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i I r1 THE HERA LI). LOCAL NEWS. local ahveutiYkm KN'rt. Transient & coats a line. Itejfiilar advertiser 10 cents per line. No advettisemtill Inserted fur less than fi." ct-nti. UfA advertisements W.'.l be charged t? the part'en linnc'lnt them iu. COMMUNICATIONS. As our space Is limited, all communications roust be brief and to the iit,with no waste of words. subsckihkrs Are requested to notify the office If the paper is net dell rered .promptly. NEWSPAPER DECISIONS. 1. Any person who takes a paper regularly from the post office, whether directed to bis name, or whether he Is a subscriber or not i.4 reionsilile for the p:y. 2. If any person order his paper discontin ued, be mint pay all arrearages, or the publisher mav continue to send It until pnvnicnt is made, and colieet tlie ',vhle amount, whether the pa t is taken from the oflire or not. 3. The court have decided that refusing to take tie wr-p:jcrs and periodical from the post office, or ieiiioinn and leaving tliem tiitcalicd for. is prima evidence of intential rtui'li, Notu k to EvRBViiour. All subscribers pay ing for their paper to us, and ordering it stopped at a certain time, will fiiui.it so stopped; but ve cannot be responsible for what has been done before our time, nor for order- supposed to be gWcn by others to other. Our looks alone Must be the iruide for all old subscriptions. Please remember this. We gave notice that there was to be a Mu ical Convention at Seward next month, and ly Some mistake of types it put printed Medical TO KENT OR SELL. The house of Dr. llawlins, in the south-west part of town, near the resi dence of Mr. Eli 1'lummer. For terms, apply cn the premises. 3Stf. Hon. John W. Uarnes, llepresenta tive from this district to our .State Legislature, has hern Very ill for some lays from typhoid fever. Mr. F.arnes was Letter last week, and supposed to he in a fair way for recovery, but was taken down on Sat Unlay last, and has been dangerously low ever kinee We had been in hopes of hearing that he was better, but at the hour of going to press, such is not the ease. (5eo. Tinker, J. MoMaliigal, and several more Sir Knights, and high eoek-a-lo-runifl of Masonry, paid the Hkkald a visit while here, and we had a good time. So mote it be. Call and see L. Schiiasse & C'o.'s new goods. PlattsuiontU Itilliar.l Itall. opposite "the r.roolv.s House, Win. Neville, proprietor. Three fcood tables, good bar and bowling alley. 2lmfi Htr:iinsat Hank Stril-ht's. tf. One Piano for sale cheap. Inquire at the IIkrald office. - 24tf Rr member lkn. HemiTs Oyster Hons? on Main street, next to Done Ian' Drug store. "30tf Solomon & Nathan keep all kinds of table linen, towels, napkins, toilet foodo. Ult3 Every body buys the Howe Machine. Millinery and Fancy floods at panic prices at Mrs. Crocker Si Co's ltazat. 32-2t. Pony for sale. Inquire of IIekald ofii.ee. " 24tf. (OLD WINTER is coming and every Man, Woman and Child, ought to be provided with good foot gearing, which can be obtained of Fktku Mkkhix the only exclusive Hoot and Shoe dealer in Cass Co., who who warrants satisfaction. 2'Jtf. Cap L. I). HvMinett is Express Agent. Hurrah for Cap. poctor Donelan I enlarging and fix ing up his well known Drug Store. This looks like business. The Itev. M. F. Platte, will preach in the 1st. Congl. Church of this city o:i Sunday the 16th., Morning and evening. Fox, the Expressman, went out the other day for a few hours and came back with a line buffalo calf. Any von fellows beat that hunting? The new furniture for the High School has come and they are fitting it up. We expect to have school there next week. Hurrah boys, ain't you glad? S. A. Taylor, tlu Insurance man, is around again. We begin to believe there is some attraction stronger than Life Insurance that brings Taylor down here so often. Eh? The Lincoln Journal for Sunday, Nov. ft, lJS.iT, comes to us handsomely fixed out with Governor Furnas Proc lainal ion for Thanksgiving on the 27th, 1873. Miss Sweeney has just received an addition to her stock of millinary goods consisting of Mowers, Cut steel buckles, and a new assortment of hats. She invites all her customers to call and see them. We have received the report of the State University for session of 72 and 73. The attendance was 123. Many applications have been rejected oil account of defective preparation. It . reeomends the changing of some of the lands belonging to the college for others better situated. Fine Cut Tobacco at the Pot Office Rook Store. 