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Year: 1879

A selection of $50 acres of land has


been made upon which to locate the


State Reform School. and petition il


now being circulated, asking the city


council to submit proposition to the
qualified electors of the City of Kear-


ney, to vote bonds in the sum of S2,-
400 with which to purchase the same.


We hope the council will submit the


proposition, and the voters will ratify
it at the polls. This land must be
bought and donated to,the State, be-
fore we can get the school. and this
has to be done prior to July 1st. We
cannot afford to lose this Institution
and as all our property owners will be
benefited by its location here, all
should pay their proportion of the cost
of securing it. There is but little
doubt in our mind, but what a new
penitentiary will be built in Nebraska
before many years, and we feel conf
dent that if our people buy this land
for the Reform School, that when that
time comes we shall get the peniten-
tiary, and have them both on the
same tract of land. This will insure
an outlay in the end, of large
of N oney, will bring mechan-
cs and laborers to our town and busi-
ness to our merchants. And besides
these advantages, these institutions
will be strong leverage to bring the
Capitol to KearDey when the time
comes to move it.-Kedr7sey Press.
Year: 1879

1t doesn't pay to take advantage of
another's necessities. 1t rs done.
however, constantly, and by men who
pride themselves on their shrewdness.
Causeur, of the Boston transcript,
says he knows case in point. A
well known business man in Boston


wanted certain work done. Itrequir-
ed special professional skill which


bat few ever attain. But he found q
young man who possessed it in a
high degree, who was greatly in need
of work, and consented to work for
very small pay. The employer chuck
led. The young man went to work,
and worked on a definite plan. He
put the very best skill he had into


his work. His employers customers
were delighted. They not only liked
what he did, but they liked it so well
that they would have no other.
Again the employer chuck!ed. His
business was growing in proportions
and profit. One day the young man
asked for higher pay. His employer
said he couldn't afford it. The young
man knew that that was lie, but he
didn't say so. He kept on doing bet
ter and better. Again his en-
ployer chuckled, not alone over his
gains, but over the fact that he had,
as he thought, deceived the young
man. His confidence in his own sa-
gacity had a rude awakening one
morning when he learned that his
'dupe' had set up in business for him
self. The customers who had liked
his work would have no other. 1he
has not been able to find
any one who can just match it, at any
price, and his business is steadily 60
ing down. It doesn't pay to be too
shrewd. You may buy Things for less
than they are worth for some time.
but the balance has got to be paid in
the end.
Year: 1879

A great many people appear to be


half scared to death at the thought of


soldier, and at the idea of keeping


a standing army is horrible to enter


tain. The Congressional farce which


has been in process of enactment at


Washington for the past several


weeks has been based upon peculiar


ideas about the army. Well, in the


first place. the army of the United


States is too magnificently small to


cause any body to shudder if the whole


Of it was drawn up in line of battle


But If it were ten times its present


size, at this stime-whatever the future


may develop-it would be perfectly
harmless. The national army is not


inclined to do injury, and it is not at


present in the American character to


suggest such thing. And while hu-


man nature remains as it is, soldiers


will be a necessity and conve enience.


Peace doctrines sound well when


preached, but practically they are a


failure. We are compelled to keep


an army of some kind wherever there


is any large number of people. Out


on the plains we keep an army for de-


fense against the savage; in our cities


we keep an army for defense against


the civilized. While Congress has


been Ohjecting to having a soldier


dressed in light blue and carrying a


musket at the polls on election day,


it is a well known fact that in every


city there are soldiers dressed in dark


blue and carrying pistol and club
at every:ballot-box. The only differ
ence is that one is called a soldier and
the other policeman. Take away
from the polling places the city sold
iers and the majority of the ballot
boxes would be unsafe and thousands
of people would be prevented from
voting. They do nothing unless there
is disturbance of the peace or a good |
prospect that it will be disturbed. I'll
a United State soldier did no more, |
he might sit on top of the ballot box,
and no one would be harmed. Ifl
either he or a city policeman should |
to do more, he would suffer
severe punishment, and the man or
men who encouraged him would meet
with a rebuff that would be effectual. |


