iff
:--:"' -A' n '
3 j
-IlA
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, Thursday, April 18th 1872,
Number 3.
Volume 8.
! -,
THE NEBRASKA HERALD.
ISrVSLIBOID WIJILT T ' ;
, SEYBOLT &. BROWNLEE,
evu. t. aivuoir : J Q- Baowstrm.
Office corner Main and Bemd street, aeo
vmd story.
: TEBMSi Weekly, $2.00 per toaam Q paid is
. - adranoo. .
,' ' r $20 if not paid In advance. ' f
. ADVERTISING RATES.
ne (wi a a?, (10 lines or one insertion SI XX)
Each subsequent insertion ... 50
Prfuesional crds, not exceeding six lines 10 00
y column per an n um ............... .. 20.00
Vi column, per a nnam - ............40.00
m column . do ........................60.00
One column - do 100.00
All advertising kill due quarterly.'
Transient advertisements tnnst be paid in ad
vance. ,
Attorneys.
MARQUET T. SMITH A 8TABBIRD At
torneys at Let. Practice in all the courts
of the Bute. Special attention given to collec
tions and matters of Probate -Office
over the Post Office Plattemontn, JXeB
I70X & WHEELER Attorney's at Law. Spe
cial attention given to probate businepa
Midi land title cases. Ofiieo in the Masonic
iilook. Main Street!1. PlatUnroutb. Nebraska.
fAXWELL & CHAPMAN Attorneys at
iu Law and Solicitors in Chancery. Piatt
mouth. Nebraska OlEee in FitecenUd's Block,
REESE ..-DEAFER Attorneys at Law
Office on Main (Street, Opposite lirooka
' House. .
fcpecial attention given to collection of claim
ju."xl&w
Physicians,
RR. LIVINGSTON. Physician and Sur-
geon, ten.rs his professional scrrices to
the citieens of C&se:mntT. Residence soothe let
ornerof Oak and Sixth streets; office on Main
street, one door west of Lyman's Lumber Yard
Plattsmouth. N4. - '
W. RAWLINS. Surgeon and Physicians
Late a fcj-JMteon-in-Chief of tho Army of
the Potomac riatumoutb, Nebraska. OtTioe
at O. F. Johnson's Drug Store Main street,
eaposi'-e Clark A Piainmers.
Insurance.
"TTTIIEELER A BENNETT Real Estate and
V Tax Paying Agents, Kotr.rie PnblicFire,
and Life Insurance AgeaU), Plattsraouth. Nebf
rasba. io2-ttf :
PHELPS PAINE General Insurance Agent
Represents wme of the most reliable Com
patise in ihe United States. ,
Offiee witli Darnee & Pollock in Fitigeralds
Clock . LianTdtwtt
Churches.
Cheiptian Service, in Court Tlonse Hall O
JJ. Muilis. local preacher. Elders, Isaae Wiles
and T.J. Todd.
fJriS'-oPAL Corner Vir a and Third streets
lUv. II. C. Shaw Services every Sunday
at 11:00 a. m. and 7 p.m. bunday School
3 p. m.. Prof. d'AHemand. Supt. .
CoKOREGTiovAiy Corner Locust and Eighth
its. Key. B. F Manwell. residence Locu?t st be
treen 4;h and 5th sta Services every Sabbath at
lla.ni: and 6;30 p. m. Sabbath School at 12:
30 p. m. Prayer meeting every Wednesday
erening. .
Cathomo North sifie of Public Sauare Rev
Father Hayes. First Mass every Sal .bath at 8:U)
a. m.. Second Mass and Sermon at 10:30 tn,
Vespers and Benediction 3:30 p. m. Maa
at a. m. every week day. - ' - -
Tiest Pkf.sbttkri us North side of Main sL
eet of Sixth Rev. D. W. Cameron; Services
very Sabbath at 11a.m. and 0UJ0 p. m. Sab
iath School at 9:30 a- m., Thos Pollock Superin
ndnt. Prayer meeting every Wednesday
venicg at 6:30 o'clock.
Mbthodist Episcopal West sida cf Sixth
Street, south of Main Rev. J. II. Presson.
fervices every Sabbath at 10:30 a. m. and 7 p. m.
rayer meeting every Thursday evening. Class
Meetings every Monday evening and immediate
ly after close of Sabbath morning services
Sabbath School at 30 ' ' . -
fiontatr den 24 September hat die Deutsche
JSv, Lulh. Oemeinds in ihrem Schulhaas vor
wiittag's uin 11 Uhr Ootteodienst. Ueberbaupt
ftndet derselbe Ton jet?;t an rceelmaessig allell
Tue-e statt. Minister Rev. L Hannawald.
IiOdffcs
T.O. O. P. Reeular meetings of Platte Lodge.
Ho. 7. I. O. O. P. every Saturda evening, at
Odd Peilows Hall. Trancicnt Brothers are cor-
dlally invited to visit.
-. ' J. W. J0HNS0X N. G4
A.d'AtLISAN0ScO,
T n O V. Plattsmouth Encampment No. 3.
Regular Convocations the 2nd and 4th Priday's
f each month at Odd Fellows Hall cor. 3d and
Main st. Transient Patriarchs cordially in v ilea
tO Tllt V il. i.. . j. .
