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Nebraska advertiser., 1869-07-08
SECTION 36, TOWN 6, RANCE Dr.
SECTION IG, TOWN 6, RANGE 1
For the Advertiser.
EDUCATION.
HILLsDALE, June 81, 1866

HILLSDALE, June u, IoOS.
While the subject of School and
Teachers is being discussed through
the columns of the Advertiser, l will
endeavor to contribute my share to
the general fund.
l have frequently inquired why a
genuine live educational paper would
not be a good enterprise i'll Nebraska,
and have as yet failed to get any def
mite answer. One thing [ do know
the States around us have them, and
although the manner in which they
are conducted is by some considered
Objectionable, vet they are far better
than none, and might be made not
only very valuable to teachers
and friends OfedueatiOn, but profitable
to the publisher. But enough on that
subject, for we have the AdUerttser,
which is alive te every thing that Is
calculated to advance our country
and its peOple-sOcially morally intel
lectually or financially; and with
your permission, Mr.. Editor, we will
use it frequently.
But the question of the qualification
of teachers is what | set out to write
on, and it is one in which there is a
diversity of opinion, but yet there are
many traits and characteristics which
all agree that the teacher ought to pos
sess to make him efficient.
will merely mention few of these,
viz: Discretion, modesty, dignity,
humanity, patience, temperance and
a spOtless reputation. That he should
have the necessary education and a
large fund of general information, is of
course essential.
But then there are other traits that
are quite necessary which are very Of
ten overlooked by even teachers them
selves. Among these l will mention,
affability, courage, assurance and con-
Stancy.
Affabiiity, called also suavity, ur-
banity, cOurteOusness, etc, is the trait
that enables us to forget differences Of
position and opinion, and treat all as
they deserve, covering to none, treat
ing none with disdain. 1t is the
source of success to all public men,
and is the power by which men move
the world Gain q mans confidence,
and you can easily bring him to think
as YOU do, but treat him with con-
tempt and he will not agree with you,
though convinced you are right and
girls and boys are men and women in
that respect.
Courage is a strong point where an
influence is to be eXerted, and it must
be of that dignified kind, that while
il aWes, does not cause hatred but admi-
ration. The fierCest men are influ-
enced by this, while the man of noble
character behOlds it with intense de-
light. The petty mind covers at this
courage, and knows his vile tongue
can never stain that mans character.
Assurance is to the teacher, what
the ballast is to the ship, keeping him
steady on his course, and enabling
him to show in all things that he is
not "Out of his sphere" but that ''he
knows whereof be speaks" and that
he is not trusting to the knowledge of
some one else to guide him.
By assurance, / do not mean that
egOtism which leads men to think
themselves infalliable, and cOnse-
quently neglect to inform themselves
in the new and important theories
that are continually being disclosed
Nebraska advertiser., 1869-07-08
Railroad NIeetfng.
BRowNvILLE. juno 26. l86

