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: PLATTSMOtJTII, NEBRASKA. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 188.
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AND HFU
Wfcll forced to dwell apsrt from thy dear tic,
lorm linked with Korrow. tod ma br the hand.
And taught lay doubting heart ' yderstaod
7 bat which boa puzzled all th hu.iT race.
full mnny a sag baa questioned where In spacff
Theme counter worlds are, where the mrstio
strand
That separates them. I bare found each land.
And bell U vent, and hearen a narrow place.
In the small com pans of thy ctaxplnji arms.
In rrscli aiid sight of thy dear lips and eyes,
Thersi, there, for me, the Joy of heaven lies.
OuUIl lot chaos, terrors, wild alarms.
And all the denotation fierce and feU
Of void and aching nothingness make helL
Ella Wheelur Wilcox in The Cosmopolitan.
THE ACE OF SPADES.
It wa a whirl of black coats and white
Shoulder, anl those of the men who did
liot datico fctill remained in tho salon to
ailmiro the beautiful waltzcrs.
M d'Arctieil. in his quality of master
of tho house, H'u doing bis duty turn by
turn with all those women that without
bia example no one would have thought
of inviting Tho card room, however,
was empty, and at tho name iiiotnent that
Mum d'Arctieil. across whoso charming
head twenty lino springs lial come and
gone, tn-rcci ved tlio inciiiiilcrmcijt of her
baln a young ollicer of J. perhaps, no
k'J'ed the bouor and happiness of a waltz
wp.li her.
"l'ln one condition, cite responded,
"that we liavo a gamo of cards first; but
I warn yim that 1 know only eearto."
The young olllccr did not stir, and
Mkio. d'Arcueil, with that freedom of tone
that distinguishes tho Tarisienne, added
Hitiilingly, "NVho loves ine follows me!"
iinmediatil not less than twenty of
those hi.lomn men who lelieved it dero
gated from their dignity to dance, and
who had been invited solely on account of
their wives, trooped after her to the card
room and placed themselves at table.
"livery ono will thank me for this,"
sai l the. and the ladies will lo able to
move without tearing their trains. Mes
sieurs, I give you tho right to play."
"Lucieiiiic," demanded in a low tone
tho young officer, "tell mo quickly the
true meaning of this!"
"Simply tliat wo may have a pretext
f;r talking together without disturbance.
Iloshh-s. I should havo di-d in the midst
of those dancers, lint play, Louis, play!"
I!c olx-yed and mechanic.illy distributed
tlio cards, turning up t!:o uco of Fpades.
And they played, but in the handling of
tho cards, in pronouncing insignificant
phrases, in giving change to the players,
.r chatting graciously with tho guests
who p;issed bosido them, Lucienne. who
was deeply in love, and was exierioneii!g
how cruel the torture could be, was forced
to bring tho name upon her lover.
Her husband, ex-ambassador from
Franco to Spain, had been charged with a
Secret mission that required a prompt de
parture. Well, M. d'Arcueil had decided
that his wife during his absence, the pre
cise duration of which he was unable to
tell, should remain at Andelys, where her
family were then residing. And he, Louis
de Bremont, captain in the th, would
have io right to leave Paris, fcince his
regiment was on duty there.
As he made this reflection he distributed
the cards for the third time, and for the
third time the ace of spades was the
turn up.
"Again!" cried Louis; "clearly it is sig
nificant of something."
"Significant? yes," murmured Mme.
d'Arcueil, "of the manner, perhaps, hi
which we have trifled with our hearts as
we now tritio with these carda!"
"Uut, Lacienne, why do you go? Why
' do you not resist? Why do you not refuse
to leave- Paris? Why do you icrmit this
inau. w Lorn you do not love, to command
your life iu this way? Why do you leave
ire. and my love so ardent, so faithful? 1
fav ipv love, you see, for I know well that
j your"
3 " "My love, Louis, so beautiful aud
sweet! I beg of you not to alter it by un
just reproaches. I have committed tin
enough in loviug you recognize this in
place of torturing mo by suspicions. 1
b'u;.ll bo punished sufficiently when to
morrow i find myst-lf alone all alone
vi;h him!"
"Alone with him!" related M. de Bre
niont, de.-pair, anger, jealousy, disgust,
tearing at his heart, w hile the indiilereuts
that surrounded him took ices, played,
danced, arranged intrigues obeyed, in
fdiort. that oi:o"t law of antithesis that
eince the world began has encompassed in
riouds of joy. iu rays of sunlight, the sad
ticst SoITotV.
"Play, Louis, play!" cried Lucienne sad
ttcn'y; "iomu ne comes."
"iiut m it ended'" he murmured again;
"have wo met, have we loved, and do we
now part forever? For a year you have
been to mo the universe you who tell
mo with so calm a tone auieu! Audi I
must respond to you. adieu! And after
it. Lucienne. after I havo said adieu when
this night Is over, is it to bo nothing
more am I to see you no more? Is it -and
I a-sk it for the last time is it ended'"
"Yes." sbo answered, "for I must go
I cannot do otherwise; and l beseech you
not to speak to me in that way not to J
incite mo to commit imprudence! If I have j
refused niv love to M. d'Arcueil I have
still known Low to resect his name! B;it.
see. they regard us curiously!" And
Lucienne d'Arcueil gave the cards a new
turn. "Ace of spades!" announced the captain.
"Always that!" she answered aloud and
liol-Iii'g it up with a smile that showed
two rows of teeth s small an. 1 white as
tboso of a child, "lecidedly, I shall havo
to go ar.d consult a fortune teller. Doesn't
it t.lan;i you," the added, "that it i.i
6,1 ways the aco of spades that is turned?"
