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About Semi-weekly news-herald. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1895-1909 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 26, 1900)
THE TRIP TO MANILA. Hiram Kobine "Writes Knterter tainingly of tlie Voyage. Sttyt I'ecl 9am In U.vtog the Boy tbe Best of Good Thing to Eat. and That They Are W-II Sat ! fled Doe So Think the War Will CoolHjoe Mncta Longer. The following letter from Company Quartermaster Hiram (J. Robine, of the Thirty-ninth infantry, will be of considerable interest to his Platte m?uth friends, as it givrs a good ac count of ihf lat dny? rf their lone sea voyage to the Philippine islands: OS BOARD THE U. S. TRANSPORT Pennsylvania, 'Nov. 26 After two du3's' lay over at Honolulu wc again boarded the tr-msj ort at 11:30 a. m. November 17, bound for the city of Manila. Kverybody was delighted with the beautiful city of Honolulu, and all were anxious to see more of the scenery. It is the neatest and most beautiful city that I ever visited. The wunther has been warm and llensmt with cool nights. Several of the beys in each conipnny take their blankets to the upper deck every nisht and psit-d the night th -re. We have been averajrinjr 30 miles everv twentv-fou- hours, ml it is thought wo will teach our destination within two week-. Tl.e transport OI njphia is witti us at our starboard and i within talking distance. Ytsterd:ty one of the sol diers of the thiid battalion onboard the O.xmhia committed suicide by jumping ovcbjiird. It was uot known wh;it c iured him take his own life. Nothing else of importance ha hap pened except that last T esday night we retired at the uual time and awoke on Thursday morr ing thus gai iny one day. This was caused hy the fact that we C'itd th- l.SOih m- i idian during the night. The boat is over crod d and we have ve y little room for x.-"-ie. We are giv'o tMve siiowei baths e ct week, -nd thus we are able to keep clean. I etijoj these salt water hath- .n" tn-miT j. ck I h ve made th acquaintance of C rpwrai Fianriigan, in Company A, Thirty nir.th U. S. V., who was ore i-f the hoys who hcl)td to make i ho dhting First Nebiaska whatehe was. lie was in the i-ame company with Gu-. L'vingbton, Fr..nk Johnson, Charles Senrle atid Clarence Fry. lie spoke of the many kind acts he saw Guy Iivingston perform, and said that it. was a sad blow to those who knew htm. He said that he would like to see Frank Johnson, who made such an excellent soldier and who was also one of bis chums. Today four of the companies are tak ing their baths and much noise is be ing mado over my head. Tiio govt rnment is feeding us very well, besides each company quarter master bought extra foid at Honolulu r-uch as canned corn, tomutoes, peas, condent-ed milk, pickle, sausage, but ter and cove oysters. Of course I looked after Company A, and have more good eat ibles than any other company in the regiment. I got per mission from the ship's butcher to use the ice box and thus I have the pro visions where they will keep. I want to say a word about our com pany barber, whose name is George Parker. This man does the shaving for our company and each man pays him 1 per month. His work is ex cellent and during the time of the storm he was shaving the men, never once cutting a man. At times the boat would roll so bad that it looked as though he wcnld surt ly carve his cus tomers, but such wns not the case. He is now on the hurricane deck shaving the regimental officers. He can shave ten men an hour and do neat work, too. The health of the men is excellent. My health is very pood and I trust that my friends at home are all right. I suppose cold weather has set in in Nebraska. I will linish this letter and mail it upon arriving at Manila. St. Pedro Macate, P. I., Dec. 17. We arrived in Manila bay the 7th in&t, after a pleasant journev from Honolulu. Upon going ashore we drilled to Malata and were quartered in the barraCKs at that place. Five days later we that is the first butt 1 ion again "fell in" heavy marching order and drilled to St. Pedro MsCate, where we are now camped. The other two baital.ons are camptd further out on the line. Our company has thrown up entrenchments and is doing out post duty seven miles from the city of Manila, near the Pasig river. Consid erable firing is going on across the river, bnt I have Dot yet heard the ex tent of the casualties. Precautions have been mr.de about camp and you can rest assured that we will be ready for them. My opinion is that the main fighting is about over and that there will only be some skir misbes. It is thought that we will go further to the truth, at least thirty miles. The weather is very warm, but the nights are cool a little too cool for