THE HERALD.
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OFFICE:
On Vine St., One Block Nortli of Main,
Corner of Fifth Street.
PERSEVERANCE C0X(JUERS."
TERMS! $2.00 a Year.
ST" All Advertising Mils due iiarterly.
I Transient advertlseineiifi ni'rst !? pa!-'
for in advance.
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JNO. A. MACMURPHY, Editor.
Terms, in Advance:
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One copy, six months
One copy, three months
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VOLUME XIII. V
PLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JTJXE 28, 1S77
NUMBER 11.
Extra pi pies of the Hi-n a 1. 1 for sale, hy .1. i'f
Yountr, Fostolllce news depot, and O. F.'john
soii.coi ner of Main and Filth Streets.
NEBRASKA
HE1A
FIRST
National Bank
OF PLATTSMOUTII. NEBRASKA,
strcKssoit TO
TOOTLE 1IAXXA A. CI.AKK.,
JOHN riT.MFHALI
K. i. l vi:v
.. V. MiLaioiii.in. .
JONil O'lCoi ijki:
President.
ice President.
, Cashier.
ssistant Cashier.
This I'.ank is now open for business at their
ln-w pxiin. e-rn.-r .Main and Sixth streets, and
is prepared to transact a general
BANKING BUSINESS.
Stocks, Bonds, Gitd, Government and Local
Securities
F.Ot'GHT AND SOLD.
Ihjiositi Rmtirrd and Intirtt Allow
ed on Time Certificates.
DRAFTS JDUAWISr,
Available in anv part of tin Tinted States and
In all the i'nncipal Towns and Cities
of Europe.
a i:ts rou the
ce lee. rated
Ikman Line and Allan Line
OK STKtMKKS.
IVr-on w islnng to bring out their friends from
Euiope can
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Excelsior Barber Shop.
J. C. BOONE,
2laiu Slid t, njipostlc i5innhrs House.
HAIR-CUTTING,
F.- I KT A I. ATTKNTH V C1VK.N TO
A!.I( AND Sl'.n IJOOXK, CJIIXTS,
And itfi : b-i!e in a
CIjTLIAT SHAVE.
W I L LI AM H ERQLD
II: i"s of the
Largest Stocks
or
IN TOWN. .
4ey!
PALACE ' bElIARD HALL.
(Main St.. east of First 'at. Hank.)
ri-ATTS.MOrTil, - - - XES1
.11 V l:IS s sLTri.IED V I'M I THE
BEST WINES, LIQUORS,
B E E I) , ETC., ETC. li'.vt
" 6' 8' 7 5 51 Y
Machine Shops!
I'L A I T.s.V.".L"l :i, n hi--.,
U'i'iinr of Strain En;;!:)', Jioihrs,
Stun uitd tii txt Jlill.f,
.AM AM STKAJI FITTIXI.S.
i . t 1 1 !r!i I'ii.e. Force and l.ift riju'S.Steain
l :aii--s. Saf-t v-Valve t.i eriini s. and all
k;:o!si.f I'.rass Kmrine l ittinrs,
n : red on s'aoit nolive.
K A H M M ACHIMEKK
LVpai-'t 1 -n Shut Notice.
"YO UNG!"
4
&1
3
always be found at Halt's Old
.shii'd, ready to srll tht Inst Jfeutt.
VOl'Mi buys f;--h fat eattlc. sl.eep, Ik.;;?
direct from the farmers every day, and his
lie als are aluay- eeo.l.
t'.AMK. FISH, .l.VJ FitTTL, IX SE.ISOX
.ivl.
SAGE BROTHERS,
1 l..-.7.T ii
TEEff-WARES,
ETC., ETC., ETC.
One lK,r East of the I'cst-Oiliee, I'lattsmon:h.
Nebraska.
... : o :
Tract ical Workers in
tillKl'T IROX, ZISC, TIN, BRA
ZIER Y, ti ' - tfv;.
1 ir" aoitniri;t of Hard ana Soft
COAL STOVES,
Wood and Coal Stoves for
HEATING OU C00KIXG,
Always on ITr.n.l.
Every variety of Tin. S!ic-t Iron, and Zinc
Work, kejit in Stock.
MAKING AND REPAIRING,
Por.c on Short Notice.
Uf-EVJCni'TUTXO WAF.UAXTKD !
I'RICI'.K XMW DOffS.
SAGE BROS.
h sil 1 ft
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
O C FANCY CARDS all styles with name, 10 ets
6J vjpost paid. . ti. filleted. !S assail. Kens tHS.i
ZiSZZ. No twoalike.with name 10c.
J. K.
1 1 I : I K l : , Maiden l:riIi;rt V. Y. I H I
Ml package c
r-jinU, pack
I- mi ; all for
eoniie Envelopes, pk. comic
scroll cants. 24 p. book
r 10c. ami stamp. Novelty
to.,
Mlddlehoro. .Mass.
