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WILLITT POTTETTQEH.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
PL ATTSMOUTII - - - . NEBRASKA.
T. n n AIMIUETT.
a rr'?''
OUNEY XV LAW,
ALL
: .' s'ilicita'r in Chs.-ery. :.
rr.ATrsMc.T'ni, skiuiaska
COOPER.
' A TTORXKV AM C. -CXSELOIt AT LAW.
raattsmoali,l-Veb.
i nn i.i:y
a i, V ... U t-u.t', bbJ far laxes .-r
. tin 11-. 'sill rUld.
IrarToTed aid -iirpro. -u 'i0'U nu
je i3t!i u'.-vl.
E. P. LIVinnSTON, M. D.
?2iysiciaa and Surgeon,
;! rv'.'T.sl frv'.c I" the r.lil i; -f
-u : Office ou M.iin ' feet, opi-.fi jart H u.,
d inoj'.li, S .Irisk . '
Platte Valley House
Ed. B. Misruv, rropr;c;or.
'rv.er cf M-.ln. an.! '. ... V Hirer's,
lh-.ltnw l.nv:-.- - r-' ""
-ay o' v. - ' J
ATTORNEY AT LAW
G-cucrr.l -Land Agent,
.0 Krr of the O .nrt of the
H llnl ba uia on cu-::-1.sju'.'.
riUei, 1C.
ir.'
j...y
w.'l ha ur.i A'
S. MAXWELL,
5i:i. M. CHAPMAN
.TInx'.Yc!I & Chapman,.
r 1'
ro?wi:s at. la-.,.
AVD
f.o'icitora'in Cliancery.
.- itt.- Ui'Kk. Uutt'-ry k C'j'i Uru -'.wre.
- -w ' I tTf
U-3
- "."T-i-d-'T
e.xid JEWELS,
. 'Miin Street, -
Vlattsmduiii, - ,'S-r.ASRA
. .r tr;.;rii.-. t: 'o'.J P. OS,
, 5..J a.:.:,'w. k-.nc- Vi.i'i.-. .a Vi-
o:iu -r.immins :- tin hand. All fc.it cia
wii-.e.lto l.i' c .r ul be rro;J. ?
April 10, I r-iV5.
Plattsmouth EV2ills.
C. HEISKL, Proprietor.
r.ri r-ntly l-ea rM.iir"J -r.d p'n'.d in Ihor-1
o.iKh runaiog order. Cist-a work d ,c m s-! 1
100,000 Bushels of Wheal
Wuted immediatcli-.for whi.h.Uie hlijhpst
f rlc will be rn'.d. masle U
J. N. WISE,
Hra ,:.-, Accien, fire, Z.an anJ
- .' Transit
ilTSUEANCS AGENT
W ill t-i rit is at rea-J0.i''1e rat'-s in the most rellaM
I n . Vi I' nif Mil SILL'.
-4-d.cfctiUetfokslar.l,la' urcnth, SeSrnn.
. ' ' niajsidtr
Tlillinery & Wrcssmaliin?.
jmi.si.il. i)e.pai-' MR-..R. P. KertrsDT
Opposite tkn Ci"j liaktnj.
' . . . . I T . 1 - .
-117E wmi.l rcxctlui;y nanounce 10 in 1 o
of I'U.m.iviuth al vicinity, th-t we hnv ja.t
rrc.ived nlafeand well sniveled sUi.kof Whiter
UMda,c.oiUD? ol Flower. .Rihbons, jre5vt,lrcM
trlmniins-,40.. o. Ve wUI MlithechesIK-st g w
. roldinii-li -ity. Wecan ceommoJttc all our
uldeo.tomurnand amany new ones as will favor us
irlthacll. All kinds ot work In our liae donto
.jrder. Perfect .t4taeU- Sir to or no charge".
rayStf "
HEALTH, GOMFORrtTANO
-'- . -
3 JiL'ASO.Y.S FOti IiOAUDlXG
.with ;
CSEC. W. COIiVlX,
- OAK STREET, - TLATTSMOUTU
Two blocks uortUwe. t of Brick Si-l.ool-llooi'-.
H
E has a nSTU JlolSt.ftie t palrons bis
ltl4
t-iasoaable.
Jiil28 nlOif.
Capt. D. X-V-300.-& .CO.,
" t t Wholesaieaad Hctai! Dealer ia
Wines and Liquors,
A.s. a Tery cholco selection of , . : , . ' .
