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Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1856-07-05
AFrsHrRlrAN on parAcHrra.

One of the best thingsw we have heard
about preaching the Gospel for some
time, fell from the lips Of an old stall
wart, hardy, Grand Bank fisherman
He went on talking about the Gospel,
its mission, and the mission of ministers
in preaching. The vital doctrines Of
Christianity he placedin very matter
of-fact, practical light; and urged the
bold, plain, earnest proclamation Of
them. This only will accomplish the
work Christ intended; sinners must be
caught into the kingdom as men catch
fish. And it is useless to fling into
the swelling billow little pin-hook
that can't so much as get a chance to
sink. Fishermen--ocean fishermen
work with strong line and the best
hook. If you are going to catch a
fish and really get him secure, you nausl
hook hian at1ader the nape bone. And
that's what ministers have got to dc
with sinners in preaching the Gospel
they must hook them under the nape
bone. Hooking fish in the gills is q
triAing business man would moi
earn his salt. Hook them under the
nape bone and you get them; you can
pull them in and feel safe and thank.
full. A real Christian brought into the
Church, having been taught Christ ant
his doctrine, is worth something. Ht
won't 60 into the vineyard, to sit idle
and he won't do as the man who, wher
commanded, said, II go, sir" andwe
not. But how many fish in tumultu
Gus world to catch sinners with pir
hook! How many work with the strong
line-the law and its terrors, and thC
calls of crucifed Lord and mercifu
God? How many drop the line ant
hook down below the surf into the con
science?-Pres6yterian Herald.
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1856-07-05
DEAD MEMS SHOES.

One Of the worst mistakes men make,
says the Cleveland Herald, is, in leav-
ing gifts and charities to be dispensed
after their death; and this applies as
well to mere donations, as to legacies
to children and relatives. In truth, of
such an one it may be said, she heapeth
up riches, and knoweth not who shall
gather them"
The grasp upon wealth-even with
the benevolent-is tight, and, in most
cases, death is the only power which
can loose it; but if men would reason
upon the subject of their donations, as
upon any other business transaction,
then the man of moderate wealth would
content himself to drop his gifts along
the path of life, even if in small sums,
rather than risk the danger from
squandering of large legacies after his
death; and the man Of overfowing
riches would direct his thousands with
his own loving hand, and when his own
eyes could see that his intentions were
not thwarted, nor his benevolence
abused. ~
Rich men, too, make sad errors in
regard to their children. 1t is very
common idea that because the father
has toiled early andlate for his money,
eating the bread of frugality and wear
ing the robes Of economy, that the son
must do likewise, whether he has the
disposition or not. The difference In
the great facts which underlie the being
Of father and son are forgotten: to wit,
that one was born without wealth, the
other was born in afiuence. Hence
the one felt his entire dependence upon
his own exertions, and the other did
not. To this error can be traced the
ruin of SO many young men, whom the
death of father leaves rolling in
wealth It is bad enough for a boy
to have the curse of wealthy parent.
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1856-07-05

age upon his birth, but adds to that
curse to keep him impatiently waiting
for his fathers shoes. A division Of
the wealth with that son, while the
father, can at least by his advice, con-
troll it, would materially lessen the
chances of injury to the child, and
bring audible prayers for the preser-
yatipn of that fathers life rather than
secret wishes for his death.
OF this great error in leaving wealth
to be distributed after death, the
famous McDonough estate of New
Orleans affords a glaring illustration.
At McDonough's death, his estate was
estimated at 100000 dollars; now it
is estimated at 100000 dollars; and
it has gone like water through seiye
as follows-over 250,0O0 dollars speut
in litigation; over 100000 dollars in
charges and commission; over 100000
dollars lost in interest and delays; and
over 100000 dollars lost in pillage and
decay.
The paper from which we take the
statement says:
No one dollar of charity had ever
yet been received from the estate, not
one negro had been sent to Liberia.
nor the tears and sorrows of one poor
orphan boy ever been assuaged. Al
every point and in every way the last
will and testament Of John McDonough
had been frustrated and thwarted.
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1856-07-05
HOW WATCHES ARE MADE IN swEIzER-
TAWn

