EFFECTS OF A WAVE.
A STEAMER STANDS HIGH AND DRY
OVER TWO MILES INLAND.
Sared by Ills Boota.
General Marbot tells, in his ".Mem
oirs hows las light boota once saved
him from beinx killed by Austrian
lancers. At tlie battle of Eckmuhl lie
was orderi J by M arehal Lull ucs to coii-
A Tlilnl
Wave That Carried A war Kverv.
tliiu-c but a E.lxbthou and !intrued
0r 40.000 l.lvc-TI.e Steamer li.turt
but In In tho Ml.I.t of a JDuKle.
Tourists that visit Batavia nowaday
are quite out of the fashion if they fail
to make the paxsaxe through Sunda
strait and see all that is left of Krakatua
and the vestiges i.f tho ruin wrought hy
the terrible eruption of 1812. If they
push up the Uay of Lamionir, on the
Sumatra side of the channel, they are
likely to land on the low chores occu
pied by the village of Telokh-Detong,
and hire carts for a short jaunt into the
interior; and when they have trouo about
two miles they will pause to take in the
curious Rcerio presented: for here is seen
one of the most interesting results of the
great wave or Krakatau.
There was just one man amid all that
wild scene of death and devastation who
was not overwhelmed in the common
ruin, lie escaiil while 40.000 ierished.
lie was the lighthouse keeper, who lived
alone on an isolated rock in the strait.
It was broad daylight when Krakatau
burst asunder, but in a few moments
the heavens were so densely shrouded by
uuhi. muu ana smoke that the darkness
of midnight covered all the channel.
TtA - . .1: 1 - 1.1
iuoguiuuiim ui me iiguinouse was in
the lantern 130 feet above the sea level.
Here he remained safe and sound in the
midst of the terrible commotion.
lie telt the trembling of the light-
nouse. Dut it was so dark that he could
not see the threatened danger, lie did
not know that a tremendous wave had
almost overwhelmned the lighthouse.
and that its crest had nearly touched
the base of the lantern. He did not hear
It because he was deafened by the awful
uetonation of Krakatua.
In a few moments the wave, over
hundred feet in height, had swept along
a coasi line or a nunureu miles on both
Bides of the channel.
Scores of populous villages were buried
deep beneath the avalanche of water.
Great groves of cocoanut palms were
leveled to the ground. Promontories
were carried away. New bays were dug
out of the yielding littoral Every work
of human hands except that lighthouse
was destroyed, and 40,000 persons per
ished in the deluge that mounted from
the sea or beneath the rain of mud that
tilled the heavens.
A little sidewheel steamboat was borne
on the top of that wave through forests
and jungle, over two miles into the coun
try, and was left as the wave receded.
It will be remembered that for weeks
before the final cataclysm at Krakatau.
the volcano was in a state of eruption.
Pleasure parties were made up at Ba
tavia to visit the volcano. Not a few
people landed on the island, little dream
ing that in the twinkling of an eye two
thirds of it was to be blown into the air
as though shot from a gun. They wished
" to get as near as they thought they might
safely venture to the growling, steaming
crater.
This little steamboat, on the day be
fore the explosion, carried one of these
parties to the island. There were only
twenty on board besides the crew. They
spent a couple of hours around the is
land and then steamed up the deep and
narrow Bay of Lampong, and it is sup
posed they anchored for the night in
front of the big town of Telokh-Betong,
which was one of the largest settlements
on the south coast of Sumatra.
The ill fated pleasure party was never
heard vf again. It is supposed tHat the
boat was turned over and over like an
eggshell in the surf. It had every ap
pearance of 6uch rough usage when it
was found some months later. The ma
chinery and furniture were badly broken
and were strewn about in the greatest
confusion. But the vessel held together,
and was finally set down in good shape,
erect on her keel.
Only two bodies were found in the
vessel. They were, of course, below
deck. As it was morning when she was
picked up by the wave it is supposed
that nearly everybody was on shore.
Not a vestige remains of the villages
that lined the water edge. But the hulk
of this little boat still stands, battered
and broken, though a3 erect as when
she plowed the channel, and she is the
most curious and interesting relic of the
greatest volcanic eruption of modern
times. New York Sun.
Enaor Liquor Cur.
