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THE HERALD. W 11 Tt IT 771 I) A T l L II Tj ILlhllA LLU. rirjiLISIIED f.VEKY TIIL'KSDAY AUVI.lt TIISli It ATXM. AT PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA hP.U F.. : 1 W. 2 W. ' 3 W. 1 no 1 1.1. Si: r " tv. 4 71 I .'On IS HI r, (ui ; in. , C, m. , 1 y. 1 s.r. . 2 s.i i . S Si I II lA Col Id. 1 col . . St on : 1 HI 1IM 1 n.l '. IHI H 10 $1'2 en mini. jr. if OFFICE : On Vine St., One Block Nqrth of Main, Corner of Fifth Street. i.M.11 ! fto, I Hon, 1 " 00 7,ri h on 4 no 1(1 H) .'..: 1:1 on 5!fr "II IKI I'M Ml' MM0 1 c" In (Mi till 1(1 411 ihi ru. no. 111 I 0 IL'IM ." no Is 1111 L'l no JNO. A. MACMURPHY, Editor. " PERSEVERANCE C0XJUEIiS." (TERMS: $2.00 a Year. k;rAll AdwTtisitii hi!h due (;iiaite.!y. !VTris!ent adrei tisi-mclils n.u-l be p Id for iu advance. L.KiaT ( l!M rMTIO OK AXV l'AI-j:itl. COLATV. Terms, in Advance: One copy, one year ?2.oo One copy, nix months 1- Cue copy, throe months 50 VOLUME XIV. V PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY JULY 4, 1878. NUMBER 15. Lxtra ci pies of the llKit.it.it f..r:ile by .1. V. ni 11 nr. I 'osio 1 II ee 11c wh depot , a 1 if! o. K. John son, collier of Mala anil I'iph Mirct. I m - , jii L d J Q IF" I IE1 S T National Bank OF I' LA ITS MOUTH, MEKKASKA, 8C"CKSOi: TO TOOTLE, HAXXV A. CL.AUK .Ion v Fitz;kkai.i President. K. i. Iiovkv Vice i'lvslili-tit. A. W. .Mi'l.Al ciill.lN. . I'ashier. Joxit O'liot'UKK ssista:it I'ashier. This Hank is now open for business at their new room, comer Main and Sixth street-, ami is prepared to transact a general BANKING BUSINESS. StooW, Bonds. Gold. Government and Local Securities l;f)U;ilT AM) SOU). D?2o!is Receireel and Interest Allow ed on Time Cirtijieates. XDS.A.FT'S DBAWU, Available in anv art of the tinted states and In all the l'rincii.al t owns and Cities of Kurope. a(;i:.ts rosi tiic cEi.Er.it.vTn Ikhian Like and Allan Line OF KTK.V3ir.KH. Verson wishing to hi tsi-j out their friends from kurope ean f fliCHASE TKKKTS FKOM Through to 1 I a t t N m out 1 . A. Schlegel & Bro., Manufacturers of jpTmni cig-abs, And ilealers in FANCY SMO KICKS A KTICLF.'S. SMOKING and ( llEWIMl T O B A C 0 O ' S . pedal !1!:ANIS and s'.ci of CI'iAKS made to older, and satisfaction guaranteed. I'iixar el-ppinp-s sold for sinok'mt; Ub.iceo. Mala St. one door, we -l of S. milder- Home. PLATTSMOI'TII, Nl.IJ. 101' Excelsior Barber Shop. J. C. BOONS, Main Street, '.pj""if'' Saumhrs House. TTA1S CTJT'X'XZlTCJ-, sua vim; and s h a m v f 0 s x a K'-peeial attention eiven to cutting cut lures' and la di as ha in. '.'ALL AaM) SEE BOONE, GENTS, A 11 I et a booic in a CliISAlT !3 j-Xi. J p;:ii j:i::tok K PALACE BILLIARD HALL (Main St.. cist of First Nat. Ilaak.) n.AlTSV.til HI, - - iv rv. is fcvi'i.iF.ii with Tim r.i-T .vines. i.ioc(.r., !(; i:s 4,,, r.KFK, ETC., ETC. O TT HSr ID J2, aM) MACHINE SHOPS ! I'LIITSM-H'I II. NKI-... H'l-nlrer e.f Shunt. Enyin, Holler, Swn and Grist Jill If UAH Al) KTi:.VM KlTTtnUH. Wrm-'ht Iron rioe. Force and Lift Pipes St,.;,!,! C.aa -es Safetv-Ya've vct 1101 s. and all kinds of r.rass Engine 1 ittins. repaired 011 short notice. FARM MACHINE K It Repaired on Short Noti.-e. '-iT "YOUNG!" THE BUT CUE Ft, Can always be found at Bait's Old Stand, Heady to sell the lest Jkats. YOFNO hiivs fre-h fat catt. sheep, lieirx &c. direct from t he farmers every day, and his meats are always Kood. U.l.Vf, FISH. AXV FOU L, IX SEASOX 3yl. SAGE BROTHERS, IH-a'.eis in x mi -cl3- jtx. mot sxzz 9 ETC., ETC., ETC. One Door East of the I'ost-Oflice, i'lattsmouth, Nebraska. I'r.ictical Workers in SHEET IRON, ZIXC, TIN, HRA ZIEli 1', f-c, iS-c. Large assortment of ILu-d and Soft OO-A-Hl. STOVES, Wood and Coal Stovesjor HEATING Oil COOKING, Always 011 HaiiJ. f.Ty Tarit-tv .f Tin, Sheet Iron, and Zinc Work, ket in Mock. MAKING AND REPAIRING, Done on Short Notice. -&-F.VEIlYTUIXa irAItTiAXTF.m .'-S3 rZMCES LOW IOVVX. SAGE BBS. PROFESSIONAL CAIIUS K A 31. 31. CHAP3IA.V. ATTORNEY AT LAW, And Solieitor in Chaneery. OiTiee io Fitzor a"yl01V I'LATTSMOCTII, NElt. l. II. WIIKKI-KIl A. ( O. LW (iFFU'K. Ileal Estate, Eire and Life In surance Ajrents. riattsmouth. Nehi;uska. ol lectors. tiix-payeiv. H ive h complete ah-traet of titles. l;uy and sell real t-ttate, nepdnite loans, &e. 1 1 JA3II.K K. JJORUISOV ATTO i:EY AT LAW. Will practice in Cass ami adjoining Counties ; j:ives special attention to eolli ciioiis and ahstraelsof title. Ollice with :-... S. Sinilh. Fitzgerald illotk. ri;ttlin"iit .1. Nchraska. J'J'1 ;r.o. k. K3IITH. TTf)KNi:Y AT LAW and Eeal Estnte bro ker Special attention tiven to Collect ions and all matters alfeclina the title to real estate. n;ti. e on d tlo,r. over Eost oilk-e. I'lattsmouth, Nehiaska. 4"'- JOHN VV II A I X KH .H'STKiK V THE I I". ACE. ami collector of itelits. l olieelions m ule from one dollar to one thousand dollars. Mortaucs. Deeus. and oili er instruments drawn, and all county l.u-oness usually transacted before a .lusticeol the 1 eace. llest of reference id", en if veiiuired. Ollice on Main Mreet. West of r.uirt Ifouse. 