See tliis.omv l.Mlcaiutal
reouircd to si;irt eaiivfs
A inir for MARK TWAIN'S
a. NEW SCRAP B00K.Al):lV
wiin n.imn lo
"CANVASSERS
.1 no.
well
EiL'ht sr.. New York
PONS
y curious love letter. 1 ik. comic
1 ack popping iiieIion cards
10 ets. and muiiio. Fun fard to.
.Mlddleboro, .Mas.
TRIFLING
WITH A COM) IS ALWAYS DAXGEIiOUS.
USE
WELLs' CARBO LIG TABLETS,
a "me remedy for COUGH., and all diseases
of tl!t THROAT. LL'XOS. t'HVST AXD MU
COUS MEM till AXE.
rUT CP ONLY IX ltOXES.
soli) iiYALi. in:i (;;isrs.
C. X. C-MTTEXTOX. 7 Sixth A ven-ie. X. Y
The Black Hills,
T.y II. X. M A fs l I k who has spent 12 years in
this region. Latest accounts ( f (.old and Silver
pr.spects. AuiicultiiaJ and Orazini; resources
Climate, limiting. Fisliiic'. Imii:iiis. mid Set
tlers' Ad ventures wii h them. Minium and Wild
Western Life, the Waterfalls. ISoilin tievsers.
nobli s-enerv. immense (Jilrj.-i-s, etc. With 27
tine illustrations, and one map. Trice onl)
lllcls. Sold by All N kwhprai.khs. orseni
potpail for U'e. by DOWLIXV, I.OVI)
& puns., t nicauo, in.
MI pack acquaintance cards, l pack
llirtation, l iack m-io!1, all sorts, foi
in ets aiid stamp, Fun Card Co., Mi
hdkf
or onlv
Middle
boro, ia.s.
GLENN'S SULPHUR SOAP.
Tlioronjriily Currs HNeaxps of
skin, Itautic!M I he i:ile&i. Iip
vrntM mul remedies Itheiimat and
l.out. II-al SniTK mid A traious
tli Cutiltil CouiitrrHflst'onlasioii
S'JLU CSY P L.I. UMUdUISIS.
I'KH K.s 2"e per Cake ; l'.ox (:t Cakes') 70 Cents.
X.H. Sent by Mall, prepaiil, on receipt of pi ice.
I'.N.CUHTKMioN. t'rnp. 7 Sixth Avenue X.Y.
iThe Tip Top I'ackajre Is the
ilarest ami be-t se:lin out.
READ A.lO SEE IS sheets of
Note Taper. 18 Enveiopes.IVii-
hoiiier, bihleu Ten, Set of Elegant t lold
Stone Slei ve Inittous. Cents' like
lieore Inamond l'in. Amethyst Stone
Kinir. inlaid with Oold. Ametliyst Stone
Scaif Tin, Cohi-phiteil Wediliiej Kin;.
Set Tosebml Far f)rots. Ladies' Flower
ed and Silvered Hat Tin. Ladie' Fancy
Set Tin and Drops, (iold-plate Collar
liutton. Cents' Gold-plated "Watch
t hain. and Set of llir.-e Gold-plated
Mini. l tic futire Utl
. .. . - I . r- , , . M '
T
ru. i minx a k r i xn uce
m k v r -4 a es is.
.1. It It I lK, 'Iintn I'lacp, .ev VorK
TT n 1 romte oileliromo. , xl I. mounted.
A l worth 2e.. 1 pk love cards, 1 pack
m A comic 'envelopes, 1 pk comic cards, 1
M i s. Tk scroll. 1 '.Mp book Fun all sent foi
ml v
. s;" s Xoveltv Ci. Middlehoro. ?vlas
3RYAN & CHAMBERS..
M;::iufactiircrs of and Dealers in
t
SADPLES.
COLLAR.
HALTERS,
WHIPS.
ETC., ETC., ETC.
REPAIRING
Dono TAjitli Naaina'iS! Dispatch
4::ilC.
HO FOR THE
Is Silis !
IX PLATTSJWUTII.
V"IIOI.i:SAI.K M()!'OK
AM CI( At! STORK
O F
r"M-';i'IIiE'S o'.d stand still kept open by
the above.
CIUARS. TORACCOS.dC. WHOLE
SALE it- RETAIL.
wk k i.r.p
Good Goods, Buy Largely
And invite trade to call and examine, ltf
Good fivsh milk
DELIVERED DAILY !
AT
f; VEll YEOD VS H )ME IX FLA TTSMO UTll
IK T 1 1 E V WANT IT, T.Y
j. r. ssz:ai3ieisti:k.
SKNI IN VOniOIUlKIK AND I WII. I. Tit Y AND
;ivk vu
TJS,E MILK
4ejl :;::d serve yoa renlaily.
O. F. JOHNSON,
DEA LEU IX
Drugs? JTedicines?
