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volume xiv. y
PLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1870.
XUMBKIl 10.
A i yF' A
1?
National Bank
or FLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA,
scccrnssoit to
TOOTZ.K, IIAXXA & CI.AUIi
John Fitz;kkalo
E. ti. Imi KV
A. YV. .MrE.M-.HLiy. .
JoNH O'JIOLKKi:
Preside nt.
Vice President.
Casliier.
... Assist a t Cashier.
This P.ank 1 now open for husincs at their
f w room. porniT Mam ami Sixth at etts, unci
prepared to transact a general
BANKING BUSINESS.
Stockt, Bonds, Gold. Government and Local
Securities
BOUGHT AND SOU).
I'cposite Receircd and Intercut Alloio
ed on Time Certificates.
DKAFTS D3AWIT,
AvalPibli in snv pi'.rt of the 1'iilted Stales and
u all the I'mt'-ipnl Towns ami Cities
ol F'irope.
,iGE.Ts rim run
CELF.IVKATEIJ
km an Line and Allan Line
OF STKAJIKIW.
person v.-Isbln" to bring out their friends from
Lvivpe ran
rVU'.JIASSTli'KKH FROM t S
T U r u u a: Is. to iMaltmnoath.
WILLIAM HEROLD,
dealer in
DP.Y GOODS.
CLOTHS.
l'LANlET',
flannels,
furnishing good.
:o:
GROCERIES OF ALL KINDS.
I;r;iO siotk f
BOOTS and SHOES
to be.
CLOSED OUT AT COST
Notions, Queonsware,
und in I.iit ever thie.jr y-'iif.n radforfn
the line of
General Merchandise.
CA-Il PAlIi FtiR I11DKS AND FI HS.
AH k:ii'' of ret it! i-rod:. c S;t!.!t : ex
r!,R!i;e f r gotnU.
SAGE BECTKERS,
1 i a'a-is m
STOV HiJ S ,
y.zc. tT. i:ri'.
.e D.-f-r E;.st o the Post-Crtb-e. l'!a:t-.:ao:ith,
.i4m.i-!..i.
Fi aciii-al Vo. ki-r in
SUE XT IROX. 7.1 SC, 7V.Y. BRA-
. ZILli 1", cf r;.. tt-.
I-iye -j-s- .t in-:: t ., JJurd and S.ft
COAL STOVES,
. tM'ii a:id Ceal Stovi's f r
liEATIN(? OR C00KIXG.
!
f'vtt v-r-'tv id Tin. Sheet In-n, afd Ziive i
vrlPnTVP
MAKING AND REPAIRING, j
Iii:,e S;r" '. :o;ii ".
h.vr.Ti YTUisn n'-i :'Ji. xti:t :
i-mct:M ..v iiv'.
SAGE BBS.
BEST FARF.iiNG LANDS
IN NEBRASKA.
FOR SALE :Y
Great Advantages to Buyers
IN lbit.
YVi Yas Credit at 1t vent Interest. ,
Six- Years Credit at percent Interest.
r.
end Idji'r '-t ut Ins oh lit. I
Vi, r I-ibeml liroi!ut t'r '- :
iiiirbatf on I rcH nnil I- r-i.T ill". i
iifi l STi-ialuia tor Improve-
rue tit-.
Pal. :p!!bd r.nd Map. eoTitalr.ii. 5 fa'l u.-Tr?;e- ;
!;. i w ii! be tn.iil-d flee to ary part td the
n..-'.l tl ! TIT.l ic" t . tO
LAND COMMISSION FR. P.. & M. R. R
LlN i M.N N r.e.i:.VSlvA.
j
A. SCLlIeerCl & BrO., ;
i
Man:;.":ettir-rs 1 1
A rd i'ealei-s ia
FANCY SMOKERS ARTICLE'S, SMOKING j
ard CHEWING
T 0 I A CCO'S.
t5pei:d BRANDS and sues of CIGARS made to
order, aud satisfaction guaranteed. Ciar
..ti rii.i ii.. i.tfl f.ir ii:iit:iii? tbaeeo.
MainSLcTLdo nwctofSannder-Honse. j
1'i.ATTSMoi-Tir, Neb.
Excelsior Earber Shop.
J C. BOONE,
ilaiu Street, opposite Seinudcrs Houzc.
P II A VINO AND S ii A M F O O 1 N G
EsjiecUd utt ntioii -;iveii to
CUTTING CHILDREN'S AND LA
DIAS HAIR.
CALL AND SEE BOONE. GENTi,
And tret a bootie fn a
PIE
PROFESSIONAL, CARDS
J. Li. McCKEA,
DENTIST, and IIoiiirpathie rhy.lcian. Of
fice corner Mam and Mil st's., over JderoPFs
store. Plattsinoutb. Neb. 2!y
x. is. rnMO,
ATTORNEY AT I.AV.'. Praetiees in Saan
ders and Cass Counties. Ashland, Nebraska.
3.Ml!0
it. it. vi iv mi a.
ATTOKNEY AT LAW. Plattsniouth. "sen. Of
fice Front Koom over Chapman A- Smith's
lmiii Store. 4-Jly
k. it. Lm;srov. 31.
PHYSICIAN & RfRiiEOX.
OFFICE HOEES, from 10 a. m.. to 2 p. ni.
Examining Surgeon for I'. S. l'ension.
!:. IV. II. HI HIMMiMXMT,
PRACTISING PHYSICIAN, wii! attend enlls
ate.il hours, iiiirht or dav. Plattsnionth. Ne
hrnska. Office iu Chaiuutin & Smith's Drug
Stare. .. . -!'
a:o. h. mhitsi.
ATTOHNKY AT I.AV.' and Re.il Eilate Bro
ker. Special iittention tiven to Collections
and all matters anVriiit-r thr title to rnal estate,
(ir.irp mi 2i floor, over l'cit Oiflee. I'lattsniouth,
Nebraska, 40 i.
jahi:s i:. :o;titiNO.
ATTORNEY AT I. WW Will ir:ietiee in Cass
atid adjoinin; Counties ; uives speei:tl aftentiuli
to eolh etions and abstracts of title. !lic with
Ceo. S. Smith, FilzscnUd ISlick. Plr.tlsntoath,
Nebraska. lTyl
I. II. lVlir.K2.ER & '.
AY OFFICE. Real F-tate. Fire and Lif:-In-sir.al'.ce
Airents. I'iattsmnr.th. Nebrtc'.ia. Col
Wtori. tax-payeiv. I lave a eomj lete abstniet
r titles, nay ana sen reui (muib, uep'ni:.ie
loans, ace.
i.-. t
ti XV. M'TTKIt.
