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my mrn attempts to haul doicn the American Flag, shoot him on the spot." John A. Dix.
VOL. I.
PLATTSMOUTII. N. T., WEDNESDAY, DEC. 27, 18G5.
NO 3S
THE HERALD
I S PUBLISHED EVERY
WEDNESDAY MORNING,
BY
II. 13 1 1 AT 1 1 AWAY,
EOlTOa AND PROPRIETOR.
rJ-OIc corner Hm I'.reet and Levee, second
Terms: $'2.50 per annum, invariably
to aJwnee.
Rates of .ldiertising.
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I -ei ub-e (iicnl Insertion
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for in
Work
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Snouted Jlivcctonu
It'll LIVINGSTON, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon,
te. J... '... -rr--t-'i'l 'rvir. to the citiiu if
-'lie-inVrr-i in Frank White' h ue. corner of
k
, 1 I :v sf Olticeon .nam
ir: H.rrsr, I'i msmoUth, Neluasli i.
WILLITT POTTEKGER
ATTOKNEY AT LA W,
I'L ATT SMil UT II - NEBRASKA.
ATTOUNEY AT LAW
,sr
Solicitor in Chancery.
rLATTSMi n II, - - NEBRASKA.
JCSEI'II JSCIILATEII.
WATC1IAKER and JEWELER,
ri-ATTSMH'TH, - - NEBRASKA.
A . ...J p . ,rti.,rnt cf Wat . CI ) ' Fen",
j w, -v ,:vr War-, Kane t;...-i Vi.ilim anJ I-
'n .- n hand. All w.jrk coin-
u. i . I i-. 1. 1- r. 1 i be w.rra:ile'l.
,., .1 10. I-' S.
II. C. Lewis,
NOTARY PUBLIC
CONV 1 : YANCKIt-
R'. '.'.-. .'!it. Tax P.irrrfjr Iowa toJ Nebran-
fXT-a l l ii-iT entrusleJ to hi car will reeeiva
pr'-mnt :' t -on.
Jii.i:.-.i:.li. -N.T.. April S'Hh. tf ,
National Claim Afifciicy.
WASHINGTON D- C
F. M. DORRINGTON.
M'll AUtST:
PLATTSMOITTII, - - NEBRASKA,
Ittrrpare'l t" j r.- . nt and jirrxt-cu'e c I.iinn l"-f re
toi., e,, O'urt i.f I'lainw nuil the IK .ar'.iii'M. Fa
v.o r-ti.i .r.-, 1! ' Unl aud 15.i-.mty Lu!i
art I - t"l t. ir,fi i i.:.-iat,-.Hcd in pruiorti-Hi to
U an mi :t .f'!.e i-Uiui. 1. M. DOUKIMilOV
iiri ; 1 o 'i,r.
. II. WIIEELEII.
NOTARY PU13L1C
C0M.V.ISSONER OF DEEDS
Firo and Life Ins, Aj't,
Arent f.
fir S .!.!
r. lv. ti'Ti of claim acninst tiovernnient.
.ler I heir ariduws ai.'l minor lieir. n kr.i
tur tVe t
ii-hs-" and :ile .-f I.auds and ity proper-
y, 1
P'r
a i I 11
Tax I
i-inL' "! I 'nnnt-, . 1 i 1 u ' 01 .1.
f N- ri-naiid e-tcrn Iowa, .menu to
:.,.. . rtai;ii:irta:-.-nernl Land, Insurance,
iViir :;rid Collection A;cu y.
i'..i:4iii"utki, U T., Jlay 1". liC'f.
'I l' Mil l,UMl,r luni iu '".a...
PLATTE VALLEY
a. v. crow,
PROP.
f m prepared to furnish a'l who may favor me
wita thir palronao, with lodging, inn .e meal or
d bv t!. . k. t- W.CKoW.
F a:t mouth, April yl
" MRS. L. GOLDING,
FKACTICAL
MID-WIFE,
Ma practiced successfully for srvral years in tit.
l.oui" and i'i Leavenworth city. Was educated, pro
f. -t. ri.iiiy. in l i.ai in, a It.
Mi,.. tioid;i.t! lias permanently located in this city.
Residence iii n.e noitli-west pait of town.
