Kj A I L Y HERALD : PLA1TSMOUTI1. NEB it A SKA, WEDNESDAY, JANiJARV 10, 1889. W JX KHItON, JH. I JVIIOK C'LAIIK I I A MAIKtLK 1 8 ci.ifroHU i if (ir.UHliK PolHALL. 1 V U Bi umi ii t uncllinea, 1st wa V Wm HHACU A HA1.IKBUHV ( It M Jn.NK.it I Kit. A SlIIPMAN I M rt Ml jii-hv I s w Dirr-rcst ) Tom O'Connor. 2..d J 3rd -llli. I I' Ml UAIXKN. I'KKS 1 J W JODM Koaid PulWork rKKi;n I I) II IIav. i w John ,ciiaihmam irk KH WoHTIf I reitrtisrcr. I ciui y rii'.nurtT. -Ul.-ik. -l-l.iiy fl.-rk. l.'lerk i'l lM-liiel Court, Murin, tiurvryor. Attliiy. Silpf.of Kill). School. County Ju.Iko. I. A. CAMI'llKl.L Tiioh. 1'oi.i.ock I'lKI) 1'KITIIIMril K X A O I T ' M I K l.l W. 11. Tool. John M i.kvda V. V. .HHOWALTKH J. C. KlKKNHAHY A. Mauolk AI.I.KN IlKKMON Maynahd Spink O. KtssaLi. A. It. Toni), Cli'm., - - I'latt.tmouth Lot i.i Koi.rz, - Weeping Water A. It. 1)1 K.i. N, - Eniiwuod CIAHS I.OUliK Mo. 11;. 'every TiiK!il;iy evening tr.iiiiil'-iit brothers are re. HtlenJ. I. O. O. K. -.Meets of each week. All pectlully luvlted to IfLATTMOI'TIl KNCAi.1 r.M KNT No. 3. I. O. O. meet- I'ri'rv a.lterii:if tf Krll:iv In e.icli inoiilli in I lie M,i-ouie IS rot lii'ii are invitod to u'.teiid Hall- Visiting M1KIO KOIX1K NO. I'l. A. O. U. W. Meets every :iliern:it Kridny eveuiuK at K. of 1. h ill. Transient brother are respectfully In vited to ai tend. r..J. MorKan. Master Workman ; K. I. Iirowu. Foreman ; (i. 15. Kemster. Over ff it ; K. A. Tait. Financier ; . F. iloue worth. Keeorder ; M. MaylTilit. lteeelver ; J). K. S;Siit!i, rat M. W. ; I . N . Howeu, Guide ; 1 .1. Kliiiz, Inside Watch. i 'Ass c. ir no. 3.. MODKitN woodmen of .A m.-i l;,i -Meets necond and fourth Mon- 1 ay eveniiJir at K. of 1. lull. All transient trotht-i are reiuesled to meet with u. I.. A, Newcomer, Veneralde Consul ; '.J, K, Nile Worthy AdviM-r; S. C. W ilde, Itanker ; W. A. ltoeck. Clerk. 1L.TTSMOL' I'll I.OIXiE NO. , A. O. U.W. : tivery alternate Friday evening at Koc! iiallat n o'clock . All transient broth ers are re;e-iftilly Invited to attend. I. S. l.iroii, M. W . ; K. lovd. Foreman : S. C Wiide. K-orler ; Leonard Anderson. Overseer. IM.ATI.MOCTII LoliCKNO.fi, A. F. .t A.M. .Mv.'tt mi the fir-t anil third Mondays of eacli moiitti at their hall. All transient broth ers are cordially iiMited to meet with us. .1. tJ. KlCHKV, W. M. Wm. Hay. Secretary. VKIllt.VK.V Cll A I'TI'MC NO. 3. K. A. M. Mi ets fetoiid and fourth Tuesda of each iTtonlh at Ma-onV liall. Transcieiit brothers are ii.vilcd to meet with us. K. E. WiUTK, II. P. Wm. Mvrf. Secretary. II'"-. '.ION C'lJIM V IiAUV. NO. 5. K. T. -'M. .-! hrst and third Wednesday liiizht of t a -h i i.iul!) at M iso i's liall. isitiu brothem aie c- r.hallv inviicil to meet wilh us. H s," iec. F. E. Wiiitk. E. C. iASS( 'il'TII,vii toi'l. IJOY A L KOANUM V' ; :' l i: i-ee eid and fourth Mondays of ach lii 'i.Ui at A r. an u. n Mall. K. N. (iLK.N.v, Kegent. I. C MtNoii. Secietary. FLATTSKOUTH 3CARD OF TRADE 1're-ideuf Roht. It Wiudham lt Vice ITesiderit A. H. Todd Jiiil Viee I'resident Win Nevillu ei r-i:ry F. Hernnaiiu Tre.i-:;nr F. It. (iiithmaii !:i;ki i'nii.4. .1. r. Kielir-v. ! E. W hite, .1 . C. Patterson, .1. A. Cornier, II. F.l-on, C. W. Sherman, F. tior-d-r. J. V. HcJk:iacli. 1cOUtf;Hi POST 43 G. A. R. t'ommatider. UIWTKK. .1. V. .ImM V-ti.N C. S. T.. i--: Senior Vice a. it rr Junior " I'-ii. Nii.ks .. Adjutant. Iliitv MiiHiiHr i.M. 1 m.n !.in ti:icerof the Lay. C'r.!M.i:s K)'.ti " Ouard A n t h i' s K k v . Sergt Major. 1 a.' :: i ; e in i.ji AN. . ..Quarter Master Serct. L. . i u -.s Post Chaplain 'ei siii. iHturday evening THE CITIZENS -HZa jtrZX- JL1 fl.ATTSMOUTU. - NEBKAaKA. CAPITAL STOCK PAID IN, - $50,000 Authorized Capital, $100,000. OKFICKUS I'KANK CAHKUTII. JOS. A. CONNOP. i'rert !e:it. Vle-President V. U. CUMIINQ. Cashier. DIKKCTOKS Frank Carrulli J. A. Connor. F. K. GuthmatL J. V. .lo'!noi!. Ileiiry Bu-ck, John O'Keele, Y. I. Mmi..m, V m. Wetercainp, W. II. Cuslunp. Trac:icr- a Ocnerai PBiikin? Business Al v. l.! L ive any Hanking biiiduekii to transact ar t;:viie.t to call. No matter tf" l:-.).e or eaiall the transaction, it v ll r.'