SOME PRACTICAL HINTS.
TritPENTiNK mixed with carbolic
acid and kej.t in open vessels about the
room will greatly lesson the risk of
contagion in bc:ulot fever, diphtheria
and kindred diseases.
To cleanse porcelain saucepans fill
them half full of hot water and put in
the water a table-spoonful of powdered
borax and lt-t it Ik'i1. If this does not
remove all the stains, scour well with a
cloth rublted with soap and borax.
Stains of vegetable colors, fruit, red
wine and red ink may be removed
from white g-oods by sulphur fumes or
chlorine water. On colored cottons and
woolens, wash with lukewarm soap,
lye or ammonia; tilk the same, but
more cautiously.
Ar.oi water will restore almost all
faded colors. Urush the faded article
thoroughly to free it from dust, cover it
with a lather of castile soap, rinse with
clear water and then alum water, and
the color will usually be much brig-hter
than before.
MAKING POULTICES.
Authoritative Directions for Compound
ing Thoe in General I'm.
Tle moist heat which, acting alone,
will quell all but the most violent in
flammations, is uften most conveniently
attained by means of poultices, which
it is desirable that every firl who is
studying household duties should learn
to make. We ive Itelow authoritative
directions for making1 tltose most com
monly used:
Flax-Seed I'oultiee. I 'our sufficient
boiling1 water over the ground llax seed
to make it as thick as thick creum and
let the mixture simmer a few minutes.
Apply as hot as can be borne.
Mustard I'oultiee. Mix equal quan
tities of mustard, corn meal and Hour
in warm water until just thick enough
not to run. Spread it over the poultice
cloth, and if a very quick action of the
poultice is desired sprinkle a little clear
mustard on lefore folding the cloth
over it. Apply this side next to the
skin.
Dread-and-Milk Poultice. Simmer
old bread in milk until soft enough to
mash smOothly. Crackers may be used
in place of bread, if necessary.
Indian Meal Poultice. Stir the corn
meal into water, and cook like mush
for five minutes or more.
Slippery Elm Poultice. Pour boiling
water over slippery elm bark (pow
dered) and add a little powdered char
coal, if necessary.
All classes of poultices should be
spread on one-half of an oblong piece
of thin muslin; the other half should
then be folded over the spread mass,
and the loose edges carefully joined
with nedle and thread. If this is
done, and the poultice when applied is
covered with dry cloths, all annoyance
from superfluous moisture and crumb
ling' or running plasters is avoided. At
tention to these points will add much to
the comfort of the patient, who prob
ably "hates poultices;" and, if nervous,
may be seriously fretted by one care
lessly made or carelessly applied.
Rural New Yorker.
EMBROIDERY DESIGN.
-Impressive Effect 1'rodaced with Eco.
nomical Materials.
The simplest means often produce
the best results; this is the case par
ticularly with embroidery. Sometimes
the most labored work does not pro
duce half the effect which is obtained
by a few bold and striking1 stitches.
Very large pieces of work may be done
quite rapidly by outlining1 heavily an
effective pattern and filling- in the con-
ventionalized petals and leaves with a
variety of stitches and knots such as
are shown in the pattern given above.
This example is taken from part of the
detail of a very pretty curtain which
has three large conventionalized flow
ers outlined with double zephyr. The
wool is laid on the pattern like braid
and held in place at short intervals,
and the petals and leaves'are filled in
. with every variety of stitches w-ith
coarse embroidery silk. The connecting-
stems and spirals are done with gold
cord. The material on which this ef
fective work is done is simply un
bleached canton flannel, the smooth
side being used, and the bordering is of
yellow flannel put on with feather
stitching. Despite the cheap materials
the whole effect is very striking, and
would not be out of place in one of the
pretty, light colored sitting-rooms of
the day. N. Y. Tribune.
An Improved Castor.
A useful castor of novel form is being
used in England. It is intended to
obviate the difficulties arising- from
the ordinary construction of castors,
where the roller is carried on a crank
swivel arm, which is easily broken off.
The center pin of the roller-bearing is
fixed in a small plate, rotating freely
round a center pin secured in the body
of the castor. The plate named, when
pushed round into any position, rests on
the base of the cup or disk of the castor,
and is thus, while quite free to move in
any direction, thoroughly supported in
every position. It is in fact, a well
supported universal joint. The castor
is a gTeat improvement on the older
types.
