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FAIRSROTHER & HACKER,
Publishers b Proprietors.
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T. C. UACKEQ.
FAIRS5ROTEER &, HACKER,
Publishers nxsU. Proprietors.
Published Every Thursday Morning
AT BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA.
ADVERTISING UATE3.
Onelnch.one ywr
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One copy, six raoatbi
Onecopy, three months-
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HEADING MATTER 0XEYEKYFAGE
H'MBB
CFFIGIAIi BIH.ECTORY,
District OfScorK.
h. B.rouNo . -.-Judge.
J. l WATOOK .,
W1LLIAK H. HOOyER
District Attorney
District Clerk.
Coniitv Oaicors." .
jOtTV S. rrtJT-Tj - Connty Jnrt;e
V T . IX V. MVV JORS Clerk and Ttecorder
A "IT cfiATiKK. - -Txeaiwirer
TU V Br. A r C, . . SherllT
o m. PARKER , Coronei
I wkh If. UAr'KKR . Swrveyor
-iTrni CROTHKR.
..SchoolSopurIatonileia
j f v rr. shook.
J INK. TOHUIA
J. II. PBKRY,
-Commissioners
?lty-OSioors.
w " nonwRs.
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K A OsRQR-N.
j ms. w. i.ovk .
X (V)CNCir.MlC.
K.-.vor
.Feltee Jude
.., Clerk
.TrMHrer
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lnt Ward
jo-itm! tv.tt.
w.
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IT ilir MARK f
..2nd Ward
t,HVIS ITTr.r,.
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B.ni-'t')Airr.
.3rd Ward
SOCIAL
3HUSCTOK.Y.
ChtiTohos.
.TItItor!lt K. C5inreh. Survtcesearh Pahhath
.Tt i ' "W a. vi.. and p. m. ani1y School at
2 , n t? Prayer Meotine Thursday evening.
: V '.ViiiHov. Pr.'.tor.
rSrtprlin CtinrrTi. Bervlres eachSfthbath
r.t' TO..and7'41prn. PtWath chftol aftnr
rinrTilnrTrlrf. Praye- JfMtintr'Wednprtay
'"'null at ": o'clock. "W. J. "Wt.ebkr. Taylor.
Chr-.i' fllmr '. ferrlr- prerv Pnnflar, a
I' Or m. iml T- rn. HnTdivfcholatrp.m.
lrv MATTnrFr nrvir, Mhloftary in chRrgo
It. IMcn'.int- CnmK-rlnH r"erf-rlnn.-'
nMirrhfiMrn"-!' ii-'i-trTtrownv111e. Per-
i-m flrSahJf: .1 month. B. J. JOIIN-
bos', Pa.Mr.
ChrlHtlun rknrpk. -Tt.A.Trawier.Wder. Preneh-
'tir- very JMinHaT 11 a.m..afl7r(. m. Blhle
i;. line awl Pm r mx4Hne rry Wednedav
" ptilnir. . KI.Iot rtiv Rewre preaches the e'Hiond
Snmlay In very month.
C athnllc SrrJp every 4th Fnndav of each
'riih,"at 10 o'docb a. ax. Father Cummlsiiy,
1 t.
'Soliools.
r..vnvnirTntonf:rj-.rtiGlcrion1. I.jr.Vo
V n?'. -Pr-Klial: Mi- Jevrte K. Biln, Awlit
1 Tli School: 71 Txm Tnrker. Grammar
T rtmnt: Mi M1" llitt 1rt Tnle-medlate:
'1 Kirt r-ox. M Tn1enne!te1: Ml "Kmrna
"'"t, 1st Primary: Mr.Canle Johnson, 3d Pri
ma. 7.
ToTrIof Hosier.
. . ii-r t 1711 tt ir11. VlMllncnroth-
r-- cr1-i)!v treVvin. Jnn T. Cinon.'V.P.T:
W" IT IToover W. Rf : T. C ITnfker. J.. 1).
Jn'silfTpmilf, mHifT-T Hatnrdar arter
r ijYi. M1 Ora-- RUTrirt. P. T : Jites Mary
1 cL;r.See;-air.I.S.Miick..Snpt.
"" Rii Tii'S'hoit CItiI)"
Xf t the Srt Tneflay of "voh month. B. il. Bai
I r.lVea.; A. n.ffll!More. Sec
I. O. of O. F.
Bn-rnTlHnT.ooErNn. S, T.'rt.O. T. Reenlar
- , TnMv """nine "i ich ,,,'t' VKtt-ts-
...,- nnrtrtil!v invited. A.H.OHmore.
"V .J ! Ochrtn.Repy.
v-,nun rT T.or. Nn. 40. T. O. O. F.-
-rr,, Mvprrsfititrnay. PhlHp Crother. . . O. T.
O Kimer. R.pec
Kxrrl- l.o.1ii No. IS. K. r.-Veet every
"v.lilay ''vBlap In VasonleTTnM VWtlmr
Kn'rtw purrtlMly invited. E. lladdart, C.C.
E. rjiraiail, K. of R. S.
. IVTnfiiTllO.
V-Wn-n7alpy T!.o.1c No. , A. "P. &: A. UT.
ViM meetinir "P'nrdav on or Iteiore the full
- f '--h moon " Txl-oroom open everr SMnr-
t-venlrc fo-lertn". InslmrMon and -orlal
'"X rotrse- J.CMcNanshton.W.M. B.r.Sou-
RrnirnvlHo rha-.fr ". 4,Tt. A. -S'lM't
rnitlnc-f ondThnrsdavof oarh month. A. it.
