THE HERALD.
THE HERALD-
Pl'RLISIIED ItVEKY THURSDAY
AT
PL ATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA
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trAll Advertising bills due 'I'.mitcrly.
S ""Tr.uisli'.it adci lUciuciit iniit be paid
fur in advance.
OIF" 'FT GIB:
On Vina St., nm Block North of Main,
Corner of Fifth Street.
JNO. A. MACMURPHY, Editor.)
PEItSEYEllAXCE CONQUERS."
(TERMS: $2.00 a Year.
LAKKEHT riRH I.ATIOV OK AXY
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Term, in Advance:
One riv. one par; ?'f
On.' copv, six months l.no
One copy. O'ree months 0
FIBST
National Bank
OF PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA,
StTC'KSHOK TO
TOOTLK, HAXXA A. CLARK
.foil FlTZOERALD
K. O. HoVKV
a. w. ml.u;i1lin. .
Jon h O'Koi'bkk
President.
Vice President.
Cashier.
...Assistant Cashier.
This P.aiik is now open for business at their
fiew room, corner Main and Sixth streets, and
is prepared to transact a ijeneral
BANKING BUSINESS.
Stocki, Bond, Gold. Government and Local
Securities
BOUGHT AND SOLD.
Deposits Receivrd owl Interest Allow
ed on Tim Certificates.
Available in anv part of the United States and
In a!l the Pi mc:i:il Towns and Cities
of Europe.
Afii:.TS I'OBt TIIK
CELEBRATED
Inman Line and Allan Line
F NTEA3IKKH.
Person w ishint; to bring out their friends from
Europe can
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Excelsior Barber Shop.
J. C. BOONS,
jr,i;i Mjwf. opposite Sanwhrs Home.
TTAIS. CTJTTI1TG,
S II A V I Mi A N 1 S II A M mOIN i
Especial attention niven to
cutti:;'! cini.ni:i;yx a.p la
mas If mi:.
CALL AND SEE r.OONK, f.EXTS,
An1'. :-' ' ii l'oorii in a
CL-SAK GIIAVE.
-WM. 1TE1'V"XI-.XIE,
rnoi-KiKT.n: "K
PALACE DILLIA Iil HALL
(Main St.. east of First Xat. Bank.)
PLATTSMOl'TIl, - - ' NKP-
tv i-.vis ih srrn.ir.n with tub
i;kst winks, i.kjvoks, cioaus,
HIK'l ETC., ETC.
40yl ill. !-..,
FOTJITUBY
aNI
MACIITXE SHOPS!
I I ATTSMOt'TH. NEI-...
Krpairtr of .Sft-m Ewjiii, Jtoihrs,
Sain iiml Grist 31 Mr
; H AM STEAM ITTTlilW.
U rot ulit Iron Pipe.Fo.ee and Lift ripc.Steaui
tlau '. s Safetv-Valve ; .v( iiiors.and all
kinds of Brass Ensrine Uttmss.
repaired on short notice.
FARM M A C H I N E K H
Eepnirt d on Short Notice. .
"YOUNG!"
T II E B U T C II E R,
C'Xi ilinys hp found at
Hatt's Old Stand,
Ready to sell the h'-st 3feit.
v UNC. bitv fnh fat cattle, sheep, hop. &e.
direct fioni the farmers every day, mid his
matji are aUay gMd.
t VK, F7f. AXD FOWL, IX SKAS(t
SAGE BROTHERS,
loalers in
STOVES,
R3 9
V. IV., FTC, F.Tf.
Unc PN.r Ea-t f the Post-OlTice. riattsinontli,
Neli'ak:i.
Practical Workers in
SHEET WO, ZINC. T1X, BRA
ZIERY, ttf., d-n.
Large assortment of Hard ana Soft
CO STOYBS,
Wood and Coal Stoves for
HEATING OR COOKING,
Always on Hand.
Evry variety of Tin. Sheet Iron, and Zinc
Work, kept in Stock.
MAKING AND REPAIRING,
lone on Short Notice.
rgrETERYTHIXa TTARRAXTED ! lGX
PRICKM LOW DOWS.
SAGE BES.
VOLUME XIV. V
PROFESSIONAL. CAIiDS
HAM. M. C1IAPMA.V,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
And Solicitor in Chancery. Office In Fltzger
,l,n;lock. rLATTSMOUTn) NEB.
U. II. WIIKELEIt A CO.
L VW OFFICE, Keal Estate, Fire and Life In
surance Atrents. Plattsmouth, Nebraska. Col
lectors tax-payer. Have a complete abstract
of titles. Buy and sell real er-tate, negotiate
loans. &c. '-'y'
jami:n k. MonitiNWX.
ATTOUNEY AT LAW. Will practice in Cass
and adjoining Counties ; Ki ves special attention
to collections and abstracts of title. Otticewitti
Ceo. S. Smith, Fitzgerald Block. Flattinoul ,
Nebraska.
it:0. H. KM IT II.
ATTOUNEY AT LAW and Real Estate Bro
ker. Special attention iriven to Collections
and all matters affect in t; the title to real estate.
