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A COB MAROIIN,:
MERCHANT TAILOR,
and dealer in
Huci:nlish,Fiencli, Scotch ami 1'ancy Cloths,
Vcilinss. VAC; Etc.
EIroiviivillc. Nebraska.
PRA1STZ HELMER,
IfAGON &gLACK$MlTHHGP
ONE DOOU WEST OF COURT HOUSE.
YT7AGON MAKING, Repairing,
W Plows, aiul all work done in the best
maniipratKl on short notice. Satisfaction Kiiaran
vcd. aivelilmscall. - - IM-ly.
Meat Market.
BOXD3T &o BBO.
JJUTCHEHS,
IIROWXTILLE, NEBRASKA.
Good. Swoet, Fresli Meat
Always on hand, and satisfaction guar
uxitlcdto all customers.
i jl. B-A-TIh:
Is now proprietor of the
ffiiMefflaM
and Is prepared to accomodate the
public with
GOOD, FRESH, SWEET
Gentlemanly and accommodating clerks
frill nt all tl:n"S be In attendance. Your
patnmnso solicited. Remember the place
the old ruscoo shop, Malu-ht.,
ifrowitville, - Nebraska.
J. RAUSCHKOLB'S
Lunoli & Beer
t buy my bee
by Jake.
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ESTABLISHSB IN 1856.
OLDEST
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AG-EISTOY
William H. Hoover.
Docs n general Real Estate Business. Sells
Iands 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.
DEALER IN
Boots ft Shoes
S3 Main Street,
JSroicnvillCj - Nebraska
J". Xi. JEZjO-Y,
ISA A, A A a
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n der taker
Keeps a full line ol
obial m
Ornamented and Plain,
Also Shrouds for men, ladles and Infants.
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nR01VNVIIjI,E, NEB.
BROWATILLE
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naving a firs class Steam ferry, and owning
and con trollns theTnuisrer I.lne from
BROWJIYILLE TO PIIEL.PS,
we are prepared to render entire satlsfuctlonln the
transfer of Freight and Passengers. We run a
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PKIL. FRAEER,
Peace and Q-oiefc
tuWntt-u
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THE BEST OF
BRAtfDrES, WINES,
GINS,
immmmum
40 Main St., opposite Sherman House,
Brownville, - - Xebraaka.
In3 - 1
ja&a v v. A' a
ES&CSIEK
JOB PRiniiHG
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YEHETIIE
PurifiestheBlaod&GivesStrength
Dd Quoik, III., Jan. 21, 1878.
Mr. H.R. Stevens: , ,
Dear Sir. Your "Vegltlne" has been doing won
ders forme. Have been having tho Chills andJ"""
t'er, contracted In the swamps of tho South, noth
ing giving me relief until I bejran the uso of your
Vegetlne, It giving me Immediate rellaf, toning up
my system, purifying my blood, giving strengh:
whereas all other medicines weakened me, and
filled mysystom with poison: and I am satisfied
that If families that live in the ague districts of the
South and West would tafcc Vegetlne two or three
times a week, they would not be troubled with tho
"CliUls" or the malignant I'evcrs that prevail at cer
tain times of the year, save doctors' bills, and live
to a good old age. Respectfully yours.
J. E. MITCHELL,
Agent Henderson's Looms, St. Louis, Mo.
Ai.r. "Diseases of thk Rlood. If Vegetlne will
relieve pain, cleanse, purify, and cure sucli dlseas
es, restoring the patient to perfect health after try
ing different physicians, many remedies, suffering
foryears. Is It not conclusive proof. If you nreasuf
icrer. you can be cured? Why Is this medicine per
forming such great cures? Itwoiks In the blood.
In tho circulating iluld. It can truly be called the
flreat ltlnnil Purllior. The zrreat source of disease
originates In the blood ; and no medicine that docs
not net directly upon it, to purify and renovato, has
any Just claim upon public attention.
VEGETINE.
