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VOLUME XIII. J-
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1878.
NUMBER 45.
Extra ewples ef the IlKRAi.n for sale !v J. I
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soii.corner of Main and Fifth streets.
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OF I'LATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA,
SUCCESSOR TO
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.TOHX FlTJ!nF.RAI.D...
K. . DOVKV .
A. W. MrLAVOHUX.
JONH U'UOl'KKI
President.
Vice President.
Cashier.
. . . Assistant Cashier.
This Rank is now open for business at their
new room, comer Main and Sixth streets, and
is prepared to transact a general
BANKING BUSINESS.
Stock, Bond. Gold, Government and Lotsl
Securities
ROUCHT AND SOLD.
Xejo7. Received arul Interest Allow
ed on Tim Certificate.
DRAFTS XDHL."WZST,
Available in anv part of the United States and
In all the Principal Towns and Cities
of Europe.
ACKXTS FOR THE
CELEBRATED
Inman Line and Allan Line
OF MTKA5IKRH.
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Kurope can
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Excelsior Barber Shop.
J. o. BOONE,
Main Ntreet, opjot'te Saunders House.
HAIECTJTTI1TG-,
S II A V I X C. AND S H A M P OOIS t;
Kierial attention given to
CUTTING CHILDIiEy'S AND LA
PI AS II A in.
call Axn sr.i: uooxk, gi:xts.
And K"t a linmie in a
"WM. 2nTE"V"IXjX.E!,
rr.ilJ'KIKTOK OK
PALACE VILLI AliD HALL
(.Main St., c:it of First Nat. Bank.)
PLATTSMOl'TH. - NT.B.
MY RAH IS KL'ITI.IKI) WITH T1IK
UF.ST winks, i.Knns cicaus,
i;i:i::-., ktc etc-.
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MACHINE SHOPS!
I'LATTSMOfTH, NEIt.,
Jlfjtuinr of Steam Engine, Boiler,
Saw and Grit Mill
UAH AXI TKAH FITTlrM.
Wrought Iron PiH. Force and Lift Piies.Steai!i
tJair'es.Safetv-Valve (iovernors.and all
kiiKisof i:rass Engine Fittings,
repaired on short notice.
FARM MACHINEKt
Repaired on Short Notice. 4!1
"YOUNG!
T II E B U TCIIER,
Can alrray. be found at
Halt's Old Stand,
lieruly to sell the bent Meats.
YH"NS tmv frch fat cattle, sheep, bop Ac.
direct from the farmers every day, and his
meats are always good.
HAMK.FISH. Ayn FOn'L, IX SKASOX
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SAGE BROTHERS,
Dealers in
STOVES,
ETC., KTC, ETC.
One Door Eait of the Post -Office, riattsmouth,
Xehniska.
Practical Workers in
SHEET IRON, ZISC, TJX, BRA
ZIERY,deiSc Large assortment of Hard ana Soft
OOA STOTE3,
Wood and Coal Stores for
HEATING OR COOKING,
Always on Hand.
every varietv of Tin. Sheet Iron, and Zinc
Work, kept in Stock.
MAKING AND REPAIRING,
Done on Short Xotice.
E YEB. YTB 1X0 WJLRRA.XTZD ! .'J
PRICKM 1.01V DOWN.
SAGE BROS.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS
HAM. M. Clf AP3IAX,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
And Solicitor in Chancery. Office in Fitzger
ald Block,
19yl rLATTSMOFTH. XEB.
I. If. WIIKKLKR A. CO.
LAW OFFICE, lieal ttate. Fire and Life In
surance Airents. I'lattsmouth. Nebraska. Col
lectors, tax -payer. Have a complete abstract
of titles. Buy ana sen re eiaic, negonie
loans. &c. lyl
n. i i.Y.cif,
ATTOKXKV AND COUXSKLLOP. AT LAW.
Office in Fitzgerald Block. Ilattsinouth, Neb.
JAMES K. MORRWO.
ATTORNEY AT LAW. Will practice In Cass
and adjoining Counties ; pives social attention
to collections and abstractsof title. Office with
Geo. S. Smith, Fitzgerald Block, Plattamouth,
Nebraska. "y
4KO. M. H 31 IT II.
ATTOUXKY AT LAW and Keal Estate Bro
ker. Sjecial attention Riven to Collections
and all matters a fleet in the title to real estate.
Office on 2d floor, over Post Office. Flattsmouth,
Xchraska.
JOHN W IIAIXK8
irSTICE OF THE PEACE, aim collector of
debts, collections made from one dollar to one
thousand dollars. Mortgages. Deeds, and oth
er instruments drawn, and all county business
usuallv transacted beiore a Justice of the Peace.
Best of reference given if required.
Office on Main street. West iff "ourt House.
