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VOLUME XI.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY G, 1875.
NUMBER G.
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ncr of Main and Fifth streets.
HENRY BCECK,
o. F. johnson, EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
DEALER IX
DEALER IX
SffiSJf6 Drags. Medicines
Lounges, Tables, Bedsteads,
ETC., ETC., ETC.,
Of All Descriptions.
METALLIC BURIAL CASES.
Wooden Collins
Of ell sixes, ready-made, and sold cheap for cash.
With many thanks for pat patronage, I invite
all to call and examine my
LARGE STOCK OF
Fur-iii t u i-; mid Coflins.
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AND
I am prepared to accommodate the public with
Carriages, Buggies, Wagons,
AND
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First National Bant
Of Plattsmouth, Nebraska,
SUCCESSOR TO
Tootle, IIiuiiiii. .So Clui-lc.
JoHM FlTEOSRALD
K. . Doth
A. W. McLaCOHUX..
JolIS O'llOLKKB
President.
.. .Vice-President.
Cashier.
.Assistant Cashier.
This Bank in now open for bu-inens at their new
room, comer Main and Sixth strwete, and are pre
pared to transact a gwneral
BANKING BUSINESS.
Stocks, Bonds, Gold, Government
and Local Securities
BOUGHT AND SOLD.
Deposits Received and Interest Al
lowed on Time Certificates.
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Available in any part of the United State and
all the principal Towns and Cities of Europe.
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AGENTS FOR THE
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Europe can
FTKCHASa TICKETS TBOJf TS
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Excelsior Barber Shop.
J. C. BOONE,
Main Street, opposite Brooks House.
HAIRCUTTING,
Shaving and Shampooing.
ESPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO
Cutting Children's and Ladles'
Hair.
Call and See Boone, Gents,
And get a boon In a
OXjX3.X SHAVE.
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OO TO THE
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. J. STSEI0HT, Proprietor,
roa Tora
Boots. Stationery, Pictures, Music,
TOYS, CONFECTIONERY,
Violin Strings,
Newspapers, Novels,
Song Books, etc., etc
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ALSO, DEALER IN
MEDICINES
AT
J. H. BUTTERY'S,
On Main Street, bet. Fifth and Sixth.
Wholesale aud Retail Dealer in
Drugs and Medicines, Paints, Oils,
Varnishes, Patent Medicines,
Toilet Articles, etc., etc.
Books, Stationery
3JLVGAZINES
AND LATEST PUBLICATIONS.
fJTeicriptlons carefully compounded hy an
experienced Druggist. t$
REMEMBER THE PLACE
Cor. Fifth and Main Streets,
PLA.TTSMOUTII, NEB.
rTRESCRIPTIONS carefully compounded at
all honrs, day and night. 35-1 y
J. W. SHANNON'S
Feed, Sale and Livery
STArtTiE.
Main Street, Plattsmouth, Neb.
THOS. V. SHRYOCK,
DEALER IX
Main St., bet. 5th and 6th,
PLATTSMOUTH, - 3STEB.
ALSO
UNDERTAKER,
And has on hand a large stock of
Metallic Burial Cases,
Wooden Coffins, Etc.,
Of all sizes, cheap for cash.
Funerals Attended on Short Notice
II. J. WATERMAN & SON,
Wholeeale and Retail Dealers in
PINE LUMBER,
Lath. Shingles,
SASH, D00ES, BLINDS, ETC.,
On Main St., cor. Fifth,
PLATTSMOUTn,
NEB.
FOR YOUR CROCERIES
J. V. Wecktoach,
Cor. Third and Main Sts , Plattemoath.
(Gnthmann's old stand.)
lie keeps on hand a large and well-selected stock
01
FANCY GROCERIES,
Coffees, Teas, Sugar, Sirup, Boots,
Shoes, Etc., Etc., Etc., Etc.
Aleo, a large stock of
Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes,
Crockery, Qneensware,
Etc., Etc., Etc.
In connection with the Grocery is a
BAKERY and CONFECTIONERY.
Highest Price Paid for Country Produce.
A full stock at all times, and will not be undersold.
Take notice of the Sign :
"EMPIRE BAKERY AND GROCERY." -nlyl
WILLIAM STADELMANN
Has on hand one of the largest stocks of
CLOTHING
Gents' Furnishing Goods
FOR SPRING AND SUMMER.
I-5 I invite everybody in want of anything in my
line to call at my store.
South Side Main, bet. 5th & 6th Sts.,
And convince themselves of the fact. I have as a
specialty in my Retail Departments a clock of
Fine Clothing for Men and Boys, to which we in
vite those who want good.
I also keep on band a large and well-selected
stock of
Hats, Caps, Eoots, Shoes, Etc.
jarlyl
PHILADELPHIA STORE
SOLOJIOX A XATIIAX,
DEALERS IX "
Fancy Dry Goods,
Notions, Lalies5 Furnisliins (Moils.
Largest, Cheapest, Finest and Best Assorted Stock
in me city.
POST OFFICE BUILDIXG,
PLATTSMOUTn, NEB.
We are prepared to sell chesper than they can
he pnr chased elsewhere.
GIVE T7S -A. ,
And examine oar Goods.
restore on Main St., between 4th and 5th St.,
Plattsmouth, Neb. NHf
I'LATTSMOliTII MILLS,
PLATTSMOUTII NEBRASKA.
CONRAD Heuel, Proprietor.
FLOUR, CORN MEAL, FEED.
Always on hand and for sale at lowest cash prices.
The Highest Prices paid for Wheat and Corn.
-Particular attention given to custom work.
Condensed from Telegrams of Accompanjics Dales,
Tuesday, April 27. The Roman Cath
olic Bishops of Great Britain have written
letters of sympathy to the Bishops of Germany
and Switzerland, now claiming to suffer per
secution at the hands of their respective
Governments .... The Postmaster-General
has issued an order canceling all awards of
contracts heretofore made in favor of the par
ties whose names are contained in the propo
sals fraudulently imposed upon the depart
ment by the complicity of clerks at the last reg
ular letting, and directing the contracts to be
immediately awarded to the respective bid
ders whose proposals are next lowest in
amount to the proposals thus rejected..