DE1TTIST.
Klutf smoutli. Xfbraslia.
CifHi-e 0:1 Main Street over Solonnn and Na
thaa's Store. oiiy
MA 31. M. C JIAI'SI AX.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
And ol!riUr In Chaneery. Olln-e In Fiier
aiil riocK,
l.iyl FEATTSMOUTJI. SF.."..
l. If. V. HMKI.rit
2".. 1. STONK.
7TrT T-
WHEELER & tTOlME,
ATTORNEYS AT LA V.',
r!at "mouth VeM-axVa.
Tonsorial Artist.
vtts-iSoi tii 5t:t:j: !KA.
Pla.-f c.f liilae! on Mia St.. b !-.vfn 4h
rti dMil strri-Ts. Sliampo'iiii-. S!iai:'.ir. eiiil-ilu-u's
hair eni'.i:;?, etc. He. V'iy
C03i3I ERC1A L l!7f ifL."
LINCOLN, NED.,
J.J. I MHO EE, - - Prrj'.rt't'V.
Tin- b -! kiiown ai'il bK.st riopulr Lan !!".- ':
in tl.i. state. Always -t ip :.l tlie ( I'lnmi
LEyUOEE u'- BONXS,
iorniii!: Dew Salooii !
O.ie door e.'.t ;f fir- s-ui!o!er- ilv.ttse. V.'e
l.eep t:ie best ol
Beer, Wines, Liquors & Cigars.
?j:t:9 C;iist i:.ty on Hand.
J. S. GKEuOii Y. - - - E: 'y.)l J,jr.
I.ocat Cenirrl. Good Si.n!;i!e Jleeiib.
l'vsiry s'.ttei.tioa pr.id t gHes's. Va?.
Fl.ATTs-.ic.rTK. ----- Nki:
I iv ifn A I i l) HO US E,
). WOODAED, --- Vrp.
Vet'i:i? Water. .Tj.
Go.)d aeeoM t! .d ;n :-.:iS atnl r.'ao:iable eharr
es. A K'"'d livery kept lit CJtineetloii with the
iir.ll'e. oyl
OCCIDENTAL HOTEL.
F It LM ON T. N E II A S K A ..
FRANK I'A EJ'ELL - - - Prop.
miixI rooms, good board. .i;:d every tahijc i:i
) an -;!e pie order. Goto the Oeeidentrd v. he:'
vim vi-ll Fr-ni"!it. 10; f
PLATTS MOUTH KILLS.
plattsmocth. nfh.
Projii ic! er.
Flour, Corn Meal tf- Fted
Ai'.vt'ys on hand and for sa'e at lowest eash
p" i'.-. -i. 'li'.e !!i:-!i't pri".'s paid ior-'.Vlica ai.d
Ci.i n. Funicular atieiilion Biven eusiom worfi.
aND
:IACIIIXE SHOES !
J'l.ATlNVOi rtl, STB.,
Rrpclrcr of Steam Ewjines, Boilers,
Sntr if ad (Jrist 31 i I If
;A!i AM) STKAM I' ITT istif.
1'ii.iii.ht iron Fijie. For-e n:id Lift Fipes.Steam
t.an-'T"-. Safety-Valve Governor, and all
kinds ol Fr::'-s Famine I ittini;s.
ie;.;iired on short notice.
FARM M A C H I N E K
F.M. COX,
TgJQ ANT TAILOR
" . r .
Ovfr Siilaa-on f. Nat'tan s store. Main St.,
r.etweeu -till and 5th.
nin pnpetrrd to do all b.lness in my
,.' . . j ,
line at Litin'j Rates, and
(-a: r x: n x,j f
WU. tl-vtw wi Jl U U&Xbuil.wU !
In everv instanee.
I WILL
i WARRANT A FIT I
Or make no ehar.
;V-":n i I exatr.ine Ro-.ds at. I sample.-
i;t).d Stock of trimming always on hand. 4J:n;;
W. D. JONES'
Ai;-.i;i takes the
Brick Livery Stable
j PL A TTS M G t'T 1 1 ,
N EE R ASK A
The old Bonner Stable, in F;.-.;Umonth, ate
no leased by Wm. D. J .N KS. and he hits en
hand new aud h iud-oiiic aecoimodatious, it
the siiapc of
HOWES, CARRIAGES, BUGGIES,
I a:a prepared toV.eep HORSES
FOR SALE 3 TRADE!
And r.-iil
Train and Brenk Colts
On RcA'otisble Terms.
ALSO RESXCMnES,
That with 'plenty of rooni(thit every one
kno's s I have) in my stable. 1 ean Ket F"aimei'
ftoek and watroni. o:ds of hay, &c, under cov
er. here tliev will keep lrv.
Tli.t.L-f., ii ..... ..1.1 .1. . . .
j ..ii hit I'.i.itius inr iiieir noerai-
j Ity. I solicit their trade forthe futtire. s:ltiNlied
j that I ean accommodate them better and do
; l etter hy them titan ever before.
WM. D. J0XIX
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
fttitle 7Jireeiory.
A. S. PADDOCK. I". S. Senator. Beatrice.
A I.YIN SAFNDKUS. I". S. Senator. Omaha.
THOS. .1. MAJORS, Representative, Fern.
AL15IM S NANCE. Governor. Line.iln.
S. J. ALEXANDER, Secretary of Stale.
J W. LE! DTK E. Auditor. Lincoln.
G. M. HA I! II. KIT. Treasurer. Lincoln.
S. R. THOMPSON. Snpt. Public Intliuction.
F. M. DAVIS. Laud Commissioner.
C. J. Di L WORTH. Attorney Oneral.
REV. C. C. HARRIS. Chaplain of Penitentiary.
DR. H. P. MAriUEWSON, Snpt. Hospital for
the Insane.
Supreme Court
S. MAXWELL. Chief Justice, Fremont.
GEO. B. LAKE. Omaha.
A XI AS A COBB, Lincoln.
Sgronr Judicial District.
S. P.. POUND. Jtnhf". Lincoln.
J. C. WATSON, Prosecutiti-Att'v. Neb. Citv.
W. L. WELLS, Clerk Tit. Court, Plattsmoath.
o
County Directory.
A. N. SULLIVAN, County Judge.
J. D. TUTT. County Clerk.
.1. M. l'A'l T KRSON, County Treasurer.
