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Year: 1875

Some of our subscribers are paying
up the old score, and renewing by
paying year in advance. We hope
that this good and pleasant work will
go on until all can say, II owe the
printer nothing"


In adopting the advance payment
system, we have concluded to reduce
the price of THE ADVERTISER to 81 so
a year, so thst none can have the ex-
cuse of taking an eastern paper in
stead of their home paper, because an
eastern. paper can be had so much
cheaper. In exacting advance pay
ment at this reduced rate. we ask
nothing unreasonable of our friends
and patrons. They cannot get an
eastern paper without pay in advance.
and We certainly cannot understand
why their home paper. which uses its
direct and special influence to advance
their prosperity. should be treated
with less liberality and respect than
an eastern paper which is not at all
interested In either the veal or woe
of our people and county.


Now, remember that we have no
other terms for our paper-no two
dollars at the end of the year, nor
anything of that kind; our only
terms by the year is 81 so in advance


Believing that this new order of
things Will meet with the hearty ap-
probation of all our old and new SUBJ
scribers, we invite them to call and
see US, and pay up old arrears. if they
owe any, and $3.50 for the year to
come
Year: 1875

- Prof. Tice is not guessing well at
the weather this winter, so far as this
portion of Nebraska is concerned


He said in his published prognOstica-
tions, "The coming winter will Ger.
tainly not he an agreeable one." We
may find it so by spring. but up to
the present time we would not desire
to see more agreeable winter weather
Year: 1875

We return thanks to our friend
at Peru for the items furnished us this
week. They do first rate, and we
would be pleased to receive, weekly,
from the same person, something for
publication.
Year: 1875

IF you want any printing done
call at THE ADVERTISER office. We
are as we'll prepared as any office in
the State TO do almost any kind of
job printing in the neatest style,
promptly and cheap.
Year: 1875

W This mark on your paper indi-
n Gates that your subscription il


out, or nearly so, and that pay
ment must be made soon or your
name will be stricken from our sub
scription list.
Year: 1875

j. A. Sanders, 21S Market street, is now
selling his large stock of imported plaids at
1871 cents. They are selling rapidly and
those who wish to purchase had better cal
soon. His stock is large but will not last
long at the present rate of sales. He purch-
ased all the goods of the lot there was In the
market and when the stock is exhausted it
will be impossible to obtain more. If YOU
want anything else in his line, give him a
call. 21S Market street.
Year: 1875

The best modistes, says fashion jour- nal, are making coat sleeves almost close-ftting, yet far shorter than former ly, with faring cuffs or plaited frills around the wrist to show the white inner frill or lace. A great many puffed and shirred sleeves are worn, but the plain coat sleeve is preferred for dresses worn in the street. Cuffs are of simple shape, merely corded on the edge, and decorated by small bow two plaitings, headed with 8 scarf of gros grain ribbon or 8 bias band of the material or of the trim ming, trim grenadine sleeves. Basques are as long -waisted as the wearer's figure will permit, and follow the natural out line of the figure as closely as possible. Long side forms in the back are seen on most French dresses. Vest-shaped trimmings and long revers collars, with square corners low on the breast, are fashionable for the fronts of basques. It seems almost impossible to make the neck of the dress too high and close for style, no matter how great the discom- fort. Skirts of French dresses are made longer in front and on the sides than for merly, concealing the foot entirely. Side plaitings for trimming skirts of dresses are not made as full as they were formerly. The fashionable modistes now use twice and half the length of the space to be covered, instead of three times the length. These plaits must be caught on the wrong side in the middle, pressed fatly above, and allowed to flare below rows of sewing machine stitching holding them in place may make them more regular looking, but add nothing to their beauty.
Year: 1875

Although the Colorado potato beetle agricultural counties of Long Island, the farmers are suffering from the depreda- tions of another pest, in some respects even more formidable. The army worm has made it's appearance in untold num- bers, and the green fields of oats and corn are disappearing on the line of it's devastating march as though swept away by fire. The worm eats scarcely any thing but the green and succulent stems which connect the grain to the stalk. The kernels drop to the ground, which is thus often literally covered with the "cut " oats, while the stalks are left standing upright and naked.

