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L,i vte stock:
RROWyVlLLE. XXBRASKA.
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V ' ban die -oar Steele.
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L'TOM WORK -wide to order, sad fits al aye
.rr.reii. Bepainae -eatly asd promptly &.
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J W. GIBSON,
1IACKS2IITH AXO IIOItSE SHOKU.
"Work dime to rTT xi
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D. MARSH.
TAILOE,
KROWTIJLE,
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and Making, done to
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; nap Brian rtfi astieaa,
uttJnc. or Catti
Tder on short
price-, Tfcar iimi tea
warrant Bwtinfcetion
Shop in Alei. Robinson' old stand
TACDB
MAROHN,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
and dealer in
FiEpEarfisk.Fiew. Seatca a4 Faacy Clatbs,
Yestt!. !., Etc.
BroivnvIIle. BTebrasKa.
TOaEPH SCHUTZ,
DJLK IX
CIgcks, Watches, Jewelry
. No. Main Street,
I1ROWXVILJ-E, NEBRASKA.
Keem eoa Cantl-r on haad a buxe aad weii
SMirtedatnrk of petmin articles in bis line
tKanncr onioctx. Watcfaes aad Jewelry
done on short souce, at nsaovaable rates.
tX WORK TTARRA2CTJCD.
J. 32. . 3EIa-vviiiis,
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ONSORIAL ARTIST,
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1st door west First .National Bask,
SSroicurUlCj - Scbrasla.
Shavlnc. Phampooinc, Hair Cutting, Ac.,
d-jue In the hlhe-t style of the art.
YuUIt PATRONAGE SOLICITED.
IX JiJiOWXTILLB TUB
. LAST WEEK OF JSACIl
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BUOIVXVILLE, XEBRASICA,
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mactilnp repairs of any tlnJ, or any ma
culae, or anj- attachment, needle, oil; or If
you -want a nev macllnc, or a new cabinet
not on an old machine, or a rebuilt machine.
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vou will save front 25 1. t( per cent by calling
oa or sendinc to B. G. 1VIIITTIORE,
Brown vilie. eb.
-Tvr - The Vhstor. Floreaee. I ew Davis.
Jl 5 W. A W. Needles, ic. per dozen,
alt others 5c, per do. Assorted nnmbers
sent post paid to any address. Every needle
warranted ot the best quality.
D, B, CO-LHAPP,
Manc&etcrer of
59 Main Street,
Brovnvillc, A'ebrasUa.
Orders From neighboring Towns
Sol foiled.
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SNIDER & TvTEHGHT,
PROPRIETOHS.
This nooe Is now eoadeeted in first-class
stvle. Ire rooms for COMSIERCLAIi
TR VEEBS, BilUard parlor and reading
room ooaneeted with the boteJ. The people
of oothern Nebraska are solicited to try
' Metropolitan, when vteitinc Uncoin.
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03TE BOOK WJT OF COBP.T HOUSE.
TTJAGOy 3IAKS"G, Repairing,
VV Phiwa. aad all -week dose in the best
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Wsrm nea- served mt all boars. Pies al
Ckeft RMMle daily, JMi a rail Mae of CocJec
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Good, S-Kreet, -Tresli Zaeai
Always on hand, and satisfaction guar
antied to all customers.
B.P.SOTJDEE.
Catactarr ad Dealer ia
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HARNESS
SADDLES, WHIPS,
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COlJuARS, BRIBl-ES,
ZIXK PAS. BRUSHES, BLAiKETS.
Hobes, &c.
BRGlTrTTIL,.3, XERRASKA.
FnU stock ready made poods constantly on haad
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Having purchased the
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UVEBT AMD FEED STABLES
I wfsh to agnannec that I am prepared to
do a first ol-- Kvety besinea;.
Jos7i Boacm,
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Keeps a fall line at
coNSTrrY as saxb.
5G 3fain Street. BROTnfYILLP..XEB.
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IPeace and Quiet
Saloon and Billiard Hall!
THE BEST OF
Brandies, Wines, Gins, Alcohols
xci "Wliislvies.
Xo. 9 Iai-t Street, Opposite Sherman
House, Bro-wnville, IVebraska.
