Bravery Rewarded
The following dispatch, dated
Wasington.from the Jloston Ilemld,
concerning a Nebraska girl, is re
printed for what it it worth:
"A decided stimuliiH in likely to
be given to the cultivation of ath
leticH at girls' colleges by an award
decided upon at the treasury de
partment. Representative George J-Yed Wil
liams of MaH.H.-ichiiHetlH appeared
before the board which award
medals for heroism in saving life,
and urged that a medal be given to
Miss IJertie O. Hurr of Nebraska for
rescuing two young ladies from
drowning in the Blue river tiwr
Crete, Neb., last summer.
A number of young ladies were
bathing in the river, when one of
them thiew up her hands and dis
appeared, sinking twice in twenty
feet of water before Miss Hurr
cotdd go to her rescue.
Miss Hurr was the only swimmer
in the party of five tr six, and
plunged boldly into the swift cur
rent, bringing the drowning young
woman sa'ely to shore.
Another young woman waded so
far out in the stream under the ex
citement of the moment that she
was carried olf her feet by the cur
rent, and Miss Hurr swam out again
and brought her safely to shore.
The striking fact about this
double rescue was not only that
Miss Hurr was the only swimmer in
the party, but that she had learned
to swim at Lasell Female Seniinarj
at Auburndale," Mass. The princi
pal of the seminary, Prof. Hragdon,
wrote a strong letter on the subject
to Representative Williams, and
Mr. Williams went to the treasury
department and represented the
case so strongly to the examining
board that it was voted unanimous
ly to grant a medal. The
courageous young woman, if Secre
tary Foster approves the report of
the examining board, will enjoy a
further distinction in the fact that
her medal will be of gold instead of
silver.
Silver medals are granted for dis
plays of heroism, and gold medals
are granted rarely for cases of ex
traordinary daring and endurance.
Miss Hurr did not intend to 50 into
the water at all on the tiny of the
rescue because she was not feeling
in the best of spirits; but when she
saw the danger of her companions
she took no account of her own
feelings, but recalling her training
at Lasell, plunged bravely into the
stream.
The treasury officials regard it as
one of the most striking cases of
courage and self-possession which
has been brougnt to their attention,
and as, perhaps, more remarkable,
though not more creditable, in be
ing displayed by a carefully edu
cated society girl rather than by a
fisherman's daughter or some one
accustomed to such risks."
Manager Miller has secured the
' Ilaj'dena of Omaha for a game of
ball Sunday. The Ifa3'dens are the
strongest team in Omaha and a
lgood game can be expected.
Tlio 1 T-ti t Yfitir4li rf 1 nlv w 1 1
mittees met last nierht at the coun
cil chamber and settled up all
bills. The report of the committee
awill be found in another column.
I R. Sawyer of South Hend won
the prize offered by Klein, the
clothier of IMattsmouth, for the
largest number of words wrttten on
a postal card. I,ew was the winner
with l.GM words. It was a wonder-
Jul feat and the suit of clothes was
well earned. U eeping w ater j,agie.
The egg race for girls was partic-
. . r .... a.
pa ted in by almost a uozen 01 sweet
lines. Miss Humphrey of Nehawka
S T 4 vi-.f -,tti li.v ttrffT i tl
Clllll IU H" - J-.
rood order, three others followed
:lose after her, the balance dropped
.heir fruit on the way. Weeping
A'ater Eagle.
1 A little son of George Woods was
Severely bitten by a dog last sun
lay. The doctors think 110 serious
famage will result from the bite,
i-Weeping Water Eagle.
Until last night it has never been
)nown that Plattsmouth had any
".rofessional foot racers. Last night
j crowd went to the ball park to wit
jess a race between Wm. dishing
md Guy Livingston. The stakes
Vere a box often cent cigars and the
pinner to pay the hack hire. After
Jrriving at the park the ground was
ensured and the word given to go.
he two runners came down the
ack at a terrific pace with dishing
j bout ten ieet aiieiiu j mo
-l,r,and when near the goal Cushing
tepped into a hole and fell. The
'iidges declared the race had to be
jui over, but tins time wtH-K"""
ime tinder the wire only a few feet
head. Another match was ar
'inged between John Tighe aud
jim Shnmaker, the sheriff winning
fay while on his way to church,
he brute was owned by parties
ving on the south side and should
e made to bite the dust for his
Report of Finance Committee.
