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THE DAILY HERALD : PLAITSMOUTII. NEliiCASKA, FRIDAY, FEttliLTAltV 8, JSs;. FASHION'S EVUkON HIM Us loved sIajeIt maiden -.-Of 6EsUrticculturel tasto. And promptly at hr nervloe II is loyal heart be pl:iced. IIo Rtm;r;rlel rnf; and nobly Ilr muiilcn lovu topuiri, Btit hIui iii.-iu lntl IjIh life'H f.mljfilon In nU both cold uud Uin. For h-o he stooped In rapture Hit answering words to catch, SUeKul I IiIm mlr auburn And lilt iniiKtAi-he di'ln't match. - Ijiuru W btieldou iu Judge. A HUSINKSS Vl-XTUIIK. It wan a sharp Ot-tohcr evening, tho trot lanijw were KtruIiiig faintly through a haw of yillow fo the li-ad aliantlms Itlossoiiiht rat!icl ovt rhca.J as if tin- irif in front of Mrs. Mi-dlaw's red brick house had hlossomed full of little rattle Imixi'h. And Mrs. Med law had just eat down to her even in-? refection of toast and tea. when Polly, the little maid, who alwayx wore Krti-ri checked K'"K'ia,n and carpet slipK-rs. came bhulllin in. "Please, ma'am, there's two young ladiett down in the parlor us says 3-ou'ro their aunt." "Oh. Ix.ther!" eaid Mrs. Medlaw, in a sort of 8olilouy. "it's LMa and I-llla. 1 knew they'll come on me when tiieir father died Aa if I hadn't anything else to do hut to suppoi t a swarm of lazy relations. Why didn't you nay 1 wasn't at home. Polly'" "I would, ma'am, if I'd a-supposed tlicy M-as any relations of your'n, afore I'd K t 'em in." said unconscious Polly. "Hut they was dressed no nice and looked so clipper I thought, of course, they was real ludieh!" "And jut as the tea was boiling, too," said Mrs. Medlaw. "Oh, dear me. what a world this is!" Eda and Klla C'arr were fitting, pale and black rolled, iu tho moldy smelling little parlor, when their aunt came in. They wi re pretty girls, with delicate, wax wliltd complexions, hair bo darL that it gave you the impression of being black, and great, blue gray eyes. "Well, girls." said Mrs. Medlaw. rather ungraciously, "so you've come here?" "We bad nowhere else to go, aunt?' aaiil Eda. meekly. "Humph!" grunted tl- lady. "Tako oif your things. 1 suppose you calculate to niiy rdl night? Well, and what are you going to work at?" "We don't know, aunt." f;id Ella, trying hard not to cry. "Well, nsrj't it high time you had?" 6a id Mr. Mii:.iw. "Folks can't live on air! And two great, grow:: up girls like you ought to be. doing something to earn their salt. There's always plenty of ivork for williu-; !;:mds. I've had to foreclose a mortgage on a 'ittle fancy Btore. I want to put some one In li to sell out ti.s stock. I'll give you a fair commission o: ivl"t you sell. Come, what do you say to that:'' "X nm willing to try, said Eliiu IIeaven known I am anxious enough to earn my own living." ".And I. too." said Eda. t:Vo know nothing about such a business" "But you c:iij loam, I suppose," said Aunt M.rdlaw. "But v.e can learu," said JvJd, hope full v. And i:l Jws than a week tho little thread and nCdIo store around tho cor ner, which had presented a grim and shuttered front for some days, U3 re opened, and two pretty girls, dressed in black, were posted thind tho counter. Mrs. Mopson sent her two little boys to match a skein of green worsted and in quire for peppermint taiTy first. Tho widow Hope purchased a little hosiery and three cheap jiocket handkerchiefs. A small girl came tohsk the time of day, and an old man bought a pair of sus penders, all within the hour, ftijtl Eda And Ella began to think they might, in time, develop into commercial characters ot note. To bo sure, Lnsines3 waxed rather dull toward tho end of tho day, but jut .at dusk a tall, nice looking young man came in to buy a card of pearl shirt but tons. Ella look down a box. and they were quite a lo:ig timo in selecting the prettiest pattern and tho most appropri ate size. "I forgot one thing," eaid tho young man after he had contracted for an eighteen cent investment. "I must liavo them 6ewed on. Could you do it?" TH try." paid Ella, laughing, "if you'll bring the shirts around." So the young la'i brought his shirts and r-at down to wait, whiie Ella's needle flew deftly in and out. He was in h. hurry. hl told her. Ho was foreman in tho printing ot'dee of a great daily paper. And worked at night, when the rest of the world was ashep, iiko a bat or aa owL In the meantime Eda was trying to suit an old l.:-..y In green spectacles, who wanted some ribbon whose color she didn't exact iv !::sow. whose wi ith she wasn't certain a'-and whose quality She had yi t to inr.!; up Ikt mind con cerning. P.ut Eda's pati.vice. tact and good temper were inexhaustible. At laat the old lady wa. suited, and went away rejoicing, baring n the ana of her nenliew. 