fflHS39Hr
wss,
"IWiJ,"
-tsC-
UTW-
-r
-
raKgvpjc?TTf3jaf'iW3yBBMMHMsMBB3JIBBMiaBBM3 , . - . . . . . . -. ,
THE ADVERTISES,
3?AIII2ItOTimR & HACR13RK
Publishers &Xroprletors.
THE ADVERTISER
6. W. MIKSBOTHIX.
T.C HACKEE.
E&
3f
1
v:
r
FAIRBKOTQCR & ILiCKER,
IuljllsHers ami Proprietors.
Published Every Thursday Morning
AT BHOWKVILLK, NEBRASKA.
TKIOIjv IN ADVANCE:
On"CMy, eyear- S2 00
0epr.sbWHiaM J o
totie eepr, three atentfc 3 O
vg- X jritem frmttioaMeUliW fr.
HEADING AlATTEIl 0XEVF.lt YPAGE
AITHOKIZEI) 1. Till l.S. 00YEKS3IEXT.
FIRST UiHL BMI
OF
lwi(l-wp Capital, $50,000
AitiJiortecil " 500,000
IS PKKrAREO TO TRA3J3ACT A
General Banking Business
BUY AND SKIX
. COIN & CUBEENCY BEAPTS
h all the principal ettles r Ue
United States and Snrope
MONEY LOANED
Gmfprv'lw"nrltTnry. Time drafts t
4. km4 wcl aeeCTmnMwialiCTWi Krili t epk
. IHMlenilnHOVKKXMKST MONlS,
STATE, COUNTY & CITY SECURITIES
DEPOSITS
hwe4 w ttw eerti6oO - ' tepott-
Br7FOS. Wso.T. Jn. B. X. U. 3.- A
Hw4r. Frank K. JhnM. Urter JHkf
.10IIX L. CARSON,
A..TAVISOS.OshlT. P-hilit.
J. C-Jfc" Al'O HTON. At. Cashier.
NEW RESTAURANT.
AT ALL JTOUJtS.
-COHFECTIQNERY,CAKES,NUTS,
FRESH A XT' I "HEAP.
Oysters Cooked to Order.
Rossols Old rta-Titl.
31 rs. S:ix-ali RaiKChkolIi.
fill U"GT T&BT1
Meat Market.
BODY& BEO.
JiUTCIIBBS,
BROWXYiLLE, SS3RASHA.
Good, Sweet, Presn Meat
. Always on '.Mind, an4 8UsfecUou gr
lleiiu mil customers.
T- J- 3AT
e wmt proprietor of the
and is prepared to accomodate lite
paWlc with
GOOD, FRESH, SWEET
Gentiemaulv ami aeeom modal Irk elerks
-will at all times be In atteiHlHW. "ior
patrenntfe swlk-lted. RemMber the piec
ttto oM Paseoe shop, itala-t..
jKroiCHriTTc, - Sh'cbraska.
Josepli ScliiLtz,
DKAIiKR IN
Clocks, Watches, Jewelry
f-V Keeps constantly on hand a large and well
, assorteil stock of genuine articl-s 'n L.3 Mne
jraftKfna,.rui: of flocki, atciies ana jewtiry .
dr-c on short notir. at reasonable rates, i
AT.I lr'J.'.r TT lIin.lXTED. Ah.. soX agr.t in
this local:? r r the sa. of
IiAZARUS & MORRIS'
CELEBK.TKB pekfkctkd
SPECTACLES k HE BLISSES
No. 5 Main Street,
BROWNV1LLE, NEUKASKA.
PHYTi. PEAEER,
Peace and QLiiet
cm
Hn a-rf1:
Saloon and Billiard Hall 1
THE 11E-5T OF
BRAKBIS5, WINES,
GIXS,
ALCOHOLS MDWilSKlES
IS ilaln St., opposite Sbcxman House,
BrownTillcf - - XebraxRa. j
T ETTER HEADS,
" -am BlL HEADi
Neatly printelat thltoSloft-
Ucan BB?ceiaoBTr tasser at wrt flr a than
s& anythtng efee. Opted aot rehired ; w
will start o l2per day it Iwm ade ay
theiHttotriuaK. Me, vwimh. hrsadgirla
wat5 rverrwlwre to wrk lr us. Htw r the
time, t rwtty outfit amruriu hee. AiMnTre
t Co.. JUieu., iCaiae. Uyl
ulLjiliOdillittiiuL,
ESTABLISHED 1856. i
Oldest Paper in the State. I
jrjuBSBHMnBll ft "Hi TT a a raoitu .m i-n --
miJD iium ESETIIE
inn i m t
Z.S.
