'Til K J3AILY I1KUALT), PLATT&mmj i n, ti;::ASKA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1S$8. Tha P1attsiQ3uth DaiIyHeraId KNOTTS BEO 8., Publishers & Proprietors. THE I'LATTSMOUTn UERALI) Is nnblltseu every every ovenlnc except Sunday ssd weekly every Thurnday nnnj oiorniuir. neijis- tre4 at tli poMtofllce, l'iatWinoutli. Nelr.. as ooo4-laa matter. Ofllce coruer of Vine and Fifth atrU. TBHWa FOR DAILY. Ose copy one year in advanoe, by ina.II $6 no Wo copy per month, by carrier to One copy per week, by carrier 15 TBRMH FOR WBEKLV. rvae odv one year . in advance SI 5" Oneoopyili inoutba in advance. Hev. Joheph Knotts, father of the nronrietors of The Hkrai.k. will be buried at Council Bluffs to-day. Mr. Knotts death is a peculiarly severe loss to his family, he was not only an exceed ing kind father, but a mun of fine edu cation and strong mind with an unusual ly clear head; he was very succesuful in business. His sons relied implicitly on his judgment in business matters, to such an extent indeed that hi loss, aside from that of a kind, loving, and indulgent parent, will be irreparable. SOUTIIERNASC AN DEN C Y. "Washington, Jan. 12. To the Editor. .Those who remember tho period of southern ascendancy from 1850 to 18(J0, when nearly all the executive functions of the government were in southern hands, will be deeply interested if not entirely pleased at the sitrht of the a House organization, just now effected after a month's labor. From the speaker down to the lowest committee it is an ante-bellum arrangement, strikingly like its predecessors, the thirty-leurtfi ana thirty-fifth congresses. In the cabinet of the president we have a vivid reminder of thfe days of Howell Cobb and John U. Floyd, but as the army is still under the control of Union generals, the mili tary stores comparatively safe, and no navy of consequence to be troubled about, we may leave the cabinet minis ters to their present function of distribut ing patronage and not fear their perver sion of executive power. In congress, however, the powers arc real, and it would be easy to mold the whole policy of the government to suit the Brec kinridges and Lainais. Texas, Arkansas, Georgia and South Carolina are in control, and never were the house committees more absolutely in their hands. They may do nisrs and do it with vastly superior resources in this year 1888 than their predecessors did in 18G0 and 1861. Look at the array of force and their control of the speakership and twenty leading committees : Carlisle, Kentucky, speaker. Hills, Texas, committee ways and means. Bland, Missouri, coinage. Clardy, Missouri, commerce. Blanchard, Louisiana, rivers and har bors. Dunn, Arkansas, merchant marine and fisheries. Hatch, Missouri, agriculture. Herbert, Alabama, naval affairs. Blount, Georgia, postofHces. Peele, Arkansas, Indian affairs. Davidson, Florida, railways and canals O'Ferrell, Virginia, mines and minerals Dibble, South Carolina, public build ings and grounds. Catchings, Mississippi, levees of Mis sissippi river. Candler, Georgia, education. O'Neall, Missouri, labor. Lanham, Tsxas, claims. Stone, Kentucky, war claims. McCreary, Kentucky, private land claims. Hemphill, South Carolina, District of Columbia. So much for the slave states proper the speaker and twenty chairmanships, covering au tne committees of impor tance with perhaps three or four excep tions. Ihen, on the old border states, which could not of themselves keep out of the rebellion, but were forced to re main in the Union by the vigoro as efforts of their neighbors, we see that the re maining important chairmanships are held by the Holmans, Springers, Towns hends; also Cox and Belmont few but always faithful to their southern friends. There are several Brcckiniidges on the committees, the ways and means having two of that name. The extreme south has almost all the leading' places next to the chairmanship, as Belmont, foreign affairs, has Kentucky, Georgia and Mis sissippi next to him. Townshend. a border state man, on military affairs, has Tillman, of South Carolina, and Hooker of Mississippi, close to