'who had manifested e.xtraordi- - . . . nary i:i:rrt-l i r .!i: !. of t'rnb riobon. T! "t s a i.ue is 1. UnV.aiM. sai-.i bne. "Do you know I almost think the might Eiit n-. us ii -anion? She seems so very eood L'.KJre-u! I wonder if it would do to iu k situation?" if she would like a "I don't see whv not. said Oswald tlr.v. tl-i gray eye; riLi.ig he never had seen softer ; or prettit-r hair, "bliall wo go back.' "To-morrow is time enough," said Mrs. Jlartiguy. On the morrow she came back. "DiJu't the riLLon suit?" asked Eda. "Oh. yes. the rib! on was id right, but there's something rise I want." "v.'Iiat is that? " asked Eda. innocently. "A cor.j;ariioii to read tome, takecaro of r.ir ca'n;-.rics. and play drowsy old tune3 on the jiir.no r.T.en I feci sleepy. I give &.V; a year. .Saturday afternoon and board. V. ill you come?" Eda looked ct her sister. Five hun dred a year seemed a great sum for the giil who had never yet earned fivo for herself. "Yes, go, Eda," said Ella; "lean iium ago the ttoro by mysolf easily enough. And," in a whipper, "I'vo taken a con tract to mako half a dozen new shirts for Mr. Ix-ssner, we to find tho material." "Who is Mr. Li ssner?" "Oh. tho printer. I can do it at odd minutes, when thcx is no ono in tho store." At tho end of the month Eda camo to rejort to her 6ister. f "Well, Eda, how do you like it?" asked Ella. "Oh, so much! Mrs. Martiguy is queer, but sho is so kind. And and Mr. Oswald Grey, her nephew, is very IoIite. "Is he?" "Yes," said Eda, fingering at a box of hooks and ees; "I liko him ever so much, and ho likes me. To tell tho truth. Ella" "1 sec, said Llla, putting her arms around her sister; "he wants you to bo his companion for life, eh, Eda? "How did you know?" faltered dim pled Eda. "Oh, I'm not quito a fool," said Ella. "Hut now I've got something to tell you. I finished Mr. Iessner's shirts, and they fitted him irfectly. Ho says I'm tho only woman ho ever knew who fitted him with shirts on tho first trial. He has saved upa little )roj)erty and ho wants to invest it somewhere, and Aunt Medlaw wants to sell out this storo. So he's go ing to buy it and I'm going to keep it on condition that I marry him." "Oh, Ella!" "Not such a very hard condition, either," saiil Ella. "Becauso he's very handsome and very pleasant, and I like him very much; in fact, I believo I'm in love with him. There, now it's all out. And I do believe, Eva, we're the two happiest girls in tho world, and all through Aunt Medlaw's thread and needle store." "Well, well," grumbled Mrs. Medlaw, "so the girls aro gone, and I'm all by myself again. It is rather lonesome. They were nice girls but the young men found it out as well as mo. Young nu n always do find such things out." Baltimore Hail3' News. The ;rc:it File Incciilioii. When I lived in Chicago a queer chap invented a cheap way to makefiles. A bit of hot stvej went into his machine and tho file was made at a singio blow and fell into a tank of strong mineral water to cool. Then a bare armed work mar tbnist in his hand and felt around and brought it up for Inspection. The files thus made were a little imperfect, but were good ones, and he explained that the. machine was a small experi mental one and could not. of course, do perfect work as a large and powerful machine would. Capitalists went around and examined the machine and saw him heat the steel in ;i hand forgo and put U in the machine, and saw the red hot file come o:it and drop into the water, and they tried iho !!'