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A Burglary and an Elopements
"I tell yon," cried Arthur Lambert
in a rage, "if I catch that sneak-
Ing BConndrel in this house again, I'll
break every boue in his body!"
Rose Lambert laughed derisively.
"Take care that you don't come off
second-best, my valiant brother.
Charles is not a 'sneaking scoundrel,'
and I think thatif you came to blows
with him you would be in danger of
being the greatest sufferer of the two!"
"I'm not afraid of him, nor of all
the Gores who eer sung psalms."
"I don't think that Charles was ev
er hurt by any paalm-singing. He
has not been to church, that I know
of since he gave up preaching at St.
Blossom, and never did like it. In
deed, I only wish he was a little more
serious."
"He'll be serious enough after I've
had hold of him."
Hose put on a highly-quizzical ex
pression. "Kow, my dear brother, what on
earth is the use of talking about Char
ley Gore in that way ? You have for
bidden him the house forty times, you
have forbidden me to see him just as
often, and have threatened to whip
him ever since he first first began to
pay attention to me. I am quite
tired of your blustering, and know
that it means nothing; so I advise
you to put on a smiling face, let me
have my own way, and make the best
of it."
"I have done nothing but talk, bo
far," replied the wrathful young man,
"and now I'm going to act. I warn
you, if you care'any thing for Charles
Gore, not to let him come here again;
for if I catch him I shall certainly
give him the worst thrashing any
man ever got in this town !"
And off he went, and banged the
door behind him.
The fact was that Charley Gore was
very much In love with Kose Lamb
ert, and Rose Lambert was very much
in love with Charley Gore; but Ar
thur Lambert was tremenduously
prejudiced against the young man,
and took every possible occasion to
say bitter things about him before
Rose.
Of course this only fanned the flame
of her love for bim. There is nothing
like a little wholesome persecution toj
intensify a love affair ; so the more
Arthur swore his sister shouldn't
marry Gore, the more she declared she
would.
As for Gore, he was a terribly lazy
fellow. He had gone into the church
on leaving college, only because he
ought a parson's life an easy oner
but sundr3 little escapades he indulg
ed in during hi'3 clerical experience
created a great scandal about him,
and, when he came into his property
at his father's death, be found that
even the slight labor of preparing two
sermons a week, and making his pas
toral visits, fatigued bim too much ;
so be left bis church in St, Blossoms,
and retired to his old homestead. Ce
dar Point, and Eettled down in the
sweet indolence of bachelorhood. He
sat in his garden, or on the piazza that
overhung the bay, and smoked and
read all the afternoon for days and
days together, until he metRose Lam
bert, when an extraordinary fit of en
ergy took bold of him, and he rowed
down the bay three miles to her
brother's house every day, and came
back in the evening.
When Arthur Lambert forbade him
the premises, they u?ed to fix upon
various secluded little nooks along
the shore for trysting places, and con
tinued to meet as before. Charley
would go to the house, too, once In a
while ; but be was always liable to
discovery, and then there was an in
evitable "scene" with Authur.
"I'm not a bit afraid of him, you
know,' said the indolent ex-pastor,
"but these scenes are so much trouble
to a fellow ; they're too much like
work to suit me."
80 Rose and he generally preferred
to meet somewhere out of the house,
until Arthur fin ally, 'set his foot down
that they should not meet at all, and
the above conversation took place.
That very afterneon Charley rowed
leisurely down the bay, keeping well
in, near the shore, till he came to a
picturesque little spot where twolarge
rocks, standing at right-angles, left a
sheltered, cozy corner, in which a
primitive sort of seat was placed, just
long enough for two. Here he ground
ed his boat, and sprung ashore.
"She isn't here yet," he solilo
quized, looking at his watch ; "but
the time is hardly up."
He had just got the words out of his
mouth when he saw the flutter of a
shawl at the corner of the rock, and
Rose presented herself, looking as
blooming as her floral namesake.
