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BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11. 1879.
VOL. 24.-UO. 25.
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OFFICIAI. DIRECTORY.
District Ofiicors.
S.Tl.POITTCn--.-
Jndt;e.
willimil hoover -
T ('. WATSON
..District Attorney
District Clerfc.
Canntv Ofiears.
inirvs TDI-T. -. County Judue
o it. PARK BR."- S-.Vf.l
"im.lP'lHtOTrlKR-.
T . . 1 1 Tl K'KKll I "' "-.""
School Superintendent
j invJLSHWK.
JOHN" H. I'ORLMAX
1. U.ViJEBY,
f- Commissioners
City Officers.
W T. RO'JKR ,
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J 11. IiOCRBK
S A.OSnlRX : :
jo ax. w. i.ovk
.ODXCU,MEX.
iB.nnciS'ovi .
JOSEPH n' 'v. f
Mayor
.Police Judse
Cleric
Treainrer
Marshal
1st Ward
2nd Ward
3rd Ward
W.A.JUDKIX.
a tr Rir.MflRE
n:wT mr,T..
E. KUDDAKT. i '
SO CI AX, DIRECTORY.
Caurchos.
M-thniMt V.. ri.nrrh.-Seryteeseacb Sabbath
v 10-.Ta. hi., and 70 p. m. Sunday School at
- . n n. Prayer- Mpt!ng Thursday evening.
B. P Wimqjt . Pastor.
reU,rtrrIan Ohnr-h.-SPrvlWR eachhboth
. m.u. -.cn tihhflth ahfoi alter
i.iorfilnssf-rvlee,. Prayer Meet In c Wednesday
evening at 7:45 o'clock- W.J. Weeber. rastor.
ttrUOn Clinr h.-Scrvlc every Snnday. a
lO: n. m.nd 7:m n. m. Snndav School at-r.m
Rev. Matthkw Hkviiv. Missionary In charge-
Chnrch Tour w."f - l'i-wetrnrownIlle. ser
vices first Sahb-tth fi each month. B. J. Jou
60 sr. Pastor.
Christian rhnrrh.-R.A.Hawle-WdPrPrpacV
lnceverv Snnd .v m M a. m.. and ,SW ij. m. l"oie
P.eadiiiKand Trave-ni-etltiE every .""i
evenlnc. Elder rhas. Rone preaches the second
Hunday In every month.
Cathollc-ervlcps every 4tl. "fS
month, at 18 o'cloch a. m. Father Cnmmlsky.
ITlest.
"Schools.
Jl-n-nv.U- Union Cded, S,AR?lM;Utant
Wallace, Principal: MiV, 1S"'-AT,r lie-
Hlch School : MNs Imi Tueker '-" "TT
iartment: Ml-w Pella Fnrns;. 3d I """"? '";
F.mm-.rirk.MPrlnrr; TMi Anna W . -Ic-Donald
and Miss Emma J. Morgan. 1st JTlmarj .
TfimTls"of Honor.
Jnrenil.T..,n,.le, rneeto every JgV. jg
noon. MI-m Rrape 4tcwnrt. C. "1.. Mlsb.Jiary
nackor.t'ec: Mrs. I. S.M'nlck.Snpt.
Ked Riblicn'ClnD
Meet tlte first Tneslav or earh month.". 3. Bal
lr. . Pres.; 4- H.GIlinorec
51. o. or o. r.
In- rt.s"--ctfulIy Invited. A.n.Ollmore.
V ; J s. Cochran. S?cy.
C. Klmsey. P 5ec. T
Tni"lit:"'of Pvthias.
Knlchts cordlallv Invited. E. Unduart. C.C
E. Lovrman, K. of R, S
Kisoaic.
Vnhn Vnller l.nrtsr No. , A. F. & . 'j
S .ted me-tinrs "-a'nrrtav on n'" ?"
r." each moot. " Idf '" n'A"I jll
.1-iv evenly for lertnres. 'a?,k," pSS.
lt.t'-rnonrseT J.C. McXaughtou, W - M. B.F. Sou
de Sec. .
nrnviv1llt Thnntcr No. f8
m-iiwwowl Thtirsdav or each month, a. .
PavWH. M.E.T1.P. R- T. Ralney . Sec
Mt.OwncJCnmninnr1crTNo.:tiK.T Slated
meeftnlJswonnMondarlnearhuflJath. R-"V.
Furnas. E.C: A. W.TClckell.Rec
Rn.r nn.l l.llrronPl.tve.No. R'.'VrSi.rnn!
.Vr.-Meets at Masonic Hall on the T.rtli Mon
Uvs. n. V. Fnraas. M. P. Sov. R. T. Ratney,
Serretarv.
.lnhrinntorVo.2. Order ot the Eastern Star.
8t.WmSJS;w Monday In each month.
Mm. E. C Handley, W. M.
Societies.
Pnnntv Fnlr A-soclMloru-R. A. "wl.
President: Jhn Rath. Vice Prest.: S. A. Os orn.
Secreiarv: J M. Trowhrldce. Treasttrer. Mns-
crs-H. O. Mirilck. S. Cochran. F. E. Johnson.
