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THE TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, - NEBRASKA. It is now said that the deceased czar was greatly beloved by his sub jects. We are to understand, then, that he wore boiler-iron underclothes merely for comfort. A Bkookxyx girl died from the ef fects of overfeeding on peanuts, but what the society man with a small in come is looking for is a case of a young woman dying from the effects of champagne and terrapin. The fire department in Chicago i making war against the billBbards and poster stands, which, it declares are lire feeders and great mcreasers of risks. Perhaps self protection and common sense may at last triumph over a nuisance which hatred for the unsightty could not affect. The slaughter of big game in Maine this season has been of a wholesale character, and if it goes on unchecked it is evident that the deer and the moose will soon bo exterminated. The almost complete disappearance of the buffalo ought surely to suggest effec tive protection for the big game which is such a picturesque feature of the country. When William Hamilton of Lafay ette, Pa., was jilted by his sweet- heart, he made three attempts to kil himself by throwing himself under the wheels of trains on the Reading rauroau. .tach time lie was rescued by the train hands, and finally hand cuffed and sent off to his relatives ua til he could cool off and pick out an other girl who was not so fastidious. A man from Pocatcllo, Idaho, re cently sent to Salt Luke for some fur niture. His local dealer, hearing of this, called on him and said: ! had those same goods. Why didn't you buy from me?" "What, did vou have them?" was the surprised rejoinder. I never thought &o; but I saw an ad of the things I wanted in the Salt Lake papers and sent for them.1' The moral is apparent. Unsuccessful seekers for literary fame 100 years ago were twitted with the danger that their works would prove of value to the trunkmaker alone, but the modern trunkmaker seems to prefer other material than waste paper for lining his products. It would be hard to find in the trunks of to-day a single scrap of print or manuscript, though many a garret has old hair trunks lined with curious and perhaps valuable publications of the last centurv. The latest rumor has Miss Pullman engaged to King Alexander of Servia. This charming young woman has had more newspaper engagements than any other heiress in America, not ex cepting Miss Anna Gould. She has run the gamut from a newspaper man in New York along by counts, earls, dukes and princes until she has reached a king. It is really hard luck for Nicholas H that he tied himself f'th Princess Alix before he could 'ullmanja chance. - J" JXSSW tttciurage or rashness J . ' ; . . ? 4- - . I tacK Durglars. iuc.it men nave iigurecl on the problem of what to do with a burglar in the house, and they have nearly all decided that a man owes it to his wife and children not to risk his life in a midnight encounter with a short haired and desperate burglar that it is better to lose watches, money, silver and other portable things tnan to place a valuable life in peril. Therefore men are indisposed to listen attentively when there are sounds as of a soft-footed criminal prowling about the house. It is now decided that the wife is entitled to own all the wedding pres ents, including the suspenders, collar buttons and neckties, provided she can prove she was the drawing card at the marriage ceremony. This is the latest victory for the end-pf-the-cen-tury woman. This important ruling was made by Judge Underwood as he gazed solemnly over a pile of presents which completely covered the bar of justice and formed a fortress between him and the two persons who quar reled over tho accumulations of ten years. It was the case of Philip An halt vs. Louisa Anhalt. The presents were valued at 1,000, and the woman got them all. A Cincinnati grocer says that the pure food laws are a positive advan tage to dealers in adulterated articles and for example ho held up a can of maple syrup on which was the follow ing jabel: "Pure maple syrup, sixty live per cent; corn syrup (glucose), thirty-five per cent." "Now I also sell the pure syrup but I sell two cans of this to one of the pure. People do not mind bui'ing adulterated goods if they know what the stuff is. I was almost afraid to handle the stuff at first but now I want a label on all impun goods handled. I say prosecute of fenders.against the pure food laws to the bitter en'V HIS REASON. "I'm going back to town, he said. Spake the maiden, "Say no mort," While the waves from the sea curled restlessly i i Over the -whitened shore. "You're cruel and heartless and all things else, You're a mean old horrid thing! For you said you'd stay till I went away Therel I'll give you back your ring." "I'm going back to town." "Enough!" She