The following is the amount ex
pended for the Fourth of July celebration:
Max Meyer A: "i, lire works $ !i7 13
Kreijtlit ami mrliiKe 75
Telephone M I fc Co) 23
ICxi liutie on ilr.ift 15
Ciillom Itsitnl, iimsic 45 00
I'optuKC on bill 81
Chorus, ! MrsClnpp , 15 00
S M Chapman, Kroumln 30 00
Cash prize to Careen. Iiunlle race.... .. 2 00
Will ( Mini, 2 prize wheelhnrrow race 100
Vouuht man anil fliiiijnil prize hack
rare ." "00
r,il 1im1i.2ii1 prize hurdle rire - 1 00
'iciryc I'oi-all ha tilinx lourouiiilH... 7 )
II C McMaketi, lal,r 8 to
ne pi. 4 C I
(J Wainscott, lt prize putting shot. . 2 00
Sam I'attersou,2iil prize same 1 00
Amly .N'eiily, li.iiilinu liaml from le-
Mt to uroiinils 1 f'j
Win Merold A Son, loyarils hunting 2 ho
Oerititf Acl'o, Mdiiz flaw 12 10
Ilemlee, hard ware 1 2j
J C Cummin A Son, :C ami hauling
lumber. hat 12 10
l'rel f iimih, t wo meiilH to lanl f'l
Clan Krekenliehl, hardware .... I IB
Jee L Root, l t-H.-aker:exH-nes.. 7 00
TlIK IlKKAI.I), programs 5 60
Ivveninvc -News, printing I 50
Journal, print inj; ." ti 50
Kl Fitzgerald, hack hire, speaker
an1 chorus ' Z)
IVichey Itros, IiiihImt, lire works
stand 1 00
CjisIi paid Sam A rcher hauling Iiim-
Ikt for fireworks stand 50
Cart wrijiht.carK-nter work, alout... I Ml
Telephone hill, ilxiut 3 Oo
M Anderson, hauling pole to and
from grounds 50
Total amount experulel $2!'l 12
Total amount collected .;7'J 13
Trtal amount delTciency $12 27
About If 15 is j-et to be collected on
subscriptions.
A. SlIlPMAX, Chairman.
A. J. Graves, Sec.
Ed. A. Oliver, Treas.
PERSONAL.
Wm. Holly had business in Oma
ha to-dji3".
J. V. Egenberger, Jr., had busi
ness in Omaha to-day.
Mrs. Dr. W. A. Humphrey arrived
home from Chicago this morning.
Mrs. F. E. White and Miss Amelia
Yallery were Omaha visitors to-day.
Dr. Dan Golding and Levi Gold
ing went up to Omaha to-daj' on
business.
Miss Kniss, sister of William
Kniss, departed Ihis morning for
Harlan, la.
Mrs. J. S. Mathews and daughter,
Miss Luella, were passengers for
Omaha Ihis morning.
Miss Aldera Clark, one of the
High school teachers, left jresterday
for Salem, Iowa, where she will visit
with friends.
Klmer Rouse of Elmwood, who
has been visiting with J.S. Mathews
and family, will return home this
evening.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Howard of Weep
ing Water returned home this morn
ing, after a short visit with Timothy
Clark and family.
Mrs. Jennie Moore and children,
who have been visiting at the resi
dence of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Dabb, departed this morning for
Reynolds, Neb., for a short visit be
fore going to her home at Kansas
Cit
ACCIDENT INSURANCE,
T. II. Pollock, Agent.
Go to F. A. Rickerson for good,
cool lemonade.
The Epworth League will hold its
regular monthly meeting at the res
idence of A. H. Knotts this evening.
