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Year: 1877

member of the State Legislature may become


Governor, will impress upon the people the


necessity of choosing the most competent


men for the representative places. It is diff


cult to share his confidence in this particular.


The district plan of choosing representatives


would remain Of necessity in some form or


othor; there would still be parties, and fac


tons, and conspirators and, out Of the 300


or 400 members Of tho representative body,


there would be as small number as there


is now Of men in every way fitted to assume


the duties of Chief Magistrate. The choice


by lot is certainly the lowest and most unin-


te]ligent form Of fatalism, and entirely un-
worthy of people who boast of self-gov-
ernment. And, finally, Chief Magistrate
for month would be no Chief Magistrate at
all. He would lack the preparation and
experience, even if the plan were carried
out in good faith, and the country would
always have novice playing President and
the State q neophyte acting US Governor.
But the fact is that such plan would sim
ply mean Government by n Congressional
or Legislative cabal, subject to monthly
changes By mere chance or cheating
in the drawing by lot. We can
imagine no scheme better calculated
to lead to anarchy, dissension, and
final dissolution, We would be further
than ever from the theory of Responsible
Government chosen by lot !
would be responsible to nobody; and, sub |
ject to a change every thirty days, there |
would be neither policy nor system,-noth- |
ng but political chaos. Such plan would
certainly give tho schemers and intriguers
abundant opportunities. The bad men
would be powerful for evil; the good men
oowerless to counteract their conspiracies
md yillainiaS i
Year: 1877

Some people have hard work to find US,
they say.


1t is one Of the easiest places to find IN
town, when you know how.


We are on Main street-north side-frsi
stairway EAST OF Hann8ford's furniture
stOre-fTst stairway WEST Of Huddart's sa-
loon.


When you are at the foot of the stairway
If you will look right sharp you will see oul
sign. Then read ii carefully, and walk righ
up-open the first door you come to on th'
RIGHT hand side-without knocking-anJ
walk in where We print THE ADvERTIS
ER al
Year: 1877

We haven't time or space for an
extended notice of our Republican
meeting in Mcpherson Hall on Mon
day evening. But We must say it
was one of the largest and happiest
political gatherings ever held in the
hall. Col. Majors made a brief but
telling speech. handling Church
Howe and his thing of the Rol0e Or
gan, without gloves. laying bare to
the gaze of all their meanness and
their demagogism. The Republican
candidates made brief statements of
facts and left good impressions, which
told at the ballot box They are all
intelligent men, and Nemaha county
will be blessed for the next two years
with good officers.
Year: 1877

- Church Howe says it was that
Cd damn soup of Bill Smalls that
beat the Independents. That soup
got a good many OF them boisterously
drunk on Monday evening, TO the
disgust of all good citizens in the city
on that evening.
Year: 1877

AUGUSTA, March O. 1871


The Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel says tho prom
inent features Of President Hayes inaugural is tho
manner In which tho Southern question Is handled.
Tho President Is willing to treat the Southern whites
justly and generously aud TO secure to them, far
la his power lcs, tho blessing OF local seg govern
ment, and tho advantages 10 be derived from the do
vclopmcnt Of the material Of their section.
In return, he asks that tho south accept in good
faith the constitutional amendments emt0dying
tho results OF the late war, that tho col0red
shall be educated and protected all his personal
properly and political rights Tue terms not hard
and II President Hayes sticks to the spirit OF his speech
he will do much toward csscning the disappointment
which the South fct when the Judgment OF the Eec-
toral Commission was pronounced Altogether, II " q
manly, moderate and statesmanlike address,
Year: 1877

In tho transmission OF my telegram Of Friday last
in regard to the murder Of Lieutenant Mcnyre quite
serious occurred II stated that seventy
four men, one boy and two women took part IN tho
criminal transaction, whereas 1t the Intention OF
your correspondent state that only persons
took part IN that bloody basiness-lour men, one boy
and two women.
Year: 1877

