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About The Plattsmouth daily herald. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1883-19?? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 8, 1891)
V- nud.nf, Uil. "idt-pf I f - uiu jta amus- "it Li;nir the other day. i't recently his mother had a ttu-ir homo ou th y, and when he came froin col a the art.-njo.uhewMiritrwluc.-J r. At ,Un.T a,0 hhe s;lt oll.losite t the table. Ho paili ,itt,e atu,n. " V18 fa,r vWt. li min.l was '4 with a problem iu his lessons, r. hm brothers were as assiduous ''." eM;-r,ini ber. As it V ""' V e . r ul engagements f "i ,'.WiV '.'." i""1' 148 Mr- A- httl1 J .di.--: li. to have one of W ai.na t..ke l t ,!.- K-jit.-r, it f. U to the lot of my in. -ml On,f e. the H.irvnr.l ,, I H'.' CC j,t..,l tWurituation (jrawfullv, ' iind in dun time theVpun coup'; ,' ! for the theatre. Arr---' - ! , r. his com- -'"'o. Ut-ore'i3 loft iim u.iiit)1iinhl(,megi1e th) , i V.Uii? lis up t h bog id ' purchased the tickets; then, tti':i.:u? bout, he looked toward the plnce wh-re ' he had parted froin the young lady, auJ j was surprised to ere half a dozen t ice, ! and ye god! is it possible? he could i Dot tell which was his precious char,'.-! Here was a dileiinna. 'George said he immediately l vided j that, rather than rit-k Kiwukitig to the wrong person, he would stand still till ! the young lady spoke to him. So hoi guzed at hj's tickets fur what seemed to i 1 1 i Til un O'.u l.tifr .-. a t. .1 ... lil v inlv a minute, when ilisa li. came up and said, "I fear you did not recognize me." "Oh, VPH Vdi " ut -un muruil flour"!. orill.Vii. eating "yen, I did; I thought they had 1 not given me the seats I ai-ked for, and I wns considering what was best to do iu ue matter. Uoaton Herald. A Kt.irjr frt.m Ilia American Indiana. Many years ago a boy found a beauti ful make, so an Indian legend runs. He kept it in a bowl of water ami took no tice that small feathers dropped into the receptacle became living beings. He experimented utid discovered that what ever he put into the water became alive. He rubbed orne of this snake water on his eyes anl found that he could see things that were actually hidden in the KrunL Concluding that he would make the liquid more powerful by put ting more snakes into it, he hung up a number of seriieuts so that their oil dropped into the water. By putting Wiiue of tne solution thus obtained into Jiis mouth he could breathe fire, and by placing some of it in his eyes he could eee in the dark. At will he could transform himself Into a serpent, could ts-come invisible and could travel at an incredible rate of peed. An arrow dipped into the liquid and shot at any living being, even if it did nut hit its object, would neverthe ki!! it. A feather dipped into this snake water and pointed at any game would immediately start for the latter and slay it. This lx.y became in this manner a great wizard. Washington bint Tha Amateur Actraaa. We had rather throw aside this pen forever than to write a word to discour age any woman who is conscientiously triving to earn a position on the stage; but there are other women some in the profession, some in the audience to whom it is grotwly nnfair to put forth an inexperienced amatenr as a star. Con aider, ladies and gentlemen, what a poor, miserable art that of acting would be if Anybody could acquire it in a few lea eons, in a year or so, from a private box across the footlights fo the center of the stage. It takes a longer time to learn to be a carjienter or to play a piano, to be S dressmaker or to paint a picture, to be s typewriter or to cut hair properly, than amateurs who are now willing to bestow njion the art which includes, em ploys and dignifies all other arts from statuesque poning to wig wearing. If acting could l- taught in a day it would not be so well paid nor so highly esteem ed, and good acting would Dot be to un common. Stephen Fiske in Spirit of the Times. Tha FTu!titloB of tha Sword. As