Thomaa Rath. Geo. Crow. J. . Oavlt.
I.lh-nrv -sncintlon-R M. Baliey.Pres.: A.II.
OUmnre.See.: W. H. Hoover.
Chornl I'nion.-J. C. McXaughton. Prest. J. B.
Docker. Sec
Wake llramntlc Anc!ntlnn.-W. T. Rogers.
Prest. J R- Bocker. Sec. and Treas
UctronMltan Cornel nnnd-. T. Smlt h . M
e" il Olrector. E. lluddart. Treasurer and Busi
ness Manager.
BUSINESS CARDS.
S. HOT.T.ADAY.
A . pti vfclclan, SnrKeon, Ol.sletrlctan.
Ornduafedln 1W1. T.ocnfd in Brownville 165.
ORlce.-ltlMalnHtreet. Brown vllle. eb.
T L. PTULRTTRD. mT.,
Li. attorney at law
Al.d Instlce of the vre. Office In Court House
B l'ldin;. Browuvllle. Xeb.
QTULT, fe THOMAS,
O TTOaSKVS'AT LAW.
0w. over Theod'ire Hill & Oe.'s store. Brown
v"le.Xcb. T1 Ti. SCHTOK.
I. ATTORNEY AT LAW.
ont-e over J. L. Mctiee.t Bre's store, Brownvllle.
Xbraska. '
O A. OSBOHX.
D. ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Onice. Xo. 81 Main street. Brownvllc. Xcb
T H. BROADY,
J . Attorney and Counselor at Lair,
OfflceoverState BaHk.Brownvlllc.Xeb.
WT. ROGERS.
- Attorney and Connflort Law.
WillglveUligent attention to anylecalbireiness
enrHstedthiscare. Offlce In the Roy building,
Brownville. Xeb.
J.
W. GIBSON,
BLACKSMITH AND IIORSK SHOER
Workdone to order and satisfaction guaranteed
F rst street, between Main and Atlantic, Brown
v. I.e. Neb.
DAT. CLIXE,
rp7 fashionarlt:
t "STOM WORK made to order, and fits always
tnaranleed. Repairing Heatly and promptly aoue.
s Xq. Mam street. Brownville. Neb.
JACOB MAROHN,
.MERCHANT TAILOE,
and dealer in
nacKaclIsh,Fienrh. Scotch and Fancj Cloths
Tcstlnss. Ktc-., Etc.
RrownvIIlc. TVeliralia.
M. BAILEY,
SUIPPEK AX DEAtnit IX
,IYE STOCK
lino WXVILI.E, XEB11ASKA.
SFanners, please call and get prices ; I want
fto handle your stock.
Office "1 Main street, Hoadlcy building.
B. Bell Andrews, M. D.
HOMEOPATHIC
ITSiClll & fffflGEOH.
- W: g'.ve prompt attention to all night calls-s
5lecia'' uuention given to Medical and Surgical
leas5 of Women, and Medical and SurricM nu.
Lse -,; ,c J.y. office In rear of Xickell's Drue 1
lor- V .'lencejloornXortnof Bntttoiii st-.rt
tbixth ere. t . Ua VaucU Uou -l auiil I
T. A. BATH
is now proprietor of the
itftatftM
and is prepared to accomodate the
public with
GOGD, FRESH, SWEET
MEAT,
Gentlemanly and accommodating clerks
will at all times be In attendance. Yonr
palronase solicited. Remember the place
the old Pascoe shop, llaln-st..
BSi-owncUle, - .Nebraska.
lililJLsi
The old Barbershop, No. 47 is now owned
nnd rnn by
J". R. Hawkins.
It Is the best fitted shop in 'the city, and the
place lbjgenorally patronized by the
people. Mr. Hawkins keeps
noasslstants whoarenot
Experts at The Business,
and gentlemanly and accommodating in
their conduct. All kinds of
TONSGRIAL WOBK
donejpromptly and satisfaction guaranteed.
THE BSST DYES
made are always in preparation.
Lt Tlie
irogeryand: PROVISION
STORE OTrT I
rJT. JLj. Jones
is tho place to get
Groceries,
Provisions,
Confections,
Fine Cigras,
Toilet Soap,
Can11 ed Goods,
Fresh Butter,
Fie, Etc., Ftc.
We also keep all the best brands of'
flour, and every thl n usually kept in 1
a first class grocery store.
We have la con
nection with our
housuu firstciasa
FEED STORE
j". Xj. :R,cr5r3
&-
lerfi
Keeps a full line ot
LUSES&CISEET
Ornamented and Plain.
Also Shrouds for men, ladles and Infants.
All orders left with Mike Felthouser will
receive prompt attention.
3T Bodies Preserved and Embalmed.
30 Main Street, BR01YXYILLE,XEB.
Georsre
OF THE-
WEST "END m
MEAT MARKE1
keeps constantly on hand
BEEF,
PORK,
MUTTON,
POULTRY,
and all kinds of
SAUSAGES,
Bologna, Pork in Casing & Loose.
Liver Puddings and Head Cheese
n specialty.
