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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
PLA.TTSMOUTII .'- - JNEBRASKA.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Aao
Solicitor in Chancery.
PLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA
S. F- COOPER.
ATTORNEY AND COVSSSLOB AT LAW V
piattsmoutli, lVel.
-trrill buy and sell Real EstaU", and pay taxe t jt
ImproT-da'ni noirprored lands and lots for aale,
Jn25ih al2ri. .
B. It LIVINGSTON, M. D.
?hysician and SuTgeon,
Tsnders hi profcaional servicts to tbecitiaen of
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street; Oiftce on Main tfeet. opposite Court House,
i'Uttsmouth, Nebraska.
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'"arner of Miin and Fourth Streets,
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ThUIIne having been re nit-d ana "e-JJ
sUhcdoOVrs flrt-eUs9 accommudalions
Itoard by
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ATTORNEY AT LAW
'. AND . .' '
cneial Land Agent,
Lincoln.. - Nebraska.
Willp-actice in any of the Coort. of the State, an
wiM boy and -H Ke.l E.te on eommiMton. p.y
, esemln Till, e- -
noTirt'iiiir
Cj-Oaee at the boolore,l.'
Iff rUln, .Scbr-
maySldtf
TIi Hill cry fc DreSSinakillS?
at Miso m. d air A 131 . '
Dasraia xs.m.r. a-ai
Opposite the Cily Bakery.
Wl wooUre.pectfully annonnce to the tadle
TflaiumoVtb .ad -icinity "e ,h''Jnt
trtmm.ns.. M., e. 7'a'I1Mcoc.a,odte ,11 our
rcr old m tniciiy. " c " iiiferor n
old en.tomer. and a. many new one. a. ''f'
-;,k,,.n All kind of wora m
orteV. "erfectiataafacUon f ien or nocharge
myStf
HEALTH, COMFORT
ECONOMY,
S3 REASONS FOR BOARDING
with
GEO. W. COLVIX,
ATIttT . ' - - PLATTS MOUTH
iVtwo Woe.. 'northwest of Brick 8chool:Hoo.e.
w--. v vA-rrT tmrrsictn to patron ; hi
Ii ,om7,7e weU eaula?a, and re
rtaaenable. uaiyn.o-
Capt. D. LABOO & COi,
Wholesale and EMail DWeri in
Wines and Liquors,
Alo a very choice selection of - .
Tobacco and Cigars,
Kiln street, eeoad door east at Seymoar House.
Ar. ,Mt ingliwtlu Genuine
ootn-MH -tntct from eooroon eonaiy, ''w
VOL.
Mr. Nasby -Witnesses a Procession of
the Sons of .rtnf tn uonor oj ai.
Patrick He Rtads an Account q
ths Festivities in the Evening, and
Dreams Thereupon.
Post Orris, CoHrsB-iT X
Roads. 5
itucky.) V
D, 1800. )
(Wich is in the Stait av Kentucl
- Oiacra
' I happened to be in Albany; vf Icb is
in the btate uv Noo York, on at Pat
rick's Day, and wuz a giMified and
plesed observer' uv the perceshun id
honor uv the natron taint uvthe Green
lie. It wuz a go r jus site, . and ,ine
wich warmed mi hart, loer wuz
men in cockt hats on horseback, with
green sashes onto em; "iher ., wuz ofS
cers uv the variuasosisiies in carriages,
with ereen sashes onto em; iher wuz
the sturdv' sons uv Erin on' foot, with
sashes onto em. all waILn or riden se
rene in the knowledge uv the fact that
no matter what cusid masheens mile
be invented for diggin on railroads, or
carryin brick and mortar to the tops uv
bildins. none uv them sod ; masheens
cood ever vote. 'Then the enthoosiasm
uv the Dimocraiic offis holders uv Al
bany exceeded anythfDgl ever witnest.
The Dimocratic members ov the Leg
islacher, and the Slate and County of.
fishls, wuz all in con;piku6us posishens,
the high ones bowin urbanely, and the
low ones cheerin'.' vosifera.Iy. I wuz
at a winder uv the- Delavan House,
at wicb, ez I hedn't no baggage, I bed
taken the precaushun to pay in ad-
vane, for fear I mite, absent-mindedly,
leeve without payin my board, wich I
did at the seje.tion uv .the gentlemanly
and urbane clerk wben 1 wuz rooaiy
pusht aside by a impetuous gentleman.
