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THE HfcKALD. Established April 10, 1884 ftonsonaatea Jan. i, iwa.
PLATrSMOUTH, NEB.. DECEMBER 26. 1899.
VOL. IX, NO. 14.
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Owing: to the backward season, being- overstocked
and having heavy bills to meet, we will offer you for
SPOT CASH a Discount of from 20 to 25 per cent on
All Winter Clothing,
Underwear, Suits, Gloves, Caps, etc. To give you an
idea of how cheap we are selling", we quote prices on a
few articles:
ft NlGG SUit,
Formerly 88
Reduced to $6
A Fine Black
Kerseu Overcoat
Formerly $10
Reduced to $7.50
A nice Wilson Bros. Percale Shirt, which fermerly
sold for $1.25 and $1.50, goes at $1 and $125. Gloves
and Caps at your own price. Come in and see what we
can do for you. No Trouble to Show Goods.
JOB &
Waterman TEtloclc .
Holiday
Announcement..
I desire to state that I have a well-selected
stock of Watches, Gold Jewelry, Silver
ware and Novelties, which will make suit
able ....
New Year's Gifts..
Prices will be AWAY DOWN and we
mean to sell the goods if prices will do it.
Every article guaranteed just as represented.
A Beautiful Medallion
purchase of $5 or
B. A. McELWAINr-
The Leading and Oldest Jeweler.
A BOON TO MANKIND!
DR TABLER'S BUCKEYE
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A New Discovery for the Certain Cure of INTERNAL and
EXTERNAL PILES, WITHOUT PAIN.
CURES WHERE ALL OTHERS HAVE FAILED.
Tubes, by mail, 75 cents; bottles, 50 Cents.
JAMES F. BALLARD, Sole Proprietor, - - 310 North Ualo Street, ST. LOUIS, LOT.
F. G. Fricke & Co.
THE NEWS
Job
IT PAYS
To Look Around
Before you make purchases.
After you have looked elsewhere,
come to us and we guarantee you
, will be pleased. Our new winter
stock has arrived, including Dry
Goods, Staple and Fancy Gro
ceries, Crockery, Glassware, Flour
and Feed. A square deal to all.
F. S. WHITE,
Main Street, Plattsmouth
ED. P1TZGUKAJL.D
Has new stock, new rigs and
is prepared better than ever
to take care of
ft General Livery Business
Quick trips made to all parts of the
county. Low prices and court
eous treatment assured.
STABLES SIXTH AND VISE STS.,
Plattsmoath, Nebraska.
All Wool
.. Formerly 50c
Reduced to 35c
given
over.
Free with every
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NERVITA PILLS
Restore Vitality, Lost Vigor and Manhood
Core Impotency, Night Emissions, Loss of Item.
onr, au wuiidi diseases,
all effects of self-abase or
excess and indiscretion.
A nerve tonlo ind
blood, tarttder. Brings
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Are of yoatb. By mail
SOc ner box. 8 boxes for
92.50, with our bankable irauxa.nt.ee to core
or refund the money paid. Send for circular
and copy of oar bankable guarantee bond.
NervitaTablefs
EXTRA STRENGTH
(YELLOW .
Positively guaranteed care for Loss of Power,
Varicocele. Cadereloped or Shrunken Organs,
Paresis, Locomotor Ataxia, Nervous Prostra
tioo. Hysteria. Fits, Insanity, Paralysis and the
Results of Kxeeeiire Use of Tobacco, Opium or
Liquor. By nail in plain package. fcl.OO -a
Imt. A far AiS-OO with nnr bunkahla anar
ante, bond to cure in SO days or refund
money pal a. Aaarees
NERVITA MEDICAL CO.
CUnton A Jackson Sts CHICAGO, ILL.
Sold by F. G. Fricke & Co. :
CUrcymeD.
Applications for half fare permits
for the year 1900 will be renewed, am
clergymen are urcred to make the!
applicatiocs at once.
