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f pft THE ADVERTISER THE. ADVERTISER ; O.W.KAIKBSOTJIXS. T.CIUCSXSt. F VIRCUOTIIER &. IIACKSX Publishers &. Projjrletora. ADVERTISING RATES. O. W. TAIEtilOTUKK. T. C. HACKEE. FAIRBROTHER & HACKER, Publishers and Proprietor. Published Every Thursday Morning AT BBOWNVIBBE, NEBRASKA. Onelaoh.ono year. Each succeeding Inch, per yea One Inch, per month TKRS--5, IN ADVANCE: One ccpy. one year One copy, six months Each additional Inch, per.monta. ..82 00 1 00 50 Legal advertisements at lepal rates One,sqrir ft (1011ne?i of Nonpareil. or less)first Insertion J:ca eacbsubsequentinsertion.fCc. g3 AH transtentadvertlseraentsinnat be pal fortn advance. One copy, three months. ay No paper sent from the office anttlp&td t.T. BPOVKTIIXE, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12 1880. VOL. 24-NO. 34. READING MATTER OXEYEltYPAGE Oldest Paporin the State. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THECOOTT 3woa. t oa 100 54 OFFICIAL directort. - t-'- v-v "District OfEcors. fe.B.pnrvn . j r watox WILLIAM H. HOOVER JudcG. TMrict Attorney District Clerk. Couatv Officers. -,.miv1 rrrl.T. -County Jndtre B VTrtrTLBKHTSOJ. .Clerfc and Recorder . TreKurer .Sherlfl Coronei A U.'JTI.M' .-. J M KLWKN'KR C r- P VHKER HM f.HfKRR. VHT T IP ritOT'TUR . JOTIV T. J'llWT.V V"N 1B VXK REDFERK ..Snrvevor IseboolSuporintendent I. ....Commissioners ; City OSoers. W T "RT51n- j i trrrr.m'UD J. B KOfKKH ...Mavor ..Police Jndce Cleric .TrpaMirer Harsbal K. 0RTIl. . ihrrVW' IOV". COUrfCILirEN. I..T -RITtTVtsOVI JOSFPTTR''V. ' w.k rriiKlv A TI T-M'lHlC f -wr; mix. ) e. iir:)i)AUT. f ..1st Ward 2ml Ward 3rdWnrd SO CI At. DIRECTORY. Ch'n.rc'ho';. Jtmth-AUl '.. hnih.-S-rvl-ach toWbath attorn. m..and 7W n "i. nnlay fiohool a. 2 , rf mi Pravpr Meeting Thursday evenlnp. S.P.Wn.sax. Pastor. nnrpimsrn'-". . wei-eeh. Pastor. evemncvni .:uu-" iv -- - C iro'i fnwr wtlpstth--vfof HrownvHle. sr vW irst Sabbath In each month. B. J- JOH wv. Pastor. CrtioIlc.-t"-vW everv 4th cunday of earh m.."th,at lflo'clorli a. m. Father Cummlsky. lT'e, Schools., Bri''-'-ivll'" TTtiionC:'-nilpl -pinl. II. M W ' VrinctW MKw AHc III A-j-M-nt l,-i st-hf.': Ml! Tw Twicer, mmmnrri' Ml K.mi I. HolW. W '"'"'"'-''r 5I F-rii,-.ri.rtc.IITlnirv: Mi Anna - Me- onuld and 3Iii Emaia J. Morgan. UtlPrlaiary. TeTn-olo of Honor. o- - .r.!K''r wrned. Jno U Carson. -l-1 . AViu H. HoeverW. Rec.: T.C- naeker.L. 1. JurPuilcTrmnlo. meets everv Sftnrfav after m ,n VKs i:r- Stewart. C. T : illss iiary Jlactdr.Sc; Mrs.T.S.MIntc'.c.Spt. p.eillK.i'bon CIxiTj ilet be firt T-H-lav of "i"U month. B. Jf. Bai ler Pres.; A. H.GIlniore s-c. i. o.oTo. r :' .r .fhttntliv mvlted. A.H.Omre. X ' Jan. Cochran. se-v. ':-, verv Stutnnlav. PalHp Crother. I.0. T. V. Kinmey. K. Sec. Kal:lits nfPvtWas. Evrrl-ior l.o.lc- No. IS. K. P.-Mt' kl'ebts rordiaUr invited. T. H. Bluer, C. -, 1) D. A dams. K. of R. S. TVInsoTiic. NcMi-On Vnll-v t.i.lo No. 4, A.J- " ?J: ft-" .I ,etl s-rdr o-.nr hefer1." rfn . mooH " I-dee Tflflm o,n everv SflUir- I-' --rmrse. J.f.McXaiigbtou, W.M. B.l-.taOH-Cer, sec. Brownvlllo fintrr No. I . It. V I--St,j, n' iiiii"l Tiiimiilw nfiwrh monlh. a.i liavison. M.E.U.P. E-T.nlney.Sec 8It. ri riiiclConi.nn.1rryNo.:t.K.T -Stated pp' 'nr e-onrt Monav i phcU month, it. . y',r K.C.; A. W.NJckell.Rec. Ros- nil r.Ilvf'nnHnve.Nn.RS. K.W-IVR. .Vf'J-MeetH at "Masonic Mall oh "eflft .Mon de's R. W. Pa. S4. P. Sot. R. T.Rainey. Sc retary. Adnb riiimtf r No.i.-OHerotte Rasternstar. sVV:.,H third Monday In each month. ilrs. E.C. Haadtey. ". M. Soctntics. Pre 1ent:-Join Rnih. Vle Prit- S. A. U "- t r 71 O Minlck. S. (VhriH. - K. Johnson. T m Bath. Oeo. ("row. J. W. Onvlt- LiVirr v-no-intion-R.M.BaHey.Pres.: A.H. t. 'i .re. sec; ff.IL Hoover. Cborn.1 ITnlnn.-J- C. McXauithton. Prest. J. B. l)u.";er. sc DlnUr Ii-n'iititlr Aopinti-n.-W. T.. BoRers. lr -,t J B. IXK!ker. Sec and Treas MptrnnMlfiH Coni-t Unnl. -1). T. Smitli. Xh- s -rT?i h-'o". E. Huddart, Tresreraid Bual- ne-s Matvtser. BUSINESS CARDS. 6 - -, - l IIOTjTjADAY. . , i . lMirllitii. Snrsenn. OlKtetr cl. r.radaatPd In 1SS1. Tcat o In TJmwnvllle 1S. OMp , l Main street, Brnwnvllle. 2 cb. CTULTi A THOW.S. O ATTORBV AT LAW. 0"l'-e. over TheoJ vre 11 HI & Co.'s store. Brown v lie Neb. I , ATTORNEY ATI.AAV. om-e over J. I McUee Jt llro'sstore. Brownville, Nebraska. O A. OSHORX. l. ATTORN BV AT I. A1A . Orie No. SI Miln street. Brownvlle. 'eb T FT. IHtOADY. J . Attorney nnil Ooimwlor M La, OfflceoverStato Bank.BrownvIlle.eb. WT. ROGERS. . Attorney ivnd Conmeloratlaw. Willslve dilleent attention to anylealbnIness entrusted tohKrare. Office In the Boy building, Browrfvllle. Xcb. T W. GIBSON, BbACKSniTH VNIJ HOUSE SHOER Work done to or 1p--l satisfaction guaranteed F rstntreet, between Main and Atlantic. Brown ville.Neb. ' JACOB MAROHN, KERCHANT TAILOR, and denier in rineEucllKh , Ttencli, Scotch and Facer Cloths Vei.Hnsi, Etc.Ktc. Rrowiivlllc. IVebraska. B. M. BAILEY, SUiri'EE AKD DEALKK IK LIVE STOCK Jt RO ir.VV2Z.LB'. 