And ftnddea Changes. aniia UI Uaifllt ItOUMtUt. I Wwaylnjr backward. WKvlur forward tn rareleaa aort of way, the daffodila wi-rr mwn nil !-- -. . fouth wind wan robbln . '. scented UrrhwotxlH of tliclr awoctiMiaa, and mj heart wu Ujht and Kay. .- 1 Where a aoft brown Had wa Uftod, UnfaSng ' And the lianpy. ulilfttnir Hitnllftht ffl-anid atjove the brake anil riiHli-n. Itoatintr loviriKly a inuiiieut on the ! h trvt a' tfoltk-ii boiiftiia. All the earth was fair and (rliwlrtonie, and the shy ww blu ami v ndir. With the fl--y cloiKll.'U lriftlii(f o'er it nurfare w 1 1 i ( ami irray. Now the hky Ih dull iwi-l ;l.,udo.I. faI.-1 la tlie nunliirht'H HU-iilir. Ami I ..n.. r how liv.rmiM the world waa brlKht and ray. For the constant nolnjr rhorua of the birds la reaiiy vexirifr. Ana to fancy any mortal think tlie hutU r- riiH like K"l'l! Wnllo tliw ialToiila' and daiiH' foolish more- im-ritfl are ixTplfXintr, And the wind I hut m-U Uicm dun-Jn- ia MuiMJ winiry-iiau anu cold. Ilark!atrp upon the irravel. and a lauRh on purely rv my Who Ih paHMinir In a hurry through the nar row franii-u KHte. well. I don t mind now admitting that I hare iMn rroHM and Hilly With the world. IjHcauM rny lover chanced U vt an hour too la to. M. Itix k in Chambers' Journal. MIGGSMVIFE. Quite a cozy, comfortable bachelors party, lhcre was Hncrjrs, from the drug store; Iligga, who occupied him self with something or other at the state house; Diggs, who had some thing to do with pianos, and Miggs, the married man. Every member of the party was ataid, business-like and solid the sort of man who could be dejended upon to smoke no more than two cigars per diem and to imbibe no more than one cocktail at 11 o'clock in the morning punctually; every one that is, ex cept Miggs, tlie married man. Kach member of the party could bo safely put down as good for a few thousand dollars, and who enjoyed the comforts of existence in an eminently resectable manner and always went to church on Sunday; each one that i. except Miggs, the married man. Miggs was an insurance agent. No one knew for certain even where he lived, except that he was generally to be found somewhere within the lim its of the state of Massachusetts. He pjeared to lloat around promiscuous ly in a many different places as he could possibly think of, and there never was such a man to turn up un expectedly as Aligns. He bubbled over with geniality, con viviality and fraternity; he waa incon sistent, audacious and irrepressible and he was married! But Miggs" whereabouts were not more mvsterious and bewildering than the condition of his affairs and the jk sition of his social connection, and neither liriggs nor Higgs nor Dili's would have been very much surprised if he had married twenty times or not at all. Yet when Miggs raised his eyes rev erentially until they rested iion the ceiling, and said, "Ten years ago to day was my wedding da," snapped out: "Your wedding day? What do you mean?" "That." said Miggs, still contemplat ing the ceiling, "shows how much iu terest a man's acquaintances take iu his career. Not one of you has ever thought of inquiring if I were married, f might tell you some outlandish yarn about my family that my wife was the present queen of Sheba. in whicii ease, of course, my eldest son would be emperor of China: but no! I will confine myself strictly to the unvar nished truth and .give' you the plain nistory 01 my courtship and marriage. "It was on a pleasant autumn after n)on that I hapMned to be at Win- mrop aim waiifo-red atoll" as tar as Grover's cliff. There was not a soul to be seen, and I was counting the grasshoppers as they jumped to get out of my way. when I suddenly be held a woman' standing right on the edge of the cliff, who was waving her arms aliout and making quite violent gesticulations. As I strolled along I saw she had no hat. and that about three feet of her hair rippled in the breeze, but w hat astonished me, when I came near, was to find that she was singing or, rather, chanting. "I said to myself, 'Miggs, brace up and investigate this thing!' and went a little closer. When I came .within hearing she was delivering hersself as follows: "1 stand on the rdjre of the Kiddy etHp; Shall 1 make the terribl awful