TijivHon. "ST. K.K.P. R. T. Ralney. Sec.
.U rnrmcirmmaeryNo:S,TC.'.-Ptofi
rrelin econd ?ron1a'" I" "vh monin. it. .
F ir jiw. E. 1: A. -W- Nlckell. Rec.
Uoo a-ifl T.Hyri-eln.vo.No. , K.IJ-. O-'R-.
?ir,. K. W. Furna.". 'f. P. Sov. R. T. Ralrjoy.
r retard.
A.nl.rhnptrrNn.tt.rtorottheertan
a 1 Tiwnnr'ni:ii nmj
-Irs. K. C. IIadh?y. w. ".
SociotioB.
r-n:ty Vnlr A0"lnt!nn. R. A
n. J. Tnhn TlHlh. V1.-e Pret : S.
Untvlev,
. Os'-orn,
v..-...rT..J, if. Trowhridee. Tren
-or. Mana-
-rr r viniv R fVhroi. r
E. Johnson.
Th as Balh . Oe. Crow. J. V. OavtL
tt.t- r!n.tlon-R.M. BsIley.Pres.
"a.ii.
r.,ore.soc4 V. IT. TToover.
C-nr-il VnJnn.-J. C. McNanRhton. rrest. J. B.
ji V er. Sec
ra':e D-nmntle f.orIn1lnT,.-V. T. Risers.
pr t J. B Toeer. Ser. and Tras
IrrPlolIt'ai fo-net Ttnncl.-T. T. SmlU). ,Mi
- afnirtor. E. lUnodart. TreasnrerRnd Bwtl-
n ,Manstrer.
' BUSINESS CAR13S.
-it fi. HOIjIjAUA X,
nra4utKln Wl. Tat si " nrojrnvUlo 1S5.
O -nc-e. " street. Brownvllle. N eb.
T I-.
L.
nPTnnVRT AT IjAvJ
a- T,l ftftho rese. umce iu v..." .-
" Mm t rAivf TTaiica
li- lUie. Jirownvutr,
T . 1 a 1 -. -
Jeb.
TUIili & TTTO VA8.
ATtOK1KJ Jv f.Av.
n-Hr. ovor Thodore III11 & Co.'a sloro, uro n-
v'V.c.Neb.
T8 "lTsofttok,
J. A.TTOUKV ATT.AW.
O-lce over J. 1.. McGeeA Bro'aatore.Brownville.
'"e)r'';k.
OSHOR.N.
No. Rl Main street. Brownvlle. Neb
0"l"e,
T H. BKOADY,
J A.ttorr.ev nntl Oounnclnr at Lair,
0'Uceover8ttaBnk.Brownvlll-,Neb.
-r t. RooERs.
VV Att8rncyanaOouneclortIiaw
YCIU 5ive d!Hent attention to any'c""",J,0fi8
" -lirnxted to his care
ErunvIHe.Neb.
Office in the'Koy bnllding.
J W. GIBSUiN,
r 1
L JiBI.ACCS2IITU akd horse stioeii
P( Z 7ork .lone to-order andsalhifartJonKnaranteed
T
L street, between Main and Atlantic. Brown
t
P
AT. CLINE,
rrp. FASniONATJI.K
VkL -"W"1 AAV nuuc..vi.r.ifc v y
C TOr WORK made to order, atvd fits always
B" ra teed. Remirinc neaUy and promptly done.
i e No.aT31lnKtreet.BrowBVille,Nen.
T M. BAILEY,
SUirPKR AND DEALER IN
LIVB STOCK
JlROirSTILLE, NEBRASKA.
Farmers, please call and get prioos ; I want
to handle yonr stook.
Oaice 31 Main street. Hoadley building.
JACOB
MAROHN,
MIBCHANT TAILOR,
anl declcrla
FineEnglislj.Frenefc, Scotch and Fancy Cloths
restless. Etc, Kt.
I i& oofci.ivecuieforSpennatc rrhea, bemlnal
i-ciil.nes,l!iit'oU?ncy. and all diseases resulting
from self altue.as befobs. after.
mental anxiety, s&
Paic-1n B-rk or
Jde, si-id diseases
that lead to con-Bnniption.lnsaul-ty
and an early
crave. l"he H4e
c!Ge ited'c.n
-.n T lU!l A-1rh
wonderful Hcccess. Pamphlets sent free to nil.
Write for them and g Hill particulars. Price.
rs. a
ifvj-1 u ilr mm llle h- A MT Nlckcll. flyl-al
ESTABLISHED 1856. i
Gldcet Papor in tlic State."
AUTHORIZED
or
Paid-up Capital, $50,000
Authorized, " 500,000
IS PBEPARED TO TBAXSACT A'
General Banking Business
BUY AND SKI.Ii
OOIH & 0D1EEN0Y DEAFTS
on all the principal cities of the
Unitad States and Snroue
MONEY LOANED
On approved socnrlty only. Time Draft discount
ed. and special accommodations granted to deposit
rs. Dealeraln OOVEltNiTENT BONDS,
STATE, COUHTY & CITY SECURITIES
DEPOSITS
RcceiverJ payable on deraand, and INTEREST al
lowed on timecortlflcatot of deposit.
DIRECTORS. Wm.T.Den, B. Jr. Ballev, 3f.A
Jfandley. Frank 12. Johnson, .Luther Iloadlcy
V7m. Fralsher.