J ) y I.", if
Iless & Finisher
Have j'ist opeocd and refitted their
Saloon and Restaurant
Levee str e', so ith f Main, where they will furnish
svt all times tlie nest d ishe the mar Wei atfords.
tUk'A' if A'' eterv inoi mni t-etweeen 9 1-2
at to 11 j"iViiy I arUtrx accvintnoduUd.
.FOE SALE.
Hight or Ten Tliorougli
Iirttl Americnii
MERINO RAMS
Tbev wereb-ed by J. S. Waiker, Wycminj County.
S. Y., nd sired ty hi- famous cid stwkbuck
'adsn " ilaJea" wa bred by Verrs. Cutiicjs,
Vsron'. i a 1 alf lirothcr of his celebrated
bl.-k ' i .r.iur ' '('!.! Ha. leu" ha shorn 23 1-2
-.nods of wool of ere year's growth. For further
ia.':r... n iuuire of
sot a II WALKER. &ilt Crk Ford
AOTICE.
All per.T.s are hereby notified rot to trnt my wife,
El zai eth M ah!, as I will p id deM of her t3C
tr iii.j; from and afttr this oate, she havine left lay
b I uu.l Isjild JOHM Vi ADt.
ilBTiriier 11th, 13 Zw
I'KOIIATL AOTIClT
Notice is hereby given trat Mrs. Mar.-ir t E. Mar
?he ha ma io api Kation ta the Prota:e Court of
a. county, N l .lobe appointed A iiuii istratrix
o." ibs estate of M. II. Mnrphe', late cf sai i county,
V-s:ei;eJ. '1'he Court therefore appoints
Tiurs'Jay, the 4A day of January,
A V. -T 5, a' 1 o'clock p m, far hearinfr said arpH
ea'ijo, t which time persons interested can appear.
Wiiiiea riv hand and seal of office this 12th
L 8) day cf December, A. D. laii.l.
J. W. Marsbalx..
-101? 1 'Xavct Judj.
CHEAP GOODS
NEW STORE!
Howe & Thatcher,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
CULIII
FANCY GOODS,
Boots and Shoes,
YANKEE NOTIONS,
Hardware, Queensware,
STAPLE AND FANCY
GROCERIES,
OUTFITTING GOODS.&C
THKT
mil NOT BE UNDERSOLD
Call before purchasing, and
Examine Goods and Prices.
If you do not buy, you will
C3-o"t FOsted. 2
RE3IEMBER
THE PLACE,'
OPPOSITE POST OFFCE,
PLATTSMOUTII, JNT. T.
July 1, 1665. tf
Estray Aolice-
Taken tip ry the snbsrribrr, two and a half miles
north-west of Keed's null, on Weeping Water, Csas
county, N T., out dark red e-ter, 4 or & yars old,
crumpled horns, and some roan on hi flank and
bally, siinIi of tail white, and brand'-d along the
back with the letter "A"' In two different places.
DAMtL KLkPER.
Novetuber 29ih, 1S65. w
.PsTESW
CABINET SHOP
JrT. BOECK,
Having recently bulft a new and.ult e isep on
Main St., Plattsmouth, H. T.,
Would respectfully inform the citizen of Cas and
ait'oinmir counties tuat tie lias the Ij.c:llties tor car
ryiUjj on tha
CABINET DUSIXESS
In all its branches'
IN THE MOST APPROVED STYLS
I am prepared to turn out the
CJ H E A I E S T
ar-d most durable :
xxyn 1 ture
Ofevery description, ever offered in tha Territory.
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED.
Aif Particular attention paid to making and fin
isbiugCOFH.N-s.
All kinds of lumber taken la exchange for work.
PUtts nouth. April 10, 1SG5.
w. MICEI.WAIT,
N. J. SHARP.
LUMBER - YARD.
Iflickclu-ait fc Sharp
Dealers in Pine Lumber. Lath, Shingles, Door, Fash
Blinds. Picket, and every Yanety of Cottonwood,
Walnut and Oak Lnmber.
Will keep constantly en hand Cord wood, both
Cotton nd Oak. Atl oiders promptly filled.
