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ACO&IT PfcOVEBB Uo. 12. W May liTe without leaning, IFa May lire without hooks, Bat civilize Ma Cannot lire without cooks. Nor can a cook live without an ACORN Range, which renders perfect cook ing an absolute certainty. EM Here we are again with the best line of HARDWIRE In the City. Have secured the sale of the Celebrated lines of A CORN COOK AND HEATING STOVES. Everything New. Repairing done Promptly. Come in and let us smile on you. We make the Price. A. L. DAVIS. m to Order. $3.00 Pants. 3.50 Pants. 400 Pants. 450 Pants. ' 5.00 Pants. "5.50 Pants. 6.00 Pants. 6.50 Pants. 7.00 Pants. 7.50 Pants. 8.00 Pants. 9.00 Pants. I have the agency for the above and samples of the cloth can be seen at J. E. Evans' Book Store. C. VL NEWTON. p RIMES & WILCOX, ATTORNE YS-AT-LA W, NORTH PLATTE, ... NEBRASKA. Office over North Platte National Bank. A. H. CHURCH, LAWYER, NORTH PLATTE, ... NEBRASKA. Office: Hlnman Block, Spruce Sircet. D ,R. N. F. DONALDSON, Assistant Surgeon Union Pacific Railway and Member of Pension Board,' NORTH PLATTE. ... NEBRASKA. Office over StreltzV Drug Store. "yAL EVES, M. D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, NORTH PLATTE, ... NEBRASKA Office: .Neville's Block. Diseases of Women and Children a Specialty. $50 REWARD. By virtue of the laws of the State of Nebraska I hereby offer a reward of Fifty Dollars for the capture and conviction of any person charged with hone stealing in Lincoln county. D. A. BAKER, Sheriff. N H. S. BOAIi, Insurance ! Agent for best line of Fire, Life and Accident Co's. GEO. NAU MAN'S SIXTH STREET HEAT MARKET. Meats at wholesale and re tail. Fish and Game in season. Sausage at aU times. Cash paid for Hides. NORTH FLfcTTE Marble Works. Manufacturer of and Dealer in Monuments, Headstones, Curbing, Building v 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 esti mates freely given. Hershey & Co. DEALERS IN Agricultural : Implements OP ALIi KINDS, Farm and Spring Wagons, Buggies, Road Carts, Wind Mills. Pumps, Barb Wire, Etc. Locust Street, between Fifth and Sixth Pure :: Ice ! V- - LAND OFFICE NOTICES. NOTICE FOH PUBLICATION" Land Office at North Platte, Neb. I August 28. 18B3. f Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim, and that said proof will be made before Keuister and Kcceiver at North Platte. Neb., on October 10, 1K!3. viz: Francis A. Disraeli, -who made H. E. No. 16.188. for the cast half of the northwest quarter and the southwest quarter of the north east quarter and tho northwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section 24, township 12 north, ranee 29 west. He names the following witnesses to provo his continuous residence npon and cultivation of said land, viz: Thomas McGlimmere of North Platte. Neb., William H. Picket of Cottonwood Springs, Neb., William Stoddard of North Platte, Neb., and Clause Mylanier of North Platte, Neb. A. S. UALDW1X, 316 Register. LEGAL NOTICES. NOTICE. Mary C. Mer?dith, L. w. Tnlleys, Trustee, and Burnhnm, Tulleys k Co. defendants, will take notice that on tho 10th day of August, 189. John M. Wardwell, plointifT herein, filed his petition in the district court of Lincoln county. Nebraska, against 6aid defendants, the object and prayec of which is to foreclose a certain mortgage executed by tne defendant Mary C. Jleroclltli to I. W. Tul leys. Trustee, upon the east half of section Twen ty (20), in township Nine ('J) north, in range Thirty-three (33) west of tho Sixth P. M. in Lin coln county, Nebraska, to secure tne payment or one promissory note dated March 1st, 1883, for the sum of $600 and Interest coupons thereto at tached; that said note and coupons are now past due; that said note and mortgage has been as signed to this plaintiff for value, and plaintiff prays for a decree of foreclosure that said prem ises be sold to satisfy the amount found due. You are required to answer said petition on or before the 2d day of Ocfcber, 1893. Dated August 23, 1893. JOIIN M. WARD WELL, Plaintiff. lly A. D. McCajjdless and J. E. Evans, 3U His Attorneys. SHERIFF'S SALE. By virtue of an order of sale issued by W. C. Elder, clerk of tho District court of Lincoln county Nebraska, npon a decree and judgment rendered by said court in favor of H. Emerson and against J. J. Henrich Schroder, et.nl., I have levied upon the following described real estate a3 the property of the t-aid J. J. Henrich Shroder, et. aL, to-wit: The Southeast Quarter (S. E. U) of Section Twenty-six (2(5), Township Ten (10), north of Range Thirty-one (31) west of Sixth Principal Meridian, in Lincoln county, Ne braska, and I will on the SOth day of September, 1893, at one o'clock p. m. of said day, at the east front door of tho Court house of said county, in North Platte, Nebraska, sell said real estate at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash, to satisfy said order of sale, the amount due thereon in the aggregate being the sum of S410.G0, and 21.00 costs, and probable increase costs, with interest on said decree and judgment. Dated at North Platte, Neb., this 2Sth day of August, 1893. D. A. BAKER, 311 Sheriff of Lincoln