40-yl JOHN W. HAINES.
I). It. WHKF.LER,
E. I. STONE.
WHEELER & STONE,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
PlattMinouth Nebraska.
K It LIVIStiHTOX.
THTSICIAX & Sl'RGEON. tenders his pro
fessional services to the citizens of Cass county.
Residence southeast corner SixtU and Oak sts. ;
Otnce on Main street, two doors west of Sixth,
Plattsinouth. Nebraska.
1R. II. BLACK.
attends to calls in the country as well as city.
Office at J. H. Buttery's drug store. Chronic dis
eases made a specialty. Kheumatiimi cured.
TJIU6
OR. J. M. WATERAX,
Physio Medical Practitioner.
IsntitviUc, Carui Co., Xth.
tgAlways at the office on Saturdays. 4nyi
It. W. II. Ht'HILDKMXHT,
PltACTISING rilYSICIAX. will attend calls
at all hours, night or day. I'lattsmouth. Ne
braska. 421 y
SAUNDERS HOUSE.
J.S.GREGORY, - - - Proprietor.
Location Central. Good Sample lloom..
Every attention paid to guests. 4;tnit
Pl.ATTSMOlTIt, ----- Null.
C03UIEIIUAL HOTEL,
LIXCOLX. XKIJ
J. J. IM1IOFF, - - ProprU tor.
The best known and most popular Landlord
in the State. Always stop a. tuu Commercial.
5SGRA11D CENTRAL5''
HOTEL.
LARGEST AND FINEST HOTEL FETWLICN
CHICAGO AND SAN FRANC ISCO.
GEO. THRALL, - - Prop.
OMAHA. XEIi.
E. PARIYIELE,
SALE, FEED d- LIVERY STABLE.
On Main street nearly opposite the Court
House, riattsmouth. Neb.
HorsEsfoR Sale.
The buyinz and selling of good horses made
the specially ol the business.
New Horses & Carriages,
and gentle horses, for Ladies to drive are keftt
at this Stable.
Also a carry all. which runs to the depot, and
will carry passengers from any place in town on
calL
FARMERS CALL AND E J' AMINE
M Y STOCK FOR SALE.
8yl E. 1'AttMELE.
O. K. SALOON.
I keep constantly on baud
BEST MILWAUKEE BEER.
which can be had at no other
PLACE IX TIIC CITY.
Also the best of
XTIXKS. LIQUORS. AXn CIGARS.
33inC Kd. ItoMenbanm.
LENII0FF d- BONNS,
3Iorniii2: Dew Saloon !
One door east of the Saunders House. We
keep the best of
Beer, Wines, Liquors & Cigars.
33m9
Constantly on Hand.
Csi Z. Z, Ji T
DICK STREIGHT'S
LIVFRY, FEED AND SALE STA
BLES. Corner 6th and Tearl Sts.
nOKSRH ROARIKI BY THK
OAY, WEEK, OR MOVTII.
HORSES BOUGHT.
SOLD OE TIR-A-IDEIID.
For a Fair Commission.
TEAMS ATAI,I., IIOI IIS.
Paiticular attentn paid to
Driving and Training
TROTT1XC STOCK.
At A hearse furnished when called for.
MENTIONS & PATENTS.
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T. C. WOODWARD,
Attorney ana Connsellor at Law.
1003 8th St.. X. W..(T. O. Lock Box 171), -Washington,
D. C.
Late F.jtaminer-in-Chief United States r.itont
Office ; Member of the Bar Supreme
Court of the United States.
Patent Law Practice in the Patent Of
fice and the Court a Specialty.
Patexts Obtained ix thk United States.
Canada. Exrlamo. Fraxcb, Germany.
KusfiA. Belgiim. Italy, &c.
RireRXXOES : Hon. W. B. Allison. V. S. Sen
Tto7 : rv- h; J- K'rkwood, U. S. Senator ;
cMd??.,m- k"eh,r'dPe' Ex-M. C: Justice
Sam l Miller, fj. S. Supreme Court ; Hon.- Jas.
Harlan, Es-SecreUry Interior; Justice J. F.
Dillon. Tj. S. Circuit Court ; Judue K. T,. B.
i!Le' Chairman Appeal Board. Patent Office ;
CxU T. M. V ail. Sup. Railway Mail Service ;
.? Ji. 5J- .ndrick, Ex-SudV. Inter. Rev. ;
Judge E. 8. Mampson. C. C. : Hon. Ge. W. Me
rrary, secretary of War; Col. L. D. Intrersoll,
Chicago Tost. 22reooc
An Exeellent Medleln.
Springfield, O., Feb. 28. 1877.