2sow I'm not going to tell all that
they did and said when they first met.
for most everybody knows all about
it from experience: and, however
nice such meetings are in real life,
they are always a little flat to read in
print. Therefore I shall omit the first
ten minutes' conversation, and go at
once to what concerns my story.
"What do you suppose Arthur is go
ing to do?" asked Rose.
"I'm sure I don't know ; whip me,
I suppose."
"Yes ; but that's not all. He is go
ing to watch me, and if he rinds out
that we have met again he will lock
me up in my chamber!"
"No you don't mean it!"
"Yes so he says."
"I tell you what it is. little maiden
mine, I've got an idea."
"What Is it?"
"The sooner we many, thebetter.'
The little maiden blushed, but
didn't say anything against the prop
osition. "This courting under difficulties,"
continued Charley, "is hard work,
and you know I never had much taste
for that. I had a good deal rather
marry first and do the courting after
ward. I shall have more time, and
far better opportunities. In fact, it
always seemed queer to me that men
don't make love to their wives more
than they do; they have such glori
ous chances ! What do you say to our
marriage now?"
Rose hadn't thought of it so soon.
She blushed a good deal, and hesita
ted a good deal, but finally concluded
that she had rather get ready in a few
days, and be married without noise
and ceremony, than to run the risk of
being locked up. and having Charley
insulted and troubled continually.
The rest of the conversation was,
like the first part of It. altogether too
personal to be appropriate for publica
tion ; and the young folks parted In
the loftiest good humor. They were
to meet once more, to make final ar
rangements, and on the next day but
one Charley was to row down to the
house and get Rose, who promised to
contrive some means of sending Ar
thur away for a short while. They
were then to return to Cedar Point to
gether, where everything should be
in readiness, and the knot would be
tied.
Unfortunately, However, as Rose
tripped down the shore toward home,
after this last meeting, Arthur step
ped up behind her and laid hold of
her arm.
"Yes," said he, sardonically, "a
very nice plan. I heard you all yon
said both you and that lazy, loafing,
conceited puppy. Run away with
him, will you? I like that! Come
along, now, and we'll see whether a
little quiet won't tame you down !'
In vain Rose struggled and scolded;
in vain she insisted that ber brother
bad no right to detain her, and threat
ened him with ell sorts of legal ac
tions, about which she knew a little
less than nothing. He forced her to
go home to her own room, and locked
her safely in. At supper-time he sent
her tea up, and allowed her plenty of
books, ber guitar, etc., but would not
permit her to cross the door-sill.
She was terribly angry. She cried
for the first half hour, then stormed a
little, and finally commenced making
examinations of the premises, with a
view of escaping. The windows were
high, and the rose-bushes below
would make a dangerous landing-place-;
eo ehe gave that idea up. The
door was too strong to be burst open
the chimney too narrow to climb up ;
and she was reluctantly compelled to
abandon one attempt for another, till
she despaired of escaping, and did a
little more crying over it.
Charley Gore was at the trystlne
place at the appointed time, and wait
ed disconsolately until it was nearly
dark, when he rowed down to Lam
bert's house to see if he could catch a
glimpse of Rose. He saw no one ex
cept Arthur, who sat on the piazza in
front of the door glancing defiance at
him. A visit under those circumstan
ces being impossible, the disappointed
young man turned about and rowed
home, wishing that there were no
such things as brothers, and very
much puzzled to know what to do.
In the meantime Rose passed her
time slowly and anxiously. She en
deavored to bribe her chambermaid to
send a letter to Cedar Point, inform
ing Charley of her position; but the
discreet handmaiden delivered the
epistle to Arthur, who burned it, and
informed bis sister that she need not
take the trouble to write again.
At the hour agreed upon Charley
Gore and a friend, who was in his con
fidence, armed themselves, and,
taking the lightest and swiftest of the
many boats kept at Cedar Point, pro
ceeded toLambert'B house. Gore did
not know, of course, what ill-Juck
had befallen Rose, but was prepared
for almost anything. There wa3 a
light in her window, as agreed, and
the rest of the house was auspiciously
dark.
