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    l'LATTSMOUTII WEKlLk narti, ixiUCSDAV, JULY 12, 1883.
FAITH m WITCHCRAFT.
A CHAPTER OF HISTORY ASTOUND
ING TO MODERN NOTIONS.
On of tU Delusion of the "Good Old
Times" Wiit an F.nglUh Newspaper
Bays renaltlf Inflicted by Chnrcli and
State Tli e Puritans.
At Christmas time, according to Shake
speare or Marcellua, no witch has power to
charm, bo liallowed and ao gracious is the
time. There is perhaps no chapter of history
more painful or more astounding to our
modern notions than that devoted to witch
craft The delusion was not like one of those
udden outbreaks of fanaticism which spring
up. nobody knows how, and die away as sud
denly; It wos regarded as a lasting evil to bo
jmulnhed with the severest penalties of the
church and of the Btate. And for tho most
part the people who perished under thia reign
of terror were women. They were gener
ally old and ugly, and had familiar spirits to
do their errands; but sometimes young and
fair women suffered on the rack and at the
stake under the terrible imputation of witch
craft. To be accused of this crimo was In most
cases to be condemned for it; and, indeed,
there seemed little chance of an escape, for
the testa to which accused persons were put
In order to try their innocence generally
proved mortal. To throw an old woman
into the water, and, if she sinks, to save her
character at the expense of her life, is hardly
kind to the old woman. Almost any cause
sufTlced as a reason for burning old women.
Two, for example, were burned at Constance
as the supposed authors of a great storm, and
another for destroying a ship at sea by means
of spoils. They wero never burnt, wo be
lieve, without confession; but then it was
tho custom to torture them till they did con
fess. One notable form of witchcraft, which has
been admirably turned to poetic account by
llossetti, was to form a waxen imago of some
person obnoxious to the witch, and as this
image was gradually melted by the firo, so it
was supposed would the victim's life fade
away. Of this form of sorcery Eleanor
Cobham, wife of Duke Humphrey, was ao
cusod; and Uollingshed relates that she was
condemned to do open penance in the city of
London, and afterward to suffer perpetual
imprisonment iu the Itle of Man. A kind of
sorcery similar to that for which Eleanor
Cobham suffered led to the execution, in
1C1S, of two women in Lincoln, who were
said to have bewitched Lord Rosse to death
by burying his glove; and "as that glove did
rot and waste, so did the liver of the said
lord rot and waste."
In the Fifteenth century Tope Innocent
VIII issued a bull acainst witchcraft, em
powering inquisitors to seek for witches and
to burn them, and the agreeable vocation
must have been pursued with a zest, for one
inquisitor burned forty-one witches in one
Year, and another burned 100. It is stated
that tens of thousands of victims have suf
fered for this imaginary crime. In the dio
cese of Como 1,000 were burned in a year at
the beginning of the Sixteenth century, and
at the same time 600 perished in Geneva In
three months. The belief in witchcraft and
the intolerable cruelties caused by this belief
were not confined to the papal church. In
the Seventeenth century the Puritans in
New England hanged a number of persons as
well as two dogs for this imaginary crime;
and for two years Hopkins, the "witch
finder." drove a flourishing trade in Essex.
In 200 years 30,000 witches are said to have
been destroyed in England; and as recently
as 1716, when the town was enjoying the wit
and satire of the "Queen Anne men,
woman and her child 9 years of age were
hanged at Huntingdon. Addison, with a
mind that wavered between superstition and
trood sense, said he could not forbear believ
ing "in such a commerce with evil spirits as
that which we express by the name of witch
craft," while, at tho same time, he could
"eive no credit to any particular modern in
stance of it." This conclusion is quoted by
Ulackstone In the fourth volume of his
"Commentaries."
Scotland, which is regarded as an enlight
ened part of the empire, held with the ut
most tenacitv its faith in witchcraft The
Scotch, a vigorous people, put their hands
to the work heartily. It was easy to find
victims, since, as we have said already, they
, were tortured until ther confessed. Take
one instance out of thousands. Isabel Craw
ford, after the minister had made earnest
prayers to God for opening her closed heart,
was tortured with iron bars laid upon her
bare shins, her feet being in the stocks. For
a time she boro the torture admirably, though
legs, but in moving the bars to another part
of her shins she broke out into horrible cries,
and confessed to intercourse with the deviL
She was condemned, ol course, and at the
place of execution openly denied her former
confession. It is calculated tnac x.vw per
sons were burned in Scotland in the last
f ortv years of the Sixteenth century.