men in early times fought hand to hand, the old.t specimens of the sword re short; in fact, the sword is probably but an evolution of the club, which at first made of hard wood was gradually sharpened on one and then on both sines, so as to inflict a more deadly wonnd. . Even today we find some savage races employing wooden weapons. Wood gave way to stoue, which in turn was displaced by bronze, iron and finally eteel. The STrord increased in length ss van became more civilized and showed a dis position to fight farther away from nu-h other, which required more dexterity in the use of the weajsm. Some specimens we have of swordsof the Middle Ages are almost if not quite ss long as the war riors who wielded them. During' the Fifteenth century the science of fencing was invented, when the sword in the form of a rapier reached the highest point of development Kate Field's Washington. Caaakad 8aipalhf. I cannot touch a piece of telvet with my fingers or permit the furry side of a peach skin to touch my lips without ex periencing immediately a sort of cold chill all over my person. It is Dot so ery severe, but it is unpleasant Still I -would prefer to livinj forever nnder the ban of suc'j a chill than to be compelled to meet onre a day one of those oleagi nous bundles of Insincerity and pretense, the nnctuons stid effusive chap Who thinks you are not properly treated and never loses an opportunity to tell jroa so. Of course I am aware I am not properly Appreciated, but I dtet being told of the fact by another person, who never Jifts a finger in my behalf, and who only wags his tongne in my favor when I am by to see him do it. Detroit Free Press. Helping Ona Auothor. A seventh ward man rises In the early dawn of Mot day morning and does the family wadiing. be-raiiso his wife has an erganic heiil trouble. After he goes to ids tlaily toil, u n ii the consciousness of liaving performed bisdiitr, she goes over and dot s ti.e ivabnu ("t ths minister's Jfiuuily. SprijjUi-l.l Homestead. KNOCKING OUT K .A Kaacntmaut of tlo limulta Iirlvar or Llltla lodeJ'-iy ; Colonel William Greene St Act. of the Ualveston-Dalias Nuws, xdls this story: " hire, a g.od many years ago," he said, "I was trawling in a stage in western Texas, It was long befve the snort of the locomotive was heard on the prairies of that region, over which the buffalo yet roamed. At one of the stations a young Lnglixliiuan and his wife got iu. Ha was a little fellow and dressed as a typical Englishman what we now call a dude. The driver was a, big. raw boned six footer. m WM noted fighter. nili1 ,)iV(fr wh pel And WAS a regular terror. lie teemed to tike a dislike to the little Eilglishtnsn from the start. Presently he topM'd tiie stag", got down, came bi k and threw cpva ths door. " 'IU-re,' he said to the Englishman, you come out of that and get up on the t at with me. There ain't room for you in there.' The Englishman didn't move. 'Come out, I tell Von,' roared the driver. The Englishman ju-t sat still. 'If yon don't come out, I'll haul yon out by the legs,' shouted the Jehu. Then the rest of us rxjHi-ttilnted with the driver. I was too tii'i-d to t'u'ht and couldn't get at my gun, so I jn-t expostulated along with the rest. We told the driver there was plenty of room inside; that the Eng lishman wat not crowding in, mid that if he (the driver) insulted or iujurel an of his passengers he would liedincharged by the stag.) company. The driver by this time was wii 1. He swore he was in command of that stage and that lie proposed to run it to suit himself, and if that blank.