county, Nebraska. NOTldfe. Frank W. Hopkins and Mrs. Hopkins his wife, whoce first name is unknown, defendants, will take notice that on the ICth day of August, 1633, The Phenix Investment Company, a corporation, plaintiff herein,' filed its petition in the district court of Lincoln county, Nebraska, against said defendants, the object and prayer of which are to foreclose a certain mortgage executed by the de fendant Frank W. Hopkins to the Security Invest ment Compay, of Yankton, Dakota, which mort gage has been duly assigned to plaintiff herein; said mortgage being given to secure a certain bond or note dated Jnne 1st, 1889, for the sum of $450.00 with certain Interest coupon notes attached for tho sum of (15.75 each; said mortgage covering the following described real estete, to-wit: The southeast quarter of Section .2.", Town 10, Range 33 west, in Lincoln county, Nebraska., that there is now due and unpaid on said bond, coupon notes and for taxes paid the sum of SSOO.&'i with interest from August 16, 1893; plaintiff prays for a decree that defendants be required to pay the same or that said premises may bo sold to satisfy the amount found due. You are required to answer said petition on or before the ICth day of October, 1893. Dated September 4th. 1893. THE PHENIX INVESTMENT COMPANY, Plaintiff. By Gnr&rxs i: 'Wilcox, Attorneys. 354 SUPERIOR to all other medicines icr purifying- tho blood and restoring the health and strength, ey fcsiF Sarsaparilla is the standard specific for Scrofula, Catarrh Eheumatism, and Debility. C ores Others Police ob the Wkeel. The proposal to mount a part of the park police on bicycles is timely though tardy. Already the world's armies have organize dtheir bicycle service, and it can hardly be contended that this mode of locomotion is more appropriate there than in the police service or likely to be so useful. In the event of the wheel's adoption by the police authority the public may assume that the men will be required to sit it properly. They will not offend the eye by contributing to the monkey on a gridiron exhibition. In fact, their martial appearance could be expected to contribute by its example to diminish that depressing practice. It is certain that the seat of the mounted police has stimulated perception of tho ridiculous in equestrians bobbing from the saddle like cockney tailors out for a holiday. The extension of the use of the wheel is among the interesting phenomena of the day. The French postal service has adopted it extensively in rural service. Even the stolid Briton has proposed the reform. In England, however, the mag nitude of tbe mail offers some, difficul ties. Its growing extension in the col onies is marked. The export of bicycles now cuts a respectable figure in board of trade returns, Thiring the past year the value has nearly doubled. New York Evening Sun. -FROM- iPURE Well Water. ; WM. EMS announces to the public that be is serv ' -ing pure crystal ice this summer. Best in the market. .Leave, orders at Streitz's Drue Store. CENTRAL MARKET F. M. HECK, Prop. DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF Fresh, Salted and Smoked ME4.TS. Hams, Bacon, Fresh Sausage, Poul try, Eggs, Etc. Cash Paid for Hides and Furs. Your patronage is respectfully so licited and we will aim to please you at all times. U, P. TIME TABLE. OOIKO EAST. No.S Atlantic Express Dept 12:15 A. si. No. 6 Chicaco Uxpress 6:40 A. M, No. 4 Fnst Mail 8 55 A. M. No. 2 Limited " 10:10 A. M. No. 23 Treight " 750 A. M. No. 18 Freight " 7.-00 p. M. No. 22 Freight " 4:05 a, 31. GOING WEST MOUNTAIN TIME. No. 7 Pacific ExDress Dept 4:10A. M No. 5 Denver Express " 1030 p. M No. 1 Limited " 10:00 p. M No. 21 FroiRht " 330 r. M No. 23 Freight " 750 A. M N. B. OLDS. Agent. CLAUDE WEINGAND, DEALER IN Coal Gil, Gasoline, Crude Petroleum and Coal Gas Tar. Leave orders at Evans' Book Store. mm lans , I. A. FORT, Has 200,000 acres of U. P. K. R. land for sale on the ton year plan. Call and seo him if you want a bargain. E. B. WARNER, Funeral Director. ANDMBALNER. A full line of first-class funeral supplies always in stock. NORTH PLATTE, - NEBBRSKA. Telegraph orders, promptly attended to. Exiled Socialists In Siberia. A number of socialist exiles have been located at Chita, Siberia. Our corre spondent tells us that, though not allowed to leave the city, they move about freely enough within it and in various Muds of skilled handicraft are earning their own livelihood. They are in this way quite an acquisition to the neighborhood. If you have a scientific instrument to bo re paired or any work to be done in which delicate manipulation and special inge nuity are essential, you must send for one of the socialists. They bear an excellent character, and the superintendent of police in Chita says, "If all the people in this province were socialists, there would be nothing for us to do." Alas for this province, a large proportion of its .people are of a very different type! What Van Dieman's land and Botany bay were to England half a century ago the Transbaikalia is to Russia now a cesspool foe its crime. Capital punishment is comparatively rare in Russia, and