices together,
"Deaf Smith," answered Colonel
Morton ooolly,
"Why, no, that cannot be. Deaf
Smith was slain at the battle of San
Jacinto," said Judge Webb.
"There again your honor is mistak
en,-' said Morton. "The story of
Smith's death was a mere fiction, got
up by Houston, to save the life of his fa
vorite from the sworn vengeance of
certain Texans, on whose conduct he
had acted as a spy. I fathomed tho
artifioe, twelve months since."
"If what you say be true, you are a
madman yourself!" exolaimed Webb.
"Deaf Smith was never known to
miss his mark. He has often brought
down ravens in their most rapid
flight, and killed Comanches and
Mexicans at a distance of two hun
dred and fifty yards I"
"Say no more,1' answered Morton,
in tones of deep determination ; "the
thing is settled. I have already
agreed to meet him. There oan be no
disgrace in falling before such a shot;
and If I succeed, my triumph will
confer the greater honort
Such was the general habit of tho't
and feeling prevalent throughout
Texas, at that period.
Towards evening, a vast crowd as
sembled at the place appointed, to
witness the hostile meeting; and so
great was the popular recklessness as
to affairs of this description, that nu
merous and heavy bets were wagered
on the result.
At length the red orb of the Sum
mer sun touohed tho lurid rim of the
the western horizon, covering' it all
with crimson gold, and filling the air
with a flood of burning glory ; and
then two mortal antagonists, armed
with long, ponderous rifles, took their
station, back to back, and at a pre
concortad, signal tho waving of a
white hankerchief walked slowly
and steadily off in the opposite direc
tions, counting their steps, until they
had measured fifty. They both had
completed the given number about
the same instant, and when they
wheeled, each was to aim and fire
when he chose.
As the distance was great, both
paused for two seconds long enough
for the beholders to flash their eyeB
from one to the other, and mark the
striking contrast between them. The
face of Col. Morton was calm and
smiling; but the smile it bore had a
strong, murderous meaning. On the
contrary, the countenance of Deaf
Smith was stern and passionless as
ever. A side view of his features
might have been mistaken for a pro
file done in cast iron. The one, too,
was dressed in the richest cloth, the
other in.snioko tinted leather. But
that made no difference in Texas
then; the heirs of heroic courage
were all considered peers the class o
inferiors embracod none but cowards.
Presently two rifles exploded with
simultaneous roars. Col. Morton
gave a prodigious bound upward, and
foil to the earth a corpse! Deaf Smith
stood erect, and immediately began to
reload his rifle; and then, having
completed his brief task, strode away
to tho adjacent forest.
Threo days afterwards, Houston,
accompanied by Deaf Smith and ten
other men, appeared in Austin, and
without further opposition removed
the Stato. papers.
The hero of the foregoing anecdote
was one of the most extraordinary
men that was ever known iii the
West. He made his advent in Texas
at an early period, and continued to
Tosrd4tlJjfyo- j-nM! iiis death,.-which.
happened some years ago; but altho'
he had many warm personal frleuds,
no oiio could ever asoertain tho land
of his birth, or a single gleam of his
previous biography. When ho was
questioned on tho subject, ho laid his
fingers on his lips ; and if pressed
more urgently, his brow writhed, and
his dark eye seemed to shoot sparks
of livid fire, He could writo with
astonishing correctness and facility,
considering ais situation ; and altho'
denied the exquisite pleasure and
pricelees adrantage of the 6ense of
hearing, nalure had done much in
compensation, by eyes quick and far
seeing as an eagle's; and a smell,
keen and infallible as that of a raven.
Ho could discover objects moving
miles away in the far off prairie, when
others ould perceive nothiug but
earth ami sky ; and the rangers used
to declare he could catch the scent of
a Mexicin or an Indian at as great a
distance as a.buzzard could distinguish
the odof of a dead carcass.
