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PL ATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA
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Corner of Fifth Street.
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VOLUME XIV. y
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1879.
NUMBER 12.
tr-Extra eopie of the IlmAT.n for tale ty
J. Voting, ut tho 1'uMtoUU'e Xcvis Depot, Main
street.
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FIRST
National Bank
OF PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRABKA
BTCCEWdOB TO
TOOTLE. 1IAXXA Jt CLAHK
JOHX KmaKBALD....
E. it. IIOVRY
A. W. Mi I,I OHLIK...
JKH O'liOUKKE
Trenldpnt.
....Vioe President.
CaMhier.
.Assist a tC'ashier.
Thin Rank Is now open for buslnrs at their
new room, corner Main and Sixth at eeta, and
prepared to transact a general .
BANKING BUSINESS.
Stock, Bnd, Gold, Government and Local
Seoarititt
BOUGHT AND SOLD.
Depofts Reoeived and Interest Allow
ed on Time Certificate.
DRAFTS DEAW2T,
Avalbtble In any part of the United States, and
la all the Principal Town and Cities
of Kurope.
ACEXTS ron THE
CELERHATKI)
Inman Line and Allan Line
O F NTK.AH ERM.
PerMi wLsUlng to tiriiiR out their friend from
Krpe can
rt'BOUASE TTCKKTS EO C
Tkrongh to l'Ut tmaoa t h.
WILLIAM HEROLD,
dealer In
DRY GOODS.
CLOTHS.
BLANKETS,
FLANNELS,
FURNISHING GOODS.
GROCERIES OF ALL KINDS.
I.argo stock of -
BOOTS and SHOES -
to be
CLOSED OUT AT COST
Notions, Queonsware,
ao.1 la f.-vet everything you en call for In
th lino of
General Merchandise.
cash taid ton mw:s AM) Fl'KS.
AH kinds of .country produce taken In ex
rtiMige for goods.
AGE BHOTEEES,
Dealers In
TO V ES,
ivrc, KTC, ETC.
nie IHM.r V.t of tho rost-Ofilee, ri:ittwiouth.
elr;iaKa.
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l'wtlctil Worker la
tiHEBT IRON, ZINC, TIN. BRA
ZIKR Y, Ac, etc
Im;p rt:HMit l H.ird ana Soft
COAL STOVES,
Wood and Coal Stoves for
HEATING OR COOKING,
Always on Hand.
Bw-ry TMletr ef Tin. Sheet Imn, and Zinc
Id AKIN G AND REPAIRING,
Pone on Short Notice.
KTKVKll YTU ISO WAlillA XTED I '23
FtXlV.HH LOW IOYVX.
SAGE BRS.
LANDLAND!
BEST FARMING LANDS
IN NEBRASKA,
FOE SALE BY
B. & XSEo. KL. H.
IX Xl'.KRASKA.
Great Advantages to Buyers
IN 1S77.
Ttn Yenrn Credit at 6 per cent Interest.
SIjc Years Credit at C per cent Interest,
andSOper cent Discount.
Oter Liner! IMneeoutn For 'nh
II h r bates oa Karen and Frrlslit,
autt Premlam tor Improve
mentN. Famphletsi and Map. contnlning full partic
ulars will be mailed free to any part of the
orlil on nvplieation to
LAM) CUM ill SSI ONER. R. i M. R. R.
Lincoln Xkkrabka.
Plattsmouth Temperance
Billiard Hall.
THS MONARCH
HAEOLD & JONES, Props.
The above having opened a utrlctly
TEMPERANCE BILLIARD HALL,
on Main St., in the
&TADELMAXX BUILDIXO
lcvlte their friends and patrons of the
game to come in and tee them.
Cigars, Lemonade and Temperance drinks
for vale and none others.
O.XE I'OOI
and
' TWO BILLIARD TABLES.
Remember the Place and Call. 23tf
-ASSTKF.H STEP 13 SCJIXEL-
flBAT I?;'; cr VHHsr.s rluun-i .1 to OconT
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS
. J. li. McCREA,
DENTIST, and nomo nathlc rhvslcinn. Of
flee earner Main and sth st's., over llerold
store. Plattsmouth. Neb. 2ly
T. It. 1VI1.SOX,
ATTORNEY AT LAW. Practices In Sinrn
der and Cass Counties.
Ashland, Nebraska.
35m6
K. R. LIVIXWNTOX, St.
PHysrOtAIf & 6UBOEOS.
OFFICE TlOUltS, from 10 a. ni.. to 2 p. m.
ExanilnlnK Surgeon tor u. s. rension.
IIl. W. II. HCIIIL.OKXECIIT.
rRACTfSINO PnySICIAX, will attend calls
at all hours. ni(cht or day. Flattemouth, Ne
braska. Offlee in Chapman & Smith's Drug
Store. .4ay
KO. 19. HMITK.
ATTORNKV AT LAW and Real Estate Bro
ker. Srxtcial attention eiven to Collection
and all matters allectlnir the title to real estate,
Office on 2d floor, over Post omce. ruuwnioutn
.Nebraska. wyi
-. JA3IKH K. JIORKISOS.