"Not particularly; a mere matter of
chance. 1 have seen at Spa a series of
vveu more surprising occurrences than
this. Sthl, the persistency of this ace of
spades may have a weaning that we can
not read. At all events, I will make you
a proposition, mad. unrealizable, perhaps
without possible result, but you feel tho
turning of this card -ortentous of some
thing, and they say there is a genie of
flay eh bien! I call upon it to serve me!
f I turn it again, this ace of spades, you
w ill give me the right to send for you, to
call you to me, no matter where, no mat
ter how, no matter at what honr. day or
address and we will find ourselves to-
f ether once more. Do you agree to it? Ah.
know what you would say that my
hope is wild.lnsensate ; t hat I must give up;
bo much the worse for me! But you you
risk nothing; it is I who will struggle with
the cards, and I I give you my word
tipou it will do nothing to trick you.
You refuse? So be it; you shall not go,
or. rather, if you do. I follow you at every
sacrifice, despite your husband, despito
yourself even"
"Anu you wouia uo iws: iuu uiuu
compromise me thus I decline to sub
ject myself to this mad proposition?"
"I swear it. J
She hesitated.
'DccMe! ho added; "decide ouicklr. '
lly mood is not ono to be trifled with! Do 1
AVEN
von accept i 1
"I accept ! the responded, la a sh2cea
voice; "shuffle the cards and begin!"
Louis shuffled them feverishly, then
placed them before his vis-a-vis, fixing
upon her a look long, piercing, fiery, as If
he would compel her by the force of mag
net ism.
"I wish," eaid he, "I wish that the ace
of spades should be the tur-upt Cut.
madamo!"
She cut, and Louis distributed the cards,
lie turned one. It was the ace of spades!
"Victoryl I have won!" ho cried.
"By enchantment, then."
"No, Lucienne, no! I love you it is
the enchantment of love that Wins!"
"But my revenge, monsieur, you will
permit me to have my revenge?"
"Revenger"
"Certainly; I desire to play against you.
Did you think I would yield without a
struggle? If I win the matter ends here."
And as It was not, after all. the game
of ecarte they were playing, and the
turned card was the oidy one In which
they had the slightest Interest. Mme.
d'Arcueil quickly gathered them together,
ehuflled them aud gave them to her op
ponent.
"And you wish the turn to be"
"The queen of hearts."
Tho eight of clubs showed Itself upou
the top of tho puck. Lucienne had lost.
"Again!" sho ersisted; "try it again!"
For well did she realize that it was
more than the ace of spades that she had
promised to obey; that Louis, her lover,
would cot be dilatory in appointing the
rendezvous to which it, this ace of spades,
would call her a rendezvous that, after
all. must end in parting; upon which scan
dal jKissibly would spy and tattle, aud
chastisement attend for a reckless, erring
wife. Lucienne shuddered.
"I cannot," she cried, "I dare not I
am afraid. I dare not abandon my des
tiny to the will of a card! You are a gal
lant man, Louis. Release me, I beg of
you releaso me from this thoughtless
promise."
"So; impossible! and if I should you
would still suffer the same. I love you
you know it, and I lielieve that you love
me. No. it is iuiiossibIe!"
"Then begin anew make tho test over
again!"
"Willingly something tells mo I shall
What card will you take now?"
"The one that came up before the
eight of clubs "
"Eh bien! Shuffle and give them to me
yourself."
Once more she did as he told her, shuf
fled the cards and gavo them to him, and
once more, as on tho other occasions, the
card that lo Bremont turned was the ace
of spades.
"Ah!" she cried, rising as if something
had stung her, "I was light it is en
chantment!" Whether sho were sorry or glad Lu
cienne d'Arcueil could not at the moineut
havo told you. It was very late. The
orchestra was plaving the last waltz.
Without a word Ixuis placed his arm
around Lucienne's waist, and the two
lovers, heart to heart, the one with the
other, found themselves In the wave of
dancers.
Soon the music ceased, the guests made
their parting compliments the ball was
over. j
The next morning M. d'Arcueil con
ducted Lucienne to Andelys, and the day
afterward departed on his secret mission.
Whilst diplomats occupy themselves at
a distance with the interests of France,
the soldier also has his duty as a French
man, and almost immediately following
the departure of the D'Arcneils from Paris
the th was ordered to depart for
Africa. .
The news of such an order was not re
ceived with delight, but gradually, as the
ti-ks anMVoihnj4 4Viw liAm s otnwf TvviSa
de Bremont felt his ambition to reawaken
the captain desired to see himself a
colonel. With scarcely time enough to
put their affairs in order, to drop a fare
well line to friends and parents, to climb
into the wagons, stop at Lyons and then
at Marseilles, the regiment embarked
upon the transport and in due time put
their feet upon African soil.
De Bremont, like the majority of
French officers, had made his debut in
Algeria, and now between skirmishes
amused himself revisiting places where.
as a simple lieutenant, ho had first
pitched his tent, the field where he had
wou his "maiden spurs," the bouvgade or
straggling village where he had left a lady
love, J or soldiers do not give up these
pleasing pastimes when they turn their
backs upon Paris.
Three months passed thus. By the end
of the fourth ho was well under way with
a promising love affair with a young in
structress of music, born of French pa-
rentage in Algeria, but Parisienne by in-
stuitt. One knows that Arabs are always
in a state of insurrection. Louis was ;
likely to it-main in Africa a long while.
Nor was he astonished one morning 1
toward the middle of to bo ordered
to make a sortie against the tribe of
Chachouia, then, as the military governor
had been informed by courier, making
daily ravages in the neighborhood of Con
stantine. It was his regiment that had
been selected to protect the colonists and
quell the disturbance.
He went without reluctance, for those
of his comrades who knew the province of
Constantino spoke with enthusiasm of
that wonderfully beautiful country, vith
its plain of the Gazelles, its mountains of
Albatre and Sel. A splendid country, but 1
one in which, behind its thickets of laurel j
roses, its intoxicating perfumes, its cliffs, i
precipices and seductive hedges, danger
lurked perpetually, danger from tho wily
Chachouia, ready to train upon you with-
out a moment's warning the shining bar
rels of their moukalas. ;
On the evening in question Louis de i
Bremont aud the CuO men whom he had
taken with him on the exiedition were
resting at their sixth and last halting
place hefore reaching their destination, .
gathered about a clear spring. A hun- '
dred meters further away the sentinels
wero posted who guarded the camp. The
rest of the soldiers slept, drank or
mended their uniforms. i
De Bremont, who was not in the least ;
sleepy, not at all in the humor for view- '
ing the country and regretful of the
charms of the little music teacher, was
decidedly weary, not to say bored, by the
situation.
