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THE NEBRASKA HERALD
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MISOMC.
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Regular meetings at their ball on the first and
third Monday eveninirn of each month. Trans
put brethern invited to visit.
itnl JOHN W. SHANNON. W. M.
J N. VTiSK, Sec.
Macoy Lodge L D. A. F. & A. M. Regular
meetinfp second and fourth Fridays of ea-h
month at Masonic Hall. J. N. WISE, W. At.
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mnM of each month at oVIoek p. m.
D E. T. DL KD, II. P.
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inifsof the Family are held on Wednesday eve
ning' nn "r ht'fure the full moon of each month.
All Master Marfono. their wivei. sinters ami
daughter1 are iuvited to attend. Unmarried la
dies must le over eighteen years of nge.
Ii. H. W 11 EELEH, Patron.
Mas. C. A. Duke, Patroness.
J. N. Wis. Recorder.
W1LLITT I'OTTtuXUEIt.
ATTORNEY AT LAW. Plattcmouth. Neb.
T. MARQUETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW and Solicitor in Chan
dry, I'latuinouth, Nebraska.
S. F. COOl'ER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Platfemonth. Neb.
Will buy and sell Real Estate, and pay taxes for
nun -residents. Improved aud unimprowd lands
snd lota for sale. Ijunclij'tW.
g. MAXWELL, BAM. M. CHAPMAN
MA.VUELL & CIIAIMIAIV,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW and
Chaixery, I'latt.-mouth, Nebra.-k
While it buttery's brute Store.
ami xdii-itors in
:a- Ullice over
Laprl.
ATTORNEY AT LAW nnd General Land
ifent. Lni'-olii. Nebraska. Will practice in any
ot the Court of the State, and will buy and sell
Real Estate on commission, pay Taxes, examine
'litlvs. Ac. InovJhtf.
Dr. J. W. THOMAS,
Having permanently located at Weeping Wa
ter Falls, tenders his professional services to the
citizens of Cass county, Nebraska. jauT'ti'.'tf.
II. It. I.IVI.CiSTO., Irf. I).,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON tenders his
professional -rviees to the citizens of Cass coun
ty. Itesidt'iicusouthenst eornerof Oak and Sixth
trei-ts; otli.-e on Alain street, opposite Court
Hume, Piattsmouth, Xebracka.
Dr. J. V. UAU LI.V!, M. I)..
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON late a Sur-r-m
-in-Chief of the Armv of the Potomac.
I'liittsimmtli. Nebraska. OlEee with Dr. R. R.
Livingston, nn Main street, opposite the Court
Hue. Private residence corner of Rock and
11th streets, two doors south of P. P. Ga.-s'.
PLATTE VALLEY HOUSE.
Ed. H. Murphy. Proprietor, corner of Main
nnd 4th streets. Piattsmouth. Nebraska.
IlaviiiK lei-u refitted and newly furnished otters
first clitss aa-cuinmodations. Hoard by the day
or week. aligns.
PIATTSMOUTH MILLS.
C. IIELSEL. Proprietor. If a vine rwontly been
r.'imired and ilac:l in thorough running order.
(utoni work done on short notice. lii,(Jush-
is of Wheat wanted immediately, for whieh the
linfhest market priee will be iuiil. nufclistf.
J. V. WISE,
General Life, Accide, Fire, Inland ami Trans
It Insurnm-p Audit. Will take risks at reason
lile rates in the most reliable Coinpauies in the
I nited abates. Otlice opposite the Court House,
Plaltsiiioiith, Neb. uiayUltf.
MRS- J- F- DOUD.
Having j ii -t received a new .'supply of Goods,
now offers I lutsjat a trifle above cost, and lion
neM of assorted silks anil laces, also colored
crapes in latest styles at from S2.50 to Sl.'Kl.
marJotf.
aOTICJG.
JAMES O'NEILL is my authorized .-Went for
tlir ollf'tion of all accounts ductile unilersifc'ii
j for iuelieal services; his receipt will be valid
fir the payment of any monevs unsaid accounts.
August H.oT.J R. R. LIVINGSTON, M. D.
FOR SALE OR TKADF !
A i-Khl ilwellinif honse, coiitniniug rix rooms,
a K'mhI cellar, and cistern, a well, stable, wood
f bed and ouiriry shed on the lot, situate on the
corning of Seventh and Locust streets; also a
two story brick building. ix:i. with two lots,
ntnate on '.th street north of Main. The above
property n ill he sold cheap for cash, or traded
tor an improved farm in Cass county.
Fur particulars apply on the premises..
GEO. 1JOECK.
All person-? indebted to me are requested to
call ami -o ttle immediately, as 1 must and will
have them settled forthwith. G. 15.
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ORGANS. JILXOO E O i S !
I am A vent for the best Musical Instruments
made. Persons wishing to buy Pianos, Cabinet.
Metropolitan! or Portable Organs, or Mclodcons
can purchase lhrou.-h my Agency on as liberal
terms as they can from the maufacturers them
eelves. All Instruments fully warranted.
aprltf. J. WISE.
C'apl.U. LAIIOO & CO.,
Wholesale and retail dealers in
WINES AND "LIQUORS
Also a very choice selection of
TOH1CCO AI'D CIGARS,
Main street, seconil door east of the Seymour
House. Nebraska City. Neb.
Are just receiving a new Stock of Genuine Old
Ioiirhon direct from Eurhon county, Ky.. Rit
lere, etc. mylSw.
Health, Comfort and Economy
Three reasons for lxiarding with
GEOUQE W- COLVIN,
OAK STREET, PLATTSMOUTH, KB.
Two Mocks northwest of brick School House.
He ha a BATH HOUSE, free "to patrons; his
rooms are well ventilated, and his prices are rea
sonable. Uulyiitf.
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To the Working Class: I am now prepar
ed tt furnises all classes with constant employ -i.icnt
at their homes, the whole of the time, or
for the spare moments. Ilusiness new, litrht and
profitable. Kitty cents to So per evening. is easily
earnetl by persons of either sex, and the boys
and pirls earn nearly as much as me. Great in
il icements are offered those who will devote
their whole time to the business; and that every
person who see this notice, may send me their
u.ldrces and test the business for themselves. I
make the the following unparalleled oti'cr: To
all who are not well satisfied with the business,
1 will yrd SI to pay for the trouble of writing
inc. Pull particulars, directions, Ac. sent free.
