T.UK DAILY HICK A U), ri.Al'ioJioun,, i..-;.i;AhKA, AVKDNE&DA V, APIilL 4. lShS. The Plattsmouth Daily Herald. KNOTTS DEOS., Publishers & Proprietors. THE 1'LATTS.MOUTII II Kit AM) I published efery evening except Sunday and Weekly every I Iiurtl;iY inoriiluK. HejM lerel at the postflli-, riittrmnoiitli. N'elir.. mi'oiiJ-cUh matter. Olllce vomer of Vlue and ruth unci. TKKM S FOR DAIt-V. ) copy on er in advance, by niall....$G 00 Oaa eiy per month, byear'lcr SO One copy per week, by carrier 15 TERMS FOR MKKKLV. One ropy one year, in advance $1 sn One copy tii month. In advance 75 REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. The Republican clcctom of the Stnte of Nebraska are ri'iuttfcl to send delegates from tlio several counties, to meet in con vention, at th city of Omaha, Tuesday, Maj 13, ltbS, at o'clock p. in., for the purpone of electing lour delegates to the National Republican Convention, which meet in Chicago June 111, 1888. TIIK AI'I'OIITION'MENT. The several counties arc entitled to re prfcacnUtion as follows, being based upon the vote cast for Hon. Samuel Maxwell, supreme Jadgo, in 1887, giving one del-cgate-ftt-large to each county, and one for each 150 votcn and major fraction thcreoff : roilNTllCH. VoTKS. rouNTIfM. VOTE)). Adam 14'JelTersoii Antelopw !i,.lniinson Arthur rKeurney Jtlame 2 Keyal'alia... JtoDiie J h Keuii Hox hlllte .'. Knox Hmiwii li Lancaster... . i;ilTi o H l-iucoln ... .. miller . luau ..2.' .. R .. 'i .. 3 Kurt Uiup 1; Mauisnu 8 .": Mc'1htsou 1 .... Cellar... '!i:i-e Merrick llier.y f.!.Nane-... Mieenne HjNeiiialia Clav II Nuckol'.n Colfax ('timing t'ute Dakota IMwes ItawAon .... . Jtixon llojiii' Douglas liiady Fillmore. . . J-'rnnklin.... Frontier Ktirntu Carlleld Joper lirant lret'ley Hall Hamilton . Harlan l:iyea Hitchcock ... Holt J toward .. 7 H' . . ".I'iuvnoe . .iTjt'erkins . . a-Tierce .. TlTolk ... . 8 Tl.me . . r. Tlielps ..rj! icli.-irdton ..37, Keil Willow .. 4 Saline . n Sarpy . . 7 Saaudera -.10 Seward . . i; Sheridan .. Sherman . . S.Sioux . . . f sianton . . ij Thayer .. -I TIlOIIIHM ..11 Valley . .p! .Vnslnngtll .. j' Wayne . . 4j Wehster . r WheekT . .1 l.York . . 7.1'norg. territory It ia recommended that 110 proxies be Admitted to the convention, except such as are luul iv persons residing in tne counties from the proxies ore given. Gkokcie I). Meiki.kjoiix. Walt. JI. Seelky, Chairman. Secretary. Election i quiet. over and everything is The citizens of the 8ecoid ward done noUv. Thov have redemed thsmsrlvea and downed the saloon. The recent election goes to show that the republicans are still a power and democracy finds that as a foretaste ol what is coming next fall a very unpalat able dish is set before them. IIexry Waterman was defeated bj several elements that happened to be working againtt him. In the estimation of the people, however, Henry aianils personally very high and The IIerai.0 is sorry to see outside influences defeat him. although his suecefsor, Mr. Pattsr 5on, will make a first-class olllcial. Tim Anthropometrical method of identifying crimiaaU, originating from Paris, has been adopted in the prison at Joliet, III. In addition to the photograph . the prisoner, accurate measurements of his height, the length and width of his head, the length of the left middle and little fiDger, of the foot, the foie-arm,th cir, the stretch of the arms, description of scars, color of the eyes, and so on, ma recorded; and it is thus possible to iden tify prisoners assuming false names with far greater case than was before possible. It is asserted, that, in the two years that the system has been in operation in Pari?. 82G habitual criminals arrested under Assumed names hare been identified. Be mJcs the practical utility of the system, it amnsio very valuable statistical det.i contributing towards the natural hastory of the criminal clashes. Science. VICTORY! The party comes out of the recent con test triumphant, but it is not so much on account of the party triumph as the vie torv for citv improvement that The Herald rejoices. Every councilman who voted against extension of ths water mains a year ago when the people by petition said they wanted theru, has been defeated. The new members are for city improvements and will not ignoie the wishes of the tax-payers. The new