comfort a9 we have to sleep on the ground. The water is "on the bum," and it is necessary to boil it before using. Food that is issued is of the best quality, the beef being excellent. Mosquitoes are in abundance, but your Uncle Sam has is-ued us mosqui to protectors and we now manage to ward them off. I have already seen some of the places where hird fighting occurred. Ech ccmpany has been furnished with six Chinamen, who help about tne kitchen and camp. They are paid $7 by the government, and they surely earn It. Tnio regiment has separated. That aVe kOhe to incuts, that have beeti doing rervice on the firiug In. e Troops are com.ng in fast and Uncle sam is showiog them a good timtr in the w y of fighting. Ttiis city iecemb .es Havana, Cuba, in a good many respects. Fruit, how ever, is more ' in . abundance, a&d .is therefore more easily secured. - The natives appear v be. very iadustriOJS, and carry fruit, cocoanuts and other articles ten and fifteen miles on their bacus. Ihr-y do their tanying" with poles on their shoulders, which h.ve a bundle on each end. J bey naraiy- wear enough clothes to "flag a hind car. " The women do most of the work. Children at the ago of live years help to carry these heavy loads. It is a shame the loads they cany. How ever, they are very healthy. Vestetdiy while out af:er bambo with which to -construct a kitchen I saw a burial of one of the natives, who died of some disease. They just placed him in a bole abjut two feel deep and threw brick bats on the grave for a mark. They immediately picked up some kindling wood and moved on as though nothing had happened. The body rested in no colli n. Think of such treatment. All the P.attsmcuth boys are well and I think you will bear good reports from them. II I II A 51 G ROIUNE SLAUGHTER TIIK KNGLISIf." An Unconfirmed Ktpnrt of a Great lo-r Victory Nrar Kpionkup. M From Wednesday's Daily The fol owing du pi.tch, from a Boer , . . . i source, was receivia over inesiocK ex change wires in Omaha late this after noon, hut it was not cjnurmeu: "Four or five times during the day the British replaced their wearieu so dler. bv fret-h ones. The Boer cas- u tlties to d te xr one mm k'lle-1 and two men Slight y wounded "ur me'i re in excellent . sp rits There is a ;irg- slauiih-er of B it 6h 'General Both: is no ir. 6ole Corn- m -ml, Irenera runjo ui-viff; u--u 8- nt. elsewh' re." The snma dispau-h, parently re nt Colenso, f rri' ir to tho situati "One of the large Boer Maxims was temporarily disabled, but was eoon re paired. '"The British northern camp is in great confusion. People are observed trekking aiinles-ly in all direction." gi:ni:kal, wood visits .tail ! CoiuplimrntK Captain Itenharu Vpon Con ditions In Public Building. Casilpa, Province of Santa Clara, Cuba, Jan. 23. Governor oaneral Wood and his party arrived here on board the dispatch boat I ogalls at day light this morning. Later the Gen eral vis-ited Trinidi-d and inspected the j ill, hospit ils and other public buildings at that pUce. Ho visited the post of Company K, Second infantry, under the commatd of Captain lien ham, whom General Wood compli mented upon the manner in which the jail, hospitals and streets had been kept clean. A noticeable feature oi the province was the lack of public work. General Wocd does not believe in the advisability of supplying the peo ple with oxen and farming implements, thinking it better to supply them as much as possible with public works and allow them to save money and buy the necessary implements and oxen. The general is in favor of making tho pe iple more seif-reliant and he thinks this plan is the best way to do it. General Wocd says the prison at Cienfuegos was overcrowded. Other wise it was in pood condition. He is of the opuion that the hospitals are dirty and that many imp-ovemenis can be made. A road is being built between Cas ilda ar.d Trinidad, four miles, but it gives employment to a few men. The party left here this afternoon for Manzmillo. To the Public. I want to let the people who suffer from rheumatism and sciatica know th it Chamberlain's Pain Bnlra re lieved me after a unmber of other m d icines and a doctor had failed. It. is tne best lin' mnt I have ever known of. J. A. Djdgen, Alpharetta, Ga Thousands have been cured of rheu-mati.-m hy this remtdv. One applica tion relieves the pain P o- sale by all Good Moraln. At this teim i f the district court is the minimum criminal docket in the history of Otoe county, only one crim inal case remaining thereon and that will soon bo tried. Upon its conclu sion the criminal docket wi.l be en tirely clear, not a case remaining for this term. Nebraska City Press. HE ONLY REPEATS WHAT HAS 11EEN SAID AROCNO THE WORLD. It has been demonstrated repeatedly in every s'ate in the union and in many f rein countries that Chamber Iain's CjUih Remedy is a certain pre ventive and cure for cmup. It ha be come the universal remedy for that disease. M. V. Fisher of Liberty. V Vs., ODly repeats what has been said around the erlobe when he write: ' have used Chamberlain's Cough Rem edy in my family for several years and always with perfect success.