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y THE DAILY UKKALD, l'LATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 18S7. (El)t piattsmont!) Datln jcraR KNOTTS BROS., Publishers & Proprietors. THE PLATTSMOUTII HERALD T published every evening except Kunday and Weekly every Thursday morning. HeKis tcred at tlie ixistofllce, 1 attniiouth. Nebr..t s seconU-clasK matter. Olllee coruer of Vine and J'lflli t reels. TKIHS r)R DAILV. One copy one ear In advance, by mail $8 00 One copy per mouth, ly carrier 50 One copy per week, ly carrier 15 TKRMS I-OK WKIKLV. one copy one year, 1n advance $1 M 0-ectyaix months in advance, 75 Tub old timer is puzzled, he can't re member in all the years since lb't4, that ho ever saw so many cloudy days iu December. Sevkk.u. blizzards have been nipped in the bud this winter, greatly to the satisfaction of the hard coal consumer as well as his neighbor. Till? Omaha Herald already h dges on the president message; it says "Mr. Cleveland's message was no more a plea for free trade than for protection." Thk Omaha Jive, whi eh leads newspa per enterprises in Omaha as is its custom, opened an oflice in "Washington on the first, with the associate editor in charge. An effort is being made in Omaha to bounce an attorney for perjury and changing the record. The Herald is surprised that attorneys should take notice of such trivial matters. Oru good friend Dr. Miller, late of the Omaha Herald, a great free trade apostle, is having a little tilt with II. W. Yates the Omaha banker, a vigorous fel loe democrat, but a protectionist of the most approved republican sort. While the IIkii w.d is very sorry to see any rum pus in the democratic camps, it is glad to find a democrat that takes the right view of tariff matters and is able in the discussion of the s:ime to lay the doughty Dr. on tne shelf. .Tcix:e A LI-EX W. Field will hold court tills week, Judge Chapman having finished a very successful week; having transacted about twice the business that Judge Pound used to get through with here in the same time. Judge Chapman is prompt in his rulings,, and don't ap pear to want to split the difference, but decides the question in point fearlessly, regardless of whose toes may be pinched, an element greatly to be admired in a court though it is one seldom found. As an evidence of Cleveland's duplici ty and the uncertain terms of his much called "model message," the Herald takes pleasure in citing its readers to the free trade and protection press of the democratic party. The free trade jour nals like the Louisville Courier Journal claim that the message is one of the finest free trade arguments of this day and age, and can hardly find language to suffic iently laud their praises of the same. "While, on the other hand, the democrat ic protection press of the country are ovc: joycJ. at the splendid protection message of the astute Grover; they claim that slight reduction in the revenue would be all right, and that that is all Mr. Cleve land advocates and that he is especially opposed, on principle, to the free trade theories. You pay your money and you take vour choice. THE SOUTH WEAKENING. The president has made the tariff the great dividing issue between the parties. The tariff, to be sure, has for years been the dominant question in our politics, but it did not enter into presidential or congressional canvasses so vitally and thoroughly as it is now certain to do in the canvass of 188S. "While the republi cans have been the friends and the dem ocrats the foes of the protective policy, the democrats have never had either the political courage or the political tonesty to accept the republicans' challenge to draw the line rigidly on the tariff issue, and submit the question to the verdict of the people. The president in his mes sage, the secretary of the treasury in his report, and the speaker in his address to the house on taking the chair, have pre sented the issue so clearly and boldly that democratic quibbling, shuiHing and straddling on this question will be im possible, in the coming canvass at least. The south, which is the democratic stronghold, has been supposed, for two thirds of a century past, to be committed to free trade. For a large part of the time this supposition was true, but it is not true now to the extent or'in the sense which it was true a few years ago. The development and diversification of indus tries in that region have modified the views of its people on the tariff question. The