Tobacco and Ci car s,
Main street, ?.ont dvior e.t of Seymour House,
Xebra.ka City, Nebraska " ' '
.Are Just reivir.g a mi slock if Genuln Old
lew? on direct f:oai r t-b.in eTioiv, Ki., Bitters,
ft. B-yl w
- ,";kS'6TES c.Sr"x'LKriAKA!.'-' '"'
-" . .' 1. '-.' rotn
au arule. vvritp, uigr. the bove..t-
ile, byiaiiijuHT, Brooks, of
ral'NevD'Yorket, and putli-hfd -itf hii
paper o. I Nov'.' 'iSth,! ' fGa" -Maj.f
brooks vis'iiii Nebraska aiii'elivefrdf
an address before lU? Uite.- i.ir Jr.1
fall. Beiug .a:reil.iit ? auttief
State, enc. beip-j'-4a"iin w-l'UnoA io
iLe. fariners of i(tien.UtlHei Sta(iA' his
suteniouis aui opiniboa are'e.QUled.o
great consiJcra.iou.. ilera is wlt,.Le
E- j..t J ;r (J r. t;!-,m- '. - .v!'. j
' - The slil cf Central end Eastertt Ne
lra&la is UQ5urpasied and uhi.arpas.K
ble. ' u!ay, sand; ve'aWe'rn'bldi land
all essenVial etemeits, are so b.rnioni,
ously blended as to produce a sli
lisht.'-'friablaT tri1' frcni fdmp's 'indj
stones, 'dirk tolct'ea; v4ilworkeff,
nnd ein.bentiV Tin.duct.ve. ''The finert
ia not a' whit belter thatr the
RVersfge
of.Jlebraslia soil,
I advise-HV:frteDd9,
EHwanger tk "Barry, of the Ml - 'Hope
uurserit-s'i to import a car lou'cf of it o
rrrj.iw ffifcir" Vr'f.t "if Heat.? -' nlfl.ri!8! III. '
Take no precautions eenu your orer
io ' nuy p;;nt.s'.er,fl h.d tVlF: -hith
to dig the flrVt di'rf h-J '-ert.eS. t " iti'd,
ccid" .1 'a!onr-"'i'-'v:iil n'st'ii'r.tt.e' th
ji:a!ity. ' rro'oalV'ar.y CcngreS-rtitti:
H-ould frar.k i;.MPublic Documents''"' ifi
you v'!tVe'r.-l"f-is, wife tcc3satiy a;
b j.-juet of yciir finf fibwf r?. ' .'.." I
I'.Sojv.q ref th Jr:rpr' bottoms hiv'-e'ite
'.-aLily'Viint I 'pcrous sul-so.!, generally
;!ie inps'oil Is f!.-.jr,'tut"not'lod retehtiv'tj
of mcisture.' " I lard rami 'd. rio.Btib
ject Nebraska farmVrs 10 Vexati6--3de-I
lay?; ihey c'ia' soon', 50 'dpi' without
loading ihtjfr boots wit h' mud j and slari
tht4r ilo.vine without -the 'furrow's' filli
. r V -
. itn .tva'.f r, aftet.' tjie-'hara -yan
st vie.'..
As T:j otht t portions cf the west.
g-e t s
; erai , wee'e ine start ot
r...- r.rt:-r in kiiwinrr tl.cir r,nnr
crcn a verv material ati vui.t.ige where
U--i ?.r.d U
v' urn r.:. an short at th
' " ' -: ' ' i
.ne'--t.
.. Thv.
prc'Juct c;
Nebreskfi'
. 1
1
i;r. :
"1 ; i-.m'iit 6f.n itrff TMrt tfir1 i.
ous.''-f .acn.s thatyield.ffbm half a
1 is.y i j irrt". tons per acn, ana mat i
j.out as jjocd ai New y.nk meadow
v ; lt!o. are giving' back to the winds
a'cd the soil the banquet that' nobody
will creep: . '
Nep.r ihe.iMissouri ri?
stu-.hea, variety leads ' the cultivated
rrof;. a 'verag'itg. forty to fifty bushels
per acre, and growing eight or leu feet
lugb. (. The first crop, planted on sod,
is trequenUy light.; The first breaking
is ebou; three inches deep..
Wheat,' the. great prop of human life,
the main abcUiice uial ivU are made
of, the enly mdifpensabln thing, is just
wliat Nebraska .was fitted"- anfashion.
cd for producing. Its climate, fre
(jtien.ly too dry fcr other crops, brings
wheat. to greax perfection.- A utfler
of targe experierrc assures me 4hat
the finer varietie$: -deterioate in many
of the Slates, but in JVtbraska preserve
ihtir peculiar excellences. "Byia judi
cious use cf.feriil'zers and by plowing
in grass or some green crop, I think
riebra.s.-a may maintain it? present
position as the head of all wheat grow
ins sections -Jls average'yicld is great
er per acre than, any other Mate of this
umon
Nebraska is scares cf rain water, a
bad thing for grass, potatoes and corn
but as it allows a good crop of v.Vfcat,
1 11. 1. Cm. f . ...... 1 .
ana excqueiii weniiier in must nu.(
the inconveniei ce is endurable
Excepting a border along. her water
ccurses, riecraswa- is ireeiess; sue
needs timber. Good luck to her she
can grow iv.."' Cuttings of Cottonwood,
seeds of soft maple planted m June,
black walnuts covered ' three or four
inches deep in the fall, grow with stir
prising rapidity-' . Very many farmers
have plauted small grove near ; their
dwellings, but they dcn'i begin to real-
tze the Tdtst imporfance fc! 'tha timber
nuestion.- One fourth of all JVtbraska
should forthuilh lie planlcd, lo forest
tries. There is some' mistake mi the
making up of any country without trees
it needs mendinrr : but I am not sure
but it is easicr , io syjyply. forests- where
ydii want them than to remove theiit from
where you don't cant them. 1 aw on
John J. PanyterV: farm, near Plaits
mouih, fifty thousand black walnuts,' a
year old, growing fine'y ; he expected
to plant as many morfe this fall. ": 1 j;re
dict that JYebraskd will 'grow timber,
and nianufaiture lumber for the New
Ytrk markets .! No crop will pay her
as well..' I3y plowing two-thirds of her
rsdrfacer'aad plnnting the other third to
trees, she. will grow more grain and
grass than by 'cultivating the whole.