Highest market price paid for
BEEF HIDES & TALLOW.
CHARLES BODY
Hereby calls the attention of the people of
Brownville and vicinity to the fact that he
keeps a full line of the be&t
FAEZIXT GROCERIES,
JPllOYISIOXS.
FLOUR,
C02TEECTI02TS, etc.
And sclh at the cry Lowest Living Rates. He
also has a
P ESTATJBAN
UheroMeaU at all Hourt are furnished
upaii the Khortot nitlce. People.from
the country are Invited to call and
get a "iquare meal" for only
So CJBrtTS.
ETTER HEADS,
m BILL head!
Jfeally printed atthibofiice.
, a a a .
DO I 4
Pain cannot stav where It isnsed. It Istbecbean-
est medicine ever made. Five drops cover a pur
face aslargeasibebtlnd. One dose cures common
Sore Throat. One bnttlebas cured Bronchitis. 50
cents' worth has cijred an Old Siauding Cough. It
positively curea Catarrh; AMbma and Croup. Fif
ty cents' worth has 'cured" Crick in the Back, and
thesameqnantlty&ame'Back or eight years'stand
Ing. It cures swelled neck and all other Tumors,
Jtnumalism. and Pain and soreness In any part, no
matter where It may be, nor- frtn what cause It
may arise. It always does you good. Twenty-five
cents' worth has cured bad cbses of chronic and
Bloody Di"5entery. One teaspoonful cures Colic In
fifteen minutes. ItwlIIcuibmiyca.se of piles that
is possible to cure. Six. or eight application are"
warranted to enre any (iase o&Excorialed Xlpples
or Inflamed Breast. "FotBrotsei.ir applied oiten
and bound up. there Is never the slightest discolor
ation to the skin. It stops the pain of a burn as
soon asapbtied.aud is a positive cure for Chilblains.
Frosted Feet. Bolls, Warts, Corns and wounds of
every description on man or beast. Price. 50 cents
nndl. Trial M.e. 15 cenls. FOSTER,T.MILBUN
& CO, Sole Proprietors, Buffalo. X. Y.
Sold in Brownville by A. W. XlckeU.
AUTHORIZED BY TIIE U. S. GOVEItXJIEXT.
irsf National Ban
OF-
BROWNYrLLE.
Paid-iip Capital, $50,000
Authorised " 500,000
IS PREPARED TO TRANSACT A
General Banking Business
BUY AND SELL
COIR & CUEEENCY DEATTS
on all the principal cities of the
United States and Europe
MONEY LOANED
On approved security only. Time Drafts discount
ed. and special accommodations granted to deposlt
rs. Dealers In GOVERXMEXT BONDS,
STATE, COUNTY & CITY SECURITIES
DEPOSITS
Recelvedjpftyahle on demand and IXTEREST al
lowed ou time certificates of deposit.
DIRECTOR. Wm.T. Den, B. M. Ballev, M.A
Handley. Frank E. Johnson, Luther Hoadley
Wm. Fralsher.
JOHN L. CARSON,
A.R. DA VISON. Cashier. President.
I. C.McNAUOHTON. Asst.Cashler.
ESTABLISHED TH 1853.
OLDEST
HJEA.L
ESTATE
A.GKE0STCY
IIS' NEBRASKA.
William H. Hoover.
Does a general Real Estate Business. Sells
Lands on Commission, examines Titles,
makes Deeds, Mortgages, and all instru
ments pertaining to the transfer of Heal Es
tate. Has a
Complete Abstract of Titles
to all KeafEstate lu Nemaha County.
IsTO. 43.
H
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JOSEPH
Proprietor
"2
Old Reliable
in
Give Him a Call
And jou vrlll be well
i Served wltii the best
0
3
tlie Diarhet affords.
H
2sTO. 43.
TOTT?g
ILLS
INDORSED BY
PHYSICIANS, CLERGYMEN AND
THE AFFLICTED EVERYWHERE.
THE 6SEATEST MEDICAL
TRJOPH OF Iffi AGS.
TEiTTC D31 ! 08 D,t- TcTT haa TOC
t U t f Q HE LLC 3Jc-d in combining in
CURE S!CK HQaACHtBSJfifJS?.?
TUTT'S PilLS
CURE DYSPEPSIA.
tiesof a Stke-n'otijino,
Puiso ativx, acd aPc
KirTiNO Toma i
Tbtrir firet apparent
effect is to increase thj
TUTT'S PILLS
appetite by can? ingthe
Bfcod to properly as
CURE CONSTIPATION.
similate. Tboatbesvs-
temis nonnsnett, oau
THTT'Q DSf 1 (J 8 by their tonic action on
lull u IL-r5Sthe di-etive ortrass.
CURE PILES.
Eregutafand healthy e-
jvstcnmooa are pro-
TUTT'S PILLS!"
