THE FERAL D.
(.'lipyii'VT.
"AliJ tUiiil IS U bUapiCluLi.-i C.U.ictci,"
says a Michigan constable, "who lias
white teeth and wears two seal rings."
Mock cartridges, for duellists, have
been invented. They smash the skin,
draw blood, and satisfy any man's
honor.
A Pittsburgh man, worth about
84.000, is bondsman for others to the
amount of $33,000. Liberal town,
that. Money seems to bo no object.
It is asserted by a certain scientist
that lightning is not a fluid. Well,
probably not. It certainly feels awful
ly solid when a man runs against it.
"I send you up for two weeks," re
marked the judge, looking at a seedy
tramp before him. "Thank you,
judge," replied the tramp, "that just
suits me. I've got an engagement out
in Chicago three weeks from to-day,
and this'il just give me time to keep
it."
Benjamin Godfrey and Mollie Win
nedger. lovers, neither over IS years of
age, of Xorfolk. had a trilling quarrel.
It was on Sunday, and that evening
she refused to let him accompany her
home from church. lie went to a bar
room, got drunk, went to her house,
shot her through the heart, and then
killed himself. Both . belong to
wealthy families.
The largest plough ever manufactur
ed has just been made at a factory in
Stockton, Cal. It is tlesigm d for work
in the tules, and cuts a furrow thirty
five inches wide. The mould board is
eight feet long from the point to the
end. The plough will be attachod to a
sulky, and will require a team of
twelve stout animals to pull it.
One of the great features in sacred
orders is the number of capital letters
required for initials to represent their
rvuihes or the titles of their officers,
but a' Washington colored society lays
over them all in this regard its name
being "The Ancient Ordr of the Sons
and Daughters of Moses of the United
States and the "World at Large."
Augustus: "Aw, Miss Geraldine, I
taw you away down the road, and I
couldn't help following you pon rnv
soul I couldn't. Silence. I've been
walking behind you for the last Jialf
mile. you're not aw angry. are
you?" (Jeraldine (blandly): "Xot at
all, Mr. Stubbs, if it pleased you. Why
didn't you continue?" Augustus:
Aw thanks!" But what does she
mean ?
Hitherto the names of the streets of
the thriving city of Gloucester, Mass.,
have existed only in the imagination
of its inhabitants. Since July last a
committee has been at work naming
the streets. When the work is com
pleted, 22( streets and courts will have
been named, and b'00 signs put up to
designate them. The houses will ihen
be numbered, and letters carriers com
mence their rounds.
An iron mountain, 10.500 feet high
and rivalling the famons iron moun
tain of Missouri, has been discovered
in Colfax county, New Mexico. The
orcr is almost entirely pure iron, and
in connection with the immense quan
tities of coal found in Colfax count',
this huge deposit of iron ore must at
no distant day become the source of
industries which will gather and sup
port a large and thriving population.
Six hundred dollars is the fortune
the average Chinaman marks out for
himself. lie knows nothing but silver.
He won't touch checks, greenbacks or
nickel. The common dollar he will
have nothing to do with. The Cali
fornia coin alone has charms for him.
When his $C00 are earned he takes his
bag on his back and starts for home,
to marry and live as a nabob. Quite
as many Chinese leave for home as
arrive at San Francisco.
It is stated as a fact that camels
hair shawls are made from the wool of
the Thibet goat. - Thus the fondest
hopes decay. John Smith and Pocahon
tas were only variety preformers.
William 'Fell had no bow-gun, no arrow,
no apple, and no little son. Coiunibus
did not discover this country until
some other fellow had been here, and
then he thought our people were na
tives of India. Men are not what they
seem. Women seem more than they
are. Dolls are tilled with sawdust.
and clergymen cat not agree about the
future.
It was in church, an J the bright-eyed,
restless little cherub would stand
upon the seat and spill the hymn
books and keep up an incessant racket,
while its mother frowned threatening
ly in the interests of good order.
