H 14 'Jt i ft 5 if r THE TRIBUNE. ." ' QY - e. burner, ' : J: . Mfe." Funeral Director STEVENS & BARE, Prop's. a w .mttfh - - uuoxwi w TERMS: mS3Si 1 - --- - I "VOL. T. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA, OCTOBER 9; 1889. NO. 39. I i I If It 1-1 IT t 4 1 I ! MS" ! r t i I it If paid in Advance, only $1.00 per year. One Year, if not in Advance, $1.50. Six Months, in Advance, - - - .75 Three Months, in Advance, - - .50 Advertising Rates on Application. Keeps constantly in stock Metalic and Cloth Draped Caskets, complete line of Trimmings in white and black, Gloes White Caskets, Coffins of all sizes, Shrouds & Shoes. Telegraph orders promptly attended to&! OPEN DA AND-StTffHR, EMBALMING A SPECIALTYSsfa Sixth Street, east of Locust. NORTH PLATTE, : : NEBRASKA FALL STOCK IS COMPLETE IN r ALL DEPARTMENTS And open for inspection with the finest line of Men's, Boys' and. Children's BUEYDfG OF THE DEAD. CHANGES IN FUNERAL CUSTOMS DICTATED BY GOOD SENSE. CLOTHING- Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, AND AT I Rock Bottom Prices. 1 1 nnm m n M. Leaders SE, EINSTEEN k Co. of Fashion and Low Prices. Ho. 34S6. BANK, FIRST NATIONAL TsToi-th. Platte, Authorized Capital, $200,000. Paid in Cawtal, $50,000. Banking ,In All Its Branches Transacted Womea No Ixmcer Expected to Attend Faaexal Services, Nor Men to Stand with Bared Heads by the Grave No Long Procession of Carriages. The undertakers of this city announce that funerals are no longer what they used to be. Women are no longer ex pected to attend them, and with some exceptions they don't. The statement of this fact was brought about through the publication in a Philadelphia newspaper of a number of interviews with under takers in that city. In a recently pub lished death notice of a woman in Phila delphia this sentence was embodied: "Male members of the family only are invited to attend." This notice was pub lished in accordance with the wishes of the dead woman. She had been of a practical and sensible turn of mind. Her object was to prevent the attendance at her funeral of women who might, if it were bad weather, contract disease of a serious nature. IN PHILADELPHIA. Until very recently numerously at tended funerals had been very common in Philadelphia. Scores of carriages fol lowed the deceased man or woman to the grave, and men and women stood around on the damp ground in all kinds of weather while the coffin was lowered into its last resting place. Philadelphia is gradually awakening to the fact that this sort of thing is dangerous. Strange to say, it appears to be due to the under takers of that city that these changes are being made. Evidently they are not so calculating and selfish as various writers of fiction have portrayed them. The more carriages there are at a funeral the bigger the undertaker's bill is, yet the Philadelphia members of the profession seem to view this fact with indifference. Said Mr. R. R. Bringhurst, one of the most prominent of these gentlemen: "The custom in vogue here of a large concourse of friends and relatives at tending funerals is a very foolish one. Male members of the family only should accompany the hearse to the burial CLAY THEIR DAILY FOOD. SUCH IS THE DIET OF A CURIOUS SET OF PEOPLE IN ALABAMA. A Peculiar Complexion Seemingly the Only Bad Effect How the Clay N Eaters Live and Get Their, Daily Clay One of Tli em Interviewed to Littlo Purpose. 'Those people are clay eaters." The people referred to were a group of men and women of various ages who had gathered at a country store in Win ston county, Ala., to barter a few egg3 and chickens for coffee and tobacco. They were poorly clad, men and women were barefooted, and three children in the party were also bareheaded. Their faces were pale and haggard, and in their dyes was a dull, hopeless look, showing that they were not only densely ignor ant, but without ambition to better their condition in. any way. The storekeeper, after attending to the wants of these strange customers, informed the writer that they belonged to the poorest class of mountaineers who inhabited that sec tion, and that white clay was a part of