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! U. P. TIME TABLE. a GOING EAST. Ho.! Atlantic Expraas ........Dept 12:30 a. m. No. 6 Chicago EzpreM " 6:40 a. m. Xo. 4 Fast Mail 8 53 A. M. Ho. 2-IifBited " 10:40 a.m. Ho. -Freilit " 730 A. M. Ko. 18 Freight " 6:00 p. at. Ko. 22 Freight " 43 a, Jt. eoaa ttist mountain time. Me. 7-Paciic KzoretB Dept 355a. m Ho. 5 Dwnrar "Express " 1030 p. at No. t Fart Mail " 10 a.m. No. 1-Limited " 10.-00p. M Ho.21-Fright " 4:05 r.M No. aft-Freight " 8d0 a. m N. B. OLDS. Agent. LEGAL NOTICES. NOTICE TO NON-RESIDENT DEFENDANTS. (Tint Publication In Tins Nokth Platte Tei xukz March 15th, 1893.) In the District Court of the State of Nebraska, in and for Lincoln County. Tax AxoLO-AxxmicAX Ioxd, Mortgage") at Aoxxcr Coxpaxt, Looted, a Cos- I pokatiok, PuLnrnrr, I tb. I jAXm C AUXAXDXB.SDSA C. AXZXANSEB !- 8. A. Coanmaza, Scsax Corkx eseks, Km. L. X. M cGAUonrr, Dzxsz, Wells t Co.ahdT. J. Bubxttt, I DirciBASis. J To James C. Alexander, Susa C Alexander and Mrs. L. M. McGaughey, defendant in the above entitled cause: You are hereby notified that there is now on file In the office of the clerk of the district conrt of the State of Nebraska, in and for Lincoln County, a chancery petition of the plaintiff in the aboTe en titled canse against yoa impleaded with the ether defendants named in the title of said cause, pray ing that the conrt may find the amount due the Slaintiff upon two real estate mortgage onds aggregating the sum of Seventy Dollars (870.00) dated July 13th, 1839, se cured by mortgage given by the defend ants James C. Alexander and Susa C. Alexander to the Lombard Investment Company, and now owned by the plaintiff, upon the following de scribed real estate, situated in the County of Lin coln and State of Nebraska, to-wit: The Northeast ouarter of Section eighteen (18). Township thir teen (IS) north. Bangs thirty-two (32) west of the sixth principal meridian; that a decree be entered by the court ip said canse in favor of the plaintiff (orecloalns amid saortmure: that said described property be sold under said decree and the pro ceeds ol sucn sale applied toward tne payment or the amount found to be due the plaintiff upon said bonds, with Interest and the costs of foreclos ure; ana uuii any ngnt, line, iieu or imercsi owned or claimed by you, or either of you, in or to said premises be adjudged to be junior ana in ferior to the plaintiff's mortgage lien thereon. You are hereby further notified that you are re quired to answer said petition of the plaintiff on or before the 24th day of April, A. D. 1893, and that, if you fail to answer the same on or beforo said day, the allegations contained in said petition will be taken as true and judgment and decree rendered as therein prayed for. D. H. ETTIEN, 101 Attorney for Plaintiff. SUMMONS AND NOTICE. First Publication March 22, 1893. In the District Court of Lincoln County, Nebraska. Caboltxz Bxxxe, 1 Plaintiff, vs. 1 Majoa E. Paxkxb, xowBmogs, I axd William Cohjt, I Defendants J Maria E. Parker, now Briggs, and William Cohn, defendants, will take notice that on the 29th day of November, 189S, Caroline Beers, the plaintiff here in, filed her petition in tho district court of Lin coln, county, Nebraska, against said defendants, the object and prayer of which is to foreclose a certain mortgage executed by the defendant Maria E. Parker, then a single woman but now known as Maria E. Briggs, to the plaintiff upon the east half of the southeast quarter and the south half of the northeast quarter of section thirty (30), in township nine (9) north of range twenty-seven (27) west of the sixth (6th) principal meridian, in Lin coln coanty, Nebraska, to secure the payment of certain promissory notes dated July 16th. 18S8, the first or principal note being for the sum of 8600.00 day and payable on the 1st day of June, 1KB, and bearing interest after maturity at the rate of ten per cent per annum; and ten interest coupon notes for $21.00 each, payable on the first day of December, 1888, the first days of June and December respectively of the years 1889, 1890, 1891 and 1893, and the first day of June 1893. Which said mortgage contains a provision "that "If the maker of said notes shall fail to pay or cause "to be paid any part of said money, either princi "pal or interest, according to the tenor and effect "of Mid note and coupons when the same become "dae, or to conform or comply with any of the "foregoing conditions or agreements, the whole "sua of money hereby secured shall, ai the option "of the legal holder or holders hereof, become due "and payable at once without notice.1' That the said defendant maker cf said notes failed to pay the said Interest coupon aotes which became due on the first day of June and the first day of December, 1891, and the first day of June, 1802, and that thereupon, to-wit, on or cboat the first day of June, 1802, the plaintiff choee and de clared her option that the said notes and the -whole uCtaiai at ones became due and payable,and which Mid mortgage also contains the further provision. taatincaaaof any default 'of the covenants and "agreements therein contained to.be kept and per "forsaed by the party of the first part.or In case of !.