Secretary Delano has announced that in
accordance with the advice of friends in
various parts of the country, and in accord
ance with his own judgment of his duty to
himself and to the Republican party, he has
indefinitely postponed his intended resigna
tion.... The cross-examination of Mr. Par
tridge, in the Beecher suit, was concluded on
me -oin, ana .iizatein A.a nerre rainier, a
professed spiritual medium, testified to
having seen demonstrations of affec
tion and intimacy between Mr. Tilton
ana Airs. Woodhull and to nave over
heard conversations between them relative to
the publication of the Golden Aqe and Mrs.
"Woodhull's paper as organs of Spiritualism
Before the publication of the Woodhull scan
dal witness says she heard the proef-sbeets
of that document read to Mr. Tilton by Mrs.
W.; also heard Mr. Tilton say, before the pub
lication of the scandal, that the story about
Mr. Beecher and his (Tilton's) wife was not
true. Lawyer Tracy, of the defense, was
called to the stand, but his testimony was de
ferred till the 27th.... A collision occurred
on the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad, in
iaryiana, on the IJbth between two passen
ger trains, and the two engines and
four cars were completely demolished
and nine persons were seriously in
jured and several others slightly hurt....
Memorial Day was observed at Augusta, Ga.,
on the 2tth with unusually imposing cer
emonies, the corner-stone of the Confederate
monument being laid, after which the Ladies'
Memorial Association decorated with flowers
the graves of the Confederate and Federal
dead in Augusta Cemetery.
Wednesday, April 29. Paul Bovton
Is to make a second attempt on the 27th of
May to swim the British Channel.... Owing
to the absenee of Mr. Beach the direct exam
ination of Mr. Tracy was postponed on the
27th. J. F. St George testified that Mr.
Tilton, Tennie C. Claflin and Mrs. Wood
hull were in the Communist procession
in 1871, and rode in the same carriage with
Col. Blood.... The imposing ceremonies at
tending the conferring of the scarlet cap (be
retta) upon Cardinal McCloskey took place at
St Patrick's Cathedral, New York, on the
27th, in the presence of many distinguished
Catholic dignitaries and a large crowd
of spectators.... Gen. II. II. Holman,
of St. Louis, has been appointed lo
cal architect in charge of the new
Custom-House and PostofQce edifice now
in process of erection in Chicago, vice A. A.
Rankin, removed. It is 6tated that the new
superintendent has discovered gome &erieus
defects in the work already accomplished,
and it is not impossible that it will all have
to be done over again, at an extra ex
pense, the Times says, of not much less than
11,000,000. ...The Iowa Republican State Con
vention to nominate candidates for Governor,
Lieutenant-Governor, Judge of Supreme
Court and Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion is to meet atDes Moines on the 30th of
June. . .Planters in Tennessee are complaining
greatly of the unprecedented destruction of
mules and horses by the buffalo gnats.... In
vestigation into the Texas border troubles
would seem to have established the fact that
neither Texans nor ex-Confederate soldiers,
but Mexicans, are the perpetrators of the re
cent robberies and other outrages.
Thursday, April 29. At a recent
meeting of the British Association of Agri
cultural Engineers in London it was resolved
that British manufacturers be advised not to
send their products to the Centennial
Exhibition, as the tariff imposed in Amer
ica would prevent the sale of such articles
and no practical good would result M.
De Lafayette, President of the French
Commission for the Philadelphia Exhibition,
states that encouraging letters have been re
ceived from all parts of France . . . -The Prince
of Wales has been installed Grand Master of
the United Grand Lodge of Masons, in London
Judgo J. Edwards Pierrepont, of New
York, has been tendered by the Presi
dent and has accepted the position of
Attorney-General of the United States....
In his evidence on the 2Sth Mr. Tracy said
that in his interview with Messrs. Tilton and
Moulton the charge made against Mr.
Beecher was improper proposals; Mr. Tilton
denied the charge as now alleged ; Mr. Moul
ton had never told wituess at these
Interviews that Mr. Beecher was
guilty of the greater crime, nor
did witness say that if the charge was true it
was a case in which lying was justifiable;
witness had, however, advised a general deni
al of the Woodhull 6candal, which Mr. Tilton
said he could not do, as it was partly true; he
(witness) also advised the destruction of all
the documents in the possession of Mr. Moul
ton ... Oshkosh, Wis., was visited by a terrible
conflagration on the 28th. The area burned
over is about a mile and a half in length by
half a mile in width. The principal business
blocks in the city and the finest residences
were destroyed, including all the newspaper
offices, the opera-house, the court
house, the banks, all the hotels except one,
the telegraph office, several saw and shingle
mills, and millions of feet of lumber. Three 1
lives were lost and hundreds of families were
rendered homeless. The loss is variously
estimated at from $750,000 to $2,000,000.
Friday, April 30. A Constable and two
deputies, having the necessary legal docu
ments, undertook, on the 21th, to eject a
miner's family from a house near Wilkesbarre,
Pa., the house having been bought at Sheriff's
sale. Women drove off the officers with
tones and other missiles. The Constable sub
sequently returned with increased force and
made several arrests, when the party was at
tacked by armed miners and two of their
number were killed and a third mortally
wounded. They again returned with a larger
force and captured and ironed the family oc
cupying the disputed premises . . . .Carl Schurz
and family left New York on the 29th on a
visit to Europe. Previous to leaving that city
Mr. Schurz was given a complimentary ban
quet, at which William M. Evarts presided
..Gen. Tracy finished his direct testimony
on the 29th, and he was cross-examined Vy
Mr. Beach. His evidence was mainly contra
dictory of the statements of Messrs. Tilton
and Moulton in regard to witness' con
nection with the parties prior to" the
beginning of the present suit... .The
Weber furniture factory in Detroit and
ten or twelve dwelling-houses adjoining have
been destroyed by fire, in flic tin z a loss of
about $300,003 It is announced that the
breaks in the Union Pacific Railroad, caused
by the freshets In the Rocky Mountains, have
been repaired, and that trains have resumed
their regular trips.
