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i HE NEBRASKA . HERALD. IS HTEU8HID WMKtT T ; J SEYBOLT St BROWNLEE, It. KTIOU BR0W5X.F1. ST Oee eorner Main and Send Street, sec ond story. . TKM3 : TVeetly. f-2.00 per mnnai If paid In J ad (rime. fO.50 if not paid fn advance. r.waiTtif 8rv!ea in Court IlenSe Hall Q B. Mnllis, local proacher. Elders, isaao Wilea and T. J. Todd. , PisroPAL Corner Virc and Third streets (. 11. C Shaw Serticts every . Bandar at 11:00 a. m. and 7 p. m. Sunday School lSp. m., rrof. d'AUcinand. Snpt. rnnMaiTrofiTCorner Locust and Eighth Kv. H. V M unwell, residence Locust it be- treen 4th and 5th sts Services every Sabbath at 1 1 a. m: ana 6;.S0 P- m- fcaooa-.n fnooi at nr. SO p. aa. Prayer meeting every Wednesday -evening. Catbouc Xorth siieef Pnb'.irSjnar Iter Father Hayes, first Maw erery Sabbath at 8:) n fMinn.4 1 ami KftrtnoTi at 10:90 a. In. Voters and Benediction at 3:30 p. m. Mass at 8 a. m. arery week day. First Prksbvtxbiaw ?7orth sideof Mam at. at of Sixth Rer. D. W. Cameron; Services ery Sabbath at 11a.m. and 6:30 p. m. Bab th School-at 9:30 a- m., Tbos Pollock Snperm ender.t. Prayer meeting ertry Wednesday retiiug at 6:30 o'clock. ' MrmoowT Emscopai. West side of " Sixth street, couth of Main Rev. J. II. Pressou. fcervi-.-.ei every Sabbath at l'):30 a. m. and 7 p. m. Prayer meeting every Thursday evening. Class Jneet Lnga every Monday evening and immediate ly after cloe of Sabbath morning services. Sabbath School at WJ Sonta d-n 24 September hat die Deutsche Tv. Lnth. Uemeinds in ihreia Sohulhaus vor tniuaa's ura 11 Car G'.tteoiianst. Ueberhanrt findet derselbe von jetxt an rerdinacssig allel lag stalt. Minister Kev. L llannawald. fcibjt -girectorj; I O O P. ISegular meetings of Platte Lodge, ho'.l. l.O.U. 1. every Saturda evening, at Odd Fellows Hall. Trancient Brothers are cor iially invited to visit. - J. W. JOHNSON N. GJ A.d'ALLKMisD, See. I. O. O. F. Plattsmonth Encampment No. 3. Resuiar Convocations tha 2nd and 4th Friday's f each month at Odd Fellows Hall cor. 3d and Main sts. Transient Patriarchs cordially invited to visit. .' V. 'Al. L. WIXLS. CP. L. Ill M. Bcribe Masohic Plattsmoi'th Lodob No. 6 A. F. & A. M. Regular meetings at their hall on tn tfrst and third Monday evenings of each month. Transient brethern invited to yiit. J ACOiJ VALLEKT. W. M, A. d'Au-imKD, bee. - McotLod No. 22 A. F. A A. M. Reguliq actings at Macoy Hall, firrt and third J-ri tsvf . J. N. Lab,, W. M. J. M. Ekaedslst. See. NitRAKA Cuaptpb No. 3 R. A. M. P.9golai e-nvoi-:itions second and fourth Tuesday eve . of eao . h! P. II. Nkwmas. See. U O. G-T. Olivk F.RAsrn,No.2"V D Ferrce W C. T.t Brawler. W. S. T. W.-Shry-i aek LoL;e Dej-tity. Mecta at Clark f Plummer 8 hail every Taoadny evening; Traveling Templars eeneetruliy invited. .... R. R. LIVINGSTON. Physician and Eur eon. tf-nrs hli professional serviees to the citiaftns of Caeovntv. Kesidenceoutho st eornt-rof Oak and Sixth "trecU; office on Main reet,one door west of Lyman's Lumber Yard - PiiitUinonth. eb.-. .. J. W. RAWLINS. Sareeon and Physiciacs Late a &nrgenn-in-C hicf of the Army pi the Pototuae. - PiiitUniouth. .Nebraska. unico street. at 0. F. Juhr.on'i L'nn at ore Main opposito Clark A Plammers. MARQrETr. SMITH k STARniRD At torneys at Law. Practice in all the courts of the St:tte. Spccin! attention given to colleo tier and matter of Probata Oioe over the Pot Oifico Plattsmonth. Neb FOX WEELER AttorntyV at Law. Spe cial att.-ntiou given to probate business an U land title rases. Office in the Masonic Block. Main fctraefe PUtwntouth. Naurask. 1 fJTWELL A CHAPMAN Attorrrys icitors in Cnancerr. I'la at il Law and Solicitors in Cnancerr. I'latt menth. Nebraska. Otiice in Iitegeraid sCloc'k, TKIB A' DE4PER Attorneys at Law Brook . OPice on Alain ttrcet Opposite Special attention given to ctlloction of slatm jan.'idAw WHEELER & BENN KTT Rea.1 Estate and Tax F.yin? Ai?enta, N-t- ria PnhlicFirCj and Lile Iniuxacte Ageats, PHttsmoath. Net r 11: a. . - tL4tf ' ; tIIELPS PAINU dencral Inrnmnee Acent Kepre.'ents some of the moat reliable Com-p- ics in ihe United States. Oil'.ce with Ilarnea k Pollock in Fit?eeraldi Block . UanTdJicwtt jottl Curbs. BROOKS HOUSEJ JOHN FITZGERALD Proprietor ' t - Main Street., Between 5th and 6th. St PLATTE VALLEY HOUSE. . E. H. ECUUTT. Proprietor. Ctrner Main and Fourth Streets, Plattataovth. . decl2dtwtf. i NATIONAL HOTEL- . CORNER MAIN AND TniRD ST3 BREED & FALLAN - - Proprietors. ' " Just opened to the public, for both day and week boarders. Tables et with the best tha innrket aliorus. Accomodations second to none la the city, declodawtf Sltfodtrs (Sarbs JOgEFII 8CEI LATE B ESTABLISH ZD IK lSolj DEALER IN WATCHES, C.OCKS. JEWELRY 6ilver and plated wars. gold pkns spctacle3. ; : violin strings and " fancy goods. - Watche?, Cooksand Jewelry repaired neatly ad with dispatch. -a.Remofi to opposite Platte Valley Hons U'MSlf t. . . BOT.lOwtt VT1lrrli'TYfrTr Vil. B. IV2UIPHY, Manncturer 'of 'AND DEALER IN Blankets, Brushes, &c Promptly Executed. All work Warren ted. ,-FlNE HARNESS A &PECAUTY.- Nov. SO.wtf , - PlattsmoBth, Neb For Our Beautiful and Striking "Novelty THE PICTORIAL i ;: ; ; fahily REGISTER. Will sell at-sight in almost every family. Com - binea ad entirely new and elegant Family Pho. i in I . i v :i it:. tory. Sold by subscription exclusively. Four . ditiernt stiles and price, bat can not be fully 4eaeribaa in an advertisemeat. Send for circu lars. AddreM. E. UANV AFORD k CO; Pnb liaaer, 2i f. Madiaon, S. Ckoao. wi YOL. 7, Li. k hL WRS TWA RD. TRAIN NO 1. Ie. 10.00 A. M. Lc. 10.25 A. M. Le. 10A) A. M. La. 11.