"1 hope all is well," said the young
man ; "you stay in the boat, aud I
will go to the house alone. It I want
you I'll whistle.'
He walked cautiously across the lit
tle garden that lay between the house
and the beach, and entered the front
door, which wa3 standing wide open.
The parlor door was open, too, and
the room was in sad confusion. Two
great bags of coarse can va3, filled with
ornaments, etc.. lay iu the hall, anda
quantity of clothing, tied up iu a
blanket, lay at the foot of the stairs.
- .Wondering what on earth could be
the matter. Charley ascended the
stairway, and just as he reached the
second floor saw a man unlock Rose's
door and coolly enter her chamber.
Rose, who was lying on the sofa,
gave a scream of terror, and the man
drew back alarmed. Gore made three
steps from the Bead of the stairs to
the door, and recognized in the
stranger a man who had Been com
mitted to the St. Blossom jail for
burglary, bat who had been pardoned
out.
"What, Jake Williams!" exclaim
ed Gore.
"Parson Gore, as I'm clive!'7 cried
the burglar. "My game's up I'd
better sherry this crib !'
And he darted off before Charley
could make out what be said. As he
ran he dropped several silver spoons
and forks, some skeleton keys, and a
variety of articles, that showed what
he had been about pretty plainly. He
had seen Arthur Lambert ride Into
the village of St. Blossom that eve
ning, and he hastened over to accom
plish a robbery he had long been plan
ning. Thesurprlse of finding Gore in
the house had frightened him, and he
fled, leaving his booty behind.
Arthur, in the interim, had been
much worried by a vague presenti
ment that Gore would prosecute his
original intention of carrying Rose
off that night, but some very urgent
business had carried him to St. Blos
som, and he could notavoid going.
He had left strict orders with the ser
vants to admit no one; but two of
them had taken advantage of his ab
sence to go out visiting, and the
chambermaid the only one left was
so frightened by hearing the burglar's
movements op stairs that she had
hidden herself in the coal-cellar, and
remained there Bpeechles3 with ter
ror. Arthur transacted his business with
all possible dispatch, and hurried
home from the village as fast as his
horse could carry him. Entering the
yard in the rear of the bouse, he saw
a small wagon standing by the high
barn-yard fence, and perceived a man
dart from the back door of the house
toward this vehicle. The idea that it
was Charley Gore, come to elope with
Rose, flashed upon him instantly,
and, swinging adroitly down from
the saddle, he seized the retreating
stranger and gave him a blow under
the jaw that whirled him completely
around. The man rallied, however,
and administered a severe left-hander
upon Lambert's nose that stagger
ed him in turn. They then clinched
and went down, Lambert choking his
foe energetically, and the other en
deavoring to get a dirk concealed un
der his coat.
The fight was a severe one, and last
ed several minutes, much "science"
being displayed on both sides, and
many contusions exchanged. At
length, however, Lambert gained the
viotory, having choked the other
nearly to death, and wrenched the
dirk from his hand.
""Sow, you Infernal villain, you'll
come here to steal my slater away,
will you? When I forbid you the
house again, I want you to stay
away !" said he, with the heat of pas
sion in his voice.
"Your sister!" gasped the fallen
man; "your sister! Who the d 1
wants her? When did you forbid me
the house?"
"What do you mean?"
"What do you mean ?"
"I mean that I told Rcse that I
wonld thraab yon if you ever came to
see her again; and now I've done it."
"Who is Rose? I never came to see
Rose."
Arthur thought that this was not
Gore's voice; and, now that his first
excitement was over, he perceived
that the stranger's shoulders were
somewhat broader than that young
gentleman's.
'Why. bless my soul, you no, you
are not Charles Gore !"
"Gore! PareonGore! No; he's in
the house there now; he scared me
off!"
"Gore in the house now! Where?"
