Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 22, 1898)
IRA L BA-REjEditokaxd Pkopkixtob SUBSCRIPTIOK KATES. " Oae Tear, asa In advance, ,. ILX SlxXoatbs, cassia advasc 75 Ceets Entered attEe2rortfaPlatte(Nebraska)potofflceaa second-class matter. TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 1898. BEPUBLIOAN TICKET. For Mayor JOHN BRATT. . For Treasurer toctnt RrYPir.ivRnN'. For Clerk F. R. GINN. . For Engineer C. P. ROSS. For Councilman, 1st ward JOHN ALEXANDER. For Councilman. 2d ward W. R. VERNON. A For Councilman, 3d ward h. B. ISENHART.- . For Members Bd. of Education- KOBEK r StiUAJAiN. H. T. RICE. Graicd Island with a population. of 10.000 has an indebtedness of $161,000; Kearney with 8,000 people has an indebtedness of $140,000; North Platte with a population of nearly 4,000 people has no bonded indebtedness and a floating1 in debtedness of less than 515,000, in cluding the judgment of the water works company. These compari sons show up well for North Platte. The contention ot the "reform" ,. -- - party is that there was an agree 'rnent between the city and the waterworks company whereby the city should pay no more for hy drant rental than the proceeds of a five-mill levy. Then why .did not the city attorney raise this ques tion in the district court instead of attempting to prove that the four fitths of five councilmen is more than four? The senate committee on elec tions has authorized a favorable report on the amendment to the constitution changing the time for the expiration of the terms of president, vice-president, senators and congressmen from March 4th until the last Wednesday in April. The change is made to take effect in 1901, and if the amendment is "accepted, it will extend the term of President McKinley nearly two months. Much surprise was created last Friday by the announcement that the supreme court had decided to grant the application of the at torneys for ex-treasurer Bartley fora re-argument of the appeal from the district court of Douglas county. It does not necessarily follow that this opportunity to re argue the case means the acquit tal of Bartley; if it does, the re publican party might as well shut up shop in Nebraska "and jump in to a deep well. It is not believed that the second hearing will change the result, but during the penden cy of the matter the demo-pops will have a fund of campaign thunder which they will not fail to use. Bartley has been proven to be a thief, he deserves the punishment meted out to him by republican judges, and no mere technicality should be permitted to stand be tween him and the penitentiary, It a working man drawing a reasonable salary could in, some way sustain life without expending money for food, clothing, etc., he could soon amass considerable money. It is so with a municipali ty. If money is not expended for street work, for lighting purposes, and lor other things which add to the comfort and convenience of the people, it is reasonable to expect that money will accumulate with which to pay, off debts which may exist. To transact business in this way calls for no leats of fi nanciering; it is simply robbing Peter topay Paul. If the present city administration has reduced the floating indebtedness of North Platteit has been through not per mitting the usual amount of work to be performed on the streets, the crosswalks and culverts to go un repaired and the people forced -to stumble over dilapidated sidewalks at night because the street lamps haye not been lighted: There -re however, a day of reckoning com ing. The mud hole which could have been filled for one dollar; last year will require' two dollars this year .or three next; the crosswalk which could have been repaired for fifty cents last year will now cost two dollars, . arid so on through the list, a forcible example of the old adage that stitch in timesaves nine." We leave it to people if the streets, the crosswalks and the cul verts are not in worse condition to day than they have been at any time for a half doses years past. wit in an xer hate a fash iit nrirmrrx. Foe fear there might be a misunderstanding- im regard to the farm frs' Jri&te' aad bkime attached to innocent parties, I'wish to make following explanation. Earlyvin December -T wrote Prof. Taylor of the university, who had. the work im his hands, to notify me asearly as possible the date for. our institute as we would like four weeks at least to advertise and ar range lor the institute. Prof. Taylor replied that dates would be made about the first of January and. that he would notify me of thesame, but for me to go ahead and