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VOL. i.
1L TTMOU I'll, NHISKASKA, TIRTRMAY, DECEMBER 17, IbGS.
KO 37.
THE HERALD
IS Pl'BLttfHED
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EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
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WILLITT P0TTENQER.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
PLATTSMOUTII - - NEBRASKA.
T. Jl JIAUCICETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AMP
Solicitor iD Chancery
PLAT rsMOl'TH, -V : 11 ft A SKA
s. r. coorrjt.
rroiissr asi cocsselou at law.
V I a 1 1 in m 1 1 .! e l.
"ilt buy and 'U I'.eal fcttat'. and pay tax f -T
-r.-.t nd r. lrrp'oed tanJ. anJ
. Jiih a l ie 1.
roc-r"'i-t
J:-?r.
'.; for fi,
J
U. R LIVINGSTON, M. D
9hysician and Surgeon,
Tmri-i fct pr'."r.l lerxie to tLe cititc cf
"L-'tl'jnc ...u'h-fi-t rnar of''U ill Sixth
.,.,; iiflwin M.mi '-f-t, tiut l Court H.uc.
Platte Valley House
Ed. B. Mcrpiiy, Proprietor.
'enr of .Van o.n-1 Fourth Street, j
IMattMUiMltll. . I
w - tt ... K-ivit - bn re C't'! tul
vr fu: I
cfrri fi'.t C...1 icm-J! JitiCM. Unard . T
a a - cr we.
" ii7s7 jT:n i sos9
ATTORNEY AT LAW
At
General Land Agent, J
" o'al' ' ia an r-.
i-j ' H-t
;. , iT:i'.-. r:"ea.
't 1 1 f
C- iir' sf t :n .-i:c an
Tr
CUA PM A X
TIaxwell Chapman,
AT TORN i: YS A T LAW
iVtl
Solicitors in Chancery
rlA TTSK JLTl.
JTk'SflASKA.
A Drug Stare.
JOSEPIT
SC1ILATER,
WATCYMAKEB
PLATTMt)UTII,
and JEWELER,
'tr-j-i v
. . ' NEBRASKA
A t ;.-! s.M'.r!
.old i'eM
y. .ry. S.lv
4
baoa. A.l -rora "uj
ce warra.i
rd.
A 7r 1 1 lo. I- ?.
Rational Claim Agency.
WASHINGTON. D- C
F. M DORRINGTON.
SCQ AGHT.
rTSMOU'LH, - - NEBRASKA,
j.rr.eecit elitr lef r
a vt. f.i.iotf. b i...te.. and Bounty Lan.l ae
! '5'.,..:TorUe ,.,.u. L'OKIN010V
april l'i, '6.S
. N. WISE,
Accident, t'xre, Inland and
fjl intra I
Life,
tNSUHANCS AGENT
Wili uica r..kt r,t4t t-in the laostr-lW
mo ..iocii m fie 1 i.ik i
Z3T Hct at the to's store, l'!a
tr until. Nel-rai-Illlj2l-1t!
rffillitierv &. lire"
ui:ifein:
t m:-4. iinTnM'i.R-p.Kimn
Dovnsile ' iht City i iSi-ry.
m-mt w..nl I rei. tful nlimi:ice to the
Ll'l:l
W of i'.tt!onouih u t vicinity, ttint we
I .n.l U.--II eleClei S'oOa"
h iv. j-isi
r Winirr
.;.:;.v.:fVi-Hr K,bb-ns.ve.,t.
fr-miamir- r
We will el thechaies.t K '
can i:c.inim."l'ti- our
ea r aot in T ni
l'OfJw.n''""--- .- . r ,,.. ,l..ne to
tl
in our
rJr. P.rfectitiif.ci:uni,renornoc,irg' .
mv'l' -
HEALTH, G0MT0BTt AND
ECONOMY,
3H2J.4SO.VS I'Oll BOARDI.G
with
CEC. V. -COf.Vl,
MTREET - - flATTsMOLTU
. rjTr mrsr. ft"? to t'.t: i.u
1 lV:.re well ventoa-ed, fr'
roDbi?.
Capt. IkYaIIHO fc CO.,
WholcileaaJ Kelail Oealar-iin
Wines and Liquors,
A'.ia a rj cho'c telection of I
Tobacco and Cigars,
Kla trae:, e:nn.l door eat of Seymour Hons.