Ar . V. Walsh,
FliilSTERI
JBroviii-illc, Nebraska.
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The Gold Bays.
TTts fiW,
AimI ea!r RO?d days
Are dreaming In the skies.
With umber Ilht toe for woods Maze,
Tbeshadtess eeralaads wearallstless blaze,
The river level as the don mead lies;
Her spell Enchantment lays
OnsMDamerlnghUls bright bays
Lo-m; ocean ways
Oaall.
Tiscalni
Before the end;
In nat-reas la life,
Tls bripfet at eveatlde. I Tread
My way t-reegh wood. wheregoMand crlm-
soableod,
Tbroegh corrhlers -where endless pomps ex
tend; I sigh to think aovr soon the strife
Of plpln -winds shall rend
Each leaf, and end
The efasrm.
(ME WOMAN'S TEEAOKEEY.
A Story of a Whisper.
"When the sun sets, to-morrow, Le
at the stile, by he cross-road."
The people were pouring out of St.
Jame's Church ; the chief church of
the large town of Richborough. The
organist was playing some sad, fitful
chords, something from the Messiah ;
land undervoover of their melting
I sweetness, the audacious whisperer, a
; young and handsome man, had bent
I forward to make this appointment.
The two young ladies, to one of
i whom he had spoken, were walking
down the aisle side by side. Dorothy
Sfariia fnr whnm flip tvhlcnpr trss
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undoubtedly intended, glanced up a
mute look of assent through her gold
en curls. But it chanced that the
other lady heard it too, for her ears
were subtle, and a dark clood drifted
over the sunshine of her face ; her lit
tle hand clenched itself spasmodical
ly under the rioh lace of her shawl.
She fell back a step, and glanced
coldly into the gentleman's face. He
was holding his hat in his gloved
hand, and he bowed ceremoniously as
his eyes met hers. At least, as cere
moniously as one can bow, coming
ou; of church.
"Good morning, tli&s Lawrence,"
he sid, distantly ; and just then they
emerged from the aisle to the vesti-
l bule. Miss Lawrence held out a tiny
bend, which he could not do other
wise than take.
He released it immediately, not
L.aK-, .t ..i ...XreveaKe?. Qur forefathers uedjxhe-laijsier
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4.-7w 4CTfcX-r UAUU W i- U-tl LU
was not to oe so re
pulsed. It fluttered to his arm, and
rested there, just one finger being on
the coat cuff.
"There is such a throng," murmur
ed the Idy in au entreating tone of
apology; and people never mind
where they pat their feet. I am sure
my flounces will be in rags.
Mr. Hastings perhaps anathematiz
ed first the crowd and next the per-i-hable
tlounees :. but what could he
do, save take the girl under his wing?
Dorothy looked back and saw him
coming down the steps with the beau
tiful heiress hanging on his arm in
that frighened, appealing, clinging
manner, which she knewso well how
to put on. But Dorthy only smiled
and nodded brightly: she felt per
fectly secure in the love of Dean Has
tings, after that sweet whisper.
Eaeh of these three people, when
once in the open air, went their way
homeward in the mellow and bright
October sqnshine. -Out not before
Miss Lawrence had detained Dean
Hastings for a chat.
"Are you particularly engaged this
afternoon, Mr. Hastings?"
"Yes, I am. I am going out of
town at once to see a sick friend, and
shall not be beck before nine o'clock."
"Nine o'clock ?" she repeated, mus
ingly, "Well, that will be time
enough. Papa wishes to see you, if
you can call."
"But I oh. very well broke ofTMr.
Hastings. "Tell him, if you please
that I will endeavor to come."
Within the shade of her own cham
ber, Annabella Lawrence threw off
her hat, and grasped at the lace col
lar around her throat as If it were
choking her. She paced up and
down ; then, pausing before the pier
glass, she bent forward and looked at
herself long and earnestly. Her dark
hair was silky, her black eyes flashed
fire.
