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WEDNESDAY, DEC. 80, 1885.
Ax exchange eays; want of pat
ronage is the best prohibition.
A youxg colored man has been
elected justice of the peace in Knox
ville, Tenn.
Txvl Hendbicks, cousin of the
late Vice-President, dropped dead at
Madison, Ind., the other morning.
The Beatrice council has passed an
ordinance providing for an election
to vote $80,000 bonds for a system of
water works.
The next annual meeting of the
Nebraska Bee Keepers' Association
will be held at Lincoln, Jan. 13th,
14th and 15tb, 'S6.
It is now believed that Vander
bilt's ch ildren will all have a compe
tence. The estate is likely to sum up
much more than .$200,000,000.
It is said at the White House that
with two or three exceptions, all re
cess appointments have been sent to
the Senate for confirmation.
Mokmox papers of a recent date
print the names of the grand jurors
just discharged, with their business,
"for futuro reference." Any one is
left to infer what this publication
means.
It is said that the election laws in
England aro so strict that to give a
tin rattle to a voter's baby, with in
tent to win the man's favor, is to risk
fine, imprisonment and disqualifica
tion for public office.
Notwithstanding all the waruing
which has been published to the
world not to eat raw pork, it seems
to do little good. Two families are
reported as now suffering from trich
inosis in this country. Pork well
cooked will not impart this disease.
Disi'atches received at St. Peters
burg the other day state that a ter
rible dynamite explosion had oc
curred in the Pleijuchin mino in
Siberia. The accounts are conflict
ing as regards the number of persons
killed, some placing it at 400, others
as high as 1,000.
The legal warfare against the de
claration of the result of the late pro
hibition election at Atlanta, Ga., is
resumed in the superior court of
Fulton county, Judge M. J. Clark
presiding. The new proceedings
commenced are specially intended to
test the constitutionality of the law.
The Star says that after Senator
Beck had made his speech in favor of
the continuation of silver coinage the
other da, Senator Evarts, who had
listened attentively throughout the
wbolo speech, said "Beck is right,
and I intend to make a speech on the
same line. His arguments cannot be
refuted."
The state board of public lands aud
buildings awarded the other day a
contract for sinking a 2,000 foot well
on the salt basin at Lincoln, to the
Bullock Diamond Drill Company of
Chicago, the contract price being
$10,125. This work is being done to
procure a greater flow of salt water.
Work will commence in a short time.
John Graber, a journeyman tailor,
was run over by the train the other
evening near Kearney. Ho was found
by a freight couductor and brought
to Kearney. His right arm was bro
ken, his car cut half off and his scalp
cut badly, with other injuries, but he
will probably recover. When last
seen on that day he was intoxicated.
Justice Miller of the United
States supreme court has granted a
writ of error on the application of
Senator Manderson, in the Bobannan
case. It is claimed that the plea of
jeopardy as presented in this case
has never been passed upon by tho
highest authority, and the point, it is
6aid, attracts a good deal of attention
in legal circles at Washington City.
It was reported the other after
noon in New York City that certain
bankers, brokers and financial men
were making arrangements, and had
purchased about 12,000,000 of gold
for shipment to London. Nothing
definite could be learned as to the
amount to be shipped, but foreign
exchange rates have been ruling high,
up to 4.90. At these figures the
gold will go.
A government dispatch received at
Paris from Madagascar says that
peace between France and Madagas
car has been concluded. The treaty
giveB France the protectorate over the
whole of Madagascar, and there will
be a French resident at Tauanarivo,
the capitol, who will be charged with
the duty of conducting the foreign
affairs of Madagascar. French troops
will remain at Tamatave until the
war indemnity of 10,000,000 francs
has been paid.
Last week the mad dog scare in
New Jersey was undiminished. Ed
ward Bucklin, who was bitten the
other day has gone to Newark accom
panied by his father, and if Dr.
O'Gorman advises the measure, he
will go to Paris immediately. Cbas.
Britten, another victim, has also con
sulted Dr. O'Gorman. The dog that
did the biting in this case cannot bo
found. Many dogs bitten by this
animal have been killed and others
are closely watched.
