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Sit Jfeml-ftafclif Sri&tm. IRA. L BARE, Editor and Pbopbietor SUBSCRIPTION' BATES. One Tear, cash in advance, $1.25. 8ixMoaths, cash in advance 75 Cents Entered attheNortbPlatte(Nebraaka)postofflceas aecond-classmatter. TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1897. The men who are "silverites" in theory are all "goldites" in prac tice. Not only do John McLean, Senator Stewart, Senator Jones, John P. Altgeld, and "Vice-Presi dent" Sewall compel their creditors to pay in gold, but now the Tarn manyites who are trying- stand on a dilapidated silver platform have issued a lot of new bonds of their society paj'able in gold. The agricultural element in the west gave the republican party its first great start in life. In the past twenty years that element straye over into the wilderness cf green backism and populism. The good times, though, have brought the farmers all back to their old home and the republican party will be again invincible in all the western states outside of the silver mining group. The local populists sarcastically refer to the democratic convention as an "attempt to resurrect the dead and long forgotten." So long as the democrats voted with the populists and asked for no place on the populist ticket they were mighty good fellows. Now that the demo crats are determined to secure a place on the populist ticket or else place a ticket in the field, they are alluded to as dead and forgotten. Uncle Jack Wolfe, commis sioner of public lands and buildings, was in town for a few hours Satur day, arriving in the morning and leaving on an afternoon freight. His announced mission here was to lease school lands, but the real purpose of his appearance was to talk fusion to the populists. He found a considerable number opposed to fusion, which seemedTto dishearten him, hence his early de parture. The Nevada senators have, been laughing at the people who have been duped by their silver argu ments, says an exchange, until they feel they can no longer keep up the farce. 'I would not be surprised, said Senator Stewart the other day. 'to see wheat sell for a dollar and silver for twenty-five cents." Sen ator Jones concurs in the re marks of his colleague. Both of them think it is "time to stop talk ing silver and turn to new issues, A grapevine telegram from Wal lace announces that Frank Nichols is a red-hot aspirant for the pop nomination lor treasurer ana a postscript adds that he has the sup port of the court house ring, Nichols may be red-hot after the nomination but we doubt very much if he has the support of the court house rinsr. It is said that two years ago Nichols "held up Buchanan, Miller, Burrilt and one or two other candidates for twenty dollars each in order that the Wal lace popolists might be held in line. and since then the court honse ring has had ols. very little use for Nich- The state administration is so rattled over the copious rains and bounteous crops that none of the officers seem to work in harmony. In one end of the capitol S. J. Kent is working under Govenor Hol comb's direction trying to show by answers from political farmers that farming does not pay, and Land Commissioner Wolfe comes into the other end of the building from trips out over the state and shows by documentary evidence that he is receiving hundreds of dollars in the form of bonuses from farmers who want to lease state land. In every report Mr. Wolf shows how people are falling over each other to get land. On the other hand Mr. Kent goes gaily on to prove that farming does not pay. Mr. Kent, under direction of Governor Holcomb, dis played considerable shrewdness in getting his questions before the farmers and securing their answers long before the present crop began to grow. Lincoln Jorunal. The Hon. James Wilson, secre tary of agriculture, makes too sweeping an assertion when he says "that the farmers of this country should be just now the happiest peo ple in-the world, because they are the most prosperous." He should have exempted the democratic and populist farmers, not from the pros perity, but from the happiness. They can't help being prosperous, but they can strive for sufficient consistency and firmness to keep them from" being happy What is it to them that crops are good and . bring good prices? What is it to tbemthatTlive stock and cereals are 'raising? What cheer does it bring to them to know that they mus have their share in