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-" WT5P: ff -V " s sFW v '"SHSc " 'i1 rt THE ADVERTISER THE ADVERTISES "fl!Tr.TJtnfflEOT3!ir. ""T.CirACEEK. Publishers &. Proprietors . G. W. FAIEBKOTIIXK- T. C HACKEE. FAIUEROT5IER &. EEACK.ER, Publishers anil Proprietors. ADVBH.T1SING KATBS. Onotecii.oo year . Published Every Thursday Morning at browtv"ii.i.x, Nebraska. .JltW- EackrcnseoaJtaic inch. pr year- 5 00 1 CO 50 One Inch, par aoatli fiash addWonal tech. per icsnto. TEIOIS IN ADVANCE : Od copy, one year yne copy. 'i months 50 All transteat a4vertfee6eat&TnnMit h mm . -. - thra mill f hf i ii 51 . . - - : ferta advauce. a?T j o paper s.-n t lrom the officenntllpaid for. . -. . mm-rt-n AVTrTPVPiCT UiAli.V ..i. --- - -,,., rrr i ill :v 11 1 . r.ii. 11.1 r. w ijiL a. a. &.. authoeized by the i. s. G0TEHS3IEXT. I n&llbRiiLiillRli OF BROT7 rPTOL.XuE. Taidr-up Capital, $50,000 Authorized " 500,000 IS PEEPAREDTO TRANSACT A General Banking Business BUY A1CD SELL OOIff & CURRENCY DEATTS oti all the principal cities er the United States and Enrope MONEY LOANED OTiopTednirKvonly. Ttwelrnsent ,..1 iilpecltcemnMiUtloiinnilltoleplt-r- iUerin QOVERNJCKNT MOWnS. STATE, COUNTY & CITY SECURITIES DEPOSITS Itewlved payable on ?ront. and INTEREST al lowed on uniecerUacalesr tpoeit. WKKfTORP. Wm.T.I-n, B. M. Bailey. 3T.A Handler. Frank E. JobMSoa. Luther Headtey Wm. Kfaibr. ,10HN L. CAIiSOX, A R DAVIS.OaaMer. President. J. C.McXAUGHTOX. AwUOaahtar. 77 jiii HEALS A?fD LtJIVOEI AT ALL JIOUKS. COHFECTIOHERY.CAKES.NUTS, FRE.n A NH CHEAP. 1IE.1jS .V.ZF2.1 CTS. Oysters Cooked to Order. "Rossols Oltl l.2ii. Mrs. Sarali Rmiclikolb. JACOB MAROHX, MERCHANT TAILOE, and dealer in FineKnsliHh,FifiH-li. sfatck aad r'awj Cloths. NetiiiN. Kto, Ktc. Bro.vi:iiic. RTclrasUa. FSAHZ ESLMER, f ABOH &lA0KSM!THH0P ONE DOOR WEST OF COURT HOUSE. W&.GfOrr afAKTSTG, Repairing, riows, and all work doneiu the beet manner and on short uottce. Satisfaction cuaran eed. G-.vehimacall rn-ly. ilTI BBUIB JU llJl2!JliJJJlJ Xvleai Market. BODY & BRO. - JiUTCIIERS, BROYTXViXX'E, XEOR.4SHA. Good, Sweet, Eresli Meat Always oh hd. and satisfaction gwir nini(Uo all eusUXMors. T. -A.. ZB-A.TIE3: Is now proprietor of the c ,1 iTir i QiT lin-p Q lLjiuoaiinai u nnd Is prepiirod to sccomodnte the pablic with GOOD, FRESH, SWEET Gentlemanly and accommodating clerks tvIU at all times be in attendance. Your patronace solicited. Remember the place the old Pascoe shop, Malu-sU, JSroiviivillc - .Tt'cbraska. J. RATJSCHElOIiB'S Limcli Si Beer I buy my beer by Jake. I don't. PhiL Deaser's old stand. Brownville, - Nebraska- u mm can make money taster at work for us than 1 can miKe mane) ! " .... ... at anything else Capital not required; we will start you. ftCper daytborae mM ny .anted everywhere So wrk far ns. .New Is tne Xirne. Lxvwiy oaiat u terms tree, -lum c c Co., Augasta, ilalae. Slyl L ESTABLISHED 1S56. i Oldest Paper in the State. J ESTABLISHED TN 1856. O X.X EST ESTA.TE1 A-G-EOSTCir EST 3VEBBASKA. Wiiliasn H8 Hoover. Does a general Heal Estate Business. Sells Lands on Commission, examines Titles, makes Deeds, Mortgages, and all Instru ments pertaining to tne transfer of Real Es tate. Has a Complete Abstract of Titles to all Real Estate In Nemaha County. ISHM, it? f2n iSSI 5Mf& I a i pa jJw- 4&m&- m 'fc. DEALER IN Boots A Shoes S5 aiain Street, JBroivHvillc, - .Vcbriska "k B!CS S& fi 7T.S C3 ?B a a c en ?- b ? '&' I&j TS lir Kecrv a " t.neol qiiDiii PKK ft rCRFT Ornamented and Plain. Also Shrouds for ineu. ladies and infants. All orders left with S. Socman will receive prompt attention. XS3- Bodies Pre&erved and Embalmed. 