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4 1 14 P h HOPE OF AMERICA. THE NICARACUAN CANAL OUR OWN GIBRALTAR. Cires Amrrlti the to India and the Asia Ed eland's Open. Shortest Sea Route Wealth of Eastern Jealous Eye la HE PROJECT FOR Ywle construction of a 4 canal is one which has been interest i g capitalists in the United States for a quarter of a century. More re cently the utter collapse of the l'anama scheme has served to emphasize the necessity of some other maritime canal across the central isthmus, and President Harrison's urgent reference to the Jsicarag-ua enterprise in his last mes fcage. taken in connection with the declarations of loth republican and democratic national platforms, and President Cleveland's advocacy have brought the subject into special prom inence. Ever since the discovery of America the problem of con necting- the Atlantic and Pacific has tr.jrai'ed attention. the Ten con- different routes in all have been :ean art Ala,. hidered, tr:t ell the others have been abandoned except the route via Lake Nicaragua. The advocates of this route claim for it that its position is unique, exceeding Gibraltar in strategic value: that the way lies through a country for the most part salubrious and rich in ratv.ral resources, and that the possession of an interoceanie canal there by the L nted states government would constitute a perpetual assertion of the Monroe doctrine. The distance across the isthmus is l. miles: but 1-1 miles can be Traversed y way of Lake Nicaragua und the San Juan river, already navigable by ocean vessels, and twenty-two miles mow traversed by natural basins to be tilled, so that only twenty-six milesof artilical car.al cutting i needed, far less than at Panama. Besides, the land to be traversed is the lowest depression in the entire Cordillera racge. between the Arctic sea and the s-tmits of Magellan. The crest line ir.d reservoir of the canal would be Lt.ke Nicaragua itself, only 110 feet above the sea level. Its out let, the San Juan river, can be availed of for navigation sixty-live miles and the lake itself is fifty-six miles: so that, by cutting and upbuilding chan nels from the Pacific ocean twelve I miles, and from the Caribbean sea westward to the river, thirty-six miles, a continuous waterway can be ob tained, which by means of locks and dams can be navigated from ocean to ocean. The present enterprise is being con ducted under a concession granted by N icaragua and Costa Rica toanorgani- ration of American citizens known as the Nicaragua Canal association, M BIRI'SEYE VIEW OF NICARAGUA CANAL TERRITORY. though EDgiDcer A. G. Menocal, who had been emnloved br the United States government and had visited the ! . .. . 1 country ten times to prosecute survevs. 1 J . , , . , . A treaty had been negotiated m 14 between this government and Nieara- gua. providing for the construction of. a canal, under arrangements that pre- i served the sovereignty of Nicaragua. in addition to securing to all the ten- , , ,, tral American republics as well as the , .. t c - 1 . nited States the benefits ti at might 1 t-:.j 1 to defend the territorial integrity of : the states wherein her interests lie. j That treaty was never ratilled. and the 1 older treaty of 107, by which the United States government may have the right of transit between the two oceans on equal terms with Nicaragua, is si . in force. T. iMenocal concession provides for the J vilege for inety-nine years and libei ; to renew for ninety-nine years more ll'eople of all nations are to be permitted to contribute, but 5 percent of the subscriptions are reserved to the Central American republics, and the government of Nicaragua is to receive ('. per cent of the tock and S-"0,000 in gold as compensation for the grant. Ten j-ears are stipulated as the time in whictt the work must be