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, JCS. JjRSRt" 11 2 . I ? . I n- S. : THE ADVERTISER 6. W. rAiaBEOIBEB. T. C HACKEE. FAIRBROTKER & HACKER, Publl9lierB and Proprietors. Published Every Thursday Horning AT RROW2JVILXE, P.RRASKA. TERI?, IN ADVANCE: rtncep?. one year (We eopr, Mx month Hue copy, thrre months. c&- 2io paper sent fromtheofficenntll paid tor. 11 EJLDCf G 3LATTER OXEYEKTPAGE 50 . - ' ' " S& s ESTABHSEID 1S56. i Oldest Paper in tie State. J BEOWNYILLE, NEBBASEA, THUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26. 1878. VOL. 23.-NO. 14 THE ADVERTISES B.r.AXKBBOTHEZ. T.C.HAC3ntR. FAIRBKOT1IER Jfc HACKER Publishers &. Proprietors. A DTERTISING It AT ES . on e men . one year.. Each sacceedias Inch. pr year One inch, per month. 10 30 Each additional Inch, per xnonto Le?2llajlVArtljraft. . Tu! .- a (leilnes of oaparcjl. or lT) am eoBqn.". foradiaSS!leBtadVerUsemeBMlnBS&be P OFFICIAL PAPER',0F THECOUXTY AfTHonizEn by -me l. s. GOTEC52IEXT. , ESTABLISHED IK" 1856. II Oi ildlfUESUl IJOsSR OF- browtttix-ie. Vuid-uj Capital, $50,000 Authorized " 500,000 la rnKPAIlEBTO TRANSACT A General Banking Business BUY ATfD SELL COIN & CURRENCY DRAFFS (mi all tin? principal ettien of the United States and Europe MONEY LOAISTEI) Oh appraved eearltr only. Time Drafts disowmt hJ. an -HH-eiftl KCfn modal lonexnMjlwI to deOblt rg. Dealers GO VBKKXENT BO1S;,i STATE, COUNTY & CITY SECURITIES DEPOSITS !(eivel pyat wt !-maiMl. and INTEREST l- kwedeti Umt-eerilftcaKMr- nepesi.. I)IRCTItS. Wm.T.Iten. B. 3- Bailey. M. A Handler. Prank X. Johsu, Luther Iioodley Wih. Frafefeer. JOHN L. CARSON, A. It. DA VISOX. Ch'hler. President. J. CMcXACCilTUX. Asst.Cashier. NEW RESTAURANT. AT ALL IIOUIIS. CONFECTJONERCAKES.NUTS, FRESH AND 'CHEAP. Oysters Cooked to Order. Uosssel? Old stni. air.s. Sarali RauscliKoIb. OLDEST ESTATE A.&EISTOY IN TEBHA-SKIA.. William J. Hoover. Docs a general Heal Estate Business. Pells 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, llanufecturer and Dealer in EGETIME PurifiestheBloodSGivesStrengtfi THE POUE SPMIAEDS, DC QuaiX.Ili., Jan. 21, 1S7S. 3Ju. H. "It. Stevens: Dear Sir, Your "Vegltlne" has been doing u-on-dersforme. Have been having the Chills andV vcr, contracted In the stvampj or the Sooth, noth ing Riving xne relief until I bezan the use of your Vegetine, It giving me immediate reltef. toning up my system. purifying my blood, giving strengh; whereas all other medicines -weakened me. and rilled my system with poison: and I am satisfied JACOB MAROHN,: MERCHANT TAILOR, and dealer in FineKnslish, Ft eneh. Scotch nml Fancj Cloths. Veitinss, Etc., Etc. Broirnvillr. IVcbraslia. FRANZ HEL3EER, $AGGN &JJLACKSM1TH$HQP ONE DOOR WEST OF COrKT HOUSE. TTAGON MAKING, Repairing, VV Piows. and all work done in tlebs mamtpraBdonshert notice. Satisfaction gnaran re&. Ciivehlmacail. fW-iJ 9 iF-irtfffc IJ J, HyA fi J UfcxHJBe A O led ia!5' 5a CD that if families that live in the ague districts of the South and West would take Vegetine two or three times a week, they would not be troubled with the "Giilti" or the malignant lirers that prevail at cer tain times or the year, save doctors' bills, and live to a good old age. Respectfully yours. A gent Henderson's Looms. St. .Louis, ilo. A z.l Dissases op the Blood. If Vegetine will relieve pain, cleanse, pnrify, and cure sach diseas es. restoring the patient to perfect health after try ing different physicians, many remedies, suffering foryears. is it not conclusive proof, if you areasuf lerer. j ou can be cured? Why is this medicineper formlcg such great cures? It works In the blood. In the circulating liuid. It can truly becAlled the Great Blood Purifier. The great source or disease orlglnnte In the blood; and no medicine that does not act directly upon It. to purify and renovate, has nny just ciaim upon puDiic atienuon. Slankets, Srushes, Ply Ticts, &c. SS Repairing done on hort notice The cele brated Vacuum Oil Black-fug. for preerv.ng Har ness. Boots. Shoes, ore a ways on hand. 64 Ulain St., Brownville, ZVeb. THE ADVERTISER JOB PHlHTrHO s LB iijiiiilDlJij! Meat Market. BODY & BBO. JJUTCIIEIiS, BROnXt'ILLE, NEBRASKA. Good, Sweet, Fresli Meat Alwavs on hand, and satisfaation guar anUcdto all customen.. DEPART ilEXT. A fine assortment of Type.Bor- ders. Rules, Stoci.ic, for printing. BUSIISB. YMf ING WEDDING CARDS, Colored and Bronzed Labels, STATEMENTS. LLTTEI! & BILLHILIDS EKVELrOPrS, Circulars, Dodgers, Programmes, j Stow Cards, ' i klaxk work or all kinds. i With Heatnes? and disjmtch Cheat on Ixfekiok "Work NOTSOLIC1TED. ?AIB3E0THSE k EACSSS, Carson Block, BROWXVILLE, XEB. VEGETINE. Has Entirely Cured Me of Vertigo. CaIbo, Iil, Jan. 23. 