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DAILY IIEItALD : PLATTSMOUTH, NEBKA8IJ.A, SATUliDA?, EBBUART 23, 1889.
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Presid'-nt of the Nebraska Statu Medical aisd Surgical Institute,
Will Be in Pfaltsmouth, at
the Riddle House,
Tuesday
THE CITIZENS
PATT3MOUTll. - NEliltAnKA.
CAPITAL STOCK PAID IN, - SSO.OCO!
Authorized Capital, $IOOfOOO.
OFFICKKS
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CAKUVTH. JOS. A. CNNOB.
Pr4l'taWl - Vice-freuiaeiii
W. II. CUSIIINU. ttwnier.
ltlUKCTOKtt
Flunk Catrrutli J. A. Coiinor. F. K. Outr-mam.
J. W.Joliuou. lleury Bo-ck, John O'Keele,
W. P. Mrrhain. Ww. WeteLCu., W.
11. Cubbing.
Transact a General Isankin? BuMnesT a J
Who have auy lUitkinir busiiies to transact
art invited to cull. No matter "
large or nualr tiie traiiaction, it
will receive our careful jtttfiition,
and we promise alway cour
teoutk treatment.
Issues CeTtlflcates of De-osits bearing inter-n
Buys and sll Foreign Exchange. County
&ud CitT securities.
" FlttST WATIOfiAL
" OF fLAl TSMOUTH. NEI5KAWRA,
Oftrsths very bcs. facilities for the promt
tranvaetlon of legitimate .
BANKING 'BUSINES
Maeka. Hoods. Gold, hovemnitut Mrt I or;
; sarlti- Bought and Sola, Deposits reviv
ed and Interest allowed on time Cert IS- .
- eats. Draft drawn, available !sr.y
part of tfco United State-h. alt -the
principal toiB of
Eurooe.
jCollectioruf maite Or promptly reir.ittf
iBlChest market price paid for County Wa'
,. . . - -. - - 8tate aud t'ewstr Bor.dp.
OIHECTOnSl
John FITtctAi.
John K. C1tk.. '
8. Wa'itrh . .
Jon KltrorHAl.".
President.
D. Tlakswonii
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S. WAl'Ci
Bank of raiss County
. Cor. Main and Fifth St.. riattir.Mith.
PAID UP CAPITAL.
8U&PLUS ;
OFKICEKS :
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DIRKCTOU' : .
W Parmele .1. M. I'af ter-o i. Fr-d Gonler
St. B. BiSuS. B B. N iiidh l . Kai..e.
Ju . Patterson Jr.
A General Ba; ting Business if aaaettt
buslaes eutruted Ui its rare.
JULIUS PEPPRBRG.
MANCKACTCBER OF AND
WHOLESALE & RLTAII
DEALER IN Tills
Choicest Brands Cigars,
' including our
Flor de PeppeHwBo' cnd 'Buds
' FCLL LIKE OP .
TOBACCO AND SMOKERS' ARTICLES
Alwaja in stock. Not. 80, 1 885.
JT AM
raw
EoTsert Donnelly's
Wagon and
Blacksmith
ions. Bnasru's. M;ic1i:iio3 Quiok'y liepalred ;
1'lov sti:irinfd mii ieneal
Jobbing Done.
Horseshoeing ASpecialty
IUSETUE
1TEVSRSLIP
IIor.M shoe, which Miarpens i.'sel a it wears
awy. so bf f is m-ver any :!an?er of your
- JIiirH slipping nd luirt iny: it eelf . Cull
and exiiii'in t iio Moe and yen will
Have no other. r.eit!Slioe made.
ROBERT DONNELLY
SIXTil ST., - - PLATTSMOUTII
MIKE SCHNELLBfiCHER.
Waon and Blacksmith Shop.
Wagon, Buggy,
Machine and Plow
A Specialty. He uses the
3 ? S3 V 3 3 SSil
Horseshoe, the "Bt-st Horaeshoe for the
Firmer, or for Fust Triving nnd City
purposes, ever invented. It is made so
unyone can can put on sliarp or flat corks
as needed for wet and slippery roads, or
smooth dry roads. Call and Examine
these Shoes and you will have to other.
j, M- Schnellbacher,
51 ii St., Plattsmouth, Neb.
rMOnmmrn - ihi itatpA and overworked
women. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is
the best of all restorative tonics. It is a potent
Ppecinc for all those Chronic Weaknesses and
Disease pocu'iar to Women : a powerful, gen
eral as well as merine, tonic and nervine, it
imparts viiror and strength to the whole systt m.
