THE HERALD.
The Russian Feasants.
The Russian Commune or Jir, is the
most prominent among Russian insti
tutions. It constitutes a sort of demo
cratic government. The "Assembly"
which is composed of the heads of fam
ilies, makes all the laws, directs all
during the harvest, manages the laboi,
punishes those who do not pay their
taxes, etc. It elects the elder, (a sort
of mayor,) the collector, the watchman
of the night, the burgher of the vil
lage. At certain periods the central
administration reviews all the male
peasants of the Commune, from the
latest born to the Centenarian, and
each Commune pays to the government
an annual sum proportionate to this
enumeration. All families are collec
tively and individually responsible for
the payment of this sum. It is impor
tant, therefore, that every one should
work, as idleness does not prevent the
payment of individual taxes, and they
must be borne by others. The system
of corporal punishment still remains in
use against those who do not pay their
dues.
The Commune distributes land be
tween its members as it judges proper,
according to the resources of the ap
plicants, or, rather, their ability to
work; besides which every family owns
a house and garden, which is its heredi
tary property, and is never disturbed
by the other periodical redistributions.
.Many peasants go to work in cities,
and remain there a large portion of the
year, and some permanently; but this
does not prevent their title to their
rural homes, or exempt them from the
tax. The women and children remain
In the villages. When work fails, or old
age or sickness arrives, the Russian
peasant retires to his country home,
and the law preserves his cabin, his ag
ricultural tools, his horse and house
hold furniture when he becomes help
less or insolvent.
There is a wonderful aptitude in these
peasants to support heat and cold. You
see coachmen seated on their boxes, at
the doors of theatres and grand estab
lishments, in the most excessive cold;
you see the same men as placidly sup
porting the heat of vapor baths. In most
of the villages there is a public bath of
this description, but instances are com
mon where peasants take their vapor
bath in the bakehouse where the fam
ily bread is baked. The operation is
always pushed to the most extreme
limit that man can endure; and often
in winter the peasant leaves this ex
cessive heat and rolls in snow. Capa
ble of resisting all temperatures, habit
tuatedto live on little, workers, and
disciplined, the Russian peasants pos
sess all the qualities to make good soldiers.
Learu Tour Business Thoroughly.
The great army of the . incapablea"
is large enough ; we should none of us
willingly join its ranks. The half-informed,
hulf-skil.ed in every business
outnumber the others, dozens to one.
It was a good suggestion, worthy of
being remembered, which Daniel "Web
ster made to a young man who asked
him if there was any 44 room in the legal
profession." 44 There is always room
in the upper story' said the great
statesman.
The better you know your business,
the better your chance to rise. If you
drone through your allotted tasks, with
out keeping a wide-awake lookout on
all that goes on about vou, your progress
will be needlessly slow. You can gath
er much information by making a wis
use of your eyes and ears, and, perhaps,
be able to surprise your employer in an
emergency by stepping into the "next
man's" place and discharging his duties
satisfactorily.
Ux-Gov. Morgan was oUte a clerk in
a store in Waterford. A trip to Jfew
York was an event in those days, but
the young man had proved so faithful
that he was allowed to make the jour
ney, and was entrusted with several
commissions, among them being one to
buy corn, lie came back in due time
with me in the old stage-coach, and in
quiries were made about the corn. The
price was very satisfactory, but the old
gentleman was afraid it could not be
good at so low a price. A handful
which the young man pulled from his
pocket convinced him, but what was
his amazement to find that he had
bought ttco cargoes.
44 Why, Edwin, what shall we do with
it?" he asked in consternation.
"I have disposed of all you dont
want," said Edwin, 44 at an advance. I
stopped in stores as I came along. I
could have disposed of tliree cargoes if
I had had them."
The profits were clear, and his em
ployer said the next morning, 44 We will
let some one else do the sweeping," and
Edwin was made a partner though
under twenty-one. If you have a talent
for business, it will be found out.
So WIQ
UTTIB
has come home,
Uon to be nnndsotni .
Most people would like to be hand
some. Nobody denies the great power
which any person may have who has a
handsome face and attracts you by good
looks, even before a word has been
spoken. And we see all sorts of devices
In men and women to improve their
looks.
Now, all cannot have good features
they are as God made them but al
most any one can look well, especially
with good health. It is hard to give
rules in a very short spate, but iu brief
these will do:
Keep clean wash freely. All the
Bkin wants is to act freely, and it takes
care of itself. Its thousands of air
holes must not be closed.
Eat regularly, and sleep enough not
too much. The stomach, can no more
work all the time, night and day, than a
horse. It must have regular work and
rest.
Good teeth are a help to good looks.
Brush them with a soft brush, especially
at night. Go to bed with cleansed
teeth. Of course, to have white teeth it
Is needful to let tobacco alone. All
women know that. Washes for thj
teeth should be very simple. Acid:
may whiten the teeth, but it takes of
the enamel and injures them.