(Mice on 2d floor, over Post Olllce. Plattsmouth,
Nebraska. " '
JOIIX W IIAIXK
JCSTICE F THE PEACE. ani collector of
debts. collections made from one dollar to one
thousand dollars. Mortices. Oeeds. and oth
er instruments drawn, and all comity business
usually transacted before a Just ice of the 1 eace.
Best of reference given if required.
Otlice on Main street. West of ;urt House.
4.yl JOHN W. HAINES.
D. 11. WHEF.I.F.R.
E. I. STON K.
VHEELER & STONE,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Mnttisniouth XelirasUa.
It It MVlt;STX,
PHYSICIAN & SCIIdEON. tendei-s his pro-fi-ssional
s-rvii--s to the citizens of l';iss county
Residence southeast corner Sixtli and Oak sts.
Olllce on Main street, two doors west of Sixth
Piatlsmouth Nebraska.
Ilt. J. M. WATEItMA,
Physio Medical Practitioner.
Ijiuirville, Cum Co., Xct).
f?-Always at the office on Saturdays.
4oyl
IIt. -Y. SI. HCIHMlKXF.t HT,
PP.ACTISIN'C, PHYSICIAN, will attend calls
at a'.l hours, iiight or day. I'latt-m nitii. Ne
braska. --!'
j o:r. i ii ii. ii ALU m. i.
PHYSICIAN Sl'RCK.oN. will attend all
calls, dav or iiiuht. onice with R. R. Li iiiif
ston. Main St., one door above Blacit & Rutl
mr's. Mly
int. u ii. im.iF.i::tAM,
rRACTICINi; PHYSICIAN, Louisville. Neb.
Calls promptly attended to. 5Uy
J. Ii. jfcCREA,
DENTIST, and IIoiiKi'ii.itiiic Phvsii-ian. Of
fice corner M.im and r.th sts., over Hcrold's
stote. Pl.iltsnioiilli, .Ncl). 2iy
lIt. I. Y. ;l!t'!OX,
Druggist and Physician,
Vcc3Insr XValor, Xtb.
A yood a.isni t ni' nt f '
DRUGS,
II EMC IX EX,
STATIOXARY,
FA XC 1'A RTICL ES,
ETC.
ETC..
kpt constantly on hand.
Oil'ice adjoining Drug Store. Calls
itromplly answered at all hours. Gyl
SAUNDERS HOUSE.
J. S. GREGORY, - - - Proprietor.
Location Central. Good Sample Room..
Every at tent ion paid to guests. 4.!m:j
Pl-ATTSMOl-TH, ----- N Kit.
HUR15ARI) HOUSE.
). WOOPARD, - - - Prop.,
WeriJinj? Wafer, Xeb.
flood ai-eoiiiin-t.lations a'nl re;usonable charg
es. A good livery kept in connection with the
hou-e.
;vl
C0313IERCIAL HOTEL,
LTXCOLX, NEIJ.,
J. J. IHHOFF, - - - Proprietor.
The host known and most popular Landlord
in tin-Mate. Always stop at the Commercial.
PLATTE VALLEY HOUSE,
JOHN inns. EVopriotor.
Tin ols) iicLi.tisLr: uorsB.
flood accommodations for Fanners
and the traveling pnhlic. Hoard per
day. Meals "Mc. Entirely refitted and
re-furnished, and fanners are request
ed to call and get 3 meals and lied for
$1.00. 5ru3
"GRAND CENTRAL"
HOTEL.
LARGEST AND FINEST HOTEL BETWEEN
CHICAGO AND SAN FRANCISCO.
GEO. THRALL, - - Prop.
OMAHA. XEII.
PLATTSMOUTH MILLS.
PI.ATTSMOI TH, NEB.
C. III. I si: I., . Propilctor.
Flour, Com Ileal d- Feed
Always on hand and for sale at lowest cash
prices. The highest prices paid for Wlieat and
Com. Particular attention given custom work.
LE XII OFF tt- JIOXXS,
3lo riling Dew Saloon !
One door east of the Saimiler House. We
keep the best of
Beer, Wines, Liquors & Cigars.
x;m9 Constantly on Hand.
H. A. WATERMAN & SON,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers In
TINE LUMIiEll.
LATH.
SUING EES.
sAsir,
D0011S.
BLINDS,
ETC.,
ETC..
ETC.
Mala street. Corner of Fifth,
PLATTSMOUTH, - - - - NEB.
Still Better Rates for Lumber.
VEGETINE
Is If eeomineiided Ity All
I'HVSICIAXS.
Vai.i.f.y Stream, mr.is.vs Co., Iasg Island,
n. Y.
lu. H. It. Stevens :
Dear Sir: t take the pleaure of writing yon
a email certificate concerning Yegetine prepar
ed by vou. I have been a sufferer with the
JJVifi'a fr over forty years, and have had
thcJCVirwme IHMrrhira for over six months, and
have tried moft every thinif : was given up to
die, and did not expect to live from day to day,
and no physician could touch my case. I saw
your Vegetine recommended to cure 7y.;'.sia.
I commenced iisim; it, and I continued doing so
and am now a well woman mid restored to ier
fect health. All who are afllicted with this ter
rible disease, I would kindly recommend to try
it for ttie benefit of their health, uud it is excel
lent as a blood purifier.