soath still wants "revenue reform," but a large and important element in it desires to bring this reform about by wiping .out the internal revenue system. This clement has able and conspicuous journals and well-known and influential political leaders. The utterance! of these journals and leaders, so far as we nve seen them chronicled in th pas t few days, have been antagonistic to the policy marked out by the president. The democratic party has for years been clamoring for the reduction of "war taxes." The new and progressive ele ment of the party in the south declares that the real " wartaxes" are the internal revenue taxes, and they demand that these be btricken off before the tariff is touched. The president and the leaders of the dominant branch of the party de mand that the internal taxes remain as now and that the entire reduction of the revenue be made upon the tariff. Here is a conflict between the democratic fac tions which the party organs can not con ceal and which party discipline can not suppress. With this new clement ft the south the republican policy is, to some extent, in harmony. The republicans would abolish the tax on tobacco, as well as upon alcohol used in the arts. Such other reductions of revenue as would be required the republicans would make by revising the tariff, although keeping the interests of the American toiler cnploy er and employed carefully in view. The president's message, in fact, lias weakened the democratic line in the southern states. The republicans will break it next November if they make a wise presidential nomination and an in telligent and vigorous cunyass jn the south on the tariff question. Globe l)t mocrat. VOWING THE AMERICAN SEN TIMENT, At a meeting of the republican nation al league held a few days ago in Wash ington, Senator Teller, of Colorado, said that "whenever the people learned how the state department had been run it would be enough to change the ad ministration. A British officer went aboard one of our ships and pulled down our flag and a mild protest was entered by that department. They said they didn't think it was the proper tiling to do to pull down our flag, but that was the end of the whole affair." The senator declared that he remem bered a time when the outrage would have s irred the whole country from one end to the other ; when there would have been mass-meetings held and the people would have declared for war against Britain. He commented severely upon the action of the state department in bringing the Chamberlain fish commis sion over here in the face of a protest from the United States senate, and con tinued: Let us have it understood that we have got money enough to build ships and buy cannon, and that we are able to resent any insult offered to our flagjust as our fathers did when there were but a few millions of people here. We were not afraid to go to war with Britain many years ago, but wc had a different class of men conducting the government then. I don't want war if it can be avoided, but I don't care if the American flag was floating oyer only a decayed mackerel, when any one pulled it down there would be a fight. And he added that the party proceeding upon the principle between now and the next election would win, and that the mass of our citizens believed this nation was big enough to take care of itself against the whole world if necessary. Those expressions voice the sentiment of the American people as distinguished from that of tke Cleveland administra tion. Our citizens feel that they are not only able to maintain their independence b it to assert their rights on land or sea in any quarter of the world. They are not to be cowed by the apparent strength of England's navy or cajoled into an al liance with that power on any pretext or by any special pleading, and the efforts of the state department to bring about that result will only arouse popular dis trust and indignation against those who at present control its affairs and lead to the overthrow at the next opportunity of an administration whose main efforts have been directed to secure the adop tion of a policy which would reduce this republic again to the condition of a dependency of England. Irish World. A MYSTERY EXPLAINED. Om ilia World: First lady (to new found frieud) You are the most fortun ate of women. 