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District OfScors.
B. B.POXTXD
J. G WATSON
WILLIAM IL HOOVER .
Jiid!-c.
..District Attorney
District uierK,
Conntv Offlcors.
OTTN S. KTrLL Connty Jnrtce
wiison k. r a jobs..
A. IT. OILMOr.K
-R.V BLACK
C B. PARKER
JA5IKS W. UACKKJt
niiLir CltOTHEB
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J. IL PEEBY,
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. Hu rvpyor
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w.t. p.mms
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Chnrcacs.
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ntlO-.anain.. and 7-no -p. m. Snniay School at
2" n. m. "Rrayor Mooting Thnrsday evening.
S. P. Wiisojr. .Pasto-.
Presbyterian CJinreb. Services aeh Kabhnth
atim)a.m.,anrl7.30p.m. Prayer iifPiinK Wed
nesday evening "Sabbath School at 0 o'clock
a.m. IT. B. Dye. Paxtor.
CbrlHt'H Clinr -Ji. 'orvlPM every Sunday, a
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e-itT rYr or-.-loTi. B. A. IIiwlT,
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pors II. rt Xlnlpk ?. iScVrn. V. E. Johnson,
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niTSIKESS- CARDS.
A R. HOLTjADAY,
1 . Iliyi!e!:ii, Snrffron, Olis J"ti tcinn.
GraduatPil'ln 1S51. Looat'd in Brownvllle ISte.
Oince,4I Miin street. Brownvllle. N"l.
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Yllle.Neb.
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Jfebraska.
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C ATTORNEY AT LAAV. .
Onice.No.81 Main street. Brownvile, Neb
T H. BROABY,
J Attorney n.nl Cpmiselor nt Law,
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WT. ROGEK.
AltorvrvKiKl Coiine?or nt Ija-w.
Will elvedillRent attention tonnyleealhttslness I
Brownvllle. Neb.
T W. GIBSON,
BLiACIvSJIITII AND HORSE SIIOEK.
Work done to order and satisfaction Knarantced
First street, between Main and Atlantic. Brown
ville.Neb.
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FASIHOXABIiTJ
BOOT AND SHOE MAKER
CUSTOM WORK made to order, and fits always
nmraiUeed. Repairing neatly ami promptly done,
bhop. No. 27 Main street. Brownville.Neb.
B.
LT. BATIiEY,
siiirrnn axd DEAL'sn in
JL,TVtt STOCK
liROWXTILLB, KEBRASKA.
Farmers, please call and get prices ; I want
to handle your stock.
Office 31 Main street, Hoadlcy building.
JACOB JIAROHN,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
and dealer In
FineEnglisli, French, Scotch and Fancy Cloths,
Testings, Etc., Etc.
I2rotTJiYiI!e. Uebraslta.
pHARL.ES HELMER,
FASHIONABLE
oot and Shoe
Having bought the cus
tom shop of A. Robison,
I am prepared to do work
of all kindsat
Reasonable Rates.
JES-Repairlng neatly and
promptly done.
Shop No. C2 Main Street,
Mroivnv Hie, kcbras1za.
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-L. ATTORNEY AT I. AW
And JinUcp or Uip reape. Office In Court House
Bull ding. Brwnvl!le. Neb. .
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ESTABLISHED 1856.
Oldest Pcpor in. tlic State. J
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EROT7 rr?XEX.33.
.Paid-tip Capital, $50,000
Authorized " 500,000
IS PBEPABEDTO TRANSACT A-
General Banking Business
BUY AND SELL
United States and Surope
MONEY LOANED
On approved security only. Time Drafts disconnt
ed.and special accnmmoditlonstrranted to dcposlt
rs. Dealers in GOVERNMENT BONDS,
STATE, COUNTY & CITY SECURITIES
deposits;
Reccelved payable oudemnnd.and INTEREST al
lowed on tiino of deposit.
DIREOTOBS.-V.-m. T.Don, B..M. Ballev, M.A
Ifnndlpy. Frank E. Johnson, Luther Iloadjoy
Win. Fralsher.
JOHN. L. CARSON,
A. B.DAVISOX Cashier. President.
I.C.McNAUOIITON.Asst.Cashlcr.
ESTABLISHED IN 1856.
OLDEST
ESAL
. ESTATE'
.. " AaSNCY
W Si t?OT3"s' 2-4 R-4 syr&-r-rrl
v ij.ii.sjoj-i. aao .ii..irij- t VOJL II
Doe.s a general Ileal Estate Business. Sells
fjands.on Commission, examines Titles,
makes Deeds, Mortgages, and all Instru
ments pertaining to Ine trrfiisfer of Real Es
tate. Has a ..