completed. Frederick Billings, Engineer Meno cal and their associates are the incor porators; under the name of the Mari time Canal company of Nicaragua, with a capital of S100 000,000 and the right to increase the amount to $)00, 000,00a The officers of this company are President, Hiram Hitchcock; vice president, Charles P. Daly; secre tary and treasurer, Thomas B. Atkins. The board of directors is composed of these stockholders; Joseph Bryan, James Roosevelt, Hiram Hitchcock, Thomas B. Atkins, Horatio Guzman, Alfred B. Darling, Franklin Fairbanks, C IUdgely Goodwin, Alexandar T. Mason, Charges P. Daly, Daniel Am rrfen, Horace C Hotchkiss,"" Henry E." - llowland and .James. 3. Eustis. The company's,interests are represented in tbe Republic of Xicarag-ua by Gon zalez Espinosa at Managua and in Costa Rica by Louis Chable. The cost of construction is estimated by Engineer Menocal at 805,000,000, by an advisory board at SS7.O0O.000, including unlooked-for contingencies. The actual work has been dele gated to the Nicaragua Canal Construction Company, of which Varner Miller is president, and em bracing Frederick Billings, Franklin Fairbanks, Horace E. Hotchkiss, James Roosevelt, Robert Garrett, T. Harrison Garrett, Robert A. Lancas ter, Joseph Bryan, Charles P. Daly. William P. Anderson and others. If this canal were in operation to day, say Mr. Miller and his associates, its benefits to commerce, and es pecially to the interests of America, would be inestimable. The United States government could absolutely control the destiny of the western hemisphere, for a naval station on that inland sea, with fortified termini and a fleet of modern warships, would dominate the Atlantic eastward to the NVindward islands of the West Indies and westward to the Hawaiian Islands and Samoa. The marine distance from New York to San Fan Francisco would be reduced by 10,000 miles; to Hong Kong, China, by 4,003 miles; to Yoko hama, Japan, 7,000; to Melbourne, Australia. 3,000; to the Sandwich Islands S.OoO, and to Valparaiso, Chili, .1.000. The marine dis tance from New Orleans to San Francisco would likewise be di- nciiTE.: A ..--IL X " WOTtt Bum: Ru . , . minished by 21.0O0 miles; from Liverpool to San Francisco. 7,000 miles: to nong-Kons", 1.J00 miles; to Yokohama, 4,000, and to the Sand wich Islands, .'i.ooO. The voyage from New York to the eastern entrance of the canal is i.O.'l miles, and from San Francisco to the western entrance j o 77G miles. QUEEN OR WIFE. Fretty Little Story of Victoria's Early Married Days. The marriage of Queen Victoria, then only -0 years of age, to Prince Albert of Saxe-Gotha, was. if is well known, a veritable love match, but for somi years the ro-al lady found some difficulty in reconciling her sense of dignity and her wifely affections. The story goes that one day. after a little disagreement, her majesty having ex pressed herself in rather a despotic tone, the prince, whose manly self-respect was smarting at her words, sought the seclusion of his own apart ments, closing and locking the door after him. In about five minutes some one knocked at his door. "Who is it?' inquired the prince. "It is L Open to the queen of Eng land?'" haughtily responded her majesty. There was no reply. After a long interval there came a gentle tapping, and the low-spoken words: "It is I, Victoria, your wife.' And then the door was opened, and j the young bride was clasped in her j husband's arms. A Napoleon of Fluanre. A men a Die sadness, 01 mh- nite grief came into her azure eves, ,. , , .. , ., . , J . 