Cherub committed some particularly
flagrant outrage, when the scandalized
mother suddenly pointed a threatening
forefinger at it wlun the cherub, after
the manner of cherubs under such cir
cumstances, just opened its mouth,
took that baleful linger in, and shut
down on it with pleasure that made
tint mother groan out in the wrom
place, "Oh! Ouch! Have a erey on us!"
A poetical advertisement was brought
us by a shoemaker. It costs extra
where a ni:n drops info poetry, because
the strain is .so giet ltp-m the co'uvnu
ruic-s. iit v.i ulu.'i'i. stand Ihe raise,
and so wi v, ro comptll.d to d'cline
ad Yi rU;v.
nt or.t we give
i- The Train p.
'Tin out of v. r rk iiiitl l.iivp no lootl,'
S',K)ke ll 1 1 tr::iiiiiiij -!nit.
"I'll pive you Ix.tli," Ilicmaii reified,
"So sit you !' ii :inl r:it :
ThMi unto voiHt wood-pile go,
Where toil till I n-tuni.
And f-H how proud a thins it 's
A IivtHhoo.l to earn."
A saddened look came o'r ttie tramp ;
He seemed likf one bereft ;
H stowed away Hie victuals cold :
lie saw the wood and ii-It !
A Hot or Cold HelU
A missionary was once sent up into
the Arctic zone to convert the Esqui
maux. He preached long and loud of
i hell, with its roaring flames. That
jnst pleased the Esquimaux. They all
said .that hell was the place they want
ed to go to; they had been frozen up
all their lives and the idea of a roaring
lire to thaw them out just struck their
fancy. So, the missionary changed his
tactics and repsented hell as a. place
wdiere sinners were frozen into solid
blocks of ice. From that place his
hearers were determined to escape, aud
they all joined his church.
-A friend hands us the following,
clipped from an old newspaper:
An old colored minister, in a sermon
on hell, pictured it as a region of ice
and snow, where the damned froze
throughout eternity. When privately
aske his purpose in representing Ge
henna in this way, he said; "I don't
dare to tell ilem people nurhn else.
Why, if I were to say dat hell was
warm, some o' dem old rheumatic nig
gas would be wantin to start dowii
dar de bery fust frost !"
stanza as a poetical gem.
"Plow ! oh. blow, ye irentle breezes
All anions the l"iVrs and treezes,
Sim? ! oh xinir, ye heavenly muses.
While I mend your boois and shoozep.'
A Sensible Idea.
In South America the cities are
lighted with castor oil. The castor
plant is of very remote history,
seeds having been taken from the
Egyptian tombs supposed to bo especi
ally adapted for the cultivation of the
castor bean, and among the important
items of profit we count it3 culture,
and the manufacture of the oil, as very
desirable. Pkuit the castor plant.
Com Exchange.
We should raise Castor bean, flax
and several other things more than we
do.
AiililCULTb'RAL TOPICS.
Butter was in use 4000 years ago.
New South Wales has 2,400,000 sheep.
In India the legal rent of land 13 one
half the produce.
Germany supplied France with $1,000
000 worth cf flour in 1S70.
Italy exports ;V,000,000 of ra"v and
manufactured silk per annitm.
A Canadian boasts of an ear of six-teen-rowed
corn with 7G5 kernels.
The quantity of milk consumed daily
in Boston is stated at f.4,070 gallons.
One million handsare engaged in
raising and manufacturing tobacco.
Ohio raises 15.000,000 bushels of
apples from 3yl.0i.i0 acres of orchards.
Only two-thirds of the area of Italy,
capable of production, are cultivated,
while the balance lies waste.
Instead of 800,000 tons of wheat, cal
culated upon by California, she will not
raise over 2.30,000 tons this year.
There are twenty-one students in the
agricultural department of the St.
Francis College, Richmond, P. (J.