spake with a look of scorn. "I'll make you suffer, you poor old duffer, And sorry that you were born, "You are going back to town, then go; There are other men as sweet! And she quickly rose from her former pose, And moved away ten feet "I'm going back to town," he said; "Nay, dearest, hear me speak, And don't be rash to get the cash ' To carry me through next week." STOEY OF A LOCKET. One fault of tho common school system has been to overcrowd the avenues of employment that relate merely to the ability to write and cipher. The public schools have un wittingly nurtured a sentiment in the mind of the pupil against manual la bor involved in "trade. Tho public establishment, unconsciously inculcat ing the idea that manual work is not consistent with education, has gradu ated numberless clerks. The result is that mere clerkships are places of em ployment that pay less and promise less than any employment open to youth. Perhaps ,000,0.)0 in cold cash were never spent to less purpose than was done in the case of the Canadian Soo canal which tho dominion gov ernment has just completed. 'Midst the patriotic bloviation which our northern neighbor is indulg ing in celebration of the consumma tion of this engineering feat is dis tinctly heard the discordant note of the weary and discouraged taxpayer, whose burdens grow with the years and become more hopeless of relief with each change of the Canadian administration. Reginald Fontaine owed his property largely to personal skill as a workman, and to correct tastes. In part, also, his succoss -was the result of economy r.cd that sound judgment which led him, when once he had saved a little money, to rent a good corner shop in town and to advertise briskly. And part was due to his name, which had an aristocratic sound. Fontaine was a vounc man of fine address, with a knack of apt apparel, and he quickly becime the leading Jew eler. His credit was excelleut from the start. He bought discreetly of the man ufacturers, won and held a popular re tail traue. ana in nve vears rose to a gcod commercial position. One September morning a stranger asked for Mr. Fontaine at the shop; a gentleman of foreign accent and ap pearance, handsomely attired, and with a shrewd, energetic face. He was trav eling for a French manufacturing hrm His prices seemed high, although his wares were original in pattern, and the stones of superior purity and luster. Indeed, they were a class of jewels more costlv than Fontaine had yet kept in stock, and it appeared doubt ful If his quiet town would justify such expensive investments. Accordingly, he declined to buy. The stranger retired, but in half an hour returned again. He had made in quiries at the banks and satisfied him self of the jeweler's responsibility. He now offered to leave a few articles on commission for the purpose of intro ducing his styles. Fontaine welcomed this proposal, and gave the required receipts, obtaining a dozen very hand some bold breast-pins, bearing rubies, sapphires and emeralds in unique set tings, and a costly locket. He exulted over the brilliant additions to his ex hibit, which would at least do credit to the stock and add to his repute. The locket, especially, was a notable accession, and he gave it a conspicuous place on the plate-glass shelf of his cor ner show window. It was oval in lorni, of solid cold adorned with delicate has relief work and dainty enamel. It was studded with a cluster of diamonds on each side. These diamonds were clear and vivid, uniform in size and quality, and of radiant depth. "We oucht to save taat locset a Mine," said John; ForitateiL ItJhjMfood V John was Reginalcfs -brother- and diief clerk, a skilful and competent as sistant. "Suppose we label it Tormefly prop erty of Marie Antoinette,' suggested Reginald, who was wont ' make use of his imagination. "No, no!" replied the more prosaic John, we can c ascnuu ui&iuiii-ai util ities. It looks too new. e might call it A Congo Souvenir,' or 'The Tonquin Trophy.' " Reginald demurred. "Not on in ten of our customers will know that it is French, or even understand such a name. They will think it was made in Birmingham un less we state the contrary. I will have a little placard printed naming it the Versailles Locket,' ana .nouuemg my self the Importer." Accordingly next day appeared a del icate advertisement in black and white: "The Versailles Locket, uur uwn Importation. Direct from ranee, gen uine Diamonds. Fine Gold. Hand Graven. Price, fGOO." Time passed. The ladies or tne tewn came, examined and admired the lock- et. Christmas went uy, ami am me ewel lay in its satin bed upon the plate-glass shelf unsold. The breast pins were taken, but the locket proved too expensive for Fontaine's patrons. Five hundred pounds was the sum he stood accountable for to the French manufacturer in payment for this lock et should he make a