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YOLUME XII.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER SO, 1876.
NUMBER 36.
Extrn copies f the ITkram for str!e by J. P.
Youug, Fostolflce news depot, and O. F. John
son.coruer of Main aud Filth Streets.
SPACE. 1 w. 2 w. S w. in. 3 in.
1 sqr. . . SI 00 VI 59 $2 00 f 2 60 f 5 00
2 Sqrs.. 1 50 3KK) 2 75 3 25 f5
3 sqrs . 2 00 2 75 4 00 4 75 SOC
UCOl.. 6 00 8 00 10 00 12 00 0 00
ol.. 800 1200 1500 li 00 2500
ICol... 15 00 18 00 21 00 25 00 40 00
FIEST
National Bank
Of PLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA,
SUCCESSOR TO
WOTLE, II A XX A A CLABK,
Zrtns Fitzeiiald
K. G. IX)VKV ,
A. W. MrLAtCHUJ... .
J os-a O'KOUBKB
..President.
Vice President.
Cashier.
.Assistant Cashier.
This Bank is now open for business at their
new room, corner Main and Sixth streets, and
B pro pared to transact a general
BANKING BUSINESS.
Stock, Bonds, Gold, Qavarameat a fed Local
SaCMritiaa
BOUGHT AND BOLD.
Deposits Received and Interest Allovo
ed on Tim Certificates.
3DUAFTS JDJElJTWlSr,
Available la anr part of tke United States and
la all the Principal Towns and C'itius
of Knrope.
AGE.VT8 FOR XII C
CELEBRATED
Ihman Line and Allan Line
OF fiTKAMEHS.
Person wishing to bring ont their reads from
Europe can
PUUf UAE TICKETS FROM CB
Thrtnih to ritttimesth.
New Tailor Shop !
A COLORED TAILOR,
has opened a shop
On thSt.nxtd4rt Dr. JTsi.BIak'
Ofttee.
HE IS A
Professional Workman,
aaa glvon good satisfaction, so far and
PROPOSES TO STAT!
If tfea people give bim the requisite encour
agement. GOOD FITS,
WARRANTED,
AND ALL ORE I2S ATTENDED
TO PliOMPTLY. 141y
run or.o stawf
WM. STADELMANN,
STtsarly opp. Saunders House, Main St.
At the old stand I still hold forth, and for the
Centennial year I offerK;Nd at "70 prices 1776.
I mean. If you do nt believe it.come and see.
A Large Stock of Clothing.
MEN'S AND BOYS'
HATS, CAPS. (iLOTCS,
CAMXTKUAEiS. VALISES,
etc.. etc.. etc. etc.
Ail Oomli at a Orcal Kr.;YmtUm in Prires.
E. PARMELE,
SALE, FEED LIVERY STABLE.
At the old Ilyatt Barn, (lataly .Tone's stable;
In riattsmmith. Neb. Will keep constantly.!,
hand a number of
Horses for Sale.
The buying and selling of good horses made
the specialty of the business. A new
PONY PHAETON,
with gentle horses, for Ladies to drive is kept
at tke Stable.
FARMERS CALL AND EJT AMINE
MY STOCK FOR SALS.
11-yl. E. PARMELE.
Fleming & Race,
DEALERS IX
DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES,
HATS,
CAPS,
BOOTS,
ZlIOES.
AND NOTIONS
And Farmer KapplirM Generally.
Our Goods arc all New.
and wa sell them CIlEAr.
TRY US ONCE, AND SEE I
(40jl) WEEP TNQ WATER, NEB.
HENRY BCECK.
DEALER IN
IIF HZ 3? DL i t ia y
SAFES, CHAIRS,
Lounges, Tables, Bedsteads,
ETC.. KT, ETC.,
Of All Descriptions.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
METALLIC BUEIAL CASES
Of all sizs, ready made and sold cheap for cash.
"Wii.h many thanks for past patronage. I Invite
Invite all to call and examine my
LARGE STOCK OF
40tf. FURYITL'RE AXD COFFIXN.
Excelsior Barber Shop.
J. C. BOONE,
Main Street, opposite Saunders House.
HAIR-CUTTING,
Slmvingr and Shampooing.
ESFECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO
Cutting Children's and Ladles'
Hair.
CALL AND SEE BOONE, GENTS,
And get a boone in a
25
t;o.
FA3TCY CARDS. 11 styles with name
locts post naid. J. li. Husted.Nassau. Kens.