This is to certify that I have used Vegetine,
manufactured bvl H. K. Stevens, Boston. Mass.,
for Rheumatism and General Prostration of the
Xenons System, with good success, I recom
mend Ve;ktink as an excellent medicine tor
such complaints.
Yours very truly.
C. W. VAXDEGRIFT.
Mr. Vandegrift, of the firm of Vandegrlft &
Huffman, is a well-known business man in this
place, having one of the largest stores in Spring
field. O.
Oar Minister's Wif.
Louisville, Kt Feb. 16, 1877.
Mr. H. R. Stevkns.
Jjtar Sir. Three years ago I was suffering ter
riMy with Inflammatory Rheumatism. Our
ministers wife advised me to take Vegetine.
After taking one bottle. I was entirely relieved.
This year, feeling a return of (be disease, I aain
commenced taking it. and am being benefitted
greatly. It also greatly improves my digestion.
Respectfully, Mm. A. BALLARD,
loll West Jefferson Street,
Hafe and Sure.
Mr. H. It. Stevens.
In 172 your Vegetine was recommended to
me ; and. yielding to the persuasions of a friend
I consented to try it. At the time I was suffer
ing from general debility and nervous prostra
tion, superinduced by overwork and irregular
habits. Its wonderful strengthening and cura
tive Drooertiea seemed to affect mv debilitated
svstem from the first dose ; and under its per
sistent use I rapidly recovered, gaining more
tiian usual healt h and good feeling. Since then
I have not hesitated to give Vkgetink my
most unqualified indorsement as being a safe.
sure and powenui agent in promoting liealtn
and restoring the wasted system to new lifeand
energy. Vegetine is the only medicine I use,
and as long as I live I never expect to find a
better. Yours truly.
W. H. CLARK,'
120 Monterey street, Alleghany, 1'enn.
VEGETINE.
The following letter from Rev. G. W. Mans
Qield. formerly pastor of the Methodist Episco
pal Church, Hyde Park, and at present settled
in Iiwell. must convince every one who reads
his letter of the wonderful Curative qualities of
Vkgktinr as a thorough cleanser and purifier
of the blood.
IIvdr Park. Mass.. Feb. 15, 1876.
Mr. H. R. Stevens),
y;ar Sir. About ten years ago my health
failed through the depleting effects of dyspep
sia ; nearly a year later I was attacked by ty-
Idioid fever in its worst form. It settled in my
tack, and took the form of a large deep-seated
abscess, which was fifteen months lu gathering.
I iiad two surreal operations by tlu best skill
in the state, but received no pormaneut cure. I
suffered great pain at times, and was constantly
weakened by a profuse discharge. I also lost
small pieces of bone at different times.
Matters ran on thus about seven years, till
May, IS74, when a friend recommended metogo
to your office, and talk wilh you of the virtue o
Vkgetink. I did so, and by your kindness
passed through your manufactory, noticing the
Ingredients, &c, by which your remedy is pro
duced. By what I sav and heard I gained some con
fldciice in Vegetine.
1 commenced taking it soon after, but felt
worse from its eftects ; till I persevered, and
soon felt it was benefitting in other resects.
Yet 1 did not see the results I desired till I had
taken it faithfully for a little more than a year,
when the difhculty hi the back was cured ; and
for nine mouths 1 have enjoyed the best of
health.
1 have l!i that time gained twenty-five pounds
f itesh. being heavier than ever before in my
life, and 1 was never more able to perform labor
than now.
During the pasftfew weeks I had a scrofulous
swelling us large as my fist gather on another
part of my body.
I look Vkgktixr faithfully, and It removed
it lev I with the surface in a iiioinh. I think I
I should have been cured of my main trouble
sooi.er if 1 had taken larger doses, after having
beeoiie accustomed to It efteets.
Let your patrons troubled with scrofula or
knlni y disea-e understand that it takes time to
cure ehronie diseases ; and, if they will patient
ly take Vkgetink. it will, in my judgment, cure
i iieni Willi grv-al obligations I am
Yours verv trulv.
V.. W. MANSFIELD.
Iator of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
VEGhlTINii
Prepared by
Z. It. STEVENS, Iloston, Mass.
Vesetinc is Soli liy all Druggists.
PLATTSMOUTH MILLS.
PLATTSMOUTH, XEB.
C. IIESSCE, - Iropiieor.
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SELECT STORY
AJi OLD OFFENDER.
When Carl Binkley, Ifie private de
tective of the Macacheek air line com
pany led Courtney Tenny to the alter,
she shaved his face until no hirsute ap
pendage save a fine blond mustache re
mained thereon. This whim prevented
his recognition by several acquaintan
ces on the day of his wedding and he
and his bride enjoyed more than one
outburst of merriment at their expense.
The wedding tour planned by "Bink"
as the employes and officers of the road
familiarly called him, promised to prove
quite extensive, and the directors placed
a palace car at his disposal.
