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' SECOND YEAR ! PI.ATTSMOUTII, NKBKASKA, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 31, 188S. NUM1U2K f
CUEWIT36mL
SOMETHING ABOUT . TH, HABIT
T.HAT HAS GROWN ON US.
Tn pptto of the ' manifold
pllsioians; ui-fit6. of the ;
, . 7.oof Cunid'a bow. is cha
Sie of all tno cdhtemptuoui
Some or the GirU Af AAfA Why They
Chew Evolution la Gam Making Oplm
loua of PhyaletaM mm the SAecte Tom
Are ManufMetored. . : j
-s u
warnines of
fact that the
inia now is chanered: and in
e of all tno contemptuous and sarcas-
.-s remarks wmcii arecenKtantlj appear-
ins m tlio pfrpcra, gtim chewing in this
country U rapidlj on the increase.
Two-thirds of the girls, be, they pretty
or otlionyi.se, that one mec(s on the high
ways ofMlua city arc cither working
their j:iws for all tier are vrorth or have
a small lump tucked away tn some ob
scure corner of tho mouth and give it a
frentlo squeeze between the teeth when
tnoy are sure or beinjr unobserved.
(Jum chewing i.9 less disgusting than
tobacco chewing. .
AhJ if it Ijecomes a natural habit, as
Jt booms likely to do, we. may comfort
ourselves that the gum chewing Ameri
can i t far preferable to the snuif dipping
Jllexr'an.
A nd ;,mm chewing is not as exclusively
conlinod to tho female sex ais smoking
to th 3 itthh?, for many men use gum to
help still the craving for fobacco, thus
jumping from the frying, pan into the
Jiro. perhaps.
True, gay young women are lately be
coming omewhat addicted to tho use of
the weed, claiming that if men have the
rilit to-put their feet on the mantel and
lii:t(.v' a room blue with smoke why
tthoul .t J bey lie denied the ' privilege,
since it lia audi a soothing "effect on tho
tnupcr? And it women can find any
thing that has a salutary effect upon
their tempers what folly U deprive them
vt it!
rx.ATi.si'A7-iiY i:eaons.
Why do women chew gum? You do
not Lnow, find even tho cliewer tLcj
eclvrj do notfiX'wtoV i
"-O. I-4iew Ijcjuauso I.fcij, I guess,"
- paid Krt young niLis ujKn being
jucsti jnt-tt, - j
"An.l 1 ecait:ia my mother tells me
nottC.." Kiid another, a mischievous
lull,?!:.
'I chew; lifvaiiso I like the taste and
leca:fc;' ovoi'lwly else chews," baid a
third i:i.jifereijt.ratiij.-likewise an
i v.crl they nil; the truth is. ttu-y really
did v.ut know why they chewed and had
never thought to ask" themselves tho
question. ,
Tho history of chewing gum is lik the
jtvowtfi of all animal and vegetable life
orif of evolution.
Cnihlren It-gnn to chew the exuda
tioni from diderent trees, fri-'m the jhmcIi,
jiluui. pine, spruce and sweet trura, thus
j'Utim.'; jt into somebody s mind to make
DEADLY PROSPECT HOLES.
Some of the Dangers Attending TtrtUa
In ttie Slerraa.
As ono approaches today the rising
tlopet of tho Sierras in California, the
more especiallyin that portion extend
ing f rom Nevada county on the north,
through placer, 1 Dorado, Calaveras
and Mariposa counties, on the south,
certain signs and indications are met
with, the landmarks, so to speak, of
the pioneers of '49.
1 rode, pretty much all through that
country on horseback some year or so
ago, and came near losing my life in a
number of these "landmarks," which
have proven fatal to many others be-
lore ana yet remain a constant source
of danger to the unwary traveler in
inai region.
Jjoubtless this habit is most oncn iaia
in childhood. How many mothers
feed their babies as often ns they cry,
taking it for granted in the most im
becile manner that the baby cries for
food, when more often tho helpless
littlo victim cries becauso it already
has had too much food. When tho
stomach once becomes accustomed to
being crowded with food, if (he supply
is cut short there Is ut first u gnawing
sensation that i3 frequently mistaken
for hunger. Persevere a little longer
in your abstinence, and you will find g
yourself benefited by it. Hull's Jour- &
uai oi licaiiu.
WIKE-SCHNELLBACHER.
Wagon and I'liu k.'iiiilh Shop.