-ceive our careful attention, and we I'l'innise always cour tt'-u. treatineiit. Ifyui !';!;?! Spates of Dei osits bearing iutercn p.:i and sell Fore'pu EichaiiK. County and Cirv sectiritien. FUiST NATIONAL I. A r !.V.t)CTU. NKBItABKA. ... . very l-nti I.-iClHtiM for the promp' M-:ra?iloii of legitimate BUSINESS. T.vt-n meet ctd I rc i :-i dSol!,I-epitsreplY ;:;-n-wed on t'rre Cerlifi- r.NvailaHe in ary ; , ;u .: j-'i-to-und all r'.nut-Al Of Curone. i..us trio'e it JiTr.u.ptly TtTT.ittff- mar-el rsr-i vaid fir County War St:;te M-d County Bonds. CIR ECTOP.S 1 r.'.td y .'.:v 't. C ' a' Tlaksworih V. w-bite. s. t S. ahm. Caehia . Bank County .rr.r Va!u and Sixth Street. c. M. FAKMK1.E. Pr?d!eiit, I M. i Al IKKMO. Cannier. Trdnsacts s Qonsral Bssliisi Eflsite H I ! II KST CASn PRICE r.-,t .... ;,nnty and City Warrant .:cthix4 HAIIR hi..-, or. " t-tly rei.Tttt-d for. C Dl RKCOTOKjJ : C. IT. Pur- -!e, J. M. Patterson. rr; 'inrder. A. B. 8mitn. . . r B. WtndUam. M. MorrUey, -.- James Patterson. Jr. BOSTON WHO HAS FAMOUS ARTISTS. Me Ma Muonna, Venus, Helen. Mag-da- ltD and Otber CelebriUea Many Wo atra'm Ifenda Fainted on Her lxref Shoulder Americana Are- Swindled. A homoly visajrexl, well formed Italian woman, about 8o years of age, occupies a nun or rooms on ureene street, and gets a living by doing fancy needle work and taking lodgers. Her name is Mar gliarita Campelli. Iler husband, form erly a tenor singer, but latterly an organ grinder, died two years ago, leaving ner ma name ana just enough money to buy a black veil. As for bis burial, that was paid by the city. But Margharita was not to tie cast down, bhe had seen bet ter days. She would seo them again. The remilt is that she is now comfortably situated, and is growing more prosperous every year. Years ago, before time cross plowed her face with wrinkles, Margharita was tho pride of Paris, and earned a luxuri ous living by posing as a model for sculptors ana painters. She was able to earn anywhere from 100 to 600 francs a week "on her shape" alone, and on her rounded shoulders and above ber well molded limbs rest the faces of some of tho most celebrated belles and heiresses, and, for that matter, queens and prin cesses of Europe. In short, her body was the form in which the celebrated I'aririian artists breathed the breath of life and beauty, and having done this, they surmounted the trunk with the heads of their patrons, all of whom were pleased to le associated with her sym metry, which none of them possessed. THREE DOZEN MADONNAS. When a reporter called she was en gaged in the agreeable occupation of washing the dinner dishes, but, although attired in a simple "Mother Hubbard" satino wrapper, the "human form di vine" which she possessed was so very apparent that it was quite evident the artists had made no mistake in their se lection. "I don't look much like a Madonna, do I?" was her smiling greeting as she stuck out a wet hand for the reporter to grasp, "l think 1 am more nearly akin to Venus rising from the sea just now, and I have sat for lioth many a day." "Which do you like the better, Venus or the Madonna?" asked the reporter. "Oh, Venus, to be sure, though Ma donna posings paid me better; but they were too stilf. I don't like standing all the forenoon on a marble slab holding a dummy' baby to my breast. It makes my arms ache. 1 was never lucky enough to bo a mother, and this fond ling of infants comes hard. Still, I did pretty well. I have been the model for at least three dozen Madonnas in my day. Six of them are now in Rome. Nearly twenty are still in France, and the rest have gone to England and America. Last year I saw myself in three different attitudes in as many paintings at a 'loan exhibit' in New York. I was told the cost of those three pictures was $20,000. I wish I had the money, but I am no artist. I am only a niodeL Still, I like to know that the rich people admire me, even if they do not know who I am." "Now tell me about the Venus," said the reporter. "My! but that was gay. I liked to be Venus. I acted natural, you see. I just sat down and threw out my arms and gavo myself up to love. One artist paid me 500 francs for six days sitting for Venus. One hundred dollars! Just think of it! It was the easiest money I ever earned. But he got 40,000 francs for the job, so he