We do not make these remarks by |
way of upholding any political party |
in this present Congressional contest. |
This paper has nothing to do with |
partizan politics. But we refer to the
subject to show that there is probably |
an undue amount of sensitiveness
about the law that authorizes the en-
ployment of soldiers at the polls.
make good policemen. After
the BOstonsfire soldiers patrolied the
streets in the place of the regular po-
lice, and the city never saw better or
der. While they were willing to SLIM
ply do their duty, and while their
are honest and patriots,
they are valuable. If they were in
cIined to overstep their authority,
whether it be private or officer. there
is power enough to punish them, and
the men, and not the system, are to
blame. Even our little Insignificant
army saved this country thousands
and probably millions of dollars du-
ring the riots of the summer of 1877.
THE country does not need a large
army, but it needs some
thing OF an army, and one that can be
depended on in any emergency.-
Western R1rdL.
Year: 1879

The newspapers poke a good deal of
fun S David Davis for his obesity, yet
for all that he is the 'lightest weight
in the Senate. He is a smaller man
than Vest, and when Vest gets on his
feet the presiding officer has to use a
telescope to see him.-NelU York Com
7neTciQZ
Year: 1879

WASHING OIL-CLOTHS.-In wash
ing oil-cloths, never use any soap or a
scrub brush. It will destroy In q
short time an oil-cIoth that should
last for years. Use instead warm wa
ter and a soft cloth or flannel, and
wipe off with water and skim milk.
Year: 1879

A writer on style says: ut isthe
fashion in France for ladies to TAX g
their tea in bonnets and gloves. "
One objection to this Is that some of
the new bonnets do not hold much
more than lump Of sugar.
Year: 1879

Our Free Seed Distribution: our enlarged paper
its clear sharp type; the reputation OF its writers
the lberality oftts management and the reduction
of It's prco are downright evidences of the truth
what we assert.
Year: 1879

The Spanish painter Fortuny died In
Rome on the 21st of November, 1874, and
was buried in the cemetery Of San Lorenzo
outside of the city walls, the grave being
dug in low, damp ground. Madame For
tuny, the widow, recently caused the body
to be removed to an elevated part Of tho
enclosure. Through the glasses in the two
coflins which contained it, the features Of
the dead man were distinctly seen. The
face was perfectly preserved, although it
had assumed the bituminous color of a
mummy, probably in consequence of tho
embalmment. The forehead and mouth
were superb, and the nose was intact. For
tuny thus resembled ono of those Arabs
whom he 80 well knew how to paint and
make etchings Of, and this resemblance was
all the more noticeable by reason of tho
white linen wound about his head and
shoulders. From his neck hung gold
medallion portrait of Mile. Madrazo, who
became his wife; on one Of his shoulders
was fastened tho little box of colors which
nc used to carry with him during his artist
tours, and on tho other lay tho portrait Of
Beethoven-his last work.
Year: 1879

drink. TO the questions where he got all
these fine things, the woodcutter answered
by telling him what happened in the forest,
mentioning tho cloth and the sheep, but
saying nothing Of the club. The king, who
was u real tyrant ana opprcssor, demanded
the cloth and the sheep; when the wood
cutter refused to give them, he sent his ser
wants to take everything by force The
club struck them down ili a moment. The
king sent larger force and this was also
lost. Then falling into = towering passion
lie went himself with ALI his men, but the
woodcuttcr triumphcd For the king was
killed and his whole ARMY defeated by the
club. The country was now without a
ruler and the supreme pbwer was given to
the former woodcutter. He was a real
blessing to the people, for he treated every
one who was in poverty and misery with
kindness and assisted thaA gladly, and 80
died n
Year: 1879

When tho songs gone out Of your life,


That you thought would last to the end;
That first sweet song Of tho heart;


That no after days can lond-
Tho song of tho birds to tho trees-


The song of the wind to tho flowers
The songs that tue heart sing low to itsolf.
When 1t wakes in tho morning hours.
You can start no other song,


Not even q tremulous note
Will falter forth on tho empty air,


1t dies in your aching throat
1t is all IN vain that yon try;


For the Spirit Of Song has fed.
The nightingale sings no moro to the rose,
When the beautiful flower is dead.
So lot silence softly fall


