THE DAILY HERALD, PLATTSMOUTII, JS'EIJKASKA, WEDNESDAY, KKt'TKMJiER 14, 1687.
l)t IplattflmontI) Dnirn Cjcxalb,
KNOTTB DBOS.
Publishers & Proprietors.
Republican Primaries.
Tin; rcpublicnn'oounty convention for
Cass county, will inert nt l'lattsmouth
Oct. 1st, 1HS7, for the purpose of sekct
lii 1!5 delegates to tho state convention
to bo hold in Lincoln Oct. 5th, 1KS7, and
15 delegates to the judicial convention,
to he held at the kiuiic place and date;
also, to place in nomination, candidate
for tho following county cilices:
County Tn'iw.irer, County Clerk, Krlfter of
Heeds, Slientf, County Siijierlnteiidt-nt of In-rtrtu-tion,
('utility Judge. Clerk of J)is(riet
Court, Coroner, Surveyor ami County Commis
oiu'iiT, 2ml lJi'triet.
The yriinsuk'3 will he held nt the re
spective places throughout the county
Saturday, September 21th, 1HS7, for the
purpose of seli-ctinjf delegates to the
county convention. The representation
of the various precincts will he us fol
lows: riatHmoutli M Ward, n votes.
2nd " C
jsr.l - 11
4th " 7
" Precinct 7 "
Knck lUufTs i "
Liberty 8
Avi.ea
Mt. 1 Icasant ft
Einlit Mile Crovo 7
Louisville 10 "
Center ', "
Weeping Wafer -'
Stove Creek "
Klmwood H "
South I'.end ft
Salt Creek 10
llrecnwood H '
1 Ipton 7 "
TetaJ
II. C. HlTC'IHK,
Sec'v,
158 ..
31. JL IIlti.kk,
Chairman.
Neakly 1,000 furniture makers in ttos
ton have rpiit work because the manufac
turers would not accede to the demand
for nine hours a clay.
TnE corn crop in Dakota is reported
rood and Out of danger of frost.
Kcv. Sam Small says he is safe from
prosecution, for the ballot box stuflin
he used to do for the democratic party in
Georgia, because the statute of limitations
lias run against the crime, aud ho says:
"If every man in the democratic party of
St. Louis had been put in the penitentiary
that stuffed ballot boxes, my, my!
wouldn't they have to broaden the place
out."
"While the subscription list for the
Daily IIerald'Js all, and more than we
expected, our advertising columns, as
will be seen by looking at them, are not
as well tilled as we desire and expect
soon to see them. We hope soon to be
able to read in our advertising columns,
the name and business of every business
man and merchant as well as every pro
fessional man in the city. Please don't
wait for us to call on you, but send us
your ads and locals for the next issue, if
you can or as soon thereafter.
The Daliy Herald mado its appear
ance yesterday, and the Journal greets
it as a worthy enterprise of creditable
size and parts." Of course it can be im
proved in style aud typography, '"but for
a first effort "it is a very good one. "When
we reflect back on the first copy of the
Daily Journal, issued nearly six years
ago, we can quite easily pardon errors
of slight importance in our contempor
ury. 'Viia Journal hopes that its amia
ble contemporary may find the field
broad enough for it to occupy with profit
to ifseir and value to the city. Journal.
"We thank the Journal for its criticism
in regp.rd to our proof reading and prom
ise to try and do better in the future.
i '".wm' I''r-
"We expected the Daily Hehat.d to
succeed, but we were hardly prepared for
so hearty a reception as we have received.
Our subscription list increases every hour
in the day; workingmen and business
men, professional men, farmers and
tradesmen, all give us words of cheer,
and many of them leave us their names
and the money for the JIIerald. But
we arc happy to announce, that we have
room not only for "one more" but as
many as will come; so come on with your
names and bring in the name of your
neighbor. The moro encouragement and
help we receive, the better our paper will
be, the more good it will accomplish and
the happier we will be.
Our Public Improvements.
At last evening's meeting of the coun
cilit was thought the question of paving
and sewerage would be decided, but they
are still in an ugly shape. The bids
opened for sewerage were all found fault
with and every ono rejected and the
Joard of public works was instructed to
iadvertise for new bids.