1 did not believe such a perfect angel of a man could exist. Second lady (mystified) I beg par don. First lady I refer to your husband's liberality in money matters. He handed you that money with as little hesitation as if he had been a lover instead of the husband of years. Second lady (quietly) It's my money. Dr. Black's Rheumatic Cure has cured more cases of Rheumatism in the last ten years in this city and county than any and all other medicines put together. For sale by Smith & Black. The standard remedy for liver com plaint U West's Liver Pill; they never disappoint you. 30 pills 25c. At War rick's drug store. UfC Dr. Black's Rheumatic' Cure if it don't do you any good come in. and we wilf give you your money back. For sale by Smith & Black. BUILDING PIANOS. SOME CURIOUS FACTS REGARDING THEIR MANUFACTURE AND SALE. Comparatively Few Piano Factories Can Justly Claim to Make Their Own In strumentsFanciful Nme Horrowlng Good Scale Various Successful Trick. Pianofortes are no longer manufactured, but are built. Only two or three of the hun dreds of piano factories in thin country can justly claim to make their instruments from beginning to finish. Large establishments devoted to the manufacture of some particu lar ortious of the instrument have sprung up of late, and have so revolutionized the art of piano making that in some shops not a sin gle part of the completed instrument is made in the factory. There are probably a dozen places in New York and vicinity devoted exclusively to tho making of cases. A like number make tho beautiful and delicate piece of mechanism known as the action, and as many foundries cast the heavy iron plates which sustain the enormous strain of the strings." There are also manufacturers of sounding boards, and of wrest planks, into which the tuning pins aro set; carvers of legs, lyres ami trusses; im porters of felts and cloths, winders of wrapped strings for the lower notes, and drawers of thinner wires for the upH?r notes. Several large bouses make a specialty of pianoforte hardware, and a half dozen cut ters of ivory supply complete keyboards with black keys of ebony and white keys of a me dium quality of ivory. Other establishments make keys of various compositions, princi Ially of celluloid, and even the stencil plates for the name are often furnished by the var nish dealer. Thus, nothing remains to be made at the factory but the name, and that is sometimes of the most adroit workman ship. One of tho largest buildings on tho west side of this city, with a capacity of turning out the enormous number of sixty to seventy five completed Instruments a week, makes no part of the piano but the name, and quite frequently even that is furnished to them by the dealer who buys largely enough to jus tify having his own name put on as the maker. Sometimes a name is manufactured having so close a resemblance to that of some one of the best known makers as to mislead the unwary. UNDER FANCIFUL NAMES. Besides these, dozens of names, purely fanciful, are used by makers whose reputa tion will not justify demanding a high price for pianos bearing their own name. It is not, however, to be inferred that all instru ments built and put together like blocks in a puzzle are necessarily inferior, The quality of a pianoforte depends upon two essentials the scale, and the care with which it ia constructed and finished. The scale is a matter of scientific accuracy in form, balance and proportions of the iron frame over which the strings are stretched, and its adjustment to the sounding board. This is generally most readily arrived at by borrowing from some leading maker. A first class piano is secured and taken to pieces, tha frame or scale is copied, often by making a casting from the original plate, and the new manufacture is equipped with a successful scale, without experiencing any of the delay and disappointment incident to experiments in search of the new and the beautiful. The casemaker is next visited, and it is found that a moderate price will buy a case suitable for a high class instrument, and one less elaborate, made of lighter material, can be had for a surprisingly small sum. While the cose, which is made of white wood and ash, veneered with something more expen sive, is getting its first coat of the stain which is to turn it into rosewood, ebony or cherry, the skilled workmen are putting the frame and sounding board together. The stringing is then done, tho pins being driven into place with a hammer instead of being carefully screwed in as in tho old fashioned days of conscientious work and high prices. While this is in hand the case is glued to gether, having