sale, and although in confidential moments he offered it to special customers at five hundred and thirty pounds, no one profited by this liberal discount xrom the set price. Every night the locket was carefully put away in the burglar-proof compart ment of the huge steel vault, and every morning its plush box was restored to the show shelf; but the jewel seemed likely to remain as an advertisement until the traveling salesman appeared again to claim it. One day a gentleman came in and left his gold watch for repairs. He was a tall, majestic person, whom Fon taine had often seen of late about the streets, wearing a heavy ulster, with collar and cuffs and pocket-laps of seal fur, and clad throughout with defer ence to fashion. His watch was heav ily chased and very valuable. He was particular to take a receipt in the name of F. F. Barton,. and departed abruptly without so much as recognizing in Reg inald Fontaine the proprietor of the premises. At the appointed time Mr. Barton re turned for his watch. Fontaine in per son waited on him, and noticed the massive signet ring worn by his cus tomer, the onyx monogram of which seemed cracked. Mr. Barton threw down a ten-pound note with an indif ferent air, and gathered up the change without appearing to take count of it, hooked the golden loop of his heavy chain into his button hole, restored the watch to his pocket with an air of satisfaction, and turned away. "I see that your signet is broken," said Reginald Fontaine, respectfully. "A little,' replied. Mr. Barton, draw ing on his glove. "Should you wish to have the stone replaced at any time, I can hae it duplicated with precision at reasonable cost" The visitor bowed as he pulled on his other glove, and replied: "It is an heirloom In my family, and was cracked a century ago. Nothing could ever replace It." "Jn that case, of course not," rejoined Fontaine. He drew from a dnxwr a ring tray. 4Tf you are Interested In rings, ex- arrlne these. I have .-ome odd forms here. I don't expect you to buy, sir; but I am an enthusiast in my Tade, and if anyone likes to look, I like to show the goods." In fact, it was a feature of Fontaine's sagacious policy that ?ie tried to have every customer see as many of his wares as possible. Mr. Barton glanced incuriously over the tray. "I've seen acres of rings," he replied, with a curling lip. And he continued to button his gloves. is mere anyjiiing l can show you that you are interested in?" coutinued Fontaine, politely, replacing the raf. "Family plate, table-ware, children's or ladies' ornaments " Mr. Barton had faced towards the door. He turned about with feeble curiosity to ask: " "What have you in the way of ladies' ornaments : Fontaine led his customer to a show case glittering- with bracelets, combs, pins and so on. "The variety lias been a little broken by our Christinas sales," be began. "No matter; I need not trouble you," interrupted Mr. Barton. "There is nothing here that I care.for." it is tne oest assortment in town, returned Fontaine. 'Very likely. But I came from Paris only a few months since, and shall re turn in the spring. 1 think that l can afford to wait until that time before I buy." With some warmth Fontaine flew to the show window and caught up the locket. He put tbisbeforc his scornful visitor. "Here is something you have never seen excelled in Paris or elsewhere." Mr. Barton looked at the locket in silence. He drew off his gloves and took up the jewel, ne examined it minutely, and said, at last: "A very handsome affair very hand some. This came from France V" "Versailles. It is a masterpiece, sir; knew n as the Versailles locket." "What is the price?" "Six hundred pounds." Mr. Barton inspected it elosoly. and laid it down at last with maaifest change of bearing. He looked at Fou tame more cordially, and said, in an in sinuating tone: "I prciume yen wouM reduce that price a little for cash?' "I might, a very little," returned the ioweler. now sneaking coldly in his turn. "Well, I'll see. I'll r.end my wife round to look at it. She lik?s such toys, but whether she will buy or not is quite uncertain. Luckily lor me. she has money of her own. For my part. six hundred pounds is too much to put into a jewel." He laid down a card, neatly engraved with his name, and sauntered out. Three days later a messenger came to Reginald Fontaine with this note: "Sir Please bring the locket to the Castle hotel at 2 o'clock this afternoon My wife wishes to see it, and is una ble to leave the hotel. I can't promise you that she will but, but, as you like to show your wares, I should be pleased for you to submit your locket to her. lours, F. F. "Barton. Fontaine thought for a moment. Then his dignity asserted itself. He called his trusty brother and showed him the note. "John. I'll lot you wait on these peo ple. Sell the locket if you can. Get five hundred and thirty pounds if you can't do any better. Take good care of the locket" A servant led John that afternoon to room 24, and knocked at the door. "Come in!" said a voice within. 