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BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 18T9.
VOL. 24 NO. 9.
BEADING MATTER OXEYERYPAGE
:
OITICIAL -03IRECTORY.
District Officers.
H. B.rOUND.
JTndgo.
..District Attornpy
Dlstrlct Clerk.
Countv Officers.
juu .iu"' rr; ---; '-";"::
dlli . ""
WILSON E. MAJORS
A. H.rULMOUE
.-..Treasu rer
v Mil. rv-
Sherin
O B. PARKER .Wronei
jamks St. HACKEU Surveyor
PHILIP CKOTirER School Superintendent
JOTTNirlPOHLMAN V Commissioners
J. II. PEERY, J
City Offlcors.
w.t. nmEiis .
I.. T HUI.RURD
J. B. HOOKER
,..Mayor
-Police Judge
.- Cleric
Treasurer
Marshal
JOHN. W. LOVE
H. A.OSHrjll-
fOUXCILXTEN.
T..D.RORTNSOV1
JOSEPH ROD Y.l
.1st Ward
2nd Ward
W.A.JUnKINVl
a 'n'nfrAinilR
I.T5W1R "ill. )
JB.jrUDDART.
3rd Ward
SOCIAI, DIRECTOBY.u
RIcthodUt "15. Cht-cli. Services aeh Sabbath
at 10:30 a. m.. and 7-00 p. m. Snnlay School at
2'tH. m. Prayer Meeting Thursday evening.
8. P. Wit.son. Pastor.
I'rrwfcrtorlnn Cnrrh. Services enehSabbath
at in-.ina. m.. and 7:4 p.m. Srbbath School aftor
morning services. Prayer McellngWMnesdny
evenings at 7:15 o'clock, W. J. Wkkukr, Pastor.
Chr!-t'ii Clinr h. Scrvjcrs evrv Sunday, a
10:30 a. m.nnd 71". m. Snmlav School atTp.nv
JlKV.srATTHEwHp.N-nY. Missionary In charge
Mr. IMonxiint 'u-'""-lmd I'ri-xlirtirlnn.
Chnrch four jn'ifi-o'iHi-wostnrnrowovillo,. Ser
vices first Sabbath in each month. B. J. JoilN
bost. Pastor.
Christian Church. -TA.TInwIcv;Elder. Preach
ing every Snnrtivr 11 o. m..and"iT0p. m. Bible
Rcadlngand Praver moetllng every Wednosdnv
evening. EldPrClms. Rowc preaches thesecond
riunoay in every month.
Cnthnltc Services overy 4th Sundnv of each
month, at 10'o'cloch a. m. Father Cummlsky,
Priest.
!Sctool.
BrownvlllctlnlonOrnilpilSclinolH. J.M.TMc
Jfenr.lp. Principal: Miss Jessie E. Rain. ArsNI
nnt Hlch School; Miss Lnn Tucker. Grammar
Dopartment: Mist A Men Illtt. lt Intermediate:
Miss Kat fVx. 2d Intermediator Miss Emma
Smith. 1st Primary; Mrs. Carrie Johnson, 2d Prl-
mary.
TomTl"o Honor.
Brown vllle T.nrtir-. No. meets everv Mon
day evening InOdd Fellow Hull. Vlsltlnebroth
ors cordially welcomed. Jno L. Carson. W.C.T:
Win. H. Hoover W. Rec; T. C Hacker. L. I).
Jnvcnllr Temnlc, meets every Saturday after
noon. Miss (trace Stewart. C. T : Miss Mary
Hackar.Scc; Mrs.T.S.MInlck.Supt.
RoiL Ribbon Club"
Meet the first Tnesdav of pnch month. B. M. Bai
ley, Pre.; A. II.Gllnion'.Sec
I. O. of O. P.
nrn-v-.vJllo T.o'lee No. 5. T. O. O. F. Retrnlar
nipntlnes Tuesday evi-nlng n each wwe. visit
Inglirithrresictnil1y Invited. A.H.UIlmorc,
jr.J. Ja. Cochran, Secy.
Nrmnhn Cttv T.otliro No. -tO. T. O. p. V.
Meets every stiturUay. Philip Crother, N.U. T.
C.Klmsey. R.Sec
"Tnic:ntj of Pytliias.
Evrlwlor l.oilce No. l-"5. K. P. Meets every
Welnlay evening In Masonic Hull. Visiting
Knlchls cordially Invited. 15. Huddart. C. C.
E. Lowmnn, K. of R. S.
Masonio.
Niqiiilin VtiIIy Ijodae No. 4. A. V. .V . T.
Stated meetlnirs "Sa'nnlav on or before the full
or-arhmoon." Txxlgeroom open everv Satiir
rtiv evening for toctiins. Instruction and -"oclnl
Intprconrse. J.C.McNaughton,W.M. B.F.Son
dcr. Sec.
nro'vnvllln Chanter No. 4. R. A. T.-Stoted
meetings spcond Ttmrsjlav of pach month. A. 11.
Pavlson. M.E.H.P. R.T.Rainey.Sec
flit. CarntelComninndcrvNo.rt, U.T.-Plapd
meptlngsecond Mondnv Inpscnraonjn. it. .
