THE HERALD. BETTER Better to smell the violet cool than sip the glowing wine. Better to hark a fiUlden brook than watch a diamond's)) i ne. Sublime Toot. Better to taste the lager beer than smell the empty glass r Better to kiss a pretty girl than wink at a homely lass. Norrtstown Herald. Bstter have your breeches patched than owe for another pair ; Better to get your little cot thatched' wfien the weather is fair. Fulton Times. Better to wear a happy smile than go through M e with a sigft r Better to bet on a tingle pair than risk It an ace too high. Oil City Call. Better to run a "daily paper" than drive behind a cart : Better to have the stomach ache than ache within your heart. Caden Tout. Better to laugh o'er your own good luck than weep o'er another's woes ; Better a boil on ynnr neighbor's leg than a wart on your own fair no.Burlington Hawk eye. Better fo be a better man than to give the devil his dues ; Better to be a better unless you can't afford to lose. N. Y. Herald. Better to be an amateur than strike?for higher pay; Better to charter a "Hecla" now. If It keeps on cold this way 1 G. . B. Better iav the- Herald while rou got some chip. Between this and next year there's lots of slips THE SAW-DUST KING. What a Noted Equestrian Says of Bare Back and Tad Biding. From the Pittsburg Leader. "Why, I've been in the business ever since I can remember," Robert Stick ney, the rider of four horses at the Great London Circus, said : "Yes, ev en before I can remember, for when I was only a year old the Great Edwin Forrest-carried me on the stage when he was playing Rolla. My father, S. P. Stickney, was the first man in the world who ever set foot over four horses in in the ring; so you see I came of riding stock. "My appearance in Rolla can hardly be said to be the commencement of my career as a rider, but I date that from the time when, in my eighth year, in the old theater at Eighth and Walnut streets, Philadelphia, I made my debut before the public in tho- character of the Conrler of St. Petersburg. In those days I rode with a pad did until I was ten years old, when I began to do bare back acts, and ever since I have always discarded the pad." "Is there much difference between- . pad riding and bareback riding, that is as to its difficulty." "Any bare back rider can ride with a pad, but not every pact rider can ride bareback. I began bareback riding early, but I had the advantage of my father's advice and of watching- him lidel Pretty soon after I began bare back riding, and while I was yet a mere boy, I began two-horse acts, and finally wa3 able to ride the four horses with as little effort as one. Of course I hae been all through the various branches of tumbling as a part of my riding ed ucation, for.if I couldn't tumble and turn somersaults well on the ground", I couldn't do it on the horse. As to the ordinary jumping through the banners and all that sort of work, that's the plain sailing of the rider. Jumping through the banners while in the act ef evolving or revolving a somersault, doesn't add to the difficulty of the task, though people think so. One of the difficult things about it "is that you must regulate the velocity of yoursom sault by the speed of your horse, and that is why an even, steady-going horse is a treasure to any rider. "You ask me if I can take any horse and teach him his part of the ring bu siness. Certainly, for horses are ex ceedingly intelligent,, more so than many men, as an old cavalry or artille ry officer will tell you. Of course, some horses are more easily taught than oth ers, and. the purer a horse's blood is, as a general thing,, the easier heis to teach. But a horse that shies is worthless to us. "When we make a flip-flop we must find the horse under us, and must know where our feet are going to be when we come down. I was seriously hurt once. Just as I was in mid-air, while throwing a somersault, a cannon was fired near the building. The horse was taken by surprise, shied off involunta rily, and when I ought to have come right side up with care, there was no horse there. I fell flat of my back on