Complete Abstract of Titles
to all Kcal.Eslale lu Nemaha County.
JViiiRCrsr,
tap
&&
Keeps a full line ol
Ornamented and Plain.
Also Shrouds for men. Iadlps and Infants.
All orders Irt Avith Mike Felthouser will
receive prompt attention.
S- Bodies Preserved and Embalmed.
5G Main Street, I?ROVrNYILLE,XEB.
Jt TUc
iBROCERYAHDPROVISIOM
an
y STORE OiT
is the place to get
Groceries,
Provisions,
Confections,
Fine Cigars,
Toilet Soap,
Canned Goods,
Fresh Butter,
. . Fie., Ftc, Etc.
Wo also keep all thohest brands of
nonr, nnu ovpryininrr usually kept lu
a first class grocery btore.
We have in con
nection ultii our
house a first class
FEED STO!
The old Barbershop, No. 47 Is now owned
and run by
J". JEi. HaTkins.
It is tho best fitted shop injthe city, and tho
placo is generally patronized by the
people. Mr. Hawkins keeps
noasslstauts wkoarouot
Experts at The Business,
and gentlemanly and accommodating In
their conduct. 11 kinds of
TOKSOBIAL WOHK
done promptlyand satisfflcUonTguarantecd.
TEE BBST BYES
made are always In preparation.
T, -A.. BATH
Is now proprietor of the
Xli
and Is prepared to accomodate the
public with
GOOD, FRESH, SWEET
Gentlemanly and accommodating clerks
will at all times be in attendance. Yonr
patronatro solicited. Remember the place
the old Pascoe shop, Main-st.,
ESrowiivillc, - JYcbrasJca.
BY THE U. S. G0VEBX5IE.T.
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, Tlio Man and the Picnic.
BY ItOBERT J. HURDETT.
Under the shell-bark hickory tree,
The picnic man he stands;
A woelul looking man is he.
With bruised and Rrimy hands;
An the soli that sticks to his trousers knee,
Is tho soil of several lands.
Hlshnir Is tumbled, his hat Ii torn,
Ills clothes are like tho ground;
He wishes lie had no'er been born,
Or, born, had ne'er been found;
IIo glares and scowls In wrathful scorn.
As oft ho lookB around.
At early morn, all dressed in white,
He sought tho picnic park ;
Ills iaco was clean his heart was light,
His loud song mocked the lark;
But now, although the day Is bright,
His world, alas 1 Is dark.
-i
jlnfjoyous rnoodfrtPerlmoraS
V "HftAt. nnon i.ho otnmn
But soon, as though upon "a thorn
Ho sat, with mightyjnmp
He leaped aloft, and alllbrlorn,
In great hasto he did crump.
For lo! in hordes tho big black ants,
With nippers long and slim,
"Went swiftly crawling up his pants,
And made It warm for him ;
And through tho woods they make him
dance
"With gasp, and groan, and vim.
And when the mslie feast is spread,
And Bhe Is sitting by,
His wildwood garland on her head.
The lovo-light in her eye.
He wo, O, wo! would he wero dead!
Sits lu the custard pie.
And now they send him up a tree,
xn ux. me picnic swing.
And up tho shell bark's scraggy sldo.
They Inuirh to see him plliu"
They cannot hear the words ho cried:
"Dad fetch ! dog gone ! dat bing I"
And now heiyishethho Trcrc'down,
And yet he can not seo
Just how their giggle, staro and frown
escaped by him may be !
Ho knows ho cannot scramble down,
With his back against the tree.
Sobbing, and sidling, and walling,
xiuuiewuru aione lie goes r
Ciny, pie, and grass stain on his clothes,
Mo.ro and more plainly shows;
And ho vows to any more picnics
IIo never will go, helmows.
But tho morrow comes, and its rising sun
Brings bairn to bis tattered breeks;
He thinks, after nil, bo had lots of fun,
And hopefully, gnyly he speaks;
And ho goes to pionics, one by ono.
Nine times In the next Ave weeks.
OLASA MOEEIS.
Sircct Helplessness the Chief Allri
. Imto of the Modern Emotional
Actress.