The little busy John Bee, of Rhode
Island, improved the shining hour to pick
thirty-one pockets at one prayer-meeting.
The bum amounted to $715.
THE MARKETS.
ArBii. 30, 1873.
NEW YORK.
Cotton Middling upland, 16163c.
Live Stock. Beef Cattle $11.5(X13.25. Hogs
Live, Sheep Live (unshorn), $6.00
S.OO.
Brbadstucts. Flour Good to choice, $5.2X8
5.50; white wheat extra, $5.506.ao. Wheat No.
2Cbicago. $1.1831.20; No. 2 Northwestern, $1.19
&1.20'J; No. 2 Milwaukee spring, $1.201.21!4.
Rye Western and State, 95&$1.03. Barley
$1.413,1.4-.. Corn Mixed Western, 90aWc.
Oats Western. 7&75!4c.
Pkovisions. Pork New Mess, $23.0a&22.12V4
Lard Prime Steam, 15.16c. Cheese 10
164c.
Wool. Domestic fleece, 48&dc
CHICAGO.
Lrv Stock. Beeves Choice, $G.2'&6.50;
good, $5.8.t6.10; medium. $5.505.75; butch
ers' stock, $4.255.75; stock cattle, $1.0(X&5.40.
Hogs Live, $7.75&8.75. Sheep Good to choice
(unHhoru), $5.7jS&6.75.
Provisions. Butter Choice, 2430c. Ef;
Fresh, 14'i15c. Cheese Now York Factory,
17&17,ic; Western Factory, 10K17c. Pork
Mess, $iil.8522.00. Lard $15.5515.60.
BaEAUSTurps. Flour White Winter Extra,
$5.00&7.OO; eprinp extra, $1.G05.25. Wheat
Spring, No. 2, $1.04&1.04K. Corn No. 2, 76
i6!ic. Oats No. 2, 62&62Xc. Rye No. ,
$1.0&l.O7. Barley No. 2, $1.283.1.30.
Wool. Tub-washed, 4"j58c; fleece, washed.
4iX&50c; unwashed, 2737c.
Lcxbbr. First Clear, $52.00&55.00; Second
Clear, $t 1.0047.00; Common Boards, $11.00(3)
12.00: Fencing, $13.0013.50; "A" Shingles
$:.0CQ3.25; Lath. $2.00&,2.25.
CINCINNATI.
Breadsttjtfs. Flour $5.80(26.00. Wheat-
Red, $1.3ai-35- Corn 73&75C. Rye $1.18
(&1.-30. Oats C75L69C. Barley No. 2, $1.33.1.40
Provisions. Pork $21.!id22.00. Lard 15K
15?ic
ST. LOUIS.
Lrvs Stock. Beeves Jfair to choice, $5.50Q
6.37!-,. IIoa-Live, $6. 75.8. 30.
BBiAUSTurrs. Flour XX Fall, $5.5035.60.
Wheat No. 2 Red Fall, $1.3U31.36!4. Corn
No. 2, 73'43.74V4c Oats No. 2, (i364!C. Rye-
No. 1, $l.O71.08. Barley No. 2, $1.32(31.35.
Provisions. Pork Mese, $22.00322.37. Lard
15315'c.
MILWAUKEE.
Brbadstpfm. Flourfcpring XX, $4.90(35.20.
Wheat Spring, No. 1, $l.O6!J&1.07; No. 2, $1.03
31.03V. Corn No. 2, 733.73ic. Oats No. 2,
b04.lc. Rye No. 1, $1.163.1.17. Barley ro
2, f 1.20!431-23.
Brbadstuits. Wheat Extra, $1.2331.30,
Corn No. 1, 75!4376!4c. Oats No. 1, 6K&G6C.
TOLEDO.
Brb ADSTcrrs. Wheat Amber Michigan,
tl.2431.1: No. 2 Red. $1.24'i31.25. Corn-
High Mixed, 7737C. Oats No. 2, G4H365C.
CLEVELAND.
Breadstuffs. Wheat No. 1 Red, S1.23!i3
1.29; No. 2 Red. $1.21V4Gl-2. Corn High
Mixed, 77S"Sc. Oats No. 1, 67g3c.
BUFFALO.
Live Stock. Beeves $5.7336 62!4. Hogs-
Live, $7.5038.55. Sheep Live (unshorn), $6.40
6.80.
EAST LIBERTY.
Lrvs Stock. Beeves Best, $6.757.50; me
dium, $6.0036.2?. Hogs Yorkers, $7.758.00;
Philadelphia, $S.909.10. Sheep Best, $6.50
00; medium, $3.75(0,6.25.
their melancholy way to such quarters as
they could go to. Thurman accompanied
Foven to his house on the comer of Clark
and Wisconsin streets, but what his move
ments in the future w ill be he does not
know.
THE SECOND-ADVEXTISTS.
Chicago,
Scene at Tlielr jneetlnz In Chicago on
tlie M-lit of April 19.