A tree, which was lately cut down in
Kansas, contained three swarms of
bees and over 200 pounds of clear honey.
Spain has recently opened an experi
ment station in connection with her
School of Agricultural Engineering.
Eight hundred and lifty-two thousand
four hundred and thirty-eight farmers
in Great Britain own less than an acre
each.
Australia is making extensive pre
parations to supply England with fresh
meat by similar methods now in use
here.
Switzerland is increasing her trade in
condensed milk, making available as an
article of export? that which was former
ly wasted. . - - -" ' .
. The authorities in France have de
creed that railways may only transport
live animals a distance of 12-3 miles in
twenty-four hours.
Nine hundred million pounds of but
ter and cheese, valued at over $121,000
000, were produced in the United States
during the year 1S7G.
Wheat and millet seed germinate in a
day or two, barley in seven days, cab
bage in ten, while almond, chestnut
and peaches require twelve months.
ffive your hogs a rubbing post in
some accessible part of their inclosure;
it facilitates their keeping clean and
seems to afford them much satisfaction.
Wisconsin tobacco raisers are now
delivering their tobacco at the ware
houses in bulk, which is assorted and
packed after being sold, and it is said
the plan meets with favor.
A little sulphur or dry carbolate of
lime sprinkled in the nests of sitting
hen3 will keep oil the lice. Either the
sulphur or carbolate of liuie, mixed
with dry dust or finely-sifted ashes,
makes a capital dust bath for hens and
little chicks.
Hens' eggs hatch in from 19 to 21
'ays; turkeys', from 20 to 20 days;
ducks' 2S days; guinea fowls', from 23
to 27 days; p.-a fowls' 2-t to o0 days;
geese's T.0 to Sti '-ys. Fresh eggs will
hatch one or two days sooner than those
two or three weeks old.
Feed your farrow cows liberally and
their milk will be rich though but lim
ited in quantity. Let them have three
or four quarts of meal per day during
the spring, and continue it even when
the grass comes. When this feed dries
them up they will be fit for tire butcher.
California farmers are cultivating fig
trees for the sole purpose of raising and
fattening hogs. This fruit contains
large quantities of saccharine matter,
hence is very fattening. The fig tree,
once well started, requires little atten
tion, bears several crops a year and is
very prolific.
The best way to plow head-lands is
to leave strips of untouched land at the
sides as well as at the ends of the field,
all fif equal width, and then finish the
whol' by going round with one contin
ue is furrow until it is completed close
to the f"nce, thus avoiding the treading
down of newly-plowed land.
Among the curious things that are
patented and the right to which was
sold lately at Washington are:
Overcoat pocket for a lady's hand
when walking with a gentleman,
which brought 350, with the State of
Pi'jsylvsnta reserved, a double pocket
to cheat pickpockets and r, machine to
v-k postage stacaptt
Men who Vila Women.
God has so made the sexes that wo
men, like children, cling to men, lean
upon them as though they we re super
ior in mind and body. They make
them the suns of systems, and their
children revolve around them. Men
are Gods, if they but knew it, and wo
men burning incense at these shrines.
Women, therefore, who have good
minds and pure hearts want men to lean
upon. Think of their reverencing a
drunkard, a liar, a fool, or a libertine.
If a man would have a woman to do
him homage, he must be manly in every
sense; a true gentleman, not after the
Chesterfield school, but polite, becaus
his heart is full of kindness to all; one
who treats her with respect, even defer
ence, because she is a woman; who
never condescends to say silly things to
her; who brings her up to his level, if
his mind is above hers; who is never
over anxious to do right, who has no
time to be frivolous with her. Always
dignified in speech and' act; who never
spends too much upon her; never yields
to temptation, even if she puts it in his
way; ambitious to make his mark in the
world, whether she encourages him or
not; who is never familiar with her to
the extent of being an adopted brother
or a cousin; who is not over careful
about dress; always pleasant and con
siderate, but always keeping his place
of the man, the head, and never losing
it. Such deportment, w ith, noble prin
ciples, good mind, energy, and industry,
will win any wnman in the vorld worth
t winuiiig.