It wag these qualities which fitted
him so iveli for a spy, In which capa
city he rendered Invaluable services
toSouston's army during the war of
Independence. Ho always went
alone, aid generally obtained the in
formatUn desired. His habits in pri
vate life; wore equally singular. He
could njver be pursuaded to sleep un
der the roof of a house, or even to use
atentobth. Ho was a genuine oon
of nature, a grown-up child of the
woods aid prairies, whioh he worship
ped with a sort of Pagan adoration.
ExoHded by his infirmities from
oordial fellowship with his kind, he
made )ho Inanimate things of the
earth Us friends, and entered by his
own hearts adoption, Into brother
hood with the luminaries of heaven.
Where'er there was land or water,
barren ock or tangled brakes of wild,
waving'oane, there was Deaf Smith's
home, and he was happy ; but in the
streets If great cities, in all the great
thorourhfares of men, wherever there
was fla.tery or fawning, base cunning
or cravjn fear, there w,as Deaf Smith
an aliei and an exile.
Straige soul ! he hath departed on
the lonj journey away among those
high Iright stars wbioh were hia
night limps; and he hath either solv
ed or c ased to ponder the deep mys
terie3 c the magio word, "life."
He i dead therefore, let his errors
rest In ibliviou, and his virtues be re-
i
membored wi th hope.
1
Tho jommunisthas no excuse for
existinr in this country. There are
two "fljnga, and only two things,
which iny State can do for a working
man. ft can secure to him perfect lib
erty to.work where, when and how
he pleiaes, and it can furnish him
with durts and other legal contriv
ances pr the enforcement of his con
tract. jThat is all, and when the State
fails tjdo that tho workingmau has
some grounds for complaint. In this
county ino atate does it. ot. joe
Heral
Youig ladies, while playingcroquet
in prcence of their beaux, had better
aot th
balls i
languid or feeble, and tap the
an exhausted sort of way that
'jt.wvkin iiiiiiiiij" i.,n .,.
would indicate the probability of
shortly haviug to Interview an under
taker. Many a girl has scared off a
first-class lover by hitting the balls a
whack with the mallet that almost
split them in half. No man likes to
face the possibility that oven as they
had done unto them so would they do
unto him.
Lions "With Their Families.
I had not gone far from camp, and,
most carelessly my gun was still un
loaded, when I saw -my gun-bearer,
who had my cartridges, running away
at full speed. Knowing that he must
have seen something to frighten him
so, I did not shout but went to where
he had been standing, and there not
twenty yards off, were a pair of lions ;
they were both full grown, and the
male had an immense mane. Tho lion
ess was rolling on her back, playfully
striking out at her ford and master,
with her fore-paws likoa kitten, while
he stood gravely and majestically
looking on. I stopped a moment to
watch them, though the ground was
quite open, and they must have seen
me if they had looked round, and
then I rushed off after ray Kaffir, but
when I had succeeded in getting him
they had gone. I once had the pleas
ure of, unobserved myself, watching a
lion family feeding. I was walking
out in Zululaud, toward evening ; at
about half a mile from camp I.sav a
herd of zebras galloping across, and,
when they were nearly 200 yards off,
I saw a 3'ellow body flash toward the
leader, and saw him fall beneath tho
lion's weight. There wa3 a tall tree
about sixty yards from tho place, and
I stalked up to it, while the lion was
too much occupied to look about him,
and climbed up. He had by this time
quite killed the animal, but instead of
proceeding to eat it, he got up and
roared vigorously, until there was an
answer, and in a few minutes a lion
ess, accompanied by four whelps,
came trotting up from thosamo direc
tion as the zebra, which no doubt she
had been to drive to her husband.