him to keep him straight. On public lands, Holman, bor der state (1), has four extreme southern supporters from Arkansas, Alabama, Tennessee and Mississippi. Indeed, it is necessary to apply a mag nifying glass to find any other than ex treme slave state men in the controlling part of the great committees, and the following synopsis of the committees of 1859-60 is strikingly like the present house organization : Jams L. Orr, South Carolina, speaker. Phelps, Missouri, ways and means. Boyce, South Carolina, elections. Cobb, Alabama, public labds. G&ode, Virginia, Dietriat of Colombia. Houston, Alubnina, judiciary. Elliott, Kentucky, public expenditures Sandridge, Louisiana, land claims. Greenwood, Arkansas, Indian affairs. Faulkner, Virginia, military affairs. Bocock, Virginia, naval affairs. ' Hopkins, Virginia, foreign affairs. Jewctt, Kentucky, invalid pensions. Stephens. Georgia, territories. Jones, Tennessee, roads aud canals. Stewart, Maryland, patents. Kitt, South Carolina, public build ings and grounds. Talbott, Kentucky, expenditure pst- oflicc department. Smith, Tennessee, printing. Phelps, Missouri, Pacific railroads. Davidson, Louisiana, enrolled bills. Here are the twenty, as there are now, and with a scattering show of border state men heading the remaining com mittees. The northern states had not a half-a-dozen chairmanships altogether, yet we do find S. S. Cox. then of Ohio, on one of these revolutionary pensions. We also see L. Q. C. Lamar in the house from Mississippi; John H. Reagan, of Texas; and John Sherman, of Ohio; these three being in the cabinet and the senate. Altogether the house of repre sentatives is a vivid memory, and a faithful duplication of the house in Bu chanan's time, when Breckinridge was vice president; Orr, of South Carolina, speaker; and Cobb, Floyd and Jacob Thompson ruled the cabinet. The pres ent situation proves the long-aqjo asserted capacity of the south to govern the coun try, and that the trifling upset they got at Appomattox did not amount to much after all. And although the northern people don't appear to notice the feat ures of identity here set forth, namely, the re-establishment of Buchanan's ad ministration, the impression made on the writer of this paper is stronger because of twenty years' residence in the south in ante-bellum days, and many years at Washington during the Pierce and Buch anan administrations. Very respectfully, A Union Man from 1851. With the demise of James Redpath, who is believed to be on the point of death in New York, a strange and stirring career will be closed. Arriving in this country from England in 1848, at the age of 15, he passed successively through all the grades of tho newspaper business from printers' devil to editor. Long before he attained the voting ago he be came an abolitionist, and he was one of the pioneer republicans of the country, As correspondent of the New York Trib une he passed through the Kansas troubles of 1855-7. as well as tho war of secession, making an extensive tour of Hayti in the interval between these two events. As superintendent of education at Charleston, 8. C, immediately after the war, as the founder of colored schools and an orphan asylum in the same state, and as the organizer in Bos ton in 1868 of the most extensive bureau which the United States had seen np to a few years ago, which he conducted for several years, he became one of the best known men of the countrv. His last nrnmment position, we believe, was ' editor of the North American Review. He wrote several books, the most popular of which was the "Life of John Brown." Globe Dem. Beggi's.CherrylCough Syrup. Is the only medicine that acts directly on the Lungs, Blood and Bowels, it re lieves a cough instantly and in time effects a permanent cure. Sold by O. P. Smith & Co., druggists. j25,3m,d- w. Ocr old friend MacMurphy, of the Omaha Iloof and Horn, has just re turned from a tour through California; he reports the Golden state as having been boomed to death, which is the opin ion of most people, who ate not preju diced by having made some real estate investments upon