L. Bon. Ecribe
U.gAitK Pi 1TTSVOITTH LoDOK So. 6 A. P
A A. M. Regular meetings at their hall on th(
Urst and tbirU Monday evenings 01 eacn monia
Twsient bre7AC0B YAirERY. W. M,
A. d'ALLBiiASD, Sec
Maoot Lodgk No. 22 A. F. A A. Mi Regular
aeerings at Macoy llall. first and third r rl
Uys. - J. N. AVIaL, W.M.
J. M. BsADt.aT, Sec.
- Nebraska Chavte No. 3 R. A. M. Regulai
annvocations second and fourtti luesday eve-
inn of eaa month at t'A o clock p. in
R. 11. Lll
LIVINGSTON n. P.
II. NiWMAjr, Sec
I. O. G-T. Oliv Branch, No.2 W D Ferree
W. C. X.; li. lira.lley. . .; x. v. oary
ck Lodge Deputy. Meets at Clark fcPlummer"
ajsll every Tuesday evening. Traveling Templars
Hotels.
BROOKS HOUSE.
JOHN FITZGERALD Proprietor
Main Street, Between 5A and Ctb.St
PLATTE VALLEY HOUSE.
E. H. SCIIUTT, Proprietor. ,
Oocbcx Main and Fourth Street Plattsmouth
dccl2dwtfi
NATIONAL HOTEL-
CORNER MAIN AND THIRD STS
i -BREED & FALLAN - - Proprietors.
Jnrt onened to the nnblic. for both day and
. week boarders. Tables set with the best the
market affords. Accomodations second to none
in the city. docl;dwtf
miscellaneous
M...B. MURPHY,
Manucturer of ?T3
AND'DEALER IN C
harness, aMts,' riblts,
COLL.A118. WHIPS, :
Blankets, Brushes, &c.
Promptly. Executed, All work iWarrented,
-FINE HARNESS A SPECIALlTY."Ua
:i, Not. 30.wtf - Plattsmouth, Ne
Miscellaneons
JOSEIII SC1I LATE II
KSTABLISHXO IH 1981.-
DEALER IN V
IVATCnES, CfiOCKS,
JEWELRY
r SILVER AND PLATED WARE.
. GOLD PKNS PPCTACLES. . .
' VIOLIN STRINGS AND , ' -
. : FANCY GOODS.
Watches. Cloeksand Jeweiry repaired neatly
tad with dispatch.
Kemoved to opposite Platte Valley Honee
84Str :t BOv.Kwtt
n , 3 p
ST' ' '
3 - H
2 '3
B. B o;
o
o
a
a"
B
(A
o
f
V
o
o
B
. o .
S ? '
; . p .
: -1
H
t:
tt
r 5
o
3
r i : :
a s
c o
S 2.;
H r-
o
H
g. a w ?
'I 2. . g
o r u ir
S o- cr"
. BRO t3 .& CO;
Plattsmonth Cigar Factory
oo Main street, oppoeita Court House, "
Plattsmouth, - Nebraska.
We have on hand a large assortmo&t of
CIGAHS & TOBACCO,
Consisting of the best qualities of
CIGARS, FINE-CUT, PLUG AND
SMOKING TOBACCO, ,
As we deal exclusively in Tobacco we can sell a
sheap, if not cheaper tlian otner store in me
ty. r
4ivnn. a enll before von Durchase elsewhere.
u we know you will go away satisfied. .
L. Brom Sr. Co. .
Febrnary 11. lSC3.dtf. : -
SHOO FLY
MEAT MARKET
The tindersignod having rented the Shoo FTg
ileat AjarRet. is ready to serve au
customers who may favor him
with a Call, with the
Best of ileais f
SMOKED SAUSAGE ctc'at 'ths .
LOWEST PRICE POSSI-
BLE.
. . -
3-Contracts will also be made for furnishing;
meat in large o.uantities, and delivering it in
any part of the city. . ,
HIGHEST PRICE
: B.D.ARNOLD.
Feb2Cwtf.
To A. dyxbtiskrs. All persons who conlem-
plate making contracts with newspapers for the
insertion of Advertisements should send to
geo. $. gowell ; go.
or a Circular, or inclose 23 cents for their One
hundred Page Pamphlet, containing Lists of
s.uou newspapers and estimates, snowing tne
cost of advertising, also many useful hints to ad
vertisers, and some account of tbe experiences
of men who are known as successful advertis
ers. This firm are proprietors ot the American
iN cwspaper Advertising Agency. -
and are possessed of nneaualed facilities for
securing the insertion of advertisements in all
"Ntwspapers and Periodicals atlcwost rates,
H. J. STBEIGHT,
BOOK-SELLER, .
Stationery, JYetvs
AND PAPER DEALER.
Post Office ISnilding.
. PLATTSMOUTH, NE3. '
e Septet, d Jalmband w tf. ;
LATHROP R. BACON & CO.
Wholesale Dealers in :
Building Materials,
Lumber, Lath, Ssinglss,
. Sas Doors, Blinds
&c tStc 5t
Bills of Lumber
Delivered at Whclesale
Rates at all Points on the
B & M. F. B. b.R. in No
Buildings Erec'ed by Con-
.; vv: ;.: tract. .
' " f " .- "",'."
II. L. Johnson, , : Latliro R. Bacon,
Corning, Iowa,, y I laacolo, Xeb.
Herald Column, :
Nebraska Herald,
rv
THE BEST
: J
IK
NEBRASKA!