"Youth and beauty will work won
ders for their possessor. But what
have they done for me? They can
not win for me the love I need ; the
love he gives that pale, spiritless
working-girl. Ah! it makes me sick
to think of her! I Jmow he cares for
her and does ho think I do not see
ttfat he cares not for me? It is her
fault. But for her, he would turn to
me and love me. Oh, Dean, Dean, I
love yon I Why do you not see it ?
or do you see it, and yet will not re
spond to it?"
She threw her arms up with a pas
sionate gesture of sorrow ; and then
bent her head on her hands in pain.
"If I find if I find," she resumed,
lifting her pale face, 4,that he cares
for her seriously that he neglects me
for her, I swear that both shall suffer
he as well as she. I swear it !"
Anything more vindictive than the
tone of her emphatic words, than the
expression of her pale face, was
never seen or heard. BellaLawrence
was not a girl to be crossed lightly."
Her face, sufficiently beautiful when
she was at restorin her tender moods,
wa3 half diabolical now. Her great,
dark eyes flashed fiercely, a hot flush
burned on her soft, round, olive
cheeks, and through her full,"red lips
her sharp-pointed, white teeth gleam
ed craftily. It was no fable that in
her school-days she had been niek-
named "the Cat," and that her com-
nauions had iriven her full credit for
all a cat's spiteful nature when ang
ered. She and Dorothy Stevens had
been educated at the same school : the
one was a rich heiress, the other was
to be only a governess. Dora was In
a family now, and Mis3 Lawrence
condescended to speak to her now and
then when they met.
Bella walked to the window, and
stood looking thoughtfully out. What
a lovely scene it was ! The house
'stood on the outskirts of the town ;
hill and vale lay stretched out before
her, and waving woodlands tinted
with autumn's unrivalled colors.
Along the line of the river, spires and
clustered chimneys marked the site
of her father's factories mile-stones
on the road to wealth. "It is all
mine," she murmured. "It will be
mine in time, and I would give it all
to him with this," lifting her hand.
"I would give it to him, and he rejects
it."
Yes: if Miss Lawrence could read
signs, Dean Hastings would reject
her band were it offered him. But
she was not sure ; not quite. Again
her quick mood changed. The flush
died out of her cheek, and tears
crowded into her proud, dark eyes.
"Dean, Dean, I would give you the
tenderest, truest Iovea woman ever
proffered. Oh, why do you despise
it?"
And yet, who was Dean Hastings ?
Nobody. He wa3 a gentleman by
birth, it's true, but he had no means
save what be earned as one of the
chief clerks in this very factory that
of Lawrence s Lawrence. His cous
in was a baronet in an adjoining
county ; and Dean was in the best so
ciety that Richborough afforded.
"So absurd, so incongruous," tho't
Bella, "for him to notice that stupid
governess! Who's that?" she rather
sharply cried out as a tap was heard
at the door. "Oh, what do you want,
Pauline?"
The lunch waited. So Miss Law
rence went down with finger on her
lip. Her mind was hard at work.
Do you think the father of all wick
edness is in league with such of his
children as would forward his evil de
signs on earth? Does he make the
way smooth for them when they
abandon themselves to the working
out their fierce passions of hatred and
Ilievein these alliances of earth and
the devil ; and we are at times fain to
believe that if the devil be not in
league against us, the good angel who
we love to think watches over us is at
times far off very, very far.
The clock was striking nine that
night when Dean Hastings was shown
in. Bella received him in a small fa
vorite apartment that she often sat
in and liked best. The fittings were
of pink silk and laee, the ornaments
scattered about it were rarely beauti
ful. Mr. Lawrence was out. For that
little command of her father's trans
mitted to Dean in the morning, had
been an invented fable of her own.
She held out her hand to him, and
bade him take a chair near her. His
handsome eyes were fixed deferenti
ally on her face as he obeyed ; but
there was no warmth in them: there
was not one shadow of tenderness to
wards her in his manner. Bella's
heart grew faint and her lips cold ;
but still she hoped against hope; she
would not give-upall without a strug
gle. This night should decide the un
certainty; leave her to happiness or
to despair.
