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North Platte National Bank, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. DPaid up Capital. 7 5,000. DIRECTORS: X. W. HAKMOXD, O. M. CARTER, CIMDDIKGS, 1L C. LINDSAY, a RTREITZ. H- OTTEK, All business intrusted to us handled promptly, carefully, and at lowest rates. J. E. EVANS, M, OBEBST, A. D. DUCKWORTH- Closing -:- Out -:- Sale BOOTS and SHOES I will close out my entire stoch of Boots and Shoes at a GREAT SACRIFICE. Wishing to quit the business I will give bargains on all goods in stoch. Some of the best goods made in this couniry will be SLAUGHTERED . Our goods are all the very best. No shoddy in stoch. Call in for Bargains, for you never bought Good Goods for such -prices. I offer at a bargain the entire stoch and fix- tares to any one desiring to engage in the Boot and Shoe frade. The reason for selling is that other enterpHses engage my attention. Call for bargains at Otten's Boot & Shoe Store NORTH PLATTE MARBLE WORKS. NATIONAL LAWMAKERS. Manufacturer of and Dealer in Headstones, Curbing; Building Stone, And all kinds of MONUMENTAL AND CEMETERY WORK- Careful attention given to lettering of every description. Jobbing done on short notice. Orders solicited and estimates freely given. WEST SIXTH STREET, - NORTH PLATTE, NEB. HERSHEY & CO., DEALERS IN AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, AND T7"a,grrLS, Oa,xxia,gres, aBio-grgles, JEtOJJD CABTS, ETC. Agents for the Celebrated Goodhue and Challenge Wind Mills Agents for Union Sewing Machines. Locust Street, North Platte, - - Nebraska. aaaaaaaMaaaTM elng is Believing7 jel And a good lamp $0 must be simple: when it is not simple it is S&ifflm ii'ftMfs nnt rmnrl. Sfttit7 Krniitifiil Citmii thp5 Se D , V" words mean much, but to see "The Rochester" will impress the truth more forcibly. All metal, tough and seamless, and made in three pieces only,' it is absolutely safe mix unbreakable. Like Aladdin s of old, it is indeed a "wonderful lamp, for its mar velous light is purer and brighter than gas light, softer than electric light and more cheerful than either. Took fo'r this stamp The Rochkster. if the lamp dealer has n't the jrennlne Rochester, and the style you want, send to us for our new illustrated catalogue, and we will send you a lamp safelv bv express your choice of over 2,000 varieties from the Largest Lamp Store in Vie World. ROCHESTER IAHF CO., 42 Park Place, Xcw Xorlt City. J. BROEKEE, Merchant Tailor, LARGE STOCK OP PIECE GOODS, embracing all the new designs, kept on hand and made to order. PERFECT PIT GUARANTEED. PRICES LOWER THAN EVER BEFORE Spruce Street, between Fifth and Sixth. FINEST SAMPLE ROOM IN NORTH PLATTE. Having refitted our rooms in the finest of style, the public is invited to call and see us, insuring courteous treatment. Finest Wines, Liquors and Cigars at the Bar. Onr billiard hall is supplied with the best make of tables and competent attendants will supply all your wants. KEITH'S BLOCK, OPPOSITE THE UNION PACIFIC DEPOT. Mexican Mustang Liniment A Cure for the Ailments of Man and Beast. A long-tested pain reliever. Its nse is almost universal by the Housewife, the Farmer, the Stock Raiser, and by every one requiring an effective liniment No other application compares with it -in - efficacy. This well-knosrn remedy has stood the -test of years, almost generations. No medicine chest is complete without a bottle of Mustang Liniment. Occasions arise for its use almost every, day. All druggists and dealers have it. FIRST SESSION OF THE FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS OPENED. Tail Crowd Throngs the Capitol toTTlt aess the Opening Ceremonies Some ot the More Important Measures IHteljrto Receive Attention. Washington Dec. 8, The Demo cratic caucus, after two hours re cess, was called to order at 8 o'clock and balloting proceeded with. Change followed change in the twenty-third ballot which witnessed the first with drawal of a candidate, Mr. Hatch. Mr. Cobb of Missouri started the break in Mr. Hatch's reduced ranks by voting for Mr. Mills and he was followed by Mr. Dearmond of Missouri, who also cast his -ballot for the Texan. Mr. Hatch was hastily summoned to the ar&aSA TsBsaaaTsBBBBBBssaaalpHpBSBKS v CHARLES FREDERICK