To ilOH weekimr ; rertrtie from
liquors curse or other evil habits ! cT".OLU;
brought about by morphine, tobnc- j
co etc. -The Knsor Institute at South
OinaJia oilers one of tho most relia- 1
1 1.. t . i ... : 1 1 . ai... !
iln.t . 9 . . nnti ui-m piaitf 10 go wmii wie
--v.. .v(,..u.i i iu.i.uiei 10 a point ; ,Hiute certainty of a permanent
uwas to charge a regiment of clire. Write or visit the institute.
PLACES OF WORSHIP.
St. l'aul'9 Church. Ak. hftwPFB
rum aim mxui. rather Uainey, rastor
Hr-rvieei : Mi.ss at B and 10 :30 a. 11. Sunday
Hchool at 2 :30, with benediction.
where
, Croats,
j Tho French charged and annihilated
. tho Croats, but carrying their charge
too far, were in their "turn repulsed by a
regiment of Austrian lancers. As tho
French retreated at a gallop they camo
to where MarW was standing, his
horse having Ik -en killed. Only a few
hundred ft intervened between the j
lancers and the cuirassiers, and if Mar- j
bot had been left behind he would have I
j been killed. j
Two mounted soldiers gave him their J
hands and thus, half lifted from thoJ
1 ground, he bounded along, while they 1
1 gauoieu at a rapid pace into their own
hues.
"It was time for my gymnastic course
to end," he writes, "for 1 was complete
ly out of breath and could not have con
tinued. 1 learned then how inconven
ient are tho hea'y long boots of the
cnirasskrs in time of war, for a young
officer in the regiment who. like me.
had his horse killed under him, and was j
supported by two of his comrades on the
return gallop in the same manner 1 was,
found himself unable to keep pace with
the horses on account of his heavy boots.
He was left behind, and was killed by
an Austrian lancer, while I escaped by
reason of my light boots."
I feel it my duty to. say a few
words in regard to i-iy s Cream
Balm, and I do so entirely without
solicitation. I have used it more
or less half a year, and have found
it to he most sidmirahle. I have
suffered from catarrh of the worst
kind ever since I was a little boy
and I never hoped for m:--, but
Cream Balm seems to do even that.
Many of my acquaintances have
used it witu excellnut residts.
Oscar Ostum, 45 Warren Ave., Chi
cago 111.
Wanted: An energetic man to
manage branch office. Only a few
dohars needed. Salary to start $75
per mouth and interest in business
The Western Co., Kansas City, Mo.
Ciikistian. Corner Locust and
services morniiiK and tveulmr. hhier
(ialloway pithtor. Sunday School 10 A. M.
hftl
Kts
A .
Ems' opal-St. l.iik-'s Church, comer Tnird
Hint Vin-. Kev. II 15. i: 11 r' efN. ator. Ser
vices :11a.m. a:.d 7 :aor. n. Sunday School
at 2 :.J0 I'. M.
dKK.MAN M KTiioniMT.i artier Sixth St and
liranitH. Kev. Jilrt. I'uMor. Services : 11 a.m.
and 7 :3 p. m. snuoay School 10 :30 a. m.
I'KFSHYl I KIAN.-' erviees in rew chi'l ch. cor
i.er Sixth and (iraniu M. licv. J . T. I'iiinl,
I'ltMor. Miiulayc ! at It ; 1'rcarhini;
at 11 a. 111. ii'.d x p. 111,
'he. ii. s. ;. K of thin church nieeti every
Sahbath eveiiiiir at 7 :1 in the bastnieM of
thechucrh. All are invited to attend thece
tiieetintrs.
Well.
The Venom of Snakes.
As to the venom of serpents, no dis
tinct chemical principle has as yet been
detected in it, though such there mu.?t
be. seeing that the effect of the saliva of
different poisonous snakes is different
the blood coagulating after a fatal cobra
bite, though not after that of a rattle
snake or a viper. It has also been ascer
tained that if the blood of a poisoned
animal be injected into a healthy one
he latter will be poisoned in the same
way as if it had itstlf been bitten, al
though its flesh may be eaten with im
punity. It is a mistake, however, to suppose
that a snake's poison can have no effect
unless actually mixed with the blood.
It will act after being absorbed through
such delicate skin as that which lines
our lips, though its action when thus
received is less powerful. Quarterly
Review.
