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THE HERALD. It;iJLISI!KJ f.VEUY THURSDAY aivi:ktiki.; katf.h. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA sr r.. 1 xv. 2 w. :i w. i in. n in. rt in. t y. 1 M.r . . . 2,siIS. . 3 sqrs . 4, col . s ol.. 1 col . . 1 00 I . 2 HI i ."iU , l (.! j ;. no -J 75 4 n 2fo tm mm .l.on " in n lore 4 7.V H linn 2lt I2IIO aiUI 00 4 ft OFFICE: On Vine St., One Block North of Main, Corner of Fifth Street. " OO 8 INI 111 IKI HIH) l-'IK) 15 (Kl IX (l '' 4U OHIO 15 on. Is no ill mi 25ml 4uofi iviimi tn r JNO. A. MACMURPHY, Editor PERSEVERANCE C0XJUE11S, TERMS: $2.00 a Year. fAll Advertising bills due quarterly. tyr-Transient adveitisements intif-t be .paid, (or in ad amc. IjA It KT 'l IH'I'I ATIOX OK AXY I'AI'KK I.N :.!") t'OJ XTY. Termi, in Advance: Olio ropy, one year One copy, six months .. . One copy, three months. .$2.00 . I .no . .50 VOLUME XIII. y PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY MARCH 14, 1878. Fxtra copies of Hit' Hkiiai.ii forali by .1. 1. Young. Fosi office news depot, and o. F. John soii.coincr of .Main and Filth Struct, THE HERALD. NEBRASKA HERAXJLJ). O tn c: "a o FIEST National Bank OF FLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, FI'I'I KSSOK TO TOOTLE HAXXA Jt CXARU I.inv KiT7i'KiivLU President K I., v kv ice -"-si O a". W. M- lV;iiii.ix. '. Vmlii'-I-: i . . v ii 1 1 1. 1. u a uu.....t ! This Rank is now open for business at tlieir new room, coiner Main and Sixth streets, and Is pit-pare. 1 to transact a general BANKING BUSINESS. Stock, Bonds, Gold. Government and Local Securities BOUGHT AND SOLD. Deposit h Receirtd and Interest Allow ed on Time Certijb-atcs. Ani!alde in anv pait of the Tinted States and In all Hie Principal Towns and Cities of F'llope. ii i:T.S I'OIt Tin: cEi.i:r.i:.vTi:i In man Line and Allan Line O V STr.AMKKS. 1'ersoii w 'islnng to brim; out their friends from Europe can fCIJCH.VSi: TI'KKTS FltOM is T Ii r n ii s li to I t a t t n in o ii t Ii . CD !! o o r: m c " x o o 7- .r o CD b - O CD 2 -rz ' T L'J ' o Cs3 O CO o r O Excelsior Barber Shop. J. C. BOONE, Jftlill .St)- t, 'si!- S'linidt is Jlnnsi: TTAIB CTJTTI1TG-, S II A VIM! A N li S il A M t'llll I N (I Feeial atleutieii i.iveii to rriTiS'i r.7A).,;,vv; .iyr i.a di ax u An:. a:.l axhskh r.ooxi:, r.KXTs, A I'd .i t a limine i:i a Pl:il'i:i tn '.: K J'ALACi: 'I'lLI.IAlH) If ALL (Main St.. e.i-t of Fir-t Nat. r..i:0 I'l.AITSMtH Til. - - - M-"-i!V r. vi; i si-rn.i i:i wri t! ; f.fst win'k-!. i.ni'(ii:, cn;.n-. 4i.vi !!:::, ,-T(- i:Tl'- ,vM 31 ACIHXE SHOPS ! pl.ATTSVloLTI'. NKi:., ltipnircr f ist-am Eirjiii-x, JltH'is. .Sitr mid 0'n't JfU'i AS AM STMAH iTTTHWS, Wr"ii-t-t Iron ripe. Ki-.ce av.d t.if! 1'ipes steam i;ai;--'es.S.tfel - V:i!i" mh". and all kinds of I'.rass Engine 1- itlinys. ii paiied on slu'it imtifc. F A It M MACIUNEHTl llepaired on Short Notice. 4 -''! U YOUNG! T II E P U T C II E R, (.'an always to foand at IlatTs Old Stan d, lli adij to t7 the list Meats. 1 lN'i lmv freh fat cattle, sheep. lnc .to. direct from the l.irmeis every day, and his meats are ala' Jtood. ; nf: FISH, -I A') Fon'L, JA" SKASi. 3yl. SAGE BROTHERS, . lea!ers in STOVES, rrt-., KTc, i:ir. Oi f loor Fast of ttie l'ost-omce, riatlsmoiitli, Ncluaska. Fractieal Workei-s in SHEET IliOX, Ziyc, TIX, JUiA ZIER 1', Jr., tf c. lATgc assortment of Hard :ina Soft COAL STOYE3, Wood ami Coal Stoves for KEATING OR COOKING, Always im ll-iiid. Every variftv of Tin. Sheet Iron, and Zinc "Work, kept in Stock. MAKING AND REPAIRING, Done nn Short Notice. fZVKH YTHIXG ir.4 lilt A XTEIt ! .JPJ KICKS LOW lOH'X. BU SAGE BROS. ; PROFESSIONAL CAKDS - HAM, 31. CIIAInA.V, ATTORNEY AT LAW, j And Solicitor in Chancery. Oflice- in Fitzger- jilil l.locK, 11. 1 rLATTSMOFTH, neb. ,A w " " Mrtl Vlr? mu 1 At I n- snranee Agents, riattsmoiith. Nebraska. Col- t..x-paci-. Have a complete abstract of lilies. j;uy jind sell real estate, negotiate loans, &c. ! I J AM KM K. MOHKIKOX. ATTOIiNKY AT LAW. Will practice in Casn ami ailjiiiniiTi; Counties ; irives special attention to collect ionx and alistraclsof title. Ullieewitli lli'ii. S. Smith. FitGerald lllock, l'lattsinont It, Nehraska. 1 Ty 1 4KO. S. H3I1TII. ATTOUNKY AT LAW and Keal Estate Bro ker. Special attention jriven to Collections and all matters affecting the title to real estate. (!'ii e on -'d lloor, over l'ost OtUee. 1'luttsmouth, Netiraska. J I. - Jw7- 1V i.iM.t4 .rrsTH'E OF THE PEACE, ami collector of delits. collections made from one dollar to one thousand dollars. Mortiraiies. Heeds, ami oth er instruments drawn, and, all county liusiness tisunllv transacted before a Justice of the 1'eace. l'.e-t of reteieiice iven if reiiilred. titliee on .Main street. West of Court House. .4n-yl dOHN W. HAINES. I. II. WHKEI.Ki:. K. II. STONK. WHEELER & STOKE, ATTOHXEYS AT LAW, I'lat tsmout I XlrHliJi. ic i: mvix;sto, ril A'SICfAX & SI KCFON. tenders his pro fessional services to ihe citizens of Cass comity, itesideiii-e souttieast corner Sixth ami .ik sts. ; Mliceon ?.I:;in street, two doors west of Sixth. riattsiiMituli. Nebraska. Ilt. J. 31. 