Poultry
ZUCKWEILER a LUTZ
Wants Poultry to be delivered at the store of Zuck
weiler &. Lutz in Plattsmouth, on
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p A n TU H
ULuiiLuuni nnu niuiiuuni
JANUARY 10th and 11th, 1912
for which we will pay the following prices, either in
cash or trade: (craws to be empty)
Hens 10 c
Young Roosters 9c
Young H Turkeys 12c
OldHTurekys 10c
Ducks lOK'C
Geese 8c
Old Roosters 5c
- Clarinda Poultry, Butter Egg Co,
LOCAL NEWS
Vrora Saturday's Dally.
II. Ackcrmau of Oreapolis was
a IMattsniouth business caller to
day. Mrs. II. A. Schneider was an
Omaha visitor this afternoon, go
ing on the fast mail.
Halt & Son shipped eight crates
f fine poultry to a Chicago com
mission firm last evening.
John Carmack arrived on the
afternoon train and will spend
Sunday with his wife and son.
Miss Lillian Bookmeyer arrived
from Omaha this morning to
spend Sunday with her mother.
Claude Mayflcld transacted
business in the metropolis today,
where ho was called on the first
train.
F. W. Hesse was a business
wilier at the state capital today,
going on the early train via
Omaha.
E. R. Hume and wife and daugh
ter were passengers to Omaha this
afternoon to spend Sunday with
friends.
John ngram, August Karlsou
and August Alexis of Louisville
were in the city yetserday, guests
nf the Riley.
Ben Brooks arrived on the aft
ernoon train from Omaha and
will visit Plattsmouth friends
over Sunday.
Mrs. Nellie Johnson ieft for
61enwood on the morning train
today, where she will visit friends
For a time.
B. F. Crook and sons, Guy and
lay, looked after business mat
ters in the metropolis today, go
ing on the first train.
A. F. Seybert and wife of Cul
toin were Plattsmouth visitors to
day, where they looked after busi
ness mailers for a few hours.
Mr. Hoffman and wife visited
Wjc metropolis this morning and
spent a few hours looking after
business matters.
Mrs. W. P. Albee and children
and Miss Hilda Barwick left for
fllenwood this morning to spend
Knnday with friends.
Joe Jelinek, jr., was an Omaha
passenger on the morning train
nleYetree's
THOMAS E. PARMELE, Plaintiff,
vs
CHARLES V. BOEDEKER, ET AL.,
Defendants.
Notice is ht.reby civen, That by virtue of an order entered in the fore
going entitled cause on the 4th day of December 1911, by the District
Court of the County of Cass, Nebraska, I the undersigned, sole Referee ap
fointed by still Court, will, on the
9th Day of February, 1912,
at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, nt the South door of the Court House
in the city of Plattsmouth, in Cass County, Nebraska, offer for sale to the
Ugliest bidder, for cash, the South half of the South West Quarter of Sec
tion Twenty-Six (26) and tl e East half of the North West Quarter and
tie North West Quurter of the North West Quarter of Section Thirty-Five
(35), all in Township Twelve (12) North, in Range Eleven (11), East of
the Gth P. M., in the County of Cass, Nebraska, excepting the right of way
f the Missouri Pacific Railway Company, and known as the Theodore
Boedeker farm, lying South of Louisville, in said County, containing 200
res, less railway right of way.
Dated: Plattsmouth, Neb., January 4, 1912.
BtFOM Clark and )
W A. Robertson, ( Attorneys.
Wanted! I
today, where he was called on
business for the day.
Miss Jennie Reynolds, who has
been spending a few days with
friends near Murdock returned
last evening via Omaha.
E. V. Maurer and bride were
passengers to Olcnwood on the
morning train today, where they
visited friends for the day.
Mr. Gallop of the Burlington
supply department returned to his
home at Council BlufTs this morn
ing, having looked after business
matters for the company in this
city for a couple of days.