N. Y. S3t4
RJfi We will start you in a business
! KJ you can make $50 a week without
WI AIM rVc;lP"jl easy and respectable for
111 U 11 Lw I either sex. Agents Supply Co.,
261 Bowery, New York.
Af rMTC If you want the best selling
AUC.11 1 D article in the world and a sol
id gold patent lever watch, free of cost, write at
once to J. BRIDE & CO.. 767 Broadway N. Y. 4t
k PPUITIQ IuvestiHate the merits of thelllus
AULlil 1 U trated 'cekly, before determining
upon your work for this fall and winter. The
combination for this season surpasses anything
heretofore attempted. Terms sent free on ap
plication. Address C1IAS. C'LL'CAS & CO.. 14
Warren St., N. Y. "
R OPT ORE,
Since rupture Is dangerous and the Elastic
and other trusses injure thostt who use them.
ll classes nre t!i rowing them away and using
Dr. Mierman's Rupture Support and Curative
Compound, which gives relief in all cases and
restores the parts to natural vigor. Dr. Sher
man's books with valuable information and
likecess of bad eai.es before and after cure sent
for 10 cents. Office 1 Ann St., New York. Save
this.
'AGENTS WANTED FOR THE STORY OF
Written by his father. A complete account of
this most mysterious abduction and exciting
search. With fac-siniile letters and illustra
tions. Outsells all other books. One agent
took 60 orders in one day. Ternisliber.il. Ad
dress. John E. 1'otteu Co., Publishers, Phil
adelphia. IN PRESS OUTFITS READY THE
CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION.
DESCB1BED AND ILLUSTRATED.
A graphic pen picture of its history, grand
buildings, wonderful exhibits, curiosities, great
days, etc. Profusely illustrated, thoroughly
popular and very cheap. Must sell immensely,
S.ooo agents wanted. Send for full particulars.
This will be the chance of 100 years to coin
money faft. Get the only reliable history. N.
D. Thompson & Co., Pubs. 509 N 3d St., St.
Ixmls. Mo.
finTTflU Be ,lot deceived by premature
unUllJil books, assuming to be "official"
and telling what will happen in August and
September.
CABINET ORGANS
Have been unanimously assigned the
"First llasak
t!,ne SEVERAL REQUISITES"
OF SUCH INSTRUMENTS AT THE
U. S. CENTENNIAL 1S76.
ind are the only organs assigned this rank.
Their superiority is tlnus declared, not in one or
rwo resiects only, but in all the important qual
ities of an orgau. A medal and diploma have
:i1mo been awarded them, .ut medals of equal
value were awarded all articles deemed
worthy of recognition, so that many makers
an advertise "first medals" or "highest
.iward."
Comparative rank in exollenee. has been de
termined Isy th Judges Keports alone, in
A'hich She Mason r Hamlin Organs are uiiani
iiious'r assigned "the first rank in the several
feci ui sites" of ench instruments, and are the
mly ones assigned l!ns rank. Se Judge' Re
. Mirts. This result was not uncxiected, for
.hese organs have uniformly taken highest
iwards in such comnetion, there being less
hail six exceptions in hundreds of compari
son. They were awarded first medals, and
Tlghest honors at Paris 1X67. Vienna 1ST3, S.in
iajjo iiT". I'hiladelphia 1876 ; having thus been
.warded hiphest honors at every world's exhi
bition at which they have competed, and being
. he only American organs w hich ever obtained
inv nwanl in Kurope.
New Htyles, with insprovements exhibited at
.he Centennial : elegant new cases in great va
dty. lrices very lowest consistent with best
material and workmanship. Organs sold for
ash or installments, or rented until rent pays,
f.very orran warranted to give entire satisfae
ion to every reasonable purchaser or the
noney returned. Illustrated catalogues sent
free.
Mason & Hamlin Organ Co. 11 Tremont St.,
ilosron ; 2T I'nion Squaisi, New York ; 82 Adams
Street, Chicago. Ant
Great Mercantile CoHeue. Keokuk, Iowa, on
he Mississippi, Prof. Win. II. Miller, Jeueral
Manager. Nineteenth vear. About sixty dol
lars pay all expenses, for Membership, "Board
tud Stationery. Bookkeeinrs, Penmen. Repor
:ers.Operators.Are!iitects,Sui veyors and Teach
rs thoroughly fitted. English branches free,
free Iectiires by Eminent Onitors. Free Fes
ivals with Brass Band in College Hall. Free
urviished rooms for self boarding. Telejrraph
ngfree. Short hand writing free. Ooodboard
ng clubs, and family board. Builroad fare de
lueted. Immense business in Keokuk. No va
cation. Address Bavlies College, Keokuk, Iowa.
State wht re you saw Hiis advertisement. Uyl
FRESH MEAT
Come Eere Roast Beef.
Walk In-Mutton Cliops.
SING OUT
PORK STEAKS,
UA.ME, FTSI1, FO TTL, SA USA OK. A !ff) ALL
OTUEll MEATS IX SEASUX AT
YOUNG'S Butcher Shop,
PLATTSMOUTH, NEIi
LOWER MAIN ST., -30m3
- - SOUTH SIDE.
Te the Working CIamh. We are now
prepared to furnish all classes with constant
employment at home, the whole of the time, or
for their spare moments. Business new, light,
and profitable. Persons of either sex easily
earn from 60 cents to $5 per evening, and a pro
;ortioual sum by devoting their whole time to
the business. Boys and girls earn nearly as
much as men. That all who see this notice may
icna their address, and test the business we
make this uiwarallelled oiler : To such as are
not well satisfied we will send one dollar to pay
iiuuiw ui nniint;. run panicuiars,
families worth several dollars to commence
work on. and a copy of Home and Fireside, one
of the largest and Lost Illustrated publications.'
all ent free by mail. Reader, if vou want per
manent aud profitable work, address
tiroitoic 5tinso- 6i Co., Portland, lie.
