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    THE HERALD.
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AT
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBEASKA.
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Corner of Fifth St.
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VOLUME XI.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1875.
NUMBER 33.
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Extra ccplna of the TIcralb for ! by IT. J.
StreiRht, at the Pontofflce, and O. F. Joboaon, Cor
ner of Main and fifth airaaia.
HENRY BCECK,
IULrnituire,
SAFES, CHAIRS,
Lounges, Tables, Bedsteads,
rot. arc, bto..
Of All Descriptions.
METALLIC BURIAL CASES.
O. F. JOHNSON,
DEALER EX
Wooden Coffins
Of all sizes, ready-made, and aold cheap far eaa.
With many thanks for past palroDif. I In file
all to call and examine my
LARGE STOCK OF
Furniture anil Colli n.
Jan2S
MEDICINES
AT
J. H. BUTTERY'S,
Main Street, bet. Second and Third.
Wholesale aud Retail Dealer in
Drugs and Medicines, Paints, Oils,
Varnishes. Patent Medicines,
Toilet Articles, etc., etc.
9 I'RESCRIPTIOHS carefully compounded at
all hours, day and night. 85-1 y
n. 1. WATERMAN & SOX,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
PINE LUMBER,
Lath, Shingles,
SASH, DOORS, BLINDS. ETC.,
On Main St., cor. Fifth,
PLATTSMOUTH, - - - NEB.
STILL BETTER RATES
For JLiimbeir.
WINTER STOCK
H. A. WATERMAN & SON.
WE WILL SELL
Frame Lumber, of all kinds, at 10 per M.
First quality or Fencing- at 20 per M.
Second quality of Fencing, at 1 7 per M
Flr.t quality of Hoard., at 20 per M.
Second quality of Boards, at 17prM.
Star A" Shingles, $3.5U per M.
No. 1 Shingles, $2. SO per M.
Other Grades of Lumber equally Cheap, with
Doors, Sash, Blinds. Etc., Etc.
FOR YOUR GROCERIES
OO TO
J.V.WECKBACH
Cor. Third and Main Sts., Piatt? mouth.
(Guthmann's old stand.)
He keeps oa hand a large and well-6elected
6tock of
Fancy Groceries.
COFFEES, TEAS,
Sugar, Sirup,
ETC, ETC.,
Also a Large Stock of
DRY GOODS
Boots and Shoes,
CROCKERY, QTJEENSWARE,
Etc, Etc., Etc
In connection with the Grocery is a
BAKERY and CONFECTIONERY.
Highest Trice Paid for Country Produce.
A full stock at all times, and will not be undersold.
' Take notice of the Sign :
"EMPIRE BAKERY AND GROCERY."
alyl
WILLIAM STADELMANN
Has an hand on of to. largest stocks of
CLOTHING
Gents' Furnishing Goods
FOR SfRINO AND rCHMER.
Drugs, Medicines,
awn
I lnTite everyho-'y in want of anything In my
line to call at Buy s.ure.
South Side Main, bet. 5th & 6th Sis.,
And eooTlnc themelvc of the fact. I bare as a
TK-c.aUT in niT Rrtl Departments a nock of
Fiue Clothing fur .Men and Buys, t. which we ln
Ti'e those wb. nsnt eonds.
I ',o keey on hand a large and well-selected
lock f
Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes, Eto.
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rLATTSMOUTH NEBRASKA.
Cohkab Heisii., Proprietor.
FX.OTJR, CORN MEAL, FEED,
ftlwajs o hand and for sale at lowest cash price a.
The Highest Prices paid for Wheat and Cora.
rwUctlw tm&Uen qlrta If COWS
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WALLPAPER.
AllPaper.TriiMFrea ofCiane
ALSO. DEALER Hf
Books, Stationery
3IAGAZINES
AND LATEST PUBLICATIONS.
tV Prescriptions carefully compounded by an
experienced Drogyiat.-flg'l
REMEMBER THE PLACE
Cor. Fifth and Main Streets,
PLATTSMOUTH. NEB.
Machine Shop
.TOIIIV AVVY3XAJV,
rLATTSMOUTH, NEB.,
Repa'rer of Steam Enginas, Boilers,
Saw and Grist Mills.
GAS AND STEAM FITTINGS,
Wiought Iron Pipe, Force and Lift Pipes, Steam
Gauge. St'eiv-Valie Governors and all
kinds of Krsiss Engine Fittings re
paired t n short notice.
2T",rixx maolaluory
Repiireil cn Short Tfotice. 49-yl
Sowing
Mm !
NEW, IMPROVED LOCK-STITCH
GROVER & BAKER
Sewing IMacliine,
FOR SALE BY
CHARLES VI ALL.
With all the Extras and Attachments,
such as Needles, Oil, Tuckers,
Binders, Etc.
Those who contemplate hnvins a machine will
do well to cive the Grover & Baker a trial. Sat
isfaction puaranteed, and the cheapest machine
in the market. All orders by mail promptly at
tended to. Address
2rn6 CHARLES VIALL, Piatt smouta, Keb.
First National Bank"
Of Plattsmouth, Nebraska,
SUCCESSOR TO
Tootle, Ilanna to Olarlr.
Jonw FrrjioiRALD President
K. O. Dotkt Vice-President.
A. W. McLtrom.ix Cashier.
John O'Kocr&s Assistant Cashier.
This Bank Is now open for business at their new
room, comer Main a;id Sixth streets, and are pre
pared to transact a general
BANKING BUSINESS.
"Stocks, Bords. Gold, Government
and Local Securities
BOUGHT AND SOLD.
