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THE HERALD. THE HE It A LIT. PUBLISHED CVERY THURSDAY AT HERA B. ADVEKTISIJIU A.TI:1. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA J. srACK-- i 1 w, 2 w.j 3 W. 1 in. 3 in. C in. lyr. 1 sjr... 1 00 iisa'jjoo $2 50 $.1 ' .j i oi $12 W OFFICE: 2 sqrs.. 1 !) a 10 00 It W 3 sqrs . 200 2-- ,b 4 00 4 75 Hull IJiW 2 Ot. On Vine St., One Block North of Main, col.. 6 00 8 001 10 00 12 00 2H Oil i 09 Corner of Fifth Street. hi Ol.. ft an, 12 00) ISOOi 18 OB 2.') 00 40 00 09 1 col . . lsnnl 1HOO 21 CMll Oil 40 M) no oo KM LARGEST I'AFEttlJI fIRClMTIO CASS COL'XTV. OK AXY JNO. A. MACMURPHY, Editor.) " PERSEVERANCE CONQUERS." (TERMS: $2.00 a Year. tAU Advertising bills due quarterly. fcTransient advertisement nawst be paii for in advance. Terms, ia Advance: One One One oopy, copy, six one three months year mouths $2.00 1.00 VOLUME XIII. PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1877. 1 NUMBER 18. Extra copies ef the HxniiD for sale by J. V. copy, 50 iounjr, FostotTlce news depot, and o. K. Jobu-sou.c- oi ner of Main tuid Fifth Streets. PIEST National Bank OF PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA, SfCCESSOE TO TOOTLE, IIAWA Jk. CLABK, John Fitzerald.. President, E. G. DoviY Vice President, A. W. MrLAUOHUX. Cashier. J ON II O'ltOUKltE Assistant Cashier, This Hank is now open for 'business at thel new room, corner Main and Sixth streets, and is prepared to transact a general BANKING BUSINESS. Stocks, Bondf, Gold, Government and Local Securities BOUOnT AND SOLD. Deposits Received and Interest Allow- - ' ed on Time Certificates. Available ki anv part of the United States and lu ail the Principal Towns and Cities of Europe. AGEJVTS FOR THE CELEBRATED Inman Line and Allan Line OF NTKAJIF.KS. Person wishing to bring out their friends from curope can TICKETS FROM US Tbraneh to PUttsmonth. O zn CD C w CD o O CD 03 o O S3 cj W o O CO i--. CJO 8 w 5 -- So? to CD CQ C3 3 3 13 t- -i c O o Ocu S- -i CD O o $- -1 Excelsior Barber Shop. J.C.BOONE, JLiin Street, opposite Saunders House. HAIR-CUTTIN- G, Stiavln? ana Shampooing. ESPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO flitting Children's and Iarilcs' Hair. CALL AXD SEE BOONE, GENTS, And K-- t a booue iti a WILLIAM HEROLD Keeps one of the Largest Stocks OF GROCERIES, IN TOWN. 40v? USTm. Seville, PROPRIETOR OF PALACE BILLIARD HALL. (Main St., east of First Nat. Bank.) rLATTSJIOt'TII, - - - XEJl iir BAR IS SUPPLIED WITH THR BEST WINES, LIQUORS, BEER, ETC. ETC. 40yl FOVADRY AND PLATTSMOUTH, XEU., Repairer of Steam Engines, Boilers, Saw and Grist Millf UA9 AD KTE.IM FITTItsGS, Wrought Iron Pipe, Forre and Lift Pipes.Steam Gauzes, Saletv-Valv- e Governors, and all kinds of iirass Fnpine Fittings, repaired on short notiee. KA.RM MACHINEKt Repaired on Short Notice. 49yl YO UNG!" 0 Can always be found at HatVs Old Stand, ready to sell the best Jleats YOUNG boys fresh fat cattle, sheep, hop r. direct from the farmers every day, and his meats are always good. CAME, FISII, AND FOWL, IN SEASON SyL SAGE BROTHERS, Dealers in ETC., ETC., ETC. ne Poor Eaot of the Post-Offic- e, riuttsmoutn, Nebraska. ... : O : Practical Workers in SHEET IRON, ZINC, TIN, BRA-ZIER- Y, tf c dc Large assortment of Hard and. Soft COAL STOVES, Wood and Coal Stoves for HEATING OR COOKING, Always on Hand. Every varietv of Tin, Sheet Iron, and Zinc "Work, kept in Stock. MAKING AND REPAIRING, Done on Short Notice. IZF'E VER TTBINQ WARRANTED ! .'J PRICES WW DOWX. SAGE BROS. h NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. C FANCY CARDS all styles with name, 10 cts. a U post paid. J. B. Hunted. Na.sau.Keti t.'o.N.Y. LATI13 Eegiat Koae t'rl Met, Bnsitpia sal Ft&dtt Crept, Srat foftptid to say rosdsr cttti. Tfires Bets for 60 CtlU. In Cor. rency or Stamps. t. A THOMSON Cau&fiMS.KV israv TBIFLINu WITH A COLD IS ALWAYS DANGEliOUS. TJSE WELLs' CARBOLIC TABLETS a sure remedy for COUQHS, and all diseases of the THROAT, LUXQS, CHEST AND 31U COVS MEMBRANE. PUT UP ONLY IN BLUE BOXES. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. C. N. CRITTENTON. 7 SlxthAvenue. N. Y A fDCATArPPDII We will du hurchi urrcniirini; the Hard Time dipoe lOO llAOM A OUUAXH.nrw and second-han- d of tlrt rlsss makers Inelodinsr 1VATKKS' at lowrrprires foreasli or ItiMtnll men tH or oiei uiiiii paiu ror man ever brrorr or-rere- d. WATKRS' UHAVU SUl'AKB ana 1 I"tt 1 1, il l" 1 l.MIS j I ic-H- VEAIKAXI) UOt lOIU)are the iitsi jiAiiti. 7 wetave riaaossijo. 71-.- I do 9 1 GO not nxed a yrnv. "2" Kton OriranH 50 4 KlevsSlS. 7 Ktons K6M. H Ktops75. lOHtopsSSS. ia tatops ioo rasn,not nsea a yar. in perrert order ana warranted. IM'. liana I KAVKL-I- X ACSK'I'm WANTED. lilatstrated Catalogues Mailed. A liberal discount to teach -- ers.mmister, churches. &c. Sheet music at half price. HORACE WATERS & SONS. Manufac- turers ami dealers, 40 East llth St., Union Square xew lore. lit! SCIIENCK'S SEA WEED TONIC. Purine the summer months, the lethanrv pro duced by the heat takes away the desire for wholesome food, and frequent perspiration re- duce bodily energy. In order to keep a natural healthful activity of the system we must resort to ariilicial means. For this ournose Schenck's set weio i onic is very enectuai. a lew noses will create an appetite and give fresh vigor to me enervated oouy. FOR DYSPEPSIA IT IS INVALUABLE. Many eminent physicians have doubted whet h er dyspepsia can be permanently cured by the drugs which are geuerally employed for that purpose, Tha SEA WEED TONIC iu its nature is totally different from such drugs. It contains no corrosive minerals or acids ; in fact it asuists regular operations of nature, and supplies her ueucieiicics. i.ii DR. JAS. CHARLES OFFICES No.232 and 236, Fnrnham fit., Omaha. XcV .Preservation of the Xatnral Teeth Made a Specialty. Oldest practicing Dentist in the City. J. G- - CHAMBERS, Manufacturer of and Dealer in SADDLES, COLLARS, HALTERS, WHIPS, ETC., ETC., ETC. REPAIRING Done with Neatness! Dispatch. The onlv Dlaee In town where "Turlev's nat- - eut self adjustable horse collars are sold." ' 4am t HO FOR THE IN PLATTSMOUTH. AMt CKiAlt STOKR -- OF old stand still kept pen by the above. CIGARS, TOBACCOS, d-- WHOLE SALE d' RETAIL. WK KEEP Good Goods, Buy Largely And invite trade to call and examine, ltf MILE Good fresh mil DELIVERED AILY! -- AT- EVERTBODT'S HOME IN PLATTSMOUTH IF THET WAST IT, BT J. F. IJCAlIEISTCIt. SSKD IN TOUR ORDERS AND I WILL TBI A5D UIVE ru 40yl and serve you regularly. O. F. JOHNSON, DEALER IN Drugs Medicines? WALL BAPBB, All Paper Trimmed Free of Charge. ALSO DEALER IN Stationery, Magazines, AND Latest Publications. Prescriptions Carefully Compounded by an Experienced. Druesit. REMEMBER THE PLACE. COR. FIFTH & MAIN SIREEXSA PLATTSlIOmi. VTB. PROFESSIONAL CARDS B. I. YVIX1IIA3I, ATTORNEY and Counselor at Law. Real estate bought and sold. Taxes paid : and spe cial attention given to collections. Oflice over Lr. Chapman s Drug Store, Plattsinouth. 