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MEAT MARKET.
Meats at wholesale and re
tail. Fish and Game in
season. Sausage at all
times. Cash paid for Hides.
NORTH PLATTE
Marble Works.
W. C. BITIsTEB,
Manufacturer of mul Dealer in
Monuments, Headstones,
Curbing, Building Stone, j
And all kinds of Monumental
and Cemetery Work.
Careful attention given to lettering of
everv description. Jobbing done on
short notice. Orders solicited and esti
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IjiihI OiKce nt North Platte, Neb. '
July in, lb'.U.
Notice i hereby Riven that tho following
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make final proof in npiort of lii claim, and that
wiiil iiriKif will le made before llecit-ter anil
Ketoiver at North Platte. Neb., on August
1 !:!, viz: !?eth 1 IV:im who mailo II. E. No.
11..V0, for the southeast quarter section 20. town
ship Hi north, ranee JS west, He names the fol
lowing witin-sws to prove his continuons
resilience upon anil cultivation of saiil Intnl. viz:
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A. Stenriw. all of Whittier, Neh., ami C'jarles U.
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Treasurer's Statement
Sliowinir receipts and disbursements of the va
rious funds of the State of Nebraska and
Lincoln County from Jautiry I, 1W3, to July
1, 1S":
STATE HJUDS.
CEX'L FUND.
To balance Jan. 1, lft"tf 5551-' -7
taxes collected 'A5iM2
15 v state treas recpts S11W3
"balance SO
ir.71 W 12571 W
STATK SINKING.
To balance Jan. 1, 18'X3 S4 Si!
taxes collected 44.J7
lty stale 'trea- recpts 4H1 44
' balance 31' 39
W3
STATi: SCHOOL.
To balance Jany 1, l!-3 '
taxes collected 17'J1 31
I!v state treas recpt IWIjo
" balance MmO--
1 15 :5
STATK UNIVERSITY.
To balance Jany 1. ls'.tt ?(o 17
taxes collected 6s0 i:
15y state treas recpt
balance
-145 35
S75 04
70 20
UT. ; 915 30
STATE CAPITOI,.
To balance Jany 1, ls-)3 2iJ
taxes collected 1 c
ISv state treas recpt - 00
"balance 1W
3 a
STATE REFORM SCHOOL.
To balance Jany 1. IN"i 4 0I
taxes collected 2 l."i
Uy state treas recpt
balance
103
4 04
-'15
(. V) ( 1')
STATE INST. FOR FEE15LE MINDED.
To balance Jany 1, lS'tf SS 1
taxes collected 2i 71
I!y state treas recpts 0 10
balance 23 42
First-class Single and Double Rigs
to Hire at Reasonable Rates.
LGive 3SCe a Call.. 2
H. S. EOAL,
Insurance !
Agent for best line of Fire,
Life and Accident Co's.
CENTRAL MARKET
F. M. HECK, Prop.
DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF
Fresh, Salted and Smoked
Hams, Bacon, Fresh Sausage, Poul
try, Eggs, Etc.
Cash Paid for Hides and Furs.
Your patronage is respectfully so
licited and we will aim to please
you at all times.
315 52 315 52
STATE LIVESTOCK INDEMNITY.
To balance Jany 1. ItM3 1
taxes collected !4
lly state treas recpt 1
balance 34
2 11
STATE RELIEF.
To balance Jany 1, lsV3 S4 47
taxes collected -Zi SI
Uy state treas recpts
balance
Ill
S7 .0
21 53
:Vf) 2 :jW 29
STATE SCHOOL LAND. PRIN.
To balance Jany 1. 1st; 42 00
l!y state treas recpts 4'.' 00
42 00 42 00
STATE SCHOOL LAND. INT. ON PRIN.
To.balance Jany 1. 1S93 312 21
transfer fr jm land rented... 6105
int collected 1017 00
l!v state treas recpt oi3 -)
'balance 1017 60
13!0 13SH) S9
STATE SCHOOL LAND RENTAL.
To balance Janv 1. 13 1S20 07
rental collected 1100 42
I5y state trea"s recpt 175'.t 02
transfer from int on prin M 05
balance 1160 42
29S0 49
OOUNrY lUNDS.
-9S0 49
COUNTY GEN'L
To balance Jany 1. 1S8 32S1 44
T C Patterson, Exec sale of
property of Ann Watson... I?) 0i
J H Clark, excess fees . riT
interest o3'S
taxes collected I'!3'.1o20
By ls92 war'nts redeemed . .
1S31 war'nts redeemed...
l!90 war'nts redeemed .
1SS9 war'nts redeemed..