received its several coats of varnish. More rosewood pianos are made than of all the other sorts combined; yet few are really veneered with rosewood nowadays. This is because it is seldom that varnish will not soon sbow small chinks and cracks on this veneer, and, as a very close imitation can be produced by staining, it is usual to veneer tho cases with mahogany or bay wood or sometimes with cherry, and then transform it into rosewood or ebony as preferred. No real ebony is ever used for similar reasons, and also because large pieces of ebony veneer cannot be had. THK FINISHING TOUCHES. After the stain comes the varnishing. This is frequently done by contract, the varnish foreman receiving a stated price for each in strument finished, hiring his own assistants and buying the varnish himself. After the case has joined company with the iron frame and sounding board, the action is placed in position and the wires get the first rough tuning. If the piano is to have any soul, the tone regulator now proceeds to develop it by his skill. But if the price at which it is to be sold does not justify such luxuries as a pure, round and even tone, and a crisp, responsive touch, the soul maker's responsibilities are not exacting. Fly finishing is done last. This includes putting on lock and hinges, and the instrument is then ready for sale. It is popularly believed that no plain piano, however fine, can be made to cost the manu facturer more than $200, and the fact that some of the cheapest are wholesaled at less tharf $150 seems to justify that impression. It is thus a matter of comment that in nearly all catalogues the old extravagant prices are quoted, although it is well known that in al most every case the list price is utterly dis regarded in making a sale. Only one house of any repute has had the courage to do away with tho long price sys tem, and to face tho inference that reduction indicates a cheapening of quality. One great establishment vigorously holds to the high list throughout, giving only a moderate dis count even at wholesale, but its patrons seem willing to pay the prices, and a reduction or modification would probably result in a loss of caste. All tho piano makers, however, do not grow rich. Long credits and enormous bills, money borrowed, and notes discounted at ruinous ratea work havoc among these as with other classes of business men. And without copious advertising a piano maker might as well close his doors. A piano can not be sold at a fair price unless it is already favorably known. It requires a long head as well as a deep pocket to make a good piano, and to sell it after it is made. New York Sun. ; Tbe Czar's Face. Tho face of tho czar is neither hard nor mean, yet there is a firmness always visible behind the handsomeness and tho indiffer ence which would be called a lino of cruelty by his enemies, but an honest determination to rule or die by those who know him best. I like his face, and, in spite of my republican principles, admire the man. Copenhagen Cor. Courier-J ournak 11 i: . 1 !i-.-:e. i:vTyr.inTc, .-jvO:i:i:; '. -v.vry U t- l established iu Japan. Nv Yor '' lin oil -red prizes for si:: plans of : buildings of ii liferent sizes. A piano t' . I l;rvl t . vn service for over 100 year., ' " b i t i:v.:. io i:i it btill, fetched but I ai :m nMcliou the other day at Reading, i :i. The Iowa. ;!;.:vin' fi;ut, i:i U:o case of Bonnet vs. i ;,)!. Una decided lhal a barber may refuse ' : nave any cu ,.to:n"r, and that in u iv. 'it isig ho need not allege a reason. Portions f Lvu have been flooded witJi counti-i f'-ii dollar iiti'In of cast iron heavily pint- ! with silver. Ordinary acids fail to aireci i ') in .,n;l they can only be detected by il.t ir ring. A compa':.. h :s lein formed iu Buenos Ayres for w-i-'diig tho petroleum deposit recently dihveivd near tho city of Men doza. The A : ;. .;li:ie Republic has hitherto obtained tlx I tiik of its petroleum from the United f-'. litis. The Hani-y I 'oak company of D-'ad-wood expect- t :. hip about 80,00!.) pound;; of sample ti:: i n; to England m order to bhow the L-ii.icIish" what quality of ore Hamcrieaa" mines produce. "Old Soi : 1." Stonewall Jackson's fa mous war I: ; s, has Uvn f tnI'ed by jx Washington t ixiderjnisl, will bo pro served by t!:.' veterans" of the Hubert E. Lee camp, ;d Richmond, in memory of the great commander. There t.h recently incarcerated i ia Santa Rosa j iil a youthful desperado of 14 summer:;, whose fond mother, to re lievo the te; him of his prison life, seqt him a Bit:.