The Plattsmouth daily herald. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1883-19??, December 04, 1888, Image 3
uLli ! PLiftflSJiuu-rnt ABltA5JKA, TUESftAV, DECEMBER 4 1SS8. A SECRET 8ON0. O mow bird I snowbird! Welcome thy not when maple bough are bar; Thy merry muter, thy emphatic call, IJLa ftllves- tnuiivU pierce the freezing air, What llmo the radiant flake begin to fall. We know thy aerret. When the day a-rowa dim. Far from tbo hotuea that thoa haat cheered mo loutr. Thy chirping changes to a twilight hymn I O snowbird, auowblrd, wherefore hide thy aongf O snowbird I snowbird! Is It a sons of sorrow none may know, An aching memory 7 Kay, too glad the note! Untouched by knowledge of our human woe. Clearly the cryxt&l fluting fall and float. We bear thy tender ecMtaay, and cry: IendiMtby icludnesa that can brave the chill l" Under the splendors of the winter sky, O snnwbinl, now bird, carol to us still. - Xlizabcth Coftwycko ItoberU In The Century. MISS MARTHA. Miss Martha IJailey known through out Ilosevillo simply as "Miss Martha" sat by ono of tho windows of her cozy fitting room, putting tho last stitches into a llannt-1 skirt for old Mrs. Dodley, who suffered terribly with tho rheuma tism, which was not improved by the weekly Hcrubhings the gave tho offices in tht brick block on Main street. Miss Martlia had just 6evid a Etout horn button on the waist belt, and was about to foM the skirt up, smiling at the thought of the old woman's delight when sho should receive the gift, when the hall door opened without tho ceremony of a preceding knock, and a neighbor, Mrs. Marsh, came in. "You ought not to sew by twilight. Miss Martha," sho said, as she entered the room, "j-ou'll ruin your eyes. liut that's not what I camo here to say; Mrs. Norcrofis died an hour ago. Tho smilo faded from Miss Martha's face, and her ej es grow humid. "Poor woman!" sho said, in her low, sweet voice. "So she has gone at last. Sho suffered a great deal." "Yes, end sho was glad to go. But she lir.d every attention, in spite of licing a stranger here. Dr. Lldgecourt visited Ju r every day, aud never charged her a cent, 1 know; and all the neighbors sent thing. to eat. Cancers aro terrible things. .She was a mighty patient woman. Poor soul! Hut now," with a suddc-n change of touo, "what's to be done witli Juval'" "Has f.hc no relative at all?" "No one. Sho i i too refined and pretty to do housework, even If she was strong enough, which sho isn't. Sho can't go to the poorhouse, of course, and sho hasn't a dollar there's to bo a subscrip tion to pay the burial expenses." Mis Martha stood smoothing the flan nel skirt with her white, thin hands, her face wearing an evpression of deep thought mingled with anxjtty. Once sho opened her lips as if to sricak, then hesitated and closed them again. Ought sho to make thl Kicrilico which eceuicd urged upon her It would " selfish not to do so. She raL-tfd her head and said, in a firm, sweet voice: "The girl must come tome, since there 13 no ono i-L;o to take her. I liave plenty for one I can uiaku jf. enough for two bv exercising economy." '"That's just like you. Miss Martliat I knew you'd taako tho offer. The girl lias got a lirst rate education, and she can study up enough to fciUc a school by next fall. Of course you won't want Jier around after you aro married." A deep ilaJu camo into Miss Martha's naturally face: she droppod her eyes, and turned away from Mrs. Marsh, with some murmured excuse about making the llanucl skirt she held into a bundle t be sent nwav. The neighbors agreed that Eva Nor cross could not have found a- better home than 6he had at Miss Martha's. The lit tle cottage stood in a laxgo garden, well filled with fruit trees and shrubs. In the summer it was gay with flowers of very inany varieties, and 6weet smelling honeysuckle wandered over and nearly concealed tho fence