OFFICIAL. UIItECTOBY.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Senators r. W. Hitchcock, Omaha ; A. 8.
Paddock, Beatrice.
Rjct-KKSiOTATirK L. Crounse, Ft. Calhoun.
STATE.
noTBROR Silas Garber, Lincoln.
Bbcketart Bruno Tzschuck. Lincoln.
Treasurer J. J. McBnde, Lincoln.
At'DiTOM J. U. Weston, Lincoln.
Attoknky igj,KRAL( G. H. Roberts, Lin
coln. tivrr. Ixblic iNSTBucnow J. M. MEea
zie, Lincom.
LEGISLATIVE.
Sekatc r, 1' District Sam. M. Chapman,
riattsBiouth.
Repkksextatives. 25th Distuict Jno. W.
Barnes, Plattswouth ; Jno. Rouse, Greenwood.
JUDICIAL.
St'PEEMB Judcjks Geo. B. Lake, Omaha ;
Daniel Gaott, Brownville ; Samuel Maxwell,
Freinout.
COUNTY.
Ci.kkk C. P.Moore, Plattsmonth.
Tre asi'rkk J. C. Cummins, Plattsmonth.
Sheriff M. B. Cutler, Platismouth.
Commission- eks E. G. Dovev..Plattsinouth ;
W. B. Aruold, Greenwood ; B. S. Kaiusey,
Louisville.
Coaoif ek B. F. Reed, Rock EluIIs. ,
CITY.
Mator-K. R. Livingston.
Treasurer Wm. VVintersteln.
Clf.uk W. F. Bennett.
Councilmkv, 1st Ward J. repperberg. W.
Neville.
CoujintJiEX, 2d Wahi P. L. Wise, J. V.
Weckbach.
Counilmex, Sd Ward Wm. L. Wells, R.
Donnelly.
Cou jfciuiEX, 4th Ward F. R. Guthman, J.
Hetlner.
B. & M. R. R. Time Table.
Corrected Sunday, January SOth, 1S76.
OB OMAHA FROM PLATTSMOUTn.
Leaves 5 -.45 a. m. Arrives 8 :50 a. m.
2 p. m. 3 :45 p. m.
FROM OMAHA FOR PLATTSMOUTH.
Leaves 9 :0s a. ut. Arrives 10 :21 a. m.
" 4 KJ0 p. m. " 5 :05 p. m.
" :00 p. Ui. 7 :45 p. m.
FOR TITE WEST.
Leaves riattsmouth 9 :40 a. m. Arrives Lin
oln, 12 -15 p. ui. ; Arrives Kearney, 8 :U0 p. in.
St. Louis Express Leaves PlatUmouth,
4 :25 p. m. Arrives, Lincoln, 6 :40 p. m.
Freight leaves 7 :I0 a. m. Ar. I J n coin 18 :25 p.m.
' " 11:50 p. m. " " 3:00 a.m.
FROil THE WEST.
Leaves Kearnev. 6 :40 a. iu. Leaves Lincoln,
12 :45 p. ni. Arrives Plattsmouth, 3 :15 p. in.
St. Louis Express Leaves Lincoln, 7 :20 a.
m. Arrives Plattsmonth, 10 :24 a. m.
Freight leaves Lincoln 11 :15 a. m. Arrives
Plattsmouth, 4 :12 p. m.
leaves Lincoln 7 :10 p. m. Arrives Platts
mouth, 11 JO p. m.
GOING EAST.
Express. 6 a. in.
Passenger, (train each day) 3 :50 p. m.
A RRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF PLATTS
MOUTH MAILS.
EASTER, KORTHEItTf & SOITI1KUX
a.!.. a.-nm m I Depart at - 6 :30 a. m.
Arrive at - a :zo a. m. j '.. - j :oo p. m.
OM AlfA VIA B. & M.
Arrive at 10 :Z0 a. m. Depart at - 2 :1S p. m.
WESTEBX VIA C & K.
Arrive at - 3 :15 p. m. Depart at - 9 :00 a. m.
WKKNSfl WATER.
Anlve at 12 :00 in. I Depart at - 2 .-00 p. rn.
RQl'K RI.I-FFS & UNION SIIUI.S.
Arrive at 12 aK m. Depart at - 1 :00 p. m.
J. W. MARSHALL. I. M.
PROFESSIONAL, CARDS
R. B. WISIHIAM,
ATTORNEY and Counselor at f.aw. Real
estate bought &nd sold. Taxes paid ; and spe
cial attention given to collections. Office over
Dr. Chapman's Drug Store, Plattsmouth. 37yl
Kill M IHAPJ5AX.