1878. iTn. H R-Stkvkks: Dtair Sir, I have us d several bottles of "Veoe tint". it has entirely cured me ot VrrtHfo. I have also used it for .Kidney Complaint. It is the best medicine for kidney complaint. I would recom mend it as a good blood purifier. X. YOCU3L Tain- asd Disease. Can we expect to enjoy good health when bad or corrnut humors circulate with the blood, causing pain and disease: and these humors, being deposited through the entire body. Produce pimples, eruptions, ulcers, indigestion, costlveness. headache, neuralgia, rheumatism, and numerous oilier complaints? Remove the cause bv taking VEQKTIN-F- the most reliahle remedv for cleansing and purifying the blood. VEGETINE I Believe it Jo he a Good Medicine. Xekia, O., 3Iarch 1.1S77. Mb. Stkvej-s : Dear Sir. I wish to Inform you what your Vege tine has done for me. I have been olfiicted with JVeuratota, and after using three bottles of the Vec- tinewas entirely relieved. I also found my gen eral health much improved. I believe It to be a good medicine. Yours trulv. FRED HARVERSTICK. Vegetine thoroughly eradicates everv kind of humor, and restores the entire system to "a healthy condition. VEGETINE Druggist's Report. H-R-STEVEXS. Dear sir. We have been selling your "Vegetine" for the past eighteen months, and we take pleasure In stating that in ever case, to our knowledge, it has given great satisfaction. Respectfully, BUCK A CO WGILL. Drusgists. Hickman, Ky. VEGETINE IS TEE BEST Spring Medicine. VEGETINE PREPARED BV H.E.STEVENSIBOSTOUJMASS. Yearelinc is Sold I)j" all Druggists. Ferry and Transfer X1. JL. BATH is now proprietor of the ItyMeatMart and Is prepared to accomodate the public with GOOD, FRESH, SWEET MEAT. e Gentlemanly and accommodating clerks will at all times be in attendance. Yonr patrenazc solicited. Remember the place the old Pascoe shop, Maln-st., BroicnVinC) - Nebraska. J. RATJSCHKOiLB'S Lunch 4 Beer cojsiP-AJsnr. Having a first class Steam Ferry, and owning andcontrolingtheTransfer Line from BROWIVIL,I,E TO PHELPS, we are prepared to render entire satisfaction in the transfer of Freight and Passengers. We run a regular line of b. to all trains. Al orders lert.it the Transfer Com pany's office will receive prompt attention. J. Bosfield, Gen. Supt. pHARLES HELMER, &$r;SlfS i!! z -. ? FASHIONABLE Boot and Shoe :xve.a.:s:s:r. Having bought the cus tom shop of A. Robison, I am prepared to do work ,t of all kinds at Reasonable Rates. J83Repalrinc neatly and promptly done. Shop Xo. 62 Main Street, BrmcnvWC) JVebraslca. fit v Y ' I buy my beer by Jake- I don't. Phil. Deuser's old stand, Brownvifle, - Nebraska OPIUM csztd. Piialoi; nopoUiaty. sadtas fcfpjrJmlin. T).CABtTO, it i nvujif .-- -. BUKS5HI m Including Shooting: Outfit. tverycun warranxeo. nosr&,2tocrs Erooti St. L34 L ROBISON, i55- f2o 'ssl j8 DEALER IN Boots 4 Shoes S5 Main Street, ORGANIZED. 1S70. a gTATE ANK OF NEBRASKA, AT BROrSVlLLC. CA.1?XXJL,, 100,000. Transacts a ueni;ralb" i Kins business, sells HruUb on all the principal cities of the DOTTED .STATES AND EUEOPE 3- Special accommodations granted te depositors. STATS, CO TOTY & CITST SECTJEITIES, SOU GELT" -A.1VI3 SOLD. OFFICERS. W.H.McCREERY, : : President. W.W.HACKNEr, : Vice President. H. E. GATES, : : : : : Cashier. DIRECTORS. L. HOA DLE Y . J. C. DETSER. WM. n. HOOVER, C. IT. KAUFFiTAN, W.W. HACKNEY. H.C.LETT, W.H. jrcCREERY. ALBERT M. SWiTH, II jjxt m Brownville, Neb. Hair- Shaving, Shampooing, dressing &c. In the Latest Styles, PHTL. PRAEER, IPeace and Q met 0 tOKIUtl Saloon and Billiard Hall ! THE BEST OF BRAKDZE3, WINES, GUN'S, &LC0H0LSAHDWHESK1ES 49 Main St., opposite Sherman