eouncilmen are Dr. Salisbury from the First ward, Dr. Shipman from the Sec ond, M. B. JIurphy re-elected from the Third ward and Con. O'Connor sncceeds Ed. Greusel from.thc Fourth. Now that the eletion is over The Herald Lopes no time may be lost in pushing all city im provements since it lias been very em pliatically shown what the desires of the people are. PORTRAITS OF WASHINGTON; Rembrandt Peale's Account of Slow the Firat I'realdent fimt for Ilia Father. Rembrandt I'eale, the artist who painted the famous, but horrible in its subject and fcugeativencss, picture, "The Court of Death," was a son of the also famous Charles Wilson I'eale, who painted from jrsoiial sittings several jortraits of Washington. In a roeent interview he said: "Washington gave sittings to Stuart ami ray father at tbo hamo time, ami I was often with him. This was when ho was president about 1794. Ho sat for my father in tli" rpiiot early morning, before bis state toiiei Lad been made, ami when he apjjeared to the eyes of the charmed olserver simply as George Washington, the man and citizen. He was theti about 3 years old, anil the toils and trials which he had passed through as the commander of the army, and the quite as great cares of six j'ears of the presidency, added to the weight of increasing years, had told with no littlo severity upon his tall, stately and still impos ing frame and features. His somewhat thin hair was gray; years and fears and cares bad all left traces on his face, and his teeth being gone, the lips and cheeks and lines about the mouth were somewhat depressed and contracted. My father's portrait of him," refuted Mr. I'eale, "was exactly of Washington as he really was while he was the man only, and before he had prepared himself, as president, to enter upon his, more esjiecially then than now, arduous duties as chief executive of the great but very young republic." "But why," it was asked, "the two por traits being painted at the same time, should Stuart's be so very unlike your father's?" "Simply because," continued I'eale, "as I have already stated, Washington gave his sittings to Stuart on the same day, but after a careful prearation of his state toilet; and he was exceedingly, almost austerely nice in all matters of conventional dress and detri ment. Indeed, the remove from the manners and customs of England's monarchy was so recent and so slight that the social atmos phere of the White House partook largely of the etiquette of the court, and the expected and practiced deportment of the executive chamber was as formal In degree as that which had been necessary in order to have audienco with the king. "This state toilet, among other things, in cluded the careful combing and powdering of the hair and the tying of it in a cue; also a discreet "make up" of tho face, and, most noticeable of all, the fitting iuto the mouth of a full set of false teeth. Now, tho art and skill of the doutist in those days had nqt at tained to a very perfect imitation of nature, and tho plates being large and clumsy, gave to the mouth and wliolo lower portion of the face that Hat, full, square and unnatural ap pearance which ull careful observers of .Stuart's reat portrait cannot fail to observe, and which is very often qiiestiomngly re marked upon. This Krtrait was adopted as harmonizing niore fully with tho courtly conception of what the personal oppearanco iind habiliments of one in so great iiulhority sLould 1-e; but us a portrait, it is of tho j:re.Mdent rather than of the man. and is to 'jC regarded as tho ideal, rather than as the real Washington."-- A. SS. I'ca-se iu The .Sara 'fi -tan. Who Is 'evcr Crazy? There are many firm believers in the theory Ur.it most ieople are crazy at times, and i; ts ;em to supjort their belief. .The fol lowing, from a source unknown to the writer, will likely remind a number of our readers of some incident ia iheir experience, which at the time of its cccurrenco seemed to them most unaccountable. "A wise iuaii will step backward off a Krcb or into a mud puddle; a great philoso pher will hunt for tho specks that are in his hand or on his forehead, a hunter will some times shoot himself or his dog. A working girl had been feeding a great clothing knife for ten years. One day sho watched the knife como down slowly upon her