The interview lasted half an hour;
and what passed between them was
never known. Probably, in her des
peration, Annabella Lawrence let
him gather unmistakably that her
love waa his and she did love him
with all the terrible passion of her
fierce nature; and he on his side may
have allowed her to see that he could
not accept It. He may even have
hinted to her that his true affections
were given to Miss Stevens, the poor
girl-governess, so unjustifiably de
spised by the great heiress. Any
way, when Dean Hastings quitted the
rich merchant's house that night Bel
la knew that her hopes of happiness
were over, that despair had set in.
She resolved to live henceforth only
for revenge.
Annabella had seen a good deal of
Mr. Hastings. It cannot be denied
that he paid her some attention ; that
he met her advances if not half way,
at least a part of it. But he never
cast a thought to anything serious ;
that great heiress, his master's daugh
ter, was not for him to aspire to ; and
it was only lately, when he began to
detect somewhat of her true feelings
for him, that he had drawn in, and
become cold to her with a purpose.
Between that time and this, he had
met Dorothy Stevens, and learnt to
love her. And now, in her bitter
heart, Miss Lawrence was striving to
hate him as much as she had loved
him. She believed he had deliberate
ly played her false; and, as Shaks
peare tells us, Hell has no fury like a
woman scorned.
But she did him injustice there.
Mr. Hastiugs had never felt love for
her, or sought to make her think he
did. Of an extremely modest, un-self-asserting
nature, good-looking
though he was, he had deemed that
Miss Lawrence had but flirted .with
hini, amused herself with him, just as
she did with a host of other young
men ; and so the misapprehension
had gone, and was bringing trouble
in its train.
Her hair pushed back, her heart
beating with all its tumultuous and
varied passions, Bella sat on after Mr.
I Hastings left. The loud opening and j
f closing of the street door, 3nd a swift
! footstep on the stairs aroused her. It
was her cousin who entered, one
Richard Lawrence, a young man of
niue-and-twenty, who lived with
them. He had a small share in the
business, and he hoped, by dint of
playing his cards well, to succeed to it
after Mr. Lawrence.
Mr. -Richard also hoped to succeed
to something else Miss Lawrence.
He did not love her ; but he did love
her money, for the ruling passion of
his heart was avarice. If he loved
one person more than another, in was
pretty Dora Stevens ; her golden hair
land sweet blue eyes were wont to
haunt him as he sat in the counting
house over his account-books. But
he said nothing to her, and meant
nothing; a poor governess could nev
er be the wife for him ; he wanted
one endowed with the mines of Gol
conda. He and his cousin Bella under
stood oua-another. That is, she un
derstood him. She saw that he want
ed her for his wife on account of her
money ; she knew how abject (with
this aim in view), a skive he was to
her, how be bent before all her whim3
and caprices, and that she could turn
him round her little finger. On his
part, he suspected her fancy for Dean
Hastings r fancy, he thought it, noth
ing moreibut he was outrageously
jealous of that, and there were mo
ments whan he wished he could see
that gentleman hanging on the near
est tree ; ay, and could have helped to
hang him.
Richard Lawrence did not love Mr.
Hastings on his. own score. He was
a little West Indian fellow, with a
dark face and ungenial manner;
whereas Hastings was one of the best
looking of men, and charmed every
body ; the result being that while the
lone was courted in society, the other
often found the cold shoulder turned
upon him. And thus Riehard Law
rence was prime for any little bit of
by-piay against Hastings that might
be proposed to him. Not that he ex
pected any such proposal ; nothing
could be farther from his thoughts. It
came, nevertheless.
"Why what is the matter, Anna
bella ?"
It was the face of his eoo-ia that
called forth he exclamation. B-lla
passed her soft cambric handkerchief
hto
w
"Itlmoat wretched Hastings, ite
has beeniere insulting uae."
"What!" cried Richard, angrily
rising.
And Miss Bella Lawrence entered
upon a graphic tale. Some little truth
there was in It, but the greater por
tion was the concoction of her own
fertile brain. Hastings had dared to
talk of love to her, she hinted, while
he bad unconsciously betrayed that
he was playing fast and loose with
Dora Stevens villain that he was.
And there wus nothing for it but his
being sent instantly out of Richbor
ough. "Instantly!" exclaimed Richard,
lifting his head. "But, Bella, I don't
think he cau be spared.''
