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About The Plattsmouth daily herald. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1883-19?? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 22, 1888)
THE DAILY IIEIlALI) : VI. A TiSmouTxi, ffKASK A, SATUKDAV, i)ECEMJEft 22. 1SS. A LOAD OF HAV. A toad of hny In Um crowded street, A hUT of the scent of clover. A chance of thought vaxuo incomplete A living young Uf rsr. A day In AugiiKt, and clouds of white, A shl'Llng of light and shadow. The hum or bra and the martin 'a flight. The meadow lark and the meadow. Strong arm of men and the yellow green Of the swathes, the steady swinging Of forma of laborer, strong and lean. The scythes with their steely ringing. The roar of trade and tho newsboys call; And the dream of a moment's over? Twu a brain wave came through the nose, and aO from a whiff of the soot of cioverl Stanley Waterloo. THE MANSFIELD GHOST. "Do you lelicvo In ghosts? said I to my friend Fenton. as we eat on the porch one evening, enjoying a quiet smoke in tho cool tii"ht air. p'Yes. I have seen one. "You have! When? Wherer "Don't ask too many questions at a time and I'll tell you." "Well, go on. I'm all impatient to near iw "Well, one summer, about ten years ago, having no business tliat needed my particular attention, I thought I would run down to shire, and soo my id college friend Mansfield and his wife. "When I got down to his place I found that neither himself nor his wife was at home, but as tho xmsekeeper expected them to return in a few days I concluded to stay till they came. Tho first day after my arrival I spent in rambling through the grounds about the ancient place; the next day was a rainy ono, and I had to stay in the house. My room was on the third floor overlook ing the court yard. After dinner I went up to it, and, stirring up the fire, I took my book and sat down to read. I read a .short time, and then, letting the book drop on my knee, listened to the steady drip, drip of the rain on the flags of the couit yard. Soon I fell into a reverie, and then into a state of semi-consciousness. I was aroused from roy dreaming by seeing through my half closed eyes the door noiselessly open and a young wpman enter. She was an extremely pretty girl, with light hair falling in long curls over her shoulders. Her drees was an old ftishion just as I suppose my great grandmother dressed when she was youn. Her tiny feet were Incased in high heeled, red morocco slippers. She advanced to tho tablo and laid on her scarf and drew up a chair to the fire without as much as a "how d'yo do?" or even taking the slightest notice of me whatever, tone then drew from her pocket a miniature portrait pi a perv fiandsome young man. From my posi tion I could seo it as it lay in her hand. lis countenance was open and manly, and lus dark hair was clustered in short curls around hid forehead. Ho was dressed in a fashion as antiquated as that of the lady; delicate i utiles were around his throat and at his wrist; in his hand he carried a riding whip. ' She gazed at tho picture long and tenderly, with a loving smile on her ... lips. One of tho curls fell back and dis ' t iosed to my view a ghastly wound on tho temple. Till then J had been too amazed to think: but now the conviction rushed upon me tliat my visitor was not of this world. I was frightened, and sat like one in a dream. J She replaced the picture in her pocket and, going to a corner, drew out a harp. I had never seen it before, though I had leen in tljs room a dozen times. Draw ing it to Star side, she ran her fingers over the strings and began to 6ing in a low rolco, Jler rong was in some for eign language. She had a sweet voice, and as it floated through the room, jningled with the lingering sounds of the harp, they had an unearthly sound that tilled me with dread. Suddenly she stopped in her song. anu. looumg in me airection or the door, Kit ia a listening attitude for some tune; then she resumed her song. Hut she seemed restless. She looked first at the door and then at the window, as if ex pecting some one. At last she rose and, putting the harp in the corner, ran to the window and murmured to herself: ""What can keep lioger? He should have been here before now," She