THE OLIi
RELIABLE!
385,000
Singer Sewing Machines
WjLD LAST YEiJI.
Tiir r.RST is Tin: cmurEST.
Ciennlne Klnctr Sewlnc Maclilnes,
innufMUured by the Singer ilan
ufiietarineOo., with all the atUich
mnts. will hereafter IwsoW at the
following prices:
Plain mchine S38 CO
With oovpr 82 50
Drop-leaf, 2 drawers 35 60
ALL SINGER MACHINES RE
PAIRED FREE OF CHARGE.
E. 31. Tdc WILLIAMS.
RESIDENCE,
Second strevt. two doors north of
Episcopal chnrfh,
RROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA.
e&H
is i
oots 4 Shoes
S-" Main Street,
nrotrmvilfc. - ."Vcbrftska
Xj. iROir,
Jt
rtasei
OmnmentetlanU Plain.
Also Shrouds for men, ladles anl Infants.
All orders left with S. Seeman will receive
prompt attention.
4a- Bodies Preserved and Etab&lmed. .
5(; 3Iain Street. IJROWNYILLE.XEC.
THE ADVEHTISSR
i inn pk iNTIHil
DEIART3sTENT.
A fine assortment of Type. Bor-
ders. Rules, tock. &c,
for printing.
m&tR8B. TSRHfB & WEDDING
CARDS,
Colored aad Bracoi LaWfa,
STATSaCKNTS.
j LETTER & BILLHEADS
I ENVELOPES,
I Cireulars, Dodgers. Programmes,
Show Cards,
i RiaK WORK OF ALL KIXDS.
I With neatness and dispatch j
2 ..i . v TT1Y.J AjT- .
XOT SOLICITED. 1
j FAIH3S0TESB & HACS2S,
Carson Block, J
inr.owxvn.iiE, neb.
J". EL BAUEE,
Xaoafecturer and De&ler ia
- --: S
31ailicts, Srusiics, Ply Kots, &c.
C9 Krpalrlng don.- en Rhort notice. The cele
brated Vacuum Oil Blacicms. fur prt-erviag Har
neb.Kxfc,t'lices.:c..iiu.o sou hand.
4 3Iain St., Browiiviile. Xeb.
J. HAHSCHSlOIiB'S
Liinoh ft Beer
Xkir
I buy my beer
by Jake.
I don't.
Phil. Beser'g dKlataatf,
Browiiville, - lcbraslt:
1 i- -- i3fer-
DEALER IN
& A
Jf ? 2
trtsrsas&bav- rl
i iA- tris. j
- 2 ' Jirf'X.. ffEZsAJ
ft a s Sri s ;
UUU&
I.pnnc n T -.' Imp nf
3T
JSJL-
F7 ir
Ls
lt
Is Recommended by all Phy
sicians. VAIiET STSEA3I. QrEEXS co Jjosg Isi-ixd.Y
3Ir. n. B- Stevens. Esq :
Iear Sir I take the pleasnre of writing ran a
small eertlficate concerning Vcetine prepored by
yw. I have been a sufferer with Dj-speislo for
over forty years, and bftve had the Chronic Dlar
rbiw fr over sli ntoathe. and have tried mast eve
ry tains: was clven np to die. and did not expect
to live from day to day, and no pnysJcian cooki
uwch say case. Isawyonr Veseilne reconimejie
ed to care Dyspepsia. I commenced using It, and I
centtoaed dotne so. and am nowa well woman and
restored to health. All who are afflicted with this
terrible disease. I would Slndiy recommend to try
tt for the benefit of their health, and it la excellent
as a blood partner.
By Dr. T. B. Fokbes. 1LD., for
ilES. "VY3I. II. FORBES.
VEGETINE. TVhcn the blood becomes lifeless
and statrnant, either from chance or weather or
clteiaU-. want of exercise, irresniar diet, or from
any other cause, the VEOETIXK will renew the
blood, carry off the putrid humors, cleanse the
stoni&cii. regulate the bowels, and impart a tone of
vigor to the whole body.
VEGETINE
For CAXCERS and
CAXCEROUS HUMORS.
Tlie Doctor's Certificate.
READ IT.
Ashixt, "Washington Co., I1L, Jan. 11. 1STS.
