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VOL. X.--NO. 18.
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1879.
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A. S. Paddock, U. S. Senator, Beatrice.
ALvin Saunders, U. S. Senator, Omaha.
T. J. MaJORL, Rep., Peru.
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STATE DIRECTORY:
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S.J. Alexander, Secretary of State.
F. W. Licdtkc, Auditor, Lincoln.
G. M. Bartlctt, Treasurer, Lincoln.
C.J. Dilworth, Attorney-General.
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II. P. Mathewhon, Supt. Insane Asylum.
JUDICIARY:
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Amarfa?obLba.k1AssociatcJudgeS
FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
G. W. Post, Judgre, York.
31. B. Reese, District Attorney, Wahoo.
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COLUMBUS, NEB.
E. C. Hocksnbergzr, Clerk,
Speaks German.
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2:15 p.m.
4:30 a.m.
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U P. trains at Omaha. On Saturdays
there will be but one train a day, as
shown by the following schedule:
Colnmtmx Iost Office.
Open on Sundays trem 11 a.m. to 12 m.
and from 4:30 to G p. m. Business
hours except Sunday G a. m. to 8 p. m.
Extern mails cIoe at'll a. m.
Western mails close at 4:15 p.m.
Mail leaves Columbus for Madison and
Norfolk, daily, except Sunday, at 10
a.m. Arrives at i :30 p.m.
For Monroe, Genoa. Watcrville and Al
bion, daily except Sunday 6 A. M. Ar
rive, panic, G p.m.
For Osceola and York,Tuedays,Thurs
days and Saturdays, 7 A. M. Arrives
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays,
G p. M.
For Weir, .Farral and Battle Creek,
Monday, Wednesdays and Fridays,
6 a. m. Arrives Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays, at G p. m.
For Shell Creek, Crestou and Stanton,
on Monday and Fridays at 6 A.M.
Arrives Tuesdays and Saturday, at
fi p. M.
For Alexis, Patron and David City,
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays,
1 P. M. "Arrives at 12 m.
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Bernard. Saturdays, 7 A. M. Arrives
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PICTURES! PICTURES!
NOW IS THE TIME to secure a life
like picture of yourself and chil
dren at the New Art Rooms, east 11th
arret, south side railroad track, Colum
bus, Nebraska.
478-tf Mr. S. A. .Tosselyx.
KELLY & SLATTERY,
HOLDS HIMSELF IN READINESS
for any work iu his line. Before
letting your contracts for buildings of
any description call on or address him
at Columbus, Neb. jSTFirst-cIass ap
paratus for removing building".
FOR SALE OR TRADE !
MARES 1 COLTS,
Teams of
Horses or Oxen,
S,VIIL.E PONIES, wild or broke,
at the Corral of
423 OERRARD & ZEIOLER.
Chicago Barber Shop.
Cjprrlts "Eirccri E::,"
COLUMBUS, NEB.
HAIR CUTTING done in the latest
.styles, with or without machine.
None but first-class workmen employed.
Ladies' and children's hair cutting a
.pceiaHj. HENRY WOODS,
412 Gm Proprietor.
.STAGE ROUTE.
JOHN IIUBER, the mail-carrier be
tween Columbus and Albion, will
leave Columbus everyday except Sun
day at 6 o'clock, sharp, passing through
Monroe, Geuoa, Wat-irville, and to Al
bion The hack will call at either of
the Hotels for passengers if orders are
left at the post-oihYe. Rates reason
able, ?2 to Albion. 222.1y
GOOD CHEAP BRICK !
AT MY RESIDENCE. on Shell Creek,
three mile- ea'.t of Matthis's bridge,
I have
70,000 good, hard-burnt brick
lor ship,
which will be sold in lots to suit pur
chaers.
418-tf GEORGE IIENGGLER.
Columbus Meat Market!
WEBER & KNOBEli, Prop's.
KEEP ON HAND all kinds of fresh
meats, and smoked pork and beef;
also fresh fish. Make sausage a spec
ialty. JSTRemcmbcr the place. Elev
enth St., one door west of D. Ryan's
hotel. 417-tf
DOCTOR B0NESTEEL,
V. S. EXAMINING NURGF.O.V
COLUMBUS, : NEBRASKA.
