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II. D. HATHAWAY,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
ITiOBeaeornr Mxia' street
and LeTee,' sococd
Terms: $2.50 per annum, j
Hates of Jldcertisihg
O J4sq oat (pac often Unas) oue Insertion, $1 .50
t.j itMt'iont itusrtioa . , , - l.f0
PnJo imLstTds not cxccitiUnK ix li 10 00
O lt-urler colttmn ocltai, per onam 32.00
. lix mouUit WO
" .' ihri'uoatb J6.00
a . kalf colu"B twelr nunlb 00.00
"... : . lis nioothi 8&.IK)
iBoUiQiwelmoithii . - - :10.00
- fix moath . i 0.00
" three month! - f . .00
ilTtrTiint drerUmdti tnnt kep orin
y W re pripa'red to &o kln.U of Work
b .Le'rt ootioct and is a,tylethat will aatie.
fae'len. ' .
WILLTTT TOTtENQER.
ATTORNEY AT L A W,
PLTTSMOUTII - - NEBRASKA.
T. ill 5IA.RQ,UETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
-. ASI
Solicitor in Chancery.
PLATTSMOUTII, . NEBRASKA
S. F. COOPER.
j.TT0Ryer -t-v cocxscloi: at law.
riattsmoiit 1. .VT.
TT ill bny t4 11 Real Estate, and pay txe f r
noa-te-td-nta.
ImproT l and a-.liriirored Un J and lots for sale,'
Jane 25iU o12t. ';
J XV. RAWLINS, i?I 1 ,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
(Late Surgton-ln-Cliicf o tlie Xtn.J of lha Poto-
- mac.) '
FLATTSMOVTlf, - - XEH.
OfMc wilh ur. R R. Livingston, on Main street.
pr t Court Houo.'
(V Private reail' Hce
corner of Rock and 1 Ilk
atrrati.
twa doora sou-.h of P. P. G '. iay.
R. H LIVINGSTON, M. D.
Physician and SuTgeon,
T-' lr bis profsplonal aervicts to the citlxcna ef
ai county.
y-KeLidenca oauth-cTt corner ofOak and Sixth
tr-et; Otllce on Main st feet, opposite Court House,
pi tttsinouih, Jicbraaka.'
Platto VaHoy House
Eo. B. Munniv, Proprietor.
-'orntr of .Utin and Fourth Streets,
Plattsuiouili, Nel.
Tk . having boen re n:i-a nu
t.hedotfers flist cUkS accoiauwdatious
a -lay or w.ti.
Don id ry
II. S . -JENNINGS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
-AND' "
G-anaralLaad Agent,
f.iWn. - : l":aba:
"trill pajtic-la any ortka Courts of the StaUi, aad
will b iy and '!1 keal a.te tin cvmmion, pay
Tk. etamine Titles, c.
o.ivi'bltf
MAXWELL,
SAM. M. CHAPMAN
Iflaxtvell & Clisipiuan.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
HnHcitorain Cnancery. t
LATTSXOCTir, - ' A'KBRASKA
Offlce over Black, Battery Co'a Drag Store.
H
Plattsmouth EVlills-
C.'IIElSELTProprietor.
n.... ...ii,iin n-naire J mj placed in tlior'
r,inn.nr orJr. Custom work dune o n short
1 00,000 Bushels oTAVhcat
.iti;e.
Wanteil ira-nedlately, for whtcn me uij
pi ice wiil be paid.
J. N. WISE,
tj-.t marke
aag2d tt
,.,. 7 I. iff. A c'cidenU" f ire. Inland and
Transit
YTJ RTT R A C E AGrE NT
Z V 7 i i i
.-VI .":.Vif r.onn,hif rat os in the most rellaol
' ' .
-- I - iK. ITnitrt Sttes.
cT-0ce aUthe bookstore, Platttr oath,,Nebras
n i a v 9 1 ( I L I
n.iiinerr & urcssmaHiiiB)
BT Mis. A.M. Dasrats M . B. r. Ksnkkdt
Opposite the City Bakery.
v. m ....i.i K.nM'trnlii announce to the Ladi:
V ..,...., I, .n,l vicimtv. that we hvr just
. .. iL -r.,1 .eirftnl aiock of Winter
J.,o.t,c .nsis.-.njr of Klowers. R.bDons, yelvats, Jre
ttlamin.e., Ac. We will el toe cheapest gs
vsver.ol liothisei-y We cat. .cc.ui.lat jsl.. .ur
...m .l.im.nT new ones as w ill 'aror ua
i h.,..n. All kia-i of wota in our liue uoue to
order. ,-f-rf;enaa'tcnn sivea or no, charges
. mtf f ' f
HEALTH, COMFORT, AND
ECONOMY.
