WHERE BEAVERS LIVE
KILGORE'S BIG FARM INHABITED BY
BEAVERS FOR MARKET.
One Man Who Ilopa to Grow Rich Out
of the Sriarrlty of Sealskin A tfusr
Kind of Live fttock to llaiie Heaven
Aro HocImI as Figs.
"You have never heard of Dick Kil
Kore's beaver farm? That'u queer." The
tIal?er was oM "Mud Ca-t" Williams,
who has been a fisherman in the south
east Oeorffia etreaniH for forty years.
"Dick's K"'"K to make a pile of money,
be continue!.
"You see, Dick has atout 200 beavers,
youu aul old, but there are not more
than twenty to be killed for their skins
this year. It's a new industry, an ex
Irinient with him, and he don't want to
kill any except the surplus males for the
present. But suppose you go out with
me and see the farm."
A drive of ten miles through the
Ewamps along Driar crek and the Kil
gore place, or Beaver Dam Hollow, was
reached.
"Now, here's the farm," said Williams,
jointing to the creek, across which every
few yards were rough dams, and abovo
them, in the almost btill water, were
mounds of earth, rocks and sticks com
ing out a few feet above the surface of
the water.
"You know beavers don't show them
selves much in the day. They do their
work at night. Dick owns about 1,000
acres running up and down the creek. lie
has the land posted and keeps everybody
off, but it is not fenced. Fences would not
keep the beavers in, but there is no dan
ger of them going off, for this is a nat
ural home for them, and every beaver
here knows old Dick. He feeds them
every night, and they come, when he
calls, like hogs."
Kilgore has been a farmer down here
for j'ears, and beavers have been in the
creek for all time, but it was not until
recently that he began to protect and
care for them with a view to making
beaver raising a regular business. It
will be a profitable business, for the
scarcity of sealskins has increased the
value of beaver skins, and they will con
tinue to increase year by year. A few
years ago beaver skins sold as low a
four dollars per skin, but they should
now bring at least ten dollars each.
VALUE OF BEAVER SKIN'S.
Beaver skins sent to London and prop
erly dyed a seal brown are splendid imi
tations of the seal. The seal fur, you
know, is naturally a gray. The reason I
say send beaver skins to London is be
cause that is the only place in the world,
it seems, that furs can be properly dyed.
However, the fur of the beaver is natu
rally a reddish brown, and is a beautiful
fur.
The beaver is a queer little animal.
"When full grown it weighs from fifty to
sixty pounds. Its hind legs are its prin
cipal propellers, both when in and out of
the water. The hind feet are webbed
and the front ones have claws, which are
about as convenient to the beaver as a
monkey's hands are to him. They can
carry stones and sticks about in them
with ease. In the water especially a
beaver can carry a quantity of freight,
for he swims with his hind feet and
carries his load in his mouth.
Just after dark Mr. Kilgore went down
to the edge of the stream to feed the
beavers.
"I don't often feed them in the sum
mer," he said, "for they get all they
want along the banks of the stream.
They eat bark off the trees, and at this
season there is an abundance of fresh,
tender bark and grasses and roots. In
the winter they lay up a supply of food
for themselves along the banks and in
their holes in the dams, wnich they build
of roots and sticks and stones. I feed
them nearly all the time in winter, when
they flock together and unite in building
dams, but in summer they scatter every
fellow for himself and I only call them
up occasionally, just enough to keep them
tame. As they are scattered off for
miles around, but few will come to a call
for food."
UOW THE BEAVER WORKS.
But there were a dozen roinping about
in the stream then, and in a few minutes
quite a number had gathered. Among
them were a score or more little fellows
born only a mouth ago. The females have
from two to six young each annually,
and as a consequence the families in
crease very rapidly.
A mixture of green food and a little
grain was thrown out on the ground to
the herd of little animals, and they
scampered around and picked it up like
so many hogs. Some of them would
gather up an ear of corn or a young corn
stalk and dive off with it into the stream.
They were tame, but, like hogs, would
scamper off if you tried to catch one.
A beaver seems to be almost human
in intelligence. They actually gnaw
down young trees, drag them into a
stream and let them float down, swim
ming with them to the place they want
to build a dam. Then they will drag
stones and roots and sticks and grasses,
and indeed everything used to dam a
stream, until they have practically as
substantial a dam as a man could con
struct. They do this to make the water
above deep enough to sport in and placid
enough to build their homes of sticks
and mud in, which are very warm and
comfortable in winter and large enough
for a family of eight or ten.