ATTORNEY AT LAW and Solicitor iu Chan
cery. Office in Fitzgerald's Block, Plattsmouth,
Nebraska.
YlIT2:L.KIt & nEXXETT,
REAL ESTATE and Tax Taying Agents, No
taries Public, Fire and I jfe insurance Agents,
Plattsmouth, Nebraska.
ATTORNEY AT LAW. U. S. Claim Agent and
Public Auctioneer. Business promptly attend
ed to. Greenwood, Neb.
R R Ll"VISTOS.
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, tenders his pro
fessional services to the citizens of Cass county.
Residence southeast corner Sixtii and Oak sts. ;
Ofheeou Main street, two doors west of Sixth,
riattsmouth. Nebraska.
i KO. W. IT1I,
ATTORNEY AT LAW and Real Estate Bro
ker. Special attention given to Collections
and all matters affecting the title' to real estate.
Office on 2d floor, over Post Office, Plattsmouth,
Nebraska. 40 t.
cham. n.Tiionrsox, 31. 1.
HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN. Thlrtv years
practice has inadn the Dr. familiar with nearly
all diseases, and their cure. Office : Cor. 5th &
Main St., over Johnson's Drug Si tore. 25 tl
aOEiTW YV IIAIXF8
JUSTICE OK THE PEACE, ami collector of
debts, collections made from one dollar to one
thousand do'lars. Mortgages. Deeds, and oth
er instruments drawn, and nil countv business
usually transacted lief ore a Justice of the Peace.
Best of reference given if required.
Office on Main street. West of Court House.
40-yl JOHN W. HAINES.
Ia. jr. 51. WATEKMAX,
Physio Medical Practitioner.
Louisville, Cam Co., Xeh.
rA!ways at the office on Saturdays. 40yl
BLACKBERRIES
Are one of the most valuable of our native
fruits. Cooling and astringent, they form when
compounded and medicated the very best and
safest remedy known for Diarrhea, "Dysentery,
v lux. and what is commonly called, Summer
Complaints. These nre always troublesome and
sometimes terribly fatal, especially among chil
dren ; many lives might be saved by giving them
prompt attention and care. On the other hand
many lives are sacrificed by the use of prepara
tions containing laudanum and other opiates.
Dr. Green's Blackberry cordial is Just what it
represents to be : a pure medicated compound
containing nothing injurious to the system, yet
prompt to eheck and cure these diseases In men
and women. Beiug made without alcohol, it is
the very best and safest remedy for children.
After this disease is cheeked the body is gen
erally left woni and debilitated. A daily p-l
moderate use of Dr. Green's Bitter Tonic liit
revive and build It up. giving tone and vigor to
the whole system, with an Inc reased and heal
thy appetite. If your druggist does not keep
Dr. Green's Family Medicines, send to the pro
prietors. E.T. Bartruft & Co., Burlington, Iowa,
and they will send you trial samples, as well as
circulars and testimnnials. For sale by W. E.
Donelan and O. F. Jonnsen. 50:yl,
CLAPP ti. GRECSSL1TE,
ELMW0CD, - - NEBRASKA,
Dealers in
Dry Goods & Grocersics,
and all articles generally kept in a country
store. Farmers, call and examine before going
away from home to buy. 7lf.
PLATTSMOUTH MILLS.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEB.
C.HEISEL, - Proprietor.
Flour, Corn Meal, & Feed
Always on hand and for sale at lowest cash
prices. The highest prices paid for Wheat Rtd
Corn. Particular attention given eustom work.
'GRAND CENTRAL'
HOTEL,
Largest and finest Hotel be
tween Chicago and San
Francivco.
GEO. THRALL, - - Prop.
OMAHA. NEU.
CHARLES WARREN,
TOXSOUIAl. ARTIST.
Win give you a clean shave, or trim your hair in
the
Latest Style !
OR GIYE YOU A
FIRST-CLASS SHAMPOO.
NEXT DOOR TO PLATTK VALLEY HOUSE,
30in3 ruttstnotth, Neb.
LATE TO CIIUECH.
Alone t he road, on either side,
ThS elder boughs are budding.
The meadow lands a rosy tide
Of clover bloom is flooding ;
The sunny landscape is so fair,
So sweet the blossom scented air.
That when I went to church to-dny
I ceuid bat choose the longest way.
Loud sang the bobolinks, and round
The milk-weed flowers the bees wre lium
I eauntered on, but soon I found I ming ;
Behind me there was someone coming.
I did not turn my head to see,
And yet I knew who followed me
Before Tom called ine "Kitty stav,
Aud let me share with you the way !"
We didnot mind onr steps grew slow.
Or notice when the bell stopped ringing.
Or think f being late, but, lo f
When we had reached the church the sing
Was over and the prayer was done, UUK
The sermon fairly was begun !
Should we go in, should we stay out.
Press boldly on, or turn about?
Tom led the way, and up the aisle
I followed all around were staJing
And here and there I eaught a smile ;
I tried to think I was not caring ;
And yet I blushed. I know, and showed
A face that like a poppy glowed.
