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TIMOTHY CLAKK.
DEALER IN
COAL "WOOD
oTKKMS CASIIo
Trd and Office 404 Bouth Third Street.
Telephone II.
FCATTSMOUTH,
Nebraska.
R. A. SALISBURY
: D-K-N-T-I-S-T :-
GOLI AND I'OKCELAIX CKOWN3.
JDr. Hieluwaysaiisi'slhetle for the jal!ilei8 ex
tract in' f teeth.
Fine Gold Work a Specialty.
Bockwo..l Klock riattsnioiitli.Neb.
jCAWSON & PKARCE
HAVE RECEIVED
heir Kii'l s'r:ws :ui'-v ribb' I1", t p 'I"'"1
s isii ,i In! t t i f.ir-1 in riift -ih- hat
In straw :i it f.- ' Tlnvh veafuM
m- i liabv h- ! ami I" t-!-r
I -!i ! stock i.ut li'vn re
diUM-tl thi-li fir w -ail r h it- to 40 and to
T. eo Is iiiiiuml.
M I SS S K Y L KS, T R I M M K K.
I.
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Always has on band a full stock of
J'LOIJR AND FKKD.
Corn. Hran, Shorts Oats and Haled
Hay for sale as low as the lowest
and delivered to any part of the
cit3 .
CORNER SIXTH AND VINE
Plattsinonth, - - Nebraska.
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ULIUS IMCPIMSRHKRG.
MA vrFACTL'HK OK ANI
UIHULESALE AND RET ML
BKALF.lt IN TlIK
CHOICEST HRAXDS OF CIGARS
rOI.L LINK OF
TOBACCO AND SMOKEa's ARTICLES
always in stock
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Plattsniouth, . - - Nebrassa
Shorthand
AND TYPEWRITING COLLKGE-
Plattsmouth, Nebraska.
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There are thousands of young ladies, newinp;
girls, srh' ol leathers clti ks. Mc who re rkinK
oiit rn existence on a salary barely sufficient
to supply their very day w.nts.
Kv oomph ting a course in short, hand and
by finishing th y can tarn from $40 to $150 per
month.
M'tiaMons pu-'ttinteMl to competent students
Indidivual instiuctioii, new tvreiitere.
DAY AND EVENING SESSIONS
Koonis over Mayers Store.
7 MAPKET
SIXTH STREET
F. II. ELLEN BA UM, Prop
The best of fresh meat always found
in this market. Also fresh
Ecrirs and Butter.
Wild ame of all kinds kept iu their
season.
SIXTH STREET
: OI.I AND PORCELAIN CKOWNS -Btidge
work and tine gold work a
SPECIALTY.
OR. STEIN ACS LOCAL as well as other an
estheticsiveo tor the painless extraction of
teeth.
C. A- MARSHALL, - Fitzgerald P'oc
Lumber Yard
THE OLD RELIABLE.
II. a. watbbhah & m
PIMP L
Shingles, Lath, Sasb,
Doors, Blinds
Can supply evem demand of the city.
Call and get terms. Fourth street
in rear of opera house-
UMBER
Tbe Bobolink' Mia take.
As Nora wan donnlnjr her very beat irown.
A llttlo bird flew from the maple-tree down;
lie perched on the window-bill, tipped her a
wink.
And merrily chirped: liob-o-llnk! Bobo
link I"
Pour Nora was covered with pretty confusion:
Hie blushed rosy red at th tender allusion.
"Sure. It's lazing- ye are wld yer IJob O'Liuk
eonir.
But smart as ye may be, ye've got bis name
wroiiff.
'TIs thruo Ms name's Bob, but how could ye
think
I could love e'er a man wld a name llkeO
Link? It's a moiKhty folno bronkfast I'll give ye the
day.
If ye'U slnir to mo now. 'Bob O'Sheal Bob
OSIiea!'
"Here ro crumbs of a cako that's jest warm
from the pan;
If ye'll warble Ids name ye may cat all ye
can."
But i he llttlo blid stared with a wonderful
1. Ink,
And merely replied: "Bub-o-llnk! Itob-o-link!"