CURE FEVER AND AGUL
Bn nr-. Ift
THTPe E3E! I
itiie uoflnencc of these
uii rLton u;i:aii'jc:
pais, indicates their a-
I wt 1 w i ii2.VEdan:abili:v to nourish
CURE BILIOUS COUC 8 the body, brace their
leiucacyin carmg ner-
TOTrS PILLSR.$S&S:
P,., ifinNPV rri,Tnf Jingothe muscleMas-
Hinm e. . I chrciiic: constipation,
THil 'S Pi! I Kpandimpartinshealth&
strength to thesystera.
CURE TORPID LIVER.
acta evcrywaere.
Price 25 centp.
OSeo
53 aiurray Street
. 2JEW YOBK.
TUTT'S PILLS
.WPAET APPETITE,
S? A ENSVETPi A eo?l!'t UUasti auataeark
..;.411 S"6"' county ia the U.S. to tU He
CjtUtdl .r TUag, Wrth teUs" bj iataenpUn.
Totnch mi, withpxal rcfereuet, we funuiB the atat fre.
nd FiTe ttnj thit will I.tarr worter orer 100 a nulk.
AiiSi ISTJXAATlOiAL rlU. lVn BoxIKi SLLkuj, Mo.
BODY.
IUT
RKE
The Heal Attainment
Let others write of battles fought
On bloody, ghastly fields,
Where honor greets the man that wins.
And death the man who yields ;
But I will write of him who fights
-And vanquishes bis sins,
"rVho struggles op through weary years
Against himself and wino.
He Is a hero staunch and brave.
Who fights an unseen foe,
And puts at last beneath his feet
His passions base and low.
And stands erect in manhood's might
"Undaunted, undismayed
The bravest man that drew a sword
In foray or in raid.
It calls for something more than brawn. "'
Or muscle to b'eroome
I An enemy, who marchetb not
With banner, plume and dram
A foe forever lurking nigh.
With sUent,:stealthy tread. .
Forever near your board by day,
At night besldo yonr bed.
All honor then to that brave heart,
Though poor or ilch hB be,
Who struggles with the baser part
Who conqueors, and Is free;
He may not wear a hero's crown.
Or till a hero's grave ;
But truth will place his name among
The bravest of the brave.
THE HLEED GLEL.
White and glistening like a mam
moth bridal vail, the December bud
lay over all the New Hampshire hills;
dark and delicate, like the tracery of
lace-work, the leafelesa woods held up
their boughB againBt the dazzling
winter eky and Rev. Peter Palmleaf,
studying over the embryo sermon in
his own speoial sanctum, glanced up
where a black-bird waa whistling in
the casement, and thought to himself
what a lovely world the Lord had
made.
When, all of a sudden, a Bhrilljvolce
calledj'througb the entry :
"Peter, the horse la ready."
"What horse?" asked Mr. Palm
leaf. "Our horse, to be sure," said Miss
Pauline, his pister.
"What for?'' demanded theparBon,
staring through his near-sighted Bpeo
tacles at the'door.
"To take you to Mr. Darrow's."
"Why am I going to Mr. Darrow'B?"
"Well, I never!" said Mies Pau
lina, bouncing Into the study, with a
yellow pocket handkerchief tied
around her head, and her sleeves roll
ed, in a busiuess-Iike fashion, up to
her elbows. "Peter, you grow more
mooney and ubeent-minded every day
oTyaurlif5! Have you forgotten our
discussion at the breakfast table?
Why, you were going to Mr. Dar.
row's after a girl, to be Eure."
"A girl I" repeated the young
minister, dreamily, $ rubbing his fore
bead. "Eh, I do recall something of
the conversation. A hired girl!''
"Yes," nodded the lady, briskly,
"she's going to leave Mr. Darrow's
this morning, because tbej family isso
large and work so heavy. She can't
find that fault with our establish
ment, I guess. Ask her bow much
wages she wants, and how old she is,
and ask her whether she has any fol
lowers a follower is the one thing I
can't tolerate, tell her, and be sure
you bring ber back, and her bundle.
I must have a girl to help me before
Cousin, Philinda's folks come from
the city."
"But 6appo8e she won't come?"
said the young minister, dubiously,
fitting on the fingerB of his gloves.
"Then you must make her come,"
said Miss Paulina, hurriedly retreat
ing to look after a certain kettle
which was noisily boiling over at the
baok of the house.
And thus charged with his mission,
Rev. Peter Palmleaf got into the one
horse cutter and jingled merrily
away.
Mr. Darrow's farm-house neBtled
under a hill, in the protecting shadow
of a cluster of evergreens, with a great
fence in front of it, a red barn at the
rear, and a perfeot colony of dove
houses at the Bunny southern angle;
and Mr. Darrow himself, a ruddy
faced elderly man, with a fringe of
white whiskers around his chin, was
shoveling away the pearly masses of
snow in front of the door.
"Eh !" said Mr. Darrow, leaning on
on the handle of his spade, as the
bells jingled up in front of the gate,
and then stopped. ."How! Why,
It's the minister! Good morning,
Mr. Palmleaf good morning. That
there Sunday sermon of your was a
master-piece. Me and Squire Sen
nex "
"Yes," said Mr. Palmleaf, leisurely
alighting and tying the horse to the
post. "But I have.called on business
this morning."
