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tfifi NORTH PLATTE . SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE : TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH IT, 1896. Davis' Seasonable Goods Davis3 the Bicycle THE VIKING, is the "biking", Best of cycles. THE ELDREDGrE, strictly first-class. THE BELVIDERE, a high grade at a popular price. THE CRAWFORD, absolutely the best wheel on fnrfh fnr tlif mnnpv. Choice O f all kinds of handle bars, saddles and pedals. ALL KINDS OF BICYCLE ACCESSORIES. Javis3 the Seed Man TTi c o full 1inr nf ER SEED from ley Seed Gardens Davis, the Hardware Man, Bio- stock of POULTRY NETTING, GARDEN m f e-m -T T--T-T "I -T o TUULd. J&UJ3rS.niJt& nuori ana ine ceieurai.su Atum Stoves and Ranges ggfDon't forget Davis, "that no in his line. Samples of "bikes" now in. ICTO. JTirst Rational fian NOETH PL.TTE, 1ST IE "B - r" Capital, Surplus, H. P. gMllp ARTHUR McNAMASA, A General Banking A S Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils, PAINTEES5 WINDOW GLASS, ZDIa,m.a,nnLta, Deutsolie Ap o tlieke Corner of Spruce and Sixth-sts. WALL-PAPER, PAINT AMD OIL DEPOT. WINDOW GLSS.VA-RNISBES, GOLD LEAF, GOLD PAINTS, BRONZES, ARTISTS' COLORS AND BRUSHES, PIANO AND FURNITURE POLISHES, PREPARED HOU-E AND BUGGY PAINTS, KALSOMINE MATERIAL, WINDOW SHADES. ESTABLISHED JULY 1868. P. J- BROEKER. A Fine Line of Piece Goods to select from. 4 First-class Fit. Excel- MER6HANT TftlLOR. lent Wo!kmanship- LIYEBY JJSTU PEED STABLE (Old "XTsLXi. Doraa Stalolo.) . . .tar Prices ELIDES ESNorthwest corner of Courthouse square. JOS. F. FILLION Steam and Gas Fitting. Cesspool and Sewerage a Specialty. Copper and Galvanized nice. Tin and Iron Roofings. 'Estimates furnished. Repairing of all kinds receive prompt Locust Street, Between Fifth and Sixth, nSTortli IPlatte. - - FINEST SAMPLE E00M . Having refitted our rooms in is invited to call and see us, 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 Man. rcTTT.Tr R-AT?.DiRN AND FLOW- the celebrated Rice's Cambridge Yal I ? TTMITH 1 ' 1 1-1 1 3 A one owes" when in need of anything 3496. $50,000.00. $22,500.00 S. "WHITE, Pres't., A. WHITE, Vice-Pres't. Cashier. Business Transacted. SUJPlLi:"RS, MACHINE OILS, Spectacles. - 310 SPRUCE STREET. Good Teams, . Comfortable Higs, Excellent Accommodations for lis hmm Fabhc, & LOOK. a- Iron Cor attention TNTefor as ca. IN NOETH PLATTE I the finest of style, the public insuring courteous treatment. x'HE UNION PACIFIC DEPOT I J&mt - WmMH rfoUttf IRAIi BAKE, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One Year, cash in advance, $1.25, Six Months, cash in advanca 73 Cents. Entered at the North Platto (Nebraska) postofflce as eecond-clacs matter. CALL FOE BEPUBLICAN CONVENTION. The republican electors ol the several precincts of Lincoln county are requested to solect dele gates to meet in convention in North Platte on April 4th, 189t, at one o'clock p. m., for the pur pose of select! or eleven delegates to attend the Stale delegate convention to bo. held in Omaha April loth, and to select 11 delegates to attend the congressional delegate convention to be held at Broken Bow April 13th, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the convention. It is recommended that tho primaries be held March 2Sih, between the hours o four and six p. m. in tho city, and between the hours of four and nine p. m. in the country precincts. The basis of representation Is ono delegate for each precinct I atul nn add,tlonal ono for each twenty votes and uinjwi iiuvuuu luereui wust, lor x. Xt. Itorvai in 18s)5 Tho several precincts are entitled to repre- sentation as follows, to-wil: North Platto No. 1 5 North Plntto No. 2. ...9 North Platte No. 3. ...5 Lemon 2 Maxwell 8 Medicine Antelope 2 1 . I. st .1 J"'1017; 2 Mylanderr 1 I AII VB.. .. .. . Baker 1 Myrtle i Bird wood Blaine 1 Brady Island 2 Huchanan 2 Circle Hill 1 Cottonwood ..2 Cox 1 Crockett 1 Noweii 7.7... "2 Osgood !2 Plant." I::::::".".:- Pechnam l Beer Creek .. Dickens Fairview .... miuor.. ......1 Sellers Somerset 1 Sunshine 1 Vromau 1 Walker 1 Wallace .. , -.3 Well l Whittier 1 Willow 2 ..2 ..1 ..2 ..1 ..2 . .2 M ..2 !!i Fox Creek... Garfield G. s"in