need not complain." "Have you been a model for anything but Madonnas and Venuses?" was asked. WELL LOADED SHOULDERS. xes, indeed. Let me tell you. I went to Paris in 1873 and danced in a theatre. Daytimes I sat as a model for at loast twenty artists, and had my fig ure painted in all kinds of postures and at'i itudes. I was Proserpine in two pict ure s, Helen of Troy in five, CEnone in two, Hecuba in tliree, Rachel in one, Miaerva in four, Andromeda in one, and so on through all the list of celebrated historical, biblical and mythologic char acters. I worked as a model and got good pay until 1884, when I was mar ried, and my husband objected to my getting a living that way." "What was your husband's occu pation?" He was a musician." "How long ago did he die?" "Last year. He heard there was a big field for musicians in America, and came over, hoping to make a fortune. His failure broke his heart. Since his death I have tried to get work as a model here, but your artists do not seem to care for me. I am afraid I am getting old and embonpoint." How many faces are now on your shoulders, do you suppose? ' vas asked. "Over 800. It is somewhere near 400, if I remember rightly. There are three of tho Rothschild women, Mrs. Mackay, Jr.dic and the ex-Empress Victoria of (Jcrmany among them. Bernhardt v.'i-jited me to act as a model for her pic tures, but tho artist convincedher that bhe was too skinny. Sarah BeMihardt is a beautiful woman for all that, and just ."s liberal as sunlight." Did you ever act as a model for an American woman?" Yes, five or six in all. Mr. Bennett brought a woman to Palero's studio while I was a model. I think her name was Bel!, and she was a sister or relative of I r. Bennett. I also sat as a model for a relative of Minister Bancroft when he was in Germany." "Anybody else?" J remember a few more, but the ciinps are. gone. The Americana who go to Paris to get their portraits made do not patronize the best artists as a rule, though they pay big prices. It is shame ti.l how you people are deceived by d.cap artists. They have plenty of iu:;ney, and should get the best. The fact is, they are imposed upon by cheap u-ork." She chatted pleasantly about F:cnch art for a few minutes longer and then resumed her household duties. Custon Cor. Globe-Democrat. The 8uPFPfe F"Ff Plbl? Hie supreme court Bible is a small, black, velvet covered octave. It has been used in the administration of every oalh since Erery chief justice and evry associate justice of tna United States has held this little sacred tome io taking oath of onice. Many thousands of lawyers have held it, and to write the names ox tno men who have toucned its covers would be to name the men who have made the bench and bar of the United States illustrious. It was printed in London in 1799, and is today but little the worse for wear. Pittsburg Dispatch. WOMAN IN POSED FOR THE CHAMPION EATER. He Devour Potato Cuatarda and Sofia Can by tho Cartload. On the plantation of Capt. W. IL Stokes, in Twiggs county, there resides white tenant who promises to become the champion cater of Georgia without any opposition. The man's name is Ebb Floyd, and he is said to be a short, stout man of 80 years of age and of a jolly dis position. Floyd first attracted the attention of his neighbors at a log rolling which took place about a month ago. On that occa sion, after finishing the work the work men sat down to a supper, and before them, among other things, were placed tifteen large potato custards. This dish was a favorite of Floyd's, and the fact ivas known to several of his friends, who were present at the supper. One of them. In a banter, offered to bet with Floyd that lie could not eat half the custards at the same meal, and was very much sur prised when his farmer friend took him up, and agreed to eat ten of them with out stopping. Piling up the dishes in a circle, he commenced upon the spread. Five were soon eaten, and then the fun began with b. rush. One after another disappeared slowly but surely, until the magic num ber of ten came to hand, and all present were in an uproar. Straightening himself out for the fray, the farmer commenced on the home stretch. Ten large sweet potato custards