5tf. TJie Howe Sewing Machine Is the Best. 32m3. For a cheap suit of C'othef, go to Stadelmann's. Try him once. 32t4. FALL OPENING. Ladies call at Mrs. Crocker & Co's and examine their Fall stock of Hats and Bonnets. 32-2t. The best and cheapest Boots and shoes at the Shoe Store', will never Ik? undersold. 2;)tf. Peter Mekc.es. Solomon & Nathan have on hand and always neil cheap all kind of silk lace, and different colors; also fringes, guijinrc lace, and drr?.-, trimmings gen- Business in businrw( and so arc the Cigars at the P. O. Book Store. 5-tf. Go to the Ferry Company for your summer's wood. Goo cords dry ccttohwood for sale, and delivered about town. 12tt Buy the Howe Sewing Machine, J W. Marth is sell them. . . 32m3. In short go to Stadelmann's any way ami see what he lias." 32t4. Choice, Live Geese Feathers for sale at 81.00 per lb, by Henry Bokck. 32w4. Iluskirig and Buckskin Gloves, and wool lined tnittehs cheap at the shoe store of Peter Merges. 34 14 Lazenby & Co. are "phixing" up the tail end of their building don't know what for. Mr. Commissioner White presented hl.4 bond, duly approved, and was in stalled aa County Commissioner one day last vreeki For Connor's information we an nounce that our old reliable J. W. Johnson will act as Sheriff until tins court Ls over, when Cutler will arise in all his glory and take care of all the grain men and others. Mr. James Cowey father-in-law of Mr. Wm. C. Brown,- Treasurer of the B. Sc M. H. It. Co. in Nebraska, is visit ing us again, and paid the IIekald a visit the other day, leaving us some West Virginia papers. Sam Barker, Esq., has 1,500 head of Texas cattle at his ranche near Eight Mile Grove. He expects to winter the greater jiortion of this herd there. It will take some com but that's the way to dispose of it and Mr. Barker and his associates are public benefac tors in this line. m-- We have received the Local News, a Sheboygan Falls, Wis., newspaper. Its a small sheet, but answers the pur pose, we suppose, for which the She boygan folks issue it. From its columns, we are happy to see that Mrs. Wheeler, our cousin, .and Mr. John Parker, our uncle, still live and flour islt, each in their respective business. The Cheapest place to buy boots and Shoes in town; Stadelmann's. 32t4. The Howe Sewing Machine took the Prize Medal at the St. Joseph Exposi tion for 1873. 32m3. For your good and cheap foot gear ing go to an exclusive Shoe Store. 29tf. Fktkk Mekgas. Dress Making cutting and fitting done on the shortest notice, and after the very latest styles in vogue. Mrs. I,. B. decker & Cos. 32-2t. Solomon & Nathan keep a fine line of shawls from $2 up. All colors vel veteen, ladies cloths all colors; w'ater proof for 81.00 per yard. 3U3 , Go to Miss Sweeney's for your new fall styles in Millinery goods and remember the new place. Corner of Sixth and Main St. over Doctor Black's office. 31w3t. CONSOLIDATION. Stadelmann's Bakeries are now con solidated, and both establishments united in one The First National Bakery, where Mr. Fred. Stadelmann and Mr. Frank Stadtcr will be pleased to see all their old friends. 31tf In our little storv last week about the lawver who understood the rights of habeas corpus so v.