"Play cards, then!" cried Leroy pres
ently, a little subaltern, with a turned up
nose; "what do you say, Lecaudey, to a
game of cards?"
"I'd play in a minute," said Lecaudey,
the lieutenant of the troop, "but I never
win; mores the pity!"
"And you, De Bremont?" appealing to
the captain.
"Win or no win, Fm with you," he re
sponded. And already the "brasher," as
they called the orderly who waited on the
mess, had opened one of the camp trunks
and was lost iu its depths searching for the
cards in the midst of the thousand and
one objects that soldiers know how to
cram into tne smallest space. ive min-
ntcs later a game that left a good deal to ,
be desired in the way of comfort and ade
quate light was preparing to begin be
tween Louis and his friend upon tho top
of the trunk now closed and serving as a
earning table.
"You'd a great deal better talk," cried
Lecaudey, complaininglr. and stooping to
pi 2k tip a roll of something that had fallen
from the trunk as the "brasher" had re
placed tho contents; "it's devilish slow
kicking my heels while you two amuse
yourselves, rounds! he added, his eye
alighting upon tho package iu his Laud;
"here's a find it's a paper!"
"And the game what shall it be?" de
manded De Bremont, cutting for deal.
"Ecarte, of course; It goes quicker."
"Are you ready?" cried Lecaudey, un
folding the sheet; "you wouldn't talk to
inn, so I revenge myself bv reading to
you. 'Political Bulletin Paris. April 20:
Hie Gazette do trance refuses
"Oh, enough, enough, Lecaudey !" cried
Iouis; "throw it in the fire, man; stop
the stuff!
"Will you stop vour playing, then?
j Will you talk to me":
'No, I won't!" replied Do Bremont;
"voihw my restKmso l turn up tlio ace
of spades!"
" refuses," Lecaudey legan again.
"Mercy! mercy! lcaudev!" added De
Bremont 's adversary; "pitch it away, that
infernal paper! Oive us a rest from poli
tics aud nuance!"
"Don't listen to him!
"Think of tho game!
said the captain.
Attention to the
turn up, ace of spades!"
"But the news of Paris, the letters
from Italy, follow the 'informations, a
turn at the news in the province, official
aopoiutmeuts, the hunt, the balls"
"Sacristil" from time to time groaned
the little subaltern, "but it's long, that
journal!"
Nevertheless the reading went on, and
with it the grumbling "They had come
to struggle with the Chachouia, and not
with Lecaudey and his 'divers facts.' "
Again it was Do Bremont's play, and
again he turned tho ace of spades. To
you, my readers, the card speaks volumes;
to him it said nothing! Love, you see,
goes so quickly!
"Chronicle of the court," read Lecaudey;
"legal affairs;" but, like love, the longest
paper has its end; the lieutenant had
come at last to fatalities, to marriages, to
deaths.
"Ftienne Godefrey, aged 23, Rue de
Courcelles."
"Aline Bemier, 83, Rue Saint Ilonore."
"Jean Lvsart, et cet., f
t. cot. "ho rtlnv.
t J
to manipulate
ers meanwhile continuing
tho cards.
Ace of spades!" called Louis for the
third time, making the turn up.
"Lucienne d'Arcueil," concluded Le
caudey, "widow, 20 years, Rue Saint
Ger"
De Bremont started to his feet.
"What did you say, Lecaudey?" said he.
"Lucienne d'Arcueil, mon ami; I was
finishing up the list of deaths!"
Lucienne d'Arcueil! Dead! Widowed!
and that card, that ace of spades, once so
beneficent, today so accursed! and which
returned anew at the name as if called
at the name of his forgotten love!
But would Lucienne be dead if he,
Louis, her lover, had called her as t had
been arranged he should do? This was
the question the captain asked himself as
he stood there, his eyes fixed upon the ace
of spades that he had seized iu his hand
All at once a hot broke the silence of
the night.
"To arms! To arms!" cried the voices
of the sentinels, followed by a rattling
volley.
"To arms!" repeated the captain; "to"
the words died la his throat; he had
not time even to draw his sword; a ball
had struck him in the heart; he fell, the
fatal card riddled between his fingers!
He had not called Lucienne d Arcueu to
1 the rendezvous of love, but she, wtdowed
and dead, had called him! Translated
from the French for The New York Mer
cury by E. C. Waggener.
The Paradoxes of Science.
The water which drowns us, a fluent
stream, can be walked upon as ice. The
bullet which, when fired from a musket,
carries death, will be harmless if ground
to dust before being fired. The crystal
lized part of the oil of roses, so graceful in
its fragrance a solid at ordinary temper-
atures, though
readily volatile is a com-
oound substruice. coutaimiitr exactly the
! satno elements, and in exactly the same
! proportions, as the gas with which we
j light our streets, i ho tea which we daily
drink, with benefit and pleasure, produces
palpitations, nervous tremblings, and even
paralysis, if taken in excess; yet the
peculiar organic agent called theine, to
which tea owes its qualities, may be taken
by itself (as theine, not as tea) without
any appreciable effect.
The water which will allay our burning
thirst augments it when congealed into
snow; so that it is stated by explorers of
the Arctic regions that the natives "pre
fer enduring the utmost extremity of
thirst rather than attempt to remove it
by eating snow." Yet if the snow be
melted it becomes drinkable water.
Nevertheless, although, if melted before
entering the mouth, it assuages thirst
like other water, when melted in the
mouth it has the opposite effect. To ren
der this paradox more striking, we have
only to remember that ice, which melts
more slowly in the mouth, is very efficient
in allaying thirst. Blackwood's Maga
zine. The Gallows In Japan.