ALLj PAPER,
ii.-..- .bjs:
y.r mi
All Paper Trimmed Free of
Charge.
ALSO DEA LEI! IX
SOCKS.
Stationery, Magazines,
AND
Latest Publications.
PreerIp3on Carefally Compounded
hy an K.ppr!enrcil Drnssint.
REMEMBER THE I'LACE.
COIL FIFTH & MAIN SI RE ETS
rLATTSMOCTIt, NEB.
DAAI
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TIF
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
it. It. YVIMIIAM,
ATTORNEY and Counselor at Law. Real
estate boimht and sold. Taxes iiaid : and spe
eial attention civen to collections. Oflice over
Dr. Chapman's Drujr Store, I'lattsmoutli. 3vyl
HAM n CIl.irMAX.
ATTORN EY AT LAW and Solicitor In Chan
crrv. i )!llce In Fitzt'erald's iilock, I'lattsmoutli
Xefiraska.
(VIirKI.KIl A ISKAXETT,
REAL ESTATE and Ta Raying Acents, No
taries Tublic, Fire and Life insurance Agents,
l iaitsinoutn, Nebraska.
It II MVIX(iST()V,
rilYSICTAN & SCRGEOX. tenders his pro
fessional services to I lie citizens of Cass county.
Residence southeast corner Sixth and Oak sis. ;
otliee on Main street, two dools west of Sixth,
I tat tsmoutn. Neoraska.
ATTORN EY AT LAW and Real Estate Rro
ker. Special attention tiven to Collections
Kiel all matters anectiinr the title to real estatt1
oilice on 2d lloor, ovbr l'ost Olllce, Tlattsinouth,
.Nebraska. 4oyi,
joiix xv iiAixr.s
.ft'STICE OF THE PEACE, ana collector of
debts, collections made from one dollar to one
thousand do'lars. Mortaatres. Deeus. and oth
er instruments drawn, and all county business
usually transacted before n .lust ice of the Peace
Rest of reference jriven if ieiuiied.
Ofiiee on Main street, West of Court House.
40-yl JOHN' W. HAINES.
ok. J. .ii. ivat:: km ax.
Physio Medical Practitioner.
Limhville, Com Co., Xeh.
ffAlways at the ofiiee on Saturdays. 40yl
PLATTSM0UTH MILLS.
PLAITSMOI TH, NFR.
C. HEISEL,
Proprietor.
Flour, Corn Moal, & Feed
Always mi hand and for sale at lowest easli
prices. The highest prices paid for Wheat and
Corn. Particular attention given cu.stoin work.
SAUM)EUS HOUSE.
J. S. GREGORY, - - - Proprietor.
Location Central. Good Sample Room..
Free Conveyance to and from the Depot at
43iu3 I'lattsmoutli, Neb.
COMMERCIAL HOTEL,
LINCOLN, XE1!.,
7. J. I2IHOFF, - - - Proprietor.
The best known and most popular Landlord
i theSta.e. Always stop at the Commercial.
'GRAND CENTRAL'
HOTEL.,
Largest and fint'Nt ESotcI be
tween ClaicapeO atitl San
Francisco.
GEO. THRALL, - - Prop.
OMAHA. NEB.
O. K. SALOOK.
I keep constantly on hand
Best's Milwaukee Beer.
which can be had at no other
PLACE IN THE CITY.
Also the best of
WIXES, EIQUOIiS, AXD ClflAIlS.
?-.;. u) r.A. IiitKenltauni.
LENHOFF d- HOXXS,
3Iornin Dew Saloon !
One door e:i.st of the Saunders House. AYe
keep the best of
Beer, Wines, Liquors & Cigars.
:.iiiiO Coastant'y on Hand.
A .ir.it CU-ditciion in l'l-iecs f
GUNS, REVOLVERS, &c.
Pi ices reduced from 20 to :V ter cent. Write
for Illustrated Catalogue, wUii redac-eil prices
for lHTT. Address.
GREAT WESTERN GUM WORKS,
11 SmitlifieH St.. Pittsbui;;'.!, Pa. lsyl
H. A. WATERMAN & SON,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers In
Pine Lumber,
laATH,
SHIlsTa-IjBS,
Sash,
Doors,
Blinds,
ETC.. ETC., ETC.
Mai., .street. Corner of Fifth,
PLATTSMOUTJI, - - - - NED.
Still Better Rates for Lumber.
STRE10IIT & MILLER,
Harness Manufacturers,
SADDLES
I'RIDLLSr,
COLLARS.
uid all kinds of harness stock, constantly on
hand.
Fruit Confectionery,
AND
Grocery Store
NCTs,
CANDIES,
TEAS
COFFEES,
SUGARS,
TOT- VCCOES,
FLOUR.
AC.
Remember the place onpo-ite E. G. Dovey's
m Lower Min Street.
21-12
STREIGIIT tf- MILLER.
AND!