Deposits Received and Interest Al
lowed on Time Certificates
DRAFTS DRAWN,
Available in anv rrr 'he United States and In
all the Vrincipal Towns and Cities of Europe.
AGENTS FOR THE
CELEBRATED
INMAH LIKE anfl ALLAH LINE
OF fSTli.VUHlSlfcS.
Persons wUhing :. hrinj out their friends from
Europe can
rtT!CHAS TICKETS TKOX T
Xliroufjli to I?lwttKiiioiitli.
Excelsior Barber Shop.
J. C. BOOISTE,
Slain Street, opposite Saunders House.
HAIR-CUTTING,
Shaving' and Shampooing.
ESPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO
Cull ill? Children and Ladies'
Hair.
Call and See Boone, Gents,
And get a boon in a
O Xj 33 -A. 3T XX-A-"7"I3.
D-ly
QO TO THE
Post Office Book Store,
H. J. STBEIGHT, Proprietor,
roa toutj
Boofe. Stationery, Pictures, Music.
TOYS, CONFECTIONERY,
Violin Strings,
Newspapers, Novels,
Song Books, ete etc
POST OFFICE BUILDI.NG,
rUTTtKOUTS, KU.
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
Sm John Gardner Wilkinson, the
eminent English archaeologist, is dead.
TnE official count of the recent election
in Iowa gives Kirkwood 31,745 majority
for Governor.
The ship Catherine Griffith was recent
ly wrecked off the Scilly Islands. Eight
ot her crew were lost.
The constitutional amendment provid
ing for the taxation of dogs was defeated
at the recent Ohio election.
A scow capsized at St. Familie, Canada,
during a recent severe snow-storm, and
seventeen persons were drowned.
Secretaky Chandler has appointed
A. P. Gaylord, of Saginaw City, Mich., as
Assistant Attorney-General for the Interior
Department.
Secretary Robeson's friends in Wash
ington claim that the election of a Repub
lican Legislature in New Jersey will send
him to the United States Senate.
An advance has recently been made in
railroad passenger fare9 between the West
and East, the rate from Chicago to New
York now being twenty-two dollars for
first-claas tickets.
The Secretary of the Treasury has is
sued a call for the redemption of $5,000,
000 coupon and $5,000,000 registered
bonds total $10,000,000 of the 5-20
bonds of 1864
The Assistant-Treasurer at New York
has been instructed by the Secretary of the
Treasury to sell $500,000 in gold coin on
each Thursday during the month of No
vember, making the total amount to be
sold $2,000,000.
The woolen factory in Philadelphia
known as the Carleton Mills was de
stroyed by fire on the morning of the 1st,
involving a loss in buildings, machinery
and stock of about $1,000,000. Some
damage was done to adjoining property.
Judge Dillon, of the United States
Circuit Court at Des Moines, has decided
that there is no penalty under the law for
sending vulgar and reproachful matter
on postal-cards through the mails ; but it
is the duty of the first Postmaster into
whose hands such cards come to destroy
them.
The Secretary of the Treasury has given
directions for the retirement and cancel
lation of $704,880 United States legal
tenders, that amount being 80 per cent, ot
the National Bank circulation issued in
September. This will make the amount
of outstanding legal-tenders, until further
orders, $373,2U6,244.
A Mr. Jackson, of Jefferson County,
111., while getting out of bed the other
morning before daylight, accidentally
stepped upon the boily of his daughter
(who was sleeping on an improvised bed
on the floor), crushing in her chest and
killing her instantly. She was fifteen
years old. The father weighs over 200
pounds.
The Boston Base-Ball Club retain the
lead of the professional clubs of the coun
try, having won forty-eight and lost seven
games during the past year. Other clubs
take rank in the order named, as follows :
Athletic, St. Louis, Hartford, Philadel
phia, Chicago, Mutual. The total num
ber of games played during the season by
these club3 was 185.
The boiler of a locomotive attached to
a gravel train on the Lehigh Valley Rail
road exploded on the morning of the 1st,
three miles west of Bound Brook, N. Y.,
killing Thomas Caper, the engineer, and
Abraham King and William Thompson,
brakemen, besides injuring about twenty
others, many fatally. All the cars were
thrown from the track by the force of the
explosion.
A few days ago Charles Patterson shot
and killed R. W. Porter, a herder of cat
tle on the North Platte, thirty miles north
of Sidney, Neb., where Patterson was
taken under arrest. On a subsequent
evening the jail was broken into by a mob
of masked men and Patterson strung up
to a telegraph pole. The Sheriff over
powered the crowd and cut Patterson down
in time to save his life. At four o'clock
the next morning he was again taken out
and hung till dead.
The official canvass of the votes cast at
the late election in Nebraska shows that
the new Constitution is carried by nearly
25.000 majority. Thecoupon leaving to
the people the power of locating the Slate
capital has 7,500 majority, and the coupon
giving the people the power of expressing
their preference for United States Senator
18,800 majority. The Pemocrats elect
two District J udges and one District At
torney. All the rest of the officers elected
are Republicans.
David Robinson, living near Kokomo,
Ind., on the night of the 3d shot two of
his children with a revolver and then cut
their throats from ear to ear. His wife
and one son escaped by running, he firing
two shots at them, wounding the Eon
His friends claim he was temporarily in
sane. His dead body was found the next
morning fourteen miles south of Kokomo.
It is supposed he jumped or fell from a
freight train on which he was making his
escape.
The statement of the condition of the
public debt Oct. 31, is as follows :
Six per cent, bonds. ...
Fire per cent, bonds...
Total coin bonds. ..
Lawful money debt
Matured debt
Leeal-tender notes. ..
Certificates of deposit
Fractional currency. .