OFFICE HOURS, 10 to 12 a. m., 2 to
i p. m., and 7 to 9 p. m. Otlice on
Nebraska Avenue, three doors north of
E. .1. Baker's grain otlice. Residence,
corner Wyoming and Walnut streets,
north Columbus, Nebr. -i33-tf
Dietrickfc' 31cat Market.
Washington ve., nrarlr opposite Court Houoe.
OWING TO THE CLOSE TIMES,
meat will be sold at this market
low, low down for cash.
Best steak, per Jb., 10c.
Rib roast, ... .8c.
Boil. 6c.
Two cents a pound more than the above
prices will e cnargeu on time, ana inai
to good responsible parties only. 267.
.MRS. W. L. COSSEY,
Dress and Shirt Maker,
3 Door. Vitl of SUll man's Drag Store.
Dresses and shirts cut and made to
order and satisfaction guaranteed. Will
alr-o do plain or fancy sewing of any de
scription. ST PRICES VERY REASONABLE.
Give me a call and trv my v, ork.
425-ly
FARMERS!
BE OF GOOD CnEER. Let not the
low prices of your products dis
courage you. but rather limit jour ex
penses to your resources. You can do
uo by stopping at the new home of your
fellow farmer, where you can find good
accommodations cheap. For hay for
team for one night and day, 25 cts. A
room furnished with a cook stove and
bunks, in connection with the stable
free. Those wishing can be accommo
dated at the house of the undersigned
at the following rates: "Meals 25 cents;
beds 10 cents. J. B. SENECAL,
. mile east of Gerrard's Corral.
HENRY GA8S,
UNDERTAKER, KEEP8 ON HAND
ready-made and Metallic Coffins,
Walnut Picture Frames. Mends Cane
Seat Chairs. Keeps on hand Black Waf
nut Lumber.
Vuiisria Ati. cypethi Ccvt Zttit. CsHsi. Stfe
MB? m wlaM
BUSINESS CARDS
BEICK!
RIEMER & STOLCE keep constantly
on hand and furnish in the Avail,
the best of brick. Orders solicited. Ad
ress, as above, box 95, Columbus. 478.
I)r. E. L.. S1GGIXS,
Physician and Surgeon.
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jSTOffice open
at all hours
Bank Building.
notice:
IF YOU have any real estate for sale,
if you wish to'buy cither in or out
of the city, if you wish to trade city
property for lands, or lands for city
property, jrivc.us a call.
" "YVAnswoirrn & Josselyx.
A."
SIMPSON,
ATT0H2TEY
AT LAW.
Will practice in all the courts of the
State. Prompt attention given to all
business entrusted to his care.
Office: Up-stairs, one door east of
Journal office, Columbus. 479-Gtn
NELSON MILLKTT. BYRON MILLETT,
Justice of the Peace and
Notary Public.
J. .1III.L.ETT Ac SOIV,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Columbus,
Nebraska. N. B. They will give
cloe attention to all business entrusted
to them. 2IS.
T S. MUKDOCK & SON,
" ' Carpenters and Contractors.
Have had an extended experience, and
will guarantee satisfaction In work.
All kinds of repairing done on short
notice. Our motto is, Good work and
fair prices. Call and give ns nn oppor
tunity to estimate for you. 2?"Shop at
the Big Windmill, Columbus, Nebr.
483-v
GEORGE N. DERRY,
CARRIAGE,
House k Sign Painting,
Q2AIHIN3, aLASlNS,
Paper Blaucing:,
KALSOMINJNG, Etc.
33TA11 work warranted. Shop on
Olive street, opposite the "Tattcrsall"
Stables. aprlGy
F. SCHECK,
Manufacturer and Dealer in
CIGARS AND TOBACCO.
ALL KINDS OP
SMOKING ARTICLES.
Storeon Olive St., near the old Post-office
Columbua Nebraska. Ul-ly
H. 0. CABZW, .'. B. WUP.
ITctuy li:.
CAREW & CAMP,
Attorneys and Counselors at Law,
AND REAL ESTA TE AGENTS.
Will give prompt attention to all busi
ness entrusted to them iu this and ad
joining counties. Collections made
Office on 11th street, opposite HeintzS
drug-store, Columbus, Neb. Spricht
Deutsch Parle Franeias.
LAW, REAL ESTATE
AND GENERAL
C0LLECTI0N0FFICE
W. S. GOEE3R.
lirONEY TO LOAN in small lots on
1VL farm property, time one to three
vears. Farms with some improvements
bought and sold. Office for the present
at the Clother noue, Columbus, Neb.
