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    TIMOTHY CIjAUK.
DEALER IN
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Tarda and Office 404 South Third Street.
Telephone IS.
Plattsmoutii,
Nebraska
A. SALISBURY
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OOLI ANI PORCELAIN CKOWNS.
Dr. Nieiuway sm:rstlietle. for the )auil-M ex
Fine Gold Work
Bock m oiiil lili-ck
a Specialty.
I'luttsaiouth. Neb
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& PEARCE
HAVE RECEIVED
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Always has on band a full stock of
ROUK AM) FEED,
r?.rti. IJrau. Shorts Oats and Haled
H:i3- for fuW' as low as Hu
mid delivered to any part
lowest
of th
city.
COKXEK SIXTH AXDVINE
TMntlsmouth. - - Nebraska.
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ULIUS PEIM'ERHERG.
MAM KAt l l l!K OP AMI
UIHULE5IILE AND RETAIL
BKALKK IN THK
CHOICEST IJRANDS OK CIGARS
FULL LINK OF
TOBACCO AND SMOKERS ARTICLES
always in stock
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Plattsniouth,
Nebrassa
Shorthand
AND TYPEWRITING COLLEGE-
Plattsmouth, Nebraska.
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There are thousands of youcg ladies, sewing
girls, sj-liool tea'hers clei ks. etc who reekin.it
out existence on a salry barely sufficient
to supply their very d-y w. nts.
P.v compli-tinK a course in short ham! and
by finishing th y can earn from $40 to $ 150 per
month.
Si'tia ions frmranteed to competent students
Indiiiivual iimtruction, new type iter.
DAY AND EVENING SESSIONS
Kooms over Mayers -'tore.
MEAT MAPKErp
fSIVTIf STBKET
F. II. ELLEBAUM, Prop.
The best of fresh meat always found
in this market.
dso fresh
Eggs and Butter.
Wild game of all kinds kept in their
season.
Mea
SIXTH STREET
T MARKET
GOLD AND PORCELAIN CR0WfU8
Bridge work and fine gold work a
SPECIALTY.
DR. 8TEINAD8 LOCAL as well as other an
eetbeticsgiven for the painless extraction of
teeth.
0. A. MARSHALL, - Fitzgerald P're
Lumber Yard
THE OLD RELIABLE.
IL L WATERMAN & M
PINF LUMBER !
Shingles, Lath, Sash,
Doors, Blinds
XJan supply everw demand of the city.
Call and get terms. Fourth street
in rear of opera house.
CANT UNDERSTAND AMERICA.
Novelist Howell Amusing Kprlane
with an Official In Venice.
The ways of English and Americans
are still appalling to the more indolent
and less cieaniv soutnern uauons
which have hail for many decades
large opportunities for studying these
race neculiarities. and yet have never
ceased to wonder, says youth's Com
natuon. When W. D. tlowells was
consul at Venice an attempted burglary
in the oalace occupied by him gave
occasion for the following
incident:
suggestive
In ntv account of this affair to the
commissary of police I said that the
burglary occurred me morning about
davliiriit. when I saw the head of the
burglar peering above the window sill,
and his hand extended to prey upon
my wardrobe.
Excuse me. Signor Console," inter
runted the comniissarv. "ho-v Aiould
you ee him?-5
'H'hv. there was nothing in the
world to preveut me. The window
was oixMi."
'The window was open!" g-isped
the commissary. "I) i vmi mean that
you sl'mp with your windows open?'1
M ist eertainiv."
"l'.irdoti." naid tin' commissary,
S'.iplcinu-ilv. "do all Americans s.eej
with their windows op--u!'
"1 may vent lire lo say they all do in
summer." I answered. "At least, it is
tne general custom."
Such a Hung as tins indtilganci; in
fresh air seemed altogether foreign to
the commis-arv's experience, and but
for in v ollieial dignity 1 am sure 1
should have been effectually brow
beaten by him. As it was. he. threw
himself back in his anntviair and stared
at me lixndly for some moments.
Then he recovered himself with another
Tudou!'' and turning to his clerk,
said:
"Write down that, according to the
American custom, they were sleepiug
uilli their uinMows open.
lint I know that for all his politeness
he considered this habit a relic of the
time hen we Amcricaus abode in
wigwams.
ACCOMPANIED OR UNACCOMPANIED?
It Wan Enj to Iivlii Hie State of EjcIi
Prtlulr C;iae.