On the bruised hearts quivering strings,
Perhaps, from the loss Of all,


You may learn tho song the seraph sings,
grand and glorious psalm


That will tremble and rise and thrill.
And I'LL your breast with it's grateful rest


And it's lonely yearnings still.
Year: 1879

ful. studied the Scriptures, and tried 10
understand why ! was 50 haunted by Wis
ions Each day some new phase of the m after
would dawn on me. One sht lay awake,
thinking OF the power Of God and the
coming Of His kingdom. was told that
must first sacrifice member Of my family.
even as Abraham WAS commanded to sacri-
fee his frr born, the child of his old age,
il whom the promise Of salvation for L.
rsel wss TO Be fulfilled. l told my wife
about it, and We discussed the matter. She
asked which one the Lord demanded, and |
ssid that did not know. But / said that
il would vet come, ard that If it should
happen TO be herself, / told her 10 be pre-
pared TO comply with the desires of the
Almighty Oae. She was very calm, and
saw that she too had faith in the comirg
OF God's kingdom. Next day my head felt
little better, and knew that the load was
lifting. Each day thereafter found new
light; some passage in the Bible which be-
fore could not understand, came to me


with all the clesrnsss of established con-


yictiOn.


AT last the day came. The house was
surrounded by an awful stiffness. Even
ing arrived, and as darkness set l saw a
sheet OF lightning in the heavens such as
had never seen before 1t Illuminated the
whole ezPanse of the sky, and knew that
God was giving me sign. l went to bed
and tried to sleep, but could not. In the


dead of the night the word CO me. The vic


tim was selected-it wa Edith. | told


nv wife that the hour had come and that


| must give our darling TO the Lcrd. Iou


know the rest You know how | went into


the room where our darling lay sleeping


the sleep of innocence; how | cent the old
e-t child to its mother; how i raised the
knife expecting TO have my arm stayed as
was that OF Abraham, and how | pierced
the infant breast of the victim selected by
God Himself then lay down beside my
dead child and slept sourdly. Next
dsv my head felt better. The pain had
al gone, and ] knew that nv sacrifice was
acceptable to the eyes Of God. called in
the friends of Gods new kingdom and i'm
parted the glad tidings 10 them. They aP-
proved NY act and gave glory and praise
to God. That night ! again saw the light


ming in the heavens. Ii was more brilliant


than the preceding evening. 1t was a
strange light and whether others saw il or
| not | care not To me it was sure sign


that God was pleased and | understood ii
| at once"


This revelation may be all very plain to
| 2 discerning person like Mr.. Freeman, but


1t seems Just triie indefinite to the aver.


age reader. II Freeman had been wise he
would have requested the Lord TO put His
! instructions to MIN in writing so that there
could be no mistake about.
Year: 1879

cur attention was drawn to an Arab vino


was being eaten by dogs. He was dead be-


fore We reached him, and we had only the


painful duty of burying the remains de-


Gently in the sand. | must apologize


Tor writing about such hideous misery


TO you. Bat, dreadful to read, what
Is II TO witness There are cases
which have come before me that cannot
really put On paper. More than thirteen
thousand have in this town perished from
hunger. There weredead or dying lying in
every street in and out of town. The dead
were buried not Eore than one span deep,
and the dogs soon uncovered the earth The
sight OF 20 much misery to our fellow
Creatures has naturally affected the Euro
pears, and among the victims we have to
depiore or excellent schoolmistress. She
was devoted TO the school, and a truly sens-
ihie CHRISTIAN lady. On Friday she left her
seSool. and WIS no more among the living
ca the following Sunday morning. Small
pox, measles, cholera and typhoid fever
tue latter now raging) have succeeded each
other. There is hardly house where
there ia not one sick person. In the Null
lsh or Jewish quarter eveTyihouse has been
turned into a hospital.
Year: 1879

l~lnnsld Semi.Weekly, Al


John Jones, farmer who lives On the
Walnut, near the Little Dutch schoo! house
concluded TO go into the Territory with the
Carpenter expedition. In less than ten days
he and his boys were back in the CowIey
county land, glad to have escaped so easily.
1t was perfectly unnatural to suppose that
men would go into new country, make a
farm where they had the positive assurance
rom the government that no title would ey.
er De given for the land, Thousands of per.
sons in search of gold might force an opening
OF the Territory, the same as was done in the
Black Hills, but farmers are peaceful and law
abiding. which makes the conditions entire.
~ different from the Black Hills movement
Year: 1879