N'ebr..ta City, Sebraa
A-e Jat recelTlng a naw tvk .4 Grnuin OlA
tfar.'Nt liraet frm HoarSoa tnly, Ky.. Bltiera,
. mjl
I)WELI.I.(;S at all price
Any parson wUhirig to purchase- Farm-property, or
K-UtiCv m fja wlli tludltiim for le at a:
;rlc. ty
IORRXGT0S
furT. RfiltflAll ost.
a k. mccallum,
Manuf ctuier nf and dealer in
Saddles and IIiii'iicmk,
Of every il'.cril.lion, hole'ale hl I retail. Jin li"
M tin itreet, between 5th arid 6th ktrcet, N hrfka
City. IVOTICJR.
JAME? O'NFII- ! Diy authoriac'l Agent fcr the
colKehon t all ucckuih lu tin- inderienrd for
in-ilical Krvire; hir rrti t will le lalid fur Hi
nnyuirtit of aiiv iiiuoirk on NaKl nccimnt
Ai!!-t 14, 1S'7. K. K. LIVINGS TON, M.D.
REED. BEARDSLEY & CO,
Heal Estate Agents ,
WKJCPIXG WATEH, EJSIASKA.
Li ri't bought, miiBiisM and o!d, Valunlile Tim
brr Land fo' s.ile. TT a patil for N ju re-i l-ni
Collfilitma rutnptly at;.,'l J tJ.
march 20 1S6.J.
ir
Mrs. M. IMieman
In the reir of City Bikcry.
Frey artK;i.- W;i!ie-! aud done op lo the natet
tyl. at:fc u n kf:araof-l
Plat-mio'iib, Ntbraka, Jua ijth til2tf.
Sheridan House,
Wm. Y. Ikish, Proprietur.
Corner of ,Wii and Thiid 6rf,
PlatUiitatitl), r't'l.
I o'-d
ty
the !
or w.'-.lc ChH(!' nifdr'e.
II vje 'Jai'y fur 11 P 'iul
I S'aeen lrvr ttii4
ill:
Ka-t and Went. nVJy.
WOOI.WOItTII fc CO ,
BOOKSELLERS.
STATIONERS.
Binders Sc Paperdealers.
SALYT JOSEPH, MO.,
F. Jr. TODD,
SEWING MACHIr.EAG'T
'.,! TTSMU I' 77, A A-'Wv' .V..4 .
A fvd portin' Dt cf m iclin. ntl ra ic)iinc find
fc-if ri..i Vfflir lit. St j4,li-iinnn9
ttiiit,K'at.5rr. i-c. :
.W.ifeia repaired t-n !hrt no ice.
"
Plattsmouth Mills.
C HEISKE. Proprietor.
If av rcatTy ben required a?iJ p'aeJ inlhor-
o'ish runuinit order Custom work done on hort
j n-:i-"e.
lOO.OOO I?llliol
Wanted irrr.od ia'-ly.
Vince wrl te rt".d.
'or wti it-h h: '
wl fT'rke
,uii2s tf
SHANNON'S
Feed, Sale and Livery
MaikSt., - - Plattsmocth
I am jrer.
ared lo acrmrrrt'
tto
p-jtdic wtt
Horses, Carriages ami Buggies,
Also, a fiie Hearse.
On hnr! n-.tir ar.d rr natle t-rn.. A flark w'll
run tn teaiul'"at latditif. md to all paitscftho
c:t when sei:J.
3. w. SHANNON.
FURNITURE!
THOMAS W- SHRY0CK,
CABINET SVIAKER,
A SI VKA Ltllt IS ALL A7.VW Of
Furniture and Chairs.
T9IRt STREET, (XrarMaln,)
rL.1TTS.M0 L TH, J"EBR.1SK.1.
R.parirj ami Vami-hina neatly done.
e-5- faaorals ttudei at the ehor:et notice.
till.
st a d r L.JI a r X,
One door u ext of Uonehn's Drug-itore,
Dealers in
Ready-made Clothing,
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS,
HATS 'APS. FOOTS SIOES.
Tl: CSKS, VA I. IStH,
nod a 6neral itotk of
OUTFITTING GOODS
i'ur the I'laiu; aieo, a lri!e lot of
R UliBER CL O THLYG. RE VOL I
ERS Jl.VI) .YUT10.YS.