37yl H..51 .11 CIIAP3IAX. ATTORNEY AT LAW and Solicitor in Chan- - ee rv. onice in l ltzgerald's Block, Plattsmouth. euros liiu It. II. WIIEKI.CIC A CO. LAW OFFICE, Real Estate. Fire and Life In- surance Agents. Plattsmouth, Nebraska. Col- lectors, tax-payer- s. Have a complete abstract of titles. Buy and sell rey.l estate, negotiate loans, eic. i .".y i EOUAR I. STO.VE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, office with D. II. II. Wheeler & Co., Plattsmouth. Neb. I5yl K It LIVIXliftTOX, riixsiciAN ssuiaiEOX, tenders his pro- - iessionai services to ine citizens oi cass county. Residence southeast corner Sixth and Oak sts. : Office on Main street, two doors west of Sixth, UEO. . NMITII. ATTORNEY AT LAW and Real Estate Bro ker. Special attention given to Collections and all matters anecting tne title to real estate. Othce on 2d floor, over Post Oliice. Plattsmouth, Nebraska. 40 I. JOHX XV IIAIXKS JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, ami collector of debts, collections made from one dollar to one thousand dollars. Mortirages. Deeas. and oth er instruments drawn, and all countv business usually transacted before a Justice ofthe Peace. JJest or reference given u required. Oitiee on Maiu street, West of Court House. 40-- yl JOHN W. HAINES. OK. jr. M. WAT EltM ASf , Physio Medical Practitioner. LuuisvOle, Cass Co., Neb. fAlways at the office on Saturdays. 40yl PLATTSMOUTH MILLS. PLATTSMO UTII, NEB. C.HEISEL, Proprietor. Flour, Corn Mial, & Feed Always on hand and for sale at lowest cash prices. The lushest prices paid for Wheat and Corn. Particular attention given custom work. SAUNDERS HOUSE. J. S. GREGORY, - - - Proprietor. Location Central. Good Sample Room.. Every attention paid to guests. 43m3 Plattsmouth, - Neb. COMMERCIAL HOTEL, LINCOLN, NEB., J.J.IMUOFF, - - - Proprietor. The best known and most oonular Landlord in tnc Mate. Always stop at tne commercial. GRAND CENTRAL' HOTEL, Largest and finest Hotel be tween Chicago and San Francisco. GEO. THRALL, -- , - Prop. OMAHA. NEB. O. K. SALOON. I keep constantly on baud Best's Milwaukee Rcer. which can be had at no other PLACE IN THE CITY. AUo the best of WINES, LIQUORS, AND CIGARS. 3Cin6 Ed. Roseubanm. LENHOFF d- - BONNS, Morning Devr Saloon ! One door east of the Saunders House. "We Keep tne best of Beer, Wines, Liquors & Cigars. 33m9 Constantly on Hand. A Ureat Keduction in Prices of GUNS, REVOLVERS, &c. Prices reduced from 20 to 30 oer cent. Writ for Illustrated Catalogue, with reduced prices ivr i9ii. Auurtss, GREAT WESTERN GUN WORKS, 91 Sniithfleld St., Pittsburgh, Pa. lgyl H. A. WATERMAN & SON " I Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Pine Lumber, aSfl . Doors, Blinds, ETC.. ETC., ETC. Mai., street. Corner of Fifth, rLATTSMOUTII, - - - - NEB. Still Better Rates for Lumber. STltElGKT & MILIES, Harness Manufacturers, SADDLES BRIDLES. COLLARS. and all kinds of harness stock, constantly on hand. Fruit Confectionery, AND Grocery Store NUTS, CAJJDIES, TEAS COFFEES, SUGAKS, TOBA.CCOES, FLOUR, e. Remember the place opposite E. G. Dovey's on Lower Maiu Street. 21-l- y STREIGHT d- - MILLER. LANDJ-AND- ! BEST FARMING LANDS IN NEBRASKA, FOR SALE BY H3. d Mo. Bl. IX XEBRAHKA. Great Advantages to Buyers IX 1877. Ten Years Credit at 6 per cent Interest. Six Years Credit at 6 per cent Interest, and 20 per cent Discount. Other Liberal DIsroantN Far Cash, Uebate on Fares and Freights, and Premium tor improve- ments. Pamphlets and Jfaps. containing full partic- ulars, will be mailed free to any part ot the world on application to T. k t COJOUSalOXER, B. M. R. R. . loyl Lxxeour. Xzb&acxa ! "The Goodman and Goodwife." From the German of Goethe. falls St. Martin's feast, The goodwife loves her man ! She stirs a pudding with fresh yeast. And bakes it in a pan. Retired at night from care and strife ; A wild wind sweeps the moor. The goodinan eays to his goodwife, " You bolt the door secure 1" "The wind blows round my head and ears Half chilled I sought repose : The door may clatter a hundred years The bolt I will not close." At which a wager now is laid, v- - In whispers face to face, That which of them the first word said. Should shove the bolt in place. Two travelers come at dead of night. They know not where they flee. The fire is out, there is no light, They nothing hear or see. A charmed spot you have inferred For trying patience sore. Yet is there heard no mortal word. The cause lay in the door. They ate the pudding on the shelf, The darkness ijuite concealing ; The goodwife mutters to herself. No audible sound revealing. At this one traveler sighed within, "How parched my throat and dry ; The open cupboard smells of gin. Perhaps it may be nigh." "A flask of gin I surely find. How fortunate are we I drink your health aud you drink mine, And soon we'll happy be." The goodman sprang so briskly forth. All raging fierce within "Will pay most dearly for Its worth Whoever takes my gin !" The wife sprang up at what she heard The bouncing srii'gs sprang she "You goodinan spoke the first word. You bolt the door for me." Racine, Wis., July 10, 1877. IN HIS OWN TOILS. Sleep is th ligation of sense, but the library of reason. We are somewhat more Mian our selves in our sleep, and the slumber of the body seems to be but the walking ot the soul. Ltteii- - gio Medici. Tom and I were only brothers. Our parents having died while we were quite young, left us little besides their blessing, and alone, and almost friend less, we had struggled on together through misfortune and adversity, looking forward hopefully to a happy and successful future, Our lonely place in the world has strengthened an early affection, and at the time of. which I write the feeling had become a closer and warmer sentiment than that commonly existing between bro- thers. Indeed, we loved each other very dearly. I tell you this to show you now great was my sorrow ana anxiety when, one day in the latter part of June, 1870, Tom was brought to bed with a serious attack of typhoid fever. Being a medical student, I was constantly noting little symptoms that would have escaped a layman's eye, and hourly vacillating between hope and fear. In fact, I made myself very mis erable for days at a time, when there was really no necessity for it. For three long weeks, day and night, I watched at his bedside, and when, at the end of that time, the physicians pronounced him out of danger, they strongly advised me to go into the country for a few weeks' rest. Indeed I was thoroughly worn out mentally and physically, and, when Tom joined j i j a : 4.1 l.l I iue uuciuis in me iciiuesniwii siiuum go out of town to recuperate my vis vitoe, I reluctantly consented to leave him. I sought the country, and one fine afternoon in the latter part of July I found myself at Lake Mahopac, having arrived the day before. A short twen ty-fo- ur hours had made me feel almost myself again, - although my nervous system had by no means regained its face of the lake and the rich masses of verdure overhanging the shores of its two islands, I ventured forth in a little row boat, taking a fishing pole and some bait with me. Having puneu slowly out and passed behind Hound Island, I headed in again, and anchor ed at a little distance from Grand Is land. Casting my line. I lit my pipe and patiently waited for a bite. The day was war. and