ATTORNEY AT LAW. Will practice In Cass
and adjoining Counties ; elves special attention
to collections and abstract of title. Omce with
Geo. 8. Smith, Fitzgerald Block, riatwmoum
Nebraska. iyl
I. II. M HEKLEIt 4k. CO.
LAW OFFICE, Real Extate. Fire and Life In
surance Agents. Plattsmouth. Nebraska. Col
lectors, tax-payers. Have a complete abstract
of titles. Buy and sell real estate, negotiate
loans, &c . !"'''
W. CLITTER.
DE1TTIST.
PlattHinoath, Xflimska,
Ofllce on Main Street over Solomon and Na
than's Store. 34iy
KA3I, yi. CIIAIMIAX,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
And Solicitor In Chancery. Office In Fitzger
ain r.iock,
19yl rLATTSMOCTn. NEB.
D. H. WI1F.ELKR,
K. D. STOXK.
WHEELER & STONE,
A TTORNE YS AT LA XV,
riattnmonth Xebraaka,
CII ARI.i:S WARREItu
Tonsorial Artist.
PIiATTS5IOl'T XEimASttA
Place of busineef on Main St., botween 4th
and sth streets. 8hampooln, Shaving, ehll
dren's hair cutting, etc. etc. 191y
0O3I3IERC1AL HOTEL,
LINCOLN", NEI5.,
J.J.IMIIOFF, - - - Proprietor.
The best known and most popular Landlord
In the State. Always stop at the Commercial.
LENHOFF & BONNS,
'lorniiis Dew Saloon !
One door east of the Saunders House. We
keep the best or
Beer, Wines, Liquors & Cigars.
33m9 Constantly on Hand.
SAUNDERS HOUSE.
J. S. GREGORY, - - - Proprietor.
Location Central. tJood Sample Uom..
Every attention paid to gnests. 43m 3
ri.ATTSMOUTH, - - - Nib
HUBBARD HOUSE,
D. WOODARD, - - Prop
Weeping Wnter, Xeb.
Good accommodations and reasonable charg
es. A good livery kept iti connection with the
notice.
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OCCIDENTAL HOTEL.
FREMONT, NEBRASKA.,
FRANK PARC ELL - - - Prop
Oood rooms, good board, and every thing in
apple pie order. Go to the Occidental when
von vieit Fremont. lOtf
PLATTSMOUTH MILLS.
PLATTSUOCTH. NEB.
C. II IS 2:1,, - Proprietor.
Flour, Corn Meal d- Feed
Always on hand and for sale at lowest cash
pric's. The hiRhst prices paid for Wheat and
corn, i articular attention given custom work
o.ND
MACHINE-SHOPS !
rUTTHMOlTH, NCB.,
llepairvr of IS team Engines, Boilers,
Saw and Grist Mills
AS AXU 8TKAM FITTItvOH,
frcmht Iron Pipe. Poree and Lift Plpes.Steam
uautcs, Gaiety- v alve uoverners. ana all
kinds of Brass Engine Fittings,
repaired on short notice..
FARM MACHINEKt
J. G- CHAMBERS,
Manufacturer of and Dealer in
SnBLSTESsSSf,
SADDLES,
COLLARS,
HALTERS,
WHIPS
ETC ETC., ETC. ...
REPAIRING
Done with Neatness! Dispatch.
Tb
He only place in town where "Turley's pat
self adjustable horse collars are sold."
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A. Schlegel & Bro,,
Manufacturers of
And dealers in
FANCY SMOKERS ARTICLE'S, SMOKING
and CHEWING
TOBACCO'S.
Bpeetnl BRANDS and sizes of CIGARS made to
order, and satisfaction guaranteed. Cigar
dippings sold for smoking tobacco.
Main St. one doot west of Sannders House,
Tlattsmouth, Neb. lOly
Excelsior Barber Shop.
J. C. BOONE,
Main Street, opposite Saunders House.
SHAVING AND SHAMPOOING
EptH'ial attention given ja
CUTTING CHILDREN'S AND LA-
VI AS HAIR. ' -
CALL AND SEE BOONE, GENTS.
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B. & M. R.;R. Time Table.
Corrected Friday, October 18, 1878.
FOR OMAHA FROM I'LATTSMOUTII.
leaves 7 wi a, m.' Arrives 8 :45 a. ra.
2 :3a p. in. " 3 u p. ni.
FROM OMAHA FOR PLaTTSMOCTH.
Leaven 8 :0 a. in. Arrives 1 1 :20 a. m.
' tiop. iii. . 7jp. in.
FOR THE WEST. "
Leaves Plattamonth 10 5 a. in. Arrives Lin
coin, 1 i5 p. m. ; Arrives Kearney, V. 06 p. in.
Freight leaves 9 KM) a. m. Ar. Lincoln 2 :50 p.m
FROM THE WEST.'
Leaves Kearney, 6 :22 a. in. Leaves Lincoln
12 :15 p. ni. Arrives Plattsmouth. 3 :i0 p. in
Freicht leaves Lincoln 11 :30 a. m. Arrives
Plattsmouth, 5 :00 p. in.
