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FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1800.
TlIK T.igals aro basing their hopes
on democratic success in uin wuuuj
next year. Poor Toga's
Maky ELI.KN LicAse has again
; sprung into prominence, not in a poli
tical way, hut as a spiritualist.
TllK e-tsy manner in which men are
being united to to to the Philip
pines is discouraging to the demo
crats.
BEXTOX Makkt threaten to toll
the senato in vestig'itintr committee
about the recount fraud, lhis would
make interesting reading.
1 hf.ke is talk of moving the army
headquarters from Omaha to St. Louis.
Omaha will make a drsperate fight to
prevent such a mvo nnrl it is hoped
she will succoed.
In a year the r.-t iimunt of gold in
the treasury ha." i- it ; - d from $18!),-
000.000 to 24(5,(K) .() o. h i the coun
try's supply of ..-h .';: gone up to
$975,000,PU. U.e In rye! held by one
nation.
What Puttt-mouth should do this
fall is t.i Iio'.d n. street fair or corn
carnival. We did not celebrate the
Fourth, and now let us make up for
that by holdiDg a rousing street fair.
Come on, boys!
The paltry sum of $20 per month is
not much to steal, but when this is
carried on for a number of months it
counts up. However, this is only one
item that of the rent of ex Governor
Ilolcomb'i house. Oil! yes!
Eliiiu Root. Uie
newly iippointed
a mighty ugly
will undoubtedly
.r. flo is a lawyer
secretary of r, .
front nf rue. u' he
make a car.ni-l.i flic
of internauoi at re-Ai. tion and a man
well liked and p siesel "f this oreat
energy
ONE popul'sl pjiiK-r in the wes'ern
pzrt tf the f ato i . ki r n strong plea
to its ut'si-riiu o .in Withdraw their
trad I oin - i jii '!. l.ant.f :-s do not
eubocribe W f'O : n', '' o-der that
tfoldbueism u..iil;t tn- downed. This is
a little thu rankest proposition that
has come to light.
SAYS the Kearney flub: "Bryan
has undoubtedly got his foot in it
good and plenty in taking sides be
twoen Harrison and Altgeld, and it
doesn't matter what h6 may do from
this time henceforth, ho will be
ground between these two millstones.
It will be a trifle hard on the mill
stones, but that can'. bo helped."
The president of the national asso
ciation of silver clubs, George II
Keenev. tells a New York Times re
porter that Bryan can not win by at
tacking republicans on the war ad
ministration, or imierialiPm, and ex-
1 Dresses the opinion that free silver
coinage will not be made the principal
issue in the campaign next vear. lie
declares that it will not do for Bryan
to put himself against tho brains and
patriotism of the country, and he be
lievcs that Bryan is losing ground be
I cause of his attacks upon tho ad minis
tration.
Since tho Cass county fair U daad
and gono, why would it not bo a good
idea for Plattsmouth to hold a street
fair? It has been tried in other places
and was entirely successful. Booths
could be arranged on both North and
South Sixth street and on Main street,
where agricultural and other ex
hibits could bo displayed to excellent
advantage. During the fair various
kinds of amusemcts could be given
balloon ascensions, bicycle races, ball
games, etc. The novelty oi the lair
would be suro to attract largo crowds
to the city.
THE agreement between the local
merchants and the cigarmakers' uniou,
whereby the former aro to handle
nothing but union made cigars, has
already resulted in much good to both
the union and tho town. Five addi
tional cigarmakers have gone to work
in the various factories this week and
there are more positions open. This
means that $300 more a month will bo
paid out in salaries, which amount will
be expended at home. The cigar bus
iness is one of the leading industries
in Plattsmouth and should be assisted
by everyone who wants to help the
town.
A NEW FEATURE.
