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Nebraska advertiser., 1880-12-23

him to go with him, to the police office.
This the man refused to do, and Con-
molly proceeded to try to search him.
but he violently resisted, and then be-
gan a most severe struggle. The officer
at once grappled his sssailant, and both
men being powerfully built the struggle
was long. First on one side, then on
the other, next on the ground, rolling
over and over each other, they at last
rolled through the hegde into a field
somewhat lower than the ground. The
fall caused the officer for an instant to
loose his hold OF the man, who instantly
seized the opportunity, took from his
pocket six-chamber revolver and fired
point blank at the officers breast.
Nothing daunted, though shot, the Off
Ger again closed with him and q second
struggle began. and it is possible that
the officer would have been murdered
had not assistance been at hand. A
strong brewery man returning to his
work heard the shot fired, and looking
in the direction the sound came from,
saw the state of affairs, and at once gal
lantly went to the officers assistance.
his hand at liberty and fired a second
shot, this time at him, but happily it did
not hurt, only passing through the apron
The officer, though getting very weak,
still stuck to his man, and with the val
liable assistance of the second man, was
able to overpower the prisoner. The
firing of these shOtS-an unusual thing
in that quiet lOcality-SOOn attracted at
tentiOn, and numbers flOcked to the
scene of action. and gave every assist
ance to the officer, who at length hand
cuffed the fellow. The news of so dead
ly struggle had spread in the quiet lit
tie town like wild-fire, and caused the
greatest CONSERVATION among the inhab-
itantS. The officer was now in diff
Guilty as to the means of conveying the
prisoner to the lookup, he being very
weak and the prisoner in an apparent
state of utter Inconsistencies; but the
townspeOple were equal to the occasion,
and quickly fetched a cOstermonger' 5
cart, and placed the man on it, and the
constable at his side, while several by
ISLANDERS got on too, in order to prevent
any escape should it be attempted, the
remainder taking hold of the shafts,
and in this manner the cortege passed
through the town, hundreds being on
the lookout to get a glimpse of the
would be murderer. The procession
eventually reached the lookup, where
all had been got in readiness to receive
the prisoner. When searched, he had
upon him number of skeleton keys, sc
cartridges, about 28s. in silver, three
thermometers and large quantity OF
marked jOiner's tools. Unfortunately
every medical gentleman was at some
distance from the town, but they were
at once sent for. and in about an hour
one DR.. Fernie arrived and made an ex-
animation of the officer and found that
the bullet had entered the left breast and
struck one of the ribs, from which il
glanced into the flesh, just escaping the
| lung.
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train was swiftly approaching, dashed
forward in the nick of time and dragged
the little one from the point of danger?
The amazing intelligence of the Scotch
collie which will bring home in safety
from long distances whole flocks of
sheep without leaving one behind, and
which will even separate its masters
sheep from other when they become in
termingled, if not indicative of reason
gives token of faculty which for the
purpose in hand is not inferior to it.
DIR. Lindsay, in fact, directly claims for
certain of what we call the lower ami
mails, an intelligence greater than that
of the human savage; and there are
feats recorded of various animals in the
Westminster paper referred to, of which
probably millions of human beings would
be quite incapable. An incident for
which we can vOuch has never to our
knowledge been given in print, and
is contribution worth preserving to the
discussion in hand. A gentleman was
induced by the skepticism of some
friends to make wager to the follow
ing effect: He undertook to send a IA
NOIllc uOg, Il NeWiOunuldllu, ITOH
place more than a mile from his house
for flute which was to be put in his
owners room. The doors of the house
were to be closed and no one was to ac-
company or direct the dog in any way
whatever after he received the instruc-
tionS of his master. The dog actually
accomplished the feat. He got into the
house by window opening on the piaz-
"a, made his way to the room. found the
flute and took it safely to its destination.
The sagacious creature had been used
to carry the flute for his master, who
was brilliant amateur, and had OF
course been previously shown where to
look for it in the room. The same ami
nal often took pennies to the butcher S
and bought his own meat. 1t must be
admitted that there are some domestic
servants, to say nothing of the savages
referred to by DR.. Lindsay. whose intel
ligence might easily fall short of that OF
the shaggy hero of this little story.
Nebraska advertiser., 1880-12-23
FACTS AND FIGURES.

