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mtrn&t I- 55. "- -- " WHOLE JSXMBEE 1A5. OOLUMBtljs KEBRAKA. WEDNESDAY. JTSE 23, 1897. VOiXME XXVIII. NUMBER 11. - - ' -111 IIIU --- . . . . . . .d: A I u .- : --i . K : -I -1 .- l 1 - f . THE 49 CENT STORE. By An" Randolph- , OUNG iolks are such fools r said Aunt Huldah Petti bone, with acri mony. "Married, indeed! "What does our Katie want to get tnamed lor. with a good hoa and a steady place as a typewriter? Here have I lived these five and fifty years without get ting married, of even thinking of It and Katie, at nineteen, is engaged" Neighbor Jackson smiled. He thought. Judging from her pronuncia tion ol the last word that Aunt Huldah Pettibone would have made no con temptible actress. And as he mentally contrasted Katie Fielding's blooming cheks and violet eyes with Aunt Hul cah's Roman nose and her sallow com plexion ha didn't at all wonder that the -old lady had lived -here-n and fifty years without an eligible offer of mat rimony. "Young folks will be young folks," said he, indulgently. -And fools will be fools," sharply supplemented Annt Huldah. "Ifs noth ing aeamst this man who is coming philandering after Katie, but I dare say he's a poor, miserable, shiftless fellow, no better than the rest of 'em. I'd like to se the one that could fool me'"' "So should I." I thought, but did not cay. Neighbor Jackson, as he took up the basket of pearl-white, new-laid vgs for whieh h had been waiting. asul departed across the winding meaio- path, while Aunt Huldah, re turning diligently to her dish-washing, pondered with renewed earnest ness a? to the general folly and senti mentality of the present degenerate ase. All of a sndden however, glancing up she saw a noe flattened against the window-pan the nose belonging to a tall rubJcond. not Ill-looking man nf fom" forty years of age "Go away.' said Aunt Huldah. ""Why. Huldah Pettibone."' uttered a mildly insmuatinz voice, "have you forgotten me Me Hiram Pearson :hat went to Calif omy twenty-odd years .-go""" "La' sakes alive"" said Aunt Huldah. "And hero you re back again like a bad penny, eh"7" "I'm back agin, sartin. ' said Mr Tearson. "About the bad penny bust nss. I won't take it upon me to swear But I always was a truth-teller, and I'm ready, free and frank, to own up hat I'vp com back for the very san" rason that I went away"' "La"' said Aunt Huldah. "And what was that?" "Can't you guess it. Huldah?" in quired Mr. Pearson, with a look of in describable languishment in his little eray eyes. "I never was no hand at conun drums." said Aunt Huldah. dryly. "Then I may as well speak it oat for love of you!" said Mr. Pearson. "Get out!" said Aunt Huldah. "And I don't care who knows It," added the valiant lover. "I've been in the peddling business, but I could pay no 'tention to it. all along, o! thinking of you. And I've tried the mw f 5s. m "OLD LOAFER. INDEED." iichtnine-rod agency, but there ain't no lightning could electrify you out of my mind. So. here I be. Huldah Pettibone. w'th my heart in my hand, and you may take it. or you may trample i: under foot. Just whichever you please! "That's all nonsense," said Miss Prtibone. not without an incipient pimper at the comer of her lips. "And now."" pleasantly added the middle-aged lover. "I've opened a forty-nine cent store at Cranch's Corners, bu I can't put no sperit into my busi ness so long as I'm thinking of you. ThTe now!" Miss Huldah could not but smile. Even Sfty-ftve years old there was a certain satisfaction in being made love o' "III defy Dr Rosebury to say I nev r had a beau after this." thought she. but she only said, with a toss of the had: "Ef you can leave off sulking long enough, you'd better come in and hAve a bite of something to eat and a cup of cold co3ee." "I don't care nothin about eating," iid Mr Pearson, but. nevertheless, he entered and made a good meal. And afterv.srds he sat down in the parlor and retold his marvelous California experience to Miss Huldah. and ei ptained to her the wonderful financial successes of forty-nine cent stores in ?neral and his in particular. "Tm bound to be a millionaire before I die said he "but. all the same, I tban't enjoy a cent of my money. Hul dah. if you don't enjoy it, too" "Nonsense," Eaid Miss Huldah. But Mr Pearson, who had succeeded in getting hold of her hand, gave it a sentle squeeze by way of answer, which expressed a world of tender meaning. At the week's end Katie Fielding, who always came home of a Saturday afternocT, to keep her Annt Huldah rompany until Monday morning, ran into "the buttery, where the old lady was screwing down her patent jars of caused blackberries. "Wkr. Aunt Huldah" she cried, rosy aad ! !! . "whs on earth Is that old luafii iiililiij. his pipe in the back gartiflB? I merer was so startled Is. any llfB.aa.wfcen I saw him'" "01d.loafer. indeed!" cried Annt Hul dah. bristling up. Tm sure, Catherine Fzeldia-, I aon't kaow waa you eetaK e. m sr ' - p-j 4 & 1 ' FVJj "-2t- I VV rt t -:" ,f nT. v n in i ci-i.w