-J V The Semi Weekly News-Herald PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS . . . BY THR . . . NKWS publishing company, M. D. POLK, EDITOR. DAILY EDITION. Ono Year, in advance, to 00 Six Months 2 f0 ine Week, 10 binglo Copies, 5 SEMI-WEEKLY KDITION. One Year, in advance, .... 11 00 Six Months, 50 T,,.E LARGEST GIRGULflTION Of any Cass County Paper. With $740.ooo,0)0 crold in tho country, nnd about lf,0,00,00 of it in his own stocking, Uncle Sum wii havo a comfortable yellow liniii'' for a whito New Year's. Ouu biL-trest trim, under construc tion in Pennsylvania, will throw 2,500 pound shell bixteen inileh. Its Lest uso is to insure peace, and not to firo a shot heard round tho world. TlIK punatious JapH are now don ninj war paint again on account of th oncroaehnient of Itusia. Knglish diplomats will givo tho Orientals no end of encouragomont so far as talk (roes. JirDGK Ciiaklev Hall of Lancas ter county, who by tho way, ia one of tho cleanest and ablost republicans in tho etato, is talked of as a successor to J. 15. Strodo as congressman from this district. If Strodo is to retire, Judge Hall would make a splendid successor The sensational campaign in Ohio is now on, though tho legislature will not convene until Monday next. Ma jor Dick of Cleveland has opened headquartors for Mark llanna, and tho opposition is not idlo. Lively times may result vet before tho matter is settled. In leaving Mexico Mr. Bryan re marks: "Any ono who has studied the question knows that silver-using countries havo enjoyed exemption from falling prices." How about tho price of silver? Silver miners in Mex ico have occasion to know that its price has declined more tnan one- half. The reorganization of iho Union Pacific railway by the recent pur chasers, has been begun by the ap pointment of II. G. Burt, former man ager of the Elkhorn Valley railway, and at present third 'Vice-president of the Chicago & Northwestern, the presi dency of the new corporation which of course he will accept. It Ts hinted that Pre sident Andrews of Brown university is training for the democratic nomination for presi dent. That is a qu.-er thing for ; co lege president to dt, but President Andrews's advocacy of the freo coinage of silver, free tr.ido and his tour eu.ogizing Lee and Stonewall Jackson and depreciat lng General Grant goto sustain tho vague intimation. Ex. Secretary of War aloeu is making great preparations to send eatables to the Klondike emigrants. Had we known there was no risk in going to Alaska and that tho national government would board us 11 our exchequer got low, wo might have- cone to the Klondike, too. We can't see, however, why the government should feed the people up there so long as hungry men and women may be found here at home equally as needful and far more worthy of public aid. MISSOURI'S FRUIT INTERESTS. At the recent meeting of the State Horticultural society, says the St. Louis Globe Democrat, at Moberly the secretary announced from carefullj' prepared figures that tho apple crop of Missouri this year amounted to $12,000,000, the peach crop to $3,500, 000 and other fruits to $4,000,000, giv ing a total fruit production in the state in 1897 of $19,501). 000. This is a splendid and a surprising addition to the income of our people. The or chards and fruit gardens of Missouri have risen to their present importance so quietly that not much is known about them. Of course every person in Missouri is aware of the abundance of fine fruit in the local markets, but few have grasped the aggregate value of tho fruit crop or its future possi bilities. The business is in its infancy, and ia the larger sense only crudely understood. But the time is at hand to devote more systematic attention tion to the subject and to keep in mind the fact that the fruit of Missouri is destined to yield an enormous revenue to those who intelligently till the soil. INFORMATION AND OPINIONS. Mr. Leiter's little side deal in oats to the amount of 6,000,000 bushels is likely to oe a world of trouble tomor row to the fellows caught napping. When it was discovered it was too lato for the shorts to cover as there was only 950,000 bushels of the grain dear to the equine soul in all the elevators in Chicago. Mr. Leiter bought at 20 cents. Ex. Major Byers of Glenwood wt.s on yesterday made adjutant general of the Iowa state militia by Governor Elect Shaw. Gen. Byers has resided at G Ion wood since 1853 