Trees are earth's great regulators;
breaking tha force of ausure winds
makinfr the dr?v air salubrious, distill
ing gentle showers, keeping' ihe rivu
lets alive throuehoul summer's beat,
irnfnrminn- t.R riarched deserts into
frar.ful trees:'" : . ". 1 -'
r.w. m " ' .
Good water is generally obtained by
diorpina- a fair demh. and stock are
watered without much' difficulty al the
streams and .loos. ' ' ' "
' What most concerns my readers to
Jaiowi JS'ebraska ' has yet millions of
acres cf excellent land subject to entry
undtrjhe 'homestead,' or by pre tmption.
I doubt whether any - ether State' of
Territory has-asi 11-uch jodd land, a hat
CBb te's' cheaply chtairiecL l.:bave,
eet""seten - anywhere a population
.note i orderly and iiteliigem.: The
Sta'te'ii's sfeuling.rry-fti1.jaud and h
r-jjiig.-"1' Inif-rtxTedi fjrt-uv in;goi.d lo
catioti,tbn be bought fbr ftom ten dol.
If6 to tweeiiyifire dolIiitj-Ber-acre.
f ,:Nbrosla ih a. civqSrai8 -. iThirty
ioa. have sprung up. ou her .Mi.eouii
tofd'-r;-Fremont iaidvbtUer. placei of
firlje'' expectatitiTi riia-itg'. to the. IV
ciliitfailroad i Liucoln.-hei' extempore
cspiial with eight .hu.idred. inhabitants,
is selling city lot 011 the wide, prairie;
Eastern Nebraska has many ruhivited
ftirins, and e few adventurous-settlers
nre PCitUtfrVd through' the itjtBribr; but
itt iAe n.aih'lhe -Suatai isoaei vaot'ijQ
thotvn niieadow.:: II has vtnj Utile Wfsle
land, fiomarxhei toa t&el, md- fejt). hills
toO'tletp io 1 flots. .Bordering ; rods-ti ;
tier fetteums are ragged bluS'n.or battka,
riisingf thurr. fiftyioir one hundred, feet
h'flra
1 ; and-taking all the.ahap?d; matter
pable :of 'assuming. From ihetq,
stretching: away iu .die- iistonce. arp
the gratu-corered prair.ie8i gently -undulating-'
"like ihe- .i-weil of a mighty
ocenn. aed p'renentin? in their varied
outlines landmen pes of surpassing- bfaa
ty ' and magnificeoce.'-r This is Ne
braska. . . t a:T.v-fl, j
- ' :! ; " - r.l I
.-. Tiik Chivaj-hoi. j Southkok. The
chivalrous Soutiron is great in his own
ey?s ,cct- oiiIy. )becausej be ia what he
i-, bu; because he lives where he lives.;
Iu these. rrpdern times th-re istooiher
civilized-rcreature io lecal, end,, if., 1
may be oTen-v.e, so provincial. In senr
limeritst.tpiuiosl prejudices, and vani
ties, as he. The Turks are hardly
more itc8pable;of ponceiring thai peo
ple bem afar off may be, a -good . as
themselves. At ,le3&t a part -of the
contempt cf the Southerners
for x un
kees arises from the fact ihat the latter
drew thir first breath several hundred
miles from the Ian i of cotton. lm$
gint the; scorn with which they would
regard atji, adventurer from the. Milky.
JVayJi; A:friend of mine asserts that
if:, the South C-iiroliniaps .should once
become satisfied that the,,New Jerusa
leiiijs.cutside of their Slate, they would
iiot wanrto go'to if' ' Lercs tharttaWy
opa that this is'atf exaggeration.
'I'll give you r.iv notion of things,'"
repeatedly declared a sturdy old pUn
ter who bestowed much oc'his - wisdom
u pen me. ' "I go first for Greenville,
then for Greenville District,' then for
thft on-country, then Fit' South Caroli
na, then For the 'Sctrh,.- then for the
United States; and after that 1 don t
go for anything: I've no use for Eng
lishmen, Turks, and Chinese." '
To a Charleston friend, : who was
wont Jo beast of the high- qualities r.f
the "true Southern gentlemen;""' I
scmetimes- said, "Oh! you mean Tex
ans and Arkansans, I suppose." -';'
Not in the least," he-laughed.
When we speak of the Southern gen
tleman we mean the ' product of our
ciiy end', cf the. region immediately
around it; All else is more or
less j
spurious a base imitation." Harper's
."liiTgarjne.
