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'(jf any "man. attempts to haul down the American Flag, shoot himon the spot."
VOL. 5:
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBU ASKAi THURSDAY, APRIL 15, L8G9.
AO. 2.
On!
THE HERALD i
.18 PUBLISHED
WEEKLY,
by !
II. D- HATHAWAY,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
V9"0See corner Maia street and Levee, seeon
Terms: $2.50 per annum, t i
r. Hates of Advertising
Oai sqnars (apace often line) one Insertion, Si -St
Etcd snbteqoent laser-lion - 1
Pe. loaal cards not exceeding atx 11 10 OS
fli.antrtereo!omii orleu. Dcrtnnam 35. oa
m thrr months 19.00
O o half colama twel re month 6O.00
. sis montht 85. Ot
. , thre month 30.0a)
ii.ilnmD twpU moQlbl " 100.00
alx month - - - " 60.00
' threemonth .... .00
A It transient adrertl-ementa mut ba P orla
'artraare.
. JS- Wa are oriDifeil to do all k tnrls of Work
a bort notice, and, in a styletbac will istla
fac'ion. ....
' ' WILLITT P0TTENGER.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
PLATTSMODTH - - NEBRASKA.
T. HI UIARUUETT.
ATTORNEY AT LAW'
- Ann
Solicitor in Chancery.
PLATT3M0UTII, NEBRASKA
s. F- coorcR, I
.U TTOltWBT ASD COCA'S GlOIt AT LAW.
FIatt9ruoutli, XeT.
Will boy and sell Real Ettatf , and par taxes f r
noa.renidTita.
ImproT'd and rmtirproTed lands' aa4 lota for sale,
Jane 25ih al2vt. : .., . .
R.RLIVINOSTON, M. D. ;
Physician and Surgeon,
Tsnders his professional terriccs to the citizens of
asseonvty. ...
rReidene south-east corner ofOek and ffixth
streets; Office on Main street, opposite Court House,
rlattsmoath, Sebraaka.
Platte Valley House
Ed. B. Murpht, Proprietor.
'rner of Min and Fourth Streets,
IMatfsmoutli, Neb.
Thistloas hasin been re fitted and newly Tor.
feWhrd offers first-class accommodations. Board by
day ar week. "s23
ATTORNEY AT LAW
General Land Agent,
Lincoln. - Nebraska.
Will p-actlce la any of the Courts of the State, and
will buy and sMI H"l Es.ate on commission, pay
Taxes, emin Titles, c.
Inr.M 'hi if "
. MAX. W ELL, 8AM. M. CUAPMAN
n ax well &, Chapman,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
AV1
Solicitors in Cbaneery-
LAT mytOCTH, - JfKBSASKA
oaos urer Black, Battery k Co'a Drug Store.
.NnTlTITT
SCHLATER.
WATCtf HAKES and JEWELS
Main Street,'
PLATTSMODTn, ' NEBRASKA,
A rood assortment of Watches do a t old Peas.
JrwelrT.Sil-W"e.Fno- UK " Viol.ns and VI
iuZ Trtmminira always on hand. All work com
Milled to his cra will oo warrauieti.
April 10. tnm.
Plattsmouth Mil-Is.
C. HEISiiL, Proprietor.
Hasa r.eently been repairedand placed in thor
iKh runains order. Custom work done oa short
notice.
100,000 Bnsliels of Wheat
Wanted immediately, for which the.hlg est anarke
price will be paid. aog2d tt
J. N. WISE,
General Life, Accident, Fire, Inland and
Trantil .
INSURANCE AGENT
W 111 take tisksat reasonable rato In the most reliabl
roaioaaiea lm the United btatea.
Cj-ee at the book store, Pla sir on'llJ'aeJbi1'
.Tl.llincry Sc Dressmaking
nsuii.li. DBsraia Mm.R-P. Ksot !
. Opposite the City Bakery.
WW would resotfaly announce to the Ladies
of I'rMtsruouth and vicinity, that we hsvejust
frrcflvsd alarareand well steed stock or Winter
,Z- .i vinr. Ribbons. Telvats. dress
. HEALTH, GOMFOR Tf AND
ECONOMY, .
3 REASONS FOR BOARDING '
with ' ;
OAK STREET - - ' - PLATTSM0CTU
t Two blocks northwest of Brick School-House.
