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T.?E LARGEST CIRCULATION
Of any Cass County Paper.
Managing a government with a
surplus may be difficult, but it cannot
approach managine a government on
ft deficit. President Cleveland's first
and second administrations have
given him experience with both sys
tems and it is safe to say tbat deficit
financiering is not his preference.
Bee.
TllK cheap dollar editors are com
forting themselves hugely now with
the alleged '"feud" between Major
McKinley and Tom Reed. Their joy
reminds one of that of the boy who
was taken to see his grandfather's
grave in place of going to the circus.
Ex.
The latest news from Cuba shows
the insurgents winning great victor
ies. This is good news to Americans,
who live in hopes that they may keep
up the fight until after March 4, when
Uncle Sam will no doubt lend them
his moral influence with a few Spring
field rifles thrown in as evidence of
good faith.
Ex-Secketauy of the Treasury
J. W. Foster talks like a man of
sense. lie says the Dingley tariff bill
will not do, and points out plenty of
good reasons why it won't. He then
endorses a new tariff bill very similar
to the McKinley law, which ought to
pass after March 4 at the special ses
sion which the president will have to
call.
Tiie Elmwood elevator case, where
In the Farmers' Alliance demanded
ground for the orection of an elevator
on the M. P. railway, Las been de
cided adversely to the Alliance by the
supreme court of the United States
The case was decided against the rail
road by the state board of transporta
tion and by the supreme court of Ne
braska, but the court of last resort
seems to have taken a different view
of the matter.
Tiie Virginia board of canvassers,
having denied the validity of a repub
lican representative's election because
his name was spelled in two different
ways in the returns, find itself
also obliged to deny the validity of
a Bryan elector's majority for the
same reason. Consequently, McKin
ley will have one elector from Vir
ginia to offset the one he lost in Ken
tuckey, and his total electoral vote is
raised to 273. Buffalo Express.
A French writer in the New York
Journal tries to frighten our people
over what a war with Spain would
mean- Mr. Frenchy seems to think
that Uncle Sam would be kidnapped
and carried out of the country on
short notice, while Spanish Grandees
with their gun boats would have no
trouble in capturing New York City,
root and branch. Such articles make
very sensational reading when the
writer haj a good active imagination,
but shorn of its imagery there L
nothing left. Spain could not main
tain a war against this country two
weeks not if the newspaper Colonels
were allowed to take a hand in the
carnage.
Senator Thurston was forced to
leave for Washingtoa on account of
the hoard of applicants who refused
to let him rest. It is said that some
would come with their dinner and
camp right out in front of Thurston's
door and remain there until they had
a chance to explain how they had
saved the country and how much the
republican party was indebted to them
personally and individually for the
wonderful services they had. ren
dered. The talk about the quiet pre
cincts of a man's home did not appl.i
in this case as Senator Thurston's
home was beseiged at all hours by the
hungry applicants. If Major McKin
ley will extend the civil service to
cover the rest of the offices that have
been left out he will do the public
great good.
There is a diversity of opinion
bout the Cuban matter. Senator
Fry of Maine is for war with a double
"R," and shows a disposition to wipe
Spain off the face of the earth with
out delay. While there are others,
especially down along New York, who
seem to have great dread of the
Spanish iron-clads. The New Yorkers
say in case we had a tilt with Spain
they would . be the only sufferers,
which is probably true. We believe,
however, that Cuban independence
should be recognized at any cost. The
frowning face of a. Spanish man of
war should not be allowed to frigh
ten Uncle Sam out of performing a
just and merciful act There was a
time when this country was in the
throes of a great conflict, and when
France and Russia acknowledged our
dependence, giving renewed hope
to the struggling continental army.
It was of great benefit to our people,
and we know from experience what
it was worth. Cuba being similarily
situated should have the same sort of
help and have it promptly. We shall
be disappointed in Major McKinley
if he does not show a helping hand
to the Struggling Cubans. .
OUR NATIONAL DEBT.
The Pall Mall Gazette gives the na
tional debt of the leading countries of
the world in 1875 and 1895. The fig
ures are given in millions of pounds
and is told at a glance in the follow
ing table:
1875
Estimated.