1N?7 war'nts redeemed . .
scalp redeemed
com sorders, S. Ander
son on freight etc
com of insanity, Ilaker
poor masters o'rders
balance
15!CiS34
494 00
754!
200
00
359 29
208 41
t0 00
170 95
2430 ')$
')7Si 55 197o3 55
ROAD FUND.
To balance Jany 1, 1SKJ 12J 22
taxes collected 3624 49
interest 3243
IJvlSI2 war'nts red'nid.... 1842 71
1MU war'nts red'md.... ii2r
overseees' rects red'md 1335 Vi
balance 353 03
:nt0 14 3780 14
COUNTY KRIDGE.
To balance Jany 1, 1893 2fi75 2i
taxes collected..
interest
Ily 1892 war'nts redeemed.
1890 war'nts redeemed,
balance
54:M84
S3 03
5369 m
100
2778 15
8143 13 8113 18
OUTSTANDING INDEIJTEDNESS.
To balance Jany 1, 1893 102 13
taxes collected 1152
interest 237
balance 17t! 02
176 02 176 02
COURT HOUSE BONDS, PRIN.
To balance Jany 1, 1393 1403 o4
taxes collected 13X141!
interest 30 06
By 4 bonds redeemed 2000 00
com and exchange 750
balance 770 60
2787 It! 2787 10
COURT HOUSE BONDS, INT.
To balance Jany 1, 1893 721 29
taxes collected.
interest
By coupons redeemed.,
com and exchange...
balance
Mi 'M
19 51
200 00
003 90
1104 74 1104 71
SO. PLATTE BRIDGE, PRIN.
To balance Janv 1, 1393 11 34
taxes collected.
balance.
117
1351
13 51
SO. PLATTE BRIDGE, INT.
To balance Janv 1, lrttl 239
taxes collected..
balance.
46
13 51
!85
2 85
FUNDING BONDS.
To balance Jany 1, 13 95 74
interest 231
" balance
97 05
JAIL BONDS, INT.
To balance Jany 1. 1803 32"i OS
taxes collected 362 6M
interest 5 25
By coupons reed
com and exchange
balance
693 91
NO. PLATTE BRIDGE. INT.
To balance Jany 1, 1KI3 509 49
taxes collected 513 91
interest 103
By coupons redeemed
com and exchange
balance
1071 43
SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
To balance Jany 1, Jtr93 3wl 36
taxes collected 306 12
interest 5 15
By warrant redeemed. . ..
balance
751 03
FUNDING BONDS INTEREST.
To balance Jan. 1st, le'J.i i GHt It
tuxes collected IHn! Oil
interest 22
lly coniMuis redeemed
bnliince-
!S5
97 05
9705
25000
93
4I2!S
69391
7.S)(HI
2 91
28 52
1071 43
330 36
371 27
751 63
000 00
JWI 05
I.VJl 75 ? 15119 75
ADVERTISING.
To bnlmico Jan. M, ltft3, f li7 07
taxes collected II Ml
interest u 17
By warrants redctued.... ' li'lil 01
balance II! 10
lOOti 01
COUNTY POLL.
To balance Jan 1st, ISitJ 01 15
taxes collected Vill 15
inlere-t 1 01
By warrrants redeemed.,
overseers' receipts rdm
balance
l'JOO 04
If, 05
117a 10
w at!
? 128:1 :ti $ 1-J8:i ;u
O'FALLOXS PKECINCT SINKING.
To balance .Ian. 1st, lSiCI C84 18
tnscs collected 2B0 15
By balance Wit 33
j; il 33 iliil 33
O'FALLON PKECINCT INTEREST.
To bnlauce Jan. 1st. 18J3 20 fl
taxes collected 351 28
By coupons redeemed 210 00
coin, and exchange 78
balance 170 34
3si 12 $ 3si 12
BRADY ISLAND PRECINCT SINKING.
To balauco Jan. 1st, lb.:i 1713 50
tuxes collected 620 HI
By balance 2334 30
riEinnio 2:?3I 3'J
Ul'.ADY ISLAND PKECINCT INTEREST.
To balance Jan. lt, ISiM 1020 87
taxes collected 711) 28
lly couiHins redeemed... . 510 00
com. ami exchange 2 00
balance. .u 1220 15
f 1707 15 1767 15
BIKDWOOD PRECINCT SINKING.
To balance Jan. Itu, 1K3 j;w,l Hi
taxes collected "j&J 28
By balance 1923 09
l!l2.- Oil 1025 09
BIKDWOOD PKECINCT INTEREST.
