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TIM I! 1. 1; A ! ' H t T VM TT t: - i -r r i Jlili 11 Ik K ALU A I VKKTIK1SI! RATI. rl . iM7iR.ISnEI CVU'.tY THURSDAY AT LATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA ill Jry J3jA Kl'Al'K. I NY. 1 a V.j V I 111. 3 lit. 6 IM I jr. I Mil . . 2 - 3 sqi n col. ;-t ;. 1 cl . si rn'.j 1 io f ? mo'2 miiW ro!$H oo,u w I i4i -ji.ii z i f .5 . ' n .n- iwi-' 1.1 IM'.r 4 l'! - 7'd I'!'"' r m. li r . eo co! C'1 ."-'1 ( H fhi, :! l ". I'll 1 (hi j:, on' 40 ((! no o .- (hi 1 ai V (; t 411 no; lo cO OFFICE: ' u Vine St., One Block North of Main, Corner of Fifth Street. JCAll Advcrtism Mill due piart i 1 . .v-Transient nOvci tisemcnts must lo paid fur in iiilvaiicc. "FEIISEYEIIAXCE C0X0U EI1S 99 (TERMS : $2.00 a Year. JNO. A. MACMURJHY, Editor.; ,li4;rHT riIHTfc.TIO OK AXV t'AI'KJll.V CAS tOl.TV. ASI1A Term, in Advance: Onf crry, re year -.. y, six montlm u" '"v , three months.. .32.00 . 1.1(0 . .50 HP 1 12 S T National Bank OK PLATTSMOUTIt. NEBRASKA, HCCCI-tSOK TO TOOTLE, IIAXSA A CLARK John Fitzokbald r.i. KIVKT A. W. .! LAi eSHLI!f . . 6Ml U'llOUUItK President. Vice President. Ciuhic r. .Assista t Cashier. Tli'.i Hink U unw (iff n for busine at their a room, corner Mill u anil Sixth at eeta, and prepared to transact a general BANKING BUSINESS. Stock, Bands, Gold, Government and Local Securities BOUOIIT AND SOLD. ioK Received and Interest Allow ed on Time Certificate. DRAFTS XDF,J."W2iT, IvaJluble tn any part of the United States arid Hi all the Principal Towns and Cities of Kmope. AGE.V TS Vo XI TIIE CELEBRATED IiijiAN Line and Allan Line OF WTKA31F.lt!. Fernon vilshlus U bring out their frioads from Rwipe can PCKCHASE TH HKTU FROM US Throu'li to I'lattHiuonth. WILLIAM HEROLD, dealor lu Diir GOODS. CLOTHS. FLANNELS. FURNISHING GOOD :o : GROCERIES OE ALL KINDS. Iirjo stock c f BOOTS ar,d SHOES to bo CLOSED OUT AT COST Notions, Quoensware, ;uid la fr.ct cvery'.Mn; yi-n ean call for In tl:e line of General Merchandise. CASH PAID FOU IliiiKS AND FCKS. All k'.i'.i!s of cci.r.tiy !'i i-ce tnkt n in ex l)r;.!cr3 in S T O " V IB S , I 1C, ETC.. K.Tl-. One Door East oi the Post .r.ce, Plattsmoulli. Nci.'iarva. Practical Weikars in 8H2ET IRON, ZIXC, TJX, ERA- ZIERY, dc dc Iuge asurt!nent of Hard ana Soft COAL ST H!-"s Wood and Coul Stoves X-.-r HEATING OR C00KIXG, Always on Hand. Evry vnxcty f Tin. Sheet Iron, and 2i;iC work, :.f'l in moc. MAKING AND REPAIRING, Pone on Short Notice. yrfil'JRlTilLVO WAHHASTED! I'itici: low now?;. SAGE BRS. AND! BEST FARMING LANDS IN NEBRASKA, ro:: sale by E3. BHo. SS.. IX Xr.IJUAMItA. Great Advantages to Bayers IN 1ST7. Ttn Years Credit at 6 per cent Intercut. iSuj. Years Credit at C per cent Iitterest, and 20jxr cent Discount. Dlrr Liberal Dlsronnts For Ch ItUetmte. on Knn-s and I-reAstit. :id l'l'eiuiunis tor improve liltntN. Pamphlets and Ttap". eoritaicins fnll partic ulars will be mailed free to any part cf the world on application to LAND CCMMlSMoN h"K. B. & M. K. It. LlMUt.N N'KlUtASKA. A. Schlegel & Bro,, Manufautnrrrs of IFTlNriE CIG-ABS, And dealers in FANCY SMOKEP.S Al'TICLF.'S, SMOKING and CHEWING TOBACCO'S. Special r. HANDS and sizes of CIGAUS made to orcler, and satisfaction Knaranteed. Cigar clippings old for smoking tobacco. Main St. oue dooi west of Saunders Ilouse. Tlattsmoutii, Xeb. lOly Excelsior Barber Shop. J. C. BOONE, Wain Street, opposite Saunders House. shaving and s n a m p o o i n g Especial attention given to CUTTING CHILDREN'S AND LA- DIAS HAIR. CALL AND SEE L00NE, GENTS, And get boone in a CXJTT.A 1ST OUTVIE. VOLUME XIV. PROFESSIONAL CARDS J. m. MrCKEA, DENTIST, and Homrrpathic l'hvMcian. Of fice comer Main and SUi si's., over llerold's stor. I'laltsuiouth. Neb. 2ly T. it. W I I.SOX, ATTORNEY AT LAW. lractieei In Saun ders and Cass Counties. Ashland, Nebraska. 361116 It. XI. WIN'IHIAJI. ATTORNEY AT LAW, Plattsinouth. Neb. Of ficeFront Koom over Chapman & Smith's Iirus Store. 43ly K. It. LIVIliSTO, M. !.. PHYSICIAN & SlRiEO.(. OFFICE HOCKS, from 10 a. m.. to 2 p. m. Ei.iininiuK Snrgeou for U. S. Pension. DIC. . II. S IIIIdlltMXHT, PKACTISINt; PHYSICIAN, will attend calls at all hours. nirht fir day. I'latt!iioutii, Ne braska. OKae in Chapman & Smith's Druj Store. -2'y ;i.o. h. KniTii, ATTOKNKY AT LAW and Real Estate Bro ker. SiHcial attention Kiven to Collections and all matters afteetint: the title to real estate. iflice on -Jd tloor, over Post Office. Plattsnmuih, Nebraska. i JAMI.S i:. 3IOUItISO. ATTOKNKY AT LAW. Will practice in Cass and ailjoiniiij; Counties ; gives special atteution to collections and ahstraclKof title. Otiiee with t;eo. S. Smith, Fitzgerald IJlock. Plattiinouth, Nebraska. l'y ' l. II. AVIIKKI.F.K & CO. LAW OFFICE. Ke:il Estate, Fire and Life In surance Agents. Mattsiiionth, Nebraska. Col lectors, tax -payer. Have a complete abstract of titles. Uuy and sell real estate, negotiate loans. &c. l-r'l i W. CUTTKB. DENTIST. riattHnioutli. Xehraska. Office on Main Street over Solomon and Na thaa'H Store. 34ly SAM. -S. C!1AI'NA., ATTORN FA' AT LAW, And Solicitor In Chancery. OlT.ce la Fitzger ald Block, 13jl PLATTSMOl TH, NEB. I. I!. WIir.EI.F.K, F. D. STONE. WHEELER & fcTONE, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, riaitsmotith Sebraika. ( i t(tL s:s r a n r. izs. Tonsorial Artist. PLATTHiiorTii M-:ai:AKiiA. i.i.... f.!!..!..,..