hand. Too kite sho woke out of lier stupor with ono hand gone. For a few seconds her mind had failed, and she sat by her machine a tem porary lunatic and had watched the knife approach her own hand, A distinguished professor was teaching near a canaL Walking along one evening in summer ho walked as deliberately into the canal as he had been walking along the path a second before. He was brought to his senses by the water and mud and tho ab surdity of the situation. Ho bad on a new suit of clothes and a new silk hat, but thgugh tho damage was thus great, he still laughs over the adventure. Our mail collectors find in the iron boxes along the streets all sorts of papers and articles which have been put in by some band from whose motions the mind has become detached for a second. A glove, a pair of spectacles, a deed, a mort gage, a theatre ticket, goes in, and on goes the person, holding ou to the regular letter which should have been deposited. This is called absent nn'miedness, but is a brief lunacy." Scientific American. Morniouism Not n One Man Power. Toe first presidency of the churcn is not a one man iower. It is composed of a presi dent and two counselors thiee high priests chosen by th3 vote of a general conference of the whole church. The next body in authority is the quorum of the apostles, com posed of twelve high priests, with a president at their head, ihis quorum is equal in authority to the first presidency, and in case of tho death or tue president, which event disorcanizes the first presidency, the twelve arostlcs preside over the church. This is the situation at the present time, no one yet hav ing leeu appointed to succeed the late John Tavlor as president ot tho church. After the twelve apostles come- ha seventies, of which tuere ore a great many quorums, each com posed of seventy elders. Tho first quorum of seventies is equal in authority to the twelve apostles of the fir presidency There tiro many other quorums in the priesthood, all of v'coi have presiding ollicers, but such officers act only as directed by tho members of their respective quorums. Tkere is no ono man power, but the whole is bottomed on the people, upon tho whole body of the church membership, each member haviag a voice and a vote. Tho first pi esL Jriicy must be sanctioned by the voice of the pecple Delegate John T. Caino. Hat Amcug Friction Matches. Fire Marshal Whitcomb, of Eoston, re cently made a lest for the purpose of learn ing whether r&ts could and woulJ start a fire by gnawing matches Three large rats were placed in a wire cago containing a bunch of matches The first night four fires were set by the rats, and others wera caused during fallowing day Examination of the matches thowed that only the phosphorus ends were gnave!. ani tbt son of th am were car risd oas3 distance from the original bunch. The rats had pleaty of gaol foal, but ate tha matches as though they liked them welL Tba fire marshal is quite certain now that rats carry matches into their boles, aai'thera gnaw them, and that many a couSagraticn thus originates New York Sua. . Editor Charles A. Dana is 70 years old, yet no man walks up 15 road way with a jaun tier air than he. INDIA'S CHILD WIDOWS. THE UNHAPPY LIVES LED BY WOMEN OF THE EAST. THE What a Hleh Caste Hindoo Christian Woman Suyn of Her Sisters lletrolhed ia Their Infancy They Arc Till Heath the Slaves of Men. At All Souls' church, tho Fundi ta Damabai, a mgn caste Hindoo Christian woman, gavo an interesting address concerning her work in belinlf of tho child widows of India. The Pundita is a slender little woman with a low musical voice. Sho bus a remarkable com mand of English. Sho was attired in tho simple white vestments of her people. She is endeavoring to raise sufficient money to enuble her to maintain a school in sout hern India for tho instruction of Hindoo women Tbo picture that tho Pundita drew of the condition of the Hindoo woman seemed to have a strango interest for the hundreds of well dressed American women accustomed to lilierty of thought and action! The Hindoo theory of creation, the speaker explained, placed tho women as a procreativo Energy, the results of which have been sorrow and misery. The man therefore is tho master and is without blame. It is the duty of a good mother to get her daughter