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3iiitl Vorir Ago.
"What may be anticipated when
scholars arc able to read these in
scriptions, as in all probability they
will be. for the cuneiform or arrow
headed characters -of Assyria have
been rend, is foreshadowed by what
has been brought to light by the
discoveries of Layard and Smith in
the mound which now represents
what was once Ninevah. Beneath
a mass of rubbish were found the
remains of what had been a great
Assyrian library, the materials of
which being of baked clay had
proved indestructable, and though
lying iu broken fragments, Mr. G.
Smith was able to piece the broken
fragments together, and recover over
three thousand inscriptions, forming
pages of the volumes of which the
library was composed, and in pome
cases recovering entire books. The
tablets or leaves of these volumes or
bricks, as they were called, are
formed of thin plates of clay, upon
cither side of which the text was
inscribed when the clay was soft,
the tablet being afterward baked or
dried when the tablet or bricks, like
our modern books, were arranged
in chapters and volumes. Nearly
two-thirds of this library is now in
the British Museum, which through
the politeness of Mr. li. II. Major, I
had the pleasure of inspecting in
187-1.
Frem one of these books, compiled
after the manner of our modern en-
clyclopa'dias, and the compilation of
which is shown to have beeu made
more than 2,000 years B. C, it haB
been ascertained, what haB long been
supposed, that Chaldea was the pa
rent laud of astronomy, for it is
found, from this compilation and
from other bricks, that the Babylo
nians catalogued tho stars, and dis
tinguished aud named the constella
tions ; that they arranged the twelve
constellations that form our present
zodiac to show the course of the
sun's path in the heavens ; divided
time into weeks, months, and years ;
that they divided the week, as we
now have it, into seven days, six
being days of labor aud the seventh
a day of rest, to which they gave a
name from which we have derived
our word "Sabbath," and which day,
as a day of rest from all labor of
every kind, the' observed as rigor
ously as the .Tew or the Puritau.
The motion of the heavenly bodies
and the phenomena of the weather
were noted down, and a connection,
as I have before stated, detected, as
M. de Perville claims to have dis
covered, between tho weather and
the changes of the moon. They in
vented the sun-dial to mark the
movements of the heavenly bodies,
the water clock to measure time, and
they sppak in this work of the spots
on the sun, a fact they could only
have known by the aid of telescopes,
which it is supposed they possessed,
from observations that they have
noted down of tho rising of Venus
and the fact that Layard found a
crystal lens in the ruins of Ninevah.
These "bricks'' contain an account
of the deluge, substantially the same
narrative as the Bible, except that
the names are different. They dis
closed that houses and lands were
then sold, leased, and mortgaged,
that money was loaned at interest,
and that the market-gardeners, to
use an American phrase, "worked
on shares;" that the farmer when
plowing with his oxen, beguiled his
labor with short and homely songs,
two of which have been found ; and
to connect this very remote civiliza
tion with the usages of to-day, I
may, in conclusion, refer to one of
the bricks of this library, in the form
of a notice, which is to the effect
that visitors are requested to give
the librarian the number of the book
they wish to consult, aud that it will
be brought to them; at the perusal
of which oue is disposed to fall back
upon the exclamation of Solomon,
that there is nothing new under the
sun. Chief Justice Daily, in Pop
ular Science Monthly for June.
Woman's True Source of Strength.
The strength of women lies in
their heart. It shows itself in their
strong love aud instinctive percep
tion of right and wrong. Intellect
ual courage is rarely one of their
virtues. As a rule, they are inclined
to be restless and excitable, allowing
their judgment and actions to be
swayed by quick emotions of all
kinds, but, above all, it is in their
hopefulness and their endurance
that they find their chief power.
"Who is the last person to give up
hope in the case of a member of a
family who has apparently gone al
together to the bad ? "What mother
or 6lster with deep and ardent love
for such will never cease to cherish
hope or endure suffering on their
account? The patience of women
16 proverbial, and their whole lives
are bound up in their affections.
