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Year: 1878

Respect to ones father and mother


as well as to Older persons generally.


is the first point of high breeding all


over the world. All The most pei


ished nations hold it so. The French.


who give lessons on manners TO 9th.


er nations. will show an old woman


more attentions than they will the


prettiest one. The Chinese and jap


anese. who are among the most polite


people on be face of the globe, are
devoted TO their fathers and mothers,


and the Turks everywhere pay the


deepest respect To an old man. One


does not hear the phrase. The old


man." used. except as title of honor.


III you were a young princess. or a


countess, As YOU have often thought


You would like to be, the first thing


you would have TO learn would be re-
spec, for others. You would not be
allowed to keep The easy-cbair when
your mother, The queen. or your aunt.
the countess. came into The room. No
matter how tired You were, or how
Interesting book you were reading.
you would have to rise. put aside
what you were doing. and wait quiet
ly till yonr august relative told yDu TO
be seated. II she wanted anything a
yard away, and you let her rise from
her chair and wait on herself, you
would probably be sent away in dis
grace and KEEP, away until YOU learned
better manners mere becoming
princess


II you, Harry. We're lis Royal
Higbness of Saxony, and were to
marry queen when old enough, you
would have I" improve on your pres
ent manners to a degree that would !
make you sick of life for awhile.
You would have to learn to pay at
tentiou to other people before yourself
to be pleasant when you didn't feel
like il. to wait on ladies', and be polite
to old men with great gray muslacbes
aud much TO say, because they were
high generals in the army or council
ors of State. If you showed temper
to his Majesty. your father, you
would. in all probability, be ordered
luder arrest. like o common soldier,
10 teach you to respect authority.


Every soldier, no matter what his
'ank, must learn TO obey and show
'esp"ct. Every officer of government,
very man of position in the world,
'as to do the same. Tie Only excep-
ion are people like the shah or the
'bedive Of the East. who are of very
little account in the world. They
'ever care about manners, aud never :
10 anything they don't want to if d,
hey can belp it. The consequence is, ,
hep seldom have a good time for
heir own part. and they never allow
Ihers to enjoy themselves at ALL :
Vide A,cahe.
Year: 1878

God ever sees not only our outward
actions, hut the inmost actions of our
heart. And not only go, hut be is
constantly watching US with more
than fathers soiicitude, not to blame
and rebuke and overcome and con.
demn. but TO prompt and help aid en-
courage US in every right feeling. and
in every struggling effort to please
Him. What au incentive to diligence!
What motive to live SO as to honor
Him. F,ncenk.
Year: 1878

The fall campaign opened on Mon
day evening at the Burke school
house, with Major Howe, and Pol
ock in the arena. OF course it didn't
dash Howe particle to come forward
and say his little speech as the lead
ing candidate on the "DemOcrdtic In
dependent Greenback LHbOr-reforna
Ticket :" but Pollock appeared to be
particularly i'll at ease, as though his
harness didn't fit.


As the main-sills Of the platform of
that great new party are the financial
problems, and as we supposed that
those men would be able and willing
to submit something superior to any,
thing within our ken, we attended
that meeting for the express purpose
of gaining some light on the subject
and the proposed remedies for these
oppressed times, aud here it is IN
Howe's own words:


1--WE, the producerso OF the west. want
more money with which to transact
our massive business. We want
cheap, light money which we can get
for the asking and carry by the pock-
etfull. We want the national banks
wiped out, and their issue re-issued
directly by the government, bearing
simply the government stamp; as.
the coin dollar, and made legal ten
der for all dues for which gold is re-
ceivable. We want greenbacks. We
must have them and we will have
them.


The value of money does not de-
pend upon any inherent or intrinsic
value, upon any collateral nor upon
the character or time of it's redemp-
ton. but like wheat and corn, upon
the demand for it.


Why does any dollar possess cur
rent value2 Because the best govern
ment under the sun says it is's dollar,
and that government can print its
stamp upon your OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
and make II as good as gold.


The financial problem is too large
'or you or to understand, so let US
,on fine our operations to things we do
and release the country
rom the grasp of the accursed money |
of the east.