Winfield Semi Weekly, 4


Lat evening Judge Mcdonald returned
from his farm at Salt City. He was there for
two days, and made quite number of expe
riments with his springs one was 10 run a
four inch tube eight feet into the bed of the
spring, and the result was that large amounts
of gravel and other substances were thrown
above the surface. The power was sufficient
to force the water seven feet in the air.
These springs are very remarkable. This
fact is already demonstrated in the large
number of cures already Effected one very
unusual feature i the wonderful variety of
the waters. Dr. Allen says they are destined
To become one of the noted resorts of this
country. The Judge brought five gallons of
water home with lim. and starts for the
Stale University at Lawrence, early in next
We, TOR the purpose of having an analysis
Year: 1879

Enquirer


Mr. Lewis Rotf, who re-ides in Green
township, this county, has wonderful COW.
In the place Of cream raising on her milk,
it is actually cream, needing no churning
whatever to fit it for table use All that is
required is the working in" of the neces-
sary amount of salt to suit the taste. The
butter is pronounced excellent. The streak
began last fall, since which time no churn
has been used, but before that time the
cream as the same az other cows milk.
Year: 1879

The new postal law, which goes
into effect on the first of May, fixes
the rate Of postage on newspapers
and periodicals sent to regular sub
scribers at two cents per pound, and
allows publishers the privilege of
sending sample copies at pound rates.
Books, periodicals, transient news
papers, circulars, and all matter
wholly i'll print are embraced in the
third class. and are to be prepaid at
the rate Of one cent for each two
ounces or fraction thereof. Mer-
chandise is considered tourth-class
matter, and is to be paid for at the
rate of one cent tor each ounce.
Upon matter of the third class, or
upon the wrapper, enclosing the
same, the sender may write his own
name or address thereon, with the
word =" from above and proceeding
the same, and in either case may
make simple marks intended To des-
ignate word or passage OF the text
to which It il desired 10 call after
Of any printed matter OF the third
class q simple manuscript dedication
or inscription that does not partake
of the nature OF personal cores
pondence. Upon any package of
matter of the fourth-class the sender
may write or print his own name and
address, proceeded by the word
" from" and there may also be writ
ten or printed the number and names
of the articles inclosed; and the.
sender thereof may write or print
upon or attach to any such articles,
by tag or label, mark, number, name
or letter for purpose of Identification


The Postmaster General is author
lied to take the necessary steps to
introduce and furnish for public use
letter-sheet envelope, on which
postage stamps of the denominations
now in use on ordinary envelopes
shall be placed. And the Postmaster
General is also authorized to intro
duce and furnish for public use q
double postal card, ON which shall be
placed two one-cent stamps, and said
card to be so arranged for the ad-
dress that it may be forwarded and
returned, said cards to be sold for
two cents apiece; and also TO intro
duce and furnish for public use
double-letter envelope, on which
stamps of the denominations now in


use may be placed, and for the ar
rangement for the address similar to


the double postal card.
Year: 1879

IN view of the fact that the Brit
ish ship Valparaiso is now being
loaded with Los Angeles wheat for
Liverpool, at Wilmington, and in
side the bar at that, two facts can
not well be disputed hereafter-O
that this is wheat county; and,
(2) that the Wilmington breakwa-
ter is slowly but surely making a
harbor at that point. This year
we have not only produced the
flour consumed by our own people,
but have considerable surplus for
export. So large is the area sown
to wheat the current crop year
that, should the season prove fav-
orable, we cannot fail to have at
least half a million bushels of this
cereal for export.
Year: 1879

section has heen treated. The es-
tablishment of two sessions of this
tribunal of last resort at Los Apge-
les has proved great convenience
to the bar and to litigants. The
Judges have uniformly expressed
themselves as highly pleased with
the new system. 1t has worked adj
mirably in practice and is In har-
mony with the usages of great
States like Pennsylvania. The pub.
lie man who should propose to out
rage Los Angeles and Southern
California by abolishing the ses-
sions Of the Supreme Court here


may as well hang his political harp


upon the willows. Should he ever
propose himself for a State office
he would find the solid vote of a
whole section arrayed against him,
irrespective Of party. When the
people of Northern and Central
California have made up their
minds that those of Southern Call
fornia have no rights which they
are bound to respect, we trust they
will have the manliness to consent
to our cutting loose from them out
right and setting up State of our
Year: 1879