A centurv later a witch epidemic broke
out in the village of Mohra, in Sweden. A
number of children were said to be be
witched and familiar with the devil, who
was described as wearing a gray coat, red
and blue stockings, a rod beard and a high
crowned hat. Tho witches kept this exacting
nersonace supplied with children, and if
thev did not procure him a good many "they
bad no peace or quiet for him." The poor
wretches were doomed to have no more
peace or quiet in this world. Seventy were
condemned to death, twenty-threo wero
liiimpd in a sinela fire at Mohra.
It is noteworthy that a belief in this fright
" f ul superstition, which destroyed more inno
cent persons than the so called ttoir umee.
was held by men of great intellectual power
bY Erasmus, Bacon and the judicious
Hooker, by Sir Edward Coke, Sir Thomas
Urowno. Baxter and Sir Matthew Ilald.
Illustrated London News.
! The Talmr Days of SXlnstrelsy.
' I was readinz that the wife of Jack ITav-
erly, the once well known negro minstrel
manager, induced him to give her $10 every
night out of the receipts of the show, so that
when he went into bankruptcy she possessed
. fortune of about $30,000. He begged her
to lend him the money, but she refused him
and today they are living comfortably on her
Ravings. ji hour or two afterward I met
Bill Foote. who was a boomer for Haverly
when that skyrocket of a manager was high
In the air. Foote now runs a boarding house
in this citr. and i the custodian of Dock-
stader'a theatre during; the absence of the
Twtstftder minstrels on a tour.
' "Oh. ves: those were 'halcyon' days," said
y. "There was a time whan the manager of
a minstrel company had to do hardly any
thing else than open the doors or a nail ana
let people pay to come In. The five or six
years after the war were especially profit
able. New towns, of three to five thousand
ii,aHnt. were constantly Demg discov
ered by wide awake agents, and places of
daad sure to yield mie auai-
mr thins? in the way of minstrelsy.
. . o now. The milk Is all gone out
, , .v,.f -vvMnnt. and the man who can make
a negro minstrel company pay baa got to
SWEET HOME OF MY YOUTH.
Sweet home of taj youth, oear the murmuring
rllU
That are nursed In the laps of the North Scottish
hUU.
Era the gray streaka of morning the songster
arouse
From his leaf curtained cot to his matlnal vows.
My thoughts cling to tbee, and lovlnply prws.
Swoet homo of my youth, on the Lanka of the
Ness.
When the gay king of light doffs bis gladdening
crown
And mantles the land with his eveulng frown;
When night's souther cov'rlng the earth's over
laid.
And nature is mourning tho day that Li dead.
Then loved thoughts of thee do I fondly caress.
Sweet home of my youth, ou the banks or the
Ness.
Though thy little flower garden
twice ten times
has lost
Its bright summer garb since thy threshold
I've
crosa'd.
Though Atlantic's wide waters our fortune
divide:
Still no time nor spaco from my memory can hide
Or dampen the love I am proud to confess
For tho home of my youth, on tho banks of too
Ness. John Patterson.
THE LATEST MECHANICAL WONDER.
Figure That Pulls Out Its Watch and
Tells One the Time.
Professor Charles Itichel, the inventor of
tho flying machine which created so much
interest a few years ago, is just completing a
mechanical wonder which is an astonishing
pieco of mechanism. It promises to create a
great furor throughout the country. He has
been over a year experimenting with it, and
has at last achieved results which at the out-
start 6eemed impossible. He was given carte
blanche from a watch manufacturing concern
to get up tho novelty, timo and expense be
ing a secondary consideration. l'roiessor
Kichel has kept the matter secret, and has
permitted no one to enter his study except
ing one or two intimate friends. A reporter
was given a private view last evening.
The entrance to the studio is by way of a
dark staircase on John street. Double doors,
a screen and a heavv curtain shut out the
daylight. Electric lights are used to work
by. There are all sorts of grotesque beads,
arms and bits of plaster anatomy hanging
around the room, and upon the work bench
are brass molds and a variety of Gno tools
for the purpose of working in steel and brass.