"Mv oflice is nearly opposite a
popular down-town restaurant, the up
per floor of which is reserved for ladies
ir gentlemen accompanied by ladies.
said a young aspirant for legal honors
the other day to a N. Y. Herald man.
"T! e view from my window, how
ever, allows me to see ouiy one per
son seated at anv of the three tables
near the window, and that fact has
enabled me to have lots of fun. and at
the same time eives me a first-rate
chance to study my fellow-man in the
presence of a girl of whom he thinks
euougn to invite her out to luncheon.
In a fortnight I got so I could tell
in a moment whether any man or
whom I could catch a glimpse at a
table had as his vis-a-vis another man
or a woman.
"How did I do it? Oh. it was easily
enough divined. If there were two
men. the one I could see would act
perfectly natural. But if there were a
woman on the other side of the table
things were very much changed. The
fellow in my view would conduct him
self entirely differeut from the one
with his chum along. His interest in
the curl of his mustache would be in
creased tenfold, and every now and
then he would supend operations in
the eating line to cast a killing look at
his fair companion.
4iIn fact, under such conditions I
found that the whole manner and pose
of nine men out of ten became at once
absurdly unnatural and self-conscious,
and their efforts to please, from my
point of view, invariably became most
amusing. '
A Family of Giants.
My father's grandfather's family
consisted of thirteen brothers and two
sisters. The aggregate weight of all
the last time they met at the old home
stead was 3.000 Dounds. The average
height of each was a fraction over six
feet. I have heard my father say he
has seen his fatner. who was below the
average of his brothers in height.
weight, and muscle, throw in quick
succession several forty-gallon casks
of ciiler over an ox-cart with ease; and
have also seen him lift one of the same
sized casks bv the chimbs to his lips
ind drink therefrom. At one time leu
of the brothers went to a barn-raising.
They lifted the bend, 30x40 feet, with
its sixteeu-foot posts and fourteen-inch
quare timbers, without any effort
Old New-Englanders will know what
that meant, ira l'ona was a man
noted for his physical strength. He
could take any two of his brothers, one
in each hand, and handle them with
each. He once caught and held two
live deer. On one occasion, when he
was working about the barn, which
was inclosed with a fence six feet high,
a noted pugilist presented himself and
bantered the brother for a fight. The
brother said he was a church member
and it was against his principles to
tight. The pugilist then bantered Ira.
who said he did not want to fight for
nothing, but as he spoke he took the
pugilist by the neck and trousers and
lifted him clear over the fence. The
pugilist walked back to the barn,
bowed to Ira. and said: "I have
enough of you." Fred S. Pond in
Chicago Tribune.
Nice Residence for Lazy People.
It is said that between M idagiscar
and the coast of India there are 16,0 JO
islands, only COO of which are inhabit
ed. A man can support a family there
jn luxury without working more than
twenty-live days in a year, nature does
so mieh.
We Are Travelers.
Railroad statistics show that Ameri
cans do more traveling than any other
people, averaging 29 trips a year. The
Englishman takes 19, the Belgian II,
the Frenchman, Swede, Norwegian,
and Spaniard 5 each, while the Turk.
Swiss, and Italian take but one
each.
Fragment of Cut Glass.
The perfect love-letter is written
with a tine disregard for future possi
bilities.
The advent of old age makes a po
tential vitriol-thrower of many a fad
iiur belle.
Even a good woman is more humili
ated at realizing that she loves a fool
than that she loves a knave.
Kesults are always more impressive
when we have not witnessed the pro
cesses by which they are attained.
Some souls are like coffins; their
con tines are too cramped and narrow
to hold anything but cold aud rigid
creeds.
inequalities we most admire in
others are those in which we are se
cretly conscious of being ourselves de
fective.
The capacity for true friendship is a
rare and precious quality possessed al
most exclusively oy certain of the
brute creation.
Tell me in what respect vonr love
has changed you. and I will describe
to vou the character of the man or
woman you iove.
Oilail niil-Mf won d le C:fl (led llllO
th. l-eii.-f I n.it he as (jahriel, if he
wef to die. undci-riain meu had the
r-t.ing of his ei.il :i
VViien a uu:ii in ln-iiis to watC'i at-
teniivelv a ui in's acts, gestures, .-pi-ecli.
you may be sure lin has begun either
to love or lo hate him.
It iiuv "ire von a grain of comfort
to-night lo coidi l your secret to a
friend; but r. ll-et lhat. when vou
iwake to-morrow morning, the grain
ofeomfuit will have changed in the
lark hours to a weight of x leaden
anxiety. Anne H i va A drich m K ite
1' it id's Wti sh n ,1 in.