3 RHASOXS FOR BOARD1XG
Vs cci." vsr. cbiH in, :
OAK STREET, - - - PI.ATTSMOCTU
C T o blocks northwest of Brick School-House.
HE has a BA TU 110 USE, free to patrons; his
rooms are well ventilated, and h is prl-e are
asonable.
JaljSS n!6tf.
CaptD. LABOO &'CO.,
Wbolesaleand Retail Dealers in
Wines and Liquors.
Also a very choice selection of
Tobacco and Cigars,
If ain street, second door east of Seymour House,
V jir i.tea O.tr, Nebraska
Ara Inst receivincr a new stock of 6t Old
4ire frees Baare eeasty, ky-, ame-n.
Dr. J. W. TIIOMAS,
' HaTing peruiaaeoily luctrd at
WEEPING AVA'IEH FALLS
trnuerk hi proresmonal aervicc
Caca conntT,l'-raaa.
lotb eitlsenaot
.. ' iaoT'if
NOTICE.
JAMES O'NEIL 1 tar authorized AfretH for the
eollceuon of all accnuntr dne. tlie nnderwgli'.d for
Budicai services; rrceii t will lis valid for the
oHTment of anr moniek on eaid urti sKn
Aujcu.tH. lbt7. K. II. UVlkGSlOS.M B
TtLXz3c ovacia. sic !
PIANOS.
ORGAIVS. .11 IXOD EONS!
Iamag-ntforhebitMiic Intrnm-nta made.
Perofi wlshioi to bur Piano. CMhloet. M'tro-
nolit.m or p.i table OiBaot, or Melodeoos cn pnr-
eliae Ihronith my kgeneTOB a liborMl term a hy
can fri.ro ihe n.iaik iairi imukitw. i" ' -
inentR fully warranted. - J. N. WloE.
anrilltf
t
FOR SALE
OR TRADE !
saod daeUire. conlalclnR tix rocm.
six rocm. a pood
i ct-liar. aBdcirtern. a.well, ttable. vood fched
and bitest snedon the lot, aiiuate the corner f
Seventh and LnriiHt street" : al-o. a two xtorv brick
oililiiifr, 2.-:J6, with two Iota, f itHMeon Fifth street
nor.h of laio. The ab6ve proriertv will eold
cheap for cash, or traded for an improved farm in
Ca count -
For particulars apply on tke pren)e
UtO. BOECK.
Allpervins lnrleble.1 to me are reqnestert torall
and ee'tlr tnimrdiMiely, as 1 mast and will have
tbTn Ktled forthwith.
Kovltf. - - ' - GEO. BOECK..
MRS J; IP- DOUD,
TTavipir iut iereiv l ailioice reliction of Millin
cry Uox1s icm I li il ad-j h i. uow ofl -rs them for
iofnfction and kale, at re6rikb.e pr.ces. No pains
ha beta spared to obtain tie- finet material ana
Utt ktytea. - - . .
PI'-Rse cull rd esamirf ! bet residence. onr and
a half miles toaih of l'UttniQuth , mr25if ;
WOOIAVOIITEl & CO ,
BOOKSELLERS,
STATIONERS, '
Binders &Paperdealexs.
SALYT JOSEPH, JUO.,
' -ocSSfltn
To THK WoKatxu C-I.i'9.- ! am now pr-parrd
to Inrr.Uh all cloet with con-tsnt eiiifloyn.ent at
th-'ir home, the whole of the tirnf, or for the
fcVa-e moment. liasmrt n w, li?ht and profitable
itty c ct to o per evfo'oir, is eautv eame.i ny
ereons or either sex. and the boys an't f iris earn
nearlv as ma. h as men. Giet inilaceiiiedts are cf-
fpred those who will devoto bi'ir whole time to the
bunine : and. tbnt everv person who reel thisno-
li cf, T send me their afuies ana leattne Du.me
ir lh nisalve. 1 mjke tbr Itiiowiogr unpsranei'-u
olfr : To all w'oo a'e aot well salinea with the
business. 1 wiM send I to par for tile fouble cf
writing iue tull i'arttct!ar. anec.ion ccc, aeni
free, feamole sent by rrtnil for 10 cm. AduK'a
aprS E C. ALLLN. Aoini-ts, MO.
LIVERY, PEED,
3a,le tciTDle,
BT
WM- J II Y A IT, Proprietor,;
PLATTSjIOCTU, NECBA9LA
.