For cveiy on seemed saying. "Kate,
We all know why you are so late !"
Another Suaday, come what will,
I mean to be at church in season ;
But to regret this morning, still
1 trust I never shall have reason ;
For should I wear a wedding-dress
A year from now, perhaps you'll guesj
What Tom said to me when, to-day,
We walked to church the longest way.
TUN TEARS AFTER CARRIAGE.
Ten yeari since the wedding-day.
Mrs. Rowland was alone. She had
left her husband in the little room
where they usually sat together through
the evenings while she put the children
to bed.
Mrs. Howland did not feel inclined
to return to the family sitting-room,
where she had left her husband, but re
mained in the chamber with her sleep
ing little ones in a musing, brooding,
unhappy state of mind. Something of
coldness and alienation had been grow
ing up between her and her husband
for a long time past. The old tender
ness of manner which had been so
sweet was all gone. He was kind,
thoughtful in regard to her comfort,
honorable and true, but getting more
formal and less affectionate in manner
every day. His wife, who had loved
him very tenderly and still loved him,
had failed to give in her life the ade
quate response to his had, in the fret
and fever of a disciplinary existence,
suffered herself to walk amid disturb
ing and discordent elements instead of
taking her place serenely by his side.
And so inharmonious things had been
permitted to jar where all might have
been peace.
It wa3 pressing upon the mind of
Mrs. Ilowland that her husband had
ceased to love her, and this conviction
was taking all the sweeiness from her
life. It did not once occur to her that
she was herself growing unlovely, that
she had hud aside nearly all the exter
nal thing by which, when a maiden,
she had sought to win him the sunny
countenance, the alluring voice and
manner, the scrupulous attire, the def
erence to his tastes and opinions, the
guard upon her temper, the womanly
elevation of character that made her
seem as one who ruled in the kingdom
of her own soul. This was the being
he had loved, this the woman he had
taken to walk with him through life.
Alas for the fading ideal I He had
found, instead, one who made scarcely
an effort at self government whose
feelings and impulses were her springs
of action. Deeply, passionately she
loved him, but only a wise, self-abno-gating
love blesses both itself and the
Object of its devotion. Without some
change on the part of Mrs. Ilowland
it was impossible for them to grow to
gether as one.
For nearly half an hour her children
were asleep the mother sat in her
wretched mood, apart from her hus
band and feeling no inclination to join
him. "All love has died" said she, "I
am nothing now." And as she said
this her heart shivered with an instinc
tive realization of what her words in
volved. Then fear for the loss of a
thing so precious as a husband's love
seized upon her soul and inspired a new
purpose. A love worth winning was
surely worth an effort to retain. And
was not the way to win the way to
keep ? A new light broke into Mrs.
Ilowland's mind. She began to see
things in herself that were verv far of
being in harmony with her life when
a maiden things that would certainly
have repelled a lover, and were they
bonds for a husband?
These thoughts startled the awaken
ing wife. Then old memories were re
vived, bringing back old states. Pic
tures warm with the hues of love came
out of of the dim past.
"Is the cup broken and the wine
spilled ? she asked of herself. "God
forbid!" came from her lips in audible
utterance. Then she left the chamber
where her children slept, and with si
lent feet went slowly toward the apart
ment in which she had left her hus
band alone. On the way she paused,
stood still for a moment, then returned.
The gas was burning low. She threw
up the light and caught a reflection of
herself in a toilet glass. One glance
sufficed. That was not the style in
which she had appeared before her lov
er. Taking down her hair, she applied
the comb and brush rapidly for some
minutes, and then arranged the glossy
masses with taste and skill. Next the
soiled and tumbled wrapper was re
moved and her person attired in a neat
ly fitting dress, around the neck of
wheh was laid a snowy linen collar
fastened by a. small coral pin, her hus
band's gift of other days. Already her
cheeks were in a glow and her eyes fill
ed with light. One long glance at her
self in the mirror revealed a wonderful
transformation. How the old memo
ries were crowding in upon her I
now soft hr heart was growing!
How full of tenderness was every
thought of her husband! Her lips
were athirst for kisses !
And now Mrs. Ilowland left her
chamber again. Her slippered feet
gave no sound as they moved over the
carpet, and she came to the open door
of the sitting room without betraying
a sign of her approach. There she
stood still. Mr. Ilowland was not at
the table reading, as she had left him,
but at his secretary, which was open.
He was reclining his head on one hand
and gazing down upon something held
in the other, and seemed wholly ab
sorbed. For more than a minute he
remained in this fixed attitude, his
wife as still as himself. Then a long
sigh trembled on the air, and then lift
ing the object on which his gaze was
directed, Mr. Howland pressed it to his
hps, kissing it almost passionately
three or four times. A wild throb
leaped along Mrs. Howland's veins
Then her heart grewstill as in the pres
ence of some unknown but stupendous
evil. Something impelled her to spring
forward and read this mystery, and
something as strongly held her back.
As she stood, pale now and in a tremor
the object was kissed again, and then
returned to a drawer in the secretary
from which it had been taken. In this
act for an instant the minature of a
lady met the gaze of Mrs. Ilowland !
