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Nebraska advertiser., 1881-09-22
POrterhOuSe Steak.

"This is the porterhouse, is it?'
asked the sad passenger sitting at the
corner table in the restaurant. Yes,
sir" said the waiter, with the weary air
ola man who was tired of having to tell
the same lie thousand times a day,
''pOrterhouse steak, sir, same as you
ordered, sir "Do you cut porter
house steak from between the horns
this year?" asked the sad passenger,
with the intOnation of a man who want
ed to know. "Sir?" said the waiter.
1T seemed to be trihe tenderer last
year." the sad passenger went on,
with the air Of a tired man indulging
in pleasant "reminiscences of the
past, "but | remember now; it was
cut 4 tribe lower down then. Last
year you cut your portcrhOuse steaks
from the curl in the forehead, and the
sirloins from the shin. But | think
this comes from between the horns |
used to live in boarding house where
they cut the pOrterhouse between the
horns, and this one reminds me of
them. Animal dead this steak came
fromM Dead" echoed the aston
ished waiter; "cOurSe, sir. He was
butchered, sir" Butchered to make
a Roman holiday" sighed the sad
passenger. He would be more likely
to make Roman swear. Well. it was
time he was killed. He hadn't many
more years to live on this earth. All,
here is the brass tip from one of his
horns. Dropped into the steak, no
doubt, while you were slicing it Off
What do you do with these steaks when
the guests are through with them?"
The waiter looked puzzled. "Why,
sir,n be said, they amt nothing left
of 'em, sir "POssibleP" said the sad
passenger; "what becomes of them?"
The waiter looked nervous. "WhatPn
he said; 1.-The customers eat them up"
The sad passenger looked up with an
air of interest. Incredible,' he ex-
claimed; "cannot accept your state
ment without proof. They may hide
them under their chairs, ol secrete
them in their napkins, or they may
carry them away in their pockets to
throw at burglars, but | cannot be-
lieve they eat them. Here, let me see
one of them eat this, and | will believe
you. Trust me, good waiter, -
But the waiter pointed to a placard
inscribed Positively no trust" and
went to the cashiers desk to tell the
boss TO look out for that man at the
corner table, as he didn't seem to he
satisfied with his steak and had asked
Tor trust -Barltnqton HaOkeye.
Nebraska advertiser., 1881-09-22
Shabby Gentility.

There is something almost pathetic
about the shabby gentility of people
who are always trying to put the best
foot forwards who on very insufficient
means make a respectable appearances;
who have the old bonuet pressed into
the new fashion, or dyed to escape
neighborly recognition, aud the old
gown restored to look like new; who
darn the old laces till they resemble
works OF art; who preserve the tradi-
tions of elegance and plenty in the face
of poverty and privation. Everybody
knows they are poor; they do not Hat
ter themselves that they deceive any
one; but, shabby or splendid, gentility
is blessing which their rich, vulgar
friends would pay handsomely for pos
sessing. Their worn carpets; their
faded hangings; their cracked china;
their cheap luxuries; their tables spread
and served with scrupulous nicely, but
with little else; their efforts to keep up
to the standard of good housekeeping
these things are all subjects of mirth TO
the immature and unretlecting, who
see in the pride and anxiety of such in
dividuals nothing greater than silly
ambitions; who seem to think that n
person who has nothing but penury as
her portion ought to give up the. con-
test, and be content to eat her pottage
on the kitchen table, to feel at home
with bare floors and patches, rather
than demand that the table be swept
between the spare courses, and the
pewter smartened to look like silver;
but this aptitude for piecng out domes-
tic shortcomings, and ditfusing
an atmosphere of gentility in the most
unpromising circumstances, merits
more consideration than it deserves. If
it is a weakness, it is one that leans to
virtues side; il shows at least n regard
for such relinements as are within
reach and if the shabby-genteel body
is provokingly particular sometimes
about her associates, if she reckons
certain non-cSsentalS as the sinews of
responsibility, do not even the men,
bers of the "best society the same,
and the people who point their wit
with her misfortunes? If Mrs. Grundy
! is her fetch, to whom she sacrifices
ease and strength and time, before
whom she burns her drops of incense,
for whose approval she schemes, is she
very different from the rest of woman
! hlnu9 Is lHc dpOSJle VI MIS- bIuuuN
/ any wiser or less absurd because her
silk is not shinyP-beCausc she does not
feel obliged to stint the fire or the table
in order to compass n shabby gentility
in those particulars which are most eX-
posed to the publicP The woman of
wealth may wear her old clothes with
out fear of being suspected of having no
better; she may refuse charity with
out being charged with anything more
contemplate than meanness; she may
do her own work without being accused
of anything but eccentricity; but her
shabby-genteel neighbor cannot afford
to follow the good example but must
compromise her comfort and peace OF
mind in order to purchase an imaginary
position in society. -Harpcl'S Bazdr.
Nebraska advertiser., 1881-09-22
Is IL Possible