Has Entirely Cured Me of Vertigo.
CAino, lit., Jan. 23, 1S78.
Mn. H R. Stevens:
Dear Sir, 1 have used several bottles of " Veoe
tixe" ; It has entlrelycured mo ot Vertigo. Ihave
also used It for Xidney Complaint. It Is the best
medicine for kidney complaint. I would recom
mend it as a good blood purifier. N. YOCUM.
Tain and Disease. Can wc expect to enjoy
good health when bad or corrupt humors circulate
with the blood, causing'pain anddisease; and these
humors, being deposited through the entire body.
Produce pimples, eruptions, ulcers, Indigestion.
cotlveness, headache, neuralgia, rheumatism, and
numerousothercomplalnts? Removethecauseby
taking Veoetine, the most reliable remedy fur
cleansing aud purifying the blood.
VEGETLNE
I Believe itto be a Good Medicine.
Xenia, O., March 1 , 1377.
Mn. Stevens:
Dear Sir. I wish to Inform yon what your Vege
tlne has done for me. I have been ollllcted with
TCcuraltiia, and after using three bottles of the Veg
tlnewos entirely relieved. I also found my gen
eral health much Improved. I believe It to be a
good medicine. Yours truly.
ERED HARVERSTICK.
Veoetink thoroughly eradicates every kind of
humor, ana restores the entire system to uncanny
condition.
YEGETINE
Druggist's Report.
11. It. STEVENS:
Dear sir. We have been selling your "Vegetlne"
for the past eighteen months, and we take pleasure
la stating that In every case, to our knowledge. It
has given great satisfaction. Respectfully,
RUCK & COWGILL. Druggists.
Hickman, Ky.
YEGETINE
IS THE BEST
Spring iVlsdicine.
YEGETINE
PREPARED BY
H.R.STEVENS,BOSTON,MASS.
Vojjctinc is Sold by all Druggists.
ORGANIZED, 1870.
tate )ank of Nebraska,
AT BR01VXYI3X12.
CA.1?XTIL, $100,000.
Transacts a general bii KinKbnsIiiess.sclls
Drafts on all the principal cities of the
UNITED STATES AUD EUROPE
iX5" Special accommodations granted to
depositors.
STATE, COUHTY & CITY
SECUKITIES,
I50TJGHM: j5lNX sold.
OFFICERS.
W.H.McCREERY, : : President.
W.W. HACKNEY, : Vice President.
H. E. GATES, : : : 7 : Cashier.
DIRECTORS.
L. HOADLEY. J.C. DEUSER.
WM. II. HOOVER, (J. M. KA UPFMAN,
W.W.HACKNKY. H.C.LETT,
W.H. McCREERY.
ALBERT Ml. SMITH,
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Brownville, Neb.
Shaving, Shampooing, Hair
dressing &c.
In the Latest StySes,
piIARLES HELMER,
FASHIONABLE
Boot and Shoe
,Ta
1?-L .?$&
-sir;
ttferv Havlnp bought tho cus
f 7A torn shop of A. Robisou.
. 'i. UIST, I am prepared to do work
rfi
S -rJwWZ.. i OI nl1 Kinds at
!SS Reasonable Rates
c' r? SRepairInj; neatly and
Sixj? promptlydone.
- &? Shop No. G2 Main Street,
BrotonvUlC) Nebraska.
J D. MARSH.
TAILOE,
BROWNVILLE, - - NEBRASKA.
Cutting, or Cnttlnc and Making", done to
order on short notice and at reasonable
prices, Has had long experience and can
warrant satisfaction.
Shop in Alex. Iloblntiou'tt old stand.
The Sword of 'Gl.
no ! gallant farmers, tried and true,
For whom earth's teeming breast
Brings forth each year Its bounties now
And crowns the green hill's crest.
Pause for ono moment from tho plow
Before your work be done.
For lo ! It gleams before you now
The sword of sixty-one !
Leave, leave the sicklo in tho corn,
Which turns from green to gold!