(15 A. M. Ar. 110 A M Ar. 11.45 Ar. 12 00 p m .. Ar. 12.12 Ar. 12.S Le 2.00 Lo 2.W La 8,irt Ar a.ao La S,so H R IN NEBRASKA. STATI05S. Plattsmonth. Omaha Jnno. Louisville. South Bend. Ashland Greenwood Wavcrly Newto ' , Lincoln Lincoln BASTWARO TRATT WO Ar.S.45P. M Ar 3.20 P. M Ar. 3.00 P. M Ar. 2.4J P. M Ar. 2.25 P. M A r. 2.10 -Ar.1-56 " Ar. 1.45 " Le. At. 10.45 " Ar, 10 15 " Ar. 9.4.5 " Le.9.30 " Ar .aO " Jtenton 1'ighland ' Crete Crete Dorchester Water Statioa -Water Station Fairmont G aft on Water Statioa Harvard C S. W. K. B." Creta Crete De Witt Ar S.S La Le 4.40 Ar SM TRAIN NO. 3 Le. 4.45 P.M. Le. 55 P. M. lie. (5.-J5 P. M. Le.6 5.5 - P. M. Ar.T.45 P.M. Ar. 8.15 " Ar-8.40- " Ar. 9.0( " Ar. 9.30 Le. 9,l0 a m' : Le. 85 " " La.- 9.(S " Ar. ,--20 " ' Le .SO Ar. 10,00 " Ar 10.3) " Ar 11.25 " Ar 11.40 Lotrt " Ar iO ArBJO L6 7.19 Keatric TRAIN NO. a. Plattsmonth. Omaba June. Louisville. Sooth Bend. - Ashland. (ireenwood Waverly Newton Lincoln "- Lincoln -. ; , . Uenton Highiland Crete Crete Dorchester Water Station Water Station Fainnount (trnfton Water Station Ar. 9.00 A. M Ar. 8i0 A. M Ar. 7.45 A. M Ar.: 7.20 A. M Le. 6.40 A. M Ar. 6.10 - Ar. 5JS0 " Ar. 6.30 Le. 5.0O Lr.t4.45 pa Ar. 4.15 Ar. 3.45 Le 3.30 p m Ar 3.20 " La. 2.50 J.' Le 2.30 Le 1.25 Lel.10 Le 12.39 Le 11.85 Ar 12.20 Ar 1.15 Ar 1.30 Harvard Le 11.20 Foil faced figures indicate passing places. Only Mondays. Wednesdays and Friday, t Only Tu jsdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays The time riven above is that of Plattsnioath being 3d miantes slower tana Chicago. OMAHA k SOUTHWESTERN. f JaJfce Effect Monday, Jay.28, 1S7V In connection with Burlington k MJssobt! River Railroad in Nebraska. . Depot at foot of Jones Street. LKAAKS. ' ARRIVKH. 8mah; . 8:i0 a. m. 3:00 p. ni. 5.00 a. m. 1;30 p. in. Lincoln . 12:30 p. an do 9:30 p. m. Omaha. 11:10 a, to, do ' 6:10 p. m do Lincoln do To the East "North and SoutheaiU STATIONS. VmSm MAIU Leave Plattsmonth, ; 4.S9p.m, j$.56a.m- Arrive Ba lington - ' 1- n. 9,15 p.m. Mendota 11.25 a m. 3J5 a, m. Chieago(C.B.AQ.) 3.20 p. m. 7.45 a. m Feoria 9,55 a. m. 1.30 a. m. ,. Ind'plis(I.B.fcW, 60 p. m. .'lO.OO a. m, Cincinnati " ; 11X0 p. to. 4.20 p.m. Logansp'tCT.PJtW 55 p. ta. v 9.20 a, m. Columbus " 2.45 a.m. 6J20 p. m. CVThrouph Cars from Missouri Kiver to Chl en ). Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Logansport and Columbus. Connections at those points with lines Icad ine to the fc"u."t. North and South. Thi3 is the Bent, Shortett, Quickest and Chrav eii Haul. ' Do not be deceived, but obtain Tickets ria tne l.iirnnrnn and missuuii nivcr Kail road A. J--, lot LIS, K. Pf RKIN:. CcnT SupL Ucn'l Ticket Agent. K O. ST. JOE. k C Iat pacipio jukctiom ooiko north. MaO and Expross,.4:-0 p. m. Kizht Express.......8:15 a. in. B. 'R. R. 1 iowa.i eOlKO BOCTH. 7:57 . m. 2:00 p. m. Tflis gives passengers from Plattsmonth oleso connection going South or North by leaving here vl the 12:00 m. train. STEEL RAIL! . DOUBLE TRACK 1 The Great Short Line from Cincinnati or Ol ntubus - ' ' E A S T ! Saving 89 to IIO Miles, and arriving ONH Train in advance at i ,,. NEW(.YORK. Saving SO Miles, and arriving advance at BALTIMOR Saving 77 3ile3, and arrivisg 8i advance at hours in honn in w p II AS HI NO T O Reaching ILADELPI1 One Train the Quickest . - N : i a; THE GREAT IRON RAILWAY BRIDGES ! 1 ! Over the Ohio River,' at Parkorsburg and Bellaire, are Completed. ' Morning and Night Linei of ! Pullman's Palac9 Drawing-Room and Sleep . iug Can are run on this Route from ; Cincinnati or Columbus to Baltimore and M' ashing- ' ton City. WITHOUT CHANGE. By this Route yon avoid ALL OMNIBUS TRANSFERS and Ferries. . TicieU for sale at all Ticket Offices in the South and West: L Jl.COLE. f J.L.WILSON Gen'l Ticket A'gt- Master Transport "e Baltimore. Md. Baltimore. Md. SIDNEY B. JONES, GenT Pass Ag't. Cin.O. THE MIDLAND VIA ! ' ROUTE, 1 0LED0 1 E0RIA-WARSAW . RAILWAY, i FOR - ALL ROUTES EAST. ON and aRer SUNDAY. December 3d, 1871. trains will leave Burlington as follows i 6-.05 A M Mail and express. Daily ex cent Sunday .f asenarera bv tha irain u supper at ioranport ana coonee at Bradford Junction wita Pullman Palace Day and Sleeping car., runninr through to Golum bn., Pittsburg. Philadelphia and Nw York without ehange. Time from Burlington to New York by this train, 43 hours, j 9 a O f P- M- Night exproct . daily except Sunday, with Pullman Palace Day aud bleeping cars through from Burlington to Columbns, connecting ax that poibt with Pullman Palace cars for Principal Points East, making but one change between Burlington and . . i PITTS SURG, BALTIMORE, i WASHINGTON. PHILADELPHIA, -AND NE W YORK. Time from Burlington '"New York' by this train, 45 hours. , Columbus 'Passengers t"5J3 SAVE 22 SV21LES, By pnrohasing tickata via c The Midlana Routo. Passengers leaving New York eityat6:00p. m . arrive in Burlington at 4:33 p. n. of tha eoonu ubt 1 This is also tha beet route for the shipment of Through Freight, time being quicker than by any other line. WM. E. MALN, , H. O. T0WNSEND, Gen. Freight Ar't. Gen. Paes k Ticket Ag'i, JONATHAN TURNER, W. r.DORWIN, 'Agent, Burliugton. Ass't Snpt.,Warsawr "' 1 - i . i - a i i - i r ! j - "' ' "" i i i i ' n , . .. , ii ii SP or Salt. "POR SALE OB RENT. The Droeertr belonrina-to D. Mnxunett will ba old or rented on reasonable terms. Tha bona contains 6 rooms. There is also a large eistarn with flitter, a eellar. a stable, and other conven iences. Apply to sepltf. T. M. MAKQUETX. LOTS FOR SALE LOTS FOR SALK LOTS FOR SALE TJf OUrRK OF L. BILLNIGS CEDAR CREEK MILLS Is in running order now. Wanted 50000 bushels of Wheat. Satisfaction will be given to customers in grinding and sawing. : Flour, Corn meal, and Lumber, will be sold "" .. Cheap for Cash. Come one, Come all, and tire the Coda ureek Aim a trial. ' .""CHRISTIAN SCHLUNTZ Proprietor. Oet. 12th wl j lauxzibcx?! Lumber ihe Undersigned has on hand ana u llaniiractiuriiw ' ,AU kinds of COTTONWOOD LUMBER At his Mills at the Ferry Landing atPlattsmont Orders Promptly Filled.! William Eooerto". Jaae3d dJbwtf. T.