Eight or ten year ago a young wo
man carno suddenly Into public view
here as an actress, and grew In nu In
credibly short time, to be n great fa'or
ite. She had a bony frame, thin and
slightly freckled face, with a pair of
zinc-colored eyes and almost invisible
pear-tin ted eyebrows. She was also a
little round-shouldered, and her voice
was phthieicky. On tho night of her
debut she shook like a jelly, and those
who wero in the front seats could
mark the beatiutj of her heart by the
pulsiugof her flaxen and frizzled hair.
Oncw or twice the audience thought
she would faint. She seemed to have
no vitality no blood, no physlonl en
ergy. But once in tho play she came
down to the footlights, and in a ner
vous manner recited a soliloquy full
of that Fejjunl and sentient misery
which the modern society play de
lights in. Thon a strange thrill went
through tho assemblage. Her tones
were freighted with'a subtle sadness
that was inarticulate, and as indiscrib
nble as the odor of jasmine ; her zinc
colored eyes grow soft, and wet and
pitiful, and her frail body shook and
bent itself into strangely eloquent
tones of tenderness. All at once this
comely youngwomau melted into a
picture such aaliad not been seen be
fore on the stage. Afterward she un
loosened tho flaxen ball of hair ; it
tumbled down in a wavy cascade half
way to tho floor. It was that thin,
floating kind of hair that belongs to
delioato organizations, and it spread
round her like a yellow aureols or
cloud.every Cber tremulous with some
of tho emotion that seemed to stream
through her.
Then her audience began to think
she was beautiful. They carried away
q new impression. Somehow it was
like a phantom impression, too impal
pable, to be described or even under
stood. A month or two later T mot the
young lady In a parlor. There were
present all grades of elegant women,
sumptuously attired In every device
that make vivid tho beauty of the
faco. My freckled nnd phthisicky
girl stood in a corner in a plain casb
mero dress, demure.pale and pathotio
the picture of humility and weak
ness. But her llaxnn hair, tumbled
flown in unvoluted luxurianoe, swept
around her narrow neck in wavy
grace, and fellgin a yellow cloud on
her black dress. Placed there in the
corner against the dark maroon panel
of tho fresco, she stood out like the
Sistine madonna. Her hair was like
an iradiation of light, and into this
flame all tho male moths of the com
pany fell.
Demurely tho damsel captured all
the attention. Innocently she drew
to herself and away from the real
beauties all the idle adoration of the
fashionable worshipers.
I don't think one of those fellows
who went mad over the girl and raved
for months about her, in spite of the
contempt of their sisters and wives,
ever found out what it was that fasci
nated them.
I afterward heard that n rival ac
tress tried to cut her hair off one night
and was oaught in tho act.
But her hair Is only ono expression
of her character. There would have
been a good deal left of tho same
wavy, mellow, tremendous and mag
netic oharm In her face, her limbs, her
tone if sho had lost her hair.
1 It was a long tlmo beforo I found
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BBOWNVILLE, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY
out what the secret of her fascination
was.
And when I found it it waB this :
The adroit management of a secret
helplessness.
I found that the first Impulse of a
man was to praise her with a man's
pity, then to defend her with a man's
magnanimity. And she made her ap
peals always to men. Women she did
not care for. She made tho veriest
milksop feel like a ohampion in her
presence.
She touched every man's instinct
with her soft receptive meekness.
She was always melting and over
flowing him, and ho had no escape
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.MFiit-fj-wmr - titk i ic T33SSj;. -.-;
mevt'T'Hnw nnrnnnw wiin pnmn nr tho
Ivy round tho oak business with half
her tendril aud clinging gentleness
and softness. She was indeed a mor
al anaconda ; before you knew it, you
wero enfolded and your judgment
crushed out of you.
And tho joke of it was, you liked
It.
Sho seemed to know intuitively that
all those fellows who pretend to like
Amazonsmanage to slip away unseen
and marry consumptive saints.
So sho triumphed, and what is more
she became tho tj'po of the emotional
woman that the stage of to-day de
sires. The rugged, full-blooded Am
azons of other days, whoso impulses
mounted Into passion, and exhausted
themselves in physical action, have
disappeared. AH women who come
to the stage from society are nervous,
thin-halfed, anemic raurmurers, who
can feel acutely, but have not got tho
strength to manifest it vehemently.
Morphine, In many cases, has taken
the place of genius. Inspiration has
given place to hypodermic injections.
Invalidism Is called magnetism. But
they all lack tho sagacity of the
freckled nymph of the past, who
made her weakness a silent boast.