HK baa a BA TH HO USE, free to patrons; his
rooms are well TcoUi&ted, and bis prices are
reasonable, JoljiS nl6ti.
Capt- D. LADOO & CO.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers In
Wines and Liquors;
Alio a rery chalet selection of
Tobacco and Cigars,
Mala street, second door east of Seymour House,
" ' N'tffjrs.ka City, Nebraska
Are Jaet r'ceiTing a new stock of Gmuirr Old
bewbon direct from Hourbsn csonty, Ky.. Bitten,
rt. btjIS w
Mr Naibu Goes to Connecticut, to Jig
. $istr One ofr A. Johnson's Especial
.' Friends,' viz.. Dixon lie Essay a
opeech of which only a ' bniall pot.
' tion is delivered. :
Post Orris, Cohfedbit X Roads,
51
(VYicb is in the Stan uv Kei.iuckv
, , March 9, 1S69
"The Noo Hatnsheer elnckdhuu bez
gone agio u?. I bed hoped that the
sober second tbot" uv the peeple-uv
tbattatt wood .bring about a chnige.
tui.lt dldu U That 8obr e-ecuuti tiot
won't do to depend onto. The giooo
ine Dimocrai lias no sober tbot, nor ho
second one. The sober - man who
thinks twice, alluz bez a mcst ndaC
countable habit uv.votio with, tbeAb
lUhunists. . .. . ... . ? .r t
lo Connecticut now we turn our
hopeful eyes ' In ' Connecticut" ther I
still potency in 'our old watchword,
'AmertLy for white nien!'' . and the
iroo Connecticut Dimocrat t'H, shud
ders when you demand uv him ternl,
"Do voo want to marrv a nigger?"
Then its proximity to Noo York' is 'a
pint in our fa?or, for it's cheaper to
transport voters from that city, than o
any other Siait, except Noo Jersey.
To yoostt a military fraze, wich I ern
ed when I wuz in servis in the Looze
aner Pelikins, Connecticut is" ne'r"our
base uv supplies.. It's too expensive
to do it m Pennsylvany, and we sbeil
never try that State agin.,, . ..r ai
A. Johnson desired mt to go to Con
necticut to assist1 Dixon, and T rpen't
one d. y at that biz'nis. Johnon loves
Dixon, and. is petikelerly anxshus thai
he she be in the House .,wben be .gits
into .the Senit.' . '"Then. V said 'he.
there'll Le ' two uv us" 1 ;rtiatle 'im'y
way to the robral town in his'Dee'strick
and arranged for a meetin to jtddxers.
Ther wuz a goodiy attendance and, I
congratulatid myself upon a pleasant
and profitable season. " ; '
Strikin a attitood, I commenced by
remarking; that the eyes uv the coun
try wuz jist at this time a restin onto
the fust Deetnck uv Connecticut, and
that the country speclid the'elecki-hun
uv that noble patriot, James Dixon. I
preposed to examine breeny the record
uv the man for whom I solisited thr
votes. '
At this pint, the . cb'erman uv the
meetin pulled my cote tale vilemly.
AVell! ed I, angrily, for I wuz
iitin on a most elokent swet,'and when
I git to perspiring oratorically, I don't
like to be interrupted; "wat s the mat
ter?" -
. '"Don't menshun bis record,'. whis
pered be in my left ear. "We dodge
that!" . ;. . . , V .
"But before I enter upon that." sed
I, sliding offuv that sunken rock, '"1
shel say a few words regard in the
monstrous preposition to force nigger
suflTrage onto Connecticut. . Do yoo "
Agin my coat tail wuz pulled, and
another nervous whisper.-
Don't raenshun suffrage he voiid
for it twice.- We dodge tbaf' .
"Doo yoo desire," reootned I.
somewhat staggered, for nigger suf
frage is my bpst holt, and when de
prived uv it, I am at ea without chart
or compass,
narrer iiet
Do yoo desire the old
uv the silk . stock ened
Whig " ;
"For the Lord's sake, don't,'' wuz
the next whisper." - 'iDixon wuz a
Whig. We dodge that-" , .
'That is which is'' I struck out
wildly Do yoo deire to hev ibe
heresies uv that imprncticble Ablishn
iet Charles Sumner "
I sposed. uv course, this wuz safe.