and front piazza. Miss Martlia had lived in the cottage with old Hannah for twelvo years. For three of these rears she had been en gaged to Dr. Tom Edgecourt, whose practice was yet too small to enabje him to marry, lie was a year younger than Miss Martha, and this fact often stung her very keenly. She sometimes stood before her looking glass and attentively studied her face, wishing she was 20 instead of Ci), and had the bloom of ten years be fore. Her hair was still glossy and abundant, her eyes still bright; but the T.IumpTu-ss and Lloom of her early girl hood had l!t d forevpr. Occasionally sho wondered if Tom would el ways love her, and tortured herself with imagining it a sacriiice for liini to marry her. Y"ould not a young girl suit him letter? She started like a guilty tiling when Hannah' tap at the door "or call from the halj beloy jntcr runted these meditations. Sho vas osfiamod of herself that she thought BO much f her Je:arted prettiness and the difference UWeen litT age and Tola's. Yet she could not drivo av.-ay her harass ing doubts, nor would sho try f.o scf them at rct by speaking of them to Tom. S!u w;.s shy and sensitive, and so wai l:i f.uJ they were both very proud. Eva Ncreross found Iier new home a very q'lict but not an unhappy one. She was g.-rth? and timid, and u'd not care for V.f.' x-icty cf girLs of her own ag5, She liked nothing better than to Jie in an easy c'ir.ir all dav with a book or soruo cmnrci U ry i i l.'r white, pretty liands. tvhich 21ias M-irtha v.-as jwver weary of admiring. Th? d.d mother ha 4 in dulged her oie t -1:111, cud never taught her to make hr.-If usefuL Tliere was no need for her t- bo active iu the cot tage. At tho outlet MLsj Martha liad trM h,T that slit) would 1 reouired to do nothing but 6tudy, Jlonnah being fully competent to do ihc entire work oi the small olalliahmcnt. "You must educate yourself to teach," Mrs. Marsh said, one morning, cs she en tered the cottage la her abrupt way and found Eva embroidering a cushicn, You can't live e.i Miss Blartha all your life. Xext fall v.-f will try to get yon the district Rcbl ct PodJ's Corner." Eva shuddered end f.Tcvr a Jittle pda. while tho work fell froju her i;and, "I haro heard that the children at Dodd's Comer were very rough with the last master," sha caid, in 'her soft, Jow voice. "A woman might Lave more jfluenc2 with 'cm tlian a man," said Mrs, Marsh, "Anyhow, it won't hurt you to try it p spelL Mlis Martha." as that lady camo iu from tho kitclien where Ehe had been making a "quaier" for old Mrs. Llreen'o cold, "you must get the doctor to civo Eva rome strengthening medicine. Yel low dock tea wool! put HCV7 life into her." , Dr. Edeccourt called that ftfternopn for a moment, on his way to make a pro fessional visit, and Miss Martlia told turn wlvat Mrs. Marsh had said. Tho young man sat down b r Eva and took her hand in his. Mi. Martlia watched hini closely, wondering if he noticed how round und white was the wrist on which lie pressed hw (ingt r. "Sho is not sick," he said: "all sho needs U fresh air and exercise;" and then he proposed that she should wrap up and get into his sleigh at the door and drive with him to the house of his patient, two miles away. "Can't you go, too, Martha, ho asked. "We will crowd you in somewhere." "I do" not care to go," she said, and Tom thought her manner rather cold and depressing. Ho did not urge the matter, for ho was easily wounded, and never asked her a second time to grant him a favor. Ho was not a demonstra tive lover, perhaps because Miss Martha never encouraged caresses. She did not think it modest or womanly to do so, yet she often caught herself wishing that Tom would bo more affectionate. They had been engaged for three years, but had seen comparatively little of each other, owing to Tom's studies and ixr patients of which there were many and they had never grown familiar, as is tho case with most lovers. Miss Martha watched tho couple drive away. Tom Ixmt to arrange the buffalo robe moro closely about his companion, and said something wluVh mado them loth laugh, and Miss Martha turned quickly from tho window with a pain nt her heart. The girlish face framed in fleecy wool of tho black hood was so very lovely! Would ho mark tho differ ence, and regret She took up her work and began to turn down ahem; but sho could not drive away the haunting thoughts wldch tor mented her. "Three years!" 