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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.
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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
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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
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29-Waeopinar Cough .35
27-Kldney Diseases .35
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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
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but for many candidates. They rive
a unanimous vote every day in the
week in favor of
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