T11K DAILY UEKaLD ; I'LAl tSMOCTIl, NEBKA&KA. SA.TU.UPAY, aAy4, 18S9. The Plattsroouth Daily Herald. KNOTTS BECS., Publishers & Proprietors. THE PLATTSMOUTH UEKALD Is published every eveulnjf except Sunday Slid Weekly every Thursday inornli.tf. Keicls tered at the postofllce, lattitiiiitti. Vebr.. s ficoiid-cl:t. matter. Ollice corner ol Vlue anil Fifth strtets. Telephone No. 3H. TERMS FOK DAILY. One copy one year In advance, by mall. ...$( on One copy per month, ly rarrier, 6i One copy per week, by carrier 15 TERMS FOR WEEKLY. One copy one year, in advance $1 5' One copy lx inoutn. In advance 11 J as. S. Clakson dismissed 175 demo cratic postmasters in one day last week; and it is thought that with a little nion experience be will be able to do even better than thi. Tueug bits b-jen 1,500 chants madj in the railway mail service since March 4; which implies 1,500 assurances of im provement upon democratic method of handling the letters and papers of the country. Jekk Davis says that Washington's most serviceable trait as a public man was "alistinence jrom partisan or section al feeling, and faithful adherence to the compact of the Union." Another equally forcible way of stating it would be to say that he was wholly unlike the indi vidual who held the position of president of the Southern confederacy. Seciietart Wixdom is not saying much these days, but he is picking up right along a few bonds which he finds floating around in the market, and he is paying bis own price for them, The in viduals who doubted Windom's ability to resist the blandishments and buldoz ing of Wall street forgot that he was onca part of all street hini3elf. Globe Democrat. The Southern cotton manufacturers give good advice to their neighbors and make good resolves for themselves as to the diversification of industries in the South. There can be no king worth talking of unless he have prosperous sub jects, and if cotton is to be king again, he must reign by aid of mixed industries. The cotton growers must raise hogs and corn and wheat as well as cotton, an! the cotton manufacturers must make all the products into which the fiber can b spun and woven. And if it be possible, the bagging in which cotton is packed, should be made from the cotton ratht-r than from the jute plant. . WHERE SOUE SCHOOLS FAIL. A good deal has appeared of late in the public journals in relation to the schools cf today. Many of the g pd points of these institutions have been brought out into bold relief, and so have many of the bad ones. Such a discus sion, if conducted in a candid spirit, must be productive of excellent results It cannot take too wide a range nor con cern itself with too great a number of de tails. The progress of the race not to speak of what is known as the manifest destiny of our country of course if largely conditioned upon a school ejs tern which mtets the best expectation all points. While the subject was informally un der consideration the otln.-r evening. gentleman was asked why he had with drawn bis son from a well known school a school which has a great reputation. "I did so," was the reply, t,because I had come to the conclusion that my boj'i tuition was costing me considerable more than it was worth. If he was a bright f orward boy, probably I should not have bad any reason to complain. But he rather a dull boy not stupid, you know, but dull. He does not learn easily j isn't one of your Macaulay chaps. A great many things which some of his fellow tudenU understand at a glance were tu htm puzzles. But that circumstance did not seem to be appreciated by bis teachers, or, if it was appreciated, it wai:t acted upon, lie rec iveu no more attention ar their hands than the most precocious member of bis class. If he made a poor recitation he received alow mark, but hp di l not receive any extra assistance. The consequence was that his mother or I xrm compelled to supplement the school. We labored w ith him