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T.UK DAILY HEKALb : IM.ATTSMOL'TH, NEUKASKA, FRYDAY, JANUARY j
The Piattsroouth Daily Herald.
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Publishers & Proprietors.
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trU at the ostilJliri I'ml I i-ini.iit li. Nlr.. . s
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Our Clubing List.
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N. V. Tr'liuiic. -. - ''()
Omaha Kei : '
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Harpers Magazine 4 mi
Weekly. 4 7.1
" " llaar. . . 4 7.
YollllK People .' .".
Neb. Farmer 2 H
.. Jcinorct'4 Month
ly Magazine :i 10
American Mu'lne :i
.. 'J he Forum fin
Now "m tin' time to prepare for tin
.lriiij Imioiii.
Tiik !It:iiU) i the liest advertising
medium in ':iss county.
Pi.ATTsMOCiii will have a bigger hoc m
this f.prin tlmn !? lms ever hail.
Tiik decrease iu the public debt for
December, ISMS, was a little over $14,
000,000. The final count has been made nud U
correct. It gives the republicans i ma
jority in the lower liouie of congress.
A Xkw Yoiik lawyer agreed to ttll
the truth for four years if Harrison was
elected. He's been obliged to u'ive up
his law prac'ice.
Tiik area of Dakota is 117,700 spuare
mile, which is 1(1,000 square miles large!
that Illinois and has over (500,000 inliab
Hunts, enough both of population and
area to justify her admission as two states.
Tiik result of the recent election con
Jensed, is as follows: Harrison, 5..V.V
l iS;. Cleveland, 5,5:14.36s; Fisk, 2411,158;
.Streeter, 143,09:5; Powderly (United La
bor), :;,07:): Curtis (American), 1,015:
Socialist, 2,00S; Mrs. Lockwo d, 3; scat
tering, 7,774; total yote, 11,(JI,9S7.
Fivu-ftiXTMS of the people of Dakota
are in favor of the division and admis
i n of that territory as two states; and
congress should respect their wishes in
the matter. The population is sumVii-n'
for two states, and a division can casiK
b) male that will give perfect sitisf .e
tien. Tun Doiton Transcript is greatly
troubled over "the whist'ing craze among
the Boston girls." The Transcript any :
"It is almost impossible to tell whether :
girl is puckering for a kiss or a whittle."
The boys out "West always take th
chancer tint it is for a kiss, and take it
back, if it is a mistake. lilue Valley
Rhule.
I.AfKF.EisKN', one of the four ex-em
ployes of the Chicago, Burlington and
Quiney r.iilroad, charged with having
eonspired to destroy life and property by
means of dynamite, and who has been
on trial at Geneva, 111., has been found
guilty and sentenced to two years in the
state penitentiary. His three co-conpira
tor are yet to be tried.
It may not be our put in, but we hope
when Harrison comes to dealing out tin;
poitoliices and other perquisites of posi
tion, he will be as liberal with the news
paper men of his party as Cleveland w is
with the democratic editors. No class
of citizens have done so much for their
party or town as the newspaper fellows.
If public orliccs are to go to any man or
set of men as the perquisite of loyalty,the
republican newspaper tnn are the fellows.
Johnson County Journal.
'Tckxino the rascals out" has not
been a very great succss in the various
treasury and sub treasury buildings be
longing to the federal government.
There has been more stealing of govern
ment funds in the treasury aaults and in
the redemption bureau within the la
thirty days than there was in the last
eight years of republican rule. Perhaps
tli3 election of November tliscou raged
th-3 clerks and messengers, and they con
cluded that hones'y is n t its own re
ward, an I they mut make hay right !
awjy while the sun s'lines. Lincoln
Journal. !