1VATEKMA, Physio Medical Practitioner. IjituiKViUc, Cnss .., JVt7. Always at the ofT.ei; on Saturdays. yl int. sr. ii. sciiii.iuwXKniT, FltACTISlNi; 111 YSiCI A N. ill attend calls at all hours, night or dav. l'lattsnionth. Nc luaska. 4i:ly josr.i'ii H.HAI.K. ii. i. I'll YSK'J AN .t srilfJF.ON. will atfeml all calls, day or oilit. Dttice with K. Ii. I.ivinjr sti.n. Jl.i'iu St., one door above Ulaik & l: n II uer's. M!y is:. a ii. in i.iii'.iiitAM, ritAl TU'lNC FHYSICIAX. Louisville. Neb. Calls promptly attended to. oily SAUNDERS HOUSE. J. .V. UUnuullY, - - - Pi opri ti: I. nV. imi Central. Cood Sanip!e Knuin.. Every attention paiil to j;u;-sts. 4:;:n:: ri.Arrs.-.iorrii. - - - - - Nki:. C03LM ERCIAL HOTEL, j.i x c i, x, xi:i5.. J. J. UIIIOFF, - - - VroprMor. The tn-; known and most popular Landlord in liie Male. Al A.iys stop ai I lie Commercial. "QRAND CEIITRAL" HOTEL. ;.Aiti:: .sr and finest hotel f.etwlen C!i;CAi:0 ANI SAN FKANCIStO. j !:(. THRALL,, - - J'iop. OMAHA. XJ:3'.. E. PABffIELE7 S.l LK, FEED cf- LI YER Y XTAZ1LE. On Main street nearly oppoMt.' the Court !loiie, l'ialtsimuith, .ei. HorsEsfoR Sale. The bin iu and . selling of j.rood horses made the specialty of the bu.Mue.s. New Horses & Carriages, and tr-niie horses, for Ladies to drive art kept at this Stable. Al-o a carry all. which runs to lh depot, and will i-.i: : pa.oeiiers from any place in town on call. FARMERS CALL AND EA'AMLXE MY STOCK FOR SALE. Svl E. IWHMKLK. O. K. SALOON. I keep constantly on baud REST MILWAUKEE BEER. which can be hail at no other ra.Acr. ix tiii: city. Also the best of tvixrs. 1. 1 y rons, .ixn cin.ins. win: Ai'i'j.i: iqiLi:i) cidkh. Roiled dorn front '.I ijalloiis to 1 FOIt SALE At IM. Tlosenbtiutn's by the glass or gallon. :t-".in'. I'd. KoMeiibaiini. . 2. i. w y DICK STKEIGHT'S LLYFRY, FEED AXD SALE STA BLES. ConirrGtli and l'earl Sts. noits I'.oai:ii:i r.v thk DAY, WCKIi, OK .MO.YTH, MORSES BOUGHT. SOLD OIR. TEAlDEn. For a Fair Couiinissioti. TLIMS AT Al.I IJOlItS. Vailicular attention paid to Driving and Training TStOTTI.C STOCK. A hearse furnished when called for. Au A 4rent ICeiluet Ion In 1'i iccsof GUNS, REVOLVERS, &c. Trices red 'iced from 20 to .'.II per rent. Write for Illustrated Catalogue, with reduced prices for 1S77. Address, GREAT WESTERN GUN WORKS, !! Sinlthlh Id St., Fittsbur'li. Fa, isV II. A. WATERMAN & SON, Wholesale and Ketail Dealers in PINE LUJII1I-R. j.ATir. siiinolks. sash, DOOKS, BLINDS. KTC, KTC, KTC. Malu street. Coruer of Fifth, rj.ATT.SMOKTir, XEIJ. still Better Rates for Lumber. Purifies the Blood Ren ovates and Invigorates the Whole System. ITS JIKIiICAL I'HoI'KItTIKrt AKK Allerali vc, Tonic, Solvent ninl Diuretic. Vogetine Vogt'tine Votjctine Yegetinc Vea:ctinp Vcetiiie Vesretine Voetinc Voo tine Toctine Yosfotine Yoyretinc Ytetino Y'i?i'tie Yct'tiuo Yeyretiiir Yeetino Yi-etine Ycyct i iu YotretSuc Yo?''tino Yi'jrelinc Yotri'tfne Yoiretinr Yosotiii" Yoctiiio Vi'oti:-'.' YctrctiiH' Y( ctiiic Yrceiinp Yos'clfiip Y ift'liiif Yftri'tine Reliable Evidence. Mis. H. K. Stkvkns : Dear Sir. 1 will most cheerfully add my testimony to thojirreat iitmi ber yon have already receiveil in fa vor of yourjrreat and fcood medieine, ' KCK.riNK.forl do not think enough can be said in its praise ; lor 1 was troubled over thirty years with that dreadful disease, Catarrh, and had such bad -oiiliinr stiells that it would i-eem as thoti;h I never could breathe any more, and Vkukti.vk has cured me ; and I do feci to thank liod all the time t hat I heie is xoood a medicine as Vkii-.tink, and I also think it one of t lie best medicines for coughs, and weak, sinking feel ing at tlie xtomach. and advixe ev erybody to take the V K i KT I K, for I can assure them it is one of the best medicines that ever was. GIVES Health, Strength, AND AITETtTE. My dauirhter has received great benefit from the us- of Vk;ki ink. Her declinin;; health was a source of fii-eat anxiety to all Her friends A few bottlco!' V Ki;K Tl M-: rrstored her health, strength, and appetite. N. II. I 1 1. DEN, lifiirniice and Keal E-tate Auetit, No. 4J Seats HuildiitLC. lloston. llai-s. CANNOT M C 1 1 A It 1. 