that remedy made OF such common, sim
pie plants as Hops, Buchu, Mandrake, Dan
delion, &C., make 50 many and such mar
velOus and wonderful cures as Hop Bitters
doy 1t must be, for when old and young,
rich and poor, Pastor and Doctor, Lawyer
and Editor, all testify to having been cured
by them, we must believe and doubt no
longer. See other column. Post
Nebraska advertiser., 1881-09-22

lT's all very nice to read about those old
curfew bells, but let Il man begin now-a-
days TO pound daylight out OF an old bell at
sunset, andthc people would rally on him
so quick tl,pt sallpeter wouldn't save him.
-DetTOt Ire I'ycSs
Nebraska advertiser., 1881-09-22

al UNDERSTAND that your son is a bach
elor OF arts" said Mrs. Brown to Mrs.
Homespun, whose son has just been gradu-
ated at Harvard. "Wel, yes,' replied
Mrs. Homespun, eyes. he's a bachclor--but
he's engaged. - Boston Transcript.
Nebraska advertiser., 1881-09-22
jim WEBSTER dropped in ON |

JIM WEBSTER dropped in on Uncle Nose
during one of the hottest day last week.
Old Nose suspected Jim was after dram,
and sure enough, presently Jim says;
'Uncle Nose, i feel berry debilitatc; hain't
yer got no refrcS hmcnts.n eyer want re-
freshments? Jess take dat cheer and set in
the dore whar de breeze kin strike yer.
Heah's palm-leal fan. ."-IeroS SJtHV.
Nebraska advertiser., 1881-09-22

ONE of the most laughabe things "ver
seen is mosquito lighting on the cheek Of
a Cleveland reporter, and straining himself
all - pieces in wild, desperate effort to
force It's sting in. The disappointment Of
the skcct is very ludicrous.-B Boston Post.
Nebraska advertiser., 1881-09-22

THERE is scarcely person to be found
who will not be greatly benefited by thor
Ough course OF Kidncy-W Wort every spring
IL you cannot prepare the dry buy the liquid.
1t has the same effect.--Edliddiun,.
Nebraska advertiser., 1881-09-22

A FISHERMAN's occupation ought to be
the most profitable because his entire gross
receipts are net prolits.-EieUatcd Hod,odg
JOu1Wal.
Nebraska advertiser., 1881-09-22

that it can't afford to wear silk. 1t will
have TO return TO its fodder. .-Uetyot Free
ITeSy
Nebraska advertiser., 1881-09-22

WOULD not be without Redding's Russi,
Salve, is the verdict of all who use IT,
Nebraska advertiser., 1881-09-22

"YOU are disgrace to your family. sir;
! am almost ashamed to call you my SON."
said Mr.. Smthers to his offspring the other
day. "Say nothing, dad" replied the
young scapegrace; Pm as much ashamed
of it rs YOU are p-BOytOH Post.
Nebraska advertiser., 1881-09-22