1WURASKA. Fariuers, please call and got prices; I want lo handle yoir slock. OITIpp First Matlonal Bank. SHERMAN HOUSE, Only Flrt Class 31 per day House In the City B. L. DALBEY & CO., Proprietors. tTarm IfcaU Zicls. Good Stabling Connected BXABSH HOUSE, JOSEPH O'PELT, PROPRIETOR. Ill very Stable In connection tv lib. the Hous e .IS-Staeo office for nil points East, West,"! S-ortbd:South. Omnibuses to-a i-couuect with all irains.-S A3IP1.E ROOMS OX FIRST FLOOR B. Bell Andrews, M. D. HOMEOPATHIC PHYSiciaH mmi yWjIj give prompt attention to all nl?ht calls"fct c,! Attention given to Medical and Surslcal Daset or Women?and Medical and Surgical l!s iasPTOrtbe Eye. Office over Gate.' rtore. next Dr. Collins. Tlesidence four door north ol Brattons. tore oasixth street. tn the Yandl house 0mS ITervcrs 35ersrs-The Grsat 2zropsaa Beni-eay-Dr. J.B.Sinpsm's Specific Hediciae. It Is a nosltive cuje forSnermatorrhea. Seminal weakness. Impoteucy. and all diseases resulting irom seir-cucse.as mental anxiety, loss nt memory. Pains in Back or side, and diseases that lead to con- BEFORE. HNSg, S 3& &f. VStm feT59 m mz ;fei samption.insanl ty and an early prave. The Spe ciflc Medicine is beiuK used with V'fitjL- &fc g-j si-t. wonderful success. Pamphlets sent free to all Write for them and Ret full particulars. Price. Specific. Jl.00 per package, or Mx packages for 15 00 Address all ordprs to J. B. SIMPSON iIEI)ICIE CO. Nos. 104 and lOfi. Main Mreet. BulTlo. 2f. Y. 42-Sold In Broivnvllle by A. W.Xickell.6yl-al VUTH0UIZUI) BY THE C. S. O0VEKXJIEXT. :irst Nationa S O F- BROTVNVILLE. Paid-up Capital, $50,0.00 Authorized, " 500,000 IS PREPARED TO TRANSACT A' Seneral Banking Business BUY AlfD SELL OOIN & CUKRENOY DEAPTS on all the principal cities of the United States and Europe MONEY LOANED On approved security only. Time Brails discount ed. and special accommodations cranted to deposit rs. Dealers In GOVERNMENT BONDS, STATE, COUKTY &. CITY SECURITIES :deposits Received payable on demand, and INTEREST al lowed oil time certificates of deposit. DIRECTORS. Wm.T. Den, B. M. Ballev. M.A Handley. Frank E. Johnson, Luther Hoadley Wm. Fraisher. 30HX L. CAIISOX A. R. DA VISOX. Cashier. I.CMcNABGHTON.Asst.Cashler. President. ESTABLISHED IN 1856. OLDEST REAL ESTATE AG-IElSrCY ir NEBKASKA. "Wiiliaiii H. Hoover. Docs a Keiicral Renl Estate Business. Sells Lauds on Commission, exnmlnes Titles, makes Deeds, Mortgages, and all Instru ment pertaining to tne transfer of Real Es tate. Has a Complete Abstract of Titles to all Real Estate In Nemaha County. At Tlio flROCEHY AND PROVISIO y STORE OJP g" is the place to get Groceries, Irovisions. Confections, i Fine Ciaras, J Toilet Son j), Canned Goods, JPresJi Butter, Etc., Etc., Etc. We also kepp nil the best brands of' Hour, and evprythliiK usually kept in I a first clits-s grocery store. j We have in con nection with our house a first class FEEDST0R TUTF E'i9CaAlMikS INDORSED BY PHYSiCiANS, GLERGYMEN AND THE AFFLICTED EVERYWHERE. THE GREATEST MEDEOAL immm of the age. T07TS' FILLS S Djl Tctt Las suc ceeded in combining ia the5 piils the hereto fore antagonistic quali ties Of aSTSTKOTIlINO, Pckgativc ccdal'u- CURE SICK HEADACHE. TUTT'S PILLS CURE DYSPEPSIA. TUTT'SPILLS CURE CONSTIPATION. TUTT5SPtLLS CURE PILES. TBn'S PILLS SKirnso Tontc. . Thfir first npnsrcnt 6cff ect is to increase tha appetite by canting the flood to properly as similate. ThnstUesys lemis nonribed, and by their tonic action on the dicesthre oresns. regular and bealthy e- vacaatioys are pro dnced. The rnr!n!'-v Triih CURE FEVER AND AGUE. Iwhich PERSONS TAKE the inficien' of ti;ese pills, indicates their n. TUTT'S PILLS CURE BILIOUS COLIC. TUTT'S PILLS Juaptfibiiity to nourish I the body, bence their E efficacy m curmg ner tvons cebiiUy, nioku:- caoiy, cyBpcpsia, wasi jas c the musclckslujj giihneES of the liver, chronic cocstinstioD. Cure KIDNEY Complaint. TUTrTPILLS CURE TORPID LIVER. TUTT'Sl'ILLS IMPART APPETITE. 