They ask US, how are we going to
.edeem our greenbacks? Great God
by need we trouble our heads about
We can't keep them
,ver night If we pay our honest debts
With them, but they let as out of the
Grape, and zoe viH let future legisla-
ors take care of their redemption"


This shows us just where Howe
tsnds, and We suppose ne is sound in
be doctrine of his party, at least he
has his lesson we'll, and ,
Year: 1878

But some gentlemen say that Con-
gTess has the power TO make money,
and want to ask them one question ;
| want you to think about it: If this
government has the power to make
money, why should 1t collect taxes
from us? Why don't they make it
and let us alone? If this government
can make a dollar bill just that quick
(slappirg his bands tOgether), why
should they make us labor day and
night, and make US pay taxes to sup
port them? IT the government can
make money, lettnem make il and let
us alone. But, instead of that, this
great government comes up here into
this country with the bayonet and
compels you TO pay taxes. 1t is like
the ocean trotting around to borrow a
little salt water. the sun trying to
get the loan of candle from some
poor devil that has worked weeks to
make that candle. So | say to them,
if they can do it let them do it.-Col.
Bob I1gerSOu.


Now we are going to submit Colon
ell Bob's dilemma to Church Howe.
1t has stumped Ben. Butler and even
KearDey, but our own Church Howe,
the greatest fiatist now on top of the
earth Except. perhaps, his honorable
colleague, Nate Johnson) can. tell US
all about it, we haven't the least doubt.
When the fiatists get fully under
headway will the people have to pay
any taxes? If SO, why? and If not
SO, Why's
Year: 1878

The Ashland Reporter Is one of
our rampant new tangled greenback-
ers, and an organ of that party. 1t
declares that all the greenback party
wants is, Ito issue only a sufficient
amount of legalIteDder greenback
money to pay off the bonded indebt-
edness of the United States"


That is to pay off coin contracts In
irredeemabIe paper. If this is not
worse than reputation and the most
palpable rascality, what lie il?


Voters of Nemaha, this is the doc
trine of Howe, Pollock, Johnson, and
Lash, if they are true to the party
that nominated them. Do you want
to elect men, who, If they had an op-
portunity would violate the plighted
faith of the nation and bring lasting
dishonor and shame upon US? If so
vote for them, by all means. But If
you would have a paper currency
as good as gold and silver, and believe
in paying our debts according to con-
tract, thereby sustaining our credit,
our honor, you will vote the Republi-
can ticket.
Year: 1878

now we ask candid, well-meaning
men If those sentiments do not smack
q little too strongly Of ultimate repu-
diation, and of disposition to 20 Il
blindly and let the future take care of
itself, to risk the interests of the ma
ton in the hand of such a party?


They insist that there will be no
political Issue of Importance before
the legislature next winter. and there
fore we should pay no regard to party
lines In selecting our representatives,
but support those men who are most
competent to discharge our business.
Agreed. But who doesn't know that
the conglomerate ticket In the field
this fall does carry political signifi-
canoe of great Importance to those
who desire righteous legislation and
a faithful maintenance of the public
credit? For the movement here is
in concert with just such mixture of
bad material throughout the country.
Republicans, turn ont and kill the
cub before his Daiis grow.
Year: 1878

The Irish World comes to the help
of Nemaha County as follows:


The man whose motto is Rule or
Ruin" should be looked out for in La
Dor and Greenback organizations. He
will be all right as long as he has
things his own way; but, failing to
carry his point, he will get out, take
all be can with him, and use every
effort to ruin the organization, while
building up a new and more pliable
one. Such fellows are plenty, but we
hope that wherever one OF them is
there will be ten men of common
sense and firmness 10 manage him.
Year: 1878

The following is splendid way Of
making ginger cake, and is easy for a
little girl TO make: Take two eggs.
one cup sugar, one cup molasses, one
cup sour milk. oue-third cup melted
butter or lard, half teaspoon salt.
two teaspoons ginger. one teaspoon
soda. Mix very thin.
Year: 1878