Ask Druggists for Rough on Rats" 1t clear
out rats, mice, reaches, fl es, bed-bugs, l5c.
Nebraska advertiser., 1881-09-22

SARA BERNIIARDT has drawn a plan for
her tomb. 1t does not, as might be inferred,
resemble the barrel Of shotgun or Joint
Of gas pipe.
Nebraska advertiser., 1881-09-22

THE scales used for weighing gold in the
assay Offices are so delicate that one glance
from II ,quint-eyed man will throw them of
balance.
Nebraska advertiser., 1881-09-22

A WEALTHY iron founder OF Pittsburgh
has bought an island off the Alabama coast
As he is known to be afflicted with agricult-
ural weaknesses, it /. believed that he in
tends to- fence it in and run farm for rails
ing steel cranes and breeding Bessemer pigs.
Nebraska advertiser., 1881-09-22

ASK your grocer for National Yeast.
Nebraska advertiser., 1881-09-22

A plan is on foot in Belgium for
Offering testimonial to Hendrix Con-
science, the novelist, on the appearance
OF his hundredth volume.
Nebraska advertiser., 1881-09-22

An old Scotch gentleman had, in
the course of long life, gained great
reputation for bravery. The shortest
way to his own home from the little
village club that he nightly resorted to
lay through a church-yard, and it oc-
CURED to some would-be wags to try if
he was impervious to fear of the spirit
ual as well rs the mortal world. One,
therefore, dressed up in the orthodox
sheet, using a little sulphur judciously
here and there to make it more ghastly,
Just as the old gentleman one dark
night reached the lonelest part of the
church-yard, suddenly appeared to him.
But of the two the ghost was most dis
concerted, for his intended victim,
quietly finishing the pinch of snuff first
that he was at that moment enjoying,
addressed him in the following concDi-
atory fashion: moo, my lad. would
ye Just have the kindness to tell me are
ye out for a saunter by yodrsep, or is it
the general riSing?'
Nebraska advertiser., 1881-09-22
The Herald
of Praise.
SEND ON YOUR ORDERS FOR THIS
New Book for Choirs, Conventions
and Singing Glasses,

II IL the work Of l.. o. EMERSON of " ,nsc previous
books Of sacred music about hdif me- ..uU copies
have been sold. SO that the issue OF nrS Church
Music Book by him Is u notable event. Jul.ng by
previous experience, as many rs u hundred th IND
persons TO use this, th" last and best cumpi. On,
hrd from cover to cover With new frcsh interesting,
practical music and words. Specimen copies allied
Tor elOJ. The usual reduction for quantities.
Nebraska advertiser., 1881-09-22

vTNION COLLEGE OF LAW, Chicago, Ill Fan
~ Term brgns sept. 2lst, 1891 Diploma admits to
the Bar OF Illinois. For circulars address
Hon. II. BOOTH, Chicago, Ill.
Nebraska advertiser., 1881-09-22
NHIIIIR2KCzs
EDUCATIONAL.

MT, De CHANTAL ACADEMY, near wheeling W
NA Va. English, French, Music. Apply for catalogue
Nebraska advertiser., 1881-09-22
ST.MARY7S ACADEMY

Conservatory OF Music; School OF Design and Sculpt
prc Number Of Teachers, 40. Number of Pupils
boarding In Institution, ESQ. For catalogue, address
MOTHER SUPERIOR, Notrc Dame L. o., Ind
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-02-22
soaErHlNs woRrH WHILE.