Coin certificates
Interest.. .
$1,143,2?. 5S)
667,28750
$1,7 0.57?..30n
$14,000,000
2a.H65.lW)
a7X.S0.9ol
50.880.O10
40,S81,6S9
1S.645.100
34,844,100
Total debt $2a,797,j0
Cash in Treaanry
Coin $73,783,439
Currency 8.736,671
Special deposits held for the re
demption of certificates of deposit. 50,880.000
Total in Treasury
$134,400,11
Debt lees cash In Treasury $3,118,397,1 0
Decrease of debt daring October 4.0 9,015
Decrease since Jane JO, 1875 10.29l.M4
Bonds Issued to the Pacific Railway
Companies, interest parable in
lawful money. principal out-
standine $64,623.51
Interest accrued and not yet paid... l,M.37t
Interest paid br the United States.. 28,302,807
Interest repaid by the transportation
of mails, etc 6,4.701
Balance of Interest paid by United
SWtef. , 1 1 1 1 , i i c i ii i i $i7fO0d
EPITOME OF THE WEEK.
CONDENSED TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
It was announced on the 30th ult. that
the large iron-producers, Blockow,
Vaughan & Co., at Leeds, England, em
ploying in their collieries, mines and
works over 10,000 men, had given notice
to their employes that all work would be
suspended Nov. 13.
The London Timet of the morning of
the 1st estimates that 200 seamen had been
drowned in the North Sea during the
gales of the preceding three weeks.
James Otis, Mayor of San Francisco,
died on the morning of the 30th ult
A recent letter from Russia states that
the Government had been engaged in a
vigorous crusade against Socialist agita
tors. Arrests had been made in Moscow
Frela, Odessa, Blazau and St. Petersburg.
In one village near Moscow thirty work
ingmen had been arrested, and one of
them, resisting the police force, had been
killed.
A dispatch from Ragusa on the 1st
says a force of 1,800 Turks had been late
ly defeated while attacking a strong in
surgent position near Zubi. The Turks
lost 150 killed and the insurgents twenty
killed and wounded.
A New York telegram of the 1st says
Mr. Moody had appointed Friday, the
12th inst., a day of fasting and prayer, and
the congregation voted that the nation be
invited to join.
A recent dispatch from Virginia City,
Nev., says building was going on rapidly
and the burnt district was dotted with
shanties. Work was plenty and wages
high. Relief was coming in freely, and
the people had recovered their spirits.
A run on the National Gold Bank and
Trust Company of San Francisco was in
augurated on the 30th ult. The bank con
tinued to meet all demands during the
day, but did not open for business on the
morning of the 1st. " The officers claimed
that the bank could pay everything in
full, and would resume as soon as possi
ble. No excitement was apparent at the
other banks in San Francisco on the 1st.
Atty.-Gen. Pierrepont is said to be
of the opinion that Bngham Young can
not be compelled to pay the alimony to
Ann Eliza, for refusing to pay which he
has been imprisoned. The point is wheth
er in marrying Brigham, fully aware ot
the existence of numerous other wives,
Ann did not tacitly consent to an illegal
marriage.
A Washington dispatch of the 2d sa3's
that on that and the previous day the
Freedman's Bank was crowded with resi
dent colored persons drawing their por
tions of the dividend of 20 per cent. De
positors residing at a distance are required
to forward their books or other evidence
of indebtedness through some responsible
bank or by mail or express.
Rice (Rep.) is elected Governor of Mas
sachusetts by a majority of about 5,000
over Gaston (Dem.). Over 7,000 votes were
polled for the Prohibition candidate.
Crapo (Rep.) is elected to Congress in the
First District.
Carroll (Dem.) is elected Governor of
Maryland by over 15,000 majority. Legis
lature Republican.
A Portland (Ore.) dispatch of the 2d
says later election returns materially re
dace the majority for Lane (Dem.) for
Congress. A dispatch from Salem says
returns indicated the election of Warren
(Rep.) by a small majority.
The recent election in Chicago and
Cook County was a very exciting one and
resulted in the choice of L. C. Huck(Rcp.)
as County Treasurer over A. C. Hesing
(Opp.) by between 3,000 and 4,000 majority.
Local and personal matters entered large
ly into the canvass and a third and inde
pendent (Dem.) candidate was in the field
and received over 7,000 votes. The Re
publicans do not clain the victory as a
partisan one. In the city over 55,000 votes
were polled.
A Berlin special of the 3d says the
Northern powers had requested Austria to
submit a proposition to the Sublime
Porte, embodying the guarantees to be de
manded and the control to be exercised to
insure the performance of the Sultan's
promise of reform to the insurgents in his
vassal States. It was believed in Berlin
and Vienna that Turkey would be unable
to suppress the rebellion, and that Austria
would intervene with an army in the
spring.
It was reported on the 3d that Gen.
Saballs, having returned to Spain, had
been arrested by Don Carlos and would
be court-martialed for not preventing the
late disasters in Catalonia.
The Tammany ticket was defeated at
the recent election in New York city.
Recorder Hackett was elected by about
5,000 majority, and Morrissey was elected
Slate Senator by about 2,000 majority.
The news received up to the morning of
the 4th rendered it probable that the Dem
ocratic State ticket was elected. The Al
bany Evening Journal of the 4th put the
Democratic majority in the State at be
tween 8,000 and 9,000. The Legislature
is Republican Senate by 12 and House
by 16 majority.
Returns received up to the morning of
the 4th from the Penns5'lvania election in
dicated that Hartranft (Rep.) for Gov
ernor would have about 17,000 majority.