Adam Kaffenbcrger, a promin
ent farmer of Eight Mile Grove
precinct, drove to Cedar Creek
this morning and boarded No. 4
for Plattsmouth to look after the
week-end trading.
Miss Nellie Brown of Mynard
departed for St. Paul, Neb., this
morning to renew her school
work, having spent the holiday
vacation with her home folks.
Charles Ploehn and wife and
daughter, Anna, who have been
paying a visit to H. M. Soennich
scn and Mr. Wichman and fam
ilies, returned to Scribner today.
Miss Elizabeth Falter departed
for Tilden, Neb., today to resume
her duties as teacher in the High
school, having spent her vacation
with her parents, J. P. Falter and
wife.
Mrs. Henry Rothiiian and chil
dren departed this morning for
Page, Neb., where they will visit
her sister for a time. Mr. Roth
iiian accompanied his family to
Ashland to assist them in making
the change of cars.
Good Land for Sale.
Forty acres ol Kd bottom
land, near small town, $10 per
acre, cash, if taken soon. Also
150 acres second bottom land at
$35 per acre. Call or address,
A. H. Ostrom, Max, Neb.
CASTOR I A
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bo'igh!
Bears the
Signature of
NOTICE
JOHN M. LEYOA, Referee,
7? . siffiZZo
Sale!
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I Rajah I
A Tile of the Far East
By CLARISSA MACKIE
Copyright by American Frees Aeio-
elation, 1911.
"This Is a story that Ananias Sline
told me." warned Captain Barnabas
Fish as be skillfully mended a net on
the silver minds of Quince harbor;
"therefore, tnu'um, I'm not responsible
for its veracity."
"Never nilud," I assured him eagerly.
"Of course 1 know they can't be true.
Nevertheless they ure interesting If one
cuu separate the truth from the tk
tion." "Miss Telham." said the captain,
turning his twinkling eye upon me,
"tietion ain't no word to use In conne.
tion with my old messmate Aiuinia..
Sline. lie's just a plain aud simple
liar, but every once in awhile, like
most liars, he swings the pendulum so
far to leeward that liaek she comes
and runs afoul of the truth. At such
limes Ananias nets '"to heaps of trou
ble. "Now, the story I have in mind is
about the time Ananias gut iuto trou
ble wlih the rajah of Kaildaliah. out
in India. Yon wouldn't think the in to
of a peaeeful trading ship like the old
Indus was would lie mixing in such
high society us Indian princes, but
wbeu Ananias got started on au ad
venture there was no knowing where
he'd stop-unt at primes unywuy.
Likely It would have to be kings or
queens or big bugs of some extra high
standing.
"Well, we had left Calcutta and was
running along down the coast with the
Jaipur hills In the background when
Ananias came nft and told me that the
water butts had sprung n leak and
that we would have to put ashore and
get another supply of water.
"1 won't go into the details of how
this happened, ma'am, for it was nil
most uiiseamnnlike, aud it bad never
happened to me before. Our ship's
carpenter repaired the damages, aud
all we had to do was to tie up at the
right place and try nnd find some pure
water, and In India, ma'am, that's no
easy matter.
"At last we came to a fair sized vil
lage where the tin tires didn't seem any
more than naturally curious at sight
of us, and Ananias went ashore with
some men to have a powwow with the
headman.
" 'Hov could you talk lo that head
man. Ananias?' asked hi in. '1 didn't
know you could speak Hindustani.'
"J don't wear all tny accomplish
ments on my sieves, skipper.' he says
excliedly.
"'S'posc you lalk a little Hindustani
lo me." I balled hi '.!. .
"Then A u rallied oft n lot of
iiecr jjhl.cilsli t!;nl snr.u'.cd as If he
bad swiill"-. i il all ' tcctti and was
laughing about P. 'You saveoV' he
ended up Just like n Chinee laundry
man. " unilcii-lj iid.' I says to him grim
ly. 'I iliHler-li.nil limn what you say.