'Harold, she said, "vou know not wfaat you TLcre a secret jn mv l;fe, which. if voa kne would Q me from thee jj.. a Je jjij,,, ..fj me the fie l3rIing," said , T . , ., , he. "and I swear by my honor I will , - ., love thee all the more. ..ti , , T .,, , - , Harold, my own. I will be frank and tell thee. I I I owe a six weeks' bill for mv suite of rooms in this hotel. " r He looked into her lustrous eyes with an expression of increased en- dearment. "Sybil, my darling," said he, "so do I. We owe the sordid landlord two large bills. Let us wed and make the two bills one." "Oh, my heart's love!" she cried, "oh, my hero, my financier, you're a trump," and she threw herself into hi? arms. Honolulu Schools. Honolulu has good schools and churches, a college, a public library, street cars, electric lights, good mar kets and commercial houses, a well matiaged telephone system, a railroad, daily newspapers, beautiful sea-bathing and a healthful climate, as well as its refined and agreeable society. It has also a fine harbor, chiefly formed by the coral reef which surrounds most of the Island of Oahu. on whose southwestern 6ide Honolulu is situ ated. The northwestern coast of Oahu is fringed by a range of steep moun tains. These catch the moisture and send down their streams to water the fertile plain which makes the larger part of the island a garden where all the fruits and plants of semi-tropical climes can easily be made to grow. y 'Y The ma.ii ho waits for a g!i r'nsh TnvTl wiim miic-i . O ZzS X? V v.- ' x c HAMMER AND ANVIL. A WOMAN MAKES A LIVING SWINCINC THE FORMER. Alias Kate Dennin of New York City Mods Compensation in Working at the Force Took Her Father'! I'tare When lie Died. ERE'S A WOMAN who wields a black smith's hammer every day in New York city. Her name is Kate Den nin. and she is 20 years old. The reader might say that a blacksmith's forge and anvil and the tools for a woman, and particu larly a gol-Iooking young woman, who has plenty of color in her cheeks and fire in her eyes. But Miss Dennin thinks her occupation is as good as an other, and insists that any w oman w ho has the requisite nerve und muscle can follow it without detriment to her self. Miss Dennin is a tall, muscular woman, with a masculine swagger, which she says she learned to affect through daily association with the men who hold' the hot iron that she b.-atsr.nd cuts. Her entrance upon the life of a blacksmith was brought nThrtut 1t- rv i-ppiiliar trombination of circumstances. He father was a black smith, and as a irirl she used to haunt the old shop before and sifter school t-rm rs n n t il slip formed a positive af fection for everything it contained. Sho handled the tools tintil she be- ramo so exnert in their use that not infrenueutlv sh.c assisted her father in doing small jobs. 0:v l:i'- the father died, leaving a widow and a large family, of whotn Kate was the eldest, in very straitened circumstances. Poverty stared them all m the face, and Mrs. Dennin was in despair. It was then that pretty Kate formed her resolution to beome a blacksmith. She reopened the silent shop, lighted the lire ia the forge and took her stand over the anvil with hammer in hand. That was nearly ten years ago. She has been engaged at the work ever since. From a slender blackeyed girl she has grown to be a brawny, muscular woman, to whom bodily fatigue is comparatively un known, iler muscles are as hard as the iron she welds. Her working suit consists of a short muslin gown which is always tied at the throat with a pret'y pink or blue ribbon, and she weari the .regulation leather apron th;:t extends nearly to h?r feet For j convenience she wears her coal black hair cut short and it sits on her shapsly head in a big bouquet of curls that give pique to her appearance. Miss Denniu can talk agreeably about herself and her work when she is in the mood, but ordinarily she would rather be silent. For," she said to a reporter, "what is the use of advertising the fact that I. a wonrin, am a blacksmith? I know it is an unusual occupation for a woman, but it is ah honorable one. and for that reason I like it. The work is hard but it