A new feature in the Philippine op
erations is the chasing of rob jer bands
by our soldiers and it is not unlikely
that this may develop into serious
business, says the Bee. At present it
is confined to the island of Negros,
where bandits appear to be numerous.
but there is every reason to expect
that we shall find robber bands in
other islands, possibly some that will
eive our soldiers more trouble than
they appear to have had with the
pandits in the Cobu mountains. Ac-
cording to the reports these have made
no very great resistance to our troops,
yet pursuit of them has co6t some
American lives.
This is a part and it may prove not
an insignificant part of -the task of es
tablishing American rule in tho Phil
ippines. The probability is that brig
andage extensively prevails thero, es
pecially in tho mountainous sections,
and if so its suppression will bo no easy
or inexpensive tusk. We cannot expect
to accomplish anything with bandits
by measures of conciliation. They
must bo summarily dealt with hunted
down and killed or captured. Per
hnps not a very large force would be
n-quired for this purpose, but the ex
perience our troops aro having with
robber bands in Negros indicates that
this featuro of our task in tho Philip
pines m;iy bo found exceedingly
troublesome.
ECHO OF THE BRYAN DINNER.
A Waiter at the Uollar ltunquet
Tel s
Funny Storle of the Aff4lr.
One of the waiters at a popular local
restnurant is a bird of passage from
the Bowery and was a member of tho
small army that served the famous
"dotl-r dinner" in New York last
April. A good many stories have
been told of tnat memorable event,but
nor.e of them surpasses his own in
point of picturepquone.ps and inside do
tail. "It whs the funniest push I was
ever in in me life," he says, confiden
tially. "The kitchen was so small
they had to cook everything on the
ouiside, and when it got there it was
dead cold. The second courso was
haddock, and each fUh came served in
a liren bag, so we could put 'em in
tubs of hot water and warm 'em up
sec? Well, some of tho boys got rat-
led and served 'em bags and all, with
etrjr sauce over toe outside. aay,yeu l
of died laughing seoing thero fellers
trying to carve their fish. 'This is
the toughest nuld haddock I iver
tackled in me life,' says one Tammany
man at the head table; 'it's got a skin
like a ihinocyris,' says he. In the
kitchen there was a riot all night long.
It was so Mntill the waiters couldn't
reach the dishers-up, and they got to
scrapping lor lroot places in tne line.
One man was knocked stiff with a
turkey, and when they picked him up
I thought he was dead. I did, on the
level. But it wasn't blood. It was
only cranberry sauce. Another
flunkey fell into the ealad, and one of
the cooks put a can of ice cream in tho
oven thinking it was brown gravy for
the beef. That's on tho square just
as I'm tellin' you! But the worst of
all was when we come to the wino. It
was 'Merican champagne in half pints,
without ice, and of all the kicking and
hollering! One fresh gent told mo it
was the oniy thing he had had that
night was good and warm, and he had
hardly said it when a waiter that was
a little jigged accidentally poured
about a quart of boilin' coffee down
the back of his neck. S y, you i.ught
of hea d him cu.-el Between you and
me, a good inanj' waiters got to hit-
tin ir the wine, and they found one of
'em with fifteen empty bottles in hi
pants leg. That's honest. I saw it
myself. It was the hottest banquet I
was ever at." New Orleans Times
Democrat.
I N FORMATION ANU OPINION.
The Prussian government is about
to start sewing schools for tho peas
ants, not tho fancy noodlework school
familiar in America.but glove sewing
schools. It appears that while nearly
$1,000,000 worth or gloves are made in
Broslau each year tho gloves have to
be sent to Austria and Belgium to be
sewed, tho German girls never having
acquired the knack.