..tf00.UUO,UUU
.. 780.OUU,0OO
.. SIO.OUO.OUO
... 3yO,0U0,tM)
... 440.UUO.UUO
If 95.
Estimated.
1.200,000.000
bfiO.OUO.UOO
575.0O0.tiOJ
5O5.0U0.000
3:.0UO,0U0
27H.UOO.UIO
61,O.OOU
240.UUO.OOO
l0.0OJ.O00
153.0UO.OOO
17.000,000
HH.UUU.OUO
10tt.OOU.000
France...
Great Britain..
Russia
Italy
United States.
Spain
Austria-Hungary
375.000.000
ii"i0,U00,"00
Uermany
2(i0,UI 0.U0O
Australasi 4,WiO.0uo
Turkey las.UiO.UoO
Portugal 6t.ow.0ti0
India.. 130.0,,ouo
Urazi tf4.000.000
Leupt "."..". 75,l0J,0UO
Totals 4.324.000,000 J:5,172,OJO,000
While a majority of the countries
increased their debts, that of the
United States was decreased in the 20
years by more than $500,0u0,000. It
would have been decreased yet more
had it not been for the change in gov
ernmental policy in 1892 by which a
"tariff reform" president and congress
were elected with the natural result
that the revenues decreased and the
country had to borrow money to pay
running expenses, uuring me lour
years of the Harrison administration
more than $50,000,000 of this debt
was paid, aDd it will again be de
creased rapidly during the McKinley
administration when a proper tariff
law is again on the statute books.
If Kansas wanted to do something
real nice it would shelve Peffer and
send Mrs. Lease to the senate.
JUST as we expected, last year when
Nebraska was a republican state our
base ball team defeated Iowa with
ease, jnow tne state nas gone wrong-,
and Iowa comes over and licks the
Nebraska University team to a finish.
ONE of the headlines in the dailies
announces tbat "Bryan is cool." Of
course he's cool. A man who is caught
out rin a vertiable blizzard, buried
under a snowstorm of American bal
lots, is apt to be cooL Ex.
The secret of how to end the Cuban
war is out. An exchange gives it
away by suggesting Mark Hanna to
take the place of General Weyler. We
can prove the correctness of this
statement by reference to any of the
popocrats who realize that Mark is in
vincible. The Omaha papers have alreadj
begun the biennial charter discussion.
From this date on the editorial col
umns of the two papers may bo ex
pected to contain little else than talk
about charters. It is a great pity Om
aha can't have a separate charter for
each individual, so as to quell this
continuous row.
"Another man gone wrong" should
bo written on the tomb-stone of John
Bixby he having last week started a
populist paper at Albion. The fel
low who starts a newspaper these
times is liable to die with his boots on.
We never met Colonel Bixby, but his
exhibition of nerve, even at this dis
tance, seems sublime.
Mr. Bayard, our minister to Eng
land is being lionized in great style
by the Britishers just now, who are
raising money to make him a costly
present. It may be all right, but the
average American has not discovered
any act of Mr. Bayard's to be p:-oud
of. He has been too un-American
to suit most people in this country.
Ninety-two cities in which Bryan
made speeches during the campaign
gave Cleveland a plurality of 155,705
lour years ago, says an exchange.. At
tbe recent election these same cities
gave McKinley a plurality of 450,052.
This is a republican gdn of 605.837
almost as great as Grant's complete
plurality over Greeley in 1872. And
Yet Mr. Bryan is fctill speaking.
Another Nehraskan orator, Will
Gurley of Omaha, won laurels in Chi
cago this week as an orator. It seems
Nebraska must be a sort of oratorical
kindergarten, the way she captures
the country with her representatives.
H. 1. Estabrook won fame as an ora
tor ana miiy urvan is counted a
heavyweight in that line, while John
M. Thurston and Will Gurley continue
to add to the reputation of the slate
Several, democratic statesmen who
cannot get over their free trade no
tion are aiding public sentiment in fa
vor of taxing beer. This is awful !
The idea of the democrats taxing beer
is too much for the plain, common
people to comprenend. II it was an
additional tax on bread, or some 6ucn
luxury as that, little would be said
about it, but to tax a common demo
cratic necessity like beer is some
the American people of that faith will
not stand.