53- Office on Lve? Street, south of C. L. Cooper's
Feua and urain Depot,
PLATTSMOUTII, N. T.
a-crssbor Sth, 153. a
STATEMENT
OP TBS
Farmers' and Merchants'
Insurance Company,
OF QUINCY, ILLINOIS.
We, the nBders!gne1. President and Secretary of
the Karna'-iV and Mfnhiuli' lriuratice Cotapjojr.of
Cj ju cy, Illinois, doherebr certify that the taid Com
pany ix poKseneed of a capital, in aceardanc with the
Charter i.f said Company, amounti ag to Four Hun
dred and K:ghty-ix Tl on?and FiTe Hundred and
ifflitj-three Cfiy-eijfht oce-handred Dollars, being
DeHit Notes in force on the first day of January,
let'., secured by li-n on the rsa. estate iunurfd,
amounting to cvr Nine Millions Dollars, and nut
encumbered mere than half l'a valu-; and, in addi
tion thereto, the naid Company is possed of Casb
assets and Bills Kteeivabl maturi0) daily. Dearly all
drawing interest at the rate of ten p"r cent, per an
nnin, nitioimtii ; te Xinety-Sis Thoaoand fc'uht Hum
dred and i;hiy-Four bl-lu0 Dollars, being balance
ou hand January 1st, A. D. 1S63.
o s sj W.K. CMSE. President,
stAL W.R. VAX FKANK, See.
STATE OP ILLIS0I3, I ,
Adams County. f
I, Alexander Johnfon, Clerk of the County'Conrt,
within and for said county, do hereby certify, that W.
N. Cline and W. R. VanFrank personally appeared
befcre me, who, being duly sworn, depose and Riy
that the facts stated in the above certificate are true
to the best of their knowledge and belief.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand
aad nth led the seal of the County Court, at my office,
in the city of Quincy, this 9t!i day of November, A.
D. 1S63.
L. rsRt ALEX. J0UNS0X, Cl-rk.
CERTIFiaTE OF AUTHORITY,
& V CAjuic vu auc iri 'in in aiiihirj, ja . j. 1,-370.
1DKA.VCE DEFAKTMKNT, 1
(itfiie af Territorial Auditor, V
Omaha, Jieb., Nov. ISth, 18C.". )
Whereas, IT. M. Van Frauk. F.sq., Vies Fiesident of
the Farmers' and Merchant' Insurance Company,
Incited ai Quincy, Illinois, has fll"d iu this Olllce a
certiGed copy of the Act of Incorporation of said
Company, together with a written instrument, under
the seal" of said company, signed by the President
and Secretary thereof, un.er oath, certifying that said
Company is rmssesed of a capital cf Four Ilnndrel
and Kighly-Six Thousand Five Hundred and Eighty.
Three 5S-liM) Do lars, being Deposit Notes in form ou
the first day or Jauuary, 1565, secured by lieu on the
real estate insured; aud also a written instrument,
signet by the President and Secretary of said Com
pany, authorizing any a nd all Agents that said Com
pany may apprint in th" Territory f Nebraska to
ac'-pt and acknowledge service of process, die., for
and in behalf of aid Company, and waiving all claims
of enors by reason of su h service, Ac,; and the said
Company has fully complied with the requirements
ofAnActin relation to Inurauce Ceuipanies,"
approved February I4th, 165
'Juarefore be it kuown, by the present", that in
pursuance of the said Act. I. William E. Harvey, An
ditoro' the Territorr of Nebraska, do h-n-by certify.
that said farmers and Merchants' Insurance Compa
ny has fall authority to trausact business of tbe In
surance in tbe Territory or Nebraska, under th e laws
of tbis Territory, until ihe 81t day of January, a.
D. lobb
In witness "here"f, I have subscribed my
name, aad caused the Seal of the Auditor's
Oilice to be hereunto afllxed, tbis 15th day
of November, a. d. lbtjj.
L 1
ID I
s W. K. HARVEY,
Territorial Audit ir.
de. la 4w
S. BLOOM,
Dealer in
READY MADE
Grents Furnishing Goods
ilats,
Caps,
Boots,
Shoes,
Trunks,
Valises,
&c, &c,
Also a lftrse lot of RUBBER GOODS
and REVOLVERS always on hand.
-AND
COUNTRY MERCHANTS
will find it to their benefit to examine
ray stock before purchasing elsewhere.