Ad Important Amendment.
A bill was introduced into one of our
state legislatures granting permission
that the bighop of the diocese might be
buried in the crypt of his cathedral.
One of the members who did not admire
the bishop greatly, moved an amend
ment to the Mil that it take effect im
mediately on its passage. San Francisco
Argonaut.
Thousand in It.
-How ia that little mining scheme of
yours getting along? Any money in it?"
Any money in it? Well, I should say
'so! All of mine, all of my wife's and
about $3,000 that I got from my friend."
Exchange.
Took the Lesson to Heart.
"Going home!" he exclaimed.
I should say 1 was going home."
"Oh, well, there's no hurry. Wait a
few minutes."
"Not a minute. I'll never be late to
any kind of a meal again. My wife has
taught me better."
"Curtain lecture?"
"Never a lecture, but well, you've
eaten steak?"
"Cortainly."
"Real nice, tender, juicy steak?"
"Of course."
"Witti the potatoes just right?
"yes."
"There's nothing in the same class
with it when a man is real hungry, is
there?"
"No; I can't say that there is."
"Tomales, croquettes, terrapin and all
such things have to take a back seat,
don't they?"
"Yes."
"Well, did you ever eat a real good
steak cold?"
"TJm, yes; I believe I have." -
"Ah! Now you're in my class. I was
half an hour late yesterday and she just
let one or the finest steaks 1 ever saw
stand on the table till I came. Did you
ever try to measure the amount of regret
in every mouthful of cold steak that you
could have had hot?"
"(io home, old man. Your wife has
all the best of it." Chicago Tribune.
How the Map of Peking Was Made,
How a military map of Peking was se
cretly made is told by General Sir Robert
Biddulph. During the China war of
1860. in which Sir Robert was engaged,
our army was greatly embarrassed by
the absence of any map of the city. But
it happened that the Russian legation
had, onl a few months before, con
tnved to make a map in spite of the
jealous watchfulness of the Chinese.
They had sent an officer, in a small
coverea cart, sucn as tney use to carry
their women about, completely covered
in. An indicator was attached to the
wheel. He drove for a certain distance
to a certain crossroad, for example, and
"took a shot with his instrument; then
down the next road, and in that wa
made a complete plan of Peking, with all
its streets and roads, both in the Tartar
city and in the Chinese city. General
Ignatieff , who produced the map, offered
its use to the English. There were no
photographers then attached to the
army; but an Italian photographer, who
had followed the army for his own pri
vate purposes, being set to work, pro
duced a number of copies, which proved
extremely serviceable. London News.
The wisdom of who journey -
eth is known by the line he selects;
the judgment of the man who takes
the "Burlington Route" to the
cities of the east, the south, and the
west, is never impeached. The in
ference is plain. Magnificent Pull
man sleepers, elegant reclining
chair cirs and world-lamousdining
cars on all through trains, ror
information address the agent of
the company at this place, or write
to J. Francis, General Passenger
and Ticket Agent, Omaha.
Kikst Mkthokist. Sixth St.. betwen Main
and i'earl. l;ev I. F. Hritt. l. l. pastor.
Service : 1 1 a , .m.. 8 Am r. m Sunday School
9 i'.ui a . m. I'rayer meetit g ednesday eveu
Irif;. ti kh man rittttr.VTK.itiAN. Corner Maiu and
Ninth. ICev WUte, ;istor. Services usual
hours. Sunday M-liooi a :30 a. m. .
Swkkoish i (iMiKfr.ATioNAL.-Granite, be
tween l-iltn and six! a.
Coi.okk.u Kai'Tist. Alt. Olive, tak. between
lenth and Kleventh Key. A. Howell, pas
tor. Services II a. in. and 7 :30 p. hi. I'rayer
ineeunu weonesuay evenitiK.
YOU.MS MEN'S Cllltl.-TIAN ASSOCIATION
Kooins in Htcrtnan (dock, Main street. Cos
Iel meet ins. fr inei, onlv.everv Sunday af
ternoon at. 4 o'clock. Kooun open week day
ironi :: a. in., u : ;w p. 1.1.
South Fahk Tai'.kicnaclf. IJev. .1. M.