-i-C-ixajolte aald party of the first part to pay "aid aotasH or coupons, or either of them, or any "part of taveM whan djie, that, then, and In suefc "case, interest ahall be computed on said prlnej "aal note at the fate of ten per cent per annum "bom the date of the execution thereof payable "semi-annually and all payments made on account "of Interest prior to such default shall be credited "o such computation 'at the rate of ten per cent, "so that aald principal note shall draw, and Inter cast shall be collected thereon at the full legal "rate of ten per cent per annum payable semi-an-"nually; anything In said mortgage contained to "the contrary notwithstanding." That prior to said default there had been paid on Mid coupon notes the sum of $103.00, to-wit, the soffl of 821.00, severally at the respective dates of the maturity of the five coupon notes first to ma ture. The defendants failed to pay the taxes on Mid lands for the years 1890 and 1891, for which the same were sold and on the 1st day. of Jnly, I8B2, the plaintiff redeemed said lands from such Mies for the purpose of preserving the security of bis said mortgage, paying therefor the sum of 831 JO. That there Is now due to the plaintiff on aald notes and mortgage for principal and interest amount paid for redemption and interest thereon the sum of seven hundred and seventy-six dollars and eighteen cents, for which amount judgment Is claimed with costs and foreclosure of said lien, and plaintiff prays for a decree that defendants be required to pay the same or that said premises may be sold to satisfy the amount found due. Ton are required to answer said petition on or before the first day of May, 1893.. Dated March 90th, 1893. CAROLINE BEERS, Plaintiff. By Cobb k Habvet, her Attorneys. LAND OFFICE NOTICES. NOTICE FOB PUBLICATION. Land Office at North Platte. Neb., ) February 15th, 1893. f Notice is hereby given that the following-named settler haa filed notice of hie intention 'o make inml proof in support of his claim, and that said ' proof will be made before Register and Receiver at North Platte, Neb on April 10. 1393, viz: James Enos Lane, H. . No. 10033 for the east half northwest quarter and east half southwest Barter section 34, township 12 north, range 32 west. Ha bum the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultiva tion of aald land, viz: Joseph Baker. .Levi O. Baker, Milton Baker and Edward Baker, all of North Platte, Nebraska. A. 8. BALDWIN. 76. Kegister. NOTICE FOB PUBLICATION. , Land Office at North Platte. Nebr., February 28th. 1893. f Notice ia hereby given that the following naaaed settler has filed notice of his intention to take Baal proof in support of his claim, and that said proof will be made before Register and Receiver at North Platte, Neb., on April 12th, If, vis: Thurber Harvey, who made Homestead - Entry No. 10438 for the west half of the north east quarter and the west half of the southeast quarter of section 20, township 11 north, range 34 west. He names the following witnesses to -provr his continuous residence upon and culti vation of said land, to-wit: John H. Abshire, Jr. of Sutherland, Neb., and Peter C. Meyer. Michael E. Conway and John H. Conway of Paxfoa, Neb. 88 A. S. BALDWIN, Register. NOTICE. U. S. Land Office at North Platte, Neb.. ) March 20th. 1893. f Comolaint having been entered at this office by Anna Tnell against Patrick A. Begley for aban doning bis Homestead Entry No. 14,457, dated August 22d, 1888, upon the southeast quarter a A. . rt . . . section , lowusaip xu norm, range vtbol, ia Lincoln coanty, Nebraska, with a view to the cancellation of eaid entry, the said parties are hereby summoned to appear at this office on the 20th day of May, 1893, at 9 o'clock a. m. to re spond and furnish testimony concerning said alleged abandonment A. S. BALDWIN, 115 Register. Land Office at North Platte. Neb., 1 March 6th, 1893. J Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of his iatention to make final proof in support of his claim, and that said proof will be made before the Register and Receiver at North Platte. Neb., on April 14th, 1893, viz- Herbert E, Covellwho madeH. TL No. 16200 for the northwest quarter of section 10, township 14 north, range 30 west. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land, viz: Wilson C. Lemon. Edwin R. Easton, Frank Eberle and John Wortbley.all of North Platte, Neb. 96 A. S. BALDWIN, Register. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Land Office at North Platte, Neb., I March 6th, 1893. Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of bis intention to make final proof in support of his claim and that said uroof will be made before the Register and Receiver of the U. S. Land Office at North Platte. Neb., on Apnl 14, 1893. viz: Duncan Mc Nichol, Jr., who made Homestead Entry No. 14090 for tho northeast quarter of section 24, township 16 north, range 29 west. He names tho following .aritnesses to prove his continuous residence npon and cnltivation of said land, viz: John H. Allison, Samuel O. Piehl, Lafayette Pease and Clement H. Lane, all of Myrtle, Neb. 96 A. 8. BALDWIN Register. THE PROFESSIONAL CARDS. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Land Office at North Platte. Neb., ) February 28th, 1893. 1 Notice is hereby given that the following a&med settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim and that Mid proof will be made before the Register and Receiver of the U. B. Land Office at North Platte. Neb., on April 7th. 1893, viz: William H, Burns who made Homestead Entry No, 10172 for the sooth half of the northwest quarter and lute 3 and 4 of section 4. township 16 nortb.range 29 west. He names the following witnesses to proves his con tin nous residence upon and culti vation of said land, viz: Adam E. Moore, Wil liam H. Nnll. John A, Moore and Benjamin R. Gibbon, all of Myrtle, Neb. mT . . 88 A. S. BALDWIN, Register TIMBEB-CULTURE, FINAL PROOF-NOTICE FOB PUBLICATION. United 8tRtes Land Office. I North Matte, Neb.. February 27 .1893 t Notice is hereby given thatTheclaA Linder deman. of Lexington, Nebraska, has filed no tice of intention to make final proof before the Register and Receiver at their office in NorthPlatte, Nebraska, on the llth day of April. 