-ty blank cuss didn't come out he'd pull him out "All right,' said the Englishman, at hist. '1 will come out, and when 1 am out I will whip you soundly.' "lie got out slowly. We all felt sorry for him and sorrier for his wife. She didu't seem seared or worried, though, and all she said was: " 'Charley, don't let him scratch your face.' "Well, wh'-n the little Englishman got out he took bis coat off and handed it back into the stage. Then he start" 1 toward the driver and the driver started toward him. We heard a sound a g'cid deal like that made by hitting a steer in the head with an ax. Down in a heap went the driver. He was up us quick us a flash. Down be went again. Actually that little English dude knocked that bin ly six foot driver clean off his feet dozen times. How it was done none of us could tell. The big fellow would rush at the little 'un with bis arms gn ing like flails. Suddenly the little fellow would make a dash, his right arm would fly out, and down wouid go the driver. After the dozenth round that driver called ou.. " 'Hold on, stranger hold on! Tin whipixfd and throw up my hands. Yon kin ride anywhere on this stage yon darn please, outside or inside or on the hows. You're the Isws now; but,' he added, glaring savagely at the rest of nt, 'I kin lie a anyoixiy else on tins stage. "We didn't exjiostulate. The English man climbed back into the stage as quickly as he got off. Hit wife was sat isfied, for 'Charley's' face wasn't even scratched. At the next station the driver explained that if he'd only have got hold of the little fellow he'd have hugged him to death like a bear; 'but,' he exclaimed, every time just as I was about to lay bands on him ths ground 'd fly up and hit me on the back of the head.' "Who was the little fellow? Oh, a graduate of Cambridge, and the bext boxer of his time at the university." Washington Post Illondera nf tha Taaehara. A friend, himself for many years a teacher, write: "The blunders of teach ers of English literature are sometimes more amazing than any that are tol l of their pupils. I heard the other day of a woman at the west who, when a class was reading Tennyson's 'Day Dream,' explained to them that the happy prin cess, in following her lover 'deep into the dying day, went to America! The laureate would be tickled to know of this. A year or more ago there was a discussion in a leading educational j jur nal as to the persons meant in Longfel low's lines 'To the River Charles,' where be says: "Mora than Ibls-thy name reminds ma Of I Urea friends, all trna and tried, ale. "One writer suggested that they were Professor Cornelius C. Fulton, Nathaniel Hawthorns .! Charles -e An. other thought that Louis Agaasit's name ! should stand in the plsr of Haw. I thornes. and this was finally accepted by all concerned. Neither the editor nor any of his correspondents or readers ap peared to see the absurdity of making the name of the river suggest friends whose names were other than Charles." -Critic. ' Making th Klh Rhada. Those who have tough t la vain for laces to match ths color of silk on lamp shades and other decorative articles may be able to produce the right shade by nsing some of the French tapestry dyes. One shonld experiment on a bit of lace, first to see if the dyes are properly thinned, so as to got the desired shads. Any of the thin laces In silk or cotton take the dyes nicely. Point d'Esprit and German Valenciennes looking very well when treated with the yeliow shsdea. In the Yslencienues several delicate tints may be nsed on the light and the heavy part of ths lace, bringing out the design with excellent effect In preparing lacs for the dye, brush and press it carefully, then stretch It upon a board, Isying sev eral thicknesses of paper underneath. Dip a small bristle brush in ths dys and lay It on freely. When nearly dry, lay the lacs on a padded txatrd and press with a hot iron. New York Post A Yeaag Diplomat Mrs. Brown I'm afraid to let yon bars a bicycle. Little Johnnie Don't feel that way, ma. Even if It did kill me, remember that It wonld be the last thing I ever akd yon for. New York Epoch. NEW L.ON0ON IN WAR. SKI av on Ktiatrglt Value f a Connecticut Cltf In tha llrloix i.f Nrtf York. ofliteis who have studied the ;iui have often and urgently iiress.sn npon their department the importance of developing the station at New London snd milking it efficient One must ad mire lheir