TilF DAILY HERAL1): frAlTOMOuTII, NEBRASKA, TlttlllSDAr. AUGUST 23, 1888.
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JANS of subsistence;
MEN WHO PREDICT THE EXTINCTION
OF HUMANIY BY STARVATION.
I'dtIi More ConylnHng Thn Theories.
The Whole Matter of Food Supply Ilevo
latloulxcU The Coming Man May Lie
of Overeat lng.
It Mcmi strange that at a time when food
of nil kinds N cheaper and mora plenty than
it ever win lefore in the history of the
world, and when famine nowhere exist,
men of mind ami learning should to pre
dicting the extincion of humanity by starva
tion. 8t ill the matter has recently been dis
cussed by Mr. Frederick H. Haw ley iu the
Quarterly Journal of Economics ami by Mr.
Kdwnnl Atkinson in The Forum. Both
writer refer at length to the writings of
Malthu ami ItWrdo, tho first of whom
taught that there U a tendency of population
to increase faster tlian the means of subsist
ence tho fln-t increasing in a geometrical
and tho lust in an arithmetical ratio and
the second of whom showed that laud culti
vated for u series of years yielded diminish
ing returns iu proportion to the amount of
labor and capital expended uion it.
It is certainly diflh-ult to refute the proje
ctions of Malthusand Ricardo by arguments.
They were acute reasonera and plausible
writers. Facts, however, are more convin
cing than theories. Tho jjopulation of the
world is much greater than when these men
wrote and food is chcajx-r and more plenty.
Science as applied to the raising of crops
and to trnn-iortatioii has revolutionized the
whole matter of the supply of food. Fifty
years ngo wise men informed their sons that
tho time would soon come when they could
eat whito bread but half tho time, for the
reason that wheat enough could not bo cut to
supply the material to make it- There was
then no Implement for harvesting wheat but
the sickle, lint t lie horse harvester and self
binde r soon made wheat cheaper than corn
was when tho pro iiction was uutdo.
Till" TAUT AN" THE PRESENT.
Forty years Jigo a mun with a hand hoe
the only implement usedcould only plant
and cultivate four acres of corn, liy the aid
of machines one man now finds no difficulty
In planting and tending forty acres. Exicri
inents uro now being made with machines for
harvesting and thrashing corn, and within
five years' time tin y will bo brought tq per
fection and in general use. Potatoes are now
planted, cultivated, dug, sortftd and bagged
by machinery. The machine- has done more
for the Held than for tho shop in the matter
of increasing production.
Hkill iu breeding and feeding has reduced
the time necessary to prcjwire a steer for the
market from four years to about eighteen
months. A few years ago it was estimated
that tho product of five acres of land was
tiecessjiry to supiort a cow or steer. Now
the prod'm-t of one acre, preserved in a silo,
will kecpth" animal, tfijajo is tho coming
food for all animals kept on farm for the
purpose of producing meat.
Producing new varieties of small fruits
and melons und improving their cultivation
have added much to tho food supply of tho
world. Fruit is now almost as common on
tables as bread. Melons, oranges, strawber
ries ami grapes form jwirts of the poor man's
breakfast. Sugar U one of the cheapest
articles of food, and tho country s "flowing
with honey," strained for its waxen comb
f:iid costing but four cents per pound. Dur
ing tho iast few years grapes during their
season lmve leen about as cheap as potatoes,
and tho prospect is that they will soon bo in
cluded among the most common articles of
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PRESERVATION OF PERISHABLE pOOHS.
Tho process of canning fresh fruit, vege
tables, fish and meat has prevented about
half tho amount of these articles annually
produced from going to waste and rendered
their preservation practical for years. Cars
and vessels fltt-nl up as refrigerators now
carry food products classed as perishabl
round the world. We can dine on fresh sal
mon caught in tho Columbia river ten years
ago. green turtle captured in the West Indies
at the same time, and pineapple raised iu
South America.
Huxley tells us that tho "harvest of the
sea" has but just commenced, and our own
Seth Green has apparently demonstrated
that "water farming" is more profitable than
land farming. He thinks that all will soon
be convinced that an acre of water is capa
ble of producing as much food as an acre of
laud.
Grain producing territory large enough to
form au empire has just been brought into
notice in several parts of tho worliL Agri
cultural experts state that Siberia is capable
of supplying all the pcoplo in continental
Europe with grain. A like statenunt is
made in regard to Canada. Most of tho
laud in the world once classed as "desert1
has been found to be very productive. Tho
first settlers in California thought the most
of the soil would produce nothing. The
state is now exporting vast quantities of
food.
