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About Nebraska advertiser. (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 22, 1880)
$& -$ :rT F6 -i c T Sk THE ADVERTISER - O. VT. rAIBBBOTKEK. T. C. HACJCEK. F1IRBROTBER &, HACKER, Publishers nnd Proprietors. Published Every Thursday Morning AT BROWNVILLE. NEBRASKA. TEITU3, IN ADVANCE : One copy, one year S3 00 One copy, six months- 1 00 50 onacnnv- three months. .. tea- Knnanersent from theofflcenntllp&ld tor. BEADING MATTER 0XETERYPAGE OFFICIAL 'DIRECTORY District Officers. Judge. J. ! W ATN-rTvER: .District Attorney District Clerk. Conntv Officers. ,T7 T County Judge JOT,Tt ,?rTi?RTs6vinr---ClPrlc and Recorder BAVIill) V,vJT3 Treasurer A. ".''".MORFu ZUTZ Sherlfl J. Ti. KI.Kf KNER mcornnei C It. PAHKER-v: ZTZ Surveyor I'HIT.TP OUOT'IKR JOHN'H. SHOOK. JOTtvrr. POTIT.MAN FRANK REDFERK "School Superintendent Commi8sIoners City Officors. J Mavor W.T- P-oJH- police Jnrtsre LUHlTIW'"' -Clerk rMprfc J. B. POPKBIl k.a wmiiN'.-. .Treasurer ' . Marshal JOHN. W.I) V fa couNCir.jrEX. r.n noniN-t joseptt lViDY.r W. A . JITDKINA a. iroir.MnuE f ....1st Ward 2nd Warn" 3rd Ward r.iwm mix. r.uunDsi'.. SOCIAL DIRECTORY. HlU , w " " " CTmrclies. .... .. corvlcespach Sannatn .fttSnlst P.. r'Vlrnr?, Snnlar School at at 130 a. rn..and .1 -T",day evening. 2fn. m. Prayer Meetlns inursuj S. P. Wil-sas. Pastor. c-hh.th , t. c.rr ro earn Sannam rrshvrftrKn rnrrh.-r f School arter at ln-jw a. m.. and W i'-"- 5?5?,1" Wednesday morhlne services ?"yw t WrrasB.Pwtor. evenlnss at 7:J o'clock. W J- w EEBK " flit. IMensan. ,?X0ftZvm?&T Church four tnllsooth-westorHrown vices rirt Sabbath In each month. i. J. Kit, Pastor. . , ,, Priest. Schools. Wallaee.Prlnrin'jl: .VVceV OWtrVmar De irh School: Ml' ' Tv, Tnr.Ker. ra llltA. Mts, F.-nma T. U-.ltr.. 1st .X w. Mc Vn!s Cinrk-.M '""T-.Ani," Primary. 2VJ-1 i!d au-1 Miss E-rni-i J. Mor..n. 1st rm Tonmlo of Honor. ... V . v moots ovcrv Jinn- Js";cvf "rckar.scc; Mr-. T.S.M'nlck.Supt. Red Rilj-bon Clu-b Keels h fir-t T-ta of - monlU- B' M' Ba' ley.Pre.: A- IT.nmre.ec i. o. oro. F. mHna:- THav f"'!ed A.H.GIlmore. l-hrotilrrstectfill, luMtea. .. N-.C. Jas.Cochrft'i.f-v. TO?cVSIS&v. Phm,CroThe?;K1.. T. C.Klrasy.5R.scc. D. I Adnms. K. of R i. T.Iisonic r. Stv-1 mptincs -s. .irav on or h .tre nrMi-t)T"onn" is"" "''',: '(tnn nna social dirorenliiR fnrlw"ire. Initr ncl in" l"rA.irsr J.C.McXauBhton.A.M. u.f.o" ..t.. .-. T -Stated r:rnas.n.C: A.W.-lckell,r.cc S-Tr: RS ".?.3 'pT.Ramey. f;-tt-t meHngs third Momln in "" l!rs. E. C. Ilandley, W. M. Sncinti. T' ins Bath. Geo. Crow. J. Oa It. X.lhrrr -ocl-.tlon -B.f. Balley.Pres.T A.H. CJ-n re SerW. II. Hoover. CT.or-1 r-lon.-J. C McNaughton. Prest. J. B. BUUrn'rnillr '''T- lt0Se" Prest J B.Doekor. Sec and Trees ncss Man -;er. RUSTNESR CARDS. i S. ITOTjTjADAY. J Phrle!nn,Sirron.in-1-- r4 ImIms OfHce Mnln.street.Brownvllic.Neb. OrnrtiiivfH.1 ill lsT.l. Lrtcat ! m nriiu Ad J.-UT. ofS?P OBee in Court Honse Bu'.ldlng. Brownvllle. Neb. QTULL & THOMAS. O ATTOUSKVS AT UW. Omce. over Theodore Hill A Co.'s store. Brown vIlle.Neh. fTSi?TOTRNKVATI.AW. Ofllce bveri. Ill" Uro'sstore. Brownvllle, Nebraska. Q A. OSBOUi. D. ATTORSBYATI-AAV. omce. Xo.M Main street. Brownvlle, Neb H. BROADY, Attorney nnd Counselor at Law, Offlceover State uaiiK. uro "'""-- W. T. ROGERS. . ...! ranlllMOmt lav. i'B!&-s?wsaaJss: Brownvllle. en. J W. GIBSON, BlVCKSniTU AXD HORSE SHOEIt Workdone to order and satisfaction guaranteed First strcrt. between Mala and Atlantic. Brown vllle, Neb. DAT. CLIXE, ici, FAUIOXABLE tfll MJ BOOT AXD SK0E3IAKEI CUSTOM WORK made to order, and Ats alway? piaranteed. Repairing neatly and promptly done Shop. No. Z7 Main street, Brownvllle.Neb. B. M. BAILEY, .miPi'ER AND I)KAI.r.R IK LIVE STOCK JlROVTXVlLr.E, XEBRASKA. Farmerspteasecall and get prices; I want to handle your stock. Offlrfe First Matlonal Hank. JACOB MAROHN, MERCHANT TAILOE, and dealer In FUeEnglUh, French, Scotch and Fsncy Cloths Vesting, Etc., Etc BrownvHle. yebraHUa. pHARLES HELMER, FASHIOKABLE Boot and Shoe MAKES. Havlnc bought the cus tom shop of A. Roblson, I am prepared to do work of all kinds at Reasonable Rates. j3-Repalrins: neatly and promptly doue. Shop No. 62 Main Street, BrownvWc, Nebraska. Kni'hts of Pvtliia- . " . s: ir t Mfet" everv txrelslar '"lc;Vn MasinlrTrall. VlsItinK t-ti. Mnliallv 1niteil. 1. H- Mu-r. v-. Sh3Mr. TETTER HEADS, - m, BILL HEADD Neatly printed atthUofflce. ESTABLISHED 1856. Oldest Paper in tlio State . PIn cannot stay where It lsused. It Is the cheap est medlcina ever made FIvedrops cover a sur face us largeas the band. One Oose cures common Sore Throat. One bcttle has cured Bronchitis. 