 The worms made their appearance first in July, but as every care was taken to prevent their ravages it was not believed the damage would be serious. Of sud- den, however, they appeared to swarm in the fields, destroying crop in single day. On Friday one farmer examined his oats and they were doing finely. On the Monday following four hundred bushels out of his five hundred were destroyed.

 The worm or caterpillar is from half an inch to two inches long, brownlsh, with white stripe running the whole length of the body. The appearance and disappearance of the pests are very sudden, and they are terribly voracious. While preferring oats, they do not hesi- tate to attack other fields, and more par ticularly seem to relish corn, up the stalks of which they crawl, eating the tender leaves, entering the ends of the buds, and completely eating up the growing ear, both kernel and cob. They often cross highways in their march, though deep cut hole often stops their progress until it is filled with the fore most, when those behind will pass over the bodies of their predecessors. The best protection of the farmer, therefore, is ditching or ploughing around their fields. The worms fall into the ditch or furrow and can then be destroyed by burning straw over them. Some fifteen years ago these worms made their appearance ill the same sections of Long Island, but their number was almost as nothing in comparison with that of the present year.
Year: 1875

For me nothing is more interesting than to see man in the first intense strain of new enterprise. It may be a new cider-mill; it may be a new news paper. It is a grand crisis in that man s life. He lived thirty days in one. Old, trite proverbs take on new and startling meanings. He looks upon all men and all things in strange new light. He judges all men and all things with re- gard to the accomplishment of his one, supreme design. During 8 certain time the stars in their courses fight for him ; then the very universe changes it's direc- tion, and pushes with all it's weight against his tottering walls; another change, and thousand accidents are in his favor. He does not know until years afterwards with what concentration he labored in those days of beginning. He smiles at himself, and tells pleasant stories of his makeshifts and absorption; and now, when he sees another and younger person starting his cider-mill with the old outworn enthusiasm, he looks on with the same half-sympathetic, half cynical interest with which an old married man contemplates two young people who have just fallen in love.
Year: 1875

8 chance, for the inwardly inclined teeth of the rattlesnake are surely sending the morsel out of sight forever. A violent | jerking succeeds no better, and now he | quickly sends coil upon coil around the rattlesnake, putting in operation his greater power. The rattlesnake keeps his hold with praiseworthy tenacity, his eyes fashe with rage; his head is swol. len to the utmost. His assailant is thoroughly in earnest; he is all action. A great commotion is aroused among the other snakes. The member from Flori- da retires to the gallery; the second rat tlesnake is awakened into activity by the plaintive cries of the half swallowed rabbit; and the blacksnakes are darting through the green grass and clover in search of more prey.

 A crowd of interested spectators had now collected. There was now first rate "snake fight" at hand, certainly, and there seemed to us no reason to doubt that the blacksnake would win by crushing the other to death. We were doomed to disappointment; for the ten der-hearted Mike could not see his pets endangered to gratify us, and he wisely essayed to "part 'em.' This was 8 task of no little difficulty. He pushed.a pole through the coils of the blacksnake and shook him vigorously for whole. At last the reptile released his hold.

 It is urged by. some naturalists that the blacksnake does not exert crushing power by the coil. On this occasion, certainly, our specimen seemed ready to encircle his enemy to some purpose. He did succeed in wrapping coil upon coil around him, causing enormous disten- tion of his jaws, but not quite releasing his prey from his teeth. What might have occurred had the battle lasted longer we cannot say. It seemed as if the continuance of such crushing power would result disastSously for the victim. When the blacksnake struck the rabbit it instantly and adroitly used it's coils to arrest it, managing them as man would his hand to grasp steady object.