They formed a fino picture as they all
stood round the carcass, the whelps
"tearing and biting at It, but unable to
get through tho tough skin. Then
the lion lay down, and tho lioness,
driving her offspring before her, did
the same four or five yards off, upon
which ho got up, and, commencing to
eat, had soon finished a hind leg, re-
Ltiring.a-few-yards on. one side as soon
as he had done so. The lioness came
up next and tore the carcass to shreds,
bolting huge mouthfuls, but not ob
jecting to the whelps eating a3 much
as they could find. There was a good
deal of snarling and quarreling among
these young lions, and occasionally a
stand-up fight for a minute, but their
mother did not take auy notice of
them, except to give them a smart
blow with her paw if they got in her
way. At last one of the whelps, hav
ing probably eaten as much as it could
gorgo, began to wander about, and In
a few minutes came my way. Seeing
it so near, tho idea of catching it en
tered my head, and descending to the
lower branch, I waited till it came
underneath and dropped down over
it, seizing it with both hands; but I
had counted without my host; tho
little beast snarled and bit and tore at
my bare arms in such e fashion that!
was glad to fling it away and scuttle
up the tree again as fast ad I could out
of the way of tho enraged mother,
who was coming down at full gallop,
her tail carried out straight behfud,
and looking tho very personification
of fury. She rushed right against the
tree in her blind fury, tiud then rear
ing up, glared at mo and roared-terribly.
I might easily enough havo sent
myBpearinto her; but as there was
not tho faintest chancoofita killing
her, and it would answer no useful
purpose, I refrained and watched her
instead as she flew at her offspring
and drovo it, yelling at her rough
treatment, toward the others. There
was now left of the zebra but a few
bones, which hundreds of vultures
were oircllng round wanting to pick,
while almost an equal number hop
ped awkwardly on the ground within
fifty or sixty yards of it; and the
whole Hon family walked quietly
away, the lioness leading, and the li
on, often turning his head to see that
they were not followed, bringing up
the rear. Drummond's " Large Game
in Southern Africa.1'
"A8 a fellow-Unitarian, I f&l sorry
for the Turks," Dr. Schlieman
wrote from Salonioa; "but, as a re
specter of God's physical law, I must
own that they deserve their fate. Men
who for twenty yeara have proved
themselves tree-destroyers on princi
ple have no right to complain if the
world" rises against them." These
sentences are the text of a discourse
on the wickedness of denuding the
earth of forests, which appears in the
Popular Science Monthly.
A correspondent writing from Al
exandria says that Egypt in the pos
session of Eugland would be one of
the richest countries in tho world
The Delta would be turned into a vast
cotton-growing region, and good use
made of the fertile lands along the
Nile. Englaud has all this in mind
when alio exhibits so much enthusi
asm in protecting the Suez Canal.
The Philadelphia Ledger propounds
the question 'What ails the season ?'
but does not give us the answer. Wo
think auy man in Nebraska can an
swer the question, and would do so
about Hl$e this; Nothing ails it it
VOL. 22.-NO. 9.
r.m naam3oraa
was a.littIecold in May and June and
considerable rain has fallen, especial
ly in those months, but everything is
lovely now. The heavy rains and
cool weather destroyed four million
bushels of grasshopper eggs and three
times as many young 'hoppers, and
brought U3 the best crop of wheat,
rye, oats, and barley ever harvested
in this State ; and whilst the season
put our corn a few days later than us
ual the crop promises to be a good
one; our prairies are covered with the
most luxuriant growth of grasses that
ever grew anywhere, and our cattle,
horses, sheep, and swlue nre as fat
and sleek as moles. That is about nil
that 'alls the season' in Nebraska.
Ne&. Farmer.
A Grasshopper Remedy.
Mr. J. De Barth, writes the L03 An
geles Herald about his observation on
the effect of the leaves of the castor
bean plant, on grasshoppers, as fol
lows :
My attention was called to the ef
fects of placing a few leaves of the cas
tor oil plaut under some trees that
were being destro3'edby the grasshop
pers. So remarkable was the result,
that an actual count of tho number
killed under one tree, showed 19S
dead ones, and about 20 more in a dy
ing condition. Only a very small por
tion of tho leaves wero eaten ; and
judging from the effects of the small
portion consumed, I believe there was
sufficient material left to have killed
ten timesasmany. Tho poison works
very rapidly. As soon as tho grass
hoppor eats tho leaf he becomes stupe
fied, and when he attempts toll y, falls
on his head or back and remains pros
trate until he dies.