make preparations, which I started. to, do. jlzl. . "lnlhe meantimeMr. Taylor not having any other request for .ins,ti tutes in this section did not feel t justified m sending speakers for .one institute ,sofar. a way, anclas I did not receive notice, when expect ted I wrote again asking him to no tify Mr. Fort and Chairmun Otten as well as myself so arrangements could be made more readily, i Mr, Taylor wrote in reply that he, could not send speakers so far unless we could get others to co-operate so as to have at least two institutes and preferably more to take joint dates and also that he had written Mr. Fort the same in reply to a letter from him similar to mine and that arrangements could not be made sooner than March first, which he feared would be too late. Thinking that we might yet have an institute I wrote that there were two institutes regularly organized in Lincolu county and tuat we might get the two. He wrote in reply that he could send speakers, 'so 1 wrpte to the.president of the-i other division and up to this , date have had no reply. 1 do not teel mstihed in fretting j o o iipjtwo insiitutes;whece oneT would do and therefore for lack of co-operation in other localities it" was"" im possible to have one. No one should be blamed for this. Next year it is to be hoped that all the arrangements can and 'will be made for one. ., : I wish -we could have bad an in stitute whether we had help from abroad or not but it was impossible A.' 1. A - . - S 1 to give tne suoject me agnation necessary in time to do so. Wesley IvEwis, Willard, Neb. ' ? k I AB0S STATISTICS. A new law passed by the last leg islature and which" became effective April 13. 1897, imposes consider able extra work on the county -assessor as well as a new duty onthe people of the state, and more espec ially the farmers. The nevv law should have been operative last .year and was intended to be, but it was not possible to prepare the necessary blanks in time for the assessors to begin, work The new law requires of, all persons assessed that they make a statement of their occupation, and if a farmer or man ufacturer, the products of his farm or factory during the pastyear.and if '-a wage earner the 'time lie has been employed during the past year and the wages he has received for his labor. The statement must show" the amount raised of all kinds of form products corn, wheat, oats, rye, barley, buckwheat, hemp. flax, Irish potatoes, sweet potatoes, sugar beets, chicory, beets, rutaba gas, hay, millet, hides, pelts, wool, etc., etc. It must also show the amount on hand, the yield per acre and the number of acres planted this year. The report will also show the number of head of stock of all kinds and their value, as well as the number of pounds of butter and milk arid its value, the num ber of bushels of apples, plums. peaches, berries, and other fruits raised and their value, etc. The report on manufactures will show the amount of capital invested, the value of the goods on hand, the fo tal wages paid during the year and the kind of goods manufactured. the number of days, worked during the year, the wages per month and the number of hours worked per day. It is probable that the new law will result in more than doub ling the labor of the assessors, and as the work has to be completed within the same limit as has here tofore been allowed for the work of assessing it is likely that the as sessors will be obliged to employ assistants. The data secured will be filedinjtbe bureau of labor at the state capital and will show the increase or decrease in the indus trial affairs of the slate from year to year Hub. There is a Class of People who are injured by the use of coffee. Re cently there has been placed in all the grocery stores a new preparation cnMed GRAIN O, made of pure grains, that takes the place of coffee. The most del icate stomach receives it without dis tress, and but few can tell it from coffee. It doesuot cost over M as much. (Jnil- dreamay drink it with great benefit. 