Noticin that he wuz . a small man, I
seezed him, and demanded wat.in bla
zes be ment by pushm me. "My dear
sir" sed he, in agony, "please give me
yoor place doo give ne yoor place!
1 am a candidate for -Alderman next
spring! Pityin him, I yeelded, and in
a minit he wuz a wavin a green nas
from ihe winder; and ihoutin; "Rah!"
with all tbe venom that wuz in him.
tiz I lookt at him and the other ex
pectants, I cood not help thinking wat
a happiness it must be id be a Irishman
in Ameriky. ... - ,
.Thenextmornic'I opened .the paper,
and read ihe account uv the banquet
the previus evening "My' repeck for
the Celtic rece increesed largely ez I
read. I learned from the t speeches
made at the banquet by "invited Dim
ocraiic guests who wgz.'.present'and
the letters from distinguish!, piiuocrats
who hed bio-invited but who wuz not
iTsent. tbatShe Irish Dot only diskiv-
ered Ameriky. but that ihey . won the
independence avtbe Colonies, beat the
British 10 lbia. carried on tne Aiex
ikin war. and finally, alone and unaid
ed, put down tbe late onpleaiantnis.-
One sneeker, who expects to ie iay-
or uv Albany, exprest ez his beleef that
the magnetic needle, gunpowder and
the telecraff wuz the invensnun , uv
Irishmen." ,
The letters ritten by .the Ieedin
Dimocrats ur the State, to, be read ; at
the bannuet. tetched -me. Guvner
Hoffman paid a littin triboot to St. Pat
rick, and remalct that it wuz the nrt
time for veers that, he bad omitted to
take some part in the celetrasnen uv
. . . . .
St. Patrick's Day, and that the thot cut
him to the quick. Cnamplain, ;tne
Attorney General uv. Noo lork, re
markt that ez Irishmen hed borae so
hnnnmhl a nart in evervtbine inat
tic.x tended to increase the moral, mtel
lectooal and fizikal strength uv the
iouotry, his sympathy i twines clo.ier
and closter around em, and mat ...pe
consekently shuddered at tbe prospect
uv any obstrucshen bem placed in me
rnv ii- thir hein made citizens, ez
fast ez Dossible. - ;
Tne ouier letters irqm uisiiug-i"
Noo Yorkers wuz moa'tly uv the same
tenor. , .... t
Ex I wuz readin this and thin-in to
myself hew. the leadin Dimociats ut
Nun York never torcit tnat tner s
eleckshen ah id, I fell asleep, and in
i mat Sleep 1 nea a most cuiiuus .tj,uu
Methawt l wuz set ahed twenty
vears. Tne ntteenin -vmenumentueu
bin rvassed. and- the nnrcers wuz ail
...... .1
voters. I wuz a siiten at a winder in
the Dele vn House, when the -ouud uv
brass moosic broke the fearful stillnis
that yoosuaily pervades the streets -uv
that city. A perceshun hove in sue
and to my horror they wuz niggers.
Ther wuz niggers in cockt bats on
horseback,' niggers in
banners, and niggers on foot.
Wfttisthis?"asklI.in indignashen
Why it's a celebrashun uvthe birth
day uv St. Gumbo, the patron saint uv
Af hky V remarkt a Dimocra!ic Alder-
man, who stood beside me. vHurrah!
Hurrah r shreeWt he, pasnin me biu
and bendin his hed out uv the winder
so ez to be seen, wavin vosiferously a
Mack flag, wich I learned hed- bin
krl-nterl z the nashnel Color UV the
Afrikins in Ameriky. The enthoosi
astic Alderman wuz 'rewarded tor his
ep:sertions with a grashus smile from
a pekoolerlf kdisgustin black Digger
with a aash onto him. who wuz eeeted
i a baroosh..' ' ':
- "Rah! Rah T' shouted the Diraoc-
oid ri,y from ail the winders, ez the . per
ound ther
CeS-iOD filed by. JZ tney
PLATTSMdUTIIi!