All members are requested to be
persent.
F. A. Rickerson. on Main street
will be glad to furnish you with
candies, pop corn, lemonade, etc.
N.E. C Meeetingr, Saratoga. N. Y.
The provision requiring passen
gers tn deposit tickets with the joint
agent at terminal lines at Saratoga
has been cancelled. Tickets will be
honored for return from Saratoga
or from any intermediate point, any
time up to Sep. 15. It is not neces
sary to go to Saratoga to have the
tickets executed for return.
J. Francis,
Gen. Pas. Agt.
Pursuing: a Truant Son.
The Nebraska City correspondent
of the Lincoln Journal says: "Three
weeks ago Henry, the fourteen-year-old
son of Thomas Miller of IMatts
mouth, ran away from home. Yes
terday Mr. MiJler located him in
this cit3' and came here to claim
him. He arrived just one day late,
the boy having left for Clarinda,
la., Tuesda3". Mr. Miller followed
and is particularly anxious to find
the boy, as his mother is seriously
ill.
Allow me to add my tribute to th
efficacy of Ely's Cream Halm. I was
e
Pri-:i tli It.-il 111. I v:iS
suffering from a severe attack of in
iluenza and catarrh and was induced
to try your remedy. The result was
marvelous. I could hardly articu
late, and in less than twenty-four
hours the catarrhal symptoms and
my hoarseness disappeared and I
wag able to sing a heavy role in
Grand Opera with voice unimpared.
I strongly recommend it to all sing
ers. Wm. H. Hamilton, leading
basso of the C. D. Hess Grand Opera
Co.
Captain Iavi Silver.
Lveij'Kxly who took a trip on the
Missouri a dozen or twenty years ago
rememhers Captain Dave Silver, ono of
the handsomest men that ever guided
the detstnues of thouold timers. Cap
tain Silver is still alive he is some
where in the-fiouth, I think. But wher
ever he is, he ia still the courtly, stately
figure that used to stand forward and
bow tthe passengers leaving the boat
at Jefferson City, fct. Joe, Omaha or
Kansas City Westport Landing it was
then. .They alL knew young, handsome
fx . nil . i 7 i t j i
wave ouver tney an niceu to rme on
his boat. It was the Lucas, I think, one
of the fastest that ever rode the river.
She wore the champion's deer horns on
the pilot house for years.
It was hard on Captain Silver for all
of the floating palaces to pass out of the
river forever, but he had another mis
fortune. He had a brother. How he
lovwilhim! They were inseparable. One
day they were standing near the rail of
a big boat just as she was pushing off.
The brother leaned forward a bit, the
rail broke, and before Captain Dave
could catch him the man had fallen into
the water. The lioat swung around at
that instant and ioor Silver was dragged
under the wheel.
"It's Joe!" gasped Captain Dave. That
was all he said. He had seen his broth
er go under the vicious paddles, and he
fell into a partial faint. That was one
of the reasons that this tall, handsome
man, with the elegant manner and gray
hair and beard, left the Missouri for the
low banked streams of the far south.
Detroit Free Press.
Auroras Forty Miles High.
The scientists of the Royal Danish
academy have made public the results
of some interesting experiments, which
were conducted for the sole purpose of
ascertaining the exact, or at any rate
the approximate, height of the aurora
borealis. At Godthaab M: Adam Paul
sen, with two theodolites situated only
four miles apart, found that the height
of different auroral displays varied from
one to forty miles! Near Cape Fare
well, with a base line of three-fourths
of a mile in length, the best calcula
tions obtainable placed different aurora?
at from one to ten miles in height; at
Spitzbergen it was shown that they
range from a height of one-third of a
mile to eighteen miles.