stood but a moment, when she prow palo as death, her eyes dilated, she clasped her hands above her head, and, with a wild screcm of agony, threw up tho winilow and Hung herself out. This roused me. I sprang up and ran to the window. It was closed 1' This staggered me. I threw it up and looked down into tho courtyard, fully expecting to see her Jying senseless cn the stones. Put po. There was no cno thero except a servant hurrvinrr out of the rain bv the vorv snot w here the would have fallen. She could not have got into the house, as there was only one door opening into the yard. J ran down to the door. A servant wag sweeping the passage "1 lave you seen any- one come in?" "No. sir." . 1 "How long have you been here?" "Alxuii ten minutes, and I am sure no one ha3 come in." I weut back to my room and sat down to study over my ad venture. Suddenly 1 tliought of the harp. I rose and went o4o the very place I liad seen her put it. A What was my surprise to find no harp there! I searched every nook and cor ner of the room, but could not find it. Hero was a new evidence of the ghctly characti r of my visitor. I concluded to keep my adventure secret till the return of my friend. He came the next day; in the after noon I asked him to come to my room, as I wished to see him. Wo went up, and, taking seats, he said: "Well, what i3itr "I have seen a ghost." ; Instead of laughing at me, as I ex pected, he looked very serious and said: "When?" "Yesterday, in the oak sitting room." I then tola him what I had seen, and ho listened with a troubled air. When I had finished he studied a few minutes and then said: "Would you know her again if you were to see Lex picture?" "Yes." "Come with me, then." He took me to another room, and there, hanging side by side, were the . portraits of the young woman and the young man, whose miniature I had seen in your hand. ''There she is, ana were is tne young thai, with your permission, I will relate to you. "A hundred years ago this house was occupied by an ancestor of mine named JCoger Mansfield, lie had been married about one year to the daughter of a neigh boring gentleman, whom lie loved dearly. He was passionately fond of field sports, while she was of a retiring disposition, loving home and home amusements, and as her will was law he had given up hunt ing ior ner sake. "One day a large company of tho gen try rode out to hunt, and Roger, for onoo. gamed the consent of his wife, and joined them, promisim? to be back at a certain time. The day wore on and the hour at which tie was to have come back passed, but he did not appear. "She tried to while away the time by playing on the harp as slio sang a little song in tho Italian language; but still she was uneasy. Hearing a noiso she put hei harp aside and. iroinur to tho window. saw, carried on a litter, the dead body of ner nusoanu. one gave one shriek ana precipitated herself from the window, Her head struck on the stones and she was killed. "Her husband had been killed by being tnrown irom nis norso in taking a leap, "I have one thing to ask you, Frank. Never tell my wife what you have seen. or she would not stay in the house another night. I promised. We went below, and I stayed about three weeks at the Grange, out i gave i fiat room a wide Dcrth. TkT . . . a now, i Know inai some skeptical per SOT! WOtllll nnnh.lW)h nn linnrini thlo and say I had eaten a hearty dinner and" fallen asleep and dreamed what bav ueea teuing you; out tins J. Know, tliat I was not asleep no more than I am a this moment, and tliat I did really see the wansuem gncT Minneapolis Journal. CARE OF THE FEET The Anatomy The Ccar's Mentor. It is no secret that the emperor of all the Kussias pays far less heed to his ofll- cial advisers than to the private friends he aiade in his youth, who have no min isterial dignities. M. de Ciiers, his faith ful minister of foreign affairs, has little real control over the destinies of Rue eia. Put AT. PpbodQuezpiT, the pza'r's 613 tutor, is said to bo more powerful, ariq has shaped many of tlie pocial measures which within the past few years have oecn introduced into the empire. The Paris Figaro gives an Interesting account pi $ less Known counselor to whom Alexander IU. U koema, pftea goes in search of