"As you please, Dick. I do care for
him a little and perhaps you' know
that I do. Let him remain here, and
I won't answer for what may happen..
Some fine uiorning you and papa may
find he has run away with me. He
is audacious enough for that, or any
thing else ; and women like audacity
in men,yoa-know."
Richard Lawrence knitted his
brows.
"As to that governess girl, be no
doubt fully intends to kidnap her,
whether or not ; she's nobody ; pro
vided he can keep the kuowledgs of
it from me. Wives don't oare to bear
these things, you see. I have some
times thought you liked the girl a i.t
tie bit, yourself, Riehard."
"She's a nice, pleasant little girl
enough," said Riehard. "Honest as
the day, and worthy."
"And friendless," added Bella, with
quite a display of benevolent feeling.
"Well, Riehard, for her sake you
should banish him."
"Let me think It out," said Rich
ard. "I hardly see how it is to be
done. Your father leaves a great deal
of control to me, but he does not leave
it af all. And and how long is he
to go for?"
"For good,' answered Bella, pas
sionately. "As I cannot have him
she shall not," she added to herself;
and her face for the moment wore the
fierceness of a tiger's. "Why cau't
you send him out to your cotton plan
tations in the Barbadoes, Richard !"
"Because because I don't know
why. It has never been thought of,
Bella; he has been too useful where
he is."
"Has anyone gone out to take the
place of the chief clerk there, who
died?"
"Not yet. Proctor is partly prom
ised it."
Their eyes met. Proctor was the
chief clerk immediately under Hast-
ings ; why not substitute the one for
for the other? It was the question
that Richard was reading in her fix
ed look.
" "J would ; jJT d be glad to be rid of
the fellow," said Richard, answering
the gaze. - "But these appointments
do not Ke with me. Your father has
always made them. Hush ! here he
comes."
Mr. Lawrence cams In slowly. In
walking across the room t an easy
chair, Bella saw that he limped.
"Are you not well, papa ?
"Anything but that, I am afraid
my dear. I am in for a fit of the gout
asain. unless I am creathr mistaken.
My foot has given me twinges all day ;
and now I can hardly bear it. Re-
member Richard ; if I do get laid up,
you must not bother me as you did
, last time, bringing all sorts of trifles to
me you must act for yourself. You
are as capable as I am."
A faint sound of exultation, sup
pressed instantly, broke from Bella's
lips. This threatened illness, this ex
tension of power to Richard, seemed
to be happening on purpose.
urely the devil did appear to be in
i league with these good people! For
with the morning Mr. Lawrence was
plunged deep into an agonizing fit of
the gout, could not leave his bed, and
his servants were running all over
Richborough for the most able physi
cians. "Is that you, Mr.Hastings? Come
here."
The speaker was Richard Lawrence.
He sac in the post of honor, in the
counting house ; and Dean, as h en
tered, in obedience to the mandate,
saw it with some surprise ; for that
place belonged only to the head and
chief.
"Yon are a little lata this morning."
"lam; it is a quarter past nine.',
replied Dean, good-humoredly.
"Truth is, I got an Important letter
from an old college chum, and waited
to answer it."
Ay ; one generally gets hindered at
the wrong moment," observed Rich
ard with a pleasant smile. "I want
you to get off to the station and take
the ten o'clock train for Liverpool."
"Are you joking, Lawrence ?"
"Not a bit of it. There's something
wrong about the cargo of cotton just
in, and you must go down to see
about it. I snouid have gone myself
but for the governor's illness. He ia
in for a fit of the gout again, and I
must stay here to take his place."
Dean's face wore a blank look. "I
wish I had known of this before."
"No doubt. I knew nothing about
it til! the letters got in this morning.
The governor'ordered me not to both
er him with trifles, but I thought he
ought to know something about this.
"As you can't go yourself, seid he,
'you must send Hastings down. Let
him be off by the first train.' So you
have no time to lose, yeu see.
Yes, his Satanic Majesty was certain
ly at work ; for it was a positive fact
that this news about the cargo of oot
ton was no fabie, and that somebody
had tojjft to Liverpool. Apcr fntn
any soheming, that somebody wouidthold' aTTti commenced amanceevre to
probably have been Dean Hastings.