-, a bunch of cigarettes, a piece of san-: and a copy of The Police Gazette. The Sant i Ci a;: Surf tells of an im mense sea t .i; t!o which was caught near Capitola tb i!ier day. It measured eight feet f' i:a tlie tip of its nose to the tip of its ic. l v.i'l its weight is puesscd by a local guei - . v to be uliout l,0u0 pounds. A Belm-M-l county (().) farmer re joices in a !i"tero!j,enecTis colli etion of freaks, con ! .ting of a pij who-o feet aio split so as to k'ivo it tho appearance of 1 laving toes, another with three cars, a cat with one t ar growing wrong bide out, and a boy v. ith three thumbs. A young owl came Hying over the buildings :i (Jir.nt avenue, in Garden City, Kan., the oilier morning, and flew straight as i i arrow at :v man standing on the corn ;-. "When the bird reached him tho man threw up bis hands nud denly and cwight it as he would a ball. A Pittsbi : ;c p;; per describes n new tola phone on cxhii.iuon in that city that docs away with t!:e necessity of speaking. A sensitive pi. no "presses against the larynx and glands ei the neck, and as the jaws are moved in conversation the motion sends the words along the wiro as dis tinctly as t; telephone now in use."' JULil M, WH0L S PEPPERBERG, ::nwcTLr.Kn of axd ESALE & RETAIL I'MAI-ICIl IX THE I Brands cf Cigars, including our Choice Flor de t "epperbergo' and 'Buds FULL I.INB OK AND SMOKERS' ARTICLES stock. Nov. 2'J, 18S5. TOBACCO always ii GENUINE SINGER with high a:m and vibrating shuttle, sold on time. Easy payments or cash l- J. BICKNELL, Manager Plattsmouth Branch HEALTH IS WEftLTH ! -rC;cTR F A f M z NT" Dr. E. C. V a guarantee Convulsions, ac-he. NSrvc of alcohol ov predion. So sanity and reniature er in either s mat rrlio-a brain. selfaT contains one or six boxes receipt of p. : WE GU To cure asn by us for si we will semi tee to retur:: not elTeet a Will J. Wan , o "s NVi-ve ami ri:iin Treatment n-c;!i U r liy.-teii i Dizziness, r't's. Nervous Nenrxiyaa, Head u - I'rostiiitiou eauseii bv the use ,..I.:K'C(i. Waktfii'uess. Venial Ie ici'i,!, of tlie i.'rain resulting in in-ei!- jr t misery, lee:sy riui leath, iil I'.a'TlrLllP'J.s, l,os of PuV- . inv.'miritary Losm s and Sper-i-r.rsi-il by ov-r-exer!ion of the orovor-hilnlj-ii'u Kach box 'id'i'.ir treatment, SI 00 a box ins ;r..ii0, sent by m nil prepaid op A 'ft Aft TEE SIX BOXES :t? With eaeh o::!cr received :' lioxts. l;ceoa":p;in:e'! with 5 00. '.; ' purchaser uir wiiiteu guaran t lie ironcv if the rr ;tmeut does .::- intrant ccs issued only by ;. I: sole ajreut, Plattsmouth, Neb. For Sam; On reasonable terms my residence t n the N. W. corner of Elm and 11th street--. Said property consists of i block wilh a oood story and a half house of si n ; rooms, two wardrobes and one pantry: t:ood well and city water; tweuty-seyt n bi-arini; apblo trees, and an abundance f small fruit of nil kinels. tf P. I). Bates. Buy II 'ikLiy Goods at Warrick's and you will svc money. dlw-w3w. Whri YOU WANT 111 -OF- CALL ON Cor. 12lh and Granite Streets. Contractor and Builder , Sept. 12-Cm. uflALM WO DON Law, Heel Estate & Insi -OFFICES OF- W.NDHAIYi Mercantile Law an.l Uvu Estate Ligation a Sjiccialty. " C-! lections made in all parts of the State through coinpetant attorneys. Persons desiring tho best of FUiE INSURANCE can get it hy ap plying at this office, either in the old Phojnix, of Hartford, yKtna, of Hartford, Queen, of Liverpool, Niagara, AWtern, Trader of Chicago. No better companies can be found anywhere, ami the rates arc as low as can be had in any reliable company. FARM - INSURANCE .A. SPECIALTY. We have an exceedingly large list of Jlealty for eale, both im proved and unimproved, including some of (he most desirable reti cence property in the city. Jf properly is wanted either within t! j old town site or in any of the additions to the city, it can be h--d through this ollice. Persons having property for sale or exchange will consult their best interests by listing the same with us. in "Soutii Fask" 3 The loveliest residence locality in the city c.-m be purchased at this ollice for $150, in payments of one-third down, balance in one and two years; or -2o du.vn, bakncj in monthly payments. Anyone de siring fo visit this locality, whether they have in vie w the purchase of a lot or not, by calling at bur ofiice will be driven to tho Park free of expense. Ilemember the place, OV3SJ? 3A2?S SENT FREE. 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