thati$75,000,000 to $100,000,000 advance dyer las year's prices which Secretary Wil son finds in ' wheat? Silver has sagged. "Silver is in the abysses With silver in the abysses, the popu list or democratic farmtr ought to feel, and will if he can, tmhappier than ever. Prosperity, accom panied with the ruin of silver, is a crime, another crime of the insati able money power. New York Sun. A SCOUT'S EXPLOIT. SHERMAN'S ARMY SAVED FROM D!S " ASTBR BY A PRIVATE SOLDIER. The Hero & "Galvanized Tsnk" la the Southern Army Loyal to th.i Old Fla, He Risked life For It General Slo cam's Story. Copyright, 1S97. bj American Press Asso ciation, hook rignis reserveu.j HE bravest deed of individual val or that camo ta my notice during the whole war, said the late Gen eral Henry W. Slocum, "wai performed by a soldier in the raubs. Ifcwasnt Beutouvillc, N. C, tJieiast battlo of Sherman's ar my, fought cu the 19 th of March, 18G5. But for that man's fore sight:, persona courage and lovo for tbe flag, Sher man's march to tho sea might have ended in disaster. In (bat caso Lee's surrender would have been post poned. On tbo march through (be Car- olinas from Savaunah toward Goldsboro I commanded the left wiug of Sher man's army and General Howard tbo right. In order to hasten the move ment we traveled upon roads many miles apart. That was the stage of the great march which was to unite tbo army of tbe west with that of tbe east in front of Richmond. That uuiou of tbo forces once effected, the Confederacy was doomed. On tbe 15th of March wo brushed Hardee's Confederates out of Averysboro after a lively skirmish, and Sherman, who joined mo laior, was of the opinion that Hardee wor'a not stop again until he reached Raleigh. "Directing me to reach the Nguec river the following day, Sherman left me on tho morning of tbe 10th to join Howard. At that moment tuere was some skirmishing and light- ennnouad ing on my front, but Sherm.;:; thought it trivial, for ho said that I i i nothing to opposo me but a little cavrury. Tho Confederate skirmishers eso z tvo way, and I sent an aid to ride after jherman and tell him that J should not. need as sistance, but would be ct l'o Nruse river on time. Meautimo t?- skirmish fire increased along my w'Vio frout. Tho column was well spiean out and not in positiou for battle. In :act, I had sent two divisions of tb- Twentieth corps, one-third of my force, . J (o tbo ritrht to ontflauk tbo supposed Confed erate detachment. "Just about that time one or my officers brought before mo a young man dressed in Coufederato erav. He was haggard and sickly looking, tho reason for .which was soon made known. Ho had been very anxious to we me, and after much begging on his part his guardians had gratified him. In answer to my questions ho said ho had origi nally been in tbo Federal army; (hat while on a scouting expedition he had been captured and narrowly missed summary death aa a spy. To savo his life, or at least cscapo tbo. horrors of a prison dungeon, he had enlisted in (he Confederate service with tbe intention of desertiuff to his own at tho first chance. "I had met such characters before and was skeptical. He told mo that ho had enlisted at Syracuse and had been in the service all through the war. I was a resident of Syracuse myself, but did not recognize tbe mpu. However, Major William G. Tracy of my staff came up and saw in the 'galvanized Yank' a soldier who had enlisted with him in the Third Now York volunteers in 18G1. -His name was John T. Will iams. Having established confidence, Williams said, 'Thero is a very largo Confederate force immediately in your front, all under command of General Joe Johnston. ' He added that Johnston had made a speech to his army that morning, and the officers had told tbo men that it was 'old Joe's' intention to smash my column before support could reach it, and then go for Howard's. "While Williams was telling the story the cannon began to boom in front of ono of my divisions, and it was necessary to go into position for battlo and intrench. I also hastily recalled the two divisions of the Twentieth corns, for their move, if persisted in in the presence of Johnston 'js army, would have been fatal for me. "Of courso I was sorry I had sent the message to Sherman, stating that I needed no help, and remedied the blun der at once by sending a Eccoud mes sage. This was carried by a bov member of my staff, Lieutenant Joseph D. For- aker. Tbe newspapers had a great