GOING EAST.
Exnress. 6 :15 a. m.
Passenger, (train each day) 3 J0 p. m., execp
Saturdav. Every third Saturday a train con
nects at the usual time.
II. T. IT. II. Time Table.
TaWnff Effect Jfonday, Ifov. 4, 137S.
- . - SOUTHWARD.
Leave Arrives
1 Ayr 8 :21 p. m.
n. ,,1. , c I Blue Hill, . 8 -J p. in.
Haatmga, 7 :25 p. rn. V rowlM.;...9 :47 p. In.
J Red Cloud, 10 :33 p. in.
JTOKTHWAED.
Leaves
Arrives
"I Cowles 4
I Blue Ulll,... 5 :f
Ayr, :...6:5
J Hastings,... 7 :2
a. m.
:f2 a. m.
Red Cloud, 4 M a
29 a. in.
25 a. m.
C. D, & Q.R. It. TIME TADLE
WESTWARD.
Express Mail.
Leave Chicatro. .......
Meudota
GalesDurg
" Burlington ...
Ottumwa
Chariton
Creston
Red Oak
18 1 Sam 10 onpm
1 25pm t 45am
4 .V)ui! a aAam
7 40pm t 8 loam
10 5opm!ll aiani
1 45am
2 lopni
S 15pm
8 Oopm
4 2.iain
7 10am
9 2oam
Arr.
l'lat turnout h ...
EASTWARD.
Express Mall
Lenve Plattsmouth
Red Oak
.Creston......
Chariton....,
" Oltumwa. ...
Burliimton..
Galesburg...
' - Meudota
Arrlv ?hlcago
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1t v;itm'l1 15am
12 .V;m j 2 I5pni
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j 6 snain 8 40pin
8 S."am 11 Ofipm
'12 15pm 3 loam
3 30pm! 7 00am
ONLY 27 HO'TRS TO St. LOUIS bv the new
ROUTE Just opened via MONMOU III. PULL
MAN PALACE SLEETING CAIiS run from
Burlington tost. Louis without change.
BY LEAVING PLATTSMOUTH AT 3 -JiO P.
M., you arrive in St. LOUIS the next evening at
8 :20. ana leaving oi. liiuh hi r. . in., juu ir
rivM In ri.irtsmouth 9 :'i0 the next niornine.
Coupon Tickets for sale lor all points North,
South, ta-st aua est.
SAMUEL POWELL,
D. W. niTCnCOCK, Ticket Agent
Gen. Wentern Pass. Aeent.
J. M. Bkchtau Aent, Plattsmouth.
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To Hoosiers in Nebraska.
Former residents of Indiania now llvinc In
the West, desiring to obtain the news from
their old lloosier Home, should at once sub
scribe for the bert of all the wet kly papers,
The Northern Indianian.
GEN.KF.UB. WILLIAMS. Editor and Prop.
William a iloubtTHK Noktiiw InoiAmax
is Hie he -it weekly paper published within the
borders of iudiaua. it is a laren forty-column
folio-the l.ng.'si i'i th ? county and each num
ber Is tilled to repletion wuli Indiana News.
EditoraM on every subject. Choice Fnwrinents
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ceded by every one to be the best paper publish
ed in the old Hoosier State. In the first num
ber of the year 1879, will be commenced a new
storv enutiea.
K0XIEA TALE OF THE HARBISON
CA3irAI(i,
By the Rev. Edward Egijleston, author of "The
Hoosier Schoolmaster.'' "The Circuit Rider."
etc., the plot of which I laid in Indiana, and
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western Journal.
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Six months, 1 oo
One year 2 no
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fireside Trarels.
bt h. w. ivOworf.r.ixiw.
The oea'seless rain is falling fast.
And yonder gilded vane, ,
Immovable for three days past.
Points to the misty main.
It drivee ma In upon myself .
A nd to the flreeide gleams.
To pleasant books that crowd my shelf.
And still more pleasant dreams.
I read whatever banls have suns;
Of lands beyond the sea.
And the bright days when I was young'
Come thronirimr back to me.
Come, Happy 5 fgktj
BT K. K. BTTT.T.MAW.
Oo down the west unto thy rest.
Oh. sun, with red eye burning!
Sink deep and deep In arms of sleep.
Glad day, with night's returnlngl
'hen upward fly through eastern sky.
Oh, moon, with silver shlmmerl
With golden light thro' shades of night.
Star eyes look out and glimmer.
So softly low, so softly blow.
Oh. breeze, and lull to sleeping;
Hush, birdling, rest within thy nest.
Thy mother watch to keeping.
Come, sleeping scenes, come happy dreams
Oh, love, come in my dreaming!
The deep night-hush will hide thy blush.
Maiden, with eyes gloamloarl
Come to my heart come to thy heart
Oh, heart, thou art her keeping!
Love, thou art mine, and I am thine
Dear tove, oomo in my sleeping.
ast, fast awny, day after day,
)h, time, tby steps are fleeting;
But not too fast you bring at lAjt,
Imll time, our fond Jwa"' raoetimr.