50 cents' worth has cured an Old. Standing Cough. It positively curea Caturrh. Asthma and Croup. Fjf tv cents' worth has cured Crick in the Back, and thesamequantlty Lame Back ofolght yea rs'stand lng. ItcuresjwWled neck and all other Tumors, Rhnmatism. and Iilu nnd soreness In any part, no matter where It may be, nor frcm what cause It may arise. It al ways does yon good. Tvveaty-flve cents worth hns cured bad cases of chronic and Kloody Dysentery One teaspoonful cure Colic In llfteen minutes. It will cut cany case of plies that Is possible to cure. Six or elcht aiiDlication are warranted to cure any case of Kxcoriated Nipples or Jnllamed Breast. For Bruises. If applied often and bound up. there Is never the slightest discolor ation to the skin. It stops the pain of a hum as soon asanpiled.aud Is a posltlverure for Chilblains. Frosted Feet. Boils. Warts, Corns and wounds of every description on man or beast. Price. SO cents and ?l. Trial Mzo.lScents. FOSTERMILBUKX fc CO Sole Proprietors. Buffalo. N. Y. Sold in Brownvllleby A. W. Nickel!. ll'TIIORIZED BV THE U. S. GOVERN3IEST. First National Bank OF- BROWNYILLE. Paid-vp Capital, $50,000 Authorized " 500,000 . IS PREPARED TO TRANSACT A' Seneral Banking Business BUY AND SELL COIN & CUKRENCY DEAFTS on all the principal cities of the United States and Snrope MONEY LOATsTED On approved security onlj'. Time Drafts discount ed. and special accommodatlonseranted to deposlt rs. Dealers In GOVERNMENT BONDS, STATE, COUNTY & CITY SECURITIES :dbposits Received payable on demand, and INTEREST al lowed on t;me ctrtillcate ofdeposlt. DIRECTORS. Wm.T. Den. B. 31. Ballev, M.'A Handley. Frank E. Johnson, Luther Hoadley Wm. Fralsher. J0IIX L. CARSON, A. R. DAVISON. Cashier. President. I.C.McNAUGIITON.Asst.Cashier. ESTABLISHED IN 1856. OLDEST REAL ESTATE AGKEnSTCY IIV NEBRASKA. William H. Hoover. Does a general IXenl Estate Business. Pells Lands on Commission, examines Titles, maUes Deeds, Mortgages, and all Instru ments pertaining to the transfer of Real Es tate. Has a Complete Abstract of Titles to all RealEstate In Nemaha County. At Tlie HROCERr AND PROVISIOM U STORE OF II T. 3Li. Jones Is the place to get Groceries, Provisions,' Confections, Fine Cigras, Toilet Soap, Canned Goods, Fresli Butter, Etc., Etc., Etc. We also keep all the best brands of flour, and everything usually kept lui a nrst class grocery store. We have In con FEED STQREj nection with our house a flrst class TUTTS PILLS 4 flBHtflLKJHLIHBBSiflLKMiilH INDORSED BY PHYSICIANS, CLERGYMEN AND THE AFFLICTED EVERYWHERE. THE GREATEST MEDISAL TRIUMPH OF THE AGE. TUTTS' PILLS CURE SICK HEADACHE TUTT'S PILLS CURE DYSPEPSIA. TUTrS PILLS CURE CONSTIPATION. TUTT'S PILLS CURE PILES. TUTT'S PILLS Dr. Tctt bu suc ceeded in combining in these puis the hereto fore antagonistic nuaii- tiesofaSTBESOTUiKo, ronoATivE, anuaiT RimNO Toxic v Their first apparent effect is to Increase tho appetite by causing the tooa to propeny as similate. Thus the sys tem is noomncd, abd b v their tonic action on the digestive organs, regular ana neaimy e racnationa are pro duced. The rapiaitv with which PERSONS TAKE ON FLESH wails under the influence of these pills, indicates thrir n daptcbiUty to nourish the body, hence their efficacy In caring ner vous debility, melan choly, dyspepti a. wast intref the musclesjiluo CURE FEVER AND AGUE. TUTT'S PILLS CURE BILIOUS COUC. TUTT'S PILLS Cere KIDNEY Complaint, gisanesa ot vac uver, chronic constipation, and impartin g health & strength to the system. Sold everywhere. Price 25 cent. OSes 53 Dlarray Street : NEW YORK. . ... .. - TUTT'S PILLS CURE TORPID LIVER. TUTT'S PILLS .WPART APPETITE, UJT A MfCn A cetBprteat bntscM oiataeicb IlAll I CJ ceutx in Ih. C. S. to xll Mm Cydepa or Ttlnr Worth KmrUK- by tuttenpUoa. Towb Km. Ah pood rcfcrracci, nt forniih tbe enlfll frts, tzi (i. terat (Vit II1 Inure I crVir or-r glOO surotk. XlT.nt UItB5ATtCM!. TCB. C0.,S:ttSt.Ltui,M. Let it Pass. Be not swift to tnke ofTence Let It pass! Anger is a foo to sense ! Let it pass ! Brood not darkly o'er a wrong ; Which will disappear ere long ; Rather sing this cheery song Let it pass! Let It pass! Strife corrodes the purest mind ; Let it pass! As theunresnrded wind. Let it pass! And vulgar souls that live May condemn without reprieve; 'Tis the noble who forgive. Let it pass X Let It pass ! Echo not an angry word ; Let it pass! Think how oft .you have erred, Let It pass ! Since your Joys must pass away Like the dew drops on the spray. Wherefore should our sorrows stay, Let It pass ! Let it pass! If for good you've taken 111 ; Let It pass! Oh, be kind and gentle still! Let It pass! Time at last makes all things straight ; Let us not resent, but wait, And our triumph shall be great; Let It pass! Let It pass ! Bid your anger to depart ; Let It pass ! Lay those homely words to bear "Let it pass!" Follow not the giddy throng ; Better to be wronged than wrong ; Therefore sin the cheery song Let It pas ! Let It pass! BATTLE OF NEW OELEANS. January Sllij 1815. The abdication and banishment of Napoleon Bonaparte, In the epriDg of 