We find -in Ayer's Almanac,1 the
rematkable statement that ihe temper
ature of me earth- has not diminished
more than 1-306 part of one degree
Fahrenheu for 2000 years. To our
enquiry how he 'could make such an
assertion. Dr. Ayer : writes us the rol-
Iqwicg- answer, "llipparcbus : gives
the exact' record of an eclipse 'in his j a .bogus warrant, arraigned and convic
t'ime. This "enables" us '' to measure. 1 ted of passing himself off as a .-police.-
witVex'reme accuracy the earth's diur
nal' revohnions since' to qny eclipse
now. Diminution of its heat would by
concentration,' shorten its axis and con
stquently i:s time' of 'revolution on its
axis. The dat-t show teat this change
has been only fuch as 1 elate it, math"
enhaiically 'and indisputably true.? .1
jA tw York Journal
Bayard Taylor advises persons gemg
10 Rome to z select a beggar andrive
him a siatea weekly aiiowance. lie.
. . ! w
will soon -come to expect; it only'on the
regular day; nnd,-moreover, he will
privately manage that you ar6 cot im'-,
portuned by his brethren at least in
l.U quartfef 'of'hechy.'In' hiy'case.
this plan wort-d1 very satisfactorily.
My beggar grtete.l 'me-wua abqw
oqd smile for six days held out bis hat.
.
Ka win ! r .a 1 I r win 4 L-S a r I t rvi tin-trl
u.c ....suuv.v- -rr
me. t 1 '. -7-. .; t ..
A Vashingtori cqrrespondenf;'?ridU
cuhng : the' grotesque'' dress "in which
Horace Greelev'deli'rhts' saVs: "If the
clerks here generally,' wbde"' request
'or additional conipensatibn Horace o
rersistentlv orcases. were to wear such
a hat, overcoat ana noots as 1 saw mm
have on to-day, they would stand some
. - -. - 1 . i r ,
l.l-lJl.t- V. KJ t- III ' Ul.lllisru . J k.M v
p n . nr r . , . i i . . ...... . r . r r n wn , , . '
and arrested as vagrants.
The'editor of a Saratftgi, N-X pa-
! oef . has eone lo the Door hrose. Ex
I 9 & I
change. '
As ' a
rule,' editors who go to the1
poor house come back richer -than they
wen.' .' " "' .- '.''-i "
" A wretched infant born, in New Or
leans on the eve of : the election, was i
named Horatio Seymour . Biair'. But
some future legislature will, lake pity
on him. -'--' - . j .
'Prdbibfy not roan- who (has figured
conspicuogJy : in making , a fcistory for
thucauotry. ot latf year, uas been ies
thoroughly, understood " than Genera
iSherniari: tte has withered the hooes
of reteis and blighted the fro?pr'Cts of
theTebeliion with his pen, ai one sweep,
as n were, and yei.jo$ rebellious par, y
pexj-iated in claiming' him , as tbeir lea
der, us their beau ideal 'of 'a statesman
and warrior, as well.'" "They claimed
fof 11 time, that he 'would become: the
standard tenter of their purty in the
recent, .rrendenlial. contest, , and yet,
we firmly believe, that General Sher
man neer cave 'either the Tebels of
their frf?nd, any jus. cfisa fcr tening
uj the claim that his. syiipaihieji, vere
with ihe'M, or even .with the .less con
servative of that parly. In his speech
of welcome at the recent S"diersi Re'
"uh'fen- ait' Chicago, Generat Shermafi
eaid:' " ' u ."? ..:r: -i
ll , nHappily, . my ftiitiftdsyp.u ; did. not
' belong, tn
that c'ass of our people in
wnose very youui was piantea me per
nicious doctrilie', that the' h.gtie-tsaMe-giance
'was due to the "'pliice of birth,
aiid thai the citizen should, love a part
-of.bis country ;beiler . than, the whgle.
. t ' v - i '
."Cheers. , You were reared in a. bel
ter school, and taugta to revere the
Consti'tuti'6'n df your cdntiiryt and to be-
'Ireve that under" Us wie ami penial
,inluence,.mati wou."d ; heiyratiain the
(argesj measure of securiiy. nod ia pj"i-
nesj consittent with' the general 'safety, i
and we believed that ty law, by ma
jorities ard by frequent appeal to the
ballot box, we had discovered ir pana
cea to the ills that .had 0?' earliest
history afflicted, the human family, and
that we should escape ihe conflicts and
ravages which war had caused in all
ages. ; Bt t we were doomed lo realise
that we were to form no exception to
Uhe general rale, that minorities would
not. always submit, though peacefully
defeated, and that we, too, must fight
to maintain the privileges of our birth
rights. -''I " "' .':.' I ' .
A'cu may search history in vain for'
a more Hag rant violation of . faith and
more causeless breach of a national
compact than those which resulted in
our civil war.' Never before were the
people mere ruthlessly, more unwil-
Imtrry tlraed-mto fc totig' inu bloody
Conflict; and never before was a gov
ernment so totally unprepared for 'it.