The fact that daylight and darkness
aro aliko to the Rev. Mr. David,
well known northwes-t Missouri Bap
tist minister, owing to his blindness,
was responsible for a rather unusual
and somowhat amusing situation dur
ing the services conducted by him in
tho Maryvillo Baptist church Sunday
night. Mr. D.ivid had but just got
started in his discourse when the elec
trie lights suddenly went out, leaving
the congregation in total darkness
Tho minister, however, knew nothing
of it and preached right along, his
auditors remaining perfectly quiet uo
til the close of tho sermon. Then, fol
lowing the announcement of the
hymn, the chorister rose and said
"Brother David, the lights have been
out almost half an hour and wo can
not see to sing." And then a light
although not the one "that failed,"
dawned upon the sightloss orator and
he hurriedl' pronounced the benedic
tion and dismissed his congregation.
Kansas City Journal.
Says an exchange: "The fool killer
is neglecting his business. A few
weeks ago a daring athlete rode a bi
cycle behind a railroad train going at
a mile a minute speed. Had anything
happened to tho train he would have
been dashed to pieces against the rear
car. Had the wheel broken down un
der the tremendous 6train his life
would have gone out in a puddle of
blood. Now it is announced that an
other wheelman, who lacks the better
part of courage, will ride on the top
of a big smokestack 195 feet high. If
ho fall9 outside the chimney he will
afford the spectators a most thrilling
sensation more painful to them than
to him. If ho falls inside, the imag
ination will have to supply the details
of his tiking off.
Vhen the royal geographical society
asked the British government for pe
cuniary aid to the proposed Anarctic
expedition, the sum specified was $300,
000. Pledges for f 200,000 had prev
iously been secured from other sources
and the society wanted enough more
to raise the total to $500,000. The
precise amount which the first lord of
the treasury now promises to seek from
parliament is only $225,000, and even
this is is made conditional upon the so
ciety raising a similar sum. Between
the present time and next winter the
society ought to have little difficulty
in making up the deficiency.
A very peculiar lady and a rather
queer horse were referred to by an
advertiser in a Sacramento paper. lie
announced that a good price would be
paid for "a horse for s lady of dark
color, a good trotter, and of styllsn
action." The advertiser further stipu
lated that "the horse must bo young,
and hnve a long tiul about titeen
hands high."
A farmer in Huron, Kan., was in
trouble, and he thus wrote to the edi
tor of tho local papor: "What ails my
hens? Every morning I find one or
more of them keeled over, to rif.o no
more." The obliging editor promptly
replied: "The fowls are dead. It is an
old complaint,and nothing can be done
except to bury them."
The number of Indians in this coun
try, instead of decreasing, is said to
be slowly but surely growing larger.
The records now show that thero aro
250,000 Indians in the western states
alone; and several thousand more
dwell in other parts of tho country.
A prominent census bureau official
estimates that tho next census will in
clude upwiird of 300,000 aborigines.
The Mt nnonites, a religious colony
in Pennsylvania, whose religious con
ference recently interdicted the use of
tobacco in any form, do not propose to
let this prohibition interfere with
their worldly affairs. The farmers of
the colony keep right on planting to
bacco, getting around it by saying
that if their industry is so displeasing
to the Lord the tob:tcco will not grow.
The outlook at present is for a bounti
ful crop.
Eighteen months ago a pnrty of
thirteen took ship from Boston for
Alaska They had a journey around
the Horn of 165 days, encountered a
succession of frightful tropical storms
and lost one man overboard. Arrived
in Alaska, they found no gold to speak
of, had the scurvy, lost their ship on a
sandbar in .Resurrection bay, and the
survivors are now coming home broke.
rhe Thirteen club ought to welcome
them back with a dinner.
Comlo Walsin Esterhazy in a t-tate-
ment to a Paris paper said that he
forged the bordereau in order to con
vict Dreyfus at Col. Sandherr's com
mand. The war ministers and leading
generals knew of and approved the
forgery.
A crusade has been started in Lon
don against the "Sunday-baked loar."
It appeiirs that there is an act of
George IV making it illegal to bake
bread on Sunday in the city of London,
though the fact has long been ignorod.
Tho question of Sunday baking is now
to be taken up in parliament.
