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R V' THE EVENING PRIMROSE. 1 KikI Kveniiivt Primrose, willi yournllken stole lliini: li lii-Hlfly hiinwsrl. what a soul IKikH frinii your put ii-nt t yt! How frail and palo You Muiul ainunt: tlut floweret"! ami yoiirlMiwl Shows like u vauUhlim phautoiu of the i;riul. Youut; huils tliut iMiiut a flitKer to the blue t'rowd cm your tieui, aud youth autl Lope are new. While the Hap runs; yet scarcely has the suu Warmed twice ujh.u your petals ere their hue rails into pallidness of death begun. And htrewn alMiut the Krass the blossoms hide The poor discolored fragments of their pride. Or hiinn dincoiiMoliUc. w ith draKK'led vect. And i liii-iiit;, hoihlen cerements, to abide The gradual workings of tho Alkahest. Was it for tliis you stnuiu'led into li'ht? That one brief day xhould crowu a tedious liiht? Was It for this you felt your way along The put hit of natural growth, t hut from their height Shrill death should echo lu your triumph honiir It may he so. There are who say tho bliss Ueuites the pain; yet could it be for this (Cioil knows) you opened your sweet, patient eyes To see the sun's face once and die in his kiss? tor me you bloom attain in Paradise. Nina I.uyiird in Intrmau"s Magazine. Names and ltiislnessFs. Thcro is at times a jeculiar coin"i uVnco as regards the name of a man ami his liusim-ss. Sneh an aiproiiiate iH'ss of naino to calling is freqnentl' quite ace-Mental. "Sexton Brothers, Undertakers and Upholsterers," is the wording of a tsign at Long Branch, and a dressmaker on Clinton street, New York, bears the name of N. Nadel (the (Jen nan for needle). To those who un derstaiKl German, Schneider will seem an equally appropriate name for a dress maker, and there are plenty of butchers in town named Metzger, while at least one barber glories in the name of Schcc-r-er. But it seems odd that a Baecker should deal in meat, or that even an Avenue A. Barber should sell lieer. However, when we hear of "Tajlor & Cutter," a lirm of clothiers, or find that 'Stickwell & Co." are mucilage makers, there is a strong suspicion of an inten tional manufacture of appropriate firm names. And that story about the bro ker firm of "U. Ketcham & I. Cheatham" has been told so often that one hardly knows whether to credit it or not. New York Times. Centralization of Government. The history of the federal govern ment is one of growing strength and in fluence. The difference between the intention of the founders of tho system and of the existing fact is nearly as great as that between the opinions of Jefferson and moderate Federalists. From the first organization of the gov ernment to the present time there has been almost a steady advance toward centralization. This advance has been both aided and retarded by the supreme court; but in the legislative branch of the government and in the popular mind the proportions of the federal govern ment have constantly grown larger. It has not been the tendency of the people of the republic to strengthen the local government at the expense of the general government. On the contrary, the gen eral government has grown at the cost of the states. Henry L. Nelson in Har per's. The Nepalese "Konu" The Nepalese "knliir', or heavj' curved knife, with the edge on the inner side, is familiar by name to readers of the accounts of our "little wars," in which the Ghoorka infantry have taken part. But there is another Nepalese weapon, the "kora," the most strangely shaped sword ever used, which, starting from the hilt about an inch and a half wide, when near the cad turns at right angles and expands to six inches. The late Jung Bahadur, a noted expert at all eastern arms and exercises, ".'as able to decapitate a bullock with one blow of the kora. Chambers' Journal. Carvings on Easter Island. The hard volcanic rock of Easter island is covered with carvings intended to represent human faces, birds, fishes and mythical animals. Fishes and tur tles appear common among iliese sculp tures, but tne most common ngure is a mythical animal, half human in form, with bowed back and long, clawlike legs and arms. According to the na tives tins sj-mbol was intentleU to rep resent the god "ileke-Meke. ' the great spirit of the sea. Philadelphia Ledger. They All Dodged. A quaint minister once said, "Now, brethren, I propose to throw this hymn bok at the man who has leen thinking of something other than the sermon." xie maae tne necessary gesture, as t -r - . though he would hurl the bock, and. curiously enough, every man in the con gregation ducked his head. London Tit- Bits. How One Knows. A wedding came off at Tyrone at the unusual hour of 6:45 in the morning. It is unnecessary to add that this was the wedding of a railroad man. Any other kind of a man selecting the same time would have been married at a quarter