Nebraska Newspapers

    THE HERALD.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA.
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VOLUME XI.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1875.
NUMBER 251.
THE HERALD.
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Strt ijrht, al the Postotncr, and O. F. Jobnaon, cor
ncr of Main and Vif th atreeta.
rfENRY BGECK,
DEALEB IV
IFnriiitiii?e5
SAFES, CHAIRS,
Lounges, Tables, Bedsteads,
XTO., BTC., ITC.,
Of All Descriptions.
METALLIC BURIAL CASES.
Wooden CofRna
Of All sizes, ready-made, and cold cheap far eiV
With many tbanka for paat palronaf a, I inTlte
!1 to call and examine my
LARGB STOCK OF
Furniture and Cofllns.
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AND
MEDICINES
AT
J. H. BUTTERY'S,
On Main Street, bet. Fifth and Sixth.
Wholesale auJ Retail Dealer In
Drugs and Medicines, Paints, Oils,
Varnishes. Patent Medicines,
Toilet Articles, etc., etc.
JVPRESCRIPTIONS carefully compounded at
all hours, day anl night, S5-ly
J. W. SHANNON'S
Feed, Sale and Livery
STAnTiE.
Main Street, Plattsmouth, Neb.
I am prepared to accommodate the puh'.ic with
Carriages, Buggies, Wagons,
AND
A Ho. I Hearse,
On Short Notice and Reasonable Terms.
A 1 1 A C Iv
Will Run to the Steamboat Land
ing, Depot, and all parts of
the City, when Desired.
janl-tf '
First National Bank
Of Plattsmouth, Nebraska,
SUCCESSOR- TO
Tootle, Ilauna S& Clarlc.
Johm FrrzoERAiJ)
K. O. Donr
A. W. McLaughlin
John O'Roubm
President
Vice-President.
Cashier.
Assistant Cashier.
Thia Bank 1b now open for business at their new
room, corner Main and Sixth streets, and ara pro
pared to transact a general
BANKING BUSINESS.
Stocks, Bonds, Gold, Government
and Local Securities
BOUGHT AND SOLD.
Deposits Received and Interest Al
lowed on Time Certificates.
SHAFTS DRAWN.
Available In any part of tha United States and In
all the Yrincipal Towns and Cities of Europe.
AGENTS FOR THE
CELEBRATED
INHAN LINE and. ALLAN LIE
of st i ;ly: 1 112
Persons wishing to bring ont their friends from
Europe can
TCRCBASK TICKETS T ROM US
Xliroxigrla to I?lattsmoixtli.
Excelsior Barber Shop.
J. C. BOONE,
Slain Street, opposite Saunders House.
HAIR-CUTTING,
Shaving and Shampooing.
ESPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO
Cutting Children' and Ladles'
Hair.
Call and See Boone, Gents,
And get a boon In a
n41-ly -
GO TO THE
Post Office Book Store,
H. J. STREIGHT, Proprietor, m
TOM TOUB
Boob. Stationery, Pictures, Music,
TOYS, CONFECTIONERY,
Violin Strings,
Newspapers, Novels,
Sobs Books, etc., etc
POST OFFICE BUILMAG,
O. F. JOHNSON,
DEALER IS
Drugs, Medicines,
AKD
WALLPAPER.
All PajerTriniei Free of Ctarce
ALSO. DEALER IN
Books. Stationery
MAGAZINES
AND LATEST PUBLICATIONS.
tfJPrescrlpt!ons carefully compounded by an
experienced Drajcgist..
REMEMBER THE PLACE
Cor. Fifth and Main Streets,
rLATTSMOUTIT, NEB.
THOS. VV- SHRYOCK.
DEALER nt
Furniture !
Main St., bet. 5th and 6th,
PLATTSMOUTH, - NEB.
ALSO
UNDERTAKER,
Acd m on hand a larg stock of
Metallic Burial Cases,
Wooden Coffins, Etc.,
Of all sizes, cheap for cash.
Funerals Attended on Short Notice
II. J. WATEMlii & SOX,
. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
PINE LUMBER,
Lath, Shingles,
SASH, DOORS, BLINDS, ETC.,
On Slain St., cor. Fifth,
PLATTSMOUTH, - - - NEB.
FOR YOUR CROCERIES
GO TO
J.V.WECKBACH
Cor. Third and Main SMs., Plattsmouth.
((iuthmann's old stand.)
He keeps on hand a large and wcll-6elected
stock of
Fancy Groceries,
COFFEES, TEAS,
ETC, ETC.,
Also a Large Stock of
DRY GOODS
Boots and Shoes,
CROCKERY, QUEEXS1VAKE,
Etc., Etc., Etc.
In connection with the Grocery is a
BAKERY and CONFECTIONERY.
IlitrhtMt Price Paid for Country Produce.
A full stock at all time, and will not be undersold.
Take notice of the Sijn:
"EMPIRE BAKERY AND GROCERY."
nljl
WILLIAM STADELMANN
Has an band on of tns largest stocks of
CLOTHING
AND
Gents' Furnishing Goods
FOR SPRING AND "CuIMER.
I Inrite everyho 'y in k ant of anything in my
line to call at niy store.
South Side Main, bet. 5th & 6th Sts.,
And convince themselves of tha fact. I bare as a
specialty in my RrUil Departments a stock of
Fins Clothing for Men and Buys, to which we ln
Ti: Ihoss who want gomls.
