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SECOND YJJAK
PliATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY EVENING, DECE3II5ER 1.1, 1888.
NUMllIl 78.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS
Th9 Direct Tax Bill Put to a Vote in
trie House.
Wamiinuton, Dec. 12. The river and
harbor bill was reported to the bouse to
day and referred to the committee on tbe
whole.
The senate amendments to the depart
ment of agriculture bill were non-concurred
in and a conference ordered.
The report of the committee on elec
tions in tbe California contested election
case of Sullivan against Filton was sub
mitted ami placed on the calendar.
The house then went into committee of
the whole on tbe direct tax bill.
A long debute ensued, during which
many amendments were offered and re
jected. Mr. Elliott offered an amendment
making it the duty of the secretary of the
treasury to p:ir such persons an shall
apply therefor, and who furnish sitit
factory evidence that such applicant was
at the time of the sales mentioned, the
legd owner or his heir-at-law, or devisee
of the legal owner of such lands as were
sold in certain parishes of South Carolina,
under the act9 of congress, the value of
said lands in the manner which is set
forth in the amendment at length. In
all cases where person.", while serving in
the army or nuvy or marine corps, pur
chased any of said lands, and such lands
afterwards reverted to the United States,
it shall be the duty of the treasury to pay
to such persons as shall in each cas3 ap
ply therefor or to their heirs at-law, de
visce or grantees, in good faith and for
valuable consideration, whatever sum
was so paid to the United States in such
case. In order to carry nut the provis
ions of the amendment $850,000 is ap
propriated. The amendment was adopted.
Mr. Oates of Alabama offered an
amendment providing for refunding the
cotton tax. Rejected.
Tl3 epiestion then came up en the
amendment proposed by the judiciary
committee, striking out the provision in
the senate bill declaring that no part of
the money appropriated y the bill should
be paid to any attorney or agent, under
any contract for services now existing, or
heretofore made between the representa
tive of any state and any attorney or
agf nt. The amendment was disagreed
to.
After several other amendments had
been offered and rejected the committee
roe a?d reported the bill to the house.
It-was passed; yeas 178, nays 96.
Tne Oyster Pirates.
Baltimore, Dec. 13. The piratical
oyster dre Igers are defiant. Last night
it was reported that an attack was to be
made. on the police sloop Folly, which is
on Guard at Hackett's point. As the
other police bo its are elsewhere. Gov.
Jackson telegraphed Secretary Whitney,
requesting the use of the steam launches
aud gatling guns now at the naval
academy at Annapolis. At half-past 11
tonight Superintendent Sampson received
instructions to furnish the state what
asststince he could, and he at once com
menced to make roaly two of the
launch -'s. arming one with a howitzer
and tho other with a gatling gun. Capt
Howard and the crew ?f the disabled
police steamer McLane will take charge
of the launches and go at once to llacket'a
Point, where the Polly is said to be sur
rounded by about forty dredging
schooners.
Nebraska Pensions.
"Washington, December J 3. J'epsiyns
granted Xcbraskans; Increase Charles
Jenkins, llirad i; Peter Kooney, Crab
Orchard; Asa A. Davenport, Kearney;
Judson IF. Hall, Newport Jmes Mil
ler, D.-witt; John I. Bidley, Humboldt;
Theod re It. Harlan. Omaha. Mexican
widows Birtu widow of "Win. If.
Blount, Auburn.
fVnMun griuted Iowans; Original
5nva!-d Jam a K Sears, Ottumwa.
Increase Win. li .rtlttt, Waeruo; D .yid
Hidlebaugh. JJiyarJ; Emanuel Smjth,
Avoca; Leander W. gnringer, lma;
Jacob X. Mercer. Red O ik; Jarues qtiir
ling, Wa mw; June L. Henistock, Clin
ton; John D. Lankton, Sidney. Origijd
widow, etc., reissue Mary A., widow
of George Henderson, Slunandoali.
Mexican suryivcrs -Dudley If. W, WH
lia-.ns, Divenp.rt.
Governor Thayer's Health.