The beaver's principal tool in building
these homes is his tail. The tail is a
scaly, trowel shaped appendage about
ten inches long and four or five inches
broad. The beaver's main strength is in
the tail. He can take up soft mud on
it, place it against the sticks and stones
used to build his home, and pat it down
with the tail as firmly and as well as a
man could do the work with a trowel.
Besides its fur, which is the main reve
nue from the beaver, it furnishes cas
.toreum, a product used' in medicines,
and its flesh is a food that when prop
erly prepared is delicious. Bascom (Ga.)
Cor. St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
DOUBLE PHOTOGRAPHS.
Llethoda of Making a IT Ik tire Appear In
Different Position on One Plate.
The making of double pictures on one
negative plate has been practiced by
photographers for some time. It h;is
been supposed that they were mal by
using reflections from mirrors to double
the object to be photographed. Doubles
may be made that way, but the reflec
tion of the glass always shows, while
the figures are invariably distorted. The
most common way of making successful
doubles is to extend the reach of the
lens with a small box rf the same depth
of the focal depth of the lens. The in
side of the box should be smooth and
blackened a dead black, to prevent iti
apearance in the picture.
The front of the box is then divided
equally by two small doors or flaps. In
making the exposure open one flap, draw
the slide from your plate holders and ex
pose the plate. Then replace the felide.
close the door that was ojien, let the per
son being photographed change position,
open the door that was closed on the
first exposure, leaving the other one
closed, focus the object, draw the slide
again and expose the plate again, ami
you have the same person in two differ
ent attitudes in the same negative, with
out any line of demarkation showing in
the background.
Captain John N. Riker goes further
than making doubles. Ho makes triples,
quadruples or any number wante , in
the most grotesque and ghastly forms,
on one plate. His system of making
doubles on the same plate is more com
plicated than the one descrilied. It is
done by placing a kit or shutter over the
plate in the holder and exposing si part
at a time.
The kit is hinged in sections, theupjer
corners opening like little doors to the
side. Decapitated heads are taken by
oening the doors and just exposing the
part of the plate directly behind, on
which the head has been focused. After
these exposures have been made the
doors are closed and the subject is fo
cused with outstretched hands. After
proper focusing, the kit, except the
upper corners, is drawn away and a full
exposure made.
A few days ago Captain Riker walked
into the house and tossed an envelope
into Mrs. Riker's hands. On opening it
she found a picture of the headless body
standing upright with arms outstretched,
and in each hand a platter on which lay
a ghastly head his own.
Captain Riker said that while he had
known for many years the secret of
making the pictures, he now desired to
show simply what really is behind the
making of alleged spook and spirit pic
tures. The secret of making the pictures
has been known for many years also by
Professor George R. Cromwell. New
York Sun.
An Improvement in Tunneling.
The frequent and serious difficulty ex
perienced in the operations of tunnel
ing, namely, the subsidence of the sur
face after the completion of the work,
has lately been found to be preventable
by a simple system resorted to by a Lon
don contractor, by the use of which no
ground outside the actual section of the
subway in hand need be disturbed. The
system in question comprises a series of
steel bars placed side by side with the
excavation sc as to form a complete tem
porary lining and support to the roof,
and within this ri of bars the perma
nent brick arch of the tunnel is built.
The bars used in this work are ten feet
long, six inches wide, and two inches
thick, being provided at their edges with
longitudinal grooves, by means of which
each is linked to the next one in such a
way as to admit of separate longitudinal
motion, and yet to prevent lateral sepa
ration. The bars are inserted in the
same manner, as well as supported, as
ordinary tunnel bars, the ground being
excavated only the exact section of the
tunnel, plus the trifling thickness of the
bars.
After the brickwork has been built
within them the bars are separately
pushed forward by jackscrews as the
earth is excavated for the succeeding
length. The bars are provided with longi
tudinal tubular cavities, through which
grouting or other filling material may be
introduced from time to time to fill
the space left vacant by the advancing
bars between the top of the lining arch
and the earth above and around, this
preventing any subsidence. New York
Sun.
Maine's Female Tramp.
