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PLATTSMOtTTH WEEkLl HEIULI), THURSDAY, I) EC KM B Fit 6, 1883-..
A SECRET SONG.
Otmowblrdl snowbird I
Welcome thy note when maple bought are bar;
Thy merry twitter, thy empb&tlocall,
UWe silver trumpets ptcrvthe f rtwzlnjr air,
What tlmo the radiant Cake betfln to fall.
Wo k now thy wcrcU When the day grows dim.
Tor from the home that thou hast cheered so
Thy chirping changes to a twilight hymn I
O snowbird, snowbird, whereforw hldo thy song?
Oimowblrd! snowbird 1
Is It a song of sorrow none may know,'
An aching memory? Nay, too glad the note 1
Untouched by knowledge of our human woe,
CWrly the crystal flutiogs fall and float.
We hear thy tender ecstiuiy, and cry:
"Irnd us thy gladness that can brave the chilli"
Under the anlendora of the whiter sky,
O snowbird, unowbird, carol to us stllL
Elizabeth Costwycke Itoberts In The Century.
MISS MARTHA.
Miss Martha Hailey known through
out RoBCvillo ni triply as "Miss Martha"
Bat by one of tho windows of her cozy
Bitting room, putting tho last 6titches
into a flannel skirt for old Mrs. Uodley,
who Buffered terribly with the rheuma
tism, which was not improved by the
weekly scrubbings bho ga'e the offices in
tho brick block on Main street.
Miss Martha had just sewed a stout
horn button on tho waiat lelt, and was
about to fold tho skirt up, smiling at the
thought of the old woman's delight when
sho should receive the gift, when the
hall door opened without tho ceremony
of a preceding knock, and a neighbor,
Mrs. Marsh, came in.
"You ought not to sew by twilight,
Miss Martha," she said, as she entered
tho room, "you'll ruin your eyes. But
that's not what I camo here to say; Mrs.
Norcross died an hour ago."
Tho smilo faded from Miss Martha's
face, and her ryes grew humid.
"Poor woman!" she said, in her low,
sweet voice. "So she has gone at last.
She 6ulTcred a great deal."
"Yes, and sho was glad to go. But
she had every attention, in spite of being
a stranger hero. Dr. Edgecourt visited
her every day, and never charged her a
cent, I know; and nil the neighbors sent
things to eat. Cancers aro terrible
things. She was a mighty patient
woman. Poor soul! Cut now," with a
sudden change of tone, "what's to be
done with Eva?"
"lias sho no relative at all?"
"No one. JSho is too refined and pretty
to do housework, even if sho was strong
enough, which sho isn't. Sho can't go
to tho poorhouse, of course, and she
hasn't a dollar there's to bo a subscrip
tion to nay the burial expenses."
Miss Martha stood smoothing the flan
nel skirt with her white, thin hands, her
face wearing an expression of deep
thought mingled with anxiety. Once
she opened her lips as if to st)cak, then
hesitated and closed them again. Ought
6ho to make this sai-iilico which seemed
urged upon her? It would be selli&h not
to do so. She raised her head and said,
in a firm, sweet voice:
"The girl must como tome, since there
is no one else to take her. I have plenty
for one I can make it enough for two
by exercising economy."
"That's just like you, Miss Martha! I
knew you'd make tho oiler. The girl
lias got a iirst rate education, and she
can 6tudy up enough to take a school by
next fall. Of course you won't want her
around after you are married."
5- A deep flush came into Miss Martha's
naturally pale face; she dropnod her eyes,
and turned .".way from Mrs. Marsh, with
somo murmured excuse about making
tho flannel skirt she held Intoa bundle to
be sent away.
The neighbors agreed that Eva Nor
cross couhl not havo found a better home
than sho bad at Miss Martha's. The lit
tle cottage stood in a largo garden, well
tilled with fruit trees and shrubs. In
tho summer it was gay with flowers of
very many varieties, and sweet smelling
honeysuckle wandered over and nearly
concealed the fence and front piazza.
Miss Martha had lived in tho cottage
with old Hannah for twelve years. For
three of these years she had been en
gaged to Dr. Tom Edgecourt, whose
practice was vet too small to enable lum
to marry, lie was a year younger than
Miss Martha, and tliis fact often stung her
very keenly. She sometimes stood before
her looking glass and attentively studied
her face, wishing she was 20 instead of
SO, and had the bloom of ten years be
fore. Her hair was still glossy and
abundant, her eyes still bright; but the
Jilumpne's and bloom of her early girl
lood had fled forever.