Mrs. Logan's Many Friends.
"I do hope you'll excuso me. Mrs.
Logau, but I do want lo shake hands
with you. ami would like to kiss vou.
You are so s .eel."
I heard a young girl make this re
mark in the elevator of the Fifth
Avenue Hotel the other day. The
widow of the das ing lighter was de
scending to the dining-room, and the
young miss who addressed her couid
wait no longer so she introduced her
self as above.
"Well, my dear." said Mrs. Logan,
m a motherly way, "I am pleased to
shake hands with yon. aud I would
consider it a pleasure to have your
fresh young lips touch mine," and
then they embraced, and the voung
woman was proud of the honor, aud
Mrs. Logan enjoyed it. too. After din
ner thev hail a long chat together, aud
for au hour Mrs. Logan sat and talked
to the voung girl, and they both seem
ed as happy as school girls.
Mrs. Logan comes to New York
very often. She is a striking figure in
black, wearing a widow's long veil.
and snowy w hite hair brushed back
from her forehead. Peoule look after
her in the street, and ask who she is as
she passes. Through no longer young
in years, she has still a girlish heart,
and with her daug iter-in-law, and the
latter s sister. Miss Andrews. of
Youngstowu, Ohio, they wander
through the shops, picture galleries.
and other place of interest, light-hearted
and cheerful. Mrs. Logan is al
ways doing something to interest the
young people. She is continually get
ting up pleasant parties, as surprises.
makiug gnls, aud suggesting new
ideas for fancy work. Sue never tires
of helping the girls and boys to have a
good lime. And when the young peo
ple plav, no one enjoys it more than
he. She is a remarkably sharp busi
ness woman. She is a good writer.
too. and her literary ventures are
prosperous. She is a studious reader
of the newspapers and keeps herself
well informed about all that is going
on. particularly politics. If General
Logau had lived his wife would have
made him President of the United
slates. A. Y. M Ul mid Exurc.ts.
One diamond coniptnv at Kimber
ley last year made, $5.H)0 000 profit.
ONLY A DOS-
Bat lie Sold FI"W-r for III Tnnoj Sltm-
t'-r W liil He Lit -k t Home.
He was only a dog, but a remarka-
blv clever one, says a writer for Ilir-
icr's Yonii'i 1'enp'e. He belonged to
the class known as shepherd dogs.
which are noted for t'icir sagaeity and
fidelity. His master was a little
Italian boy called Bepno who earned
his living by selling flo.vers on the
street.
Tony was very fond of Beppo, who
had been his master ever since he was
a pnppv. and Beppo had never failed
to share his crust with his good dog.
Now Tony had grown to be a large
strong dog. and took as much care of
Beppo as Beppo took of him. Often,
while standing on the corner with his
basket on his arm, waiting for a
customer, Beppo would feel inclined
to cry from very loneliness; but Tony
seemed to know when the "blues'
came, and would lick his master's
band, as much as to say: ''You've
got me for a friend. Cheer up! I'm
better than nobody; I'll stand by you."
But one day it happened that when
the other boys who shared the dark
cellar home with B-ppo went out early
in the morning as usual, Beppo was so
ill that he could hardiy lift his head
from the straw on which he slept. He
felt that he would he unable to sell
flowers that day. What to do he did
not know. Tony did his best to com
fort him; but the tears would gather in
his eyes, and it was with he greatest
difficulty that he at last forced himself
to get up and go to the florist, who
lived near by. for the usual supply of
buds.
Having filled his basket, the boy
went home again, and tied it around
Tony's neck. Then he looked at the
dog and said: "Now. Tony, you're
the only fellow I've got to depend on.
Go and sell my flowers for me. and
bring the money home safe, and don't
let any one steal ant-thing." Tuen he
kissed the dog, and pointed to the door.
Tony trotted out in the street to
Beppo's usual corner, where he took
his stand. Beppo's customers soon -
saw how matters stood, and chose
their flowers and put their money into
a tin cup in the center of t no basket.
Now and then when a rude boy would
come along and try to snatch a flower
from the busker. Tony would growl
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fiercely and drive him away.
So that day went safely by. and at
nightfall Tony went home to his mas
ter, who was waiting anxiously to see
him. and gave him a hearty welcome.
Beppo untied the basket and looked in
the cup. and I should not wonder if he
found more money in it than he ever
did before.
This is how Tony sold the rosebuds,
and he did it so well that Beppo never
tires of telling about it.