It's alluz prudent to abooze Sumner in
a Dimocrat meetin. and when I hev
nothing els to ray, I alluz do it. with
lhe happiest results. But ther came a
mity pull and another whisper the min
it that came wuz menshuned.
Don't say nothing about Sumner
Dixon carries a recomendatory paper
from him ia his pocket. We dodge
that' ' . - . .
Dazed and demoralized.I commenc
ed sgin. ( : .. . r -.1 v .-x . r ,
, J t., . 4A. ' J"
'My frenos .you are askt by the
Ablishu 'candidate to vote with a pnr
ty wich only a few yeers ago, in their
midnite Jodges. woodiiev. denied the
liberty lovin emigrants the bal "
"Good Lord man!" whispered ' this
cussed cheerman, pull'n my con t tail
till the stitches yawned: "don't you
know that Dixon wuz a Know Nothin.
We dodge that." -
Not knowin .1 precisely wat to do.
and feelin very much in the condshun
uv a man after a bard nite's drinkin, I
made another dive: '..
"Feller citizen, the question for' u?
to consider to pile is, shel we be taxed
to pay a unconstooshnel debt, made to
by b od-, ; " : . ' ";:
That wuz ez fur ex I got. Agin that
pull agin that infernal whisper: ' 1
"Dou't say anything agin payin the
debt. Some uv our Dimocracy hold
bonds. We dode that." f
D n yoor Dimocracyr ejaculated
I, angrily. ...
"D n - a Dmocracy wich holds
bonds.. .They must live in secksbuns
where the Maine likker law is en
forced. She! I argoo in favor uv pay
ing the bonds?". ' :
"No. don't. A posben uv.our vote
is agin it. We dodge that.
Feelin that ther wuz one pint onto
wich I cood talk sately, I com'meirced
once- more; ; : i :j: v i i.
; "The, RepulLkin party beded by
that bloo ccted butcher, .Grant' re
soomed I, feeling that that must be safe.
Vain hope! : Skasely woz the- words
nut of my mouth, wheri that cussed pull
occuredagin. lt .' -- - .I r-'. ;. '..
,"Tech etn litely. 1 Dixon is sleepin
with '.Republicans, and he bez called
upon Grant" AVe dodge ihai.'r '
This "wuz the last fetber wich broke
the camels back. : .-r ..i ::.-. t.
VVat ia ther yodon'l dodgef;. VVat
but- eo to ; thunder, and make the
speech. yourself? ' "ejaculated I, indig
natiy.Mawkm on the piatrorm. "I hev
wrencht myself feet fully at -times, an
am ekal to almost any. emergency, but
without preparabhi'D, long and painful,
I can't make a speech in the . interest
uv a genius who hez belonged to every
party wich hez flourished sense he wuz
a boy, and who i. specting votes from
all uv em. I might aboose Sumner in
one pmce ana praise hun .-in another,
but 1 can't do both to wunst- That's a
persnnon above me.' I hev made a
speech' in the' afternoon in favor -uv
free trade in Noo York, and the same
evenin advocatei a high pertective
tariff, in . Pennsylvany, but don t - ask
ma , to do sicn tnnffs in tne same
hall to the iame awjnce! Faugh! -It's
too- much' for even a 1 Kentucky
Democrat.". i i -, :-
.And. I left in disgust, Ife ought to
be elected, and without any uv my
help, for ef tber's a man in Connec
ticut 'who can t had something in bis
record , to soot him, he must be a sing-
ler bein. .
PJiTROLF.UM V. NASBY.'P.M.
r Wich is Postmaster.) :
r. j , ,, ' r--
The Country Gentleman gives lhe
following directions fur fixing the clock:
When lhe clock sit, "'n't tk i
the repair shop-till yea have tried as
follows: .Take off ibe pointers and, the
face;take off the pendulum and its wire.
Remove" the '. ratchet from the tick
wheel: and the clock will run J down
with great velocity." Let it gOi'- 'The
increased speed wears away the- gum
and dust from the pinions the . clock
cleans itself. . If you haVe' any pure
sperm oil, put the last bit on the axles.