the tan, and hurt myself a good deal. Yes, the horse is very intelligent, and if he can only undsrstand what you want him to do, he will' generally try to do it to the best of his ability." "About slipping. Yes, ne has to look out for this. Yeu know of course, that we rosin our slippers thoroughly, but did you know that the horse's back i3 liberally rosined too? If that wasn't done the horse s perspiration would very soon make the bit of rosin on the slippers useless, and even as it is, when the night is warm and the horse pers pires freely, digging in the toes- for a grip will bunch up the hair into lit tie bans, making the hold uneven, or the hair coming out will make the hor se's back so slippery that it becomes very difficult to hold on. Down South the darkies think there is loadstone put on a horse's back, "As to riding more than four horses at a time, unless one was very tall and had a pair of India-rubber legs, I think it would be impossible as it is now very hard for short-legged man to ride four. There is a limit theto compass properties of human legs. "The horse has to learn his part as well as the rider, to become as much a part of the rider when he i3 on his bock as the ancient's fabled Centaur. Ife-must leara to-keep his gait even and steady,, and obey the pressure of foot in certain ways. The rider must n't put hi3 foot down on any and every part of the animal's back, or he will destroy the the mutual equi'ibrum. If a horse feels your foot two or three in ches out of the way, and in a different place from where he expects it when you lishton him, it isapttodiscomposft im. As to what kind of treatment I give my horses, I can only say that I have a horse knows my roice before he see3 me, and whinnies with delight. I have always an. app le or bit of carrot or a lump of sugar about me when I go near whera he is, and we are on the best of terms. Don't I sometimes have to conquer ajhorse if he gets a stubborn or sulky fit? Certainly, and if I don't do it it will render the horse worthless. The cruelty is only apparent, however. A temporary severity is a real kindness to the horse. Some of the trick horses are very dangerous and vicious, especi ally the piebald ones. This mostly comes of teasing them during their training, to make them bright and live ly, but it is not really necessary, and some trick horses are as gentle as lambs. A horse gets to know his bu siness and to-like it, the same as a rider does. An expert in his profession, be it acting, variety or circus performing, seldom quits it. The Insarance Agrentaad the Boa stridor. Con- From the Philadelphia Bulletin. An insurance agent whose buccin ator muscles had been developed dur ing a long and highly successful bus iness career to a most astonishing de gree of hardness, and whose fertility of imagination was equaled only by his fluency of expression, while pro fessionally engaged in the impenetra ble forests of South America, fell in one day with a huge boa constrictor. "Tell me, my'saurian friend," asked he, "have you as yet effected an insur ance upon your very valuable life?" The boa constrictor merely wiggled its tail slightly, and- winked nervously with its left eye. The insurance agent, however, regarded these actions as im plying a negation, and. briskly contin ued: "The act of insuring one's life in an entirely reliable company such as is the Great Chizzlum, which I have the honor to represent is a duty that every individual owes to his family or friends. You my dear serpent, lead a life of constant danger, and, although the character of the risk will compel me to charge you somewhat more than the usual rates, think, think, my dear sir, what a sense of acquiescent reli ance in the decrees of Providence will accrue to you when you know that, come what will, your large and inter esting wife and family always will be comfortably provided for. Pray per mit me to consider the matter as set tied, and forthwith to make out an ap plication in your name for a policy." Having listened patiently to this long discourse, at its conclusion the boa constrictor turned its regard