1S14, left England at liberty to send her immense military forces against the United States. Accordingly she Bent an army of 14.000 men to aug ment her forces in Canada a fleet of fifty sail, with large land forces, to ravage the Atlantic coast, aud to de vastate and burn the border towns aud later in the Bame season, a fleet of 6isty sail, with 4 000 sailors and marines, and an army of 12.000 men, to invade Louisiana. The Northern army wa9 slgually defeated, and routed with great loss at the battle of Plattshurgh. The Atlantic fleet accomplished its ol ject more disgraceful than service able to the British arms. It made a sudden and surprised attack on Wash ington, burnt the Capitol, the Presi dent's House, and all the public offi ces and buildings, together witii the public and historical archives, the works of art and treasures of science. The operations of the Southern fleet and army it is our purpose to trace moro definitely. The anniversary of the 8th of Jan uary, the chiefest of the holidays in New Orleans, and one of the most glo rious in the history of our Republic, should not be suffered to pass by without refreshing our minds with the events which made it memor able. The battle of New Orleans was the last of that series of brilliant en gagements which characterized the bravery and intrepidity of the Ameri can arms, both on sea and land, du ring two and & half years of war with Great Britain. Louisiana at this time waB perfect ly defenseless. She had iieen admit ted as a Stateinto the American Union the same year in which war was de clared, 1812. New Orleans, the prin cipal Southern cit3', had a population of about 25 000. Half were slaves, and many of the white population were strangers, who had little interest In the defense of the city. The British Government calculated on an easy and bloodless victory, still they sent an army which they thought would be equal to auy emergency, and in vincible by any forces that could be brought against them. The generals and the armv destined for the con quest of Louisiana wre selected from Wellington's peninsular troops. Pa kenhnm, Keene, Lambert and Gibbs, with 12.000 land forces and a large fleet, with ample munitions of war, lauded at Cat Island, off the southern coast of Mississippi, early in Decem ber, 1814. Gen. Jackson, who had been ap pointed to the command of the South ern forces, hastened with a few regu lars to New Orleans, and there armed and organized the militia of the city and country. These, recruits, with Coffee's mounted brigade, and Car roll's Kentucky and Tenuessee mili tia, amounting in all to less than 5. 000 men, were all the foroes that Jack son expected or could obtain, with which to meet the British army. The Americau flotilla, on Lake Borgne, consisting of five gun boats and a small schooner, was captured on the 15th. On the 23d, Gen. Keene effected a landing, about 15 miles bp low New Orleans, with 2.000 light troops. Gen. Jackson immediately determined to give him battle, though but poorly prepared for the encounter Carroll'B troops not hav ing yet arrived. It was dark when the action com menced. With the regulars, the mil itia, and two pieces of artillery. Jack son attacked the front of the British line; Coffee's men dismounted, and the Mississippi dragoons attacked the right wing, whilr the ship Louisiana and the schooner Carolina did great execution upon the left, near the riv er. After a desperate conflict, in the darkness of the night, by which the apposing parties became mixed to gether so that they could not distin guish friend from foe. and after a Iopb In killed and prisoners of about 300 on each side, ths Americans were forced to retire. The next day, the 24th of Decem ber, Jaokion took up hit psrmautnt BEOWNYILLE, NEBRASKA, position on the plains of Chalmette, about four miles below New Orleans. The distance between the river and the swamp at this place is less than a mile. Here Jaoksou, without a mo ment's hesitation, commenced to for tify himself. A line of eartb-work was thrown up from The river to the swamp. All the energies of Jackson, and of the brave men under him, were severely tasked in constructing this redoubt. On Christmas and the days aud nights preceding and fol lowing It, those valiant men toiled in cessantly, every moment expecting the attack of the enemy. The British were strongly reinforced, yet they hesitated to attack the American line. They waited forPakenham and Gibbs and all the army and artillery to be brought up. Meanwhile, Jaokson emp!o3ed every moment's delay in strengthening hi" position. On the 27th. the British destroyed the Carolina by hot shot. But the Louisiana was towed further up the river, where she did good execution till the close of hostilities. On the 28th, the British attacked the Ameri cans ; but after a confliot of many hours, they were forced to retire. On the 4th of