House, JSrowtivillc - Nebraska Brownville, - - Nebraska. In 3S2S I was Hecond mate of the brig Isabel. We bad been freighting for bIx or eight months among the West India Islands, and picking up a good deal of money. At last the hot weather came on, freights grew dull, and we made readj to sail for home. In the meantime there came on board four Spaniards, who wished to engage passage to the North, and being able to accommodate just that number, we accepted them. They were all sinster-loobing fellows, and and one in particular was so much bo, that I wondered why Captain Hill man entertained so little distrust of him. Neither myself nor the chief mate liked the arrangement : for in those days every sailor had the dread of pi rates pretty deeply impressed upon his mind. And, indeed, we had only a few months previous been chas ed by the murderous scoundrels off the Isle of Pines. We apt sail, and I must oonfess that I passed the first night in some un easiness. The passengers spoke but little Eugiidh, and their conversation was therefore, mostly between them selves. During such colloquies, it seemed to me that I could detect in them the manner of guilty men a constaut look of distrust and watch fulness; but as the second day wore on, and I became accustomed to the appearance of their well-dressed fig gures at my side, my anxiety abated. Towards the evening of this day however, my attention was drawn to a slight oltercation between the cook and the Spaniard, Bacalardo, the man whom I had remarked as the most villianous-looking of the four. Drawing near them, I asked what had happened. 'Why, sir,' replied the negro cook, 'while I was out ob de galley, di& Spauish gemman sprikled something on de meat. I scrape it off beat way I could. I doesn't want no interfer unce in de 'fairs ob my galley.' The faithful old negro looksd an gry ; nor was this all his glance and tone told me that a grim and dread ful suspicion had entered his mind. The Spaniard, however, remarked that he had merely intended to sea on the meat with a kind of pepper highly esteemed in Cuba; but, upon my expressing a curiosity to see it he regretted ihat he had none remaining. I was about to order the cook not to produce ttie uicutat nappcr, when tlio captain, approaching us, made light of the aiFair, laughing at the old ne gro's jealousy of encroachment upon hi3 peculiar province; and as the mysterious substance seemed to have been wholly removed by the cook's knife, I hoped 4that no harm might result. The captain ate freel' of the meat; the mate was evidently affected at what had transpired, yet his appetite prevailed. I avoided it entirely ; and as to the Spaniards, the circumstance of their leaving it untaxed seemed not remarkable, as we had learned on the day previous that they were not in the habit of eating animal food at supper. Shortly afterward, the captain, mate, and three of the crew became dreadfully sick. I felt a terrible pre sentiment of the worst, yet what was I to do? The captain was helpless on his berth ; the mate lay in agony upon the transom ; the only foremast hand able to come on deck was at the wheel; the cook was paraylyzed with fear; and my ideas of what ought to be done, were confused by the sud denness and appalling difficulty of my position. Should I arm and attack the vil lains? Whom should I arm, and how commence? Were the helms man to stir from his station, a kuife would beat his heart; and were the cook to leave hifc galley, he would not walk to the end of it. I went to the cabin, where the cap tain and mate were vomiting in great distress; and while overhauling the medicine, from that sense of restless ness which we all feel in the presence of sickness, than from hope of afford ing relief, the companion doors were shut upon me, and the slide shoved to its place. At the same moment there was a slight struggle on deck, a groan and a fall ; and the next came a heavy splash in the water under the Htern. I had felt that I could easily defeud myself in the cabin as elsewhere, for upon the deck I had been entirely at the meroy of the pirates, momentari ly expecting them to strike; but rea son for their not doing eo sooh became evident. Bacalardo came to the slide and or dered me to come on deck. I refused, and expressed a determination to de fend myself. 