over his arithmetic or his Latin, or whatever it might be, taking care to find out jut what the pointswere which he failud to grasp, ai2 patiently explaining them to him. fc'o it came to pass that I was paying out a large sum of money every quarter to a school which did little more than hear lessons that had been prepared at home under our own supervision. The brunt of the libor came upon us; the teachers task w is comparatively a light one. J objecte I to an arrangement wh ich I r girded a unfair and withdrew my boy." This by n mean? is an isolated case. Thsaamj criticism is continually being passed on some public and private schools the country ovjr. They are conducted on a principle which works well, so far as tba ready pupils are concerned, but which ignores tbe children whose mental processes are' slow. They are not graded co as to afford aa opportunity for tbe ' teacher to d' his best by those who have most need of instruction. A distinguish ed Boston clergyman who bus given much thought to the school problem declared not long ago that bis observation has convinced him that a large number of institutions of learning might properly be defined as buildings in which children were made to recite, not what they bad been tadght in the buildings, but had been taught out of it. The gentleman whom we have quoted was asked if his boy had ever been invi ted to remain after a recitation or after school hours in order that a lesson in which h had been marked zero might be explained to him. He replied that be had asked his boy that question, and had learned that no such invitation had ever been extended. The duty of a teacher is to teach, not merely to listen to a lesson that has been taught. The school which fails to teach is a failure. New York Tribune. Wanted. 10,000 Disabled Men, must be in poor health and unable to do a good day's work. A disordered liver or any disease caused by scrofula or bad blood will be considered a qualification, but preference will be given to those having obstinate affections of the throat and lungs or incipient consumption. Apply at the nearest drug store and ask for a bottle of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medi cal Discovery. THE GORILLA. A Fighter from Way Back, and Tough Customer to Ilandle. "The gorilla is the prize fighter of Africa, said Carl Steckelmann, who lias personal knowledge of the Dark Conti nent. He had been 6 peaking of a leop ard skin on exhibition in his widow, and had leen telling of the danger encoun tered in fighting with the original owner of the skin. Contests with all wild animals pale in comparison with that in which one must engage in meeting the gorilla," he said. "The goriila is found in only a comparatively small portion of western Africa. He lurks in the woods along the coasts for several hundred miles north of the mouth of the Congo. I have never seen a gorilla in the open country, and, by the way, I think, that the fact that he stays ia the woods accounts for tho fact that he is almost a biped instead of a quadruped. You see the gorilla in passing through the forests reaches out with his long arms, and, seizing the branches of the trees, rises on his hind logs and walks on thorn, supporting him self with his hold on the brandies. Habit has thus almost made an upright creat ure of him. "The gorilla is as bravo as brave can be. The male gorilla does all the fight ing for the family. If you approach a p:iir of gorillas the female will run screaming through the woods or will climb the highest tree, uttering all the while cries not unlike a woman in great fright. But the male gorilla wjlj pome straight at you. He does not know what fear is. He will fight any number of men." 