15 cts. and 2o cts. per package. -Try it. Ask for GRAIN-O. The company of hunters consisting pi Messrs. Manatt,Chas. Gallaway, Harry Stearns and Chas. Pope, of Holdrege, Frank Miller and J. J. j Jenmng, returned Thursday even- , . . ing alter a weeic s uunt on iawnee creek. They brought back with them 52 geese and Ti 4'uck .as the result of a week's gunning. Goth enburg Independent LASSOING- A PANTHER HOW A HUNTING PARTY IN TEXAS FOUND, A QUEERPET. : A Feroelew Aaimal Captured la Co-wboy Fasklen Hew a Daring: Negro Got Oho of the Calx The Mother asd Her Chil dren la Captivity. Those who conclude that there are bo ferocious or dangerous wild animals lu the mountains of western Texas would experience a very sudden change of sentiment if they should meet a panther face to face in some lonely can- mi yon. xue magmncenc auiinai now chained in front of ourwagon3 is called by some a Mexican or mountain lion and by others a panther. She is of a dull yellowish color and will weigh more than four or five ordinnry leop ards. She measures just 1 1 feet from th8 tip of her nose to the end of her long tail. ' Although she has been in captivity only a few days she is astonishingly doc ile so long as she can sec her two cubs that are chained under the wagons. The moment they set up a whine she springs to her feet, all her hair turns the wrong way, and while her eyes look like glow ing coals of firo she gnashes her sharp white fangs and tries the strength of her chain. If it were not strong enough to hold an ox, I should prefer that there were two or three counties between us just at that particular moment. The cubs are already as gentle as lambs and as playful as kittens, and nothing pleases them better than to crawl under our blankets at night and cuddle up close to us to escape the chilly northers. We captured her in the mountains of the Deall river in western Texas, aud I doubt if a more daring feat was ever accomplished by a crowd of hunters. Game of all kindB is very abundant in this region, and the boys had tired of shooting deer, antelopes and turkeys. Several big wolves and two or three panthers had been slaughtered, and it was evident from the numerous tracks about the water holes that there were plenty more of them in the mountains. One evening the hounds struck a hot trail and ran a big panther into a cave on the side of a mountain. That night while discussing tho od ventures incident to the day's hunt two daring young men, Petmaker and Bfack, declared that they intended to haug a noose over the mouth of the animal's den on the next day and capture her alive. Both are Texas reared boys and experienced hunters. The proposition met with unanimous approval, and all volunteered to assist in tho desperate undertaking. The next day as we rode out of camp some of the boys grew bolder, and two'of them, who were ex pert vaqueros, declared that they in tended to rope the beast if they could get close enough to her. These two young Petmaker of ilenard county and George Black of Austin rode toward the den, and the other members of the party and negro Jim, who had charge of the hounds, started to beat up, the valley. We had gone but a short distance be fore tho dogs struck a hot trail and ran with yelps which indicated that they were close to the animal. Petmaker and Black heard them coming and reined in their ponies on tho edge of a little opening and unslung their rawhideropes from the horns of their saddles. The big animal sprang out of the brush and stopped within 20 feet of Petmaker. The cowboy's lariat flashed through the air and landed right around the wild animal's neck. The instant it touched her she screamed like a terror stricken woman and, leaping high in the air and gnashing her teeth, began to decrease the space between her and the daredevil at the other end of the rope. Black, who was too far away to co-operate with his comrade, at first, was now on the field, and with lucky precision he hurled a socond lioose over the "animal's head. Both wheeled their ponies, and the trained animals made a leap in opposite directions. The ropes were drawn taut, and the. big monster was choked to the earth. While she was rolling on the grass and clawing at the noose another export with the rope galloped and caught one of her hind feet They could now easily hold her at a safe, distance from each other, and after much excitement and many rather dangerous stratagems they succeeded in dragging her to a good camping place not far away. Since at that stage of her captivity we could not move her to the wagons, we moved the wagons to her, and, putting .a stout chain around her neck, we made her fast to a tree. Some of the hounds were set baying at the caye, and one of the boys and the negro Jim went over there to call them off. An old dog ran into the den-and came out yelping with a young jaguar about the size of a house 'cat hanging to hiffhide. They captured the cub, and then the negro, crawled into the den and brought out another a thing that I would uot .have done for a deed to Texas.. The cubs soon made friends with us and were ready to eat from our hands or crawl upon our knees in a few days. When the mother saw her children in