The now wonder is a life sized j-outh of per-
Uups sixteen years of age. He is a fine look
ing lad, in perfect imitation of the average
boy of the present day. Tho figure stands
upon the floor, and Is attired in Knickerbock
ers and laced shoes, vest, coat, etc. to ail ap
pearances a living boy. Professor Itichel did
not approach tho figure, but spoke to it, say
ing, " Good evening, Bobby; what timo is
it I" The figure turned its head and bowed
slightly, and with its left hand pulled back
tho coat. The right hand, which had been
hanging at the side, was lifted up to the vest
pocket and drew out a watch. The watch was
then carried up to the ear, at the same time
the head turned so as to bring the ear down
in a listening attitude, while the eyes closed.
When the silent youth w-as assured that the
watch was ticking the hand dropped slightly
forward; the head turned so as to bring the
face to look full at tho watch, the eyes opened
and a pleased smile spread over the features.
Tho head was then thrown back, the hand
which held tho watch between the thumb
and iDdex fineer returned the watch to the
vest pocket and was then gracefully swung
back into its resting position by the side.
The mouth opened, and with a pleasant
laugh the figure said: "It's just half past 8,
gentlemen."
So naturally was all thl3 pertormcd that
for an instant it seemed as if the figure was
an actualizing being. There was no jerky
movement, nor the slightest jar or noise. 1 he
eyes opened and closed and tho head moved
about to all appearances like a living one.
Professor Ricbel laughed and said, "What do
you think of itf and then proceeded to ex
plain how it was oporated. Insido the figure
is an electric motor. 1 his had been set in op
eration by touching a concealed button in the
floor several feet away where the professor
had been standing. Afterwards he opened
the chest of the figure and exposed where
the cams, springs, weight balances, spirals
and levers which had caused tho arms and
head to move. The cleverest parts are those
which cause the wrist, thumb and fingers to
move. The articulator mecnanism is very
similar to that employed in a phonograph.
New York World.
The Host and Ills Guests.
Social intercourse or the exchange of civili
ties should be solely for the betterment and
refinement of mankind, and if the status of
such is not based upon a high sense of deli
cacv and cultivation the results must be
fruitless.
A knowledge of human nature is also im
portant in the grouping of people. A wise
entertainer knows the ability of his friends
and acquaintances, and would not invite
Cassius-like friends, with aversion to music
in their souls, to a musicale, even though
llubenstein was to play and a i. atti to sing.
Neither would he Invite the bigot in religion
to meet a rival one of another school, nor an
apostle of Voltaire expecting pleasure from
the discussion sure to arise. Nor would he
bid political antipodes to attend a "con
versation" on government affairs, with
out expecting warm words and un
pleasant clashing of opinions. Neither
would such Invite the brightest lights of the
dramatic world to meet those whose religious
scruples prompt them to look upon the drama
as a satanic invention for the destruction of
human souls. Nor would it do to invite the
merry, light hearted, youthful Terpsichorean
to meet the sages of the court and the senate,
knowing intuitively that there could be noth
ine congenial between the dignity and
thoughtfulness of the one and the frivolity
and merriment of tho other. A- correct re
gard for the taste and weaknesses of one's
euesta must be considered, to Dring only con
genial people together as far as it is possible
to do so.
In official entertaining, hosts have no dis
cretion, and are in no wise responsible for the
juxtaposition of discordant elements. Xhe
rules of official etiquette fix the position of
rank and privilege in the social world, and
consequently the unavoidable and incongra
ous irrouping, and unpleasant incidents that
sometimes occur. Mrs. John A. Logan La
Chicago Journal.
Emperor "William's Swords.
The late EmDeror "William only used two
swords and one saber throughout his long
fighting career. The first sword was his boyish
weapon, carried from law to tne sec
ond was a present from the Czar Xxicnoias,
which served hm from 1834 to the time of
tha war with Austria In. 1S06; On the mem
orable day of Sadowa the emperor adopted
an infantry saber, which he wore to tne last,
and on which he had engraved the names of
all his victories in the Austrian and Franco
Prussian campaigns. These historical weap
ons are to be b to red In the Berlin museum.
together with the saber belonging to tha
emperor's father. Frederick William UL
which always stood by the aide of his writing
table ia jj.jtxwef 1
A SHOP GIRL'S LIFE.
WHAT SWEETENS HER EXISTENCE
AND WHAT DOESN'T.
Fined for Being Late Most Stand All
Day Half an Hour for Lunch Whom
the Girls Marry Why tho Seats Were
lie moved.