TnE great Burlington, with its lib
eral management, wbich always keeps
in touch with the people, has again
scored a great point in its favor by
subscribing $30,000 to the trans-Mississippi
exhibition, and giving notice
at the same time of the erection of a
fine depot on their grounds in Omaha.
The Burlington is the first railroad to
subscribe anything and the liberal
sum donated by that company means
that similiar soms must follow, which
will inaugurate a great boom for the
coming exposition.
oisjuatuu rEtiGK oi jvansas is
credited with being tbe thoroughest
reformer who ever set out to save the
crountry. In addition to drawing a
salary of $5,000 a year for himself,
he succeeded in getting each member
of his family into a good government
office with a liberal salary attachment
and the result is that the Peffers are
now very eweil people. It is said that
tney dress o swell tbat me umer
populists have grown jealous, and
that Mr. Peffer will have a very diffi
cult time of it this winter in securing
his re-election to the senate.
The Nebraska legislature will meet
in January and one of its first duties
snould be to repeal the infamous pa
role act, wbich enables the authorities
at the penitentiary to practically dis
charge the worst sort ol criminals
if they have plenty of money or any
sort of a "stand in" with the authori
ties. There are men today in citizen's
attire scattered over the state whose
sentences in the penitentiary have not
expired, but who are thrown out un
der this parole law. There is little
use in having com ts and juries for the
conviction of criminals if such convic
tion is to be treated as a farce by the
prison authorities. Another law that
needs straightening out in regard to
the penitentiary, is turning loose a
certain number of convicts on every
fourth day of July. This measure was
born of a sickly sentimetalism which
should have no place on the statute
book. We hone our legislators will
take notice of this matter and prompt
ly tepeal these two acts.
INFORMATION AND OPINIONS.
Our old friend Jake Berge.who used
to teach school near town, was ap
poiuted treasurer ot tied YViliow
county iM on a ay to nil tne piace maue
vacant by the resignation of Treasurer-elect
Meserve. Jake has been
the "poopiest" sort of a pop for sev
eral years and we are glad to see him
at last reaping: some reward for his
faithful preaching of untenable doc
trines that must have left a bud taste
in his mouth most of the time.
Iho caucus among the stato officers
elect as to who should share the
deputyships and other good things at
ielr disposal, according to the State
Journal, were unable to get together
Inst evening and seem to have had a
fall out among themselves. The pie
counter has alwavs created much
trouble and we fear our pop friends
may not be able to steer clear of this
daatrcous snag.
A correspondent of a Canadian mag
azine writes: "Permit me to call at
tention to the deleterious effect of the
electric light on trees. In front of my
house, all the trees that are within
fifty or sixty feet of the big arc lights
lose their leaves and show many dead
branches. One tree within fifteen
feet of one of those lights is nearly
stripped to the lowest branches, and
is dry and dead (it is a maple. ) A tall
elm about thirty feet away is fast los
ing the leaves from the long pendant
branches, and a butternut in front of
my window is fast going the same way.
To test this point I have taken walks
of about twenty miles in extent
through the city streets, with the
same results everywhere, so I am con
vinced that the electric light is hurt
ful to most trees. They can't sleep
with those big glaring electric eyes
shining from 8 p. m. to 3 a. m. or
thereabouts. I believe there is also a
chemical ' action from these lights.
The trees cannot live in almost eter
nal day they, like human or animal
life of any kind, want rest. It is only
near these lights the decay is so
marked. Have any of your corres
poondents noticed this V I would lik
to know. Maples, butternuts and
elms seems to suffer most. Willows
and horse chestnuts do not seem to be
affected, nor the lilacs the cotton
wood does not seem to be feel it at all."
It. S. Bibb informs us that ho will
contest the election of Holcorab,under
the firm conviction that tho latter
was not honestly elected. He is now
preparing a document giving nine
reasons why he should be inaugurated
instead of Holcomb, and if they are
not considered sufficient he will
cheerfully furnish nine more, or as
many as may be considered necessary.
Beatrice Express.