Gird up-tho loins'at early morn
Ero yet tho day grows old !
Go ! set the battlo In array,
And light the fight once more ;
Shout, shout them fiercely In tho fray
"The battle-crlos of yore !
Not once or twice In by-gono yeara
You left the team a-fleld ;
Left sounds of homo for alien cars r
Left harvest home and yield.
Not onco or twloe you bared the brand
Jdid roar and boom of gun,
To charge fierce foemen. sword In hand
The sword of sixty-one.
But now the fooman stands at bay ;
Tho vanquished claims the crown ;
Strike home! for on an older day
You struck the treason down.
He bides his time to seize the scat,
Sore need to watch and wait;
Up ! up ! tho watchword stern repeat
The foo is at tho gato !
The Southern cross" sets palo behind
Tho scro palmetto tree.
Where Ashley's sullen waters wind
To scok the suilcn sea ;
But still our banner holds each star
Those stars.you nobly won
And still our emblem shines afar
The sword of sixty-one.
No more the battle's fearful din
Roars loud from shore to shoie ;K
Yet still we light to lose or win
Tho rights our fathers wore.
The vote that bids tho storm-cloud lift
Shall surely right the wrong,
For the race Is not to the swift,
Nor the battlo to tho strong.
On happy hearths of hundred homes
Where household fires uro lit,
A sturdy sire who seldom roams
Tho farmer loves to sit;
But high above, on whitewashed wall,
With bayonet bright, and gun,
Hangs, proudest trophy of them all,
The sword of sixty-one.
Tho hour has come, tho hour has como
To guard the prize we hold ;
Arouse! arouse! though tongues bo dumb
The wolf is In the fold !
Up ! up aud hasten to the fight ;
Tho days aro bright and long ;
Ho, farmers ! rally for tho right
Ten hundred thousand strong!
I see them break a shattered crew
I hear the beating drums ;
Still iloats our Hag's bespangled bluo :
The conquering hero comes !
Aud through the clouds that drift afar,
The war-clouds, dark and dun,
I see ltshlulng like a star
Tho sword of sixty-one.
Edward Iienaud.
YAKOB.
It was a saying in the family that
"Sue was the poet, Joe the finan
cier, and Charley had discovered
Yakob."
It needs very little wit togiveasay
ing long life in u louely farm house,
and Yukob was as rumarkable it nov
elty amoug us as a poem or a good
deal of money would have been.
He was a very short, very stumpy,
very white headed Dutch boy oi 17,
whom Charley fouud on the Battery
one winter's day. Charley went to
New York every winter to buy gro
ceries for the plantation, and clothes
for the slaves, and he had found Ya
kob on his last visit, in 1859, just be
foro the war began.
Yakob had landed from an Ant
werp schooner, and had fallen among
thieves, who left him In rags and
penniless, when Charley came, like
a good Samaritan, to his rescue.
'But what can you do with him?'
my father demanded, when the
queer-looking creature stood before
him, his big eyes staring straight at
him.
0h, there will be some place open
for him on the plantation, sir,' said
Charley 'He will be of use some
where. '
'You could make more use of a sea
horse,' said Sue pertly, and my moth
er nodded. Mother said she had an
instinctive dislike to Yakob. But
whatever Charley did was right in
our good mother's eyes, and besides,
she would have been gentle and po
lite to Yakob even If he had been a
seu-borse.
So, Charley taking me by the hand,
led Yakob around to the tobacco
house, aud set him lo work there.
He stared dismayed for a minute at
the black faces (for he had Eeeu but
two negroes, aud had never been
brought in contact with a black man,)
aud went to work intelligently
enough, and never raised his eyes to
them again.
Charley and I went back to the
house. I was a boy of 9 then, and
the torment of my big brothers. We
found my father on the portico, read
ing the Richmond Examiner.
I have brought you a first-rate ma
ohino, sir,' Charley said, 'as steady,
and sure, and dumb as if it was made
of wood aud steel.'