'We no kill you,' he eaid ; 'we want you for riavigate 'What have you done with the cook?1 IthenaBked. 'We stab him ; he Is overboard ; so Is other man. All men in the fore castle dead ; we stab them all.' Then I knew that the three villains had killed the three men whom the poison had rendered helpless, and that only myself and the two fearfully sick officers remained. The latter were al ready at the point of death. I told Bacalardo that I would come on deck when the captain and mate ehould have passed all suffering. It Beemed dreadful that the impatient wretohes should murder them with knives; and hence I could not bear to leave them. My refusal to do eo. however, availed nothing, for crowd- Ing into the cabin, the pirates at once dispatched their victim3, and passed the bodies out of the window. The pirates divided the money about ten thousand dollars; and they informed me that I must navigate the vessel to South America. They were all sailors, and the brig being easily handled the task would not be very difficult. But to think of heading for distant seas, with the sickening hor ror upon my heart! There were blood stains upon the deck, in the cabin, and in the forecastle and how could x remuiu in sucn a vessel jut no one knows what he can do until suf fering has taught him. We were now becalmed, and with the full strength of the Gulf Stream were drifting northerly at the rate of four miles an hour. The ignorant pirates, whose operations had never brought them much to the northward of Cuba, had no idea that the current was thus bearing us along, while it was upon this fact that I built almost my only hope. In high spirits at the success of their enterprise, they laughed over their gold, and were continually boast ing of the murders they hud at one or auother time committed. Bacalar do remarked that he had probably sent more persons into eternity than any other living man ; aud I had lit doubtof my being added to the list, whenever my servies should no long er be required. Three days were passed in this man ner; auu in the meantime I had as sured the Spaniards that it was mad ness to proceed on the South Ameri can vo3age withouta further supply of water. I had at a favorable opportu nity, let out the contents of two casks in the hold. At the end of this time, wind sprang up, and it was decided to enter an inlet which I described to them as upon a wild portion of the southern coast, with which they were entirely unacquainted, and there ob tain the needed supply. Though it was in the month of Au gust, the weather now, fortunately for my purpose, became tempestuous, with squalls aud heavy gales from the south and west. We were obliged to shorten sail, and sometimes to lie to ; all the while I managed to keep the brig in the Gulf Stream, so that evn while lying with her head to the west ward, she had a northerly drift. The pirates kept me almost all the time at the helm dared not let them suspect that this was the very thing I could .have .wished and two or three timea wedged The compass so that It couiu not play, x yuaa atraid they would discover that wo were making too much northing, aud though their ignorunce of the lay of Uid coast was u most hope ful circumstance in this connection, I dared not wholly trust to it. At last I ran out of the Gulf Stream, and, just after I had taken an obser vation of the sun, which till theu ha 1 not shown itself for several days, leaving me to be guided by the Gulf wet?d and tne water's teuieperature the wind came out northeast, pip ing in right good earnest. .My heart beat quickly, for the hydrunt had shown me that my hour had come. I was in latitude thirty-six, ten ; longi tude seventy-four, eight. Our water casks were almost empty, and the pirates, who bad all this time, supposed me to be beating and bang ing about to gain the southern inlet, were very glad when I told them that we should reach the coast in a few hours. And I you cannot imagine my sensations. Oh, if the wind should die out if it should