Lincoln, Neb. Dp. 13 Governor
Thayer's htalth improved all day yester
day, li t was attacked by bronchitis,and
suffered from nevi-re congestion of the
bronchial tube. Overwork and epopure
occassioned the prostration, Ilia physi
cian preecritscs alolute cessation from J
business 1 nd conversation.. It is hoped
that thft governor will be well enough to
rcsunio business next week.
OtT for Haytl.
New York, Dec. 13. The sloop-of
war Galena, manned by 23 men, and the
sloop-of-war Yantic, sailed from the
Brooklyn navy yard yesterday for Hayti
As the war ships sailed they received a
salute from the men on the Richmond,
who mounted the yard arms and cheered
lustily. Many spectators viewed the
departure. Tbe delay in getting to sea
was on account of the ships being stuck
in the mud. The second officer of the
steamer Claribel, of the Atlas line, which
arriyed in port yesterday from Hayti,
report having heard that the German
steamer Clementine had been fired, into
and sunk by the Haytien man-of-war La
Trussie. The Claribel did not stop at
Hayti.
Pneumatic Torpedo Throwers.
Washington, Dec. 12. Senator Stew
art yesterday introduced a bill authoriz
ing the construction of 250 pneumatic
torpedo throwers of the highest power.
capable of throwing steel torpedos
charged with not less than 100 pounds
of dynamite or other explosives a dis
tance of fiye miles. These torpedo
throwers are to be mounted in batteries
for the defense of our harbors, and $10,-
000,000 is appropriated to carry out the
provisions of the act.
New Postmasters Appointed.
Washington, Dec. 13. Edwin A,
Hogg has been appointed postmaster at
Tronton, Hitchcock county. Neb., vice
Nathan T. Hall, resigned, and Andrew J.
Fuller, at Swan Lake, Emmet county,Ia.,
vice S. D. Smith, resigned.
Old Tina Corn Shock tog.
""Did you ever haul uncorn with a
yoke of oxen?" asked F -inkctt, as he
! J . - Li .- 1 a 1
111 nis pipe ana iook uu . mai in mo
corner.
"Gathering corn with oxen haint no
easy job," continued the old man, as
he settled back in his rocker. "You
have to jerk and haw and gee to keep
'em from pulling their necks ofF
stretching out for eating on each side,
and the man than can drive 'em under
such circumstances and not cuss is a
desarving man for sure. I've been
driving for the boys today, and my
old bones ache and my throat is sore
from jerking and whooping, and then,
besides, corn gathering time is not
what it used to be, and it don't bring
the frolic and fun of the shucking like
it used to. But I don't sav a word, for
I know if I did some of these young
sters would say 'the old man's liver
haint flopped,' so I just grin and, bear
it and comfort myself by thinking of
the days when I was young and of the
good times wo had then.
"Corn gathering then was a frolic,
for we knowed that a good time was
coming. The corn wasn't thrown in
the cribs in them days, but a big pile
was made in the lot, and then the
night was set for shucking and the
settlement gathered in wliite and
black and the corn was shucked, put
in the crib and the shucks pepped all
in one night. I've seed a pile of 8,000
bushels . shucked and put up in one
night, and there wasn't a tired person
in the crowd, for there was fun and
frolic and songs and dances, and there
was 'looking for the last ear' before
anybody knowed.
fTbem old shuckings are things of
the iast, but the generations to come
will never feast on melodies sweeter
than the nigger songs of the old corn
shucking days. I've sat at night and
listened to the crowds as they were on
thejr way fo. the corn pile. They al
iv'yswent n " PffcwiK ftd had. their
leaders, and the young masters would
go along to protect them, and they felt
us f ree and as grand as they have ever
felt since the war, and there has never
been a gang of since the war niggers
Ihut vere pear so happy as these
crowds, as they went across the fields
singing. Alaut Constitution.
Dinner Dagger.
The newest thing in dinner favors is a
jew-i-led dagger, not a papier macho' af
fair nor yet a stage weapon, but a keen
bladed dagger, which, if your neighbor
r.t dinner be not to your liking or prove
tiresome in conversation, you may use
upprs Jurn wjth speedy and fatal effect,
In (he mean time, np murderous ten
dency taking possession pf 'you, "you are
expected to nse this weapon to cut up
yi-ur meat. The fashion is an expensive
pr.i;. because it is poipprtant that the hilt
jjo jeweled. Without pe eparkle'of the
gcia to gratify' .one's aesthetic taste the
glitter of the steel will still have some
savage
1 Rhine
stones wilf mark an advance p trade.