'John., went in. A lolely young wom- aHj-richiy clad, witnrfpaie face atfa languid air, reclined m an easy chide. Before .'her on a table was a tray of wine glasses. Mr. Barton stood oppo site, and still upheld- a newly-opened uoiue, iroui which in; nau just puuitu a tlnv class of dark wine, ne nodded to John. "You are from the jeweler's?" "Yes,sir." "Step forward, if yon please." The porter went out and closed the door. John handed forth the locket, which Mr. Barton passed to his wife. "How beautiful." She held it to the light and examined it critically. "Had you not better take this now : ' said Mr. Barton, proffering her the glass of wine. She took it and looked towards John. "Perhaps this gentleman " she said, suggestively. "Certainly," replied Mr. Barton. He poured out two more glasses, and pushed one toward John. "Will you try this? It is port. Do you like sweet wine?" John was very temperate and unused to liquors. But here were a couple ac customed, no doubt, to the use of wine. It might give offense to refuse, and bar gains often hang on trifies. He re sponded courteously, and drank the sweet port to the bottom of his glass. "Take a seat," said the lady. John accepted a distant chair. She turned her bright, dazzling eyes upon him. "You are sure these are real dia monds?" Warranted genuine, madam," re turned John. His voice soudded thick to his own, ears, a ctrange oppression rose to his brain, the world seemed rocking -ipon endless waves, and the iady and the locket appeared to float away away! When John awoke, twilight filled the room with fantastic shadows, and rays from the street lamps fell flickering on the walls. He knew that lie was in a place that he had seen before, but all was so unwonted, and the languor that lay upon him W03 so delicious and en chanting, that he felt sure he was in a dream from which he would hate to awaken. Even the loud knocking at the door failed to arouse him to re ality, and when he liearu his brother's voice crying out, in alarm, "John! John!" it only stirred his wrath. Then followed silence, and he sat marveling at the luxurious surround ings and the ni3-stery of his presence. The turning of a key was followed by the quick entrance of the hotel pro prietor and Reginald Fontaine. The jeweler darted forward to his brother and clasped his arm; he looked into his dilated eyes and bewildered face, and cried: "John! John! What Is the matter? Where is the locket?" The locket! John sprang up. His lethargy departed. He understood, and tottering towards his brother, fell senseless to his feet. Ten days later the French traveler re-appeared. In vain Reginald Fontaine recounted the facts and urged delay un til the swindlers could be captured and the locket recovered. The Frenchman only shrugged and listened, and at the end repeated: "I must have a settlement." Fontaine at last drew a check for the u mount of his indebtedness, and the Frenchman disappeared. Time passed. No trace was found of Barton or his lovely wife. One day, in London, Reginald visited the rogues' gallery at Scotland Yard. He saw many faces there, and among them those of F. F. Barton and the French salesman who had left the locket. Although the police could not, explain tnis coincidence, and scouted his con elusions, Fontaine always believed him self the victim of a double conspiracy; that the knaves traveled the globe with ample capital, one placing jewels stolen abroad in the hands of responsible deal ers in small English towns, the other following to recapture the" prizes, and the original conspirator returning to demand payment for the loss. But while he never placed hands or eyes again upon the French traveler, he had the satisfaction of adding his testimony to the catalogue of evidence against Mr. Barton at a later day, and of seeing him consigned to prison. The Versailles locket, however, never ap peared; but Mr. Reginald Fontaine con cluded that his experience was worth the five hundred pounds which it cost hnn. -Hi qeals no more with unknown foreign manufacturers; neither does he trust valuable jewels among strangers. CORDON'S JOURNALS. A British Maneum Him Placed Tlicra Anions: the Manuscript Treasures. In the manuscript department of the British museum they have obtained, by request, the Khartoum journals of Gor dor and other documents bearing on the history of his life. They were be queathed by his sister.. Among the acquisitions in papyri is a fragment of a roll containing the latter part of the third book of the Odyssey. Its date is piobably the first century, and It is the earliest extant manuscript of any part of the poem. Another of thase curious specimens is a deed of sale of a slave boy at Seloiu-ia in