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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1893.
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Tke chtw of the offcial re-
of the tUte of Nebraska
the Uowtaff Tote on su
jrige: Harmon, 72,032;
b. 5.0W: Irvine, 27.545:
Bittebender, 6,357. Harri-
'a plmnlity ia 6,360.
Ax eastern exchange says: "Of
the 15,000 immigrants who arrived
is New York during October to be
cose American citizens more than
OM-thiri of them could neither
read or write." To make good citi
zens oat of such a class is the heavy
work of the American people.
Every country in Europe'is suf
fering worse than the TJnited States
is in a business sense. There are
"dull times" all over the world.
Even in France, which the free sil
verites tell us seldom knows what
trade depression is from actual ex
perience, suffers severely. Italy
and Spain seem to be on the eve of
a financial convulsion which prom
ises to be more serious than those
countries have known in the past
twenty years. !
At a luncheon given in honor of
Governor McKinley by a number of
New York gentlemen last week,
Samuel Barton, a prominent manu
facturer m that city, said: "1 am a
democrat, but I am a protection
democrat It is not the manufac
turers that need protection, but the
laboring men.1' The laboring men
in several states on election day
showed that they had come to the
same conclusion, but President
Cleveland is not asking instructions
from the people now, and he may
try to ignore the laboring men as
he has ignored congress.
English butchers have been
-slightly overreaching themselves in
their opposition to American beef.
They have been accustomed to sell
the choice cuts of American beef as
a home product and to palm off the
poorer beef of their own as Ameri
can. A committee was appointed
to report upon the facts. Lord On
slow, the chairman, says that the
meat of the American cattle killed
at Birkenhead is so like English
meat that ninety-nine people out of
a hundred cannot tell the differ
ence. Indeed, the report says that
imported meat averages a better
quality than domestic meat.
Representative Chas. O'Neill,
of Pennsylvania, who died a few
days ago, served longer in the house
of" representatives than any other
member of the present congress ex
cept William S. Holman, of Indi
ana. Each was elected fifteen
times. Holman's service began
earlier than O Neil s, the Indian
an s entrance to the house occur
ring in 1859, and the Pennsylvan
ian's in 1863. The former dropped
out twice, however, and the latter
only once, and then for but a sin
cle term. O'Neill was a worker
rather than a talker. He was in
dustrious, conscientious and efficient
and a credit to his constituencv and
his state.
financial world is not overestimated.
They deserve better treatment both
at the hands of their friends and
the public than they have had, and
if they can be honestly reorganized
ia the" interests of the people, in
stead of the interest of the specula
tors, they will get better treatment."
The new democratic tariff bill
was given to the public Monday
and its provisions fulfill every ex
pectation of those who have pre
dicted that it would be a radical
measure of reform. In many re
spects it is a surprise even to the
democratic" members of congress,
says a Washington dispatch, as it is
unprecedented in many of its pro
visions. Tne free list is of that lib
eral scope sufficient to satisfy the
most radical advocates of reform,
and the reputation of the principle
of reciprocity, which has been the
pride of the republicans and the
bete noir of the democrats for a
number of years, is decisive and em
phatic. Thus the tariff bill, in ad
dition to the reforms it makes in
the custom laws, will necessitate re
adjustment of treaties with those
of South American countries which
enjoy practical or theoretical reci
procity with the great American
republic of the northern hemis
phere. The bounty on sugar which
was to be so promptly repealed, is
instead to be repealed by easy grad
ations, and will not reach its con
clusive effect until after the end of
the present century. A deep cut is
made in the duties on metal and tex
tile fabrics, and wool, iron ore, coal,
lumber and many other so-called
raw materials are put on the free
list. The bill is worse than the free
trade tariffs of 1846 and 1857. This
is the democratic idea of "judicious
tariff revision." Next November's
sweeping republican majorities will
show what the people think of this
sort of a policy.