473-X
CALIFORNIA WINES!
BcdaslWlite,
3I.252S1.7S
A GALLON
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SAML. GASS'S,
KleTenth Street.
LDERS&SCHREIBEE
Blacksmiths and Wagon Makerr.
.ILL KINDS OF
Repairing Done on Short Notice.
EsEglcs, Tc:s, St:., Miij t: C:dcr.
ALL WORK WARRANTED.
They also keep on hand
Furst & Bradley Plows,
SULKY PLOWS, CULTIVATORS, &C.
Shop on Olive Street, opposite Tattcr
sall. COLUMBUS, NEB.
WM. BECKER,
)DALR IX(
GROCERIES,
Grain, Produce, Etc.
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NEW STORE, NEW GOODS.
Goods delivered Free of Charge;
anywhere in the city.
Corner of 13th and Madison Sta.
North of Foundry. 397
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"OLD PIP."
I have knocked about a good deal
in my time, and seen many ups and
downs ; for a man who has led such
a nomadic life as myself would be a
singularly lucky person if he never
found himself minus a meal or a
dollar.
In '54 I was in California, and
pretty wealthy, for I had been for
tunate in the diggings. Iu '5S I
tramped from Ballarat to Avoca, iu
Australia, without a cent in my
pocket, for luck had deserted me,
and I could not hit on a claim iu
Victoria that half repaid me for
my labor in working it.
One chilly evening in June a
Winter month in the southern hemi
sphere I halted, after a long day's
march, at the door of a little shanty
near Avoca, over which was a rude
ly lettered signboard, indicating it
a store.
"You're welcome, chnm, even if
you haven't a grain o' dust or a six
pence in your pocket ; for you don't
look like a 'lag,' and the best of us
sees hard timc9 now and then. Come
inside. Is that your dorg? Well,
he's welcome, too, poor creotur
though ho ain't noways handsome."
"I like a man better when I sec a
dorg at his heels; for a feller ain't
bad enough to be outlawed if one of
them poor, dumb brutes love him,"
said a bright-eyed, buxom, garru
lous matron, who answered my
appeal for supper and a night's
lodging.
My dog was not one that would
have taken a prize for beauty at any
show in the States. He was a brin
dled bull-terrier, and his pugnacious
propensities had cost him an eye;
but he was true as steel, and, like
most of his breed, was keen and
quick-witted as a human being. I
loved Pip, for he stuck to me thro'
all my misfortunes, and was "almost
the only remaining tie that bound
me to the world.
Our kind hostess ushered us into
a small kitchen that was a model of
ciPanlinpS5 aml vn..ontly opt bofore
mean abundant supply of succulent
viands, which 1 ate with avidity.
Neil her was old Pip forgotten.
He came in for a share of the good
things and received more caresses
from our hostess :md her two
sprightly youngsters than had been
bestowed upon him during his life
time. "Where' Maggie, Mrs. Hyat?"
asked a tall, handsome young man ;
evidently a privileged person, for he
entered without knocking.
"She went to Carter's thh after
uoon, and hasn't returned yet. 1
wish she'd come back, for it's a bad
ro.-.d she's got to travel. You'd bet
ter go to meet her, Ned, 1 you are
not too tired ; for my old man's
away at the Ovens still."
"All right; I'll go, fori want to
see her," said the young man, gruffly,
as he took his departure.
"Maggie U my eldest girl, and
Ned Vance is her sweetheart," ex
plained Mrs. Hyatt.
I smoked my pipe and chatted fa
miliarly with myhostes8 until about
ten o'clock, when Vance suddenly
entered the room, hot and breath
less. "Hasn't Maggie returned?" he in
quired, excitedly. "She left Carter's
soon after nightfall, for I went all
the way there, thinking to find her.
I kept a sharp lookout for her on
my way back, but not seeing her,
thought we must have passed each
other on the old Swan diggings, and
she would have arrived here before
me. "What can have become of her,
I wonder?" he added.
"You haven't got time to wouder,
Ned Vance! If you love my girl
half as much as you profess to, you'll
go seek her at once! She's lost her
way, and, maybe, has falleu iuto one
of the old sinkings on the diggings.
Get a lantern out of the storeroom,
and he quick about itl for some of
those holes must be half full of wa
ter, after al! the rain that fell last
week."
I volunteered to assist Vance in
the search for his sweetheart; so we
set out together.
