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KNOTTS BBO S.,
Publishers & Proprietors.
IJoodi.k
I5M)ii.i: Shoo-fly!
IJooin.K .snowel unilcr.
The battle is won!
I). A. Camimikm.. five hundred majority
The anarchist will hanjj next Friday.
IIk;;ins Wiggins and Sigins ! Whcr
are they -
The question has been to-day, who U
elected wmmmmmm
Tuf: authorities ot (,'huuo arc making
arrangements to guard against any riot
that may occur next Friday when the
anarchist are hung.
The republican party of Cass county
is to be congratulated over the manage
ment of the splendid campaign in ('as'i
county which closed yesterday evening,
and to chairman Pofck great credit should
be given; his management of the details
of the conquest which were so complete
ly seconded and carried out by the can
didates upon our ticket and the com
mitteemen of the different precincts, show
what tact and good management will
do. Xo bluster, n dress parade, but,
simply a straight-forward, honest, earnest
organization, with a determination to
get the voter interested and out to the
polls. Now then, let the republicans of
Class county recolect that concert of ac
tion and honest support of worthy men
when fairly nominated, is a republican
duty which should be always observed,
and when lived up to will always in
sure victory.
Many reasons have been assigned for
the fact that notwithstanding the almost
universal reduction in the prices of food
products in the past ten years, that of
beef has remained substantially un
changed. It has been attributed to an
increase in exports of the product, to a
growth in the domestic demand, and to
the exactions of a combination controll
ing the distribution. Undoubtedly some,
if not all, of these influences have oper
ated to keep prices up. Another ar.d
important faetor in the problem has
strangely been overlooked, This is
the falling off of the supply. Hon. X. J.
Colman, Commissioner of Agriculture,
estimates that, in the number of
beef cattle in the country aycraged 722
for every 1000 of population, as compar
ed with 814 to 1000 people in The
greater part of this falling off, compara
tively speaking, probably occurred in the
half dozen years immediately preceding
1SS5. The supply, relatively to number
of inhabitants, is unquestionably still on
the decrease. In the past three "or four
years the business of cattle raising on a
large scale has uot been so profitable- as
at'an earlier period. As a money -making
pursuit, however, it is reasonably
safe to say that it is soon destined to
come into prominence once more, unless
some acceptable substitute for beef should
be found. Globe Democrat.
34 A WEEK FOR WORKINOI'IEN.
Senator Frye, of Maine, in a recent
speech, referred to the effort King Hum
bert is making to build up factories in
that country, lie started in ou cotton
mills. The senator was over there, and
being a yankce, asked questions of the
German manager of one of these new
establishments. This was in Naples.
The manager alleged that his operatives
were first-class workmen; they did not
understand machinery very well, but
they were good people to work, both
men and women. The average wages on
his pay roll was $4.00 a week. And he
accounted for this in the following way,
to use his language, as quoted by sena
tor Frye: I have to put about two skill
ful men in each room, because these Ital
ians don't know much about machinery,
and those men are Englishmen. I am
obliged to pay them a little better than
English wages in order to get them, and
I pay them about $7 or $S a week. I
pay my women from fifteen and eighteen
to twenty cents a day. I pay my men
from thirty-rive to forty cents a Jay."
And this is the way in which he got his
average. And in the entire establish
ment there was not a score of men that
were getting $7 or $S a week. Senator
Frye supplemented this with this state
ment: "The same is true in England,
Scotland, Ireland and Germany, and
everywhere you undertake to find out
wages they will say, "We pay from $3 a
week up to $15 a week." and you go and
hunt at the bottom and you will find
that they have got two men at 15 a
week and 2.000 at $3. So you see that
the great bulk, the ninety out of a hun
dred, that worked in this cotton null,
were at work for twenty cents a day, for
four out of five in the mill were women.
"With the democratic doctrine of free
trade enforced in this country, and
American industries left to take care of
themselves, American working people,
men and women, would be brought into
competition with the starved labor here
referred to.
On tho Yukon.
from the Janean tAla.ika) 1'recl'rct
It is remarkable, indeed, that ho much
of t lie surface ground on the Yukon is
frozen solid to a depth of severe! feet.