-. M-,ii -;r linfupiui 4rb and.V.h strei-ts. S:i;:mp;o;rs. Sl.aviKB. rl;l ti re it's hair ciutii.;:. etc. e;e. l'.'iy "C03fMKU(;lAli HOTEL. LINCOLN, NEI5.. J. J. IJfHOEF, - - - Proprietor. The best known and nio-t popular 1. in Eord If! theSiaie. Always p at the Coninii'i'ci.il. "LEXiiorr t noxNs, Morning IK'V Saloon ! (lr.y door east ft tire SaiiinL-ra I! -jil.se. We ttv;i t iic nesi uz Ecer, Wines, Liquors & Cigars. X;;;i9 Constantly on llamt. SAUNDERS HOUSE. I.Z.GREGORY, - - - Pi oprictor. I.oc.iti .n CchliRl. C.ood Sample Hooiii.. Every attention ;-.uid t guests. -Liin-T I'i.atts;;li h. ----- Nkk HUBBARD HOUSE, r. WOOD ART, - - - Prop. TcepIn IValor, Xcl. Good accommodations and reasonable charg es. A good livery Kepi in connection wuu inr hoii'C. Cyl OCCIDENTAL HOTEL. F 11 EMONT, NEBRASKA., V R AX K PARC ELL - - - Prop. Good room j. gd board, and every thing in apple pie order. Co to the Occidental when von virit Fr-niont. lOtf PLATTSMOUTH MILLS. I'LATTSMOfTir, NEB. C Elt:iMi:i., - Proprietor. Flour, Corn Meal & Feed Alnars on hand and for sale at lowest cash prices. The highest prices paid for Wneat and Corn. I'articul.ir attettion iven custom work. aND MACHINE SHOPS ! PLATISMOU III, F.n., Repairer of Steain Enjines, Boilers, Saw and Grist MUU iH AXI STEAM PITTHfcS, Croimht Iron Pipe. Force and Lift Pipes, Steam tinuires. Safety-Valve iovcrne-rs. and all kinds of Crass Engine Fittings, repaired ou short notiue. FAR M M A C H I N E K t r. cox, MERCHANT TAILOR Over So!oinon & Nathan's Store, Main St., P.etn een 4l!i and 5th. am prepared to do all business in my line at Living Kates, ana Satisfaction Guaranteed ! In every instance. I WILL WARRANT A FIT ! Or make no charge. tS'-Call and examine ir.ods and samples. Good Stock of trimmings al ways on hand. 4JIH3 W. D. JONES' Again takes the Brick Livery Stable, FLATTSMGCTn, KEBEASKA The old Bonner Stables, fn Flattemouth. are now leased by Wm. I. JONES, and he has on hand new and handsome accommodations, in me suapc oi HORDES, CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, and SADDLE HORSES. I am prepared to keep HORSES FOR SALE sTRADEI And will Train and Break Colts On Seasonable Terma. ALSO REMEMBER, That with'nlentT of rtMm itlmt rv nm fcuu", , uavei in my atame, i can get r armors iock ana wagons, mans oi nay, &c, undr co v er. where thev will keen drr. inauKins; an niv ota ;atrona or their liberal ity. I solicit their tradefforthe future ritisfied that I can accommodate tbein better aad do oetter j tnem man ever before. Cfl WM. D. JONES. OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. State directory. ASP VDD'K'K. lT. S. Senator, Beatrice. ALVIN SACNIlEltS. V. fS. Senator, OmabS. THOS. .1. M X.IOHS, iterireseiitaiive. I'eru. ALBINl'S NANCK. Oovernor. Lincoln. S. .1. ALEXANDEIt. Secretary of State. 1". W. LEI DTK E, Auditor. Lincoln. G. M. B KILE IT. Treasurer. Lincoln. S. R. TlloM PSON, Supt. Publie Instruction. V. M. DAVIS. Land Coniiiiii-ioner. C. J. DILWOItTII. Attorney General. KEV. C. C. IlABKIS. Clianlain of I'euitentiary . DK. H. P. MAXTHEWSON, Supt. Hospital for the Insane. Supreme Court. S. MAXWELL. Chief Justice, Fremont. GEO. B. LAKE, Omaha. AM ASA COBB, Lincoln. o Seronit Judicial 3)iiriel. S. B. POI'Nl). Judee. Lincoln. J. C. WATSON, Proseeuting-Att'y, Neb. City. W. L.WELLS, Clerk Dit. Court, Flattsmoutb. County Ztirectory. A. N. SULLIVAN, County Judge. J. D. TUT I". County Clerk. J. M. PATTKKSON, County Treasurer. It. W. HYKKS. Sheriff. G. W. KAIKF1ELD. Surveyor. G. HILDKHKAND, Coroner. (Ol'STV COMVlSSlOJfKRS. 1IEN1IY WOLFE. Mt. Pleasant Precinct. .JAMES CKAWI OKD. South Bend Precinct. SAM'L KICUAlUiSOX. Eight Mile Grove. City Directory. J. W. JOHNSON, Mavor. J. M. PATTERSON. Treasurer. J. D. SIMPSON. City Clerk. '. P. GASS, Police .J ud ire. P. B. MUKPIIY. City Marshal. WM. L. WELLS. Chief of Fire Dept. I'OI N-! I.M KN. lt Ward-ELI PLUMMEK, W. .1. AGNF.W. 'Jd Ward E. G. DOVEY. ti. W. FAJKHEI.I. Sd Waid-K. C. CUSIUNG, THOS. POl.LOI'K. 4tli Ward F. M. DOB KINGTON, P.' McC AL LAN. S'ottru a tier-- J N O. W. M AI'SHAI.L. B. & M. R.R.TiineTable. Corrected Friday, October 18, 1878. FOK OMAHA FUOM 1LATTSMOUTH. Leaves 7 : a. m. Arrives 8 -IS a. m. " 2 :3j p. m. " 3 :6o p. m. FKOM OMAHA FOR PLaTTSMOUTH. Leaves 9 :.v a. ni. Arrives 1 1 i-M a. in. " 6 :00 p. 111. 1 :m p. III. FOB THE WEST. Leaves Plattsmoiith 10 -.25 a. m. Arrives Lin coln, 1 -23 p. in. ; Arrives Kearney, (O p. m. Freight leaves 3 :'o a. m. Ar. Lincoln 2 p.m. FP.O.M THE WEST. Leaves Kearney. 6 :22 a. in. Le-ives Lincoln, !J :." p. m. Arrives Plattsinouth. 3 :00 p. m Freight leaves Lincoln 11 :30 a. in. Arrives Piatlsiiiouth, 5 :0.j p. m. GOING EAST. Express. 6 :1S a. m. I'ai-sener. i train each day) 3 :.V p. in., except Saturday. Every third Saturday a train con nects at the usual tune. il. V. IX. t. TInse Tab!o. Taliimj Effect Morn!,iy. Xov. 4, 1878. SOl'TI!WAKI. Leavea Arrives 1 Avr S :21 p. ni. Blue 1 1 iil. . .K p. la. Cowles 9 :IT p. in. Bed Ciond, io -.'Hi p. m. Has tiiiK. " :-5 P KOKTH'.VARD. Arrives "j Cowles 4 :5l a. m. Leaves Bed l'lou.J.4 :"0a.m 1 Bine iinl .- :.v. a. m. Ayr a. m. I lias'-iiiKS - a. in. V. U. &. CJ. R. IX. timc TinLi: W EST V.' ABO. Express Mail, oopin -t.r. ni ."'.an i loam 3.an l.-.pia l.'ipiii 0-ipiii Leave Chie:iK.- I'miu JO Meii.loia 1 2 ip.M i Ga!e-Oi:rs ! 4 .Vpni .-. Burlirel.'ii ' 4;'iu Ottuia.va 1 -'I'ln 11 ( hai ltoii ; I 4 -am 2 ' I 'resiou ; 4 2 '.i:u A Red Oak , T Kam Arr. PlatUinouta iaoani, EASfWAHD. Ext ress " .Vipni S w;-i:i in i"ipii 12 :.:.a:n 3 2M:n C l!aia 8 .'.'..-tin 12 ISpm , 3 oUpin Mail. 5 Suai'i 8 .-".am )1 l.s.