Cash paid for Hides, Furs
and ool.
Plattsmouth, May 25. tf
PUMPS! PUMPS!
.The nndersigned is prepared to furnish the peo
p of Plattsmouth and surrounding country with
ANY DESCRIPTION
of Pumps they may de'ire; either FORCE. SUC
TION or CHAIN. Call at the eld Maid of J 11.
DeyserACo and examine the 2. Cerent kinds, and
thsn make your selection.
Nov. JO ml T. CUMUIKS:
IYOTICE
To John R. Sarpy and Jonathan W. Wise and the
unknown heirs and legal representatives ef the es
tale of Peter A. Sarpy, d ec-nsed :
Yon are hereby informed that on the 4t!i day ef
December. A D 1!i,o. Jesse wtlierla and William
Campbell filed their petition in the I'robate Court in
and tor Cass county, N . T., Toe object and prayer of
sid petition is t obtain an order or decree author'
izing and directing the Administrator of said estate
to make and execute a conveyance to tht said Jesse
Weiherla and William Campbell, of the following
Keal Estate in Cas county. N. T to wit.- Lots 8. K.
10,11 and V2 in block number sixty. f.r (V4), in the,
city of Plattsmeuth; and that raid petition will coruo
r.p for hearing on the
23rJ day of January, A. D. 1SG3,
st 10 o'clock a ra of -aid day, at tbe office of the
Probate Judge in and for Cass county, Jf. T.
Jesse Wether la,
and
William Campbell.
By orCer of I he Probate Judge of Cass county,
S.T. dec!3 6w
" STRAYED.
Stra'ed from my farm, 2 Steers, yearlings, part
marked with under ball crvp In Tight ear, upper
slope or crop in left ear. Also one red spotted Calf
not marked. I will py a reasonable reward to know
whore tUT are. B. r. Dook.
dsel) tf
ARTEMCS WA ItD as a FARMER
An Agricultural County Aisociation
invited Arteraus Ward to address them
on the occasion of their next annual
fair. He wrote the President of that
Society as follows:
Niw York, June 12, 1S65.
Dear Sir: I have the honor to
acknowledge the receipt of your letter
of the 5th inst., in which you invite me
to deliver an address before your ex
cellent agricultural society.
I feel flattered, and I think I will
come.
Perhaps, meanwhile, a brief history
of my experience as an agriculturist
will be acceptable; and as that history,
no doubt, contains suggestions of value
to the entire agricultural community, I
have concluded to write you through the
press.
I have been an honet old farmer for
fome four years.
My farm is in the interior of Maine.
LTnfortunately my lands are eleven
miles from the railroad. Eleven miles
is quite a distance to haul immense
quantities of wheat, corn, rye and oats,
but as I haven't any to haul, I do not,
after all, suffer much on that account.
My farm is more especially a grass
farm.
My neighbors told me so at first, and.
as an evidence that they were sincere
in that opinion, they turned their cows
on to it the moment I went off "lectu
ring." Those cows are now quiie fat. I take
pride in those cows, in fact, aud am
glad I own a grass farm.
Two years ago I tried sheep raising.
I bought fifty lambs, and turned them
loose on my broad and beautiful acres.
It was pleasant on bright mornings
to stroll leisurely out on the farm in my
dressing-gown, with a cigar in rny
mouth, and watch those innocent little
lambs as they danced gaily o'er the
hillside. Watching their saucy capers
reminded me of caper sauce, and it
occurred to me I should have some
very fine eating when they grew up to
be muttons."
My gentle shepherd. Mr. Eli Fer
kins, said, "We must have some shep
herd dogs."
I had no very precise idea as to
what shepherd dogs were, but I assum
ed a rather profound look, and said:
"We must, Eli. I spoke to you about
this some time ago."
I wrote to my old friend, Dr. Dexter
II. Follett, of Uoston, for two shepherd
dogs. He kindly forsook far more im
portant business to accommodate me,
and they came forthwith. They were
splendid creatures snuff-colored , hazel
eyed, long-tailed and sharpry-jawed.
We led them proudly to the fields.
"Turn them in, Eli," I said.
Eli turned them in.
They went in at once, and killed
twenty of my best lambs in about four
minutes and a half.