Dear sir This Is to certify that I had been su fier
ine lrom Rose Cancer on my risht breast, which
Kthw very rapidly, and all my friends had given me
up to die, when I heard of your medicine, Ve;re
ttac, recommended for Cancer and Cancerous Hu
mors. I commenced to take It. and soon found be
ginning to leel better ; my health and spirits both
Mt the benign lnriuence which It exerted, and In a
lew months lrom the time I commenced the use of
the Veet!ne, the Cancer came out almost bodily.
CARRIE DeFORREST.
I certify that I am personalty acriualnted with
.Mrs. IeForrest. and consider her one of our very
beet women. Da. fi. IL FLOWERS.
Ati. Diseasss of the Blood. If Vesetlne wUl
rrtieve pain, cleanse, purify, and cure such dlseas
es. restoring the patient to perfect health after try
ing different physicians, many remedied, suffering
for vears. is it not conclnsiva proof, if you are a suf
lerer. you can be cared? Why Is this medicine per
furiBinf; such creat cures? It works In the blood,
in the etrctttetins' liuid. It can truly be called the
Great Blood Purifier. The irreat source of disease
originates in the blood ; and no medicine that does
not act directly upon It, to purify and renovate, has
any just claim upon public attention.
YEGETINE.
I Regard it as a Valua"blo
FA3IILI SIED2CI5E.
January I, lS7o.
n. R. Stevens, Esq.:
Dear S:r 1 take pleasure in saying that I have
ued th? Vecetine in my family with cood results,
and I have known of severnl cases of remarkable
cure effected by it. Iresardlt as a valuable timlly
medicine. Truly yours.
KEV. W3L SIcDONAXD.
The Rev. Wm. McDonald is well known through
the United states as amlaisterln the .M.KChurch.
Thovsakds Speak. Vecetlne Ls acknowledged
and recommended by physicians and apothecaries
n. he the test purifler and cleanser of the blood j et
discovered . andhousands speak in ! praise who
have been restored to health.
YETETIKE.
Tlie 31. U.'s Iiave It.
fR. II. R. STKVKNS :
I Hair Sir I have sold Vecettne for a long time,
and hud it gives most exceHeat stbfctw.
S. B. DR PRIEST, iL D.. DrHirztot.
Ilazieton, Ind.
VEGETINE
rREPARED BY
H.E.STEYMSIBOSTONfMASS.
Yesretine is Sold bj all Dmsirists.
SSTABIilSSSD IIS 1856.
O X X E S T
EEAL
ESTATE
A-GEISTGY
nS NEBRASKA.
William E. Hoover.
Docs a general Real Estate Easiness. Sells
Lands on Commission, examines Titles,
makes Deeds, Mortgages, and all Instru
ments pertaining to the transfer of Real Es
tate. Has a
Complete Abstract of Titles
to all Real Estate In Nemaha County.
ORGANIZED, 1S70.
AT 3R01VXYIL.17E.
CAPITAL, 100,000.
Transacts a general bit clns business, sells
Drafts on all the principal cities of the
OTITED STATES AM) EUEOPE
Of Special
depositors.
accommodations granted te
STATSCOUNTY & CIT?
SSCUSITIES,
330XIGELT LNI SOU).
OFFICERS.
W.H.McCREERY, : : President.
W.V.HACKHEi, : Vice President.
H. E. GATES, : : : : : Cashier.
DIRECTORS.
L. HOADLEV. J.C. DKrSKR.
WM. 11. IfOOVER, C. X. K-VlTFFitAN,
W.W.1UCKSEY. II- C. LHTT,
W.1I. MCCREJEKY.
SAVE -YOU SEEN
mm.
Having purchased the
ELEPHANT"
HIT' BiMU nf yCDDIOlfl
piTTj y
I i fa g g
LlfEBT JUID FEED STABLL
T wish to announce that I am prepared to
te a rs eta Hvery basinoss.
Josh IZogers,
BEOWINTTLLE, NEBBASKA,
Truly Rural.
Twas evening and the village chimes
Most musically chorae,
The gracefal cow and "warlike calf
UnanimouaU hied home.
The bleatlngsheep In chorus bloto;
The squealing piggies squolo ;
The&wf ensemble being quite
Bucolic, as a whole.
Two lovers, happy, band In hand.
Stole stilly to the stile;
The crickets cricked, the owlets owled.
Bats beat about the while.
Tire katydids in unison
Together kniydode;
The -whlpporwiUs set up their cry,
And ominously erode.
The genial skeotor hummed his hymn.
And bote his baneml bite.
She tried to say a tender pome,
But couldn't quote it quite.
And when he gope a mighty gape.