Ananias Mine, that you're throwing
me a game nt hlulT about talking to tlio
headman. He looks ion Intelligent to
converse in any langwltch like that.
Whatever he told yon about the water
you go aud do It. I can stand anything
except water from the tiunges. If
you're going through the Jungle you
Mter lake guns.'
"Ananias didn't say a word, but he
and the men he picked out hustled
around and got the water casks and
provisions and some gnus and ammu
nition, and away they went In the bul
lock cart, with the headman of ihe vil
lage lashing n long whip and yelling
at the bullocks In a langwltch that
didn't sound like the one Ananias made
up.
"If was the next morning before
Ananias and his party rotne back, and
they were hurrying some, ma'm. I can
tell you. Ananias was In the lead,
running for his life, and behind him
ranie hi four seamen, nnd back of
them were three of the tallest, longest
legred Hindus I ever set eyes upon,
anil I've seen a sight of 'em In iny
day.
"I had a boat at the Jetty to meet
'em. but I declare If the three n Indus
didn't get there at the same time, and
all tumbled in with our men. nnd so
they were all brought aboard and
came before me.
"'What's all this? I demanded of
Ananias.
"Til explain, skipper. If you'll send
my men below for a bite to eat and a
little rest.' hp snvs slyly. And so I
sent the four, seamen below, nnd that
left Ananias standing there, looking
scared and mad at the same time,
whl'e the three Hindus stood Just be
hind him. staring sadly at me.
'"Explain, then,' snapped out.
"Ananias tnk n chew of tobacco nnd
folded his arms. "It happened this
way. skipper. he began. And then he
launched nut In a wonderful tale of
how they h id reached the shore of the
lake where the ra Inn's palace was sit
uated when the rajah was taking his
pleasure In a bont on the lake.
"It seems he didn't understand the
dlnlect Hint Ananias used. Of course
Annnlas told inc- he had a personal In
terview with the big mnn. and he or
dered Ananias to be hrotielit liefore
him the next morning for examination.
Bo that nlrht the men from the Indus
camped on the shore of the lake, and
the rajah's servants made a prisoner
of Ananias Sline aud carried him
across the lake to a dungeon In the
palace, where they kept him until tho
next morning.
"Theu he says he was brought be
fore the rajah with other prisoners
and examined, and he said It would
hae made your blood run cold to see
the offhand way In which that despot
desperate despot' was what Ananias
called him would just listen to what
the prisoners had to say and then uod
carelessly lo one cr another of tho
jailers and they would be carried ofT
to be put to death or torture or re
leased. "Ananias said that the rajah was the
most awful looking critter he ever set
eyes upon a giant In size with wool
ly hair and squiut eyes, nnd it was the
simiut eyes that caused all the trou
ble. It seems the rajah was so cross
eyed that the Jailors would get all
mixed up on the sentences and half
the prisoners got the wrong sentences.
It was all right for some, but had for
others. So Ananias says when It came
his turn to plead he got up and told
the rajah all about the Indus, and bow
her water cask- had sprung a leik. and
that we wanted fresh water from the
everlasting waterfalls, and that we
was cltlens of the I'. S. A. The rajah
Just smiled ard said It was ail right
and he could have nil the water he
i wanted as long as the waterfalls last
ed, and then ho .nod led one way nnd
his eyes got so horribly squlnty and
crossed Just then Hint the executioner
made a grab for Ananias saying the
rajah had looked at him and the rajah
was to busy to Interfere, so they haul
ed Ananias oiT lo put him to death.
"lie says he got away nnd swum
ashore and roused our four men. and
they all cut and run for the Indus with
three of the rajah's men chasing after
them, nnd here was Ananias nnd here
was the three men, staring borrow
struck Just as If they had understood
every word of what my first mate hnd
said, aud they didn't believe u word of
it.