head us off if morning should dawn, and my plan be only half accomplished! Of ten had the villains drawn their knives across my throat, in significa tion of what would come should I play them false ; and now it was suc cess or death. Headed west-north-west the little brig bounded along, aud you may well believe that I watched every va riation of the breeze, aud the draw ing of every Bail, as I had never watched before, over and over I re volved my prerious reckoning Yes, yesterday I struck out for the Gulf Stream; last night I headed thus and thus; to-day I wassureof my figures. It must be so I have made no mis take. Yet, how, if I cannot manage at last? A single error, a shadow of suspicion, and a knife will end all.' Thus I mentally conversed with my self. Here and there were vessels sailing upon various, courses, but I daied not approach, dared hardly look at them. As evening approached I saw tfie land. It would be dark ere we should reach it; and thus far all went hope fully. Yet never had the blood-stains upon the deck looked more hideous than now. Hope had in a measure broken the nightmare of horror, and more fully than before I realized the awfulness of the tragedy which bad been peretrated. Strongly the northeaster, piped It would not fail me now and the clouds were thick, and the night would be very dark. Then upon the lee bow gleamed a light, and present ly away off on the weather bow shone faintly another. Oh, the anxiety of that moment! I was right. There they were, the two beautiful lights yes, they were beautiful indeed to me. But the hour of greatest peril was at hand ; and like a dramatic au thor who fears for his last act, I stud ied again and again the various con tingencies that might cross lay plans, and reveal my intentions to the mur derous Spaniards.. We passed between- the lights, at a considerable distance from both, and many were the inquiries of the pi rates as to our position. I told them that we bad a few miles further to run, when we should reach the anchorage at the watering-place. Darkness pre vented them from seeing the land, and they had not the most distant idea of the surroundings. The lights the3r imagined to be npou two Islands at least, they took my word for it, and had no suspicion of our real whereabouts. On and on flew the Isabel ; and if ever, at one time more than another, I have tried to exert my nautical judgment aud forethought, it was then. We saw other lights ; but the pirates suppose them to be on the ocean coast, along which they believ ed themselves sailing. At length, I requested them to take in the light sails and the courses. This completed, I called out and it was with a dread ful thrill at my heart, I assure you, 'Let go the top-sail hazards, and clew up !' It was done ; and I could see that a dark bank was rising under the lee bow. 'Stand bj' to let go anchor,' I shouted, 'while-I bring her up in the wind ! I flapped the helm hard down, while the four pirates ran to obey my last di rection. Oh, heaven ! how my blood seemed to suffocate me ! They were all away forward. It must be now, if ever. A hundred times that day I had glanced at the yawl, and tackles that held it; and now, quickly, but with a steady hand, I sprang to the davits falls. First the larboard, then the starboard, I seized ; but was careful to lower away with both simultaneously that the boat might not be swamped. Then, clapping my hands on the taffrail, I dropped into her, unhooked the tackles, aud with my hands against the brig, pushed with a force that sent the pawl shooting from un der the counter. At this moment I heard the anchor go overboard. I had just time to grasp an oar, and commence sculling with all my might when the pirates ran aft. Bacalardo'a tones rang tierce and loud. His hor rid Spanish oaths might at auother time have curdled my blood ; but now I had him upon my hip. 