BEST FARMING LANDS
IN NEBRASKA,
TOR SALE RY
IX r.lIRAsKA.
Great Advantages to Buyers
IN 1S77.
Ten Year&Credit atG 2erccnt Interest.
Six Years Credit at G per cent Interest,
end 20 per cent Discount.
Other Tjilicrjil Iipoiini I"r Cawli,
Rfhntei on l'arm anil Freli'hti,
ami rreiniunis tor Iwprove
mentis. ramplilet and .Vans, confainimj full pnrti
ulf.rs, will be mailed frew to any part of the
world on application to
LAND COMMISSIONER. B. . M. R. R.
l"yl l.tKi-Mi.v, Xre.is.vK
AND.L
TRY NOT THE TASSi
''Try not to pass"," the old man said,
"I call ; my edge ; 'twas you that led,"
A tear stood in the small man's eye.
And from his lips escaped. "Ace high."
Draw poker.
New Y'ork Commercial
Next hand "Old man I raise you ten,'
'I Call ; display your list again."
"Two pairs." "Not irood," He added then
"Of jacks." "Which in hi sleeve had bean.
Draw polcer.
Worcester Press
"Re Ware the bob-tail flush's power,
Reware the weight of aces four !"
This was the shar;iers last good night.
And bluffed the oilier out of sight.
Draw poker.
Toledo R'.ade,
While Europe breathless stinds and waits.
And war in every rumor lurks ;
Tis not too late f.ir Sergeant Rates
To go and join the Turks.
New Y'ork Commercial.
And even when war's harsh alarms
Resound, time ample will remain
For Wendell Phillips to take up arms
And join the Russian train.
Roston Globe.
Let Mary Walker fly with speed
To don her pants and gulp her tea.
And mount a hungry mule and lead
The Austrian cavalry.
New Y'ork Graphic.
And why need "Eli" linger here.
His wondrous yards to dry on?
Let him across the ocean steer
And "back" the British Lie-nn.
New York "World.
Let "iVilber Farf'uar Krenan fly
To fight the Roman-nosef,
Let Keenan even dare to die,
Rut spare to us our Josef.
Inter Ocean
From the Galaxy.
Ti!L YOSOIITE HEIHIIT.
(concluded.)
Circus Jack did not tell Marian these.
stories, though lie had heard them all;
indeed, they had all been retold and
discussed in the bar-room noi half an
hour since. An average woman would
have repeated them to her, and thus
tempted her to reveal the truth; but a
chivalrous heart beat under Jack's flan
nel shirt, and he could no m jre bear to
hurt her than he could have crushed a
ittle bird to death witli his hand.
If any of the stories Were true, and
she yet loved poor Jim, he told her
enough to wring her heart and haunt
her dream forever.
The winter that he spent in the hy.
nv of a great pine tree?, on the riin of
Yosemite Valley, was, perhaps, his h ip
plest ml m st peaceful. Every Yos
mite tourist stops to peep inside the
tree, and to wonder if a m m really liv
ed there. "It was comfortable enough."
says the hale old pioneer of the valley
below. "He had plenty of rKm. We
both slept in it one night."
At which the tourist peeps in again,
and wonders if the long-limV; 1 Texan
was not a bit cramped by the foot
board. When Circus Jack told Marian the
story it was fresher and less wonder
ful than now.
"Was the snow very daep?" she said.
"Was there no danger of his freezing
to death ?"
"I never hearn much about it any
how, said Circus Jack, 'cept that he
lived thar alone cutting shingles. I
"spect the snow was "bout four or five
foot deep up thar whar he lived. He's
a closed mouth one, I tell jer. Never
git nothiu' outer him, an' when he's
drunk he don't tell nothing whatsom
ever!" This, with a glance half pitying, half
reassuring, as though he would prom
ise her that the secret, whatever it
might be, v.-as safe.
One comforting doubt beat at t e
woman's heart all the while Jack was
talking. "Perhaps this man was not
the one!"
She mentioned this at length, and
asked Jack what his quondam "part
ner" was like. "He was a slight-built
feller rayther light-complected," was
the reply, "An hau'some! I called him
han'some, didn't you Scotty ?
Scott, thus appealed to, gave a pro
fane assent. He had scarcely moved a
muscle since he sat down, with his eyes
fixed on Marian's fair, ever-changing
face. Mrs. Sharp, after a vain attempt
to engage him in conversation, hat
quietly withdrawn, having no relish
for being one of a quartette where two
did all the talking.
"Was he an educated man?" in
quired Marian, hesitatingly, feeling in
a vague way that the question might
offend Jack.
"Yes, he war," replied that worthy
in a contemplative tone. "When he
war drunk I have hearn him talkin' a
lot of stuff like po'try. Thar's a. pile
of books in my cabin now that he used
ter read consid'able. I can't make
head nor tail to 'em. P'r'aps you
might."
"I would like to see them," said Ma
rian eagerly.