I also keep on baed a large and well-selected
stock of
Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, Etc.
lrtyi -
PLATTSMOUTH MILLS,
fLATTSMOTJTH NEBRASKA.
Conbao Heisx? Proprietor.
FLOUR, CORN MEAL, FEED.
Iwajs on hand and for sale at lowest cash prices,
Tbt nighes t Price' paid for Wfceat and Cora.
ParCUtJar atM&tlo kIt t tutsat wrk.
CURIIEXT PARAGRAPHS.
The Freeiort (111 ) watch-factory was
recently destroyed by an incendiary lire.
Loss $1.jO,000.
Gex. Sol JIereditit, of Indiana, died
recently at his home in Cambridge City,
of a cancer in his stomach.
James E. Daxham. Postmaster at
Bridgeport, Conn., has been suspended by
the President ,for havixg sold appointments.
"W. Perkins, an English pedestrian,
has accomplished the feat of walking eight
miles in an hour the quickest time on
record.
Information has recently been re
ceived at "Washington that Russia will be
represented at the American Centennial
next your.
Arthur Davis and wife, of Toronto,
Canada, have been sentenced to be hanged
in December next for the murder of Miss
Gilman by malpractice.
TnE vote polled in Cincinnati at the re
cent election was the largest ever cast in
that city, being 39.530. The vote in the
county was about 47,000.
TnE Governor of Alabama has appoint
ed Nov. 10 as the day for the people to
vote upon the new Constitution which the
convention of that State has recently completed.
TnE property bequeathed by the will of
x w "r c: it r
the late
machine
000,000.
Isaac M. Singer, the sewing-
man, amounts in value to $ 14,-
Tue receipts of the Postoflice Depart
ment for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1875, were $27,561,502.63; expenditures,
$33.611.309.45 leavinc a deficiency bal-
ance of $0,049,806.77.
TnE Texas Constitutional Convention
has adopted a provision making the Gov
ernor's term four years, and providing
that no person shall be eligible for more
than one term in eight years.
In consequence of the Pope's interces
sion the Emperor of Germany has remitted
one year of Cardinal Ledochowski's term
of imprisonment for resisting the Prussian
Ecclesiastical laws, and a full pardon will
probably follow.
A recent Washington dispatch says
the receipts from internal revenue for the
three months ending Sept. 30 show an in
crease of $1,780,350 over those of the cor
responding quarter last year.
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
CONDENSED TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
The steamer Pandora has recently ar
rived at London from the Arctic region.
The graves of Sir John Franklin's men
were discovered with the head-boards and
inscriptions thereon intact, and a glimpse
had of King "William's Land where no
vessel ever touched.
Isaac McAfee (colored) has been con
victed and sentenced to twenty years' im
prisonment lor having, about a j-ear ago,
caused a terrible accident on the Selma
(Ala.) & Dalton Railroad by placing ob
structions on the track. Two white men
are to be tried for the same offense.
The Chicago Journal cautions the pub
lie against counterfeit five-dollar notes on
the First National Bank of Aurora, 111.,
and says they are the same as those of the
Traders' National Bank of Chicago and of
Paxton, 111., with the exception of the
chancre in the name of the bank.
The Postmaster-General has ordered a
rearrangement of the fast-mail service be
tween New York, St. Louis and the South
west so that all such matter as naturally be
longs to the Pennsylvania Railroad shall
be sent by that line instead of the New
York Central and Lake Shore route.
A voung girl named Carrie Bucking
ham, who was visiting her sister, Mrs.
Evans, at Canon CU3', Col., a lew nights
ago, undertook to start a fire witli coal-
oil. The can exploded, her dress caught
fire, and in a moment the flames com
municated to Mrs. Evans and her infant,
one year old. The three were fatally
burned.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has re
cently decided the action of the Wood
County canvassers in throwing out the
vote of the town of Lincoln at the election
last year to be illegal. The decision was
made on a contest over the county oflices,
but the counting of the votes of Lincoln
would hare elected Alexander S. McDill
(Rep.) to Congress instead of George W.
Cate. The certificate of election had been
given to the latter. A fine of $200 was
imposed on the leading canvasser who
threw out the votes.
The Grand Jury of Winnebago Coun
ty, 111., have indicted Messrs. Foster and
Edwards, of St. Louis, the principals
in the late duel near Rockford,
their seconds, the surgeons, and Mr.
Postgate, the newspaper reporter all
for being connected with said duel.
Indictments were also found against
Patrick FJynn, ex-Sheriff of the county,
and F. B. Wilkie, of the Chicago Time,
for conspiracy and subornation ot perju
ry in obtaining affidavits to damage the
character of Miss Early, of Rockford,
who, it will be remembered, obtained a
heavy verdict against Mr. Storey, of the
Time, for defamation of character, and
which verdict has been appealed from by
the defendant. Mr. Flynn was arrested on
the 15th and was released on $1,500 bail.
Mr. Wilkie went to Rockford from Chi
cago on the 14th and gave himself up
the next day to the authorities, and was
also released on giving bail to the same
amount.
ones is engaged to a pretty and prac
tical girl. Her birthday is Oct. 1. This
morning Jones received a note from her
which said: "Dear Jack, I feared you
might send me a bonquet for a birthday
present, as you did last year, and I thought
I'd suggest to you that a parlor stove or a
German student's lamp would be a great
deal better, and either ot them would
keep." Jones has bought both, and intends
sending up a peck of sweet potatoes with
them. Boston Advertiser.