health and cc-inforL Lie is a Polish priest, named Zniudowskh and iivas jn the little parish of Podborz, a few miles from SpfJo, mudowski is, of course, a Catholic, but' despite hi heterodoxy no man is more loved and trusted by the orthodox czar. Alexan der made His acquaintance at Skiernie wicz fifteen years ago, during a hunting excursion to Poland. While on a visit to Field Marshal Prince Bariatynski, his father's Ufa fopg ppmrade, the then czare? witch .was one day thrown into the com pany of a priest whoso culture did not prevent his being an ardent sportsman. This was Zmudowski. The prince soon crew much nttn.unA tQ the priest, who t that t,ime was about 45 years old. Fearing (he influence of a Pplish Catholic on his son's mind the late czar at last 6topid their intimacy. On hjs father's death, however, Alexander HI returned to Ppdbprz and renewed his friendly intercourse with niudowskL Since then whenever thp cares of state and the Nihilists have allowed him a holiday he has been in the habit of steal ing off to Poland to rest and strengthen himself in the society of tho nriest. n made ineffectual efforts to induce him to ; 1 , rvers.PB4H. anu, naving failed, had a, phateau built near Podborz, which has become his favorite country house. Tho czar's long talks with Zmudowski have caused the issue of several decrees, materially improving the hard lot of Polish Catholics. The recent foundation of a iKJasants bank in Poland and other liberal measures mightprobably be traced, to tho counsels of the Podborz cure, What s Close Shave Means, "Do you know what a close shave means? I never did until I looked at a face the other day through a microscope which had been treated to this luxurious process. Why, the entire skin resembled a piece of raw beef. To make the face perfectly smooth requires not only the removal pf the hair, but also a portion of tho cuticle, and a close shave means the removal of a layer of skin all around. The blood vessels thus exposed are not visiLlo to the eye, but under the micro scope each little ouivennor mouth hnlri. ing a minute blood drop protests agains such, cruel treatment. The nerve tips are also uncovered, and the pores are left unprotected, which makes the skin tender and unhealthy. This sudden ex posure of the inner layer of the skin rentiers a person liable to have colds, hoarseness and sore throat and it is only that the face and neck are pachyderm matous" "Hold on, barber! Not another word!" csclaimed the customer. A look of sad ness had come over his face and he seemed to be mentally calculating the amount of epidermis .tliat had been sacri ficed in many years of close shaves. Suddenly jumping from his chair he said with deep feeling: "I'll never shave again." In a moment more he was gone. The assthctio barber was astonished at the unexpected result of his effort to rid a fellow being of a foolish notion, and he had a chill when the boss barber told him tliat the loss of trade would be de ducted from his salary. New York Tribune. of the Foot Described by m , Medical Man. The purpose of the foot is for progres sion and support, says a physician in The Pittsburg Dispatch. As we go down the scale of animal life we find tliat the hind feet always dilfer from the fore feet. So it is in man; the hand differs from the foot. The anatomical construc tion of the foot in many ways bears a cl'. e resemblance to tliat of the hand. Tho foot is controlled by muscles which give us the ability to walk and stand. These muscjes are often attacked by a disease, such as paralysis, and, as a re sult, we have the many malformations of the foot. Tliis is especially true in childhood, and, Uie bones, being then soft, they adapt themselves to the dis eased muscles. As the child grows older tho bones harden, and, as a result, they never can be cured. The destruc tion of these muscles gives to us the flat foot and the arched foot, which servo to distinguish the races. The niore arched tin foot the higher and more beautiful the race. The flat foot and projecting heel of the colored race are both due to the action of their muscea. Small feet are now considered beanti ful; but it was not always 60, ns -ou can notice, a you will studv the statues of or uerman goddesses, which show