BRoWNVILLE, June 26, 1869.
The delegates to Kirksville having
returned successful, the swarming Of
land sharks and Spectators to gObble
up town lots and other things was un-
usually vigorous, in a dense throng
by the court house, and the banner
day for lot sale among ali BrOWnVille's
days, and terminating i'm general de-
mand for a public hearing from the
delegates, arranging of bills, and
crowding and assembling UP the court
house stairway till the building would
hold no more. BsI
Meeting called to order by Col. S..
NJ. Rich, on whose motion DIR. A. S.
Holladay was elected Chairman, land
on motion of G.. f.. KePheFson, ESD,
j. H. Broadly was chosen .SecreteTy.
Hon. j IS. Church being called,
very clearly narrated the action of the
Kirksville Convention said the rail-
road was established from Quincy to
BrOwnville, with both named in the
charter as the terminus, which could
not be legally changed; ; that Brown
vile could secure permanent director
by subscribing $4,000 stock, which
responsibility the Brownville delega-
tion shOuldered as her assistance in
carrying same. He closed with a
glowing eXOrtafion to immediate and
untiring action which did credit not
only to the cause, but also to him who
so tiuently spoke in its behalf
DIR. Mcpherson, Senator Tipton,
Col. Furnas, DIR. Blackburn, Col.
Rich and others followed in speeches
spiced with rounds of applause, while
all eyes beamed the light of locOmo-
ton.
The road had clear ring-none to
oppose.
There was but one opinion with all
upon the floor, and each had more
opinions than he ever had before.
Col. Rich offered the following
which was unanimously adopted:
Resolred, That we fully endorse and hereby
ratify and confirm all, and singular the acts
of our delegates to the KlrksviIle railroad
convention, and to them do hereby extend
our thanks for theirskillful and efficient per-
formance of duty; and that our thanks are
due Col. FuFnas for his active efforts for rail-
roads generally, and his earnest corporation
In our present movement
On motion, AIessrs. A. p. Cogswell,
J. w. Blackburn and A. w. Morgan
were selected as a committee to pro-
cure subscription to said stock taken
by the delegates at KiFksviIle.
On motion, meeting adjourned,
alive to the fact that some points have
greatness from their own works, and
some from the works of others but
Brownville and Nemaha county have
both.
a. S. HOLIDAY, Chm.
J. II. broadly, Sec.
Nebraska advertiser., 1869-07-08
as science advances with its gigantic

as science advances with its gigantic
steps.
Constancy is in teaching what it is
in any other vocation, an indispensi-
BILE qualification.
The teacher who has in view the
design of teaching as a permanent Oc-
cupatiOn, is far preferable to any one
who is only teaching for the "time be-
ing" and intending TO pursue some
other occupation rs soon as favorable
/ opportunity presents itself.
/ The permanent teacher is not only
/ interested in making himself repu-
/ tatiOn, but in all reforms in edueatiOn-
al matters, such as the introduction Of
a proper and permanent series of
/ school books the Improvement of
| school room furniture and apparatus,
and in fact everything that renders
/ the labOrs of the teacher more pleas
ant and successful as we'll as the adj
vancement of the pupils more speedy
and certain.
His reputation as a teacher depends
on his exertiOns in his vocation, and
the success attendant upon them, and
he will therefore be careful TO not mis-
apply them, but make them constant
anu CAnC1CAlb AAAE lAAC Aifu4 Autiel4
who engages in teaching with view
to teaching a year or two while Ire is
waiting for something to turn up
will not make any effort to keep him
self posted" +" nor will he be so care
1 ful about preserving his reputation
! unsullied, for if he is seen at the so
loon or in Objectionable company, it is
not a matter of so much Importance to
him.
With these suggestions I win close
my already too long communication,
with the promise of another at some
not very distant day, on the subject ot
the Duties and Responsibilities Of
Teachers in which | will speak Ot
their duties 1st, to themselves; 2d, tC
their employers; Sd, TO their pupils
and 4th, to their fellow teachers.
This will probably be followed by
some suggestions relative to the duties
of school officers, and those having
charge of the youth in the west.
! OCCASIONAL.
Nebraska advertiser., 1869-07-08
Very respectfully yours, &C.,
VI. G.. HAWKINS, D
n. WOLFLIN, c,or,r,i,.o
Ed. MOORE, I'm i'''e
j. w. BARRETT.

OEFICE OF NJ. &. NJ. r. \. L. r. r., :.
CANTON, Mo-, June p, 1850. 5
Messrs. HalOkbrs, WoLfia, 1f0Ore and
Barrett, Committee:
Nebraska advertiser., 1869-07-08

ATCHIsoN, June 2S.-Judge +. s.
Dundy, and the o. :. Marshal Of Ne
braska, accompanied by the Directors
Of the Nemaha Valley and AtchisOn
and Nebraska Roads, leave tomorrow
for st. Louis to confer with the Direc-
tors of the North Missouri Road in the
interest Of the two mentioned roads.
During the heavy thunder storm
Thursday noon last, whilst repairing
the telegraph line near Centralia,
Kansas, on the Central Branch Of the
Union Pacific Railroad, Thomas S.
Tracy was Knocked from a pole and
fell 20 feet, and was insensible for two
minutes; his companion, s. H. Sey-
mOur, on the ground near by, was
also severely shocked.
The AtchisOn Patriot says William
Mccoy, Of Rushville, No, was killed
by a stroke of lightning on Friday,
While ehOpping wood. A store house.
at Columbus, NebTaska, was torn to-
pieces on Wednesday night by light
ming. Mr.. Preston, an old and es-
teemed citizen, was crushed 10 death
in the ruins.
Nebraska advertiser., 1869-07-08