At the last report from the mine
disaster at Wilkesbarre, Pa., the res
cuing party still had hopes of reach
ing the imprisoned miners. The re
lief party was still pushing towards
the confined men, and had been spur
red on by a signal they had received
which indicated that there was life
beyond. Tapping upon the iron air
pipe was heard by the rescuers, and
they naturally conclude that there is
good grounds of hope that at least I
Mome f the men may be reacted alive. I
The Sterling, Colo., News of the
19th inst., has a very interesting cor
respondence from Iliff and that
vicinity. It is stated that B. Mac
Millan has gone to central- and eas
tern Nebraska with a splendid col
lection of products raised ia thiB
vicinity without irrigation. He in
tends to leave exhibits at Hastings,
Central City, Columbus, Schuyler,
North Bend, Fremont, PapiHion,
Omaha and Lincoln. Each exhibit
will consist of wheat, oats, corn, bar
ley, potatoes, beets, turnips and cab
bage. The Union Pacific will have
each exhibit placed conspicuously for
the public to inspect. Farmers Saun
ders, Clark, Hadfield, Ford and
Simpson aro the gentlemeu who
raised tho collection without irriga
tion. Ono of Mr. Hadfield's turnips
weighed 15 lbs. and measured 39
inches in circumference.
All hopo was lost of rescuing the
miners at Wilkesbarre, Pa., on the
22d inst., and there was no rest for
Nanticoko that night. "It is impos
sible," says a dispatch, "to describe in
words the consternation, dismay and
agony which prevailed throughout
the Tillage when it was learned after
midnight that all effort to get the en
tombed miners out alivo was aban
doned. The town never saw such a
Bight as that witnessed from two to
four this morning. No ono thought
of rest. There w&9 another cave-in
during the night and to such an ex
tent that the mine in which the im
prisoned men were is now filled to
the roof and that the men are beyond
all human help."
Senator Harrison, of Indiana,
offered a resolution the other day
directing the committee on expen
ditures of public money to inquire
into the statements of the commis
sioner of pensions that, under the
preceding administrations, political
tests were applied to applications for
pensions. No reasonable Republican
can interpose valid objections to such
investigation when based upon
probable grounds of fraud or im
proper political tests. Our approval
would have been just as strong had
the resolution come from some Dem
ocratic member following up the
charges of tho democratic commis
sioner of pensions.
Gladstone speaks definitely in the
following noto:
"If I should at any time have any
plan or intention to announce on the
question of Irish government it will
be done publicly, and on my own
responsibility, not by an anonymous
and irresponsible declaration. My
political friends are assured that I
remember my obligation to them, and
they may safely understand that I am
bonnd to none of the ideas respecting
home-rule for Ireland recently an
nounced in my name. After saying
this much, I bold myself excused
from replying to further inquiries,
rumors or allegations regarding the
Irish question.
Wm. E. Gladstone."
Carl Dreyer, a young Norwegian,
committed suicide the other day at
Meriden, Conn., by climbing to the
top of a freight car standing on & side
track, and as the afternoon express
came rushing toward the station he
jumped in front of the locomotive and
was cut into fragments. He was a
fine scholar, but had been unfortunato
in his first love affair in Norway on
account of the opposition of Mb father
and wandered to America, got out of
employment, became despondent and
in this horrible way put an end to his
lifo.
S. E. Cheek, a land agent of Clin
ton, Missouri, has suddenly loft tho
country, and it turns out that he bad
been loaning money on fictitious
titles, and had forged the names of
the clerk and recorder of Henry
county to the papers. The amount of
his defalcations is variously estimated
at from 140,000 to $100,000. The suff
erers are mostly eastern parties,
although it is claimed he has swin
dled his mother, sister and other re
latives out of their money. Ho is
supposed to be in Canada.
A dispatch was received the other
morning at San Antonio, Texas, from
Lieut. Fountain, of the 8th cavalry,
and sent to Gen. Stanley, command
ing the department of Texas, which
stated that in a fight with Apaches
the other morning Assistant Surgeon
Maddox and Collins, Gibson, Sutton
and McMillan, troop C, 8th cavalry,
were killed, and Lient. Cabell and
Corp. McFarlane wounded slightly.
George Middleton. a rancher liv
ing near Squaw Creek, Custer county,
Dakota, was shot and fatally woun
ded the other day by Mrs. Bigelow
his sister-in-law, who recently came
from Ohio to the Black Hills. The
difficulty between them originated
about a man named Lobr a member
of the family. Botb Lohr and Mrs.