Judge Clayton, of tho Oklahoma su
preme court, has rendered a decision
to tho effect that hop ale is sufficiently
intoxicating to make its sale a viola
tion of the prohibition law of the
territory. Heretofore saloon men
have been selling tho drink and dodg
ing the act which prohibits the sale of
intoxicating liquors, but all of the
joints aro now to bo closed.
Tho state department has made pub
lic tho substance of reports just re
coivec from Commissioner Denby and
General Otis, which contradict the
statements of tho correspondents as to
the condition of affairs in the Philip
pines. From these it appears that tho
experiment of establishing municipal
government for tho towns in Manila
and Cavite has been a great success;
that a number of ports have been
opened to trade and "a disposition to
accept American sovorignty"is every
where manifested; that the only large
force of rebels which holds together is
about 4,000 in Tarlac province and
Northern Pampanga, and that "the
only hopo of the insurgent leaders is
in aid from tho United States' and
that this is the influence which en
ables them to hold out.
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never gripe or nausoate De Witt's
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The Exception.
Orator No, gentlemen, I tell you
that if you want a thing done well yo.i
must always do it yourself. Voice from
the crowd How about getting your
hair cut? Tit-Bits.
Evidently.
She (approvingly) And so you won
hr hand? He I suppose bo I've
been under her thumb ever since.
Tit-Bits.
Those who live on farms are liable
to many accidental cuts, burns and
bruise, which heal rapidly when Bal
lard's Snow Liniment is promptly ap
plied. Price 25 and 50 c.s. F. G.
Fricke & Co.
Germany and Nine.
The figure 9 has a peculiar connec
tion with the career of the German
emperor. His majesty is the ninth
king of Prussia. He was born in the
fifty-ninth year of the century, entered
the army In 1S69 and completed his
university career in 1879. The dates
of his birth and marriage, Jan. 27 and
Feb. 27, both make nine if the figures
2 and 7 are added together.
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Declares Tlmt No Cltl C:.i Vac Illm for
a Dray.
Washington Post: "You don't catch
jne ever doing anything for any girl
again as long as I live," said the young
man with the polka dot band on hlB
hat. "No, slree. I was an easy mark
once, but I've got wise to myself now.
Miss Peach went to Cape May last
Thursday, and when I heard she was
going I had to oWak tn afd U I
might come up a&d carry hef bag tt
the train. I'Avias. hound to mal a
grand stand play with her. you under
stand. She said I might, and you
couldn't have held me. I was up at her
house before the doors were open, and
there she was with a bag the size of a
trunk, all knobby and lumpy on the
outside from the things she'd Jammed
into It you know how a woman packs
puts five Saratogas full of things
into one small steamer trunk and gets
the Janitor to sit on the lid so It'll go
shut. Well, that's the way Miss
Peach's hag was packed.and It weighed
ton at that. I picked It up gayly
it and a crate of umbrellas and para
sols, and a box of candy, and a basket
of fruit, and a rug and a Jacket and
a bandbox and a bundle of magazines
and a few other trifles, and we set off.
When we got to the station I lugged
the things Into the waiting-room, and
sat down with the bag on my knees.
Pretty soon I looked down and there
was a stream of eomethtag black run
ning out of It and soaking my new
gray trousers. Did that girl say she
was sorry? Did she say she was a
born fool for packing things like that
In a bag? Did she tell me I was an
angel of light? No. she didn't. She
just looked at me haughtily. 'Oh, Mr.
Skaggs, says she; 'there you've gone
and spilled all my shoe polish. How
awfully careless of you! Never again.
and you watch me. No more helping
girls get out of town for me. They re
all selfish brutes, girls are, and I'm
a wise guy to learn It ao early.
THE QUICK-FIRING CRAZE.
Fast Reaching the Point of Absolut
Absardltr.