and the town will share the honors with him in the appointment. The B. & M. will put in a large amount of new steel rails on its Ne braska division during the coming year. A shipment of new rails to Ravenna Inst week contained nearly 100 cars. At tho Omaha headquarters it was said that the big t-hipenont of rails did not signify that any exten sions would bo made during 1898, but that tho new rails wore merely in tended to take tho plnco of lighti r ones that havo already seen many years of service. It gives us great pleasure to note, re marks an exchange, that the most readable department on tho Chicago Record lias devoted an entire column to William ICeed Dunroy and his "Corn Tassels." It is quite certain that no other Nebraska writer has ever received such favorable mention or so much valuable sp: ce. A new time-card goes into effect on tho C. U. & Q. system about tiio first of tho year, but as yet it is not known that it will make; any change in tho arrival and departure of trains at this point. Adolia Harding of Hebron, grand chief cf honor of the I), of II. of A. O. U. W., for Nebraska, and Walter Ilousoworth, grand lecorder, have completed arrangements with H. J. Burkt'tt for fifteen addresses in be half of this order in this jurisdiction during the month of January. About 107G teachers aro in attend ance at the state meeting iu Lincoln this week. This is thu largest num ber ever ever registered previously and inteiest in school work is said to be all that tho most enthusiastic could desire. David Starr Jordan, tho eminent educator of Richmond, Ind., who af terwards went to tho Stanfortl uni versity in California will locturo in Lincoln ton irh t. thus giving the teaches a rare treat. E. A. Stopher and wife departed Tuesday via the Missoui Pacific for Los Angeles, Cal., where they expect to spend the winter. They will return homo by way of Washington, where their sons Ed and Prank reside. Elmwood Leader. Dr. Evan?, the Paris dentist whose home was in the United States, died recently leaving a fortune of $4,000,- 000. His only brother has gone over after the monoy, but the French banks know a good thing as well as anybody and refuse to give up. The Massachusett's cotton opera tives havo been forced to reduce wages in order to compete with tho new southern mills which have been erected at the door ol the cotton sup ply and nearer the center of demand for goods. Mrs. J. H. Buttery, who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. II. A. Thompson, leaves for her home at Piattsmouth tomorrow night. Alli ance Times. Denizens of the river count'-y are all agog once more over the rumor that the Burlington will build from this point to Sterling, Colo., next summer, and that grading will commence in the early spring. Alliance Times. A CoIuhhhI Swindle. The colossal character of the E. S Dean swindle is made cleat er with every fresh contribution to tho story Vulvar adventurers without money r character, or reputation; with no credentials; with no one to vouch for their honesty or good faith, protend to be dealing in stocks at New York md in grain in Chicago; thoy circu late "literature" offering impossible returns on money "entrusted" to them tor "investment;" start "lake ' noan- ciai papers, in whicn their methods and prospects are anonymously aDd l.vingly lauded; establish agencies in ill parts of the country hud the gulls do the rest. Into the hands of these utterly unknown i ascals people sup posed to be sensible and hard-headed make eager haste to place their money. In a few months tho swindlers have taken in millions. They make no "investments;" they purchase no stocks or grain for speculation; they form no "pools." Por a time they en courage their victims by sending back to them a part of th'oir own money as imaginary profits, thus inciting them to fresh "investments." When they have gone on as long as they think they can "work" tho"innocent," sudden disaster is reported to tho vic tims to have overtaken their "opera tions;" the "innocent investors" have the experience. The Dean operators appear to have conducted the swindle in so open a manner that there is hope that they may be punished. But no one can have much sympathy witn their victims. If you yut your hand in a flame you must expect to be burned. If you trust j'our money to an unknown man, who promises you impossible returns, you ought to ex pect to be swindled. And yet in spite of