1 and iinpsrtinebeslth & I strength to the system. boiq cvcrywocrc. Price 25 cent. 025ca 53 Murray Street, XEW YORK. pHARLES HELMER, FASHIONABLE i Boot and Shoe JXE-A-IKEIR. Having boucht the cus tom shop of A. Robison, I am prepared to do work of all kinds at Reasonable Rates. "QvSfv?v B.epalrlng neatly and 33 prompilydone. tC-' 8hop Ko. 62 .Main Street, EroiFmnllc, JVcbrash'a. mm. T s .f-$ir- 1 siS5 LAEKEI HUGHES. A Yircinla Staze Coach Incideut. Fifteen years ago, traveling in the mountains of Virginia waa not go pleasant as it is now. Then the springs were a resort for invalids, and not, as at the present, for the fabhionables of society, and hence the necessity for increased fa cilities for transporting passengers did not exist. The lumbering old coach, drawn usually by six horses, would be driv en by one of those reckless drivers, who, in urging his team "to break neck speed, would be whistling some negro melody, while the poor passen gers inside, on the top, or domiciled on the boot, would be expecting ev ery moment to be dashed to pieces down some of those fearful precipices that abound along the mountain roads of the Alleghany. It wus a dismal morning in Februa r3 184, that I succeeded in obtain ing accommodations on top of the stage, bound for the Springs. The day had passed pleasantly enough, but just about dusk sigus of a storm were too plainly visible. It was bad enough to trust my old bones on the top of the old coach, if the night was pleasant, but the idea of riding down the mountain road that night, expecting a storm, was fear'ul. Feeling as I did, I must confess that I was rather pleased when, after riding about an hour after dusk, as we passed through a uarrow defile, the tire of the left hind wheel came off, and the stage was tumbled. Fortunately the road was so narrow that the stage could not be turned over, else some one of ub might have been 6erioubly injured. As it was, ''Old Bess" wagently turned over on her side, and the passengers mixed up a little, but nobody was hurt much. As there was no chance of getting the wheel repaired that night, softie of us who were not encumbered with nnggage determined to hunt up some house where we could get a warm supper and comfortable sleep for the night; but for fear of minsing the coach in the morning, we could not go far from the road. The driver directed us down the road we were on, and about a mile from the scene of our disaster we came to an inn, where, according to to a shingle nailed to an oak tree in front of the house, could be found "accommodation for man and beast." Not having any beasts with us, we were satisfied at the prospect of get linjr quarters for ourselves. We soon succeeded in finishing a very substantial supper; and as we sat around a blazing fire, each one with a cigar in his mouth, rumina ting on the 6torm without and the solid, warm comfort within, It was proposed that, to shorten time, each one should relate aome event in his life, either serious or oomlc, as he best saw fit. Besides our own party, consisting of six, there was rh unknown person who had intruded himself upon us, hut of whom we took no notice until it came to the time of Larkey Hughes to tell bis story. Larkey was a tall, guant, lantern- jawed specimen, hailing from "down east," who had remained perfectly si lent while the rest of us were telling our stories; his chief occupation seemed to be tryiug to discover who the stronger wae. Before commencing his story, he went to the door of the room and locked it, putting the key in his coat pocket, and then apologizing for his strange conduct, but promising to ex plain it satisfactorily before he finish ed his story, he commenced ; "Three years ago, gentlemen, I had occasion to travel over these mountains on business, and as I had to journey away from the stage .roads, I pursued my way on horseback, with a small valise strapped on the back of my saddle, in which I had a good sum of money for those da3a. It was an evening very much like this, in this same month, that I stop ped at this same bouse to escape the storm. The landlord was obsequious in at tending to my wants, and after our smoke after supper, he requested me to join him in drinking a bottle of wine. Being a belated traveler, and noth inc loath, I readily oonsented, and very soon we had succeeded In dis posing of six bottles in place of one. Ab might lie expected after taking 6o much wine, I became very talka tive, and my host soon knew as much of my business affairs as I did my self. And of course amontr other facts he Lecame aware that my small valise contained a large sum of mon ey. My host kindly volunteered to take care of my baggage, if I would leave It with him, but, although I had ta ken too much wine, still I knew enough to decline his magnanimous offer; and wishing him 'good night' I took my valise in my hand and went to my appointed bed-room. I had taken enough of the wine to make me feel very nervous, so that I found it difficult to compose mypelf, and my feelings were "not at all Im proved by the impression I received from my host. He was an Italian, and had that foreboding look of desperate charac ter; and the beauty of his face was not at all improved by a long scar across his high temple ; the thumb of his right baud was gone also, so that his genera appearance was not, to Bay the least, at all prepossessing; he looked as if he would as soon commit a murder as smoke a cigar. After I had undressed, I placed my valise