Furnas. E.C; A. W.VIekell.Rec.
Rni jvnd T.lly ConeWve.No. OS, H.Xl. f!.Tt.
kC Meetfl ntMasonIn UrII on the fifth Mon-
rtavs. It. W. Furnas, M. P. Sov. R.T.Ratncy.
BeTCtnry
A!nh riinptrir No. !. Order ot the Eastern Star.
Stated mpptlng third Monday In each month.
Mrs. E. C. Handler. W. M.
Socivtios.
Conntr Fnlr Aoplntlnn. R- A. Hawlcy,
Prpsldent; John Rath. Vice Pn-t.: S. A. Osf;orn,
Secretary: J. M. Trowbridge. Treasurer. Mana
gers H. O. MInlck. S. fW-hran. F. E. Johnson,
Thomas Bath, Geo. Crow. J. W. Gavlt.
Whrnrr A.moelntlnn -B. M. Bailey, Pres.; A.H.
Ollmore.Sec; W. II. noover.
Chnrnl Ilnlon.-J. C. McNaughton, Trcst. J. B.
Docker, Sec
IllaUi Drnmntle. AsorIntln. W. T. Rogers,
fllctrooMImn C'ornft TtmuWl.T. Smith. Mu
sical Director. E. Huddart. Treasurer and Easi
ness lnncer.
BUSINESS CARDS.
A S. HOTiLADAY,
iii Ptivslclnn, Snrsenn, Obstetrlclnn.
Graduated In 1851. Located In Browuvlllc 1655.
OfUce.ll Molnstrcet, BrownvIIle,Teb.
Ii. HUTiTUJRD.
TTonXRY AT I.AXV
mrt T,tiK nrthp Peace. .Office In Court House
Building, nrownvuie, ien.
vj
QTULTi & THOMAS.
O ATTORNKVS AT LAW.
omco. over Theodore Hill &.Co.'8 store. Brow n-vlIIc.Neb.
1, ATTOR.NKY ATLAW.
Ortlce over J. T McOee& llro'sstore.Brownvlllc.
Nebraska.
Q A. OSRORN.
O. ATTORNEY AT AW.
Onicc, No. SI Main street, Brownvlle. Nch
T H. RROADY,
O Attorney nnil Counselor nt Law,
Olllce overstate Bank.Brownvllle.Ncb.
WT. ROGERS.
Attorney and Counselor atljaw.
Wlllglvodlllgentattcntlon to anylcgalhnslne.ss
entrnstedtohlscare. Office In the Ror building,
Brownvlllc. Nfcb.
T W. GIBSON,
vBLACKSMITn AND nORSK SHOER
Workdonc to order and satisfaction guaranteed
First street, between Main and Atlantic. Brown
Vlllo.Neb.
pAT. ClilNE,
FASIIIONARI.R
EliR
TrtnT vn cirm? iriTTTTl
r UUVl Aiir -ov .-"-
CUSTOM WORK made to onler.and ntsalwaj-s
.. Tin nnni ..nil nrotnntlv done.
guaranteed. Repairing; noatly and promptly doue.
J5hop,Xo.:7MaInJitre-t,-row!iviiiet-
Neb
, B.
M. BAILEY,
SUirPER AND DEALER IN
LIVE stock:
JJROWXT1LLE, NEBRASKA.
Farmers, please call and got prices ; I want
to handle your stock.
Office 31 Mala street, Hoadlcy bnlldtng.
pHARLES HELMER,
t,viRnin'jntf
pfe Boot and Shoe
:&t
i
r5
ve?v3:s-.
2r&tfS-l5dirS Having bought the cus
Ci?f j torn shop of A. Robison,
T nm nrenared to do work
4
T of all kinds at
2v Reasonable Rates
W HJ1" SRcpalrlng neatly and
ifejjSjw promptlydone.
V--?" Shop No. 62 Main Street,
lirownvlllc, Nebraska.
5p54Sv
JACOB MAROHN,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
and dealerln
f sFleEgIIs,Freaeh, Scotch and Fancr Cloths,
Yesli-gK, Etc., Etc.
prouuvilie Nebraska.
AUTHORIZED BY THE U. S. GOVEKXHEXT.
Firs! National Bank
OF
BROWNVXLL.E.
Paid-up Capital, $50,000
Authorized (t 500,000
IS PREPARED TO TRANSACT A"
General Banking Business
BUY AND SELL.
COIN & CUKKENOY DEAPTS
on all the principal cities of the
. ..i--i- -s. .:3ii&lB,!Srl
iu mite votaress axi ti. ii.rope
MONEY LOANED
On approved security only. Time Drafts discount
ed, and special accommodations granted to deposit
rs. Dealers In GOVERNMENT BONDS,
STATE, COUNTY & CITY SECURITIES
DEPOSITS
Received payable on demand, and INTEREST al
lowed on clmecertlllcatcaofdepo3lt.
DIRECTORS. Wm.T. Den, B. M. Bailey, M.A
Hundley. Frank E. Johnson, Luther Hoadley
Win. Fralsher.
JOHN L. CARSOX,
A. R. D AVISOIT. Cashier. President.
J. CMcNAUOHTON.Asst. Cashier.
SSTAB3LISHED IN 1858.