To balance Jan. 1st, ISlO 'SA Ml
tftxes collected 720 8!1
By couions redeemed 180 00
com. mid exchange.... 07
balance 778 00
109 63 959 63
NICHOLS PRECINCT SINKING.
To balance Jan. 1st, 1S9J 793 58
axes collected 281 76
By balance 1075 34
f 1075 :!4 1075 34
NICHOLS PRECINCT INTEREST.
To balauce Jan. 1st, lh'.;t 41H 21
taxes collected 422 Otj
BycouHins redeemed.... 210 01
com. aud exchange.... "8
balance 0'29 40
840 27
MEDICINE PRECINCT SINKING.
To balauce Jan. 1-1. li03 258 40
taxes collected.
By balance.
152
840 '
110 (15
410 65 410 05
MEDICINE PRECINCT INTEREST.
To taxes collected 190 63
By balance Jan. 1, 1H93 17 35
coupons redeemed 150 00
com and exchange) 57
balauce 22 71
190 03 $ I'M 113
MEDICINE PRECINCT BOND.
To balance Jan. 1st, 1893 5 03
By balauce
5 03
FINES AND LICENSES.
To taxes collected 12 00
By transferred to State
npiortiounient
$ 12 00
CORONORS FUND.
To balance Jan. 1st, lsiM 8 00
By transferred to State
apportionment
S 00
VILLAGE OF WALLACE.
To balance Jan. 1st. 1893 5u 58
taxes collected '22;t t!7
By city treas. receipt
balauce
5 63
5 03
12 00
12 00
8 00
8 00
230 52
43 73
$ 274 25
NORTH PLATTE GENERAL.
To balauce Jan. lt, 1893 913 01
taxes collected 2720 92
By city treas. receipts....
balance
3:i0i 58
363 35
S :9 93 $ 9Ki 93
NORTH PLATTE WATER.
To balance Jan. 1st, 1893 371 43
tHxes collected 1363 44
By city trea-". receipts 1553 22
balance ls.1 65
$ 1731 K7
NORTH PLATTE SPECIAL.
To taxes collected 1770 42
By city treas. receipts....
balance
1731 87
lira 51
110 91
CITY POLL.
To balance Jan. lt, 1893
taxes collected
By city treas. receipts
balance
S 1776 42 $ 1770 12
00 '
187
211 52
36 95
S 24s 47
GENERAL SCHOOL FUND.
To balance Jan. 1-t, 1893 16S43 27
state apportionment 35S3 12
transerred from bond fund.. 518 97
over draft di-ts. SO and 65. .. 100 8S
taxes collected 30004 11
By dit. treas. receipts...
balance
IS 47
34W2 30
104SS 03
W1050 35 f5U50 35
SCHOOL BOND FUND.
To balance Jan. 1st, 1MU 7347 43
taxes collected 2612 Is
By couions aud bonds re
deemed 1590 01
transfers to general
whool fund 318 97
balauce 7814 93
S 9959 91 $ 9959 91
Noktii Platte, Neb., Jclt 1, 1893.
I, J. II. Clark, Treasurer of Lincoln county. Ne
braska, do hereby certify that the foregoing i a
correct statement of the balances of state, county,
school and city funds to the be.-t of my knowledge
and belief.
J. H. Cuibk, County Treasurer.
We the commissioners of Lincoln county. Neb.,
do hereby certify that we have examined all the
books of the office of J. II. Clark, Treasurer of
Lincoln county. Neb., and find the above state
ment of balances for State, county, school nnd city
fund n true statemont.
W. S. HILL.
G. It. HAMMOND. '-Com.
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FREPiCH POLICE SPIES.
How the Government Manages to. Secure
Information Privately.
After all that lias been Baid abortt the
Tileness of the police pyetem nnder the
empire, which rendered it almost impos
sible for any one to be safe from espion
age, even in private life, it might well
be supposed that the republic had done,
away with this machinery for discover
ing and weaving plots so much more
suited to tho age of Louis XI than to the
nineteenth century. It remains, how
sver, very much what it was 30 years
ago. These thingH do not change in
France.
Governments go, and the forms of gov
ernment, and these are succeeded by oth
ers, but the good old abuses they must!
be thought good by some people cling
to the ship with barnaclelike tenacity.
French official organization is about the
most steadfast thing in the world, al
though all French people to whom you
may speak on tho subject agree that, it
is very bad. It is almost as difficult nov;
as it was under the empire to bo certain
that 11 man whom you ma' meet, either
in society or out of it, does not belong to
the secret police.
All over the country there are inou
chards a term expressing something
stronger than spies. I have been incon
venienced by them myself in tho prov
inces. On one occasion I mado a rather
An Anecdote of Lord Lytton.