'It's your property,' said father,
with a shrug.
Now nobody but Charley under
stood German, and Yakob could not
speak a word of English. It follow
ed, therefore, that Charley had to
take entire charge of his 'property.'
He gave him a little wooden shanty,
which had been a tool-house, on
the edge of the woods, in which to
sleep.
The German whitewashed and re
paired his dwelling, and In the spring
planted vines and flowers about it.
Instead of being longer an eye-sore it
became the most picturesque spot in
the plantation. But 'the oreature
himself,' Sue declared, 'was an ani
mal.' Such mountains of pork and
rivers of beer disappeared down his
throat!
Ho showed no sign of interest in
any living thing excepting Charley,
whom he followed about like a dog
whenever he could, never speaking,
however, unless forced to do so.
The war came, of which I wish to
say little. Our family, like many
others on the border, was divided.
Joe went Into one army, Charley Into
the other. My father held to the old
flag. My mother and Sue presented
banners uud arms to Southern com
panies. The negroes caught the excitement,
some of the house servants following
their young masters. Yakob alone
was unmoved as a stone. Either Joe
or Charley would have been glad to
take him as a recruit Into their com
panies. Never, never." he grunted. 'No
fight!'
But don't you wan'fc to uphold tho
republio?' said ono.
'Do you care nothing for liberty?'
asked uuother.
'I care for mein kopf,' clapping his
hands to his head. 'I keeps mein
kopf on mein shoulders.'
Beast!' muttered Joe.
Even Ctarley looked disgusted,
which Yakb quickly perceived.
'I come to this country for peace,'
he said, rapidlj, in German, 'and the
men take eich other by the throat. I
know nothing of your North your
South.'
'You know nothing but Yakob !'
with a laugh.
Tho light eyes flashed a little.
'Ya; und Yakob's work,1 he said
doggedly, and turned to the tobacco
house. Even we vho were children lemem
ber tho times that then followed on
the border: the marching and coun
termarchiug of armies ; the turning
-of our fields Into battle-grounds, and
our houses into hospitals; the ravages
of the bushwhackers and guerrillas,
first of oneside then the other; aud,
worse than all, the bitterness of neigh
bor against neighbor.
Two years passed. My brother Joe
had been killed at Bull Run. Char
ley had been a prisoner for almost a
year.
I think that Charley's Imprison
ment was harder for my mother to
bear than even Joe's death ; for one
was at rest, while the sufferings of
the other wero continually In her
mind. Sucli tales were told of the
prison vhero he was that I believe
she would have been glad to know
that he, too, was dead.
One July morning she came down
to breakfast looking more wan aud
haggar than usual."
I hal a struuge dream last night.'
she said. 'I thought Charley stood
beside tee, with his rod in his hand,
us he used to when he was going out
to fish. I was putting up his lunch,
aud he vas joking with his futher, as
If the wtr had never been. It wus all
just as Itused to be.'
And'h shall he again,' said father,
heartily 'Don't lose your trust In
God, ma.her.'
I shall never see Charley again,'
she said ; 'if he should como home it
would be to certain death.'
Our huse was at that time encir
cled by toops; not regular troops, but
the rabble and followers of a great
army that was encamped a few miles
to the north. Until now the officers
had protected us from outrage ; but a
change In the position of the forces
left us without their authority.
Just as we were rising from the ta
ble, Duttoc, tho coachman, opened
tho door. The hollows about his
jaws were grey with terror.
'Dey's come, massa ! Dey's takiu'
de last ob de bosses out ob de sta
bles!' My father was an old man and a
cripple. He only wheeled In his
chuir to the door, and awaited in si
lence. A tramping of armed men
was heard en the gravel walk. The
next momeat a dozen sturdy fellows
with bloated faces, pistols at their
belts and rides in hand, dashed open
the door. '
They paused, daunted by my fath
er's calmness and silence.