It was a bleak, dreary night. A
strong breize w-i: blowing, and sa
blo rluud eilm lho stars from
view.
We searched the Swan diggings
carefully, and more than once were
in danger of precipitating ourselves
into the deep shafts which gold
seekers had sunk, and finally aban
doned as non-auriferous.
Vance at last became so excited as
apparently to lose all control over
himself, and ran from one hole to
another, in a manner useless and
absurd.
"Let's try further to the right.
It's pretty certain the girl isu't in
any of the hole9 hereabout," I said.
But my companion insisted that it
was absolutely impossible that Mag
gie could have strayed so far from
a road that she was familiar with,
and would not allow me to proceed
in the direction I indicated.
A bright idea suddenly dawned
upon me, and I proceeded to put it
into execution forthwith.
I quitted Vance and ran back to
the store, where I found Mrs. Hyatt
crying bitterly, aud evidently much
perturbed at the non-appearance of
of her eldest child.
"Have you got a pair of old shoes
belonging to your daughter," I
asked.
"Of course lots of 'em ; but what
do you want with them?" sobbed
the anxious mother.
"I will show you, if you will bring
them," I replied.
Mrs. Hyatt fetched a pair of well-worn-
gaiters. I took them in my
hand and called my dog.
"Find her, Pip, old fellow," I said,
as I placed the boots before him.
He sniffed them, raised his one
intelligent eye to my face, wagged
his tail, as if he fully understood
what was desired of him, and walk
ed toward the door.
I followed him out; and with his
nose close to the ground, he led the
way to the Swan diggings. There
he lost the trail for awhile, and
seemed somewhat confused; but he
suddenly gave vent to a shrill bark
ot satisfaction, and set oft on a quick
trot exactly in the direction in which
Vance had declared it was useless
to search.
I had some difficulty in keeping
up, for the ground was rugged and
uneven ; but at length he halted on
the brink of a large sinking, and set
up a piteous howl.
By meaii3 of a cord, I lowered the
lantern I carried down into the hole,
and by its dim light I wai enabled
to discern the object of my search,
lying, half immersed in water, far
down at the bottom of the pit.
Leaving the lantern, to serve as a
guide to the shaft, I ran as quickly
as possible to the nearest shanty,
and told four miners who were the
occupants of it, that I required their
services.
Australian diggers are naturally
impulsive and energetic, and those
fellows proved no exception to the
rule. They procured ropes, and
started off with me at once.
The light in the lantern I had left
to mark the sinking, had, apparent
ly, gone out, for it was not visible;
but Pip, at a word from me, con
ducted us to the hole, and I prepared
to descend at once. I hitched a rope
under my arms, and my companions
lowered me down the shaft.
The water at the bottom was only
about a foot deep, and the girl's
head had fortunately escaped im
mersion. I fastened the rope around
my waist, and with my disengaged
arm held her firmly. She was quite
unconscious, and I hailed the willing
hands nbove to "hoist away."
As they lifted us from the muddy
pool, my foot struck against some
thing lighter than a stone. Stoop
ing, I picked out of the water a
lantern.
"She's not dead, and, I gue?s, ain't
much hurt, after all," said a rough
beard, feeling the pulse of the in
animate girl.
"Mates, there has been some foul
play here. This is the lantern P
placed to find the sinking, and f
found it in the hole. It couldn't
have blown in, for I placed it to
leeward, and choked it tight with
two pieces of rock. Some one must
have fluug it down, so we shouldn't
find the hole," I said.
"Then I believe the gal was chuck
ed down, for I' know Maggie Hyatt
well, and she is a deal too smart to
have come all this distance from the
right road, which she has passed
along a hundred times, without
some one forced her," chimed in a
burly man, who raised the girl in
his arms and carried her toward her
home.
Mrs. Hyatt was too sensible to
allow emotion to paralyze her ac
tious. She applied restoratives to
her daughter, and in a short time
the sufferer regained cousciousness.
She was. a very pretty girl, with
well-cut features, dark eyes, and
hair that was as black and glossy a3
a raven's wing.
A 8 soon as she could articulate,
she astonished us all by declaring
that Vance had endeavored to mur
der her.
"I met him near Swan Creek, and
we walked toward home together,"
she said. "We got to talking about
youug Jim Carter and when I said
I liked him, Ned became very angry.
"Seeing he was jealous of Jim, I
teased him a little, when he sudden
ly knocked me down with a blow of
his fist.