-ell, we want it understood that we did not mean Mr. J. Vanatta, of this town, but a verit able character of our early days, in a far olf land. Mrs. A. 1). Whitcomb has been turn ing out some very handsome work from her dressmaking rooms this fall, and informs us she has more than she can do. For excellency of fit and finely finished work !He can not be excelled, and so it seems her customers have found. YOUTHS' TEMPERANCE SOCIETY. The youths' Temperance Society will have a public meeting on next Monday evening. The public ia re spectfully invited to attend. The meeting will be addressed by several speakers. There will be singing and recitations by tli3 young folks. We my congratulate ourselves on the fine weather, we have been having. At Pittsburg they had snow on the Gth. In various places we notice both north and south of us, they have bad storms already. No sign of snow appeared here before Tuesday, (the 11th) and then only a squall, while Monday was almost a summer day. Wiley Black and Ed. Ruffner shot at and knocked down 12 geese out of 15 the other day, at one shot apiece. The other three were wounded, but got a war. If that is not good shooting somebody beat it, and send us word, and if one of these geese was not good eating, we've lost our taste. Mr. Frank Skinner ha.1 returned to this place and established himself once more at Frank Carruth's Jewelry Store ; meanwhile he is also agent for "Bell's Spring Bed Bottoms, and will dispose of State and county rights. Mr. S. has a sample at the Store which he will be pleased to show, and as far as we are able to judge, they are a great improvement on the old mat trass or slat fixtures. Ben Henipel keeps an oyster houses it is on the south side of Main street, almost opposite Dovey's big store Ben, keeps first, oysters; next, more oysters ; thirdly, all kinds of oysters ; aad lastly and finally, oysters and other things to eat and drink or smoke Call and see the "Oyster Boy" of Platts mouth. . SOtf REMOVAL. Mi.-s Sweeney has removed he? mil linary establishment from over Merke's i Store to the bifilding over Dr. Jno. B.'ack's office. Millinery rooms up stairs, entrance on the South side of M.un St, weit of Sixth.- 31 v4t. WHAT DEFEATED CANPiftAfLS SING. I want to be a granger. And with the grangers mand; A bony handed farmer. With a haystack in my hand. Beneath the tail tomato tree 111 swing the glittering hoe. And smite th wild potato-bug A be skip o'er the snow. I've bought myself a Durham ram And a gray alpaca cbwj A lock-stitch osage orange hedg, And a patent leather plow. John D: Daley, of LaPlatte, called in to see us last week, and gave us" the Sarpy County Net, in a pleasant gos sip of fifteen minutes'. Oti Hoile is married1 so says the Burt county paper to. Miss Harring ton Now that's curious we always wondered what made Otis go up there so much in days gone by. Tuesday was an old buster. First it blew, and then it snew. trnd then it colder grew; littd after that it sleeted too ; and still the Weather kept on in creasing, and getting louder and mean er and bullyirtger, and Whelt night tdosed in the elements fairly sUrroiiiid ed us, and we were for the first time this season, "completely taken by storm." .. L. F. Heed, of Weeping Water, of the firm of Reed Bro.'s is the best lookn ing man iu Cass county, and we know it. Just as wo were utterly worn out collecting, and dead broke, he handed us an "X. Long live Beed Bros. They are the kind of men to do business and thrive. Mr. L. F. Heed is on his way East for another big stock of goods. Look out for a freight train into Weeping Water, soon. The principal men of the B. & M. R. R. have lately been over the road on an inspecting tour. The party consisted of J. W. Brooks, Boston, President, C. E. Perkins, Vice Presi dent, Col. C. F. Morse, Gen. Superin tendant and others connected With the road. The country has settled up wonderfully since their last visit here no doubt. That is the last visit of the Boston folks any way. First instalment of new Millinery and Fancy Goods just arived at Mrs. L. B. Crocker & Co's. 32-2t. For your Clothing go to an exclusive Clothing Store, for Boots and Shoes, go to an exclussive Shoe Store. 20tf. I'ETEU Mergi.s. Solomon & Nathan have just re ceived a fine stock of dress goods, shawls, felt skirts, all color alu pacts, ladies merino under wear, gloves and hosiery. 81t3 Call on J. W. Marthis and get your wife a first class Sewing Machine. 