has its recompense, for when 0 o'clock comes you are done, and that is more than the women who confine themselves to domestic duties can say. I have become so used to my task that 1 simply never think of any other. My health is good, and the I work the better it seems to AT TUT. ANVIT.. "There is no reason why any girl could not be a blacksmith, if she has the physique requisite to stand its hardships. but, nevertheless. I wouldn't advise all girls to go into the busi ness. " PICTURE OF CEORGE ELIOT. Fen I slnlrd Ly Madame Ilelor. an Old Friend. Madam Beloc, who, when young, was one of George Eliot's most inti mate friends, lias written some recol lections of the great novelist in an Edglish review. She says that she was 'the living incarnation of English dissent." The pen picture she diaws goes on to tay: "She had 'chapel written in every line of the thought ful, somewhat severe face; not tiie flourishing dissent of Spurge on or Parker or the florid kindliness of Henry Ward Beecher or the culture of Stop--" S.VA 1 !. 1 ... 4 ' " jura iiruuur, lfiiw ..X j ,v,t!j t he dissent 01 .Jon- vj athan Edwards of Thilip Henry, of John Wesley, as he was ultimately forced to be. Her MMF- BELOC. horror of a lie, her unflinching indus try and sedulous use of all her talents, her extraordinary courage, even her dress, which, spend as she might and ultimately did, could never be lifted into fashion, and retained a certain solemnity of art and gesture like an eighteenth-century edition applied to clothes everything about her, to me. suggested Bunyan in his Bedford prison or Mary Bosanquet watched by Fletcher of Madeley as she bore the pelting of the btones in the streets of Northampton." Not Always an Oatslder. Mother Nellie, I understand that that young roan who takes you to church never enters it. Daughter That is base slander, ma. lie always gets in when it rains. J. J harder get A LEO'S COSTLY VASE. Presented, by Monaco and Coat A boat K.IO.OOO. The principality of Monaco has pre sented the pope, as a jubilee gift, with what is undoubtedly the costliest vase ever made. It will stand by the main altar in the church, of St Joachim. It cost 30,000 to manufacture this vase. It has the shape of a church cup, such as those used on the altars of the Catholic churclv, and is made of majol ica, enameled in white and gold. It is about nine feet higlt On the top of the lid is Christ, with the world in one hand and the keys of heaven in the other. On the border of the lid. which is thirty-two inches in diame ter, are six angels disposed in groups of threes, which represent the handles of the vase. The angels hold reli gious attributes such as the palm, the cross, the pastoral mace, the holy water cup and the incense burner. The body of the vase is carved with alle gorical ornaments and has two medal lions. One of these represents the poje when made a priest in ls?7 cele brating his first mass, surrounded with angels in the act of praying. This bas-relief or medallion is headed by two anjrels holding the coat ol arms of Count Peeci, the pope's name lefore he was ordained a priest. The other medallion on the opposite side represents the pope sitting on the Pontifical throne in the act of bein congratulated on the occasiou of hi; - TI1K fOsTT.TF.ST VASE EVER MiPK. jubilee by priests and friars of every order, with two angels on each side, one holding the holy sacrament, the other in the act of offering a book. Th s medallion is headed by two more angels holding the Pontifical coat oi arms JuKt under the fc.er.