"I'll kill you before you shall
ever marry that fellow!" he cried,
clinching his threat with a terrible
oath.,
"The blew was a cruelly severe
one. Smarting with the pain it
created, I called him a coward, and
declared that I would never be the
wife of any man who was mean
enough to strike a woman.
"On that, he caught hold of my
shawl, and, though I struggled, suc
ceeded iu tyiti2 it over my head.
He carried me along some distance,
and then hurled me down the sink
ing, where you found me.
"The water in the pit saved me
from being much injured by the
fall, and I was able to uncover my
face ; but after that I grew dizzy, and
don't remember anything more."
As Maggie finished her recital the
four miners glanced at each other,
and then at me. Without saying a
word, wc went out together, ac-.
compauicd by my dog.
Next morning Ned Vance -was
found hanging by the neck from the
limb of a tree. Whether he commit
ted suicide, or met a just retribution
at the hands of some members of the
community he had outraged re
mained a mystery which the author
ities did not attempt to unravel.
Pip had good times in Avoca after
that night's work. Mrs. Maggie
Carter cared for him in his old age ;
and I, her husband's partner, dug
his grave when sheer inanition ter
minated his career.
Water Tor Halucs.
A few days ago I was called upon
to visit a sick little one iu a family
residing near my office. The babe
I found in apparent good health, but
crying and struggling in its moth
er's arms as though suffering excru
ciating pain. The mother informed
me that the child seemed desirous of
nursing continually; and that, to
quiet it, she had given it the breast
a often as the crying commenced.
When tb did not soothe the littlo
one, a dose of Mother Somebody's
cordial had been administered.
"My good woman," I inquired,
"when did you give your child a
drink of water?"
"I don't remember," replied the
lady; "I seldom let him drink
water; does he need it?"
'Need it? Why should he not
need it as much as you ? This child
is suffering from thirst nothing
more."
I called for cold water, gave the
infant a few teaspoonfuls, and it was
relieved of all its troubles, stopped
crying, and sank peacefully to sleep
in its mother's arms.
Let this be a reminder to mothers
and nurses. Infants who nnrse at
breast may often suffer as much
from want of water as adults who
eat more solid food. Often when a
child cries it is thirst alone which
causes it. Do not, theu, dose it with
the poisonous soothing simps or
nursing cordials, or press it to the
brca9t, which it will eagerly grasp,
thinking to satiate its burning thirst ;
but, filled to the brim with its nat
ural food, it cries on harder than
ever. Use a little discretion. The
poor little one cannot tell its wants;
if it could it would often cry,
"Water! water!"
A Negative Creed Unsatisfactory.
The instinct of skepticism i? a lit
tle like the instinct of hunting, there
is more or less of it in every human
being. Many a man enters upon the
pursuit, not that lie cares for the
game not that he wishes to prove
that there is no God ; not that he
would satisfy himself that he is
nothing ; going nowhere, but for the
enjoyment, the zest of the pursuit.
To a brave man the keenest intellec
tual pleasure comes from what he
calls the pursuit of truth the hunt
iug of truth to its lair; the attempt
to measure the vrays, and perhaps
the thoughts of the first cause. But
"My thoughts are not your thought?,
neither are your ways my wayp,
saith the Lord ;" and if the man gets
bewildered and lost, and at last
6cems to himself to be nothing, gone
nowhere, he has arrived at a con
clusion or a destination that he did
not seek to arrive at in the begin
ninga conclusion and a destina
tion that is far from being satisfac
tory. Lives there a skeptic who
deep down iu his own heart would
not believe in the simplest forms of
Christianity if he could? The sad
dest, the most pathetic utterances,
are the utterances of men who, with
the farthest and subtlest reach of
thought, grasp only negatives. A
man can no more liye on negatives
than he can live on stones ; a nega
tive creed is the creed of death.
In struggling to make a dull-brained
boy understand what conscience is,
a teacher finally asked, " What
makes 'you feel uncomfortable after
you have done wrong?" " Father's
leather strap," feelingly replied the
boy.
Some people talk hours and say
nothing; others there are who, by
the mero lifting of an eyebrow or the
gesture of a hand are comparatively
eloquent.
X Woman "Talk Hack" on
Ibrnsliu.
We clip the following article from
the Elmwood Messenger, published
at Elmwood. IU. It speaks for
itself:
Patron, Neb., Aug. 2, '79.