They all deny .that they are weak at
all. They do not cling. They never
let thdir back hair down. They can
not 6tand in a corner and glow and
draw men to them by their golden
passivity. No, they must dominate,
and compel nnd defy. She represent
ed the purely emotioual woman. "Our
later actresses represent smartness
and Bonsuousnesa. Nym Crinkle in
Hew York&lar.
Beer add CaiTec-
What Consul Griggs Knows
About Popular Beverages.
To tho Editor of the Now York Times.
In a report, just published in one of
the leading papers in Saxony, it is
stated that the quantity of cofleo con
sumed annually has increased during
tho past 40 years from 190,000,000
pounds to 850.000,000 pounds. The
amount used each year, per capita, in
different parte of Europo is given as
follows : RusBia, one-fifth pound ;
Groat Britain and Italy, 1 pound ;
Austtia - Hungary, li pounds;
France, 3 3-5'pounds ; Germany, 4 1-3
pouuris ; Denmark, 5 pounds ; Swit
zerland, GJ pounds ; Holland, 7
pounds ; and Belgium nearly 9
pounds. According to the above
mentioned report, the German nation
not only consumes more cofleo than
any other, but also diiuks more beer ;
in this latter regard the Bavarians
have the distinction of being first in
the world. The statistics given show
that they drink annually about 147i
gallons of beer per person, which
quantity costs about $13.50. The to
tal outlay in Bavaria for this beaver
age is more than $05,000,000 per an
num. The figures given for the prin
ciple cities of Bavaria Nuremberg
and Munich and for Ingolstadt are
still largerper capita. The formerbity
has a population of about 90,000, and
consumes onnun.lly about 212 gallons
for each inhabitant. This is an aver
age expense to each" person of about
$19 ; total, about $1,700,000. The pop
ulation of Munich Is about 175,000 ;
the beer drank per person annually
is about 24S gallons ; this is an aver
age expense of about $22 30;
total, about $3,900,000. Ingolstadt,
with a population of onlyaboutlS.OOO,
expends annually for its favorite
drink about $715,000. This is an av
erage expense to each inhabitant of
about $47,00, with an average consum
tion of about 528 gallons.
Tho abovo statements as to the
quantity of beer drank In Bavaria are
taken from the report before alluded
to, and are probably very nearly cor
rect: but thecomputations as to cost
are made by myself, and will be found
to be under rather than abovo the
true amounts.
N. K. Griggs. TJ. S. Consul.
Chemnitz, Saxony, May 19.
The following con versation between
two clover lawyers was overheard :
"How doesjyour clientlike it ?'
"Not overmuch ; begins to com
plain of the expense."
"Mine is all right; bound to fight
It out. Can we manage to get the ju
ry to disagree again ?"
"Don't know ; we must work for It."
"You'll get beat, of course, in the end ;
but you'll appeal, of oourae.''
"Of course."
Potato PuFFS.-Tnke ma8hed po
tatos and make them into a paste,
with one or two eggs ; roll it out with
a dust of flour and cut round with a
saucer ; have ready some cold roast
meat (any kind), free from gristle and
chopped fine, seasoned with salt pep
per, thyme or pickles cut fine ; place
them on the potato and fold it over
like a puff, pinch or nick it neatly
around and bako for a few minutes
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Acrotue Range.
BY J. HARRISON MILLS.
Half sleeping by-,the Are I sit.
1 start, anu wake, it is so strango
To And myself nlaao, and Tom
Across the H&Bge,
We brought him In with heavy feet
And cased him down ; from eyo to oyo
Though no oneisBoke, thoro passed a fear
That Tom mtjP die.
Ho rallied when thesun was low.
And spoke, rethought the words were
strange, j,
"It's almost nlgtft and I must go
Across thcltaisgs."
"What
Thev'
.Torcr'liamiled and nodded,
'vejsirncF< rich, there, Jim,
'Yes
you
knowiU
ilTlivteson toWus?
lil cjmo soon.;Tr
1 T rvrC . .!t.x.
uuwiuuiiifuhigo." ;
I brought his sweetheart's pictured face,
Again thatsrailesosad and strange.
'Tell her." said he, "that Tom has gono
Across tho Range."
Tho last light lingered on the hill,
"There's a pa3, somewhere," thon ho said.
And lip. and eye. and hand were still,
And Tom was dead.
Half sleeping, by tho fire I sit,
I Btart, and wake. It is so strango
To find myself alone, and Tom
Across tho Range.
A Trno American Boy.