and pistol under my pillow; and then, having carefully, as I thought, examined every nook and corner of the room, to see that there was no danger of intrusion, I laid myself down, but I could not sleep; the wine, instead of having a narcotic effect, produced the contrary, and the recollection of m3T host put my blood to a fever heat I must have been laying in this troubled state for several hours, when I was sure I heard tome noise, appar ently under my bed, or under the floor near ray bed. At first I thought It was the result of mj' feverish brain ; but after col lecting my scattered senses, and calmly thinking a few moments, I felt convinced that I did hear a noise of some kind ; and so, taking my pis tol from under the pillow, I quietly cocked it under the clothes, so as to make no noise; and then, lying on my back, with m3' right arm stretch ed nut to its full length, and the pistol firmly grasped in my hand, awaited any result. The noise now became more dis tinct, and I could "plainl3' hear some one drawing back a bolt. I quietls' turned mj' eye toward the door, to see if any move was made there; but hardl3' had I turned m3' head, when I was sure that I saw the rug in front of the fireplace move. In an instant I saw a trap door, which had been most curiously con cealed by this rug, cautious!3 lifted up, and I beheld m3' landlord, ni3' Italian host, with a dark lanteru par tial opened. I held ni3T breath until he got in the room and began to look around, when I saw b3 the light of his lantern that lie also had a desperate looking knife iu his baud, and knowing that I would be the object of his butcherj", I carefulli' lifted 1113- hand from under the covering, as his back was partial I3' turned toward me, and fired. The instant I fired, the scoundrel fell. I jumped up, put on my clothes, and after taking a quick look at the body, to see whether I had killed hitn or not, I took his lantern and left the house. I thought I had killed him, as the mark of 013 bullet was to be seen on the left side of his head ; it had torn off the lower part of his ear; hut when I returned the next morning, there were no traces of the villain." "Did you ever hear of-him since?" asked one of the pcrt3'. "No, gentlemen, I never saw him since until to-night." As Larkey said this, the Intruder, whom we had not noticed until now, jumped up, and, making a bound to ward him, shrieked : "You lie" We caught him, and after overpow ering him, found the identical scars that Larke3 had mentioned the sa bre scar, the lost thumb and the clip ped ear. We held a council as to what course was best to pursue, and determined to let Larke3r wreak his vengence on him in any manner he saw fit. We then notified him that he had but a few hours to live, and if he wanted to make any confession, we would take it. Believing our threats, he confessed to no less than seven murders, and told us where to find the skeletons of his victims, all of whom had been murdered in that ver3 room. We followed bis directions, and did find the skeletons. " We turned him over to the proper authorities the next da3T, with his written confession, and kspt on our journej", tne 'Ulu iJess Having oeen repaired ; and about a month after ward I read in the Chronicle a long account of the hanging of Augelo Meastro. A Singular .Case'of Hydrophobia. A verj remarkable case of supposed hj-drophobia has justcome to light in Buffalo, N. Y. Doctors who have ex amined the afflicted person pronounce it the most singular case in the historj of their practice. It seems that about two years ago a lad named Frederick Meyers, living on Mortimer street, while pla3'ing in the front 3ard ofhis parents' residence, was bitten by a large dog, in the left leg. His mother saw the animal bite him, and made an effort to have it killed, but to noavail. Weeks passed, nothing transpired, and no effects of the injur3 were seen. Earl3' in November, however, it was noticed that the lad was acting strangely. He would crawl about on the floor, scratch on the carpet, and otherwise imitate a dog. He did this once or twice, but little attention was paid tohiscapers. Then be commen ced lo bark and final 13- to froth at the mouth. Medical aid was summoned, and the case was pronounced one of uccute hydrophobia. Ever3' possible effort in the power of ph3tjicians was made to sta3' the onward march of the poison, but to no purpose. The bo3' continued to grow worse; his eyes turned green ; and he would fly at the cat, barking and growling like a ca nine. He was finally confined to bed, and it took the combined strength of three men to bold bim there when the spells would come on. He is yet alive; but the doctors have given up all hopes of his recover. At everi' approach of a stranger, he turns his eyes uponTiim and snarls. His pa rents are well-to-do