"When the sun sets be at the stile
by the cross road."
It was this remembered sentence
which was troubling his mind. Dora
would go to the trystius: place this
evening, and go in vain.
Legitimate
communication between herself and
him was difficult at times ; but now
he had no time to plan for or risk it.
He glanced at the clock hanging over
the desk. 2w ; there was just time
for him to dash home to his lodgings,
tumble a few things into a portman
teau, and dash up to the station.
"Well, I suppose I must be off,
then." What are my instructions?"
lI am writing them down for
you."
Perhaps the word "writing" inspir
ed Denn with an idea ; or, perhaps it
was the little delay. Seizing paper
and pen, he began a note to Dora.
Then be hesitated, wondering how
he should get it conveyed to her. His
head seemed in a whirl an unusual
thing. Richard was writing fast, and
the noise worried him. Scratch !
scrateh ! Tick ! tick ! How that
horrid clock hurried the minutes
away. If he could only stop It. If he
could only put out bis hand and stop
those bits of steel which wer-e whirl
ing his time away so fast. If he could
only stop time itself. But bo! Then
another idea struck him ; and he
wrote rapidly and fastened up the
note.
"Here," said Richard, handing him
a folded paper, with some money.
"Good luck to you, Hastings and don't
lose more time."
Richard seemed so gracious at that
moment, that Dean was wondering
whether he might not trust him with
the note's delivery the idea which
had been floating with uncertainty
through bis mind. He looked at him
then glanced at the note, and looked
again.
"Can I do anythiag for yeu ?" ask
ed Riehard, blandly.
'Well, you can Lawrence. I think I
can trust you ; though I am truly
sorry to give you tha trouble. You
know the Calloways well aad Doro
thy Stevens the governess ; if you'd
not mind calling there and putting
this into her hand privately. I should
be truly obliged."
"Alfright," said Richard, holding
out his hand for the note.
"But you must let her have it be
fore five o'elok this afternoon ; that's
indispensable."
Richard Lawrence nodded as he slip
ped the note into his pocket. And
Dean Hastings made airspeed for the
train.
"Tell Mr.- Lawrence how sorry I
am that be is ill," he waited to say.
"I hope he will soon be up again."
As to Richard, he found a minute
to run to Miss Lawrence to report
progress ; and he showed her the
note.
" I'll undertake that," said Bella.
"Give it to me."
ICcmchnled next tesekJ
"Why," asked Plato o Socrates, as
they languidly rose from thesyaapos-l
ium and walked up the Appinn way,
"why is a lazy dog like a shefet of pa
per?" Socrates tboug-htfuily rubbed
his ear and said, "Seems to me I've
j heard that before somewhere." "Well
, old anthropos, guess it, iUe rezpotidii
quickly. Socrates madeseveral futile
attempts, turning the pun on the
words"taIe," "write," "canis," etc,
when Plato became impatient and
told him, "Because it's a slow pup."
"Yes," said Soc "I've heard it before
but I don't tumble to it now, some
way. How's a sheet of paper a slow
pup ?" Plato smiled and remarked,
"You'd better swap off that old pank
in head of yours ; a sheet of psperis
an inkiined plane, isn't it? and an
inclined plane fa a slope up, perhaps
you see!" Then they walked slowly
to the Eeller, and Socrates remarked
in a pensive tone "Swei !" Graphic.
2-KOXAUT KILLED.
ills Balloon Implodes 300 Poet in the
Air.
From the Abingdon (Va.) Standard.
Glade Springs, in this county, was
on Monday thronged from ail parts of
the surrounding country to witness
the balloon ascension. According to
announcement, the traveling show of
Prof. H. Huffman made Its appear
ance and prepared for exhibition.