way up to ihe "capitol, I ootiit'ihe' en
tit a Kildin wnz decorated with" blaclr
flagt,'in hoaor uv ibe day, tad to my
disgust I wuz mtormcd tbtt the btato
-fticers wuz all Dimocrata.
my dream. I picked up' the Dim-
ocratic papers the next mornin, and
read therein st account u7 the banquet
that took p ace that '.evening' 1 notiat
some fannlyer names:' appended to
ruther familter-lookin letter?. '; '
Hoffman, who hed got to be a' Sen
ator; addrest the uneerman uv tne
Committee on invitashens eiJ "Ceezer
Squash, Esq. rJky deer sirf , p!nd, re
market that it wuz the' . first "'lime for
yeers that he'd not takefi some part in
the ' celebrashen u '-"St.. Gumbo's
Day," bat biznis ; preventid." He re-
grettid. deeply that he cood not be pres
ent and jine in the" festivities Con
vey' to the noble sons uv Afriky pres
ent," be went on to say. "'my sense uv
the honor conferred upon me, and my
abhoorance that so long ez my heart
beats,- it shel beat " in - yoocison with
thern. ;' I recognize the valyoo uv the
Afrikin populashen to 1 our common
Country, and yield to no one' in admi
rashen uv ther noble qualities.
I am, sir, yoor most obedient ser
vant." ' ' ' ;
Smoiherirr my disgust at thij 'per
formance,' I read on. ''."' '
Cbamlpatn, who wuz by this time
Guvner uv Noo York, hevin receeved
all the nigger in bis letter that offishel
biznis prevented him from ailendin. -"It
is most nnteral, he vo'es, and wuz
a candidate for re eleckshen, rematkt,
"for Amerikins to yoonite' with Afri-
kins everywher, and he felt it the
more er he thot uv the honorable part'
tbe Afrikins bed borne in all that hex
tendid to increase the moral, mtelleto-
al and fisikle stroogth uv- our growin
country. .
The other letters and toasts wuz ez
much like these ez two peas. They
all expressed the highest devoshen for
the Afrikin race, end the most ardent
admirashen for the Afrikin karacter
One enthoosiastic Dimocrat. who, was
a canaiaaie ior i riaon inspocier or
sutbin, goin so far as to remark ;. that
he bed a rile to be present, as he was
proud to say bis grandmother, on his
. '. i . i . . , . r:l - t. T X - I
ratne.r s.siae, neu viriKin dioou nr
veins, and out of regard for ' her, ha
hi d named his two darlin i respectfully
Pbm'pey: and - Philjis. ; He loved '.ihe
Afrikin race, and was proui thatl.be
cood lay his hand on his bartaod say.
'I too am a Afrikin ! , .
Auother laroentid that he cood not
say he hed Afrikin blood in his veins.
and rrnandy Wood, wno siill wanted
to be Mnyor uv Isoo York, propossd
the helih uv the late Fred Douglas, o
wich the Jim Brooks respondid. - J.dhu
Morri&sey .'proposed the memory uv
Fred Douglas, abd Ben , ' Wood the ',
helih uvAVm- Wells Brown., ''d
In fact, so ardent was the admira
then uv the grate lites . uv. Dimocrisy
for the Afrikin, that in my " dream I
regretted that I bed not biu; bora, in
At inis pint I awoke, pleesed to nna
that wa I bed seen and read was all a
dream.'thaUhe paper-held in my hand
contained. a; account uv a Irish and noi
a niecer celebrashen,- and that the
names uv Hoffman, and. Champlain
was appended .to letters addressed to
Irishmen only. But I was sad after
all. When that cussid Amendment
is a nart -uv the soopreme law uv the
land and ihe nireers hev votes, will
not these men court em and fondle em
- . . . a o
the tame as thev do other men with
Walloisf thot I. Will ther not be tDen
the same reeson for slouberin Pompey
thait ther was for slobberta Patrick!
Will, not the ardent Dimocrat in pur-
soot iiv votes' forgit that be is uv the
nroud Caucashen race. and. stoop to
mreca a inferior ?--I fear me !