JOHN L. CARSON,
A. R.D AVISOS. Cashier. President.
J. CXcNAUO UTON. Asut.Cashler.
BSTAB2LISHSB IN
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iau,
o jl, t e rr
ESAL
ESTATE
A.Q-EHSI
OY
XN" NJSlJiTSu&JSTJL
3
.AAS&2H
Hooirere
Does r fjeneral Keal Kstnte Business. Fells
Lands on Commission, exr.mlnes Titles,
makes Deeds, Jlorlgngr-, and all Instru
ments pertaining lo tho transfer of Real Es
tate. Kas a
Complete Abstract of Titles
to Rll lter.i Estate In Nemaha County.
'J-
JL. SJLT23I
Is now proprietor of the
fW-f
and Is prepared to nceomodato tlio
public with
GOOD, FRESH. SWEET
Gentlcmanlr nnd nccommolatInB clerlcK
Kill at all times bo In attendance. Your
p;ronae solicit!. Remember tho place
the old I'.iscoe shop, iliiln-st..
JLt Tlio
GROCERY AKD PROVISIO
3 STOBE OIT
Is tho plaoo to get
Groceries,
Provisions
Confections,
JFhie Cigars,
Toilet Soap,
Canned Goods,
FresJiB utter,
ttc, Etc., Btc
"VVo also keep nil thoilest brands ot
flour, and everythlnx ribUHlly keptlui
a first class Krooery htoro.
We have In con- fr"PFi
noction with our J t" f 5 5
houjuflretc!j-s & Lab
Trjnr,
sun
TWrTiflrfratlrf j3
ENDORSED BYV -
PHYSSCIAMS, CLERGYKEMIAKD
THE AFFLlGTfDJVERYWHEREj
iTrlS OREATEST MSBSSA0
w TRIUMPH GF THE AGE.
9""&
T0TTS, PillSi
Dr. Tct? has suc
ceeded in combining in
theso pills the hereto
fore antagonistic qcali
tles of a SiBESOTaiso,
Pueqative, Enda JPu
mrma Toxic, c
Their first apparent
CURE SICK HEADACHE.!
TUTFS PILL!
CURE DYSPEPSIA.
TUIFS PILLSmssVS;
effect is to increase tho
CURE C0NSTIPAT10.N.
similate. Thus the sys
tems sonnshed. and
TiiTT' DEI E Oibythcirtonicactioaoa
lii I i V a I LSbvE'AO digestive
creans.
CURE PILES.
TUTT'S PILLS
CURE FEVER AND AGUE.
TUTT'S PILLS
CURE BIUOUS COLIC.
TUTT'S PUIS
regular and healthy e-
vnrmnHnnq rrn nm.
Idnced.
Tho rapidity rrlth
which PERSONS TAKE
ON FLESH while under
tho lnnnencc of these
pIKs, indicates their a
daptahility to nourish
the body, hence their
efllcacyin curing ner
vous debility, melan
choly, dyspepsia, wast
Inc ytho auscleislag
rishnpsa of tho liver.
Cere KIDNEY Complaint.!
TUTT'S PIUS
,CURE TORPID LIVER.
lUTT'S PILLS
aUSPABTAPPtTlTE.
I chronic conjtinaticn,
and impartins health &
strength to tho systcm.
juiu evcrywiicre.
Price 2S cents.
.JSS?iy Street
j. l-XEWVOSS. v
HAESH HOUSE,
JOSEPH O'PELT, PROPRIETOR.
LI vcrr Stable in connection with tlio IIouho
3-Stnfre office for all points Knst, We5t,-Qa
&-Norlh ASouth. Omnibuses to-53.
S-eonnect with all trains."Cft
SASiPi.r: itoosi ox nitsT Fi.ocn.
BY THE U. S. GOYEIIXJIENT.
fli
9wrpt-
III IX M
Hi ill? Lb
&Z&H C3T3'EaES S"c " j
SECZZSCECGC
UNITED STATES POSTAL CARDS.
About Their History
tare.
and Manufac-
Probably no Invention of modern
tlmeB has proved so useful In propor
tion to Its cost as tho postal card ; yet
It has been known In this country
barely half a dozen years, and, like
tho majority of really good things, is
so simple In itself that its production,
while second to no similar industry in
importance, haB hardly awakened
curious interest.
On tho Sth of January, 1873, Con
gress passed an act providing for the
"manufacture, engraving, and print
lag of postal cards,' as the redundant
official language reads. Previous to
thut, tho Boaled letter, bearing a three
centstamp, was tho cheapest and least
cumbersome means of sending even
the briefest message, notice, or busi
ness instructions, from place to place.
Postal cards, cheap and very sorvic
able, had been long used In England
and other foroign countries, and their
euperior convenience for a large class
of communications was generally
recognized. Tho above act of Con
gress was the response to a very ur-
gont public demand.
After all details of design, quality,
and general "make up" had been de
cided upon, proposals for manufactur
ing the eards'wero called for, and the
contract was finally awarded to the
Morgan Envelope Company, of
Springfield, Mass. Tho contraot de
manded a card three Inches by five in
dlmenpions, to be made precisely like
a sample furnished by tho depart
ment, and to weigh 6ix pounds per
thousand. Tho rate of oompensation
per thousand was $1,892-. The first
requisition from tho department, was
dated May 1, 1873, and was for 5,000,-
000 cards. Those were issued and dis
tributed to various postoffices that
had ordered them on May 12. Though
grea'tly inferior "to the cards now
made, thoy became at once very pop
ular and the demand rapidly Increas
ed. Th.9 entire number made from
May 1, 1S73. to May 1, 1S74, that is
during tlio first year, was 100.000,500.