'Ahoy the fort." I shouted ; 'ahoy there the fort!' For well I knew the dark bank so close at hand. A Beautiful and Affectionate Letter. LoTe The voice that answered waB the moat blcsactl sound I ever beard. It was from one of the United States' sentinels, and I was gliding under the walls at old Point Comfort! Escape for the pirates was impossible, for the strong easterly wind must preclude all hope of getting to sea. while the fort could have disabled the brig in an in stant. A boat, with armed soldiers, now boarded her. Three of the pirates were taken into custodj-, but Bacalar do was found dead in the cabin. Dis may, disappointment, and the certain ty of his doom, had impelled him to draw his Spanish knife across his throat. The others, when brought to triul, had the effrontery to profess themselves innocent. Bacalardo had duped them Bacalardo had done all they had injured no one; but the United States Court thought different ly, and they were hung at Norfolk. THE JUDGMENT DAY. A Terrible Tragedy Under the Influ ence of theJL'clipse. In the dark path of the late eclipse across Texas, 116 miles in width, there were thousands of ignorant people, both white and black, who had not heard that auythiug peculiar wasabout to happen. Mauy of these people the eclipsesurprisedat work in their Gelds. Many ludicrous scenes are reported. Especially on the plantation of United States Senator Coke, near Waco, was it that the negroes went to praying, be lieving verily that the day of judg ment had come. A terrible tragedy in Johnson county may be set down to the eclipse. Ephraim Miller, col ored with his family of wife and four children, lived near Buchanan, in that county, vhither he had removed from Tennessee six mouths ago. On the morning of the eclipse he said he had heard the world was coming to.an end that evening, and if so he intended to be so sound asleep that the trumpet of the Angel Gabriel could not awaken him. When the eclipse commenced, and the darkness of totality came on, he ran from the field to his house with a hatchet in his hand. He was follow ed b a negro woman named Nancy Ellison, who also thought the world was coming to an end. As she got to the house Miller's wife rushed out un der the same delusion, and looking up at the beautiful corona of light around the black moon screamed, 'Come sweet chariot!' at the gams time rushing across a cotton field wringing her hands. Inthe meantime, Miller, wish ing to take his ten year old boy with him to the other side of Jordan raised his hatchet and split his son's head open. Leaving the latter weltering in his blood and struggling in the last thoes of death, the father, on a ladder, ascended to the top of the house. Here with a new razor he cut his throat from ear to ear, and hefell to the ground a corpse. His two little daughters es caped by hiding under a bed. Globe Democrat. Salt applied to cabbage plants as they begin to head will save them from the lavages of the cabbage worm. Who, after reading the epistle be low, addressed to one of the "fast young men" of Dyersburg, Is pre pared to say that the art sf telling a love story in tropes and figures of speech has become one of the lost arts? No one, we opine. If there Is another charming and suggestive simile that can be added to the long list called into requisition by the fair writer, we would like to know what it is. Dyersburg, Aug. 5, 1S7S. My Own Dear Pleas : Every time I think of you my heart flops up and down like a churn dasher. Sensations of utterable joy caper over it like young goats over a stable roof, and thrills through it like Spanish need les through tow-linen trowsers. Asa gosling swimeth with delight in a mud-puddle, so swimlin a sea of glo ry. Visions of eotatio rapture, thick er than the hair of a blacking brush, and brighter than the hues a hum ming birds pinions, visit me in my slumbers and borne on their invisible wings, your image stands before me and I reach out to grasp it, like an old pointer suappeth at a blue butter-ily. When I first beheld your saintly per fections I was bewildered, and my brain whirled round like a bumble bee under a glass tumbler; my eyes stood open like cellar doors in coun try towns. And I lifted up my ears to catch the silvery accents of your voice. My tongue refused to wag, and in silent admiration I drank in sweet influence of love, as a thirsty man swalloweth a tumbler of hot whisky punch. Since the light of