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PINNLU A WOMAN TO THE GROUND. rii .Mutter Mul Vmnn Hrriou br tli Furl Tliut Sim Wore Array hii'Mi. Richu!'4 -M. SoiiimcrH, the foreman of tlie roller iliii;irtiiiM)t in the mint, was r.jcently chatting with some of the men who hart wn service in the late war, and, after relating an interesting advent are that had occurred in 1802, said: I3nt I never was no frightened in my life as J was t!ie day, I -pinned a fair yonng rehel to the ground with my bay onet. I thought I had killed hc-r. The circumstances- were these; In AngUHt, 1S:J. when the Philadelphia brigade was moving toward .Mine linn, Va., 1 was detailed from iny command, the Seventy-first Pennsylvania volnn teers, known us Baker's California regi ment, to watch a farmer who was be lieved to le a spy. In order to throw him off his guard and also to enable mo to learn the better whether he was a spy or not, I was in structed to reiort at his house, on the Mountain View farm, iu Fauquier coun ty, and state that I had come there by command of Colonel V. Penn Smith, in in order to protect his home from any straggling soldiers that might trespass with a vijw to foraging on the premises. I was well received by the family, who, living in that out of the way coun try, were quite timid aud in constant fear of tho passing troops. I was housed there, and fed at their exjiense, and soon I realized that the hospitality of Vir ginia's first families was all that it was reported to be. The two pretty girls. Bisters, one a blonde and the other a brunette, were at first a little shy of the "wild Yankee, as they called me, but we soon became friends, however, al though they would persist in telling me the Confederate cause was just, and that the Union troops were invaders, and all that sort of thing. The Mount-tin View farm covered a good many acres of ground, but the owner was poor at that time, and "sweet sixteen," as I called the pretty blonde. bad no shoes with which to cover her well shaped little feet. Now I had a brand new pair of army shoes in my Knapsack and a fairly good pair on my feet? I asked her if she would wear my ynew pair if I would make her a present of them. She seemed a little loath to accept them at first, not because of pride, but because 6he thought it unfair to take them from a soldier who might soon stand in need of them himself. But at last she did accept them, and was real well pleased to do so. Of course, they were a mile too big for her, but that didn't matter. She soon got used to them. It used to 1x3 her cnstom to watch for foraging soldiers and then to send me after them to drive them away. One morning she said: "Oh, Yank I there is : forager out there. Don't you see him? There he goes under the trees over there." 1 started out after the intruder, but 1 ran all over the part of the farm indi cated without seeing any one. It was very warm, and I was very warm and tired when 1 returned. On seeing her 1 told her that 1 could find no one, when 6he laughed right in my face and said: "I just fooled the wild Yank for fun." It was fun for her, but not for me. How ever, I laughed with her. Just then 1 put my gun down on the ground, as was my habit, bayonet downward, intending to stick it into the ground and thus let the piece 6tand reversed, but instead of that 1 stuck it through her shoe and pinned the beautiful girl fast! 1 was never so frightened in my life as I was then. I would not have harmed the young woman for the world she had become to me Jike a sister. Maybe I wasn't glad when I saw a twinkle in her bright, blue eyes, and heard her sweet voice ringing in laugh ter as she said: "Well, Yank, you did not hurt me a ' bit; you know these shoes are a trifle large for me, and your bayonet just went through the tipper and sole without graz ing my toes.' 1 was rejoiced to hear 'her talk that J way. 1 assure you. I was taken away from there in a few days after that, it having been found that her father Avas not what he was suspected to be. But 1 often thought about that family, espe cially of one member, intmy marches and in later j-ears, but I never met again with any member of it. ' Not even with my pretty "sweet sixteen" friend, for I was engaged in a great deal "of active