the wind fast asleep, miles away. A halt hour dron- ed itself away and not a bite not even a nibble. Wonderfully lazy and some what disgusted with my luck, I stretch ed myself out on the cushioned seat and began to muse on the subject of fish and fishermen. Suddenly there came a crashing sound from the shore of Grand Island, a loud cry, and then a thud, as if some heavy body had fallen. I looked m that di- rection whence the sound had come, and saw a large object, apparently the body of a man, lying on the shingly beach, where it seemed to have fallen from a jutting mass of rocks above surprised and alarmed, I seized the oars and pulled to the spot where the object lay. My fears were well ground- ed, for, to my horror.I found an oldman there, bloody, find groaning with pain. When I asked him where he thought he was hurt, he pointed to his head and leg. With true "surgical instinct," I was about to rip up the leg of his pantaloons, to see if there were any broken bones, when he motioned me to stop, and said : "Don't, please don't touch it. Take me home." "I'll arrange the boat first, and make it a little more comfortable," I said, starting toward it. "No, no," he cried. "I live up there," pointing to the woods behind us. "Can't you carry me r" I looked at blm. in. a ii amazement, for the clerk at the hotel told me that the islands were uniuhab-ite- d. "Some poor devil," I thought, who is hiding from justice, or some one, perhaps who, tired of the world and its ways, lives here by himself," Whichever it may be, the man seem- ed badly hurt and in need of immedi ate attention. More than that. I felt a strange interest in him, and was cur- ious to see where he lived and what manner of a man he was. Despite all my care in lifting him, he groand with the pain. lie was heavy, and seemed to grow heavier with every step I took up)the steep ascent.. Guided by a sort of path, I labored on. About half way up 1 was obliged to stop and rest. In a peevish, querulous tone, he begged me to go on. Once More I started. He seemed to be made of lead. Happen ing to look quickly into his face, I was surprised to see that he was smiling. Perhaps it was for joy at the prospect of soon reaching home. Still I did not like it. There was something sneer ing nd malignant about it something cunning and devilish. At best his face was anything but prepossessing. He was apparently about sixtv-fiv- e years of age. His hair originally white. was now dirty and bloodstained. His skin was dirty and wrinkled. Little fer rety eyes, with a greenish tinge of col or; long, sharp nose, and a very large mouth contained a few scattered teetli worn to the gums and blackened, com pietecl tne picture, liis nanus were yellow, wrinkled and dirty. The tin ger-nai- ls were talon-lik- e. His whole 'muke up," in fact, was by no means agreeable, and I began to regret chat I had aided him. And yet how could I have refused to help a fellow being so seriously injured? I wa suddenly roused by his sharp voice: "Stop. Now turn to your left." Ihis 1 did, when to ray utter amaze ment, the green-leav- e I trees had van ished, and in their place stood bare trunks and leafless branches. All about on the ground were mvriads of fa ded leaves. Just bevond was a clear ing with not a blade of grass to be seen. The baie. dry ground looked as though it had been singed. In the centre of the clearing stood an old, half-ruine- d castle, moss-chinke- d and ivied. Turret and battlement; court yard, huge gates, and a heavy, cumber some uraw-orulg- e were all there. I could not doubt my senses; it was real. I had stopped in my wonder and per- plexity, and was gazing with open-mouth- ed astonishment at the old pile when I was suddenly made aware of the presence of the old man by a sharp pinch on my arm, and the words 'why don't you go on!" impatiently. Is that your home?" I asked, still staring in a mechanical sort of way. "Of course it is. Why don't you go on, and not stana staring iiKe a iooi t 'They told me at the hotel," said I moving forward, "that this island hadn't a dwelling on it, and was en- tirely uninhabited. I can't reconcile what I heard with what I now see." 'They seem to have been mistaken eh?" said he, with one of his develish laughs. This time I was not mistaken. There wa3 some hidden meaning in the laugh. J Whatever it was. it gave me a very positive dislike to the old man. Hav- ing reached the shore of the moat. I asked him how we were to get across. for an answer he blew a shrill note upon a key of curious shape, and, as suddenly as if they had been waiting for us, two men in the garb of monks appeared on the other side. They let down the drawbridge with much clank ing of chains and creaking of hinges. Its rheumatic joints seemed to cry out with the pain the motion occasioned them. Carrying my burden as carefully as possible, I passed over the bridge and through the gate into the court yard. Once inside, the monkish creatures stood blinking at me. Becoming un- comfortable under their stare, and a finally getting irritated, I said: "Why don't one of you gapping fools tell where to take this person ; he is ser- iously injured?" "Hurt! injured! Ha, ha. hi, hi," and they capered round me, laughing in a shrill, discordent voices. I looked to my burden for an explanatin of this idiotic procedure, when, to my amaze- ment, he slid from my arms and in a jiffy was laughing and dancing about me with the others. He whose leg I supposed was broken, whose head I thought gashed, and whom I thought to weak to walk, was capering about me, varying his antics with an occa- sional somersault. In a moment the truth flashed upon me. I could account for his request that I should not ex- amine his leg, and his. cunning, devil- ish smile. I had been led into a trap in a very ingenious manner. Their purpose I could not conjecture ; prob- ably robbery, possibly murder. I re- solved to make my escape, if it was possible. Turning suddenly I rushed through the gate, when, to my dismay, I found the drawbridge up. And yet these cursed people were at my heels, shrieking, laughing, deriding me, tear- ing my clothes, pulling my hair, and cleverly dodging every blow I aimed at them. There remained but one thing for me to do. I must cross the moat. I ! B:if- - tUUlU O J.UJ a a UkJivv w w - 0 fled again! As far as I could see, the muddy bottom of the moat swarmed w itu lizards and snakes, the latter with vibrile heads, shooting out their forked tongues. Still my tormentors contin ued their cruel sport. Thought swept along like a river. I could let the drawbridge down, if these devils could only be made to scand back. I seiz eu a nuge sticK, and rusued upon them. They laughed at me. I would be revenged. They should mock me no longer. I aimed a fierce Diow at my deceiver. .Midway in air the stick crumbled to pieces. It was rotten. Dropping the fragment from my hand, I rushed to the bridge, fol- lowed by those devils, still howling and shrieking. I grasped the huge chain, and then with a cry of pain snatched my hands away. It was red hot. I had burned myself badly. "Surely this must be Perdition!" I cried and was greeted with more of their