The Semi Weekly News-Herald PUBLISHED WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS ... BY T1IS . . . NEWS PUBLISHING COMPANY, M. D. POLK, EDITOR. DAILY KDFTION. , Tear, in advance, " 00 Six M-nths, 2 f0 tae Week, bingU Copies, BKMI-WEKKLY EDITION. One Tear, in advance, . . . Six Moths, SI 10 5 00 50 T.?-E LARGEST 6IRGULAT10N Of any Cass County Paper. AN amendment to the sundry civil bill in ponding beforo the somite com mitted on appropriations, appropriat ing: $250,000 to furnish supplies to tho destitute people of Cuba. It is stated that it will probably bo adopted. IlErUHLlCANS and friends of good government in this city can easily elect F. M. Ilichoy and othors on that ticket if they will work together. Kichey mado.. ono of the best oHicers the city ever had, to re-elect him id no experiment. The ropjblican state league of Min nesota was reorganized at Minneapolis last night after the Iowa plan. Res olutions were adopted reaffirming party principies and warmly com mending the administration for the wise and conservative course it is pur suing. TnoSE who have cried lustily for war are likely soon to witness the gratification of thoir wishes. If Spain alone is to bo engaged the war will be a naval one and the land lubbers will only be called upon to help pay tho bills. If other nations are drawn into tho conflict we may all get a chance to carry a musket. Thh republican city central com mittee in charge of W. II. .Newell, ao chairman, is already at work and a big victory sured. The republi can ticket is without a flaw from top to bottom. The party is thoroughly united in the interests of reform and good government. There are no bick erings, no pretty jealousies within the ranks and with eolid front a change in muncipal management is certain. The president of one of the English spinning associations, Mr. Ashton of Bradford appreciates apparently bet ter than many Americans the practi cal working of the American protec tive tariff system. "If it were not for the protective tariff," he has recently said, "'we would flood the United States with yarn." There are Ameri cans who affect to believe that with the protective system broken down American industries would be better off. Englishmen know better. Bee News from Havana remains the same, speculation of correspondents nothing more. The commission seems to be killing time and working away as leisurely as if they were members of a picnic party bent on having i good time. If a report from the com mission is not sent in this week, it is said that congress will take a hand and give the brass collared flunkeys chance to do business or leave the in vestigation to more competent people who appreciate the gravity of the offense that has been committed by the Spanish brigands. While there is a general feeling against the incomiog of the off-scour- ings of Europe no one will have a word to say against 605 steerage pas sengers who arrived last week on the Kaiser Wilhelm. Their average age was 25 years and they brought 21,4G0 with them, had railroad tickets to their destination and knew exactly where they wanted to go. A third of them were Russian Mennonites:, who are bound for the Dakotas and Wash ington, where so many of their coun trymen are already settled and are developing that great agricultural territory. Such citizens as these would be welcome anywhere in the world. Louisville Courier-Journal. Platinum was worth $16 per pound ten years ago, it is now only worth fifty cents per pound, and the crime of T3 never touched it. As a useful metal it is fast taking the place of silver and has had more to do with driving the price of silver down, than an tne imaginary conspiracies oi a century. It is generally conceded that silver will go much lower as a result of the cheapness of its new competitor, and the nation that tried to lift the price of silver to its old place would go bankrupt in the attempt. Any man who thinks and reasons, in pos session of all the facts cannot longer uphold the exploded 16 to 1 theory unless he does so in an effort to mis lead someone who does not think for himself. SHERIFF MARTIN'S ACQUITTAL. The acquittal of Sheriff Martin for the murder of strikers at Lattimer, I'enn. , last summer, is a simple tri umph of justice. Wo are not sorry that an indictment was brought against him ond that ho was put on trial for his allogod crime, although wo have believed from tho first that he was only acting in pursuance of his duty as the chief peace officer of Luzerne county. It is undoubtedly a hard thing for a man who does a pain ful duty faithfully tobe arraigned for it as though be were a criminal. Nevertheless the circumstances sur rounding the event woro euch that there might have been some doubt in the minds of impartial men as to whether he was justified in what he did. No such doubt is now possible. Tho trial has been a long one. The able judge who presided gave wide latitudo to the , prosecution, and a groat number of witnesses were ex amined. All that can be known about the shooting Js made known by .the testimony of over a hundred witnesses. Tho jury which heard it all agreed upon a verdict of acquittal without hesitation, and tho sheriff is a free man. Tho Independent. It .ooks now if Jim Dahlman had reconsidered his resolution to resign hi9 82,000-a-year sinecure as do-nothing state railway comm'ssioner to go into business, but has decided to take his