captivity she Eet up an srwful roar, but when they were put down, by her side she seemed to be very grateful and soon afterward .made, a hearty meal off a large piece of venison that was thrown to her. After a few days she seemed to become perfectly reconciled to the new order of things and iff now on the look out for something to .eat. Negro Jim pats, her on tho back and leads her about like a lamb. The hounds have made friends with her, and nothing pleases her better than for our bird dog to play with her. She could easily throttle the largest bull cn the plains and toss a man about as a cat does a inense. We have named her Miss Vixen. Cor.'Str Louis Republic There are more than 200 tobacco plantations on theeastccastof Sumatra Try Orain-O! Try Grain-0! Ask your grocer today to show you j package of Grain-O, the new food drinl that takes the place of coffee. The chil dren may drink it without injury as well as the adult. All who try it, like it. GRAlif-0 has the rich s-eal brown of Mocha and Java, but it is made from pure grains, and the most delicate stomach receives it without distress. the price of coffee. 15c and 25c per package pld by all grocers. REGRET. : Time -was when twilight wrapped the jaxta Within its dimeochahtcd hazes. i She always net ma at the gate Aid lh aJecpytlwow.whito daifliea. " The verrobias saag'b? love; The Boon sailed. sbJtly;from above. Her little hand reposed in mine; Her head against my shodder acstlcd; Her voice was gentlo as the dews That on the vino leaves sweetly rustled. Ehe.said whatever might betide Her only Joy was by my side. The stars looked enriouswhea we kissed. Foil fiercely piped the jealous crickets. Tho fireflies round her golden head Flew from the. misty meadow thickets. Sho seemed an'angel all in white; - Ttn.x. t mil. i.,t:i,4- But now, alas, those happy days r ? Have vanished liko a dream of heavea. She rides a wheel and noyer more I find her waiting mo at even. In fact, we scarcely ever meet. We only race from street to. street. In vain I plead. "Pray stay awhile And to my tender accents listen 1" "But you must catch me first!" she cries. With cheeks aglow and eyeaa-glisten, And off sho flics o'er, hill and plain, Whilo I pursue with might and main. The moon has no more charms for me. I hail no more the restful, shadows. There is no balm in the sweet air That blows np from the twilight mead ows. I scarce can tell her from a score Of cyclers when she rides before. O youth, too trusting and too' fond, Who wears a heart with, romanco laden, Beware, I pray you. ere too late,, Tho glances of a cycling maiden. For love himself away will steal, Changing hi3 light wings'for a wheel! Susan Hartley in Boston Courier. RESTED THE CASE. The October sun struggled in dusty beams through the grimy panes, on which the fl ies buzzed noisily, and the dust dancing light fell over the crowd ed courtroom. In the witness chair sat a long, lank man, whoso trousers wrin kled over his boot tops. His face was brown and lean, his sinewy hands clasp ed and unclasped nervously, and his keen, gray eyes rested fixedly on the face of tho man who stood before him. The man in tho chair was Vint Joskins, on trial for his life; tho man on the floor before him was his attorney. The witnesses for the defense bad all been examined, and now the prisoner had been brought in to tell his story. The preliminary questions were done with, and the attorney spoko to his client. "Tell the story in your own way, " he said. The prisoner twisted his lean hands together and looked from the lawyer to the judge. "Go on, " said the judge, not unkindly. "I'll tell hit as near right as I km," the prisoner began. "This man Deer- ing" "Tho murdered man, interrupted tho state's attorney. The counsel for the defendant objected to the interruption, and the court told the attorney for the state to let the prisoner proceed. "This man Deering, again com menced the prisoner, "he come .down tn o tno vaiiey wnen iney- duiic tuac there railroad two year ago. He was one of them men that lays out the way, an while ho was in our part of the county he stopped at Sam Tice's. I seen him there frequent. I was sorter kcepin company with Sam's girj then." Tho speaker stopped and looked toward one of the dusty windows. "Goon," said his counsel encourag ingly. "Can't you remember?" "Hit ain't no trouble ter remember, " the prisoner said slowly; "hit's the trouble o' fergittin. Seems like I kin remember ever leetle thing. Well, Deering, ho stopped at Tice's, an he was mighty soft spoken to 'em all, 'specially ter Lizzie, but nobody didn't think nothin o' that. When