derisive laughter. I turned upon them, and said, "What is it you wish I am your prisoner, and at your mer- cy. "Mercy, our mercy," they jeered. Oh, if I had only Drought my pistol with me. It lay on the bureau in my room at the hotel. "Hi! there! Stop that, you fools. Bring him in!" The voice came from it window in the castle. I could not see the face. These men on the first sound of that voice, crouched like whipped dogs. They pointed to the Kreat door of the castle, snarling and looking hate at me, and, following close upon my heels bade me enter. Up the stairs I went, feeling as I passed through the door, that I had looked for the List time on earth and sky. They hurried me along j a small dark passage r.o the right for a short distance, when suddenly mv feet felt nothing, and I fell down, down.down.it semM thousands of feet. Suddenly I struck something soft, and fell flat upon an immense pile of feathers. The little old man who had decoyed me to the castle, and many others looking just like him, pulled me quickly from where I had fallen, and lurried rne out into the cpntfr of the ipartnient. It was a large, window- - apartment, lit by some fragrant preparation burning in skull.-- , on ledges about the room. The floor, walls and ceiling wr re composed of rock and clay. In the enter of the room was a large tub, ai-ou- t winch were arranged brushes of every shape and size. These greyheaded demons stripped me Df my clothes, and raised me upon their shoulders, tossed me into the huge tub. t was half-fille- d with a smouing liq uid. Oh! how hot it was! In a few minutes they dragged me out, stood me upon some feathers, and, dipping from the tub with their huge white wash brushes, gave coat after coat of the hot fluid. Taking ine between them, they swung me into t he air. I began to dry. I felt my arms and legs straightening out, and getting stiff and mmovaole; so. too, my neck and body. I tried to speak to cry out. It was useless. I only muttered something unintelligible. I could not close my eyes, and they began to pain me ex- - ceedingly. When I was perfectly dry and incapable of the least movement one of them painted on my chest, in red, No. 8,5.5j-G78- , 3d series. When this had dried they put me in a dumb- waiter or elevator, just large enough for one, and shot me upward with such veloc ity that I could hardly, hold my breath. Suddenly it stopped with a jerk tliiit vibrated through every part of my body. It was a pleasure, that pain, for it was a certain sign of vital- ity. I no longer doubled that I was alive. A door opeued and two old men (they all looked and dressed alike) caught me up between them and car- ried me into a brilliantly lighted hall. There were rows of seals, bench above bench, all occupied by men wearing black skull-cap- s. Upon the front of each was tastefully worked in red silk the heart and its great vessels. Upon raised seat, fronting all these bench- es, (which were arranged in a semicir- cle) sat a man of large and command- ing stature, though old and wrinkled. He had a long, grey beard, and locks of white hair stragling from beneath skull-ca- p of brilliant scarlet. He struck me as being the one who had called to my captors from the window. Banged about the room were a number of men as stiff and immovable as my- self. But they seemed to be dead. A thrill of horror ran through me. They stood me up against a table in the cen- ter of the amphitheater, facing the man on the raised seat. I wondered what end there was to bo to these proceedings. All my fear seemed to have passed away, and I was posessed with an eager curiosity to know who the strange men were, and why I had been brought there. I was soon enlightened. He of the scarlet cap addressed me: "Your name?" "Edward Baker" after a sharp vocal struggle. "Your age?" "Twenty-four.- " "Occupation?" "Medical student." A chorous of groans greeted my last reply. "Young man," said he of scarlet cap, "it is my duty and pleasure to explain to you fully who we are, and why you have been brought here. We are the Bpirits. the souls if you choose, of dead animals clothed in human flesh An- - .imals that have been cruelly drugged V. A 1 9 A. A .... aiiu vuicuereu to inrow lignt upon various piijsiological phenomena. " We are, or rather were, dogs, cats, sheep, horses, cows, rabits, frogs , toads, and fish, that have been ruthlessly torment ed and butchered by the so-call- ed men of science, often without any definite object in view ; often to simply demon strate to a class of country bumkias aspiring to the title of Doclor in Medi cine, a point in physiology that could have been equally well explained with out such sacrifice. We have been cut burned, subjected to violent shocks of electricity; starved to death to prove that butter and sugar will not sustain life for a lengthened period. We have had tubes sewn into our Btomach, and our gastric juoe drained off to give to the physiological chemist to analyze it We have had our intestines tied, and j our Kiuneys extirpated, to make or break the wild ancy of an empty the orist, and then been killed to show the manner in which Rochelle salts acted We had our nerves cut out by the inch to demonstratethe reproduction of nerve tissue. Our legs have boen been broken and allowed to unite at all sorts of angles to show the nature of the bonytructure and the manner in which fractures united. In fact, doc tors, Medical students and men of sci ence, have taken from us the life God gaveus,and, when not doing that, have taken away the pleasure of li ving.which is life itself. It is bad enough to hack and mutilate the dead, fashioned in the image of their niliker, but worse, to torment and kill poor animals that cannot help themselves. You hurt us. did you not hear us cry out. Within the past year, you too, have been our persecutor and destroyer, and it is given us to retaliate upon you. Upon those whom we obtain we try all manner of physiological experi- ments, being guided in our cruelty by the old law 'an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth." The rabbit whose kidneys you removed not long' since and who died in the most intense ago ny, is here. He shall name the kind of experiment we will try upon you Rjil.bit step forward and name his fate. I was bonified beyond measure. could not speak. I could not beg. Now I iaw it all but too late. An old greybeard came forward and handed a paper to him of the scarlet cap. Having read it carefully he ad dressed the assembly with: 'Brethem it is the will of our friend and fellow sufferer, so mercilessly butchered by thi3 human being, that both his legs be broken at the thighs and that he be then poisoned with etrichnia, in order that we may try our new antidote up- on him. Nicotia, the native principal of tobacco, as you know is a deadly poison, and heretofore found no place in the catalogue of useful drugs. A physician in Germany has lately been using it as an efficient antidote in strychnia poisoning. We can test the truth of his statements by a careful experiment on this young man, and with both pleasure and profit to our selves. Honored President and brethem," said an old man rising