WE see no reason why the
Waugaman Dry Gold Washer
should not be ranked as one of the
notable Inventions of the day. We
have kept informed of the practical
operation of this ingenious ma.
chine, and it appears to be all that
is claimed for it. In the length and
breadth of California there are
thousands of placers which cannot
be worked, through a scarcity OF
water. Granting the proposition
that water is no longer necessity
in separating the gold from the
sand and gravel, and one is justi-
fed in looking for revival of the
old placer mining activity. We
hope to see an extensive manufac-
tory of these machines in our city.
II Mr.. Waugaman lacks the means
to carry on their manufacture on q
large scale some of our solid men
ought to stand in the gap. An ex-
perienced miner Informed us that
this DryWasher saves fully ninety
five per cent. of the gold. Nothing
could be more satisfactory than
such a result, and an invention
which makes it possible should be
noised all over the Pacific Slope.
Year: 1879

PROBABLY the experiences
through which we have lately
passed will cause our citizens to be
extremely cautious as to whom
they entrust with heavy official
moneyed responsibilities. When
1t comes to handling the peoples
cash a residence of eight or ten
years in Our midst will count for
something In a candidates favor
hereafter. 1t is a curious commen-
tary on the madness of the hour
when a man like A. J. Hamilton
could be elected City Tax Collector
over an old, reliable and universal
ly respected citizen like Don Tomas
Sanchez. We have paid dearly
for most impressive lesson.
Year: 1879

WE have reason TO believe that 0
concerted movement will be made
at the coming session of the Legis-
lature to restrict the sittings of the
Supreme Court to Sacramento and
San Francisco. This will be an in
suit to the whole of Southern Cali
fornia. Should the effort be made
it will give members OF the Legis-
lature from the Southern counties
an opportunity to call the attention
of that body to the signal and
studied neglect with which this
Year: 1879

The facilities OF the HERALD Steam
Printing House for doing job work are not
surpassed in California outside of San
francisco and Sacramento. All work en-
trusted to us will be executed with neat
ness and dispatch at the lowest living
rates.
Year: 1879

turn out not to be correct, and II the


Southern hot-heads should get control Of


the party and make Blackburn Speaker,


then the lght will bc bitter one, and


Congress, instead Of adjourning within


thirty days, will sit until the time for the


regular session in December. When the
SOIh Of June arrives without an appropri.
alton all the departments Of government
will come to a stands!lll, unless Congress
by Joint resolution authorizes their
continuance on the old basis. A
failure to furnish the means Of carrying
on tho Government would be a direct VIC.
lation of the Constitution. 1t would be
revolution. The country is in no mood to
put up with anything of this kind and the
leaders Of the Democratic party
knowit. Hence 1t will be thirty days
session instead Of nine months'; 70.
treat from dangerous position instead Of
q protracted battle with certain destruc-
tion as It's result.
Year: 1879

HAVING OPENED A SHOP FOR THE manufacture of Harness and Saddlery, I am prepared to execute all work in tha tiind in Q

 FIRST CLASS MANNER. Farmers and stock men will find it 10 their in terest to bestow their patronage upon me. as none but fist class work is turned out at my establishment.

 Directly opposite the HERALD ofiee.

 no EDWARD O'CONNOR.
Year: 1879

Are offering at a Sacrifice the Large Stock of Goods which they have on hand. They have also a large lot of Goods on the road which they expect to re- ceive in a fvw days, that must be sold for less than San Francisco prices, in order to close out their whole stock, as they are determined to sell off everything before the s. P. R. R reaches Maricopa Wells, which will be by the lst of April.

 Now that times are hard and money scarce, it is of the greatest importance to economize. Therefore, call around and you will find that you can purchase as much for one dollar. as ycu could have purchased for two dollars some years ago.

 They have a full line of