Oic Year
iSx Months
- $2,00
- - $L06
ADVEBTISE
in ins
'JYcbraslza Herald,"
3.Ifyou want your Business ; Known"S
i
ForthenERALD is read by Panncrs, Mer
chants, Mechanics, Contractors, Stock
Dealers, Railroad Men, Business .
Men, Manufacturers, ....
' . Consumers and Everybody.
THE HERAL D
la the place to get your
JToIj Work 15 one
-83IIaving recently made large additions to
our already extensive stock of typei
- rules, borders and other material
We are now prepared . to -
do all kinds, of - . ;.
Work in ; - - !
THE BEST .'MANNER AND
At Reasonable Rates.
WB ABI PKSPABXD to rKiaa :
Business Cards, ' '
Wedding Cards, ! -
: Admission Tickets,
Ball Tickets,
Bank Checks,
Deposit Tickets,
: Bank Drafts,
.- ' Protests, ; :.v
Note Heads, . . -. v . 1 ' '
.' Letter Head,
Bill Ileads,
. Statements,
Shipping Bills, . :
; Way Bills,
Dray Tickets,
'.."".-
Circulars,
Contracts,
-
Deeds,
' Mortgages, ,' .
Leases,
Catalogues,
Pamphlets, '
Price Lists,
'. Dodgers
i- . , - t
Programmes,.
Hand Bills, .
&0. &c &c,
Give Us a Call. Satisfaction
" " - ' " ,-1. ' v , t.
gaoli mm gw
ode to spnixa.
Tha h.llnwin. from John Phceniz. nt braiding
a backward spring, has a peculiar point just
now: -'''
Well. Spring, youv cum at last, hev yo T
The poet sea your bin a sittin in Old v inter 8
Lap now aint you ashamed of yourself?
I spo.e the old feller's been buziin yous .
I should think he hod from yoax breth ;
A bein so cold but that's the way them
Old fellers hev a doin. . ,
. Well, as I was saying. , 1
ToUv enm at last with your bamy '
Breth" a blowingfrom the Nortliwea , ;
AVestoonstant or Nebrasky.T spoee.
Great countries for bam I reckin.
Now year cum wea "
Everybody's feed and Koni and things
Uey all been fed out I Now look at
Our kntters, will ye 1 See our Kats I ;
On the lift, a hevin to be steaded by
Thur tales when they gits up a mornings 1 .
Look at our hossis wats all reduced .
To skeletons a weeping orur a trot ; 1 '
A hull troft full of kobs
A null troft full of bit e- reckolockahuns I
Lok at them shepo a lien in ' A"
The fence corners a waiting for grass I '
Y is, and they ye bin a waiting som ot '
Themweexl t nd if they wasn't -Puld
they'd a bin "shakin ther lox"
At yn and aed "U dun HI" (That thnr .
Is from Hamlet, won of Shakspur'a plais.)
As apother poit se"Grasa riffnsed makes .
The stumak ake." So these shepe will
Kever pen thur onto grass agin no.
'' Now Ink at thorn hogs as has bin
A follerin them katel wat hev bin
Stuffed with ha! See'em, will ye, a creepin
Round as if tbeyse teecheD with corns, .
Look at ther eres. will ye bigger nor
Enny cabbitch lofe: -.1 e ..
See the shotes
A lenin on the fence to squele 1 , '
Luk at them mity eres '"a hanging pendent
Onto such little hogs 1 See a hundria
Gud ehotes reduoed down to even
Korn baskit full I
Yes, that thursol yer doins.U . ,
Tardy, loitering Spring a hanging oak
Aa your bin a doin.
But now yony cum!
We feel yure eheerin preseni wen we
Git reund onto the south side oy the barn I -We
her the hens a kaklin when they ve ,
Laid a eg 1 We see the horse tadish.
A starting up alongside thegarding - ;
Fensl The wimmen is a lukin into ,
The old tea-pot after garding seeds, .
And all these things make me think you? e
cuml
Hark Twain's First Earthquake.
A month after I landed in Sacramento
I enjoyed my first earthquake. It was
one wnicn was iong cauea tne great
earthquake, and it is doubtless so dis
tinguished tiU tins aay. . it wa3 one
which was just atcer noon, on a Dngnt
October day. I was coming down I bird
street. The only objects in motion any
where in sight in that thickly built and
populous quarter were a man in a buggy
behind me, and a street car wending
slowly up the cros3 street. . Otherwise,
all was solitude and a babbatn stillness.
As I turned the corner, around a frame
house, there was a crcat rattle jar, and
it occurred to me that here was an item 1
no doubt a fight in that house. Before
I could turn and seek the door, tnere
came a really terrific shook ; the ground
seemed to roll under me in wares, inter
rupted by a violent . juggling up and
down, and there was a heavy grinding
noise as of brick houses rubbing togeth
er. ' I fell up against tho frame house
and hurt my elbow. I knew what it wa9
now, and from mere reportorial instinct,
nothing else, took out my watch rnd
noted the time of day ; at that momant
a third and still severer 6hcck came, and
as I reeled about in the pavement, try
ing to keep my footing, I paw a sight !