from nis seat, I am the dog into whose stomach this mortal put a silver tube, by cutting through ray abdominal walls. He let it remain there for months, draining away my gastric juice, day by day, starving or over-feedi- ng me at his pleasure. I speak of these things not to show you what I have suffered, but to let you see that I am not ..biased in what I am about to say by any desire to mitigate this man's sufferings. The success or our antidote experiment will, in a great measure, depend upon a perfectly fresh and quiesent state of the system. Breaking his legs will give rise to a certain amount of ner vous shock and after-feve- r, and will render the experimen, if not a failure certainly less satisfactory and conclu- sive. Therefore, I suggest that we proceed first with the poisoning, and break the legs af terward. Victim as I was, doomed to most certain death, I could not but admire the thouroughly scientific manner in which the old man (or dog) had spok- en. The vote of the assembly being called for, they unanimously agreed with the last speaker. It was decided then to poison me with strychnine. Great God! it was too much; it was too hard. I would spit the medicine in their faces. I would starve to death rather than satisfy the fiends. Oh if I had never studied medicine, or if I had only staid away from that cursed lake! But no, it wa3 too late too late. My eyes were dry,-glaze- and burning, like coals of fire. Perhaps they would throw pepper in them and collect the tears for analysis. Thus ran my thoughts. The President motioned to an old man, who proved to be the druggist. He came forward and held a glass to my lips. I struggled to turn my head aside. It was useless. He poured the liquid into my mouth and tilted my head back, trying to make me swallow it. With a fierce effort I spat it out, full in his face. Ah! ha! I had the advantage of them. They could not make me swallow it. The enraged druggist struck me in the face, and, glaring angrily at me, re- plenished the glass. He held my nose and tried to make me swallow the curs- ed fluid Again I spat it out. A mur- mur of surprise and dissatisfaction ent roucd-Tbe- y wcwbafled! Perd. tionj That crafty scientific dog roso again to speak. "Honorable President, I suggest that it bo given to Lim by the hypodermic syringe." Great Heavens! 1 had not thought of that. Surely I could no longer help myself. It was useless to fight against my fate. The druggist brought a lit- tle syringe about three inched In length. As a nozzle it had a golden needlo per- forated. Putting the hollow needle in- to a fresh solution of strychnine he drew the syringe full, and, piercing tho skin of my arm with the golden needle, pushed in the injection. I was furious with pain and rage ; yet I oould not move. Tho mysterious varnish or glue kept mo immovable. I struggled in my mind, but no movement of my limbs answered tho effort of my will. The sensation was something terrible. God pity the paralyzed 1 The solution of strychnine must have been a very powerful one, for in a lew moments I felt it tingling through my veins. My head began to ache and throb ; my bones seemed to be grinding against each other; my breath came quick, my heart seemed in a vise; spots danced before my eyes ; a sudden tremor shook my frame; then a convulsive agony, and tho glue, fell scaling to the floor. With chattering teeth I prayed for death, but they laughed at and mocked me. The lights in the room became blurred and misty, and seemed to be dancing about madly ; the faces of the old men began to grow more and more distant, and my body. but a moment before stiff and immov- able, was twisted about and distorted with the most hideous conyulsions. Then a blank. When I regained consciousness thero was the taste of nicotine in my mouth. my limbs were, oh, so sore, and my head seemed throbbing responses to a trip hammer. Then I heard voices. At first they sounded distant and unintelli gible. Then they became more dis- tinct, and I could understand what was said. "A wonderful success," said one. "Excellent," said another. "Didn't enjoy it much," said a third, chuckling. "He will appreciate how we felt when the doctors and physiologists were tor- turing us," remarked a fourth. "I hope the fool isn't dead," charita- bly remarked one of them, "for we pro- pose to experiment upon the circula- tion during hanging, after we break his legs." Great God! were they not satisfied? Had I not suffered enough already? It seemed not. I was suddenly aroused by some one's running a heated needlo into my flesh. "Now, brethren," said the president, "let us proceed at once to the second ex periment." They carried me to a table, upon the edge of which were set two heavy, flat steel rings. My legs wero drawn through them, and the bands screwed tight. A man grasped each leg, and gave a sudden side-wis- e jerk. There was a loud snap, and my limbs hung down limp and useless. The pain was severe, but not so great as I expected it would be. Hut soon. the position in which the leg3 hung, caused the sharp end of the broken bones to cut through the muscles. I groaned. The pain became Intense ; I could stand it no longer, and fainted. When I came to my senses I was laid out upon another table. Those Inter nal scientists were attaching a sphyg-mogra- ph to each wrist to register tho frequency and "measure of each pulso beat on a slip of paper. They also strapped oa my chest an apparatus for noting the force and frequency of my heart-beat- s and the number of my re spirations. I felt resigned. I had given up all hope of life, and was glad to die, it mattered little how. They were evi- dently going to hang me. They raised me to a sitting posture, put tho nooso about my neck, and began to pull up slowly. Their science far outweighed their humanity. I felt that I was strangling. My windpipe was in a vise. I could not breathe. I felt my face swelling and my eyes starting from their sockets. I tried to struggle but could not. They had probably give me some paralyzing drug, for struggling would have inter fered with their experiment. My faco burned, my head seemed about to split ; my ears rang, and spots and flashes of fire danced before my eyes. It was all over ; the end had come. No! no! I suddenly gained the use of my hands. In a moment my fingers were twisted in the rope. I loosed the noose and tore It from my neck. My eyes opened. I was lying down and in a boat. I had been fast asleep and dreaming. The cord about my neck was my fish-lin- e, and at the other end was a threo pound bass, pulling for dear life. Tho taste of nicotine was from my pipe, the amber mouth-piec- e of which I still held clutched in my teeth. Looking at my watch I found that J had been asleep about twenty minutes. I looked toward Grand Island. There, it was as green and quiet as ever. But, heavens! what a dream. From that day to this I have never experi- mented on an animal. My human conscience, in a dream, had retaliated upon my Jnhuman sci- ence, and yet my conscience, while I was operating on animals, had never found fault with toy act.
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IN HIS OWN TOILS.