your face fell upon my life I sometimes feel as if I could lift myself by my shoe straps to the top of a church steeple. Day and night you are my thoughts. When 'Aurora,' blushing like a bride riaes from her saffron couch ; when the ja3'-bird pipes his tuuefulIa3s in the apple tree by the spring house; when the chanticleer's shrill clarion heralds the coming morn ; when the awakened pig arisetb from his bed, and goeth forth for his morning re freshments; when the drowsy beetle wheels his droning flight at sultry noontide, and when the lowing cows come home at milking time, I think of thee. And like a piece of gum elastic my heart seems to stretch clear across 013- bosom. Your hair is like the mane of a sorrel horse painted -rrith gold, auu" tne Grass slide to your immaculate necktie fills me with un bounded awe. Your forehead is smoother than an old coat, and whit er than seventeen hundred linen. Your eyes are glorious to behold. In their liquid depths I see legions of little cupids battling and fighting like cohorts of ants in an old army crack er. When their lire hit full in the womanly breast, it perforated ru3 en tire anatomy like a load of bird shot would go through a rotten apple. Your nose is from a chunk of parian marble, and your dear mouth puckers with sweetness. Nectar lingers on 3'our lips like honey on a bears paw, and mvriads of unfledged kisses are ready to fly out and light some where like blue-birds out of their parent nest. Your laugh rings on my ears like the windharp's strain, or the bleat of a stra3 lamb on the bleak hill side. The dimples in yor cheeks are like bowers in beds of roses, or like hollows in cakes of home-made su gar. I am dying to fly to your presence and to pourout the burning eloquence of my love as a thrifty house-wife pours out the hot coffee. Away from you I am as melancholy as a sick rat. Sometimes I can hear the June bug of despondency buzzing in my ears, and feel the cold lizzards of despair crawliug down m3 back. Uncouth fears like a thousand minnows, nib bling at my spirits, and va soul is pierced through with doubts as an old cheese is bored with skippers. My love is stronger for you than the smell of old butter, sweitzer kase, or the kick of a mule. It is purer than the breath of a young cow, and more un selfish than the kittens first catter- waul. As the song bird hungers for the light of day, the cautious mousa for the fresh bacon in the trap, as a lean pup hankers after new milk, so 1 1 ong for thee. You are fairer than a speckled pullet, sweeter than a Yan kee doughnut fixed in sorgum molas ses, brighter than the topnot plumage on the head of Muscovy duok. You are candy kisses, raisins, pound cake, and sweetened toddy, altogether. If these few remarks will enable you to see the inside of my soul, and me to win yonr affections, I shall be as happy as a wood pecker in a cherry tree or a stage horsein a green pasture. If you cannot reciprocate my thrilling pas sion, I will feel terrible bad, and I will pine away like a poisoned bed bug, and fall from the flourishing vine of life, an untimely branch. And in coming years when the shad ows grow long from the hills, and the philosophic frog Bings hi3 evening hymn, you happy in another's love, can come and drop a tear and toss a clod upon the last resting place of EciiiA. Tlie Two Brave Girls of Swansea. On Friday last, as we learn, at an hour when the mercury in the ther mometersat Swansea, which had been measuring heat between the ninetieth and one hundredth degrees for twelve mortal hours, was slowly descending under the refrigerating influences of the evening air, two very respectable young ladies, daughters of prominent citizens of that place, walked down to a secluded spot on the pebbly shore of Preston Lake for the purpose of bath ing in the good old fashioned way. Selecting a sequestered nook in the thick foliage that lines the beach for disrobing, they laid aside their gar ments,and after the usual preliminary of "cooling off" plunged into the lim pid water aad proceeded to enjoy themselves as girls best know how to do when such opportunities are afford ed them. For a long time they be