calm ly upon the insurance agent, and in a I gentle voice observed: You, I presume. long since have effected an insurance upon your own life, and now feel the calm pleasure you hold out to me." "X-no," replied the insurance agent, somewhat disconcerted by the turn given to the conversation, "N-no I regret to state that I have not. The fact is " "The fact is," said the Boa-Cou stric tor, taking up his unfinished sentence, "that you have committed a capital er ror. My life, I trust, will be prolong ed for yet a considerable period ; but yours, I opine, is worth but a few moments purchase." Having said this, the boa-constrictor crushed the insurance agent to a jelly, licked him all over, and swallowed him whole! Moral A man does well to adjust his own affairs before meddling with the affairs of others. Singular Death of a Little Girl. From the Ashland (Ky.) Review. The Family of Wm. McGlothlin, liv ing on East Fork, in this county, went to a neignDor s, leaving no one but a child three or four years eld at the house. The door of the structure, as is the case frequently, opens outwaid and is fastened by a long latch string. The child, in playing about the door, in some way got the string looped over its head, and pushing the heavy door open it swung out over the high door step, and when the family returned tLe little one was hanging by the latch string, dead. Theatrical People Who Began Life in Printing-offices. "Printers?" did you say, remarked Mr. Stuart Robson inquiringly of the bun reporter a few nights ago, as he was on his way to a Boston train. "Why, my dear boy, all our leading ac tors have worked with the stick and rule at the case. It's the most natural thing in the world for printers to be come actors and for writers and play ers to rub elbows together." "How do you reason out your theo ry?" "Setting type is composition. A prin ter couldn t write an ungrammatfcal sentence it he tried. So with writers. Writing is but another word for act ing. Both are the literature of thought, if you will allow the expression. It's art; and It's the most natural thing in the world, I should fancy, for printers to drift from the case to the stage or the editorial sanctum." "Who of the actors of the present day are printers by trade ?" "Let me see," said Mr. Robson, mus ingly. "There's J. H. Stoddard, one of our best 'old men ;' he was a typo, and a good one, too. Then there's Monta gue of Wallack's ; one wouldn't think to see him bowling up Fifth Avenue behind his span of bang-tail thorough breds that be was once a printer. "Is that so?" queried the reporter. neara tn.at he was in- some way con nected with a nobleman, and that he has had the exceptional advantages of good surroundings and a university ed ucation." "You've been misinformed, my boy Montague, the gallant that half Murray Hill is breaking its heart oyer, was type-setter on the London Era, and that j at not a very remote period, eithei Then there's Harry Crisp and Lawrence Barrett; both were printers. Barrett had an humble origin, but he has been studious, and is now one of the best read men in the profession. John Moore, of the Fifth Avenue Theatre, is another typo. Joe Jefferson, the best actor of modern time, once earned his bread at the case. So did that cap ital comedian, W. IL Crane ; as did Wil liam Warren of Boston and Charles Burke of Philadelphia. Of dead actors who achieved world-wide fame, "Wm. E. Burton and James W. Wallack, Jr. belonged to the craft. John Parselle was a compositor. So was your hum ble servant, but I think I was a better printer than I am an actor. I believe .Neil Bryant was a fly boy, and I am sure Barney Williams was one. Steve Fiske, of the Fifth Avenue Theatre, had something to do with newspapers, but I am not certain that he was ever employed in a composing-room. The odore Hamilton, another good actor, was a sub. printer for years. I had al most forgotten Charles Fisher, he used to stick type like a race horse Not long ago he told me that he went into a printing office for the first time in thirty years. He said he found the situation of all the boxes