these repeated experiences any other "smooth" rascal like the late A. Macdonald can come into town. open oftices, repeat the same sort of stories and people will throng to him with their monev. HORSES IN HISTORY. SOME OF THE NOBLE STEEDS THAT HAVE ACHIEVED FAME. A yucer (?) Medicine. There is a medicine whose proprie tors do not claim to have discovered some hitherto unknown ingredient, or that it is a cure-all. This honest med icine only claims to cure certain dis eases, and that its ingredients are recognized by the most skilled phy sicians as being the best for Kidney and Bladder diseases. It is Foley's Kidnev Cure. Smith &, Parmele. List of Letters. Remaining uncalled for at the post- office at Plattsmouth, Dec. 27, 1897: Binns, C H Hill, Wm. lildebrad, Agnes Mitchell, Martha Sage, Frank Valentine J R When calling for any of the above letter please say "advertised." W. K. Fox, P. M. The Four Footed Friend For Whom a City Wm NuiikmI Itoiuau llore That Lived Like I'rlncra C'hurgera Who Woo llenowu Amid the Carnage of War. It is hard to say with any near ap proach to accuracy how long tho horso has been a domthticaUd animal. Wo can only nay that he has l.een so from timo immemorial that is, from tho earliest limes of which vu havo any records. The Assyrian sculptures and they aro about the most ancient of which we know anything, fur souk; of them aro estimated to date f rom 42(H) B. (J. contain more representations of capari soned horse s than eve n men. Still, wo do lie.'t get any examples of favorite horses until a long time after this. Even this first examples, indeed, are only 1 gendary, for, though there is no doubt that Hector of Troy existed, it is not improbable) that Homer invented the names of his three favorite horses, Podergc, the cream colored V a Lit lie and the fie ry Ethon. But tho horse of Alex ander the (treat, Buce phalus, is an indi vidual as historically real as his maste r. This famous horse was, s-ajs- I'lutarch, offered to Philip for l'.i talents (about 2,rlH), but ho displayed m much vi ciousnoss that Alexander's fathe r was about to send him away when tho young princo offered to tamo him. Ho agreed, in the event of failure, to for feit tho price e.f tho horse and began by turning his head to the sun, as ho ob served that tho horso was frightened at his own shadow. In the) end he com pletely tamed him so completely, in deed, that Bucephalus, though he w'ould permit nobody except Alexander to mount him, always knelt down fer that purposo to his master. He died at tho ago of 30, and his master built as his mausoleum the city cf Buccpliala. Headers of Macaulay will remember the famous black Auster, tho horse of Merminius, and tho dark gray charger of Mamilius, whoso sudden appearance in tho city of Tusculum without his master brought the news of the defeat of the allies at Lake llegillus. Connect ed with that battle, too, were tho horses of tho great "twin brethren, " Castor anel Pollux, coal black, with whito legs and tails. But those are legendary. Not so, however, the well known horso of Caligula, Incitatns. This animal had a stable of marble; his stall was of ivory, his clothing of purple and his halters stiff with gems. He had a set of golden plates and was presented with a palace, furniture and slaves complete), in order that gnests invited in his namo should be properly entertained. His diet was the mest costly that could be imagined, the finest grapes that Asia could provide being reserved for him. Verus, another Roman emperor about a century later, treated his horso almost as extravagant ly. He fed him with raisins and almonds with his own hands, and when he died erected a statue of gold to him, while all tho dignitaries of tiie empire attend ed the funeral. As we come to later times, so we got moro examples of favorite horses. Wil liam the Conqueror had one which he rode at tho battle of Hastings, about which almost everything seems to be known except his name. Ho was of huge sizo and was a present from King Alfonso of Spain "such a gift as a prince might give and a prince receive. " This gallant horse, however, did not survive the battle, for Gyrth, Harold's butcher, "clove him with a bill, and ho died." Richard I's horse was called Maleck, and was jet Llack. He bore his master through the holy war and ar riveel in England before him. In fact, ho survived the king seveTal vears. Tho second Richard, too, had a favorite