L.ocking the drawer, her husband plac
ed the key in hi3 pocket, and then rest
ing both arms on the writing leaf of
the secretary, buried his face in them
and sat motionless.
Turning away as noiselessly as she
had approached, Mrs. Howland fled
back to her chamber in wild affright,
and sat down panting in bewilderment.
As soon as thought began to move in
a determinate way, the first result was
a flood of indignation, a burning sense
of wrong, and it was only by an effort
that the outraged wife could hold her
self back from confronting her husband
and demanding to see the minature.
A calmer but not less painful state
succeeded, in which conscience whis
pered of indifference and neglect. Had
she turned, habitually, her most attrac
tive or her least attractive side to her
husband? Had she kept herself lovely
in his eyes lovely in temper and love
ly in person ? Her heart sunk ; it grew
darker and darker ijround her, life seem
ed crushing out.
"Who is it?" This question marked
a change in Mrs. Ilowland's thoughts.
Rapidly she passed in review one lady
friend after another, but without an
incident to fix suspicion. Then times
and seasons in which her husband was
absent from home were dwelt upon.
Once a week regularly he went out in
the evening occasionally twice. The
regular absence was for the purpose of
attending a literary society at least
so he had informed his wife. Now,
the first time, doubt of his truth crept
in, and this doubt was the sweeping
away of all the sure foundations cn
which her soul had rested.
For a long time Mr. Howland remain
ed sitting at his secretary with his face
buried in his arms. At length, rising
with slow, weary notion, as of one ex
hausted by bodily or mental exertion,
he drew out his watch.
"IIalf-p;;st nine!" was ejaculated in
surprise. And then ha looked through
the door over toward the chamber
whither his wife had gone with the
children, and stood listening fur some
sound. All was silent. For a short
time he moved in an uneasy, irresolute
way around the room and sitting down,
tried to find interest in the pages of a
book. But in a little while the volume
closed in his hands. Thought was to
busy in another direction to dwell even
with a favorite author.
"Ten o'clock!" The bell was ringing
its clear nole3 from a neighboring stee
ple. Mr. Howland started up, and
turning out the light, went over to the
sleeping room. Ilia wife was in bed.
He spoke to her but she did not an
swer. "Are you asleep?" Xo motion nor
response of any kind. She lay with
her face nearly hidden under the bed
clothes. He looked at her in a" strange
earnest manner for some moments, and
then, moving about noiselessly prepar
for rest. The day had been one of
much activity, and Mr. Howland was
weary enough for sleep. Soon after
his head touched the pillows ho its in
the land of dreams. His deep breath
ing had scarcely given evidence of the
fact ere a light movement on the part
on the part of Mrs. Ilowland showed
her to bo awake. Presently she drew
the clothes from her face and raised
herself cautiously. The heavy breath
ing of her husband was not interrupt
ed. She sat up in bed ; he still slept on ;
she glided from beneath the covering,
and groping in the darkness, found her
husband's vest, from which she took a
key.
"Mother T The slight noise made in
opening the chamber door had disturb
ed one of the children. Mrs. Howland
stood still, holding her breath. The
call was not repeated, and she went
out, groping her way along the passage
with a hand on the wall. Entering
the room she sought, she closed the
door behind her and drew the bolt, fas
tening herself in. Now all her motions
became hurried and nervou3. "After
lighting the gas she went to her hus
band's secretary, and with the key in
her posession unlocked one of the pri
vate drawers. He hand shook so that
the key rattled on the scutcheon before
a way was found into the wards. The
first object that met her view a3 the
drawer came open was a morocco min
iature case which she seized upon
with a clutch as eager as that of a bird
of prey, and bearing it to the gas light.
unloosed the clasp and exposed tit face
of her rival.
It was a young and lovely face, and
the eyes looked up into hers with a
tender aud swet-t expression. Away
from the pure forehead the hair of
golden auburn fell smoothly back, and
lav in curls upon her neck, that was
whiter and purer than alabaster. The
lips were full, soft, and arching as if
for a flight of arrows. Love's witchery
was in the picturod countenance.
Still, very still, did the wife sit and
gaze down upon her rival's face that
face on which scarcely an hour before
she had seen her husband's kisses laid.
Still, very still she sat, the tears creep
ing out of her eyes, falling slowly over
her cheeks and dropping upon the min
iature. Was she jealous of that rival ?
Xo! Her heart was too glad for jeal
ousy, too full of joy, too wild with a
new-born happiness. The bride of ten
years ago was the rival of to-day, and
the heart of her husband was true to
his marriage vows! It was no fault of
his that he could not love what had
become unlovely. Not unlovely in the
poorer signiScatioa of that word, ss in
dicating changes wrought by the wear
ing hand of time, but unlovely through
indulgence in impatience and fretful
ness, and in the neglect of self-disci
pline unlovely also from carelessness
of attire and personal neatness.