under the influence of a mala at once, for thereby is tho female's only salvation and a hope for a place in heaven. It is the custom, when children are mere infants, to promise them to youths for wives. W heu the girl is not yet in her teens she is sent to the house of her prosjiective mother-in-law, who educates her with harsh measures and a stick, impressing upon her her inferiority to the male. Only men are allowed to study the philosophy of salvation, and a good wife on dying centers her thoughts on her husband, so that on her return to earth sho may take the form of a man and study tho philosophy that brings salvation. WHEN TIIE HCSBAXD DIES. When tho husband dies ho does not let his thoughts revert to his wife other than in a feeling of pity for her loss, lest he, on re turning, take a step backward and assume the shape of a woman. A woman who doe3 not find salvation through her husband will bo comjieUed, should she continue in the form of her sex, to bo reincarnated S,4t)0,000 times. Tho domestic life of tho Hindoo woman is confined in four walls, and tho only opportunity she has of going outside is to draw water. She rises and remains standing when her husband enters tho house and seats himself. The husband can avail himself of tho privilege of bathing himself in the sacred river, but she, lecauso of her domestic imprisonment, being debarred from making the journey, can enjoy only tho ex-qu-'sito pleasure of bathing his feet after ho has been swimming and then drink the water. The power of the husband is abso lute. He can doom his wife to hell if ho bo in the mood, as he is endowed with tho power of a god. A faithful widow worships her dead husband as if ho were present in the flesh. Study makes the women skepti cal, heuco they are jealously debarred from it as a violation of orthodoxy. "Missionary work cannot accomplish the disenthrallment of these women," said the Pundita; "it must be uono through educa tion. So far as ir3 experience goes I think that it is next to impossible for missionaries to reach tho orthodox i-eoplo, as they are called. There are some men who are at first educated in western ideas, especially tho Brahmas, who will allow a Christian mission ary to visit tho women of their household, but most of them do it because they want the women to be a little educated, and since they have no female teachers of their own they are obliged to invite Christian women; but I have known tho men, vhi;i thay allow a Christian missionary to visit their wives, to strictly command their wives not to accept any religious ideas, and thus placed the poor woman in the plight of being compelled to obey her husband, and at tho same time rend her Biblo. If she is sometimes convinced, sho has no power to accept the Christian faith publiclv. This renders her situation doublv miserable." New York World. Effect of Glaro I'pon Eyesight. It appears that Professor Plateau, of the University of Ghent, while tr-ii!gto observe the effects of tho irritation of tho retina gazed steadily at the sun for twenty second.-., the leault being that chronic irido-choroiditis developed, ending eventually in total blind ness. A number of cases aro known in which choroiditis and retinitis occurred in persons who had observed an eclipse of the sun. The single flash of a sun reflector has been known to ca'isft retinitis, and other temporary visual disturbances ot a functional character have been frequently noted. M. Reich has described a curious epidemic of snow blindness, which occurred among a body of laborers engaged in cleaning a way through the masses of snow which obstructed tho road between Passauaut and Mteti, in the Caucasus; the rays of the sun reflected from the vast stretches of snow on every side, pro duced an mtenso glare of light, which the unaccustomed eye could not support without the protection of dark glasses. A few of the st urdiest ampng the laborers were able tc work with impunity, but the majority suf fered so much that among seventy strong! y marked cases, thirty wero so severe that the men were absolutely unable to continue work or to find their way home, and lay prone on their faces, striving to hide their faces from tho light and crying out fro.n pain. Recovery was gradual but complete. New Ycrk Tribune, Xaiiiral Gas and Tat