From Junol, 1S76, to June 1, 1S77 tho
last year of the Morgan Envelope
Company's contract, tho uumbor was
167,349,500 while tho shipments from
tho agency, for the fiscul year ending
June 30, 1S79, amounted to 221,797,
000. Tho eardo first Issuod wore made
from a poor quality of cardboard. of
rather dark tint, and the design on
tho face, consisting of a border,
stamp, ruled lines, printed directions,
and tho word "United States Postal
Card" In large letters, all in red
brown, was anything bat beautiful.
As soon an tho uovolty and conven
ience began to bo an old Btory, theso
featureHreceIvedsovorocrIticlGni, and
tho government was at length per
suaded to mako a ohango. Cards of
the prrieiit improved? quality and ar
tistio design, which is so familiar as
to render dpsoription superfluous,
weroiesued early in 1S76.
When the Morgan Envelope Com
pany's contract expired, The Ameri
can Pijototypo Company of New York
secured tho "manufacture for four
years, from July 1, 1877, to July 1,
1991. This company is incorporated
under tho laws of New York, with a
capital stock of $30,000, and is con
trolled by a board of directors, con
sisting of William A. Booth, George
S. Coe, Mark G. Eidlitz, James Du
thoy, and William P. Coe. Its officers
aro: William A. Booth, President;
William P. Cue, Secretary and Treas
urer, and James Duthey, Manager.
These are all substantial men, well
known in the business world. Mr.
Booth is of tho firm of 'Booth & Ed
gar, the noted Wall street sugar re
finers, und is president of the Third
Nalionul Bntik of New York. George
8. Coe is prrtiident of the American
Exchange Bank and of the New York
Clearing House. The principal work
of tho company, besides tho postal
card business, la the engraving and
printing of copy books for schools.
By tho tcrmo of tho present contract
the postal cards must weigh six and
one-fourth pounds per thousand, and
tho Phototpyo Company receives
69 56-100 cents per thousand for the
work, a smallfractiou loss than half
of tho prico paid to tho Morgan En
velope Company.
Tho process of printing, cutting,
and boxing tho cards is comparatively
simple. Last spring the company
transferred its operations from Now
York to Holyoko, Mass., and a snlt
aplo bullditig was erected a short dis
tance from the; depot with conven
ient side-track facilities, especially for
the postal card busjue-s. A long, nar
row room on the left accommodates
tho presses, slitting, and cutting ma
chines. Oa entering, by tho grace of
Government Agent George N. Tyner,
who keeps tho whole concern under
lock and key, ono notices first tho
huge piles of cardboard ready for
tho presses. This is made by the Par
sons Paper Company, and Is delivered
to the Postal Card Manufactory In oar
loads of 3,000 sheets eoeh, ami the cars
aro numbered consecutively, from
one upwards, for identification in caso
of any loss or damage. Two of Hod's
Super Royal presses nro employed in
tho printing and their clatter lasts
from morning till night, six days in
tho week. As the sheets aro thrown
ofTIn rapid succession eaoh one is seen
to bear the design for forty cards,
neatly and correctly impressed. Tho
work Is, of course, a superior quality
of printing and requirea skillful
pressmen
Each press is provided
BK0WNVILLE, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1879.
with a register, whioh keeps faithful
rooord of every sheet printed. The
mechanism of the regi'stora Is secured
by padlocks, of which Mr. Tyner car
ries the keys. Both registers are
examiued.at night and the numberof
sheets printed is noted. Again In the
morning they aro examined to eeo
that they have not been tampered
with, beforo the day'a work com
mences. When printed, tho sheets
are allowed to "Beasou," that Is, to
dry, until there isnodanger of smear
ing the cards by handling. The num
ber spoiled iu printingor otherwise is
kept strict account of.
Tho next process In order Is "Blit
tiug." Tho sheets aro passed rapidly
tbrough'Ja! mechanism of circular
knives called the rotary slitter, which
divides them into strips of ten cards
each and trims the edge of the outside
strip. The strips aro then taken to
the rotary cross cutters, which also
aro fitted with circular knives that
divido the strips into single cards. A
rotary hopper with ten compartments
receives tho cards as fast as out, and
when each compartment contains 25
cards tho hopper revolves and emp
ties them upon a table, at which threo
girls arc constantly seated, whoBe du
ty is to throw out all damaged cards
and bind the good ones into packs of
twenty-five eaoh, a kind of work re
quiring great dexterity. With theso
two presses, ono slitter, and threo
cross cutters, and six or eight men
and girls to tend them, it Is possible
to turn out 1,000,000 perfect cards a
day. Mr. Tj'ner makes It his business
to know every night juBt how many
cards have been printed duriug the
day, and how many of them are por
fect. Stealing or loss is out of the
quostlou, and damaged cards are
promptly destroyed.
The boxing is next in ordor. Eaoh
pasteboard box contains twenty
packs, or fivo hundred cards. These
boxes are themselves ai'curioslty, be
ing mado of a feinglo sheet of paste
board, without seam or paste. They
wero first patented February 21, 1S71.
Every boxful is carefully weighed,
and, as a rule, tips tho scales at threo
pounds two ounces with marvelous ac
curacy. Xiots of less than two thou
sand cards aro forwarded to post
masters in pasteboard boxes, wrapped
In strong mauila paper, but larger
quantities aro packed in wooden cases
bound with hoop iron. A fireproof
vault at the rear of the pressroom con
tains atorago.oapaclty for. 25,000,000
cards.