Sleep is th ligation of sense, but the libraryof reason. We are somewhat more Mian ourselves in our sleep, and the slumber of the bodyseems to be but the walking ot the soul. Ltteii- -gio Medici.

Tom and I were only brothers. Ourparents having died while we werequite young, left us little besides theirblessing, and alone, and almost friendless, we had struggled on togetherthrough misfortune and adversity,looking forward hopefully to a happyand successful future, Our lonelyplace in the world has strengthened anearly affection, and at the time of.which I write the feeling had becomea closer and warmer sentiment thanthat commonly existing between bro-

thers. Indeed, we loved each othervery dearly. I tell you this to showyou now great was my sorrow anaanxiety when, one day in the latterpart of June, 1870, Tom was broughtto bed with a serious attack of typhoidfever. Being a medical student, I wasconstantly noting little symptoms thatwould have escaped a layman's eye, andhourly vacillating between hope andfear. In fact, I made myself very miserable for days at a time, when therewas really no necessity for it.

For three long weeks, day and night,I watched at his bedside, and when, atthe end of that time, the physicianspronounced him out of danger, theystrongly advised me to go into thecountry for a few weeks' rest. IndeedI was thoroughly worn out mentallyand physically, and, when Tom joinedj i j a : 4.1 l.l I

iue uuciuis in me iciiuesniwii siiuumgo out of town to recuperate my visvitoe, I reluctantly consented to leavehim.

I sought the country, and one fineafternoon in the latter part of July Ifound myself at Lake Mahopac, havingarrived the day before. A short twenty-fo- ur hours had made me feel almostmyself again, - although my nervoussystem had by no means regained its

face of the lake and the rich masses ofverdure overhanging the shores of itstwo islands, I ventured forth in a littlerow boat, taking a fishing pole andsome bait with me. Having puneuslowly out and passed behind HoundIsland, I headed in again, and anchored at a little distance from Grand Island. Casting my line. I lit my pipeand patiently waited for a bite. Theday was war. and the wind fastasleep, miles away. A halt hour dron-ed itself away and not a bite not evena nibble. Wonderfully lazy and somewhat disgusted with my luck, I stretched myself out on the cushioned seatand began to muse on the subject offish and fishermen.Suddenly there came a crashing sound

from the shore of Grand Island, a loudcry, and then a thud, as if some heavybody had fallen. I looked m that di-

rection whence the sound had come,and saw a large object, apparently thebody of a man, lying on the shinglybeach, where it seemed to have fallenfrom a jutting mass of rocks abovesurprised and alarmed, I seized theoars and pulled to the spot where theobject lay. My fears were well ground-ed, for, to my horror.I found an oldmanthere, bloody, find groaning with pain.When I asked him where he thoughthe was hurt, he pointed to his headand leg. With true "surgical instinct,"I was about to rip up the leg of hispantaloons, to see if there were anybroken bones, when he motioned me tostop, and said :

"Don't, please don't touch it. Takeme home."

"I'll arrange the boat first, and makeit a little more comfortable," I said,starting toward it.

"No, no," he cried. "I live up there,"pointing to the woods behind us. "Can'tyou carry me r" I looked at blm. in.

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amazement, for the clerk at the hoteltold me that the islands were uniuhab-ite- d.

"Some poor devil," I thought, whois hiding from justice, or some one,perhaps who, tired of the world andits ways, lives here by himself,"

Whichever it may be, the man seem-ed badly hurt and in need of immediate attention. More than that. I felt astrange interest in him, and was cur-ious to see where he lived and whatmanner of a man he was. Despite allmy care in lifting him, he groand withthe pain. lie was heavy, and seemedto grow heavier with every step I tookup)the steep ascent.. Guided by a sort ofpath, I labored on. About half way up1 was obliged to stop and rest. In apeevish, querulous tone, he begged meto go on. Once More I started. Heseemed to be made of lead. Happening to look quickly into his face, I wassurprised to see that he was smiling.Perhaps it was for joy at the prospectof soon reaching home. Still I did notlike it. There was something sneering nd malignant about it somethingcunning and devilish. At best hisface was anything but prepossessing.He was apparently about sixtv-fiv- e

years of age. His hair originally white.was now dirty and bloodstained. Hisskin was dirty and wrinkled. Little ferrety eyes, with a greenish tinge of color; long, sharp nose, and a very largemouth contained a few scattered teetliworn to the gums and blackened, compietecl tne picture, liis nanus wereyellow, wrinkled and dirty. The tinger-nai- ls were talon-lik- e. His whole'muke up," in fact, was by no meansagreeable, and I began to regret chatI had aided him. And yet how couldI have refused to help a fellow beingso seriously injured? I wa suddenlyroused by his sharp voice: "Stop. Nowturn to your left."

Ihis 1 did, when to ray utter amazement, the green-leav- e I trees had vanished, and in their place stood baretrunks and leafless branches. All about

on the ground were mvriads of faded leaves. Just bevond was a clearing with not a blade of grass to beseen. The baie. dry ground looked asthough it had been singed. In thecentre of the clearing stood an old,half-ruine- d castle, moss-chinke- d andivied. Turret and battlement; courtyard, huge gates, and a heavy, cumbersome uraw-orulg- e were all there. Icould not doubt my senses; it was real.I had stopped in my wonder and per-

plexity, and was gazing with open-mouth- ed

astonishment at the old pilewhen I was suddenly made aware ofthe presence of the old man by a sharppinch on my arm, and the words'why don't you go on!" impatiently.

Is that your home?" I asked, stillstaring in a mechanical sort of way.

"Of course it is. Why don't you goon, and not stana staring iiKe a iooi t

'They told me at the hotel," said Imoving forward, "that this islandhadn't a dwelling on it, and was en-

tirely uninhabited. I can't reconcilewhat I heard with what I now see."

'They seem to have been mistakeneh?" said he, with one of his develishlaughs.This time I was not mistaken. There

wa3 some hidden meaning in the laugh. J

Whatever it was. it gave me a verypositive dislike to the old man. Hav-ing reached the shore of the moat. Iasked him how we were to get across.for an answer he blew a shrill noteupon a key of curious shape, and, assuddenly as if they had been waitingfor us, two men in the garb of monksappeared on the other side. They letdown the drawbridge with much clanking of chains and creaking of hinges.Its rheumatic joints seemed to cry outwith the pain the motion occasionedthem.

Carrying my burden as carefully aspossible, I passed over the bridge andthrough the gate into the court yard.Once inside, the monkish creaturesstood blinking at me. Becoming un-

comfortable under their stare, and afinally getting irritated, I said: "Whydon't one of you gapping fools tellwhere to take this person ; he is ser-

iously injured?""Hurt! injured! Ha, ha. hi, hi," and

they capered round me, laughing in ashrill, discordent voices. I looked tomy burden for an explanatin of thisidiotic procedure, when, to my amaze-ment, he slid from my arms and in ajiffy was laughing and dancing aboutme with the others. He whose leg Isupposed was broken, whose head Ithought gashed, and whom I thoughtto weak to walk, was capering aboutme, varying his antics with an occa-

sional somersault. In a moment thetruth flashed upon me. I could accountfor his request that I should not ex-

amine his leg, and his. cunning, devil-ish smile. I had been led into a trapin a very ingenious manner. Theirpurpose I could not conjecture ; prob-ably robbery, possibly murder. I re-

solved to make my escape, if it waspossible. Turning suddenly I rushedthrough the gate, when, to my dismay,I found the drawbridge up. And yetthese cursed people were at my heels,shrieking, laughing, deriding me, tear-

ing my clothes, pulling my hair, andcleverly dodging every blow I aimedat them.

