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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 15, 1898)
ll VI - t;; ----- - , - JLRA L B AjRB, Bditok axd Pcrjero 8U&SOKIPTIOX BATSe. One Tear, case ia advaaee, 9UK SlxMsstbs, eoebia a4vaaee ...W'Oaatr Entered att&9K9rthElatte(KeferMta)pntppi!M 9 QOOfiKd&fifi "FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1896. Governor Holcomb has issued his proclamation designating" April 22d"as Arbor Day. He says It should be a pleasure as well as a - duty tor citizens to take part in a" general effort to beautify and make' 'more valuable our homes, amd irf r this we guess Silas is right The president of the New York Jjoardrof trade has figured that the "CPmif" insurrection during the past 1 1'jiSLve?irs has cost this country n effiyisO. 000. 000. This figuring : is probably correct, and is another treason why the United States should promptly put a stop to the insurrection by establishing Cuban independence. Gexerat, Miles is vary to m obi U e k t een tegimentitlm . - .. - . 'srxi ;arir amr at tjnauaca,wers tiittyvMMtkl be Mtr at Ttmmi. a .case Qhmu TJe i , j, f oTeentf tropantn ifeactnallv declared, and gr - structed Secretary Alger to rdelay the tne proposed jstion. FitetTOFitTISEEEAE SWEET-JObTK I 'TO' MS DOWNFALL. : mM TWtoRipgon'g Rasa aad ST Mtled Him Tern Me- York Sferfcnma a f. the New York sports Jfwwrre, his guide, lying i evefepeen boughs in camp f t Jfcosehestf lake, oane ef hear somewhere off' iu H.was a queer sound the the shrill gall of risine inflection at tteiisad: wh whfafc New England farm ,mn from the fields Itwas repeated Mpnrals aod came each BM 1mm neater tfce camp. The guide got'; NHi irMlMt to the maple grove a new -veehi :IMl look down frosi a limb 1b cefc 1Mt was hanging there, Qfaefrad iwairt: :Mmi camp and hong it p ft wfMMK plain sight of tne wrifc mmmna jwswifcatabear is prowl- icgxeemd, it kfefl to have our venison where w om We it," he said. "Ha vnrtHMM itMr tie camp, bat if we ilef t Mm ant MMug the maples ne'd beiMt tofpetl eMMef it before morn- 'ing. A bear fc hnqgry creature and WUl m WUCywiiag, iroui nouey twMm a seat salt 'mackerel will .anything else owning around You'll see that aeeoenangh to find here, and then in if A j betf be bmf aboet mm 'mm wiH 0 MmC MmW MM f 1 t bp mntr. ! - 71m Jffear The journey of ConsuJ--. ILee from Key West to Vv3ifcgH was a' continuous ovatiwi, fathering- at the railway atatiMlw by the thousands to cher a4 brace him and - present -Mm, flowers. This demons rtlt. 'siranlv an outburst of atM for the pluck Iee displayed i vana and it was well meritoil. mm m et- An American tm awarded a large coatra-st c an opiate by the Rusafoa at the price of $50f fer Im, is evidence that AmtriOM ac nlate is better a4 chWMiwr tfl that made in Sarlasid many; and that 'so' 'aJrHhe . American firms cam; fat contracts - at that price they wr?t. accept . ' the limited price of S400 per .kn of J . fered by this government. ' ' " Down in Summer county, Kansas, the authorities offered a bounty of Ttkree cents for each rabbit scalp. 'Week, before las the peopleofj the tofhy.'turJiSl JIkd J1S8.514 ei the WttWfiM-. ty-which iajifolTed a paymit of more cash thaa the county sessed and an extra tax has Vka levied to pay the amo.nqt. A the people who killed the rabbitsl are the people who pay the tax, the rab bitt-killers are tryinsr to figure .whether they are winners or losers on the rabbitt deal. -JUS ft- Under the head of "A Warning" the New York Sun of last Satur day says: "Well, while this coun try flutters itself that it is not its habit to boast beyond justification. -it.the risk of enhancing our repu- .tatiou for being somewhat brag gartwith countries that think otherwise.- we will not hesitate to warn Spain that, if her ships ever come .in to. fight with ours, they will, in all reasonable probability, be shot to. death with comparatively little consolation of damage inflicted upon us. They will be riddled by the gunners of these American . crews, not so .scathlessly, of course. : but hardly less fatally, than the Cuban prisoners were shot by the Spanish soldiers. "We are noted, we know, for nervous excitability, but with a gun in our hands we hold with deadly steadiness, and generally hit where we hold. Also we are what the players 'call "in liard practice." Ibrill with modern -ordnance is terribly expensive, and rwe have little tfoubt thaVTn ittirig themselves to use theirarsis uiir tars have fired twicetothe Span ish sailors' once. . Whea it to the crews as mea, Spaniards ymayjbe first-class fighters, although no deed in modern times pointsto such qualities, and the performance of the Spanish troop in Caba is the most humiliating exhibition of military incompetency recorded of any army bearing the . equipments -of civilization. But we -warn the Spaniards-again that the American -t?rs are to-day as worthy to repre sent the United States aavy as 6 they liave been at any time ia its historv, brilliant and.