their regular diet. The writer spent several days in Win ston county recently and visited the homes of a number of these people who eat clay as a part of their daily food. They live in small log cabins of the rud est kind, and eke out a miserable exist ence by farming, hunting and fishing. Their farms, or patches as they call them, are small clearings around their cabins, and are never more than a few acres in extent. Their ,crop3 consist of corn, peas, potatoes, and a few who are fortunate enough to own a horse attempt to raise a little cotton. The land is very poor, and as the crop3 receive little work the yield is always very poor. Men, women and children are slaves to the tobacco habit. The women chew and smoke, and most of them also use snuff when they can obtain it. . THE ABODE OF A CLAY EATER. The interior of the cabin of a clay eat er is rude in the extreme. The cabin is usually built of small pine logs, from which the bark is sometimes removed. There are no windows and usually only one door. There are no pictures on the ground, and I am glad to see that this j walls, no ornaments of any kind and Sell Bills of Exchange Direct on Great Britain and Ireland, Switzer land, France, Belgium, Holland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Italy, Russia, Spain, Portugal, Germairy and Austria. INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS. $50 REWARD. By virtue of the laws of the State of Nebraska, I hereby offer a reward of Fifty Dollars for the capture and conviction of any person charged with horse stealing in Lincoln county. D. A. BAKER, Sheriff. R. D. THOMSON, icliitect, Contractor and Builder. 127 Sixth St. Cor. of Vine, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. RICHARDS & Co., CONTRACTORS, OMAHA, - jSTEB. U. P. TIME TABLE. GOI.NG EAST. No. G Chicago Express Dept550 A. M. No. 4 Fast Express " 10:50 a. m. No. 2 Atlantic Express " 8:05 p. m. No. 22-Freight " 530 A M. GOING WEST MOUNTAIN TI11E. No. 1 Fast Exoress Dept 5:10 a. si. No. 3 Pacific Express " 6:10 v. 31. No. 5 Denver Express " 8:10 p. M. No. 23 Freight " 7:15 a. M. J. C. Febguson. Agent. NESBITT & CRIMES, Attorneys-at-Law, NORTH PLATTE, - NEBli. Office oveb Foley's Stohe. B. 1. Hinman. T. FcTroN Gantt. We contract on everything in the line of building. I. K. S0MERS, Nurseryman, Florist and Gardener, (BARTON PLACE,) NORTH PLATTE, NEBR. Can furnish all kinds of fruit and shade trees, forest trees, and seed lings for tree claims at lowest prices. Also all kinds of plauts and flowers. Estimates and designs given for laying out new grounds. Yards kept by contract. Martin & Nauman BUTCHERS, AND DEALERS TS HINMAN & GANTT, Attorneys - a,t - Ziaw. Will practice in all the courts of the State. Offico over the Postoffice. C. M. DUNCAN, M. D. Physician and Surgeon. Office: Otteustein's Block, up 6tnirs. Office hours from U to 12 a. m., 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p. m .Residence on West Sixth Street. NORTH PLATTE, - NEBRASKA. Doctor McNEIL SMITH, Graduate o the Royal Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons, Edinburgh, Fscs-sioiAsar. Office and Residence, Wellfleet, - Nebraska. P. WALSH, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER. Estimates on Work Furnished. Shop Corner Cottonwood and Third east of Catholic church. Sts NOTICE TO TEACHERS. Notice is hereby given that I will examine all persons who may desire to offer themselves as candidates for teachers of the common schools of this county on -the THUtD TUESDAY of every month. R. H. LANGFORD, County Supt. 9 fH&MS ,BACON, SAUSAGE AND FISH. Highest Price Paid for Fat Stock. Sixth Street, between Spruce and Pine, NORTH PJjATTE, - ,t NEB. A. P. CARLSON, Merchant Tailor. Full line of piece goods always on hand and made to order." Only first-class workmen employed. Shop on Spruce Street over Hane Gertler&Co. plan is being adopted by several fam ines of this city. Ladies should not be taken to the burial ground, for more than one reason, either in good or bad weather. It subjects them to a great nervous strain to see the body of some member of their family or some relative lowered into the ground, and