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VOL. X.-NO. 51.
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1880.
WHOLE NO. 519.
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' CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION.
A., ft. Paddock. U. S. Senator, Beatrice.
AS.VIN Sal'NDKUS, V. S.Senator,Oniaha.
T.J. Majors, Rep., Peru,
i:. K. Valkstink, P.ep., est Point.
STATK DIRECTOttY:
ALttiKOd Nance, Governor, kc,n-
- S.J. Alexander, Secretary of hUte.
F. W. LledtUe. Auditor, Lincoln.
G. M. Bartlett, Treisurer, Lincoln.
C-J Dllworth, Attorney-General.
8." R. Thompson. Sunt. Public Iiutnic
H. C. lUffin. Warden of Penitentiary.
W. W". Abbey, i Prl80n Inspectors.
CI!. Gould, 1 ,
I)r. J. O. lvi. Prison yslclan.
U. P. Matheffsou, Supt. Insane Asylum.
JUDICIARY:
9. Maxwell, Chief Justlco,
George B. Lake.l Assoclntc Judge.
Amasa Cobb, t
FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
- Q. "W. Post, Judce. York.
Si. B. Reese, District Attorney, Wahoo.
LAND OFFICERS:
M. B. Hovie, Register, Grand Island.
Wra. Anyan, Receiver, Grand Island.
COUNTY DIRECTORY:
JsvG.Hirffin. County Jud-re.
-'John'StauflVr. County Clerk.
'J.'VT. Early, Treasurer.
Unit. Suleiman. SheritT.
R. L. Roi-slter, Surveyor.
Jahn Walker, j
John Wle.
M. Mafaer, I
CountyCommlslonere.
lit- k Hlnlr fnrnnpr.
S. L. BarretJ, Supt. of Schools.
9' B- Bv,Vny:. Justices of thePesce.
Byron Mlllett, 1
Onarlea WaLe, Constable.
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CITY DIRECTORY:
J. P. Becker, Mayor.
11. J. Hudson, uierK.
C. A. Newman, Tretsurer.
Geo. G. Bowman, Polle Judge.
. . J.G. Routoon, Eusrlneer.
COl'XCILMKX:
st Ward lohn Rickly.
. G. A. Schroeder.
,rYZ l,l Ward- Win. Lamb.
S. S, McAllister.
."- 3d irard-G. VT. Clother.
Phil. Cain.
X'olanihus Pent Olre.
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Open on Sundays trera 11 a.m. toi2si.
. anitMfroBi 4:3rt to 6 p. m. Business
hours except Sunday 6 a. m. to $ v. M.
Eastern mails close at 11 A. m.
Wentcrn malic close at 4:15 p.m.
Mail leaves Columbus for Madison and
" Norfolk, Tue-days, Thursdays and
Saturdays, 7 a. m. Arrives at t p. M.
For Monroe, Genoa. Watervllle audAl
blt.ii, dally except Sunday 6 A. M. Ar
rive, same, G p. i.
for Postullc, Farral, Oakdale and
' Xrurniau' Grove, Mondays, Wednes
days and Fridhv, li a.m. Arrives
Tuesdays, Thursday! and Saturdays,
at t p. M.
For Shell Creek, Creston and Stanton,
on Mondavs and Fridays at 6 A.M.
Arrives Tuesday and Saturdays, at
ti ! M
' Tor Alexis, Patron and David City,
Tuesdavf, Thursday, and Saturdays,
IP. M "Arrives at 12 m.
- For St. Anthony, Prairie Dill and St.
Bernard. Friday. A. M. Arrives
Saturdays, 3 p.m.
U. P. Time Table.
Eastward Bound.
Emigrant, Xo.G, leaves at ... 6:2.1a.m.
' PasVna'r, " 4, " "... ll:0Ga.m.
Freight, " 8. " 4 ... 2:15 p.m.
Kroight, "10, " ".... 4:30a.m.
WeMxenrd Bound.
' Freljtht, No. 5, leaves at .. 2:00 p.m.
Pas'seuK'r, " S, " " ... 4:27p.m.
Frright, " 9, " " C:00p.m.
Emigrant. " 7. " " ... 1:30a.m.