PETROLEUM! V. NASBY. P. M
(Wich is Postmaster,)
GrETTlKO
ITO
,,xiAH8. xou. are
jgetung into years. ;, out years ar
i w. - - .
cremntx int VOU lUB.nuo veaia, ita
trenial Tears, the lustv', luscious years
One by one the ixuditiea of your youth
are falling off f rem you, ttie vanity
egotis'm, the .insulation',, the bewilder
muntJ.the uncertainty. Wearer and
nearer vou are approaching: yoorself
You are consolidating your forces, -
You are becomiog master of your sit
uation. On the ruins of shattered
nlana voii find vour vantage ground.
Your; broken topes, your thwarted
narnosea. Your defeated aspirations.
r ' , u:.u
become a stall or sirengm uy . vruitu
... a a -r - .
vou mount a subltraer neigni. - . nn
self-possession and self command of all
ih n-s. ihe tit e deed ot creation, ror
I feited. is reclaimed. The king baa
j come l0 his" own again, Earth and
gea an(j pour, out. their largest
9bowera of
down to la
love. . ah tne crowns pass
y their .treasures ai your
feet.
' An Oregon" journal ' prints notices
of births under the bead of -come;
marria-es it styles "Fixed ' to -stay,1
nnrl rf paths it reDorts under the Lead
of "gone.
7 '
A: Hartford man.1 in the ' deliriora
tremens.' iumoed from a third story
window the other day." When picked
H K remarked that his back felt sere
.ri'imcr. Mif I wasn't! dead, t abeuM
think I'd over-worked myself." ' "
NEBRASKAV THURSDAY,
Krfi. It
Doesn't BelieT iu-AdviirtisIng
The man who says h' "doesn't be'
Iievts in advertising," it'tnconsci6uly
all tbe while doing juA what he dep
recates. He baDgs coats ouisvd s of bis
door, or puts dry goods in bis windows
-that s advertising. - He has printed
cards lying on the coonterMf ad
vertising. -He sends"' out drummers
through the country, or puts his name
on bis wagon that's advertising. ' He
labels'bis- articles or his manufactures
-thaVs advertising: 'If he has lost
his cow. be puts np- a written 'notice
in the post office; or' tells bis' sifter in
law nd" thaVi advertising.' He' has
bis name put up -in letters over his
door---what is that but advertising ?
He paints his shop green or red; or, if
a .tailor, he wears tbe latest styles; if a
doctor, be has his boy call him but of
church in haste; if ' an - auctioneer, be
bellows to attract tbe attention of passers-by;
if a'heavy merchant, he keeps
a huge pile of boxes on" his "sidewalk
in front of his storeand all' for ad
vertising. ' ' i.' ' ; ' : '
- A man can't do 'business without
advertising, and the question is, wheth
er to call;to bis .aid the - engine that
moves tbe world -the printing press,
with its thousands of messengers work
ing night and day, the steam-engine
nddiDg to its repeating capacity untold
power and miraculous -peed; or reject
ing all these, to go ' back to the ' days
when newspapers, telegraphs and rail
roads were unknowp.
"But advertising costs money
So does every thing that is worth hav
ing. If advertising cost nothing all
the second, third and fourth-class petty
shops would stand an - equal v chance
with the most responsible houses. If
you want to prove to the: world that
yours is a first class establishment;- ad-
VEXTISE
Not Pais The Tro..otor,
learn.refuses to pay any orders drawn
on him, preferring to try and bully the
Legislature into repeal of the ' law
which prevents the use of the S:ate
funds. He has a mere handful of sup
portersthe great body of the people
standing on ihe side of right- ' There
aught to be a remedy against such pre
sumptuous action on the part of, a
State officer and. we trust 'some inter
ested party will ask the courts for. re
lief.' " -"V :;
When the Treasurer fails to comply
with the law it becomes the do;'." of the
Governor to -ppoini a nefw rTreurr
and we hbpe to see the reasonable pro
visions of the law complied wifn by
every officer of thef State Chronicle.
