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k i RCH- J. X. COLHATT. T. C. HACKER. UECH, COLHAPP 6 CO., rablbAer aaa Proprietors. :n.5rsi,oo peu AXJtrcx TO Mcrbenoe'a Block, Stair. DVEIiTI.ra KATE.S. n line or lew) first insertion I 1 00 M f XI i of ti v Uues or less.. itorutl line.. 1 OJ mn. on vvsr.. 1 (O nti. six mouUua, 815; three monlim 10 in nil, f:.e yrr ........ Jfi nn.mx nxji:Lli,i j threw months 14 l n, un year ... Wt Wi ii. six uioni, i-tu: three monUis.. 21 IK) ,. one rfr - M) ) i.nli uionths. $x; three month.. S (10 iiwinenui for lew time tli&n t i rf-e . uu-J m tr&uaient ; and nut b paid In 1 aad Depart are ef the Malla. ud Eastern arrives at 12 ul; depart at wjd KaHtern arrives at 4 p. 104 departs rrives at 8 a. m.: departs at S a. m. -riven at 12 m rt-.urt at 2 p. m. I .rrtt-a Miuidm il. Wlll((tn SDH uu; depart lWdrs,Tiiurii-s and Bi-rivea Fridays at 4 p. m-; depart . .uni from 7 a. m.. to Vi p. m. Hun- , iu. a. iii. A. LK MAivall, P. AL. aad C. B. It. K. Time Table. r.Atxs ooxxo jtortii. ACCOXKODATIOX. 'Th w nvi!) .ncil iiluffs.. .......&: a. ra. 2:W p. m. J(: 50 p. m. KZIBElML nh ...S-flO a. m. nvlile.... ..llr'-St p. m. uncU Mu(I U p. m. r&Aixs goixo socth. aOPOKMODATIOX. -l Bluffs a. m. -ftwiiTiiie , - .Il:'-1 a. m. joepb- JM p. m. EXPBKHS. HI Bluffs . liw a. m. rownvtlle 2t7 p. m. . J phy.. ti.tAi p. m. '-(peers' Omnlbun loaves Brown vUle for a, m. and 12 m., dally. ,.-8E" "-"J-1-" "- " ''..,! ;:I ushttss arbs. ATTORNEYS. OUTER Sz BROWN. at Law and Land Agentat irt House, with Probate Judge. IPTON &. IIEWETT, and Coaniclori at Law. J McPhorson'g Block, up atalra. .w A Solletlora In Chancery , In Ulstrlct uouri itooni. P. M. RICH. at law and Laad A rent. rt House, nrst door, west Bide. M. If. McLENXAN, .' and Counselor at Law raislia City, Kelraka, U. F. PEUKINH, r and Counselor at Law, ineh, Johnson Co., yeb. YK HUMPHREY . r It N K Y t AT LA W, (Itv, Pawnee t'fl., Neh. ; Lew A Ileal Estate Agent, Gage County, Nebraska. LAND AGENTS. R. V, HUGHES, ? A pent and Jnsliee orPeaee, nrt House, first door, west side. I'.AKRET A LETT, Land Warrant Broker. o. Muln Street. in jtnying Tare for Xan-retident. niton ffirrn to makiny lAteation. -ed and unimproved, fcr tale on rnu. AVM. H. HOOVER te and Ti Paying Agent. e in liiht rlct Court Tlooni. rotnjji atlentifm to the tale of Ural JfiJtmeiU of 2'axet throughout the ud District. JONAS HACKER, for the City of BrownTllle, i to the Payvxnt of Taxes for Son and (Miwrt in XemaJta tXrunty. ence Solicited. fOF ir. SYDENHAM, f PUBLIC & LAXD AGENT, Fort Kcamei, Scbraskn. te laiuU fr int. ndKiK settl'-rn, and information required concerning f South-Western Nebraska. P2-4j PHYSICIANS. TnAH" & THCRMAN, ICIANS A NO M"K(1E0XS 1 M uu Street, one door went of Deu j. OlUce hours from 7 to 11 a. m. and l-ll-y H. L. MATHEWS, It I AN AXI) SURGEON. pe No. ai Main (Street. 8. HOI.LADAY. M. D., , Snrfton and Obstetrician, -Holladay & Co's I)ru Store. ! in lS)l ; Located in Jirownville in i hand complete tett of Amputating, id Obstetrical Instruments. ni attention given to Obstetrics and f Women and Children. F. STEWART, M. D., 1CIAS AXU SURGEON, "e No. XI Main Street. -7 to A. M., and I to 2 and 6 fo 7V P. M. U. KIMBERL1N, M.T. ICIAN ASU SURGKOS, raKka Eye and Ear Infirmary, nence practice at Brown vllle, herciiand ise. VJL T. DEN, ' olesnle and Retail Denier in !erehandle, and Commission . forwarding Merchant, No. 26 Main Street, ntent, Plows, Stores. Furniture, dc, uwd. Highest marl ct price paid for ,rt Furt and QtuMlry Produce. Q. M. HENDERSON, nlcr in Fnrrirm and Iknnrtie UOOUS AND GROCERIES, No. 53 Main Street. J. L. McGEE CO. In General Merchandise, McPherson'a Block, Main St. DRUG STORES. HOLLA DAY 4 CO., 4cale and llrtail lkalcrt in iedlclnes, Paints, Oils, etc., No. 41 Main Street, CHEERY & NICKELL, ttale and Retail Dealer in oks, Wallpaper 4& Stationery No. 3 Main Street. OOTS AND SHOES. niARLFS H ELMER, r AS D SHOE MAllER, No. 6 Main Street. ind a superior stock of Boots and 9m Work done with neatness and A. ROBINSON, T AND SHOE MAKER, No. AS MainiStrect. V7wf a good assortment of Genfs, cs' ami Children'! Hoots and Shoes, rk done u-Uh netitness and dUjxUch. done on short notice. HARDWARE. JOHN C. DEUSER, a Stores, Tinware, Pnmps, &.., No. lO Main tstreet. TELLENBFUGr.R BR0S., tarersrft lealers In Tinware. v Main St., Mc-Pherson'H Block. irdtoare, tjrjenter's 7ool-, JSUick' nisungx, Ac, constantly on hand. SADDLERY. MIN W. MTMH.KTON, UR IDLES, COLLARS, Etc. No. 64 Main StreU t Lashes of every description, and 'air, kept hand. CtuA paid for 3. IL BAUER, iifticturrr and Jn-olcr in . BRIDLES, COLLARS, Etc. ..o. to'4 jiain Street. e to order. Satisfaction guaranteed. SALOONS. CHARLES BRIFOFL, i ALL AND LUNCH ROOM, No. 25 Main Street. ' merger & roberts, ;bra billiard saloon, .n" and Liquors contdzzHs on hand. So. 4s, Wljiioey's Block. U-a xrn HUDDARD & to. SALOON, No. 47 Main street. Wines and Liquors kept on hand. J. V. D. PATCH, annfiicturer nd Dealer In , Watches, Jwelry,te etc. No. 34 Main Street. td Silcer-Platci W ore, and allvarie jlarle con ant (yon hand. Merxiiring nmtct style, at short notice. Charges . Work vcirrantcd. VOL. 13. HOTELS. PEICXSYLVAXIA. IIOCSE. ih'vkv t-ivk' iw.nriptor. j vutinnn luAr.i!nor bv the Tlavorwwk. Tlie traveling public areinvi ted toelve him a cjui. 1-11 ST.AII HOTEL. rTnc;ci At wiiitr lonrletors. On Lvce Htreet, between Main and Atlantic Thim Ifi.ujif ii convenient to the Strom J!oat Landinff, and the husnejirt oj the CVy. The beat accammodationa in the C Uy. Xo paint will h tmarrd in makirw auenU cjmfortat,le. Good Static and Vorrnll nmrrnunt to the Jhmze, Agents for K. & N. Htnge Co. AMERICA?? HOUSE. L. I). ROBISOX. IToprietor. t ront rsi.. DetwH.'ii .wain nuj ' , pood Feed and Livery Stable in connection it-uA IM Jiovte. CONTTCTIOJiXItlXS. OEOROK YATTXEY, Dakerv aiitl Confectioner - . . i ill- 1 . . 