Hall ..; Harrison Iltaman Hooker Kem .i Total S3 Kilmer i G. C. MCALLISTER, Cbairmnu G. C, STODDARD, Scretary. Senator Cullom is not the first iimii uu litis IIIISLUIVCII a pn- vate yearning for a public senti ment. Ihe slow growth of Gov. Morton's wood-pile goes to show that he is using a saw that has lost a number of its teeth. lanre The charges of Mart Howe against Commandant J. W. Wilson of the Grand Island Soldiers' home E to have been "a great crv ttle wool." To slightly paraphrase the words of the Ivearney Era: "Where the populists party elected sheriffs. i-i : ii i tuey mvariaoiy araw rue line on the republican papers." The Kansas republican conven iion not onnT let tne silver issue alone, but also skipped the prohibi- tion question, which signifies thai the lessons of adversity have had a salutary in the Sunflower State. T in congress last week, one rep resentative accused the populists of trying to cross the centipede with the hog so as to produce 100 hams for each pig, and the strawberry and the milkweed, so as to gro 1 i m cream ana oernes on tne same plant. The Lancaster county republican primary held in Lincoln last week under the plan of allowing the voters to cast their ballots direct for their choice of candidates result- ed as follows: McKinlev 2,509. ivianaerson iiiiison wa ana a few others scatterincr. Comment is unnecessary. - The Iowa traveling salesmen are endeavoring to have the legislature pass a law requiring railway com panies to place on sale commutation ileage tickets in denominations from 1,000 to 5,000 miles at the rate of two cents per mile. The aid of the jobbing houses is being invoked to accomplish this end. As the average salesman's mileage does not cost him more than this it would seem that this is rather "carrying coals to Newcastle." From the begining of January to the present time imports of gold have exceeded its exports to the ex tent of about $4,000,000. Usually the drift is in the other direction at this time of the year. This is the first time since 1890 that the coun try has gained gold in the first two and a half months of the calendar year, and the gam then was only abont a quarter what it is now. Of course some of the gold which has been imported since January 1 has been borrowed, and consequent ly will have to be paid back. How ever the fact that the country has gained gold instead of losing it the past ten weeks is a feature of the neral financial situation which ought to have a stimulating influ ence on trade. New York is preparing to try an experiment in sociology. A new three-story floating bath and lodg ing house is the testing machine. Any and every tramp who wants a free bed and a tree meal is to be given an opportunity to have his heart's desire gratified on one con dition. He must first take a bath. He is to be plunjred and showered aud his c.lotbe! hnng up in a smoke IUUU1 Willie lie la to UC CldU. in a slumber-robe which he can ex- change for his old clothes in the morning. The - whole world will stand agape and watch the experi- ment, not nteraiiy, ror mat wouia be immodest, but in a metaphorical sense. Whichever way tue expen- J ment results, it will be a valuable guidance to the handling of tramps elsewhere. If Weary "Waggles shows such a dislike to water that he chooses hunger in preference to plunge, then the laws of the land will speedily be changed so that instead of sending him to the chain gang, he will be punished by being chucked into the rain barrel..- If on the other hand, he does submit to a plunge for the sake of a meal, then he would not be recognized even by the fraternity. - HE. BELTON AND THE "CITY HALLt" Two weeks ago The Tribune published an item asking James Belton if, in case he is elected mayor, he would insist on having the city rent offices of him at a cost of $600 per year. Mr. Belton handed fa a reply during the absence of the , . . ... , , . . cuuui in luc cast, aim inc gcuite- man in charge of the paper prop erly held the communication until the editor's return. The letter which Mr. Belton writes is quite length y, and in the main consists J of an attack upon ine omcers wno have conducted municipal affairs fr ten years past. and