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1 .1 y1 j dffllSrv rift r? lJf any mini attempt to haul down, the American .'Vrxr, shoot him on the spot." VOL. 4. PLATTSMOUTI1, NEBKASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1668. AO 34. X THE HERALD ;,IS PUBLISUED W lu EKL Y, By 13. HATHAWAY, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. VOIEce rurner M&ia street and I-evee, second -rr. Terms: $2.50 per annum. Hates of Advertising O ae s juar (space often ltnes) oue insertion, K ac j ubiitrnt Insertion - - Pri r tnI cards not exceeding six 11 Q a.-.'iiarier column or lee?, per annum six mouths I 50 l.irfl 10 no 3.'. oil 20 ,0 15 (Kl C''.CM 33.00 2'f.OO loo no ao.oo .00 or In Work sali- " tune months Js-li1' colu'u twel v uiontLs in months three months Oitcjlriion twelve months ill month - three month All transient advrti-erneut out b p aavaoce. Bf- V,e are prepared to d alt kinds -f a stort notice, aodin aslylethat wiil f iC-ion. WILLITT P0TTENGER. ATTORNEY AT LAW, PLaTTSMOUTH - - NEBRASKA. T. II lAituiiivrT, ATTORNEY AT LAW A l Solicitor in Chancery. PLATTSMOUTII, .V;)7MSKA . F. COOPKU. AlTOLSKY ASH COVSSEl.OIl AT LAV. lluH-iiiit:i,Jeb. .11 Viy and sell Ileal Kulat, and par tax-js f r f li'.u-resld' Ills. luipr.ved and uuii'-p'ov-d land! aud Ms fir-sa.o. Juxc Jilli ul-' . R. R LIVINGSTON, M. T Physician and Surgeon, T,"1h'- hi professional s-rvires to the cil-x'ua cf ''l'l'te'.i lene i...oili-eist c-mer of' ud iixtli e,. n.Tce on U.n -tf-rei, ...-Mt-- ourt House, r. .tt-t' uiii, Xel'rAski. Platte Valley House Ku. Ii. Mlkmiy, Proprieior. 'writer of Miin and Fourth Streets, I'lftll Mil on III, el- TbiHm- !vlti(t h n re f.!fd an ,,ff-r fl:st c!j, acc-ium .dtion B-wlT fur Uosrd u -lav ATTORNEY AT LAW ANl 0ono-c.l A0-.', j J.mrn'.t. S'vrash'l. I . ! 111! 'I'-ti: I" iHTi'li" ! t .10. ':nu- fi'le. I' j ..i.-iV..1.t-ftftl1etiite.ansill"-w,','e",,"- , o: ir .tUVUL. HAMt. CHAPMAN Tl;ix.Tcll Sc Chapman, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, j t AVD Solicitors in Chancery. ri iT.sx-jcru. - - - xt'iu:ASKA. OiSc .er Ulack, liuttery Co s Dru t,.re. yrl JOSEPn SCHLATER, WATCTMAKER and JEWELER, M un Streft, Pl.ATT.S.MOUTH, - - NEBRASKA A 'd a-ortuieiit of Watches CI - Cold Pens. I welry silver War, Kane -' ,oo m Vi dms and M . ,0 rri.mninK al v. on Land. All work coin saltieJ to hi c be warranted. April 10. Icoi. 11 tai.-nt ciLH.iis A csru, tM S.p'MJw" AJairt. AUurneyt at Jic IRISH, CALHOUN & CROXTON. abora titmi-J Bcntluien have associated ue-isilves in business for the purpose of proviit l?K aa.l coUsctitii; ail claims aualnst the t.eneral ggtiranifoi, or ag.iinst any tribe of Indian, and i. Ht.4re. t prosecute such claims, either before Cou,.-i.or a-iT of the ILipartmeMs ot ti jvcrument wf I -j'ore the Ciurt of Claims, Ma will devoir his personal attention to t e I ns.Tiess at Washington. 5 f o he- at Nebraska City, corner af Slain and 1'itti. etreets. National Claim Agency. WASHINGTON. D- C F. M. DORRINGTON, SIB AG2NT. ,i :TSM0UTH, - - NEBRASKA, I pepard to prant and prosecnte claims before 11 'reis.Ooart of (Maims and the IJepa.'Jments. Pa 1, xim, Censions, Bount es, and Bounty Lands e. Ted rswChrires moderate, and in prooortion to aainunt of the claim. f. M. DORKISUTOV. A inl I o. '6S 7. n. wiseT" Uener.il Lift, Acciden!, J'ire, Inland and Transit INSURANCE AGENT Will take risksat reasonable rt"S in the most reliabl jipanie in the United States. ffS-O Iice at the bookstore, I'U uroath. Nebras M niayildtf llillinery &, Ilressinaliiii!?. T HISS A. M. DESPAIS MSs.R.T. KtSSSDI Opposite the City llakery. WE would respectfully announce to th Ladies of I'lattsmouth snd vicinity, that we h ivejusi reiel a large and well selected stock of Winter Woods consist iBf of Klowers. Ribbons, velvats. dress rimm-ie.. Ac., Ac. We will sel! the cheapest (r.v.ds ver o: I in Ihiscity. We can aeeomruodnie all our t.i ,...rnr in.l as many new ones as will 'avor us wild call. All kinds of work in our line doue to i-sJst. P-ftct,ataifactlon siven or noeuarg-e. mTtf HEALTH C0MF0RrtAK0 ECONOMY. ZREASOXS FOR BOARDISG with GEC. XV. COI.VIX, OAK STREET, - - - PLATTSM0CTQ Two blocks aortbwest of Brick School-llouse. HE ha. a BATH UOL'SS, free to patrons; Ms rooms are well ve3;ii,,e,i, and bia price are r?a3Cbl mt'EEMM.g at all price Any persons wisbina: to purcbane Kariu-property.'or ic-smeiice. id town win nnu ihtni for talc at at I prices. By COKR1XGTON, f.lrj. KiL Kg-TATK AKKKT. G It. McCALLUM, Manuf .cturvr of and tlalerin Saddle ami Slai'iics, Of eTry d.