C. MAYE? COUNTY S.URVIl YOR AMP CIVIL ENGINEER county clerk will be a uttnnded to. rrrrprit- OFFICE IX COURT HOUSE, .-tr , 1 Plattsmouth, - - Nebraska WW J ULIUS PEPPEKBEKG. MAMUrACIUUK OF ANI UHDLE5ILE flND RET MIL IlKALIK IN THK CHOICEST BRANDS OF CKIAKS rcia. i.iw it or TOBA&X) .AND SMOKE.-v's ARTICLES always iu stock Pl.iatsnioutli, Nebrassa IRST : NATIONAL'. HANK OK PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA Paid up capital But pi uh .$.KI.OHO.II0 . lo.ouo.ou Offers toe very bel facilities for the promp transaction of ligltimate Banking Business HtocltK, bonds, Rold. government and local se curities bought and sold. Ueposlw receive, and interest allowed on the certllicite Drafts drawn, available In any part of the United State and all the principal twn o Europe . OOU.KCTION M ADR AND PKOMPTLY BKMIT TatU. Highest market price paid lor County War rants, State an County bonds. DI KECTOKS John Fitzgerald 1. Hawkaworth Bam Waugh. F. K. White oeorge K. Dovey John Fitzgerald. Waugb. Prerident Car fee, JHE CITIZENS HANK. PLATTSMOUTH - NEBRASKA Uayltal stock paid In V 0 t Authorized Capital, SIOO.OOO. OFFICBKS FRANK CARKUTH. JOS. A. CONNOi:. President. vice-PresMeet W. H- CUSeiSO. C8hier. DIKKCTOB8 Frank Carruth J. A. Connor, F. R. Guthwu J. W. Johnson. Henry Bcbck. Jonn u".n.eeie V. D. Mtrriam. Wni. Wetencamp. W. ' H. Cusblng. TRANSACTS!! GENERAL BANKING BDSiNES sues cSJtiflcates of deposits bearing interest Buvs and sell exchange, couuty ana city ! B ANK OF CASS COUNTY Cor Main and Fifth street. Paid up capital mrniua.... .... -- fl. H. Paraele President Fred Oorder Vice President J. M. Patterson Casheir T. M. Patterson. Ast Caobier DIRECTORS A. n. Smith. K K. Windbam. B. 8. Kamey and T. M. Patterson L GENERAL BAHK1NC BUS LB ESS TRAHSATED Accounts solicited. Interest allowed on time deposit and prompt attentioniven to all bus iness entrusted to its care. When you jr to a shoe store youi object isnot onl-to buy shoes but to procure for what you spend the best that your money will buy. Less than this will not content you; more than this you cannot, in rea son, ask. Our methods are as simple as j our desires. We do not lift your expectations to the clouds, but we realize them whatever they are. We will never sacrifice your interests to ours and nowhere else can you et a fuller and fairer equivalent for your money. An especially profitable purchase for you is our etc. SOOES, SH O E S O 3rt RUBBERS R SHERWOOD. J501 Main Street. HILIP THEIROLF Hm OpndupTha Finest. Cleanest, Cosiest- S-A-HLiOOisr IN THE CITY Wh ere may be loiind choice which liquors and cigars. ANIIEtTSER BLJSCII BEER. AMI BASS' ALE WHITE LABEL always on hand. -o- COKNKK OF MAIN AND FOURTH ST. TX. PFcTElSEjST THK LE.AD1NQ GROC ER HAS THE MOST COMPLETE STOCK IN THE CITY. raTHING FRESH - AND - IN - SEASON ATTENTION FARMERS I want your Poultry, Eggs, But- ter ami your farm produce of all kind. I will nay vou the lnVheHt i-Hsii price as i am uuymg lor a urn in Lincoln. B. PETERSEN, THE LEADING GROCER I'laltsmouth - - Nebraska J. n:A:N:S:E:N OEAI.KK IN STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES. GLASS AJL QUEEN SWA UE Flip sjui Feed a Specialty i jitronaw i tii; Fuble Solicited JOHNSON BUILDINGN SiXttl .St TEW HARDWARE STORE S. E. HALL & SON Keep all kinds of builders hardware on hand and will supply contractors on most fav orable terms TIK" ROOFING Spouting and all kinds of tin work promptly . Orders from the country Solicited 616 Peasl St. PLATT3MOUTH. NEB. Lumber Yard THE OLD RELIABLE. II. A. WATEBHAN & SON Shingles, Lath, Sash, Doors, Blinds Can supply everw demand of the city. Call and get terms. Fourth street in rear of opera house. Chamberlain's Bye and Skin Ointment. A certain cure for Chronic Sore Eyes, Tetter,' Salt Bhenm, Scald Head, Old Chronic Sores, Fever Sores, Eczema, Itch, Prairie Scratches, Soro Nipples and Piles. It is cooling and soothing. Hundreds of cases have been cured by it after all other treatment . had failed. It is put up ia 85 and CO cent boxea. V LUMBER Wally. A catboat is propelled by driving nil only; the sloop baa both driving wiil and f alling nail, for she carries, in addi tion in the mainsail of the catboat. a headsail called the "jib." Themainsail. a ymi know, tends to "luff the ImmU'h nose into the wind, but the jib has the reverse effect and tends