1898, on timber culture application No. -,13084 for the south half of the northeast quarter and lots 1 and 2 of section 6. in township 12 Borth, range 83 west, She names as witnesses: John Cock. William Hockridge Charles Rich ards sad Edward W. Knowles, all of Sutherland, Nebraska. 88 A. 8. BALDWIN. Register. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION, Land Office at North Platte. Neb., ) February 28th, 1893. f Notice is hereby given that the following aaawd settler has filed notice of his intention to ' sake ftaal proof ia support of his claim, and that aald proof will be made before Register and Receiver at North Platte, Neb., on April 7th, 1893, . Tic: Jobs A. Moore who made Homestead En try No. 7888. for the southwest quarter of sec tioalfl, township 16 north, range 29 west. He mint the following witnesses to prove his con tiBBoas residence npon and cultivation of said land. Tic: William H. Bams, Nils Oust Wiberg, WlllMai H. Nail and David Brunk, all of Myrtle, Nebraska, & BALDWIN, Register. QRIMES & WILCOX, ATTORNEYS-AT-LA NORTH PLATTE, - - - NEBRASKA. Office over North Platto National Bank. H. CHURCH, LAWYER, . NORTH PLATTE, - NEBRASKA, Office: Hlnman Block, Spruco S;reet. R. N. F. DONALDSON, Assistant Surgeon Union Pacific Railway and Member of Penslou Board, NORTH PLATTE, ... NEBRASKA. Office over Streitz's Drug Store. yM. EVES, M. D., PHY8J0IAN AND SURGEON, NORTH PLATTE, ... NEBRASKA Office: Neville's Block. Diseases of Women and Children a Spesialty. H. S. BOAL, Insurance ! Agent for best line of Fire, Life and Accident (Vs. A. P. CARLSON, Merchant Tailor. - . Full line of piece goods always on band and made to order. Only first-class workmen employed. Shop on Spruce Street over Hons Gertler&Co. R. D. THOMSON, -Ajrcliitect, Contractor and Boiler. 127 Sixth St. Cor. of Vine, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. Hershey & Co. DEALERS IN Apiiltnral : Implements OP ALL, KINDS, Farm and Spring Wagons, Buggies, Road Carts, Wind Mills, Pumps, Barb Wire, Etc. Locust Street, between Fifth and Sixth E. B. WARNER, Funeral Director. AND EMBALMER. A full line of first-class funeral supplies always in stock. NORTH PLATTE, - NEBBRSKA. Telegraph orders promptly attended to. Remedy for colds, cougiis, nml t!ie common disorders of the l!iro;;L and Junes. Aver's Cherry Pectoral is uni Tersally recommended by the profes sion. It breaks up the phlegm, soothes inflammation, allays painful symptoms, and induces repose. n bronchitis and pneumonia, it affords speedy relief, and is unrivaled as a prompt and effective Emergency Medicine in croup, sore throat, and the sudden pulmonary diseases to which young children are so liable. "Ayer's Cherry Pectoral lins had a wonderful effect in curing my brother's children of a severe and dangerous cold. It "was truly astonishing how speedily they found relief, and were cured, after taking this preparation. "Miss Annette N.Moen, Fountain, Minn. AYER'S Cherry Pectoral Prepared by Dr. J. C. .Ayer & Co., Lowe 11, Mais. Prompt to act, sure to cure PROPRIETOR OP THE Front Street Livery Stable, (One block east of McDonald's Bank.) First-class Single andrDouble Rigs to Hire at Reasonable Rates. (LGive Me a, Ceul.J NOTICE TO LAND BUYERS! Are You Buying Li J. IsT D ? I. .A. FOET Has 400,000 acres upon his list from which to selpct, in all parts of the cpuuty, at from 83 to $20 per acre. Terms from cash to fifteen vears1 time. Call and see me at my office over postofJBce, or address I. A. Fort, North Platts, Neb. NORTH PLATTE Marble Works, Manufacturer of and Dealer in Monuments, Headstones, Curbing, Building Stone, A nrl nil Irifilc rf XTnnnmnntal and Cemetery Work. Careful attention given to lettering of every description. Jobbing done on short notice. Orders solicited and esti mates freely given. $50 REWARD. B virtue o the laws of tho State of Nebraska I heroby offer a- reward of Fifty Dollars for the capture and conviction of any person charged with horse stealing in Lincoln coanty. D.A. BAKER. Shoriff. lniVe? and ci?go?? jgjjMpened By WM. MUNSON. Leave them at S. Adams' storo and they will receive prompt attention. PRICES REASONABLE. JOS. F. FILLION, BIHG-, Steam and Gas Pitting. Cesspool and Sewerage a Specialty. Copper and Galvanized Iron Cor nice. Tin and Iron Roofings. Estimates furnished. Repairing of all kinds receive-prompt attention. .Locust otreet, Between Jbifth and Sixth, ISTortli 3?latte, - Nebraska. GrTJYS PLACE FINEST SAMPLE E00M 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. Our billiard hall is supplied with the best make of tables and competent attendants will supply ail your wants. KEfTH'S BLOCK, OPPOSITE THE UNION PACIFIC DEPOT. It is a city oe amber Hi BEAUTIFUL BUT DESERTED PAL ACE IN NORTHERN INDIA. The Wonderful Palace Give. Evidence ol J tho Barbaric Splendor Enjoyed by a "uu. "aco oi mntloo Kings "Who lived IAMB, ixine Before Modern Times. rm xne renowned and now deserted city of Amber, in northwestern India, flour ished with its countless thousands of in habitants and untold wealth and splen- uui m me lime oi tne trttHemys , It is situated in a mountain nook. about five miles from the present city of Jeypoor, and is one of India's 'jeweled yuaatxisiuna ior antiquarian. a? The great Amber palace" is -Irailt of 3olid red sandstone and variegated Jey poor mar Die and inlaid wuhicostly gems. u uaa siooa ior centune asjit now stands, upon an elevated mountain slope ovenooKing a picturesque lake and sur rounded, by steep and rugged fortified peaks, with the walled and long since doomed and ruined city below. The palace is a, masterly structure of Hindoo architecture, solid and secure, yet ornamental and beautiful. Entrance is gained through a massive and strongly fortified gate which leads into a spacious central court richly adorned with rare carvings, mighty trees and