It is all tho more so when wc come to
realize the fact that during the summer
it gets as hot there as in the South
During the heat of the past season the
miners found it a "rcat convenience to go
in bathing in the streams at least twice
day and to seek shady places in which
to rock the gold out of the gravel. At
the breaking up of winter the hours of
sunshine are rapidly increasing, and con
tinue so until midsummer, when tho sun
beams forth twenty-two hours out of the
twenty-four, while on the high mountain
tops it is for a period of several days in
June not entirely out of sight during the
whulc twentv-four hours. Ihit during
all this heat and long days of continual
.sunshine the sun's rays do not penetrate
the thick mosses that cover nearly the
entire surface of the country, and coii.se
mulitlv the frozen "-round underneath
lies in thatstate as if packed in nn ice
house. After it onco becomes iroz' i:, as
any damp ground will do in the winter
time it ouicklv becomes covered with
this moss, which is of a remerkably
rapid growth and attains a depth of
some two feet or more. During the heat
of summer this moss becomes dry to tho
dentil of several inches, and the min is
think that by a continuous burning of it
as f.it as it dries they will have the
gravel bars along the creeks, at least,
cleared olT, being of the impression that
when the gravel deposits are cxposod to
tho scorching rays of the sun, and rains
and atmosphere, they will readily thaw
out. When winter sets in the hours of
sunshine gradually decrease until tluriflg
tho shortest days the sun shines only four
hours out of the twentv-four, But at
this period the aarora is most iuter.se and
helps very materially in driving darkness
from that dreary land. The thermometer
szoesdovva to 70 in the winter, but the
atmosphere is very dry and consequently
tho cold is not so precept iljle as one
would imagine.
Commission Men as Judges or J'rulr.
A few of the agricultural societies near
New York anil other largo cities have tried
the plan this year of having .some trust
worthy commission man act jus a judge of
tho fruits exhibited at their fair.;. This
appear; to bo in some respects, at least, a
good idea, for naturally these commission
men, with their commercial instincts, in
cline to award prisces to the fruit.; that
sell best, whereas other judges incline to
be guided by tbeir time honored scale of
points of excellence. Most farm produce
is grown to be sold and many farmers
will bo glad to learn what sorts t,e!l best.
, In tlic Poultry lard.
yo.i desire eggs and eggs onlv, savs
If
f'niiTtlrv I lent leyv.joi liimlu'i-: not,
size, select llambnrgs or Ieghorns. If
you want non-sitters that will raise good
sized oge s. choose Iluudans, Black Span
ish 'r I.e Fiee-he. If you want winter lay
ers or fowls to sell dressed, fur the fall or
winter market, take Urahnuis, Cochins,
I.angshans or Plymouth Rocks. If you
waia chicks for curly s:;ring market, se
lect Plymouth Rocks, Eumiuiques or Wy
andot tes.
I'se none but pure bred cocks; get the
be'-t hers you c.".n get for market prices.
Keep epeli year the best of tho highest
bred i uj'ets, selling rdl others, ar.d you
will soon have a llock as good as pure
breds and at little cost.
The runs must be dry. , Wot feet make
Biddy sick. A southern slope is desirable.
The houses should havo a southern ex
posure, be sheltered from winds, roomy,
wr.rm, lighted, ventilated.
Don't make the porches near the floor,
whether the fowls be largo or small.
Have ;i board upon which cleats are nailed
every few inches to reach from the floor
to tho perches. Have the board long
enough to make tho incline easy. There
should bo a passageway through the cen
ter of the building no roosts above it; a
wide platform at each side to catch the
droppings; under the platform the nests
opening into the passagoway.
A dusting box is indispensable?. Fill
with two parts road dust to one of perfect
ly dry wood or coal ashes and a very little
sulpnur and carbolic powder. 1 asten six
inches from the floor a small box having
two compartments, one crushed oyster
shell or grounel bone and the other char
coal. Don't feed ou the floor. Feed in shallow
boxes cr troughs. For drinking vessels
common glazed milk crocks are the best.
Here and There.
There is a scarcity of honey.
The yield of oats for the country aver
ages this year about 25 bushels per acre.
The barley j ield is nearly 20 per cent, less
than a medium crop. The yield of rye is
11.5 bushels per acre, and the total pro
duct about 2-1,000,000 bushels.
The governor of Wyoming officially
states that the territory is adapted for
farming purposes as well as for stock
raising.
California is sending canned f raits to
Italy.
Tho next meeting of the National Swine
Breeders' asseciation will be held in Chi
cago, Ills., Nov. 1G.
Volume thirty-two of the American
Short Horn Herd Hook, containing 1,039
papes, is now out. It is requested that
pedigrees for volume thirty-three be sent
soon to the secretary, Mr. J. H. Pickrell,
Moutauk block, 115 Monroe street, Chi
cago. Ills Fifteen thousand is the num
ber of entries to a volume.