The Second-Adventists of
whose leaders had all along prophesied
and unouestionablv expected the second
comins o? Christ on the evening of April
19, assembled in an upper room at dark to
celebrate the Lord's Supper, at which they
expected Christ himselt to be present. e
condense the ioliowing from ihe Chicago
Tribune's account of the scenes at this
meetin1': A ihr.nder-storm wliien came
up early in the evening carried Ihe assem
blage to an ecstatic pitch of excitement,
and they eagerly peeieil tlirougli tue win
dows and watched, as the storm swept
alons and the lightning flashed, expecting
every moment to see their Lord ruling in
the heavens. The washing of the disci
ples' feet, which was conducted with so
lemnity and feelinir. was followed by the
Last Supper" ana tie w ine, in tne oruer
that thee sacraments are usually cele
brated. IJv this time it was nearly mid
night, and despair began to lie manifest in
the countenance of the Elder. lie arose
to address his flock, and said he did ex
pect to be with Jesus by that time,
and was honest and sincere in teach
ing his flock to so believe, lie
had taken Christ ft His word, as He
had revealed jiimseli" in the Holy Scrip
tuies. Yet, if Christ did not come, he did
not see how the period of His appearance
could ever be shown. All prophetic dates
ended on the rJlh ot Apul. He seemed
stupefied at the greatness of his disap
pointment Ihen a hvmn was sung, and
as the minute touched the hour of twelve
a deo groan ran through the assembly.
Then followed a pitiful scone. Women
wrung their hands in bitter anguish;
strongmen buried their faces and wept
and groaned. The violent descent from
ecstatic jov to terrible disappointment
bruised and crushed their spirits. Thur
man sat still and murmuring, as if dazed
and slupelied with the greatness of his
calamity. The work of his lifetime had
fallen to nothingness. l lie nrm looting
of his faith had suddenly slipped from
under him, and the horrors of darkness
encompassed him. He then pronounced
the benediction and sat down in moody
silence, while his followers went on groan
inir anil weeping.
ihe scenes attendant upon the break-up
oj the meeting battle description. With
the tears rolling down their cheeks they
sang the hymn:
Jesus, I my cross have taken.
All to leave and follow Thee,
Naked, poor, despised, forsaken,
Thou, from hence, my all shall be.
Some tried to cheer the more broken-
spirited by suggesting variovs possibilities
of the prophetic dates extending for some
time longer. Fojren, w hose joy and hap
piness in anticipation had lcen boundless,
stood up and said, in a voice broken with
sobs.
" It is no use! It is no use! We are
either diappointed or we are not disap
pointed, and if we are not disappointed
then we did expect Jesus with faith.
Nothing but Jesus can cheer our hearts
to-night. Jly heart is broken. I never
expect to see my home again or do anoth
er stroke of work. I feel bitter, bitter, dis
appointed." The tears poured down his
cheeks, and his grief seemed to be intoler
ably great "This is the feeling of my
heart. Nothing can satisfy me but the
coming of Jesus. I don't know what I
shall do if Jesus don't come. Lord, help
me. I hate to go to my home again."
They wept and fell on one another's
necks. Many of them uid not know
where to go or what to do, as they had re
linquished their lodgings and given away
their furniture and everything. In the ex
tremiiy of their distress the;r affections
still clung to Thurman. The men all
came to him and gave him the kiss of)
peace, according to the:r fashion. One of
ihem pressed him to come and stay with
him. Thurman said, sadly: " I don't feel
like seeing anybody now. I wish I cou'd
sink into my grave." The women gath
ered around him and he shook hands w ith
them. A number of people had to remain
where they were. Others went to the
houses- of those who were fortunate
enough to retain homes. One man
named Miller, w ho had disposed of over
$0000 worth of property, asked perails
sion of a brother to sleep on his floor that
night. An old, white-haired woman r.nid
that she had a place to go to to-night, but
what she should do next God only
knew. The children were crying, babies
squalling and women wringing their
hands in anguish as at about half-past
one the assembly dispersed, pursuing
Tbe Great Fire la Oshkosh, Wis.
The thriving and beautiful city of
Oshkosh, Wis, was yesterday the scene
of a terrible conflagration, which re
duced to ruins an area of about one
square mile, containing the finest portion
of the city, and involving a loss estimat
ed at over $ 2,000.000. The fire is said to
have broken out after one o'clock in the
afternoon in a saw-mill, and from thence,
aided by a fierce gale from the
northwest, the flames extended to
other" mills and lumber-yards, the
embers from which, borne on the high
wird, rapidly communicated the fire to
adjacent buildings, and it was soon rag
ing so furious and fast as to be beyond
control. A wide swath was mowed by
the flames through the choicest portion
of the city, and it was not until after
several hours of battle, in which all
possible assistance was rendered by
the fire departments of neighboring
cities, that the dreadful destruc
tion was stayed. The ruin wrought
was something pitiful the equivalent,
in Oshkosh, to Chicago s great blaze o.
1871. The Court-House, Posloflicc,
Opera-Ilouse, hotels (with one excep
tion), four newspaper offices, banks,
telegraph olflce, scores of business
blocks and their contents, a large num
ber of elegant residences, manufactories,
mills, etc., were destroyed, involving
poverty and ruin for a large number of
firosperous citizens; three lives were
ost, according to our latest advices, and
hundreds of families were rendered
homeless. Oshkosh has been singularly
unfortunate in regard to conflagrations.
No longer ago than July 14, i874, the
date of Chicago's tecond great fire, Osh
kosh suffered tbe destruction of 600
houses, with a loss of about $800,000.
Hardly have her energetic and plucky
citizens had time to recover from this
blow before another and far more
terrible calamity overtakes their city.
Her sufferingpeople will have the sincere
sympathy of Chicago and the North
west, and more material manifestations
will not be lacking in our city. Osh
kosh, though fearfully stunned by this
monster catastrophe, has within herself
the power of recuperation and recovery.
Her fine natural advantages, together
with the enterprise and spirit of her
citizens, will soon set the city on her
feet again. Chicago Tribune, April 29.
SESE AND NONSENSE.
The Fhilosophy of Mixtures.
Much questioning has been made first
and last, especially by hygienists, about
the propriety of mixingdifl'erent materials
in cooking, it is strongly urged mat in
the perfect preparation of dishes thev
should consist of simples only. If this
idea be strict lv carried out the science of
cookery would mostly be done away with.