R. W. II VERS. Sheritf.
ti. W. FAIRFIELD. Surveyor.
G. HILDEBRAND, Coroner.
O M" NT Y COMMISSIOSFRS.
HENRY" WOLFE. Mt. Pleasant Precinct.
JAMES CRAWFORD. South Bnd Precinct.
SAM E RICHARDSON. Eight Miie Grove.
City directory,
J. W. JOHNSON. Mavor.
J. M. PATTERSON. Treasurer.
.1. D. SIMPSON. Citv Clerk.
P. P. GASS. Police Juib.'e.
P. B. MURPHY, Citv Marshal.
WM. L. V ELLS. Chief of Fire Dept.
COL'Nri I.MKN".
lr-t Ward ELI PLUM M ER, W. .1. AGNEW.
M U ari E. G. DOYEY. G. W. FAIRFIELD.
,1 W:;rd-E. C. CUSI 1 1 N"G. T I !OS. POl LOCK.
4t!l Ward F. M. DOiiRINGTON, P. MtCAL
LAN. i'ortuf utter- JNO. W. M ARSHALL.
B. & M. R. R. Time Table.
Corrected Friday, October 18, 187S.
FOR OMAHA FROM FLATTSMOCTII.
Leaves 7 :(W a. In. Arrives S !") a. in.
2 :05 p. m. " a :5o p. in.
FROM OMAHA FOR PLaTTSMOUTH.
I.c;.-vs t a. in. Arrives 11 :'-0 a. m.
; :is i. m. ' :'j p. iu.
1 OR THE WEST.
1 eaves F!atrn'.oetli 1ft :t. 1:1. Anives Lin
eo!:!, 1 p. m. ; Arrives Kear.i.-y. ti: " p. l.i.
Freight leaves 3 -.M) a. m. Ar. Lineoiii 2 :.j0 p.m.
FROM THE WEST.
Leave- K'virncy. i". a. m. Lenves Littcoln,
i2 :l" p. 'a. Arrives Flattsmont li. : :oo p. n
Fretirl;: b-nv.-s Liuei!a 11 :W it. m. Arrives
PPitlsinouth. u too p. in.
G'OING EAST.
Ev ii's'S".. 5 :1" a. iu.
Fa-wi!;-r. Grain ;: ! di'.vl p. m., ex-pt
Satuid.iy. Every third s.ituruay .1 train coii
nettal"the iiMial lime.
II. V. R. it. Time TaMr.
T.i'.tff t .Von d. if. "w.r. 4, 1ST?.
SOLI HV.AltP.
Arrives
1 Ar
Leaves
S r.. p..
.f :'.s p. M.
Hasting. 7 :l p. in. j
Bine fPli.
ivvles,.
.f. :4T p. tu
J Red Clou-:. 10 p. 1:1.
s tiitrti vv.vnp.
A rri ve
' 1 Cow i's -! :."; :. i '.
Leave:
'.ted Cloud. 4 :C0 a PI. J
I iTluc lidl r. a. in.
A y r (; a. i.i.
Ilas'ings 7 a. m.
v. S3, & q.it. a:, i im: table
V.F.!
E; r-'ss Mail.
1-ave hri :i-r'- ' Pi U'atii Pi inipm
" Mei"'.oia i 1 'Jij'in I -I.'.-.mi
t lal'. tuir -.; ' 4 .vp'u j ."..-urn
Blil.e.t"!! T i-'j.-tll S P'.-illl
" otiutua H.-.ipm 11 :am
" haiil-ili ' I 1 '.in .-p:n
Crestoa 4 i'.'iiilil .r l'lplll
Red Oak ' 7 lnain . i L'l'pm
Arr. Plattsiuou'.ii : : 2 nun :
EASTWARD.
Express Mail.
L-e-ive PlatMitouth )ii S Stun
Red OliK S iH'pm S .Via in
Cicrtnn i' :"'pm tl l.iani
Chariton 12 5:.am 1 l.'.pm
Oitumw.i ijJiiTi ." inipiii
Pan tuition i :.e..i:i X U'pm
" t:a!esbiir; s s-..r.i 11 dSptn
" M-ndoln I- ll'tu ." l';:iei
Artiv i lii-:a,;o S 3apmi 7 uOaia
ONi.Y "7 HO'-RS TO Sr. LC.VTH bv the i:ew
ROU I E i.i it opened via "toNM- Til. PULL
MAN' PALACE SLEEPING CAES run from
Hi'iiiv.-'ton to "st. Louis witl'.out champ'.
P.Y LEAVING PLATTSMOUTH AT .1 :r,o P.
M..yon arrive m Sr. LOUIS the next evening at
6 and leaving St. Louis at s r.O a. m . you ar
rive in Plattsiiueith t :i;'i the next i;eunin".
iVv.ipon Picket for sale lor all points North,
South., East aud West.
SAMUEL POWELL.
D. W. HITCHCOCK. Ticket Agei.t.
Gen. Wfstem P.is. Agent.
J. M. Fucirr i.. A sent. Phi turnout h.
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To Hoosiers in Nebraska.
Former resident of Indianin now liviie: ii
the West, desiring to obtain lite news fn-ni
rlieir old itoesier Rome. ' liiuild at oiief sub-s:-ri'
P r the l.tft of all the vvi klj pa pets.
The Xorthorxi ln;I!arj
GEX.EEUB. WILLIAMS. E.'.itci :!.,d I n
Without u doubt TllE XeKTH.iS Ix:iAmx
is tin- best weekly paper pubiilied u-ithin the
borders of Indiana. It is a large ti'rrv-ciduinn
fulio-tiie lariti st i'ltle- count v aa 'i e e.-li lum
ber i tilled to repletion wiih lediai Nei-.s,
Fditontls oi every subject, Clu.tce Frasiueels
ot ilis;i.,-y. Select Sketch", and iettei fnau its
own correspo'-detits in the East a:-d West. The
great size of Til r. Noirrii f.kn Imhaman en
ables it to fiinii-h its reader with a splendid
dun ir, iinl Story. In addition to it lar.'i-;. mount
of Misce!;:i!( us Reailin-r iiritter. and it is ( ;;
celled by every one to b.- the best i!ap.-rptdlisli-cd
in the old HonsU-r State. 1 n t iie Tu-st num
ber of in.- year isT?, will be com'.iu-i.i-ed a new
storv ei-tilleil.
