Irr. 1 flair, I h ."Unhurt ! IIsiler In tli Toils. Wuntrtl Hy the A ul horlt Irs lu Clark County, MltHonrl, H litre He Formerly l'rartlcrtl 1.4 v, I'nr Forgery and Km limit in fiit O l her Interesting N of the Dxy. Chief of I'olioo William Slater yes torday received a letter from the eher i IT of Clark county, Missouri, giving tho (K'Heription of a man by the name of I lair, who is wanted at Kohoka, in that county, on tho charge of forgery and cinbi zzlomeni. Upon reading tho dcHcriptioii tho chief at once recog ni.ud tho dcHct i ptton hb that of I'rof Iilair, who iias charge of tho Kharas Magnetic inlirmary in this city. The olllcor arrested Mr. lUair this morn ing and he lias boon kept at tho bote today in charge of an oflicor. Tho sheriff was notified this morning and is expected hero this evening. Somo time ago lilair practiced law in Kohoka, arid it was while practic ing in this profession that ho is sup posed to have performed these unlaw ful acts. He stairs that ho is willing to go to tho Missouri valley and face his accusers; that he had charge of an Cjt:ite there, but can make a satisfac tory explanation when the time comes Blair has been in this city about three months, havir g come from Ne braska City, whore he was working with 1 rof. Kharas. Mo is a nice ap pearing young man, always wearing good clothes and is regarded as being quite smooth. He does not seem to bo at all worried over the matter. In the Krly liny a. Sid Wheeler, traveling engineer for tho 13. & M., wad in the city last ovoning. He was telling the railroad boj's what it was to be an ongineer in the early days of railroading in this stato. Ho said: ''In the early days of the 'Midland railway' it was anything but pleasant to bo an engineer. have started out of Nebraska City for Imcoln and if 1 got back in a week I considered myself in big luck. In those days a man had to stay with his engine until it got back 10 the round house from which it started. I remem ber leaving Nebraska City one morn inir and it was snowing and it was over a week before I got back, and all of that time I never left my engine. bucked snow all of that time and was only given time in which to eat my meals. Wo had no injecter those days, so when the water gave out we could only jack up tho engine and whirl the wheel until there was water enough in the boiler to enable us to build another firo and go ahead. bucked snow for seven daj-s and nights and then run to Nebraska City that night with Schuyler Colfax, arriving here at 3 o'clock in the morning. Now it is different, and I am glad of it for the sake of the boys that are railroad ing in this day of improved things." Nebraska City News. KI-tion of Officers. The following officers were elected by Golden Hod Castle No. 15, Imperial Mystic Legion, at their meeting Wed nesday evening: Past Urgent G. F. S Burton, liege nt A. W. Magowan. Vice Regent J. Pearce. Warden Miss Stella Boyd. Secretary-treasurer E. W. Pitt. Herald W. Carstens. Guard Ben Davis. Watch J. Mason. Messenger Miss Eina Oliver. Physician E. W. Cook. Surgeon T. P. Livingston. Trustee Miss Kessler. A lJanclnff Party. Miss Kittio Agnew entertained a party of her friends at her home last evening. Dancing was one of the chief amusemements. Refreshments were also served during the entire evening, and a joily social time was enjoyed by all. Among those present were the fol lowing: Misses Antonia Kessler, Dora Fricke. Claire Green, Florence White, Grace Stoutenborough, Kittie Agnew and Messrs. F. A. White, L. U. Hiatt, C. G. Fricke, F. R. Bal lance, II. F. Goos, Percy Agnew and Mr. Gish of Omaha. NOTICF- TO STOCKHOLDERS. Annual Sleeting of Farmers Mutual In earance Company. The annual meeting of the Farmers' Mutual Insurance company of Cass county, Nebraska, will be held at the Heil school house, in Eight Mile Grove preciDCt, on Saturday, January 6, 1900, at 1:30 p. m., for the purpose if elect ing officers and transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting. J. P. Falter, Sec'y. Card of Thanks. We take this public manner of thanking our neighbors and friends for their kindness and assistance dur ing the long illnesB and the last sad hour of death of our beloved husband and father. Words cannot express our feelings, but we will ever grate fully remember your every kind act. Mrs Fletcher and family. Attention, Firemen! The annual election of officers of the Piattsmout V- lurteer