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t&i'LAi&iiQtXTt, lVBKASK A; WEDNfiS I) A Y, AUGOST 29. 1888,' -TIZE-DAILY- HERA WOMAN AND' HOME. WHAT SHOULD BE MAN'S SHARE ' IN GOOD HOUSEKEEPING. fh Tyranny of the Baby Growing Up In Corset American and European Vol or To Remove Freckle Artificial ity Domestic Vnhapvlnee. If wo may for the time extend the meaning of tbo word housekeeping ao that it shall in clude the entire care of the home, it is clear that the man's share In it ought to be the Leavier. Perhaps most men wouM bo in clined to say that as a matter of fact it is heavier. As a rulo the man has to earn the money to l.uy and furnish the home, and to procure the fowl, clothing and fuel fcr the family ; the woman's part is to keep the bouse, prepare tho food, make and repair the cloth ing, and burn tho fuel. The husband is the provider; the wife, the dispenser, the stew ard. AVe shall leave quite out of account in this discussion the exceptional cases in which Inherited or suddenly acquired riches render personal labor for either man or woman un Lappily unnecessary. For mankind at large tho apostlo'a rulo still holds good: "If a ffmrt will not work neither shall he eat." We do not Iwlieve that the labor of merely earning tho money necessary to maintain the Lome is commensurate with the labor nerea sary to tho proper expenditure of the money, and tho proper care of the things purchased Even if the husband, therefore, were to turn over to the wife all his earnings on condition that she r.ttend to the entire management of the homo, ho would have tho better of tho LurgaiTt lie would have tho advantage, first, in tho number of hours of labor. Suppose lie is a day laborer, his Lours are eight or ten. Leaving homo after a breakfast, which ho owes to a previous hour's lalor on tho part of Lis wife, ho goes to his work, leaving his wife at hers, and when he roturns for dinner or upper ho finds her still busy; and after sup per, while ho smokes his pipe or steps out to pans the news with a neighbor, his wife must -pend another hour in putting away the dishes, attending to tho children's clothing, and making sundry preparations for tho morning. The man has the further advantage of superintended work. Tho hardest part of most laLor is the worry of planning it. Ninety-nine men out of a hundred have set tasks to perform, rarefully planned and ap portioned, and thftir responsibility ceases with tho pro)er execution of their allotted share. Tho woman, on tho other hand, must plan as well asexecuto. Tho manifold ditie of the household must bo so timed as to con ttiut with odo another as littlo as possible. Very luueh of the weariness of household work might bo avoided if there wra wise supervision and intelligent method. But, asain, tho work of man is far less lia l.lo to interruption. Tho clerk may sit on bis revolving stool for hours and never have his attention diverted from his commercial arithmetic; thofurmor inay drive his polished plo-jv through countless furrows with nomoro nnnoying interruptions than an occasional etubborn bowlder or a nest of buzzing bees; the clergyman sits in his study with bolted door, far removed from the requirements of children, tho chatter of visitors or the wants of servants. Cut tho wives of these men can rarely pursue their labors for a slnglo hour without many interruptions. In tho first place many different things have to bo man aged at tUe same time; while tho dinner is cooking the table is being set, tho baby is watched, and tho "front room is dusted. Then if there are servants, they are in con- htant ncc-J of supervision; if tho door bell - rings, tho business or pleasure of tho calier must be ascertained, the children must bo started punctually to school and luncheon provided for them, and so on. . Men, too, havo better tools for their work than women. It is only in recent years that tho attention of inventors has been turned toward this subject, and still, with the not able exceptions of the sewing machine and wringer, what important addition has been made to tho working tools of woman? Coin pare a piano and chisel with a kitchen knife, tne hydraulic press with a jelly bag! If men bad to stir the hasty pudding of America for one month, there would bo a thousand appli cations for patents on stirring machines within tho thirty days. Finally, men receive direct compensation for their work, while women for their house work, of course, never do; and while on the ono hand they do not want it, on the other