commissionership into the commis sion business with him. If his cattle and hogs do not travel on free passes as well as himself the railroads will have to watch for a new freight tariff order. Bee. EVERY republican jn the city should line up at the coming election and leave nothing undone, conscientiously and honestly, to roll up a majority for the whole city ticket, which will make the popocrats' "each individual hair stand on end like the quills of a por cupine." It is a clean ticket and tion of affairs for the next two years If eiected. A warm campaign is on for next fall and the republicans should give the combined forces of fallacies and failures to understand that they muttt 6tepdown and out in state and county matters as well as municipal. There is at present before congress a bill, which, if it becomes a law, will abolish the "scalpers" of railroad tioksts. The praotice is frought with vils and railroad companies have al ways been required to use precaution in the selling of tickets I o xcurnions or selling reduced rate tickets to keep them out of the hands of scalpers. This has always necessitated consid erable uaconvenience on the part of the purchaser. Should the bill be come a law the railroad companies can give better 'special rates" and the purchaser of tickets will in no wise be inconvenienced. The bill also provides for the redeeming of all unused tickets at their face value. TnE talk about merchants or bus iness men interfering to keep ehop men from running for office is the cheapest kind of rot. There is not a business man on the street who would lift a finger to shut out any shop man from such a privilege. It is of no interest to the business men one way or the other. Business men are sel dom candidates themselves, never attend the primaries and take less interest in politics than they should do. The B. & M. folks themselves are alone interested in this matter and the effort to make capital by dragging others in will not go. So long as the democratic candidate for mayor who is foreman of a department is allowed to be a candidate there should be no complaint made against republicans of any class. INFORMATION AND OPINIONS. A lne-haired crank is hitting the ties between Nebraska towns, and when he fetches up at the depot plat forms he announces himself as "Schra der, the devine healer." He is said to be a spurious Schrader. But that makes no difference, he's just as good as the genuine fraud. An odd tombstone has been placed in a cemetery in Lincoln, Neb. It marks the grave of James Jacobs, a butcher, who died in 1S91. The de ceased was of a roving disposition, so his father had a valise modeled in marble and placed.on the grave. The inscription, in addition to the'name, date of birth and death, is "Here is Where He.Stopped Last." Engine No. 91 that was in the wreck in the B. & M. yards in this city on last Friday, is being temporarily re paired so as.tobe put;in service again. while engine No. 83 which was the other engine in this wreclc, will be sent to the shops to be rebuilt. Ne braska City News. W. W. Pool, manager of the Ne braska Land and Cattle company's ranch near Ravenna, committed sui cide by shooting himself -through the heart yesterday morning about 5:30. Pool has been suffering with conges tion of the brain and nervous irrita tion for several days. His body was found in the cemetery, lying across the graves of his children, with a bullet hole through his heart. He was an old settler in Buffalo county and was a very keen, intelligeut and wideawake business man. He and his brothers were for many years prominent in the oil business at Oil City, Pa. He leaves a wife and three daughters. President William Neville of the trans-Mississippi directory has given certain concessions to himself as Pres ident William Neville of the trans- Mississippi Advertising company. He has taken in F. L. Mary of the gov ernor's office as secretary and J. G. P. Hildebrand of Lincoln as vice presi dent and general manager. The com pany proposes to do printing and ad vertising in the exposition grounds and elsewhere. The capital stock is $25,000. Whether the company has exclusive rights or concessions is not set forth in the articles of incorpora tion filed yesterday with Secretary of State Porter. Ladies, watch and wait for Mrs. Street's millinery opening, March 25 and 20. Flub Keturuiug to lht Tliain-, If we -lu not hotm two Halnir.n at Ixn don brinv, thnro in u fair j.ruKpoet of our ciiteuiug nv.a trout thiitt L fore long. The main rauwi is the gradual cleans ing of the ThaiiHH water, largely through the action c f the county council in securing better treatment of the Lon don twwuge; w hile a minor contribution is made by tho efforts of the Thames conservancy to make tho Thames not only a navigable waterway, but a clean one. The nuro and certain indexes of this improvement have been the succes sive reappearances of certain kinds of fish, creeping up annually higher and higher from the sea. The writer has noted this process for some 11 years, with increasing satisfac tion. The firt indication conveyed to his mind that some change was takin place was the appearance of a couple o porpoises at Hammersmith bridge early on tho morning of tbo fateful day when Mr. Gladstone's home rulo bill was re jectcd. Walking back toChiswick, aftt witnessing tho memorablo scene in th lobby of the house of commons at 2 :30 that morning, he saw the