Bigelow are under arrest, and refuse
to make any statement.
The four children recently bitten
by mad dogs in Newark, N. J., landed
at Havre, France, on the 21st, all
well, to be placed under the treat
ment of M. Pasteur. He regrets that
the children did not reach him sooner,
but says there is good ground for
hope, as he has treated cases with
success after two months had passed
from the time they were bitten.
The tank for the new water works
at Milford, Neb., which bad just been
fillled with about twelve hundred
barrels of water the other afternoon
bursted, and being abont twenty-six
feet in height scattered the broken
timbers in every direction, flooding
the streets with water. The disaster
is attributed to defective hoops.
Lieut. Chase of Gen. Howard's
staff returned the other day from the
Santee Indian agency, Dakota, where
he had been to superintend the dis
tribution of winter goods to the
Sioux Indians. He brings back the
report that the Indians are very well
contented just now with their lot in
life.
Washington Inciter.
(From our regular correspondent.)
Washington, Dec. 22, 18851
There s every indication that
Christmas is near. The store win
dows are gorgeous with tempting
displays for presents, and the streets
and shops are thronged with people
loaded down with purchases. From
nine o'clock in the morning untU
after that hour in the evening, there
is a ceaseless jostling between the
crowds who are engaged in buying,
and the thousands of promenadera
who are merely gazing at the beau
tiful holiday goods.
Congress, too,-is out holiday mak
ing. It adjourned to-day, just two
weeks since it convened, to rest from
its labors until the fifth of January.
Mr. Beach, a Representative from
New York, opposed the idea, which
he called a childish one, of taking a
holiday recess. At this time, he held,
it was attended with danger, and he
appealed to a Democratic House to
at least go as far as a Republican
Senate had gone in taking some ac
tion upon the Presidential succession
bill before indulging in a vacation.
Representative Findley, of Mary
land, was also anxious to havo tho
bill passed, saying it was infinitely
more important than any speech that
could be made upon it. A member
from West Virginia, Mr. Goff, asked
if the bill was any more important
now tbau when, under a Republican
President, the Democratic side of the
House opposed it. Mr. Findley then
asked how long the Republican side
of the House wanted to discuss the
bill before a vote could be reached.
A voice replied "Four Years." Mr.
Reed, of Maine, tho chosen leader of
the minority, who is always ready
and sarcastic when need be. respon
ded that he was not supplying pro
grammes for the House. He said in
the same connection that there was
nothing before the House demanding
so vociferous a display of patriotism
as that of tho gentlemen from New
York and Maryland.
Before adjourning for the holidays,
however, both branches of Congress
did a creditable week's work. The
Senate discussed and passed the
succession bill, granted a pension of
$5,000 a year to tho widow of Gen.
Grant, talked over the Dakota ques
tion, removed the disabilities of Gen.
Lawton, and indulged in a little tem
perance debate about excluding
liquors from the Capitol restaurants.
During the talk, Senators slaked their
thirst at the well stored restaurant on
the floor below. Senator Ingalls
made a happy picture of Senators
trying to put themselves in harmony
with the temperance movement of
the country upon tho surface, whilo
they were so well provided with
whiskey underneath.
It waa upon the Presidential suc
cession bill that Senator Evarts made
his first set speech in the Senate.
Although he is well known in Wash
ington, having been here as Attorney
General under Johnson aud as Sec
retary of State under Hayes, the New
York Senator is holding tho first
office here to which he has been
elected. Ho took bis seat in the
Senate last spring when President
Clevelaud called an extra session.
During that session of a month he
scarcely uttered a word except to
vote. From the traditions of the
Senate, new-comers are listeners
rather than talkers. It is unusual
for new Senators to claim recognition
from the chair so early in the session,
as did Mr. Evarts. He naturally falls
into the position of an old member,
however, his experience in National
affairs entitling him to the first rank.
Ho made a strong and elaborate ar
gument in favor of a succession
within the dominant party and in the
executive branch of the Government.
A large audience in the galleries and
Senators on the floor paid him the
tribute of close attention.