Occasionally she wondered if Tom
would always lovo ier, and tortured
herself with imagining it a sacrifice for
him to marry her. Would not a young
girl suit him better? She started like a
guilty thing when Hannah's tap at the
door "or call from the hall below inter
ruDted these meditations. She was
ashamed of herself that 6ha thought so
much of her ueparted prettiness and the
difference between her ago and Tom's.
Yet pho could not drive away her harass
ing doubts, nor would sho try to set
them at rest by speaking of them to
Tom. She was shy and sensitive, and so
was he. and they were both very proud.
Eva Norcross found her new home a
very quiet but not an unhappy one. She
was gentle and timid, and old pot cars
for the society of girls of her pwn age,
Sho iik-i.1 nothing better than to lie In an
easy chair all day with a book or gome
embroidery i:i her white, pretty hands,
which MLu Martha was never weary of
admiring. The dead mother had in
dulged her one child, and never taught
her to mulio herself useful. There was
no need for her to be active in the cot
taro. At tho outset Miss Martha had
told her tliat sho would be required to
do nothing but study, Hannah being
fully competent to do tho entire work of
the small estaousliment.
"You must educate yourself to teach,'
Mrs. Marsh said, one moraine, as 6he en
tered tho cottage in her abrupt way and
. - t i - i t
found ljva eniorpiuenng a cusmou.
' You can't Hye on ' Miss Martha all your
life, " Next fall v e will try to get you
the district school at Dodd's Corner,"
Eva shuddered and grew a little pale,
while tlu work fell from her hand.
"I have heard that tho children at
Dodd's Corner were very rough with tho
last master," she said, in her soft, low
voice.
"A woman might have more influence
with 'em than a man," said Mrs. Marsh.
"Anyhow, it won't hurt you to try it a
spelL Miss Martha," as that Lidy came
in from tb kitchen where she hid bee4
jnaking a "quaker" for ipld Mrs. Green'a
cold, "you must get the doctor to give
Eva some strengthening medicine. Y el
low dock tea would put new life into
Jier."
Dr. mac court called that afternoon
for a moment, on Ids way to make a iro
fessional visit, and Miss Slartlia told him
what Mrs. Marsh had said.
The young man Bat down by Eva and
took her hand in bin. Mian Martha
watched him closely, wondering if he
noticed how round and white was tho
wrist on which ho pressed his finger.
"Sho is not ick," ho naid: "ull Bhe
need Ufresh air and exercise;" and then
he projHxed that she should wrap up and
get into his sleigh at tho door and drive
with him to tho house of his patient,
two miles away.
"Can't you go, too, Martha, he asked.
"We will crowd you in somewhere."
"I do not care to go," she said, and
Tom thought her manner rather cold
and depressing, lie did not urge tho
matter, for ho was easily wounded, and
never asked her a 6ocond time to grant
him a favor. He was not a demonstra
tive lover, fierhaps because Miss Martha
never encouraged caresses. She did not
think it modest or womanly to do so, vet
she often caught herself wishing that
Torn would lo more affectionate. They
had lx'cn engaged for three years, but
had seen comparatively little of each
other, owing to Tom's studies and ioor
patients of which there were many
and they had never grown familiar, as
is tho case with most lovers.
Miss Martha watched the couple drive
away. Tom bent to arrange tho buffalo
robe more closely about ins companion,
and said something which made them
Ixrth laugh, and Miss Martha turned
quickly from tho window with a pain at
her heart. Tho girlish face framed in
fleecy wool of tho black hood was so
very lovely 1 Would he mark the differ
ence, and regret
Sho took up her work and began to
turn down ahem; but she could not drive
away tho haunting thoughts which tor
mented her.
"Three years!" she murmured. "It is
a long engagement; and I have heard
it said that men aro not patient waiters.
I wonder if he has ever wished to be free
again."
Tho ride proved of much benefit to
Eva, who was brighter and gayer for
days after. Seeing this, Tom took her
with him frequently, never thinking that
he was causing lus betrothed pain by 60
doing. He came ol'tener than ever to the
cottage, playing chess and cribbage with
Eva at tho center table in the evening,
while Miss Martha sat by with her sew
ing and wished she were Eva's age.