The announcement of the classiiiea- '
tion f tha railway mail service so as to
bring it under tli i operation of the Civil
Service ru'cs n probably the last grasp
of the present administration on the sub ;
jet of the reform o widely heralded;
four years ago. There is a possibility;
yet that Mr. Cleveland, may have some- !
tiling to snj about it in a special message, ;
but pniJeice w.mbl appear to dictate
silence a-s his l.et piey. The country !
has had all the cxpeiJnce it wants of
Timofr; tir? Civil -servicVreform. Now ,
let it ! . burieJ out of sighfKr-New York j
Triliim-v
Tiik Australian system of vti,ig went
into ( ffo t in .Massachusetts . i t li the
opening of th:; year, and t!ir author. ties
of that state have li q'l' sts inm all over
the country for copii s of the 1 iw. Inter
est in a reformed ballot throughout the
Uuitvd St at'-s was never so great as it is
now, mid mea.-urcs to plae..- it in opera
tion will be before many l"gisi.ttures this
winter.- (Jlolc Democrat.
Tho Usual Result
It is not to be denied that a good
tewing machine i. one of the most im
portant appurtenances of the modern
household.
We thought we had a gjod machine
until one day the agent of the Nkw Home
presented himself at our door and pro
ceeded to deliver an oration upon its
characteristic merits.
"Uut," we answered, "Our machine
6u:ts us well and we do not care for
another."
The agent, however, begged the privil
ege of leaving one of his machines with
us, "for the ladies to try."
The rcqtie.st was not unreasonable, so
we granted it but more to oblige tin
agent than anything else; for we really
did n.';t want the machine, and had not
the remotest ideu of buying it.
The machine once in the house, it was
natural that the ladies should look it
over; they did so, and as a consequence
fell iii love with it. They say that with
out the slightest wbii ic decry or dispar
age any other machine, this, all things
coi.;dered is, iu their opinion, the most
desirable one to le i.hu.
This unrivalled machine is manufact
ured by the NEW HOME SEWING MA
CHINE C., Orange, Mass., and
Union Square, New York.
Den t
let that cold of yours run on. You think
it is a light thing. JJ':t it may run into
catarrh. Or into pneumonia. Or con
sumption. Catarrh is disgusting. Pneumonia is
d'iii'jerous. Consumption is death itself.
The iiic..t!j?!; apparatus in ust be kept
healthy and clear or all ..l' iictions and
offensive matter. Otherwise there is
trou' -le ahead.
Ail the diseases of these parts, head,
nose, throat, i.i oi.ehial tubes and lungs,
can be delightfully and ci.tiieiy cured by
the use of lioschee's German Syrup. If
ym don't know' this already, thousands
and thousands of people can tell you
They have been cured by it find know
how ;i is, themselves. Ilottle only 75
cents. Ask tn dru-ggiut.
Sknii the Weekly Hkhald to some
frien I in the ast for a Ohristmiis present.
Sinlay In Paris.
Every year Parisian tradespeople are
bec::;ii!ig loss disposed to riunday shop
ktvj iug. and there are even fewVr artl-sixiii-:
o be been at work than was formerly
tho .ise, says a correspondent. The id
hn.bi.ants of the proverbially lively city
hare not, of course, adopted tho strict
Sab', .'.tarianfrui of their Dritish neigh
liors. :snd it i.j even doubtful if many of
rtu i-.: patronise the metroxlitan churches
on :-".:ji1:v moraings. Their gi-eat ob-iix-t
s . em.; to 1)0 to extract as umch ra
tional umuseinent as ixssillo out of tho
cue c-.iy in tho w eek when they aro not
tied t'iov.n to their eternal desks, ledgers
i.:id c.juuters. Dissipation there may be
i:i i o::ie cases, and there is much un--r.C'y
revelry carried on during Sunday
vi ..i igs in second class cafes, low danc
ing loons and ahsintho reeking resorts
of tl "Assouimoir" type; but the re--p
i. -t.-.ble portion of the community takes
its lie liday in a decent fashion, and en
joy:? iiself in a manner at which only the
soure.-t discij le of Calvin or the "most
melancholy minded follower of Jle
lancthon could cavil. Serious, steady
and respectable Parisians walk leisurclj
in the Champs Elyseeson Sundays, when
the weather permits, or attend morning
performances in tho theatres or the after
noon concerts. Then they go home to
dinner and have a family reunion, or
vi::d up by a quiet game of cards or
Jra.ij '.its in a favorite cafe. Doston
Herai.l.