Every day except Saturday the three
' lines leading to Chicago connect with
U P. trains at Omaha. On Saturdays
there will be but one train a day, as
how u bv the following schedule:
O., X. A B. H. ROAD.
Bound north. I Bound south.
'Jackson.. .4:55 p.m.! Norfolk... 6:30 a. n.
LostCrcekfctfO " Munson ..6:57 "
IM. Centre 5:57 4 Madison. ..7:45 "
HumphrcvC.-ra " iHumphrey8:34 '
Madison .".7:40 " PI. Centre 9:2 '
Munson S:23 LostCreek 9:55 "
Xorfolk ..8:55 l.Iackon. .10:30 "
. The departure from Jackson will be
KOTerned by the arrival there of the
J. P. express train.
BUSINESS CARDS
TOIl.'Tjr. SI AUG H AJVt
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AND
NOTARY PUBLIC,
PLATTE CKXTKP., - - NKB.
TT J. Ill 1X,
XOTARY PUBLIC.
tik 8(rwt, 2 JKni wrt or HtmMoad HoaM,
Columbus, Neb. 401-y
Ir. K. I- 5IGI.S,
Phyician and Surgeon.
IOflice open
at all hour.
lank Iiiisj.
F
J. SCHIJG, M. .,
PHYSICIAN AND SUBOEON,
Columbus, Nol.
Office 13th St., one door cast of Red
JFront drut; store. Consultation iu Ger-
.man and English.
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M. SUROIM!!,
Dealer in BE A L ESTA TE,
CONVEYANCER, COLLECTOR,
AK9 X3STCASCX AStST,
CKXOA, XANCC CO., ... XSB.
PICTURES! PICTURES!
NOW IS THE TIME to secure a life
like picture of yourself and chil
dren at the New Art Rooms, east 11th
street, south side railroad track, Colum
bus, Nebraska.
47S-tf Mrs. S. A. JosBELVX.
NOTICE!
JF YOU have any real estate for sale.
If you wish to buy either in or out
the citv, if you wish to trade city
property for lands, or lands for city
property, plve-us a call.
' WaJSWORTH & JOSSELTX.
4 jnctSOS MrLUCTT. BYOX MILLXTT,
Justice of the Peace and
Xotary Public.
W. MILLETT ;.
A7TTORNEY3 AT LA"W, Columbus,
jX. Nebraska. N. B. They will five
elo attention toU bURinesi eatcusted
to them. 248.
ITAGE HOCTE.
JOIIN HUBER, the mail-carrier be
tween Columbus and Albion, will
leavv Columbus everyday except Sun
day at 6 o'clock, sharp, passing through
)Maroe:GeBoa, WaUrville, and to Al
' blbtt.'Tbe hack will call at either ol
the Hotels for passengers If orders are
''left at the post-office. Rates reason
:ble,f2 to Albion. 2.$-
SCHOOL, BLANK AND OTHER
booh:
Paper, Pens,
Musical Instruments and Music,
TOYS, NOTIONS, BASE BALLS AND BATS,
ARCHERY AND CROQUET, &c, at
LUBKER & CRAMER'S,
Corner 13th and Olive Sts.,
TX7J. W- CORNELIUS,
A TTORXKY-A T-LA W,
Up-stairs in Cluck Building, 11th street.
TAR. M. I. TIIURSTOat.
RESIDENT DENTIST.
Office over corner of 11th and Xorth-t.
All operations lirst-class and warranted.
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CHICAGO BARBEK .SHOP!
HENRY VOODS, rROi'K.
t3TEvcrythinp in first-class style.
Also keep the bctt of cigars. Dl-y
ATcALLlJiTER MROS.,
M
A TTORNEYS A T LA )V,
Office up.stalrs in McAllister's build
ing.llthSt. IfELLEY & SLATTERY,
House rovIntJr
and house building done to order, and
in a workman-like manner. Please xivc
us a call. 3TShop on comer of Olive
St. and Pacific Avenue. iS.Vtf
GEORGE IT. BEERY,
CARRIAGE,
House k Sten Puiiilin?,
QS1IHK0, OLATIilS,
Paper Hunglnc:,
KALSOMININQ, Etc.
tdETAH work warranted. Shop on
Olive street, one door south of Elliotts
new rump-house. aprlfly
T S. MURDOCH & SON,
Carpenters and Contractors.