Put the machine ' together,' and nine
times m ten it will run jui as well a
if it had been taken to the shop. In
fact this is the way most shopmen clean
clocks. If instead of a pendulum the
clock has a watch escapement,' this lat
ter cab be taken out -fa an iostant with
out taking the works part, ai d the re
sult is the same. , ; .7
From the Colurad ' Tribune of the
3(hh inst. we -extract -lhe following
concerning -the-, two-reut railroads.i
Speaking of Junciion City, the corres;
pondenl sayr Tbi.town will be hort
lived. I think six 'weeks or twomcnihs
will play theplace out There are a
great number of men at work on both
the Union Pacific Railroad f and the
Central Pacific .Rai. road here. . The
two roads run from fifty to " one hun
dred yards' apart, from Ogden, west
about one hundred miles. ' Contractors
are working all . along on both. The
Gentiles bave about the same sized
town started at the crossing of Bear
river, about thirty miles east from here,
and on the road to Ogden. -
Mr. C. was in the habit of aking
bis children to repeat the text on their
return from church, to prove that they
gave attention. One Sabbath the text
was Why stand ye here all - the day
idle? Go into my vineyard ..and
work and whatsoever is right I will
pay thee." Charlie came home',' and
was asked to repeat the text He hes
itafd a moment, and then, a if it jut
came to him I fter much thought, he
said: "What are you t-t-ndir.g 'round
here doing nothin' f t r ? Go it to my
burnyard and go to work, and I'll make
it all right with you ' . .
Hoso op todxt.-A fellow, whose
countenance was ' homely enough to
scare the old one, was truing some ex
tra flourishes in tt publtc-house. when
he was observed by. a '.Yankee, iwbo
asked him " if he . didn t fall, into a
brook when he was young." J'What
do you mean, you impertinent scoun
drel ?'' "Why. I flidn't mean nothin,'
only you have got such' an' all I fired
crooked nKtuih, I thought as how : y.u
might a fall'd in the brook when, you
was a boy",' nd your mother bung you
up by the mouth to dry.J J , '"'
. Essat om JVIcLxa The author, of
the.foHowing j essay, .whomsoever he
may be,' is certainly worthy of the ' po
sitiori of chief clerk to a stock "yard, or
superintendent of : the'' government
sublet:,'.'. s , v. ; - t-.'-t t .n
. , .'Tbe mewl ia a larger burd thanihe
guse or the turky. It has1 2 legs to
walk, and two more to kick with; and
it wares its wings on the Vde of its
bead. v. If is ; siubboroly - backward
about going forward, and in driving
bim a man needs bodi foursite and
hindsite. I onr-e bitched one to a
horse-power and he kickt ft all to pee
ces eat up 38 ' bit,,' 3 pks 7 qts.,' 2
feet, nine inches of new threshed oats
; and left." . ...... ,-.t . ; j,
The parent who 'would 'train; '.up a
child rn ihe way he should go, must go
lb way be should tram up t is child in.
Twice Married in a Day.
- A' few' days ago'here was 'a gay
and festive wedding party at the bouse
of Mr. J , who lives . in Indiana
near the line of Preble county, Ohio;
indeed ' the , house is in the Hoosier
State, while the garden which supplies
its occupants viib sass, and the orch
ard from which they draw their fruit
are. in Ohio. . The occasion to which
we'alludrt to was the marriage of Miss
Alary J to. a tavorne son or oia
Prebie. and as' the event 'was largely
attended, and the preparations for the
eLteritinutent of the cav and festive
throng were to ample and admirable;
nothing was wanting to render it one
of ihe most splendid and satisfactory
ever witnessed ' in all that country.
Tbe ceremony concluded, coogratula
tiona offered, and the banquet ended.
tha voung people who contribute t
make such occasions immensely lively.
were in the midst of their mirthful de
monstrations when the minister who
had tied the silken knot bethought bim
of the statutes touching niarriages.and
he concluded that the license which
was procured in Ohio, wasn't after all,
ambority for marrying a couple in In
diana, antf he created a senuion by
communicating his doubts to the young
people, who were indulging in a dream
ihat tbey were "iudissolubly united,"
atid astonished tbe party of young folks
who . were making merry over the
event. A council was held, and if was
at length decided that, to make a sure
thing, and leave no room for unpleas
ant doubts,' the party wot-Id repair to
the orchard which was known to be in
the State of Oho,,and the marriage
ceremony should be repeated. This
stratageuc movement was executed at
once and in good order, 'the nervous
bride and groom 'standing there in
"the beau iful snow." in that fruitful
orchard, nanKeu ; vu aii.otuca. by -crowd
of . shivering, witnesses,, were,
again pronounced husbaud and wife.