Jack nodded, and a pause ensued. At
length Scotty remarked that the "old
man," meaning Cutey, was "rayther late
in l'ghtin' up," at which Jack arose and
bade the stranger "good-night."
Marian put out her hand, saying, "we
will be good ft iends I hope."
Circus Jack took it by the finger tips
cautiously, careful not to hurt it with
his horny fingers.
" I'll do anything in the world fur
yer, madam," he replied, earnestly and
ingenuously.
"There was one thing I Wished to
ask," she said, "though it may be a fool
ish question: Did you ever notice any
ring that he wore or carried?"
"They urns a ring, but 1'ia beat ef I
kin tell what kind. Once when Jim
was terrible sick, an' his hand swelled
up, I wanted to file it off, but he fought
so I couldn't. lie said when he got
well thet it never hed been off, nor
never shouldn't be while he had life to
fight:'
"Can't j'ou tell me what it was like?
she asked.
"I ain't no hand," said Circus Jack,
rubbing his nose. "I'd know it ef I
seed it, but "
"Was it lllte this? She drew a
dainty purse from her pocket and took
from its safest corner a plain, flat band
of gold, with a small disk on it, shaped
like the half of a heart placed horizon
tally.
"Prezactly!" exclaimed Circus Jack
with emphasis.
She opened her purse to put it back,
but it fell from her hand. scattering her
little stock of money over the floor, and
a moment after, when Mrs. Sharp came
in, in response to frantic ha loos from
Scotty, she found Marian in a dead
faint upon the floor, with Scotty and
Cireiis Jack with hands clasped behind
them, kneeling on either side of her
like uncouth angels, while scattered
coins and escaping masses of golden
brown hair formed a halo about her
head.
She was ashamed of ar.d provoked at
her weakness afterward; said she was
fatigued With her long and wearisome
r'de, and that she never fainted before;
but if she had beeil an accomplished
diplomatist, she could have planned
nothing better for her popularity.
As for the faded out woman, her
opinion, wnicu had oeen tottering tin
der a severe reproof from Cutey, now
underwent a complete revolution.
"Them kind never faint!' she said to
herself dogmatically, as she assisted
Marian to her room and begged her to
"take things easy like." She patiently
answered 107 inquiries that evening,
varjing from "How's the sick lady?"
to, "Jim llrner s gal perking up a lit
tle :ii ter her faint?" and for the rest of
Marian's slay in Mariposa she proved
that kindliness of heart had been one
of the "fast colors."
It was but natural that Cutey should
feel a friend y interest, since he dealt
out at least 20;l ex:ra drinks, at hLihlv
remunerative prices, on her account
that evening; and moreover, the Doc
tor "tipped" him handsomely for extra
care and attention, in a weeK aner
her arrival, Marian had learned all that
mybody in Mariposa knew regarding
Jim." She wore that curious ring up
on her linger now. There were two
lctte'3 noon the disk, but no one ever
ha.l the h irdili I to ask What they
were.
Punks, wluse eyes were keen, and
whose cttri stty wis keener, declared
that they were "il," with a "little quir-
like ' between.
Punks als ) knew a fact w'hieh did
credit to Ids poweis and habits of ob
servation that on thedisk of the ring
which Jim wore on his little linger
were the letters "Fa."
Punks desired to know what "Fail"
spelled but "fail." lie further inquir
ed "what they wanted to hev sech a
ggowd mis'able word as thet on the
ring fur?"
"'T'orter be 'love' or sunthin'," he ad
ded critically.
It was only after much questioning
in divers places, and the exercise of a
deal of patience and some finesse, that
Marian learned the present wherea
bouts of the half-crazed hermit "all un
blessed." When last seen something
ess than a week before her arrival, he
had been wandering through the neigh
boring mountains, half-clothed in
wretched rags, living on berries and
roots, alternately muttering and shriek
ing the vagaries? of his unhinged mind.
They were loth to tell her, even
those who knew it. Their rude exter
nals seemed to have made their hearts
softer. It hurt them to see the pink
color fade from her cheeks, and the
shadow of sharp pain creep over her
beautiful face; so she had to learn the
lesson of smiling when her heart ached
worst. The two Mexicans, cattle herd
ers, who had seen him were eagerly
questioned; but they could tell nothing
that she did not know, save that they
were quite sure it was Jim, and not
some other unfortunate, whom they
had seen.
They gave a stupid assent when ask
ed by Marian to secure him and bring
him into town the next time they saw
him; and a "Si, Sen or," considerably
l;ss stupid in a subsequent private in
terview with Jack, who' promised them
"heap monev" for their labor.
Marian had the books which Jim had
left in the cabin ; commonplace Greek
and Latin books, which mignt have be
longed to anybody, save that on one
fly leaf was written in a scrawling
hand, "J. C. Wilmer," and this yellow
page, and this faded ink, she covered
with her kisses and baptized with her
tears. And another weary week crept
by.