to force t he bnw off and away from the wind. Tliesn sails, if proerly proportioned, cause the yacht to keep a straight cour.se. to steer easily and to tail without burying her head; for the jib lift the bow, and the mainsail, being set back near the middle of the bout, d'les uot drive her "down by the eyes." at does the nail of a cat boat. In nailing a sloop, however, great care must le exercised, for this little jib in a treacherous sail and will lead you into trouble if you do not understand its wayward tricks. The rules for sloop Bailing are briefly these; Before "going about" cast off the jib, before coming to anchor or rounding optoa mooring lower the jib, when a squall Btrikes cast off the jib. in tine, get rid of the jib first and work your boat with mainsail alone in all emer gencies that occur when sailing to wind ward. In running before a strong wind a reeled mainsail and a fall jib give the best results, and sloops are better than catboats when running free, because the jih counteract the tendency to luff, to steer hard and to roll, all of which traits are ever present in the frisky catboat. Observe one rule at all times when sailing a sloop: Never fasten the jib so that it cannot instantly be cast off. Fas tened jib sheets cause nearly all the cap sizes which occur in sloop sailing. F. W. Paugborn in St. Nicholas. Spectacle or Tongs. They tell a good story of Chief Justic Peters, of the supreme court of Maiue. one or tne urigniest ana wittiest orna ments of the bench in that state or any other. While the judge was still a practicing lawyer he had for a client a farmer uamed Hanscom. who. thouirh he was well past middle age. had the notion not uncommon among Maine farmers of his age that he was as 3roung as ever and could hold his own in a mowing field with the best of them. One day the farmer came into the judge's office to look at some papers which had been drawn up for his signa ture, ana as ne picKea up tne first one he began to Adjust it in the manner sometimes spoken of by those who use glasses and mislay them as "telescoping. The judge noticed the action and, see ing that the farmer was holding the paper pretty well at arm's length, re marked pleasantly: "Your eyesight seems to be failing c little, Mr. Hanscom. "You will have tc get a pair of spectacles." "Not a bit of it." growled the old farmer; "not a bit of it. My sight's as good as it ever was. I shan't want 'spet- tacles' for a good many years yet." "All right," said the judge; "you'll have to get a pair of tongs then." De troit Free Press. A Spoiled Child. "English children are so much more childish than ours." said an Ameiican mother once. "I wonder why it is." It is undoubtedly because they are kept in the nursery and do not come into prominence at so early an age as ours do. The other day in a hotel rotunda stood a round eyed darling with her- short, golden hair fluffed around her winsome face; her short waisted, long skirted frock added to her picturesque appear ance. Almost all the men passing by stopped to speak to her. She was the delighted recipient of nickels, cards and bonbons, while she coquetted with all the airs of a society girl. My heart ached, for she was getting all the sweet, downy freshness of childhood rubbed off bo early. Her father, standing near, enconrged her and laughed at her naive questions and replies. By and by the white capped nurse came on the scene and bore her child away; and she, loath to leave the scene of her conquests, made her exit, biting, kicking and scratching her nurse, while the men laughed heartily at this edifying spectacle. There are some wise mothers who dis courage and endeavor to suppress this precocity, but they are lamentably few in number. L. E. Chittenden in House wife. Tta Manfaced Crab. One of the most singular looking crea tures that ever walked the earth or swam the waters under the earth" is the world famous manfaced crab of Japan. Its body is hardly an inch in length, yet the head is fitted with a face which is the perfect counterpart of that of a Chinese coolie; a veritable missing link, with eyes, nose and mouth all clearly defined. This curious and un canny creature, besides the great like ness it bears to a human being in the matter of facial features, is provided with two legs, which seem to grow from the top of its head and hang