OF the 237 new members returned
since the recent dissolution, no less than
$50 may be classed generally as mer-
chants, manufacturers, or connected
with commercial pursuits; 50 are law
yers, A belonging to the bar and prac-
ticing, or having practiced as solicitors;
80 belong TO the army, to the navy, 8
have belonged TO 10 the diplomatic pro-
fession, follow or have followed, the
profession of journalists, z are civil and
agricultural engineers, D are bankers, 2
are connected with the brewing trade, 2
belong to the medical profession, 6 are
tenant farmers, or IN other ways con-
nected with labor; are or have been
printers, publishers, eDgravers, etc, l
is a member of the Royal Academy of
Scotland, one is civil and military tu-
tor, one is a Presbyterian minister and
two are ex-clergymen of the Established
church, who have relieved themselves of
their orders under the provisions of Mr..
Bouverie's relief bill. The above emu
meration includes 172 members; the rest
are country squires, magistrates, depu-
ty-lieutenants, chairmen of quarter ses-
sions, ex-high sheriffs, baronets, or sons
of peers. The oldest of the ''new men,
bers'' is Sir Harry Verney, aged rs; the
Youngest appears to be Mr.. Richard
Fort. NJ. F. for Clitheroe, who was born
in 1856.
The relative degree of practical de-
velopment attained by the principle of
popular representation in the various
countries OF Europe may be seen from
the following figures: in France there
are 1891 POI electors, viz. 2S.3 perc cent.
CT the inhabitants; in Switzerland, 641,-
$50 electors, viz, 24.2 per cent. of the
inhabitants; in Germany, 1928, 40 cleo
tors, viz, 20.2 per cent. of the inhabi-
tants; in England, 2,7lO,590 electors,
viz, ll.5 per cent. of the inhabitants; in
Austria, pa, $40 electors, viz, SO per
cent. OF the inhabitants; III Portugal,
PIC, 6SS electors, viz, "a per cent. of the
inhabitants; in Italy, 605,007 electors,
viz, % per cent of the inhabitants, and
in Belgium, 63, 27S electors, viz, Is per
cent. of the inhabitants. The French
republic thus counts a larger proportion
of electors than Switzerland, the cOun-
try which was the first TO adopt univer-
sal suffrage. This is partly explained
by the consideration that the proportion
of children TO adults is smaller in France
than in Switzerland. The relative num-
Der of foreigners having no vote may
also possibly be larger in the latter coun-
try. The franchise shows an equal de-
velOpment in Germany, The difference
between Germany and England is almost
two to one in favor of the former coun-
try. The electoral body is also larger in
Portugal, a country of pure monarchy,
than in Italy or Belgium. Another fact
worthy of attention is the extent to which
the franchise is actually exercised by the
electoral population in each of the coun-
tries mentioned, respecting which we
have the following figures: France, 1876,
1866. 6S2 or 76 per cent; Germany,
1874, 1921, 595, or 90 per cent; Austria,
1873, 153, 1855, or 66 per cent; Italy,
1876, sos. $50 or SO per cent; Belgium,
1874. senate 36,0S2 sor 81 per cent. !;
deputies, IS, 1874 or 71per cent.
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and used your eyes, ears and tongue
around markets and commission houses
as much as have, you would not asser,
so positively that "a pound is aponnd-
Did you ever happen to see IN market
reports the words ''prime stock, and
"poor. unstable lots?" Do you know
what they mean? / do. The first means
quick sale at the top market price, and
the last means slow sale at any price the
purchaser offers. Commission men think
themselves lucky to get these poor,
unstable lots" off their hands at any
price. No longer ago than last winter
/ was in a big commission house talking
to a member of the firm and keeping
an eve on the dealers who came in to
buy. There" said Mr.. F., as keen
eyed man came in, lis one Of the best
Judges of dressed poultry that evel
saw. Come and see what he buys"
went, and | saw two boxes, one con-
tanning 17S pounds, the other 2OOpound>
of dressed pOultry-all Plymouth Rocks
dressed in good shape and neatly pack
ed. II buy to sell again, said the
keen-eyed man, land | have some o
| the best CUSTOMERS III lilc Guy. L aim "
please them, and find that these plump
yellow-skinned birds suit them to a 1
couldn't give away such a lot as that,
touching a box close by. | examined
THAT lot" and found it made up OF al
sorts, sizes and colors; some had white
skins, some yellow, but the greater par
were dark-legged and the skin was o
that blush tint that reminds one o
clearinghouse chicken. There wa
some good poultry in the package, bu
it was mixed in with so much that wa
poor that taken altogether, it made I
''poor, unstable lot"
And | have noticed in market tina
people who were buying chickens TO
broilers, would willingly pay more for
small chicken well feathered up than 70
a third larger one that was covered wit
pin feathers, and had that scraggly
awkward look peculiar to chickens VIII
are still in their ''shOrt Clothes" Thi
early feathering and quick growth ar
two of the chief things which make tn
Plymouth Rocks so desirable for earl
market chicks.
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Plrmonfh Rocks.