There is no danger that tho coming man
will starve. It is more likely that he will
die of overeating, thinking that it is his duty
to do his part in "disposing of the surplus."
Possibly tho last man will laugh himself into
an untimely grave while reading the absurd
theories of Malthus and noticing how his
predictions came out. Chicago Times.
The Value of Advertising.
"If you will tramp the city over and take
notice of tho business places you will find
that where the show windows are finest, tho
stock of goods the freshest and the salesmen
the quickest to make sales." The speaker
was a joker and wo checked him to ask what
kind of i patent medicine 'ad' he was going
to spring on us. We were fooled, for in all
seriousness he continued: "There you wiil
find an advertiser." AVe all agreed, and an
nother friend said he had another way of
telling. "If you will ride from Ashland
avenue to State street and count the mercan
tile houses having electrical lights I will
venture that you can find tho 'ads' of nine
out of ten by searching the morning and
evening pa pel s."
We were standing in a cigar store and
the proprietor said he could go us one better.
"Two years ago my patrons were so few
that I scarcely made a livimg. One day two
men got in a quarrel in my store and one
hot the other, not fatally, but seriously. The
patrol came, thousands gathered iu front of
the door, the reporters wrote up the affair
elaborately and my little store and myself
came ia for a share of the publicity. The
next day hundreds dropped iu as they passed
to see the scene of the shooting. Many of
them bought cigars. From that day on my
store was 'advertised, and for a year I made
more money than in three years previous. I
now keep a small 'ad1 in several papers and
you see my clerk ore busy." Chicago Jour
nal. A Day of Hard Lack.
- Jones (to Robinson, weary and footsore)
Been fishing, Kobindonf
Robinson Ya'as.
Jones Catch anything!
Robinson Nw; didn't even catch th lost
' i ' Jitw X'1-
WHY BOYS GO TO SEA.
The Charm of Sailor Dri Rom an tie
"Notions of Foreign Land.
I was but a very little lad when I first went
to sea my ago 13 years and 0 months. Why
I went to sea I can hardly say. I had cer
tainly no clear views. Maylie the reading of
story books about the ocean life raised a kind
of hankering In me; but I think it was the
desire to shino in buttons, to wear a pair of
blue cloth trousers flowing at the feet, a
litttfe jacket with pretty brass bound sleeves,
a colored shirt with a collar lying well open
at the throat and embellished with a black
silk handkerchief tied in a proer sailor's
knot, the ends twinkling to every breeze like
tho fly of a streamer pulling at a mast, a cap
on tho bock of my head with a sparkling de
vice abovo tho peak of it representing a
golden wreath encircling a flag beautifully
colored with blue and silver silk. I say it
was a yearning to walk attired in clothes of
this kind that ended in my going to sea.
My notions of the deep were entirely ro
mantic. I thought of coral Islands, green
savannahs, forests of fruit trees, savages
with bows and arrows, great elephants with
little black men riding cross legged on their
heads, blue rivers winding toward the pur
ple of distant mountains, with shining white
cities upon their banks, where the roofs of
the houses of the nobility were garnished
with gold and silver and precious stones,
where there were ducks that laid emeralds
and hens rubies, and where there were the
funniest monkeys iu tho world too be had for
the asking. I promised one of my little sis
ters to bring her a box of gold dust and the
ivory tusk of an elephant; for another I was
to procure a bird of paradiBO, two humming
birds and a lizard that wasn't poisonous. ,To
my brother Tommy, who was two years
younger than myself, I promised a real
canoe, and I rather think I added that if it
was to bo managed I would present him with
a live savage to go fishing with him in it.
1 knew geography pretty well, though my
Ideas of distant lands were a little pojifused
when I came to think of their product; but it
seemed to me that a fellow only needed to go
to sou to obtain what he wanted. The world
was very big, I thought, and when a man
sailed into it he was bound to meet with
everything that was wonderful and worth
having. t never struck mo that I might
malce voyage to a place where there were
no elephants, no gold dust, no canoes, no
savages even, merely a civilized black man or
two, sut-h as you may meet any day, bland,
clean und shining, in a London street. In
deed, I no more realized tho sort of country I
might first visit than J did the life I must
lead in order to get to it. There was a great
deal of fruit mixed up in my seafaring
dream; the brass buttons and the badge stood
first, and then my vision was as plentifully
stocked as a big market with cocoanut3, ba
nanas, oranges, dates, custard apples and
other first class eating.