v i r i r i j n " ii ' !M m wi .Ms ( i IM 1 f ffl WM M i in mi ha eei. The gentleman as smokta one in a while out there is Mr. Hi ram Pearson, the rich merchant, as is Just settin' up business at Cranch's Corners you've heard of the Forty Nine Cent Store there, haven't you? All tht country's a-talkin about it. It's a-goin to revolutionize commerce and Mr. Hiram Pearson's a-goin' to be your uncle r "TVhatr' cried Katie, with wide-open blue eyes. "You never mean to tell me, Annt Huldah. that "Yes." said Aunt Huldah, "I'm goic to be married. "Why shouldn't I? Miss Bardett Coutts got married, and I'm a good ten years younger than she is. And he's loved me faithfully this thirty-odd years and I'm to be a lady and keep a pianny and a hired gal and a canary bird all of my own!" Katie knew not what to say. She stood gazing at her aunt in breathless surprise and dismay. "Dear Aunt Huldah," said she, "do let me understand. Are you really in earnest Have you actually made up your mind to this important step in life during the one week" in which "T have been absent from you? ' "Yes, I have." said Aunt Huldah. giving a screw to the last jar of black berries which cracked it half way down the side. "So there!" And then she related the whole story of Mr Pearson's long and constant love, his financial successes, and the great enterprise now in process of com pletion at Cranch's Corners. "And, of course." added unsuspect ing Miss Huldah, "I considered it a very great privilege to be able to In vest my little savings in a business like that, as is sure to return at least a hundred per cent. And I told Hiram that you had some money in the sav ings bank at only four per cent that you would be glad to place with him If " "Not if I know it!" cried Katie, with spirit. "Dear Aunt Huldah, stop and consider! The very looks of this man proclaim him to be a swindler! Has he given yoi any security for all this money?" "Security!" cried Aunt Huldah, "What security do I need? Ain't we to be married just as soon as I can get my wedding cress made?" "But you never have given him your money!" "Why shouldn't I?" said Aunt Hul dah. "Yes I have. And I'm to have cent-per-cent interest for it, once the Forty-nine Cent Store gets well under way. But it ain't that so much," she added, with elderly bashfulness, "as it is that we love eaeh other me and Hiram. You II like him, Katie, when once you get acquainted with him. He ain't no insignificant whiffet like Abram Holley. your young man Make haste and help me to get out the best table-cloth he's to take tea here to night!" "But you'll let me consult Abram Holley about the matter. Aunty," pleaded Katie. "He's a lawyer, you know; he'll understand " "I don't consult nobody but myself." said Miss Pettibone, loftily. "I'm a phrenologer, and a physiognomer sad a judge of people's character And I've knowed Hiram Pearson more years than you've been born, so just dish up the apple-sauce, and leave off talking, while I go out and call Hiram to tea"" "Dear, dear," said Katie sadly to her self, as she poured the stewed sweet apples into the blue-edged bowl which would have crazed a votary of the ceramic art. "What a fool Aunt Hul dah is! To think of getting married at her age!" But Aunt Huldah called and called and only echo replied. "How provoking." said Miss Petti bone. "He must be gone to the post office." If he had, however, the postofnre was a long way off. for 3Ir. Hiram Pearson never came back. Neither did Aunt Huldah's coupon bonds, her little bag of gold eagles, nor her five one hundred dollar bank notes, which he had so kindly offered to invest. And. upon in quiry being made at Cranch's Comers the Forty-nine Cent Store was founa to be but a vision of Hiram Pearson's fertile brain. And Aunt Huldah was left to bewail herself in tears and impecuniosity. Not even the neishbors sympathized with her They only smiled shrewdly at oaft another, and said, under their breath "No fool like an old fool." New York Ledger. Steward's F The voyager, if he is not seasick, is dependent for comfort first on the table steward. To this man it seems to b the rule to give S2.5i for one. or J-"5 for two or three persons in a party, whether one is served in regular courses or orders what he pleases from the bill. Late suppers might increase the fee. One's next best friend is the deck steward, if he is attentive and ha; followed out suggestions about the steamer chair and rugs. Sometimes one can eat on deck when it is fata to go below, and then, if the deck stew ard is obliging he deserves the larger part of what would go to the table steward in regular course. If th weather is at all fair it is most agre1 able to find one's chair well plnced and the rugs dry every moraine, es pecially if one is inclined to seasick ness. Moreover, this steward is the one who continuously brings sand wiches and broth on deck aad. as he is obliged himelf to fee the cook's assistant to .get thes articles prepared. it is clear that he should be well remembered at parting if