-amctiar as that is. The fact is that benighted aadjfoolhardy Spain Is beiag led to disaster to save the fortunes of the;deferate boy who. sits oa the tliroae. Mi Jorker was for going out to tej a,faot at the bear, bat the guide teM hies tiiat it was of no use. "Be -wea't ee iato view anyway, " he immV "ami i, yea show yourself at Mm ber heU set come within rifle Act. Jlemeniber Mm he can see in the M5k, ht aeikes you should get a at his eves yon couldn't distin- him aoeg the shadows five steps away. Jaet listen, and we may near it The New York sum lay down again .a pen Mm beaghs. The scream came ouce afaia oloee at head and after that was heard ao sore. Presently tho guide lift ed his head aad signaled the New York er that he aheeld listen. There was a soead of eraekliag twigs and rustling bushes somewhere oetside the open space ia front ef the camp, but no noise ,of foocfalk. Then came a little sharp poaad ef eaaftng and after that the noise dfBOSMthingBKiviug through the bushes again. The snnliiugs and then the asovisg on again kept up uutil the bear had -completely circled round the carap, aaa taea we sounds rroni nim died away. Sraia had found out all ho wanted to knew aboat the camp, decid ed that Teaka .there was likely to come too high ia Mm way of risk in getting it, and aouo away withoat showing him self er sxpesing hie akin to any greater risk Mmb Mmt ef a raadom shot. "That's the way with bears," ob served 'Meserve as the two men lighted their pipes. "You almost never get a shot at eleesyon catch him swim ming a. pond aad in that case you want to make sure of your shooting or he'll come aboard your boat, which makes things bad or run him down with dogs, which is expensive, for the more valuable the dog the more certain he is to get killed. It's only the curs that will yap at the bear's heels and run when bo turns on them that es laianeje $a a hear chase, and, once iastaktef the bear. Mmv'k the aaost jleeyffbe iwarje like what I have ef eiephaatB. He csslk bear the ef a little dec annaping behind hia aad keeps Braia roaad to drive him eeT aa4 se cives the haaters a "chance aa oeai t. a a. "There was 'one bear that stayed round this shore, for years, and he-gave, fishermen no end of trouble by robbing their camps when they were out on the lake fishing. He bothered them worst in the early spring, when they came up to the lakes to fish through the ice. It was about that time that the bear would come out from his winter's sleep lean and hungry, and it took a heap to fill him up. He was a great traveler, and before the fishing season ended hewonld be heard of from oue end of the lake to the other. They could tell that it was one bear that did the business, for this one had a foot with some of tho toes gone, and the tracks about the camp al ways showed this mark. "This bear run his rig up and down the lake for three years without get ting into trouble. He came to grief at last in a very queer way. A man nam ed bilas xnompson, camping alone on the east shore of the lake, was out on the ice minding his lines-one March day and thinking how he would have to go home sooner than ho had intended, swing to an accident that bad happened that morning at his camp. In some way he had dropped his. rum jug and broken it in two or three places. There was a bottle with some molasses in it standing by the fireplace, and by grabbing up the jog quickly and holdiug it over the bot tle he managed to save a quart or two t rum m the shape of 'black strap' ihat's the eeaea of Maine name for rum ind molnadei aefaed together, and it's in. entiemg drhik. He had just made ap hisr saifd tO'Q'f to' the eanp to try a little et Mm Wxk whea he ;saw a jear ootaiar -mf oa - MM lee iroaj mat lireetida, ami Mm bear-was ataagoriag iranfcIMMd Iwotaii Sateifce oaatp ami was drank oa Sua Thompson's rs ind molasses. The hear dtdatTaees to snow where he was -at er where, he wanted to so, aid while he flonn dared round on the ice Thompson made a ek jnit past him, got to the camp and 'eae aackwith his gun and shot him. It proved to be the bear that had robbed he fishermen's camps so long. He died lunnv. and the fishermen's troubles vere ended so fvas he was concerned. Xew York Saa. FORTUNES BY ACCIDENt.-- Maw m. Csptete X4e a MMiem hf Crry Ikc One FMMMawr. ' If there is anything -la-- aeafces a poor, teiiiag maa Jbappy-ik, ieto icad about flukes that hare wae fortagcs. For instance, tnera was a oaptain. oc a vessel plying between JSsgUsh and Aus tralian points who -made a lecky strike when . convicts were takes, to -New South Wales. A "time expired" ruaa caae to the saariner and begged to,j;he takes home. The former, -convict bad bo. money, bat he woald gladly give his plot of land for transportation. The captain accepted tho terms, and great is the joy of his descendants, for that plot is now occupied by a wharf and it is valued at $1,125,000. A Limericktobaccouist.bclieved him self to be mined by a firo that destroyed: his shop. Thenest day be found tins of suuff that had been in the fire. Curios ity prompted him to open the canisters. He found that the action of the flames had materially improved the aroma and pungency of the snuff. The discovery made him very rich. The discovery of the Mount Sheba mine was purely a fluke, "and its output of gold is the greatest of any miue in the world except in the Klondike dis trict. A bank clerk in London heard that there was a rich deposit of gold at a certain place at the Cape of Good Hope. He set about forming a provisional syn dicate among his fellow clerks, and they raised about $1,500 among themselves. A mining engineer was sent out. Ho made a thorough investigation, but found no gold. He had decided to givo up the Eearch and was ready to leave for home, when he ran across a miner. "Well, stranger," ho said, "I guess you are on a hunt for tho shiny. 