hand there is a wonderful incentive to patient toil in tho anticipation of a definite recogni tion of one's labor in the form of money. It seeni3 pleasanter to work and earn $10 than to do (10 worth of work at home. If in addition to these things we consider the engrossing wearing duties of women as p-ives nun xuoLuers, is i u uvi cviucuu iuau their position in the home is one of unequal service 1 Disproportionate not merely to their physical strength, but actually greater in amount and life waste than that of men. If this is true, and if our first proposition be admitted, namely: that the man's share ought to bo the heavier, we are ready for the question, what ought to bo man's part iu good housekeeping? What ought the man to do besides merely earning the money to sup port himself and family! In the light of tho preceding discussion it seems clear he should first of all help his wife in planning her work. Let every husband give bis wife the bene lit of his practical busi ness experience, and advise with her how she may best arrange and time her several duties that they may least conflict. In the second place, the husband should give the wife the full amount of money nec essary properly to care for the home. . Third lie should see that she has tho best tools that can be bad to lighten her labor. Fourth lie should by every possible means 2orten her hours of labor. If he finds that X-:e is obliged to work earlier and later than be, then he should at once give or procure for ber such assistance as will make their working hours equal. Fifth Realizing that for her labor she re ceives no direct compensation, he should, at the least, bo careful to givo continually that reward of cordial praise, which costs him nothing and so much pleases her. Finally, tho man must recognize that many of tho domestic duties are essentially proper to him, and not to tho woman; such are all that require great physical exertion. Therefore, not only should proper imple--Qents be generously furnished for the woman's use, but all the materials she must us should be provided and made easily ac cessible, rienty of coal, wood and kindlings should be kept near the place where they are to be burned, water should be supplied so as to be bandy and abundant, plenty of hooks, shelves, closets, etc, should be arranged to the best advantage. At house cleaning time the man should cither move or get moved the heavier articles of furniture; be should attend to the clean ing and putting down of carpets, the setting op of stoves, &rd the like; in a word be should sssuom the responsibility for 1 the heavier and more disagreeable "i connected with good housekeeping, ' wiping, on occasion, to take a hand - v '?h are l'-VUe. . A r f r-i N ought to 3o, lei him at the" least fcaregraee enough to keep out of the woman's way while she is doing them for him, and refrain when they are . doner from rewarding, his over" worked help mate with cross and complain ing speech. H. IL Blird in Good House keeping. Tyranny of the .Baby. A great and quite general mistake is to believe that an infant. If he be healthy, should be a perpetual sleeper. In vain at tempts to influence this unreasonable result, the young mother worries herself to death in order to keep the' house quiet. Papa comes home full of news from the city and is warned to ;,tread softly, baby's asleep!" He brings a friend, and tho friend "enjoys his visit" by feeling as depressed as though he had been to see an invalid. Is o word roust bo spoken above a whisper; no joke must be told, as it might cause a laugh ; no song must le sung, as it might remove the graveyard solemnity every and all things pleasant must be sacrificed at the shrine of the first baby. All this is totally wrong. In the first place, it is nonsense to expect a baby to sleep twenty-four hours in a day; and in the second place if a child is brought up so that perfect quietude is the prime condition un der which it will sleep the life of the mother will be a sad one. Rather let the child get used to every day noises; let it becomo ac customed to conversation, to laughter, to singing, and then the first sound link in tho grand chain of its character has been forged. It is but a natural step from a tyrannical baby to a spoiled child, and yet wliat young mother would voluntarily spoil her boy. Rocking or jouncing the infant in its cradle or on the lap are common practices that should be avoided. They do the child no good, and cause great annoyance and un necessary trouble to