-ncrittioii, whole-alt nod rt-tail. No. 130 Main Htrct, vciwevu olU aiiti bin istrtf-i!, tbrakn City. jr!3 It'OTICfi. JAMES O'NEIL Is my authorized As-ent for the collection of all accounts due the undersigned for UK-iiical services; bis receii t will be valid for the payment ,.r any monies on said accounts. A"KU-t 14. 1SCT. K. K. LlVIN(iSTOX,M.D REED, BEARDSLEY & CO, Real Estate Agents, VTEZriXO WATil, Mi B KASKA. Lj uda hoiiirlit. manaiied and sold. Valuable Tim ber Ijind for ale. Tax, paid f. r Nun-residents Collections i roiuptly aitei.ded ta. inarch 28 ISCi1. WASHING & IHOMSfi B V- Mrs. . Nieman In the rear of City IJakerv. Faurv articles washed and dune up in the neatei-t I stle. atiMci ioii guaraiitee.l i PUt.htno;ith, Nebraska, Jnnei'dh nl2tf. Sheridan House, Ym. W. Irish, Proprietor. Corner of Miin and Thitd Street, PlatUiuoutli, rVeb. 1csrd Ly the tiiy i iwf-'i. Charges mrdersle. S":'.(jes leave Ibn House lia.ly l.irall p iut Nor'li, South, Eii'l and VVeol. Inl Jvl. IVOCIIWOKTSI & CO., BOOKSELLERS. STATIONERS, Binders &Faperdealers. SALVT JOSEPH, JtfO., IP. IP. TODD, SEWING MACHIftEAG'T l'L TTSMOUTH, A UUUASl.A. A itonil .o,iuunt or pi-r:.irie and nucliiiie rt'id kept on band. fjTUOist at sUBdelmanrN Ciuthinf. Sf"r. - - we. -4 W ' " Xhzchines repaii ed on short notice Plattsmouth Mills. C HEISKL, Proprietor. I H ve r-ently b'er repaired and p'acea intnor- alien runaiuK order. Custttu worit done on short 7uo,00 RiikIicIn of Wheal Wanted ian.ed lately, for' which .the lil(jhet marke . 1 It k - ...i.l nil JH tf SHANNON'S Fee , Sale and Livery A in Sr., . Plattsmouth. I am p epartd to acxmmodate the public wtt I lorses,' Carriages and Buggies, lUo, a nice Hearse, (In short ixttire and ressoiiable terms. A Hack will run to steal boat landiug, and to all parts of the city w hen 4 red. oirjl. : J. W. BHAKS0X. FURNITUR E! THOMAS W. SHRYOCK, CABINET EV3AKER, ASV VEA L 112 JX All. K1SDS OF Furniture and Chairs. THIRD f-TKEET, (X. ar Main,) PL.l TTSM0 UTIJ, J'EBRJ1SK1. Heparin and Varnl-Uing neatly done. I'anerala attended at the bhorteft notice. inn. Win. JSladt-Iiii.nm & Co , One door west of Donelans Drug-store, Dealers in Ready-made Clothing, GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS, HATS. CAPS. BOOTS. SHOES, Tit f.VAs1, ALlSEi, and a general stock of OUTFITTING GOODS For the Plains; a'so, a large lot of R UBBER CL 0 THLVG. RE VOL I ERS Jl.YD JTOTIOJTS. We bought low and will sell cheap for cash. Cal. and exanniicourstock before you buy any where elsel jjl '66 VVm. SrAPKLMANJi A CO. W. D.AGeT W. R. DAVIS. CENTEAL STOKE. Dry-Goods, Groceries, Provisions, HOOTS and MIOKS, Main Street, two doers above Fourth, Where the public may And THE BEST OF G00OSt and prices as low as can be found in the city. We return fhanks for the liberal patronage we bare received, and hop to merit its continuance, cs . -yt, -l 9 kZ t DA TI. TWtLVLtiOl.ULN Jl.tXIJIS TLe foIlotviii2 cxunits are lakon from n luile work, e ntiilt-d . 