First, the rough part Of the move
ment, called blanc, is made by water
power, which costs little or nothing -
A number of young people, Of all ages,
have a part consigned to each; others
put the plates and wheels together, and
when a great number are ready the
master fills couple Of bags and loads
the back of q male. IF he has not
enough to counterbalance the weight,
he puts on a couple of large cheese,
and so he goes to the market in the
village or small town and offers his
goods to little master Watchmakers,
called escapement maker and 6nishers,
who complete the movement. Now,
these cottagers are almost all free
holders, andpOssess small plots Of land
attached to their houses, which they
cultivate in the summer season, and
in the winter they shut themselves up
with their families and work during the
whole Of the inelement season, with
snow on the ground many feet deep,
which lasts three or four months, and
when the fine weather again appears
the travellers 60 and buy the move
ments and case them in silver or gold.
A family of six children viii keep
themselves respectable for the same
expense as a single workman in Lon
don. Not only the children work, nay,
the dog turns wheel, and puts in
motion o lathe or a pair of bellows
For instance, at Geneva, where every
thing is dearer than in the mountains,
the labor is 25 per cent. dearer. Con-
sequently, in England, with heavy
rent and taxes, and the dearness of the
common necessaries, it is impossible
to compete with the Swiss manufacta-
rers.
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1856-07-05
SALARIES OF CLERKS OF THE BANK OF
ENGLAND.

A clerk in the Bank of England
enters at the age of seventeen, on a
salary of one hundred and fifty dollars
a year, with an additional hundred if
he is punctual every morning. His
salary is increased fifty dollars a year
till his income reaches four hundred
dollars. 1t is then raised twenty-five
dollars year till it reaches an annual
salary of five hundred dollars. From
that time the salary is increased at the
rate of forty dollars year till the
gentleman has worked his way up to
the comfortable income Of thirteen
hundred dollars. But this is not all.
Every employee of the Bank is entitled
to retiring pension of an amountprO-
portioned to the number of years he
has served. After forty years service,
we believe a clerk is entitled to retire
upon pension equal to the amount Of
the salary he enjoyed at the time of his
retirement. When a clerk is absent
on leave he forfeits thirty-three cents
per day-an arrangement which has
double advantage of securing the Bank
from imposition, and of giving modest
man the courage to ask for leave Of
absence when it is necessary; indeed
the system generally seems to us the
only one by which a faithful service
can be nationally expected.
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1856-07-05
4oetrg,
WE ARE GROWING OLD.

We are growing Old-how the thought will rise,
When glance is backward cast,
On some long remembered spot that lies
In the silence of the past,
1t may be the shrine of our earthly VOWS,
Or the tomb of early tears
But it seems like far of isle to us,
in t6e sDrnny sea 0f yeafsl.
ohlwide and wide are the waves that part
Ones steps from its greenness now,
And we miss the Joy of many heart,
And the light of many brow;
For deep Ger many stately bark,
! Have the whelming pillows rolled,
That steered with us from that early mark;-
Oh, friends, We are growing old!
Old in the dimness of the dust
Of our daily tolls and cares
Old in the wrecks Of love and trust,
Which our burdened memory bears.
Each form may wear to the parting gaze,
The bloom Of lifes freshness yet,
And beams may brighten our latter days,
Which the morning never met.
But oh! the changes we have seen
In the far and winding way
The graves in our path that have grown green,
And the locks that have grown grayl
The winters still on our own may spare
Thesable or thegold;
But we see their SHOWS upon brighter hair,
And, friends, we are growing Oldl
We have gained the worlds cold wisdom now,
We have learned to pause and fear;
But where are the living founts whose fow,
Was a JOY of heart to hear2
. We have won the wealth of many cline,
And the lore of many page;
But where il the hope that saw in time,
BUTT boundess heritageF
VIII it come again when the violet wakes7
And the woods their youth renew?
We have stood in the light of sunny brakes
Where the light is deep and blue;
And our souls might joy in the spring time then,
But the joy was faint end cold
For it never could give US the youth again
Of hearts that are growing old.
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1856-07-05
SfllisstsIlanfolrs,
Az ENaL1sH cOUNTRss AsTRAY.