leap? Shall I pillow my head In the water deep? 1 n the caverns of ocean shall 1 Bleep?" IJriggS prowled Briggs. -Here, come off?' "Find another rhvme "I raised my hat." continued Miggs, "and said: "Madam. X implore you not to take snch a desperate course, for my sake.' "JShe turned around with a look of K9stonishiiiit. aad made' an imperious gesture which appeared to be intend ed to convey the impression that she despised the world in general and mv Kelf iu particular. She was tall and dark: her eyes gleamed like dia monds in tlie sunlight: - -r nose was proud and aquiline; her lips were red :iud full. "My heart bewail to beat audibly within my Imkoiii as I contemplated that panorama of l elipess. Looking over the cli IT. 1 saw her hat mug at the liottom iu-d out of reach of the wa ter: and being posseted, gentlemen, of a quick sympathy ami comprehen sion. I made a sudden resolve; aud. having resolved. I immediately acted. "Madam. I said, -here are all the elements of a noble romance. You have lot Mur hat. and I how could I do other fc than lose my heart? I will rescue your hat aud you shall res cue ni heart. I implore you to live t .r mo', madam, for me! A million cupios are ih-.-i. .... y, - " . 4 and reinforcement are rapidly arriv ;i n". Their arrows are lran.tiiiig me l',v companies, and battalions. Be liuinc! Oh! ' miner and I knelt on llciif knee iii the gra. A -For a minute he regarded me doubtfully, snd that minute seemed n i ti.Ii! h nut her kaud ia Mine Miid I impreel iix it-j an eoitie ptmwt tmi l wrat ngftt omraoi cliff after her hat. and arrired at tha bottom ia the midat of a laadsIMa of Terwhelming proportion. : What did I oareP She wu mine, mine! I fell that the crista of my life had arrired and that I had gneceasfully aunnonnt ed it. "I shouted to her to come In to the end of the cliff, and then handed her her hat and felt myself the most blessed of mortals. "'Lucilla, my love, I said (she wore her name engraved on a brooch), there is one trouble there is one thing which it is unfortunately neces sary to mention. I am poor. I have but $3 X) in the world.' "'.Money,' said the lovely Lucilla, 'is dross. Love is all. I want no sordid man for a husband. I want affection community of feeling a kindred spirit. 1 hope you keep your money in a safe bank?' "To tell the truth.' I replied, 'I do not keep it in a bank, but in my largest trunk, lecau&e I always know then where to find it when I want it.' "She looked once yearningly at the ocean but I clasped her in my arms (I couldn't help it)and yes, I did twice and we walked slowly away. "I can see you are getting impatient. You don't want a love story. You don't want to hear a description of all the perfections of that beautiful creat ure a-s displayed by her during the next fortnight. Well, bachelors have a badly perverted taste, but I suppose I must bow to your desires. Suffice it to say that for fourteen days I lived in paradise, while making arrangement for a speedy marriage. "The only thing that marred our happiness was that Lucilla appeared to be of a jealous nature. She would insist that I flirted, and. asked me for particulars of all the girls I had seen luring the day, and then would weep, and put her face against mine, and petulantly ask . the atmosphere why men were not true, which, I must con fess was rather annoying to an ardent spirit like mine. "At such times she evinced a decided tendency to become poetical, but, knowing the strong prejudices of my friend Briggs, I always ' endeavored to turn her thoughts in some different direction. "Then sometimes she would say quite mournfully: 'Miggs, I feel that we are not destined to be happy. -1 fear some dread specter may come be tween us, even at the altar, and part us forever.' "Poor darlin"! She was indeed a jewel." I engaged apartments at Beach- mont. and one fine Tuesday afternoon we were married. The fatal step was taken and I was no longer a bachelor. "'Now,' I said, after the ceremony, 'I can breathe freely. I am sure of you. You are mine!' "She replied by such a look of ten terness and love, such a radiance of af fectionate regard, that I blessed a thousand times the chance that led me on that afternoon to Grover's cliff. "'Be