The continued low prices of wheat
in the face of a shortage of the
world's crop have led prominent
farmers of the northwest to try the
"hold-your-wheat" circular once
more. " They will not carry matters
to the extent the southern cotton
growers did by burning the barns
of or killing the farmers who dared
to sell their wheat under such a
price, but, unless they do, the plan
will probably not be very effective.
The trouble with the market appears
to be that the farmers have sent for
ward their wheat ninch faster than
usual, partly because of their finan
cial needs and partly because of the
unusually good state of the country
roads for the season. Thus the large
visible supply now piled up does not
imply the existence of so much
wheat in farmers' hands as it ordin
arily might. Ex.
The secretary of agriculture, in
his annual report to congress, says.
'There are in the United States
more than six million farms, upon
which dwell more than 30,000,000
who furnish more than seventy
four per cent of the value of the
exports of this country. The de
partment, therefore is charged with
responsibilities and duties touching
interests intimately affecting the
life, property and happiness of the
whole people. As no edifice, how
ever symmetrical and perfect its
superstructure, can endure except
the foundation be solidly laid, so
everybody knows the successful per
petuation of the industrial activi
ties of the American people is
based upon intelligent and fecund
agriculture."
Under date of November 24th
Henry Clews, of New York, writes
the Chicago Inter Ocean as follows:
"The reorganization of the Union
Pacific Railroad Company, whereof
a settlement with the government
will be a part, will be an important
factor in Wall street, no less so
than the settlement of the West
Shore in 1885, which at that time
started the boom in Wall street. A
successful reorganization of the
Union Pacific will return confidence
io a marked extent to all roads that
have Pacific attached to them,which
includes Missouri Pacific, Northern
Pacific, Kansas Pacific and Texas
Pacific and will restore to credit
over $1,000,000,000 securities which
for some time past have been under
a most serious cloud." To which
the Inter Ocean adds: ''There is no
doubt but a satisfactory reorgani
tion of the Union Pacific would be
beneficial to all transcontinental
lines. The importance of these
lines to both the commercial and
Wealth of Farmers .
Last Saturday's issue of the
American Agriculturist, the leading
farm journal of the country, pub
lished the following important
article on farm mortgages, prepared
by Herbert My rich:
".Nine-tenths of our rarms are
mortgaged for all they are worth."
This statement has been made so
often that the general impression
among all classes of people is that
it represents the facts. Nothing
could be further from the real truth.
But not until the census of farms,
homes and mortgages was taken in
1890 was it possible to get at the
truth on this subjpet. These re
turns are now sufficiently compiled
to warrant the following startling
statements. Three-quarters of all
the farms m the united states are
owned free of incumbrance. Only
one-fourth of the total number of
farms in the Unitdd States are
mortgaged. Or, to express it more
specifically, out of every hundred
American farms more than seventy
are fullv paid for and less than
thirty are mortgaged. The average
mortgage represents only one-third
the value of the farmupon which
itris secured. The total amount of
farm mortgages in the: whole coun
trv is hardly one-tenth the total
value of all our farms. In 1880
nearly one-fifth of the mortgage
indebtedness rested on farms: hut
in 1890 farm mortgages represented
only one-seventh of the country's
indebtedness on real estate. Out of
every 100 families on American
farms in 1890 48 owned their farms
free of mortgage, 20 owned but with
incumbrance, and 32 hired the
farms fhev lived on and worked
Uf those who cultivated their own
farms 70 per cent owned without
incumbrance and only 30 per cent
had mortgages. Of the farms
occupied by tenants less than ten
per cent were incumbered. Four
At f 11
hftbs or tne amount or aeot on
farms and homes were incurred for
the commendable purpose of buying
and improving the property, and
like nroDortion of the numbers of
farms and homes were mortgaged
for the same purpose.