6he murmured. "It is a long engagement; and I have heard it said that men are not patient waiters. I wonder if ho has ever wished to bo free again." Tho ride proved of much lenefit to Eva, who was brighter and gayer for days after. Seeing this, Tom took her with him frequently, never thinking that ho was causing his betrothed pain by so doing. Hecame oftencr than ever to tho cottage, playing chess and cribbago with Eva at the center table in tho evening, whilj Miss Martha sat by with her Bow ing nnd wished sho were Eva's age. "Do you think I will stand any chance f ..T I A I - 1 IV- i oi gelling ine scii ui jiiuu a turner next fall. Dr. Edgecourt?" asked Eva, ono evening, "You surelv don't think of applving for it!" cried Tom. Why, the children are little heathens. They throw ink liottles and spitballs at the teacher and swear Jike troojers. No, no; wo must not let you go there," "I must work for myself," tho girl said. "I cannot consent to remain de pendent on any one." "Wait until next fall comes before you legin to worry," Tom said. "It's only March, now, and something better may turn tip in the next six months." Eva, as was her custom, eft the room as soon as the game of chess was pver. Tom always had a few minutes alono with his betrothed before leaving the cottage. "I am so tired of boarding," he said, when, after some unimportant conversa tion, ho rose to go. "I wish I had a liC-njo," and he 6ighed. For some minute Miss Martha stood where he had left her,' pub hand bear in j rather heavily on tho small hall table. Could he only have known wliat stress she laid upon his careless words! She mechanically repeated over and over the last sentence ho had uttered, and remem bered tho bitterness of his tone. Then she walked slowly into the 6mall parlor again, and dropping on her knees ny an easy chair, burjed her face in the soft cushions. "1 am no longer young," she said in a hoar.;e voice. "lie sees his mistake, now that Eva is here to point a compar ison. And yet now can l give lum un: How can I offer him Ids freedom? Could I live on without the hope that I held so close to my heart for nearly three years? Lsut must decide, rot now, l wtll wait just a little while, to be sure he has ceased to love me." Now was Miss Martha's chance to say something tender and cheerfid, but the words refused to form themselves on her tirta Klin u"ta ror, oliv nml l'taltr cVin and Tom had seemed to be drifting very tar apart. Tom looked at her a moment, as if expecting her to speak; but as sho did not do so he turned almost angrily from her, a dark red flush of wounded pride dying his frank, fair face. He wished lie had not uttered tnat longing for a hoire. "Oh, I forgot to tell you," he said, as he reached the hall door, "that my brother Arnold is coming to Roseville to morrow. He has some affection pf the head, and wants to put ' himself under my care for a month or two. He will leave his law business entirely in his partner's liands. Poor Arnold! He has oihvr than physical troubles! Thero's an o!d saying that women are at the bottom of all mischief, and men are rach foolj sometimes! Good night, Martha;" and the door closed loudly. Eva noticed that Miss Martha was very pa? j And distrait the following day, and w:ui not looking her best when Arnold Ed. cecourt came with Tom to calk She liad never seen this brother before, but he wa:-. so like Tom in every way tliat she liked him at once. He was, however, more a man of the world than Tom, and wh;l3 Tom'a face wore a look pf frank good nature, Arnold's tvas, clouded by an eipr.