A sweet-potato plantation of 700 acres
near Atlanta, Ga., is expected to yield 40,
000 bushels of the favorite edible.
A horse who lays his ears back and
looks lightning when anyone approaches
him i vicious, Poa't buy him.
Returns (many of them unofficial) re
ccived at Columbus on the 15th from al
the counties in Ohio give Hayes a major
ity of 4,753 over Allen, and a Republican
majority of seventeen in the Houe and
three in the Senate. The entire Republi
can State ticket is probably elected. Cary
for Lieutenant-Governor, ran about 10,
000 beCind Allen in the State.
A.recent Madrid telegram states that
Don Carlos had imprisoned Dorregaray
and other of his leaders, and dismisset
them from his service.
According to a Madrid dispatch of the
ICth the Ultramontanes have forced the
Bavarian Ministry to resign.
A special, from Ragusa to the London
Timss of the 13th announces that the
Turks had crossed the Austrian border
and had menaced the village of Erzeg,
Troops had been sent thither.
A Berlin special of the 17th saj's that
Russia had commanded the Polish pro
prietors in the provinces of Milua, Gro
dno, Koona, Minsk and Vitepsk to sell
their farms to Russian tenantry, the Gov
ernment fixing the price, thus complet
ing the impoverishment of the Polish
nobility.
In a lengthy conversation in Washing
ton on the 17th between the President and
ex-Senator Pease, of Mississippi, the for
mer said he was much gratified that the
two political parties had effected an ami
cable adjustment bv which a fair election
would be held and peace maintained in
Mississippi. Pease . was assured that no
removals would be made in that State for
mere partisan reasons, and Atty.-Gen.
1'ierrenont told him that none coming
under his department would be disturbed
It has recently been discovered in Lon
don that a large amount of guns and am
munition has been shipped to the Chinese
as merchandise by Loudon merchants.
The London Standard of the 19th gives
an account of a battle between the Dalma
tians and Turks, in w hich the former had
been defeated.
Messrs. Dudgeon, iron-dealers and en
gine-manufacturersof London, have failed
with half a million liabilities.
The report of the special commission
appointed to investigate the charges made
by Prof. Marsh of mismanagement and
fraud at the Red Cloud Agency has been
made public. The commission found no
fraud in connection with the beef con
tracts, but discovered that the Government
and Indians had been swindled by flour
and pork contractors. The charges of in
competency against Agent Saville are sus
tained and the appointment of a new man
in his stead is recommended. Ex-Secretary
Delano and Commissioner Smith are
exonerated from any complicity in the
frauds, though the latter is alleged to have
been neglectful in some instances. Several
changes are recommended in the manage
ment of Indian affairs.
Two brothers named Amos and Isaac
Courtwright, who were in jail at Stevens
Point, Wis., awaiting trial for the murder
of the Sheriff of the county, were taken
from their cells early on .the morning of
the 19th by a party of about forty masked
men and hanged to a tree in the vicinity
of the jail.
The Des Moines State Register of the
18th publishes returns from eighty-seven
counties in Iowa, which give Kirkwood
23.679 majorit' and indicate a Republican
majority of thirty in the State Senate and
forty-two in the House.
A recent Berlin dispatch states that it
has been decided to send Prince Frederick
of Prussia to the Philadelphia Centennial,
and that a German licet will accompany
him.
Ex-Senator Chandler, of Michigan,
has been appointed Secretary of the In
terior, vice Delano, resigned.
The first building in the country erect
ed exclusively for the Order of the Sov
ereigns of Industry was dedicated a few
days agoat Springfield, Mass.
A new planet has been discovered by
Prof. Watson, of the Michigan University
It shines as a star of the tenth magnitude.
The three children, aboy and two girls,
of Mrs. Genty, of Oil City, Pa., were left
alone at home a few da3-s ago and, during
the absence of their mother, the little boy
sought to hurry np the fire by the use of
kerosene-oil. The customary explosion
followed and the boy was fatally burned
and the house set on fire. One of the lit
tle girls, aged thirteen, escaped from the
buildinjr, but the other, aged four, shut
herself up in a closet, and her charred re
mains were subsequently found in the
ruins of the house.
A London dispatch of the 20th states
that extensive and disastrous floods had
occurred throughout Lancashire and War
wickshire. Traffic by rail had been great
ly interrupted and for many miles abso
lutely stopped.
Centennial excursions, composed of
delegations from several Eastern and
Western cities, reached Philadelphia on
the 20th. in response to an invitation to
examine the preparations being made for
tbe grand celebration next year.
TnE Supreme Court of Germany has
indorsed the verdict of the Kammer
gericht in the case of Count von xVrnim.
Prof. Wheatstone, the distinguished
English scientist and electrician, died re
cently at Paris.
A reunion of Union and Confederate
soldiers was recently held at Elizabeth,
New Jersey.
Two hundred dwellings, a synagogue
and five school buildings were recently
destroyed by fire in Widsy, Russian
Poland. Several persons perished and
more than 3,000 persons were rendered
homeless.
ButterickA Co., of New York city,
dealers in fashion-plates, patterns, etc.,
have suspended, with liabilities estimated
at $200,000, and assets small.
The assets of the Broadway dry-goods
firm of Rice, Goodwin & Walker, which
failed about a year ago, will, it is said, pay
one cent on the dollar.
While playing croquet at Titusville.