villains who would without doubt receive the death sentence in England or be lynched without judge or jury in some parts of the United States are in this country condemned to life banishment in Transbaikalia. Lon don News. Tbe Chicago Fair's Bad Management. Either the blood sucking parasites at the fair must be dispensed with, the dead head leak stopped and expenses cut down, or there must be a default on the bonds which the corporation owes. The direct ors have outstanding five millions of bonds and floating debt, and they have not yet a dollar to apply on the bond payment. They have not yet paid the floating dobt by perhaps a million, and from present appearances will not until late in August. The fair is costing $600,000 a month for operating expenses. The army of dead heads who enter its gates is 6teadily in creasing. Friday more than one-third of those in attendance went in on passes. The deadheads ought to be cut down at least one-half. At least half of the police f orco at the f air ought to be mustered out and taken off the payrolls. The ex penses of operating the fair ought not to be over $300,000 per month at the very outside. The directors must face the music. Chicago Tribune. Offer to Float the Victoria. Signor Balsamello, the inventor of the Balla Nautica, the submarine vessel with which several successful experiments were performed lately at Civita Vecchia in the presence of a commission appoint ed by the Italian government, declares that by the aid of his invention he can float her majesty's ship Victoria at a cost of less than 40,000. He says that with the Balla Nautica he can make ar rangements for raising weights far ex ceeding that of the sunken ironclad. The preparations and placing of grapnels and chains around the Victoria would take a month and would be performed by the crew of the submarine ship, which has already descended to and been maneu vered successfully at depths beyond that in which the Victoria lies. The bring ing of the ship to the surface would take two days. StJames Gazette. Somebody's Father. I think that one of the saddest inci dents of the war which I witnessed was after the battle of Gettysburg. Off on the outskirts, seated on the ground with his back to a tree, was a dead soldier. His eyes were riveted on some object held tightly clasped in his bands. As we drew nearer we saw that it was an am brotype of two small children. Man though I was, hardened through those long years to carnage and bloodshed, the sight of that man who looked -on his children for the last time in this world, who, away off in a secluded spot, had. rested himself against a tree that he might feast his eye3 on his little'loves, brought tears to my eyes which I could not restrain had I wanted. There were six of us in the crowd, and we all found L great lumps gathering in our throats and mist coming before out eyes which al most blinded us. We stood looking at him for some time. I was thinking of the wife'and. baby I had left at home and wondering. how. soon, in the mercy of God, vane, would be left a widow and my baby boy fatherless. We looked at each other and instinctively seemed to understand one another's thoughts. Not a word was spoken, but we dug a grave and laid the poor fellow to rest with his children's picture clasped over his heart. Over his. grave on the tree against which he was sitting I inscribed the words: "Some body's Father. July 8, 1863." Blue and Gray. . Exploded Traditions at Old Vale. Both South college and the Athenaeum have their now blasted traditions. As to the former, it has been alleged n New Haven and at least one prominent ar chaeologist has indorsed the story that about the time the college was built there was a mysterious hiatus of grave stones in the old cemetery on the New Haven green. The tradition then averred that these stones had. been built into the fireplaces of South college, where they would be found when the structure was pulled down.. Here was the fine hint for a college ghost story, based .on a spectral avmqiqfiAn f9 oflFwmfo avium. ts$ nna of tbe stones, but, if ever penned, .jt itfi outlawed now by the discovery that every fireplace in Old South was of sim ple brick. Then, again, President Stiles' diary notes the confession of a student that he had stolen-the college Bible, dropped it between the courses of mason work dor-' ing the building of the At hen mum (1763), and that there the sacred volume had been bricked up a myth proved so now by the fall of the Athenaeum's walls without the filched Bible's reappearance. New Haven Cor. New York Post. Singular Case of Insanity. Professor Alfonso Carpentieri, the, famous gynecologist of the University of Naples, became suddenly insane a few day3 ago. He imagined that ho was dying from starvation- and thirst, and, entering a restaurant, drank' four cups of coffee-, a bottle of wine, a bottle of cognac, and ate 15 sandwiches and more than a dozen eggs. When the proprietor declined to serve anything else, the professor sprang on the table and cried, with the voice of Stentor: "Eggs, eggs! Give me eggs and keep me from starving!" When he began to break chairs and tables, he was