I do not believe there are any boys
in this big, wide world of ours who
are better-behaved, more noble-minded,
more gentlemanly in their actions
and bearing, and general conduot,
than our Americanboys of the pres
ent day. They are free-spirited, open
hearted, liberal-minded, and before
they arrive at maturity are noted for
their broad,' expansive, liberal, free,
tolerant ideas.
They aro free thinkers, free believ
ers and free speakers; and this trait
of freeness on their part is a natural
inheritance; it is In the atmosphere
that surrounds us as a people and as a
government. It would be no easier to
hind n true American boy in servitude
to the ideas, oropiuions,;or teaohings
of one. whom he doubts, than to cut
off his right of life.
Herein I speak of tho true Ameri
can boy of the high-minded, clean,
well-raised, polite, quiet, interesting
boy ; the boy who seems interested in
being a man some day, but Is willing
to wait forage to make a man of him.
Of course there are exceptions to this
kind of boy alas ! very many excep
tions In our own country.
There are too many boys who care
for nothing In life seemingly, entire
ly too many of thosocaroless, thought
less, unWfJy, ungentlemanly, uucour
teous, grhff, noisy, wild, unmannerly
boys ; too many boys unclean and
foul in appearance, nnd also In char
acter. But these are not true Ameri
can boys, and I can not like them
very well, aud I do not believe others
will until they become clean and leave
oif those bad, nasty ways.
I have in mind the ideal of a boy I
should like. Hols an American boy,
and a true one, too. He Is my beau
ideal of a boy, and is jiiBt the kind of
a character that it requires to outlive
all the turmoils of life when tfie
deep, rolling, dashlugjwaves of disap
pointment submerge tho world, and
only the light-hearted and self-confident
swim through it all and come
out pure and clean, and moro vigorous
and firm than before.
My fancy paints mo a'picturo of n
poor boy, as regards this life's com
forts, but a rich one as to that mine of
riches of all wealth character. I see
him now, away back, down the dark
channel of tho by-gono years seo
him struggling, striking boldly and
bravely for the advance that leads to
light and on to life in earnest. 1 see
how tenaciously he grasps and grips
the threads that ho weaves into his
exlstonce.
I see how firmly he plants his feet
on the stepping-stones he has hewn
out of disappointments. I see how
high, how straight runs the lino his
eye has laid down for tho tracking of
his feet. I see how ho lets go of Ideas
that are worn out, and grasps thoso
that are new and nourished nnd fed
by reason. I ee6 his mind expanding
and opening,) and glorious, new
thoughts developing as they are
warmed Into life by the genial rays of
truth.
This is an American boy in fact
one who does credit to hia home tho
land of his birth one who loves his
country, his country's rights, his
country's freedom, nnd "one who, be
fore long, will be loveiPand honored
by his countrymen.
He i3 brave and fearless, arid his
self-confidence Is so great that there is
nothing he considers too high, too
great, or too exalted for his attaining.
We have heaven to gain in this world;
and Can there be a thought, a desire,
an ambition higher than this ? He is
fearless because he Is free from the
fangs of destroying influences. He is
no slave to habit to those filthy hab
its thatobscure the germsof manhooh
the mind the thought-power, in
inconceivable mantlings of muddled
fancies. He is no slave to the fiery
fluid of death that scalds out the
growingplant which blooms andbears
fruits of honest manhood.
But he is free from every undue in
fluence; free from every poisonous
and blighting vice. And he Is bold
and qoiok, nnd follows not after the
lead of any rabble, but walks in the
front ranks of progression. He does
not wait for an Idea to gain the sanct
ion of the tho world before he takes it
up, but pushes along, caring less to
follow the whims of others than obey
ing the desires of his own soul. He Is
never content to let well enough
alone, but is content only In a contin
ual striving to mako. things better;
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nothing is well enough so long as it is
possible to make It better,
This is the kind of boy I like one
who knows no contentment, unless
in the consciousness of having done
well what he has done, and in tho be
lief that he shall go on doinrr well un
til the end. This is the kind of a boy
I wish all our boys were proud,
erect, bold, fearless and tall in self
hoodand then thoro would bo a
grand and noble manhood growing
up all about us here instead Xfc'o race
of poor, weak, nnmanly, aimless
slaves to a thousand passions and
habits.
Boys, bo brave, be bold, be clean, be
v.q?t,eejngeJJ,bocourteous, be
careiui, ana ns me years go by, grow
toller and stronger, that you may not
be afraid to face all the world in man
hood. JErlDU, in Pomeroy's Demo
crat. "Sponging" on KoTTspapors.