Postmasters desiring cards Bend
their orders to Washington, and a
largo sheet full of these Is forwarded
every morning to Holyoke, where
they are at once filled. A recent sheet
of orders, number 158 of tiie current
year, whioh was received at Holyoke
on the morning of Juno 10, may bo
mentioned as a specimen. It was for
300.000.500, which was to be sent to
193 different postoffices. The cards
are franked through tho mails and
ouch lot is registered in the same man
ner as registered letters. Tho bill of
registration sent out with a single car
load is often a yard or two long, close
ly written. Not a package has ever
yet been lost. A special postal car
takes the shipments to Springfield,
tho nearest distributing center, every
dajT. The orders from different post
offices of course vary greatly in
amount. Tho New York office tukeB
nearly ono-tenth of all the cards is
sued, usiug about half a million a
week. The entiro number of persons
employed In tho manufacture and
distribution Is at present thirty-five.
Perhaps the best idea of the vast de
velopment In our system of written
communication within a century,
which the postal card t3Tpifies, Ib giv
en by comparing tho cent, for which
one can now send a messago from
Maine to California, with the rates
charged just after the national gov
ernment was organized. There wero
no railroads or steamships iu those
days, It must bo remembered, and
this "land of magnificent distances"
was a land of very inferior transpor
tation facilities. Tho rates of postage
from the organization of tho depart
ment to 1816 wero as follows: For a
single letter which was defined to be
ono written on a single Bheet of pa
per carried a distance of less than 40
miles, 8 cents ; les3 than 90 miles, 10
cents; less than 150, 12? cents; less
than 300, 17 cents; less than 500, 20
cents, and over 500, 25 cents. In 1816
those rates were modified, and a sin
gle letter carried not over 30 miles was
charged 6 cents; over 30 and under
60 miles, 10 conta; over SO and under
150, 12J cents ; over 150 and under 400,
lSj cents; ovor 400, 25 cents, and an
additional rale for eaoh additional
piece of paper. England was the pio
neer in cheap postage, but there are
many men now living who remem
ber when a letter from Yorkshire to
London cost ten pence or a shilling,
ana ono irom jsuinDurgn seven or
eight pence, which was not a trifle In
the days when beof and mutton could
be bought for'threc or four pence a
pound. At present the United States
has the most perfect postal syBtem In
the world, and its cards, coating next
to nothing, is the medium for the
transaction of the great part of all or
dinary business.
"What Is your nnmo?" asked a
teacher of a boy. "My name 13 Julo,"
was the reply ; whereupon tho teaoh
er Impressively said, "You should
have said 'Julius, sir.' And now
my lad,' turning to another boy
"wnat is
your name?" "Billious.
; sir." Philadelphia Press.
BASE'S BABIES.
A Parent's Difficulties in Getting His
Children Baptized.
I was detained over Sunday In
Barnsbury, and on Sunday morning
I resolved to go to ohurch. The first
church I camo to, a small frame struc
ture with a wooden steeple, had the
doors and windows tightly shut, but
there was a man Bitting on the front
steps whittling a Btiok, and I said
to him:
"Aro you connected with this
ohurch?"
"Yes," he said, "I'm tho sexton."
"Whatlsitcloged for?"
"Well, mostly on aooount of Bank's
babies."
"Babies?"
"Sit down; and I'll tell you about
it. You know Banks, he came to
this town to Hva a few weeks rgo a
perfect stranger, and he rented a pew
in this church. It seoms that Banks
had three little babies, triplets, not
more'n two months old, and then, be
sides theBe, he had twins about a
year old. So nobody knew about tho
babies, but Banks wanted to havo
the little darlings baptized, and he
allowed to Mrs. Banko that to rush
tho whole five babies into ohuroh on
Sunday might excite remark, you
understand. So ho settled it that
he'd havo 'em ohristenod gradually,
so to apeak. Accordingly tho next
Sunday ho fetched little Jimmy, ono
of the triplets, and all went off well
enough. On tho folIowin'Sunday ho
come a promenadln up thealsle with
George Washington, another triplet,
and Dr. Binns, our preacher, he fixed
him up all right. Poople thought it
was queer, but when on tho noxt
Sunday raornin' Banks and his wife
came Intochuroh with another baby,
William Henry, crying like a Pawnee
warwhoop, somo of tho folks oouldn't
help sniokeriu'. Howsomevor, no
body complained, and all might havo
been well if Banks hadn't como along
the Sunday after with Elijah jHunsi
ker Banks, ono-of the twins. Every
body laughod and Mr. and Mrs.
Banks were furlouB mad a3 any
thing, you know; and when Elijah
Hun6iker Banks haulod off acciden
tally with his hand and hit Dr. Binns,
who was holding him during tho
ceremony, a whack In tho face and
tho Doctor dropped him in tho water,
tho congregation just fairly roared
with l&ughtqr. Mra. Banks turned
red'asfrro'auiSlodked aa'If alio would'
like to murder eomobody.
"Well, you know, wo all thought
this was tho last, and public feeling
kinder simmered down on toward tho
end of the week, when who should
come booming up the aisle on Sunday
morning but Mr. and Mrs. Banks,
with Tecumseh Aristotle Banks, the
remainln' twin! Well, you ought
just to 've heard the congrogntion
laugh !
I never Been nothiu' like it
in all my experienoo. Even Dr.