She smole a sickly smlle
There -was not (for the sake of rhyme)
A mole within a mile.
She heaved a mighty, deep-drawn sigh,
And ho in answer soughed ;
And round her taper, shrinking waist
Hid manly coat-sleeve glode.
Then while the distant curfew pool
Lugubriously pole,
She drew a pickled onion forth,
And coyly ate it whole.
m
A CHILD'S INFLUENCE,
A GOOD TE3FERAXCE SKETCH.
Her name was Phoebe Gray, and she
was only five years old. She did not
live in a handsome house, nor wear
fine clothes, nor have plenty of good
food to eat, for her father was n drun
kard, and did not take proper care of
his family.
Now Phccbe had alwavs been a
sweet child, and her tender, loving
ways had man' times kept her father
from taverns and bad company. It
seemed to him sometimes, when her
arms were about his neok, as if an an
gel were guarding him. He never
spoke crossly to Phoebe, even in his
worst fits of drunkenness, and if he
got into a rage, as he sometimes did
when his poor heart-broken wife tried
to talk with him about his bad habits,
his anger died out when the dear child
lifting her tearful eye3 and frightened
face, would say:
"Oh, father! don't, please, talk so to
mother."
Before Phoebe was born, Sir. Gray
when his drunken fits were on him,
was very cross at home, and stormed
about, sometimes, like a madman.
But after Phobe was born, these fits
were leas frequent,-and rarely -so- vio
lent as in former times.
He loved to hold her in his arms,
and would often stay at home in the
evening, after she grew to be a few
months old, just for the pleasure of
carrying her about or rocking her to
sleep in the cradle, instead of going
ofT to a public house. It was wonder
ful to see what power this little ten
der thing had over a strong man who
had become the slave of a maddening
vice.
So it had gone on until she was
five years old. But for her sweet in
fluence all would have been lost. Mrs.
Gray had no power over her husband.
If she said a word about his bad hab
its, or tried to draw him away from
them, he would get very angry, and
go off and do worse than before.
Now, long indulgence in drinking had
made his fiery thirst so strong that'
even Phoebe's iufiuence failed to keep
him away from" the publio house,
where he spent all his money, and
left his wife and child to suffer at
home for want of food and warm
clothing.
Still, love did not die in the heart of
his ohild, though she grew thin and
pale, and the shadow of a sorrow that
was very bitter lay heavily on her
young face.
Very lonely and sad were her even
ings now. Her father rarely came in
before 9 or 10 o'clock, and then he
was so stupid with liquor that her
only pleasure In seeing him was to
know that he was at home instead of
at the tavern.
Love is strong and wise. A little
girl only five years old is tender and
weak; but there may be in her heart
such a deep and unselfish love as to
make her both wise and strong.
One night a atorm came up. The
wind blew, and the rain fell heavily.
A neighboring clock struck 9 ; and as
the sound died away the wind came
with a rushing noise olong the street,
rattling the shutters and driving the
rain upon the windows.
"Oh dear!" said little Phoebe, start
ing up from the floor, where she had
been lying with her head on an old
piece of carpet. "I wish father was
at home."
And then she sat and listened to the
dreary wind and rain.
"He'll get so wet, and the wind
will blow him about."
The poor child knew how weak he
was after he had been drinking, and
she felt sure he would never be able
to stand up against the fierce wind
that was blowing. When this thought
came to her mind, fear crept into h'er
heart; and fear began to make pic
tures of dreadful things. Now she
saw in imagination, her father fall
headlong to the pavement, with no
one near to raise him up ; now she
saw him tumbling into the swollen
gutter, and the tide of water rushing
over him.
"Oh dear, mother!" she cried,
starting up and going to the window,
"he'll get drowned, he will ! I must
go for hfm.,r
"You go for him!" Mrs. Gray
might well look astonished.
"Somebody must go for him. He
will be drowned I" said Phecebe in
distress.
IHTIRSDAY, JUKE
-0h, no, dear, there's no danger of
that," answered Mrs. Gray, trying to
pacify her child. "Don't be afraid.
HeMlnotgo into the street while it
rains so hard.
"Are you sure of itmother?" asked
Phoebe.
"Yes, very sure.1'
But little Phoebe's heart would not
rest.
"I'll look out just for a little min
ute," said the child, lifting the latch.
As-she did so, a gust of wind and
rain swept into her face and almost
blinded her.
"Oh, how it rain3," she cried, shut
ting the door quickly. But she held
it close only for a moment or two.