K0XIE, A TAI.F.0F THE IIAKHISON
(.lA.il I'AKiN,
Tly the Rev. Edward Egle-ton. ptitlior of "Ti e
lioosier Schoolm.-Kier.-' "Th. Circuit t.'ider
etc., the Hi t of which inlaid in Iiuliati.-i. ;.nd
which wit' far surpiuw any taie published iu a
western Journal.
At the bev.!iiiii2 of the nw year Tit K I vptvy
i ax w ill pr-:.r a 1.1 arm; i I)itiib!tf uur.t ilo'.ioi.v
Number, whicli will lie the
lauokst i-Ai'Kit r.vFR ri:ivrr.i in amfrtc .
I his donhle number will be sen to reirutitr
ubsersiber the same as its usual iFae. but i-ia-s'e
copies of this special issue w iil Lf sent on
receipt i.f ten cent".
THE TERMS OFTHE INDIANIAN ARE :
Three muitlis ion trial) . ,-n
Six mouths j p.)
V'f, y;iT am)
Addie GEN. REUB. WILLIAMS.
I-maviak Frii.nixrt, VAH.t w, Er.
A riiJuisht Scene.
Forthe Hkiiald.
One night as I lay in my bed awake
In the arms of Morpheus no rest could taKe,
My two cotnpaoions in sleep pre found
Had neither eyes for beauty nor cart for sound ;
The luoonbt am so clear through the window
hone
I was driven to rise and enjoy it alone.
The fleecy white clouds, so Hofe and fine.
Do not obscure the bright nioonhii.e.
By the zephyrs the cloudlets ar$ 'ticed along ;
They fill me with Joy and gladsome somr.
I sit tne down to enjoy the pcen
And gaze at the mooa thioiii;h her beautiful
screen
And e'en as I ja.c. from time to time
The scene i;i the fky becomc-i more sublime.;
The light fleeced cloud- with a moti.ia more
grand
Seem gathering to form a heavenly land.
Oh ! then on my vi.-ion a beautiiul siht
'Pears titiged with the moon's soil delicate light.
As someUms I've eeeu iu the wild woodland
dell
A winding irregular path to the well.
With steps that lead down now narrow, now
wide
And upright or retreating moss-covered-side :
So down trom the moon through tho gathering
cloud
Seems a luminous, winding pathway plowed ;
As a spiral winds around Liies mountain' brow
So seems this heavenly vi-n n now.
And, lo, while 1 gaze with enchanted eight,
A beautiful form from the fountain, of liht
Comes forth and moves down this marvelous
stair,
Clad in silverv splendor of t';e moonshine air
Which bathes her face and her form divine
And silvers the clouds as a temple or shrine.
And still comes she on to the foot of the cloud,
"Oh lnw beautiiul!" scarcely I murmured
aloud,
" I forever could look at a scene like this
Nor earth with its joys and its sorrows could
miss.
Ala--1 as I s.ie at this vision of air
The zephyrs dissolve the form as fair.
And the clouds ,-; drifting and lioatins away
In wanton, t!c;i.:liifu! and fr l:-ioiue play.
Leaving the (,eutle niooii beams aione lo stay.
Bathing me ar.d earth and a'l with her w ay.
I)e!ightd that vbion j s r.'ie and bright
Should (Mine in the sof tcaiU midiiig.u tiht,
I sit and my thoughts e i.iisTfar away
To subjects diverse and more solemn they stray.
As this form of l:0r,it came down from on hih
Delighti-ri my wakciul enkimiiin; eye.
So whatever of good and whatever of love
Must come down to us mortals fn ni heaven
above.
I rose tin.! returned t my comrades at resl.
The pillows their slecphu; exe.i dreamiiy pit-s-ed.
While the moon through the window ail steal
thily slips
And maniles their forms and cheeks :;:id lips.
There's eauijht tf be seen but beaiiii.'ul '.iling-- :
The eriekei so happy enchanted !y si:ig.-. '
I return to my coueii of silver sheen
P.y ! i!.i ii-; too lunch on things behev
We miss the bright tints iliat i.Imvc us f.low,
Lool; up. look up. :iad you then shall see
Such t-ignts of beauty appeal big to thee.
Nor think that the views of daylight f 'ir
Y; ill melt iu the shadowy moou'.k'hi ai.
.MAHdAKLT.
BY CURISTAUEIm
It is a very commonplace f!ory I am
going to t-'ll you, w ith a very coiuinon-pla-.
e en. ling. Vo l may find i.s counier
patt m many a life that goes siientiy on
beside j'oti. I'erhajis you wid like it u-jue
the less for that, i.oivever, since it is not
alone the children who iik-j "trua felories''
best.
I think if ycu had hinted to Farmer
Seidell that his (iaugli'er wasuuh.ippy, he
would have been stupidly amazeil.
"Wliat riglit has she got to Le tiiscou
tin'.cd? ion't siie liiiie cnougti to eat
a:ul di ink f Dii t 1 dress her welt i Don't
1 iive her piu-in.'tiey no.v and then?
hat more t a:i aiu wauiC"
These interrogalive arguments seemed
uuuus.vciabie iu i.is mind. Fi.riner tSel
den hiid no idea of ajy rcasoualde wants
of ti human being that food aud clothing
and shelter ough. n. t to sat isiy.
'i here is boutethii'g pitiful iu the blind,
unreasoning fcoirovv tual comes to girls ol
Margaret's temperament iu the trans. lion
fiom girlhood lo womanhood. -Everything
is vague and t.n.icttied. It is the creaiive
chaos from whieh will bj evolved, a true
and noble womanhood. With most of us
a happy homciiie wuiis u. bravely tiirou;:h
but Margaret hai no heip Iioui this
Bource.
'1 he idle chitchat of the girls wearied
her; the btudicd compliments ol the beaux
tlid more disgusted her; her soul grew
sad in its uuhea.ER'ui solitude.
Of course this brought her into disfa
vor. 'I nose beuevoleut persons commonly
called match-makers, were sorely puzzled
Ly her conduct. "Who there to
whom she had ever been seen to give
more than a civil 'Ilovv d ye dof " The
gossips for Oiice were at a io;s for &candai.
At ia: they decided in solemn conclave
that it v.-as mysterious."
Margaret wo .id have been bravely
strong, but the trouble that teemed so real
in her hours of depression was vague and
iut.ingible like the shadow that vanishes
when you try to grasp it. The; homciiie
fretted her with its continual round of
common-piucc duties, its utter lack of re
fiuement and gruceiul adornment. The.
house itself was a great half-fiiiLhed
building, with a general air of foiioru
ness about it. There were no llowers or
shrubbery around it such tilings in
Fanner Seidell's estimation "didu"t j ay."