For Mr. Palmleaf was emphatical
ly a man of cne idea, and for the time
being the "hired girl'' had ohased all
the theology out his head.
"Eh?" said Mr. Darrow, "busi
ness?" "I've come after a young woman,"
said the minister."
Mr. Darrow dropped his spade in
the middle of the snow-drift.
"So you mean Dolly ?" he Bald.
"If that's her name yes," answer
ed the minister, solemnly.
"You don't mean that Its to be an
engagement," cried Mr. Darrow,
"Well, yes that Is, if we suit eaob
other," eaid Mr. Palmleaf, mildly.
"Jerusalem!" Bald Mr. Darrow.
who had alwayB heard that Mr. Palm
leaf, like most men of geniue, was an
"eccentric," but had never realized it
before. "Have you spoken to her?"
"Certainly not!" answered Mr.
Palmleaf. "Of course I shouldn't
think of such a thing without Beeing I
I you first." J
"Very straightforward of yout I'm
BUre,'' eaid the farmer. "But, of
course I can have no'objeotlon if Dol
ly herself is suited. Though " and
be emote one red-mitted.hand upon
his knee "now I come to think of It,
you've never seen Dolly."
"No," said the minister. "But that
need make no difference."
"Je-rusalem !" agalnlorled the farm
ex. "It.washH the way I looked at
things when I was young."
"Tastes differ," Bald Mr. Palmleaf,
a little impatient at the long disous
filonj "Can Peee theyoung woman?"
yub,5 of coursa you can see her,"
airfMxLDarww. "She 1b In th dul-
Pry BkifngmVlfe ""Dolly fDolly !'
.raising nis voice to a bellow, "here's
the Rev. Mr. Palmleaf wants to Bee
you! There's the door, just to the
left, sir."
And, in his near-sighted way, the
minister stumbled Into Farmer Dar
row's dairy, where a rosy-cheeked
girl, with jet-black hair, brushed
away from a low, olive-dark brow,
and eyes like pools of sherry- wine,
was Bkimming tho oream from multi
tudinous milk-pans, into a huge stone
pot. "Young woman," said Mr.
Palmleaf, turning his spectacles upon
her amazed face, "do you want to en
gage.'yourself ?"
"Sir?" said Dolly, her spoon com
ing to an abrupt standstill, amid the
wrinkled and leather-like folds of the
oream on a particular pan.
"In other words," explained Mr.
Palmleaf, "do you want a good
home?"
"Indeed, sir, I never thought of
Buoh a thing," said Dolly, in a flurry.
"How old are you?" questioned Mr.
Palmleaf.
"I am eighteen," said Dollv. In
some confusion.
"Have you any followers?"
"Sir?" said Dolly.
"Beaux, I mean," elaborately ex
plained the clergyman.
"Of course I haven't," said Dolly,
half inclined to be angry.
"Then I think you'll suit me," said
Mr. Palmleaf; "or rather my sister.
Our family isn't large ; the wash is
light, and Paulina is a most consider
ate mistress. Get your bundle."
"My what?" said Dolly, in bewil
derment. "Your clothes. I mean to take you
baok with me immediately." Eaid Mr.
Palmleaf. "Paulina expecta compa
ny. It Is essential that we have help
at once."
Dolly Darrow- looked up with
cheeks crimsoned like any rose, eyee
full of deep, brown Bparkles, and
around which danced a perfeot galaxy
of dimples,
"Wait a minute," said she.
"Certainly," said .Mr. Palmleaf.
And he sat down on a wooden stool
at the corner, and fell to meditating
on the "thirdly" of his uncompleted
sermon, while Dolly sped up the
stairs, three steps at a lime.
"Father," cried she, flying into the
presence of her parents, "the minis
ter has mistaken me for Bridget."
"Eh ?" said Mr. Darrow.
"You don't tell," eaid Mrs. Darrow.
"And he wants to hire me," said
Dolly, with eyes gleaming with fun
"And I'm going! Quick where'a
my hat, and my shawl, and mufflers?"
Mrs. Darrow rose up and iu all the
majesty of black silk gown and gold
watch chain
"Dorothy Darrow," she said,
"you're never going to hire out as a
servant?"
"Yes I am," Baid Dolly. "It's bet
ter than private theatricals. He's bo
nice and absent-minded, and Mies
Paulina is a jewel ! Oh, do make
haste, or he'll be tired of waiting."
And Dolly succeeded in carrying
her point. Fifteen mlnuteB later she
got into the sleigh with a big bundle,
which Mr. Palmleaf stored snugly un
der the seat, and the minister drove
home with secret exultation.
Mi SB Paulina was In tbekitohen fry"
Ing sausage for dinner when Dorothy
Darrow walked in, with cheeks of car
nation, hair blown over her face, and
the bundle under ber arm
"Here I am Miss Palmleaf," Bald
she. "The hlredhelp at your ser-
-rrtrto f
MfSB-Palmleaf started.
"Why, it's Dorothy," Bald ahe;
"and I sent Peter for Bridget."
"Yes, I know." said Dolly , brightly.