The thought of father out in such a
storm made her open it again. And
this time she bravely faced the wind
and rain, and looked along the pave
ment as far as the next corner, where
a street lamp threw its circle of light.
"Oh, there he i3!" she exclaimed,
and. then, shutting the door behind
her, ran toward the gas lamp, against
which she thought she saw a man
standing. But it was only the shad
ows of the lamp she had seen; and
her heart sank in painful disappoint
ment. Down upon her bare head the
heavy rain fell, and the wind blew
against her so hard that she could
scarcely keep her feet.
Love for her father made her forget
herself and she stood close to the
lamp post on the corner and looked
up and down the two streets'that
crossed each other, hoping to catch
sight of her father. But no one was
to be seen. Far down one of the
streets a red light shone from a tavern
window.
"Maybe he's there," she said, and
ran toward the light. Sometimes the
wind dashed so hard in her face that
she had to stop to get her breath ; but
she kept on. At last she got to the
tavern door, pushed it open and went
In.
A sight to startle the crowd of noisy
intoxicated men was that vision of a
little child drenched with rain com
ing in so suddenly upon them. There
was no fear iu her face, but & search
ing, anxious look ran eagerly through
the group.
"Oh, futher!" leaped from her lips,
a3 oue of the company started for
wardand catching her in his arms,
ran out into the street.
Mr. Gray's mind was confused, and
his body weak from drink when
Phcaa-came in, but when ho bore - j
her forth In his arms, strange to say,
he was a sober man.
"My poor baby!" he sobbed, as a
few moments afterward he laid her In
her mother's arms, and kissing her
passionately, burst into tears. "My
poor babj-, it's the last time."
And It was the last time. What
persuasion, conscience, suffering,
shame, could not do, the love of a lit
tle child had thus wrought. Oh, love
is very strong.
Startled and touched by her sudden
appearance and disappearance in the
arms of her father, the little company
of men who had been drinking in
the bar-room went out, one after an
other, to their" houses. Said one of
them, a3 he came in full an hour ear
lier than he wa3 in the habit of doing,
and met the surprised hook of his
wife, who sat wearily sewing sewing
to make up what he spent in drink.
"Jane, I saw a sight just now that I
hope I shall never see again."
"What was it?" asked the tired
woman.
"A little thing, not so old as our
Jenny, all drenched with rain just
think what a night it is ! looking for
her father in a ginshop! It made the
tears come into my eyes when he
caught her up in his arms and ran
out with her held tightly to his bo
som. I think it must have sobered
him instantly. It sobered me, at
least. "And Jane" he added, with a
strong feeling in his tones, "this one
thing Is settled : our Jenny shall nev
er search for her father in a gin-shop,
on any night, fair or foul ! I'll stop
now, while I have a little strength
left, and take the pledge to-morrow."
And he kept his word. He stepped
out of the dangerous path in which
his feet had been going, and by God's
grace, which he prayed for, walked
henceforth in the ways of sobriety.
And so there was, joy in another
home, because of the love of the
Drinking Man's Child.
Little Classics.
Tt was along about the kalends of
May when Corlolanus went into the
hall-oloset at the head of the stairs,
and brought forth a pair of his last
summer trousers. The mailed hand
that, 'like an eagle in a dove-cote,
fluttered the Voices in Corioll,' drop
ped with a gesture of despair when he
beheld ajawnlng postern gate in the
raiment, where breach or fissure
there should have been none. To
him his true and honorable wife, the
fair Virgilla, said :
'Now the gods crown thee, Corlo
lanus, what appears to be the trouble
with you?'
'Now the gods mend these trousers,
oh my gracious silence, replied Corio
Ianus. 'See what a rent the envious
tooth of time has made.''
Virgilla dropped her teuder, beaming
eyes and drew a heavy sigh, as Ehe
turned and dived mournfully into the
r3g-bsg to hunt for a patch.
'My lord and husband,' she said,
wearily dragging up bits of red flan
nel, tufts of rsrw cotton, scraps of cal
ico, tags of carpet-rags, and finding
nothing that would match the laven
der trousers any nearer than a slab of
20, 18T8.
seal-brown empress cloth, 'I've patch
ed those trousers till my eyes and fin
gers ache at the sight of them. I
would the immortal gods would send
on Home, and to our house the one
unending blessing of eternal piece.
Coriolanu3 looked at her steadily
for a moment, but couldn't tell from
herunrlppled face whether she meant
it or not.
'And I too, thou noble sister of
Publicola,' he said, 'I too, thou moon
of Rome, for my great soul, to feel in
vulnerable, is weary of the restless
god of wore.'