In this case it will not prove uninter
esting to mention some of the remark
ble opinions entertained by the early ex
perimenters in this line. Flogel esti
mated the height of the various aurora,
observed by him at from 90 to 310 miles
above the earth; Reimann found that
one observed by him was at least 500
miles high, and Nordenskjold's earliei
deductions gave such phenomena an av
erage height of 123 miles. Then Leeni
strome came forward with the announce
ment that he had taken notes and ob
servations on an auroral display that
was not separated from the earth by
more than 1,000 feet, while Hildebrand
son concurred to the extent of declaring
that many of the displays were below
the clouds. St. Louis Republic.
Dr. Mackenzie's Kindness.
Here is a story about Sir Morell Mac
kenzie which gives a typical instance of
his kindness to nonpaying patients.
A wretched girl tried to commit sui
cide by drinking carbolic acid. She in
jured her throat fearfully, and in hospi
tal came under the notice of Sir Moreli
for a few weeks. She lingered on ( being
mortally injured) for fifteen months,
and when lying dying in her miserable
home longed and longed to see her doc
tor' again. At last, persuaded by her
entreaties, I said I would go to Harley
street and ask him if he would visit her,
though I could not reasonably hope for
anjr success.
"Can I help her?" he asked.
"Not physically, but it would give her
untold comfort."
"All right, I'll go," and go he did that
very evening, and, at the farthest verge
of an east end slum, sat by the girl,
suggested one or two simple alleviations,
called her "my dear," and left her with
two sovereigns squeezed up in her hand.
She died next day, but she had seen
"her doctor." London Tit-Bits.
Appearances Are Deceptive.
He looked every inch the hog, but he
wasn't.
He sat inside a Cottage Grove avenue
car, while two women and a man stood
just in front of him. One woman held
on to a strap, while the other wabbled
about in a manner very disconcerting to
a man who was sitting.
Glancing up uneasily he discovered
the cause. The man who was standing
was grasping two straps in one hand.
The man who was sitting may have
resembled the street car hog, but, as we
have said, he wasn't, not by a long shot.
Reaching up, he touched the man on
the shoulder.
"I beg pardon, but won't you let this
lady have one of those straps?"
Then he drew his pet corn from under
the 6eat and resigned himself to his
paier. Chicago News Record.
A Growing Industry.
Inventive ingenuity of the highest
order is constantly at work to discover
uses for paper, while the manufacturer
and the inventor of papermaking ma
chinery are straining every energy to
improve the quality of the product, to
cheapen production or to provide special
grades for new uses. Judging from the
still undiminished flood of inventions, it
would appear that the industry is yet in
its infancy as compared with the influ
ence it is destined to exert on the com
fort, intelligence and advancement of
the human race. Engineering Maga
zine. A Word for the Plagiarist.
The Ttbi-nrrist. thousrh an example of
misdirected effort, may serve to illus-
tr:it how iz-oodcan result from evil, lie
frtn -oiifrs a benefit bv discover
ing some bit of wit or beauty that nearly '
vprvimdv else has forirotten. lhe pia- .
giarist who attracts attention must '
needs be a man or tonsnieraoie literary
discrimination. Miles Ryan in Kat-5
Field's Washington.
DR. A. SHIFTMAN,
Office: 318 Main Street, Oppo- ,
site Court House.
MAKES A SPECIALTY OF FITTING
SPECTACLES AND EYE-GLASSES
in a scientific manner and fur
nishes the iinest of periscopic
lenses in either gold, silver,
nickle, steel, zynolite
or rubber frames.
Will test your eyes free.
ARTIFICIAL EYES INSERTED
on reasonable terms.
Hours: 9 a. m. to 4 p. in.- Ladies, 2
to 4 p. in. "
Secretary Raudenbush received, a
letter from Perkins, president of the
International Cifrarmakers' union,
which upholds the action of three
members of the union and orders
those who went back to work to
walk out. Secretary Raudenbush
said the men would be ordered out
to-day.
Eastern Cities and Pleasure Resorts;'
are best reached by the Burlington
route.
The improved train service now
in effect brings Omaha within 40
hours, and Denver within 53 hours,
of New York, Boston or Philadel
phia. The numerous conventions
to be held in New York, Saratoga,
Detroit and other eastern cities dur
ing the coming summer to which
reduced rates will apply offer
splendid opportunities of visiting
the east at an almost nominal cost.