-ssion of melancholy and discontent. Till; Miss Martha ascribed to those secret trou! !es of which Tom had spoken, and she wondered if some woman had jilted the handsome lawyer. Several weeks passed by, and Miss Martha was no longer her former bright, clt3-.rf ul self. She did not know what it wi s now to bo without that sharp pain tX l.r.irt, and the estrangement beteen he.-jclf nnd Tom seemed to grow greater every day. .He withdrew more " and ir.cv into himself, and she made no ef fort to restore the old pleasant relations between them. She watched him closely, c-:d saw that he seemed nnnoved and dl.t ressed at Arnold's decided attentions to 1 : va. Once she heard liim remonstrate a it!i lu's brother, but Eva's name wad X'ic- pnly word che caught distinctly. She thought Tpm jealous, end afraid that tho ;;t.-"s heart would bo ron from Liiruplf . "It muit coaie," JJis3 Martlia would rjurmur to herself. ?M must offer him his freedom. V'hy cannot I be brave aud cojtatpnee? lia loves Eva, but ho ii r.oi ireo to win scr, anq Arnold s atten tions f laLu end trouble him. But Jiow can I givo him v? ' 1 will wait just a Utile longer." 'jlius from d.-.y to ay tho put off tho evil hour in which site was to seo her (Tccrcst hopes crumble to dead ashes. Sho shuddered when tha thought oi spending tho rest of her life without Tom's love. One evening the two young men camo bv invitation to tho cottage to supper. Miss Martha sent them into the garden to smoke, while she, with Eva's assist ance, was busy laying tho table with tho best damask and china. Presently she went into the jxlrlor to get from tho old cabinet which stood between tho win dows some silver Epoons which had Ikj longed to her grandmother. Tho shut ters were closed, but the windows were open, and the low murmur of voices came to her ears. She know tho broth ers wero just outside on the rustic bench, and she was ubout to close the cabinet nnd sioak to them, when she heard Tom's voice uttering words which seemed to fall on her heart like drops of molten lead. "It is a great mistake for a man to cn- frago himself to a woman older than limself. He is sure to repent soon or late. I was a fool, and now that I love Eva with all my heart, as I liave con fessed to you, I wish the other was in Guinea. And what am I to do? My honor binds me to her confound it all." Miss Martha did not wait to hear Ar nold's answer. Sho walked slowly and falteringly from the loom, and went up stairs to the spare chamber, where she locked herself in. The young men wondered why supper was so late, but just as their patience was entirely exhausted Eva came to call them, and then went in to find Misb Martlia already seated at tho head of tbo small table laid for four. She made no excu:?o for delay, and the supper was so excellent that the young men forgot all about their vexation. Tho evening passed very quietly, Miss Martha evidently making an effort to be entertaining: and seeing this, Tom and Arnold left very early, the latter, as Miss Martha noticed, having hardly spoken to Eva since supper. She thought this was out of resjxK!t for his brother's feel ings, which had so lately been revealed to him. Tho next day Tom was surprised in his oflico by tho appearance of old Hannah, who quietly laid a letter on I lis desk and went out again. The young doctor's face grew very white as he read what Miss Martha hau written. Without explanation or excuse sho requested that their ' engagement might le at an end, and said that as it would be better that they should not meet for a while at (east, 6he was going to an aunt's jn another town, to stay sev eral months. Eva would