"Then one of the three Hindus spoke
up politely, and what he said would
have flabbergast I'd you. inn'nni. for he
spoke In English. Snys he: 'Sahib
captain, this man speaks lies whenever
his mouth opens and he has called our
prince by evil names and with a false
tongue. We have been ordered to
bring him back to the palace that our
prince may examine him.'
"Of course I wasn't surprised to hear
that Ananias had been drawing the
long bow as 1 could see that he was
pretty much chapfallen to think he'd
i been wasting nil that breath before
these Hindus who could spenk his lang
wltch better than he could. I Just call
ed the second mate to command the
Indus, nnd, taking a fresh supply of
men. I started with the whole lot for
the rajah's palace.
"At last we arrived at the palace,
and Ananias was right nlmut that part
of it. He always did mix a little truth
in with his falsifying. It was on an
Island In the middle of a lake, and I
could see waterfalls here and there
among the bills.
"We all goi into a big bnrp-e and
were rowed across the lake to the pal
ate and hustled Into the audience room
where the rajah appeared In all his
j glory.
j "When he smiled at Anonlas that
cheerful prevaricator Just hauled In his
I tops'ls and looked down at the floor
I nnd I don't wonder, for that rnjah
I turned out to be one of the handsomest
men I ever saw In all my days, nnd
his eyes were us straight as yours,
ma'am. That part a limit h's being
squint eyed was nil a yarn of my first
mate's.
"It seems that the rnjah of Roddabnr
bad been educated In England, and be
talked with me quite n spell In n free
and easy manner. He told me that bis
men had found Annnlas nnd bis four
mutes stealing fruit from the pnloce
gardens, and for that reason he hnd
arrested hlra. ne escaped all right,
nnd the rajah's servants bud given
chase and caught him on board the
Indus.
"The rajah of Roddabnr was a gen
tleman after all. nnd he laughed and
made a Joke of Annnlas nnd his story
of the 'squint eyed rajah.' He pre
tended he wanted to buy Ananias for
his chief story teller, kind of a court
fool, he explained, with a twinkle In
those strolght. handsome eyes of his,
and poor Ananias hung his bead and
looked mighty scared, for the rnjnli
pretended to offer me all kinds of rich
Jewels In exchange for the critter, and
I pretended to bargoln for him nnd
then put the matter ofT until the next
time Annnlns told n big yarn.
"So I Insisted on Ananlus paying for
the fruit be hnd stolen, ond he npolo-
! gized to the rnjah ns decently ns his
kind enn apologize to somebody who
bns done them a good turn, nnd then
as the rajah had made us welcome to
nil the water we wanted, we all fell tc
and filled up our casks nnd away we
went buck to the Indus with some
presents that 'desperate despot had
showered on us.
"Of course I sent a special messen
ger back to (he rajah with some pres
cuts from the Indus' stores, nnd then
we h'lsled sail and nway we went
I homeward bound.".
I "And what did Annnlns have lo sny
when It wii8 all over?" I asked with
Interest.
"Whv, Ananias recovered his nerve
after we got out of sight of the .laypur
, hills, nnd he enme to me nnd told me
another yarn about his having sun
stroke when he got to the lake and
he didn't rlifhtly remember what hap
pened n'ter that.
I "I looked him In the eye and snys I.
I 'Ananias Sline. you may not rightly re
member what happened, but there's
plenty thol does, and I want to re
mind you that ther- Unh Is sttl wait
ing for the court fool!
ROBERT P. BASS.
New Hampshire's Young
Governor, Who Dodges
Caprices of Leap Year.
Copytiyht by Klnitmll & Son.
PtJCES FIXED BY
NATIONAL COMPANY
Evidence Indicates Packers Con
tinued Przclcss.
Chicago, Jan. 6. Documentary evl
df nee in support of the government's
charge thnt the practices of the old
packets' pool In fixing the price of
fresh meat by means of a system of
profit marglnr and apportioning the
business tin a. noncompetitive bnals
were continued after the organization
of the National racking company In
March, 19"1, was rend to the jury In
the trial of ten Chicago packers un-:
ntr indictment for criminal conspiracy
in restraint of trade.