32m3. If you want to buy a cheap set of furs go to Win. Stadelmann's. Now remember this. 33 wl BEN. HEM PEL'S OYSTER IIAUS. If you want a good oyster stew go to Ben. Ilempel's; if you want a good plate of raw oysters, so big as your hand, go to Ben. I tempers; if you want a square meal, go to Ben. Hem pel's; and if you must have a good glass of wine, or a cigar to top off with, Ben. has got them. 30tf Ilesser, the great Morist came round Saturday and left the Herald office a handsome specimen of Chrysanthemum He has almost completed his new Greenhouse, which will greatly enlarge his capacity for keeping plants and Mowers through the cold season. The other day when we visited the High School, Miss Johnson had written on the black-board "Natural Objects," and was explaining this subject, when she asked a little girl to name some natural objects. "Houses," answered the pupil. The teacher asked her how many houses around here she thought were natural, t. e.. grew here. This was a poser for the child; but if we could only have Whispered her to go out on the prairie to some dug-outs we have seen, they would pretty nearly fill the bill. If they did not grow there, they are now grown over there. MARRIAGES. Married, at the residence of the bride's Father, Mr. Q. Ogden, six miles south East of Weeping Water, CcsS Co. Xeb. November 5th 1873, by the Rev. A. L. Folden, Rollen Dudley to Miss S. L. Ogden, all of Cass Co. Neb. Married, at the residence of the brides Mother, Mrs. Davis, two miles west of Mt Plesant Cass C. Neb. Nov ember Cth 1873, by the Rev. A. L. Folden, Mn. William Jamersox to Miss Julia A. Davis all of Cass Co. Neb. All kinds of patterns of the latest and most approved styles for sale at Mrs. Crocker's. 32-2t. W. II. Pool, wants to see his numerous friends from the country in Peter M erg is Shoe Store. Strangers will allso find him polite and accomo- i dating. 20tf. If you want a 2yt cent paper collar, go to Stadelmann's; but if you" want a waterproof, fine velvets or ladies' cloth, go to Solomon & Nathan's. . If j-ou want a nice galvanized diaper pin with patent baby attachment, call at Solomon & Nathan's; but if you want a good set of ladies' furs, go to Wm. Stadelmann's. 33wl. M. E. SUNDAY SCHOOL EXHIBITION. The exhibition at the M. E. Church, on Friday evening, is very pleasantly spoken of by those attending. The Tableaux of the "Golden Stairs," and the piece by Lena Brown, only four years old, entitled "Hang Up the Baby's Stocking," were spoken of as very fine. The house was crowded. The net proceeds were something over fifty dollars. These entertainments are bcc3HTinSf Very popular and as the pro ceeds" a're used for the benefit of the i Sunday School, they ought to be well : attended.- iiemembef the Depot for th Howe Sewing Machine i3, lrl Itatt's office on the South side of Main St. 32m3. For good afi't char boots and shoes, go to the shoo store 6f Peter Merges. 34U FETCIPEM IN. Eggs, Butter, vegetables, thickens, game, -fish, wanted at this offlc'te in exchange for Herald Subscriptions If you want to buy a cheap 6 cent straw hat for your boy, go up to Billy Stadelmann's; but if you want the finest furs, dress goods, and shawls, go to Solomon & Nathan's. RATS I Did you" eTtr see two women and a dyg kill a fat ? If you never have, j ou should Imve been up at omr house the other night. We" haVe' been pestered with rats abominably, and so set a com mon wire trap, with small falling door, in which a number have been caught. We then turned them loose in the kitchen to see the dog kill them. Last Friday night, ye editor having an im mense cold, retired very early. About bine o'clock we heard a rat squeal in the trap down stairs. Pretty soon the women heard it, and the dog began to yelp. "Let's catch it," says one woman. "Well, let's, says the other. "Who'll let it out," suggested one. "Ill bring it up staii's," Says the schoolmam's voice, "if youH hold the dog and let it out of the trap." "All right," says Mrs. Mac, as brave as a sheep, "I can let a rat out, I guess." Down went the schoolma'am while Mrs. M. tried to hold the dog