'Sribrella fifa. or Choice Otserations and pleas ant llfuiniks on the Virtues. Victs and Humors of Manktud, both Moral and Divine. Second Edition; by J. H" The iniiiuls, J. II . are those of John Hall, Bishop of Norwich, who died in lf.59, 8ed 82 There i much in them for to day's rtlleciion: 1. In thy apparel oviid profuseness, singularity and gaudir.ess, let it be de cent, and suited to the quality of thy place and purse. Too much punctual ity, and too much morosiiy. are the ex tremes of pride. Be neither too early m the fashion, nor too lour; out of it, nor too precieelv in it. What custom ha h civilized ha'h become decent ; un til then it was ridiculous. Where the eye is the jury, thy upparel is the evi- dence ; the body is the t-hed of the oul, apparel is the husk of that the 1 1 ; and the hu k will often tell you what the kernel is.. Seldom doth solid wis- di-m dwell under fantastic apparel; neither will the pmialoon fancy be im mured within the walls of crave habit. The fool is known by bis pied coat 2. Cloihe not thy language either Ih obscurity or affectation; in the one tlo : discoverest too much darkness. and in the other t o much lightness; be that speaks from the understanding to the understanding, do'.h bet. Know when to speak, lest while thou showest wibdcin in not s-peaking, thou betray thy folly in too lonyr silence. If thou an a tool, tliv silence is wisuoin ; nui if thou art wise, thy long silence is fol ly. As loo many words from a fool's mou:h gives one mat is wise no room to peak, so too lone silence in one that is wise, gives h fool opportunity of peaking, and ma'a-es thee in the same measure guilty of his foil'. To con elude, if thou be uot wise enough to spf ak, be at least so wise ns to hold thy peace. 3. Hath fortune denlt thee ill cards, let wisdom make thee a good gamester. In a fuir gale every fool may sail;' but wisr. iebhttvior in a storm conimendsthe wisdom of a pilot. ' To bear adversity wi h an equal mind; is both sign and zlory of a brave spirit. As there is no worldly gain without some loss, 'so there is ho worldly loss wi'hout some gain. 'If thou hast lost thy' wealth, thou hmh lost some trouble with it; if thou art degraded of thy honor, thou at likewmc freed from tllfr Plrokc of envy ; if sickness hath blurred thy beauty, it hath delivered thee( from pride. Set the allowance against thy loss,' and thou shall fiud no great loss. He loseth little or nothing, who keep eth the favor of bis God, and the peace and freedom of his conscience. . . 4. Beware of him that is slow to an ger. Anger when it is long in coming, is the stronger when it comes, and the longer kept. Abused patience turns to fury. Vhen fancy is the ground of passion, that understanding which com poses the fancy qualifies the passion ; but when judgment is. the ground, the memory is the recorder, and this pas sion if long retained. "a; v 5. He that professeih himself ll y open enemy arms thee against the evil he means thee; but he that dissembles himself thy friend, when he is thy se cret enemy tfikaL?y,HttI wounaVaboveT cure. From the first, ihou may-t deliver thyself; from the last, pood Lord deliver thee. 6 If thou study law or physic, en deavor to know both and to need neiih er. Temperate diet, moderate and seasonable labor, rest, and recreation, with God s blessing, will save thee from the physician ; a peaceful disposition, prudent and just behavior, will secure thee from the law. Yet if necessity absolutely compel.thou may'st use both: they that use either otherwise than fr necessity, soon abu?e themselves in weak bodies, and light purses 7. Be not unstable in thy resolutions, ror various in thy actions, nor inconsis lent in thy affections. So deliberate thai thou may'st perform ; so perform that thou may'st persevere. Mutability is the badge of infirmity. 8. Charity is a naked child giving honey tc a bee without wing3. Naked, because excuseless and simple ; a child because tender and growing ; gtvirg honey, because pleasant and com!orta ble ; to a bee, because a bee is indus trious and deserving ; without wings, becajse wanting and helpless. If thou deniest to such thou Wiliest a bee ; if thou givest to oiher than such, preserv est a orone. 