energy and faithfulness in continuing to lay before their supert0n, the vital mjKirtaiico of ttrer ,twj , this strategic base in t- m ,,,,,,.", Unied" ' 10 rr' fac" of loD ,.D" iceotiintling of reports. Tlu.t adr anxiety Is not unfounded becomes btain when we consider that Orce Lritain has a powerful station at Hah fax, from which, if so disposed, si. could hurl her thunderbolts of inaritiire war npon this unprotected spot at very short notice, precisely as she coiiI,: strike our South Atlantic coast from tie liilmiaa. Slio may never even wish l do cither thing, but isn't it rather loo' ish to remain unprepared for the Mo v when we have ample resources for es tablishing a guard against it? The amount of trade that pass.-. : through Long Island sound coastwise s hardly conceived of by the majority ol citizens. It amounts to a great mimy! million dollars' worth a year, and a'.l this trade could be paralyzed by a quick stroke from a foreign navy. In l" th' entire munitions of war manufacture.! in the United States amounted to(ll. OOO.OW). Of this t tal. I'.).(kK).ihK) worth was manufactured in Connecticut uloii". A foreign fl'-et in the sound, therefore, would lie able to deprive lis of our main source of munitions without even i.t tempting to attack New York. Cut off a city's supply of air and what would it matter whether that city sur rendered or not? Shut off from New York in war lime nine eleventns of ti material it needed for war and it wool 1 be ns helpless as a city without a:r I breathe. Hut this is not all. Aneie i;iy in the sound could cut at New I.on I . i and again at New Haven, the chief Inn of land communication and railroad tnilisisirtatlon between New Ellgutiei and New York. If of the los which would thus h-cau-ed a small percentage were now t i I, promptly applied to building up New York's outer line of defense, with a strong n ivy yard at New L union as it' base, the whole cot would be defrayed in a few years without inconvenience to an v one. Iu time of action, while our battle ships and cruisers patrolled thu ll.icu or etig ig-d the enemy, with sup port from ih" forts, our monitors, emerg ing from New Iondoii, would lurk safe Iv behind Fisher's i.-lainl. tiretinred ti a-si.it; for there again, ou the north f.ue, nature favors ns with th" sheltered wa ters of Hay harbor and West harbor. In case of injury, vessels could quickly rnn in'o New London, and repair at the navy yard. Thus, while the surroundings and topography are not the same as those ol the entrance to the Mediterranean, we should still have what inicht well lie called "an American Gibraltar," quite as invulnerable as the stronghold at the pillars of Hercnles, and much greater in range. Iioston can be equipped effectually to defend herself; and Newport also, if fortifh-d, Is in a position to ward off au enemy. Cut neither of these, by so de ing, can help to defend New York. New Loudon, on the other hand, if her nat ural advantages are utilized, can rejwl any attack on New York from the east, and thereby relieve the metropolis from dread in that quarter. It is well, it ia indii-nsable, to protect New York from assault by way of the Narrows. Hit what will it avail to bar that small front door if the broad rear entrance through the sound lie left node tended? i. P. Lathrop in Harper's Weekly. A C lianre fur a Fortnne. There survive in this city a few band cork cutters who still contrive to make a sort of living in competition with the cork cutting machines and the peaant of Catalonia. One of thene men hangs out a curious sign in an east side street It is a glass raw containing ths model of a house all of cork. It is poibly ths house that Jack built, for there are bits of cork to simulate bags of grain. The j factory is a shed in the rear of an ordi BSry dw dliiij house. Here, with the I aid of some simple machinery, the cork ' cutter manages to eke out an existence. His chief grievance are the competition of machinery and the problem of dispos ing of the