- We be lieve that'It is not only the beet cough remedy, but that it is a sure cure for croup. It has saved the' lives of our children a number of times." This remedy is for 6ale by all druggists. William Gilmoui has a few Clever's Model, Woodburn Medium and Wilk's Poland China hogs for sale. 1 DARES NOT MOVE IJuller'.s Plans Matured, Hesitates to Act. But British Are Afraid to Advance During Lmyllght Mut CroM Open Ground Ex poed to Boer Rifle Fire Considerable Anxiety la London Over Dnndonald's , Cavalry Column. London, Jan. 24, 2:15 a m. Con trary to the announcement made shortly before midnight by the war of fice that nothing further would be is sued until Wednesday forenoon, the following dispatch from Genera Buller, dated Spearman's Camp, Jan uary 23, 6:20 p. m., has just been posted: "Warren holds the position he gained two days ago. In front of him at about 1,400 yards, is the enemy's position, west of Soionskop. It is higher ground than Warren's position. so it is impossible to sea into it prop erly. "It can bo approached only over bare open elopes and the ridges held by Warren are so steep that guns can not be placed upon them. ' But we are shelling the enemy's position with howitzers and field artillery, placed on lower ground, behind the infantry "The enemy is replying with Creusot and other artillery. In this duel the advantage rests with us, as we appear to be searching his trenches and his artillery fire is not causing us much loss. An attempt will be mide tonight to seize Spionskop, the salient point of which forms the left of the enemy's position fncinsr Trlchnrdsdrift and which divides it from the position fac inir Potgietorsd-ift. It has consider able command over all the enemy's entrenchments." Where is Dnndonald's Cavalry. London, Jan. 23. The expens,writ iog l..t night, were inclined to take a gloomy view of the situation, but Butler's report, made public at 1:40 a. m . came to them as a distinct relief. They then expressed confidence he would c-iptu e Spionkop and push on slowly to Lad.vsmith. The only anxie'y now is as to the silence regarding Duudonnld's cavalry. The experts a-jree it is nonsense to think he h is gone into Lidjsmith and insist that he is guarding the ro :ds through the passes to the Orange Free Slate and devoting his who-e attention to worrying the Boers on those lines of communication and attempting to dUtract the attention from Warren's attack. Holler Moat Take Spionskop. London, Jan. 24. 4:45 a. m. Gen eral Bailer's gieat turning movement of which so much has been expected has come to a standstill. His carefully-worded message to the war office telling this, after a silence of two days, reads like an apology and an explana tion. General Warren holds the ridges, but the enemy's positions are higher. The British artillery is playing on the Boer positions and the Boerd are re plying. The British infantry is sep arated by only 1,400 yard9 from the enemy, but an approach to the steep slopes across the bare open would ex pose the B itish to a fatal rifle fire. General Bu'.ler's plans have reached their development. He declines to send his infantry across this zone against formidable positions by day light and discloses his purpose to as sault Spionskop during the night. If he takes it and thus commands the ad jacent country an important and pos si bly a decisive step will be accomp lished. It seems that General Sutler's dis patch reached the war office rather early in the night and was the subject of a prolonged conference between Lurd Ltnsdowne, Mr. Balfour and sev eral staff officials. A determination appears to have been reached not to give out the message during the night, but toward 2 a. m. copies of the dis patch were made for distribution among the newspaper offices. These arrived too late for extended comment. The Standard touches lightly upon the unpleasant features of the situa tion and the anticipated night attack. Parliament will meet in five days. The cabinet had been hoping for a rousintr victory to cheer the country. The duties on alcohol, tea and coffee are' likely to be raised, as well as an income tax levied. The cabinet will meet at the end of the week and dis cuss the situation. Wanted Several persons for dis trict office managers in this state to represent me in their own and sur rounding counties. Willing to pay yearly $600, payable weekly. Desira ble employment with unusual oppor tunities. References exchanged. En close self -addressed stamped envelope. S. A. Park, 320 Caxton Building, Chi cago. Colon Soldiers. I will purchase additional rights of all who homesteaded less than 160 ac; e prior to June, 1S74, even if they abandoned their claims. Will buy fractionals if ever eo small. Great in ducements offered agents. w- K. KELLEY. Kansas City, Mo. HAVING A GREAT RUN WM CHAMBER. LAIN'S I'Ul'GII RBMKDV. Manager Martin, of the Pierton drug store, informs us that he is hav ing a great run on Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. He sells five bottles of that medicine to one of any other kind, and it gives -great satisfaction. In these . day s of la grippe there is nothing like Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to stop the cough, heal up the sore throat and lungs and give relief within a very short tim. The sales are growing, and all who try It are pleased with its prompt action. South Chicago Daily Calumet. For sale by all druggists. CITY AND COUNTY. WEDNESDAY. John Leuchtweis, the genial clerk for Weckbch & Co., is on the sick list Hon. S. M. Chapman was a passen ger for the metropolis on the fast mail. .Attorney James B. English of Omaha was in town today on legal business. - Mrs. Sam Patterson and daughter returned to their home at Lincoln this afternoon. Mrs. Robert Troop and Mrs. Byron Hunt Joy were visitors in the metrop olis today. Mrs. M. L. White, Mrs. Joe Buttery and Mrs. Rockwood were Omaha pas sengers this afternoon. Fishermen from the Iowa side of the river were on the street today with a large supply of fine fresh fish. M. S. Briggs made a trip over to Malvern, la., yesterday. He says some of the farmers over there are already plowing. W, J. Hicks and W. H. Seibert of Cedar Oreek were in tho city today and made these headquarters a wei come call. J. E. VaoNorden, deputy supreme president of the Fraternal Union of America, is in the city in the interest of that order. Messrs. T. H. Pollock and T. H Ewing of the Plattsmouth Telephone company made a Business trip to Omaha this morning. Mrs. Button returned this morning from Louisville, where she has been spending a few days with her daugh ter, Mrs. Charles Richey. Mrs. George E. Dovey and daugh ters, Ethel and Alice, of Plattsmouth are visiting in the city, guests of Mrs. F. D. Palmer. State Journal. Henry Thomas Wheeler, aged twenty -seven, and Miss Mary Julia II e, aged twenty-eight, both of Ne- hawks, were granted a marriage icense today. Elam Parmele depai ted last evening for Greenwood, where he will visit an Old comrade who served in hi- regi ment during the civil war. He will als') visit at A-hland and at Malvern, i., before returning. R. II. Pitton received a telephone message today from Ashlaud, announc ing the s:id intelligence that his mother was in a critical condition and that she was not expected to live. Mr. Patton left for Ashland this afternoon. Mrs. Sarah Black, who is spending the winter in California, has written to friends in this city in regard to the great contrast between the winter weather in California and that ex perienced in Nebraska. Mrs. Black has evidently not heard of the excel- ent spriog weather which is be- ng enjoyed in these parts at present. and will perhaps be surprised when she learns that there is not a great difference in temperatura in the two states at the present time. Eirly summer birds have returned to Ne braska, the flies are gradually thawing out, and man3 farmers are taking ad vantage of an opportunity to do their early plowing. Taking all in all, Ne braska weather caii't be beaten. i C. E McEotee of Plattsmouth was n L:ncoln yesterday visiting his son of the governoi 's office. Mr. McEntee s one of the pioneers of Nebraska. He came to the state before the railroad weie built and he spent many years as a railroad contractor with the late John Fitzgerald. He racked his mem ory to find a nicer winter resort than the present one, but the only one he could think of was in the 708 when he spent part of the winter building sixty- nine miles of the A. & N. road, south of Lincoln. On one of his first trips to Lincoln Mr. McEntee met Mr. Atwood, the hotel proprietor. Sir. Atwood took him to O street and offered to sell him half a block of ground where the Richards block now stands for $680. That locality was then consid ered to be away out of town, and Mr. McEntee berated Mr. Atwood for try- ng to swindle him. Not long after that Mr. McEntee went to the new town of Crete and bought thirty-nine lots. He still has most of them, but he could be induced to part with them. Lincoln Journal. THURSDAY. C. C. Parmele wer.t up to Omaha this afternoon. S. II. Atwood