Syria, in A. D. 1GG. Buyers had nothing to fear from court martial in those daysr the parties and witnesses boldly put their hands to their work, and the lad changes own ers in due accordance with the forms of law. The Chinese miirht feel a ci-rahi interest just now in one of the new treasures of the oriental department. This is a Corean examination naner. and it testilies to Chinese influence, as it is written throughout in tint tongue. It shows, in fact, that a Corean exam ination is a Chinese examination, and that there is not oven intellectual de pendence. The collection of printed uuuna uus ueen enriched uv the re covery of a work of merit which had been given up for lost. Scholars were aware of a certain "Essortatione al Timor di Dio," by the Italian reformer Acontius, who was engineer to Qu.en Elizabeth. They knew he wrote it and had it printed, hut it was donlorpd ns hopelessly lost until it came by purchase to uioomsbury. Landor s "Simonidea." Bath, 1S0U, is almost as rare. But three copies of it are kio-.vn, and one is now in the museum. So. too, is a copy of the Dial, the order of the American Transcendentalists, with the names of the authors of the articles supplied in the handwriting of Emerson. In the report on the department of coins and medals, the keeper, Mr. Barclay V. Head, is officially elate over the flitting to the new medal room. Both coins and books have been transferred to a spacious apartment built expressly for its uses; and the quarter of a million or so of specimens are now lodged in a way that enables them to receive company without shame. In the old room, they only left the dark corners of ear tli in which they are-i usually found for otheiM9MHrjMaalnio.' equally i of them equally ent. . AN! now mT Tim Music of the Ancients. Ont of this old and wise and, as it seems, musical Egypt came Moses and the children of Israel. And, as they had been for generations in that Nile valley, and since the gifted leader had been reared in the King's palaces, and had become skilled in all tho wisdom of the Egyptians, it is evident that when the children of Israel emigrated to set up a state of their own they car ried with them a music of no small worth. We have long known that they carried from the Nile many principles of ethics and religion, some good and some bad, but to this political science and common literature we must now add quite rich treasures of hymns and music. We may suppose that the hymns which Moses and the army sung, and which Miriam snng with the ac companiment of her timbrel and dance, were hymns created in a land and age when tho harp had twenty-one strings. By the natural law of progress this music had become still better by the day when Solomon dedicated his temple, and when mention begins to be made of many, instruments. In the last Psalm quite an orchestra springs up before us. Seated in that grand old house of worship, you are amazed to see and hear trumpet and psaltery, and harp and timbrel and organs and stringed instruments and high-sounding cymbals. In the time of Daniel, 500 years later, other instruments ap pear, and bands for the street had sprung up. for it was decreed that Daniel must worship the false gods at the moment when he should hear in the street cornet, flute, and harp, sack but, psaltery and dulcimer, and all other kinds of music. It seems that the writer had not the patience to enumer ate all the instruments in the street bands of the King. Whence issued the stream of fresh sound? It began in that benevolence and wisdom of God which bestowed upon man the power to perceive and produce and love the beautiful; and, having thus begun, the power has grown as the world has grown, and at last music ranks highest of the beautiful arts, unless we call literature an art. If art is to be estimated by its power, not only in any one person, bnt amid the multitude, imd following such a method of judgment, painting and sculpture and architecture fall far behind this one form of sentiment the sentiment of sounds. A few may confess their par tiality for painting or statuary ; indeed, some are music-deaf, as others are color blind ; but, looking at the human fam ily, the delight and pathos of music is almost universal. It is tho art which holds all in its speli. The fables about Orpheus, how, when he played upon his instrument, the very trees listened, and the wild beasts came io hear and laid aside all their ferocity, are only old efforts of literature to tell us iiow pow erful this form of the beautiful has al ways been. Long before the modern penetration had said "Let me make the songs of the nation and I shall not care who may make its lava," Plato had said, If, you would know, whether a state is well governed yon must first look into the condition of its music." We have come to thoughts upon a power which reaches fl6 most human souls, and 1 reaches