The total real estate mortgage
debt that existed in the United
States in 1880 is estimated at two
and one-half billions of dollars.
equally divided between lots and
acre tracts. In 1890 the tota
amount of such incumbrance had
more than doubled, but only 34 per
cent of it was on acres and G6 per
cent on urban property, lhe tota
mortgages on actual rarms were
about five hundred and twenty-five
millions of dollars in 1880, and ten
years later was about eight hundred
ana seventv-nve millions, an in
crease of three hundred and fifty
roil hong of dollars in the decade
During these ten years no less than
600,000 ew farms were created at
the west and south, it only one
half of them carried the average
size mortgage this would readily
account for the increase in the tota
debt on farms. Mortgages on other
acre tracts than farms proper were
in 1890 about 1,163,000,000, or an
increase of $438,000,000 during the
deeade. The mortgages on lots,
that is, on city aud town property,
amounted to 11,250,000,000 at the
opening of the ninth decade, but in
1890 were estimated at nearly
$4,000,000,000, or an increase of
over $2,700,000,000 during the ten
years. The total mortgage indebt
edness in June, 1890, is estimated
to have been some $6,000,000,000
as against $2,500,000,000 in 1880,
an increase of $3,500,000,000.
These figures look large, but show
that the total indebtedness on all
real estate in the United States is
only about $92 per capita. Add to
this the per capita amount repre
sented by the public debts of the
United "States ($14.63), of states
and territories ($3.56), and of coun
ties ($2.27) a total of $20.40, and
it appears that the total public debt
and all real estate mortgages in the
United States amounts to only $112
per capita. In other words, in-J une,
1890, the sum of $112 from each
man, woman and child in the
United States would have paid all
the mortgages in the country and
also all the national, state and coun
ty debts. In France the national
debt alone exceeds $116 per capita.
England's national debt is nearly
$90 a head, while the public debt in
the other Australian colonies are
$300 for each inhabitant. There
are good reasons for believing also
that mortgages in England, France,
Germany and Australia -vastly ex
ceed the American average of $92
per capita.
The omcial hgures for thirty-
three states, upon which the fore-
a a'
going statements are based, were
prepared for the American Agricul
turist by George K. Holmes, special
agent in charge of the division of
farms, homes and mortgages of the
eleventh census, and are given in
full in the December issue of that
magazine, in connection with Mr.
Myrick's article. Another interest
ing fact is that the number of
families is practically one to -a farm
in most states, but for twenty-two
states, these farm families comprise
do per cent of the total number of
families. In this group of states
only one-fourth of the farms were
occupied by tenants in 1880, where
as now nearly one-third of the farm
families are tenants a gam in the
wrong direction.
The article concludes with the
following statement:
Certain it is that enough has been
set forth herein most of it for the
first time to demonstrate that the
facts about farm mortgages have
been grossly distorted and exagger
ated. The indications now are that
the final figures will show that over
two-thirds of our 4,500,000 of farms
are owned free of debt and that all
the mortgages on actual farms in
the whole United States today do
not exceed the value of one year's
hay crop. The whole truth will be
known when the census is com
pleted, but enough is now done to
ndicate that the final result will
differ from the above conclusions
in amount, rather than in propor
tion. A revulsion in public senti
ment favorable to agriculture should
follow a wide-spread discussion of
these facts.
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such an application on the chest
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the side. A sore throat can nearly
always be cured in one night by
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bottles for sale by A. F. Streitz and
North Platte Pharmacy.
The Sun fails to follow-up its
showing of the status of the labor
market, after pointing at the facts.
The conclusion.is however irresis
tible that the way to assist the la
borer and provide employment for:
all that are willing to work is not'
to make laws for the encouraged
ment of "trade" with foreign na-:
tions in the way of buying all our
manufactured articles from them
because they have cheaper labor
than we have, but to make a mark
et for everything produced in Amer
ica among Americans.
We have confessedly the best
market in the world and the only
thing the government has to do in
the premises is to follow the lines
of protection until everything that
can be produced or manufactured at
home shall be bought from the
home producers in preference to
sending abroad for them. In this
way the industrial balance can be
preserved and the farmer will in
time, as the population increases,
as it6will under protection, faster
than the cultivated acres can in
crease, for want of farm land in
the market, get remuneratiie prices
for his product and the laborer will
have before him from which to
choose as many avocations as possi
ble even including that hated in
dustry, from a democratic stand
point, the manufacture of twenty
or thirty million dollars worth of
tin plate per annum.