Many years ago whea the elder Bul
wer was in his primo a laborer on the
estate was engaged to do a certain job
of Jiard work. At the end of a week ho
carried his account to tho bailiff, who
said a week's work was worth 3 shillings
and C pence. The man insisted that tliis
was not enough and refused to settle,
and every time ho met the bailiff he
would stop him and ask him for his
money. Finally the bailiff became
angry, discharged the man and refused
to allow any farmer on the estate to hire
him.
The man was forced to leave tho
neighborhood, but he was too poor to
move any great distance, so that he was
Btill within the circuit of tho bailiffs ill
will. Wherever he went this pursued
him, and his life in consequence was a
hard one. But all the time he kept tell
ing his family and his friends that some
day he would get the money which the
Bulwer Lytton estate owed him.
He was well on in years, when one
day he met a man in the road. It was
the some time poet Owen Meredith, now
come to the title, and English embassa
dor to France, at home on a visit.
"You are Lord Lytton, I believe," he
said respectfully.
"Yes."
"Then, if you please, I s-iould liko you
to pay an account which lias been due
mo for a long time."
Lord Lytton looked nt the account,
and at his request the man told the
whole story. The poet was very much
affected and -disturbed. Then he said:
"Well, I will do what I can to make
it up to you."
Ho was as good as his word. He built
"a house at the gates of the park, put the
man and his family into it, and gavo it
to them rent free, with other perquisites,
so that ho was entirely comfortablo for
the remainder of his days. Hartford
Courant.
The Wily Chinee.
A German Jew who keeps a pawn
broker's shop in Sydney is blessed with
one daughter, who now and then keeps
shop while her father attends sales on
the lookout for bargains. During the
temporary absence of old Moses recently
a meek looking Chinaman walked into
tho shop and asked Rachel to show him
some "welly good watches."
Rachel handed down four from the
shelf at the end of tho counter marked
respectively, ".$o0 watch," JO watch,"
"$30 Avatch" and "10 watch," and ar
ranged them in a lino on the counter in
the order of their value.
John inspected them, and taking ad
vantage of Rachel's momentary inatten
tion slipped the .$10 watch into tho place
rn-nini1 li I10 slJH w?fnl mil limwlfiil
long stay in a little place where theta - ft nQtQ - .
were two uoieis m nurce nv.ury. une T . , ..,i,
Shortly afterward Rachel detected the
swindle and sought refuge in tears. On
the return of old Moses she related the
misadventure with many protestations
of concern.
"Never mind, mine tear," said tho
father, with a dry chuckle, "dosovatches
were all do same brice C but vat a
scoundrel dot Shinamau must pe, don'd
he?" London Tit-Bits.
111
day a brigadier of gendarmes came over
from a neighboring town on purpose to
make inquiries respecting me.
He did not trouble me, but he ques
tioned various people as to how I passed
my time, about how much I spent a day,
what sort of meals I had, and whether I
appeared to have moro money than I
knew what to do with. Tho fact was I
was suspected of being a spy in the pay
of a foreign government. As I consider
a bold front to bo the best whenever,
there is anything of this kind in tho air,
I got myself driven over thegendarmery,
which was about eight miles off, and
there .had it out with the brave briga
dier. I soon discovered that an informer had
been at work and that the informer, was
no other than the keeper of the rival
hotel, who; for years had been receiving
pay as a member of tho secret police.
Situated whore he was he must have
been absolutely useless hi that capacity,
but at one time he must have done a
service to somebody.
It is especially in Paris, however, that
that the secret police is supposed to be in
dispensable. Everj- government wishes
to bo kept well informed as to all that
goes on in an enemy's camp. Such in
formation can only bo obtained from
those who are willing to play the part of
a traitor or whose position enables them
to observe what is going forward with
out exciting suspicion. They are tech
nically termed "indicators" and may be
long to either sex. When the Boulan
gist movement was convulsing France;
the government had a great advantage
over its opponents by handling of the se
cret fund and the secret police.
Boulanger's footsteps wero dogged ev
erywhere, and somehow M. Constans
learned all that he wished to know con-'
cerning the plans and doings of the con
spirators. An important point in this
system is to make the "indicator" feel
sure that whatever happens ho will not
be betrayed. The minister of the inte
rior or of justice never asks the names of
those by means of whoso espionage cer
tain political information has been gath
ered. The money given for dark services is
paid from hand to hand in cafes or other
nonofficial places by coinmissionnaires,
and the name of no auxiliary outside of
the ranks of tho regular police ever ap
pears in a book. Is it impossible for the
government to do without this abom
inable system, so opposed to the ideal of
a democratic state? The Cottu-Soinoury
scandal has led to much discussion on
this question. Boston Transcript.