MTe loiii(iit low and ml! tll ' Leaf lor cash. Cal.
r.J examine out rtink hrfote )u boy oiy !ii re e!nel
jvl -fiii Wiu.SlAUtLMA.N.N A CO.
V. D. GAGE.
W.ll. DAVIS.
CENTRAL STUllE.
Dry-Coods,
Croceries,
Provisions,
Main Street, two doors above Fourth,
Wher; the r.TiMic may find
THE BEST OF GOODS,
and prices a low a can be found in ibe city.
Wa return fhantc for th liberal ptimnrc-we
have racelTtd, andhopa to merit H eontinnanre.
0e..3O.'7 A0EJAT1S.
J0
1 1
(Trriioi'it lrticlnmutln I e- '
inoviuc I tie C upltol.
WiitiiEAS. .P;rf eably ta the provis j
ions of mi Htt t-iiiiilftl '"An Ait to pro- :
vid for iLe location of the Seat of j
Goverfj-nent 'f the Stale of Ntbris- !
ka,' pir-sd by ih General Afseniliiy 1
and approv d June 1, 1SG7. and f )
an act entitled An Act to gice the !
CLiinnisii.r.ers further tifim to locate '
. L C . . . C 1 I l..l.-t
lHiijiJ.-nes ot trie Maif or ietrn!-ka.
approved June "0 h. 1 8G7. ihe Cum
in issiorier appointed by ?aid fir?t
named act did on the 14'h day of Au-
u-t. A. I). select me following
describe.! lands b.gwa to the Stale,
!'Z; LJi',f !,.e,ll,,,.1:J,..U
. . . . . .
I ot the . 1 1 ai,.i trie tv. i--
of the S. W 1 4 ot section 23 and
5e tion 2G of township No 10
u range b. ea?t ot the o:h pr.ncpa
inerioiun, nun ouj tuurj, iay mi anu
take out the
lot, block.
juid tract of
tireetg and
lands if.to
alleys ami j
public yquare or re.ei Vi tiona for pub-
uc huiidmcs; and J
Whereas. It is aeciarea ry sari
"An to provide f ir the ligation of ihe
at or ,overnmeni pi me or
iNetirai'K. aru ior me eretnoii oi
Public H'liTdiiiff" thereat," that raid
town, ' when laiJ out tnd surveyed
hall f named and knfwf as Lis
cnLS." rind th same '-is declared to be !
he permanent Sent of Government of
the S'ate of ,erakB; nnd j
Whereas, Said last named act pro-!
vide that "us foil as the capitol
bnildm? provided for in thi.i mt is !
erected flnd compleied, il shall be the
tlu y of th G -vernor t. rsoe his proc
bimTiiofi nntit'iiiii'in? raid fact, nnd
thereupon it shall be the duty of a!! the
Stale i. (Titers whose fXices are prop
erlv kpi :tt ihe capitol, to remove
within three hut'ii their several of
fices, together with the public prt p-riy.
archieve . records, books endpaper
to said Lincoln, nnd ad sessions of
tf-e LecMvUiure sha:l tl-.ereitfter be
cunvpned at the same p'Tce;r' and
Whertas. Siiil ciir't"' buddine is
now erected afid completed m accord
ance with the term-- and specification
or in-' con'ii ci maue.
. . i
f nnrsuant to said
ai named art;
N"w. THEfciroRE. on this third day
"f December. A. D I. David
Boiler. Gt-verriT of the Sta e of Ne
tirak. in ronformiiy with the require
itKnt rf said act. do hereby announce
iKo t-iirlpnnitol o Idir.T is ererteil ai.rt
romr'eter:. and d.at il is reauy
th
rfcepiion of public property, "arci.ives.
record, book ".and papers and f T ?h'
romtHal thereto cf the stverui State
thu from
I berebv annoonce, also
this (isiv the business t
f the ( .overttor
r.d Secretary of Siate
traifaotetl at the C'tpit
; offices will be
1 in Lincoln.
Tn tesiimonv whereof I have here
un'n -t my hainl nnd cauei t'
l. s be affixed ihe G'ea: Seal of the
S at- of Nehru- ka.
Dme at Ounba.De.-. :n.A D 1SGS
DAVID BUTLEit.