the parents. The mo. ment there is a stir in tho cradle a furious rocking is begun, and continued until the Ioor little innocent is again whirled into unnatural slumber land, Emily Cordon in American Magazine, Crowing; Up In Corsets. Tho assertion has an odd sound, but it is probably true, that not ten women out of a bundled have the faintest conception of what it would feel like to have a natural, uur fettered body. Within a few weeks the writer has asked twenty-eight women at what age they first put on corsets. Thirteen of then said they could not remember a time when they had not wpra them. Their earli est recollections of themselves nd their dress included corset waists and corset lac ings. One Kew York physician estimates that city girls are corseted on an average when 7 years old. Another said that her in quiries would lead hf.r to put it at 9 years. Women grow up in corsets and b&ciuouize with their environments. They put on cor sets in the morning before they do their shoes, and would not think they could comb their hair without bteyg. They live in oor Bets, and would bo thoroughly unoopifort able without them. They haven't developed muscW to get along without support. And yet tho corset might bo mode, at least, less obtrusive. It used to be tho proper thing to wear an under bodice of shape and thickness to hide or disguise the outline pf the contri vance of whalebones and steels. Nowadays nothing of the sart seems to be thought nec essary. The corset is as prominent as if pa raded outside the gown. The fashion plate marks its top and its bottom distinctly, and as for the woman herself, look at the next one you see qu a hone car and you can sketch her corset very accurately un th inavgin of your newspaper. New York Mail and Ex press. American and European Voices. It is a well known fact that the American voice is pitched higher than that of the Eu ropean; and it is said the pitch has been gradually rising during tho past century. Indeed, our musical instruments are keyed higher than those of European manufacture. But don't let any woman deceive herself with the thought that there are good and sufficient reasons for raising her voice higher in conversation. It is one of the regrettable things about American women that they can be recognized by their shrill voices in the most mixed and cosmopolitan companies in any city or country of the world. It is a marvel to English women that American women talk so loud and have such resonant voices. A low voice is not only counted a sweet thing in woman, but one certainly expected in a lady. It is a virtue to bo cultivated, if one has it not, and in time it will abide with her who wooes geutle speech. Some women have a larynx that seems lined with velvet, so softly fall all the words from their lips; not that there is any muffled sound to their clear consonants and open vowels, but rather a rounder, riqher swell and fall to each pulsing phrase than thin lipped, nervous, emphatic women are ever capable of. The latter, if perchance they assume the grace of low speech, take a sort of sibilant whispering tone, more irri tating than their natural high strain. With tho low, rich voioe goes a musical, genial laugh, and a smile that lights the eyes as it curls away from tho lips. St. Louis Repub lic. Sovereign Cure for Freckles. I always have a feeling of pity for girls who have florid or sallow complexions, or whose faces are bespattered with freckles, looking as if they had been about when a bran bin had exploded. I feel sorry for them, not because of any harm that the freckles do, for really I think them nice, as they are evidence of a pure, light and healthy complexion, but because the removal of them or tho sallowness is so easy if they only knew how. I accidentally discovered a sovereign rem edy a couple of years ago, which costs next to nothing. One day the plumber shut our water off, and I could get none in which to wash my face. It was fearfully soiled, and looking out the window just then I saw a friend approaching to call on me. Glancing about me I noticed half of a watermelon from which the meat had been removed some time before. It was partially filled j with juice, and Ihastily washed my face in it. The result was so soothing that I repeat euly washed my face in that manner. Judge I of my astonishment, a few days later, on seeing that there was not a freckle left on my face. A number of my girl friends then tried it, and the result was a great beautify- I ing of countenances. No matter what