Charles XV. I.lnjiell.
PHILIPS DOUBLE,
i.
While going down Nassau street the
other dav 1 e.i'iie across mv olil school
friend. I'niiiji Bia hill. I should hard
ly have known him wen; it not for the
fact I hat he greeted me. He had
changed considerably during the three
or mure years in which we bad last
met. A neatly-trimmed brown heard
gave him a much more manly appear
ance than the smooth-shaven counten
ance I used to know; hut his beautiful
rotundity ot face and figure were miss
ing. The face was pale and thin, cov
eted to some extent by the heard, and
the eyes dull and sad. I noticed all
this with some feelings of apprehension
as we heartily shook hands.
I've changed much, haven't 1?" lie
said, divining my thoughts.
"Somewhat." replied I.
Then he went on to tell me that he
had been busy studying law, and was
now a mem Iter of the bar. He was
never very strong, though apparently
healthy, and the sedentary life that his
profession necessarily entailed had told
on him.
I have been ill," he said, "but my
long stay in the country has done me
considerable good. 1 have been feel
ing lirst rate, physically, of late; but
there's something mysterious about
which I cannot help worryiug. and that
is bad for me."
And what may this mysterious
thin"; be. Philip?" said I. "if "you will
excuse my iiujuisiti veness."
I don't know if it would be well to
tell I lie story to a man who writes for
tne newspapers." P.ilip said, forcing
a smile. You might make me the
hmiiliin stock of the town."
Being assured, however, that he
would not be subjected to any ridicule
lie told me, with an air of profound
seriousness, a very strange tale.
He lived, lie said, in the quiet boarding-house
of Mrs. Blenckston, iu West
Thirt j- - fourth street, not far from
Madison avenue. IIo moved there on
his return from the country a little
over two weeks ago. Almost every
evening, especially after he had re
tired for the night, there appeared in
the room sin apparition. It was the
very inmge of himself his double, so
to speak. It had. the strange habit of
doing the very things he had doDe be
fore going to bed. It wore the same
clothing, smoked the same cigar ami
read the same book that he did. Philip
was at lirst frightened nearly to death,
but one evening he summoned enough
courage to approach this mysterious,
uncanny alter ego. On coming near
it. however, it elongated itself, and as
sumed very grotesq ie attitudes, and
presently vanished altogether. Though
apparently imbued with life and mo
tion, it was not constituted as his
moral self was. It possessed no sub
stance. It was as light as the air, and
Philip thought he could see through
its body. Often he would wake up
and tind it smoking a cigar. Tne
room was filled with smoke and yet
there was not the slightest odor of to
bacco perceptible. It was brilliantly
illuminated by the burning gas jet. but
Philip distinctly remembered that the
room was dark when he retired.
Tiiis was, in a few words, the re
markable story that my friend told me.
I thought of Lord Lvtton's 'Haunt
ed House"' and his mysterious Zan
oni" and of those weird tales about the
magicians of India they had no charm
for me now. Here was a case ia the
center of the metropolis, where spooks
are uever dreamed of. that bid fair to
rival them in mystery. I could not
doubt the trutii of my friend's story. It
was told with too much earnestness to
be received with derision.
This is certainly a strange thing,"
I said. "Still it may be but the prank
of some mischievous person. Have
you made any investigation at all?"
"Whatever it may be." Philip re
plied. "I do not know. Every one who
has boarded iu that room has had the
same experience. Mrs. Blenckston
told nie this last night when I said I
could remain there no longer. Though
not a very sensitive woman by any
means, she has herself been worried to
death about it. Ever since the death
of her husband. Dr. Blenckston, about
two years ago. this thiug had been tro
ing on. And only in that ideutical
room."
We had by this time arrived in front
of the building, where Philip had lo
cated his law ofilce.
Come up to-night and convince
yourself about what I have told you."
said he earnestly.
I was onlv too glad to do so. Yes,
I would bring my friend Dr. Army
with me, and be at his room at 8
o' clock. The agreement was satis
factory, and we shook hands and
parted.