'Tain't here, boss." "Have yon a claim here?" asked tho engineer. " Yes, and I want to make tracks up the country. That's my claim over by that camel's hump. You can have.jt for $100, and here's a sample of the quartz. That claim' ain't worth its weight in gold, but it's worth every dollar I ask for it. " The engineer examined the specimen and decided that there was gold in it He acted quickly. -I'll tell you what I'll do, mate," he said. "I'll give you $80 on the risk of losing it." The bargain was struck and the claim carefully explored. An abundance of gold was found in the most unlikely veins. Today the shares, the face value of which is $100. are worth $500,000 each. New York World. CASES OF BAD.MJCK. TRIFLING HITCHES WHICH HE bOST A GREAT DEAL OF MOffEY. W-H' il i That Sewetlea Prare DMlfr J la Traaeaetle at Congldorl Xmkw mm Metfalf MU winter Fair. DR, it WHAT'S THE TIME? Whea Yob Ask, Tell Which of tho Six Kinds Voh Meaa. There are few questions moro fre quently pot than "What time is it?" "Can you tell mo the true time?" A stickler for exactitude might reply: "What kind of time do you mean? Do yon mean solar or sidereal time? Ap parent time or mean time? Local time or standard time?" There are all these six kinds of time, not to speak of others. It is ouly within the last two genera tions within, indeed, the reign of our sovereign, Queen Victoria that tho sub ject of the differences of most of these kinds of time has become of pressing importance to any but theorists. In one of the public gardeus of Paris a Iittlo cannon is set np with a burning glass attached to it in such a manner that tbo sun itself fires the cannon as it reaches the meridian.. This, of 'course; is tho time of Paris noon apparent, noon, but it would be exceedingly imprudent of asy traveler through Paris who wished, say, to eat h the fo'clock express to sethis wateh by the guh, for if it hap pened, to; be ia February ho would find whea he reached the railwav station Mm Mm station clock was faster than Mm gaa by nearly a full quarter of an -beer and that his train had gone, while toward tne e or October or the begin ning of November he would find himself as mnch too soon. Until machines for accurately meas uring time were invented, apparent time time, that is to say, given by tho sun itself, as by a suuduu was the only time about which men knew or cared But when reasonably ccod clocks and watches were made it was very soon seen tuat at different times m the year there was a marked difference be tween the sundial time and that shown by tho clock the reason being simply that the apparent rate of motion of the sun across the sky was not always quite the same, whilo the movement of tho clock was; of course, as regular as it could belnade. Leisure Hour. A good many of the important events of this life'are governed, by little, thias. Many fortunes have resulted frow trifles. On the other hand, thousands have been lost. 2?ot many days, ago a furniture van broke down on one oMbe lines of aa important tramway system. Within five minutes 35 trams were drawn ap waiting till the line was oleared. Lift ing jacks were procured, and in three quarters of an hoar the obetraetioa was removed, yet that slight delay, cost the tramway company over 70. It had disorganized the whole system.-' The trams failed to put in an appearance at the usual stopping places at the appoint ed times, and throughout the length of the lines waiting passengers traveled to their destinations by other conveyances. There is perhaps np such costly trifle as an engineering hitch. Not long since a well known firm delivered a torpedo destroyer to the naval authorities. She was in every respect a perfect boat, the result of masterly designing and splen did workmanship, yet at the very outset of her steam trials she met with a mis hap which necessitated her return to. the contractors for repair. This hitoh. cost tho firm 000 and was found to have been brought about by a careless. workman thoughtlessly omitting to screw a steam cock tightly and fit it with a washer. Another curious instanco resulted in a clear loss of 250,000 to the unhappy victim. He was the holder of a large quantity of South African stock, bought at n low price during a .slump. On sud denly receiving the tip that it was like ly to boom immediately, he settled a limit at which to sell, and when the price had reached this figure wired his broker to sell out immediately. He left his oflice with jaunty step. He had net ted n fortune in one coup. A few honrs later the stock fell just as suddenly as it had risen, and to a figure consider ably below that he "had originally paid for it. Judge, then, of liis dismay when his stockbiokers' clerk drovo to his house and asked for a confirmation of a telegram they had just had, which ap peared to liave been delayed in trans; mission. It was his message authoriz ing them to sell, and as the stock was at such a low figure they were anxious, to consult him before moving in the matter. The unfortunate investor was dumfounded at the lost opportunity, which on inquiry proved to have result ed from an accident to the telegraph boy. Ho had been knocked down and stunned by a cab and conveyed to a hos pital. His message had been sent ont again as soon as possible, but the de lay, slight ns it was, had lost one man a huge fortune. The man who suffers mostly by tri fling hitches is the inventor. Innumer able fortunes have been lost by five minute delays in getting out protections during which times others have stepped in with similar ideas and annexed tbo reward of their promptness. A curious and somewhat pathetic instance in con nection with an invention happened to an engineer who had spent some years in perfecting a hydraulic railway brak. The idea was in every way perfect, and in conjunction with his son he bad con structed models and partially drawn up CREAM if mm A Fare Oraee Crew ef Tarter Pewser.. 