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PLATTSMOCJTH WEEKLY HERALD, mtJkSDAY, APftll 7, 187. ght Qhltsnwuth r rald. KNOTTS BROS., Publishers Proprietors. T. II. K3STOTTS, ICclitox'- A. It. K NOTTS, Humiich Manautr, WEEKLY, by mall. One copy tlx months .' l 00 tlun epy ouu yar 2 oo KKlsturd m the I'ont Ofice, FUtUmoutu, m second olaAH matter. TUB I'l-ATTSMOUllI tlEKALD It published f very Thursday morning. Office, lonifruf Vine unci fifth streets. KfcOTra kk'ih . Publishers, and Propr'a. Good Bye. The Pi.attsmoctu IIkhau has la-en sold to Knotts Bros. We take thin op portunity of expreKsln our appreciation of the hearty support accorded us by the business men of this coiumunity and herewith return our thanks; nln to cor respondents, whose letters have added mntemlly to the.charucter of the Herald n a tjjewspuper, and to nil friends whose kindly criticism has encouraged us in our work. To your favorable notice we com mend the new proprietors, who are younj; men of practical experience, fully equip ped to make the Herald a first-class pa per in nil respects. Salutatory. lu tuking charge of the Herald we have only to any, that we are Republican from the core. The IIkrald will be de voted to the best interests of the county, city and ourselves, and we will do our best to give general satisfaction. We ask nil correspondents to continue just as they have been. We also want h corres pondent in every precinct that there is not one jfrendy. As we are strangers umong you, we ask you to give us your assistance and bear witli us for a little rhilt Knotts Bnos. IJi.aine contemplates a trip to Europe in June. The defence in the Arensdorf trial at Sioux City is endeavoring to show that Leavitt fired the fatal shot, but the wit nesses for Arensdorf are somewhat mixed. Public sentiment in Plattsrnouth was never so favorably inclined towards the building of public improvements as at the present. There are few grumblers, and their complaints are of little force. With Blaine as the Republican candi date and David Hill as the Democratic candidate for the presidency in 1888, what will become of the mugwumps? asks an inquisitive exchange. Ask some thing easy. We commend the action of the Repub licans of the New York legislature in their strong fight for High License.. High license is not so good as a complete wiping out of all saloons, but it is much better than free rum or low license. If we can not knock out all the saloons then the next best thing is to knock out as many as possible. IT.U.IAN immigrants are seldom capi talists, and arc but too often paupers. The condition of the 519 steerage pas singers who came over on the Scotia is a striking instance of the latter fact. Ow iug to the stranding of the ship and sub sequent delay in .landing they were turned loose at C.jff Garden in the con dition of wolves after a long and severe winter. A raid on the lunch counters satisfied their immediate cravings, but many of the unfortunate creatures are still without food and almost without clothes. The wholesale shipping of pau pers and tramps rrom ono country to an other ought to be regarded as an offense against international law, and dealt w ith accordingly. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Babyhood for April is particularly interesting and valuable to young mothers and to parents generally. Its leading article, on "Habitual Constipa tion and its Domestic Management," bv Louis Starr, Professor of the diseases of Children in the Hospital of the Univer sity of Pennsylvania, is a practical dis course on the causes, relief and preven tion of this distressing condition so com mon among children. It contains several lists of diet adapted to the powers of di gestion of different ages of babies, the peculiar value of each article of food being pointed out. "Sore Throats" is discussed by Dr. Jerome Walker, who gives the methods of examining the throat, and its appearance in the several disases affecting it, as well as the course of treatment to be pursued. Dr. Charles II. May tells graphically all about "Cross Eyes or Squint" in young children. In the department of "Nursery Problems," careful advice is given upon "Late Teeth ing" "Excessive Nose-Bleeding," "Colic Accompanying Nursing," "Grinding the Teeth," etc; and in "The Mothers' Parlia ment," such matters as "Circumcision," "Temper in Babies," "Caring for the Fin-ger-Nails," "Arsenic in Wall-Paper," "Flour Balls," etc., are discussed by the mothers themselves. 15 cen s a number; $1.50. ayear. Babyhood Publishing Co., 5 Beekman Strett, New York. Gen. Dudley, of Indiana, former U. S. Commissioner of Patents and a gen tleman thoroughly posted on politics, thus comments on the next election: "Indiana will be solid for any Repub lican for President in 1888. We can carry it next year with Lieutenant Governor Robinson as a candidate for governor by .'10,000 mnjority. As far as Presidential candidates are concerned, it is not to be forgotten that we also have a young man who is to be considered in the list. We think 'Ben' Harrison can make a run equal to the best. If the Republicans in the country had under stood and appreciated the situation in Indiana last fall and had given us the help we needed for our campaign, we Mould have re-elected Harrison to the Senate. As it was we lost the trick." There is now and has been for a long time, a tendency on the part of enthusi astic partisans to select some one man as the only jerson qualified to lead the party to success. Certain statesmen achieve re nown by reason of their brilliant parts and upon assuming the leadership are too often recognized as the only individ ual competent to lead their party to suc cess. Even today many people in discuss ing tins and that candidate for the presi dency in the (inn belief that their favor ite ami not the favorite of somebody else, is just the