Wagon, Buggy,
Machine ami Plow
Hebron Today.
Wo found ourselves encroaching
upon the land of the Azazinu hs, the
descendants of Ishmael. and were
I refer now more particularly to that Pyerwhelmcd by a storm of abuse
part of El Dorado county lying within from a delegation pf the tri be who,
a radius of fifty miles of Placerville.
or Hangtown, as it was called in the
Argonaut days. Here is where the
greatest rush to the gold diggings took
place. The creeks and mountain
streams all about contained rich de
posits of gold, and tho gold hunters
fairly swarmed over this portion of
tho country.
When the yield of the river beds
was exhausted tho miners began sink
ing prospect holes. These varied in
depth from tin to one hundred feet.
Sometimes when "pay gravel" was
struck great streams of water would
bo called into play, cutting wide
chasms into the soil and often wash
ing away mountains themselves.
These claims, when abandoned and
when afterward covered with a growth
of underbrush, rendered it dangerous
to travel in their vicinity at night for
fear of falling into ono pf these arti
ficial precipices, which could not be
seen until the very brink was reached.
Tho prospect holes, however, are
another matter. These are met with
every where in tho region I have de
scribed, often not more than ten feet
a'ltai't. They are rarejy pipro than five
feet in diameter aud; owing to' the
growth of underbrush', ai-o veritable
pitfalls and death traps.
Many a man has started out on a
prospecting tour and tumbled head
long into one pf jhese nils, never to be
heard from again. Wild animals of
all kinds also are mado the victims of
those; deadly prospect boles.
iiy lirst experience in this
awirlirk fnj .mini.
was lirsit taada of
pirrl.a, and oilier rubl
lxeswax. gutta-
lbbctv and stickv
hUlr-irjiK-cs. winch were erfectly pure
iiiiii nryr.u .-;. ai cosuv in preparation.
ivcfard
taught mo a" valuable lesson that I
heeded thereafter. I was walking
through the woods ono day with a
rille, wiitii I scared up one of the wild
hogs that aro pretty thick in tliat
country. I made up my mind that
Mr. Hog would bo tny meat, as these
anitnais ai-0 very good eating, and so
I started in chase. Owing UJtho trees
I couldn't pet a good shot. ' "
Well, I chased that hog for perhaps
a m.uurcq varus or so wiicn. to mv
I .c-.t... I,. i.. -.,,,i.t 1;. ii -i I
ii . . . - . - . - . ? i tuivimuuitiii. uu siiuueiii v uisainit'nrpfi i
l- ".w?Amemuo ee- as if tho earth had swallowed , m T bird
Jims umi, oy jwihii some OI 1 . i 1 4 i . 7 7, t ;
... m i initita . i coukln t make it out at all so I nisbwl
Mls.;cr i i a small amount of beeswax" a to 1 i'O ?Pot Ts Hick as I could.
Kuin fii'itinjr to the moreexpensive could
be proiluceil wiitcfj was quite susceptible
to I'.avoi:; and trifling in lW,
J'.y f he use of scents and largo quanti
ties" of -ii4r, wliich is tho prmcipal
arlklo used ia tlp composition of any
gum, the disagreeable taste and odor of
petrok'um was entirely obliterated arid a
liable artlcjo was produced. About the
fcametime a gum -called "fialsam Tolu"
was produced, wliich aiso found a ready
de particularly among children,' arid
then "Paraffin" in allot its flavors and
mixtures had its day.
t)ne variety of white gum was for
some tiuio quti- extensively manufac
tured in China. That eouutry haa a tree
peculiar to itself which possesses an at-
. traction for an insect with a queer
Chinese name which ono will neither at
tempt to write nor pronounce. Numbers
of t!iem collect upoif the tree, and when
they have departed to pastures new
branches r.re found to bo literally cov
ered with a- waxy deposit. Py boiling
the branch?. tlse wax is separated from
them, and when tho water and twigsare
drawn o.'f the white deposit remains.
XO-P. THAN $1,500,X)-A YEAR.
Ti'.i-- w purified, sweetened, flavored,
cooled fn cakes, ad a little fancy picture
pasted or i top, and we have the old wlute
LiiEi wliich so many of us have chewed
ur.til c:-.p jaws aclied. Tho sale of this
varfetv was enoniious, but it has now
lee:! r'uj -l;mted by newer kinds, as has
theclJ r.ublxrr wax.