'How do you fight them?" "With pistols. It is very unsafe to trust to a gun or to a poor weapon of anv kind. Tho gorilla is so fierce and powerful that you have but one chance at him at the best. The woods where he is found are so thick that it is impossible to fee him accurately at any distance. Jf you fire at him as he comes at you down the tree a limb may turn tho course of the bullet. Before you can fir a second time he will bo upon you. He drops from limb to limb and comes at a rapid, swinging pace. The safest way is to hold your tiro until he is at arm's length and then fire steadily into him with a ph.toL "The gorilla is easily killed. An or dinary pistol 6hot will have about the same effect upon him as it has upon a man. The hunter's danger is in not making the shot telL Once I was pass ing through the forest with a bodyguard of natives. Tho natives are furnished by the Dutch traders with a miserable guii, the barrel of which i3 made of gas pipe. The natives had learned to be suspicious of their guns. When they fire at any thing they point in the general direction, pull the trigger and fling the gun at the ohj :.. They throw the gun because they are afraid it will explode in their bands, as it very frequently docs. Well, wo came upon a gorilla. A native saw him dropping from a tree coming at us. Aiming at the descending form ho fired and missed. He had not turned before the grim monster was upon him. Standing gnd throwing his arms around tho ne gro a neck the goriila seized his throat in hij manlike jawsand was crushing the life out of him when we came up and fired a pistol ball into him at close range. But thvi wounrjs inflicted were mortal and th j native died In great agony." ''Are tho gorillas numerous jn tho tri; of country whero they are found?'' j "They are scarce. In making a trip enco I faw two in ono day, but that was unusual. They are. the fiercest and brav est of animals. The male gorilla in going into battle sounds a fearful warning by beating its breast snrj giving forth sounds that make the dense forest resound. He is n dangerous antagonist, and you are all the time reminded by his appearance that you are contesting with a creatue that has a man's faculties and appear ance, a Kinnt's strength and a monkey's agility." IndianajKjlis News. tio pr:imed It. lie (about to ask for a kiss) I have an imvrtant question to ask you. Sue (playfully) I know what it is, Charley. You want me to bo your wife; I dreamed it. Well, take me. Ho (rather taken aback) You dream ed i'v? She Yes, J dreamed it last niht, and I answered you as J. an? answering you now, and you took me in your uius W).J ki:.M'd me. VLat could Charley do? Chicago Led ger. ' . ... ' .' LISTLiN TO TI1K MUX HIS IMPETUOUS NATURE 13 HELD IN CHECK I1Y IP.ON CARS. Looking Through 1 linn ut II U Captor lit Culm DiiMliiin Ho IiuIu'.c-h in Hot roec t ion Confinement lu a len Is Irksome, but lie Hun to Slant! IU "Aye, look at me! Crowd about and stare, you opened mouthed, hard breath ing mass of xxr humanity! Note well the tawny beauty of my lit lie form; tho delicate fineness of my tremulous whisk ers; the languid droop of my long sleek tail. Mark the powerful ease of my, stride and leap to the shelf, where I can lie at all my indolent length, and see you far letter than you can me. Crowd and crush about iny cago" "Ah! 1 heard you, little girl. I caught the sorrowful, half whisper, 'Poor beast, he dos not like to be shut up.' I'oint with the rosy linger, half shy, half afraid of the big. strange animal. You are a tender morsel, you dimpled darling; but 1 heard the divine pity of your tone, lit tle one, and 1 would not harm you even if. the tiny luind lay on my rebellious neck. I have had prey almost as dainty. I have seen the young fawn pant and struggle and die in my relentless grasp; I have tasted the hot blood that flowed from its dappled, wounded side, and, licking my chops with satisfied tongue, I have crouched in my deep forest lair and slept content. "Lying snug on a winter night when all the world was wrapped in snow and bit er, piercing cold, I have heard the mountains shudder and complain in their icy winding sheet