By Dr. T. U, Forbes, m. D., for
MRS. WM. H. FORBES.
Vrc.ETlSK. When the blood becomes lifeless
and stagnant, either from change of weather or
of cliniate. want of exercise, irregular diet, or
from any other cause, the Vkoktink will re
new the blood, carry off the putrid humors,
cleanse the stomach, regulate the bowels, and
impart a tone of vigor to the whole body.
VEGETINE
For Cnnrers unit
CMXl'I'SlOl S EIJ MOILS
The Doctor' C ei tiilcatc.
Head it.
Asiri-K-v, Washington Co., III., Jan. U, '78.
Mk. Stevens :
Dear Sir. This is to certify that I had been
sulTcring from a Iltuc Vinccr on my right breast,
which grew very rapidly, and all my friends
had given me up to die. when I heard of your
medicine. Vegetine. recommended for Canerr
and i 'unci r llumnrx. I commenced to take it.
and soon found myself beginning to feel better ;
in y health and spirits both felt the benign in
tlifence w hieh it exerted, and in a few months
from the time I commenced the use of the Veg
etine, the Ctwiccr came out almost bodilv.
CARRIE DkEORREST.
I certify that I am personally acquainted
with Mrs. D.'I'orrest. and c insider her one nf
our very best women. DR. S. H. FLOWERS.
All Diseasf-softiif. Bi.oot. If Vkcltinf.
will relieve pain, cleanse, purifv. and cure such
diseases, re-toring the patient o perfect health
after trying different physicians, many reme
dies, suffering for years. Is it not conclusive
proof, if you are a sufferer, you can be cured?
Why is this medicine performing such great
cures? It works in tlie blood, in the circula-
tiii'tluid. It can truly be called The Grrat
libntil I'urifirt: The great source of disease or
iginates in I lie lilciiKi ; and no medicine that
does not act directly upon it. to purify and re
novate, has any just claim upon public atten
tion. VEGETINE
I Rejrnrtl it aa Valuable
FA."!iaY .ui:ms:axK.
Jan. 1, lsTS.
Mil. H. R Stevens :
IknrSir. l take pleasure in saying, that I
have used the Vegetine in my family ith good
results, and I have known of ' sveral cases of
remarkable cure effected by it. I regard il as a
valuable family medicine Yours Truly,
KEv. WM. McDONALI)
The Rev. Wm. McDonald is well known
fhvu'gh the I'nited states as a minister in the
M. E. church.
Tiiocsaxiis Steak. Vecet ix e Is acknou I
edged and recommended by physicians and
apol heeal ies i he the liest purifier and clean
ser of the Mood e! d.seovcred. and thousands
speak ill its praise who have been restored to
health.
VEGETINE
The SI. I-s lla e it.
Mi:. H. R. Stevens :
Ik- ir Sir. I have sold Vegetine for a long
time. and tied it gives mo-t excellent i-.itis!ae-
t" "' S. B. DE PRIEST. M. D.. lrwroit.
ILiZletmi, Ind.
VEGhiTIN
Prepared by
EI. rt. S'S'E ' '.:'. Iloston, 3Isiss.
VeietiiiG is ty all Crnogists.
ROBERT DONrlELLY'S
s:
AXD
BLACKS3IITI1
SHOP.
Wayon, Bii'jjy, Ma:hine and Plow re
pairinij, and tcncral jobbiuj.
I am now prepared to do all kinds of repairing
of farm and oilier machinery, as there
is a good lathe in my shop.
PETER RAUEX,
The old Reliable Wagon Maker
lias taken charge of the wagon shop.
He is well known as a
NO. l WORKMAN.
Sew Masons and ftussie made to
O I !!.
SATIS FA CTION (il'ARA NT E ED.
Shop on Sixth street, o posite Strei;;!it's Stable
Csi L L M T
DICK STREIGHT'S
LI V FRY, FEED AXD SALE STA
BLES. Corner 6th and Pearl Sts.
Units f.S HOARDED BY TITE
D.1Y, WEEK, Oil 9IOXTIJ.
HORSES BOUOKT.
SOLD 0"Ea TIK-D-EID.
For a Fair Commission.
TIM .IIS AT ALL, IIOIRS
raiticular attention paid to
Driving and Training
TIlOTTIXti STOCK.
Also A hearse furnished when called for.
STUL1GHT & MILLEIi,
Harness JIan xfactnrers,
SADDLES
BRIDLES,
COLLARS.
and all kinds of harness stock, constantly on
hand.
FRUIT, COXFECTIOXEY,
GROCERY STORE,
NUTS,
CANDIES.
TEAS
SUGARS,
ICOFFEES,
TOBACCOES,
FLOUR.
AC
Remember the place opposite E.G. Doyey's
on Lower Main Street.
2l-y
STREIGIIT d- MILLER.
A reat Itednetioti in Price of
GUNS, REVOLVERS, &c.
Prices reduced from 20 to 30 per cent. Write
for Illustrated Catalogue, with reduced prices
for 1877. Address,
GREAT WESTERN GUN WORKS,
91 Smithfleld St., Pittsburgh, To.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY JUXE
Your Al Imiiii.