5G Jlahi Street, BltOTrXVILLE, JTEB. r i THE ADVERTISES. i ftp niTiyp ! JOB tHlil ! Iflb DEPARTMENT. A 4 vfe Ljfr vm jt Af 1vnA Tt.A, L IIHCUSBVttlllVlti U .,ltf' tiers. Utiles, block. & c. 8 for printing. eO&iNE88,M!ING WEDDING j CAPxDS, Colored and Bronzed Labels, STATEMENTS. LETTEK & BILLHEADS ENVELOPES, J Cirealars.Dodsers.rresramBies, i Sliow Cards, I r.LAXK 1V0HK OF ALL KISDS. I j With neatness and dispatch )nmanBBn t I Cheap ou Ixfekiok "Work XOT SOLICITED. ?IS3aOTESS t HACHEH, j Carson Block, BKOWXYILLE, KEB. Josepli Sclmtz, DEALER IN Clocks, Watches, Jewelry 5L Keeps constantly on liand alarpeand well 5 as"rted stocS of Kennine articles iu his line jjTb Kepairine of Clocks. Watches and Jewelry XiX li-OliK- TTJjyjATEZ;. Also sole acent in , this localltv far the sale of EAZARTJS & MORRIS' CEI.EBKATED rEUFECTED SPECTACLES 6 EIE GLASSES No. 59 Main Street, BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA. BRCTFIYIE,r.E Ferry and Transfer COMIP.AJSrS'. Having a -first class Steam Ferry, and owning and controlins the Transfer line from BROWIVYIEXE TO JP2IEE,PS, we are prepared to render entire satisfaction the transfer of Freight and Passengers. "We ran a regular line ot to all trains. Al orders left at the Transfer Com pany'soQicc will rtfCelve prompt attention. J. BosfieltZ, Gen. Supt. VEOETINE I will try Vegetine, He did, AND "WAS CtfRSD. Deli, wake, O., Feb. 16, 1S77. 3Ik.ILII.Btevexs: Dear Sir. I wish to give you this testimony, that you mav know, and let others know, what Vege tine has done forme. About two years ago a small sore came on my leg: ltsoonbecamoa large nicer, bo troublesome tbatlconsnlted the doctor.Dnt Igot no feller, growing worse from day to day. I suff ered terribly; I could not rest day ornigut; I was so reduced my friends thought I would never re cover: I consulted a doctor at Columhos. I fol lowed his advice; It did no good. Icantrnlysayl was discourazed. At this time I was looking over iny newspaper; I saw youradvertisement of Veg etine, Uie-GreatBloodPQrifier"forcleansing the blood from all impurities, curing Humors, Clcers, &jc I said to my family, I whl try some of the Vegetine. Beforel had used the firstbottlel be gan to feel better. I made up my mind I had got the right medicine at last. I could now sleep well nights. I continued taking the Vegetine. I took thirteen bottles. My health is good. The ulcer is gone, and I am able to attend to business. J paid about four hundred dollars for medicine and doc tors before I bought the Vegedne. I have recom mended Vegetine to others with good success. I always keep a bottle or It In the house now. It la a most excellent medicine. Very respectfully yours J?. ANTHONI. Mr Antbonl Is one of the p'oneen of Delaware, O. lie is n wealthy gentleman, of the firm of F. Anthoni fe Sons. Mr. Anthoni is extensively known, especially among the Germans. lie Is well known ia Cincinnati. He is respected by all. Impure Blood. In morbid conditions of the blood are many diseases: &ach as salt-rheum ring worm, bolls, carbuncles, sores, ulcers and pimples, in this condition or the blood try the Vegetine, and cure these affections. Asa blood purifier it lias no equal. Its effects ore wonderful. yegetine: Cured Her. Dorchester, Mass., June 11. Dr. Stevens: Dear bir. I feel it mv duty to say one word in re gard to the great benefit I have received from the use of one or the greatest wonders or the world ; it is yotir Vegetine. I have been one or the greatest sufferers for the last eight years that ever could be living. J do blncerely thank my God and your Vegetine for the relief I have got. The SheumatUm hus pained me to such an extent, that my feet broke out In eores. For the last three years I have not been able to walk . now I can walk and sleep, finrt fin mv ir-nrb- fit tcoll fw pi'pr T did. nn'l T must jay I owelt all to your blood purifier, Vegetine. MAEGEUV WELLS. Vegetine. The great success of the Vegetinens a cleanser and purifier of the blood is shown be yond a doubt by thesreat numbers whohave taken it. and received immediate relief, with such re markable cures. VEGETINE Is better than any UIEUICIKE. IlESDER?os.Ky., Dec, 1ST7. I hnve used H.E. Stevens' Vegetine. and like it better than any medicine I have used for purifying the blood. One bottle of Vt-getine accomplished more good than all other medicines I have taken. TUOa. LYNE, Henderson, Ky. Vegetine Is composed of Boots, Bari.s, nnd Herbs. It Is very pleasant to take: every child likes it. VEGETINE Recommended by M. B.'s. H It. Stevens : Dear Sir. I have sold Vegetine for a long time, and and it gives tuot excellent satisfaction. A. B. DE FIEST.M. D. Hazlecon,Ind. VEGETINE PBEPAEED BY H. E. STEVENS, BOSTON, MASS. Tejretine is Sold Jy all Brnists. ORGANIZED, 1S70. mil MMmU AT SROWXYILLE. CAPITAL, 5100,000. Transacts a Koncralbn j