4-yi .JOHN . IIAINKjs. P. It. WHKELKIt, E. I. STONE. VHEELER & STONE, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, FlattPiuonth Xfl)rnkn. J. ('HANK, Xotajiy I'riti.ic. .Justice or Ii" at f.. HEAL ESTATE TAX FAYIXti AND COLLECTING AGENT. M'eejiiua W'att r, Ctfn Co., -Vt-h. Taxes paiil for noti-resid-i:ts. and collections made in anv part of the county. Ileal estate bought and sold 0:1 commission Have a list of pood impniVMd firms and unimproved land" f'-r sale cheap tor ea;-li. or loin; time if desired. ( orrci'poi.dciicH solicited. All business entrust ed to 11. y care will receive prompt attciit: n. and charge.- icasonabie. 1.j1' J. I.. 3ScCUKA. DENTIST, and IIoHio pathie I'hy-i. ian. Of fice corner Mam and ".ill .st'.s., over Herohl s store. I'lattsmouth. Neb. ' It It MVIMiSTOV. rilYSICIAN & St'KGKOV. tend-rs his- pro fessional sen-ices to the citizens f 'ass county. K.-sidence soul beast co; ii-r Sixth and Oak Ms. : uttii-eoii M.iiu street. I wo doors wt-bt of Sixth. I'lattsmouth Nebraska. !::. J. 21. WATKKMAX, Physio Medical Practitioner. IjiittUi'ilti', tVi-rs Co.. Xcti. ;A!w:tvs at the oliiee on Sat ur.lays. 4fyl I It. V. II. KI'HIMUiXKCIIT. l'lr VCTISINC PHYSICIAN, will attend calls it all hours, iiiid o.- day. Plait-. 1:01:: It. Ne braska, -l-i.v jr.in sa. is. v tA.. 7i. i. PI1YSH IAN' .x i ;!:ioX. will ;:tt.-nd a!! c -ills. !av or iii-.bt. V e with K. li. I.iv i:i--li-ii. iia'm St., on.' dooi i.b .e Elack tf; Wuil l.el's. Miy t.:t.; !I. If i3i:siuaxi. P; 1 I'.MNC PHYSICIAN, I.oi.isiile. Neb. fail.-, i r.i:. :,!ly aUeiidcd to. .".lly 0 IT ! 1) EN T A L HOT E L . r Ii KMOXT, N KlJIt .VSKA., FRANK PA RCEL L - - - Prop. Good rooms, good board, ami every thin;; in apple pie order. Cj t;i the Occidental when you vi-it l'r'Minint. lOtf SAUNDERS HOUSE. J. S. GREGORY, - - - Proprietor. Location Central. Good Sample K00111.. Every attention paid to quests. 4"m.t Pi ATTSVlTTII. - N'Kll. C0:tI3IER( I AL HOTEL, lincolx. xi:i;., J.J. 1 31 11 OFF, - - - Proprhtor. The best known ami most nop-ilar Landlord in tlieState. -Vl.vays stop at the Commercial. "GRAND CENTRAL" HOTEL. LA KG EST AND FINKS' HOTEL KETWEEN CHICAGO AND SAN FKANCIM.O. GEO. THRALL, - - ProjK OMAHA. NEK. J. C CHAMBERS, Manufacturer of and Dealer in SADDLES, COLLARS, HALTERS, WHIPS, ETC., ETC., ETC. REPAIRING Done with Neatness! Dispatch. Th only place in tow u here "Turley's pat em sell adjustable horse collars are sold." Hunt PLATTSMOUTH MILLS. I'LATTSMOUTH, NEB. V. ::i.!St:i lroprlclor. Flour, Corn Jfeal tt- Feed Always on hand and for sale :t lowest cash prices. The hirlst prices paid tor Wheat and Col 11. I'articulai- aticiuion given custom work. H. A. WATERMAN & SON, Wholesale and Urtail Dealers in PINE LUMBER. J.ATIT. SHINGLES. SASH, D001IS, 15L1NDS. ETC.. ETC.. ETC. Main street. Comer of rifth, I'LATTSMOUTH, ... - NEB. Still Better Rates for Lumber. HUBBARD HOUSE, Z. WOO D A II D, - - Prop., IVcepInj? lVatcr, cb. Good aecomtnadations and reasonable chars es. A good livery kept in connection with the l;0Ue. Cyl VEGETINE FOR DROPSY. I never shall Forget the first Dose. I'KOYllEXCE. Mr. II. K. Stevens : Dear Sir. I have been a preat sufferer from drojisy. I was confined to my house more than a year. Six months of the time I was entirely helpless, 1 was obliged to have two men help me 111 and out hi bed. I was swollen vj incurs laiirer than my natural --ie around my waist. I sullcivd all a iuan could ami live. 1 tried all lemedien for lirop-iy. 1 had three different doe tors. My friends all expected I would die: many nh'iits 1 was expected to die before morn ing. At last Vc-jctine was cent me by a friei.d. I never shul forget the lirst dose. I could rea lize its f.-i)(xl elfeets from day to day ; I was i;'t lin better. Alter 1 had taken some 5 or l but t li s I could sleep ijttlte well of nights. 1 bewail to jiHiti now (inite fast. After tukinj.' some ten bottles, I could walk from one pail of my room to the other. My appet he was j;ood ; the Drop sy had at this time disappeared. I kept takini; the Veuetiiif until I revalued my usual health. I heard of a meat inanv cures by u-ini; Yege tine alter 1 pot out and was able to attend to my work. I am a carpenter ami builder. I wiil al-o say it has cured an aunt of my wife's of Neuraljrhi. w ho had suffered for more than 20 yeats. She cuy she has not had any neuraliria for lifat nioni lis. 1 have ni yen it to one of my chihiruti for 'anhcr 1 tumor. 1 have 110 doubt in my mind ;t will cure any humor ; it is a ureat eleaiii-er of the blood ; it is safe to trlve a child. 1 will recommend it to the world. My father is 80 years old. and he says there is not UIuk like it to ive strength and life to an ajred person. I cannot he too thankful for the ue of it. I am. Very gratefully yours, J no. a. Nottac.e. A 1. 1. Diseases ok the Union.