An Obtuse Englishman.
A Mr. Kirbell, who had never been
out of England until he went to Vienna,
seems to have been a typical Briton and
Btubbornly insular to the extent of re
fusing to alter the time of his watch as
he traveled eastward from England. No
argument would induce him to budge,'
and when at Vienna he arose at un
earthly hours and perambulated around
the city alone, having persisted in being
guided by his watch, stoutly asserting
that the foreign clocks were all wrong.
Kirbell was very anxious also to kep
a record of all the places he visited and
always jotted down in his pocketbook
the names of the various stations he had
etoppedat or passed. "How curious it
Is there are so many stations of the same
name," he once remarked to a fellow
passenger, who replied that he had not
observed it. Kirbell then showed his
record to prove he was right, and, sure
enough, over and over again occurred
the word "Ausgang" (Exit), which he
had confidently entered as the name of
many stations passed on the route. San
Francisco Argonaut.
Letters of Introduction.
In writing a letter of introduction care
should be taken that no requests are
made that will involve the recipient in
any trouble. Remember that social at
tentions are not always easy to render,
and therefore the letter should entail
only minor courtesies not apt to put any
one to any inconvenience. Philadelphia
Times.
The Cause of Geysers.
Bunsen has explained the periodical
eruption of geysers in such a satisfac
tory manner that doubt is no longeriios
siblo. A cavern filled with water lies
deep in tho earth under the geyser, and
the water in this cavern is heated by the
earth's internal heat far above 212 de
grees, since there is a heavy hydrostatic
tiressure tinon it arisinir from th wrifrht
. A i3 O
Fof water in the passage or natural stand
Ipipe that leads from the subterranean
chamber of tho surface of tho earth.
.After i time tho tonncrature of tho
water below rises, so that steam is given
off in spite of the pressure, and the col
umn in the exit tube is gradually forced
upward. The releasoof pressure and
the disturbance of the'water then cause
the contents of tho subterranean cham
ber to flash into steam and expel the
contents of the exit pipe violently. These
eruptions may also be provoked by throw
ing stones or clods of turf into the basin
of the geyser. The water in the cavern
below is disturbed by this means. Great
Divide.
Newspapers ami tho Love of 15ools.
It is not any moro true in England
than it is in this country that the read
ing of newspapers is spoiling the taste
for books. Never in any other genera
tion were there as large editions of books
of knowledge and thought printed and
sold as there are in this one. Tho figures
given in the reports of tho British and
American book trade are amazing, espe
cially as regards books of the highest
erudition, the deepest cogitation and tho
-wisest counsel. As manv as 50,000 copies
of Mr. Bryce's "American Common
wealth" have already been sold in this
country and England. The works of the
great authors of the past, too, are more
in demand than they ever were before.
It is ignorance to say that good newspa
pers spoil the tasto for books. They pro
mote the love of the best books. New
York Sun.
Showing That Plants Can Sec.
Can plants see? Darwin gavo it as his
opinion that some of them can, and an
Indian botanist relates some curious in
cidents which tend to verify the belief.
Observing one morning that the tendrils
of a convolvulus on his veranda had de
cidedly leaned toward his legs as ho lay
in an attitude of repose, ho tried a series
of experiments with a long pole, placing
it in such a position that tho leaves
would have to turn away from tho light
in order to reach it. In every caso he
found that tho tendrils set themselves
visibly toward the polo -nnd in a very
few hours had twined themselves closely
around it. London Public Opinion.
Teach children to say, "Yes, mother
(or father)," and "No, mother," and to
say, "Yes, sir (or madam)," to old peo
ple or to those who adhere to the old
ways of speech.
The advice of your dentist should be
sought as to the proper tooth powder to
use, as many of the compounds on the
market contain harmful acids and gritty
substances.
Travelers by rail in Russia are divided
into three classes civil, military and
convict, with the further subdivision of
paying and nonpaying.
A Scientific Fact.
A lady asked an astronomer if fie
moon was inhabited.
"Madam," he replied, "I know
moon in which there is always
and a woman."
"Which is that:"
"The honeymoon." Journal
ant.
of one
a man
Amus-
Dou't Kncourno Inhuman Tricks.
Let tho boy hV.i, boat, canoe, swim
and tramp throu.tvi the woods on explor
ing trips to his heart's content. Go with
him if possiblo and encourage healthful
exercise and observation as much as pos
sible, but don't teach him, nor allow him
to acquire, unlawful and inhuman tricks.