deal of f uu out of Foraker when ho was gov ernor of? Ohio, calling hfm 'Fire Alarm Foraker. Ho was a firo alaivj in tbe right place that day. As he" started, off I said to him, 'Bide well to tbo right nun aou t let tne enemy get you, and, above all, don't spare borsnlosh. He rode like Paul Revero on bib famous gallop from Boston to Lex? .tcu, aud reached Sherman's camp je j at sun down. Sherinan immediately started a column to my aid. "Lieutenant Foraker bad scarcely got out of sight of my camp when the Confederates advanced with terrific force and drove back my leading divi sion. Johnston had under him that day the best fighting army of Confederates in the field at that time. G t: ial Har dee's division had been in front of ns at Savannah and all tbe way tbr .r.gh the Caroliuas, hut there had been no tierce fighting. So it was fresh. General Bragg had brought down EokorS splen did division of veterans from tho Army of Northern Virginia.. Thes- trcops had left tho trenches at Petersbrrj? tbe De cember previous and had been iying idle at Wilmington,- aud they were fresh. 1 "There was also a division under LienlenautTGeneral A. P. Stewart from ,Hood's old Tennessee command, men vwbo had a-dod sharo of pluck . left or .they would nott havo made their way ,'f rbm-Xouisiaua to the coast in search of more fighting. Besides that there was a splendid body of cavalry under Gen eral Wade Hampton, comprising Gen eral Joo Wheeler's corps and the divi sion of General M. C. Batler that had fought under Jeb Stuart and Hampton in Virginia. Tbe force was about 20,- 000 men. They fought liko an army of 40,000, for their leaders had filled them with the hope that Sherman would bo given a crushing blow if they destroyed me there at Ben ton vi lie. "Tho battle took placo in a dense thicket, which was very favorable to me, for it offered cover to my troops and enabled them to throw up hasty breast works out in view of the enemy. This was dcuo by my men using their tin cups and bare hands for digging aud banking tbe earth against ths fence rails and slender saplings, for we had no regular intrenching tools. Johnston's gnus wcro well served, and the valor of his soldiers in charging my lines would have counted for more had his columns not be.en broken in passing through the thicket As it was, they charged again and again until a late hour. "When night came on, I had my army well in hand and intrenched. Still I had a strong foe in my front and could not keep my engagement to meet Sherman ou tbe Neuse river next day. The fierceness of the battle confirmed the story of tho 'deserter Williams (hat the enemy had made every preparation to smash me, aud, while I might have ignored the warning and attempted to cut my way through, I thought it was a time when I con Id afford to be too slow rather than too fast, aud not risk another Ball's Bluff disaster. "The idea is generally accepted that tbe march of Sherman through the Car oliuas at that time, threatening to come up in the rear of Lee's army along tho James and catch it between two fires, decided the issue between Leo aud Grant and led. to the surrender at Ap pomattox. That view of the case makes it plain that a blow like the ouo John ston would havo been able to strike had I not been warned of his presence and continued my march with tbe columns strung out would have been a terrible disaster just at tbat time. "Williams was the hero of that crisis, and he took his life in his hands in more respects than one when he set out from the Confederate camps to warn mo oimydaugFr. There was nrmg going! on between the Coufederato skirmishers and ours, so that a man risked his life passing between the liues. Besides, if discovered by the southern people while getting away, they would shoot him down, and the northerners would do the Bame unless they understood his signals. Iu case of recapture, an event very like ly to happen, his captors would have struug him up, and if ho could not make his caso clear iu our Hues his life was in danger there. Tho merest acci deut might have led my people to be lieve tbat the fellow was a fraud trying to embarrass tho movemeut of my army. In the battle of Bull Run there was a Confederate soldier bayoneted by my men before my eyes fcr n supposed act of treachery' iu giving falso informa tion, yet he might have heeu innocent, "It was most fortuuate for Williams as well as for my army aud tbo cause tbat ho happened to run right into tbe arms of