40 YEARJS THE STANDARD THE RAILWAY. Upea the kon highway, -wreathed la nera, Or eat'or west the c la Hid a g eagiaa reefa, The wetuy dst spias reward at the atreke Of half a hasdred wheels. It eoneef the. breathless driver staring straight Through safety eyeholes, with the saddea Of burnished ckwie, aBd'cra&hael osdercaa weight Aad cleade of hissing steaia. , OW eoaatrymea that trudge froas sew pkwed lands , - Aad. oa high bridges atay their weary-fegt See faces Cashed beneath them, waving hands That way Hot stay to greet. Or alow, with hollow blast aad wealthy dia, By wide armed signals creeps the laden train. High vans with ahadderiag jolt aad clinking pin Aad hiss of chtfteriBg- chain. Wlde.ry.cd, affrighted cattle, meek aad still, .And Hmrky coal f elty folk te hera, Aad dturty blocks hewed frow sosie westers hill Aad wreathed in twisted fera. Bat, best of all. when, in the sallea sight, Along the dim embankment, hung ia air, .Shoots the red streamer, linked with ehecrful light. The wido flung furnace glare Lights the dim hedges and the. rolling steam, Then tasbcs and, in narrowing distance, dies, Tracked by the watchful lanterns' lessening red, resentful eyes. "Lord Vyet and Other Poems" byArthBr Christopher Beuson. TROOPS, AND DRINK. Warned by a Thistle. It was thought by the Danes to be cowardly to attack an enemy after nightfall, but on one occasion they de viated from their usual rule. On they crept, noiselessly and unobserved, in their bare ieet, upon the unsuspectinc Scotchmen. When near .the camp, ouo of the Danes trod upon a thistle and in his pain cried out Thi3 aroused the Bleeping Scotchmen, and they gave the alarm. Tno Danes were defeated with terrible loss of life, and ever since that time the tBistle has been tbo insignia of Scotland, with the motto, "Nemo me impune lacossitl"Philadelphia Rec ord. In Vienna the height of a house must not exceed 82 feet. The floor of the last "Jtory must not be more than G5.0 feet above tho level of the street. When tho Wend .alepes, this measure must be taken fre the highest poiut. The house ataet net have a6ro than- live stories, hMfcnKae; the eeUar aad attic. d4eteictiB( London, utilizes rnee-Myeeparating the rass "Walwi are converted iuto . while,, -titftigst ;hi the.furnaces s ad tte wete: 'dteieee eeeeiBjee vei of tiM'iefaeerjSSa earn caesspecta- MT&'ara, J Srbriinary Kates 3et Adrnseed. Chicago, April 12. The freight fi- eials of the western roads have for the time bobsc abandoned their idea of patting np the .rates of packing hosso products eetweea Kansas Uity aad Cni- cago. ; etesena-Areelce la Charge. Chicago. April 12. Orders have been received.f rona "Waslnugtoa, plac- lag the Chickaaaga camping groaad under the jarflhiotkiei of General ijoha K. .Braece sf tae 'department oz tae takes. 3oi8 k need hi beioKHinkiae;. patent specifications. To the latter however,- he had not confided a certain small mechanical detail the very one, which had cost him so' much labor to work out successfully his idea being that his son should endeavor to over come the difficulty himself till the pat ent was entered, when he was to learn the secret of the mechanism. The very day before the specifications were completed the father dropped dead of heart disease through excitement, and when, later, his son came to exam ino the drawings he found the detail he wished to know had not been included. In spite of endless labor aud consulta tion with brother engineers the difficul ty, trifling as it seemed, was never over come, and by this little hitch in the ap paratus it is estimated that he lost very nearly 750,000. Some years ago a popular favorite lost the Derby, to tho great surprise of its owner and all who had followed its previous doings. It was a neck and neck race till witbin 50 yards of the post, when the favorite sbot out and looked like romping home. Suddenly it checked its pace for the fraction of a moment and was beaten. Very few knew the cause, curious though it was. A puff of wind caught the jockey's cap and iu stinctivcly bo raised his hand to catch it. In doing so he struck his eyo with the end of his whip aud jerked back ward. The action throw the horse out of its stride, and, altbough tho whole incident was momentary, it resulted in a lost Derby and thousands of pounds besides. , A screw loose iu an engine may re sult in great loss to a railway or steam ship company. Should a lawyer neglect a little of evidence in an otherwise carefully elaborated case, it may go against him. In fact, half the bad luck in life is directly attributable to tbo ef fects .of hitches, trifling