flowering Bhrubbery. The grand diwan-i-am or audience hall is reached from tho spacious court by a massive flight of carved marble steps. This hall is a noble example of Baj-ut- art, with its double rows of shining mar ble columns supporting a massive entab lature, above which, are latticed galleries of marble worked .in rare designs. Tho ceiling is of sculptured freestone, while the floor is made up of huge slabs of polished marble. It was upon this floor that the ancient kings and nobles of this once royal city witnessed many gorgeous scenes of gayety and cruelty. Here they applauded the royal tilts and sports, and here they re viewed the many fierce conflicts between men and beasts and between royal Ben gal tigers and noble fighting elephants in the grand courtyard below? It was also upon this spacious floor that-the kings and queens of this ancient realm gathered together at sunrise every morning for many centuries to witness the sacrifice of a living human bfeing on that huge, black, blood besmeared stone altar in the small royal temple just over there to tho right of this marble hall. Here they would sit" off their gold woven rugs and hear the dying moans and see and smell the smoke of these sacrificed victims, in order to appease (as they devoutly believed and-believe to this day) the divine Shiva's wrath. It is here that one may see every morn ing in the year an innocent goat burned alive as a substitute "for a human being as an offering to heaven to appease the destroyer's anger. How Very-like our early biblical history. From this hall, echoing with memo ries both gay and sad, we wander through spacious halls and ' galleries, elaborately carved apartments, up and down long rows of splendid stairs, through sculptured gateways" covered with mosaics and doors inlaid- in ivory and precious stones, until -vMfcvteach the highest terrace in the palace r This was exclusively devoted to the rajah's personal apartments, contrary to our modern rules or sanitary arrange ments, for now we place our servants in the airiest and best ventilated rooms and remain ourselves in the lowest, dampest and nnhealthiest parts of our houses. These kingly apartments are beauti fully constructed with marble lattice windows and pavilions, gUthd carved ceilings and smcious airlawporticceS On" our left is the joy m5hdir"i or halV of victory, adorned by panels of alabas ter inlaid with flowers in alto relievo and ceiling glittering with mirrored and rk, for which Amber was spangled long renowned, and for which Jeypoor. its successor, is now justly celebrated. Opposite this grand hall of victory is tho sukh nawas, or hall of pleasure, with its doors of sweet scented sandalwood in laid with ivory and its gorgeous paint ings of pleasures on earth andin heaven. nere are groves troin wnicu,issuecooi. clear.streams of pure mountain water, which is perfumed and made to mn in carved channels the whole length of the marble floor to cool the heated atmos phere and the gay occupants of this hall. Adjoining this beautiful hall are tho sumptuous bathing apartments and the deep, cool pleasure caverns, surrounded by ferns and rare flowers, where the kings and queens of this ancient castle bade defiance to old Sol's burning rays during India's hottest days. Here they whiled away their, happy days amid love and pleasure in an atmos phere rendered sweet by the aroma of costly incense, listening to the strains of Indian music, gazing now and then up on tho beautiful girls as theyperformed in scanty attire as they do to" this day tho famous nautch dance of India. Next to these pleasure halls and groves are the spacious apartments'once occu pied by the harem an indispisable ad junct to all eastern palaces. It was here that the mighty mahara- jah, Jey Singh, in the early part of the eighteenth century ruled supreme in this jeweled spot on earth toiong his hundreds of carefully chosewives like King David of old. V Prom every hall and terrace, from ev ery arched pavilion and cavern latticed window of this wonderful old palace, we got glimpses of this picturesque spot, this historic city, surrounded as it is by all that nature and art can do -.to make it beautiful. Mirrored in that clear, blue lake be low ono sees the-ancient gilded- domes. and shrines of many costly- temples. There are the noble trees planted so many centuries ago. onder are tho strong old city walls with their frowning towers', and ram parts, their massive gates and. splendid fortifications built so long ago, and on each sido tower up the castled and forti fied crags so majestically, as if conscious of their own strength and "power.- San Francisco Chronicle. uMwill not rtfwniles of enlwhiclia New Method of Starting Street Can. The latest method of starting street cars in Denver is said to result, in a sav ing of at least 80 per cent over- the cost of the ordinary system. The difficulty of maintainuig schedule time with a large number of cars is well recognized, and on many lines if the car be delayed by an accident for a quarter of an hour or 20 minutes the whole ling will be so demoralized that schedule t: be overtaken during the wb the city of Denver there a: electrical and 13 miles of requiring 103 trains in d; To obviate the inconveni breakdown of any kind inevitably causes a system of telephone circuits has been arranged with various call points, all communicating with the head office. Ev ery conductor on arriving at the termi nus of the route immediately reports the number of hi3 car to headquarters and receives in reply his proper leaving time and any instructions that maybe neces sary. Tho dispatch clerk is in this way advised of the whereabouts ofc' each car and is very often enabled t5 fill up aj space of from 30 to COminutescaused by a "parade." The saving