with one hand and a can dle in the other, "Wher'd you take hold," says S? Mrs. M. "Get the handle of the trap." S.M. "Won't it bite?" Dog. Yel p y el p y el p ! Mrs. M. "What, the handle?" S. M. "No, the rat." Dog. Yelp yelp yelp ! Mrs. M. "Bring it along, who's afraid of a rat? Chorus, by the dorg. The S. M. finally got the trap by the handle and started up stairs. Just then the dog gave a double inside and out twist, slipped the collar and made a drive down cellar between S. M's feet. The onset landed S. M. in the apple box at the foot of the stairs, while both women screamed "Oh, the rat, the nasty rat! just as loud as they could. Once more- S. M. gathered the trap, and they got to the kitchen. "Now," says Mrs. Mac, "you hold the dog and IU open the trap, and then we'll both run into the other room while the dog kills it. "Yes, a41 right," from S. M. The next instant we heard the dog make a spring. There was an unearth ly clatter of dishes, then howls, yells, yaups, screams, barks, and frantic ap peals for mercy, with loud shouts for Mac. Pulling on our bifurcated gar ments, we started for the battle field. On opening the dining-room door the following scene presented itself: Tip end of the dog's tail, violently excited, sticks oat from under the ice chest where he is frantically trying to reach the rat. Schoolmam crouched down on the flat top of the cook stove all Iter clothes tucked in round Iter feet--and the jaw bone, of A piece of roast beef left from dinner in one hand, and the tin cover of an iron pot held over her face with the other, screaming rat, nasty rat, as hard as she can. Mrs. M. is up on the table, a broken lamp chimney in one hand and the mustard cruet in the other, hollering rat, nasty rat it run up my clothes; just then the dog chased the rat from under the ice chest and both women gave a scream that scared the rat so he turned grey .it once, and gave up the ghost. The dog tried in vain to shake some life into him, but failed 'that last scream did the business for Mr. Rat. ' THE TRUTH OF THE RAT STORY. To show how an editor can make a very big story out of a little one, we tell our readers the rat story as it is, not as he tells it, The editor was calmly reposing in his downy couch, dreamily thinking of what he should fill the local columns of the Herald with, when a squeak ing in the cellar testified that ft rat was in the tr-ip. We, the undersigned, proceeded to the spot and carried the trap to the dining room carefully clos ing the doors that the dog might the more readily catch it. In endeavoring to open the door in the bottom of the trap the rat escaped unexpectedly, running over our feet, -at which as was very natural, we sprang to one side. Our rat then took refuge under the ice chest and we took the broom stick to dislodge him. and in a few moments, occupied by the squeaking of the rat and the barking and antics of the dog the rat was killed. Could anything have been more quietly done? Now when the editor kills a rat he and the Devil (of the printing office) and the dog do a vast quantity of jump ing around and make the air resound with their cries.- So to render the story sensational enough he just at tributed their actions to us; very cleverly putting two stories together, you see, and the thing was done. That he came to our assistance at all, that We occupied any such positions as he described, or that any such screaming was done is a base fabrica tion of his brain, and a slander upon our fair fame as rat killers. We the undersigned testify that this account is true in all the details: The Editor's AVife. The School Ma'am. The dog. . P, S. When the editor writes up another rat story, and reads it to a sympathizing friend, let him see that the trap door is closed. You bet, and we hereby close this one, by asserting that our rat story is the true one, and that we could easily stop this little joke here in the 'proof, buf .rs the women have made a pretty good thing of it, we shall leave their Trap open. Ed. If you want a cliWp1 set Cf ladltS iiirs; go to StadelinahnV: 82t4. . HO FOR THE GRAN'OFBA Take notice: Now is the time fo procure a't a low price a copy of "Grains for the Grangers," a book written express'y for the times. It gives a complete account of the rise of the Order, and its progress in the Several States1 also treats t'f .the "Tariff Question" in an able and masterly manner. It is emphatically a book for you Grangers ; because it elucidates and explains the greatest issue of the times ; tht of capital and labor. FrieS &t,o0 and $2,00, according to binding jreciev ed through the Post office. Address, James WitiA. 