though they may appear. Pearson's Weekly. Quito Too Much. Impassioned Lover Tell me, my an gel, what to do to prove my lova Oh, tbat I might, like some knight of old( bottle for you, suffer for you, die for" you! Sweet Girl I "wish you would give op smoking. Impassioned Lover Oh, come, now, that's asking too muchl New York Weekly. .Children nnder ? years of age are die- rered almost invanaTiIy-t6:;prer;ye)U 'tow befero all other colors. "I5 -The GbtIobs Statistic Showing What Eu ropean Nations Pay For Them. The friends and advocates of "uni versal peace" and the fees of intemper ance and inebriety are pretty generally "agreed .tbat the expenses attending war and war armamcuts and liquid bever ages of an intoxicating or exhilarating kind are unduly large. There is an old proverb it is not a Swiss proverb, of course to the effect tbat a man who drinks more tbau bo should ''drinkt like a Swiss," and it is for this reason, perhaps and residents of the republic of Switzerland say for no better one that tbe fame of residents of Switzer land for sobriety is not as farreaching as the famo of the Scotch, for instance, ior frugality. A recent computation which has appeared shows tbat tbo an nual expenditures of the Swiss for wine, beer, cider and brandy aro 175,000,000 francs, six times as much as is spent on the army. Gcnnauy expends, or, more properly, individual Germans expend, $500,000,000 a year on liquid refresh ments, distilled or fermented chiefly beer and Rhino wine and $120,000, 000 a yearcu the German army. France expends in a year $500,000,000 on drink, ckiefiy. wine, and $140,000,000 a year on tbo maintenance of tho army of the republic. The Italians expend $250,000,000 a year for liquors, wiuet and cordials end $55,000,000 for the Italian army, the expenditures being in about the same ratio ns in other nations. Austria-Hungary expends less upon liqnor in a year than any otber country of tbe first class in Europe, amounting to about $225,000,000, though person: who 'are familiar with life along the blue Danubo might not unreasonably come to the conclusion that $200,000, 000 ci this sum was spent in the city of Vienna alone in lager beer. Such, however, is not tbe case. In tbe moun tainous districts, particularly in the Tyrol, Transylvania and in Croatia, very little wine is druuk, and though Hungary produces a large aud steadily increaasing amount of wino a very large proportion of it is exported to othei countries. .Relatively not much of it it kept for homo consumption. The Austria-Hungarian army cost $70,000,000 a year, or less than one third of tho cost of the liquoru con sumed in a year. Tbe Russians expend $800,000,000 a year in liquors aud $150,000,000 a year," or oue-balf as much, for the maintenance of tho army. England expends $480,000,000 a yeai on beer, ale, wine, porter, gin, rum aud smoky whisky and $90,000,000 a year on tho maintenance of the British army. No one knows exactly how much is spent iu the United States on liquor in a year, especially in prohibition states, but it is supposed that the whisky tak en for medicinal purposes costs each year inGre than does the maintenance of the regular army. New York Sun. The Italian correspondent. of Litera ture, in dieoosetae; Signor d'Anaaasio, Shades to the feet if ft is a feet hat ia apife of "his putridity aad inorbid aeaeaality" he "cowpete eve throe m get averse from his standard of taete to acknowledge his power as aa artiflt. " Well, suppose he doee1 compel this ac knowledgment. What of it? The writer in Literature goes on to -ask if when artiste "seem by preference to linger, near putrefactions and morbidities is there.not.cause to conclude tbat 'there's something rotten?' "But apparently he ia afraid to answer the question flatly aad to add that rotteaaees in art shoafci debar it from farther dieoneeion. We'are w ell aware that this kind of proposition always wakes a shrill yelp of protest in certain quarters. To deny the right' of "art" to do anything it pleases is, we are told, to write one self down not only a Philistine, but a gibbering idiot. Nevertheless, the great shining fact remains that a man like D'Anaunzio never got anything like a permanent foothold apon Parnassus, and all this talk about his "art" might jaet as well cease. It will never make him a classic. Tncee talkers who tbiak it will, and hence go oa talking, must be curious individuals. Like Charles! : Lamb, we would like to see their i bumps. But we are not sure tbat area this trivial attention would not be more than they are worth. New York Tribune. A Xotfnl Aathoress' Workshop. "Mrs. Florenco Morse Kingsiey's study is at the top of her Stateu Island home. Under tbo eaves and from tho windows she can look ont far over into another stato and see the great ocean," writes Laura M. F. Lake of "Tho Au thor of 'Titus, aComrade of thoCroes,, " in Tho Ladies' Home Journal. "About her are the pictures painted by herself, as well as by her artist parents. Books of reference those in Greek and Latin, a3 well as in English books that are simply a delightt not merely tools and pretfjr bits of bric-a-brao that collect themselves in the room of a refined wo man, surround her everywhere. -But the door of this room is never closed against any member of the family, and the busy worker is never too busy nor too tired-to