CRISP. hall of the house, where he announced hio withdrawal and cast his vote for Judge Crisp. This action on the part of Mr. Hatch was received with great cheering by the Crisp men. Messrs. Burns and Wilson of Missouri (Hatch men) followed the example of their leader and voted for Crisp. Mr. Wheeler of Alabama changed his vote from Crisp to Mills, but when the Hatch men went to the Georgian ho came back into the Crisp fold. Another change was made in this ballot Shive ly of Indiana and Stout of Michigan.who had supported Springer, going over to Crisp, making the twenty-third ballot stand: Crisp 100, Mills 94, Springer 18, McMillin 19, Stevens 1; total 227. Twenty-eighth ballot: Crisp 103, Mills 96, Springer 8, McMillin 19, Stevens 1. Babbitt of Wisconsin changed from Springer to Mills on tho twenty-eighth ballot. There was one absentee on this ballot. Capehart of West Virginia, a Mills man, did not vote, being sick. Stahlnecker of New York deserted Mills for Crisp on the twenty-ninth bal lot. This was the only change on the twenty-ninth. Crisp now had 104. At the end of the twenty-ninth ballot and before the thirtieth was begun Mc Millin entered the caucus and withdrew, but did not express any preference. The twenty-ninth ballot resulted: Crisp 104, Mills 94, Springer 8, McMillan 18 Stev ens 1. Crisp Nominated. The final vote, the thirtieth, was: Crisp 119, Mills 105, Springer 4. Crisp was nominated by Springer throwing his votes to him. Ex-Representative Voder of Ohio was nominated for sergeant-at-arms of the house. Ex-Representative Turner of New York was nominated for door-keeper of the house. Dalton of Indiana was nominated for postmaster by a small majority and Mr. Milburnfor chaplain by acclamation. CONGRESSIONAL, House organized by Frederick Crisp as fTAsniNGTOir, Dec. 8. tho election of Charles speaker. Washington, Dec. 9. The president's tage was read in senate and house. NEW TREATIES SIGNED. xncs- Germany, Austria and Italy Form a Com mercial Union. Rome, Dec. 9. The new commercia treaties between Italy, Germany and Austria have been signed. The German and Austrian commer cial treaty has been signed at Vienna. The remaining treaties will be signed during the coming week. They were discussed by the bundesrath. Minister Von Boettscher presided. There is no doubt that the reichstag will ratify the treaties. America will derive the great est advantage from it. The Boersen Courier says that the duty on corn will be reduced from 50 to 25 shillings per ton. America's favored nations posi tion depends upon the Clay treaty of 1829. Russia, excluded by the favored nation clause, will be adversely affected by the new treaties and will be virtually compelled to make overtures to Ger many to prevent the total exclusion of Russian grain from the German market. The customs treaty between Germany and Austria is a strongly anti-French document. The duties, as far as possi ble, are heavily increased on everything coming from France. The treaty runs until 1903'unless either party gives no tice of withdrawal. CHINESE INSURGENTS DEFEATED. Eleven Hundred Rebels Slain by Govern ment Troops. London, Dec. 9. The Chronicle's Shanghai correspondent reports that the rebels have met a complete and crushing defeat. The report has been confirmed. Eleven hundred rebels were slaughtered on the field and those which were overtaken and captured weft immediately exe cuted. Martial law has been proclaimed throughout Manchooria. THE DEATH ROLL. Rev. Oscar McCullocii, philanthropist, at Indianarxms. Charles B. Evarts, son of William M. Evarts. at Windsor. Vt. Richard G. Dove, oldest employe im the Government service, at Washington. Bv. James Muirhead, well-known preacher, at Champaign, UL Thomas R. Davis, auditor of disburse mmntu nt the. Pennsvlvania railway, at Philadelphia. , WAR IN INDIA. ten Engage la British Troops and Tribes a Battle London, Dec. 12. There are apprehen sions of trouble with Russia, owing to the engagement between British troops and tribesmen at Fort Nilt.on the Indus. The natives are believed to have been in stigatedby the Russian agents. The British troops stormed and took the Fort, which is near the Pamir frontier, losing seven killed and twenty-six wounded. The natives lost about fifty men. German