The Camera Caught Him.
A burglar entered a houso at Water
ford., I reland, and after purloining every
thing he could lind he prepared to re
move a large photographic camera that
va; standing on a table. In some way
he i n ched oil a magnesium Hash light
uttrvl nient tlmt was part of the machine,
and lied precipitately when the tlnng
:lai d up. Tho next day it was found
that the camera had taken the photo
graph of the burglar. The negative was
p'ced in the hands of the police, and by
its ai l they quickly nabbed their mail.
It showed the burglar with a jimmy in
one lind and a box containing jew elry
iuid-?r lus arm, while ho carried a sack
over 1 is shoulder with valuable pieces of
plale. books, etc., and wa3 gazing at the
llas'i light in ox?n mouthed amazement.
-Euf.:jo Courier.
ALWAYS SOME ONE BELOW.
Oi tt j lowest round of tha ladder
1 fir aly planted my feet.
An 1 i 4tUml up at the dim, vast distance
1 a:.: mado my future so sweet.
I eKn.:ed till my vision prew weary,
1 el; al.-eil till my brain was on fire,
I :.;r..ed eaeh footstep with wisdom
Vol I never seemed to get higher.
For t". is round was glazed with Indifference
An ; that one was gilded with scorn,
Aad v.-hen I grasped firmly another
I foaud. under velvet, a thorn.
Til', i v brain grew weary of planning,
Ai i my heart, strength began to fail.
And :.3 (lush of the morning's excilement
I'.r.- evening commenced to pale.
Di:t when my hands were unclasping
IX- 'ir hold on the last gained round,
Wlit .i my hopes, coming back from the future,
W.vo linking again to the ground
Oi- .. ho luxl climbed near to the summit
;i ;;: hed backward a helping hand;
And. r.-lrvIied. encouraged and strengthened,
I t.K.k once again my stand.
An 1 I wLsh oh, I wish that the climbers
. I never forget as thev go
Ti:i. i;iou;;li weary may seem their climbing.
'1 .o U always fuuio one below. ,
ElLi Oiiuson. J
A I'lea for tho Muplo Trre.
At the last meeting of tho I'orcttry tis
Foeiation. at Grand I .'a; ids, Mich., Mr.
11. Davenport, f WV'-tii.-nd, Mich., read
:i p;.j-cr in n:n::i. 'l the following
statements: "lam beielor tho purjK.e
of saying a good word for tho Migar ma
ple. 1 Ulieio tli.it withi:i the maple
Irf-lt no ther tree lays -q'.i:il claims to
the attention of those interested iu the
preservation of our forests or oilers so
Kd and economical means for tho ac
complishment of that purpose."
In considering the subject it w as urged
that the sugar maple lills all tho desira
ble, conditions of forestry letter than
any other tree, and that, everything con
sidered, the maple, sugar industry pays
a great profit and may lo considered in
the li.ht of a permanent investment,
and that for forestry purposes proper,
where the preservation of living forests
is the desideratum, those trees are the
most valuable that yield a revenue with
out the loss of tho tree itself.
Tiuilicr trees declare a dividend only
at death, and there is a 6trong tempta
tion for their destruction. The nut
bearing and sugar yielding trees declare
annual dividends, and consequently there
is :i strong reason for their preservation.
Put nut bearing trees Nourish over a
wide range, and there may be some dan
ger of overproduction, besides, as a rule,
the timber of such trees is valuable and
t here is a constant temptation to sucri
liee future welfare to present prolii.
With the sugar maple it is ditlerrnt. Of
all trees yielding valuable products, its
timber is worth the least in the markets;
its annual dividends are high, and there
is no danger of overproduction. It pos
sesses the prime requisites for forestry
purposes, viz., a valuable product and
timber Of little market value. Its life is
about as secure as that of a valuable tree
can be. The product of the sugar maple
is ono of the choicest luxuries, and only
needs to be known in its purity to Le ap
preciated. 7 !ie Girl Who V.vi.