of 7 o clock Philadelphia Inquirer. First Wheat in America. The first wheat raised in the New World was sown on the Island of Isa bella in January, 1494, and on March 30 the ears weie gathered. St. Louis Re public. When you send your check out of the city to pay bills, write the name and residence of your payee thus; "Pay to John Smith & Co., of Boston." This will put your bank on its guard if pre sented at the counter. it is caicuiatea that it would take a person over 300 3-ears to read all the standard works that are published, and 3et we seldom come across a man who will acknowledge that he has not read every one. ' Cyrus Thompson claims to have dis covered the key which will unlock the mystery of the Maya codices and proba bly of the Central American inscriptions. rit.oriii ;. Fluorine gat i of a yellow color, with a smell resembling bleaching ttowder. It has not Ix-en liquefied, and still ro Uiains gawoim at 140 dogs. Fahrenheit. Every precaution has to Ih taken in studying its action on other lod.en, loth on account of its dangr-'usly irritating action on the eyes an mucous mem brane of the operator and its marvelous and wonderful energy, far exceeding that of anything hitherto discovered. There is hardly a gas, liquid or solid, that it does not attack, usually with the greatest violence; in fact its mere con tact with any other substance is nearly always signalized by tho sudden evolu tion of intense heat and light and fierce detonations. It almost realizes the fond est dreams of the alchemists, and might fitly be their long sought liquor, alka hest, or universal solvent, for even dull, inert flint takes fire instantly it is ex posed to the vajior, and the whole mass becomes luminous with a grand incan descence. As a supiorter of combustion it leaves oxygen far behind. Lampblack bursts immediately into brilliant flame and gets red hot in a current of fluorine gas; and charcoal is made to give an inter esting exhibition of its porosity by first filling its interstices with the gas and then burning sjiontaneously with spar kling scintillations. The diamond, how ever, is able to withstand its action even at high temperatures. Chambers' Journal. The Danger of M-etaphor. Metaphor and simile, poignant wea Ions in the armory of a skilled debater, produce disastrous effects in the hands of tho inexpert. Certain figures, orig inally of force and frehhness, cause a bleak sense of depression from the fre quency of their employment by halting speakers, and one who desires to engage the understanding of an audience ought, at whatever sacrifice, to take a pledge of total abstinence from such outworn phrases as "the thin end of the wedge," "oil on the troubled waters," etc. Some times, it must be confessed, the audience derives unexpected and lasting enjoy ment from the delightful incongruity of figurative discourse. The pages of Hansard bear, or at least ought to bear on record, the poetic flights of a certain honorable baronet, who became in parliament the very dar ling of postprandial debate. Those who were fortunate enough to be present on the evening when he was denouncing the course taken by one of his colleagues in the representation of Ireland will re member the rich brogue in which he re ferred to him as "the young sea serpent from County Clare," and how he was promptly called to order by the speaker for using the expression. "Very well, Mr. Speaker," he rejoined, "I bow to your ruling of course and beg leave to with draw the sea serpent." Blackwood's Magazine. The Migration of Reindeer. The annual migration of the reindeer from Lapland in search of food has now become a serious matter. In the first place, it necessitates the migration of man, for if owners want to keep their deer and their property they must fol low them wherever they wander. Sec ondly, the migrating animals travel in 6uch great herds that they do not a little damage to the meadows, plowed lands and forests. There seems to be no stop ping it. The deer migrate with more or less regularity, and within a week or two of the usual time a hundred thou sand reindeer come to Tromsoe, which is the meeting point. The owners simply see that their herds do not get away. But this invasion of reindeer is viewed with alarm by Scandinavian farmers. who have their crops trampled down The farmer may sue for damages, but if he obtains a judgment in his favor how is he to find the defendant? Some seven or eight years ago a special law was passed to meet the case. The country is divided into districts, and if the own ers of the destructive animals cannot be found the district is held for the dam age, each family paying in proportion to the number of reindeer they possess. J. L. v ance in Our Animal Friends. Handel, the Composer. tjeorge a reuencK iianaei, who was a composer at the age of nine, and had written three operas before he was fifteen, was a man of uncommonly large appetite, and it is told of him that when ever he stopped at an inn or elsewhere where the host was not familiar with the greatness of his hunger he would order dinner for three. Upon one occasion he gave his order for three as usual, and when the hour for dinner arrived he called to his host: "Ees de tinner retty?" "It will be served, sir, immediately upon tne arrival or your company," was the response. "Achl" said Handel, with a laugh. 