First-rate EtablinB and Wacon Yarda for the ac
commodatlon of the pnll'". also a good slock of
HORSES AND CARRIAGES
In lt nn verv re&sunable'tfrms.
stable on Main street, ueay opposite tu " anr.ii.-
DAN UOUSt, Platumoath, Seb. uecJiw.
SHANNON'S
Feed,: Sale and Livery
; ST.A:33X.
Main St., ' - Pa.ttsmocth
I a i prepared to accommodate thepnbllc wtt
Horses,' Carriages and Buggies,
Also, a nice Hearse,
On short notice and reasonable terms. A TJack will
run to Kteacnboat laDiliag, and to all parts f tie
city when desired.
mr2 -. J. w. UUi.N.NUi.
OR HI ; II. uTl CEUSKY,
DENT I S
rn
h ( IVr. T.i-iheiron's Office daiinR
tbe last
wek in en-h month . A I ordera left In tae Pofct-
offiPi' will promptly.attended to. r
Joly a.
NEW -TOBACCO STORE!
OS MAIN STREET, 0FP0SITE COURT HOC9K, !
PL ATTSLU OUT II , N II U.',
. ' We "v on band a large assortmeot.of '
CIGA11S & TOBACCO,
-: CsoaUtlng of.tte best qualities of
CIQARS, IIAE CUT, PLUG AHD
SMOKING 'TOBACCO. ,
i. J..1 riilii;viIt in Tobacco we can mill as
chrxp.ii aotclKTirer than any .-thi-r Ptore io the city.
txtve na a can colore you fan ii, v nKnucic,.
wa know yon will go a- a'i fled.
- I BROJL fc CO.. ; '
"Febrnary 11, ISCrtf. - - - -
B.EPURJ.OCK, K.BixTRa WisPHia .
Co. Clerk aad Recorder. Uept'y Clerk it Rec'r.
Spurlock: ? & l Widhain,
rXA TTSMO CTS, AEJSItASlLA. .
ERbNT Hb OMS 'OfCOURT-HOUSE,
Clerk and Treasurer's Office. ,
LANDS BOUGHT Sc SOLD.
Titles Examined, and
' -CoiiTeyanees Illnde
Taxes paid and receipts forwardt
promptly. '
FlaWVBTOQfb, Jnaa 1S,18S9
U91 NATUItAL, 11ISTOIIY.
i : BT JOSH BILLINGS.
FtEAS. Tbe smalft-tt animal of the
brute creation, and ih niobi petWy, iz
tbe flea; - ' i-
They are about the bgnes9 of an on:
ion seed,: and , shine like, a- bran Lew
shot. : ; - . . . : ' i
, TJBfV epripg : from low places, and
can spring further, and taster than any
bf tbe bug bruiet.. . ; , , . ,
i .Thev bite wus than the muskeeter.
for they biiq on a run, one Cea will go
aul over a man s suburbs in ,2; ruinpita
and jeave hi.ui as freckled aa ihe.uiea-.
It is impossible to do anything well
wuli a ava on. you except you; sware,
and fieas ain't atraid cf that; the only
way ib to quit bizuess ov aul kinds and
hunt for the flea, and when you hive
found him he ain't there. Tnis i one
of the fiVa mysteries, the fakulty they.
have ov being entirely . lost jist as you
Lave found them.
I doa't suppose there U ever killed.
on an average, durm? ennv rie vear
more ihnn 16 neas in the whole ov the
United Syaiesiov America. unless there
i a caeualfty ov soino kind once in a
while there is a doq; eels drownded
uciten, una ihen ttiare may be a Jew
Hf us lost; '
incy nre about as nara to km as a
flax seed iz, and if you don't mash
ihetn as fine' nW'rrbund pepper' they
vvi'.l start business on a smaller kapflal
jit az pestiferous az ever.'
Inere u ion ov people who never
seen a flea, end it take- a pruy smuri
man to see bne ennyhow, they don't
smv lonj? in a place. i
If you ever ketch a fla, kill him be
fore you du ennythmg else; tor if yot
do -nut it off-2 tiiinnits. it may be too
late.
' Menny a tlea ha. passed away for
ever in l"S3 than 2 nunnns. '
I3ei Uros. nvt'r 6een ennybody
yet but what dit-pised bed bus. Thy
are tbe ineanesf tf aul crawling, creep
nig", hopptn or bi'.iLff ihinsrs.
They daseni iak!e a man by oSli:e,
but sneak in after dark, and chav him
while he is fa?t al-ep.