Germaaf . Fun at a Candy-Pull. BY SUT LOVENG00D. I had a heap of trouble last Christ mas, and I'll tell you how it hap pened : Dekin Jones gave a candy pullin,' and I got a stool, as they say in North Carolina, and over I goes. Sister Poll and I went together, and when we got to old man Jones' the bouse was chuck full. Dog mi cuts ef there was room to turn round! Thar was Suez Harkih she's a big as a skinned boss and six other Harklus, and Slmmonsea, and Pedi grews, and the school master and his gal, besides the old dekin and the de kinees, and enough little dekin?es to set up a half a dozen folks in the famil3 biziness. Well, birneby the pot begun to bile, and the fun begun. We all got our plates ready, and put flour on our hands to keep the oand3' from stickin,' and then we pilch into pullin.' Wasn't it fun? I never see sieb Iaffln' and cuttin' up in all mi born daze. I made a candy bird for Em Sim mons. Her and me expects to trot in double harness one of these daze. She made a cand3' goose for me. Then we got throwin' cand3' balls intu oue another's hair, and runnin' from one side of the boua to tuther, and out intu the kitchen, till every thing upon the piaoe was gommed over with cand3 I got a pine bench, and Em Sim mons sot chis to me. Suez Harkins confound herpictur! throw'd a candy ball sock intu one of mi ize. I made a bulge to run after her, and heard something rip. Mi stars alive! Wasn't I pickled? I locked around, and thar was the gable-end of mi bran new britches a stick in' to the pine bench. I backed up agin the wall sorter cray-fish like and grinned. Sut,' said sister Poll, 'what's the matter?' 'Shut up!' sez I. 'Sut,' eays Em, 'come away from that wall ; you'll get ail greasy.' 'Let her grease!' eez I, and pot down on a washboard that was layin' acrooB a tub, feeliu worse than an old made at a weddin.' Purty soon I felt something hurt, and purty soon it hurt agin. Ice whis I jumped ten feet hi, kicked ver the tub, out flew old Jones' Christmas turkey, and you ought to see me git. I cut for tall timber now, jumped stake and rider fences, and smashed down brush like a runawaj- herikan till I got home, and went to bed and staid there two daze. Ef old Jones' barn burns down next winter, and I'm arrested for it, and ef an3'bod3 ppers as witness acin me, I'll bust his doggou'd bed! Them's mi sentiments! Some Place to Stay. An evening or two since a poor, shabby, but honest looking fellow went up to the calaboose and asked permission to sleep there that night, as it was bitter coid out-of doors. The man in charge told him ho could not keep him, that he would have to get permission from the Marshal. The fellow went out, sa3'ing as he did so, that "he was not going to ask the Marshal, and he was going to Btay there that night." He had not walked far until he passed a little store in the vicinity of the calaboose, when stopping a momeut in front of the window until be attracted the shopkeeper's attention, he grabbed up a pair of overalls and attempting to put them in his pocket, started off, up street. In a flash the proprietor wa3 out 3'elliug like mad, "teef, teef, perlice, perlice," and about that time John Giller came along and took the man iu, and put him in tiie 'boose where he staid all night. Next morn ing, upon his story being told, be was released and left town, and has not been seen eince. Si. Joe Herald. Edgar A. Poe. The only time that Mr. Hieginson saw the erratio poet was in 1845, on the occasion of his reciting a poem before the Boston L3oeum. "His voice." says Mr. Higginson, "seemed attenuated to the finest golden thread; the audience became hushed, and, as it were, breathless; there seemed no life in the hall but his; and every s'llable was accented with such deli cac3 and sustained with such sweet ness, as I never heard equaled b3 oth er lips. When the lyric ended, it wsb like the ceasing of the g3p3"'s chant in Browning's 'Flight of the Duch ess;' and i remember nothing more except thaf in walking back to Cam bridge my comrades and I felt that we had be'en under the spell of some wizard. Ltideed I feel much the ame in the retrospect, to this day." Thos. W. Higginson. Corn loses one-fifth 03 drying, and wheat one-fourteentb. From this the estimate is made that it is more profi table for farmers to sell unshelied corn in the fall at 75 cents than at $1 per bushel iu the following summer, and that wheat at $1.25 in December is equal to $1 50 in the succeeding June. Iu the case of potatoes taking those that rot and are otherwise lost, together with the shrinkage there is but little doubt that between October and June the loss to the owner who holds them is not less than thirty three per cent. A Plucky Woman. Virginia City has a female scaven ger. Her name ia Mrs. Martin, and her home is near the Oabiston shaft, in the eastern parr of the city. On B street this morning a Chronicle repor ter came up to her just as she was in the act of climbing into her cart with a coal-oil can full of swill. The repor ter asked; 'Do you drive this cart?' 