Klncbtisiness, Fells Draltson all the principal cities of the UNITED STATES AOT EUEOPE CS" Special accommodations granted te depositors. STATS, COUHTY &; CITY SECUBITIES, BOUGHT AND SOLD. OFFICERS. W.H.HcCREERY, : : President. W.W.HACKNEr, : Vice President. H. E. GATES, : : : : : Cashier. DIRECTORS. L. HOADLEY. J. C. DEUSEK. AVM H. HOOVER, V. iT. KAUFFilAN, SV."V. HACKNEY. H. C. LETT, W.H.MCCREERY. D. B. COLHAPP, Manufacturer of 59 Alain Street, Brcnvnviflc, JVebrasUa. Orders From Neighboring Towns Solicited. CENTENNIAL PATENT UJijaiflBii oubul lOP A PERFECT SUNSHADE AND STOMm JPJZOXECTOJt. PBICE, $& to $12. For sale by IB. IP. SOTTIDIEIR, Deale'ln TTA TllfESS, SADDLES. Collars, "Whips, Hashes, Ply Nets, Etc. B110W2TV-ILLE, NEBRASKA. Fill SIGABS n B SAW M ! "ur 8Q vkkBKiIK BEOWNYILLE, KEBEASKA, STOET OF A EOBBEE. OB IetiIiIlg, from Business. What the colonel's bnBlness waB nobody knew, nor did anybody care particularly. He purchased for cash only, and he never grumbled at the price of anything he wanted ; who oould ask more than that? Curious people occasionally wonder ed how, when it had been fully two years sinoe the Colonel, with every one else, abandoned Dutch Creek to the Chinese, he managed to spend money freely and lose considerable at cards and horse races. In fact, the keeper of that one of the two Chal lenge Hill saloons which the colonel did not patronize, was once heard to absent-mindedly wonder whether the colonel hadn't a money mill some where, where he turned out double eagles and "slugs" (the coast name for fifty-dollar gold pieces.) When so important a personage as a bar-keeper indulged publicly in an idea, the inhabitants of Challenge Hill, like good Californians every where, considered themselves In duty bound to give it grave consideration, so for a few days certain industrious professional "gentlemen, who won money of the colonel, carefully weighed some of the brightest pieces and tested them with acids, and tast ed them, and sawed them in two, and retired them, and melted them up and had the lumps assayed. This result was a complete vindica tion of the oolonel, and a loss of con siderable custom to the indiscreet bar keeper. The colonel was as good natured a man as had ever been known at Chal lenge Hill, but being mortal, the col onel had his occasional times of des pondency, and one of them occurred after a series of races in which he had staked his all on his own bay mare Tipsie, and had lost. Looking reproachfully at his be loved animal he failed to feel the ach ing void of his pockets, and drinking deeply and swearing eloquently and glaring defiautly at all mankind, were equally unproductive of coin. The boys at the saloon sympathiz ed most feelingly with the colonel ; they were unceasing in their invita tions to drink, and they even exhibit ed considerable Christian forbearance, when the colonel savagely dissented with every one who advanced any proposition, no matter how incontrn vertiDie. But unappreciated sympathy grows decidedly tiresome to the giver, and it was with a feeling of relief that the boys saw the colonel stride out of the saloon, mount Tipsie, and gallop furi ously awaj'. Riding on horseback has always been considered an excellent sort of exercise, and fast riding is universal ly admitted to be one of the most healthful and delightful means of ex hilaration in the world. But when a mau is jso absorbed in his exercise that he will not stop to speak to a friend, when his exhilara tion is so complete that he turns his eyes from well-meaning thumbs pointing significantly into doorways through which a man has often pass ed while seeking bracing influences, it was but natural that, people should express such wonder. The colonel was well known at Toddy Flat, Come Hand, Blazers, Murderer's Bur, and several other lit tle villages through which he passed. As no one had been seen to precede him, betting men were soon offering odds that the colonel was running away from somebody. Strictly speaking, they were wrong, but they won all the money that had been staked against them, for within half an hour's time there passed over the same road an anxious-looking in dividual, who reined up in front of the principal saloon of each place, and asked