WAS SHE UN iY03IASLY I
BY C. A. VICK.
."Kdna Farleigfi, yoa are crnzyl I
never heard of such a thing in my life.
1 1:1 I'm " .Mrs. Ilorton stopped for
want of words to express her feelings.
Edna smiled, but she stitched away
quietly, as she replied:
"I knew yon would be surprised,
auntie, but I think a moment's reflec
tion will convinco you that it is the
wisest course. I have L''t one liundied
dollars in the world, ana the furniture
Mint was left from the sale. It isn't
much, but with a few inexpensive addi
lions it will furnish the cottage. Dr.
Gray approved my plans, am he will
rent me the place very reasonably. The
grounds are planted with fruit trees,
currants, strawberry, blackberry, rasp
berry, and grape vines, and although
they have been neglected, careful prun
ing and training will restore them, and
ihey will amply repay it in fruit Katy
will stay with me, and thc-re is widow
Mark's son, a strong, willing fellow,
whom I can hi.e "
"Good gracious, Edna! To think of
hiring a man, the most improper thing
of all. What will the people say?"' and
Mrs. Ilorton sank back upon the sofa,
completely overcome.
Edna answered coolly, as she kept on
with her work:
"I have as good a right to hire a man
to help me, as Dr. Gray, n single man,
has to keep a woman as housekeeper.
As for the people, I do not care in the
least for what they may say.,r
"J'ut thero is your sewing machine,
Edna. It would be so much more wo
manly for you to earn your living by
sewing, since you are determined to bo
independent; and as far as a home is
concerned, you are welcome to stay
wit' i me as long as you live. Besides"
Here Mrs. Ilorton hesitated an in
stant. "There is Thorpe Clifford, I do
not think you are, as you Fay, obliged
to take this extraordinary step. You
will pardon me, Edna, but I thiuk it
very strong minded and unwomanly."
Edna did not answer immediately.
She was thinking how bright and hap
py everything looked a month ogo.
when iier father was living, and she
had hardly given the futnre a thought.
And then when her father died sudden
ly, and his affairs came to be looked
into, it was found that he was deeply
in debt, and the house was sacrificed to
liquidate them. She was entirely alone
then, but her aunt at once brought her,
with the few things that were saved
from the wreck, to her own home.
"Thant you for your offer, auntie,"
she said at last; "but I do not wish to
be dependent, and I could earn but a
poor living with a sewing machine. As
for Thorpe Clifford, I do not love him,
and the woman who would marry a man
simply to gain a home, would be both
wicked and unwordly. I will prove to
you, Aunt Helen, that I am not unwo
manly enough to do that."
She spoke with energy and spirit, and
Mrs. Ilorton, watching her resolute
face, and the determined light in her
eyes, was silent a moment from sheer
amazement. She never had understood
her niece, and she was farther from do
ing so do w than ever before. Of course.
if Edna was determined to unsex her
self, she had the privilege of doing sot
but Mrs. Ilorton could not relinquish
her attempt tc dssuade her without
another effort.
"Edna." she said, suddenly, "have
you forgotten Leslie Holmes? What
do you suppose he will think when he
hears of this?"
Edna bent a trifle lower over her
work as Jlrs. Ilorton spoke, and her
thoughts sped away to Leslie Holmes,
Beeking his fortune in far away Califor
nia. Forgotten him? As if she could
ever forget Leslie, who had been her
closest friend since childhood. They
were not eugaged, but Edna thought
that they understood each other, and
they had corresponded during the two j
years he had been absent.
"If Leslie Is the man I believe him to
be, he will think no less of me; and if
he is not, It does not matter what he
thinks."
Then she threw aside her work and
went to feeding Chirp, her pet canary.
while Mrs. Ilorton sighed till her spec
tacles nearly dropped off, over Edna's
''foolishness." " -
It was a pretty p'acc that. Edna had
cLosec; and Edna herself, ia a ta.-ty
ruffled dress of pink percole. standing
under the shade of the arbor .
ing across the grounds, just completed
the picture. For she had been fairly
settled in her cottage now for six weeks,
and it was with no little pride that she
looked about her. The neglected apple
trees had been trimmed into neat shape,
and now were a gorgeous mass of pink
blossoms. The vines, had been pruned
also, and trained up, where they were
growing finely, and giving great prom
ise of fruit the present season. A large
plat of neglected strawUw . had been
carefully cleaned out, with plants left
at the proper distances, and the whole,
top dressed , with line compost. The
balance of the garden was most prom
ising. Lettuce, peas, onions, goose
Denies, asparagus and in fact every
thing in the line of garden fruit and
vegetables, were in a thriving condi
tion. John Harks had proved an 'iivalua
ble assistant, and Edna's tini -vs fully
employed in overseeing tN rr i' jc, and
planning for future operations. Katy
was with her, and had the f u.l care of
the indoor work.
Edna had not been permitted to
choose her mode of l?fe unmolested.