over powered and placed in a hospital. He is one of the most famous physicians in Italy. Chicago Times. A Thirty Found Nugget of Gold. The recent gold strike made at the Virtue mine, near -Baker City, is the richest and most extensive revealed for years. One afternoon a chunk was taken out weighing 80 pounds, which is estimated to contain $8,000.' On account of the extreme richness of the ore it is not run through themill, but it is pound ed up in a large mortar. Cor. Portland Oregonian. The Henry Bergh circle of King's Daughters, composed of eight members, reports that last year it chloroformed 4,089 cats, 71 dogs, 6 wounded sparrows, 1 rabbit and-1 opossum. A snake is renorted to have olirafeedfe pole to a martin's box at Breesy Heights, W. Va., a short time ago, and swallowed two birds before being discovered. A Faaious Stesmbcmt Race. The famous race-between ike Hanni bal City and the Ocean Spray occurred in 1669. Prior to this race the Oceaa Spray had splendid records. The race was from St. Louis to Keokuk. The early part of the race was very close, and the excitement was intense. Wheat nearing Bissell's point, the Ocean Spray found the Hannibal City passing her. The mate on the Ocean Spray, one Davis, becoming desperate, ordered the head of a barrel of turpentine to be knocked in. His men were then ordered to dip the wood in this turpentine before putting it in the furnace, the object being to quickly increase the steam pressure. The Ocean Spray was supposed to carry only 160 pounds of steam, but Davis thought that by "putting another nigger on the safety valve" he could ran the pressure up to 200 pounds and distance his rival. In carrying the dripping wood to the furnace the track became satu rated with turpentine, which caught fire from the open furnace. The flames quick ly reached the barrel. .An attempt was made to throw the barrel overboard, bnt it exploded, and the burning oil being scattered all around the boat was soon a mass of flames. Scott Hatson was captain on the Han nibal City. He was a brave and gener ous man, and in this instance these two qualities made his name famous. Not withstanding the imminent danger, he ran his boat alongside the burning one and rescued every person on board. Da vis, the mate of the burned boat, was afterward convicted and sent to the peni tentiary for such gross violation of the rules of safety. He was later pardoned. St. Louis Letter. The Order Pleased the Cook. The following story is told on a mis sionary of the China inland mission, a bachelor keeping house for himself in the southern part of China: One morning, in ordering his dinner, he wished to tell his cook to buy him a chicken. Instead of saying "ye"' for chicken he aspirated the word, saying, "Buy me a 'che.'" His cook thought that was an eminently proper command and went about his marketing in high good humor. At noon the missionary found no chicken cooked in fact, no dinner at all, for his cook had not returned. About dark the man came back, saying: "Tills was not a good day for buying wivos, and I have been all day looking for one, but at last I found one for you. She is rather old and not pretty, but you can have her cheap. I have promised 40 for her." New York Independent. THE LEGEND OF EVIL. This is the sorrowful story Told when the twilight falls. And the monkeys walk together Holding each other's tails: "Ok fathers lived in the forest: Foolish people wan they. They went down to the comland To teach the farmers to play. "Our fathers frisked in the millet. Oar fathers skipped in the wheat, Our fathers hang in the branches. Our fathers danced in the street Then came the terrible farmers. Nothing of play they knew. Only they caught our fathers And aet them to labor too! "get them to work in the comland, "With plows and sickles and flails; Put them in mud Trailed prisons And cut off their beautiful tails! "Kow we can watch our fathers, -Sullen and bowed and old, , Stooping orer the millet. Stirring the silly mold. "Driving a foolish furrow, Mending muddy yoke. Sleeping in mudwalled prisons. Steeping their food in smoke. "We may not speak to our fathers, For if the farmers knew They would come up to the forest And set us to labor too!" This is the horrible story , Told as the twilight fails. As the monkeys walk together Holding each other's tails. Itudyard Kipling. Two Strange Brothers. It had always been the habit in tbe Ward family if two relatives differed strongly to arrange not to be on speaking terms. Dr. William G. Ward was once asked how much he had known of his fa ther's first cousin, Sir Henry Ward. Ho replied quite gravely: "I only saw him twice once as a boy, when he came to see my father, and then again I had an interview with him about a matter of business soon after I came into my prop erty. We arranged at the end of it not to be on speaking terms," quite a super flous arrangement, as Sir Henry Ward lived at that time in Ceylon, of which he was srovernor, and in fact never came afrain to England for a prolonged visit. Dr. Ward and his brother Henry had been estranged for a year or so, and one night they met at the Haymarket thea ter. Each of