Binns hud to smile. And tho Bauk
ses, they wero perfectly wild with
rage. Anyhow, they baptized Te
cumseh ; aud after meotin eoma of
the eiders got joklug about it. One,
they'd have to apply to tho town su
porvlsers for an extension of tho wa
ter works ; auothor allowed that ar
rangements ought to be made to di
vert Huckleberry creek and run It
down the middle of the aisio of the
church; auother mado jsomo kind of
a joko about business being good be
cause ao many banko wero in town ;
another Baid that Banks would need
about twelve pewsiwhen his family
grew up. Somebody must havo told
Banks about it, for what dooH ho do
to revenge himself? Ho sends down
toCIariau county to his two sisters to
como and bring their children. So
they had a couple of babies apiece,
and as soon as they arrived Banks ho
begins to bring thom to church grad
ually, like tho others. You never
seen such ineetiugs aa thom ! The
ohurch was jAinmed fuil and" people
justroarin'. And when Banks came
in on Sunday with tho fourth and
last of his sisters' babies, tho trustees
thought It was time to interfere.
Gettin' to be a farce, you know. So
Deacon Smith ho stopped up and said
somethin' or other to Banks, and
Banks, quicker'u a wink, laid down
tho baby and banged tho deacon with
his fist. And so, I dunuo how It was,
but In a minute there was Banks and
Deacon Smith and Deacon Hubbard,
and Banks's slater's baby and mo, all
a rollln' and a bumpin' over tho floor,
hittin' and kickin' and whoopin' in a
manner that was radiculous to behold.
"And when wo all como lo and got
straightened ont, Banks picked up
tho battered baby of ills sister and
quit, and tho trustoosjhold an inform
al meetin' and agreed to cloBe the
church for a month so'a to kinder
freeze Banks out, and now we've shut
ud: but I reckon It is no use. fori
hear Banks haB got Ills back up and
gone over aud joined tho Baptists.''
So I said good day to the soxton,
and wont In searoh of another sanc
tuary. Newly-married husband : "This is
a friend of mine, my dear a friend of
twenty years' standing.' His bride.
"Good gracious : Then pray give him
a seat, fori am sure he must bo tired."
Ayounglady, parting with a friend
was nearu to say : "1 wish you
would come upandbeour coachman."
This Is rather a neat way of declaring
intentions.
A Blokiporson should not be contradicted."
E3SOSSK23X
"Always With You."
Whl9ky kills more men every
month than the yellow fever?does in
tho entire year. Yet tho boardB of
health"do.not;quarantine against it to
any extent. The law hanga a few of
its victims occasionally, bullda poor
houses and penitentiaries, and insane
asylums for others, and fifty thousand
or so drop every year intofdrunkarda'
graves. Tho general government,
however, was sofrightoued about
yellow fever that it set apart $750,000
last winter to oxperlment upon tho
origin of the diseaso and arrest its rav
Qgea-tThia is all right enough, but
it cannot fail to Impress thinking
people that we can become do used to
suffering every day about usaB to al
most escape our notice, and yet be
startled and even horrified at less
things to which wo aro unacoustomed.
Chicago Inier-Occan.
Old.
An Editor's Cure for an Aico
itoltc Craving. Joe Medill, of the
Chicago Tribune, says the following
remedy will eradicate the most Invet
erate appctito for alcoholic stimulants,
and a Chicago editor ought io know :
Take a pound of the best fresh quill
red Peruvian bark (oinohona rubra,)
powder it and soak it In a pint of di
luted alcohol. Then strain it and
evaporate it down to a half pint. Ad
minister aljteaspoonful every three
hours, and occasionally moisten the
tonguo between the doses tho first
and second days. It acts liko quin
ine. Tho patient can toll by a head-
aohoif he Is getting too much. The
third day reduce tho dose to a half
spoonful, then to a"quartor spoonful,
then down to fifteen, ton aud fivo
drops. Tho time required Is from
ten to fifteen days, and in extreme
cases to thirty days. Seven Is about
the average.
An English journal frankly gives
credit to American genius for at leaBt
fifteen inventions and discoveries
which, It says, have been adopted all
over the world. These triumphs of
American genius aro thua enumera
ted : First tho cotton gin ; second,
the planing snuohlno ; third, the grass
mower and grain reoper; fourth, the
rotary printing press: fifth, navi
gation by steam; sixth, hot air
or caloric engine ; seventh, the sew
ing machine; eighth, tho India rub
ber industry; ninth, the maohine for
manufnoturo of horse shoes: tenth,
tthd"8andbin3ffbr""carvlng7-elgventh,"
the gaugo iathc; twelfth, the grain
elevator; thirteenth, artificial Ico
manufacture on a large Bcalo ; four
teenth, the olectro-rnagnot and its
practical application ; fifteenth, the
composing machine for printers.
..jn o r-
Sn.VER. Tho annual production of
silver is estimated at oighty millions
of dollars in value, moro than ono-half
of which is brought out of our mines.
Of this amount not less than one
fourth enters into consumption in the
mechauio arts. From a report made
to tho British Parliament, In 1S76, wo
loam that in 1S71, of the nations un
der the silver system, the populations
aggregated S41, 000,000 ; of tho gold
aud silver system, 139,200,000; of the
gold system, 85,720,000. At tho time
of the report (1S76), the following
ohangea had been wrought in tho
the threo systema: Populations an
dor the gold and silver Bystem, 97,
800,000 ; under tho gold system, 247,
720,000. Incombustible Wood. M. M. Fol
barti claims that ho has disoovorod a
method by whioh wood of any kind
can bo rendered Incombustible. It
becomes, as It wero, petrified without
any alteration in appearance. In
tense heat chars tho Eurfaoe, slowly
and without flame, but does not pen
etrate to any extent, and leavea the
fiber Intuct, whereby In case of fire
the flremon would havo no occasion
to fear that tho materials on which
thoy tread would give way beneath
them, if this operation has been un
dergone by the wood composing tho
staircases, floors, etc.