therefore foreign to the question submitted i to Mr. Belton. That part of the letter is therefore omitted and we herewith append that part which relates to the question propounded: Now as for the city hall I proposed to build: Rental $600 per year, beginning at $10 or J $15 per month, as the city was able to pay. Its architecture was to show the character of the building with a lofty flag staff to display the glorious stars and stripes on the Fourth of July. The floor space would be nearty 46xS0 feet. There would be offices for mayor, clerk, council, treasurer, marshal, engi neer, attorne' and police court; offices which if extended in a line would be twenty-two feet wide by 130 ieet long, a room as large a the county judge's office larger than all the offices in the court house. If we had offices, when there was a change of administration the outgoing officers would deliver to their -successors, all records and property belonging to the city. Whereas now there is no responsi bility; the city records are used as private property. The city engi neer to-day has. not the" scratch of a pen of any of. his predecessors. although it may be of the greatest importance, for disputes will arise which will have to be settled nt court. The records of the council are in the custody of the clerk, and there is an ordinance that he shal keep all records in the office where the council meets, but the council meets on sufferance in the office of the county judge. No clerk can be responsible for the safe keeping ol the records conductea as at present The records of the council for 1880, 1881 and 1882 are lost and search could not find them. I do not under any consideration intend to refiect on the city clerk, it is in evitable under the present circuin stances. As for renting offices to the citv if I am elected mayor, my answer is most emphatically no. I believe to conduct the business according to law. James Belton. It would be very nice for each cit official to have an office in Mr. Bel- ton's proposed block. Furnished with antique furniture, base-burner stoves and the floors laid with car pets, these offices would certainly prove an inviting place for the offi- cials and their friends to play high five or ensrasre in other amusements which is about all the use the offices would be put to. It would require several hundred dollars to furnish the offices, the rent would be S50 per month, and of course a janitor would be needed, so with fuel, oil and incidentals it is safe to say tuat tne j-eariy cost to tne city for these offices would not be less than 51000. At present the city does not pay a penny for rent, the only charge being $30 per year tor the services of the court-house janitor. Ana yet ivm ieuou is M .1 1 T - T-fc A making his canvass for mayor on the economy platform! Consistency thou art a ievel unknown to Mr. Belton. Mr. Belton. if elected mayor, would of course be barred by law from making a direct rental con tract with the city, but there are several wavs in which hecould over- come this' difficult', and he is shrewd enough to take' advantage of such. Mr. Belton may be honest in his desire to retrench municipal expenses, but knowing him to be like all others after the almighty dollar, we are inclined to think that his candidacy is in the interests of his "city hail" scheme. THE LIMITED FAST EXPEESS TEAIN leaving Chicago daily at 1:30 P. M. via the Nickel Plate Road arriving at New York City the following evening at 9:30 and Boston at 8:45. is unrivalled, peerless ana incom parable for speed, comfort and safe ty with rates that are as low as the lowest. Trains consisting of baggage cars, buffets sleeping and elegant day coaches, lighted by gas and heated by steam and with all modern improvements are run through without change from Chicago to New York with through cars to Boston. J. Y. Calahan, Gen'l Agent. Chicago, 111. Gov. Bradley, of Kentucky, has called out the state militia to pre serve order at the capitol during fliia clncinnr lirmrc of li lri;1n f iir The aver -Kentucky0 colonel ' feels very Avarlike as he realizes that his political grasp- upon the yw wmtuuuwtouu to iw-viu. Highest of all in Leavening Ab&oluteey pure LOOKED