II.
Mysteries have more or less fascina
tion for all men. They were Dr. Ar
my's special delight, and in the course
of'his professional duties as a physi
cian he found ample opportunity for
his active brain over mysteries that
baffled medical science. As I expect
ed, he was only too glad to go with
me to Philip's house and investigate
his strange case.
We distinguished nothing unusual
about the house where Philip lived. It
was a three-story and basement brown
stona stoop house, and one of a row of
houses of th same stvle.
t-nitip a room was on tne third noor.
facing the street.
"I'm so glad yon have come," said
he when we stepped into his room.
"It's always dreadful for nie to re
main alone here for any leugth of
time."
"So this is the room." said Dr.
Army, glancing around and scrutiniz
ing everything very closely.
It was a tine room. airy and spacious,
Philip's bed stood near the door, his
writing-table, and several shelves of
books occupied a niche in the wall
near the w indow. Two statuettes, rep
resenting Faust and Marguerite, one
at each side of the bronze clock, orna
mented the marble mantel. In fact,
it was a delightful bachelor's apart
ment, with it large, homely rocker,
easy chairs, books, pictures and other
evidences of a relined taste.
Philip passed around the cigars. and.
for the beiielii of lite doctor, he repeat
ed the story he had told to me.
"Ami when does this double of
yours usually appear?" inquired Dr.
Armv.
Usually a little after the gas has
been cxi inguished." replied Puilip.
We sal and chatte l for an hour or
so. and tiiea, in accord .nice willi I he
doctor's suggestion. tiie room was
darkened, and we awaited development-.
I lliink we sat on the edge of the
bed. in darkness and silence that was
becoming painful, for at least half an
hour. Presently we all started slighi.
I Faint traces of forms were mak
ing their appearance. Giaduiliy they
began to assume distinct shapes. Sud
denly, by some unseen hand, the gas
was turned on, and the room was liood
ed with light. We held our breath as
we saw before us, sitting in the chairs
we occupied a few moments before, the
image of ourselves. Dr. Army, who
sat beside me, moved uneasily as he
saw the strange picture. Our doubles
were smoking. Their lips moved, but
no sound escaped them.
Dr. Army arose and with steady step
approached his mysterious second self.
But as he approached the figures became
distorted. Tney assumed all sorts of
grotesque attitudes and presently van
ished, leaving the room again in dark
ness. The doctor immediately struck a
match and lighted the gas.
Well, this puzzles me, indeed." he
said iu a low tone. "There, that gas
burner is so cold, and yet a bright
light was burning there hardly a min
ute ago."
Dr. Army sat down again on the
edge of the bed and began twirling his
thick, black mustache vigorously. His
eyes were fixed on the floor, and he
was apparently in deep thought.
HI.
Suddenly the doctor began snuffing
the air eagerly.
"What's that peculiar smell in here,
Mr. Blayhill?" cried he. "I've no
ticed it all the evening, bnt more so
now than ever."
Philip thought nothing about it. as
it was always present more or less, he
said. Dr. Army moved over to the
fireplace, got down on his hands and
knees and began examining the woru
glazed brickwork very thoroughly.
Presently he drew back suddenly.
"There's a small open ll tie here that
probably runs down to the cellar," said
lie. in a rather excited tone of voice.
"This is where tun smell comes from.
Let's go down and examine the place."
Philip and I were surpr sed.
"Come, hurry." cried the doctor
impatiently, 've may discover some
thing." Philip immediately went to Mrs.
Blenckston. the landlady, a tall, stout
woman, with a pleasing countenance,
and got the kej's to admit us to the
cellar. Her curiosity led her to follow
us, and she stood at the head of the
stairs and watched us.
We noticed the peculiar, pungent
odor more now tiian ever.
Dr. Army held up the candle and
pointed out a wooden inclosure, the
door of which was locked.
"Here's the place," said he. "We
must examine it."
Mrs. Blenckston said it was nothing
else but a storage-room for her hus
band's chemicals.