BT WILLIAM DEVEKEU
I open the oi l book, I through its pniros look,
.Stored so sweetly with ronifnRnd rhyme.
Secure from every ill, yet deftly peopled still.
By fairies and druids of the olden time.
But here's asixit of ground, by mortals yet un-
f( hi ii' I,
Sacred to nymph and sylvan deity.
Where foiled Aptillo fflides, and bashful
Pn phue bides
Safe in the shelter of her laurel tree.
I would not rudely shake the dew drop from
the brake,
Friiijring- the border of your little fairy dell:
All thedelights that are, the present and the
far.
Lose half their charms, by boinir known too
well;
And I.e mistakes who tries to solve all myste
ries. Who leaves iv i place unseen, no path uu tracked.
Who seeks to know too much, brushes with
eagrcr touch.
The bloom of fancy from the briar of fact.
Keep ini" fair myth aloof from firm and solid
proof.
Preserve somedear delusion as they seem.
Since the reality, how bright so e'er it tie.
Shines dull i:nd cold, beside our marvelous
dream,
L-Mive this bite page unscored, this rare realm
unexplored.
And let dear faner roam here, if she will.
Whichever way you turn, however much you
learn.
Let there be soinethimx left to dream of si ill.
U0IXU INTO
DOMEVrn; TAIiTSEU
SHIP.
Mrs. Nottingham being untible to get
the means from her husband to supply
her necessities, at last informed him
that she should resume her pr dession
of teaching, so as to be independent as
she was befo e she was married.
"Vou are not in earnest, my dear?''
said Mr. X.
"Of course I'm in earnest. Why notV
Do you suppose I intend to go on in
this way, bejrginc; and praying for every
faith n I spend":1 I've be n indepen
dent once, and I ran be so a;rain."
"Xo, but here!" Mr. Nottingham had
risen, and was pacing up ; nd down
rather uneasily. ".My wife can't
teacliing. What is it t!i;it you v.-ant'
" What I can earn " i roud'y tclurte 1
Mrs. Nottingham.
"Kut put it i to words."
"Well, then, loo'i h.-r -," s:.id Mrs-
N'ottinirha'ii, "1 have always di iic mj
own w rk and sewing. Considered as a
cook, I d nruid three poun Is a mouth
as a eairistrt-ss, one pound; as a house
keeper, four pounds, as your wife, and
tin- lawful mother r your children, at
!e st ten pounds more. And then 1
shall n t co sider myself properly
;i impt'iisated."
"Whew w I let me see -it's nearly
' wenty poniiiiS a moiithl"
"I -oi:sider my erviees as wortli that
it l"ast, " s aid .Mrs. Notiingham, with
digni'y; "but if you would rath r hire
a housekeeper, 1 will prosecute my orig
inal idea of opening a select school."
Mr. Nottingham walked up and down
i.e room once more, rumpling his hair
into porcupine f;.shion with his lingers.
"I'll consult Unc'e Wetherbee," he
-aid.
"Very well," said Mrs. Nottingham.
"I am quite willing to abide by his de
cision." Uncle Wetherbee, a bronze-vizaged
ex sailor, who was comfortably smoking
his meerschaum upstairs, was summon
ed at once. He came down rather
slowly on account of a wooden leg -and
listened to the special pleading on
either side with the utmost gravity.
"D'ye want to know my opinion'."
said I'ncle Wetherbee, when they both
had linislied.
"Certainly," said Mr. Nottingham.
'Of course,"' said his wife.
"Then look here," said Uncle "Weth
rbee, -matrimony's a copartnership of
joys and sorrows, and it ought to be of
money as well. My advice is, Nephew
Nicholas, that you divide even with
your wife."
"Divide even!" blankly repeated Mr.
Nottingham.
"Or, better still," went on Uncle
Wetherbee, take one third of the
money yourself, lay aside one third for
household purposes, and give the other
third to rhebe."
"Ves, but uncle "
"Vou asked my advice," said Uncle
Wethulee. "There it is. And I've
u thin -r more to say."
And off he stumped up stairs again.
Mr. Nottingham looked at his wife.
His wife looked back again at him.
'Well?" said Phrrbe.
'1 will try it!" said Mr. Nottingham.
"It seems a wild idea, but Uncle Weth
erbee is a remarkably sensible man.
Ves, I'll try it!"
And for the next three years Mr. Not
i ingham remained in partnership with
l is wife on these unusual financial con
ditions. Though, for the life of me, I can't
see what you do with all your money,"
said he to his wife.
the Falkirk Place? "It's a little gem of
a hous-, and I've always wanted a home
of my own. 1 his rent paying business
don't altogether suit me. And I could
give a mortgage for the odd XiSJO if you
would allow ine to use your name for
you, if it hadn't been for thi3 unexpect
ed appropriation of my funds," said
Mr. Nottingham.
"I can wait, dear," said his wife, se
renely. "All in good time."
But one sifternoon Mr. Nottingham
came home early from business and
rushed up to Uncle Wetherbee's room.
"My ih ar uncle," said he, "that house
of Falkirk's is m the market at forced
sale. Such a bargain! OnlyjEbTO!"