time and time again I have seen ladies faint from this excitement. - "Sometimes "thero is a -hitch in the dropping of the coffin, so that considera ble difficulty is occasioned in getting it straightened out. Accidents of this na ture are very prolific of nervous pros tration, and women should not be sub jected to them. "It is a striking fact that half of our funerals take place on stormy days, when it is positively dangerous for any man, not to mention ladies, to stand for a longtime on the wet-ground until the interment is finished. This city is, how ever, getting to be somewhat enlighten ed on the subject of funerals. A few years ago there were forty or fifty car riages to every funeral, bub now this number is reduced to about eight. Of course, the more people attend funerals the better it is for the undertaker. His business is advertised, and he comes in for the burial of those who are taken mck'and die because of the exposure at the burial ground. But we undertakers have sympathetic souls like other classes of humanity, and I for one advise all my patrons to have the funeral ceremony at the house, and then let only a few gen tlemen of the family accompany the body to the cemetery." Undertaker J. R Knowles expressed the same sentiments and added: "The exclusion of ladies and friends at funerals is an admirable policy to adopt. This city is just awakening to the fact that a big funeral is a big folly. As a rule every large funeral is the cause of the death of at least one person who attends it." New York adopted the new custom Bomo time since. Savo in the case of men of great official prominence, few funerals, with the exception of those of foreigners and persons of- the poorer class, who accept innovations in such matters slowly, are largely attended, even by men. Nowadays there are rare ly more than three or four carriages at the funeral of a person of good social rank, and fivo seems to be the maxi mum. The more fashionable the fam ily the simpler the arrangements are. At a large proportion of such funerals that have taken place lately there have been only one or two carriages besides the hearse. Undertaker Edward M. Se nior said yesterday: "At three-quarters of the funerals I have had in charge lately, no women have been present. As a rule they do not even sit in the same room with the body of the dead. The body is usually placed in the parlor, and some male rel ative remains there to receive visitors and do whatever is needed, while the women stay upstairs. They may come down to be present at services in the house, but they rarely follow the body to the grave. Even when- they do this, they do not leave their carriages." It is not uncommon now for persons to provide minutely for their burials in their wills, and many prudent ones ex pressly request that no woman be al lowed to follow their bodies. When the late actor, Chanfrau, died, the funeral at Long Branch was largely attended. The pall bearers were all old men, and they dropped one end of the coffin in going out of tho house. The widow fainted at the sight, and a painful scene was the result. The new rule is to have 8ra coffin carried by hired assistants, while the pall bearers walk on either ride. New York Sun. For choicest Pork call on cuts of Beef. Mutton or Klekk & Gat ward. often no furniture worthv of the name. If there are bedsteads they are of the crudest kind, made by the head of tho family with no other tools than a saw and an ax. Usually the cabin is too small for bedsteads if the family is large, and thoy sleep on quilts and mattresses spread on the floor. The entire family, often ten or more persons, eat and sleep in one small room. Thocopking is done in the one .replace. theufiiisH .consist ing of a frying pan, a ktttlo, an oven and possibly a few pots. Cooking stoves, sewing machines and all modern conven iences are unknown. The clay eaten by these people is found along the banks of the small mountain streams in inexhaustible quantities. It is of a dirty white color usually; sometimes a pale yellow. It has a peculiarly oily appearance, and this oil keeps it from sticking to the hands or mouth. When dry it does not crumble, and a few drops of water will easily soften it until it can be rolled into any shape desired. It is almost without taste, but must possess some nourishment, as these people declare they can subsist upon it for days. They place a small piece in the mouth and hold it there until it gradually dissolves, and is swallowed in small quantities at a rime. The quantity eaten at one time varies from a lump as large as a pea for the child or beginner to a Jump as large as a hen's egg for those who 4iave eaten it for years. A CLAY EATEli INTERVIEWED. 