Sample sent by mail for ten cents. Address
aprSin3. E. C. Allen, Augusta, U.
LIVE 16 Y, FEED,
AND
Sale StaDle,
j BY
1 WM- J- H"S ATT, Troprictor,
j Piattsmouth, Nebraska.
; First rt Stal.linirand Waeon T.mh for tbn
j Accommodation of the public. A good stock of
Horses and Carriages
! To let on very reasonale terms.
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j Stable on Main Btrect, nearly opposite the
I r-heridan House. dec31tf.
J. W. SHANNON'S
FEED. SALE AND
HTEKY STAKIE,
MAI STREET, PLATTSMOUTH, NEB.
I m prepared to accommodate the public with
Horttt. Carriage, BgggU and A No. 1 Hearte,
on Jhort notice and reasonable terms. A Ha
Tf !th?i0 thteambotlanding,andto all pa
the city when derird. mrJ?
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VOL. 5.
iVlio lillletl Tecuinicli
A corre.aponlent signing himself 'IILs
toricus' writes a,s folli'w.i to the Pitts
burir Gazette
Who.Jrilled Tecumsch ? Few ques
tion, ri.sing out of our contest with
the Indians, have been oftener silked; or
more unsatLsfactorily answered. The
following account I had some twenty
five years hince, from Lieut. Hous
ton, of Kentucky, and offer it as not
only plausible, but so far as I am aware,
not heretofor published. There was in
the army of Gen. Harrison an old Ken
tucky Indian spy. On the morning of
the battle this .spy had observed certain
sifrns of the presence of Indians watching
the movements of the army, and con
cealing 'himself, he got sight of one that
had been hidden on a 8inall islaipJ in the
river: he thut him, twain his horse to
the island aii4l obtained his scalp. When
lie retrained his place in the ranks, he
found his companions discussing the
probabilities of a battle. Tutting his
hand into his coat pocket, he pulled out
and shook at them his trophy, "I have
pot one of their night-caps anyhow,"
ami added 've will have a battle before
two hours. I have been in 1" Indian
fights: to-day I will be in the 18th; then
I shall go home and grease my old rifle
and hang her up for the good she has
4lone." In a few minutes the conflict
commenced. Col. ltichard Johnson be
ing ordered to advance and draw the fire
of the Indians who lay concealed .in the
tall grass and having done so to retreat,
allowing the main line to engage the
enemy, but the Colonel's itutietuosity
carried him into the midst of the sava
ges, and for a time his' command receiv
ed the concentrated fire of the enemy.
He received a wound in the hand with
which he managed his bridle, in conse
quence f which he was unable to con
trol his mare, An Indian observing the
fact, attempted to tomahawk the Colo
nel, but he drew a pistol anl shot the
Indian. The mare was afterwarils killed
and the CinYiiicl rescued from his peri
lous condition. On the next morning
Lieut. I Iouston called at the tent of Col,
Johnson, and in answer to his inquiries
about the incidents of the battle, was re
quested to go to the scene of the conflict
and look up the Cob's dead Indian,
whom he found as directed, lying near
the dead mare a large Indian, shot in
the forehead, the ball passing down an
angle indicating that he had been shot
bv a man close to him on horseback.
Ljton receiving the retMirt of his friend,
the Colonel replied, that's my detiil
Indiait." Tecumsch was shot through
the body, the ball passed horizontally,
showing that lie was killeil by a man on
the ground. Ami now who killed Te
cumsch? Our old Kentucky spy had
a horse shot uniler him, and his bo4ly
was fouml clse to that of Tecumsch; his
rifle, which he was to have greased and
hung up after the battle, was lying seven
feet from him ; but his knife was in his
hand and it was then lielieved that he
died in attempting to obtain the scalp of
the Hero, lor a time no one could
idedtify Teciimseh with certainty. Fi
nally a negro, who had run away from
his master and had gone to the Indians,
but had leffthem and joineil the army
liefore the battle, said ho C4uld identify
Tecumsch bv certain scars which .he V-l
observed on" Ins uouy while in bathing
with him. Thus was the failed chief
pointed out, and to the Old Hero of
"eighteen Indian battles" was the honor
given of having stopped his career of
blood; and of having lost his own life in
his eagerness t4 have Tecumsch's "night
cap,' to grace the walls of his cabin in his
forest home. Years after, a Kentucky
politician, for political purposes, was
nunin enough to rob the old fallen hero
of his well earned gltry. Yet it is S4me
solatiou to kiniw that the public
judgement everywhere enters her demur
against the usurper s claim.
An Arkansas judge had his law-office
close to a certain doct4r's in fact, .they
were sepcrat'l only by a plank partition,
with a door in it. The judge was at his
table, busy with bills in chancery.
The docter was writing a letter; and
pausing for a moment, callel out, 'Judge
isn't e-q-u-i the wav to spell cquinomi
cal?' "Yes, I think jt w," said the
judge; ' but here is Webster's Diction
ary I can soon tell you." lie opens
the book, anl turns over the leaves, re
peating aloud, "K-qiiinomical, e-quino-mical."
Finling the proper place, he
runs his eye ami finger up and down the
column two or three times, until he is
thoroughly satisfied that the word in
question is not there. Closing the book
with a slam, the judge lays his sjk;cs on
the b'xk, ami, rising slowly, breaks forth
'"Well, sir, I've always been a Danial
Webster man, and I voted for him for
President; but any man that will write as
big a dictionary as this and not put as
common a word as e-quinomical in it
can't get my vote for anything hereaf
ter.' A subscription paper, circulated for
some charitable purpose, was present4id
to a wealthy French manufacturer, who
subscrilied twenty francs. "Twenty
francs!" said the lady who presented the
list to him: "whv j-ou aught to be
ashamed of yourself. Your son has sub
scribed fi ft v francs." "That is all very
well," replied the manufacturer; "my
son has a rich lather, and can anoru to
give more than I, who shall not inherit
notions.