wast. Light as cork is, tons of clippings ac cumulate, and although various uses have been discovered for this refuse, it ! brings little or nothing when sold, and constantly accumulates U th embar rassment of the corkcutter. There is a comfortable little fortune for the man who shall devise aome really profitable use for cork clippings. New York Kun. Raw Thaf (lal Along. A Nantucket woman tells of the an noyance to which the Mitchell household was subjected, after its daughter, Maria Mitchell, became famous, at the hands of two importunate tourists. Its privacy was k persistently and unwarrantably Invaded that its members felt occasion ally that politeness ceased to be a rirtne. One persistent woman, who got herself admitted on a shabby pretext, so wearied a sister of Miss Mitchell, Into whose hands she fell, that when the woman after a series of searching questions wonnd up with, "And what do you do In this dull town after the tourists sre goner the other replied, with a drawl natural V) ber, "Oh, ws cut ol our cou pons." Exchange. St jatariee af Msaafactare, Cigar Manufacturer Yes, sir, it's an actual fact that rigar boxes are not made out of cedar at all; they are made out of paper and colored with cedar extract Friend Well! well! Now won't yon please tell me what cigars are mads of? 0xh1 News. A valuable antiaeptic soap Is mads by adding twelve parts of sulphate of cop per to eighty-tight parts of any good soap. It will raadily heal sores and scratches and is devoid of any irritating action. TO CLOSE B DYERS HEAR IN MIND THAT CA.iT ovKqcoiiTs 'Am suits, FOR lMElT AND BOYS FOR 1. 1CSS MONEY THAN EVER HEARD OF HE FORK Furnishing Goods, Hats, Caps, Trunks, etc. It Who will thow you better iiiuU'b, quality ami fur lens buy 'west ot Chicago. A CHILD CAN BUY AS CHEAP AS JOE SIcis Onl3T One IFricc, OPERA HOUSE CORNER, .ZZ3SXBaXS: Cliaa Tiglic, of Center Precinct, ia in the city to day. Thotc Williams, of Eight Mile Grove was tniiisuctititf business in the city to day. Wanted LikUcm to cnnvim immediate towns Call Vcilnra liiv, Thursday nnd Friday between J, t nnd Z 5 at ll, Fourth etreet "I.nlla Rookh was young-, and the love variety. See lier on her journey from Delhi nt Kockwood ball, Thutaduy und Fliday even ing. Tlioec wlio are expected to par ticipHle in the "Oickeiis pnr.y'' jilirnse of t lie Author's Carnival arc requested to meet nt the home of Miss McClelland thin morning. The ri.ittsniou'.h city echools elionlil be well represented ut the S-.ale Teachers Aseociution to be held nt Lincoln, commencing: December 2U continuing; three day. An opportunity will also be given to take the exrniinniion for eL.io certificate". December 'Z nnd 2!l. Two well dressed and well be haved young men npproaclied the police lnet eveniug, explained that they were without money and asked llic priv ilege ol uleeping in the police court rooms which ,wa granted. They wrre enroute for Union in search of employment for which they started this morning. Pasaad Away. The iittle daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. F. S. IJurton, of whoee ill neas Tns IIkkald made mention yesterday, breathed its last last evening. The interment will take place from the residence at 2 p. m. to-morrow, Kev. Ilurgess officiating. The afflicted pnrenla have the sympathy of the entire community in this and hour of a miction. You can get the beat of hand made Loots and shoes at Joseph i-'etser'e. t' Ilefore you buy any Men's, I Joy a' or t Jilioren scioininpiooaiiirougii J0F;'3 line. He -will save you money. tf Did you see JOFS'S magnificent line of suHpeiuiersr We will give genuine bargains in gold watches snd Jewelry. II. A. MciawAl.X, Jeweler, 413 Main street The largest and best line of Gloves at wonderfully low prices at JUhVS. f For nice Hat or Cnp go to JOIi, the One Trice Clothier. tf JTOE o o SAVE YOU MOITBY will pay you to conic fifty uiili'H to trade JOE no TRorm.K to snow good. F Q FSM' ex WILL KEEP C()NSTANTL OX HANI) ; . A Full snd Complete