'How did you learn to eat clay?" I asked of a man whose face was almost the color of the stuff he was eating. "Dunno," he answered. "I seen pap and t'others eatin' it, an' I got at it." "Does the habit grow until you acquire a taste for tho stuff?" "Huh?" "Can you quit eating clay?" "Dunno; never tried." "Has tho stuff a pleasaut taste?" "If 'twantgood I wouldn't beeatin'UV and tho native drew a second lump from his pocket aud began to eat it with a relish. The only bad effect of clay eating seems to be the peculiar appearance it gives the skin of those who become addicted to the habit. The skin turns pale, so pale, in fact, as to give the face the pallor of death, and then, later on, it turns a pe culiar pale yellow, a color closely re sembling some of the" clay eaten. Chil dren who become addicted to the habit grow old, at least in appearance, prema turely, and their faces lose forever the bright glow of youth and health. There is littlo sickness among the clay eaters, and they live as long as the average of mankind, so it is conclusive that the habit is not fatal in its effects. It may or may not be the result of clay eating, but these people are as supersti tious as the black followers of a voodoo. They have signs for everything and al most worship the moon. Corn is planted when the moon is full and potatoes are planted in the dark of the moon. They will not start on a journey or begin a job unless the moon is right, and they fore tell storms and all kinds of disasters by the appearance of the moon. If one end of a new moon is lower than the other it will rain before tho moon changes again, say the clay eaters, but if the moon is level there will be no rain until another change occurs. Macon (Ga.) Telegraph. Bludbuilder. Tho now vegetable tonioalterativo and blood purifier is in the shape of a pleasant syrap, and contains in a concentrated form the most valuable vegetable curatives, which have been developed by modern medical and scientific research. It acts directly upon tho blood. through it imparting vigor to the entire system and eradicating disease, and isnnequaled as a care far Scrofulous, Cancerous and other humors, whether constitutional or otherwise, Catanh, Rheumatism, Dyspepsia, Dropsy, sick and nervous, headache, female- weakness, and all blood, liver and kidney disenses. Price $1. Sold by A. S. Stroitz. Bernhardt' Late Husband. He was known in European theatrical circles as Daria, and, it is said, claimed to be a count. As he was born in Greece, where there are no titles except official ones, and in the royal family, he had no birthright to ono. He has often been re ferred to as a diplomat. His diplomatic experience was not very extensive. He was once connected with the Greek con sulate for a few days through an acci dent. His real vocation was that of a commercial traveler. The elder Damala was a trader in raw silk, having a house in Syria, and the son is said to have been unusually successful in disposing of the father's wares. It is even said that he had no right to his high sounding name that he assumed "Aristides" for his own satisfaction, and that ho was chris tened as only "Jacques." Damala was fond of gambling, and a swarm of creditors is believed to have hurried his marriage and to have fol lowed him unrelentingly until ho left for Barcelona. He was once mixed up in a gambling caso with. Lambri Pasha, but his friends say that he was never a black leg. At the time of his marriage with Bernhardt nobody seemed to know whether his first wife was dead or not. Buring the time he played with Bern-hardt-ho