bad weather come in the fall, the men on the road quit work an went away, Deering with Jem. I was sorter glad whenst he went, fer I thought I o'd see more o' Lizzie. I didn't, though, fer in less'n a Aveek after Deerfng went Lizzio was gone, too, an we didn't none of ns hear noth in of her till Nate .Rogers bning word that he seen her in the city. Nate 'lowed that she were dressed fit ter kill an were smilin an happy, an he heerd her called Mrs. Deering. Then Sam he got a letter from her, an- after that be an her mother got letters reg'lar most all winter. "One night in April I was over to Tice's, an wo was settin. there talking whenst tho door open all of a sudden, an Lizzie walked in. It was. a-rainin out, an she was all wet, an her hair was kinder loose an her dress was muddy. "W'y, Lizzie, child, where'd you come from an where's your husband?' says old Mis' Tice, an went like ter kiss her, but Lizzie sort o' suuk back in the chair she had dropped inter an begun ter cry, not loud, but jest a sort o' dry sobbin, liko sho hadn't no tears left. An then hit all come out, how sho hadn't never been married, on'y thought she was, till Deering got full one night an told her. Then she come home. " An, mother, ' she says, 'mother, I I I'm goin goin An then she clean "broke down, an we seen how hit was. Old Mis' Tice air an awful good woman, powerful on churchgoin an re- ig'ion an mighty up an down in her idees, an sb.e flared up ter onst. 'Ye good fer. nothin hussy, ' says she, 'air that how it is? Ye kin jest go back ter the city an yer fine man. Ye air no phild of mine you, that we all wasn't good' enough fer 1 An this air what ye' ve come ter, eh bringin shame on ter the rest of ns?' An with that she sits down straight an stiff op the other side o' the room an wouldn't say another word, not. even whenst Lizzie got up an started ter go, sayin nothin but jest, Oh, mother I kinder pitiful like. Old Tice he didn't dare say anythin contrary tor bia wife,, but I wasn't tied no sech way: ,1 jest slipped out'n the house aft er Lizzie, an 1 got her ter gp over ter my place, " wbar mam" took keer of her. "I reckon thar hain't no use tellin what went on after that' a bit. Any way, I got Lizzie ter marry me, an sometimes she begun ter act real cheer ful like. sShe were always mighty gs tle an quiet an was always doin some- thm for me, like she were trym ter say that she thobght'a heap o' my'stendia, up fer her. This "were 'long 'host har- et time, an I hadn't been feelin so good as then sence Lizzieraa away., The women folks dida't neighbor much with her, bit mam, she says the women air a packo' fools, an set a heap o'- store by Lizzie. - "One evenin I struck p with Nate Rogers onjfbe road, an Im says,- says he: 'Say, did ye see that Deering feller ter- day? He were round by your house talkin ter Lizzie, ' he says, 'an I seen her cryin. ' 'Look here, Nate, ' I gays, -'yo Awarded Highest Honors World's Flrr Gold Medal ,T-Mid winter Fair. CREAM . A Pare Grape Cream of Tartar Powder. 40 YEARS THE. STANDARD. mean well, I reckon, but ye remember that ye air talkin 'bout my wife now:J 'Ob, well,' says Nate, 'Ididn't mean no harm, on'y I thought ye orter know what was goin on, ' an with that he took a short cut 'cross tho fields, an I kep' on the road. - "it were just sundown, an l were walkin 'long the road, where hit rounds the hill 'long above the river. I were goin slow, thinkin over what Nate said, an not lookin fer anybody when-all o' a sudden I run against a man. Hit were Deering himself. 'He jumped a little, but says, cool as anything, 'Good evenin, Joskins, ' an mado liko he were goin ter pas3 on. I reached out my hand an stopped him. "'Ye'vo come down here ter make more trouble where ye've made too rmuoh a'ro'dy,' says I. 'Ye've come down here ter see Lizzie, my wife, ' I says, 'but if ye make any more trouble fer her or keep hangin round try in ter see her, by God, I'll kill yel' " 'It takes a better man than ye ter do that, ' says he, smilin ugly. 