any one is. On many lines his pay. like that of most of the -stewards, is not higher than $12 a month and the company, on genera! principles, keeps back one-third tc pay for breakage. Another third roes to the cooks in fees. Where, therefor would he be without his tips? Scrib ner's Magazine. Coateat to Kemialn- Hicks 'Did you see any mountain climbing while you were away?" Wicks "No; the mountains seemed to be satisfied to remain as they were. They didn't seem to care to get any higher. Bat we saw some people climb ing the mountain." Boston Transcript- All Ig-.c1niry. The signs cf gladsome spring are seen, and Fan attunes his pipe. The lambkin gambols on the green. Mint sauce is getting ripe. Philadelphia Record. THE CUBAN POLICY 'LEADER'' BAILEY OBJECTS TO THE PRESIDENTS PLANS. tttuiacM Coadltloa Improve KorwUk-taadia- Coatlaned Heavy laiports Fne Silver Theories Exploded Term'i Adoption of the Gold. Washington, May, 1S97. (Special r.. --j t-t. i...i fhr 1 .oiuuwr-iiit ui -; i0WiEg the rejection of the free coai citizens of this country were suffermg ; q gUver stae Hf?en and in want of food and shelter fnr brought instantlv from President Mc-1 - - Kinley a message recommending an ap- These dLgimed gentry are noir. propriation of $50,000 for their benefit.- mf J6--6? 5eca?t.SJ It is understood that the President is . s-i - : only awaiting for more detailed infor mation, from special representatives whom he has sent to Cuba, before tak ing equally vigorous action in regard to other matters there. When it is remembered that the first three week of McKinley's administratioa witaesaed theT release of practically all the Americans who were in Cuban prisons on the 4th day of March, and that his action for the relief of those who were suffering for want of food was equal ly prompt, the contrast between his actions and those of President Cleve i land is strongly marked. When It is remembered, also, that the objection of a Democratic "leader prevented the prompt passage of the relief bill in the j house, the contrast between Republi- i can and Democratic methods mere sharply outlined is still ; Krpublican t. Uetuorratic 3IethoU- The President, who learned only a fvnr rlnr-e nr frnT bic rpnrA5PntativeS in ok", rCr xmar-;r, ninn. ThrA ' are suffering for food, shelter and ' clothimr. sent to congress on Monday j a mc.iTP nnJntina- nnr this fict. and , asking an immediate appropriation. A , resolution making this appropriation v.as offered in the senate by a Repub- 1 as soon as the reading of the mes-t lican sage, and passed oy a unanimous vote, tion now going on In the Soutn. ts A similar resolution was offered in the awakening to the loss it has suffered house by Mr. Ilitt. a Republican, as from the Democratic "tariff for rev soon as the reading of the message was enue only" system, and its rapid con finished, but its immediate considera- version to the Republican doctrine of tion was objected to by Congressman protection. That this chance is iiow Bailey, an alleged leader of the Dem ocratic party of the house. That any man representing only his own con cessional district or himself individ ually could have thrown himself be tween S00 suffering American citizens and relief freely offered by the govern ment of the United States seems in credible, but that a man professing to speah for a great party could have done so is even more astounding. But it is a fact, nevertheless, and Mr. Bai ley was successful in preventing the passage of the measure for at least three days. Why? Upon the alleged ground that he wanted to couple with it legislation , recognizing the belligerency of the Cu- bans. In point of fact, it was a po- Iitical trick to try to restore himself in j the graces of the Democracy, which had been accusing him of subserviency to Speaker Reed and his methods. Mr. Bailey was willing to stand between SOO suffering and starving American citizens and relief for an indefinite length of time for the sake of ga'n makina himself solid with the Democ- racy. tie Knew mat tne house of rep-, ment North. The recent election was resentatives would not pass a resolu-, carried by the laboring people of the tion recognizing the belligerency of the North, not by being bought up or in Cubans in the short space of time that , timidated by employers, but from a it was necessary to pass the relief res- , sensible and well-defined idea of pro olution. The senate has been debating tection. The political complexion of that kind of a resolution for not only the South cannot long remain as it is days, but weeks and months. So his now; negro domination and force bills demand that the resolution of the ree- are things of the past. We are in a ognition of belligerency should be state of transition, both financially coupled with that cf appropriating; I and politically. money for immediate relief -was not' A Democratic newspaper of New Qr only unnecessary but unreasonable, leans says- and sure to cause delay to the relief Suitable protection on susar for ten measure. Yet since