Upon nearly every one of furred or feath
ered things seen during June and July
depends a family of helpless lives, which
may bo doomed to tho miseries of slow
starvation by one thoughtless shot.
Tho boy with the firearm sees a bird
and says, "Watch me plug him," and if
tho aim provo true the boy thinks ho has
done somethiug clever, and most likely
his fond father tells him that he has so
done. In reality ho has broken a law
and probably sounded1 the doom of half
a dozen wretched fledglings hidden in a
nest near by. Men will cheerfully give
up a handful of dollars for tho privilego
of drinking in tho wondrous melody
from tho trained throat of a Patti and
go into raptures over the sweetness and
the elevating influence of perfect music,
yet the same men will blith Jy murder a
poor little feathered Patti and still for
ever life and song such as no Patti ever
aspired to in fine, destroy what the con
contrated brains and skill of the world
cannot replace.
And for what purpose? Simply to
gratify a tasto for the shambles, or to
show oil to prove that an eyo can
glanco along a bit of iron or steel truly
enough to insure the planting of a nug
get of lead within tho limit of a poor,
unsuspecting creature's body to kill a
beautiful, happy bird. Outing.
NEW GREEN GOODS METHODS.
Tho English Admiral anil the Dey.
Tho Moors hold by their beards when
they swear in order to give weight to
their oath, which after this formality
they rarely violate. The length of beard
seems to weigh with them moro than the
stock of brains.
Admiral Keppel was sent to Algiers to
demand satisfaction for tho injuries done
to his Britannic majesty's subjects by
their corsairs. Tho dey, enraged at tho
boldness of tho embassador, exclaimed
"that ho wondered at tho insolence of
the English monarch in sending him a
message by a foolish, beardless boy."
Tho admiral, somewhat nettled, re
plied that if his mastrr had supposed
wisdom was to be measured by the
length of tho beard he would doubtless
have sent the dey a he goat.
This answer so enraged the dey that
lie ordered his mutes to attend with the
bowstrings, saying that the admiral
should pay for his boldness with his lift.
Nothing daunted by this threat, the em
bassador took tho dey to tho window,
and showing him the English fleet said
if it was his pleasuro to put him to
death there wero Englishmen enough
in that fleet to make him a glorious fu
neral pile.
Tho dey, who wore a long beard, took
tho hint from the man who had none.
Youth's Companion.
I'ori;cltiu One's Children.
"I left my children standing there,
exactly there!" It was in one of tho
stores in Temple place, and the mother
who had lost her two little girls pointed
with absolute decision to the place where
she was certain sho had told them to
wait for her while she went to another
counter to Iryk at a bargain. A small
commotion of inquiry and search at ouco
buzzed through tho store. Presently
one of tho head men stepped to the door
and looked up and down the street to
see if tho lost children had strayed out
of doors.
In front of another store a few doors
up tho street a small crowd was collect
ing alxmt two little girls who were ask
ing piteonsly for their mother. They
weru still standing in the doorway of the
store exactly whero sho had left them
when she went away down to the other
to look up a bargain. And when she
was brought unto her own sho "remem
bered that she had forgotten" where it
was sho had left them, and added, "I de
clare, I don't see how 1 came to do such
a thing!" Boston Transcript.
Kishinjr by Klcctrlcity.
The success which attended the use of
tho electric light in fishing off tho Cali
fornia coast has led to tho devising of
various improved apparatus for that pur
pose. One of these consists of u largo
iron frame interlaced with netting, which
can be opened and closed at the will of
tho operator. An electric light incased
in a lantern is lowered into tho net, tho
electricity being furnished by a motor
in the bow of tho boat. As tho boat
moves along the network is thrown open,
and the bright light of tho lamp, which
is seen at a great distance in the clear
water, arouses the curiosity of the fish,
which readily swim into the trap. This
is the modern variant of tho old method
of destroying fish from a canoe by torch
light. Exchange.
Early Itencling.
It may seem superfluous to say that
one can not jrat old heads on young
shoulders, yet it is a truth of which
many parents require to bo reminded
who aro very anxious for their boys to
"get on" and who deplore with up
lifted eyes their offspring's fondness of
"adventure books." That is the tend
ency of tho average boy. Occasionally
the precocity of genius asserts itself in
a Goethe, a Shelley or a Byron; but,
speaking generally.childhood is mentally
prone to follow after the new and the
wonderful. It is a principle the opera
tion of which should not be interfered
with as long as a boy's excursions into
the realm of fiction aro kept within rea
sonable bounds. Chambers' Journal.
Dressed In Feminine Attire, the Swindler
Lures ills Victims.