Virgilla dropped her rag-bag, and
looked up at him quickly, but he nev
er smiled.
'Keno,' she said.
'Put It there,' he said, and then
they both promised they would never
behave so like mouthing paragraph-"
era again. Burlington HaiBheye.
German Wives.
The culinary art forms a part of the
education of women in Germany.
The well-to-do tradesman, like the
mechanic, takes pride in seeing his
daughters good house-keepers. To ef
fect this object the girl, on leaving
school, which she does when about
fourteen years of age, goes through
the ceremony of confirmation, and
then is placed by her parents with a
country gentleman, or in a large fam
ily, where she remains one or two
years, filling what may also be term
ed the post of servant, or doing the
work of one. This is looked upon as
an apprenticeship in domestic econo
my. She differs from a servant how
ever, In this she receives no wages ;
on the contrary her parents often pay
for the care taken of her, as well as for
her clothing. This is the first step in
her education as housekeeper. She
nex.t passes, on the same conditions,
into the kitchen of a rich private fam
ily, or into that of a hotel of good re
pute. Here she has control of the ex
penditures of the servants employed
in it, and assists personally in the
cooking, but is always addressed as
Miss, and is treated by the family
with deference and consideration.
Many daughters of rich families re
ceive similar training, with this dif
ference, however, that they receive it
in a princely mansion or a royal pal
ace. There is a reigning Queen in
Germany at the present time who
was educated in this way. Conse-
- trneTTtTythe"W6ni?n"lh Germany "are
perfect models of economy. Ex.
Virtue of Tomato Learcs.
A statementcomes from South Amer
ica that a singular property of tomato
leaves had been discovered by a fruit
grower. Having out down some to
mato vines, he used them as a mulch
around his peach trees. He soon dis
covered that the curoullo, which was
destroying his fruit, had abandoned
the trees surrounded by the tomato
vines. Following up thi3 accidental
discovery, he found the free use of to
mato vines proved a perfect protection
not only against the curculio, but
against other noxious insects. He
found also, by steeping in water some
fresh leaves of the tomato, and sprin
kling the infusion upon the plants,
the innumerable insects which cover
ed them were driven away.
Some gardeners have tried the above
remedy, some by accident and others
by intention, and their success was
remarkable. One gentleman had all
his apple trees ravaged by the curcul
io until last year, when he secured a
splendid crop. He knows of no cause
for his exemption from the curculio
except the tomato plants that were
grown for the first time among hi3
trees. Exchange.
Anything the flatter 1
When the parent went into the par
lor to look for his newspaper, be oame
suddenly upon hi3 daughter and her
young man with their faces so tight
ly glued to each other that they didn't
notioehis entry.
"Ahem!" he observed.
The twain started, and came to light
with faces that bora every appearance
of having just been drawn out of a fur
nace. "Anything the matter?" grimly
asked the old gentleman.
"I think we must have fainted,"
said she, in a whisper.
"Humph ! What made you faint?"
he enquired, suspiciously.
This was such a poser that she sank
back exhausted, leaving her compan
ion to carry them safely forth. With
an awful wrench at his faculties he
gulped out
"I think there must b poison in
the wall paper!"
Theold gentleman collapsed. Dan
bury News.
Wasp and Spider.-
A correspondent In Nature men
tions an entomological collection of
the English vice-consul at Athens, In
which a wasp rmd a spider are pre
served in a drawer together, because
of their peculiar relations. It seems
that the spider is the habitual prey of
the wasp, which hunts its victims by
scent, after the manner of a hound.
The specimens caputred were actual
ly taken during a chase in which the
spider was pursued for some time in
the rooms of the collector's house.
"The spider, as soon as he found him
self marked down, showed the great
est terror, running hither and thith
er, with many doubles and turns. The
wasp a long, thia bodied variety
VOL. 22 NO. 52.
followed accurately, turn by -turn,
never quitting the spider's track for
an instant, recovering when at fault,
like n dog, until, after an exciting
chase, he seized hi3 exhausted prey,
and the keenly interested human ob
server secured both pursuer and vic
tim." 33
A Dark Xeaf In the Criminal History
of Yinrinia.
Among, the numerous moss grown
old tombstones in the grave-yard of
Williamsburg, Va., Is one which bears
the following inscription :
Sacred to the memory of
Sarah Semphill,
Who died at the age of twenty-five,
slain, with her two infant daugh
ters, by her own husband.
She wa3 fair to look upon , pure as snow
and beloved by all who knew her.