Assemblyman Mckenzie Is head and
shoulders above any other legislator at
Carson. Nothing mean about him at all.
The report Of yesterdays proceedings
says:
Mckenzie offered . concurrent resolution
relative to amending Section 9 OF Article
VIII Of the Constitution. and provides that
the Legislature shall provide BY law for .
special tax 70 Be levied annually on all tax.
able property Of the State, the net proceeds
Of which shall be paid into the State Treas
ury and constitute. . General Mining
Fund" The Legislature shall also appoint
. Board Of Mining Examiners, to consist
Of three men Of at least fifteen years e1pe-
risncs In practical mining. and authorizes
said Board to advance 70 owners Of mines
unable to develop their mines without
State aid not to exceed $4,000, to be re-
paid 10 the State out Of tho first net pro-
Deeds Of said mines.
Now. there's some style about this
proposition. II settles the whole labor
problem in this State at once. and
brings the heretofore difficult idea oil
mining development into the confines Of
. peanut shell. Pass that resolution
forthwith and make Il into . law. Then
form moro prospecting companies In ad'
dition to the hundreds already In exist
sncs. Stir up American Flat and the
north end. - we'll - Silver City and
Fiovery. II that sort Of proposition
had been In existence seventeen years
ago. properly backed MP with adequate
finances, Como would never have died
out ; the oldest Comedies would be
working there yet. So. too, with lots o.
other dsiunct mining localities.
The only trouble has been the lack Of
prospecting capital. and here 1t 10 pro
vided for. II 10 . capital idea. and ihs
more promptly and extensively actst
upon the better. But God help thu
t~axpaysrs
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-02-22

The current Of public opinion. which
set 90 strongly In favor Of biennial ses-
sions Of State Legislatures . year or two
ago. seems to have spent it, force. Under
it impetus thirty-one out Of the thirty
eight States repealed the laws demanding
annual sessions. In some cases the change
was made without due consideration. and
now. when 10 10 found to cause i~nconveni.
snce. there 10 . growing demand for . re-
turn to the old System. Even Vermont,
which seemed 10 be the most favorable
deld for trying the experiment. on account
Of the stability Of Its population. 10 on
sidering the question Of gsing back to N.
nual sessions. II 10 stated that II the ques.
ton were submitted 70 . popular vote the
cid system would b adopted by . major
ity Of three-fourths Of the voters. II would
be unwise. however. for. any State 10
change again hastily before giving the
new system . fair triAl.-yes York
Tribune.
Here in Nevada We fud Il bad enough
to have . legislative session only once
in two years. Even at that, the length
OF the session should DO one month In
stead Of two. In fact two weeks
would b sufficient for all practical pur-
poses. and give lees time and oPPortu.
nifty for showing crooked bills through
the Legislature. The hIst month or six
weeks Of . session does net amount TO
much. All the good work and sehemipg
knavery 10 crowded into the last two or
three weeks. The present Legislature
will bear Watching in that respect about
now.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-02-22

vinticultural Comnissionsr Blanchard
Of California. 10 his annual report. says
that In his district. the foothills Of the
Sierra Nevada. there are hundreds Of
thousands Of acrss Of the very best vine
growing land In the State that can b
had for the taking. To this the Ssers-
msnto Be- says: II Nj. Blanchard will
describe By quartsr.ssctions vhsrs those
very best ~vins-srowine lands that can b
had fer the taking are. the Bee will b
happy 70 pablish the information for the
general public.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-02-22
VAsnIsorors