January, Carroll's Kentucky and Tennessee militia ar rived. Up to this time Jackson's forces had numbered less than 3,000 men. At least one-half of the 2,000 additional troops were unarmed, and many of them were unable to procure arms, or to give any assistance to their brave comrades in the trying hour. The 8th of January, 1815. fell on Sunday. Perhaps the British thought to surprise the Americans by making the attack on this day. However this may be, all their arrangements were completed, and resolved to give bat tle. Pakenham had arrived, and fixed his camp with ail the formality and ostentation which characterized the movements of Braddock. The whole English army, of about 12 000 men, with their nrtillery, fascines and scaling ladders, were on the ground. The plan of attack had been civen out. Everything was now ready. "Booty and Beauty" was the watchword to which they marched. Pakenham led in person. The artil lery were on the British left, near the river, while the main column, led by Gibbs and Keene, was near the swamp. Carroll's division opposed them. The Kentucky and Tennessee sharp-shooters soon threw the enemy into confusion and retreat. In at tempting to rally their broken col umns, Pakenham was killed, Gihbs mortally wounded. Keene and Lam bert led on the second attack, but un able to withstand that sheet of lire which was poured upon them from the whole American linpp, they re treated in confusion. A third attempt to lead back the discomfited troops proved as fruftless and disastrous as the other two. The British now made a precipitate retreat. In the evening, they hurried to their ships, and speedily returned to Cat Island, having lost 2 500 men. American loss, soven killed and six wounded. Gen. Jackson is .still the hero of New Orleans and Louisiana. They hare at last done honor to his name. A bronze equestrian statue, already executed, we believe, by Mills, at the expense of $25,000, has been placed in the principal publfo square of New Orleans, the old Place d' Armes, now Jackson Square. The battle fields of American liberty should forever con tinue to be the resort of Americau cit zens. Let monuments rise to point out those sacred spots. The Fish Commission. Omaha Republican. At South Bend, In Mr. Romine's ponds, the fish commission have 200, 000 fish which will be distributed by them throughout the State. The fish are all California Salmon, brought from California in October, aa eggs, and were hatched by Mr. Rotnine. It is expected that the young salmon will be placed in the streams of the State in lots of 5.000 to 10.000 from each. The board desired counties to orgauize local associations throughout the State, and that these as sociations would appoint local commissioners, who should look to placing the swimmers in the Btreamq and keep a record, so far as possible, of what becomes of tbem. This was not done because of the uncertainty of procuring the fih, but by another year these local bodies will nrobablv be organized. The present lot will be distributed by the members of the State board in person, aud a plan for the accomplishment of this purpose will be agreed upon to day. The commission has made a eood record for itself thus far and bidB fair to make the $500 appropriated by the last legislature a very profitable Investment for the 8tate. The board will at once take measures to procure a large quantity of other varieties of fish, whioh will be batched next spring and distributed likewise. From a study of the action of tea, Mr. W. J. Morton has arrived at these conclusions: As with any oth er drut;, there is a proper and on im proper use of it. In moderation it is a mild aud harmless stimulant. Its immoderate use leads toserious symp toms, such, as headache, vertigo, ring ing in the ears, tremulousness, ner vousness, exhaustion, irregular action of the heart, and dispepsia. Many of the symptoms of excessive tea-drink ing are such as may occur without a ' insploi on of the real cause. THURSDAY, JANUARY 22. 1880. Management of the State Fair. Bloomlngton Argns. The question Is being passed around "How can we increase the interest and usefulness of the Stale Board of Agriculture?" Our answer Is Bring it nearer to the parp'e; enlist the co-operation of the local eooietea of the State; make them auxiliaries of the State Board, and through them reach the people so managing the relations between these bodiea that it shall be the rule for every county society to select and send to the State fair the cream of their own exhibitions. Pay the sec retary of the board a salary that will command his whole time, and then require him to devote it solely to the service of the society; nake it one of his duties to place himself in commu nication with every county and dis trict organization in the State, and 6o far as practicable meet with them. Let him prepare an address on the management