and the streams gurgle and battle chokingly under their heavy frozen fetters. I have seen the stars in the violet sky shine out like great globes of fire, almost within reach, burning in the glorious arch with a full soft luster the dwellers in these lower places can never know. I have watched the small denizens of the bills steal by on fearful feet to the air holo in the water course below and because of my great content have let them go unharmed adown the perilous slopes. And now, to he on a shelf aud be stared at. Bah! I hato you all. (Ju-r-r-r-r. " Vou needn't jump, I can't get out; but if 1 could, oh! if I could! how you would scatter before mo like spray before the wind! Do you think I would stay here in this hot, stifling, curious eyed city? Ah, no! I know a better place than this, far away in the path of the setting sun A canyon so cool, so deep and dark that lapping at midday from the turbulent mountain 6tream I have seen mirrored therein the silver star3 in the noontide sky. Ah! that is the place for me! Steep and dark are il3 sides, murmurous with llu whispering of the great pines, fra grant 'with balsamic snuiis, and alive with stealthy, giuling forms and whir ring wings, l i:ere aro mossy caverns and flashing waterfalls, a soundless car pet of pine neudles and freedom! "Sometimes I see the gleam of your lake through my prison bars. I do not care for it. I know another, not so vast, but thrice as lovely.- Bluer than yours, too, and cool and calm and clear, fed by silent springs that steal through tho gold veined heart of the mountain; encokt: passed by wooded slopes that hide m.iii; of my kin in their tangled depths. 1 swam it once. "There is a fort iheeo, but I heeded not. I plunged into the pure wave i;i tent only on reaching the opposite shore. but some ono saw me, and then what a fuss they made. They woke the sleep ing echoes many tongues in that land with their clumsy firing. The echoes were frightened. From peak to peak they called and murmured and reiterated the startling news. I did not care, Down under the blue wave for a moment or two, and then I rose far beyond their guns and shouts. "There were Ushers on the lake. A boat with three children for prew. JIardy nestlings of the great eyrio of tho west, they knew not fear, and the bare legged boys only shouted as I rose beyond them. and the tousled, curly head and brave blue eyes of the little girl turned and stared in wonder at the 'great cat swim ming the lake.' "Doubties3 they were gathered close to the maternal bosom when the adven tare was recounted and duly told what a fearsome thing 1 am to meet at home in my own mountains. But here, bah! SYMPATHY FOR OTHER -CAPTIVES. "I am told there aro two Polar bears in as diro imprisonment as myself. Cooped in a rocky cage fenced in with iron bars, they who have known the wide, white silences of the frozen, pea have no hint of their lost home save a tiny stream that dashes its puny spray over the pallid exiles. "As they sit motionless do they muse in desperation on the far off icy north, that wondrous region that defies the en trance of man; that hclJa in its vast bosom most of those who dared try to unlock its mysteries and assail it in its might? Do they dream and long for the sullen roll of the icy sea, the crash and grinding of the great white floss, thi pale phantoms of towering berg, and the wondrous radiance of the Polar lights? " Does a loaf of bread tossed and crum bling on the sweltering stones compen sate for a juicy seal caught napping or a white fleshed fish drawn from tho great refrigerator of the universe? "1 know there is an pagle here, for once I heard liim cry; just once, but it wa3 a strange-, sad sound, stifled with captivity. I have seen and heard him i:i our western home, when with outspread wings and curving neck he dropped straight from tho imperial vault of the mountain 6ky to his eyrie on some bald, scarred craj and feeding there the brood of callow eaglets, gave voice again and again to his triumphant sense of power and freedom. "I bear it all again at times in my bleep. The rush of th wind, tho roar of the storm, the murmur of tlu wnes, and the musical tinkle of the. tireiess dawn It-aping streams. I e-uff the fresh pine scents of tlit? mountains f3' turning uu eu.si!y in my narrow pn'&on I 'wake 'to captivity aud despair. "---Chicago Times. TELEPHONE EXCHANGE. 