them bad for the moment quite forgotten the quarrel, and friendly greetings passed, and they had a talk about the nlay. Next morning came a letter from Henry Ward: dxar William in tne nurry of the mo ment tonight I quite forgot that we had ar ranged to meet as strangers, and I wrlto this, leei you should misunderstand me, to say that I think we had better adhere to our arrange ment, and I remain, dear William, your affec tionate brother, Henry ward, Dr. Ward replied: Dear Henry I, too, had forgotten our ar rangement. I agree with you that we had bet ter keep to it, and I remain your affectionate brother, w. G. ward. San Francisco Argonaut. Difficulty of Sailing a Boat. Watched from the wharf, a sailboat seems an easy sort of craft to manage, The wind uppears to do everything. The casual guest of a skilled skipper likewise is apt to think that as his host takes things so easy it cannot be so very diffi cult to handle a sailboat after all. He regards the warning of experience as based on the jealousy of competition. Let him who thinks sailing a science which its followers try toiepresent as hard to learn because they want to keep it to themselves take a trick at the helm once. It looks easy to keep the boat ou her course. Your friend who takes yon out sailing barely-touches the tiller once in awhile. Some day he asks you to take the tiller while he goes forward. He tells you to keep that spire anil that tall chimney in line. You take the helm; you do what you think you have seen him do". The chimney and the steeple act as if they 'were bewitched. They .positively will not come into line, xon observe ma knowing tone, "She doesn't seem to mind her helm." But she is minding her helm, and pretty soon you find out what jibing means. Host of the fatalities of summer sailing are due to the errors of the man who thinks sailing is easy,, who is confident that he knows all about if. In reality many a sea captain who can handle a big ship without difficulty does not feel at ease in command of a sailboat. Boat sailing is a course at the Naval academy in which the cadets undergo arduous training under the most skilled instruct ors. Boston Transcript. Iilquids During Meals. If we bear in mind the whole mechan ism of digestion, it will readily be seen that in cases of weakness or want of tone on the part of the muscles of the stomach, when every part of the food cannot be properly presented to the ac tion of the digestive juices, the introduc tion into the stomach of a moderate amount of water may be of no slight benefit. The mass of food will become more pliable and so more easily operated upouby the weakened muscles. Youth's Companion. . Tho Fire Great Oceans. The following are the latest estimates of tho five great oceans: Pacific, 71,000, 000 square miles; Atlantic, 35,000,000 squar miles; Indian, 28,000,000 Bquare .miles; Antarctic, 8,500,000 square miles; Arctic, 4,500;000 square miles. St. Louis Republic. An Excuse For Fighting. Joseph Chamberlain, in the speech he was not permitted to deliver, got as far as to liken Gl.Nlstone to Herod. He was on the verge of likening the home rulers to the innocents. At that point their in dignation became insupportable. The fist fight which followed was a healthier and manlier recourse than tbe reduction of expression to a science of insult within the elastic limits of parliamentary per- 4 missibihty. It is better to call a man a liar and have him to hit you in the nose than it is to declare that he is the lineal descendant of the impenitent thief who died on the cross and for him to retort" that you are a blank leaf between the Old and New Testaments. Brooklyn Eagle. A Profitable Potato Season. The Irish potato season, which has just ended, has been the most profitable one on the eastern shore for years past. The shipment has been larger, and the prices have been and are yet the very top of the market. During the past three weeks over 2,500 carloads of pota toes have passed over the peninsula. One day's shipments from Cape Charles alone amounted to between 8,009 and 9,000 barrels or 50wcarloads. The sweet potato season will be in full blast in a few weeks. Richmond Times. Til er Fox, the Badger and Babbits. The fox noses the rabbits out at times and scratches them out. As to the badger, what could be more delicate for his very accommodating appetite than tender young rabbits? They put flesh onto his ribs after his fast of ten a long and com pulsory one in winter. So he digs for them in the most businesslike manner, just like a mole. He knows where they are exactly his nose tells him that and in less than two minutes tho fore part of him is buried. All you will see will be his hind legs working vigorously and a. lot of earth .moving. But he gets his rabbits. Hungry stomachs are hard to reason with. The badger is, I know, as a rule, nocturnal in his habits, so is a fox; but where the places that they fre quentare quiet and secluded they will at times hunt by day for their food, A vixen and her mate at times reverse the order of things. Like humans, wood land wild oreatures are governed by cir cumstances. I have' at different times met with the