1 W.I Pickett, Agent.
STILL IN NEED OF RELIEF
Many Districts in Porto Rico in
Sore Distress.
Famine Stalking; In Cyclone-Swept Local
ities Prompt Measures by the United
States AU That Prevented Wholesale
Starvation Must Continue to Provide
for Snfferera.
Washington, Dec. 25. The war
department made public today a state
ment showing the progress made in re
lief work in the island of Porto Rico,
between September 25 and November
30, 1899. The population of the island
is estimated at 918,926
The average daily indigent was 221,
087 persons, average weekly Bick 17,
872, and the aver.ige weekly deaths
632 persons. The annual death rate
was thirty-five per 1.000 inhabitants,
while the normal rate of deaths was
twenty-six per thousand inhabitants.
The increased mortality was confined
to the mountain districts, where in
some localities the death rate increased
300 per cent. The amount of cash re
ceived for the relief of the suffering
people of the island up to November
30, was $15,224. The amount .of money
disbursed up to the date mentioned
was $7,417.
Up to November 30 the total amount
of food received to relieve the suffer
ers was 17,162,788 pouuds. Of this
amount 16,548,316 pounds had been is
sued up to November 30. The amount
of unissued food on band at San Juan
November 30 was 614.272 pounds.
Nothing- Left to Live Upon.
The coffee plantations are located in
the uplands. Here the high winds
swept everything in their course,leav-
ing little or nothing for the thousands
of hungry, homeless, clothesless hu
man beings but their lives, and what
could ba given them to prevent star
vation. The prompt action of the
American people and of the people of
the island was all that prevented a
terrible catastrophe. The poor were
alive and their lives were preserved.
Although a large part of the island is
no longer receiving relief, the number
of indigents requiring assistance re
mains the same. It is believed that
until February next the demand for as
sistance is likely to increase in the
mountain districts, as the plantans
and bananas will not be ripn for two
months to come. The greatest distress
prevails in the locality where the
greatest difficulty is found in getting
food to the starving.
Pestilence, which frequently follows
flood and famine, has appeared among
the unfortunate inhabitants in the
mountain districts, and a number of
people have perished. It is estimated
that not lees than 2,000 additional tons
of food will be required.
In dealing with the indigents able-
bodied men have been required to
work for the food they receive, and a
great deal of public work has been
done in the way of cleaning towns, re
pairing roads, etc.
Wood lo Brg-ln Work at Once.
Havana, Dhc. 25. Ail the stores in
Havana closed at 10 o'clock this morn
ing and the rest of the day was devoted
to convivialities. Only two news- j
papers appeared with the usual edi-t
lions. Bands played on the Prado.
Americans generally visited friends,
most of those having families here
giving dinners and inviting others of
their acquaintance.
General Leonard Wood dined wiih
Captain L. M. Young, commander of
the port, and Mrs. Young. It was re
marked that seven of the party dined
together on Christmas day last year
at Santiago.
General Wood says be intends to
begin work at once upon the highways,
which are greatly in need of repair.
This will also serve to give employ
ment to a large number of men.
The school system will also be im
mediately reorganized. Alex Prye,
superintendent of the Cuban schools.
will be reinforced with two or three
commissioners.
The judiciary will form the subject
of early attentions, particularly the
jails and the existing system of keep
ing - prisoners for months without
trial. An order will issue directly
that a complete list of prisoners he'd
for trial be furnished monthly.
Senor Pierra says:
"If the United States really Intends
to fulfill the pledge of the joint resolu
tion and to hand Cuba over to the
Cubans President McKinley should
outline the basis upon which the
Cubans could work in order to form a
government such as the United States
would consider adequate. By doing
this he would confer great benefit
upon Cuba, as most of our peop'.e ure
keenly desirous of doing something
toward forming a government, but are
ignorant as to the beit way to proceed. !
The leaders also differ among tnem- j
Wives, i.no caiciiiu iivJi parties
were originally intended to educate
our people in political methods, but.
owing to disagreements between well
meaning politicians, erroneous ideas
are likely to be sown in untrained
minds. These ideas must sooner or
later be eradicated."