To the gallows is an easy transition, as
it is a natural conclusion. In a secluded
part of the grounds at Ichigaya there is
a forbidding object, like a great black
box, raised six feet from the earth at the
foot of a long incline cut in the grass. A
sloping walk of black boards leads into
the box at the left hand side. The con
demned criminal is led up this and finds
himself inside upon the drop. The rope
is adjusted and the cap fitted, and then
at a signal the bottom of the box falls
back. Thus the Japanese method is ex
actly the opposite of our own, the official
spectators, including a couple of privi
leged reporters, being spared the ghastly
details of the toilet on the scaffold, and
see nothing until an unrecognizable corpse
is suddenly flung ouf and dangles before
them. Last year this gallows counted
seven for its tale of men. Tokio Cor.
New York World.
Lawyers Unprofessional Conduct.
Two Nova Scotia lawyers have been
found guilty of unprofessional conduct
and are to be suspended from the Barris
ters' society for six months. The unpro
fessional conduct Is not that they have
defended the wrong or assailed the right
for money which it seems is quite pro
fessional on the part of lawyers to do,
though an editor who did so would bo
considered unworthy of his profession
but they seemed to have shared some of
of their profits with one who is not a
lawyer. In other words, these abandoned
men seem to have actually allowed com-
missions to a man who
brougnt them
business. St. John Globe.
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
The republicans of the United States. asem-
bled by their (letiite In natloiiHl convention,
paui-e on the threshold of their proceed Iuk te
lionor tne ineiiiory wieir nnti Krrm icauvi
and ini'corlnl champion of iibetty and the
right ol the people. Abraham Lincoln, xnd to
cover also with wreaths t Imperishable re- i
meinbianee and gratitude the hciolc names of !
our later lenders who have been m re recently !
CHlleii awav from our elinc-l". tlralit. ! ilf.clil.
Arlliut. hojiaii and t onkliliK. May their mem-
oiies be faithfully cheiished. e also r all
with our gieelhlgi" and prayer for his recovery
the name of one of our ltvti)e hero whose
iiiMiiury will he t required In the history both
of lepuhiienm and ol the republic. '1 he lonne
istliat of the noble ro:ier and favorite child
of victory. I hllip II. hhetid;ill.
Iu the cplrit of those great leader" find of our
devotion t num. in hbert , a'il with that hos
tility to ad forms of des otiti ai il oppression
which Is the fundamental idea ol the r publi
can party, wend Irate-mil i-oimi-alulalions
to our fellow Ameiic:ins ol ISi-jiil upon tlu ir
re:tl a-t of cnnine Unit ion wliic?!i eomp'.-ted
I he abolition of slavery t hnnil out i ho tuo
Ameiieaii continents. We earnestly liojit- wo
i. ay coon congral ul.ite our fellow ciMzcni- of
Iri-h biitli upon the peaceful lecnvcry ol home
rule for Ireland.
WK ,.1'KUl.M 0'K l'NSVKiVIvl! PKVOTI.iV
lo t lie na; iotia constitution and to the iinii--sol
ible union of sli.lex to I lie au'ooi.uiy ii--s
iveil to the states under the com-! it in ion. to
the pt isonal rights and libert'esof cili.io n in
all jne anil territoiie l the union anil ec
pecially to the supenie ami sovere-gn rinht of
eveiy c'iiiyeii. ihth or poor, mtiivc or t'oifign
born, white or black, to eu-t one fine h. I ol in
II e iii!lic elections an i lo have tii .t ballot
duly counted. We hold a live and honest imp
u'ar ballot aud jitiil and t-'puil r ine-entalioii
of all pi ople t be the fotli.dat ion of our re-publii-aii
governiient aud demand HVclive
letlshif ion to fccuie the integiily an i parity
i f eleciioiif which are the f. untaius ol all pub
lic authority. We charge I hat the present ad
ministration n::d t he democratic maj rity iu
congress owe their existence to l be -lli-i rc-sii n
of the ballot by ciIuiiiihI nillilJlcat ",.f .1.0
const ! it ion ami laws ot I hu t Ilit ftl Ma I f
We are uiicroiui-romls ugly in I ivor of tho
Ami rii-an system ot ro.tction. e protest
against the destruction proponed by the prcM
dent and his party. They nerve Hie int. re ts
oi I. more
wk. w':t.l. 81 l-l-iiiti- i. Kltl-Kl-.-J or A.MKalOA.
We accept the Issue, and conllilciitly appeal to
the people for l heir judgment. The piotective
system must be maintained. Its abandonm.-ut
has alwavs he.-n followed by ne;.erl di der
to sdl interests; except thuse of the uin-nrer
and sh'rill'.
We denounce the Mills' bill as destructive to
general business, labor, and the farming inter
est of the country, and we heartily endorse
the cnuslMeiit an i pttiiutic action of the re
publican representatives iu congress in oppos
ing Its passage. We condemn the proposition
ol the democratic party to place wool on the
free list and insis- that llie duties thereon
sha I be ailju-tcd and (Maintained so as to fur
nish full aud adequate protection to that in-du-try.
The republican party Would effect all needed
reduction of tlm rational revenue by repealing
the tax- on tobacco, which are tin arrogai.pe
and I'lndeu to aurlciiUurc. autl the tat upon
spirits used iu the al ls apd forirechai i-al pur
pose", and by such revision of the tariff I .wsas
wll. tend to check iinp w ts oi s noil urii lea as
a e produced by our people, ihe p'ix'iicliiiu of
which tilvce employment to our labor, and re
lease frm import duties these articles of for
eign production, except luxuries, the like of
which cannot 1 produced at home, there hall
still remain a larger revenue than is r ijuisitfc
for the wants of government, of iutcrnal taxes
rather than surrender any part of our rotec-
tive system t t'-e ioii. t beh st of the w hisky
rinK and auocu ofToivdsJii i,biiuf,CHir ''
AUAINST PAl l'l" Ai J.' HOIf I Kl S n.