down over the sides of its face. Besides these legs, two "feelers," each about an inch in length, grow from the "chin" of the ani mal, looking for all the world like a colonel's forked beard. These manfaced . rabs fairly swarm in the inland seas of Japan. St. Louis Republic. Prawtie Acid and Instant Death. Prussio acid, it ia suggested, causes a painless and immediate death, and ia therefore preferable to electricity in clos ing the career of criminals. First make the condemned man unconscious with tin anaesthetic, then a few drops of prus sic acid injected into the jugular vein with a hypodermic 83-riuge will cause in stantaneous death. Yankee Blade. Not a Ca for Treatment. A stout, middle aged woman fell on a rreet in New Ycrk. nd when some one attempted to raise her to her feet she de clared, with tears and groans, that her leg was broken. An ambulance was hastily summoned, the woman lifted ten derly in a,nd taken to a hospital, when it was found that the bruueu limb was ar tificial. Philadelphia Ledger. HE HEARS A STOftY OF HOW H En MIT MOUNTAIN WAS NAMED. An American Coiuuinrelal Traveler Tells Mriie V;n, . bunt the lonely, Lovrtlck Slinrr of (lie Selkirk The Mountain Vi'i Named for llim. The tr.-.in had stopped near the heart of the S -ikirks. under the shadow of a great bare crag, which the guide book said was the Hermit mountain. The rock ros-.e almost precipitously, culminat ing in a i-rct extending tor hundreds of feet to tiie north, and the top of the crest seemed almost as sharp as a razor. With RTms akimbo on the rail of the observa tion car was an English tourist, who wore a monocle and a stare, and seemed very much bored by the scenery. Near him stood a comuier'.ial traveler of To ronto, who was explaining how the mountain got its name. "Follow the edge of the mountaiu from its front to the rear," he said. "Kight where the edge breaks off you Bee a solitary pyramid. From here it seems to be tfnly about six feet tall, though in reality it is about thirty feet high. Don't you seo it bears some re semblance to a man? That is the hermit, and it is this solitary pillar that gave name to the mountain." The English tourist suddenly showed indications of interest. He edged a little nearer, and remarked: "Beg pardon, did I hear you say some thing about a hermit?" The commercial traveler gave his com rade a dig in the ribs. "Why, yes," he aid to the tourist; "didn't you ever hear the remarkable facts about the hermit here?" "No," said the tourist. a drummer's story. "Well, I'll tell you the story," said the drummer. "It's a remarkable one, and every traveler ought to know it. You Bee, about the time of the gold excite ment in the Frazer river country 'way back in I80G a man came here to make his fortune. One of the miners had brought into this wild region his little family, and among them was his daugh ter, a very pretty girl, with whom this other fellow fell madly in love. lie had a hated rival, of course, and in a few m'onths this rival carried off the prize, and life became a hollow mockery to the disappointed lover. He became not only a woman hater, but a hater of his kind, And he made up his mind he would spend the rest of his life as a hermit, "So he came to this mountain, and he clambered up that brush that you see alongside, and he built him a hut of stones and branches, and there he began bis new life. He had a gun and lived on what he could shoot, a little flour he got from the settlement and the berries and roots he gathered. He lived that way a good many years, bringing down from the mountain an occasional fur or bear skin, which he sold for provisions. For years now he has been old and unable to hunt well, but nothing has ever induced him to give up his queer life." By this time the English tourist was all eyes and ears. "You don't mean to tell me," he said. "How on earth does he live now?" "Well, once a week the people who iive in this little hamlet you see here fill a basket with provisions and one of them takes it up to the top of the mountain. When the hermit hears anybody coming he leaves his hut and retreats into the woods. The man with the supplies leaves the basket at the door, and the next fellow who comes up with provis ions leaves another basket and takes back the empty one. THK TOURIST BELIEVED IT. The hermit never speaks to anybody. Early