My friend had made quite a mistake
in the breed of these dogs.
These dogs were not partial to the
sheep.
Eli Perkins was astonished, and ob
served, "Wall, did you ever!"
I certainly never had.
There were pools ct blood on the
green sward, and fragments of wool
and raw lamb chops lay around in con
fused heaps.
The dogs would have been sent to
Boston that night, had they not rather
suddenly died that afternoon of a throat
distemper. It wasn't a swelling of the
throat. It wasn't diptheria. It was a
violent opening of tbe throat, extending
from ear to ear.
Thus closed their life-stories. Thus
ended their interesting tails.
I failed as a raiser of lambs. As a
sheepist, I was not a success.
Last summer, Mr. Perkins said, "I
think we'd better cut some grass this
season, sir."
We cut some grass.
To me the new.mown hay is very
sweet and nice. The brilliant George
Arnold sings about it, in beautiful ver
ses, down in Jersey every su-nmer, so
does the brilliant Vldrich, at Ports
mouth, N. H. And yet I doubt if either
of these nfen know the price of a ton
of hay to-day. Bat new-mown hay is
really a fine thing. It is good for man
and beast.
We hired four honest farmers to as
sist us, and I led them gaily to the
meadows.
I was going to mow, myself.
I taw the sturdy peasants go round
once ere 1 dipped my flashing scythe in
the tall green grass.
"Are you ready?" eaii E. Perkins.
"I am here."
"Then foUer us.''
I followed them.
Following them rather too closely,
evidently, foe a white-haired old man,
who immediately followed Mr. Per
kins, called upon u? to halt. Then, in
a low, firm voice, he said to his son,
who was ju3t ahead of me, "John,
change places with me. I hain't got
long to live, anyhow. Yonder berryin'
ground will soon have these old bones,
and it's no matter whether I'm carried
there with one leg off and ter'ble gash
es in the olhr or not. But you, John,
you are young."
The old man changed places with his
son, a smile of calm resignation lit up
his wrinkled face, as he said, "Now,
sir, I am retdy."
"What mean you, old man?" I said.
"I mean that if you continue to bran
ish that blade as you have braii'ished it,
you'll slash h 1 out of some of us be
fore we'er a hour older."
There wa3 some reason mingled with
this white haired old peasant's profan
ky. It was true that I had twice es
caped mowing off his son's legs, and
his father was perhaps naturally
alarmed.
1 went and sat down under a tree.
"I never know'd a literary man in my
life," I overheard the old man say,
"that know'd anything."
Mr. Perkins was not as valuable to
me this season as I had fancied he
would be. Every afternoon he disap
peared from the field regularly, and re
mained about some two hours. He
said it was headache. He inherited it
from his mother. His mother was
often taken in that way, and suffered a
g-ood deal.
At the end of the two hours Mr.
Perkins would re-appear with his head
neatly done up in a large wet rag, and
said he "feit better."
One afternoon it so happened that I
soon followed the invalid to the house,
and as I neared the porch I heard a
female voice energetically observe,
"You stop!" It was the voice of the
hired girl, and she added, "I'll holler
for Mr. Brown!"
"Oh, no, Nancy," I heard the invalid
E. Perkins soothingly fay, "Mr. Brown
knows I love you. Mr. Brown ap
proves it."
This was pleasant for Mr. Brown.
I peered cautiously through the
kitchen Iliads, and however unnatural
it may appear, the lips of Eli Perkins
and my hired girl were very near to
gether. She said, "You shan't do so,"
and he do-soed. She also said she
would get right up and go away, and,
as an evidence that she was thoroughly
in earnest about it, she remained where
she was.
They are married , and Perkins is
troubled no more with headache.
Thii year we are planting corn. Mr.
Perkins writes me that "on account of
no fckare krows bein put up krows cum
and digged fust crop up but soon 0.
nuther in. Old Bisbee who was frade
youd cut his sons leggs off Ses you bet
go and sian up in feeld yrself with
dressin gown on gesses krows will
keep way, this made Boys iu the store
larf. no more terday from
Yours respectiuly En Perkins.
"his letter."
My friend Mr. D. T. T. Moore, of
the Rural New Yorker, thinks if I
"keep on" I will get in the poor house
in about twe years.