it would attract years will, in all probability, enable U3 attention to Mr. Bailey, and possibly ' to produce onr own supplies of sugar, reingratiate him in the regard of the and save that large outlay of cash an Democracy, hundreds of American cit- ! nually given to foreigners for that pur izens can starve while Mr. Bailey thna pose. masquerades. ' This is from the Richmond (Va.) Foreira Goods StUI Comlmr la. t CoaUac la. The importers who are rushing goods into the country have the double pur pose of making an extra profit by raising the price on them when the Dingley bill goes into effect and put ting the law into disrepute by mairing its receipts light during the first year. The importations in April were the largest recorded in the recent commer Haf hisrnrv of the United Rrar Tha-! amounted to $101,303,131, or nearly ! double those of April. 1S96. The rate at which importations have increased since importers became aware that a protective tariff bill would be soon adopted is indicated by the following figures, which show the value of im ports since the month in which Mc Kinley was elected. IMPORTATIONS. November, 1S96, I30.043.28S: Decem ber. 1S95. $5S.960,C50. January, -1 en- S5i.354.01S: February, 1S97, 550 "IT. p ,tt, March. 1S27, $76,344,946; April. 1S97. $101 305.131. Yet in the face of this showing comes the recent announcement by a leading commercial agency that the sales of goods in April were within a small fraction of the amount in the most prosperous business year which the country has seen for a long time. That there is a genuine revival in business activity is apparent, not alone from this announcement, but from the state ments of the press, irrespective of par ty, in every section of the country. Mnmrj Circulate. An interest rate of three and a hall , 1 per cent is very low, yet a railroad , j company which put a hundred million . dollars of bonds upon the market re- , centlv at that rate of interest had no difficulty in finding capital to accept 1 thm The people who are indus triously insistins that the United States should have more money find it diffi cult to hold this position when such quantities of money are seeking invess-1 ment at so low an interes rate. free Silrer Tfceorie Paaetared. Some of the assertions of the silver orators of the last campaign read curiously now. For instance, that one in which they insisted that farm prod ucts and silver kept pace in rise and iali Is especially amusing. In view ot the fact that farm products have steadily risen in value in thi past eight months, while silver has gone in the other direction. Silver has. in the ,i ,-. w .., ,i.Q 1 -. JJ5I, itrr t Tr"gy ictii.ui lur; lu-w-cat. joint in its history, while wheat m ane u. r.aeiKrf . dUfi41UtBE SKETCHES: '. that same price double ery time that these ar-rnments were being most vigorously presented. The Ka-iRAs Pnnultars ar retvirted in irted In a jndition oq 3 set in lit tion of tla" state of distress over the condition the country. Prosperity has that state without the adoption free coinage of silver or any other of their numerous nostrums of this chaf- acter. Prices of cattle, hogs, wheat, com and farm products of all kinds have advanced and there are moref signs of activity and prosperity tol-. ua.iz.LL a Liti:ii?- lll tilllizll lxic xucm paign speeches in which they in: that the low farm prices in this coua4 try were due to the treatment v;hicBj silver had reeaived. The country re4 jected their proposition for the fre6, and unlimited coinage of silver andP simultaneously with that action -prices of farm products began to riseand haTe steadily advanced. -whlte'silvef-i has steadily gene in the other diree tion. rcra't Action a Blow to SlUerlse. Little Peru is just now the subject of a good deal of attention from all parts 0f ie world by reason of the fact that on jiay jq her new currency system -K-ent into effect. This system e-ea:ss tje gold standard and prohibit thr importation of silver coin, the purpaae 0f 5 prohibition beins to maintain tje standine and nominal value cf the silver coin" already in the count-?. Commenting upon this action by Peru. the Macon Toles-ranti a Democratic paper, says: "The statesmen of little Peru are wiser than the new breed of 0Qr own country, who sprins from the mm!nS carnPs of the west-' G- H- WILLIAMS. rrm tec tion Take Lons tritl. The most significant sign of the timet. in the political world is the revolu- going on is beyond dispute, and is proved by the utterances of dozens of t-v - . , Democratic newspapers m every south- ern state. Some of them, to be sure, are grudging in their admissions that the Southern people are becoming ad- vecates of protection, but that very ef fort to belittle the movement only goes to prove the strength it has al ready attained. The Times of Canton, Miss., puo Iished in a section that ha.