By th Governor:
T.P.Tr.i N ard Sec'y of State.
m m m
Venom or To us. At ihe risk of
iocreaing the young l-idy horrors d
toads, we venture to repent ihe story
which a British paper bring, us It
ays i:ini nir m.bu u"-- m imn-j j-..--
.1.-. .l. . .1 . ... r..i.,f
ses a yetio.:; caparie ot killing certain
animal ami injuring iunn This poi
son is not. as is generally thought, se
creted by the mou'.l : it is a sort of
, . .
i rots noos ; errs t ion wnicn acts power
fully if 'he skm be abraded at the time
of cor.tsct. Dogs which hue toad
sor.n give howls of pain Smaller ani
mal comirg under the influence of the
venom urulerso true narcotic poisoning
soon followed ty convulsion and
death. Experiment show that the ;
matter exuding from the paroied region j
of the t.iad hecomes poisonous when j
introduced into the tissues. Some
jnvagein South America use the acid
tin d of. the cutaneous glares ot trie
toad for their poiaoned arrow. The
venom exi-t-s in u somewhat large
quantity on the load's, back. Treated
with ether, it dissolves, leaving a resi
dotun. which contains a toxic power
ufTicien'ly strong, even after complete
distection, to kill a small b id
Boudoir Tin word is ued t-
denote: a lady private apartm-nt, in
wtiit h she receives only tier most inti
mate trier. d-; at;. I it carries with il
deas of refinement and loxuty. If.
however we i race the word to its on
gin, we find ihai ihe root, or fi""tsyl!a
t-te. loud, is the jam as our Engli-h
word jtoul; and that the "term signifies,
lierallj. a place to which a woman
retires to sulk a jiaidery. a we might
tall 1.- Like many other words, how
ever, it has h'st ihe tinge of reproach
and vulgar ity it once bore, and has
acquired an air of elegance which con
c-als all trace of its low birth.
The Pleasuiie or Giving. I m
rich enough, aid ran afford to give
nwav five hundred dollats a yar. I
would mt crawl up n the earth withnjt
doing a little for innh. I wiil enj y
the pleasure of what 1 give by eiving
it alive, and seeing another enjoy it. asWed how it was sne couiaaiwaj
When I die. I should be ashamed ro ' come so -arly. She answered very
leave enough for a mouoment. if there I wisely, -that it wa pirt of her reli
was a wanting friend above grouud jgion not to disturb . the religion of
Pope io Swiff.. other "
JOSH RII.I.IMiS
On the "Treriuds" and the famous
'Jnme of Yewker.''
Treetudj are the only tucia ov aul
tin; tud fiuniiy who kan klitne a tree.
IIo.v iliey do it iz an uiifatlioinatile
iny.-iery ulina-i 4ual lo the milk in
the koker nut.
Philosophers aul agree that the milk
is put into the koker nut, and then the
ftllnwt. W.o luzK. the philosopher,,,
are
IinneM eiioiicn, ivt u wonder, to
admit they k;int tell
I Aiii ct I rl iKatra is nna rr n r liuinrr
I a Ulll Lllill IIK i O IIIIUJ III i:
, whu fclllff ,W ,,jepililoa
t Ler fyr lU nre a,WU9 B slItU( T
I their oilHku.ryu.io everyihir,-. and
. iXtrZ
hen make thein-elves sick for a week,
undeitaiid."
i irmniy reacn- lor mines they uon t
am affaid wil lj!irJ w;lh ,he
philosophers in the day ov judgment.
1 I t.f Irer-iiul is liotti miilH ;iik1 temaip
flIlt . hnlh ,.. f-mal- rtmi'i
j.c,Mn, )ree, Utt obvious reasons.
Wl(.n ft ,rt.etuj
is on a tree, they
conform tew the custom ov the iree,
' lookioij anil acUimg ju.-t like ihe tree
TI.U thowP eoud breeding, if nothma
more.
Treeiuds are good stiddy inrrers.
but they hav raiher more u.uik thai
melody; their voices have been cuhi
vated tew mutch; culnv.ishun sp le
melodv for me; I simniy respekt an,
! but I wor-hip aod weep with naiur.
Atiou'. aul that kan be said o ihe-e
insekis iz, ti.;t they are harmless para
j ites, whose chief ainbishon is tew
jklime a tree, and lj mistuiirii for a
part v it.
The ill bred tame of kenrds is about
27 years of age.
Il was firs discovered by the det k
.hands on a La k Eiy steamboat ii
handed dowa I y them to jtosterity .n
aul its juveml buty.