A musketo wiil file you in broad da-
lite at short range, and give you a fair
rhnne to knock in bis sides tne flea
iz a came tug, and will make a dash
at you even ou, 13roJway, tut the bed
tug is a corn ;er. wl,o waits ml you
strip, and then picks out a mellow place
to eat you. , '
If I was in the habit of swearing !
wouldn t he&naie to cuss a bed bur rite
tew hi face.'
tieo hugr are urcemmon smart in a
a a
small way, on; rair ov them wi'l 6iock
a hair mattrass in 2 weeks vnh" buss
enufTto last a small family for a whole
year. . ' s
It don t do any eoGd to rraV when
bed tups are in season; the only way
to get rid of them is to bile the bed in
acquiitortis, auu tnen neave il away
and buy a new one.
Bed bug?, when .'hey have prone aul
tney intend to. are about the size or a
blueiay s eye, and have a brown com
plexion, and' when they start out to
garrote are az a grease spot, but wbei
they get through garrotiDjr they are
swelled up like a blister. :
Ii lakes 2 daya to get the swelling
out of them. t; ,. c
If the bed bogs have enny destiny to
fill, it rnusi their slummicks, but u
eenns to me that they have just been
made by accident, just as slivers are,
tew mck into somebody.
It they wuz got. up tor. some wise
purpose they must have took the wrong
road, for there cam be enny wisdom
in chawing a' man all nite long, and
raising a family besides to follow the
came, trade. - '
If there Is sonie. wisdom in all this,!
hope the bed bugs will chaw them folks
who can see it, and leave me be, for I
am 'one of The hereticks.
, Nothing so much vexes a physician
as 10 te sent for in. great haste, and to
find.' aftef bis arrival, that' nothing, or
next to noihingJis the matter with his
panent.: We remember of an 'urgeni
case' of this kind recorded of an emi-
rient English surgeon.
He had been sent for by a gentle
man who had just received a slight
wonnd. and cave his servant ordprs to
j?0 0'ne W''h all baste imaSmable and
fetch a certain plaster.- .The
patient.
turning a liule pale said:
tit-evens: ur, hope there is no
danger?' i
" Vlndeed tberrt is!' answered the
"urgeon; "tor if th tellow don t run
like a racehorse, the, wound wilLbe
healed ! before he -can possibly gen
back. ' 1 ''-' )
An elderly gentleman accustomed to
'indulge. ' entered the room ol a cer
tarn tavern; where sat a grave Friend
by the fire ;.. Lifting a pnir of ereen
spectacles upon bis forehead, rubbing
his iii finned eyes and calling for hoi
brandy ai d water.be-complained to the
Friend that his eyes were getting
weaker, and that even spectacles didn't
seem to do tbem any good ''I'll tell
thee.friend," replied tbe quakur'whaf
I think.l.If thee werti to wear . thy
spectacles over, thy, mouth for a few
months, thy eyes would seen get well
agtio.
The l'ouilt Who ever gaw;a
. .. . . , , Houiau. . .: ,, .. , ..
In Medow's Ilisicry of the Chinese,
lately published in London, a chapter
on love has ike following s:ory: , . , -
."A .Chinese who had been diap-
pointed, in marriage,, and' wbo:had
grievously suffered throu.jLi woman. in
many oher wayst retired wnb his jn -faut
sou to Mh3 peaks of . a iiiountaip
range in Kweichoe, lo a spot quite in
accessible to liule footed Chinese wo
men. He trained . his boy. to .worship
tbe gods, and stand, in' awe and abhor.
rence of the devil-; but he never men
tione.d women to hitu, always descend.
lng the mountains alone to buy fiod.r-
At length, however, the .itifirmi'.ies of
age compelled him to lako : the young
man wnb hiin.to-i carry the., be ivy bag
of rice. . Que day, as ibey; wtre..ieav. J
ing the niirkei- town together, the on
suddenly etopped short, and ;poiiirg
to three approaching i objects, cried,
Father, what are-"ihose,, things ?
Look ! look I What are they ?.' . The
father insUntly : answered tvuh a per
emtory order, 'Turn atvay youriead;,
ihey are devils!" "The son, with some
alarm, turned away, noticing that the
evil things were gazing av him wuh
surprise trom behina meir tans.
tie walked to the mountain, ate no-
supper, and trom that day lost nis ap
petite, and was afflicted with inelan
choly. For'some ume hi troubled
and anxious parent could gel no satis
factory auuvver to his inquiries, but at
length the young man burst out. cry
ing with inexplicable pain: "Oh, fath
er ibitt tallest devil ! that tilled i devil.
father, I do want to see her again !"