1 'STOW , M A ss. H. K. Stkvk.Ni! : Drtir Sir. This is to certify that I have used your I'.lood ('repara tion "' in my family forseveial years. aut think Iliaf for Scrofula or Can cerous liuiiioisor Ithciima! ic Allec tions. it cannot ho excelled ; ami. as a blood purifier or spi in:r medicine, it is the best tiling I have ever used, and I have used almost I'Verythin. I can cheerfully recommend n to any one iu need of sin-ii a medicine. Vours respectfully. Miss. A. A. DIX.VUOKE. No. la Kusncll Street. IT IS A W;iJnaLIe Eiemcilv. Sin i ii ItoiSToX, Feti. T, 1ST.). M it. Si i: kns : lunr Sir, I have taken several bottles of your Ykuktink. and am convinced it is a valuable remedy for Dyspepsia. Kidney Complaint, and general debility of l he .ysiem. I t;iii h-artiiy rt-coiiniieiid it to all suit eriiur from i he above com pi. tin Is. M ollis respect l ull v. M Its. M V N K E I'A K K E K tti Alliens Siieet. VEGETINi5 l'repared by i2. II. STCVi:.S, E:s;:i, Muss. Ycictiiis is Sail ty all Drnjrgists. ROBERT DONNELLY'S AXD BLACKSMITH SHOP. W.t'joii, Bti'j'jy, Mai-hine and Plow re 2airin:, and yncral johbiny. I am now prepared to do all kinds of repairing ol farm and ol her machinery, as there is a good lathe in my shop. PETER RAUEX, The old Reliable Wagon Maker has taken charge of the waon .shop. He is well known as a NO. 1 AVOlMvMAX. pw Waiton mid Itujjiiiew made to Onlor. SAT I S FACTION C, F A K A NT K E I ). Shop on Sixth street, opposite Streiyhts Stable IIAKDWAHK STOIIK, In Flattsiiiouth, Neb., on Fourth St., about the MIDDLE OF THE BLOCK, you will find : loin l'Umters, (liana & Iiorse) Stii riii?r Plows, Sulky Plow, Cultivators, ami all kinds of Farm Implements and .shelf Hardware, Tin Ware, &c, &c. ALSO, Hungarian and Millet. Seed for Sale 31 IU PLATTSMOUTH MILLS. I'LATTSMOl'TH. NEIL C. IICISCLi, - Propilefor, Flour, Corn Mtal & Feed Always on hand and for sale: at lowest cash prices. The lushest prices paid for Wheat and Corn, l'articular attention given custom work. STBEIGHT & MILIEU, IL arm sa Ma n aft ii-tu rtrs, SADDLES BE IDLES, COLLAIiS. and all kinds of harness stock, constantly on hand. FRUIT, COXFECTIOXEY, . AND GROCERY STOKE, NUTS, CANDIES, TEAS , COFFEES, SFfiAKS, TOBACCO ES, FLOU &e. Kemeiuber the place opposite E. J. Dovey's i on Lower Main Street. j 21-1 STIIEIQIIT & MILLER. I Saturday Sight. Plnclng-the tittlebats all In a row. Ready for church on the morrow, you know; Washing we faces and little black fists. Getting them readyand fit to be kissed; Putting them Into clean inirments and white That is what mothers are doiajf to-uigbt. Spying out holes la the little worn hos Laying- ly shoes that aro worn through th toes. Looking o'er garments so faded and thin Who but a mother knows where to begin? Changing a button to make it look right That is w hat mothers are doing to-night. Calling the little ones all 'round her chair. Hearing them lisp forth their evening prayer; Telling them stories of Jesus of old, VTTio loved to gather the lambs to His fold; Watching, they listen with weary delight That la what mothers arc duin,' to-nia: lit. Creeping so softly to take a Inst peep. After the little ones all are asleep; Anxious to know if the children are warm. Tucking tho blanket "round each little form. Kissing ench little face, roey nr.a bright That is what mothers aro doing to-night. Kneeling down gently beside the white bed. Lowly and meekly she bows down her head. Praying as only a mother can pray, "God, guido and keep them from going astray 1" XOBODY IN PARTICULAR. BY S. AXXIB FROST. A fair face slightly flushed with tho interest excited by an open book over which it was bent; short curls of a warm eheslnnt color, pushed back by a little white hand still half hidden in their luxuriance; dewy lips parted to show pearly teeth, eyes of deepest blue, shaded by long brown eyelashes. This was the picture Edna Fletcher made as Teter Jones looked in at the low, French window, his tender, honest heart going out to her feet as it al ways did when he saw her. She never heard liis steps on the short, thick grass, sho never saw his handsome, dark face looking in upon her, as she read with tager eyes and deep, sighing breath the book before her. He watched her for some moments, and then said, softly: ".Ned!" 