ITasonry Amn( .vres.
BT WILLIAM ROUNSEYILIX.
It is a claim which Masonry pats forth
that itV members are found among all
nstinudbsv c:?iJiaeii rneo. This claim for
it universality U well supported, an 1
eveti anuDf garage tribes distinct traces
of it ba.v been f'ouud. The following
narrative, related to the writer many
years ago by an old sea captain, who
then traded to the Pacific, will bhow
that inr the least expected ptaces Mason
ry crcrp cut, and that even among sava
ges its benign and humanizing effect are
maintained. We give, the incident as
near as posiL!e in the language of the
principal actcr, after the lapse of so
many years.
' "l was in command of a brig which
sailed for. the Pacific coasi far a cargo of
hidea, , but finding it impossible to pro
curs it, and having an opportunity to
iij a cargo to the Sandwich Island?, I
abandoned' the original intention ap'i
Bailed lor the Islands. The voyage was
prosperous, and an offer wa3 received at
the Sandwich Islands for a freight for
New Zealand, on terms that I did not
feel frea to refuse, and accordingly we
tailed for those islands. ' V had dis
charged our freight and were about to
return to the Sandwich Islands in bal
last, when it became necessary to take in
a supply of water for the use of the
brig. To obtain tlu, we were compelled
to po n.bere in boats, taking our casks
alung, and after landing, to proceed
around the point or spur of a bin If
about a tniio from the shore, which com
pletely hid tha men engaged in getting
water from the vesjcl, which laid oil the
shore about a mile and a quarter.
"Early in the morning a boat's crew of
ten men were sent off for the water. I
followed them with my glass until they
pa.seJ out of sight behind tho blnff.
They were expected to returu by noon,
but that hour passed aad still there were
no indications from them. To heighten
tay aaiiety ' nud increase my apprehen
oasl had noticed during tha forenoon
a largo number of natives in the vicinity
of tho way by which the men approached
the spring, armed after the manner of
their nation, with war-clubs. The after
noon wad'-. nearly half tpent, and my
anxiety became so great, that I concluded
to tak aootber boat and go myself in
pursuit of my men. Accordingly, with
a crew of like number with the first, the
boat waa launched and we were quickly
eu thore. Tho two men who had been
1 jfi to tak care of the first, boat were
equally ignorant of the whereabouts of
thoir companions with ourselves, and we
had nothing to do but press forward.
"Leaving two more to watch the two
beat:, with orders to push off to the brig
rather than allow them to fall into the
hands of the Batives, Tfith tho other ten
men I directed my course to tho spring.
In order to curtail the distance as much
as possible, we passed over instead of
going around the point of bluff before
spoken of. "When we arrived at its sum
mit I was astonbhel and dismayed to
' see my boat's crew eurrounded by about
a hundred warriors, engaged in defend
ing themselves as best they could with
suoh arms as they could improvise, and
in fact in the midst ef a rather warm as
well as dangeroai encounter.
"Determined to be in the fight against
whatever odds might be brought to bear
upon us, if it most be a fight, and still .
anxious to prevent bloodshed if it was
possible, I called to my men to follow
and dashed down the declivity at the top
of my speed. The men responded nobly
and were close at my heels when I ar
rived at the scene of action. As 1 was
" anxieus to stop the fighting, if possible,
I inveluntariiy placed my hands in the
most ' natural position on such an occa
sion that could ba adopted, and which
every Mason will understand without
" description. A grim looking chief had
raised his war club to fell me to the
earth, and I really thought that the bar
barians would makn a sappar off ef my
carcass. When ho taw the position I
had assumed, the elub was instantly low
ered to the earth, tho chief caught my
hand, and if ever a moital was aston
ished that mortal was myself when he
gave me the mystio grip of a Master.
Mason ! At his command the affray was
stopped not another blow was given
and aftf r Foma emanations bv the chief
to his followers, the whola band passed
me and gave me the 'grip and kigu' that
saved n.