Mr. Editor : In a late number of
the Messenger I saw a letter from
J. M. Taylor, who, when en route
to Colorado, traveled through Ne
braska ; and he washes his hands of
it, as it were, in such a wholesale
manner, that 1 feel impelled to say
a few words in behalf of this beau
tiful young State, at the same time
begging Mr. Ts pardon for presum
ing to talk back."
He says he "didn't sec any trees."
Why, bless your soul, Mr. Taylor,
I've known ever since I was" ten
years old that there were no trees in
Nebraska. This State was once
pait and parcel of the Great Ameri
can Desert, and if you had said you
didn't see any palm trees, nor oases,
nor long caravaus of camels carry
ing cashmere shawls and precious
stones, wc couldn't have been more
astonished at the announcement. If
travelers are to go through the
country at a hop-skip-and-jump,
telling only of the things they don't
see, they can say with impunity that
they see no oceans with their la
goons and icebergs, nor mountains
with their glaciers and canyons.
They could say too that civilization
was so neariy secured mat not a
buffalo was to be seen, and scarcely
a deer or Indian. On the other
hand if they have a desire to men
tion the objects they do see, they
can find enough to form an interest
ing letter, though they travel iu
Sahara or Siberia.
Mr. A. M. Maple's letter iu the
Messenger a few weeks ago was
more to the point ; and right here
allow me to thank Mr. Maple for hi3
honestly expressed sentiments iu
regard to Nebraska in general, and
the crops in particular. I well re
member, when my parents left Ohio
over .'10 years ago, that our friends
ft,ut bare prairie, and Indians in the
.nll lid tim.n irns ..ntl.tr.r- t .. Ill ?
same humiliating condition. Imag
ine, then, our surprise when wc
jounu tue prairies a panoramic wil
derness of lovely flowers, and noth
ing at all left of the Indians except
ing their trails, while dozens of
farmers Jos. Gcer, Chauucey Hall,
and Sala Blakeslee among the num
ber were living in comfortable
frame houses. What was better still,
the school house at Unionto.wn (and
that was about all thero was of the
town) was frame also. It was there
that Mary Morse, Timothy Morse,
Paulina Pease, aud others, " taught
the young idea how to shoot." The
school building was an improve
ment on the one in Ohio, that being
composed of logs, and situated, too,
in the Western Beservc, the mere
mention of which, we fondly imag
ined, was enough of itself to take
away one's breath. But they had
trees there, and long hills covered
with yellow clay, and long, yellow
folks living on their summits. In
addition to these superior advan
tages there were frog ponds and
mnrslica, with malaria and "mas
sasaugas" in the sluggish "runs;"
in short there was ail the para
phernalia of a well - wooded
country, and although it was the
Western Bcserve and all the rest of
it, that part of the family composing
the infantry thought Illinois a para
disc in comparison. I'm sure the
elders shared our enthusiasm iu a
measure, though their ardor was
somewhat dampened by the " high
winds," " black dirt," and the ab
sence of trees
Mr. T. speaks of the case with
which he breathed in Wyoming.
Had his breath been as near cut off
as mine was when we started west,
he wouldn't have waited to have
arrived iu Wyoming, but would
have tried to recover the lost art
immediately after crossing the Mis
souri river. I can now affirm glad
ly, though not boastingly, that I am
breathing yet.
As a parting word on the tree
subject let me say that many of the
Nebraska farmers are now burning
wood of their own growing, which
they consider more of a success than
was that of the man who planted a
walnut tree the day he was married,
aud when he and his wife died, that
tree furnished boards to make their
coffins. The Nebraska people have
walnut and many other trees grow
ing, but don't want them made into
coffins for some time, as they don't
want to get in the habit of using
them.
This letter ia already too long, yet
I am tempted to add that first ap
pearances are so often erroneous,
that it is hardly safe to trust them.
One of the strange sights that at
tracted my attention, after getting
into the wilds of Nebraska, wa3 a
horse miming in a circle, and my
first impression was that ho was
tramping out grain, but on inquiry
I learned that he was on a picket
rope. Whpn the mirage made its
appearance with its phantom grove3
and air-made rivers, I cried out
with delight, "Oh, there is the tim
ber on the Platte river!" while in
reality the river wa3 at least 50
miles away.
Yours respectfully,
Mrs. Mary B. Finch.
Gems of Thought.
To live long it is necessary to live
slowly. Cicero.
People do not lack strength, they
lack will. Hugo.