The House spent the week in dis
cussion of a new code of rules. By
the overwhelming vote of 226 to 70,
it declared its emancipation from
the shackels of the Committee on
Appropriations, and distributed the
power of making appropriations
among five other committees. Of
course this change opens the way for
extravagance and increased expen
diture. It is therefore hailed with
delight by the lobbyist. It makes a
fine opportunity for every kind of
lobby plan.
Some rather remarkable bills and
resolutions have been presented in
tho Senate during the week. A
smile was created by a memorial from
a citizen in Kansas, to remove the
causes of taxation and prevent
poverty. Senator Hampton, of South
Carolina, introduced a bill making it
unlawful for a Senator or Represen
tative to recommend or solicit ap
pointments to office, and punishing
the offender with flue. Senator
Haw ley, of Connecticut raised a
ripple of laughter by inquiring of the
chair whether this bill was retro
active in its operation.
WaaklBstea New.
Edmunds bill from the committee
of judiciary was favorably reported
iu reference to bigamy and polygamy
in Utah.
Cullom introduced the postal tele
graph bill.
By Van Wyck, a bill to establish an
additional land district in the State
of Nebraska, to be called the Chey
enne district; also to provide for the
organization of that part of the terri
tory of the United StateB known as
Indian Territory, and a public land
strip, into a territory to be known as
the Territory of Oklahoma, and to
provide a temporary government for
the same ; for the allotment of home
steads to Indians in severalty and to
open unoccupied lauds to Indian set
tlers. By Coke, a bill to establish a nation
al live stock highway and promote
commerce in live stock between the
States.
In the House a great many bills
were introduced.
By Henderson, of Illinois, a bill to
establish a board of commissioners of
inter-state commerce.
By Thomas, of Illinois, granting
pensions to all soldiers who served
thirty days in the late war; also pro
viding a constitutional amendment
prohibiting polygamy ia the United
States.
"By Payson, of Illinois, granting
lands to honorably discharged sol
diers of the late war ; also proposing.,
a constitutional amendment permit
ting the President to veto items in the
general appropriation bills.-
By Holman, of Indiana, to maintain
the purity of the ballot box, and to
prevent bribery and corruption in
elections.
House adjourned till -Jan. 5tb, '86.
Sal Lake Conspiracy.
Salt Lake, Dec. 22. There com
menced before Judge Lane in the
federal court here today the trial of
B. G. Hampton, a city officor and
prominent Mormon, who is charged
with entering into a conspiracy with
prostitutes to establish housoa of ill
fame, for the purpose of entrapping
federal officials and Gentiles. Tho
only witness examined today was
Mrs. Fields, one of the prostitutes.
She testified that she entered into a
contract with Hampton, ho furnished
a house for her and the police prom
ised that she should not bo arrested.
They paid her rent and reserved ono
room in the house for spotters.
Hampton paid her $400 altogether.
He took her past Governor Murray's
house iu a buggy, pointed out the
residence, told her to call on the gov
ernor and try to get him to call on
her. Hampton promised her $300 if
ehe compromised the governor.
Hampton and his associates told her
they wanted to get the names of the
gentiles so they could take them off
juries in polygamy trials, and wanted
to entrap the govornor in order to
get polygamists out of the peniten
tiary. Tho trial is exciting great interest
and is attended by tho governor,
mayor of the city and other officials.
Judge Lane empanelled a federal
grand jury today and gave them
pointed instructions to investigate
cases of polygamy, unlawful cohabi
tation and keepers and habitues of
lewd houses. He referred to rumors
that jurymen would be made to suffer
if they did thorough work and said
he would excuse any one afraid.
They must, said he, defend themselves
even by shooting their assailants if
necessary.
flar Chelersu
The experiments being made at the
Agricultural College farm, with the
hog cholera are progressing very
satisfactorily. Dr. Gertb inocnlated
several animals, and was successful
in producing hog cholera in a form so
slight as to be scarcely perceptible, a
postmortem revealed the fact very
plainly that the disease was there.
This, of course, is only one step in
the experiment. The next will be to
expose tho animals that have been
inoculated, and have passed through
tho mild form, first by inoculation
from diseased bogs, and then if proof
against the poison in this way, to
place them among the hogs that are
known to have the disease.