"Do you think I will stand any chance
of getting the schooj af JTodd's Corner
next fall, Dr. Edgecourt?" asked Eva,
one evening.
"You surelv don't think of applying
for it!" cried Tom. "Why, the children
aro little heathens. They throw ink
bottles and spitballs at tho teacher and
swear like troopers. No, no; we must
not let you go there."
"I must work for myself," the girl
said. "I cannot consent to remain de
pendent on any one."
"Wait until next fall comes before
you begin to worry," Tom said. "It's
only March, now, and something better
may turn up in the next 6ix months."
Eva, as was her custom, left the room
as soon as the game of chess was over.
Tom always had a few minutes alone
with his betrothed lefore leaving tho
cottage.
"I am so tired of boarding," he said,
when, after some unimportant conversa
tion, he rose to go. "I wish I had a
home," and ho 6ighed.
For somo minutes Miss Martha ptood
where he had left her, one hand bearing
rather heavily on tho small halj table.
Could ho only Jiaye known what 6tress
she luid upon his careless words! She
mechanically repeated over and pver the
last sentence ho had uttered, and remem
bered tho bitterness of ijs tone. Then
she walked slowly (nto the small parlor
again, and dropping on her knees by an
easy chair, buried her face in the soft
cushions.
"I am no longer young," Bhe said in a
hoarse voice. "lie sees his mistake,
now that Eva is here to point a compar
ison. And yet how can I give him up!
How can I offer hirn his freedom? Could
I live on without the hope that J held so
close to my heart for nearly three years?
But I must decide. Not now. I will
wait just a little while, to be sure he has
ceased to love me."
Now was Miss Martha's chance to say
something tender and cheerful, but the
words refused to form themselves on her
lips. She was very shy, and lately she
and Tom had seemed to be drifting very
far r.part.
Tom looked at her a moment, aa if
expecting her to speak; but as sho did
not do so he turned almost angrily from
her, a dark red flush of wounded pride
dying his frank, fair face. He wished
ho liad not uttered that longing for a
home.
"Oh, I forgot to tell you," ho said, as
he reached the hall door, "that my
brother Arnold is coming to Roseville to
morrow. He has some affection of the
head, and wants to put himself under
my care for a month or two. Ho will
leave his law business entirely ha his
partner's hands. Poor Arnold! He lias
oilier than physical troubles! There's
an old saying that women are at tho
bottom of all mischief, and men are uch
fool.? sometimes! Good night, Martha;"
and the door closed loudly.
Eva noticed that Miss Martha was very
pale and distrait the following day, and
was not looking her best when Arnold
Edgecourt camo with Tom to call. She
had never seen this brother before, but he
was so like Tom in every way that she
Ii!:ed him at once. He was, however-,
more a man of the world, than Tom, and
while Tom's face wore a look of frank
good nature, Arnold's was clouded by an
expression of melancholy and discontent.
This Miss Martha ascribed to those secret
troubles of which Tom had 6poken, and
she wondered if some woman had jilted
the handsome lawyer.
Several weeks passed by, and Miss
Martlia was no longer her former bright,
cheerful self. She did not know what it
was now to be without that sharp jain
at ln.-art, and the estrangement between
her. elf and Tom seemed to grow greater
every day. Ho withdrew more and
nio.v into himself, and she made no ef
fort t j restore the 0I4 pleasant relations
between them. She watched him closely,
antl saw that he seemed annoyed and
distressed at Arnold's decided attentions
to Eva. Once she heard him remonstrate
v.-itli lus brother, but Eva's name was
the only word she caught distinctly. She
tliought Tom jealous, and afraid that the
girl's heart would be won from himself.
"It must come," Miss Martlia would
murmur to herself. "I must offer him
hi j freedom. Why cannot I be bravo and
Co it at once? Ho loves Eva, but ho ij
net free to win her, and Arnold's atten
tions pain cud trouble him." But how
can I givo Liui up? I will wai$ jus a
little longer."
Thus from day to day she put off tho
evil hour in which she was to see her
dearest hopes crumble to dead ashes,
khvj shuddered whea eha thought of
spending the rest of her life without
loin's love.
One evening the two yonng men came
by invitation to the cottage to nupper.