Pa., a few days ago, Reuben Benton was
accidentally struck in the head with a mal
let, and so badly injured thai, he died in a
few hours.
In giving the particulars of the recent
floods in England, the London Horning
Echo of the 224 says the yalley of the
River Don had formed a lake half a mile
wide and fifteen miles long; that many
collieries and iron-works had been flooded
and thousands of operatives thrown out
of employment. At Darlington the flood
was particularly severe, the gas-works,
anion;; other establishments, being
drowned out. At Rutherham, in York
shire, over 1,000 people were out of work.
l he King 01 uavaria lias issued a
royal decree adjourning the Bavarian
Diet until further notice. The King re
fused to accept the resignation of his Min
isters.
A large mass-meeting 01 citizens in
favor of the reading of the Bible in the
public schools was held in New York city
on the evening of the 20th.
At Denver, Col., on the 21st, the bodies
of four Italian musicians (an old man and
three boys) were found in a cellar of the
house they had occupied, with their
throats cut from ear to ear. The crime
had evidently been committed several
days, as the bodies were badly decom
posed. Suspicion points to another party
of musicians who were in the city at about
that time and stated that the murdered
parties had gone East.
Prof. Carh (Rep.) was elected State
Superintendent of Public Instruction at
the election in California on the 20th. All
the Judges but one in office in San Fran
cisco, both democratic ana nepubiican,
were re-elected.
A recent Paris telegram says the work
of sinking a shaft 100 meters deep would
shortly be begun near Calais, preliminary
to the cutting of the English Channel
tunnel.
The town of Iquique, a seaport of some
importance in Peru, South America, has
been almost entirely destroyed by a confla
gration.
Frederick Hudson, for many years
managing editor of the New York Ilerald,
died a few days ago at Concord, Mass.,
from injuries received the day belore by
being struck by a locomotive while riding
across a railroad track in a buggy.
THE MARKETS.
October 23, 1175.
NEW YOKK.
Litb Stock. Beef Cattle fl0.00ai2.60. Hogi
Live, $8.2 8 Sheep Live, $4.50C25.
Bkeaustufps. Flour Good to choice, $5.853
6.35; white wheat extra, $6.3jQl8.00. Wheat No.
Chicago, SI.2C&1.27; No. 2 Northwestern,
1.86W1.27; No. 2 Milwaukee sprinc, $1,310
1.32. Rye Western and State, 8789c. Bar
ley 1.121.15. Corn Mixed Western, 69
lc. Oats Mixed Western, 4. (a-loc.
Pbowsions. Pork Mess, 21.70St21.80. Lard
-Prime Steam, 13&14c Cheese bi4ai3c.
Wool. Domestic Fleece, -13&.6;c.
cnicAuo.
Live Stock. Beeves Choice, $5.756.25 ;
good, $4.75 j.50; medium, $1.253 4.75; butch
ers' stock, $2.&03.75; stock cattle, $2.75
3.75. Hogs Live, $7.507.75. Sheep Good to
choice, $4 254.75.
Provisions. Butter Choice, 3934c. Efrgs
Fresh, 2122c. Pork Mess, $21.502 00.
Lard $13.6513.70.
BnEADsTerPs. Flour White Winter Extra,
$5.75S.0O; spring extra. $5.0OQ6.OO. Wheal
Spring. No. 2, $ 1.1 0'4 1.11. Corn No. 2, E3
54c. Oats No. 2, 33l!c Rye No. 2,
--70V4C Barley No. 2, 9vi99c.
Lumber. First and Second Clear, $13.eo
45.0; Common Boards, $10.5011.00; Fencing,
$U.0012.C0; "A" Shingles, $2.502.90; Lath,
$1.7E2.C0.
LivK Stock Beeves Best, $5.258.75; me
dium. $5.505.75. Hogs Yorkers, $7.407.60;
Philadelphias, $3.2"S.40. Sheep Best, $5.25
r0; medium, $4.755.O0.
ually making Behring's Straits. In
this, however, they were disappointed.
lioouettc s Island was discovered ahead.
It was then considered probable that the ves
sel would be able to reach lJellot s Straits.
As the steamer moved forward all hands
were gazing casrerly ahead to the south
ward, but, on reaching Roquette's Island,
officers and men saw the edge of the solid
pack of ice which stretched across the
strait from side to side in one unbroken
expanse of hummock-ice.
This pack blocked the entrance to Bel-
lot s Straits. It was the same pack of ice
that stopped Capt. McCuntock on the
Fox. So there was no hope of a speedy
movement of the icy barrier. The Pan
dora staved at this point until the 7th of
September, when, finding that no further
progress was possible. Capt. Younsr and
his officers saw that they must decide
either to remain through the winter in the
ice or return. Alter a mature delibera
tion it was decided to ha useless to remain
in w inter quarters, and that it would be
far better to return next year. The re
turn journey was full of difficulties, as the
ice was rapidly forming, and the passage
of the Pandora was a constant series of
exciting scenes and narrow escapes from
moving ice-noes.
Finally escaping through Peel Strait, the
ice still rapidly forming and accumulating.
the steamer at length reached Carey
Island in safety. There Capt. Young
found the long-looked-for dispatches from
Capt. Nares tor the Untish Admiralty.
rom Melville Isav homeward the voyage
was almost uneventful. The dreaded bay
once safely passed unharmed, the raider
steamed directly for England and arrived
salely in port.