which they hope to re alize handsome returns. ' Eegg's Cherry Cough Syrup. Is warranted for all that the label calls for, so if it does not relieve your cough you can call at our store and the money will be refunded to you. It acts simul taneously on all parts of the system, thereby leaving no bad results. O. P. Smith & Co., Druggists. j25-3mdfcw There ought to be a law disfrachising every man who will sell his vot or offer a bribe. Such men are a curse to any country, and the contractor who attempts to control his employes in yoting is no better. Unknown. Who is Your Best Friend? Your stomach of course. Why? Be cause if it is out of order you are one of the most miserable creatures living. Give it a fair chance and see if it is not the best friend you have in the end. Pon't smoke in the morning. Don,t drink in the morning. If you must smoke and drink wait until your stomach is through with breakfast. You can drink more and smoke more in the evening and it wlllteW on you less. If your food ferments and does not digest right--if you are troubl ed with Heartburn, Pizznf ess of the bead, coming up of the food after eating, bib jousness, indigestion, or any other trouble of the stomach, you had best uo Green's August Flower, as no person can use it without immediate relief. HOBBIES OF THE MEDICOS. Arnica Thirty Years Ago The Grut Germicide "Malaria." Nearly every physician has a hobby. Medicine jtsolf has hobbies. Sometimes these relate to remedies; othertimes to causes of disease. Thirty years ago arnica was tho panacea for everything. A drop on a lump of sugar taken internally would cure all tho diseases between and including influenza, and cholera morbus. A few drojs on the hand rublieil over any external injury would almost supersede the necessity of surgery, abolish rheumatism, exterminate cramps, make the lame man leap like a hart or tho tongue of the dumb sing for joy. Arnica had its run for nearly ten years. The indif ference of men, the enthusiasm of women and the curiosity of children, with their in capacity for resistance, created an oppor tunity for arnica that entitles it to rank hich atnoni' the fallacious factors or a Bcieuco founded on conjecture and improved by murder. Following arnica camo carbolic nciu. ic was a groat germicide. All disease existed m germ form. Therefore, carbolic acid was the remedy for all disease, If you liitiaieu a lit tle of it you would cure original sin If you rublied the bock Jof your neck with it you would be relieved of bunions. If you lubri cated your shins with it headacho would dis appear. If you sat in the sumo room with it your mind and body would bo rejuvenated. A long time was required to reduce carbolic acid to tho respectable role of a modest disin fectant and to tho humble position of au alleviator of aching teeth. There have been various other hobbies in tho form of reme dies. Bromide and chlorides divided em pire, until it was found that women In vast numbers were rushing to drunkenness, muacy and suicide. Cocaine has had the call until lately, but happily it costs so much that it cannot bo generally used, and its paralyzing possibilities are powerf ully appreciated. As marked as this craze for remedies is tho medical habit of finding a cause for every disease. The savages regarded sickness as a form of depravity, and used to exorcise the devils out of the patients. Modern therapeu tics may be said to be saddled with this devil theory also. One devil was callod indigestion ; another wasting.' There are many more; they of ten rage at the same time; but tho most frequent, fashionable and fantastic devil which calls for tho exorcising power of doctors is malaria. Is a child a glutton? It is suffer ing from malaria. Doe3 a woman gorge her self with food and let her muscles stagnate for want of exercise? It is malaria. Do families; by disregarding all laws of health, fall sick amid the mountains or by tho sea or in steam heated city houses? It is malaria. Malaria is tho cause of everything. Brook lyn Eagle. "Patent Medicine" Advertising. I met one of tho great patent medicine manufacturers of the