LIKE A LIAI L. but this was a case where looks were Misleading. A Little Irishman Who Claimed Acquaint ance With a Champion Pugilist His Employer, Who Was Used, to tho Gloves, Disputed the Claim. "I was reading a clever little sketch the other day about a man who told big stories which were not believed bv hv acquaintances, and it an experience I had remiudod ine of once when I was considerably younger," remarked Rob ert D. Wilson, tho active Orleans county politician, when in a reminiscent mood the other day. "It was liko this: About the first contract I ever took was one to build a church in a small town in western New York near Lake Ontario. My partner and I employed a good forco of men, and among others a good natural, rather dapper littlo Irishman, who applied for work shoitiy after we got the walls started. "He was not a skilled workman, but a good, active helper, and he struck me at the time as being one of tho most en tertaining aud cheerful liars it had ever been my pleasure to meet. One of his favorite tales was to the effect that ho was for threo yeaus trniuer and boxing partner of tho famous pugilist Jem Alaco aud had seconded tho one time champion in two of his moat notable battles. Ho rattled off nsmr's. places, dates and incidents in tho mc.i otihand mannnr imaginable, which, as vo had no ineaus of verifying his taioiaeuts, ho was perfectly safe in doing. Of course wo took what ho ea:d with a Lugo grain of salt and enjoyed drawing bins out. "Ono thing about the n'd fellow Etrncic mo as peculiar w-:- fould never iuduco him under any "ousideration to join m any or tho lriPndiy little spar ring contests which wo occasionally in dulged in at the lurlo country hotel, after our day's work was done. By no subterfuge could wo induce him to stick his hands in tho Lig mittens, although he was always present at our exercises and took delight in making slighting comments upon our skill. "This got rather m-Y.:ocnous after awhile, and wo set; abonc devising a plan for teaching the old fellow a les son. When ho was sober, we knew thero was no chanco cf getting the gloves on him, but ho usually cot moderately full on Saturday evenings, and wo concocted a scheme to givo him an earlier start one Saturday afiezKOon, so that by the timo supper was over ho .was consider ably exhilarated. I was just out of a gymnasium as the rime, and was con sidered a pretty clever baser. Tho boys all went to work at him, and after a good mauy drinks and a lot of coaxing and cajoling they finally got him to put on the gloves and spar a bit with me. " sSaii in, Larry,' I said. 'Don't be afraid to hid me.' And I winked at the boys and went at him. He was easier than I expected. His guard seamed very poor, and several times I rapped hinT harder than I should, but it seemed a good plan to teach tho old blowhard a good lessor:. After awhile I gofc a bit tired of the ono uidedncss ot it. I regis tered abont o.very iimo I found an open ing, while the Irishman's punches were all wild and of no account. Finally I decided ihat wo had had fun enough and made up 3ny mind to give him a good chinciuipper, lay him out and quit. So I watched for an opening, aud when I saw o;:o a minute later, I aimed as heavy a blow as 1 could striko and let go. "Well, say, I don't know even to this day what became cf that punch, for at that moment something struck mo on the neck, and for tho nest U0 seconds I experienced all of the sensations of Don Quixote .when ho had the mix up with tho windmill, for that little Irishman was dancing around me and delivering undercuts, overcuts, chin choppers, side winders, earmuffs, straight drives aud long arm body blows fastor than I could, feel them, while I pawed tho air in an attempt at defense I think tho boys said .it was 42 scc- onds before was lying in tho corner, limp and entirely out, but it was thrco days beforo I was out at work again. I was sorry to find that tho agile littlo Irishman had disappeared immediately after I dropped asleep. Ho evidently feared trouble, but I never would havo mado any. In fact, I'd have liked to take a few lessons .from him, but I've never had tho mitts on from that day to this. "I don't know now