Capt. loung reports that from the prev
alence of north winds there is abundant
promise that Capt. Nares will prove suc
cessful. Should the expectations ol the
Pandora's commander be verified Capt.
Nares will proceed to the highest latitude
possible.
SESE AND 0SESE.
stock perish from famine than
Retnrn of the Arctic Exploring Vessel
Pandora.
Losdok, Ocr. 16.
The Pandora arrived safe and sound at
Portsmouth this afternoon, after an ad
venturous and eventful voyage in the Arc
tic seas. The Pandora arrived safely at
Disco, Greenland, and left that port on the
th of August, reaching upernaviK in
time to leave there on the 13th. Alter
sailing from the port of Upernavik, Green
land, the Pandora crossed tne dreaded
Melville Bay without any mishap, for,
contrary to previous expectation, tne
usual fields ot pack-ice were not visible,
and almost a clear sheet of water was
found. Consequently the passage was
made in good time and in smooth water.
In due time the expedition reached
Carey Island, where Commander Young
anticipated finding dispatches that might
have been left there by Capt. Nares to be
taken to the British Admiralty. In this
he was disappointed, as no signs of the
Government exploring expedition were
visible. There being nothing further to
be done at the island, Capt. Young de
cided to steer for Lancaster Sound, the
northwest corner of Baffin's Bay, and, on
reaching that point, encountered for the
first time ice-floes. So great was the
pressure of the floating ice that it was
with great difficulty that the Pandora was
forced on her way. Despite the ice and
the difficulty of passage Capt. Young suc
ceeded in traversing the entire length of
Barrow Strait, making the passage in
good time. The Pandora's progress was
then impeded by a dense and blinding
fog, which was so thick and impenetrable
that men a few feet from each other were
invisible.
As soon as the steamer arrived at an
anchorage off Bechy Island several of the
officers and crew went ashore and made an
examination of the buildings. They found
the storehouse built for the benefit of sail
ors or castaways ol ice-bound vessels
broken into. On entering the building
the visitors found the clothing and the
provisions left there to be in a state of ter
rible confusion. Everything of a movable
nature was scattered about in the most
ngular manner. At first it seemed to be
an act of human beings, but, on further
investigation, the Pandora people were
satisfied that the destruction of stores had
been accomplished bv Polar bears, as the
tracks of those animals were visible in
every direction, both inside and outside
the building.
One ol the discoveries made by the
Pandora officers was that the headboards
over the graves of Sir John Franklin's
men,-who were lying buried there, were
still standing upright and in good preser
vation. On the 28th of August the Tan
dora steamed away from Bechy Island for
Jeei btrait, and then ensued tne most
critical period of the entire voyage, for
the steamer encountered vast fields of
pack-ice, which made the passage of the
vessel a most difficult and laborious one.
Struggling through the pack of ice, the
Pandora steadily worked her way onward,
and despite the difficulty soon passed the
farthest point reached by the Fox when
McClintock' was in search of Sir John
franklin's relics. Soon after reaching
that point the Pandora neared the island
known as King W llliam's Land, thus
navigating a sea where no ship was ever
before except, perhaps, that of Sir John
Franklin.
At this time the most intense excite
ment prevailed among the officers and
members of the expedition, as it was ex
pected that some important results were
at hand. Many believed that they would
be sure to discover traces of the 1 ranklin
expedition, and some were san
guine that even Sir John's papers
would bo found, and of event- i
More
founder.
Scrim pin the feed of fatting hogs is a
waste ot grain.
Educating, children properly is money
lent at 100 per cent.
A dou weighing only three ounces is
astonishing the fanciers of Troy.
One evening spent at home in study is
more profitable than ten lounging around
country taverns.
In Clark County. Ky., 200 families are
suffering with the ague, and when it is
their day to shake a stranger would imag
ine an earthquake in progress
In the four Pennsylvania counties of
Crawford, Venango, Erie and Mercer there
are 101 cheese factories, producing yearly
an aggregate of 9,o00,000 pounds.
Puli.aline epizooty is the latest. Great
mortality from this disease is reported
among the fowls in the vicinity of New
York. This poultry distemper is quite
similar to the horse epizootic
Lying is trying to hide in a fog; if you
move about you are in danger ot bump
ing jour head against the truth; as soon
as the fog blows up you arc gone any
how.
So many of the iron furnaces of Pitts
burgh have shut down that the people are
now able to get stray glimpses of the sun
on fair days, and they are as pleased as a
boy with his first harmomcan.
The Supreme Court of Tennessee has
declared three policies of life insurance
issued by the Etna, of Hartford, void ab
initio, on account of misrepresentations
by the agent, and directed the return of
four annual premiums paid.
Mrs. Dobbs. of Providence, says she
made her lazy, dead-and-alive husband
move to a lively measure for once in his
life. She placed a stiff hair-brush in a
shaded spot in the bedroom so that he
stepped on it with his bare foot
" D. Boose killed a bar on this tree,
1775," may be found on almost any tree
now, and every little while it affords some
enterprising newspaper an item which is
innocently supposed to be fresh. If Mr
Boone had killed a fool every time he
killed a bear there wouldn't be so many
people cutting letters in trees in our day.
Courier-J ournal.
A Milwaukee paper tells about an old
citizen "who, in order to keep the thievish
boys from plundering his apple-trees,
posted a marble dog in his orchard. The
following morning he found his dog minus
tail and legs, and in his moutn he neid a
shingle with the strange device, ' I am
sick.' The old person considers the ex
periment a failure."