is wrong with the face, the juice of the water melon will rectify it and produce a clear skin. G lobe-Democrat. A Craln of Artificiality. A little artificiality will contrive to rob of its sting and annoyance a criticism or a piece of advice which would otherwise fail utterly of its purpose if it be any other than to ruffle the temper of the recipient. With a little more artificiality introduced into married life, is it not evident that the sum of misery caused by "incompatibility of temper" would be reduced! But no. We are told that we must be natural; end so husband and wife go their own ways, regardless of each other's failings, to conciliate which in any manner would wr,A a call upon that artificiality which ts so universally decried and clumsily practiced-"VTcrl i ii cct te grf Jrsxtat both were the mutually to pretend to over look Indeed" not to notice rsach other's troublesome faillncst Would not thus a grain of artiflcialityWcceed in enabling even characters otherwise tterly int-ompatible to get on very satisfactorily f Indi d, were this not well understood by a greatt number of vcrv excellent neoole. how mis! arable would be the world! Chambers' Jourmd. Developing CTtnnjgatherly Instinct. MissWillard thinks that the boys should be encouraged to play with dolls as well as tho girls. And I agree with her. The fath erly instinct needs more developing in tho men than the maternal instinct in the women. Perhaps if littlo boys played with dolls and nursed them through lurid complications of fell disease as girls do, labored over their support and bent their backs and pricked tbeir fingers-fashioning their wardrobes and darning their rent garments, wo would hear of fewer cases of desertion of flesh and blood families by good for nothing fathers. Do not be afraid of making your boy effeminute and a '"Miss Nancy" by encouraging him in gentle ways and plays. ' Would you not in the end prefer a development that should stand high among good men and angels to a development of the John L. Sullivan typo or tho modern baseball player? Ihe boy that is taught to play with dolls will seldom, if ever, becomo a bruiser or a bully. "Amber" iu Chicago Journal. Culiappincss Among the Married. Tho Edinburgh Review takes n view quite contrary to Walter Besant. It says that, however we may try to conceal it, there is a vast amount of unhappiness among married people of all classes. The fault is not with the men nor with the women, but it is in volved in our social system. It obliges her to sell herself to a man that is, secure a hus band before her salable uommoditiea, youth and beauty, ore gone from her. As there are more women than men the woman has prac tically no choice, and soma women no chance, even to sell themselves. The remedy, it is 6ugg?sfeiJ, lies, iij gjying the woman m k u4 money in other words, equality of position. Probably the instincts of the sexes are by no means so easily disposed of as this writer supposes. G lobe-Democrat. Itint for the Hot Season. During the hot season I have fifty applica tions a day for "something to drive away tho prickly heat." The whole thing is very simple. A nickel's worth of common coarse salt in the. bafcb, will tying instant relief, and is as good oa "iodiuized se& salt" at ten cents per pound. A little bicarbonate of soda will bo found very efficacious for children. If the affliction is severo, almost to the point of eczema, a spoonful of sulphurous acid in a full bucket of water, to bo use! in a sponge bath, will act like a charm. This is every bit as good as the sulphur vapor bath once so popular. J. A. W. Fernow. A cheap filter can bo made by putting a piece of sponge at the bottom of a large flower pot and filling the pot three quarters full with clean, sharp sand and small pieces of charcoal mixed in equal parts. Lay upon this mixture a piece of linen or wieu cloth, so as to hang over the side. The water jMJurcd through this will come out at tho bot tom clean and pure. Tho cloth iny.st be kept clean, ard thn nnd and charooalas well as tho sponge, washed and occasionally changed. The finger bowl is not necessary, and there fore 6houli not be placed on ths tahlo unless fruit or- gi-ewn corn", or anything else intend ed to be eaten from the hand, has been served. When finders are forks, then the finger bowl has a use, out otherwise their display is os tentatious vulgarity and only serves to em phasize ono's real ignorance, of ablt etiquette. To cure a felon, fill a tumbler with equal parts A fine salt