only to elevate. None are too poor to hear music ; none are too hum ble m education to appreciate and en joy the most perfect achievements in line of genius; none are above it oaiow is in ran, it comes to au, TOURED IN REFORM DRESS. A London Girl nml Her lllcycle Trip of Four Hundred Milea. Among the most ardent London ad vocates of dress reform in woman's dress is Miss Bacon. She is also an en thusiastic bicycle rider, and has just concluded a wheeling tour of 1,200 miles in Great Britain. The costume she wore on the trip was of the reform variety, and Miss Bacon reports that nowhere on her loimthy our did :;he hear any criticism other than favor able of her appearance. While in the lake region in the north of England she came upon a "reading partv," com posed of women who had not vet got beyond petticoats. She accompanied them on a trip up Skiddaw. one of the highest "mountains" in "England, and Ton Deserve a Good Shaking, And chills and fever will pive it if you don't take defensive measures to escape the periodic scourge in a region where it is prevalent. The best safeguard and remedy is Hostetter' Stomach Bitters, which is free from any objec tions applicable to quinine, and is infinitely more offectual. Wherever on this continent and in the tropics malarial complaints are moss virulent and general, the Bitters is the recog nized specific and preventive. It does not mit igate, but eradicates chills and fover, bilious remittent, dumb ague and ague caUe. For rheumatism, inactivity of the kidneys and blad der, for constipation, biliousness and nerve in quietude, it is of the greatest efficacy, and the unsolicited testimony in its behalf of eminent medical men leave no reasonable doubt that it is one of the most reliable family medicines in existence. L'ae it continually, and not by fits and starts. Great danger surrounds the man whose life is aimless. The fact that we oppose the good is proof that we are bad. Mr. AU G. Hyams Hood's Has Ho iciiil a As a blood purifier and t ie. ! cn-ou me of eiomacu iruuoio ana Huutr - tr tut' a art. and Hood' S Sarsa-2czrilla ures Tuts Ilncnii lit Cttntunic. when the party returned all wore a more or less bodracgled and muddy ap r:.rance except the bicycling tourist. The result was that more than one of I the reading party became a convert to dress reform. relieved my wife of watcrbrash and That Tired Feeling. Wo put Ilood's Sarsaparilla on the tablo every meal the same as bread. Ar. O. IItams, with T. V. Howeli. & Sons. Kesidence. 4M X. Third Street. II imilton. Ohio. Hood's Pills arc eniHJrstxrbyThousand-j. BOUND TO HAVE A BICYCLE. So This One III Inl. . Jersey Colored Man Marie niNelf Out of Ilayv 3Iatcr- 5nMhine which is grateful toaff 'JySJj Phesphf reace.t Iffaht F reduced lj Tens! of Thonsnnds of Spccien. More than 150 families of animals on land and in water, embracing tens of thousands of species, produce phos phorescent light. They yield enough of It to illuminate London. Paris and Glasgow. The most brilliant light afforded by any land animal is that of the famous fire-fly of the tropics, known as the "cu cujo." Thirty-eight of them yield one candle power. People in Cuba confine them in paper lanterns for going about the country at night or for Indoor light ing. Sometimes they attach one of the insects to each foot for traveling in the dark, to serve as a guide to the path. Also they use them as ornaments for the dress and hair. A scientist has recently decided that the light does not depend on the vital principle of the insect. He found that the egg became luminous on being shak en in a glass receptacle. Then he dried the eggs and kept them in that condi tion for a long time. Oa being moisten ed, the beetles themselves, twelve hours after being killed by electricity, were still luminious. So the professor infers that nothing more than a chemical combustion is concerned in the manufacture of this "cheapest light." Ho thinks there is hope that we may be able to produce it some day. To make a light canal in brilliancy to that of this tropical insect we must produce a temperature of 2,000 degrees. The firefly's lamp creates no heat that can be detected by the most deli cate instrument. Its energy is entire ly expended in illumination. Nature. while offering object lessons in the art on every hand lauchs at man's ef forts to imitate her in this field. Lloyd's Newspaper. It Cares CoBganaBtiem. HTi 'ItocraSATi. Nov. 10. rSpeciaLl -DeposiCons taken here in the case of ux. -imic vs. neeves neveiop some re markable facts. It was shown that the Amick Chemical company of this city has supplied forty thousand doctors with Dr. Amick's chemical treatment for consumption, as much as one thou sand dollars' worth of sample med icines being distributed daily. Each patient receives u trial outfit and an in haler. The company offered as evi dence its files containing