The report of the special committee on
paving was then considered. It seems
Frank Carruth circulated the petition' and
turned it over to 3Ir. Murphy, it being in
favor of cedar blocks. Tho council in
definately postponed action on the report
Bnd then voted to pave with Sioux Falls
graniteand instructed the board of pub
lic work to advertise for bids for such
pavement Mr. Murphy was the only
councilman favoring the adoption of the
petition or the letting of a contract with
any of the sewer bidders.
The improvements now stand where
they did a month .ago, and it does seem
that in ii month home advance ought to
be made, especially when it is no impor
tant to get the work done before winter.
Hut fi3 it now is, no work will probably
be done before spring or next summer, as
the piivement will most likely not be laid
till alter the sewerage, and the sewerage
connot be completed on Main street be
fore cold weather as the preparatory gteps
have to be taken over again. And now
since the same ground passed over in
August is to be passed over again, let
such careful and business-like steps be
taken as to avoid another delay and expense.
A Revolution in Navigation.
Apropos of the agitation of the revival
of water transit via the Mississippi, Mis
souri and other great rivers of the conti
nent, Mr. Andrew II. Lucas has just se
cured a patent for a new and novel im
provement in steam vessels, by which it
is claimed that consolidated vessels suita
ble for either high sea or inland naviga
tion can be constructed. The chief fea
ture of the invention consists of an ad
justable keel and double hull, which,
while giving the yessel a light draught
for inland waters furnishes also a deep
draught suitable for the high seas.
A joint stock company with a capital
of $.1,000,000 has been organized in St.
Louis whose stockholders are chiefly citi
zens of this country and Mexico, and ar
rangements for the construction of the
vessels has been made. It is announced
that the first yessel will, as soon as con
structed upon th.r Atlantic coast sail to
Europe on her trial trip, loaded with cot
ton and sugar, and will there reload with
a miscellaneous cargo and sailing up the
.Mississippi to St. Louis, leave a portion
of the goods at that port and thence sail
up the Missouri river as far as Omaha
where she will deliver foreign merchan
dise in bulk. It is claimed that the ves
sel will be able to make the first trip next
spring, and it is confkntly predicted that
it will inaugcrate a revolution in the
traffic not only of this country hut of the
entire world. At the present lime statis
tics show the commercial traffic of the
North American continent to bo 020, -
000,000 of which the United States repre
sents but 20 per cent, or s'J05.000,OOOand
the Mississippi and Missouri valleys only
about $7,000,000. although they produce
nearly three-fifths of the products of the
countrv. 1 his disparity is solely attribu
ted to the almost criminal neglect of the
people and the government to maritime
interests and the improvement of the
navigable internal waters, which permits
railroads to extort so largely for trans
portation as to render competition with
the outsitlc world impossible. Omaha
World.
CHEWINC TOBACCO.
A Bad American Habit Fast Becom
ing Obsolete.
From tho Now Yoik (Juiiiniereial Advertiser.
"When Charles Dickens was first in
America there was nothing that seemed
to him so worthy of ridicule as the way
Vmericans used tobacco, lie never got
tired of ringing the changes upon this
theme. One who had never been i:i
England and knew irothing of English
habits would have supposed that Amer
icans were the only people in the world
who chewed tobacco. Times change and
national habits change with them. We
are no longer a nation of tobacco chew
crs. That manner of using the weed is
gradually passing away. The habit will
be as rare in a few years as snuff taking
is now.
Common observation shows this.
Within the memory of very young men
it used to be necessary to decorate every
public place that was desired to be kept
clean with admonitions to the tobacco
chewer not to expectorate on tho floor.
There used to be a splendid opportunity
in those admonitions for caustic references
to the bad habits of some people. "Gent
lemen will, and others must, use the spit
toons." with the "must" in all the eniphe-
s's of six-line letters, was a common leg
end. "If your early training has not
taught you that it is bad niauness to spit
on the floor, an officer of the boat will
show you the use of the spittoon." was
the elaborate text that once ornamented
the gorgeous cabin of a Mississippi river
steamboat. llricf plantive appeals of
the same general tenor were as frequent
to be seen as the warnings about smok
ing on the elevated platforms now.