32t3 Plattsmouth Neb; Solomon Si Nathan sell furs from 63.00 and a very full line of gen tlemen's f nfhisinng goods, men's gloves froin' 81.00 up. 'ice woolen sacks frolh 1.00 tip; crV exalte from 75 cents up. Fine beaver collar's and beaver gloves for gents. Fine vColen jackets at iow do'wn prices') 31 1 3 . i tm liEATH is often caused by getting cold and wet feet. It is therefore ?Yery bodys duty to provide themselves Vt i'h the best quality of boots and shoes Which can be bought for the lowest cash prices at the Shoe Store. Manufactor ing and Repairing done neatly, and with dispatch. 29tf Peter Mergis. NEBRASKA GRAIN CO. TO THE FARMERS OF CASS AND SAfNHERS COUNTIES. FLATTsilOtTlt, Oct. 8, 1873. The undersigned, representing the Nebraska Grain Companyi takes pleas ure in informing his friends and those who have produce to sell, that they have increased their facilities for hand2 ling grain by erecting Warehouses at Louisville, Ashland, Greenwood, and other points on the B. & M. Road, where competent men will be found in charge, having an interest in the busi ness, who will pay more for Wheat, Corn, Oats, and Barley than any other firm in Neba ,ka. , Refers, by permission, to John Fitz gerald, Calvin Parmele, and John R. Clark. Office opposite Bank in Jno. D. Tutt's Store. JOS. A. CONNOR, 28m 3. Gireral Manager. t1ke"notice. J. W. Marthis takes fat cattle or hogs in full, or part payments on Sew ing Machines. 33m3 The best custom work, at the shoe store. Making and repairing done neatly and with dispatch. Warrant satisfaction. Peter Merges. 34t4 SPECIAL NOTICES. TIic Household I'anacea, and Fa inly Unimeiit is the best remedy in the world for the following complaints, viz.: Cramps in the Limbs and Stomach, Pain in the Stomach, Bowels, or Side, Rheumatism in all its forms, Bilious Colic, Neu ralgia, Cholera, Dysentery, Colds, Fresh Wounds, Burns, Sore Throat, Spinal Complaints, Sprains and Bruises, Chills and Fever. For Internal and External use. Its operation is not only to relieve the patient, but entirely removes the cause of the complaint. It penetrates and pervades the whole system, restor ing healthy action to all its parts, and quickening the blood. The Household I'anacea is purely Vegetable and all Healing. Prepared by CURTIS & BROWN. No. 215 Fulton Street, New York. For sale by all druggists. 24wly. FOR RENT. The large and commodious waff twin, cellar, and ofTu-e on nqcond rWOf of building formerly ooeiipied by Jacob Yallerv, jr.. in Masonic Uloek. Enquire ol K. K. Livivoston or . s-tf. E. T. Duke. PHOTOGRAPHS!! CAIiY ct- UULBERT, Well knowing the great want of riCTCKES, have so increased their facilities for the same, thaLthey are now fully prepared to give satis faction, at the lowest possible figures. CORNER OF MAIN & 5th ST.1?. R. O. FELLOWS, Operator. N. Bx Wood, Com, Coal, or CAS It, taken in excliange. 2itf. WOOD! WOOD! The Ferry Company have Five Hundred cords of good dry Cottonwood for sale. 12lf Children often look. Ialc and Sick from no other cause than, having worms in the stomach. BROWN'S VERMIFUGE COMFITS will destroy Worms without injury to the child, being perfectly WHITE, and free from all coloring or other injur ious ingredients usually used in worm preparations, CURTIS Si BROWN, Proprietors, No. 215 Fulton Street, New York. Sold by Druggists and Chemists and dealers in Medicines at Twenty-Five Cents a Box. 24wly. Tliirty Years' Experience of an Old Aurse. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Svrup is Lthe prescription of one Of the best 1 emale Physicians and N urses in the United States, and has "been used for thirty years with never failing safety and success by millions of mothers and children, from the feeble infant of one week old to the adult. It corrects acidity of the stomach, relieves wind colic, regulates the liowels, and gives rcBt, health and comfort to mother and child. We believe it to be the Bast and Surest Remedy in the World, in all cases of Dysentery and Diarrhoea in Children, whether it arises from Teething or from any other cause. Full directions for using will accomp any each bottle. None Genuine unless the face-smile of CURTIS & PER KINS is on the outside wrapper. Sold bv all Mediciife Dealers. 24wly. For Sale. 1 2 mvp For Terms of sale see !. 11. .IAMKS ) Timothy: C'uakk or "Co. Comr's. it. tV IV if HE. ) IGo acres of land belonging to Cass County Nebraska bcintr the South Vest quarter o'f ! Sccthm No. Five !i) Township No. Eleven (111; North of ltanjte No. Thirteen tI3) E;ist of Sivth I Principal Meridian. Situated ne.tr Einlit Mile ! Get th6 Best and Cheapest.- THE FIRST MEIr AI. of the VIENNA KXI-OSITIOX, Bfing the highest tr!rl minerioritv. in evWWri' "'r"!l "'a XVirii-lii.tiiij4 r,!C:'s i'J- : Music-l fnstruin'nt f-fl-AK MtV from Hi! rouutlU-tO the Mason & Hamlin Catrinet' Organs, lv the eoneurrenee of the Sneeial Jury. Inter iiiitional .Inrv. and two Sub-.Iuries, Including the most Eminent Artists and Experts from dif ferent countries. In comparison with these, other American Organs were not found worthy of anv, even an inferior Medal. Trices from $75 to"js.T00. For sale or rent by E.. II. FATON'. Vlattsmouth. Cass Co., Neb.. &' T. EATON. Crete. Saline Co. Neb. 32in3 WANTED- We iH.me'"'i'rjre'tic'nien and women Business hat will Pay from $4 to S per day. can be pursued in your own noihboi hood, imd is strici.lv honorable. Particulars free. fr Namulcsihat will enable you to jro ti work at om'i'. vwll be sent on receipt of tw three cent stamps.- .Add reus J. LATHAM & CO.. 32 to "292 Washington St., lioston, Mass. REDUCED IN PRICE! THE XEW IMPROVED FLORENCE Th lightest, i unning, most simple, durable arl'l ritort easily operated Shuttle Machine in the' IJtarket. ltoes many more styles of work, and has a greater variety of, and better attach ments, thairany cc'ti'pCtttor. Tlie only Machine that will sew in op posite direction?-. Either Side or Baclt IxecU ds ihsir$d-. It is The Family Sewing Machine f the day. Send forlrculars of Machines and Attach ments. Agents wanted everywhere. HT- .MOI-TON B lefts. Gen. Agents. 214 North Fifth Street, St. Louis. Great Inducements Offered for Cash. Prospectus, l8?4'-?tli Year. THE ALDIjXE, An Illustrated Monthly Journal, uni versally admitted to be the Hand somest Periodical in the World. A Representative aad Cham pion of American Tiustc. p';JhJg5S Not for Sals in Book or New Store' The Aldine., while: Issued with all the regular ity, ha none of the: temporary or timely inter est characteristic of ordinary periodicals, it is an elegant miscellany of pure, light, and grace ful literature : and a Collection ol pictures, the rarest specimens of artistic skill, in black and white. Although each succeeding number af fords a fresh pleasure to its friends, the real value and beauty of the Aldine will he most ap preciated after ith;us been bound upat tlie close of the year. While other publications may claim superior cheapness as compared with ri vals of a similar class, the Aldine is a unique and original conception alone and tinapproach ed absolutely without competition in price or character. Tlie possessor of a complete volume cannot duplicate the quantity of fine paper and engravings in any other shape or number of volumes for ten times its cost ; and then, there" are the chromos besides ! Art Department, 1873. The illustrations of the Aldine have won a world-wide reputation, aud in the art centres of Europe it is an ndnitted fact that its wood cuts are exumbk's of the highest perfection ev eraUtuhed. The common prejudice in favor of "steel plates."' is rapidly