The large iron furnace was put to
work, and the balloon hoisted over it
by means of two poles on either side,
forty feet high. The balloon was in
flated by means of wood and kerosene
ail, with a small quantity of gasoline
added. When it was filled as usual,
Mr. Hainur, the seronaut, was in
formed, but he said, "I want more
gas this time." Two pints more of
oil were put In, and when exhausted,
the damper to the furnace was shut
down. Then be jumped into his po
sition, and like an arrow the great air
ship shot upward, carrying its human
freight dangling at its end. It had
ascended some three hundred feet,
and while the actor was performing
on a horizontal bar, hanging by his
feet with his head down, waving his
handkerehief to the nervous audi
ence below, tbepatehed and dilapida
ted 'canvas split from bottom to top
with a report that was heard miles
away. No sooner had the gas escaped
than the balloon collapsed and Game
shooting down as swiftly as it had
darted up. The aeronaut saw his sit
uation, and quick as lightning turned
himself np and regained his hand-
dofkre a teiesraoh wire and cost to
ward which he was falling. This he
seeeded in doing, striking the
ground with terrible force, which
bounced him np, to be caught and
pressed down by the balloon. AH
tnJa wafi the work of a raoment. The
crowd was literally paralyzed, women
siekeniag and fainting, and men una
ble, in their horror, to move. The
companions of the unfortunate man
stood riveted to the ground, aad not
en til some citiaeBs undertook to move
the canvas, did they stir. The man
was found to be alive and conscious,
bet dreadfully bruised sb1 mangled.
He was through it all calm and cool,
and described his feelings, as, de
scending, he saw and felt death star
ing him ia the face. He wa3 taken to
the hotel, wher both Mr. and Mrs.
Thompson did all in their power to
relieve his saSeriug?. With all the
aid nothing eottid be accomplished,
and at 11:30 o'clock p. ru. be paid the !
penalty of death for his recklessness.
His name is Frank Hainur, from
Warren. Ohio. Hfe father, we hear,
has been for yeaas a book-keeper for
Packard & Barn urn, hardware merch
ants at that place.
The 3aarac Lying Club's meetings
are reported in the Austin (Nev.)
BeveiUe. The members are very able
liars, according to what we read about
them. One of th-em stood up in a re
cent meeting and said : -'The tele
graph company are now using the
quadruples system over the Virginia
and Salt Lake circuit, by means of
which four messages may be sent
simultaneously over a single wire.
The increased strain on the wire is
not visible here in Austin, but I was
out at Dry Creek yesterday, and in
that vicinity the wire was just hum
ming itself, aad groaning and strain
ing, and dropping wordsoff in chunks.
I examined the wire, and found a
knot in it, and came to the conclusion
that a quadruplex message had stuck
at that point. I tried to straighten
the wire out, bet a seetion of an ac
count of a battle between the Turks
and the Russians stmek me on the
ear and knocked me down, and I con
eluded that it was not advhe&ie to fool
with the thing."
The English language has been con
siderably abused within recent times,
not by youthful poets and occasional
correspondents aloue, but by scholars
and men of letters. Among its many
faults of omission aad commission
this poor unfortunate language is ac
cused of having no personal pronoun
of common gender. People are con
stantly making grammatical blunders
ia consequence. For example, "Ev
er v pMgr a entering IM3 car
must show their ticket." It i3 awk
ward to say his or her ticket. Years
ago it appears that some linguistic
genius suggested that "am" be used
for the common gender. A Western
literary club, ia discussing the ques
tion, presented the following exam
pies :
No member of the school can see-
seed wltheut s give thought to the!aml lay oct the Beropwn campaign
lessens.
Evacv
pgouer u entering this
car Esust show em's ticket,
If yon wish any one of the clerks at
the efflce, ask for um at the office.
Perhaps "um" is a3 good a word a!
any other. If any person is dissatls
fied with the language as it now standi
we should recommend nm to adopMU
Jnier Ocean.
THE IUTER EEPTILB
A Boat Load of People Upset by titS
Gigantic 3Ionster.
Special to the Gtobe-Beaecrat.
Nbw Madrid, September 18. Thrf
river monster which has been seen a!
so many differeatpoints above berlj
creating great consternation and de
vouring horses and cattle thatswini
the river, has undoubtedly reached
this neighborhood, and there is con
siderable excitement over its arrival.