Divine Providence alone knows why
she had to perish so miserably.
This epitaph, some of the words of
which are hardly legible any longer,
is the only record left of one of the
mo3t terrible domestic tragedies that
over took place in the Old Dominion.
It was In 1795 that John Semphill,
a young man who said he was from
Santa Cruz, in the West Indies, ar
rived at Williamsburg, and settled
there as a tobacco planter. He had
plenty of money, and was able to pur
chase about one thousand acres of the
finest soil within a short distance of
theold town.
Being appsrently a gentleman in
every sense of the word, Mr. Semp
hill was admitted to the best society
in hl3 new home, and a year later he
was married, to Sarah Jones, a beauti
ful heiress, the wedding festivities
being celebrated with extraordinary
pomp and splendor. In course of
time two daughters were born to the
young.peopie, and everybody predict
ed a long career of cloudless happiness
for them.
Alas! how terribly these bright an
ticipations were to be disappointed.
It was on Christmas eve, in 1S01, that
a strange looking man, in a sort of
military uniform, appeared at the
house of Mr. Sempbili, who was in
Richmond at the time. Mrs. Semp
hill received the stranger In the par
lor. 'Do you speak French, madam! he
said to her in verj' broken English.
She replied in the affirmative.
fThen, madam,"" please send your
nurse girls with the children out of
the room.'
She did so, and looked interrogatlve-13-
at her visitor. The latter hesitated
a moment, then he said in tones of
deep emotion :
Poor lady, I have terrible tidings
for you.'
Heavens,' she cried, turning very
pale. 'My husband'
'Your husband is an infamous vil
Ilan.' 'Sir!' she exclaimed, Indignantly.
'He has basely deceived you. He is
an escaped galley slave, a thief and a
murderer.'
She uttered a heart-rending scream.
'Do you tell me the truth?' she
gasped.
'He is a Spanish thief, and was sent
to the galleys of Barcelona for life.
He made his escape from thence, and
tied to Cuba, where he robbed and
murdered a rich planter. I am here
to take him to Cuba, where the scaf
fold surely awaits him.
The afllicted lady had become
strangely calm.
'Sir,' she seid to the stranger, "be
fore you arrest him, will you permit
me to hold a private interview with
with'
His true name la Juan CeSzio. If!
you will let me remain in the adjoin
ing room until he returns from Rich
mond, where he has gone, I under
stand, you may see him privately.'
I expeot him back every moment.'
Half an hour later, Cefirlo, aikm
Semphill, made bis appearance. Hie
wife briefly told him everything. He
flew into a terrible rage.
He shot her through the-heert, and
rushed out of the room to the nurse
ry, where he stabbed his two little
daughters.
The next moment the Cuban officer,
who had rushed after him, grappled
with him, and succeeded, after a des
perate struggle, In shackling him.
The news of the horrible tragedy
spread like wildfire through the old
town, and in less than twenty min
utes a large concourse of people had
gathered in front of Semphill aifew
Cefirio's house.
Vociferous threats to lynch the mur
derer were made, and the deputy
sheriffs, who were promptly on hand
to arrest him bad the utmost difficul
ty in taking him to jail, when he was
chained to the floor, having threat
ened to commit suicide.
The villain was hung on the seven
teenth of May, 1508.
Precautions against insects of all
kinds should be adopted early in the
season, becauso when they nreaMowed
to be developed to maturity they prop-
f agate eggs in such abundance that it is
almost Impossible to keep them un
der. The destruction of one early
moth laa far better preventive than
killing a hundred caterpillars.
'My dear,' said an- affectionate wife
to her husband a3 she looked out of the
window, 'did you notice how green
and beautiful the grass looks on the
neighboring hills?' 'Well was the
tmpoetlc response, 'what other cetor
would you have it at tbia time of rhe
year?
AJrHItTISlK KilEBi?.
icfaaccoadtogtcfa. per jm.
. SO
, IN
Omm tech, jr Mdnth-
:K&ckMMmB2lIaeb. Mr , M
oafhaobL'fqaent.'aaeracB.Hftc.
JS All tnmsieatJMlirf ttwmiUMiwl he pafci,
ferix advaaee.
OFFICIAL P APER'.OF TJiKC;tfU2f TH
21arrlaf e of a TYomaa td a "Woman.