All attempts to avoid , this outbreak
were charged to cowardice, and. the
whole civilized world we9:niade to be
lie ve: that that "bright particular .tar,,"
Which, for a t'me shene bo clearly in
the' Western firmament, had. sunk for
ever,' -and that the fair fabric which
had been reared and dedicated. td lib
erty.'had vanished as a dream, .before
the great shower of passion uai bad as
sailed it." 1 - .7.
;The Biter Bit. A man of mu.cle
from the country, fond cf his joke aud
a good fellow withal, has at various
times amused himself while. in the city
playing policeman, lis .would ap
I proach a greenhorn with all the dini
ty becoming a guardian of the peace
and notify him to consider himself un.
der arrest. Greeny of course wilted
i and did a healthy amount of begging,
I greatly to the amusement of bystand.
ers, after which he was released on
paying for ihe drisks all round. A
friend determined to play the joke back
on, him ond arranged with the Uar
I shal accordingly.' He was arrested on
jnao and had a little experience at beg
ging for himself. ,Wheh the kernel of
ihe. joke was given him he wilted.-
- Ellis in speaking of the Esquimaux,
?ays"r-"Then": -new eyes,'. as they very
properly "call ;thern, area proof of their
sagacity:. i lnese. are little.- piecea or
wood,. bone or ivory,, formed to: cover
the eyes, and tied, behind the head.
They heve two. lu. the exact, length
of ther eves, but very narrow. .This in
vention preserves the .eyes from snoly
blindness, a very, oapgerous maladay
caused by tha a:tioa of light reflected
from the snow. The use of these eyes
considerably strengthens the sight and
th(J. Esf,uim'-ax. are 80 accustomed Vp
fa . wheQ ,h have miud Q.
vieW aistam objects, they commonly use
r ' '
them as spy-glasses
1 , ,.. .' .
L. 11. . - - " r-r-- -i , 1 .
A iealous .husband, of .'Albany,' a
ihort tim? eincereturjied ".from the
West at night, and on r ask'.ng :admis-
f sion ia his house, heard voices. His
suspicions were aroused. 1 Ue searched
the closets; his-, wife protested,,1. His
search was not in van:., lie 01-coyered
1 I j ' j '. t r rrr t. i ' .
i a young iaay in aisnavuie yno was
passing .the tight with his wife. , "Git
. , n.iv "
I UUif
A gehileman recently remarked to
Fred Douglas: "I have no prejudice
- airainst color. I bed iust as 'lief walk
down Broad viayaTm in arm with you
as with a white-man- -.tie never
th-oght,"'-was the wiry -comment ' cf
D-uglas; '"wheiher I; was twilling to
walk with hint.'" : .i:. : : . i . ;jr
! - a ' m'mL , ..
' -The first coins of any metal issued'
by the United State. -were three hun
dred tons of copper cents, coined at the
New Haven miat, 5n-l797. -r ,-..- .
There .are three... great -.travelers
whom, the., Editor of this Magazine
knows well1, and vyhem'at vario-u'. times'
he'has!'sp'eciaHy ioiroduced to rea
ders. ' The scecd of their exf4qrai;ons
liQifnr.apartJI.o them being in re
; k f ' 1. '.' -Lr.i,.i - rvr;.1
three men can oe rouna ainering more
widely in' personal'' i ppeaeaneeJ - -Mr.-Charles'F.'
Hatl,-l!f whom i n has bteo
reserved by his:t)yin,:jndiyidual .labor
to clear-, up .the my;ery( (of .the. fate of
Sir John Franklin and 'hiV associates
a task vvhich liad teen 1 l&itiHy at.emp'
ted by expeduibn9' fitted. 1 out by ;the
Governrtientsr.of 'Grelil Britain and the
UoiUd Siatesrborn.we think, icej
tailyreared ifi,,the Great e.-jt is.n
maq of large, 'frai'ne, witti' light hdfr.
blue eyesr and tlow-ng .bearata::Tery
Ariking tri aspecr; ratherisjow of speecb '
-a man whom upon first jnir.opuctiuu
-one would jbe
most,difndent
John Ross
Ministerio Chinaborn m Irland,ut
from boyhood ao : American, lis rather
above middle. hqight, .spare -flf.-jfig.ure,.
wrbfcaoty datk'har, brpaa tpreuea.:
nnd the general air nf a fechbldr father
ban of an eiplbe-"! Pif Cfca4llli
oar 4l nend' raol -i is,laougt norn
ItfAmericasaf tirel-eU.-jdqsqent, :and
educated ..xi. Francei, and vhile he
writes our. language wii,h perfect facil
;y, and fptaks it with fluency,' it' is
with a marked Pari'siftn-' lutofiation. ;
He Is' hardly five.'feet and four in, stat
ure,. aud blight iet lorinjwe doubi if he
vveiiis .a hundred pouuds His closely
cropped, hair is as black as a '"raven's
'...'.71 t..'.k'-i. A"ni Kfti.cl,inn'
iviiifc:, ii ivcic it ii - i - uitcuiui;,
a most' brilliant- black"1 eye, he is
abou ;ihe last: jnin! whom one.wou.l.d
dreaca'bf being the most daring. trav
eler of our, day. lo thesa three we,
i . , ' ' I .1 . , I. V il i t.