Volunteer' Pudding.
Take three-quarters of a pound of
bread crumbs, with ten ounces suet
chopped very fine, add three-quarters
of a pound of sugar, the gTated rind of
two lemons and two ounces of candied
orange peel and a little nutmeg; bake
in small buttered molds about three
quarters of an hour. When done turn
them out on a dish and pour some
lemon or any such sauce preferred over
Ahem.
THE LATEST IN CAT E.
A Pletureiue Ttenlgn Wlilrh W.
( ' a Grent Favorite.
i A light cape, much in favor.
'1 Prove
s r:ade
without lining and
with tl;j cage
smxfhiy .-ut, so
that the. bulk of
a hem is avoided.
These capes usu
ally have deco
rated yokes and
are oftenest
noted in silver,
dove, blue-gray,
wood, olive, oldr
rose, steel-blue,
sapph i r e - bl u e
and very light
y o 1 d e n - bn vn
cloths. Of course,
the yoke ami col
lar require a lin
intr. and that is
lb
mm
A. I'lCTL'KKSQl'K DKSKiN. usually of loft
silk matching the cloth in the cat1.
The east with which a cape may Ihj as
sumed and the amount of protection it
will give make it take the place of the
various fancy shawls that for many
years have been in vogue at the seaside
and mountain resorts when it grew cool
in the evening. A Spanish woman may
know how to arrange her mantilla
gracefully, but the American girl gen
erally -looks bundled up in her white
shawl, so that a picturesque cape there
is a decided change for the better.
A cape similar to the one described,
that is having no lining, is shown here.
It is of mode cloth, reaches quite below
the waist, is raised on each shoulder
and is gathered into a yoke of the mode
cloth, shaped out to form a high, round
collar. The yoke is thickly studded
with jet nail heads, while the edge of
the collar ami the fronts, as well as of
the yoke itself, .are outlined with a nar
row jet heading. The bottom of the
cape is plainly cut and without a hem.
The hat worn with this is a picturesque
one of black net, finished with a bead
ing of jet, and having on the inside,
resting on the hair, a wreath of pale
pink roses; on the outside is a high clus
ter of black ribbon loops.
In gray with steel stars, in black
with jet, in wood-color with gold, in
black with gold, in gray with black, in
blue with steel, in dark-blue with
black such a cape would be in very
good taste. A black one would, of
course, be most useful for an all-the-time
cape. I?y the by, the gVl who
fancies an all-white cloth toilette could
have a cape like this with white mother-of-pearl
stars in place of the nail
heads, and the effect would be very
picturesque. For the one -who likes
the contrast of black and white, a
whitecloth cape studded with jet stars,
and having a high collar lined with
black feathers, Js commended Such a
ape would, however, have to be kept
for special occasions, as. if it were
worn often it would grow tiresome to
look upon. Then, too, it would require
special care because of its daintiness.
Ladies' Home Journal.
HORSESHOE PEN-RACK.
Convenient, Ornamental and Easily Made
at Home.
The pen-rack illustrated is convenient
ind ornamental as well as easy of con
struction for home work. It is made as
follows: Cover with plush a piece of
board seven by nine inches, or larger.
Bronze or gild over a horseshoe and
eight nails. Place the horseshoe, ends
up, well down on the plush-covered
board. Through each nail hole tack a
nail into the wood sufficient to hold
fast the sho; also leaving the heads of
FOR TEN-HOLDERS.
the nails out far enough to hold, hori
zontally, four pen-holder6, each resting
on the heads of two nails. A bracket
behind holds the whole uprig-ht. A
further ornament of hand-paintinjj
represents sprays of flowers issuing
from the ends of the horseshoe. Amer
ican Agriculturist.
Kext a a Medicine.
A physician, writing of rest as a
medicine, recommends a short nap in
the middle of the day for those who can
take it as a beneficial addition to the
night's sleep. It divides the working
time, gives the nervous system a fresh
hold on life and enables one to do more
than make up for the time so occupied.