' ' . : m m m ' '
Some- years since,' a promioent busi
ness man "of N.mhampiohf'wiio began
to k'sow his wild oats" when a boy and
hasn't" gbt through'yet, attended a col
ored ball in ihat town'. After' each
break down" he noticed ihatJ' a "well
near the house, which, 1 by' 'the ! way.
was not A deep one!, was resorted to by
the men-to quench their - thirst. ; Un
observedrwh'lethe dance Uyas1 going
on, be slipped out of the; bouse' 'and
moved ihe curb a few feet beyond he
well, and then ; waited the 1 result.--
Presently 'out came one of the dancers,
and plump to the bottom of the well he-
went. Blowing and puniDg he came
to the top'and exclaimed, 4 Gosh ! who-
moved dis will since I s out here last?
r . , . i m m m ' . i.
No Exebcise Equal to Laught
er. .Nothing acts so directly upon the
ore-ans within both chest and a bod men
Ten hearty laugbs, real snouts, will do
a a
more to advance tne general ixieaitn
and vitality than an hour spent in. the
best attitudes and motions, if done in a
sober, solemn spirit- - Of course I know
you can't laugh at will; so you . must
play witn tne dog. play witu your cnu
dren.iotroduce a hundred games which
involve competition and funj Open
the folding doors, move back tbe cen
ter-table, and go it. .: Play with the
bags, run for the pins, play any of tbe
games which you can recall from your
early experience.
' At his inauguration as President on
March 4, 1793,Washington was dress
ed. In a full suit of the riches'", black vel
vet, his lower limbs in short , clothes,
with diamond knee-buckles, and black
silk stockings. His shoes which were
brightly jappanned, were surmounted
with larce silver buckles. Ih his hand
he carried a plain cocked hat, decorat
ed with the . American cockade. His
hair, powdered,' was gathered into a
B .''It " , t"' 1
black suit Dsg on wnicn was a now
of black ribbon.' ; He wore j light
dress sword with a green shagreen
scabbard, and a richly ornamented
hill.
A very little boy, after giving every
body a good nigbt kiss, kneeled at bis
mother s side to say bis evening pray
er. His mother naa inat aay oeen
a a .1. 1
teaching him the piece commencing
"You d scarce expect one of my age
etc, and it appears that these verses
were running through hia mind. He
commenced the prayer ; a follows:
Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray
the lord my soul to ! keep; if I should
chance to fall below - Uemostaenes or
Cicero, don't view me witlia? cricket
eye '' "Stop, stop, said his math
er, "that isn't part of the prayer."
"Yea it is." the little feJew replied
"vea itis. mamma; don't riew me with
a cricketa ey.' 1
APRIL 22, 1869.
' 1 ILL fiORTS.
k To.cure'a' dog of sheep-killing let
him See' the sheep he has killed; in hie
presenee take off thai pelt, fasten it
tightly around him.and make bim wear
itfrqm one to. three days. ,. 1IO,.I1 ,
i A sailor, exhoitihg tat, a'-prayex
meeting Jn London chapel, said f that
on. dark stormy , nights while on the
sea 'he, had often ""'been comforie'd ' by
that beautiful passage in ecfipture
"A faint heart never won a fair lady ?
The way they eigh their ' hogs ' in
Kansas is as follows: They first tie tbe
hog to one end of a rail,, balance,, the
rail on a fence, with rocks tied. to, the
other end, and then guess' bow J much
the rocks' weigh. ; "rv
' Gems or t Thought. Dr." Johnson
used to say, "He who waits to do a
great deal of good at oace, will never
do any." ; irji bii'j
; All good principles must stagnate
without mental activity... .
If industry is no more lhan' habit, it
is at least an excellent one. ,;
Riches got by fraud are dug out of
one' own heart, and destroy themipd.
- A Sandusky, (O) paper complains
that the docs of ihat city annually con.
sume 100.000 worth of victuals.. . ..
..A $5,000 stock company ha , been
. rganised in Byron, Michigan, to sup
.less the sale of intoxicaiing liquprs.
. A Sunday school concert in -Worcester,
Mass., last week, a" little boy
stood up to say his piece, and forget
ting the words of the text hesitated a
moment, then with all the ' assurance
possible said, "Blessed are the shoe
makers." ' ' ; "
Tbe American Tract Society, dur
ing the forty-five year of its e-Uteoca
has issued 23.500.000 bound volumes.