- no coal, iron or manufacturing interests, comes boldly out with the following state ment: It is plainly evident to the intelli- gent and watchful observer of passing events that the time is not far distant when the material interest of the South will in all probability work a revolution in sentiment on the tariff question. Protection is now sought from Egvptian long-staple imiwrtad in- to this country, and rightly so The su gar interests and various o:Vr inter ests will seek protection The labor ing people will want it from the pau per labor of Europe like the labor ele- -5paiCn. Well, it does look a little incon sistent, from a political point of view, for cotton planters to be asking for protection. But since pretty much ev erything else is to be protected, and free Egyptian long-staple cotton would put the Sea Island cotton raisers at the mercy of the New England cotton manufacturers, it would be inconsis- tent with common sense for the Sea Islaild P10615 not to ir? t0 Protect themselves One of the strongest admissions that the Wilson bill has hurt the South is . from a Vicksbur reads: Miss., paper, and The discovery that for every dollar's worth of trade our lumber manufact urers have gained abroad they have I lost three dollars' worth at home is a I stubborn, conclusive fact that Wilson- I 1 :- i- u: it:,-: : :' ism ia uui uic iuiu.; iui jus iaipii ' . t 1 lUIUUtJi interests. Cincinnati Com- . raerciai irioune' Carreaey Keforet The first need of the government is for revenue sufficient to meet :ts ex penses. The Republicans propose to meet that need by passing a bill to increase revenues. Th" Rrpv"Iica;i.s believe, too, that a protective M-ms tire, which will encourage American ; industries, will help to restore pros perity. They propose to pass rrh a ' measure. The Dingley bill, con as ' modified by the senate, is a ! rro tection and revenue. ill for When the government has plenty of revenue it can correct the delciences in its currency system. The best ele- ments of the Democrats, who honestly , tJat get M 'zny ' . a dczn of their party in concrc.-s to agee to retiring greenbacks, wnich is the only measure of currer.f.- refotm they suggest. The way to get rid of greenbacks, snd e otOT floating jb!"gaticu! 1 aiiu ail me uui-ir uimubs: -jJi'uiijUo Q, government, is to provid? olen- ty of revenue, nd put the people of the country at work. Louisville Com- wnrftnl -'-""' A Dead Bicycle. A rp" in Lwiston, Me. wnre bi- in Lewiston, "lie., wnre bi- cycles are taxed, refused to pay a tax on his bicycle Lecaose it 1 wru out and Baflns.T He demands tc snow ci rt aSMS.-ir ETherhcr ?r.v mni ! r.r . -.- o at.a h. -i .. -. ,. H1A11 iui a. uii iiui. il -tut. ur 5 wiah, to know why he shuuhi ,v for ,,.i ,.t-,. .j,h .. , ,..,.- t - tic iw -i. a. j-uuiru icct. New Tori Tribune. nr& unr evnDirc cad -rue- www isrtvsw 7 I unil i w a . VETERANS- ,... M. "Way The Have in tn r.r.u.n Havf Htw the :!ur. h Ftu i Wttil the Ldr4 War &ktrae f the AUralrali- A V4ce from the firiir. HEI1E once was a pirate. J-Troly and bold. Who ravaged rf for ' "AVd . sain, uml the -rolls Till Lis coffers were f bursting with blood - stained sold. And millions or eaptlvc- bore his toils. . ,o'- KniH Thon fear too. hold of him. and 1 crid ' I have gatherel enough: now. war ". Kr?ow,a c"ase- - , ,,, Ujidfcesent out messengers far ana .;j To th strone on-? only, to a5k for peac. , , he We are Christian brthrn. thus spake: "Let us seal a contract, never ftsht: i. itept a grains: reikis, who dare to to break The bond we hav male lr the vic tor's njrht." i . J Ana ."n?1-- PBe5 Uten and some , Tht- kmdiv ntf.,r- 9ni riehteou. word: f With never'a dream of deceit or fraud, ouam " ; ! But others, thtr elders. lUt-n and , At th,uVld.n convert-s uactuourf style. smile 1 Th-y wan atch for the paccmaKer's ; f r ' "-::.- k.- m,k, ,., ! ' bv dav. " " Even hotv. while hi? sodly me5-ncers Speak. Hi- pm are afiam- on his enemies, weak. ' H liA ";n the bUde ! nd f.o 51." t unar: from the hand med a merci Ie!s blo--. fn th end? of th earth hi oppression , runs: he rbo's arc blown from the mouths 01 nis suns. Ttis irar ta dpvnnr his jiblCt" food: I lie taxes thir evil and taxes their good: 1 H" taxes their salt till he rots their ' blood. 1 He leap on the friendless i on a prey. I And slinks, tall down, from the strong one avray. I The Pharisee's cant roes up for peace: But the cris o: hi? victim? never cease. The stlSed voices of brave men rise From a thousand cells: while his ras cal spies Are spending their olood money fa5t and fr-e. And this Is the Christian to oversee A world of evil: a saint to preach! A holy well-dor come to teach! A prophet tc tell us war should cease! A pious example of Christian peace! John Boyle O'P.eilly. "A Way They Have In the "ay." The commissioners of the admiralty were making their annual inspection, says Punch. The weather wes fine, so their yachting expedition had been exceptionally pleasant. They had seen the ships and the guns. At that point they had stopped short. "And now you say that the whole of the machinery is worked from the cen tral tower'" queried the first lord. "Yes." was the reply. "The vessel is steered, the guns are