The entire front of a tall four-story
brick building in Third 6treet sprang out
ke a door and tell sprawling across the
street, raising a dust like a great volume
of smoke.-- And here came the buggy
overboard went the man, and in less than
can tell it the- whole vehicle was dis
tributed in small fragments along 300
vards of street. One could have fancied
that somebody had . hred a charge or
chair-rounds and rags down the thor
oughfare. The Etreet car had stopped,
the , horses were rearing and plunging,
and - passengers were pouring out at
both ends, and one man had crashed
half way through a class window on one
Eide of thft car got wedged fast, and was
squirming and screaming use an im-
Ealed madman. Every door of every
ouse, as far as the eye could reacb; was
vomiting a stream ' of human beings ;
and almost before one could execute a
wink . and begin another, there wa3 a.
massed multitude of people stretching
in endless procession down every street
my position commanded. Never was
solemn solitude turned into teeming life
quicker. Of the wonders wrought b.
"the ereat earthauate. these were a
that came under my eye ; but the tricks
it did elsewhere, and far and wide over
the town, made toothsome gossip lor
nine days; The destruction of property
was trifling the injury to it was wide
spread and somewhat serious. The "cu
riosities" of the earthquake were simply
endless. (ientlemen and ladies who
wore sick, or were taking a siesta, or had
dissipated till a late hour and were mak
ing up lost sleep, thronged into the pub
lic streets in all sorts of queer apparel,
and some without any at all. One wo
man who had been washincr a naked
child, ran down the street holding it by
the ankles as if it were a dressed turkey.
Prominent citizens, who were supposed
to keep the Sabbath strictly, rushed out
of saloons in their 6hirt- sleeves, with
billiard cues in their hands. Dozens of
men, with neoks swathed in napkins,
rushed from barbers' Ehops lathered to
the eves, or with one cheek clean shaved
and the other still bearing a hairy stub
ble. Horses broke from stables, and a
frightened dog rushed up a short attic
ladder and out on to a roof, and when
his scare was over had not tho nerve to
go down again the same way he had
gone up. A prominent editor new down
stairs, in the principal hotel, with noth
ing on but one brief undergarment met
a chambermaid, and exclaimed Oh.
what shall I do ! Where shall I co?"
She responded with naive serenity "If
you have a choice, you might try a cloth
ing store !" The Innocents at Home.
The Prussian Generals are just now
receiving their donations. Prince Fred
erick Charles, Count Von Moltke, and
Generals Von Boon and Manteuffel get
$245,000:: hve others . $150,000 each
and five more $75,000 each. : This id
pretty high pay for frugal Prussia, ret i
is nothing to the amounts . paid by Eng
land to Marlborough, Wellington an
neison. ma iormer received minions
of money and Blenheim estate, and he
loved money dearly. The latter received
perhaps, m all, 2,000,000 sterling, in
eluding the splendid landed ' estate
Strathfieldsaye. The Iron- Duke was
also parsimonious, and nursed bis vas4
property very carefully. His sou inher
its this characteristic, in whom is it even
intensified. 'He is often said to travel
in second - and even third : clas9 cars on
tha tngush rail way a.
A Japanese Execution.
From a Corresiondent of the San Francisco
, ', , . Bulletin. .
, Yokohama, Feb. 27, 1S72.
The decapitation of four men at Tobe
(Yokohama) for the crime of stealing
soma forty rios, (in value about as mauy
dollars), is thus described by an eye-witness
of the mournful scene The exe
cution ground Was fenced in in the form
of a corral, and stood amidst fields of
waving barley. ' In one corner of this
enclosure was a mat-shed,, and just out
side of it an ominous group of trees
ominous, at least to condemned prison
ers, for the fast-decaying skulls which lie
around too plainly tells tho tale of that
sequestered spot,. The birds and dogs
have been at work in this onensive bury
ing place, and have unearthed those
remnants of the dead. The dread hour
appointed for the sentenced culprits to
expiate their crimes, is 7 a. m.. and we
find it wants thirty minutes of that hour
yet. But already a numerous and some
what motley group of foreigners and na
tives are assembled, and somo of tho
mora callous indulge in a seemly conver
sation and rudejoke3. While moving
about the spot we observe the prepara
tions which have been made for the exe
cution. A horizontal bar, upon' which
are four ominous spikes projecting up
ward and whereon it- is readily sur
mised, the heads of the doomed crimi
nals will be bleaching in the sun for two
or three days stands about two yards
from the fence, near the mat-shed on
one side, and the gate on the other.
Opposite to this are two holes in the
ground, the dimensions of which are
about three feet by one and a half feet,
and some eighteen inches deep. Be
sides these tha poor wretches wll have
to kneel when beheaded, that their
heads may fall into them : they also re
ceive their blood. There are a number
of straw mats lying near, in which, we
are told, the bodies wil) be wrapped and
buried. Near one of these hofes tho
one where the executioner will first per
form the sanguinary duty of his 'revolt
ing office is a white handkerchief on a
staff. . Thus it will be seen that the ar
rangements are neither elaborate nor
pervaded by that mournful air which
should characterize the occasion. In the
huts sit the executioners and their at
tendants, complacently awaiting the ar
rival of the Borrowful procession from
the prison. Anxious to have a chat
with the chief headsman, a man appa
rently fifty or sixty years of age, we en-
er the mat-shed and wish them good
morning, which is politely , returned,
isrht ciears, and enter into conversation
regarding the prisoners. We then casu
ally examined the executioner's sword;
long, two-handed one, and doubtless
of the best steel, and received an inrita
tion to look over tho prison on some fu
ture oecasion. Moving outside again,
we observed the increasing concourse
anxious to witness the dying throes of
the unfortunate men. , .