listen to some childish stcry of woe or happiness from any one of her five chil dren. "With her, whilo her work with. her pen means much, still her duty as a wife and mother and a clergyman's wife, comes first. Two afternoons in the week aro devoted to teaching poor girls bow to sew. Much time must neccssarl ly bo given to her home and the little people in it, and yet she finds time for social duties and is always a charming, intelligent companion to her husband, wiiu a snme sue tens now, when in doubt as to Greek and Lathi, she goes to him for help." "IRONING MADE EfiSF u3l Em REQUIRES NO COOKING f MAKES COLURS AND GUFFS STIFF flHD NIGE WHEN FlEbT BOUt ONE POUND OF THIS STARCH WILL CO AS FAR AS A POUND AND A tiALf OF ANY OTHER STARCH. tu r Mi iDiMcro Done ro .KeokukJowa. NewHavenonx, COPYRI6HTED This starch is prepared on scieatiiJc principles by roen wbo hare bad yrs of praeileal experience ia fancy hraaderiBgr. It restores old lioea and soaaer oreocoo to their natural -whiteness and ias parts a beautiful aad lasting finish. It is the only starch fiiaimfactared that ia perfectly harmless, containing neither arsesie, alma or any other SQhst&Bco iajsriOGS to lifi6s snd c&n bo used 6T9& for & hahy powor For sate by ail wholesale and retail grocers. 0EUISEBS ST0E AT HALIFAX Hare V.'ouHilinjr tho Feelings of Others. Moral hygiene expresses tho state be tween tho mind and tho condition of the body. It is only charitable to assnmo that tho condition of tbe body must leave much to be desired in tbe case of those who deliberately lay themselves out to hurt the feelings of others with perfect indifference and without n ves tigeof compunction. As regards the na ture of such people, it mnst be on a par witii those who pride themselves upon their "bluntness" usually a brutal way of saying singularly unpleasant things and which some are wont to dig nify by the term of frankness. It will usually be found that these persons aro wanting in any of those finer feelings of our common nature and particularly in that delicacy and refinement which mark all tho djffereice between thegcn-J uemau, properiy so lermeu.ana tne coor. Those who aro considerate of tho feel ings of others may undoubtedly at times inadvertently hurt tho feelings of others, but to do so deliberately would be as impossible for them as to commit intentionally one of the cardinal sins. New York Ledger. 5aa Fraapisco sad. Xew Orleaaa Stormy Voyage. Halifax, 2s". S., April 13. The -American cruisers San Francisco and New Orleans, formerly the Amazonas, arrived here at 11 o'clock, short of coal. Both vessels left London on the 27th nit., and had a stormy passage during the last eight days. Or Monday, the 4th, heavy winds and rain were me with. The ships were together up to that date, but on Tuesday became sep arated and did not come together until 24 hours had elapsed The San Fran cisco came through all right, but the New Orleans experienced great diffi culty, one of her starboard boats being smashed and the steering gear was for a time deranged. As sue came up evi dence of her rough passago was easily discernable. Preparations were quickly mado to load coal and tho ships were ready to sail this morning. Great excitement prevailed in the city when the signal station announced the approach of the ships. The San Francisco exchanged, signals with the forts here and the officers reported to the authorities shortly after entering port. All hands on botn ships are in good health. United States Consul General Foster, Commander Howell and several other American officers today visited Gen eral Montgomery Moore, commander of the British forces, and Lieutenant Gov ernor Daly, taking lunch with tho latter. Last evening tho consul gen eral entertained a number of tho offi cers including Commodore Howell at dinnoc at tho Halifax club. - , - - A Good Itoadmakcr. Edwin Molntyre, who lives a hermit life in tho house near Warren where Dr. Piltou R. Baker was shot, has a queer hobby. One of tbe prettiest and best pieces of road in Maine passes iu front of his retreat. It has been built by Mr. Mclutyre, who for the last 23 years has been picking up tbo rocks and stones near his home and pounding; them into pebbles, which he has put in thehigh way. In 2a years' time he has pounded 900,000stoues and mado them ready for road use. xue tcwu authorities, recog nizing the value of the work, for years have compensated the man by giving him his road tar. He estimates that ho has placed on tho road 20 cords of thsee mannfactured'stoues. Other towns might envy Warren such a faithful roadbuild er. Bockland (Me.) Star. A Duel Ia the Dark. Perhaps the most laughable Frenoh luel ever fought took place on Nov. 21, iota, ac nessis-i'iquec and was -"fongbt" between two no less person ages than Gambctta, who was then practically tho dictator of France, and M. de Fourtou. Some heated words bad passed bo- tween the two in the chamber of depu ties, for which, according to the French idea of Jionor, nothing could atone ex cept a duel. Tbo two men met, there fore, on the field, attended by their ecu onda and tho surgeons. A look over tho field was cnouuh to convince any one present that thero would be no occasion fcr tho doctors services. A thick November fog over hung the scene so thick that ouo could hardly sec his hand bef oro his face. Tho arrangements