Every man thinkB a newspaper a
fair game. If a society orany body of
men get up a concert or ball, or any
other form of entertainment, tho ob
ject of whioh ib to put money in their
own pockets, or, if the proceeds ore to
bo devoted to charitable purposes, to
add to their own glorification, they
become very Indignant If the proprie
tors of newspapers do not assist them
with n series of gratuitous advertis
ing for several weeks before the event
takes place. These men, says an ex
change, should remembor that litera
ry men, in this practical age, work for
money as well as for fame principal
ly the former, however and tho
business manager of a newspaper, If
he wishes to keep on tho safe sldo of
the ledger, conducts his charge on the
same principle as the head of any oth
er business establishment. People
who are getting up a ball would feel
ohary of asking a present of a pair
of gloves from a merchant on that ac
count, yet asking and expecting -to
receive a gratuitous advertisement Is
a similar demand. The editor of the
Marlboro (Mass.) Journal stated the
ense very plainly when he informed
his readers that, "We long ago adopt
ed the plan of charging our regular
reading notice price for all editorial
announcements of entertainments to
which an ndmission fee is fixed. We
make no exceptions to this rule. In
the way of now topics, we freely nnd
gladly ineertfsketohes of all entertain
ments after they havo becomo mat
ters of history. It Is only the prelim-
inarywork, looking to"" tho drawing
out of Increased patronago from the
public for which we expect compen
sation." It costs money to conduct a
paper, and printing offices must have
support, the samo as churches or char
itable institutions.
A Word to Fruit Eaters.
Now that fruits are cheap nnd abun
dant, and so popular as to bo in al
most everybody's mouth, so to speak,
a bit of advice ns to the timo It should
bo eaten might not be out of place.
We will begin by stating that the ear
lier in the day the fruits are eaten the
better. They should bo ripe, fresh
and perfect, nnd if eaten In their nat
ural stato, it is almost Impossible to
ent too much. Their healthful quali
ties depend on their ripo acidity, but
if sweetened with sugar the acidity is
not only neutralized, but the stomach
Is tempted to receive more than it can
digest, and If cream Is taken with
them, the labor of digestion Is in
oronsed. No liquid of any descrip
tion should be drank within an hour
after eating fruit, nor should any
thing else bo eaten within two or three
hours thus time being allowed for
them to pa3S out of thestomaob, the
sj-stem derlvesfrom them all theiren
Hvening. cooling and aperient Influ
ences. Tho great rule i., cat fruit and
berries while fresh, ripo nnd perfect,
in their natural state, without eating
or drinking anything for at least two
hours afterward. With these restric
tions, fruits may bo eaten In modera
tion during the day and without get
ting tired of them, or ceasing to bo
benefitted by them during tho whole
season.
The Cranberry as n Honse Plant.
The common oranberry Is a most
attractive plant when properly culti
vated in pots, and can endure a good
deal of neglect which would be fatal
to other plants. A compost of muck
and sand is the proper material for
potting it in. Although usually re
garded as aquatic in its nature, It will
not do to have the soil saturated with
water. What it requires is that water
be within reach of Its roots, and that
the soil shall be one through which
water can raise readily by capilary at
traction. Let the pot stand in about
an inch of water and it will thrive
better than In any greatT depth. The
cranberry raots readily from cuttings,
or it can be propagated by bending
down the spray3 and covering them
with moist compost. It is beautiful
at all times of the year, and especially
bo after the fruit commences to ripen.
Its red berries willj-emain on the vine
for a long timo and aro highly orna
mental. "Sound," said tba school-master,
"Is what you hear. For instance you
can not feel a sound."
"Oh, yes, you can," said a gmart boy.
"John Wllkins," retorted the peda
gogue, "how do you make that out ?
What sound can you feal V
"A sound thrashing,' quickly re
plied tho smart boy.
VOL. 24 NO. 5.
sensational x- arming.
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Some Injury is dono to the plain,
simple-minded folk by tho reported
statements of enormous agricultural
enterprises in California, Minnesota
and Dakota, with vast profits grow
ing out of tho fabulous operation.
Ono CallfornIanan?is, or ratherskins
45,000 acres yearly by sowing it in
wheat. His harvest is said to have
produced 900,000 bushels of wheat,
netting him $765,000 in ono year.