horse, called Roan Barbary, which was supposed to be the finest horse in Europe at that time, anel it was on Roan Bar bary that the young king was mounted when the incident wherein Wat Tyler was stabbed by tho mayor of Walworth took placo. About a century later wo get the Wars of tho Roses, and in tho many battles of that civil disturbance a cou ple of horses played important parts. These belouged to the great Earl of Warwick, tho kingmaker. His first was Maleck, a beautiful gray, which he rode at the battle of Towton. It was this horse whoso death turned tho for tunes of the battle, for Warwick, seeing that his men were giving ground, de liberately sprang from his favorite horso and killed him. Then his men knew that the kingmaker was prepared to conquer, but not to ny. Ihey rallied and finally won the battle. There were two horses belonging to highwaymen which were famous in their time. One of them belonged to the celebrated knight of the road, Paul Clifford. He was called Robin and was Irish. In color iron grav, he was re puted by judges of horseflesh and there were some who were quite as com petent to give an opinion, if not more so, as any of the present day to bo ab solutely without blemish and to be sec ond to none. Another famous horse, or rather mare, was Black Bess. Her own er, Dick Turpin, or, to give him his correct name, Nicks, committed a rob bery in London at 4 o'clock in the morning, and, fearing discovery, made for Gravesend, ferried across the river and appeared at the bowling green in York the same evening, having accom plished his ride of 300 miles in 16 hours on one horse. At least so says the leg end, and this is certain that on his trial he was acquitted, the jury consid ering it impossible that he could have got to York in the time. London Standard. MODERN CHICKEN C00P8. The Once Familiar Lath Hare Glrea Way to Wire Netting-. Men whoso memories go back, say, 40 years will remombor that In those days when a man wanted to build a chicken coop ho bought a bundle or two of laths and built it. There are mighty few lath chicken coops built nowaday. Even the smallest chicken raiser, who keeps a few in his buck yard, makes his coopor runway of poultry netting. The chicken house, or shelter, is made of boards, often of two thicknesses and with tarred paper between, for better protec tion from the weather, and with ojciiiiigs at the bottom and under the projecting roof for ventilation. Baths were cheap; poultry netting is still cheaper. It is made of .steed wire, galvanized, in various widths and iu various sizes of mesh. The netting most commonly used is six feet wide, with a two inch mesh. The chicken raiser sets up a frame and tacks the netting to it. Narrow nettings of smaller mesh are used in various w ays te ktep in little chicks sometimes a foot wide small mesh netting to run around at tho base of tho inclosure, the regular netting hying set aliovo it, thus iucruasinj the total height of the netting. Sometimes the) small mesh netting is run around inside of tho regular netting, thus mak ing tho lower part of tho netting double. Sometimes it is used to make sejMirate small inelosures within the large run way and perhaps to make a nnralmr of Snujil inelosures to keep separate broods of chicks apart. The narrow, small mesh netting is made up to three and a half feet in width. There is nowadays anso for wiro net ting in chicke n house's. A netting with a square mesh is laid on tho floor of thicken houses to keicp out rats anel mice. There aro now many largo establish ments in this country fer tho raising of chickens for commercial purposes, for market and for breeding, and thpro aro as many me n as ever who raise chickens at home, from tho many who keep a fe'w in tho hack, yard, with a simple chicken house anel coop, to men who raise many chickens and maintain an claborato plant for their breeding and keeping. But under whatever conditions thoy aro raise-d, chickens are rarely seen nowadays m coops made of laths, such as w ito familiar 40 years ago. New xoik Sun. mmmmwmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm I cleaning up stock E INVOICING BcFOR BARGAINS I IN ALL DEPARTMENT AN ECLIPSE OF THE SUN. lie Listened to All. Fontenelle listened to everything and he offended no one by disputing anything. At the close of his life he was asked the secret of his success, and he replied that it was by observing two maxims, "Jwerybody may be