From the Virginia tSev.l Enterprise, Dec. 12.l


For a long time lump has been observable In the
side of the jaw of horse belonging TO Supcrntend-
ent osbiston. of the Gould Curry and best n Bel
cher mines. Tho lump lay in near the jawbone. and
could be moved about under the skin. II seemed
very hard, and inment had power to soften or to
drive it away. Yesterday veterinary surgeon made
ali ncision and TO his astonishment and that OF all
present, brought to light hard and smooth stonc
about two inches long and one inch In diameter Tho
as hard marble. In order to make sure as to tho
nature OK the stone, Mr.. Osbston took II to the jew
elry NJ. M. Frederick, and had IT sawed in
two lengthwse. When the stone was thus cut in two
there in it's centre what had once undoubt-
edly been "a grain OF barley half OF which visible
in each piece of the stone, the grain looking as
though pctrifed. Around this nucleus the stone had
formed in regular layers or growths, the rings Of
which were distinctly to be traced The material OF
which the stone was formed appeared to be the
found In the incrustations the tubes OF boil
ers Ii is thought that the grain OF barley pierced
the skin of the horses mouth aud imbedded itself in
the ncsh that the saliva from the mouth of the ami.
nal then flowed IN on the barley and deposited upon
II liiney matter such AS sometimes forms upon the
teeth OF men and animals. small concretion having
thus been formed 1t grew to be noduc of the size
mentioned. the channel by which the grain of barley
entered having no doubt remained open all the time
thus allowing OF an inflow OF the savary matter
from which tno stone was deposited. None of our
veterinary surgeons or horsenen have ever before
Seen or heard OF of the kind. The stone Is as
lard us marble and the annular markings are very
Instinct.
Year: 1878

Thomas Riley ON the 4th of April. 1876. was drv-
ing his horse and truck down First avenue and be-
tween Twenty eighth and Twenty ninth streets the
left forcwheel Of hts truck went into hole in the
street. in the space between the two railroad tracks
of the Central Park. North and East River Railroad
Company. He says he was thrown from his seat to
the ground and the wheels tho truck passed over
his leg and side. breaking his leg at the ankle and
otherwise ihjurng him. He charged that the ac-
cident was the result of neglect the part OF the
city and the railroad company in failing to keep the
spaces between the tracks i'm proper repair, and ace
cordingly brought suit ia the Court Of Common
Pleas 10 recover $1,000 damages. The trial Of the
suit was commenced yesterday. before Judge
Larremore holding trial term OF the Court of
Common Pleas. and occupied almost the entire day.
The plaintiff alleged that he has suffered severe
pains since the accident and has been and still
Il unable to work The city answers by general
denial and sets up contrbutory negligence white the
railroad company averred that IL was not lawfully
bound TO keep the spaces between the tracks in
pair. Judge Larremore at the outset, upon applica-
ton of Mr.. Bookstaver, dismissed the complaint
against the railroad company on the ground that
there provision in the.charter OF that com
pany, there in most other companies, to keep
The spaces between tracks In repair. The trial
then proceeed with Us against the city and was


cluded late in the evening" y scaled verdict being
directed tor this morning. William Allen appeared
for the plaintiff and Recorder smith for the city,
Year: 1878

sad episode Of tenement house life was revealed
yesterday in Part Of the Court Of General Sessions
1t appeared that the night of October IL Andrew
Boyle, surly and burly looking fellow. with only
one eye, rolled homeward in semntoxicated state.
and entered his apartments. at No. 439 West Sixteenth
street. and in IN angry mood demanded his supper
from his wife. who, however having received no
money from him during the week for the household
expenses. told him there nothing to eat in the
house. The brute then struck her and threatened TO
Kill her, The poor woman ran toward the window
and shrieked for help. whereupon Boyle followed
her, and, grasping her in his arms. threw
her into the yard. two stories beneath. One OF Mrs.
Boylss ankles was broken, besides sustaining other
severe injuries which kept her confined in the hosp


tai for several weeks and made her permanently lamc


After his arrest the prisoner promptly indicted
by the Grand Jury for elonious assault with intent to
Kill. On the. opening OF the trial yesterday Mrs.
Boyle the injured woman. who the first witness
called. limped forward to the witness stand on
crutches. When the Bible was handed to her by one
or the court officials AIRS. Boyle renblingly declined
to receive it. ing she would not take OATH As
sistant District Attorney Lyon, who conducted the
case for the prosecution endeayored to persuade her
put she still refused all cntreaties. At length
Judge Gldersleeve, who presided on the bench,
reasoned with her kindly adding that ii she refused
to be sworn he would reluctantly be- compelled to
send her to the Tombs for contempt Of Court She
still persisted in refusing to swear, but AT length
when advised by Rev. Mr.. Chamberlain, OF st. Anus
Episcopal Church she took oath and hesitatingly
described the facts detailed above. The prisoner,
who was steam boiler maker at Delamater's iron
works, took the witness stand in his behalf and
denied having thrown his wife from the window.
He said she habitual druIkard and had
jumped from the window herself in order to excite
sympathy. Such feats. he added, were not uncon-
mon when his wife went on OF her sprees. In
answer to Judge Gldersleeve, however, the prisoner
said he did go to look after his wife when she fell
to the pavement The jury found the prisoner
guilty OF assault with intent to kill. He WAS re-
mand6d for sentence until to-day.
Year: 1878