"Well, we have to be here at 8 o'clock
every morning, whether we livo on the east
side, the west side, in Brooklyn or Harlem,
and 8 o'clock Isn't an unreasonable hour at
all, nor do wo ever complain; but if we are
ten minutes late, no matter why, we are
fined. Of courso, to the cash girls this fine
means going without the cup of hot coffee or
the little bit of fruit sbo would have bought
to piece out her little lunch; but, so far as I
am concerned, I don't care anything about
the fine; it is tho restriction that 1 object to
and tho being reprimanded. 1 don t Intend
to be late. I am just as much interested iu
being here in timo and selling a lot of goods
as the proprietor is himself. I like my busi
ness, and am proud of my sales and auxious
to begin my work for the day, and the idea
that because I hnppen to miss a car, or have
one of tho thousand little delaying accidents
that every woman and man, too, for that
matter is liable to, that some man who
knows nothing about me has a right to repri
mand mo and fine me just makes mo cross
and hurts my prido.
"Then the hardest thing of all a shop girl
has to endure ifl the constant standing from
H in tho morning until C at night, with only
one half hour rest at noon. A few years ago
some one stirred up this subject and seats
wero placed belaud the counter, but they
havo been all taken away. Tho salesladies
in suit departments can sit down, but not
in the room where tho customers am Of
courso, ir they go away in tno time biuo
room to rest they miss their customers, an d
the consequence is that they stand all day
outside. We do not mind it on busy days,
tho excitement keeps us up, but on dull days
we almost faint away sometimes standing
still with nothing to make us forget how
tired we are.
Wo have half an hour for lunch, which is
timo enough for a person to eat a cold lunch,
but when a girl stands from 8 o'clock until 2,
after a 7 o'clock breakfast, she wants some
thing besides a sandwich and a cup of tea for
her lunch. I used to go out and buy my
lunch and have a regular hot dinner, as 1
would at homo. I needed it, and worked all
the better for it, but of course I couldn't get
it in half an hour. I was usually gone forty
minutes. After a whilo I was denied that
privilege, and I have to eat my lunch in the
lunch room. 1 don t like a cold lunch, and
somehow the thought of the being compelled
to do anything like that fills my heart with a
kind of bitterness that takes away all my ap
petite. It isn't the cold lunch or the hot
lunch room where they make coffee in one
end and eat in the other, though ; that isn't
exactly what I am used to at homo, but it is
the restraint that I rebel against.
'At 0 o'clock sharp we are all excused In a
batch, and away we pour out of the door like
a mob of factory hands, and the people all
say, 'See the 6hop girls.' Now, if some could,
when they had no customers, go at fifteen
minutes to C or ten minutes to 6, don't you
see we wouldn't all flock out together and at
tract attention, for part of us would go at
one time and part at another, but now it is
push and crowd and jam to get out, so that
if you would go decently and in a ladylike
way you have to wait until all the crowd is
gona
"There are a great many things I might do
evenings to enjoy myself, but I am too tired
and feel so kind of bitter and sorry and re
sentful in my heart that I don't want to go
anywhere. I like my work, am interested in
it. and do not want to give It up any more
than a man wants to give up his business.
Sly employer is very kind, my salary Is very
generous, and all that; it is only a few little
thincrs about the system of managing the
girls that makes us unhappy. We are inde
pendent business women, earning as much.
and in many cases more than men in the
same places, and we do not liko to be gov
erned like the inmates of an orphan home or
house of correction.
"And what kind of men do we marry?
Well, they have to be pretty nice, or we don't
bother with them. The better class of sales
ladies rarely marry employes in the store.
Don't you see we are independent, and unless
we are going to better ourselves very much,
or unless we get hopelessly in love, we do not
care to marry at alL I know many girls who
have married very well, and have lovely
homes. Do we ever marry the customers
whom we meet in the store? Well," with a
toss of the blonde head and a pretty flush in
the timid face, "I know some who might
have married some of their customers, but
wouldn't.
"As far as promotion is concerned, that
rests entirely with ourselves, is based on our
ability, and I think is very fair and just.
Some girls never get promoted because they
lack ability and push, and others get to the
top in a short time. 1 he promotions are from
cash to parcel clerk,Jfrom that to stock clerk,
one who assists in keeping the goods in order,
then to bill clerk, saleslady, cashiers and floor
walkers, and wcge3 increase from two dollars
up to thirty or more."
"How much pay do I get?" said a little,
fair faced maiden behind the counter. "Five
dollars a week, unless something happens."
"And what does happen to prevent it?"
"Well, if I'm late a few minutes I am
fined; if I am half an hour late I loso one-
quarter of a day's wages; if I make the least
little mistake in my bills that is taken out of
my pay, and if I break anything that has to
bo paid for. If I am sick half a day I lose
that, and so you see I don't always get the $5.