- with their own hands on iron which they liad brought from home and found it excellent. ' The onh seen;! was the chemical water into which the files dropped, and '!icii gave them edge. A company was formed and money was jaid in freely to enable the inventor to make a seiof targe machines, and when that was done ho disappeared. It was a fraud. He had bought good files and defaced them a little, and stocked his tank with them. His ma cliinu otarajied tho bit of steel into file shape, and it dropped Into the water with tho files, and his workman, who wa; in collusion, felt around and brought up a file insfe.id ef the steel. Cor. Port land Argus, An Old Musket's Charge. Noah Stropp. a 13-year-old white boy, was killed at his father's home on Lepage- s!rei.t. The manner of his death is most unusual. All the rear joi'iioii of Ids skull was blown away by a charge of water fired from an old army musket, a relic of the war. The boy and his sister, younger than himself, were playing to gether in the kitchen. Securing an old m'.isket. which had not been fired for tvi nty-seven years, ho unscrewed the barre l from tho stock, filled tho baricl with wper and jilaced tho breech end in t!;e fire of the 6tuvo. Calling his little ister to "come and hear tho water hi the barrel bci!," ho leaned over and placed his ear to the muzzle of tho woapon. As he did so tho exjlosion oc curred, and the boy was instanly killed, I cing blown several feet away and hav h:g his head nearly carried off. The bar re of tho musket contained a charge which had been placed in it during the war. The boy was not awaro of this, and was merely in search of fun. New Orleans Cor. Cincinnati Enquirer. I.uck oi Itabblt'a Foot. Congressman Dougherty, of Florida, is an earnest believer in the rabbit foot, ile snys that when he was first nomi ::att! there wa3 great opposition to him. One day during his campaign he was training a lot of young hounds and they scared up a rabbit which ran into a bury ing ground and disappeared under a tombstone. When he went home he mentioned the circumstances, and his fri-T.ds decided that ho must have that rai l it. Some of them were so supersti tions that they vowed they would not vi.u U t him unless that rabbit was caught. The moo:i was shining brightly, and a party went out one night and ci-.'.ght the rabbit. One of the feet was c;:t :.T and mounted, and Mr. Dougherty sr.-rs lie carried it and was elected in s- ite of the York World. odds against him. New The Wars of Lawyers. The Hoston Journal relates a good story of a prominent legal firm in that city, which does a great deal of business for a rich mercantile concern. It lately rendered a bill which the senior partner of the mercantile establishment (who was accustomed to lil-ral charges) thought was too high. He. therefore, took tho bill to the law firm and asked the chief to look it over and see if it was all right. The account was subsequently returned with 10 added for "advice as to the reasonableness of the bilL" Tho FatiU Opal. It is a fact that instances of ill luck, misfortune and disaster huvo been known to follow closely upon tho ac quisition of tho ojial; but would not tlio results have been the same cither in tho absence or nossessiou of the trems? A lady of wealth and pros jierity purchased a full set of opals and diamonds. In live years sho lias met with moro inisfortuno and re verses than is usually crowded into a dozen lifo times. Divorce, loss ot for tune, beauty, social position was her lot and to tho baneful influence of the wonderful opal sho attributes her downfall. Another lady traces her troubles to tho fact of owning a beau tiful opal rincr which she keeps be causo it is an heir loom, but no jiowcr of persuasion can make her wear it, anu her children have been warned to shun it as they would some evil and poisonous thing1. It was given her by ner brother on his deathbed. The first day she wore it the water pijes burst and caused a damage of several thousand dollars to tho beautiful dec orated and frescoed ceilings. She nut it away, and several years later her daughter jiut it on. A gentleman friend who admired the gem asked