Ti'inncmncp nuts wood on the fire.
meal in the barrel, flour in the tub,
money m the purse, credit in the country
contentment in the house, clothes on the
children, vigor in the lody, intelligence
in the brain, and spuits in the whole con
stitution. A young lady of Jefferson, 0.,mistvk
a bottle of violet ink for perfumery, in
the darkness the other evening, an put
some upon her handkerchief, which she
used to wipe her face, and, hastening to
church immediately alter, she created an
immense sensation.
The Central (Miss,) Star, for the be
nefit ot those who borrow newspapers
but refuse to subscribe, proposes to put
up a package each week, and sent it to
the stingy, to be called lor.
.The editor of the Mineapolis Tribune
rides the velocipede at the rate of a
. - .1.11
mile in six minutes,, lie says tne laoor
is mnal tit suiwinf wood fnr that, lcnrth
of time at a "ritrht smart gait," tut
that there is a good deal more fun in
sawing wood.
liuskm lately asked purgeon: crur-
geon, where do you think 1 would go if
1 should die now.' "lo hell and be
damned." "Well, that's frank. I've
asked several preachers that question,
and they "evaded it"
A Kentucky paper thinks that the
word croquet is too Frenchy; and pro
poses that the game which it designates
be hereafter called 1'reshvtemn hil
Hards." '
EBMAS
Horticultural Superstition.
There are nianypeoplc who believe
that to be successful in planting,it is nec
essary to observe the cardinal point,
and set a tree with the bame side to the
south as when it stood in the nursery.
Probably one man in a thousand firmly
believes that success depends in a great
measure upon keeping his trees with
their right side to the south; while the
remainder of the thousand never pay any
attention to this theory, but still have
just as good success as the one who plants
compass in hand.
There are farmers who always consult
the almanac to see if the sign is right be
fore planting cucumbers, weaning a calf
or baby; and they know that it is very
important that the sign should be right,
for they and their fathers before them
have always done so. But if these men
or women would only stop to consider
that not one in ten thousand of the hu
man race ever heard or practised any
such nonsense, and were just as success
ful, it apjx?ars V us that we should hear
no more of these signs, of the moon's ef
fects upon vegetation. When our ama
teur tree planters shall find an intelligent
and successful nurseryman wlm prac
tices the cardinal joint system of pant
ing trees, we hope they will let us know.
We like to see people try experiments,
and by all means depart as fur as possi
ble from the old beaten path; but the
days of signs and wonders should be al
lowed to remain where they belong,
namely, among the heathen of ancient
times. Fuller.
Tlic NennaUon or Dron nirir.
A sailer named George Forbes, who
was lost overboard from a sctw in Lake
Michigan and nearly drowned before he
was rescued, thus describes the feel
ings he exjierienced on the occasi4n.
We U4ite from the Detroit Free l'rcsif.
I was feeling more omrage and strik
ing out with a will, when a sudden cramp
catched me all over, and I could not get
another stroke. I felt like a lump of
lead. My head began t j spin around, a
great lump rose in my throat and elmked
me, and my eyes closed as if a weight
had hung on my lids. I legan to drown
I felt it; then came a feeling something
like a red hot poker being jrawn thro
my brain. MT heail felt like fire. A
humming, roaring iioisj went through
my cars, ami my body felt as light as a
feather. The waves carried me alout
without an effort on my part, and I
laughed it seemed so curious that I ac
tually biushcd. I didn't care to be pick
cl up, didn't care for Lizzie only want
ed to float and drift forever on the roll
ers. The water came into my face and
mouth, but I never tried to keep my
head up; I wouldn't have moved my fin
ger to have bet n aboard the scow. It
grew d ii ker and darker; the old fire feel
ing came through mv head again. Some
thing clutched me by the leg ami drew
me down. I rocked to and fro, felt a
noise like the discharge of a cannon, ami
then I dropped to sleep.
apolroa ih A l'ianiwt.
Several distinguiheil musicians were
talking with Leitz. who asked them if
they knew w!k was the most skillful oc
tave player on the piano. The musi
cians made a nUUltCr of mifxaayj. nnniinT
living as well as dead pianists, but at
every new name that was mentioned
Leitz shook his head. '" You will not
guess it gentlemen," he said at last "and
the world will be'surpriseil to learn that
the most skillful plaver is no other than
the Emperor Napoleon III." His hear
ers were greatly surprised, and lieitz
then explained to them that Napoleon
III. owing to the peculiar construction
of his hand was able t4 surpass the most
celebrated pianist in this point. In al
hulinir to the stoiy, llochof'ort said he
should le delighted to hear Napoleon as
an octave - ph.ycr. traveling in foreign
countries and trying to earn an honest
penny.
How l.nrk IturiN.
It is worth notiinr that civility has al
ways had luck as an ally. There is the
story toM of a gent lemon, who, on the
battle-heM, happening to bow with much
grace to some officer who addressed him,
a cannon ball just went through his hair,
and took oil the head of the other one.
The officer, when he saw this marvelous
escape, justly observed that a man never
lost by iliteness.
Anotli4'r curious story of luck on a
battle-field is perfectly authentic. A ball
passed straight through a man's body,
and the man recovered. Thus much is
ii4 t unparalleled, but there was some
thing more, highly curious and lucky.
The man was consumptive and had form
ed tubercles. The ball carried away the
tubercles, ami the man recovered not
only from the wound, but From the con
sumption. On no occasion do tKJOple seemmore
Srone to commit blunders than at a wed
ing. The following funny incident ac
tually happene4l in California:
In the midst of a crowd of witnesses,
the clergytnaif had just completed the in
teresting ceremony which binds in the
silver bortds of wedlock two willing
liearts. and stretched forth his hands to
implore the blessings ot heaven on the
union. At this point, the groomsman,
seeing the open hand reached out, sup-
p4sed it was the signal for him to sur
render the wedding fee, which was burn
ing in his pocket. Accordingly, just as
the clergyman closed his eyes in prayer,
he felt the pressure of a double eagle
upon his palm. The good man hesitated
appalled at the Iudicrousness of his situ
tion; but coolv deposited the money in
' A asj
his pocket, and proceeded with his devo
tion. "With thy Misrut.