An official dispatch was published in
Madrid on the 3d stating that the last of
the Carlists in Catalonia, numbering six
commanders and 680 men, had surren
dered, and that the province was entirely
pacificated.
The Arkansas General Assembly con
vened on the 2d and the Governor's mes
sage was read.
A Jackson (Miss.) dispatch of the 3d
says the Democrats had carried that State,
electing their entire ticket in nearly every
county. They would have about thirty
majority in the House and six or eight in
the Senate. The Democrats also elected
the entire Congressional delegation with
the possible exception of the Sixth Dis
trict, and returns indicated their success
there. No disturbance was reported any
where. An earthquake shock was felt at Atlanta
and other sections of Georgia on the night
of the 2d.
m
The political complexion of the new Leg
islature of New Jersey is as follows: Senate
Republicans, 11 ; Democrats, 9. House
Republican!, 37 f Democrat, 83, i
J. J. Ronaldson & Sons, West India
merchants of London, have failed for
$350,000.
Minister Schenck has written a letter
to the London Times exposing the system
atic sale of fictitious American university
degrees.
A duel occurred in New Yoik city a
few days ago between two Polish Jews
named Joseph Goldman and Moses Piskall,
who were partners in the jewelry business
Goldman was shot over the right temple
and right cheek and instantly killed.
Piskall was shot over the right eye and
mortally wounded.
A fike at Sherman, Tex., on the 1st, de
stroyed sixty-five business places, the
postoffice and every printing office in the
town, and rendered some thirty families
homeless. Los3 estimated at over $300,000;
insurance small.
The Secretary of the Treasury has ad
dressed a circular to the Collectors of Cus
toms announcing that no further im
portations of acat-cattle or hides will be
allowed for the present from England,
in coc sequence of the prevalence of
the foot and mouth disease in that coun
try.
The annual report of the Postmaster-
General will show that during the past
year 3,640,797 letters were received at the
Dead-Letter Office in Washington, of
which number 210,377 were foreign.
These dead letters contained $3,546,993.-
44 in money, drafts, etc. all of which ex
cept about $375,000 was returned to the
senders. The foreign letters were returned
unopened.
It was reported at Berlin on the 4th
that Prussia had asked Austria to prevent
Bishop Foerster, while residing in the
Austrian portion of his diocese, from ex
ercising any episcopal function touching
the Prussian portion.
The French Assembly met on the 4th.
It was thought in Milwaukee on the
4th that it might require the official can
vass to determine the result of the election
in Wisconsin. Ludington (Rep.) for Gov
ernor would probably have about 1,000
majority; balance of State ticket probably
defeated. Legislature in doubt
A St. Paul dispatch of the 4th says
Pillsbury (Rep.) for Governor of Minne
sota would have about 12,000 majority
Pfaender (Rep.) for Treasurer ran behind
his ticket, but was probably elected. Leg
islature Republican.
The Kansas City (Mo.) Times of the
4th says there were a larger number of
Opposition candidates elected to the State
Legislature of Kansas this year than la.t.
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THE MARKETS.
Novexbeb 6, 1875.
NEW YORK.
Live St ca. Eeef Cattle 10.00ai3.00. Hogs
Lhe, $-.O0&8.124. Sheep-Live, $l.50&.6.25.
Bbb ad-tufps. Flour Good t- choice, $Y803
6.30; wh te wheat eitra ($.25(2.8.00 Wh at
No. 2 Chicago, $1.27. .29; No. 2 Northwest
em, $1.2i.29; Nc. 2 Milwaukee spring, $1.30
1.31. Rye Western and State, 7590c.
ley $1.1P1.15. Corn Mixed Western,
76c. Oats Mixed Western, 3fc 9c.
Provisions. Pork Mess. $&J.0C28.25. Lard
Prime Steam (New), 13S13Hc. Cheese C
13c.
Wool. Domestic Fleece, 4365c.
CUICAbO.
Livs 8tock. Bcves Choice $5.50&6.00;
good, $4.61,45.23; me iium, $4.15150; batch
es' t-tock, $2.03.75; stock calUe, $2.65
3.75. Hog Live, 7.40a8.00. fcheep Good to
choice, $4,003,4 50.
Pkovisions. Butter Choice, 30&33c. Eg?s
Fresh. 24&25c. Pork Mess, $21.00&21.M).
Lard $13.4 13.50.
Brbadstuffs. Floor White Winter Extra,
$5.758.00; spring extra, $5.0o6.00. Wheat
Spring, No. 2, $1.07Mai-07'4. Corn No. 2,
52432Hc. Oats No. 2, 3uX31Hc. Rye No. 2,
6565V4c. Barley No. 2, 8586c.
Lumber. First and Second Clear, $42 00
45.00; Common Boards, $10.5O12.(0; Fencing,
$11.0012.00; "A" Shingles, $2.5C2.90; Lath,
$1.752.W).
EAST LIBERTY.
Live Stock. Beeve3 Eest, $6 0026.50; me
d:nm, 5 00 a5.25. Hogs Yorkers, $7.50&7.70;
Philadelphias, $8.0023.25. Sheep Best, $5.00
5.25; medium, $ 1.5034.75.
Frightful Explosion of a Locomotive
Roller.