Spnrgeon's Little Prank.
The Rev. C. H. Spurgeon used to be
very fond of puzzling his friends with
words which have a double meaning.
One Thursday evening, after the usual
week-night service, he thus addressed
his deacons: "Brethren, I think it
much too bad that not a single deacon
followed me on the platform in time
for the service this evening." The
deacons at once began to exonerate
themselves. One said: "I beg your
pardon, sir. but I ooeued the door for
you to go down on to the rostrum and
at once followed you," and several
others stated that they were close be
j hi nil the first speaker. Here was a
j dilemma, the beloved and highly re
I spected pastor saying one thing and
I the faithful and devoted deacons stat
ing just the contrary. Alter a lew
minutes silence the pastor, with a
smile brightening his homely counten
ance, replied: "I am right 111 saving
not a single deacon followed me, as
vou are all married." London Tid
Bils. The Burlesque Was a Necessity.
After the members of the quartet, in
the disguise of actors, had gone through
the usual act, involving discords and
other absurdities, the' came to the
front of the stage, formed in line, put
their hands behind their backs, and
began a sentimental song, while the
actors settled down for a short rest.
Then it was that the country cousin
turned to his city relative and said:
Whv, thev made horrible discords
at first.'"
"Yes," replied the city relative.
"And the actors all made fun of
them."
"Yes."
"And the audience laughed at them."
"Yes."
"Tney made a regular burlesque of
the scene."
"Yes."
"But now they are trying to really
sing."
They are trying to."
'If that's what they're here for why
was all the horse-play put in?"
"My boy," said the city relative in a
fatherly way, "you don't understand
some of these modern plays. It was
done for two reasons. First, it was
necessary in order to lug a qua-rtet in
where it'didn't belong and so stop the
action of the play. Second and this
is the principal reason, my boy a cer
tain auiouut of burlesqne is necessary
to pnt the audience in a humor to stand
the singing. If you went to the theater
much you'd understand all this."
Chicago Tribun.
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WOULDN'T DOFF HIS HAT.
So the Czar Ifad Him Cncrrfmonloosly
Banished from Itussla.
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Ex-Gov. Andrew G. Curtin tells
none of his many anecdotes so well as
one illustrating the undemocratic in
sistence for ceremony upon the part of
monarchs and monarchical function
aries, says the Philadelphia Record.
While minister to Russia Mr. Curtin
had an American visitor, a New
Yorker, with all the sangfroid of the
average American. The New Yorker
desired to be presented to the czar.
but, as no civilians are accorded that
distinguished privilege.all that Minister
Curtin could do was to ouer his com
patriot a chance to see his august
majesty pass a certain point on bis
morning ride.
The New Yorker was promptly on
hand, waiting bv the side of the mm
ister next morning, and the kingly
sleigh, wiih all pomp and ceremony
came glidiug by. The czar inclined
his head slightly as he noticed the
United States minister, who promptly
dotted his liar, as all persons are re
quired to in Russia as the czar passes.
Tne New Yorker remained rigidly
covered.
"Why did you not remove yourhatP"
I asked.
"Well, I am as good as the czar, and
I never take off iny hat to any one in
token of their superiority," replied the
American.
"You'll hear of this before you are
much older," I said.
Next day I received a very polite
personal note from Prince Gertschakeff
asking me to call at the foreign oflice
at my earliest convenience, continued
Mr. Curtin. When I called the prince
said: "Mr. Curtin, you were on the
street yesterday when the czar passed,
and it was noticed that Mr. , who
was with you. did not remove his hat.
An unintentional mistake on the part
of Mr. , I suppose." I answered:
"Prince. I might, I suppose, tell you a
diplomatic lie aud say that it was a
mistake; but I will not. Mr. kept
his hat on from choice." The prince
knew as well as I did why my friend
had not removed his hat.
The day following my New York
friend rushed into my office with an
official letter written to him in French,
and asked me to read it for him. I
looked it over and said: "Well, you
have permission to leave this empire at
once, and you had better go." "Not
much." he answered, "I am an Ameri
can citizen, and will stay here as long
as I like."
That very afternoon a sleigh pulled
up in front of the quarters of Mr.
and two gendarmes without saying a
word, bundled all his traps into the
sleigh and, taking Mr. of New
York, American citizen, etc.. in custody,
saw him across the frontier and out of
Russia.
Prairie dogs are said to be multiply
ing so fast in some of the western states
that there is danger that they will over
rua the country.
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