of starters at the various termini is taken a3 a setoff against the expense of the telephones! A Skull as Big a Bashel Basket. One of the most remarkable. finds o) gigantic human remains of which vrf have any record was that made at Paler mo, Sicily, in the year 1516, when an en tire skeleton of unheard of proportion! was unearthed by some marble quarry men. These mammoth remains meas ured exactly 84 feet from head to foot, and 9 feet 7 inches from point to point ol the shoulders. A stone ax buried with this old time giant may still be seen at Palermo in section "Z" of the St.Isorenl museum. It is made of a bluish look ing, fine grained bowlder, and appears tc be about 2 feet 8. inches long by 1 foot broad and 9 inches through in the thick est place. A musty, rusty looking tag attached to tho relic informs tho visitoi that it weighs 52 pounds, but tho general verdict is that it could not weigh ovci 30 or 35 pounds. The skeleton was burned by a mob in the year 1G02 during the prevalence of the black death at Palermo, the igno rant, superstitions people believing that it was connected in some m3"sterious way with the death dealing distemper. The skull of this giant, according to Abbe Ferregus, "was largely excessivo cf the baskets sayd to hold the bushel, being fitted abovo nnd belowe withe teeth to the number of sixty-fourc, the each of which would have weighed two ounces.' Cavalier Scroy claimed to have found a skull on Teneriffo that had CO teeth. St. Louis Republic. How Com Was Ground at One Time. The watennill is older than tho wind mill, but prehistoric corn such wheat, for instance, as Pytheas, tho hrst trav eler from civilization to Great Britain, saw tho natives of Kent drying in largo sheds on account of the absence of sun was ground in hand mills, as is still done in tho east. Qnemes, as theso mills are called, are frequently found in the cyclo- pean underground dwellings of Scotland. Their simplest form consists of two thin circular stones, tho upper of which is pierced in tho center and revolves on a wooden or metal pin inserted in the low er one. Tho grinder dropped tho gram into the central holo with one hand, while the other caused tho upper stone to re volve bv means of a stick inserted in a small hole near tno edge. Tho laboriousncss of this operation is well illustrated by a story told of Colum ba. He was studying under St. Finnian, and every night on which it fell to his lot to grind the corn with tho querne he ' performed his task so quickly that his companions enviously asserted that ho had the assistance of an angel in turning the stone. Wilson thinks that at this time (the early part of the sixth century) the querne was the oidy mill in use. Large water mills were introduced in tho thirteenth century into Scotland, and legal means had to be employed to ren der their use compulsory. Gentleman's Magazine. The Word "Buxom." When wo now speak of a buxom per son, we think of such a one as Mrs. Lu pin in "Martin Chnzzlewit," a plump, middlo aged, good looking, good na tured, kind, agreeable woman. We do not usually apply the term to a thin woman, or to a young girl, or to an old woman. Assuredly wo should never think of calling a man or a boy buxom. The word, however, onco really meant pliable or flexible, and afterward obedi ent. It is tho same as tho Anglo-Saxon bocsum, or tho liigh German beugsam, from beugen (to bend), which root ap pears in bough and bon (in all its mean ings). In the Salisbury Manual the woman at the marriage service promised to be "bonair" and "buxom," which is ex plained in tho margin to mean meek and obedient. We aro hereby reminded of" (Milton's Jihe in tho most beautiful of all odes, "SoTraxom, blithe and debonair." This original meaning of the word ap pears in Chaucer's "Merchant's Tale," "For who can be eo buxom as a wife?" The word, in its application, was. not limited to women. In "The Clerk's Tale" we are told of men, "And they with humble heart full bnxomly." In Henry Cochrane's Dictionary (A. D. 1G2G) buxom is defined as pliant, obedi ent. National Review. Culture atid Politeness In Caracas. Caracas has a public library which contains not less than 30,000 volumes. The better class of citizens aro not Qnly educated as we understand tho word, but accomplished to a degree not com mon in North America. Both sexes are able to speak three or four languages be sides their own and are well up in art and music. As for politeness, there are no such people under the sun. When ever a Venezuelan, male or iemaie, writes a letter, whether to a dear friend or stranger, he or she invariably con cludes it with the words, Beso susma nos, "I kiss your hands," and whenever a Venezuelan gentleman meets a lady, whether it be his sweetheart or his grandmother, he hastens to assure her that he is "lying at her feet." Fannie B. Ward. A Newspaper Library. There is at Aix-la-Chapelle a curious museum library containing thousands of newspapers. It was founded seven or eight years go by Oscar Forkenbeck, who collected newspapers as other peo ple collect stamps, or autographs. He spent his entire income "for 40 years pn the dailies published all over the world and printed in 80 different languages. Finding himself the happy owner of 10,- 000 files, he founded tho museum, ap pealed to the newspaper world to assist him, and now occupies his own time and that of three assistants indexing and ar ranging the rapidly increasing collec tion. New York Sun. The Silk Industry. According -to the census figures, the silk manufacturing industry in this coun try grew wonderfully in 10 j'ears. hi 1890 goods to the value Bf $G9,000,000 were turned out as against $34,1300,000 in 1880. The number of hands employed here also increased from about 31,000 to 51,000, and. the number of