country last week on tho railroad. Wo got to talking about tho manifest decline in the business of adver tising by means of painting signs on rocks, barns and fences, setting up stands and otherwise disfiguring the landscape, and ho said: "My experience in advertising has been that though such devices may pay for awhile, as long as they are novelties, they are bound in the end to cease to attract at tention. The only advertising that lasts is that in the newspapers. I had rather have one day's advertising of my medicines in a paper than a month of throe sheet posters all over New York. "A good many years ago I had a smart young fellow working for me. He could not get along with my foreman and I had to dis charge him, though I hated to do it. I told him that if I could help him to got along by himself I would do so. One day he came to me to borrow $50. He said he had a corn cure that some old countryman had given him. He had tried it on himself and found it good and he thought ho could work up a sale for it. I had not much confidence in it, but I loaned him the money. He advertised the thing first in some Sunday papers. A little money came in enough to let him advertise a couple of times in the dailies. More money was the result, and he kept on. At the end of a year be was running a snug business. At the end of two years he was getting rich. He had added other medicines to his list, and became a liberal and scientific advertiser. He died a couple of years ago, leaving over a million and a business that keeps on grow ing, because his successors follow out the plan of advertising he inaugurated so suc cessfully.11 Trumble in New York News. Smoke as an Instrument pf Warfare. Smoke will certainly play an important part in the warfare of the future, At Mil ford Haven and at tongfprd. harbor it was artifloiaUy created in large quantities in or der to form screens, behind which attacking forces might, unobserved, approach within short range of forts and batteries. On each occasion rafts laden with combustibles were set on fire and floated into positions from which the wind carried the smoke in a more or less dense cloud in the direction of tho de fense. On the other hand, ever since the introduc tion of modern ordnance and rapid rifle fire it has been felt that the huge volumes of smoke which would be belched forth during a battle of tho present day would probably prevent the use of big guns to the best ad vantage. Smoke, in fact, may, according to circumstances, be either a great assistance or a grave impediment in warfare. The ideal state of things is, of course, one in which tho production of smoke shall bo controlled, so that either a clear atmosphere or a clouded ono may, as need may arise, bo c rented around a battery or ship in action. This ideal has now, to some extent, been attained. It is found that smoke, as it issues from the muz zle of a heavy gun, can bo almost simultane ously precipitated by means of a simple electrical apparatus. Tho invention is based upon the- researches of Professsor Tyndall, Lord Rayleigh and Professor Lodge, in tho action of electricity upon floating dust and vapor; and it should be of considerable mili tary value. St. James' Gazette. The Power of Imagination, The power of imagination is supposed to be stronger in women than in men; but this was not shown in a recent hospital experi ment. Dr. Durand, wishing to test tho prac tical effect of mind diseases, gave 100 pa tients a dose of sweetened water. Fifteen niinutes after, entering apparently in great excitement, ho announced that he had by mistake given a powerful emetic, and pr.pi orations must be made accordingly, fiightv out of tho 100 patients became thoroughly ill and exhibited the nual result of an emetic; twenty were unaffected. The curious part of it is that, with very few exceptions, the eighty "emeticizedn subjects were men, while the strong minded few, who were not to v" caught with chaff, were w - ,sv , Tribune. --uea. Chicago Birds Wintering in Africa. Referring to the British birds that swarm In South Africa in winter, Professor Soe. bohm states that