300.OOC.000 tracts and 11.UUU.UUU
periodicals. " ; It has made oau.uuu casn
appropriations to the foreign missions,
nnd has issued its publications in. 141
differ en languages and dialects. . .j
Religioli is the tie 'that connects
man i ith bis Creat.ir, and holds him
to his throne. " If that tie is sundered
or broken, he floats away a worthless
atom in the ui iverse its J proper 'at
tractions all gone, its destiny thwarted,
and its whole future nothing but dark.
ness, desolation, and death.- Webster.
- There is not a spider hanging; on
the king's wall but, hath '.its,, errand;
there is not a petite that groweth in
the corner of the. church yarcj .but hath
its purp(.sej jhere. is Dot a,; single; inr
eeci: fluttering in the., breeze but; ac
complishes some divine :decree; and I
will never hae it that Gad , creaied
any man (o be a bank, andlo be noth
ing.? Spurgeon . f.-.v-: w. t'.' ?..: ...
The Presbyterian church -'in i New
York City, of which Dr. Hall is pastor,
having' "en up it annual cofieo'tion
for home missions a icember ' of the
congregation requested" know the
amount; that he might -double iu The
amount , was S4.70O.: He added
$5 300 it? make "$10,000'' evenf
The eveuess - was," however.r: ieoon
spoiled by the "addition- of $9 000 more :
,A seminary is about to .po, erected
at Hackettstown; N.,Y-V by ihe"Meth-
rxlist Episcopal Conference at a cost of
$100,000. ',.;,:!
Richmond, Va., is insufficiently eup
nlied with water.' and eteps are being
taken to build new water works.
All the United States - army bands
are to he .mustered out" of , service,
except that stationed at vyest Point.
The New. York City .Government
has more than one clerk to each mem-
ber. and paid them i last year; about
8130,000. : . - - - -'-
A J'efsevman who invented an JIn'
dia-rubber carriage has sold, bis' pat
ent right for half a million. , .;
Delaware, Rhode Island and Ver
mo'nt are the only States represnted
exclusively- Datives of ihe State, iq the
National JLJongress. , ; ,,-) ,: !
Dickens says': "Tbe part of the ho'd
ins ef a farmer, or landowner which
pays best for cultivation is the small es
tate within tne ring iences or nis bkuu
It is chiefly this small estate to which
the winter leisure should be devoted.
It is believed that the manufacturers
and sellers of farm implements do. not
take it very hard wben they see a reap
er or mower, plow or seed-drill stand
ing through the storms of winter by
the roadside or. in the field where it
was last used. .-, ., ;. . - , . '
The'Providence (R. I.) Conference
of the M.'K. Church has adopted ihe
following rule: "No candidate for
membership in this conference shall be
deemed eligible until be shall have
equivocally and frankly affirmed his
abstinence from the nse of tobacco dur
ing so much of the time of bis trial for
membership .as shall succeed the pas
sage of this rule, ner until he shall
have Dleded himself in future to ab
stain from its use, except it be for me
dicinal purposes." ' 5" " - .
:.; King George county, Ya. has but
two white persons within its boundary
who can : lake tbe iron-clad oath, and
- he of these holds the office of Consia-
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' A GOOD STOUT. - '
s The buffaloes found in the telegraph
pole! ef-the Overland Line, a Hew
source of delight op tbe treeless prairie
-the. noveiy or having somemmg to
scratch against, ' But it was expensive
scratching fot the telegraph company;
and there, indeed was the rub, for the
bison shoek down miles of wire daily.
A bright idea struck somebody to send
to St. Xouis and Chicago for all the
brad-awls that could be purchased.and
these driven into the poles with a view
to" wound the animals and check their
rubbing j propensity. Never was , a
greater mistake. Ihe bunaioes were
delighted. ' For the first time they came
to the scratch," sure of a sensation in
their-: I thick bides that thrilled
then from horn to tail, They, would
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go nfteen mues to nna a D.rao-awi.
They fought huge battles around the
poles containing mem, ana tne victor
would proudly climb the mountainous
heap of rump and hump of the . fallen,
and scratch himself , into bliss until the
brad-awls broke or pole came down.