Hut in spite of warnings and exhorta
tion the bad practice went on. Perhaps
the corridors of the national Capitol at
Washington were about as bad in that
respect as any place in the country. Cit
izens who were showing off the wonders
of the place to foreign guests used to
hurry through that portion of their excur
sion as fast as they could. Their haste,
however, did not enable them to escape
from many a shamefaced apology for a
practise that, to foreign eyes, was abso
lutely disgusting. For, although we
were not the only nation in the world,
by any means, which chewed tobacco we
were only ones that permitted evidences
of the habit to be seen in every public
place.
We are getting over that now, however.
Every tobacconist recognizes the great
change that is taking place in what may
be called in a rather new sense, the pub
lic ta.-de. Any average tobacconist, whose
trade is not chiefly among sailors and
truckmen, will tell you he does not sell
one half as much che.ving tobacco as he
did ten years ago, anil not one third as
much as he did twenty years ago. Very
few are unable to guess why it is; but
he can't deny the fact. I asked one
about it the other day. He said:
"The change is due to a variety of
causes. It is a great deal more ap
parent here in the East than in the South
and West, but it is going on all over the
country- One thing is undoubtedly the
strength of public opinion that it is an
uncleanly habit. It is hard for a man
who chews to k ep evidences of it from
his clothes. That fact makes it inevita
ble that the habit should go down before
the increasing attention to dre-s, that is
a feature of modern life. Then a great
many refined and well-intentioned per
sons have waged war again.-1 it for years.
It was inevitable that some effect should
follow their crusade.
"IJut the principal causes are right
here. There is a great deal more dyspep
sia and stomach trouble in the country
now than there used to be. And no per
son can chew tobaoco who has a weak
stomach. Janus l'arton says in his fam
ous pamphlet against rum and tobacco
that the stomach will hold out longer
than the lungs.
"Then the cigarette has done a great
deal to put an end to the habit of chew
ing tobacco. The growth of the cigarette
practice in this country is, as they say of
western towns, has doubled many times
over in the last lit teen years. About
seven out of every ten boys who are grow
ing ii p now smoked cigarettes a few years
he not only lias no taste for tobacco in
any other form, but he has no constitu
tion left to stand chewing tobacco. It
is curious how boys take to cigarettes.
I believe it is very largely on account of
the fuss that is made about them. It
has got to be the common opinion that
cigarette smoking is the most injurious
practice Known. i uac is jusi v.uy nmn
adopt it. It makes tin-in an object of
awful interest to other boys and to girls.
It is soothing to a boy's" foolish pride
to know that people have marked him
out as one who is rushing with fright
ful temerity to early destruction. Wheth
er that is the cause of it or not, it is per
fectly ccrtrin that more and more cigar
ettes are used every year and less and
less chewsng tobacco,
ad Chewing Tobacco
In the old dnys "befo the wah," when
the south set the fashion for the whole
country, nearly every statesman used to
chew. The chewers in congress are rare
now. "With tli j exception of Speaker
Carlisle and bluff old Philctus Sawyer,
there is scarcely a well known man on
either side of the house who Js confirmed
in the habit. When Eel ford, the gentle
man from Colorado, who rejoiced in the
alliterative title of the "llcd-headed
Rooster of the Rockies," and who could
make more noise than any other three
men in Washington, was in congress, he
used to chew incessantly. It is said
that he did not cease the practice even
when he slept. An astonishing report
comes from'Colorado that even Mr. Bel
ford has been caught by the wave of
reformation, and has abjured the weed.
In a recent letter to a friend in New
York, he asserts that for six weeks he
has solaced himself with arrow-root and
gum. People who have for years
preached a crusade against the tobacco
habit may reflect upon this caso and
take heart.
The sufferings which an inveterate to-bacco-chewer
er. lurcs when he first de
prives hi mse f of his accustomed weed
are popularly supposed to bo something
dreadful Some old chewers say they are
nothing that a resolute will and a clear
head cannot easily stand. They all agree,
however, that to have something in the
mouth to quiet the jumping veins, de
prived of their usual tranquilizer, is de
sirable and pleasant. To supply this
want somebody invented a plug of stuff
to be chewed looking much like tobac
co, and warranted to supply its place in
every particular without injurious effects.