A physician was once returning to his
home, when he saw a little child m great
TiitmI in tV ctrrwif A trtVrn inct.int fcllf
would have, been crushed under the hrn
hoofs which were almost upon her. At
rwiit rvril in liimw'f" Ju milled forwaril.
ami seizin? the little one. bore her in
safety to the sidewalk. Curiosity im-
lelled him to look in the child s lace,
that he might set if he knew whom he
had rescued. Pushing back the little
hrmner what Wfrft his fielinrs to SCC
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that it was his own little daughter whose
life hf h.nl Biiv4'4h So he who hastes to
save the perishing often finds reward he
little dreamed of. "Whatever thy hand
s. a. - m 1 .
hndeth to do, do it witn tny mignt.
The sea is the largest of all cemeteries
and its slumberers sleep without monu
ment?. All other graveyards in all lands
show some distinction between the great
and small, the poor and rich; but in the
owan cemetery, the king and the clown.
the prince and peasant, are all alike un
distinguished. The same waves roll
over all the same requiem by the min
strels of the ocean is sung in their honor.
Over the remains the same storms beat
and the same sun shines; and there un
marked, the weak and powerful, the
plumed and honored will sleep on until
awakened by the ?ame trump.
PIATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY
Nricutlflc Wonurs; of Modem Jiur-
The following is a brief summary c f an
article in a late Atlantic Monthly, on the
recent discoveries and improvement! in
surgery:
By the local application of a sufficient
degree of cold, insensibility can be pro
duced in any part, so that a man with a
nwst exquisitly painful wound on the
arm, or felon on the finger, can now look
down, in his perfect senses, upon the
knife as it enters his own body and per
forms the most difficult operation with
out giving them the least pain.
A French surgeon has invented an in
strument he calls the ecrasaenr, or crush
er, to perform operations dangerous in
surgery, on account of the loss of blood
from the smaller vessels, if performed
with a knife. It is formed of a fine chain
gathered into a loop, which incloses tie
part to be removed, and by turning a
screw, the chain is tightened till tke
parts are separate4l. The blunt chain so
turns up and twists the end of the blood
vessels that hemorrage is prevented.
The eye is miw examined by an in
strument called the npthalniosetipe, hf
which the depths of the globe of the eye
can lie readily and fully explored, and
through its aid a great deal of what hts
been written and conjectured about the
diseases of the eye has been found to le
wrong. The intricate passages of tie
car, the nose, the whole of the windpipe
ami passages of the lungs are now care
fully explored.
Perhaps one of the best results of mod
ern science has been through what is
called "conservative" surgery, the rule
of which is to save all that can possibly
be saved srom the amputation knife.
Many of our brave S4jliliers complained
of the reckless haste with which in the
late war, some surgeons would cut off
arms and legs on account of trifling'
wounds. The complaint was often just
But one of the most distinguished sur
geons in the world has lately written:
'At King's College it is rare to see an
amputation; in nine cases out of ten ex
cision (for cutting out of the diseased
jortion of the limb) should be performed
m its stead."
A boy at the west was caught under a
fallen log, aud his leg broken and twisted
ujion itself at right angels with his thigh,
the bones protrutling through the flesh
and no d4ctor near. He lived, and after
weeks of suffering was taken to a hospi
tal. Modern conservative surgery, in
stead of amputating the limb as the old
fashioned surgery would have done,
sawed off the protruding bones, turned
the leg back again to its place, and put
on an instrument to keep it of equal
length with the other, and now the boy
stands, ruas and jumps with two sound
legs.
Do Something.
No one has a right to be idle. There
is too much to le dme in the world, for
any one to stand aside, content himself
with doing nothing. Life is a battle in
which every human being has a duty to
perform; ami he who drops out of ranks
and shirks the conflict, or looks on it as
a mere spectator from safe point of leis
ure, is entitled to contempt equally with
the soldier who abandons his place and
flees from the bullets which his com rades
idlers who wouM willingly do their part
in this battle ol lite ii they could only re
officers; but they "are not content Ui be
soldiers. These fascinating creatures es
teem themselves above the vulgarity of
manual labor. It would degrade them.
A hardened hand, or a suuburned skin
are degradations not to be submitted
to short of absolute starvation and
hardly then; for there are plenty of men
not many women who will d waddle
along through life in a couditim of idle
semi-starvation, rather than earn honest
bread with honest manual toil. They
want to live by their wit; they desire to
be clerks, or agents, or salesmen, or trav
eling solicitors, or to conduct somebody's
business, or hold an office, or to occupy
some respectable salaried position, that
will permit them to wear the apparal and
affect the manners of a "gentleman;" but
the horrid idea of digging in the earth, or
chopping timber, or driving horses, or
holding a plow, never enters their head,
except to be banished with a shudder.
To do nothing is to invite constant
tcmptatious to do evil. Steady, faithful
employment is one of the surest safe
guards of a virtuous life. The tempter
is ever at the side of the idler, but avoids
the industrious worker.
Funny things happen in the horse-cars
sometimes. A voung ladv stepped into
a car, and dropped her handkerchief
upon a vacant seat, as much as. to say
"taken." while she advance4l to the op
posite end of the car to speak with a la
dy triend. Meantime a nicely dressed
young man, with a college air about him,
jumped in and sat down on the handker
chief, without observing it. The young
lady, afler winding up her conversation,
turned back, discovered to her chagrin
her scat was ocoupied, and sat down op-
Josite, gentlemen making room lor her.
iut she did not desire .to loose her hand
kerchief, and so she looked intently to
ward the place where she had lett it,
hesitating whether to ask for it or not.
Iiscovenng the direction of her looks,
all eys on the opposite side of the car
were soon bent on the young man. rm
ding himself the object of so much at
tention, he himself looked, and discov
ered to his horror, something white on
which he sat, the end peeping out lie
mistook its character, lo C4)ver it with
his hand, and to tuck it nicely away,
was the W4rk of a few moments. None
in the car but the young lady knew that
the "white" was a haml kerchief; and,
hesitating still mtre to ask, she lost it,
having had occasion to leave the car be
fore the young man did.
Here is a personal item about the fa
mous Mrs, Southworth that will be rel
ished by the numerous readers of Ledger
literature: JHrs. Southworth lives on a
steep hill street at Georgetown, and rat
tles off her peculiar fictions at the rate
of twelve or fifteen columns a week
Some time ago she was taken with the
small-pox, and while the ulcers were
hideously running all over her face she
hired an amanuensis and plunged into
the labyrinths of a serial romance. She
makes six thousand dollars a year, has
engagements offered or pending in Lon
don and Paris, has spent two years in
Europe, and has educated her children
handsomely. She is herself without ed
ucation, and is a native of the District or
of the adjoining part of 5Iary!and.