If you think the honest old farmers
of Barclay county want me I wilt come
Yours truly,
Charles F. Brown.
5An official telegram received in
San Francisco Nov. 29th, form Nevada
sajs: On the 17th inst, Lieut. Osmar,
with 00 Calafornia volunteers and a
howitzer, attacked a large band of In
dians who had formed themselves on
the Black Mountains, about 100 miles
north-west of Dungelen, in the North
erly part, of the State of Nevada. Dur
ing the engagement one volunteer was
killed and two wounded. Of the Indi
ans lL'O were killed, a few escaped, and
all their horses, arms and amunition
were captured. This was the band
which three weeks ago robbed a train,
killed the teamsters.
iAYlACwS OF JOSH ItII.I,IC.
I hev finally cum tew the konklusion
that there ain't truth enuff in the world,
just now, to do the bizness with, and if
sum kind uv koinpromise can't be had,
the devil might cz well step in aud run
the consarn at oust.
I always advise short sermons, es
pecially cu a hot Sunday. If a minis
ter kant strike ile in boring 40 mini'.s,
he has either got a poor gimlet, or else
he iz boring in the wrong plase.
Don't tell the world your sorrows,
enny more than you would tell ihsm
your shame.
Philosophers are like graveyards
th?y take things just as they cum, and
give them a decent burial and a suitable
epitaff.
Ennybody can tell where lightning
struck Inst, but it takes a smart man to
find out where it is going to strike next
time this is one of the differences be
tween laming aud wisdom.
Sailors heave the led for the purpose
of finJing the bottom, not for the pur
pose of going there it is sum so h'ith
advice; men should ask for it, not so
much for the purpose of strengthening
their own plan.
I hev got a first rate rekolekshun,
but no memory I kin rekolekt distinct
ly uv loseing a 10 dolar bill onst, but I
kant remember whare, to save mi life.
There is men cf so much laming an
impudence, they wouldn't hesitate tew
criticise the sonr cf a bird.
Hogs hev an excelleut ear for music
but it takes a dog to pitch the tune.
I hev seen men as full of indecision
as an old barn, always reddy, but don't
know adzactly which way to pitch.
There is sum folks whose thoughts
kan't be controlled :hey are like twins,
they kan't be had nor they kan't be
stopped.
Most enny body kan write poor sense,
but there ain't but few that can write
good nonsense, and almost takes an ed-
dycatcd man tew appreciate it after it
iz writ.
JaCHEUY JIASO.-Y.
This is the name of the greatest of
New England's criminal lawyers, who
practiced in the courts when Daniel
Webster was a boy, and of whom the
following story is told:
Mason was engaged as counsel in
the celebrated trial of B. K. Avery, a
Methodist divine, for the murder of a
young lady in Uhode Island. He ex
perienced great diffiaulty in obtaining
evidence sufficient to establish his case.
when one night, towards twelve, as he
was hard at work, a well known cler
gyman rushed in upon him, breathless
with excitement and exclaimed:
Mr. Mason! Mr. Mason! I've got
evidence to clear Brother Avery!'
"Well, sir, what is it?"
"Yes, sir, I had a dream last night,
in which the angel Gabriel appeared
and said Avery was innocent!"
"Very good, sir, then take that sum
mons and have it served ou Gabriel at
once."
JSs,In Gen. Grant's report of Shsr
man's movement from Chattanooga to
Atlanta he says that it was 'prompt,
skillful and brilliant," and that the "his
tory of his flank movements and battles
during the memorable campaign will
ever be read with an interest unsurpass
ed by anything in history." We learn
from this report also that Sherman's
"inarch to the sea'' was not a result of
Hood's flank movements from Atlanta,
as was universally believed ot the time,
but that he had planned it deliberately
and laid the general fes'ures of it be
fore Gen. Grant more than two months
before he moved, and more than one
month before Hood started on hi? fatal
tramp to Tenne?see. We learn, loo,
that Grant had doubts about the move
ment, but finally yielded his consent.
Rice in a Pstumatic Railroad
Tube. A london paper cantains an ac
count of the opening of a pneumatic line
of railway from the general post office
of the London and Northwestern rail
road, and tha passage through the tube
of several gentlemen who were anxious
for a new sensation. Due preparation
was made, and, against many remon
strances the party determined to go.