a foot much lonrer than is considered desimhla in tins age. the great toe In vour shoe should he exactly in line with the axis of the font. This must be 60 in order to have a crrace- 1 ui wain, m waning, tne heel is raised wiuie 1110 toes are prainped downward. V hen thev are incased in lintfor omi urm soie there must be some extra room in oruer to mve freedom of motion When the shoe is tight in some places, it presses on muscles, and, consequently they are not able to perform their nronpr functions. As a result, the eroat to la . cj- - drawn out or a line of the axis of the toot; some of the muscles are strength ened and others are weakened. As another result, the toe will be drawn "per manently out of this axis and prove to be the cause of much trouMg Ifrtiu our feet. The timer side of the smtfaki of the sole pf a shoe should be almost a. straight line and the outer side curved. the Ehoes now xnada ouiva almost equally on with sides, and the curvature of the toe i; greatly aided by the struct ure of the shoe. A shoe is not n-ea. sarily advantageous because it is loose. aa koiud portion:? pf the foot are able to stand great' Pleasure." and 'thus' i-pIIaa other portions which are weafcpr. Tho shoe should be loose about the ball of the foot and about the toes. Different Rfrvlea of shoes may be adopted for different exercises of the foot. " Shoes nwvl for dancing may haye higher heels than those used when walking. a rerormation in the making pf shoes la,i.io iifiui some anatur will mist learns the trade of shoemflkino- anA becomes, an artsf ft ttitt Me, eo that he luiiy iiiivtj an oDDorrunitv or t iu a. , : side of the question. The Dummy Spoke. "I was coming up from Albany a few days ago," said a drummer to a party of friends as they sat in the lobby of tho Olobe hotel smoking their cigars. "In the scat just in front of me were two well dressed gentlemen, who were carry ing on an earnest but verv ouiet conver sation with their fingers. When the train reached Utica a couple of stylish looking girls came in and took the seat in front of the two men, which happened to be turned facing them. The girts very soon noticed tho finger conversation, and coolly proceeded to comment upon the lersonal appearance of the gentlemen in a very audible tone of voice. The fej, low with the blonde mustAchn good looking,' said one. It's a pity Lo uau t talk. J wonder if they're marri-' Vrr.. J 7 i w Iew minutes. x icuj- owu uie conductor came through tho car, and, much to the surprise of tho passengers, who had been watching tho ovtjie. uui trenr mm n n niti, Jondo r.iustache stopped him and asked what time tho train got to Syracuse, It was as good as a show to watrh tho f. of those girls. The strain was too much for them, and as soon, as the train stopped they moved into another car. Syracuso Utl 1 i l. Eo 1 AS JJq 1 Weakening Our Eyes, wi.sh I could move out fo n9l-r.H twenty miles from tho nearest school house, and bring the children up myself They would know a hawk from ft hei shaw as far as any one, See hos toyg with big, handsome eyes goiuir from school. Ialf can't sigYta tergftor a duck in a marsh or a ship down tho bar 11 tne country should vaVw another war Kui ermnen would have to find regi ments u spectacles. Nine hours a day da those public school children pore over pv.yw. uwa.B wllIJ ino vilest print that ruina evea. Between the poor print of school books and the newspapers, and in cessant reading, we are losing eyes as fast as possible. The big, liandsome eyed women have to use atropine to. see at all and the clever WPfei all havo con tracted, euuken eyes from reading too much. They begin at 5 years old and keep task in ir the eves till tl sets in. Do you know there isn't one person in BOQ with really good eyes, and fewer phildren? Shii ley Dare. For suitable Holiday 1'ivsents w art; uliowinp fine line of Silk and Cashmere Mufflers ftnd Silk Handkerchiefs at very reasonable prices. S?o t v as the theoretic mg cal 1 Pie and Save Mnnc. j "t uiou uui save money, A ever in tho history of our distinguished profession has it been possible to secure -.vBjvutv wciii, ior so small an amount or money as at present. The in- vluliis ana improvements which al ways cheapen commodities have, in our I