That marriage ought ' to be divorce
proof. ' 1 '
Measuring Land. Almost every
one has some way of measuring land.
either by regular paces or by estimated
distances by the eye. When accuracy
is not required either of these will an
swer, but tbey cannot be depended on.
The Maryland Farmer gives the fol
lowing table of distances by which an
exact acre can be found, wtich will
prove a convenience to many .besides
farmers and gardeners: ;.; -, ;
vds by 9S6 . yds. contains, 1
acre
do
di
do
do
do
do
do
: do
do
do
10
do
d.i
do
do
do
ft
do
do
do"
do
do
484
do
20
40
SO
70
242
121
60 1-2
91 4-7
193 ...
.96 .
399
725
363 7
171 12
- do1
do
do
do
ft
'do
do
do
do
do
220
440
110
60
210
244
Eumate of quantity of seed required
No. of bu. to A. ' lbs. bu.
Wheat, (broadcast) 112. 60
drilled, , 1 13; CO
Rye. broadcast, .112, 56
drilled, ' 1 12 56
Oats, broadcast, ' 2 33
Timothy, -galls. 2 45
Red Clover, 3 L3 60
White " lbs. 8 50
Red Top, bu. 1 1-3 14
Blue Grass, bu. 1 1-3 14
Millet. " 1 45
Hjngarian. "1 ' 50
Corn, in hills,-gal. 1 13 56
Number of trees on an acre:
At 1 ft. apart, each way , 2.720
"5 ' i,749
"6 1.200
8.' 'V ? - 689
. "10 , 430
"12 . . 325
"15 ' ' 200
IS ' l35
-20 ' ' " ' 110
,-22 : . ' . . : 70
"30 . , 50
1 A small boy made application of bis
firrt instruction on the sanctity . of ihe
Sabbath by objecting to the apotheca
ries shop., which he saw open on that
day. ' "But,'' he was told, "the drug
gists must keep open on Sundays, so
that sick people can get medicine-"
"Why ! do people get - sick on A Sun
day?". "Yes, just , as on . any other
day.". "Well, good people don't die
on Sunday, do they? "Certainly.''
'How can that be? Does- heaven
keep open on Sunday ?" . It is need
less to say ihat all further grav con
versation on the subject was impos
sible Bazaar '"'''
:, .. - i-.t 1 ;J
,. Too MEAs roa the Devh. Beech
er said in a recent sermon: "I am in
formed that, before the commu ation
system was abandoned by the : ferry
company, men in good standing in so
ciety would .boldly declare that they
bad a commutation ticket in their pock
et when they bad none, Tor the sake of
going through without paying. They
did this when the ferriage' was but
one cent. , Lpity tbe devil. 1 do not
know what he does with such men.
It is awful to be chief magistrate for n
parcel of men like them. I cannot un-
i derstnnd how these extguau. thrice
' squeezed men can be manured."
" . Miscellaneous...
. An old lady once said that her, idea
of a great man was "a man who was
keerful of his clothes, didn't drink
spirits, kin read the B ble without
spelling the words, and kin eat a - cold
dinner on a wash day to cave the . wo
man folks tbe trouble of cooking." -.--,
Tom prsented his bill to. bis neigh
bor.' Joe, who remarked:' Why, Tom,
it strikes me that you have made out a
pretty round bill herelceh? '.Iam
sensible that it is a . round one . and
came here for the purpose ot getting
it'squared, quoth lorn, '
A little boy on coming homa from
church, wheie he bad seen a person
performing on an organ,! said - to his
mothei. "Ob, mo her, I wish you had
been at church to day. to sed the .fun;
a man was pumping music out ot an
old ctjpboarJ !' '
Be always kind and true, spurn ev
ery sort ot alteciioa - sr - disguise.
Have the courage to confess your i
noraoce and awk.wardness. confide
your faults and follies to but few. ' ""
A Alississippi editor, naving given
notice that be would 'inform, free of
charge, enterprising - youi-.g ' men how
to. make a fortune without capital, re
plies tbu-ly to several anxious inquir
er?: "liiery one ot you pull on your
coats, leave on your army fixes, qua
whisky, go to work," make - a crop of
corn, cotton,' peas and potatoe.-; house
them up, then -marry an. enterprising
girb".