1 rnfd fthnlM leu, etc., etc. WTTT.T k f TlfKSKT.I,. Bakery, Confer tloatry and Toy Store Freth Jtread, Oiket, Oyster, Fruit, etc., on hand TV J 1 1 l U I 1 1 1 F It I J. P. DEUSER, Dealer In Confeetlonerlea, Toya, etc. 'o. 44 Main Street. NOTARIES. E. E. ERRTOnT. Kniarv Pnhlle and Conreyancer, And Bft ent for the Equitable and American Tontine Life Insurance uompameB. o-n FAIRBROTIIER & HACKER, Notary Pnblle and Conveyancer, ninnii in I irainir I'le rk's Oflk. a -a- rintRRuTHES. james u. Hackzb, NotAry PubUc County Clerk. GRAIN DEALERS. DEALERS IN GRAIN, PRODUCE, Ac. Aspinuall, Xtbraska. fn. - v. lv,- i,,.rbut rvT-l. rnl.-t fnp anvthinflr the Parmer can raise. We will buy and sell everytnina Known to me mamct. ii'nrjTinvn A- W T T XC K Storage, Forwarding and Commission And Denier in all kinds of (Jrain, for which they pay the Highest Marlcet Price in (Msh. MILLINERY. MRS. F. A. TISDEL, MILLINER AND DRESS MAKER, Bbop on rirst St., bet. Main and Atlantic, (over FA.Tisdel's Agricultural Store.) Has constant Jv on band a full assortment of all kinds and varieties of Zephyrs, leather Braid, Star Iimld, Swan's IKiwn, LaJies' Mohair Colls and Curls, Hamburg Trimminp, etc. Irese8 and Cloaks miKle in the latent styl. 'i'lie public are invited to call. 13-12-y MISS MARY A. SIMPSON, MILLINER. AND DRESS MAKER, Find street, bet. Main and Water. Wishes to iniorm the I -'!. of Brownvllle and vicinity, that she has a iirst class MUlfnery Shop, bere work will be done with great care and neat ness, and alter the iateNt ea-stern Myles. Bleaching done in the very lut-t styles, and on short notice. Latest stvles ofLadies' and Children's Hats and Bon nets constantly on hand. Alsolutest patterns ol In dies' Dress Ooods, Clonks, and Children's Clothing cut on short notice. BARBERS. . J. L. ROY, BARBER AND HAIR DRESSER. I No. 5 5 Main street. Has a splendid suit of Bath Jtoom. Also a choice stock of Gentleman' A'otiont. McNEAL & DORSET, BARBERS AND HAIR DRESSERS, No. 21 Main Street, im nrpnnrwl to do all kinds of HalHressine for fieri is and ijulies. A s liiirberN t.'irr arP 'o. 1. AIho old t'lotues rejiovftled on rvA-onuoie trnis; ltKui biackeii at all hours ; and washing and ironiDf none on short notice. 1M-12-V TAILORING. HAUBOLDT & ZECH, MERCHANT TAILORS, Ao. 5H Main Street, Have on hand a splendid stock of Goods, and will make them up in the latest styles, on short notice and reasonable terms. BLACKSMITHS. J. H. REASON, Blacksmlthlng and Horse Shoeing, Shop No. SO Main Street, Will do liUickxiaitliinff of all kinds. Make Horse Shoeina, Ironing of Wogon. and Sleighs, and MaclUne Work a Sjtcciality. J. W. & J. C. GIBSON, BLCKSM1THS, Shop on First, between Main and Atlantic. A II work done to order, and satisfaction guar ranteed. JOHN FLORA, BLACKSMITH, Shop on Water St., South of American House, Custom Work of all kinds solicited. WAGON MAKERS. FRANZ IIELMER, Wagon Maker and Itepatrcr. b'nop West of Court House. XTaaons. litiarrics. Plows. Cultivator. Ac, re paired on short notice, at low rates, and war ranted to give tati.y'action, BOUNTY CLAIM AGENTS. ED. D. SMITH, V. S. WAR CLAIM AGENT, Washington CJy, D. C. Will attend to the prosecution of claims be fore the Department in person, for Additional Bounty, Back Pay and Pensions, and all claims accruing against the Government du ring the late vrai 46-tf SMITH". P. TUTTLE, , U. S. ASSISTANT ASSESSOR. Office in District Court Room. Xotary Public, and United State War Claim A rrevt. Will attend to the prosecution of claims before the Department, for Additional Bounty, Back Pay and Pension. Also the collection of Semi-Armual Due on Pensions. MRS. J. M. GRAHAM, TEACHER OP MUSIC, liooms, Main, bet 4th & 5th Sts. -Lfttons crvenon the Piano, Organ, Melodton, Guitar and Vocalization, having had tight year experience at teacher of Music in Xew York is confident af giving tatitf action. G. P. BERKLEY, House, Carriage and Sign Painter. No. 66 Main St., up stairs. Graining, Guildi n g, Glaz ingaml I'aper Hang ing done on short notice, favorable term, and warranted. A. D. MARSH, Bookseller and News Dealer. Citif Book Store, No. 50 Main street, Post office Euildlnp. A. STAFFORD, PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTIST, . No. 4T Mnin Street, up stairs. Persons tcixhinT Pictures executed in the latest ttyle of the Art, it ill cfiil at tn.'l Art Gallery. A. W. MORGAN, Probate Judpe and Justice of the Peace Office