Chickens. Somewhere in the book of Job the Har Btonites found authority to drill into tho earth fcr fuel, ami, acting upon such author it, discovered a reservoir of naturcd gas 1,800 feet underneatl their hearthstoces. It has been piped through the viliage, and serves fcr both fuel and light in every home. Coal, wood and oil ore no longer used At every street corner are elevated pipes where flames burn night and day, winter and sum mer. They are never extinguibhed Econ omy is certainly tho best lighted village in Americaj pna can read fine print in ahaost any of the streets at midnight. "Do ycu like natural gas, August?" we ask. "Goot! goot! It makes my Lkkeus fatl" ".Makes your chickens fat!" We can ouly look our surprise Ya. so fat like peegs Bugs come at night, big bags, little bugs tause-.ds! Dey tiy in de ga Mazes. un4 lrop down. Hens ketch 'em, like dis August opens his mouth and closes it. with a mighty smack of the lips We are thus let into the mystery of hrw natural ga3 can fatten chickens. II. p. Iascn ia American Magazine. Col. Kockwell's Story. CoL A. F Rockwell, of St Paul, will mako an interesting patriarch if bis life is spared, for ho wijl have a story to tell, ho beinr "he only man who saw botn Lincoln and UarQ.d dja. New York World. A woman's college, with teach. 1 from England, has been established nt To'iio. in Japn. Degg's Cherry Cough Syrup. Is the only medicine that acts directly on the Lungs, Blood and Bowels, it re lieves a cough instantly and in time effects a permanent cure. Sold by (). P. Smith fc Co., druggists. j'J."),:ji)H,d w. An observant metropolitan b.irbi r s iys that hectiu ti ll one's physical condition by the state of the hair! . Bess's Cherry Cough Syrup. Is warranted for all that the label calls for, so if it iloes not relieve your cough you can call at our store and the money will be refunded to you. It nets simul taneously on nil parts of the system, thereby leaving no bail results. ). 1. Smith & Co., Druggists. j'i.j-Jimd&w Schlioinann has gone to Alexand ria with Professor Virchew, und will spend several months in Egypt making explorations. Oegs's Clocd Purifier and Blood Maker. so remedy in me worm lins gainet the popularity that this medicine has, n n nom on iamuy medicine-. iNo ono should be without it. It has no calomel 1 1 quinine in its composition, consequent n no bad effects can arise from it. ' Wo keep a full supply at all times. ). 1 Smith Co. Druggist. j2i-imod.vw If Diogenes lived today lie would be out with a lantern looking for a Demo cratic lawyer who hasn't been mentioned for the oflice of chief justice of the su p rente court. Who is Your Best Friend? 1 our stomach of course. Why? Be cause if it is out of order you are one of the most miserable creatures living. Give it a fair chance and see if it is not the best friend you have in the cud. Don't smoke 111 tne morning, uon 1 unnK in 1 ue morning. If you must smoke and drink wait until your stomach is through with breskfast. You can drink more and smoke more in the evening and it w ill tell on you less. If your food ferments and does not digest right- if vou are troubl ed w ith Heartburn, Dfozniess of the head, coming up of the food after eating, bil iousness, indigestion, or any other trouble of the stomach, vou had best use C3 recti's August Flower, as no person can use it without immediate relief. HEALTH iS WEftLTn ! Dr. K. C West's Nerve and Hrmn Treatment iruarantec sr.ecifie fur Ilvsteria Dizziness. Convulsions. Fits. Nervous Neuralgia, I lead - lene. in er eou 1 tost rat ion caused lv llieua 1 tiieojiol or toliace..:. aKcniMies. Mental De pression, hofteiunt; or (lie I'-rain result in in in sanity and leadiii;; timsery, decay anil 'death, -1 enuit ure out Are. liarreiitiess, i.oss of row er in either sex. lnvcluntary bos.