The boiler of the engine Centralia, of
the Easton & Amboy Railroad, exploded
on the morning of the 1st at the Raritan
siding near South Somerville, N. J. The
following particulars are given in the New
York papers of the 2d :
The engineer, the foreman of the labor
gang and three other men were killed,
and thirty-three laborers were scalded,
some of them fatally. The cause of the
explosion is said to have been the worn
out condition of the boiler and the lack of
water kept in it The engine left Bound
brook about seven a. m. with a construc
tion train, consisting of a caboose and a
number of empty gravel -earn, for the
purpose of assisting in the repair of the
road. ,The engine was attached to the
rear of the tram and directly in front of
it was the caboo-e and another contain
ing about forty-eight laborers. When
the train reached the siding, about two
and a half miles west of Boundbrook,
it was run upon a side-track in
older to allow the eastern-bound passenger-train
to pass. While standing here
the boiler of the engine, without any
warning, exploded, wrecking the loco
motive, shivering the caboose to atoms
and pouring steam and boiling water into
the car in front of it. The laborers occu
pying the caboose, unconscious of danger,
were talking and laughing together, and
when the shock came were scattered like
leaves before a hurricane. Some of them
were blown through the roof and sides and
by the force of the explosion were lifted
twenty or thirty feet into the air. But
eight men escaped uninjured. Many were
severely wounded by Dying fragments of
the cars and engine and two or three were
fatally scalded. Five were killed almost
outright. The boiler was carried high in
the air and landed about 100 feet from the
scene of the disaster.
Col. Palmer II. Thompson, foreman of
the labor-gang, was burned about the body
and injured internally. He died about
four p. m. He was commander of a
Pennsylvania regiment of militia during
the late war, and leaves a wife and one
child. When the physician came to at
tend him he said : "Attend to others first;
I am not hurt as badly as they are." Be
fore dying he described how the force of
the explosion had thrown him through
the roof of the caboose, and thirty feet
high. While falling he thought of clutch
ing the telegraph-wires, which he saw
many feet below him, to break his fall,
but, thinking it would be useless, re
frained. He alighted on a tie, which
broke in one of his ribs and burst in one
of his lungs, which produced a fatal in
ternal hemorrhage.
Boundbrook was the scene of intense
excitement, as the explosion, though it oc
curred two and a half miles from there,
was distinctly heard. Wood-choppers
working several miles-distant heard the
reverberations and hurried to the 6cene.
Many stories were afloat as to the cause of
the accident, but, in the excitement that
prevailed, it was impossible to ascertain
where Uie blame reu,
FOR BABTS SAKE.
The weary night has worn away
In troubled dream and start of pain;
And proplng through the shadow gray
Morn lights my darkened room again.
How can I meet this bitter morn.
Life's anguish left, iU hope forlorn ?
How can I bear the thoughts that wake
From sleep with me? J-'or baby't take!
The brightest of the morning beams
Seeks out the darling lying there;
It lights the sleep-Hushed cheek; it gleams
In tangled waves of sunny hair;
Flies from the hand thit grasps in vain,
Then kisses the soft lips again;
No shadow of my sorrow lies
In those forgetrme-nots, his eyes.
I check the sighs that quickly come.
Drive back the tears that ha6te to spring,
will not cloud with look of gloom
The littlo ci-e'6 awakening;
His father's face he ne'er shall see;
More bright his mother's smile must be;
My bark of joy gone down its wake
Must glitter still for baby's sake.
Dear baby-arms that clasp my own!
The soft embrace removes my power;
Sweet voice, I hear in every tone
God's message to ray darkest hour.
He knew the irrief my soul must stir,
And sent my little comforter;
A baby's hand to help me on
A baby's love to lean upon!
Nor all alone, I'm sometimes sure.
My joy in this fair child can be;
From holier home, with love more pure,
His father watches him with me.
To grasp Ilea veu's hope, by faith and prayer,
To train his boy to meet him there
For thi I live!" For thin 1 wake!
Help me, dear Lord! for baby's sake!
The Aldine.
IIIRA3I GRAHAM'S INVESTMENT.
BY RUBY CLAIR.
" Now we are not only out of debt, but
we have got $1,000 ahead, and the ques
tion is how are we going to invest it?"
Hiram Gruham, sitting just outside ot
the open door to enjoy the grateful cool
ness of the summer evening, threw aside
his paper as he spoke and awaited a reply.
I lis wife, busy over her sewing, did not
answer immediately.
" Come," he said, "let me hear your
opinion. I'll bet you had made up your
mind what to do with it long ago. "You
know the saj ing: A man to save money
and a woman to spend it'," and he
laughed good-naturedly.
Yes, Mrs. Graham had " made up her
mind" long ago. The thought of the time
w hen they should be clear of debt and
some ot their surplus earnings could be
expended for home comforts had helped
ner to make over and repair many an old
garment that she was about to throw aside
in despair; it had encouraged her to con
tend with numberless disadvantages and
inconveniences. But now that the time
had really come, she felt a strange reluc
tance about revealing her thoughts. She
was oppressed with the fear that her long-
cherished plans might be suddenly dashed
to the earth. However, she commenced
bravely enough :
" 1 have thought that we would repaint
the house some pretty color, such as sil
very gray ; and have shutters put up at the
windows the right shade of green to har
monize with the color of the house; the
same as the green leaves of the poplar har
monizes with the soft gray of its trunk
and branches "
"Why, Jennie!" exclaimed Mr. Gra
ham, 44 there is a good coat of paint on
the house now. And there is no color as
durable as red lead in my estimation."
44 And." continued nis wile, " 1 would
have the yard inclosed with a neat picket
fence "
44 1 don't see any use in tearing down
that fence. The rails are as good and
sound as they were twenty years ago. "
44 Please don t interrupt me so, II lr am.
f would renaner the rooms, buv a new
ingrain carpet for the parlor and muslin
curtains for the windows."
44 Thunderation ! What is the sense of
having curtains if you have shutters? Be
sides, these paper curtains answer every
purpose, as far as I can see. The paper
on the walla is perfectly whole. It is true
you have patched it considerably but that
don't show much. And as for the carpet
why, haven't you got a new rag carpet
in the loom now"
44 Yes, but that would be for the sitting-
room. And 1 would nave a Day-window
made off the south side of the sitting-room
for house plants."