inside of him ana five awaiting the at tack presented a ludicrous scene. It was agony, but three soon sped away on their journey to meet their fellows, and gradually the last of the fifteen found it self on the way down to the depths. He had accomplished the feat, and the prize offered in the bet was his, and his only. This was, however, only a starter for Mr. Floyd, and so, therefore, he chose a day for another effort, and again he came out victorious. This time it was a chewing contest, and sugar cane was the object of his at tention. After a day of frolic and fun, and after indulging in a hearty dinner, with turkey and stuffing to his heart's content, he visited a house where he expected to eat supper and remain all night. mis time a crowd tiad gathered to see the Twiggs wonder, and an abundance of good, juicy cane had been set in the room ready for the contest. As a preliminary, fourteen full stalks Were chewed before sdpper. and then all hands sat down to an old time Thanks giving supper, with 'possum and yams and plenty of rich gravy. f lnisninsr suDDer. the host announced to his friends that the contest was ready to be opened, and asked if any one pres ent wanted to make bets on the result. A school teacher in the crowd sug gested that a speedy trial be made, and offered to wager that Floyd could not chow three stalks in ten minutes. This was accepted, and the schoolmaster set before him three large, fine stalks and called time. Two of them were disposed of in five minutes, and the third one saw its fate in two more minutes, making the farmer the winner by three minutes. This settled the question of speed, and then some one offered to bet two to one that Floyd could not drink a quart of the juice down without stopping. He wa3 a wiser man in just a minute later, for, catching up a jug, Floyd drained it of three pints of the sweet stuff. livery one was satisfied and he was the hero of the hour, when a small hand cane mill was brought into the room and twenty 6talts were crushed, giving out three gallons of juice. llus was a startling announcement. and it had the effect of making Floyd a lion among his friends, when they were taken aghast by the statement that he could chew twenty stalks before he re tired and not feel the result. Every one laughed at him. and all thought him to be jesting when he laid out twenty of the largest stalks of canti near his cnair and commenced on. the work of grinding out the juice with his molars. One by one the stalks were taken up and stripped, chewed and the piece thrown aside, and in exactly one houi and fifteen minutes the little pile was exhausted and tho man was ready to quit and retire from the field. The news of his feat spread far and near in his neighborhood, and now he is the wonder of the section. Ilia friends in Twiggs county pit hi against any man in the world for tht championship and a prize of flOQ. Macon (Ga.) Telegraph. Superstition of Negroes. Burn old 6hoes and the snakes will squirm away from that place. Shoes must never be put on a shelf higher than the head of the wearer. To keep shoes, even after they are past wearing, will keep good luck about a place. . If you stub the right toe you will be welcomed; if you unfortunately stub the left you may know that you aren't wanted. Burnt shoe soles and feathers are good to cure a cold in the head, say old aunt ies, and parched shoe soles and hogs' hoofs is a good mixture also for coughs. The older dusky maids believe that when their shoes come untied and keep coming untied it is a true sign that their sweethearts are talking and thinking about them. Good luck to the child who draws on her stocking wrong side out. If she takes it off and rights it before 12 o'clock she may feel assured of getting soon a nice present. A more absurd fancy Is to believe that when any one accidentally spits on the old shoe a child wears this gives assur ance that the child will soon have brand new footgear. Exchange. Exchanged Wtvea fp Bettor or Wane. In Washington county two married couples were living only a short distance apart, and by neighborly intercourse each man became enamored of the other's wife, while the ladies soon learned to love the other's husband, and