Dr. Gerth is very sanguino of suc
cess, says so far everything has
worked entirely satisfactorily. A
complete report will bo made from
time to time in the Farmer, as the
work progresses. Nebraska Farmer.
Iew UToteflu
This administration bad better take
a turn on tho silver question.
One thousand and four bills were
presented in the House at Washing
ton on the 21st.
The Missouri Cremation Society
has 400 members, twenty-five of
whom are women.
Neal Cleveland, a nephew of the
President, has been appointed to a
revenue gaguership at Cleveland,
Ohio.
Guano has been discovered on the
island off Southern California, and
300 tons were recently shipped to
Europe.
The west and south are nearly
unanimous for silver coinage, while
the middle and New England states
are opposed.
Three children of Patrick Driscoll
burned to death the other morning in
New York in a two story frame build
ing that burned.
Roads outside San Francisco were
lined with dead birds recently. A
heavy storm had driven them against
tho telegraph wires.
A hard hearted tramp not only
6tole the coats and caps of the pupils
of a school at La Grange, Ind., but
also twenty-six luncheons.
The expenses of Yale College last
year exceeded the income by $11,534.
The deficit occurred in the academi
cal and mechanical departments.
The Orvillo Farmers' Bank, a pri
vate institution located at Orville,
Ohio, suspended the other day. It is
reported that depositors will lose all.
In southern Louisiana, 200 or 300
feet below the surface are strata of
solid pure crystalline sulphur, 100
feet in thickness and of unknown ex
tent. Mrs. Leland Stanford's collec
tion of works of art will be presented
to the city of San Francisco, and
placed in a building in Golden Gate
Park.
A barn and three dwellings at
Youngstown, Ohio, were burned the
other night, seventeen horses, two
cows, and one Bheep perishing in the
flames.
The City Bank of Houston, Texas,
one of the oldest financial institutions
iu the city and having a paid-up
capital of $500,000 failed the other
afternoon.
Gkk. J. H. VaxAixxx live ia the!
same hou-:e with his horses. Ho lives
in a very fine house, the stable being
under the roof of the mausion, in
Flemish fashion.
The bodies of Burke Hovey aud J.
M. Skate, the men buried by snow
in the Prodigal Son mine, on Cloment
creek, Colorado, were brought to Sil
vertoD the other night.
"It is absolutely impossible," said
Lord Roseberry iu a recent address in
Scotland, "that iu the future war
could ever take place between the
United States and Englacd."
Statistics show the colored people
of Georgia own 600,000 acres of land
and pay taxes on $10,000,000 of prop
erty. An exchange says that is not
bad, considering their chances.
The man who receives the most
letters a day in Washington is not
the President or any member of his
cabinet, but a pension attorney, whose
daily mail frequently numbers 500
letters.
Charles Mollesey, who pleaded
guilty the other day at London, of
sending a threatening letter to Lord
Ciitdeu with a view to extort money,
was scntcucrd to five years impris
onment. Paper i- iv --. material for
picture fru:. . -. fhe pulp, mixed
with glue, oi! ..ml whiting, is run into
moulds aud h&niuned, alter which it
may bo gilded or bronzed in the
usual way.
Rumors of bard fighting were cur
rent at Belgrade last week between
Piro and Bela Palanka aud of Bul
garian attacks on the Servian forces
at Widin and the retiring of Gen.
Leshyanin.
A recent investigator iuto the
causes o; consumption says that tho
disease is often inherited becauso the
heir has taken for bis personal use the
decedent's old mattresses, opholstercd
chairs and carpets.
An inmate of the Akron, Ohio,
county infirmary, who died the other
day at the age of fifty-four years, is
declared to havo taken thirty-two
gallous of laudanum witbiu the eight
years preceding his death.
Emma Mertolix, a young French
woman, was chopped to pieces with
a hatchet the other uijrht at Portland,
Oregon. Robert Luther has been
arrested on suspicion of committing
the murder, but the evidence against
him ia aid to be very weak.
The Union Pacific Railway Com
pany now operates 4,499 miles ot
road, aud either controls or has pro
prietary interests iu 1,305 miles more,
total 5,804. In operating this system,
which penetrates five states and ter
ritories, over 20,000 men are em
ployed. The steamer "Oceanic" brings ad
vices to San Francisco that a typhoon
on the Philippine Islands sometime
in November destroyed over 4,400
houses, including thirteen churches
and ten convents; eighteen people
were killed and fivo hundred cattle
destroyed.