if the colonel had passed. Had the gallant colonel known that he was followed, aud-by whom, there would have been an extra election held at the place very shortly after for the pursuer was the constable of Challenge Hill, and forconstables and all officers of the law the colonel possessed hatred of unspeakable in tensity. On galloped the colonel, following the stage road, which threaded the old mining camps in Duck Creek ; but suddenly he turned abruptly out of the road and urged his horse through the young pines and bushes, which grew thickly by the road, while the constabje galloped rapidly to the next camp. There seemed to be no path through the thicket into which the colonel had turned, but Tipsie walked be tween the trees and shrub3 as if they were the familiar objects of her own stable yard. Suddenly a voice from the bushes shouted : "What's up?" "Business that's what," replied the colonel. "It'sirne,' replied the voice, and its owner a bearded six-footer emerged from the bushes, and stroked Tipsie's nose with freedom of an old acquaintance. "We ain't had a nip since last night, and there ain't a oracker or a handful of flour in the shanty. The old gal go back on yer?" "Yes," replied the colonel ruefully, "lost every blasted race. 'Twasn't her fault bless her she done her lev el best. Everybody to home?" "You bet,'' said the man. "All beeen prayin' for yer to turn up with THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1878. the rocks, anT somsthin' with more color than spring water. Come on." The man led the way and Tipsie and the emonel followed, and the trio suddenly found themselves before a small log hut, but in front of which sat three solemn, disconsolate indi viduals, who looked appeallngly to the colonel. "Mao '11 tell you how 'twas, fel lers," said the colonel, meekly," while I picket the mare." The colonel was absent but a very few moments, but when he returned each of the four was attired in pistols and knife, while Mao was distribut ing some dominoes, made from a rathsr dirty flour bag. "'Tain't bo late ez all that, Is it?" inquired the colonel. ""Better tiB an hour ahead than miss it this 'ere night," said one of the four. "I ain't been eo thirsty since I come round the Horn In '50, an' we run short of water. Somebody Ml get hurt if ther' ain't no bitters on the old concern they will, or my name ain't Perkins." "Don't count your ohickens before thoy're hatched, Perky," said one of the party, as he adjusted the domino under the rim of his hat. "S'posin' ther' shud be too many for us?" "Btlddy, stiddy, Cranks!" remon strated the colonel. "Nobody ever gets along ef they 'low 'emselves to beskeered." "Faot," chimed in the smallest and thinnest man in the party. "The Bible says something mighty hot 'bout that. I disremember exactly how it goes; but I've heerd 'Parson Buzzy, down in Maine, preach a rip pin' old sermon many a time. The old man never thort what a comfort them sermons wusagoin'to be toaroad agent, though. That time we stop ped Slim Mike's stage he didn't hev no more manners than to draw on me, them sermons was a perfect bless ing to me the thought of 'em clear ed my head as quick as a cocktail. An'" "I dpn't want to dispute Logroller's pions strain," interrupted thecolonel; "batez it's Old Blaok that's a driv ing to-day intead of Slim Mike, an' ezOId Black allers makes his time, hedn't we better vamose ?' The door of the shanty was hastily closed, and the men filed through the thicket until near the road, when they marched rapidly on in parallel lines with it. After about half an hour, Perkins, who was leading, halt ed, and wiped his nerspiratiner hrow with Ills snirt sleeve. "Fur enough from home, now," he said, "'Tain't no use bein'a gentle man ef yer have ter work too hard." "Safe enough, I reckon," replied thecolonel. "We'll do the usual ; I'll halt them, Logrolier 'tend to the driv er, Cranks takes the boot, an' Mao an' Peik takes right and left. An' I know it's tough but considerin, how everlasting eternally hard up we are, I reckon we'll hev to ask contribu tions from the ladies, too, ef thar's any aboard eh, boys?" "Reckon eo," replied Logrolier, 'with a chuckle that seemed to inspire even his black domino with a