-mi 2 I'ipin S Wpm 8 -tupiii 11 iOplli a lo.mi 7 (Ki.lll. Leave riattsmouth... Bed Oak ' Creston Chariton Oitumwa Builiimt.in Galevloir Mendota Arriv fliica;o ONLY 27 HOKS TO ST. LOUIS by the ne-.v i: U 1 E jist ooened via MON M t III. l' I.L- 1 vN 1'ALAIK Sl.ltriMi .ur run lioin I'.iirlini-.ton to s t. Louis without change. BY LEAVING PLATTSMOUTII AT 3 :?n P. M vnu arrive in St. I.oi l:s tlie next evening! ft o. and leaving St. Iuis at 8 :20 a. m . you ar rive in Plattsinouth 9 :2u the next moi-rimr. Conn in i lcsets for sale lor all points oi;n. South, East and West. na.MLr.ii i on r.i.i., D. W. HITCHCOCK. T.cket Agent. Gen. Western Pass. Agent. J. M. Bf.chtal. Aeant, Plattsniouth. S5 c ? o -. s -r. c c c x jc O n:ii-5;; cn O fa : : ii'-c . . . t . rt 1 I 3 n "1 c O w C "f 'i 5 t - ijr-.f 13 7. ; - Z, z st - v -; r. t. t- i s J " - 3 3 -2 z: -p zr"zzzz;?..r.':i? r S - SSS;NSK'-i'- - r - r " - To Hoosiers in Nebraska. Former residents id In-iiania now living in the Wet, desiring to oltain the news froi!i their old Hoosier Home, Khuiild 'at once sub scrilK" for the bet of ail the wet kly papers, Tlie Xorthcrn IiuHaniiin. GEN'.KEUE. WILLIAMS, Editor and Prop. Without a doubt Tiik Noktiiax IniiiA,nia is the best weekly-paper pubiislied witiuu the borders of Iudiaiia. It Is a larse lorty-column folio-tlie largest i'l tlie county and each num ber Is rilled to repletion with Indiana News. Editoiv.ls on every subject, choice Fratrments of Hitory, Select Sketclies. and letters from its own correspondents in the East and Wet. The preat sizeof Tllr NonuiKiiN Imhaman en ables it to furnirh its reaiicrs with a spleniiid Continued Story, in addition to its ! a rate amount of Miscelanenus Keadiup niatt?r. and it i con ceded by everv one to be the best paperpublish ed in the old lloosier State. la the first nnm ber of th? year 1879, will be coinmenced a new storv entitled. KOXiK, A TALE OF THE HARRISON VXHl'MUS, BytheKev. Edward E-gle-Km. author of "The lloo; ier SchooJiiiaster.' "The Circuit Hider." etc., the nloi of w hich is laid in Indiana, and whii h w ill far sui pas. any tale published in a we-iteru Journal. At the beniair. of the new vearTHr. Txni x i vx will print a I'ir.nititii Double hfet Hoiiday Number. w hich wiil be the I.ARGKST t'Al'F.K KVFIS PIMXTFDIX AMF.ISirA. '1 his double number will be sent to regular nbscrsiber? the same a its usual issue, but tin gle copies ( this t-peciaJ issue wiil be tent on reeoipt often eent-. TliE TEBMS OF THE INDIANIAN AKE : Three months (on trials 50 Six months, 1 00 One year, 2 00 Addres GEN. BEUB. WILLIAMS. IXDIAXIAK BriLDIXO, WaKSAW.IXD. s3-tr. or 2. PLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA, To a Monse, on Tarnins Her up In Her Ifegt, With the rionsh, Xot., 1783. BT ROBERT BCB53. Wfe, sleek It, cowrin, tlm'rous beastle) O, what a panic's In thy t reastio 1 Thou need na start awa sr.e hasty, Wi bickering brattle t I wad be lalth to rin an' chase thee. Wl' murd'rlni pattle t I'm truly sorry man's dominion Has broken Nature's social union. An' Justine that ill opinion' Which makes thee startle At me, thy poor, earth-born companion, An' fellow-mortal I I doubt na, xvhyles, but thou may thieve ; What then? poor Lcastie, thou maun live! daimen-icker in a thrava 'S a una' request : IU get a Messln wi' the larc. And never nilsst I Thy wee bit honsle, too, In ruin I Its silly wa'slhe win's are strew In I An' naethlng, now, to big a new ane, O" fogago green ! An' bleak December's winds ensuin, Buith sncll an' keen I Thou saw the fields laid bare an waste, An' weary winter comin last. An cozie here, beneath the blast, lliou thought to dwell. Till, crash I the cruel coulter paat Out thro' thy celL That wee bit heap o loaves an' stibble, Has cost thee mony a weary nibble ! Now thou's tuiu'd out, for a' thy trouble. But house or hald, To thole the winter's sleety dribble, Aii cranreuch cauld I Hut, Mousle, thou art no thy lane, In proving fore .ight may be vain ; Tiie best laid schemes o' mice an' men. Gang aft a-gley. An' lea'e ua nought but. grief and pain. For promis'd Joy. Still thou art blest, compar'd wl me I The present only touchcth thee : But, Ochl I backward c.u: my e'o On prospects dreari An' forward. U10" I c.mna see. I guess an' fearl JL DAY'S EPISODE. ET WILLIS ORIBBLE. "If it wouldn't be r.sking too much, now " sniit Jlrs. Syivcbtcr ytcjiliens, looking down at Ler liiireo fan. Siie wi-.s sipiiing iced lemonade out 011 the ve randa of tho JJay View IIo' S", Florida coast, ehe aad Mr. Gaines Wilton. "Too much!" echoed Mr. Wilton, in mild dlsdaiu. "My dear Mrs. Stephens, as if piich a thing tould be!"' Mrs. Sjlvtoter !Stejtiens laughed a tiny, ticlii ions ripple 01' harmony. "There, there, -Mr. Wilton, do.i't ruli into tho vortex of avowa'.s again! Have some pity upon my uc-rces, and remem ber that women of forty odd " "Of which you are not one," declared Mr. Wilton. "You are growing positively incorrigi ble. Bu: let that pass, mid wo wiil begin again. About this check, now; arc you certain that it wouldn't trouble you in the least to take it to Sea Bend and have it cashed f ' What possiblo trouble could it be?" ijrericd Mr. Wii'.on. M.8. Sylvester Stephens pipped the last draught of lemoii'uio from her glass be fore s.ie ans-vured h i counter query. "lo be truthful, I thought you might not caro to go .ut of j-our way to serve 111?, after atter the event of last week." "Oh! about my proposal to Veina, and your refuai t let me have herT 'Exactly," taid Mis. Stephens. For you mtifet know that Mr. Gaines Wdton had followed Mr. and Mis. Syl ves'er Stephens to Florida for but one purpose uame.y tn make love to pretty Verua S.epheiiS under the sweet scented ntiigno.i t trees; and lie liad carried out his purpose most clfectually, bo far as the love-makiug went; beyond that, it was a complete failure. " err-athaVt marry any one," said Sir. Sylvester Stephens. "And of course you are too honorable to think of an elopement said Mrs. Ste phens. And that was how the matter ptood on this warm October morning, when Mrs Stephens and Mr. Wilton wero sipping