We eclarc ho-lilny to the it Iron tuition into
this country of t'orcicii contract Ubu- and of
Chinese l-hor alien to our civilization and our
constitution, and we demand the ngl I enforce
ment of existing law s against it and favor such
immediate legislation as will exclude such la
bor from our shores.
We declare our opposition to all comhii.a
tions of capital organized in trusts or other
wii-e to control nVhjiratlly the condition 'of
trade among ur citizens and we recommend
to covmress aud the state legislatures in their
respective jurisdictions sueh legislation as will
prevent the execution of till schemes tooppicss
he lief pie b undue charges on their supplies
or by unju t rutes for tje irsutipoitatioti or
tlieir prouucis w inarKei
we approve legislation by cot.giess to pte
vent alike unjust burdens and unfair d scrini-
inatiou betweon states.
v bi.k: i. and i.kgisi, .tio.v.
We reattirm the policy or approp-riting the
nubiic lands of the L'bited Stales to be linine-
stead lor An ei jcau cjijens; u)t at tiler!" not
aliep. wliia'- ihc tvpuhitoHu party CHiahlihod
iu l'2 against, tho pertwttMt oppoHiiior, of
the deniocra'S in congress, which has b:ou--iht
our great western domain into uu'gi.llic.ciit de
velopemei t. '1 he res oration of uuearui-d I 'nd
grants 1 o the public dom iu for the use of ac
tual settlers, whiell was uegun tiuer tne a.t-miiilt-tratioii
of rrts dent Arthur should be
continued. We d-ny th-t the deui crat-c party
has ever restored oiie acre to the pfo;;l- , hut
declare that by tlm joint hcijoii of iii;.iil.-licahs
and demr'!tti about fifty million Hert-s i i:n
earned lauds, originally granted for th n
i ruction ot railroads, hive been restored to
the public domain in pursuance of cot;. Hi ions
inserted by ili i eiiub.ieau party iu the oii,;in
al grants. We chroge t e democratic ::dvh.is
tratiou with t.iili-re to execute hi--s s. ci:i-ii-g to
settlers title lo theii home-te datidv-jth us
ing up: l-oj rialioiis padd foy that lii.o' e to
harrass Innocent scillcr with a-jd: " and prose
cutions under he fale pr tense of cx,o.-i..g
frauds and vimPcatin the law.
AnM lsION if 1 t- liitlTo:?!
The government bv coi-gn s of l'.ie territor
ies is based upon necessity only to the end that
they may oec ime st-i;es in l lie union : inere
fore. whenever the condition of populai Ion.
material resource. l -b!ic intelligence and
morality arc Mich as to insure stable local gov
erume.i t therein the people ofsin-h terr tories
should h- permitted, a right inherent in them,
to fon.i for themselves constitutions snd state
goveiT.meuU and ho ad 'tted nto tlpMinion
Pending .repar;tti u for statehood ali officers
thereof sho ild be seleeted troni bona fide
resid- nts and citizens of the territory wherein
they are to servo South Dakota IinuM f
rigi't be inline lately admltieit as a state in
the union under the constitution framed and
adopted by her people and we heartily en
dorse the action of the tepublican senate iu
twice passing Pills for her admission, 'i he re-
f -sal of the democratic house of lepresenta-
tiviM. or partisan purLB.ses. t- favorably con
sider these biiis i- a willful violation of tjic
s:i rp l Amene in pvi".ci;:le uf looal icW-hx-cih
merit, an i ineiltit (he condemnation or all just
men. 'I he pending bilis in the senate for acts
to enable the oeoJe of Washington. North
I) ikota ami Alontanu-i teintones ?o form con-
stitu ion and establish state governmer-ts
shi.u il be passed without unneces wry de ay.
The re ublioan mi'tv pledges inself to do ail in
i-s power to fact! it -tic the admission of the 'e
ritorie of New iexic.. Wyoming. Idaho and
Arizona to the enjoyment uf selr-governiuent
as states. ii:ch of them as are now quaiiheu
as soon as possible. and others as soon as they
may ne.oine so.
TIIK IOIS5I3 l)UKTia.
The political power of the Mormon church in
the territories as xercised n the pait is a
iiien.iiCo to free ir.ti.il titlous -oo dangerous to
be lone suffered. T crefore e p edge t he re
publican party "o appropriate legislation,
asserting the sovereignty of the nation in all
the territories wlieie the same is questioned.
xnd in furtherance of that md to place
noon the statute book legislation stringent
eu ugh to divorce roliiical from ecclesiastical
power -ud tini" stamp out ine attendant
wickedness of polygamy.
I he republican party is In favor of the use
of both gold and silver as money, and con
demns the polu-v of t he democratic adminis
tration in its efior's to demonetize silver-
e demand the reduction oi letter postage
to t c-nt per ounce.
Iu a republic like ours. w hre the cilUetis
the sovenign and tho oflici-l the servant,
w here no pow t is exercised except by the will
of the people. It js Important that tho sovr-r
pign people siiouiii possess midline ce. ine
free school is the promoter of that intel igeuce
which is to preserve us a free nation, 'I her-'-
fore. the .state or nation., or both oonbined.
should support free institutions of learning
sufficient to fiord to evety child growing UP
in the land tho opportunity ot a good oonimoii-
school education.
OUK MKBOHAST MAIIINK.
We earnestly recommend that prompt action
be taken i- e rc-ess la the e actment of such
legl:arion as will best secure the rebabilhs
tiou of our A'neric n merchant marine, and
we protest against the passage by conaress of
a fre ship bill as calculated to work injustice
to labor by Iesserliig the wages of those en
gaged in preparing materials as well as tliose
directly employed iu our shipyard, e de
mand appropriations for tho mrly rebuilding
of our navy, for the construction of o axt
fortifications aud modern ordinance and other
approved modern mea--s of defense for the
protection of our defenseless harbors and
cities, for the payment of Jnt pe-sions to our
soldiers, for necesarv w ak of national l n-
Til
J
"J '
portanc - in the improvement or the uarb
and channels of iuternal. coastwtser am
fre en commerce, for te encouragement
tha shipping interests of th Atlmtic. Onlf
and Pacific states as veil a for the payment I
of the maturing public debt. This policy will .