'Hubbard! You're Judge Hubbard,
eh?' blustered the foremost.
'That is ay name.'
'Well, you've got to deliver up your
arms and live Btock to us for tho use
of the army.'
I have no arms. You have taken
my horses and cattle; not' his coloi
rising 'for the use of the army, but
for thieves aud murderers, who plun
der on their own account.'
Father! father!' my mother whis
pered in terror, laying her hand upon
his arm ; 'we are at their mercy !'
'The old cock crows well, laughed
the leader; 'but it Is the young fowl
we want.'
What do you mean ?'
'Your son Joe has been seen prowl
ing about the neighborhood. We've
orders to take him and hang him to
the nearest tree.'
My mother put out her hands he-
fore her. 'My son Is dead,' she said.
For a minute even these ruffians
were silent.
'We'll soon see that,' cried the fore
most. 'Come, boys!'
They rausacked the house. The
family ceuld offer no opposition, be
ing but women and children, with
two weak old men to guard us.
My father eat trembling with rage
and shame, poor old Duttou beside
him. The negroes had all gone. No
body was left but Yakob, dully at
work,a3 usual, in the stable, for he
had turned, into a mau-of-all-work
when left alone.
He came out from the stable now,
glanced at the pillagers, and, going I
to tho door of his shanty, sat down
ani lighted his pipe.
'He wouid not move If they blew
him up with a petard!' cried Sue,
whose knowledge of warlike insru
ments was but hazy.
Presently they came up to him.
'HI, Dutchy ! we've heard of you.
What side are you on Reb or Yank?'
'I goes on my own side.'
'So do we. Stand out of the way.
We want to go Into the cabin.'
Nein ; dish is mine house,' calm
ly. 'Get up, you pig!' prodding him
with the point of his sword.'
'Oh, yesh ! I gets up,' slowly rising,
and putting his hands into his capa
cious pocket. He drew out a couple
of revolvers, and pointed them full
In tho faces of his assailants.
'I gets up aud I firos.'
He did fire once, twice, it seemed
to me a dozen times, turning sharply
from side to side.
The men staggered back dismayed.
Two fell aud wero dragged off by the
others. Like all bullies, they were
cowards.
For a moment they hesitated, na if
uncertain whether to take the Ger
man by storm or to take to their
heels. A stinging bullet in the lead
ers arm decided the battle in favor of
Yakob.
They fired back scattering shots as
they retreated ; but did not face the
determined Dutchman again. I saw
him totter as the last man fired, and
he recovered himself, and stood de
livering his deadly shots with the
same stolidity and regularity with
which he hammered a bean-pole.
With oaths and yells the men hur
ried down the road.
Wo ran out. Yakob lay on the
floor white aud ghastly. My mother
raised his head.
He is dying,' she said.
'Why did he throw his life away
for the old shanty?' cried Sue, impa
tiently. Yakob shook his head. 'Not de
house.'
The same thought came ts us both.
We pushed the door open. On the
bed lay tho pallid skeleton
of a man our brave, handsome,
Charley.
For more than a month Yakob had
hidden him there, afraid to trust eveu
his mother with the secret.
If tho faithful German hud died for
his friend it would have been but one
of many such sacrifices which that
test-time brought from men.
But Charley lived, and Is now a
sturdy "farmer on the Su'enaudoah7
Yakob is his steward and partner
known to all the country-side a3 the
ugliest, shrewdest, most honest man
in the valley. Youths' Companion.
QUICK 1V0RK.
Bread From Staiming" Wheat in Four
Jlimitcsand Thirty -Sqycii
Seconds.
The last sensation occurred last
Thursday when about fifty men were
present biT invitation to see Jim Law
ton beat his own time of two years
ago, when his wife bad bread baked
in eight aud a quarter minutes after
thejwheatwasstandiuginthefield. At
10 o'clock the Buckeye Reaper, drawn
by Cy. Burnett's dun mules, stood at
the corner of the growiug whoat,
machine In gear, ready for a start.