9. If thou desirest to take the best advantage of thyself, especially in mat ters where the fancy is most employed, keep temperate diet, use moderate ex ercise, observe seasonable and set hours for re-t, and let the end of thy first sleep raise iLee from thy repose ; then hath thy body the best temper ; thy soul the least incumbrance , then no noise shall disturb thine ear ; no ob ject shall divert thme eye ; then, if ever, shall thy sprightly fancy transport thea beyond the common pitch, and show the magazine ol nign invention. 10. So use prosperity, that adversity may not abuse thee. If in prosperity thy security admits no fear, in adversi ty thy despair will aiToid no hope; he that in prosperity can foretell a danger can in adversity foresee a deliverance. 11 . Let the greatest part of the new of what is truu ; and report nothing for I truth, in earnest or in jest, unless thou j Wait a moment, ycung man, before know it, or at least confidently believe j jou throw that mocey down ou the bar it to be so ; neither is it expedient ut I and demand a glass of brandy and wa all times, or in all companies, to report f ter. Ask yourself if twenty five cents waat tnou Knoweai io oe true ; some times it may avail thee, if ihou know, thou bedrest, be the least part of what thou believest, lest the greatest part of what thou believest, be the least part est. Hast thou any secret, commit it not to many, not to any, unless well known unto thee. 12 Hast thoi a friend, use him friendly; abuse him cot in jest or enr- uesl ; conceal liu infirmities ; privately reprove his errors. Commit hy secrets to him, yet with caution, lest thy friend become thy enemy, ana abuse thee. In our last issue we made a mistake in saying that tht Up nnd Down River liailroad Compaty would meet at the Otoe county bant on the 25th of this month. The company, as seen by an adver tisement in this issue of the wVeirs, will meet at the place named on Dec. bill, 1SGS. . This is one of the most important lines of Railroad for the State of Ne braska which has yet been projected. It meets our ideas of the necessities of the people in the river counties upon the R. R. question. It matters not who builds the road, or who may make the most morey out of it, so that .t be buiit and bull speed ily. We need that road to day. If com pleted, it would be paying to day. lXtbraska City jews. In France they Lave an ingenious methods of producing artificial ice. De canters two thirds filled with water, which has been twice filtered , are placed in shallow tanks, in which sa't water is made to circulate. Iach con tains a copper reservoir with a receiv er containingethtr. Large air pumps, worked by a lG-horsts-puwer engine, exh-jys;, iliv-sa -fom'tjie " reservoir's',' the ether in the receiver boils and pas ses rapidly away, in the state of vapor, and the temperature of the salt wate, and the water in the decanters is' soon reduced to 20 degrees below the freez ing point.- At thin temperature, how ever, the water, in the bottle remains liquid; but now a workman goes round, and with a glass rod, stirs the water in Mck Jmoisr, arid law,-as If by enchantment," it is changed . to a mass of ice! - ' ' ' r. . ' ST. LOUIS A.U KEIIRASKA TIIUA'K. KAIL.IJOAI.. - We are pleased to .be able to an nounce to our readers, and the citizens of ibis county, .more parttcnarly, that a project is now on foot, with the most flattering prospect of immediate success to consuir.mf.U; a long. needed enter prise. We refer to tbe extension of the t;t. Louis Pacific Railroad. .'This road is now completed, as all ere well aware, to Leaveuwonh, Kansas, and the time has arrived when it must ex tend up the Missouri river,' to at least Omaha for the present, and ere long to Dakota. . This - enterprise our peo ple have talked much and thought fa vorably of, and it is only now necessa-. ry ifl tbsjrrc-trr.ovv ;Lu; Jie prospects for the speedy completion of the road are all that could reasonably be desired The plan is to run through Nebraska immediately on the bank of the Mis souri river. Thus the road will, in this county .pass through every river town in it. A company is in process of or