Few people will deny that love in
one form or another makes up tho
beauty of life to woman. It enters
into all she does. Any work out
side her immediate circle is under
taken most often from pure desire
to help some one else to know some
thing of the mysterious happiness
of love. Unlike men, women chief
ly look for personal intercourse
with those for whom they are work
ing. I f their interest lies amoug the
poor, they are desirous of sympa
thetic personal acquaintance with
them, and very little good work of
a lasting kind has been done by
women without their own influence
of love being brought to bear on the
individual case. Without dwelling
on the greater phsical weakuess of
women in general, it is a fact that
their braius are more easily derang
ed, and unless they change greatly
they are apt to deteriorate in essen
tial womanly qualities if thrown
much or prominently before the
world. They are seldom fitted to
rule, emulation and jealousy being
6trong in their character, while their
feelings and 'judgments are ofton
rapid in the extreme. It is in the
heart, therefore, that a woman will
more especially feel the effects of
agonosticism, whether thoce effects
be for good or for evil. Her head
may gain in grasp of logic and iu
clearness of view; but if her heart,
with all its powers for good, is
weakened and discouraged, she will
gain little ultimately by the spread
of the new views. "When the heart
is dispirited, or thrown back upon
itself, the action that springs from
it tends inevitably to fall lifeless to
the ground. Mrs. Lathbwtj in
nineteenth Century.
AlsthetiCH or I.ubor.
Labor is not drudgery. Some of
its phases are of the most elevated
character. Some of its conceptions
rise above the lower grade of sturdy
toil into the realms of sublimity.
Some of its productions attain the
most exquisite perfection. It does
not always cling to the absolute of
necessity ; it reaches at times to the
accomplishment of man's beatitude.
It is not always a delver ; it assumes
when requisite the embodiment of
the highest portraiture of excellence.
It visitB the toiler in dreams of
marvelous felicity aud presents to
him visions of enchanting loveli
ness. It bears him from the harsh
discipline of earth to the soothing
freedom of celestial liberty. Under
its aesthetic influence he is no longer
a being of flesh and blood ; ho is
transformed to an angel of light,
and leaving his toil-strained mus
cles and thoughts on earth ho soars
into the realms of ecstatic bliss and
harmonious repose. In moments
like this the materialization of his
wildest dreams gives to his fellow
men such dazzling gleams of su
pernal bliss, or such proofs of ben
eficial utility as they had never
before experienced, and opens to
them a wide expanse wherein is
ever to be found a solace for the
harsh fatigue of strenuous toil. In
proof of this, the delineations upon
the canvas of the idealistic senti
ments of the world's most renowned
painters ; or the creation from tho
quarry's rough block of the entranc
ing forms of beauty by the hands of
sculptors of renown ; or the soul
stirring thoughts of the poet's most
harmonious song; or the awaying
influence of tho orator's exciting
and well balanced words; or the
almost vital machinery which the
inventor lias commanded into ex
istence as the slave to perform tasks
of utility for mankind ; each and all,
aud even more than have been men
tioned, can be cited without appre
hension of rebuttal.
In the wide field of labor there
are those whose destiny is to delve
and struggle, while others of their
fellow workmen find their alloted
tasks in the higher plane of esthe
tic productions, whose harmony and
elegance are intended to sooth,
elevate and adorn their seemingly
less gifted brcthern. There is a
grandeur in labor which elevates it
at times to the higher grade of true
sestheticism.
The Sermon on the Mount.
The most careless reader has
probably been struck with the con
trast between the delivery of this
sermon and the delivery of the law
on Sinai. We think of that as a
"fiery law," with a promulgation
surrouuded by the imagery of thun
ders and lightnings, and the voice of
the trumpet sounding long and wax
ing louder and louder. "We think
of this as flowing forth in divinest
music amid all the calm and loveli
ness of the clear and quiet dawn.