OLDEST
EEAL
ESTATE
A.aENTCY
IN lV-3XS.A.SJ-:---
Does a general Real Estate Business. Sells
Lands on -Commission, examines Titles,
makes Deeds, Mortgages, and all Instru
ments pertaining to tlie transfer of Real Es
tate. Has a
Complete Abstract of Titles
to all Ileal Estate In Nemaha County.
J". ID. iaoT,
Keepsafullllneot
Ornamented and Plain.
Also Shrouds for men, ladles and Infants.
All orders left with Mike Fclthouser will
receive prompt attention.
JB3 Bodies Preserved and Embalmed.
5G Main Street, BROWN YILLE, NEB.
-t Tlie
!R0GEHr ARD PROVISIO
STORE OIT !
I 1 ffl E3 .-- - .
o oJ 'PJLH.'tJSS
Is the placo to gol-"
Groceries,
Provisions,
Confections,
Fine Cigars,
Toilet Soap,
Canned Goods,
IPvesii Batter,
Etc., JEtc, JEtc.
Wo also keep all the best brands of
flour, and everything usually kept In
a flrst class grocery store.
We hove In con
nection with our
house a first class
FEED STORE
T- -A. BATH
Is now proprietor of the
ipalarl
and Is prepared to accomodate the.
public with.
GOOD, FRESH, SWEET
MEAT,
Gentlemanly and accommodating clerks
will at all times be in attendance. Your
patronnee solicited. Remember the place
the old Pascoe shop, Maln-st.,
Egroimivillc, - Vebrnska,
Pain cannot stay where It is used. It Is the cheap
est medicine ever made. Five drops cover a sur
face aslargcas the hand. One dose cures common
Sore Throat. One bottle 1ms cured Bronchitis. 50
cents' worth has cured an Old standing Couih It
positively curea Catarrh. Asthma and Ooun "Fif
ty cents' worth has cured Crick In the Rack and
thesamequuntlty Lame Back orelght years' stand
Ing. It cures su piled neck and all other Tumors
Rhumatlsni. and Palo and soreness In any pan no
matter where It may be, nor ftem what cause It
may arise. It always does you good. Twenty-Uve
cents' worth has cured bad cases of chronic and
Bloody Dysentery. One teaspoonful cures Colic In
fifteen minutes. It will cure any case of piles that
Is possible to cure. Six or eight application are
warranted to cure any case of Excoriated Nipples
or Inflamed Breast. For Bruises. If applied often
and bound up, there Is neverthe slightest discolor
ation to the skin. It stops the pain of a burn as
soon asanuiied. and is a positive cure for Chilblains.
Frosted Feet, Roils, Warts, Corns and wounds of
every description on man or rteast. IVlco. so cents
ondJL Trial s.lze.l5cents. FOSTER, MILBURN
& CO- Sole Proprietors. Buffalo. N. Y.
Sold in Brownvllle by A. W. Nickel!.
HV lrkflS?S5ISi-,
X3S7 xji i S)crauii?i
WlTinSWiSHTIN6CLa
By and By.
Thcro'sa little mischief maker,
Who. Is stealing half our bliss.
Sketching pictures In a dreamland
That are never seen In this.
Dashing from our lips the pleasures
Of the present while wo sigh ;
You may .know this mischief maker
By the name of By and By.
Ho is sitting by our hearthstones,
With his sly bewitching glance.
"Whispering of the coming morrow
As the social hours advance ;
.Loitering 'mid our calm reflections,
Hiding forms of beauty nigh;
He's a smooth, deceitful fellow
This enchanter By and By.
You may know him by his winning,
By his careless, sprightly air;
By his sly obtrusive presence.
That Is straying everywhere ;
By the trophies that ho gathers
Where his somber victories lie
For a bold, determined fellow
Is this conqueror. By and By.
-jtgSfiM-a fe9eail'B1ltyimunts us,"
All this time that ever mortals
Snatch from dark eternity;
Then a fair hund seems painting
Pictures on a distant sky;
Oh, a cunning little creature
Trust hlra not. this By and By.
WAS IT A VISION?
You don't believe In ghost Btorles,
my friend; neither do I, as a general
thing, but few arrive at the age of dis
cretion without the occurrence of
some peculiar' ovent that cannot be
explained away by .any usual way of
solving doubts. I tell you the simple
tale that follows as it was told me. I
only premise it by stating that it Is
strictly true, the names ,'alone being
fictitious.
On one of the principal streets of
the city of Savannah stands a large,
massive built house. It had been a
palatial home in the days when the
century was still in Its youth ; but
gradually as the city expanded it grew
beyond It, until commerce, with Its
noisy traffic, invaded its quiet pre
cincts, rendering it unfit for a home.
The originul ownersj clung to Its
clustering memories, but when in due
time they were gathered to their
fathers, the young surviving members
conoluded to leave the old mansion
and seek quieter quarters elsewhere.