I knew soiuethiuK about ships; X had lived
half of my littlo life in a seaport town, and
coulJ talk of bowsprits, quarter boats, de&d-
eyes and jibs without blundering; but of the
hardships of a sailor's life, tho food he eats,
the work he has to do, I was, of course, quite
ignorant. It has pften amused and interested
mo siuco to ask a boy, say of lo, who
has told his papa and mamma that he is de
termjiud t ZQ t- what Ins iiotionaof the
calling are. As a rule I find them wonder
fully like what mine were. It is partly an
idea of getting away from school, partly the
dream of becoming a man all at once, partly
a fancy of pirates, buried treasure, glitter
ing uniforms, and flue curiosities to be got
somehow and brought home, the whole col
ored with the light of the romance which
shines very gloriously upon the minds of
boys when they are little, but which slowly
fades as one gets old and older, till life turns
as gray round about one as a cold November
day. Clark Russelj.
Cossacks In the Russian Army.
The Cossacks hold an exceptional position
iu the Russian army, and though they have
lost some of their former liberties, they are
usually looked upon more as the allies than
the servants of the czar. They form a liv
ing rampart from five to six thousand miles
in length, over the entire Aslato frputiei: of
Russia, from the Sea of Okhotsk to the Don
and the Caucasus. In former centuries they
were of vast service to Russia in protecting
tho Russian borders from the Afiiatio hordes.
The Cossacks of the Caucasus were them
selves up to the year 1S58 Russia's greatest
opponents in the south. Shamyl gave the
Russians twenty-two years of hard fighting
iu the mountains of the Caucasus before he
was finally captured with his family in one
of tho hill passes.
From Shamyl's former adherents Russia
has won a magnificent Cossack army. Ono
of Shamyl's sons is an officer in the Russian
garde; a second son was also an officer in the
Russian service, but went over to the service
of the sultan during the last war, where he
commanded for a time a regiment of his own
people who acknowledged the sovereignty of
tho Torte, After the Cossack revolt on
the River Yaik (Ural), in 1G55, many emi
grated to Turkey. The Cossacks of the Ural,
like those of the Caucasus, fought long for
their independence. Their final struggle
took place in the year of the declaration of
American independence. But tho Russians
were victorious, the Cossack leader, Pugat
cheflf, was captured and executed, the name
of the river and province of Yaik was
changed to Ural, and since then the Cossacks
have been peaceful subjects of the czar, whe
is iu his own person a Cossack hetman and
iu whom is now vested the right of appoint
ing commarders, Philadelphia Times.
Firearms in African Warfare.
Professor Drummond, the African traveler
sa3's ho has often wished he could get inside
an African for an afternoon and just see how
ho looks at things. It is certain his views of
tho world are very different from ours. Tho
General-iu-cbief of the king of Uganda's
army recently expressed some novel ideas on
the introduction of firearms in native war
fare. He told the king he was sorry gun
powder had ever reached the great lakes. In
the good old times the Wftgand.- warriors
were invincible. Those were the days of hand
to hand combats, when victory rewarded
the bravest and strongest, and skill in hand
ling the lance and shield decided the fortunes
of war. But now, a clumsey coward safely
hid in the grass can kill the bravest soldiers.
There is no longer a chance for glorious feat
of arms, and "since guns are the fashion we
must fight with guns." This stickler for war
dub. and assegais was doubtless all the moro
Impressed with the degeneracy of the times
from the fact that he was suffering from
two bullets wounds inflicted by the "Wayoro,
whom for the first time iu his life he had
failed to whip. It seems a pity that all sav
ages do not harbor old fashioned prejudices
a jiiust firearms- New York Sun.
Should Be More Careful,
Wife J ohu, I bad a fearful fall this morn
ing. Husband How was thatf
"I was going down the cellar stairway"
"Aiid I spce you flipped and fell?"
"Yes."
"Well, you'll have to be mora careful, 1
just paid $V3 to have the stairway painted,
rnd it you keep on youTI hare it all scratched
end dinged. " Lireoln Journal.
SHAM AND PRETETSE.
A BRIEF LOOK AT OUR OWN PLEAS
ING PERSONALITIES.
What Our KIch Mrn Have Done The
Dale Who Made Believe lie Waa a
Sailor A Fancy "Colonel" In 1801.