spindles havo expanded from 508,137 to 1,254,798. Philadelphia Ledger. Tobacco Smoke Is a Preservative. "You have probably never thousrht of tobacco smoke as a preservative influ ence, TU venture," remarked Chatfield Arthur to several companions in tho La clede. "Of course we all know that spirits, and especially alcohol, will keep whole most anything you are of a mind to commit to its permeating care. I have found tobacco smoke to be equallj good, with no worse results as regards odor than alchol, unless you dislike to bacco. I know that I have put bugs, worms and various kinds of reptiles in large bottles and have kept them for years by simply blowing the bottle full of strong tobacco smoke and sealing it properly. "The perfect forms would remain for years, in fact just as long as the bottle remained perfectly sealed. Upon opeiw ingit the result has invariably been that is, in cases of longstanding a com plete collapse. Still the. effect is no worse than that of alcohol, for one never thinks of removing a preservative life form from the alcohol. When oile puts a form in LOCKED UP AS INSANE BITTER EXPERIENCE OF A FORMER . RUSSIAN MAJOR. When He Told the Truth, Major Sncrow "Was Declared to Bo Insane, but by Ke-uiwtno- tn a never tie He Was Set at liberty H! It use Was Successful. F.E. O. Sucrow, tho son of a gallant Russian colonel, and who himself was onra a major in tho samo army, has recently been released from tho Ward's island insane asylum Dy a ciever ruse. Its success, he thinks, is proof enough, if he had no other, that he is mentally sound. Major Sucrow was at one time wealthy, Until within a few years ho did not find it necessary to work for a living. He is of noble family and was a great yacht: man. Ho can recite offhand tho con: plete record of all tho international yacht races and says that ho has twice been around the world in a yacht of his own. Ho is about 58 years old and speaks and writes well in English. H lives at 48 Great Jones street. He has not been on good terms with his family for years, and his annual income was stopped two years ago. When this happened, he sought some business enterprise, and his attention was called to a discovery for making hair grow on bald heads, which had been successfully tried in two or three cases, He bought a controlling interest in the restorativo and commenced to boom it Ho had read a great deal about Dr. Chauncey M. Dcpew and thought it was a pity that so great a man should be com pelled to go through life baldheaded. Furthermore, he considered that his for tune would be made if ho could be tht means of giving Dr. Depew a genuine pompadour. With this object in view Major Sucrow fixed up a package of his restorativo and called on Dr. Depew. The package, which was neatly tied up, was about 1 1 inches long, 9 inches wide and 8 inches thick. His visit was just after tho attempt to blow up Russell Sago by dynamite. When Dr. Depew saw the package and heard tho major's foreign accent, he thought it was a crank and remarked hurriedly: "My dear fellow, I am very- busily en gaged today on important business that cannot be delayed. Leave me your name and address, and I shall send you a letter making an appointment for an interview for some other day." Sucrow went away and waited for the letter, which never came. In its place appeared an agent of the department of. charities and correction, who questioned him concerning his personal history and as to the effectiveness of his tonic. Su crow was then taken before Dr. Wash bnrn of 42 Irving place and declared insane. Ho spent one night at the in sane pavilion at Bellevue hospital and was then sent to Ward's island. He was examined several times by different physicians at Bellevue and at Ward's island and was questioned as to the story he had first told. "Sly statements were all true," said Major Sucrow yesterday, "and so I, had to conscientiously persist in them." After his transfer to the island he kept the attention of the physicians there cen tered 'upon him by his frequent declara tions that ho was not insane, accompa nied by applications for his release. For the first five months of his incarceration he made these applications at least every week, and sometimes as often as twice or three times a week. At tho end of five months, just as ho was beginning to de spair of ever regaining his liberty, he hit upon a new idea. "I began to change my system," ho said. "For the-next month I did not say a word about insanity, nor did I mako any further request for my discharge. At tho end of the month I went to Mr. Peppard, the head attendant, and asked for permission to write to Dr. Wash burn. It was readily granted, but I knew that the missive would be opened and read before it was sent, if, indeed.it was sent at all. "The substance of my letter to Dr. Washburn was that I now realized I was not in my right mind when I was committed, that the statements I had made about belonging to a iroble Rus sian family and having once been rich were delusions that had now been dis pelled, and that I had made a great mis take in having anything to do with the hair tonic business. I told tho doctor that I was a humble mechanic and Tonld earn about 18 per week at my trade. I also said that this was a good time of tho year to securo employment, and I wanted to be released. A few davs later I wrote letters to Drs. Adamson, Camp bell and Pettit of exactly tho samo im port. I had tho story down fine and did not vary a single detail in any of them. "A few daj's afterward Dr. Pettit sent for me and made an examination, during which he asked me to tell my story again. Then at short intervals Drs. Adamson and Campbell examined me and asked questions regarding my latest story. I told it to them all exactly as I had written