The Doctor noticed with disapproba
tion strongly expressed how pale and
worn lookingthe pretty woman grew
Not professionally; indeed, his title
was merely houorar), bestowed in rec
ognition of his services in prescribing
the "Golden Anti-bilious Pills" for
Bob Jinks, which, or nature in spite of
them, had effected a cure, and restored
to bereft Mariposa society an ellicient
and valuable member.
The Doctor's interest afforded con
siderable amusement t the habitues of
the "Grand" bar-room, and they fairly
roared with sympathy when he profane
ly expressed his sorrow to see her wast
ing her beauty in tears over "another
feller."
On Saturday night two weeks and A
day since Marian's arrival, the whole
population of the town were at the
Grand, either drinking, gambling, or
I urchasing provisions of Cutey's depu
ty who presided over the tin can de
partment with activity and grace; and
all, whatever their occupation, were
swearing vigorously and unceasinglj.
Mariau sat up stairs in her tiny room
burning with feverish anxiety. Her
long years of home waiting, the com
fortless journey, even the first week of
uncertainty had been easier to bear
than this anxious waiting. The Mexi
cans had not hesitated to say that he
must be dead by this time; but that she
did not believe; he might be starving,
crazed, nearly dead, but surely she
might see him once more and hear him
say that he forgave her; perhaps even
nurse him back to reason and health
and hope again.
The brawling and laughter down
stairs made her shudder. "If I was
only a m ;iii r she whispered fiercely,
clenching her little hands. "Can I do
nothing but sit here and wait? Oh,
God, be nierciful?" she cried.
Then suddenly a thought flashed in
to her mind, She did not stop to think
of it; she acted upon it.
The Doctor's partner, profoundly
studying his cards, was somewhat dis
concerted to see the table Kicked over,
uid the Doctor's "hand" on the floor.
Without ii questio"., he put his hand
back for his pistol, when the sudden
etillness in the room caught his atten
tion, and all that followed caused him
to forget the affront.
In the center of the room, her disor
dered hair flying about her face, her
clear eyes Hashing with excitement, her
cheeks flaming with color, more beau
tiful tli-iii Mirtr li-iil Di-fr u0iin lirir liwilr
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before, Marian slood waiting for si
lence. Men crowded up to the door
ways and tilled the windows, certain
from the sn lden quiet that "some
thing WilS up."
"Won't you help me?" she cried out.
"What can I do to find him? He may
be starving to death 1 He would not
have left you to starve! You" she
gasped and drew her bieath hard "you
whom he was good to you remem
ber a hundred things, but you forget
him! and let him rave his life away
and starve to death alone." She
choked. She could not speak another
word! but she stood with her lips part
ed, her eyes flashing, looking eagerly,
almost angrily, from one face to anoth
er. Circus Jack bounded on to a table; it
was rickety, and reeled with his weight ;
but Punks and J)ob Jinks steadied it;
they were friends of Jack's; besides
they had just won from him at poker,
and felt very friendly. "Fellers!" said
Jack, "to-morrow's Sunday. I'm going
out to hunt fer poor Jim. and ain't coin
in oack till I find him. Them as wants
ter 'comp'ny me kin call at my cabin
to-night."
"I will go with j ou, Jack," said the
Doctor impressively.
"Me, too, you bet!" cried Scotty.
"Count me in." growled a bass voice
from the window.
"Me too," squeaked Punks. All as 'II
go say "Ay!' "
And an "Ay ! came from those rough
voices with such a ringing burst of
good will as must have startled the
very birds asleep in the distant trees.
Xay! some faint echo of it may have
been heard at the very gates of heaven
itself. The tears rolled down Marian's
cheeks. She tried to say, "God bless
you!" but the tears had the right of
way, and the words broke into some
thing unintelligible.
A sudden shame came over them
that the had not thought of this be
fore. Memories of home, of mothers,
of wives, came knocking at their hearts,
iind would not be denied. The sleeves
of rough and not over clean flannel
shirts were drawn across eyes that had
scorned tears, through sickness, discom
fort and disappointment.
Cutey came to the rescue.
"Gentlemen!" he said, waving his
hand over the bar, "help yourselves.
My j'itits are stiff and I can't go; but
I'll treat the crowd. Tree drinks, gen
tlemen!" And leaving his bar to the tender
mercies of his thirsty friends, Cutey
offered his arm to Marian, and escort
lier to her own door, where he took
leave of her with a low bow.
Then he went down stairs four steps
at a time, lest his choice liquors should
be annihilated in his absence.
It was Monday noon when they re
turned. Marian sat at the window in
the easiest chair the house afforded,
sickening with fever. She watched them
coming into town with a restless, help
less anxiety. She watched them scat
ter towards their cabins, and saw Cir
cus Jack coming on toward the hotel
alone.