on the coast of Jfatal he must have seen hundreds of thousands of barn swallows, evidently collected to return northern Europe. Swifts and other species to were numerous. Many of these did not breed within 8,000 miles of these parts, and some not within 10,000. Boston Budget. ANOTHER FONTENOY. Tjik banquet of the revenue reform, alias tho free trade club, could not have been a success without the presence of the genial and erratic Henri Watterson. It must have surprised the Gradgrinds to hear lnui quoting poetry, aud Irish poetry at that, but Henri's friends are used to surprises, as 'with him the unexpected may always be expected. "With our host at Washington it sliull ha as with the Irish at Foiitenov," quoth Henri, Bteady lliey iii;m;li adown the slope,. steady itiey mount tiie hill. Steady lliey load, steady they lire, moving l'HjIit onward stiil." until all the mud-works of fraud are car ried, etc It so happened that it was the English who "stepped adown the blope," aud it was when 'ltit-'ht up against the Knglisli line the Irish exiles iran:;" that the rout of the English took place, and the Iiihh exiles hero are ready again to msrch against the English and their Anglo-American free trade allies and drives them fii.m the Held as thrir coun trymen did iit Fontenoy. Irish H orld. Bega's Dlocd Purifier and Clocd Maker. JVo remedy in the world has gained the popularity that this medicine has, as a hold on family medicine. No one should lie without it. It has no calomel or quinine in its composition, consequent ly no bad efi'ects can arise from it. AVe keep a full supply at all times. O. P. Smith Co. Druggist. j25-uinud&w My water spaniel dog has run nwfly. If anyone should find him they will be rewarded for his return to Mrs. Sheck, at the Citv Laundry. d2t BEST PREPAKAiiOfi EvcK fKUiJUUtU For Couqhs, Hoarseness, Weak Lungs, Whooping ii' ii, Dry, linckini; t oughs of lou; standing, and nil ilivm-hial and I-uu Aiirctions. Try it. Warranted to Cure Consumption in its Earlier Sir.ges. R A L-Rrt AD Absolute Dominion over Pain PAtW CUff G t Will Cure Colic, Sore Throat, Croup, Krosi Hiti'S, Wound, etc., in l'ss timu tlian any other iucd:i-iuein earth. Guaranteed to Cure Rheuma tism aud Neuralgia. Warranted by your lrii'.--i.st. Sic , 50c. aud SI. t or $1 we will scud largest size of cither Cure, express iirei-aid. Address RaiMload Remedy Co., Box 372, Lincoln, Neb. Trade supplied by Richardson Drug Co., Omaha, Nebraska. Constable's Sale. Hy virtue of five exer.ut ns issued ly Calvin liussell, ci'iinty judire, within aud for Cuss county. Nelir.tska, and to oe directed. I will on the loth day of February, A. 1. ItsR. at 10 o'clock a. m.. of said day at. the Kore room formerly occupied by John S. luke, on V.ain etieet In I'lutlsmouth, Cass county, .Nebra-ka. t-ell at public auction, the following goods and cbattles to-wit. : All the stock of hardware and their ware, constating of li stoves, stovepipe, chain, nails, cereens and butts, tin buckets, knives and forkf.spriug wire.plow handles, galvanized iron, small tubes, iron bolls, well wheel., pocket, knives and cutlery, etc. : beiiifr all the stock of said John S. I'uke now re1- anting unsold and in said store room. The same beinn levied up on and take as the property of John S. Duke, defendant ; to satisfy live judgments of Paid court recovered bv Levitiolding, W. il.Hchild knecht. Northfleld Knife Co.. Leopold 15ro & Co.. C. Sidney Shepherd fc Co., plaintiffs, against said defendant. Flattsinouth, .Neb.. January 30, A. D. 1R88. M. McKi wain. Constable, tf 11 Cass County, Nebraska. Dr. Black'3 Rheumatic Cure has cured more cases of Iiheumatium in the last ten years in this city and county than any and all other modiciiies put togefjer For sale by Smith & Black. HEALTH IS WEALTH ! Dr. E. C, West's Nerve and liniin Treatment a guarantee specific for Hysteria Dizziness, Convulsions. Fits. Nervous Neuralgia, Head ache. Nerveou? Prostration caused bv the use of alcohol or tobacco. Wakefulness. Mental De pression, Softening of the Brain resulting in in sanity and leading t misery, decay and death, -rernature