-W. SHANNON'S FEED, SALE AND LIVERY STABLE. .-MAIN, STREET, Plattsmouth, Nebraska. T am prepared to accommodate the public ith Morses. Carnages, rJuggies and a jNo. 1 11 ears e on short notice and reasonable terms. A Hack will run.toithesteamboatlanding, and to all part of the city when desired. January 1. 171 diwtf. LC E. G1L.L.CTTK f -.. Neli t a tha City General Agent Dep't Northwest Union Central Life lETSUR AUTOS CO Of Cincinnati Ohio, J. H. PR35S0N. Jlyl6dAwtf LoesJ A gen H. J. STREIGHT, BOOK-SELLER. Stationery r9 Jfcivs AND PAPER DEALER. 2?ost Office KnildliiK. : FLATTSMOUTH, NEB. Septal. d'olmband wtf. .;. ; ' ; To AnvRRTiSEna. All persons who contem plate making contracts with newspapersfor the insertion of Advertisements should send to f- &W8ll 00. or a Circular, or inclose 23 cents for their One hundred Page Pamphlet, containing Lists of 3,000 Newspapers and estimates, showing the cost of advertising, also many useful hints to ad vertisers, and some account of the experiences of men who are known as successful advertis ers. This firm are proprietors ot the American Newspaper Advertising Agency. ' - - If ark ow $J Y' and are possessed of nneqnaled facilities for securing the insertion of advertisements in all Newspapers and Periodicals at lc west rates. 4 s - B a 5 3- 3 a ... S B 5 d M SO ai O a a o a S" CL, M- tt 6 o FT W c a cr e a o f HI 5' 19 0 IS r m C H 2 e 1 9 S Flaftsxnoufii " ' AND - II cbraclxa ., Git y. i The niidcrsiffnrd is ran- nfng a daily-line of hacks bet wean Plattsmonth and Nebraska City. Passengers carried at less rates than by rail. Ileadinartars at City Hotal Plattsmonth, and Hacker's Boarding Uoust aebraka City. - A29lnCH-ItISTOytProri'M- ON MARRIAGE. HAPP"Y Relief for Young Men, from the effects ef Errors and Abuses in early life, il an hood restored. Nervous debility cured. Im pediments to Marriage removed. New method of treatment. New and remarkable remedies. Books and Circulars sent tree, in scaled envel opes. Address. HOWARD ASSOCIATION 17a. ooth Ninth St, hUad eJphit Fsa wVbemjrvliFa : " : : i - I PLATTSMOUTH NEBRASKA, THE KATIOX4L AOniCVLTCKAI. In " December last, Judge Frederick Watls, Comaussioncr of Agriculture is sued a Circular address to tha Stat Ag ricultural College?, State Agricultural Societies, State Boards of Agriculture, and State Pomological Societies, request ing them to select two delegates each, to represent tham in a National Conrentioa toba held at 'Washington City, D. C, on tha 15th day f February, 1872, for the purpose of conferring upon subjects of mutual interest, and to stimulate and develop the Agricultural interests of the people of the United States. . In accordance with said call, the State Board of Agriculture of Nebraska, at their semi-annual cession at Lincoln, in January laBt, elected CoL R. W. Furnas its President, and Maj. D. H. Wheeler, its Secretary, as Delegates. . . - The State Horticultural Society select- J. LT. Masters, its President, and Hon. J. Sterling Morton, as its delegates. Upon consultation of the delegates selected, it was agreed that the expense of the delerates, if all attended, would draw hearily upon the funds of the soci eties, that Maj. Wheeler should attend and represent both societies. This we think was wise on the part of the dele gates, as we think our State should this year be represented at the fairs of sever al of the Eastern States, with our cereals and fruits; " for by their fruits shall ye know them," as the result of the exhi bition at Richmond last fall fully demon strated the fact that Nebraska was second to no state, in the quality of its fruits. The Convention convened in accord ance with the call ot Commissioner Watts, at 10 30 a. m., Feb. 15th, and effected a temporary orgainization, by electing Professor Bowman, of Kentueky as temporary chairman, and Professor Calder of Pcnna., as Secretary. A call of the Stated and Territories was then had, and it was found that all tha States but Louisiana, Oregon and California, were represented, as , well as several of the territories. A committee was then appointed, of ne from each state, to report the names of officers for permanent organization. A permanent organization was effected by the election of Dr. George B. Loring, of Salem Mass , as President. One Vice President from each state, (Maj. Wheeler biing.V. P. for Nebraska) and Charles Merdfeldt, of Mo., and R. F.Johnson, Michigan, as Secretaries. ' A committee of one from . each State and Territory wa, upon tnotien, appoin ted to report to the Convention, the bus iness to be brought before it, and an or der of business.. ' r- ' ' - Dr. Loring, upon taking the ehair, as President of the Convention, said : -ThefB-i no man in this Convention who would decline for one moment to be called a