Maranoy Hughes was married in
September last to a person who was.
known ae Samuel M. Pollard. Her
relatives opposed the match, and she
eloped and was married without their
knowledge, and a short time after
their marriage Pollard confessed to
her that she was a woman ; that she
had trouble with her relatives in the
East ; had lost bar property and as
sumed the disguise of a man for the.
reason that avenues for making-money
would be open to har la that char
acter which would be closed to her as
a woman. Pollard has never given
her any particular reason for doing
her this great wrong, but it is believed
to have been aotuated by a foolish
pride in appearing in the character of
a married man. Tho victim was
ashamed to acknowledge thatshe had
been so imposed upou, and shrunk
from admitting the trqth. Pellard,
without actually threatening her lifet
repeatedly intimated that It would be
bad for her if she exposed her, sad so
she kept quiet until a fortnight ago,
when her aunt got an intimation of
the fast, and questioned her closely,
and she related to her the whole story.
The victim says that the woman's real
name is Sarah M. Pollard, and that
her trunk is filled with feminine ap
parel. A complaint was filed yester
day by J. C. Hoverton, aceusrag Pol
lard with perjury In swearing when ho
took out the marriage license that he
was a male. Twcarora (2$mjyTtms-
A Particular Scrrant.
This is the last story that emanates
from the kitehen. Our servants have
now for some years past beeorae our
mistresses, and we groan In eiavery
beneath their sway, but submit as a
matter of course to what is inevitable.
A lady spent the best part of last
week in a registry ofiloe in London.
She was in want of a eook. She had
to endure the usual sharp cross-examinations,
snubbiag3 and fault-findings,
altheugh the wages she offered
were ample and the work moderate.
She was nearly In despair, when at
last some one took pity on her and
kindly condescended to accept the va
cant situation of kitchen superinten
dent. And what was tho cause of this
gracious behavior? It w&s not the
handsome wages, sot the perquisites,
not the number ef underlings she was
to reign over, nor even the alleged
abeenee of black beetles ia the base
ment. It was because the lady's res
idence stood upon a terrace. Says
mistress eook: "I have refused six
hexellent sKlvattose booatwe the
'street' and 'place' sound so 'orrid vul
gar for one's haddress. Bet torrace'
atop of my letters will look quite bar
ietocratie." London Letter.
She Saw.
A tacky sort of boy stood in frent of
a house en Sprout street yesterday for
a quarter of an hour, gently rubbing'
his sore heel against the fenoe-pick-ets
and thinking deeply; but there
was & well-counterfeited look of alarm
on his faee ae-hle vigorous pull at the
bell got the woman of the hoth-s to the
door.
"What fcj k?" she aakmft m sho
looked this way ami tbaSaad da need
around.
"Pulldown your windra boit yes
doors yard all full ef Ifoas ! be re
plied, ae he skipped lor the gats.
She uttered a little soreem aad dis
appeared, and for half an hour that
house was as tightly dosed me a post
ofilce box on tbe upper tier. Then
the woman cattttoaeiy pet her head
out, gazed around, grew bolder, and
finally appeared in the front yard.
She looked about her, her efaia teesab
ling a little, but by degrees a peculiar
look stole orr her face.
"Yes um I see!" she snapped, as
she turned to go ia. "The boy saw
those tirger-iiiies and played a game oa
me. Um I see!"
She aever thonghi ef uandettone.
What te sailed The Duth way
with rata," fe this :
A number of rats are felt fcst!hem
selvee in ayery large trap or eagp,
with no food whatever. Their eravincr
hunger will cause them to light, and
the weakest will be eaten by tbe strong
est. After a short tiaio the figbt is
renewed, and the nest weakest fc the
victim, and ao it goes on till one
strong rat is left. When this one ha-
eaten the last remains of tbe others it
is let loess. The aiaa has bow ac
quired sueh a taste for rat flesh that
he ia the terror of all rat does, goinir
about seeking what rat be aaay de
vour. In an incredibly short time
tbe premises are abandoned by anoth
er rats, whieh wiil not come back be
fore the cannibal rat. has left or died.
An agrieukural paper gives several
directions "How to tell a good eg$r.TT
They are not altogether sotisfeotory,
however. The quick &i aad surest
way to tell a good egg ia to place it in
one hand aad mash it with the other.
If an odor arises that leads you to be
lieve ibat a bone beMiag establishment
and Limburger cheese iaotory bave
teleseoped, the egg is not good, and
you want to-throw it away, aad wash
your hands. This method sever
fails.
Whea a young man la Patagonia
waat3 0 wife he rides out aad iesooes
one. Our bitisno eontrtirtraMnyw ''
I tawt, i thje sowmteir & JMr yrty
does ta ssarrag.