"But Bridget was gone, and he mis
took me for her, and he has engaged
me to work here. And, oh, Miss Pau
lina, don't undeceive bim, because I
am a smart little housekeeper, and I
can help you just as much a9 any girl
could. Just give me a trial, that's
all."
Miss Paulina had a shrewd appreci
ation of a joke; her hurd features re
laxed with a smile, aa she stood look
ing down at the radiant little bru
nette. "Well," said she, "I don't mind If
I do."
For one month Dorothy Darrow of
ficiated as hired girl at the parsonage,
Then she came to the clergyman one
day:
"Mr. Palmleaf," eaid she, "I'm go
ing to leave the place."
Mr. P&lmleaf looked up in amaze
ment and dismay.
"I hope Dolly," 6ald he, "neither I
nor my Bister have unwittingly of
fended you?"
"No," eaid Dolly, patting her little
foot on the etariug green leaves in the
study carpet; "but, oh Mr. Palmleaf,
I have done so wrong and I earnestly
beg your pardon."
"Dolly!" cried out the Reverened
Peter In surprise.
"Because you are good and true," J
sobbed the girl ; "and I'm not a hired
girl, and I only came for a joke, and
I can't bear to think I'm de-deceiving
you !"
And Dolly began to cry plteously
behind the oorner of her apron.
"You came here lor a joke, eh?"
said the minister.
"Y'yeB," oonfessed Dolly behind
her apron.
"Well, then," aid the minister,
gently drawing her toward him,
"suppose you stay In earnest."
"Sir!" faltered Dolly.
"My dear," said Mr. Palmleaf, "I
have got used to having you around,
and I should ralsa you terribly if you
Bhould Ieaveus. Do you- think I am
too old to tfjlnk of a bloomiug young
wife like you?"
"Not a bit!" cried Dolly, indig
nantly. "Old you!"
"Do you like me a little bit?"
"A great deal," said Dolly, laugh
ing and blushing.
"Then you will stay with me al
ways?" And Dolly promised thatsbe would.
Everybody wondered how bo bash
ful a man as Rev. Mr. Palmleaf ever
mustered courage for a'proposal ; but
nobody knew that the "engagement"
began for a joke and turned out in so
ber earnest.
Productions "of Agriculture in the
Census
The agricultural schedule annexed
to the Act of 1850, which is also made
a part of the Act of March 3, 1879,
providing for the Tenth Census, re
quires a report of the chief produc
tions of agriculture ("during the year
ended Junel."
Now, there ia no dlstinot agricul
tural year whloh ends on the first of
June, and there Is reason to believe
that the statistics of agriculture from
1850 to 1870, in regard to many of the
principal products, .embraced portions
of two different crops, inasmuoh as
the enumeration was protracted
through three, four and even five
months.
By the Aot approved March 3, 1879,
it Is provided that the Tenth Census
shall be taken and completed during
the month of June, 18S0. This pro
vision greatly reduces the liability to
error which has been noted.
Ab the enumeration commences on
the first of June aud closes on or be
fore the thirtieth, all the crops which
are gathered once in a year will fall
pretty clearly on one eideor the other
of the dividing line.
Thus the cottou orop reported in the
census will be that of 1879, gathered
iu the fall of that year; while the
wool clip or "wool crop" will be that
of the spring of 1880 except in por
tions of California and Texas, where
both a fall and a spring olip are se
cured. For oertaln of the productions of
agriculture, however, there is no har
vest, in the usual sense of that term ;
but the produot is gathered week by
week, or day by day, as it matures
milk, butter, cheese, meat fall Into
this class.
In view of the requirements of the
law, and of the great importance of
accurate statistical information rela
tive to agriculture, it is deemed to be
highly desirable that farmers Bhould
prepare themselves in advance to give
the Information with'promptness and
accuracy. It is urgently recommend
ed, therefore, that agricultural journ
als and officers of agricultural socie
ties and clubs give publicity to thiB
announcement, and that all persons
engaged in agriculture who shall re
ceive this circular, or shall see it in
the publio prints, make notes from
time to time of the quantities and
values of their several crops gathered,
and the number of acres of land
planted, in order that their state
ments, when made to the enumera
tors, may be of the highest possible
value.
The number of aores and bushels of
wheat, corn, rye, oats, barley, buck
wheat, potatoes, will be required ;
acres and pounds of rice, tobacco,
hops, flax ; aores and balea of cotton ;
acres and tons of hay and hemp;
acres of orohard, vineyard and email
fruits, with value of producte; bush
els of peas, beans, clover seed, grass
Beed, flaxseed ; bee hives with poundB
of wax and honey; aores of sugar
cane and sorghum, with hogsheads or
pounds of sugar and gallons of mo
Iaeees; number of fieeces'and pounds
of wool: pounds of maple sugar and
gallons of mollaeses ; pounds of but
ter and cheese; gallons of milk Bold;
value of animals slaughtered; acres
of market gardens and value of pro
ducts; value of forest'produota; val
ue of home manufactures.
The Sonks of the Grand Chartrense.
From All the Year Round.
Every night they rise at 12, and
meet in the chapel for matins; two
hours they remain there, and at 2
they go to bed for three hours more.