Mrs. Starrett, of Lawrence, Kan
asks: " V liat shall we do with our
daughters V" And a farmer further down
the country asks: "What shall we do
with our corn?" These are important and
all-absorbing questions, which address
themselves fr cibly to thinking people.
As one of these latter we we beg to sug
gest a solution. Let us feed our corn to
our daughters. Topeka (Kan.) Blade.
" What do vou advise me what shall
I do ?" hurriedly inquired a man as he
rushed before a Madison street lawyer last
evening; " a man has just run his buggy-
wheel against me and hurt my knee.'
" Five dollars," said Oie lawj-er in an ex
cited tone. "Well, here's j-our money,'
continued the injured man; "now what's
the best thing I can do about this knee?"
" Get some salve and rub on it," was the
cool repljr. And the man wisely con
cluded to take the lawyer's advice and
call it cheap. Chicago Evening Journal.
One of the medical men of Trenton
was called to see a patient who lives sev
eral miles in the country. He found her
laboring under the effects of some strong
purgative poison. He was informed that
she had only taken a dessertspoonful of
castor-oil. which had been purchased from
a general store near by. He examined
the bottle and found it was nothiug but
lard-oil with croton-oil put in it, and put
up in the same style of bottles as good
castor-oil is put up in. The etiects were
sucn as to require tne immediate services
of a physician. Toronto (Can.) Globe.
The Booneville (Mo.) Eagle says: "Mr
W. L. Scott, of this city, who was one of
the earliest settlers of this section of coun
Ltry, and a perfectly reliable man, has
given us the following lor publication: in
July, 1819, the second steamboat that ever
passed up the Missouri River struck a
snag at the head of Hardeman's Island, be
tween Boonville and Arrow Rock, and
immediately sunk. The boat was loaded
principally with Government stores. It
had in the hold a large quantity of Mo
nongahela whisky and also $200,000 in sil
ver coin, which was being taken to Coun
cil Bluffs to pay the Government troops
stationed at that place, which was then
the extreme outpoat of civilization. Mr.
Scott, though a small boy at the time,
lived very near the scene of the accident,
and remembers well what was related by
the officer of the boat at the time, anil
also by the agents of the Government
who came some time after, looking after
the lost treasure. When the Government
agents arrived the river had swollen to
such an extent that no vestige of the boat
was to be seen, and they reported to the
Government that it was impossible to re
cover the money or any portion of the
cargo. Fifty-six years have passed away,
yet Mr. Scott says he can now point out
the exact place where the unfortunate
steamer lies buried with its valuable car
go. He is probably the only man living
who can do so, and he is well advanced in
vears. The Government can yet reclaim
the money if it will make the effort; or. if
a release can be given by the Government,
private parties wil undoubtedly under
take It."
SAX IT ART ADVICE IN VERSE.
The following verses, contributed to " Pulillc
Ht-alth." au English sanitary periodical. ly Sir
Alfred Power, are not likely to And a place In
" Little Claries." or an v similar px-ticnl anthol
ogv. hu. they cauuui be called "rhymes without
reason":
There's a tkin without and a skin within,
A covering skin and a lining skin.
Hut the skin within is the i-kin without
Doubled inward and carried completely
turouUout.
The palate, the nostrils, tho windpipe and
throat
Are all of lliem lined with this Inner coat,
Which through t-vcrj' part Is made to ex
tend
Lungs, liver and bowels, from end to end.
The outside skin is a marvelous plan
For exuding the dregs of the fleh of man;
While the inner extracts from the food and
the air
What is needed the waste in his Mesh to re
pair.
While it goes well with the outside skin
You may feel pretty sure oil s right within;
For it anything puts the Inner skin out
Of order, it troubles tho skin w ithout.
The doctor, you know, examines your tongue
10 6ee u your stomach or ooweia are wrong;
If he feels that your liana is hot ana dry
lie is able to ten you the reason why.
Too much brandy, whisky or gin
Is apt to disorder the t-kln within;
While, if dirty or dry, the skin without
Refuses to let the sweat come out.
Good people U! have a care of your skin,
Koth that w ithout ana that within ;
To the tirst vou'll give plenty of water and
soap.
To the last little else beside water, we'll hope.
But always bo very particular where
You get your water, your food and your air;
tor it these re lainlea or renaerea impure
It will have its elfect on your blood, be sure.
The food which will ever for j-ou be the best
Is that vou like most and can soonest digest;
All unripe truit ana decaying uesu
Beware of. and fish that is not very fresh.
Your water, transparent and pure as you
think it.
Had better be filtered and boiled ere you
drink it
Unless you know surely that nothing un
sound
Can have got to it over or under the ground
But of all things the most I would have you
beware
Of breathing the poison of onee-brtnthrd air;
When in bed, whether out or at home you
mar be.
Always open your windows and let it go free.
With clothing and exercise keep yourself
warm.
And change your clothes quickly if drenched
in a storm :
For a cold caught by chilling the outside
6kin
Flies at once to the delicate lining within.
All you who thus kindly take care of your
tkin.
And attend to its wants without and within,
Need never of cholera feel any tears.
And your skin may last you a hundred years.
Journal vj i,iiemiiry.
What
Can Be Done With
Prove It by Counting.
Figures
From the Danieh.