worked and the fires are stoked all by electricity.' "An ingenious contrivance." remark ed the second sea lord. "Very." consented the superintend ent. "And. as recruits are scarce, convenient." "Well, with the inspection of this last first-rate battleship our inspection concludes. I think we have seen everything?" The colleagues of the speaker whis pered a suggestion. "To be sure I had forgotten it We have seen the ships and the guns. But we have not inspected the men. So perhaps we might overhaul the crew cf the present vessel. Mr. Admiral, will you kindly beat to quarters?" Thns invited, the officer whistled and the summons was answered by a head appearing out of the central tower. "And who may you be?" asked the first lord. "Please, your honor," came the re ply, "I am the crew." "The crew! What crew?" , "The crew of this here Tessel: and 1 can tell you. lords and gentlemen. that it's precious lonely working a big ship like this without a messmate!" And the lords of the admiralty- 1 having nothing better to dc made a cote of the objection Grant aa a Bot. Some of the good people of George- , town, Ripley and Batavia, however, go , far'in their attempt to show how very ! ordinary Ulysses Grant was. says j Hamlin Garland in McClure's. A boy of 13 who could drive a team 600 miles across country and arrive safely; who 1 Philip, taken by Drake, in 15S7. was could load a wagon with heavy logs I 46,372; Drake's own. 1S,235; the by his mechanical ingenuity; who in- lord admiral's 4.23S. and private as sisted en so'ving all mathematical venturers', 44.757 A still richer problems himself; who never whisper- haul was made in the Madre de Dios ed or lied or swore or quarreled; who 1 taken In 1592. which, by the accoun: could train a horse to pace or trot at t o her purser, carried S.500 quintals of will; who stood squarely upon his own ' pepper, 900 of cloves, 700 of cinna- knowledge of things without resorting to trick or mere verbal memory such a boy, at this distance, does not appear "ordinary." stupid, dnll or common- i place. That ne was not showy or '. easily valued was true. His unusnal- ness was in the balance of his char- ; acter, in his poise, in his native judg- 1 ' ment and in his knowledge of things at first hand. , ptirion that to retreat was fataL t When he set hand to any plan or start- ed upon any journey he felt the neees- sity of going to the turn of the lane ir to the end of the furrow. He was ' esolute and unafraid always; a boy to i rrnsTPrt anil connrpil anon crnrnv. i "npable of hard knocks. What he was ' n sneech h was in strain. If he said, i can do that," he not mrely meant f. .. 1 tnat ne wonia try to no ;t. nnt a:so that he had thought his way to the 5 successiui end or tne unaertaEing. rie i successful end of the undertaking. i 'w'a3. "J- act. an umisuall dtermn ned 1 D.d resourceful hay j i At J&cksou; Tcait. ! Trip toHE Gf Anarr5r JacEScn. ar r ! tte Hermitage. Tennessee, is about ' Gfrv vard: frnm th mrr-ion. Both ' --- . - j "Old Hickory" and hi- wif lie liunrf J Joi '? ,". " """" I t nfiT firr? ?. T7S7. died June 8. 15-tS. t - . . Here He the ireiW. at Mrs Kacaei Jackson, wife of President .-kVso who died the 22d of December. Ui3, agfJl c, ytt Hsr was faiiv ncr Mrsac !?. her temper amiable her heart kini ! tjeli-ht-4 In re- Iteving the wants of her !itlr crea tures, and cultivated that civine pleasure by the rsoat liberal and un pretending methods: to thi soar she was a benefactor, to the rich an example- to the wretched a comforter. to the prosper5c5 fin orminient. her piety went hand in haau wnh I.?: benevolence, and she thanked her j Creator for being permitted to da geed j A being so gontle and so v:: uv.i? slander idight wound, but rculd no dishonor: eYeh Death, when he or her from the arms of her Jtfisbarl. could but transport her to the fccsin of her God- . The tomb has been fenced "n by a I substantial iron railing, uutstue ta-s t ,:-.,n.-.i tdiuufe mc iv giim v.. t- ...-!....-- son and his family vi: Andrew i Jackson Jr. Mrs. Sarah Jackson L.s , wife; Mr,'. Marian Adams. .atcr o, Mrs. Sarah Jackscn. liarie. tae anw Samuel Aaarn?. son of Mrs. Adam. Dr. John M. Lawrence, husband of the "Little Rachel" of General Jack son's household: thir daughter Mrs. . '. . 1 susie uivrrence- ibq, anu i. i,..i-- of one of two infants of the family. fie Kent Hi at Durinjr one of the naval en-cements of the late war a sailor by th name jf John Davis performed an ac of bravery that has rarely been equalled While the battle was at its heignt a 5hen entered the Valley City, cf which 1 shin Davis was gunner' mate, and ec- ploded on th- berth-deck, setting it on firp " . ., . , , . . capt. Lnapnn. tne commauuer ui luc vessel, iumned down into the maga- . . n.v;l. ,urornr,c hU men to zine. and while directing ate men to . extinguish the flames, passed up with his own hands the loose cylinders of nowder. The fireworks on board h j i 1 ti.. -:..i o-i 1 cazac iguusu. nuviveia -in-.iti uju f j,jue li?Qy blazed up in the very midst ,1,- ---..