That came dreadfully to the startled
conscience from an Unseen Pres
ence, 6hrouded by wreathing clouds,
and destroying fire, and eddying
smoke; and this was uttered by a
sweet human voice moving the heart
mostly in words of peace. That was
delivered on the desolate and storm
rent hill, which seems with its red
granite crags to threaten the scorch
ing wilderness ; this on the flowery
grass of the green hillside which
slopes down to tho silver lake. That
shook the heart with terror and agi
tation; this 6oothed it with peace
and love.- -Texas Baptist.
Cattle Raiding.
A farmer of Merrick county writes
to the Central City Item: I have
resided on my farm five miles north
east of Central City, eight years, and
now have on my farm seventy-two
head of cattle. I in rested $200 in
cattle when I came here and have
since sold $GO0 worth; this, from
the original $200 invested aud have
the 72 head left I milked, during
the summer of 1S79, 14 cows, and
sold $474 worth of butter from them
during the year and can say that
Nebraska is the best country for
cattle that I have ever lived im My
cattle are in a healthy, growing
condition and I have never lost one
from any contagions disease. I
came to this state from Ohio,and can
say that I am well pleased with the
country.
Ilorroiretl Ijlght-
Hc wtJo seeks to rise higher sho'd
never attempt to gain the eminence
by borrowiug other people's light.
If we were to adopt the method of
taking from others that which has
siven them a name and a fame we
will soon be classed with those who
have long Bince resigned to the
sneers of a knowing public. Origi
nality and reason have done more
than all other things combined in
regard to the progress and elevation
of mankind.
If it had not been for Franklin's
originality and foresight it is quite
probable that electricity would not
have been known for a great while
after its actual discovery. After
Franklin's ingenuity was a thing to
be undisputed a great light broke
out, from tho simple act of the old
philosopher's light being given to
the world in the shape of hard study
and perseverence. It has been said
that
Franklin caught the giant horse;
'Twas harnessed by Professor Morse;
and from this one thing have won
ders been done.
Sir Johu Mandeville's originality
brought forth the idea that the world
was a sphere and revolved around
its axis. Suppose we knew nothing
about this to-day, what would we
know concerning the relative posi
tions of countries? If it had not
been for tho onward march of civili
zation, and a gradual withdrawal
from old ideas, we would still be as
illiterate as our South Sea islanders.
Thus we see the baneful effects of
depending on other people for bor
rowed light. 'Tis nice to adopt a
well-established idea, but when
adopting we should have enough
reason about us to question its relia
bility. Sound it to the depth, and
then, if nothing is found which con
demns it, accept and treasure it.
But, on the other hand, do not hug
every idea that is set forth. Even a
principle in aritmetic should not
escape a complete dissection.
Do not accept every theologian's
views. Nay, do not accept even a
tenth, for a theologian is as liable to
err as any for it is human to err.
To be original cousists in being
thoughtful, deliberate and exact, as
well as logical. You may think you
are a better logician than any one
else, but do not think this, I pray
you. Too many become bigoted by
such a course. The common accep
tation is to be reasonable with a
view of advancement, not just to set
forth some uew idea that will bear
no scrutiny, but bravo deductions
aud something that is thorough and
proof-positive against all fools' log
ic. It won't do to insist on specu
lative ideas for the sake of argu
ment, or being new, for many times
a new thing proves worthless, and
does not pay for the time and troub
le spent. But this is what I wish to
impress upon the mind: Nurture
your hrain, and let not others solve
all your problems. Depend on your
owu light. If you have tho facul
ties of a common-sensed person you
can make nothing by borrowing
from your neighbor that which you
have. Never borrow that which
you are iu possession of, for any
thing lying idle is much more apt to
become rusted than that which is in
actual use. llobert F. Doty.
Egotlatic Talkers.
Almost every circle is blessed
with the egotist, who exercises a
kind of dictatorship over it. Are
you in mistake as to a matter of
fact? He cannot suffer you to pro
ceed until you are corected. Have
you a word on tho end of your
tongue? He at ouce comes to your
relief. Do you talk bad grammar?