aa the name ot another wnom we oniy
now ' from1 hi3 bcokjf,';but whayei al j
-t . . . i
ways- seems 'to us line a personal
Inend: David -Li-l&cstone, Scotch by
birth, but .ATrielntAt-ilOg residence.
au-hwide uaelnA.rIa.re,. wi?y man,
of.undale stature-Uve ' juffgl from l Lis
ortrait with slrdngly ' marked ' and
rather rurrered features: by no in.a'ns-a
notable-locking personage. is..i ij
But all those , three. ut-n whom we
know, possess .onechajaoierisiic iu com
mon. They are lovable "men. Chil-
dren those instinctive judges of!hu
man nature take' id ihem at oncr.w-;
Let either of tlwraivibb seated- at, year
fireside, and in haluudioujr you can
cot tell how all, , your l oung People
will be clamberiiig" around' them: So.
... . .. .. ....,-.
loo, wnh uncivilized ' men, who are out
big children, and Tquoe .oitan'J very bod
ones, j Tliey. taleMa.the;me9.Y Eiv-ing-tone
also clearly b.elopgs tcthis
ass. There is hardly in all s'ory
any thing mure touching' tfrati the per?
fee. faith ' with : which' the wild Mako-
old followed-' Livingstone - across the
whole breadth of, Africa.and For weary
years .awaited his return irom x.ng-
land to lc-ad them back from ihe tea
) their inland homes. Tf a a'n lacks
this personal1 magnetism, no. matter
what else .he may have, he will n,ot be
one. -of those , great travelers whose
books men,, women r.nd children love
to read. There is nothing more nota
ble in the narratives of these travelers
than the perfect devblion which ihese
wild attendants bear to their tu'iiizea
comnamons. itf is toe siory, oyer
which so many tears have been shed,
of Robinson Crusoe . 'and his m; h Fri;"
day. Harper's Magazine "' :
j During ihe present term of the Cir
cuit Court at Quincy, III., ten criminals
have been sentenced td the State reni-
tentiary, -with a probability that before
the term closes,- ten more , will .be sen
tenced. ; Quincy must i be ..: a? good -sta
tion to obtain penitentiary tickets.-,. . ,
1 A Kansas correspondeBtof the Mis.
souri Democrat speaks: cf theilndians
on ihe- waripath. as- ."ihe gen lemen
without hats." , They might very justly
retaliate upon some, of tbewhites 'with
whom they' have been' compelled: to
deal,-"as the ''fiends w4thput souls." ' .- -
? r - , :
.., .Th contracts for building the Deca-;
tur and East 'Sti Louis Railroad ;have
been let in three sections.: A St- Louis
Company takes from East St. -Louis, to
l.uohfield;. frorn.Lichheld. tq layiors-
ville, by a, company .t Taylorsville;
. l :. 7' Jr. J I --TV. .'.' '
trom ine inner poini id uecaiur, uj b
company al Uecaiur. - - , b
.. -- .... ; ,: , s
i' The SherifT of .Cumberland county,
Kentucky, becoming weary of dunning
aiaxDaver for -his due?.,acied upon his
splendid se.t of talse teeth. ine enn
quent had to' gum it on milk arid rnush
..V ''--r -- r'4''r 11-. 1
until he settled-trie reckoning.
Whittier's "Snow "Bound" was' orig
inally a rnail' 'scrap intended for Our
Young Folks , and wasvvenirned torhe
author, with the request . that;, it be
worked over, and the result, is ihe
beautiful poem which all admire who
have read it. '- ' ;
"The'only copy of the first newspa
per. printed in America known to be in
exisvence, is in the British archives ,
London.(J-'VA'--t
XT'
Beslon is ' to'" havei free musr
isle y.
winter; for .'the- poor; the expenses to
V .paw by.the. municipality
apt. to set down aa the
; S.' ;.) 1i,Ji..i
person ne ever met., JSlc. ,
' Browrid:'' hb'w ' Aitinciin
Too. .Many Adverliseiueuis."
There are a few" men," and' we hate'
reason to tnan neaverr mat iney nre
uui-xew, nuui wuru.tu.n t.uuij pa
r.p rr. ,r -. ! tval I rvc tnr.lc4 r.mi nl in
. ... . j , . v...(..i,
of iu -containing too many advertise,
ments. .There is something conioliri?
in the reliction that this tinheaitny
state of mihd is attritutawe more to
ignorance than .to-absolute meanness,
1 nereis, nol .a-' printer, between ifte az .
urf; panoply, of .. Immensity and the end
er urayiiayon, tnat. couiq puousn ,a
county pier oti thj mere sufcet rption
price, wnnout resolving nimseii into u
c t a a v j rt ' txilf. !. IimIa frart nivhuct I
forma, shadow at.hich-noon. I;. is true
j- 1 ' rV'J
jhai printers are so educated as to"li've
on'Tood ten' days' raiions' bti! wh'ch
would be -invisible 10 -toe naked -eye?