ganization, composed of men in all the principal points in Nebraska, St Louis and New York, who mean business, and wiil, in all probability, commence work yet this winter and early in spring commence operations all along the line. This, however, will depend somewhat on the aid the enterprise will receive from the different locali ties through which it is proposed the road will run. We give the public this much information now, that the matter may be talked, aud thought over. It will be our fortune to know at all times what is being done, and wha; is pro posed to be dose in this mauer. and we promise to keep our readers posted. We will only add that it is an all im portant subject that we feel confident our entire people will give due consid eration. Nebraska Advertiser. Was there ever richer truth and sweeter poetry incarnated in a few lines of homely prose than those words of aunt Judy an old colored woman on 'bollenn at comp meeting ' Taint de rale grace honey;"taint the sbure glory. You hollers too loua When you gets the Dove in your heart and de Lan.b on your bosom, you'll feel as if you was in datable at Beth'lem, and de blessed Yireiu had lent you de sleepin' Bnby to hold. A farmer, who had 'employed green Kmeralder, ordered him to give the mule some corn in the ear. On his coming in, the farmer asked "Well. Tat. did vou trive thu mule the corn?" 'To be sure I did." How did you give it? "And shure.as you told ine.in the ear." "But bow much dd vou give?'' Well, ye see, the cray ter wou'dn't hould still, and kept switch ing bis ears about so, I couldn't git but about a fist full in both ears! (cannot be better invested in something else. Put it back in your pocket, and give it to the little cripple who sells matches on the corner. Take my word for, it, you will not be sorry. Wait, madam think twice before you decide on ihit hundred dollar shawl. A hundred dollars it a great deal of money ; one dollar is a great deal, when people once consider the amount of good it will accomplish, in careful hands. Your husband's busi ness is uncertain ; there is a financial crisis close at bund. W ho knows what that hundred dollars may be to you yet ? Wait, sir, before you buy thai gaudy amethyst breast pi n you are surveying so earnestly through the jeweler s plate glass windows. Keep your money for another piece of jewelry a plain golJ wedding-ring made to fit a rosy finger that you wot of. A shirt neatly ironed aud stockiags darntd like lace work- are better than gilt brooches and flam iug amethysts. . You can't afford to marry ? Wait, and think the matter over. Wait, mother beforeyou speak harsh ly to the little chubby rogue who has torn his apron and soiled his white Marsellbs jacket. He is only a child, and mo'her " is the sweetest word in all the world to bun. Needle and thread and soapsuds will repair all damages; but if you once teach him to shrink from his mother, and hide away his childish faults, that damage cannot be repaired. Wait, husband, before you wonder audibly why your wife don't get along with family cares and household re sponsibilities "as your mother did." She is doing her best, and no woman can endure that best to be slighted Remember the nights she set up with the little babe lhat died J remember the love and care'she bestowed on you when you had that long fit of illness ! Do you think she is made of cast iron? Wait wait wiia silence atid forbear ance, and the light will come back , to her eyes, the old light of the o!d days. Wail wife, before you speak eo re proachfully lo your husband when he comes home late, and weary and. ''out of sorts." He has worked for you all day loDg ; he bus wrstled. 