'I was a better man in lovo than ye, an I reckon I am in some other things. Ye fool,' he says, 'if I wanted Lizzie, do ye think she'd Btay with sech a country lout as ye? She'd leave ye termorrer if I said the word. ' " 'Ye air a liar,' I says, an he struck at me with a cane he carried one o' them loaded ones. I ketched it on my left arm. an then I gripped him. Ho was strong as me pretty near, but he wasn't fightin fer what I was, an he went down under me heavy. My left arm were under when we went down, an I felt it sort o' give way, but I got a grip on his throat with my right hand, an I choked the. life most out'n him; Wo rolled crost the road, an I was look in fer both of us ter go over the side. We knowed hit were him or me, an he were fightin hard fer his life, but I were fightin harder fer Lizzie, an I had the best of it. Ho done his best tor figbt'my hand off'n his throat, but hit weren't no use. I had hit gripped. He hit mo in tho face an tried ter get his bauds on my neck, but my arm was the longest I pushed his head back an. back, with him nghtin a little weaker all the time an his face gettin dark. Then I felt us both a-slippiu, an I managed ter -jerk loose an fell back on the road, an he went over the edgo. He made one grab, but he on'y ketched. the loose rocks. Then there come a splash an a rattle o fallin stones, an 1 knowed he wero on the rocks in the. river a 'hundred foot below. "I laid there awhile, an then I strug gled up au went home. The doctor, yander, kin tell ye the rest. He fixed my arm up that night an 'tended Lizzie next day when the leetle baby come, au her an the baby both died" The prisoner's bauds worked on the arms of the chair. There was a hush in tho courtroom, and some one in the crowd sighed heavily. The attorney for the defense arose. "May it please the court, " ho said, "the defense rest3 its case." Henry Holcomb Bennett in Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. Early Babylonian Surveyors. In the Zeitschrift Fur Vermessungs- wesen Professor Hammer directs atten tion to a Babylouiau plan depicted on a clay tablet found in the excavations at Tello and now preserved in the Con stantinople museum. The plan was mado about 3,000 years -before the Christian era and represents an estate belonging to King Duugi. It U of im portance not only as a contribution to the early history of surveying, but also as a confirmation of the views on Baby lonian measures of length and of area propounded by Reisuer at a meeting of the Berlin Academy of Sciences on April 9, 1800. A copy of the plan has been examined by Eiseqlohr, the emineut authority on Egyptian archaeology, and he claims to be able to read from the cnueiform in scription the names of the two survey ors engaged. On one side of the tablet there is a dimensioned sketch of the plan of the estate not drawu to scale. Tho estate is divided by the survey lines into rectangles, right angled tri angles and trapeziums. In each case the area is stated, two results obtained by different methods being given. Eiseu- lohr has plotted tho survey, and his calculations of the area agree with the results given on the tablet. On the other side of the. tablet the areas of the various portions aro added together, two sets of figures being used, and the arithmetical mean taken as the correct "area. The unit adopted, tho "gan," is thought to be equal to 4,199 square me ters. . The absolute measures are, how ever, of slight importance. More impor- 4-.. l- in Al.A fnni- lin t 1 n rl r-.-.T? ft .TTO C lllUkl JB lUO JLUI'll HJUlr JUUU DUltCjriug viae i carried on 4,000 years a. u., apparent ly in an accurate manner, and certainly with check measurements. --Nature. Nsbub oa Peary. Dr. Nan sen, bh bis recent return to London, said to a newspaper reporter: "Peary is taking a good route to the pole. He is in the foremost rank of arc tio explorers, and I believe he will be succcessfuL I do not think there is any doubt of the possibility of reaching the pole in the Way ho is going to work, and it will he comparatively easy for a man of his caliber. The story that I in tend to accompany him is not true, that report beyig, no doubt, based on (be statement- that Peary was going in the ship that brought me home." A FlettMuat Chaste. Softleigh You must excuse me, Miss Catting. I'm ot quite .myself, to night Miss Cutting How delightful, how delightful Introduce me to the. other follow, will youPChicano Nows. BAKING FUWUIH SHERIDAN'S HAND. SPRUNG TWO ACES OF DIAMONDS ON . CONKLING IN A JACKPOT; Very MHoh .Embarrassed "WheH His At tention Was "Called to tke Error The little General Wanted the Stery Kept Qalet, but It Was Too Good. "I was in a poker game," writes a correspondent of the Washington Star, "in the winter of 1879, when Senator Conkling and General Phil. Sheridan were players. It was a four handed game, and John. Chamberlin was the -other player. This game at Ghamber lin's was always for a $5 limit at first, with the understanding that along to ward morning, after a couplo of lours of warming up, anybody could suggest the removal of the limit if he wanted to. Tho way Conkling and Sherfdan bluffed each other that night was a cau tion. Both men seemed to