Many of our readers have seen on
fruit stands the difference in the appear
ance of fruit, some had peculiar CLOS
siness that rendered them attractive,
while others would have a dull, dead
appearance, that was unattract;ve. The
first named was quickly sold at paving
prices, while the last event begging"
for purchasers, "What is the reason tor
this gloss?' You ask. Simply that the
plants were heavily mulched and per
haps watered. Not only does mulch
keep the fruit clean. but, by keeping the
surface of the ground moist and cool, it
prevents the reflection of the suns rays
from dry. hot surface, from burning
or seorching the fruit, and giving it a
dull, dead appearance. We have before
referred to plantation of Wilson's AL
bany, grown by a farmer living in South
Bend, Ind, few Years ago, not only in
reference to the large yield, but the fine
size and peculiar glossiness of his fruit
who sold his entire crop quick at twenty
five cents per quart. We shall never
forget that year No rain from the mid
die OF May to the last of June-iust at
the time when straw berries most need
ed it. Our strawberries, not grown in
matted rows, Notwithstanding they
were mulched some in rows, were about
like bullets for size a1d hardness, and
we obtained from tw enty 10 twenty-five
bushels to the acre, getting in all be-
tween three and four hundred bushels
from some eighteen acres, while this
farmer picked at the rate of one hund-
red bushels 10 the acre, and that too.
from part that had rather poor care
the year previous.


After August first he got tired tending
them, and let them 90 helter skelter,
without even cultivating them. Having
read that it was good plan to scatter
straw all over the entire surface, he
drew out a number of loads during the
winter and scattered it over them, so as
to hide them and the entire surface from
sight. Being very busy in the spring
lie did not do as he was intending to do
draw of the straw from the main
rows-but left it and went on about his
farming work. Soon the plants began
to grow up through the straw, and the
plants seemed to put forth their bios
SONS and fruit, until the field was one
mass of green foliage and white bios
SONS.


The result was that in the exceeding
ly dry spell he picked one OF the largest
and best crops he ever saw, and from
this plantation got as much money as
from all the rest of bis farm.-SmaN
Fruit Recorder.
Year: 1877

FRUIT AS A MEDICINE.-The irregular
eating OF unripe fruit is well known to
be unwholesome. The regular and
moderate use OF well Iipened fruit is not
so widely appreciated as contributing
to health. Residents in regions where
more or less malaria prevails have dis
covered that nothing is more sure pre-
ventative of its deleterious effects than
regular supply of fruit. But fruit will
not only prevent disease, bnt in some
instances it has proved one of the best
medicines to cure it. Many wears ago
a chronic cough, which had excited
good deal of uneasiness, was cured by
daily eating ripe raspberries, recon-
mended by medical writer OF high au-
thority as an excellent expectorant.
Severe colds are more apt 10 occur on
the first cool and damp days of autumn
than at other seasons. We have often
cured these diseases on their first attack,
by eating copiously of ripe watermelons.
The beneficial effects of drinking freely
of cold water on such occasions, are
well known. Watermelcns supply a
larger quantity than one could easily
swallow in any other way.-Country
Gentleman.
Year: 1877

Since it has been discovered that cloth
can be made almost indestructible by
fire, we see no good reason why wood
cannot be treated by similar process,
and, if practicable, we may yet have
houses, with their contents, entirely
fireproof The Boston Journal of Chem
istry saws that it not only can be done,
but that it has been demonstrated by the
most rigid experiment that wood i'm
mersed in '.pickle" of solution OF
tungstate of soda cannot be ignited un-
der any of the ordinary conditions to
which it NAV be exposed. The tung-
state is made by the addition of tung-
state of lime to hydrochloric acid and
salt, aiording as byproduct chloride
of lime in large quantities. The action
Year: 1877

Cows HOLDING MILk.-What is the
best method TO cause COW to give down
her milk when she is inclined to hold it
up? r. B. Ans.-When cows with
hold their milk, they are commonly in
an unsatisfied state of mind, and there
fore anything to draw their attention
from this condition answers a good pur-
pose. We have always succeeded by
giving them a mess of food to amuse
them while milking is going on, gener-
ally dry meal, SO as to keep them long
occupied. If they have sucking calves,
let them suck at the time of milking.
Driving them in position so that their
fore feet will stand Oh a mnch higher
ground than the hind feet, or on lower
ground, counteracts the animals atten-
ton and generally succeeds. 1t is said
that weight on tie small of the ami
mails back, as bag Of grain, will an
swer, but we know nothing of its
efficacy.-American Stock Journal
Year: 1877