Ono would suppose this man would
have realized a moderate competence
at least out of his one year's opera
tion ; but we now learn that after 10
years exciting business, he owes
about a million dollars and is practi
cally a bankrupt ; "land-poor," with
a white elephant, which hocannelth-
er keep nor let go, on his hando. So
in the Northwest, wo havo had re
ports of great tracts of land sown to
wheat and large sums of monoy real
ized. But we aro slow to think of the
expenses and waste of this sort of ag
riculture, of tho largo capital required
to produce a crop ; of the enormous
interest on loans. needed to carry on
the business and meetourrent expen
ses, or on the inevitable final resuitof
ruined land, barron fields, wasted op
portunities and a general wreok
whioh alone 13 left behind of the base
less fabric of a grand vision. It Is a
great gambling transaction ; the
weather, season and markets being
the largest which are risked, and pos
sible success, barren at tho best ; a
cheap notoriety, or final ruin, are the
alternatives. It is well that tho facts
should be known, and that these glit
tering stories should be understood,
ai more speculative ventures In whioh
there is but one ending, and that a
grand crash, a mountnin of debt top
ping over and crushing tho whole fa
brio ; speculators, farms; crops; ar
mies of laborers ; troops of horpes ;
parks of machinery ; all these Involv
ed.ln one general rulu. This has been,
will be, and must be, the end of this
illegitimate use of tho bountiful soli
which Is made to pour out Its iifo In a
few3hort years of wasteful, riotous
agrlcul turo. Jtural New- Yorlxr.
Col. Burns' Bulldog.
A bulldog that was stolen fromLord
Dufferln, In Canada, a year ago, turn
ed up latelyj in Terre Haute, whore
she killed a Texas steer in a street
fight. Col. Burns, of Evansville,
bought hor for SUOand fastened Jie.r
in bisstnblo. The Evansville Jour
nal of Wednesday said : "Yesterday,
while the Colonel wasleadinga horse
worth $1,000 past the dog, she leaped
toward the horse with such tremen
dous force that the collarsnnpped like
a string. Sho buried her teeth in the
horse's flesh. Col. Burns seized the
dog by the throat with both hands,
and, hurling her back, threw himself
upon her as she fell. She tore his
shirt into shreds. At lost, with his
heavy boot-hoel he planted a blow on
tho forehead, which stunned tho
beast." Tho Journal of Thursday
said: "Col. Barns wn3 Bitting on
horseback, at his front gato, yesterday
morning, when tho spotted bulldog
dashed out tho side gato, having
snapped tho cast-iron chain.. He
whipped his horse into a gallop and
followed. Capt. App, of the police,
was coming down the street in a ba
rouoho when the dog dashed toward
his horse and made a leap at his
throat. The horso shied to escape the
danger, overthrowing the barouohe,
and hurling Capt. App against a
shade treo with such force a3 to dislo
cate his right elbow, On Parrott
streot tho furious dog met a lad and
seized him by the collar of his coat.
Both rolled off the plank walk and
down the embankment. Col. Burns
attacked the dog with the butt of a
heavy whip and knocked her Eense
les8. The horso ran away during the
fight and has not been recovered.
Tho dog was hauled home still sense
less." The Journal of Friday sold .
"Marshal .Langolf went to the stables
to see the dog yesterday. She lazily
yawned and protended to fawn, while
her great red chops, hanging down,
were opened and closed Indolently.
Langolf went to pat her on the head
gently, when she leaped nthiH throat.
Tho stout trace held her baok, though
her paws caught in the Marshal's vest
and brought him down on his knees.
He drew his revolver and put two bul
lets through her head. With a Tow
struggles the ferocious beast died."
SaltWatcr for the Eyes.
Many persona are suffering incon
venienco If not pain from weakness
of the eyes. This sometimes proceeds
from local inflammation, and some
times from -other causes. Persons
who havo been thus afflicted say that
they have derived almost Immediate,
and permanent relief from tho appli
cation of salt water as a bath ; nnd
where the pain has been aggravated,
for a compress saturated with salt-water
laid on the eye. and renewed at
certain intervals. Opening the eyes
and submerging them In clean salt
water hn3 been found beneficial to
those whose eyesight begin? to fail.
Tho solution should not bo more than
a tablespoonful of salt to a pint of
water, and less if the eyes are weak
and very sensitive.
A certain Congressman boasts that
hois a "self-made man." Those who
know him best say he never did un
dertake to make anything without
botching it.
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OFFICIAL PAPER', OF TJIECOUST.
Arnold's Treason.