There has been no demand for brad
awls from the' Kansas region since the
first invoice. - . J :..:.- :: -
, cSfGirs Worth .Attehdikq-Tq. A
writer in the Jimericon mock Journal
scys: '";'" ' ,',', "'
l4t A poor farmer cannot conceal tne
fact that be is a poor farmer. All bis
surroundings, proclaim the 'verdict
aerainst him.. 'His horses, cattle, wag
ons, harness,' plows. ' fences,'; fields-
even his wife and children bear-silent
but unmistakable evidence against him
On the other hand all these things
will testify favorably on behalf of.a
good farmer ' . , Every passer by ' can
read this evidence pro and con. i ma
fact, alone, ought to' stimulate evei'y
farmefito do his best, for the sake of
bis own character as well as his inter
est; for be may rest assured that every
passer-by will " pronounce " 'judgement
according to the evidence." : 11
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Can you tell me the road, to Green
ville ?' asked a traveler of a boy who
he met on the road. "Yesi sir,' said
the boy. "Do you see our barn down
ihere?'' f'Yes," aays he., "Go to
that. About three hundred yards, be
yond the barn you will find a lane
Take the lane and follow along- about
mile and )a rhaliv Then ' yoa will
cpme to a slippery - em, log -you P
tnigbiy keerful, stranger, about gping
on that log and then you go,: on till
you get to me Drow ot iuo iim, buu
there1 -the roada prevaricate;1 and yo
takeahe left band road, and keep 'that
until you get into a big , plum jhicket;
and when ypu get there, why ,then
beta then " J ' What, then ?"
'Then,1 stranger, I'fl'be durced if -you
aioUlost.' !o Li.ir.il r.u!:iv? -t-aa
In the United State's' Senate .'there
arr'thiKjr-sevetf iawyeriji' of whom 'all
but four or five cave been long" pracj
titioners at ihe .bar. t-Ia:rthe: iHoiise
there are one hundred and two la.r 'j
yers, of whom at, least eighty hve are
in active practice. .Besides there are
twenty-one editors,1 about onethird of
whom have' been t printers, .regularly
apprenticed to the 4,ar preservative."
Of other occupations there are thirteen
merchants, ten manufacturers (wool
ens, cotton, iron, etc.',) seven farmers,
four doctors one .of . them a. college
professor four miners, three bankers,
one painter, one . carpenter-,, one iron
moulder; one began life as a tailor,
another as surveyor,' two being teach
ers one being superintendent of pub
lie instruction . when - elected. . There
are two clergymen, and three of whom
na business is reported.
J' Willie had an uncle' Charles, who
was a minister, and whom he saw for
the first time on a visit, l Willie was
an observing little fellow;.of three
years. The first'time they".met at the
table uncle Charles bowed' his' head
over hie plate and asked a' blessing.
This was a new service to Willie, who
could hardly restrain himself, but spent
the time in examining his plate. . Just
as his uncle concluded .he turned it
over, and observing1 the ; stamp of the
maker on the bottom, he called out:
'.'There's more ; on the .' other side;
Uncle Charles, say that." ; .; ;
A well deserved - honor has been
conferred, upon Miss Eliza Van Lew,
in her appointment as Postmistress of
Richmond, va. She.. was a resided
of Richmond when the rebellion broke
out, and being thoroughly loyal at heart
she found many ways of tendering aid
and hospitality to the. Union soldiers,
especially to the prisoners. Many are
indebted to ber for substantial assist
ance and kindly sympathy during te
dious periods of illness andjconfine-
ment. --- ; '
"' Nebraska can boast of tbe heaviest
Real Estate Brokers in the West.
Tbe whole Oioe reservation has' been
purchased without consideration and
the lions share is to be divided between
an Omaha Bank and an obscure print
rng office' South of the Platte.'. If the
scheme don't spoil' on their hands it
will make two wealthy institutions in
this State. Chronicle.
" Twenty thousand dollars have been
subscribed -in Philadelphia for the
founding of a Youbg Men's Home.