of agricultural sooieties, and demonstrate-the advantages to be gained by co-operating with the State board. Impress upon them that they are entitled to a voice in the manage ment of the State board, and that their president is ex-ofiicio a member of it, unlesB they especially elect an other to fill the office, aud urge them ro see that the duties are properly ful filled. Urge them to provide for a committee to take charge of such pro ducts as may be furnished for exhibi tion at the State fair, where the ex hibitors are not able to attend in per son ; show the importance of collect ive diplays, and stimulate a friendly rivalry between counties. To further enlist the interest of local societies, let him, as far as practical, select his assistants-from among their secreta ries. This will not only tend to arouse an interest among those intended to be benefitted, but it will also serve as a school for these local secretaries where they can gain valuable practi cal knowledge that would be applied in the management of their own so cieties. It would also extend the ac quaintnnceof the representative farm ers of the State, and beget a desire to meet each other at the stated gather ings of the board. Let the board of managers further consider ways and means of cheap ening the attendanceat the State fair. The average farmer from a distance cannot afford.j'ailroad fare, gate fees, bus fares, and board at transient rates for himself and family. Pleasurn seekers find enjoyment in a camping trip in the woods; religious societies gather at camp meetings from all parts of the country for services; and we can see no good reason why a State agricultural camp meeting is notprac ticai. If it was fashionable, the at tendance would be greatly increased. The board of managers should at once take measures to popularize it. The board should realize that there is something to. be done on their part, besides simply making the ends of the year meet. G. H. Walker. Tor the Merchant. We claim the right to make plain suggestions iu regard to any evil ex isting in our community. We deaire to aid every honest man in bU en deavors to make an honest living. But in our dailyMvalk and conversa tion we find a cVass of individuals who try to make usbelieve we work against "their interests." One mer chant says, "You want to wipe out the saloons and injure our trade." This statement will serve as a fair sample of the belief of two or three merchants who are constantly losing money by their drinking customers spending their cash at the saloons in stead of p'aying dry goods and grocery bills. These men look on the selfish side; still we ask, Where is the rea son for the belief that the whisky trafflo in a town increases the dry goods or grocery trade? If a man comes to town with $20 in his pocket and is a liberal "drinking" man, he will spend it before he starts home. That may be true. But where will he j)cndit? That is the question. If our obervntious are correct he will leave three-fourths of it with the rum sellers and Gamblers and then cut down the wife's grocery bill to fit the pittance he has left, and sneak off to some store where he has no bill against him, and buy his goods, so as to avoid the friends who have before let him have goods on time. Thee "popular"' drinkers are liberal when excited by whisky, but it is a poor kind of liberality. It helps the rum holes and .gambling-dens (whioh are usually inseparable attachments) and every legitimate, business suffers in the same ratio that the saloon pros pers. There is a certain amount of money in circulation, antfall business men are after it. But'lf dry goods and grocery. merchants- want to ink crease their trade let them aid in ed ucating the masses to industry and thrift, to olothing themselves better, and to eating wholesome food, and to become healthy ciiizens, safe and per- manentcustomers. For tho man who takes poison down his throat every day cannot last long as a paying cus tomer, for drinking leads elowly but Riirelv to novertv and raes. The moat profitable customers are those who tivo thp longest far tiiev must have certain amount to eat and wear every day. Suit on Qlobe. No matter how low down a man gets in the world there are two things he can always get, somehow or other good advice and bad whisky. New ark Sunday Call. "They Say. A more eneakhig, cowardly, fiend ish liar than "They say" does not ex ist, says the Canada Farmer. That personage is a universal scapegoat for personal gossip, envy and malice; without form of flesh and blood, when invoked, aud yet stalking boldly in every community. The character Is a myth and yet real; intangible, and clutching its victims with remorse less power. It is unseen, and yet from Its exbauatless quiver wings its poi soned arrows from day to day. And no mail is proof; no character, posi tion or sex escapes ; no sanctuary Is