"But this was not all. They were our
friends and brothers, and acknowledging
tha tie, they conducted themselves as
such. The weapons and implements of
war were laid aside and the hundred
stout barbarians, wbo but a few mo
ments before had hoped to make a good
meal of us, were engaged tide by side
with my boats' crews in filling the casks
and rolling them to the beach, and the
evening sun had not descended behind
the mountains in the interior of the
island, before all of our casks, filled by
friendly hands, were safely on board our
boats and on the way to our vessel.
, . "Of course we understood no word of
their native language and could commu
nicate with them only by signs. - These
they understood with difficulty, except
those which peTtained to Masonry.
These were as familiar to them as to
me, and that they not only understood
the Masonic, but also their moral sig
nification, their conduct abundantly
proved.
"Whether these savages even then
and eince cannibals were instructed by
some member of the Craft who had been
left among them, or they procured their
knowledge of the "moral art" from
ships which at long intervals stopped
. u t i . - i
: ever their knowledge of the secrets of
Freemasonry was obtained, that knowl
edge saved myself and companions from
being cooked for the suppers of those
whom Masonry caused to regard ua as
friends. Whoever it was that communi
cated the information,- though it is quite
; possible that it was done irregularly, to
' tha latest period of my life I shall say
witn an tne xervor or wnicn my eoui in
capable : 'God bless him 1 ' ""
' -
A rrjarr put to Sham.
Soon after tha commencement ef tho
: "Morgan affair' in western New 5Torb,
sundry individuals pretending to be re
nouncing masons perambulated the
country and exhibited what purported
to be the forms, ceremonies and ritual of
Freemasonry. Among these was a man
' named Harlow O. Witherell, wh pro
fessed to have taken the first seven de
grees and to be able to communicate
them in what ho ealled "due form." He
exhibited several time3 in Tompkin"
county where tha writer was then resid
ing, and created quite a furore against
the order. On one occasion he.wa
holding forth in the town of Caroline, in
the above named county. There were
probably not a doten masons in the
township and he had it pretty mueh his
own way. aa very few members or the
fraternity attended, or troubled them-
Belre about the matter.
Lut on the ochoo referred to,
-.:.. u.a r.ntti!rl unoaanold
the
ma-
anna in. H -..- ,
-bob named McAllister to see the exhibi-
but
of
tinn. lie was an . iuKrw
.afnral tal?nt. "ft little
rouzu
in
nstDarinA Still Huff
in bis . manners.
'.Tho old man sat
with his head resting
i . h
his elbows on
bis
; . n.fc - tiiildea so that no
EDS', us r : v
f m r.. l i? t o whts. The show
proceeded as usual and at the closo With
erell gave an invitation for any ono who
choie to controvert or confirm the exhi
bition which he had presented. McAll
ister did not zcove from his position un
til loud calls were made for him from
ail parts of the house.' Then ha slowly
raised his gaunt form to a perpendicular
and nxing his keen eye upon the exhibi
tor, for a moment stood in iience. Then
he very deliberately asked:
"Mr. Witherell, I understaad you to
say that what you hare shown us here
to night is the first 60vcn degrees of ma
sonry? .
"Assuredly," was th prompt repty,
"I also understand," continued the
questioner "that you have voluntarily
taken upon yourself those oaths which
you have pronounced here?"'
"I have sir!" again came forth with
nnetion.
"Then," continued the old reason,
"will you tell this audieaca whether you
perjured youreIf then cr whether jou
only lie now?"
The effect can scarcely bo conceived.
The audience shouted and applauded
for eotae minute, during which a lame
attempt was made to ward off the terrible
Mw, and the meeting broke up with
cheers for McAllister and his institution.
The perjurer or liar, whichever he was,
exhibited no more. We- Koucaeville
in the Masonic Trowel
PI A It SI TH AIS.
ft I Speech at the Aldlna OInner, w
s rk.
The proprietors of tha Aldine on Fri
day evening gave a reception at the St
James Hotel, New York, at which were
present a large number of distinguished
journali;ts, Vice President Colfax prci-
dcd. Mark lwam spoke substantially
as follow?: . .