Robert Dalo Owen, writes to tba
Atlantic that ho spent a week with
Gen. Lafayette, in Franco, and from
him learned this incident of Wash
ington's conduct nftergHscoverlng the
treachery of Arnold :
"The usual version i3 that ho com
munloated the portentous news to
Gens. Knox and Lafaj'etto Jointly,
but this is an orror.The statements
made to me by fho latter, during our
journey to La Grange, surprised and
interested mo at the timo, nnd wsro
indelibly impressed on my memory.
Tt was this: When Washington snft
down to dinner, no unusual emotions
was visible on his countenance. He
wasjgrave and silent, but no moro bo
than often happened when recent tl
dings5from thejjarmy occupied his
thoughts. At tho closo of the meal
he beokoned to Lafayette to follow
him, passed to tho Inner apartment,
turned to hisyoung friend without ut
tering a syllable, placed tho fatal dis
patch in his hands, and then, giving
way to an ungovernable burstjof feel
ing, fell on his neck and sobbed
aloud. Tho effect produced on th
French Marqnis, accustomed to regard
tho General, cold and dignified In his
manner, as devoid of tho common
weaknesses of humanity, may be im
agined. 'I believe,' saidJLafayetto to
me, in relating this anecdote, 'that
this was tho only timo throughout
tho long and sometimes honelesa
strngglo, that Washington ever gave
way, even for a moment, under a re
verse of fortuuo ; and perhaps I am
the only human being who ever wit
nessed in him an exhibition of feel
ings so ferlgn to his temperament. Aa
It was, ho recovered himself before I
had perused the communication that
had given rise to his excitement, and
when wo returned to the staff, not a.
trace remained In his demeanor, eith
er of grief or despondency.' '
A Slow Pulse.
Some very Interesting statements
were made at a meeting of tho Clini
cal Society, London, showing that a
slow pulse mny In no wIbo interfere
with health. Tho most remarkable
case, perhaps, was that of Dr. Howan,
ns related by himself. It seems that
twonty-ono years ago, after prolonged
study nnd work, his pulse fell from
seventy to fifty-five, and hetfelt very
cold ; from that tlmo its frequency
gruduMiiy decreased, until about elv
on ycare ago when It was but twenty
four beats per minute. Hr nresenfc
rates aro about twenty-eight. Not
withstanding this, ho has not suffered
from fainting fits or colds!.; Ib capable
of great physical exertion of which
evidence Is found in his nscent of a
high mountain nnd'hls'digestlon re
mains unimpaired. Anothorspeakor
said that Napoleon had a slow pufce,
boing about thirty or forty per min
ute ; and another stated tho rato of a
horeo's pulse to bo only sixteen.
A French gentlemanwho- supposed
ho had mastered the English lan
guage was sadly puzzled ono day when
a friend looked at him and said r
"How do you do?"
"Do vat?"
"Imean,howdoyouflndyo7Belf?,,
"Salr, I never loses myself."
"But how do you feel?"
"Smooth you just feel me."
Kankakeo has a Justice who beats
them nil In the way of doing up a job
of matrimonial splicing with neatness
and dispatch. This is his formula :
"Havo'er?"
"Yes."
"Havo 'im ?"
"Yes."
"Married ; S2."
A Maryland farmer thinks he haa
found a "sure cure" for Canada this
tles. It consist inrsowing the land
infested by them with buokwheat
early in tho spring, allowing it to
grow till It Is in full blossom, turning:
It under and again reseedlng with
the same grain. The last crop is har
vested when ripo.
Tho little ehild, who has. just brok
en out with tho chickon-pox, Is asked
by the mother :
"What do you think your papa will
say when he sees his darling In aach
a plight?"
"Oh, I s'pose he'll say, 'Why dam
me! it's too bad ."'AmeiH can Punch
Jeff Davis says ho "has never aeon"
a reconstructed Southern woman."
He might have added that the South
ern Democratic party la in the same
condition as tho women. It la the
same party as in I860, and waga the
same Northern Democratic tail it did
from 1S61 to 1864.
Thero wag a clover Oakland boy
who, when he was given $2 to dig up
his aunt's garden, hid a two-bit piece
In it and then told all the boyp-in tho
neighborhood. The next morning
the ground was pulverized two feet.
San Francisco Post. '
A little Sunday Bchool misa waa
asked- by her teacher, "What must
people do in order to go to heaven ?"
"Die, I suppose," replied the little
one. The teacher didn't question her "
any further.
Great sensitiveness la not a relative
evidence of merit ; it is often the re
sult of natural peevishness or foolish
pride.
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