TIMOTHY CLARK.
DEALER IN
COAL "WOOD
oTKKMS CASIIo
Trda and Oftlce 404 South Third Street.
Telephone It.
PLATTSMOUTII,
Nebraska.
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R. A. SALISBURY
: DENTIST :-
GOLI AMI PORCELAIN CROWNS.
Br. Kielnways ana-sthetlc for the painlees ex
traction f teeth.
Fine Gold Work a Specialty,
ockwoo.l Hloek I'lattsjiiuuth.N'eb
AWSON & PEARCE
HAVE RECEIVED
Tlieir K;i'l s'titws f;iii-v tIMm-I'i. t'p '' I'IH'
; iso ,i l.r I:imM cone Miape liatn
in straw it fe 'I li'-y h vea full
line i Ialv li-! aii'l In or
ier t. i lnse M stork ut hve re
duced ih-ii Mr w -nil r h:l to 1(1 and to
7ft c 1st rimmed.
MISS SKYLES, TRIMMER.
J . mrjNT jNT
.Always lias on band a full stock of
FLOUR AM) FEED,
Corn. Hran. SliortH Oats ami Haled
Jlay for Hale as low as the lowest
and delivered to any part of the
city.
CORNER SIXTH AND VINE
Plattsmouth, - - Nebraska.
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ULIUS PKl'I'lvKUKKG.
M A N I HAf'TC It K OK A T
UIWLEE1LB 11W RETAIL
UKALFK IN TH K
CHOICEST BRANDS OF CIGARS
Fl'l L. LINK OF
TOBACCO AND SMOKE.-.'s ARTICLES
always in stock
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Plattsmouth, - - Nebrassa
Shorthand
AND TYPEWRITING COI.LEGE
Plattsmouth, Nebraska.
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There are thousands of yourar ladies, pewinjj
irirls. m h- ol leathers ole"ks. t tc who reeking
oilt rn exisfet ce on a sal-iy barely sufla-ii nt
to supply their very ) y w n:s.
I'.v roinph mi: a course in short hand an 1
by tliiisliig tli y cant mii f : in ?4o to $150 per
Bioutli .
H'ua ions irir ri-lite-1 to eompeteiit si udeiits
ImJiiliMi.il iiiHtria-tioii. in w type tilers.
DAY AND EVENING SESSIONS
ICooms over Mayer? More.
TVTEA7 M LV KEfJ
' SIXTH STREET "
F. II. ELLHNHAUM, Prop.
The best of fresh meat always found
in this market. Also fresh
Eggs and Hutter.
Wild panic of all kinds kept in their
season.
"IP SIXTH STREET
Meat 1 1 : :
ZDIEZLSTTISTIRY
GOLD AND PORCKLAIN CKOWNS
Bridge work and fine gold work a
SPECIALTY.
OK.STKINAC8 LOCAL as well as other an
estheticsgiven lor the painless extraction of
teeth.
C. A. MARSHALL, - Fitzgerald P'ocv-
Lumber Yard
THE OLD RELIABLE.
II. A. IATEM0 S SOS
P1HF LUMBER !
Shingles, Lath, Sasb,
Doors, Blinds
Can supply everw demand of the city.
Call and get terms. Fourth street
in rear of opera house.
THE METHODS OF GEORGE.
How th Country Himplotnn Amol tha
VllUtf. and Spoiic1" Orlnk.
Every country place has its queer
character. uually several of tlieui. and
he amusement of tiie natives is large
ly confined to the eccentric sayings
and actions of those: same natural jest
ers. The humor ij all the more droll
because it is absolutely free from any
attempt at drollery.
Luckily il is for rural inhabitants
that nature provides this form of enter
tainment, as otherwise they would run
a very good chance of stagnating iu
t!:i serious pool of life and uever get
ting l ho benefit of a smile to soften
their faces.