The Austrian press, including even
the military Journal Reichswehr, has
been giving prominence to the alleged
invention of a remarkable qulck-flrlns
rifle, says the London G.obe. This
truly wonderful weapon will in the
hands of a "trained soldier," emit no
fewer than 2,700 bullets an hour, or
forty-five in one minute. Thus ip an
engagement which lasted several hours
each soldier could loose off a cartload
of ammunition, if he had it at his el
bow; and an army of 50,000 men a
mere handful of men as continental
armies go would require 50,000 cart
loads with the firing line in one serl
ous engagement. For a fampalgn of
invasion eaeh soldier would require ts
be followed by a magazine; and a shell
exploding in a company would produce
as many devastating explosions as there
were men. If, on the other hand, each
soldier marched with, say, his own 200
rounds, he could fire the in all in less
than five minutes and be left without
ammunition for the rest of the engage
ment. Such considerations are, of
course, extreme; but they show that
the "reductlo ad absurdum" of quick
firing rifles is easily reached. Even
now the difficulty is to get enough am
munition to the firing line and to keep
control of the fire. If rapidity of fire
Is much increased without some entire
ly new method of bringing up ammu
nition the occasional advantage of be
ing able to pour in a deadly hail of bul
lets for a minute or two will be dearly
purchased at the cost of whole bri
gades perhaps being rendered "hors de
combat" for want of ammunition at
the beginning of a fight. What applies
to rifle fire applies also to artillery;
and the armies which have been in a
hurry to arm themselves with so-called
quick-firing artillery before the ma
chinery was perfect or the ammunition
problem solved may find themselves In
a worse quandary than if they had re
tained '.heir old weapons.
NOVEL. MANNER.
In Which the Popularity of a Telephone
Box Was Spoiled.
Chicago Chronicle: No sign had
ever been tacked above the door oi
the county comptroller's office inviting
persons of a talkative nature to trip
across the Brussels carpet and use the
telephone that had been secured fof
the exclusive use of the occupants. But
Chief Clerk McCarthy had proved of
an indulgent disposition, and after a
dozen or more requests had been made
for the service of the wire folks forgot
all about asklurg permission and locked
themselves In the telephone room,
never dreaming that men on the comp
troller's staff had even occasional want
for the apparatus. Mr. McCarthy did
not lose his temper, but his subordi
nates became very angry, and, aftef
holding an Indignation meeting re
cently, resolved to put a stop to the
indiscriminate use of their quarters,
A hole was bored in the top of the
telephone booth and a cylinder with
stop attachment placed directly above
the mouthpiece. A string running
from the slide in the bottom of the
cylinder controlled the infernal ma
chine. Flour was placed In the chimney-looking
article, and upon the o.
cupancy of the booth a half-quart of
the white stuff was dropped on the
neck of the Introduer. Within halt an
hour there was a marked falling off in
the patronage of the telephone, and
before noon no one could be persuaded
to use the room.
One Minute Cough Cure quickly
cures obstinate summer coughs and
colds. "I consider it a most wonder
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W. Merton, Mayhew, Wis. F. G.
Fricke & Co.
Coffe ts a 8ed.
Many of the children do not know
that coffee grains are only the seed of
a fruit which is very much like a
cherry. It is very sweet and has a
good taste. When the fruit is dried
it shrivels up around the coffee grains.
Of which there are two in each one of
the round balls, placed with the flat
sides together. Sometimes in the
cheaper kinds of coffee these little
dried balls are found with their two
coffee grains snugly held Inside.
A BOON TO MANKIND!
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F. G. Fricke & Co.
tllve the Children a Ortnk
called Grain-O. It is a delicious, ap
petizing, nourishing food drink totako
the place of coffee. When properly
prepared it tastes Uko tho finest cof
fee but is fieo from all in injurious
properties. Grain-O aids digestion
and strengthens tho nerves. It is not
a stimulant but. a health builder, nnd
children, as well as adults, can drink
it with great benefit. Costs about one
fourth as much as coffee. 15 nnd 25c.
at grocers.