The Colorado Transcript tells about a
little daughter of a farmer in Arappahoe
county observing the baptism ot some
converts in the creek. After watching a
lew minutes she looked up and earnestly
asked, Papa--what makes the man ir
rigate them people?"
my dorg." Jake replied, soothingly and
F"mpauieticaiiv, on. oim. i wouian i
sell him.".
MIsk-pI I neons Items.
Hot weather has come at the South,
and the cotton is looking much better,
Henry Ward Beecher says: "If devils
were worse than some men, I am sorry
for hell!"
The milk trade of Elgin 111., with Chi
cago amounts to a million of dollars an
nually. Vinnie Ream's plaster mould of Lin
coln has been shipjd to Italy to be cop
ied into marble.
The Brewers' convention recently held
at Newark, N. J., adopted a report urg
ing a repeal of the tarif on barley.
Nine out of every ten American news-
Sapers sent to France are, it is said, con
scated in the French postoffice.
John M. Langston, (colored) having
declined the mission to Liberia, his bro
ther Charles has been appointed in his
place.
A French lady who had lost her little
grandson confessed that she derived
some consolation from the fact that it.
would plunge her. son in-law in grief.
A hen-pecked, unfortunate man says
the most remarkable organ in the world
is the organ of speech in a woman. It
is an organ without stop.
A young lad' spends a part of each
evening in wamlering about the streets
of Newark, N. J., and writing upon the
pavements in bold letters in chalk, warn
ings to the impenitent.
The annual tobacco fair of Kentucky
was held in Louisville on the 2d inst:
Five hundred and fifty hhds. of tobacco
were entered. A great commercial con
vention in Louisville in October.
An Irishman, newly arrived, antl a
member of the O'llagan family, was
hetrd to exclaim, as the steamer Oregon
was passing. "O-r-e-g-o-n ! O'llagan
be iabers ! only four weeks in Ameriky,
anJ a steamboat called by me name 1 ' '
Nineteen years ago, Chas. Crocker,
a poor boy, crossed the Missouri river
with an ox team on his way to California.
Now he returns in a special railroad car,
for he is Superintendent of the Pacific
Central, bringing his family with him.
You, who are ashamed of your pover
ty, ami blush f4r your calling arc a snob;
as you are who boast of your pedigree,
or are proud of your wealth.
A. correspondent of the Boston Com
mercial Bulletin says : "There is one
thing about Spain I like one remnant
of greatness that hath the true ring to it
the Spanish dollar. Everywhere it
commands its full value; and it is cur
rent in every country under the sun."
The Carson (New) Appeal says there
are a dozen or mora camels running at
large on the Carson, near the old over
land route, and many a traveler and
teamster can bear testimony that their
numbers have been increased from year
to year by births.
Brigham Young in a recent sermon
said : "Among this people, called the
Latterday Saints, when the devil has
got the crowns, sovcrings, guinies and
the twenty dollar pieces', it has been all
right ; but let the Lord get a sixpence
and there is an eternal grunt about it."
A young lady once married a man by
her parents. Atter a short time they
lived unhappily together, and she re
turned to her father's house ; but he re
fused to see her, saying. "Dust thou art
and unto Dust thou shall return."
Goodness of heart is man's best treas
ure, his brightest honor, and wisest ac-
3uisition. It is a ra.y of divinity that
ignifies humanity, attracts ailmiration,
and assimilates him t4 his Creator; but,
like pure gold, is liable to be counter
feited. A resident of Brunswick, Me., who
earns his living working by the day has
paid for morphine, lor the use ot his wife,
nearly $1,300, during the past 14 years.
She uses it constantly at the present
time, one drachm lasting her fave day
The woman, a good worker, declares
that she cannot live without the stimu
lus.
A married man in Bridgeport was re
cently urged by an insurance agent to
take out a policy for the benefit of his
wife to the amount of $12,00 or $15,
000, and a long discussion ensued, which
was ended bv the husband, who said,
'No : a widow with more than $10,000
would be a dangerous legacy to posten-
ty."
The door of a carriage in a fast train
on the Edinburg and Glasgow Railway
suddenly burst open the other day, and a
little cirl. five years of age, who was
leaning against the door at the time, was
thrown out, ami killed instantaneously.
It is a wonder that such accMents do not
occur oftener on English railways.
W. lorrey, ot uephane, Ala., saw an
advertisement that J. King & Co., 37
Nassau street, would send an eighteen
inch musical box, playing twenty-four
tunes, on receipt
ot 54. lie sent his
monev and revived a five cent iewsharn.
He now wants the Marshal of New York
to arrest and punish the rogues,
The Marquis of Huntington recently
stated in the House of Commons that
velocipedes had been tried and would le
further used by postmen in level and
otherwise! suitable districts; but as pro
ficiency in managing them ditl not form
nnrt. ofanv examination for the Civi
Service, tfie employment of them would
not be compulsory.
At Newark IS. .J., a young man was
taking a moonlight ramble with a pretty
girl, when her mother pounced upon
them like a tigrees, ami began a vigorous
cowhiding of the j-outh. He fell on his
knees, and in that position received about
fifty lashes.. The old woman then embrac
ed her daughter, and finally embraced
the voung man also, lor.givin.g him and
asking his forgiveuess.
On Monday night of last week, Milita
ry I lall, in Paters4n, N. J. , was struck
by lightening, which invaded aball-room
in which there was dancing going on.
The lightening ran under a kmg bench
which was filled with girls, and overturn
ing the whole lot, upsetting the girls,
face downward, into the middle of the
floor, am! stuning them for a minute.
A man had all the hair burned off his
head.