So the weeks slipped, and Margaret
grew white-faced Mid the shadow deep
ened in her eyes. She never complained,
she even tried to be theerl'ul, and sang
mid joined in ay tallies of fun with the
rest; but she could not help the mourn
ful droop of her eyelids or tho grieving
ca lence of her voice.
Tom noticed it. Tom was her brother,
and the only one who ever came near un
derstanding her. She was wandering in
an aimless fashion about the house, one
night, "trying to get rid of herself," she
Bait!. It made Tom uneasy.
"Mag," called his cheery voice from the
doorway, "want to walk down to the pas
ture, lo-utgiitr
For answer Margaret caught up her
sundown, and loiued him. lhey walked
along in sheiice. Tom was evidently in
1.. e 1 . i- 11 1 . 1 .1
no linrrr t.ir Lis f :il --r ll let lirvreii in
bars
and let Hnndle and Hess and the
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"o' I'os iiiiu.iu, tueu iui ti;e til up ugam
6till preserving silence. Then he faced
square round in the path, to suddenly as
to startle his sister.
"-Mag," he broke out abruptly, "I want
to know what is the matter. What makes
you go round with that white face as if
you had lost your best friend and never
expected to get another? Y"oa don't mope
I couldn t stand that but you look as
I imagine I should just before I commit
ted suicide. Don t, Mag," for she was
sobbing now, "it hurts me to see you cry
hke thaV said Tom, coaxinglr, throwing
an arm rotind her. ("Ilanpr it!" lie mut
tered under bis breath, "I don't know
what to say to a jjir!. 1 never have the
dumps.")
'Oh, Tom !" said Margaret at last lift
ing a very wet face, "how can I tcil you
anything about it? You won't under
stand." "Try me," said Tom, antentiously.
"O Tom! I wish you couid be in my
place for just one little minute. 1 wish
tou could see Iiow hard it is for me at
home. I don't dislike housework; I think 'this caso Margaret was the good fairy aid
Icould make it beautiful if I could doit j ed by that wonderful magician money,
in my own way, but in our house it is The color came bac k to her cheek and
drudgery. It is grander to make a home
aud keep it than to make a poem, but it
is not grand to be only the hands while
someone else does all the thinking. 1 get
so tired sometimes staying within those
four square walls;' I d like to make them
live for variety. You work all day, and
when you come home at night it seems a
pleasant place to rest in; but, Tom, tlon't
you remember when 3'ou broke your arm
last Summer and had to stay there live
weeks.' It seemed like a prison, you said,
though we had new books ami papers for
you and tried ia every way to make it
pleasant. Suppose you had to stay there
u,l the time uo you think you wo.id be
contented f
"Io, I don't."' said Tom, honestly.
"And now I think of it, the house is a
porwy old hole. I remember how 1 used
to count the cracks in the ceiling till my
eyes ached, and there isn't an inch of that
ttlingy osd Widi-pupcr that my eyes haven't
traveled ovir. Its a miserable oid house
and ought to be torn down," said Tom,
lioyiikc, going as far in one direction as
he had been in the oilier.
"There you go, Tom, rushing from one
extreme to the other. The house isn't so
bad; it only needs freshening up a bit.
Carpets and wall-paper would go a long
way toward making it brighter, an 1 a
few pictures and vases aud books oh! I
could make it lovely if they wouil let
nie,"taid Margctct, (hawing a long brexiii
as she tiiougm ot the old nouse growing
blight uudcr her hamls. ilut her b.ee
clouded as she thought how lmpossiijte it
was. "It's no use to talk about it," she
said wilh a sigh that was habitual of late,
"they never would consent to it."
"iut they shall," said Tom, "if it will
make you iiappier. And so this is what
ha.s made you mseonteiitedf'
"Partly," she answered. Then seeing
that Turn awaited tin explanation of that
t ord, tukied : "But that is the least f it.
My ,i:e is just like tue hou.-c, poor and
piaiu and unattractive. It is just us when
i was a child the things 1 wanted weie
always on tho highe-t sneives, out of my
reach. I love music, and tiiat is denied
f f.n1,l i,t t t ,.t tiivu,!!' in sliwli- i r"
j 111 , J. ll'Ull O v V ... J - -- - '--'J -
I had boo.ii ana teachers, but lather is
afraid I'll grow btroi.g minded. '
"Seel"' sa,d MMguict :t li-st, "the stars
have come out wnilc we have been talk
ing. Mother will wonder what has 'be
come of us."
co nicy walked I101.13 together, and
that walk tightened the chain of love tiiat
bound tin iu. Tom rcgisteied a vow that
tiii: lit that his ".itiie sister"' should be
proud of him. 1'ethaj s ti.e memory of
her will heip to keep his heait pure
"when he is a man amopg men."
They readied home, and Margaret went
to her chamber, but Tom found his father.
"I have something to say to you, sir,"
he said, coming directly to the oint.
"'1 hat's right, my boy," putting :i hand
on Tom's shoulder. "Always come to me
when you get into trouble. W hat now?
(Jut with it."
"It isn't a 'scrape' tills time, father,"
said Tom, coloring at the remembrance of
his last confession. "It's about Margaret."
'Oil 1" said the old man, slowly, almost
fearing to hear what wou d come next.
Farmer Selden was proud of His boy, aud
dealt more leniently with his school-boy
pranks than might have been judicious
with a less open and honorable nature.
Tom always "confessed," and always
"meant to do better next time." Ills
father winked indulgently at his follies
remembering his own at the same hilar
ious age. "Hoys must sow their wild
oat,'' he w as won't to say.
But girls! "What cou:d Margaret have
been doing?
Tom sxn set his mind at re?t on that
score. It was something that Margaret
wanted to do. Tom launched into the
middle of his subject at once. At first
Farmer Selden listened with grave disap
piova!; then he grew interested, and once
in r. while interjected an exclamanation
of astent "that's so," "true," "sure
enough."
Tom was not elo.-jucnT, but he loved
his sister, and he hud one qua!. fixation
of a good lawyer he wts thotouohly in
er.niett. He pie.tded his cause, or rather
Margaret's, bitter than the could have
done it hetse.f. As for Farmer Selden,
his skull wa, truth to s.iy, remarkably
thick; but when an idea did penetrate it,
it stayed and worked revolutions there.