and wife came in this morning from Lincoln. George Sayies and Adam Fornhof came in from Cedar Creek this morn ing. Mrs Hugo Wiggenhorn is in the city for a visit wiih Mr. and Mis. U.K. Dunbar at the Hotrl Riley. W. H. Wright came in from the western part of the state this morning to transact business and visit friends. D C. Morgan and wife, Mrs. Celia Shryock, Mrs. Charles Eids and Mrs. Schrack were Omaha passengers this morning. Duke Bulger, the painter, who has been visiting down in St Joe for the past several months, returned this morning. Joe Goldschmidt has returned from his trip to Arlington, and reports the Imperial Mystio L?gion in a thriving condition at that place. Rsv. Guy WingatoofMt. Pleasant, la., brother or Mrs. Frank Vermilyea, is in. the city to attend the funeral of his sister's late husband. T.E. Fulton,the Mapel Grove black smith, was in town today, having just returned from an extended visit with relatives and friends In the east. At tho annual meeting of the Ne braska Veteran Freemasons, held at Lincoln Tuesday afternoon Hon. F. E. Whi'e was elected cretary, to succeed the late William R. Bowen. D. H. Wheeler of Omaha has been acting as secretary. George L. Far'ey cf The News re turned this morning f om Lincoln where he attended a two days' session of the Nebraska State Press associa tioc. William . Houaewotih and wife of Lincoln, who have been visiting for several weeks at the home of their son, George, in ibis city, returned home this afternoon. E H. Packard of Omaha, supreme secretary of the Imperial Mystic Le gion, was in towt yesterday on his way to Liui3ville, where he went to install officers of the lodge at that place. The Star Vaudeville comp my,undcr the management of Ottnat & Koch, will give a performance in this city in a few weeks Watch for further an nouncement It is said this company draws crowded houses wherever it ap pear?; it has fifty artists, many of them stars and stripes. They have two bands, including ten drums. The funeral services over the re mains of Frank Vermilyea were held from the residence at 3 o'clock this afternoon, conducted by Rev. Djngan of the Christian church, and under the auspices of the A. O. U. W. lodge No. 8 The remains wore followed to Oak Hill cemetery by a large con course of sympathizing friends. RAILROAD NOTES AND PERSONALS Burlington passenger train No. 19 was thirty minutes late this morning. The Pennsylvania railroad system subscribe d $-0,000 toward the $5,OO0.CO0 fund being raised for the St. Louis world's fair to be held in 11)03 to com memorate the Louisiana pu. chase cen tennial. Other, subscriptions of equal or greater amounts are promised and substantial progress Is being made in completing the fund. Special activity is being manifested in view of the fact that the bill appropriating $5,000,000 in aid of the fair is about to bn intro duced iu congress. One faro for the round trip will be mado for the na'ional annual conven tion of the N tion 1 Ci-eamnrr and Butterraaker's association, to bo held at L ncoln. February 19 to 23. Tt in ex pected that 15,0CO buttermakera will attend the meeting, mak. g the big gest gathering of the kind ever held n the west. Kvery slate io the union where butter is made is to te reore- sented. A large number of the shop men laid off this afternoon to attend the funeral of their fellow workman, Frank Verrailyoa. Ru.8 on nearly 2(0 srtiolos will be advanced by the roads west of Chi cago by a classihc-iiion tlat will eo nf effect today The increase-in charges will average about 10 per cent. though in many ca-es the advance is more and will tffect every article re ceived by railroads for shipment. The rates have not ben advanced directly. but the result is the same. Instead of dealing with the rates the articles af fected have been placed in higher clas sifications. Superintendent of Motive Power D. lawksworth returned this morning rom a trip over the eastern lines of the Burlington. Within tho next few days more than 13,000 ticket agents, general passenger agents, traveling passenger agents and others directly identified with the sale of ticket3 will receive official noti- ficat on from all roads in central, west ern and southwestern territories that the payment of commissions on passen ger business must cease on February 1. The chairman of the Central Passen ger association will at once mail cir cular notifications to the agents. A New York source of information says that for six weeks past a confer ence of interested persons has been in progress in New Yoik and Chicago looking toward the leasing of the en tire Union Pacific system by the Chi- cigo & Nrthw stern. According to the story tho Northwestern has offered to loase the Union Pacific system throughout on