1U-1 1 CI 'i
Canaries' Fits. When fits or
convulsions occur to birds they may
bo treated by holding tho birds In a
warm bath up to the nook, and after
giving a drop of castor oil, tho patients
may bo placed beforo tho firo to grad
ually dry. Bread and milk diet,
with a little liquorico In the water,
may be given for a couple of days af
ter, or even longer, If the birds do not
quickly recover. Thoy are tho result
of Improper feeding.
Driving after Eating. Tho di
gestion of a horso Is governed by the
same laws as that of a man, and, as
wo know that It Is not best for a man
to go at hard work tho moment a
noarty meal Is eaten, so wo ehould
remember that a horso ought to have
a little rest after hig meal, while the
stomach Is moat active In the process
es of digestion. Many a good horse
has been ruined by injudicious haste
in working him with full Btomaoh.
The Chicago Tribune commences a
vigorous article on the next Presi
dency with the words, "With Grant
out of the way." Jeff. Davis used to
contemplate trips to Washington with
the Bame proviso. Globe Democrat.
Friend to selentifio authority
"Dcotor, how 13 a man to tell a mush
room from a toadstool?" Selentifio
authority "By eating it. If you live,
it is a mushroom ; if you die, it ia a
toadstool."
VOL. 24 NO. 14
RUXXIXG FOR HIS LIFE.
Fearful Encormter Between a Farmer
and on Ox mad "With Hydro
phobia. Reading Eagle.
Near Orwlgsbnrg, Pa., yesterday,
Geo. Herman, a well-to-do farmer,
narrowly escaped boing killed by an
ox whioh was suffering from hydro
phobia. The animal had been bitten
by a dog supposed to be mad. On
Wednesday evening Mr. Herman
noticed that tho ox acted strangely,
and he penned it up in a shedin the
barnyard. About4 o'clock yesterday
morning he was awakened by hearing
strange sounds in the direction of the
barn. Supposing that one of his
horses was unwell, he went out, and
was surprised to see tho ox raving
around the barnTard, uttering low
groans and tearing up tho ground
with Its horns. When Mr. Herman
entered the yard tho ox stopped Its
antics, and he approached It. When
he was about twonty feet from tho
animal it lowered its head, and, with
a roar, made a rush at him. The
man retained his presence of mind,
and as tho animal approached he
stepped to one side, but In doing bo
ho was struck In tho faco by a hoof.
Ho staggered to his feet and mado
toward a garden fence, but the ox
turned aud charged after him. The
distance was about thirty yards, and
the race was won by tho man, who
reached the fence and fairly threw
himself over it. Beforo he oould rieo
from tho ground there was a terriblo
crash, and the ox dashed through tho
fenco, scattering tho boarda right and
left, and rolling headlong over Mr.
Herman. It didn't take tho man
long to get on hla feet and escape ovor
anothor fence, which surrounds tho
house. His olothes wero badly used
up, and his faco was covered with
blood from tho wound caused by the
kick he had received ; but he was not
seriously injured.
After getting a gun and loading it
with powder and a handfull of bird
shot wrapped in a rag, nerman re
turned to the fray. Ho found the ox
pawing the ground wrathfully, and
pausing occasionally to dig his horns
viciously into it, at the same time
giving vent to roars that could bo
heard more than a mile away. The
animal's head was covered with
blood from cuts received by butting
Its way out of the stable, and great
quantities of saliva Issued' from Its.
mouth. Herman mounted a stone
wall which runs along ono side of tho
garden, and from that plaoe fired two
shots at the Infuriated ox. Tho first
shot took effect in its neck, and only
seemed to Inorcase Its rage, "for with
blind fury It chargod at tho stono
wall and battered Its head against tho
stones. The second shot, howover,
struck tho ox In the side and killed
It. On going to the atablo where tho
animal had been penned the night be
fore, Herman found tho sides of that
structuro completely battered to
pieces, and in auother part of tho
yard ho found a hog, weighing near
ly 200 pounds, (load, and gorod to a
shapeless mass of jolly.
A Forluno Awaiting a Claimant.
Thoro Is an cstato worth over $100,
000 awaiting Rosa DIetohe or Rosa
Noll, and the Oswego Times Is author
ity for the statement that a reward of
$1,000 Is offered for information that
will lead to her discovery by Mr.
DIotcho, who Is making an industri
ous searoh for tho lost heiress. Tho
story is quite romantioandj interest
ing. About 25 yoars ago the Dietche
family from Baden, Germany, arriv
ed in New York,
tered, and ono of
shortly aftorward
Noll, in Syracuse,
the father of one
Tho family scat-
thc girls, Rosa,
married Henry
After becoming
child, Catharine,
Noll deserted his wife and went to
Chicago from Weedsport, where the
family then lived. Mra. Noll, three
years afterward, returned to Syracuse
and found employment In tho family
of Dr. Blanohard Flagate. This Is as
far as sho haa been traced. It has
been ascertained that after'the separ
ation Henry Noll procoeded to Chica
go, and by bard labor and frugal hab
its amassed a large fortune. Ten or
twenty years since he wai taken sick,
and, after a lingering nines'?, died.
On hla death-bed ho repented of his
unfaithful conduct toward hiB young
spouse, and willed her bis vast estate,
amounting to $SO,000. This will was
admitted to probate, and during this
long period of time has never been
claimed by the legatee. The Interest
accruing has swelled tho amount un
til it has reached the handsomo sum
of $160,000 and upward. The gentle
man who was in search of Mrs. Noll
Is an own brother. He saya his sister
la not over 45 years of age, and tho
daughter aged about 24. Mrs. Noll's
personal appearance fcla desorlbed as
follows : Tall in etaturp, bluo eyes,
dark brown hair, and prepossessing
appearance. Buffalo (iV. Y.) Express.