practical firmer, for m the term is embraced the honor. tSanhood, and industry of our country. That great in dustry which planted in the early days upon the shores of the Atlantic a founda tion for the financial interests of this ceuntry, is something of which not only its advocates may be proud, but to which the whole country owe a debt of grati tudo. Applause. I hat simple and unassuming thrift that in its primitive form first made its appearance upon the Atlantic coast, has spread itself abroad upon the distant prairie, and made the' wilde of the West a harvest most plen teous. ' Applause. You represent au olhcr branch of the community the agricultural schools, colleges, etc., and into good hands has this representation been confided. I see before me those honest, industrious men who, having been crowned with fortune's success,' are determined to bestow upon the young men of the land, aye, and upon the young wemen, too, the benefits that will most assuredly follow our aim 3. Ap plause. I believe that this of all coun tries upon the face of the earth, meant that educational principles should be most fully inculcated. I believe in edu cation as the .loundaticn, iherelore, ot all American institutions, t Applause. There is no way that you eau keep ' the standard of compensation up to its prop er appreciation other than by educating the industrial classes to a full and thor ough comprehension of its worth." i ..,..- The business committee, by its chair man, Judge YV atta, uomrmssio.ier, made a partial report, and among other things, submitted the following : " ."Resolved, That it will greatly conduce te the successful operations of agricul ture throughout the world that its ope rators should hare the light of scientific knowledge to guide the work. ' Resolved, That we recognize in the Act of Congress of July 2d, 1862, the foundation upon which may be organized and built colleges and schools where the scientific principles and knowledge of Agriculture may be taught, and that it is our anxious desire and duty to foster and encouaage them in the work of educating armer. . - ' ' . - j " " Resolved; That Horticultural 'and Agricultural sooieties and Agricultural Colleges and Schools are co-laborers in the same field,- and ten! to promote the same 'object the proper cultivation ef the soil j and that all these should unite on any plan of education by which the light of knowledge EhoulJ be made to shine upon their work ! "Resolved, That the Department of Agriculture, is also a creature of; the Government, , established for the same great purpose, of cherishing and pro moting the .interests of ogricultnre, and that jta. efficiency, must necessarily de pend upou its intimate connection with THURSDAY, MARCH 14. 1872 all agricultural institutions, which exist, in this and foreicu countries; and we therefore recommend to the said depart ment that it establish such a relation with the agricultural colleges and schools and horticultural and agricultural socie ties as that there may bo a continuous exchange of information, seeds, roots, plants, and publications, as shall be mu tually advantageous, and conduce to the leading agricultural and horticultural in tcrests of the eountry." We notice that while the all-import ant subject of agriculture was under con sideration, that the President, Dr. Lo ring did not object to tasting some of the fruits of agriculture, as for exam President Loring "I hold in my hand an invitation for the members of the Convention to attend a Sociable oa next Monday evenicg." , A yoicer"flas it anything to do with agriculture?"" President It has with the fruits of agriculture. " Laughter. Among the prominent men of the country whom we see were present and took part in the proceedings of the Con vention, we see named Senators Freling huysen, of New Jersey, Sprague, of Rhode Island, Morrill of Vermont, Hon. Horace Maynard of Tennesse, Ezra Cor nell of New York, Marshall P. Wilder of Mass., Gov. Smith of New Hamp shire, Gen. Wade Hampton of South Carolina,', Col. Reed of Georgia, Gen. Habited of New 'Jersey, ' Hon. TSeo.' F. Wilson of Rhode Island, and President U. S. Grant. This would indicate that the Agricultural interests of the.nation is being lookod after by our leading men, and will not be allowed to suffer. The Convention was in session three days, and many subjects of vital import ance to the farmer were discussed, and while there was, to some extent, a clash of interests and feeling among the many delegates, we can but cmect that a great amount of good will inovitably re sultjfrom this meeting, and interchang ine "of ideas of persons from almost every state id this great union. - we were glad to see that all important sub ject of replacing in some way the loss of the immense forests of the old and for merly heavy timbered States was under consideration, and shows hat those re siding elsewhere than in the "Antelope" State or "Great American Desert," are troubled about the rapid rate our forests are disappearing. Who knows but that wltTi a nmtpd effort unon the nart ef tha-farmers of Nebraska, that our own Slate may yet become the timber region S Amerk a. : Maj. Wheeler, of .tho committee upon business, submitted the following on this subject: "That the committee recommend that a ooommittee of five be appointed to report the best methods ofjreserving the timber of the country ,"espcciairyhgTlmSeTff-U Rocky Mountains and the central prairie, regions of the republio" which was adopted, and a