Miss Martha sent them into tho garden
to smoke, while Bhe, with Eva's assist
ance, was busy laying tho table with the
Ix-st damask and china. Presently she
went into the parlor to get from the old
cabinet which Btol between tho win
dows some silver Hjioons which liad le
longed to her grandmother. The shut
ters were closed, but tlw windows were
oen, and the low murmur of voices
came to her ears. Sho know the broth
ers were just outside on the rustic bench,
and Bhe was axut to close the cabinet
and speak to them, when she heard
Tom's voice uttering words which sewmed
to full on her heart like drops of molten
lead.
"It is a great mistake for a man to en
gage himself to a woman older than
himself. Ho is sure to rejieiit soon or
lato. - I was a fool, and now that I love
Eva with all my heart, as I havo con
fessed to you, I wish tho other was iu
Guinea. And what am I to do? My
honor binds me to her confound it all. '
Miss Martha did not wait to hear Ar
nold's answer. She walked slowly and
falteringly from the room, and went up
stairs to the suire cliauilier, where she
locked herself in.
The young men wondered why supper
was so late, but just as their patience
was entirely exhausted Eva camo to t all
them, and then went in to tind Mi;
Martha alrer.Jy seated at tho head of the
small table laid for four. She made no
excuse for delay, and the supper was so
excellent that the young men forgot all
about their vexation.
Tho evening passed very quietly, Miss
Martha evidently making an effort to le
entertaining; and seeing this, Tom and
Arnold left very early, the latter, as Miss
Martha noticed, having hardly 6poken
to Eva sjneo supper. She thought this
was out of respect for his. brother's feel
ings, which had so lateiy been revealed
to him.
The next day Tom was surprised In his
office by the appearance of old Hannah,
who quietly laid a letter on his desk and
went out again.
The young doctor's face grew very
white as ho read what Miss Martha had
written. Without explanation or excuse
she requested that their engagement
might be at an end, and said that as it
would be better that they should not
meet for a while at least, she was going
to an aunt's in another town, to stay sev
eral months. Eva would remain af the
cottage with old Hannah-
For some time Tom sat gazing at the
letter, as if turned to stone. Then he
touched a lighted match to jt and
watched it burn away to. ashes.
''That is over," ho said, aloud. 'I
have been expecting it. I have seen it
in her face, and yet I had not the cour
age to ask her about it."
It was a sultry July day, the railroad
journey dusty and fatiguing, and Miss
Martlia was very glad to Btep out of tho
cars at Roseville. She walked slowly up
the dusty road leading to her cottage.
It was nearly three months since she
had left home, and during that time she
had neither written npf received a single
letter. She had riot given Eva her ad
dress, and no one knew where she had
gone. She had wished to cut herself
loose from the pasthoping to forget it.but
6ho had not forgotten, and he? jiearf iad
not lost its flul pain, fiecollectionsi pf
Tom stung her as she saw" the familiar
streets amj stores. Perhaps he and Eva
were married;
"You don't mean to say that's ypu,
Miss Martha?" cried a familiar voice, and
Miss Martha paused beneath the shade
of a spreading elm as Mrs. Marsh came
hurrying towards her. "Wei, yoxi've
come too, jate. Lye augha. a? lock
smiths, ypu know. It's all over Eva's
i gone pil with him, and they're married
by thi3 time, I liaven t a doubt.
Miss Martha staggered back and put
her hand over her eyes. The shock it
was to her to hear of TPm's marriage
showed her, tQ her mortification, that
all hoie had not been crushed from her
heart, as Bhe had thought.
"I I expected it," she stammered.
"Well, it's more than any ono else did.
He went off soon after you left, and no
one thought to see him again. But hack,
he came yesterday, and eoped with. Eva
late last evening. Oh, it was wicked; it
was scandalous; and the whole 6tory is
all over town. I wonder now if you
know about Miss Somerby?"
"No," said Miss Martha, white to the
lips.
"Well, it seems he was engaged to this
Miss Somerby, a rich old maid. She is
mad enough at being jilted. Somebody
telegraphed to her father, and he was
here this morning to learn the facts of
the case."
"What! Tom engaged?" cried Martha,
in amazement,
"Who said anything about Tom? You
must be wandering in your mind. It is
Arnold Edgecourt I'm talking about."
Without another word, without the
slightest excuse, Miss Martha broke
away from the hand of the friendly gos
sip, and almost ran down the street.
W hen nearly at her own gate she rushed
blindly against somebody, and looking
up with a hurried excuse, saw Tom.