in the winter, before there is dan ger of a big fall of snow, a lot of pro visions is taken up to him, for fear that a heavy snowfall will prevent any one from reaching the top." Why, doesn't he get sick and need a doctor sometimes?" asked the tourist. "Nobody knows that he ever had a sick day. He is old, but he's well. You see the air up there is magnificent, and there's no reason he should be sick. There he is now," continued the drum mer, in a state of wild excitement. "There he is; near the edge of that rock. Don't you see him?" The Englishman looked, but could see nothing. He borrowed a field glass and was adjusting tbe focus wnen tne man exclaimed: "There, he's gone. I just caught a glimpse of him. He's np so high he didn't look bigger'n a speck, any way." "Remarkable," said the Englishman, as he lapsed into a seat. He rolled it all over in his mind for a couple of hours. Meanwhile the story of the Englishman's interest in the hermit had been told to number of choice spirits, and there had been much hilarity. One of the men who shared the fun was standing neai the Toronto drummer, when the English tourist sidled up to him again. "Now, look a-here," he said, "honest, is that really all true about the hermit?" "Certainly, it's true," said the com mercial traveler. "Most all tourists know it, and any one who lives in this conntry can tell you all about it. Ask this man here." . The Englishman turned to the other man, who told 'the story of the hermit over again, with some graphic and cir cumstantial additions. The Englishman will probabl3' prepare an account of the wonderful hermit for the British press. New ork Sun. V'ncle Sam's Carpets. Strangers who come to Washington discover things of the existence of which residents know nothing. How many people know there is a large room in the treasury building in which every yard ff carpet used in government buildings all over the CTuited States is cut and Fewed? The work is done by contract a'nd carpus are fitted from the architect's plans. Washington Post. Stealing a March. you a piece of ad- waut to give nce. "All riht, let me give you one first follow itT New York Epoch. an for a long time to come, the situation of France and Germany forms the great subject of anxiety which Is imposed upon the meditation of all European statesmen. At no other point is it fore seen thut war can breakout. Russia lias great ambitious and Italy has strong de sires, but Russia is for years doomed merely to cherish ambitions, for she run not realize tlieiu single handed, and it does not dejnd ujkjii her to provoke a general war, which would be one result jf her combined action with France; while as for Italy, she will never venture to give Hih signal of war, for if she did wt,,dd be left to herself and would be speedily crushed, it could be solely as the ri-suit of a general war that Italy could obtain her share, anil in the pretv ent state of her alliances she could take tbat share only from France, so that general war alone could procure it for her, inasmuch as, if she were left single handed, she. would uot be able to over come France. Neither Austria nor Eugland dreams of war. It is therefore still, as twenty years ago, France and Germany who could occasion war; because, whatever ma' le alleged, whatever may be pro claimed or whatever may be concealed these two nations desire war war, first for its own sake, and next for the rest and if, in order to have done with this everlasting Franco-German nightmare Europe could now promise to fold her arms, and afterward to intervene merely as arbiter, war would break out to-in or row between France and Germany, for the fatality of war haunts and overrides both nations. Do Blowitz iu Harper's I're-evolutloimry Errors. Most of the shortcomings of the old method of historical writing resulted from the fact that the world was looked at from a statical point of view, or as if a picture nf the world were a series of d tached y .ctures of things at rest. The human race and its terrestrial habitat were tacitly assumed to have been al ways very much the same as at present One age was treated much like another. and when comparisons were made it was after a manner as different from the modern comparative method as alchemy was different from chemistry. As men's studies had not yet been turned in such a