and ice; mix well. Sink the finger in tho center and allow it to re main until it is nearly frozen and numb, then withdraw it, and when sensation is re stored renew the operation four or five times, when it will be found the disease is destroyed. This must be done before pus is formed. To make sealing wax for fruit cans, take eight ounces of resin, two ounces gum shellac and a half ounce of beeswax. Melt all to gether. This will make a quantity and may bo melted for use when wanted. It may bo useful to know that hoarseness may be relieved by using the white of an egg, thoroughly beaten, mixed with lemon juico and sugar. A teaspoonful taken oc casionally is the dose. Grease spots can bo removed from marble by the application of a paste made of crude potash and whiting. Brash it all over the surface to be cleansed and polish off. To remove warts get a little bullock's gall and keep it in a bottle; rub a little on the warts two or three times a day, and in a short time they will disappear. Dip a sponge in sweetened water and place it where the ants "do congregate." When it is filled, scald and thoroughly rinse. Repeat until they are gone. For chapped lips mix two tablespoonful of clarified honey with a few drops of laven der water, or any other perfume, and anoint tho lips frequently. An excellent furniture polish is of equal parts of shellao varnish, linseed oil and spirits of wine. Ceilings that have been smoked with a kerosene lamp should be washed off with soda water. Thick brown paper should be laid under carpels if the patent lining is not to be had. For ordinary woodwork use whiting and ammonia to rub the dirt off. Photographic Pass Cards. The Vienna police have adopted the photo graphic pass cards first, if we are not mis taken, used by the season ticket holders of the Paris exhibition of 1SC7. In many conti nental countries a maid servant cannot re move from ono canton to another, nor some times even pass from the services of one family in the same town to that of another, without having a police vise to her livret It is the same with artisans and mechanics, and of course they cannot leave their native country without an international identity pass, else they might escape the conscription or military service. It seems to be for these last sort of passes, authorizing the holder to remove to a foreign country, that the Vienna police have accepted the photograph. It is carte de visite size, and is inclosed in a folding leather case, along with the signature of the possessor, and a short description of hi appearance in three languages. A thread is passed through, the substance of the card, and the end of the thread is fastened dowi by an official seal, so that the original por trait cannot be removed or tampered with This sssr n a convenient substitute for a passport or a pass. Critix Journal of Fho to-repny, THE SUPERIOR SEX. WOMAN EXPECTATION OF -IFE GREATER THAN THAT OF MEN. Interesting- Ileport from a Iteroirnlzed Authority A Formidable Array of Y-- Why Women Are I.onger I.iv-1 Thau Men The Future. Professor Stanford E. Chaille, M. D., dean of the medical faculty of Tulane university, recognized authority iu mutters of sani tary philosophy and hygiene, has recently published an interesting report on the life and death rates of New Orleans as coinpured with those of other cities. Attention here is directed to some deductions which the pro fessor derives from his statistics, and if we may trust in this case to t he somew hat ques tionable statement that "figures never lie," wo are brought fuco to face with some re markable and strikingly suggestive fucts. Our professor's statistics, which are, of course, jerfectly square and honorable as far ns ho is concerned, are derived partly from tho records of tho Louisiana board of health, which is charged with tho duty of recording all births and deaths iu this city, and partly from the mortuary tables of the tenth United States census, and they ore doubtless as reliable as such colluted figures usually are. From them it is discovered that in most parts of the United States women havo a better expectation of life than men; they livo longer and survive with more tenacity and success tho vicissi tudes that tend to shorten existence. Uut it is in New Orleans w here these advantage! ure enjoyed to the highest degree over P.nv other pluce. T!B feOmfcli BBS SUPERIOR. Here a learned physiologist presents a for midable array of figures to show that in the struggle for life tho softer sex starts out with