London Saturday Reuiew:-"wo may here notice
of tho most anomalous features Of hunting
etiquette, which consists in this, that II does
not hunt at oil hunting men do not consider his
duct strange; but should he hunt only once week
they look upon his doing sort of disgrace.
They TO imagine that II any hunts ho
would certainly like TO hunt at least four days week,
ana that his not doing arises either from stn-
rincss or from the slcnderness OF hrs purse. Somc
men miserable II they cannot mako up the
quota Of days. hunting every week which they con-
slider sufficient Fivc days. hunting and considera-
BILE OF fatigue will not prevent thom from going
long distance, and that at considerable personal ncon-
venicncc to hunt the sixth And this they do for
the sole object Of bong able to say that they hunt
every day. In fact some men hunt six days u week
with tho regularity OF tho treadmil and would doubt
less hunt tho Sundays also 1t possible to do
We hope that tho day may be distant when hunting
shall cease TO DO iavorite national sport for
when carried TO some excess 1t forms better pastmo
tor the wealthy than many Of tho diversions Of our
continental neighbors; but when We find wives stinted
account OF the horses OF their husbands the whole
OF society dcranged by the reas0n OF hunting
ecments and the bulk of conversation devoted
for months to this one topic wa cannot help wishing
that in the pursuit OF favore sport little of that
moderation might bo used which is advisable In all
fhinusD
Year: 1877

A NEW BORN INFANT THE VICTIM OF DAM


GERoUs PET


An infants mysterious death brought to official
notice yesterday and investigation has
traced tho to the venom of one of those family
pets that have of late contributed to swell the
tality record. This time the victim is new born
infant and death has been instantaneous, thereby
saving the litto creature from the horrors
of hydrophobia which doubtless would have in
time carried her of On Saturday night, At
No. 13l Pitt street, little Katie Hartman
was born, ard Mrs. Fischer, the midwife who
tending tho mother gladdcIed her by the assurance
that child doing well, and that Its condition
was exceedingly heathuL AT midnight she left the
patient who ralying FAST and gave the mother Of
the latter who present, directions about the
TO be taken OF the child When the midwife had left
the house this took her little grandchd in her
lap and sat down the bedside OF her daughter
She was weary with watching and anxiety, and before
morning when she awoke and, OF course,
her first was for her lttlo charge 1t
was lying in her lap as she had placed
H. but She was horrfcd to ind limp and cold with
drop two OF blood upon its lips. She aroused the
infants father, who at once sent for the mdwe Mrs.
Fischer. She came, and on examination found pccu-
liar wound upon the childs neck which seemed only
trling but was to her altogether incxplicabe. While
she In a quandary about the cause of this wound
she CHANGED TO catch sight OF Spz dog lying on tho
floor close by and cycling tho dcaa infant This ut
suggested 10 her mind the possibility that
the dog might in somo way be connected
with the little ones death She told the
parents 10 notify the Coroner Of the occurrence,
and yesterday afternoon an investigation made by
Coroner wotman ard Deputy Coroner Cushman
proved that the Spitz dog without doubt had Inflicted
the wound upon the child's neck. An examination
showed that the child had been born healthy and
dong well alter brth but that the dog. either by bite
by scratching oftho paw, had injured the glands
tho neck, thereby stopping the circulation OF the
blood and ming the chds mouth with Death had
resulted from the shock and slranguaton SO caused.
Year: 1877

Mr.. WIN. Vetter spells his name with
out an as last weeks showing would in
dicate; nevertheless he keeps pegging
away at awl and every last boot and shoe
people may want. He intends to wax
stronger and make it his sole aim to heel
the foot furniture of people to the end OF
his time. Sew led; mote it be I!
Year: 1877

A DEAF mute magician ard illusionist
performed in this place on Wednesday
evening of last week, to a fair sized au-
deuce. On account of rush of work,
we were unable to attend; but we are
but are told that the performance was very
good, and the performer deserving Of pat
ronage. He departed for Victoria, whsre
he will doubtless meet with success.
Year: 1877

Mr.. Appleton, our enterprising foot
clothier down street, is determined not to
be left behind by the progressive men,
bers of his craft. Recent Improvements in
his Office make things look more business
like; and in advertising his employment,
are nearly as effective as card in tile
local paper.
Year: 1877