these terms: The Northwestern to guarantee 4 percent per annum on the $75,( 00,000 of pre ferred stock outstanding for ninety nine yeai s, and will t ffer in exchange for the present outstanding Union Pa cific common stock to the amount of $S8,460,1()0 ninety-nine-year 3 per cent gold collateral trust bonds, to be exchanged on a basis of one bond for e-.ch two shares of stock outstanding. The Burlington has agreed to make an open rate of one fare and a third for the round trip to Lincoln on ac count of the Pederewski concert. According to a plan adopted by the Union Pacific soma time ago of fur nishing buildings as cluo houses for employes at the several division points along the road, the company will soon commence work at Cheyenne fitting up rooms in the depot building aa club, reading, gymnasium and sleeping rooms. Tnese rooms will be equipped with baths and the appliances of a well regulated gymnasium, while the read ing room will contain books, papers and magazines. Bunks will be put in where the trainmen may rest during the seasons of the year when business is rushing and the men have not time to go to their homes. The Union Pa cific is prepared to expend from $8,000 to $10,000 in the club rooms here. David Garber of German town has secured worn in the Burlington coach shop, and will soon be a permanent resident of this city. DOOMED. For Tears the Haunt of Thiers and Ruffians. The curators of Carnavalet museum paid a visit to the notorious Chateau Rouge, in the Rue Galande, says a Paris correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette. 'The building is coming down In connection with street improve ments, and. as there Is a legend that It was within Its walls that Gabrlelle d'Estrees received "her royal lorer, a thorough examination was made of tho premises to see whether they contained any relics worth preserving. An il legible Inscription or two was all. however, that was found. Once a princely mansion of this there Is no doubt the building had long since fallen from its high estate and come to serve the most dlsreputa ble purposes. The Chauteau Rouge. the "cafe" which occupied the lower portion of It. was for a number of years the favorite haunt of thieves and ruffians. The arrest in the place of Qamahut, a particularly notorious murderer, drew general attention to the den, which it became the fashion to visit in the small hours of the morning. Every celebrity piloted around the slums of Paris by detect Ives was taken to the Chateau Rouge, where, without any effort of the imag ination, he could fancy himself in the company of authentic cutthroats. As a matter of fact, most of the real crim inals migrated elsewhere when their refuge began to be an object of curiosity. Their places were taken by outcasts, who were glad to masquerade as scoundrels of the deepest dye for the sake of the pence liberally dis tributed by visitors. Still, the Chateau Rouge at night presented a curious spectacle enough. On the counter from behind which were served drinks various, cheap and poisonous, there always lay in full ev idence two cudgels, both of them for midable, but one of much stouter pro portions than the other. They were for the use, In case of emergencies, of the proprietor, a giant of the name of Trolliet; the lighter one served him to quell minor disturbances, while with Its fellow he had more than once to defend his life against the friends of those of his customers whom he had been unkind enough to introduce to the police. The main room, grimly termed by Its frequenters the "Mor tuary," was ent'-ely devoid of furni ture. It served as a sort of dormitory to poor wretches who could afford no better accommodation than tnat of fered by its floor. Such as It was its shelter was In great request and It was difficult to pick one's way among the ragged humanity lying huddled about It like a living carpet. The pictures on the walls were another of Its features. They were hideous but appropriate compositions. One of them represented a confrontation at the morgue of a murderrr with the corpse of his victim, and another, called "La Veuve," showed the guillotine rising above a pile of beads. In a smaller room at the back the conditions were rather more comfortable and visitors would listen to songs written In thieves pat ter. : ... . Brave Men Fall . , victim to stomach, liver and kidney troubles as well as women, and all feel the results in loss of appetite, poisons in the blood, backache, nervousness, headache, and tired, listless, run-down feeling. But there's no need to feel like that. Listen to J. W. Gardner Idaville, Ind. He says; "Electric Bitters are just the thing for a man when he is all run down, and don't care whether ho lives or dies. It did more to give me new strength and good appetite than anything I could take. I can now eat anything and have a new lease on life." Only 50 cents at F. G. Fncke & Co s. drug store. Every bottle guaranteed. 