I propose to experiment further
with tho leaf of tho castor bean, and
obtain reliable data as to its destruc
tive powers and costs of distributing
tho leaves over an area, say of 50 acres
and publish the result of my investi
gations from time to time. From tho
resul ts already obtained, I believe a
very small load of leaves will destroy
ail the grasshoppers on a 40 aero tract.
If such Is the case, then the costs, on
a largo scale, would be trifling ; and I
believe applications of leaves would
soon exterminate thl3 pest from any
onesection. In theNorth-west, where
the castor bean flourishes well they
could plant hedges or rows of the
plaut, which would serve either as a
barrjer against tho- further march of
the grasshopper, or to furnish leaves
for general distribution, as already
suggested. Although I may bo over
sanguine, I believe we havo in the
castor bean tho means of exterminat
ing this grasshopper plague In a very
limited time, and thus restoring the
productiveness of a very large area of
our common country, and relieving
the distresses of many thousands of
our fellow beiugs.
Won't Fight the Liquor Dealers.
Several urgent appeals have 'been
mado to Francis Murphy to go to
Now York and engage in the temper
ance work in that city. To one dele
gation he replied as follows :
"I am in no hurry to go to New
York. Temperance people there be
lieve In fighting rumsellers and drink
ing men ; often by denouncing them
as murderers, thieves, or outcasts, or
by using the law against them. I un
derstand that, because of this old law
whioh has been discovered or raked
up, the liquor men who in regular
form took out their licenses, and paid
for them like honest men, supposing
them valid, are to be arrested and
fined, and raided, and, it is hoped,
closed up. Isn't that a contemptible
mean advantage to take? It seems to
me so. It won't suooeod. Why,
bless you, I believe in the gospel of
peace. I think I know a better plan
than to deal with liquor.men through
denunciation or the law. Some of
those same liquor deaierd aie the best
most genial, kindly meu God everput
on the earth. Some of our greatest
men have been drinkers. I like to
shake hands with them and talk to
them as one who has been in the same
place as they are, and has found a way
out. I like to talk to them of horae,
and wife and children, and mother,
aud of God. I like to appeal to their
manhood, character, and self-respect,
and intelligence. 'With malice to
ward none, aud charity toward all,'
is my motto. I have been all over the
country on my knees, working, I be
lieve, with God's blessing, and with
unexpected success. I won't go to
New York by the introduction of men
who ubuse rumsellers, or who want to
limit their work to the reform of men
of one particular creed. I welcome a
Catholic as much as a Methodist, a
Trinitarian as gladly as a Unitarain.
I don't want to be understood as de
sirousof quarreling with the leaders in
New York. God bless them all. I
hope they'll succeed. Every person
has a right to his own opinion, but I
should not like to feel that my co
workers, though they smiled on nie,
were secretly getting down into the
hold of tho vessel, and boring holes
into the hull."
Mr. Muphy said that since the 26th
ofNovember, there had been three
million five hundred thousand signers
to this pledge, and thus far only two
per cent ha'o violated it, while sixty
per cent, havo found God.
"When I go to New York," said
Mr. Murphy, "it will be at tho solici
tation of men who understand and ap
prove of my manner of working for
the cause, and will work with me
hand in hand. I kuow that it makes
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all the difference in the world who
introduces me, and under what baa?
nerl labor."
Don't Kill Broken-Legged Horsed.
The general Impression prevails
that a broken-legged horse is of no
use to anyone except the proprietor
of a bone yard, and onco an accident
of this character occurs to a horae,
tho invariable order is to kill it to
relieve It of Its sufferings. That thla
is a grave mistake ha3 been demon
strated in this city. About twelve
week3 ago Nellie, a seven year old
blaok Pathfinder mare, owned by Mr.
Griffith G. Williams, had her right
leg broken by the kick of another of
Mr. Williams' horses. Tho accident
occurred in tho early morning, and
when discovered the leg was found
broken half way between the fetlock
and gambred joluts. The lower part
dangling loosely showing that the
fracture of the bono was complete,
Nellie was a favorite, not only with
Mr. Williams and his family, but with
all the ladies and ohildranin the neigh
borhood, and her owner could not part
with her without a.struggle. He con-
suited with one veterinary surgeon,
and was told that it was useless to at
tempt to save the mare, and it should
be killed. Mr. Williams hesitated but
finally consulted another veterinary
surgeon who, after examining tho
fracture, expressed the belief that the
limb could be set and tho mare saved.