iced lemonade on the verandah 01 the Bay View lions?. ' I'll go at once for the check," 6aid the lady suddenly. "And do bo careful of it, Mr. Wilton, and tell no one of your mis sion; remember thnt, above all things." And she walked past him into the house, carrying with her a btrong breath of wood violets and a heavy rustle of trailing vel vet. Five minutes later she returned, just in time to bl.p a neatly folded block of pa per in'o Mr. Wilton's hand and Bee him leap aboard tiia creaking stage-couch as it joitcd by . An hour b.ter, Mr. Wilton sprang from his high perch 1 csiiie tho ibiver, ami hurried up the r.a::ow steps lending to tho First National Dunk of Sea Jkud. "1 should liko to have this check cached at your earliest convenience," said our hero, thrusting tlie check through the Uoif.s window. The teller looked at the check and et Mr. Wilton, then at the check again. "Certainly of course. Three hundred dollars to order of bearer, signed Sylves ter Stephens.-' 'Eh? What's that!" and straightway upon the scene trotted the bearer of that imposing title. "A check signed by you in favor of bearer lor oG0. "Who's the bearer!'' cackled Mr. Syl vanus Stephens, growing purple to the chin. "The gentleman at your side." Mr Stephens adjusted his gold-bowed spectacles and took a moment's inventory ot Mr. llton. "Yes, yes, I know you the fellow that's been hanging on to the heels of my fami ly for the last half year, ostensibly to mako a fool of himsc.f by as iring to my daughter's hand. I know you, sir you insignificant six-foot curl I know you! I know " and with a sudden gasp Mr. Sylvester Stephens suddenly subsided, and for a brief moment contented himself with glaring at our luckless hero from over the goid rim of his glasses. "What's to bo done sir?" broke in. the teller. "Done !" echoed Mr. Sylvester Stephens "A pretty question for a man of your knowledge and years! Done! Why, ar rest this lorger at once!" "But listen a moment!" blurted out Mr. Wilton, "I'll explain no I won't, either 1" lie added valiantly, a moment later. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY And so it happened that Gaines Wilton dined on bread and water, and rested in the narrow enclosuroof the Sea Bend jail room that day. "A pretty piece of business 1" gurgled Mr. Stephens, toddling into his wife's pres ence two hours after. "What!" queried Mrs. Stephens, in blissful serenity. "That villainous scamp, Wilton !' - "What new enormity have you found in him?" "Euormitvl It wasn t an enormity, fc- phia, but a check for $300 with my name forged to it!" Down went Mrs. avlvc.ster btepnens hand with a sudden quick movement. Dovi went Mrs. Sylvester Stephens her self into the nearest chair. "A forged check, Svlveestr!" with a V. . ! tl.:T- f lit A narila. W 1 fll, 411J till Li IV KJ I L, b!c disgrace to us as well as the perpe trator 1 To think of his asking for our daughter only a week ago, and to day testing the eoltness 01 a wooden bed and the strength of an iron cell 1" "He he isn't arrested, is ho, Sylves- terP "Arrested ! Yes, madam 1 Gad me 1 I believe the wOinan 6 sorry for him 1" "Sylvester, you re a gooso, said Mrs. Sylvester Stephens. "I am not angang lor compliments just now," emphusized that gentleman. ""ion deserve them, nevertheless. Syl vester, that check was no forgery. I tore it from your dratt-book, where there were '1 dozen like it all signed and ready to be filled in." "Eh? How? What?" gurgled Mr. Syl vester Stephens. "What did you say, Sophiaf' "bhe says she 13 tlie wrong-uoer, not Gaines Wilton," said Ytrna Stephens, who had entered unnoticed. "W hat? hat a wretched predicament we are in!" groaned Mr. Stephens. l,You have yourseii to blame, ' sobbed his wife. "It is uncertain which of you the pris oner will blame," said Yerna, "and it seems to me you are wns.mg a vast amount of time in fnuit-fiuding and tcrs. If either of vou pbice the hast value up on your honor, you hud better go to Sea Fend immediately." "And and conciliate him?" breathed Mrs. Stephens from behind her handker chief. 'What can he do, anyhow?" queried Mrs. Stephens, waxing brave and tlcMaut. "Do? Ted that you a are miser, and mother a forger ana ti.ief !'' said Verua. 'Heavens!" And Mrs. Stephens ro:-e hastily. "Sylvester " "Yes, my dear." And they went to Sea Bend by the af ternoon stage, and from her window Yer na watched them, her face overspread with dimples prophetic of coming snides. "A lady and gentleman to see you, sir,' said the keeper, through the bars of Mr. Wilton's impromptu resilience. "My poor hoy 1" wailed Mrs. Stephens. "A most unlbrtanaie occurrence," said Mr. Stephens. "Sophia, do be quiet. You sec it was all a sort of of a misunder standing, w.tii something of a scandal at tached to it. We hope now " "I have entered a suit already," said Mr. Wilton, deliberately folding Lis arms upon his breast and glaring as savagely a possible at the two miscreants beyond the bars. "Suit?"' shrieked Stephens. "Suit!"1 echoed the lady. "That is precisely what I 6aid. The suit was entered some six montliB ago for tho possession of your iraughter's hand. It you do not relinquish ad right thereto, I shall edify Sea Bend with a recital of Mr. Stephens' pecuniary meanness and Mrs. Stephens' lorgery." "What d'ye say ? stuttered Mr. Ste phens. "He wants our consent to hi3 marriage with our daughter." "The scoundrel! Sophia, it is all your faultl I declare I'm going out of my wits! And Mr. Stephens' vocabulary was exhausted as is my space. The upshot of it all was a quiet wed ding a month after. And that was how the gult between two hearts was bridged by a strip of paper. Waterly. The Kocky Mountain Sheep. A correspondent