P.'r. iJ .-iana differ considerably in thejr
..T; t he faibject. An eminent phy-
Tho ' first thing i knew I felt the
ground give way beneath my feet,
and by soino happy accident I was
barely prevented from falling into a
hole which, as I afterward ascertained,
was cirhtv-livo feet'deon. ' T m.n-iimH
to clutch hold of a projecting bush in
tho mck of fin-.o pr J should have
caught that hog with a vengeance.
Tiio hog is probably tliere yet The
hoi.! cerfainl V is, anyhow, and if any
one contemplates a trip through that
section of the country it would be
well for him to bear these facts in
mind. New York Herald.
from Uhio ueciarcs that cum
r rerior ;ly effects tho eyesight.
lie uc -or laus io uetect tno use
JK j- an examination or tne eye.
rInot!u-.' : -JB Uiat the muscles or tho jaw
and fi.'.v r.cui- tho temple are enlarged
Vud l:ai.Icued :uvl the curve of the lipsfs
'st:vycJ. A-nc, pa tue ptner nana,
rto.'i witiious numoer aarise its use
t-kVi-n-o the tetth and aid dijrestion.
It i3 ruite the fd at the present time
to chew KPruco gum. Jt, at least, is pure
from all the adulterations which are now "
st common. -. ' . .
Dealers ia gum say that until within a
few ye:j-3 its use was almost exclusively
confined to children, but at the present
timo t ho demand among adults iscon
tinurdly increasing.
It Las been computed by a statistician
tliat the people of the United States
ppen 1 more than Sl.tCO.CCO every year
for chewing gum. TLrra is a ixuuiufac-
torr in Louisville, Ily., t .zi tr- turns
put CW.000 boxe? r.T: L"'ri cages' eacl
A New Fad.
I v.-as passing through the halls of
an upper story of one of our big hotels
the other day, as the guest of a boarder
there. "Do you seo those glistening
sjxsts on tho hall carpet?" he asked me.
"Yes." "Do you know what causes
them ?" "No.,r "Well, I can tell you,
for I've watched the thing. It's one
of the results of the women's growing
hal.it of chewing gum see?" I con
fessed my obtuseness I didn't under
stand. "Well," said my friend, "the
women boarders here, as elsewhere,
chow gum it's about the only thing
thoy have' to do and not knowing
what to do with their quids when
going to their meals or f;q the parlor
they slyly take the sticky stuff out of
.u :ir mourns ana arop it on the hall
carpets, where it is soon smashed flat
unu?r foot that's liW it is." I
walked through the halls and through
tho parlors of tho hotel afterward,
ar.d discovered many of the shinin"
spots on the rich carpets. My frien3
is i ight. I watched and satisfied my
self that lus theory of the cause of
tLc. "damned spots" is correct. In
fact, I sryv some very nice and charm
i:vr women, before enteric? the car-
Ion;, tho dining rooms and the ela-vctoi-s,
quietly casting their bits of
cLcwing gum on tho hall carpets. I
T7c::t!er if . the hotel men and their
housekeepers understand this new fad?
'Chicago Journal.
having sighted us afar off, stood
awaiting us at the ford of the river
which led up Beersheba way. No day
in Petra held more anxiety than this
one did ; for parting with the mutin
ous wretches into whose hands we had
voluntarily placed ourselves at Aka
bah, compromising with those who
held us prisoners, and arranging with
tho newcomers, required an amount
of intolerable yelling and bluster
which was more interesting than
pleasant. bwords, pistols, clubs,
spears, fists and guns were all used ;
out noDouy was hurt very much.
li.ven the moon looked troubled by
the time we made our departure. If
such people infested this region, when
me spies came mis way, it is not so
wonderful that they returned to
Moses and said, "We were in our own
" 1 x 1 -a
sign i as grasshoppers, ana so we were
in their sight." Certainly my long
ieit Bymjtttuy fpr . liagar, ana lsh
mael was much' sliaken by my deal
ings with then descendants. Nothing
could be moro lovely, however, than
tho region reached a day's journey fij
ther north, when in the neighborhood
of "the brook Eshcol." The and, rolls
through r'green pastures' and 'beside
the still waters." The wide valleys were
clothed with verdure, spotted with
daisies, buttercups, dandelions, . pop
pies white and red, and many other
flowers. Largo flocks were there, at
tended by iheic . (Shepherds ; fhe fella
hin were at work, and the women,
tall and erect, were everywhere car
rying water in jars upon their heads.