84. Ho. U5. 20. o 4.j. 4. 71. 88. 87. r- , 4 8. 30. 18. C!. 51. 01. -2. IS. 2',. G8. 5. 20. 74. 82. 70. 31. lt. 57 17. :,r. 101. 2o. GO. 73. 80. 21. 91. 78. 22. 23. 81. 3. 38. 44. SO. Gf. DO. 97. 41. 9ij. 4. 40. 89. G7. G7. 01). 14. 50. 49. CO. 83. 33. 73. 3. 20. 72. GO. 52. 15. 77. 54. 100. Of) 21. 5G 27. 93. 75. 16. 64. 11. 12. 23. 42. 28. 76. 57. 16. 40. 10. 04. 90. 32. 37. 36. 33. 8. 47. 6. 7. 43. 4. IJiuhl Jos. Hank of Cass county. Uet f-on, A. n s. oflice. B "linett, L. D. store. res. 1'onner stables. Brown, W. L. ollice. res. Ilallou, O. II. res. oflice. II. & M. tel. oflice. 11. & 31. round house. Blake, John saloon. Bach, A. grocery. Campbell, D. A. ns. Chapman, S. 31. res. City hotel. Cl.uk, T. coal ollice, Cleik district court. Coimof, J. A. res. County Clerks oflice. Co veil, Polk & Beeson, oflice. Cox, J. R, res. Craig, J. 31. res. Critchfield, Bird res. Cummins & Sou, lumber yard. J. C. farm. Cook, Dr. oflice. Clark, A., grocery store. Clark, Byron oflice. Cummins, Dr. Ed., oflice. District court ollice. Dovey & Sou, store. Dovey, 3Irs. George res. Emmons, J. II. Dr. oflice and res. First National bank. Fricke, F. G. & Co., drug store. Gleason, John res, Goos hotel Gering, H. drug store. " res. Iladh-y, clray and express. IIfc.R.r.i ollice. I Ic1 nics, C. M., its. Halt & Co., incut niaiktt. Ibfi:i;;l.- " Tr-jop. stie. Hall, Dr. J. il., oiiLv. rc-s. Holmes, C. 31., livery 6table. Hall &. Craig, agricultural imp. Jones, W. D., stable. Journal office. Johnson Bros., hardware store. Johnson, 3Irs. J. F., millinery. Johnson, J. F., res. Klein, Joseph, res. Kraus, P., frujtiuid confectionery Livingston, D. T. P., office Livingston, res. Livingston, Dt: l l , ulHuo. . 3I;m:!ger Waterm.m Opera LIousv. Jicuourt, store. McMaKen, II. (J., res. 3Iurphy, 31. B., store. Murphy, 31. B., res. 3Ic31uken, ice oflice. 3Iiuor, J. L., res. 31c Vey, saloon. Muore.L.A., rei. and floral garden JNevuie, ni., res. Oiliver & Rauiges. mcit market Olliver & Rainge slaughterhouse Pub. Tel. Station. Palim-r . II. E. res Ptterseh Bros., meatinarket. Petersen R., res. Polk, 31. D., r.s. Patterson. J. 31., rs. Riddle ho .so. Ritchie, Harry. Schildknecht, Dr. oflice. Shipman, Dr. A. office. 44 " res. Showalter, W, C. oflice. Siggins, Dr. E. L. res. " .ffice. Streight, O. 31. stable, Srnith, () drug store. Skinner & Ritchie, abstract and loan ofhee. Shctman, C. W. office. Todd, Ammi res. Troop & Ht-mple, store. Thomas. J. W. Summit Garden Water Works, office. Wter works, pump bouse. Waugh. S. res. Weber, Wm. saloon. Weckbach & Co., store. Wcckbach, J. V., res. Western Union Telegraph office. bite. F. R, res. W indham, R. B., office. Windham & Davies, law office. Wis., Will, res. Wither Dr. A- T.. re. Young, J. P.. store. S. Bczzell, 3Ianager. 3. TRIO LODGE NO. 81. A. O. V. W. Meet a every alteruat rrluay evening at K. ul r. hall. Transient brothers are respectfully In v ted to attend. F. P. Brown. Master o: k m J"n ;G li. Kiiister, "-reman ; H.Steimkf r Overseer; W. H. Millar, Financier; J. K. Houseworih, Kecorder ; F. J Mori; -in, Keceiv er; Wm. C'relian. :iirte : Wm. Ludwi. Inside vatcn : L,. uisen, uutsiae w aie-i fr. ZION COMMA MJAKY. NO. 5. K. T. "-Meets first aml'third Wednesday nitriit of each month at Jlwa's li:OI. V'isiwiitf brothers Are cordially iuviled to uiet wiiii us. Wm. Hays. Kec. F. E. Whitk, E. C. McCOfSiMIE HOST 43 G. A. R- it. A. Dicksos... ..f'o.!mander. BEN.! HfcMPLK .Senior Vice " Junior Adjutant. Srg. i.M. :Dcvroi t!; ijay. ..... " " Ouald Serirt Mjor. Quarfer Master Sirgf. S. CARStCAX , 1LKS ... A. Shipman h.xnky s1ke13kt. . Tarsch Jam ks UilKhok,. . . . tXDXKao" -. FilY. L. '. VvnriH rou uuapiain PLATTSMOUTH BOARDOFTRADE President Kobt. li Windham 1st Vice President.... A. P. 