Only Veneer.
But come a little nearer home.
Let's take a look at our own pleasing per
sonalities. Do we wear wigs, falso teeth,
tight shoes? Do we wear high heeled boots
to deceive our neighbors as to our height!
Do we pull in our waists and pud out our
busts? Do we wear funny things behind, in
the absurd endeavor to persuade people who
know better that the Lord made us different
from what he did make us? You remember,
don't you, a few years ago, when our dear
sisters wore little humps on their shoulders?
That was tho funniest fashion 1 ever know.
Every woman tried to make everybody else
believe that on each shoulder she had a little
hump. Now, all women, and a majority of
men, know that no women was ever born
with a little hump on either shoulder, let
alone on both.
Our rich men are curious creatures. They
have ornamented, beautified, solid fled our
streets and those of every significant city in
the land by magnificent structures, semi
hotels, and they have pandered to a fast
growing sentiment in this land of the free,
which ueems to ape foreign affairs by giving
to these structures names which mean some
thing on the other side of the ocean, but
which hero are bloomingly idiotic. Our
great apartment houses here are called the
Buckingham, tho Rockingham, the Sund
rLighain, tho Belvidere nnd so on.
THOUGHT I1E WAS A, SAILOR.
I was sitting on the broad piazaa of a sum
irer hotel about an hour ago, when a curious
creature came from the inner recesses and
stood in the doorway. On his head was a
sailor's cap. Ho wore a flannel shirt with a
wide turnover collar and anchors embroid
ered on the euds. Gilt buttons maJo his
attire more conspicuous, but what attracted
my attention more especially were the creases
down thp middle of his trousers, which by
tho way were turned up about two inches
from tho bottom, revealing a pretty pair of
black silk stockings and neatly fitting iatent
leather pumps. lie was a dude from Duue
ville, a darling escpaed from the bandbox,
yet he thought he was a sailor, and that the
effect produced upon the guests of the hotel
was that of a rollicking, jolly, pipe smoking
tar.
I wondered as I looked at him what he
would do with those pumps and those silk
stockings anil his pretty trousers in a storm.
Ho apparently had about as much muscle as
a fresh water clam, and J qqpvjed how many
ropes his bejewelled fingers could handle in
a moment of necessity or of danger.
Whom did ho deceive?
Ho knows perfectly well ho is no sailor, and
he knows that everybody who looks at him
knows that he is no sailor. As I looked at
him, my mind ran, back to, the stormy days
in 1S01, v;l:en, with one foot pa the sturdy
solidity of peace and proserity, the naliuii
put its other foot forward upon the threshold
of a Ave years' war, with its blood and tur
moil. I was sitting in the office of Williard'3
hotel in Washington. The grtat corridor
was packed with angry men, eagerly dUcu.ss$
'ng what must be done, forcing hia way
through the flense uiuss, a young gentleman
in tho full uniform of a colonel, approached
the desk and registered hjj uuuie, appended
to which were the words, "paymaster of the
state of New York." By his side clinked a
sword. On his shoulders were glittering
epaulettes. Brass buttons were Rll ovea' him.!
nnd h j fr,rj cpA-ked over his right eye,
with u. real 1801 swagger. CoL Mansfield sat
near me, then a bronzed veteran wth, a
record, and Rosecrans, then, I ttU'tk a colonel,
also waa at the uck iettliug a bill, ero he de
parted for the extreme west.
AFTER RUDER EXPERIENCES.
Tho slap dash of the young gentleman
nttracted their attention.. They looked at
him with curious eyes, and seemed to see in
him a prefiguration of tho young America,
about to come to the frout. This young
gentleman was on the staff of the governor
if tho state. Ie was there on duty, tut he
then had uo more idea of war than any . of
the rest of us. To him the trip was a jolifi-.
cation. To him the experience was a pionio.
To him it was all cocked cap, hross buttons,
a clinking sword and a well written name,
with a paymaster of the state of New York
at the end of it. He had no more idea of the
true duties of a soldier, then my turlcd
darling in the yachting suit bad of the duties
of a sailor. His drpss, so far ps typifying
any character beneath it, was a farce, a
sham, a pretense, and yet I doubt not in later
days, when ruder experiences were under
gone, he developed the manhood that was in
him. His bright buttons became tarnished
by exposure, the blue of his uniform faded
to a shiny white, and the noise made by his
sword was not its clinking on the marble
pavement of a metropolitan hotel, but its
whizzing through the air, as pointing the
way, he led his comrades to victory or death.