The fields were protected from the tor
rents by stono walls such, as we saw in
the wilderness, and ' olive groves and
vineyards abounded. It was a grate
ful scene, made more so by the re
semblance of tho gray sided hills to
those of good old Massachusetts. Each
vineyard of Eshcol wps protected
by a high stouo wall ; in ov'erv
was a low stone structure which served
as the house of the,attendant. The roof
was the watch tower, wherpnnrm iho
watcher the dav. to keen th
a and tho Bedouins arniv from tho
iruu. iestieu awav down in tho val
ley Deiow lies tho Hebron "in the
plains o Maiarc.'' There, rcachine
ii.-i-o&3, is me oia camping ground of
the patriarchs, and in the distance,
towering above everything else except
the surrounding hills, are the minarets
oi the mosque winch covers the cave
of Machj)elah. Hebron is the oldest
town in the world which has main
tamed a continuous existence. The
mils and the valleys alike aro clothed
with oljvo groves, orange trees and
vineyards; tigs, mulberries, almonds.
pomegranates and vegetables like our
own melons and cucumbers also
abound. Streams of water run hither
and, t aither and murmur music which
gladdens the heart of the weary trav
eler. .or. teniury.
Jn.ir&rno!inni&tfY
nvi quo uu i u
A
Sjif ci-dty.
V
He uses the
5 S I
Iinr.-t choc, the I5i st f(rseshoe for the
Fanner, or for Fast Friving and City
put post;, ever invented. It is made so
unyono can can put on sharp or flat corks
ns needed for wet and lipperj'r;fdsf or
mov;n dry road. fu. nqii r.xim.tH
those tthwen and 3 oi: will h.ive no other.
J. ffl. Schnellbacher,
rth St., riattsmouth, Neb.
IHL FOUR REMEMBER
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THE
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CLOTHIER
Iu'lioves in lnin poiuf tliin l'r the jioor.
K.B. Wisdham, John A. Iavie,
Notary Pul'Mc. "viaty Public.
W i X H A SS Ji I A V I KH,
Attorneys - at - Law.
OfUce over BanklofJCa'-s Couuty.
n.ATTSMOUTn. - - Nebkaska
Prencli Ilealtli Seamless
FOOT WARMERS !
THIS T-. OP BEANS
Exhibited in Joe's Window will be counted on January
1st, Waterman's Oera House, at 8 o'clock j. m.
The Bohemian Orchestra Will Play
The
eaii8
followiiio-
nainoil Ladies and (icntswill count the
MISSEXA CR1TCUFIELI), MISS hAUUA SHU'MAN,
mi. AV. A. DHKKICK, mi. DAVID MrEJS'TKE.
The First, Second and Third nearest the number will
given the prizes.
be
1 Oc.
10c.
AT
Sherwood's.
BlliNESS imiKCTOHY.
ATTORNEY."
S. F. THOMAS. .
Attoriiev-at-I.aw nnd Notary Public.
Fitzgerald Block. Plattsmoutu. Neb.
O.liee in
ATTOKXty,
A A. N. 8ITLHVAN,
Attorney-at-Law. Will i've Dromnt AttnnMnn
to all buinesR Intrusted to !ilm
Union Block, East side. Platts.uimil), lieb.
mouth.
THE HON. A
An Admission ot 10 cents will be charged and eveiy cent
poor of I'latts-
taken in shall be distributed amonr the
II. TODD, County CnmV, and
THE HON. F. M. RICIIEV, The Mayor,
Will sell the tickets at the door. These gentlemen and
two ladies will see to it that the money will be distrib
uted among the poor.
Guoceihi:..
t'lIKTS. wnni.tripni
Staple and Yuneg Groceries, Glassware
Crockery, Flour and Feed.
and
ajT o TFS-
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Will pay all expenses.0 Every cent taken in that night
- shall go to the poor. Now is the time
Do Something for Charity.
Do not hesitate to give more than ten cents.
STiorouffbly cleanse the blood, which is tha
rountain or neaitn, Dy vsmg ur. 1'ierce's Uoid-
en Aieaicai uiscovery. ana gooa dip-estion,
fair skin, buoyant spirits, and bodily health
Goldeq Medical Discovery curea all humors,
from the common pimple, blotch, or eruption,
to the worst Scrofula, or blood-poison. Es
pecially nas it proven Its efficacy in curing
gait rheum or Tetter, Eczema, Erysipelas,
PeverTSoreSj Hip-joint Disease. Scrofulous
pores ana bweinnps, Enlarged Ulands.