But he preferred, and so did his
bride, to travel like the rest of the
people, and on the afternoon of the
wedding day, they stepped on board the
train amid the good bys of a host of
relatives and friends. They expected
to reaeh their destination at one o'clock
on the following morning, and for the
sake of Courtney who had a horror of
Ijlceping coaches, tne Dnuegroom re
Iwused an offered favor Jroni Scott the
conductor.
As the train rolled westward the sun
sank to rest, and the night stars peeped
out again in the sky. It was a beauti
ful mid-Autumn night, and the cool
breeze ever and anon blew the yellow
leaves against the windows of the
coaches. .
'Carl,' what if an ild offender should
board the train I mean a man for
whom you have been looking?"
The detective looked into the smiling
face of his newly made wife and smiled
himself.
"Well, I dont know what I would
do Courtney," he answered; "but I sup
pose I would arrest him, take him to
prison, and let you finish our wedding
tour Jone."
"How jolly that "would be!" Court
npy laughed, "I really wish such an
event would occur. I should be rid
of you at least for a time, and I'd have
the jolliest wedding tour ever written
of."
"I'd like to see you touring it alone
with your three trunks and groomless!"
replied Carl, as the brakeman opened
the door and shouted "Blooinlield" at
the top of his lungs.
At the almost deserted station of tho
inland town the train stopped long
enough to permit two men to board it,
and seat tliifiselves in the car that bore
the newly wedded.
The new pas?engTS were to'erably
well dressed, and passingly good look
ing. They occupied one seat a sfiort
distance behind the detective, and al
most beneath the Limp that afforded a
miserable light.
A detective is constantly watching
human faces, and after a while lie reads
them as he would an open book. Thus
It was with Girl Binkley.
When the two men entered the car
his eyes were upon t.iem, and followed
them to their seat.
By and by the conductor collected
their fare, and the detective followed
him from the car.
"Where are those fellows going?" he
asked.
"To Terre Haute," waa the reply.
"Do they strike you unfavorably?"
"Moderately so," said Bink. "Send
a man in to trim the lamp above them."
Then the detective returned to his
bride, who thought that something
strange was going on, and a minute
later a brakeman entered and proceeded
to trim the light in the coach.
Binkley did not appear to watch the
two men; but nevertheless his eyes
were upon them, and before they had
moved back into a shadier seat he had
spotted one, if not both.
"Courtney, I am afraid your wish is
about to come true," he whispered to
his wife.
She looked tip surmised at the sol
emnity of his manner.
"Why, Carl?"
"An old offender has boarded the
train," he replied, "and it is my duty
to attend to him. I am certain of my
man, though I have not seen him for
two years, and his face, smooth then,
is bearded now. Jack Hawk has re
peatedly committed depredations on
our line, and we can send him to the
penitentiary with ease. But you see,
Courtney, you must catch man before
you hang him, and, according to this
truism Jack hr.s escaped punishment.
I must attend to him, save the company
further losses, and put several hundred
dollars in my pocket. He suspects
nothing yet, I believe. I think he lias
not recognized me, and I have no doubt
th:-t his companion is an old offender
like himself."
The young wife heard her husband
through, and then, with wifely fear,
asked:
"Is he a dangerous character, Carl?"
44 Well, yes," was the reply; "but he's
one of those fellows who submit grace
fully when they see great odds against
them. Of course, I shan't attempt the
arrest alone. IH go forward, and see
the boys in the express car. Do you
watch Jack while I am gone, Courtney.
If he has recognized me, which is not
likely, as I do not think he has seen
me more than twice, he may attempt to
play one of his tricks. Here" smd
Courtney felt a small revolver dropied
into her hand. "Do not attempt to use
this unless you think that he is going to
escape. He's up to all kinds of tricks,
and I consider him the shrewdest rascal
outside of prison."
Courtney's hand trembled a little
when she hid the weapon in her pock
et, and Carl rose and carelessy left the
car.
"We're booked for Jeffersonville; if
he catches us," said one of the twain in
the seat behind the lamp.
"We are, without fail," Jack," re
plied his companion. "Do you really
think he knows us?"
"He's recognized mo sure, and he
may have spotted you. But its all the
same thing. If he wants me hell not
tet you go. Why, I knew him as soon
as I sot my eyes on him, and I thought
he would not know me, as I've let my
beard grow. He sent that fellow in
here to trim the lamps so he could get a
better vieif of our faces. I saw through
the trick when the boy took the first
lamp out of its socket. Oh, I tell you,
Byrd, it's all day with us if we don't out
wit the eagle-eyed chap.
"Of course it is," said the second mate
doggedly. "I didnt look for him on
live road tt-itight. And he's going on
his wedding trip, I suspect.