"Why don't you buy it, then?" said
Mr. Wetherbee, scooping fresh tobacco
out of his jar.
"Jlecause I've only been able to lay
up X400 out of that terribly small allow
ance of mine," s dd Mr. Nottingham.
"Ever since I divided with Phoebe, ac
cording to your suggestion "
"Yes," nodded Uncle WetherLee,
'according to mv suggestion "
"I've been a comparatively poor man,"
sighed Mr. Not ingham. "One can't
lay up anything on such a pittance as
that."
Perhaps your wife thinks so too,"
chuckled Uncle Wetherbee.
"Oil, that's altogelheradifferent mat
ter,'" said Mr. Nottingham. "I've been
thinking I ought to reconsider that
affair."
Uncle Wetherbee stared intently at
his wooden leg and said nothing.
"Hut," added Mr. Nottingham, "about
"The very idea that has often suggest
ed itr.elf to me in regard to yours," re
torted Mrs. Not' ingham, laughing.
"I had intended to buy a house for
security."
"Oh, certainly, certainly,' said Uncle
Wetherbee. "Use it as much as you
like."
And Mr. Nottingham went off re
joicing. But Wiggs & Sangster, th ' agents in
charge ot the Falkirk place, were exult
ant when he arrived.
"Four hundred uounds and a mort
gage for the balance tire all very well,"
said Mr. S ngster, but they had another
o!Ter that morning of cash down! And
they had considered it their duty to Jlr
Falkirk to close with it. Very sorry
but perhaps they mig!;t suit Mr. Not
tingham with some other piece of prop,
erty.
Mr. Nottingham went home sadly
dispirited.
"What's the use of trying to save
money?" .-siid lie. "I'm g' ing to give
it up, after this!"
"I don't agree with you there, my
dear," said Mrs. Nottingham. "I have
been saving money for the past three
yeais, and I've found it pays."
"Vou have?" said the husband.
"Of course I have. Do you suifiie
that I spent all the money? Not a bit
of it. I put t! e best part of ilout at in
terest, always following Uncle Wether
bee's advice in my investments, and 1
have bought a house with it."
"What house?"
Mr. Nottingham's eyes opened wi ler
and wider.
" 1 he Falkirk house.' said Mrs. Not
tingham, her cheeks and lips dimpling
II over with satisfaction. "I c in
pleted the bargain to day. My dear,"
stealing one arm arot.nd her husband's
neck, "how do you think I have held up
niy end of the business partnership?"
"Better ih.tn I could have done my
self, Ph.ebe," said Mr. Nottingham,
with a curious moisture coming into his
eyes. "My plucky little wife, I am
proud of you!"
"It was your money, Nicholas," said
the wife, in a faltering voice.
"l ut it was your prudence and econ
omy that stored -it up, PlKrbe."
"Thvn you don't regret the terms and
articles of our partnership?"'
"No! in the !::-,"' answered Mr.
Nottingham, ferveidly.
iso the young couple moved into the
Falkirk house when Jst of May came
round, and the cosiest room in the house,
with a south wind wand an open lire
place for a wooden lire was reserved for
Uncle Wetherbee.
And Mr. Nottingham is neve:-tired
of telling his friends how his wife
bought the place with her share of the
partnership profits.
The most charming woman in the
wo Id!" says Mr. Nottingham.
tVimpetillrc Examinations Condemned.
Above all things says Prof. Huxley,
in Popular Science Monthly, let my
imaginary pupil have preserved the
freshness and vigor of youth in his
mind as well as his body. The educa
tional abomination of desolation of the
present day is the stimulation of young
people to work at high pressure by in
cessant competitive examinations.
Some wis ma-i (who probab'y was not
an early riser) has said of early risers
in general, that they are conceited all
the forenoon and stupid till the after
noon. Xow,vh ther this is true of early
risers in the common acceptation of the
word or not, I will not pretend to say;
but it is too often true of the unhappy
children who art1 forced to rise too early
in their classes. They are conceited all
the forenoon of life, and stupid nil its
afternoon. The vigor and freshness,
which should ha. 'e been stored up fo
the purposes of the hard struggle for
existence in practical life, have been
wased out of them by precocious men
tal debauchery by book-gluttony and
!esson-bibbing. Their faculties are
worn out by the strain put upon their
callow brains, and they are demoralized
by worthless childish triumphs before
the real work of life begins. J have no
compassion for sloth, but youth has
more need for intellectual rest than age;
and the cheerfulness, the tenacity of
purpose, the power of work which make
many a successful man what he is,
must often be placed to the credit, not
of his hours of industry, but to that of
his hours of idleness, in boyhood. Fven
the hardest worker of us all, if he has
to deal with anything above mere de
tails, will do well, now and again, to let
his brain lie fallow for a space. The
next crop of thought will certainly be
all the fuller in the car and the weeds
fewer.
"Mother," s.-tid little Tommy Beales,
"there's a hole in the new sugar bowl."
"My gracious! what will pa say? He
paid ten dollars for that bowl." And
then she began to investigate. "Why,
Tommy," there isn't any hole in it,"
remarked she, as she turned red, white
and blue. "How could yer git ther
sugar in if there wasn't?" asked little
Tommy. Then he began to laugh, but
hefore he had got through the tirst
stanza, his attention was called to more
serious matters, and the potato-masher
kept his little panties from coming off
just thirteen times by the clock.
o, IS78.