While Lord EIlenborough, the ex-
Governor General Of India, is busiIy
engaged in the House Of Lords sup
porting the Tories, in the hope that he
may become, in the event of Earl
Derby supplanting Lord Palmerston,
q Cabinet Ministe1s his wife now
separated from him some twenty years,
is leading wild life among the Arabs.
A correspondent of the New York o.
serUer writing from Damascus, March
%, thus speaks of her:
You have heard of the English
Countess who married an Arab Sheikh.
Rumor said she was dead. Rumor as
usual was false. / was in her villa this
morning, just out Of the gates Of
Damascus. She is at Palmyra with
her husband, who is a pretty Arab,
small in stature, and generally con-
temptible. Is itnot a strange history?
She was Ianthe Countess of Ellenbor-
ough, young, beautiful, worshipped.-
Her only daughter was the afianced
bride Of Prince of Austria. How
do 1 know that she was beautiful? I
will tell you. I saw her Boudoir this
morning, and one of it's ornaments
was her portrait at twenty years old.
She was royalty beautiful Time and
care have changed herperhaps. Among
her books 1 saw familiar volumes and
was ecDaily Food" a well worn copy
too. Another was entitled "Marriage
from a Christian Point of View" a
French. Her Boudoir was splendidly
ornamented, and had her portraits and
her children, one living now, the other
dead, believe. Her history is but half
known. Divorced from Lord Ellen
borough for intrigues with German
Prince, she went to Greek Count.
Tired of him, she went to Damascus,
where in visit to Palmyra she was
protected from this fellow, whose name
lis Medjul. She determined to marry
him. He objected and ran away. She
employed Arabs to bring him back
The English Consul interfered. The
Turkish Governor objected. She said
she was worth 81, 500 year, and all
Turkey could not prevent her doing
as she wished. So she followed Mediul
into the desert and was married to him
| in Turkish style. No one thinks it
will be lasting. She keeps him sup
piled with money, has given him an
elegant place near Damascus, and be-
fore long will travel away in search Of
new adventures. Her friends are de-
sirous of keeping her as for away from
England as possible, and tits a matter
of surprise that they sent her elegant
presents of money on hearing of this
marriage, though they knew it to be
both illegal and immoral. I assure
you that I found it almost impossible
to believe that was in the villa of one
who had ruled in the splendid circles
of St. James, who had been specia
favorite with the Iron Duke, who haC
rivalled royalty itself in England, ant
who was now in an Arab tent, the wife
Of dog of an Anazee. He is no
even respectable Sheika Of the tribe
he is merely common Arab.
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1856-07-05
SINGULAR NAMES.

The HamsHire Gazette says: In the
Memorials of William Shattuck, lately
published by Lemuel Shattuck, ESQ.,,
Of Boston, we find that Simon Shattuck
of Fitchburgh, named three sons Shad-
rach, Meshac, and Abednego; Able
Shattuck of Coleraine, named the male
of pair of twins Truman, and the
female Truly, this Truman Shattuck
named girl Truly Ann, and Truly
Shattuck named girl Emeline Truly;
Moses Shattuck of Brookline, named
four sons since 1900, Asia, Africa, Eu-
rope and America. Other odd names
in the volume, are All, Philiahasse
-Seraph, Seyneda, Serada, and Thisby
Alfalfa.
Mr.. .Shattuck, in his remarks upon
some of these names Singular
ity of taste is not peculiar to our fam
lily, we once had under our instruction
in Detroit, family, whose sons were
named One Stickney, Two Stickney
Three Stlckney, and whose daughters
were named First Stickney, Second
Stickney, and so on. The three elder
children Of family nearer home
were named Joseph, And, Another
and it has been supposed that should
they have any more, they might have
named them Also, Moreover, Neverthe.
less and notwithstanding. Another
family actually named their child Finis
supposing it was their last, but they
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1856-07-05
TO A SPIDER.