Special Cap Sale
At Heralds.' The second lot of menV,
boys' and child ren caps just received
is better than the last let that sold
like hot cakes. This lot is the same
price 29 cents for your choice of caps
worth up to $1.00.
KANSAS CATTLE.
How the Sunflower State Farmer Turns
HU Corn to Profit.
Topeka (Kan.) correspondence Chi
cago Record: There are about 2,750,
000 cattle in Kansas. Of these about
700,000 are milch cows, a similar num
ber are working oxen, and the re
mainder, about 1.300,000, are being fat
tened for food, and at the proper sea
son will be shipped to Kansas City, St
Joseph or Chicago to be slaughtered.
Like every other human occupation the
cattle trade is undergoing evolution.
Experience Is leaching new methods
by which the greatest profits can be
secured by the least outlay of labor
and cost. The breeding and fattening
of live stock has been reduced to an
exact science. There are three kinds
of cattle, commercially speaking. The
wild or range cattle, mixed cows and
steers two years old, are bred in Texas
and Indian Territory mostly, and ship
ped from Elgin a&d other points of
lesser importance to the stock yards
of Kansas Citjr.- There they are di
vided Into canners, stokers and feed
ers. Stockers are good breeding cows,
which are sold and sent back to the
farms of Kansas to multiply and re
plenish the barnyards. Feeders are
steers that will be' likely to take on
flesh if -well fed, and are sent to the
fattening farms, where for a short year
they revel in luxury, and then pay the
penalty at th? butcher's block. It has
been found that 150 bushels of corn,
more or less, will add 500 pounds of
beef to the weight of the steer and
Increase his value from $18 or $20 to
$40 or $60. When a steer Is fattened
he Is usually sold by the pound accord
ing to the rates prevailing In the Kan
sas City and Chicago markets, some
where between five and six cents a
pound. The difference between the
value of the raw material and that of
the finished product, less the cost of
150 bushels of corn, is the profit to the
farmer. Canners are a low grade that
are bard to fatten and are not consid
ered worthy of the honor of assisting
to perpetuate their species. It is a
case of the survival of the fittest, and
they are sent to the executioner with
out further ceremony. The beef they
have carried around on their bones
goes to the factories to be corned,
pickled, salted, smoked and canned in
various forms ul by various proc
esses. R co
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FIRST MMrs. INE TOOL.
Potter's Wheel AeraT on Monument
of Ane3 C0ypt.
There can be H' wil1 'e doubt that
the potter's wheeilar me r's lathe, as
it is also termed, nent wil today the
most ancient forr;?h next hine tool
known. Among tj
JQ.ipu
sculptured
records of the tn & J1Q( r ecupations
which so vividly'1.! ' "l ji custom
and habits of tb !qJ Egyptians,
the potter and .1 have been
found frequently jted, and It is
curious to note
B through the al-
rations since that
most countless
time this crud,
v.
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i modification. The
primitive forn -:s evidently a small
round table, set 'on a pivot, and free
to revolve, being turned by hand at in
tervals; and to this device there were
added in the course of time such sim
ple conveniences as a table to support
it and a foot or a hand power turning
arrangement, displaced, in recent
years, in possibly a few isolated cases,
by actual engine power driving. In
general use, however, the potter's
wheel of the present time bears all the
characteristics of the one which, 4,000
years or more ago, served to turn out
pottery attesting unsurpassable taste
and skill. It is curious, too, that in
none of those ancient records are there
shown examples of the forerunner of
the common turning lathe as we know
it today, even though the art of turn
ing may be traced back to a very re
mote period. Among Egyptian antiq
uities that have been found at
Thebes and other cities there have
been many specimens which exhibited
indubitable signs that the material
while in revolution, was subjected to
the action of a tool held at rest legs
of stools and chairs, for example, and
lamps and musical instruments and
in later centuries, among the Greeks
and Romans, the lathe was undoubted
ly in common use. Unfortunately,
however, none of these early writers
have left any account of the lathes
and tools employed by their contem
poraries. Cassier's Magazine.