for the duel required that ic snonid ue sought at do paces. Nor was the fog the only thing which tended to put tho combatants' out .of sight of each other. On the way to ho neid iu. do Fourtou said : '"M.,Ganibetta has but one eye, and I am shortsighted, so the gamo will bo about even." It was rendered still more "even" by the fog. Neither man could seo the oth er, and the solo danger wasto the sec onds and the doctors. Almost miraculously the two bullets which were exchanged missed tho per sons in attendance. Everybody's honor was satisfied, and tho whole party went home. "That," said M. Gambetta on the ?raY "was as near to being a skirmish in tho dark as anything I ever saw. " Youth's Companion. Western TTaloa Thjs tho Rill. Dwight, Neb., April 12. The West ern Union Telegraph company satisfac torily adjusted tho bill of expense oc casioned by tho calling out of Company E, Nebraska National Guard, April 1, at David City. Tho message vas in tended for a joke by tho agent and two prominent business men of that town, but occasioned ill feeling among busi ness men and farmers. The matter is now before the state military board at Lincoln and prominent officers of the regiment say the incident is not closed. DhcI Fatal to Both. Parsons, Kan., April 11. Report is received here of a duel fought at Min eral City between Jack Murphy, a farmer, and an unknown man. Both were killed, each receiving four shots, in the body. The cause of the tragedy is not known. Murphy was a brother- in-law of Marion Ashellrwho was tried for the murder of his wife last year, and during that exciting trial Murphy made several attempts on Asbell's life. Pralrlo Fire Started oa the Agency. Spiuxgview, Neb., April 11. A prairie fire, the most destructive that ever went through this county, swept tho entire county yesterday. The wind was blowing a terrific gale and only by j nara ana consume wors was tne town saved. Undoubtedly some Jives were lost. The damago to tho county is thousands of dollars. The fire was started on tho Sioux reservation, and was probaoly started by the Indians. PBOFESSIONAL yOORHEES LUCAS, PHYSICIAN. Office over Firut National Bank. BEDELL & THOEPJU, PHYSICIANS AND SURGEON-, uincee: isortn Jiatte isationai Building, North Platte, Neb. it 0 Jl F. DENNIS, M. D.r HOMOEOPATHIST, Oyer First KaUoaal Bank, NORTH PLATTE, H. S. RIDGELY, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW . Si!!1' Office over Lonsrley'a Drucr StorMESP?" NORTH PLATTE, - - NEBRASKA yiLCOX & HALUGAN, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, rx'OKTH PLATTE, ... XEBRASKAfi OSee over North PItte XaMoaal BaniA" if E. E.NORTHRUI, DENTIST. First National Bank Buildings NORTH PLATTE, NEB. TC. PATTERSON, Office over Yellow Front Shoe Stow,'- Si" fa f "IB? m Over ioo head of horses or sale at GREAT BARGAINS for the next sixty days. Inquire of - tor. ; i antiflaa m -KRpC bj -"en. -t.h:roet t ' --'IfCimi is ucthiBgery leave ami. -xVBst from what I mrm4I np- pottv rose they were autagoaistg ad 'Oh. yes. ibey are mrcobhb and tiv4'j Est ibat is uooe for their rtantig each other. They don't belwg hi t&e same party. " Waehingfcfw ffcr. Of the two iagton'spor! franklin's on U ':Ld ' ? B: . V IsP? rm& oajwtel. farniihcu a HMxht mm - f f "15,600 frtiom of mMfc daily. mmmW. ; 1 . mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmBmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmtt m- . -Mmmwte t 4 ' gMMMMjMKMMjySg -1 Ire rK Bra at? Oxrwrd aaBetIus Cedar RaWIr.. April 12. Fire t OxfoW Jaaetto destroyed ereoi'baiiMs?hoae in The tewn. Xoaj. i ,0r7 .lHr4ue unknown. asps'' first igoaod Wah- t was on the 10 cent and tbe otber. Since that! time the various issuer of the United j NWates .stainpe p'oaw iBrniSB a wnqne plrait gallsnr. showing the faces of ia etd Aia 8rici8 The bullet vhich killed Lord Nekos. at Trafalgar fs still preserved. It is mennted in a distal locket and repaeef, wght. Chicago Nowi is a enxMPom wim gwaaieaw. Sm titan mm I hud 'the eesuM of visithM; ritmmmnL m AW ttjwh on the east roaet ef Ikefriek-Hplatau. and was much struck with the syetem I there observed of bringing to port fish which was intended for immediate consumption Instead of packing the fish in the hold of tbe vessel the f sfaermen neeflat .oblong boxes drilled-with holes to. allow free access of water, and iuto these the hvo fish are placed, as. goon as caught and are towed nnder water. By this means tbe fish are kent alive wtil the harbor js reached, and they are. then taken . out of the boxes aud sold alivo on the quay, so tbat there can be fid saestiou-aatQ .tbeir absolate"fraeh- wsee. Strand Magaae. ' UlMMl. Paps Your yoan kaan waen't here last night, was he? .Mildred Yes. Whatmade yon think be wasn't? Papa I saw that von had a light in the parlor when I got home at 9 o'clock. Mildred (thinking of something else) Be brosckt "a friend with him last Fatal PJilLuleipura l'lre. Philadelphia , April 12. Two chil dren were suffocated and a third so badly injured that there is but slight hopes ef recovery, as the result of a fire early this morning iu the dwelling house of George Dugah; 903 South Thirteenth street. Tho. dead are: George R. Dugau, aged 9 yeara, and Richard Barry, aged 8 years. Helen Dugan, aged 15 years, wa3 badly burned about the face. ' Wheat Takes ea a Boom Ih 'Frhwa. Sax Fkaxcisco, April 12; Both bar ley and wheat have made great ad vances on the Produce exchange call board. The advance in May wheat yesterday was 10 cents a cental, or 13.05 a ton, and in December options lb cents a cental. In "barlev the advaaas. is lz.and lu; cents n qintei u Mlu. Thursday May hmj to fl.44. St. Louis, ApcH 42;- ed that a deal,. whereby the panyof this oi mus tobacco the world, nag paid 0$ tbe.4-mci7iui His Mark. "How do yen sign your name?'' asked tbo tax collector of tbe Pumpkin villo citizen who bad come in to register for the election. "How did tbe kemul tbar sign his sen?" asked the citizen, indicating the yHing lawyer who bad gust registered aud was passing out tbe door. "Why, he signed his 'O. Tolliver Johnson, Esquire.