George ScnoEMBS, aged sixty-two,
committed buicide the other night by
hanging himself to a rafter in the
stable at the rear of his homo at Lou
isville, Ky. His estate will be worth
about $50,000. The death of bis wife
and other domestic troubles was the
cause of ending his life.
"Two of the toes of my buried leg
overlap each other and pain me dread
fully," said the wife of Jacob Berean,
of Marlboro, Mass. The leg had been
amputated and buried for a month.
The husband, unknown to the wifo,
had the leg exhumed aud the toes
straightened out, and she said she
knew by the relief that followed the
exact moment the act was performed.
EHay Read at the Colaattms
LyccHm y 911m Iwla Veaatj.
Whether woman should sing bass
or soprano her place in civilization,
has for some time been a subject of
di6cusBiou. It is maintained by a cer
tain class of modern agitators, techni
cally called the advocates of "woman's
rights" that there ought to be no bar
rier in the way of woman occupying
any position in society merely be
cause she is a woman and that she is in
jured so long as she is debarred from
the ballot box, the bar, the halls of
legislation, the offices of State and the
pulpit. We do not believe these
assertions can be maintained on the
grounds of nature or right. It does
not follow because the christian en
lightenment of this age is elevating
woman from her former servility to
the high position in society she de
serves, that she ought to go to the
opposite extreme and demand all that
have been regarded perogatives of
man. Let this idea gain a general
foothold and practice and its adverse
effects will be felt to the core of
society. We believe that as a whole
woman equals man, but she is differ
ently endowed with physical and in
tellectual strength, intention, sensi
bility, affection. This difference gives
them distinctive spheres of action and
fits each for the duties clearly imposed
by nature. The delicacy of her con
stitution forbids her taking part in
those pursuits requiring strength and
endurance. Woman has a higher
sense of right and wrong, she has a
keener insight into character, is more
sympathetic and affectionate. She is
eminently fitted to mold character
and shape the destiny of mankind.
But subject her to vices and strifes of
worldly pursuits, and she would
have neither time nor inclination, nor
fitness for these great duties. Her
personal attractions will fade as the
mist of the morning, the charms and
deeds, and purposes that do her
nature the greatest honor would not
be called into action. She would end
the drama of life her earthly mission
unfulfilled. It is true that woman
has taken the masculine character,
and by so doing won great laurels ;
but it waa at the cost of her womanly
influence. Take the life of Joan of
Arc, who accomplished snch brilliant
heroic achievement. Her iqcccm,
hor sincerity, her melancholy fate,
awakened your wonder, admiration
aud pity. But with all surprise at
h-r deeds, yon- have never loved her
character, no ono'can sympathize wih
a woman warrior; ' She may live in
your imagiaation but never in your
affections. Elizabeth ruled Eagland
witb an Iroahand. But who loved
ber character. As a rule the women
of today who clamor for their rights
and public notoriety are coarse aud
uii-Jculine. We would have" woman
do M that she can without a sacrifice
of her womanly nature and influence
aad-ntefulBets. .iFiorence Nightin
gales have wet the parched lips and
wiped the death damp from the brow
in camps and hospitals. Woman has
Jbeen man's co-worker against the
great evil of intemperance, and in the
cause of Christianity in home and for
eign missions. To those who elect
the whole field of literature is open.
Tbebeneficoutinfluencoof the works
of Mre. Hemans and Browning, Han
nah More, Charlotte Bronte, George
Eliot, the Cary Sisters, H.trriet Besch
er Stowc aud many others will con
tinue to radiato through tho coming
centuries. They havo acquired a
permanent place in the history of the
race.
But is this all that woman has done
and can do? What, part has been
acted by tbe mass of the sex? The
silent but grandest work of women
in shaping individual and national
character, the civilization of the ages
the progress of mankind, is in the
quiet circle of home.