Felicity, not fluency of language,
is a merit. Whipple.
The earth, that is Nature's mother,
is her tomb. Shakspeare.
Our pleasant vices make in
struments to sourgo us. Sbak.
Letters which are warmly sealed
are often coldly opened. Richter.
Curiae Knil-Tempered IlTrse.
The stable-boy told me a ye"ar or
so ago that my horse had got to act
ing very ugly when he drove him
out of the carriage-house prancing,
jumping, hacking, and cutting up
generally. On taking the reins my
self the next time ho was harnessed
I found that this wa3 indeed the
case. I had sonic difficulty in get
ting into the street without knock
ing the carriage to pieces against lho
gate-posts, aud when we got there
there was quite a circus exhibited
before we behaved ourselves.
I took a night to medidatc upon
the difficulty, for it sccuicd to me a
pretty serious one, as I had known
many horses to fall into a vicious
habit of that kind and never get out
of it. The next day when he was
put to the carriage I carried out an
apple and gave him, and while ho
was enjoying it got into the buggy
and took up the lines, and he walked
out of the barn as quietly as a kitten.
For more than six months afterward
he never showed the slightest return
of his rebellious behavior, thinking,
no doubt, every time he was har
nessed, of that delicious apple, lho
the luxury of bribery had not been
once repeated. Bnt, a few weeks
ago, the lad who takes care of him
told me that Bobtail (so called be
cause 1jk- tail sweeps the ground)
was getting into his old tantrums
again ; I told Phil to give him n
potato the next time he took him
out, apples being out of market. This
worked an equally fudden cure
which lasts until the present writ
ing. Now, 1 deem, .13 Gen. Jack3on
used to say, that this same treatment
will cure balkiness also, as well as
any other bad habit of a horse that
grows out of vexation of mind. The
mental constitution of thi3 animal,
and his moral constitution too, arc
much like that of a child. Now you
can never beat anger ont of the
bosom of your children, but rather
does every blow make it hotter ;
neither can you argue it out, noi'J
trick it out; but a stick of candy
will do it, or any other indulgence
to which the patient is not accus
tomed. Cor. JV. Y. 1'ost.
Ileallhfulnc ofMIillf.
If any one wishes to grow fleshy,
a pint of milk taken at night before
retiring will soon cover the scrawn
iest bones. Although now-a-days
we see a good many fleshy females
there are many lean and lank ones
who sigh for the fashionable
measures of plumpness, and who
would be vastly improved iu health
and appearance could their figurp
be rounded with good, solid flesh.
Nothing is more coveted by thin
women than a full figure, and noth
ing will rouse the ire and provoke
the scandal of the "clipper builds"
as the consciouness of plumpness
in a rival. In cases of fcer and
summer complaint, milk is now
given with excellent results. The
idea that milk is feverish has ex
ploded, and it is now the physician's
great reliance iu bringing through
typhoid patients, or those in too low
a state to be nourished by solid food.
It is a mistake to scrimp the milk
pitcher. Take more milk and buy
less meat. Look to your milkman,
have large-sized, well-filled milk
pitchers on the table at each meal,
and you will also have sound flesh
and save doctors' bills. -
S;If-Iinprov?iiieii!.
Propose to yourself a noblo
object; pursue it from motives that
are high. Let what J3 best in you
take the maslery. You shall be
ranked with the wise and good long
before you are fully cither. And
as you go on iu the course of im
provement, the idea of your better
self shall become more definite, and
the life of this idea of wisdom and
goodness shall be dearer and strong
er in you. You shall be named
after the idea of your life; you are
becoming so. Iu all right courses
of life, a man resolutely desirous of
becoming a wiser, a better informed,
better disciplined, more useful in
dividual, will 'find his thought?,
both of the end and way, get clearer
as he proceeds in his work. He'
sees more truly and more brightly
what it is be -wants; he sees more
fully the means for its attainment.
And with better prospects both of '
the end and" way, thoro come in- J
ward motives for the self-improv-
ing effort of the journey. "
"My wife tells the truth three imes
a day," remarked a jocose old fellow,
at the same time casting a mischiev
ous glauce at hi3 "belter half." "Be
fore rising lathe morning, she says,
'Oh, dear, I must get up, but I don't
want to!' After breakfast, she adds,
'Well, I suppose I must go to work,
but I don't want to 'And she goe3
to bed saying, There I I have been
ou the move all day, and haven't
done anything."'