It promptly cures weakness of stomach. nausea,
liidisrostion. Mnatinjr. weak back, nervous pros
trntion, debility and sleeplessness, in either sex.
It is caref ullv compounded by n experienced
physician, arid adapted to woman's delicate
oreanirjition. Purt-lv veg-etable and perfectly
harmless in any conMirion or mo pipir.n. i
narmiess in any ranniinni j
FilVO
.for women
. unrler a
"l.ivurno rrc.tr. I'
ll" is the only meaicine
women, pold nv drujnrists,
ler a. positive guar
antee of tatisfaction In every case, or price
181.00) refunded. This pnarantco na peen
printed on the bottle-wrapper, and fa'Xhfully
carried out for many years.
For larr illustrated Treatise on Disease Of
Women (1C0 pajres. with full directions for
home-treatment, send ten cents in Stamps.
. Address. World's Dispense rt Miict.
AMOdAxiov. 633 Kaia Etrawt. xniT'. s W. V.
Feb. 26,
o r Si o o i ii 2
CURIOUS WAGERS.
EXAMPLES OF "FOOLS' ARGUMENTS"
OUT OF THE MUSTY PAST.
Mm Who Made Shows of Themselves to
Win ISots Tjtyiujr Lars Soma on th
i:-iiit r Trifling AnUIrs A Iluce Ite
tut'on liropn f Water.
It has lecn remarked that "a collec
tion of foolish wagers would make a
vol up? !r: oiis work and so odd are some of
these - 'fools' arguments," as Butler pith
ily terms them In his "Iludlbras, that a
selection of some of the most curious
may prove not uninteresting.
During the last century, when, par
ticularly in club life, the least difference
of opinion frequently ended in a bet,
many remarkable and eccentric wagers
were made.
In 1729 a poulterer of Leadenhal!
market betted 50 he would walk 202
times round the area of Upper Moor
fields in twenty-seven hours; and accord
ingly proceeded at the rate of five miles
an hour on the amusing pursuit, "to the
infinite improvement of his business and
great edification of hundreds of specta
tors." To characterize the follies of the day
it will lo necessary to add to the account
of the walking man another of a hopping
man, who engaged, iu December, 1731.
to hop 500 yards in fifty hops iu St.
James park. IIo performed the feat in
forty-six.
TRIALS OF SPEED.
In February, 1770, a bet was laid by a
no!!oearl that ho should find a man who
would ride to Edinburgh and back again
to London in less time than another
noble earl should make a million dots in
the most expeditious manner he could
coiitrivo. ,
- In September, 1789, a Col. Ross set out
from London for York, on a wager with
a Mr. Pigot of 800 guineas that he
reached his destination in forty-eight
hours on tho same horse. He performed
tho journey three hours within tho time.
On tho 17th of May, 1817, a respect
able farmer of Kirton-Lindsey, for a
wager of a few pounds, undertook to
rida a pony up two pair of stairs into a
chamber of the George inn and down
again, which feat ho actually performed
before a numerous company, whose as
tonishment was heightened by the rider
being upward of eleven stone weight and
his horse less than thirty stone. They
were weighed after the feat, to decide
another wager.
Iu Tho Annual Register for 17S8 we
find the following: "A young Irish gen
tleman, for a very considerable wager,
set out on Monday, Sept. 22, to walk to
Constantinople and back again in one
year. It' is said that the young gentle
man has 20,000 depending on the per
formance of tho exploit."
The Earl of March, on laying a bet
that ho would cause a message to bo dis
patched a certain distance quicker than
any horse could convey it, won his wager
by inclosing tho message in a cric.':et
ball, which was thrown from hand to
hand by relays of professional cricket
ers. As Duke of Queensberry, he betted
1,000 guineas that ha would produce a
man who would eat more at a meal than
any ono whom'Sir John Lade could find.
The duke was informed of his success
not being present at tho achievement
by the following bulletin from the field
of battle: "My lord, I have not time to
state particulars, but merely to acquaint
your grace that your man beat his antag
onist by an applepic.'
BETTTNa OX DEATH.
At "White's coffee house, where, dur
ing tho last century, gaming was carried
on to heavy amounts, a book was always
laid upon the table for entering wagers,
and in these betting books, some of
which still exist, may be found bets on
all conceivable subjects: on marriages,
births, deaths; on the duration of a min
istry, on tho chance of an election, on a
rascal's risk of the halter or the shock of
an earthquake.