"Just so; but that wouldn't stop him
if he wanted to catch a man," said Jack
Hawk. "And then he's been wanting
me for the last two years. Look here I
this train doesn't stop again until it
runs into Terre Haute. If we're on
board then we're sure to be gobbled.
Hell post the men in the express and
baggage cars, and theyH proceed to cut
off every avenue of escape
"If they do, they'll be bloody work,"
grated Hawk's comrade. "I'm not
going to be taken. It would be a twen
ty years' term for me."
"And a life residence at Jefferson
ville for Jack Hawk," said the worthy
who boasted of that name.
"We must escape," said ByrdMcDon
aldson. "King the bell and when tho
train slacks well leave it. .
But Hawk shook his head.
"Twouldn't do, Byrd," he said. "Scott
is forward with Bink, and at the first
tap ef the bell we'd have the posse upon
us."
"Then it's all up with usi" said tho
Scotchman, almost ready to despair.
"No; wait here for me.
As he spoke, Jack Hawk left the
seat and walked forward.
Courtney Binkley saw him pass her
and leave the car by the forward door.
She felt that he was up to some trick,
but concluded to watch and see what
it was.
She soon dismissed the thought of
him leaping from the train, which,
being as it was, the express, was run
ning at terrible speed, and believed
that he would not desert his companion
in crime."
Jack Hawk stepped upon the platform
of the forward car, and drew a rope
from his pocket. One end of it he fas
tened to the knob of the door, the other
end, after making the cord taut, he se
cured to the strong railing of the car.
Satisfied with his work, he next drew
a knife, and severed the bell rope,
which he preveuted from slipping into
the cars.
Then he stooped over the coupling,
a smile of ti'tunph on his face.
"I can outwit the best detective on
the globe," he said to himself above a
whisper and a moment later he rose,
having successfully accomplished the
work of separating the ctts.
Then he sprang to the brake, and
presently the speed of the rear car be
gan to diminish, while the greater part
of the train, with newly-acquired veloc
ity, darted on.
Here-entered the coach and sat down
beside his partner.
"We're loose," he whispered. "The
train is a mile ahead now. We are
stopping. Come! now is the time.
Who says I can't beat Bink?"
The men left their seats as Court
ney, who had been looking out of the
car, dropped back into her seat, and put
her hand on Carl's revolver.
The trick which Jack Hawk had
played was apparent to her, and the two
men had almost reached the rear car
when she rose and cried:
"Stop where you are, villians! Ill
kill the first man who attempts to leave
this car without my orders. You two
rasals will oblige me by dropping into
seats where you now stand, and remain
ing there until properly disposed of.
Startled at the unexpected inter
ruption of their plans, Jack Hawk and
his companion exchanged pala looks
and glanced down the aisle at the little
woman clad in bridal robe? rrho pointed
the deadly revolver at their breasts.
By this time the car had come to a
halt, and the other passengers, com
prehending the situation, were rising.
Already other pistols were exhibited,
and the villians saw that their game
was baulked.
"Let's be men," said Hawk toMc
Donaldson, and dropped into a seat.
"When the odds are agin me I always
submit. That woman would shoot at
the drop of the hat. Shoot is in her
eye'"
A minute later the two worthies were
seated, and two "drummers" guarded
them. Of course all knew that the
train would "back" when the absence
of the several coaches was discovered,
and, in a short time it was announced
as returning.
When the detective came into the car
he kissed his brave little wife, and se
cured the two villians who submitted
like lambs. He acknowledged that
Jack Hawk had outwitted him, but
said, smilingly, that the best and the
bravest member of the Binkley" family
had proved too much for the old of
fender. At Terre Haute the villians were
handed over to the sheriff, and as Jack
had been concerned in several mufclers,
he received a life sentence, while his
companion went to Jeffersonville for a
long term.
Binkley found himself everywhere
congratulated on the coolness of his
wife, -who still boasts, as well she may,
of her capture of Jack Hawk and his
criminal associate.
A Plain Home is Better" than a Jail.
The best possible remedy for the in
creasing idleness among laboring men,
could be found in the leasing or owning
of small tracts of tillage land. Thos
who have given this subject but little
thought, have only a meagre concept
tjon of what can be wrought out of an
acre or two of 'and, if well occupied
with such crops of vegetables and fruits
as are indispensible to the sustenance
of every family, and as re calculated
to minister to the comfort of all, the
rich and the poor alike.
On Payment of onr home Tapers In Ad'
vance.
(TO OUR BROTHER EDITORS A PA
per prepared for the neb.
Press Association.)
This question of payment in advance
for our home papers came up at our
last meeting and was ably discussed,
since returning home we have observ
ed several allusions to the matter and
opinions thereon, both pro and con.