It is said ihat fully a third of the
visitors to Shakespeare's birthplace, at
Stratsford on-Avon, are Americans.
.- A voung gentleman- in , a Connecti
cut town recently answered a matri
monial advertisement, found in a New
York paper, apparently inserted by a
young and wealthy widow. A corres-
..ji.uvu'.u.iiMi, iuc ttuiiiiuiig gentle
man went on to meet, the , advertiser.
and found her lo be a perfect beauty
n appearance, very wealthy.. but en-
irely insane." A constant watch", had
to be kept over her to prevent just such
affairs as the would be husband learned,
and be returned to Connecticut a disap
pointed man. ....
St Petersburg is sometimes called
Si. Piaimpolis. There are 3.000 teach :
ers of rianos in the city.
Tbe income of Sheriff O Brien, of
New York, is estimated at $100,000.
The poor man recently applied. to the
Legislature for an it crease of fees.
. A young lady in Leavenworth keeps
a list of ber male acquaintances in a
pocket diary, and calls it ber him book.
.. Groomsmen are going out of fasbiou
at modern weddings. ; . ,y -
Mrs. Diana Vies, one hundred and
fourteen years of age, is living near
Nathvilln, Tennessee. She is still
vigorous, doing a great deal of work.
Her husbands.of whom she had three,
all served fu the Revolution. Mrs.
Vies has over four hundred descend
ants living. She resides with . her
daughter, Mrs. Sawyer, a child of
ninety.
Brick Pomroy could not get an audi
ence at Detroit mean enough lo hear
bim lecture the other nighu '
A Cincinnatian convicted of stealing
an umbrella, has been sent to jail.
As A. J. would say, "our Constitu
tional rights are being taken away
from us.""
It costs only $5 lo kick a small boy
m Milwaukee. The merchants- in
that city, having little else to do,' are
indulging in the luxury, to a consider
able extent. , - ?
The Methodists of Boston have
titioned the Legislature for incorpo
ration with power to hold funds in
trust for a future college in that city.
A returned Australian found ihe ba
by be left at home miss of fire sum
mers One'day be : offended her; and
she fretfully'exclaimed: "1 wish you
had never married into the family.".
A young lady of Mobile is about to
rrarry a baron in Paris. The r unfor
tunate man is incumbered with a for
tune of $6 000.000, and wants assist
ance in spending it. -
The coming orange crop of Florida
promises to be a remarkably large one
An unprecedented amount of land will
be planted for the cultivation of grain
and. vegetables tuis year. ., -T '. - -:
A Connecticut rogue stole a horse
and carriage, and then borrowed mon
ey vi the Litchfield county sheriff to
pay the expense of pursuing the thief.
: ' The recent sudden rise in the waters
f the Ohio, consequent upon tbe late
rains, has caused apprehensions of a
flood similar to that of 1847. .
Henry Murtylate a deck hand on
the Mississ.ppi steamer Osborne, has
fallen heir to a fortune of $500 000.
and last week received the cash por
tion of the inheritance in greenbacks
to the amount of S195.000. , '
"Has your husbaud got naturalized"
inquired an energetic politician of a
robust female. "Got natural eyes!"
was the response in indignant tone;
"yes. begorayjand natural tathe, too!''
A Pittsburgh man has been brought
up befere the Criminal Court, charged
with attempting to kiss a Udy against
her will At latest advices the jury
had not fixed upon a punishment for
tbgoffenre.
Paper House v "
Passing along the street '"the 'other
day, the writer's curiosity was' excited
by seei.ig a small house on ibe .side
walk. Was it a model of "some- fa
mous man's domicil, or had it been
used in a political procession, or figured
at a County or State fair? Or Mas it
put there as a sample of how : houses
should be built? On examination, the
writer found that lhft roof, sides and
floor were covered with compacted paper
or pasteboard, saturated with tar and
impervious to air and water,' and a nou-
conducter of heat and cold, waking ft
cool in summer and warm in winter.
and protecting the house against ver
min. It is put on the studs without
sheathing boards, or on the 'sheathing
boards before c.'apboarding, or on .the
inside of the studs . before, lathing, or
on the lath, and papered inside of plas
tering, like any' wall, on the joists of
under the floors to keep cut cold and
noise and on roofs, under shingles or
slates, or instead of fell for ., a , gravel
rouf. And it is so cheap that a house
25 feet by 50, and 20 feet high, can he
covered with it, and made-air' and wa
ter tight, and as warm as a brick house,
for about twenty five collars.