merry wrbkleorlwo. "What'r the Ube of wouen's rights ef they don't hev a cbaice of exercisin' 'em? Hevin' thdr purses borrowed would show 'err the hull doctrine in a bran new light." "Come, come, boys," Interposed the colonel, "thar's the crack of Old Black's whip! Pick yer bushes quick! All jump when I whistle!" Each man aeoreted himself near the roadside. The stage came swinging along handsomely; the inside were laughing heartily about something, nnd Old Black was just giving a deli cate touch to the flank of the off lead er, when the colonel gave a shrill, quick whistle, and five men sprang into the road. The horses stopped as suddenly as if it were a matter of common occur rence. Old Black dropped the reins, crossed hi3 legs and stared into the sky, and the passengers all put out their heads with a rapidity equalled only by that which they withdrew them, as they saw the dominoes and and revolvers of the road agents. "Seems to be something the matter, gentlemen," said the colonel, bland ly, as he opened the door. "Won't you please get out? Don't trouble yourself to draw, 'cos my friend here is got his weapon cocked, and his fin gers is ratherervous. Aiu't got a handkerchief, hev yer?" asked he of the first passenger who descended from the stage. "Hev? Well, now," that's lucky. Just put your hands behind you, please so that's it." And the unfortunate mau was secure ly bound in an instant. The remaining passengers were treated with like courtesy, and the colonel and his friends examined the pockets of the captives. Old Black remained uumolested, for who ever heard of a stage driver having mon ey? VBoys." said the colonel, calling his brother agents aside and compar ing receipts, "'tain't much of a haul ; but there's only one woman, an' 9he's old enough to be a feller's grandmoth er. Better let her alone, eh ?" "Like enough she'll pan out more than all the rest of the stage put to gether," growled Cranks, carefully testing the thickness of the case of a gold watch. "Jest like the low-lived deceitfulness of some folks to hire an old woman to carry their money, bo it'd go safer. Mebbe what she's got ain't nothing to some folks thet's got bosses, thet kin win 'em money at races' but" The colonel abruptly ended the conversation and aproached the stage. He WE3 very chivalrous, but Cranka sarcastic reference to Tipsie needed avenpinir. and us hf nnnld nnfc nnn- 8istently with business arrangements put an end to Cranks, the old lady would have to suffer. "Beg your pardin, ma'am," said the colonel, raising his hat politely with one hand while he opened the door with the other, "but we're tak ing up a collection for some deserving object. We wuz agoin' to make the gentlemen fork the whole amount, but ez they hain't got enough, we'll hev to bother you." The old lady trembled, felt for her pocket-book, raised her veil. The colonel looked into her face, slammed the stage door, and sitting on tho hub of one of the wheels, stared vacantly into space. "Nothin'?" queried Perkins in n whisper, and with a face full of gen uine sympathy. "No yes," said the colonel, dream ily. "That is, untie 'em and let the stage go ahead," he continued , spring ing to his feet. "I'll hurry back to the cabin." And the colonel dashed into the bushes and left his followers so para lyzed with astonishment that Old Black afterwards remarked that "ef ther'd been anybody to the bosses be could hev cleaned the hull crowd with his whip." The passengers, now relieved of their weapons, were unbound, allow ed to enter the stage, and the door wa3 slammed ; upon which Old Black picked up his reins a3 coolly as if be had lain them down at a station while the horses were being changed; then he cracked his whip and the stage rolled off, while the colonel's party hastened back to their hut, fondly inspecting as they went certain flasks they had obtained while trans acting their business with the occu pants of the stage. Great was the surprise of the road agents as they entered their hut, for there stood the colonel in a clean white shirt, and a suit of clothing made from the limited spare ward robes of the other members of the gang. But the suspicious Cranks speedily subordinated his wonder to his pru dence as, laying