3 ' doubt a dagger drill might be in
vented t9 f!'QV the repast, when the
playfully inclined piighf mjt? the. steel
together. ' Thus does t'jviJizati'on advance
with mighty ttridea.San Francisco Ex
am iuer.
Pleasant to Take.
My ih?ar" I1 fe-Td husband remarked
the 'other day, "I have talked with Dr.
Mildew about your case, and so I have
btpught you a pair of diamond earrings."
'-'tl. how lovely I she exclaimed. And
ibon, aftef a pioiapnt pf ecstatic :ul mi ra
tion, the milled: -'-ttu .1 flou't sec What
tJiis baa to do with exercise.'' '
Vliy. in the lirst place." was his an
6;ver, "you will go put more and get
pluoi morv fresh air; and, in the second,
f pu will i4H.lim:aiy p puffing up, youf
lands to r.wnire yourself that the dia:
pjonda are u; lt. and in tliat way- -"She
interrupted "him witlj some saucy
remark. "ut bU iiiipudenct was forgivcr:
fcr the m ke pf the giXt.poston Couiier
thing lacking. lTue, there is the possi
biht j pf paste jewels, and 11 this
fashion crrows doubtless dealers hi
lilowiof tp ('un.i t.
Jfooi i-.li trailers in nnicU kccdi to Ih
no more ln)n-ht than YanL-' traders in
iiorw'H have tiw reputation of In ing. Tbe
author if "Among tbe Arabs" dcHcrilies
as follows one of their tricks, which, ac
cording to bis account, only an expert is
likely to detect. On one occasion, while
in an Arab village, bo declared bis inten
tion of buying a young camel. No sooner
had his desire In-come known than at
least twenty camels were brought for bis
inspection. They were all tine looking
animals, in excellent condition, ap
parently. In fact, the only fault our
frenchman could perceive was that tiiev
were too fat. After a proper amount of
aeu Deration and bar gaining, he selected
the one which appeared to be tbe leanest.
and paid the pilce agreed upon. The
next morning, when he went to look at
his fat camel he found a hvintr skeleton.
on whose almost fleahless bones the skin
hung in large folds, and whose best de
velopment was about the joints.
The method by which the camels are
suddenly "rattened for tbe market is
thus described: An incision about an
inch in length is made In each ear be
tween the skin and the flesh. Into this a
small tube is fitted and secured by a silk
cord. There it remains, hidden from the
observation of all but the initiated and
ready for use at any moment. When a
merchant who is not acquainted with the
mowing up trick comes to buy a camel
the dealer takes two tubes, each a yard
long, and inserting one end of each in the
small tubes just described, through the
other ends two Arabs blow with all their
might, until the animal has attained the
requisite degree of plumpness. The in
flating tubes are then withdrawn, and
tne air is prevented from escaping
or means 01 a corK smearea wim piu.ii.
The poor animal now becomes, appar
ently, quite lively and frisky, trying to
throw itself on the ground, or to press
against the wall or a tree, or whatever
other object may be at hand, so as to get
rid of the wind. Sometimes it manages
to elude the vigilance of the Arab, and if
the cork is not very securely fastened the
wind escapes with a whistle like that of
a steam engine and the fine looking beast
suddenly collapses. Springfield Repub-
ucan.
An Effective Valedictory.
"If you would like to say a few words
before we string you up," said the spokes
man 01 the vigilance committee, sternly,
"you may have the chance."
"There is something I would like to
say," responded the condemned horse
thief, pale but self possessed. "All I ask
is tliat you will permit me to say it with
out interruption,
"Go ahead," said the spokesman, la
conically. "We'll let you finish."