permission to wear it. What followed is rather remarkable, lie hud been very p:-oserous, having made a for tune with great rapidity. With the IK)ssession of the ring success deserted lis elloits. Loss after loss followed one another in rapid succession and he returned the ban !!.' a rained man, fully assured that the baleful gleam of that mysterious stone of the an cients had exerted its iiiliit'jnce against him. Sail Francisco Chronicle. "Jokes to IaV is a sign that may be read on some ofTice door before long, if a young man who thinks that he lias got an inspii-ation carries out his threat. lie revealed his scheme one nig'itiveenlly ton poison whom hehai pened to meet. Said ho: "I h:u e got an idea that is going to make me u for tune, and u big one at that. I am going to start a joke shop and a funny story factory. You see, 1 am some thing of a hand at making jokes my self, and I can hire two or three others to get up funny stories for me. Then 1 intend to ad vertise for patrons, and I'll get them easy enough. There are plenty of young men who like to ap jiear clever, when they really aro no more clever than a cow. When they go out in company, or with a party of their fellows, they want to say some thing smart or tell a story that will delight the girls. Now to remedy the inability of most young men to do this is a long felt want. ThaJ. is just vvhai I propose to fill." I will simjdy con tract to allow them to uso the jokes or stories once, twice or three times, or as often as they caro to pay for. In fact, I will rent them my jokes. If they violate my confidence, I will expose them; that is, if lean lind them out. I tell you, my boy, it is a great scheme. San fcYancisco Argonaut. Perilous Iialloon Asceut. Great excitement was occasioned at Snareshrook, Essex, by an accident to i rotessor lii"-nns, who made an ascent from grounds adjoining tho fcajjlG public house, uueiulinff to. dar see ml by a parachute, after the manner of Daldwin. The ascent was made in tho presence of a largo poncourse or spectators. Ihe balloon used was of 4,000 cubic feet capacity. lucre was no car, and the parachute was attached to the side of the balloon in tho ordinary vray, &q hat Big-gms might at the proper moment leap from the bar into the ai-. IIo rapidly shot up to a height of 4,000 feet, arid was watched with almost breathless anx iety by the people in the grounds, and when the parachute was seen to fall away from the balloon and to leave lliggins suspended above somethincr in the nature of a panic seizet upon, tho spectators, -specially the ferrialo : o..,,.l.'l.J :.. i : Iuruoii. cin.-cuujr passing uui oi view the balloon, asit was af terward proved, descended on a piece of land near En field Lock, a distance of about seven miles, at 3 :i3 o'clock, and tho welcQm intelligence was received at Snares brook that lliggins had escaped a fate which all feared was inevitable and had sustained no injury beyond a severely sprained ankle. London Telegraph. A Ncit ;mijowuer. At tho Roval Powder factory of Wetteren, in llelgium, a new gunpow der is being made. They call it poudre papier, or paper powder, and it is claimed that a charge of " j grams (39 grains) gives, in a rille of small cali ber, an initial velocity of CGO yards to the bail. This is equal to, if it does not beat, the Lcbel powder. The ad ditional advantages are attributed to it of not smearing the barrel, or pro ducing no smoke, and of causing httle recoil. Frank Leslie's Newspaper. GO TO HENRY BOECK'S FURNITURE EMPORIUM! Parlor, Dining Room and Kitchen F ITE& HI T U R E HE OWNS HIS OWN BUILDING, PAYS IST O RENT And therefore can sell you goods for less Money than any other dealer in the city. HE ALSO HAS A COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF UWEfTfAKEfVS GOODS, HEARSE FURNISHED FOR ALL FUNERALS. II ENRY COR. HAM AND THIS CITIZENS IB 1ST jEL ! Pi.ATTSMOUTJI. - NKUKA.-MtA. IAPITAL STOCK PAID IN, - $50,GCG Authorized Capital, $100,000. -- OFKICEKH THANK CAKKDTII. JOS. A. CONNOR, I'resldent. Vlte-ITesiUeiit W. II. CU8IIING. Cantiier. 