The paper can be used before sat
uration for the inside of rooms, instead
of plaster, "and be papered or "white
washed.' This material is being very
generally used, lhe Rock River Paper
Company, Ne. 13 LaSalle street, Chi:
cago, is manufactoring it in large
quantities at their extensive - mills at
Beloit, Wis., and Marshall, Mich.; and',
like all other new and .-useful j things
now a days, it u patented. Sample
and full particulars .., by circular are
sent free on application to lbs company.
W have had pttper boats for scull ra
ces, and now .we are - to nave paper
honseai Wo livw in a day ;of. won
ders. Chicago Tribune
' The Cheyenne Leader thus-
gees
for''.the-White Pine country:
A cheerful condition of things exists
in and about White Pine. In addition
lo the known scarcity and high prices
of provisions, we are now told thai in'
consequence Of the , crntinued . stormy
weather, lhe road from Eiko to Ham-.
ilton (120 miles) ia lined the, wtiote
distance with stalled wagons, disan.
peanng beneath the mud,' with their
loads of merchandize, for-' which - the
15.000 inhabitants of the Silver: Par
adise are anxiously, waiting.. In . the
mires, ibe alatming presence of pneu
moi ia is somewhat relieved" ty the
counter irritant, small pox1 -while - in
ibe out-. skirts of .the districts tbe ab.
sence of putrid throats and . variolous.
cuticles, is partially supplied by the
Lo family, whose chief occupation
consists in the delightful " exercise of
raising the top. hair; of unsuspecting
delvers after the chloritic ores
White Piners doubtless console them
selves with the philosophical reflection
that flesh is grass and the world is full
ot darwbacks. ' -
There is a dentist's office in a town
under a photograph gallery: The
dentist has a boy, who is mischievous.
as boys are. Demist was out the oth
er day for half an hour, and, returning,
found a country lassie sealed in his
chair, motionless, gazing with swim'
ruing eyes into the top of a " plug rhai
with a towel over the end, that , was
aimed at her, a few feet away. Her
feller" motioned the dentin to be still,
but he wouldn't obev. and asked what
was wanted. The damsal unhooked
her eyes from tbe bat -and 'asked if it
"wasn't struck yet?" The dentist
then comprehended that his promising
son hau been having some fun, and
made the bet apology the case admit
ted. Iowa City Press V i -
The following table is compiled
from the report of the Superintendent
of the Missouri Lunatic Asylum, and
shows the number of persons out. of
fourteen hundred who have. gone era.
zy from different causes: Domestic be
reavement. 25: domestic mfecility, 34;
intemperance, 44 i intense study, 8;
mental anxiety, 15; masturbation, 43;
opium eating, 5; pecuniary, embar
rassment, 22; seduction,. 2; spirit Tap
pings, 2; tobacco, 3; unrequitted af
fection, 30; religious ' excitement, 22;
war: excitement, 21. ' Most of ihe
cases are caused by heriditary trans
mission. . , .. ..
The best tree story out is, that an
oak. tree, still flourishes in Syria that
was planted by Abraham We sup
pose that some one will 'disover that
when the Patriarch planted it, it was a
cutting from the tree which bad growr
from that olive-branch brought in, by
Noah's dove, which, in its turn, was a
cutting from the olive-branch which
Adam may have grafted into his orisj
inal ."ladies, and gentlemen's furnish;
ing etore,",tbe fie tree. . , ,
AH the mysteries of the . Mormon
land are not centered in : Mormonism.
A few miles above the mouth of Salt
river has been discovered an ancient
town site. Remains of ' canals built
twenty and thirty feet high, and twenty-
feel walls still standing,, are suffi
cient lo excite the. curiosity of ibose
who speculate upon the sbynx
and fyramids. .Cotton, tobacco, and
castor beans are found growing amid
tbe rains.
i Arctic Exploration. '
-Dr. I. 1. Hayes lately- delivered - in
New York an interesting' . address on
Arctic explorations. The - lecturer
noticed the course of Franklin's, Mc
Clure's, and Kane's explorations on
the -maps, and explained, wherein ba
bad deviated from their course un'.tl he
reached Cape Union, one hundred
miles north-west of the - limit of Dr.