it in the four letters, and as a result I was in a short time discharged as cured. "But," added Major Sucrow, "here is just where tho point comes in. The story which proved to the doctors at Ward's island that I was no longer in sane, and secured my release, was the only .lie I had told in connection with my whole experience as a 'lunatic. Now that I have been set free I repudiate it. That shows how far circumstantial evi dence will go, and how little some of these doctors, upon whom rest the gravest responsibilities, know about.the matters upon which-they are supposed to be spe- ciaiists. Major Sucrow says he has had enough of America. Hois going to remain here just long enough to raise funds to return to Europe. New York World. Ills Daughter's tetter. "Dear father, we are all well and hap py. The baby has grown ever so much and has a great deal more sense than he used to have. Hoping the same of you, I remain your daughter Molly." THE INTRODUCTION OF MENTHOL. It Was Utterly Unknown In nlaad Twenty-live Tears Ago. The medicinal use of menthol in China and Japan goes back into the dateless ages. Isolated references to its applica tion in tho east are met with here and there in tho records of western travelers in those parts, but we shall probably never know the name of its discoverer or tho early history of its introduction. We do not know with absolute cer tainty when and by whom menthol crys tals were first brought to tho notice ol European pharmacologists. It is said that they were used pharmaceutically on the continent as long ago as the end of the last century, but if that statement is cap able of proof the drug must havo fallen into oblivion shortly after its introduc tion, for it was certainly utterly un known, even by repute, to most person! in tho drug trade 25 years ago. Some where about 1854 a consignment of the drug was received in London under the tamo of Chinese peppermint oil and passingly commented upon for its curious property of solidifying with a fall in the temperature. To tho late JohnMackay of Edinburgl belongs the distinction of first having called the attention of British pharma cists to tho valuable properties of men thol. Mr. Mackay is believed to have brought "po-ho oil" with him from Paris, where it was then sold in the small, red labeled Chineso bottles famil iar to eastern travelers as a kind of pro prietary article. Had menthol been an utterly valueless medicine it would perhaps havo taken Europo by storm then and reigned for a season, just long enough to gather a for tune for its first exploiter. But as the drug happened to havo a solid thera peutic value it had towrcstlo through the familiar stages of contumely, ridi cule, animosity and unreasoning popu larity, just like any new creed or re former. Tho commercial interest of menthol practically dates from 1878, when an English firm in Yokohama made a small shipment of it to London, determined not to rest until they had succeeded in securing for tho remedy a footing upon the market. After many months their shipment went back with a note from tho agents announcing that "the stuff" could not be sold there, as no ono knew what to do with it. But the Yokohama firm persevered, and they reaped their reward. Four years later menthol crys tals were the rago of tho season, selling at GO shillings per pound, wholesale, and carried about in cone shape by all per sons with any pretense to the possession of a civilized nervous system. Chemist and Druggist. Ptmples -AND- The Puzzle of "Society." Talk about your puzzles Chinese or any other kind -tho greatest, the most complex, the most inexplicable puzzle is "society" the society that you contin ually hear about, that bubbles up, that effervesces, that widens out its own lit tle ripples every now and then into one gigantic wave that washes up from tho depths a sediment that dims the luster and sparkle and makes ono wonder where on earth real society is anyway. Now, here is a young mau who came to us with carefully prepared letters of in troduction socially. Ho did not consider it necessary to push himself. Ho was let beautifully alono until accident proved him a desirable man to know. Another man came hero recently with no letters credit or social. He picked up an acquaintance at a popular hotel. Ho let drop casually that he was from England and was looking up real estate hero in America. Thi3 acquaintance, who had tho entree to society, intro duced hinrfb his friends. They invited" lurnjcmk. Others iuyitcd him in .turn, and Tie was drawn into society's vortex. Now they hear from across the water that the man, with his accent his only recommend, is an-iinposter. Chicago In ter Ocean. Methods 1'or Secret Correspondence. At a trial in France it was shown that the chemist Turpin, who is undergoing five years imprisonment for treason, made arrangements with a friend to carry ou.secret correspondence. A letter from the prisoner, giving the necessary direc tions to his friend, was read in court. An official inquiry was made and some in teresting information supplied by the convicts, from which it was shown that when private news is to be supplied to a prisoner a formal letter, apparently con taining nothing of importance, is sent. This, being read by the governor, would be passed on to the prisoner, who, under standing tho missive, and that it was only necessary to read between the lines written in milk, he could make this per fectly decipherable by rubbing it over with a dirty finger or an old slipper. An other ingenious form of secret correspondence-consisted in leaving letters out of words, as if the writer were illiterate. The omitted letters put together formed the requisite words and sentences. Lon don Public Opinion. Blotches jRE EVIDENCE Thai Vie blood is wrong, and ihat nature is endeav oring to throw off the impurities. Not 'ling is so beneficial in assisting nature as Swift's Specific (S. S. S.) It is a simple vegetable compound. Is harmless to the most delicate child, yet it forces the poison to the surface and eliminates it from the blood. .1 contracted a severe casa of blood poisoa that unfitted me for business for four years. A few bottles of Swift's Specific (S. S.S.) cured J. C Jones, City Marshal, " Fulton, Arkansas. Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed bw. SwiTTSescwcCoi Atlanta, Ga OREGON KIDNEY Has no ca;)Ai AttO KIDKsY TROUBLES ir vo'i urr pAif jfj -the DACK SCALDI.-JS FAINS Inaaisation of the Bladder cr f.'on-Rstnt!cn of Urine, u3 OREGON KIDHSY TEA, Sold by A. F. Streiiz. HUMPHREYS' Dr. Humphrey' gpeciflnaraacienUacaUyaad carefully prepared Kemedlea. used tor yean la private practice and for over thirty years by tba people with entire success. Every single Specula a special cure for the disease named. They cure without dragging. purKlng or redoctec the system and are In fact and deed the SoTcrelca Remedlee of the World. urr or ruxcirAL xos. cran. rutii. 1 Fevere, Congestions, Inflammations.. .35 2 Waraa Worm Fever. Worm Colic .34 3 Teethings Colic. Crying; Wakefulness .35 4 Diarrhea, of Children or Adults .35 7 Coasjhs Colds. Bronchitis .25 8 Nearalgla, Toothache, Faceache. .35 9 IIeadacaes Sick Headache. Vertigo.. AS 10 Dyspepsia. Biliousness. Constipation. .35 11 Sappresaed or Painful Periods... .35 13 Whites, Too Profuse Periods 35 13 Croap, Laryngitis, Hoarseness .3C 14 Salt Raenia, Erysipelas. Eruptions.. .35 15 SaeaBaatisBS, Rheumatic Riius. .35 16 Malaria, Chills. Fever and Ague SH 19 Catarrh, Influensa. Cold in the Head. .35 29-Waeopinar Cough .35 27-Kldney Diseases .35 SS-Xerreaa Debility 3 Urinary Weakness, Wetting Bed.. .35 IinHPHREYS' WITCH IIAZEIj Oil,, "The Pile Ointments-Trial BIie.2SCu. Soil t7 DrorftfU, or Mnt pottpatd n nctlpt of ;rlo Db. HtmmsETt- Misuil (144 pagtf,MiuiD rut iirxruKETS'vro. ca, 1 1 a i itwrniu su, xxwtokx. SPECIFICS. He Came Out Kvcn. He was a -weary faced traveling man who had been the victim of every boom towner whom he had met. He entered the office of.a ticket agent the other day, and purchasing a through ticket for the east said: "I have at least made ono good invest meet since I have been in this part of the country." "How's that?" asked the sympathetic agent. "I came out even," replied tho eastern man as he walked toward the door. New York Herald. Testing 1-nre Water. It is ono of the easiest things in tho world to tell puro water from the im pure. If you want to test the color of the water, just fill a colorless glass bottle with the water and look through it at some black object, and the distinctive ness with which you can see the object will give you an idea as to the amount of clay or sand there'is in the water. Then pour out one-half the water, cork the bottle tightly and set it in a warm place for about 2-i hours. Remove the cork and smell the air in the bottle. If there is an offensive odor, even the slightest, the water is unfit for domestic uses. Wellwater.no matter how bright and sparkling, is. nine times out of ten, pu trescent. Then, as a matter of course, decomposition is sure to set in in a day or two if you put the bpttle in a warm place. New York Telegram. A Wonderful IIclio. In the Roman Caiupagua at the sepul cher of Jletalla, wife of Sulla, there is an echo that repeats five times, each be ing in a different key. It will also repeat alconol, it is unuerstooa to do merely for . j hexameter line or another sentence rooks and not- for examination or ban- ! that can bo spoken in 21 seconds. New dling." St. Louis Globe-Democrat. . ' y0rk Evenin Pan. An Old Jewish Cemetery. The most interesting sight in Prague is the old Jewish cemetery. It is in the center of tho city, surrounded by thick walls. There are thousands of ancient moss covered slabs, some bearing in scriptions of great antiquity, which only Hebrew scholars can decipher. The cem etery is unused, but no other Jewish burial ground in Europe can compare with it for age or general interest to tho antiquarian. Charleston News and Courier. A I'oint For Travelers. The advice is given by a well known society woman who travels a great deal to wear one's beet underclothing while on the cars. "Never mind if it does get soiled," she says. "I havo known of the most .flagrant cases of neglect 'during railroad accidents of people whoso un derwear looked as" though they might be poor. This is a shameful fact, but the people who pick up the wounded aftr a wreck are intensely human. JIany of them do not propose to open their homes to sufferers unless they are to be paid for it. They judgo of the ability of peo ple to pay largely by their underwear, as the outside garb of most well to do people is more or less the same in thesj da3's." The idea of arraying one's selfwit'a a view to accidents when starting ov't on a journey is ierhaps likely to suggest useless forebodings, and this advice i3 likely to engender a pessimism po-ardino. tho character of one's fellow ro.en, but it may le worth heeding. Hov Point of View in New York Times. Women Will Vote as usual at the next school election but for many candidates. They rive a unanimous vote every day in the week in favor of KIRK'S WHITE RUSSIAN SOAP because:they know it has no equal as a laoor ana temper saver on wash-day. The "White Russian" is a great soap to use in hard or alkali water. Does not roughen or injure the hands is per fectly safe to use on the finest fabrics JAS. S. KIRK & CO., Chicago. Hsfcy Diamond-Tar Sap.Ma,a,:dt8i"ltL'!'n ivuubH tun? ir-.s 2? a&m Cnrcs Ccnsnrar.lin, Co;iis, Croup, Soro Throat. 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