He quotes rules and gives examples
like a pedagogue. Does he discover
there is a link wanting in the chain
of your argument? He bids you
stay until he has supplid it. Do you
drop a word to which he has devo
ted much research? He inquires
its primitive signification, aud dir
ectly inflicts upon the circle a long
philological disquisitiou. When
you relate an incident which you
suppose new and affecting, your
friend listens without emotion.
When you are done, he observes
that he has heard the same long
ago, and adds a very material cir
cumstance which you omitted. Ho
is never taken by surprise, and it is
impossible to give him any infor
mation. And yet he never takes the
load in the conversation, nor ad
vances an original thought. It is
his business to come after, and pick
up the words which others let slip
in a running talk, or to check their
impetuosity, that he may point out
to them their missteps. Had ho
lived in the days of Solomon, he
would have flattered the royal sage
with an intimation that some of bis
proverbs were plagiarisms ; or had
he been a contemporary of Sol
omon's father, he would have felt
himself bound to give the slayer of
Goliath some lessons on the use of
the sling, aud hinted to the sweet
singer of Israel his private opinion
that the shepherd bard did not per
fectly understand the use of the
harp.
Youthful Illusion.
Youth is the period of novel ef
fects, when all the world is fresh,
and new and striking impressions
crowd in thickly on the mind.
Consequently it takes much less to
prodnce a given amount of mental
excitation in childhood than in after
life. In looking back on this part
of our history, we recall for tho
most part just those events aud
scenes which mostly stirred our
minds by their strangeness, novelty,
etc., aud so impressed themselves on
the tablet of our memory ; and it is
this sense of something out of the
ordinary beat that gives the charac
teristic color of our recollection.
This being so, we unconsciously
transform the past occurrence by
reasoning from our present stand
ard of what is impressive. "Who
has not felt an unpleasant disen
chantment iu revisiting some garden
or park that seemed a wonderous
paradise to his young eyes? All our
feelings are capable of leading us
into this kind of illusion. "What
seemed beautiful or awful to us as
children is now pictured in imag
ination as corresponding to what
moves our mature minds to delight
or awe. People who a little out
shone our own circle of friends per
haps, in style of dress and living,
seemed to us as children little short
of princes and princesses. Could
we actually see them with our
present eyes, we should, alas, uo
longer find the glory in which our
young fancies had encircled their
heads.
Effyitlun Corn.
Egyptian corn is attracting con
siderable attention in California.
The yield is enormous; it requires
little care and is excellent food for
man aud beast. It is not produced
in ears at all, but in a much more
condensed form. It does not grow
as tall, but branches more than In
dian corn, and each branch is tufted
with a large head containing thou
sands of seeds. The climate of por
tions of California is similar to that
of Egypt, and it is thought this grain
will prove to be a very valuable
product. One grower iu that state
claims to have harvested a crop av
eraging eighty bushels to an acre.
The grain resembles hulled barley,
for which it is easily taken. There
are two varieties, white and brown,
differing in color and flavor. Tho
white has as fine a flavor as rice,
while the brown has an acrid taste
when green, aud till it is perfectly
dry, that makes it undesirable as an
article of food.
To Kill Lice. Col. Curtis writes
the N. Y. Tribune as follows : "We
have tried all sorts of mixtures to
kill lice on animals and at last have
hit on what we think is best : Melt
hog's lard, or any hot grease, and in
it dissolve salt one-third of tho bulk
of the grease ; take as much grease
as will be required to smear the an
imal all over and into the mixture
pour kerosene oil aud stir it up.
Two gills of the kerosene would be
sufficient for a cow of ordinary size.
One application completely cured
the most stubborn case of lice on an
old hog. It leaves the skin smooth
and clean, removing the scurf and
healing the irritation caused by the
parasites. It is also excellent for
galls and sores."