District court will convene next
Monday unless Judge Ramsey is de
layed. The docket contains a long
list of civil cases, but the criminal
docket is comparatively light, con
taining only four or five cases. They
are mean, petty cases to try, however,
and will give the county attorney
plenty of work. Nebraska City News.
The customary predictions for an
ice famine have not been heard so far
this wintor.
Norfolk must be a real sweet place
to live in, their sugar factory having
turned out 15,000 barrels of white
granulated sugar up to the present
time, and the good work goes merrily
on.
When chickens are stolen at Lin
coln they are always valued at $5
each. Everything is always high at
that place, but the present value of
common barnyard fowls at $5 each is
a little out of the usual lino. At that
rate eggs will soon bo a dollar each.
These prices are probably being raised
so tbat wben tne legislature meets
the members thereof will not squeal
so loud when they are "touched" for a
ten or twenty dollar william. Great
minds, those at Lincoln, when a dol
lar is in sight, even if it is a raeasely,
stinking, old fifty-three cent silver
dollars." Nebraska City News.
n.a ureenneia's union ledger was
delayed last week and the delay was
attributed to the editor eating too
much turkey on Thanksgiving, but
the following explanation, which ap
peared in the local column, proves this
theory to be untrue: "It's a girl which
arrived on Wednesday morning, No
vember 25, I89G. She is of standard
weight avoirdupois, and will iurmsn
the Ledeer man employment during
these long winter nights."
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Schuyler has the "bulliest" news-
paper man in the state. His name is
Bulla.
The Milwaukee semi-centennial ex
position is to be abandoned, ostensibly
for lack of funds. The real reason,
however, is that nothing can success
fully compete with the greatst show
on earth, which is to be held in Oma
ha in 1898. Bee.
Argentina Ant.
A common way of destroying the nts
in Argentina is by means of a small
metal cylindrical furnace half filled
with any kind of dry, inflammable rub
aish, and in the top a pan suspended
containing flowers of sulphur. When
.ighted, a lid is screwed down over
this, so tbat the smoke can only issue
from a bent metal tube, which conducts
it to the ant hole. A pair of bellows,
worked by a handle, is attached to the
lower part of the furnace, thus making
the fire burn and forcing the sulphurous
smoke along the ant passages. Tha
whole apparatus is suspended on wheels
and can thereby be conveniently moved
from part to part of the quints. With
this instrument snch volumes of suffo
cating smoke can soon be produced that
it will often be issuing thickly from
holes 200 or 300 yards distant. So you
may imagine tho ants have a somewhat
lively time of it or, perhaps, rather, a
deadly one.
In spite, however, of waging war
against them they multiply so rapidly
that it is only where the gardeners fight
them very energetically that they can
be kept down, and the amount of dam
age they do is often appalling. When
up country, on the border of the Grand
Chaco, where, of course, these insects
work their own sweet will, the writer
once discovered a deserted wooden hut
Incautiously leaning against the struc
ture, ho was surprised to see the whole
of it collapse. Bnt on examination he
found the reason tf be that every por
tion of the woodwork had been perfor
ated and undermined by the ants, and
only required n very slight touch to
crumble into ruins. The inroads of tle
ants had probably been the cause of
abandoning the hut Temple Bar.
Carlyle Reproved.
An amusing and characteristic anec
dote of Thomas Carlyle is given in Mrs.
Ross "Early Days Recalled." Mrs.
Ross, the daughter of Sir Alexander
and Lady Duff Gordon, enjoyed from
her earliest years the privilege of meet
ing many distinguished persons under
delightful conditions. Her mother's
beauty and wit, as well as her father's
social and official rank, attracted men
and women eminent in art, letters and
politics to their home. The only visitor
whom little Janet cordially disliked
was Mr. Thomas Carlyle. She says :
One afternoon my mother had a dis
cussion with him on German literature.
Her extraordinary eloquence and fire
prevailing, Carlyle lost his temper and
burst forth in his Scotch tongue,
"You're just a windbag, Lucie; you're
just a windbag!" jac
I had been listening with all my ears,
and, conceiving him to be very rude,
interrupted him by saying, "My papa
always says men should be civil to wom
en. for which pert remarK l cot a
scolding from my mother, but Mr. Car
Ivle was not offended, and, turning to
her observed, "Lucie, tbat child of
yours has an eye for an inference."