fox and the badger in spots where I cer tainly did not expect to see them. And when I have gone where, according to myreckoning, they ought, to have been so far as locality could be relied on they were not there. Very contradic tory experiences one has in looking for wUd things. Blackwood's Magazine The Habit of Carelessness. In youth men are self reliant, self as sertive and self sufficient. Soon they find themselves mistaken, possibly iu lit tle things at first, for the fact is they are still small in knowledge and influence. Hence the chagrin of the first errancy is -softened by the reflection that its conse quences caanot work much harm. Too often they fail to emphasize theimpor? tance of the value of their utterances as their personal influences widen. Hence their testimony without sufficient proof for themselves begins to work misohief for others. Then follow surprises, mis understandings, alienations, crimina tions, heartaches and occasionally some thing worse- Friendships are broken, in tegrity is wounded, confidence is shaken, human testimony is suspected. Now all tide is not the result chiefly of any essentially bad trait in human nature. It arises rather from careless ness and a sort of insincere habit of oon dooimg the fault on the score of personal Insignificance. "Oh, I didn't mean it!" covers a multitude of these sins among our yomager friende. But, alas, "younger friends" soon grow into midlife, and the careless habit, once indulged, barnacles itselfupon age. Boston Commonwealth. - When 3faha Mongkut, father of the present king of Siam. died in 1868, his body was embalmed and left sitting in state for nearly a year and a half. It is said that a pinch of salt placed on the tongue and allowed to dissolve slow ly 4s helpful in siok headache. MI86ILE FROM THE HEAVENS. Billions of Them Vail, but Cosaparatlrely Few Beack the Earth. "It is a nistake to suppose that mete orites burst i& the proper sense of the word," said a scientist to a writer, "an H often happens that they are broken to pieces on striking the atmosphere of tbe earth. This may seem surprising, but let Be call your attention to an analogy. Strike the surface of water with your fist, and, though a fluid, the resistance it opposes to the blow seems almost as atroog as if it were solid. Now, the me teorite is moving at a tremendous rate of speed. If small, it is set on fire in an in slant by the friction of the air, and after glowing for a moment brightly is con sumed. "On any night in summer you will see 'shooting stars' now and then. They are meteorites, which on coming into contact with the earth's atmosphere are set afire. This is not surprising, inns- much as they approach the planet on which we live at a speed which often at tains 44 miles a second. By causing the destruction of meteorites the atmosphere serves as a protection for people on the globe, who would otherwise be pelted by such missiles to a dangerous extent It is estimated that not less than 10,000, 000 of them, big enough to be visible to the naked eye, strike the earth every 24 hours. "By contact with this planet the me teorites are raised to a temperature which reaches from 3,000,000 to 4,000,000 de grees high enough to consume the hard est known substance almost instantly Thus only those of large size reach the earth before being entirely burned up. The greatest number of such bodies can be seen just before daybreak, because by that time we are on the front side of the globe as it moves through space. The elevation at which most of them are vis ible has been found to be between 45 and 80 miles, very few being Been at a greater height than 100 miles. "It is believed by most astronomers that some very large meteors have en tered our atmosphere and have passed out into space again, their great mo mentum being sufficient to take them away from the earth's attraction. What these flying bodies are is a question that has been much disputed, but it is con sidered most likely that they are the debris of broken up comets. In one re cent instance the correctness of this the ory has found striking proof. That was the case of the comet of Biela. It was discovered in 1826 and was again ob served in 1832, 1845 and 1852. In 1815 it had split into two parts, and in 1872 it failed to appear when and where it should have done. Evidently it had been smashed up, and prediction was made that there would be a great meteoric shower composed of the remains of tho lost comet. This prediction was fulfilled "certain groups ot meteors move m elliptical orbits around the sun. Occa sionally the earth passes through their clusters, producing what are known as meteoric showers. Such showers occur annually from the 8th to the 12th of Au gust, and there is a similar display ir "XT T no m. jLiuveuiuer oxiuu overv oo years, xaa stream of the August meteors is esti mated to be from 5,000,000 to 10,000,000 miles thick. The earth, though travel ing with the velocity of 2,000,000 miles a day, is immersed in it for several days. "The fall of meteorites to the earth is sometimes accompanied by a great dis play of light, occasionally illuminating an area of many