in Court House Building. J. K. REAR, Agent for the M. V. Express Co., and W. U. Trie prapla Co. No. ?a M-Pheron s Block. C. W. WHEELER, BRIDGE BUILDER, Sole agent for R. w. Smith's Patent Truss Bridge. The strongest and best wooden bridge now in use. KEIS WETTER & EIRSMAN. , Brownville City Meat Market. TT., No. 60 Main Street. rJ:,', U"hahet nut r let price for good Beef rXXtlr, QiJvex, Sf.erp and Hogs. BLISS HUGHES GENERAL AICTIOXEERS. TTiU atli-nd to the sale of Real and Personal JYoperttt in trie Xemaha Land District. Term rerixonnhlc. ALL, A 13 O ATI 13 V The . Browrille Transfer Line, Under the management of c JACOB ROGERS, Is now Banning Regttlsr Omnibusses Irom Brown villa to tLe Railroad Terzainos of the Council Blcn sdJ St. Joeeph Rsilrosd, At irortli Star, Ho., Two Kiles from Browuvill nd North Star Ferry Landing. Good OmniTj esses. Close Con&ctonr UO-tf CLarcvs Hoderato. f ,.'-r; ; J j ; J?JJAj j 1 1 . tj ' ft REAL ESTATE AGENTS. CBABI.ES O. DORSET. Att'y at Law. GKOROX W. DOMIV, C. G. & O. V. DORSET, REAL ESTATE AGENTS AND Dealers in ILaxul Warraiits. Cuj and Sell Real Estate an 1 Lana uarrann. Select & Locate Government Lands. ATTEND TO CONTESTED CASES IN TH3 U. a LAND OFFICE, AND '. PAY taxes: A large quantity of First Class Lands it sale in Nemaha, Richardson, Pawnee, John son jand Gage Counties, Nebraska, to whiet the attention of purchasers is specially laY.; ted. o Office-BEOTOIYILLE. NEB. Branch O Zl oe B HATRI CH, NEZI. 13-ft-tf J. H. SHOOK & BROS., Manufacturers and Dealers in Native Lurabi ir of all kinds, lengths, breadths and thickness, AT . II I IL. IL. T3 A. IL. E , iniMAiiA couirrr, Nebraska. They own and run oneof the best Saw UlUa in the state, ana win turnisn 3IECIIAXICS ASD BUII.DERS wHtr, a hill of Lumber of best Duality, on snort nonce, ai ine iiowesi juiraev mw. i . t a w ir a. tj . Lath and Piclteta Always on hand for sale. Tiipv aUn kp!1 rlienn at their store in Hills dale all staple Dry Goods and Groceries, and such artic les as are in general use. Remember the ousiness, me men, anu iuo place. 1JT JOlim L. CARSON, B ANKEE, BROWXVILLE. i NEBRASKA Exchanre Boneht and Sold on all the prin cipal clths. Also dealer in Gold and Silver Coin, Gold Dust and - -' GOVERIIIIEIIT ROIiDS. Deposits receivod, payable at sight. Inter est paid on time deposits Dy special agree ment. Taxes paid for non-resident. ' All kinds of U. 8. Bonds wanted. CITY BAKERY AND CONFECTIONERY 1 1 No. 3 1 Cor. If sin & 1st SU. (opposite City Drug Store. WILLIAM ALLEN, Proprietor. Pie, CaUes, Fresli xlread, Conrectionerj, Lirat ana Fancy Groceries Constantly on Hand ! 1 Fresli Bread Delivered Daily! ! First Class rainUy Flour Warranted. Free Express runs for the benefit of my Customers. VH. H. VALLEAU IMPORTER and Wholesale and Retail Dealer in WniES A1TD LIQUGRS, Keeps constantly on band a full stock of all kinds of ITative and Foreign Wines BRANDY, WHISKY, AXE, &c ALSO, a full stock of mm MID TOBACCO All of which he oflers to the trade at rates low enough to suit alb To those wishing Liquors and Saloon Fizrfcnre3 He extends a special invitation to call and see him, Knowing that be bas all they want of the best goods in the W ett and can Guarranty Entire Satisfaction ! I ! A SAMPLE BOOM IN THE REAR, WITH A 5 Supplied with the choicest brands of Wines, Liquors Ac., 4c 4J-FREE LUNCH" AT ALL n0URS.- 13 JLS NO. 99, Corner Mala and 3d Streets, EROWNVILLE NEBRA8KA. Mrs. II. E. Barcis, : " Dealer in Fancy Goods and Notions, Which she will sell at reasonable prices. She is constantly in receipt of New and Ele gant Patterns for Dress and Cloak Making, to which she pays particular attention. Fluting, Stamping, Stitching, Braid ing, done to order. mm 6 misoirs 1L.OCIC STICH SEWING MACHINE! Awarded the FIRST PRE3IIU3I at all the principle Fairs in the World. Ev ery Machine warranted for three years. In structions free. OFFICEAT THE BAZAR. 3-tf CLOCKS, WATCHE3, AND Ifo. L0 Main Street, Brownrille. joseph shutz; . . Snas Jnst opened and will constantly kfcn on hand a large and well assorted t -tostock of genuine articles in bis line. Re-o&irin"' of Clocks, Wttchcs, and Jew elry done on thort notice ALL WORK WAREAy TED. ' i .-r i V)l ,V I i ' . ill K i ,'U rt! BR0WNVILLE. NEBRASKA, cLcmnro. A Ifcw and Fashionable stock of j CLOTHING, , (NO snODDY), is now offered to the Public at J. S. HETZEUS 1 CLOTHING STORE, To. 70 ITstin Street, who Is a to the interest of the public ; and having pur chased my CLOTHING, (made nndermy own supervision) exclusively for cash, I can sell as low, if not lower, than any TTATT in the Town or County. I beg to call your attention to my LARGE AITD WELL selected stock of HATS, CAPS, BOOTS, SHOES, Gent's Furnishing Goods, as can bo I ' 1 i v , FOUITD IN THE "WEST. Here is a chance for the best bargains, as I have no dead stock on hand, all being entirely new. The pnblle are invited to call and ex amine for themselves, " ' SI ricPllersom's Slock, BBOI7ITVILLE, where everything in the Clotiteslina can be found. To 0 -fT)'J . .T.. 51-tX ' ! ' Y THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 18G9. THE OLD AND SEW. st j. o. wnnTnrH. O. BOrnetimf c-Imtti