Fannie Field IN Ohio Farmer.
As market fowl, the Plymouth Rock
stands At the head of the .6st The
Rocks hold the same place in American
markets, that the Dorking holds inthe
English. do not say this because some
body else has said it and the Rocks are
in fashion. or because happen to be a
breeder of this variety, but because /
know it. As j remarked before, | do
not raise chickens to look at. nor for the
fun of the thing, but for cash. And do
YOU think that | would keep on raising
Plymouth Rocks year after year unless
| could make it pay? NOtE Thepoul-
try raiser who makes business of rails
ing chickens for the market, and who
expects TO get his daily bread and but
ter from the products of his chickens,
wants a breed that as chicks will be
sprightly, up and scratching from the
shell, hardy, and feather up quickly. As
fowls they must be good. but not ever
lasting settlers; good mothers; must lay
on flesh rapidly when fattening for mar
ket: must weigh when dressed from five
to eight pounds; flesh must be fine
grained, juicy and tender; must lie of
good shape. with a good proportion of
breast meat, and must have yellow skin
and smooth yellow legs. The Plymouth
Rocks possess all these qualities, which
make them about all that is desired in a
market fowl But" SAYS somebody
who is bound to find fault, didn't A.
B. in the Farmer of May 1 declare that
his Rocks were inveterate settlers, and
minus the yellOw?h
Somebody else who is not posted on
the subject exclaims: well, at any
rate, in market a pound of chicken
meat is pound, black legs, yellow or
white. / don't see how you can get
around that
II yev have studied msfkss reports.
Nebraska advertiser., 1880-12-23
How Much a Dog May Know.

y. Y. Eyt ming Post
In lecture on animal intelligence,i
delivered not long since before the Brit
ISL, association, Professor G. L. Ro-
names laid down the extraordinary pro-
position that 1.-the only difference be-
tween animal intelligence and huPsan
intelligence consists in this: that ami
NAL intelligence is unable to elaborate
that class of abstract ideas the forma-
ton of which depends on the faculty of
speech" This is startling doctrine; and
vet some of the authentic anecdotes en-
bodied in an article on this subject in
the current Westminster ReUiesc seem
to go far to support it. What, too, are
We to say of the act of the Mount ST.
Bernard dog at Salem recently, when
this sagaci0us creature, seeing a child
en- shs railway track evsr which the
Nebraska advertiser., 1880-12-23

the whey. The sailing of the cheese is
also considered delicate and import
ant process. The salt is rubbed, from
time to time, on the outside of the
cheese, care being taken to discern
when enough shall have been absorbed.
The Gruyere cheeses are commonly
three feet in diameter. and weigh over
one hundred pounds. A successful
cheese of this kind is like soft yellow
paste, which melts ia the mouth, and it
is filled with cavities about the size of
pea, one or two, say, in each square
inch of cheese.
Nebraska advertiser., 1880-12-23
The Grain cron of California has

The grain crop of California has al
ssained its present production of forty
Million bushels from the first attempt to
raise wheat for home consumption less
than thirty years ago. The first bag OF
-four was made in 1853, at HOrner' :
Mills, Union City. In 1868 Mr.. Homer
raised 22,0OO,O0O pounds of potatoes
which he sold at three cents per pound.
He is still living on his ranch whittier he
went in 1916
..Just take bottle of my medicine. "
said quack doctor to consumptive,
land you'll never cough again" ''ls
il so fatal as that?" gasped the patient.
Nebraska advertiser., 1880-12-23
A Diving Cbild's Last Wish,

Detroit Free Press.
At one of the public schools in the
northwestern part of the city the pupils
are spurred to good behavior and study
by cards of merit, day being TecOg-
nized by fanciful small card. Twenty
four of these cards entitle the pupil to
one larger and more ornamental card.
Among the pupils was little girl seven
years, of age, whose pretty ways and
devotion to her lessons had won for her
the love and admiration of all her
school associates, and at the close of
each day her name was sure to be read
from the roll of honor. A few days
since her seat at school was noticed to
be vacant, and regrets were expressed
on all sides, as it was the first ''absent"
marked against her. The next day one
of her little school mates brought word
that she was detained at home by i'll
ness. On the third day the teacher re-
ceived the following note: My darling
little girl is very sick, and, as | fear, is
diving. She has received % of the small
cards of merit, and has asked me to
send to you to see if you will not send
her one of the larger cards, as she Is
sure she would have been awarded the
two cards necessary to receive the lar
ger one, had she been able to attend
school," The note was read to the pu-
pills, and for a long time the scene pre-
scented in tina: schOolrOom was most af-
fecting. Not only was one large card
sent to the dying pupil, but eight OF
them were taken to her by her teacher,
and those cards-the full compliment
possible for the term-were with the
child, and seemed a source of infinite
comfort to her up to the time of her
death. The child was buried on Thurs
day, and prominent among the many
decorations upon the little casket were
the cards of merit, pathetically typical
of the buried hopes, joys and ambitions
of the little one whose last dreams were
of success.
Nebraska advertiser., 1880-12-23
And are we then 50 soon forgotl
Terrible Struggle with a Burglar.