too saored ; no home ib bulwarked against its assaults. When one base heart wishes to assail some person's character or motives. "They Bay" is always employed. That is the assas sin who strikes in the oloud the Thug who haunts the footsteps of the offender, and tortures from oareless word or deed, an excuse for the Btil elto. Men dare not alwayB reveal their own feelings. With smiles and pre tended friendship they present the envenomed Bhaft aa coming from "They Bay." Be Btire, reader, that when some villainous tale is told you, and the relator cannot give an author more tangible than "They say" for it, that the slanderer is the creation of the heart by your side, and reeking with the poieon of envy and hatred, and earnest with a wish to have the falsehood of "They say" bud into re ality, and become current coin in the community. "They say" we repeat, is as cow ardly as it is false and fiendish; a phantom creation whichsmiles, while letting loose a brood of vipers to crawl in your path, and blast by their venom. To retail the stories of "They say" is to sneak behind an intangible personage and put in circulation the infamous inuendnes and calumnies, which, from raw material, are forged nearer home. The Bloody Shirt Boom. To the Editor of the N. Y. Sun : Is it not desirable, before all is lost, tiiat the lenders of the democratic par ty should look the situation squarely in the face? The convention of 1804 declared the war a failure, and wont to the country with a platform demanding peace. The least intelligent of the demoorats admit that controversy on their part at this time us to the right or the wrong of tho war would be auioidal. The unparalleled genius- for evil that belongs to bourbon leaders extri cates tho stalwarts from their unhap py condition, places their leaders aud their issues in the front for the cam paign of 1880, makes the bloody shirt their inevitable ensigu, and giveB them almost a certainty of tri umph if any democrat is nominated who voted with that party during the war. At least one-fourth of the republi can party of the north are opposed to a third term, especially with a milita ry man as its representative; but the folly that has characterized democrat ic ascendency in the house and sen ate, chiefly attributable to blatant 1. ...r nl mad with the presidential mania on the other, has enabled the stalwart leaders to. make theni dread a demo crat of the bourbon type with a dem ooratio war record even more than the third term or military ascendency. Bantams. There are quite a variety of Ban tams. They are ornamental, attrac tive, and at the same time useful ; their jaunty oarriage, their Independ ent air as well as their small size makes them objectB of unusual atten tion by all classes whether in towns or the country. Many a person who has merely a neat little yard In the city might derive much pleasure from a small flock of these little beauties, while the pleasure and gratification it would afford to the ohildren thereby would go far toward making home and its eursoundings both attractive and happy. Bantams are very easily raised, and consume but a little food, while many persons just recovering from an attack of sickness would rel ish one or two Bantam'a eggs, when larger ones would not be relished lu the least, even if eaten. A house for the bantams can be very easily made from a dry goods box, and by using a little enginuity it can be made very neat and attractive; or you can build a little house with a fancy roof and a nine run in front of it that when painted will be an ornament to any lawn. In making such a house it should be made light, bo as to be moved from place to place and not in jure the lawn. Ex. ia i Preserving Eggs. The Backer- und Couditor-Zeituug has put to a practical test a system of preserving eggs which has been lately recom mended, and finds it to answer ex ceedingly well. On March 27, of last year, the egga were placed for an hour in a solution of 50 grammes of saiioy- lie acid aud a little spirits of wine, di- luted with one litre of water, and a afterward nacked away in hran in the cellar. At the end of June they were found in perfect condition, and as well flavored as if just fresh-laid. Autumn-laid eggs thus treated should keep good for a muoh long'er time, aa tbey would have all the advantage of colder weather in their favor. Lon- 1 don Farmer. VOL. 2d NO. 31. THE NEGRO EXODUS. The Indiana Colony. Special Telesram to the Inter Ocean. Washington. Dec. 26 Two of tbe- men who are wanted by the Voorbeea Committee, to investigate the politi cal significance of the negro exodus, are now in Washington. They are Samuel Perry and Taj-lor Evan, who have had charge of the-, exodus from North Carolina. They say that the movement of the negroes to the Weat is conducted according to a reg ular system ; that they have found horn a in Indiana for 665 people