A BEAUTIFUL. TIIOUUIIT.
Margaret Fuller ssmewhere beauti
fully says:
'It. is a marvel whence tbe perfect
flower (water lil y) derives its loveli
nes and p-rfume, springing as it does
from the black mud over which the
river sleeps, and where lurks the slimy
eel, and speckled fro?, and mud turtle;
whom connnuttl washing cannot cleanse
It is the very same the black mud on
of which the. lilly -ucks, its obscene life
and noi-ome odor. Thus we see. too,
in the world, it at some persons a-sitn-ulate
only what is ugly and evil, frcm
the same moral circum-tances which
supply" good and b-nuuful results the
fragrance of Celestial power to the
daily l:fe of others.
Only a few days sii.ee, when Mrs
Grant was on her way to New York.
two gentlemen aspiring to place and
who were somewhat acquainted i-.h
her, occupied the sat by her side in
succeisijri. Tbe first took occasion to
inform her tbat thouh the other, sit
ting near them, was a pleasant, pltusi
ble gewleman, be was a great rascal
and not fit to be trusted in any public
position. Soon after, the person in
question, watching nls chxnce, took the
seat with Mrs. Grain, ar.d went on to
say thai he noticed that his friend who
had jusl left seemed to ha very enter
taining; the fact was. he was a smooth,
agreeable, smart fellow, but unfortun
ately he was a great scoundrel. Mrs.
Grant said be had just been eiving her
an account of the one addressing, her,
aad added : "Your esi n ites of each
other are. almost exactly the tame,"
Washington Letter
'; -Dispatches' from San Francisco say
theie is considerable eiciiement over
the prospective change of officers ' of
the Mint. 15efore the new ' officers
can take charge an inventory must be
had of all property on Land, .including
coin and uieiais in toe iuioi, wriicn
will make it necessary, to close for a
number of days, ! At present there is
a very large tupp-ry of metal on hand,
and by suspending the working of the
Mint even for a few days wotld sen-
ousiy emnarrass commercial circles in
thia condition of affairs. .
A letter from Sivanaah, says that
an extensive trade has been carried on
in that ci.y for many years, but since
the war. this trafic has largely in
creased, and Savannah now ranks so
high that she stands second to lNew
Orleans only in the' extent ; of her op
erations, outstripping even Mobile.
As au evidence of - the magnitude1 "f
the Savannah cotton trade; it may be
slated that she h;s- (Juring tbe past
th'rty day shipped direct for foreign
ports, .74 S09 bales of upland, and 743
bales of Sea Island, and coastwise,
during the same' lime, S7.324 baleb of
upland and 253 bales of Sea Island. .
' Josh Billings thus welcomes spring :
Spring came this year, as mutch as
ever, riail nuteous .virgin, o iaij
years old and upwards ; hale and barty
old gal. welcome tew York State and
parts-adjacent !. ; Now the b'rds jaw
., ..I , ii . i
and the came noiier; now uie p gs
skream. now iheeese warble, now
the kais sieh. and nature is frisky ;.4he
virtuous bedbug and ihe nobby cock '
roach are sinstti Yankee Doo-jle and
"coming thro' the.rhi,'. .Now may. be
seen the muskeeter; that gray outlined
critter on destiny, solitary and alone,
examining his last year's bill, and now
may be heard with the naked ear tbe
hoarse sbanghigh bawling in. the barn
yard ' .; . .'-.j ; ? -
Jay
Gould returned
aa income
$155,000 for 1S68.
STOPPED HIS PAPEK. :l
- The following anecdote of the late
Mr. - Swain trom - the Philadelphia
Press, is net without its moral in oth
er latitudes lhan Pennsylvania: ; "
"Many years ago,'' Mr;' Swain, then
editor of the Public Ledger was hailed
at the comer of Eighteenth and Chflsf ,
nut streets by a very excited individual,
who informed him in the "most em"
phatic terms, "l. have stopped Jvour
piper sir.'Vand' proceeded to explain
the why and wherefore, all the tune
gesticulating' wildly." "My gracious,
sir, you donVeny eo. ' Come-' with me
to the office,, and let us see if we cannot
remedy iYie-: mailer. It grieves me
that any -one should stop my paper."