readily, ex cept the receptacle for the interrogation marks ; and that 'wanted to know what the mischief I was doing there?'" New York Sun. now is the time to subscribe to Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly. The December number is ready. It contains a very detailed and entertain ing account of the history of the ven erable Peter CoorER, founder of the Cooper Institute, New York. The article is illustrated with a large num ber of very aproprate engravings, and , will pi ove of special interest to the people. Another elaborate article, en titled.' "Volcanoes, Ancient and Mod ern" is illustrated with over twenty excellent pictures. Another on "Tne Artificial Production of Light," is well written and liberally illustrated. In addition there is a large amount of carefully selected miscellany. The Popular Monthly has worked its way high up among the favorite mag azines of our country, and well de serves the favor it receives. Every department of literature is represented Its beautiful stories "captivate, and. the publication is constantly growing in public favor. Beautiful and substantial Binding Cases are- ready for sale at the close of each volume, price 75 cents. Terms: Single copy, 25 cents; annual subscription, $3 by mail, post paid. Address Frank Leslie's Publishing House, 537 Pearl Street, New York. Frank Leslie's Sunday Maoa- aiNE, edited by the Kev Dr. Deems, Pastor of the Church of the Stranger, New York, is now ready for December. It i3 a splendid number, contains 128 pages, profusely illustrated, and teeming with articles of rare merit and brilliancy. This magazine has become so general a iavorite, and is receivings such a wide-spread support that it will doubtless soon be found in almost every hou36-hold in the land. It num bers amongst its contributors such men as William Cullen Errant, Rev. Bishop Wrightman, Rev. Dr. Potter Rev. William M. Baker, Rev. Dr. Ran kin, Colonel Thomas W. Knox, Hon. A. J, Requier, Mrs. Dickinson, Mrs. Barr, Miss. Brock, Colonel William Preston Johnson, Rev. Lyman Abbott, Sidney Lanier Rev. Dr. Brantly, and others. Each number is handsomely illustrated with 100 engravincs. and has music and a rich frontispiece. With the January copy, which will be an excellent hollidav number. we are promised a finely engraved portrait of Dr.Deems, its distinguished editor. Beautiful and substantial Binding 'Cases are ready for sale at the close of each volume, price 75 cents. Now is the time to subscribe to this valuable Magazine. Terms: Single copy 25 cents; annual subscription, S3. by mail, postpaid. Address, Frank Leslie's Publisotno House. 537 Pearl StreetNew York, An Englishman, recently arrived in Boston, has distinguished himself by biting a man's thumb off. We sup pose he must have been from Gnaw- thumberland. It is related of a recently deceased Newfoundland fisherman that he left a quarter of a million dollars in pre served fish. That was a cod-icil worth having. The lawyers of Wilkesbarre have or ganized a "Walking Club," with the in tention, presumably, of walking into their clients affections. IF oSo has come home, And he has brought Dress Goods, Staple Goods, Fancy Goods and Notionsyou ever saw. rjPo say mi4DaiiBg of girocer ie by the aci'9lbot anal liiatig asad eaps till yia iMiiisf tony. Spring and Summer Goods eyer and ever so cheap. Now teymr chanco bound to sell arid undersell anybody. Hurry up. I oant fc ff East again n&ri month. The Earthquake In Dixon County. 1 It would seem that "Ranger Pierce" was not so far out of the way in his little joke about the earthquake culmi nating in our little Nebraska volcano, they had quite a lively time up there as we see by the Dixon Co. Courier: The place of this wonderful pheno menon is on the farm of J. II. Arm strong seven miles south-west irom Ponca. The ground in a radius of about one-half an acre was thrown oui to the depth of several feet, and the huge mass of earth deposited in the valley near by filling it in some places, to the depth of fifteen feet The exca vation made by this freak of nature is in a half circle and this circle is