The Article below sums up our view
of the matter and was intended to be
read before the Association had not
other business prevented. We hope
the matter may be kept alive until
a change is wrought about.
One of the things I tiave called at
tention to, is the payment of newspa
pers in this state in advance. ,
I shall not dwell on this only to call
attention to the great loss to every
proprietor, by the present system. I
estimate my losses in this direction
greater than all I ever made on sub
scriptions. It is certainly enough, any
way, to pay for a good deal of adver
tising, and pushing of your business,
in the endeavour to increase the list
with good pay in advance subs. In
looking over my accounts the other
day, I concluded to put all the accounts
over two years in a collectors hands.
It was over 1,000. I have at least
$1,500 more on the books and I would
gladly sell for S750, or 50 per cent less
than par.
Many think it is no great loss, a few
extra papers do not cost much. The
white paper, alone, for an eight column
paper costs about 52 cents per year.
The trouble and cost of mailing and
postage makes CO cents of actual cash
outlay each year, to say nothing of
Presswork &c.
In a list of 1,000 you never expect
over 700 to pay and really between 5
and 6 will generally cover the actual
full pay ng sub's by the present sys
tem. Take the best side and say 300
do not pay, at my calculation that is
S180 pr year and in my 5yrs and over
at Plattsmouth would amount to the
neat little sum of S900 actual loss.
Full rates for these 300 of course
would be SC0O pr year or $3,000. Now
would it not pay better to use every
endeavor and some additional expense
to get pay in advance subscribers, if
only one half as large a List.
I admit it might cut down our lists
at first but it would be a great deal
better in the end, and in a few years
we should have no trouble are this way ;
once establish the rule "pay in ad
vance for Home papers" and our
people would do it as readily as they
do for foreign papers now.
I hav'nt lost many subscribers yet
and I am increasing my club list ev
ery, year, which while it pays me only
!?1,50 pr year, I have it, I know what
it is, and there is no disputed accounts
to make more enemies. My 400 paid
up fellows are better than 7 or 800,
half unpaid draggling along.
I just want to call attention to the
injustice done nome papers, in not pay
ing them in advance, while all foreign
Magazines and papers are paid in ad
vance and I am done with this part of
subject I do not think it would cut
down our lists ultimately for it is a no
torious fact, if people want Harpers or
the great dailies of the east; they find
the money somehow to pay in advance,
why should'nt they for home papers,
which publish gratis thousands of
items, friendly notices, actual public
orders and even legal notices free of
charge, put in all their weddings,
death's.births and'a thousand things no
outside paper could or would do. Why
not put us on an equality with strang
er and the outsider. They will, if this
is only entered into fairly and honest
ly by the association, and laid before
them in all its truth and justness. We
can do it if we are a mind to, not at
once, not until we have prepared the
public for the change. Singly it cannot
be done, on account of opposition pa
pers, unitedly it can. Say we honest
ly enter in'o and abide by a "Resolu
tion that all members of this association
on and after July 1st, 1873, do adopt
the pay inadvance system from all
subscribers to our papers. We make
these as suggt stions and hope to hear
from others.
Jxo. A. Mac Murpuy.
Our Kock Bluffs Letter.
Rock Bluffs, Jan. 19th, 1878.
Ed. Herald. Warm weather has
again returned, suow pretty near all
gone, more failing, mud growing deep
er, roads getting worse, almost impas
sible, overcoats going out of fashion
other winter apparel' likewise.business
coming to a stand still farmers about
all done husking corn, nothing to do
but to loaf around and do chores. .
Last Friday evening the Literary
Society of this plae gaye one of the
grandest exhibitions at the school-house
that has been held here for some length
of time; as we chanced to be present
we will give you a brief notice of it.
although time and space will not per
mit of a general description of the per
formances, as we kept no memoranda
only from memory. The principal ac
tors that took a part in the exercises
were the following gentlemen; J. D.
Graves, B. Farthing, Charlie Farthing,
W. Hutcheons, Willard Smith, Mart
, A? J, John Lamnert, Joe Robinson,
S Taylor and Charlie Graves ; the exer
jciaes consisted of music, speeches, dia-
logues, negro dancing and performan
ces etc. The boys deserve great credit
for entertaining as well as they did the
large audience that had assembled to
see, hear and learn, everyone said that
it was well done.
Kock Bluffs don t seem to improve
to any great extent although Mrs. Jo
seph Shera keeps on hand a well filled
store, of toys, confectioneries and dry
goods of all kinds and is doing a good
business for herself and the citizens
of this place, Joseph S. keeps the Post
Office and gives Uncle Sam good satis
faction, Mr. Walston keeps on hand a
good stock of dry goods and groceries
etc, and may be found always at his
post and attentive to business. How
ard Allen the blacksmith still pounds
away at the anvil and baa plenty of
work to do in his line. J. D. Graves
has charge of the school department
and has a large attendance of pupils
under his control, he understands his
business and gives good satisfaction to
the patrons. Mr. Farthing the boot
maker still pegs away and we suppose
has awl he can do at his - trade. Wm.