State Items.
The North Xebraska Eagle commen
cens Volume III, Xo. 1.
Xebraska City has organized an
tillery Co., known as Stevenson's
tery.
ar
bat
Columbus is prosecuting all cases of
drunkenness thai can bo ferreted out
in the city.
Col. Clarkson. of Schuyler, Colfax
count v, sold over 14000 acres of land in
sixty days.
Nebraska towns on the Missouri are
shipping grain by boats to the upper
Missouri country.
The wives of two farmers on Deer
creek. Sherman county, were caught in
a prairie fire recently and badly burn
ed.
A tailor disappointed in love at
tempted to commit suicide last week
in Sidney; strong emetics frustrated
his design.
Xine head of horses were stolen in
one night from Paddock. Knox Co..
pursuit was made and one of the
thieves shot.
The Baptists have a grand anniver
sary at Xebraska City, June 25th, this
being the twentieth year in Baptist
history in Xebraska.
Messrs Dawson & MeBride, of Lin
coln, bought several head of Short
Horn cattle, at the great sale of the
above noted cattle at Villisca, Iowa
last Thursday.
There has been more work done in
Brownville during he past four
months, in the way of improying resi
dence property, than has been done be
fore for over four yenrs.
Messrs. By lander and Ilallgren,
Swedish land agents of the department,
yesterday located eight sections in
Hamilton county, for a Swedish col
ony from Wisconsin. Kearney Press.
During the thunder shower last Fri
day forenoon, a man named George
Crom, living in Atlanta precinct, about
twelve miles south of Friend, was
struck by lightning and instantly kill
ed. Friendville TeU-graph.
Mr. 11. L. Stewart grafted a small
apple tree, about an inch in diameter,
a year ago, and during last season it
attained a growth of three feet and a
half. This spiing he counted over one
hundred and fifty blossoms on the
graft. Pawnee City Republican.
There are 10,000 sheep in Dawson
county, the average clip of wool from
which is from six to seven pounds, say
05000 pounds, which, at the present
time is worth 20 cents per pound in
Dawson county or, say .$13,000. Sheep
raising in Dawson county is of recent
date.
The Governor offers two hundred
dollars for the arrest and conviction of
one Hank Hargrave and two others,
unknown, who committed the murder
of Luther Ii. Holbrook and three oth
ers, in February last, some where in
the unorganized territory west of Sher
man County, in this State.
Xine-lenths of the people who left
Merrick County, daring a grasshopper
raid which destroyed their corn, have
returned. The other tenth are trying,
in the poverty stricken cities of the
east, to scrape together enough money
to purchase a second-class ticket to
Omaha, from whence they can foot it
back into Merrick County. Central
City Courier.
J. P. Miller, residing 12 miles east of
Tecumseh, sawed this spring, 4000 feet
of fencing boards from trees planted
in 1870. He says he can cut the asme
amount for a number of years, before
it is thinned out. He has 11 acres of
Cottonwood, 3 of ash, and 3 of maple.
He makes his lumber with a portable
saw mill of his own, from trees plant
ed only eight years ago. Chieftain.
"We learn from the Blue Spring Mo
tor of a bad accident in that vicinity.
Mr. Aikin from Iowa a well borer had
sunk the auger about fifty feet in the
ground and had gone down to arrange
for curbing, when the well caved in,
and buried him under twelve feet of
sand; he was taken out forty two hours
afterward, and every indication shows
that his death was sudden from suffo
cation. The frames of the barns at the cheese
factories are up, as also the factory
building is almost enclosed. The pip
ing for 700 feet from the reservoir in
the upper part of the section to the
depot. They also have a large lot of
one inch pipe to carry water through
the barns to water the stock in their
stables. On the whole the work be
gins to show how large an enterprise
this company is bringing into our
midst. "West Point Republican.
A serious accident occured at Tecum
seh day before yesterday, which will
probably result in the death of a
young man, who is a resident of this
city. We did not learn his name, but
a young man about 25" year3 old, deaf
and dumb, who was standing on the
track as the train was leaving the
station, was not seen by the engineer
until the pilot of the engine struck
him. Ue was picked up insenible, and
considered fatally injured. Xebraska
City News.
11.
Our Fair (iron nils.
(From the Lincoln Journal.)
Articles of incorporation were filed
some time since of the "Xebraska Ex
position Association," the object of
which is to purchase and improve the
state fair grounds near the city, which
must be sold by the University Re
gents, in order to meet the obligations
for the model farm which was bought
in the place of the tract on which the
fair grounds is located. The capitol
stock needed for the purpose is 3,500,
and the shares are S25 each 140 shares
in all. But about half of the necessary
stnek has jet been taken, and it is nec
essary that the remainder should be
subscribed on or before the 10th of
June. Will those of our business men
w no nave not put down tlietr names
for some of this stock proceed to do it
at once r
The quarter section which is to be
purchased will be worth much more
than the capitol stock, and the build
ings and improvements there have
cost some 615,000. This property is
liable to be thrown away, and the oh
ject for which it was put there, to
afford accommodations for state and
county fairs, will be defeated if our
citizens permit these grounds to pass
into private hands. W e shall have an
outlay of iio small value, if the dav
passes and the land anil improvements
be deeded to Mr. Jones, who has made
an offer for the premises and which
offer is likely to be accepted if the
citizens of this county fail to purchase
it.