decided advantages of immunity from the assaults of deijth e.s waui-ared with the males; tlfikii tne women have better chances for de velopment in all that mukes up sane, sound and vigorous life. In a word, the men urc on the down grade of health and marafe, while the women possess i that conduce tc their physical una moral superiority. Let us quote the words of our scientist: "Tho expectation of life for females is, in every locality, better than of males, but tlm difference in favor of females varies yrMly, and to an extend uexpl;uiblo by uie. The Buperiovity of white females over males is greatest, and very gi'eat, in Kew Orleans awl Charleston; it is a little in Boston, Brooklyn and New York, and it is very slight and lortst in New Jersey and Massachusetts The four teen localities tak, a reference to this su periority oi females over males, tho follow ing order: New Orleans, Charleston, Cincin nati, San Francisco, St- Lou.', Chicago, Philadelphia, District of Columbia, Balti more., Jfew York, Brooklyn, Boston, Massa chusetts, New Jersey. "The like superiority and difference exists in reference to colored females ad males. The localities reported, oniy four, take the following ordar: iNew Orleans, again first, and tho difference is very great, though not as great as between white females and males; next Baltimore, then the liiti iot of Colum bia, and latt Charleston. And it is very sin gular that in Charleston, where the sueri oritj of the white female is very great, tho superiority of the colored female over the colored male is very little, "Another sinsUvU' fucb is that, while, there is a siigui; superiority in Massachusetts of tho females over the males, yet the males have the superiority from two to ten years of aye, and that this male superiority is found In no other locality. A tlnpd singular fact, and one enoouwS!g specially to New Orleans, is thai; the expectation of life of its white females is superior to that of tho white females of Charleston, Brooklyn, Now York and Boston; but the expectation of life of the white males of Now Orleans is less than in said plaoe3." TUB SEVERAL REASOXS WHY. Why is all this possible Our author re plies: "Females are, in less number, guilty of vicious and hurtful excesses; they are more confined in tho house and engaged in less hazardous occupations, and thereby tlfey are less exposed to communicable diseases, to inclemencies of weather and to dangerous accidents. But these obvious causes, while explaining in part, fail to do so in whole. For at no time is the superiority of females as great as under 5 years of age, and such females are no more exposed than males to tho above causes. For such reasons vital statisticians have claimed that nature en dowed the female with a stronger vitality, with greater vital endurance, and if there be better explanation I do not know it." tt- i.n l . i : . i t-ui. i. : l . . are. in obedience to subtle forces of evolu- r tion, growing physically more perfect, and this would seem also to include advancement toward moral perfection, the men are de clining in all vital characteristics. The women are growing constantly more beauti ful and more numerous, while the men are in a corresponding ratio to retire from tho world they have for so many ages domi nated and controlled. By these mysterious and potential agencies the men are dying, fading out of existence, and their last de spairing gaze is to be fixed on a raco of god desses, "divinely tall and most divinely fair," crowding upon the stage whero the tremendous tragedy of "Man and Woman" has been so long enacted, but now to be superseded by the inexpressibly peculiar and unknowable drama, "Woman." It is to this ending that all the musty figures and dry bones of science presented above inevitably tend. It is the consumma tion of an implacable law which is destiny, declaring the survival of the fittest. It por tends a grand future for woman, but it is much to be doubted if Eve can be happy in paradise without Adam. New Orleans Pica yune. Be Won a Victory. Two colored men were wrangling and jaw ing at the corner of Chene street and Gratiot avenu6 the other day, and a patrolman who passed along felt it his duty to keep an eye on them. He paced up and down for half an hour, but no blows were struck, and be finally called one of tho men over to him and asked: "What's the trouble between you twoF "He said I was no gem'lan, sah." "And you have been trying to convince him that you were?" "Yes, sah." "Well, you'd better quit and go about your business." "No, sah no, sab not at dis stage of do game. Hebin yellin' an' shoutin' an' argy fiein' until he can hardly speak above a whis per, an' in five minits mo' he'll hev to yield de pint." He was a true prophet. He went back, raised a new question, and the man who had said he was no gentleman extended his hand and hoarsely whispered that he took it all back. Detroit Free Press. Not Supposed to Know. Teacher Johnnie, spell whooping cough." Johnnie (aged 11) Cant, ma'am. 