A correspondent Of the New York
Tri6uue, in alluding to the naming of
the junction town on the Pacific
Railroad, which question is now be-
ing vigorously discussed suggests
that "if we cannot give the jnuction
some grand old Indian name, why
not give it an original American one?
I suggest Gold Spike, or if more up
honious, Golden Spike or for short
ness, Spike am not aware that Ell
ther name has been given to any
town in the world. But as the COM
pletiOn of a great railroad crossing,
and connecting the Atlantic with the
Pacific oceans is an event new in this
worlds histOyr, let us have new
name, which shall be expressive, to
designate the spot where the great
work was finished.
Nebraska advertiser., 1869-07-08
NEW,S ITEMS.
An Illinois agricultural grows roses


An Illinois agrieulturist grows roses
on apple trees.
The exact number OF the Jubilee
chorus was 10, ,52S.
The Free-Lovers viii shortly hold a
conversion in Indianapolis.
Fhe police of Indianapolis are here
after to pay for their uniforms. a
The guano on the Chineha ISLANDS
is said to be nearly exhausted
The expenses Of the New York pO-
lice force for the past year were s., ,OO0,-
coo. fr
Sixty-One new newspapers were
started in the United States during
May.
Three hundred cabs are to be order
ed in London for the New York cab
company.
A Man in London follows the Oecu-
patton Of professional intrOducer,p
and makes money BY it.
Tha Boston Post says the Massa-
chusetts Legislature has been sitting
so long that it can not get up.
Three thousand invitations to wit
ness the Inauguration of the Suez en-
nal are TO be sent to the nOtabilities
in Europe.
Anew York paper Iaments the conf
pletion of the Pacific railway because
It has facilitated the importation Of
fire crackers.
The victorious nine OF the Cincin-
natl base ball club neither smoke nor
drink, retire at eleven p. NJ, and play
a game Of ball every day.
An English chemist has discovered
a preparation to petrifY human bodies,
and suggests that by his method one
can make excellent building material
of his ancestors.
A San Francisco paper of the 18th,
announces the aTsival of the first
| peaches of the seasOn-''Wee little fel-
lows, with just the smell of q genuine
/ peach about them"
a sign put up in Court street, BOs-
ton, the other morning, had the fol-
/ lowing Inscription "WeleOme! No
| North, no South, no East, no West,
/ but ZYei Lager ra
The New York Herald Office was
/ suddenly vacated the other day by the
appearance of an individual with his
face covered with pustules, who innO-
Gently inquired whether there was
ony indication OfsmalI pOx about him.
|
Nebraska advertiser., 1869-07-08

umphed when passing through the
temptation thou hast revealed the
Father to men; thou hast brought
life and immortality to light in thy
gospel to them. Welcome! Sit thou on
my right hand. Areh-angels placed
upon his radiant form a robe, woven
as it were, of the beams of the morn
ing. Upon his head they placed o
crown more resplendant than the
starry corOnet which eneircles the
the brow of night. Then all the hosts
of heaven sang out: "Hail, King Oi
Kings and Lord of Lords.n
gaH DoE a. JENNETTE HARDING. q
London, Ne6. m 75aaut ea
Nebraska advertiser., 1869-07-08

There has been a hitch in Gen. Sick
les appointment as Minister to Spain,
which has peen removed; and he arri-
we'd here to-day to accept the same and
receive his Instructions. The latter
have grown into some importance,
owing to the relation of this Govern
ment towards the Spanish rule in Gu
ba; and it is understood that they are
to be made the subject Of a full Cabi-
net meeting.
Nebraska advertiser., 1869-07-08