With the imagt of herself as she was
ten years before, and with the image of
aer husband fondly, passionately kiss
ing that image, dwelling in her imagi
nation, Mrs. Howland went back to
her bed. She had suddenly awasened
as from dream, and a long weary, troub
led, exhausting dream, and the lan
guage of her heart wag "Thank Cod
that I am awake!"
As they sat at breakfast on the next
morning, Mrs. Howlaud noticed a
change in the expression of her hus
band's face as he looked at her across
the table, letting his eyea dwell upon
her with unusual interest. It was a
pleased almost admiring expression.
She was in no doubt as to the cause,
for she had attired herself with scru
pulous care in a clean, bright morning
wrapper, and wore, a cap fastened at
one side with a ruby hairpin and orna
mented with two or three small pink
bows and a sprig of flowers. A plain
linen collar pinned with a cameo was
around her neck. And, better than all
she had banished every sign of discon
tent and fretfulness from her face.
"How sweet mother looks this morn
ing!" said Mr. Ilowland, glancing at
one of the children who sat near her
and smiling one of his old, bright smiles.
"Don't she!" answered the little one,
lifting her rosy mouth to mamma for
a kiss.
"Me kiss to, mamma so beautiful!"
and little Allie scrambled down from
her chair in new born admiration of
her mother, and put up her mouth al
so. "And ue to," exclaimed Mr. Ilowland
prising around the table and laying
hi3 lips softly and lingeringly upon the
lips of his wife. He saw, as he looked
across the table on resuming his seat,
that her eyes were dim with tears. He
knew they were tears of pleasure, but
he did not imagine how deeplv her
heart was stirred nor how full of pre-
eious memories and golden hopes the
moment was crowded.
Ten years after marriage. Love's
lamp was burning low, tho oil nearly
exhausted, the wife grown so unattrac
tive that the husband's heart was turn
ing back in worship to the bride. But
the lamp has blazed up again ; there is
a supply of oil. A beauty beyond any
bridal beauty invests the wife, and it
shall grow more womanly, more luxu
riant, more enchanting, as the day suc
ceed each other and years progress, un
til the soul puts on her garments of
eternal youth.
THE POT ON THE FIRE.
There is one mode of preparing food
in general use in many parts of Europe
which we would do very well more
generally to adopt; that is, "gentle sim
mering. In every or almost every
French household there is the pot an
feu. This permanent "pot on the fire,
after the manner of the old-fashioned
"digester," oecapiea a quiet little corn
er of the stove or fire place. It can
hardly be said to boil, but it simmers
on gently, for hours. There it is the
receptacle of many a little bone, wheth
er the trimmings of poultry or butch
ers' meat. It matters not, every little
stray fragment of wholesome meat
fi ids its wiiy there. A bit of liver is
considered an immense improvement;
and any vegetables that happen to be
about add to its pleasant flavor, wheth
er the tops of celery, Jerusalem arti
chokes which, par excellence, make it
delicious or carrots, turnips, leeks, etc.
But supposing it were made alto
gether of fresh materials which, in
deed, in France is rarely this would
be the proper recipe: Put a gallon of
water into a pot ; put into this either
three or four pounds of shin beef, or
any similar thing. Add to this an on
ion or two, or some leeks, carrots or
other vegetables, three or four tea
spoSnf uls of salt, one of black pepper,
three cloves. Give it one boil up;
skim carefully. Now cover the pot
closely, and let it cook gently, for four
hours at least. About every hour
throw a wiueglassful of cold water in
to it, to make it clear. Taste ; it may
require a little more salt and pepper,
according to taste. Pour this soup
over toasted crusts of bread. Both
soup nd meat will be found delicious.
The whole secret of this lies in the
gentle simmering in a covered vessel,
whereby the flavor is wholly preserved
and nothing is lost. A bullock's head
so coooked is excellent.
Sad.
Very
The sad intelligence comes, says the
St. Louis Republican, that the orang
outang in the Berlin zoological garden
died recently of consumption. His
loss is deeply felt. As an orong-outang
he was an ornament to his profession,
and in the social circle he shone pre
eminent. He was always kind to the
female chimpanzee, and toward the
gorilla showed no envy nor petty mal
ice. He wore hi3 whiskers in the style
of the kaiser, and, though he hadn't at
the time of his death e vol u ted his tail
off, was alwaj's manly in his ways.
In the midst of life we are in debt.
' Owing to the disaster to the Arctic
fleet whalebone has gone up nearly fif
ty per cent, in value and only steel cor
sets will be worn this winter. Steel
corsets are more objectionable than
whalebone, on tho ground of danger
from lightening, but as there is a good
deal more "give" to them even when
embraced by the left arm, we haven't
much of an opinion of a girl who won't
be willing to risk the lightening. Nor
wich Bulletin.
THE YALENTINE-ORJFFEr CASE.
The editor of a country paper wrote
one evening: "To-day is the aniversary
of the death of Philippe." When the
printer's proof came up the name read
Sam Phillips. The editor wroteon the
margin "Who the deuce is Sam Phill
ips?" Next morning the article read:
"To-day i3 the aniversary of the death
of Sam Phillips. "Who the deuce is Sain
Phillips?"