When it apprared the enemies of the
chewing practice declared that there was
now no reason why the most confirmed
chewer in the world should not stop,
since he had here the long-looked-for
substitute. This seemed reasonable,
and a good many persons acted upon the
suggestion, until it was found by an en
quiring chemist one day that the remedy
is worse than the disease. The substitute
for chewing tobacco consisteel of some
harmless leaves, soaked in licorice, ami
then dressed w ith a tincture of opium.
Stat? Fair Notice.
To enjoy the sights at Lincoln, on
leaving Plattsmonth you will please tup
ply yourself with Peppcrberg's fine Bud's
e. cigars. By so doing you will avc id
paying high prices for common eastern
cigars such as are usually sole! at state
fairs. Budd's cigirs for Bale only by
first class cigar dealers at Plattsmonth
and Cuss oounty towns also throughout
this state. . 1-3
Munkrat Along tlie Canals.
For three miles the bank behind tho
towpath is very high and compactly built,
with willows thickly planted, a vcrit.-iolo
bulwark against the Delaware, which
sweeps along a short, distance awny. In
the spring the river coms up to the very
banks, and is ii constant source of daiu'er.
At such times the path walker is on duty
day ni:d night, plugging the smallest holes
with sod, tilling in when- the rain lias
started n gully, and building the bank
higher where it has washed away. In
ordinary times each walker has n .stretch
of fourteen miles to watch, lie walks
down the towpath one day and back on
the hcclpath the next, with n shovel or
pick to make repairs, or armed with a
scythe to trim the briers, ivies and ciders.
His worst enemy is the nniskrat, whose
holes, running far into the bank, may at
any moment make an outlet and becomo
rt dangerous break. Against tiie.-e rav
ages the company supply ii spec:: 1 guar
dian i;i the person oi' the raiter. '1 he
whole length of the canal is diii!ed
up among several men who make
it their business to trap imi.k
rats all the year r.und. They use
an ordinary steel trcp without teeth,
which tin y set ns ne: r ;,s pos.--il:!o in the
path of the. main entrance or regularly
used track to t he rat hole. The men are
paid wage.i by tin- day, and the iioms and
tails are redeemed by the company at iif
lecit c ents once a mon: h. The pelts belong
to the raiter, and are cured by him," to be
sold later at an average of about eighteen
cents each. Any rat trapped within a
mile of the canal is a 1. .ii imale catch, and
a day's work is from ten to lil'ieem
''What harm can a rat do a mile awayr"
asked .Scraps.
"He may come over hero any fine morn
ing, and if he don't, his children will.
You can't count on a vat tiii ho i? skinned.
I have been trapping them thirteen years,
and I don't know all their ways yet.
Sometimes they are loo cuni ing to go
within ten feet of a man's track, and
other times they will wail; into a bag mid
lie down." 4Snubiin' Through Jersey"
in The Century.
Salaries not Allowed.
"William Gill, the stage manager, haslia-I
n varied experience, and the oilier e vening
told some friends a siory which is rather
amusing. In tho early 7Us, when the
Black Hills excitement arose, Mr. Gill
lauded in San l'raiu isco frum Australia,
where ho had been j laying, and in a hort
time was gelt ing along toward the bot
tom of his poektt. Kti. :ors oi' the bound
less wealth to ho had inmost for the ask
ing in the Black Hills v. ere flying thick
and fast, and thither Gill concluded logo.
His remaining money carried him a litilo
way, but there were .';!) miles of wild
country yet to cross. Gill was plucky and
bound to reach tho Hi!i, and he tramped
every foot of the way through a region
alive with ho.-.tile Indians and where a
while man's f.tcowa ; a rarity. He pulled
through safely, and cue :ay entered one
of the new towns which had tpiuugup in
the I lills count ry,wii h-'.!! a v ; per in his
pockets and faint iror.i hunger, "'here
was a variety theatre, of course, and into
the manager's oliice he walked and asked
for work.