Mr. Uranam laugnea outngnt at tins.
44 Now, Jennie " he said, 44 1 have never
said anj'thing about it but have always
thought it was kind of foolish to spend as
much time as you do fussing with tlowers
out-doors. But when you come to fetch
ing dirt into the house to make flower
beds of that beats me!"
44 Hiram," said Mrs. Graham, 44 you
asked me for my opinion. Now, please
don't interrupt me."
44 ery wll. Go ahead."
44 1 would have a portico built over
where you are sitting, and a wood-houBe
and a large, cool pantry, that I need 60
much, built on the back ol the kitchen.
One part of the wood-house would be fin
ished on, where the cook-stove could
stand in hot weather. It would be so
much cooler working there than in the
close, kitchen. And the kitchen, too,
would be much cooler for us to eat in.
Besides this, there are many little adorn-
mgs, such, as pictures, etc., that l wouia
add afterward."
44 Why!" exclaimed Mr. Graham, 44 if
we were to go into all that it would take
every cent of the money."
44 W ell, we earned it to invest in some
thing, didn't we?"
44 i es, but I want to invest my money
in something that will bring me in some
kind of an income."
" It would bring us the best of all in
comes; not in dollars, but in what is bet
ter, far, in joy and happiness. Life would
have a fuller and purer meaning for us
both ; it would bring a higher and better
atmosphere in which to rear our children.
Y e could leave them the richest of ail
legacies, an earthly paradise, to which their
thoughts could always turn, as to the one
sweet spot on earth. Even the humming.
bird loves to deck its little nest with pretty
mosses and lichens. Ought we not to
have as much love for home and its
adornings as God's dumb creatures?"
44 1 have something more important to
live for than a humming-bird has," said
Mr. Graham, lotuly. "1 would rather
leave something more substantial to my
children, such as broad, well-tilled acres,
for instance. 1 will tell you what I have
been thinking of," he said, with the air
of one who felt that the expression of his
opinions must necessarily bring convic
tion of his superior judgment. 44 You
know I have always wanted that forty-acre
lot of Southwell s that joins me on the
north. They say he is hard-up now, and
when he finds out that I can make a big
payment down I believe I could get it
mighty reasonable. And when I got that
paid for I would have one of the bebt farms
in the countv. Now what do you say to
that?" he asked triumphantly.
" It would run us right into debt again,"
suggested Mrs. Graham.
44 u ell, supposing it did. We have
swung clear this time easy enough, and
can again, iou must remember that the
land was badly run down when I first got
hold of it, but the farm is in good condi
tion now."
44 Easv enough." Mrs. Graham did not
repeat the words aloud. Her husband did
not know of the hundred little sacrifices
and acta of self-denial it had cost her. Me
never could know it, and therein lies the
pathos of many a sacrifice.
The next morning Jirs. uranam was up
betimes and busy as usual amidst ber
kouMbohi cares, but her beart bad loit ita
lightness; and as 6he stood under the lo
cust tree, which shaded the back door.
churning, it seemed, too, as if much of
brightness had gone out of her lite.
Golden dandelions nestled in the green
grass that carpeted the yard like stray bits
of sunshine; they were still bright with
the dewy freshness of early morning. To
the right there was a stretch of low
meadow land; the silver thread that trav
ersed it showed where a brook murmured
along, its tiny waves sparkling in the sun
light. To the left there were fields of grain
with ripened heads bowed, waiting for the
sickle. The air was full of happy sounds;
the soft tinkle of distant cow-bells; the
voices of domestie fowls, and the song of
wild birds. But her great disappointment
overshadowed it all.
She could think of nothing but the
great, barn-like house, painted a glaring
red, with its large, shutterless windows,
like lidless eyes, staring out upon the
dusty highway. Inside it was equally as
barren of grace or beauty; the walls were
dingy and unadorned by pictures of any
kind; the furniture was worn guiltless of
paint or varnish ; with no works of litera
ture worthy of mention beside the weekly
paper, a Bible and an almanac. In this
atmosphere she must live; here she must
henceforth work on w hile mind and soul
starve; here, too, she must rear her chil
dren, to see worth or beauty in nothing
which cannot be represented by gold.
What wonder, then, if her eyes and
thoughts wandered over the fields of wav
ing grain to where a stately stone house
stood upon an eminence. She knew there
was beauty there; the breezes stole into
large, airy rooms, through !ace curtains;
there were rich carpets and costly furni
ture, and a library that was almost an in
tellectual feast to but look at ; outside there
were pleasant walks and drives, and a
flower-garden, filled with the rarest floral
treasures; and then she sighed softly as
she thought to herself, 44 But love would
not have been there, and life would have
been of little worth without that"
44 Jennie! Jennie! Oh, here you are!"
and Mr. Graham came out through the
back kitchen door and seated himself upon
the edge of a huge log that had been
hewn out and did duty for both eave
trough and cistern. It was not unusual
for him to seek her; he always did when
became in and found her not in the house.
It was a habit of the man. His very life
seemed lxmnd up in her; and although he
had the reputation among his neighbors of
being "close" in hi buiness transac
tions, he was nevertheless kind-hearted
and generous, too, in his way. This
morning, however, he had something ot
importance to communicate.