Gentlemen: I would rather address
a stsg dinner party tban any other assem
blage in the wgrld laughter For the
reason that when you make a point, those
who have been listening always applaud,
and thosa who havo been talking to each
other and did not hear it, applaud louder
than anybedy else laughter and if I
only had a speech prepared for this occa
sion, I would take genuino delight in de
livering it. laughter. But I got the
notification to be present at this dinner
this morning, or pay what I owed to the
Aldine establishment laughter and
I bad to leave half an hour after that in
order to rnako this trip, so I had no op
portunity of preparing a speech and I am
not one ofthoso geniuses who can make
a speech impromptu. I have made a
great many happy impromptu speeches,
but I bid time to prepare them, laugh
ter. Now, it is singular, but I suppo. o
that, but for a circumstance which hap
pened when I was fourteen years of age
I might have rushed blindly into real
impromptu speeches and iniure myself a
good deal. Laughter. This circum
stance, which happened when I was four
teen years of age, has always protected
me against anything of that kind, and it
has led me to think a good deal now, I
don't tl iik a good deal generally laugh
ter ef what may jrobably be the mov
ing springs of human action. I put that
in marely because it is a good expression.
Laughter. Now the thing that mad
the deepest impression on ray mind, and
has lasted until this moment, was a mat
ter in itself trivial. It occurred when I
was a boy and. it has protected mo up to
this time against making a speech when
I hadn't a speech . prepared. It was a
remark made by a friend. He said: "I
could have catched them cats if I had
had on a good ready." Laughter.
Now, at first glance that don t appear to
convey an idea, but it does, and the meat
of it is this; don't do anything hurriedly,
den t do a thing unless you are prepared
to do it: therefore, until this moment, I
never havo made a speech unless I had
that speech all set down and ready. 1 Ins
incident is of no consequence to you at
all. and I never made a speech in my
life unless I tried to incalculate a moral,
laughter. unless I tried to convey an
instruction, and if I can make you better
than you are laughter it is not for me
to say there is room for it, thooph I sup
pose there is. Laughter. If I can
make you wiser than you are, or if I can
protect you in after life as I have been
protected, let me do it here, even if I
perish on the spot. Laughter.
axule Artillery.
The following amusing description, by
John Phoenix, of a new idea in artillery
wa3 evidently suggested by the mounted
howitzers used in tha Abyssinian wan
"Oiit ia a certain western fort, some
time ago, the major conceived the idea
that artillery might be used effectively in
fighting with the Indians by dispensing
with gun-carriages and fastening tho can
non upon backs of mules. So he explain
ed his views to the commandant, and it
was determined to try the experiment
A howitzer was selected and strapped up
on an ambulance mule, with the muzzle
pointed toward the tail. When they had
secured the gun, and loaded it with ball
cartridge, they led that calm and stead
fast mule out on the bluff and set up a
target in the middle of the river to prac
tice at. The rear of the mule was turned
toward the target.and he" was backed
gently up to the edge of the bluff. .The
officers stood around in a semicircle,
while the major went up and inserted a
time-fuse in the touch-hole of the howit
zer. When the fuse was ready, the ma
jor litit and retired. In a minute or two
the hitherto unruffled mule heard the
fizzing back there on his neck,, and it
made him uneasy. Ha reached his head
around to ascertain what was going on,
and, as he did so, hU body turned and
the howitzer began to sweep around the
horizon. The mule at last became excit
ed and his curiosity grew more and more
intense, and in a second or two he was
standing with his four legs in a bunch,
making six revolutions a minute, and the
howitzer, understand threatening sudden
death to every man within half a mile.
The commandant was observed to climb
suddenly up a tree; the lieutenants were
seen sliding over the bluff into the river
as if they didn't care at all about the
high price of uniforms; the adjutant
made good time toward tho fort; tho
eargeant began to throw up breastworks
with his bayonet, and the major rolled
over the eround and groaned. In two
r three minutes there was a puff of
smoke, a dull thud, and the mule eh!
where was he? A solitary jackass might
have been seen turning successive back
somersaults over the bluff, only to reBt at
anchor, finally, with his howitzer at the
bottom of the river, whilo the ball went
off toward the fort, hit the chimney in
the major's quartors, and rattled the
adobe bricks down into the parlor, and
frightened the major's wife into convul
sions. They do not allude to it now, and
no report of the results of the experi
ment waa ever sent to the War Depart
ment." It is said of Ethan Allen that he once
attended a church where tha minister
made an estimate, the resnlt of which
was that out of the whole human race
not more than one in one thousand
weuld be saved. On the arnouncement
of tha result, Allen took his hat and
walked out., sayinz as he went : "Gentle
men, if any of you want my chanee you
are welcome to it. It is not worth stay
ing for."