Peter Birch, the celebrated horse
trainer, tells the following story:
'Once I was at tho Monmouth track
it was this year, too and I went upon
the benches, where I happened to sit .just
behind a young lady of about 17, who I
saw was in great trouble. Presently she
turned and asked mo which horse 1
thought would win, and I noticed she
could hardly keep from crying r.s she
spoi-o. I told her that 1 did not know
tho winner for a certainty. She asked
mo to put coiiio money for her on
a horFC, and I frankly tcld her
s':o did wrong to hand " her money
to a perfect ft ranger; but she
insisted, and I took it "nd Lt t for her.
After the race I brought her hack CO),
and you never saw am-hody so delighted
a.i jiho wrs. Then she told me her story.
Ain lived m Kew Yoik, ;in;. kept house
for her father and brother, and lf:ey hr.d
given her 100 to pay some bill ;. She
had gone to the races, instead, and hud
j'5.t 70 when she f;;o!:e to inc. Mie was
desperate at the tune, not knowing vl:at
to do. a3 sho dared not go home without
the money. I advised her never to bet
again, and r.ho promised me thr.t fhc
would not. But her caso was only cue
cf scores that I have seen; and there
,-eeius to be a peculiar fascination for
women' to bet when once they get to fre
quenting tho track." Bor-.ton Traveller.
Sweeping; Superstition.
In Sweden, it is regarded as en un
lucky thing to enter the door just as tho
dirt made in sweeping reaches it. Celi
bacy awaita tho unQr-rtunate person do
iug0. The English housewife will uot,
however, sweep the dirt out of tho front
eloor, fearing to sweep away tho fortun.;
of the house. A Venetian supersti:
is that tho young girl across whose : ;
dirt i ; swept will never get married.
In England, when signs announce (.in
coming of a stranger, the i : ; r must 1
sw ept, but here a. train it is unlock.'. i
sweep at night. Blossomed, broom is ... .
to be used.
In Westphalia, tho houso is carefully
swept at Shrovetide with a new broom,
which is then hung up over the door and
preserved. In some places in Germany
a broom is burned in tho lires kindled on
May da v. At others, people go up a lull
on Walpurgis night, taking with them
all the old brooms they can collect and
burning them. Czechs do tho same on
St. John's day.
The broom also possesses healing
power. If cows udders have been
caused to swell by weasels, it is con
sidered sufficient, in ono district cf Eng
land, tostroke them threo times with u
broom, which is then silently laid under
tho grain Lin. Cor. St. Louis Globe
Democrat. A Novel Telephone.
Th 3 Lowth stettio-tclephone hails from
Chicago, and is a combined transmitter
and receiver. A hollow extension about
four inches long is attached to tho re
ceiver, from tho end of which a small
button protrudes slightly. The button
is placed against the throat near tho
vocal chords, and the receiver is held
against tho ear in the usual manner.
When tho operator speaks the vibrations
of tho throat aro transmitted with, it is
6aid, distinct clearness. Tho instrument
is operated by the muscular vibrations
that accompany tho utterance of words.
Tho inventor, James Lowth, is said to
have been experimenting and working
on this instrument for over ten years.
When he first applied for a patent, three
years ago. the authorities at Washington
thought him a crank, and refused to is
sue one. He attached the instrument to
wires in tho ofiico anil asked over it:
"What do you think now'r' Back over
tho wire came: "I give in. It works per
fectly." Our Chicago informant says it
has been successfully operated between
that city and Milwaukee, and in Pitts
burg it worked over a line seventy-five
miles in length, on which were tw'enty-
hve Bell mstruments. Electrical Be
riew. I.are Lumber Interests.
Puget Sound lumber is the oldest, most
profit able, and tho most actively prose
cuted industry of the sound, employing
as it does a capital of over CO,obo,Ooo
and thousands of men. Six or eight
combined and wealthy saw. mill com
panies virtually control it, owniug their
own timber lands, ships, stores, and the
town sites upon which their oiils are
located, the dwellings of which are sim
ply rented to their employes. Tney gov
ern not only tho price of tho manu- j
factured article, but tho amount that sliall !
be manufactured and the price that shall j
be paid loggers for logs. These aro '
mamly of red lir, the trees often attaining
a height of over 200 and a "diameter of
eight to ten feet, single logs frequently
yielding over 10,000 feet of manufactured
lumber. Public Opinion.