Men were stationed every few feet
along the line of grain ready to seize
an armful as it fell from the Reaper,
and rush with it to tho thresher closo
by, which, under thedirection of vet
eran drivers, wus getting under way
for business. At the mill, just six
teen rods away, Lawton stood at the
window watching the moment when
McCaw, on the swiftest horse in the
country, should start from the thresh
er with the grain, while Mrs. Lawton
and her niece, Miss Alice, had all the
preparations made to make the grid
dle cakes biscuits in the shortest pos
sible time. At the drop of the hat
the dun mules sprang to the work,
and in one minute fifteen seconds the
threshed wheat, about a peck was In
the sack and on the horse, and the
race commenced for the mill. There
were two bridges to cross, and tho ex
cited spectators could see only a col
umn of dust, hear a couple of taps on
the plank bridges as the horse flew
over them at lightning speed, and
the wheat was delivered to Lawton
in the mill. In one minute seventeen
seconds tho flour was delivered to
Mrs. Lawton, and in three minutes
fift five seconds from the starting of
the reaper the first griddle-cake came
from the hands of Mi33 Alice, was
gobbled by a dozen eager hands and
that was the last of It. In four min
utes thirty-seven seconds from the
starting of the reaper, according to
the best double .timer stop-watch in
the country, a pan of biscuit was de
livered to the hungry crowd by Mrs.
Lawton, and that was the lastof them.
Then other pans of delicious biscuit
were baked more at leisure, and boil
ed ham aud "one-minute-buscuit,"
formed a sandwich it was right hard
to beat, aud then, as it would be im
possible for a Western gathering to be
worthy the name without a speech of
some kind, Mr. Smiley proposed that
Gen. Shields make a speech, which
he did, iu those incomparably grace
ful words of hi3 that fill eveu eo pro
saic a proceeding as grinding wheat
with the poetry of eloquence. Then
Lawton, In his modest way, had to
say something and he made a little
speech, which was heartily applauded
as well as that of Gen. Shields, and
the party separated. Carrolion Dem-
ocrai
TIIE 3IAXATEE.
The Strange 3Ionster Upon Exhibition
in London.
The London Telegraph thus des
cribes the curious creature, which is
supposed to bo the original of the fa
bled mermaid. For eyes It has circu
lar appertures which cau neither re
main wide open nor shut up tight,
but are constantly contracting and
expanding, perhaps at the will of the
Manatee, though apparently of their
own motion. For nose it has two
holes with lids, and when it rises to
the surface of the water for breath
the lids open, and when it sinks again
they shut. The ear-holes are too
small to bo seen without keen search
ing, and aire simply such holes as
might be made anywhere with a gim
let. For mouth it has an opening
with a flap over it, convenient aa pre
venting things from going down its
throat when the owner is not hungry,
butsufficieutly ugly to make the man
atee the most humble of creatures ;
and humble indeed it looks. Having
no legs, it stands on its tail, and to
keep its balance has to bend forward
aud bow tho body. In this attitude
of helpless humility the strango thing
stands motionless many minutes to
gether, and then, with a ghostlike,
dreadful solemnity it begins slowly to
stiffen and straighten its tall, and
thus gradually arising into an erect
posture, thrusts its nostrils above the
surface. But only for an instant, for
ere it seems to have had time to take
a breath, the great body begins to
sink back into its despondent posi
tion, and the small paddling paws
drop motionless and helpless as before.
The deliberate sloth with which the
manoeuvre is executed has something
of dignity in It, but otherwise the
manatee is as ridiculous as It is help
less. The clumsy snout is constantly
twitobiug like a rabbit's, but the ges
ture that seems so appropriate in the
nervous, vigilant little rodent is im
measurably ludicrous in the huge
monstrosity. The eyes, again, now
contracted to a pin's point, now ex
panded full to gaze at you with ex
pressionless pupils, seem to move by
a mechanism beyond the creature's
control. Voiceless and limbless, the
bulky cetacean sways to and fro, the
very embodiment of stupid, feeble
helplessness, a thing for shrimps to
mock at, and limpets to grow on.