Accompanied by Polico Constable Irv
ing and a friend, a gentleman whose ac
cent afforded indisputable evidence that
he is of German extraction walked into
tho d9tective office last night and there
related a most remarkablo experience
which, ho stated, had befallen him. His
name is Frank Hohlbein, he is the rep
resentative of a tan bark company, and
in the register of the Red Lion hotel he
has given his address as Dashwood, Ont.
His business has taken him all over this
country and the adjoining republic, and
he has only recently returned from the
southern states.
His story to tho detectives is to the
effect that on Saturday evening, having
i nothing to do, he paid a visit to the
museo on Yonge street. When the per
formance was over, he came out to the
street and was about to return to his
hotel when he noticed a very plump,
rather handsome young lady, who ap
pears to- have had power enough to
charm him away from his original in
tention to go home. Neither seems to
have objected to the other's company,
and, to make a long story short, the tw
strolled away up tho street arm in arm.
Hohlbein is a stranger in the city, has no
knowledge at all of its geography, and is
therefore unable to now describe, except
in very general terras, tho route followed
by him and his companion, but it is
sufficient to know that at length they
reached tho outside of a house which
the lady informed him was her home.
With somo hesitation he accepted an in
vitation to enter and was ushered into
a room furnished in a very ordinary
way and containing, he noticed, a type
writer. He was offered some ale, but
having declined to drink the lady drank
somo for him.
After some pleasant chatting his com
panion stepped back, aud raising her
hand lifted off her hat aud a wig, and to
his intense amazement Hohlbein saw
that he was in the presence not of a
woman, but of a man. Another twist of
the wrist, and the man had removed a
jacket, waist and skirt, and there he
stood a young man in ordinary male
attire.
Hohlbein was at a loss to account for
this very strange metamorphosis and
grasped a revolver which he carried
with him, determined to defend himself
should tho occasion rise. The stranger,
however, requested him to be calm and
at his case, as no harm would come to
him. Ho then produced some samples
of bills, which he handed to Hohlbein
with tho request that tho latter express
an opinion as to what they wero.
"Green goods!" said Hohlbein.
"Right you are!" jaid the stranger,
and ho then and there offered him all he
wanted for 25 cents for each dollar's
worth.
"How much money have you?" he
asked Hohlbein. Tho latter produced
his purse and showed his companion
that there was nothing in it but some
small change scarcely worth mention
ing. Thi3 seemed to exasperate the oc
cupant of the room, and with rather
strong language ho opened a door lead
ing to tho back yard and promptly
evicted his guest. Hohlbein said he
walked a long distance before he could
find a street, and when ho at last did so
he hastened to his hotel. In the morn
ing he related his experience to a friend,
and the two interviewed Constable Irv
ing, who went with them to the detective
office.
The story is such a queer affair that it
is difficult to come to any conclusion re
garding it. The man who tells it is said
to bo an honest, truthful aud sober man,
and those who know him place reliance
on his word. Toronto Mail.
Strango Gods of Ignorant People.
There is a sect in Orissa, in the Bengal
presidency, who worship Qneen Victoria
as their chief divinity. Colonel Graham
discovered that her majesty was also an
object of worship in tho temple of tho
Phodonga-Lama, atTnmlong, in Thibet.
A sect in tho Punjab worshiped a deity
whom they called Nikkal Sen. This
Nikk.il Sen was no other than the re
doubted General Nicholson, and nothing
that the general could do or say damped
the enthusiasm of his adorers. M. du
Chaillu tells that some of tho African
savages looked upon him as a superior
being, and the Soutli Sea islanders wor
shiped Captain Cook as a deity. Even
when they had killed him and cut him
into small pieces tho inhabitants of Owhy
hee fully expected him to reappear and
frequently asked what he would do to
them on his return. Lander, in his Niger
expedition, Eays that in most African
towns and villages he was treated as a
demigod. Lord John Lawrence hasbeen
worshiped among the Sikhs in northwest
India. Boston Globe,
Mental Kiuotion and Jaundice.
The connection of simple jaundice
with sudden mental emotion is generally
admitted. Such facts as the following
are not uncommon: A young woman be
comes yellow at the discovery of Iter
misdeeds; another on hearing that her
fiance was killed; a young man on being
discharged from office because lie had
not grown tall enough. t
Simplo jaundice is often followed by ;
acute yellow atrophy, which is also
known to be directly caused by shock, j
In this form of jaundice there is always
disorganization of the liver cells. Even j
cancer may have a liko origin. Ex-
change. .
The Appetite or the Ostrich.
It is never safe to drop any article
when walking near a covey of ostriches.