porpoises, and though Roman annalists would have en tered this as an incident full of political omen moustru maritinia in Tiberivis; no guessed tJiat tncy bad come up in pursuit til iish. So they had, for shortly after it was announced that the tubes of certain torpedo boats had been choked with whitebait on their way down to run the mile at Lower Hope. A fow years later the whitebait and shrimps were swarming at Ciravesend. Coiuhill Magazine. "Drfuced Vp to the Niu. I beg to offer a pure guess as to thi expression. Perhaps others will guess something better. I think that it merely a variety of the phrase "dressed up to the eyes." This is a well known expression. The "II. E. D. "gives an example of "mortgaged up to tho tyes We frequently find tho plural eyne. In fact, it occurs in Shake pearo and Spen eer. VV e also bud neve lor eye. 1 givo a quotation for ieyes(i. e., eyes) in "A Student's Pastime," pago 21. The "II E. D. " gives the plural nyen (i. e. neyne), but without a reference. Halli well gives a still more extraordinary plural form viz, nynou, with a refer euce to tho "Chrouicou Yilndunenso The form neyne arose from the use of my neyne or thy neyne instead of myn eyne or thyn tyte. But it could also be used with the dative of the article, of which the Mid. Eng. form was then This occurs in such phrases as at then ale (also atteu ale, atte nale), at then eude (also at the ncude), for then ones (also for the nones), Mod. E. for the nonce). Hence to then eyno is a perfect ly correct phrase, and to the neyne is a perfectly admissible variant of it. If this be spelled to the nine, the sense is lost, and the addition of "s" becomes necessary for suggesting the plural of the numeral nine, for the populace always insists on an etymology and prefers an obvious one, even if it gives no sense. Walter W. Skeat in Notes and Queries. United States Mail Protectors. The United States government ia sometimes served for years by valuable servants who are not even boarded at the expense of the government. These servants are cats. Hats are one of the persistent dangers that threaten the United States mail. They destroy the bags and the mail matter. The postoffice building in New York city is a large building and now many years old. It is said that there are 60 cats in the build ing oared for by the clerks. Some of the cats have never lived anywhere else ; others have come in from the neighbor hood. The cats who have known only this home are very shy of strangers and will come only to the clerks in the building. So you see that the govern ment is served without pay by these faithful servants who prevent the de struction by rats of valuable property, and all that is given them is shelter. Outlook. Changed His Occupation. There's a young man newly come to town as a congressman's clerk who be gan his career as a traveling salesman for a Boston firm. His first trip was in to Maine, a state he bad never before visited. His employers did not hear from him for so long a time that they began to be' worried. Finally a letter came from the young drummer. "I have been somewhat unfortunate on this trip, " the letter ran. "The sales man of another house having preceded me, I have been unable to make any sales. As business is so dull I took a sail today from Bangor down the Penob scot, and I must say, gentlemen, the scenery is magnificent." By return mail he received an answer from the house. "Come home," was all it said, and that first trip was his last. Washing ton Post. The Chinese Painter. A story, which if not true is not badly told, runs to the effect that while the bark Capo City was at Hongkong a Chinaman was engaged to paint the necessary name on each bow. He pro duced on one bow the legend "Cape city," without a space between the two words. Then he noted that the'T" was nearest to the ship's stern, and, re membering this fact, he afforded an ex cellent example of how severely logical his race can be, for in a little while he bad painted on the other bow the strik ing permutation " Yticepac, " to bis own delight and the crew's amazement. Chambers' Journal. Splendid araain The Prime Consideration. De Palmer What did Mrs. Lakeside say when Jumbletou proposed to her? Van Pullman She said she wanted time to consider. De Palmer Time to consider what? Van Pullman How much alimony he could stand, I suppose. New York World. A Scotch Term. In Scotland the last day of the year, or New Year's eve, is called Hogmanay. Atlanta Constitution. Different. "Maria, you look simply riciicnlons with that tremendous ostrich feather in your hat as elderly a woman as you ire." "I know it, John. I borrowed it from the big hat you wear when you go out marching with the Resplendent Knights if the Ancient and Houorable Ordfr of Fuzzy Guzzies." Chicago Tribune. PEARLMAN'S IMMENSE STOCK OF Furniture, Stoves and House Furnishings Was augmented recently by the receipt of two car loads of goods for which he paid spot cash at the factory. Think What This Means It means heavy discounts. It means lower freight rates. It means that his competitors can not meet him on prices, neither can they meet him on a marvelous assortment everything in his line. o LS His Leader in Stoves the old reliable "Charter Oak," with its fifteen years' guaranty, and its half a hundred designs. No house in Cass county ever carried half so large a stock. He can suit every taste. Three hundred easy chairs