The government brought the opera
tions of the alleged Illegal combina
tion of packers down to within seven
months of the statutory period cov
ered by the indictment.
The Infornintion was furnished by
Jerome H. Pratt, an employee of Ar
mour & Co. for more than twenty
years and nt one time assistant man
nger of the dressed beef department.
He testified to having attended a
number of meetings of the old pool
between isntl and 1H02. at which, he
said, prcentaces of Bhinr"'""s to dif
ferent marl'"t8 were decided bv ballot
and the profit margin wns determined
by agreement nmnnr the members.
The w'tness Identified a dozen let
ters he received while In the employ
nient of Armour & Co, In support ol
h's statement!).
Three of the letters bore notations
In nencil of the shipment percentiles '
and profit marelns In the bandwr'tlnq
of J. Oeden Armour. Arthur Meeker
nnd Thomas J. Connor of the Ar
mour comppnv, according to witness
He posltlve'v Identified the hmdwr't
lng of Arthur Meeker and declared he
wna as certain tnt the other memor
andums were written bv J. Ogden Ar
mour and Thoms J. Connors as a mnn
rn'Ori who hod not seen the figure
written.
Man Hanppd From Balustrade.
Windsor, Vt.. Jan. 6. K'roy Kent
pnld the penalty for murder nt thr
state prison here when he was hnned
for cluhblnr Miss Delia R Condon
to death Ht her home In Post Walling-
ford on Ju'y 24. 1908. As the dropi
fell tho rone broke and Kent fell tint
n the floor. The rone was then h'mg
around the hn1iistr"de over the in'liwq'
and Kent rema'n'd SMTiended there
until he was pronounced dead.
CONDENSED NEWS
Peven hundred Imperial troops are
reported to hive heon Hlld or wound-1
fi In a hntt'e w'th Chinese revolu
tionist!, nenr Hankow.
A locomotive boiler In the So'itliern
Pnclfle roum'hQ'iso nt los Anee'en
blew tip. One mnn wis killed In the
explosion and five Injured.
Four person s were Injured when an
automobile. In which thov were rid
Inn, turned t'lrt'o and went down a
fifteen font embankment near Joplln.
The will of tho late Judee Ilartlctt
Tripp was probated nt Yankton. S. D.
After life Interest in estate to the
widow nnd a few .bequests, he leaves
tho whnln estate to Yankton co'leee.
The gift eventually will bo about flSOr
000.
Four persons were fatally Injured,
while another was seriously hurt,
when a car Jumped from the Central
bridge, which connects Cincinnati with
Newport, Ky. Tho car landed on
Front street, after turning a somer
sault In Its drop of fifty-five feet.
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QUEEN VENUS.
Orbit, Mass and Gravity of the Planet
Twin of Our World.
Mercury is the nearest of known
planets to King Sol. but Venus comes
next, and in eccentricity of solar orbit
au ee entrit ity having au average of
about CT.-'OO.Omi miles-is the least Ir
regular or the planets. The distance
of Venus from our earth also varies.
With an average or mean of about '25,
700.(XK miles at her nearest, the aver
age distance of Venus from our eurth
being approximately 1CO.OOO.OO0 miles
at her farthest.
Queen Venus may be called the plan
et twin of our world, since her mean
diameter nnd that of our earth are
nearly equal. Nevertheless the differ
ence of some 200 miles In their diam
eters leaves Venus with about 02-100
of the terrestrial volume. Venus' mass
or weight approximates N2-KK) of
that of our planet, aud. dividing 82
100 by 1)2-100. we get 81M0O. which is
Veuus' density compared with the den-
slty of our earth. Venus' gravity ap
proximates 82-100 that of our planet,
or. In other words, a terrestrial lody
weighing 100 pounds would weigh only
eighty-two pounds upon the surface of
Venus.