The ostrich will eat anything, seeming
apparently to have no sense of taste. A
story is told of a young girl who was
visiting a zoo whero a largo ostrich
matched her kid gloves, which were
rolled into a ball, and ate them. The
next day tho girl returned with tho fain-,
Jy contribution of a half dozen pairs of'
gloves, all of which were as readily
.wallowed. Detroit Free Press.
Old Polo.
In "The Arabian Nights" we read of a
wise sage who cured a great king by a
decoction with which he anointed the
handlo of a stick with whicli the king
was in tho habit of playing a game at
ball, to the end that when the royal hand
perspired in tho vigor of the play tho
open pores might receive the medica
ment. The translator speaks of this stick as a
"golf stick" (sic), but it is plain from the
context that the game was played on
horseback. It was, in fact, polo. In
deed tho illustrations of the very same
edition show the said king playing tho
game on horseback. Blackwood's Maga
zine. Ho Won't Ho Expelled.
Mouldy Mike By all th' saints, has
yer lost yer mind? Wot yon carryin
that saw for?
Ragged Robert It's all right. I stop
at houses an offer to saw wood fer me
dinner.
"You'll be expelled from tho Travelin
Gentlemen's union."
"No, I won't. After dinner I tell 'em
I can't work till I file me saw. They
lend mo a file an tell me to go way off
where they won't hear mo filin. Most
any saloon will givo a drink for a good
ale." New York Weekly.
Chokes ?ot Jokes.
"Don't send the horse reporter to any
more hangings," said the proprietor of a
Texas paper to the managing editor.
Managing Editor Why not?
Proprietor In this report of the doublo
hanging he has it that the two entries
came in neck and neck. In reporting
executions levity is out of place. Texas
Siftings.
Mr. Gladstone is one of those cau
tious people who do not destroy letters.
The venerable statesman" is said to have
a collection of 60,000 letters deposited in
a strongroom at Hawarden castle.
In the Street Car.
Fogg No, I never givo my seat to a
lady unless she is advanced in years.
(To young lady who has been trying to
eye him out of his seat) Would you like
my seat, madam?
Young Lady Thanks! Prefer to stand!
But she looks mad enough to bite
Fogg's head off. Boston Transcript.
A copy of the first dictionary, made by
Chinese scholars in the year 1100 B. C,
is still preserved among the archives of
the Celestials.
I A fanner near Spartanburg, S. C, had
missed many eggs of late, so he decided
. to set a trap and catch the offender. The
j thief, he claims, proved to be a large
! frog.
Educational accomplishment has al
ways been desirable, but its need is now
more plainly felt than ever before, and
its attainment is better provided for.
For the Canary JUrd.
Canary birds aro often covered with
vermin. They may be relieved of them
by placing a clean white clotli over their
cage at night. In the morning the cloth
will bo covered with minute red spots,
so small that they can hardly be seen
with tho naked eye. These are the para
sites, a sourco"bf great annoyance to the
birds. Philadelphia Press.
Very Polite.
"How do you like your new music
master?"
"He is a very nice, polite young man.
When I made a mistake yesterday, he
Eaid, 'Pray, mademoiselle, why do you
take so much pains to improve upon
Beethoven?' "Philadelphia Telegraph.
The throne, the grandees, the high
ecclesiastics, the captains general, the
admirals and the ministers of state in
Spain wield a very powerful influence in
Spanish politics and control the upper
house of the cortes.
In a perfect state of being, wit and
humor could not exist because both de
pend upon imperfection or incongruity
for their matter.
The thinnest tissue paper measures
1-1200 of an inch in thickness. The
Krupp gun works claims a machine
which will roll iron so thin that it would
tako 1.600 cheets to niaks l- iix
K-tiZ.
SSGBflFBli
Mrs- E. ,T. KottcII, 5 rl. jlu. ?.. say her
mother li?s beea curoil rt Scrotals by th nsa
of four bottles of SnSRSp ai'cr hiving had
nmchotiiertre.it- au1 'nK
reduced to quite a Iotv cini:tio of health, as it
was though; sO.c i-or.hl r.o: live.
Cured mj-little loy ofberedl
tsrr rcTpfula -vAN. 'whichap-
pcared all over hi cSj" face i"or
a year I had ci-pi'xripall hope
of his recovery, when finally
I was indnc-d to
Afewlo ttlcs cured biri.andno
symptoms of tho diseaso rcnui:i.
Mas. T. L. J1.t;i;-. Ma'l'erviUc. Mijs.
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wm. EDIS
announces to tho public that ho is serv
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Host in the market.
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cti;tni; and conviction of any twrron charged
with horsestealing in Lincoln county.
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Sheriff .
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