service in the army, and when I was mustered out of it I returned to Phila delphia and never went back to Virginia. Philadelphia Press. TALKING WITH MOLTKE. EX-PR ESt DENT ANDREW D. WHITE'S DESCRIPTION OF HIM. Intelligence in Slice. The organs of hearing and smelling in mice are very efficient: but their, eye sight is, we believe, poor. Their intel ligence is, we should think, low, as might be expected from the paucity of convolutions- in their brains. We sns pended a tin of flour at such a height from the ground that our little, friends could not quite jump into it, though .the smell of the food made them very per severing in their endeavors to do so. We then arranged a string so that by a detour they could get at the good stuff that way. '. One mouse by following that course attained to the desired goal, but evident ly by chance, for being startled" out of the tin, it continued for a long while to make futile efforts to recover its lost io sition by jumping up, never again "seek ing the road which had led it before to the object of its desire." For hours we have lain in bed watching mice trjnng in vain to spring into the tin of flour, none of them ever ierceiving that there was a feasible road leading thereto. Chambers' Journal. A Valuable Set of Vestments. A famous old set of vestments now in the cathedral sacristy was a gift to the late Archbishop Hughes. On these vest- -Xnents, which were of the finest gold cloth, was worked the archbishop's coat of arms. They were embroidered in gold and incrusted with jewels. This set comprises vestments for twelve priests besides the archbishop. It is valued at $20,000, and was imported from Lyons. Archbishop Corrigan wears these vest- jaents occasionally. ;New York Herald. Ho met Illro at a Ilecepllon In Herlln on the Occaalou of the Gulden Wedding of the Old Emperor William Baron No- thomb'i Felicitous Introduction. By many people ex-President Andrew D. White, of Cornell university, ex-min ister to Germany, is regarded as one of the best authorities on German affairs in the United States. Years of patient study and observation give great weight to his views on the new Germany of today. Regarding the great German soldier and strategist the ex-president says: I first saw Von Moltke just after my arrival at Berlin at the festivals attend ant upon the golden wedding of the old Emperor William. The first of these was a great theatrical representation at the Royal Opera house, at which the emperor and empress and very nearly all the crowned heads of Germany, with representatives of the various royalties of Europe, were present, and besides these, attracting even more attention, Bismarck, Von Moltke and the leading generals of the Franco-Prussian war. The appearance of these people comes back before me very vividly, but no one is more distinctly present to me than Von Moltke. He seemed absolutely different from every other personage in that great hall. He was a tall, spare man, his face a mixture of determination and kindli ness, his whole appearance, as more than one person has said at various times, being that of an intelligent, kindly col lege professor or schoolmaster. There was something singularly gen tle about his whole bearing, yet it was impressive. He sat very quietly, exchang ing some little conversation with his next neighbor, Manteuffel, the dreaded vice roy of Alsace-Lorraine. The contrast between the two v as very marked Man teuffel, apparently, all keenness and se verity. Von Moltke firm, but gentle. INTRODUCED BY BARON NOTHOMB. When 1 next saw him it was at an evening gathering where there was not a large number present, and where I had the opportunity to converse with him. 1 was introduced to him by the dean of the diplomatic corps. Baron Nothomb, some times called "the father of constitution al liberty in continental Europe," a man of very wide political knowledge and who more than once, as I sat at the table, gave me accounts of his conversations with Talleyrand and other men of the first Napoleonic period. Baron Nothomb in presenting me to Von Moltke took advantage of a little sketch published in one of the German newspajiers, and said: "Sir Field Marshal, 1 wish to make you acquainted with a gentleman who was born in Homer, who lives