'Yes. How do you like the rig?' This was said in a cheery voice, and with marked independence. 'I don't see any thing the matter with the rig, but how does it happen that you are in such a business?1' Had to do it or starve,' answered the woman. 'I tried to get work at somethingelse, and went to see all the rich people in town, but couldn't find an3' thing to do. M3' husband has been sick and not able to work, and so I took thia horse and cart, and here I am. 'How do yon manage to make a liv ing by this work ?' 'Well, I keep pigs, and fatten them on the slops which people give me. Then I get two bits a week from each oneof ray customers for taking the ashes awa3 and b3T that means man age to get along. When I started in we didn't havean3Tthing. Now we've got forty pigs, and, though we don't have much money, we have some thing to eat.' 'How loug have you been driving this cart?' 'About five months, and I am get ting used to it. At first the people made fun of me, but I didn't care. I told them I was willing to do any thing in theshapeof work that would make me a living. If they never do an3'thing worse than driving a cart the3' will do better than I expect of them. Gilroone3', who was in the same business, tried to drive me off the street. He blackguarded me ev er3 da3 and ran into m3' cart with his. The last time he did it I had him arrested, and the Judge fined him fort3 dollars. He left for a while after that, but he is iu town again.' 'How do the people treat you V 'Some do well bj me and some don't. Idon'toare for wbatthey say, though, for I notice that. the most re spectable people treat me the beBt.' 'Would 3'ou rather do this kind of work than to wash clothes?' 'I would rather do an3' kind of work than wash. ThnPs the hardest work in the world, and the most wearing.' 'You won't mind my writing 3ou up will you ? 'No. My business is to drive this cart, and I'm going to drive it. It may do me some good to have it In the newspapers. B3' this time the pluck3 Mrs. Mar tin had finished loading the slop and ashes into her cart and drove away, sitting jauntil3 on the corner of the box, and looking much more content ed than many of the women who oc cup3 the houses from which she daily removes the accumulations of slop and ashes. Virginia City Nev.) Chronicle. The Folly of Virtue. A very good and pious-looking 3'oung man applied for a position in a well-known store last week. After he had introduced himself and made known his wants, the proprietor in formed him that he would like to hare a clerk if he could get one that would suit him. 4I suppose you go to church, eh ?' he commenced. 'Yea, sir.' 'Do 3'ou drink?' continued the mer chant, eyeing him sharp!'. 'Never.' Do you use tobacco in any form ?' Here the 3'ouug man pushed the quid iuto the roof of his mouth, and replied, with a smile that was child like and bland, 'I never use the weed, and never did. I consider it the low est and most shocking habit that a man can be addicted to.' Do you frequent the polioy shops?' 'No, sir; never.' Do you go to the National Theater, dog fights, or boxing exhibitions? 'Never was at any in E03' life,' was the emphatic answer. 'Can 3'ou tell the ace of diamonds from the king of clubs?' 'I know nothing whateverof cards. 'Do j'ou ever bet?' 'No, sir, I don't! 'Suppose,' said the merchant, 'a man should offer to bet $1,000 to $10 that a three-legged goat could out run a grey-hound, would you take him?' No. sir! 'Then 3'ou won't do for this estab lishment; we don't want you we never hire fools!' The youth won't be so good next time. Largest Wheat Yield on Record. A short time ago Gen. John Gibbon made the assertion that 100 bushels of wheat had been raised on an acre of ground in the Territory of Montana. The statement having been received with incredulit3, he wrote to the Pres ident of the First National Bank in Helena for proof. In reph; he receiv ed the certificate of the President and Secretary of the Territorial Fair As sociation that one James L. Bay, of Lewis and Clark counties, was award ed first premium for the best acre of wheat, being 102 bushels to the acre. This ia believed to be the largest yield of wheat on record. How Myths Originate. No doubt many legends of the an cient world, though not really histo ry, are myths which have amen by reasoningon actual events, as definite as that which, some four years ago, was terrif-ing the peasant-mind in North Germany, and especially In Posen. The report bad spread far and wide that all Catholic children with black hair and blue 03 es were to be sent nut of the county, aome