A caution is given against the indul-g-ence
of too long a sleep at such a time,
under a penalty of disagreeable relaxa
tion. There has been much discussion
regarding the' after-dinner nap, many
believing it to be injurious, but it is,
nevertheless, natural and wholesome.
A Delicacy for Lunches.
Two eggs beaten separately and very
light; stir in sifted flour until it can be
rolled out in molding board. Itoll as
thin as possible and cut in strips an
inch wide and an inch and a half or
two inches long. Fry a delicate brown
in very hot fat. Sprinkle either with
powdered sugar or salt as you take
them from the fat. To be eaten soon
after frying. Very nice for lunches or
high teas.
To Exterminate Koacbes.
For roaches, make a flour paste into
which has been stirred, while hot, phos
phorus, in the proportion of a dime's
worth of the phosphorus to a half pint of
paste; when nearly cold add a quarter
as much grease. Put on pieces of
board where the roaches are. They
will die Tvliile eating the paste.
1 SB
ONE GRADUATING DAY.
A HOMELY SUBJECT THAT A 7
TRACTED MOST ATTENTION.
A ltrlt;lt Girl Tol.l Whut She Knew About
"Uaied ltre:tcl," and the A pplauie That
Greeted the Reading of Her Eaay
Ecllpaed That Given to All Others.
"Well, 1 don't care if them other girls
are going to write about 'Thought,' and
The Marble Stan's Waitin.' n' 'Genius,
and all them other things. Mebbe my
M'raudy can't nay much that's edifyin
on them subjects, tho' it's my opinion
she could if she tried. But she can make
beautiful it bread, and she's goin' to
tell them how to do it.''
With this expression
"M'randy's" powers, Mrs.
gave an emphatic twist to
of faith in
McGillicuddy
the garment
she was wringing out of the suds.
The subject first under discussion was
of no small importance in the village,
for it related to the graduating exercises
at the village high school.
With but one exception, the boys and
girls in the class sought topics that would
"sound well" and make a good show in
the daintily printed programmes.
One of the young ladies began to writ a
on "Twilight Thoughts;" another chose
as her subject "Destiny;" another wrote
at the head of the first page "Every
Cloud Has Its Silver Lining."
Of course each one soon learned what
subjects had been chosen by the other
members of the class, and loud were tho
complaints when it was known what Mi
randa McGillicuddy proposed to write
about. It was agreed that the clas3
would go down into history forever dis
graced. "But you see," said Miranda, "1 don't
know anythiug at all about these high
toned subjects that the rest of you have.
I couldn't say one word about them that
would be worth hearing, but I think 1
do know how to make bread, and I'm
6ure that many in the audience will be
interested to know some of the quirks
and the twists that turn out a handsome
loaf."
"Well," said another, "I envy you the
abundance of things you can say about
it, but it's bo awfully commonplace;
why, it's it's as commonplace as eat
ingl" AN INTERESTING ESSAY.
Graduating day at last arrived, with
its flutter of excitement, its flowers, its
proud fathers and mothers and sympa
thizing friends and its somewhat envious
lower classes. ''
First came the salutatory, which was
listened to with marked attention, as
would be the case even with a thought
ful paper on the "Identity of Identity
and Nonidentity" if it came first on
the programme.
Then came an oration on "Greece,"
by a boy, followed by an essay on "Phi
losophy." By this time there were signs of rest
lessness, and some quiet whispering go
ing on among such as were not carefully
polite. Fortunately music came in at
this point, after which the audience
was invited to listen to some "Twilight
Thoughts." Then appeared the "Cloud"
that was supposed to have a "Silver
Lining," but which certainly cast no
gleam over the audience.
This condition, strange to say, seemed
to be intensified when "Hope" appeared.
At this point the presiding officer an
nounced an essay on "Raised Bread," by
Miss Miranda McGillicuddy.
The eager interest that came into ev
ery face in the audience was quite hu
miliating to those who had already ap
peared on the stage, and still more lru
miliating was the close attention that
was suddenly paid to every word that
was said.
The essay discussed the importance of
good bread in a hygienic point of view
the effect which a "flat" biscuit fre
quently has upon the disposition of the
eater, as weH as upon his stomach; the
nutritious and nonnutritious qualities
of various kinds of flour, and the whole
method of procedure, from the making
of yeast, through the successive stages of
mixing, working, raising, reworking,
molding and baking till that consum
mate flower of good housekeeping ap
peared a ligh, nutritious and delicious
loaf of bread.