true, darling; always be true!' she murmured, softly; I declared with emphasis that Cleopatra herself would have found me as adamant against her charms; that Lucilla should be my sun by day and my star by night. "When we arrived home in the even ing, however, Lucilla was very much upset. Her belongings, which should have come during the day, had not ar rived. She wept a little and I was un able to pacify her. She became hys terical and I became alarmed. She asked me to go to her doctor, who lived ten miles away, and bring her something which he would give me. I objected; she implored. I used lan guage. She commanded. Ultimately, with a very bad grace, I put on my hat and went. "In the worst of "humors. I boarded a train and settled down for the long ride. And a long ride it wa9. - Every thing seemed to get in the way of that unfortunate train and delay its pro gress. I positively foamed at the mouth with rage. "But when reached the street and number mentioned by Lucilla, and couldn't find the doctor whose name she had given me, I went nearly mad. No one had ever heard of snch a per son and his name wasn't in the direct ory. However. I was bound to take something back, so I called upon the first physician I came to, explained the matter as best I could, obtained some sort of a draught, and wended my way dejectedly homeward, arriv ing at about 10. "As I entered the house a feeling of desolation and misery took possession of me. I entered our apartments. They were in darkness. "'Lucilla!' I cried. "There was no answer. I lighted the gas and looked around; no Lu cilla. I shivered with apprehension. "Alas!' I said. 'I shall find her at Grover's cliff. She may be dashing herself adown the giddy pteep. I must fly to her reseue, and perhaps I may not be too late.' . "T rushed down the stairs, and then a thought occurred " to ; "me. 1 called the landlady and. asked her anxiously if she had seen Lucilla go out." "Gracious sake! exclaimed the land lady. hon"ht vou were with her!' "Why why?" J stuttered. "Some one was.' she replied, 'and they took away your', large trunk with them in a herdic. Mr. Miggs.' "'Sainted mother-in-law!' I cried. 'Let me investigate!" "L'p-stairs 1 dashed with the land lady after me. It wa too true. The trunk in which I kept my money was jrone. I would not believe mv eves. landlady, -is a note mg snooK UM-maff maa tyiap. theucally and sorrowfully br the haaL Briggi heared-la "Ugh and laid Terr aolmenlv: "liiinra. von m.rm m. fnn Exchange. - .Taken ' THE CERM OF THE CRIP. Wonderful Discovery by the Micro-FlaahUg-ht. aid of a Dr. Robert L. Watkins asserts that he has, by the aid of a micro-fIashli"ht. t . - a . . i 1-1 ooiaineu nepmvea oi me grip germ aneritnas neen assimilated with the blood through the mncous membrane of the nasal organs. He attaches great importance to this discovery, says the N. Y. Herald. According ui Dr. Wat. kins, the "grip" germ was photo graphed under the power of magnify in" lenses of one thousand magni tude, the flashlight having the bril liancy of the ordinary incandescent light. The color of the germ, as seen through the lens, is white. The sides and fibrous surface were covered with fine hairs so fine they could hardly be observed in the original micro-pho tograph. The germ body seemed to be undergoing constant changes, and in the meantime to rotate rapidly among tne adjacent . healthy blood corpuscles. The successful examina tion of the germ under the microscope. aiaea ny tne nasniignt, proved con clusive, it is said, that the germ at tacks rather tne oioou than tne mucous membrane, as in influenza, and that the pain experienced in the various stagesof the disease is caused by the wonderful activity of its minute body I talked with a number of prominent physicians yesterday as to the im portance of this discovery, and found that in- their opinion it could not count for much. Dr. II. N. Heine- man said: "In searchin" for new bacteria, simple microscopic investiga tion 4eads. to the greatest self-deception. So well established is this that no worker in the new field of bacter tology would tlare quote a new germ unless he had followed the succeedinjr process, namtdy, to .inoculate an ani mal and then to produce the disease; that is to