Bleep in a cool room, in pure air. No
one can have a cleanly skin who breath.il
bad air. liut more than all, in order tl
16ok well, wake up mind and souL
When the mind is awake the dull
sleepy look passes away from tho eyes.
I do not know that the brain expands,
but it seeni3 so. Think, and read, not
trash novels, but books and papers that
have soniethii.g in them. Talk with
people who know something; hear lec
tures and learn by them.
Men say they cannot afford books, and
sometimes do not pay for a newspaper.
In that case it does theni little good,
they feel so mean while reading them.
But men can afford what they really
choose. If all the money spent in .self
indulgence, in hurtful indulgence, was
ppnt in hooks or papers for 5elf-im-provement,
we should see a change.
Men would grow handsome, and wemeu
too. The soul would shine out through
the eyes. We were not meant to bo
mere animals. Let us havs books and
read them, and sermons and heed them.
The Han's and Woman's Way of Say
ing Tldcgs.
Look at the ridiculous way in which
a man takes for granted that a woman
will be interested in his sayings and do
ings. If his wife has a long story to
tell him, she is filled with misgivings
lest it might tire him, she leaves out
many little picturesque touches that she
may not take up his time, and, even on
the hand-gallop she has not arrived
within call of her conclusion when he
asks with confusing directness, 44 well,
how did it turn out V" But the man has
never a misgiving that he will be hur
ried, or that life has anything better to
offer than listening to him. lie begins
his story at its earliest morning stages
and lopes leisurely to its close, or if it
is rapid he gives it rapid transit, but he
never omits anything on his wife's ac
count, lie tells what he said and what
the other man said and what the other
man might have said, and what he
would have said had the other man said
what he might have said. Aud the
worst of it is the fatal point is that
his confidence is justified. The woman
is interested. The man's talk takes her
out of her own into a larger life, and
she not only tolerates but enjoys it; and
what are you going to do about it ?
Gail Hamilton.
Female Society.
You know my opinion of female so
iety. Without it we should degene
rate into brutes. This observation ap
plies with tenfold force to young men
and those who are in the prime of man
hood. Tor, after a certain time of life,
the literary man may make a shift, a
poor one I grant, to do without the so
ciety of ladies. To the young man
nothing is so important as the spirit of
devotion, next to his Creator, to some
amiable woman, whose image may oc
cupy his heart and serve to guard it
from pollution, which besets it on all
sides. A man ought to choose his wife,
as Mrs. Primrose did her wedding gown
for qualities that "wear well." One
thing, at least, is true, that if matri
mony has its cares, celibacy has no
pleasures. A Newton or a mere schol
ar may find employment in study; a
man of literary taste can receive iu
books a powerful auxiliary; but a man
must have a bosom friend and children
round him to cherish and support the
dreariness of old age.- 'John liandolph.
To Picklo Cucumbers Green.
The object is to pickle them in vin
egar without first brining them. Tick
your pickles, selected to taste, frejsii
from the vines, with half an inch of
stem, cut with scissors or knife ; handle
carefully, not to rub off the little prick
les or srunes : with a feather, brush
off any and ail dust; lay them carefully j
in the jar, or pickle tub, and pour over i
them scalding hot vinegar, spiced or !
How He Startled Her.
A whoop-bang sort of a boy, with feet
as Lroad and flat as a pie-tin trotted
along the Central Market yesterday
till he reached a stall kept by a single
woman about thirty years old. Halt
ing there, he yelled out:
"Say! say! Your little boy has been
run over and killed up by the City
Hall."
"OhI oh! Heavens oh! oh!" she
streamed as she made a dive under the
counter, came up on the outside, and
started to follow the boy. After going
ten feet she halted, looked very foolish
a 1 of a sudden, and remarked:
44 hat a goose I am! Why, I ain't
even married:"
Boys and young men sometimes start
jut in life with the idea that one's suc
cess depends on his sharpness and
chicanery. They imagine if a man :s
able to "get the best of a bargain," no
matter by what deceit and ineaness he
anies Ins point, that Jus prosperity
wuicrwise 10 taste, with a tablespoonful cannot be founded on cunning and dia-
Ji.sauio a gauon or. vinegar; a little j horn-sly. Th
fcumi, say a piece as large as a shell
bark walnut, to a gallon of vinegar,
w ill improve them for the taste of soma.