It is said thst cork screws have sunk
more than cork-jackets have ever saved.
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m
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reb. 13 d&wtf. PUtUmouth. Mob-
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A LL persons indehud tons, either by note
I V or book account, are notified that settle
Kent most be made by the first day of January
nest, or we will be ooupellad to place the same
ia the hands of the proper officer for collection
IFe mutt kao . monry, and our friends wil
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" AND "
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provided their bones are not destroyed by mineral
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and slimy deposits that breed these Urine monsters of
disease. No Srstem of Medicine, no vermifuges, no
anthelmintics will free the system from worms like
tnese miters.
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Druggists snd tten. Agents, San Francisco. California,
ana i ana s commerce ctrset, new xors.
CsfeOLD BY AU DEC 0 GISTS AND AXJtK8.
We are opening an
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t
Winter goods, . purchas
Early largely and
Low down.
We buy from first .
Class houses, invariably
For cash, and have afl
The advantages ofae,r t -
And
Propose to giro our
Customers goods at
Prices we know must
Please
- Come, '
And be convinced that
Our stock is complete
; " .- - -, . , -
And the place to purchase
Dry Good Notions,1
Boots, Shoes, Groceries,
Is at Clark & Plummet's
Main Stree. opposite
Brooks House
Plattsmouth. -
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Office of Comptroller of the
Currency.
Washington, January. 2nd 1872.
WHEREAS by satisfactory evidence pre
sented to the undersigned, it nan been mads to
aprear that "THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Ob' PLATTSMOUTH" in the City of Platta
tnonth. in the county of Cass, and State of
Nebraska, has been duly organized under and
according to the requireTieDts ot tho Act of
Congress entitled "An act to provide a Nation
al Currency, secured by a pledge of United
States bonds, and to provide for the circulation
and redemption thereof," approved Jan 3rd
1S)'4, and has complied with all tha provisions
of said Act required to bo complied with before
commencing the business of Banking under
"SQW'TIIEREFORE I. miand R. Hulburd
Comptroller of the Currency, do hereby oertify
that 1 ha Firot National Bank of Plattsmouth.
in the City of Flattsrnouth, in the county of
Cass, and State of Nebraska, is authorised to
commence the business of Banking under the
Aot aforesaid.
. In TftimoHy Whereof witness my
T O hand and seal of office this 2nd
UU. day of January 18"2.
HLLAND R. HULBURD.
(No 1314) " Cctuptrolier of the Ourreney.
' u6dahm . .. -
FALL AND WINTER
1871 1871
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OFFICERS i
II D Mackay. President,
T M .wn Vix.PrOt.irlonf
George A Moore, Secretary,
J Jones, Ass't Secretary,
II L Newman, Treasurer
Cr J L Wever. ti ed. a) 'tor.
DIRECTORS.
D Sh're. Leavenworth. Kan.
H D Mcckay, Leavenworth Kan.
D il Swan,
W G Coffin.
Geo A Moore,
D W Powers, "
Geo L Davis, St. Louw. Mo
J Merritt.
K Hastings, ' " '
F Richards.
II R Hammond "
H Eduerton.
Thos Oarnoy. "
il biriokler. Junction City
Chas Robinson, Law ran ue,
vt'.Liaaioy,
41 It ilorgan
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ASSETTS. Jan. 1,1872
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period in its history. , ' . . , -
Its total Assets are sufficient to discharge all liabilities, including re-msuranoe. pay back all
its stock capi' al, and leave as a balance more than a MILLION of earned surplus.
72iis Company Issued IVloro Policies
IN 1871
Any Other Company in iho Worl
S A. TAYLOR & CO.,
janwdAwtr Oeneral Agent s, for cbraaka.