yielding to a more ed ucated and discriminating taste which recog : ni.es the advantages of superior artistic quality with greater facility of production. The wood cuts of the Aldine possess all the delicacy and elaborate finish of the m.st costlv steel plate, w.hile they afford a better rendering of the ar-' tist's original. To fully realize the wonderful work which the Aldine is doing for the cause of art culture in America, it is only necessary to consider the cost to the people of any otfter decent repre sentations of the productions of great paint ers. In addition to designs by the members of the National Academy, and other noted American artists, the Aldine will reproduce examples of the best foreign masters, selected with a view to the highest artistic success and greatest gen eral interest. Thus the subscriber to the Al dine will, -at a trilling co.st, enjoy in his own home the pleasure and refining' influences of true art. '1 he quarterly tinted plates for 1374 will be by Thos. Moran and J. 1. Woodward. The Christmas issue for 1874 will contain spe cial designs appropriate to the season, by bur best artists, and will surpass in attractions any of its predecessors. Premiums for 1874. Even- subscriber to the Aldine for the year 1874 will receive a pair of chromos. The origi nal pictures were painted in oil for the publish ers of the Aldine. by Thos. Moran. whose great Colorado picture was purchased by Congress for ten thousand dollars. The subjects were chos en to represent "The East" and "The West." One is a view in the White Mountains, New Hampshire ; the other gives The Cliffs of Green Iiiver, Wyoming Territory. Tlie difference in the nature of the scenes then selves is a;pleas ing contrast, and affords a good display of the artist's scope and coloring. The chromos are each worked from thirty distinct plates, and are in size OL'xlG) and apjiearaiice exact fac-similes of the originals. The presentath n of a worthy example of America's greatest landscape p; i. it er to the subscribers .of the Aldine was a bold but peculiarly happy idea, and its successful re alization is attested bv the following testimo nial, over the signature of Mr. Moran himself. Newark, N J., Sept. 20, 1873. Messrs JamE.s Sittom & Co.- (Jcntli men: I am delighted with the proofs in color of your chromos. They arc wonderful ly successful representations by mechanical process of tlie original paintiuirs. Very re.si'etful!v. (Signed. Titos. Motiax. These chromos are" la every sense American. They are by an origiii;tl American process, with material of Ameru'au manufacture, from -designs of American scenery by an American painter, and presented to subscribers to the first snceessful Ainericali Art Journal. If no belter because of all this, thev will certainly possess an Interest no foreign production can inspire, and neither are tlu'T any the worse if Jy reason of peculiar facilities of production th'ey cost the publishers only a trifle, while equal in every respect to other chromos tbat are sold sintrly for double the subscription price of the Aldine. Persons of taste will prize tncsP pictures for themselves not for the- pilce tiiev did or did not cost, and will appreciate the enferprise that renders their dist ribution ?rsillei if anv subscriber should indicate a preference for a figure sublect, the publishers will send 'Thoughts of Home," a new and beautiful chromo. 14x20 ihehes. r'prciitlitr a little Ital ian exile whose speaking ejes betray the long ings of his heart. Term: SB per annum, in d-V'ar.'c'ffy -With Oil Chromes free: For BO cenu extra, tlie chromos will be sent, mounted, varnished, and pr.'paM by mail. The Aldine will, hereafter", be rlitafnable only bv subscription. There will Ixt ho reduced o club rate : cash for subscriptions mist, be sent to the publishers direct; or'handcd to he focal canvasser, without responsibility to the" publish ers, except in cases where the certificate is giv en, bearintr the fac-simile signature of James Sutton & Co. Canvassers wailteT. 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