This policy will .
give employment to ourl-ibor, activity to our
various U4Mtries, iqcresed security ta our
country, promote trade, open new and direct
niaikeU for our product and cheap n the cost
of transportation. We Hflirin this lobe far
: Uelter for our country than tne democratic
p,iCy f loaning tins covernmeut's money
( without Interest to "pel bank
KOHKICN KSI.ATIOM4.
The conduct ol foreign nfTairs by the piecnt
aitmiiiistral Ion hax beeu cli-tingiiished by lit.-f-tlcie
ey and cow:uilitt Ihiviint vltlidrnwn
from the s-iuile sill pending tiea e !! ted
tiy republican a''iuiiiistratto' s lor I no removal
j f foreign burdens mol restriction ui
! oiiimeice and for lis extension into a
upon our
better
j ,Hiket U bits neither nlleeted nor propped
a-.y ot her In tlieir stead Profcslng adher
ence to the Monroe doclrii e. II has seen Win
Idle complacency Ihe extension of foreign In
fluence in Central America and of foreign trade
everywhere im.oi h our uelghbois. It has re
fused to cluilttr sanction or encoiiruue any
American organiyt ion for constructing the
N icaragua canal, a work of vial Importance to
the maintenance'" Hie. Monroe doetiiee anil
of our national influence Iu Central and South
A niei lea. and in-cessai y fo I he development
of tridc with our 'aeiiie ter:itory, with Souili
America, and with the further coasts of the
I'aciilc Ocean.
Kisji ru I rs it: vs rtoN
We n rial rn ihe present di-oiocrt le adinPiiii
trallon lor its weak and unpatriotic treatment
of the tlslu lies question, and lis pusillanimous
stirrcndcrof all privil-ges to which our lishery
v ssel . are en'l Icil m t.aiiadiaii polls under
the treaty of 11. the reciprocate loarin.
tine lei-lslation of is.m and l on.ily of nut hum
and which f'anadian lishing vessels renelve in
the ports of t he l ulled Still . e cu Icnin
the i oliay of the icent ail n.Ii.ls'ia! ion and
t lie democratic majority iu cingres towards
our fisheries as unfriendly and eouspii-louly
mi pal riot ic and as tend ing to destroy a valuable
ii at ional industry and an indispensable resource
of defense agauc-t f reign enemy.
The name of American applies alike to i-ll
cdizeus of the rep ibli -. and imposes upon nicii
alike the same o1 ligat io. i of obedien-;;, to the
aws. a t t he same I line c( izen-liip Is and must
be the panoply and safeguard of him who weais
it, should ithie'daud protect him whether high
i f low. rich or poor, in all his civil lights. It
should ami mils! afford htm protection at home
and follow and protect him abroad In whatever
land hu may be on a lawful errand.
Civil. sriivicK H'ruiiM.
The io !:n ! iC'1 'vte !-' .ii,'II',,Hi p 'f-
ly la mot coi.i;ni ...iheie in ihe demo
cratic party have deserted hot only the cause
of honest government, but of sound finance, of
freedom and polity of the ballot, but espec
ially have deserted the caue of reform in the
civil service. We will not fail to keep our
pledges because ti ey have broken theirs, or
be-ause their candidate has broken h!. We
1 herefore repeu our declaration of 14, tnvvjt i
The reform of civil service auspUOii.iy ncgun
under iepubiuan rIiiiinisii-alloa should be
completed by afurther extension of th" reform
system already established by law to all grades
of the service to which it is applied. The spir
it and purpose of icforni should be observed iu
all executive appointments, and all laws at
varience with the object of existing reform I g
islation should be iciicl- il. and that Ihe dan
gers to free institution which li;:k in thu pow
er "f olFcial patronate in y ho wisely and ef
fectively avoided.
The grfiUidc ot the nalt n to the defenders
of tho union cannot rs assured except hv laws.
The lcgislat ion of congress Khoilld conform to
the pledgyx made by a loyal p ople. aud be so
enlarged od uxicitlcl nj to prov'dc against
the possibility th'it any man who honor tbly
wore I lie federal filiform shall become a:i In
mate of an almshouse or depend-nt on i rivate
charity. In the presence ol an overllowing
treasury it would b a public scandal lo do jes
for those whose valorous service preserved the
government. We denounce, the i.nume spirit
shown by i'rush.iuiif Cleveland m Ii'" nuiuerous
vetoes of liiVasureii for peiision relief, and the
action of the democrat tc house of representa
tives (n refusing even consideration of general
pension legislation.
In support ?'f the principles '-ercwith enun
ciated, we invite the co-operation of patriot! :
men of all parlies, especially of all working
men whose prosperity is seriously Hire-tened,
by the free trade policy of the pres? iii.
istratioit.
The first err ppio f n good coverunient is
tl.e onus and sobriety of the people Mid the
purity of their home. The republican party
cordially sympathizes with tll wise ami wrf
directed efforts for the promotion of teo'.pm
ance
BUSINESS DJUKCTOItY.
ATTOKSEY.
s. F. THOMAS-Attorner-at-Law
ar.f, Nuto'y rublic oi!lce In
Fi'.zgera'd i'.lo. I'tattsmouth, Neb.
ATTOiiMY. '
A A. X. SULLIVAN,
Attorney-at-Law. Will gtve promjit attention
to all business Intrusted to him. Office in
Union Block. East side, ITattsmouth. Neb,,
AUKICULTl'KA L IiM I'LKM EXT.
HALL Si C1A1;.
AgricuHursl liapiciiiciits, Courtland linggie
apd itolhroi'd Wagons, "(IimxI Timber and
Hone Dry." sold and Warranted. Main street,
between Sixth and .Seventh.
JJA.NK.