uiiauiesj,, kepi apace with the times. A accaue ago there was not much differ ence in prices and methods. Now there ery uiueyence. Ten years ago any iiihwui wouia average ?150; now there u, ZfZZrv3' A man can spend profit ably $3 Ooo m getting planteXor he can have the thing done in pretty good shape for a week s salary, and he'll feel just as """?m ? ue were investing a fortune in it. Some people are very an- ' -uuTOuiii8 uieir lunerai, and others don t think about it at all. If a man wants to have the thing done prop erly, and, go without a hitch, $60 will inattp a, pieasant display m his neighbor hood. There has been a cut in rates tiiiiuug miaertasers or late, and prices are at bottom rock. After a little the trouble will bejadjusted and the old scale restored, uiu our inducements at pres ent should not be overlooked. Now is the tune to. dio, St. Louis Globe-Demo-1 crat, A Couviot Ccmcterj-, A half mile east of tha inviM.-.n urw,n - woody knp.jl, the convict burying ground is6itiiated. It is an inclosuro of nliont two acres, and the onlv reRemhlun ho spot has to a "City of the Dead" is in the long rows of mounds that extend pass and west, denoting the resting plaice' of the unhonored dead. KoKfatoi ments here, no niarble shafts or broUe polumns erected by loving lianda in memory of tho deoarted: iTn , 1 flowers-or imis8V lavviiu. -ul snectabla mciU-- even a re call the ot an7 kind to re- .mory or tne malefactors. All juentity is lost. When the dead is buried here the grave is marked by a small pine uu wuiui is printed the prison number, name, age and date of death; the elements soon erase these, and in a short time no one can tell the occupants me narrow nomes. Jouet Cor. St. Juouis f ost-Uispatch. I : ri'i.i. I .im iuiirii i aim; in Stamped Goods and Tinsel 'fidies. and some pretty designs On our CLOAKSiPLUSH SACQUES we have placed specially low prices, low terest the purchaser. For enough to in- HANGING LAMPS, FANCY GUI'S AND SAUCERS and Fancy Glassware fete through our Queensware De partment, E. O DOVEY OKI. Only a Trifle. Kecent calculations go to show that the mean distance of the earth from tho sun was wrongly estini.-.ted by 130,000 n-ngusn mues atout twenty years ago. But nobody minds a little thing like that in view or the fact that the distance is now figured to be 92,385,000 miles. "its raining in London!" That's the wora when a New York dude is 6een going up Broadway with his trousers rolled up in sunny ' weather. Buffalo news. iuary Anderson has amonor hrr ctom effects 300 wiM. This makes her th wiggedest woman in America. Wash ington I'ost. PEML1AET, HAS THE LARGEST AND FINEST STOCK OF STnVFS HOUSEHOLD GOODS. F RN T RF 1 I WBIL. BUSINESS DJHECTORY. fIn tlie citJ which he is offering at Trices that A coninlete line of Window will Powerful Secret Orders, In the United States there are over 200 irareniai, Denevoient, social, insurance political, religious, temperance and other secret orders. Following is the official memoeranip or some of the more promi nent American organizations: Free masons, ow.uuu; Udd Fellows, 530,000; Grand Army of the Republic, 880,000: Knights of Pythias. 210.000: Oorul Turn. 1 Z rw-vrv linn- . ' . r--"7 uuuo, Ancient uruer of united wormnen. ivi.hto; Jinights of Honor. (vovai Arcanum, ou,uoo; im proved t-raer or Ked Men, 64,000; Ameri can Legion of Honor, 61,664; Knights and Ladies of Honor, 49,200; Sons ofVet- erana, vi,wv; Ancient Order of Fores ters, oa.oaa; daughters of Rebekah, 83, 838; Knights of the Golden Eagle, 80,000, and Order of Chosen Friends. 29.271 The total number of Masons in the world is estimated at 4,uuu,uuu. The total num ber or Druids in the world is 67,000. jew xorn xeiegram. Invested the Lacifer Match. A German authority claims that lucif er matches were the invention of a political prisoner, who perfected his idea within the walls of a jaiL Kammerer, the prisoner in question, on coming out of A TTOKNEY S. P. THOMAS. Attorney-at-Law and Notary Public. Office in r uzgeraia alocK, I'laitsmoutD, jNeD. A TIORNJiY. A. N. SniXlVAV Attorney-at-Law. Will give prompt attention to all business Intrusted to him. fin; in umun biock, nasi siae. f lnttsmouth. Heb. GKOCBBIES. UflKIS. WOHLFARTH. staple and Hnnov Rrortri.: ainamviirii in,i uwerj, riourana reeu. make them fell. complete line ot Window Curtains at a sacrifice. I icture Frames in great variety. You can get everything you need. You can buy it on the installment plan, pay so much each month and you will soon have a fine lurnished house ami hardly realize the cost. Call and free. SIXTH STREET, BET. MAIN AKD VINE. Jul ri-Aiif Jionn, mi;. JULIUS PEPPERBERG, MAJTUFACTUKKR OK AND WHOLESALE .