A carcass of such proportions, such
an appalling contour, should, to satis
fy resthetic requirements, posses some
"stupendous villainy or character;
should conceal under this inert mass
of ilesh some hideous criminal in
stinct. Yet this great shapeless be
ing, this terror .of the deep sea, is tho
most innocent of created things. It
lives on lettuce. In its wild state it
browses along the meadows of the
ooeau bed, cropping the sea weed just
as kine graze upon tho pastures of
earth, inoffensive and sociable, rally
ing as cattle do for mutual defence
uguinst a common danger, placing the
calves in the middle, while the bulls
rango themselves on tho threatened
quarter. These are the herds which
the poets make Proteua and the sea
gods tend, the harmless beeves with
whom the sad Partenopo shared her
her sorrows. These are the actual re
alities that have given rise to so many
a pretty fiction, the dead carcass from
which have swarmed the bees. The
discovery is disappointing enough to
those who cherish old, world fancies ;
but to science, tho lazy, uncouth Man
atee is a precious thing. Science, In
deed, has seldom had such a pleasing
labor as the examination and identi
fication of this animal, for, though so
ludicrously simple in appearance, the
Manatee is a very veritablo casket of
physiological wonders. It Is the only
creature known that has three eyelids
to each eye and two hearts. In most
of its points It bears a close afllnity to
the elephant, but in others of equal
importance it is unmistakably a
whale. Its "teeth,'7 bones and skin
are all delightfulstudles to the natur
alist, and he Is thankful, therefore,
that the Manatee is what it is, and not
the veritable mermaid that less pros
aic minds would have it.
A Narrow Escape.
A remarkable case of mistaken
identity occu rred a St. Louis recently.
Herman Shuster awoke in the morn
ing and found himself dead. At least
the newspapers saidjhewas dead and
that his body was at Morgue. Mr.
Schuster went to the place mentioned
and there, sure enough, found him
self laid out on a slab as dead as any
body could wish. Mr. Schuster wab
alarmed. The forehead of the corpse
was his, the hair and moustache were
the color of liisand the body would not
vary in weight five pounds from his
own. , The clothes also were exactly
like those of Mr. Schuster's persou
Vot ish- de golor on his eyes?' u.ked
Herman of Dr. Ainbaugh. The doc
tor turned up the corpse's eyelids and
found that the eyes were blue. 'Dot
19I1 pet ter,' said Herman with a long
sigh of relief. Dose is pine and mind
Is plack. Gott inllimmel! vot a nar
row eschape vot a glose gall dose
vas
n
Goats are beginnlug to be much
talked and written of as ono of the
domestic animals both necessary and
economical on a farm. Goat breeders
now dispute the statement that the
animals will thrive on chips of wood
and broken fence-rails, but admit
that they will live nicely on old agri
cultural uewspapers and hoop-skfrts.
.Old Uncle Tomr
On Thursday your correspondent
had tho pleasure of half an hour's?
chat with Rev. Joaiah Heuson, whoso
career suggested Mrs. Harriet Beech
er Stowe's "Undo Tom's Cabin.''
He was a fellow passenger on boarcf
the Hiawatha, outward" bound from
Sarnia. Uncle Tom freely answered
all questions, and proved his identity
by referring to Mrs. Beecher Stowe's?
"Key-book to Undo -Tom's Cabin,' "
in which .his name and address are
given.
Correspondent Wero any of tho
characters of Mrs. Stowe's book fic
tions, or did they exist in reality? .
Uncle Tom They existed In reality
sir; every ono of 'em. Legree, the
slave driver, war named? Bryce Lyt
ton. Ho was an overseer for George?
Riley, who was a brother of my mas
ter, Isaac Riley. My master's plant
ation was situated near Rockville.