an old fellow soldier so that the identification cf him and acceptance of his story did not take fivo miuutes. For Iris own safety ho might better have waited until the battlo was on be fore attempting to rejoin his old friends, if that was his solo object. It would bavo been au easy matter then, but he was true to the flag and his former call ing of scout. Having learned vital news for the Federal commander, he risked Ilia lifY i nfirrrr ifc f n tlin nnnncin camp. "The dispatching of Foraker to Sher man for help was tho next act iu the drama, aud after a night march Shcr man came up with Logan's corps and joined nje on tho battlefield at Benton "DON'T SPA UK HORSEFLESH." ville the morning of March 20." As soon as ho arrived we developed the enemy's iues and found them very strong, as Williams reported, hut wheu we began to push things Johnston discovered that lie- was jnst a day too late, tor blier- lnan's army was nuited. He then re treated hastily toward Raleigh. "Now, we did not think so much about these things at the close cf the war iu the excitement of victory. The services of Williams were overlooked, and lam positive that he never receive any recognition or reward for his gal- ant deed. He was n hero and n patriot and deserves well of his couutry and his fellow men." Williams' name does not appear ou the list of winners of medals of honor. He was in the service all through the war, haviug re-eulisteu at tne expira tion of his first term. He returned to Syracuse to engage iu business, in which he met with varying fortune?, and now ives in tbat city. George L. Kilmer. Moro than half the world's produc tion of quiniue is disposed of in too United States. lirolic. Though it's hard to break a habit, The reverse s rarely true, For a habit has no trouble When it comes to breaking you. Detroit News. Resigned. "Where shall wc go?" She (on ber second ride) That I think shall havo to leave- pntircly to my wheel. Brooklyn Jjifc Tp ft Tint id llather, Although yon gamboL prettily In dcptlis of half a foot or so,. Why treat it like a papal m Andlet it only kiss your toet Pick Mo Up THE TATTLER. Miss A. H. Grnscr is a reliable Cincin nafcl custom house broker and forwarder. Miss Ada Avnru, a well Known young London actress, has joined tbo Salvation Army. Miss .Tessio Lanpford cf Duluth has n clean record as a licensed pilot. She baa served more than ten years on the great Jakes. airs. Aims or Jew xotk city is o suc cessful tinsmith. Sho learned tho trado of her husband and has kept up the business since his dentin Miss May Kerns, operator in tho Western Union ollice nt A in earn Falls, has won medals in telegraphic contests and Is now called one of the fastest women operators on the line. Tho Countess do Casa Miranda (Chris tine .Nilsson), who possesses ono of tho most famous collections of precious stones in Europe, is now making a collection of black and white laces. Mrs. John Sherman, wife of the secre tary of state, is an elderly woman, well read ond deeply interested in current events. Next year she and Secretary Sher man will be ablo to celebrate their goldon wedding. Mrs. McKinley is a woman of quiet tastes in dress. Jlnrk blue of almost the Salvation Army tint is her favorito color. bhe is also fond of dove, gray and a soft chestnut brown. Her hats are always un obtrusive and ladylike. Ihe daughter of Osman Pasha is be lieved to be the only poetess in Turkey. blie lives in a white marble palace over- looKing tno uosporus ana dines every duy in tho conservatory from n servico of golden plate. This undoubtedly is her in spiration. Mrs. Gnge, the wife of the secretary of the treasury, is a handsome, middlo aged wojnon, with a well known faculty for milking 'friends and holding them. In Albany, her old home, she is exceedingly popular, and everywhere she maintains an easy lead .n society by right of her cul ture and broad information. Lillio Devcrou: Blake snggests as ono rulo for married happiness that the wife should not olwoys ask tho husband whero he is going when ho goes away and where he has been when he comes bock and as another tho equal division of money, for she claims thotonc-hnlf of overy dollar the husband has belongs in tho law to tho wife MIfs Dell Ten Eyck of Worcester, Mass. entertains herself by capturing and culti vating all kinds of queer sea monstrosities. Sho puts the creatures in gloss jars ond makes pels of them. Devilfish ond other similar horrors are the pride of this