-If Ykoetink will relieve iain ; cleanse, cure and purify such diseases, restoring the patient to perfect health after tryiim dirt'erect physicians, many reme dies and sufierin for years, is it not conclusive proof . if you are a suilerer you can be cured? Why is this medicine pel lorinini; such Kieat cures? It works in the blood, in theciiculaliui; t'.uid. Item truly be called tlie Great tllool Fnriflfr. The rcat source of disease originates in the tiiood. and no medicine that dot s not act directly upon it to purify and renovate, has any just claim upon public attention. VEGETINE I OWE MY HEALTH TO YOUR VALUABLE VEGETINE. Nr.wi-dKT, Kv., Apr. 2.1, IS77. Mk. II. U. Stevens : Dear Sir. lhtviiiK suffered from a breaking out of Ciiuhtnt'tx Sttre for more than five eai, caused by an aceid.-n t of a fractured hone, wnieli fracture ran into a runnin'sore, and bav in ; ust d evervthin I could think of and notu -ii.i; helped o e, until I had taken six bottles of your vai-able in -di-ine which Mr. Mider the Iilioiliee.il v recoi;;niei:de-t very highly. '1 he sixth ho! tie cured me. and all I can say. is that i owe my health to your valuable Vcfze'.iue. You. mo.-t obedient servant, ALLKKT VON KOEDEIJ. "It is unne.-essaiy for no; to enumerate the disease- for widen the Vkuktink should be used. I know of 110 disease which w id not ad mit i f its i:.,e. with (rood results. Almost innu merable complaints are caused by poisonous se cretions iii the b'.oo'.l. which c,i:s he entirely r- p.-Heil from the svsieiu by the use of the k; K'l'INK. When the bbnid'is i.erfe, .!v i lejHised. t'.ie d:sea-e rapidly jiel.Isf all p.iins lease; h.-a'.i l.y act ton is promptly restored, and the pa llet ii cured." VEGETINE Curt".! ac uhfti U10 DOCTORS FAILED. ClN'i'IN NAT I , O., April 10, 1ST7. Dil. II. K. S-. i.vi;.xs Dear Sir.- I wa . ii-!y tronb'.c.l with Jvii.' iv 11 i.'oiiii lii it for a ioi:- t .mo. I con-uli-eu I lie 'ie. .-!:' i:i I !.is city. I have Used yo'ir ' 1 ; 1:1 1 1; for t his disease, ami it has cur ed nic when l io(t-' f i'.leil to do so. Yours truly, EltN EST In IMG AN. Itrsiduiice li-'l Ki-.ee i:t., l'l i- e of business, a.jCent. Ave. VEGilTINri Prepared by Ycpliiie is Soil liy all DruEists. ROBERT DONNELLY'S BLACKS3I1TI1 !HOP. Waijon, Ji'iy.'y, Meidiinr and Plc re 2iirin, and yenerul jetbbiwj. I am now prepared to do all kinds of repairing 01 farm and ot her machinery, as there is a good lathe in my .-.hop. PETER H ALIEN, The old Reliable Wagon Maker has taken charge of the w agon shop. He is well known as a NO. 1 VVOKKMAN. Xew YVasou and Iu;r;rie made to rlT. SATISFACTION GUA U A NT E ED. Shop ou Sixth street, oupoite Streiht's Stable C.-l X. . H T DICK STREIGHT'S LI V FRY, FEED AND' SALE STA HLES. ConirrGth and Pearl Sts. IIORSP.3 IiOARtlKIl I!Y THE WAV, WEEK, Olt 310.TI1. HORSES BOUGHT. SOlilD OS TRADED. For a Fair Commission. TEAMS AT AffE EXOL'IIS. Funicular attention paid to Driving and Training TROTTl.VG STOCK. Also A hearse furnished when called for. LENIIOFF & JJONNS, Morning Bew Saloon ! One door east of the Saunders nouse. VYe keep the best of Beer, Wines, Liquors & Cigars. 33m9 Constantly on Hand. STHE1GIIT & 3IIL1EII, Harness Manufacturers, SADDLES BRIDLES, COLLARS. and all kinds of harness stock, constantly on hand. FRUIT, CON FECTI0NE Y, GROCERY STORE, CT3, CANDIES. TEAS COFFEES, SVGAKS, TOM VCCOES. FL0UP.. AC. Keineinber the place opposite E. G. Doyey's on Lower Main Street. il-ly STREIOUT & MILLER. Too Beautiful lor Earth. An nng-ol In'tbe book of llf Wrote clown an Infant's birth. Then added ero be closed the page, Too beautiful for earth!" And when the reaper Death p issed bj, lie rend the words and smiled; Thon folded In bis Icy arms The lovely little child. The mother wept, but anjrels "any In soft and sweet accord; And lc.med the transported flower Id til-.1 ardeu of tho Lord. The mother wept. She will not weep When all her days are run. And at thelites of paradise She meets her little one. An Infant soul, all pure and bright. From every earth spot free; A babe to bhsi that mother's sLjht Through all eternity. Frost-Bttten. We were rldlna: home from the Carroll's ball, Nellie Sausarxent and I, you know; The whito Hakes Muttered about our lamps. And our whet-Ls rolled silently through the snow. We'd dnnot d tog-ether tho evening through. - For Itemsteln's viols had "played their best;" Her fail uend drooped, her lids were low. And hcrdrctimy eyes were full of rest. Her white arir.s nestled along- her lap. Her hands half hobllmr, with weary grace, Her fading violets; passing sweet Was the faivoll look on her fidr young faco. I watched her, speaking never a word. For I would not waken those dreamy eyes; But-tho breath of the violets filled tho air. And my thoughts were many, and fur from wise. At last, I said To her, I ending near, "Ah. Nellie Sansargi nt, sweet 'twould L-e I'o ride together our w h-de lives long-, Alone with the violets, you and rue." Her fair face flushed, nnd her swct erta fell; Low as the murmur of ni- adow rills Her answer came to me Yes, perhaps; But who wiil settle our carriage bills?" The delicate blossoms breathed their last: Our wheels rolled hard ou the stogt-s. Just theD, Where tho snow had drifted; tho subject drorpl, Aud Los ucver teen ta&ca ud uskio. YIYI.VS liUSE. MY JOSIE. Wl;PM It wa known all ovrr tlio 1:1 t'e villitge of Alton tliaL Vivi v At til s', rong was engaged to lian-lsome, care less Aillitir Sliigc, all tl.egossiis hkiu at:l feuttile isriMii.uitred il a SiiiittM. tuatt'li, nor was there a i!l.ssnting vi.i.