nnnn rf r clrrV, - Through present wrong, the eternal right! ; .ura si-eg vy step, since time began. We see the steady gain of man. . That all of good the post has had, Remains to make our own time glad, Our common daily life divine, And every land a Palestine, We lack but open eye and ear. To find the Orient's marvel here. The still small voice in nature's hush. Yon maple wood the burning bosh. For still the new transcends the old, In signs and tokens manifold; Slaves rise np men ; the Olive waves, AVith roots deep set in battle graves. Through the harsh noises of the day, A low, sweet prelude finds it way; Through cloud of doubt and creedsof fear, A light is breaking, calm tend clear. Henceforth my heart shall sigh no more ,For olden time and holier snore; i,od'i love ODd blessing, then and there, And now, aud liere, and everywhere. Bsssjtsa-gBssssBBaai OTJB GEOOEE'S.STOEY. BY MARY KYLE DALLAS. 1 learnt a lesson once that I never have forgotten, and I hope I never maj (said our grocer.) I was a young maa and a poor one then, and had a hard struggle to make my little shop keep ray little family. It was only by pinching and saving aud keeping a sharp lookout for every bargain that I managed at all. We lived In a shabby street, and had only very poor customers. A loaf of bread, a qarrter of butter and two ounces of black tea was quite an order, and most of those who came wanted trust. As for laying In fine fruit or vege tables I never thought of such a folly. Diamonds would have beeaas salable in that part. 1 struggled along as best I might. and after a while things becran to im prove, and I began to have visions of a clean store In a good street when I lay down to rCst at night. bo one day i brought home half a dozen hams and hung them up about the door, more for show than anything else, for ham was a grand holiday dinner In those regions, and not an everyday affair, I can tell you. They went off slowly, as I thought they would. Now and then some one would come in for a pound, and once I sold half of the smallest to a woman who wanted it for her Sunday dinner. And so the hams hung there through the summer and through tne fall, and quite on into the winter. It was just as tne December nights began to grow long and dark and cold that I noticed a new policeman on our beat a young, handsome-looking fel low, with very bright eyes, but with such thin cheeks and hands, although be seemed to be powerfully built, and made for rather a stout man, that I could 'not help watching him, and wondering whether he had been ill or not. The first time that I noticed him was about sunset, and he passed and repassed my window a dozen times, looking all the while straight at thoee lair, WiiuL cautiou nt.Lutne ir&me of the awninp. "I hope he means to buy one," I said to my wife, as we sat together over the tea-table: "and I shouldn't wonder if he did, for he seem3 to have taken quite a fancy to tnem." But the evening passed, and though I saw him every now and then on the other side of the way, looking across with his bright eyes straight at the hams, he did not come in or speak to me upon tne subject. And so l made up my mind that he would send for it in the morning, and somehow made so sure of it, that whenever I saw a decent-looking young woman go by with a basket on her arm, I said, "That's the policeman's wife cominff after the ham." I was mistaken, however; and after the street lamps were lighted that night I began to see the man again pacing up and down up and down up and down with his eyes still fixed, as they had been the previous night, upon the hams. Once he caught me peeping at him, and then he turned so red and looked at me with such a wolfish glitter in his eyesy that I grew angry, and said to myself: "It's well that keeping unsalable articles isn't a crime in this country, for if it was I should expect to be arrested." So I gave him back his look, turned on my heel and walked back into the shop. I did not see him again that night; but, long after everything had been taken in and locked up, and I was snug in bed, I heard a tramp tramp tramp upon the pavement, and knew it was the new policeman, and that he was look ing at the hooks where the hams had hung, as well as though I had seen him. On the third evening he was there again; that, you may say, was no wonder, for it was his duty to De upon that beat, and no other, but it was cu rious, that he should keep on staring at those hams with those Dright, wol fish eyes of his. I didn't like it, though I could not have said why. A vessel had been wrecked at sea about that time, and an extra, with the latest news of the disaster, came out that evening. I bought a paper and eat down behind the counter to read it. It was a stormy night, and but few costomers came in, and those were easily served, and somehow, be tween reading and thinking, time passed on, until the clock struck eleven, and I had not yet taken in my goods or put up my shutters. just as l was about to ao so (in tact, I had already put my hand upon the first piece of the shutter), my door opened and an old woman came in. She was a sottish, miserable creature, known about the place as Irish Kate, and with her red nose and bleared eyes and bloated limbs, was us ugly a figure as any one ever cast eyes on. "Another dram, I suppose," I said to myself, going behind the bar at once, for 1 wanted to get rid of bcr as soon at possible. But she, to my surprise, came close up to me" and put her great red paw upon my arm. "I've made a diskivery, misther," she said. "You've not been keeping as bright a look-out as you should ; there's been a thief at work widout this blessed niprht." "What thief?" I asked. "More than I can tell ye," she an swered. "But I think it's a police man, no less, the blackguard." . "A policeman !" 