' Queen Venus exhibits phases like our
moon, but possesses no moon herself.
She presents a bright nnd thickly
clouded appearance nnd has an atmos
phere which Is estimated to be from
one and one-half to two times as denso
as our own. This beautiful planet was
Reen. of course, by mankind In pre
historic ages, but the earliest known
moid respecting her was In tlStl H. C.,
a record engraved upon earthenware
seunj.-New York Tribune.
MANSARD'S ROOF.
Dy It th Architect Won Hit Son's Lif
From Louis XIV.
The great hall of the Hotel do Villa
of Aries, designed by Mansard, Is the
wonder and admirutlon of every one
who hns seen it on account of the
groined roof.
In regard to this a neighboring cofe
tier tells u somewhat grim story. King
Louis XIV. happened to be passing
through the city Just at the timo Man
sard was superintending the comple
tion of bis creation. The roof was sop
ported by a powerful pillar. The mon
arch admired the work and congratu
lated the architect on his design. At
that moment the architect was passing
through great domestic tribulation. lie
bad a son under sentence of death, bo
be thought Jt would be a good opHr
tunlty to Intercede ou behalf of the
lad.
Mansard threw himself nt the feet of
the king and said: "Your majesty rccr
In the center that massive column? If
you will spare the life of my son I
will remove the unsightly pillar, and
the roof shnll stand without support.
"Mansard." replied the king, "If you
accomplish that miracle I will pardon
your son. but if you fall 1 will hang
you with hi m."
The architect removed the pillar
without jrreat difficulty and with the
result desired. The cafetler Is a phi
losopher, and he concluded his storr
with the reflection that hnd not Ma
sard's son been a scamp the hall .
Aries would be Just like any other hall.
London Globe.
Rita and Fall of Pater Lyole.
The Tripoli of the early n'neteenth
century could boast of n fleet. And
more, the fleet could boast of an admi
ral balling from Scotland. Peter Lyclo
was his name. When he arrived at
Tripoli In 17Dt he was mere mate of
an BnglUh vessel. But n nature ava
ricious asserted Itself. lie plundered
part of the ship's cargo, wns susectcd
nnd took refuge in the cnstle. There
began bis real career. He turned Mos
lem, married a relative of the reigning
pasha, and In time became lord high
admiral or the fleet. Ills ambitions
did not atop even here. He did not
tick to his fleet He embarked on a
course of piracy, distinguished himself
and made enemies. Ills standing be
came undermined. "Poor Peter." com
mented an old time traveler? "was no
longer an object of consideration with
uny party."-London Globo.
Climatio Variation.
There Is plenty of evidence going to
show that the "climate of North Amer
ica wns much warmer than It Is now."
The remains of the now extinct mam
moth, for' Instance, which are found
nil over the continent, und especially in
Ihe northern part thereof, prove that a
tropical climate prevailed here at a
very recent date, geologically speaking.
There are. of course, other evidences,
but the conclusion to be drawn from
the mammoth Is enough to convince us
that where the temperate (or colder)
climate now Is there once prevailed a
hot climate, such as the now extinct
monsters luxuriated lu for centuries.
Got Her Rattled.
Manageress (lo customer In ten room,
about to light a clgari-No smoking in
here, sir, please Customer- Ibit you've
got "Smoking Uoom" on the door
there. Manageress That Is the door
of the next room. sir. Customer-Then
what's it doing lu here? tamlon
Punch.
Feminine Conversation.
niobbs-Women talk about nothing
but their dress. Slobhs Oh. I don't
know! It seems to me I've heard some
of them talk ubout their buts.-Phlki-dclpbiu
Itccord.
Mystifying Colloquy.
"Just then the train entered a toug
tunnel, and"-
"Yes. aud Jack" "
"No, he didn't, the stapldr - Exchange.