Fire depart ment will be held at the council chamber on Tuosd iy evening, Jan uary 2, at 7:30 o'clock. Kobekt Hates, Fres. John Ledgeway. Sc'y. L. T. Travis, agent Southern II. R., Selina, Ga., writes, "I cannot eay too much in praise of One Minute Cough Cure. In my cise it worked like a charm." Tho only harmless remedy that gives immediate results. Cures coughs, colds, croup, bronchitis, and all throat and lung troubles. GOVKIINMKNT TO II2FI2ND. Inter' of Corporal Fair and Private Jockont to ll Irateetd. Corporal Fair and Private Jockens, soldiers at Fort Crook, are to be ar rested by the sheriff of Sarpy county this morning on an information charg ing them with tbe murder of Private Morgan, a soldier at tho same post. The two men will be taken to Pa pil lion, where they will be arraigned be fore County Judge Howard. They will plead not guilty and it is more than likely that the hearing will be set for next Tuesday morning-. At the arraignment and the hearing the de fendants will be represented by United States Attorney Summers, who has been instructed by the authorities at Washington to act in the premises. It will be remembered that some weeks ago Morgan deserted from the poet and was pursued by Fair and Jockoni, who overtook him in the vicinity of La Platte, where, upon his refusal to halt when commanded, he was shot and killed. After the shooting, the army officers took the matter up and arrested the two men. They were court-martialed and, upon being tried, were acquitted the contention being that they were in pursuit of a deserter and that their acts were within the scope of their authority. After the court-martial the state authorities commenced an investigation, with the result that it has been decided to arrest and prose cute under the laws of the etate. What line of defense United States Attorney Summers will adopt is not known at this date, as he refuses to discuss the matter. However, the lm pression prevails that he will raise the point that the two men have once been put in jeopardy, charged with the commission of the crime alleged and that there can be no further pros ecution. Omaha Bee. PKKSONAL MENTION. J. M. Patterson was in Omaha to day. John Kuhney visited at the metro polis today. II O. Fellows was among the Omaha visitors this afternoon. II. B. Windham was attending to business in Omaha today. Fred and Charles YouDg of Union were in county court today. Captain L. D. Bennett made a busi ness trip to Omaha this morning. F. J. Morgan and J. F. Wellington made a trip to Omaha this afternoon. Clyde Hart of Elm wood was seeing the sights of Plattsmoutb yesterday. Mayor F. M. Richey transacted business in the metropolis this after noon. James Sperry of Weeping" Water, the veteran show man, was in the city today. Harry Race of Weeping Water was transacting business in county court today. Supply Agent D. S. Guild was at tending to railroad business in Omaha today. Mrs P. E Ruffner and daughter. Ella, were visitors in Omaha this af ternoon. Byron Clark, accompanied by his wife and daughter, vere Omaha vi&l tors today. John Schiappacasse went up to Omaha today to purchase a supply of candies and fruit. Allen Crabtree of Eagle and W. E Newkirk of Alvo were county seat visitors yesterday. Charles Beeson returned to Creston, la., today after a visit in the city with his parents, Allen Beeson and wife. Sheriff Wheeler returned home last evenirg from a trip to Weeping Water, Louisville and other points in the county. Miss Ethel Willets of Omaha is in the city, the guest of Misses Lulu Koebnke and Eva Harvey. She will return home Sunday. H. E. Dillon, G. Burris, A. J. Mo Matt, R. Delaney, J. H. McLtfin and G. W. Leuch were up from Union to day looking after matters pertaining to a law suit. CharUs Marshall Bnd wife returned to their home in Douglas last evening after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Phil Harrison. Mrs. Marshall and Mrs. Harrison are cou-ins. Mrs. James Crawford of South Bend, accompanied by her little adopted son, were in the city today. The latter is a brother of the adopted daughter of Judge and Mrs. B. S. Ramsey. Do you want to fix your rooms up this season? Of course you do, and it is probably high time for it. You in tend to buy wall paper? And buy an other paper in two or three years? Now, let me talk to you about haying nice decorated house, stylish and up-to-date and save much money on it. Get your rooms painted and deco rated in a modern style and you are through with your house for many years. Don t paper every two years and ruin your plaster with it. Call on Louis Ottnat for full explanation of the economy of frescoed rooms. He has the experience of many years and great many references in town. PI atts mouth telephone 253. There are few ailments so uncom fortable a.