A Turkish Dainty.
The sultan of Turkey has a great
liking for a t'.elicacy known as "rahat,"
and keeps in his palace a man exclu
sively to manufacture It for him and
his household. "Rahat" is a great
favorite with the sultan's wives, who
indulge plentifully In this luxury. The
different flavors given to this prepara
tion are obtained from the juice of
pressed flowers, such as roses, violets
and lilies, and a special hand-pres is
employed for the purpose. "Turkish
Delight" is the popular name for
"rahat."
Soldiers May Not Smoke. k
At Berlin and many other capital
towns abroad soldiers are forbidden to
smoke in any of the principal streets
through which royalty migut pass.and
if by any chance they should see a
royal carriage approaching in another
street they must Instantly throw away
their cigars or cigarets. The church
of Rome is most emphatic on the sub
ject of smoking, and no priest dare
emoka in nublic.
There Is a Class of People
Who are injured by the use of coffee.
Recently there has toen placed in all
the grocery stores a new preparation
called Grain-O, made of pure grains,
that takes the place of coffee. The
most delicate stomach receives it with
out distress, and but few can tell it
from coffee. It does not cost over one
fourth as much. Children may drink
it with great benefit. 15c and 25c per
package. Try it. Ask for Grain-O.
Deserved Rebuke.
A story is told of the way in which a
Massachusetts clergyman, long ago
dead, once reproved a young man in
words both apt and stinging. The
young man, with a heartlessness which
nothing could excuse, whispered to a
friend a comment upon a poor crip
ple who was near him in a crowd.
"You'll find hi3 case in the Bible." he
whispered, none too softly. "In the
twenty-sixth chapter of Proverbs it
says, 'The legs of the lame are not
equal. " The clergyman heard, and
bending the gaze of a pair of piercing
eyes upon the whisperer, he said clear
ly, "You would do well to remember
the last clause of that same verse,
young man, it reads, 'So is a parable In
the mouth of fools.' "
MEXICO'S SCENIC WONDER.
WateaU of Juanacatlan, a Little.
Known but Picturesque Cataract.
From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat
The great waterfall of Juanacatlan Is
oneof the grandest, though least known,
scenic wonders of Mexico. The imme
diate approach to the falls is in itself
an artist's dream of . rural delights.
Leaving the railroad at the little sta
tion of El Castillo, one Is conveyed by
a native tramcar for a distance of five
miles through a beautiful circular val
ley thousands of acres in area and re
sembling in the graceful curves of its
surrounding hills and the delicate
tints of its labyrinths of wild flowers
a mammoth seashell. At frequent in
tervals above the tops of the long
grasses and tropical shrubs. glimpses
are ca '-ht of the broad; "fcding Rio
de Santiago, Its waters hastening on
wardo the mad. Having traversed
perhaps two-thirds of this enchanting
landscape, one's eye gradually be
comes conscious of a low, distant mur
mur, which steadily increases to a
dsep rumble, and from that to a
mighty roar, and presently the tram
car comes to a standstill at the very
brink of a high precipice, from which
is viewed through clouds of vaporous
mist the sight of thousands of tons of
water plunging over a wall of gray
granite In a steady, unbroken cataract
360 feet in width for a sheer distance
of sixty feet in a sc-ethinsr. eddying
vortex below. For a time the mind is
apt to be held in rapt contemplation
of the spectacle: then, by degrees, the
senses are awakened to the various
characteristics, the exquisite effects
and weird vagaries of the foaming,
falling waters. At the extreme fur
ther shore a portion of the rushing
flood is turned aside by a spur of gran
ite and hurled against the face of the
confining wall, from which It rebounds
in a fine veil-like cascade, while from
the top of the precipice on the nearer
side long trailing vines droop down
and reach out their tendrils as if In
vain efforts to grasp the descending
torrents. Associated with these falls
Is a strange and beautiful phenomenon.