There was an only daughter, a fair
young'girl, "about to bo married to a
gentleman living In tho northern part
of Georgia. She pleaded hard that
Bho might be married from tho old
homo, so the closing scene before the
desertion of the homestead was the
marriage of Anna Neville to the man
of her choice. The plan of the house
was very Bimple. The library and din
ing room occupied all of the old Eug
lish basement. The drawing-rooms
above were reaohed by a solid mahog
auy stairway, winding up from the
front door, which opened directly on
the street. TheBe reception-rooms
could be divided by folding doors, but
they rarely served their purpose, and
the entering guest was Impressed by
the long vista 6een through the depths
of the Bplendid mirrors at euch end of
tho apartments. Such were tho rooms
that, received the elite of Savannah for
the last time, and the young bride her
self the following day never more In
the flesh to see her old home.
Everything was dismantled trans
ferred to another house and in a few
months overy room was fitted up for
the occupancy of professional men,
with names outside each office door.
As theshadowsof night deeponed one
light after another would be extin
guished, until a long?silonco reigned
throughout thenlght, only broken oc
casionally by some rat on a forage.
Ten years have passed. Tho war
has Intervened, breaking up old chan
nels of life, and creating interest in
now paths. Not a member of the Ne
ville family! romalned of Savannah,
and the old house was in an agent's
hands to keep or chaugo its occupants
as ho thought proper. New people
had oomo in, too tho strong, ener
getic element that in timo was to
leave the South and among them
two brothers in prime of lifo, one
a physician, thejother n lawyer. They
had rented the drawing-rooms, each
occupying his own ofllce, and keeping
the folding doors sufllcleutly ajar to
admit of oasy'egress from ono room to
another.
This brlngB us to a particular even
ing in tboJ wlnterof 187-, when Dr.
John Mortimer had left his front
office under the care of his brother
James, then busily preparing briefe
for the next day lu court. The outer
door was looked aud the key deposit
ed, as usual, In a given place. The
brothers woro methodical in their
work, and generally timed theirduties
that one should bo at homelwhen tho
other was absent. It was between 5
and 6 o'clock, the sun's rays had gone
beyond the windows, but the daylight
was Btlll clear and distinot for contin
ued writing. As James Mortimer still
leaned on his desk wholly occupied
with the work before him, ho was
made conscious of some one'sappronch
by the shadow cast upon the paper.
Hastily raising his head, he saw be
fore him a tall lovely young woman.
Her movements were so deliberate,
that he took In her whole presence at
a glance. Her golden hair swept In
long waves from a low, broad fore
head, and was carelessly caught by
blue bands of ribbon. The features
were delicately chiseled, and the deep
blue eyes wero intensified in its
glance by the Ioug black lashes. Her
white dress of eomo light material
seemed to float around her in its ample
folds, and was confined at the waist
by a soft broad sash of the same color
bb the ribbon on the hair. There was
no covering for the head or shoulders;
apparently the person In carious
costume for an out-door visit. As she
neared tho table Mr. Mortimer saw a
peculiar deadly pallor of tho skin,
and above all the far-off expression of
the eye that seemed to have no recog
nition for surrounding objects. The
idea then aroso that this was some
lady patientof his brother's, probably
not wholly conscious of his actions,
and he rose quickly that he might re
assure her.
"Madam," he Bald, "can I aid you
In any way?"
No reply. No apparent oonsdouB
neBS of his presence, but with on un
certain step she turned toward the
front door.
"Madam," he again Bald, "If you
wish to see my brother he is absent ;
but let mo light the gas in his ofllce, it
is almost dusk."
RMIl-nr, n iotoo- Wn .InfimnHnn
.,..---r!Jr.'te'
continued her walk to the other room,
and thoy entered together. Matches
were always beneath the burner and
in an instant overy corner of the
darkened roof had been illumined by
the gas.
Mr. Mortimer glanced around to
see where the straDgo guest might
have seated herself, when, to his con
sternation, she was gone. The outer
door was locked ; he saw that in his
hasty survey. It was but a moment's
work to rush through his own desert
ed office down on tho stairs and out
Into the streets, where there were but
few pedestrians, and those only men
wrapped in overcoats.
Baffled and puzzled, he roturnod to
his office to search once more every
possible and impossible hiding-place,
until finally he pushed aside his pa
pers, stirred nls lire into a blaze, and
sat down to await his brother.
When Dr. Mortimer did return ho
brought back (no unusual thing) a
young friend for a sooial gossippy
hour's ohat. Of course the curious
visitor, who might turn out to be only
an eccentric patient, was not attend
ed to, and the talk drifted in various
waj'B until tho very room they were
sitting in suggested the last item of
news to the visitor.
"By the way, this old house will
pass to pother hands now, for the
owner died to-day at her home in the
northern part of the Stato. Our fam
ilies were intimate, aud tho telegram
announcing her death came while we
Were at dinner."
"Whot style of a woman wnsshe?"
asked the doctor.
"I have not seen her very lately
myself, but was recalling to-day her
appearance on her wedding night,
just ten j'ears ago. She was tall and a
perfect blonde with any quantity of
waving, golden hair, always caught
loosely back. Her eyes were of a
deep blue, with long dark laBhes sha
ding them."
"Frank," eald Mr. Mortimer, "you
have unconsciously suggested to me
some rude ideas of tho supernatural.