Mind you, I don't believe that the Ameri
can mind intends deception.
These shams, pretenses, deceits are but the
shining veneer, super laid over tbo hard
wood endurance of sturdiness of character,
of honest determination to win success in the
great battles of lite.
Well?
Well, the obvious suggestion would be to
throw away your brass rings, to slice off
your shoulder humps, to let your waist havo
its normal size, to wear heels of comfort
rather than of show, to plane away the
veneers and stand as you were made, im
proving along rightful lines, helping your
selves to grow, that you may extend the
right hand of fellowship to others who would
iike, but aro unable, to follow your example,
Joe Howard in Boston Globe.
pefendtng the Dutch Language.
Our aggressive mother tongue, which is
pushing its way into every corner of the
earth, has aroused the South African repub
lic by its encroachments, and the Boers are
rallying to tho defense of Dutch as the na
tional languaga,
When it was announced in the volksraad
tho other day that the English language was
spoken in the public offices, in the markets,
and was even creeping into the courts, the
vice president stood up for the vernacular,
and deckred that he would give every drop
of blood in his body to uphold the Dutch
language. The legislature then authorized
the government to require that only the
Dutch be used by public officials and in the
market places and courts, Two Englishmen
who were enjoying a lawsuit were thereupon
informed that if they could not talk Dutch
they must hire au interpreter or get out of
court Sew York Sun.
trader th Walnut Tree,
A well known horticoltorlst says .that of
all trees for placing a seat tinder in hot
weather, none is for a moment comparable
with the walnut. Beneath its glossy leaves
the air is always refreshingly cool ; it nartx
few insects, and it affords the most delight! al
shads in the world. Obos a Week.
WOODS FOR FURNITURg.
Value of Waluut Preparation of "Quar
ter Oak" Staining.
There are many crazes in the furniture
basin ess in respect to the different woods and
their imitations, which are extensively used.
For many years walnut waa a wood that held
absolute predominance over all other woods
for furniture. But while other woods have
become very jxipulnr, and walnut is appar
ently on the decline, yet, really, walnut will
always be a fashionuble wood. Tho price
will gradually increase, for the large demand
is fast consuming the supply. In many states
fifteen years ago the farms were inclosed
with walnut rail fence, as the wood was not
so valuable iu those days. But iu these states
where walnut grows, the lumber that would
have beeu formerly cast aside with tho
"culls" is today sold for high prices. Even
the small limbs of walnut trees are now
sawed up into materials for rungs and post9
of parlor chairs. The old snarled limbs and
knots of tho walnut trees are sought after
with avidity by buyers through the country
districts, who ell them to firms that manu
facture them into ornaments for antique
shelves, fancy hassocks and other similar
furniture. Rail fences in these districts are
now a rarity in the extreme.
But as to the various woods that are used
in the manufacture of f urnlture, maple, ash,
poplar, gum and cherry comprise the list.
What is known as quarter oak is tho latest
craze. Quarter oak is made by first sawing
a log from end to end through the mid
dle. Then each half is sawed from
end to end through the middle, thus
leaving four quartet's. Each quarter
has only three sides, one tho bulge part of
the log, and the other two sides liein fl':t
ana coming 10 a snarp ci-t;. lo uuaia iwe
sawed off the sharp edge, and each sawing,
therefore, throws off a board wider than tho
ono beforo it. Sawing the quarters of the
log in this manner the lumber is beautifully
cross grained. Tho cross grained lumber is
"worked" into the finest parlor furnituro at
present. Tho wood is susceptible of a very
fino polish, and tho cross grain produces an
effect, made by both nature and the saw,
that is far superior, to the art of the most ex
lerienced grainei .
But one of tho prominent features still in
the furniture business is the staining of
wood. There are tricks in all trades, aivl
this is the greatest one in tho furniture man
ufactories. A very simple preparation, com
posed of crudo oil and lampblack, Is rubbed
on the highly polished surface of oak, and
wnon it soaks into tho pores of the wood the
wood then takes on a dark hue. The varnish
is then applied, which gives a neat finish to
the wood, and this is then u fair imitation o?
antiquo oak. Tho common gum Is often
stained to represent cherry. Cherry itself is
very valuable, and is left in its own natural
color, although it is sometimes stained to
represent rosewood. Soft maple, iKmlar and
gum are stained with preparations of burnt
umber, crude oil and lampblack, to produce
an imitation of iiauogany. Ash has a very
pretty grain, that stands out prominently
under color, and it can bo stained to imitate
red cherry. Sycamore is a wood larjrelv
useq tor ueu poets, ana it stains nicely in
imitation of walnut W. L. Mitohell iu
Globe-Democrat.