of the American Nat uralist writes: "I have often met with the ICocky Mountain tdiecp, or b'g-horn, (Ovis Montans.) As the high mountains where these beautiful animals usually oc cur are not accessible during the c old sea sons, I never (until recently) saw the sheep othetwbe than covered with hair, somewhat resembling that of the ante lope. It is neither so tine nor so straight as that of tlu deer, but very nearly ot the same color." Last summer, however, on tlie White River Mountains, Wyoming, 11,000 feet above the level of the eea, a band of more than a hundr.d mountain sheep were seen, and some wero killed with rir!cs. "On dressing them," he adds, "it was found that tlie hair was shorter than usual about three-quarters of an inch in length. It was apparently growing rapidlj-, and w:;s pushing before it a body of very fine wool, about half an inch in thickness. In other words, the sheep were shedding their wool. This latter is exceedingly fine and of a light gray color. Some pottions of the body were already clear cf it. But it still re mained on tli3 lower part thereof." To Tell the Age of Fowls. If a hen's spur is hard and tho scales of the les are rough, she is old, whether you see her head or not; but her head will corrolxiratc your observation. If tlie underbill is so stilf that you cannot bend it down, and the comb thick and lough, leave her, no matter how fat and plump, for some one less particular. A young hen has only the rudiments of spurs; the scales on the legs are smooth, giofsy and fresh colored, whatever the color may be, the claws tender and short, the nails sharp, the underbill soft, and the comb thin and 6111 ooth. An old turkey has rough scales on the legs, callosities on the soles of the feet, and long strong claws; a young oue the reverse of all these marks. When the feathers are on, the old turkey cock has a long tuft or beard; a young one but a sproutiug one, and when they arc off, the smooth scales ou the leg decide the point besides the difference in size of the wat tles of the neclc and in tho elastic shoot upon the neck. An old goose when a'ive is known by the rough legs, the strength of the wings, particularly at the pinions, the thickness and strength of the bill and fineness of the feathers; and, when plucked by the legs, the tenderness of the skin under the wings, by the pinions and tho bill, and the coarseness of the skin. Ducks are distinguished by the enme means, but theie is the duiercnce that a duckling's bill is much lunger in propor tion to the Lreadth of the head than the old ducks. 6, 1879. Exercise. We cannot measure the value of a brisk walk in the open air; but exercise, like all things, may be overdone. People who pass from a sedentary life to, say, a brisk walking tour, sometimes think they con lay in a good store of health by keeping on their legs as long as they can stand, but there is no good in becoming ill. We cannot measure the value of exercise to our frames by tho amount we can get through with an effort. There is no true recreation in heavy toil. A certain amount of grinding will put an edge to the tool, but too nine's will grind it ali away. When we are cold we are content to warm ourselves at the fire, we do not wish to be burnt. So in holiday exercise the passage from wholesome exertion to fatigue may not be aiways immediately perceptible, but ii brings its evil results, and I havo known people, especially young women, fall into bad health simply from having performed what they consid ered wonderful feats in a walking tour. The excitement keeps them up, after a fashion, for a time, but when they get home they find out the harm they have done themselves. Nature has been upset and avenges herself. It is well to develop muscle, and strength and elasticity of limb; but ordinary men and women are not fitted to become contort ionistt. A Universal Sentiment. There is scarcely a literature in the world, if it be but tho embryo songs of the South Soa Islanders, which does not contain abundant mention of llowers as beaut ful objects, whose loveliness is ap parent even to those rude poets and their brutal audience. . Though negro children never pluck tho roads.de posies as our own little villagers do, yet I have found it difficult to keep their hands off the Ecarlet bunches of poinsettia, the crimson hearted foliage of caladium, and the pur ple sprays of bougainviile. Fvcn amongst tho unsophisticated Admiralty Islaniieis the officers of the (Jhabenger found little garden plots tilled with a wild ptofusiou of red or yellow blossom. So with our selves, the mere picaauro of color enters largely into our love lor the golden cro cus, tho imperial tulip, and the joyous geranium. We get a pleasant shock of varied stimulation from a garden glowing with roses, peonies, fuchsia-!, chrysanthe mums, listen-, daiilias, and Canterbury beds. We look with dciight upon the hniig ng iikiisseo of laburnum, the cluster ed wealth of apple bn Jin, the crinis.m glory of Virginia creeper, tinged by the hrst autumnal frost. 