Il is uenera'iy plaid by persons and
owes mutch tf it v.U- rtincnes to the
fakt lh:t you cun talk. a:.d ami
chaw. at.d cheat while the game is ad
vatifin
I lave seen it iiaitl on ttie iiuii-oo i
i river tanroau, im toe siimk'i
tar,i
wuh more immacu.ate
sU i i 1 l Lun any i
where el.-e.
'f u piiiy.ibere yu will often hold
a hind that will aionish yu. qui' ofl'n
4 jii-ens and u 10 ) t. whictt wili in
(lame V" t( bft ' r 6r'tioil;trs th'ii ii l-
ja co' d hai.d tn !av ooUer ui'li. roty
will tie more ii!oiii-hed wtien u st-e
I he other feiiuifs hand, whuli invafia
j biy Colifl-tS of 4 klllk'S ai;d 1 sp. t
I Yewker is a tiiui to game, and
i don't coinoare irw old sledge in ma
ijesty enny to're than a t'-ime of push
I (0 a .ijtr clllirc, ru,-;e.
I li"Ver play VevvUer.
I iievcr would learn how out of priu-
cipie.
I is a original. y createu cms to uje i
ConneUtiktil line in New England, i
whar the giim v 7 up or sledge w-is j
born and xits now in ail ils pn.iiiiie j
viriiioiiy.
I pUy "Id sludge to this duy in ull !
us naiit (ierccnes. I
But I won't play enny gnim, if 1 '
know my chart.ckter where j ik will i
taik at) ace, and a 10 spot won't count j
for iraifii. i
. ii ii i
! 1 won t P'ny no sui ti kitiu oi gmin
t t - l e
! out of respeckt to old Connektikut, mi
i rj- tj,,,.,.
Wheat. Tl is forcing itself upon
the mu.ds of all unserving farmers that
j something must be done to make our
western land produce better crops ot
wheat. Here we are, on our t aturally
rich so'lTraising less wheat, per acre,
than they grt from the worn soil of
England and the older eastern States
In Ohio, not many years ago. twenty
five bii-hel of wheat per acre w s not
considered an unusual yield. Now
farmers think they are doing well if
hey gel fifteen t us' els.. Something
imi-l be done. What shull it tie? My
own opinion is that the element f the
soil necesarv to produce wheat ha
been exh lusted, and that it ran mo.-t
easily be supplied hy spread'tjg lime
on our fields designed for wh at A
friend of mine, residing in Pnnsylva
nia. informs mc thai by a liberal use
of lime he usually ha thirty bushel" of
wheat per acre- I le thinks Ohio arni
er might as well In ve thirty a fifteen
bushels. Let me suegest to the read
ers of your journal, therefore, that
ihey experiment enough thi fall to test
the soundness of my Pennsylvania
friend's adv ce. I shall at least give
an acr or two a good coating of inne
and ashes. If other have experimen
ted u. :lh lime I should be glad to see
the resiili of their operation given in
your columns., American Farmers'
.Magazine.
Come wet. if you wai t to find a
soil for raiiog large crops of wheat.
Come to Nebraska. There is Inne
enough in the soil, wit! out addiog any
more, and Ho to 3o buheU per acre is
a reasonable average.
A woman who alwy used to attend
. . I
puti ic wuTshtp vvrn great punciuaut.
and took cre always tube in time, was
From a Uraiefiil Colored C iti
zen. A MAN AND A D ROTH Ell.
j Editor or Gazette: I'm ft man;
; have enjoyed the iiuzeihip two day
. out of forty yeurs, nnd from the full
; nes of ii gra'eful lieatt 1 beij leave lo
thatik the lojal voters in our young
j Stiite for the substantial te.t they have
,y extendma to the colored nn the
ri. . ((f S(if- it t :., rnflIlllfm wili,
n:y people, (elt proud of Iowa before
last Tue.-day. But how mui h more do
our hearts swell with craui'ide as we
thitiK ot our Male. Jirave young
lotxa! Brave aeteuders of human lib
erty all over her prairied Stall-!