Haasta Knwruld Ml.'.
The emerald mines nl th? Tol.ow.
river, in the Russian in-y'w' of
Ekaterlnoslav, are owned by the gov
ernment. A peasant foui'd the hist one
in 1839 in the roots of a tree that had
been blown down. The government
mined on Its own account until lh'J2,
then leased the nines to contractors,
who have lost money on them, lie
cause the best emerald lie near the
surface. Those dug up from a depth
are Inferior. Oood emeralds, in view
of their growing scarcity, ought to
hold their value well.
Bismarck's Iron Nerve
Was the result of his splendid health.
Indomitable will and tremendous en
ergy are not found where stomach,
liver, kidneys and bowels aro out of
order. If you want these qualities
and the success they bring, use Dr.
King's New Life Pills. They develop
every power of brain and body. Only
25c at F. G. Fricke & Co.'s drug store.
Largest line of cotton and rubber
garden hose ever brought to the city.
Ebinger Hardware company.
Knrltngton Route Half Rated to Lincoln
August 2 and 9, on account of Ne
braska Epworth assembly.
The assembly management has ar
ranged a program of remarkable in
terest a program extending over a
period of nine days anu comprising
much that is amusing ai.d more that
is instructive and edifying. Many of
the best ktiown lecturers, philoso
phers, teachers, divines, and temper
ance workers in tho country will take
part.
The assembly will be held at Lincoln
park, which is wonderfully wr-ll
adapted for such a purpose
Music by the famous Hagonow Mili
tary band and tho Kentucky Colonel's
quartet.
Bacteria a hcaveiigors.
Bacteria are of the utmost impor
tance merely as scavengers. Certain
kinds have the power of breaking
down the complex compounds which
make-up the aolmaliand plant tissues
into Ahelr simple crtmporjeota. This
process is koown as decomposition or
deoay; and with a single ef&ceptlou (in
tha case of the hard, woofly structure
ofi'-iome plants, the first part of the
change is caused by moulds), is eo
tlrtly caused by the activities of these
same bacteria. Were it not for thla
most necessary . removal of dead mat
ter, the whole : surfaoe of the u&tQx
would become covered, la the wxir
of time, with tho remains of doa4
plants and animals, untrgolng hardly
imy change,
Ladles Can Wear Shoes
One size smaller after using Allen's
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the shoos. It makes tight or now
shoes feel easy; give instant relief to
corns and bunions. It's the greatest
comfort discovery of tho age. Cures
swollen foot, blisters and callous spots.
Allen's Foot-Laso is a coitain cure for
ingrowing nails, sweating,hot, nching
feet. At all druggists and ehoo stores,
25c. Trial package free by mail. Id
dress, Allen S. Olmstoad, Loftoy N.
Y. F. G. Fricke & Co., druggists.
Full lino of Quick Meal gasoline and
Blue Flaroo oil stoves at Ebinger
Hardware Co.. at reasonable prices.
White's Cream Vermifuge not only
effectually expels worms, but is un
equalled as a tonic, and is a certain
and permanent cure for chills and fever
In children. Price 25 c a F. G. Fricko
& Co.
Literary 8w1terM4.
A French statistician declares that
Switzerland prodaoes annually more
books than any other country in pro
portion to the number of inhabitants,
namely, one to every 8,000. Germany
comes next with one for every 3.200;
Italy wltfc one for 1.300; France, one
for S.B60; Bnglan'd. one for 9,500; Unit
ed tate, o Car 12.409.
To eradicate worms from the system
rrlv. Vi nl.ln nnu.Iohinrr fnf'fi '
and White's Cream Vermifuge. The
result will be, the worms will disap
pear and the child become healthy and
cheerful. Price 60 cts. F. G. Fricke
Co.
Three for $1.
Laundered Percale Shirts-
-Elbon, the
Clothier.