The glorious old stars and stripes are
floating On the breeze today everywhere
throughout the land In honor Of the
flu,.rious and trls- American patriot
Who's. name 10 s~ifectionatsly shsrishsd
IN the hearts Of the nation a. the Father
Of His Country.
Very material changes have naturally
taken place since wsshinstoa's time.
Men are no bstter than they were thea,
nor more sntsrprisiss. neither are they
moro ssalwart or lonssr.livsa. but they
can do many things that the men Of
washineton's time could not. History
relates . nice little legend Of him. to the
eject that when he was . mere school,
bsy hs had q little haiohst aud hacked .
cherry tree with It. When detected and
asksd Who hacked that cherry tree,
ysune George bsshfully owned up to his
father that he could not tell lie. and
confessed that hs did II with his little
Ratchet. Boys Of the present advanced
and sntsrprisins age would not b will
log to own up 10 any such i~neapseity.
They would stare the old man In the lace
and wonderinsly AJAX, "whst cherry
tree ." Then they would proceed to lie
themselves squarely out Of the seraps.
and with an air Of injured innocence ask
an apology from him for the iasinustion.
And men can lie with far greater
smoo,hnsss and facility than they could
In those days. The progressive Ansri-
oas counts good. plausible and effective
lying - among the most requisite 40
oomplishments; and - for real lively
multiplicity and rspidity. he has reduced
Il TO . regular system. . science. He
can lie BY the carload. BY the telephone.
BY the telegraph. He can stand in one
spot and sead . whole batch OF lies q
thousand miles In seventeen different
directions With lightning speed oil at one
and the sane time. He can start .
lie in New York and Il will reach
San Francisco three hours before Il
was nrst uttered. II Washington could
have been with the Democratic National
Committee during the closing weeks OF
Ii. late Presidential campaign. be might
have Witnessed fests and features in
lying that would have totally parslyzed
him With astonishment.
But aside from the pleasant little
cherry tree legend OF his youth. history
bears high record OF his great and good
deeds a. . man. and the memory oil
Washington and his services when the
Republic Was in Ito infancy and strug'
Cling for existence will remain In the
hearts of his grateful oountrymsn q
long - the nation and the people shall
exist.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-02-22

The trial Of Gray. the assassin Of
Clancy. the editor Of the Santa Barbara
Press. at Santa Barbara. California. TO
suited Last weak in the disagreement and
discharge Of the jury. This 10 n Of
the plainsst cases on record. There
were plenty Of Arst.class witnesses who
wore point blank to the malicious de-
liberation and cruelty Of the killing.
Gray had previously threatened to do It,
and was merely carrying out his threats.
He attacked . man he knew was IN
armed followed his fleeing victim and
vindictivsly shot him to his death. II
wa Q brutal, oowsrdly, Deliberate. cold
bloodsd murder. and no n reading the
published evidence can undsrstand how
any member Of the jury could consider
Il In any other light. Il IL simply an
other illustration Of the infamous jury
Law which will not allow Of . really In
tsllgent and competent jury to be %:
lsotsd. The Sacramento Record Union.
commenting upon this matter. justly
says:
The defendant Gray was Q Nan Of noto-
rious violence. He had committed more
than one homioidsl assault. Being dc.
| nounced by the Santa BarbaIa Pre-. ~
| unit for the ONCE Of District Attorney. he
had armed himself, and declared his In
tsntion Of forcing . retraotion from the
responsible editor. Meeting Mr.. Clancy.
Who had written the article. he attacked
him, and Mr.. Clancy was MORALLY
wounded BY . pistol shot, dred after the
murderer had BEEN informed that his vic-
tim was unarnsd. II was . e~old.blooded.
malignant, atrocious murder. committed
In the most sowardly and brutal manner.
The sole defense was the statement OF the
prisoner himself. He declared that be
had not intended to kill Clancy. but that
his pistol had exploded accidentally. This
statement was manifestly false. 1t Wa
shown In evidence that Gray had openly
announced his intention OF shooting some
body ; that he lad armed himself VITA
that end in view; that he had tried 70
draw his pistol when be nrst encountered
Clancy; that after shooting him he
had followed him up the street. ex-
claiming. you are responsible, are
your" In fact 10 would. have been i'm.
possible TO conceive Of . stronger and
clearer case than that which the prosecu'
ton made out. and 10 would Be impossible
to imagine . moro feeble and preposterous
theory Of defense than that which the dc.
fendant set up. II Was . plain case o.
murder In the hrst degree, and there should
have been NO hesitation In rendering thai
verdict. Itis intimated that the jury were
ten for conviction and two for acquittal,
but II that 10 true 10 10 plain that the two
were men Of moro persistence in the wrong
than the ten we're In the right, and that the
m .jority weakly allowed themselves to b
defeated. Such . result TO such . trial II
very dissouraging. for II IL IL impossible tc
secure the conviction Of . murderer In %
aggravated and clear . case, there can b
very little expectation Of justice where the
conditions are more complex. This mar
Gray deserves 10 die on the gallows II evsi
. murderer did. and II he succeeds In o.
Gaping II will bs . lasting disgrace TO thu
community.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-02-22