3 Don't Lend Your Evening Clothes. ' No, I am not going out in the even ings just now to anything but strictly informal affairs," remarked a friend of the Saunterer the other day. "WhyT well, because just now I am not the possessor of a dress suit, and lack the wherewithal to purchase auother. It happened this way: I had a friend, a good fellow, who came to me one night and asked me If I wouldn't lend him my swallowtail. I consented, but I told him I wanted the clothes back the next week, as I had a function to at tend myself. Well, to make a long story short, the week went by and not a word from my friend or not a sign of my evening duds. I had to miss my date, and was pretty mad, but I didn't say anything. Another week went by, and anil no word. Then I decided to go out and hunt up my friend and find out If he intended to keep my clothes forever. I called at his boarding house and rang the bell. His landlady came to the door. When I asked if my friend was In she gave a deep gasp of astonishment and exclaimed: 'Why, didn't you know he was dead and bur ied?' It was my turn to be knocked out. After I recovered my breath I erplalned that I had not heard the news, and had merely called to take back my dress suit. It would doubt less be found among my friend's ef fects. I explained. The landlady turned pink, white and then pink again. 'Why, she gasped, "that must have been the suit we buried him in. It was the only good one we found among his wardrobe. So you see the reason why I say no to 'R. S. V. P. notc3 Just now." Millions 6lven Away. It is certainly gratifying to the pub lic to know of one concern in the land who are not afraid to be generous to the needy and suffering. The propri etors of Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, coughs and colds, have given away over ten million trial bottles of this great medicine; and have the satisfaction of knowing it has absolutely cured thousands of hopeless cases.' Asthma, bronchitis,hoarseness and all diseases of the throat, chest and lungs are surely cured by it Call on F. G. Fricke & Co. druggist?, and j get a free trial bottle. Regular size 50c and $1. Every bottle guaranteed, or price refunded. January Clearing Sale of Kid Gloves at Harolds' $1.50, $1.75 and $2 gloves; your cnoice, 9Sc, $1 and $1.25. CHANEAU ROUOE Art Is tie Napery. Women wncse circumstances allow them to gratify ih.r occlusive tastes have pet patterns for ;:.?.. 4- laraask coverings, as they have lavurile flow ers. Lady Randolph Churchill Is as sensitive to artistic napery as to a good literature or a beautiful picture, and a design of small wreaths scatter ed thlcky over linen of the most ex quisite texture is the distinguishing feature of her dining cloths. Anoth er American woman in England has succumbed to the questionable fash ion of associating satins and ribbons with culinary matters and considers the silken sheen of valuable linen, woven with graceful, spreading fern leaves in natural 8lzes quite worthy of her dinner service of gold and the goblets of Venetian crystal. Our .-cream bread Vienna bakery. can't be beat. Scrofula to Consumption. Any one predisposed to Scrofula can never be healthy and vigorous. This taint in the blood naturally drifts into Consumption. Being such a deep-seated blood disease, Swift's Specific is trio only known cure for Scrofula, because t is the only remedy which can reach the disease. Scrofula anneared on the head of bit I1U1 grandchild when only 18 months old. Shortly after breaking out it spread rapidly all over her body. The scabs on the sores wnuld neel off on the slightest touch, and the odor that wuuiu arise maae tne at mosphere of the room sickening and unbearable. The disease next attacked the eyes, and we feared she would lose her sieht. Em inent physicians from the surrounding country were consulted, out could do nothincr tn mllrai that lit. tie Innocent, and Rave it ftjgn rfS case was honeless and lin n..i.i.ni;r ' possible to Bare the child's eyesight. It was then that we decided tn i airt' fin.ifl. That medicine at once made a speedy and com- picKTi-urc. one is now a young may, and naa never had a sign of the disease to return. MRS. KUTH BERKILIT, Salina, Kan. Scrofula is an obstinate blood disease, and is beyond the reach of the average blood medicine. Swift's Specific Ift EE Rlnnrl is the only remedy equal to such deep- seated diseases; it goes down to the very foundation ana forces out every taint. It is vurelv veaetabl. ami i the only blood remedy guaranteed to contain no mercury, potash or other mineral suDstance whatever. Books mailed free bv Swift Specifla Company, Atlanta, Georgia. made with Dure 5PANI5H LICORICry Unsurpaibed forcurc ?f C2U0HS-CLDi 5wolOr Packages 111 ucwioicu mi ooxe& - HocKei size, c ,JU2S P per BOX ioia by DruqqistS everywhere or sent cpaiu wi icuii ui price LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS Notice of Sale I'nder Chattel Mortgage. Notice is lierebv eiven that bv virtue nf 9 -).?. tel mortgage, dated on the eighteenth day of July, A. 1). 