committee appointed in accordance with the recommendation. Mr. Lines, of Kansas, offered the fol lowing resolution whioh was adopted : Resolved, That we earnestly advise and entreat the farmers of our whole country, who are favorably located for the purpose, to plant forest trees, not merely for shade, and ornament, but by the acre and hundreds of acres in or der to reproduce forests, to take the place of those that ' are being so rapidly and fearfully demolished in every direc tion,1 thereby not only providing for the actual necessltias of those who are to come after u, buf also to avert calami ties that can neither be imagined or de scribed, that : must eventually ensue wherever our broad land shall be strip ped of its forests, and consequently de prived of the numerous beneficent influ ences they are known to impart." We are glad to note that the conven tion adopted a .resolution asking that Congress should largely increase the ap propriation made, for the department of agriculture, and that a committee of five members ; of the convention were ' apj pointed of which Maj. Wbeeler waa one) to lay. the matter before the Con gressional committee upon appropria tion! The convention was quite unani. mous in appointing a committee, to ask that Congress should make additional appropriations for the benefit of the Agricultural Colleges already organized and to be organized in the several States. Upon this question the Commissioner of Agriculture appeared to be very nerv ous, and said : . ... ' . "You will readily see that when I called this convention the question of the publio lands did not enter into my mind. 'Whilst I 6y that I don't object to aay application that the convention may make to Coagress, I simply want to rid the department of any responsibility in the matter whatever. Let the re sponsibility rest with the Convention alone. .We want it distinctly understood that we wash our hands clear of this matter, and we would like the reporters to say ee. ' There should never be any distribution "of the publio lands unhss one-tenth , thereof shall be kept ia tim ber inviolably. , It is a matter that en ters into the climatio effect of the coun try. . It is more important for sheltering the crops, than winters or anything ebo, that one-tenth of all these lands should be reserved for timber, Whatever in fluence you gentleman may : have upon Congress, - I look upon this, as of far more importance than anything you have acted upon." ' L ! . '. ,' The follewing ameng other resolutions was offered by Mr. Beckwith, of Michi gan : ... " " ' " Resolved, "That the Dopartment be requested to procure tobacco seed from the valley of the Connecticut,' for dis tribution in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska, and such other States as have the cultivation of that crap." ; . '.: ' . .r " Resolved, "That it be requested to distribute in New England, and such other pieces as it may seem desirable, samples of the Treadwell and Doihl win ter wheats, grown in Miohigan, and of the best spring wheats grown in Ne braska. It will be seen from the above that the Baperior quality of our Spring wheat is becoming known in those States where Agriculture is the leading busines. This ought to stimulate ourfarmers, and in duce them to raise nothing but the best qualities of wheat, as well as of other grains. The diffusion of Agricultural informa tion through the aid of the Department of Agriculture by means of tabular, and other statements, obtained from different localities in the several States and nations was under discussion and was favorably entertained by the Convention. Ex-Gov. Patten ef Alabama offered the follow ing resolution : "Resolved, That this Convention do hereby respectfully petition the United States Government through the State Government and the Executive, in favor of establishment by ,' international co operation, of a general and systematie clan of meteorological observations and erop reports, and to request the govern ment, in furtherance of this object to invite the other nations to meet, in the persons of their leading meterologists, at an early date iu conferance, like that of Brnsselsia 1852. . ' Gov. Patten said in support of his re solution. - "I submit these at coming from ajman of science who wrote an able article up on the subject, which I suppose has been read by many here. . I am proud to stand on this flour with my Maine friends and my friecdi from the Northwest.- We in the' South toil in common with you for the advancement of the - agricul tural interests of the country. I want to protect the farmer from the men who who live by ohanoe from speculators. I want the people whom I represent to be kept posted upon the workings of the market so that they may be . relieved from the sharp practices of speculators, who feed from off the toil of the farmer.' . ' ; Much other matter of great interest to the farmer and industrial portion of our community might be extracted from the proceedings of the Convention but we iH-conclude our article by quoting a portion of the remarks of the Presi dent, Dr. Loring. . "I do aot think this convention trav- eHelFbut of its "record ia taking into consideration and debating upon so im portant a question as the advancement of the youth of our country. And as the presiding officer of this Convention, I do not accept the compliment that has been paid them by . the Commissioner, when he said that ho washed his hands clean of what he considered to be the folley of