1UUKCTOKS Frank Carrutli J. A. Connor, K. It. (iiitliiiiauu J. W. Johnson. Henry Jlceck, Julio O'Keefe, W. 1. Memain, Win. Weteuc&inp, W. 11. dishing. Transactn a General Hanking Business. Al Who have any Hiinklnj; business to transact are Invited to call. No matter li larxe or-inall the transaction, it will receive our careful attention, and we promise always cour teous treatment. IHues Certlllcates of DepoidU bearing Interest Uuye aud sells Foreign Exchange, County and Citv securities. FIRST NATIONAL IB .A- 3ST UK! i OK FLATT8MOUTU. NlfllKASKA, . Offers the very best facilities (or the prompt transaction ot legitimate BANKING ttTTQTU PQQ o. Stocks, ItoiidH, Gold, (i)verrt"en1 I ft. Hecurme Hoiu;ht an I --l.i,jetils receiv ed and interest allowed on time, Certifi cates, Ilratts drawn, available in any part ot the United State and all the principal towns of Kurooe. Collections made & promptly remitted Highest market prices paid tor County War- State aid County Honds. DIRECTORS t John Fitzgerald John It. Uiam, I). Haksworth s. Wbiieft. F. V. white. John KitzoshAlo, s. Waugu I'resldent. Caehie Bank of Cass County Cor. Main and Fifth Sts., I'lattsmoth. PAID UP CAFiTAl, S50.000 SUltl'LlS 25,000 OFFICERS : C. H. Pakmki.k President Fhki liuicDKit Vice President J. M. Pattkkson Cnhier Jas. Pattkkson, .hi.., Ass't Cashier DUiKCTORS : C. II. Pnruiele, J. M. Patterson. Fred Gorder. '.ii. hiniui, i;. n. wiiuiiiam, li. !S. itainsfl', las. Patterson jr. A General Easing Business Transacted vco.ounts Solicited. Interest allowed on time deposits, and prompt uttentiou guen to all business entrusted to Hs e&ri. J. II. EMMONS, M. 1). HOMOEOPATHIC Physician g Surgeon Ofiiotj over Wescott'a store, Main street. Residence in Or. Schildknecht's property. Chronic Diseases and Diseases of Women and Children a specialty. Oilice hours, 9 to 11 a. m. 2 to 5 and 7 to a p. in. ta-Telephone at bol) Otuloe and Residence Lumber Yard. THE OLD RELIABLE. H. I WATERMAN k M Wholesale icd Retail Poaier In PINE LUMBER ! Shin.glc. Lath, Sash, Doors9Biinds. Can supply every demand of the trade Call and get teraii Fourth street In Reiy of Opera House. The 5th t. Merchant Tailoi Keeps a Full Line ot foreign & Domestic Goods. Consult War Intereot by Giving: Him a Cfcl SHERWOOD BLOCKi "E3! ttsnaouth. - TvTV-.V We will give a good silver watch to anyone who sends us twenty-five yearly subscribers to the IIek.t.d. BOECK. SIXTH STREETS..' I K. DRESSLER, II M to The motto. "What is Homo ' -vij v A I r I O 4i J I i a 1 1 J hapy homes in this city, hut the ellect of what is home without tho Local Newspaper is sadly realized in many of those "happy homes" in Phittsmouth. THE HETES.AIL Is steadily finding its way into these homes, and it always comes to stay. It n:a'fs the family circle more elieerlnl and keeps its readers "up to the times" in all matters of importance at home and abroad. During the Year 1889 Every available means will he used to make the columns of The IIkiiam) a perfect storehouse from which you can obtain all in formation, and will keep up its record as being the liest Advertihing Medium for all purposes. AT 15 This paper is within the reach of all, and will he delivered to any ad dress in the city or sent hr mail. Week Is the Best County Newspaper in old Cass, and this lias heen well "proven to us hy tho many new names added to our list during 18SS. Special merits for the "V i:i:ki.y, are all the county news, six columns of good Republican Editorial, Xews Accounts of all import ant political or business events, one-half page each week containing a choice piece ot Vocal or Instrumental Music, choice selections of Miscellaneous Iieading Matter. Advertising in it brings profitable returns. ob j uur Is equal to any, and does work to the satisfaction of patrons from all over the county, and receives orders hy mail from a distance, which are promptly filled. We have facilities for doing all kinds of work, from the plain calling card to colored work, hooks and Manks. Work neatly and promptly executed. Large stock kept on hand. Leral blanks for sale. Mis Office Cor. Vine and The witlirmt n MjI.i.h m TS PER WEEK erald partment 5th, Telephone 38. De Km