At 5 their day begins a day Bpent in
the solitude of a cell, and devoted to
prayer and study. On Sundays and
on feast days the3 dine together, but
a reading from the lives of the saints
prevents all conversation; for the
tongue, Baid St. Bruno, was only to be
used for prayer and pmlse. On such
great feasts as Good Friday they will
taste no food, but on an ordinary fast
day perhaps a little bread and water
will be passed into the iron grille
through which all their meals are
supplied to them. Fires are only al-
lowed for two months In the year.
THE SXAKE DAXCE.
A 'Woudcrful Story Told by An. Agent
of the Xoquis Indians.
Mr. W- R. Mateer, Indian Ag6nt of
the Moquis Pueblos, of Arizona, gave
our reporter, a day or bo ago, a thrill
ing account of a stra.uga ceremony
practiced by that tribe, called the
"Snake Dance." The Moquis regard
the serpen t as a sacred reptile, possess
ed of the power of controlling the el
ements, and disposed to be friendly to
man. They never kill a snake, and
frequently handle the most poisonous.
serpent withImpunity. The rattle
snake is regarded, with special vene
ration, and their bite la no more dread
ed than the scratch of a mesquit
thorn or the pricking of a cactus.
They harean antidote for the bite of a
rattlesnake which is inflallible, and
never falls to effect a cure In a few
minutes when administered immedi
ately. An Indian of thia tribe, when
bitten by a rattler, swallows the anti
dote at once, and after being stupefied
for a moment, becomes entirely re
stored and never feels any pain or in
con veniencfrafterward. All attempts
of white men to learn the ingredients
of this antidote have proved futile, as
the secret is guarded with religious fi
delity, and an Indian would lay down
his life rather than communicate the
recipe for snake bites to a pale face.
If a white man Is bitten by a rattle
snake the IndianB will not hesitate to
give bim the antidote, but he must
not inquire what it Is composed of.
The "Snake Dance" is performed
by the Moquis every two years, and la
resorted to aa a meanejof propitiating
the Spirit of the Summer Rain to
send abundant showers to fructify the
earth and make theorops grow. The
oorn is planted In the moiBt Band of
the mesa, without previous prepara
tion of the ground, for the plow is un
known to the tribe, and after it has
grown to certain height and needs
moistening from the clouds, prepara
tions are made for the grand snake
dance. A deep and wide excavation
is made in the dirt floor of one of the
largest houses In the village, and the
whole tribe go out to huut snakes.
These they catoh with their hands
and tiring them in twined around
their neokB, coiled In their bosoms, or
wrapped around their legs and arms.
AH kinds of snakes are captured the
rattler, the viper, the moccasin, the
blue racer, the b!ack, -the garter, the
green, apotted In fact, every variety
existing in the country. These to the
number of several hundred are placed
in a pit In the floor, and the mouth
Ib covered over with a buffalo robe,
the hairy side down, to prevent the
reptiles from crawling out and es
caping. Then a certain number of the
old men danco around the pit, chant
ing monotonouB songs and calling up
on the imprisoned serpents to inter
cede with the Spirits of the Clouds to
send rain upon the thirsting corn
fields. A body of younger men next
form a circle around the pit, aud go
through a similar ceremony. Then
come the old women, who have a dif
ferent chant, then theyoung married
women, then the boj'9. and finally the
virgins with their hair done up In
loops, and then for a few moments a
solemn silence prevails, during which
the hissing of the serpents and the
shrill sound of their rattles are heard
under the buffalo robe. These sounds
are taken as favorable tokens that the
incantations have been successful, and
that a copious fall of rain will follow.
Then the buffalo robe is removed, and
then the men and boys leap into the
pit, and each one brings forth a snake,
which be holds in his mouth. Some
times a man will emerge with two or
three Bmali snakes In his mouth. As
each man emerges from the pit with
his mouth full of Bnakes, he runs at
full speed down the almost perpendic
ular Bide of the mesa until he come3
to the plain, and there gently releases
his captives, who at once take to the
grass and quiokly disappear. After
the pit has been emptied the men ex
amine the wounds on their arms,
breast and faces, and if blood has
been drawn, they know that the fangs
of a rattler have entered their flesh,
and they lose no time In applying the
antidote.
The wounds inflicted by the rattle
snake are very painful. The rattler,
when provoked, is the most savage of
all serpents, and will continue to
strike and lacerate an enemy as long
as be is within reach. Sometimes an
an old snake with full-grown fangs
will fasten upon the cheek or arm of
an Indian, and hold on until the
fangs are torn from ite jawB. Mr. Ma
teer witnessed one of these snake
dances of the Moqulo recently, and
was horrified at the sight. He saw
the blood Btreaming from the arms
and breast3 of the Indians, who bore
the pain with etoio indifference, and
seemed to take pleasure in the Inflic
tion. They believed that the more sav
age the snakes became and the deeper
the wounds Inflicted the more copious
would be the shower. On the occa
sion of the last cnake dance the Indi
ans of one of the Tillages refused to
participate. For some reason they be
lieved the rain would oome without
the dance, and while the other vil
lages were engaged In the ceremony
they sat idle in their bouses listening
to the noise and smiling at the unnec
essary trouble their neighbors were
taking. Subsequently they bad good
cause to repent, for when the rain
came sweeping down from the moun
tains it poured a copious flood upon
1 the Bnako-worshiping villages and
their Holds and passed around the he-
retio village and their parched corn-,
fields, leaving them as dry as powder
horn. The result was that six of the
seven villages raised abundant. crops,
and the other had to call on the Agent
for Government rations.