1 do not say that we havo here no higher emotional and poetic sentiments, intermingled widi tho simple delight of color in some inextricable way; on the contrary, 1 shall try to show here after that bucIi feeling inevitably com plicate the analysis of our mental slate in admiring a hyaciutu, a daffodil, or a glad iolus. But, in sp'.tc of these superadded emotional elements, I think the unmixed deiight of pure color stimulation must count for a great deal. It is the most original part of oar pleasure in looking at a How or, and to the last it remains the principal pa. t in many cases. Yagcrlos of V?'ild in'mals at Sea. It is a fact perhaps not widely known, says the Washington Star, that most of the wild animals procured for the r.v nag eries and zoological guldens of Europe and America are brought from Africa mainly by way of Noith Germany. It seems they are collet ted ia Africa (main ly cubs) and brought to Trieste, and thence to North Germany, and from there are distributed to the countries where needed. It thus happens that the North German steamers cany these animals to the United States: and it is interesting to hear about their habits on shipboard. The lions, tigers, and hyenas, are great cow ards in a ttorm. They fdso puller a good deal from seasickness, and whine about it. The elephant has little to say when he is seasick, but he sways his head from side to side, and looks ''unutterable things " It has been described by Chas. Ileade how the sagacious elephant in storms at sea saves himself l'roni being washed off the deck by throwing himself flat upon his beliy with all his four legs and his trunk spread out with 6Uction power upon the planks. Captain Ncyuaber being interrogated upon this point, remarks, with a sly wink in the direction of tlie undersigned, that it will not do to believe all wesee in punt. He says no shipmaster would undertake to carry a loose elephant on deck. A loose elephant tumbling about in a gale would be a more dangerous ooject than tlie loose gun told of by Victor Hugo. The ele phnnt and all other wild animals trans ported by steamer are confined in the strongest kind, of boxes, and the boxes themselves secured in the firmest manner. The horse, it appears, is the most nervous and sensitive animal that goes to sea, and a hen shows the most utter disgust with life when tcasick. Increase of English Shipping1. The increase of iron-built shijis in tlie merchant navy during the last seventeen years has been very remarkable. In 18G0, 181 iron vessels were built, a number which rose to 503 in 1831, when a chock was experienced. For nine years the number fluctuated between UUO and 4S0, but in thi last two or three years it has passed the previous maximum, and last year 54'5 iron vessels were built. The in crease in the size is, however, most re msrkable, for, while the number of the vessels built has been multiplied three fold, the tonnage is six times as great. In 1SG0 the tonnage of iron vessels built was G4,C00; in 1SG4 it was 83,109; in 1S70 the 457 vessels built were of 2T2.:J20 tonnage; and last year the tonnage of 545 vessels was 3'J0,&5;L To put it shortly, in the first half of the period under review, 3,103 vessels were built, and in the second 4,20,1. But, while the numerical increase in the second half over the first w as about 37 per cent, the increase in tonnage was U3 per cent. With the increas? of the number cf iron vessels aflont there is a large increase in tT:e number of those an nually lost. In 1SG0 there were only sev en iron vessels recorded as lost, and the tonnage of 1,2SS assigned to them show that they were comparatively insignificant in size. Until 18Gy, the number of iron vessels lost yearly was under 100, but in that year 104 were lost, and the tonnage of 53,483 shows that the average size was greatiy increased. In 1874, the highest number was recorded as lost, lo', the tonnage being 101,330. If the figures that have been gathereel for the present year from some of the chief shipping and ship-building centres prove applicable to the whole country, the iron vessels built and lost in 1S7S wilt be found both in numbers and tonnage in excess of tho-e for its predecessor. There are now indi cations that the use of iron in ship-building may be in some degree superseded by steel; at several ship-building centres vessels have been built of steel which are now running. NUMIiEU 46. A Check on Cheek. I have heard, says tho London Truth, f of a curious case of succeasful impudence that took place a short tinu! ago. A w ell dressed man entered tlie Bank ot' ling land, threw down a penny for the ptamp, and asked for a check. When it was' handed to him he filled it up t "self for I 100," bigued it, and revolving the money, . wilhelrew. As he had no account at the Bank of England, that inditution loct 100 by the transaction, whilst the Gov- j eminent gained one penny. j Home Beauty. A tasfefnl woman ran make a carrct beautiful and home-like at a little cost, for the beauty of home depends m re up- on education and refined t..ste than upon j more wealth. If there is no artist in the . house it matter little that there is a large j balance at the bauk. There is usu.i ly no better excuso for a banen home linn I ignorauce or carelessness. A little nii chanictd skill can make brackets ai d shttveB for tho walls. A thoughtful walk in the woods can gather leaves and ferns for adoruiug the unpit Hired 100ms. A tii lle saved from daiiy expenses cau Pow and then put a new boo upon tl.c table, or shelf. The expenditure of a few dol lars can convert tiie plain window into u laboratory. In these and many other ways can a plain, baircn room bo con verted into a scene oi beauty. Fruit Tree Food. For peach, apple and pear trees theie ia 110 better plant-food than c ommon ashes scattered over the sui face of the soil -under the tree. Cinders from a blacksmith shop or foundry arc exec. lent for tlie ap ple, pear and cherry. Common salt scat tered over the surface of the earth undci pear or apple trees about as thickly as you do wheat when seeding, is highly recommeneled as an antidote to blight. This also secures protection against tlie aphis ou jicars or other fruit trees. Thf aphis is a small woolly insui t that works on the roots of apple and pear trees, fre quently destroying life. If your trees show a sickly appearance and there is no sign above ground of eiis ease or insect depredation, look hecnto the surface of the soil for tlie borer w orm, aphis or louse. Take caro of fruit tree, if you regard them as worth attention. Superiority of Anteilcan Iffiil. An English workman thus testifies in the Engli.