1 cried, ana my thoughts flew at once to the man I had seen staring at my hams. "It's too dark to see his face," sne said; "but I caught the shine of a star on the coat he has on, and who iver it was took a ham from your pegs and hid it in the ashbox beyant at the corner. Ye'll find it there, If ye look; and cow ye'll not refuse an ould wo man a sup o' whisky for this informa tion?" . .. I gave the old creature what she wanted, hurried her out of the shop and put up the shutters, growing more angry every moment. , "II It is the policeman, I'll make .. . r ! C "... . ' C ? y: V v U him pay dearly for it," I rauttered, as 1 EiunK along tne sidewalk to the cor ner, keeping In the shadow all the way, ana when I stood beside the box and saw, by tne light of the lamp, close by that the ham was there, wrapped in something which looked like a handkerchief, I bit my libs and clenched my handi with rage. Had it been a common thief, I should not so much have minded ; but a police man I It was more than I could stand So I crouched myself in a doorway and waited. The watch were relieved at twelve o'clock : I knew that, and knew also that this would be the time when my policeman would come to take the ham out of its hiding-place. And sure enough, when the time came, I heard him challenge the man who wa3 to take his place, and come marching down toward the corner. I let him get the ham well under his arm before I stirred, but then I pounc ed upon him like a tiger. "I've got you !" I cried. "A pretty policeman you are, indeed, but you shall suffer for it, I can tell you." He struggled with me for a moment, like a wild thing; and then all of a sudden dropped the ham and fell down in a helpless sort of heax upon the ground. "I'm a ruined man I" ho groaned "a ruined man ! there i3 no hope for me now. Oh, my God I my wife my poor little wife!" and ha burst out crying like a woman. The sight softened me, but I was angry still. ' "You should have thought of that before you became a thief," I said. "it the guardian or a man's property i3 not to be trusted, what is to be come of him? And you look like a gentleman you do not seem like a scoundrel ; how have you ever stooped to do such a disgraceful thing a3 this '" Hs'was standing oesiae me now, and the lamp light fell upon his face. It was white as any corpse's, and His eyes glittered terribly. "I'll tell you what made me do it," Ite said ; "it was the only thing which could have driven me to do an act like that; my wife and children are star ving starving, I tell you, and I had nothing for them !" "Policeman's families do not often starve," I said, with a sneer. "My od ! can't you believe me won't you believe me?" panted the man. "I have only been appointed three days ; I have not received a cent of salary yet. I have been ill a long while, and : had neither money nor credit. Last night we went to bed supperless; to-day there has not been a crust in the house, and those hams tempted me so. You can never know how awful they tempted me, and I meant to pay you afterward." He covered his face with his hands. and I could see great tears dripping through his nngers, ana belore 1 knew it my own cheeks were moist, and so we stood silent, with the ham laying between us on the ground. At last he turned toward me and said : "Do what you like with me; the last nope is gone." But I put my hand on his arm, and saia : "God forbid that I should take that last hope from you that I, of all men, should be the one to ruin you. If your story is true and I believe it is I pity you more than I blame you." He looked at me in a sort of bewil dered way, as though he scarcely un derstood me, and I took him by the arm and led him back toward the shop. There I filled a basket with bread and butter and coffee, and put the ham on the top of all. "Take it home to your wife," I said, "you'll pay me when you get your salary ; and if you are in need before that time come to me. I'm a poor man myself, and I can feel for other poor men." I shall never forget that man's face in all my life so wondering, so thankful and so awe-stricken. All he said was, "Good bless you," but there was a whole sermon In those three words, and I slept better for them. On Christmas night he paid me ev ery cent, and from that day, until I left the neighborhood, dealt with me regularly. But times grew so much better that I took a store in a good strett at the other end of the town, and one way and another saw no more of my policeman for three good years. One