One day recently Police Constable
Connolly. on duty near the New RectOry,
at Stone, Staffordshire, noticed man
dressed as laborer with jOiner's bas-
ket. His suspicious being aroused, Ow-
ipr to a recent robbery Of joipef's tools
in the neighborhood, he accosted the
rsn, stating his suspicious, and asked
Nebraska advertiser., 1880-12-23
A MOTHER TO BOB INGERSOLL.
BY ONLY A MOTHER

am. sitting by the fire, Bob,
With baby on my knee,
While nv husband and its sire, Bob,
Has read your views to me.
My baby is a girl, Bob
A dainty little thing;
No blossom in the garden, Bob,
Is half so sweet in spring.
! do not know the laws, Bob,
By which her being came;
And of the laws Of death, Bob,
My knowledge is the same.
Nor do ! know the laws, Bob,
BY which the flow'rs blow;
And how the winter comes, Bob,
nothing, nothing know
And how are you so wise, Bob,
That YOU should come to say,
doubtful thing is baby's soul,
o tell ne now, ! pray.
cannot take It in, Bob,
With baby in nv arms,
Her c1inging, thrilling touch, Bob,
Your every doubt disarms.
Size cannot speak word, Bob,
Yet / can surely.see
Tie soul within her eyes, Bob,
Is speaking unto me.
But o, ! feel the over, Bob,
OF mother love within;
never in my life, Bob,
Felt half so strong a thing.
o, could YOU be a mother, Bob,
A doubt would never rise
That baby's vast inheritance
Is not both earth and skies.
think you love your children, Bob,
And Mrs. Ingersoll;
But can't you love them well enough
To know they have a soul!
/ thank you very much, Bob,
For strong words for the weak;
And of your noble chivalry
My woman's soul would speak.
But o, give up your trying, Bob,
1t is a dreadful sin,
To bavaus douht the soul ROh
We feel so strong within.
And having got a soul, Bob,
We need the heavenly law,
With all its grace and power, Bob,
That soul heave award to draw.
Nebraska advertiser., 1880-12-23

Julius Caesar at tweuty-One distin-
guished himself on the sea, and soon af-
ter held the offices If tribune and edile.
Before forty he had completed the war
in Spain and was consul. Before forty
five he had twice crossed the Rhine, had
conquered Gaul, and had twice crossed
TO Britain; at fifty-two he had won
Pharsalia and had supreme power He
died at fifty-six, ..the victO' of 500 bat
ties and the conqueror Of 1000 cities. y"
No woman with proper appreciation
of her rights Will marry a man so tall
that she cannot pull his hair
Nebraska advertiser., 1880-12-23
WORKINGMEN-

Before you begin your heavy spring work af-
ter winter of relaxation, your system needs
cleansing and Strengthening to prevent an at
tack of Ague, Bilious or Spring Fever, OF
some other Spring Sickness that Will unfit YOU
for seasons work. You will save time, much
sickness and great expense if you will use one
bottle Of Hop Bitters in your family this
month Ds-,s't rait ess ctssr .stu-rr.
Nebraska advertiser., 1880-12-23

As late as the year 1886 the bodies of
criminals hung in London were burned
at the foot of the scaffold. The usual
mode of hanging was to drive the cart
containing he condemned from under
his feet, leaving him to hang until death
onsuaI
Nebraska advertiser., 1880-12-23
WESTERN TENNESSEE