said to Russia while others deolared that it was the Kiog of Prussia who had been playing cards with the Sultan of Turkey, aud had staked and lost for ty thousand fair-haired, blue eyed children ; aud there were Moora trav eling about in covered carts to collect them ; and the school-masters were helping, for they were to have five dollars for every child thej banded over. For a time the popular excite ment was quite serious ; the parents kept the children away from school and hid them, and when they appear ed in the streets of the market town the little ones clung to them with terrified looks. Dr. Schwartze, the well known mythotogistk took the pains to trace the rumor to its sources. One thing was quite plain, that its prime cause was that grave and learn ed body, the Anthropological Societ3-, of Berlin, who, without a thought of the commotion they were stirring up, had, in order to class the population as to race, induced the authorities to have a census made throughout the local schools to ascertain the color of the children's skin, hair and eyes. Had It been only the boys, to the Government inspection of whom for military conscription the German peasants are only too well accustomed, nothing would have been thought of it ; but why should the officials want to know about the little girls' hair and eyes? The whole group of sto ries which suddenly sprang up were m3ths created to answer this ques tion ; and even the dt tails which be came embodied with them could all be traced to their sources, such as the memories of German Princes selling regiments of their people to p3' their debts, the late political negotiations between Germany and Russia, etc. The fact that a caravau of Moora had been traveling about as a abow ac counted for the covered carts with which they were to fetch the chil dren; while the school-masters were naturally implicated, as haviug drawn up the census. One Bohoolmaster, who evidently knew his people, as sured the terrified parents that it was only the children with blue hair and green eyes that were wanted an ex planation that sent them home quite comforted. Professor Taylor, in Na ture. a c A Conductor'sHoncsty Keirarded Many years ago, one night while a conductor on the Southern Railroad waa taking up fares a man without a ticket offered a large bill, and he, as conductors are apt to, took it along, saying he would soon return with the change. The purpose of these delav's is to make a quiet study of the bill in the baggage car and see if it is all straight. When he reached the bag gage car with the bill, Mr. McKinuey found wbat he had taken to be $100 was a bill for $1,000. He returned to the passenger and found he had uhift ed his seat. Telling him there was a mistake that the bill was for $1,000, he was amazed to have the fellow re pudiate the whole arrangement. He knew nothing of it, and insisted, and was supported by a friend's testimo ny, that he had a ticket aud that it had been taken up. Finally McKin ney went off with the bill, which the next day lie turned into the compan with this explanation. It waa depos ited here in the Pncenix Bank as a special deposit, and drew interest for several years ; was never claimed, and finally was given to the conduc tor bv-the company. The only ex planation was that some bank burg lars were on the train ; that one of them carelessl3' took out the wrong bill, and that it was decided safer to lose $1,000 than to risk beingfcrrested. Probably they thought he knew of the burglary .Springfield Republican. Lost Cars. As the new year draws near the lost car agents are busy hunting up straj cars. One week finds the lost car agent hunting cars iu Florida, and the next may discover him In Maiue. The rules governing the" business are that he must travel by daylight, ride in the rear coach and keep his eyes peeled. Frequent while Bailing past a Bide track full of cars he discovers one be longing to his own company, arrd by practice he becomes so sharp-eyed that he can photograph the number of that car on his mind in an instant. Ariving at a telegraph station he po litely requests the officials of tb9 road to send home his car. Car3 are fre quently sent from one end of the con tinent to the other and sent back empt-. In case a road is short of cars they sometimes take the libert' to re tain and use them, and sometimes a dishonest road will steal them out rigbtand obliterate the owner's mark and number. A lost car agent for a Western road recenth;, after search ing for months for a car, found it away out on the plains, forty rods from the railroad, devoid of its truoks and occupied by an ambitious squat- ter as a residence, Philanthropy CoiunelRBSt If bsshiaaou-poor relations' rights,, and the appeal of our own nobility, we need anotherground on which to urge humanity to anixnalawe