Xji. liOHITSOlT,
IfiTOpposite the Tlatta Valley Ilouse, "in Schlater's Jewelry Store, JJ
Main Street, iJPlattsniontli, Nebraska
ST. LOUIS,
DECKER BROS.,
G. A. MILLER & CO'S
PIANOS.
x& itx Jfirst-class
Wholesale and EetaiCDeolor in Strings, Sheet
7MU3ICAL INSTRUMENTS TSiW
GOODS
1871
NON-FORFEITING
Contribatiou Plan,
Advantage to the Policy Holders
for its careful and succesful management.
and (rives none. Poliov holders have no interest
Uieir policies.
n A Calkins, General Agent,
W E Harvey, Con. Actuar,
T X llurd. Attorney.
TI L Newman Lea re worthK
W E Chembcrlain.
T A Hard, I"
E 11 Allen, .. ..
C A T'crry, Weston, Mo,
G W Veal, Topeka, Kansas.
J M Price Atchison. Kan.
W RStebbins, "
ITORS WANTED.
PLATTSMOUTH
26 $ 28lns5Sti St.;t
.. ...4!J.OOO
12.537
97,505,233,SO
BURDETT,
SMITH'S AM'N,
AND BOSTON,
OB GAINS.
pianos
Musie, and all kinds of Musical Merchandise
ffpesSoWo Gutfj
O-IHE LEADINGS
FA MILT AJTD STOKT WlKCLT IU AstHIOA
(Jar 4? ireside V riend.
Large Size. Eight Page, Illustrated.
vonienis original, v ariea, . .
Comprehensive. Valuable, Attractive,
and Interesting.
A Reliable. Practical Friend, that shall
weekly bring refined entertainment and yolu
able instruction to the firesides of its readers.
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE.
$3. per Year of Fifty-Tvco jNumlers.
Each and every subscriber shares in our An
nual Distribution ox Premiums.
GRAND ANNUAL DISTRIBUTION OF
PREMIUMS! 1872,
TO THE SUBSCRIBERS OF
Our ITireside JTrlcnd.
Will take plaoe this year at the Academy of Mu
sic, Chicago, Saturday. March 9th. 1872. Every
subscriber shares in the Distribution. There is
a Premium for YOU.
Eight hundred and Thirty-one Cash Premi
um-', amounting to
040,000 IN GREENBACKS till
f?60,OOOiaotkerPreffliJmli
SSend your address for Specimen Copies
ci me -aper ana rremium t, witn lull par
t;n..in.. r . i U UDUL
Address OUR FIRESIDE FRIEND.
Chicago, 111.
We want Agents everywhere, and give
large cash pay. w'i
A Book for the Jlillion !
MARRIAGE! A private counselor to the
. GUIDE. I ! Married or those about to mar
. I Iry on the physiological myster
ies and revelations of the sexual system, the
latest dicsoveries in producing and preventing
offspring, how to preserve the complexion Ac
1 his is an interesting work of two hundred
and twei.ty-four pages, with numerous engrav
ings, and contains valuable information for
those who are married, or contemplate mar
riage. Still, it is a book that ought to be kept
under lock and key. and not laid carelessly
about the house.
Sent to any one (free of postage) for 50 cents.
Address Dr. Butts' Difpensary, No. U N
Eighth street, St. Louis, Mo.
Notice to the Afflicted and Unfortunate.
Before applying to tho notorious quacks who
advertise in rfinblie papers, or using any quack
remedies, peruse Dr. Butts' work no matter
what your desease is or how deplorable your
condition.
Dr. Butts can be consulted, personally or by
mail, on the diseases mentioned in his works.
Office. No. 12 N. Kiehth street, between Market
ad Che-nut. St. Louis, Uo. . : deeilfcwly
SIXTY FIVE 1st PRIZE K EOALS AWARDE9
THE GREAT
TJaltimo e Piano
tor actory. J
i
WHi KFJABE&CO.
Manufactarers of
GRAND, SQUARE AND UPRIGHT
' '-Ai Baltiuork Mabtlaitd.