Sores
FUBNITU
at
m r
OHIUM.
ires And RvaI HnmL Knlnrfml
jre or 'j.aicK xiecK, and
Ulcers.
Golden Medical Discovery cures Consum
uoa twnicn is ocroiuia or tne iungsi, b
or
fired Ulands, Goi
d Swellin
;k, and Eating Sore
Discovery cures Cons
3iuia oi tne i.unirs riv
wonderful blood - purifying:, inviaoratlna.
and nutritive Drocorties. if taken in tima.
For Weak Lungs, Spitting- of Blood, Short
ness of Breath, Catarrh in the Head, Bron
ctiitia, ctevere uougbs. Asthma, and kindred
affections, it is a sovereign remedy. It
promptly cures tne severest Cousrns.
Por Torpid .Liver, Biliousness, or "Lirer
vompiainc," uyspepsia, and indigestion, it is
an unequaled remedy. Sold by druggists.
fflw f i-w, w six oovues i or y.uu.
Parlor, Dining Room and Kitchen
FTOII1
li is the opinion of The Rochester
impress tnat "altera community tai-s
r l . . ,i . ,
iuiu iciiuitrrs u mini iuiu puis a ixuroiiu
time table in his hand, it is tlie heic-lit
of impoliteness for him to liu?er lonarer
ui uiu town.
It 13 fill vorv k-pTJ fr notr ci rmi rm
but if you have no baggage the hotei
proprietor would rather you would pay
wnen you arnvp. i.'ittsburg tJnron-
WM L. BRO WNE,
X.-ft.-W OFFICE.
m
PJrsonal attention
to my care.
to all Business Entrust-
XOTARY IX OFFICE.
Titles &amiued, AbstarctP Compiled, In-
lurauce n ruien, iteai tsiaie ooiq.
vearlv. which
world. And wL
oti-cr ma tin facte
Tariotios which t
t much or more
r ' we tre f
jt iu.-t:
ill arer the
("jfl Jl the
' Jerent
felling
ioned
raan'a
Over Eji tins'.
Ii U a decree that while civilized,
man cannot live without dining, be
Client live a great deal longer without
so much dining, or rather without
dining so . extensively. Sir Henry
luompoa says mat ne nas been com.
pcllcd by facts to think that more
niiscliief in the form. of disease has ac
crued to civilized man from erroneous
habits in eating- than from the use of
alcoholic . drinlc. , He also declared
himself in doubt whether improper
and inordinate eatimr were not as
pTeat a moral evil as inordinate drink-'--.
?!any of our best physicians
N : rf over c.:- f ' r t y
better Facilities for making Farm 'Loans than
Afxy Other Agency
Plattgnioutli, - Aebragka
r- THE FACTORYYILLE
ROLLER . MILLS
Have again been put in shape to
Grind y Buckwheat
Bring on your Cfrists and get some
of the Best Flour rnanufactured in
. the Sta;e. '
FLOUR AND CORN MEAL I
on hand for Exchange for Wheat
and Corn. Give us- a C&L Res
pectively, . . - -
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The Largest ai:l Most Complete Stock in the City.
COFFINS, GASKETS
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If you desire to purchase a aewingr machine,
ask our acnt at your place for terms and
prices. If you cannot and our agent, write
direct to nearest address to you below named.
NEW HOME SEWING MACHINE aORAEMMS:
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smntAwa6co.cL,
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MA-
T 2. WARNE, , -' ' ALFRED DOtG S.
Proprietor, - Union, Cass Co., Neb. WBWWaiW ISTLCD. OiiPPerS
it m. ,
-tfi t!: market, at Fricke & Ou1" ' -,. tTpp' Vmik-
r
Christmas Sacrifice Sale!
I IT MSlT'a uSuInID LALIES' FINE
EMBROIDERED SLIPPERS
FROH 75 CE2TTS XTP.
THAT WILL BE 3IORE PLEASING FOR A PRESENT.
ALL BUYING OVER 25c. WORTH
AT OUR STORE WILL GET
A G h an ce o n the Fine E)o' '
IN OUR WINDOTT, TO BE DRAWN JANUARY 1, lSb'o '
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