'I wish you wouldn't call me Xed. You know I hate it!" she said, pettish ly, without looking up. "I forgot," he answered, penitently. "Well, don't forget anymore," and she looked up then, with a regretful sigh, holding the book open with her fingers. "l'ou wish I'd lake myself off. and let you read in peace," lVter said, read ing the thought more plainly titan po litely visible upon the beautiful face. "We!!," Edna said, slowly, "you know you were here this morning." "Yes." "And last evening, and yesterday afternoon, and yesterday morning, and " "Stop, please. I suppose I am a nui sance But it i3 holiday time for me, aud it is always hard to keep away from where you are, Ned!" "Xedl" with great scorn. "You never used to care when you were a little girl." "I'm not a little girl now, and I'm not a boy, and my name is Edna!" verr emphatically. "I will try to remsmber. Hut haven't you just one civil word for a fellow, X EduaV" "I can't think of any just this min ute," with a sudden merry light in the big blue eyes. "What are you reading?" " "Oh, you must read it. It is a novel, to be sure, but such a hero. He is so brave and noble, so true and faithful." "A real hero, eh?" ''Yes. Oh, if I could just see one re ally great man. But nobody ever comes to l'oint Itaynor, but city pleasure-seekers, for sea bathing; and no body lives here but country gentlemen, and " "(Jily clerks on vacation. Why don't you say it?" said Peter, bitteily. " Well you know, llr. Jones " A long whistle interrupted her. "So it's to be Mr. Jones, as well as Edna?" "Peter is so horrid. Whoever heard of a hero named Peter Jones?" "I don't claim to be a hero, that's a fact. I am well aware that I am no body in particular, Edna, but, Edna I love you you know I love you as well as if I was the greatest of meu." "Yes," she said, carelessly, "you've been telling me so ever sine I was three years old." "But I am not a boy, now, Edna; and you are eighteen. I love you just as well uow as I've loved you since you were a baby. Only, dear, a man's love begs some return. Tell me you love me, Edna." "But I don't. That is," seeing the deathly pallor that swept over her lover's face to his very lips. "I l ie you well enough, Peter, only we are not children any more, and its differ ent." . "What is different? You will be my wife, Edna." "Well no, I think not. I may never meet the man I could love, but I don't want to marry nobody in particular." "But, Edna " "Stop a moment. You see, Teter, it would be just the same as marryin Tom or Will. You've been oue of my brothers all my life, and now, has there ever been one single day I've not seen you? Of course you're away now all day in the city, but you come over every night, and and " " Ywu're tired of me?" "Well, yes a little." "I'll tire you no more." He took his elbows off the window sill, put his bauds there, and sprang in. One moment he held her fast in his arms, pressed one kiss on her lips, then sprung over the window-sill, down the garden path, out of her sight. "Ile'll be back this evening," Edna thought, opening her book again, and quite forgetting the noble, honest, true heart she had pained, in the trials of her fictitious hero. And Peter Jones went over to the farmhouse he had called home all hi3 life, and up to his room. Only a few minutes there, and he came down stairs again to the kitchen. "Auntie, I'm going to take that Cali fornia offer," he said, quietly. "Lawful sakesl You don't mean it. Whatever will we do without you?" - 44 You've thirteen plagues left. Some day I may be able to prove I'm not un grateful for the home and motherly love you've given me, since my own mother died on your porch, a starved tramp." "There thcrel You've been a good son to me, Peter a good son. The Lord bless you wherever you are. You'll write to me?" "ften. Goodbyl I'm just in time for the train. I'll see uncle as I go over; he's on the five-acre lot." Ko word of the sore wrench he was making; no blame for the careless re jection of hislife-long devotion. True, loyal, and loving, Peter accepted his fate, and set his face manfully towards a future where Edna was not. "I've just made her sick of. the sight of me,"lie thought, strangling a sob in his throat, "and 111 take myself off." It wa3 not twenty-four hours later when all Port Itaynor knew that Peter Jones had accepted a splendid chance in California, in a branch house con trolled by his employers in the city, just beyond the little sea-side village. Edna experienced only simple amaze ment first. Peter Jones in California. Tom : nd Will, her brothers, teased her about her recreant lover, Mrs. Fletcher asked if she had quarreled with Feter, and her father said, "sensible fellow." Then nobody spoke of him, for he wtis only one of the many visitors to i the Fletcher Place, where Mrs. Fletch er presided over the most pretentious hout-e at Port Itaynor. Mr. Fl- tcherwas a wealthy man in that quiet village, though his money was but a small fortune compared to that of city grandees. But it sufficed to make him a leading man in his vil lage house. Edna bt-ing his only daughter, and much younger than her brothers, was pretty thoroughly spoiled. Petted from her babyhood, she had grown up self-willed, slightly petulant, and amazingly pretty, the belle of Pot t Itaynor, and the object of attention to i frost of those summer visitors of whom she spoke so slightingly. Peter was