The following School Lands in Ne
maha County were sold on the 18th
ult. by the County Clerk, to the per-
sons and at the prices set forth below.
We publish it, that persons at dis
tance may know how our unimproved
lands are valued. f,Ef. e-u.
Nebraska advertiser., 1869-07-08

The EL Dorado, the woman's paper
i'm San Francisco, has been suspended
for want of patronage. The Saturday
EUeniRg Mercury is the only Woman
Rights organ now printed on the Pa
cific coast, aud it isn't published very
much.
Nebraska advertiser., 1869-07-08

A Yankee who travelled to San
Francisco by the Pacific railroad,
writes that the distance between that
city and Boston is equal to 211 games
of eucher, rs drinks and III cigars.
Nebraska advertiser., 1869-07-08

Adolph Z. BOrie, has resigned his
position as Secretary of the Navy, and
George NJ. Robson, of New Jersey,
formerly Attorney General of that
State, has been appointed to succeed
Mr.. BOrie. Mr. Robson was sworn
in at noon to-day, and will attend a
regular Cabinet meeting. Mr.. Borie
felt compelled to resign by reason of
the multiplicity of his pirate duties.
Nebraska advertiser., 1869-07-08
Livery, Feed, Sale and Exchange
STABLES.

Corner Main and Levee st-.--..-.BR OWNVILLE.
HAVING purchased this Stable of
IL \. p. Cogsweu, / aIo prepared to furnish
tie best TEAMS, BUGGlES and CAHhl ASilsS , lIi
looT1 Tor Eiltv Horses. Corral or stock. PartcJi-
lar attention paid % Feeding or t5oaTdnS tao6sSs'
r24-lv1 n. IL GA1s1ha9E L.
Nebraska advertiser., 1869-07-08

New YORK, June 27.-Latest re-
turns from the vote on lay delegation
in the Methodist church, as received
at the office Of the Methodist at this
city, uD to June 26th, read as follows;
Number of votes east, IS, ,455 for lay
delegation, p 1887; against, 1851.
Majority for lay delegation, l7,7l6.
Nebraska advertiser., 1869-07-08

Mr.. Turner, cOlored postmaster at
Macon, has receivad his- commission
and left for that city.
Nebraska advertiser., 1869-07-08

lob WORK, Neatly and Plainly
y Executed, at the Advertiser Job Rooms.
Nebraska advertiser., 1869-07-08
MUSIC.
JUSTICES.
EYpRESS.
JEWELEY


J.V. j. PATCH,
Manufacturer ami Dealer in
Clocks, Watches, JeyTelry, etc., etc.
No. 50 Main Street.
.SIrer and SjIreT f5UieU Hare, and al Udrie-
ties Of lSlecturlcS CORSf01ttiV VOHhGHd Repairing
done ia UeHeGtoSt style. al short notice. Ch0TgeS
moderate H0rk lC0TTdHfed.
Nebraska advertiser., 1869-07-08
TTOTAEIES
GRAIN DEALERS.

GEO. G. START d BRO,
DEALERs IN GRAIN, PRODUCE, sc.
ASpiH3CQU, NebT0sEd.
The highest market price paid tor anything
the Farmer can raise. We will buy aud sell
everything known to the market.
WORTHING & WILCOX,
Storage Forwarding and Commission
Mere hants,
Ind Dealers iis al kinds Of Grain, lOr tclach
fEeg J,uV me Highest Market Price iLl G6LSa
Nebraska advertiser., 1869-07-08
BRIDGE BUILDING.

G. W. WHEELER
9, RI ID G Z Bull Err.
us9le agent for y. w. Smiths Patent Truss
lri6lsc' The strongest and best wooden
DIlase now in use.
Nebraska advertiser., 1869-07-08
TAILORING
ROUNTY CLAINF AGENTS.