Spider thou needst not run in fear about
To shun my curious eyes;
won't humanely crush your bowels out
Lest thou shouldst eat the flies;
Nor will l roast thee with fierce delight,
Thy strange instructive fOrtitude to see,
For there is one who might
One day roast me.
Thou'rt welcome to a rhymer sore perplex'd
The subject Of his verse:
There's many one who on a better text =
Perhaps might comment worse;
Then shrink not, old FreemasOn, from my view,
But quietly, like me, spin out thy line;
Do thou thy work pursue,
As will mine.
Weaver of snares, thou emblemest the ways
Of Satan sire Of lies;
Hell's huge black spider, for mankind he lays
His tolls, as thou for flies.
When Bettys busy eye roams round the room,
Woe to that nice geometry if seeuI
But where is he whose broom
The earth shall clean.
spider of old thy fimsy webs were thought
And. twas likeness true
To emblem laws in which the weak are caught,
But which the strong break through;
And if some victim in thy tolls is taen,
Like some poor client, is that wretched fly;
I'll warrant thee thou1t drain
His life-bloOd dry.
And is not thy weak work like human schemes
And care on earth employed!
Such are young hopes and Loves delightful dreaA
So easily destroy'd!
So does the statesman, while the avengers sleep.
Self-deemed secure, his wiles in secret lay;
Soon shall destruction sweep
His work away.
Thou busy laborerl one resemblance more
May yet the verse prolong,
For, spider thou art like the poet poor,
Whom thou hast helped in song;
Both busily our needful food to win,
Wework, ,as nature taught, with ceaseless pains
Thy bowels thou dost spin,
spin my brains.
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1856-07-05
TO TRUE.

Mrs. Swisshelm, in her paper, pub
hshed at Pittsburg, utters a true word
when she described the education Of
the young gentlemen and ladies Of
the rising generation among the fash
ionable, as utterly destitute of common
sense-Bhose only tendency is 10
mental weakness and physical decay.
she says:
A young gentleman-a smooth
face with little breeding and less
sense, ripens fast, and believes himself
a nice young man. He chews and
smokes tobacco, swears genteeIly,
coaxes embryo imperials with bears
grease, twirls a rattan, spends his
fathers money, rides fast horses-on
horseback and in sulkeys-double and
single-drinks Catawba, curses the
Maine Law, firts with young ladies,
hundred of which are Just Ike him
self, though of different gender; and
this is the fashionable education of our
day. The fathers and mothers of
these fools were once poor. Good
fortune has given them abundance
Their children viii run through an 'in-
exhaustible fortune in a few years and
die in the poorhouse. Parents, you
are responsible for this folly. Set
your sons and daughters to work, and
let them know that only in usefulness
there is honor and prosperity. "
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1856-07-05
r1oRENcE NraHrINaALE.