-pi lea, but they cn easily be cured by jising Table r's Buckeye Pile Ointment. Belief follows its use, and any one suffering from piles can not afford to neglect to give it a trial. rice, 50c in bottles; tubes 75c. F. G. Fricke & Co. Sample gloves and mittens at less than factory prices at Wm. Herold & Son's. Our liboral discount enables us to sell them at less than other deal ers buy. Come and let us convince. irni Ml County Commissioners Figuring on Kefunriing Tliem. Hmwm Paid Off 10,000 of th Boodt and Hava AxrfLDgad to Refund th H malnlng Bonds At a Lower Rata of Interest Will Ba a Larga Sating- to th County. From Thursday' Dally County Clerk James Robartson and Messrs. Turner Zink, J. P. Falter and George W. Young, members of the board of county commissioners, re turned this morning from Lincoln, where they had been on business in connection with the court house bonds. At the time the court house was built bonds to the amount of $30,000 were voted, to run ten years te'ore any of the amount could be paid and the ten years just being up three of these bonds, or $lo,00 of them, was taken up and paid off yesterday at the state treasury. The interest on the same for the last year was also paid. This amounted to $4,000. This leaves 165,000 of the bonds yet to be paid. While at Lincoln the clerk and commissioners made ar rangements to refund the outstanding bonds at a lower rate of interest, viz: 4 per cent, the rate at the present time being 5 per cent. They will have the privilege of pay ing the interest semi-annually instead of once a year and they also have the option of taking up any amount of tbe?e bonds at the time the interest is paid. The principal being reduced to $65,000, a saving in interest of $1,400 a year will be made. Notices are now being published and if no objection is filed by January 10 the bonds will be refunded. It is not thought that any objection will be filed, as the plan in view is cienrly a saving to tho county. INFORMATION AND OPINION. A pet cat saved the life of Store keeper Frank Sidney, at Fieldsboro, Del. There was a blaze in the store and Sidney's room, where he was sleeping, was filled with f-moke, but he was awakened by the cat walking over his body and mewing in hi face. A Natal correspondent recently wrote: "What makes the war so hor rible is the fact that English and Boers have so intermarried that in countless instances brothers are fight ing against brothers and fathers against 60ns. Everybody is suffering by this accursed strife." The raising of a fund to preserve the house in Philadelphia in which the first American flag was made, and in the erection of a monument over the grave of Betsy Ross, the maker, ha been successfully carried out. The McKeesport (Pa ) blacksmiths and horseshoers have started a move ment to advance the price of horse shoeing. It is said the advance will be 20 per cent. This, they eay, only covers the extra cost in the price o material. Fifty short, practical diary rules for the production and handling of pure milk, printed on large cardboards have been distributed by the tens of thous ands among American farmers by the Bureau of Animal Industry. The seventy pieces of finely-wrought silver which comprise the gift of the people of Kentucky to the batileship Kentucky are valued at $7,612. The service consists of bowls, plates, plat ters, ladles, center pieces, candelabra, water pitcher and lovin? cup. EMPHASIZED HIS LAST WILL. Haw aa Old Hteamboat Captain Tried to Prevent m Contest. From the New Orleans Times-Dem ocrat: "I am free to admit this story sounds a trifle fishy," said a New Or leans lawyer, chatting over an after dinner cigar, "but I happen to know It Is absolutely true. Last summer a local business man, who it isn't neces sary to name, made a new will or rather an elaborate and peculiar char acter. 'I am bound to say to yu,' re marked his attorney, when the docu ment was completed, 'that I think it more than likely your children will make a contest if this will is ever probated.' 