If it goes, and the grounds are con
verted to other uses, how mu -h do
vou think we would have to pay to
duplicate these grounds? Probably
ten dollars for one that it will cost to
get posession of this property. The
time is short.
Every farmer, as well as every bus
iness man in the county, is interested
in this matter. It is the understand
ing that this joint stock company will,
whenever the Lancaster County Agri
cultural Society gets strong enough to
purchase the grounds, transfer it to
them at the same figures that they buy
it lor now. so that it will be public
property. The main point is to take
and hold the grounds until our County
Agricultural Society is able to own
thein.
Hon. S. C. Owen has the subscription
book, and it behooves every man who
feels an interest in having state fairs
in this city, not to wait until he is
solicited for a subscription, but to iro
at his own motion and take from S'5
to .$100 interest in the enterprise.
Alex. II Stevens on the Resolutions.
"National Hotel )
Washington, D. C, May 15, 1878.
The lion. Clarkson N. Potter, House
of Representatives:
"My Dear Sir: I am still confined
to mv room in this city. I greatly rc
gret that I cannot go and see you in
person. Let me then say to you, in
this rt ay, that I think it will be a great
mistake if our friends in the House
shall pass your resolutions under the
previous question, thus cutting off Mr.
Hale's or other amendments looking
to an enlarged investigation. Do not
insist on the .previous question. I
could not vote for it if I were present
and were not 'paired,' as I am, nor
couiu l vote lor tne resolutions under
the previous question without allow
ing amendments. It would only divide
the Democracy and unite the Republi
cans. My opinion is that mischief in
stead of good will come of the investi
gation by the passage of your resolu
tion, as it is, under the previous ques
tion. Amendments such as Mr. Hale
wishes to offer, ought to be allowed.
We ought not to have a one-sided in
vestigation. The country will not be
satisfied with that sort of inquiry.
But I have no tune to say more
at present, except to add that I look
upon the whole of this proceeding, con
cocted tis it was, conducted as it has
been, as most unwise, most unfortu
nate, and most mischievous. Its effect
will be to disturb the peace, harmony
and quiet of the country. Neither Mr.
Potter nor anybody else can prevent it,
and 1 say to him most respectfully
that nothing short of an immediate,
general, and firm concert of the law-and-order
abiding people of all parties,
Republicans and Democrats, through
out the Union, in reprobation of the
investigation proceeding any further
with a view to disturb the Presiden
tial title, such as is announced by the
Pennsylvania Democracy in their con
vention a few days ago, can arrest the
most fearful consequences. Those
who have, though tin wittingly, sowed
the wind will reap the w irlwind. My
own opinion is, as I have repeatedly
said, that this affair will prove in the
end either a contemptible farce or a
horrible tragedy. Whether it will lead
to the Mexicanization of our Federal
Republic, the result must show; but.
I say, as I said on another recent oc
casion, that all soft words instilling in
the mind of the people of this country
the iden that Mr. Hayes can be peace
ably unseated by Congress are as delu
sive and guileful as the whisperings of
the great Arch-fiend, in the shape of a
toad in the ear of Eve, from which
sprung all our woes. Very respectful
ly. Alex II. Stevens.
A Boy's Pocket and a Girl's Pocket.
Tommy is twelve years old. His sis
ter Mary is sweet sixteen and a half.
The other morning Mary accosted her
mother with, "Ma, see what a lot of
stuff 1 found in Tommy's pockets."
And she deposited on the table, the fol
lowing articles, to-wit ; Eight marbles,
one top, a broken-bladed knife, a leath
er strap, a buckle, bunch of keys, a fish
ing line, piece of lead, a smooth stone,
four pieces of slate pencil, a vrorn out
pocketbook, an oyster shell, a woanded
jewsharp, a piece of blue glass, a ru li
ber ball, lump of chalk, two dried fish
worms, a sling-shot, p:ece of India rub
ber, two corks, a fractured comb, piece
of licorice root, a song book, two med
als and a juvenile land toitoise. Tom
my looked thoughtfully as the contents
of his pockets were deposited before
the eyes of his mother, and sullenly re
marked that "It was none of Sis's busi
ness and he just wanted her to let his
trousers alone."
Next day Tommy captured the out
side pocket of his sister's dress, and,
carrying the contents to his moth
er, sarcastically observed in the pres
ence of Mary: "Ma, just see what a
lot of trash I found in Sis's pocket!"
1 XUMBEIi
Extra e. i. if Hie IlntAl.n fursatc liy .T. I.