L. =. ASSIS TANT ASS o x
OfIice in District Court Room.
N0tqlgy Public and URited states var CtGM
Agoaf IJTU attend 90 the prosecutions Of Claims
be50re he Department, JOr additional Bounty,
Back Pau and Pensions. also the collection O
C5Uli- annual Dues on Pensions,
Nebraska advertiser., 1869-07-08
MERCHANDISE.

III III L-altllAllIs
VA. T.. UEE.
Whs1eygI. and Rg.g. DCTicr ia
GeneraI RIeEc saudi-c. aIEd COmnis on
ana I'orsy aIsi5nE Mere hR4lt,
40 20 Main Street.
Chrn WuHscrS, Pi0lCg, Stores, Furniture, Gc.,
Hides. PETS. Fglrs and Country PT0JHcc.
4. J.. JOHNSON & co.
Dealers in General Mere handise,
No. ~ NcPberson-s Block, Main -.
Nebraska advertiser., 1869-07-08

SECTION 36 TOWN 6, RANGE l3.
Sw 100 w d Lewis 90
SECTION L. TOWN 4, RANGE II.
A0 q Kaufman 90
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-08-27
WHO NAMED OUR COLLEGES.

We find that large number of our
colleges have received their names from
some prominent men who have liberal
ly endowed them. A great many bear
the name of the town or State in which
they are situated. We have looked up
the following list of some of the most
prominent colleges of our country:
Harvard College was named after
John Harvard, who, in 1888, left to the
college f779, and a library of over 300
books.
Williams College was named after
Col. Ephraim Williams, a soldier of the
old French war.
Dartmouth College WAS named after
Lord Dartmouth, who subscribed large
amount, and was President of the First
Board of Trustees.
Brown University received its name
from Hon. Nicholas Brown, who was a
graduate of the college, went into bust
ness, became very wealthy, and endoW-
ed the college very largely.
Columbia College was called Kings
College till the close of the war for in
dependence, when it received the name
of Columbia.
Bowdoin College was named after
Gov. iBowdoin, of Maine.
Yale College was named after Eiihu
Yale, who made ver;- liberal donations
to the College. 1850. @ .sa.s +.
Colby University, formerly Water.
vile College, was named after Mr.. Col.
by, of Boston, who gave $4,000 to the
college in 1865. -
Dickinson College received its name
from Hon. John Dickinson. He made
very liberal donation to the college, anG
was President of the Board of Trustees
for number of years.--FfoDe the Yak
/ CouTdnt. ESQ
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-08-27
SUBTERRANEAN RAILWAYS.

The Connecticut COuTant has a very
interesting European correspondent
who gives the readers of that paper the
following description of railroad travel
under the crowded thoroughfares OF
London: $50 with met won't cost
you anything-to one of the stations
They are above ground. We mention
our destination and purchase our tick
ct, paying about penny mile. We
descend two or three flight of stairs, as
the case may be, and find ourselves in q
roomy underground station, well light.
ed with gas. There are several rocks
sometimes two or three sets of racks
for more than one roadway has this fol
a station. A train with a low engine
whizzes in and out of the dark tunnel
drawing long train of carriages, full
of people. There is a hasty getting in
and out, calling of the the guard, bang
ing of doors, and the train is off into the
darkness again. 1t is not our train, but
one going the other way. We have not
long to wait; trains every three min
utes. Here it comes, gliding smoothly
in. We take our seats in a comfortable
car, lighted with gas, in which people
sit reading newspapers, the guard calls
the station, the door bangs, and we
are off. What a roar! Little chance for
talking.
''There is no complaint about the air.
1t seems not specially damp, or at ali
bad, and with only the very slightest
smell of coal smoke, so slight that it is
not worth mentioning. On we rush for
three minutes, and then glide into
another lighted station. Our ticket
says, "Change at Baker street." We get
out. Where are we? Where shall we
go? The guard points up the stairway
he has only time for the gesture. A
train is coming in; train is going out
people are streaming in and out. We
ascend stairway, gas-lighted, go along
winding passage, ascend more, turn,
go down, and here is another station,
and people waiting for the train. Where
the polar star is, or the sun, or which
way we shall go to get out of London,
we have no idea. But the guard tells
us, and we are off again. There, in the
mouth of the tunnel where we last start
ed, the track of another road crosses
ours on the same level. As we run we
are sometimes over another road, some
times under one; there is one running
parallel with us for little distance, at
the same level, and another also parallel,
but below our level. Wepass one, two,
three stations, and here is the end of our
journey and of the road. We go up
flights of stairs and come out into the
sunshine, finding that it is not such a
bad day after all, now that we have got
out of the CITY.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-08-27
A STRANGE STORY.
Temperance Of q Man Stolen by Indi.
ans Thirty Three Years Ago.