Let the pickle Uij bo an opaque one,
and be kept i-i the dark ami cool ;
spread a muslin cloth over the top of the
pk-kk-a iu the vinegar, and see that the
vinegar covers t'te pickles well. Thy
vinegar may net d rescilding or renew
ing after a week or two, which must be
Jelt to the good judgment of the housewife.
e tricky and deceitful man
is sure to fall victim sooner or later, to
i he influence which are forever work
ing against him. His house is built
upon the sand, and its foundation will
j be certain to give way." Young people
J cannot give th; se truths too much
j weighc. The f ul uri of that young man
j is safe who eschews every phase of
I double dealing and dishonesty, lays the
J foundation of his career iu the enduring
i principles of ev rlasting truth.
The aggregated exports of petroleum
oil this year are 121,000,000 against 61,
000,000 gallons last year. Over a million
gallons are daily exported from New
York.
Our best-clau churcnes, public halls
and school rooms are now furnished
witn means for changingjthe air as fast
as it is corrupted. But two persons in
ten hours will infect the air as much as
ten persons in two hours; and a few in
a small room ns much and as soon as ! During the fifty-eight years which
many in a large one. Hence, where have passed since American Odd Fel
bedrooms and sitting-rooms are not lowship vas establishedj over $00,G00,
f umished with ventilators, the air in 000 liave been collected, of which up
them should be f ully changed by a sVrong j wards of 522,000,000" have been expend
e'lvvvt through the windovs and door ' ed for the relief of those entitled to it.
t Y.tr,tT)c ortwi? every flay. JSonje 7JUtoo brothers have been aided.
And he has brought the finest line of
Dress Goods, Staple Goods, Fancy
Goods and Notionsyou ever saw.
rM? ay n till flag f grocea
le hj tine acre, Ibooils anial
shoes fill yoti eaaa't irest
ifiafs ased eaps fall
Spring and Summer Goods eyer 'and ever so cheap.
Now is your cltanco bound to sell and undersell anyhody :
up. I want to go East again next month.
Hurry
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At the Old Stand Fitzgerald Block, one door east of First National Bank
MALDANER & HERRMANN,
Having bought out the entire stock of Schnasse & Gramberg, in this city.
win aunng ine next tmrty days oiler 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 uaiiuoi. ue unuersoia.
JEJiSlPEffilEi swtwmm!
J. V. WECKBACH, Prop.
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ELEGANT STYLES.
Great IBargains in
DRESS GOODS,
UNDERWEAR,
SHA WLS,
ETC-
HOSIERY,
DOMESTICS,
CARPETS,
ETC.
NUBIAS,
FURS,
LACES,
ETC.
We are in almost daily rect ljit of
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and as elegantly finished as a first-class Piano. It
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There are more WILSON fVlACHINES sold in the
United States than the combined sales of all the
others. THE WILSON MENDING 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 uso it. Satisfaction
guaranteed, or no pay. Machines delivered free of
charge anywhere in the United States.
Send for Illustrated Catalogue, and ask for sample cf mending,
and our Circular No. 197 for further instructions for buying machines
upon terms stated in the Catalogue.
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in
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This breed is not subject to cholera. We arc 1 ,v uit g from
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ioine of which are the
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ALL NEW GOODS.
WE HAVE NO OLD STOCK O It OLD STYLES
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 Low Figures.
ALSO A
PULL LINE OF GROCBRES
r CONSTANTLY ON HAND.
CALIFORNIA DRIED AXD CANNED FRUITS
AXD JELLIES.
DRY AND FANCY GOODS,
aiml KMdP(DIEllIE,
which we offer our friend aud the public at
WBaoSea!e aiind USelail,
at prices to suit tlic time.
Cashmeres, Alpacas, Delaines, &c.
Cahcos, from 12 to 16 Yards for $1.00.
Muslins, from 6 cts. a yard upward.
The finest stock of White nedspre.'id ever brought to the C ltv.
KHE5BJ BOTS CZaOTHIMGI
Euell's Cassimeres. Tweeds. Jeans.
full Stock.
and Cottonades in
ifflatfg nml (Daps,
aud FuivuisIiingC7ool.
DroeeHe and Ps'vlsioiB
OF ALL KINDS.
Country Produce Taken
for Goods.
iu Exchange
42 j
Country Produce taken in exchange for Goods.
Thankful for past favors iu the years ki.up j. i respectfully ask a -..n! innum -e of the unit
r.CAHANTEKI.vr. atiskaction I V ALL. CASM, ami hi.i.ina inv elloi Is to nlease mav he rrnwu.
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SOLOMON & NATHAN,
Wishing to reduce their immense stock of
DIIY (IOODS,
CLOTIIIXt;.
NOTIOXS,
IL
1JOOT8 & SHOES,
CAIiPETS, Etc.
in order to make? room for their spring purchases, will from this date offer
splendid inducements to the public, in every department. We assure you
this is a grind clearance sale, and we will offer good3 at prices that will not
fail to please the closest buyer. A visit to our elegant Store Rooms will con
vince you that we have the largest and most complete stock of goods in our
line in the city, which must be sold to make room for our
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