Mr.. Henry in recent issue Of Land
and Water says:-The evidence of
"great sea-serpents, or other so-called
"marine Monsters" having been occa-
sionally seen is such as would he re-
garded as valid and cogcnt in any court
of justice. The witnesses are trust
worthy as to character, and competent
by training and experience. The
officers of Her Majesty's navy are
incapable of combining together to off,
cially and Intentionally promulgate
falsehood; and they and the men
under their command are too much ac-
customed to the sights of the sea to be
easily misled either to greatly exagger-
ate the dimensions of an animal in view
or to be so entirely deceived by appear
ances as not to recognize one already
known to them. Itappears to me, there
fore. that with such testimony before
US, incredulity (Which is more frequent
ly then credence the result of the want
of knowledge) is unjustifable; and that
the statements and descriptions of such
witnesses ought to be frankly accepted
and carefully considered with a view to
satisfactory explanation, if that be
possible. The evidence is, to my mind
conclusive that enormous animals, with
which BIOLOGISTS are at present unac-
quainted, exist in the 'great and wide
sea" and 1 look forward hopefully to
the capture of one or more of them,
and the settlement of this vexsd ques-
ten.
Year: 1878

A few months since son of Erin,
about 8 o'clock one evening, stopped at
country inn in the western part of
Pennsylvania, and called for lodgings
for the night.-lt was quite evident
from his appearance that he and liquor
had been quite jelly companions
throughout the day. The landlord was
lazy good natured soul and had i'm
bibed rather freely that day himself.


"If give you light and tell you
which room it is, do you think you can
find it!'


"Och, and it's neself that can do that
thing most Elegantly. Jist show me
the way and I'll find it as aisy as the
Holy Virgin showers down blessing
upon the sinful" replied the Irishman.


The directions were given him, also
a candle. He was directed to go to the
second floor of the house. By the time
he had reached the top of the stairs the
light had become extinguished and he
had forgotten which way to go. Seeing
rays of light issuing from room, the
door of which stood slightly ajar, he re-
connoitered the inside of the room,
and found it contained a bed in which
lay man and stand with lamp on it.
Feeling disinclined to make any further
search for the room to which he had
been directed he divested himself of
his clothing and crept quietly into bed
He had been in bed but few moments,
when young gentleman and a lady
entered the room. The Irishman eyed
them closely. They seated themselves
on the chairs in close proximity to each
other, and after chatting merrily for
some time the young man imprinted
kiss on the young lady's tempting lips.
The scene amused the Irishman very
much and being quite free from selfish
ness he concluded that his sleeping COM
panion should be a participant with
him in the enjoyment of the scene. He
nudged him, and found that he was
tightly locked in the embrace of
death. Synonymous with the discovery
he bounded out of bed exclaiming:-


"Muther! muther' Holy saints of
Hiven protect met' -t


He had scarcely touched the floor
with his feet before the young gentle
man and lady were making rapid strides
towards the stairway, terror being de-
picted on their countenances. They
had just reached the top of the stairs
when the Irishman came dashing along
as though the fiends of Erebus were
close at his heels, intent on making him
their prey; the whole three went tum-
bling down stairs together, and it was
hard to tell which reached the bottom
first.


The landlord stood aghast, as the
Irishman rushed into the bar room, the
hair on his head standing on end, his
eyebalI's ready to leap from their
sockets, and he gasping badly for breath.
1t was a sight that would make a man
laugh who had worn vinegar face from
the day of his birth.