say, to produce culture by growing the germ in gelatine, and then, by inoculating animals, to pro duce tne disease again. The Children of Julia Ward Howe. Takan Up. up at mr farm 2V4 milee u.tbv of Platts mouth, ffedneaday Februry 3rd, one yearling heifer calf ana one yeaning ateer call, Dotn. rea marked with tip of left ear cut oil and "V cut on under side. .Partr mar hare same br Darin cr for ad vertisement and proving owner ship. Bbx F. Horxixg. Buoklan'a Arnica Salve. The Best Salts in the world for Cut Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum. Ferer Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and posi tively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cf nts per box. For sale by F. G. Fricke The First Step, Perhaps you are run down, can't eat, can't sleep, can't think, can't do anything1 to your satisfaction, and you wonder what ails you. You should heed the warning, you are taking the first step into nervous prostration. You need a nerve tonic and in Electric Bitters you will find the exact remedy for restoring- your nervous system to it normal, healthy condition. Surprising: results fol low the use of this great Nerve Tonic and Alterative, Your appe tite returns, erooa aicrestion is re stored, and the liver and kidneys re sume healthy action. Try a bottle. Price 50c, at F. G. Fricke & Co'a drugstore. 6 Do not confuse the famous Blush of Roses with the many worthless paints, powders, creams and bleaches which are flooding the market. Get the genuine of your : druggist, O. IT Snyder, 75 cents per j bottle, and I fif -arantee it will re move your p myles. freckles, black heads, moth, tan anu sunburn, ana give you a lovely complexion. 1 THEV WASH THEIR CLOTHES WITH t "l.l7.ili,lW- W T - ciys That's where SOAK MADE ONLY BY N.K.Fairbank8cCo. chicagc A Regular Scimitar That Sweeps all before it. ' There were five of us. There had been six, but the lieauutul 15oy was taken home to heaven while he was still very little, and it was good for the rest of us to know that there was al ways one to wait for and welcome us in the Place of Light to which we should go . some da v. So, as I said. there were five of us here: Julia Ro- mana, Florence. Harry, Laura and Maud. Julia was .the eldest. She took her second name from the ancient city in which she was born, and she was as beautiful as a soft Italian even ing, with dark hair, clear gray eyes perfect features, and a complexion of such pure and wonderful red and white as I have never seen in any other face. She had a look as if, when she came away from heaven, she had been allowed to remember it, while others must forget; and she walked in a -dream always of beauty and poetry. thinking of strange things. Very shy she was, very sensitive. When Flossy (as rlorence was most often called) called her "a great red-haired giant, she wept bitterly, and reproached her sister for hurting her feelings. Julia knew everything, according to the be lief of the younger children. What story was there she could not tell ? She it was who led the famous bef ore breakfast walks, when we used to start off at six o'clock, and walk to the Yellow Chases' (we never knew any other name for them; it was the house that was yellow, not the people) at the top of the long bill, or sometimes even to the windmill beyond it, where we could see the miller at work, all white and dusty, and watch the 'white sails movinsr slowly round. And on the way Julia told us stories, from Scott or Shakspeare; or gave us the plot of some opera, "trnani" or "Irov atore," with snatches of song here and there, such as "Home to our mount ains," uAi nostri nionli riiornaremo. Whenever 1 hear this familiar air ground out by a hand-organ, every thing fades from my eyes save a long, white road fringed with buttercups and wild marigolds, and five little fig ures, with rosy, hungry faces, trudg ing along, and listening to the story of the gypsy queen ana ncr: stolen trou badour. La ura E. Bichardu, in St. AYrAote.. .... . - . t Specimen Cases. S. II. Clifford, New Castle, Wit was troubled with neuralgia and rheumatism, his stomach was dis ordered, his liver was affected to at alarming degree, appetite fell awaj and he was terribly reduced in flesh and strength. Three bottles oi Electric Bitters cured him. Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg 111., had a running sore on his lec of eight years' standing. Usei three oottles of Electric Bitters and seven bottles . Bucklen's Amies Salve, and his leg is sound and well John Speaker, Catawba, O., had fivt large lever sores on his leg, doctor said he whs incurable. One bottlt Electric Bitters and one box Buck len's Arnica Salve cured him entire ly. Sold by F. G. Fricke Sc Co. A Fatal Mistake. Physicians make no more fatal mistake than when they inform pa tients that nervous heart troubles come from the stomach and are of little consequence. Dr. Franklin Miles, the noted Indiana specialist, has proven the contrary in his new book on "Heart Disease" which may ( be haa tree ot 1. Lr. iricke & Co., who guarantee and recommend Miles unequalled new Heart Cure, which has the largest sale of any heart remedy in the world. It cures nervous and organic heart disease, short breath, fluttering, pain or ten- j derness in the side, arm or shoulder, irregular pulse, fainting, smother ing, dropsy, etc. His Kestorative Nervine cures headache, fits, etc. These will almost melt In your mouth. The "Charmer- U Vines 3Kto very productive, hieh aualitv and s uear flavor. 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Last April she taken down with Measles, followed with dreadful Cough and turned into a fever. Doctors at home and at Detroit treated, but in vain, she grew worse rapidly, -until she was a mere" handful of bones". Then she trisd Dr, King's New Discovery and after the use of two and a half bottles, was completely cured. They say Dr. King.s New Discovery is worth its weight in gold, yet you may get a trial; bottle free at F. G. Frickey Drugstore. A long-tested pain relierer. Its use is almost universal bj the Housewife, the Farmer, the Stock Raiser, and by ever one requiring an effective liniment. No other application compares with it in efficacy. This well-known remedy has stood the test of years, almost fenerations. Mo medicine chest is complete without a bottle of Mustang Liniment. Occasions arise for its use almost every day. All druggists and dealers have it. "Here." said th addresr-j'il to vni." "She jtickfd nj which lay upon tin handed it to me. a piVce of paper dressing-table and 1 unfolded it with feverish hate and porned the follow in?: "Thanka for your lorr whtah 1 won't return. Tttanaa for .tout Inters, wbicti I will burn. Thanks for ) our trunk. The clothe in there Will be just the thlnjr for mv Jonn Ui w-ar. Thanks for the dollars, two hundred and three. Wben in need of money, oh. think of me! .-Gentleman." said Mi, "when I read that note the heat of feelings was so intense that it would have Itoilrd the whole An-tH- ocean. Lm-illa -my peerless LnriMa wan a married wom an all the. time.1" . There was silence for about a min nte. and then, a I)i drank a rla.i of water to relieve his ec itetneotTand Slightly Embarrassing. Thev stood in the darkened vesti bule of a double flat house up town. It was a late hour and a cold night, but these were nothing for it was he and she." and they were young and stood very closely together. Time stood no show alongside of opportun ity. "Yon don't love me a bit? she said. "Love you! I worship you. sweet heart darling!". The blonde; head u hroiirfit. ncainst thA miinlv brpnt. for the fifteenth, time and a soft, cling ing ki.se was planted where it would do the most good.. . "Break away," came hoarsely from amid the feminine debris. "What did you say, dearest?" . "Come off!" in a half smothered whisper. "Why, darling. I never heard you use slang before. Don't" "I never said a word." she declared. It must have Iwpn" and a U-rriMe dread overcame her. 1 never inoiigiu lie iegan re gret folly. "You did ves. vou did!". "Why, who"" that?" Both young people suddenly started way from the wall against which they had been leaning and stared at the two range of bright letter Ikixcs and owl ish speaking tube. "Will vou never come off. dowu there?" "Oh. plague 011 itl That's Johnny." said 6he with " deep disgust. "Our' shaking lube's out of order I forgot" y. .'. IlerithL , ; - . 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