direction as to enable them to appreciate the immensity of the results that are wrought by the cumulative action of minute causes, they were disposed to attach too much importance to the catastrophic and mar velous; and the agency of powerful in dividuals which upon any sound theory must be regarded as of great importance they not only magnified unduly but rendered it unintelligible when they sought to transform human heroes into demi-gods. It thus appears tbat the way in which our forefathers treated history was part and parcel of the way in which they re garded the world. Whether in history or in the physical sciences, they found themselves confronted by a seemingly chaotic mass of facts with which they could deal only in a vague and groping manner and in small detached groups. Professor John Fiske in Popular Science Monthly. "Onions Rolled In Molasses." George Washington; while attending a swell reception at .Newport, noticed that the daughter of his host. Miss Ellery, was suffering from a severe sore throat and could not speak above a whisper. General Washington, observ ing this embarrassment of his youthful hostess, said to her: "Miss Ellery, you seem to be suffering very much; what is the matter?" Miss Ellery told him the cause of her trouble, upon which the general said to her: "I suffer very frequently from a sore throat and take a remedy which I find very useful, and which I would recom mend to you were I not sure you would not take it." "But I am sure," replied Miss Ellery, that I would take any remedy that General Washington would propose." "Well, then," said the general, "it is this onions boiled in molasses. It has cured me often." Miss Ellery took the remedy and, of course, was cured. -Exchange. Some Bare Old China Pitchers. The naval battles and heroes of the war of 1812 furnished many subjects for use in decorating pitchers, and some bear inscriptions far from flattering to English vanity. With the portraits of Perry are tbe words of his famous dis patch, "We have met the enemy and they are ours." With Lawrence, his dying words, "Don't give up the ship." With the likeness of Decatur, who cap tured the Macedonian, "Free Trade. Sailors' Rights." Then quickly met our nation's syes Tbe noblest sight in nature. A first class frigate as a prize Brought back by brave Decatur. With Commodore Bainbride, of Constitution (Old Ironsides), are words, "Avast, boys, she's struck." the his The old ballad says: On Brazil's coast she ruled tbe roast When Bainbridge was her captain Neat hammocks gave, made of the wave. Dead Britons to be wrapped in. Alice Morse Earle in Scribner's Queen Mary's Lspdog. Mary Queen of Scots had a favorite lapdog, which is said to have been present at the execution of its poor mistress in Fotheringay castle. After the royal lady had been beheaded the faithful creature refused to leave her dead body and had to be carried out of the hall by force. At that period lapdogs were the lets of men a3 well as of women. Dr. Boleyn, a relation of the unhappy Queen Anne Boleyn, owned one "which," as it is written, "he doted on." Anne once asked him to grant her one wish and in return he should have whatever he might desire. Knowing his affection for the dog, 6he begged it of him and of course the doctor had nothing to' do but to give it to her. "And now, madam," he said, "you promised to grant my request." "I will," quoth the queen. "Then. I pray you, give me my dog again." Exchange. Ayor'o Carcapariiia Is an SecUre remedy, as numerous testimo nials .conclusively prove, "for two years I was a constaut sufferer from dyNiwpnia anu liver complaint. 1 doetored a long time and Uie niedlciuu ren:rlled. In nearly every cano, only aKKravaud Urn dUt-aso. Au aM)tln;cary advised mn to unn Ayer's HitritaiMirllla. I did so, and was cured at a cost of fb. HIiK-a that time It tuts been my family medicine, und slcknens tut Income S alraiiKer to our household. 