thus became estranged from their first love. When matters took this shape it came to be noticeable by all concerned, and many evenings passed while each . husband was at the other's house pour ing out his tale of love and fidelity ntp the willing ears pf the listeners. Finally one of the husbands, a httle bolder than tho other, proposed an exchange. ' This was met with gladness by all the parties interested, and the pro posing parfy con sented to the trade pn condition that the other would allow him 3 in. cab "and seven bushels of Quaker peas. This was readily consented to. and the trade WAD made, each wife going to the other's home, carrying with her tho children, and an pow living in the sweetest do mestic, felicity. They. will.-try-to have tho courts make the trade legal. At lanta Chrocicle, , EXECUTIVE WORK. Hon It I Divided Into Department la the United State. Tho great mass of work imposed dxn the executive power of tho gov ernment embracing so many distinct subjects and requiring so many thou iamls of agents to perform must bo -irranged and treated in an orderly and systematic manner. To exjiect the president to give it his close personal attention and directly sujx-rintciid the doings of each agent would be absurd. The magnitude and diversity of the work demand its separation into parts, and the general supervision or manage ment of each part must bo intrusted to a separate olhcer. On this business basis and in accord anco with the design of the constitu tion congress has divided the work among seven executive departments. eacn in cnarge of a general oflicer, or head of department, known respect ively as tho secretary of state, the sec retary of tho treasury, tho secretary of war, the attorney general, the post master general, the secretary of the - l ii... a r . l . uuvy uuu me secretary 01 iuo interior; and the work of each department is still I u rt her su bdi vided and distri buted among bureaus and divisions and minor offices, in ehargeof lessier heads or chiefs, designated as commissioners. stijK'rintcndents, directors and by vari ous other general or special titles. An executive department, then, protierlv means one of the grand divisions of government work boldly marked out or suggesieu oy t:ie cxpivs provisions ot the constitution. mi i i i inese granu divisions reauny ar range themselves. The sovereign re lations of the republic with foreign powers, and its ofhcial intercourse with the governments of the states at home may be regarded as one distinct grand division; accordingly we have the department of state. The coinage, currency, revenue and general fiscal affairs suggest another great branch of work ; hence we have the department of the treasury. The mention of armies suggests work that in time of trouble is likely to tax the energy of a separate division; tnus we very ap propriately nave a department of war. The pi-osecution of offenses against tho United States, and other judicial matters wherein the interests of the republic are concerned constitute a general division, represented by the department of justice. The postal service, as one of the most intricate and important branches of government work, certainly forms another grand division ; tiiereiore we have the post office department Maritime protec tion, like the military or land defense. forms a separate division; and thus we have the department of the navy, The various matters of domestio con cern not covered in these other de partments but contemplated by the constitution, such as the census, public lands, patents and odds and ends, may be conveniently grouped into another general division; ana thus we have the very miscellaneous, yet not mis named, department of the interior. To some of these executive depart ments are intrusted matters which, on their face at least, do not strictly be long to the grand division to wliich they have been assigned by law. For instance, the weather bureau is a bu reau of tho war department; the work being, intimately connected with tho peaceful interests of agriculture and commerce, it is very generally de manded that it should be taken from military control and placed elsewhere. St. Nicholas. Railroad Vandalism. T i reaa