'I'm going to have a talk with them on that very subject,' re torted his client. 'Yes,' replied the at torney, 'but when your voice is stilled forever they may think differently about it' That remark set the old man to pondering, and he finally hit on a Tery picturesque expedient. He had a phonograph at his office, and, put ting on a fresh cylinder, he roared his last injunctions into the receiver in his most impressive style. Then he carefully removed the record, swathed it in cotton ool, a d filed it away with the will. Next day he sent for the lawyer and gave him specific direc tions what to do after the demise. 'I want you to call the family together,' he said, 'and read the will carefully from beginning to end. As soon as yon get through and before they have time to talk about it, start the phono graph going and let 'em hear my last message. Be sure to have a good, big horn on the machine and see that everything is in first-class working order. You had better keep the thing In your office,' he continued, 'and any time a contest is mentioned just turn it loose.' The old gentleman was a steamboat captain in his early days and he has a way of giving an order that makes one jump to hear it. I am Inclined to believe that his scheme is a good one, and that his parting ad juration, coming as it were from - the grave, will have a highly discouraging effect on litigation." A. W. Atwood sells pure drugs and the best patent medicines. rrnnnniTii IOUSfi BONDS HilUUU BRIEFLY TOLD. C. A. Marshall, Dentist. A. W. Atwood sells tho best paint on oarh. Remember the mnsk ball to be given by the Jr. O. U. A. M. at Waterman's hall December 9. A good titan guar anteed. Miss Era Fletcher, who has been confined to her home for some time with a tevere attack of typhoid fever, is rapidly recovering. Three hundred pair men's sample gloves and mitts just received at Wm. Herold & Son's and will be sold at ex actly wholesale prices. lne old house on the lots west ol tho Hotel Riley, recently purchased by C. C larmele, is being removed to tho south part of town today. John Winn, who is employed at the j. at i,u. uinuKsiuuu buup. una uteu , , . . . taKinga iy on lor tne past several weeks on account of an attack or la- grippe. Tho P. E O. society' will hold a so- cial meeting instead of the regular ..:.. t i i r " i v I jr .CUM.K, x.u,. , at 7 1.50. Star lodge No. 4, D. of II., will have public installation of officers and eive a dance on the evening of January 4. n.n.. tir. r. .(, n7l.tAP cunnnr , Call on Attorney I ts liecker lor in- surance in old line companies. Collec- tiens given prompt attention. Notary public. Anheuser-Busch block, Fourth and Main streets. Tne Woman's club will keep open hou's Monday evening, January 1, at the home of Mrs. Aenew. Receiving hours from 8 to 11 o'clock. Club mem- bers and escorts invited. it.... ;T1 f.rr.....,JI5 one of these matutinal forays. U.ll.l 1 T I J i nuiiuajf Kuuusr xi uuii you uu bu at once. They havo the finest line of l . I l r t t 1 . 1 Pliin, rt - r f,trttr inn r-t Unt I was ever brought to Piattsmouth. Ladies, clean your kid gloves with L iBelle glove cleaner. For sale only by Wra. Herld & Son headquarters for kid gloves; all the reliable makes and leading shades. Gloves of $1 and upward guaranteed. . T , , joe ioiusrnmiai, oi tno imperial My sue u gion, nas a. ciaea mat naiitmouia is aoou as goa a town to live in as can be found, and he will private employers cannot get hands to move his famiiy from Milwaukee to work for them. The taxes are opprea this place scma time next week. slve and in some cases downright G. H. Appletoo, justice of peace, n ,.UVmrr N .T "DWitt'a Little Eirly Risers are the best pills made for constipation. We use no others." Quickly cure all liver and bowel troubles. F. G. Fricke & Co. Judge Spurlock granted the follow- ing marriage licensee td v: William G. McFall, aged twenty-nin. and II ttie Archibald Rivett, age.j twenty- -. hrtt h r,f PlmumnH- Pru n b- w M. Deamed, aged thirty, and Murrel srAa A ;k. vfi, f ju water. : TTT.. The "A Trip to Chinatown" com- pany arrived in the city at noon today! on their special car from Nebraska City and will appear at White's opera house tonight. This is one of the best companies that ever visited this city nnri it. will nr. rlnnht h o-rtorl H a T. H. Eing of the Piattsmouth Telephone company went to Omaha this afternoon to see tho Postal Teld- graph people