People had advised, sneered and ex
claimed, according to their various
ways of viewing the matter. But Edna
had coolly ignored them all, and kept
resolutely on, seeing which many of
her former friends quietly gave her the
cold shoulder. Dr. Gray and Thorpe
Clifford were not among them. True
and steadfast, they stood by her, and
their friendship had smoothed many dif
ficulties from her path. She had writ
ten to Leslie Holmes in answer to one
of his letters, and in it she had told him
of the change in Iter. worldly affairs,
and what she had concluded to do.
Since that time she had heard no word
from him. He had always answered
her let ters punctually before, and some
how she felt as though her "strong
mlndedness," as Mrs. Ilorton persisted
in calling it, had something to do with
Li3 silence.
With a last glance over the garden,
she turned to enter the sitting room,
where Chirp was ping'ng his sweetest
songs among the flowers in the win
dow, when she was arrested by Dr.
Gray's rough, hearty tones.
"Viewing your work, eh?" ho said,
stopping beside her, and casting a
glance around. "You came, you saw.
and you conquered, madame Edna.
Beally, I didn't think it was possible to
work such a transformation as you have
accomplished here."
"I am glad you like the looks of it,
I)r. Gray. Without your counsel and
help, I am afraid I should have had
poor success. If men would accord
women more of such friendship as you
have me, we would have a better world
than we do."
Dr. Gray looked away off where the
hills and the horizon met, with a still
farther away look in his eyes, and said:
"I never was much of a lady's man,
Edna," slowly and deliberately, "but I
have trotted you on my knee many a
time, years and year3 ago, and it is no
thing more than natural that I should
take an interest In you now. Have you
heard from Leslie yet?'
It was the doctor's way to jump from
one subject to another, and the abrupt
question did not surprise Edna.
".No; it has been seven weeks since I
heard from him. I wrote him when I
removed here, informing him of my in
tended project, but have not received
an answer yet."
The doctor meditated, but said no
more on the subject, and after a stay of
half an hour he took his leave.
"It looks a little suspicious, and yet
1 don't hardly believe it,'"he soliliquized,
as he went down the 'porch. "I don't
like to bo mistaken when I form an
opinion of any one, and if Leslie
Holmes throws Edna over beeauso of
her go a hea J-a-tiveness, I shall lie, and
he will deserve to be kicked," and the
doctor stepped a little brisker, as if he
would find pleasure in administering
the punishment, should it be necessary.
"She's got the true grit," meditatively,
and she's bound to go ahead and win.
She's a sensible girl, a remarkably sen
sible girl, and ain't alraid to soil her
fingers to gain an honest living. If
Leslie marries her, lie will get a prize."
And with this the doctor ciimbed in
to his buggy and disappeared down the
road in a cloud of dust.
"What shall I do, Edna? Every dol
lar Is gone even the root over my head
is not my own."
UAU gone, auntie? It seems as though
something must be left."
"No; everything is swept away. It
was all entrusted to Ackron, my busi
ness agent, and he speculated largely
and lost, and has left the country. The
debts had to be paid, of course, and it
took the last dollar in the world," and
Mrs. Ilorton sobbed audibly behind her
handkerchief.
Edna Kit silently thinking. It was
now a year since she had moved into
her cottage, and she had been success
ful in her enterprise beyond her mo-t
sanguine expectations. She was not
looking quite as well as when we saw
her last; a tritle thinner and a tritle
paler, but that was all.
"Aunt Helen," she said, looking up
after a moment s thought, 'you can
come here. " I have much better facili
ties this season for raising fruit and
vegetables than I had last, and with
the ready market that is always here I
shall have no disEculty in supporting
us both.n -
'Oh, Edna, I shall lie so glad, so
thankful, tool"
So it was settled. And Mrs. Ilorton.
with a great deal of respect and admi
ration, which almost amounted to aww.
for her niece, and which rad been grow
ing steadily as her scheme progressed,
took up her abode at Edna's cottage;
and Mr. Gilford set about an investi
gation to see if any of the property
could be regained. Clifford was an
able lawyer, and the result was that in
two months time Mrs. Ilorton found
Lers'cjf pc-siC-Tr? .! of h?r Wre and suffi
cient of the lost property to enable her
to live at ease once more.
And Edna? ' Despite her success,
despite her "strong-mindedness," there
was more loneliness in her heart than
she would have cared to own, as she
stood alone on the moonlighted, vine
wreathed piazza the night after her aunt
had returned to her own horn. For ii.
the fifteen mouths that had passed since
she began Iter new life, sii had heard
no word from Leslie IImes. She felt
a little bitter at tircea. and a little
scornful also, as slowly and reluctantly
the unpleasant fact that it had been as
she half feared, forced itself upon her
mind. "I wonder," she thought, ' if
he is like other men, who preach up
womanly independence and usefulness,
and then as soon as a woman puts net
pet theory in practice, turns in disgust
from her 'strong-mindedness. If he s
a man he will honor mo fox my inde
pendence, and if he is not it don't mat
ter." . ,
But though she felt this truly, a pang
of the keenest pain shot through her st
tlioiierht of his falseness. So absorbed
vas she that she did not hear the click
of the gate latch, nor the quick, spring'
ing step that came up the walk, until it
was close beside her. She turned then
confronting a tall, handsome bearded
man, at sight f whC" she stopped, par
alyzed by a tide c conflicting emo
tions. "Edna, my own, my bik ttle girl!'