pecul iar young woman's heart, and her collec tion is said to bo unique ond interesting In tho extreme England has several grand old women who wcro born before Victoria ond carry their years well. Mrs. Gladstone is six months older than tho queen, the Baroness JJunlctt-Loutts Js llvo years older, ond .Lady LouJso Tighe, who was present at tho ball on (ho eve of Waterloo and is still hale ond lively, was a girl of 15 when Victoria was born. THE EARTH. The astroncnicrs Fay the earth is a ring of matter which was "f hot off" by tho sun 66,000,000 years ago and which gradually worked itself into a ball or globe. It is believed that when the earth was at Jts maximum heat, Fay soon after parting with the sun, its bulb wos -Ha times great er than at present. According to the astronomical, geolog ical anu amnrorojogicai cviucncc, man first oppeorcd upon the earth 050,000 yeor3 ago. The mean temperature of the earth, taken as a whole, Js CO degrees F., and tho average annuel rainfall is 80 inches. xno lannen sunaco or tne giobo con tains, as near as it is possible to ascertain, 8S,C00,000,000 acres. Thrcc-fourlhs of the landed area is unfit for cultivation on ncecuntcf mountains, deserts, swamps, etc. The earth rotates from west to east, but all of the astronomers in tbo world are not equal to tho task of tolling why. Some geologists and astronomers profess to believe that "the earth is solid. Others say that it is a molten mass tnveloptd in a pellicle of land. Lord Kelvin, a noted authority, rejects tho views of Ball, Langlcy ct al. and de clares that the earth is 100,000.000 years Pld. PC vejpeity ot tap earth's rotation on its axis at the equator is 1,410 fret per sec ond, or pearly 25,000 p-ilrs a dy- Careful measurements proyp Tbat tho oyerago curvature of thp earth is 6.SJ0 inches to tho statute mile. FRIENDSHIP, friendship, of ftf-cjf n holy tip, ia jnadp more sorrctl by adversity.--iJryUcn. Communicating 0f ninn's pclf fq his friend works two contrary effects, fop it reuounieth joys and cutteth griefs n halves. Bacon. That part of our noble friends that wo lovo Js not that port that wp embrace, hup that insensible part that our arms cannot embrace, fcJr ihomos Browne- What Js a frJendP One who supports you ana lomicrts yon while others do not, Friendship is the cordial drop "to make tho natiieous draft of life go down." Bos- well. Time druweth wrinkles in n faire face, but uddcth fresh colors to n fast friend which neither hcatc nor cold nor miserio nor place nor distinic can alter or dimin ish. John .Lilly. When all things else are equal, prefer an old friend heforc n new. An old friend is liko old wine, which, when o man hath drunk, l:c docth not desire new, because lie saitb, "tl e old is hcttcr," but overy old friend was new once, and if he ho worthy keen the new ono till ho beccnie old. Jeremy Taylor. IF YOUR LUNGS ARE WEAK. Adopt an out of deers occupation, so as to live in the open air. Do not live in a house with defective plumbing or had draiuogc. Do not frequent crowded or badly ven- tilutcd assembly rooms or sleep in close apartments. Do not livo in a damp locality, in a damp houso or in a house with damp or foul cellar or surroundings. Avoid as much as possible everything that tends to depress. All excesses should bo avoided, and keen free from anxiety and mental and physical overwork." These causes, by placing tho system be low par, render the persons less capable of resisting the disease, if exposed to tuu a At? . I . conns, in sucn a way as 10 urine uuoui, the development ot consumption. A Sound Liver Makes a Well Man. Are you bilhous, cqnstipated or troubled with jaundice, sick-headache bad taste in mouth, foul breath, coated tongue, dyspepsia, indigestion, hot dry skin nam in back and between the shoulders, chill and fever &o. It you havo and of these symtoms, your liver is out of order and slowly being poisoned. because vour liver does not act promptly TTfirhinn will cure anv disorder of the liver, stomach or bowels, it pps np eoual as liver moaicme. price id ponva. Free trial bottle at North Platte Pharr J. E. Bush, Mgr. Awarded Highest Honors World's Hair, Gold Medal, Midwinter Fair. PR CREAM POWER A Pure Grape Cream of Tartar Pow3er. 40 YEARS THE STANDARD. AMONG THE MOUNTAINS. Gray heavens, gray earth, gray sea, gray sky Yet rifted with strange gleams of gold: Downward all's dark, but up on high Walk our whlto angels, dear of old. Strong faith in God and trust in man, In