A male infant was recently found in a
wood in the vicinity of Paris by two men
one of whom made a declaration to the
Mayor that he would adopt it When
all ihe arrangements were made what
was the mans astonishment at finding
20,000 francs, in bank notes, attached to
its chemise, with a note that other pre
sents would follow until the child attain
ed 20 years of age,
When Horace Greeley, ten years, ago
made the trio to California, he summed
ud his opinion of the plains in these
words: "I should think in view of the
barrenness of the plains that they were
no earthly use except to fill in between
commercial cities." Their utility in this
respect is now demonstrated by the com
51etion of the Pacific Railway, and the
'ribune philosopher is in search of more
light as to us vaiue in oiner rc.-pctis.
MAUD)
1, 1869.
War With England.
In the article entitled "An English
American War How it Would Result
for England," Captain Mayne Reid
writes as follows in his magazine On
icard: If there be a problem unsolved, of
which one can safely predict the solution,
a bantling yet unborn whose shape we
can see so nicely, it is this: How an
English-American war would end for
England.
It might not be so cay to foretell the
upshot to the United States, at least to
give an accurate f4recast ot it.
As regards England we can shape the
result, and to a dead certainty.
And we do, by proclaiming that, it
such strife is to occur, it will end in
England's complete national humiliation,
n reducing her to a second and perhaps
third rate power among the nation's of
the earth.
And this reduction will be in an exact
ratio to the duration of the war. After
two years of fighting she would find
herself a rocond class nation, and in two
more an imlifleiout third.
liut she would newr let it run two
years, nor -et the halt ol it. She could
n4it-do so without certain suicide In
ess than twelve months after the first
shot had been fired, John Bnll would be
down upon his knees, no longer bluster
ing about war, but pitcously appealing
or peace.
He could in noway avoid such hnmili-
ation. It is a result as inexorable as
ate itself. He would have to yield to it
or die.
The man. English or American, who
cannot see this solution of the problem,
and clearly too, must be either dull of
comprehension, or negligent of observa
tion, or both. 11 the history ol the last
six years has not made this problem pal
pable to hmi, nothing ever can.
It one steam corsair could destroy the
whole commercial marinerof the United
States in a single year, how many will it
take, and how long a time, to do as much
r the merchant navy of England?
Uion another point the Captain ex
presses himselt thus:
Jj4iuis JSapoleon Bonaparte must be at
this time half frantic with joy at the
rospect of war bet ween England and the
United States; and, if it comes about, he
will spring to England's assistance into
iter arm, as a bridegroom to the b4jsom
of his bride. '
He has no other hope for continuing
lis reign of terror and corruption. The
bayonets begin to prick through the lot
tom of his Imperial chair, and he dare
not relieve himself by turning their points
against Prussia.
Uut Lngland s aristocracy will receive
turn with open arms as win ner queen,
rinoes and princesses already tarnished
by his touch; while John Bull will blus
ter forth his admiration for the man who
gives promise to assist him in humilia
ting that blarstod 1 ankee,
But Napoleon would not be able to
make good his promise. France and
England sinirle or united against her
it would end all the same for America.
IWh tormtlier could not land an armv on
the territory of the United States; and if
The Tide will Flow till Way.
Our railroad prospects will shortly
tuse such a flow of the tide of immigra
tion this way as will astonish the coun
try. Thousands yea. we might say al
most millions of souls can here find
room to breathe as pure air as was ever
wafted from heaven, and a home capable
of producing all the comforts and happi
ness ot anv clime or country on the face ot
the globe. Our virgin soil only awaits
the "tickling of the hoe to laugh with
golden harvests." Our wealth, ami the
wealth ot all who cast their lots with us.
must flow from this prolific and inex
haustible source. We therefore direct
the attention of all future immigrants to
the propriety of securing,-at this most
auspicious time, a portion of Southern
Nebraska's valuable lands for homes for
themselves and those who will succeed
them. The capital now necessary for
this is insignificant when compared with
what will be necessary in a few years,
perhaps a few months. The building up
of cities and towns is all-important, but
the country is a lever in the prosperity ot
anvcitv, and it withdrawn or weakened
the main artery to its hie is cut on, and
the gloom of adversity will surely settle
down upon it. People our fertile do
main with the industrious and muscular
tiller of the soil; his fortune is within
his grasp: while we also must be the
certain recipients of a most boundless
harvest of presperity. liroicuvilh Dem
ocrat.
The following 'beautiful extract from
the address of Rev. Robert Colh er, of
Chicago, on decoration Jay, expresses
the sentiments ot every pat not ic Chris
tian : And it is a good time to meet
for the-purpose; just as the spring is
passing into summer, and the full bloom
of the world is about us, to make this the
svihIk)! of the feeling that is in our hearts
for those that went forth as spring was
opening into summer in their life, ant
gave that life for their country. And
this fine fitness in the time is the more
fitting from the fact that this day falls on
a Sunday. This Is the first time we have
come together in this faslmm for this
great purpose. It gives another grace to
the rite that it should be done on a day
eommonlv set apart for sacred things.
I am glad for the beautiful coincidence.
It makes the day to be still more sacred
Indeed, I cannot but feel that it would
be a vast advantage it the day that we
give to this sacrament of the flowers
could always be a Sunday. If, on this
holy clay, we could close our churches
with one consent all over the land, gath
er in the cemeteries where these heroes
rest, and hold great service of psalm and
prayer with only the arches or heaven for
the dome ot our temple, then we shout
have a service that all would be clad to
attend: a church from which none woul
feel excluded, nnd such a blessing as sel
doni comes to the poor little synagogues
where we meet for more private devo
tion."
At St. Louis, not long since, a couple
of rural individuals were walking alon
the levee. Some of the sewer-mouths
were exposed, and a few. of the smaller
ones were broken down, so that they
looked like natural springs. One of the
countrymen, who was walking in froi
of the other, suddenly called out.
"Look here, Jim, here's another spring. '
Hell, gaul dam it, replied Jim,
the water is no better in this one than
in the List one, I don't want to drii
from it."
The London Times has abajidonc4l the
Hoe press and prints upon its new '"Val-
ter press." an improvement on th
French Marinoni machine. It prints
like the Bullock press from a roll ot pa
per, on both sides, with one process, and
requires but an engineer and three men
to manage it.
they did, its cohorts would soon be de
stroyed and disappear. They would
melt away in a single month, as did in a
1. - u Bkv . A c lav ..0 I Iilll
NO. 13.