so far, and are promised homes for 200 more. Perry has just returned from Indiana, and says that the farmers about Terre Haute want sixty fami lies, and in Rockviile fifty families will be given work and good wages. They have made an arrangement by which the through fare has been re duced to $16 from Goldsboro to In dianapolis, and in order to prevent the BOheme from, getting luto bad, or der, tbey will not hereafter admit to their colonies any persons who are not ableto'pay their fare. Perry eayB that the party that was here re cently in such an Impecunious con dition waB not under their care. He claims to allow ncne but intelligent and industrious negroes of good hab its to Join the colonies, and will not find places for any man he cannot recommend. Both Evans and Perry are school teachers and preachers, and tbey claim that their object is to remove at least a part of their race to a country where they can Improve in their moral and social condition. They intend to canvass the State of Indiana for placea and hope to take 5,000 people out there during the uext six mouths. They take out none who are not provided for with labor in advance, and do not expect any opposition from the peoplo of Indiana. The greatest demand is for house servants, and Perry says he could find places for 5,000 women if they were educated up to the North ern system of domestic economy, but he does not thiuk a North Carolina plantation cook would suit an Indiana mistress. A Fearful Dream. The editor of the Stamford Advo cate dreamed that he was dead and in another world. He approached the city before him and knocked for ad mittance, but no one auswered his summons. The gate remainsd closed against him. Then he cried aloud for an entrance, but the only response was scores of beads appearing above the wall on the other side of the gate. At the sight of him the owners of the heads set up a dismal bowl, and one of them cried: "Why didn't you notice that big egg I gave you ?" At this horrid aud most unexpected in terrogation the poor local turned in the direction of the voice to learn its owner, when another voice shrieked : "Where's that piece you were going to write about my soda fountain?" and close upon this was the awful de maud: "Why did you write a piece about old Tomlinson's bens and nev er sneak of mv new gate ?'' Whatev- rer Miis-vnrr no- iro gnif-w xmiuo xir this appeal was cut short by the as tonishing query: "Why did you spell my name wrong in the pro gramme?" The miserable man turn ed to flee, when he was rooted to the ground by these terrible demands: "Why did you put my marriage among the deaths?" Ho was on the point of saying the foreman did it when a Bbrill voice madly cried: "You spoiled the sale of my horse by publishing that runaway." And an other: "If I catch you alone I will lick you for what you Bald about me when I was before the police court." Another: "Why didn't you show up the echool question when I told you to?" And this was followed by a voice of a female hysterically ex claiming, "ThiB Is the brute that botched my poetry aud made me ridiculoual" Whereupon hundreds of voices screamed : "Where is my article? Give me back my article." And in the midst of the horrid din the poor wretch awoke, perspiring at ev ery pore and screaming for help. oahs Tomb. A road practicable for wheeled ve hicles leads from here along the plain to Baalbec, distant about 40 miles a pleasant road, for the first hour skirt ing the lower Lebanon spurs and winding between hedges of roses In bloom aud through a richly cultiva ted country. I turned off from It be fore it became hot and dull, at the vil lage of Mualaka, celebrated as con taining the mortal remains of Noah, whoae tomb is shown to the credulous stranger. Its dimonsiona are 140 feet by 10 broad, and it conveyB some Idea of the size of the human race before tbey evolved backward, as it were, to their present dimensions. As Noah lived to the age of 950 years, and built an ark large enough to contain speci mens of every living thing on the face of the globe, there seems to be no reason why he should not himself have been over one hundred feet high. Blackioood'a Magazine. Voltaire Bpoke kindly of Haller, but was afterward told that Haller bad said very unkind things of him. "Well," replied the wit, "perhaps, after all, we have both of us made a ' mistake." THE ADVERTlSERr o.w .rxiREaoTHxa . 3.C.RACXXJI. F1IRBROTHER & IT ACKER, Publisher fc Proprietors. ADVERTISING RATES. Onelnch.one year ..,- .UOt . Eachsueccedlac Inch, per ysaj.