The doctor, however, insisted that it
be examined, and Mrs. Blenckston, aft
er a long hunt found tne key.
Wneu the lock had yielded and the
door was pushed open there was such
an outunrd rush of foul-smelling gas
that we all eovrred our nostrils. '
The doctor stepped inside presently.
1 could not help admiring him for his
pluck. He never iliuched through the
whole ail'air.
Puilip and I followed after, being
sure that everything was all right.
The inclosure was fitted up iu the
nature of a cupboard. There were
numerous vials and bottles on the
shelves. Many of them had fallen on
the lloor. ami their contents were
spilled. There was a niche in the
wall uear where the heap of broken
bottles la3. and here Dr. Army dis
covered the flue that ran up to Philip's
room.
Gentlemen." he cried, after exam
ining everything, "the mystery can
now be explained."
Mrs. Bieuckston, hearing this, came
down a few steps further.
What we have seen to-night," said
the doctor, "was produced by the gas
arising from this chemicallv impreg
nated earth. Look sharply and you
will notice the thin, greyish vapor
slowly moving upward. Part of it
liuds its way no this flue to Mr. Blay- I
hill's room, and coming in contact i
with ti.e air brings to view the impres- !
sions left on the atmosphere. I have j
;:iunvs been of the opinion that things
inning in contact with the air leave
i.-ir i-ii 'M'-i'iiis on it. and in this
i. ;.r i sii singularly formed acted
as a developer and caused the im
pressions to assume their original
form."
"Dear me," cried Mrs. Blenckston,
"and all this has been the cause of so
much worry and trouble?"
"I presume." the doctor continued,
"that these bottles were thrown from
their shelves by rats, and in falling in
a heap on the floor a mixture of their
contents was made which produced
this peculiar flas-
It was a long time before Philip
could accept the doctor's theory, but
since that inclosure was cleaned of its
chemicals his room had ceased to be a
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fill
WATCH FOU
piaee wnere tne aouoies or us occu
pants were wont to congregate.
Dr. Army took with him that night
a box tilled with earth from that in
closure iu order to put it through a
chemical analysis, and when I last met
him he said he would soon be iu a po
sitiou to tell the exact component parts
of the strange mixture. Philip thinks
it will be a great thing to know. N.
Y. Herald.
Feelinj? His Way.
To the :n -rage beholder he would
readily have been taken for a man-of-all
work, doing odd jobs from door to
door, thrifty and respectable, says the
Detroit Free Press, and that's what a
Hastings street woman thought he was
as he popped in at the back gate and
approached her with conlidence.
' Good morning, ma'am," he said
quietly. "Have you any wood to saw
to-day?"
"No," she replied, not unkindly;
"it was all sawed jesterday and put
away."
"Any coal you want taken in the
cellar?"
"No; but we may have some to
morrow." "You have no grass to cut, I sup
pose?"' he ventured uext.
'Oh. no." she said; "it's too late for
that now."
"Are there any ashes or garbage
you want carried out?"
"No; we have that done by con
tract." "And there's nothing at all about
the place you want done?''
"Nothing to-day," she said sympa
thetically. "No work of any kind?"
"Not a lick."
"Thank heaven for that, ma'am!" he
ejaculated fervently. "Give tne some
cold meat and bread and a piece of
pie. I'm nearly hungry enough to
have worked for it."
The tramp's diplomacy and tact won
the battle and he got the grub.
In the Wrong Direction.
At a Sunday-school service a clergy
man was explaining to a number of
smart little urchins the necessity of
christian profession in order properly
to enjoy the blessings of Providence
in this "world, says Lippincolt's Maga
zine, and to make it apparent to the
youthful mind, he said:
(Iin m. T.n.nnnA T a.'nm n I nl.n.'l I, All
water into my house. I turn it on.
The pipes and faucets and every con
venience are in good order, but I get
no water. Can any one of you tell me
why I don't get any water?"
He expected the children to see that
it was because he had not made con
nections with the main in the street.
The boys looked perplexed. They
could not see why the water should re
fuse to run'into his premises after such
faultless plumbing.