scarcely missed In the so cial gatherings that made the summer houses pleasant at Port llayuor, but Edna wondered what made them all so suddenly dull to her. She had plenty of attention from her old friends and neighbors, and from all her visitors who saw her pretty face and graceful movements. But her hero did not appear, and Peter Jones was in California. There was nobody just like Peter after all; nobody just so kind and thoughtful, so strong and yet so gentle; so well read, and so modest, and at this point Edna would strangle a sigh so fond of her. He was growing rich In California, Mr. Flelher said, being a good business man, with a line opportunity made for him by the firm which had sent him out. lie would find some fair, gentle girl who was not petulant and would give him the return he deserved for his love and devotion, and he would mar ry her of course, and never come back to Port Itaynor. And here the sigh would have its way. Mrs. Fletcher was surprised that at twenty-one, Edna, the most attractive girl at Port Raynor, was Edna Fletcher still. Tom and Will were both mar ried and living in the city, where Edna spent the winters with them, and had rejected several offers. She would not acknowledge to her own heart that all her love had been given to Peter. That, she told herself, was a little too absurd, but certainly she loved no one else. Three years Peter Jones had been in California, and had been placed at the head of the branch house there, work ing faithfully in the interest of his em ployers, and slowly, but steadily, mak ing his own fortune. He had not yet found the ideal wo man that Edna imagined would be his wife, and in his great loyal heart there was ever an aching sense of loss, since Port Itaynor was left so far away. He had thought it would be many long years yet before he left his new heme, and was not quite pleased when he was ctdled to the city he had left by his em ployers. But while the steamer ploughed her way homeward many a thought of the old farm, of Edna, arose in his heart to conquer any lingering regret at his return. . Edna! She would be married before this to some new friend, who had not Injudiciously wearied her with his con stant presence and persistent atten tions. Well, he could call and offer congratulations. That old wound was healed, he said, knowing by its twing ing how sore it was still. It was dusk, on a summer evening, when the train drew up at the Port Itaynor station, and one gentleman stepped out upon the platform. "No baggage," he said, to the wait ing porter, and sauntered xrp the road towards the Jones' farm. But the same road led him first to the gate of Mr. Fletcher's large, handsome house. There was no group upon the porch, as there had been always in the old times. Of course not, the new comer thought, impatiently; all the young folks are married and away. He had hesitated at the gate, and he thought he could spare time for a short call, only to inquire for Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher, old friends, who demanded some courtesy from a neighbor so long absent. He went across the grass and to the low, French window. This had been always his path to the house, and he smiled as he found himself on the spot where he had left Edna three years be fore. 'I'll go to the front door and ring," he thought, but going a moment to glance through the half closed blinds. Two figures, dim in the gathering darkness, were on the sofa. Both wore light dresses, and they were close to gether, as if talking confidentially. Pe ter did not think that he was being an eavesdropper. He only lingered be cause he recognized a voice whose tones had always been the sweetest music in his ears. "But why need I marry anybody?" That was what Edna said. Not mar ried not married! Peter did long to shout the words, but a quiet, low voice answered: "You need not, Edna. ButFa"paand I wonder sometimes if our little girl's heart is really so set against marriage, or if she is hiding some secret from us." "Secretl I never had a secret." 