Brave loyalty that dared the odium of
an expiring prejudice! When the sun
broke in upon the world on last Tues
day morning, what hopes, born years
before in the curse of slavery, and
carried through its blight encouraged
by us death fluttered half with fear
for a realization; but that day with its
contending influences, went into night
and left a brilliant record, never to be
erfuced. The Fatherhood of God, the
brmherhood of man, ws vindicated; a
J tuiden was rolled from the holders of
i oppies.-ion. and a clad le deuvx went up
J to the God l all men- J fF-r-oo
j "ail men are cieaitd equal"' appeared
j with a deeper significance, and L wa
j wa proud of what .-he had done. One
j of 'h- first in this not le work, we feel
J proud f her. We see the stars and
j tnpes and feel that it is our flan- The
sai n? old bunting that in childi-h years
i we gizfd at through a mist of Iavery
i now purged of its Main, its brilliant
j stripes are broader, and na glittering
! tiirs increased in number.
Thirty years of my life were spent
in slavery. Under the heel of op
prersion I saved en' ugh to pay ava
rice for my liberty. But th d.nk days
nr past. The cloudj of superstiioo
and prejudice have rolled away, and
?lie sun of universal benevolence is ad
j'ls'inil onnatured nature.
1 ,k ..t ii-twi K nr.l f i ir rrnt t i ?
i i nn nit mi i i . - 1 1. . '-i.' .
-he detii.v of this nation, thdt I have
ived to see the enemies of human lib-
er'y lived down, and ia cnintron with
my people, will hope to "'bear our
honors meekly and exen ise tlft
nriceles-5 boon our franchise - in a
I rtinnnr tiel lo proiiitiia lli e!iui.iu i l.i
i of ..ir race. l!ie Hi vmcemeiit of nor
repi.il.iican lnsiitutinns, and the pros
perity of the noblest government in nil j
the catalogue of naiions
Albert Ni-ckoll6.
Davenport, Nov. ii 1S(S.
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Iti his autobiography, Horace Gree
ley. sitys:
I conceive it all but an axiom, that
lie who n.-k.s a stranger to lend him
iioti.-V. will never pay i'; JVt I have
knoii mi exception. Once, when I
w;is exceedingly poor nnd net dy. in a
season of cosiitiieicial revulsion, ol
p.i:.ic, I rpentd a brer from Ut.ca.
aiJ found therein live dollars which
ttit wr iter u-ked me to receive in satis
fiction of a Ivan of ihn: si m which I
hu made htm a neeiiy strrttiger on
an occasion which he rectlhd 10 my re
membrance. Perplexed by so unusual
a ::essuge and e.-pecially by receiving
it at such a time when every one else
was seeking to borrow no one conde
-rending to pay I scanned the letter
more closely, and a length achieved a
o!ution of the problem. The writer
wa a patient in the State lunatic asy
lum. A geologist, once traveling in a
-tage coach in England, happened to
sit oppotie t a lady; glances were ex
changed. and mutual admiration
seemed io be ' the result. Eye lan
guage was soon exchanged for verbal
conversation; after a few interchanges
about fossils and j etnfaciions, they be
gan to talk about living subject from
generalities to specialitie--fn in the
third person plural to the first person
atngular. atd the genuem in. "I am
uM tir.mirried;" nuoih the lady. "So
am I;" said the former, "I have some
lines thought of marrying;" the latter
responded. "So have L . Then a
paue ensued. Suppose,' said the
gentleman. we were to marry one
an ''her I wou'd love and cherih;"
I." said the fair one, would honor
and obey " In two days they were
married. Few will admire such a
precipitate courtship; it is altogether
too short.
A lady had a magnificent cat. Mrs.
Jones, a neighbor, ordered her servant
io kill it. as it alarmed her canary
The bitly sent mouse traps to all her
friends, and when two or three hun
dred had been ratigh, -he had them
put into box which was forwarded to
he cruel neighbor, who eagerly open
ed what she hoped was some elegant
present when out juu ped the mice, to
h- r great horror, and filled her house.
At ihr bottom of the box she found a
paper directed to bet from her neigh
bor. saying. 'Madam, as yo i killed
my cat. I take the liberty of Fending
yo u my mice "
r man i'i Scotland who had been
orded leeches for an injury, took them
boiled with his gruel.