Mathematical prorlenis are in a meas
ure akin to puzzles. There is something
exciting in the boldness with which our
understanding is challenged to prove its
strength, and it imitarts a feeling of satis
faction to unravel mysteries which nave
for a time baffled our efforts. Such men
tal exercises have in all ages been attract
ive to both young and old, and for this
reason we tinnK our renders win oc
amused bv some reflect ions concerning an
algebraic quantity which has cleverly
been designated "Whew!" It consists
of three 9s, the second as the exponent of
the first and the third as the exponent of
the second, which means that 51 shall first
be multiplied times by itself, viz
9x9xl)x9xJx!Jxx9xO. giving the number
387.420.439. The product thus found in
dicates how many times 9 a second time
is to be multiplied bv itself; but what y
multiplied 387,420,439 times by itsell gives
as a product is not so easily figured out
as the former multiplication. It would
reouire :i(i9.9:J.100 ciphers. and to
count it, working ten hours daily, would
take 15 vears. 7 months and 20 days, not
to mention the time passed in pomputa-
tion. Scientists tell us there are lntuso
ria so small that 40,000,000,000 of such
are found in one cubic inch of water. A
ball the size of the globe would contain
2. 429. 09:J.000.000.000.000.000.(X'UK)U,OU,
000,000. or two sextillions four hundred
and twentv-nine thousand and ninety
three quintillions such animals. But this
number is tar from being "wnew. -iv.
ball that should be able to hold "whew"
of the infusoria here mentioned at the rate
of 40.000.000.000 to the cubic inch of wa
ter would contain an inconceivable num
ber of globes, for the distance between the
surface of such a ball and its center
would reouire 554.5:J9,612 ciphers for its
expression in miles. How great a length
such a number of miles would have can
be seen from the following comparison :
Light travels 192,000 miles a second,
thus using eight minutes and thirteen
seconds to traverse the distance from the
sun to the earth. But to accomplish the
distance from the surface of the aforesaid
ball to its center light would need a num
ber of years written with 12:3,231,012 fig
ures.
Still another relation may serve to show
" whew's" crushing dimensions. Light
accomplishes in every second about live
hundred billions of oscillations, a num
ber so great that the loudest note ever
measured, which makes 30,000 vibrations
in a second, must sound 440 years to per
form so many vibrations. JJut altnougii
in order to traverse the radius of the
alove-mentioned ball light would require
this vast number of years, yet it does not
more than infinitesinially approach the
"whew" vibrations.
The story of the inventor of the game
of chess is well known. I he King of
India bade him name his own reward,
upon which he asked to receive the num
ber ot grama ot wheat that would be pro
duced if one grain of wheat were paid
him for the first square of the chess-board,
two for the second, four for the third,
eight for the fourth, and so on doubled up
for every square of the sixty-four. hen
these amounts were added the sum was
found to be 18,440,744.073,709,551,015 of
grains, or in otner words sucn a quantity
that therewith all the continents of the
earth could be covered with a layer one
third of an inch in thickness, and that if
the same ground were sown w ith w heat in
the proper manner it would take more
than seventy years to produce the above
amount of wheat, which is equal to thirty-
four billion bushels.
One stands aghast before this number.
and still it is next to nothing as compared
w ith " whew," for if we were in the same
manner to double up the amount until it
reached "whew" number of grains the
chess-board, instead of having sixtj'-four
squares must have had 1,223,093,3114
squares, in which case if each square had
one square inch of surface the space cov
ered would be in area equal to 193 acres.
e once saw some calculations, lt6S in
deed in proportion than "whew," yet of
a character not less astounding, in which
numbers hardly to- be conceived of were
made in a measure comprehensible by be
ing compared with quantities of a more
familiar nature.
For instance, if one cent were set out at
compound interest in the year 1 at 4
per ceut, the 1st of January, ISbVJ, it
would amount to 1 quint ill ion 201,453
quadrillions 332,000 trillions of dollars.
If we were to take this sum as a capital
and would use iu yearly Interest (4 per
cent.), then the income tax we should
have to pay at the rate of 1 jt
cent. would bo 480 quadrillions
533,320 trillions of dollars. If we
paid the tax-collector this sum in eilver he
would need 3,003,15,0(M).llOO,0(Kl,0(K).(XK
wagons for its transportation. Irnvidcd
the whole earth's surface, both land and
water, were peopled as closely as possible,
we should have but 1-2000000 part of the
drivers required and the line of wagons
would have a length of 8 trillions 442.-
000 billions of miles. The six'ed of light.
as mentioned, is 192,000 miles per second.
audit would take 743,000 years to reach
the collector, beginning at the furthest
wagon, if he, to have better control over
the wagons on loth sides, stationed him
self in the center of the line. Again,
robbery coul l be committed on the hind
most wagon which would not 1 discov
ered till the 24,780ih generation of tax-col
lectors. II, on the contrary, instead 01
using the interest of the capital the bulk
of w hich, by the by, in gold would lc
equal to 44 globes this cnpitAl were di.
tributcd amongst the fx'ple of the earth.
each one of its 1,000,000,000 of inhab
itants would receive alout 1,200 trillion
of dollars to live on and could, every mt.
ond, use 2,000,000 for 38.090.0(H) years
w ithout reaching the bottom of his purse.
Again, in another place, in an article
on anagrams or transjKgitions of letters,
sin ilar examples are given a to the ra
pidity with w hich numbers w ill increase.