There remained but one thing forme to do. I must cross the moat. I !

B:if- -tUUlU O J.UJ a a UkJivv w w - 0fled again! As far as I could see, themuddy bottom of the moat swarmedw itu lizards and snakes, the latter with

vibrile heads, shooting out their forkedtongues. Still my tormentors continued their cruel sport. Thought sweptalong like a river. I could let thedrawbridge down, if these devils couldonly be made to scand back. I seizeu a nuge sticK, and rusued uponthem. They laughed at me. Iwould be revenged. They shouldmock me no longer. I aimed a fierceDiow at my deceiver. .Midway in airthe stick crumbled to pieces. It wasrotten. Dropping the fragment frommy hand, I rushed to the bridge, fol-

lowed by those devils, still howling andshrieking. I grasped the huge chain,and then with a cry of pain snatchedmy hands away. It was red hot. Ihad burned myself badly.

"Surely this must be Perdition!" Icried and was greeted with more oftheir derisive laughter. I turned uponthem, and said, "What is it you wishI am your prisoner, and at your mer-cy.

"Mercy, our mercy," they jeered. Oh,if I had only Drought my pistol withme. It lay on the bureau in my roomat the hotel.

"Hi! there! Stop that, you fools.Bring him in!" The voice came fromit window in the castle. I could notsee the face. These men on the firstsound of that voice, crouched likewhipped dogs. They pointed to theKreat door of the castle, snarling andlooking hate at me, and, following closeupon my heels bade me enter.

Up the stairs I went, feeling as Ipassed through the door, that I hadlooked for the List time on earthand sky. They hurried me along j

a small dark passage r.o the rightfor a short distance, when suddenlymv feet felt nothing, and I fell down,down.down.it semM thousands offeet. Suddenly I struck somethingsoft, and fell flat upon an immense pileof feathers. The little old man whohad decoyed me to the castle, and manyothers looking just like him, pulled mequickly from where I had fallen, andlurried rne out into the cpntfr of theipartnient. It was a large, window- -

apartment, lit by some fragrantpreparation burning in skull.--, onledges about the room. The floor,walls and ceiling wr re composed ofrock and clay. In the enter of theroom was a large tub, ai-ou- t winchwere arranged brushes of every shapeand size.These greyheaded demons stripped me

Df my clothes, and raised me upon theirshoulders, tossed me into the huge tub.

t was half-fille- d with a smouing liquid. Oh! how hot it was! In a fewminutes they dragged me out, stoodme upon some feathers, and, dippingfrom the tub with their huge whitewash brushes, gave coat after coat ofthe hot fluid. Taking ine betweenthem, they swung me into t he air. Ibegan to dry. I felt my arms and legsstraightening out, and getting stiff andmmovaole; so. too, my neck and body.

I tried to speak to cry out. It wasuseless. I only muttered somethingunintelligible. I could not close myeyes, and they began to pain me ex--ceedingly. When I was perfectly dryand incapable of the least movementone of them painted on my chest, inred, No. 8,5.5j-G78-

, 3d series. Whenthis had dried they put me in a dumb-waiter or elevator, just large enoughfor one, and shot me upward with suchveloc ity that I could hardly, hold mybreath. Suddenly it stopped with ajerk tliiit vibrated through every partof my body. It was a pleasure, thatpain, for it was a certain sign of vital-ity. I no longer doubled that I wasalive. A door opeued and two oldmen (they all looked and dressed alike)caught me up between them and car-

ried me into a brilliantly lighted hall.There were rows of seals, bench abovebench, all occupied by men wearingblack skull-cap- s. Upon the front ofeach was tastefully worked in red silkthe heart and its great vessels. Upon

raised seat, fronting all these bench-es, (which were arranged in a semicir-cle) sat a man of large and command-ing stature, though old and wrinkled.He had a long, grey beard, and locksof white hair stragling from beneath

skull-ca- p of brilliant scarlet. Hestruck me as being the one who hadcalled to my captors from the window.Banged about the room were a numberof men as stiff and immovable as my-

self. But they seemed to be dead. Athrill of horror ran through me. Theystood me up against a table in the cen-

ter of the amphitheater, facing theman on the raised seat.

I wondered what end there was tobo to these proceedings. All my fearseemed to have passed away, and I wasposessed with an eager curiosity toknow who the strange men were, andwhy I had been brought there.

I was soon enlightened. He of thescarlet cap addressed me:

"Your name?""Edward Baker" after a sharp vocal

struggle."Your age?""Twenty-four.- "

"Occupation?""Medical student."A chorous of groans greeted my last

reply."Young man," said he of scarlet cap,

"it is my duty and pleasure to explainto you fully who we are, and why youhave been brought here. We are theBpirits. the souls if you choose, of deadanimals clothed in human flesh An- -

.imals that have been cruelly drugged

V. A 1 9 A. A ....aiiu vuicuereu to inrow lignt uponvarious piijsiological phenomena. " Weare, or rather were, dogs, cats, sheep,horses, cows, rabits, frogs , toads, andfish, that have been ruthlessly tormented and butchered by the so-call- ed menof science, often without any definiteobject in view ; often to simply demonstrate to a class of country bumkiasaspiring to the title of Doclor in Medicine, a point in physiology that couldhave been equally well explained without such sacrifice. We have been cutburned, subjected to violent shocks ofelectricity; starved to death to provethat butter and sugar will not sustainlife for a lengthened period. We havehad tubes sewn into our Btomach, andour gastric juoe drained off to give tothe physiological chemist to analyze itWe have had our intestines tied, and

jour Kiuneys extirpated, to make orbreak the wild ancy of an empty theorist, and then been killed to show themanner in which Rochelle salts actedWe had our nerves cut out by theinch to demonstratethe reproductionof nerve tissue. Our legs have boenbeen broken and allowed to unite atall sorts of angles to show the natureof the bonytructure and the manner inwhich fractures united. In fact, doctors, Medical students and men of science, have taken from us the life Godgaveus,and, when not doing that, havetaken away the pleasure of li ving.whichis life itself. It is bad enough to hackand mutilate the dead, fashioned inthe image of their niliker, but worse,to torment and kill poor animals thatcannot help themselves. You hurt us.did you not hear us cry out.

Within the past year, you too, havebeen our persecutor and destroyer, andit is given us to retaliate upon you.Upon those whom we obtain we tryall manner of physiological experi-ments, being guided in our cruelty bythe old law 'an eye for an eye and atooth for a tooth." The rabbit whosekidneys you removed not long' sinceand who died in the most intense agony, is here. He shall name the kindof experiment we will try upon youRjil.bit step forward and name hisfate.

I was bonified beyond measure.could not speak. I could not beg.Now I iaw it all but too late.