did all he could, it is said, to excite her jealousy. When she was on the stage and he was in the wings he used to flirt abominably with Mile. Lima Maute. Thi3 was in Italy, where Bern hardt had frequent fainting fits on the stage. Exchange. On Their Heads. In France, when a patient is under chloroform, oa the slightest symptom appearing of failure of the heart, they turn him nearly upside down, that is, with his htiad downward and his heels in tho air. This, they say, always restores him; and such is their faith in the efficacy of this method, that tho op crating tables in the Paris hospitals are made so that in an instant they can be elevated with one end in the air, so as to bring the patient into a position re sembling that of standing on his head. Boston True Flag. Parents should he careful that their children do not contract colds during the fa!! or osirly winter months Such colds weaken the- iiiiijs nd air passages, making tlsa child nun h more likely to contract, othr colds during the winter. It is this succession of colds that cause catarrh and bronchitis Jr puvrs the vr for consumption. Should a cold be constructed, loose no time but cure it as quick as postble. A fifty cent bottle of Chiiinb(Iain'?XJiti;iirivf-ijpII;' w ill " eu're any cold in :i few days and leive tho re spiratory orirans btmng and healthy. For sale by A. F rftrietz and Dr. Longley North Phitte. AT THE NEW ST0EE. RENNIE S GREAT FALL SALE. j The Greatest Dry Goods Sale Ever Offered. 6,000 Just ) Received Direct From Lee, Tweedy & Co., New York, j We are bound to sell and at prices that will suprise the whole country. Look at these prices: Five Thousand Yards Best 8-cent Calico at Six Cents. Five Thousand Yards Lonsdale Muslin at 8 1-2 Cents. Five Thousand Yards Unbleached at 6 1-2 Cts. 5,000 Yards Dutch Blue Best Quality, at 12 1-2 Cts. 5,000 YAEDS NEW STYLE GINGHAMS. EN OUR DRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT We have the largest variety ever shown in the city. Colored Silks, Henrietta Cloths, the very latest shades, Handsome Hue of Black and Colored Brillian teens, the latest dress goods in the market. IMMENSE LINE OF LADIES' CLOAKS AND WRAPS, Newmarkets in Fine English Cloths. Fine line of Plush Wraps. BARGAINS IN SHOES. We put on sale a fine line of 5.50 French Kid Shoes at 3.50. Also a large line of American Kid at 1.90, reduced from 2.50 and &3. CAEPETS. Ladies are invited to examine our immense line of carpets. Two-plys, Three-plys, Tapestry and Body Brussels, in the very latest designs. Thirty patterns to select from. The only line in town. II S NEW FALAGE OF FASHION, Spruce Street, Opposite the Postoffice. mi CENTRAL LAW SCHOOL, LINCOLN, NEBx. Newly established. First annual setion Nov. atli, 18S. June 7th, 1800. Moot courts and quizzes. Special lectnrc3 by eminent lawyers. Expenses low. Superior court and library facili ties. Vot particulars address W. SIORrON SMITH, Secretary. VJ2 North Eleventh street, Lincoln, Neb. 374 parmers Alliance. NOTICE TO HUNTKIIS Notice is hereby given that hunting on th? lands of tfie under.Mirned is strictly forhiddeu. All jhtsous m trebpatsinir will !( prosecuted to the full extent of the law. 8w Paxtox & Rkiwhkv. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS. Property owners and others are request ed to remove at once all refusp from the alle3's bordering on their lots in com pliance with ordinance relating thereto. Street Commissioner sr01 The Grand Island S&nifaricim Under tlio Management oi ' DRS. ALEY AND FREE, For the treatment of all C hronic and Snrgical Diseases and Diseases of the 1 desire to announce to members of the Alliance and all other far mers that I am agent for the Eoyal Windmills, Davis Vertical Feed Sewiug Machines aud American Lightning Rods. I also make a specialty of erecting windmills, putting down hydraulic aud deep well pumps aud repairing machines of all kinds. Orders cau he left at VoriGoetz's Grocery Store. VICTOR E. MEYER, Nolith Platte, Neb. 30,000 ACRES OK Desirable Fannin if Land IN LINCOLN & KEITH COUNTIES FOR S.AJLE. UNDERTAKING. I hereby announce that I have opened out a large stock of Under