Wvod, I astor. Services : Sunday School,
i0a.ni.: 1 reach ii-tr. u a in. and 8 v. mi.
prayer meeting Tuesday ninlit ; choir prac
tice rnu..y niKin Ali are welcome.
i V VA ! brjrxfoot njd that arSApTA
fe? p- r ffl "v?1 SfMrtaMlbeVn7mWfolks
G-O - TO-
Faith of Italiau Fishermen.
The blind faith of the Italian fisher
men in the efficacy of holy relics is pa
thetic. Many of them keep themselves
in a state of utter impoverishment in
providing necessary amulets and charms.
Not only is the fisherman's person cov
ered with these, but his boat must also
possess all possible saving power through
these religious appliances. Should some
great 6torm arise and genuine danger
come, one by one these objects are cast
upon the waves with a faith that is posi
tively sublime. Meanwhile his wife
ashore, possessed of the same implicit
and pious confidence, gives her most
precious relics to the sea that her hus
band may come safe to land. And I have
no doubt that when fatal disaster comes,
as it always does, this man sinks into
the silence beneath the tempest with his
last spark of vital consciousness an un-
dimmed flame of trust and faith. Ex
change.
Gretvsome Superstition in Hungary.
A strange story of supersitition is re
ported from Hornoliez, in Hungary. Sev
eral bodies of men had been found there
with their heads cut off. An investiga
tion was made by the police, and it
turned out that these mutilations had in
every instance been committed by young
men who were betrothed to the widows
or the decapitated persons. The hus
bands hai died a natural death, and
their widows believed that in case they
married a second time their first hus
bands would reappear and destroy their
wedded happiness. Hence they had per
suaded their new bridegrooms to decap
itate their deceased partners. fall Mall
Gazette.
A Judge Compliments a Lawyer.
It is related that Judge Jere Black said
of Thad Stevens: "That he was one of
the brighest men ever born, and could
say the smartest things, but that, so far
as being under any sense of obligation
to his creator for superior mental en
dowments, his mind was a howling wilderness."
Th 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, youare
taKinpf tne iirst step into nervous
prostration. You need a nerve tonic
and in lilectric 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, good digestion is re
stored, and the liver and kidneys re
sume healthy action. cry a bottle.
Price 50c, at F. G. Fricke & Co's
drugstore. 6
Ai-lttlo lrls Experiencein a LigUt
house.
Mr. and Mrs, Loren Trescott are
Keepers of the Gov. Lighthouse at
Sand Beach Mich, and are blessed
with a daughter, four years. . Last
April she taken down with Measles,
lollowed with dreadful Cough and
turned into a fever. Doctors at
home and at Detroit treated, but in
vain, she grew worse rapidH', until
she was a mere" handful of bones".
Then she tried 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.
J 1. D If jV jT
Always has on hand a full stock of
FLOUR AND FEED,
Corn, Bran, Shorts Oats and Baled
Hay for sale as low as the lowest
and delivered to any part of the
ciry.
CORNER SIXTH AND VINE
Plattsmouth,
Nebraska
V.
H. CUSH1NG,
President,
J. W. Johnson,
Vice-President.
-00OT H EO00-
House Furnishing Emporium.
"T T"J1E1TE yon can get your house furnished from
V V kitchen to pnrlor and at easy tearms. I han
die the world renown Haywood baby carriages, ako
the latest improved Reliable Process Gasoline stove
Call and be convinced. No trouble to show goods.
I. Pearleman
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IPIsiLTTSroITTlT, JSTEB.
OPPOSITE COURT
HOUSE
PLATTSMOUTH
XKBiiASKA
Capital Paid in
$30,000
1
F
F R Guthman. J W Jo tic. son, E S Greusel.
Henry tuKtiiDary, jw w Morgan. J
A Connor. V Wettenkamp, W
H dishing
WILL KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HANI) V.
A general banNing business trans
acted, interest allowed on de-
posites.
NATIONAL : BANK
A Pull and Complete line of
The population of Plattsmouth
Is about 10,000, add we would say
at least "neo-half are troubled with
some etfection on the throat and
lung-s, as those complaints are, ac
cording to staaistics, more numer
ous than others. We would advise
all our readers not to neglect the
opportunity to call on their drug
gist and get a bottle of Kemp's Bal
sam tortile tnroat and lungs. Trial
size free. LargeBottle 50c- and $1.