An exchange makes this sug
gestion for business men: "In all
towns where a newspaper is pub
lished, every business man ought to
advertise in it, even if it is nothing
more than a card stating his name
and the kind of business he is en
gaged in. It helps sustain a paper,
and lets the people out at a distance
know that the town is full of busi
ness men. The paper finds its way
into thousands of places where hand
bills cannot reach. A card in a
paper is a traveling sign-board, and
can be seen by every reader. Think
of these things and let your light so
shine."
A gentleman from Wabash, In
diana, is in the city, and desirous of
introducing the electric light for
lighting the city. According to his
theory one light with four jets
placed on top of tho Government
building would illuminate the entire
business portion of the city. The
total cost of lightning the city, per
year, the gentleman estimates,would
be $712. The light from the four
jets is said to bo equel to the light
from 12,000 candles. Wabash, In
diana, is now using the light, and
Mendota, Illinois, is having them
put in.
Fish culture is now a genuine in
dustry in Nebraska, and the finest
table fish will Boon be of our cus
tomary products. We recently vis
ited Judgo Mason's fish pond, near
Nebraska City, and will some day
tell all we know about it. It will
be an interesting story so we
think ;will encourage others in the
enterprise, and will show that the
Judge is still to the front and de
veloping the farming resources of
the country.
"Let me look at a revolver," said
a man who walked into a store at
Sandstone, Mo., and a weapon waa
shown to bim. "Show me the car
tridge," he added, and he carelessly
loaded one of the chambers. "Ex
cuse me for using this a minute,"
he further remarked and shot him
self through the brain.
It is one thing to possess the for
tress in time of peace; it is another
thing to hold it in time of battle
amid boom of cannon and burst of
shell and clash of bayonets.
The plain and wholesome things
of life are its greatest blessings. We
are taught to pray, not for luxuries
or dainties, but for daily bread.
IVeurn.sIcii.
Two brief articles have been pro
pared and published, and left stand
ing iu the Jouiotal, relative to
Nebraska, its advantages aud pro
ducts. One more short article must
close the series for this scasou.
To persons who never saw a prai
rie country, to look over it is rather
an interesting sight; as a general
thing the abseuce of timbor gives to
it the appearance of waste and bar
renness to those who are accustomed
to live in a timbered country. Tim
ber of every kind common to this
latitude can be cultivated on the
prairies of Nebraska. Near the wa
ter courses and river bluffs a largo
quantity of trees are generally found
growing in great luxuriance.
Among the varieties found in such
localities are cottonwood, box-elder,
buckeye, maple, locust, ash, hickory,
oak, willow, poplar, sycamore, wal
nut, pine and cedar. The shrubs
include common juniper, pawpaw,
prickly ash, sumacs, red root, spin
dle tree, plum, currauts and goose
berries, dogwood, butter bush, buffa
lo berry, mulberry aud hazlenut.
Cedars are found on the islands of
the Platte, aud along the Loup, and
on the Niobrara there is a large
quantity of pine.
But the interesting point we want
to make is the fact that all this
yariety of trees will grow aud flour
ish on the prairie, aud that as much
timber as may be needed by each
farmer can be raised on his farm.
It is not a little surprising to know
that the early travelers, and, among
others, Gen. Fremont, should have
formed the opinion that the prairies
of Nebraska were a sandy desert,
unsuited for farming purposes, when
in these times it has been examined
by competent judges and pronounc
ed without any hesitation to bo a
region which is to be the great grain
and stock -producing area of the
continent. Men don't mako bread
of sand, and they don't, as a general
thing, settle in such localities. The
United States cover 23 degrees of
latitude; away to the frozen north,
aud down to tho semi-tropic south.
With all this choice, from the be
ginning ot western settlement the
great current of movement has been
within a central bolt five or six de
grees in width, and nearly corres
ponding with tho latitudinal length
of Illinois, which lies between 3G
degrees, 5G minutes and 42'jJ degrees.