-s.inT. Tha Vi1 mnm : caught fire, ard it seemed as If the I VallAv Pirv Trstiar hp hlnTrn to Tteces. John Davis, appreciating the danger, and desirous of doing all in his power to avert it, jumped up on an open bar rel of gunpowder and sat down on the head, covering it with his person as j wen as he Cnl(j t0 pr0fect It from th-i . . , snowenng spartts. Capt. Chaplin, seeinz him quietly seated while everybody else was at work, ordered him in peremptory tones to "get down and help put out the fire." The young gunner's mate stayed where he wa3, and replied calmly: "Don't you see, sir, I can't? For if I do, the sparks will fall into the powder. If I get down, saptain, we shall all go up!" Xotwithstandlng the terrible danger, Capt. Chaplin could not repress a smile, and Davis' heroic action was re- warded after the battle by Immediate promotion. Great Han's Conaplimeat. While it is well known that Daniel Webster, in speaking of General Tay lor's candidacy for the office of presi dent, pronounced It "a nomination not fit to be made," he never failed to do justice to the general's military abilities and eminent service in the field. One one occasion he paid the old soldier a delicate and well-deserved compliment. General Taylor was complaining of the crowds cf people who daily besieged him toon after his accession to the presidency. "They interfere," he said, "with ny official engagements, and violate my domestic retirement, but still I do not wish to turn my back upon my friends." "You never did upon your enemies, general," Mr. Webster instantly re plied. A compliment of another sort, ana much more surprising, considering its ' source, was one given by Mr. Webster, though the object of it was not pres ent to near, aome one was speaking of the remarkably beautiful eyes of a handsome woman, and one young en thusiast said, "They remind me, with their long, dark eyelashes, of artillery in ambuscade." "They should rather be compared to heat lightning." said another. J "Not so," put in Mr. Webster, with j a perfectly grave face, "for you must ' eertainly be aware, my dear sir. that heat lightning never strikes'" Qaeea'A PI antler. In his new history of the British navy M. Oppenheim declares that the plunder during Queen Elizabeth's f reign was not so great as is supposed, ' He says: "So far as pecuniary re- . ceipts were concerned, there wcr cn'y j two really great captures during the the St- queen s reign. Her share of th mon. 500 of cochineal and 430 of oth-"r merchandise, besides amber, musk and precious stones to the value of 400,000 crasados. and some "pecialiy fine diamonds." New York Tribune. The Deept of Wei:. Men of science are interested in all very deep borinzs in the earth on ac count cf the opportunity which thev offer for experiment? on the intemil temperature of the globe. Gat- and oil wells sometimes attain a grea dnt j. and after they have ceased tc !-- uj-;-ful in other ways are turned to r-ien-tifie account. The vrv d-rn-": hnJ ' that man has yet succeeded is naak-n: i" .ue canu is sam iu utr ntru: itvu-s - ' in Silesia, where the bonn? ih'ro?h strata of real and rock 112 r--h ' 1 depth of about 6...0 fen. in- dee; 3 1 r 2 : ? uunag ia .-Luierira t oeiievt. jo an oil well at Pittsuurr. -vhih reacneu a Hpm 01 --fj iet. r.: L- be bored much deeper for th- st thcr IttlolCLitluu it litiy til: Z... science. On set taken up iD"tdcn ctCiJe.. ., i. .. ,. .. ,,,1.t ,.- .t. . , -- " - ".; - . de-.trf?. It hoWs reiistaes z?TT r??-i in !lo!bor2 rit-.l ti r? l LEGALLY SETTLED Ottttwett kt fa Hall eo-ttty eoert M. TsnmW 3v4TC BedWeH, a "Isiae ia the case at SDreattT tm. 1m- vaggi. Wb was a claiic tat fit tea ar for n asazsTt on plaintiff. Om - sault comsistiag of tie eXeadat etr tins off oae of the waxed eaM n'ttintiff mustache says tae "" Mercjry. His honor said It was clear hat an assaalt had been comaaitted. sod a rery icrare oae, for whieh de-4-j, lhbb tn should say. tor neavy damages. Btt fortnnatdy. tha niai-tiff. havine receirfd the asaanlL 4WUMUk .- --"-"-'--' ft;.r mceepted a taoat extraoriiaary and gtyangf shiation. for the defeaeV ant then volunteefAi to sacrifice a por tion of his own mustache as a sort of mitigated penalty for the lat the nisiatiff hai anstalHed. The plaintiir Ihefetipon accepted the sittwttcj-atook the sifssors aad cot off a -peruora " the defendant's mMtaehe. It waa tree that h p-aiatlsT leat am taeh a i.t t :j- .fn (m taa af)SiaBt r , , ,. rrnrh. , tost one-eigntn oi an iatu. v m ; rf J-w wMch JT ,3 -wp- . . er term to apply to plaintiff's action in catting off defendant's mustache. The term "walTer" had been suggest ed, but he thought it was "accord and c5fsfpHnrr ' He was satisfied It was. - , and it took cira to a Ter, .- 1 old case indeed in Dyer" Whenever the plaintiff has consented to receive. and has actually received, satisfaction ; and recompense for the injury he has I sustained the cause of action is cis- 1 charged, although the satisfaction and recompense were not one huncreatn . part of the Talue cf his loss.' "In this ' case. continued his honor, "as I do the ' fractions, it is the twenty-sren part (Laughter A twenty-seventh ,-, Aa't-nriiTT hn virrart and th Tlliin- I -- -..