A city female tramp of giant stature
is annoying some of our western Maine
towns. She comes to the farmhouses,
generally after dark, and begs to be al
lowed to stay all night. Her request is
generally granted, though unwillingly,
for her person is very repulsive. She
always carries several large bundles cov
ered with a waterproof. In one of them
are a clean dress and whole shoes which
she saves to put on in Boston. They are
too good for tramping in Maine.
To all appearance she hasn't a relative
in the world, and prefers this roving life
to any kind of labor, for she ?s frequent
ly offered a chance to do housework at
farmhouses, but always declines. Once
she did work for a day or two, but de
clared she'd rather walk and beg. She
expects to go to the poorhouse, but not
until she can no longer travel. It is said
that to hear her talk without looking at
her one would imagine her a lady, so
correct is her language. Lewiston Jour
nal. Proving an Old Proverb.
Ancaeus, king of the Leleges in Samos
(an island in the Grecian archipelago),
planted a vineyard; and so heavily did
he oppress his slaves that one of them,
it is said, prophesied to him that he
would never live to taste the wine there
of. When the wine was made he sent
for his slave and said, "What do 3-ou
think of your prophecy now?" The slave
made answer, "There's many a slip
'twixt the cup and the lip." The words
were scarcely uttered when Ancaeus was
informed that a wild boar had broken
into his vineyard and was laying it
waste. Ancaeus, setting down the cip
un tasted, hastened to attack and drive
out the boar, but he was killed in the
encounter. Detroit Free Press.
Died.
Died at 10 o'clw. la t n i;rlit. in
fant s-oti of M-. :n:il Mrs. Ola Benifs
tou of inflainatiwii of the brain. The
funeral will tae latv to-morrow
afternoon at three, o'clock. Fri-nB
of the family are invited to .itten".
Dlr-d.
Mis- Cora K. Holmes-- died this'
morning at 1 o'clock at her parents' .
home west of Kuck HltilT.--. Miss
Cora was Heventeen yearn, four ;
months and t vnty-tbn-e days old
at the t hue of 1 kr deal h. The fun-1
eral will occur to-morrow morning' '
at li o'clock from her parents' resi- j
donee '
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Whin (Mi lake Ju.:hM ;:nt H ks in on-Isleraf inn jnii 'iin not
'ho ipcr ;iu l'Jv in ? Wui Id than
All Oddfellows art: requested to
meet tit the 1 evidence of O. liengs
ton to assist in th? burial of their
little babe, at H o'clock . m. to-morrow.
joiiN CoKV. N. (i.
ibfeifecs Uull,
The li. .V M. club will play the
Nonpareils of Council Hlutis Wed
nesday and Thursday afternoons at
4 and .1 o.clock. This will be a
good fjiinii' and will show how the
club can play without Adams and
Motz.
The Klsons vs. the Ked Kobins of
Omaha to morrow on home
grounds. Admission, 15 cents;
ladies free. This will le one of the
best amateur games of the season.
Tte Only One Pries
1l2
Ololhler in Bass Go,
TO APPRECIATE JOE'S LOW PRICES
Von 111 ti t cdi mid fcxarnine It is Mipcror Make and (Jnalily of
General Cowan ofOniahais in the
city lo-da- with his divorce client
Mr. Seth F. Winch.
Dakota Ho! Sprmti.
The popularity of these Springs is
fast increasing, both as a Summer
and a Health Resort. The cures
etfected by its waters are many and
marvelous. The altitude of the
place (.'iiVK). feet) makes the atmo
sphere exilerating and absolute!)"
free from malaria. They are sur
rounded by wondeful freaks of
nature, and delightful scenery.
The elegant new plunge hath 2M)
feet long by 50 feet wide just 'com
pleted has added a very attractive
feature to this resort. The Hotels
are fitted up with all modern im
provements, and accommodation
are ample.
The Fremont, Klkhorn & Missouri
Valley Railroad goes direct to the
Springs with Palace Sleepers from
Omaha wilhout change. Tourist
tickets good for ninety days from
date of sale can be had all the year
round. For Pamphlets concerning
these Spri igs r any infoimation a-
to rates, etc. call upon or address
any Agent of the Fremont, Klkhorn
& Missouri Valley and Sioux City &
Pacific Railroads, or
. R. Jiuchanan,
Omaha, Xeb.. G. P. & T. A.
H. G. Hurt, General Managea.
urnishino: Goods
Hats
i
Etc,
THAN THOSE KtiPT BY HIS COM PK'IITOUS.
ce buys Only From the Best Houses in America.