patience we possess our souls. Eastward gray ghosts may linger wan, But westward back tho shadow rolls. Life's broken urns with moss are i dad. And grass springs greenest over graves. The shipwrecked sailor reckons glad Not what he lost, but what ho saves. Our sun has set, but in his ray Tho hilltops shino liko saints newborn. His afterglo-.v of night makes day. And when wo wako it will be mom. By the Author of "John Halifax. Gcntlo- inan." JOHNSON'S ROMANCE. Dear old Johnson! Whenever I think of him I realize that ho was one of tho true, good hearted fellows we'only meet with hero aud there iu the world, and not tco often. His name, by tho way, was not Johnson, but it will answer all the pur poses of my story to call him so. Jt was n name hauded down through mauy a generation of noblo ancestors that ho carried across the channel wheu be was ueariug 50 years of age, together with the very small remuant of-fortune which remained after one of his friends had swindled him. Johnson was exactly tho person to bo swindled. Hi3 trustfnl, ccuerons heart made him nu easy ptcy. I don't liko leaving my native land," he said to me a day or so before his departure, "but tho fact is Icau no longer afford to livo in England, so I must avail myself cf the inexpensive coutiucntal stylo cf existeuco. I am hound for Paris, which, after all, will not bo goiug very far away. " Johnson had been living abroad for more thau a year wheu I decided that it was about time I waspokiug him up. Ho was not good at correspondence, neither was I. We exchanged occasional letters which seemed to be full of nctniug, so I wauted to see with my own eyes how ho was hearing his changed fortunes It wa3 in the small "entresol" of ouo of the tall houses of the old Latin quar ter of the capital that I found my friend established. Ho dcolarcd that he was very jolly, hut I did not believo him. It was only a sort of dogged determination to look on the suuuy sido of - things iu general that made him say so. How could a man uo longer in his first youth be "jolly" iu a stuffy little lodgiug where his head almot touched tho ceiling and whero his frugal meals were sent in by a "traitenr?" Johusou was just the fellow who ought to be the head cf cu affluent Brit ish household, with sous and daughters growing up aronud him. Or ho should have been a wealthy bachelor uncle, ab solutely adored by a large contingent of nephews and nieces. Solitude did not seem the proper setting for him. However, he took for his motto, ''Whatever is, js best, " trotted ine about Parjs with nu. air of part ownership wbJpb was infinitely comic in fact, did his level best fq niakc my fortnight's stay a pleasant pqp. lie would nave insisted on giving me pp his bed and migrating to an uulct attic on tho fifth floor, hut I would not hear of it. I was obliged to pretrud that I should certaiuly snffocatc iu the small closet ho dignified by the title of "chambrc coucber," aud that I had engaged quar ters nt ono pf tho nearest hotels on my WPyfrom the railway station and Lcfore I found hun out, Though we had known each ether duriug n good niauy years, it was only when my stay in Paris drew very near Its closo that Johusou one evening be came confidential I am not verv likelv to forcct that eveniug, either, tor i mm come one ra ther sick and decidedly shuddering from visitiug the morgue. Declaring it to be one of tho sights of the city, which a strong uerved mau ought to see once in his life, I had pre vailed on Johnson to accompany me.' A group of excited women aud a mau or two were standing by tho eutrauce. They told us tbat the. body of a girla youug and pretty girl had been carried in not long before. She had been found floating in tho Seine a case of suicide. pq d.oubt. "I thinkr 1 11 take your arm my dpap fellqw, " stammered Johnson as wc patpo put from this ghastly spectacle. Then J felt sorry I had urged him againsf; his will, fop his face was as white as pbak pud. his manner was that Qf a inan walking in a. drpam. "It reminded mp," ho said, after typ had wplked some )ittlp way, and he seemed better, 'pf a girl who was. drowned n good niany years ago. Per haps I'll tell you about it by aud by." I did not question him. The little ro- mauco of his life came out quite natu rally as wo sat together in the stuffy "entresol," waiting for diuner. "I am such a thorough fogy now," remarked Johnson from the depths of the big Voltairo chair into which I bad forced him, "that I