This iaorniug, about S o'clock, while
the ferry-boat, which odntained two
wagoas and three horsemen, wai
crossing to the eastern shore, and
while in the middle of the river;
there wa a violent shaking of the
boat, the movement being so sudden,
that one man wHo was seated on the
gunwale was thrown into the water
but, grasping the side of the boot, wai
drawn in with no further damage
than a thorough drenching: The
first sh' k was tremulous, like th3
motion of an earthquake, but the
second lifted the boat clear from th
water and almost capsised it, the
horses retaining a standing position
with the utmost difficulty. The wa
ter was agitated aa if by a whirlpool;
the waves breaking up two feet high
and washing clear across the boat
from prow to stern. Almost at the
same instant the occupants saw, forty
feet away, an immense object cutting
through the water with irresfetabla
force. This was undoubtedly thd
pelican-beaked head of the enormou3
monster, the violent rocking of thd
boat being caused by the met ion o
histail. The leviathan thraw a stream
of water ten feet high, making a
noise that was plainly heard on shore.
After this the monster disappeared
beneath the water. This le the ac
count given by those in the boat.
Though almost scared out of theif
wits, tbey managed to row to shore,
returning to this side. When tbfe
story was related, it created a great
sensation among the inhabitants of
the village, aad fifty or a iwndfed
men wenf down flie friver fo catch. If
poasfbie. a sight of the gigantic rep
tile. There is considers ble excite
ment oa the subject, and it is proba
bie an expedition will be organized
here to watch the river and kill the
monster. Besides the ferrymen, tbera
were five persona on the boat, as fol
lows: W. Ferris and wife, Geerg
Smith, B. W. Wiiliama aad Henry
Hoffmeyer. The latter is traveling
agent for a well-known St. Louis
firm, and the others are people well
known here for their veracity.
The Latest Texas Snk Sterf .
In one of the windows in froat W
Wixon & Fordeck's drug store tbera
is a glass jar filled with alcofetoi aad
containing the head of a raittesaeket
Gripped tightly in 'the jaw of thtf
snake is a piece of cloth. The his
tory of the saake and the cloth is as
follows: A short time ago a tssn wbtf
wee hunting horses in the hills Mnf-'
per Reese river was attacked by a rat
tlesnake, which sprang- from tha
ITOUIh! nrf f,o-r) t &n-j la M..S
f -- ..-.v,.. (auo1 a vr
sleeve of hi- coat. He took out big
knife and cut out the doth from his
sleeve where the snake had fastened
itself, and then killed the saake and
out off its bead, which, with the
cloth still in its mouth, he presented
to Dr. Wixoo.
Frank Wells, of Prairie Star, gava
us a little item on Monday, which
will help to shew the profit ia hog
raising. Thirteen months ago be
boeght a show, for whieh he paid the
som of $12.80. Since thai time he baa
sold the progeny of that sow at regu
lar market rates, araoaatiag toSSSLiQ,
and has 17 pigs ten weeks oW left,
valued at $3.60 each, and fer tows
worth $10 each, making a total value
of $153.00. Expenses i nee r red, stacs
original outlay, almost nothing. Who
say3 bog's won't pay? Tkoptr Otrt
Sentinel.
&
Speaking about 'reviving the issemi
of the war, the New York Tribmm
says: 'The resu-eitHtJoe of Genera.
MeCIellaa has already projected tb
spirit of Abraham Liacol into the eae
vass, and the campaign orators are
huatiag up the okl speeches whieh
were nsed to fire the RepebHeaat heart
in &i, nhen these two rae stood eat
as the incarnations of the eoRte-mlfog
principles whieh were thea locked ia
a life or death struggle.'
There are two men ia the Uattetj
!?.
rjm
who can lav their heads oa.
tbeir hearts and say tbey have read
Stanley Matthews' speech. Ctee m
them is Stanley Matthews, aad t'h
other is the ioag-seflfering proof-reader.
Globe-Democrat,
A Western lawyer who was defend
ing a rnsa on trial for wife marder,
sought for some eupenaocs phrase with
which to describe his dieat's crime,
and finallly 3aid, 'He winnowed her
mto Paradise with a fence-raH,
- a
COmO Rea MR zlt. AD a emr!ia.aK
and tell almost everything tbat J ,&
ooetrr Ik the faiure, exeept wfette
tbeir nest dioaerte to eosae fsera.
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