sported themselves in the invigorating element, rolling and plunging about in real girl fashion and filling the air with their merry peafe of laughter. Suddenly, in the midst of their en joyment, to their great surprise, they beheld the form of a man, iudesha bflle, moving from a clump of bushes toward the very spot where they were standing half way up to their ohinsin the water. The most natural thing for two defenceless girls to do under such circumstances would be to rush wildly toward the shore shrieking for help; but these j-oung ladies, be it said to their credit, do not belong to that class of females, Instead of show ing signs of consternation, they stood composedly in their tracks and wait ed for that graceless dog to come up, and when he had got near enough, just reached for him and chucked him under water, where they held him until he bad swallowed all of the fluid that he oould hold, then sent him ashore on the crest of a wave, a sadder if not a wiser man. Gtoneoa lieffister. Passion Items. Braceletsre either very broad or very narrow. Very small buttons are again used on dress waists. For plain woolen dresses bunting and debege are the mos.t popular. It is fashiouable for ladles to knl silk socks as gifts to gentlemen. Narrow satin ribbons of dark red are worn with black grenadine dress 00. Polonaises are seen laced In the back aud opening half way up the front with ravers. Belts, when fastened to the front of the baque, shorten the appearance of the waist. Nearl3' all the new flowers for bon nets have birds among them in eome form or other. It is predieted that plaited polon aises with yokes and wide belts will be worn this winter. Pins of fronted siiver in the form of a single plume are used to fasten black lace around ths throat. Breasts and heads of birds and whole birds will be much used this winter in all garnitures. It is the fashion now to line white muslin curtains with a oolor, and to tie back with a strip of the same as the lining. Feathers will be most used for fulL bonnets, but it is predieted that flow ers will displnce them almost entirely later in the season. Among new imported millinery goods is a velvet called the Medicis velvet, which comes in several shades or colors combined in one piece. White muslin curtains are fashion able lined with a color, and looped dock witu a rtouon 01 tbe seme. Sometimes they are looped with a scarf of another color. An attractive feature in :ue autumn modes is the presence of beautiful mixed fabrics, and often the colors belonging to the famity of red dyea predominate. Young ladies sometimes turn the broad brim of their hats back from the forehead, and fasten it to the crown with a pin that has gold heads, and is looped together with a chain. Bouquet-bows are made of twelve loops of six different colors, two loops of each color being used. They are of an inch-wide satin ribbon, and are loops of an inch and a half deep, masked together like the petals of a rose, and form an irregular rosette when sewed on. Farmer Jones caught a rooster steal ing hia com, wrung his neck, and claims to have killed a. cock robbin'. Boston Transcript. I have seen men who had worn oat their vices, and aapposed, of course, that they were living on their virtues. Josh Billings. The Key. Henry Ward Beechera while ago went to a hotel in a city of New Jersey for a night's stay. He ordered supper, and after takinga few sips of coffee called the colored" waiter and said: "Can you give me your services this evening?" "Yes, sah,' said the waiter briskly. "The mat ter is one of importance," Eald Mr. Beecher solemnly. Perhaps I had better speak to the landlord myself about it." "Oh no, sab," said the sable attendant, fearful of losing the thumping fee that the preaoher's earnestness foreshadowed ; "I can then," said Mr. Beecher, with added solemnity, "I want you to sit op to night with this coffee. Ib Is so weak It is going to die before .morning." There was a moment of pathetic si lence, and the waiter withdrew. The beauty of a man's partlnghla hair in the middle appears to be that it gives both ears an equal chance to flap. A good thing to have round a circle.