daro say, Frank, you couia nardly imagine mo young and fairly good looking." Ton forget," I answered, "that we were bctb tolerably young wbeu we nrst mido acquaintance. And, in myopiuion, you aro good looking now. " 'Oh, yes, to you, perhaps. But could you lmagino me a man with whom a girl pretty and much sought after would fall iu love? Yet so it was, and I think I shall feel better if I tell you aont it this evening." MXell rno by all ineaus," Lsaid. "I BAKING never kucwTjefdro yoa v"ero a mau wun a story." Ho smiled rather sadly. "Who has not a story? Only wo do not happen to know it. I don't suppose that we who have failed in life as re gards happiucss aro in the minority. Well, I, too, had my dreams of a wifo and a homo. At first they wero vaguo and tbndowiike. "ney only began to take form when I knew Alico Temple, I hare called her pretty, but I think i was tbe intelligence expressed in her eyes that one noticed mo3t, or porhap3 tho swift smilo that camo to her lip3 when she spoke." I waited sileutly. Presently Johnson went on with his story: "Wo were engaged. Thero vas noth ing to wait for. I could afford to marry and Alico had a little money, not much, and I was glad cf it. I should not have wished to Lc ono of those at whom the world points as a man who, by marrviug, has dono well for him self." . "Aly Uer.r friend, " 1 exclaimed, no one could ever imagiuo yon hunting aiter money. I am afraid you have uu dervalued it all your life and will keep up tho habit to the end." Johnson smiled. "Perhaps there is something in what you say, perhaps I havo been an in cautious, oversauguine fellow, but thou I havo always realized that if rsouey opens all doers in this world it certain ly won't open ns the dcor of heaven. However, I am drifting away from what I meant to tell you what that dead face of a girl seems to force mo to speak of tonight. Alice and I were, as I havo said, engaged, the wedding day fixed. We were visiting at tho country house of ouo of her relatives that glori ous mouth of August. One day I went up to London, returuiug lato in the evening. In all the years that havo passed I have never forgotten that even ing. I can see now iu memory the moonlight falling on the trees, its glare for at tho full of tho moon it is a cold, hard glare which falls on every thing, or so it seems to me on the white gravel of the avenue leading to tho house. Even as tho old butler opened the door I saw thero was some thing the matter a littlo crowd of panic stricken f.;ces, aud then some ono caught my arm aud tried to -pull me away tried, but faiJed, for I fonght aud struggled to shako off the grasp. I knew at once something had .happened j to Alice Temple. He paused so long that at last I asked what came next. He started at tho sound of my voice. "I forgot I was telling you about it, ne saui. 'it seemeu as tuougii l were going over it all by myself. I often do, though it happened so long ago. What was it? Oh, 'one of those boating acci dents,' as people say when they lay down a daily paper, complaining of the scarcity of news. Alice had been boat ing. There was an upset ; no oue hurt of all the party except well, they had just brought her in, aud as I fonght myself free of my well meaning iriend it was on the white, still face aud long, drenched hair of my dead love that my eyes rested. I have never forgotten thas sight, never forgotten her in all the years of days and nights which have gone bv since theu. Strange I have never talked of it? But, then, we never do talk of what wo feel most deeply. et tonight that poor girl I daro say sho was not a very good girl, but heaven is more mercifnl than man and takes ac count or ail tne despair and misery which go before self destruction re miuded me of Alice, who was to have been my wife, of the happiness I want ed, yet was refused, and it has uu mauned me for a bit By aud by I shall feel Letter. Perhaps, who knows, in some future existence cur disappoint ments will all be made up to us. At any rate that is one of my pet beliefs, Al XT j t j 1 ft- m xou turns mat in mme iucnro you and Alico Temple will ha together?" I asked rather skeptically. "I don't put things into form and shapa I simply believo that I, and all who havo failed in this world, shall nave happiness. iNow let us talk uo more of it, for here comes dinner." As dear old Johnson bowed his head to say grace, for he reverently observed tho practices taught him in his child hood, his voice