is "reminiscences; an aggravated wish;
the home of Appetite; the land Of Laze.
| speak of the rural districts. An Occa-
sional field is given the snuff of seed,
but its sneeze is a sickly thing. The
ghuber pea (peanut) is sometimes sown,
as also is corn, but the latter is so poor
" cultivated that the crows have stopped
foOling away their time on it and have
gone to Illinois. The corn crop" rs
they callit, looks as hungry as everything
around it. / am informed they plant
and cultivate corn in this wise: A ''bull-
tongue" kind of half-bladed surface
pillow, is dragged over the field between
the rows of standing stalks of the year
before. The seed is then scattered by
hand or placed in perforated barrel,
which is rolled across the field. The
business of planting and cultivation is
then finished by hitching mule to each
end of log and dragging it over the
standing stalks, laying them low. The
farmer, thenceforth, has nothing to do
but sit in the shade. talk politics, and
wish he had nice corn like the Illinois
farmers. Sometimes before planting
ghuber peas they harrow the soil, and
the soul of the modern, by dragging the
trunk of tree, whose name do not re-
member, but which is thickly covered
with long, stout thOrns, much like rake
teeth.
If the inhabitants of the entire south
were like those of western Tennessee
(they are decidedly not SOY the people
of Illinois might come down and take
every state away from them. They
seem more like overgrown children than
like men, and are easily imposed on.
They are polite but unpublished, kind
but coarse, an ignorant, unphilosophlc,
imbecile people against whom | am not
ready to believe many stories of bull
doing and bold crimes. l suppose they
can be aroused-perhaps they will be if
somebody chances to read to them what
| write-but | am sure it must be very
sharp prod that will hasten them to the
workshop, the field, the schools and the
professions.
At Nashville visited the home
and tomb of ex-President James Knox
Polk. 1t is nothing to brag over, for ii
is only little stone roof supported by
four COrinthian columns and covering,
but not protecting from the SHOWS and
rains and wearing winds, the native
stone block on which is the inscription.
1t is a chilly looking bed for the
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But for genuine,
OLD-FAsHIONED GALL"


commend men to the inhabitants of Ba-
den, Ont. From one of these comes the
following startling series of literary py-
rotechnics:
Baden March '28 1890 Post master
New York Dear Sir | must trouble you
little about somethink please let me
know if there is a man in n. \. by the
name of Max Stadlberger he lives in the
number of the house, 30, Nj. Dougal
Street n. Y. if he is there try and lind
out where he was Born and how many
Brothers and Sisters he has got and
what their Names are and what Relig-
ion he has got and where al. his broth
ers and sisters lives and what the num-
Der of his fathers House is and in which
street he lives and where about he lives
and ask him what his trade was please
ask Max Stradlberger how many chill
dren he has Egot and What the oldest
ones name is and how old he is and ask
him where his wife was from for q
years ago and ask him if he has got a
brother in Canada and What his name
is and Please let me know all this what
| ask YOU in this Letter please let me
know as soon as possible as you can L
will gladly pay you for your coming
back letter and l will soon give you a
letter back and pay you what you will
charge for your trouble l am in a hurey
about it please don't let him know why
YOU want to know it but l want it don't
forget it Often | remain yours truly
Henry Stadlberger Baden. P. Q. Water
l. l.,
This, as Mr.. William Winter would OBJ
serve in his classic moments, takes the
cake. Yet in spite of the fact that these
are but three out OF the thousands like
them that, come every month, Postmas-
ter James is as happy and light-hearted
as lark in the glad springtime. His
secretary, who has to read all these let
tiers, is gray-haired. and dOwncaSt.
Nebraska advertiser., 1880-12-23
TnrnieuIiu~ Piles.

Kiduey-Wort is an unfailing remedy for
that tormenting disease piles. 1t moves the
boyels gently and freely, and thus removes
the cause. Do not fail 70 try IL faithfully either
IN ars OF liQutd forrus=-suss ard Pres,
Nebraska advertiser., 1880-12-23
BONES OF A PRESIDENT.

Idrove to the Hermitage, the home
and tomb of '.Old Hickory" eleven
miles out on the Lebanon pike, and if |
had back what l paid in tolls i would
not 90 again. 1t made me sad for two
days, for the old place in which the il
lustrious old general, the liberal, good
hearted, huff old president, took so
much prid and welcomed so many great
personages would look. were the house
not so larg, more at home in the desc
lation of IT,, the western Tennessee /
have spoken of than almost within can
non shot of the wealthy city of Nashville.
If | knew a line Of poetry here would be
place to quote something like
And are we then so soon fOrgoti
The fences are down; the barns which,
Gen. Jackson himself superintendent in
erection. are the homes OF rats and
roofing swine; the COTinthian columns
which support the gallery on which the
old patriot has entertained his friends,
Earf and Healy and Lafayette and Tai
mage. and scores of presidents and
statesmen and soldiers, is unkempt and
repulsive.
Nebraska advertiser., 1880-12-23

The seasons entertainments have
been notably free from annoyance by
coughing. Or. Bull Cough Syrup does
thisI Prize se ceHts 3 bottle,