Youna. Poslofllce new Hrimt, and O. F. John
soii.corner of Main and Filth Stiucts.
and he produced from his hat the fol
lowing knick-knacks, viz: Three hair"
pins, a soiled glove, piece of c'.iewins
gum. three cards, a broken locket, elas
tic garter, piece of ribbon, two slate
pencils, another piece of chew ing-gum,
photograph, piece of orange skin, a love
letter, broken tooth brush, more chewing-gum,
spool of silk, a thimble, a
piece of col ton saturated with white
powder, one nickel, two sour-balls,
gaiter heel, ivory ornament belonging
to a parasol handle, handkerchief per
fumed with jockey club, gaiter-button-er,
withered geranium leaves, ivory
handled pen knife withabroken blade,
a fan, five visiting cards, belt buckle,
box of rouge, another pieeo of chewing
gum, fragment of looking glass, a
peach stone, a cigar holder stolen front
"Charley," a piece of damasse silk of
the pattern of her friend Lucy's new
dress, an artificial (lower, horse hair
ring, a long, brown hair entangled in a
hunk of taffy, and a slip of paper con
taining directions for handkerchief
nilt.Uions.
Tommy placed the last article, ontho
table and slid from the room with ii
giiii of triumph on his roguish face.
His sister made an ineffectual grab for
him, and as he passed into the street
he heard her voice calling, "Vou nasty
little brat, if you get at mv pocket
again I'll slap your face." Tommy
thinks honors are easy.
Frank Leslie's Sunday Magazine for
July comes to us more richly freighted
even than usual. It contains some
forty separate articles and more than
seventy illustrations. The openingpa
per is upon "The Homo of St. John,"
by Rev. John P. Hurst, I). D., Presi
dent of Drew Theological Seminary, il
lustrated with views showing th
present appearance of all the place,
from Bethsaida to Patmos, which can
be identified as having been tho suc
cessive abodes of the Beloved Disciple-
Among the other articles are an inter-'
esting paper on "The Armenians," by
George Smith ; "The Leper of Aosta."
a thrilling story, translated from tho
"rench by Mis-s Clare de Graffcnrcidl;
Oliver Cromwell and the Puritans,"
by Alfr d H. Guernsey; and "Rose El
liot," a Scottish story, by Jane G. Ows
ton. Rev. Dr. Deems, the editor, con
tributes the regular sermon, the sub
ject being "Gods Glory Shining m
Jesus ;" "Popular Exogeses," of several
passages of Scripture. There are edi
torial comments upon "Anniversary
Week," and other current topics of in
terest ; and critical notices of several
leading books of the month, etc., etc.
Each number of this brilliant periodi-
cal'ontains 108 quarto pages of delight
ful and instructive reading and the il
lustrations, which number over seven
ty, are of a highly interesting character.
The annual subscription price of the
Sunday Magazine is but .$3, postpaid,
and single copies may be obtained for
25 cents. Address Frank Leslie'!
PliiLisiiiNo House, 53, 55 "and 57
Park Place, corner of College I 'lace,
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''rap; Fug for a Lost Cable.
The Oreat Eastern was fitted out
with apparatus, which maybe likened
to an enormous fishing hook and line,
and was sent to thespot where the trea
sure had been lost. The line was of
hemp int l woven with wire. Twice tho
cable was seized and brought almost to
the surface. Twice it slipped from tho
disappointed fishermen, but lhe third
time it was secured. It was then united
with the cable on board, which was
"paid out" until the great steamer again
reached Newfoundland, and a second
telegraph wire united the two conti
nents. The set tie on board as the black lino
appeared above water was exciting be
yond d set ipti n. It was first taken to
the testing-room, and a signal intended
for Valcntia was sent over it, to prove
whether or not it was perfect through
out its whole length. If it had proved
to be imperfect, all the labor spent upon
it would have been lost. The electri
cians waited breathlessly for an answer.
The clerk in the signal house at Valen
tia was drowsy w hen the message came,
and disbelieved his ears. Many disin
terested people, and even some of tho
promoters of the c ble, Hid not think it
possible to recover a w ire that had sunk
in thousands of fat bonis of water. But
the clerk in the little station connected
with the shore-end of the cable of lWS
suddenly found himself in communica
tion with a vessel situated in the middle)
of the Atlantic. The del ay aggravated
the anxious watchers on the ship, and a
s-cond signal was sent. How aston
ished thatsimp'e-minded Ii ish telegraph
operator was! Five minutes passed,
and th'-ii the answer came. The chief
electrician gave a loud cheer, w hich was
repeated by every man on lniard, from
the captain down to his servant. tit.
Xkholas.
The Fate of ( loupatra'j Needle.
Fn in a study of the subject, a Ger
man doctor has come to the conclusion
iliat the monoliths of Egypt decay with
rapidity in European cities. Observa
tions on the Luxor obelisk show that
wi bin the last twenty-eight years it has
suffered a gradual change in the atmos
phere of Paris. Gradually the red color
of the syenite has Income duller and
lighter; now the obelisk bears a whitw
film of kaolin, the last pioduct of the
decay of granite. In thirty-six years
the stoiio has received more damage
from the .atmosphere of France than
during as many cei turies in the Egypt
ian air. The injury which the moist
climate of England will inllict upon
Cleopatra's Needle, is likely to be yet
more rapid; but there is at least the
consolation tlfat its incidental injury in
London fogs will not be much worse
for the stone than the bad treatment it
was receiving in its neglected, state at
Alexandria.
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