And so George Stowe in his humble
way was quite a benelirent gleam f
light in the sombre life of a little Ver
mont hamlet. George was of uncer
tain age ami of uncertain mental ca
pacity. He seeuieil simple, but iu
reality he was cmlowed with a full
share of shrewd Yankee cunniug. He
eked out a precarious livelihood by
driving a hack to the railway station
aul trailing on his deafness.
Noboilv really knew whether George
was deaf or not. When a man dun
ned him he was as deaf as a post, and
at other times when tie tried he eoul I
hear a whispered conversation carried
on in the back of his coacn. It was al
ways unwise to put any confidence iu
George's infirmity.
George also drank stale and bewild
ering draughts of beer such as is al
ways served iu Vermont whenever he
could inveigle any one to buying it for
him. The wicked railroad restaurant
was about the only oiace iu town
where it could be hail, and there
George waited and plauued traps for
Die unwary.
Wiiat'll you have. George?" asked
stranirer whom he had just brought
down from the village, "a glass of
beer or a piece of pie?"
Yes. sir. thank vnu." reolied
George, affecting to misunderstand the
1'iesiioii. ril drink toe beer and take
tilt; pie right in my hand."
Another favorite coup of George's
was whenever any one said '"Good day"
to It i in to promptly reply:
Yes. thank you; dou't care if I do."
ami steer straight away for the bar.
Anl George worked this bit of di
plomacy so often and nn successfully
that i e was in danirer of becoming a
scandal in the Puritanical community
throng his teudencv toward a coli
cs ditiou of inebriation. Oueday while rid
ing down to the station with a deacon
of the church George was seized with
a fit of repentance.
Deacon." said he. "I would like to
brace up and do better stop drinking
and show all the folks th-u 1 am a rooi
deal more of a man than they thought.
1 can do it if I iry. I know, only, you
see. I have said I was going to stop
so many limes and didn't do it that
they wou't none of them believe me
now."
I am very glad to hear it; but how
cau you convince them?"
"I've got an idea. Now wheu we
gel down to the station you ask me to
nave a drink, and then I'll have a
chance to refuse right before them all
and show them tnat I mean business
this time."
All right. George; we'll do it. and
1 hope you'll slick to your good inten
tions." They rcac'ied the depot and went in
to the eating room. A large crowd
was there wa'niuir for the train. The
deacon iu his brisk and hearty way
spoke up so that all could hear.
Come, George, have a drink?" he
sail.
4 Yes. thank 3'ou, don't care if I do."
replied Gorge, ami he promptly walk
ed up to the bar.
He had the drink and the deacon
paid for it. but the deacou lost a great
deal of faith in mankind therebv. That
night he made George the subject of
prayer at the Tuesday evening meet
ing. Ar. I'. Herald.
HAD BEEN TO EUROPE.
An An(fl - Anirricitn, Who nd Reen
Abriui'l but Couldn't Tell What Ha
Had Smd.
A light-haired young man with an
incipient mustache, red necktie, tight
fitting kid gloves, carrying a big cane
amidsnips. and his arms akimbo walked
into a Randolph street barber-shop last
evening. lie was evidently well
known in the shop, for he was greeted
bv name and spoke familiarly to
several of the barbers.
So tired, you know." he said, as he
dropped lauguidiy into a chair, with
out removing his gloves. '"Just got
back from Europe, and am really
worn out with sight-seeing." The tone
was one of iuvilation to open a con
versation. -I suppose you took in everything
on your trip,'' one of the barbers, who
left it iucumbeut to reply, finally vent
ured. Ya-as; saw all there was to be seen.
Of course it's awfully nice, you know:
but one gets tired of seeing so much."
Were vnu in Strasburg, Mr. ?"
inquired the artist of the next chair.
Naw, didn't get there, was in a
hurry, you know," drawled the Euro
pean traveler.
You were in Metz. weren't 3ou?"
Naw; really I couldn't stop."
"Oh. you missed it by not going."
and the barber rattled on about the
big clock, the Napoleonic monument,
the battle scene and other points of in
terest to be seen in that section. He
mentioned a dozen other places in
France and Germany.