Vomen have more chance of life in
their favor previous to CO year 3 of ago
than men have, but fewer afterward. 1
Collecting Sample of Water.
It is surprising how many peculiar
things a man will do when he has
more time and money at his disposal
than ho knows what to do with.
Not long 6ince two younz lwiglisli
inen of fortune wero traveling in thi8
country. They visited many sections,
and one day their conversation at
tracted tho attention of a fellow trav
eler. A conversation in which all
three joined followed.
''What is your destination?" was
a;!:ed of the Englishmen.
"We scarcely know yet. Cut we itre
at present t n route for tho Mississippi
river," replied one of them.
"Merely for the sake of getting a
loo!: at thet mighty stream i"
"Well, no, not entirely. The truth
is. we want some of the water from
the Mi.-sissippi river."
"Want some of the water! What
."or;"
"T keep." And amused at t!i" ex
pression o:i his questioner's face, he
continued: "You see. my friend and
v. If have a larger invome than v.v can
;.sid. We longed for something
lew, and together we decided to
i:ivcl. We thought it wonhl Ik more
-!.;:s ;iit for Loth if we had some oh
, t i:i view, and we wanted to do
i'. -tiling dil!Vi-ent from ;. nybo.lv
!. c. so we ronciuded to nu'.ke a col
-.-J i ni of waters from all the princi
:! i iveis-of the c:irili. We have vis
.-. I Ki '.rope, Asia, Australia, South
i.':eriea, and now inl.'nd to 'do' North
:. -i-iea. What are these collections
;e.' Merely to gratify a whim of the
:!: : k;! and we are doing that very
!h;;". Already we have sent home
i- y ;::i.a!l vials, each labeled, so
'!;:-:v can be no nii:;t:;!:o, and when we
!; Nori.ii Ai:; -; i: we will have lin-
i l.cd tho globe."
"iiow i iii v '- , ; : ;;d to keep
the colled ion r"
"Always, cf :.; -,., y m thirik.
we won;; avhy..v ;' ';.:;' wj.at has
tuk'-n so Utw; . collect.'"
"Well. I ::!. ly think so, but do
von intend t .submit the waters to
ome chemist in-other for analysis';"'
"We hadn't thought of it. As I told
von, v.e do this merely to puss the
li::: .spend our money, see t lie world
while v.e are young, and gratify a,
whim; p. ml you may believe that" so
iV:r we have had any amount of
p'o: sure out of it." Chicago Tribune.
'.-: 'iitcncn Iay."
A young man only two years past
his majority is at the bar. lie is stout
and healthy and well able to work at
his trade of steant fitting, but ho h idle,
and lias only one. ambition (q lit
leader of the "gang" of which ho is a
member. His face shows what hin lifts
has been. Deep lines mark his cheeks
and brow. His eyes aro deeply sunken
and have a furtive, restless look, ax if
ho was continually on tho watch for
an officer of tho law. He has been in
jail several times, and. haq ilnaljy
reached tho grade of highway rubbci'
When ho finishes his term of impris
onment he will bo fitted for his fona
sought posit:on of gang leader, and
may thence be graduated, as Driscoll,
McCiloin and others have been to the
gallows. The recorder's voice is sterp
as he recites the facts of h,u y-o.ung
i;i'.'e; idyj.'s 'i ii':ie.
"You and ktho of your oonvpan
'ii. , who unfovtu'iutcly have not been
met
young immigrant.
u succeeded by a trick in inducing
: 1 sho.v that lie had smdc money.
i-. yoi fol!.;v.d hi:. and dragged
i.:'.o a d:k haihvav. You and
I " !
-i
i;d:.:;t:iteti mm.