He promised to "see ai out it.' That,
Tom knew, was uo put oil", but a real in
tention to give the subjectcareful thought.
Farmer Selden he.d a debate with him
self that night. Un the one side was a
girl's whim (for it really seemed such to
Jifm) on the o'.her hi3 own established,
tliorough-goin r conservatism. He never
iiked new fit.ns whatever their merits.
TI.e old slraw hat that suited him ten
years ago, still made a pretence of shel
tering the locks that were every day get
ting grayer and thinner. This incident,
trifling mt it may seem, lurnitlied aa in
tle.x to his "whole character. Theretorel
h(,u,r him the more that he was widing
to give Tom s petition a fair consiacia
tion. 1 he great old-fashioned house had al
ways s; .-clued well enough to him, aud he
had never minded that there were no
llowers or tiees wound it. He utver
cared forsuch things.Lut then he supposed
women were different. The walls were
dirgy, Trerent they? and there wasn't
a carpet ia the house. And what was
Tom saying aLout a piano, and. bioks-;
and pictures? Wouid it pay? Such i
needtess t-xpessj! "Let vieU enough
a!one" that .was his motto. It would'
! take a go
rrood deal of money for all those i
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lint on 1 11c other r.and arose Marrraret s
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Willie, salt! I act" Sid our or imrft rm.m 1
i mere is no iiiriuu word mai expresses 11. i
He remembeied her tbsappoiniod bice j
wneu ne sitorny leiusea to get iter a pi
ano a year ago. How giad he might
make Inr if ho chose! Farmer Selden
loved his daughter, and he resolved
to make her happy whether it "paid" or
not.
There were better times in store for
Margaret- It was not that the old house
took on a pleasanter aspect, but in some
mysterious way her whole life grew rich
and warm and full. Tho Seldcns loved
each other perhaps as much as most fam
I ilies, but hekad soraetiraes wisiietl they
were a little more demonstratira in their
ailection. It was not euough to know
j that she was truly loved, ilargartt want
; ed lo be toid of it iu words and looks and
daily kmdMesscs.
! Tom and Lift fn'her were secretly p'cas-
ed at the rejuvtnated aspect of the house,
j Many a mau lives (ir.ietiy eu, not caring,
or thinking he does not care, whether his
surioiimlings arc beautiful or not, who
would in leaiitv be dc!i,h:ed were fconio
Cou lairy to eucct a iiicamoij
i isis. In
I lie ngni to ner eyes us sue iiiueu over
j the house adding little touches of btiht
1 ness here and there, yet nowhere disturb
j ing the primitive simplicity that ha i been
uer lather a deitglir. 1 he great wtt:ng
room began to take on an arr- of coney
comfort; the somber parlor lost its old
fashioned 6tiffiieb3 without as.-.uining a
new-fashioned fnvolty. Uooks and pic
tures multiplied, nnd a new piano gave
her many happy hours.
Then there was wotk to be done out of
doors, and here Tom was her linn ally.
They planted trees in whit h it intut be
confessed Tom did all the wotk, and ar
ranged flower-gardens with a zeal that en
suted health atid strength for themselves
whether the liowers tio'irisiied or not.
Thee doings had gicttt interest forthe
gossips as well as for some not belonging
to that genus. Visitors came and went
at "the beidcu place," and Margaret in
her character of hostess forgot to lie shy
and really made some agreeauie acquain
tances. Waccrly .
Walking as a Science.
The following are a few valuable hiut.i,
which have been taught by tho.o who
have walked as a prolession :
Diet judiciously, but by no means scant
ly; remember the bath-tub, but never
abuse it, lemembering that daily agree
able baths are by far more benelicial than
less freijuent irigid shocks. Hear in mind
that freijueut changes of under-clothing
are of nul impoitaute and tluu do not
lotget that ail classes of muscles must
have some action to insure a harmonious
vitality, without which no gieat physical
Clort can be ma e. So wheuono sdarts
to make a long waik lie must not let his
aims hang idly by his side, but must
bring the bands to the level cf the waist
ami tueu swing them easily and in ca
dence will; the feet. This serves to keep
tue cliest weil expanded, lo promote a
uuiloim circulation, and prevent a stagna
tion of the blood iu the upper extremities,
in the meantime 1 lie chest should be car
ried s.pjarely to th : front, devoid, as uear
y as may be, of niotp n, allowing the legs
os'.vii.'g us from a coup. e of nearly sta
ionary pivots. Then the kuees s..ou.d
be bent oiiiy so mueli as is tibso-uteiy
necessary. liy these means the feet are
kept ciose to the ground, and arc allowed
to bwiug ouiy lreim an initial iiiipitise,
rather loan u contiaued c libit, so that
any undue (und a very common) exertion
is uwided. An excessively iong gait is
to be severely deptccated as is also a very
short one. lb sum up tile science id'
walking, it oniy remains to be said, keep
as many sets oi muacics in p. ay as may
be without sapping the vital energies, but
use none excessively. See that the cir
culation is unimpeded, und that the
stomach is not overloaded nor by any
means empty. Frequent lunches uie more
tlcsiiabie tiiuii weighty meal?, and person
al cieaUiiuess is ot the first importance.
BtrUii Herald.
Abraham Lincoln.
In some remarks about the great Presi
dent made by Uishop Simpson to the stu
tleutsof Yale Theological Seminary is tiiis
characteristic incident:
'1 he honesty of which I spoke gave hini
a pecudar frunkut s of expression, lie
leit you at no loss to know what ho
meant. If he could not do what you de
sited, he baid so; if he could, it seemed
to give hhn gradiicaiion to be able to
confer a favor; but he was honest, frank,
nnd outspoken. You knew what he
meant, and yetwhen hr desired to con
ceal his purposes, as he was quite fre
quently obiigeil lo do, as a rule, he well
knew how to do it. I was iutormed one
day that a committee from New York,
composed of leading citizens, went to see
huu in reference to the conduct of tho
war. Alt' r they had transacted their
geueral business, and the committee was
making their way to the door ho was
standing in the other part of the room
one of the gentlemen, who presumed on
his acquaintance with Mr. Lincoln to 8sk
particularly searching questions, stepped
Uj to him, and in the lowest tone of voice
said: ".Mr. President, 1 would like to
know where lluruside's ileet is going:"
lPiinside had jnst sai.ed with a lleet, but
the destination was unknown. "Well,"
said Mr. Lincoln, in a low tone ot voice,
"would you veiv much like to knows"
"Yes," he said he wouid. "Well, now,"
said .Mr. Lincoln, "if I would tell you,
perhaps you would tell same one else."