Montgomery county, Maryland. I
have been living in Canada for the
pastes years, and I will be S3 years of
age on Saturday, the 15th,. if I am
spared.
Cor. What about Eva and Topsy ?
I suppose they are. assumed names?
Uncle Tom Eva, you remember,
was St. Clair's child. Well, this St,
Clair's proper name was Samuel St,
Clair Young. I was frequently hired
to him by my ma3ter, Isaao Riley,
George Harris and Eliza Harris made
their escape on the ice, as represent
ed, the only difference being that
their names were Louis Clarke and
Eliza Clarke, man arid wife. Topsy's
proper name was Diana, and" she was
known as "Uncle Robin's Daughter."
She wa3 a wild, crazy thing, and no,
mistake.
Cor. You must have endured try
ing hordshipa.Mr. Hensont?
Uncle Tom Yes, sir, I have. I
have never been the same man since
both my arms were broken by that
tyrant (meaning Legreo.) I came
from Sandusky to Buffalo, and from
thence to Erie, InlS30, bringing my
wife and" four children wilh me. I
carried two of the little ones about TOO
miles through the woods in a knap
sack. No one knows what we suffer
ed ; aud I received all the cruelty as
written.
Cor. You stated that you were ac
quuinted with Mrs. Stowe about that
time. How did she come to write the
book?
Uncle Tom I got our sufferings
put into print' and Mrs. Stowe got
hold of a copy of it.
Mr. Henson is a jovial old man,
and considering his age is pretty act
ive. He resides on a farm near
Dresden, Ont. He stated that he vis
ited the home of bis childhood last
March, aud found his old mistress
still living. The place he desoriboa -as
a wreck, and Baid everywhere thff
footprints of distress aro discernible.
London Ont). Advertiser.
Tnc Jtj'stcry of the Mintf.
The following psychological inci
dent, which was told mo by a gentle
man of undoubted veracity, may
prove of interest to those of your read
ers who are Btuddying the occult
phrases of nervous phenomena. Ther
narrator, a gentleman of fine nerv
vous organziatlon, was taking hi9
afternoon siesta, his daughter, a young
lady of 17, sitting by hi3 side, with
her hand in his, and reading. As ho
passed from tho wakeful state into
one of semi-slumber, he saw, or seem
ed to see, appear at the foot of his
bed, a tall man with a sorrowful ex
pression upon his face, who, bending
down tenderly, lifted up a coffin and
disappeared. He was so disturbed by
thestrange and unaccountable nature
of his vision that, after tossing rest
lessly for a few moments, be opened
his eyes and said: "Daughter, I be
lieve I cannot sleep to-day, and will
get up." Looking up from herdook,
in which she was evidently deeply
absorbed, she said : "Papa, this is a
strange book that I am reading,"
'What is it?" said he, " 'TheLifo
ofMari3 Antoinette,1'" she replied,
and then read from the pages beforo
her a recital of the exact incident
that had just constituted his dream. '
Louisville Medical Neioa.
Satisfied to lose.
Thero were five. of them, says tho
Sacramento Bee, and they had assem
bled in a cigar store near Capital Ho
tel. The subject was in regard to
horse racing. Said a hack driver who
was present:
'Talk about your faBt time. Why,.
I've seeu a horse trot a mile in 1:90.'
'Impossible,' said the Cigar store
proprietor. 'It can't be done. The
best time ever heard of was 2:14$.'
Said the hackman :
'I'll bet you five dollars I can prove
what I say.
Taken by the cigar mnn, .coin put
up and referee chosen.
In a drawling voice the hackman
explained to the man of cigars
'Don't you know, you idiot, that
1:00 is 2 minutes and 30 seconds?'
Turning to the stakeholder, the to
bacconist then said :
'Give him tho money; it's worth
five dollars to know what a fool I
am.' 1
The number of innocent ynunggirlS
who marry men, believing they can
break them oft'their bad habits, and
tug them off to church twice every
Sunday ; does not diminish- in the
least.
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