in Syracuse and who has aided in founding a university at Ithaca." At this Von Moltke laughed pleas antly, and evidently did not understand the allusion, whereupon I told him that in the earlier days of this country we had a way of naming our townships and villages after noted heroes of antiquity. but at present we did better, naming them after the great men of these times, and telling him that no doubt in the newer states he would find his own name and that of Bismarck attached to some of our younger towns. He seemed interested m this ana talked on very pleasantly. I look back to that evening as one of the most interesting during my 6tay in Germany. MOLTKB IN PARLIAMENT. At various other times I met Von Moltke, but do not recall anything of es pecial interest. No man was more free from the slightest tincture of vanity. As he walked through the streets and in the parks, going to and from the office of the general staff, he was undistinguishable save by his tall, scholarly form from the crowd of military men about him. He evidently wore just as little in the shape of orders and decorations as was permissible. At court he was expected, of course, to appear in more splendid attire, but even then there was always the same quiet modesty and simplicity. He seemed to me in some respects "the noblest Ro man of them all." But perhaps his most impressive ap pearance was as a member ot the lm- Ierial parliament. From time to time as I happened in to hear the discussions I saw him in his seat, quiet, imperturba ble; but on two occasions I heard him speak, and on each of these his subject was the necessity of larger votes of money and men to maintain the mili tary supremacy of O-ermany. Nothing could be better in their way than these speeches of his. He looked and spoke as 1 could imagine Julius Caesar looked and spoke in the Roman senate. Nothing could be more simple and yet nothing more effective. ' He was listenedito by men of all parties with the utmost respect. He seemed to stand in a sense aloof from all parties, and to be guided simply and solely by what he considered the best interests of the German empire. On hearing him speak ous could not resist this conclusion, aud as his manner was simple, voice good and statements very clear, direct and strong, but without the slightest tendency to exaggeration, his words carried great weight. I remember hearing him say in sub stance in one of these speeches that Germany must be prepared for any emergency, nd must maintain the very highest condition of military efficiency possible for at least fifty years. And I remember, too, with what a sort of sol emnizing effect these words, quietly ut tered, but evidently the result of con viction based on knowledge," had upon the audience. They seemed to carry a sense of responsibility to the heart of every person present. New York Herald. Robert Hallance came in from Holyoke thin morning-. Charley Miller went to Omaha this morning on base ball business Flra. Oliver came this morning from iioutli Ilentl where tne has been viwitinir friends for a few days. The K. of P. Lodge moved their coous and elrects into tneir new hall over Ilennett ATutta last night. O. D. IJuzzlwdeparted ing lor Iteveii I'oints this morn-Wisconsin satisfactory where he hus obtained employment. A chance for every boy and girl to get a ilag for Decoration Day FKKK by going to J. P. Young's store. fiOO Mali street, at 10 o'clock next Saturday morning and get one gratis. "The Twelve Temptations" com pany played the first portion of the week at Isoyd s Opera J louse, Oma ha. The elite of the city packed the house. It was their fifth visit j during the past three years. Mine frent. vas you not likes to try our Hoots and Shoes. lhey wear list like py gracious never vas before, lhey out wear any HarU ware in town, iney stand me very roughest wear and fit, oh my! ust like the shell on eggs. Veil you not tinks so ust come vonce in. You will find our leather strong and solid, without paper in soles or counters. Our prices are not the lowest in the city. Hut our figures fit the fjuality of our goods the closest of any in Cass county. To demonstrate this fairly drop in at W. II. Schildknecht's shoe store, west half of 1. I'. Young's room, on Main