whether that lit tle Irishman was telling tho truth or not, but I bave my suspicions about the matter." Medina (N. Y.) Cor. New York Press. Easily Busied. Tho busiues3 depression of the past few years has been tbo evolution of a large crop of employment seekers. Ono of them last wock accosted a gentleman in this city. Ho was ragged, dirty, good natured, evidently hungry enough to eat a cow if it wore in his way. But his soft slonchiuess of gait rendered auy active exertion on his part highly im probable. This impression was strength ened by tho dialogue that followed : "Good morning, sir," said he. "I'd like a job with you, sir. ' . "Well, there is not much doing jufe now hardly anything, in fact, in my line. I' couldn't givo you much to do. -1 couldn't keep you busy." . "Indeed, sir, it would take- very lit tle to keep me busy." New Londpn Telegraph. . . . Intermittent Ownership. , "Do -you own. your own homo?" asked the passenger with the yellow,rtiampnd, who makes a business of selling real es- lML , I cio every Thursday," said the oth- j "Eh what?" "I own it every Thursday. That's Mary Ann's afternoon out." Indian r.polis .TonrnaL Latest U. S. Gov't Report Baking Powder MATRIMONY IN EGYPT. The Carious Weddluc: Processions That Aro to IJo Seen In Cairo. As you look out of your hotel window in Cairo, yon will seo a native musician sauntering by, twanging the lute of the country; then a sound liko the tinkliug of baby cymbals informs you that the sherbetly is going his round, with his huge glass jar slung at his side, from which he dispenses (to the unwary) sweet, sticky drinks of licorice juice or . a i - ' orunSQ sirup in uie Dras3 saucers wmcn ' U8 perpetually ciiuks m nis nana. L&ie ac ulSai souuus oi eastern ine in vade your pillow. Tue distant throbbing of the naggarah tells you that a wedding precession is making its tour, and if you have the curiosity to get up and sally out yon will be rewarded by ouo of tho characteristic sights of Cairo, in which old and new are oddly blended. Prob ably a circumcision is combined with the wedding to save expense, and the precession will be headed by the bar ber's sign, a wooden frame raised aloft, followed by two or three gorgeously ca parisoned camels regular stage proper ties hired out for such occasions carry ing drummers, and leading tho way for a series of carriages crammed with little boys, each holding a neat whito hand kerchief to his mouth to keep out tho devil aud the evil eye. Then comes a closed carriage covered all over with a big cashmere shawl, held down firmly at the sides by brothers aud other rela tions of tho imprisoned bride ; then moro carriages and a general crowd of sym pathizers. Moro rarely the bride is borne in a cashmere covered litter swung be tween two camels, fore and aft; the hind camel must tuck his head under the litter, aud is probably quite as un comfortable as the bride, who runs a fair chance of seasickness in her rolling palanquin. In the old days the bride walked through the streets under a canopy car ried by her friends, but this is now J quite out of fashion, and European car riages aro rapidly oustiug even the camel litters. But the cashmere shawl and the veil will not soon bo abandoned. Tho Egyptian woman is, at least in public, generally modest. She detects a stranger's glance with magical rapidity, oven when to all appearance looking the other way, and forthwith tho veil is pulled closer over her mouth aud nose. When she meets yon face to face, she does not drop her big eyes in the absurd fashion of western modesty. She calmly turns them away from you. It is much ! nJoro cuttiug really. Saturday Re- ' view. GOVERNOR TOM JOHNSON. A Stubborn Patriot to Whom This Coun try Owes a Great Debt. In a storied burial ground in Frad derick, "in his narrow bed," sleeps one whose name never fails to stir the heart of the old Slarylander with lively emo tious of admiration aud affection Gov ernor Tom Johnson, that audacious and stubborn patriot of whom John Adams said that ho was one of four citizens of Maryland aud Virginia "without whom there would havo been no Revolution," although, in affected scorn of him, a British officer, writing to his