& RETAIi DEALKR IN Tttls . Choicest Brands of Cigars, including our wior de Pepperbergo' and "Buds FTjLti LIKE OK TOBACCO AND SMOKERS' ARTICLES always in stock. Nov. 26. 1885. , it WillBe $15 in Your Insifle PocKet IF YOU WILL CALL AND SKE THE LARGE STOCK OF ' C. F. S M I T H, confinement began the manufacture of T'Vi Rncc To i" 1 at matches. Unfortunately the absence of -IaC J-J'JOO a. ClllUI An InenJoa Poiaon Stopper. An ingenious stopper has lately been patented for use In bottles containing piM.-ua. ue stopper is maoe oi India ruooer, and is surmounted by a perfor ated ball of India rubber brightly colored, so as to render it distinctive in the litrhfc. and containing a bell which rattles when a patent law prevented his nVhta fmm being secured, and an Austrian and other chemists analyzing the composition, Imi tations speedily made their appearance. Between the lucif er match as originally made and the safety match that lights only on its own box, have appeared many varieties of matches. The safety match was invented in Sweden by a man named Lundstrom. The trade fn matches has assumed enormous proportions. Maia St., Over Merges' Shoe Store, lias the best and most complete stock of samples, both foreign and domestic woolens that ever came west of Missouri river. Note these prices: Business suits from $16 to $35, dress suits, $25 to $45, pants 4, $ o, fu, $ G.o0 and upwards. r-ar-Ytrrn t i r the bottle is moved, thus drawin? atten- assumed enormona nmnnifinns I B tion to the character of the contents, ciallv in German v. whom even though it be impossible to see thi are eported.-Troy Times. 1 "clJ -U"lUBUUUII. lanr i. sucn a warning stopper would have rendered impossible many of the acci tents which have from time to time taken place, notably one a few months ago, when a distinguished surgeon lost his life owing to a mistake as to a bottle containing poisonous medicine. Cas 6i ll's. Family Magazine. ' man! I cried. These are the portraiti cf A- New Cm for Con Coba. Building blocks made of corn cobs form the object of an Italian patent which has been issued. The eoos are Eressed by machinery into forms q'"ij?ar bricks, and held toeether bv wire. Ec-srand They are made wr.trr trht by sosJktn? -nt-, with t;r. Tlr t'! rrrjl-ri If" ' . . - r ,y r IIU Crowaiag Effort. "Ah, Lionel, that poem is beautiful P "Yes, Agatha, it is the crowning effort "And, Lionel my Lionel! it will bring you fame, eternal fame, will it not?" "Yes, Agatha and perhaps $2. Life. English shoemakers always cut a V in the bench leather for luck.. Swedi.h carpenters mark a cross on their tools for the same purpose and many painters mark a cross and a triangle on a high scaffolding before they fee" perfectly comfortable upon it. C-v WM Z, BROWNE, OFFICE. P rsonal attention fo niy care. to all Business Entrast- . XOTARY OFFICE. Titles Examined. Abstarets Compiled. In surance Written, Heal Estate Sold. Better Facilities for making Farm "Loans than Plaftniouth, . - lVebraafza , -WATC AMD JEWELRY Tliat Frank Carruth & Son ha3 Lefore purchasing Clirlttnart Presents. Trices are such tliat it would not pay to cross tho street, let alone going to O-nalia, this year. All they ask is AIT OPP02lTX72T2Tiri To show you the Fine Goods and Give You Prices on every- j"" w,,iii ork me iiuu, which win oe solo n tluv have an opportunity. J J LITTLE CSH ill go farther tins year than ever before, call and see the Display of fine goo Is. Don't Fail Jo TOAUK CAH-ftUTttfc.eOW, Dovsy Bloclr, Plattsnioutla. B. &M..TlmQ ITable. OOIVO WIHT. No. 1. 5 :10 a TO. Nrt, 3', -6 :40 p. m. No. 5 M7 a. tn. No. 7.-7 -jn f. m. No. 9 6 :17 p. m. No. 11 ;27a.m. O H NO KA. No, 2.-4 so p. ni. No. 4. 10 :3o a. m. No. 6.-7 :13 f tn. No. 10. 9 :45 a. m. AH trains run dally by wavof Omaha, exee-ft J. H. EMMONS, M. D. H-)VtKOJPATHIC Physician I S" Ofce over Wf""?;x a