Thirty-three years ago there lived in
| Lewiston, Logan county, a farmer by
the name of Harris Hopkins, who had 9
child, boy, between three and four
years of age. One day while the farmer
was at work in a field some distance
from the farmhouse, the boy started
| from the house across the field to see his
father. The last seen of the little fellow
was when he left the house. Hundreds
of people turned out to search for the
lost child. The river was dragged, the
woods searched, reward offered, but all
to no purpose. After days of weary
and anxious search the little fellow was
given up by the parents and sympathiz-
ing friends. The few Indians living in
that neighborhood were friendly and
peaceable, and no suspicion ever attach
ed to them, and the affair was forgotten
or only talked of as mysterious disap-
pearance. The Hopkins family at length
left their old home and settled in Illi-
nols, and up to ten days ago none of their
old neighbOrs in Logan county had eX-
pected to see any member of the family
again. The establishment of the old set
tiers in and about the neighborhood can
be conceived when, week before last, a
tall man, Drowned by exposure to sun
and storm, and speaking the broken
English of the half-civiIized Indians,
made his appearance at Lewiston, and
claimed to be the child missed 80 years
ago. He stated that a Cherokee Indi-
an, wandering through that section, had
enticed him from the field as he was
going in search of his father, and had
carried him to the far west. The old
chief had treated him as his own son,
and having been taken away at so young
an age, the memory of his parents and
former life had faded from his mind.
For thirty odd years he lived as an In
dian, and supposed that he was the son
of the old chief who claimed to be his
father. A few mOnts since the chief,
then high in rank in the Cherokee ma
ton, and very advanced in age, found
himself on his death-bed. Shortly be-
fore he died he called his adopted son
to his bedside, and informed him who
and what he was. AS foon as the old
chief was dead and buried, Hopkins
came to Logan county in search of his
parents, whom he found had moved to
Champaign City, Ill. He, however, re-
manned during last week at Lewiston,
to crafty the curiosity of the old set
tiers, who had aided in the search for
him 33 years ago. His temperance has
caused quite as much excitement in Lo,
gan county as did his sudden and mys-
FERROUS disappearance third of a cen
fury ago.-Sdndusky (OhtO) Register,
.TyI2y %
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1869-08-27
THE CO1TON CROP.

Although the army worm is making
it's appearance in some portions of the
South, threatening devastation to the
cotton crop, in limited districts the gen.
eral average of the crop promises well.
July has been very favorable to the crop
in Texas, and the picking season will
commence about two weeks earlier
than usual. The Galveston NeEs says
E'Last years crop..is now ali in and
disposed of, aggregating some 133, coo
bales at this point. The principal chan
mel through which our receipts have
come is the Central Railroad, which
brought down some 10000 bales since
the first of September last; putting the
receipts by boat from the Trinity river
at IA 500 bales, and from Sabine, Indian
ola and LaVaca at $500 bales, would
leave $1,000 for the Harrisburg aud Co.
lumbus road. Making ample allowance
for the damage to the crop on the Colo
RADIO from the overflow, we expect TO
see the receipts by this road the coming
season double what they were last. s
full crop TO the acreage, throughout the
region tributary to Galveston, wonId
swell our receipts to 100000 bales foI
| 51S69-70-but as already stated the crop
in the west has met with a severe back.
set from the unexpected source, and tax.
ing into account the liability to injury
from various causes, of this product, we
may assume that 150, GOO to lie, 600 bales
will be nearer a correct estimate