Bogus Diamonds.
Some curious stories can be tolr?
about the thousands of false diamond,
sold yearly in London. As a working
goldsmith I have seen a good deal of the
trade in imitation stones. People of all
ranks buy them. A nobleman is in im
mediate want of cash and must find it
somewhere. He will perhaps turn to
his family diamonds. Possibly 10,000
conld be raised upon them. He takes
the jewelry off to the false diamond
provider, has the real stones removed
and the false ones put in and deposits
the actual gems with some one as a se
curity for a loan. No one is a bit tbe
wiser. His wife appears in her jewels
just the same as usual. If she didn't.
her husband would be made bankrupt
by his creditors the next week. A large
amount of business is done in this way,
and you may depend upon it that the
false diamond merchant has many a
chuckle when ho reads in his paper
about Lady So-and-so's "magnificent
diamond bracelet" and the Countess
Bareacre's "superb tiara. " Ashton Re
porter.
A Story of Crisp.
Here is a little story of tho late
Charles Frederick Crisp: In one of the
counties of his district there was a lit
tie weekly newspaper to which he faith
fully subscribed. When he would come
home from Washington, he always
sought the editor and demanded to
know if his subscription had not ex
pired. On ono of these occasions, meet
ing with the editor, he handed him a
$5 bill, saying:
l nave missed three issues or my
paper, and I am sure I must be in ar
rears. Take that and call it square."
"But," said the editor, "the paper is
only $1 a year, and your subscription
won t be out until January."
"That's all right," replied Crisp,
"but you keep the money. " And then
in a whisper, "I never saw an editor
yet that didn't need it " Atlanta Con
stitution.
What the San Conld Do.
The astronomers have been figuring
on the amount of heat and light that
our sun is constantly emitting. It is
Bhown by this wonderful table of fig
ures that our earth constantly rocoives
as much sunshine as would illuminate
50,000.000 square miles of flat surface.
Even this vast quantity is as nothing.
lor, or course, our earth only receives
that which happens to fall on the side
next to the sun. If there were
2,380,000,000 worlds strung around the
Dnn . -i itrr --... 1 W . .
ouu, iutj uum iuiui a Bueu ol a
Bphere, with the sun in the center, and
each would receive daily and hourly
the same amount of sunshine that we
enjoy. St Louis Republic
A Toothless Emperor.
Jaroslaf I of Russia had no teeth.
having lost these valuable adjuncts to
happiness by a blow from a Turkish
mace. An English traveler in his coun
try says it was commonly reported that
the king's chewing was done by the
queen, who masticated all the royal
food and transferred it from he mouth
to his majesty's with a spoon.
A Stndent's Joke.
J. E. Dodson is an Englishman.
"When I was at school at Harrow," ho
aid to a reporter, "Campanini, then in
the height of his fame as a tenor, sang
for the first time in the city in Italian
opera. If I mistake not, it was 'Trova
tore.' At the end of Campanini's great
aria in the third act there was a storm
of applause. All the front seats in the
balcony were occupied by students, and
It was noticed that an almost invisible
wire was strung from the middle point
in the gallery horseshoe to the top of
the prompter's box at the middle of the
stage. What caused most people to no
tice the wire was the sudden appearance
on it of a floral car of huge dimensions,
over which hovered on spirals several
stuffed doves. This car rode gradually
down along the wire until it was in full
view of everybody. Campanini's face
was wreathed in smiles. He bowed now
with his right and again with his left
hand on his chest As tbe car approach,
ed the prompter's box the singer moved
forward to remove it from its trolley.
Then was the keen zest of the occasion.
Not only was there one wire there were
two. The second was attached to tne
car, and also to the hand of a particu
larly stalwart undergraduate. With
marvelous rapidity tbe car shot back to
the balcony. The smiles, I may add,
did not tarry on Campanini's face."--
Boston Transcript
A Fatal Omelet.