 It is a singular sight, that of reptile swallowing prey apparently so much larger than itself. The devouring jaws are flexible to the utmost, and the under jaw is so articulated in the middle that it is completely fattened in the act of deglutition. The whole region of the jaws and fauces is so flexible as to admit of enormous distention, while the teeth, being inclined inward, easily assist the slightest movement in driving the food down.-EVe91ing Post.
Year: 1875

The New Hampshire tramp law, enacted for the suppression of vagrancy, if thoroughly enforced, must lessen the number of tramps who now overrun the State. The law is severe one, but per haps none too severe. The first section provides as follows: If any person shall be a public vagrant, beggar, or tramp, or shall go about from place to place ask ing or subsisting upon charity, or without visible means of support, he may. upon complaint before any justice or police court, be sentenced to hard labor upon any county farm, or in any house of cor rection or common jail, not exceeding six months. And any act of begging or vagrancy shall be taken to be evidence of the commission of the offenses above described.
Year: 1875

There is more independence and sim plicity in toilettes this summer than for many previous seasons, fashion journal tells us. Ladies who think more of com fort than display can spend plesant holiday at Saratoga or any other water ing-place provided with couple of cam brio or nansook suits for day wear, 8 grenadine and silk dress for dinner and evening. With handsomely dressed coiffure, pretty lawn suit, and an um- brella of dark silk or ecru, ladies spend a whole day on the piazza, on the lawn, at croquet, or walking about the shady streets to and from the springs Q veil is sometimes added to protect the coiffure from stiff breezes "a hat is only needed for drives.
Year: 1875

The impression prevails abroad that Postmaster General Jewell will advocate before Congress the abolition of the car Tier system in cities with 8 population less than 100000. A Washington dis patch says this is 8 mistake. Were the question 8 new one he would hesitate about establishing free delivery in the smaller cities, but as the system, has already been established he has no idea of reversing the action heretofore taken,

 but will do all he can to promote the efficiency of this branch of the service.
Year: 1875

4 large cinnamon bear, kept at Card.


wells Hotel, in Sacramento, Cal, was


brought into the bar-room on the 18th inst.


at the request Of guests who had expressed


desire to see him accomplish the feat of


drinking glass of whisky. The Sacra-


mento Union tells the rest of the story:


" The barkccper promptly prepared a
whisky punch and placed it on the counter


before linn. The bear placed his rore-paws
on the edge Of the counter, and drank the


liquid with apparent relish, many of the
eXcursionists meanwhile patting him or
feeling his coat. The glass having been
drained Of Its contents, the barkeepcr COM
pounded second punch and PASSED it to
the bear with his left hand. but ut that
moment one of the LyStandcrs playfullv
took the bear by the ear. The beast.
becoming enraged, seized the barkecpcr's
hand, sinking his teeth deep in the heshv
portion of it, and attempting meanwhile
to pull the man over the counter. The


keeper beat the bear over the head to make
him let 60, but without the desired effect.
The bartender drew revolver and pointed
1t at the animals head, but did not fire,
fearing the shot might not be fatal. All
efforts to make the bear loose his hold
failed, and in the end the hand had to be
pulled by main force out of his laws,
causing terrible laccration, strings of flesh
hanging down as the hand was finally with
drawn. The bear now grew much moro
violent, and the crowd of ladies and gentle
men that had filled the saloon became
paniC-stricken and fed in all directions,
the men shouting and the women scream
ing. The keeper, however, having hold of
the bears chain took turn around n post
the ceiling of the apartment
and kept him from doing further hurt, and
finally, after a considerable beating, he was
to his cage. A physician, who
the eXcursionists, did honor
to his profession by remaining and dressing
the barkeeper's wounded hand while the
others were dispensing. The barkeeper,
whose wonderful nerve and courage were |
upon admireingly by all, he |
having scarcely changed color, notwith-
standing the intense pain, expressed his
determination to kill the bear, but the
keeper and others opposed him, and he
hen gave up his situation at the house in
liSOusf "
Year: 1875

The other day a gentleman was making
inquiry for the purpose of finding man
to ill responsible position in large mer-
camille house. He came to a person whom
he thought would be likely to give him
accurate and honest information concern.
ing several men whose names he had.
One was discussed, and another, and ano.
ther. Then the name Of Mr.-was
mentioned.