-3s of the three angels cn the lid are several heads of cherubs, surrounded by heads of four saints, which are made to rep resent four doctors of the church froir whom Leo takes his daily inspirations. On one side of the foot of the vase there is a coat of arms of Monaco, and oa the other side the coat of arms ol Bishop Teuvet of Monaco, who was the interpreter of the sentiments ol the inhabitants and parishioners ol the principality of Monaco in ordering the vase to be made. The pedestal ol this magnificent vase is of various tur quoise colors in enamel. The prevail ing oolor is white. The larger panels on the bowl are of pale yellow and much of the raised ornamentation is in dull gold. Bands of gold encircle the bowl and stand, and the inscrip tion on the cup is ia gold letters on ? white ground. EMPRESS ELIZABETH. The Death of Crown Frinre KuJoIpU la Her Life About- The Empress Elizabeth of Austria was once the loveliest woman in Eu rope, and is still remarkably handsome for her age. Since the death of her son she has sought surce2.se from her gnawing pain in incessant traveling. Her restlessness and slight eccentrici ties, the outcome of her bavarian blood, liave been intensified by sor row, and it seemed as if she could never tarry long in any place she had chosen. For some time she showed a decided partiality for Greece: she built a sumptuous pal ace at Corfu, where she spent several winters with tha Archduke and Archduchess Fran cis Salvator, but this year she re fused to used toreturn 5 -J's' here, and landed j "-''r V rith her numerous 'VW "1 uite at Cape Mar- 1 ' there, w suite at tape tin. after a long yachting trip along rr.r. ei.izaei:tii the southern shores of Spain. The em press has been the central figure of nu merous legends and much i!l-natured gossip; at one time the reports were fo insulting and indecent that the t'flicial Gazette of Vienna had per emptorily to refute them. The simple fact is that the empress sutlers from acute chronic neuralgia, the attacks of which are so frequent and tortur ing that she is incapacitated from any exertion, and rendered unable to bear the fatigue of oSieial receptions. In earlier und happier days she grace ful' and irreproachably fulfilled her royal duties She conquered by her charm and beauty the recalcitrant Hungarian nobility and people; she delighted the Viennese by her balls and enchanted the nation bv fo'lowr ing the processions of Easter and Corpus ChristL hhe rode like an Amazon, hunted like Diana, was an indefatigable walker and dancer, and spoke many languages. He nil u da (lonrDmrntal Arnnsemesti. The governmental arrangements of Kermuda ought to possess considerable interest for the Hawaiian islands in view of Hawaii's constitutional con vention, with its task of providing for a stable representative Bystem. Al though the civil government of Iler muda is under the executive headship of the British military commandant, the colony is, in fact, self-governing as regards all its local affairs. The fran chise is restricted to those possessing certain property qualifications; and at the last enumeration there were 1,166 qualified voters out of a total popula tion of some IS, 000. Of the 1, ICC voters there were 76i--wJite men and 401 col ored. Each of theriine,pari.shes is en titled to four representatives in the legislative assembly And the tenure of their office is seven r tirs. ... yrr.- .',. '' TWILIGHT OF LIFE. OLIVER WENDEL HOLM';S NEAP ING THE END tie Still CTrttea His ThooRt -S and Con verses with Friends, lint the IJIksoIq tion May Come Without, SI nch V.'arn lac A Fine Portrait. HE GRAND OLD man of England has so filled the public eye of late that we have al most lost tight of t,-V. ii ,V7 our own grand old man. iiut it is in teresting to reflect that the year 1S0D, which gave Glad stone to the world, also gave us Tennyson, Darwin, Lin coln, Edgar Allan Poe and Oliver Wendell Holmes. Two only of this illustrious group are living, and both are relatively grand old men. It was in 1:."7 that Dr. Holmes flashed upon the American public. There are a great many- of us who can remem ber the delightful surprise with which we