Down Chestnut street to Third ihe
two proceeded.' Arriving at the office
Mr. j?waiu said 4Why,! my dear sir
everything seems to be going on here
as usual; I thought you bad slopped my
paper. Then and there ihe excited
gentleman,' whom the long walk, by
the way, bad! partly cooled, said that
he bad stopped taking' bis one ccpy of
the Ledger. Mr. Swain was' profuse
in bis apologies for having misunder
stood the meaning of bis late subscri
ber's words, and regretted (hot he had
given1 him ihe tramp froni Eighteenth
street to Third, down Chestnut. .The
gentleman went on his? way home, a
wiser if not a better man, marvelling
i 'he stupidity of: editors in general
and of Mr; Swain in .'particular, t ! Be
fore he left, however, he ordered that
the Ledger be still sent to his address
: j .- :
THE IHJ53AX IlAHt
Gray hairs sell for a cent a piece.
Hair oressers inijuire of their custom
ers for ihem and. beg thai they may he
saved trom the comb in dressing.-
Gray hair is the most expensive and
difficult to obtain There is niw i
8troti2 motive for young women to cui
tivate the growth of fine heads' of hair.
as their tresses irt moments of diliicul
ty may te worth a dowry to them.
Mothers p.re warred against cuttinf
their children's hnir two often.. If it i
of good t! icltite;. at first, scissors should
not be touched to ihe head; culling
makes th hiir thicker but coarser.
Freuu-m bruslnou whilit the hair is of
moderate length; and washing once t
week wuh a tea-potiful of liquid am
mouia in u large ttowitul -ot wrm .wu
ter, is the heal treatment possible. -
Keep t done-up loosely, so that the air
can ntuve Uirtiogh be hair freely. It
any stimulant is required half an ounce
of dry ammonia, rubbed into a pint ot
olive oil, is the finest dressing to be
made, surpassing bay rum and any mix
ore of spirits and oil. This dressing
prevents the hair from turning gray, if
anything will do o. and urges Us
growth.- V. Yt Citizen.
AXMEXT (iltUAT.VKSS.
- Nineteb w: s 15 miles long, 8 wide,
and 40 round, with a wall 100 feet
high, and thick' enough for three
chanois .abreast.. Babylon "was .50
miles within the walls, which were 7-5
feet thick, and 300 feet high, wi.h 100
brzen gales. The' T'"ple of Diana,
at Ephesus .was 420 feet ; to ihe sup
port tf the roof. It was one hundred
years in building. The largest of the
pyramids i" 4S1 feet high, and 653 on
the sides; its base covers ll acres'
The stones are' about 30 feet in length,'
and th layers are 30S. It emp'oyed
339.000 men in building. The laby ;
ruith in Eaypt contains 300 chambers
and 12 hails. Ihebes, in tgypt, pre
sents ruins 27 miles round. . Athens
was 27 miles round, and contained
350,000 citizens and 400,000 Slaves.
The Temple of Delpfcos was so rich
in donntions' that tt was plundered of
SoOO.OCO. and Nero carried away
from it : 200 statues. The walls of
Home were 15 miles round.
- ' tYOKTII TIIE C II ARM.
:l" Ypuhg men are n tstaken when they
think good looks their principal recom
mendation to woman. A woman ad
mires a handcome man, for a tune; but
it needs something ' more than a good
looking face to retain this feeling. A
woman la,- as a general 'rule, more
strongly drawn by .the intellectua
qualities of the, cpbos.ie sex thai by
any thing else hat is above said is
"also true of the get. tier sex. A man
frequently says of some belle. 'Yes.
she's very beautiful; but I thank heaven
she isii t niy wife ! Women lute to
be admired for their loveliness, aud
we do not blame ihem for it; but it re
quires something more , than mere
beauty to enable ihem to "retain . their
lnSuencH over inen.'
Air Eoitor s Assessm-jit rh does
a body good lb have his pride Haltered
nce .: in a -, while. . ve realize - tne
- -,r i- . t
benefit of it once a year when the As
esor comes.;round and asks bow
much money we have at interest; bow
much stock we bare in government
bonds or in ibanks; . and various other
Questions that are supposed to be ad
dressed only io the vohd men.'
If
there is any body around, we straight
en up slightly, expand our corporosity
and in as heavy a chpst tone as we
can command' we answer, "About the
same as last year, .- Ihey know; we
enough what that is. . Se do. we. Ex,
' The minister who boasted of preach
of ling without notes, dont wish to be un
derstood to refer to greenbacks.
THE UULLV BO ;
The Bally Boy is an institution.