"Martha!" he gasped, forgetting for
tho moment in his excitement the gulf
between them. "You have heard it all!
I see it in your face. Come right in; you
look really Uh I 44 not knqw ybu cared
so much for Eva. But the scandal will
all die put, and 1 know Arnold will be
good to her. He sent me a telegram sav
ing they were married in Brierly early
this morning. He was to marry Miss
Somerby next month, but he never loved
her; he was tempted by her enormous
wealth."
By this time they had reached the cot
tage and gone into the little darkened
parlor, where the shutters had been care
fully closed by old Hannah to keep out
dust and flies.
"Tom," said Miss Martha, laying her
liand on his sleeve, "can you ever forgive
I me? I see everything very plainly now.
It was not you I heard say a man was a
! fool to engage himself tq a. woman older
than himself. Your voice and Arnold's
are bq much alike, and I did pot know of
his engagement." And then Ehe told all
she had heard when she bad gone to the
old cabinet for spoons the evening of the
cupper.
'Martlia," said Tom, in his manly way,
"I never loved any woman but you. I
did not know you were older than I, for
you never spoke your age, and it would
liave made no difference to me anyhow.
I thought" cf Eva only as a child, and
knowing of his engagement, of which ho
had forbidden nio to speak, it distressed
incs to see his attentions to her, for I saw
that sho was learning to love him. That
evening in the garden I gave him a long
lecture, and pointed out to him the harm
ho w as doing the cuL He promised to
sec her no more; out, though he went
home a few days later, he corresponded
with her, and ended by eloping with rhe
yesterday evening. I did not imagine
for an instant that you thought me in love
with Eva. We both laUred under a
mistake, Martha. 1 noticed j our grow
ing coldness, and thought you were lie
coming weary of your engagement to a
poor village doctor. You did not Beem
to care for love making or caresses, and
I could not, of course, wish to force my
affection upon you."
"I was wrong, Tom, for I do lovo you
dearly;" and then, as he took her in his
arms and pressed her to his heart, kiss
ing rejH'atedly tho soft cheek, on which
there was now no lack of color, sho
added, softly, "and our engagMnont wed
not le of longer duration, Tom. You
hesitated to marry me while 1 had t:o
little, and you nothing; but vou will not
hesitate now that I am rich. Yes"
as he glanced at her black dress "my
aunt is dead, and she left me $40,000. 1
havo suffered enough for my mistake,
and what is mine is yours, dear Tom."
And Tom's tender kiss gave cheerful
assent to all she said. Boston True Plag.
lie II:ul u liwl Memory.
Mr:;. Verl)osity wanted a ackage of
yeast xnvder the other day.
"OIi. dear," she sighed, "I shall have
to sj'iid Willie after that veast, and he
has such a bad memory! I do declare 1
never raw such a forgetful child in my
life, lie torments the soul out of me.
Every lime I send him to the jitore lie
bi i.ig:j b;;rk t'omething I didn't semi him
for."
'ihe:i. raising her voice, the called:
"Willie!"
"Yes. ma."
"You come here this minnte; I'm in a
great hurry. 1 want a yeast cake down
to the store, and I don't w:int yon tr fr r
get what I send you lor. 1 don't want
baking powder, same as I got yesterday,
but a veast cake. Ono of them tinfoil
cakes, Willie."
"Yes. ma."
'Dial yoq hear what I 6a jd?"
No, ma,"
"Oli, you do try my patience so. Come
here this minute,"
The boy appears.
"Now, I want a yeast cake how came
that mud on your coat? You're been
playing in the dirt again; I'll tell your
father when he gets home. It's not
baking jKwder I want. Turn your cot
collar down. Now don't you co;uo home
with nutmegs, like yoq did yesterday,
nor with cinnamon, like you did the day
lefore, when yoii were told to get citron.
Ypur coat is buttoned wrong. Don't
you forget, now."
The Ixjy escaped, c, he street, when
the anxious an( painstaking matron
called put from the window:
'Now, don't yoq stop tQ play with
those MantnlngjajQ boya, like you did
last week, and keep out of French's back
yard do you hear? It's yeast you're
going for, yeast; not turnips nor carrots
nor any kind of vegetables I got them
this morning, you know. Remember,
you've got a bad meinojy, and don't"
Bnt the boy was out of hearing.
He brought back a can of preser-ved
peaches.