-" "Waal, jest pet mine down Hollo Torn PhillipsTEsquab: "Atlanta Jour nal. t Anthropologists have ascertained that the Andaman hdanders, the smallest race of people in the world, average less . than Jew Ieet m Jieight, while few of hefa wnifh mm than 75 pounds. of the old hieh means a. te rasee is i uHvira urn m mvmm. u p wu -mmmm i - m i A Bo-werjr Boj- Ia Philadelphia. One of tho guests of tho Hotel Lafa yette, a young man who was evidently very much bored by something or other, sauntered up to the clerk's desk last evening and asked, " Whattimo is the first train in tho morning?" "The first train?" repeated the affa ble clerk, somewhat staggered at the broaduesa.of the Inquiry. "Jhi which di rection?" "Tbo first train out," replied the young man impatiently. "But to what point do you wish to go? WThey run in all directions, you know," suggested tbo hotel man. "To New York, of course," said the other, and upon receiving tbe desired information he left orders to be called in time to make the connection. "There's a typical New Yorker of the clasawho. sneer at Philadelphia," re marked a bystander as the clerk reached for a pitcher of ico water- "He thinks that Gotham is tbe ouly place iu the world with which this city is connected by rail." Reference to tbo register showed that the youth did hail from the metropolis, and he left word for his mail to bo sent to an addreis cu the Bowery. Phila delphia Record. v HaBaarv is iivMed into f oeewties; coiiteihiafr from M. 000 to 199, 000 inhabitants; -There-aFe'SK? eUies endowed with self government Bada peet, 5 tbe metropolis, eontaias about 00,000 inhabitants. The papulation of Huoaary iLa.JS,OW(.tW. iiil CelebratlHr Bla Delireraaee. "Herbert," aiked the yeaag wile timidly, "k this the kind of mince pi& your mother used to make?" "No, dear, " auawered theyonng hns band. "My mother never made since piea. 5ho was a health reform lecturer. ' And Herbert helped himself to a-sce-ond cut Chicago TriLnao. fahiiinaialarT TELEQEAMS TEESELT TOLD.. Miss Emma A. Tellers dawthter ef Senator. Teller, and Mr. Geo; IL" Trier. of Denver, were married at WachiDfjton Tuesday. Senator Lindsay offered smwmti, directiu? tbe president in eveat t Cuban military operations te aet m sert with Gomez. The Ohio miners' union out the 2,000 men of the Wmtimm. die trict, the operators not ha viae m4 the changes in the screens deeidtid. apea a the Chicaso convention. The board of manager ef tjha m tional congress or mocacH Jmm aK delegates and visitors FhMfiiiiia t at tend the congress to be ton, May 2 to 7, inclusi notify the ofiice, addreKgagatioal Congress of Mothers, XewYork Stoh.Xahet. ' New Yoke, April IS. Lewer qym Hons from Loudon affiotid the even ing here, but prices did-not dce!)M fay to the London parity. LoeeM' in nm railroads were confined .to faaoeiono, that in New York Cento! an to . Sugar, Manhattan, aad La ale do Gas were off a point ec were. The low level prices ktrked hajiae, which stiffened the wnrhot te abaat yesterday's close. SfarLLaekde Qm and tobaoco showed "notable strength, the latter stock touching 109J, as com pared with 102 last night. .The grangers and internationals and other leading shares afterwards fell hack to the opening level. After a Sheriff. Iowa City, April 12. County Attor ney Dutcher filed a petition with Judge Wade of the district court asking for the removal of Sheriff Walsh. The sheri allowed James McDonough, a prisoner he was taking to the peniten tiary, to escape at Cedar Rapids. At the time McDonough escaped Walsh"! was in a saloon. He walked out and left McDonough there. McDonough did not trr to escaps, bat went to the poiiCE station and told then the caaa. ; Milton Doolittle, Receiver North Platte Nat'l Bajik VETERIHARYSPECIFKS 500 PASX BOOS MAILED JSJX CONTENTS : Part I. Diseases of Horse. Part II. Diseases of Cattle. 'Part III. Diseases of Sheep. Part IV. Diseases of Hoge. Part V. Diseases of Dogs. Part VI. Diseases of Poultry. Same book in better binding AO te-Si;, HtMrHXITS'BZS. CO., Ctr.mutMUwnnj KEKYOUS DEBILITY, VITAL WEAKNESS and Prostration from Cver vork: or other causes. Humphrsya Homeopathic SpWoifle No. 28, in use overdo years, th successful remedy. $lperTial,or3vla!jandlarzsTi 8oU br Bnat. er (cat po!r nCXTHBKTSEV. C8., Ctr.WWM 1 CANADA II 1 1 II ManlttU, Assixibtii, Alkft1af SaskaicirfWM. That meaca tbat in any of tbe S grtat Provinces of the Dominion Canada you can secure iS agrkrakwal land, yielding from $15 to $ao per acre yearly, if you become air actual settler. Their .resources are"1 asrricilture. tihcr mmCmas Writs foe experience of -'ft. -4 -