to select from. Bed room suites and parlor suites from the lowest price to those fit for a queen. Tho Prices Is where Pearlman shines, and explains his wonderful business success. He pays no rent, his expenses are low, and with his cash discounts and car load rates he takes the lead and keeps it. It Will Surprise You To call and see his wonderful stock, and get his prices, which are from ten to twenty-five per cent lower than can be had in Omaha. Remember the place. I. PEARLMAN, Opposite the Court House. Plattsmouth, Nebraska. Klection Notice. Notice is hereby giveD that on Tues day, the 5th day ;of April, 1898, an election will be held at the following named Dlaces: Fiist ward Perkins House. Second ward Turner Hall. Third ward Jones' livery barn. Fourth ward Anheuser Busch building. Fifth ward Bach's grocery store. For the election of the following named oracers: Mayor. Clerk. Treasurer. Police Judge. Two members of school board. One councilman for First ward. One councilman for Second ward. One councilman for Third ward. One councilman for Fourth ward. One councilman for Fifth ward. Said election will be opened at 9 o'clock a. m.' and continue open until o'clock p. m. of said day. John A. Gutsche, Mayor. B. C. Kerr, City Clerk. Hearty Enjoyment. "Are your children fond of reading?" "I should say so. There isn't a book xi the house that has a back on it." Chicago Record. Plattsmouth Torn Verein. The following are the hours of in struction of the Plattsmouth Turn Verein classes: BOYS CLASSES. Boy3 Class 12 to 14 years, Tuesday :30 to 6 p. m. and Friday 4:30 to 6 p. m. Boys Class 8 to 12 years, Monday :30 to 6 p. m. and Thursday 4:30 to 6 . m. GIRLS CLASS ; Girls Class 12 to 15 years, 10:30 to 2 a. m., Saturday. Girls Class 8 to 12 years, Wednes day 4:30 to 6 p. m. Saturday 9 to 10:30 m. LADIES CLASSES. Ladies Class Wednesday 8 to 9:30 m. English. Friday 8 to 9:30 p. m. German. MEN'S CLASSES. Active class (18 to 30 years old) Tues day 8 to 10 p. m. and Thursday 8 to 10 . m. Senior clas3 (30 years and over) Mor ay 8:30 to 10 p. m. Fencing, boxing and wrestling class. Sunday 10 to 12 a. m. Applications for admittance will be received at- the gymnasium during class hours by Instructor O. F. Ernst. Sweet Pea Seed. "Eck ford's" best large flowered mixed, 5 cents per ounce in separate colors. Best leading varieties, 7i cents per ounce. Pansy plants "Dreer's Exhibition" varieties mixed white, light blue, dark purple and the nearest approach to red to be found in pansies, in separate varieties 25 to 35 cents per dozen, ready to plant out next week. L. A. Moore. Junt Uia Lack. "I'll pay no more," shouted Gimblj when the insurance agent called oc him. "No more accident policy for me. Let er lapse. It's just the same as burn ing money for me. No use in arguin ox jollyin now. I'm done donatin. 1 wouldn't give a dollar on the million to be insured against accident." "What's the matter, man? Our com pany's good as gold." "I don't care whether it is or not I'm accident proof. When I was le.irnin to ride my bicycle, I fell off 200 timet by actual count and never as much ae sprained a finger. I was in a runaway where four other people were all jammed up, and I didn't have a scratch. Two months ago I was in that railroad wreck, and every living soul in tho cai but myself was hurt. I fell off tiie street car this morning, dropped through the open cellar door when I went home to lunch and was standing right beside my stable man when a horse kicked him clear across the barn, and I'm just as sound as the day I took out that pol icy. That's just my infernal luck. Not another dollar will you get out of me." The next day Gimbly wes laid up with a twisted back incurred by tossing the baby in the air. Detroit Free Press. Glass Mirrors of the Ancients. M. Berthelot has from time to time unearthed a vast amount of valuable in formation respecting the chemistry and technology of the ancients. His latest researches have reference to some glass mirrors found near Rheims and which date from the third and fourth cen turies. The glass was coated with a me- tallio substance and also with a layer of whitish material. The metal proved to be lead, with no trace of gold, silver, copper, tin, antimony or mercury, nor was there any organic substance pres ent, showing that no extraneous mate rial was used to cement the lead to the glass. The mirrors appeared to have been cut from hollow blown glass globes, and it is possible that before being cut the molten lead had been poured into the interior, adhering to the previously warmed glass. 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MUNN & Co.36,B""' New Yorir Branch Offlce, 25 F St Washington, D. C. Hay, Corn, Oats and all Kinds of Fw:d Constantly on Hand. EGENBERGER & TROOP, , THIRD AND MAIN-STS. JAMES W. SAGE, THE Leading Liveryman. The host of rigs furnished at all h:jur stid Ii is f,r c: s arc a:ajs reason; l it. 1 her: est convenient !;oarl:n;;?tac f.jr far mers in the citv PLATTSMOUTH, NEB It Pays to Get the Uest. W. E. and C. E. CrabilUare deliver ing the best of milk to their customers in all parts of the city. Try our sys tem of bottle delivery. Two Well Known Statesmen talked for month.', from a front porch and a rear end of a car. Perhaps the use of Foley's Honey and Tar will ex plain why they could do this, without injury to their tochI organs. It is largely used by speakers and singers. Smith & Parmelo.