I , 1 1
i.i;. s dov.m t nd robbed him
(. ::t which he poixessed. The
oi'.i city cannot Le tale whih
i v.; yon are f.t lai-re. Tin
:' .- ! ti;0 cj:::t is that you U
i i th" : ,i i pi-Lon at hard
if: i'.e V-vi.) t rCftc:;:i yaia."
v.-.'. g t hi;. 1", the i;:;;'a:ct f the
, :..': ! t.i' twi coinpi:i:iom:.ij).
f !t !.' v.'o.ii ! U,.-:o caste if he
5 th-.s siig!:le:-t emotion, and he
as !: is r.-d l..;cl: to prison.
. ".I'll:: ..1' I"rit:4.- AI!iri.
.In i'..e ;:.'":!!' veluuic oi his memoirs
::e f Coii'.u ;; i:ai!:::s certain dis-
.:c:.'f.i'(r. of the ileepest inljrest. Thus
:e v. ; ite:;:
"li" it were desired to characterize
the li'.ions Let ween my brother, the
prince consort, and Lord Palmei-ston
in general tern s ono might say that
the only thing that united them'wasa
common aversion to certain persons
and things."
In this connection the duke quotes
a letter from Prince Albert to himself,
written toward tho end of tho year
1S31, the year of the first international
exhibition. In this epistle tho late
princo consort writes:
"The year closes with an event fortu
nate for us namely, that the man
who has embittered our whole lives by
constantly forcing us to the shameful
alternative of either sanctioning his
misdeeds all over Europe, of educating
tno uacucai party here under Ins
leadership into a power, or of getting
into open war with the crown, ana
thus throwing the only country in
which liberty, order and respect to law
exist together into the general chaos
that this man has, as it were, cut his
own t hroat. 'Give a rogue rope enough
and ho will hang himself,' is an okl
English proverb with which wo have
sometimes tried to console ourselves,
and which has once mora proved true
in this case. We shall have
all sorts of trouble with Palrnerston,
who is furious, and likewise with a
reform bill which has been promised,
and the right carrying out of which is
of great importance to all Europe."
The IJest Belt,
A '. ie hr.nical engineer, writing
about belting materials, advises ma
chiui. t : t :,; left bclta of a light color
in p:efe: ;-;.ce to others. "The best
Ix lti;:--.' he writes, "has an unmistaU
:.! li ri.t l.uh color, Which indicates
ih::l i-. i . i:i;t only all oak tunned, but
i!::.t i I . rather "has been thoroughly
v.v.:;.': e !,-,- liie currier to remove ail
t tho liber. T!e- light
: u'.: i h'dieutcs tht only the
-. e.f :.i .:-:es have Lc:i used :
.: i i" inferior uualitv thov
L i .i-U i-ioai.? Ui-? leatltcr." .
Meeting of Two Great Storms,
TBE STURM OF REDUCTION
A look through our Stck of Suitings, Overcoat?, riuh-rw t iir ami
AVint r Caps will convince yon that our ilit-coiinf ol
20 Per Cent From Market
Has caused the stock to melt snvav
lire itnpurched and burning
such values
A 20.00 Overcoat less 20 per cent discount menus .V-HI (10
A 15.00 Overcoat less 20 per cent discount n:e;iii i' 1 L; .0
A $Q.50 Fur Cap les 20 per cent discount menus k'J.()()
This is the reason why we have heen enabled to to mluco y -i.m K,
as we do not care to wait for cold weather.
OUH STOCK MUST BE ELDUC- D
We will give you the same
ilk Handkerchiefs and M uffh rs.
fin nn
The Leading Clolhiers, Cor. Main and 5 h.
La (So
For suitable Holiday Presents we are .-!. wing1 a
fine line of
Silk and Cashmere iofffers
and Silk Handkerchiefs at very reasonable price-.
Fancy Linen Table Sets and some pretty dt -igns
in Stamped Goods and Tinsel Tidies. On our
CLOAKStPLUSH SACQUES
we have placed specially low prices, low enough to in
terest the purchaser. For
HANGING LAMPS, FANCY CUTS AND SAUCMIS
and Fancy Glassware see through our Queens w t;i e Department.
! STORM OF PATRONAGE!
Prices
like pieces of ice that iji i i (l e
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