Have had an extended experience, and
will Ruarantee satisfaction in work.
All kinds of repairing done on short
notice. Our motto Is, Good work and
fair prices. Call and give us an oppor
tunity to estimate for you. JSTShop at
the Big Windmill, Columbus, Xebr.
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FOR SALE OR TRADE !
MARES I COLTS,
Teams of
Horses or Oxen,
SAIlLC PONIES, wild or broke,
at the Corral of
429
GERHARD 7.KHU.KK.
Columbus Meat Market!
WEBER & KNOBEL, Prop'a.
XTEEP ON nAND all kinds of fresh
l moate nml tmnkcil nork and beef:
also fresh fish. Make sausaKe a spee
uitr KJrRpmcmlior the tilace. Elev
enth St., one door west of D. Ryan's
hotel. K-
DOCTORBONESTIEL.
U.S. EXAIII" WUKC3EO,
COLUMBUS,
NEBRASKA.
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.FFICE HOURS, 10 to 12 a. ra., 2 to
4 n.m.. and 7 to 9 p.m. Office on
Nebraska Avenue, three doors north of
v J "RnVor's crrain ofliee. Residence.
corner Wyoming and Walnut streets,
north Columbus, Nebr. 433-tf
F. SOHECK,
Manufacturer and Dealer in
CIGARS AND TOBACCO.
AVL KliCDS OF
SMOKING ARTICLES.
Store on Olive St., near the. oldTjoat-office
Columbus Nebraska. 417-1 y
A.J.ARNOLD is Agent for the sale of
THE DIEBOLD
Htb afltl Borglar-Droor Safe.
Not a safe lost in the two great Chi.
cago tires. Call on or address
A. J. ARNOLD,
506-y Columbus. Nebr.
LAW, REAL ESTATE
AND GKNKKAL
COLLECTION OFFICE
W. S. GEES,
"VfONEY TO LOAN In small lots on
1.VL farm property, time one to -three
years. Farms with some improvements
bought and sold. Office for the present
at the Clother House, Colnmbu6, Neb.
473-x
CaLUMBiJS
Restaurant -and -Saloon!
E. D. SHEEHAN, Proprietor.
j3JWholesale and Retail Dealer in For
eign Wines, Liquors and Clears, Dub
lin Stout, Scotch and English Ales.
jSTKentucky Whiskie a Specialty.
OYSTWUnh their season, by the caBe
can or dish.
lltk Street, Soatk sf Dejet
S!
Pencils, Inks
COLUMBUS, NEB.
ADVEETISEMENTS.
COLUMBUS BRICK YARD
(One mile we.it of Columbus.)
THOMAS FLYNN & SON, Propr's.
GOOD, HARD-BURNT BRICK
Always on Ilnml In
QUANTITIES to suit PURCHASERS
371-tf
Wm, SOHILZ,"
Manufacturer and Dealer in
BOOTS AND SHOES!
A complete aMortramt of Ladles and Chil
dren's Shoes kept ou hand.
All Work Warranted!!
Our Iflotto Good stock, excellent
work and fair prices.
Especial Attention paid to Repairing
Cor. Ollre nad 1 3th St.
COLUMBUS DRUG STORE.
A. W. DOLAN D,
(SUCCESSOR TO POLAND & SMITH,)
Deis, pateit Mans,
Wall Paper, Toilet Articles,
PAINTS AND OILS,
ETC., KTC, ETC.
Best Of Goods Ani Low Prices.
-:o:-
"VfR. SMITH will still be found at the
ltL old stand, and will make prescrip
tion a specialty, as heretofore.
401-x
&
Daniel Fancette,
Manufacturer and Dealer in
Earcess, Saddles. Bridles, a&d Collars.
keeps constantly on hand all kinds of
whins. Saddlery Hardware, Curry
combs, Brushes, Bridle Bits, Spurs,
Cards. Harness matic to orucr. lie
pairing done ou short notice.
NEBRASKA AVENUE, ColumbuB.
03.4.
Dr. A. HEINTZ,
DKAI.KR IN
IRIGSr MEBICIIES. CHEMICALS
UnFS, I.IQIJOBN,
Fine Soaps, Brushes,
- PERFUMERY, Etc., Etc.,
And all articles usually kept on hand by
Druggists.