FIRST NATION' A I. 15 A NIC.
of Plottsmoti' h. Capital jj.'iii nuo ; surplu.
Ouo. John Fiigerai'd, i'rcshlent S. Waoiiii.
Cashier: f. S. Wlnte. Yjni-I'reci.ient. Hoard
of Diicctors : ,1 ha, Fpeiaid. F. IC. White,
Juo. If. Clark", !. ii.-ivvkswoi'fh, S. Waugh.
BANK.
Tlllj CiriZKXS RANK,
of Plattsinoiit:.. f'ap't I stock paid in. S5o.rCj.
Frank Cairuth, Pr'-ideut : w. I(, .ishing,
lashier; J. A. Connor, V:oe-rresident. A
geneia! ban.J'j!'.; i.iii-icss tr n-acted. (,'ollec-t'laii-
receive prompt and careful attention.
BLACKSMITH
KOHKKT DON'NKLI.Y.
Blacksmith r-nd Waann .-akor, Dealer in A'iad
mPIs. I'lpnpn and Ffttiugs.
BOOTS AXDSIIOKS.
josicrn rnzKH.
Koots and Shops Hepainno promptly attended
to. GUTil Sidd Alain Street.
BOOTS AND SHOPS.
PETER MEKUFS.
A complete assortment of every kind of Foot
wear and cheaper than the Cheapest west (,f
the Missouri Kiver. Also matiofa.rtj.iii, and
Itet airing.
BAitiiuK fctior ANT lTTH ROOM.
!:. MtMtLEY.
Hot !i-l Cold Ba lis at all hours. Ladies' and
Children's Hair Cutting a specialty. Cor. 5tli
and .Main, under Carrut h's.
BAKERY.
F. TA7'ril.MANN.
Urea',!, falars. Tie. Huns, etc., fresh daily,
raity. Wedding and Fa-cy Cake a specialty.
Ice Cream in any quantity.
BOOKSELLER. ETC.
.1. P. Yorxo,
Pooksf-ller, Stationer. ;od Xew-s Dealer ; Fancy
(ioods, Toys, Confectionery, Fine cigars. Soda
Wuter and Milk shake. Pianos and organs and
Musi al Instruments.
p LOTH IN It.
" S. & O. MAYER,
Gen-'s Furnishings, Fine T jilor Made Clothing
in Men's. Boys' and children's Wear. Their
prices defy con-petition. Thev misrepresent
nothing. Their Wjr I s Their liond.
GL THINK.
L. GOLDINo.
Cloth ' sr. "u nislii'-.g o-ods ; to the o'd re
liable htm? for Hats. Cans. t'lubivilas.TriiTiks.
It Cots, Sfcm-s. Main street, next Cass Co, lia:ik.
Q LOTH IX
c. e. YR-scorr.
Clothin-
Hali. Cans, ,tc Fine
Fiirnishln is
our specialty. Uni prico and no jpoikc-y nu
Jnes, t r ays iu tra-le with us. Jt ckw0jd liik.
PANNING fVMIi'ANv
u OA Itlil' TH CA vi VC, CO..
Fl'-in't Cai-ru'h. Henry J. Strei-jht. Proprietors.
I'aokers of taeClitnax Urand Vegetables.
Gonpe.;tioxeky.
PMII.LUI KffYUS.
I ru:t. Confectionerv and Fine Cigars.
DtUUS.
O. f. SMf ft & CO.
DeaVrs in Wall Paper. Pai-its. Oii. Art Mater
ials. Cigars .t -. li.mkwj Il-ock.
Dru7s
Urngs, ch inioaU. Paints, fli's.
nuns.
F. 1 FttfOKE J; CO..
tLcines. Cliijinicils. Points.
Druj. M
Oils.
Varii-h s. uy-i S-fI et?. s-ine talionory.
Select T Mi :i a id F.iruy .rtic'.e-.
f "n'iYtJ ou G ''tCEKIES.
':U F.-. WHITE
Dry ;1 ,1 , c,r eeri v ition-
om. Oene.-ai Mer
earner Main and 6th t.
tv
U
KYGO0D j.
J F. UKUR'f AN.
Dry Gond. Notions an I Ladies Furnlshln '
Good, Qae door east Firai lijtMJuai Bank.
DRY tiOODS.GUOCEKIKS.
E. ti. DOVKY & HO.
Carry a Urge tock of Fine t.rocerles, Dry
(ioods. Carpets, (jueensware. Notions, Slid
Fancy Goods, to he found in the county. Up
per fifa-it street, between ftih and titti.
DK NT I S i ; "
D1L A. T. wmiRKH.
"Tho rainless Dentists." leeth extracted
w It bout the least pain or harm, Ar. iflclal teeth
Inserted liuinc dlau-ty after extracting imttiral
ones when deuited. Gold and all other I'illlligS
stiictly first class. Olllee In t'uloii i'.lock.
FcuNrrrtiK.
IIF.HY r.OECK.
I iirnilure. Holding. 1OoKlng tiiassi-. Picture
Frame, etc. Woo.leu and Metal Cask'-ts kepi
in stock.
FCKNIiTUK.
I. FKaIILMAX.
Furnilure, I'arloi ru!ts, t plio'slcry Goods,
Stoves, tiiecnsw arc. 'I Inware. and all kind of
lion chold Goods. Norlh lil'i street, between
Main and Vine.
flKXT'.S FL'KNISUING G'!IM.
J .1. II. D INNKI.LV.
Gents Fine Furnisher and Hatter,
complete and finest stock In tin- city
I'.lock, Cor. Mil and Main.
Th most
Carruth
Gil ICKUII S.
M. 11. MIIHl'IIV CO.,
'Ihe Leading Dealers in Groceries, Crockery,
China, La'i'ps. Wooden and Willow ware.
Flour, Feed.&c. Ca-di paid for country produce.
G HOC Kit IKS.
I.KHMIOFF fit HOKXXICHSKN.
Groceries, Provisions, Glassw are me! Crockery.