While I was alone this afternoon I
had a lady visitor of the description
you have just given. Uuless Dr.
John recognizes tho HkenesB as some
patient of his, I am afraid I was face
to face with a desembodied spirit."
"I have no patient answering to
any such description," replied the
doctor; and then followed question
after question, with no possiblo solu
tion to any of them.
Tho only conclusion reached was
simply that their friend should In
duce hi& sister to write for a careful
account of her friend'g last moments,
the reason to be. kept as their own se
cret. In a week an answer was possi
ble; until then they should possesB
their souIb in patience.
Weeks pass even If we are In a state
of expectancy, and the three Jfriends
found themselves onco more together.
No inquiries had cleared up tho mys
tery, and thero had been no repeti
tion of the appearance. The portion
of tho letter that concerned them ran
thus: "Our telegram told you the
bare fact that 'Anna had ceased to
breathe; and it is right that some of
tho facts concerning her death should
be told you. The whole burden of
her prayer had been to be spared for
her tenth anniversary, and this ar
deut wish was granted. More than
that came to comfort her in her dying
hours, for in her state of Beml-con-sciousneE9,
sho continually thought
herself back in her old home. As sho
has never seen it in the present con
dition, thero was nothing to break
tho allusion, and her son seemed to
see all as it appeared on her bridal
night, then years before. She died at
4 o'olock, and before G o'clock we had
robed her In one of those lovely white
costumes that wero so Identified with
her long weary hours of sickness. Her
hair was arranged in loose waves,
lightly caught by blue ribbons, and a
broad silk sash of tho same hue con
fined her dress to the waist. Ab Bhe
lay on her conch she truly looked as
if she had entered into hor rest, only
the deadly pallor told us it was the
sleep of death."
My Btory ends, and here I leave it
without comment a bare, unexplain
able fact not even to be guessed at,
" for In this life
Of error. Ignorance, and strife.
Where nothing ls.bat ell thlng?acem,
And we the shadows of the dream."
Offiolal Information has bean re
ceived at the State Department that
tho German Government Is inclined
to modify the position tnken by It
againBt silver, and Is willing to dis
cuss with the United States steps
looking to the adoption, Internation
ally, of a bimetallic standard.
Mollle McCarthy, the great Cali
fornia race mare has become perma
nently lame, aud been retired to a
brood farm.
Spiritualism.
For every man Interested in the
question of immortality wo have the
profoundest sympathy. It is a ques
tion which has an intense, abiding in
terest for every thoughtful mind. At
this time, particularly when the im
mortality of the soul is questioned
more sharply than It has ever been
before in the history of Christianity,
tho precious faith of tho churches has
to be fought for with all the weapons
that can be laid hold of. From the
fact that there is really no evidence of
Immortality except the ressurreotion
of Christ. Himself, and His declara
tions, many minds . havo reached
ajjoufc JJv-cn45i?Ty.;o for- every'
thing that offers help. In the desire
to know something positive about the
matter, modern Spiritualism had its
birth and has held its life. It promis
ed to do just the thing that millions
of mindsjdeslred to have donej; so
that, when it assumed to demonstrate
the existence of life after death, it
had a tremendous audience in readi
ness for it. The marvel Is that there
was a man or woman living who was
unwilling to hear what It and its pro
mulgators had to say. That it has
millions of believers and followers to
day Is, probably, duo less to Its real,
inherent strength, than to tho greedy
want which It assumes to satisfy a
want so greedy that It accepts as fact
that which only has its lying semb
lance. Wo are not among thoso who regard
what are claimed to be the facts of
Spiritualism os Improbable a priori.
No man can read tho Bible carefully
without being educated in a belief in
Spiritualism. In both the Old and
the New Testament we havo multi
plied records of the communications
of spiritual existences with men and
women in the ileah. The doctrine of
demoniacal possession Is taught with
great distinctness. The ministry of
angels, the return to earth of those
long dead, familiar Intercourse with
ChriBt after His resurrection, all are
in the line of phenomena claimed as
genuine by modern Spiritualists; so
that it Is uot strange that Christian
men and women should find them
solves educated by the Bible itself in
to a sort of readiness to reoeivo Spirit
ualism. It Is, or would seem to be,
easy for a Christian to believe that
visitants from the unseen world are
about him influencing his mind, and
endeavoring to make themselves
known. That ic precisely what they
used to do In the oldon timo. Why
should they not do it now as well as
they did it then ? Scribncr.
Nosing Around.
Detroit Freo Press.
Some of those chaps who wear their
elbows down thin leaning on saloon
counters, havo an artificial fly with a
fine thread attuched to tho baok, and
somotimes these toys can be handled
to the amusement of a small crowd.