The floor walker doesn't always look when
she hears a crash, because if she doesn't know
what breaks or who breaks it, why then she
can't report it. But she always does look if
the superintendent is anywhere on the floor.
Sometimes one dish costs a whole week's
pay.
"No, our superintendent isn't a woman,
and I'm glad of it. A woman does nothing
but scold and stew and fuss all the timo over
little things. Yes, It's pretty hard to keep
up all the fines, but 1 suppose it makes us
more careful, so that we really do not have
so very many to pay. No, we have no seats
now; they have all been taken away. Some
times two or three of us crowd on the edge of
a drawer that pulls out near the floor, but we
fly up lively if we see the floor walker com
ing this way."
"The girls abused the privilege," explained
the floor walker, a delicate looking girL
"They were not quick to rise up when cus
tomers came in, and grew neglectful and
indolent. Of course, it is tiresome to stand
so long, and girls need to be strong to endure
it, but they like the work aside from that,
and In time they seem to grow accustomed
to it, so that they do net mind it as they do
at first.
"The hardest things we have to get along
with are the cranks that come In here to be
waited on. Of course, it is our busi
ness to show the goods, but just as much
their business to be ladylike. I tell you some
of the girls behind the counter are more
ladylike than the rich people they wait on."
New i ork faun.
$500 Reward.
We will pay the above reward for any
case of liver complaint, dyspepsia, sick
headache, indic.-tiou, constipation or
costiveness we cannot cure with
West's Vegetable Liver Pill, when the
directions are strictly complied with.
rhey are purely vegetable, and never
fail to give satisfaction. Large boxes
tontaining 0 sugar coated pills, 25c.
For sale by all druggists. Beware of
counterfeits and imitations. The genu
ine manufactured only by John ). Well
& Co., 802 W. Madison St. Chicago, Its
Sold by W. J. Wan ick.
The iii st anniversary and celebration
of a new flag which is valued at IT.j.
will be held at Degindorfer's Park .July
15th. The Omaha Turners Society unci
the different German societies ot this
city will participate in the celebration.
Personal.
Mr. N. II. Frohlichstein, of Mobile,
la., writes: 1 take great pleasure in le-
commending Dr. King's New Dincovery
for Consumption, haMng used it for a
a severe attack of Bronchitis and Catarrh.
It gave me instant relief and entirely cur
ed me and I have not been afflicted since.
I also bes; to state that I had tried other
remedies with no good result. Have also
used Electric Bitters and Ur. kings Jscw
Life Pills both of which 1 can recommend.
Dr. King's New Discovery for Consump
tion, Coughs and Colds, is sold ou posi
tive guarantee. Trial bottles free at F.
G. Fricke & Co's drug store. 1
A Sheriff Kills a Horse Thief.
Benklemax,. Xeb., July (5. During
the past week half a dozen horses have
been stolen iu this, Dundy, and Cheyenne,
the adjoining county. Last Monday
Sheriff Buckwald took the trail of them
in a camp near Indlia, Col. Tlio sheriff
was alone tinned only with a revolver.
The thieves, John Binfield and Mike E.
Laughlin. were both armed with Win
chesters. The sheriff having got the
drop ou Laughlin commanded him to
surrender; Mike showed fight and the
sheriff shot him dead. Banfield then
veakencn, threw dowu li is gun and beg
ged for mercy. Jossah Burke, another
horse thief, was arrested by the sheriff of
Chase county. It is estimated that this
band has stolen 100 horses during the
past year. There is great rejoicing among
settlers on the breaking up of this baud.
Wonderful Cures.
W. D. lloyt & Co., Wholesale nd Re
tail Druggists, of Koine. Ga., say: We
have beeu selling Dr. King's New Discov
ery, Electric Bitters and Buckleu's Arni
ca Salve for four years. Have never
handled remedies that sell as well, or
give such universal satisfaction. There
havt been some wonderful cures effected
by these medicines in this city. Several
cases of pronounced Consumption have
beeu entirely cured by use of a few bot
tles of Dr. King's New Discovery, taken
in connection with Electric Bitters. We
guarantee them always. Sold by F. G.
Fricke & Co. 1
Mr. Wm. Neville has again suffered
the loss of a valuable horse which he val
ued at about $250. Thursday the animal
had been worked very hard ou the sewer
work, getting over heated. The heat
caused lock-jaw and brought on seyeral
complaints in such short notice that the
animal could not survive and died last
night after every attempt possible was
made to save it.