Ignorance of cooking is not often the
direct cause of a man's death, but such
an instance is related by Miss Edith
Lichel in a recent volume entitled,
"The Story of Two Salons." In the
time of the French revolntion one M.
Condorcet, upon whose head as an aris
tocrat a price was set, sought refuge
with a friend, M. Suard, who bade him
return at nightfall, when means of es
cape would be provided.
Unhappily Condorcet, being unable
to exist without tobacco, went into a
tavern to buy some. Still prostrate from
fatigue, he thought he would take ad
vantage of this opportunity to get some
dinner and ordered an omelet
"How many eggs do you wish to be
used?" inquired the landlord, who bad
been eying him suspiciously. The inno
cent Condorcet was at his wits' end. He
reflected on the size of tbe ordinary
omelet.
"Twelve," he boldly replied. '
His fate was sealed. None bnt an
aristocrat could be so ignorant or so ex
travagant He was arrested and led
away to prison, from which he never
emerged.
Entirely Different.
"Is not my performance different
from that of any other actor?" asked
the inflated Thespian at the stage door
of the Detroit Opera House.
"It is indeed."
"Is not my conception entirely origi
nal and different from all others?"
"No doubt about it"
"Is not the reading of the lines dif
ferent from tbe reading of alleged ac
tors?" "Unquestionably. "
"Are not my stage postures different
from those of many who masquerade as
actors?" '
"Of course."
"And my make up it is different
from the inartistic make up of most
Thespians?"
"Very different"
"I have been told I resemble Edwin
Booth"
Yes."
" You have noticed? In what way do
I resemble him, sir?"
"You are so different " Detroit Free
Press.
Uniform Sice of Circus Ring.
The one ring circus of our grandfath
ers' day had a ring no larger than each
of tbe three used by the big shows to
day. Circus horses are trained to per
form in a standard ring 42 feet in diam
eter. In a larger or a smaller ring their
pace becomes uneven, irregular and un
reliable, and the riders in turning som
ersaults are liable to miscalculate the
curve and miss their footing. One of
the "greatest shows on earth" there
are several gave a Beriea of perform
ances in Madison Square Garden, New
York. By mistake tbe rings were made
42 feet 6 inches in diameter. On tbe
first performance three riders fell, and
one was severely hurt Before the sec
ond performance the rings were reduced
to tha regular size. Chicago Times
Herald. Italians In This Country.
There are about 1,000,000 Italians in
the United States. One-third of them
are settled in the principal cities. Half
of these are laborers. Fifty per cent are
illiterate. They are hard and steady
workers, very saving and anxious to im
prove themselves. When they have no
chance to work at their own trade, they
will accept any other kind of work and
any wages. The Italians hate begging.
Has any reader of this ever been stop
ped by an Italian asking for a "nickel?"
In the records of charitable institutions
are very few Italian names. Newark
(N. J. ) Luce Evangelica.
Three Crowns.
During the middle ages the elective
emperors of Germany, at their corona
tion, wore three crowns the silver
crown as king of Germany, the iron
crown of Lombardy as king of Italy
and the imperial"crown as kaiser of the
Holy Roman empire. The first was re
ceived at Aix-la-Chapelle, the second at
Monza and the third at Rome, but Karl
V was the last kaiser-king who received
the imperial crown at the pope's hands.
Pansies, ever since Shakespeare's
time, and perhaps for ages before, have
been symbolic of thoughts or remem
brance. Two or three poets, 100 years
earlier than Shakespeare, mention the
flower as having this symbolism.
A legal bushel of onions is 48 pounds
in Indiana, and from this figure the
range is upward to 57 pounds in Arkan
sas, Georgia, Illinois and other states.
Home Seekers Excursion.
The Missouri Pacific railway com
pany will sell tickets at rate of one
fare plus $2 for round trip September
1, 15, 29, and October 6 to 20, to any
point in Kansas, Missouri, Texas, Ok
alahoma and Louisana.
C. F. STOTJTEXBOROUOn, Ag't.
Children Cry for
Pitcher' Castoria
Children Cry for
Pitcher's Castoria.
for Infants and Children.
THIRTY year' observation of Cawtoria with tho patronacjtf
TttHons of persons, permit tis in apeak of it wlthont guessing.