This is Thanksgiving. Day..
The Snpremo Court Renders a Decision
Unseating Judge OrlfTey and Seat
ing Hon. L. K. Yalcntlne.
The contested Judgeship of Valen
tine vs. Griffey has attracted much at
tention. In the fall of 1875, E. K.
Valentino and Thos. L. Griffey were
candidates for the office of District
Judge in the Sixth district of this
State. It was generally believed that
Mr. Valentine had been elected, but on'
account of informalities Mr. Griffey
was doclared elected, and has since
transacted the duties of the office.
Mr. Valentine, determined to contest
the election, employed Hon. J. C. Cow
in, of Omaha to attend the case, and
Mr. Griffey was represented by Judge
Wakely and G. W. Doane, of Omaha.
"SYLLABUS."
1. A ballot voted at a legal election
without any designation ef an office,
and also a ballot voted with two or
more names on it, when the tenure of
the office is limited to one person only,
are illegal and void.
3. Extrinsic evidence of a public na
ture, including the circumstances sur
rounding an election, may be received
in evidence to correct a mistake in the
return of the canvassers of the vote,
in respect to the designation of an office
voted for at such election; and such
evidence is applied according to the
rule of law in relation to mistakes in
other writings.
3. Under tho fact stated in th's case,
held tnat certain persons residing in
unorganized counties, illegally voted
in adjoining organized counties.
4 The Military Post in Valley Coun
t) is not a military reservation, reserv
ed by the United States on the admis
sion of Nebraska as a State, nor a3 law
ceded by the State to the United States,
since its admission, but is a part of
and subject to the operation of the laws
of the State; and persons who with
their families removed to the Vo&t sine
aniino reverttnai, because residents of
the county, and were entitled to the
right of suffrage therein.
Judge Gantt delivered the opinion
of the court and it is a very able doc
ument. The summing up of which is
as follows:
In conclusion it only remains to say
that upon a count of tho votes of the
Judicial District, according to the law
as held in this opinion, we find that
the relator had a majority of all tho
legal votes cast in the Sixth Judicial
District, and is therefore entitled to
the otlice of Judge of said Judicial
District, and therefore judgment of
ouster must be rendered against tho
defendant.
Judgment rendered accordingly.
THE BOTS OF MY BUlHOOU.
BY WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT.
The boys of the generation to which
I belonged that is to say, who were
born in in the last years of the last
century or the earliest of this were
brought up under a system of disiulino
which put a far greater distance be-
tweeen parents than now existe. The
parents seemed to think this necessary
in order to secure obedience. They
were believers in the old familiar max
im that familiarity breeds contempt.
My own parents lived in the house
with my grandfather and grandmother
on the mother's side. My grandfather
was a disciplinarian of the stricter
sort, and I can hardly find words to ex
press the awe in which I stood of him
an awe so great as almost to prevent
anytLing like affection on my part, al
though he was in the main kind, and,
certainly never thought of being se
vere beyond what was necessary to
maintain a proper degree of order in
the family.
The other boys in that part of tho
country, my school-mates and play
fellows.were educated.on the same sys
tem. Yet there were at that time
some indications that this very severe
discipline was beginning to relax.
With my father and mother I was on
much easier terms than with ray grand
father. If a favor was to be asked of
my grandfather, it was asked with fear
and trembling; the request was post
poned to the last moment, and then
mado with hesitation and blushee and
a confused utterance.
One of the means of keeping the
boys of that generation in order was a
little bundle of birchen rods, bound to
gether by a small cord, and generally
supended on a nail against the wall in
the kitchen. Thi3 was esteemed as
much a part of the necessary furni
ture as the crane that hung in the
kitchen fireplace, or the shovel and
tongs. It sometimes happened that
the boy suffered a fate similar to that
of the eagle in the fable, wounded by
an arrow from its own wing; in
other words, the boy was made to
gather the twigs intended for his own
castigation.
It has never been quite clear to me
why the birch was chosen above all
other trees of the wood to yield its
twigs for this purpose. The beech of
our forest produces sprays as slender,
as llexible, and as tough; and farmer
wherever the beech is common, cut its
long and pliant braches for driving
oxen. Yet the use of birchen rods for
the correction of children is of very
great antiquity.
In his "Discourse on Forest Trees,"
written three huudred years ago, Eve
lyn speaks speaks of birchen twigs as
an implement of the school master, and
Loudon in his "Arbaretum," goes yet
further back. He says: "The birch has
been used as an instrument of correc
tion in schools from the earliest ages."
The English poets of tee last century
make frequent mention of this us of
this use of birchen twigs; but in Lou
don's time, whose book was published
thirty years tince. he remarks that the
use of these rods, botli in schools and
private families, was fast passing away
it change on which the boys both of
England and the United States may
well be congratulated, for the birch
en rod r.-as. in my time, even more free
ly u.sed in the school than in the house
hold. -Si. Nicholas for December.-
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