Physicians Prescriptions Carefully
Compounded.
Oae deer Eoat of Galley', oa
Eleveatk Street
COLUMBUS. : NEBRASKA
BECKER & WELCH,-
PB0IBIEI0B8 OF
SHELL CREEK MILLS.
MANUFACTURERS & WHOLE
SALE DEALERS IN
FLOUR AND MEAL.
OFFICE, COLUMBUS, NEB.
" WHAT IS TO BECOME OF SAM?"
It was generally supposed that
Sam was what is called 'deficient.'
As to his own fnmily, they were
sure of it ; at all events, they treated
him as if ho were so. Not that they
were unkind to him ; on the con
trary, they were all very fond of
'poor old Sam ;' but it seemed to be
taken for grunted that whatever he
said wn not worth uoticiug, and
that almost every tiling ho did was
to be made fun of more or less. He
was, in fact, the family butt, though
the shafts were, as a rule, so tipped
with good nnt tire as not to hurt
his feelings.
Of course, there were some patent
reasons for all this. To begin with
there was something manifestly pe
culiar or backward iu his mental
development. He never could learn
like other boys, and ail masters had
shaken their heads at him. Then
there was a heavy comicality in his
face and an awkwardness in his
gait, together with a stunted growth,
all of which betokened au abnormal
condition of Nature, and furnished
some excuse to his brothers and
sisters for regarding him as an
oddity in their midst. At the same
time it was yet more excusable in
Sam himself, and far more account
able, that, being thus accustomed
from his childhood (and he was now
about nineteen) to be treated as if
he were little better than a fool, he
settled down more and more to
being one. Hardly ever did ho at
tempt to say or do anything in
serious earnest, since almost every
thing he did or said was treated as
a sort of joke.
There was one exception to thi.
Mothers always know best how to
deal with the weak in the flock, and
Sam's mother never laughed at him,
and never despaired of him. 'What
is to become of Sam?' his father
would eay, 'he'll never earn his own
living;' aud his mother would qui
etly answer. 'Wait a bit, my dear;
there is more in him, perhaps, than
wo think, but it wants to be drawn
out, and I doubt if we are actiug
wisely in laughing at him as we do.'
She said 'we,' good soul, but that
was only her discreet way of put
ting it.
Now, Sam had a sister, Mary, of
whom he was especially fond. Per
haps it was because she was the
sister nearest to him in age, but It
was more likely because she placed
a little more confidence in him than
the others did ; it wasn't much, but
it was more than he got from any of
the rest. He would do anything for
Mary, and when a certain Mr. St.
Logor in the noighborhood-(ook a
fancy to her it was amusing to sec
how Sam resented the engagement.
This Mr. St. Leger had lately come
into the neighborhood, no one knew
where from; but he had plenty of
money and very agreeable manners,
and was a general favorite with the
Frere family. Sam, however, never
liked him from the first, aud when
at length ho became Mary Frcre's
accepted suitor, Sam's aversion to
him became intense. It must be
owned that Mr. St. Leger took no
pains to win him over to a more
friendly slate of mind. He had
fallen at once into the habit of mak
ing light of the poor fellow, which,
as we havo seen, was the family
custom, and, when he saw how Sam
shrank from him, had certainly gone
out of his way to poke fun at him.
It was an amusement aud quite in
accordance with the general practice.
The day was fixed for the wed
ding, and tho Sunday had arrived
when, iu deference to Mary'B partic
ular wish, though very much against
Mr. St. Leger's inclination, the banns
were to be published in church.
The Freres were all in their place,
a great square pew in front of the
pulpit. The names were read out in
due course. Mary was recovering
from the elrctric shock of hearing
them ; tho villagers wero interchang
ing glances, some even cautiously
rising a little to peep into the squaro
pew, when a voice was heard all
over the church, sayiug in tho most
emphatic way, 'I forbid the banns.'
Surprise wa9 on every face, but it
quickly gave way to a sense of the
ludicrous as Sam was seen standing
up iu the middle of the pew, looking
the clergyman steadily in the face,
as much as to say, 'There now; get
over that if you can !' The clergy
man was so amused that he had to
rush on with the service to prevent
an unseemly display, while Sam's
kindred in the square pew were in
every attitudo of painfully restrain
ed amusement. And there he stood
unabashed and defiant, until his
father plucked him by the arm and
made him ait down. But none of
them for ono moment thought it
wa9 anything more than a very
unaccountable freak of 'poor old
Sam's.'