She buried her face in her hands. He
said that he would never come back
until he found him. Had they become
discouraged, or
She could not believe that they had
found him. Her heart seemed to cry
out, "No! no'" Jack came up, with lit
tle Mrs. Sharp at his heels.
"Bq kecrfulf said the faded woman.
"She's mighty poorly.
' Jack came in aa lightly T3 his heavy
boots would allow.
"The boys said fur me ter tell yer
they wus all dreadful sorry fur yer.
We buried him just whar we found
him. He'd been dead nigh on to a
couple of weeks, I reckon. Don't yer
look so, lady. Poor Jim! he warn't
never happy, even when he was drunk.
He's better off up thar. We flung a
few stones together to mark the place.
add I'll guide you and Mrs. Sharp thar
any time."
Then, lowering his voice to a whis
per, he added tenderly. "An" I tuk the
ring offen his finger. lie couldn't fight
fur it now; an' I thought as mebby
you'd like it."
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ne iwii n, ti uin tun cut net or nis
handkerchief ; she held up her finger
for it, and he slipped it on. Then he
saw that the letters spelled "Faith.'
"Thet Punks !" he thought to himself
contemptuously.
She looked up into his face with a
stony smile no tears now.
"Thank you," she said.
Four -weeks aftervVai'd the Doctor
lifted Marian into the stage. She was
strong enough for her journey now, she
said. Two days before she had visited
the lonely cairn. It was a tiresome
horseback ridp, too. She seemed to be
getting well very fast. The Doctor told
her so.
"People never die when they wish to,"
she answered sadly.
Circus Jack came to the stage door
to bid her "good-by."
"What can I do for you to thank
yoa?" she asked earnestly.
Jack hesitated.
"Ef you wouldn't mind, ma'am," he
said, "I'd like-to kiss your hand. I've
got a dear old mother home ef you
wouldn't mind!"
Without a blush or change of coun
tenance she put her arms around his
neck and kissed his lips.
"Good-by, dear old fellow," she said.
Then Scotty cracked his whip, the
crowd on the piazza raised their hats
even the poor, chagrined Doctor a
cheer was given, and tha lumbering
stage disappeared in a cloud of dust,
the nodding Mariposas on the hillside
looking curiously at it as it went by.
Less Vigorous Than Their Fathers.
When east last fall we learned that
many New Hampshire farms had been
vacated, the owners deliberately leav
ing them alleging they could not make
a living fanning these hard times.
Ilelow we give another reason than
hard times for not making the living.
Which is the true one?
A New Hampshire correspondent of
the Manchester Mirror expresses his
views on the deserted farm question
thus bluntly: "If farms have run down
tiie people who occupy them are along
way ahead of the race. We have got
on our farms to-day o class of people
who can cipher through the algebra,
play the piano and boast of an acquain
tance with the fine arts, but they can't
work. They have got line minds but
their bodies are sickly, puny and weak.
To talk the matter plainly, we have
bred the bone and must le out of our
families until we have got a kind of
human Jerseys, line boned mild-eyed
and nice to look at, and pet, and put
on exhibition, but so tender and weak
that they are fit neither for our climate
our work, or our circumstances. Our
fathers worked fourteen hours a day
and never thought of getting tired.
We are used up when we have worked
four hours. Our mothers made but
and cheese, fed the pigs and chickens
did the milking, raised a dozen children
made the clothing for the whole fami
ly and when a shower was coming
on could rake or load hay. Our wives
want a maid lo tend baby and another
to do the housework, a boy to do the
chores, and if we keep more than one
cow. a cheese factory lo keep the milk
from spoiling. It is safe to say that
ten farmers' wives to-day cannot do as
much hard work as would two fifty-
years ago As a farming people we
I arc played out. If the young New
Hampshire farmer who wants a wife
to help him get a living inntead of one
to hang ribbons on and pour patent
medicines into, would just go down to
your city and find a good, strong vigor
ous, and frugal Irish or German girl,
he would find his farm would pay bet
ter than it does now, and his children
would be likely to be worth ten times
as much as farmers, as will be any of
the next generation of pure bred Yan
kees." Curious Calculation.
Some Scientific writer asserts that
the number of persons existed on our
globe since the beginning of time
amountsjto 66,'J7,9 13,237,075.233. These
figures give 1,414,726,075 persons to
each square mile. If we reduce these
these miles to square roods, the number
will be 1,853,191,000,000. which will
give 1,373 inhabitants to each square
rod and this being reduced to feet will
give about five persons to each square
foot of terra fir ma. It will thus be
p received that our earth is a vast cem
etery. On each rod of it 1,283 human
beings lie hurried, each rod being scarce
ly sufficient for 10 graves, with each
grave containing 128 persons. The
whol surface of our gl )be, therefore,
has been dug over 123 times to bury its
dead. ' ' ':
Thoughts comeirto' our minds by
avenues which we; never let open, and
thoughts go out of our minds through
avenues which we never voluntarily
onened.