greeted the "Autocrat of the Breakfast Table." that brilliant series- of articles w hich brought the Atlanta Monthly into immediate vogue. Be fore that the doctor had given Lis life both to law and to medicine, with occasional dips into poetry. With the "Autocrat of the Breakfast Table" he became the most popular writer ia America. Those papers were unique: they embodied in a new way the authority of Dr. Johnson and the rollicking humor of Father Pror.t They were as sweet as Gold smith, as dainty as Leigh Hunt and as tender as Washington Irving. There were no chunks of humor to be cut out and pasted away, but a pervasive sparkle and bloom covered the whole scries. In those papers there shone out for the first t:me that perennial gayety of heart and that vital exu berance which are still undimmed in the old age of the Autocrat. As he himself has said, bea'th and longevity are not matte: s of diet, but of temperament. In the well-known house on Beacon street he still sits, in comparatively good health, with unbroken faculties at eighty -four; still writes down his thoughts; still receives the innumera ble callers and still treats them all with the genial kindness of old. When we stop to consider his contemporaries and look for the brilliant mep thai y 1 . r 2 i-. 'Cy Oliver m:xr.Ei.:. uci-mf.s. he drew about him cn the Atlantic Monthly, we must regard him as the last of the most celebrated group oi writers our country has produced. ZEBULON B. VANCE Career of the Lte I ailed Staled -n- 1 ator from Sontli Carolina. 1 The death from apoplexy in Wash ington recently of Zebulon Ii. Vance ! of Xortli Carolina removes from the United States senate its most genial ' and in some regards its most pictur esque member. lie was a handsome, bluff and hearty man, full of good 1 nature and overflowing with good i stories, but at the bottom a sincere ; man, with a proper app-eciation of 1 the dignity and im- i portance of his public station. He had been conspicu ous in pv.blic L:V or so long- that he V- ry,.y was generally ve- -C' '. ' :'77S was r'4 when he r 7 V r V, ongress as a sknatou vanck. very young man serving one term and part of another before the beginning of the war. When Snmbr was fired on he left Washington and went with his state, joining the confederate army as a captain, and becoming a colonel later. In Is ;? he was elected governor of North Caro lina, and re-elected in 1S04. lie was very active in the assistance of the confederate cause while governor o! his state, and gained great popularity all over tlia south. He n.sed to tell ol himself that during this reriod he wa? in a battle, and some one with him asked whether it was possible that real men could be afraid when -under fire. "I don't know,"' lie answered "I don't know. I)ut I do know that ii I was not governor of North Carolina, I would run like the devil." When the war was over. Gov. Vance was imprisoned in Washington for soma time, but was honorably dis charged. In 13T0 he was once more sent to congress, but the seat was re fused him on account of political disa bilities. These having been removed, he tried for election again two years later, but was defeated. In lS7f he was elected governor of his state for a third time, and at the conclusion of his term, after a long struggle, he was elected to the United Slates senate. To this body he was re-elected a sec ond and third time in 1SS4 and IS30. Id Fashionable Suburbs. Mrs. Wayback (in railroad train) We must ba gettin near the city now. Mr. Wayback Think so? "Of course. Just look at the out landish ways the houses is painted." Mr- Wayback. WalL si swan! 1 thought I was ruther economical, but I never would hev had' th face to use up my odds and ends of pr.hit that way. r f BUSINESS DIRECTORY HOTELS. J. II. WOODSON, THE NEBRASKA. HOUSE. Substantial meals and clean room ELxth