But perhaps the Sun thought
that? the mind of the farmer, awak
ened by the disasters that followed
the election of a president aud con
gress pledged to open the gat2 wide
to the products of cheap labor in
Europe, has brought upon the coun
try months before the protective
tariff could be in the routine of bus
iness abolished, would finish the
sermon. State Journal.
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A movement is starting in Iowa
to induce the legislature to author
ize the payment of a bounty of on
and one- half cents for each pound'
ot sugar produced m Iowa. The
success of the sugar industry in
Nebraska acts as a stimulus to simi4
lar undertakings across the'Missou
ri river. There is, however, at
present, a federal bounty upon sugar;
produced within the United, States;
The democratic congress purposes
to remove this at its earliest oppor
tunity. Jowa would do better to
concentrate its present efforts in a
vigorous protest against the removal
of the sugar bounty. The proposed
state bounty will wait until after
congress acts.-
-Bee.
The Parm Question.
The New York Sun of the
20th
inst , has an interesting leader on
the "Desertion of the farm." It
alludes to the jeremiads that are so
common now in magazines aud in
some newspapers over the way the
people of the United States are
"abandoning their farms" in order
to go into the towns and earn their
living in some other way which in
the Opinion 6fthese"hl6urrier? is a
very improper thing and calculated
to endauger the prosperity of the
country.
The Sun discusses the matter very
ably and shows by figures that there
is no foundation "iov the plaint. On
the contrary the number of farms
in the United States and the num
ber of cultivated acres, have in
creased during the last twenty years
by a percentage much larger than
the increase of population. From
1870 to 1890 the population of the
United States increased a fraction
over G2 per cent while the number
of farms increased 80 per cent and
the acres under cultivation increased
108 per cent.
The amount of grain of all kinds
grown in the United States in 1870
was thirty-six bushels per capita
and in 1890 fifty-six bushels per
capita. Heuce it. happened very
naturally that the price of grain,
owing to the large surplus, decreased
so much that the remuneration per
acre totthe farmers who cultivated
the land had decreased by almost 50
per cent, measured in gold.
It is true that some farms in the
hilly and unproductive portions of
NewEugland have been abandoned
because the low price of grain made
their cultivation unremnnerative.
Nothing will repeople these farms
with agriculturists but an increase
in the market price of farm pro
ducts. But the fact that when an
Indian reservation is thrown open
these years, hundreds of thousands
of our people rush like madmen for
the first place at the entering land
office, to grab a farm where the
fertility of the soil is supposed to be
sufficient to make crop growing
remunerative, is a sufficient proof
that the people of this country are
not unwilling to farm and that as a
rule they do not prefer working in
towns to profitable farming.
But as the Sun shows plainly,
the invention and use of labor sav
ing machinery of all sorts on the
farms of the country has greatly
decreased the number of hands re
quired to cultivate the farms. The
scythe and cradh and flail have
been abandoned and raowers,reapers,
headers, self-biuders, steam thresh
ers, grain drills, broadcast seeders,
hay tedders and loaders, two-horse
cultivators, and so on to the end of
the list of agricultural machinery to
be found on almost every farm in
the country, have set at liberty a
large army of laborers no longer
needed on the farms and they natur
ally go to the towns for employment.
The nessimists tell us we are to
have a comparativply giftless Christ-
mast: out the pessimists have
ceased to be prophets. A world
without Christmas would be a dull
place indeed, and a Christmas with
out gifts would be no. Christmas at
all. It is perfectly safe to predict
that the number of Christinas gifts
this year will be as large as ever,
though in some cases they mav be
Ipss costty than heretofore. No
body is evpr the poorer for money
spent during the holidaj's. Globe
Demccrat. V
Coxghessmax McKeighax's trou
bles seem to he falling fast aud
thick. Without going into
the
that
his
question of political motives
may possibly have-been behind
prosecution for attempting to
fraud a hotel keeper out of
board bill, no such excuse can be
offered for failing to nay personal
notes given to the defunct Capital
National bank. , A sod house con
gressman ought to be able to defray
his living expenses out of a salary
of 85,000 per year.