When your skin is yellow.
When your skin is dark and greasy.
When your skin is rough and course
When your skin is inflamed and red.
When your skin is full of blotches.
When vonr fckin is full of nim tiles
you
need a good blood medicine that can be
relied upon. Beggs' Blood Purifier and
Blood Maker is warranted as a positive
cure for all of the above, so you cannot
possibly run any risk when you get a bot
tle of this wonderful medicine. For sale
by O. P. Smith & Co.
ITancral Custom In Denmark.
In Denmark it is becoming customary for
friends to send to the relatives of a person
who has died what is called a "Good Works
Card," in place of the usual floral tributes.
These cards are of white pasteboard, printed
in silver, and are issued, by various charitable
organizations. On each card is the name of
the society which issues it; in the center ia
an ivy wreath on which the name of the de
ceased may be written, and at the foot is a
space for the name of the sender. The cards
are sold In bookstores for a moderate sum.
The idea appears to be a sensible one, as by
sending these cards people can show their
sympathy for those in sorrow and at the
same time do something for their favorite
charity. As might be expected, the florist
do not like these cards. New York Tribune.
BAD BLOOD-
There is not one thing that puts a man
or woman at such disadvantage before
the world as a vitiated state of the blood.
Your ambition is gone.
Your courage has failed.
Your vitality has left you.
Your languid step and listless ac
tions show that you need a powerful in
yigorator, one bottle of Beggs' Blood
Purifier and Blopd Maker will put new
life in a worn out system, and if it does
not it will cost you nothing. O. P. Smith
& Co., Druggists.
Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria.
Whn Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
Wbn she w&a a Child, ah cried for Castoria,
TThen she became Miss, she clung to CMtoria,
When gb bad Children, sa pave tbem Castoria.
Drutik5nneortlm Ll.juor Habit Von I
tively Cured by Administering
Dr. Haines Golden
Speci fic.
It can bo given in a cup of coffee or
tea without the knowledge of tho person
taking it; is absolutely harmless and will
effect a permanent and speedy cure,
whether ih'o patient is a mod'-nito drink
er or an alcoholic wreck. Thousands of
drunkards have been made temperate
men who have taken Golden Specific in
their coffee without their knowledge. nnd
to-day believe they quit drinking of tlu ir
own free will. IT NEVER FAILS. The
system once impregnated with the Speci
fic it becomes an utter impossibility for
the liquor appetite t exist. For full
particulars, address GOLDEN SPECIFIC
CO., 185 Kace et., Cincinnati, (). 3:i-ly
Sheridan Calnlngin Health.
Diii.A wakk Bkicakwatkk, July .
Gmcral Sheridan has passed an entirely
uneventful day, gaining slowly but .stead
ily in all respects.
State of Ohio, City of Toledo, (
Lucas county, ss. (
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is
the senior partner of the firm of F. J.
Cheney & Co., doing business in the city
Toledo, County and state aforesaid, and
that said firm will pay the sum of ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and
cyery case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use of Hai.is Catakkii
Clue. FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this (ith day of December,
A. D. '80. A. W. GLEASON,
(Seal) Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts directly upon the blood and
mucus surfaces of the system. Send for
testimonials, free. F. J. Chknky & Co.,
Toledo, Ohio.
t3TSold by Druggists, 75 cents.
Fearful Work of Lightening.
Casseli.ton, Dak., July (i. Lightening
struck the farm-house of Ole Olestadt,
ten miles north of Hunter, Friday night,
killing Olestadt and his wife. Some
neighbors passing the house on Saturday
noticed the forsaken appearance of the
dwelling, and forcing an entrance found
the terribly mutilated bodies lying on the
floor. The only child, an eight month's
baby, was on the bed uninjured. The
building had caught fire, but the heavy
rain extinguished it. Olestadt's father
and mother arrived from Norway yester
day. Bucklen's Arnica salve.
The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt, rheum, fever
sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains,
corns, and all skin eruptions, and postive
ly cures piles, or no pay required. It is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction,
or money refunded. Price 25 cents per
box. For sale by F. G. Fricke fc Co.
51-13-.
Otoe County Crops.
Nebuaska City, Neb., July 5. Far
mers in nearly every precinct in this coun
ty report small grain as standing finely
and in excellent condition. If no high
winds visit this section the crop will be
the largest ever known. Tha harvest will
commence between the 10th and 12th of
July.