"I don't know ; let me up you're
almost killing me-'
Lambeit was in a predicament. In
the struggle the rest of the spoons
and forks bad fallen from the burg
lar's pockets, and he now saw, for the
first time, what the man's real object
had been in visiting the bouse. Ho
did not want to let him go, yet he
could not stay there, with Charley
Gore on forbidden ground.
After a moment's thought, howev
er, he decided tnat he must prevent
the elopement at all hazards, and,
leaving WilUiams on the ground, be
rushed into the house and up stairs,
with the dirk still In his hand.
I am afraid that the encounter
would have been a severe one if the
two young men had met, both being
armed, and Lambert being actually
crazy with anger. Fortunately they
didn't meet. Rosa's chamber door
stood wide open the lamp was burn
ing but she was gone, and a number
of her dresses, etc., with her. Lam
bert rushed down to the shore, but
could see nothing the boat had gone
far out of sight while he was engaged
with the burglar in the backyard.
Like a prudent young man, he re
signed himself to the ruling of desti
ny, and made the best of it, as he
otfght to have done before. He called
up the trembling chambermaid from
the coal-hole ; bade her put her bouse
in order, and pick up the spoons ;
wash the blood from his face, and eat
down to a glass of brandy and water
and a cigar as cheerfully aa the cir
cumstances would permit. The burg
lar had very naturally absconded, but
bad carried off nothing with him,
and, beyond the pounding Lambert
gave bim, aud a little damage to some
of the parlor ornaments, there was no
harm done by his visit except to him
self. Tbe authorities were set upon
his track, and he was soon an inmate
of the St. Blossom jail once more.
The next week Charley and Rose
set off on their wedding tour, and
twhen they returned Arthur gener
ously apologized, and offered them
the right hand of fellowship, which
they accepted. They now occupy one
house Cedar Point end the two
brothers-in-law have had many a
hearty laugh over the accidents and
incidents of the night when there
was a burglary and an elopement from
the same premises,
No legacy is bo rich as honesty.
The Black Hills Game.
Fromtae Madison. Wis. Journal.
The morning after the party of
Madison prospectors arrived in Lead
ville, so the story goes, one of the boys
who would pass for a class-leader
in auy pious, well-regulated commu
nity took a stroll down Chestnut
street, to see the sights. A burly
stranger, who looked like a veteran
California "forty-niner," met our
young friend and solicitously inquir
ed as to the whereabouts of the
Grand hotel. Madison informed
him, though wondering why an ap
parently old settler didn't know
where the principal hotel was, and
was thereupon invited by California to
take a drink. Such an invitation
amounts to a command, in the min
ing camps, and Madison dropped into
the "Home" and "smiled" with his
new-found friend. Pretty soon, Cali
fornia still furnishing the drinks, a
gentlemanly, but seedy individual.
who looked like "a literary fellah,"
whose publisher had gone back on
him, came in witb'a bottle to be fill
ed. The literary'man and California
shoved up a gold eagle simultaneous
ly ; the bar-keeper couldn't change
but one, so California proposed to
throw dice to see who should pay the
whole bill ; the "literary fellah' sug
gested the Black Hills game, and
California being assured that it
was a "Square" game and the bar
keeper's dice were not loaded, Baid
he'd do it, providing they played
with three dice "the way they rat
tle 'em at Pike's Peak." It wa3 a
queer little game of "twenty-one"
betting on tne opposite faces and the
sum total thrown, they soon began
throwing for outside money, Cali
fornia keeping the lead. The literary
man having a temporary engagement
across the street, went out for a few
moments, during which California
instructed Madison as to how easy it
was to win all the loose change in the
"literary fellah's" pockets he suggest
ed that Madison should put down
$500 on the next deal and give Cali
fornia 30 per cent, for instruction;
Madison said he had $500, but didn't
want to stake it all at once he would
put down $20, and if he won would
go deeper, to which proposition Cali
fornia assented. The literary indi
vidual rturned.and Madison, putting
down his gold eagle, was allowed to
win. Picking up his adversary's
stake along with his own, and stack
ing tbe pile in his vest pocket, Madi
son said be guessed he wouldn't play
any more to-day? and again he had a
very pressing engagement at the ho
tel.