line of j .... a . S A ' Drugs, Medicines, DRUCG1STS SUNDRIES irwrhtlfni enrvfiillv 1 A Fleaaanl Event. A rery pleasiinl eocinl party wim given hint evening at the luunn of Steve IJuzzi'l in honor of the eigh teen birthday of Mies Anna Critch field.' Games music nnd other (le lightful past times were indulged in nnd the hours were speedily yet pleasantly whiled iiwny. At a aea sonnlde hour delicious refreell ini nts were served, us the IlKUALD force can attest, a nice assortment having been left upon ossr tab!? this morning. The following were present: Messrs R. K. Smith, II. A. Mc F.lwaill, Alvin Todd, F.ddic. Todd, Elmer Kikenberry, George Thomas, E'M T"t, Fred Fitch, John Rennie, Roy McElwnin, John Sirberte, Charles Hint and MisscH Tillie Vernard, Virgie Tutt, May Kiken berry, Ella Kikenberry, Liwio I'nch' Illanche Traver, Minnie Hates, Ilelle Vermilyen, Edith Iluizel, Jennie McElwain, Mamie Sullivan, IJonnie Smith, Sue Rounds, May Rounds, Mary Wrik elser, Mable Young, Oilve IJoyd, Maud Hague, Clara Wilson, I'ris eilla Wilson, Jennie Critchfied, of Weeping Water, Mr. and Mrs. Uird Critchfield. Laat Days of Pompall. John Palmer's realiration of Hub wer'a famous story, "Last Days of Pompeii," was produced lust night with Mr. I'lilmer in the role of Arbaces. The cast is a large and well chosen one. The piny itself iu plot and feature ia interesting. The point aimed nt Is to produce in the dialogue and scenic effects the gorgeous descriptions that have delighted all the readers of the story. It has been successfully accomplished. Mr. Palmer's Arba ces was a study, his power of facial expression is of wide range and ouick adaptability. Gertrude Dor ritty as Nydia, the blind girl, showed careful study and much ability. The scenery, costumes., music nnd general ensemble were rich and pleasing. Toledo (O.) Commercial. Will appear at the Waternun opera house Monday evening, December 14. at Jobbers Prices with nnmcy tlmn yon can A MAN PLATTSMOUTH. Paints, ana um AND PURE LIQUORS CoiiiDouniled at all Hour Pa A Itt letiris Expenenceln a LlgCt house. Mr. midMra. Iiren Treseott are heclii-rs oi llie Vfiiv. i.igiiiiiuiise hi i f I I. I. xt-.i I 1. If raii.i ix-HLii i'liiii, uii'i tuu iicrneii wnii (i nil lit? nut. ii r vr r., jiinu. April sue laseii onwii wnn .'leneies.i lollowed wmii urcuiiiui i ougii anil i it v.. u.l Iit n IfVi'f lliiflnri oil home und ut Detroit treated, but irs vain, she grew worne rapidly, until" she was a mere" handful of bones".! --Then she tried I)r, King's New! Discovery anil Hfter the use of two .,,. i...,.' !.:;! iiivi H iiiiii mill" n. " un cured. They say Dr. King.a New Discovery is worth its weight in gold, yet you mil y get ll trial, bottle free ut F. G. l-'rii key Drugstore. Are you made miserable by indi gestion, constipation, ili.iiness, losa of appetite, yellow skinf Mil- loli a it.ilieris n positive cure. For sale by F. G. Fricke & Co. Many old soldiers, who contracted chronic diarrhoea while in the service, have since been permanent ly cured of it by Chnimhc rluin'a Colic, Cholera and diarrhoea Rem edy. For sale by F. G. Fricke ic Co. Smils.!. fa.iirr1i v.tio..lt n ...ul . Hire cure Catarrh. Diphtheria snd Canker mouth. For sulc by F. O. Fricke A Co. Strength end Health. If your are not feeling strou, and healthy.try hdectric Hitter, j, "La Grippe" has left yon weak anf' weary, use F.lectric Hitters. Thii remedy acts directly on I.ivsA j Stomach and Kind vs' cestl v lidini 1 thoae organs to preform their fuml V tiona. If you are afllicted ritl sick iienuucne. you win nnd speedy snd permanent relief by taking FJectric Hetter. One trial will con vince you that this is the remedy you need. Large bottles only COc. For sale by F. G. Fricke A Co. For a nice X-tna. present go to JOE. the popular clothier, and look at his line line of Muflllrre anl Hats. I f tf Shorthand and typewriting col. lege over Msyer's clothing etore. Day and nipht aesMions. Sitimtioiu guaranteed to allcotnnetei.i ai.i. run. a . ' i iV