One of he most priceless gifts be
stowed upon woman is that of train
ing the mind, and sowing seed for
future good. Making a character
whose chords will vibrate for good or
evil long after the fiuger ia dead. In
tbe quiet seclusion of home with no
one uear but God communing with
him she is more fully able to grasp
the divine revelations aud present
them in 6uch vivid and beautiful
light, that the child cannot fail to ap
preciate and understand them. Iu
time these truths are chased in gol
den characters of his heart. Female
culture cannot be too highly estimat
ed when we reflect that society must
6ink into a state of anarchy, our nation
become a ruin unless there is a power
behind the school and church, which
molds the destinies of men, thereby
fitting them for their high earthly
mission and felicity in the world of
spirits. John Quincy Adams, the
'-old man eloquent," paid the follow
ing tribute to woman. "It is due to
gratitude aud nature, that I should
acknowledge and avow that, such as
1 have been, whatever it was, such as
I am, whatever it is, such as I hopo to
be in all futurity, must be ascribed
under Providence to my mother."
Iu writing to his wife ho made the
following playtul remark alluding to
tbe attack of tbe British on the city of
Philadelphia. "I believe tbe two
Jiowes nave not very great women
for their wives ; if they had we should
suffer more from their exertions than
we do. A smart wife would havo
put Howe in possession of Phila
delphia a long time ago." This re
mark of tho statesman, playfully as it
was expressed, was, nevertheless, the
offspring of an opinion which he seri
ously maintained concerning the in
fluence of woman. The pleasures of
success aro no less delightful because
attained through an other. Behold
for example a splendid scene enacted
at the close of the Revolutionary war.
Corn wall is and his armies had been
captured. Tho Revolution was suc
cessful. Thi great chiefs and officers
of the victorious armies were assem
bled at a festival in honor of the vic
tory. Frenchmen were there in their
gorgeous uniforms, who at the cry of
liberty had bravely rushed to arms.
Presently tho doors of the 6alon
opened to admit a personage whose
presence awakens universal attention.
His figure is noble and commanding.
He treads the floor with unaffected
yet unsurpassed majesty. Ho pre
sents to their gaze the rare sight of a
christiau soldier, and an unambitious
statesman. He is the man whose en
during fortitnde and military prow
ess bad sustained the spirit of the
Revolution, crowned it with success,
and earned for himself tbe glorious
pre-eminence of being "first in war,
first in peace, and first in the hearts
of his countrymen ;" for that person
age was George Washington. Never
was homage more heartily or sincere
ly rendered to man than by that brave
and beautiful hall ; and nevor was it
more deserved. Nor is it possible to
conceive of a purer, sweeter human
joy than that which swelled his
bosom. There was another heart
that shared in that homage, and joy
of that occasion. Leaning on his arm
was his stately mother. She trained
him in his boyhood, taught him the
principles which molded, laid the
present foundation of his greatness.
It was ber hands that had molded bis
character to symmetry and moral
beauty. Her early influence over her
glorious son was well understood and
silently acknowledged, in that gay
assembly, yea, her son bad owned it
was glad of it. He laid his lofty
honors at
her feet, and prized her
smile above tbe noisy voices of fame.
Did she then
experience a pleasure
aught inferior to that of bis? The
pleasure of Washington was great;
the joy of bis mother was at least
equal. What if woman is forbidden
to stand at tbe forum, to mount the
rostrum, perform tbe part of a Cicero,
a Napoleon, a Wesley. Has she
therefore nothing great in her mis
sion?
Is it nothing to sit beside young
uninformed intellect, and by her skill
give it such shape and beauty
that shall command tbe admiration of
tbe world. Her exclusion from tbe
stage of public life does not imply
her inferiority, only a diversity of
ber powers, functions, and duties.
Would yon find tbe source of tbe ele
ments of a national life, look to the
bones of that lead where -woman, as
COLUMBUS
WM. BECKER,
UKALKK IN ALL KIN13 OK
i TAPL E A N i r A M f!. Y '.
GROCERIES!
I KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND A
WELL SELECTED STOCK.
Teas, Coffees, Sugar, Syrups,
Dried and Canned Fruits,
and other Staples a
Specialty.
G4m Itellyerrd Free
part el' the Jltv.
to any
Cor. Thirteenth ami JC Street., near
A. 6 N. Depot.
BUT
FACTS WILL TELL !
After thia great
6ale competitors'' ha?
thttmloritiir and
parsed :urt!y.