It Is the constant presence of myriads
of gorgeous butterflies, which flit in
and out of the rifts of the great cascade
and to and fro through the clouds of
drifting vapor, seemingly attracted
and fascinated by the dazzling, buffet
ing avalanche of foam.
IN VARIOUS PLACES.
Arctic travelers have noted the
curious fact that s- w, when at a very
low temperature, .ill absorb moisture
and dry garments.
The Japanese al' ys bury their dead
with the head to ' e north, and this
is Bald to be the rson why no Japan
ese will sleep with his head in that po
sition. Many private houses and
hotels have a diagram of the points of
the compass posted on the bedroom
ceiling for the convenience of guests.
The subjects of the mikado are great
readers. They rad everything his
tory, novcl3. m;izines and newspa
pers. The last-n ntloned are innu
mernle, and of magazines there are
also quite a hot. Many of these con
tain miscellaneous articles dealing with
various topics of current Interest, bi
ographical sketches, short stories, In
terviews, and many of them ar illus
trated, some having truly wonderful
frontispres. In price they vary from
about a i-;nny to ten cents per month.
The commonest price is ten or fifteen
sen, one sen being about equivalent to
a farthing. One of the most popular
of the monthlies is the Young Man's
World, published in Tokyo; the price
per copy is only six sen. Some idea
of the range of its subjects may be
gathered from a glance at its contents
page. To mention a few out of the
fifteen articles appearing in one num
ber, there Is one dealing with Sunday,
anotb?: on the moon, and one, entitled
"Th Home of Civilization." deals with
ancient Egypt. Apropos of Bismarck's
death, there is an account of a mili
tary expedition and the records of an
exploring party in Batavia form two
other articles, and there are also two
short stories and a prize poem. Sev
eral of these are illustrated. The first
few and last few leaves are taken up
with advertisements, chiefly of patent
medicine, in which the Japs place great
faith. The Japanese newspapers are
thoroughly up to date with their news,
several of them receiving telegrams
daily, which they courteously allow the
foreign editors to copy Into the col
umns of their papers.
An Allurement.
Mistah Mose I tell yo' dat Pom
pey's pergressive! Jea look at him
puttln all his ground In flowah
beds! Mistah Smiff What's 'pergres
sive 'bout dat? Mistah Mose Why,
he won't hab tun go af tah chickens
now! Dey'll come to him Kansas
City Independent.
Onions are fine for the complexion.
For broken limbs, chilblains, burns,
scalds, bruised chins, sore throat, and
sores of every kind, apply Ballard's
Snow Liniment. It will give immedi
ate relief and heal any wound. Price
25c and 50c. F. G. Fricke & Co.
fl MOT NEW Yl TO fill
The Nicest Gift for
the Ladies is one
of our
beautiful
mm 'oases.
ALL STYLES AND PRICES.
See our Line of Elegant
Chinaware...
GETTING FAT ON EXPOSURE.
Effect of an Army Trip Upon a Chronic
Complalner.
"It is a well-known fact," said an
observant citizen, "that a man out
fishing or hunting will get fat on ex
posure that would infallibly kill him
in town. Why this should be, science
has failed to explain, but it is, never
theless, true and has been especially
noticeable In the experience of our vol
unteer troops. I was out myself, so 1
know what I am talking about. Here
in the city I am subject to colds and
suffer tortures from dyspepsia. Wet
feet or a few square Inches of pie will
put me in bed with unfailing certainty,
and after I enlisted and the first glow
of patriotism cooled off I was filled
with apprehension and felt positive I
would never survive the rigors of
camp life. The result was exactly the
reverse of what I expected. I -got
soaking wet, slept on the gTound, ate
fat bacon, drank 'bootleg' coffee, and
was never sick for a moment. Natural
ly I thought my old sanitary precau
tions were all nonsense, and when I
returned I began to disregard them.