Walpole, writing to Sir Horace Mann,
Sept. 1, 1730, says: "They have put into
tho papers a good story made at White's.
A man dropped down dead at the door
and was carried in. The club immedi
ately made bets whether ho was dead or
not; and when they were going to bleed
him, the wagercrs for his death inter
posed, and said it would affect the fair
ness of the bet,"
Certain it is that during this period no
subject appears to have been too serious
for a bet; and that nothing was consid
ered too trivial a medium, tho following
lines, founded on fact, bear witness:
Tho Gticks had dined, and deep In council sat:
Their v. ina sas brilliant, but theie wit crew flat.
Up starts his lordship to tho window flies, '
And lo! "A race I a race!" in rapture cries.
'Where?'" quoth Sir John "Why-, see two drops
cf raid
Start from the summit of the crystal pane;
A thousand pounds which drop, with nimblest
force,
Pi-rfonns iu current down the slippery course."
Tho bet3 wcro mode; in dire bus pe use they wait
For victory, pendant on the nod of Fate. .
Now down tho sash, unconscious of the prize,
The bubbles roll. Ilka pearls from Chloe's eyes.
But, ah ! tho glitt'ring joys of life are short;
XIow oft two jostling steeds baro spoiled the
gportl - -
So, thus attraction, by coercive laws.
Vh approach ins drops Into ono bubble draws.
Cuca cursed his fate that thus their project
crossed;
flow hard t heir lot, who neither won nor lost I
Chambers' Journal.
Treatment of Burns.
A physician writes: "tuite often I see
formulas for the treatment of burns. As
I have been burned all over my body, ex
cepting tho soles of my feet, upon which
I stood while being burnt, so severely
tliat twelvo physicians said I could or
live, you will seo why I am so interested
in such formulas. Please say from ma
thai tho free use of soft soap upon afresh
bum will remove the fire from the flesh I
in less time than it takes to write these
words. If the burn be severe, after re
lief from tho pain use linseed oil, and j
then cift upon it wheat flour. When
this is dried hard, repeat the oil and
flour until a complete covering a ob?
taincd. Let this dry until it falls off, '
and a new skin will be formed without
a scar. This treatment leaves nothing
more to be desired." Herald of Healtlj. i
I'olitenrait 'ays.
Tho pentlcman at the coal office waa
ivinfr fcomo instructions to ono of.hu
ubordinatcs in tho suburbs by tele
dione. ' .
"What timo do you expect lo pet in
icre to-morrow morninjrr"
"At o'clock. I "
"Hello, central. Givo ne f)i)0."
Tho interruption canio from a man
.-hose wire lu:d "plugged in" by mis
akc with the one over which tho con
versation was goingf.
'Go chtise yourr-elf. eround tho
dock," replied the employe ia tho
uburbs. "This isn't tho central
Hie. Hello, 1331 1 Are you listen-
ng.
"Yes."
"I was about to say when that
'iiller broke in that I would be at tho
ilice at 8 o'clock to-morrow morning,
that will do."
"All right."
And 1331 dropped his 'phone.
But the man who had called for 999
vas listening. In a voico like that of
ho gentleman at tho coal office he
ailed out:
"O, Kay!"
"Well," resjionded tho employe in
lie suburbs. "Have you forgotten
nything'f"
"Yes. I just happened to remember
hat a customer wo can't alTord to
nub is going west in tho morning on
i G o'clock train, and wants to leave
n order before he goes. You'll have
o come in at 5 :G0.
"Thunder! Thr.tV. tl.."
"So it is. But you'll have to come
n."
"I'll come."
When the fresh young man in the
uburbs reads this, he will know whv
ie met nobody at that coal ouicc, ai
hough he came in at the unearthly
tour of 5:30 a. ni., and remained till
i:30, sitting on the doorstep and shiv
ering ; and it will dawn upon him,
erhaps, that tho person whom he
old to chase himself around the block
as a newspaper man, who considers
limself amply avenged. Chicago
Tribune.
Trade Tricks.
It is often said by captious critics
hat English people do not know how
o make coffee, but, according to a re
ently issued report from the British
onsul at St. Petersburg, we are not
nly eclipsed by continental rivals in
he art of preparing the fragrant
Irink, but also'ln tho art of adulter
diiig the raw material. Here we are
amiliar enough, or rather much too
amiliar, with chicory as a substitute
or coffee, and, doubtless, most of us
iave heard of tho inventive American
.vho brought out a machine for com
pressing chicory into the form of
coffee berries. In Russia the wary
purchaser has to be on the outlook for
ther adulterants, such as burnt
oeans, roasted barley and the like.