find it in philanthropy, the love of man him self; for as the circle widens to admit these humbler members of the Fath er's house, all the human members al so will rise into kinder regard. Kind ness grows by exercise; callousnesa and cruelt3' also grow by exercise. The bo3's who train themselves by atoning dogs, and scaring oats, and mutilating flies, and breaking into the bouses of the birds, and playing ibe field pirate toward the snake- and toad, and who, hiter, patronize the dog-fight, and the rat hunt, and the. pigeon or squirrel? matcttthfey grad-. uate into the men who pay two. creatuaeslike themselves,, i&staud up, in the prize-ring and pound God's im-. age out of one another; they are the. men who banker for the blood loving newspaper, the murder gleanings of the couutr', the gallows-records, and all the diaries of lust and violence,. On she other hand, every effort to in crease humanity toward dumb creat ures blesses not only them but the speaking creatures themselves. We stand to all beings in the gentler atti tude, and run with quick hands to help, after trying to help the lowest. The&e societies to proteot dnrr.b ani mals are really proteoliac ever pjfia onerln his cell, every wild boy in the reform school, every pauper in the almshouses, ever orphan in the streets; yes, and every prisoner In the wars. If ever again the great woe comes to us, picket shooting will be scarcer, Andersonvlllea will be lesa likely, j'our wounded brother or eon will be more'likeiy to com back to you, and the war itself will be put off longer, and end the sooner, because In the time of peace these societies, for dumb animals' protection have been active iu the land. Rev. W. C. Oan nett. Long Bridges. The bridge over the Taj in Soot land, was 10,612 feet in length, or 52 feet more than two miles. It constat ed of So spans, of varying extent, elev en of the longest being 245 feet each. The bridge, as a whole, was the larg est in the world, but there are many bridges iu thia couutr' with longer spans. On thia point the St. Louia Globe-Democrat presents same inter esting facts: There are ten truss-bridgea across the Mississippi above Sc. Louis, which are not regarded as very wonderful structures, and 3et seven of them have spans as long as those of the Tay bridge. The bridges at Winona, La Crosse, Dubuque, Keokuk and Hannibal have spans of 240, that at Rock Island 250. and that at Louisi ana of 25G feet. Tbaspan which gave was at St. Charles was 320 feet in length, yet the same bridge has two spans -JOG feet long. Over the same river la a truss-bridge, at Leavfcu worth, with three spans of 340 feet, and another at Glasgow with five of 315 feet. Across the Ohio there ia a truss-bridge at Steubenvllle with a span of 320 feet, one at Parkeraburg of 350, one at Cincinnati with a span of 515 feet, the longest truss yet built, and one at Louisville with a span of 400 feet. The tru&s bridge over the Kentucky River on the Cincinnati Southern Railroad, ha9 three spans 376 feet In length, , resting on iron piera 175 feet high. The bridge over the Hudson at Poughkeepsie has five spans of 300 feet, with piers 135. feet above high water. Grandfather's Clock in Maryland. Baltimore American, Jan. 15. A story of a grandfather's clock, which "stopped short off", never to go again, when the old man died," comes from Cecil county, aud is properly vouched for. Mr. Thomas M. Calvert one of the oldest residents of the count, oud a respeoted citizen, died on Saturday last at his home at Cbarlestown, on the both anniversary of his birth. His death was very sud den, for he was in apparently good health in the morning and had eaten a heart breakfast. After breakfast -was shaved by his son, and a few mo menta after fell to the floor; and died almost instautl. In one corner of the room stood an old-fashioned eight day clock, which had bean the time piece for the family for a quarter of a century. Ithad never needed repairs aud was always correct. Now comes the story that when Mr. Calvert fell to the floor and was found to be dead, oue of the family looked up at the clock to note time, and found that the pendlum had ceased its motion and that the clock had stopped. Furthermore, it ia related that all ef forts to set the clock running agalu have proved fruitless, and that no one has been able to asoertain the trouble. New Wat to Cook Chickens. Cut the chicken up, put it in a pan and cover it over with water; let it stew as usual, and when done make a thickeningof cream and flour, adding a piece of butter and pepper and salt 5 have made and bake a pair of short cakes, made as for pie-crust, but roll thiu and cut in small squares. This ia much better than chicken pio and more simple to make. The orusta should be laid on a diah and thq ohioken gravy poured over while botU are bet,