bat tliey-ffiusi have: thau-oij j become
toiugh and .unpalatable, morsels Io bone,
yard warnu, ! .Yes, .the mortal frame
of a printer js easily sustained: We
liaVe'lrnowif a' healthy typtfto exist for
Vtte& days a the '- bare sight of a live
cluck en; while the? odor arising front a
broiling; steak ia regarded .by the fra
te.rnityasa positive luxury. Printers
are loroearing aau con'.en;eu creuiure.-;
they 'can'gate' tipdn'the ooiiprea'd aa;
i. ..:.- y. . .-'..:...7j7: - -.
ties ot the opulent, andexhitit fat Less
-tvertubation of jniod than did their an-
.cient fried Tantalus, when.that woahjf
- i - . i- ...... ; .
gentleman was placed in circumstances
which' would hive been unpleasant to
anybody' but a:prihtef: Notwithstad-
ing a few thousand facta of the pharac- m .the grflat numbers that formerly vis
ter herein portrayed, there is a: modic- ited that stream; and the 'Indiana-ara
inn of human rights to which a' printer I
is inalienable entitled: and to set are I
hh 'irnddlfemA,': J'efTersenian y. peAkmg.
certi-'iI."custbtns, have - been '"instituted
amon editors and publishers, deriving
their, jitst.powei--from their,, ichereut
ritrhteousness. Among these is , ihe
privilege of publishing advertisements,
and the occasional gratification of 'tp-
eeiving pay the efor.- We ask but lit
tle here-below, but that little must -be
corytod'iinrt. certain. Let the thrifty
farmer-wallow ia, the substantial ot
life let tbeilliluenS followers of every
raHirrr revet m luxuries and ease.but
ItjUhe worn andteniaciatea. printer nve
out ins existRce.in . peace, ex. . i
- ..." r - ' r I
Stkakce -Coi.vtiDLxcE.r-Da. last
a-l . I..-. ...;i,4 i.(r ...1
iuu, a .vkPt
r-r-T'i t v- t5 T C.
was iu the sirre
rind noVicing'A'.'S. Lydn pa3ri.ry called
him in' to 'see 1 ir,::'a'nd fctf' seemgMr-
Baer passj'tg. by,:caiieJ bia.,auenuoii
I ' One of the party then noiiceu that
accni.-ntal'y the ' Lyon, Bafcr, Foxi
w no ClrrKb lor unua j ,j un u ti - ii i u
C;a wre all preien:1 'A hnppy tarai
ly.i Ktin&ait City.'J-imcs. '.r, .';;. ... ;;
.The Boston Traveler ,ii respQnib!?
fcr: the' folic wing: a young man 'from
ihecouniry webt into a drug store the
other - day, : and seeing peeple freely
DatroDizinc: the ?oda fountain, at length
stenned ud and called for a drink of
"lhat are ' for hiniselr. After swal
lowing the 'foaming'; cdriteuts of the
erlass and lavinff his stamps with a eal
tsfied air upon the country,; Mi-ter,"
said he, ."what do :yow call ihat.that
biles so?M On beinr told that it was
soda water,' "Wallj said he, "I 'spo'sed
that it was sweetened wind.
-. . A Southern exchange says: "Au old
defqrmed negro, vcman , was p.issmg
along ihe street, when a fas-iionable
miss, troubled'' fconsiderably "with ; the
Grecian bend,' turned -' around - and
looked after the poor.bld negro woman,
and . was rather disposed to.makej-n
of her deformity. . The old negro wo.
man stopped and looked at her a min
ute or two,' ana very trutntauy re
marked: Lor. miss;: you neednt be
pokin' fun at me, kase dejj-or.a'migh
ty knows you's a jb'igger curiosity dan
lis.' The, young lady 'humpecr her
Sell. , .
A Connecticut-farmer, in giving an
account, of the' meteoric display on the
J4tb :ult, atates. fOn -the morning, of
ihe 14th ult.. at- o o clock, as 1 went
out to milk my cows, I observed " nu
merous shooting slars, and I "coun'.ed,
while milking-, six itara, more thaa bne,
lundred aod twenty cows ecme small,
wish short tail of light, and some large
. -ii- . : ... ... ' p S
and DriJliaH,.iu a. siica u vl inc. ,
iThe" followina: . dialogue is said to
have-.occurred between, two., English
miners; First collier ';TheTe"s been
a foir ("explosion) at'Jackson's pit:"
"' ' . ; i '.'if f
secona comer "My reymer Avoreu
there." ' First co-lier-
r Ye, and he's
blowed all to pieces." ,. Second collier
t vby. gum, he's got my kco'if."..
"Wife, if' ycu are going out, pray
why don't you put on your, tonnei?"
said . Sprigging to hi 3 belter, half
"Why, Vve had, it on ibis half hour,
dear, waiting for ' you"' . Spriggins
hadu't specially' inspected 'a square
inch or two on the top of bis wife's
head. '; " : ' !.' -. ;
A-venerable lady in her hundredth
year lost ber daughter, who had at-
in tained r the - good old age of eighty.-
.... .