'Den you may pring it up right avav. 1 am de gompany." Harper's Young Peo ple. Country Folk Are Tender with Birds. iteai country loin are very tender in their dealings with the birds that live near them. In the course of my experi- i ence, extending over many years, 1 have never known a case of wanton crneltv occur in regard to wild birds. The la boring man, whose work so often lies far from the haunts of men, seeks com panionship with the birds. Of these none is more friendly than the robin. who is sure to appear, however lonely the place. Cornhill Magazine. A Clever Retort. A legal dignitary, who had risen from an humble rank of life, was twitted by an opponent for "having begun life as a barber s boy." "It is true that I did so," was the answer; "and if you had begun in a similar station you would have re mained there till the present day." London Standard. Not at Home. Stranger Is your father in? Boy Nope. Stranger Where can I find him? Boy Dunno. North Pole, I guess. Mom's cleanin house. Good News. HOW THEY CARRY THEIR MONEY. KeacUiifr the harm ter of I'eopl In the Pocket hooka Tliejr Vf. "1 can tell you tho businessof (six men out of every ten who coiuo in here, and the social btandiug of all of them, from tho way they carry their money," said a Broadway ticket seller for ono of the sound steamboat lines to a rejiorter. "Did you ever think how much of a person's individuality is expressed in his method of carrying his money? I see Ieoplo every day get at their chango and have Made a study of it. "That man," said the ticket seller, as an old gentleman who had purchased a pasteboard good for a trip to Boston went out, "is a retired banker. Did you notice that ho carried his money in a long morocco iocketbook? That pocket book is always carried in the inside riocket of his coat, ou the right side. It contains a number of bright, clean bills, all neatly smoothed and laid out at full length and right side up. He novel folds a bill, I will venture a cigar. "Tho young broker or wholesale mer chant carries his money in a small case made of seal or lizard skin. Ho fold the bills twice. His roll is never large, but he has enough on hand to meet any emergency. "The clubmen invariably carry a roll of clean five dollar I ills in their vest pocket, where they can bo easily reached. Some carry only gold. James Brown Potter favors gold, and usually carries a few quarter eagles in a small silver case, into which the coins lit without rattling. Lispenard Stewart usually has a roll of new bills in his vest pocket. "The man who comes in and fishes from a deep trousers pocket a lot of ono, two and five dollar bills that have been twisted up liko a gun wadding I always set down as a sporting 'gent.' "The farmer on an excursion to 'Bos ting' counts up the price of a ticket in quarters and halves from a tan colored leather pouch that is tied up with a string run through small slits near the top. The seafaring man on his way to his home on the Maine coast carries the proceeds of his last trip in a calfskin wallet. It has been handed down from his father, or perhaps his grandfather, for it is black and shiny with age. It has a long strap passed through a num ber of cross straps. The cross sections seldom have more in them than tobacco dust or a frayed tax receipt that show that he owns a house. But in the cen ter of the wallet is a place where bills may be laid out straight and covered with a calfskin flap from either sido. "The man who carries change in hia coat pockets has been a car conductor at some time or other. The fellow who draws ten cent pieces from every jiocket in his clothes is a peanut man or vender of small wares. "The women, too, have a variety of ways to carry their money, though their lack of pockets limits their vagaries in that direction. Tho young woman with fluffy hair, who has tho price of her ticket rolled tightly in her palm, has a m3'sterious storage place for money somewhere. When she is not spending it she puts it where no man will ever go after it, but the place is accessible to her slim fingers in a second." New York Press. Reply from the Pew. "Joe" Jones, one of Sam's numerous brothers, has enlisted in the ministry. His first sermon was preached in a coun try church at Pine Log before a large 1 congregation of farmers, backwoodsmen and crackers. Sam's methods