-- 6,0 1 One Inch, per aaonth - 1 04 Each additional Inch, per mont'o 48 Legal advertisements at lejcal rates- Oaesqoaro (10 tlnps or XonparJJ. os lesj)flrat Insertion ij.o eacasahseQuentlnsertion.SOc J3T All tranalentadrertisemeatsaiast be pa!6 forln advance. OFFICIAL PAPER OFTHECOUXTY 1 Countryman's Wild Leap From a Moving Elevator Two. men from Illinois farmers, apparently, sturdily built and ordinar ily intelligent entered the St. Louis Republican office the other afternoon about 3 o'clock, and, before tbey left, one of them had. ereated a sensation of a decidedly startling nature and af forded one of the most striking illus trations on record of extreme suspic ion and simplicity. The men said that they wished to look through the building, and wera told that they would be- taken up Balra upon going to the elevator, the location of which was pointed out to tbem. One of the men entered the elevator, but the other, for son, reas on, stayed outside. The boy in obarge of the elevator closed the door and pulled the rope, starting the thing npward. Aa the elevator began ris ing, the man inside leaped to his fest glared about him in terror, aud yelled out, "My God, where am I going?" He hesitated but an instant. The el evator was moving slowly, and the transom over the door way was still visible. In a desperate endeavor to escape, the terrified man threw him self at it head-first, at the same mo ment that the boy, with rare preaenoa of mind, jumped to the rope and re versed the movement. The action was just in time; the ascending ele vator caught the passenger's head be tween its floor and the casing of the transom, and pinched it slightly be fore the movement was reversed and the bead released. Then the man jerked back and, aa the descending el evator showed the glass window In the door beneath, ho again plunged forward, head first, and went through like a cannon-ball, striking at length on the floor of the hall leading to the street amid a mass of broken sash and shattered glass. Then quick aa light ning the terror-stricken being bound ed to his feet and out of the hall and up Chestuut Street like the wind, fol lowed by bis only less Urrifled com panion who had dashed nut into the street at the first yell from the eleva tor. The alarmed countrymen were fol lowed, and at last the man who had leaped through the window was in duced to come back and be convinced that the danger he had fled from was imaginary. He was taken to the ele vator and its use explained to him, but he could not be persuaded to make a trip iu It. He explained that when he stepped in be had no Idea that be was going to be "elevated," evident ly thinking the place but the en trance to a stairway. When the ele vator began moving be thought he had fallen into one of the murderous traps pf a great city and was being taken up to be murdered, or robbed, or dissected, or to undergo some ex perience equally horrible he did not know what. It was in vain that an effort was made to detain him about the place for any length of time. His back hurt him, he Bald, and he went away, pallid, but wiser. The whole occurrence waa something astonish ing. Edrrln Forrest's Chivalry. VWWMl character made him at all times the ready champion of the weak and de fenseless. He waa especially chival rous in his conduct to women. This one instance is a sample: He waa re turning from New York after a suc cessful engagement in that city, and seated opposite him in the car were two young ladies. They were traveling without male escort. "When the oars stopped at Newark a person entered and took a Beat immediately back of the ladies. He waa of the loud class, full of paate jewelry, impudence and bad manners. The latter waa soon pain fully apparent with reference to the ladiea. He iudulged in offensive lan guage, and seemed to think the whole matter was a good. joke. Iu a shorS time the language and conduct of the man and the evident distress of the ladies arrested the attention of Mr. Forrest. He left hia seat and, facing the obnoxious passenger, said : "Will you please vaoate your seat? You are offensive to thes6 ladies." "Guesa not," replied the man, with the coarse and rude expression of a bully and a ruffian ; "I have paid for my ticket, and will sit where I please.' "But," answered Mr. Forrest, and the color mounted to his cheeks, "your ticket does not give you the right to insult ladiea. That you have dene, and I will give you five min utes to vacate the seat and the car. If you prefer to leave both by the win dow, remain, and you can be accom modated." Mr. Forrest then drew his watch from his pocket and buttoned his coat. The ruffian took anothergiance at the determined eye and stalwart frame of his opponent, and with mur mured threats of vengeance left the car. The ladles had no further an noyance from him. This ia an autbentlo anecdote of one whose whole life waa, in many respects, a romance. "Moses waa an austere man," read the minister from the Bible. "Dar, now, you hear dat, Sam?" exclaimed an old darkey; "deSoripturesaysdat Moses was an oyaterman, an' you ben flinging at me dat eellin' oyster wasn't a 'speotable bizziness. Ef it's good enuff for Moces, It's good snuff for mi." .m -4- -