He had. a Ivttj memory. Pittsburg
Post.
In tho Chinese Prison.
A writer in The Chinese Times sayg of
Clunese prisons that the amqmt of ex
tortion that goes pq in them is amazing,
and th? V'arders. and others display sur
prising ingenuity in extracting money
from the unhappy prisoners. The new
comer almost invariably fprgPts to fee
the night watchwaq. the consequence
Is that sleep is rendered almost irujos
sible by the terrible noise which is kept
up outside his window all night, and he
speedily apologizes for his forgetfulness
and niakes good tho oversight. If the
ooolie who cleans out the cell is not satis
fied he collects all the insects he can find
and introduces several hundreds into the
apartment of his victim, who is then only
too glad to call his services, jntu requisi
tion to get Tii pf then again, even at an
exorbitant paoe. Many of the warders
md servants are criminals who have es
caped capital punishment by theomLion
of the emperor to mark their names for
death when the li:t for the autumn exe
cutions is submitted to -.u.
This list, whjph sets, forth the name and
condition pf the criminal and the circum
stances of his crime, is divided into three
parts. The first contains the new cases,
the second those which were not marked
the previous year, the third those which
have escaped marking for two years.
It is said that the emperor marks about
eight names in ten, and that a man who
escapes once is safe from subsequent
marking, although he has to go down to
the execution ground the two following
years. The list is brought from, the pai
ace direct to tho place pf execution, and
unti its arrival neither criminals nor
officials know who are to die, the un
happy victims only being sure of their
fate upon hearing themselves called out
to pay the last penalty. Tho prisoners
who have escaped are imprisoned for
life, but they have a very easy exist
ence, and as they aro employed in the
frison and share in the extortions prac
iced on other prisoners, they often
amass considerable wealth. London
Times.
Iloraeiihoea Made of Slfcw.
The cart horses of Japan are very cu
rious. There vomes one along the nar
row business street of Tokiq now. Ho is
led by a rope lialter in the hands of -a
brown skinned old man, who has a flat
round piece of closely braided straw as
big around as a good 6ized parasol on his
head. His feet and those of his horse
are shod with straw, and the straw shoes
are in both cases tied around the ankles
with straw rope and are made of ordi
nary rice 6traw braided, 60 that they
form a sole for the foot about half an
inch thick. These shoes cost about a
cent a pair, and when they are worn off
they are thrown away.
Every Tcart has a stock of fresh new
shoes tied to the horse or to the front
part of the cart, and. in the' country hero
it was formerly the custom to measure
distance largely by the number of horse
shoes it took to make the distance. So
many horseshoes made a day's journey,
and the average shoe lasted, if my mem
ory serves me, for about eight miles of
travel. It Is tho same with the coolies.
They throw away their shoes when they
are worn out, and last night when I was
riding in one of these man power babv
carriages my ostrich like steed stopped,
threw away hi3 6traw shoes, and went
barefooted. As he did so, J watched the
roadway and counted eight pairs of
worn pii( straw shoes in a single block.
Frank G. Carpenter's Letter.
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the man who is not expecting it. 'Squire
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We
ST or Aii(vou(! Sis fiiv iri?s.
12. C. DOVEY SON.
A Wonderful Offer-
For many years tli manufacturers of
Dr. Cage's Catarrh Ucinedy have olfered,
vx yood faith, $.00 reward for a case of
Nj sal Catarrh which they cannot cure.
The Hem dy is sold by druggists at only
SO cents It has fairly attained a world
wide reputation. If you hive dull,
heavy headache, obstruction of the nasal
passages, discharges galling from the
head into tlio throat, sometimes, piofuse,
watery, and acid, at others, thick, tenac
ious, mucous, purulent, bloody and ut
rid; if the eyes are weak, watery Mini in
flamed; if tliere is ringing in the oh is,
deafness, hacking or coughing to clear
the throat, ixpettoratioii of offensive
matter, together with scibs from ulcers,
the voice being changed and has a nasal
twang; the breath offensive; smell and
taste impaired; sensation of dizziness,
with mental depression, a hacking cough
and general debility, you are suffering
from nasal catarrh. The more compli
cated your disease, the greater the num
ber nnd diversity of. symptom. Thous
ands of caaes annually, without manifest
ing half of tho above symptom, result in
consumption, and end in tie grave. No
disease is so common, more deceptive
and dangerous, less understood, or more
unsuccessfully treated by physicians.