" The very man for the place; competent
and worthy in every respect but he can
not possibly be spared from the position he
now holds"


"Sir," said the gentleman, ",cc do nat
,eant a man who can be &paredr'


There was big volume in that remark.
We do not ,ram man rho can BE- SHARED
What II multitude of men who can be
spared cumbcr every avenue to promotion.
The barnacles, the sharks, the makeshifts.
somebody's nephews, somebody's protcgee,
somebody's good-for nothings. Young
man, please remember that these are not
the ones who are called for when response
Bile positions are to be filled. Would YOU
like to gauge your own fitness for position
OF prominence? Would you like to know
the probabilities of your getting such a
position? Inquire withinl What are you doing
to make yourself valuable il, the position vou
no'o occupy? If you are doing with your
might what your bands find to do. the
chances are ten to one that you will soon
become so valuable to that position that
you cannot be spared from IL and then, singu.
lar to relate, will be the very time when
you will be sought out by promotion for a
better place.


BE content to grade among the men rho
can be spared, and you may rest assured that
nothing will "spare you so certainly and
so easily as promotion -Er
Year: 1875

The whole nature and character of an
animal may be changed by the quality of
his food. If you feed tomato worm unon
tomato leaves, it will grow up a great.
coarse, clumsy worm, and, passing through
Its chrysalis state, come out butterfly.
with little beauty or attraction; but if YOU
feed the same worm upon different food.
the leaves ofroses and the petels of beauti
iul flowers, when it passes through its chry
sails state and comes out a butterfly. it will
be OF surprising brilliancy and beauty in
It's plumagc and its armature. And so of
the sllkworm. Feed it upon inferior diet
the leaves Of the forest-and it will
slcNen and perish but feed it upon the
leaves Of the mulberry, and it thrives and
grows until finally it wears its life awav
spinning its gossamer silken thread. The
same is true of the hog. Feed one upon
hard corn, another upon swill, another
upon distillers' slOps, and another upon
nuts and mast in the forest, and their flesh
will be totally different, as any butcher will
tell you. In fact, the diet any animal lives
upon will modify its constitution and charac-
ter, for better or worse, as the case may be.
Feed human being upon pork and gar
bagc and he will be inferior in health con.
sttution and endurance; feed him upon
beef and bread, and in constitution, health,
endurance and disposition he will be
superior. 49, Ucstcr0 Rural
Year: 1875

DANCING GOING OUT.-London seems to
have got tired of dancing When the Shah
was here no remark he made was more
relished than his question to the Prince of
Wales while the dancing was going on,
" Why do you not employ servants to do
this for you?' The perspiring prince could
hardly explain, but society generally seem
inclined to relegate dancing to the corps
de ballet. This has been especially the
case this season, when the new fashionable
skirts have gone to the extreme from the
Liberation of the ballet. A lady was re-
Gently heard to say, with sigh, "What
with being tied around below, l havan't
had good square sit down for three
months" When large ball is given there
is an apology for dancing, a few mincing
steps are taken, but presently the company
falls to admiring each others dresses, and
it all ends in music and talk. DANCING
bids fair to become Survival" as the
antiquarians say.-M D. Con,eav IN On
Com.
Year: 1875

In speaking of a persons faults,


Pray don't forget your own:
Remember those with house of glass


Should seldom throw a stone.
five have nothing else to do


But talk of those who sin,
'Tis better we should look at home,
And from that point begin.
We have no right to judge man


Until he is fairly tried;
should we not like his company,


We know the world IS wide
Some may have faults-and who has not?
The old as well as young.
Perhaps for aught we know.


Have fifty to the one
I'll tell you of a better plan.


l find it works full well,
To try my own defects to cure.