with regard to getting the Piattsmouth line into South Oma- ha on the Postal line. Mr. Ewinff is confident that thev will h miricssfuL tm;,Ka.oi! officials of Sjuth Omaha. The atmosphere this morning felt decidedly colder than it has at any time this winter, but the thermometer registered only two above zero which mark has been exceeded on two occasions within the past month. However, the weather man promises that the tempei ature will be a little more moderate tomorrow. For the past twenty-four years Phil Harrison has been running a dray line I in this city, and h.s always been in J partnership with M. Way bright. He has decided to go in business alone and has purchased Mr. Waybright's interest. Mr. Harrison is a hard worker and will no doubt meet with the success that the firm has for so many years. In police court yesterday afternoon Judge Archer took up the case of the State vs. John C. Schlater. The de fendant is a resident of Manley, and he is charged with selling liquor with out a license. The case wa-t set fori trial about a month ago, but a contin- uance l thirty days was granted. He was bound over to the district court in the sum of $200, his bsnd be ing signed by John Tigbe, of Manley. At the close of the meeting of the K-nirhtnd LvrHes of Securitv last evening R. B. Windham was presented 1 with a gold pin is a slimonial of the esteem in wnicn De is neia oy nis brother a d bister menders. Mr. Windham has been president of tbe council for five terms. C. H. Smith presented the pin in a neat little speech and Air. Windham responded by thanking the members for the thoughtful manner in which he was emembered. i'fu" i" sprii in risuimoom. The local socialist club has arranged a I in . TV T-v . 1 . I 10 nave ji.agene v. ieos, me great labor champion, speak here on Jan uary 12, and it is expected that a large crowd will turn out and hear him. Tbe socialist club of this city now has a membership of about sixty-five, hav ing been organized one year ago. Have you a cold? , A dose of Bal-I ard's Horehound Syrup at bedtime will remove it. Price 2ic and 60c. G. Fricke & Co. 1 FISHING WITH STONES. 0tIo Csd by Boolrtah Foaehra ta Captarlas Salmon. It la astonishing what Mny brooks large salmon will aaoend la obedience to the Instinct which teaohss them to seek a nursery where thslr young will be comparatively secure frotn the at tacks of ttfelr ouclersrus enejaiea. In one tfmall pool of a HtUe ttCTn In the highlands, half a dozen yards loijfc and but a few feet broad, I hare seen, rattrer late hi the year, eight or tea salmon, some of which mnst have weighed between twenty and thirty pounds. They ascend these small streams during flood-time, and it fre quently happens that they are caught On a fallinr wt(r and nnahla to escape from their confined Quarters until the rivers are again ia spate. It I may be not for many weeks. In such circumstances they are accessible to ine lev ees of poachers, and although Ins a miA f ia CaaI fik .i ttI AiaflliM - . , . . . vi-juu; guaruea uunng na.9 urtwiui tIm0 lhey af of courg. ra(l8d WCA. stonally. and large numbers of grayfish Becured. A common method I to se- lect a lonK "holding" pool where sal- mon aro knowl to Plentiful, and I where the water Is moderately deep at I tnft Rlnoil At aitr a th. iumkIi, erSi thelr facea blaekenea. and oer- I Kgni a A r-w aim l mum. K a tlai. their arrival an hour or two before dawn and stone the pool vigorously P" mere 18 llgnt enougll for tne next I A 1 1 1. ..... . alaSO oi proceedings. rTi wntBiiea ana coniusea oy tne constant spiaan i mi ui Lye water ana in? aeirem oi sic stones all around them the salmon seek refuge by the hnks, where la tQe meantime the poachers are eareful to lcav8 thm undisturbed. Whea ua'"8ul appears tne men creep can tiousiy upstream aionn the banks armed with lonis-handled riffs, where- with to snatch the saTmnn. wfcleh lie quietly as though dazI in three or four feet of water. A cartload cf heavy fish is sometimes secured dor i I --O- SITUATION IN MADAGASCAR I . I leaf l wa in We have by no means heard the last I of Madagascar, says the London Times I The French have sent out an army ef officials. Indeed, the fonctlonnalrea-for outnumber the civil population, and are making themselves beloved or none. Tne law allows one montn a .,. ... nfflriala .re en. forcine aa much as elx m0nths. so the laborer3 have taken to tne bush and foolish e. g., an