night, just such a cold bright night as that on which I first saw him staring at the hani3, I was awakened long after midnight by a cry of fire. I started up to see the flames through the floor, and to know the store down stairs was all ablaze. The stairs were on fire also, and when, as I opened the entry door the hot air and smoke rushed in and almost smothered me, I gave up all hope of getting my poor wife and our helpless little ones out of the burning building alive and safe. Help came to us, howeve, and though in clambering down the lad der I slipped and broke my arm, I was thankful when I saw, as I thought, that all were safe. I was so faint and ill from the accident, you see, that I hadn't all my wits about me, and believed that there Was no one missing. My blood ran cold when my wife, clasping her hands, with an awful look on her face, screamed : - "Our little Lucy, our little Lucy is left behind." She had slept With our hired girl since her baby-brother was born, and the woman in her fright had forgot ten the little one. There she was at the top of that burning building out of the reach of any human help; it seemed to me as I looked up at the walls, a great red and yellow sheet of flame, with blue gleams here and there as though develish heads were peeping out and grinning at us. Still, hopeless as it was, I should have gone back into the'burning house and saved my baby or died with her if I had been able to stand. No one else would ven ture. It would be a foolish sacrifice of life, they said, for no dbubt, the child was already smothered by the smoke; and though I raved and pleaded and made wild promises, they shook their heads and only bade me have patience. Patience ! I thought that I was go ing mad as the face of my little girl, my sweet pretty pet, ro-e up before me. But just then a tall man dashed through the crowd and came toward me. "Quick !" he shouted, "which room 13 the child in speak quick which room?" "The back one on the upper floor," I groaned, and he dashed away from me, parting the throng with his strong arm3, and in another moment I saw him mounting the ladder. I heard them calling to him to come back bid ding him beware, and speaking of him as though he were dead already. But he never heeded them, and as I saw him hidden by the black smoke which poured from the window, I covered my face and prayed that the angels who walked in the hrey furnace might go with him. Perhaps they did. Something stronger than any earthly thing mu?t . . V .. .,.' b NO. 14. have been there, for in a few minutes they seemed years to me then vr? saw hira comi n x down the lad.ler with something in his arms. "The burnt body of ray child, perhaps," I thought, but as he came closer I saw that it was my own laughing, living darling, with her blue "eyes open and her littie arms about his neck. The roof fell in the next moment, but my treasure was safe and that was all I card for. "What shall I do cr say to thank you," I said, as I grurpetl his hand. "I'm a ruined mail and can only give you my blessing; but let me know your name, at least." "Have you furgttera me? don't you renieniK'r mc?" he said, as he bent over me. "Look again." I did, and I mw a pair of bright gray eyes, a fuce I knew, ami some thing glittering on his breast. And the sceno at the corner of tha dirty little street on a wet December night came back to me, and I saw my po liceman once more. Vlt is you," I said, "and you have saved my child from such an awful death." "And wht did you save me and mine from?" he said, with tears in his eyes. "Starvation, ruin, utter degradation. I should have been a felon, and my dear ones paupers this night, but for you. I have not paid the debt; I never can ; but when I heard that it was your child who lay at the top of that burning building, I prayed that I might save it, and I know God heard me." And then he told me what had brought him to the neighborhood on that night of all others in the year. I had lost all, for I was not insured, but he was prosperous and stood by me like a brother ; nursed me through my illness, and loaned me money for a new start in life. So that in a little while things grew bright again, and here I am, as comfortable as most people. "And the policeman ?" I asked. "His hair is as white as my own now," said the old man. "And my daughter, the little one he saved that night, is married to hi3 son." The Northmen In America. An Interesting paper wa3 recently read in New York, relative to the dis covery of the American continent In the tenth century : The speaker began by explaining that the Northmen were an Asiatic race that settled in Denmark, overran Norway and Sweeden, and afterward, in the j-car 87-3, colonized Iceland. Near the close of the tenth Century the Icelanders, led by Eric the Red, fushed westward and colonized Green and, where the colony existed until near the beginning of the fifteenth century, and where a line of no less than seventeen bishops presided over the church which was established. The last bishop was Andreas, who, in the cathedral church of Gordo, on the west coast of Greenland, celebrated the marriage of a couple from whom the