This is the bolt in the United States
in which industry obtains the most
certain and highest rewards. It is
temperate in climate and a man
can work up to his best .notch. The
laud is fruitful, and bears in great
abundance those products which are
necessaries of life, and which there
fore have a steady commercial value.
The population of Nebraska in the
beginning of 185ti was 10,71U, and at
the close of 1875, 259,912, which was
a twenty-five-fold increase in twen
ty years.
Corn in Nebraska is most bounti
ful in production ; with fair cultiva
tion the yield is from 50 to CO bush
els pur acre. Wheat from 15 to 25
bushels per acre. Barley from 30 to
40 bushels. Rye 25 to 30 bushels.
Oats 40 to 50 bushels. A country
which is adapted to the raising of
corn; small grains; good for grass
and hay, aud has at all times a fa
vorable climate, must be a good
location for stock - raising. Live -stock
is in great demand the civilized
over, and it is in live stock the far
mer finds a great deal of his wealth.
it has been demonstrated among
the Nebraska farmers that mixed
farming is the most profitable, there
fore every farmer should combine
grain and 6tock raising. In fact
every farmer that has carried cattle
upon his farm aud handled them
with judgment for any length of
time is now enjoying the rich profits
of his investment and labor. Look
around among your neighbors and
in every case where money has been
invested in stock and handled with
care it has brought the largest in
crease in dollars and cents to those
who have invested. And there is
room in Nebraska for hundreds of
thousands more farmers.
Mr. Roads is a school teacher at
Earl, Pa. When a little girl denied
having torn a book, and called on
God to witness that she told the
truth, he waB grieved beyond ex
pression by what he deemed her
blasphemy. He grabbed her in one
hand and a club in the other, and
beat her uutil he was weary and she
insensible. She was maimed for
life, and ho has gone to prison for
two years.
"No, parson, I probly never git
courage to jine de church. When a
poor darkeys spiritual viser takes
him down in de riber and 6ays, 'I
now caprize thee,' and den ducks
him under, it's time dat darkey look
after hissef. You don't play none'
ob dem games on me, ole man.
It was at the opera house. The
performance was about to begin,
when one of the two strangers look
ed all around and said : "Bill, where
is the dress circle ?" Bill glanced up
toward the third gallery,and replied :
"I reckon it i'b up yonder; I 6ee a
fellow taking on" his coat."
A pompous individual walked up
to the bar of a seaside hotel, and
with considerable flourish signed
the book, and exclaimed, "I am
Lieut. Governor of 1" "That
don't make any difference," says the
landlord ; "you'll be treated just as
well as the others."
A little boy hearing some ono re
mark that nothing was quicker than
thought, said: "I know somcthiug
that is quicker than thought."
"What is it, Johnny?" asked his pa.
"Whistling," said Johnny. "When
I was in school yesterday I whistled
before I thought aud got whipped
for it, too."
A drunken Scotch parishioner
was admonished by his parson. "I
can go into tho village" concluded
the latter, "and come home again
aud not get drunk." "Ah, meenes
tor, but I'm sae popular!" was the
fuddled Scotchman's apologetic reply-
A French chemist asserts that if
tea be grouud like coffee, imme
diately before hot water is poured
upon it, its exhiierating qualities
will be doubled.
It is awful hard to realize that a
woman is an angel when one sees
her pick up a clothes-prop fourteen
feet long to drive a two-ounce chick
en out of the yard.
END SPRINGS,
FLATFOIUI SPRINGS,
WHITNEY & BREWSTER
"SIDE SPRINGS.
Light Pleasure and Business Wag
ons of all Descriptions.
We are pleased to invite the attention
of the public to the fact that we have
just received a car load of Wagons and
Buggies of all de&criptions, and that we
are the sole ageuts for the counties of
Platte, Butler, Boone, Madison, .Merrick,
Polk and York, for the celebrated
CORTLAND WAGON COMP'Y,
of Cortland, New York, and that we are
ottering these wagons cheaper than anv
other wagon built of same materia?,
style and finish can bo sold for in this
county.