-h Mechanic, to tho goodness of Aui( rican wares : "But I speak of things which I know thoroughly well when 1 say that in very many things our manufactures are not fit to be shown in the same street with Aiivcr ican or.es; and this not merely in nick nacks or little ingenuities, as to which it is tolerably evident we haver.o p:ctep.ticii to enter with any compaiison. 1 oaiy in-, vile any one who doubts my H'ute:: nts to compare such a rough common matter as 'cut nails.' Our rubbish, with half of them Fplit up, which lend to tuin round in the wood mid split it, and with n al heads, looks vet y pool against tiie straight, c'onn nails, with well-formed heads, which the Americans-used to send out to Australia, and which, w hen I had ne e seen them, prevented me from ever b.:v ing an English nail aaln as long as 1 o.uld get the American ones.'' Composition for lion Koo.st. A correspondent of the Fouliry Ymd recommends the following method ot making perches for fowls: Make u trough for the roo.-ts by iui;il;:g lath on both edges of a pie -e of scantling or board three ii.ehesw .de, projecting up ward half an inch or more. Fill this trough with mortar, into which has been put to one pail of 11101 tar half a pound of sulphur, half a pint of crude carbolic acid (liquid; and half a pint ofkeiosenc. If you want the mortar to set quickly, add one pound of calcined plaster, such as dentists 1133 for casts. Mix thoroughly. The mortar can be knocked out easily, and removed once or twice a year. Have these roosts loose, so they may bo turned over bottom side up in very cold weather, to guard ag-.inst freezing the fowls' feet by'contactVitii tho cold mortar. Foul tiymen wiil find ibis much more effective than patent eggs, etc., ns the whole flock sit on the roost ten or twelve hours every day, instead of a part of them a few min utes, when they are laying. The above is neither expensive nor troublesome to make, and should be used by everybody who keeps fowls. A Few Words of Wisdom For all who are seeking new homes in the West. If you are going to change your location, by nil means you sh nild keep on about the "sumo latitude ' a-, where you formerly lived, in fits way y- 11 will escape the severe climatic changes in the w eather incident to the extreme N rth or South. Having none of lip s? things to contend with, yourself and family are healthy an 1 you become a producer at once, consequ ntiy soon independent; on the other hand should you !i.-!eu to the glowing accounts of the sunny South, e.r the mild climate of the No;th, and thus be indu ed to try your I'm tut:cs there you will find tlie reality is not all your fan.:j painted it to be. if you go So ith.it usu ally takes about two years to 1 eeoii e acclimated, during which time, n t being able to work, yo.isclf and fam ily are consumers, besides living constant ly exposed t the maWrial fevers wh cli 6bound, and the exp -iience of many is that they return discouraged, leaving not a few loved ones be:iath the s d .n the sunny South. Therefore, in going Wi s', keeji on about the fume latitude which will secure health and happiness. Water In Hot CHmales. In some parts of the Kst, considerable pair.s and expense have been be'towedon inventions to su'.p'v travelers with water: r.nd these are aiwavs considered works of peculiar benevolence1. It is r markaijle that it h:.s b en mentioned of the Hin doos in some parts of India, t'ot they sometimes go to eon.siderablo eil.st.in. e to fetch water, and bring it to the r id-ide. where travelers are likely to pa.-s, and of fer it to them in honor of the gods. Fo n tains are common in the Ea t. Their number is owing to the nature of the co-ntry and the climate. Tlie soil, parched and thirsty, demands moisture to t.id v.'.g ete.tlou; and a clotidic-s sun, which in Caiucs the air, re piircs for the people ver dure, shacbj and coo'nci?, its ngrcenble attendants. Hence they occur 11. t only in the towns and villages, but in the fields and garden.-, I y the sides of the roads, and by the beaten tracks upon the moun tains. Many of them are useful dona tions, of luui.iLr.e persons while living, or have been bequeathed as legacies 0.1 their decease. The Turks esteem the erecting of them as meritorious and, seldom go away after drinking without blessing the memory of its founder. I ??Extra copies of the I! i rt. i.o for sale hy .1. dU!i;.!i the l'-l!,".iv cvr Icil. Mai" Street. L'omcHtlc. When acid l.a been dropped 01 any article of clothing, apply liquid ammonia to kill the acid: then apply chlorof rui to restore the color. This pioce, will prove effectual. To do -troy warts di. olve ;s mm h com mon, washing soila as the water will take up; wet the w .vls w i . i 1 this f-r a minute or two, and let lln in dry without wiping. Keep the water i:i a boir.i: a id repeat the wa.dilng often, tin I il w ill take away the lirge-t waits. Ribbons and other silks should be put away for pi esei vstion in brown paper; the chloi ide if liuu; i:-ed in manubicttir ing white pa;, r lYcqvculy produce dis coloration. A while riiliu dress should bo pinued in li ne paper, w ith I low n paper outsi lo, s.