Why Horses Hub Their Manes ami Tails.
The question. "Why horses rub their
manes and tails," has been answered by a
New York veterinary surgeon as follows:
"Kubbing the mane and tail usually re
sults from nn tiuheallhy condition of the
skin, which in most cases is produced by
neglect of grxming or by bad fowl, or by
any sudden change of diet from that to
good. Occasionally, however, it appears In
stables where grooming and food are un
questionably good. Damaged cats or hay
are very ready causes for this annoying af
fection. In every case, therefore, where the
hair of the man and tall fall out the food
should be carefully examined. Young
horses on coming into the stables Kom
times sufTer from an irritation of the skin
probably from change of diet. Horses re
covering from fever frequently lose a por
t ion of t lie hair from the mane and tail
In t he latter case it seems to arise from an
impoverished state of blood."
In regard to treatment the surgeon nl
bided to says: "If any posit he cause, such
as damaged food or neglected grMming,
has existed, measures must bo taken to
remove such cause. Without this tire-
caution local treatment will bo of little
tiMtil. One method of heal treatment
that has produced good results consists in
drcs- ing the skin with equal parts of mer
curial ointment and soft soap made into
alataerwith hot water and applied by
means of a still hair brush. The new
hair will grow rapidly after this applica
tion. In addition to the local treatment
it will be necessary to act upon the sys
tem generally by a change of diet; green
food should be given, as this by means of
its laxative qualities lessens tho irrita
bility of tho skin. A bran mash with five
grains of arsenic added daily, in addition
to the usual food, will exert a beneficial
influence upon the skin.
Cottonsceil Mc.-tl.
Tin. demand for cottonseed meal for
feeding purposes has grown wonderfully
w ithin the past few years, indeed in many
places it has almost become a staple
article, like corumeal. After the oil is
extracted and the cake has been ground
into meal, it becomes a very nutritions
food and is highly esteemed by dairymen
and others for causing nn increased flow
cf milk. It has great strength and should
not be fed alone; one ;uart mixed with
bran is about the right proportion to
begin with, which may bo gradually in
creased to about two quarts as the animal
becomes accustomed to its use. It is
claimed to excel flaxseed meal in milk
producing properties, and is now sold at
about the same price per ton. Of all the
vegetable substances used for food the
cottonseed cako is richest in nitrogen,
phosphoric acid and potash, and conse
quently makes the most valuable manure.
It is said that three-fourths of the seed
raised here is exported in tho form of
cako or meal to Kurope, where it is even
more highly appreciated than in this
country.
llcoord of Hairy liroeds.
The butter tests at tho various fairs
throughout the country this season, as in
deed in past years, refute the idea that in
any Vme of tho dairy breeds lies all the
superiority in milk and butter production.
Taking the tests for the present year to
gether, the honors appear to bo very fairly
distributed. For instance, at the Now
York dairy show, as everybody ought to
know by this time, a pure bred Ilo'stein
gained tho prize; at tho New England farr
the prize was awarded to a grade cow
having Guernsey, Jersey and Hereford
blood; at the Provincial fair at Toronto a
full blood Ayrshire came out ahead; at
the Iowa state fair a Jersey gained the
record.
(iCi-mau scientists who have tested the
relalAO profitableness of keeping largo
and small cows conclude that for the
dairy small cows giving largest quantities
of rich milk are tho best. They do not
Lelkve largely in beef and milk from the
samo -tuimal.
Foot Hot in .SIieej.
Foo rot in sheep is an exceedingly
troublesome disease, as it robs the animal
affected of its llesh and decreases its value,
though not always, by any means, fatal.
Tho general impression is that foot rot is
Contagious. The editor of The Massachu
setts Ploughman says on tho subject:
"Perhaps the ordinary foot rot is not contagion.-
but the epizootic foot rot,' or
'murrain,' is eminently so. The 'foot
rot' : found only on low or moist
grou mis, and probably arises from tho
hoof nct wearing down, as it dots on
stony ground, but growing to an unusual
length because of the warmth and moist
ure of the soil. in Massachusetts tho
sheep are kept upon dry, rocky pastures,
whic h are best for the sheep;so that cases
of tho -foot rot' are very rare, if any ex
ists.1' iivo Prescriptions for Kg up.
For chickens attacked with a disease
resembling roup, but without tho sicken
ing 1iseharge from the nostrils, the fol
lowing prescriptions, says American
Poultry Yard, Lave been tried with suc
cess.