'You are not engaged then, without our knowledge?" "No. How could you think such a thing." "And you really have never loved any of your suitors?" Silence. Peter Jones knew that he was playing a very mean part, that he had no right to wait for the unveiling of a maiden's heart in this sly fashion, and yet he could not stir. "Was there any one, Edna?" Mrs. Fletcher said, very gently, "who won my daughter's heart, and did not know the treasure was his?" A choking voice answered: "Yes, mamma, but don't ask me who it was. He he was nobody in partic ular. Peter Jones walked around to the front door, and rang the bell. Nobody would have guessed by his quiet manner that his heart was throbbing to suffo cation, his hands cold, his head dizzy, wiih the sudden rush of a great hope. There was light in the wide drawing room where presently Mrs. Fletcher and Edna came to greet him, and Ed na, prepared by his card, was self-possessed and gracious. She had changed in those three years, had lost her pet ulance, was more womanly, and yet nn pretty as ever. And Peter Jones knew that the love in his heart was not con quered, but strong as death there still. "Well, just to think of it," Mrs. Jones said, when she came home from the wedding, "that Edna should refuse such splendid offers as she has and marry our Peter. She was always talk ing about grand, heroic men, and he has not even a name, only the one we gave him. Dear dear!" "You'll be contented, Edna?" refer said, when they stood on the steamer's deck bound for California: "you know, dear, I'm only a business man, there as here. Nobody in particular." "But my hero, my love," she said, shyly. "You did well to punish me for my petulance by leaving me, for I soon found there wa3 no one to fill your place in my heart, no one I could ever love but Peter Jones, even if he is " "Nobody in particular," repeated Peter. Had a Copper Bill, Too. The other day when the Silver bill parsed the Senate, a citizen who want ed a glass of beer entered a saloon on Randolph street, threw down a half dollar and asked: "Heard about the passage of the Sil ver bill?" "Not vhat I knows of," was the calm reply. "Well, it has passed, and that half dollar is now worth fifty-five cents." The saloonist looked hard at the money, made change very slowly and asked : "You heardt about debassagi of dot copper pill, eh?" "No! What bill is that?" "It vosh a pill vhat says dot all der coppers in der country are woit dree cents apiece." lie handed out three tens, a nickel and five uennies, counting each one three, and returning, according to this count, fifty cents. The drinker slowly scraped the money off the counter, coughed and tried to smile, and as he slowly sauntered out he was heard muttering a hope that the Red Ribbon movement would continue to progress. LITTELL'S LIVING AGE. The number of The Litinj Aye for the weeks ending February 23d and March 2d have the following noteworthy con tents: A French Critic on Goethe, bv Matthew Arnold, Quarterly Review; National Religion, part lX.,MavmiUan; An Oxford Lecture, by John Rtiskin, Jtnteentti Century; Alareli of an Eng lish Generation through life Quarterly : French Home Life, Blackwood; Mac leod of Dare, by William Black, and Within the Precincts, by Mrs. Olip- h ant, both from advance sheets; The Great Fourfold Waterfall, Eraser; Doctor Lavardin, a sketch, Macinillan ; Sltakespeare in France, Xintenth Century: Erica, translated from Ger man of Frau von Ingersleben ; Pleasant People, Saturday Review; Antoine Cesar Becquerel, Xature; The Crueltv of Pecuniary Crime, Spectator; Walk ing Winter, Pall Mall Gazette ; The Emo tions due to Christmas Bills, Specta tor; and the usual select poetry and miscellany. The back numbers con taining the first instalments of "Erica," and a story by Miss Thackeray, are still sent gratis to new subscribers for 1870. For fifty- two numbers, af sixt)-four large pages each (or more than 3000 pages a year), the subscription price (S8) is low; or for 810.50 any one of the American St monthlies or weeklies is sent with 1'heLiciny Aye for a year, both postpaid. Littell & Gay, Boston, are the publishers. , Mate Items. The Friendville Telegraph is a new paper started by "Wells & Allen of the Crete Union. Republican, seven col umn. m Friendville Telegraph : J. B. Finch commenced a temperance work Feb. 7th, meeting with great success, over 400 taking the Red Ribbon. Friend ville full of visitors, travelers and land buyers. Columbus Journal: Capt. I). I). Wadsworth lias patented a wind mill. Plenty of Red Ribbons in Butler Co. York Republican: New business house, Mr. J. 11. Post, formerly of Blair, variety store. Home made telephone manufactured by MasterDwight Moore two oyster cans, with buckskin at the end and connected with string 100 yds. long. North Platte Republican : -A fire de stroyed the quarters of Co. L. 0th Iu., Ft. Mcl'herson. Most of the Compa ny's property saved except their libra ry, which was a fine one. Lulay, a gunsmith, manufactured some bogus half dollars, which he attempted to pass on the road eastward, but was arrested at Council Bluffs. The Kearney Tress states that Gen. Kilpatrick intends selecting a suitable range for a large herd of cattle, north or west of Kearney, and make that place his future home while he devotes his attention to cattle raising. Prof. Geo. E. Church, professor of Latin in the State University, and who is now in