No sooner was the service over
than be was assailed on all sides for
an explanation. Two only were
serious about it his father and
Mary. 'What is the meaning of this
sir?' said his father, steruly: 'what
could have possessed you to make
yourself so ridiculous?'
'ne has got a wife already,' re
plied Sam, doggedly.
'Who has?' was the geueral excla
mation. 'St. Leger.'
'Who told you so?'
'Tom Tyler !' Tom Tyler was the
village letter-carrier.
There was a shout of laughter at
this picco of information.
'When did Tom Tyler tell you
this?'
'Yesterday. He brought a letter
for Mrs. St. Leger.'
Another shout of laughter greeted
this ; but Mary looked very grave,
while her father said that, of course,
the latter was for St. Leger's mother,
of whom he had more than once
9pokon. So Sam was sharply re
buked for listening to Tom Tyler's
idle tales, and ordered to hold his
tonguo. 'You'll have St. Leger try
his borse-whip across your shoul
ders, if you don't mind,' cried his
eldest brother, and they all laughed
again ; but Sam was very unlike
himself, and did not joiu iu the
laugh, but maintained a grave com
posure they had never noticed in
him before.
Nor was it a laughing matter
somewhero else. The news of that
morning's interruption flew apace,
with various additions and amend
ments. Thus improved upon, they
reached the ears of Mr. St. Leger,
who lived bnt a few miles ofl', and
they created a profound sensation,
so much so that instead of spending
the afternoon with tho Freres, as
expected, he took himself ofl', aud
was never seen by them again. It
was discovered that Tom Tyler's
version had been correct after all.
Good riddance for Mary Frere; but
a heart trifled with and wronged can
never quite recover itself.
For a time Sam was almost rever
ently treated at home. They felt
the force of his simple explanation,
why he had chosen such a singular
way of uttering his suspicions, that
it was 'because they would only have
laughed at him if he had told them,'
and were a little ashamed of them
selves. Bnt tho old habit revived
after awhile, as old habits, both
family and personal, so easily do,
and Sam's brains were held as cheap
as ever, except by Mary, who was
drawn to him more than ever, aud
by his mother, who never ceased to
ponder in her heart, as only mothers
do, the meaning of that display of
Arm intelligence and almost fierce
affection.
'I'll tell you what it means,' said
hor brother to Mrs. Frere one day,
when she was talking to him about
it he was a lawyer in London, old
John Quicksolt, of Gray's Inn, who
could see a thing as shrewdly as
most people 'it means this, that
Sam has got a heart aud a head, but
his head is more out of the way than
usual, and can only be got at thro'
his heart, like au old-fashioned bed
room that can only be reached by
going through another. Look here,
sister, I like amazingly that story of
tho banns it's grand. Not that
there was anything clever in what
ho did, just the reverse, it might
have been a most stupid mistake;
but this is what takes my fancy so,
the firmness of purpose, a far higher
quality of mind than mere cleverness
that could make the poor fellow
face everything he did for the sake
of the sister he loved. There must
bo something in one who could run
the gauntlet like that, when his
heart was onco fairly unlocked ; and
I think I have tho key.'
'I always thought so,' cried Mrs.
Frere, greatly delighted.
'Well, let me try. I'll run away
with Sam, aud mako a lawyer of
him. What do you say?'
Tho grinning was epidemic round
the table after it was known that
Sam was to bo a lawyer. His
brothers aud sisters could hardly
look at first without smiling; it did
seem so droll, so absurdly contrary
to every notion they entertained of
him. Had he sat before them in full
naval costume as Admiral of the
Channel Fleet, it would hardly have
struck them as beiug more unlooked-for
and preposterous. Uncle
John's presence saved Sam from
collective bantering, though the old
lawyer was too wise to make any
fuss about the matter; but when
Sam was alone with his brothers
and sisters, he had a hard time of it,
though all was, as usual, in perfect
good humor.