thousands of reports from physicians of cures cover ing every stage and phase of the disease. An ambitious colored man over in Jersey who could not afford to buy a safety, but was determined to have a bicycle of some sort, has constructed a machine so curious and so original that the wonderful "one-hoss shay" is quite outdone by it. Some of the tra ditional points of construction now rec ognized as essential in the modern safety are overlooked it is true, but the important item, strength, is certainly not sacrificed to grace and beauty, says the New York World. With a jackknife. a hatchet and a drawshave the enterprising macliinist has succeeded in produeinir somethlnir that "do move" at least. The material used was boards, barrel heads, trees and other nonde.,eript material, so that Jn its composite character the wooden u-sv xeeuuifs jusvpua cwiuui inau mm COI-CUKSTER "COLCHESTER" SPADING BOOT. Juvenile Kuropeou Kulers. Philadelphia Eecord: The ascension of the Grand Duke Nicholas to the throne of the llomanoll's will add an other youthful monarch to the royal galaxy of Europe. This frail heir to the crown of the autocrat of all the Itussians is only 0 years old. He will be called to rule 1G,000,000 subjects. Thirty-five-year-old Kaiser Wilhelm lords it over 30,000.000 Germans. Over the ;1,0GO.000 people of Portugal reigns King Carlos, who is four years j-oun-ger than William. King Alexander of Servia, with its 2.300,000, was born in the Philadelphia centennial year. Lit tle Queen Wilhelmina of the Nether lands, first opened her eyes on 4,700, 000 subjects only fourteen years ago, and the babe of all the Old World roy alty King Alfonso of Spain was not born until after his father's death in ISSli. and presides at the tender age of 8 over the destinies of 1S,000,000. Thus at the close of the nintecnth century 250,000,000 Europeans find themselves under the crown of six rulers whose average years are only twenty-two. Ralsiac the Price of Liquor. Paymasters Clerks. New York Sun: Paymasters' clerks in the navy occupy an anomalous posi tion. The clerk is a civilian, though he wears an officer's uniform and is more or less subject to naval discipline. lie is not permanently engage-., out many clerks remain for ten, fifteen or twenty years, often following the pa--master from one billet to another, and passing from paymaster to paymaster, according to the exigencies of the ser vice. The clerk is fairly well paid, and his position aboard ship is dependent almost solely upon his own personal character. The paymaster of forceand sense makes himself felt and respected in both steerage and ward room. Only One. Materfamiiias I don't think 3'ou should kiss my daughter so much even if you are engageti to her. Itakely 1 kiss her 01113' once each evening. Materfamiiias Don't tell me sucli stuff! When 1 passed the parlor door at 8 o'cloclc, you were kissing her, and you were kissing her when I passed at 10. Itakely I know I was, but it was all the same kiss. New York Herald. The Siiolielcix HIcycIc. The cranks are in two pieces and look like the handle of an old-fashioned churn, though much ruder. The frame, "which was cut out of a small tree, is thicker than a man's arm. Nails and screws were employed to fasten the parts together, with the exception of the front post and backbone, which are held together by two rusty hinges. The triumnlmut darky amuses him self by riding down the hills in this ve hicle and pushing his bike up again. like a noble kinsr of I-ranee that had 10.000 men vunnin BEST IX MARKET. r:s-"i' FIT. EES I IV WEAUIXQ Q AIXTV. . The ta'eror tan sole . tends the whole length !7'fidov.-n to the hcl. pro- fcvitiii Luc? uwr. jn uiT piii(r and in other bard work ASK YOCU DEALER FOR THEM and don't ho put off with inferior uoods. trniiEir. co. W. L. Douglas OU-ET IS THE BEST. y( VilVb NO SQUEAKING, ?S. CORDOYAN, FRENCH& ENftM HIED CALFI $2r.-,P0LlCE,3SoLt SjSA Boy3Sck:!Shcex LADIES- SEND FOR CATALOGUE BROCKTON, AIA33;,,.. ibney by Wccrlns th Dioanrlas S3.00 Shoe. Because, we are tho largest manufacturers of this graJoof shoes la fiovrorl J, and Karantco their value by stamping tho namo and prico oa the bottom, which protect you against high prices and tho middleman's proi!t3. Our Ehoe3 equal custom work In stylo, easy fittlnt; aid waring qualities. We have them, sold everywhere at lower prlceifor the value Riven than any other rnak'.-. Tat.i no sub stitute. It your dealer cannot Eunlryo-, wo cwu up-to-date CLOTKiHG Sold direct to consumer ATlowFxTi"tiro ever liefcre offered. lv:ytrcot from im porters .mil niamif frcrs V.' lhip "in riiiiuiii. iir t.mi.Mm). Miifjuu Inimai!.. In ir c-nt. , tailor fit suit. -.io. Fall or winter overcomt. $5.HI. Hoys' combination Suits S2.13. UKOTKKUUTS t sl'I.n I.TT. j,,. J ttluj furriCr.K mammoth catalog. Address OXFORD MFC.CO.,titi!nicDp.U'09 34 Wabash Ave.. Criicaeo.UI. COOK BOOK -R REE EE !