The'rrioiher's grief was grea'; and to
a friend who came to condole with her
i ill she said: -v
Oh dear! oh dear! I knew I never
..ebou'd be able to raise that child! ' "
IlLTFrAI0
'"Persona who" have never
ee'enthW
vast neras or bunalo mov.ng can haro
i out iwj? concept. op. of foe aimot-irre
l..t.l.T. . ' " , 1
ioisuuio jiuwcr oi eucn a living mass
land the difficulty of turnin" nr hrp.l-!
tiav the: herd wh.n tin.- if..'.n'"M.;.i
1 on a certain course. The connileM-
I any tut lfae.6frongetbarrj
90s have been overturned in this wayw
j and "teamsters" hfcve saved themselves"
1 ana ine sfoclc only by flifTht.1- " 'li tco
- Ah army officer whowi'th, a stren'
torce crossed tbe P a na bv ih
I l-T it I vti t a i 1 C-t? 1 r " '
I ' . .- .-
ral"bii train of .waeons and order hi
men'to fire volleys into" a lierrl l ;ns
threatened o 'march over, his train.--Tbisia,
howeter'aafrequent. -A party
may be. ory.the. pJaim., or even ou th
j Buffalo Uange, for years and never
i:; still such. 'instances hav. occurred.
A
1 have Frequently' been amusM t
the caleulntiona made bv wise bid hun
ters' whom one finds" on the Range.
They setilt within a million cr so the
exact number of buffalo, that are yet
wandering 'abou ' One old fellow ia
convinced thai there is scmethiDff like
seventeen millions, and that this is the
exact number; required to keep'upkhe
present .stock. ; The buffalp is certainly
decreased tince 1S5S.( They hav
been 'pressed more than himrlrorf
miles west' in Kansas and Nebraska '
They no longer-range up Co the Plattd
ever bringing forward the fact, in their
nowwows with rnmiti!mnr. ihx
the bufiVIu. yilJbe-gQn. and th red
broib'er must 'keep. pac'e with tbe whit
and' 'et(r his' "spotted buffalo' (Indian
for domestic cattle.) 1 I am tempted to
remark that thev do eat a verv consid.
erable. number of -spotted buffalo that
are not procured in a. very brotherly
way; and no Indian is complete in his
outfit until he has a cow skin (hair on)
bo w-case and : arrow quiver. ' If. as
tike Indian fears groandlesa.how'ever.
at present the buffalo will. pats, away,
I am at a loss to know what ha ivniilrt
do, for, the buffalo feeds, clothes, and
warms the nomads: The flesh beimr
used as food, either fresh or sun dried.
Th . .... . . .
. ..v.uiMi, viBtiRcu.
,n(J wllh the hair -rempved, become
nepal put of. which toman
ufactore the tents or "tepes1 and the
w-w - vmwi.c. - jjuuu iuci : a5 luo
Indian asks for.- It fact, there is
scarcely a manufactured . article that
the aborine uses but what one may dis
cover that some portion of the buffalo
has beth used in the construction of it.
Certainly ihe redskin must feel some
thing like: consternauqn as he sees the
bun ii I o become yei r by year leas plen
ty. Haapers Magazine. , -T
" A Dutchman'thus describes' an ac
cident: "VonCe, a long vile ago, I vent
into .mipe apple orchard to climb a bear
tree to cet some beaches for mine
vrow to make a blum puddiog'mit, and
ven 1 gets on de topermost branch, 1
fall from de lowest limb, mil von leg
on both sides of de fence, and like to
otove mine outsides in."
The Presbyterian Church has 5x61
missionaries at work in foreign land..
The present number of . commun can's
in connection w;th that church is 249,-
528,' showing an increase cf .70,000
within the last fifteen years, . . , .
A family was deprived of Iced lem
onade the other evening by a newly
imported domestic, who tried to drive
a large piece cf ice icto a. pitcher with
a hammer. . The pitcher didn t'glve
as she expected it would."' " :,;
A gent out we si. was invited to take
a game of poker, but be refused, say
ing: - "No, I thankee; I played poker
all one summer, and bad to wear nan
keen pants, all next winter. I have no
taste for that amusement since. " '
A teacher was explaining to a little
girl the meaning of the word cuticle.
"What.,is that which is all ?ver my
face and hands?" said he. : "It's freck
les, sir,' said the cherub.' '
.'Leave, your ray friend," said a tipiv
fellow, 'clinging to a lamp" post on a
very dark night;, "leave you, in a con
dition not able to take care cf yourself,
(hie) never. - - . .. ; j.
The Madison (Iod() Courier says lht
about one hundred and fifty cattle have
died in Pike .county -within the .: last
week from-some new disease. Ii is
I thought by some that "the disease is
caused by eating smutty core.
SoL Miller says his tune is fully oc
cupied with a petition which he is cir
culaiing. praying the King of the
Cannibal Islands td allow ihe wemen
of his dominions to wear 'eather gar
ters, in addition to brass
ear-rings aa
their full Winter costume
The Bible is now published in -more
than two hundred different, languages
and dialects.: -; r . ' .; ; -
Among the. "rare books" found on
the centre tables of a fashionable fam
ily is the Holy Bible.
A Maine correspondent writes that
opium eaiing haa become quite com
raon in that .State.' ;' ' ''