It is unquestionably the Pest remed y for Infants and Children
tie world has ever known. It la harmless. Children like it. It
gives them health. It will save their lives. In It Mothers have
something which Is absolutely safe and practically perfect as a
child's medicine.
Castoria destroys "Worm.
Castorla allays reverlshnes.
Castoria prevents vomiting Sowr Cnrd.
Castorla enres Diarrhoaa and Wind Colic.
Castoria relieves Teething Troubles.
Castoria cures Constipation and Flatulency.
Castorla neutralizes the effects of carbonic acid gas or poisonons air.
Castoria does not contain morphine, opium, or other narcotic property.
Castorla assimilates the food, regulates tha stomach and bowels,
giving healthy and natural sleep.
Castoria Is put up in nno-sbe bottles only. , St is not sold In bnlk.
Don't allow any one to sell yon anything else on the plea or promise
that it is " jnst as good " and " will answer every purpose.!
See that yon pet C-A-S-T-O-R-I-A.
The fac-simile
signature
Children Cry for
7E
Four Year Hence.
Walt Mason.
There are plenty of fellows in 15ea-
trice who hold that Bryan will bo the
nominee of tbe democratic party four
years henco, and that ho will be
elected. Perhaps so, mavoureen. But
four jears is a long time. People
charge their minds wonderfullj, oven
in one year. Americans are like tho
French, in one way. The thing we
"are dead set on" today we'll have
forgotten in six months. In four
years the country will doubtless be
prosperous, under a republican ad
ministration, and the people will have
torgotton the questions that agitate
them now. In four years Hryan will
have talked himself into a chestnut.
and his cause into the blind staggers.
In four years the profits of today may
peradventure be in their gravis. In
four years Gaoriel may bavo sounded
hist:umpfor tho final dissol ution of
tbe world, and liiyan with it. Jn
four years so many things may hap
pen that it is idle to speculate upon
the probabilities of 1900. But we are
willing to bet 48 -cents that Bryan
won't be either nominated or elected
by any party.
Geo. Richardson has decided that
he wou'd rather teach school than to
shuck corn, so he will commence next
Monday in Dist. No. 6, six miles south
of Plattsraouth. Ho isn't a big man,
but a scholar will h.ivo to bo swift to
whip the teacher. George is quite a
sprinter himself. Weeping V;(ter
Republican.
ItheuumtiHiii Cnred in a Iay.
"Mystic Cure" for Rheumatism and
Neuralgia radically cures in ono to
three days. Its action upon the sys
tem is remarkable and mysterious. It
removes at once tbe cause and the
disease immediately disappears. The
first dose greatly benefits, 7a cents.
Sold by F. G. Fricke &. Co., druggists,
Plattsmouth, Neb
Mr. N. N. Osburn, well known at
Woodstock, Mich., was troubled with
a lame back, lie was persuaded to ue
Chamberlain's Pain iiilm. It gave
him reliei in one night. Tr.is remedy
is also famous for its cures of rheuma
tism. For sale by ail druggists.
Iloiuesecktrrs Kxcurwion
For the r.bove occasion the B. & M
will sell tickets on Nov. 3 and 17, Doc.
1 and 15 for one fare for the round ti ip
plus $2 to points in the following ten i
tory: Nebraska, Kinsas, Colorado,
South Dakot.i, Wyoming, Arizona,
Arkansas, Indian territory, Louisiana,
New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.
Tho minuiinum chargo will not b
less than $7.
Take off t lie Horns.
The underoiffi.ed is now ready wilh
a good po tabic chute aad tools, to r:
move the weapons of horned cattlo at
ten cents per head. It never gets too
cold to dehorn cattle. Anv time after
fly-time, until the Grst week in April
i3 the right lime. After that it is too
late. If thoe who wish to Have sueli
work done will address me at Hock
Bluffs, Neb., they will bo promptly
answered. S. L. Fukloxu.
Will Lecture Here.