this Convention, (applause), I do not think tb?,t such critisism . was at all necessarry, but nevertheless I pass it over with this simple comment, knowing as I do that it will be lost sight of in the great good for which I believe we have laid a foundation for accomplishment." . The Convention adjournod to meet on the 34 Wednesday of February 1873. ; U. S. Commissioner of Aerlenltura. We learn from ' private and reliable authority, that tho late National Ae- rioultural Convention, hsld at Washing ton Ldty. Jbeb. I5tb, expressed in pri vate circles a decided dissatisfaction with the present incumbent, Judge Watts, from Pennsylvania; more particularly on account of his location. It was held that the wafit being the great agricultural pro ducing portion of the country, is there- lore entitled to tha' orace. While we know nothing of Judge Watts, either as to his qualifications, or. peculiar fitness for the position, we agree in that there is force in the objections. We under stand further, that in all probability, an effort will be made to fill the plaoe with anew man one from the west. The predecessor ef the present incumbent, Gen. Capron, who was honored with, and accepted a call to fill the position of Agricultural Director in Japan, was from Illinois, and his efforts and labors seem ed to meet with universal approval. We hope if a change is made, that tha posi tion will be accorded to the west- The rapid progress and development our own young State has made, and is still mak ing in Agricnltural matter, really gives us as much claim to the' office as any other State. In this connection wc take the liberty of suggesting a name, one which would do honor to our young com monwealth, and strike with pleasing and musical'euphony upon the cars and other senses of the people of the country at large who take an active iuterest iu Ag ricultural and Uortieultural matters we mean Col- Robert W. Furnas, of this eity, whose name is familiar to every one, not alone in this State, but to every live Agriculturist or Horticulturist in the Union, from his identification with their interests as a worker, producer, writer, etc. His services at Richmond, Vs., last season, will not soon be forgotten by our peopje. and while they established the Col. in the affections and gratitude of .Nebraskians, they surrounded his name with a halo of honor and high merit recognized by every one identified with the interests indicated. ' . -7 We call upon our Senators and Repre sentative at Washington to investigate this matter, and if our understanding be found correct, and a vacancy is likely to occur, urge upon them to present the name of CoL Furnas as Watts' success or. Broionvffie Advertiser. Mr. J. G. Beanet, Jr., declines to sueceed Fisk Jr as Colonel of the Ninth Regiment, because it is said to cost $50, 000 a year to be a "liberal and public spir ited Colonel," and he doesn't love tha military to that degree. .,'.'. NO- 50 Tlr Hundred 2311m om ! - Br-Uaa-toia kUiul witu fee Japanese , Embassy. ) BT PROP. J. D. BCTLSIt. Three sons ef, the Japanese ambassa sador, Iwakara. have been for more than a vtar at school near New York. Three weeks a?o thev came to Chicago in or dei to welcome their father. After heart-breaking delays watching and waiting they learned by telegram on Suoday morning that the embassy had reached Omaha. They could wait no longer, but left immediately in order to meet their father halt way. By request I took the train with them westward from Uurnncton. It was doubtful where we should fall iu with the embassy. We were disappointed tf finding them at Uttumwa and hope so long deferred evidently made sick tho expectant hearts of the youths.- But their father hai no disappointments or indeed expectations lor he tupposed the bods were quietly asleep iu Chicago. At midnight our trains baited side by side, aid the boys surprised their father fast ia the arms ef Morpheus. No one who witnessed the family reunion could doubt whether Japanese are tenderly alive to the pieties of household affec tion, r , - TnK IMPERIAL TRAIN. . The train 'consisted of six Pullmans and a full car of baceage and one bun dred and fifry people were to be not only lodged but fed yes, feasted. The chief ambassador, in accordance with Japanese etiquette,' must eat like the Pone, in a room alone, but no mouth lacked any delicacy of the Reason for breakfast, and each found a scat .vaoant and ready for him at the table as early as ho was pre pared to Ocoupy it. Every party of Japanese,-savo one, that has crossed the continent; has taken the Burlington route and not a" few of the Orientals said they wished it extended to Japan and around the world. . . MUTUAL INTRODUCTIONS. Being presented to his Excellency, I was thanked by him for my attentions to his sons. lie was also glad to reocive from me a series of ten views wbich the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company: have Lai engraved to show the natural features ef their land grant in Nebraska, as well as the tillage and towns that have, as if by magic sprung up on it within the last two years. Their sales have beea numerous, be cause on easy terms tea years credit and six per cent, interest : The Ambassador converses through an interpreter, is about fifty years of age short and slightly built. His face is be nignant and .his bearing affable. His sons are at Rutgers college in New Jersey, and-propose to complete there the full classical course. . They hare al ready read Caesar and