-.No,' said he, "I would not." Then Mr.
Liiuoln, putting ujhis hand to his face,
and, as if to whisper, siiid loud enough
for all to hear, "JIc gone to tea!11
Lake Yellowstone.
The mood of the lake is ever changing,
tho character of its'6hore ever va.ymg,
ssys Wavcrly. At one moment it is p. acid
and g.assy us a summer s sea; at the next
it "b.eaks into dimples, and laughs in the
sun." Unit" an hour later, beneath a
s.ormy frky, its waters may be broken aud
lashed into an angry at.d dangerous sea,
like die short, chop waves which rise in
storms on Lake Erie an i Lake Michigan.
Vv hen we iirst saw it, it hsd a giiiteiing
beach of giay anil rock crystal band, but
as we continued around it. we found
i rocky and muddy shou-s, gravel beaches
! on which several varieties of chaiceuony
j were profusely scattered aud hot springs
in abundance. Jvt ar the southeast end ot
the lake is th? highest peak iu the vicini
ty. It is sleep and bairen, anil fiotn the
lake shore appears to taper V a point. On
the south sue is a precipice nearly one
thousand feet high. Two of the parly as
cended it. It took them all of one day to
make the trip and return. About . two
thads of the way up lhey w.ie obliged to
leuve their horses and continue the ascent
on foot. The altitude of the mountain.
! as ascertained by observations with the
j thermometer and barometer, was eleven
: thousand ouh hundred aud sixty-three
; feet. Much snow w as found beloie reach-
ing the summit. A line view of the sur
i rounding country, and a good i.iea cf tho
' shape of tho iat.e, were obtained, lui
menso sieain-jeta were 6ecn to the south,
: but as our time was l ecoming somewhat
limited, we did not remain to visit them.
, Several barometrical calculations wera
made, and we determined the height of
the lake to b eight thousand three hun-
drcd faat.
lite lilack Peat!:.
The black death, which h.T3 again
appeared in sjrne? parts of Russia,
has proved very destructive and
caused the greatest al.;rm. This is
IIki- same disease which in the fotil
teenth century desolated the glob?,
and gets its name from the bh-d:
spots, symptomatic of a putrid do
coiuposion, that &how thomselvCs at
one of tho stages on the skin of tho
sufferer. It is thought to have has its
origni in China in 133), some fifteen
years before its outbreak' in Europe,
and it raged for fifteen year?, vrhilo
drought, famine, wools, oarthquakos;
that swallowed towns, and mountains,
and swarms of locusts spread tlc.sti no
tion every where. During that period
Europe had as mary abnormal condi
tions as the east. The order of nature
seemed to b reversed. The season
at varii-r.i? times were in versed; tliun
der stonn-3 were frequent in mid win
ter, and volcanoes long considered
extinct burst forth afresh. Tho theory
is that the extraordinary activity
of the earth. accompanied by decani po
silion of vast organic masses
myriads of locusts, brutes and bodies
of human b-ings produced some
change in the atuisophere inimical 'to
life. Some writers say that the im
pure air was actually visible) as it
approached with its burden of death.
Tho plague owed its extention almost
wholly to infecli in and contagion
Ex.
On ar-ount of the arrival of a cargo
of live cattle in England from the
United States suspected to bo infee'ed
with pleuro-pneutnonia by the it. spec
tor, though this is denial by compe
tent experts, the 'agi i?ulttii al interests'
of Great Eritain are clamoring for aa
oi(r of the Privy Council forbidding
the 1'uriln r importation of cattle from
this country. With the present dis! r?ss
arid starvation among th? lower class
es. s::rlt a policy on the part of the
'dnt.isii Government, unless absolutely
ti t ct ssai y. will be suicide.!. Now is
not a good time to take measures to
raise 1 l.e price of food in lot I'nited
Kingdom. The Privy Council of
Canada. according to latest advices.)
have prohibited further importation
l'roii the United States for three
months from the first of February,
under the pretext that onr cattle are
"infected." Probably a critical exami
nati.ui of Canada herring and mackerel
would show that thy have ph nropneu
moni.i also, and a little reciprocity of
prohibition would be timely and t ffect
ual. Journal.
Cliats with or.r lixchangt s.
An average of a. tu unlet' a week since
the first of December, is not bad for a
young Slate like Nebraska.
Mr. Sidney Ifc IJarkalow, of Omaha,
ami Miss Carrie E. McXamara daugh
ter of Dr. McXamara of Fremont,
were married on the 19lh inst.
The Bee makes a black list t.f those
who voted in the Senate against the
resolution to reduce the rati 3 of toll
on the L'. P. bridge at Omaha.
Necktie sociables will be qtii'.e faslt
ionable the coming season. Sciilenck-t-r
will p irticir-ate, iti otic 0:1 the 7;h
of March, Cassler on the 20th of April,
aud Kicbards be present and also no
ticeably coiispicip.ms on a Himilar oc
casion, sometime in the near future.
Columbus Journal : Several severe
ea:es cf Scat let fever in Polk County.
. .Masquerdae 'ball b-' the Hook and
Ladder ('('...Applications for lanJs
arc numrrotis. . .Partus sWaling tim
ber from the Piatte liiver bridge. The
County c tiers a reward for their detec
tion. A ifisso'tbc char.-.cter named Jim
Johnson was shot by Garret Joy at
Enlo. Kicitardson cotiiuy, on the ',
inst. Johnson bad twice before at
tempted to enter the I. oitae - of Joy, it
is supposed with disiionoial le inten
tions tti'vaiils Joy's wife, and h;.d
been shot at by both Mr. d Mrs. Joy,
the third time the wound being fata!.
Euitoiiian: A rail road coming into
Burt from the East soon, sure.. A pe
tition from seveiity-twj voters of Te
k.tmah ar.-.i one hurpJreJ and twenty
four ladies was presented to the city
council asking them to refuse license
to saloons; it was refused and license
ii-.uted.. . Hon. I. Powers of Dakcia
should be appointed by Gov. Nance to
the vacaiiLJudgeship cf the Clh lis
tiict, iti place of E. K. Valentine.