remain at the cottage with old Hannah. For some time Tom sat gazing at the letter, as if turned to stone, Then he touched a lighted match to it and watched it burn away to ashes, "That is over," ho said, aloud. "I have been expectmg it. I havo seen it in her face, and yet I had not the cour age to ask her about it." It was a sultry July day, the railroad journey dusty and fatiguing, and Miss Martha was very glad to step out of the cars at Ilosevillo. She walked slowly up tho dusty road leading to her cottage. It was nearly three pionths, since she had left home, and during that time she had neither written nor received a single letter. She had not given Eva her ad dress, and no one knew where she had gone. She had wished to cut herself loose from the past, hoping to forget it.but she had not forgotten, and her heart had not lost its dull pain. Recollections pf Tom stun- her us she saw the familiar streets and stores. Perhaps ho and Eva were married. "You don't mean to say that's you, Miss Martha?" cried a familiar voice, and Miss Martha paused beneath the shade of a spreading elm as Mrs. 'Marsfy pame hurrying towards her. " "Wei, you've come too late. Love lauglis at lock smiths, you know. It's all over Eva's gone off with him, and they're married by this tjpie, I "uiven't a doubt;," Miss Martha staggered back and put her hand over her eyes. The shock it was to her to hear of Tom's marriage showed her, to her mortification, that all hope had not been crushed from her heart, as she liad thought. "I I expected it," she stammered. "Well, it's more than any one else did. He went off soon after you left, and no one thought to see him again. But back ho came yesterday, and eloped with Eva late last evening. Oh, it was wicked; it was scandalous; and the whole 6tory is all over town. I wonder now if you know about Miss Somerby?" ' ifNo," said Mjss Martha, white to tfye lips! 'JWell, it seems he was engaged to this Miss Somerby, a rich old maid. She is mad enough at being jilted. Somebody telegraphed to her father, and ho was here this morning to learn the facts of the case." "What! Tom engaged?" cried Martha, in amazement. "Who said anything about Tpm? Ypu must be wandering ' hi your "mind. It is Arnold Edgecourt I'm talking about." Without another word, without the slightest excuse, Miss Martha broke away from the liand of the friendly gos sip, and almost ran down the street. When nearly at her own gate she rushed blindly against somebody, and looking up with' a hurried excuse, saw Tom'.' "Martha!" he gasped, forgetting for the moment in his excitement the gulf between them. ?You havo heard it all! I see it in your face. Come right in; you look really ill. I did not know you cared so much for Eva. ' But' the scandal will all die out, and I know Arnold will be good to her. ne sent me a telegram say ing they were married in Brierly early this morning. He was to marry Mis3 Somerby next mpntli. but he never loved her;' hd" was tempted - by her enormous wealth." By thia time they had reached the cot tage and gone into the little darkened fiarlor, where the shutters liad been care ully closed by old Hannah to keep out dust and flies. "Tom," said Miss Martha, laying her hand on his sleeve, Vcan you pver forgive me? I see everything very plainly now. It was not you I heard 6ay a man was a fool to engage himself to a woman older than liimself. Your voice and Arnold's aro so much aliko, and I did not know of his engagement." And then she told all she liad heard when sho liad gone to the old cabinet for spoons the evening of the supper. "Martlia," said Tom, in his manly way, "I never loved any woman but you. I did not; J?110 you" were pldcr than 1, for you never spoko your age, and it would have made no difference to me anyhow. I thought of Eva only as a child, and knowing of his engagement, of which ho Lad forbidden mo to speak, it