1 band in baud with Care, and Selfishness, . and Greed ; and all the democs that follow in the train of moneymaking.. i Let, borne br another atmosphere entirely ; let him feel that there is one place in the world where he can find peace. and quiet, and perfect, love. c;r :i Wait, bright young .girls, beforeyou arch your pretty eyes,, and whisper L "old maid as the quiet figure steals by, with' silver io its hair and crow1 feet around the-, eyes; It is hard enough to loose life's gladntfsa and elasticity it is bard enough to see youth drjftirg away, without adding io the bitter cup one drop of scorn ! ' Yoti do 'not know what she bits endured ; you neyer can know uqhL experience tenches you so wait, before you sneer at tbe Old Muid. Wait, sir, before you add a billiard room ti your' house, and. buy th-- fr tiXT, Ve "laarBiaclr'and White and all' the rest of "the fellows" covet. Wait, and think whether you can afford it-wheth-tr your outstanding bills are all paid and your liabilities fully met, and ail the chances and changes of life duly provided for. Wait, and ask yourself how you would like, ten years from now, to see your fair wife struggling with poverty, your children shabby nd want stricken, and yourself a miserable hanger-on round corner grocers and one-horse gambling saloons. You think that is impossible ; do you remember what Hazel said to the seer of old : "Is thy servant a dog that he should do this thing ?' ' Wait, merchant, lefore you tell the pale-faced youth from the country 'thai you can do dothing for him."- You can do something for him ; you can give him a word of encouragement a word of advice. There was a time once when you were young and poor, and friendless Have you forgotten it al ready ' . . v : t . Wait blue-eyed lassie, wait a, while before you say 'yes" to the dashing young fellow who says he can't live without you. Wait until you bai'e as certained "for sure and certain," n the children say, that the cigar and the wine bottle, and the enrd table are not to be your rivals in his heart; a little delay won't hurt him, whatever he may say iust see if it will And wait, my friend with the brown moustache ; dou t commit yourself to Laura Matilda until you are sure she will be kind to your old mother, and gentle w ith your little sisters.and a true loving wife to you, instead of a mere puppet who lives on ihe breath of fa ion and excitement, and regards the sunny-side of Broadway as second only to Llysium ! We say, wait Cne of the most original of juvenile inventions was that of little Fanny, who, instead of saying her prayers at night, spread out her alphabet on the bed, and raising ber eyes to heaven, said , "O, Lord here are all tbe letters, ar range them to suit yourself." THE Dl'TCIIMAVS TRICK While a Dutchman wa passing thro a city in Vermont, a Yankee came op to bun and said : Shon, if you treat me to a cigar, I will learn you a trick Shon agreed. Yank then placed his hand nirainst a fence, and told him to strike it as hard as he could. Shon, not thinking that any harm could befall him bv doing so. struck a blacksmith's blow, but instead of hitting Yank's hand the latter jerking it away, poor Shon struck the fence board knocking it off. "Mein Goii in Himmel ! ' cried Shon. "what makes you foolish ? I knock my hand off clean up to the el bow ! O ! socker blitz ! my poor frau. what will she say ?" Poor Shon was bound to have re venge ; so one day. as he was passing through a field, he espied a man. Go ing up to him he said : "Mynheer, I show you a little joke for nooding." As there was no fence or tree near, Shon put his hand against his mouth, and said : 1 Strike yust as hard as you can." Mynheer struck, and Shon pulled away bis hand and received the blow on his mouth, nnd was .knocked down Shon jumped up. his mouth bleeding, and commenced dancing with pain.: Sherusalem ! A thousand Uyefels take this country. I goes back to Hol land on de first train." DK FRAiKL.WS TOAST Long after the victories of Washing ton over the French and English had made his name familiar to all Europe, Dr. Franklin chanced to dine with the English and French Embassadors, when as near as the precise words can be reco'.lected.the following toasts were drunk: ; . England The Sun, whose bright beams enlighten and fruuify the re-XE.ciii-wsfer of bo eaitb. -- Tbe French Embassador filld with national pride, and being too polite to dispu'e the previous. toa:t, drank , tbe following : "''..' ' i France The ' Moon, whose "rhild. steady and cheering ray re the .de light of .air nations,, consoling them in darkness and making their dreariness beautiful. . x ;' Dr. Franklin then rose, andV with his usual dignified simplicity, said : : Cieorge Washington Tile. .Jus duo vho commanded the Sun and Moon to stand sti'U and they obeyed him. :':t i - ........ . -BUSINESS MEN." ''' :5 " While- Benjam n' Franklin was a printer; in ; Philadelphia, 'it -seems he published a n,ewpaper. Among other things that, received etrong censure at his hands were certain mode? of trans' acting 'business' by' the merchants of Philadetph a. " He handled the'knaves in euch a manner i to "i arouse; ibnij wrath, and .calling a meeting among themselves they waited upon. the wurdy printer.'demauding to know what he meant: -a :o ' ''' '' '. "Hrtrer said they; "wevbave been patronizing and .supporting you.: I and this is our reward, .. You mu6tcba,pge. ihir mods- of aenng, or we il uow you that thevmerchahts are a power you may not trifle with. Whitboutour pat ronage where would you stand ? Gentlemen of the Merchants Com mntee, said the pol:te printer, "I am. as you see, very busy now; tut can a. my house this evening for dinner, 1 shall consider the matter over with you id a friendly manner. The commit tee, congratulating themselves that old Ben was evident y frightened, came to dinner at the hour- named,. but were surprised to find nothing; on the table but mush made from ill ground corn -and a large pitcher of milk. The merchants' committee not being used to such coarse fare, " could do nothing bi:l watch the healthy printer while be made a hearty meal. Rising from tbe table he addressed the committee t,h us: Now, gentlemen, he that can live comfortably on such food can live with out your patronage. i . I shall cease to attack those practices when you cease to practice them, and not before, uen- tlemen, good night. Our Coal Mines. Coal is found here wj'ihin the city limits and for miles around, in a quantity sufficient to sup ply the State, and all that is needed to have the mines worked is a demand for the coal. Johnson county can boast of her coal mines as well as of her fer tile soil and well watered rolling prairies. If tbe mines now open were worked on a more extensive scale, greater would be the demand for coat, and we hope the day is not far distant when we will bare hundreds of men employed in them. It is not necessary to wait for a railroad, to use thi coal, but the scarcity of timber demand its use. . Let all who can, put their wood stoves one side and buy a coal stove and use tbe more bountiful and cheap er article. Tecumseli Gazette. A census taker recently asked a ser vant girl bow many regular, steady boarders there were in the bouse. She informed him that there were fifteen boarders in all, but " not mor'n four of 'em is eteadv ; tbe rest is Dimmer-cratt." Rules in the Family Circle. 1. We 'may be sure that our will is likely to be crossed during the day, o prepare for it.. . .- : r. . 2- Everybody in the house bat an evil nature as well as ourselves, .and therefore we are not to expect too much. 3. To learn the temper of -each in dividual. '.' :r 4. To loot upon each member of the family as one for whose soul we are bound to watch, as those who must git account. " ' tvs 5. When any good happens to any one to reioice at it. 6. When inclined to give in anrrT answer, to lift up the heart iu. prayer. 7. it, irum pain, sicuness, or tnnrm- uy, we reel lrritaoie, to Keep a very strict watch over ourselves. 8. To observe when others are suf fering, and drop a word of kindness or sympathy suited to them. 9. To watch for little opportunities of pleasing, and to put little annoyance oul of the way.. .i-,: ' 10. To take a cheerful view of ev erything, and. to encourage hope. 11. 