"Then, gentlemen, began the con
demned man, with deep emotion, "I
have a few words of solemn warning to
utter. In the innocent and happy days
of my youngr manhood, before t came to
Arizona and fell into evil ways. I was
engaged in a useful and honorable call
ing. Had I never abandoned it I might
have been still a respectable and upright
citizen. Though I have become a bad man
and am about to receive my just punish
ment, I have always kept a memento of
those happier days. In my valise, gen
tlemen, you will find a copy pf a Jittla
wprk, entitled 'The Ainencan Voter's
Text Book,' of which I sold nearly 1,000
copies in one county in Pennsylvania
alone. It is indispensable to every man
who would keep himself thoroughly in
formed as to those questions concerning
which it is the duty of every pitizen tQ
be fully advised. pu' will nnd in that
little volume, gentlemen, full and accu
rate information as to the political plat
forms of all the parties, election returns
from every state in the Union, names of
members of congress, judges of the vari
ous courts, etc., wfth a mass pf miscella
neous statistics and acts never before
grouped together hi one work. Pound
in cloth or half calf, the price of this
valuable book has always been"
He paused a moment to wipe the scald
ing tears from his eyes. When he looked
about him again his audience had van
ished. Ho was saved! Chicago, Tribune.
I: Lot Tour Enemies.'
When the Eighth Vermont regiment
was in Louisiana one of the officers was
taken very ill, and left in charge of a
picket post. A woman living near by
urged him to come to her house, as the
climate was malarious." He declined her
hospitality, but before long became so
much worse that his companions carried
him to the bouse in almost a dying con
dition.
Mrs. Sparksrthis was the good wo
man s name perceived his almost des
perate case, but had no medicines, nor
could any be procured nearer than New
Orleans, ten miles awav. What could
she do for this enemyf Her husband
was innrm, and the rew negrpes who re
mained to her were pld and decrepit.
Moreover, it was late in the afternoon,
and rain was falling heavily; but 'some
thing she must do, even though the sick
man was in arms against her gqvern-
She sent one of her servants to the
house of a neighbor, five miles distant.
and this woman, a violent secessionist.
went herself to New Orleans, through a
drenching rain, for the medicine. She
traveled fifteen pules in the' storm and
the darkness, and crossed the Mississippi
river twice, and all to save the Life of an
enemy.
'i he omcer remained in the house for
six weeks, and was cared for most assid
uously. Such deeds are worth recount
ing; they go far tc redeem the horrors .--f
An Unprofitable Medicine.
tfYou will find this medicine iust the
thing for sickly children." said the drug
gist. "It's the finest tonic made, pnd
..J; 11 : .1 r.-. ;
11 uili t:uMC V'H tl l'- It ) (.fill.
"if that's the 'case, v replied the nian,
'I don't want any of it, 1 have seven
children in the house and hey can al
ready eat more than, I can gfvc thenp
t. V,,rk Su.
Life Is nistorv. not rioetrv. It consists
of little things, rarely illuminated by
flashes of great heroism, broken by irreat
dampers or demanding treat cxtrlious.
Lccky.
no to Put on Clove.
A great deal depends on the first put
ting on of gloves. Have tbe bands per
fectly clean, dry and cool and never put
on new gloves while the bands are warm
or damp. Where a crson is troubled
with moist bands it is well to powder
them before trying on the gloves: but in
most cases, if the bands are dry and cool,
this is not needed. First work on the
fingers, keeping the thumb outside of the
glove, anil the wriht of the glove turned
back. When the lingers are in smoothly
put in the thumb and work the glovo oh
very carefully, then placing the elbow
on thf knee, work on the hand. When
this i done smooth down the wrist and
button the second button first, then the
third, and soon to the end. Then smooth
down the whole glove and fasten the
first button. Fastening the first button
hist when putting on a glove for tho first
time makes a good tleal of difference in
tbe lit. :;hhou;-;li it may seem but a very
littK (liitig. It does not strain tbe part
of a ;.love tluit is tbe easiest to tbe strain
at fir. t. and prevents the enlarging of
the liiittoa hole, either of which is sure
to take place if you begin at the first but
ton to fasten the glove. When removing
cloven never begin at U, lips i f the
lingers to pull them off, but turn back
the wrist and pull olf carefully, which
will, of courso, necessitate their being
wrong side out. Turn them right side
out, turn the thumb in, smooth them
lengthwise in as near as io.s.sibIo to the
shae they would be in if on tho hands,'
and placo away with a strip of white
canton ilannel between if tbe gloves are
light, but If dark colored the flannel may
be omitted. Never roll gloves into each
other in a wad, for they will never look
so well after. There is always some
moisture in them from the hands; conse
quently, when rolled up this moisture
has no chance of drying, and must work
into the gloves, making them hard and
stiff and of very little use after, as far as
looks or tit are concerned. Dry Good
Chronicle.