on the table a watch, two pistols, a pocket-book and a heavy purse, he exclaimed : "Come, Colonel, business before pleasure ; let's devide and scatter. Ef anybody should hear about it, and find our trail, and ketoh the trap3 in our possession, they might " "Divide yerselves!" said thecolo nel, with abruptness and a great oath. "I don't want none of it." "Colonel!" said Perkins, removing his own domino, and looking anxious ly into the leader's face, "be you sick? Here is some bully brandy which I found in one of the passen ger's pockets." "I hain't nothin'," replied the col onel with averted eyes. "I'm goin,' and I'm retirin from this business for ever." "Ain't a goin' to turn evideuce?" cried Cranks, grasping the pistol on the table. "I'm a-goin' to make a lead mine of you ef you don't take that buck!" roared the colonel, with a bound which caused Cranks to drop the pis tol and retire precipitately, apologiz ing as he went. "I'm going to 'tend to my own business, and that is enough to keep any man bizzy. Somebody lend me fifty dollars 'till I see them agin." Perkins pressed the money into the colonel's hand, and within two min utes the colonel was on Tipsie's back, and galloped on in the direction the stage had taken. He overtook it, he passed it, and still he galloped on. The people at Mud Gulch knew the colonel well, and made it a rule never to be astonished at anything he did ; but they made an exception to this rule when the colonel canvassed the principle bar rooms for men who wish ed to purchase a horse; and when a gambler who was flush obtained Tip3ie for twenty slugs only one ( thousand dollars, when the colonel had always said that there wasn't gold enough on top of ground to buy her Mud Gulch experienced a decid ed sensation. One or two enterprising persons speedily discovered that the colonel was not in a communicative mood ; so every one retired to his favorite sa loon to bet according to his own opin ion of the colonel's motived and ac tions. But when the colonel, after remain ing in the barber shop for half an hour emerged with his face clean shaved and hair neatly trimmed and parted, betting was to wild that a cool headed sporting man speedily made a fortune by betting agaiust ev ery theory that was advanced. Then the colonel made a tour of the stores uud fitted himself' with a new suit of clothes, carefully eschewing all of the generous patterns and pro nonced colors so dear to average mi ner. He bought a new hat and put on a pair of boots, and pruned his finger-nails, and, stranger than all he mildly declined all invitations to drink. As the colonel stood in the door of the principal saloon, where the stage always stopped, the Challenge Hill constable was seen to approach the colonel, and tap him on the shoulder, upon which all men, who bet that the colonel was dodging somebody, olaimed the Etakes. But those who VOL. m.-EO. .6 stood near the colonel heard the con stable say: "Colonel, I take It all back. When I seen you get out of Challenge Hill it come to me that you might bo in the road-agent bu3iness..so I follered you duty you know. But when I seed you sell Tipsie I knew I was on the wrong trail. I wouldn't suspect you now if all the stages In the state wuz robbed ; and I'll give you satis faction any way you want It." "It's all right," said the colonel, with a smile. The constable after wards said that nobody had any idea of how curious the oolonel smiled when his beard was off. Suddenly the stage pulled up at the door with a crash, and the male pass engers hurried Into the saloon in a state of utter indignation and impe cuniosity. The story of the robbery attracted everybody, ani, during the excite ment the colonel slipped out quietly, and opened the door of the Btage. The old lady started, and cried : "George!" And the colonel jumped into the stage, and put his arms tenderly about the trembling form of the old lady, exclaiming: "Mother!" Bret Harie. A YORACIOUS IXSECX. An Animal Two Inches Long Kills a Water Snake Eleven Inches in Length; and a Terrapin 3IucU Larg er than itself. Some two weeks ago a curious little animal was caught in a pool of water at Mr. Frank Ramsey's, in Plymouth township, and presented to Dr. C. S. Baker, of this