taker's Supplies, such as Metallic and Cloth Draped CASKETS, Wooden Caskets. And Burial Cases. Also a fine stock of Shrouds, Lin iugs, Trimmings, etc. In connec tion I have one of the finest hearses in the west. Prompt attention to all calls in city or country. Prices reasonable. Room on Locust St., opposite Hershey & Co. SAML ADAMS, Prop. H. MacLEAN, Fine Boot and Shoe Maker, And Dealer In MEN'S LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S BOOTS AND SHOES. Particnlar attention paid to Deformities, Dis eases of the Kidueys, Private Disease-', Dis eases nt Women, Diseases of tho Skin, Heart, Nervous system, Luiis and Throat, Sargical Operations. Piles, Tumors, Cancers, etc., etc. Pleasant Rooms for Twenty Five Patients, Willi Hoard aud Attendance fc'nrnWied. Address The Guaxd Islaxd Sanitarium, Grand Island, - Nehraska. These Lauds lie between the North and South Platte liivers, in Ranges 33 to 37 inclusive, on the line of the Union Pacific Railway. Prices, terms and full informa tion can be obtained on application at the onice of DILLON & COLLINS, North Patte, : .-Nebraska. Perfect Fit, Uest Work and Goods as Represented or Monev Refunded. REPAIRING PROMPTLY DONE. Dr. H. S. Aley will be at the Nebraska House Oct. 10th. ORDEK of bearing. State of Nebraska. ) . Lincoln Coanty. S At a coanty coart, held atlhecoanty court room, in and for said conn tv, September 27tu, A. D. 1889. Present, J, J, O'Roarke, Coanty Judge. In the matter of tho Estate of John D. Arn old, deceased. On reading and Slins the petition of D. C Lord, praying that the instrument, filed on the 27th day of September, 18S9, and pnporting to be tho last will and testament of the deceased, may be proved, approved, probated, nllowed and re corded as the last will and testament of the said John D. Arnold, deceased, and that th-3 execu tion of said instrument may be committed and that the administration of said estate may bo granted to D. C. Lord as executor. Ordered, That October 21st, A. D. at 10 o'clock a. m., is assigned f.or hearing said peti tion, when aU persons interested in said matter matter may appear at a county court to be held in and for said county and show cause why the prayer of petitioner 6hould not be granted: and that notice of the pendency of said petition and tha hearing thereof be given to all persons inter ested in said matter by publishing a copy-of this order in the Lincoln County Tbibune, a weekly newspaper printed in said county, for three suc cessive weeks prior to said day of henring. TA true copy 1 bl J. J. O'Houree, Count? Judge. "GUY'sjlace:' FS&SSY-CLASS Sample :-: Soom, . JT Having refitted our rooms throughout, the public is invited to call and see us. ONLY NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. Ji. ITEW SI A. ID AT THE BELLOWS. O .Having purchased the Muck smith Business of Hershey & Co. I vpll continue the same at tho nlrl Ktnrwl m VittV. 1 t . eneeie. XVU Klaus Ot Blacksmitlrincr ::: Horseshoeing AND IT Wagon and Carriage Repairin promptly executed m first-class style. Having the best machinery west of Kearney, my facilities for doing work quickly are iinsurpassed. My prices are very low, but I can not give credit. Pleas do not ask for it. JOHN II. HARDEN, The Cash Blacksmith, NORTH PLATTE. Bismark Saloon Choice Wines, ;! Liquors :; and i1 Cigars Kept at the Bar. Agent for the celebrated IDA1IHA mVSUl MINERAL WAIEE from Soda Springs, Idaho . Keith's Block, Front Street. NORTH PLATTE, - NEBRASKA NOTICE TO CATTLE OWNERS. -Do not turn your cows out until the herder calls for them. I shall certainly enforce the ordinance and impound every animal found running at large in the city limits. The Town Lot Co's addition is in the city limits . This notice applies to horses as well as cows. Syl Fkiend, Chief of Police. Billiard and Pool Hall, J. 0. HUPFEK, Phop.. Keeps none but the finest Whiskies.such as ROBINSON COUNTY, TENN. COON HOLLOW, M. V. MONARCH, 0. F. O. lATLORi GUCKENUEIMER RYE. WELSH AND HOMESTEAD Also lino case goods, Brandies, Rum, Gin Etc. St. Louis .Bottled Beer and Milwaukee Beer on draft. Corner Sixth and Spruce Streets, NORTH PLATTE, - - NEBRASKA