"Can no one tell me what I have
neglected?" reiterated the good man,
looking at the many wondering faces
bowed down by the weight of the
problem.
'I know," squeaked a little five-year-old.
"Yo" dno uav fuj!"
S O
CHANGE OF AD
"Do you think, Mabel, that your
father would ever help nie in bu-dness?"
"I'm sure he would, George. He said
the other night that he would have
given you a lift in life if 3 0U hadn't got
away from the door so quickly."
Washington Star.
Mrs. Jaysmith (her husband hav
ing come home in a shocking condi
tion): "When you were courting me
you declared you would die for me."
Jaysmith: "Yesh, m'dear." Mrs. Jay
smith: "Well, I wish you would go
and do it." N. Y. Sun.
Wild man "Excuse me, old fellow,
for saying this about your wife, but aa
often as I've met her I can't seem to
get acquainted with her. Isn't she an
awfully distant sort of person?" Mild
man "Go-ih, no! I sometimes wish
6he was. though." Boston Courier.
Pretty girl: "Did you see the way
that man looked at me? It was posi
tively insulting." Big brother: ' Did
he stare?" Pretty girl: "Stare? Why.
no. He ran his e3"cs over me and then
glanced off at some one else, just as if
I wasn't worth a second thought."
N. Y. Weclchj.
First college widow: "What are 3ou
doing with those boys' four-in-hands?"
Second college widow: "Merely my
collection of Oxford ties. But tell nie.
pray, what is the meaning of those
little packets of hair?" First college:
widow: "Only my assortment of Yale
locks." Baltimore Amirican.
Do you know. Mr. Hicks," said
Arabella, the night after Halloween.
I went down-stairs last night at mid
night with a candle and looked into
the mirror to see the face of my future
husband reflected there, and tee hee
I saw your face!" "What beastly
ridiculous things these Halloween cus
toms are!" said Mr. Hicks. Harper's
Bazar.
Young husband: "My dear, you re
member that note for thirty daj-s that
your father gave you for a wedding
present?"' Young wife: "Yes; dear
old father! I sha'n't forget his kind
ness very soou." Young husband:
"No. I don't believe you will. He
dropped in this morning and said he
wanted to renew it for sixty days
more." Harper's Bazar.
Rodney Bates is a sportsman of more
enthusiasm than experience. He had
good luck one dav last summer while
fishing up iu the Maine woods, and his
joy overflowed in a telegram to his
wife like this: "I've got one. Weighs
seven pounds and is a beauty." In
reply came the following, signed by
Mrs. Bate--: "So have I. Weighs ten
pounds. He isn't a beauty. Looks like
you." It was more than ten words,
but lloddy forgave her. Boston Post.
"Am I to understand." said the
young man, bitterly, as he arose to
go, 'that all is over between us?" "I
am afraid that is the case," she said,
calmly, a slight tone of Jersey City
hauteur observable in her voice.
"Then." he answered, briskly, reach
ing for his hat, "you have told me at
just the right moment. I have al
ready ordered a new winter overcoat,
and I will just have time to counter
mand tho3e pockets under the arras."
Clothier and Furnisher.
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Leal Notice.
IV IMSTKICT COUKT CASS COUNTY
Nebrat-ka.
Katie Kudabeck. "1 V
plaintiT.
vh. ru hi teat ion.
AdolDh Rudaberk. !
defendant. J
To Adolph Kudabeck. defendant iu the
above entitled eaunp : Von will take notice
that on oecemtier 1j, iswi, mere was H-1Jt
against the defendant, the object aod pravX
of which was to obtain divorce from dpfTii
ant. to obtain custody of tbe issue of mania? "J
of plaintiff and defendant. Arthur Kudabec'i I,
and to be restored to plaint If her form.- 1
name, that of Katie Holuibenc. and otH . .
relief. i f
You are required to answer raid petition
or before January 25. 1892. or default will NT
w r a a A ini.in ex v All aeBA Iaava & i . Jk T
nravd for. Katir R I rn a it tz
Katif, Kudarkck.
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