-:- JOE
Quotes no Prices But he Will Sell You The Best Goods
FOE THE LEAST 2&02?22a3T.
Money Cheerfully Re funded if Goads F1 mud not
Satisfactory or as Represented,
lee Cream Delivered.
I. P. Ami! has started an ice
cream delivery wagon, which de
livers ice cream to your homes in
any amount you wish, leave orders
at liis place. near corner of Sixth and
Pearl street. tf
Wanted A desirable tenant for
the Dovey homestead, corner of
Seventh and Oak streets,
tf K. G. Dovey & Sox.
Philip Krause will sell his good
cheap till the lath, of August, in
order to make room for his fall
goods. tf
License Notice.
Notice is hereby given that I w"ill
apply to the county commissioners
at their next regular meeting lor a
license to sell malt, spirituous and
vinous liquors in the village of
Union, Cass county, Nebraska.
d&wtf. JOHX MoilLEK.
Hair chains, rings, crosses an
hair work of all kinds to order.
Mrs. A. Kxee.
tf 1720 Locust St.
A desireable house, "with fruit"
for rent or sale inquire of V. A.
Iioeck & Co. nt
Needles, oils and parts for all
kinds of machines can be found at
the Singer oflice, corner of Main
and Sixth streets, with II. Koeck. tf
That Hacking Cough can so quick
ly cured by Shiloh's cure. We
guarantee it, 1-tf
The largest line of patent ined-i
cines will be found at Brown & Bar
rett's tf
It Should be in Every House.
J. B. Wilson, 371 Clay St., Sharpt
burg. Pa., says he will not be with
out Dr. King's New Discovery for
Consumption. Coughs and Colds,
that it cured his wife who was
threatened with Pneumonia after
an attack of "La Grippe," when
various other remedies and several
physicians had done her no good.
Robert Barber, of Cocksport, Pa.,
claims Dr. King's New Discovery
has done him more good than any
thing he ever used for Lung
Trouble. Nothing like it. Try it.
Free trial bottles at V. G. Fricke ic
Co's drugstore. Large bottle. .tOc.
and $1.00.
Opera House Corner
Plattsmouth, iNeb.
Bucklen's Arnica Salve.
Thk Best Salve in the world for Cut
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Kheum. Fever
Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains,
Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and posi
tively cures Piles, or bo pay required.
It is guaranteed to give satisfaction, or
money refunded. Price 25 rents per box.
For sale by F. G. Fricke & Co.
T utii nn old man and have been a
constant sufferer with catarrh for
the last ten years. 1 am entirety
cured by the use of Kly's Cream
Balm. It is strange that so simple
a remedy will cure such a stubborn
disease. Henry Billings, U. S. Pen
sion Attorney, Washington, D. C.
For eight years I have suffered
from catarrh, which affected my
eyes and hearing; I have employed
many physicians without relief. I
am now on my second bottle of
Flly's Cream Balm, and feel confi
dent of a complete cure.- Mary C.
Thompson, Cerro Gordo, 111.
Brown & Barrett dispense a
greater variety of Summer drinks
than any house in the city. tf
Electric Bitters.
This remedy is becoming so well
and so popular as to need no special
mention. All who have used Klecl
trie Bitters sing the same song of
praise. A purer medicine does not
exist and it is guaranteed to do al
that is claimed. Electric Bitters
will cure all diseases of the liver
and kidneys, will remove pimples,
boils, salt rheum and other affec
tions caused by impure blood.
Will drive malaria from the svstem
and prevent as well as cure all ma
larial levers. ror cure ot tieaaacne,
constipation and indigestion try
Electric Hitters. Entire satisfaction
guaranteed, or money refunded.
r'rice ixjc aim 1 per uotue ai f. yj.
Fricke & Co's drugstore,"
A Fatal Mistake.
Physicians make no more fatal
mistake than when they inform pa
tients that nervous heart troubles
come from the stomach and are of
little consequence. Dr. Franklin
Miles, the noted Indiana specialist,
has proven the contrary in his new
book on "Heart Disease'' which may
be had free of F. G. Fricke & Co.,
who guarantee and recommend Dr.
Miles' unequalled new ITeart Cure,
which has the largest sale of any
heart remedy in the world. It cures
nervous and organic heart disease,
short breath, fluttering, pain or ten
derness in the side, arm or shoulder,
irregular pulse, fainting, smother
ing, dropsy, etc. His Restorative
Nervine cures headache, fits, etc.