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Myrtle Leaves.
The entertainment at the Myrtle
school house last Friday night was
a grand success. The" room was
filled to overflowing. The Myrtle
and White Plains schools joined
in this affair. The program con
sisted of siuging, recitations, dia
logues, etc. It was a credit to the
teachers as well as the pupils, and
all were thoroughly drilled for
their respective parts. Space for
bids giving the programme.
Misses DolHe and Myrtle Brunk
have gone to North Platte to at
tend school during the winter.
Mr. Menzie made a business trip
to Gandy Thursday.
Will Lane is seriously ill at this
writing with what is supposed to be
lung fever.
Mr. Neel returned home Satur
day after a week's stay in North
Flatte. Mr. and Mrs. Null were
North Platte visitors Saturday.
Fred Wiberg returned home last
Saturday after a few weeks' sojourn
ing in the eastern part of the state.
Mr. Thorn psou, of Gibbon, was
in this section the latter part of the
week buying up hogs and cattle.
David , Brunk made a trip to
Gothenburg the first of the week.
Miss Tibbetts closed a successful
three months term of school Fri
day and left for her home in Gib
bon the following daj
Mrs. McGrew and son John, of
North Platte, visited relatives in
this section Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Jessie Banks, of Gandy, vis
ited her grandparents, Mr. and .Mrs.
Combs, Saturday and Sunday.
The
Ohio delegation in
congress
stands eleven democrats and ten
republicans. At the late election
seven of the eleven democratic dis
tricts gave republican majorities,
so tht if the congressmen had been
elected this year the delegation
would have stood seventeeu republi
cans and four democrats. - .
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"' Doud's, Iowa.
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An English admiral declares that
the condition of the English navy
is so serious as to call for the ex
penditure of one hundred million
dollars for ten new men of war.
And, stranger still, he complains
.that the navy is lacking in trained
seamen. This is not a rosy pic
ture for the "queen of the sea" to
'look upon. Time was when the
'English navy was considered in
vincible and the British jack-tar
the "cock of the walk" on salt
water. Hub.
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The new cruiser Columbia has
made its final trip with great suc
cess. It has developed a speed of
22.S7 knots, and as her contract
calls for only twenty-one knots, the
builders of this magnificent steam
er are according to contract entitled
to a premium of almost $400,000.
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nothing injurious. 50 cent bottles
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SOCIETY WOMEN BURGLARS.
A Woman ad Her Daughter, Betkef Ex
cellent Repute, Arretted For SteaUag.
Ia an Adrian justice court sat two
wall dressed ladies. Both were comely
and apparently refined. The air and
drees of the women indicated that they
belonged to the upper walks of life and
were people of quality. The elder of the
two, still below the middle age, sat erect
and wore an air of defiance. The other,
a young lady of real beauty and tastily
attired, was bowed with an air of sor
row. No one unacquainted with the circum
stances would have, suspected for a mo
ment that these ladies were a pair of
burglars whose work rivals that of some
of the best men of the profession. But
such was the case. They were mother and
daughter Mrs. Alice Church, a widow
of excellent repute, residing in Tecnm
seh, a village of 2,000, 10 miles from
Adrian, and Miss Bessie Church. They
were under arrest charged with break
ing into the residence of Editor S. C.
Stacy of the Tecmnseh Herald during
the absence of the family and taking
therefrom a feather bed, bedclothing,
a big job lot of ladies' underwear, sever
al pairs of shoes, a quantity of groceries,
etc.
Entrance was effected in the night.