Before of others tell;
And though sometimes hope to be
No worse than some l know;
My own shortcomings bid me let
The faults of others go.
Then let us ALL when We commence
To SANDER friend or foe,
Think of the harm one word may do
T. th"se we little know;
Remeir, er that curses sometimes.
Like our chickens, " roost at home"
Don't speak of Others faults until
We have none ofour own.
Year: 1875

One of the hardest trials of those who
fall from afiluence and honor to poverty
and obscurity, is the discovery that the
attachment of so many in whom they con-
fided was a pretence, a mask to gain their
own ends, or was miserable shallowness.
Year: 1875

A married man bought spring chicken
in the market the other morning, and now
he thinks the reason it was called spring
chicken is because it will take him till next
spring to carve it, unless he uses nitro
glycerine.
Year: 1875

The only way in which we can get per.
mission to indulge in equivocations, and
evasions, and deceptions, which we refuse
to baptize lies, as they ought to be baptized
is by running our moral character down at
the heel.
Year: 1875

1t is easier to raise hundred dollars for
the purchase of gold watch to be presen.
ted to somebody who does not need il. than
it is to collect the same amount for soma
poor man, from the same person who
honestly owes him the money.
Year: 1875




Mr.. ThurOw Weed gives an interesting
reminiscence Of the late Vice President
wilson, who visited him less than month
since, when on his way to Wasbinoton
We talked about his being a candidate
for the Presidency" said Mr.. Weed. sand
saw that his whole heart was enlisted
For the last year or two his ambition got
the better of his judgment. Like most
men spoken of for the Presidency. the
thought came to possess him. 1t was his
misfortune, not an ofcnse Mr.. Wilson
showed nervousness during the last wear.
and this ambition aggravated the disease.
II he had been nominated and elected, he
would have died in the hour of victory.
and the disappointment of a defeat in Con-
yention or at the polls would likewise have
killed him. The judgment of postcrity
VIII be that he vas a second Roger Sher.
man, and astatesman. Hewas occasionally
closely allied with Thaddeus Stevens. He
admired Stevens in qualified sense. Mr.
Wilson was always trying to hold Sumner
back, to modify his views, and make him
more practical. The country will always
overestimate Sumner, think, though |
dislike to say it. Wilson was more useful
than Summer, though not 50 cultivated. I
think his great work on the RISE ANIL Fail of
the Stare Poercr displays wonderful ability.
research, and clear Judgment. lie never
visited me without talking about his book.
and frequently read me portions of the
manuscript. When last here he said il
was his intention to complete his volume
this winter. The hope of completing the
work buoyed him up during the last hour.
lie went to Saratoga during the summer to
write, but became weary and went South.
think the Presidential question troubled
him. He had great pride in feeling that
his book was the work which would make
his name live in history, and that it would
become the standard work on the great
question to which he gave the best part of
his life"
Year: 1875

We learn from the New Orleans
Times of the 10Th, that the Custom
House crowd is commencing already
to prepare for the coming campaign.
Caucuses are held daily in Packard's
and Casey's offices and every effort
will be put forward to secure the
State for the ''truly toll"


We think their efforts are fruitless
tho reign Of the thieves, liars and
scoundrels, of which the radical par
ty is composed, is fast drawing to a
close, and, unless our people make
asses or madnen of themselves the
next election will result in their total
scomiture.-Shreveport Times. sT


Some little stir is manifested in
this section, but We understand that
although the colored men "got the
word' as in the former halcyon days
Of radicalism, but they needed not,
nor did they come. The ''bugle blast"
days of thieves and robbers are over,
and no moro to ''their ringing sound"
will tho negro rally. They too have
felt the weight Of the incubus, and
arc as worn out with the rule Of these
bad men. ,'; $sa
Year: 1875

Judging from the average tone Of
the northern press, wemean Of course,
the Radical press, they have sudden
ly discovered what We all along cou-
tended, that We were a loyal people.
The conduct of Louisiana last year
did more to convince them that the
restiveness of the whites of the South
was not caused by a desire to enter
into a second rebellion, but from tho
rule of thieving whites and ignorant
negroes. We agree fully with the
Shreveport Times, that tho Southern
people are more loyal to the flag and
government, than those blatant demc-
gogues of the North, and time will
provo the correctness of the asser-
ton.