were fol lowed with considerable success, but when Joe branched off on his own hook he struck a snag. He caused his hearers to wince when, slapping the Bible nearly off the pulpit, he exclaimed: "A man what will cuss a oath'll steal !" There was a lively shifting among the pews and much cautious looking around and head shaking. Joe saw, and deter mined to push his point. "Brethren and sisters," ho repeated, "1 want to say to you that a man what will cuss a oath'll steal! What have yon got to say to that." An aged cracker arose at the back of the church and, fastening his glittering gray eye on Joe, drawled through hi? nose: "All I got ter say is it's er gol dern lie!" Joe was so discouraged that he restea on his oars two weeks before making any more bold assertions. New York Tribune. l Registration In Germany. In Germany the exigencies of compul sory military service require that a man should be registered from the day of his birth to that of his death. The govern ment must be able to lay hands upon him at any time. A man can accom plish no civil act without producing his papers of identity. He cannot set up in business, nor buy land, nor obtain a situation, nor marry, nor get ont of any Ecrape with the judicial authorities, nor leave the country without satisfying the police as to who he is, where he was born, who were his parents, etc. Lon don Tit-Bits. Throwing Men Overboard. In ancient Scotland the barbarous cus tom existed which cost Jonah so much inconvenience. When a 6hip became unmanageable it was usual to cast lots for the purpose of discovering who was responsible for the trouble, and the man upon whom the lot fell was condemned. Instead of human beinj ;s doj into ;s used the sea sometimes to be thrown with their legs bound. Washington Star. ot Alone. Very stout persons may sometimes be noticed glancing at other stout persons with a pleased expression that 6eems to say, "well, I m not as stout as that, any way;" or, "There is tome one who is quite as stout as I am." Evidently it is a consoling thought. Youth's Companion Tellinjr Diamonds by the Taste. Diamonds and crystals can be distin guished from glass and paste by touching them with the tongue. The diamonds feel much colder. New York Journal. 1 Every Month many women suffer from Kscsaalv or Scant Menstruation; thsy don't anew who to conflda in to get proper advice. Don't confide In anybody but try Bradfield'o Fomalo Regulator SptcMc for PAIMf OL, PROFUSE. SCANTY. 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D1KKCTOK8 John Fitzgerald J). Hawkawortb 8aiu WauKh. K. K. White (ieorge K. IJovey ohn Fitzgerald. m. Waugh. President Carl ter. W. II. Cusiiixk l'rrriili:nt. J. W. Johnson, VUr.-l'rrMilrul. -ooOT H EOoo- PLATTSMOUTH NKHKAHKA Capital Paid in $BO.OOO 1C Ciithman. .1 W Johnson, R H (ireusel Henry hikenbary. M W Morgan, J A Connor. W Wet teukainp, W II dishing A general bnnxinrr biisiiieHH tratiH acted. Intercut allowed on de poaites. FOR KK1JA1U.K HSTSTJRA3SJCE Call on SAM'L PATTERSON Plattsmouth - . Nebraska PLACES OF WORSHIP. TSi- haul's Church, ak. between Fifth and Sixth. Father Carney, Pastor Services : Mass at 8 and 10 :30 a. m. Sunday Hchool at 2 :30, with benediction. Chkistian. Corner Locust and Kighth btn Services morning and tvenlng. fclder a Oallow ay pastor. Sunday School 10 a. m. i Epjscopai St. Luke's Church, corner Third till V u,e- Kev- ' B- pantor. 8er- Zlc J 11 A- M- and 7 :30P. if. Sunday School German Methodist. Comer Sixth 8t. and , - . ri. raptor, services : 11 a. . M. - m. ouuuay school 10 :30 j I A.M. Pbesmyteki an. Services in new church. cor ner Sixth and Granite sti. Kev. J. T. Baird ' pastor. Sunday-school at 8 ; 3C ; Preach! ug at 11 a. m.azd 8 p. m, Jhvv.V:K' s- of tbl8 church meet every Sabbath evenliiK at 7 :15 in the basement of the chucrh. All are invited to attend these . meetings. First Methodist. Sixth St.. betwen Main . and Pearl. Kev. L. F. Britt. U. D. oastor. Serviceo : 11 A. M.. 8 :0 r. M. Hnnrt. H,.h,w.l iA M' iraJ,er,n:Uiig Wednesday even- German Presbyterian. Corner Main and r A .d Ninth. Kev. Wltte, pastor. Services usual., 8V ill hours. Sunday School 9 :30 A. m. good Swkedish CoNOREOATioNAU-Granlte, be- or tween Fifth and Sixth. m or Colored BAPTisT.-Mt. Olive. Oak. between Tenth and Kleventh. Kev. A. Boawell. pas- , tor. Services 11 a. in. and 7 :30 p. m. Fray era" Wer meetinsr Wednesday evening. "yff e re -, and Yocko Mjk'i Christian Association . K ne Koonis in W aterniau block. Main street. Goa-e aneec pel meeting, for men only, every Suaday aJ-r JZl ternoon at 4 o'clock. Koomi open week days r tor j uiu o-ou a. 111., iv ; jo p. in. 8o.TH. KAKK Tabfrnacxk Bev. J. M a K doi t. - . m. hi. ana s p. i. : prayer meeting Tuesday night: choir , Ira.' 1 ice riday night. All are welcome, jf i LU froil ', ale etpv cods 13 it- I. Jnel a -a Idren