It. Ellington has again permanently
settled here, and is doing well, he says
there is no place like home. There is
preaching nearly every Sabbath at the
church by Rer. Donesthrope of the
liock Bluffs circuit, he has been hold
a protracted meeting at Union for
about two weeks, which we under
stand is having good success.
State Items.
A new paper at Neligh, Neb.
The Fremont Tribune gives a des
cription of a Hay Burner invented by
a Mr. W. II. Whittier, is attached to a
a stove and by the use , of which he
claims that one ton of hay will go as
far as a ton of coal.
The only hop-yard In the State of
Nebraska is that of Theron Nye at the
north edge of Fremont. The number
of poles used in the yard is five thous
and and cost over a thousand dollars.
The grasshoppers have interfered with
a fair test of what hops will do in our
valley soil. The yard, despite the
drawbacks of last and this year, pro
duced several hundred pounds of what
have been rated as an excellent article.
The test has been sufficient to demon
strate that the winds of Nebraska and
the nature of the soil are not favorable
to the profitable growth of hops. Fre
mont Tribune.
Prof. William Diamond, who has
made his name familiar to the scien
tific world by his discoveries in the
Bad Lands, has arranged a most inter
esting cabinet of fossils, petrifications,
and rare stones, etc etc., which he will
soon be prepared to exhibit throughout
the country. He will be in Fremont
within the next fortnight. Prof. Dia
mond made a discovery in the central
part of the Bad Lands of a most per
fect skeleton of a mastodon. It stands
pitched forward at an angle of forty
degrees, with all but the legs exposed
above the surface. It was at one time
imbedded in the earth, but the action
of the wind has gradually drifted the
earth away from the skeleton, leaving
it in full view. The. discoverer says it
is almost perfect. The molar teeth in
this specimen are ten inches in diame
ter, lie proposes to take sufficient
force with him n xt season to remove
this most extraordinary and valuable
specimen to the Missouri river, where
he will place it in a flat boat, and
thence transport it to Omaha. -Fremont
Tribune.
A DEACON'S NOTE.
As a good deacon of one of the city
churches was circulating the contribu
tion box yesterday an old, faded piece
of paper was laid in it by a prominent
member of the Congregation, at which
the deacon started in astonishment. It
proved to he the nearly outlawed note
of the deacon for $30 and interest,
which the holder, unable to collect, had
turned into the treasury of the Lord.
Washington Post.
How Could Fonr Children be Born In
the Same House, Three of them In
Three Different Territories,
and One in a State!
Mr. P. Saunders, of Mount Pleasant,
Iowa, who has been visiting in Omaha
during the past week, can boast of a
most remarkable fact in connection
with the birth of his children. He has
four children, all of whom were born
on the same section of land, in two
different houses, one being erected,
however, on the site of the other.
Three of the children Were born in
three different territories, and one was
born in one of the United States. This
reads like an impossibility, and would
appear on the face of the proposition to
be a domestic and geographical conun
drum that could not be solved.
Yet it is easy of solution. The facts
of the case, are that Mr. Sauudeis
moved to a point west of the Missispii
river (now Mt. Pleasant, Iowa,)
at a very early day in the settlement
of the trans-Mississippi country, and
establishing his residence there, built
him a house. It was then in Michi
gan territory, and there his first child
was born. SVhen the second child was
born, the ground on which bis bouse
stood was in Missouri territory. Be
fore the third child was borrr, the ter
ritory of Iowa was formed out of Mis
souri territory, and therein the next
birth in his family took place. The
fourth child was born in the Staf e of
Iowa, formerly the territory of the
same name.
We doubt if there is another family
in the United States that can show such
a remarkable record. O. Rep.
The Plattsmouth IIerard is correct
in advocating the doctrine of correct
assessments for taxation ; as it now is
strict justice is never done. A man
who will make out an honest assess
ment will have above his proportion
of the tax to par Buronian.
FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.
For baked cabbage, boil a firm, White
cabbage for fifteen minutes, then change
the water for more that is boiling, and
boil until tender; drain and set aside till
cool, then chop line and add salt and
pepper, one tablvspoonful of butter, two
eggs well beaten, three tablespoon I'ula
of rich milk or cream; mix well, and
bake in a buttered pudding dish in a
moderate oven till brown. Serve hot.