Mr. Mateer wbb formerly a resident
of this city, and appears to be a truth
ful man. He was a spectator of the
strange snake dance, but witnessed i
from a eafo distance, sitting on a wall
overlooking the scene.
Eph Takes a Hand at a Tableau.
.TJncle Eph got out of bed anexj"
bte'dlyhe'dthor'nigbt'andcaufSSS
bis daughter sittiug on the-Jap of a
young mulatto, for whom he enter
tained a special aversion. Walking
up to the couple he collared one with
each hand and holding them at arms'
length, he said, addressing thegirl :
"Liza, didn't I done tole yer not to
Mow dis saddle-cullud coon to eomo
foolln' 'roun byr? What you bin
doin'?"
"We'se gittin up a tableau for de
church, fadder," eaid Liza.
"A tab blow? What wasf dem
amacke, I heerln'?"
"Dey was in de tableau," eaid the
young man.
"Oil, dey was, was dey? And what
was all dia huggin', dat I sawn,
about?"
"Dat'a In de tableau, too,"t6aId
Liza.
"Oh, dat's in de tab blow, am it?"
Baid Eph, releasing the girl and drag
ging the young man to the window.
He boidted the sash, seized the buck
by the collar aud the slack of his pants
and dropped him out.
"Oh, fadder, wat you doin'?" said
Liza in agonizing tones, as the shriek
of a man and the growl of a dog came
up from below.
"Nufiln', nuffln'atall,"sald Eph.
"I was habin' a little tab blow for de
benefit ob dis fatnbly, an dat was in
de t8b blow. I kiue o' feel sorry fer
dat coon," said Eph'to his wife, "fer
dat dog batea a saddle-cullud niggah,
wusn' I doesjeaster'ile, but diacipll
mineamgwine to be maintained in
dis fambly'ef de las' 'yallah coon on
de face-of de yeartb haa to go."
JTliose Wires.
In San Franol&co and other-jlarge
towns of California it is said that
many of the married women past the
middle age.'Ehavejbeen the wives of
two, three, and sometimes four or five
different men, owing to the freedom
of divorce which used to exist, and
still exists in a modified form, in the
state. Women were in plentiful lack
in the days of the Argonauts, and for
sometime after; aud when one ap
peared in the community with good
looks, intelligence and'magnetism to
recommend her, ebe was well nigh
fought for. As a rule, the women
who migrated to the El Dorado
were not the finest. Many of them
were more or less adventuresses, and
seeing their extreme marketableness,
enhanced their value b' very broad
coquetry, and disposed of themselves
to the highest bidders. After secur
ing one husband, they entertained
proposals for another, and not un
frequently slipped nway from No. 1 to
No. 2, through some legal trick, be
fore No. 1 had any idea that he had
proved maritally unsatisfactory. It
is related that about 1S53 three mem
bers of a San Francisco firm bad each
iu turn the Game wife in the space of
twenty-four months. Some of the
most matrimonially enterprising
women in the country journeyed
thither twenty to twenty-five years
ago, and made their marriages remu
nerative by getting settlements cash
down before the tying of the nuptial
knot. The lives of not a few of them
would, If faithfully chronicled, read
like the most bensationul of sensation
al novels.
A Child's Hair Turns White.
On Barden Brook, near State Line,
Pa., lives a gentleman named Orrin
Crandall, who has a bright little girl
about nine years of age, with hair of a
beautiful Auburn color. Several
weeks ago two or three drunken men
came along, and by their hideoua ac
tions aud dreadful appearance fright
ened the little girl terribly. She
broke-In to a paroxysm of grief and
cried three houra without cessation,
though her parents and friends used
every meane in their power to quiet
her. Shortly after this terrible fright
the girl's pretty golden leeks began ta
turn gray, the change continuing un
til now a large portion is us white aa
that of old age. She is in good health
and has no pbyeical ailments which
might oause this wonderful change,
and beyond doubt it can be attributed
only to the serious fright we have de
scribed above. Orlean K. Y.) Times.
Strict Interpretation. 'John I
am going to church, and If It should
rain, I wiah you to come wlth'tue um
brella for me ; however,you need aot
come unless it should rain dowr
right.' The gentleman went. It did rain ;
but John bad gone to the other end of
the town to 6ee Mary. His master
came bock with drenched garments
and a look of implacable anger.
John,' said he, whj' didn't you
bring the umbrella?'
Because, .sir,' replied John, U
rained slanting.'
If a man will tell me what he thlnka
of his neighbors, I can tell him what
his neighbors think of bi.n, Jq
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