F
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Liio come Jiome,
And lie has brought the finest line of
Dress Goods, Staple Goods, ' Fancy
Goods and Notionsyou ever saw.
S3
ro say BB4lafiBBg f greeir
Ie toy tlae acre9 boots anal
lioe till yoia cnHi5ii'et
Imit aascl caps till
yBB BUntlSE iMBye
Spring and Summer Goods ever and ever so cheap
N oio is your chanco lound to sell and undersell anyhody. Hurry
vp. I want to go East again next month.
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in workmanship Is equal to a Chronometer Watch,
and as elegantly finished as a first-class Piano. It
received the highest avards at the Vienna and Cen
tennial Expositions. IT SEWS ONE-FOURTH FAST
ER than other machines. Its capacity is unlimited.
There are more WILSON MACHINES sold in the
United States than the combined sales of all the
others. THE V4LSON felEHDIftC ATTACHMENT, for
doing all kinds of repairing, WITHOUT PATCHING,
given FREE with each machine. A Certificate is given
with each Machine, guaranteeing to keep it In repair,
free of charge, for five years. It requires no special
instructions to learn how to use it. Satisfaction
guaranteed, or no pay. Machines delivered free of
charge anywhere in the United States.
Send for Illustrated Catalogue, and ask for sample of mending,
and our Circular No. 107 for further instructions for buying machines
upon terms stated in the Catalogue.
?.WILS0H SEWING MACHINE 00.
827 & 829 Broadway, Hew York; New Orleans, La.;
Cor. State and Madison Ets.. Chicago, Ills.; and San Francisco, C&l.
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...v r. ,t .'fvr.1i' i . tl n fillet. 1tt iS I'IGS
in America. This breed is not subject to cholera. We are breeding from
Distinct Imvaztatio n&
Some of which are the IJest Spia jmuns ever iuiported. If you want
the mirfst and best DintCT from I.mI'oi:tei brocK. and in j:iirs not akin,
A'Mrrns J.D. VANDOKEN
risks Corners, AVinnt bngo Co.,- W is-
At the Old Stand Fitzgerald Block, one door eiist of First National Bank
MALDANER & HERRMANN,
Having bought out the entire stock of Schnasse & Gramberg, in this city,
will during the next thirty days offer the balance of their "Winter Stock at
prices lower than ever before seen in this city, and invite the inspection
of the ladies of Flattsmouth and vicinity, as they feel assured that their pri
ces cannot be undersold.
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DJiESU GOODS.
UNDERWEAR,
ETC.,
HOSIERY, NUBIAS,
DOJIESTICS, FURS,
CARPETS, LACES,
ETC. ETC.
ALL NEW GOODS.
W E II A V E X O OLD S T OCK O II OLD STYLES
Qlathiiig Below Cast'.
A Complete Assortment of Boots and Shoes which we will
. Sell Very Cheap.
Gents' Caps, Scarfs, Cardigan Jackets, Underwear, Etc.,
Which We will Close out at JjOw Figures.
ALSO A
FULL LINE OF. GROCERES
CONSTANTLY ON HAND.
CALIFORNIA DRIED AXD CAXXED FRUITS
AND JELLIES.
Country -Produce Taken in Exchange
for Goods.
421j
'O THE PUBLIC!