The manager was a tough of the toughs
who talked through his tee'.h and was as
spry with his lists as wii.Ii his pistol.
'What can you do? ' he snarled.
"Anyt Iiing," answered Gill.
"Ail ri.uht. I'll g; ve you :,-o a week,
and you can go on to night."
Gill worked faiihi itiiy for a week and
then walked up for Lis .-.alary.
"Hero it is," said the manager, "and I
don't want you no lo tger."
"What's the unit 1 civ Isn't my busi
ness all right? - Don't I earn my salary?"
"All right? Why or course it is. You're
a daisy. lint I have, to pay you your sal
ary. I ain't going to pay no salaries in
this shanty. All the other ducks what
works for me owes me v re at the end of
the week than I owes them. That's tho
way I get even. Yoti'Il I.ave to skip."
And Gill hud to sc-.
ment elsewhere.
A Mirage on the
'T Lave the .r?i
convincing my peopi
about 3:::r;mcJ on I::
?I:jnvo Desert.
time in the world
f the real fa; is
( 'oeT.'i'io desert,'
said Conductor Torn Vil'j;;i::.-on, of the
Atlantic a:::l Pacitic roa-l, to a reporter.
''Twenty mile:; out iic-m .Moj;-o. on my
run, end .U across Hie !es ; t every moin
imr just after sunrise, yon m-c evcrvthin!;.
You'd think you weie ri.iv-t on the bank
of n river, but you i;evcr ;:et to it. Then
again you t-ee a magr;ii!cei,l lake, the color
of an emerald no j.: , no 2a.!: e, can't vt
to it. And bless my stars, though I run
over that road every day, ai'd see these
scenes ever and over n.tcain, I can't bring
myself to believe 1 don't see water. Vv'ell,
if it's dillicult for n.e, how much more
difficult is it for the pa-L-ii.ger.-:'
"Between my own tuners: it ions about
these things, if you may call them sue h,
the questions cf a f.v: h grist of psis.-.e:i-gers
every day, and my regal. r duties,
you may be sure I have enough to do.
"I have heard of giio-ts hovering
around and botherkig railroad trains. 1
never saw any ghosts that is, noae of
those things dressed in whits but I'll tell
you what I did see once. It was two
weeks ago last Monday morning. The
sun rose just as we were crau ling out of
Fein:er, which is a station 21:'-) miles east
of Mojave. It tirped as glorious a hdcearj
I ever saw, all in an effulgent glow. Cpon
that hike, moving to and fro in boats, was
a myriad of people. 'Hiding hither and
thither, the scene reminded tp.c of the re
alization of a strange mythological tale.
It appeared to me as though there were a
thousand people on that hike, hig and
little, old and young, male and female.
'it was as if the whole thing was in
pantomime, and then all at .nce the
'thing.' or whatever it was, disappeared.
I was scared. Upon my word I was I
have a sort of notion that I'll get a new
route. The hobgoblins on these mirages
alarm me." San Francisco Examiner.
A Story of Lincoln.
Abraham Lincoln was on one occasion
trying a case in Sangamon county, Ills.,
against a very able lawyer, who made
such a convincing speech to the jury that
?.Ir. Lincoln saw that it had prod need an
impression. The gentleman was not only
precise in Lis oratory but in his dress, and
IVIr. Lincoln saw a Haw in his usual fault
less attire. 'Gentlemen of the jury," said
'Old Abe," when he arose to speak, "the
gentleman who Las jut spoken has made
a strong argument. He has quoted the
law and evidence, and it is not for me to
say that he is wrong. He may be correct
in all he has said. But I want you to take
a good look at him. Look especially at
the upper half, and then, gentlemen, tell
me if any man who comes before you
with his standing collar buttoned 'wrong
end to,' with the points sticking away out
behind his ears, may not be altogether
mistaken in all his arguments." The plan
was successful. Mr. Lincoln had broken
the spell which the eloquence of his oppo
nent had tfi.irn over the jury. lien:
Perley Poore.
Ill order to reduce our large stock,
we shall make the following
low prices :
Relief to Prices are for This M Oily.