The experiment Of eod-ashing with q
seine has been successfully tried By the
schooner Northen Eagle Of Gloucester.
Mass. On one trip she took 81. 900
pounds, 5000 pounds OF which wsrs
taken on q single morning, two other
vessels at the Same time taking 1000
pounds and 5000 pounds respectively.
On subsequent trip the Northen Eagle
also took 8 $1,000 pounds. Of which 49,
600 pounds were taken In . single day,
her catch being three times as large a.
that Of the trawlsrs fishing on the same
grounds. Several vessels are now pro-
curing outfits for ood.ssinipg. and others
will soon do 90. The United States Fish
Commission are much pleased with the
success Of the enterprise, which was
entered upon at their suggestion, and
will soon publish and circulate among
the fishing towns 81 illustrated circular
describing the name and showing the
advantages Of this method OF fishing.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-02-22
LorrxslEs UsCoNsrirU rioNAL

The Virginia CAroniels. - we'll - other
journals Of this State that advocate the
passage Of Assembly bill Nc. lis. which
authorizes . corporation TO give lotteries.
appears to have forgotten that the Consti-
tuition Of Nevada expressly P'ohibis lot
tories and the sale Of lottsry tickets in this
State. Article ". Section "a reads ~
follows: mo lottery shall be authorized
BY this State. nor shall the sale Of lottery
tickets b allowed"
20. ell the specious arguments used BY
the CAro~ieis-such a. California once aa-
thorissd or permitted . lottery in aid Of
the Mercantile Library Association Of Ban
Francisco. and that the States Of Kentucky
ard Louisiana now authsrizs lotteries
will avail nothing. The constitutional
provision. which prohibits lotteries and
the sale Of lottery tickets. cannot DO null
linsd TO permit . few "smart'' men to
make fortunes from the people in the sweet
name Of Charity.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-02-22

It took twenty days TO sscurs Q jury In
the Kallooh-Ds Young murder case at
San Francisco. Tho names Of the jurors
are: Edward q. Judkins. Colgate Bs-
ksr. Patrick Phslan, David T. Calhoun.
Daniel Donovan. Louis Boch. Lewis W.
Mclaughlin. John Schosnlicht, William
o. Sleeper. John 3. Batchslder. Halford
Earle and Thomas Farrell.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-02-22

A csrrsspondsnt Of the Scientific Amer
'edn says: LET any one who has an
attack Of lockjav take . small quantity
OF t~urpenins. warm Il and pour Il on
the wound. no matter where the wound
10. and relief will follow In less than Q
minute. Nothing better can b applied
TO . severe cut or bruiss than cold tur.
pentins; IL viii give certain relief almost
instantly. Turpsntins 10 also q sover.
sien remedy for eroup. 6stsrats . piece
Of flannel with II and place the flannel
on the throat and chest. and In every
case three or four drops on . lump Of
Sugar may b taken invsrdly."
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-02-22

Colonel Hadlsy Of New York, who has
been accused Of assisting In the concoo-
ton OF the Morey letter. suggests that
the authorities offer sreward Of from
$4,000 to $25. 900 for the author, and
immunity from p~unishment for the per-
son who did write the letter, II he will
make himself known. He says II the
immunity il guaranteed he will under
take to furnish the amount Of the
reward.