Anrrdotm oflfirtlsu
A N. Y. paper, sieaking about the im
portation of canary birds from Germany,
says the following sight was seen in
Florence, Italy, in 1861, by a lady ami
gentleman belonging in New York; In
walking in the principal street they over
took a man with a long whip in his hand,
which he was moving from one side to
the other in what tney 'thought was a
strange manner. When they came up
with him they found he : was driving a
fltH-k of canary birds, as in England t hey
drive a nock , ol turkeys. A
carria ge
came along, and the man waved his whip
in a peculiar manner, when the littlo
birds all went to the sidewalk until the
carriage passed,
street again. A
when they took the
woman wanted to buy
one, when the man sprinkled some cana
ry seed at his feet and half a dozen of
them came tohim, when he took one up in
his hand and delivered it to the woman,
who paid one franc. The man then went
on again.
Elihu Burritt, the learned blacksmith,
gives an account of a Mr. Fox, of Tre
gedna, near Falmouth, England, who, by
persevering kindness, has won the affec
tions of a large numb er of birds so
much so that they fly to meet him when
he calls them, and hop altout him, eating
the crumbs with which his, pockets are
well filled. AN hen digghig in his garden
it is no uncommon sight to sec little birds
hopping on the handle of the spade or
rake used by the gentleman, thus show
ing their confidence in him. Sometimes
they enter his lcdronm early in the moru
ing, through the window and in their
way call out, "it is time to get up.'
On Sunday, when Mr. Fox goes to his
place of worship, some of the birds are
frequently seen to accompany him along
the road, chirping and singing all the
wav.
Several birds besides parrots posses
the power of talking. Magpies arc
taught in Germany to imitate not only
the human voice but many striking
sounds. They are taken from the nest
when quite young, otherwise this cannot
le accomplished. A clergyman in Par
is is said to have had two sparrows which
were able to repeat the lotirth, tilth,
sixth, and seventh commandments.
t produced a highly comic eltect when,
in their quancls over their fooI, one of
them would gravely admonish the other
lhou shalt not steal.
A Hundred and fifty Years.
The New York Tribune, in speaking
of the recent celebration of the one hun
dred ami fiftieth anniversary ot the town
of Deny, in England, has the following
pleasing remarks:
liight thousand children coming home
the other day to keep the old mother's
one hundred and htticii oirtnnay, snak
ing hands heartily under the hospitable
ky, remembering prou.lly that nmther s
past and prophesying proudly her tuture.
was as cheerful a sight to see as the sun
ooked upon. Derrv, sitting among the
gray rocks, in a wise simplicity, ami call
ms back to her thronging desvendants,
lound auioncr them citizens ot halt the
States of the L nW Senators, Judges,
men of science, divines, college profes
sors, editors, poets, travelers, women of
fashion and fame. Together thev ro-
calle4l the days when a handful of the
Miuay ccoieti-msn, sixteen lamiucs m
all, penetrated unknown woods, raiscil
their forlorn cabins, defied frost and
starvation, established school and church,
and by-and-by named the hamlet in
memory of the heroism of their fathers
in Ireland forty years before. Together
they revived with exultation the ex
ploits iof Deny men in King William's
war, in the Colonial war, and, not with
out tears, remembered their part in the
war for Union. Together they celebra
ted the peaceful avxations of their gen
eration, and proved that thrift, and skill,
and ingenuity, and wit have been the
constant inheritance of the blood. Ami
parting, these eight thousand peopli
went away with kinder hearts toward
the old home and each other, and a doop
er respect for the impelling convictions
that founded that home.
Colorado.
Governor MeCook, of Colorado, has
turned up at Denver, and has his family
with him.
The Golden Citv Transcript has a ladv
E4litor, youne and presumably trood look- !
ing, and the b.ichelor Editors of Coloratlo
are making quacking about her.
lhe Denver J ribune ot Saturday, says.
each one of the banks had srold bullion
on their tables yesterday. The amount
passed through the branch mint dunng
the last three days, will foot up upwards
of 50.000.
The Jjrailer has licen permitted to see
the Territorial seal of Wyoming, and
thus describes it: "It is of a beautiful
design. An elk s head, a shield, with a
train of cars and agricultural implements,
with the words "Let us have peace,"
are artistically arranged. The seal is
nearly three inches broad."
310RE Mixes Discovered. A cor
respomlent writing from Elko, under
date of June 4th, Krys: "New mines
have been struck by the Drew party,
S4me seventy or eighty miles north of
Elko, in what are calle4l the lied Mount
ains. Elko is the nearest practicable
point. The excitement is great, and all
the surplus people arc rushing to the
new district, which lias been christened
"Cope." It is reported that both placer
and quartz mines have been found.
The quartz beyond doubt, is very rich.
The weather is fine, and only a few cases
of small-pox have occurred here."
A Question in Music.
Billings, the celebrated musical com
p4ser, boaste4l thattli4?re was no point
connected with the science of music that
he did not understand. A Boston wag,
knowing his profound vanity, sent him a
note, requesting an rntervue with him at
the Lamb Tavern on a particular day to
consult about a difficult question in music
which he said no other man in Boston
could answer. Billings promptly met
him, and said to him: 'Whatever your
question may be, I pledge myself to an
swer it, as there is nothing con
nected with the science I have not
mastered." "My question is an impor
tant one." sai4l the wag with the most
anxious face imaginable: "imleed, in fact
itanects the whole -world, and has never
yet been answered.' -I-t me hear it
said Hillings, trrowinar cxcibM. it is
this," sai4i the other, "when a man
snores in his sleep throuffh two octaves,
so that t lie whole house can hear it, do
V4"m consider the soumls produced to be
VOCAL OR INSTRUMENTAL music.?"
The boy wh4, when asked to what
trade he would wi.n to be brought up
replied, I will be a trustee, tecause
ever since papa was a tnistec we have
had puddinir for dinner," was a wlc
child in his generation.
The other evening, a minister in Pitts
burg very innocently dropped his ser
mon into the. post .office, uud carried the
letter to chuih. . Why won't more of
them do so ?
HATES OF ADVERTISING.