Our 4 Button Bmbioidered Backs at
IJoc, worth Toe.
Our a Button Plain Stitching tit 50c,
worth STc.
The above gloves alone only in n.J, o'f
and (i.
Our o Button Scolloped Tops at a
pair, complete assortment of sizes and
colors.
Our Hook "Duchess" at Toe a pair,
worth $1.00, all sizes in colors and black.
Our ."i Button S. A; Co. Kmbroiih red
Back at 7 .1c, the best value ever offered
for the price.
Our -1 Button Genuine Kid, warranted,
tit $1.00, will compare with tiny $1.10
glove sold in the ity.
Our .1 Button " Nation " Scollop.- d Top
at $1.00 a pair. Opera Stades only
Our 5 Hook "Camillo" at $1.21 a
pair, every pair warranted, till the lead
ing shades.
Our .1 Button "Bon Marchc" Embroid
ered hacks at $l.;;i. v-'This low price on
this glove is only to introduce. Hvery
pair titled and warranted. The colors
and stitchings tire somcthing'new.
Our 4 button "Our Own" Fancy Km-hroiik-rcd
Backs at $1.10, never before
sold by ns less than $0.00. All tho mo-t
fashionable shades and blacks.
Otir 1 Button "Simpson's Best" at $2.
Same glove as above. Every pair fitted
and warranted. This is our regular
$.10 cent glove.
LADIES SUEDE GAUNTLET GLOVES,
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Ladies' 1 Button 1'iqiie I)o Skin, especially ft'ood for
driving purposes, at 1.50 a pair, worth 2.00.
Ladies' o JJutton, same as above, at 1,75, worth $2.25.
Eeiisr Hoes Price j
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For the next few weeks choice of lots in South Park may
be had for !50. Purchaser may pay all in cash; or one
half cash, the other half in one year; or, one third cash, bal
j ance in one and two years; or s'2;" cash, remainder in month
! ly installments of $10; or, any one areein to construct a
residence worth 2;o00 ami upwards Avill be given a lot with
out further consideration.
to select your residence lots, even though vou should not
contemplate building- at once. One visit to South Park
will convince the most skeptical that it is the most desirable
I residence locality in the city, and we will add, that the most
I substantial class of buildings of which Plattsmouth can
j boast lor the year 18S7, are now being constructed in this
handsome addition.
Beautiful Shade Trees
-OF
IIBY DESCRIPTION
T323 LOTS.
around and through
Any one desiring to canstruct a cottage or a more preten
tious residence in South Park, can examine a large selection
of plans of the latest style of residences by calling at our
olficc. Anyone desiring to examine property with a view,
to purchasing, will bo driven to the park at our expense.
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Our 4 Button Brunswick Bticden, Em
broidered Backs. Tuns and Brown, dur
ing this sale only Tic.
Our 1 Button Hon Marche SncdeB, Em
broidered Backs, all the lending shades,
at $1.00 a pair. This price made to in
troduce, regular price $1.10.
Our (i Button Length Suede, Mopquo
ttiire, $1 .10, embroidered bucks, all tho
newest shades.
Our 8 Button Mosq. Suedes at $1.75,
regular price $2."1.
Our 10 Button Mosq. Suedes at $2.25,
regular price
Our 120 Button Mosrp Suedes at $2.75 a
pair, worth $:.71.
ATTENTION GENTS.
KOI l Til IS WKKK ONLY.
Our 2 Button Gouts' White Jouvin at
$1.00 a pair.
Our 2 Button Gents' Black Bon Marche
at $1.00 a pair.
Our 2 Button Gents' Irving Embroider
ed Baeks, Tans and Browns, at $1.25,
worth $1.71.
Our 2 Button Gents' Simpson Best, at
$1.21 a pair. The very hot glovo made,
street shades only.
Our 2 Button Gents' Harivid, at $1.75
a pair, our regular $2.21 glove, evening
shades only.
Our 2 Button Castor Embroidered
Backs at $1.71, the finest driving glovo
in the market.
TZ 1X TT "NT ( T rTT
ail for lis M Oily.
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MOST -
the entire tract.
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John A. Davies,
CO. 3-a.2TK.
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