Europe studying the langua ges, arrived in Rome, Italy, about the first of January. He will remain there till the first of February, then, return to Berlin, Prussia, to complete his stud ies. The Herald expects some letters from him concerning the old city of the Cicsars, which will be interesting in the extreme, as he is a splendid writer. At the conclusion of his Berlin studies the Professor will visit the Paris exposi tion, make a brief tour of Ungland. returning the latter part of Septem ber to resume his duties at the State Uni versity. Fremont Herald. Our reporter called on one of the county officials this morning and iisked for news. "Well," said the official, "you might say that we need more marriage able young women here." Menless wo men wanted for womanless men. Wo man's journals please copy. Niobrara Pioneer. By Bequest. Statistics of Intemperance. The following statistics have been carefully compiled from the 'best au thorities, and are as nearly correct as they can be made: Liquors consumed in the United States: Spirituous liquors r,3,T2,002 tral. annually. licer Zi'J,7-Hi,tli4 - Imported wines lO.Too.uo'.i " " Liquors consumed in Great Britain: Spirituous liquors 3.1.0! 10.377 pil, annually. Beer and ale yoO.:i4'J.:;;i9 ' Foreign and British wines 17,141,539 " " Liquors consumed in Germany: Beer Wine Hfi.noo.fvio gal, annually. 121,000,0(10 " " Liquors consumed in France: Spirituous liquors 27.ooo.ooo " Beer 51.X00.0OD " " Wine 000,000,000 " We estimate that the world con sumes twice as much as these four nations: Spirtuous liquors 51 4.0.11 .82 gal. annually. Iieer 2,",j7.an.i;:t2 " Wiue i,4S2,2jy,yH " Cost of liquors in the world in ten years, 8(5L405,0f 2,234, or twice the val ue of the United States of America. Allowing the average value of the world, per square mile, to equal the United States, and every one hundred and twenty years the actual cash value of the world is consumed in tlnse drinks. The materials used in the manufac ture are annually as follows: Bushels of Bushels of lirain. irai s Value. F nited States. 3'J,34,J,.VJ0 2,304,312 $12,S'J5.y4. Great Britain and Ireland. C.1,!2!.r..V) 3,71.2lii W ro.ri,!)20. Ctiiuiiuy 9, 12.r.0oo 34,;i4.s5 ;l,l!ti.4K. France 4,2.t7.fiOO 171,42s,571 :k;,.TSii.3.'7. The World 242,71,143 432,034,1'til syi,y22,.'3U. The cost iu Fiance and Germany would be modified by the cost of grapes, which are much cheaper there. The land, buildings, machinery, la bor, etc., invested in the traffic is about as follows: Building Acres. and Iilior. Machinery. United States $903,41 74,041,044 $9,405,104 Ureat liritain and Ireland i,B2i,773 92,1!6,HK.T is.271.432 Germany M7,4io 4,i2o,.t Him.wj France 1,570,017 lw.wi7.aa 27,!i2!,2K3 The World Sj3,228 740,4i,o;o H7,K2l,020 Value of Total Land. Investment. United states.... 4O,170,GOo 12K,oiG,&43 Great r.iitain aim ire- land 81.48S.ro lKM.870.91 (ieriiialiy 2..70.oiiO 78.3it5.427 r ranee 7s,soo.R."0 2;7.017.70 The World 402.000,400 1,320,903,492 Cost of alcoholic drinks in the United States annually: Direct outlay for drink ?725,407,02 .-ceu iierceui, in me eiu.ooo 000,000 which tile nation should nossess. hut has been destroyed by the tratne... 700.000,000 i.nrect loss 01 wages 7,yo3,s4 Tea tier cent, on capital employed In the manufacture 25.84s,om Tan ier ceut. on capital employed iu saloons 36.264.700 t.'harity bestowed on the poor I4.ooo.nno I-os by s a and by land 50,000,000 Court, police, hospital expenses, char ity, litiyalhiii, insurance 207.20G,5I0 Total . 1,800.842,203 This nation receives in return for this traffic: 500 minders, !oo suicides. 100.000 criminals, ' 200.000 pauiiers oo.noo deaths from drunkenness, 000.000 besotted drunkards, CoO.ooO moderate drinkers, who will he sots ten yc;i hence. 500.000 home destroyed. 1,000,000 children worse than orphaned. And if the country shoald be search ed from centre to circumferance, it would be impossible to find any good resulting from this traffic, or a single reason why it should exist longer Na tional Temperance Advocate. FOR THE HOUSEHOLD. Ckmkxt fok Mi:xni Tabli: Kxivf.s. A cement used by cutlers for fastening the blades of dinner knives) in ivory handles in ma lo of resin, four puts; beeswax, one part; brick dust, oi.e pat t. Pill tho hole in tho handle with the cement, heat t he tang of the blade, and press it firmly. I tiliing Tiir K'KAis.- The waste scraps of gutta perch a, so often thrown iiwav as useless, may be formed into caps for bottles by disolving them in benzole?. Dissolving the gutta peicha iu benzole over a gentle heat till a moderately thick 11 ti itl is formed, ami then add vcrniillion or other coloring matter to suit the fancy. The corked bottles are then dipped 111 the mixture, as in making caps in hot sealing wax. This method of making capsules is re ported to give capsules taht are imper vious to air'and all ordinary liquids. and the process has the merit of being simple, easy and cheap. AVasiiixu flanxfl.