Dr. C- A. Marshall.
nosidet 3D cutis t.
Preservation of the Natural Teeth a
Specially. Auesthrties given for Pain
less Filling on Extkaction of Teetil
Artificial teeth made on Gold. Silver,
Rubber or Celluloid Plates, and inserted
as soon as teeth are extracted when de
sired.
All work warranted. Prices reasonable.
FlTZUKRAMl'H llfICK PlATrsMOllTH. Nkh
WM. L. BROWNE,
P rsonal attention to all Euninere Entrust
to my care.
XOTAltV I N OKFICK.
Title Examined. Ahstaict!1 iomiled. In
surance Written, Keal Estate Sold.
Better Facilities for making Farm Ixianc than
Any Other Agency.
i. itt s u tCi. - Y?lra k.i
J.H.EM310NS,M. I).
HOyfEOPATIlIC
Physician i Surgeon
Office over WescottV tore. Main street.
Residence in Dr. Sfhildknecht's property.
Chronic Disease and Diseases of Women and
Children specialty. OUice hours, 9 to 11 a. in.
-j to 5 and 7 to 9 p. lit -
y Telephone at both Offl e aad Eesldnce
t Your Attention
A line lino of White nnd Colored
AND
Bed Comforts
(li t our juices before you buy.
We t ike the h i.d in
Dress Goods
A Superb Ltne of
Henrietta Cloth,
Dress Goods,
Tricot,',
Broadcloths,
And floods of Cheaper Quality
ro.mis in t Iks Statu of jYlir:i-ku.
a back Seat
Administrator's Salo
In tlie distrirt courl r CstfS einily. Nebi-H"'
k;i. I n I he niattei ( Hie estate of M iry I.
Heaver, deeaned.
'III" MCKcrlli
I in
ii? i irii ii i v . .x c 1 1 1 a.. k a i4 t :
i IttZ Mill 1 ln( l!!.U I ft 1 hl'l'IIHll ;!-. I II
shi i niniiber twelve, noi ili of lanirc mhh i f
twelve. Subject t-i all lions aiel Incumber
aiiceit thereon. Terms of hmIc. ensh.
Dated 4 li. Jlece liber A. I
HVUO.V f'l.AISK.
A.lmitii.trMff.r
A ttoniey for t'state. t
Administrator's Sale.
In Hie f nslrict I'ourt of Cass county. Nebras
ka, lu the matter of the eiaie of 1'eter T.
Jieaver. deceased .
itlc Is hereby t'iven that by viitue and in
i.1iiimii-.-of an i.idei ol licei.te tuarie if. said
matter by the Dial ret. "urt of Caa county on
the 2 Oi it day of November. A. D. 18s.
the Ul derf"i(rned Albeit It. Heaver wil. on llit
i&'h day of December. A. D VhH. at oiu
o'cl -ek ii. in., at the Hinith door of ti e ei utt
Iw.iiM at Maltsmoiitli. as eouiity, offer for
-rle at public auction the f-Iow inu described
land siluati d in ass county. Nebraska, to-wit :
I he M(iihe-I fourth of the iiortliueM quar -ter
known as fractional lot seven, ainl tl
soul Invest fourth ef ti.e pouthcju-t miarter
known as fiael lotial lot nine, all in veeflrn
ill i t y six. to i.i-bin Ibirti en, norlli of lai ei,
twelve. : nd the east half of the Mirlliwfvt
quarter ff section one in towusl ij. tele.
north of rante twelve. and the enst half of Hi
southeast f'-urlii ef ihe .oi:tlea-t )iiaiter
known a fractional lot eleven in section ihir y
five of township thirteen. noith of ran ire twelve,
and fr-.tcf ional lot two in section tbinv-one of
t'wnsli; thirteen, north of raiie thr-en.
."jiiliject to all lietiH and incumbrances thereon.
'I emu of sale. cah.
Datd 4th December, A. D. US'
LVKON Cl.AKK. Al.HKKTK. lSKAVKJt,
Attorney for E.-tate. 38-4 Adn.inUlrr.tor.
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Oniah i. Nebraska.
Tiue Dailt IIebaij delivered for
15ct3. rer week.
MirMl;uict; of an (Uiler of il'-ense lirul'- in ail
matter hy tli District enuri of Jaf emml v
the liilh day -f November A. I. tlicuii-
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