thousand square miles. When such an event occurs at night, and with loud detonations, so great in some instances as to shake houses and fright en men and animals, the explosions are caused by the breaking up of the me teor. Ordinarily you will find that such meteorie bodies are coated on the out side with a blaek substance, which is the effect merely of fusion of the super ficial material by great heat. A piece of Biela's comet was actually picked up in Mexico in 1872 at the time of the shower of its remains. Naturally it is consid ered interesting. "Such great interest is taken in mete orites that all of those collected have been carefully catalogued. They are mostly composed of iron, with usually a percentage of nickel and cobalt and sometimes copper and tin. It is custom ary to sawthem into slices, which is a laborious process, for sale or for ex? change among museums. Sometimes the slices are prettily polished, or the cut surfaces are etched with acid so as to ex pose the crystalline structure. This structure is in no two such bodies exact ly the same, and the differences are thought well worth studying. Attempts have been made to counterfeit meteor ites because they are so valuable, but without success." Washington Star. Fortunes From Bags. It is astonishing what immense sums ragpickers receive in the course of the day. The combings of women's hair sell at 80 cents a pound. This means $300 to the knights of the hook. "Merinos," as they are called, are another source of profit. These are the scraps of tailors and dressmakers and brjng about $86,000 a year. The old bones, are another source of profit and bring about $100,000 a year. Tho papers, corks and crusts of bread all go to different industries and bring a not less fabulous sum. As for the election bulletins, which to the number of 1,325,000 are pasted upon the walls of Paris, they are much sought, especially immediately after an election, for the making of buttons. Paris Letter Robert Louis Stevenson's Story Writing. Mr. B. L. Stevenson says that he be gins work every morning at 6 o clock and sometimes keeps at it all day in spite of an impression that three hours of writing is enough. "I am a laborious writer," he avers, thereby encouraging the worthy band whose motto is "Labor Omnia Vincit" and who have faith that nothing is beyond the reach of hard work. But straightway he dashes their hopes when he says, "I inherit a taste for story telling from my father, who used to tell a story every night before he went to bed." Is not that a most unfair advantage for a romancer to take of his contemporaries, to burst upon the current story market with the prodigious endowment of de scent from a Scotchman who out of mere lovo of yarning was used to tell a story every night? Frankly it seems a worse blow to ordinary competitive endeavor than for an'Astor to take up the busi ness of publishing magazines. Harper's Weekly. Toys on a Tombstone. In the cemetery of Marietta, Ga., there is an infant's grave that attracts atten tion of visitors to that place. There is no headstone, but resting on the top of the grave is a glass box containing the playthings the little one had before its death. There are dolls, rubber and china, rubber ball, rattler, china cup and other toys. On the sides of the grave are three bottles of medicine, that which was in tise presumably during the last sickness. The Art otXeave Taking. The art of going away gracefully is one of the most difficult of social observances. Women err in lingering too long after the start is made; men in bolting too suddenly, making sometimes the exit al most a blow in the face. There is a golden mean of leave taking, whose aro ma of graceful courtesy is not soon dis pelled, and happy is he or she who finds it. New York Times. A LU fold la SehooL It has always been father's purpose to give his children a fair education, but as the family iacreasod in sise and numbers aad father's salary would not grow in the same proportion, he found it necessary to cut down some of the aveauee of ex peadlture.; Ose of Us first thoughts was that of the shoe bill for the family. Said he, "HI be the cebbler when amy shoes need repairing after this." Unfortunate- PROF, Hirschber The celebrated New York mf"rUl,"rd "IMS and St. Louis eye expert, by special request wui again visit NOKTH PLATTE on brought from the shop where he was working some of the old belting that had been laid by. This leather was thorough ly saturated with oil. and as I entered the schoolroom next day with new taps on my shoes the oil would form a mark on the floor, just like a footprint on the newly fallen snow, ana wnat good ex cuse to tell I couldn't think of. It became an eyesore to the whole school, and I was wishing somehow I might take a vacation. Finally the ZfiHttSfiSgsri How Are Your -Byes! leaf, I told the story. My brother Jack Orl. . !. Hi and I had got to fighting the other day in the cellar, and he threw me in a pan of grease that was near by cooling. That lie settled the teacher, but the other element of the school were not satiated until they stood me on say head and looked at my shoes. Cor. New York Recorder. Ia