wun some amusement re cently a letter m The Pall Mall Gazette, headed "What We May Ex pect, wincn took for its text a para graph which announced that a rail way is to be run through the pass of ijriencoe. xne writer ot the letter sar castically declared that "Melrose abbey, having being roofed over with slates and rendered somewhat present able with a new coat of stucco, has recently been converted into a young men's reading room and mechanic? institute. The abbey is lighted by an installation of six Swan and Edison burners, so that there is no longer any necessity to visit it by the palo moon light." Still further, the writer an nounced that "Burns' cottage had been pulled down to make room for a beer house to be erected on tho site." The old proverb says that many a true word is spoken in jest, and I am sorry to see in the Scotch papers a paragraph referring to Burns' cottage at Ayr which goes far to confirm the. pro verb. The whole of tho contents of the house and of "Alloway's auld haunted kirk" are advertised for sale at an upset price of 1,200; so that in the event of none of the innumerable admirers of the poet coming to the rescue, tho various relics accumulated at Ayr will be scattered. The trencher from which he ate his kail, the chair in which he sat, the bowl from which he "supped his parritch," the table at which he wrote all are to be sold. We cold Southrons are sometimes ac cused of want of enthusiasm and poetic appreciation; but, on the whole, I venture to think we should not per mit such a holocaust as this in the case of relics of our leading poets. simply and solely because- their exhi tion -fid not pay expenses. J suppose in these hard times it is as well to bo canny and careful; but surely there are plenty of Scotchmen who are both, and yet might be able to spare or sub scribe a few hundred pounds to pre serve the relics of a poet whom most Scotchmen regard with a feeling akin io auorauon, in tne town wnero qq was born. I should not be surprise! if tho upshot should, be (hat the Burps, souvenirs wiU go. q the United Stat where the people, to do them justice, are very far from mean when they wish to purchase anything that inter ests them. Kathleen in Leeds Mer cury, There are about six thousand differ ent descriptions of postage stamps in existence. The museum of the Berlin post office alone contains between four and five thousand specimens, of which hair are from . Europe, and the re mainder divided between Asia, Africa, America and Australia, Willi Tho motto, "What is Homo happy homes in this city, hut the Local Newspaper is pally realize! I'lattsmouth THE HETEAL Is steadily iimlintr its way comes to stay. It makes tho family eaders "up to the times" in all abroad. During the Every available means will The IIkkald a perfect storehouse from wliich you can obtain all in formation, and will keep up its record as being the best Advertising Medium for all purposes. - AT 15 CENTS PER WEEK This paper is within the reach of all, and will be delivered to any ad dress in the city or sent by mail. Is the Best Coi.nty Newspaper in old Cuss, and this has been well proven to us by the many new names added to our list during 1888. Special merits for the Wkkki.y, are all the county news, hx columns ot good Republican Editorial, News Accounts of all import ant political or business events, one-half page each week containing a choice piece ot Vocal or Instrumental Music, choice selections of Miscellaneous Reading Matter. returns. Our Job Is equal to anj', and does work to the satisfaction of patron from all over the county, and receives which are promptly filled. We have work, from the plain calling card to colored work, books and .blank. "Work neatly and promptly executed. Large stock kept on hand. Legal blanks for sale. Office Cor. Vine and ntts tie tale a without a Mother," vxhia in many ( fleet of what is home without tht! in many of theee "hnppy Iioiikh" in into these hoinep, and it alwayH circle more cheerful and keeps its 'matters of importance at home and Year 1889 le used to malce the columns o Advertising in it brings profitable Department orders by mail from a distance, facilities tor doing all kinds of 5th, Telephone 38. Iroso.