The only exceptions would be in the proc
esses of parching and roasting, lor the
plainest breads and mushes cannot be
made without an admixture of water. We
think it would be very difficult to prove
that il would 1)3 auy less objectionable to
dilute nature's per feet preparations with
water than to mingle them with each otli
er. Further, the same principle applies to
the mingling of two or more kinds of food
at the same meal, for it is no worse to
mix them in the mouth or in the stomach
than in the cooking. Of course it is
possible to make a whole meal of one
kind of food and enjoy it. When a re
striction upon gormandizing is neces
sary, it might be best to resort to this de
vice, la ordiuary cases, however, we
think people are better nourished and have
their digestive powers more thoroughly
broughlinto action to have both fruits and
grains, and several of them, at the same
meal. The practice of many of our best
hygienists coincides with this opinion.
We are speaking now of well people. The
sick, of course, ha-e their diet as well as
their general treatment prescribed by their
physician.
It should oe rernemuereu, However, mat
when different materials are mingled the
cooking should be sufficient for the hard
est, w hichever that may be. In these mixt
ures oi rye nnd Indian corn tne cooking
should be suflicient for the corn, and they
are usually cooked a very long time.
science of Health
Giants and Dwarfs.
A paragraph is going the rounds of the
daily press, rehearsing the names of
many eminent men who have shown
extraordinary energy in war and politics
as being short rather than tall, which has
suggested the subject of this brief sketch.
Naiwdeon was quite short, only aliout five
feet four inches: Nelson was very small.
and Wellington hardly five feet ciiht
inches in heiaht. Peter the Great was quite
a short man ; Louis the Fourteenth was a
pigmy in body, always dressing to appear
tailer than he really was; William the
Third was also far below the ordinary size;
while his opponent, Luxemburg, was a
dwarf.
In ancient records we read of some
famous though diminutive people, among
the extreme of whom was Philetas, the
poet, contemporary with Hippocrates, and
who was obliged to ballast himself- to
avoid being blown away by the wind ; also
of a famous Egyptian dwarf named Calis
tus, who at the age of twenty-live did not
weigh more than a fat partridge; and lastly
of another poet, Aristratusr of whom it
was said that his stature was so small no
one could see him ! In more modern times
there was Sir Geoffrey Hudson, who at
the age of thirty was but eighteen inches
high. Count Joseph Borowlaski at twenty
vears of age measured two feet four
inches, thousrh at thirty years he
grew to three feet three inches. Nicholas
Ferry was another celebrated dwarf,
weighing less than one pound when born,
but at twenty years had grown to the '
height of twenty-two inches, and died at
tweniy-three years. Prince Colobri, a
Slesvig dwarf, was under twenty-six
inches. There is a Dutch "Tom
Thumb" now living about the same
height.
Giants are rarer occurrences than dwarfs,
and statistics show that they are not so
long-lived. Bryne, a famous lrish giant
who died in "London some years since,
measured eight feet two inches. Cornelius
Magrath, also well known in England,
measured seven feet eight inches. Ed
ward Malone, another Iiishman, was
seven feet 6even inches, the same stature
as Daniel Carclamus, a Swedish giant. A
skeleton dug up in a Roman camp at St.
Albans, England, was eight feet four
inches, and must have been more in liie.
Goliath of Gath, according to Biblical
writers, measured eleven feet in height,
and Maximimus, the Emperor, was lully
nine feet in height. There has w ithin a
few years been exhibited in this city a
Prussian who measured over eight leet,
and who seemed like a church-steeple at
the side of Tom Thumb and Commodore
Nutt, with whomhe generally appeared.
N. T. Weeklv.
tThe Lancaster (Pa.) Gazette says
the Ohio elections have proven anything
but a bonanza for the Democrats. They
have not only not carried all the cities
they captured last fall, but in several of
those they still hold their majorities have
been greatly reduced. The proportion of i
reduction established by the recent elec
tions would give the State to the Republi
cans by a handsome majority.
The first thing a man takes in his life
is bis milk the last thing his bier.
Scalp-hunters Fine-teeth combs.
What relation is the door to the door
mat A step farther.
The Philadelphia Chronicle mentions
the death of a millionaire " who was quite
a respectable person."
This is the way an " intelligent comp
set up the Halls of the Montezumas:
"The Hells of the Monte Games." -
It is a saddening spectacle to see peo
ple squandering money, and know that
you can't help them do it Danbury
Ar.
" I say, Pat, what are you about sweep
ing out the room " " JNo," answers Par,
" I am sweeping out the dirt and leaving
the room."
Come now. Are you ever going to
stop talking alxnit that "shot heard round
the world ?" Shoot that shot.
It is easier to bear up under our mis
fortunes than to survive the comments of
our friends on them.
Twenty sophomores of Dartmouth
College arc afflicted with that cheerful
and picturesque complaint known as the
mumps.
The Rochester Democrat proposes to
date the orisrin of the Genesee Falls 100
years back and have a centennial.
Now that it is learned that the fruit
buds are destroyed, all the small specu
lators will go int the lruit trade.
A cruel and unusual punishment is
inflicted on the prisoners in the Bangor
(Me.) jail, i.i allowing the students from
the lheological Seminary to preach raw
sermons to them.
The Tulare (Cal.) Times resents as an
outrage the conduct of some parties who
are cuttinz one of the bi? trees in the I u
h're grove, thinyfect in diameter and over
300 in height, for exhibition at the Cen
tennial.
A Detroiter is to be married on the
Fourth of Julv. Few men care to invite
at such an early stage in the matrimonial
career the blowinsr up which is at some
time sure to come.
Epitaphs were discussed before a fel
low of twenty-five, who thought they were
too complicated, and gave the tol lowing
as w hat he would like to have on his
tomb:
'.'JOHN THOMPSON, lSoO-1950."