Yaas. I was in Berlin." the shaved
customer interrupted at mention of
that place. The barber pronounced
it with the accent on the last syllable;
the customer called it Berleen.' A
series of quest ious about that great
city developed that Mr. knew
nothing of its points of interest.
I was in Lunnon. too." interrupted
the si'httseeiug customer. "Great
town. Lunnon. you know."
Another series of interrogations
about Lunnoii" resulted in as little
information iu return. Hy this time
every other customer in the shop was
smiling, pleased at the situation.
Something of the state of affairs must
have dawned upon the traveler, for he
said with a weak attempt at satire:
"You must have traveled a eood
aeat. too. mroers can get a cnance
to see everything, you know. Don't
have to hurry. Work as they go
along."
Yc, I expect to go again next
ye.ir." replied the second-chair artist,
unconscious of the intended thrust. "I
propose to lake my time, work enough
to pay incidental expenses, and put
in my extra lime in seeing the coun
tries." "
"Think I'll not go home to-night,"
the traveler said, desiring to change
the subject and not having wit enough
to do so in any other way. "Must go
out on Ashland avenue. Got regular
evenings, you know. He, he. he."
And with a knowing look the fellow
paid his check, tipped the barber who
shaved him and the attendant who
handed him his hat, grasped his big
cane by its middle and left.
"What asses my fellow-counlrymeu
can be," said a cynical customer as he
stepped from his chair.
'He's not an American." said au old
gentleman at the end of the line, with
some asperity.- "He's an Anglo
nianiac. Just like hundreds of others
who visit the cintiuent thev never
see a Ihinir. Hut then "they've been
to Europe!' I'ah.they make me tired!"
It was a little incident, but t here is a
whole ciiapier in m uiv iiille incidents.
CkiC'HjH Jiniru il.
MANAGER HILL'S MUSCLE
Whan He Drink It I Liknlr to Get Him
Into Trouble.
The accident by which J. M. Hill
broke his leg will probably have the
effect of quelling the muscular ardor
of Air. Hill for some time to come, says
the N. Y. World. Hois rather a short
man and nothing about him indicates
unusual strength. His muscles are
well developed, however, and he has
extraordinary ideas of his own phj'si
cal power. Whenever he drinks he
immediately begins to , exhibit his
strength. He nearly choked a man
to death in Cincinnati some time ago.
attempted to break another man's arm
in an up-town oyster saloon and was
vigorously thrashed for his efforts.
Then he got into a row with a mau
named Foster at the Imperial Hotel,
which resulted in Foster being whipped
by another mau, and so on through a
series of pugilistic adventures. Final
ly he struck a snag of large, robust
and overwhelming proportions. This
snag was the person of Muldoon. the
wrestler. Mr. Hill was walking along
Twenty-sixth street one night sur
reptitiously and proudly feeling of his
biceps, when he discovered Muldoon
leaning nonchalantly against a railing.
The manager and Muldoon were great
friends and hence Mr. Hill thought it
would be au admirable scheme to ex
hibit his muscle. He stepped forward
and suddenly twining his hands in a
handkerchief which was loosely knot
ted, arouud Muldoon's ueck. began to
squeeze violently. Muldoon started
back and if he had not stooped down
the two men would have gone over the
railing together. The big athlete was
red in the face and he gasped a re
monstrance to Hill. Hill kept on
squeezing and Muldoon told him again
to let. go, as he was choking him. Mr.
Hill did not let go at that precise mo
ment, but he did a very short pe
riod succeeding it. He released his
hold exactly on time, as Mr. Muldoon
swung his mighty right arm back and
"landed" it on Mr. Hill's short ribs.
There was a howl, and a moment later
the spectacle of J. M. Hill living back
through the air was preseuted to the
sightseers. When he got up and pull
ed himself together, he gasped:
"Billy, I was only iu fun. 'That
wasn't a fair deal."
I know all about your fun," said
Muldoon. shortly. "You're one of
these men going about doing these
sort of things, and when an accident
happens you affect to be very much
surprised."
"I've been drinking a little," said
Hill.