-wn together at the edge;!. An equal quantiiy f fresh spirits of vitriol mid lemon j:i ce wi 1 Like Mains out of tumble, l'ut iu a bottle 1111 1 shake up well; wet the npots with the mixture, and in a few minutes rub with a soft liuen cloth till they disappear. Dr. Warren states "a simple, easy nnd effect ml cure of stammering" is, simply, at every syllable pronounced to tup at the same tfmo with tho linger, by so doing tho most inveterate stammerer wiil be sur prised to find that he can pr uoiu.cij quite fluently, and by long and constant prac tice he will piououuco perfectly well. It is not generally known that boiled carrots, w hen properly prepared, form an excellent substitute for eggs in pudding. They must for this 1. 11110. e be boiho I and mashed and passed through acoar-i: C'oiii,, or hair sievtt raiucr. The pulp is thru introduced among the other in-redients of the pudding to the total omission of the egs. . A pudding made up in tlii way is min-h lighter than wheie eggs aro used, and is much more palatable. A new Recipe for R.-rf Tea. Says tlie Cultivator: Take nice ji'icy incur" and cut it up into i.tnal! pieces, spr.nkiing a small quantity of salt thiough it, and pour over it very-cohl w ator, sufficient to entirely cover "it. l'ut this cm the ice, or if you have no ice, in the very coldest place you have Let it remain t'liec hour-, and on cxamin.ili n 1 lie juices 1 the meat w ill bo found to be a'l e'xtr.-o fed. 1'hu e it over a tire whine it wiil 1 111 : i;U;ck!y to aboil, and let it boil b it li'.ne.tes. Then tako it nt once from the lire and pla e it iu an open vessel to cool. Wln -i entirely Cold, strain thiough ii lint cloth, and it is ready to use. Ano-.h-r Cu:e for Corns. The safest, the most iicce.-sibb1. Mid the mo t Ctliciclit cure of a corn on the toe, is to doublo a j.iece of thick soft buckskin, cut ahole in d large enough to receive the corn, nnd in 1 it around the too. II', in addition to this, the foot i. soikiel in warm water for t'r e or me.ie 10 ni.t s every morning and night, and a fe w diops of sweet or other I,, iv substance '.:: patiently rubbed in 011 end a t r ih" i.d.'.ng, the com wiil :ost lliiailiol V bei OI..O lnoxo enough ill I. a lew (i:iV;i to ca-l!y pii hod lit with ti.e l.ngei' nan; iii.s s-i c;-s iae n -ce-scry 01 paring 1 1 corn, which operation lias some: iu ies been foi low ed with painful and dai'.geious i iii.tm-i. If the corn be-e.ome-i ineonveuiont again, repeat tlie pro . i ss at once. Improviiijr thr; Telephone. "There is my new telephone," said Mr. Edison, pointing t a box half as large as a c-igarbox l.ang'iig to the partition. "I havo i:?coveie i a new tub t .11 e which, if j can suce.-st'.iily control it, will icvoiu tionie the tchq.!.on n ;,fcm. I cnu t tell you what the etbstanc.j u, ! ; t it 1 liable a me to make a tcleph :.e v.!il h wi 1 ea- i.'y deliver a voice that can be h'crd in any part of the room i;i w hi h it terminate s. It is not necessary to bold it to your ear at all; you hear it t.s you hear me, aud it delivers the voice without any diminution of volume. I havo hewu a whisper through it often, a::d it will deliver a whisper from here to New Yi rk, that is, it will if I can control the condition which make this sabstance responsive. Wait a while, an I I w iil show you what cam be done in tele, hones." The Late Rev. rongld. Tholato Ib n. B. B. Doc,, his of Vir ginia, writes a Washington coi respondent to the Boston Herald, was t aid bythoftO who know him v.cl!,toha-.e be n in hisday one of the most brilliant tree of his ."-'tate. In the power to grapple with legal ques tions and in his skill as a debater he had few equals and no superiors. Jlisphyc ique was of the strongest, mil his long and terrible periods of intoxication seem ed to have no effect in dimin'shing his strength. Many stories arc told ot his physical peweis. His competitor made an allusion which touched old I'ev's Virginia mns's of honor. The ne-..t moment the speaker was shot from the platform by one vigorous blow from Douglas. Tho unfortunate man had an nrr.i broken, but Bev was not injured in th-i icast. In his cups he was an exceedingly dangerou man. The Richest City fn the V, 01M. Franl'.fort-on-the-Maiii, low containing a popu'ati n of 1') J.OoO, is - nted to bo the richest city of in size iu the wholo world. If its wealth was equally divid ed among its inhabitants, every man, wo man, an 1 child would hove, it is said, 20,00:) marks, or eamie t-o.ooo apiece. There are. as may I: tupposed, a good many very poor people iu the town; but th; citizen are, n-t a whole, in unusually comfortable circumstances, more so, prob ably, th an the. citiens of any other Capi tal "in ; -rmany or Euro; e. It is asserted that there are 100 Frankfurters woith from !,U0 i.OOO to .fi.OO'.V)'!') -acli and 2".0 who arewoith sl,).; i.O :0 and up ward. The city is o:ie cf the great bank ing centers of tlie globe. Its aggregate banking capital is e-tlm etc I al -0;V 000,0 )0, more than o:c-!om th of which tho famous Rothschilds, whose oiigiual and put eat house i the:'.1, own and con trol. The annual tnirsa' f i-u in bills of ex change are i:i exec-.-sof b--',0W.000. It general trade and jaavji'.c tiling indu-tti.-s have greai.lv ia.t'.'.'ed s.iK-e tliO formation of UuOcrmaa Umpire, to which Frank fori w.-u or'e ii: a iy aw : being a fn e city and an opi-i:ei.t of I'ru-s.a un til coerced, iil July, lN.d, by Gen. You Falcken-t. in, who cut: red it at the head of an armv aad imj o-.-d a fin of 1,000, 000 for its" insuboidlaatio.i. Frankfort i such a place fr convent 'on ami assem blies of all soils th it it is veiy apt to bo full of strangers, and is c :i -; ,uei-tly very expensive, and by no uicuns sa.islactory to tarry in. Better it is to sit on a barrel nt the cor ner grocery with cont en' aient than to re pose iti the most luxurious ci?y chair adorned with a tidy in the Lov.so of tho order-loving woman.