THE JUDGE'S REMAitKS.
Not one word was lost by the audience
from beginning to end. The ladies were
chiefly interested, perhaps, but men lis
tened very attentively too. When the
reading was finished the essay was given
the heartiest applause of the evening.
After the programme had been finished
and the audience was preparing to de
part, Judge Gildersleeve, chairman of
the school committee and the most im
portant citizen of the town, rose to make
a few remarks, and this was what he
said:
"Before the audience diperses, I have
a suggestion to make, chiefly for the
benefit of those who may belong t the
graduating classes of the future. If you
wish, in preparing a graduating essay or
oration, to interest your audience and
it is needless to 6ay that you do let
your remarks apply to a period not later
at least than a hundred years ago, and
better still if they apply to a time not
later than a hundred days ago. And let
them be on a subject in which you are
interested, and in which your audience
is interested, however homely it may ap
pear. "It is not necessary that it should be
on the proper way to bake bread, like
the very interesting, practical and well
written paper to which we have just lis
tened, or on the right way to make a
bed, which would be another good sub
ject; but it would far better be on these
subjects, if you know what you are
writing about, than upon Time, Genius
r The Ideal, even though you treat
them thoughtfully.
"We are a practical people, and we
like to be approached upon the plane of
our everyday life. We are greatly inter
ested in our schools and scholars, but we
want to see you with your feet both of
them on the ground, which precludes
the possibility of your heads being among
the clouds." Webb Donnell in Youti'fl
Companion.
V3 WcS
When you take (Utility and jl.k in CotMricratioii you Can not
IJuy Cheaper 21113 IMacv in the Wo 11 than f
The
Only
TO APPRECIATE JOE'S LOW PRICES
You mut call and Examine li is Super or 31aKe arid (Juality of
Clothing:,
THAN THOSE KEPT BY 1 1 IS COM I'ETITOUS,
Joe buys Only From the Best louses in America.
-:- JOE -:-
Quotes no Prices But he Will Sell You The Best Goods
Money OJkeeFfizlly Mefnuded if
Opera House Corner
We're After You.
Thnt greatest western paper,
The Weekly State Journal, is deter
mined to double its circulation this
fall. To do this the paper has been
enlarged to twelve pages every
week; new departments added, and
every column freshened and
brightened by crisp and orginal
ideas. The Journal is the true and
able exponent of western enterprise
and thought. It has grown apace
with the progress of our common
wealth and stands to-day at the
head of western newspapers,
equalled by few and excelled by
none.
This will be an exceptional fall
and winter for newspaper reading.
Kvery man who thinks for himself
and wants his boys and girls to do
the same; should have the weekly
Journal in his family. Write for
sample. You need only to see the
pape to appreciate it. Send twenty
iive cents for a three months' trial
subscription. You will then be
come a regular reader. Kighty-five
per cent of trial subscribers stick.
That's a good record. Published at
the state capitol the Journal is
more in touch with the great
masses of the people, and the ques
tion that agitate the hour, than any
of its competitors. Don't forget to
send for a sample paper. We want
you to see one. The paper itself
will do the rest. One dollar per
vear. Auuress, weeiciy cunt- ium-
nal. Lincoln, Neb.
WANTED. A bright, active agent
in every town in tlie sxaxe. r-asj
work and good pay. Address,
weekly State Journal. Lincoln. Neb.
Hon Insects Breathe.
If we take any moderately large insect
say a wasp or a hornet we can see,
even with the naked eye, that a 6eries of
small epotlike marks run along the side
of the body. These apparent spots,
which are eighteen or twenty in num
ber, are in fact the apertures through
which air is admitted into the system,
and are generally formed in such a man
ner that no extraneous matter can by
any possibility find entrance.