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I'acli box cmiiiiins one ii:on;li' tresmiient, $1 ;o a hox orsix boxes for S.Vi'fl. s nt l.y mail oicr-Hldon receipt of pi U-( "WE GUABAIxTEE SIX BOXES To cure any eane. V.'itli each order received by us for six boxes, accompanied w Ith no, we will send the purchaser our mitten guaran tee to return the money if the trratment does not cited a cure. Cuai'abtot s issued only by Wul .1. arrjefc ole agent, l'luttsiiioiith. Si eh. Watches ! Watoiios I H. il GAULT Has moved and is now in the She rwoou room, Cor. rth and Main Sts., where lie is better able; to fIiow his Large Stock of "Watches, CLOCKS A1TD JEWELRY I Than evor )efure, and will as an induce ment sell you Watches way down, ('all and get the Special Prices in (iold "Watch es; it will surprise you. A Full Line of the best styles of. Jewelry and Silverware. Ilejiaiiino; will lie given Special Atten tion. All work warranted to giv. satis faction. DRS. CAVE & SMITH, 'ainloss SDontiote." The only Dentists iu the West, controling this Xew System of Kxtraetinu and Filling Teeth without Tail', our anaesthetic is en tirely free from CIIIOIiOFOKM OKKTJI EK AXD IS ABSOLUTELY Harmless -. To - All Teeth extracted and artificial teeth inserted next day if desired. The preservation of the natural teeth a specialty. GOLD CROWES, GOLD CAPS, BRIDGE WOPX The very finest. Office in I'nion Llock, over Frieke's Drug Store, 33. KEMPSTER, Practical Piano and Organ Tuner AND KIJPAIItFK. First-class work guaranteed. Also deal er in Pianos and Organs. Office at Boeck's furniture store, Plattsmouth, Nebraska. "MEN OF MARK." TVRITIEN BY Rev. J. W. Simmons, J). J). This book is one that every loyal per son should possess. It tells of all the foremost colored men of the United States. It gives their biographies, aud has over 100 fine steel engravings. JOHN C, BOONE, Agent for Ci ss County. C- F. SMITH, The Boss Tailor. Main St., Over Merges' Shoe Store. Has the best and most complete stock of samples, both foreign and domestic woolens that ever came west of Missouri river. Note these prices: Business suits from $16 to $35, dress suits, $25 to $45,. pants $4, $5, $6, $6.50 and upwards. tT Will guaranteed a fit. Prices Defy Competition, izaAVk - Jtr eatme rn Hal q op Ism i n i si. -SB -: Real Estate Dargaino KXAMINK OUH LIST. CoXMMTIMl F CHOICE LOTS I 1ST South - Park 21 lot in Thompson's addition. 40 lots in Towiisond's addition. Lot 10 bl(K-k 1:JH, lot r, block 101. Lot 1 block 0, lot (i block Lot 11, block 111, lot 8, block 01. LOTH IN VUf.Mi ANI HAVh' AIjMTION. J Lots in I'aliner'H addition. Lots in Duke's addition. Improved property of all descriptions and in all parts of the city on cuny terms. A new and desirable residence- in South luk, cao be bought on monthly payments. Uelore puichasing el.scwhere, cull -.id see if we cannot suit you better. ZELi mm ZbT LLj 3. 5 acres of improved ground north of the city limit. 5 acres of ground adjoining South Park. 2 acres of ground adjoining South Park. 1 i acres of ground adjoining South Park. 20 acres near South Park: Sc I sec. 14, T. 10, It. 12, Cass county, price $V 800, if sold soon. nw i sec 8. T. 12, 11. 10, Cass Co., price $2,000. A valuable improved stock fram in Merrick Co., Neb., 100 acres and on reosonvble terms. Windham & Davies. INSe RANGE. Consult your best interests by iiiMiiing in the Phcenix, Hartford or tna com panies, about which there is no question as to their high standing and fair dealing. TORNADO POLICIEP. The present year bids fair to be a dis astrous one from tornadoes end wind storms. Thi3 is fore-chadowed by the number of storms we haye already had the most destructive one 60 far this year having occurred at Jit. Vernon, 111., where a large number of buildings were destroyed or damaged. Hie exemption from tornadoes last year renders their oc currence more probable in 1 8S8. Call at our office and secure a Tor nado Policy. Unimproved lands for sale or ex change. WIHDHAZI &DA7IBS. PLATTCr'OUTH, KE3.