The local agent of the B. & M. R.
R. will be glad to give you further
informatian.
For Sale At a bargain two
acres of land within the corpora
tion. Apply to
R. B. Windham.
A new suit was filed to-day with
the clerk of the district court,
wherein E. G. Dovey & Son have
commenced action against the city
for damages to the amount of f 1,100.
Admitted the Facta.
Newspaper editors have to be very
careful in opening their columns
for statements. But aware that the
Dr. Miles Medical Co. are responsi
ble, we make room for the following
testimonial from R. McDougall, Au
burn, Ind., who for two years noticed
a stoppage or skipping of the pulse,
his left side got so tender he could
not lie on it, his heart fluttered, he
was alarmed, went to different doc
tors, found no relief, but one bottle
of Dr. Miles' New Heart Cure cured
him. The elegant book, "New and
Startling Facts," free at F. G. Fricke
& Co. It tells all about heart and
nervous diseases and many wonder
ful curss. 3-
PRIZES AWARDED.
Joe Klein, the Popular Clothier,
Distributes Prizes in the
Postal Card Contest.
The lol lowing prizes were given in the
postal card contest: v v" "
First prize, a nice spring suit, L. R.
Sawyer, South Bend, 7,G9C words.
Second prize, a leather satchel, II. C.
Schmidt, Plattsmouth, 6,087 words.
Third prize, two nice shirts, C. A. Kin
namon, Plattsmouth, 5,66C words.
Look out lor new ad.
B. A. McELWAIN
Carries an Elegant Stock
. . of
Jewelry,
. Silverware,
Watches and
Clocks.
Everything kept that goes
to constitute a first-class
jewely store is kept in . his
stock. Repairing- done by
first-class workmen and sat
isfaction guaranteed or mon
ey refunded.
B. A. McELWAIN,
First door south of
Post Office,
Plattsmouth,
Neb.
,gllflRtflllD7ff
.These tiny Capsules are superior
Cubebs 5 and Injections;
They care in 4Q hours the
same diseases without anyincoBr
venience. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTCi
For Sale Two desirable resi
dence lots in Orchard Hill addition
to Plattsmouth, within a block of
the Missouri Pacific depot. For
particulars call on or address The
Herald office.
EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE
CO., OF N, Y.
T. H. Pollock, Agent,
TWTtoM Turing Boma! Tiitoa will to M to T& thla
print at a distance of U inches from th eye with tnm aaa
comfort; alto will be able to read it with each ere leparatalj.
If nnabletodo so your eyes are defective ana eboald hT0
immediate attention. When the eyea become tired from read
ing or sewinjr. or if the letten look blnrred and ran tonther,
it ia a rare indication that glance are needed. The leaaea
old in the cheap good are of nneqnal density and have)
imperfectly formed (orfaeea. Continued nee of theee poorer
lean will remit in positive injury from theeonitant strain,
upon the muscle! of accommodation to supply tbe deieetn if)
fee glass."
Dr. Shipman will test your eyes free and
fit vou with perfect lenses in koM, silver,
steel, zynolite or rubtier frames.
The Place to Buy
Hardware
IS. AT
C. BREKENFELD'S
WHERE YOU WILL FIND
STOVES,
RANGES,
TINWARE,
GARDEN TOOLS
GASOLINE
STOVES,
BUILDERS
HARDWARE,
PAD-LOCKS,
DOOR-LOCKS,
LADIES' PEN
KNIVES, ETC.
o
o
o
NEW PROCESS
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GASOLINE STOVE
I wish to specially recommend,
It is absolutely safe.
GOODS SOLD ON THE INSTALL
ment plan as cheap as for cash,
on easy monthly payments. Come
in and examine my anti-rust tin
ware which is warranted not to rust
for one year. If at any time you
want anything new that we do not
happen to have in stock we can get
it for you on two days' notice.
C BKEKEHFEIsD,
42 1 Maln-St , Plattsmouth
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