Sold by all druggist.
pIRST
r
OF PlATTSMODTIi. NEBRASKA
raid up capital $50,000,00
Surplus 10.000.09
Drugs, Medicines, Paints, and Oils.
DRUGGISTS SUNDRIES AND PURE LIQUORS
Itch on human and horses animals
cured in SO minutes by Woolford's
sanitary lotion. This never fails.
Sold F. G. Fricke & Co. druggist,
Plattsmouth.
For 3rears the editor of the Burl
ington Junction, (Mo.) Post, has
been subject to cramp colic fits of in
digestion, which prostrated him for
several hours and unhtted him for
business for two or three days. For
the past year he has been using
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhcea Keined)' whenever occa
sion required, and it has invariably
given him prompt relief. 25 and 20
cent bottles for sale by F. G.
Fricke & Co., druggists.
t the cry best facilities for the protup
transaction of ligitiruate
Hanking Business
Stock, bonds, gold, government and local s
juritiei" bought tmd sold. Deposits receive)
nd interest allowed on the certificateF
uralts drawn, available in anv part of the
United States and all the principal towns ol
surope.
X)I.lFCTIO-8 MADE AKD PROMPT1.T RKM IT-
TED.
Highest market price pia for County Wai-
rants, State ann County bonds.
DIRECTORS
John Fitzgerald D. Hawkswortb
Sain Waugii. F. E. White.
George E. Dovey
fohn Fitzgerald, H. Waugh.
President Cj?Mer.
HENRY BOECK
The Leading
FURNITURE DEALER
AND
Prescriptions Carefuily Compounded ut all Hour.
TRY THE
rT;E:f:a:L:D
Advertising - and - BTfo - Work:
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How's This!
We offer 100 dollars reward for
any case of catarrh that can not be
cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure.
1. J. Cheney & Co. Prons. Toledo.
Ohio,
We the undersigned, have known
F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years,
and belive him pefectly honorable
in all buisness transactions and fin
ancially able to carry out an oblig
ations made by ther firm.
West &1 max. Wholesale Druer-
gist, Toledo Ohio., Waldinar Kin nan
& Tarvin, Wholesale druggist Tole
do Ohio."
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nal', action directl" upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all
Druggist; Testimonials free.
The Missori Pacific will sell round
trip tickets Nay 9 to 11 inclusive, to
Portland, Oregan, the Prest3 terian
general aisembly being held their
May 19 to June 2. Tickets good un
til May 19 and returning .inside 90
daj-s at 1?G0, going via one route and
returHing via another. Apply at
ticket office for particulars.
(JNDERTAKR.
Constantly keeps on hand everythin
you need to furnish your house.
CORNER SIXTH AND MAIN 8TKEET
A. B. KNOT
BUSINESS 3XAAGEi.
501 Cor Fifth and Vine St.
PLATTSMOUTH - NEBRASKA
Plattsmouth
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lexican
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Lumber
Yard
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Specimen Cases.
S. II. Clifford, New Castle. Wis.
was troubled with neuralgia and
rheumatism, his stomach was dis
ordered, his liver wns affected to an
alarming degree, appetite fell awa
and he was terriblv reduced in flesh
and strength. Three bottles oi
Klectric Hitters cured him.
Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg,
111., had a running sore on his leg
of eight years' standing. Used
three bottles of Electric liitters and
seven bottles Bucklen's Arnica
Salve, and his leg is sound and well
John Speaker, Catawba, O., had five
arge fever sores on his leg, doctors
said he whs incurable. One bottl
Electric Bitters and one box Buck
len's Arnica Salve cured him entire
ly. Sold by F. G. Fricke & Co.
THE OLD RELIABLE.
WATEBffl k M
LUMBER
Shingles, Lath, Sash,
Doors, Blinds
Can supply ererw demand of the city.
Call and get terms. Fourth street
in rear of opera hoas.
ixstang
liniment.
A Cure for the Ailments of Man and Beast
A long-tested pain reliever.
Its use is almost universal by the Housewife, the Farmer, the
Stock Raiser, and by erery one requiring aa effective
liniment.
No other application compares with it in efficacy.
This well-known remedy has stood the test of years, almost
generations.
No medicine chest is complete without a bottle of Mustang
Liniment.
Occasions arise for its use almost every day.
All druggists and dealers have it.