Ruins pf a Qty In Texas.
During the survey of the Kansas City,
El Paso and Mexican railroad, the sur
veyors came across tho ruins of the city
of Gran Guivora, known already to thu
early Spanish explorers, but seldom vis
ited by white men of the present day.
These ruins at Gran Guivera are of gi
gantic stone buildings pf magnificent
proportions and built in a very substan
tial manner. One was four acres in ex
tent Every indication around tho ruins
was evidence of the existence here at
one time of a dense population, although
now it is forty miles from water. To
the south lies the lava flow, called by the
local population the Molpais, It is a sea
of molten black glass, which has cooled,
retaining its ragged And fantastically
shaixjd waves from ten to twelvo feet
high. It is about forty miles long and
from one to ten miles wido. For miles
on all sides the country lies buried in fine
white ashes, to a depth as yet not reached
by any digging, o legend exists as to
tbe destruction or abandonment of the
ruined city, but one of the engineers of
the surveying party advances the theory
that Gran Guivera was in existence when
the tcrrilie volcanic eruption too!t place
which so desol&ted jsnd burned un the
surrounding country. Tho secrets of
the early civilization of prehistoric
Anjnrica elude our possession: vet ihi
siwn a civilization existed, we have
abundant proof. Tho many mysterious
ruins in Central America mav vet vield
some information pf iht peonlo who
1 r t .i .1 " 1 1 .
uuwi uiiu nrui'ifti mem, anu perished,
leaving no satisfactory memorial of" tlu-ii
existence. Demorcst.
The Pciifcs of ryraraid 1-alu-,
Miss Julia Hyde f.-f thja f ty. writing
from Shee'itad. War.hoo count v. Hvcs
tho fpllowiug prying glance at Pyramid
lake: "I shall never fonri t the first siilit
of the lake. It was simply-grand. Wt
arove aion.'i; the shore tor twenty-five
miles. For a lonr time we were in sifht
of the towering pyramidal rock from
which the like derives its name. Koulh
of this rock, jn tV- f!UT of tho lowci
portion pf he lako, jj mother large maa
of rock, which resembles a pyramid i;:
form; and near the northwest crid 01
corner of the lake are what are callotl
The Three Pyramids. Seen from a dis
tance they present the anpeafaiice ol
three pyramids. bi v.Mien 'you. reach a
part pf (lie lake hoar them you find they
number about a dozen. The water of
tho lake is a deep and beautiful blue.
Waves at times rise to an astonishing
height on the lake, and byeukei-i roil iv
upon the shore, which. are (uilte forniid
able,
"I think I have never in mv life seen a
more glorious sunset than that I wit
nessed here on the evening of mv ar
rival. The western sky was a mass of
ournle. vermilion aiid'e-old. resfrnhlinr
painted and gilded' towers. Froni the
deep blue of the lake rose the sun tipped
pyramids of the lower wprld, as though
towering to meet hoso, pf the more
etheral realms above, while between all
the njr semi) idled with a quivering
golden haze. All in this wild and tree
less region seemed a dazzling picture
done in vermilion, blue and p-ol1.
BARBBH AND HAIR DRESSER.
All work first-class; wet Fifth Street.
North Iji.bert Miorwrnid's Stor?.
B. Windham, Johv a. ivaviks.
Kotai y Public. otary Tufclic
A.ttcrsi&yss - at - 21 aw.
Office over nj.t k jr"ani Ctun'y.
Plattsmocth, - - Nebraska
BUSINESS DJ HECTORY.
" S. F. THOMAS.
Utonie -at-I-aw anil x ui v I'uts! u Office ii.
FnzgeiH d IHocfc. 'lut;iVtit rl..
iriu.:N v.