street. JI HMTL RE OEALEIiS. J. I. TJXnTJH, FURNITURE DEALER AND UN DERTAKE K, Mai street, Plattsmouth, Neb. DKUCG1STS. jr. O. FRICKE A CO., DEALERS IN DRUGS, Paints, Oils and Varnishes. Sixth street, between Main and Pearl. MEAT MAMET9, JONATHAN HATT KILLS HIS OWN CATTLE, Renders his own lard and cures bis own bacon. Mai: street. BYRON CXiLRK, Attorney at Law, PLATTS1IOTJTH. CTFICK Ia the Todd block, east of new court house, second Cuor. BEES ON &. ROOT, Attorneys at Law, PLATTS110CTII, 'EB. CFFICS-r itzstra'd bloct.oTer First at'l bank JULIUS PEPPERBERCr, Hldaufacturer find dea'er la Cigars, Tobacco, And Smokers' Materials. MAKES A SPECIALTY OF "Cuda'oc; and "Flor de Fepperberg,' 10c; brands of Cigars. So. 513 Main ttrect. Piattsmouth, Neb Cash Coal Yard. I have opened Cn:-.! Yard on a atrlctlf CASH BAiia. Will keepj a iupplj of HARD COAL. MISSOURI COAL, AND GENUINE CANON CITY COAL. Orders accompanied br cash left at P. S. White's store will r;ceive prompt attention. W. J. WHITE. tSTard at Missouri Pacific Deot. THE FIRST NATIONAL BASK, rLATTSMOl'TH , SEB. Capital, paid up ... . $50,000 OFFICERS: JOHX FlTZCEr.AI.O y. K. V HITS b. Wal-uu DIRKCTOns President .Vice-president Caaiiler John FItrtrerald. L). Unwksworih. F. E. White, Caraful attention plren to the fnteresta of ens toiner. ( ollections made End riromrtlv remit ted fur. Hicbest market price paid f or CO oa ty -warrants aua tuie aua couu:y Donas. IT. H. CVSHIXG, President. Ft ee- Pre$lln t. tiit; Citizens Bank, PLATTSH'JCTH, SEB. Capital paid in, $50,000 -r.- DIRECTORS: 3. W. Johnioa, F. ft. Gutnaiann. Vm. ?Tetea kamp, J. A Connor. JJenry Eikeabary.M. VT. ' lorgaa, E. S. Greusel, JT, H. Cushine. : y " "Trfc-. A sn"fil banking business traasacted. Ia terest allowed oa depo'U. ED. FITZGERALD, TUE OLD KELIABLE Liveryman HAS PURCHASED THE Sixth Street Checkered Bam, AND WILL RUM IT IX FIRST-CLASS STYLE. Special attention to Funera's. Har-its wl'l be run to all train. "Promptness and Fidelity to Customer 1 his in itio "W. D. JONES. LIVERYMAN. Oldest Has piirchaed the Purmele A Ruther ford is tock aaJ trill run both tbo Main-st. and Schildknecht Barns. RIes of all descriptions, from a Saddle horse to a Sixteen-passetiKer Wagon. Cubs. I'all Harer W asron, Carryalls and everything for picnics, weddings and funerals. Train Orders AT KEGL'LAR RATK". Tclephono 70. Prices Reasonable. No credit over .10 da vs. Old and new customers are In vited to call, when satisfaction if jrnar anteed. W. D. JONES PATTERSON & KUNSMAHH, Successors to OLIVER i EAMGS, I'JtOFKIfcTOKS "BOSTON" Mmi Market OFFEtt TO THEIR CUSTOMERS TIIE CHOICEST FRESH I AT pafc una SALTED ) --YJ- u Hams, Bacon, Sausages. Butter and Eggs. They respectfully invite the pub lic to call and see them. SYPHILIS i Carte Trader - STT..rro capital. Ptwltl-re prooisand w-nar J boo'i.ill!iruU),l from life Irrrn: peon caiu''. m ,r-i-,ir liw irm-i ( p;3 C03X REHEi:rJ, F. G. FRICKE & CO., Will kap conatantly oa ban! a fall and eompleta Block of par DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINTS, OILS, Etc. Aa a full llae of DECQGISrS StTKDRrES- clai atteution giveu to COMPOUNDING PRESCRIPTIONS. Messrs. T. O. FRICKE & CO. ar tha ealr partlM Mixing oar Alaska Crrstal Briillanl COMBINATION SPECTACLES & EYE-GLASSES In Plattsmouth. These Lenses are far Snperiot to any others aold la this city, possessing a na tural transparency and BtreoEtiienlng qualities which will preierrs the full'u eye-s'.ght. TAKE THE riHi-!