Sometimes they are furnished with a
pair of horny caps, which can be opened
and closed at the will of the insect; in
other cases they are densely fringed with
stiff interlacing bristles forming a filter,
which allows air, and air alone, to pass;
but the apparatus, of whatever charac
ter it may ber is so wonderfully perfect
in its actions that it has been found im
possible to injure the body of a dead in
sect with even so subtle a medium as
spirits of wine,. although the subject was
first immersed in the fluid and then
placed beneath the receiver of an air
pump. The apertures in question com
municate with two large breathing
tubes, which extend through the entire
length of the body.
From these main tubes are given off
innumerable branches, which run in all
direction's and continually divide and
subdivide, until a won l. i i .dly intricate
network is formed pervading every part
of the structure and penetrating even to
tho antennae. Lutheran Observer.
lis
ne Price Clothier in Oess So,
urnishinec Goods, Hats
FOR THE LEAST OXTIS"2
or as Renreseiited:.,
BAD ECZEMA ON It A BY
A
Head one Solid Sore Itced awful Had
To tie his Handsto Cradle
Cured by Cnticura
Our little boy broke out on his lie;id with a
bad form of ec.ema when he wi four mouths
old. We tried ilnee doctors but they did not
help him. Whi-n we vsed your three Cuticu
ki Kkmfbiks, aud after using them
eleven weeks exactly according t directions
lie oegan to steaany im
prove and after the ue
of them for seven
months his head was en
tirely well. When we be
t;an using it his head
.vas a solid ore from hi?
crown to his eyebrows,
It. was aiso all over his
ears most of his face anil
small pliices on different
parts of his body. 'J here
were sixteen weeks that,
we had to keep his ha-ids
tied to the cradle and
hold them when he was
to keep mittens ou his
er nails out of the sores.
taken up ; and had
hand to keep his iin;.
is he wild scratch if he could in any way iret
his hands loose, know your Cuticthi
Kkm Kin ks cured him. Ve feel safe in rcc
comending them to others.
(jeo. li. and Janetta Harris, Webster. Ind.
CUTICUKA KESOLVEST
The new blood ami skin purifier, and greatest
of Muinor Kcmedies. cleanses the Mood
of all impurities and poisonous elements
and thus remove the cause, and C'itiu ka,
the great .Skin Cure and Ci tictka Soat, an
exquisite Skin I'lirifn-r and Heautifier,
to clear Jthe skin and scalp and n-More
the hair), speediiy cure vverv humor and
disease of the t-kin, scalp, and blood, with h ss
of hair, whether itching, burning, scaly,
pimply, and blotchy, skin scalp and blood di -sease."
from plmyles to sdmt 'ula from infancy
to age when the best physicians fail.
Sold evryw here. 1'nce l i li'i K , 50c, Soap
2,rc ; liKSOLVKST Sl.01.1. Prepared by the Pot
ter Drug and C'hem cal Corporation, postyn.
ii!eiid for how to cu e km fe'eseasetf."
BABY
!yj Skin and scalp purified and beauti
Llied C rricuKi SrAl-.Abselutely pure
PAINS AND. WEAKNESSES
Of females i.i-tant'y relieved by that
new eleuant and infallibly antidote
to pain Jiiflamation and Weakness
theCuticuri Anti Pain Plas
ter Bank of Cass County
Cor Main and Fifth street.
Paid up capital ?.V) ooo
Surplus 25 OOO
d. H. Parnele President
Fred Gorder Vice President
I. M. Patterson Casheir
T. M. Patterson, Aest Cashier
DIRECTORS
C. II. Tarmele, J. M. Patterson, Fred Gorder,
A, B. Smith, K. B. Windham, B. S. Iiamsey and
T. M.Patterson
k GENERAL BANK1NC BUSINESS
T8AN3ATED
Accounts solicited. Interest allowed on time
Jeposits and prompt arteutiongiveu to all but
tnes9 entrusted to its care.
Organdies, lawns flouncings at
less than cost, at Win. Ilerold
Sc Son's. tf
Est rayed from my premises this
morninr my hay carriage mare.
Finder will please return to
E. E. Sic.gixs.
Eadies, among that sample line
are some of the finest shoes you
ever laid eyes on v m. Ilerold
& Son's tf
!Ti) H) ftf2
Etc.,
Good FouitdnQ
Plattsmouth, Neb.
UUltLlXdTUN & MISSOURI IIIV Kit II. li.