AlVltTlfel.;
Prof. Ei'Iiiihii uf the Poubkeepie
j Commercial I'ollege. in a recent lec
! lure made some rery sensible remarks
! i. ii
upon auvertijing. ms views are
worthy of attention, as he has made
advertising a life study, and by prac
ticing (even recklessly) what he
preathes, has achieved a large success
in Ins department. He says that the
merchants of Europe are fur in ad
vance of American merchants in skill,
ful advertising, as well as in the ex
ten' to which they advertise. It is no!
unfrequently the cose that single firms
on the other side of the Atlantic ex
pend S100 000 per annum in advertis
....
inj their business, lie ueprecates the
method of advertising in a single ad
vertisement an entire stock, and claim
hat each article should be advertised
thoroughly by itself. He cites as a
good example of the benefits of tho
rough advertising, the piymg of $22 .
COO by A. T. Stewart, of New York,
upon one occasion to advertise a cer-
I tain line of goods, by which means he
t , I f r -.!-. j
reanzea a ciear proiu 01 ciuu uuu.
Advertifing to be mo.-t successful must
be thorough enough to produce an ex
ciiement in the minds of the public.
Many a man lacks pluck to go on, and
fails to reap the full fruits cf his out
lay, by stopping only "a little too soon."
He argues that the general principles
of advertising are tl e same in all kind.
of husinf. and that everything; ele
being equal, the man who succeeds by
this means in one business, would diso
ucceed in any o.her.
Mr. B nner once asked Mr. Ben
neit. of the Herald, if he could have
the use of three pages of his paper,
and upon being told that by paying a
double prire he cou d have all he wan
ted, promptly replied that he would
take the whole advertising space ot
he paper, fie did take it. and fi.led it
with the repetition of n advertisement
which alone would net have occupied
ten lines. t pi id. as all thorough ad
vertising is certain to do A man who
does not know how to make advertising
pay, is no mora a thorough business
man than
himself of
deals in.
one who cannot judge for
the value of the goods he
, You no Am ERICA !f
! wonder what makes
W&Mntns I
papa te'-l such
, nice stories to visitors about his hiding
matter's rntan w.h-n he went to
larhoiM. and nt.tiui his running nway
from the school-miMress when she wa
going M mhip him. and tlien shut me
up ad day in a darn room, because I
irit d just ouce to be as sn.art as he had
been?
Wonder what made pwpa say that
wH'k'd wtird, when Betsey uo-et the
! ink ail over his papers, and then s'ap
ped toy ears when I said the same
I thing when my kiie string broke?
Wonder why mamma loid Bridget
the other flay to say she wa not ni
home when Tommy Day's mo her
railed, and iheri puts me 'o led with
out my .-upper every time I tei' a lie?
Oh. dear' there are lots of things I
want to know. How I wish I was a
man
A Great Sinmr An old negro
named Pete was very much troubled
al out his sins. Perceiving him one
I day with a very downcastlook. bis mas-
i 11 .i . ..!... r "
ier askeu nun toe cause, -uui, i rm,
snid his master, "You rre foolish to
take it so much to heart. You never
see me troubled about my sins." "I
know de reason, masa," said Pete.
when you go out duck shroting and
kill one duck nnG wound anoder. don't
you run af,er de wounded duck?"
Yes. Pete " And the master won
dered what was coming next, "Well,
massa, dat is de way Wid you and me;
de debbil has got you sure; but as he
am not so sure oh me, he chates d is
chile all de time."
A German in New Albany. Indiana.
has what he calls a dumpling clock
in his window. On its top is a fat and
jolly looking; Teuton, who holds a fork
in tn hand' ii an ingenious contri
vance the fork, at the end of each min
ute dips into a dish of dumplings and
carries one of them io the mouth of the
Teuton, who swallows it with a choking
eurgle and a queer motion of his glass
eyes.
Two young gem lemen of Cincinnati.
agd respectively 14 and 16 loved the
same young woman, aged 12. They
met at her residence on Sunday and
blood was spilled. On Monday, each
appeared at the Police Court, and. in
con-ideration tf ihe fact thai the young
woman hi d in the mean time transfer
red her affections to a third adorer, the
Juage lei them ofF with the payment of
costs.
Ostriches are more valuable than
geese, a the feathers of one are fnil
to be worth S100 a year. I i Austra
lia they have tried the experiment cf
fern ing ten thousand acres of ground
and keeping a flock ot these strange
and valuable birds.
A French woman recently strangled
her husband, and, to escape detection,
cut up his bodv into a hundred pieces
Being caueht and sentenced to tran
pnrtafon for life she nowhaa petition
ed the Emperor for permission to
marry a convict."