1 o speak kiudly to the servants, and io praise them for little thinra when you can. 12. In all little pleasures which may occur, to put self last. 13. To try for the "soft answer that tiirneth away wrath" ' ' 14. When you hnve been pained by an unkind word or deed,, to a.'k your self .have I not done the same and been forgiven ? 15. In conversation not io exalt our selves but to bring others forward. ' 16. To ba very gentle- with tha younger children, end treat them wiia a kind considera'ion. 17. Never to judge one another. but attribute a good motive when'you can. IS. Read the foregoing niaxims, and a chapter in the Bible.at least once ev ery week. LCtiaL ANECDOTES. ' Sergeant Marryat. who was an em inent QueenV cciJokel, sdn'rft time after he bad retired from praciieprdecTariDg that the anxiety of th& people-iot go to law was amazing tp.him a -veteraa expen'm the chicacery of courts Formy part, ' - said be. "if 'any man were to claim the coat updo my back. and threaten my refusal with a lawsuit, he should have.it, lest in defending rhy ' coat,, I should find that I was deprived of my wairtcoat also." , .- i i i Lord Sianhope.to illustrate the carelessness- with which acts of Parliament are prepared, brought forward ascer tain statute; in .which, tbe punishment of fourteen year' transportation was im posed for a particular, offence, - "and that, upon eouviction, one-half should go to the king, and. one-half to lhe inform er." ,i ; . t- lit: I. i -sr.'.:: Conflicting evidence is one - of tht chronic difficulties of courts and juries. l is. pot. every judge, - however, who can balance its .uncertainties as math matically as M. Barron. Perrdt. ' Gen tlemen of tbe jury," .this judge i re ported to bare said; in surnming up ev idence in a certain ease, "there ' are fifteen witnesses who swear ; thai i the watercourse, used to flow io, a diwh D tbe .acrtb side jof the hedge : ' on the other hand, gentlemen, there are nine witnesses who swear that the water course used to flow on the south tide of the hedge. , Now, gentlemen, if you substiact nine from fifteen, there re main six witnesses wholly uncontradic ted , and I recommend you to give your verdict for. the party who called those six witnesses." v - Mr, Jekyll, who rose to be Attorney General, had a great and uniform flow of spirits, while Erskine, with his irrir table constitution, was subject, to attacks of hypochondria. He once addressed Jekyll, with a statement of hia afflic tions, who answered how,: "A pain in your bowels ! Get yourself made At torriey General, Erskine, and then. you will have no bowels at all.'" Old but Good.-A Methodist preach er was traveling in one' of the back settlements of America, aVd stopped at a cabin,' where the old lady received him very kindly. After setting pro vision before him, she began to ques tion him'. Stranger where thought yoti lte from." -! .'; - Madam; I reside in Shelby county, Kentucky."; ..- . , , ,. , "Wall, stranger, . no offence, what'. mought you be doin' here " ' l "Madam, I am searching for the lost sheep of the house of Isra?I." . ' "John! John!" ahouted the old lady "come rite here this minitjhere s a stranger all the way from Shelby coun ty, Kentucky, a hunting stock, and I'hV just bet my life that tangle-haired, old! ' black ram, tbats been in our lot r 11 last week, is one of his'n." -A clerical correspondant writing from Philadelphia relates that not long since, at the breaking ground for a R. R. in a certain town iu the Southwest, a minister, being called uponto open the" proceedings with prayer, took froth his pocket a manuscript supplication, pre pared for tbe occasion, which be rear. A colored brother present,, leaning up on bis shovel, noticing tbe movement, remarked wi-h a grin: Golly dat'a de first time dis darkey ever knewde Lord written to on tbe subjeck of a rail road." i i 1 : i -S(. "I k'f -l, SiV- k. i ! ! 'i r Ji i 4 t rriiP" -4 -t ww- I