A man with a red face, and looking
rather shabby, called at a house one
Sunday and asked for a drink of ale.
Tholidy of the establishment refus
ed, telling him she could not accom
modate him. He urged her, assuring
her sho had better do so, that somo
persons had entertained angels una
wares. "YeB," said shs, "I know
that ; but angels don't go about drink
ing ale on Sunday."
Nev r reprove scrvanta before auj'
one.
.flOOO
. 5 00
100
. 80
One Inch, per month.
Each additional Inch. per montn.
tecal advertisements at lepalrates-Oneponaro
(leiluos of Nonpareil, or les)flrst insertion. u co
eacbsuhsequentlnsertlon.SOc. ",
All transient advertisements must be TiaM
forln advance.
OFFICIAL PAPER OFTJIECOTJNTY.
Another Curious Spiritualistic
formanco.
Pcr-
Lansing Republican.
Mrs. Proctor, of Coldwater, visited
tho Spiritual Liberal Camp-meeting
on if riday. She is a healing medium
and awakens much curiosity by the
very strange manner in which her
remedies are said to be produced.
Having learned tho condition of her
patient, the medium holds out her
hand, palm upward, and in a moment
a quantity of medicine or fluid of
some kind will collect In the palm.
Of coureo there is a great deal of
skepticism, even among the spiritua
lists, In regard to tho phenomenon ,
and at tho conference meeting on
Friday morning a motion was made
to appoint a coramltteo to hold a pri
vate seance with Mra. Prootor, and
lest tno truth of her claims. Presi
dent Coffiuberry entertainod tho mo
tion, but decided that tho committee
should bo nominated by tho entire au
dience, to be composed of threo spirit
ualists and two non-believers, honesfe
skeptics, and no member of tho com
mittee should bo appointed who is
oonneotcd In any manner with the
management or the mooting. Such
a committeo was appointed, and af
terward added two moro to their
number.
They reported that thoy had a se
ance with Mrs. Prootor. Tho lady's
hand was examined and wiped thor
oughly dry und in a moment there
appeared In her hand between a quar
and a half teaspoonful of fluid, whioh
was examined and pronounced by
eomo of tho "committee to be oil.
Others dissented, aud aa they could
not agree they so reported. It was,
thereforo, resolved to have another
and more thorough test ; and at tho
general meeting on Friday afternoon
another committeo (whoso names
will bo found in tho regular report of
proceedings) was appointed by the
audience, with Instructions to choose
their tlmo and placo for tho test and
report beforo tho closo of the- camp
meeting. Tho second committee re
ported that the medium washed and -wiped
her hands, sat down In their
presence, aud in a few moments there
appeared in her hand perspiration
and a aubstanoe resembling lard, but
harder. But a small quantity waa
produced, not enough for a chemical
analysis.
By previous arrangement, our re
porter had-n sitting with Mrs. Proctor
at about 11 o'clock Sunday forenoon,
fa the preaonce of another Jady. U
was introduced to a lady rathor below
the medium height with a slight bat
woll-rounded form, dark auburn hair
and brown eyes, and a modest and
pleasing addross. She explained that
she had been bubjected to many se
voro tests siuce.her arrival, and being
somewhat fatigued, the results might
not bo perfectly satisfactory. Step
ping to a hand ba3in;she washed and
wiped hor hands and presented them
for examination, They were perfect
ly dry and cool. She seated herself.
Tho reporter placed his chair in front
and a little to the left of tho medium,
where he could command a full view
of her and her surroundings. Her
lady friend took a similar position at
tho right hand. Tho circle tbUB
formed, the medium soon became ap
parently unconscious. At no tlmo
was any attempt mado by the medi
um to conceal her hands, and her
arms wera always half extended, In
such a manner that her bands, could
not come In contact with her body.
While in this position a slight spasm
passed ovor hor. Extending her left
hand to tho reporter, palm upward,
ho observed that it was still dry, but
almost instantly it assumed an oily ap
pearance, and there waa deposited ia
tho center of the palm a white sub
stance, having tho appearance of aa
ointment and strongly scented with
origanum. About a quarter of a tea
spoonful of thlB substance waa taken
from tho hand and placed in a piece
of paper. It greased tho paper. The
hand was then wiped clean with a
dry oloth, still remaining extended,
and in a moment tho phenomenon
was repeated, but not more than half
tho quantity produced that appeared
the first time. Thia substance has
all tho appearanco to the eye of the
origanum ointment made by drug
gists, and was thus named by the me
dium. At about 4 o'clock Sunday af
ternoon thi3 phenomenon was re
peated In presence of the reporter
and eight other persona, during a
general conversation. A spasm con
vulsed tho lady for an instant, her
hand was extended, and the same
subatanco was seen to appear. Wo
are Informed that many different
medicines appear on her hand fluid,
semi-fluid, and solid. One peculiari
ty ia that while the scent from this
ointment remained on tho hands of
others for hours, it paneed from the
hands of tho medium in a few mo
ments, and they became dry and
scentless.
Kow theso substances get there la a
question which others may decide. If
it Is legerdemain it has successfully
defied the scrutiny of at least fifty
persona who have witnessed It dur
ing tho past week. The fact that
theso substances do appear in the la
dy's hand while open and exposed to
tho view of spectators la indisputable.
Baking soda ought not be dissolved
In boiling or hoi water.
Perfumes should be
strictest moderation.
U6ed in the
The cure for gossip ia culture.
t3K 13H
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