Tbe BlacklHills game is not so pop
ular a3 It was at the "Home" in
Leadvilleand the opposition saloons
are thinking of running that Madi
son boy for Congress, as a slight to
ken of esteem.
Satisfied at Last.
A man who can probably never be
induced to join any reform move
ment, even if paid a liberal salary,
says the Detroit Free Press, entered a
saloon on Michigan street and asked
the price of a pint bottle of whisky
which stood in tbe window. Being
answered that it was seventy-five
cents, he growled :
"I'll never pay It. Boots and shoes,
shingles, poultry, square timber,
horse-shoes and every thidg else have
come down in price, but you keep
whisky at tbe same eld figures.'
He went away, but after a few min
utes he returned and said :
"Throw in two big drinks and I'll
take the bottle."
The saloon-keeper refused; but after
the stranger returned the second time
he said :
"I can't reduce the price, nor throw
in any extra; but I'll pour that pint
into a quart bottle, fill up with water,
and put in pepper enough to make
the whole burn the skin off your
mouth."
"Begin to pour!" briefly replied
the man, as he produced his money,
and when he had drank the mixture
and got his breath, he said :
"I'm satisfied at last or would be
if you could p-put a few carpet-tacks
Into the bottle!"
Senator WIndom, in an interview
on the Colored exodus and tbe oMeCtS
of the Emigration Aid Society, was
. -
asked if any of tho white people of
theSouth agreed with his well-known
views on tbe subject; In reply he
said :
I have had several letters from
them indorsing this view, and ex
pressing the belief that in the distri
bution of the colored race is the only
hope of the Sonth as well as of the
negro. This opinion is by no means
confined to Republicans in" that sec
tion. One of the gentlemen who thus
writes was a member of the last Na
tional Democratic Convention. Of
course this sentiment does not exist
to any considerable extent among the
Democrats of that section. The pre
vailing sentiment of that party at the
Sooth Is that tbe negro should remain
as a basis of representation and the
servant of his former master, and be
content with whatever conditions the
dominant race choose to impose upon
him.
Substitute for Cabbage. Take
three good-sized white turnips, and
chop fine; cook until tender, salt and
pepper to taste ; then add four table
Bpoonfuls Bweet cream, and a little
piece of butter; let it boll a few min-
Jjtes, then add 5 cup of vinegar.
Bo Prairie Dogs Big TTells !
Last snmmerone of the staff of the
American Agriculturist, when In Ne
braska, published information fur
nished him by Mr. M. T. Leech, then
of Ogalalla, but now of Julesburg,
Nebraska, to the effect that Prairie
dogs dig wells, each dog town' being
provided with one. It was asserted,
among other things, that no matter
how far down the water might be, the
dogs would keep on digging until they
reached it, Mr. Leech adding that he
knew of one such well two hundred
feet deep. These statements have
been widely copied, and they have
been several times denied by, among
others, one of the Professors of Yale
College. We have met Mr. Leech
this autumn in Wyoming Territory
where he holds a responsl Deposition
in the railway employ, and he reiter
ates the original statements, and af
firms their truth, adding that if the
Bkeptlcs will come to Sidney, Nebras
ka, they will find convlncingproof of
the accuracy. There is a 'town' of 25
or 30 pet Prairie dogs, about five rods
from the track north-west of tbe Rail
road Hotel. The owner of tbePrairie
dogs will show the visitor the well,
and will tell him that about the first
move the dogs made, after being lo
cated there wa3 to dig for water. At
a point on tbe Kansas and Pacific
Railroad, not far from Buffalo Station,
the workmen in sinking a tank reser
voir some time ago, struck one of these
Prairie dog wells, and followed it
down to a depth of two hundred feet.
Mr. Leech's statements were verified
by Professor Aughey, the well known
Geologist at the Nebraska State Uni
versity, who informed us at Lincoln,
that he bad discovered these wells
while making geological explorations
along the Logan River in Northern
Nebraska. American Agriculturist.