and Russian arms and ammunition are said to have been found on the bodies of the dead. It is understood that Lord Salisbury has communicated with the Russian embassador in regard to the matter and that a cabinet council will be held today. Sage's Assailant, Boston, Dec. 14. Note Broker Henry L. Norcross of Boston, who, it is sus pected, threw the bomb at Russell Sage, left, it is now reported, a note which has convinced his parents that he committed tne crime. The note was left on his desk at his office and his father found it there when he entered the room. When he came from the room he denied that he had found anything. Now it is ac knowledged at the Norcross residence that a message had been found, ad dressed to Mrs. Norcross. It read, in part: "I am iroine to New York on bmsi- ness, and if I am not successful and do not come back before a given time I shall not return alive." In view of the closely woven web of evidence which has been thickening about Norcross as a oomo thrower, it only needed a letter like this, if genuine, to set all doubts at rest. JM.r. Adams and his wife, who live in the lower part of Norcross' house at Somerville, are the authority for the statement that the letter has been found, The Ohio Senatorship. Columbus, Dec. 12. The managers of Senator Sherman's campaign are holding a consultation. Mark A. Hanna 1 of Cleveland, George A. Walderf, internal revenue collector for northern Ohio, and ex-Speaker Keifer have arrived, and there is an unusual influx of members- elect of the next general assembly in town. The meeting has been precipi tated by the discovery that the Cuya hoga delegation, which, was thought to be solid for Sherman, is slipping away. Both Sherman and Foraker claim a ma jority in the caucus. Three Strikers Shot at Crested Butte. Crested Butte, Colo., Dec. 14. Every thing is quiet here, but the strikers say they are determined that no men shall work in the mines until their grievances are adjusted. Three of the men shot by the sheriffs party are thought to be in a dying condition. The sheriff still has possession of the mines. A conference will be held between the miners and operators and matters may be adjusted. Estimates for 1892-93. Washington; Dec. 12 .. The .estimate for carrying on the business of gov ernment for the fiscal year, ending. June 30, 1893, submitted to congress oy the secretary of the treasury, aggregates 409,608,693, or $2,531,556 more than the estimates and $41,742,281 less than the appropriations for the year ending June 30. 1892- Valuable Dirt. The streets of Helena, Mon., are not exactly paved with gold, nor can one pick up a livelihood in nuggets from the roadway, but cellar digging is apt to un cover enough gold to pay for thelabor, and sometimes quite a part of the 'cost of the house. In digging the founda tions of a business block there the inter ested parties are taking out $100 per day in pay dirt, and do not seem to think it a very remarkable find either. Boston Transcript. Professional Objection. "I notice by the papers," said McCor kle to a chance acquaintance in the street car, "that one man has saved four teen lives jthis past summer in the surf at Atlantic Jity." "Yes, and it does seem's if people ought to mind their own business." "Are you alluding to me?' "No, to the life savers. You see, I am an undertaker." New York Epoch. A rare reptile, a white rattlesnake, was exhibited at a fair in Clarion coun ty, together, it is said, with a photo graph of the snake's eye, in which caa be distinctly seen the likeness of a far mer who narrowly escaped death from the reptile. A new type of drawbridge is being built in Chicago to span- the Chicago river. By a folding instead of a swing ing process no central pier is needed, and greatly increased facilities for navigating the narrow river are obtained. Pastry Without Butter, Light, flaky and digestible pic .crust and all kinds of fine pastry can be made with Dr. Price's Cream Baking Pow der without butter or with one half the usual portion, if pre ferred, or with a small quantity of lard or other shortening as desired. Pie crust made in this way is more wholesome and digestible besides being more economical and easier pre pared in addition to saving all the butter if desired. .One third the flour is also dispensed with, and thecrusis rolled' that much thinner, the raising qualities of Dr. Price's Powder ' it swelling it to the requisite thickness. Those- who enjoy thp' aooetizinir dualities of the delicious rejoice to know this secret. Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder is that contains the white of eggs. WHERE IS HEAVEN? "What is Heaven?" "Child, how can I tell Of the beauty that rests on the city of God? Mine eyes hare not seen it, my feet have not trod Its golden pared streets set with jewels whose worth Outibine and ontvalno the jewels of earth. And what is Heaven? I know only this: lis the birthplace ot glory; the essence of bliss." "Where is Heaven?" "Dear, how do I know? We gaze into space through the blue throbbing air. Sun crowned and star gemmed, and we say, 'It Is there. Above, and beyond us, more high and more high. Gad's palace, whose floor is our beautiful sky. And where is Heaven? I know only this: Tls the hope of all ages wherever it is." Rose Hart wick Thorpe InNew York Observer. THE STKANGLER VINE. home maaepie will- the oni Dr. Price's Cream Balling .MB.' rowaer.: re ported b' all authorities as free from . Ammo Alum, or any other adulterant. In iai purity of this ideal powder has neversDeeh. tioned. owaer "Yon want to know how those marks came there, do you? Well, you would guess a mighty long time before you would come near it, so Til spare yon the trouble and tell you the story." He held up his brown right hand as he spoke. Across the back of it were two livid lines. One of these lines passed inside his hand and wound around his little finger. This finger was twisted and broken and bent backward. Bight np to the finger nail extended the fiery, threadlike line. The second line was a deeper red, wider than the other, and from it other filamentlike lines branched, covering the wrist with a network of scarlet tendrils. The main line could be seen to wind once around the wrist and then was lost up the speaker's sleeve. "Well," he resumed, "you remember the excitement that followed the discov eries of silver in Yucatan in 1877. The Indians had been bringing down small quantities of horn silver for some time and selling it at Merida. Finally, one of the half breed merchants of that town got an Indian drnnk and induced him to tell where they obtained the silver. They say it was one of the mines from which the Aztecs, or whatever race it was that built the cities, the ruins of which cover so many miles in that country, used to get the silver for their temples. At all events, the merchant came back with two burros laden with almost pure sil ver. Ho said that there was silver enough in sight at the mine to load a fleet of steamers. He told in a general way where the treasure mountain was, and started out with a pack train for more. One of his mules strayed back nearly a month later, bnt that was all that was ever heard of him. "I was one of the swarm of prospectors that started out to find the old mine. It had taken the merchant two weeks to make his first trip, so we could calculate about what distance he had traveled I had for a companion a Balize Indian hunter, who knew something of the in terior country. We traveled ten days through the wildest country that any one ever heard of. Mountains, whose snowy tops were thousands of feet above the clouds, and whose sides were cov ered with jungles so thick that for days together we simply had to hew our way through it. At last we reached a val ley, the other side of which was bounded by a separate chain of mountains. These, from where we stood, seemed perfectly unassailable, bnt my companion said he had been on top of them. " 'From the summit,' he said, 'you can see the Chihuandassi.' "I had heard of the Chihuandassi. The name meana 'T&blo of Dead Men,' and the Indians say it is covered with plants that have the power of motion. " 'Have you ever been on the Chihuan dassi?' I asked. " 'No man has ever gone there and re turned to tell it,' he answered. "We crossed the valley, passing through the ruins of a great city built of almost transparent quartz, aud finally struck the trail he spoke of, and two days later stood on the top. On the other side was a narrow gulch, and be yond it a sheer wall many