When the young lady and gentleman
found that it was not the corpse that
had so unceremoniously bounded from
the bed, they returned to the room,
being the watchers for the night.
Year: 1878

SAINT. In the midst of these storms Mr..
Tiff visited his ranch and found his
cattle literally dying by the thousands.
On the islands in the South Platte River
he found and drove of to the sand hills
on the south side, after great exertion,
some 2,700 head, and of this number
less than half were afterwards recovered.
Their bleaching bones now whiten the
plains in the vicinity where they were
frozen to death. and those that were re-
covered were found in two different
States and four different territories of
the Union. More than $24 900 were ex-
pended in trying to find them. Nor
was this all. 1t was impossible to tell
for number of years how much the
loss had been. His book showed nearly
5,09e head unaccounted for. No trace
of them beyond skeletons could be found
and at last this number was charged to
profit and loss account, and the books
balanced for new start. This large
number would probably have averaged
$40 per head could they have been sold
the fall previous, and at this rate they
would have amounted to 100000
Year: 1878

NecrOmancerS, seers and Seeresst
| who profess to commune with the spirits
of the dead, are to be found among the
occult scientists of Stamboul. One of
these was said to be an ecstatic medium
of great power. She was but eighteen


and married, and had just recovered
from a serious illness when / heard that
some khanums of my acquaintance
were going to visit her. Attaching N.Y.
self to them, We found the Zulu Fdldje
Kare in a lonely winding street of a
poor neighbOrhood of STAN boul. A
crowd of all sorts of women, rich and
poor, filled her little sanded ante-room.
There were mothers with sick infants
in their laps, come for "cure;" there
were daintily dressed slaves from the
Seraglio, wrapped up in shabby feradyis ;
there were married Khanums with the
threat of divorce hanging over their
heads, There they patiently awaited
for hours their turn to be admitted to
the inner room. This was as poor as
the other. The seeress, seated on a low
stool in the midst of the uncarpeted
floor, leaned over a low brass mangal,
or chafing-dish. She was plump, fair
young woman, with flaxen hair, and
eyes of peculiar light tint. She ap-
peared to be excessively exhausted and
could not repress long and repeated
yawns. She told us there were great de-
mands on her powers, and that her
strength was almost entirely gone at
the end of the day. She would do her
ton her visions we're uncertain. Then
placing rs before her on low wicket
stools, she bent over the brazer and
sprinkled on the live Goals powder
called ambdrd, the fumes of which pre-
sently affected her as one has seen mes
meric passes affect mesmeric subject.
Her eyes were raised and had fixed
look, but she sat upright and answered
intelligibly the questions which were
put to her by ourselves or by the woman


who acted as her second. l do not re-
member what she predicted for the
others of our party, but for me she fore
told voyage over the sea, which was
not q remarkable clever hit, since she
must have known that l was foreigner
in Turkey intending some day to return
to my native land. Still, must do my
fortune teller the justice to acknowledge
that did make an unforeseen VOYAGE to
India not long after. But the seance,
on the whole, was a failure; and as the
effect of the umbara soon passe of, the
seeress returned to her normal state,
and begged us to leave her to repose,
which, in pity to her WEAKNESS, we
presently did, A n'edjidieh (about four
shillings) was looked on as liberal
gift from our party, some who had
consulted having offered only beshlie
or two, Ia beshlic is about one shilling),
and some had given only few paras or
pence. The woman seemed quite poor,
and evidently lived very miserably,
saving most Of her gains, and having to
support q husband who had no calling.
1t was said that grief at the loss of her
baby had made her a clairvoyante. She
was much sought after from the fear
that her gift" would wear away as her
sorrow healed. Hers was looked on as
q case of genuine mediumship, and to
see her l could not doubt that she be-
| lieved in her mission and powers.
Year: 1878

Mrs. Abbott, who resides within few
miles of Pitts Point, KY, had singular
circumstance to happen to her one day
last week. She has been totally blind
for about eight years, but, for about ten
minutes on the day in question, she re-
covered her sight, and was enabled DUR
ing that brief period to see everything
about the house,-something she had
not been able to do for eight years be-
fore. The house had recently been
newly papered and painted, aud, when
total blindness came over her again, she
described accurately the various colors
used in the papering and painting. Her
son had married since she lost her sight
and she had never seen her daughter
in-law, but, in the period she was re-
stored to sight, she saw her. and after
ward described her appearance accur-
ately. The momentary ecstacy occasion
ed by miraculous restoration to sight
was as suddenly dissipated by its equal
ly instantaneous loss, and she is now as
blind as ever.