This pleased Mr. William9 very much
an he gavo directions to spare no pains
or expense to accomplish tho desired
result. Nellie was in splendid condi
tion, and Dr. Taylor believed that'tho
bones of a horse in good health should
knit as readily as thoso of a human be
ing. He arranged a canvas sling for
Nellie and suspended it from the ceil
ing of a box stall, so that she occasion
ally rest upon the'.three uninjured
Hmb3. Then the fractured limb wa3
set and bound with leather and hicko
ry splints, surrounded with a heavy
canvas bandage and a heave leather
boot out side of all. Nellie flourished
like a green bay tree and never missed
a meal. After three .weeks a plaster
of Paris bandage took the plaoe of the
splints and other wrapa, and in seven
weeks the doctor had Nellie walking
around the stable. Yesterday a re
porter of the Herald saw the mare in a
lot adjourning Mr. Williams' stable.
She was as lively as a crioket and as
Iay.fula.a,ktUnrn.njiig.at largo
In the lot and amusing harself, by
driving, her companion, a cow, from
her pail of feed". There wau no band
age on tho broken limb and no sign of
a fracture, except a slight enlarge
ment at thejolnt, which is decreasing
every day. The limb is exactly tho
same length"as before, and Nellie fa
vors it but little, while frolicking
about the lot. Utiea (N. Y.) IferakU
A Xouse's Stratagem.
Yesterday afternoon tho,writer wit
nessed a strange sight in the Jiecord
office. Our attention was attracted
by several lusty squeaks from the in
side of a pail almost full of water, In
to which a half grown mouse had fal
len. The alarm had hardly died
away before four or five more mice ap
peared on the scene, and began clam
bering to the top edge of the pail and
catching sight of the mouse in tho
water a squeaking confab was held.
First one mouse and then another
would cling to tho rim of tho bucket
with his hindlegs, and while almost
touching the water with his nose
squeak out either consolation or ad
vice to tho immersed ; but while all
thi3 wa3 going on the swimming pow
ers of the unfortunate mouse in tho
pail were rapidly giving out. At last
a happy thought seamed to atriko the
biggest mouse in tho crowd, ond al
most without a squeak he firmly fast
ened hi3 fore feet to the edge of tils''
pail and let his body aud tail Ifang
down. The drowning mouse saw it,
and making a last desperate effort for
life, swam to tho spot, Reiaod the tail
of his brother mouse, and amid
squeaks of delight from all the mlco
present, wa3 hauled high and dry out
of tho water and over the edge of thQ
bucket. Corrine Utah) Jiecord.
A 3Iouster .Rattlesnake.
One of the biggest reptiles in the.
waj'of ratllesnakeH, ia on, exhibition
at Orr &, Co's office on Cherokee streej
between Fifth and Sixth. It meas
ures sixteen inches in circumference
in the thickest part of the body, ia
seven feet in length, and h seventeen
years old having fourteen rattles and a
button; three years Is the timesaid to
elapse before the first button appears.
It was caught by Mr.Jno. Orr, Thurs
day afternoon, near tho Lawrence
road, on Little Stranger creek, by
placing a pole across its Imck and ty
ing its neck with a bridle rein. It
was after being brought here, placed
in a-large wooden box, where it mado
the air resound with the elatter of the
machine at the ond of its tail. It ia
what is known as the "Timber snake'
and looks long enough to knock a
common sized man down if it could
strike him with its fullest force.
Leavenxoarth Times.
A. colored preaehe4"- -!5rked,
"When God inado man, ho
set him up" iV aeuce to dry."
"Who made.. - v5o," interrupted an
eager listener - 'Put dat man out!"
oxeluimed tin; eJMed prsaehei," ih
questions m tfntM timtroy nil oV lh?
ol&gy in tho wrkf"
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