SSTSend for Catalogue and Price-list.
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Agency and Notary Public. Have in
structions and blanks furnished by
United States Land Office for making
final proof on Homesteads, thereby ear
ing a trip to Grand Island. Hare a large
number ol farms, city lots and all lands
belonging to U P. R. R. in Platte and
adjoining counties for sale very cheap.
Attenu to contesting claims before U.b.
Land office.
OBce one Door Went of HsaMoit Heaie,
COLUMBUS, IfBB.
H. Cordis, Clerk, Speaks German.
THE NEBRASKA FARMER.
MESSRS. McBRIDE & DRUSE, pub
lishers of the Nebraska Farmer,
Lincoln, Neb., are making that paper a
grand good thing for our country people,
and are ably seconded by Ex-Governor
Furnas, at the head of the Horticultural
department, and Geo. 31. Hawley at the
head of the Grange department. It
ranks with any agricultural publication
in the world. A copy of the Farmer
may be seen by calling at this office, or
by sending stamp to the publishers.
The subscription price of the Farmer has
been reduced to $1.50, and can be bad
by callinc at this office, as we are club
bing it and our paper both for one
year at the very low price of 3.00.
$66 s
T ,VI
"WEEK In your own town,
and no capital risked. You
can give tne business a trial
witnout expense, lne best
opportunity ever offered for those will
ing to work. You should try nothing
else uutil you see for yourself what you
can do at the business we offer. No room
to explain here. You can devote all
your time or only your spare time to the
business, and make great pay for every
hour that you work. "Women make as
much as men. Send for special private
terms and particulars, which we mail
free. $5 Outfit free. Don't complain of
hard times while you have sueb a
chance. Address H. HALLETT fc CO..
Portland, Maine. 48I-y
FARMERS!
B'
E OF GOOD CHEER. Let not the
low Dnces of your products dig.
courage you. but rather limit your ex-
penses to your resources. You can do
so 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, 2ft 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,
H mile east of Gerrard's Corral
$300fe;
Tint irn
MONTH guaranteed.
2 a day at home made by
ndustnous. uapuai
not required; we will start
you. Men, women, boys and girls make
money faster at work for us than at any
thing else. The work is light and pleas
ant, and such a auyone can go rijtht
at. Those who are wise who see this
notice will send us their addresses at
once and see for -hemselves. Costly
Outfit and terms free. Now is the time.
Those already at work are laying up
large sums of money. Address TBUE
& CO., Augusta, Maine. 481-y
JOHN WIGGINS,
Wholesale aud Retail Dealer in
HARDWAEE,
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mm, TINWABE,
NAILS. ROPE,
Wagon Material
GLASS, PAINT, ETC., ETC.
Corner lith and Olive Sfs.
COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA.
1870.
1880.
TDK'
ofan(bM Jounuil
Is conducted as a
FAMILY NEWSPAPER,
Devoted to the beat mutual Inter
ests of its readers and its publish
ers. Published at Columbus. Platte
county, the centre of the agricul
tural portion ofNebraska.it is read
by hundreds of people east wboure
looking towards Nebraska as their
fnture borne. Its subscribers in
Nebraska are the staunch, solid
portion of the community, as is
evidenced by the fact that the
Journal has never contained a
"dun" against them, and ly the
other fact that
ADVERTISING
In its columns always brings its
reward. Business is business, and
those who wish to reach the solid
people of Central Nebraska will
find the columns of the Journal a
splendid medium.
JOB WORK
Of all kinds neatly and (juickly
done, at-fair prjees. This species
of printing is nearly always want
ed In a hurry, and, knowing this
fact, we have so provided for it
that we can furnish envelopes, let
ter heads, bill heads, circulars,
posters, etc., etc., on very short
notice, and promptly on time as
we promise.