At first Sam had, of course, to go
through the usual drudgery of a
lawyer's office, in which, if it be
possible for anyone to shiue, he cer
tainly did not. His blunders were
awful, and provoked the wrath or
ridicule, a9 the case may be, of his
fellow clerks, who were all well
seasoned and somewhat ancient
men. But his uncle never found
fault with him. The most he said
when some frantic bungle was bro't
to his notice, was, 'Sam, do this over
again; you know you can do it
a great deal better than that.' And,
sure enough, it was done better the
second time. In short, his uncle
began with and, in spile of every
discouragement, persevered in the
plan of trusting him. Aud by de
grees he found that the more be
trusted him the better he did, and
tho more he treated him as if there
were something in him the more ho
got out of him. Had Sam nothing
in him to begiu with, the plan could
not have answered; but this was
just what his uncle believed, namely
that there was something in him, but
that It had been systematically
laughed down and sat upon from
superficial cousiderations, aud that
it could only be brought out by a
total change of external influence
and treatment. Aud now his pow
ers began to show themselves and to
expand, just as a shrub that has beon
stunted and blackened from want of
room and uncongenial soil begins to
throw out vigorous shoots when
transplanted to ground that suits it,
and when it has space to grow.
'Sam,' said Mr. Quicksett, one day,
'wo shall all of ns be away the whole
afternoon, and must leave you in
charge of the office. If that fellow
Choker should come, mind, you're
not to let him see anything.'
As the fates would have it, Choker
did come. Perhaps Quicksett knew
he was coming. Possibly Mr. Cho
ker, who was a sharp and not very
scrupulous professional opponent of
his, had made himself aware of the
unprotected state of the office in
Gray's Inn, and he brought with
him a man that looked every inch a
prize fighter.
'Is Mr. Quicksett in No? Well,
it's of no consequence. I merely
called to see as a matter of form one
or two documents in Smith v Jones.'
'Then I mu?t trouble vou to call
again when Mr. Quicksett is in.'
'Quite right, young man, said
Choker, approvingly; 'that's the
right thing to 6ay iu ordinary casea;
but, you see, this is not an ordinary
case. 'We've got an order of tho
court to inspect these documents.'
Where is it?' said Sam, bluntly.
'You've got it with you, haven't
you?' said Choker, carelessly, turn
ing to his companion. The young
athlete fumbled in his pockets and
declared with great apparent vexa
tion, that he must havo forgotten
to bring it.
'I don't believe you've got it to
bring,' said Sam.
'We'll have no nonsense, sir,' cried
Choker, in a passion ; 'at your poril
refuse to show uq what we want to
see,' and the two men advanced on
Sam in a threatening way. But,
little as he was, he never budged an
inch. 'I tell you what it is,' he said,
with all the coolness imaginable, 'if
you two don't leave the office this
minute, I'll send for a constable.'
There was no need to attempt that
difficult operation. They were only
trying it on, and with an affectation
of injured innocence Mr. Choker
and his satellite withdrew.
On another occasion, after Sam
had been some months in the office,
his uncle came out of his room one
day, and bade him sq down at once
to Judge Chambers' and look after
some cae that wa? to come on there.
It is a thing that requires you to
have your wits about you, to do
that, for you come face to face with
a shrewd Judge, who cannot toler
ate a fool. The old clerks in Mr.
Quicksett's office appeared paralyz
ed with astonishmont at such an
order; and one of them ventured,
when partially recovered, to suggOBt
a mistake on Mr. Quicksett's part.
'It's rather a difficult case, sir, if yon
remember,' he urged.
'All right, Muslay,' was tho cheery
reply; 'I know what I am about.
The best way to learn to swim is to
be pitched neck-and-heels into deop
water.'
The suspensowas great among the
ancients while Sara was away; but
he came back in duo time, and re
ported that the case had come on
before the Judge, and that his Lord
ship had made an order in their
client's favor. 'Did he ask you any
questions?' inquired Mustay. "Ob,
yes! aud I auswered them,' said
Sam ; but he did not mention, for he
did not know it, nor will it be men
tioned in tho memoir of the learned
Judge when it comes out, that,
accustomed as his Lordship was to
ready answers, it had actually cross
ed his mind for a moment that the
funny little lawyer's clerk would
make a capital witness he was so
ready and said neither more nor
less than was wanted.