Tont wash your vegetables until just
before you are ready to cook them. At
least one-quarter of the value in sweet-,
ness, vivacity, and aromatic element
is lost by the too common practice of.
having washed clean of the natural
earth adhering to its fibres and surface
during the growth, and which, when
roughly dug, is put into the cellar or
pit of the countryman, for winter.. keep-j
ipg. Bid that couritryin'dn' wash. each,
beet,, ennjojt potato, etc., as is "generally
pracJi'cjpd'Cor sale to the dealer, and by.
the constinier desired, he would never
be able to keep his .produce a single,
month. The receiver of a ejean washed'
vegetable, according to the new estab-j
lished law of refinement, never yet ate
of a good natural flavor, and these same
people, if once they leave their city
homes and go into the country farm
house, rarely fa 1 to notice the super-',
iority of vegetables. It is not because1
of the better knowledge of cookory, but
it is from the fact that the earth is a
preservative and absorbant of the vola-'
tile element of the root, which, as soon
as washed, evaporates rapidly into the
air and is lost.
Children's Stockings.
The question of short socks instead of
stockings for children is, says a physi-'
cian,Iam glad to see, being noticed;'
and I trust the result will bo that the
custom of confining children's limbs in
hot, and especially in dark-colored
stockings, will, at least in summer, give
way before the pretty fashion now al
most universal in France, Italy, Belgi-"
uin and Holland of keeping boys and
girls, especially the latter, in socks. As
a meuical man, l am convinced that.
provided a child is healthy, and other
wise warmly and suitably clad, it is alf
the belter at any time of the year, for
having its limbs exposed. In summer
there i-. no doubt about it. There is no
finer health-giving agent than fresh,-
wann air and bright sunshine. C.il-
dren cannot have t o much of either.
Their limbs ought to be bathed in both.
Those who see our little people wading"
on the se s!iore,deligtiting to paddle for
hours in the waves, their scanty cloth
ing tucked up charmingly, know that
children are never so happy as wheir
their arms and legs are bare ahd free,'
Do We -Eat too Much t
The question, do we eat too much in
summer, is be'ng discussed. The
Philadelphia Ledger thinks we do, and
believes the great mistake in summer
diet is that it does not take the place of
the winter bill of fare as it should. The
habit of most people is simply to add'
summer luxuries to the w inter diet, thus
imposing additional labor on the diges
tive organs, which in reality they are
less able to perform than in winter. '
There is doubtless logic in this, but as
a rule the consumption of flesh Is much
lees in summer than in winter, for the
reason that the appetite does not crave
it so keenly. Overloading the stomach
at any season of the year is injurious to
the health, and especially so in hot
weather when the digestive organs afco
in a relaxed and semi-torrid condition,
and disinclined to perform any extra
amount of labor. A purely vegetable
diet during the summer months might
be best adapted to the constitutions of
many persons, but there are others
whose physical condition absolutely re
quires a judicious blending of winter
and summer fare.
Sponge Cakes.-
The following Is the most perfect of
sponge cakes, when properly made: In
gredients: ten eggs, one pound of pul
verized or powdered sugar, half a pound
of flour, juice of half a large lemon with
the rind grated. After all the jngredK
ents are quite ready, i. e., the flour and
sugar sifted, the lemon peel grated, the
half lemon squeezed, and the tins but-"
tered, the success of this cake is in beat
ing the eggs.- Two persons should beat
them at least half an hour, one beating
the whites and the other the yolks and
half the sugar together. Next cut the
yolks iato the whites, then stir in Ugh-"
ly the remainder of the sugar, then the
flour and lemon by degrees. The oven
heat should be rather moderate at first.
Much of the success depends on this, as
the batter should be evenly heated
throughout befofe it begins to rise.
When baked spread over the cakes ar
wafer thickness of icing flavored with
vanilla. The icing made with one egg
is quite sufficient to frost this cake.
Beat the white" nntil slightly foaming
only do not beat to a froth ; add grad
ually a heaping teacupful of pulverized
sugar. As soon a thoroughly stirred
together flavor and spread over the cake
as soon- as taken flora the oven.
Another receipt for sponge cake is
this: twelve eggs, their weight in sugar
and half their weight in flour. Beat the
sugar into the yolks, and when very
smooth and stiff stir in the juice and
grated peel of one lemon. Add the
flour gradually, and lastly the beaten
whites.
For all cake, bnt especially for sponge
cake, your eggs must be of the freshest.
Never try to make soda do any part of
the duty of eggs. If necessary to mod
erate your oven leave the door partly
open for ten minutes- after putting in
the cake. A cheap sponge cake can be
made by beating m teacnpful of pow
dered sugar into the yolk of three eggs.
Stir in this one teacupful of flour
through which has been sifted a tea
spoonful of baking powder. Add the
juice and -grated rind of half a lemon,
wl tvike in sh illow tkvs
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