"Oh, Leslie!"
The she was in his arms, close clasp
ed to his breast, all the doubts and sus
pense of the long months swept away,
and only peace and sunshine left.
And then Dr. Gray came up the pMb,
all unconscious, stopping in bewilder
ment as he beheld the apparition before
him.
"Why, bless my soul!" lie exclaimed,
In amazement, "if it. ain't yes, it's
Leslie HolmesI You young dog, what
do you mean by putting in an appear
ance at this late day?"
"Better late, than never," laughed
Leslie, as he shook the doctor's proffer
ed hand. "I should have been here
long since, but I heard Edna had
mo. d away, and not knowing where.
I never wrote. I changed my quarters
over a year ago, which accounts, I sup
pose, for the fact that I did not hear
from her."
"Humph!" said the doctor. "It is a
good thing you can render a straight
account. I suppose you came back
rich, but I can tell you that Edna Far
leigh is a greater fortune to any man
than there is in the mines of California."
Which was Leslie's opinion, exactly.
Cut Flowers In Tases.
A correspondent of the Gardeners'
Magazine says: "It is a common expe
rience that llowers in vases soon perish,
and the subject appears worthy of note
in the interest of those of your readers
who find it difficult to keep their table
and mantel piece flowers in good con
dition. For my every-day enjoyment,
I keep filled a pair of large vases. I
used to change the water, and I also
used to put lumps of charcoal in it, and
yet my flower soon fell to pieces. Of
late years, I have found it sufficient to
replenish once a week all the winter,
and twice a week all the summer, and
my flowers keep well. On occasions
when I have left home, I have found
them still bearable, if not brilliant,
after from fifteen to twenty days; but
in hot summer weather they would not,
of course, last so long. If they last, as
a rule, a week, I think it sufficient, for,
after all, freshness Is everything in re
spect to flowers.
Thus much by way of preface to a
practical remark to this effect, that the
secret of keeping llowers in good
condition is not to disturb them in any
way after, they are once put up. To
give fresh water, to cut off the stalks,
and the like, Is really waste of time; for
although they will look a litUe better if
carefully touched up and re-arranged,
they soon after fall to pieces. As to
Its use of charcoal, it is quite super
fluous. If the water sinks too low, as
it will in summer, carefully pour some
in by opening the flowers gently with
the hand. In keeping cut flowers,
therefore, the less that is done to them
the better."
Monster Guns.
The four 100-ton guns recently pur
chased by the British government from
Sir William Armstrong are to be used
in the land defences until, at least, pro
vision is mads for them in the Royal
Navy, and they will probably be mount
ed in the fortifications at important
stations either at home or in the Medi
terranean. The Italians have five of
these 100-ton guns, including the exper
imental one, and they paid Sir William
Armstrong more than fS0,000 each for
them. The price at which the British
government acquired the four now in
hand was somewhat below that figure.
The 80-tou guns made in the Boyal Gun
Factories in the lloyal Arsenal at
Woolwich cost between $45,000 and
$o0,000 each; and a 100-ton, if manufac
tured at the Royal Arsenal on the Wool
wich principle, has been estimated at
$00,000, to which maybe added the out
lay on new machinery. In the trials
which have been made the 80 ton gun
has proved rather the better of the two
respectively that i3, it lias given a
greater energy per ton than its heavier
rivals; but as the 100-ton gun throws a
2,000 pound projectile with a powder
charge of 410 pounds, and the 80-ton
gun is limited to a shot of 1,700 pounds
with 425 pounds of gunpowder, the ac
tual striking power of the two guns is
proportionately in favor of the Larger
weapon. The 80-ton gun i3 27 feet long,
6 feet in diameter at the breech, 15
inches in the bore, and chambered for
the powder charge to a calibre of IS
inches. The KKVton gun is 32 feet long,
6 feet 6 inches through the breech ei:d,
1.7 inch bore, and chambered 2 inches
larger. '1 hey are similar in construc
tion, and are bvth polygrved In the
rifling.
The New Volume of the Living Age
The number of Littell's Living Age
for the week ending Jan y 4th begin
its ene hundred and fortieth volume. In
this volume George MacDouald's new
and increasingly interesting serial story
"Sir Gibbie," will be continued from
week to week until completed; a new
serial, "The Bride's Pass," by Sarah
Tytler, whose stories "What She Came
Through and "Rev. Adam Cameron a
Visit to London" attracted so much
attention in The Living Age, will bo
tegun in January; a serial story, "Tke
Romance of Calcot House," by Kat)f
arine S. Macquoid, author ef "Fatty,'
etc., is announced to appear early in
the new year; choice short stories, for
which The Living Aze has become
noted, including translations from the
French, etc., will continue a feature of
the magazine; and, tnrougn the year
the leading foreign authors will be
represented in this department of the
periodical.