people at home, had assured them, "There is no need to be akrmed by all this noise in tho colonies, which is mainly made by a boy named Tom Johnson." "That pestilent rebel" of the British war office was tbe trusty, loving friend of Washington, whom he nominated to bo commander in chief of all tho armies of the United colonies; member of tho first congress aud of the convention which adopted the constitution of the United States ; first governor of Mary land, and an associate justice of the supremo court, aud ho was twice urged to accept the portfolio of secretary of state. Ho was in his day the first citi zen of Maryland, and in all the colonies the Revolution disclosed no wiser, stronger, sweeter character than his who joined the fortitude of tho warrior with the foresight of the statesman in tho temperament of an eager, dauntless boy. John Williamson Palmer in Cen tury. No English Better Than English. A now argnment against college ath letics has been invented the deplorablo effect which they havo on "good En; iisii" dv gram ug upon it tne coarso language of sports." Tho plea, says the j New York Times, is truly amusing, j What ou earth is "good English" auy ! how? So far as wo know, thero is no j j Euglish better than English, and no j writer thereof has over hesitated to use new words irom any sourco, provided they expressed an idea moro clearly, or even more picturesquely, than did thoso which formed, the vocabulary of his grandfather: Shakespeare is full of the "languago of sports," raugingfrom fal conry to pugilism, and if ho lived today it is absolutely certain that he would glean words from tho football fields and -that college professors would de nounce hini for it. Really great men are liko .'the common people, in that they never make a fetich of the parts of speech, never imagine that dictionaries orgrammars settle anything, and never mako tho mistake of confounding a live tongue with dead ones. Decision 'Reserved. uon t you tnmk tne mince pie is I good, Willie?" asked the housewife who prides herself on herj culinary accom plishments. Yes m I think it is, probably." "But you havo eaten three pieces." "I know it. But I can't tell for sure till-tomorrow morning. I had some mince pie last year that I thought was pretty good, but it didn't make me dream a bit." Washington Star. The most graceful of domestic ani mals is'the cat; while the mo3t awkward hird is the duck, but it won't do to use" these facts for a basis if you want to call .a woman pet names The factories of Indiana furnish em ployment -to 124,349 persons, the output being $226,825,082. - Power.- A VICTIM OF CIRCUMSTANCES. Srarronndinss Over Which Conductor Kef Passenger Had Control. "Thirty -ninth street 1" called tho con ductor of the Alley "L" car. 41 Thirty -ninth street!" exclaimed tho woman who was sitting next to the door, jumping up. "Yes, ma'am," replied the conductor politely. "This is where you want to get off"" "Oh, that's a nice way to try to get out of forgetting me," sho returned ex citedly. "You know very well that J told you I was only going to Thirty eighth street. What do you mean by carrying mo by it?" "Why, madam, the" "Ob, it's no use trying to excuse your self; I know all about it. You thougbtM you could impose on me because Fni from the country, but I'd have you un derstand that you can't do it." "But, madam," protested the con ductor, "we do not stop at Thirty-oightli street." "Don't lio to me," she replied an grily. "I guess I know how these ciy roads are run, if I ain't city born and bred. You carried me by on purpose; you know you did. I can see you grin ning at me now, but you won't think it's such a good joke when I complain to the company." "I'm sorry, madam," said the con ductor deferentially. "Doyou wish tc get oft here?" "Of course I do, but I'll take my timo about it, and you can't hurry me, either. " "If yon will get off now, madam, and not keep us waiting here any lon ger, I'll try to remember your faco next time and stop tho train at Thirty-eighth street for you." "Ob, you admit that you can stop there, do you?" sho said triumphantly, as she stepped on to tho platform. "1 thought you would as soon as you found that