When an unknown man, yesterday,
full asleep in a saloon on Michigan av
enue, tho young man with an artifi
cial fly was there. He took position
behind his victim, who was lying
back in his chair, aud presently the
fly alighted on his noso, walked up
the bridge and down, and settled for
a moment on tho tip end. Tho sleep
er never moved a finger. The fly
went over tho old road, dove into the
cornor of his loft eye, galloped over to
the right, and came down to the grond
Btaud on the dead run, but the sleep
er slept on. It began to appear that
he was used to flies, and so the game
was changed. By stioking a pin
through ono of these toys you can
make quito a beo of It, the pin being
thestiuger. When tho "beo" decend
ed on the stranger's nose every body
expoctod to see a sudden start, but it
did not come. After a jab at the tip
end tho "beo" crawlod along up,
waiting for developments and getting
in an occasional sting, but not even a
sigh escaped the Bleepor. Tho young
man with the Insect was gottiug tired
when tho stranger lazily oponcd his
eyes, slowly rose up from his chair,
and coolly remarked :
"Now, then, if you have got through
fooling with my nose, I'll fool with
your'a for awhile I"
It isn't likely that particular young
man will ever dangle artificial flies
any more. Ho was doubled up,
straightened out, choked, mopped,
and slammed so thoroughly that his
appetite willruu to chicken-broth and
arnica for boido days to come.
When the oyclono bad passed the
stranger called for gin, drank it, aud
said to the white-faced crowd on the
bench :
"Gentlemen, if any more of you see
any thing peculiar about my nose,
please call around und let me know !"
An Old Game Successful! Tlayed.
Tuscola, III., August 7. A
wealthy farmer and stook dealer here,
Mr. Ephriam Dressback, has ju3t been
fleeced by two sharp villains, agents
of a windmill company in Indianap
olis. He -accepted an agency for this
county, and signed an agreement
and order for six mills, to be paid for
when sold. This agreement was on
very thin paper, aud underneath it
he signed a note for $500. This note
the villains sold in Oakland, and fled.
The note comes on Mr. Dressback for
payment. It is an old gamo, but it
caught a 6barp man.
;Maj. Leland, tho veteran hotel man
of Saratoga, is dead.
JEFFERSON DAYIS FOR SENATOR.
The Sovereign Stato of Mississippi
Will Elect Him to the Upper House
and a Democratic Congress "Will Seat
Him.
Special Telegram to tho Evening News.
St Lotjis, Aug. 7. Your correspon
dent has just seen a Mississippi mem
ber of Congress, who, with a party of
friends from Vioksburg, Is stopping at
tho Planters'. After a dlsousaion of
the danger from yellow fever, of the
negro exodus, and of the crops, the
conversation drifted into politics in
general, and finally gathered about
the next United Scales Senatorto,
BucceedBruce.
"Is tho coming man known?" ask
ed your correspondent.
"Known? Of oourse he Is," an
swered the member of Congress. "He
is the best known man in the world
next to Grant. Jeff. Davis Is the
man. He'll go to the Senate as sure
as the sun rises and sets, if he is alive.
I tell you, his selection will not be a
political matter simply for tho action
of the Legislature. The whole State
demands It all the men, women, and
children want to see Mr. Davis In the
United States Senate, and he Is going
to be sent thero, mark that!"
Four or five friends of the Congress
man chimed in with, "You are right
there."
To the objection that Mr. Davis was
not a citizen, tho reply was made that
his becoming so was only a question
of time, a few months ; that tho South
would be stronger in Congress than
ever before, and that its members
would restore to Mr. Davis the rights
of which he had been exceptionally
deprived. Then the State of Missis
sippi, as with ono voice, will demand
his election as Senator.
"We aro in dead earnest in this
matter,"said the Congressman. "You
may think this nothing but talk.
You'll find its business, you North
erners. We've the power to do this,
and we're going to do it, sure."
"Yes! And If you ain't careful
we'll make Jeff. President," said an
other gentleman.
The conversation showed that the
people, whoso sentiments may bo re
garded as typical for the Stato, woro
serious in their belief that Mr. Davis
would bo restored to citizenship, and
that he would be made United States
Senator Immediately succeeding such
restoration.
Spotted Tail and Sclmrz.
Washington, August 8. The sec
retary of the interior department has
a letter from Spotted TuII, who says
both ho and his people want to be like
the whites. We have a good country
and behavo ourselvesand work. The
letter thUB oloses:
I want to tell you these last words.
I have had enough of the military. I
want my people to work. I want no
more shooting, and havo had my bel
ly full. We want to freight and work
ground. I never laughed but once ;
that was when the agent of the Low
er Brules said I kept Ii'b people here.
They visited us and I fed them and
my peoplo gave them 300 head of
horses and sentthem all homo to their
agent. Since we have been hero my
people have had no whisky. When
ever the military Is here thero 1b al
ways whisky, aud that makeB troub
le. I want you to come here and stay
a month and see how It is. My friend,
this is all I havo to tell you.
His
Spotted X Tail.
Mark.
Witness: LouisRicharda, Interpreter.
Seorotary Schurz has replied to
Spotted Tail's letter, thanking him
for his expression of good will and
promising to visit him on the 30th of
August and spend several dayaon the
reservation.
The Iron Trade.
St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 7. Tho Post
and Dispatch of this evening prints
an artiolo on tho Iron trade of this
city, which shows thero Is a marked
revival in iron manufactures aud iron
mining. Four large establishments
aro now running to their full capaci
ty. Tho Vulcan WorkB, one of the
largest In the country, expected to
resume operations in tho fall, and the
St. Louis stamping company arc put
ting up a rolling mill to produco sheet
iron for their own use, which they
have heretofore been obliged to Im
port, There are alsofour blast fur
naces in full operation in South St.