Cioero, with a part of Xenophon's Anabasis. They apeak -English with surprising correct ness, though with some hesitation. I have seldom seen three young students more prepossessing;. ; The embassy, ail told, is one hundred and fourteen strong. Thoy saw the Mis souri at. Omaha which is a mammoth to eyes that have looked only on Japanese rivers, but it was unfortunately the dead of night when their train crossed the Mississippi, at Burlington, which is there more thu twice as broad as tfce Missouri. Once befofe and only onee has Ja- i pan sent out ambassadors with a view to oirele -Vhv ear thWbmt. tha, career of the former expedition was arrested in ISC7 before it reached Am ?rica, by a war at home. Let us trust that the present mission will be more fortunate, and have fieo course till it has touched Christen dom at every point. It ie framed on the model ef the exploring party Burlin game led forth from China, and will learn more because composed of more reccoptive stuff. The present embassy owes, if not its existence, yetits magnificent proportions, to the United States Minister to Japan, Hon. Charles DeLong, who accompanies the ambassadorial party. Mr. D. has traveled more in Japan than any other foreigner. The comfort of the sunrise legates throughout their trans-eontinen-tal tour has been greatly promoted by Mr. Charles Brooks, who came with them from San Francisoo, and is the time-honored Japanese Consul there. PERSONAL MATTERS. , ! ' Regarding the members of the corD3. my limits oblige me while having both bands full ot information to open only my little finger. The "Princesses," concerning whom so much has been said, are five girls three in their teens, and two still youn ger. They still retain native dress ', which' is indescribable at least by a mas culine pen. It seoms to lack petticoat", and to be marked by a thick girdle, wide 6leeves, and over-fckirts strangely slashed at the side, law hair is gathered into several clubs secured by gay skewers, ribbons, ete. Had these cirla beea dressed in the latent fashioas of the Pa cific elope, even if not weather-bound three weeks with Mormons, they would have found them antiquated on their ar rival in Chicago. The intention u not to send all five to any one school, but to scatter them, that having no chahoe to speak to one another they may perforce speak English.- Their . faces are toa broad and noses tco flat far our tastes. After all they are pretty : their eyes and eybrows are very fine. It is surprising how many ot the company hare already been abroad- Ouo tells me he has re sided in London, another at tho Hague, a third came to Boston in 18CG ; studied there until 180, and cruelly political economy, lie says that at least ten 61 ; the corps have been in America before. ihe number ot Japanese now at their studies abroad is estimated by the em bassy at over six hundred and the "Jar ger hair' of these in the United States. ' At Rutger's College alone there are twenty-five. AH the males of the party wear the Frank dress, and, what is more, I am in formed that they bought it in Japan itself. That sort-of attire was prohibit ed by the old exclusionist party, but, on their downfall, a mania, or reaction in favor of all things foreign, set in and still flows like a tide that knows n? ebb. It ia odd enough that the Japanese civd war, beginning just as ours ended, was a dispute about pants and petticoats and petticoats of the ultra ceaservatives. Decimal coinage is one significant in novation to which I cannot be indiffer ent, remembering the ancient adage. "One weight, one measure, and one eoin. Would all the world ia harmony conjoin." One of the party has just explained to me the Japanese dime. Its obverse bears the rising sun,' embraced by stalks of the chrysantheum and rising beneath a flower flanked by two leaves of that plant. The reverse is a dragon, encir cled by a legend which being interpreted reads : Great Niphoa Risieg Sun. Ten Cents. . Third - year of brilliant peace. The triomph of pants over pet ticoats, an era frotri which the sons of THE NEBRASiDr ADVERTISING RATES. One squaf o, (10 lines er less) ono Insertion l-fi Kaon robsjunt insertion .vrM..... Nj Prfeasional cards, not egseeding six lines10 V . V eolunn ner annum ...10JI, v; column, nor annum .40.(J1. ....eo.oi 100.0i J-j column do s' f ...-.- ............. One column do" ' All advertising Dins aue quarterly. ; Transient advortiseuionts must be pd In vance. . , ;. satirise will date henceforward r.nd for? ever. May that peaee endure forever t Etta pirpttua I ; aiatrlc Twila In Jfiriidri. Mark Twain, in his tew lecture re cently delivered in Chicago, fives the following account of hi Nevada experi ence. Quite unexpectedly he received an invitation one day from a newspaper in Virginia City, with which he had been corresponding, to oomo an t be a re porter on that journal at a salary of $2.7 a week in gold. He went and remained three years. The life of a reporter wa described in the following terms: "I reported on that morning new&pu per three years, and it was pretty hard work. But I enjoyed its attractions. Reporting is the best school in the worM to get a knowledge of human boings, and human ways.' A nice, gentlemanly re-' porter I make no rcferenees is welt treated by everybody. Jn.st think of the widorange of his acquaintanceship,' his experience of life and society I NoM other occupation brings a man into sueh familiar social relations with all grades and classes of people. The last