WHILE Senators and Representatives are
wrangling over the Presidency and great
newspapers are shedding floods of darkness
on the subject of counting the electoral vote
an Iowa journal, the Burlington Hawkeye.
is maturing plan which, when perfected,
will commend itself to the Judgment and good
sense of the country. The Haykeye gives
the following synopsis of the plan and at the
same time explains why it is not yet pub
lished in full. 1t says: We had perfected,
and intended to publish in this issue, plan
for counting the electoral vote and choosing a
President, but on looking it over very care
ully we discovered that by its provisions the
two highest candidates would be obliged
to have one-third more votes than each 9TH
er, and the third candidate must have at
least as many votes less than the two highest
as the candidate receiving sthe next highest
number of votes has more than the other two
combined, before there could be an election.
The apparent discrepancy and contradiction
of this plan while easily harmopized and ex,
planned, cannot be rectfed without some lit
tie time and trouble, and we therefore re-
ldctanty consented to postpone the publ
cation of the entire plan until some future
time. In the mean time. however. we trust
no man will be mean enough to steal ouI
plan by using and celebrating the synopsis
given above.
Year: 1877

1t is becoming apparent that the wiser and
more conservative leaders of the Democracy
have abandoned the revolutionary scheme of
electing Tilden by the House. The indigna-
tion and contempt which the Oregon iniquity
provoked, and the utter failure OF the eighth
of January meetings to arouse public senti-
ment in opposition to the Inauguration Of
Gov Hayes, have taught the chiefs of the
Democracy that an attempt to seat Mr.. Til
den in the executive chair must be made in
defiance of the will of the people and must
certainly miscarry. 10 this conclusion they
have reluctantly come. The Northern brag-
CARTS insisted for long time that their can
didate must be made President in spite of all
obstacles, but as they proposed that the
Southerners should remove the obstacles, and
as the Southerners resolutely declined the job
the braggarts have been forced to abandon
their position. The attempts at trickery
have been no more successful than the at.
tempts at fraud. The revolutionary proceed
ings in New Orleans have alarmed and in
censed the country, and the Democratic
leaders begin to feel that it is not safe to
further provoke the temper of the people.


But though having relinquished all hope Of
inaugurating Mr.. Tilden, the Democrats will
not at present publicly abandon their posi-
ton. 1t is their object to create public
sentiment adverse to the Republican party,
to cripple, as far as possible, the incoming ad.
ministration by throwing doubt upon the
justice of its title; and to this end they will


continue to cry fraud, to asperse the South
ern returning boards, to talk of their appar-
ent popular majority, hoping that the pity
which always goes out to the vanquished and
the searching criticism which is always Wis
tied upon the victors will contribute to the
result. So we may expect the agitation to
be kept up for a long time yet. There are
many Democrats it is true who still earnestly
hope to see Mr.. Tilden President for the
next four years, but these are men hungry
for Office who mistake wishes for expecta
tons. The party leaders neither anticipate
nor much desire such a result. They fee
triumph how would destroy The party, ani
they believe that they have more TO gain BY
submission and by taxing advantage of thu
popular discomfort which usually manifest


itself against those who long hold power.
Year: 1877

The present financial situation in New
York is attracting attention. The banks Of
the metropolis have on hand thirty-eight
million dollars in gold-much of it being
collateral security for loans of greenbacks.
This is stated to be larger sum Of coin than
has been held by those banks at one time for
many years. 1t is also about three millions
greater than the amount of greenbacks In the
same banks. This is a circumstance which
has not happened before since the suspension
ofspecie payments. The accumulation of
gold has had healthy effect in reducing the
upon it, and the consequence is that the av-
erage price of gold for the past thirty days
is lower than for similar average during any
one month since June, 1862.
Year: 1877

A CORRESPONDENT, signing himself San
cho Pedro. sends to the PRESS some lines
good enough to print were it not that they
are marred by one great fault,-they smack
too strongly of what men in moments of lofty
eloquence are wont to call the flowing bowl.
Sancho Pedro writes in strain only befitting
the dark ages before the establishment of the
Temperance Coffee House. He should know
that men no longer say "John, pass me that
decanter." The Coffee House has changed
all that, and the word now is "Jane. pass me
that coffee mug" The technical merit of
the verses are overshadowed by their atrocity
in sentiment and their archaism in expression
and they are reluctantly declined. One word
more. If Sancho Pedro pines ga maiden's
heart to cleave," let him go frequently to the
Coffee House, and never never take any
change,
Year: 1877