rignt and "Everything may be so." Shiappicasse?. The finest line of candies, nuts, figs, dates, oranges, lemons, bananas and other fresh fruits may be found at Schiappacase's. He bought a big line of fancy candies awfully cheap and will give his customers the benefit of the bargain. Remember your holi day gifts are not complete until you have purchased something good to eat at Schiappacasse's. Oysters servod n every style and courteous treat ment extended to all. . Somber and Terrible Wan the Scene at tho Moment of Totality. Mrs. Mabel Loomis Todel, writing in The Atlantic of an eclipse seen in Ja pan, says: "Just before totality, to oc cur at 2 minutes after 3 o'clock, I went over to the little lighthouse, taking up my appointed station on tho sum mit, an ideal vantage ground for a spec tacle beyond anything else I ever wit nessed. Grayer and grayer grow the day, narrower and narrower the cres cent of shining sunlight. The sea faded to leaden nothingness. Armies of crows, which had pretended entire indiffer once, fighting and flapping as nsual on gables and flagpoles with unabated fer vor, finally succumbed, and flew off with heavy haste to tho pine forest on the mountain side. The French man-of-war disappeared in the gloom, the junks blendetl in colorlossness, but grass anel verdure suddenly turned strangely, vividly yellow green. "It was a moment of appalling sus pense. Something was being waited for. The very air was portentous. The flocks of circling sea gulls disappeared with strange cries. One white butterfly flut tered by vaguely. "Then an instantaneous darkness leaped upon the world. Unearthly night enveloped all things. With an inde scribablo ontflashing at the same sec ond, tho corona burst forth in wonder ful radiance. But dimly seen through thinly drifting cloud, it was neverthe less beautiful, a celestial flame beyond description. Simultaneously the whole northwestern sky was instantly flooded with a lurid and startlingly brilliant orange, across which floated clouds slightly darker, like flecks of liquid flame, while the west and southwest gleamed in shining lemon yellow. It was not like a sunset; it was too som ber anel terrible. " Wrappers. 78c; Flannelette wrap pers, $1; Ladies fine Dongola Shoes, $1.29 and $1.49; Ladies' felt Slippers, 59c; Men's leather Slippers, 59c. A few soiled wool Blankets at one-half price. Ladies' fleece-lined Underwear at 25cf worth 35c. All wool Dress flannels, one yard wide, 25c, one-half yards wide, 39c. Only a few bolts of these goods left. A few bargains in lamps at $1 and up. C7TLL HND INSPECT THE COODS I E. 6. OVEY k S ON Sane Advice to Young Artlnts. "Don't give in was about the gist of what Sir Wyke Bayliss said to the English art students in a lecture at the Semth Kensington museum. He told them what ought to be their watchword : "Do not believe, he said, in tho in sidious lio that the devil is always whispering to the soul of the artist that the golden age of art is past and that what was done yesterday cannot be done today, for art is in its decadence. Such an assertion was the danger of the times anel he woulel have them track it to its source and kill it there. It had two forms elespondency and tempta tion but he urged them not to be in fluences! by either. Let their study be based upon knowledge, tho knowledge that had accumulated during the ages and was formulated in what was known ts academic training, and let their knowledge in turn be based upon their own stuely. " Certainly that is the best of advice, for what has been done before can be done again. No Need to Cry. "Don't cry, Buster, " said .Timmieboy after the catastrophe. "Napoleon didn't cry eve ry time his brother hit him acci dentally on the eye." ' I know that, " retorted Buster. Na poleon did all the hittin on the eye his self. " Harper's Bazar. Rare Felicity. She Such lovely bargains as there we at that new place 1 He Ah? She Yes, silks at 18 cents, and in store so simall that a hundred persons crowd it to suffocation 1 Detroit Jour naL Try Wurl Bros'. "Gut Heil" cigars Mr, C. M. Dixon well known mer chant of Pleasant Ridge, Fulton Co., Pr., has a little girl who is frequently threatened with croup, but when the first symptons appear, his wife gives her Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, which always affords prompt relief. The 25 and 50 cent sizes for Bale by all druggists. Is your liver tired? does it fail to do duty? If so, don't neglect its call for help. A few doses of Ilerbine may save you a spell of sickness. Herbine is the only perfect liver medicine. It cures Chills and Fever. 