st., Plattsmouth, Neb. d2wl MI O 3E5 "T J 0 E , The largest line of patent medi cines will be found at lirown & Bar rett's tf r Will you suller witli Lj'spepsia and Liver Complaint? Shiloh's Vit- alizer is guaranteed to cure you. 2 Opera House Corner PL ATTSMOUTH Hair chains, rings, crosses hair work of all kinds to order. Mrs. A. Knee. tf 1720 Locust St and I am now prepared to deliver ice to any part of the city. Telephone 72. tf II. C MW1AKEN. Notice. The first Graduating class from the Dominican Sisters' school will be dismissed with honors at the opera house, naay evening, may 29th. A rare treat will be in store for those present as talents of a high order will be displayed .in every number on the program. Cheap Sugar ought to bring Cheap Coffee. FOUR packag es Lion or McLaughlins XXXX Coffee for $1.00 at E G. DOVEY & SON'S. Needles, oils and parts for all kinds of machines can be found at the Singer office, corner of Main and Sixth streets, with H. Beck. tf. for lame UacK, suae or chest, use Shiloh's Porous Plaster. Price 25 cents. For sale by F. G. Fricke & Co. and O. II. Snyder. 3 Brown & Barret carrv the largest line of druggists sundries in the city. tf. Take your prescriptions to Brown &. Barrett e,they dispense pure med icines, tf fJIVlL. ENGINEER and SUBVEYOB E E. HILTON. Htl mates and plans of all worjc furnished ana itecorus Ke&t. Office in Martin Block. Plattsmouth - Nebraska MEAT MARKET? SIXTH STREET F. II. KLLKNBAUM, Prop. Mrs. M. J. "White left for home in Chicago this morning ter a pleasant weeks visit with cousin Mrs. Y. II. Malick. her af- her The best of fresh meat always found in this market. Also iresh Kggs and Butter. Notice of Probate of WIM. In the niattei of the lat will and testament of Klislia Siradiey, deceased, in county court Cass m-univ. eiravKa. .Notice is hereby civen that on the Hn day ol nine A. p., ism, at me countj junee's omce in Plattsmouih, Casn county, Nebraska, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, the following matter will be hear and considered :d Ti e application of Samuel Htrsdley t admit to probate the last will and testament ol fchsha btradley late of Greenwood precinct, in aH "county, de ceased, and for lefeis of administration with the will annexed to Aaron C, Lder. Dated May 18th, 18ni. Bv order of tre court, B. A. RAMSEY. County Judge Wild game of all kinds kept in their season. SIXTH STREET . Meat marketT First National BANK OF PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA Paid bd caDltal S50.OUO.00 Surplus 10,000.09 HAVELOCK AEE - YOU - GOING - TO - BUILD - THERE? -IF SO- K. DRESSLER. The 5th St- Merchant Tailor " Keeps a Foil Line of P.ordiii O.Tt33tiG Soodi. Consult Your Interest by Giving Him a "aD SHERWOOD BLOCK Plat Tf?moi -x tla P. J. HANSEN DEALKK IN STAPLE AND FANCY Offers the very best facilities for the promp transaction ot uguimaie Banking Business rttocke. bonds, gold, government and local te- Burities bought and sold. Deposits received 8,ud interest allowed on the certificatee Drafts drawu. available in any part of the United States and all the principal tfewns . of Europe. OOLLECTIONS MADK AND PROMPTLY REMIT TKD. aighest market price pnid for County War rants, State ana County bonds. DIRECTORS John Fitzgerald D. Hawkswortb Sam Waugh. F. E. White George E. Dovey John Fitzgerald. 8. Waugh. President Ca h."- GROCERIES, GLASS AND QUEEN SWA RE Floor Riid Feed "a Specialty Unfortunat. . "The effect of Kev. JVlr. Harlan's ser mon on the terrors of hades was lost. "How so?" "The church was as and the prospect he held agreeable. Jbpoch. t 1 atronagje the Puble Solicited. cold as a barn, ut .was rather JOHNSON BUILDING, NortH 6tHS Lumber Yard THE OLD RELIABLE. H. A. WATERMAN & M PL UMBER Remember that R. O. Castle & Co hare an immense stock of LUMBER AND ALL EUILDIDQ MATERIAL .A.T HAVELOCK And Guarantee Satisfaction in all Things R." O- CASTLE & CO HAVELOCK, NEBRASKA. SLI GIVEN A "W Shingles, Lath, Sash, Doors, Blinds Can supply everw demand of the city. Call and get terms. Fourth street in rear of opera house. Slnpipers to "be g'iTren Q,TX7"SL37- tO X-CLe OIELe tlZLCut guesses tltLe nearest snTTLirLToer of To-ULttoirx loolsis 3.is;pla,37-ea. irn. o-cur -win-; W. A. BCECK GO. EdgThey will be counted June 151891" . . - s