These Inst; uments have been befo fceFub-
lio for nearly thirty years, and upon their ex
cellence alone attained an vnpurenated Pre
eminence, which pronounces them unequal od
in Tone, Touch,
Workmanship and DurahxlUy. . '
?"A11 our Sou are Pianos have our New Im
proved Overstrung Scale and the Agraffe Ti o-
StSWe would call special attention to our
late Patented Improvement in Grand Pianos
and Square Grands found in no other Piano,
which bring the piano nearer perfection than
has yet been attained.
Every PIANO Fully Warranted for Fief year
Illustrated Catalogues and price lists prompt
ly furnished on application to
W'M. KNABE & CO,. Baltimore, Md.
Cr any of our regular established agencies'.
A ovaowoino.
jsricw STORE
Weepino Water. Nebraska.
?A. CMISS & CO
occisaa ee
. BOSTON & JE3TK8.
aKALSSS IX
General BTerchandisa,
DRY GOODS,
J1ARIVAKT?.
QCEENSWARE.
HATS. CAPS B00T9L '
. . . , 6U0E3. KOTIOUS.'
We dre Agents for
Wiilcox &. Clb Sewing IXaefcbt
T2io ood Intent !
i
Grocerios and Provissions.
OAtiL AT
i
AUCTION AND
Commission Rooms
UAiy ST
Whero jrou can bay almost erery ihlng
eatable, including .
At the lowest Prices for cash. 17 ghest
, pnoe paid lor Country rroduu ,
Butter, Chickens, &o. fcc. ;
Goods Delivered in the Citv
Free of Charge.
6. DUKR
yl7dwtt.
m O.T ICE.'
TO BUILDERS T OTHERS
THE PLATTSMOUTH STONE
' "J" AND; .. ;
L!M COaiPAWY,
Are prepared to supply the labile with lias of
the best ousJity, at their works, at the rate or
f$57"Thirty cent per Bush
And when barretled T twenty-fire eente
will be charged per barrel. -..
Orders can beleft with J. W. 6hnnoB.
mouth. Nebrs.ka. or addrewed to ths su
berboaeld. ngig'Vnmt.
rtsroTutrs Seooe and Lime 0- r
jjdt , .
MACrllfi E MIOP! "
mm mm mm mwm mm mm m m if rv m w
.Plattsmouth, leb..
Renalrers of Ktam Fnrinni TtnM.r. D.
n 7 i l it " 1 ww ma
Grist Mills.
Gas and team Fittinen. Wrnn.M TM P,.
Force and Tift Pumps, bteam Uauges. alanc.
Valve Governors, and all kinds of
Brass Engine Fittings,
furnished on short notice,
TAR MING MACHINERY
B)paUel on shcrt notion. aagfl
CITY MfcAT MARKET,
BY
Cooi ITIoIiIcz,
MAIN STREET.
Plattsmouth; - IVebrnsha.
The best of Fresh Maata always on hand lr
' 4 1 I
vatur reason.
Highest Price Paid for Pat Oattla
7"lligheet Oash PTloo'pnid for green Hides.
. dJtTTtf
S U 00 FLY
MEAT MARKET
The nndersigned having rented the Shoo Ft
mea. niaraei, ii reuoy o f err e all
customers who may lator him
with a Call, with the
Best of Meats f
6M0EED SAUSAQB ete. at the
LOWEST PRICE POSSI
BLE.
Tar-Contraets will also be mado forrurnhhlna.
meat in larze Quantities, and delivering it in
any part of the city.
HIGHEST PRICE iMSfi"-
B. D. ARNOLD
Feb26wtf.
EMPIRE BAKERY.
AI'D
GEO OBBY.
Corner Main and Tliird St
Plattemoutb, NebraiJca.
keep on hand a full supply of
Coiifcctionerics,
Pies,
Cakes,
Checsa
and
and a eomplete aortrnent of Gioesriea. sssJ
Queensware, and Glasswars.
t3Give as a oall. .
21 f
GUtxukx a irrjBaaTT
L. BRQM & CO:
Plattsrnonth Cigar Factory
on Main etrsst, opposite Court Hatuev
Plattsmouth, - . IVebrasksW.