'iMPUIlE vATEIt. 2. :
Few of us are aware of the deleter
ious ; effects -of impure watery r bow
prone water is to imbibe the impurities
of the air. .Many , of us think if the
water is cold and clear it must be per
feet ly'pure.though it has stood in c'bse
bed room-' twenty-four hours; but ibis
is far from true.- If a pitcher of wa
ter is set in" a room," for .-only a few
hours, it will absorb nearly all the re
spired and perspired gases in the rocrn,
the air of which will have become par
eri but the water utterly fihby. At or
dinary temperature a pail of water can
contain a great amount of ammonia
and carbonic acid gas;; and its capacity
to absorb these gases is nearly doubled
by reducing the water. to the tempera
lure ef ice. This plainly 6bows tus
that water kept in a room over night is
totally unfit for drinking purposes, and
should hot be used to gargle in the
throat, also, that a large pail of wate.
standihg in a room would help to purl
fy the atmosphere.but.obould be ; threwn
away the next morning. , It also teacb-
es us the reason that' water, from a.
pump should always be pumped out
in the morning before any of It is used.
We are lamentably ignorant of many
of the properties of air and water, two
of the most important 'elements ef our
nature. - --r- ; .r
The dryness of the Egyptian climati
is such that rain is unknown in Upper
Egypt, and in olden time it never raitfV
ed oftener, than five or. sirdays in a
year -on the Nile delta. The viceroy,
Mebemed Ali, caused twenty millions
of trees to be planted on this delta.
These have now attained their full size,
and the number of rainy days has in
creased to forty annually. .Such is the
power .which man can exert over Na
lure in - the matter of varying meteor
ological conditions. : .. '. : . ..
'; Ex-President "Johnson is, bard at
work in Tennessee delivering his well
known speech to his fellow citizens,
whenever they will assemble to bear
him. .. The only new thing he has said
thus far is his definition of Freedom,'
which he says is only liberty to labor.
But that ia a kind of f reedam the South
ern slaves always bad in perfection.
Freedom means not the liberty to la
bor, but the liberty to labor for your
own benefit.
.3. . '. awn. "
In Decatur, UK; the other day, a
-nan thought he had found a long piece
of dress goods upon the ' pavement.---He
picked tip one endof and coni
menced wrapping, jtaround bis area,
when, 9h looking around the. corner,
he discovered a lady'at the other end
duietlr talking- to a friend. " He conclu
ded to abandon bis' prize.
In
."Nb
orway, according to. Lnamoer s
Journal, men; women - and 1 children
skate to church on Sunday, and in the
far: north the Lapps, who do the sane,
and who ore punctilious in . the dia
charge of their religious duties,, burj
their children in the snow outside the
churchy, while they, tbe parents, attend
theservice, Wrapped up in, pelts it
is warmer for them lhan in. the churchy
and then their cries do notdisturb Ihe
congregation. '' : " " - '
' Don't burn the candidal 1oth ende.
f you are an early liser, retire early;
but if you seek your sheets late, don't
rise with the sun. You can't cheat na
ture nor yourself. Mankind needs
about 'so much rest, sleep and laziness,
and any attempt to lessen it is at the
expense of ultimate vitality and a sure
ty of .suffering...... ai
A bashful youth was lamenting to
his paternal progenitor ' the" ordeal bj
popping tbe question.
VPooh .! said the patriarch, how-
do you .suppose. I managed I'' . :n
Ypu'd better talk," responded tne
hopeful; "you married mother, and 1 ve
got to marty a straDge gal
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An inmate of the Chatauque county.
N.,Y., poor house, who has been in
sane for. forty years, was restored to
Teason last week. . ,'. , , . ..
The Pall Mall Gazette tjs of Mr.
Johnson's farewell address: 'It is very
long, but by no means worth reprint
ing, either in whole or in part." ;
..A. pleasant. story is told ef a rather
aged.lady, who has recently. married a
.young and rather fast man, quilting
him at the station when be was going
en voyage for some important private
anaira. After an embrace of the most
loving character, she put her bead into
the carriage and said : "Dear Charlie,
remember . that you are married.?
To which he replied: "Dear Caroline,
I will make a memorandum of it," and
at once tied i, knot in his handker
chief, ti.. - .-. '. .:'
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Among the -"religious notices".-in
the New York. Times of 8aturday, is
the following piquant advertisement:
; Waktzd to hire or.' purchase, a
pew in a Protestant Episcopal Church,
near Thirty-fourth street, where, the
services are conducted . the same as
daring the past three hundred years :
no candles, no choral service, no in
cense, no gaudy vobes, ne processions,
ar other : Romish mummery or non
sense. Address, 'Reformation, box
161, Times office."
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