A V irertnia widow relusea to marry a
bald-headed man, though he was a mill
lonaire. Mie explained : "vte'u nave a
famity fight some time, and lie has no hair
to catch hold oi."
Think what destruction would have
been caused if the spelling-school fever
had ever struck the Aztec Empire. V hy,
when they were at their meals and want
ed bread they had to ask for totauquitlax-
callillaquelpacholli.
It is cited by the New York papers 83
a curious fact that while the filthy, tumble-down
markets of that city are crowded
from morning till night no one can sell
anything in those which are handsome
and spacious.
A quiet, peaceable gentleman in Phil
adelphia has recently given up business,
sent his family into the country and calm
ly announces liis determination of devot
ing the remainder of his life in discover
ing the man who sent him a paving-stone
by express with seventeen dollars charges
on it. "
It was Jones who got mad at his wife
the other night when he thought he heard
burglars in the house. She wouiuu't let
him go down in any more than the single
garment he had on, lest if he should get
stabbed she'd have to mend a hole in his
pants.
The Italian geographers have made
considerable progress in the interior of
Africa, and claim by letter to have dis
covered one of the Nile heads. They
have not yet come across Stanley, but he
will find them before they get through.
Neither the advice of others nor their
experience is worth anything to the aver
age man. A noted gunner in Maine, who
leaves a wi.-e and five children, tried to
pu'l a double-barreled gun out of a chest
by the muzzle the other day.
Louisville has had a sensation. A
bull-dog belonging to a prominent citizen
attempted to chew a " spoon" fish-hook ;
one of the prongs entered his unper lip and
the other the lower. No one dared to take
it out until chloroform was administered
to the furious animal.
Those unfortunate persons who have
been discomfited at the spelling-matches
may, perhaps, derive some consolation
from the fact that two gieat writers of the
English language, Arlemus Ward and
Chaucer, had a very insuiricient acquaint
ance with orthography.
The age of heroism is not entirely run
out. There, lor example, is Mrs. Llio
kins, who s; vs " it's too hard times to buy
a new bonuet this spring," and she has ic
solved not to do it. A more remarkable
instance of heroic self-denial on the part
of modern womankind can scaicely be
imagined.
The berretta, an article to which allu
sion has frequently been made in connec
tion with the investment oi cardinal jic
Closkey, is the usual square cap worn
when in church by all Catholic priests
who are not officiating at the altar; onlv
in the case of a Cardinal its color is scar
let instead of black.
Mrs. M. II. Burnham's notion of a
spring hat: "It won't make much differ
ence ihis weather whether one has a nice
spring hat or a poor one. A little flannel
hood Jineu Willi camphor and trimmed
about the ears wilh roasted onions for the
earache, and rigged with American mustard-leaves
for face trimming, will suit our
neuralgic condition best."
According to Drake, the Boston his
torian, there was in that city in 1725 a
seventeen-year-old boy with all the traiis
of Jesse Pomeroy, who enticed three little
children into by-places and tortured them.
The penalty inflicted upon him wasmirty-
nine lashes at the cart's tail, twelve at the
gallows, thirteen at two other places, and
hard labor in the Bridewell for six months.
At Cedar Keys, Fla., a real pirate
has appeared an aged Spaniard, who
calls himself Rios de Ralfo. He once
assisted in the burial of a large amount of
treasure at Cedar Keys, which he has re
turned to unearth, and has actually suc
ceeded in discovering an iron box con
taining many precious stones and old
Spanish coins of an estimated value of
$10,000.
Tbe Postmaster of Monticello, Ga., re
cently pei formed the feat of reading a let
ter without hearing its contents. An old
woman who had never been to school got
a letter one dr.y and asked the Postmaster
to read it for lier. She did not want him
to hear it, so the took a wad of cotton out
of her pocket and sin fled his ears w ith it.
She then had him read the ?et er in a low
voice and was perfectly satisfied that the
reader could not hear a w ord of it This
is reported as a late actual occurrence, but
it is one of thoe things that used to hap
pen (in newspapers) when the oldest of us
were boys.
A man in Baltimore called on a grave
digger one day to have his wife's grave
sodded. He was an extremely penurious
man and higgled a long time over the
price of the sinlding. Suddenly he lecame
mute, while his eyes were fixed upon a
neighboring tombstone. H's daughter
and the grave-digger stood back iu respect
for the feelings of the old gentleman, in
whose mind they supposed the sight of
that tablet had called up the memory of a
dear departed friend, for grief was tiepici
ed in his countenance and he was visibly
agitated. At length the deep emotion
which swellelhi3w bosom found vent in
this pathetic outburst: " My God! when
did that man die? He owes me $-00, and
I'll never see a cent oi it:"
The young hero of Ihe following nar
rative must have a mercurial temperament.
The Gilroy (Cal.) Advocate says: "A few
days ago Mrs. Anna Babb's little 1kv
drank a pound of quicksilver. The child
is less than three years old, and even in
California is considered rather young to
indulge in so strong a beveraire. He
found the mercury lottIe in some rubbish
in an old trunk while plaving, and drank
the whole, leaving but a lew drops. The
physician was sent for, who administered
some light remedy. The child gave no
other indication of having taken the mer
cury than drowsiness. I lie metal did not
all leave the stomach for ten days, hut he
was about all the time and is now bright
as ever."
A correspondent of the Utica Ob
server writing from Rome, N. Y., tells a
curious story of one Jlezekiah Wright,
living a few miles from that city, who
sold his wife to one Torrence. The
agreement between the parties is repro
duced, as follows: "The agreement wit-
nesseth That I, Ilezekiah Wright, of the
first part, for the consideration of three
bunches of shingles, one-half acre of un-
harvested corn, and one-half of an acre of
unharvested potatoes, do sell, assign and
transfer all my right, title and interest in
and to my wife, Mary Wright, to Joseph
loirence, ot me second part." I Signed
and sea'ed. After the instrument in writ
ing had been drawn the same was read to
the wife of the seller, who w itnessed the
same and agreed to lecome the property
ot the purchaser, and accordingly gatnered
her personal effects and took up her abode
with air. lorrence.