-' FOH- ATCHISON. St. JOSEPH. LEAVENWO RTif : KANSAS CITY, St. LOUIS. AND ALL POINTS AORTU, SGUTn, EIST or TTEST ! TICKETS SOLD and BAGGAGE CHECKED to any point In tha United States or Canada, at LOWEST BATES. For Information as to Haws and Routes call at Depot oradjreas underslexial. Tele; bona 77. J. A. PIIILLirPI, H. C. TOVTXSEND, A. G. P. A., Omaha. G. P. A., St. Louis, Ka. C. F. SIOCIESBOKOl'GH, Agent. rLATTSMOUTH, F. S. WHITE, Slala Street, riattsnou'.b. GROCERIES ALWAYS FUESII. Teas and Coffees Unexcelled, Curtice Bros. Celebrated CANNED GOODS. SOLE AGENT FOX IL'I 1 r MIM MFsHTA T O P. 0 Tha Ut.t In the World. The "XXXX' and "Est" Brands. FAT PEOPLE ! Fap.k Obksitt Pim.s will rpduce your weigh PEKMANESTLY from 12 to 13 pounds a month. NO STARVING, sirkuess or Injury; NO PL'3 LIC1TY". They build up the health and beautl fT the complexion, leavine NO WIUN hLE or Sabbin, STpVT ABDOMENS and difflrti't breathiiTl'surrjftlirfcJ. NO EXPERIMENT, bnt a scientific and positive relief, adopted only after years of experience. All orders supplied d.rect from our o0io. Prire IJ.OO per packasa or three packages for fs.oo y msil postpaid. I'stirnonialsaud ps-iicular fseale!) ft;:i ISAll correspondence strictly couadanii.. riRK REHEDT CO., Dostoa fflass. . MAGNEUC.NERVIHE. U told !th rria.1 guirantea to curs N erow a Prontra tion. Fits. OlZIi nons,IiLutlarhe ao4 eurulcia aod Witk9 2iune9e.cau?eU by ex Odssivw usoof Opi urn. 'to and Aici- entl Iepre- btPUKC fil-itri- eion. Soft-riina of the Brain, cnasinfr Mieery, Insanity and Death Harreness, Impotency, Lost Poww in eilhtir Premature Old Age, Involuntary Iww, ratw I by over-iuJuipcuce, over-eiertion of tte Brain arj i Errors of Youth. It elves to Weak Ortrans the:r Nutuml Vigor anl doubles the Joya ot life; curj i.ucorrhaea and Femalo Weukn9i. A. month's treat raent, in plin pncka . by mail, to any u! In?, rnr box, 0 boxen io. With every 85 ordr w ivt u Written Cuarantee to cure or refund themoaey. (. u ru.ars freo. ciuratteu iasued only by our ex clusive aceuu F. G. FRICKE & CO.. DRUGGISTS, Sole agents, Plattsmouth, Neb. S500 Reward! frn will pay the above reward for any ease of Liver Complaint. Dyspepsia, feick Headache. In digestion Constipation or Costiveness we cann jt cure with West's Vegetable Liver Pills, when the directions are strictly complied with. They are purely Vegetable, and never fail to give sat isfaction. Sugar Coated. Large boxes, z; cent. Beware of counterfeits and imitations. The en nine manufactured onlv by THE JOHN C WbT COMPANY, CHICAGO, ILL. f-tatsaassA FOB ZTTHZIt SEX. Tlila nr4r ! F K"r.!5i i11 tw nmf t mmot bC Uilkvii OtlMUdllKMsfUM0aiito41riiurrU7. gmit, nquirm no chuis of d, it or .- II in m II I. ramn or po' w- . .i,h- max tt b iicDonhlatDeaetrar any mxnml dim ; but la taa crx of tlMaa airaady UawaTcar84.w inucw wiin - " - - - IT TT TZ TJ? t . - r"yrT' "y V aia.fiperi,i"-""-r LADIES DO I0U E-W DR. FELIX LE BRUN'S STEEL P PEjlHYEOYBL FILL8 are the original and only FF.ENCH. safe and re liable care on the market. Price $UJW. 6 tat by mnii, Gacuine sold only by NEW BEFORE .U.IL r ph lennn I lillOUlill im.Jt.t iff- JArtERv Haas a a Dr. E. C. West's Kerve and Brain Treatnor.l Is sold under positive written pusrantee, by au-lr-lz"l apents only, to enre WKk Mwnory; lsv of Bruin and Nerve PoTrer; Ixt Manhood; yuirfcac w; Nijrli. Losse"-; EvU Droam-; Lack of Coi:nd.nir-; Nervon?nes: I-asaltade; a;l Drain?; Loss of Povrr of the Generative O-t-ans In either fcex. caud bv over-exertion; Youthful Errors, or ExcFivo U?e of Tobacco, Opium or LiTUor, vrluch eoon lead ta Miser, Consartiption, Insanity and Peati. ly mail, r 1 a box; 6 for $0: wltfi wri.r n mnrRntf to euro ox " refund money. WEST'S COCG1I SYKUP. Accrtau cure fir Cousrhs, Cold". Asthma, Eronchl'is-O -W'Uoop.ng Ccuirh. tore Thront. P!eaio '5 : Ftuail hUa discuntinu"l: old. rir. bu- ; H Biza, now due Ct U A K A N I F, K $ ' , r ' EUiARLIIMji F'TT'Oleit. xuobt accm XGOt mocera. , ' Model ia S cal. nse -ho tor-Cre ca-triii" in the mm n wt t, c ir,!it,i ir i, in nrf- fl ;l r.ii:;. i!oJ.l l-xt now rcsdy la Cntalor-rif s rcaiieii Fr-3 L s n i.ME FiF.r J.RMS.CO., . -A ' 1" --f-jf - -- - ' "ZStK"' ? v & fr- . " V 'J 1 if I - 1 IP A - . . -m- r -. '