In twenty-four hours I was flat on my
back with an attack of pleurisy, and. I
assure you, my case was not excep
tional. As far as I have been able to
learn everybody else had substantially
the same experience; differing only in
degree. Of course, there was an Im
mense amount cf sickness among the
troops, occasioned by bad water, em
balmed beef, and other causes that
could not be definitely traced, but I
am speaking of the ordinary exposure
and hardships incident to any cam
paign. Why they should be so harm
less outside of town and so deadly in
side corporate limits is a great mys
tery. It is ore cf the things. a3 Lord
Dundreary ct s. - -3 that no fellow
can find out."- New Orleans Times
Democrat. Catarrh Cannot Be Cured
With LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as thev cannot
reach the sest of disease. Catarrh is a blood or
constitutiona! disease, and in order to cure it
you must take internal remedies. Hall's Catan-h
Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure
is not a quack medicine. It was prescribed by
one of the best physicians in this country for
years, and is a regular prescription. It is com
posed of the best tonics known, combined with
the best blood purifiers, acting- directly on the
mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of
the two ingredients is what produces such won
derful results In curing- catarrh. Send for testi
monials, frea
F. I. Cheney & Co.. Props., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
American Borsea.
Few of the million passengers oi
more who make their journey In a
London bus know that' nearly all tht
horses whdeh draw them hail frorx
America or Canada. Great Britain, tht
"horsiest" country in the world, buys
more than 20,000 horses from the
United States every year. Nearly all
these are heavy draft horses. The truth
is, since the coaching era came to an
end, the British farmer has neglected
the harness horse in favor of the hunt
jer, and still prefers to rear "something
that can gallop and jump."
In sluggish liver, Ilerbine, by its
beneficial action upon the biliary
tracts, render the bile more fluid,and
brings the liver into a sound, healthy
condition, thereby banishing the sense
of drowsiness, lethargy, and that gen
eral feeling of aoathy which arise
from disorders of the liver. Price 50c.
F. G. Fricke & Co.
Captured a Small Whala
Three fishermen captured a snail
whale off Ocean City. N. J., on Novem
ber 3, after a lively strugle. The whale
was chasing a school of small fish, and
continued the pursuit until it became
stranded on the beach. The fishermen
had difficulty in getting the whale well
up on shore, as it weighed about 900
pounds. It was Bhipped alive to Phil
a delphla as a gift to the University
of Pennsylvania.
Pained Him to Try.
Mother "How did your face get that
strained, agonized look in your photo
graph? Did the light hurt your eyes?"
Small Son "No, ma. The man told
me to try and keep still, an' I did."
Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune.
Hletiljran Con-rteta.
The percapita cost of maintalng con
victs at the Michigan prison is 38Vs
ents a day, and tire average daily
earnings are 35 cents.
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WHITE'S OPERA HOUSL.
W. T. WHITE, Alaaafcer.
....JUST ONE NIGHT....
Friday, December 29
The Only Real Laughing Success
of the Season
HOTT'S.
World-Famed Comedy,
"ft Trip to Chinatown"
Presented by a strong Company headed
by the Prince of entertainers.
HARRY CILFOIL
Aa "REUBEN."
Prices $1, 75c and COc.
Seat Sale now open at Lehnhoff Bros'.
W. J. WHITE,
DEALER IS
HARD COAL SOFT.
Leave orders at F. S. White's
Store or at Brick and Terra
Cotta works.
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
Neb. Tel. 71.
THE PERKINS HOUSE
F. R. GUTHM ANN. Prop.
Rates SI and S1.50 psr Day
Centrally Located.
Comfortably Furnished.
PLATTSMOUTH, - - NEB
Plattsmouth Coal Yard
IS THE PLACE TO BUY
HARD COAL,
CANON CITY,
SOFT COAL
ALL GRADES OF WOOD.
Hay, Corn, Oats and all Kinds of Foot
Constantly on Hand.
EGENBERGER & TR00I
THIRD AND MAIN-STS.
To PATENT Good Idea:
may be secured by
oar aid. Address,
THE PATENT RECORD,
Baltimore. Md.
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