The account of the expedition says:
The first sensation at starting, and
still more so upon arriving, was cer
tainly not agreeable. For about a quarj
ter of a minute in each case there was
a pressure upen tbe cars rggcfiive of
a diving bell exercise, a suc'Lii like that
with which one is drawn under a wave,
and a cold draft of wind I'pcn ihe eves,
having almost the effect of fulling water;
but once fairly iu the tube these sensa
tions were got rid of, or It-ft behind, and
the motion had little positive discomfort
about it. It was a curious sensation to
be flying along through the earth, feel
feremost, in utter darknes; for the best
part cf ten minuet, which, in such n
place, seemed half an hour.
Various experiments Lave been tried
with the tube rind its powers tf suction.
one of the officials at last determined to
see what wculd happen ia case the train
stuck fast at any point on its journey.
A carriage was accordi;ig!y schotched"
or fastened in such a way that it could
not move, and the power of the engine
exerted to its utmost. The carraige in
question was intended for passengers.
and furnished accordingly. By and ty
one of the cushions, others, and fin
ally all the movables uhifh the carriage
obtained, were hurled through the tube
and delivered at the o'lier cr.d, the force
exerted being such that tven the nails
keeping down the carpet wtni extract
ed. The air within the tube was by
no means foul or disagreeable. Final
ly the party reached the end of tha
journey in aarcty.
Street Eliqiictls;fr C.ciiif emeu.
The following rules wili l f.m.d as
applicable to thia lattitub as n:;y o:l:er:
1. Gentlemen walki.ijSh'Jii! J keep
their hands in their pock els. It shows
their gait and figure to advantage, keeps
the hands warm, and out of ether peo
ples pockets.
2. In the hfiernoons congregate in
front of the hotels and "saluuns." Then
upon ladies passing set up an equine
chachination (translated horse laugh).
This will give them an exalted opinion
of your taste and refinement.
3. Keep the centre of the si la-walk.
By this means others in meeting you
will not know which s:de to rass; when
they attempt it, step in the same direc
tion with them. This affords en agree
able variety to a promonude.
4. If yen see a person on the oppo
site side of ihe street whom you wish
to interrupt cry as Ijud as posiille to
him 'TIo! Jones." Of course Jones
will Ho! and you will show to passen
gers tha: you take a great interest i;i
the fate of Jones. .
5. Wh?n t uming a corner v.a'.k
rapidly and with your eyes in the op
posite direction. You may thus meet
'somebody" and give them an oppor
tunity to study "astronomy I y daylight."
6. Dog-fights are an agreeable vari
ety with which to ''spice," ti y, life there
fore encourage them by your presence
and get up a few bets as to which wil-
win. Ez
Importance or Plxctiatiox.
Wanted A young man to take charge
of a pair of horses of a religLus turn
of mind. A school committee man
writes: We have a school house large
enough to accommodate fcur hundred
pupils four stories high. A new-paper
says: A child was rna over by a wa
gon three years old cross eyed with
pantalets which never f peke a wcrd af
terwards. .Parasol-A protection against
the eun, used lT ladies made of cotton
and whalebone. Strap? Articles worn
under the boots of gentlemen made of
calf skin. An exchange der.cril.ing a
celebration, says: The procession was
very fine and nearly two miles i:i length
as was also the prayer of Dr. Terry,
the Chnp'ain.
Governor Jenkins cf Georgia,
;n his address to the Legislature of that
State, says: There is no conflict between
the Constitution of the United States
and the Constitution of the Stats of
Georgia, the laws of the L'nited S:atC3
are supreme. The Governor then payj
the handsomest tribute to the gocd con
duct of the negrccs during t'us war,
and says they must he thoroughly pro
tected in their per.-or.a! property and to
heva the right to leftify in court?, on i
should be encouraged to work. He
concludes hi addres3 with th1? earnest
prayer thet God w;l! help us all. Tho
temiments of Gcv. Jenkins arc most
cordially endorsed by the membsrj cf
the State Legislature.
JST A famous philosopher ays .1
brisk walk will cure the b!;i?i iu Ija,
time than you can sh-jgh'er a Lc'j tul
fly with a fijt-ircri?