you had a determined woman whe can't be imposed upou to deal with." "Yes, ma'am, I admit it," he replied, as ho closed tho gate and rang the ball to go ahead. "Wo don't usually stop there, bnt wo can. But," he added, as tho train pulled out, "if you intend tc . leave tho car there, I would advise you to wear your bloomers. It's no easy job -to climb down thoso posts." She tried to reach him with her um brella, but it was too lato. Chicage Post. FAST NET LIGHT. A Welcome Gleam to the East Bound At lantic Voyauer. Tho first glimpse of Great Britain that the American tourist gets on his European tour is that of the Fastnet lighthouse. It stands on a rugged and solitary rock, situated nine miles south of Crook haven, at the extreme southwest corner of Ireland, and is, perhaps, more storm beaten than any other around our coast. The rock is 80 feet in height, and the lighthouse towers another 70 feet above, yet, in winter gales, the Atlantic bil lows literally bombard the massive structure and havo even smashed in a portion of tho lantern at the summit of the erection, the seas frequently sweep ing over fhe rock with tremendous force. Some two or three years ago the weather theu prevailing prevented ali communication with the rock for manyt.. weeks, so that the store of food was con sumed, with the exception of some flour. At last a schooner" man aged to approach sufficiently near to enable a small quan tity of food to be dragged through the sea by the hungry men, and, fortunate ly, the next day tho sea moderated, and tho stores were once moro fully replen ished. Except in very calm weather the Fast net is surrounded by a fringe of foam, and tho only moans of landing is by the aid of a "jib" 58 feet in length, sd placed on the rock that, in moderate weather, its end reaches ontsido tha surf. When a visitor wishes to laud (an unusual occurrence), he is rowed in a small boat as near as tho waves permit, and the lightkeepers throw out a small buoy, attached to a rope, which is se cured by the man in the boat. The jib is then swung out, and the visitor, plac ing one foot in the loop and catching tight hold of tho rope, is hoisted about 40 feet vertically, and then the jib, be ing pivoted at its foot, swings him hori zontally about 100 feet ontoasufe land ing. London Sketch. The Conversation Interrupted. "I beg your pardon," snid tho man with tho slightly bald head, who sat in a parquet seat near one cf tho boxes in a down town theater the other evening. "I beg your pardon," he repeated, "but would you mind looking at tho figures on this check and telling me what they are? I'm a little nearsighted." The youngest mombor of the noisy box party, an amiable looking youth, with highly plastered hair, suspended his conversation with the interesting blond in the green dre-s a moment, leaned over the front of tho box, and in answer to tho questioner, who had risen to his feet and was smilingly holding out for his inspection the check ond of a ticket, he said : "Certainly, sir. Tho figures are $1.50." "Well," rejoined the questioner, "that's exactly what I paid to hoar this play tonight, and I'm going to "get the worth of my money or I'll lift my voiaa right now and raiso a fuss and make a ecene! You'll oblige me by telling the rest of them. " He was not disturbed again during the evoning. Chicago' Tribune. Witty Wales. A good reply was given toMrae. Patti by the Prince of Wales, who had paid a visit at her magnificent ca3tle of Craig-y-Nos. The .weather was awfnl. The hostess in receiving her princely visitor stated to him that sho had prayed fer vently to heaven for good weather. "Oh," said the princo,, "yon inust cer tainly bave made a littlo mistake, for if you had snug your- prayer instead of saying it, it surely would have been firauted." Smooth Roadway. Quick Time. Perfect Passenger Service. Uni formed train porters for the con venience of first and second- class patrons. 'Through sleeping cars between Chicajro. Buffalo. New York and Boston. Unexcelled dining car service. No change of cars for anv class of passengers uetween vjnicajro ana iNew nor. i- City via the Nickel Plate Road. R Y. Calahan.Gen'l Airent. Ill Adams street, Chicajro.