It is a maxim worthy of being writ
ten in letters of gold, that there is no
method bo certain of defeating the
plots of wicked men against us as by
actins uprightly.
FOE THE HOUSEHOLD.
Sprains. Hall's Journal of Health
gives a chapter on sprains, which may
contain useful lrfnts to sufferers front
them; Sprains or strains of the joints
are very painful, and more tedious of
recovery than a broken bone. What
we call flesh is muscle) every niuscld
tapers down lo a kind of a stringr
which we call cord or sinew. Thd
muscle is above the joint and the sin-1
cwy part is below it, or vice versa and
the action is much like that of a String
over a pulley. When tlo ankle, foi'
example is "sprained," the cord, tendort
or ligament, (all mean the same thing)
is torn in parts or whole, either in it
body, or from its attachment to tho
bone, and inllamation that is the"
rush of bloodto tho spot takes placd
as instantly as in case of i cut on thd
finger. Why? For two reasons. Some
blood vessels are ruptured, .and very
naturally pour out their (ontents; and
second, by an infallable physiological
law, an additional supply of bluo'd i?'
sent to the part, to repair damages, to
glue, to make grow together, the torn
parts. From this double supply of
blood, the parts are overflown,; lL
Were, and push out, causing" wlii't wd
call "swelling" an accumulation ot
dead blood, so to speak. Put dead
blood cannot reprtir n injury ( ( Two
things then must be done.'' to get rid
of it, and to allow the parts to grow
together. Put if .the finger be cut, id
will never heal as long as the wwund
is pressed apart 'vcrr half hour, nor
will a torn tendon grow together if it
is stretched upon by a ceaseless move
ment of a joint, therefore, the first and
indispensable step, in every case of
sprain, is perfect quietude ot the part;
a single bend of the joint will retard
what nature has been hours ihending.
It is in this way that persons with
sidelined ankles are many Months ii
getting well. In cases of sprain, then
children who cannot be kept still
should be kept in bed, and so with
many grown persons.
The Swelling can be got rid of ill
several ways; by bandage, which In all
cases of sprain should be applied by i
skillful physician otherwise mortifi
cation and loss of limb may result. A
bandage thus applied keeps the joint
still, keep an excess of blood from com
ing to the part, and by its pressuro
cauues an absorbtion of extra blood or"
other extraneous matter. -
Another mode of getting rid of the
swelling is, to let cold water run on
the part-injured for hours.
a Novel Way ov MakiXo Jelly
Cake. Take the whitt3 of six eggs,
cup of white sugar, same of Hour, ono
teaspoonful of butter, two teaspoon-
tills of sweet milk, two teaspoonfuls of
cream tartar, and one of soda. Uaku
in a large oblong dripping pan, so tho
cake will be very thin; meanwhile stir"
another batch, making just tho same,
with the exception of using tho yolk
instead of the whites; when both aro
done, spread when warm with jelly, of
preserves of any kind; put togethet
bring the largest side of the cake to
word you, and roll immediately; or cut)
in four or eight parts, put together al
ternately, putting jelly between each
layer, and frost lightly over the top.
Another method is to make three pans
making the third layer of one-third red
sand sugar, proceeding the same as for
the other layers, in putting together
let the first layer be the yellow, mado
of tlie yolks, then the red, and lastly
the whites. Nicely frost the top, "and
you have a beautiful as well as a deli
cious party cake. They are very pret
ty made into rolls.
How to Make Pomade. The au
thor of an amusing and instructive
work in perfumery asks why ladies
should not cultivate flowers for their
scent as well as for their color, and ho
suggests a means of obtaining helio-
troi e pomade which any person may put
in practice. An ordinary glue-pot rn ado
thoroughly clean, is in fact a bain ma'
rie on a small scale. Place in the pot
a pound of fine lard, and when the he
liotrope flowers are in season, throw
them into the c-larafied fat. Place tho
glue pot near the fire of the green
house, so as just to liquify the lard.
Let the flowers remain in the liquid
for twenty-four hours, strain the fat
from the spent flowers, and go on re
peating the operation for a week; the
result will be a pomade a la heliotrope.
This pomade can be made into an ex
tract by steeping the odorous fat in
highly rectified spirits. In thi3 man
ner a young lady may make her own
perfumes, and so get them pure, which
is far from being the case at present.
Search thine own heart! Within
thee there is a foantain of good, which
will always flow, provided thou dig
gest for it
To wipe ail tears from off all faces
is a task to bard for mortals; but to al
leviate misfortune is within the most
limited power.
Envy is a littleness of self which
cannot see beyond a certain point ; and
if it does not occupy the whole space,
feels itself excluded.
Mental pleasures never cloy; unlikd
those of the body, they are increased by
repetition, approved of by reflection
and strength. ned by enjoyment.
He that go?.i too near sin to-day,
may fall into it to-morrow. Prudence
will not always venture to tho btlnlc
of innocence.
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