Saturday morning the man about the
premises noticed that a window had been
forced, and investigating he found that
the house had been ransacked and the
front door key taken. Officers were no
tified, and as the absence of the key de
noted an intended return of the burglars
two men were stationed in the house'
that night. Near 11 o'clock the key soft
ly turned in the lock, and the forms of
two persons, apparently men, as they
wore men's clothing, appeared. There
was a sudden rush, a clasping of the in
truders in strong arms and a terrific
squabble, embellished with female
screams. Astonishment caused one of
the officers to let one of the burglars slip,
and she fled. The other fought like a
tigress andlaid about right and left with
what proved to be an insect powder
spray loaded with cayenne pepper. One
of her captors, Abner Wilson, "got it in
the eye," but held his girl, and the pris
oner was secured. Then she confessed
her identity and "gave away'' her daugh
ter Bessie as the other burglar. Bessie
was followed to her homo and arrested.
"What do you plead''" asked the court
as ho took off his glasses after receiving
the information. "We waive examina
tion, sh"," was the firm, clear and busi
nesslike response of the elder prisoner.
"I will make your bonds o00 each," re
joined the court. "Your honor, that ia
too high; it is excessive," again spoke the
elder lady. "I must make it $500," said
the court. "Very well, sir, but it is too
high; 1 cannot get it; we must go to
jail." The prisoners then signified to the
officer that they Avero ready, and the rus
tle of the silk skirts of the burglars was
heard moving down the stairs. They are
in jail awaiting trial.
The affair is the greatest surprise and
sensation Tecumseh has had in many a
day, and society experiences a tremea
dous shock. Chicago Tribune.
German papers give detailed' descrip
tions of six statues recently unearthed 1b
a crypt under the sacristy of the "Peter
Paul Kircbe" at Liegnitz, in Sileaia. The
statues, which are all connected with one
another, are supposed torepreient apos
tles, and to date from the twelfth cen-turv.
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iqlluenzn. which nothing seemed to re
lieve, until I took Ballard's IForehound
Syhqi. One bottle completely cured me.
I sent une. bottle to my sister, who had a
sevpre coudi, and she experienced im
mediate relief. I always recommend
this syrup to my friends.
John Cranston. 90S Hampshire street.
.Qnincy. Illinois, writes: I have found
BitllanVx Horehouml Sump ssiperior to
any other cough medicine 1 have ever
known. It never disappoints. Prife50c.
Sold be A. F. Streitz. 2-1
1.30.
The Tribune and
Weekly Inter Ocean
Both one vcar 130.
This ought to prove sat
isfactory to even the fellow
wants the earth for a nickel.
Come in and get double
value for your money.
LOO
HERB !
We haye decided to close out our eutirc stock of clothing, including
suits and overcoats at 75 cents on the dollar. The reason of this sacri
fice is we need the room to enlarge our dnr goods aud shoe departments.
Before you purchase clothing come and see us.
, Dress Goods Department.
Lawrence L. L. Sheeting at 5 cents tier yard; 30 pieces dark colored
Outing Flannel afc 9?r cents, regular price 12 and 15 cts: 40 pieces Canton
flannel from 1 to 15 cents por yard; Black Satines at 12 cents, regular
price 20 cents: Ladies all-wool Dress 1 tunnels, db inches wide, in all
collars, at 43 cents, regular price 05 cents; All wool black Henrietta,
Frederick Arnold goods, 45 inches wide, at 90 ceuts per yard, regular
price 1.25; prints at 5 cents; Blankets, gray or white, at 75 cents a pair.
worth 1.25; Under Wear for children, good values, from 25 cents and up;
Ladies all-wool liose at zo cents.
shoe nDE-zeornEjnsra:.
In our shoe department you will find that we handle the finest in
the city and every pair warranted. We make a specialty of Padan Bros.
& Co's ladies' shoes, such as hand welts. Goodyear welts, hand turned,
Goodyear turned, McKay sewed, etc. Here is our list: McKay sewed
ladies' shoes worth $3.00, our price 2.25; hand turned shops worth 4.00,
our price 2.75; welt Bluchers worth 4.72, our price 3.25; French dongola
sewed shoes worth 2.75, our price 2.00; fine dongola ladies' shoes worth
2.25, our price 1.50; glove grain ladies' shoes worth 1.50, our price 1.00;
children's shoes from 25 cents up; carpet slippers for ladies' and gents' at,
27 cents a pair; ladies' felt slippers at 50 cents worth 75 cents.