The Bally. Boy. is. not a buy ai a!l,
strictly speaking, but a young man
between the ages of lb and 2d. The
B..B. is the young fellow ihat wears
the ightest breeches, the whitest collars
and cufli, the finest cloih, ibe 'stuiining
esi vest, smokes the best cigars, aud
great many of them, and spends
more money than. He earns, by an
oyerwhelmlng- majority; He'' keeps
ate hours and has a headache in tbe
muri ing.'bf ; which
be: is rather boast
Lie is a coooots
nods familiarly is
ful than ashamed.
eur in oysters, and
fla shy' dressed females, with the bloom
of health upbn(their cheeks as they
pass him' on the ..streets.' He is ex
cessively liberal wiih tbet "old man's"
cash. in-bar rooms and aspires to be
called a "whole souled. fellow by
other boys not quite so' liberal as him
self, from tae fact that " their respec
tive fathers are not so liberal with the
rocket-money.' 'The 'Bully Boy , is
fond of fun " He patronizes ihe'Tiger,"
is arrested in bouses- ot ill fame, and
wants bis tame kept out of the papers
because he is "respectoble."; The
Bully Boy has a future, before him.
He cannot always remain a Bully Boy
The "old man"' drops "off" the hocks"
some day,:and . does : not cut up so fat
as his hopeful son and heir expected.
He makes shttrl work with his. wind
fall, and by ibis time is educated for a
career as a professional gambler.
He plucks and is plucked : If h can't
make a living in the higher -walks of
the profession, he plays "siirap. game'
or "top and bottom" perhaps beccmes
a confidence chap, and ends by being
furnished food, lodgrng and a striped
suit at the expense of the State. -If
any bf our ybqng . readers' have the
slightest tendency to blindness, we
advise them to eradicate it itistanter.
Better be slow ploddioe, old fashioned,
stupid anything, but buily.
The Curry Comb and nrusli,
(. At this season horses and cattle man
itest mut h uneasiness-m consequence
ot the stannic? into growing ot a new
coat of hair to supercede ihe old one
now losing its hold upon the skin This
cau.-es an itching, to allay which ihey
rub against posts, corners of buildugs,
or. any object of sufficeut firmnesh that
comes in their way. A hint should be
taken trom this fact, to make tree use
of ihe curry comb and brush. It will
not only give immediate relief to the
animals, but make tbe skin clearr and
healthy, i. Use the curry comb and
brush liberally it will be time wel
pent. ' !.r-.!:., '
Beautiful Illustration
At one of the anniversaries of
Sabbath school in London, two little
girls presented themselves lo receive
the prizes one 'of whom hud" recited
one verse more, than the. other, both
laving learned several thousand ver
ses of Scripture. The gentleman who
presiaeo inquired "And could you
not have learnd one verse more, and
ife'ust have kept up wi'b Martha ? ;
'Yes. sir. Ihe blushing child replied
but I love Martha, and .kept back on
purpose . .. , . r
And was there any of all the ver
ses you have learned,' again inquired
the .President, that taught this lesson ?
There was, sir. she answered
blushing siill more deeply; 'ln'honor
preferring one another
Mr, ureeley does not seem satis
bed that bi S100 prize for the best
grape. was awarded to ihe Concord.-
At a put lie meeting in New Nork. re
cently, he said: "All my money : did
was to advertise a grape already
known; thus improvement was checked,
not stimulated. I am a little discour
aged by the result, ard ' do not pro
pose to offer another bank note for a
plate of common grapes." :
A Sitka correspondent thusdescribes
Alaska scenery: 'Take one big
moantain covered wih trees from
the base nearly to the summit, with an
indeigrowih'of brush, briars and moss
almost impassable .muhiply the .one
by 10.000, and you have Alaska. ....
W heriever. we find a country divided
up into small estates, each and f every
owner working bis lands with his own
hands, we find a bfave patriotic and
free people, enjoying competence and
domestic comfori wiih manly -dignity
-M...R iPairick.; .
W. L'. Btrryl Esq.. of the Lebenon
(Tenn ) Herald, aged S9 years, is the
oldest printer in America. He sets
hi ten ihouand ems' from sun to sun,
and handles bis composing, slick wuh
as much ease and accuracy, as when
he set ihe obituary of George Wash
iugton. ' ' '-"-
1 wo members or a church choir in
Albany, . having seceded, have been
gratifying their spite by singing in the
congregation out of tune and at tbe top
of their voices. . They have been ar
rested and discharged, and still persist
in singing out , of tone.
A Boston minister alluding to the
trouble in a certain, church relative to
tbe singing, srs thai "when a minis
ter is compelled .to rlay second fiddle
lo a tenor, it is about time to go West."