GKOCKKIKS.
F. Mi C'Ol'ICT.
tirecii. Staple and Fancy Gioccri s.
GKOCKKIKS.
PL XX FIT U 'IT' I T.
Staple and Fancy Groceries, Green Fiuils and
Canned (ioods.
GKOCF.it I ES.
AUG. II it'll.
Groceries and ni,-ensware, Flour Hnd Feed.
Clears. 'I'obaceo and Cullers. Kiddle House.
GKOCKKIKS.
CllltIS WOll I.I A IM'I L
Staple anil Fancy Groceries,
Glassware and
Crockery. Flour and I'eeil.
HOTEL,
Fit ED cM)S,
Proprietor City Hotel. Terms. l.on per
day.
Special Attention given commercial men.
HAKNKS-?.
W. G. K HICFKK.
Successor to O. M. Hi reigiif. Harness, Saddlery
(ioods. Nef, Holius, Du-ti-rs, and all horse fur
nisliinjj ijooiU.
HAUDVVAKK.
.IOIINVON HltfS .
1 1 aid ware. Stoves. Tin ware. Tnble and Pocket
Cutlery. Kasors, etc. Hoiisehohl Hewing Ma.
chines and Jen-el Gasoline stoves. iiiiH.uk
of a!) kinds done at reasonable, prices. Alain
sired. Kockwood I'.lock.
TEW ELK Y.
O It. A. Sli Kl.WA I X.
Watche;;. Clonk. Silvorwaro and .lewelrv.
Spevhi Atictitioti given lo Watch l(c pairing.
TUWELUY.
J PKAXK CAUKUTH & SOX.
Always carry a Ilms stock of Di.iuionds, Waf di
es. CI cks. .lewelrv. Silverware and Hpect!e.
Drop iu and inspect their goods before parch ax
ing elsewhere.
TEWEUIY.
v .1. SCHLATEK,
.leyve.lcr. Waliham Watches a Sipcelalty. Main
Street, tic.ir Fourth.
L1VEKY STAHI.K.
C. M. HOLMES & SON.
Tim checkered I'.arn. Livery Feed and Salo
stable ; parHcs conveyed to nil partsof the cltv.
Carriages at all trains. Coiner Vine and Ulh.
ME A I M A l( iKT.
K It'll AKD BILSTEIN.
Wha'(iao ninl detail Dealer in First Qualify
iiet'f. Pork, Mutton Veal. Lamb, etc. Sixth
strep', Neville P.lnck. Pi ices moderate.
MEAT MAKKET.
.1. II AT T & CO..
Kill their own Cattle. Keudcr their own Lard
and Cure tlieir own liacoti. Main stieet.
MEAT MAI'K FT.
FM KLKK ft CO..
Eggs. PouHry &c. We oso o. ly the best erade
of native stock . Oysters and game in season.
M1
EIU HAV1 1 A I Loli.
C. F. SMITH.
Merchant Tat'or. Main street, over Merges'
Shoe store. Colnplele stock of saoiples. Kit
giiaranteed. I'l ices defy compel ition.
Iff 1LL1NEK V- "
i'A M liS. .'. F. JOHVSf.N.
A Coidpleie I. Ine of the Lctcst, Si' ion iif Afil
liiiery and Trimmings ; also Cti.ldren") 'md In
fants' Kotme's. to be clos-d , 1 1 r ar co.
RESTAI'KANT AND 1,1'VCH lil':,il'
.1 AC P, IilCN'NCH.
Meals and Lunc Ua s'i veil to order at a'l hours.
Al-o o.st'-iH. ' igars. 'fob 'ceo. Pop and Cider.
Op.;i,iie Kiddle House.
SAMPLE l.'OOM.
FliAMM & K LI ETC II.
Sample U:...iu. f ..iporie.i and D.imcsiic V nes,
l-i;piois and Ci:.it. Only straight goods ban
died. Milwaukee IJotiled Laer a Si c;-ialty.
Cor. 5'h and Jlih St-.
SAMPI.F KOOM.
TltU XMEIilCAX EXCHAN'GK.
XI 'U f'uuiiiugha'u. proprietor ,holce Alirn,
Liquors and Cigar. Pool and Kil.iard Tables.
K ildlc Hon e Block.
SAMPLE P.OOM.
Tflli ELKIIOUV SALOON.
Wm. Weber, proprietor. Manufacturers of
Soda Walcf. lliis-h Beer. Cider, etc. Agents for
Fred Ki 'in's Celebrated La-'-r Beer.
SA.U.'LE KOOM.
JuIIV P.L VKE.
Sample Itoom and iiilliard Hall CViolee Wines
Liquors aud Cigars. 1: IMard ami pool Tables.
t,w office.
P rsr-m-.l at'ention to all fimdoers Fntrust
j my care.
XOTAKY IN" Ofl'ICF.
Till.-?s Examined. Abstarcts Compiled, In
nrance Written, heal Estate 'old.
Hetter Facilities for making Farm Ixians than
Any Other Acncj
I'laltsitaoalti,
Xrh
Usk
C.
F. SMITH,
The Boss Tailor
Main Sr.. Over Merges' Shi e SK'C.
Has the best ami most r'.tripletc stock
of samples, both foreign, nnrl domestic
woolen tiiat ever cp nid v.vst of Missouri
river. Note these ts-'-y-,: I5asitiif s niits
from li to t:io, lrrKs suits, $21 to $4-",
pants $4, $5, ?.fj.'.0 nml upwards.
CijTWill fruurantrcd a f,t.
Prices Defv Competition.
-T- C, BCOITE,
BARBER AND HAIR DRESSER.
All work first-class; west Fifth Street.
North Ilolert Sherwood's Store.
G-. 13..K;E;iwiI3PST3E:2?t,
Practical Piano enl Organ Tuner
AND KErAIRFK.
First-claps work guaranteed. Also deal
er in Pianos and Organs. Office at Boeck'a
furniture store, P&tteraoutb, Nebraska.