-stakcii roLtsir To w ash flannels, make the water Utite, soft with dissolved borax, and uso Dobbins' Kleetric Soap. A good starch polish may be made by taking a quart bottle or a pint can, and put in one-half pound of borax. Now fill with soft wate; shake well. Use it for all kinds of starch. The proportion is two tablespoonf tills for a shirt. You will soon learn by your clothes how much to use. Mrs. E. A.Kx'ight. A dams, 111. To fix pencil drawings, prepare water-starch, in the manner of the laun dress, of such a strength as to form a jelly when cold, and then apply with a bioad camel-hair brush as in varnish ing The same may be done with thin, cold isinglass water or size, or rice wa ter. To prevent "drawing," that is the growing of the plants towards the light, all geraniums should be frequently turned, which will give well-proportioned plants. If the plants grow too tall pinch out the top; all the auxilliary buds will then break into lateral branches. Again, if the side branches become too close, prune them out fear lessly. The geranium breaks easily, yet there is no fear of killing the plant, even by pruning it down to a bare stump. The Use or Wheat Erin. The bran of wheat, diffused through hot water, is largely employed by calico printers, to remove Ihe coloring matter from those parts of tlieir goods which are not mordanted, 1. e., having the colors fixed. A handful mixed in a pail of water forms an excellent emol lient footbath. Infused iu hot water (bran tea), properly sweetened, it forms a popular demulcent much used in coughs and hoarseness. It also forms an excellent manure, and, from con taining the ammoni.ico-magnesian phosphates, is especially adapted a3 a dressing lor potatoes. In some parts of the country it was, and perhaps still is, mixed with flour and made into bran bread used by the poorer orders for economy, and by the higher classes be cause recommended by the faculty as being more wholesome than while wheaten bread. Domestic Recipes. Cookies for the Children. One cup sugar, one cup sour cream, two eggs, one teaspoon soda, graham flour or lino middlings sufficient to roll out. If any spice i3 wanted ginger is best; one tea spoonful. If cream is not to be had, one cup butter, one of sour milk. Mince-Meat. One pint bowl of meat, chopped fine; two bowls of apple3; one of boiled cider; one and one-half cups of molasses, one cup of sugar; one tea spoon of cloves; two of cinnamon; two of allspice and one nutmeg. Tooth Powder. Ten cents' worth ground chalk, five cents' worth orris root, five cents' worth myrrh,, one tea spoonful powdered castilo soap. Mix all well together. Raised Doughnuts. Beat one egg very light, in one cup of sugar; add one tablespoonf ul of butter sweetlard will do as well and work it in one quart of raised dough; roll out, cut in fancy strips and fry in noiling lard. Dough nuts thus made are much lighter and nicer than to add the egg and sugar be fore letting it rise. Cocoanut Cake. One cup of sugar, half cup of butter, stirred to a cream, 3 eggs. Take 2 of the whites for icing and put the other with the yolks In the cake; f cup of milk, or milk of the co coanut, 2i cups flour, in which has been stirred 2 teaspoousf ul of baking pow der, 2 teaspooil of lemon essence. Bake in jelly tins. For icing, whip tho whites of the 2 eggs to a froth, add i pouud pulverized sugar, 1 teaspoonful of lemon essence. Grate one good sized cocoanut, ice the cakes ami spread thickly with the grated cocoa nut. Itoly-poly Pudding. Take a quart of flour, rub into it three lablespoonsf ul of lard, roll it out, cut into four pieces; place a lump of butter on each; flour well; place one above another, then roll out again about six inches wide and twelve long; take some preserve, (plum is best,) spread it on pretty thick, wet the edges of the paste to make it stick closeiy, then roll it over and over; tie it up securely in a well floured cloth, boil two hours and serve with nice melted butter. Dutch Loaf. One pound of flour, half a pound of sugar, one egg, quarter of a pound of butter, half a pound of raisins, and half a pound of dried currantswell-cleaned and rolled in flour; a half teaspoonful of baking soda dis solved in enough buttermilk to make the batter of the proper consistency. Beat the butler and sugar to a cream, add the eggs, then stir in the flour and buttermilk; add the fruit last. Bake slowly, as tho fiuit will not admit or a hot oven. Do not forget to add a good pinch of salt to the mixture.