annual tax on every neaa oi came ana every neciweui iv.c cultivated. The result is that the cat tie are being slaughtered, so that beef is already scarce and dear; while rice, which was formerly exported, has now to be imported. The natives are cut ting down the India-rubber trees and the whole country Is unsettled. About nine or ten officials have been killed and the northwest coast is In more or less open revolt. All the resident? aeree that u trance rouna nerseii I war or in uimcuiwea. mcio I a majoauc I rr. inui,i. Th fwn Mf American firms have left or are leav ing i. e., they are merely liquidating I old stock. The French have Imposed I a differential duty which gives French manufacturers an advantage or aDour 92 Per cent- French goods are charged I Pr Cent, ana H.ngllSn gOOUS pc cent. Ol lucir value. lut waauus srHnnnera emnloved bv the lare firms I Q gjppiy their branch trading stations to come under the French flag by Jan. 1, 1899, and the Germans are sending theirs home rather than suh- mit to this law. Proctors the Eng Hah firm. Is doing good business, but only by importing irenen KOOaa m t i . . ii. .1 if.j. I Stead OI Jngusn. Aiiosevner iau- gascar furnishes an Instructive object lesson in the methods of French col onization, and might repay further study from those who contend that the flag has nothlnf to do with the trade. ALUM AND NERVOUS DISEASES. Surreptitious Use of tbe Drug In reed Causes Many Illnesses. The frequent cases of nervous pros tration or utter collapse of the nervous system under which women "go all tc pieces," as the saying Is. have cause much thought aad investigation on th Part of physicians. Certain inorganic substances are well known to cause va lious forms of nervous diseases whtck are readily traced to the poisons pro ducing them. Further research leads to the belief that alum is a prevailing cause of so-called nervous prostration for the symptoms It produces on th nervous system after Its absorption Into the blood are very remarkable In deed. Experiments physiologically made upon animals by Orflla, Profes sors Hans Mayer, Paul Seim and oth ers show that alum frequently pro duces no risible symptoms for many days after its introduction into th body. Then follow less ef appetite and other alimentary disturbances, and finally a serious prostration of th whole nervous system. The most prom inent physicians now believe thai 'nervous prostration" and many affec tions of the nerve from which both men and women suffer are caused bj continued absorption of alum intc in A avctam If fa NrtkaKU V Bkk medical men un r f tv ' to which salts of alumina may be In troduced into the body, being undei the Impression that the use of alum 11 bread is prohibited. Alum, however, ti still need surreptitiously to some ex tent to whiten bread and very largely In making cheap kinds of baking pow der. In families where baking powdei Is generally used great eare should be exercised to procure only those brandi marfa from crim nf fxrtar The alnra , ,, . . , . , !ril(M, bv th- law.r nH.a at wM,.. they are sold. r Burlington Route Holiday Rates. Holiday rates Via Burlington route Dec. 23. 24, 25, 30, 31 and Jan. 1. Between stations not more Than 200 miles apart. Liberal return limit. See nearest agent. Holiday goods at Atwood's drug tore. " MLS i r. -" i i j iiv j t 6. e. wesoott & son. VV O W TVKSISVERryjJFUG For 20 Years Has Led all br -s JAMES F. BALLARD, St. uouis F. G. FRICKE & CO. Notice. The underbigned will receive bids up to January 5, 1900, for takin? down the building known as the Pacific house. For particulars see specifica tions at Perkins house. ll'ght re served to reject any or all bids In the meantime will offer tho h ue for sale, and, if sold, will pay the low est one responsible bidder $5 for his trouble. P. R. GuthmanM. Tbe Way to Oo to California Is in a tourist sleeper, personally con ducted, via the Burlington rout. You don't change cars. You make fast time. You f e tbe finest Fconery on the globe. Your car is not so expensively fur nished as a palace sleeper, but it is just as clean, just as comfortable, just as good to ride in and nearly $20 cheaper. It has wide vestibules; Pintsch gas; hiyh back seats; a uni formed Pullman porter; clean bedding; spaoious toilet rooms; t-tbles and a heating range. Being 6trongly and heavily built, it rides smoothly; is warm in winter and cool in t-u miner. Iu charge of each