75c. Ancient mfDio muntn. The ancient pneblo builder, like hit modern descendant, was ao completely tinder the dominating influence of his geographio environment that from sim ilar conditions he almost automatically worked out similar results. In the mat ter of a site for his home, however, ha had some latitude, and the choice he made reflected something of the social conditions under which he lived. Thus it is probable th.it in the earliest timea the people lived in small villages locat ed on the edges of valleys or near the mouths of fertile flat bottomed canyons. They lived a quiet, peaceful existence, depending principally on the soil for the means of subsistence, but not de spising the harvest of grass seeds and wild nuts which were nt hand and glad to break the even, placid course of ex istence by periodical hunting expedi tions to the neighboring mountains for deer and out into the great plains for buffalo In the course of timo, however, other and more savage tribes came to the re gion, and theso preyed upon the prior occupants of the country, who were in dustrious and provident and accnmn lated stores against possible bad seasons. it is donbttnl whether there were any pitched battles or prolonged sieges, bat the robbers made periodical forays through the fields when the crops were ready for the harvest or perhaps as saulted and looted some email village when the men were away. Cosmos Mindeleff in Bulletin of American Geo graphical Laoiety. A Woman Matdore at Cordora. Now comes the denouement, for upon a final flourish of trumpets the ma tad ore, who in this particular performance was a woman, steps forth with a brighter red flag or cloak on a staff in her left hand and a good Toledan blade in her right, hidden beneath the right edge of the red flag. The bull makes a dash for the woman. Our ladies turn their heads and ask me what I see, and I report A oalm, deliberate and skillful step to the left by the female matadore, a quick flash of the sword, a bend of the body to the right and over the bull's neck a spurting of blood, not very copious, and the sword has pierced the animal's neck close to the shoulder. The jugular is severed, the beast trembles, his knees give way, and he falls amid the applause of the audience at the skill of the swordswoman. Before the matadore pro ceeded to the slaughter she formally asked peimission of the presiding alcal de to do the killing, and, upon his for mal consent, proceeded with sword la hand to the front of the bolL Bala- mnr Sr.u. Facing- the Mttale. The spirit of this simile is used by John Bunyan in the meditation " Of the Horse and Drum," in his "Book Tor Boys and Girls; or. Country Rhymes Tor Children," published in 168. Of the genuine Christian he says, inter alia : Let drummer beat the eharf or what ftiay will. They'll cose them, faoe them, keep tfea-lr BtUL Notes and Qnarlea. I Do Not Forget... In some parts of South Africa mrtok damage is done by baboons, whieh go in large marauding parties to rob gar dens. A rake. A body-enatching story has been going the rounas wiin reierence to the man killed at South Bend who was buried here a few days ago. The grave was dug deeper today, but the box had not been molested, ine rumor eot started when it was learned that only a foot and a half of dirt had been put over the outside dox. as soon as this condition was discovered the box was lowered to the usual depth. T ? That the Hedbloom Drug Store carries the most complete stock of Drugs, Medi cines, Wallpaper, Paints and Oils. Great bargains in Stationery, an ele gant line of Perfumes, new line of Brushes, Combs, Pocket-Books, and everything found in a first-class store. We take great care in filling Prescrip tions ancivfljl our remedies are new and fresh. Prices cheaper than ever. Try us and see. v I fledDloom PHarmacy, Vive Vive LIU Si CAMERAS $3.50 at The Big Store Lehnhoff Bros. 9 T 1 1 p I i I Wrlsrht'a Condensed 5moke far Satakiag all Meats. Im parts a atliciaa flavor. Keeps M.at 8wt aad free from In sects. A J cent bottle will moka $ pounds. Sold by all Drorrists. Mads by . K. WRIGHT It Co., Ulyasea, Neb. For Sale by F. G. Frlcke & Co. HARD COAL. Miisour Coal, Genuine Canon City Co a FOR CASH. Lesve o-den atF. S. White's. W. J. WHITE. c S r