&x e f jj, j van
A.tlornev-a'-La'w. Will give uro'mnt ttentim
ro ail biif're? intrusted u iln. Oft-p h
tnion P.lock. East side, riattsniniitl). Nb.
VJ 1 m'e
UMHir.inTn.
staple and suicv ' CTits. GUssar and
Cflxjtfiy. VlpuraLtf JVed,
JOE
The Owe Price Clothier
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And Destroyer ol llih Trices, want to gvt into
the good graces ot the TuMic, and he is hound to
get there.
READ JOE'S
QOOI) Goods, always.
U NDKVI ATIXG I'oliteneP?.
LL Goods as Ileiresented.
EAS()NA1ILK Prices.
CIIOICH Stock.
P"o Underhand Methods.
jyjRUTII at any Cost.
VERY Customer a Frieiul.
VEIIV Article a Hargain.
The Man Murders Truth
"Who says he can beat this Guarantee. On this
basis JOE expects to lmild Ids record, am he is
fast doinr it.
Don't Show you one thing ond Bell 3-011 another.
He will always show 3-011 good at puch low prices
his competitors can't meet.
-A.sk Joe's Customers
And Joe will stand l3' their testimony.
Don't Forget to Guess on Joe's Beans.
AMUSEMENTS.
Waterman Opera House
QUI KJOHT AXD SATURDAY MATINEE,
SATURDAY, DEC. 15.
Oraud Lyric :v-il Jtyoerarulur Production of
Nowton Beer
LOST in LONDON"
All New Scenery by Lafayette W. Seavy.
The Heart o EleaUmoar,
name or the Swart King.
Fete of Comua
Illuminated Snow Sensation
JOB'S VISOION, A Wonder
land of Dissolving Beauty.
V. Gtvat Coinpiny
A. GREAT JEIaA.-SZr.
All the New Scenerv will Positiveiv be f lio u
in your City. Among Many Feature-
-A. 12. la jT aiLFAlL
I lie Man vvitb One Huuilred Voice, and
HIE XOKXIl BRITIAN PAN PIPE SIXGEflS
A Great Perfoj-mance Complete in Every De
tail is Newton Beers'
LOST IN LONDON.
Reineiny U14 (Jj-auJ Ladies and Children's
Matinee Saturday Afternoon
PRICES 5 M-J -oc : at night 75. soanl 3-v.-.
I'rone'i Hoahh Seamless
F001 WARMERS!
AT
Sherwood's.
The standard rt-nu-dy fur llvur om
plaint id West's Liver Pilh; thej never
disappoint jou. aO j)ilL 21c. At War
ckk'a tlrws Ftnre,
GUARANTEE
C3 IE3'
rdKE SCHNELLBACHER
AViion anrl lilat kniiilli Shop.
Wagon, Uuggy,
Macliine and Plow
XlSP-inilTG.
rseshoemg
A Specialty. He uses the
ITorseslioe, the Uest Norsc-f-hoe for the
F.rm r, or for Fsiht Krivinj; ani City
purposes, ever invented. It is made
anyon'j can can put on sharp or flat fork
as nceJed for wit mid slippcry;yds, or
smooth dry roads. Call and Kxnmine
ihese Sheosaud you will have no other.
J. M. Schnellbacher,
rth St., Plaltsniouth, Neh.
ALFRED DOLGE'S .
Celebrated French Slippers
AT
R. SHERWOOD'S
WM.Zr. BROWNE,
OFFICE.
P nonal attention kn nil Rnatn... rv......
- - kuui.
to my care.
XOTAUY IX OKFICK.
Title Examined. Al.starot foinriled In
surance Written. Heal Estat. KoM 1 ca' l"
Better Facilities tor making F.im tLoanr Ih-i
Any Qttxcv Agency .
PlattHiuoutU, - ebroBka
O- S. K.EMPSTER,
Pract'ca ?:m aci Organ Urn
AND BEPAIKKR.
First-class work guaranteed. Also deni
er in Pianos and Organs. Office at fJoc-ck'
furniture gtoiv, Plattsmouth, Nehraska.
The light rannii ir Howe at UoIk-iX
Shcnvood8 only ?2.i.00.
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