Whether a good witness would
always make a good lawyer we need
not decide; but it is certain, that, in
course of time, Sam made a very
good one indeed, ne was one of
those not uncommon cases where
supposed 'deficiency' is superficial
only, and where a far more grave
deficiency is to be found in those
who, by constantly laughing at it,
run the risk of making it a real life
long imbecility. Sam's relatives
never laughed at him again after the
first visit he paid thenr, though they
often laughed with him, for bis
drollery was inexhaustible. He
never married, but his'sister Mary
kept house for him, aud was perhaps
a great deal happier than she would
have been anywhere else.
lot Whip.
The following has been handed us
for publication by one who is greatly
interested in the proper trcatmeut ol
children in regard to their govern
ment: A parent who doesn't know how
to govern a child without whipping
it ought to surrender the care of that
child to some wiser person. Sports
men once thought it was necessary
to lash their dogs in training them
for the field. They know now that
the whip should never be used.
Horsemen once thought that it was
necessary to whip colts to teach
thorn to start aud stop at the word,
and pull steadily. They know now
that an apple is better than the lash,
and a caress better than a blow. If
dogs and horses can be thus educa
ted without punishment, what is
there in our children which makes
it necessary to slap and pound them ?
Have thoy less intelligence? have
they cold hearts ? We have heard
many people say, "If wo were to
bring up another child, we would
never whip it." They arc wise, but
a little too late. Instead of God
doing 90 little for children that thoy
niUBt be whippod into goodness, he
has done so much for them that even
whipping can't ruin them that is,
as a rule. But, alas, there are many
exceptions to this rule. Many chil
dren are of such quality that a blow
makeB them cowardly, or reckless,
or deceitful, or permanently ugly.
Whipping breaks theirspirit. Whip
ping makes them hate their parent?.
Whipping makes home distasteful
makes The boya runaways, makes
the girls seek" happiness anywhere
aud anyhow. Whippiug is barbar
ous. Dou't whip. Golden Rule.
True Economy ofL.IIV,
The truo economy of human life
looks at ends rather than incidents,
aud adjusts expenditures to a moral
6calo of values. T)e Quincey pic
tures a woman sailing over the
water, awakening out of sleop to
find her necklace untied aud one
end hanging over the stream, while
pearl after pearl drops from the
string .beyond her reach; while she
clutchos at the one just falling, ano
ther drops beyond recovery. Out
days drop one after another by our
carelessness, like pearls from a
string, a3 we sail tho sea of life.
Prudence requires a wise husband
ing of time to see that none of these
golden coins are spent for nothing.
The waste of time is a more serious
loss than the extravagances against
which there is such acclaim.
Thcro are thousands who do noth
ing but loungo and carouse from
morning till midnight drones in
the human hive, who consume and
waste the honey that honest work
ers wear themselves ont in making,
and insult the day by their dissipa
tion and debauch. There are tcu
thousand idle, frivolous creatures
who are doing nothing but consume
and waste and wear what honest
hands accumulate, and incite others
to live as useless and worthless lives
as thoy do. Wore every man and
woman an honest toiler, all would
have an abundance, and half of every
day for recreation and culture. The
expenditure of a fow dollars in mat
ters of taste ia a small matter in
comparison with the wasting of
mouths and yoars by thousands who
have every advantage society can
offer, and exact as a right every
privilege it affords.
A paragraph is going the rounds
of tle paper9 in reference to one of
Whitficlds remarkB to his congrcga
tion.1' It induces us to relate what
we saw with our own eyes and
heard with onrown ears. We were
listening to an eccentric old clergy
man in Ohio. He was speaking of
the wickedness of his people, their
danger, &c. "My friends," said he
"if you do not repent, you will go to
hell just as sure as I catch that fly,"
at tho same titno making a pass at a
fly that had perched upon the open
Bible. The old man slowly opened
his hand, finger by finger, but no fly
was found. He looked down and
around upon his congregation for a
minute, and then exclaimed, "Why,
you poor devils, there Is some
chance for you yet." C. V.(.N. Y)
Gazette.
A. & N. railroad men Bay the Mis
souri River is very high for this
season of the year, aud the company
are protecting their track from
White Cloud to At jhls n against in
undations. River men predict high
er water than for fifteen years.