"Yes, I know you have," said Mul
doon, shortly, "but you understood
what you were about. But I'll tell
you. if ever you lay a finger on me
again, in jest or in earnest, I'll maim
you for life."
The following day Hill sent a note
of apology to Muldoon. and it was sent
back with the curt message that it was
accepted, but that after this, when he
was practicing his muscular feats he
was to let Mr. Muldoon alone. Prob
ably he will.
In Sweden rye flour costs exactly
twice as much now as it did three
years ago. and 12.472 more paupers
were supported bv the public there in
1889 than in 1887."
Bitten for a Bride.
On the lower Amazon dwell the can
nibal Butocudos, who distort their
features with the biggest ornaments
of a certain kind known. In baby
hood both men and women have their
lower lips and the lobes of their ears
pierced with holes in which they thrust
pieces of wood. As they grow older
these wooden adornments are made
bigger and bigger until an adult ordi
narily has ear-lobes that bang down to
his shoulders and a lip that projects
six inches or more beyond the nose.
One must suffer to be beautiful, as
the French say, and such is the in
exorable fashion among those an
thropohagi! In that country a young
man who desires to take a wife must
first submit himself to a frightful or
deal. He draws over each arm up to
the shoulder a loose armlet woven of
palm leaves.
Then under supervision by his elders
he pluuge3 both arms as for as he can
into a nest of fierce devouring auts.
The insects at once attack the intruder
of course, and according to the terms
of the trial he must stand without
moving for an hour, submitting with
an absolute stoicism to the bites of the
enraged creatures. If he endures the
test hf is entitled to - the bride, other
wise he must wait a year, and then un
dergo it again.
There are still tribes descended from
the ancient Incas which bandage the
beads of their children so that they as
sume a conical form. Funnily enough
the brain does not seem to suffer any
injury from this treatment. N. 1".
Journal.
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Ttje Oqe Price Clo'liiei
WANTS
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WATCH FOE
WIT AND HUMOR.
Love is like politics; there is a big
difference between a nomination and
an election. N. Y. Herald.
Two of the hardest things to keep in
this life are a new diary and a sharp
lead-pencil. Norristown Herald.
The oyster coming into the church
generally has a good deal to do in
keeping the Lord out. Barn's Horn.
When the devil wants a man he
doesn't care how near he sits to the
pulpit when he goes to church. Barn's
Horn.
"What would you do if you were in
my shoes. Jephson?" asked Hobbs.
"Black 'em," replied Jephson. Soincr
vtlle Journal.
Why is it said that the doctor pays
visits, when every one knows that it is
the visits which pay the doctor? Balti
more American.
Wife "You must think all women
are alike." Husband "O, no, I don't.
Fd been a bachelor if they were."
Detroit free fress.
We have noticed that the smaller
the town the more its papers have to
say about a man's religion when he
dies. Atchison Globe.
"Our baby is awfully nice." remark
ed Mabel. "It pulled my hair yester
day, and then- cried because I did."
Harper's Young People.
Mr. Rowndes "I don't suppose you
clergvmen regard marriage as a fail
ure?"" Dr. Pownde3 ''Not at all,
more like a raise of salary." f uck.
Teacher "For what was George
Washington noted?" Dick Hicks
"He told the truth when questioned
about his family tree." Brooklyn Life.
"Strangest girl I ever met." mutter
ed Chappie, almost to himself. "Why?"
asked Cholly. "Accepted me," re
plied Chappie, absently. N. Y. Herald.
'Do you think those shoes are worth
mending?" "Veil, yes, if I sole and
heel tem and put new uppers on tern.
The strings are still goot." Leather
Dealer.
Friend "If you have so much
trouble with your wife's relations, why
do you live with them?" Hatework
"Because my relations won't have us."
N. Y. Weekly.
It is true that women are not al
lowed on board of ships of war, but
that is no reason why a bustle in the
navy-yards should cause alarm. In
dianapolis Journal.
"You said Sokker was quite active
in your campaign?" "Yes," replied
the defeated candidate. "In what
capacity?' "About a gallon a day."