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How Lincoln Escaped Assassination in
1SG1.
I'll tell the tale a3 Ihad it from Mr.
Gulver. of Louisville, who was in of
fice here for some time before Lincoln
came. He was a fellow-boarder with
me at the corner of Fourth street and
Pennsylvania avenue, but was once a
banker, a man of fine talents, high in
Masonio mysteries, a close observer,
and fully loyal. One evening hs re
lated to me the following story:
"There was boarding in this very
house a young lady who was one of a
band of particular friends of Jake
Thompson, Secretary of the Interior
under Buchanan. She was often ab
sent on short trips to Baltimore. One
evening she came in and was soon in
close conversation with some well
-known rebels. I was reading the
evening paper, or pretending to oe,
but listening. I heard her say in a
whisper, 'I've been up to Baltimore;
it is all arranged; be cannot get
through alive.' As the talk was all
about Lincoln In those days, I knew
this lady meant Lincoln. I over
heard so much," said be, "and was
sure of it.'
There was a friend of Culver's then
at the National Hotel, a Mr. Evans,
of Florida, who was a loyal man and
intimate with Gen. Scott. Culver
stole out, called on Evans, told him
what he had heard, and Evans went
at onceto Scott with the story.
That night, Scott sent trusty men
to Baltimore, arranged to have Lin
coln make that detour from New York
to Pittsburgh, and thence to come at
an unexpected time, disguised,
through Baltimore. Hence the old
Scotch cloak and cap in which be
(reached here in safety, and was in
augurated. Washington Cor. J2och
ester Express.
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The Cost of Grant and TTellfnrfon.
I wish some of our homesick emi
grants would compare the co3t of your
system with ours before they find
fault with such men even as "Boss"
Tweed. Or they might take your
present General Grant, and compare
him with our dead Duke of Welling
ton ; for we have no military man
alive that 13 fit to compare with your
late President. I do not believe that
General Grant, in pay, pensions, etc.,
to himself and relatives, will ever
cost you more than 100,000, or the
tenth part of JE1.WW.OOU; but our
! "... --, , .. 1 .
1 great f enerai cuat us ciose upon j,-
000.000 during his long lifetime alone i to tne horizon, so tdat the wma
(Mav God grant Gen. Grant a similar ! striking, glances and flows oxer the
lease of life.) After that we voted ani edSe keeping It straight as water over
immense sum of money to bury him'adam "ow sight carefully over the
with ; and unless some change comes J ede at some minute and sharply de
over us, we are likely to add many j fined object, and you will see the air
millions more as the cost of 'the fam-! fiow over -13 water flows over a dam.
Ily.' I should think, that with all
j these Immense smounts lingering in
our ledgers, no one will be able to say
that we have not duly and heavily
gilded our 'Iron Duke. We have an
other duke, who Is our present commander-in-chief.
He is about as fit
to compare with Gen. Grant as a hod
carrier is to compare with Prof. Edi
son, Yet what this gentleman cost
us in t-aleries alone already would
make a very ugly hole in a million
pounds. British Workman in 2vew
York Evening Post.
Two hundred clerks in the Bank of
France have petitioned the President'
of that institution for permission to
wear their beards, a privilege now de
nied them.
A pretty girl won a musket in a lot
tery; when they gave it to her she
asked, 'Don't they give a soldier with
lit?'
AcMhg for- tie Good old. Times.