One sy.ure Opnce ten linos) one insertion, 8 1.50
Each subsequent imertion, 1.00
Professional cards not exceeding six lino, 110.00
Ono-quartcr column or lias, per annum, 35.UM
.. aix months. 20.()
three month. l.r..(0
One-half column twelve months, WM
" tax months, ".(
" three months., 20.00
Ono column twelve month, i 100.00
nix month.
thi-ce months. .s-0
AH transient advertisements must bo paid for
in advance.
liftYour Wife Know Your Cltcum
t A ii . '
It is a custom too common with the
men of the world to keep their families
in utter ignorance of the situation of
their business. The wife knows nothing
has not even au idea of the amount
of her husband's fortune, whether it is
to be counted by humlreds or thousands.
What can a woman kept in such ignor
norance lean? She spends as a matter
of course, all he gives her to siH'nd, wjth
the full confidence that when that is
gone, and she asks him, he will give her
more;
If an unmarried woman works, she
may go with a bokL unblushing face and
demand her wages; but a wife can de
mand nothing; tier claim is for bare ne
cessity; and generous men on (hat ac
count, are too fearful of letting a wife
know the exact state of their finances.
'Tis all wrong.
Husbands and wives have a mutual
interest; every womon should kimw tho
exact stite of her husband's finances
understand his plans and aid him. if pos
sible, with her councils, and these tum
ble catastrophies would nt so often hap
pen. Many a wife who is plunging her
husband deeper and deeter into debt
from ignorani-e, would, if she knew bis
emban-asnieiit, be the first to retrench,
the first to sa-se, and with true womanly
sympathy am! generosity, help him to
reinstate his falling fortunes.
Tlgrlitrnlnfr Wire I'fnre.
There has been some inquiry as to the
modo of tightening wire fences. The
best and most simple plan that I have
ever seen is as follows : I'ut largo posts j
say about nine or, ten inches through,
about twenty rods apart, in your fence ;
have them well braced on the side whero
the strain is. Bore a two-inch hole for
each wire. Mortice the holes tW4 inche.4
square, about half way through the inist
on the side where the wires are. Make
a hardwood pin, two inches square and
aboutfif'tcen inches Ion, for each wire;
then shave ott tne corners so tnai tney
will be round alout sis inches of their
length. Now fasten your wire to the
pins, bv loring a small hole about two
inches from the square end ; put the pins
into the holes just far enough for thrt
roumlend to turn; then with a wrench
on the square end, turn untd the wire is
as tight as you want it, then drive the
pin until the square part is in tne square
hole, and it will be ierfct1v secure. A
rroo4l wrench can be made by cutting a
bole, two inches sriuarc, in a tough pieco
of wood about three feet long.
l.ii r It Mini Itbor.
Many people complain of their bad
luck when they ought to blame their
own want of wisdom or exertion. Mr.
Cobden has thus written ot luck and la
bor: "Luck is ever waiting for somothmg
to turn up; lal4r, with keen eyes and
stronir will, will turn up something.
Luck lies in bed and wishes the postman
would bring him news of a legacy; labor
turns out at six o'clock, and with a busy
lienor ringing hammer, lays the foumla
tion of a competence. Luck whines; la
bor whistles. . Luck relies on chances;
labor on character. Luck slips down to
indigence; labor strides upward to inde-
TTUI' J 4TW
A clock has just been complete! for
the cathedral of lieauvais, France, which
far surpasses all the existing specimens
of the clock-maker' 8 art It contains no
less than '.H),(KX) wheels, and indicates,
among many other things too numerous
t4 mention, the day of the week, tho
month, the year, the signs offline, the
equation of time, the course of the plan
ets, the phases of the moon, the time at
ever' capital in the world, the movable
feasts for a hundred years, the saints;
days, itc. Perhaps the most curious
part of the mechanism is that which gives
the additional da3 in leap year, and
which consequently is called into action
4 inly once in four years. The main dial
is twelve feet in diameter, and the total
cost exceeds $5U,0(J0.
The comparative greatness of New
York and Chicago were under discussion
in a railway car. A native of the former
city having pronounced a splendid culo
giurn upon it. was thus answere4l by the
Chicagoan: What von say is true I
endorse every word ol it. l have no
such envious, small feelings as some men
have, ami I have lcen thinking for sonic
time that if .New 1 ork continues to a4l
vancc as she has lately leen iloing, sho
wilLatno distant day become the CViita
go of tlie J'Jitsf.
An English mechanic has made a
working lmxlel of a steam engine, S4
small that it can staud on a silver thrce
iienny piece. Its weight is about as
great as thnt of the small coin on which
it rests. Tho cylinder only measures an
eighth of an inch in diameter, whilewnnc
parts ot the machinery are S4 small that
a powerful magnifying glass is necessary
in order to distinguish them. This min
iature engine works admirably, perform
ing from twenty to thirty revolutions per
minute.
A Marine velocipede is the centre of
ot tract ion on the wharf at haginaw.
Michigan. It is made of tin, about,
twenty-five feet long, very sharp and
pointed at the ends, not more than fif
teen inches wide, ami is propelled by a
wheel under the middle, simniilar to the
screw propeller ot large craf tp. J he mo
tion is given to the wheel by cranks at
tached to the shafting by level gear.
The steering apparatus is also in the cen
tre of the boat, and worked by the feet.
The boat; fir the space of ten feet from
each end, has airtight chambers.
"My son," said
foot of the stiirs,
newly risen luminal
tho veteran at the
"arise ami see tho
luminary ot day, and hear
the birds singing their matin songs of
praise to their Creator: come while the
dew is on the grass, and tender lambs are
bleating on the hill-side; cotne, I say, or
I will be up there with a switch and give
you the cussedest licking you ever had."
"How many children have I?" asked
a woman of a spirit-rapper.
"Four."
"And how many have I?"ask4?d her
husband.
"Two" was the astonishin? reply.
Mistake somewhere.
Dubuque, Iowa, has a precious student
of astronomy, who under examination
gave the following astonishing answer to
the following question. "What is the
Milky Way ?" "The Milky Way is a
collection of while clouds in the sky,
calleil the trade-winds, or the aurora
borealis. "
"Why is it?" says a teacher to a scap-:
grace who had caused her much trouble
by her bad conduct, "you beha vod so well
when you first came to school, ami n ve so
disobedient now!" "Because," said,
the young hojieful, looking up into the
teachers face, "I wasn't much. n"j'..:;iuf
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