In science, politics, theology and gen
eral literature, articles are mentioned
as forthcoming from the foremos
thinkers, investigators and writers, in
eluding W. II. Mallock, author of "Fos
itivism on an Island, " Dean Stanlev
lit. Hon. W. E. Gladstone, James An
thony Froude, Prof. Gold win Smith
Richard A. Proctor, Prof. Huxley, Dr
W. B. Carpenter, Prof. Max Muller,
Matthew Arnold, and others, with
sketches by K. D. Black more, anther
of Lorna Doone," Wm. Black, Mrs
Oliphant, Anthony Trollope, etc. In
short, with the recent great impetus
given to foieign periodical literature
the Living Age promises to be richer
than ever in the work of the ablest
minds of the time, and will give their
productions with a completeness not
elsewhere attempted.
Tho beginning of the new year Is
favorable time for the beginning of
subscription; and the publishers still
present to new subscribers for 189 the
six numbers of 18S containing the
first parts of MacDonald's "Sir Gibbie.
Littell & Gay, Boston, Publishers.
Art as a Steady Diet.
It is not at all necessary to go to the
old familiar fields of Roman and Gre
cian civilization forillustiations of the
powerlessness of art to conserve and to
develop a national life. Rome and
Athens went tosieep with all the mar-
vela of their art around them, and the
eyo or to-uay, prepared lor vision oy
thfe sui vev of other fields than those of
art, greets those marvels with the first
appreciation they have had through
long centuries. W e have only to turn
ti the living China and Japan to see
how little art can do toward civiliza
tion, and how insignificant an element
it is in civilization. Japan, in many
matters of art. can teach the world, and
the same may be said of China. ' We
will take the familiar matter of deco
rating porcelain. There is no decora
tion of porcelain in Europe that can
compare for a moment with the best
of that executed in China and Japan
Engl ish decoration is crude and coarse,
and French is feeble and conventional,
compared with that. Sevres percelain
has been shamed into poverty and com
monplace bv the rich and altogether
original combinations of color that il-
ustrate the best Oriental art. The
Japanese, especially, seem to have
learned everything there is to be known
about color, so far as it relates to the
familiar varieties of decoration, and
the English attempts to imitate their
work are equally sad and laughable.
We mean simply to assert that, in
every department of art to which they
have specially turned their attention,
they have surpassed the civilized
world.
And what does all this prove ? What
but that art may be born of a people
very imperfectly civilized? What but
that art it a very thin and innutritious
diet for any person or any people to
live upon? China and Japan are try
ing to learn everything else of us. Lhey
knew little or nothing of science; they
lad no machinery ; their literature was
childish; they wero bound up m their
own self-conceit and their own exclu
sive policy, and the word progress was
an unknown word in both those vast
realms, until daylight shone in upon
them from Europe and America. Now
they are sending their boys to us to
learn what they find will be vastly
for their advantage to know.
We trust that our people, in the new
interest that has been awakened in all
matters relating to art, will be very
moderate in their expectations of re
sults. Art is an excellent servant, and
a very poor master. When a man is
supremely absorbed in it when he
has no thought for anything else he
is degraded by it. It is simply not the
supreme thing, and cannot be treated
as such without damage. It i3 most
ikely that, as China and Japan got
more knowledge and a better hold of
the practically productive arts, and of
new social and political ideas, the art3
that now distinguish them will decay.
The new interest in art here is all
right, and very much to be encouraged ;
only it does not come anywhere near
being the principal thing, and cannot
be treated as such, for any length of
time, by any man or woman, without
ncurring mental and spiritual pover
ty. J.G. Holland, in Scribner for Jan
uary. Vanity Punished.
An anecdote of the Czar of Russia,
when he was a boy, shows under what
strict d'scipline he was kept by Nicho
las, hi3 father:
When the present Czar of Russia was
fourteen years old, he was an officer in
the guard, and on one occasion, in go
ng through the palace, ho passed a hall
in which were several persons of high
military rank, who saluted the young
prince as he passed. This mark of re
spect greatly pleased the young man,
and he passed and repassed the hall
several times in the hope of again re
ceiving it: but the Generals took no
more notice of him. Annoyed at thist
Alexander went to complain to Nicho
las, who, instead of consoling him, se
verely reprimanded hLn for Lis vanity,
and at onco deprived hiin of the rank
he held until he should prove himself
capable of enduring it honorably.
i'o::r c.'t f-a wero assigned lo Themis
tycies by the k :ig of Persia. The rev
enues of the first were to supply him
with vi e, of the s cond with bread,
and of the third and fourth with meAt.
clothes and furniture.
HOUSEHOLD GOLOSH.
Domestic Recipes.
Ginger Cookies. Take two cups of
good molasses (syrup will not do) and
stir into it a largo tablespoonful of aai
iratua, stir the two till they are thor
oughly mixed; add one cup of fried pork
fat, melted with one cup of boiling wa
ter; atlr In with the Hour a spoonful of
ginger, and (if you prefer snaps to
ccK-kiesJa little alum, grated fine, will
make them brittle. Do not mix thorn
bard- uae just flour enough.