learned Ninn Maguusenn took hi3 disccnt. While the Icelanders were in Greenland, they made expi ditions far into the North. In 1S21 Perry found a monument that was erected by them in latitude seventy three degrees, in the year 113.3. In 120G another expedition reached the latitude of seventy-six degrees, which was as far as Perry went .in 1827. After showing that the Icelandic narratives posses no faults that are not found in modern histories, Mr. DeCosta pro ceeded to speak of the voyages of the Northmen fo New England, which they called Vineland, on account of the quantity of vines they found growing wild. The existenco of land south of Vinland was first made known by one Birne, who, in 884, sailing from Iceland to Greenland, was driven southward upon the Amer ican coast. This encouraged Leif. son of Eric the Red, to go in search of the new land. He sailed In the year KXX). and passed down the American coast as far a3 the latitude of Rhode Island, when in the region of Mount Hope i$ay lie spent the winter, returning to Greenland in the spring. In 1002 his brother Thorvald made the same voyager but lost his life in a conflict witli the natives. The most distin guished explorer was Karlsefne, who sailed to Vinland in 1017 with three ships and 100 men. He spent three years In the vicinity of Mount Hope In Rhode Island. One interesting con firmation of the truth of the Icelandic narratives which give an account of the voyages is found in connection with that island wrhich the Icelanders mention as then existing in the ocean east of Cape Cod This Island is also referred to in Gosnold's voyage; and its non-appearance now has led some to discredit Gosncld's- account. But recent explorations by Professor Ag assiz and othera have demonstrated its existence by geological evidence. The result, of these explorations was illustrated by a map drawn for the purpose, which makes it clear that the Northmen visited the coast of Massachusetts, and that thev have described its appearance at that early time in their narratives, which bear every mark of truth. There are now before the Senate. lying on the table or referred to the Pacific Railroad or Public Land Com mittees, one hundred"nd ten bills and resolutions, asking aid for the new Pacific routes or connecting lines in Territories and Pacific States. Nine of the bills wereoffered at the first ses sion of the present Congress, fifty-two at the second, and four at the present one. iwenty of them are now rend ing before the committees, and ncarlv as many more have been reported back favorably, anv?nJea and unamended. In the House there are one hundred and twelve pending. Eighteen of them are before the Committee on Pa cific Railroad, and ninety-four before the Land Committe. It is impossible to accurately estimate the aggregate of acres of land and the amount of bonds asked in aid of these projects. An approximate statement, carefully pre pared, puts the amount of the bond subsidy at about S12,(XX),000, and the land grants at 120,000,000 of acres. The following conversation recently took place between two young ladies in the vicinity of a theological semi nary : "Jane, do you really believe that the students draw girls up to their rooms?" "Certainly, my dear; more than mat, x .kiiow iney oo. ' "Pray, Jane, tell me why you think so?" "Well, a3 I was going by the college one morning it was just before light; 'twas very early in the morning I heard a noise in the direction of the college building. I looked that way, and a3 plain a3 I see you now, I saw a girl in a basket, about half-way be tween a three story window and the ground. Just then the rope broke, and Lord ! chiai I cane."' ' dl"!::";. C corgi - I), f 'r. y - r , wrote a rocm wtih ?',ru ? v.- palmed o'Sc cr; -if:-' en ti: - ..t;r c f Mayne Rcli's lvv r.- -.;'.".:(. - -r J, in the f.:-t. numt'-r of whi-.U 1; r peara. There arc still a t-r ZZ: ' :rn -u ; 2 loft who do net give juLli; r::.ii" but not many. In Ilo!crt Bonn-r's st.i' ' i t:s hor se aro fol from a -v.x n 11:3 :i -cr, r. tl.tir o-nr;cr 1 Ii: i tl.U :; :'.;:) in tended that they s.V":! i t -.i; their food fr the l?vel cf th; ir f.-t. -A 5- .c-j .VJ J1" --- C.7..T t'. marry all ccur'u- gratis wh3 will 1-y their stock cf hou.-ekfcr;ir ;, UrJ ppices, &c, at hi3 store, : : Opium eating 1. 1c "r. j wrr r:n eral in Maine. Thi is a r:-r"i;, iils argued, of ti:3 rrcLititcry ii : ::r innr. A new co'a'-'al scheme r.'i r? c--italists b talked cf in Wall ?tr: t.Ui . it has not yet been annonr.c. !. Th?'3 acquainted with it ?