-es uiii Sner mat rrlnea caused ly over-excrMim of the brain, selfahnse or over-indulgence K;;c!i box contains oi-e month's treatment, 81 (hi a hex six boxes for t'j.t'O, sent, by mail prepaid op reeeiiit of ni ice VS GUARANTEE SIS BOXES To cure any case With each order received v lis fin- sis hoves. iiceoiniian eel with Sfl.tMt. we will send the purchaser our written t:iiar;ii- ec to return tne numev it the tieatnient does tot effect a cure." :u:ua!itces issued wilv liv Will .J. Warrick sole atient, I'lattsmont!', N( i. AH EXTFcAOKOIHARY OFFER TO ALX WANTING MI'LOYM K NT. We want live, energetic, a-rente in every county in t he United States mid Canada to stdl a raiont nfik-le of treat merit, on its jirkits. n :u tie o h iving a large fsale pnyiiii! over 100 percent, profit, having no competition, and on .vhieli the apert is protected in the exclusive tale by a deed tiveu for eucii and e fry coun iy he may secure from us. With ;il tin se ai- aiitages t- our ase.its. und the Jaet that it if an article I ha- c-au oe suiii to every noun hoi w. e , ii nii;iit not be necessary to make "An 1'xtraoi diiiary Ofiei '' to secure toed agents at nice. bur. we have eot eluded to make it to how, not only our conlideiice in the merits of ur in ven: ion. b jt in lis liability by any ate t h:it wi'l 1; ;iiid!e it v . i: li eiiprgy. Our agents tow at work ;:re making front $i.oto ?so a noiitli cles-r. atid tlii.2 fact, makes it ni& for us o make our oiler to ail w ho are cut of mploy iieitc. Any agent timt will give our bu-ii:es 1 thirty d ys' trial and fail to dear at least toin thist.me. atK.ve aH exnenoes. can re- urn till good iii's-iK to ns a'd we will refund he money pa d for them. Nonueli employer h geiir' ever unreu to maKe sucn otters, nor vould we if we did not know that we have i-erts now m:iJ:iig l'.'ore than double tlii! mount. Or.r ''-) descriptive circulars ex - ain our oiler fully, an : these we wish to e pn everyone ou' o! etni loymei.t who wiP gei;d is three one cent stami s for po.-taue. Send at nc au;l entire tbo agency in ti ne for the l ioiii. and sro to wi.rfc the t- rms named in ur extraordinary oiler. Aih're? , at imce, .NAi't'lVrti, N'OVKI TV CO.. 'i8-3m-dAw 514 Smithfleld St , Pittsburg, Pa. It may be that there is u land that is airer than this, but it would take an art ist to find it. For stile or exchange. A number of tine pieces of residence property, t ) Windham and Davits. d Apply WoW. 55 OO Reward. We w ill pay the above reward fcr any case of liver complaint, dyspepsia, sick headache, indigestion, constipation or costiveness we cannot cure with West's Vegetable Liycr Pills, w hen the directions are strictly complied with. They arc purely vegetable, and never fail to give satisfaction. Large boxes containing 30 sugar coated pills, 2c. For sale bv nil druggists. Beware of counterfeits aud imitation?. The genu ine manufactured only bv John O. H ell & Co., 802 W. Madison St. Chicago, Its Sold byW. .J Warrick. The standard remedy for liver com plaint is West's Liver Pill-; they never disappoint you. SO pills 2oC. At War rick s dru;r store. JULIUS PEPPERBERG, MAKUFACTUKElt OF AND WHOLESALE & RETAIL DEALER IU TIIE Choicest Brands cf Cigars, including our Flor de Pepperbergo" ar.d 'Buds - FCI.L LINE OF TOBACCO AND SMOKERS' ARTICLES always in stock. Kov. 20, KtuvL.,' I tHyU4 WHOI.r.HAT.K AM) Beef, Pork, Mutton, Veal and Poultry. X invito all to giv-o mo a trial. Sugar Cured Meats, Hams, Racon, Lar.l, at lowest Hying prices. Do not rr. T THOMAS. dim tigfcK&a -AND ALL HOUSEHOLD GOODS. KITCHEN, BED FOOM, PARLOR FURNITURE. lowest Prices in tho City, bo Convinced. SIXTH STREET, BET. MAIN AND FURNITURE sprawls arlor -FOR ALL FINE Sets, B Parlors, Bedrooms, fining-rooms, Kitchens, Hallways, Offices, GO TO Where a mncrniicciit i'lcoh UNDERTAKING AND EMBALMING A SPECIALTY CORNER MAIN AND SIXTH D. BENNE JUST RECEIVED. I have just received Neufchated Edam Cheese. Bosuia Prunes, Macedonia Prunes , Califor nia and Turkish Prunes. Celery Relish; Clam Chowder; Beef Tea very fine. Fresh Dates and Figs; Oranges, Bananas, cheap . ' ' . 1, TTi J23 Jonathan Hatt. r Hi! sFMA.TMAM MAW D0.5- ClTilEAT RARKCT. PORK PACKERS and dealers in BUTTER AND EGGS BEEF, PORK, MUTTON ANI) VEAL. TUE BEST TIIE 3IARKET AFFORDS ALWATS ON HAND. Sugar Cured Meats, Hams. Bacon, Lard, &c, Ao cf our own make. The best brands WHOLESALE Meat Market. J. THOMAS, It ETA 1 1. HEAI.Klt IN tc, etc. Fresh Oysters in Can and Bulk fail to yivc mc your pntrormge. KINDS OF- FURNITURE FOR HALLWAYS, OFFICES. Call and VINE. PLATTSMOUTII, NEB. EMPORIUM. ed room Sets. CLASSES OF- FURNITURE -FOR- stock of fctoek of Good abound. PLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA. TT. Cheese , Wii w tj m m L -SLs X X J. W. Ma of OYSTERS, in cans aad bulk at AND RETAIL. ' Herald, ne