old Age, l?:sri-euness, Loss of Pow er in either sex. Involuntary Losses and S;er niat' rrhaa caused by over-exertion of the brain, gelfabuse or over-indulgence Each box coniains one month's treatment, $1.00 a box or six boxes for 5.00, sent by mall prepaid on receipt of price WE GUAEAKT SIX BOXES To cure any case With each order received by us for six boxes, accompanied with S5.uu, we will send tha purchaser our written guaran tee to return the money if the treatment does not effect a cure. Guarantees issued only by Will J. Warrick sole acnt, Pluttsinouth, Neb. SSOO Reward. "Vc will pay the above reward fo- anv case of liver complaint, dyspe; sla S;0JC headache, indigestion, Constipation or coKtivcness we cnunot cure with West's Vegetal -le Liyer Pills, when the directions are strictly complied with. They are purely vegetable, and never fail to give satisfaction. Large boxes containing '.'.O sugar coated pills. For tale by all druggists. Ilev, ai' counterfeits and imitations. Th- J lnr mnnnf-ilnrrwl -mi! u l-. 7 .1 . . ' gCUU- & Co., S2 W. Madison St. r " Sold hyW, ,J Warrick. hicago, Its,- Uso Dr. Black's K,,.,.-,.,- r- ' i. i i .tieumatic Cnrf if it don t do you aD- ,, , ure 11 ii ' J good Com,- in aiirl vyo will o-ive v . 111 '!( 7 i o - our money back IV sale by 8wth nw t- J ir,r tTse Dr. Black's Rheumatic C ihiow away your cane and For sale by Smith & Blacky ' ure and crutches. Tho standard reniedv-- 7T. plaint is West's Liver Wu tl co disappoint you, SO piiiaiVc Yt w rick's drug store. " C' At Wi com- never ar- JULi'US" PEPPERBERG7 MAaiUFACTCJUta OP AND WHOLESALE & RETAIL Choicest Brands of Cigars, including our Flor de Pepperbergo' and 'Buds FULL LTJfB OF TOBACCO AND SMOKERS' A PTtm always in stock Nor. 26. 135. L 1 must make room for my Large Stock of Spring Goods Coming ami therefore w ill reduce all leather goods 20 pr cent, below regular prices lor cash only. JLll Goods Marlsod in Flaixi Figuroo. Ladies' French Kid $5 00 20 per cent, discount $4 00 Ladies' French Kid ..450 " " " 3 Ladies' Bright Dongola.... .4 00 " " 3 0' Ladies' Uright Dongola .3 00 " " " 2 Laeies' Kid 2 25 " ' 1 Dailies' Feb. Goat 2 50 . " " 0f Ladies' Feb. Goat 2 25 " " 1 Men's Burt Shoes 8 00 " " 6 Men's .Shoes 4 50 " " " 3 0 .Men's Shoes 3 75 " 00 Men's Shoes 2 50 " " 2 00 Childrens "Little Giant School Shoes," the best in the marlcr ;t, same reduction. Now is your chance to lay in a cheap 8Up y. TON MEAT MARKET, Oliver dk Hamge, Proprietors. BEEF, PORK, MUTTON, VEAL, POULTRY We keep constantly on hand the finest and freshest line of meats in the city. Meats of all kinds in their season. SUGAR CURED MEAT?, HAMS, BACON, LARD, SAUSAGE AND MINCE MEAT. , And everything to suit the demand our trade. Give us a trial, OH. I -7" ZEES dC South Side Main Street, Between Fifth and Sixth. ' -OFFICES OF- WiNDHAM Mercantile Law and Ileal Estate Lifgation lections made in all parts of the State through r & specialty. . Co.- Fersons desiring the best of FI E INSU ANT &petftttt ttto rneyi. plying at this office, either in the old Phoenix, ean &t it by ap- Ilartford, Queen, of Liverpool, Niagara, Wf f JIartfc ,rd, Etnu, of No better companies can be found anywh -terli, Trade rs of Chicago. as can be had in any reliable company. FARM We have a Pvo-d and ' tecceOingl v- 3- .n-ge list ol Realty f or sale, both im d,nJ'r -'"proved, inclt dhlg some of the most desirable resi- cperty in the city, old to M , sue1 or in any of thrOirU t7,f' m . It the ns ests will consult their best it er in 1 a The l0VP j:pst j i 7c-i 'tv .. j JOCiiil Office for ilr() f - Jiitfius c v o years; or $L5 d own, balaoi "A--My wiieti a lot or r .cf, by calling at our 0ffi expense.. Remember the place, Sol nsurar & .ere, and the j .atea are iM low INSURA NCE property is wanted -either -within tho additions to the city, it can be had having property for sale or exchait by listing the same with us. South, Pa?k In tlio nlfu non k i v uc purcnaiea at this rmn-tl.iwl rl- 1,-1 . viuu, uaiauce in ons and e in mthly payments. Anyon ds. ""J "ciu view tnc pnrchaie of e be dren to the Park frt f IB o 4 ice .3 K i !