READ AND REMEMBER
THAT
SOLOMON & m
OTIAil
Wisliinz to lviSuee Ui ir hnii;ci:e ttot-k of
nnv (joods,
CLOTHING,
XOTIOXS,
J'ATS CAI,
BOOTS & SHOES,
CARPETS, Etc.
in order to make room for thfir spring purchases, will from thi d.ile offer
splendid inducements to t!;e public, in every department. We assure you
this is a grand clearance sal?, and we will offer goods at prices that will not
fail to please the closest buyer. A visit to our elegant Store Iloomwill con
vince you that we have the largest and most complete stock of goods in oar
line in ti.e eiiy, which must be sold to make room for our
We have just received from our store, formerly localed at St. Joseph,
Mo., a full line of
Millinery & Fancy Articles
for the Ladies, beautiful in design and pattern, at exceedingly luw figures. In
Gents' Clothing and Furnishing Goods,
We curry a complete lin. where everything e;in be fomul to suit the most fastidious jjentle-
in Cass Couuty, at bottom iigurei. Our line of
Esijis and faiises
is n:ch that we defy coinpetition in style and in ice. AVe also have a choice neiection of
CLOCKS, WATCHES AND JEWELRY OF THE LATEST RATTEENS
ZEPHYRS IN ALL COLORS.
Berlin and Gerrnantown Yarns in Great Variety.
CARD HOARD, PLAIN, GOLD AND SILVER.
CANVASS, BRUSSELS. MATS, ETC.
llelow we attach p:ices on our goods, and judge for yourselves.
500 vds. Woolen Dress Goods, Ilemnants at 10, 12, 13 and 20c; formerly
40 and SOc per yard.
500 yds. IJlack and avy )lue, Cashmere Dress floods at 2. c; formerly 50c.
500 yds. Dnautiftd Patterns in Ruchinps, from 10c up.
500 yds. Ja. Striped Wash Poplin at loc per yd.
A beautiful selection of Hamburg Edgings and Embroideries from 5c up.
(lents Overcoats from S.00 up.
Full Suits from $5.00 up.
Ladies Hamlkf rchiefs 5c apiece 6 for 25c.
Ladies Merino Hose 3 pair for 23c.
All Wool Blankets from 81.23 up.
Horse JUankets .S2.40 per pair.
Jed Spreads White ami Colored $1.00 up.
Celebrated Hip Gore Corsets C3c.
Madam Foys Corsets 00c.
Ileautiful Patterns in Cassi meres 73c and $1.00.
Kentucky Jeans 23c per yard up.
Kid Gloves, SOc per pair.
Ladies' Merino Underwear 50c apiece up.
Mens' Hoots ?2.00 a pair up.
Ladies .Shoes 61.00 up.
Children's Shoes 23c np.
Hats from 75c up.
Caps 10c up.
Bleached and Brown Muslin 12 vds. for S1.00
Canton Flannel Sc. yd up, all Wool.
J ted Flannels 16c up.
Bed Ticking 10yds for $1.00 up.
And other Articles too Numerous to Mention.
CALL AT ONCE.
THE SJE-iIE BEGINS TO-ID-AT.
SOLOMON & NATHAN.
Main Slreef, Philadelphia- Store.-
MJIPSMIB
J. V. WECKB-ACH, Prop.
NEW GOODS,
ELEGANT STYLES.
Wo are in almost daily receipt i(
DRY AND FANCY GOODS,
which we offer our fiiend and the public at
'9
WlioleaEc anasl SBef asi.
at prices to suit the times.
t&mss' miss mm,
Cashmeres, Alpacas, Delaines, &c.
Calicos, from 12 to 16 Yards fas $1.00.
Muslins, from G cts. a yard upward.
BEDSPREADS !
The finest stoeK of White Bedspread ever l-rouzM to the fit v.
WEES BOY'S OSaOPSISZSrfiSrr
Buell's Cassimeres, Tweeds, Jeans, and Cottonadcs in
full Slock.
1 k a.
mid Wzw9mifshhzg cjdo
Ol' ALL KINDS.
Country Produce taken in exchange for Goods.
Thankful for past favors iij t lie jvais yoi.e ly. I n spi c! f i;!!y :!-! a eimlii.iiiiace if tin- ni-
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