hundreds of feet high. Still the top of this was low er than we were, and we could Iook down npon the Table of Dead Men. The mesa on the other side of the gulch seemed perfectly level, and as far as we could jndge was surrounded on all sides by just such a precipice as we saw. The country is all sandstone, and the swift little rivers have nearly all worn deep channels for themselves. In many local ities you can walk a hundred miles, be able to throw a stone into the river and yet you may die of thirst, so high and erect are those fearful walls. The Chi huandassi was covered with sone low vegetation and there were a few trees in the distance. " 'That is the flower that travels', said my companion. "He noticed my look of amused in credulity, and resumed rather angrily. "loudon t believe it? I have seen it move. Look there 1' "I looked, the table was agitated, and looked like the waves of the sea. The Whole green surface seemed to approach the edge nearest us. My hair rose for a moment, then I burst out laughing. 'It is only the wind tossing the snakeweed,' I said. " 'But there is no wind here.' "He spoke trulj. The air where we stood, was perfectly still. Yet, I ex plained, it might be a breeze engendered by the nature of the country, that did not extend to our side. No, no,' he insisted. 'The Indians who have lived here for years know better. These flowers are devils. No one who goes over comes back from there.' "Two Indians who loved one woman went up on the Chihuandassi to battle. Human eyes never again saw them alive. We are told that they fell victims to the flower that creeps. "I had a first class pair of glasses with me and I directed them to the platean. Half covered.with the vines and creep ers I could see something white. There wore two spots that might be skulls, and I thought I could trace the outlines of two human forms. They might have been rocks, and were doubtless what originated the Indian legend. "An idea suddenly occurred to me that this story of certain death to who ever went up to that mountain top was a story of the Indians to prevent any one going there. " Til bet a horse,' said 1, 'that the mine is there, and I'm going to see.' "Well, to cut it short, I left him there, and with one mule started for the Chihuandassi. I calculated that I could get around in three days, and told him to camp there and wait for me. It was nasty work getting down into the river bed, but I did it before night, and had the satisfaction of camping on an old trail that night .arlytho next morn ing I entered a fissure at the base of the lone mountain. It was a dry water course, not more than a dozen feet wide, and wound around between high sand stone walls. It was, however, compara tively free from brush, and I got along famously for a time. There were many rattlesnakes and centipedes along the old water course, but nothing more. "I had been going np the old channel for probably four hours, getting higher every step. The walls of the, water course were getting lower, and at this tl was not more than forty feet be- w the surface. As I turned a sharo What Yonr Great Grandmother Did. She hetcheled the flax and carded the wool, and wove the linen, and spun the tow. and made the clothes for her husband and ten children. She made butter and cheese, she dipped tallow candles, to light tho house at night, and she cooked all tho focd for her household by an open firo place and n brick oven. Yes; and when she was forty years of age, she was already on old lady whose best days were over. Her shoulders were bent and her joints enlarged by hard work, and she wore spectacles ana a cap. Her great granddaughter, with nil the modern conveniences for comfort, refinement and luxury, may bo as charming and attract ive at forty-five as at twenty. Especially is this true if sho preserves her health by the use or JJr. .tierces favorite iTescnpuon, which words off all female ailments and ir regularities, cures them if they already exist, keens the life current healthful and vicorous. and enables tho woman of middle nse to re tain the freshness of girlhood upon brow and cheek, the light of youth in her eyes, and its elasticity in her step. Go to your drug store, pay a dollar, get a bottle and try ittry a second, a third if