1H8X, and duly hied in the office of the county clerk ol Cass county. Nebraska, on the ith day oi July. A. 1). 1W8. and executed bv A. L. VanOoren to The Aultnian & Taylor Machin ery company, (an incorporated company) of .Mansfield. Kichland county, Ohio, to secure the payment of two promissory notes; one for the sum of SSrtS payable March 1st, lWCr. with In terest thereon at the rate of 7 percent from the lth day of July, 1HH; and one for the sum of $1M) 00. payable October 1st. I8!t. with interest thereon at the rate of 7 per cent from the ltith day of July, iwtn, and upon which two notes there is now due the sum of Jll'.li'i, default hav ing been made in the payment of said sum, and no suit or other proceeding at law having been instituted to recover said debt or nnv nari thereof, therefore, 1 will sell the property therein described, viz: One "Aultman-Taylor'- separa tor, complete, with straw-stacker, belts and all fixtures with or belonging to the same; also one truck wagon under the same; also telescope loader, 150 feet of ft-lnch be t and one Parsons feeder, at public auction at the residence of A. L. VanDoren on the northwest quarter of section 17, town 12, range 9, in Cass county. Nebraska, on the 7th day of February, 11XW, at 11 o'clock a. m. of said day. Aultman-Taylor Company. Mortgagee. O. S: Polk, Attorney for Mortgagee. First publication Jan. 16. Legal Notice. To William S. Kirk and Mattle Kirk, non-resident defendants: You are hereby notified that on the 21st day of Decern Der. A. U.. lx&9, the county of Cass, in the state of Nebraska, filed its petition in the district court of Cass county, Nebraska, against you, impleaded with William Kirk, et al., the object and purpose of said suit being to foreclose a lien for delfnquent taxes against the west half of lots 1 and 2, in block 9. in the village of South Bend, in Cass county, Nebraska, for the years 182 to 1.-498. inclusive, in the sum of J2J4.U0. and to sell said lots in satisfaction thereof, and to bar all defendants therein from all rights in said real estate, and tor equitable relief. You are required to answer said petition on or before Monday, the 5th day of March. VMM) THE COUNTY OF CASS, By its attorney. Jesse L. Root- First publication Jan. J, liAJO. Notice of 8le Under Chattel Mortgage. Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a chat tel mortgage, dated on the 8th day of June, lV7. and duly hied in the office of the county clerk in and for Cass county. Nebraska, on the ajth day of July, lm7, and executed by I). L, Draper and I). S. Draper to the Keystone Manufacturing company to secure the payment of three promis sory notes, one payable October 1st. 1997, one payable January 1st, lHWj.and one payable March 1st, amounting in all to the sum of f-iM.HH, and all bearing interest at the rate of 8 per cent per annum from the Hth day of Jure, and upon which there is now due the sum of $242.4.". Said chattel mortgage and notes were duly sold and transferred by the said Keystone Manufac turing company to Theodore V. Castor and, default hav.ng been made In the payment of said sum, and no suit or other proceed ing at law having been instituted to recover said debt or any part thereof; therefore I will sell the property therein described, viz: One bay mare, eight years old. star in face, weight 1.3CU pounds, named Vet. and one bay mare, eight years old. star in face, weight 1.3KJ pounds, named Molly, at public auction, at the residence of Isaac Wiles, on the southwest quarter of section l i, township 12, range 13, in Cass countv, Nebraska, on the 31st day of January, lyuO. at 10 o'clock a. m. of said day. Dated this th day of January, 1900. Theodore W. Castor, Assignee of Mortgage. C. S. Polk, Attorney for Assignee of Mortgage. First publication Jan. 9. Notice. Notice is hereby gi iven that the annual met i maniv ing of the stockholders of the Burlington & Mis souri River Railroad in Nebraska will be held at the office of the company, in Plattsmouth, Neb on Thursday. February 22. 19UU, at 12 o'clock M. The meeting will be held for the election of nine (9) directors, to serve during the ensuing year, and for the transaction of such other busi ness as may legally come before it. - - ; T. S. Howland. Secretary.