The unfailing courtesy of the New York
Herald toward its contemporaries of the New
York press is ill requited. The great dailies,
all big enough to know better, take advantage
OF the misfortunes of its owner to bitterly
assail it and him. Indeed all the metropol-
itan journals, with the exception of the Her.
aid, indulge in malicious spitefulness and a
disregard of the truth when discussing their
rivals and enemies that would have disgraced
even the American journalism of which
Dickens wrote.
Year: 1877

We DO not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations The name and address of the writer are In
all cases Indispensable not necessarily publication
but as a guaranty Of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or reserve eommu-
nications that are not used.
Year: 1877

l will allow committee of four gentlemen Select
ed from the audience) to tie NE vith ropes, and
will be united inside OF minute While tied the
most wonderful mani festatIons will occur.
Year: 1877

~ Miss Linney, of Sacramento,
wasinclined to marry Mr.. Roberts, but
she said that che could not become
the wife of poor man. She would
wait q reasonable time for him to
mako a fortune, and whenever he
was in condition to support her in
elegance he might claim her. He
went to San Francisco, embarked in
mining speculations, and made money
rapidly. A few months ago he told
her that he possessed hundred thou
sand dollars. She said that the sum
was satisfactory, and mentioned q
date that would suit her for the wed.
ding. Then he coolly told her that
he had changed his mind, and had
no idea of marrying her. She has
sued him for breach of promise.
Year: 1877

When Mark Twain lived in Vir.
ginia City roamed with Dan Dc


guile. All the miseries which
guile ever endured, and all the bad
character he ever got, date from that
time. They lived inseyeral different
lodging houses and were turned out
of them all, one after another on nc
count OF Dan, who soon acquired a
bad reputation second to none in
Virginis City. No respectable fami-
ly would harbor Dan, who ever knew
anything about him, and the very
mention of his name would cause n
landlady to hold up her hands in
yirtuous horror. One morning Mark
woke up and heard the landlady' =
cat mewing about the door, which
was left open, Dan was fast asleep,
and Mark, grasping one of his. boots
threw it with fatal precision at the
intruder. The cat limped off with a
broken leg (the boot weighed five
pounds), and the women secured the
missile and waited for it's owner to ap-
pear. Mark got up, dressed, and
went out with both boots on. The
landlady greeted him with a pleasant
smile, and when Dan got up and was
walking about in his stocking feet
hunting for his left boot, he received
scathing dressing down from tho
landlady, who without allowing him
to explain ordered him to leave the
house. Mark condoled with him in
his trouble, and said, "I'll stick to
ye DAN" The next house they
moved into had pantry close to the
room consigned to them. Evory
night Mark would steal two or three
mince pies and eat them entire with
out giving Dan a sight of them.
In the morning the landlady would
be brushing about the door. Dan
would be asleep and Mark would
open out in a loud voice as follows:


"Dan, this business won't do.
Those pies don't belong TO you. In
this first place it's petty larceny. aud
then in the next place it gets crumbs
in the bed. Well get notice to quit
pretty soon. faint the square thing
on the landlady. l don't wonder
You have nothing to say. Now this
is the last time I propose TO speak
about this" The landlady who
took in every word, would give poor
Dan notice to quit and never hear
q word OF explanation. "When YOU
go go, Dan" Mark would say. and
his bro,herly fidelity would touch
Dan to the very core. The next
place was an intensely respectable
private family. When Mark expect
ed to be out all night he would slip
up to the room and strew few hair
pins around promiscuously. and
scatter few down in the foot Of the
bed where they would be found
when the landlady was making il up.
1t would all be laid to Dan Of
course. I've got a family here and
I want to bring my daughters up re-
specially would be the landlady's
remark as she ordered Dan to pack
up. When they fire you out, Dan.
it means me too, Mark would say in
tones of brotherly affection that
melted Dan q inner nature and caused
him to think there was some true
men in the world after all, and he
used to remark, in speaking Of Twain,
a man who never shakes friend in
adversely is the noblest work of God.
-Vrginia (Ner.) Chronicle.
Year: 1877

While the friends of Auditor Reed are
very strong in their avowal Of his limo.
censc, many still insists that he is guilty.
Would it not be well TO write to the
proper officers of EI Dorado county CAL
and get the facts