-3v 320 PAGES ILLUSTRATED. Oneor tho I-ireataml West COOK BOOKS published. Milled in txcsj for 20 Largs Lion head cut fn.m Lion ColTe wrappers, and a 2-cent tamp. Write for list of our othvr line I'nv mluT;, -WooLsqn Spice Co tJ) Huron sir Ioledo. Ohio. Worms in Horses. The only sure cure for pin wi -ms in nrses Known is Stekutee s Ilojj Cholera. ? 'urc. Never fails 10 destroy worms in hr,r f lio-s. sheep, iUs or cats: an excellent rem-dv forsiek fouls. mm 08. 0 men. There is no danger of its ( s'nd sixty cents in United biaic.iposiaxcund'l . "JV" will send by maiL Cut this out. tai ; :t toilruc- ins away, even on a steep hill. ,.st and pay him llfty cents. Thr- posh-ees WALKING BEAN MYSTERY. lor il..-0 express paid. Mention name of pare ti. 1;. NTKKKTKK. (irand Kup a-.. fi!-eh. 1- the Presence if u Cut- i In tlic Iuterlor of the I Ely'sGreauiBalin Cleanses the Nasal Passages, Allays I'ahi ami liitlammatioii, Urstort's the Senses of Taste ami Smell. Heals t tin Sores. Apply lilni into each nostril. V i:KOn..MWarrruSt .N.Y. Are You CL'KK -Mjjr WALL STREET Hx pi nlned erpillnr Ilean. Many persons who have purchased the walking bean have wondered wlij sucli a hard, impenetrable object should exhibit so much life. To gratify my philosophical turn of mind and being convinced that it was not electrified. I carefully removed a segment of the Hat side, when I discovered a species of caterpillar. As nature had not pro vided it with any natural warm .cover ing the cold exposure made it torpid until I placed under the glass cylinder m - r t . . 1. 1 or a microscope, wneii il ouuu ien uiw warmth and began to thatch over tho opening in the roof. This it did by , spinning a silken web and attaching it ' w eueu mi mm - " Morton. Ward Jt Co, mastic until it was completely incased. Its modus operandi as seen through a 1 microscope was extremely interesting. J I would advise great care in opening it as the least wound would destroy it. tilsn keen the beans in a box for fear that when they emerge from their co- . i coon they may be a species of the ; Kgyptian moth which will cost the : Commonwealth another hundred thou I sand dollars to exterminate. I It would be interesting to the public I to hear from some naturalist abi.it their origin and if the so-called beau is the cocoon of the insect or a vegeta- ble product in which it immolates it- I self, for the winter and emerges in the 1 spring as a beautiful buttertly or a ile structlve caterpillar. Itostou Transcript. anunf.irt:t.-nttfl nuCerer ithipir,:rsr?i- & Mtxi it yor run rt a (jtttt enrd and "e will jtri. jqu f the ONLY known LION XE11VE T'Nin CO Kana t ity. Mo. Siw.-ulj.tiousuoM-v.fuHv hamllcl. Send for Iro- jttus aul full tnfotmttion fkee. Increase your ln-nm Investment ilartl. Aililr.v 4 u alt St., Nerr York. Thomas J. Sitnp-on, Washington. D.C. .No.it'v'sti ujiMI la'ciit ob tained. Writeforla .ca'sr'sGuide. PATENTS -! IMlRks WHl-rif- All (.IK?- ftHS. in lime, hola by a:uz; s- Successfully Prosecutes CJaims. Late Principal Bzam mrl' a.hnHionliuraan. Syraiuhut mar, 10ljailica:..it.ii atty eincc "The Condnctof Life." Under this head Ralph Waldo Emer son wrote: "'Tis an estimable hint I owe to a few persons of tine manners that they make behavior the very first sign of force behavior, not perform ance, or talent, or much less, wealth. "While almost everybody has a suppli cating' eye turned on events and things and other persons, a few natures are central and forever unfold, and these alone charm us. He whose word or deed you cannot predict, who answers you without any supplication in his eye. who draws his determination from within, that man rules." According to recent statistics there are about 2.000 women practicing medi cine on the continent of North America, of whom 130 are homeopathists. The majority are ordinary pnuritioners. but among the remainder are seventy hos pital physicians or surgeons, ninety-five professors in the schools, G10 special ists for the diseases of women, seventy alienists, sixty-live orthopedists, forty oculists and aurists, and finally thirty electro-therapeutists- In Canada there is but one medical school exclusively devoted to the training of medical H dies, but In the United States in isr3 there were ten, one of them beiug a hoineopathist establishment. OMAHA OLD HATS lusiness Houses. JlJile new. no matter what con dition they are in. MSB. HAT MKU. CO., -07 :Oita 17UJ feu YoSsii'Svks STOVE REPAIRS Write at once tor w w 1 Omaha Move Kecair Works. 1209 Douglas St Omaha PI flTUIUf. f0r 3fK?r an(J BOTS. If yo" ULU I nlllU want to save from ti toSlOOOon, 1 w a SUt writ0 f0P aQw FlU Catalogue, containing samples of cloth. NEBRASKA CL..1 HJNQ CO.,' Cor. Ilia and Douglas St., Omaha. Polls Gncev Books. Notion. Fancy Go ds. ic . Wholesale and retail. 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