Tremendous Eeduction in Prices.
By' Bpecial arrangement wo aro now in position to offer our customers a re
duction of about twenty per cent on all casli purchases made at our by the cou
pon evstem. We give each customer makiug a cash purchase at our store n cou
pon to the value of ten per cent of tho amount of their purchase, whether it is ten
cents or one hundred dollars. These coupons are redeemable at our store in sil
verware, which we markd'wn in price twenty to thirty per cent less than its or
dinary value By this means our customers secure an average discount on their
purchases of from twenty to thirty per cent, and at the samo time securo an ele
gant and usefnl household necessity. Wo guarantee this eilverware to be full
plated and equal to any in the market Call at our store and sco these goods.
TKE BOSTOIT STOBE,
j. PIZEEf, Proprietor.
The only cheap store with good goods in Lincoln County.
STAB'S
GRAND OFFER TO
THE BOYS-
Thfi Star Clothinc House will trivp. fn'Averv '
o ' o J
purchaser of a Child's or Boy's Suit or "Over-.
coat one of the celebrated : :
a
Forrest City Hardwood Sleds.
We will sell you Suits and Overcoats far .
below competitor's prices. Children's, two-.,
piece suits from $1 up; Boy's Three Piece
Suits from 2.50 up; Overcoats from $1 up.
Do not miss this great opportunity but come
early and get your choice while the stock is :i
complete. ' " ; ) - ; ', ';
. Star Clothing House,
WEBER AND V0LLMER, Props.
No. 3496.
FIEST NATIONAL BANK;
North Flatte, - OSTeB.
Authorized Capital, $250,0007'
Paid in Capital, $50,000.
i
A GENERAL BANKING BUSF
NESS TRANSACTED.
Sells Bills o Exchange on all Foreifi
Countries. . ' V ,M ' .
INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS.
A. F. STREITZ, ,t
Brrigs, Medicines, Paints, ' Oils.
PKINTERS' SUPBLIES,
Window Glass,
Diamanta Spectacles.
im
CORNER OF SIXTH AND SPRUCE STREETS.
jTSpectaci
. r a .
FINEST SAMPLE ROOM IN NORTH -PLATTE
Having refitted our rooms in the finest of style, the public -is
invited to call and see us, insuring courteous treatment.. .
Finest Wines, Liquors and Cigars' at the Bar.
Our billiard hall is supplied with the best make of tables
and competent attendants will supply all -your- wants.. .
KEITH'S BLOCK, OPPOSITE THE UNION PACIFIC DEPOT-'
PMllfS&ie PROTECT YOUR EYES.
. MB. H. KERSOHBEBG,
The well-known Eje Expert of 620 Olive St, St. Loum.
T J 0" Tl 1 111 f i . t . .
A. . STREITZ as agent for his celebrated Noa
Changeable Spectacles and Eye-GIaaeee. TbeM rltmn
aro the greatest invention ever made m spectelest and
every pair purchased are guaranteed, so that it zt aaj
time a change ia necessary (no matter how scratched
the len6es), they will furnish the party with a aew pair
of Glasses, free of charge.
A. F. STREITZ has a full assortment, and invito
all who wish to satisfy themselves of the grent superiority ot tbe
glasses over anv and all others now in use, .to call and examine them at. A. F
STREITZ, Sole Agent for North Platte, Neb. No peddlers supplied. "The Beat
in the World. None genuine unless stamped Non-Changeable.
J. F. H1NMAIM,
DEALER IN
Farm : Implements;
WAGONS, BUGGIES, ,
Windmills, Harness, Efe
JOS. F. FILLION,
Steam and Gas Fitting.
Cesspool and Sewerage a Specialty. Copper and GaiTan&e rn Cor
nice. Tin and Trnn Rnniinmi
m ShJ
Estimates furnished. Repairing of all kinds receive prompt attntin. A
locust Street, Between Fifth and Sixth,
North. Flatte,