The following ingenious arrangement
of a sentence is taken from the Carolina
Sentinel, April 7, 1818. It maybe read in
over 2,UO() ways without altering the orisi
nal words, by beginning at the letter K,
which will be found in the center of the
diamond :
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eve
e v i v e
e v i 1 i v e
e v i 1 & 1 i v e
evil&t&livc
evil&tnt&live
evil it t n c nt&livc
evil & tne pent&live
evil&tnepepentklive
evil&tnepellcpent&live
evil&tnepepent&live
evil fctnepentfe live
evil&tnent&live
cvil&tnt&Iive
evil &tfc live
evilfc live
e v i 1 i v e
e v i v e
eve
e
The mule is eertalnlv a hard animal
to kill, especially if he makes up his mind
that he will not d;e. On the mountain
side, burdened with a heavy pack, his
foothold is as firm and sure as the earth on
wnicn it rests; but when me earth jives
way, as it sometimes does, pack ami mule
go rolling over and over down the sleep hill
or precin-ce; the animal may be killed,
apparently, two or thee times before he
gets to the bottom, but he has generally
lives enough left to secure him a good old
age and naairai death. I nave seen a
wheel mi'le fall and become buried under
a heavily-lop.ded was,on so completely that
not a hicit of the animr! was visible. Yet
when the wagon and load were removed
the mule got up and grazed as though
nothing had happened, and seemed to le
the only party there that was not surprised.
I dd hear ot one mule in the West which
died from violence. He fell into a quartz
mill and was stamped to a jelly; then
passed into the furnace and was roasted to
a white heat, which made him perspire
freely. On coming out of the furnace a
foolish man declared he was dead. But it
is said that when a curious skeptic
pounded up some of the furnace quartz
with a pestie suoiny alter me Dray oi tne
mule in the mortarwas distinctly heard.
8. J. Barroirs. in Atlantic for May.
Coming for Him.
We hope that with the passing away of
the snow wi'l disappear all temptation to
repeat the disgraceful scene enacted on
Munson street on Jfriday atternoon. As
near as we can ascertain, tne particulars
are as follows:
Mr. Robinson, who occupies the house
next north of Merrill's grocery, was en
gaged in shoveling the snow from the
roof into the street. During the work he
heard a scream from below, and looking
over the cornice he saw a man w ilh hair,
neck and clothes full of snow, dancing up
and down on the walk and shaking his fist
toward Mr. Robinson.
" What do you mean by throwing your
blasted snow over me?" gasped the
slianser.
" Who threw snow on you ?" very nat.
urally inquired Mr. Robinson, there being
every probabili.y i a the world that it was
thrown on him several davs l.efoie.
" You did; just this minit," asserted the
stranger, mo I positively.
" ell, I didn't mean to throw it on
you. now'd i know you were merer--said
Mr. Robinson, feeling that the oc
casion cabled for some firmness.
"Whv in thunder ain't you looking to
see what you're doin', and not be flinging
your snow all over creation, burying up
respectable peopiey uemanueu me
stranser.
" Who are you, anyway?" said Robin
son, raising his voice to me Key auopteu
by the stranger.
" I'll teach vou who I am if you douce
me again w ith your avalanche," screamed
the stranger.
Both men were now talking at the top
of their voices being some twenty feet
apart and several w indows in the neigh
borhood went up.
" W hat do vou mean by talking to me
that way?" screamed Robinson.
I ll snow you, it you come uown nere,
you dough-faced guillotine," shrieked the
stranger
" Don't you call me names," roared
Robinson "or I'll come down there and
split your- head open with this snow-
shovel."
"Oh, just you come, just you come,"
screamed the stransrer w iih the snow in
his neck, going passionately through the
motions ot blacking a pair ot imaginary
eyes. " i hat s an I ask. oi you, you cock
eyed bedbug!"
" Stop your hollering around nere, you
bow-legged reptile," yelled Robinson,
dancim on the cdee of the roof in an
ecstacy of rage, "or I'll hammer the lights
out of j-ou in alxmt a Murder! hel "
And in an instant the insrhtened man
was sailing toward the walk, madly claw
ing the air with a pair of logs and a long
handled snow-shovel. The occupants of
the windows sent up a scream of horror.
while the individual on the walk gave
one frenzied glance at the approaching
spectacle and turned about and fled dis
tractedly up the street, shouting " Fire!"
and " Police!" at every jump.
Robinson struck into the snow with a
velocity that nearly unjointed his neck, but
he was on his feet in an instant, actively
warding off the blows of an imaginary
assailant, and crying at the top of his
voice:
Keep him oft' n me. Help! help! for
the sake of my family help me."
Mr. Merrills, who had been attracted, to
tbe door by the noise, came out and took
him by the arm, and told him the sti pnger
had fled.
"Gone?" quickly ejaculated Mr. Rob
inson, looking hurriedly around." It is
well he has. I was coming for him, Mer
rills; coming for him hot, and I guess he
eaw it." Danbury tfeics. 1
Senator Gordon' Platform.
Gen. Gordon, of Georgia, i the leading
DemtK-ratic Senator from the Southern
Slates, and, with Mr. Lamar, of Missis
sippi, spoke in New Hampshire Just be
fore the late election. The two gentlemen
were selected for the service probably be
cause they are courteous and conciliatory
in speech and show a sag ieity in observ
ing the necessities of the political situation
which is supjH)sed to be essential to Dem
ocratic success. Their presence in New
Hampshire had, however, an effect which
waa not expected by the managers. It
served undoubtedly to force home upon
the minds of the people of that State the
question whether they w tre ready to in
vite to the control of tin- Government a
party whose representative leaders, how
ever honorable personally, were leaders in
the late war for thesviostruction of the
Union.- It wits probably a conviction of
this fact that led Senator Gordon, in a late
interview, to say that the tune had not yet
come to nominate for the Presidency an
ex-rebel soldier. The Richmond Vhig
also says that " it would not do."