filled with fissures varying in width from 6 inches to 10 feet, and all of an unknown and perhaps unmeasurable depth. One thousand pounds of dynamite would not have "rousted" a greater amount of earth or in other words so com pletely wrecked so much prairie. Out of some of these fissures streams of water are still flowing, others are perfectly dry, and from which proceed strange noises, such as nisses, groans, et -which, makes one feel as he stands and looks into the awful depths of these fissures that he is on the verge of the infernal regions. As this occured at the time and on the day this vicini- tv was shaken ud bv the earthquane we make no further comments but leave all parties interested to draw their own conclusions. THE "OLD tlELIflDLE" RICHARDS Power Corn-Sh el lers and Otm- 9,000 In . II v SftrrlM, IHBV NIIKLL CtKAJf ritONTlUCOB. io wot err th k to it;. s-aw tiik mnX WELL. WASTE JfO OKADT. 1,000 tm p-r boar with ten-hone power. ' IT IV YOU CAJf." TFbat TIIKY SAY" of Them s III. Central . it. tmcw. We have six machines. Have shelled 1 .000.000 corn in mixn dajs. Uood work awl satDtfactoir- We me Richards' Shelters In our Warehouses. Ar t.ntii ni durable. Shell clean and clean well. - . n axaataaa CtT . Wet. T. wil 1 nnA tirtahala YMT hnM1 With blcharda No. O Machines! doing rood clean work. Hare had three siaee. Shin aimthaa No. O at once. toraaucn, WM. H. LA.TSHAW Sunt. ar,. I, rtiniMAthA ntilft. Have shelled and shipped over one million boxheU n muilj. TrtUi jour Sh6Uer andgne Have used So. 2 six tears. Shell HOO Kushels per hour. SheUa wajron-hamroera, ear-links, horseshoes, ox-jokea, etc: loK-coaio worn it, Dm unau en cimn. wiawa.av. til a. Have Shelled o.BOO bushel oer hour with No. I. Ka- Orelf satisfactory. JNO. STEWAUT & cu. RICHARDS IRON WORKS CO., Steam Engines, Grain Elevators, ttTTTLTknJI At Portable Burr Hills, fcc, fie. c a; (D as C3 2 O (9 a 3 -d (-5 r- r! 2 53"S O 9 i 5. I r:' 3 c-i-CD o o B in rc, VS t 5 a P. . I I cz: 1-3 CO O M id C5 "ok o o -1 s a -r w a. 3 to 3 2 a s; t ? 5-2 3- CP. s - e 2 e is? S3 S3 a CO 5" 3D sr 5 CO 1 T3 S. r CD ' 3 S3 S3 en CD MAKE HOME HAPPY. A Flaattful Supply of Good Beading and Beautiful Plasties WTXjIj DO- IT. THE OIECHrtlATI WEEKLY STAR, U M H n g 0 S c D 0 h S3 A flns tight-page paper, with 48 fall col umns, eoats only 0I.OO per yenr (w pat postage), ana m u iwwii fyrUitUctt. and beat paper published for . w w. T i. inH.n.hil.ni In nolitlaa. glres all the news, and, besides mocb otaar gooa raauinx, wtvij uuiuw mm three or four Meellsnt oriainai or bete stories. Every abscrlbec also csoolTss a copy of the beautiful engrav. ina, MTn Poor abe Poor Bm'i AC. M eta. extra most be sent to pay espanse of peeking and mailing pre miums. BfOar Indnernaenle to Aa-onte, alwaya the moat liberal in ttas 0Td, ore sou grtatar Oum ever. We - ih t in iha aonntrv to communicate with us before commencing ajora. is aoy ' a-- -c a elob, we will send a sample copy of the picture and a canvasser's outfit for S eta. Specimen copy of paper free. Sean tor ease betnro eoheei-io-lam for stay ether. Arsons te whom we bave already seat the picture, Is Poor the Poor BMaa'o rrfteavaV t svlna so eao nave la ite stead another exoelleat en graving, of same eise, vhioa we have seeurea for Mus par pose. Wxe-vrUAoui picture, OneDoiiar. 'x'x-cjtji star; BSO Wmlnmt St., Oewotntieitt, O. IP It MARK HOMI.PLIASAMT.k 25-m6 Separators wmrnriB the finest line of GRAND or Mew TTdpa-Hs StoFK9 next to tbe NATIONAL BANK. FAEL AMD' WINTBBIGO&B8 im IMHEN&E AT LOWER FIGURES THAN EVER DRESS QOODS, REPELLANTS, WATERPROOF, nrnATrrnrast TTT.ANNELS. Headquarters for Notions and Trimmings and piles of other goods too numerous to mention. Grand Closing out Sale of -DE32,IS, OYEBCOATS AND CLOTHING AND OF ALL SORTS Carpets and Oil Cloths at Bedrock Fgurcs. Staple and Fancy Groceries ofj Every Description. FULL L1NF OF CALIFORNIA AND We aim to. keep one of the best WSLQW here and offered to tins community lor sue. uui uuauiras Iv. and we buy new goods, good goods, and cheap goods, daily. 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