Rev. II. O. Rowlands, I). D., pasloi
of the First Baptist church of Lincoln,
will deliver his celebrated lecture,
"Tantalus," at WLite'a opera h. use
Friday eveningDaceruber 11. This is
fraternal on the part of Dr. Rowlands,
who comes in brotherly love to assist
Rev. A. II. Post, pastor of tho Baptist
church, who is laboring without mis
sion help in the important and needy
field at South ParK in this city. Let
this special feature bo noted. For
this reason this excellent lecturer
should be liberally patronized.
"Excuse me," observed the man in
spectne'es, "but I am a surgeon, and
that is noi where his liver is.""Nevor
mind where his liver is," retortid the
other. "If it was in his big too or his
left ear DeWitt's Little Early Risers
would reach it and shake it for him."
F. G. Fricke & Co.
is on every
wrapper.
Pitcher's Castoria.
Of unusual interest to every reader
of this paper is tho announcement
made elsewhere in this issue by tho St.
Louis Globe-Democrat, unquestionably
the greatest of American newspapers.
The mail subscription price of tho
Daily and Sunday Globe-Democrat is
reduced at ono blow, from twelve to
six dollars a year, placing it within
the reach of all who desire to read any
daily paper during the comming groat
national campaign. The Weekly
Globe-Democrat remains at one dollar
a year, but is issued in Semi-Weekly
sections of eight pages each, making
practically a largo semi-weekly paper
This issuo is just tho thing for tho far
mer, merchant or professional rr.an
who has not the time to read a daily
paper but wishes to Keep promptly.and
thoroughly posted. li is madonip
with especial reference to tho want of
every member of tho family, not only
giving all the nows, but also a great
variety of' interesting and instructive
reading matter of all kinds. Write
for free sampiccopies toGLOlic IMtlNT
inu Co., St. Loi'is, Mo.
Trade is going to bo good in
Plattsinontli this fall and winter at.d
the merchant who expects to get his
full share of it must make a bid for
it. Tin-: News is road by more peo
ple than any othr publication in the
citj' and the merchant who uses its
columns ad a trado-getler will us
good judgment.
Tho three-year old boy of J. A.
Johnson, of Lynn Center, 111., is sub
ject to iittaeks of croup. Mr. Johnson
says ho is satisfied that the timely uso
of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, dur
ing a severe attack, saved his little
boy?s iife. lie is in tho drug businoss,
a member of the firm of Johnson
Bros, a! that plnec: and they handle a
great many pr' . nt inedicins for throat
and iunir disca ..es. lie had all these
to cho.-o fr'-'j, and skilled physicians
ready to respond to his own family at
a timo when his child's life was in
danger, because ho knew it to bo
superior to any other, 'jnd famous the
country over for its cures of croup.
Mr. Johnson says this is the best sell
ing cough medicine they handle, and
that it gives splendid satisfaction in
all cases. Sold by nil druggists.
One Minute Cough Cure, cures.
That is w hat it w.is made for. M
President Isaac Lewis of Sablna, Ohio,
is highly respected all through that
section, lie has lived in Clinton Co.
75 years, and has been president of
the Sabiira Bank 20 years. Jle gladly
testifies to tho merit of Hood's barsau
parilla, and what he says is U'orthy
attention. All brain workers find
Hood's .Sarsaparilla peculiarly adapted
to their needs. It makes pure, rich,
red blood, and from this conies nerve,
mental, bodily and digestive strength.
"I am glad to say that Hood's Saisapir
illla is a very good medicine, especially
as a blood purifier. It has done me good
many times. For several yeaie I suffered
greatly with pains of
euraBgiia
in one eye and about my temples, es
pecially at nigbt when I had been having
a hard day of physical and mental labor.
I took many remedies, but found help only
in Hood's Sarsaparilla which cured me of
rheumatism, neuralgia and headache.
Hood's Sarsaparilla has proved itself a true
friend. 1 also take Hood's Pills to keep
my bowels regular, and like the pills
very much." Isaac Lewis, Sablna, Ohio.
Sarsaparilla
Is the One True Blood Purifier. All druggists. $U
rreparedonly by c. I. Hood & Co.. Lowell, Mass.
K-I. i !- are prompt, efficient and
rlOOd S IJlIlS eaay la effect. 2Sceut