44 1 didn't tell you last evening," he said,
44 that I had already had some talk with
Southwell about that land, lie wouldn't
listen to a cent under $2,000 ttien, and I
wouldn't offer more than $1,500. He
came over this morning to see me and he
offered to split the difference. Ain't that
a bargain, though! A little better than
spending money for paint and paper eh,
Jennie? Oh," he said, rising to go, 44 1
came near forgetting to tell you, Powers
is here, lie wants to hire out through
harvest. I have hands enough, but I sup
pose the more help I have the better I
shali get along, so I told him to go right
at work. I don't suppose he has been to
breakfast yet, his folks are so slack; so
you might set on a,bit for him to eat. Try
and have the lunch ready by half-past
nine; you can blow the horn, and I will
send one of the men down lor it"
Poor Jennie! It was like the last straw
that broke the camel's back. She strug
gled hard, but the tears would come. Mr.
Graham turned back and came instantly
to her side when he saw that she was in
trouble. 44 What is the matter, dear?" he
asked, compassionately, while his large,
kind hand glided down her hair with a
soft, caressing touch. There was no
answer and the tears only came the faster.
44 If you are not feeling well I will slip
down and get Miranda Powers to come ujr
and help you. I guess I'd better, anyway,
hadn't I ?"
Mrs. Graham mastered her emotion
with an effort. 44 O no!" she said. 44 There
isn't anything the matter, only I am a lit
tle nervous this morning.1
Mr. Graham hesitated; he was not en
tirely satisfied with this explanation.
44 I here!" she said. ".Now do go
along to your work, or I shall le foolish
enough to cry again," and indeed she
laughed very much as if she might.
Hiram Graham had a faint idea as to what
the matter was, and was very willing to
do as she bade him. He felt considerably
annoyed that his wife could not see the
advantage of this proposed purchase that
would so materially add to their mutual
prosperity. And then he began to wonder
what she was thinking so silently about
while she stood looking off toward the
distant hill. A little jealousy crept in
with the thought. The owner of that fine
mansion had once been a formidable rival
of his. There could have been no reason
for her choice but the one she so shyly
confessed to him in the soft twilight of a
summer evening ten years ago. How
proud and happy he had felt! lie vowed
that she should never want for anything
which his labor could procure. But he
had changed since. He had but little to
commence life with; they had to practice
such rigid economy, and to watch every
dollar so close to be able to meet the pay
ment on the farm, that he had learned to
love money, not so much for the good it
could purchase as for its own sake. When
he came in to dinner, followed by his
troop of hands, he could not help noticing
how flushed and tired she looked, but she
was as cheerful as ever. The morning
cloud had passed ; and with the sweet
spirit of self-sacrifice that characterized
her she had buried her dead hopes and
taken up the burden of life again as best
she could.
Hiram Graham was not ignorant of this
sacrifice, and it touched him keenly; the
thought of it troubled him during the
afternoon. He even forgot to estimate
what the probable yield per acre would lie,
as the heavy sheaves were shoved off the
reaper platform, and lay so near together
on the shorn ground. He could not deny
that his wife had worked as hard as he
during the years past and the economy
that had been practiced had been mostly
in her domain. He began to wish that he
had treated her wishes more respectfully,
at least. But then he could not but help
looking over to where that forty lay.
What a choice piece of land it was! How
long he had wanted it! And now, when it
was almost within his grasp, must he let
it go? And even if he was to yield to
Jennie's wishes now, wouldn't 6he know
that he had done so reluctantly, and
against his better judgment? And so dur
ing the afternoon he thought the matter
over and over.
44 Powers," he called out us that indi
vidual was leaviog the field at night 44 if
the folks at home can spare Miranda, let
her come up in the morning and help my
wife."
44 All right she will be glad to come,"
was the answer.
Harvest was over, and Mrs. Graham
spoke of discharging the girl. 44 You had
better keep her to help you," advised her
husband.
44 No," said Mrs. Graham; 44 when there
is none but my own family I can do the
work easy enough alone. I believe I like
to work," she added smiling; 44 at least I
am always happiest when I am busy."
44 How long has it been Bince you have
been home to your father's on a visit?" he
asked abruptly.
44 Five years ago last June, when Sister
Ellen was married."
How prompt the answer came. Perhaps
she had counted the time.
44 How would you like to go out and see
the folks this fall?"
What a U4 light came l&W her fca,
and then faded, as ithe said hesitatingly:
44 How can I go?"
44 Never mind aliout that. You have
earned a play-day, and none of my trans
actions shall hinder you from enjoying
one. You had U tter take the children
with you; the folks will want to fee them.
We w ill go to town to-morrow and you
can get what things you need, and Miranda
can stay and help you get read'. You will
want to get off as soon ns you can, for you
will want to make a good, long visit w hile
yon are alnnit it."
He appeared to be anxious to hasten her
departure; but Mrs. Graham was too
happy at the thought of seeing the home
of her childhood again to notice it at the
time.
41 But what w ill you do without us, If rr
make a long stay ?"
44 Don't mind about me. I can keep
bachelor's hall," he added, laughing. Tw o
weeks after and Mrs. Graham and the
children had gone; and Hiram Graham
had the house all to himself. -
After the lapse of five weeks he went to
the station to meet his wife and children.
They had enjoyed the most delightful of
visits, and all were glad and happy, and
as they drove homeward there was much
to be told, and many inquiriea to be made.
As they neared the house Mrs. G rah am
suddenly leaned eagerly forward, while
her husband watched her face and rubbed
his hands together in quiet glee. What
was that soft, lustrous gray, gleaming out
from among the green trees? Was hhe
dreaming? No, it was the house, with its
green shutters and porticos.
44 Why, Hiram Graham, what have you
been doing?"
She looked again. 41 And a picket
fence! And the most charming little
gate! And a graveled walkl" And then
she couldn't keep the glad tears from
coining.