thing at night midnight he goes browing' around alter items among police and jail birds, in the lock-up, questioning the prisoners, and making pleasant and last ing friendships with tome of the worst peeple ia the world. And the veiy next, evening he gets hitrself up regtrdless ef expense, puU on all tha good tbthes hisj friends have got, goes and takes dinner with the Governor, or the Commander-; in-Chitf of the Diotrict, tho United States. Senator, and some more of the upper crust of society. Ho is on good terms with all of them, and is present, at every publio gathering, and hai easy access to every variety of people. Why; I breakfasted almost every morning with! the Governor, dined with the principal clergyman, and frlept in the station1 house. VA reporter has to He a little; of course, or they would discharge hiui. ' That is the only drawbaok-to the profes sion. That is why I left it. I am differ ent from Washington ; I have a higher and grander standard of principle. ' Washington eould not lie. I can lie," but I won't. Reporting is faoinatins;, but then it is distressing to have to lie so. Lying ii bad lying is very bad. : Every individual in this house knows' that by experience. I think that for a' man to tell a lie when ho can't make anything by it, is wrong." After the repertorial experience ef Mr; Clemens was ended, he became editor-in-chief of the paper on which be was" working. He kept his position one' week. The reason for this extreme' brevity of time was that, according to', the oode of ethics of Virginia City, if yeu injured a mon you were expected to' challenge him. Duel? accumulated rap idly on his hands. The first three or four he did cot notice, as it was thought the persons would not fight. But at. length he had trouble with the editor of tho rival sheet, and a challenge natsed; The boys were delighted, especially Steve, a near and dear friend. . - His friends took him out in tha woods to practice with a revolver, thai" beiag tha favorite, dueling weapon. His opponent was a long, lean fellow; and not brilliant. . A target for piateav was made by leaning a rail againat i. ma-aoor to represent his antagonist, 'Sqcf t putting on a squah for aWadTh,; rail was a little, too mffrtrtf5arirtLlrre, -but the squash did very well. He could not hit the rail, or even the stable-door. To make it mora uncomfortable they" could heer this antagonist with his' friends practicing in a neighboring valley. Steve, being a dead shot, killed a bird; and the other party coining over to tee what was tho matter, the credit of this shot was given to Mark, and the party were informed that he could do the name' thing nine times out of ten. When' Mark and his friends got home that night, they found a note declining the honor of a duel. AH tho other dueli were declined with thanks, and Steve' got them much to hi delight. But ac cidentally hearing of his powers, they were all off, whereas that belligerent' party was greatly grieved. Ll. 3 . 7 ... " . JTiifttlflstble Timber Thieving." We have just heard of a good anec-' dote of John I. Blair, the railroad mag nate. He owns a largo proportion of tha timber land in Cherokee County, and . one of the most annoying features of his landed possessions springs from the fact that people will persist in appropri ating fuel from his timber lots without asking his consent, or rendering any equivalent therefor, A year ago he was traveling through Cherokee County, when a storm overtook him, and he wee obliged to take shelter in a homestead er's cabin. lie wa3 completely chilled; and a good fire was somethiog ho want ed above anything c!se, and he requested his host to pile on the wood. The host replied that the people thereabouts Lad great, trouble in supplying themselves' with wood, and had to use it very tpar-. ingly. He said that old Blair' owned aU the timber, and would neither sill it give it away. Blair responded: or . "Man, in such weather as this you are" justified iu stealing wood if you can't get it any other way and if you go cold while old Blair's timbri9 within easy ditanco you are a bigger fool than I would be." Blair, half frozen in a prnirio cabin, shivered over a few smouldering embers; looked at the raatter differently from Blair ia dressing cown and slippers; toasting himself before his glowing anthracite; at home. Sioux City Jour nal. - Another Foley. The Keokuk Gate City, of Wednesday contains the followiBg item concerning a gentleman whoe boast is that he haj been prominent in the Legislaturo this' winter ia making war upon the newspa pers: '. "Hob. S. T. Caldw.U, of Wapello; sends us in high revenge for some editori al opinions of ours, the House vote for the repeal of the act for the newspaper publication of tho laws, ne adds the written injunction uK-:-p cool." Wo understand now tha secret of his eourse. A distinguished legislator who isn't equaT to plain English words of one syllable,, who spells keep k-e-a-p, is a very rrjpiir' person to oppose the publication of the', laws or the diffusion of public intelli gence of any kind. All that Caldwell needs now to tnako himself as immortal as Foley of Indiana, is to turn himself "louse iu the dcestrict and proclaim in his usual stentorian anI swaggering tones, that hie letter has been mucilated." Coucoil Bluff's Nonpartil. VDon't trouble yourself to stretch' your mouth any wider," said a dentil to a man who was extending lii jaw' frightfully, 'as I intend to stand tniiti? daring the performance." t ... s.i; 1