THE PROCESSION.
But listen 1 that mournful chant, sqft-
y waited o er the helus ot grain which
glow in the morning sunshine, betokens
the approach or tha 6ad procession.
Nearer and nearer, though slowly, it ap
proaches us ; and as its sorrowful la? i3
echoed by the hills and coppices around,
a thrill or pam, ot sympathy lor those
on whom another sun, another morn,
will, never brighten, is felt ty almost
every heart that s tnere.' i.ow it is
within a lew yards. Ihree men are car-
rvins as many boards held aloft On poles,
upon whiiih is written a declaration ot
tha crimes committed by the culprits;
then came three or four more, having
poles with a cross covered with spikes
at tile ton emblematical of the prison
and justice then follow a string of
officers and attendants, in the midst of
whom aro the prisoaersyfour very
young men each dressed in a light
colored kimono a long dre33 fastened at
the waist, with a sash or girdlo, and con
trasting strangely with the darker attire
of tho others. . Three of them walk
with firmness and strength, but the
fourth, sick and overwhelmed with dis
tress, is being carried in a Tcanjo, cr
basket-chair, in which the common peo
ple of Japan travel, being borne along
by two coolies. .
THE DOOMED MEK.
As they pass through the gate we be
ing inside the fence see plainly ech man
as he comes in, and are somewhat sur
prised to hear one of them, as he walks
close by us. say Ohako aazammu !
(good morning), in a calm, natural tone
ol voice, and then express his opinion
that the terrible death to which he was
doomed would resemble going to sleep.
He, evidently, had no fear of death. -
xne three men (tne lourth being in a
state of semi-insensibility) take a long,
long gaze at surrounding objects, and
the attendants proceed to blindfold them,
their arms having been securely bound
behind them before leaving the jail
Ihe three men, each in turn, give utter
ance to a 6ort of exhortation and i
prayer ihe miseraoia wretch in the
kango is now lifted out and placed in-
ssde the hole, . on hi3 knees, while two
men stand behind him holding his body:
but there is nothing to-place his head
upon.' Another then takes him by the
chia to put his head in position, which
he succeeds in doing in mtnute and
half, a delay terribly agonizing to the
victim. '
THE EXECUTION.
The executioner now steps up, and.
smiling like a man about to perform a
feat of sport, takes aim, and the next
moment, with a sudden gleam ot that
iheenmg swcrd.and a sickening thud, the
head, saturated with blood, rolls into the
earth, the blood at the time gushing
trom the headless body which lay quiv
ering on the ground. The blood-stained
bead is immediately Jilted from its re
ceptacle by the hair, and presented to
the public gaze with an air or satisfac
tion. Water is then poured over it, the
lifeless trunk being covered with straw
Tnats ahd removed a short distance away
At a given sien another is led forth, and
kneels at the other hole, the same scene
of blood was again enacted. ' Tha third
is now- brought forward, his slaughter
differing from the other3 only m the fact
that another beadsman does the work
but he faih to cut so clearly as did the
old man, the first stroke cf the sword
leaving the head hanging by the neck
quick as thought another stroke is given
and down drops the head. It was no
ticeable that on the first stroke of the
sword, the blood spurted from this man'
neck, a distance of three, or four yards,
causing a few spectators to step quickly
back. And. now the tourth the man
particularly rcraakafclc; for his eecming
indifference to the horrible fate which
awaited him steps up to play his part
in this dreadful tragedy another aim
another gleam ot that terrible weapon
of death, and the last victim sinks to
earth "asleep" asleep in death. This
scene of blood is now ended, and four
human heads are upon those ugly spikes,
bleaching ia the sun, as a terriblo warn
ing to law-breakers But painful as this
recital may be, the Japanese inflict far
greater punishments on those guilty of
torging, homicide, etc., crucifixion being
quite common. .
XJI A3X03i US AROirSD.
Valuable Diamond round lu
tthaTinsr-Brusib.
About eighteen years ago two gentle
men of this city well known in the
mercantile circles purchased two shav
ing-brushes from the drug house of
Plumb & Leitner. The brushes were
of tha ordinary kind, and cost, wo sup
pose, about 50 cent3 each. Tho brushes
were kept at the barber shops and at
the homes of the purchasers until about
two years ago, when they seemed worn
out, and were used by the children as
playthings. Una ol Uio brushes was
ost. but a lew days ago a singular dis
covery was made in relation to the other.
Whild a little boy was playing with it,
the top became unscrewed, and in tho hoi-
ow handle a valuable diamond was dis
covered set iu the wood and carefully
covered with pink cotton. The exact
value of the stone is not known, but it
is of pure water and good size. '
There are many conjectures as to how
the gem came to bo in the handle of the
brush, the most plausible ot which is that
it was placed there by smugglers. . Be
fore the war, some importer of precious
stones, who wished to evade the heavy
import duty on such articles, placed
them in shaving brushes, and this way
brought them under the nose of the
custom-house officers without creating
the suspicions of the latter. Afterward,
the enterprising jeweller forgot to re
move some of the jewels, and the brush
es went into the hands of the druggists.
t is highly probable that there will be
thorough examination of shaving
brushes during the ' next twenty-four
hours. i -
Paper in Japan.