TAKL TIIKOI IIUUO-Vt:.
Here is the way they do in Frar.c
A Mile de A. became indi-posed, so
her family called in the family doctor,
and Irft them together.
The doctor was curious and susni.
C
cious as to the cause of the young lady'a
sickne-8. He drew a lancet from his
pocket to bleed her. but at the moment
he pressed the? vein he exclaimed:
At, mon Dieu!"'
'What is the matter, monsieur?
Madomoiselle, I had nearly killed
you."
Killed me?"
LU'en!" (here he drew n luncet
from his pocket.) "Lere are two lu
cets; the first is for wives, the second
for maids. You see how necessary it
is to be careful in the use of surgical
instruments. You are a, maiden, of
course?"
Certainly' monsieur."
We!l. if I bleed you with a wifVa
lancet I should kill you; and rice versa.
Now, mademoiselle, hold out your
arm; this is the right lancet! '
Doctor?''
"Mademoiselle!"
"Take the other one?"
The Sioux City Register says fire
teamers the Benton. Nile. Hiram
Wool, Urilda and Ida Stockdale re
main above, having teen overtaken by
cold weather and frozen in. where
they wili have to remain until the ice
breaks up in the sj rin j. The passen
gers anil crews of these boats were
compelled lo take to land, and avail
themselves of such conveyances as they
could find to convey them to this city.
A sufficient number of men hare been
left a )t;ve to lake charge of the boats,
and see to their welfare when th
rains descend and the floods come."
A strange disease has been sweep
ing ofTcaule in Iowa for the past month.
Several of the farmers in Jasper and
neighboring counties have lost from ten
to fifteen head of catile each. It ie
stated that the disease is caused by tbo
animals eating the smutty or blastrd
ears of corn which they pick up when
turned into stalk fields, and po&t mor
er?i examination show the intestines
c'ogged with the smut.
The editor of the Cynthiaca (Ky )
Vteu'S, in making an appeal to his sub
scribers, who are in arrears, to pay
up. --X-VW inpe they will settle
without delay Not that we need mo
ney oh. no! Our ink is given to us,
we steal our paper, and we win ur
printers' wages ai.'seven up' So it
costs us nothing to carry on our t u-i-nes.
Nevertheless, as a matter of
accommodation, and to eass our con
sciences, we will take what they owe
us if ihey wiil send it immediately."
Tbe following inscription tn tha
headboard of a grave in the Sparta
digging. California, is old bill good:
In memory of John Smith, who met
with wjelent death near this spot 18
hundred and 40 too. He wa shot by
bis own pistil!. Il was not one of the
new kir.d but a old fasherned brass
barrel, and of such la ihe Kiogdom of
Heaven.
"William,'" said one Quaker to an
other, "thee knows I never call any
body r.aires; but, William, if the May
or of the city was to come to me and
say Joshua, I want thee ro find me th
bigcesi liar in all Philadelphia, I
world come o thee and put my hand
on thy shoulder, and say to thee, Wil
liam, the Mayor wants to see thee."
Coal has recently been discovered
in vast quantities in Russia so that it
is estimated thtU the beds will continue
to yield an ample supply for the whole
world two hundred ysrs after the
English mines have been exhausted.
Wnh'n the past feur years the discov
eries are estimated at eighteen billions
of tons.
The Minneapoli Tribune rays that
the widow of the Indian Chief, Hole-m-the
Day. with a child eight mouths
old, is looking for a sruation in that
city as a domestic. She is a wife
taken by him a year or two ago, during
one of bis visits to Washington, and
was a servant in one of the Washing
ton hotels.
A negro jutice of the peace has de.
cided a cae brought before him, by
order ng 'ha plaintiff and d-fndunt
each to pay a fine of one dollar, and
the constable, who has been active in
getting up the case, was condemned to
pay the costs.
A boarding houe keeper in Sprirft
field. Mass., is said to be in the habit,
when her boarders neglect to pay reg
ularly, of placing an extra fork ly
their p'ates. as a bilent intimation to
'fork over."
Not long ago a woman was tcci
den'ally locked up in the vault of a
village church in Sweden, and remain
ed there undiscovored for eleven days.
Great rare was afterward taken of htr
&nd she has rf covered.
An editor has placed ovor his mar
riages a cut representing. a large trap
sprung. with this motto, "Tha trap dowa
another sinaia caught."