TIME TABLE, y
OF DAILY PASSENGER TRAINS
GOING EAST
going"west
No. 2
. .5 : 05 P. m .
10 :30 a. re.
.7 ; 44 p, m
. - 9 : 45 a. m
- in :U a. m
. .8 :30 a. m
Nol 3 :30 a.
No. 4...
No. 8
No. 18....
No. 12
No. 20
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SECRET SOCIETIES
KNIGHTS OK PYTHIAS. Gauntlet Lodge
No. 47 Meet? every Wednesday evening
at their h - II In Parmele & Craig block, All vis.
ltintf knights are coidially invited to attend
C. C. Marshall, O. C. ; 'titt Dovey, K. K. S
YOUNG MEN'S CH K I NT I ON ASSOCIATION
Waterman block Hain Street. Kooms
open from x :M a m to 9 :.p i rn; For men only
Gospel meeting every Sunday afternoon at 4
o'elock.
A O. L. vv8. Meeis flrst aim third Friday
evenings of ea h month at G A 11 Hall
in Kockw 00k block. Frank Veimiiyca M V
D, B. Euerole, liecorder. ' '
A O, L . W . No. 84-Meets second and feurth
I- riday -veninos in the month at. G A K
hall 111 liock wood block, E. .. Morgan M w'
F, P, Brown, Heaorder, '
TOVAl. AKUANAM-C-d Coi.licil No lfr't
,v,s M,V tl"VK' V 1,;tl1 " Parmele &
t .raig block over I!.-r,neit Tufts, vlsirinir
biethr.-n invited. Henry Hei.ld. Uetrent
1 hos W ailing, Secretoi v, -. "".
CASS LODGE. No. HO.I.o.O. F. meets v
ery Tuesday night at their hall in FitGerald
block. Ail Odd Fellows are cordially invited
'o attend whn,, visitimr in the city J Corv
N. G.s. W, Budge, Secretary. J COry
PEACES OF WORSHIP.
CpTrI.,.1',,;-rSJ- ,'.aul'' 'I'Tch. Oak. between
Fifth and Sixth. Father Carney, Pastor"
Services : Mass at 8 and 10 ::m A. M' Nundav
School at 2 :.io, with benediction. r,"nd'ty
Christian. Corner Locust and Eighth st
Services morning and evening. Elder I K
Keed, pastor. Sunday School 10 a. m
Episcopal. St. Luke's Church', corner Third
and ine. jev. 11 B. Burgess pastor Ser
atC2e:30 P.M.M' a',d 7 Sunday School
Gkuman MKTHonisT.-Comer Sixth St and
. . . . .... .,ulm.ij nenoot 10 :30 A M
PitKSBVTFKiAX.-Services in new ehurcl or
uer sixth and Granite ste. Lev. j t i J
pas or. Sunday-school at 9 ;
at 11 a. m. and s p. m, ' l,J'-"inii
rnetrnZ"' A" " M
Fikst Methodist. Sixth St i,Pi xr,,.
fn:30A..M. PrayeVnieetiene
hour-,. Sunday school v :C0 a. m. UMI,U
tween Fifth ,i sivV , -NAI Granite, be-
Coi.OKKD BAUTIST. Mt Oliv-p .L- y
Tenth and Eleventh Lev !i. Kon6"
tor. Sei vices 1 1 a. m. and 7 xi , V, p,iM"
meeting Wednesday evening ' "u 1 ra'er
Yolxj Mkn'h Christian Ahsckiatk.v
Looms m aterman block. Main : meet r7
pel meeting, for men onlyevery S S . "
ternoon at 4 o'clock. Kooms opT-.f we IPaZ
from 8:30 a. m..to : 30 p. m. kdai"
S wTH, KAKK TAP.FKNACLF.-LVv f M
Wood, Pastor. Services- Siiih-V- V .
10 a. m. : Preaching. 11 a." m ch,H'1'
prayer meeting Tuesday i, J'ht l!, '"- ;
t.ce Friday nht. AU ire whJq., ''r ,,ruC-
Wnted An active, relioble niBnl-x'ITrV
to 5o monthly, with increa.sH Mry $,o
in Li. '""case. 10 reireent
In liis
House.
11 a responsible New York
Box 15S5