When a people contrive to make
saucepans, hne pocket faandkerchiels,
and sailors' waterproof overcoats out of
paper, they may bo considered as having
pretty thoroughly mastered the sublect,
and this 13 claimed lor the manuiac
ture m paper, with the additional little
touching incident that the saucepans are
generally used over charcoal fires.
According to their own account, these
ancient islanders wrote upon silk, faced
with linen, and also used very thin wood
shavings for the same purpose, until
nearly the 'close of the third Christian
era. About A. D. 2S0, paper was first
imported from the Corea, and superse
ding the home-made fabrics monopo-
ized the market until the year A. D.
CIO, when the King of the Corea sent
two priests to .Japan to establish the
manufacture. This paper was easily
torn and liable to be destroyed by wonus,
and besides did not take the ink well.
These manifold disadvantages attracted
the attention of Taishi, the son of the
reigning Mikado, who substituted, as
materia!, the bark of a species of paper
mulberry, which is still extensively cul-
ivated for the purpose. By laishi s
orders the tree was planted throughout
the country, the method of manufacture
publicly taught, and thu3 the industry
was commenced wh ch has sinc-e so pros
perously continued.
... ... . ,
At the present timo, two nunareu ana
sixty-three sorts of paper are manu
factured in Yeddo. In regard to this
immense number of styles, the national
ove for formalities must be considered ;
as, lor instance, ia addition to tne usual
varieties to which we are accustomed as
appropriate for deeds, public documents,
etters. notes, etc., the Japanese list
mentions four distinct kinds intended to
be used for poetry and songs. There
are also kinds enumerated as employed
for umbrellas, hat3, lanterns, and water
proof clothing ; ono being described as
serving for candle-wick and pocket hand
kerchiefs, while another is intended tor
handkerchiefs only, and a third is used
for dressing dolls. Special kinds are pre
pared exclusively as wrappings for the
several styles of religious, civic, or social
feifts.
Tho excellence in the manutacture 13
due, in a great degree, to the fact that
Japan furnishes a number of trees and
shrub3 with a hbrous bark particularly
adapted as a material for paper ; and
several plants of which the roots, seed,.
or sap yield a natural size tor the surface
of the sheet. '
The species of mulberry first used in
the seventh century i3 still regarded as
containing the best fibre, and it is ex
tensively cultivated. Ihe plants are an
nually cut down to the root until the fifth
year, wheu, by this treatment, the wood
has become dense and strong. Ihe
branches are then cut into length
about one yard, and steamed in a straw
essel over a boiler. As soon as the
bark begins to separate from the wood,
it is stripped off by the hand, the wood
itself being preserved for fuel. The
bark is then hoisted upon poles to dry
by exposure to the air, and when dry it
is separated into bundles weighing about
thirty-two pounds each. 1 he dry bark
is then immersed in running water for
twelve hours, after which the outer husk
or bark 13 scraped off to serve as the ma'
tsrial for an inferior kind of paper. The
remaining or inner portion is again
washed in runing water, and alter press
ure under heavy stones, the fibre ia
boiled with ashes. After another wash
ing, it is well pounded, and then molded
into balls. These balls are next thrown
into . wooaen trougn, and mixed with a
pulp together with a paste made from
the root of the Toraoro a shrub some
what resembling the cotton plant. A
portion of this pulp is next placed in a
frame, consisting of an inner and outer
portion, with a false bottom of plaited
bamboo. A dextrous and peculiar jerk
from the skilled operator sets the pulp
in the frame, and it i3 then so placed as
to permit the water to dram off. Ihe
sheet of paper is lifted from the frame
with a piece of bamboo, and laid with a
brush on a drying board, the side adher
ing to the board, forming the fae of the
xne paper warranted to wash is
made with another kind of paste ; and
Am tt -fa "'
in the oil paper for waterproof clothes,
a glue i used made from young fern
shoots stained with the expressed juice
of unripe persimmons.' Colors are ap
plied ia powder mixed with bean paste.
Several or the trees and plants used
in the manufacture of paper are described
as being tho object of careful cultivation,
especially in the manuring and prepara
tion of tho sou. :
Aicrlcultare. t .
TCrtN'IPS FOK MILK COWS.
In the summer of 1870, (July 10.) I
eowed an acre ot summer and winter tur
nip seed (principally the sweet kind) in a
young vineyard where tho ground was in
hne tilth lor the reception ol small heed.
ihe result was a large yield ot excellent
largo Toots, which I gathered during the
season acd fed to my mijch cows.; The
flow of milk was greatly increased, and I
made more and better butter than I had
ever mads from grass alone. I fed a
quart of wheat bran to each cow, night
aud morning. At tho close of the sea
son I gathered the roots and buried them
in the open ground and fed them about
a peck per day (each cow) until New
Year, when the roots gave out; and since
then I have discovered a perceptible di
minution in the flow of milk.
I would not advise a to sudden change
of feed from anything clso to roots: but
a gradual change can be made, and but
utile, it any, taste of the turnips will bo
perceived. From my experienos in the
reeding of milch cows, my decided pre
ference is for turnips and clover hay,
mixed with wheat bran. If theso arti
cles are properly used, the flow of milk
and yield of butter will bo all that anyone
could desire. Everv ono who feeds cows
and can raise turnips, should never fail
to put in a sumciency lor the purpose.