Washington Star.
"Where did you find the lawyer after
the defcudant had struck him?" "He
was lying in the ditch, your Honor."
"How strong is habit!" murmured the
court. Baltimore American.
Cora Bellows "I believe you would
be true to a wife." JakeJimpson (de
lightedly) "Oh. do you tit i uk so?"
Cora (yawning) "Yes. You would
never leave her." JV. Y. Herald.
Mrs. Gotham "The paper says that
chewing winterereea will iteeD DeooJa
z fin nn t n m c c o a m
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CHANGE OF AD
awaKe in cnurcn." ir. iioniam - it
might be but, at the theater, I have
found cioves very efficacious." Good
News.
Young Mangier (to the fair but total
stranger) "I believe 1 have the
pleasant memory of having met you
once." Fair Stranger "Then I "ad
vise you to make the most of it."
Boston Courier.
He Couldn't Understand Editor:
"Well, sir. did you interview that
woman as I directed? ' Reporter: "I
saw her. but she refused to talk."
Editor (startled): "Was she dead?"
Detroit Free I'rcss.
Mrs. Morris: "So vou have lost
your new girl." Mrs. Benedict: "Yes;
when she broke Ciarlie's pet coffee
cup and gave him a new one with
'Love the Giver' on it, I thought it was
time to let her go." Puck.
Maud (earnestly): "I want to ask
you a question, George." George (also
What It Costs Rich People to Live.
Mr. Ward McAllister's latest con
tribution to current literature under
takes to tell what it costs to live in up
per tendon). His figures are rat'ier
startling. He tells us, for example,
that he knows of at least four men in
this country who spend annually $4'M).
000 a year. This includes their char
ities and the interest on the capital in
vested in their town and country
houses. Then there are about thirty
men who spend from $100.0;JO to $lo0 -000
a year, though Mr. McAllister tells
us these men are really no hapoir
than the man who lives on $3.3 000.
which McAllister thinks about the
right figure to enable a man to main
tain his establishment in style and dis
pense hospitality. As for the average
fashionable woman, we are told she
spends from $1,000 to $6,000 a year on
her toilet and generally manages to
look handsome.
He Beat His Father.
He was a young man. He had
studied law in his father's offiee. and
his father finally retired and gave
the business to him, says the Lewiston
Journal. One day, less than a week
after the old gentleman hail retired,
the young man came home and proud
ly said:
"Father, you know that old Gilpin
estate that you have been trying for
years and years to settle?''
"Yes," answered the father, with a
suggestion of a smile.
"Well, it didn't take me two days to
settle it after I got at it."
"What," shouted the old lawyer,
you have settled the Gilpin estate?"
"Yes; and it was just as easy as roll
ing off a log."
"Well, you iufernal idiot, you! Why,
that estate has paid the living ex
penses of our family for four genera
tions, and might have paid them
for four more, if I hadn't left the busi
ness to a niuny."
A New York woman of 45 years
of age has been married to her fifteenth
husband. All of her husbands but the
last are dead.
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WEEK. I
District Court.
Victoria Make vs. Chas. Make.
Defendant has leave to tile answer
instanter.
Ii. A. Gibson vs. W. M. "Jameson
et al; judg-ment for jdaintiff jn the
until -f Ci fr.rj .:ii, i : 1
nu'si. i-ecrec lor lore nsurp i
dered. '
IOI1I1 (l. I.'IVPH Vfl IV I' i . -
al; have leave to file answer with.'
ten days.
jrrentice, Jirownstone and Co., vs
O. J. King- and county commis
sioners, injunction vacated and eef.
aside and plaintifl dismissed for
want of equity. 6
Prentice, Urownstone & Co., vs
Erath & Thyn et al; lias leave to an
swer within thirty days.
As we cfo to press the case of
Dudley, Steele & Co., vs. Rasmus
Peterson is being- aigued. t
Dr. John Black was in the metrop
olis to-day.
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worth, Kansas City, SL Louis,
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south or wesL Tick-
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