distressed caa to seo hi3 attentions Jo her. fop 2 saw that sho was learning to love hin); That evening in the garden 1 gave liim a long lecture, and pointed out to him the barm ho was doing the cirL Ho promised to sco her no more; out. though Le went homo a few days later, ho corresponded with her, and ended by eloping with rhe yesterday evening. I did not imagine for an instant that you thought mo in love with Eva. We both labored under a mistake, Martha. I noticed your grow ing coldness, and thought you were lie coming weary of your engagement to a oor village doctor. You did not seem to care for love luaking or caresses, and I could not, of course , wish to forco my affection upon you." "I was wrong, Tom, for I do love you dearly;" and then, as he took her iu his arms and pressed her to his heart, kiss ing repeatedly tho soft check, on which there was now ro lack of color, sho adtled, softly, "ami our engagement need not le of longer duration, Tom. You hesitated to marry me while I had so little, and you nothing; but you will not he:;itate now that I am rich. Yes" as ho glanced at her black dress "uiv aunt is dead, nnd she left me $-10,000. 1 have Buffered enough for my mistake, and what is mine is yours, dear Tom." And Tom's tender "kiss gave cheerful assent to all sho said. Boston True Flag. I!o M i l i Mr.;. Vcrliesky i V.mI Memory. wanted a paeka; ;o of yea.-.t powder the other dav. "Oil. dear." she sighed. "I shall have to send Willie after that veast. and he has : neve lu'. EvtT bi:r for." ;uc !i a U;d memory! I do declare I r r.-.n h a forgetful child in my torments the soul out of me. y t : ;:i 1 send him to the store he ;s U.ck something I didn't send him '1 li .i. n.is;ng her voice, the called: "Yc .-., ma." "You couio hero this minute; I'm in a great hurry. I want a yeast cake down to the store, and I '..;;"t v..: t yo.i u i..r gct what I send you for. 1 don't want liakir.g io'-uer, same as I got yesterdav. but a veast cake. One of them tinfoil cakes, Willie." "Yes, ma." "Did you hear what I said?" "No, ma." "Oh, you do try my patience so. Come here this minute." Tho boy appears. "Now, I want a yeast cako how came that mud on your coat? You're been pi lying in the dirt again; I'll tell your father when he gets home, It's not baking jKnvder J -want. Turn your coat collar down.. Now don't you come home with nutmegs, like ycu "did yesterday, nor with cinnamon, liko you did the dav before, when you were told to get citron. Your coat i3 buttonoj wrong. Don't you forget, now," Tho boy escaped to tho street, when the anxious and painstaking matron called out from the window: ""Sow, don't you stop to play with those Mantrangialo boys, like you did last week, and keep out of French's back yard do you hear? It's yeast you're going for, yeast: not turnips nor carrots nor any kind of vegetables I got them this morning, you know. Remember, you've got a bad memojy, and don't" Bnt the boy was out of hearing. He brought back a can of preserved peachjCa, lie had a bad memory. Pittsburg Post. In the Chinese Prisons. A writer in The Chinese Times savs of Chinese prisons that tho amount of ex tortion that goes on in them is amazing, and the warders and others display sur prising ingenuity in extracting money from the unhappy prisoners, 'ihe new comer almost invariably forgets to fee the right watelunan. The consequence is that sleep is rendered almost iaiX)s sible by the terrible noise which ij kept up outside his window nil night, and he speedily apologizes for his forgelfulness and undies, good the oversight. If the coolie who cleans out the ce ll is not uUis Sed ho collects all the insects he can find and introduces several hundreds into the apartment of his victim, who is then only too glad to call his services into requisi tion to get rid cf them again, even at an sxoruitant price. Atany ot liie wartler ind