Cows will eat thqm as readily a3 corn,
and fed raw is nearly as good ay to feed
them cooked. I believe they like them
better when not cooked. In sowing tur
nips, it is well to sow early, from the
fact that it often happens that drouth,
the fly and other, causes, often destroy
the seed or tho young plants, and then
one has time to resow, and a failure is
often averted. A good crop of turnips
will save many bushels of corn and many
pounds of hay and other feed, besides
producing more milk and butter. If
more roots were raised, the farmer wonld
find his "balance,sheet" larger in his fa
vor than the man who does not find time
to cultivate them. Woodman, in Coun
try Gentleman.. .1
Handlinn Bona. A practical breeder
gives the following advice, which, in the
main, we think sound for those whose
herd is not too large, and who are engag
ed in mixed husbandry. To handle hog
to the best ndvantage, a pasture is need
ed of mixed grasse?, clover, blue grass
and timothy, and it is best u there is nq
running water or stock ponds in the lot.
Hogs do better where there are no branch
es or stock ponds to wallow in. Iq place
thereof, have good well-water pumped
for them. .Have trougus made, and nail
stni'3 across, eight inches apart, to keep
the hogs from lying down in the water,
and let these hogs bo put on floors, to
keep them from digging up wallowing
holes. If any feed bo given it should bo
6oaked in swill barrels for twelve hours
before feeding no longer and fed to
them as drink Gcrmantown Telegraph.
SOWED CORN FOR FODDEIt
There is no question that farmers have
a good deal of solicitude every year as to
the question of sumcient feed lor stock.
and when, as wa3 tho case last year, the
grass crop is short the inquiry is for
some substitute for hay. We recom
mend the sowing of corn. Two crops of
it can be rait ed on the same piece of land.
The Southern corn will give a larger
yield than any other, Tbe most impor
tant part is the curing lor loader. e
understand that Mr, Wakefield of Pitts-
field has lDT-ented a plan on which he
expects to secure a patent for curing and
ventilating. It is a simple contrivance,
and consists merely in erecting a stack
pole with holes bored through it, about
four feet apart, through which Dre insert
ed cross poles iu tiers, being shorter as
it approaches the top. iha corn is plac
ed upon tho stack, the cross poles being
inserted at intervals, which keeps it up
so the air can circulate throuffh. It can
be cured so as to make it fresh and sweet
for food for any lencth of time. It is "a
cood feed for milch cows and stock of all
kinds like it, and no other crop yields so
bs to pay better with as litt'.o expense
and trouble. llhe Homestead.
CORN MEAL AS A FERTILIZER.
Some experiments have been made
durinz tbe last year in the use of of corn
meal for fertilizing, which haveproved
very succew-ful. JVLostct theso experi
ments have been in the cultivation of to
bacco, and in comparison with commer
cial fertilizers used in quantity, equal in
cost, the meal has produced the best to
bacco. e have had given us two or
three statements of experiments; in
which they asrrecd that guano, phosphate
&c cave the best start at first, taking
the lead of the corn meal, butafler awhile
tb.6 crop crew better with meal and was
much the be&t at the time of cutting. In
such case the fertilizers were sown on
broad cast. We have had an opinion
for some time that corn meal would come
into practical use, especially for tobacco,
It3 analysis 13 somewhat to that ot horse
manure, that being more or less undi
cested meal: besides we have known o
corn, wheat bran, and other meais, bemg
used in the West to fertilize gardens and
special crocs. - Farmers of Hatfield and
other places, say they have so much
faith in it, that they will use it to a con
siderable extent this year, not only for
tobacco but for corn, and at the present
prices for corn meal (2S to $C0 per ton
it may prove a cheap and useful fertilizer.
1.1 he Homestead.
The TalU of m 51 exle. K'rotecteraf e,
From the San Francisco Bulletin.
Some of the Eastern JoumaLs, notabl
the iNew iork llercut, are lnauicicg in
much, loose talk on the subject of a ''pro
teetorate , for iMexico, to be establishe
by the United States, and there aro in
dicationsthat President Grant looks with
some degree of f aver upon the project
provided it could be brought about by
concresa in proper lorni. How much
this talk is intended merely for election
eenng eCect, and how much is the gen
uine result ot ignorance of a subject so
flippantly discussed, it 13 Lard to deter
mine. Certain it 1, uowcwr, that our
country is ia no condition to enter upon
sucb an undertaking at this time. Ijvery
thing gecstoshow that the Mexican peo
ple are hostile to the last degree to any
intermeddling with their troubles by a
foreign power, and the disastrous experi
ence of Louis Napoleon sufficiently es
lablished fhe fact that however hostile
to each other the various factions in that
country may be, tven tbe threat of a for-
eign invasion ia enough to unite the en
tire pc-opla as onomannK3iiit th nation
making it. A long and dj.upcriitelj con
tested war against disciplined European
troops has accustomed the Mexicans td
the uso of modern arms, given them ex
pcrienccd ofScen in whom they avtj
oonfidencc, taught them tho art of war1
with . its modern improvement, and
made passible soldiers of tho whole bulk
of the male population of a country con-
tainirig.nine millions of inhabit in t, ai
many as there wcro in the Southern con
federcey during our rebellion. Let us
see then what a "protectorate" on ouf
part would cost.