-r in the nutnber. Had they not IovcmI each other ever iince they were in pinafores, and had not tbi-ir mothers ht en school-mates, tnd linn ft iends sine? their marriage"., md set their hearts on this very thing tor years, and had il not turned out just as they wished, and considering the uncertainty of thi;i-3 in general, and human hopes in puiticular was it not strange? And now it 13 just one year sii.ee the wedding, and the dining room looks coot ana lisviwng, wnuo ;v le-inpiin little supper, with a vase of lloweia on the table, and plates for two, stands awaiting its lord arul master. Every thing is in perfect order, from the neat ly dressed woman with a rose in her hair, and a knot of rose buds at her throat for Vivia, unlike some married ladies 1 know, siill think. it worth while to make a good appearance, and dresses a3 tastily to receive her hus band, as when expecting her lover to ;ho glittering china and well rubbed stiver that adorns the tab!. The little cottage stands a quarter of a mile Horn the vmaje, ami in me loveliest situation you can imagine, and has a flower garden attached, with ?. great variety of choice flowers, while rose3 Arthur's favorite llower pre dominate. It seems a miniate.:' para dise on this beautiful June day, while the birds are having a grand matinee in the old opple trees back of the house and mother Eve's disobedience seems to have left no impression here and the "trail of the serpent" is not discerna b'e. Vivia is standing at the gate when her husband makes his appearance, and his face lightens up at the radiant vi sions, and the warm kiss he p aces on her lips, assures her she is the one wo man in the world, but a shadow falls over the happy face of Vivia. when careless Arthur replaces his boots with the handsomely embroidered slippers, Hinging the former in a corner where hat and gloves are already reposing! Arthur js so happy himself, he never notices tho shadow, and Vivia is soon laughing merrily over his lively sallies and witty remarks on his customers, for Arthur is druggist and P. 11. of the littlt village. Tea over, Arthur saunters off into the sitting room and is deeply im mersed in the Daily Enquirer, by the time Vivia has washed the dishes, pick ed up his boots, hat, and gloves, and placed them where he can find them in the morning. She can hardly liud it in her heart to feel angry at Arthur, he is so good natured and thoughtless, she is sure that he does not mean to annoy her, but he is so dreadfully careless, seldom remembering to put anything in its proper place, while Vivia has a perfect horror of having things lying around promiscuously. She has spoken to him, time and again of hi careless habits, aud he pro mised to reform, but old habits are hard to break, and Vivia feels sure that talking will never effect a cure; so, being a resolute woman, determines to try other means. The following evening he looks in vain for his slippers in the accustomed place, and on inquiry receives the startling reply, that she supposes they are where he left them last evening. He hasn't the least idea where that is; after some little searching finds them under tbe sociable in the sitting-room, where he kicked them cff. He dons them, looks on the table for yesterday '1 daily, thinking to finish that interesting article that he had only half read, but said daily is no where to be found. He stalks to tlitf kitchen and wants to know where Vivia has put it, and wonders if every thing is lost this evening. Vivia looks up sweetly and responds. 'I have not had it dear, and have i:c idea where it is." He slams the door, I am sorry to say it being such an ugly way of showing ones temper and alter a thorough ('?) search gives it up, and all this time it is lying composedly under the sociable where he threw it with his slippers the previous evening, and Vivia smiles on picking it up when sweeping. And such a time as that man had for one week hunting things, was amusing. Being a man it was several days before he comprehended tho situ ation, and when he did, was too proud to confess his shortcomings, and ask I1J3 wife to help him remember. At the end of the week he could en dure it no longer, and meekly confessed to his disorderly habits, and wondered aow his little wife ever endured them so long, and kept things in such per fect order, with such a careless fellow to misplace them, and promised a com plete reformation, if the would help him. Vivia could keep nothing from her husband, so she made a confession too. telling him that she had been just as miserable all week as she could be, and had punished herself more than she had him, smd si.e would lather pick up things forever than spend such another week. Arthur