excursion party is an experienced excursion conductor who accompanies it right through to Los Angeles. Cars leave Omaha, St. Joseph, Lin coln and Hastings every Thursday, ar riving' at San Francisco the following Sunday, Los Angeles Monday. Only three days from the Missouri river to tse Pacific coast, including a stop-over of one and one-half hours at Denver and two and one-half hours at Salt Lake City two of the most interest ing cities on tbe continent. For folder giving full information, oall at any Burlington route ticket office, or write to J. Francis, General Passenger Agent, Omaha Neb. Proper Time for Bath. Regarding the proper time for a bath a simple general rule may be given. Take cold baths on rising in the morn ing aad warm ones Just before retiring. In taking Turkish or Russian baths the hour need not be considered, ex cept as la all baths, none of which should be taken less than an hour or so before or after saeals. Where It Is possible, use fresh, clean rain water for ta bath. This is the nearest ap proach to distilled water, which Is too expensive for general use. Soft water Is next beet to rain water, and a little orax or ammonia In hard water will soften It. Brisk rubbing should al ways follow a bath; then the bath will do all that is claimed for It in the way ef reaevatlmg the person, invigorating the system. Increasing the fineness and aeftnecs of the skin, and making one leok and feel younger. Cleanliness of the skin has a great effect on the gen eral health, an It Is well known that if erne ha been exposed to infection the best thing to o by way of precau tion is to take a hot bath Immediately. it is a biiukb io remain too long In a tepid bath. Thirty minutes should b WA. . - 1 . , A . - . the limit. Throughout the winter and early spring it Is best if one is at all liable to chills, to take one's bath at night. Just before going to bed. If taken in the daytime, brisk exercise immediately afterward either walk ing or dumb-bell practice is highly beneficial. Woman's Life. Size doesn't indicate quality. Be ware of counterfeit and worthier salve offered for DeWitt's Witch Hazel Slve. DeWitt's is the only original. An infallible cure for piles and ell skin diseases. F G. Fricke & Co. FILE YOUR WANTS. (Special notices under this head will be charged for at the rate of one-half ) cent per word for each insertion.) MISCELLANEOUS- COR RENT Joseph McVey's residence on Inauire at News nffir or I north aixtn street. address owner through postoffice. MANDOLINS and GUITARS.. ? We ere agents for the world renowned Washburn Mandolins and Guitars the finest instru ments made. Let us figure with you on one of these fine Instru ments. LEHNHOFF'S ALL THE DIFFERENCE in the world between our "Breadwinner" Over alls and other kinds that cost the same, or more. We have them in black, brown and blue. A new pair if they rip and 10c for every button that comes off. We sell them for 50c, 60c and 75c. ' Buktln Quantitr. Iltlnf .Mr. Worm Remedies. iW&l s TREET HATS for $1.25 Worth $2.25. $2 50 and $3.00 .Pattern Hats. Worth 7 and 8; for W BO and S5.00 ....ALSO A I'INK 1.1 NIC OK Hats from $1.50 to $3 ....AT TIIK.... METROPOLITAN MILLINERY STORE. Main Street, t)t. K'iirin ami Flflb. ooooooooooooooooooooooooooo fine Cbinaware XXX When in need of China Goods of any description be sure and call at our store. We have afinelin$ and can please you. XXX Groceries, We have anything" you want .... XXX A. CLARK. I ooooooooooooooooooooooooooo W. J. WIIITK, DEALKIt IN HARD COAL SOFT. Leave orders at F. S. White's Store or at Brick and Torra Cotta works. Satisaction Gttara?i(ccd. Neb. Tel. 71. It's Like Pouring Water Throuati a Sieve. to buy poor coal. We claim, and we think jutly, to sell a really perfect coal, and are content to sell it at a really fair price Those who use it are unanimous in their opinion of its quality, and it is free from dirt, stone end c'.ickers. Intense heat with slow combust'on ie one of its rr comiuenda tions. Low price is another. Mendoto $4.50 Hard Coal 9.00 JOHN WATERMAN. 6et Ready - for New Years The nextd iy upon which bieu. li ners are in order is New Years day. I want to inform the public that I will be prepared for the emereencv and can furnish anything desired in the line of Mm OR POULTRY In fact there is no time that you can not be suited in my shop. A trial will be convincing. Excelsior Meat Market, M. L. JOHNSON, Prop. II ,