lo establish a protectorate, wo must
first conquer the country. Conquebt
in est commence with a war, involving A
sacrifice on our part of a greater or less
number of valuable lives on tho battle'
field, a far greater loss of life from mias
mitic disease,, malaria, and tho many
maladies incident to a campaign in a trop
ical country, far from our base of slip-1
plies, nnd tha expenditure of millions'
and millions of dollars. After, the con
quest, we must maintain in the country
standing army ot 50,000 td insure
peace aud tranquility, and every si
months new recruits must bo sent for-
Ward to 11 the vacancies mad j in the
ranks by di3oas and casualties of every
ind. Jr uty million dollars a yoar would
be a low estimate for tho expense of
maintaining such an army for the follow
ing ten yeari, and the total revenue" of
tho Mexican government all of which
would be required to carry on tho civil
epartments of tho giverntafcnt, and
feud tho army of carpet bag politician-
who would follow in tho wake of ouf
army never has cxeecdod $J4,O00,OOO,
per annum even in tiuie of comparative
peace. We would realiza next to nolh'
ing from taxatiou of the country toward
puying the expenses of tho war and sub--
cqueut occupation, and we rai,:ht eonsid
er ourselves in luck if wo did not find our-
selves in one way or another saddled with
the whole foreign debt of Mexico in th
end. ,
And at the ciid often years of armed
occupation what should we have gained?
Mexico is m a state ot anarchy to-day,
because her peoplo have no regular and
profitable occupation: her cemmerca i
paralyzed, and manufactures languish
under taxation, which is steadily killing
them off, oue by one. Woul i commerca
be restored nnd industry thrive after
destroying war, and Under au armed
occupation of the country? Tho idea is
absurd. What Mexico mosts neods is
railroads to connect her with the rest of
le world, make markets for her products
stimulate her population to industry and
ind ice immigration, and tho advent of
skilled labor and capital to develop her
miacnse natural resources, Ono hall
the money which it would cost us to
in a . n tain au armed occupation ot tho
country for a single year would, if ex
pended in building railroads, open com-'
munication on both siies of the continent
ctween the most productive regions of
Mexico, and New York and San Frau
Cisco, and inaugurate apeucuui revolu
tion which would put nn end to tl,a pro?'
cnt state cf anarchy, and in the end re
generate the country. There may be no
authority under our constitution lor ex
pending money in building railroads in a
foreign country: where is the authority
for establishing a protectory !c there? Wo
can well afford to ppeod money in en
couraging the development of commerce
with a naturally rich country ; ngbc at
our door?, wmio wo cannot auyra in
waste a dollar in the effort to foree,upon
our unwilling ne.Elibors a prctecviniitj
which would be barren to uny good re'
suits to them, and di?atrous to tho lut
degree to ourselves. Let us at least tako"
warning from the French and avoid th?
ruinous mistake which they committed.
Ilobcwon'a) Oyster -
The following startling conversation
was overheard in a well known butcher
bhop, near the Arlington hotel, about a
fortnight ago :
Appear the new comniar.dress of thj
navy, rosy, and with a line wcallh 01
gray hair, and determiBed to deserve bet
new honors :
"I want to pay this bill"' (presenting
book); but before I pay it I want
these things explained. Come here,
man. What do you mean by charging
eight cents apiece for oysters to Secrcta-'
"Well, when Hr. llob?son was a baclw
..... . a J
elor, and got 'up his dinners, he used to
come over to us, give bis order, and say
he wanted the very best the market af
forded. We used to pick his oysters
out particularly, sometimes turning over"
a whole sloop-load to pive him half
bushel ; and that is why they cost eight
cents apiece, madam I
"Well, it ho has be?n eating in thai
foolish way, I suppose. I mast pay thi
monstrous price ; but now I propose to
go myself, or mako him go, every morn
ing to the Centre market and. see if we
cannot reform this r rice, even if wo
have to eat smaller oys ers."
The horriblo situation of the former
worthy bachelor official may now be im
agined deprived of Lis oysters at eight
cents apiece, and the barrel-lull ot tar-
rapin that he kept alivo in tho back yard ,
to look at for an appetite,: turned out to
crawl along the street3, and make con
vivial people who stumble upon them
suppose thy have an attack of th-3 jini'
jams and see things.- Washington Lor
retjiondcnce Chicago Tribune
A la"w of England enforced in the sev
enteenth century: VAil women, of what
ever age, iank, pro;bsion or degree,
whether virgin3, wivef, or that
shall, from and after this act, 'impiso
upon, seduce and betrity into matrimony
any of his majesty's male subjects, by
scents, paint?, cosmetics, wnshef, artifi
cial teeth, false hair, Spunish wool, iron
stays, hoops, high heeled shoes or boi
tcred hips, shill incur the penalty of tlia
laws in force against witchcraft, sorcery,
and the lit e, and that tho marriago uff-n
conviction shall stand null and void.'' .
A seedy nnd unl.appy-looking man.
eutering ar evival meeting ia Mi.-iss:pp
took a teat riear th.j pnlpit. The cler
gyman, co icing m forlorn appearance,
stepped up to him and askd if he wa
a Christian. t'No," said he, I am ther
editor of the village paper."
A sophomore thus descri the (Jivis
ion of power among the deities of my
thology : "Jupiter reje-rred forhitnxelf.
the dominion of Lcnven, cave KcptuJ
the sea ami Pluto ' M