Sudden Deaths.
Heart disease is by fa- the most
freouent cause of sudden death,
which in three out of four cases is
unsuspected. The symptoms are
not irenerallv understood. These
are: a habit of lying on the right
side, short breath, pain or duress in
the side, back or shoulder, irregular
pulse, asthma, weak and hungry
spells, wind in stomach, swelling of
ankles or dropsy, oppression, dry
cough and smothering. Dr. Miles'
illustrated book on Heart Disease,
free at F. G. FrJke & Co's, who sell
and guarantee Dr. Miles' unequaled
New Heart Cure, and his restora
tive Nervine, which cures nervous
ness, headache, sleeplessness, drop
6)r, etc. It contains no opiates.
TAMNTED Salman.
V V L,ooal And Traveling.
v A good chance ! Dont miss it !
You nerd no capital to represent a reliable
firm that warrants nursery ttock first class and
true to name. Work ll the Year and
(rood pay weekly to enenrftic men. Apply
quick, stating age. MAY St. CO.
Nurserymen Floriet and seeamen, t Paul Min
Th house is responsible.
CASS LODGE. No. 14P. T. P. o. F. mets ev
ery Tuesday nifcht at theii J-i!i iw Fitzgerald
block. All Odd Feilowt, ue cordially invited
to attend when visiting in t!ie city.
I. B. Williams. N. G.
J. W. Bridge, Sec
HAVELOCK
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IF SO
Remember that R. (. Castle & Co have an immense stock of
LUMBER AND ALL BUILDIDG MATES I AL
A.T HAVELOCK
And (juaratitee Satisfaction in all Things
R. O. CASTLE & CO
HAVELOCK, NEBRASKA.
jjjAWSON & PEARCE
Carry a Full Line of
FINE 3IILLEXBRY AND CHIL
DREN 8 CLOTHING.
ALSO KKESH CUT FUjWEKS
The Citizens
I? A TVT TV
- V. IN IV
FLATTSMoUTH . NEBRASKA
Oayital mock paid iu $yi 0 0
Authorized Capital, $IOO.OOO.
ROOM 2. K.LKV FLOCK.
PLATTMOCTH
First National
BANK
OK PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA
Paid up capital .v,nrn,r0
Surplus 10,0X.09
OFPICKBH
KBANK CAKKUTIi. JOS. A. CONNOK,
President. Vlce-PreHerjt
W. li. OUSHING. Canhier.
DIBRCTORS
Vr&uk Oarruth J. A. Connor, Y. R. (intbmuD
'. W. Johnson, Henry Boftck. John O'Keefe
, VV. I). Memain. Wm. Wetncamp, W.
H. Cuskiiig.
Offers the very beet facilities for the promp
transaction of ligitimate
Banking Business
fltocks, bond, gold, government and local ?e
auritiee bought and sold. Deposits reciv?u
And interest allowed on the certificate
Drafts drawn, available in any part of the
United States and all the principal tewne of
Europe.
COLLECTIONS MADE A?D PROMPTLY KEMtT-
TED.
Highest market price paid for County War
rants, State ana County bonds.
D I RECTO K.S
John Fitztjsrald D. nawkeworth
Sam WauKh. K. E. White
George E. Dovey
Joan Fitzgerald. 8. Waugh.
President Cattle"
Potted strawberry plants of
choice varieties will be on sale at
Lew Moore's by July loth. Plants
put out now will insure a big crop
next year. dScwtf
TRANSACTS!! GENERAL BANKING BUSiNES
faues ceJtiflcat-M of deposits hearin interact
Luvs and belie exchange, county and
city .xi
Cor Main and Fifth street.
Paid up capital v) 000
Surplus 26 000
OFFICERS
0. H. Parnele President
Fred riorder Vice President
J. M. Patterson CaMietr
T. M. Patterson. A.st Cashier
DIRECTORS
J. H. Parmele, J. M . Patterson, Fred Gorder.
A, B. Smith. K. B. Windhain. H. S.Kamey and
T. M . Patterson
k GENERAL BANK1NC BUSINESS
T a ANSA TED
Accounts solicited. Interest allowed on time
deposits and prompt atrentiougiven to all bus
iness e&truated to its care.
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