borough, who placed it in his aquarium. It is about two inches long, and less than an inch broad, with six crooked legs. Its col or ia dark brown, and large promi nent black eyes. The back is marked as though undeveloped wings were hidden beneath its hard outer coat. It Bwims rapidly, but generally fixes itself to a stone or some other object, to which it clings with its two hinder pairs of legs, holding its head down ward and its forelegs raised. It has a sting or lance like a mosquito, which is only thrust out when attacking its prey. After having been placed in the aquarium it remained quiet for sever al days during whioh time it was not seen to eat any thing. On Friday, tho SLlst of June.it made an attempt upon a little terrapin, mueh larger, howev er, than itself, which it caught by the head with its fore-feet, running its lance into its neck. He soon died, and his destroyer dragged him to a brick in the center of the aquarium. Then, fixing itself on the brick iu its favorite attitude, it held the terrapin for twenty-four hours, and seemed to be sucking its blood. How much longer he would have held him is un certain, for its prey wae then taken away. When it is remembered that the weight of the terrapin was sever al times its own, the strength of the insect may be imagined. On the following Sunday it sprang upon a water snake eleven inches long. The battle was brief and ex citing. The insect pursued its former method of attack. It made a dive, caught him bideways near the neck, twisted his head around and thrust its lance fflto his thrvut, quiokly kill ing him. Then, as before, it sought a resting place and held its prey sus pended until compelled to give it up. Since that time it has made no fur ther assaults. There are a number of goldfish, frogs, tadpoles, and little fishes in the aquarium, but it takes no notice of them. The name of the vo racious terror of the water has not been learned definitely, but it is sup posed to be a mantis, a devouring in sect which nearly answers the dis cription, and which has a habit ef folding its five legs in an attitude of prayer. Iforrisiown Herald. What It is. Special Correspondence to the Inter OemB. HooPESTON, Ilt,., July 15. I notice in your issue of Saturday, last, aa ar ticle copied from the Norristown Her ald, giving a description of an animal now in the aquarium of Dr. C. S. Ba ker, of Norriston, aud its fight and defeat of a terrapin and a water snake. I have one in an aquarium in my of fice, with a soft-shell turtle, an alli gator, and several creek fish. Accord ing to the description given by the Herald, it is precisely like the one owned by the Doctor. While reading the article I wont to my aquarium to more closely examine the animal, and there beheld him sucking tho life blood of the terrapin, with his fore legs tightly compressed about its neak and the lance thrust into its throat. The struggle was of short duration. The terrapin was two or three times the size and weight of its destroyer, but in an hours time everything of vital character was absorbed from its syatem. The Herald writer is not correct as to the name of the animal. It is a "margined water-beetle," and not a "mantis." The mantis has but four legs, and is different in nature. The margined water-beetle is perfect ly amphibious, and is found most fre quently about stagnant pools. It Is predatory and very voracious, with powerful jaw3 and six long, crooked legs. At the posterior part of tbe circumstances, to prefer fch em body, which tapers toward the ex-' equanimity, and not to benntftaiv ela- A -t .. tremity, there are two slender, pro cesses, situated somewhat obliquely ly and movable at the base. It is by means of these that itsuspeads itself at the surface of the water for the OFFICIAL PAPEIl ,0F THBCOIIXTT g3"" ' r- ' ' -ijup purpose of respiring the air of tho at mosphere, which it doea through two small cylindrical tubes, situated at the extremity of the tall, its head all the time immersed. Its lungs ara lecated in tho after part of the body, do that itaotually breathes through its taiL It swims with wonderful velocity, and flies long distances. The one in my aquarium never before exhibited hostility to any of its comrades until it