The "Gut Heil" 6-cent cigar has an
enviable reputation among smokers.
Union made. For sale by all dealers.
Otto Wurl, Manufacturer.
PSLE
2 Dh
of.
lJ&ij CURE
THE GRAFFITI AT ROME.
IIow
Idler Whllett Away
the Laty
I'ffB,nC Dot.
Here In the Forum were the soldiers
lounging in groups or advancing with
measured tread among the unordered
throngs, pushing all authoritatively
ankle and preserving order, says Alns
lee'a Magazine. Here, too, gathered all
those people without any occupation,
who apjMared every week at the store
houses on the Tiber for grain, who
fought for lottery tickets to the cir
cus, who spent their nights In rickety
houses In districts beyond the river,
their sunny, warm days under covered
porticoes and In foul eating-houses of
the Suburra. on the Milvlcan bridge, or
before the "insulae" of the great, where
from time to time remnants from the
tables of slaves were thrown out to
them. Last of all, portions of these al
ways took advantage of that custom of
the Roman nobles, who desired to
shine as patrons of the public, to make
themselves hangers-on. It must he ro
membered that In those days a patron's
nobility was measured by the number
of clients who mustered In the morn
ing and saluted him on his first appear
ance on the balcony of his bouse.
Thereafter they lounged for tho re
mainder of the day in the temples and
porticoes of the Forum. They whiled
away the lagging hours which sepa
rated them from the hoped-for Invita
tion to dine with their patron by
scratching rude verses or coarse Jests
on the walls or pillars against which
they leaned, or by tracing on the pave
ments gaming tables whereon to play
dice. Here, then, and in places partak
ing of a similar atmosphere, were
scratched those graffiti which come un
der the first or pagan subdivision of
the new science. Did the crowd open
from time to time before the litter of
some famous senator or some re
nowned beauty, an idler might trace
the features of the occupant or write
some ribald remarks for his own sar
castic begullement. Did a few Boldlers
or loungers agree to gamble, they
would trace on the stone pavement
their square, marking on each side
their gains or losses. Sometimes, as
la the illustration of the gambling
graffiti, the victor would heap sarcasm
upon the departing loser, as was done
In this one: "Vanquished; get thee
gone; thou knowest not how to play;
give thy place to some one who does."
In another place some lounger dan
gling bis legs comfortably over the
side of a temple portico, no doubt
would Idly sketch things which he had
wen. What these might have Ix-ere
is well illustrated by the graffiti found
on the temple.
Baltimore, Md., labor unions aro
agitating tho formation of a labor
lyc-'.um alyceum distinctly industrial
in its characlor, broad in its scope, ele
vating in principle, and having for it
foundation tho uplifting of labor and
tho general betterment of humanity
in general.
5 Cents
Buys a hemstitched handkerchief of
Elson, the Clothier.
American woolen mills employ .'(J(Nj
women.
IT PAYS
To Look Around
Before you mako purchase.'.
After you havo looked elsewloro,.
come to us and wo guarantoe you
will bo pleased. Our new spring
stock has arrived, including Dry
Goods, Staple and Fancy Gro
ceries, Crockery, Glassware, Flour
and Feed A squaro deal to all.
F. S. WHITE,
Main Street,
PlattsmoutLi
Has new stock, new rigs and
is prepared better than ever
to take care of
fl General Livery BusIrgScS
Quick trips made to all parts of the
county. Low prices and court
eous treatment assured.
TALES SIXTH AND YIXE STS.,
l1attfmonth, Nebraska.
School Supplies..
Ail Kinds of School Supplies,
fucli a-i
Maps, Globes, Charts,
Dictionaries, Seats
and School Furniture-
Webster's Latest Revised Library Die- 7 Zi
tionary, sheep bound, patent index J1'
Same, in one-half sheep .... $r.oo
Gall on or address.
S. A. MORRISON,
EAGLE. NEB.