It seems very dirhcult for many persons
to understand that while there is no vin
dit tiveness of feeling whatever in this part
of the country toward the late enemies of
the Government, while there is no dispo
sition to insist upon a harsh or revengeful
policy, and a constant consciousness that
the lately-divided country must be and
will be hereafter united upon h better un
derstanding than has ever existed, there
is also no pusillanimity nor blindness, but
a perfectly clear perception of the truth
that the Government should remain in the
control of the party that represents sincere
and proved fidelity to the principles upon
which the Union has leen restored; the
party whose traditions are those of lib
erty, justice, intelligence and industry.
To prove that a man does not halo
"the South," it is not necessary that
he should prefer ex-relel soldiers to
loyal soldiers, nor that h should think
that Messrs. Gordon and Lamar, for ex
ample, have any profounder faith in re
publican institutions or are more truly
patriotic than Mr. Blaine or Mr. Garfield.
There seems to be an opinion in some
quarters that to prefer a stanch Republi
can to a late Confederate Democrat is " to
rake over the embers" and to blow up tho
expiring flames of civil strife. It is part
of the delusion of 1872 that the only way
to " shake hands over the bloody chann"
that is, to maintain proper relations w ith,
the Southern States is to bring into
power the party that would have sold lib
erty to prevent the war, and would havo
sacrificed justice to buy peace. Is it said,
as some " Liberals" said in 1872. that such
a party no longer exists? What party,
then, elects Fernando Wood and Senators
Eaton and Cockerel! to Congress ?
We are told that the country wishes
"the policy" of the Democratic party.
But nolnxly knows what that policy is.
The only point upon which there is any
revelation or general agreement is, as wo
have already said, virtual support of tho
White League. As en. Gordon was
chosen as a Democratic orator in New
Hampshire, his view of a proper policy is
as instructive and valuable as that of any
Democratic leader, and he has imparted it
to a reporter. He would have the Demo
crats declare for honesty and concord:
make a definite pledge that " tbe people of
the South" will protect the negro in
all his rights; and, finally, insist upon
constitutional government in the State
and nation. This platform, with a good
candidate, he thinks would carry tho
country. But as for the first jxiint, hon
esty, we are not aware that experience has
shown it to be h distinctive quality of
Democratic administration, either in tho
government of the city of Iscwork or
in that of the country under its last
Democratic President. As for " concord,"
why is it to be especially expected tf
a party which. feels that it is of paramount
necessity to pledge itself in the same
breath that it will not countenance the
massacre and oppression of fellow-citi
zens? If the recognized practice of tho
party is "concord" with all white and all
black citizens, why announce H as a pol
icy? But if it is not the Democratic
practice, who will credit as a policy?
The pledge which Gen. Gordon would
have his party give is a confession
that the Republican charge against that
party is true, and that there is Democratic
acquiescence in the oppression of tho
ne-rro. Besides, what distincter pledge.
what fairer promise could this party ofler
than its Baltimore platform furnished in
1H7'2? And what pledges were ever more
bloodily broken ? The veiy words Gen.
Gordon uses are significant "The people
of the South will protect the negro." That
is the fatal shioboleth which always be
trays the Democrat He means by "the
people" his own caste ot color.
r.inally, he would insi t upon consti
tutional government." And would he
have it according to the Virginia and
Kentucky resolutions, or according to the
interpretation which he and his friends
gave to the constitution in waging a war
of secession, or according to Mr. Eaton's
" State sovereignty," which is the last
Democratic utterance uion the subject?
And why should the country suppose that
he an his friends would respect the new
parts of the Constitution, in their spirit as
well as in their letter, more truly than
those who framed and adopted them ? In
deed, there is nothing in Gen. Gordon's
suggestions of a Democratic policy which
the very stanchest Republicans do not
maintain, while the action of the Demo
crats has afforded no reason whatever for
supposing that such a policy is regarded
by them as more than a promise toinsnaro
the unwary. Jarjer's Weekly.
tW During the reorganization of the
Louisiana House of Representatives under
the Wheeler adjustment a resolution was
adopted, part of which is as follows:
"And the House ot Representatives, as to
its members as constituted under the
award of Messrs. Hoar, Wheeler, Frye,
Marshall, Potter and Phelps, shall remain
trithovt cumge, except by resignation r
death of members, until a new general elec
tion." This resolution was adopted by a
large majority, receiving the votes of most
of the Democrats. On the strength of this
and other pledges contained in the reso
lution the members unseated under the
Wheeler award quietly, and with excellent
grace, gave their places to Democrats.
Lnder these circumstances, me unsealing
of four more Republicans and the seating
of four Democrats in their places was a
most despicable act of bad faith. It can
hardly be expected that the Republicans
will hereafter put any confidence in Dem
ocratic pledges. It will ue war to tne
knife, and no compromise, in the future;
and the Democrats w ill have to carry on
their fight without much outside sympa
thy. Chicago Times.
K'fTTe Democrats in the Louisiana
House of Representaiives, after having
solemnly agreed to abide by the terms of
the Wheeler compromise, by which the
late political troubles in that State were to
be amicably adjusted, yesterday perfidi
ously violated their pledges by unsealing
four Republican members of the House
and voting Democrafs into their places.
This virtually gives the Democracy tho
full control of the Legislature and doubt
less w ill reopen the old trouble in an iw
virrler.ee. Is there no longer eucli a ining
as Democratic honesty or god fuith ex
tant tCh icago J ou mat, April 2 1 .
"Im.
partial observers ot me course oi me
Democratic party during the past winter,
psneciallv in the Western Stales, ore not
overwhelmingly impressed w ith the con
viction that the good of the country de
mands a restoration of the Democracy to
power." -
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