servants are criminals who have es caped capital punishment by thcomisiou 5f tho emperor to mark their names for death when he jt for tht autumn cxe cutions is submitted to him. This list, which sets forth the name and condition of the criminal and the circum stances of his crime, is divided into three parts. The lirst contains the new cases, the second those which wero not marked the previous year, the third thoso which have escapeq "marking for two years. It is said that the emperor marks about eight names in ten, and that a man who escapes onee is 6al'e from subsequent marking, although he has to go down to the execution ground the two following years. Tho list is brought from the pal ace direct to the place of execution, and until its arrival neither criminals nor officials know who are to. die, the un happy victims pnly being sure pf their fate pppn blearing '"therjoelvps called out to pav the last penalty. The prisoners who have escaped are imprisoned for life, but they have a very easy exist ence, anil as they aro employed in the prison and share in the extortions prac ticed on other prisoners, they pfttn amass considerable weajth. 'London Times. Horseshoes Made of Straw. The cart horses of Japan are very ou rious. There comes ono along the nar row business, street of Tpkio now. lie is led by a rope Italic? in the liands of a brown skinned pld man, who has a flat round piece of closely braided straw as big arpund as a good sized parasol on his head. Ilis feet and those of his horse are shod wiil straw, and the straw shoes are m. tQth cases tied around the ankles with straw rope and are made of ordi nary rice straw braided, so that they form a sole for the foot about half an inch thick. Theso shoes cost about a cent a pair, and when they are worn off they are thrown away. Every :cart has a stock of- fr-es'n new shoes tied) t (he Tjiorsfe or to tho front part of tho cart, and in the country here it wa3 formerly tne custom to measure distance largely by the number of horse shoes it took to make the distance. So manv horseshoes made a dav's iourney.. and the average shoe lasted, if my meni- y serves me, for about eight miles of travel. It is the same with the coolies. They throw away their &hoes when they are worn out, and last night when V?3 riding in ono of these man power- baby carriages, my ostrich, like steed stopped, tlirew away his straw shoes, and went barefooted. As he did so I watched the roadwav and counted eight twrs cf worn out straw shoes in a single plock, Fvtnk G. Carpenter's Letter- Fame, liko Uchtning. generally strikes the man who is not expecting it. 'Squire ttobbs. Nineveh; tho capital of tho Asayrian Afihur about empire, was lounaea oy I. "S -DE A AND ALL STOVES, HOUSEHOLD GOODS. -LATEST WINDOW KEPT CONSTANTLY ON HAND. "PICTTTZIH; 2T2lIv!k233 SIXTH STltEET, PET. MAIN AND J. IL EMMONS, 31. I). iiovucorATHio Physician I Surgeon Onlcrf nver W!"cntiV (itorc. Mam Ktreet. U"i-iilt'i:c" in Ir Si-liilil kne.'M 's pi'iii.t i v. t'tii'oiiU: Di'aHcs :im1 iti!.its uf Woim-ii ttti'l Culltireii a s;icci.i!i v. Milcj imuii'. i to II a. iu. li t ." ami 7 to li ; m . jcTeleplloiii! at !:.lli Oilier ami KesitU-uce JULIUS PErTtfiBtRti. MANUFACTUltKK OK A N'U V HOLES ALE & RETAIL DBAI.MIl IN 1 UK Choicest Brands of 0iga:s, including our FJor do Pcpterberco' nnd 'Cuds KUI.I, I.I.N K OK TOBACCO AND S.MOKEUS' ARTICLES always in stock. Nov. 1 h.Sa. B.i-L f". 1 tme 'Table sniv; VK T X. 1 --5 :1i il. in. N... -i; : li , m. No. f. i; :47 a. in. No. 7.