trembled, and when ho lcoked up again aud raised the cover of the little soup tureen for the prelimi nary duties of hospitality I saw, and pre tended nGt to see, that thero were tears shining in his eyes. Exchange. How Chewing Gam Is IHailc. A walk through a leading chewing gum factory is interesting. Hero over 1,000,000,000 pieces cf gum are annual ly produced aud shipped to every por tion pf tho world. Three hundred em ployees are engaged in the mannfacturo cf the gum, the first step cf which is the importation of tho raw chicle, which is gathered hy the pejus iu Mex ico and exported iu hales containing about 150 pounds each. The gum is taken from tbe bales and chopped into small pieces. These aro freed from tree bark aud chips by steam ing and picking. Then it is ground in mills making 3,-100 revolutions a min ute. The ground gum is subjected to a continuous beat of 140 degrees F. in aryiug rooms, urcm here tho gum is sent to the "white nproucd cook," who adds the purest sugar and the freshest cieam", granulated pepsin, powdered gurn or kola or other desired iugredieut to it and cooks it iu a steam iacketcl caldrou, where it is turned and mixed by an ingenious double acting beater or rotating paddle uutil it has assumed tbo pousistency of bread dough. Now the "dough boys" take hold of it aud knead it iu fiuely powdered sngar, passing it to the "rollers," whero it ig rolled between steel rollers uutil it is of the proper thickness, when it is whisked away to the markers. " The markers. arc steel knived rollers which leavo their impress upon the long sheets of appetizing gnm before it goes to the "seasoning room," after which it is broken on the lines left by tho markers. Nov? tho gum finds its way to tho wrappiug room. " The uimblo fingers of 150 dainty maidens aro hero nt play. Under their deft tonch waxed paper, tinfoil and pretty wrappers envelop tho gum quick ay a wink, and in another moment the "packers" have the gum to place in jars or boxes, wherein it is shipped for sale to the general public. Confectioners' Journal. Paris policemen havo been snpplied with electric dark lanterns by means of which they can see 150 fee; away. They were employed successfully in a recent raid in tbe Bois do Boulogne on tho h ;aieless persons who sleep there at. uigb There is a story of a snow-ball rolling down a Western mountain side until it grew so big that it finally took in a miner's cabin. If you ever rolled a snow-ball you know that might have hap pened. It would certainly grow big ger and bigger, until something broke it or stopped it. That's the way little symp toms of disease roll themselves bigger and bigger into some dangerous illness. Headaches and bil i iousness, dyspepsia and constipation seem like trifline ailments; but just as sure as they're not stopped thev grow into some- tnmg more senous. j.i you nave mess troubles, the first thing to do is to get a little bottle of Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pel lets. There never was anything like them to cure constipation and indiges tion. They tone the stomach, liver and bowels, and insure natural regularity without violence or discomfort. 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Our ice is good none better and we make prompt de liveries. We solicit your trade, feeling we can please you. Kdher & Frazier. D, M. HOGSETT, Contpaetop and Builder, AND AGENT FOR ECLIPSE and FAIEBANKS WINDMILLS, NORTH PLATTS, NEB, BROEKKR'S SUITS ALWAYS FIT, Wo have beon making garments for North Platto citizens for over twelve years, and if our work and prices were not satisfactory we would not be hero to-day. Wo solicit your trade. F. J. BROBKER, MERCHANT TAILOR. t Claude Weiipt- DEALER IN Coa! Oil, Gasoline, -f Gas Tar, And Crude Petroleum. Leave orders at office in Broeker's tailor shop. t t fore, PrKspt, feeitlve Ours far ImpetaBf, Lota of Manhood, Semfasl NettmaneiM, Se'Olstrutt, lost $f Memory, Se. Will make you a STRONG, Vigor ous Man. Prist jl.QQ, 0 Boxts, $5 00. Sottal Direcihnt Malta with each flax. Address SiUui Sssv Uilautt C9., a MS Lucas Ave 8T.LOU18, - MO. Sold by North Platte Pharmacy, J. E. Bush, Manager. All you guess about difficulty in sell ing Stark Trees may bo wrong. If you wish to know the truth, drop postal to Stark Nursery, Louisiana, Mo., or Rock, port, 111. Name references. Cash pay to salesmen each week tho year round. Outfit free takes no money to try the y.-ork. Also want club makebs got their trees free. 0