1. Vinegar and salt mixed to form a.
trong brine. Dip the head of the patient
in this mixture two or three times daily.
i.'. iulp. zinc, gr. ; snip, morph., 1-3
gr. ; aqua rosae, 1 oz. A few drops ap
plied to the head and about the eyes of a
chicken thrice dailv. This preparation
will relieve very nuieklv the severest cases
of inflammation, and is perfectly harmless
to the eyes, says the authority in question.
The Switzer Apple.
The .switzer apple, one of the "Govern
ment Russians" importeel by the United
States department cf agriculture in 1601)-
i!. has, according to as high authority as
Vick, shown itself a thorough ironclad
and a remarkably line grower both in tho
nursery and orchard. It is a large and
handsome reel apple, and the tree is a
heavy bearer. With Vick, on a light soil,
it drops a good deal of its fruit in the
course of the season, but carriers a fair
crop to maturity. Grown in northern
Vermont and Quebec, it keeps until the
holidays or later.
Ashes and lien Manure.
Ashes and hen manure, if mixed to
gether hefore being applied to the soil, re
sult in a loss of ammonia from the drop
ping that greatly lessens the value of the
mixture. Kut if the ashes are spreatl on,
or harrowed in after the manure has been
mixed up with the soil, the ammonia will
be absorbed by it and remain in it for the
use of the crop. Wood ashes are a valu
able application to soils deficient in pot
ash, and hasten the decomposition in
coarse manures.
Carbolic Whitewash for Toultry Houses.
Carbolic acid is death to poultry lice,
and if mixed with ordinary lime white
wash in the proportion of an ounce of acid
to a gallon cf wash it will not only destroy
all the lice that it touches, but because of
the pore us character of the wash the acid
will continue to be effective for several
months.
Things Farmers Tell One Another.
Sweet cream butter, though better fla
vored, does not keep as well as that from
slightly acid cream.
Prominent apiarians ad-vise extracting
the honey from partly filled sections at
the end of the season and keeping the sec
tions for use the next season.
Potatoes which grow nearest the sur
face are most subject to rot.
Feed poultry liberally at this sea:-:.n,
especially with bone making material.
fun.
Of' r
cago : : ! O nvcr, only two hours by rail from Lincoln the capital, and forty minutes from Omaha, the
metroj'.'ili.s .J the State.
I'ni illation nbout 11,000 and rapidly increasing.
Ji t- one d the Jinest systems of Water Works in the State.
S'. :vet.s are well lighted bv ia.
A street railway in operation.
(i::n!e- td the streets established, and honds voted for the purpose of constructing eowcingo and
paving ol Main Street, work to commence thereon in the spring of 188S.
Jfas a liu; four story high school building and six ward school houses. Aside from busities houses
over lOii reide!iees have bien constructed during the year 1SS7.
An Opera House cosling 3o0,0()0.
Ke'-ra-dv-a Preserve and Canning factory, capital $13,000, capacity 300,000 cans per year 'and em
ploys -! hands.
Prick and Terra Works, capital -50,000, capacity 10,000 bricks per day, employs thirty hands.
PLatsmouth Canning Factory, capital $30,000, capacity 1,500,000 cans per year and employs
lands, turns over in one year's business about 100,000.
Two dailv papers; one Republican and one Democratic.
.Ml' i
Seheelbacher buggy and wagon factory.
Pepjr rberg'.s cigar manufactory, employs fifteen hands, and largely supplies the trade of southwest
ern Nebraska.
Dufuor oc Co's. new Packing House.
The great C. V. c (). Pail road machine shops, round houses, storehouses, tfcc, are maintained at
this point for the use of its system west of the Missouri 1 liver, employing many hundreds of hands, and
dibbimlng to employes monthly about 330.000.
One of the finest railroad bridges in the United States spans the Missouri -J liver at the Southern
limit ot the city.
Over L',000 miles ot railroad conveys its freight traffic into and
Ten passenger trains leave Plattsniouth dailv for north, mouth,
K. C, Sr. Joe & C. J?, and the P M. P. P. in Nebraska.
The cheapness of the land around Plattsniouth and its nearness
iood railroad facilities, make it not only a pleasant place to reside,
ment of manufactories.
T.. healthy, legitimate manufactoring enterprises, the citizens ot
reasonable inducements to secure
While real est ite values are
ibout and goo l residence
fiiaseel at Uom .s-JUU to NUII) per
Missourri Pacific and the Omaha
The above facts are given without exaggeration and the prospects
city, more than above
are eame.dly re!icrtel to come and make personal investigation. While here Ton will be given a free
ride to South Park, the most beautiful and desirable residence locality in the-city, where lots may bo
purcii:i -. ' i at from si.0 to S-'OU,
coln Avenues or !v Niut l :tn htreet anil may lie reached in a ten minutes walk- In.m tho hnnoca rou
ter. South Park is more rapidly
x v
Hon. H. W. Grady.