strike out luck altogether as an element in their Good natured play against each other. and as both of them caught fine hands, occasionally when engaged in this tug of war of bluffing neither of them could get an exact line on tho other, and it was better than a play to study their faces at the show downs. Conkling was having all tho success during tho latter part of the night, aud it was fun to hear Little Phil softly utter dark and woolly things under his breath when, time after time, Conkling would show a hand consisting of nothing at all after having scared Sheridan out or produce a gorgeous set of fours or a full hand at such times as Sheridan, deciding that the senator was bluffing, would call him; "'Bitehim, Sheridan,' Chamberlin would say amusedly on these occasions, and Sheridan would tell Chamberlin to go to the dickens and call for another deck of cards. "We started the last round of jack pots with a new deck. Sheridan dealt the first mess himself, and after it had gone around and none of the three of ns could open it Sheridan opened it him self. Neither Chamberlin nor I had any right to stay on our hands, so it was left between Sheridan and Conk ling, who staid. Conkling took three cards and turned his little pair into threes. Sheridan dished himself out three cards and bit his cigar hard when he saw his hand. Ho made a $ 5 bet tc draw Conkling cut, and the senator raiseJ him 25. It passed between them with these $25 bets until there was nearly $300 in the pot, both men scru tinizing each other pretty carefully at each bet. 'VI don't know so much about you this time,' said Conkling finally, 'and I think I'll just call yon for safety.' "Both laid their hands down at the same time. Conkling had three nines, r-J Le looked at Sheridan strangely when he saw the color of Sheridan's three aces. Both Chamberlin and my self also Eaw what was wrong at the same instant, but we only smiled and let the two men have it out Sheridan had a broad grin on his face and wa just about to rako in tho pot Conkling was gazing at the little man of iron with a puzzled look in his eyes. ,r 'Oh, I say, there, Phil, just wait a minute, ' said he. 'Do yon really think that pot belongs to you? " 'Belongs to me?' said Sheridan 'Well, it does if tho nose on my face belongs to me. And again he reached over to hoe in the pot. "Conkling ran his hand through his hair and again stopped Sheridan with a gesture. " 'I don't remember ever having seen that sort of thing before, 'he said. 'Did you, Phil?' " 'See what sort of thing before?' said Sheridan. ' What in blazes are yon talk ing about, Conkling?' "For reply Conkling put one finger upon one of Sheridan's aces and then pointed to another one of tho aces. " 'I never saw a jack pot won with three aces, two of which happened to be aces of diamonds, said Conkling, smiling. "Sheridan looked at his hapd, lying iaco up cn the table before him, and nis face became fiery red. The couster nation on his countenance was really runny. "Why,' said he after a minute, 'blamed if I don't believo I'm nothing better than an involuntary swindler. That other ace, you see, is a club. 1 opened the pot on a pair of red aces, and they were, of course, these aces of diamonds. Chamberlin, ' turning to the amused bonifaqe, 'turn me out of doora as a fraud aud a short card player, will you?' " 'And have the army firo a volley over the ruins of my house?' replied Chamberlin. 'Hardly. Anyhow, I'd rather see you and Conkling engage iu a rough and tumble fight over the thing. Go ahead, the pair of you. We'll see fair play, ' turning to me. "Of course tho extra ace of diamonds had slipped into the deck accidentally before it left the manufacturer's hands, but Sheridan, when ho bad in a measure recovered from his surprise of tho reve lation, made a humorous pretension that he had known the whole thing all along and convulsed the three ef us by feelingly-appealing to Conkling to rep frain from exposing him to the world for the sake of his family and all that sort of thing. The hand being foul, the pot was of course divided. " To all Suffering mm lost MANHOOD w'isssjijvssi to 8 healthy and happy condition. wnea yotj are getting tnjBner..yoa seem JaUgued, have paja ia yonr back rr i. ' and van have lost all ambltloa. toh look hlhirrAAJSilT,1 yonr ralBd knows all abont it-yoa are wasting away -exHallv-asd yaa feci aVtSh' Hrl were a harden to yoa. Do not desualr. as oar Canute nnr t-U "1114-" wgs Jtle Turkish IrfMt Manhood Capsules willposltively restore yon to a healthy mHi v . only do we say so bat will retarm tke -BoaeVin.every case where it d 'g ffll 'g N course, one box will not cure a severe case, but six boxes will care any case ft,LZ, t i does not care, joar money is retarned, so you lose nothing. We. eaaraat'te tr? 2 r " n healthy condition, both mentally and physically, as yoa were evw is life you to for alx boxes, so as to be able to continue until all are usedTup . Oar fimr---- u A r y . Meawry. Seated Wcakam, NFjW Losses, Lost Maske. EtII Breaas, UsoT eVwrr,.,Cf Vcl canted by Yoatkki Errws or OreruHtelreBee la Tofcacca, Ltejm or OflwaHaWs. 