SUBSCRIPTION.
1 copy per annum 2 00
Six months l 00
' Three months, .. .. 60
Single copy sent to any address
in the United States for 6 cts.
X. X. TURNER & CO.,
Columbus, Nebraska.
Mii; to aDunn mm
$1.50 THE HOBSERY $.50
Now is the time to subscribe
for this
BEST ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE
FOR THE YOUNO.
Its success has been continued and un
exampled. Ez&mino it ! Subscribe for it!
And THE NUBSKRY, both post-paid,
one year, $3.10. If you wish THE
NURSERY, send $1.00 to John L.
Shorey, 26 Bromilsld street, Boston,
Mass. If you desire both, send by
I Co., Columbus, Neb.
I - -J -, -w - . ... w
NEW STORE!
(SuweMr t HENRY .t B1:U.)
All customers of the old nrm are cor
dially Invited to continue their pat
ronage, the same as heretofore; to
gether with as many uew custo
mers as wish to purchase
G-ood Goods
For the Least Money.
This Spnce I Krecrretl
KOK
GREISEN BROS.,
Boots and Shoes.
SPEICE & NORTH,
General Agents for the Sale of
Real Estate.
Union Pacific, and Midland I'aeitlc
R. R. Lands for sale at frnniI.ootou.(X)
per acre for cash, or on tivf or ten years
time, in annual payment to suit pur
chasers. AVe have al-o a large and
choice lot of other land-., improved and
unimproved, for sale at low prior and
on reasonable terms. A No tuiues and
residence lots in the eilv. We keep
complete abstract of title to all real es
tate In Platte C'ountv.
03ft
oi.nii;!M, i:b.
EAGLE MILLS,
ta
shell'creek,
Neap .NattlnYs Bridge.
o
JOSEPH BUCHER, - Proprietor
o
I3"Tlie null i- complete in every par
ticular lor iiiaUug the le.t of Hour. A
square, lair ImiI ." is the
motto. 4A5-X
Dr. A. HEINTZ,
PR1LKU IN
Fine Soaps, Brushes,
PERFUMERY, Etc., Etc.,
And all articles usually kept on band by
Druggists.
Physicians Prescrijttions Carefully
Compounded.
Ontt door Kimt of Gitllej', on
Kleientk Mtreet,
COLUMBUS.
NEBRASKA
NEBRASKA HOUSE,
S. J. MARMOY, PropV.
Nebraska Ave., South of Depot,
co i .ir.ti it l'n, : k it.
A new tiou-e, newly furnished. Good
accommodation. Hoard by day or
week at reutounble rates.
ZSTXriu a Vlr 1-VAnn Table.
Meals,
2Tlnt. Lodgings.... 2H Cts
:w.-.ff
TTFJIRY GASH,
Jlanujacturer and dealer in
Wooden and Metalic Bnrial Caskets
All kinds and slz. s of It obex, also
bat the sole right to manufac
ture and sell the
Smith's Hammock Reclining Chair.
Cabinet Turning and Scroll work. Plc-tuie-.
Picture Frames and Mnuldlntrs,
Looking-Klass Plate. Walnut Lumber,
etc., etc. C'OI.rMBUS.NEB.
$1500i
TO M04K) A YEAR, or
J.1 to $20 a day in your
own locality. No risk.
omen do as well as
men. Many made more than the amount
stated above. No r.ne cau fall to make
money fast. Any one can do the work.
l ou can mate rrom .u cts. to ?'J an hour
by ilevotitis: your evenings and spare
time to the binine-.. It coots nothing
to trv the business. Nothing like it Tor
the monpy making ever offered before.
Business pleasant and strictly honora
ble. Reader, if you want to know all
about the bett paying business before
the public, send u your address and we
will send you full particulars and pri
vate terms free: samples worth $." also
free; you ran then makeup your mind
for yourself. Address UEOROC 9TIX.
BON A CO., Porland, Maine. 4l-y
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