DO NOT HILL. THE Blllt9 . .
r Everybody, is more or less interested
in birds. Certain .kinds of . them- ari
indispensable to farmers and garden
ers, and even to ibe people who live
in ciuea and towns. ...The list that lives '
upon inserts is much i larger - than is
generallyrsupposed... They destroy in
a few months moire insects than can be1
annihilated in many years by the ap-1
pliances of human skill. The robin
red-breast, wren, swallow, sparrow,,
bee bird blue bird and. finch all feed
upon iDsects. A distinguished Swiss
Naturalist says that in an experiment,
made by bun ou a robin red-breast'
killed in . a single, hour 600 flies, a'
swallow in half an hour bad destryed
mor gnats thani be could accurately)
count, and a sparrow bad carried over ,
400 worms and caterpillars to its nest
in a single day. ". This Certainly com-'
pens'ates hrgely for all the mischief
they do the fruit. . The birds we bv
mentioned during feeding lime carry
nothing but insects and worms to their'
young. ' Were it not for the birds','
our gardens and-fields would been-;
lirely eaten up by tbe , worms and in,
sects. Every farmer - and gardener
ought to cultivate friendly terms wuh
the birds put up boxes upon the trees
and about the house and barn to en
courage as many of them as possible.
Birds are nurd creatures, and if stooea
or shot at will -soon leave . the blac
where they are treated in ibis way,
but if they are , eucouraged ibey soon
become pets and . stay about m quite a
friendly manner " We say to all, tak
care ot the tiros.
"Old" 'marm- G was never ra
g-arded as a paragon. of neatness, ana
if "cleanliness is next unto godliness,,
as Si. Paul asserts, it is to be feared
that the old lady never attained to the
ater state. Not only was she anything
but heat herself, but showed a sover
e gn contempt for il in others. Speak
in of neat . people, one day, sne re;
marked that her son Josiah was one
of the most particular men in tbe world
Why, ' said he. . be ihrew away a
whole cup of. coffee, the other mora
g, because it had a bedbug in it.
' Let me tell you here," says Ah7
in his old speech said over, again, that
a' wise and good Prince ' is lufiniiely
"better than a despotic, arbitrary Colt
gress." Of course be-it.. ' And let us
tell you here. O, Andy, that a tolera
bly decent Congress, , representing as
well as it can, a great and brave pes
pie, is infinitely better than a despotic?,
arbitrary prijee of tailors, or any oihr
alderman. '
. One day lat week, says the Dem
opolis Republican, an individual of tha
African persuasion entered the office
of the Probate Judge in that city, when
the following .dialogue ' ensued: Vis
dis de place whar day gits license for
to git married ?' ,"Yes." . "Well I
got married two years ago- wid a li
cense, and now my wife's done run
a way and leflT me, and I want to git
my name scratch fd off !
The widow of Rossini has refused
three thousand francs for an lialiaa
copy of the old Testament left by her
husband, Il h enriched by matrical
versions of the most beautiful psalms,
in bis own hand, and for which he had
intended to compose music' " -
A married woman in London per
suaded her husband to allow he in
sport to tie his legs and arms, and
when she had him nicely trussed the
proreeded to pay t-fF' -her grudges
against him by gouging out hia eyes
with a table-knife. .
Governor Weller, of California, was
wrecked on the Golden Rule, aud oa
arriving in San Francisco, he remark
ed to a friend: -'.'Lost-everything, fir
everything but rny reputation."' Gov
ernor," replied his friend, "You travel
with less baggage than any one I ever
saw." . '
" A young 'woman; meeting a former
fellow servant, was asked how the
liked her'new, place, .'"Very - well."
Then you have nothing to complain
of?' ;" '"Nothing. only master and
mistress talk, such very bad gram
mar. " '.
A clergyman of Wolcott, Vt.; baa
patented a globe made of strong linen
paper, in settions, which folds up so as
to appear like a folded sheet of thick
paper. By means of a steel spring it
is sprung into shape, so thai, in all
repec!s it is a perfect artificial glob
for common school use. J 1
' An old woman named Celeste L
Noir has jtiit died in New Orleans,
who served in ' tbe- great Napoleon's
at my, and was told by Nao. "my pret
ty girl, if you were not a woman I
would make a Colonel of you.
: In Oregon, "bibulaiion"-is said to be
a preventative against small pox, and
the modern sty'eof drinking invitation
is, "let's disinfect ' .' .- -, , ,
. A faiber was reproached with, mar
rying bis 6on too early. ' Wait till he
is a little more reasonable," - was'' the
advice. V, "Ah 1 in. that case," sighed
the faiber, "he would never marry at
all." ;. . e .
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