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BPOVKTIIXE, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12 1880.
VOL. 24-NO. 34.
READING MATTER OXEYEltYPAGE
Oldest Paporin the State.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF THECOOTT
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OFFICIAL directort.
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"District OfEcors.
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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. .
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COUrfCILirEN.
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A TI T-M'lHlC
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..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
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.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,