attaoked the terrapin, and it made such a complete success of that I have some fears for the life of my all gator. Yours, etc., D. W. Boy's Itights-By a Boy. Talk about the women and the dar-. kies.and the the all the reet of 'em j none of 'em all are half so badly used as the boys. I know a lot and can give you all their names. Ask 'em all. They'll tell you to be a boy is to bo somebody without a right In tho world. You're to take all the sag that's giv en to you and give none baok, 'cause you're a boy. You are to pay full fare on the cars and omnibuses 'cause you 're a boy and not a child, and never have a seat, 'cause you're a boy and not a man. Fat lady gets in after it's all full and looks about her; everybody looks at you. Old gentleman says : "My son," reprovingly. Conductor says: "Come now, you boy !" You'vo paid your sixpence. No matter, that's nothing. You have been on your legs with a bundle all day. WTho cares? you're a boy! Now a horso has such a load given him as he can carry, and a man won 't take any mora than he can walk under. Ask boya what grown folks think they can car ry. There is no limit to it. Who doesn't know h boy who does a man's v.-ork, and does it well, for a tenth of whata man would get for it? Whoha3u'tseen an advertisement fo a bo3 who writes a good hand, under stands accounts, is willing to make himself useful, boards with his pa rents, is trustworthy, no objections to hissitting up all night, no impudence about him, the best of reoomaienda tions required, and pay $2 a week? Ask boys whether old folks den't make as much fuss about sueh places as if they were doing you a favor that would set you up for life. Who wants a boy anywhere ? Your sieterdou'tin the parlor. Your fttther don't; be alw.ays asks If you are not wanted to do something somewhere. You make your mother's headache v ery time you come Bear ber. Old la dies snap you up. Young ladies hate boys. Young men teeee you, and give it to you if you tease baok. Oth er fellows i( Is because they are ag gravated so, I know always want to to fight if they don't know ye ; and when you get a blank eye or torn jack et, you hear of it at hotaa. Bou look back and wonder if yea ever were that pretty little fallow in pettieoats that everybody staffed with oandy ; and you wonder whether yon will ever be a man, to be lilted by the girls, and treated politely by tee oth er feikiws, paid for your work, aad al lowed t:j da as you ehncae. And you make up yowr miini every day not to be a b'yy auy longer than you eaa help it; xmi when your graacMatber or somebody oom plains that there are "no boys iow,you woaaer if ha re xnembenthe life healed, taat be don't consider 1: h a suigpet of rejoicing. There is only one eouifort in it all; boys will grow up, and when they do, they general iy forget all they want through in their youth, and makeythe boys of their day suffer juai as they did. Orpkftn' Friend. National Itlas5ia$S .. PhM Bvite. TKE COUSTBY 13 IKBEBTKDTO THRB i'UBUO PAKTY The homestuuii aet. The money-order syafceaa. The registered letter system. The fast mails. The PiKSifte Railroad. ' A uniform currency. The abolition of slavery. Tbe high standard of the iMiflana? credit. Tbe suppression oreacRlaa. The cation. RKE COUXTHY BS TJtMCETKB, 'IB'.IBHp DEMOCRATIC RiLJCY Civil war. t The national debt. Burdensome- taxation. Southern elairaa-.- "1 i ru- Threaienins legjblatioa waJeavimr alyaes trade. The Potter in veatitfcm. Mm J?a- A n observant writer says timt "Vary few men ean bear prosperity. It-Jfe-toxioates them, like wlae. "it terns tbeir head and throws them off tbgir balance. Others cannot bear adversi ty. They bare no fortitorfe, ao cour age, no hope. They are not like tha. old sailor who said he alwayi Jelt sap piest in the height of a atorm, because be knew then that the next change that took place, whatever it migabe, most necessarily be for the better. They cauaot realise that there will be any change. When the aky is oaca clouded and overcast they will aat be lieve the sun will ever shine again. Young men should make it a point to keep tnelr heads cool under ail efaan- I ie oy sueeeas, or too meet) cat dewn. 'J1 oy "'appointment." Why fe a, eiid.an. Raea JMre a pedagejjua? ) AGOlt