Louis, and the demand for Missouri
ore exceeds production.
g-
A Washington special to tbo Inter
Ocean says: "It Is understood here
by Secretary Sherman's friends that
he will renew his recommendation in
his next annual report to limit the
silver coinage to $50,000,000. He be
lieves that this amount can be forced
into circulation and not more, and
that any increase in the coinage above
this sum will only result In filllniz
up the Treasury vaults. There has
been' some talk at the Treasury De
partment of asking members of Con
gress to take one month's pay in
standard dollars to aid in putting them
into circulation. This would give to
each member about twenty-five
pounds of silver.
Tho Inter Ocean Bays, "The fide of
emigration to the West has begun for
tho season. Nebraska Is the objective
point in moat cases."
Sorrowful Experienco of a Good Old
-Ian iu a Sleeping Car.
It was In a Pullman "sleeper," be
tween Albany aud Buffalo. Among
tho passengers wero a middle-aged
oouplo, evidently on their first jour
ney, and asour-faoed old maid, rather
desiccated in her general effect, who
was traveling alone. The couple had
an upper berth, and the "maiden well
Btrioken in years" the upper berth in
adjoining an section. In the
same car woro a oouplo of froliosomo
youths, ready for any nort of mis
chief. Bed time camo, and all hands
retired. But the husband could not
Bleep. Whe'ther'It'wa's because of the
motion of tho cars, the nolso, or the
novelty of the situation, he could not
tell, but, try as he would, he oould
not sleep. At length it ooourred to
him that he was thirsty. Tho more
he thought of It, the more thirsty he
got. So he called the porter, who
brought the ladder and helped him
down. Now, while he was gone for
thejwater, ono of tho "boys" stepped
out of bed and shifted the ladder so
that it rested against the berth In
which the anolent maiden was sleep
ing, Jand then'returncd to his bed to
note the result. In a moment or
two the husband returned, and crept
quietly up the stops, anxious to make
as little noise as possible eo as not to
awaken his wife. Tho occupant of
the berth thus rudely Intruded upon
awoke with a start, and screamed.
The husband, supposing it to bo his
easily frightened wife, tried to reas
sure hor, and said :
"It Is only me."
"Only you, you old scoundrel, "
said the venerable maiden, "I'll
teach you a lesson," and with that
sho seized him by tho hair of his
head and screamed for holp. Then
he howled with pain. Then his wife,
awakoned by the noise, discovered
where her husband was, and raised
her voice in lamentation, heaping re
proaches upon her faithless spouse.
Then the passengers all got up and
demanded an explanation of the com
motion, and foremost among them
was the wretch who had caused it all.
Then the husband, covered with con
fusion, and utterly unable to acoouu;
for what he had done, cllmed down
from his perch and slunk away to
bod, where he was soundly leotured
for his faithlessness. Altogether It
was a most uncomfortable though lu
dicrous situation, and tho glancea of
defiance that were exchanged between
tho wife and tho old maid all through
tho next day were a study.
The Sun Cholera 31cdlclnc.
More than twenty ycara ago, when
It was found that prevention of Chol
era was easier than cure, a prescrip
tion drawn up by eminent doctors
was publishod in tho New York Sun,
and it took the name of the Sun chol
era medicine.
Our contemporary never lent Its
name to a better article. Wo have
seen it in constant use for nearly two
score years, aud found it to be tho
boBt remedy for looseness of the bow
els ever yet devised.
No one who has this by him, and
takes it in time, will over havo the
cholera.
Wo commend It to all our friends.
Even when no cholera Is anticipated,
it is an excellent remedy for ordinary
summer complaints, colio, diarrhiea,
dysentery, etc
Take equal parts of tlnoture of Cay
enne pepper, tinoturo of opium, tinct
ure of rhubarb, essence of pepper
mint, and spirits camphor. Mix well.
Dose, 15 to 30 drops in a little oold wa
ter, according to ago and vloleuco of
symptoms, repeated every fifteen or
twenty minutes until relief is obtain
ed. Journal of Commerce.
North and South.
A Southern mother, Irritated bo
yond measure, call3 to her exasperat
ing boy :
Jeems K.Polk Buzzer! Yo' trifling
little raJiscal! Cv-j hyar to mc! I'll
w'ar yo' out!"
Now Hston to the gcntlo Northern
mother, mildly chiding her thought
leas offspring :
'Heaward Teaownsend Poaowell !
Go reaund to the back of the heaous
and drive that ceaow eaout o' them
punkins! Start yourself, now, If you
don't want to get a lickin' !' LAslde,
'I swan, ther' ought to bo a peaound
fur them 'ere ceaows.'
Mr. Wm. Sanders, Superintendent
of the Agricultural grounds at Wash
ington, says he has been experiment
ing a long timo to prevent blight, and
whether or not he has an infallible
remedy ho is unablo to determine ; he
only knows that for ten years ho has
painted or whitewashed his apple and
pear trees once or twice a year with
lime witewash, strongly impregnated
with sulphur, and such tree3 have,
thuafar, escaped the blight, though it
has increased in adjacent orchards.