-y ii wiil ctV; :i in mrnitude tha l.n? cr rr.i ".ni in Erie and Central. All pr.ruc3 enr::d in it are pledged to sverecy. A Connecticut ediicr f.II cn an icj sidewalk last week. He d: 1 rot U2 r "unparliamentary lan 7?," i:s would have done, bat Lit hi iirj, rub bed down the brui-c, end trhiie a be nevolent smile radi.ited hii ecr.ntcn- . ancc, remarked: - VWe den't ch?ri.3ii : any ill will; but for lijrht r.n 1 er.t r taining readir. gmatter, r..: v. ...::.! t- in the obituary cf th"! x, ho v.za ' this sidewalk' A manuscript bmighi by tha Brit- bh oncers from AbysiaU is illustra ted bv a picture of the IsraUtea crea sing the Red Sea, armed tri'Ji mm'-:'.!. A noted Chinese bandit and black mailer, Llnstan-man, ho teen c.,.r tured in Shanghae. Ho iil to pun ished by being put Into a box cf fcucii shape that he can neither lid down, sit, nor stand; hU head and handj will protrude, and ha will bo left ex posed to sun, wind, and rain, until ha dies of exhaustion cr starvation. ' A Wisconsin paper says: "Duri a fierce thunderstorm near Mount Des ert, the lightning came down through the roof of a house and & bed upua which lay a husband and wif?, throw ing the man out of bed, thence into the cellar and out through tha drain, and then plowed up tha ground to tha barn-yard, where it kiiied a cov." Another Wisconsin ppcr, In des cribing a large form advertised fa It3 columns for srde, odda: "Tha sur rounding country is most beautiful; also, two wagon3 and a yoke of steers." The first instance on record of a man's raising up "a large family cf children by hu$ ou-n u-idoic," li given in this obituary, taken from the.N. Y. Herald: The deceased married many years ago, and survived his widow, by whom he had a largo family of children." And while upon so grava a subject let us chronielo the atTecting; Inscription given by a New York pa per, in an account of a "new monu ment recently erected in our villags church-yard :" erected to the memo ry of John Phillips, accidentally shot as a mark of afl'ectioa by his brother." A Connecticut editor gives an ac count of a man who "blew out hU brain3 after bidding his wifj good-byo with his shot gun." A noted disciple of Vulcan in our town, says a Pike county paper, re turned to his home a little late and considerably drunk the other nistht. His. whisky wouldn't stay drunk, but sought the outer world with the natu ral gusto of a strong eme.-bj: IId wo st.indinDr over a basket in which somo goslings were snuggly wrapped for the night. But they didn't like whis ky, and set up such'a cry as only gci lings can. Mr. Vulcan was exceed ingly amazed, and exclaimed, in great alarm: "My God, when'd I swallcr them arc things?" A coffin contractor has been en sured by the authorities of Pritcliard, England, for allowing a "dead pauper to have trimmings on his eoflln." Ho explained that the relations of tho dead man. had begged money for tho trimmings. Ho was instructed never to allow such a thing again, or "if people could obtain cof.lns at the pub lic expense, and still have their friend hurried In good style, by simply adding the trimmings, there would be no end of applicants who would get cofnn out of the tax payers." a s All who khow young Snlffkins, aro aware that he married old Mi.-" Betty Blodgett for her money that ho caa not touch it until she dies, and that ha treats her very badly on account of what he call her "unjustiiiaUe lon gevity" The other day, Mrs. Snhf kins, finding herself unwell, sent for a doctor, ana in the presence of Sniff klns and the medical man, declared her belief that she was "poisoned," and that he (Snifrkins)had done it. "I didn't do it," shouted Sni!l'k!n3 ; "it's all gammon ; she isn't poisoned. Prove it, doctor open her on the srot I'm willing." A little boy came to school the other day with a very dirty face. Tha tea cher sent him out to wash it, and after a while he returned, with thd lower part of his face clean and dry, but tha upper portion wa3 streaked with mud, and looked worse than before. "Why didn't you wash your face, Johnny?" asked the teacher. "I did wash it," replied Johnny. "Then why didn't you wipe it clean all over?" "I did wipe at as high as my shirt tall would reach," was Johnny'3 conclusive an swer. The following effusion, said to bo the result of a "poetic agony," by a. soldier, who sent a young lady a "bo-, kay," while in camp near her home, Is eminently satisfactory, so far a it goes, to prove that "none but tha brave deserves the fair," and we hope) had tho desired effect. Here it is: "Accept thl bokar from foller Who oft ha h!?r'l the cannon beller; Has listened to the fift a tootin. And helpd to do a hef p of shonton. KhriK n-eu the wr-cloud dark arise, Like ili'ty bnzz.ird.i wli.-n tey ics. Who is bizzer than hi dad. And wanu to marry mighty tad.' A blacksmith Jn Wyoming Valley, whose name is unknown, wa the first man who used the anthracite coal cf Pennsylvania as fuel. This was 17C3. A century later, in 1SCS, Judge Fell, cf Wilkesbarre, used it in a grate for heating hi3 family mansion. In tha year l':20 the production cfall Penn sylvaniadid not exceed three hundred and sixty-three ton one ton for each day. In 1SC0 the annual production had reached l-)0,0n0 tons 31,000 tons per day. A clergyman asked some children, "Why do you say in the Lord'3 Prayer, 'Who art in Heaven,' since God i3 ev erywhere?" He saw a littld drummer who looked a though he could gi ye an answer; and turned to him for it. "Well, little soldier, what say you?" "Because it is headquarters." "How many children have I? aEked a woman r-.r a ppmt-rar; our." "And how munv hav I?" asked her husband. "Two," w A mistake a c es where. chewing the leaf of the red-sfa'iid plantain is said to be a certain cure f:r tobacco chewing. i il IT