nec essary. Before tho third one's been taken you'll know that there's a remedy to help you. Then youH keep on and a curo'll come. But if you shouldn't feel the help, should be disappointed in the results youH And a guarantee printed on tho bottle-wrapper that'll get your money back for you. Can you ask more i R. D. THOMSON, (Mr actor .id 13U1U n m i 127 Sixth St. Cor. of Vine, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. WHY NOT HAVE YOUR LINEN DONE UP NICELY? Take it to our agent, C. "Weingand. Anything laundried from a hand kerchief to a fiue lace curtain. Laundry leaves Tuesday and is returned the following Saturday. GRAFu ISLAND STEAM LAUNDRY. E. B. WARNER. Funeral Director. AND EMBALMER. A full line of first-class funeral supplies always in stock. East Sixth street, next door to First Na tional Bank, NORTH PLATTE, - NEBBRSKA Telegraph orders promptly attended to LAND OFFICE NOTICES. Land Office at North Platte. Neb, ) November 19. 1S91. f Notice is herebv Kiven that tho followinsr-nnmed settler has filed notice of his intention to make nnnl proof in support of Ins claim, and that said proof will bo mado before Register and Receiver at North Plotte. Neb., on Jannnrr 6. 1892. Tiz: Beniarain A. Dikeman. who made H. E. No. ft!5 for the southeast qunrtcr section 26. township 15 north, rnnso 33 west. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of, snidlnnd. viz: JohnS. Hnynes, W i lliam llobcrts, Clemen t Khocues and aulas J . Sulnsen, all of Hiruwood, Kcb. 4b0 JOHNi. jsesbitt, Kegister. Lard Office nt North Platte. Nob., ? Novemberl2th, 1891. Notice is herebv civen that the following. nnraed settler has filed notice ot his intention to make final proof in support of his claim, and that said proof will bo mado before the Itecibter 1 T f . XT 1 1. U1 "V I T 4. 1S92. viz: Xavier 'loillion. who made H. E. No. 11456, for the northenst quarter section 22, township 14, north rnnso 32 west. lie names the following witnesses to prove bis continuous residence cpon and cultivation of said land, viz: I nomas Stintson, Thomas W. Anderson. William Snllivan and Henry Cook, all of North Platte, Ncbr.isrcn. 430 John l. riEsnrrr, uejnster. Land Offico nt North Platte. Neb., NovcmbcrlT. 1891. ) Nnttre is hereby civen that the following- named settler has filed notice of his intention to mnkn final nroof in support of his claim and that Raid uroof will bo mado before tho ltecister and Receiver nt North Platte. Neb., on December 2tith. 1891, viz: John E. Cooper, who made D. 8. No. 10911 for the northeast quarter section 8, township 10, ran go 29 west. He names the following witnesses to prove his continnons resiuenco upon ana cmtivntion ot eaul land, viz: Jnlias M. Herboux, Edwin L. Garrison. DcWitt Vanllrocklin and Acton D. Orr, all of Elizabeth. Neb. 4o6 John I. Nesbitt. Register. Land Office nt North Platto. Neb., ) November 16, 1891. t Notice is hereby civen that the following. named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim and that said nroof will be made before the Register and Receiver at North Platte, Neb., on December 28. 1891. viz: George W. r erbraehe. 11. is. jso. 7012 for the south west nnaner section 14. lownsnip 15 north, rango 33 west. He names the following witnesses to prove his continnons residence up on and cultivation ot said land, viz: David li. Potter. Williams Roberts. William Potter, of Birdwood, 'eb., and Judge Austin of North Platte, Kcb. 45 JOHN 1. kesbitt, tiegister. Land Office at North Platte. Nebr., ) Nov. 4 1891. 5 Notico is hereby given that tho following- named settler has bleu notico of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim and that said proof will be mado before the Recister and Receiver nt North Platte, Neb., on December IS. 1WJ1. viz: Joseph J. U Konrke. one ot the Heirs ol Jlary U'jfourko (deceased) who mode Home stent! Entrj No. 6805 for the south-east quarter seciion zi, township iz. norm rango 2a west. He names the followins witnesses to prove his continuous rcsidenco upon and cultivation of said land, viz Eric E. Ericss-on, John Barrett and Henjannn: i. Baker, all of (Cotton wood. Neb. and Joseph Hershey. of North Platte. JOHN I y ESB1TT. itegister. LEGAL NOTICES. SHERIFF'S SALE. By virtue of an order of salo Issued bv W. C. El- dor, clerk of tho dMrict court of Uncolii county. ?ebnika, upon a decree of foreclosure of a mortgage rendered in said court in favor of O. Ilnpndoin. ncnlnst Chas. X. Hrleirs and Marieh E Drigge. I have levied unon the follow. lug real estate as the property of said Chas. N Brtggs and Martah E. Briggs, to-wlt: The north east quarter of section tldrty-one In township nine north, range twentr-eeven west, containing on hundred and sixty acres, more or IeH, and I will on Wednesday, the 23d day of December. 