'e find, then, that two letters can le
changed 1x2 times; three letters 1x2x3 or
6 limes; four letters 1x2x3x4, or 24 times;
five letters Ix2x3x4x., or 120tinies; which
is enough to illustrate the point. The
transpositions grow in number so quickly
that while, for instance, the word
" Dauie" can be subjected to the follow
ing: Dame, daem, dmae, deam, dcrna.
adme, adem, amde, amed, aedm, aemd,
mdae, mdea, made, maed, mead, meda,
edam, edma, eadm, canid, emda, em ad,
the word " jK-riodical," that contains ten
letters, can be transposed 3,'.h,hoo timed
and twenty-four letters can le changes.
020,443,401,733.239,439.300,000 of times,
all ol which changes, according to Kuler,
could not be written by the xpulation of
the w hole world in 1,000 years if each one
were to write forty pages with forty trans
positions on each.
hen King Stanislaus, or Po'.and, then
a-young man, came back from a journey
the whole Kescinskian House gathered
together at Lissa to receive him. The
master of the school, Jablowsky, prepared
a school festival in commemoration of the
joyous event and had it end with a ballet
performed by thirteen students dressed as
young cavaliers, imicii bad a snieid,
upon which one of the letters ot the words
"Domus Leseinia" (The Lescinskian
House) was written in gold. After the
first dance they stood in such a manner
that their shields read: "Domus Ia's
cinia;" after the second dance they
changed order, making it read: "Ados
lncoluinnus" (Lnharmcd art thou here!);
after the third: "Mane sidus loci" (Con
tinue to be a star for the country) ; after
the fourth: "Sis Columna Dei" (Be a pil
lar of God): and rinallv: "I! seande so
lium !" ((Jo, and ascend thy throne!) In
deed, these two words allow of 1,550,755,-
200 transpositions, yet that four of them
convey independent meanings is certainly
very curious.
11 we pass from the sphere of letters to
other objects we are struck by the strange
discovery that twelve persons can Inter
change their respective jositions 479,001,
000 times, which numlx-r of changes it
would take them not less than 1,848 years
to accomplish if they moved once every
minute for twelve consecutive hours daily.
Card players who are continually lie-
wailing their ill-luck ot always receiving
the same poor cards will, perhaps, be as
sured by knowing that the fifty-two cards,
with thirteen to each of the four players,
can be distributed in 53,014,737,750.488,
792,339,237,400,000 different ways, so that
there would still be a good stock of com
binatious to draw from even if man from
Adam's time had devoted himself to no
other occupation than that of playing at
cards.
Unbelievers who, if not able to master
the foregoing assertions, cannot, even in
the face of mathematics, refrain from
shaking their heads with a doubt as to
their correctness, we shall in conclusion
soothe with an experiment, of whose cor
rectness they can convince themselves
with a small amount of patience. In the
following figure the sentence " Prove it
by counting" is read from the middle " P"
toward the four "g's" in the corners in
several di llerent ways 45,700 if mathe
matics are to be trusted :
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That there is a rich variation of the
different directions in which this can be
done is readily seen ; whether, on the
other hand, the variations are so numer
ous as the above number indicates is a
matter about which our readers niav
satisfy themselves by counting. JV. Y.
Graphic.
Of the 1,200,000,000 human beings in
habiting the glolie, 300.000,000 have no
paper nor any writing mstenal of any
t n u o C y
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Mongolian races use a pat
the stalks and leaves of plants;
kind. Five hundred millions of the
iper made from
lu,oou,uoo
employ for graphic purposes tablet of
wxxxls; 130,000,000 the Persians, Hin
doos, Armenians and Syrians have paper
made from cotton, while the remaining
300,000,000 use the ordinary staple. The
annual consumption of this fatter number
is estimated at 1.800,000,000 pounds, an
average of six jounds to a person, which
has increased from two and a half pounds
during the last fifty years. To produce
this amount of pf-pcr, 200,000.000 pounds
of woolen rags, 800,000,000 pounds of cot
ton rags, straw, wood and other materials
are yearly consumed. The paper is man
ufactured in 3,900 pajer mills, employing
90,000 male and 180,000 female laborers.
The proportionate amounts manufactured
of the different kinds of papers are stated
to be, of writing paper 300,(K.K),000 pounds ;
of printing paper, !KX),00,000 pounds; of
wall paper, 400,000,000 pounds, and 200,-
000,000 jiounds of cartoons, blotting pa
per, etc. RoictlVs Neirxpaper Reporter.
m -
The latest dodge, and one of the sharp
est sort, has been attempted upon several
sporting men of Cincinnati recently, and
successfully in one instance. Here is how
it was done: Epn. Holland and a menu
were rolling ten-pins at the Empire, on
Fifth street, when a note came to Eph.,
asking him to call at the Grand Hotel to
see a particular friend. It was written on
a Grand Hotel " letter head." He walked
down to the hotel, but found nobody there
that he particularly cared to see. While
he was gone a note came to " Doc." Mar
tin, at the Empire, written on a Grand
Hotel letter sheet, signed " Eph., and ask
ing the doctor to send him $100 by the
bearer, a young man of respectable ap-
Eearance. lue uocior, uvmuS
Iph had gone to the hotel, and supiosing
he had met some friend and wanted to
use that much money, promptly inclosed
100 in an envelope and sent it " by bear-
' . . . .... .1 ,1.. Anj'inr
pr. W lien x-pu. n-iurm-u mo
merely asked hira if he had received that
. . rT-1 . it. t!ln ra M A
money all right, int-n tun iiwih"
was uificoverea,