The Statesman, Scholar . and True
American, set :m example woithy of re
flection for all True Americans. Healing
wounds that r.o im thuds except those
used by I i. ;;;-' C'.-imphorated Arnica Salve
which is s-.dil on its merits for any use
that a salve eun be used. Xo cure, no
pay. Fe.rr-.ih by the following drug
gist. Price 'J!."ic per box.
W. J. Warkick
Heal
dtf
-tale r.r.d a' suacts.
W. S. Wise.
Dr.
iV Marshal!.
Tffc TC. Wn W T 1
Preservation f i.atur:il teeth a sjif ci.tlty.
Teeth ijt tnu tt'l u iihoii! ji'iui hijwc f lxiwjhing
(lti.
All work warranted. Prices reasonable.
FlTZCKR W.! Hl.OCK, PX.ATTSMOUTII.XKlt.
YOU WANT
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- CALL OX-
Cor. 12th and Granite Streets.
Contractor mid Builder
Sept. 12-Cm.
TULIUS PEPPERBERG.
MANUFACTUIIKK OF AND
WHOLESALE &. RETAIL
DKALEK IK THE
Choicest Brands of Cigars,
including our
Flor de Pepperbergo' end 'Buds
FULI, LIKE OF
TOBACCO AND SMOKERS' ARTICLES
always in Fiock. Nov. 20'. 1885.
3 iT""i
T3a:i3
GENU!
NE :-: SINGER
with high arm and vibrating shuttle,
sold on tr.iic. Eusy payments or cash
F. J. BKKNELL,
Jlauasrcr Plattsniouth Bran
WHEN
WOP
Information to
POINTERS
of the Platte, at a
their location, and correspondence is
7? ZD
growing firmer each day, yet there
lots can be bought at from -SloO to
acre. lthm the next fwe ve. months imr eifv tu-ot to udr.rmic tli
and Southern Railways into its corporate limits.
pects
indicated.
Parties
eaeii. iJus picturesque addition is
buildinir up than anv either nart of
k ' 1 ' - I
IB i
0 a
STAPXjID and fancy
G3ROOBH.IBS,
Cee&epy Wo o den Wli-
low Wo
WK 3IAKK AMMTIAIn OF HXK CltOCKEEY
M.
E3
HAS A FULL AND
f ra
AND OTHER BEAUTIFUL TIIIXGS TO BE SEEX.
CLOCKS Of all sizes, makes and rico. "Warranted.
Yv'ATCIIES : Rockford, Fredonia, Co1iii.i1ju.-j, Aurora etc. All
these movements are so well known that they need no commendation.
All are warranted.
CHAINS :-
In this line ofVoods
quite. Ladies and Gents' short or lon chains; polid, rolled plate, or
anv other kind. Also emblem pin.s of all the secret orders ; charms
lockets, rings, cull' buttons, gold pens etc.
SILVERWARE ot every description at easy price..
m U
Jonathan Hatt
vra li O u .
Ti!ETIi!AlrllrI
PORK PACKERS akd dealers in BUTTER AND EGGS.
, PORK, MUTTON AND YEA J,.
THE BEST THE MARKET AFFORDS ALWAYS ON IIAND.
Sugar Cured Meats, Hams. Bacon, Lard, &c, Ic
oi our own make.
The best brands
WHOLESALE
G-IVE 'ESnHTJ. 3 it -it .
Capital Seeking Investment.
ABOUT PL ATTSMOUTH.
It is the gateway to the great South Plattecountry
It is situated on the Alitstouri liirer at the mouth
joint about half way bstwecn Chi
125
through our city.
east and west over the C. P. A Q.;
to Omaha markets together with
but a desirable place for tho establish
Plattsniouth would doubtless mako
solicited.
is nothing speculative or fictitious
3o0; land near the city can be pur-
for tl
lor the future prosperity of our
seekniL' investments in Ileal tv
accessible by either Chicago or Lin
the. citv. frreKr..iwloiwr. cni;nltl
J -.- v...
Co.,
B. MURPHY & CO.
COMPLETE STOCK OF
I have evervthinir almost, if not
ifil
2,Z.Z2T STREET.
J. F. AIabtiih.
of OYSTERS, in cans and bulk, at
AND RETAIL.
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