'Ive 0m, FulcTreatmxjit, f 00, witk written Guarantee; Sixlz Boxes, Jl.W. (aoprintiag oa outside ' MAHWS PHARMACY, 18th tad Faraaat S?s OMAHA, NEBRASKA ' Tartclah Ttr Pan. royal Fills, ,a positive remedy for bringing oa meatMy menstrua tion, a Godsend for married womea. Every woman oagat to have a box or two on hand so as to avoid dlsap- nnlntmnnt anil dolav. ICaivu. Mails; we to the day. f 1.03 Fur Lift YZA pox BT MAIL. HAHN'S PHARMACY, IStaaoiFaracaiSts. OMAHA. Nl. .V w" 1 Of all tke bereavcnica ta wkicfc are possi- e to a koine, tke of a cflild ie perhaps the most disappoiaticr. and tke hardest to bear. Daring the. heated spell in the svamer ia New York City as many as a thou sand babies have died in. a week. Of coarse, ia a crowded city, with its unsani tary districts, aasy of these deaths would have occurred asT war. The fact remains that this tremendoas mortality was to a great extent- dae to the kick of inherent resisting power in the Tktims. These babies when, bora had. in their bodies the seeds of disease. The deadly heated term only shortened the period of their sufferings. If a. woman wishes her babies to be health viand strong-and able to resist the usual ailmehts of childhood, she must take proper care of herself in "a vomaalyrway during the period of gestation. AwoaM I who suffers from weakness and disetee of the organs distinctly feminine is unitted for wifehood and motherhood. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is a wonderful med icine for ailing women. It acts, directly on the delicate and important orgaas con cerned. It makes them well, and strong. It allays inflammation, heals ulceration, soothes pain, stops exboasting drams and gives rest and tone to the tortured serves. Thousands of women have, testified to its almost miraculous merits. Many of them have permitted their names, addresses, experiences and photographs to be repro duced in Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Med ical Adviser. This great book used to sell for $1.50, now it is absolutely free. It tells all about the home-treatment of ordinary diseases. It contalns 1008 pages, and over 300 illustrations. Several chapters are de voted to the diseases of women. For a paper-covered copy send 21 one-cent stamps, to cover cost of mailing only, to the World's Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y. ; Cloth binding, 10 cents extra. "Favorite Prescription " . caw b obtained in any good -medicine store? NEW TIME CARD; EAST BOUND CENTRAL TIME. No. G Jjocal Passenger .;VT:0i5.A m No. 2 Fast Mail ,.8:5jj0 a m No. i Chicago Special .!I1:40 p m No. 28 Way Freight. . .. . 7:05 a m Trams No. 2 and 4stop,only at Lpxing ton and Kearney between N rth Platte nnrl frrntnl TslanrL WEST BOUND MOUNTAIN TIME No. 5 Colorado Special . . . . . . ,G:10 a m No. 1 Tiimitpd 'r . v m No. 3 Fast Mail. . .11:50 a m iNo-is way ureignt ymu am No. 21 Fast Freight 3:15 r x. N. B. OLDS, Agent. PROFESSIONAL- CARDS. yOORHEES LUCAS, PPY&ICiAN. Office over Firat National Bank. D ,R. J.W.BUTT, DENTIST. Office over First National Bank, ' NORTH PLATTE. NEB. gEDELL & THORPiU, " PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, Offices: North -Platte National Bank. Building, North Platte, Neb. jjl F. DENNIS, M. D., HOMOEOPATHIST, Over Eirst National Bast; NORTH PLATTE, - NEBRASKA; TLCOX & HALIilGAN, ATTOlfflEYS-AT-LAW, tfOBTH PLATTE, - - NEBRASKA. 0ffic8 over North Platte National Bank. g E.NORTHRU1, . DENTIST. McDonald Building, Spruce street, NORTH PLATTE, NEB. rjp C. PATTERSON, KTTO RNE Y-HT- , Office over Yellow Front Shoe Store, NORTH PLATTE, NEB. 5c The best CIGAR Can be found at,.'.!.. J. I I 1)1 Our Ten -Cent Cigars are the equal 01 any. Your attention is invited to our fine lin'e of Chewing and' Smoking Tobaccos, and Smok ers articles. x Men and Women! Herve Power. It Will SJJT.l?:".,"? our pac. roar Iks eet weak. 1 notnwch oa(sid 1 w, SUFFERING WOMEN yoa can as well be.... F8??LC' a P?ve care for raioa, Ulceratioa of tkeWnut. - -raMia or tins Womb. Change ai Sic WeK Two Months- Tkxatmnt by Mak. roa RW. UA2L5TS PHARMACY, OMASA.