man to bring success to the party. But we have no apprehension that sucli fears are well founded. The Republican party is fortunate in haying such men as Blaine, Sherman, Hawley and there is no probability that the choice, fall upon whom it may, will fall upon unworthy shouldeis. It was a difficult matter to secure inter State commerce legislation, and now that such a 1111 has become a law it will still be a difficult matter to enforce all its pro vision. But it is a difficult matter to enforce all the provisions of any law of such wide scope and upon which there is so great a variety of opinions, and the new law should be judged not so much by the number of failures it experiences as the degree of success it attains in en forcing anv of the provisions of the new bill. The law is generally acknowledged to be a crude one, but it is something in the direction of federal control over the great monopolies of the country, and however crude it may be, the people are satisfied with the beginning; it is a con siderable better than no beginning at all. Some of the perplexities which will come up for solution and the em barrassments which will crowd them selves upon the commission, may be Ac quired from a glance at the vast interests which this law endeavors to regulate. There are now in operation over 125,0&0 miles of road, representing seven billion five hundred million dollars, and giving employment to over half a million per sons. The members of the commission, however, are recognized as competent and honest, and with their qualifications on their part and patience on the part of the people, it is probable that much good will yet come out of this attempt to reg ulate inter-State commerce. The tyranny of the majority has often been shown the equal of the most des potic rulers, and in this country where we pride ourselves that the majority rules, there are instances of oppression that are more like the governments of the old world than the new. Labor organiza tions not only have absolute control of individual members, but they attempt to dictate to prevent men outside their or ders from enjoying their personal liberty. These men w ho will not join their secret labor organizations are called "scabs," and are subject to much ridicule and in convenience. But George William Cur tis stands up for the privileges and rights of this class of laborers in the following strong language: And why is an honest, hard working laborer derided as a "scab?" What of fense has he eomiritted? What wrong has he done' Whom has he injured? He has a wife and family to support by his daily toil, and he has undertaken honest work at wages which he chooses to accept. How long since that has been an offence in America? An offence! It is that very thing which has made Ameri ca. That is essential Americanism. It is the personal liberty, the right of the individual, which governments are justly constituted to protect. It is consonant with the most complete and effective or ganization for securing just objects in ways that respect perfectly the rights of individuals. This government is a gov ernment of party. But political parties become mere despotisms nnd tyrannies to be resisted and overthrown when they at tack that individual independence. There is no blinder or more stupid tyran ny than a majority may be. Within its proper range its authority is fair and le gitimate. But because it is expedient that the majority of voices shall decide whether a necessary tax shall le one per cent, or one-and-a-half per cent., it does not follow that the cry, "Crucify him! crucify him!" was a wise cry, or a cry to be obeyed, because it was the cry of a majority. How Working Men Live. One of the most interesting questions now being discussed by social reformers is that of the cost af living, especially as applied to the workingmen of this and other countries. It is a question which in importance is, commensurate w ith the matter of wages, for the trdth is generally recognized that economy in liv ing is money saved, as extravagance in dress is money wasted. It was for. the purpose of ascertaining how working men lived in Italy that a writer in 4Iar per's donned the blouse and assumdtthe occupation of a day laborer. His obT'T vations are thus related in his own vaLs: "The cost of living is greater in A Ulr ica than in any state in Europe. It is ten to twenty per cent, higher than in Engi land; It is twice as high as in France; it is three times as in Italy. Is this differ ence in the cost of living commensurate with the difference in wagts? Possibly in England; on the Continent, I should say, decidedly, the low cost of living does not fully' compensate for the fow wages received. The European Jwork-ing-man manages to exist by reduciug the standard of living, and buying only such articles as are absolutely necessary. There are men in Italy who earn but seven cents for a day's work of fourteen hours one half a cent an hour. Vcrj' few skilled mechanics earn as much as a dollar a day; the average does not exceed fifty cents. The Italian mechanic manages to set through on this sum, partly because of the cheapness of living, but principally because of his wonderful economy, nnd happy disposition, that enables him to be satisfied and contented with conditions at which even an American beggar would rebel. "There is no waste in Italian kitchens, not even in kitchens of the rich. The refuse of the rich man's kitchen is care fully stored by the cook, nnd sold to deal ers in 'second hand' food, who in turn retail it to the poor. The average rent paid by the Italian working-man for his room, his home and workshop combined, is twelve to fifteen dollars a year. "In the large American cities, as New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis, etc., wages appear to be slightly higher than in the small towns, though not sufficiently