An old greybeard came forward andhanded a paper to him of the scarletcap. Having read it carefully he addressed the assembly with: 'Brethemit is the will of our friend and fellowsufferer, so mercilessly butchered bythi3 human being, that both his legsbe broken at the thighs and that he bethen poisoned with etrichnia, in orderthat we may try our new antidote up-on him. Nicotia, the native principalof tobacco, as you know is a deadlypoison, and heretofore found no placein the catalogue of useful drugs. Aphysician in Germany has lately beenusing it as an efficient antidote instrychnia poisoning. We can test thetruth of his statements by a carefulexperiment on this young man, andwith both pleasure and profit to ourselves.

Honored President and brethem,"said an old man rising from nis seat,I am the dog into whose stomach this

mortal put a silver tube, by cuttingthrough ray abdominal walls. He letit remain there for months, drainingaway my gastric juice, day by day,starving or over-feedi- ng me at hispleasure. I speak of these things notto show you what I have suffered, butto let you see that I am not ..biased inwhat I am about to say by any desireto mitigate this man's sufferings. Thesuccess or our antidote experimentwill, in a great measure, depend upona perfectly fresh and quiesent state ofthe system. Breaking his legs willgive rise to a certain amount of nervous shock and after-feve- r, and willrender the experimen, if not a failurecertainly less satisfactory and conclu-sive. Therefore, I suggest that weproceed first with the poisoning, andbreak the legs afterward.

Victim as I was, doomed to mostcertain death, I could not but admirethe thouroughly scientific manner inwhich the old man (or dog) had spok-

en. The vote of the assembly beingcalled for, they unanimously agreedwith the last speaker. It was decidedthen to poison me with strychnine.Great God! it was too much; it wastoo hard. I would spit the medicinein their faces. I would starve to deathrather than satisfy the fiends. Oh if Ihad never studied medicine, or if I hadonly staid away from that cursed lake!But no, it wa3 too late too late. Myeyes were dry,-glaze- and burning, likecoals of fire. Perhaps they wouldthrow pepper in them and collect thetears for analysis. Thus ran mythoughts.

The President motioned to an oldman, who proved to be the druggist.He came forward and held a glass tomy lips. I struggled to turn my headaside. It was useless. He poured theliquid into my mouth and tilted my

head back, trying to make me swallowit. With a fierce effort I spat it out,full in his face. Ah! ha! I had theadvantage of them. They could notmake me swallow it.

The enraged druggist struck me inthe face, and, glaring angrily at me, re-

plenished the glass. He held my noseand tried to make me swallow the curs-

ed fluid Again I spat it out. A mur-

mur of surprise and dissatisfactionent roucd-Tbe- y wcwbafled! Perd.

tionj That crafty scientific dog rosoagain to speak. "Honorable President,I suggest that it bo given to Lim bythe hypodermic syringe."

Great Heavens! 1 had not thoughtof that. Surely I could no longer helpmyself. It was useless to fight againstmy fate. The druggist brought a lit-tle syringe about three inched In length.As a nozzle it had a golden needlo per-forated. Putting the hollow needle in-

to a fresh solution of strychnine hedrew the syringe full, and, piercing thoskin of my arm with the golden needle,pushed in the injection. I was furiouswith pain and rage ; yet I oould notmove. Tho mysterious varnish or gluekept mo immovable. I struggled inmy mind, but no movement of mylimbs answered tho effort of my will.The sensation was something terrible.God pity the paralyzed 1

The solution of strychnine musthave been a very powerful one, for ina lew moments I felt it tinglingthrough my veins. My head began toache and throb ; my bones seemed tobe grinding against each other; mybreath came quick, my heart seemedin a vise; spots danced before my eyes ;a sudden tremor shook my frame; thena convulsive agony, and tho glue, fellscaling to the floor. With chatteringteeth I prayed for death, but theylaughed at and mocked me. The lightsin the room became blurred and misty,and seemed to be dancing about madly ;the faces of the old men began to growmore and more distant, and my body.but a moment before stiff and immov-able, was twisted about and distortedwith the most hideous conyulsions.Then a blank.

When I regained consciousness therowas the taste of nicotine in my mouth.my limbs were, oh, so sore, and my headseemed throbbing responses to a triphammer. Then I heard voices. Atfirst they sounded distant and unintelligible. Then they became more dis-tinct, and I could understand what wassaid.

"A wonderful success," said one."Excellent," said another."Didn't enjoy it much," said a third,

chuckling."He will appreciate how we felt when

the doctors and physiologists were tor-turing us," remarked a fourth.

"I hope the fool isn't dead," charita-bly remarked one of them, "for we pro-

pose to experiment upon the circula-tion during hanging, after we breakhis legs."

Great God! were they not satisfied?Had I not suffered enough already? Itseemed not. I was suddenly arousedby some one's running a heated needlointo my flesh.

"Now, brethren," said the president,"let us proceed at once to the second experiment." They carried me to a table,upon the edge of which were set twoheavy, flat steel rings. My legs werodrawn through them, and the bandsscrewed tight. A man grasped eachleg, and gave a sudden side-wis- e jerk.There was a loud snap, and my limbshung down limp and useless.

The pain was severe, but not so greatas I expected it would be. Hut soon.the position in which the leg3 hung,caused the sharp end of the brokenbones to cut through the muscles. Igroaned. The pain became Intense ; Icould stand it no longer, and fainted.

When I came to my senses I was laidout upon another table. Those Internal scientists were attaching a sphyg-mogra- ph

to each wrist to register thofrequency and "measure of each pulsobeat on a slip of paper. They alsostrapped oa my chest an apparatus fornoting the force and frequency of myheart-beat- s and the number of my respirations.

I felt resigned. I had given up allhope of life, and was glad to die, itmattered little how. They were evi-

dently going to hang me. They raisedme to a sitting posture, put tho noosoabout my neck, and began to pull upslowly. Their science far outweighedtheir humanity.

I felt that I was strangling. Mywindpipe was in a vise. I could notbreathe. I felt my face swelling andmy eyes starting from their sockets. Itried to struggle but could not. Theyhad probably give me some paralyzingdrug, for struggling would have interfered with their experiment. My facoburned, my head seemed about to split ;my ears rang, and spots and flashes offire danced before my eyes. It was allover ; the end had come.

No! no! I suddenly gained the use ofmy hands. In a moment my fingerswere twisted in the rope. I loosed thenoose and tore It from my neck. Myeyes opened.

I was lying down and in a boat. Ihad been fast asleep and dreaming.The cord about my neck was my fish-lin- e,

and at the other end was a threopound bass, pulling for dear life. Thotaste of nicotine was from my pipe,the amber mouth-piec- e of which I stillheld clutched in my teeth.

Looking at my watch I found that Jhad been asleep about twenty minutes.I looked toward Grand Island. There,

it was as green and quiet as ever.But, heavens! what a dream. From

that day to this I have never experi-mented on an animal.

My human conscience, in a dream,had retaliated upon my Jnhuman sci-

ence, and yet my conscience, while Iwas operating on animals, had neverfound fault with toy act.

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