We have on hand a large aotortrasat of
CIGARS & TOBACCO,
Cocsieting of the best qualities of
CIGARS, FINE-CUT, PLUG" AND
SMOKING TOBACCO,
As we deal exclusively in Tobacco we can sell a
3heap, if not cheaper than other store in the
Sity.
Give ns a call before you purcha-e elsewhere.,
as we know you will go away satisfied.
L. Brom it Co.
February 11. 1869.dtf.
TIIE GREAT CAUSE
OF
HUMAN MISERY !
JuM Published, in a Haled envelope. Price &ctt.
A Lecture on the Nature, Treatment, and
P.adical cure of Spermatorrhn-a, or Nominal
Weakness, Involuntary tinisHimiM, Kexual le
bilttr, and Iinpediments to MarrLnge generally;
h'ervoii?ne. Consumption, Kpi'epny. and Fits;
Mental and Phieical Incapacity, reitulting frora
self-abuse. 4c By Robert J. Culverwll, il.
Dr, author of the 'Green Iiook,' io.
- The world-renouned author, in this admira
ble Lecture, clearly proves from his own exper
ience that the awful consequence of self-abuse
may be effectually removed without medicines,
and without dangerous surgical operations, boo
gies, instruments, rings or cordials, pointing
out a mode of cure at once certain and effectual
by which every sufferer, no matter what his con
dition may be, way cure himself cheaply, pri
vately, and radically. This lecture will prove
bocnto tbonsandsand thousands.
Sent andcr seal, to any addretts, in a plain
scaled envelope, on the re :eipt of six cents, or
two poHtage stamps, AU'j Dr. Culverwe l'e
'rasrriage guide,' price 5 centn. Address the
Publishers, - . -
CHAS. J. C. ZLI17E
- - 227 Bowery lnr York. i. V- Jivx 4H6. .
Dwe 22wly
Symptoms o.' liver oom
Simmon
neasines and pain
, tw me tunes toe
e shoulder, and ia
mistaken for rhenmatism.
The stomach is affected with lots of appetite
and sickness, bowels ia general costive, mmr
tines alternating with lax. The head is troav
bled with pain; and dull, heavy sensatioo. coa-
I"-"-1"-"" - niderablo lo-s of memory, o
it n companied with painful seoa
U V L M tion of having left oodona
. something which otgbt to ba
aaaaaaaaaaaaa-aa-a-a. been done. Often complsinins
of weakness, debility and low spirit. Some
times many of the above symptoms attend tha
disease, and at other times very few of then t
but the liver is generally the ergaainoet UveJ.
Ted. Cure the liver with
rrt. Simmons'
LIVER REGULATOR.
rasrtsATiosor boots abd esbba, WAJtaUart
ed to be strictly vegetable, and aa do no ln
Jury to any one. ...
It baa been used by hundreds, and known for -the
last thirty-five years as one of the meet re- ,
liable, efficacious and harmless preparation
ever offered to the suffering. If taken reguarly
and rr't'ntly, it is sure to cure Dprprpsia, .
" "rfheadache, jaundice, cosiive-
l-r, . iJncss. sick headache, chronie.-
IK-pgr latQITliarrhaa affection of the blad
I Ider. camp dysentery, affootios
aa ot the kidneys, fever, nervous
ness. chills diseases of the skin, impurity of the
t.ir.n1. melancholy, or deDrerrion of spirit. .
heartburn, oolio, or pain in thi bowels, pain ia
tbe head, fever and ague; drop'y. boils, pain la
hank and limba. asthma, erysipelas, female aJt -
fections, and bilious diseases generally.
Prepared only by J. H. ZEILIN k CO.
Druggnts, Maoon, Gk.
G-..1 tnr c. rralar I and J'i Arcn street.
Price SI; by mail l-'ol
I'hiladelphia Fa.
FerSalebyJ. BUTTERY,
Ji4wly..
PUrtrneatu. S4.
T THE
rt plaint are u
sin me siae
pain is in th
jjim v"-r w -