An Explanation.
What is this "nervous trouble" with
which so many seem now to be afflicted? If
you will remember a few years ago the
word Malaria was comparatively un
known, today it i3 as common as any
word in the English language, yet this
word covers only the mtaning of another
word used by our forefathers in times
past. So it is used with nervous diseases,
as they and Malaria are intended to cover
what our grandfathers called Biliousness,
and all are caused by troubles that arise
from a diseased condition of the Liver
which in performing its functions finding
it cannot dispose of the bile through the
ordinary channel is compelled to pass it
off through the system causing nervous
troubles, JJalrja, Bilious Fever, etc.
You who are suffering can well appreci
ate a cure. We recommend Green's Au
gust Flower. Its cures are marvelous.
We wish the sun would go on a
strike for a few dys until we could get
cool for a short time.
tch, Prairie Mange, tnd Scratches ofi
every kind cured in 30 minutes by Wool
ford's Sanitary Lotion. A sure cure and
perfectly harmless. Warranted by P.G
Fricke & Co. druggist, Plattsmouth
There are no eggs to be found in the
city. The hens must be on a strike.
English Spavin Liniment removes all
Hard, Soft or Calloused lumps and
Blemishes from horses, Blood Spavin,
Curbs, Splints, Sweeney, Stifles. Sprains,
Pink Eye, Coughs and, etc. Save $50
by use of one bottle. Every bottle war
ranted by F. G. Fricke & Co.,
Druggists, Plattsmouth, Neb.
We now publish music each week
in the Weekly Herald. Everybody
should be a musician. The pieces furn
ished in the paper will be found as pop
ular as any costing 50 cents. Everybody
should take the paper. We are endeav
oring to make it a great success, and feel
quite confident we can suit all.
Colic, Diarrhoea and Summer com
plaints are dangerous at this season of
the year and the only way to guard
against these diseases is to have constant
ly on hand a bottle of some reliable rem
edy. Beggs' Diarrhoea Balsam is a POS
ITIVE RELIEF in all these disagreeable
cases and ia pleasant to take. It will
cost you only 35 cents. O. P. Smith &
Co., Druggists.
She Tried and Knows.
A leading rheiiii.it of New York
ays: " No planters of such merit m
the Aih-l'-'Wrw I'laiter Iniveevf r
before been produced." They iro
a novelty because they are not umde
niuiply U fell cheap, tliey nre tliti
lest that science, skill arid money
can produce, and Mr ill do what IX
vlaiiued lor them. For hprain,
aches, weakint-H, lameness, etc.,
they are unequaUd.
4 Kiat.m Kt .Kaii'liiKky.O., Nov. 21 t-7 '
Tim Atljl"l'l"pn, I'laHtcr I """
jiiiiMic. It i Hi" 1 cvirr In. .1 Bint I
bnv- iib! nianv klmlH. Our ilruiUt
Faul "rlBj-tcni rrall nlxmt tin- nnnit-" imi
J don't Uimk ho now. lirml my rni
Hint "1 l't r In July. inl it "
painful Biiii.ti, but it if.i not .nui inn t
alluow. Writ. SVu.ijh Mauii-u
-Sn1 fi rent f'r the lietiul iful colored '!
ture. "Moorb.li Mul'lcii."
THE A THLOPH0ROS CO. 112 Wall St. N. Y.
IH CUKtS WHLMfc ALL USE IAILS.
s Best -outrli Hj rui). 1 antes nooil. Uso
EtJ in tnnii. Hiil. I liv .li-iii'ii-l '.
.r
fi
I boliovo I'iso'.s Citro
for Consumption fcavod
my lifo. A. II. Dow kll,
Editor lOii'i uircr, I'Mnu
ton, N. C, April u:i, 1S87.
Tho iikst Coiitrh Medi
cine is 1'iso's C uiti: i-ort
Consumption. Children
tako it without objection.
By all druggists'. 'J5o.
''-J
CUiiES WHtifE ALL LlSE (AILS.
BCBtl'oUKh Kjrii(. TumIum nood. Ugo
In time. HoM by lnwiit.
b4
NAIF? HALS AM
Curt;aHCMhfliM-uMaiii)l linlr fallutt
tit I M-nm-rJ1.