---.--- - - - ' . tiff accepted. According to the au thority of that case It Is accord ana , ! satisfaction and the plaintiff most lose , bis verdict. The verdict will there- fore be for tb defendant, without I COStS.' Interest ta Fact About Gold. Gold id so very tenacious that a piece of it drawn Into wire one-twentieth of an inch In diameter will sus tain a weight of 500 pounds without breakinz. Its malleability is so great ' t-aat a single grain may be divided into oOti.OOO parts, and a cubic inch into 9.323,509.523 parts, each of which m3y be distinctly seen by the naked eye. A zrain and a half of gold may be beaten into leaves of one inch square, a b eh if intersCted by parallel lines drawn at right angles to each other, and distant only one-hundredth part of an inch, will produce 25,000.000 little squares, each of which may be dls- , tinctly seen without the aid of a glass. The surface of any given quantity of gold, according to the best authorities, ' may be extended by the hammer 310.- ' sh times. The thickness of the metal thus extended appears to be no mors than the 5C6.020th part of an inch. Eight ounces of this wonderful metal would gild a silver wirt- of surhciect length to extend entirely around the globe. Oar Bit Coan'ry. The distance across the United States Is found to be 2.623.2 geograph- ical miles from the lighthouse six miles north of Cape May, X. J., to the light house six miles south of Fanta Areaad. , following the thirty-ninth parallel of latitude as closely as possible. This is conceded to be about the mean breadth of the country. A glance at the map will show that the United States is much wider toward the north and . much narrower toward the Gulf coast, but the thirty-ninth parallel is about . zc fair an average as can be drawn. The measurements were made by triangu ljtion that is. by taking ovservations from fixed landmarks and verifying I ihem by astronomical test.-. This dis- j rsnee across the continent thus rb- j taincd is 1-50 feet longer than that -e- ' ported by Ee!s in 1S35 and 95 feet . longer than that reported by Professor 1 1 cj3rk in ISCo 1 Crutland t'at Trln. It is now f 'aimed that the Caledon- J rain from Carlisle an early morning tram ' to Aberdeen is the tastest train ia j the world. An expert in spee-1 ! who niado he trip says that far twea- ; ir.iis tn average was .a ernes j ai hour, and for two miles 3I.6. The whole performance is described as the ordinary work now on the Caledo nian, and far in exc?ss of English i '"mc- The engine was the Duna- lasta'r. which, in addition to large !- ; r"dr: ha the largest boiler of am 1 j loromotive in Great Britain. In ten I vcarVthp Caledonian has reduced th j jg ftQm Carlisle to Aberdeen f ot 7 hours 32 minutes to 4 hours and r,i miuutes. IN LATE SERMONS. Kr.ow!-d5e. Man has a thirst for t krowicdre as natural as his thirs: f ;r water and a curiosity as natural as I his appetite for food, the mors h- knows the rrcater his thirs. Rev C V.. Gniietto. Methodist. Cincinnati. 0 J Pupit Truth. It is no part cf the i preacher"? business or commission to , deceive men. Better, even, that his 1 wards should wound to the qu cL thai hat he should sooth the scul with a He. Rev. J. W. Riddle. Baptist. Phii- : adelphia Pa. The Pope's Power. The fact that I tise Pooe ha? at times in the world's history ba.l power to depose kinrs was due to sprc'al political circumstances and not becaus0 of power conferred upon him. Rev. Joseph RIordan, Cath- ' olic. Santa Clara. Cal, The Housa V.e Live In. The house ' of character in wi'.ch we are to dwell in Hoarer mn;r Thn hnilt niWK the rock ' .r an-rVi T- nrtz- a iht Tn ar-thrrnr?.? 1 ,h firuWi n f.ilsp rP-nr.sr aad th- - j storms of selfish passion. Rev. John " j Goddard. Swedenborgian, Cincinnati, , I Ohio. Pain. Pain is pain. I do not think . " - j much cf the pain L shall have a mil ' lion years from now. It I2 ay pain today I woulu he rid of. It is the hell j on earth that hurts. "When we dia- j pose of that there is no possible dan- I I ger of any other. ReT. If. "W. Beed. I 1 Independent, Denver, Col. THE OLD RELIABLE; mray I miimmii? IJIU K'J.iS .iiiiiiiiiiiii. iiniir iirma (Oldest Bank in the State.) Fan literal n Tit Dpfc AXD latesliais on Beal Estate. ISSrVS SIGHT DRAFTS OS Omaha, Chicago, Xew York and mil Ferei-rn Countries- SELLS. 'STEAMSHIP TICKT3TTS. BUYS GOOD SOTES And helps It cuMomer vehen they need help OETICERS JISD DLKECTOXSC Leasdeb GcBEjLnD, Pres't P.. H. IIe.vi:y; Vice l-res'L. M. Beuggek, Cashier. Joh.v Stacffei:, Wji. ltccnEn. OF , rot ipjaBHQ ' UUa.UPHBU&. NEB., - $500,000 90,000 " UAS AV ! Authorized Capital cf ; Paid in Capital, - orrirnw: II. SHELDON. Pre t. U. P. H. OEHLRIl H. Vice Pre. DANIEL -rHKAM. Oa-tter. FUANK KUKE!:. Asst- Cash r. nrrtcrT -n?: r n. nrt.iox. 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