kissed her, and said that ho deserved hia punislimunt, but that he had no idea that leaving things lying around, made so much work and trou ble. Vivia often smiled in after years at his methodical ways, !.ud prided her self woman like on bringing about the change. No more clouds appeared i:i their domestic horizon, and Arthur took special pains to teach the children orderly habits, believing "as tlfo twig ;s bent the tree is inclined." Iloiitr lucrualralic"?. A paper recently read by M. Lesuer be: ore the reuch Academy of Sci ences contains valuables suggestions on the ti.se of zinc as a preventive of scale in steam boilers. Its effect is to pre vent the adhetence of scale which easily comes olf, lea zing the iron bright and clean. The explanation of its action is referred to the evolution of hydrogen at tho surface of the iron from the elec trical decomposition of water in min ute quantities. The quantity of zinc required is estimated at 2 lbs. per horse power for vety hard water, and lb. for ordinary water, and best rcsuUsare ob tained from ?itic used iu slabs instead of small pieces. La'm Keform. The light 111 vv hich we look at this much nitioted question has nothing to do with the political one. There are plenty of partisans upon either side to discuss it aud we can safely leave the future prosperity of our country to those who are devoting their brains and bieat'n and tnergies to it. But there is a view, and one of the utmost importance, that appears to be generally ignored in the more exciting contests its to who shall dictate the terms of labor, who name the hours in which it shall be performed, and what the prices to be paid. Upon that we propose to say a few words, and that without treading upon the "pet corns" of either of the great opposing parties. .Labor was not given as an ill, but rather as a blessing to mankind. The idea that it was the "primal curse," is ridiculously false. Without labor, man would hav e no higher aspirations than the brute; with nothing to do, be the most miserable of beings; would, from the highest civilization sink- to the most abject savage. It is labor and the incentive to it that keeps him not only from being so, but steadily ele vaU'S to a higher social and moral plane. The blessings of labor ue so manifold as. not to need recapitulation ; are so interwoven with our every day life as to be impossible of separation. It was the labor of the great master that created the world, and the labor of his creatures that beautify and make it yield food and comforts. Without the work of human hands, it would sown become a desert waste; rank and noisome weeds usurp every Held, and starvation take the place of plenty. Labor is among tiie best gifts to our race. We know who it is that gives temptation and tinds work for idle hands; what is the natural result of sloth, and the direction in w hich its footsteps tend, in this world, to say nothing of that other and better one dimly shadowed from the thither shore. Ami everyone, if he fulfil Is his high destiny, must do something; for each was ordained some occupation. If he neglects it he buries the "talents," and there can be no increase. Without work rutin is the lamp of the fooish virgins, wanting the illuminating oil; his journey is darkness; at his late ar rival he tinds the doors locked against him. 'ihese truths are self-evident. They are no dreamer's theory or insane phi losopher's fancy. They are carried up on the eternal rocks by the tempest, stamped upon the prairie by the broad palm of the Almighty, and written in foam upon the streams. They have to labor and to produce; for the earth there is growth, and water is chained to the wheel. Every material alone labors in a greater or less degree. There is no one thing, from the most minute insect to the mighty monsters of thd woods that has not something to do, if only to struggle for the. means of ex istence. The worm works in the earth ; the ish in the water ;"nnti the cattle upon the thousand hills. We look abroad, and lo! labor is found to be the lot of all, and there is no escape from the decree. Labor, then, should he no spasmod ic movement, but the business of life. It should be regular, systematic; should be governed by fixed laws. And this is the point we would urge; is the one to which the mass of mankind give lit tle heed. The aim appears to be to avoid not to be up and doing. The returning night telleth of the short ness of the day, and should give warn ing of how swiftly the final one for us us snouiu come. " hatsoever your hand hndeth to do, that do with all your might," is a maxim that should never be forgotten. There is enough work for all, and tit best much must be left unaccomplished. Better see how great can be the effort, not how little we can do; better to work all the hours than be content w ith a few fet ter to make them till pay than fritter one away in idleness. Tis is the true "reform" that labor needeth, and when man acts up to it he will grow in independence, happi ness and wealth. This is the "tefot in" in which there is no chance of falture; no loss ; no blowing about by any po litical breath of favor; the reform that shall last until the end. Be ye wise in time. AN ILLINOIS BOY. What lie Caught in His Trap. The New York Times has an editor ial on the wonderful resources of the Illinois boy. Master Sloane, of Clin ton, 111., invented a trap on the princi ple of those used in Africa for trap ping game that is to say, he construct ed a slip-nose of thongs, and attached it to the top of a stout sapling, w hich he bent down by the aid of a hoisting tackle, and fastened it to the ground. And this was the result: Master Sloane had a sister, a young lady of great worth and of decided character. Other gills, who were en vious of her beauty, said she was an ill-tempered, red-haired, thing, but this was probably mere calumny. At all events, so thought the young min ister who was settled over the Seven teenth Congregational Church, and w ho was generally believed to be Miss Sloane's accepted lover. That he went to see Miss Sloane on the very evening when the reckless boy set his Central A f rica trap was not strange, for he usu ally spent three or four evenings in the week at the Sloane mansion, but it was a coincidence that on that precise evening he proposed a walk, and led Miss Sloane toward the identical lane where the trap was waiting for vic tims. How it happened that neither the young minister nor Miss Sloane notic ed the bent sapling or the rope, no one can understand, unless they were so deeply, engaged in the discussion of theological questions that they were oblivious to all earthly things. Still more difficult is it to comprehend how they could both have stepped within the noose, w hich was spread out in the form of a circle not more than a foot in diameter. It is plain, however, that the lady was reading a hymn-book, and that her companion had approached extremely close to her in order to se? if the hymn was correctly printed. However this may be, the fact remains that Miss Sloane's left foot and the ministers light foot were just within the noose whe the trap spruncr, and the elastic sapling suddenly lifted them twenty feet into the air, where they re mained hanging like two cherries 011 a single stem, and expressing in lively tones their suspicion that something unusual had happened. Half an hour later the Clinton and Ilolmesville stage passed that way, and the driver and his passengers were as tonished beyond measure. For some time it was supposed that some new and curiously complicated animal, con sisting chiefly of zebra atnl black pan ther, was swinging from the top of the sapling; but j 1st as one tf the passtn gets were about to lire at it, the driver recognized the minister, though he was not able to recognize his fellow-prisoner. The latter's voice was somewhat muftled, but s e was distinctly heard to revile the minister, anil to assert that she never would forgive him, no matter how he. might try to excuse himself. Six strong men finally bent down the sapling, released the victims, and with rare delicacy assigned the du ty of recognizing Miss Sloane to the two ladies who were in the stage. For tunately neither of Master Sloane's victims were seriously injured, and were both able to walk home on oppo site sides of the street. The results of this affair were nu merous. Miss Sloane left town next lay on a visit to the east, and has not since returned. The minister w as tried for indiscreetly hanging from the tops of trees with young ladies, and there by bringing reproach upon his profes sion, but was acquitted by a close vote. As for Master Sloane, it isbt lieved and hoped that his father has killed him. At any rate, he has not been seen, and the rumor that he has been sent to the House of Befuge in Chicago is not gen erally believed. The London correspondent of the San FraneisN Call writes: Perhaps you have heard of the new music hall song which has a chorus with a shout of "Whoa, Emma!" It seems to be a tnuelc-so ye'.p, if I can gather any idea of it from the braying of the street boys. . The words of the song are such that it is not likely to be seen on piano fortes in people's drawing-rooms; and it is said that George Leybourne, the "Eton Comiqtte," has got into serious trouble with the authorities by making use of doggeiel verses of a character which the French, when trying to write English, speak of as tres shocking. But it is strange what a hold the ejacu lation "Whoa, Emmal" has Liken on the street Arabs, and even on men of the lower class. Occasionally it is used by a carter or a cabman as a warning cry to get out of the way, in place of the long popular "Higher up!" The other night, in Manchester, when Adelaide Neilson was about to take her poison as Juliet, a gallery god un expectedly shouted out to her, "Whoa, Emmal" and she had to whoa in the midst of her woe, for the audience roared with laughter. Aud, funniest of all, when Albert Grant, of Emma Mine celebrity, the friend of Schenck, happened to be in court giving evidence