44 Come, Jennie," said Mr. Graham,
teasingly, although his own ejes moist
ened w ftli sympathetic happiness, 44 don't
feel so bad about it. I may have worse
things yet to show you. There, how does
that suit you?" he asked after they had
entered the house, pointing to the bay-
window. 44 1 didn't undcrMand such
things, so I got a workman that did; you
see it is all complete, ready for the plants.
And here," he said, hading the way
through the kitchen and throwing open a
door, 44 is the wood house; anil here,"
opening a Joor, 14 is a pantry that can't
be beat anywhere. Am! this is something
you didn't mention," he continued, ap
proaching a neat sink in the kitchen; and
laying bold of the handle of a cistern
pump that stood in one end up gushed a
jet of soft waler, which told of a good cis
tern underneath. " Look through the
window and you will see a covered drain
that carries away all the waste water. 1
am going to tlx it so you can irrigate vur
flower garden w ith it. You see I didn't
do anything with these thing?," he said,
after they liad entered the sitiing-room,
glancing depreciatingly toward the dingy
papering, the dilapidated furniture and
thread-bare carpet " I would rather
trust that to you. And besides I found
there was so much real enjoyment in it
that I would be generous and leave some
of the pleasure for you. Here is the mon
ey that is left," he added, presenting her a
goodly roll of bills.
One pleasant day in autumn and all was
complete, and indeed, as Mrs. Graham
said, it looked like "a bit of Eden." "I
do believe," she said, turning toward her
husband, with such a glad, blight look in
her face 44 1 do believe that I am Just the
happiest woman in the world."
He drew her gently to him. 44 Jennie,"
he said, 44 what were you thinking alout
that morning that I found you churning
under the locust tree and hkingso in
tently at that old stone building on the
hill?" Her only answer was a merry
laugh.
44 Did you ever think so before?" Al
though he asked the question hesitatingly,
he looked very wistfully into her face for
an answer.
14 No, you dear, simple darling, and I
am sure I never shall again; and," look
in g up, archly, " J didn't then!"
Six years had passed away, and one
bright morning in spring Mr. Graham en
tered the house. He had- changed in
those years; the slight roughness which
characterized him previously had worn
away; there was an increased dignity and
manliness inhis bearing. His children also
had grown to be a constant source of pater
nal pride an J delight. So surely do our inner
natures conform to the plane of our out
ward surroundings. He held up a paper
w hich he had in his hands. 41 There," he
said, addressing his wife, 44 is the deed of
that Southwell forty, clear from encum
brance. If it had cot been for you," he
continued, smiling, 44 1 should have
owned that long ago, and the whole South
well farm, too, perhaps. But I thank God
that I didn't," he added, earnestly. 44 If I
had I would have been bent so close over
the work-rack by this time that I never
should be able to look up." Western
Jtural.
FACTS AD FIGURES.
The business transacted in the Post
office in New York city is nearly double
that of any other city in the Union. The
average number of domestic letters re
ceived and distributed daily is 300,000;
the number of foreign letters received 30,
000, the number dispatched 35,000, and
the number of local letters received and
distributed 120,000. At the Postoffice and
tiations there are aliout 1,300 employes,
and 31)0 carriers are employed, in the
Postoffice projH,T there arc COO clerks.
Some of these have faithfully served more
than a generation. A'. Y. World.
An official statement has just been pre
pared of the operations of the free-delivery
system in eighty-seven ot the principal
cities of the country for the last fiscal year.
It fchows the following facts:
furrier 2.19S
Vail letters delivered 170 0:i. 16
Mail postal-cards delivered is.31 1. tr
bocai lei'e drtliver-1 4H.8-9.2x7
I.ocul poMal-rrd delivered 'b.0.6.i'2
N wfpapers delivered i,4 t,4"
Letters collected 1H .ft 0. 41
Vostal-Cirds collected 'Z.i S.4H
Newspapers Collected 2I..SU.407
Whole nam her of piece handled. .. 571,201,474
Number of fllres 87
Pieces bandied p-r carr tr 2 I.5M
To-al cost ot hervice $I,8o0,Ol !i0
Arempx cni-t per piece iu mills S VM
AvvTHfc cost per carrier 8".3 M
Amount of postage on l''al matter.. 1I7...5M 4
The cer.uis of the State as now officially
promulgated shows the population of
Massachusetts to be 1,651,052. As com
pared with 1870, when the United States
census gave us a population of 1,4.57,351,
there has been a gain in five years of 104,
301, which is 13.3 percent The census
of New York shows a population of 4,
915.CM. aiainst 4.3-82.750 in 1870 a gain
of 432,845, and of 9.9 per cent. Michigan
this year reports 1.334,031 population,
acainst 1,184,059 in 1870, which is a ealn
of 149.972 and of 12.7 per cent. Minne
sota (four counties closely estimated) has
G03.85B, aaraimt 438,700, the increase be
ing 1G4.159 and 35 per cent Louisiana
foots up 857,039, against 720,915 in 1870;
the grow th is 130,124 and 17.9 per cent.
The aggregate population of these five
States, two Eastern, two Western and one
Southern, was 8,lf0,790 in 1870; it is
9,362,182 in 1S75, being an increase of
1,171,392 in five years, or of 14.3 per cent.
It is hardlv to be supposed that the aver
age gain for the whole country' is quite so
great, because, although the average of
Michigan and Minnesota may accurately
represent the erowth of the Wefet the
other three States have increased more
raipdly than most other States in their
respective sections. But we shall bo 6afe
enough in assumiDg a general increase of
12 per cent in the hve years, which would
make our present national population
4J,li70,45i. listen Adtttrtittr,