Bishop Cl&rkson preached a ser
mon at Trinity Church on Sunday
evening, on "Free Thought," or the
responsibility of men for their re
Ugiou9 opinions, that rivitcd the
attention of the audience for its
close and apt reasoning, and made a
deep Impression. The Bishop ar
gued from human and social laws,
and physical and hygenic laws up to
the moral law and revelation, show
ing that ns in all these departments
of law man is held strictly responsi
ble for his opinion, and a mistake la
punished with unrelenting certain
ty. Christianity could not be ac
cused of cruelty, because it taught
that an erroneous opinion in relation
to law it proclaimed, might bo
fatal. Lincoln Journal.
In this sort of sermonizing, It
seem? to us, intellectual persons
outside the pale of (be churches aro
to be roused. Let it bo demonstrat
ed that it is better in all respects,
for individuals and communities,
for associations aud nations, to love
than to hate, to return good for evil,
to seek peace and pursue it, &c. ;
and that, no matter what opinions
or sentiments one may hold, if, they
are wrong or illusory, that is, not
in harmony with the truths which
govern iu tho universe, the conse
quences must inevitably follow. As
we have a science of physics, of
mathematics, chemistry, &c, sup
posed to be mere temporal concerns,
id it an illusion to suppose that a
science of religion will be formulated?
"Sir." ro.nred a man out in Ne
braska, striding up to a neighbor.
"Sir, you arc a liar." "I run?" ex
claimed tho astonished neighbor.
"How do you know I am ?" Be
cause I know it; because I have
found it out." "How long have you
been living here?" "Six weeks."
Neighbor, tranquilly nodding his
head : "Oh, well, probably you do
know it then, I didn't think you had
been in town so long." Tiiere was
no fight Burlington Ilawkeye.
That remind us. A Kentuckisn
removed to Council Bluffy and one
day shortly afterwards two gentle
men quarreled, and in the excite
ment ono called the other a liar.
Kentucky looked to see an imme
diate knock-known, and was totally
taken aback when the cool-beaded
reply came, "I bet you 5 I'm uot."
An interesting paper on tho exam
ination of air, taken from various
localities, was lately read by Dr.
Sigerson, at Dublin, before the Roy
al Irish Acadaray. In air from an
iron factory he found carbon, ash
and iron. The iron was in tho form
of little hollow balls each about one
two thousandth of an inch in diame
ter, and the iron 90 thin that light
passed through it. In "shirt facto
ry" air wore found filaments of lin
en and cotton. Antimony from
tho type-metal probably was dis
covered in the air of priuting room-J.
Stuble air was shown to contain
floating hair and scales; and in tho
air through which tobacco was piss
ing nicotine, the poison of tobacco,
was found iu little globu'c.i.
Two grammarians were wrang
ling the other day, one contending
that it was only proper to say, "My
wages is high," while the other
noisily insisted that the correct
thing was, "My wages aro high."
Finally they stopped a day laborer,
and submitted the question to him.
"Which do you say, 'Your wages is
high,' or 'Your wages aro high?"
"Oh, ofl wid yer nonsense," ho saidr
resuming his pick, "yer nayther ov
ye right ; we wages is low, bad luck
to it."
A youug lady who entered a New
York music shop, and asked the
young man in attendance, "Have
you Happy Dreams?" was aston
ished when he replied, "No ma'am,
I'm mostly troubled with the night
mare." He didn't know why shj
went out so hurriedly, and slamm 9
tho shop door after her.
We have it from a reliable source
that tho new proprietors of the Mil
ford Mill, aud town-site, will ex
pend $30,000 in that section before
tho snow flies again. Besides en
larging the mills they will utilize the
water-power for other manufactur
ing Iuterests. Lincoln Journal.
A victim of domestic infelicity,
who is in the habit of dreaming,
should never go to sleep in church.
A congregation near Quincy was
somewhat 6iartled last Sabbath
when a venerable member excitedly
yelled, "Here, now I drop that skil
let, old woman I"
Father (who is always trying to
teach his son how to act while at the
tabic): "Well, John, yon see that
when I have finished eating I al
ways leave the table." John : "Yes,
9ir; aud that ia all you do leave."
Preserve your conscience always
soft and sensitive. If but one sin
force itself into that tender part ofv
the soul and dwell there, the road
is paved for a thousand iniquities.
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