concerning some of hi3 operations, a hollow voice from a man piesent, whose tattered garb seemed to indicate that he had readied hard pan, cried out metallically. "Whoa, Emma?" State Items. All our exchanges are filled with 4th of July about these times. Frof. Aughey leaves in three weeks for a scientific expedition to the moun tains. The Otoe S. S. Association will be held at Palmyra August lith and 7th 1ST8. Mr. Freeman I. Carington died from the effect of a rattle snake bite. Ik lived in Saline Co. C. Borin of the Bed Cloud Chief wa- marrieu on me 0111 to iUiss Agnes Kirk wood. Congratulations. Mrs. Judge Gantt will live with her daughter in Chicago, Mrs. Boreback. their Nebraska City home having been broken up. Twenty-six Wyoming convicts were brought to the Lincoln penitentiary on Monday of last week. Twenty-two Bachelors have taken claims iu this valley in two weeks Sixteen Bohemians have taken claims seven miles above. Valley Co. Cour ier. More prairie schooners have arrived in Boone County this week than in any week since its organization, and rail road and government land is being taken rapidly. Argus. Franklin County will vote on aid to the Bepublican Valley railroad for 800,000, July UJ. If the bonds carry it will be completed to Biverton, 12 miles from Orleans, this winter. Bepubli can Valley Sentinel. The Bloomington P. O. will have is sued 1,000 money orders at the close of this month, its first year as a money order ollice. There is nearly as much done here as by all the olliees on the valley. Guard, The greenbackers in this county have issued their call for a county con vention, August 10, to nominate coun ty officers and delegates to their state convention at Lincoln, August 14. Wahoo Independent. B. AV. Coates sheared 2(.0 sheep, prude merinos, the average fleece weighing G?i pounds. Some sheaied 17 pounds. Out of 104 lambs he has raised 100. lit is making a success. Be;mblieaTi Val ley Sentinel. II. W. Otis, accompanied by Judge Uewett and Messrs. Bichards and jTen ry of lied Oak, Iowa, have come. Mr. O. owns 2,000 acres in this county and the gentlemen with him think of in vesting here. David City Republican. "Wahoo needs more residences, and several are contemplated this summer. Nearly all our contractors and build ers are employed. With a good crojy, there will be more building in Saun ders county this fall than ever before. Independent. Peter wilson, of Scandinavia., is build ing for himself the first brick house in this county. When completed it will be the work of his own hands, he hav ing made and burned the brick ami he is now laying them up and doing his own carpenter work Orleans Sentin al. This county is settling up very rapid- idly, although there are yet a few rough vacant claims left, which we think will be soon taken in by some body, and no doubt, that someboby will be well enough pleased to be able to get them. Bloomington Guard. Married Politeness. "Will you?" asked a pleasant voice. And the husband answered, "Yes. ray dear with pleasure." It was qnietly but heartily said, the tone the manner, the look, were per fectly natural and very affectionate. "I "beg your pardon," comes as readily to his lips, when by any little awkard ness he ha3 disconcerted her, as it would in the presence of the most fash ionable stickler for etiquette. This is because he is a most thorough gentle man, who thinks his wife in ail things entitled to precedence. He loves her best why should he hesitate to show it, not in sickly, maudlin attentions,' but in preferring her pleasure and hon oring her in public as well as private. He knows her worth, why should he hesitate to attest it? "And her hus band he praised her," saith holy writ; not by fulsome adulation, not by push ing her charms into notice, but by speaking as opportunity occurs in a manly way, of her virtues. Though words seem little things, and slight attentions almost valueless, yet depend upon it they keep tho flame bright, especially as they are natural. The children grow up in a better moral atmosphere, and learn to respect their parents as they see them respecting each other. Many a boy takes advan tage of a mother he loves, because he sees often the rudeness of his father. Insensibly he gathers to his bosom the same habits and the thoughts and feel ings they engender, and in his turn be comes the petty tjrant. Only his mother why should ho thank her? father never does. Thus the Ijime be comes the seat of disorder and unhap pines3. Only for strangers are kind words expressed, and hypocrites go out from the hearth-stone fully prepared to render justice, benevolence and polite ness to any one and every one but those who have the justest claims. Ah! give as the kind glance, tho happy home steadthe smiling wife and courteous children of the friend who said so pleas antly: "Yes, my dear, with pleasure." Girls, CotiJlJ in Your ;,:,. l.t-r. The moment a girl has a .secret from her mother, or has received a Idler she dale not let her mother read, or lias a friend of whom h, r mother does not know, she is in danger. In uii 1 hood hide nothing fron your mother; ilo nothing that if discovered by your father Would make ji.u blush. A lit' tie secret ivMi ;s has set many scandal.