1 belluve It to lie Uie beit inedlclun 011 earth. P. V. McKulty, lluckniiui, a Bummer iL, Lowell, Ma.1.1. FOR DEBILITY. Ayer's Sarsaparilla It a certain cure, when the complaint ordi nate in i!nHveriHhed blood. ' 1 whs a preut sufferer from a low condition of the blood ami Kueral debility, ttecomlnic Dually, no reduced that I was unfit fr work. Noth ing that I did for the complaint hclcd mn so much as Ayer's HursaparllUt, a few bottles of which restored me to health and strength. I take every opportunity to reconuuend this medicine in similar cases." C Evlck, If K. lain L. ChlUicoUie, Oliio. FOR ERUPTIONS And all disorders oriKtualiiiK in Impurity of the blood, such as IhII., carbuncles, pimples, blotches, salt-rheum, scald-head, scrofulous sores, and the like, take only Ayer's Sarsaparilla ritaesBEn nr DR. J. O. AYEB A CO.. Lowell, Mass. Price 91 ; six bottle, i. Worth t s bottle. (!hA TE I'L COM R ) h'T I G rniv'KAKFAST I'. vh 1 lior uirli ki'wlcl'e of tlx natural law s winch jjokm 11 1 lie oe- i jo. m ft illcxt'oti a"il niitrif Ion slid l v can-fnl a.( li-; lion of I lie flue propeM ie of well scii-c. -.i Co oh Mr. Kpiis lifts pioviiteil our lir-ui last table with a dehea-eivft vmi'd licvciiL'i' which may us many hsiv" octor' M is. It Is bv.tlie juitlo- lons ns of hiicIi article" c it id Dial a eoti- "itutli'ii may be i;iadiially built up until Mronjj eiiouvh to resist every t- ndcucv to disease. Hundreds of subtle n eladies are floalln ir around us read1 to attack w heiever herein a week lioiiif. V e mav eseape iiiimv a fsttnl shaft, bv keepliijf ouretveit well for Hied w lUi pure hi 00"- mnl a properly nourished mine. - Civil M-rviie Oaetle. adosi simply with boilini; w ater or in!k. Sold omy III liall -(Miiilid til''. ! LTocerl- s laheded Ihiir: IAMFs KIM'S . HO . lion .eoinUlilc chemist i ondoii. Kniflaud BrTGrosvenor'r Bell-cap-sic Jrompatm. . - mmUl Dlrarinsad Inmhscol HKirad atones. lor ma iif til unminu. PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM CImuim and U-auliflaa Uia hsk. PrvmutM S kliioitnt uruwth. Sfovor Vails to JlMtors Oru Hair to its Touthfal Color Civm xalp dimm a hair laUiu. mtt, anl I to at Hrgl M Parkara aiar Toala. It nm tka aaM Caaah. Wak baafw, Dcbil. Iadifaatiof, Faia, Tak la Uaaa. J eta. HINDERCORNS. Tk. oalr rar. rr for Cora, fttvsa all (wis. Qa. at DrsagifU, or UisCOX a CO., K. V. Bucklen's Arnica Salve. Tun Ukst 8at.vk in the world for Cut Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Halt Kheum. Fever Sores, Tetter. Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruption, and posi tively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 2-1 eenU per Ikix. For sale by F. G. Fricke & Co. How to Succeed. This is the reat problem of life which few natiHiactorily Holvt. Some fail because of ill health, oth ers want of luck, but the majority from insufficient ";rit want ofjnerve. Theyare nervous, irresolute, change able, easily gfet the blues and "take the spirits down to keep the spirit up," thus wasting money, time, op portunity and nerve force. There is nothing like the Kestorative Ner vine, discovered by the freat spe cialist. Dr. Miles, to cure all nervoun diseases, as headache, the blues, nervous prostration, sleeplessness, neuralgia, St. Vitus dance, fits and hysteria. Trial bottles and line book of testimonials free at H. (1. Fricke & Co.'s. For manjr years Mr. li. K. Thouip eon, of Des Moines, Iowa, was se -erel3- afflicted with chr onic diarr hoea. He says: "At times it was very severe; so much so, that I feaerd it would end my life. About seven j-ears ago I chanced to pro cure a bottle .of Chamberlain' Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It gave me prompt relief and I believe cured me permanent ly, as I now eat or drink without harm anything I please. I have also used it in my family, with the best results. For sale by F. fi. Frickie & Co. Wonderful Success. Two years ago the Haller Prop. Co.' ordered their bottles by the box now they buy by the carload. Among the popular and succeseful remedies they prepare is Haller Sarsaparilla & Hurdock which is the most wonderful blood purifier known. No druggist hesitates to recommend this remedy. For sale by druggist. Cood Looks. Good looks are more than skin deep, deqending upon a healthy condition of all the vital organs. If the Liver be inactive' you have a liilious Look, if your stomach be affected you have a Dyspeptic Look aud if hour Kidneys be effected yov will have a Pinched Look. Se curs good health and you will have ' good looks, Electric Bitters is the ' great alterctive and Tonic acts directly on those vital organs. Cures Pimples, Blotches. Boils anol't gives a good complexion. Sold at.' !. G. Fricke A: Co'h Drugstore, 50c per bottle: m$ CoG-oa I I