ISRAEL GLUCK
Steps now to the froi.r, and p;oc!:w!ii that ha will from tui-. lay on not only
hold a one or two da a cheap sale, hut -will hold a cli-ap sale from thin day
on up to the let di;v f JANUARY next. Kver thing in my store has
beeu marked AWAY DOWN, fri.m a paper of pim'to :i sill: dre, and Irom
a red bandaua to n line wedding suit ot clothes. This i no gan or wind, but
real facts, for when I say a thing I mean it,
DON'T YOU FORGET IT!
Israel don't depend solely on selling Dry flood-. :. a living. -. he de
rives income enough from other source- to live ve.rv cniii:ii-tablyjt:d ha ban
made np his mind to make it tuitc interesting in the Dry (Joods and Cloth
ing line just for the fun or the thing, and give the citizen of Platte county
and surrounding country the benefit of this fuu while it lasts.
OBSERVE SOME OF MY EMEUS AUD REFLECT.
The heaviest striped Cotton
Shirting 08
Lonsdale aud Fruit of the loom
Bleached Muslin 08
Fine Unbleached Muslin 05
Heavy twilled Red Flannel. . . .20
Good Shirting Flanucl 12J.J
A good Bed Comfort 05 "
A very good " 1.00
An extra heavy large size Mar
seilles Quilt J)0
A good Carpet IS
I will finally Bay to my friends that my stock will always be kept up to
it a fulloat capacity, and I will be very happy to ehow you through aud post
you on prices, no matter whether you buy or not.
gently as the dew or sunbeam, is
modelling its plastic nature. Xo loud
encomiums reach ber car. Her work
seems the small service of nameless
hands.
But she exorcises au eternal and
inimitablo influence for weal or woo
on tbe destines of humanity.
Woman contented in silent repose,
Enjoys in its beauty life's flower as it
grows,
And waters and tends it with innocent
care,
Far richer than man with his trcuure
of art.
And wiser by far in her circle contim-d.
loan he with hi science and light of
tbe mind.
A Sletker'M Gratltade.
The Swift Specific Co., Atlanta,
Ga. Gentlemen : I want you to
know what your medicine has done
for my little boy. For moro than
four years he has been suffering from
scrofula. I have worked hard to get
him cured, but all to no purpose. All
of my bard earnings during these
four years, aud what I had at the time
we commenced his treatment, has
gone to tbe doctors and druggists of
this city, and when I gave them all
up two months ago my son was pale,
weak, and could hardly walk. He
could not play with other children,
and had no appetite at all. I began
giving bim Swift's Specific, aud very
soon his appetite came back. His
cheeks began to brighten up, and
now be eats well, has gained flesh,
bis cheeks are ruddy, and he romps
and plays as much as any child on
tbe street. I can not tell you how
grateful I feel, for I know your
medicine has saved his life. None
but tbe mother of a sick child can
know how thankful I am, and I wish
every mother in the world could
know of your valuable medicine.
Very truly yours,
Mrs. Kate Muxcany,
1,111 E. 61st St., New York, N. Y.
November 3, 1885.
For sale by all druggists. Treatise
on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed
free. Tbe Swift Specific Co., Atlanta,
Ga., N. Y., 157 W. 23d st.
"TIT 2H. COallf EMUS,
LAW AND COLLECTION OPFICE.
Upstairs Erait building lltu tttreet.
BOOMING-!
CHEAP FUEL!
Whitttbreast Luwpioaf... 5.00
Xut " 4.50
ttut'oii City " 7.00
Colorado Hard " 10.00
23TA GOOD SUPPLY. "
TAYLOR, SCHUTTE&C0.
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JACOB SCU HAM,
1KA1.KK IN -
DRY GOODS!
Boots & Shoes, Hats & Caps,
FS1H GQ0I1S AND OTNS.
low rmcEs for casu.
: i -1 1
miring r.&Ne of the " one-day cheap
Verv heavy Canton Flannel
15e Cotton Batting
20e " "
.OS
.10
.15
.20
.50
1.25
1.50
"i . . ... . . .
Cierinantown Yarn, per lb
A good heavy winter Coat . . .
' " Overcoat
A good white Shirt, linen bo
som and culls 75
An extra good pcarlct nll-wool
Undershirt 50
Cheap
ISRAEL GLUCK,
Proprietor of the Revolution Store.
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