After tho close of the Maine Repub
lican Stato Convention at Bangor,
and while the delegatea were emer
ging from the hall, an Irishman at
work in tho street accosted a delegate
from Kennebeo County with the in
quiry, "Will ye plase tell me, sir, If
this ia a convintion ?" "It Is, air."
"What kind of a convintion?" "It
Is a Republican Convention, my
friend." "Indado, I thought so. I
haven't aeen a drunken man today."
AN INTERRUPTED STORY.
As Told by Old Bodkin In Part, bat
Never Finished.
Madison Courier.
Old Bodkin likes a game of euchre,
but he la such an inveterate narrator
of pioneer incidants that he often
makes It unpleasant forothers by try
ing to play and tall a yarn at the same
time. The other evening he began a
story just as he andthree others sat
down to play a sooial gamo. He said:
"It was In 1S49 that a family by tho
namo of Gobina emigrated from
dreenbrier county, Virginia out for
deal to the glorious west shuoks, I
never could cut anything bigger than
a ten-Bpot. There woro seven in the
family: three girls and four boys.
The girls wore bright-eyed, rosy
cheeked I pass graceful gazelleB,
and two of the boya wero big enough
to handle their nxea and rifles d'ye
turn it down? I'll make it oluba
and could help their father a right
smart chanoe an ace beats a king ev
ery time. Play on a heart they
wound slowly over tho Alleghanles,
and finally in May, '49, crossed tho
Ohio valley good enough ! Hearts
are better'n trumps, but I have) not
any left headingjatraight for Arkln--iw,
Intending to make that territory
hold on! You don't play that on
us, my partner trumped the last triok
their future home takejit up; besfc
we've got, lead partner, according to
Hoyle they got away out there in
tho wilderness and the weather was
getting pretty hot that's it! Now
we'll come the cross-lift on 'em ! Play
on that bower! One evening they
stopped near where a spring gushed
up that makes us a couple more!
Dog my pioturo If It wouldn't bo a
good joke if wo could skunk 'em tho
first-game. They thought it would be
a good placo to camp, and the old man
unhitched his horses well, well,
what a foolish play was that of mine;
It give 'em ono on our deal and one
of tha boys ran to the spring to get a
drink pass It was one of the hob
springa play, Cap., don't be so undo
clded and when ho touohod his lips
to the water that's our trlek ho
bounced up and yelled to tho old man
whose ace Is that? oh? I'll salivate
it with a trump yelled to the old
man, 'hitch up and drive ont dad !
Hell's not half a mile from here!'
How did you come by these points?
Seems to me you're good counters If
you can't play much. Well, air, It
had the effect to diamonds ? havn't
any ; pass change the old man's
opinion of Arkiusaw, and what lod?
Spades. Have a little one he started
across the wilds for Oregon."
Thus old Bodkin continued the
same narrative through thirteen
games, and when the party arose from
the tablo at 10 o'clock, Bodkin had
the Gobina family away out beyond
the alkali desert in tho sage brush,
with their horses stolen and two of
the girls captured by Indiana tho
boys following the Plutos with their
rifles, and tho old woman a raving
maniac. And yet the story was not
moro than half completed when the
party walked off on thejuarrator.
A St. Loula drummer makes affida
vit that the following is a literal copy
of rules posted in a school house la
the interior of the State:
Each pupil ia required to make a
bow on entering tho School-House of
a morning al so leaving of Evening
the Scool Room.
there shall bee no profane language
used In School or on the play ground
nor there shal be no pin atiokln
pinchln, soraohing nor teggln nor no
fiting nor no unesery whispering la
sohool.
No Pupil shall leave the school
House without tho permission of the
Teacher.
No unesery moving from seat to
seat.
No fiting on the road from' or to
school, nor no nick naming.
Every pupil over eight years Is sub
ject to these rules and tho teacher la
to make the allowance for all Pupils
under eight years and enforce the
rulca aooording.
If any scholar breaks these rules
tha shall bo punished by switohln.
St. Louis limes-Journal.
A Safety Halteii. The habit of
pulling at and breaking the halter is
frequent with horses, both In the sta
ble and when tied to a hitohlngpoat.
It 13 not diffioult to oure thia habit by
using a haltar made expressly for thia
purpose. A description of euch a hal
ter is given by a correspondent aa fol
Iowa: It la made of atout harnea
leather, Id the Bame manner as a com
mon halter, excepting that it ia provi
ded with two chin straps, which are
connected with a strong Iron ring.
The tie-strap la passed through this
ring. When tho horse la tied, the
nose-band ia tightened In proportion
to the force with whloh the tie-strap
is pulled, and the pressure over the
nostrils stops the breathing, or Inter
feres so much with it, that the borso
13 Boon obliged to abandon his efforts
te break the fastening.
Bill Jones,' said a bullying urohln
to another lad, 'tho next time I catch,
you alone I'll flog you like anything.'
'Well.'replledBilllain'toften much
alone; I cemmonly havo my legs and
flsta with me!'
The pain of parting ia keoneat to
those who go, but it stays louger.witU
those who are loft behiud.
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