so to compensate for the greatly increased cost of living. In New York it is simply impossible for the average working man to live in anything like comfort. Rents are high, provisions are high, everything is high. Few workingmen' get off with less than ten dollars a month rent, and it may safely be said that any habitation in New York Citv would be at that figure of ii. : . t l i . t! .1 - ,i ; M uie muM imseruuic uui squuuu touui tion." What They Say of Us. Mr. A. B. Knotts, who has been con nected with the Herald during the past three years, succeeded in getting his bus iness entirely settled up and severed all relations wi h the paper on Saturday, De cember 4th He immediately left for his home in the Bluffs, from which he goes to Dallas, Texas, where he will probably remain during the winter. For Mr. Knotts we can only speak in words of highest recommendation. The better we became acquainted with hiin the more we were impressed with his many good qual ities of head and heart. Honorable and industrious we predict for him a success ful future. We regret to lose such young men fiom our town. Abbie wi 1 always be a welcome visitor to Indianola. Iudi- ; anola Herald. A.B. Knotts, formerly of the Herald, and who made a host of warm friends during his three years' residence among us, has severed all his business relations here and has gone to Dallas, Texas, to nt least spend the winter. He was not alto gether decided when he left here as t where he would locate, but we can assure him that wherever his lot may be cast he has the well wishes of his many, friends here. We have been quite itmately associated with him in the last year or two. in business matters especially, and we found him to be thoroughly honest and fair in all his dealings, and a true gentleman. The News will be interested in learning of his success wherever he may go. Warren Co. (Iowa) News. Dramatic Notes. Mrs. James Brown Potter, whose recipfa of 'Ostler Joe so shocked the modesty of Washington society, made her debut upon the stage in London a few nights since. The audience contained more of the rank and nobil'ty of fashionable so ciety than is usually seen in a theatre. The Prince of Wales, the Rothchilds, Ellen Terry, the U. S. Charge d'Affaires, innumerable Dukes and writers were out in full array, and quite generous in their applause. Omaha congratulates herself upon the speedy construction of a grand Union depot. This is the same depot, we be lieve, which was used to boom real estate a year or more ago, and is again brought to the front as a relief to the coal dis covery. Frikxds of the Herald, we ask vou to send ns items of all social aatherino-s O in our immediate neighborhood. 'mi mum Absolutely Pure. Tins powder i-ever varies. A marvel of pur ity, trMin'li ami wlinlesonteuess. More eeo n iiiiic.il than the ordinary kinds, and ennnot be old In vomperitii.il with the multitude of low tfot. short uflijht alum or iihnsnliutr Powders Soldo lylilC'ls liOYAL 15AKINO rOWDKH Co..imJv,tll St. yew York. 3t4H HESSELROTH'S SWEDISH EOF IRON. 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AhIc your Druggist for Honselroth's Swed ish winoof Iron (Price l per Dottle; ilx bottles, BM. and Hessclrotb's Blood and Liver fills (20c. per box; five boxes, CO, or Bend direct to LiWROCEIIESSEIMIQ, 107 Chicago IvcChieago. "$25,000.00 IN GOLD! WIIX JJE PAID FOR. AEBUCKLES' COFFEE WRAPPERS, 1 Premium, 2 Premiums, 6 Premiums, 25 Premiums, 100 Premiums, 200 Premiums, 1,000 Premiums, S1.000.00 $500.00 each 8250.00 " einn nn M $50.00 $20.00 S10.0O u it it Tor full particulars and directions see Circu lar in every pound of Arbuckles' Coffee. TO SUlSSCHllIEltS. Your indebtedness to the Herald ag gregates over Two Ti.onsand Dollars. While to each of you it is a small matter, to the IIekald it is one of importance. In response to our last call many settled their subscriptions. We wish to impress delinquents that they should do likewise. We urge this matter more particularly, for the reason that we contemplate im provements that will be of benefit to the city and county as well as to you indi vidually, among them the starting of a Daily and the substitution of steam for hand power in the running of the office. Wiil you kindly aid us in this matter. Stray Cnips. An editor never finds out just how lit tle he knows until he sells out his pap.-r and goes to farming. Rolls were called frequently in the ar my during the war, but har 1 tack was usually served. "You are growing old, I see a gray hair in your head." "Pull it out, please. Thanks; I am young again." "Who. Pays Our Taxes?" excitedly asks the New -York Times. The question sur prises .ns. Don't you pay them yourself. "Welt,' but if you can't bear her, what ever made you propose?" "Well, we had danced three dances, and I couldn't think of anything else to say." Way out in Kans is they say there is a travelling dramatic company playing a local sketch entitled "Ten Nights in a Drug Store." He (a Boston musicale) "What a glo rious interpretation!" She fa Chicago young woman) "Yes, Mr. Waldo, I call that good fiddling." Miss De Collette "Do you approve of the nude in art, Mr. Fitz-Jones?" Mr. Fitz-Jones "Well, I don't know. I think it better there than in society." A western man, after losing all his money, put up his wife as a stake in a game of poker. But his run of bad luck continued. lie failed to lose her. The following correspondence be tween a Harlau county threshing machine man and an agricultural implement deal er has ft und its way into print: "Dear Sur, I broke a kog wheel in my threshin masheeu, and I wont another won sent immejetly atwunst." The deal er wrote back: "Which wheel do you wantf" The farmer replied: "The wheel on the north side of the masheen. Enny durn fool orter no that much. Se d it quick." 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