A writer in a Uemocratio paper in
Washington is longing for the good
old times that the Democrats used to
havejwhen they were in power. He
argues that the social condition of
Washington has been such during the
eighteen years of Republican, admin
istration, that "people of intelligence
refinement, and cultivation" have not
found it an agreeable place- to. live in
and saysr
"Mrs. Hayes, in the judgment of
most Intelligent people, in thrusting:
her obnoxious ultra, temperance views
upon others, too ofter subjecting them
to great personal annoyance and tn
cont-enience, has naturally provoked
an antagonism which Is aa fatal te
eny thing Iikegayety among the ciass--wfao
trouid bo naturally 8upp03e(Tto
constitute thesocial circle of the Pres
ident's wife. Besides the facfc that?
there are a large number of families
of independent fortunes and refined
and cultivated tastes who-have-- made
Washington their home, and who are
only waiting for the Introduction of
some new social element which- is
congenial to them, there Is the antic
ipated advent of the families of the
new Senators and Representatives
many of -shom will doubtless-, as la
the past, make this their home. It
seems mcre-than likely that a blend
ing of these elements will make
Washington what it once was the
center of the most refined; oonrtly,
and enjoyable society to-be found- in.
tbe country."
This fellow is a- sample Democrat.
He want3 a- bar-room set up In the
White House, so the loyal ex-Confederates
can get drunk there- He says,
that Mrs. Hayes-, in excluding rum
from the Executive Mansion,, has
"put tbe most intelligent people in.
Washington" to "great inconven
ience and annoyance.'r The most
intelligent people in Washington,
have bad to go elsewhere 10 get their
drinks, and the "social circle of the.
President's wife" has, on this account,
been "fatal to anything like gayety."'
That is, thesocial circle around" Mrs.
Hayes is such a3 to prevent anybody
getting drunk in tbe White House
and remaining respectable; This is
painful, but true. Aud he concludes
by the promise that when tfeis tem
perance business Is abolished Wash--ington
-will become "the center of the
mo3t refined, courtly, and- enjoyable
society in the country. ""
Throat Parasites
Tbe Elmira (N. Y.) Advertiser gives
a strange account of a IitSlegirl afflict
ed with the diphtheria. In looking:
into tbe child's throat, the mother
saw a micrococcus moving, which she
lemoved, together with another
which are nowon-exhibitroaina city
drugstore, and being discussed by the
medical fraternity. They are eaaiiy-
iseen by the naked eye, though a-glass
helps one to the 'true inwardness' of
tbe critters. The largest one is fuH-j
one quarter of aa ineh loBg covered
with hair, with ahead something-like
a caterpillar, tapering body, and' long
hairy tail. Its body Is formed in-rings;
its color is about that of one of those
dark yellow 'thousand legged' worms,
found under old boards and stones.
The Bmaller one is about one-sixteenth
of an inch loa-, being whitish hr col
or, and requiring the glass- to bring
out its 'beauty of conformation. It is
not a pleasant thought to imagine
such thing? in your throat, but they
get there, and from there into the
blood, heart and other organs, pro-
ducing paralysis and sadden death
when least expected. They are Teg
etable parasites, and exist in large
colonies in tbe dipbtheretic mem
brane. HW fo See thel-finrfrf
Take a polished metallic surface of
two feet cr more-, with a straight edge
a large handsaw will answer the
purpose. Take a windy day, whether
hot or cold, clear or cloudy, only let
tit not rain or the air be murky; in
other words let the air be dry and.
dear, but this is not essential. Hold
yonr metallic surface at right angles
to the direction of tbe wind r, c If
the wind is north, bold your surface
east and west, but instead of holding-
! thf Bnrfapp, vrfir! inrlina nhnnt 4rv
Make your observations carefully, and
you will hardly fa:! to see the air, no
matter how cold ; tbe result is even
better when the sun is obscured.
The veteran Indian fighter. Gen.
Harney, testified before;the Congres
sional committee that whisky caused
most of our Indian wars. Being ask
ed how whisky selling could be sup
pressed, he replied that liquor dealers
ought to be hanged or shot by the
nearest military official and he would
cheerfully detail an officer to attend
to that duty If he had the authority.
The General don't favor the license
svstem.
If yu undertake to hire a man to be
honest, yu will hav to raise his wages
every morning, and watch him drsd
phul clus3 besides. JoshBUUnas.
The pancake is like the orb of dav,
because It rises in the yeast and hpi
1 in the vest. Borne Sentinal. .