In valuable f or Coughn, Cold., Inward I'aliui, Exliuuntlon,
Ltiniiier
THE OLD RELIABLE.
fi. A. WATERMAN k mi
Wholesale and l'.eiall Healer In
i;
LUMBER
Shingles, Lath, S:uh,
i
oors
i n n gl
C 43
Can supply every demand of the trade
Call and get terms. Ponrth htrett
In Hear of Opera House.
Sea Woi.dpn exist in tliini--iiiids
di ; lomiH, (ml are v r .
ih? si it hy the imni vi-lrf ul in -venlinn.
Tlmse wlio :ne in
need f )idlit:ili!e work tlint
an lie done while living ft
home should ;.t c.n ( semi
1 heir address to I lallet t .t o ,
Portland, Maine, and lei eive tree full infot ma
tion how either, cx, of all si-m-h. can earn f i out
" to ..' Jier day and upwards wherever they
livd. Von an: started live : capital not need l
S me have made over c.",0 in one day at tins
work. All f uce ed.
l'ewaidcdare thom iilm
read t his ai d t lien aci ;
Iht-y will find hi'Mti.ihli
fc in p I o ment that ill
not take Uieni fiom t heir
home and Jainilic s. The
j.rol.ts are Jaij'e anl .sum
for every Industrious person, many have made
and are now makiii; i-eveial lii,n:red dollars;
per month. Iti.sf a.-.y f r ai one to make .",
and npwauls per day. who is willing to work
Kither sex, j ounjr or oli ; capital net needed :
we start yen. J-:yei yt lm;n rie , o special
ability required, you, reader, can do it as well
ai any one. Write to us at onco for full par
ticular which we mail free. Address Mi ou
& Co., Portland, Maine.
I wf l"t s r e volul lonizeil
I I the world during th
I li V 6 li 1 1 0 0 ;Sb vhs-h
mid nyneiu ol wcifc
that can be jicrfouot d ai! o.er th- country
without scpaiat i. th woikers Jiom their
homo. 1'a.y iineral ; anyone can do the work
either sex. yxinf: er old ; ir special ability re
quired. Canital hot seeded ; y u ale, started
free. Cut this out aim re turn to pud newilt
send ou free, M.methinjr of t'-eat importune
and va'.up to you, that w ill t-ti t jou iu Im -n.ecs
which will brinir you ; mtiie money nirlit
away than anyth-nj n In the wild. i:aicl
outlit free. Arrs True & Co.. Augusta, ."If .
Legal Notice.
To 0:e nert of hlu of Suyinifi brakr. and all fir
eoii4 iitt.:rtxt;fl in hr.r kUiU.:
You are hereby notified lhat on the icih fjav
of June, I-, Hon. A. V. YiU, one d the,
judf-'en of the district court within and for ( ass,
county, Nebraska. ,lJ,e an order en the ap
plication of illiam I . C le as jM.arli;:ii of
faid hiaiiah Drake, of which the follow isiij 1
A copy :
In the district court of Cass coui.ty, Nebras
ka. In the iDstteroI Siisanah I:vikf, insane.
Cn reading the petition t tiliHin '1. Cole,
fruardian of Sm-aiiah iJia'st... insane, repre-ent-iiifr,
anions othir tV.iii-'s, tha hi said w:.rdi
seized of certain rutl ecta'e therein de-cj ibed.
and that it ii expedient, that the saiiie be sold
for t lie purpose f beir.K invcj-teii hei e s:i id
ward liven and praying for a Ii ii-e to sell tioj
same, it is ordered that said p.;t;lion be bearf
at the orlice of tiie eleK of the distiiet court of
Lancaster couutyt i trH.ska. in the ci!v of
Lincoln, before iiie undersigned ?,t his e.Sam
beri on 'lie iiih day of July, A. I), ia, i.t 2
o'clock p. hi.
It is further ordered that notice be given to
the next of kin of said ward and ail pernor ss
interested in the estate to appear at paid timf
and place arid show cjtuse why iic-n-e sl.oeid
not be grained for the sale of Mich leal siate,
said notice to be givei by Dedication of thia
order not less than three Co Mieees ve veeks
before the day of sued hearii'ir in be I !a tu
rnout ti H kka Ci. a weekly newi-par er pub. isl.eil
at the city of I'lattsinouth In Ca-s coi.nty,
Nebraska.
Lated June 26th, 18. A. TV. Field,
Judge of the District C'eurt iu and for Cass
county, Nebraska. 1.-aw
For Sale.
A thorough bread, Polled Angus bull
calf, enquire of Judge W. H.sewel or C.
Parmele.
tf. Wm. Gii.moi k.
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