1891, at one o'clock p. m. of said day, at the front door of the court bouse In said county, in North Platte, soil said real estate to tho highest bidder for cash to satisfy said order of sale, the amount due thereon in tne aggregate belnir the sum of rS7.37 and f 26.13 costs and accruing interest and costs. Dated isovemoer JJtn, isi'l. D. A. BAKER, tw Sheriff. So I began Dend, However, 1 came rignt up against a bowlder that completely filled the creek bed. The trail ended right there. It appeared as if the rock had recently rolled down to where it lay. "I thought that if I could climb over it I could continue on np the water course. So I started to climb. The bowlder was rough enough for me to gain holds for my 'hands and feet, and though it was slow, hard work and I often slipped back, at last I managed to surmount it and stood on top. To my intense surprise I found myself within a dozen feet of the floor of the mesa, and just above me one arm of the giant cac tus I had seen from tho other mountain. Then I determined, instead of continu ing in the dry creek bed, to scale this wall and so reach the mesa, where I ex pected to find the silver mine. "The sandstone was soft and I had a strong knife. Besides, at the edge I saw some vines hanging over that looked strong enough to bear my weight if I succeeded in reaching them, to climb the wall "At last I grasped the hanging vines. "The stems were covered with fine points, like a prickly pear, but I could not let go without falling. I reached my other hand higher and grasped an other vine. "In an instant its tendrils were around my wrist, other stems fell over the edge of the cliff. They curled around my arms and waist like snakes. Then they began to draw me up, and almost before I realized it I was dragged over the edge of the chasm almost to the foot of the cactus. "The vines dragged me on, other atems curled about my legs and drew tighter and tighter. "Then I realized that the Indian story was no fable. The idea of being in the . n n. l power or tms constricting tning mac covered acres of land paralyzed me for an instant. The hand that had just touched the vines was being crushed in the devilish tendons. My little finger was broken" backward by the power of the vine. The pain brought me to my senses, and I began to fight for my life. One hand was free, and in it was my knife. I began to hack at the snakelike coils of the devilish vegetable. As fast as I could cut away one running stem another would coil around me. Fight as I would, the vines was stronger, and on and on it dragged me. "My foot struck something, and I felt it crush and crumble beneath my heel. I looked down. It was a human head, one or tnose wnite spots i naa seen through my glass. The body, fearfully shrunken and emaciated, lay there among the coiling, twisting vines. l"ear it was another. "I realized it all while I hacked and struggled. These two had been caught in the toils of the awful monster like myself and strangled. "I was getting weak. The pressure about my limbs was unbearable. 1 had cut myself badly in cutting the stran gling bonds. I looked over the mesa with a wild hope of seeing some one or something to help me. "The mesa was all in motion. The vines were twisting, curling, falling, ris ing, trembling. It was a moving mass, like the ocean, and the waves were reaching and falling toward me. "It was not the wind blowing the snakeweed. The fiendish plant had life and motion and every fiber of it was straining to reach me. I knew that if those advancing waves of black ever reached me I was lost. I would bo like those shriveled bodies by the giant cac tus. "I -made a final effort to escape. I could hear the muscles crack and strain as I pulled. I cut the thickest stem