- alfoat, and much as is said about woiii en who say too much, they are betteV off than those who say too little. A man may be reticent aud lie tinder utt suspicion ; not so a woman. The girl who franki v says, "I have been there. 1 met so and so. Such and such re in irks were made, and this or that was done," w ill be certain of receiving gm d advice and sympathy If all was right, no fault will be found. If the mother knows, out of her glial experi ence, that something was improper in unsuitable, she w ill, if she is a good mother, kindly advise against its repe tition. It is when mothers disco vei' that their girls are hiding things fioni tht in that they rebuke or scold. Inno cent faults are always pardoned by ;i kind parent. The Lnw or Health. There are few things with which the? majority of us are less acquainted than with our own organization and the conditions upon which our bodily health depends. And yet it is mucin more imi Oitant that w e should learn how to avoid disease and to cherish health in oursi Ives aud in those who are dear to us, than that we should pos sess ti knowledge of the dead langua ges or any other lore included in the ordinal y lound of a collegiate educa tion. -Physiology should be taught in all our seminaries and educational in stitutions. Whoever understands even the leading principles of this valuable science must regard with it gret the manner in which its laws are set at nought bv society at laie. In their dress, in their diet, in their household economy. In th-ir business pcrsuits, in their amusement in-a thousand things that they do and neglect lo dor thn e-fouri lis of the community a: habitually anil constantly violate the tiles of hygiene as if their aim were to break down their constitutions and shorten their lives. Surely if every body knew the physiological conse quences ot over stimulating the hrain. of neglecting to protect the lungs, ol overtasking the stomach, of breathing impure air, w e should have less drink ing, less consumption, less dyspepsia, fewer of all the ills, not that flesh it; ieir to, but that it invokes upon itself by its own folly, than we have at pres ent. If physiology and the conditions of health were universally understood and the mortality of the human Vace in large towns especially, would b materially diminished. Kark Twalu'a Hotel. Having lately opened a h.ishcry, " end you these, my rules and regula tions: This house will bo considered strictly intemperate. None but the brave deserve the fare. Persons owing bills for board will be bored for bills. Boarders who do not wish to pay in advance mo requested to advance and pay. Boarders are expected to wait on tht colored cook for meals. Sheets will be nightly changed, once in six months or more, if necessary. Single men and thcix families wil: not be boarded. Nightmares hircd outat reasouabl. rates. Safety valves will bo furnished to snoring boarding. Criticising a Critic. The critic was a Florida dame at her wash kettle; the criticised a brisk, nimble-footed lady tourist, who was "taking noles'' in the ne ighborhood. 14 Well, she air a limber critter P tho j'ints," said the dame. " 'Mitels me o.i a painter lyin' low agin a clean limb a-lookin' arter calf critters." "That is not bad," said I, "if by crit ter you mean the lady." "I 'lowed for to sty cretur," said 11 u dame, scrubbing briskly at the linen, "but critter slipped out 'long of her lik in' to a cat varmint." "Cat varmint!" said I. "The lady would not be flattered." But her answer, gravely innocent cf. a pun, took me oil my feet: ''She mottght be a bit fatter, but she couldn't be no slimmer. She air like a bachelor bug" a pretty, wingless in sect "most awise head and hump." Before I recovered she stretched the kinks from her spine and continued slowly: "Air she a gal cretur or a wife c:e tur, er something betwigst and be tween?' "I don't think she is a widow," st.id I. "I didn't 'low for to say widder," v.!. her quick reply. "Her calikers ai.'i t them sort." "I suppose," said I, "you mean di vorceda grass widow?' "We!!," said the dame, "she ain't no .vire-graps widder (a peculiar fcativu grass). She ain't no more use on ?. range than a water gourd for a soup kettle." A Frenchman is to be credited wil.1 a discovery that when mortar is likely to peel off, tho tendency can be pre vented by substituting saw dust fur hair in the original mixture. lie Jwul previously tried in vain to make I ; or tar that would stay in place on a bt.il i ing exposed to damp winds near the ses.sliore. After frequently renew in? the mortar in the old way he tried tLo use of saw dust in place of hair, nnd was qui'.e successful. The saw tlust ! l ad been thoroughly dried, and its ! coarser portions were removed by alft- ing. The experiment is well wc rth I trying in thi3 country, where saw &jz is very much cheaper than Lair.