+ Florence will, hereafter be a favorite
name for girls. Thousands of mothers
are naming their daughters after the
noble and self-sacrifcing woman who
went to the Crimea to soothe the suf-
ferings and bind up the wounds of those
who had no other friends than the hos
pital nurse. They bestow the name
on their children in the hope that they
may, in some degree, resemble her.
In a clever speech of Lord Ellesmere,
lately made in the House of Lords, he
refers to Florence Nightingale il these
words:
"The vegetation Of two successive
springs has obscurred the vestiges OF
Balaklaya and Inkermann. Strong
voices now answer to the roll-call, and
sturdy forms now cluster round the
colors. The ranks arefull, the hospitals
are empty. The angel Of mercy still
fingers to the last on the scene Of her
labors, (hear, hear;) but her mission is
all but accomplished. Those long
arcades of Scutari, in which dying
men sat up to catch the sound Of her
footsteps or the futter of her dress, and
fell back on the pillow content to have
seen her shadow as it passed, are now
comparatively deserted. She may
probably be thinking how to escape
as best she may, on her return, the
demonstrations of d nations apprecia-
ton of the deeds and motives Of Flor
ence Nightingale" 7"
OF course this allusion was hailed
with repeated cheers.
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1856-07-05

A LAWYERS SToRY.-Tom strikes
Dick over the shoulders with a rattan
as big as your little finger. A lawyer,
in his Indictment, would tell you the
story as follows: "And whereas the
said Thomas, at the said place, on the
day and year aforesaid, in and upon
the body of the said Richard, against
the peace of the people of the State
of New Hampshire, and their dignity,
did make most violent assault, and
inflicted a great many and divers blows,
kicks, cuffs, thumps, bumps, contusions,
gashes, hurts, wounds, damages, and
injuries, in and upon the head, neck,
breast, stomach, hips, knees, shins, and
heels of said Richard, with divers
sticks, canes, poles, clubs, logs Of wood,
stones, daggers, dirks, swords, pistols,
cutlasses, bludgeons, blunderbusses,
and boarding pixies, then and there
held in the hands, fists, claws and
clutches of him the said Thomas"
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1856-07-05
THAT SWEET FAMILIAR SONG.

Oh! sing that sweet familiar song
heard in other hours,
Ere Joy bad ceased to glide along
In sunshine and in flowers!
Sing to theheart one gentle strain,
To light the gathering shade;
And hope basI in light again,
Whose splendOrs never fade.
Oh, touch tho lutte whose fairy notes
Enchants my wayward soul,
And wake the melody that flows
Unchecked by cares control.
. For in the light of other days
Ny heart is glad and gay;
And down lifs's wihered, tanglei.maze,
Ny wandering footsteps stray.
Oh: sweep tho chords whose golden strains
Fell on my childish cart
Their liquid harmony remains III
Throughout many weary year.
And still sweet memory wanders back,
Where olden fancies throng,
To greet upon their weli-known track,
That sweet familiar song.
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1856-07-05
THE PRIDE OF ANCESTRY.
BF TENNYsoN.

Trust me, Lady Clara We're de We're,
From yOn blue heavens above us bent,
The gardner Adam and his wife
Smile at the claims Of long descent.
Howe'er It be, it seems to me
lis only noble to be good
Kind hearts are more than coronets,
And simple faith than Norman blood.
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happened afterward to have daughter
and two sons, whom they called
Addenda, Appendix and Supplement.
Another parent set out to perpetuate
the names of the twelve patriarchs, but
the mother wept because she had not
the wherewithal to bear the last two
names.
Nebraska advertiser. [volume] (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882, 1856-07-05

A LESSON FOR BOYs.-Boys are ad-
monished, by a sensible writer, to be-
ware of the following descriptions Of
company, if they would avoid becom-
ing like those who enter the prison for
their crimes:
l. Those who rediculc parents or
disobey their commands.
2. Those who profane the Sabbath,
or scof at religion.
8. Those who use profane or filthy
language.
4. Those who are unfaithful, play
truant, andwaste their time in idleness.
5. Those who are of a quarrelsome
temper.
g. Those who are addicted to lying
and stealing. b
z. Those who take pleasure in tor
turing animals and insects.
8. Those who loaf around grog-shops
and drink whisky.
Why are jokes like nuts? Kase the
dryer they are, the better they crack.
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Why are Jokes like nuts? Kase the
dryer they are, the better they crack.