that enveloped me, and for the first time since the struggle began was able to make a step backward. But the fight was not over yet. A dozen smaller ten drils, like so many whipcords, were tan gled about me, cutting into my flesh with a terrible power. I had kept my throat free, though the vegetable ser pents seemed to strive to coil about it. So I cut and struggled backward. A final slash, a jump, and I was over the edge and on the bowlder in the dry creek. But the demon's arms followed me. I knew that they would seize me again before I could get dowa, so I dashed to the other side of the water course and clambered up there. "How I thanked God when I found nothing there but greasewood and cactus. l saw tne vines swing and sway over where I had escaped, and then I fainted. "When Lcame to the mesa was quiet again. The vines had receded, and if it had not been for my aching, swollen limbs I would have sworn it was all nightmare. But there lay two dried out bodies. While I lay there I recognized one of them. It was the half breed mer chant from Merida. The other was doubtless the Indian who betrayed the secret of the silver mine." San Fran cisco Examiner. A Thought Pleasuring Machine. Dr. J. K. McKatterell has constructed an ingenious apparatus by which he can determine, with a considerable degree of accuracy, the time it takes to think, and has experimented with many inter esting results. He has shown that tc see a piece of white paper and be con scions of the fact takes one-twentieth of a second; to see a picture takes one-tenth of a second; to see a letter of common print, one-eighth of a second; to see a full word, one-seventh of a second; to be able to judge between red and blue, one- thirteenth of a second. ne nas also provea that to see some words and letters requires more time than others. By this same machine, with some added pieces of mechanism, the time of remembering can also be ac curately measured. According to the learned M. D. and his curious little ma chine, it takes much less time to remem- ber the name of a familiar word than it does the name of a letter, and we are all supposed to bo very well acquainted with the names of the letters of the al phabet. This seems strange, especially when we take into consideration the fact that we can see the letter in less time than we can the word. The name of tho next month to come can be thought of in less time than that of the last. Thi3 machine also shows that sensations travel by the nerves to the brain at the rate of one mile per minute, much slower than has been sup posed. bt. .Louis Itppubhc. Bis Distinguishing Characteristic. Fangle (to Crinkle, Yalevard ,'93) By the way, I saw a man from your col lege at a summer resort. He was carry ing everything before him. Crinkle (proudly) Yes, sir. That is a distinguishing characteristic of onr men. What was he doing? Fangle Acting as waiter in the din ing room. Harper's Bazar. Chamberlain's Eye and Skin Ointment. A certain cure for Chronic Sore Eyes, Tetter, Salt Rheum, Scald Head, Old Chronic Sores, Fever Sores. Eczema. tch, Prairie Scratches, Sore Nipples and Piles. It is cooling and soothing. 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Neville Block, Noirrn Plattb, $50 REWARD. B virtue of the laws of the 8taU of Nebraska. I hereby offer a reward of Fifty Dollars for the coptnie and conviction of any person charged with horse stealing in Lincoln county. Sheriff.' COXSinilTIOX CURED An old physician, retired from practice. havintr hud placed in his hands by an East India missionary tho formula of & simplo vegetable remedy for tho speedy and permanent cure of Consumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma, and all throat and and Liung Affections, also a positive and radical cure for aervouB Debihtv and all iNervous Uompiamts after having tested its wonderful cura- tivo powers in thousands ol cases, na felt it his duty to mako it known to hw suffering fellows. Actuated bv this motive and a desire to relieve human suffering, I will send free of charge, to all -who desire it. this receipe. in German, French, or English, with full directions lor preparing ana using, sent py man by addressing with stamp, naming inis paper. W. A. jnoyes, 8'JO Powers' Block, Kocnoster, i. Xj