Washington Cake. Stir together till
juite white a pound of sugar, three
juarteis of a pound of butter, adding'
'our beaten eggs. Stir in gradually a
pound and a h ilf of flour, three table
spoonsful of baking powder, and one
large cup of milk. Flavor with orange.
Sauce Hollandaise. To one ounce
jf melted butler add half a spoonful of
lour, stir over the fire, and when turn
ing yellow, add half a pint of broth and
jocfk one'miuutC; then add four 'sprigs
of parsley and four mushrooms, finely
chopped, and a glass of port or cherry
wine, i'.oil ten minutes and serve. . .
A Good Way to Cook Onions. It Is a
roo:1 plan to boil onions in milk and
water; it diminishes the strong tasta of
that vegetable. It is an. excellent way
f serving up onions to put them in a
itew pn with a little milk, butter, salt
tnd pepper, and let them stand about
ifteen minutes. This gives a fine fla
vor, and they can be served up yer
'I0t
Yankee Cako. One and one-half cup
jf sugar, one egg; bit of butter the size
of an egg; one cup of sweet milk; one
teaspoon ful of soda and two of cream-if-tsirtar;
one pint of flour; flavor to
aste. Hake in a four-quart pan.
A l's for Stale Bread. Beat two.
iggs nid add a cupful of sweet milk,
mix will, cut the bread' in Bliccs and
soak In the milk and egg, fry to a light
brown, in two parts lard and one part
butter, when done put on a dish and
tpi inkle with sugar; or put in a deep
lish, put one cupful of raisins and cur-
rants.one-half cupful sugar and enc.gU
Aim to soak through it all; the ilrit
way makes a good lunch dish and the
ther way a good desert.
Fori Cake. A pork cake is made aa
fallows. One pound of fresh fat pork,
chopped fine, one pint of boiling water.
ne pint molasses, two enpaor brown
tiigiu, ono pound each of raisins and
jujionts, half a pound of blanched al--motids,
ch pped, one ounce of mixed
pieej,h' aping leaspoonful of soda, one
laa of brandy and flour enough ta
makt all IT.
Graham Bread. Put brown it-bolted
doiu in a vessel for rising, mako a hole
In tho center, pour hi fresh yeast, salt
aud dljolvc a tablespoonful of lard m
water, blood warm only; mix all to
gelhei thinner than white bread; leave
to rise over night aud when light pout
Into greased pa us two-thirds full.
Ilrown bread requires more time to
bake l.aii white. A little sugar or mo
ut:jaes may bo added for those who pre
fei it iweetened.
Fresh glt.e dries much more readily
than that which has been once or twice
melted. Dry gluo steeped m cold w
ter absorbs different Quantities of wa
ter according to the quality of the glue,
while the proportion of water so ab-
sorbed may be used as a test of the
quality of the glue. From careful ex
periments with dry glue immersed for
twenty-four hours in water, at the tern- .
perature of 00 degrees fahrenheit, and
thereby transformed into a jelly, it waa
found that the finest orditiary glue, or
that made from white bones, absorb
twelve times its weight of water ia
twenty-four hours; from dark bones.
the glue absorbs nine times its weight
of water, while the ordinary glue mada
from animal refuse absorbs but thiea
times its own weight of water.
Cr merit for Aqnarlnrns.
Taft one pill f plaster of Paris, on
ill of litharge, on ciil of fine white
and and one-third of a gill of finely-
powdered resin. Mix well, bottle ami
Oi k it until wanted for use, then mix
it will boiled oil and dryer until na
hick a3 putty. Mix this cement only
ii small quan ilies, as it dries quickly.
xtnother cement is composed of boiled
inseed oil. litharge, red and wh:tj lead
mixe I well toaether, using white lead
n the largest propoitlon, spread on
la-irel and i la r d - in the joints. An
-iniaU'tir sug-'ests a solution of clue.
ght ounces to one -ounce of Venice
turpentine; boil together, agitating Ail
litt time, until the mixture becomes aa
complete a possible,, the joiiits to be
eipented to be kept togetlicr for forty
MIit hoins if required. A fourth
ii'.-lhod of forming a cement fcr aqua
riums is: lake oi.e-na.i a gill of gold
7.f two gibs of icil lead, onward a
h vlf gill of liiharge, and sufficient sil
ver sai d to make it into thick as'c f I
tis.. This latter mixture sets in abou
two days.
A Toman's Tiews tpoa Cremation.
-Don't tell me nothing of the kind,"
laid she vigorously to her husband, who
was reading the account of a recent cre-
natVon service to her: "it is only a rile
tevice for getting an unfortunate wife
way secretly to a lonely spot and kill-
mg her, ami burning up me remains,
so that her husband can frisk off and
marry orne one else, and no one ever
know nothing about tho murder. I
know all about it; besides, 'tisn't possi
ble to get a furnace as hot as they say
ft was." "But, my love," said her hus
band, 'here it is in the papers, that tha
furnace was heated to a heat of 1,400
legrees." "Fourteen hundred idiots,"
said she contemptuously; "and acy
child with a nose I mean with an eyo
on its face could Lave told you by just
looking at the thermometer that iteat'i
be any hotter than 212 degrees!"