Nebraska Advertiser: A letter fio..t
N. L. Andrews, Speaker of the House
of Keprest-nlativts of Wyoming Tel..
to Hon. J. W. Kingman, gives the ar
guments of a convert to woman's .suf
frage.. .Lincoln correspondent says
Gen. MciUide and Lieut. Gov. Carnes
are Loth of the opinion Marshal Dai
ly's shoes will St thiin...It is general
ly conceded Mr. Polock, of Otoe Co..
made the ablest speech in favor of the
prchil.'itiou bill. No houses for rent,
at Nemaha city. ;
The perfume manufacturers in tho de
partment ot the MaiiiimeAips consume
annually CT0 i0 liun 'r d weight of roses, j
and the r.eighboiiiood of Gr is.sc and j
Ciiaues is thickly studded with rose farms, j
On one hectare of two nnd a half acres
R'J.OUO bushes are plunted, a single bush
yielding for twelve years. A single hec
tare in good cultivation will net an aver
age profit of twenty-four per cent per
scar- ;
flaok Notices.
We have received the advance sheets
of Erin Go Bragh, a romance by Mrs.
Mary A. Dcnnisvin, the author of "That
Husband of Mine," of which popular
work over two hundred thousand cop
ies have been sol 1. Erin Go llragh ia
a historical drama founded in part on
the Irish revolution of 170S, and tho
opening chapters give promise of much,
interest. It will be published the first
of March by Franklin Hives, Globe
Printing and Publishing House, Wash,
inicton, I . C.
The forthcoming number of " The
Popular Science Monthly" (for March
1ST;), will contain, among other arti
cles, the follow ing ;
"The Electric Light," Uv Prof. J.
Tynda'J, F. It. S.. etc. "On the Chemi
cal El.n ats." Ey Prof. Jhti Nor
man Eoekyer, F. li. S., etc. "nxperi
inents with Living Human F.eintfs."
Hy Dr. George M. Uuard. "Sciew and
Socialism." P.y 1'rof. Oscar chmidt.
" Is Conscience primitive?" Hy War
ring Wilkinson.
Frank Llie's IVptilar Jloathly r.n"
.".larch
Is an unusually interesting n;iiix'i
both in its literary and artistic depart
ments. The opening paper i.s an elab
oiatu artie'e by ltichard li. Kimball,
author of "St. Ledger," on tho " Great
Money Marts of the World." profusely
illustrated and replete with interest
ing information. " The National and
Typical Danco3 ol the World," traces
the. his'ory of dancing from an early
period, and illustrates the chaiacteris
tie dances of the different ract s. Tin
department of fie! ion Is peculiarly rich,
Mr. Benedict's admirable serial," " Nor
man Desboruugh's Son," is continued,
and there are a great many short sto
ries by Etta W. Pierce, M. T. Calder,
Annie Thomas, and other popular wri
ters. Thre are tales of adventures of
thrilling interest; " II ippopotam-n
Hunting" iind "My First Lion Hunt"'
are particularly notable. "The Nut-'
Brown Mai l," is :i fine ballad of the
olden time. The miscellaneous cte
parlment abounds with entertaining
and iiis'riictive reading, embracing a
vast v u iely of subjects. In every res
pect this, number of the Popular Month-'
Iv i.s cah tilated in maintain tin: well-deserved
reputation of this periodica!
which for merit, comprehensiveness'
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Cultivate Children" Natures.
Among eases of injustice to children are'
those that not alone consist in depriving
them of food, clothes and lire, in deriding
tho;n out to 1 eg, lee. ting arid otherwise
hysit ally laf.lir-titin tln.m. There is
another ki.id ol injury often inflicted up
on children, v. haii, though wid'dy dilTer
ebt in chaiacn r, :s not inl'ieqiiently as
pi ririt ions in its results. H is the utter
it.dl.i'. n nee nnd hcedie'Si.rss on the j art
of nr.. nls ci.ncernii.g the pioper develop
ment of the iiBtal individuality of their
sons nnd daughter'. With deep regret
and sham", in condemning a chess in soci
clvtowhith we oniMbvea belong and
wh'.i-e characteristics we have studied for
years, we nr compelled t' declare this
fault to be part icuinrly nota t-abe in the
famiiicsot even the we: I-to do of the funn
ing population.
The evil is not deliberately intended,
but i.s the result -t a narrow, restricted,
treadmill life. Far men should be tho
most independent, liberal-minded, and
thoughtful class in the nation, for our ng
ricuit'iriidsaic the sinew and back-bone of
our country. That they are ut so is their
own fault, 'lhey sink simply into the low
idea of raising so much pork ai, 1 beef, at
so much per hundred, losing bight of tho
grander thought that they are raising food
lor the world.
Instead of r girding their work a3 a sci
entific profession reqtiiring for ii success
the exercine of intelligence and informa
tion, Ih- y degrade it into n hard, unremit
ting drudgery, by which bread miif-t be
wrest d Imju the grip of an unwitting
destiny. The child. en soon learn from
their ciders to regard it in the h una man
lier, and very naturally determine to earn
their living in some pursuit that will in
volve less toil and yielel larger compensa
tion, and which wiil enable them to corno
within tho refreshing influences of the
1 irec.es of progress iu the outside world.
1 heir home is uncongenial und gloomy,
their parents b;o overworked to be cither
companionable to them or to sympathize
with their youthful yearning for some
brighter, healthier mental atmosphere
Too often they feci themselves regarded
as so many servants, w hose service does
nU fj'iite compensate f r their hoard and
clothes. Of ti is they ore often reminded
when they exhibit tin rest in the moii'don
ous tn adniiil, or evince any desire lor a
higher iutebeitual culture. Tills enbitters
tl iti child against the whole world, and hi
si cretly determines to leave his heno as
sovu as he can, lor ti.e purpose of "having
a good time,"' or, what f iequently 1urn
out.a bad time; for if his utter incompe
tence t ) grapple with the world's dillicul
ties and temptations des not result in
wrecking him body and soul, he usually
becomes a nonentity of no particular use,
cither to himself or the rest of humanity.
Parents worry themselves ac-cuinuh.ting
money to leave their children, and by
their unwise lack of education leave them
perfectly unfitted to take care t f w hat has
caused them years of toil to acquire. How
much bi tter to have devoted the effbit to
cultivating the high' st and noblest, 'of a
child's nature, watching for the natural
bios of tastes, nnel directing their inclina
tions in suitable directions. Iiy the first
plan they are made helpless dependents;
by the last they are able to help thenv
selves and others.
"Wild chickens numbered by thousand
are hunted ns wild game in Connnch
county, Texaa. A few years ago. a lnr. -number
of domestic chickens wcro ' .
i-erted, for com reason, by their uttui i.
when they took to the brush, and t-'.
wood are new full of them .