Kane's expedition, and whence he,
(Dr. Hayes) within four hundred and
fifty miles of the North Pole," gazed in
admiration on the open sea which sur
rouods it. He , then , described with
much effect his approach to Greenland;
the people, their dwellings and habits
of life; their island icebergs rising
three hundred feet above the level of
the sea, and. buried seven times . that
depth beneath its surface, three miles
in circumference and three hundred
million tons in weight, enough,, ibe
said .if made marketable ii the city of
New York, to pay , oft?" the national
debt; the feords or bays thirty miles
in depth and ten in width, in which
these .icebergs are formed by the
thawed snows of the high interior un;
til, breaking from the land .by their
own' weight, they float on in imperious
grandeur until melted away in their
journey to the tropics.' Other Arctic
expeditions are now fitting out in Eng
land and Germany, and we 'may yet
here more of this cpen Polar Sea. '
A great many men would bt real
forces of goodness in the world if they
did not let all their principle and enthu '
siasm escape in words. They are like
iocamotives which let oftso much steam
through the escape valves that, though
thay fill' the air witb noise, they
have not power enough to move th
train. . If yoo- bave got anv nrincinal.
any faith, any embufiasm, any fire jo
your soul, keep the tongue valves close,
and let the spiritual forces' move your
hands to noble deeds', and make your
feet run on errands of mercy." ' - -- i
A writer in the Toronto Globe ' baa
been watching the snow birds in his
apple'orrhard He say iKy lipkt u
the trunks of the trees literally cover-
ng them over, and that after they fly
imay.lheeoow ia completely GOlteil
with the shelle of the apple tree lice,
not one of which contains an egg. 1
-m ' m m mm , :
The public will be gratified to learn
that MK GreelyVold white ' coat and
hat.- which mysteriously 'disappeared'
at the Inaogeration ball, have been re'
turned to hun1 tbe individual who as
propriated these historical habiliments
having no further use for them .
Dickens says that " the first exter
nal revelation of the . dry rt in men ia
a tendency to lutk and Jounge; to be
at steet corners . without intelligible
reason1, to be going" anywhere when
met; to be about many places rather
tbna aDy; to do ' nothing tangible,' bat
to have an intention of performing a
nutnber of tangible duties to-mjrrow
or the day after." '
An Irishman was employed to trim
some fruit trees. He went in. ' ihe
morning, and, on returning at noon,
was asked -if he had completed hts
work. , "No,' was t'l reply; ,."but..I
have cut all them down, and I am go.,
ing to trim them in the afternoon." "j
A man named John Kearney, whe
was stealing a ride on a cow-catcher
of an engine in Pittsburgh, oa Friday
last, by some means lost bis- eeat and
fall under lhe wheels, bring, instantly
crushed to. death.-. K; .- V i.
T Help . comes for the Fenians from
an unexpected source. A celestial in
San Francisco has declared . himself a
Fenianvbut he has been taken in hand
by his.friends, who declare him insane.
The La Grange (Ga.) Reporter
must be a family paper ' if the state
ment of the proprietors is true. Tbey
claim to have ten sons employed in th
office all competent ts wield pen or
type slick. ' ' r-'' -
. All kinds of r.al and persona' es
tate jo Cuba have declined in price.
Houses in Havanna, which wotlld havt
sold for S40.000 a year ago, can be
bought for $10 000 now, audi even at
that rate more sellers than purchnsers
are to be found. ; .
Goldsmith wrote his Vicar of Wake
field in a beggary . closet where only
one person could sued erect in it.
Tasso lacked money to purchase can
dies witb, and, be v usually wrote bis
verses in ihe. dark- - '; z I
Dryden died in poverty. '
; 'Milton wealth was not sufficient to
defray his obsequies. t.' .
. Homer, the father of poetry, was a
beggar, and sung his immortal verses
ia the streets for bis daily bread. ; -.
iEsop was a slave., - -. . ., . f: 5 i -
Joan of Arc was burnt.-' ' .
.- Edgar A. Poe died of .'poverty and
drunkenness. r ; ..s.
Burns died in dread of jail. .,
Miles O'Riely died of drunkenness,
Aod remember ihe advice of HoImt
tiat a man would Letter go cut on the
highway and earn a living with tbe
spade, than to risk getting it by a liter
a ry .pursuit. ,
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