The British consul tells a story of an
Odessa grocer who boldly offered a re
gard to any one who should discover
Jiicory in the coffee ho supplied.
As a matter of fact, a careful analysis
did prove that the o called coffee
contained no chicory; but it proved
more, namely, that all produce of the
coffee plant was equally conspicuous
by it3 absence. The stuff was really
nothing more or less than roast bar
Icy. In a similar waj', tea, which is
usually supposed to be so good in
Russia, is very often made the means
f fraud. A common trick a to mix
.he good tea with other- leaves which
iiuvo been once used and then dried,
a practico which has more obvious ad
vantages to those dealers who would
thereby feel themselves at liberty to
iay tnat the mixture contained
nothing but tea. But the most usual
:du Iterant is tho leaves of tho com
non willow herb, which, after dry
ing, itrongly resemblo the truopro
lueo of China and India. London
News.
Tho Astor of tho Modern Athens,
Chief among Boston's capitalists is
Montgomery Bears, whose vast hold
ings of valuable real estate give him
a claim to be called the Astor of the
modern Athens. Ho inherited $9,000
000 a year ago from his father, Joshua
Sears, who came to Boston without a
penny, and established a Email gro:
eery business. By astonishing parsi
mony, backed with remarkable busi
ness instinct, old Josh rapidly piled
up the thousands. The land he nought
multiplied in value, and it was notl
verv long, before he found himself a
millionaire, Already old, he jjegaii
to look about him for a wife, an4
finally selected his housekeeper.
When he died ho left his money so,
that his son should never como Into
the bulk of tho estate, providing tha
youug man witn a pititu 2o,uuu a
year. This did noi suit 'Monty" at all,
who thereupon began proceedings to
set the will aside, and finally succeed
ed wit& the aid of skillful lawyers in
getting hold of the entire property.
Ie has added to it considerablv since.
and his fortune seems not unlikely to
compare favorably during his. QWit
lifetime with the possessions of any
one of the three great Astor landhold
ers. Mr. Sears belongs to all the swell
clubs, keeps a steam yacht, and is an
amateur in violins, of which ho has a
valuable collection. Albany Argus.
A New Chicago Cjune,
"We are crettini? uu a setof nersonal
cards," said a stationer to a reporter.
"rver hear of anything or thatsortr'
"Never."
"You are at a party, sav. Ladies
aro present, and you have a dispute
wim a gentleman aooui someuiing,
i flrvti't TV-ant trt moba ci cAna a rwl
him whatever caid yovi niay think
suits his case. Here, for instance, is
one, 'Calloused old liar'; here is an
other, 'Bully, and here, 'Libeler,V and
so on uiUH you cot clown to me Dot-
torn of the pack and yon shuffle 'em
ag-din. It is much better to hand a.
man one of those than it is to hit liirn
in tho face or call him a bad, narue. The I
newspapers have civ W vis tip, ana
wc are working IVup. - Of eourso this
is an experiment. But everybody
wants something new and we are try
ing this on. Come around some t!aj
and I will giv you the result of thg
cxjeriment, -Chiceo News,
The motto, "What is Jlome without a Mother," exists in many
happy homes in this city, but ihc cflect of what is home without the
Local Newspaper is sadly realized in many of these "happy homes" in
Plattsmouth.
Is steadily finding its way into these homes, and it always
comes to stay. It makes the family circle more cheertul and keeps it
readers "up to the times" in all matters of importance at home and
abroad.
During the Year
Every available means will be used to make the columns of
The Herald a perfect storehouse from which you can obtain all in
formation, and will keep up its record as being the best' Advertising
Medium for all purposes.
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This paper is within the reach of all, and will be delivered to any ad
dress in the city or sent by mail.
k Wee
Is the Best Comity Newspaper in old Cass, and this has been
well proven to us by the many new names added to our list during
1888, Special merits for the Wekklt, are all the county news, six
columns of good Republican Editorial, News Accounts of all import
ant political or business events, one-half page each week containing
a choice piece ot Voeal or Instrumental Music, choice selections of
Miscellaneous Reading Matter.
returns.
Our Job Department
Is equal to any, and does work to the satisfaction ot patrons
from all over the county, and receives orders by mail from a distance,
which are promptly filled. AVe have facilities for doing all 'kinds of
work, from' the plain calling card to colored work, books and blanks.
Work neatly and promptly executed. Large stock kept on hand
Legal blanks for sale. -
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