--T :: p. m. ;ti.i K.sr. No, 2 -1 i. u;. o. 4. id ; a. 111. No.ili. 7 1 1. in. JCo.jio. !i M a. in. No. !. f. :17 1. in. No. 11 G Tt a. in. A'l train run daily y wavof Oualia. xc.t No. 7 ii1 8 wlik'li run to and fro;n hciiujlt-r daily exc-i:t Sunday. N'.i. 30 is a still) to i'acitin .function at 8 3a in No. 19 i.SHst'.i'.i frsiiii I n i .luiwlion at Hani BOO for an incurable case of Catarrh in the Head by tho proprietors ot DR. SAGE'S CATARRH REMEDY. Symptoms of Catarrh. Headache, obstruction of nose, discharges failing- Into throat, sometimes profuse, watery, and acrid, at others, thick, tenacious, mucous, purulent, bloody and putrid ; eyes weak, ringing in ears, deafness, difficulty of clearing- throat, expecto. lation of offensive matter; breath offensive! amell and taste impaired, and general debility. Only a few of these symptoms likely to be pres ent at once. Thousands of cases result in con tumption. and end in tho grave. 3y its iniid. soothing-, and healing- properties, Pr. Sage's Remedy cures the worst cases. 50c. The Original urns .- Liver Pills.? Purely Vtgtta ble Sc. llarmltsu - TJnequaledasaL.iver Pill. Smalest,ehean est, easiest to take. One Pellet a Doe Cure Sick Headache, HiliouM IIeada-Iic,i Dizxineaa. ConitlipaUoit, liitHftesUou. J Bilious Attack, und. ail derangements oil ta itouiacQ Q1 bowcla. 25 eta. by druff yiai WMe BROWNE. ULaT office. P rsoriiij Attention my cave. to all Business Kntrnsl XOTA RY Titleo Examined. IX OFFICE. Ahstaicts Compiled. In-J surance Written, h'eal l-:.tate Sold Melter Facilities for making Farm Loan that; Any Oth.QC- Agency O-. 33. KEMP Practical Piano anil ITER, m Tuner A XI) IlKPAIKKIl, First class worl; gji.i.ntert. Also deal er i ii L ir.r.,'& and Organs. Ofiice at. Boeek'H furniture store, Plnttsnioutli, Nebraska ' HEALTH IS SSLTH Dr. E. C. West's Xerv? and I3in Treatment a guarantee six-cific ft-r l!ys;eria rizi:iev. Convulsions. Kits. Nervous Nenr-iljria. 11-:1- ache. Nerveous frustration caused by Hf of a'ooliol ortohaotfM. Wakeft;li:i. ! Un predion, Sfteii!r of the I'i:hi refilling in In sanity and IeaUiii iuto'. leeay and death, reinat urc ;',iii Ao. iinri-eriiies, Loss of I'ow er in tiiiir-r tex. liivi lui.taiy Losees anil Sper- niaf'iriiEa caused ty over-exertion oi tne brain, selfabnse ornver-indnljrence Each li contains oj.e tiun;;.i' treatment, Sl.fX) a orsix ioxes inr sj.iki, seni iy man pjrpetuoc receipt of pi ire WE GUAttASES SIX BOXES To cure if. care. With eaeh order received1 by tin for fix boxes. accomiati ed with nfa, we will send the purchaser liitr written Un:it- tee to return the n-ouey if the tr'&tmnit doe.-, not efleet a cure. ;uara.i-;Ce l;n d only bv Will J. "Warrick sole ii l iattsinouth. Neb - J- C, BOONS, BARBER AND HAIR DRESSER. AU work first-cli&s; west Fifth Street. North Koliort S!i .ryvood's Store. B.B. Wisdham, John a. Davif?, Notary rublic. Notaiy Fublle. lVlMlUAM l IS A VI KM, A.ttoro.eyo - at - Law, Office over Eauk ofiCai Ccupty. FLATT8MOUT1I, - NEBKA8KA mm I J 4 31j 3v 2nT, LEU IX- KINDS STYLES OF- OHRTAnS MADE TO OrDSH VINE. 1 I AllrlSXl "III, M l'. THE LADIES' FAVORITE. NEVER OUT OF ORDER. If you desire to purchase a sewinjr machine, ask our agent ut your place for terms and nriwu. I f von ennnot find our aireut. write direct to nearest addrcsH to you below nameL NEW HOME SEWING MACHINE &ORANGE.MASS. CHICAGO - 29 UNION SQUARE.N.IC DALLAS. ILL. BT LOUIS. MO. ' - Ml HPt IM.tiA. SANfWAWCIGCO.CAL, J. M. ALT IK, Pl.-ittsiiiouth, Neb. C. F. SM I TH, The Boss Tailor Main St., Over Merges' Sboc Store. Has t!;e best hii:1 nu)st oiiipl fc f.ick of samples, l.otli woo . i 1 hat 'Vi r c: !;( vvti of y isorrl ii ve. f roin i,"otc ihisi- pi ic( : i t i i-s Miit.s if 1 1 to ? l;-. wS Miits. to $45, pants 4, , ? c.M) niiil up" aids. -aiitcMl a lil. Prices Defy Competition. AT R. SHERWOOD'S. BUSINKSS JHRECTOUY. A TTOirSEY, S. F. THOMAS. Atloir.'T.Hf-L:iw and Noiarv l'uhlie ri:j'ntid lilc-k. li.-.ttsiuouth. Neb. 7fTlee til ATIOK2F.Y. A v Km 11 ii i v Attorney-at ... vi. a., t An, Law. X in givA pr mpt ttuti a to a'l i-Uf'nex Union Woex. Fast Bide. I'lalt.-mouiK ill. flKOCKUIES .CHKIS. WOHLFA11TH. tuple and Fancy Groceries, UUiasiware Crockery. Flour and Feed, auJ FURNITURE, OF ( RPSin 1 f? foSc!. i. I