Lincoln to Morton In 1801.
Your letter by the hand of Mr. Prunfc was
received yesterday. I write this letter be
causo I wish you to believe of js (as wo cer
taiuly believe of you) that we are doing the
very best wo can. You do not receive arms
from us as fast as you need them, but it is
because wo havo not near enough to meet all
the pressing demands, and wo aro obliged to
fchare. around what we have, sending the larg
est share to tho points which appear to need
them most. We have great hope that our
own supply will be ample before long, so
that you and all others can havo Sis many as
you need. 1 see an articlo iu n Indianapolis
newspaper denouncing mo for not answering
your letter fcfcnt by special messenger two
or t0'o weeks ngo. I did make what 1
thought tho best answer I could to thit let
ter. As I remember, it asked for ten heavy
guns to bo distributed With some troops bt
Lawrcuceburg, Jaadison, New Albany
and. Evansville, and I ordered tho
guns and directed you to send tho
troops if you had thc-m. As to Kentucky,
you do not estimate that state as more im
portant than I do; but I am compelled to
watch all points. While I write this i am if
not in range at least in hearing of cannon
shot, from an army of enemies more than a
hundred thousand strong. I do not expect
them to capture this city; but I know they
would if I were to send the men and arms
from here to defend Louisville, of which
there is not a single hostile armed soldier
within forty miles, nor any force known to
be moving upon it from any distance. It is
true the army in our front may make a half
circle around southward and move on Louis
villv; but when they do we will make a half
circia around northward and meet them;
and in the meantime we will get up what
forces we can from other sources to also moot
them,
I hope Zollicoffer has left Cumberland Gap
(though I fear he has not), because, if ho has,
I rather infer he did it because of his dread
of Camp Dick Robinson, re-enforced from
Cincinnati, moving ou him, than because of
his intention to move on Louisville. But if
he does go round and re-enforce Buckner, let
Dick Robinson come around and re-enforce
Sherman, and the thing is substantially as it
was when Zollicoffer left Cumberland Gap.
I state this as sn illustration; for, in fact, I
think if the gap is left open to us Dick Rob
inson should take it and hold it; while In
diana and the vicinity of Louisville in Ken
tucky can re-enforce Sherman faster than
Zollicoffer can Buckner. Tho Century
lied Tape in Italy.
The Italian official is never in & hurry, and
there is a vast multitude of public servants,
a dozen being appointed to do the work
which two or three could easily accompb'sh
did they display any activity. The most
trifling affair is mode to pas3 through so
many hands, and each change is attended by
so much delay and confusion, that a person
is obliged to sacrifice an endless amount of
time to rectify an official blunder. He is
sent from one place to anotoer, holds long
conferences with innumerable dignitaries,
each of whom mokes out a formidable state
document covered with seals, signatures and
stamps, for which the luckless person is re
quested to pay a liberal commission, and at
last the chances are greatly against the re
covery of the lost letter, telegraph dispatch,
baggage, or whatever he may be searching
for. Upon asking advice respecting a lost
letter of importance sent from Rome to
Florence, the American bank authorities said
it would be well to report the case simply to
keep tile subject agitated, but not to enter
tain the slightest hope of its recovery. This
same delay and confusion is carried into
every branch of the public service and is
particularly glaring in the justice courts.
Florence Cor. Chicago Times.
. A First Class Table.
ilea (looking for board) You set a good
table, I s'pose, madam?
Landlady Yes, sir; only last week my
fowtb flow back died ot gout, Tas Epoch.
The Plattsmouth Herald
Is on joying1 aBominboth its
EDITIONS.
The Tear 1888
Will be one Jurin wliicli the suLjectH of
national interest and importance will le
strongly agitated and tlie election f a
President will take place. Hie people of
Cass County who would like to learn of
Political, Commercial
and Social Transactions
of this year and would keep apace with
the times should
-SUBSC K.IBE
Villi KITH Kit TIIK
Daily or Weekly Herald
Now while we have the subject before the
people we will venture to Bpeak ol our
DEPA
Which is first-class in all respects and
from which our job printers are turning
out much satisfactory work.
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