'i'udd 2nd Vice President in Neville Secretary F. Herrmann Treasurer.. .. '.. F. R. tiutbinau IiIKKITOilg. J. C. Ttii Jiev. F. K. White. J C. Patterson. J. A. Conner, B. E!o:i, C. W. Shennau, F. (ior d r. J. V. eckbacb. t ' C' "iflAMONTH can Ofw l O-'lvf nr.)1(w I(ir u be made i inr im ient-. f eferred vii cm ruroish a lior-e n ptvi- uieir :i:i nine i-me ous-nps-. -p ire !n-r.i eut. ni -y iia itr.itllaldv eni!'oyi-d :!'. few vieu"cifS i- t v:i and citi I I' 'Q!lv.- ON f-co. . t.v3 M--.!a.. U tit ..,-.;! Vft. iV. ti. f'ea.tc stiie aoe and lu.Lie j-rwr- i 11 JLLo HAS THE LAU HY. ST AND FINEST STOCK OK r r. m r-. I Uii - rUH 1 II a h t a a HOUSEHOLD GOODS. In the eiry, which lie is offering .it Prices that will make them sell. A complete line oi' Willow ("iiitains at si sacrifice. Picture Frames in givuf v .-i y. .i ni jrot everything you need You can buy it .i r.e i:ijt tl'mciil. jdan pay fo much each month mi l you hm c; .i line lui-niliod house and hardly vi-.Avm the co.-. Call and hee. SIXTn STREET, BET. 3IAIN AND THI DAS m a mmoHimiTmr HI II I I : a i lliill Idtfi ALL THE NEWS POLITICAL A"Ni fJOCIAL, FOB Cran DELIVERED ' K Tins Daily and Wekklt IIunAt.n is I'r because it rearing tin- lar ft. .uniij.. - . made known on ip ih-u'.t-ii. rent or s. II it tvi!l b; to Yc-riise 5n t'.se 2 n i i I- r K 5 THE CITIZENS J&Z. ' PLATTSMOUTH. - M-;i;KA.-i;.v. CAPITAL ST0 K PAIHIW. Authatized Capital, $50C',CC.-C-. OFFICERS I'BAXK CARKUTB. ,Jo.-jk. cc.;. sn- , Pro-iiaat. V.-'-Ps.-s V. U. CCSHISi. CLU. DIBKCTOHS Frnnk Carrutb J. X. Councr, F. it. :u! hxr ! J. W. Johnou. Henry Boeclr, JoIjti O'Keoff, W. D. Mrriam, Wm. Wcteccanip. '.v. 11. Cusbinp. Transact a General Banking- Buclnes a I woo nave any Manning ojsiness to u.u.'-'MCt arn Invited to call, mattfr U ,"' lai-fte or siuall the tiiisaction, it will receive ourearf fui atte,utin, and we promise alw&y cour teont Ireitrnt-'.'. (gaufls Certificate 4 Dev-osits hvi-iUm iuif-r- : Bays and ae!l Foveijrn Exeuar... Cnr.i iv and Citv sccuritk-s. FIRST NATIONAL J3 XJ he. . Offers tbe Tery beat facilities for the prompt transaction ot legitimate BANKING BUSINESS. stocks. Bonds, Gold, Ciuverr.iueut ard J,(f , 1 Securities iiwu.;at and Sold, u;;oslts receiv ed and interest allowed on time Certifi cates, Drafts drawn, available in any part of the United State- and all tbe principal towus ot Europe. Collections made proiiiptly retr.itt Highest market prices paid far County War State ai.d County Bond. DIRECTORS I Jbn FtUKAraid JohO R. Clark, , D. Hak-worlb. 8. Waucb. g. y. v. aite. JO BIT KITXaKRAXa, S v. xc,. Advertise STOVES, L r . I IX S I "V. I VINE PLATTS3IOUTH, NEB. k! U i 2 BY CARRIERS It. -t A-lvertUin Medinni in Cau eoonf y, r f peoK. Advrlisin rate If you liavc i-ropiity tu your interest to nil Hickalk. -j -.1.. VSIIGSd I HERALD ill WEEK. IiOII of (;iss County ) C r. Main a...-j Fiftli Sts., Plattmt.uth. ' i 1 i ' ITi CAPITA I 54 0O .1 l.. Ua 25,90 'i.:J'A,K rmide.t , -' , "t lt Vlo PreMdent ttek-m.v rubier -.as .-ATiKi.,jit Ass't Cashier V- - "!,r,!ir,eJ-J','!"nso,. Fred ;order. I A Gessral Ea; Mm Bnsiness Traantr: iKue.i. interest allowrd on tim j. ..... i . ani prumpt ..ttenua eivea o all BUL KSS DIKECToTtY. a i' r oksey! It. . t 8- F' THOMAS Attome -at-La- ?.n. -.oary Public. Offlc t fi;Lrt;ra d Block. Platimu.utb. Neb' ta ito;;n i.v. " A. N. H-J.LI VAN. ;. I t-WKlK. .;lls!e.1 to turn. Office i f'i'O' E.iF.J. I'll'!!! ll'.Tli t. ...... ;..e a-i.f.v .cre4. V. Kliiiirsni) FVed, Tns 5th St. Merchant Tailcr Keeps a Im.M L!eo( Foreign & Domestic Goods. Consult Y.M.r fr,ro,t 0, SHERWOOD.BLOCK P rsonat ater.:loa to ail fjiwi;,,... to niy care. usia'- r.n trust Title Evarnined. Abntairti I DRESSLEBT