a City Restaurant. A trifling incident noted not long ago in a city restaurant tells its own story and needs no spoken moral. Two girls, possibly attendants in a shop, were sit ting together eating their luncheon, ana one was holding forth to her companion on an experience which had just befallen her. "I came in here," said she, "and got this seat, but wan't long before an old lady came in and sat next to me. She took off one pair of glasses and put on another. Then she stared and stared at the bill of fare and laid it down. I thought first she couldn't read a word. Then she turned around to Tne. " 'Will you let me sit next to the win dow? says she. "I didn't take any notice, and in a min ute she said it again. Then I answered her: " 'No,' says I, 'this is my seat, and I'm going to keep it.' "She turned 'way round in her chair then and looked me all over. Then she looked away. But I guess she knew I'd got the .best of her, for she did have the manners to say: " 'I beg your pardon.' "She spoke real low, and I noticed she looked land of surprised." Youth's Com panion. Sticks In Mercantile life. Many young men choose a mercantile position for the present only without thought or intention of making it a per manent business The result is that of tentimes we find these men at SO years receiving no more pay than they did when only 18. There is an army of this class of young men behind counters today. They are an aimless, pitiable class. They stand listlessly in their departments and are as unobservant of what's going on around them as are the inanimate figures which one sees at the entrance of clothing estab lishments. Many of them let slip grand opportu nities of becoming great business factors in the commercial world and have doomed themselves to the treadmill of common drudgery. Singleness of pur pose implies self reliance, without which a young business man la. not thoroughly f urnished for a successful business career. Dry Goods Economist. Do thev ache, burn, itch, water, or fire upon contiued use? If they do thev are defective and should be carefully fitted with glasses. Are you subject to chronic head aches, the kind that begins in the region back of and around the eyes, making the eyes feel heavy and dull? If so the eyes are at fault, and a pair of glasses are needed. i "Don't Neglect Your Eyes, When you can call and consult an eminent Opthamologist. Pleasure In the Heareas. c There is a satisfaction in learning the names and positions or tne stars that does not belong -to the study -of the planets. Tne stars apparently never change so for as their position relative to each other is concerned. The planets are always moving, and to those who do not watch the heavens with particular attention it is a cause of snrpnso very often to nnu a '-new star' adorning a certain section of the heavens. If, howr ever, this newcomer pe carefully pbr served from night to night, it will bo found to change its distance from the fixed stars, and the observer will discover that it is a planet and at liberty to wan der about from place to place under the sole condition that it obeys certain rules of motion. When the bright stars that grace the heavens become familiar to ob servers, they will know just what to ex pect on each succeeding season. New York Times. Remember the dates, October 7tii, 9th and 10th, at the store of A. F. STREITZ, sole agent for North Platte, Neb. CONSULTATION EREE.V TESTIMONIALS : Omaha, April 8, 1893. PkofTH. Hirschberg: Dear Sir I have been weannf tho glasses you prescribed -fQrjuesver since l received tnem, ana x am very much pleased. They are so easy on the eyes, tne strain is entirely relieved and at the same time I can see much better than before. Respectfully yours, Charles Conoyer. FREMorrr, Nec, April 3, 1893. Prop. Hiuschbeko: Dear Sir: Answonng your favor of March 2Stb, I am pleased to say I ap preciate the very thorough examination of my eves which you give while in- Omaha, and am delighted with tho two pairs of glasses you prescribed for mo; they being much superior to any I have used. Any friends needing treatment I shall refer them to you. Yours truly, D. Croweix. Lincoin, Neb., March 27, 1893. Dr. H. Hirscherg: Dear Sir I havo tried the glasses and spectacles which you mado for me, and take pleasure in recommending them as being tho most easy on my eyes of any I have ever worn, and in using them I am unable to say- whether 1 am ooking through glasses at all. I wish you great success m your travels over, this state. These gliisses are such an improvement to my eyes that I can sea -a- 7 " iiiv as well as J. could in my Doynood. i take great pleasure in recommending to any one who is afflicted like myself and has to wear glasses, as I can seo better with them than I have been able to do in the last twelve years. lours respectfully, T. K. Sudborough, Genl. Supt. Pacific Express, Omaha. Neb. NoRxn Platte, April 7, "93. I take pleasun in recommending the plan of Prof. Hirschberg of securing . competent opthomologist to our place, every few months to examine the eyes of our people and advte tnem as to tuo requisite glasses, etc., required as the best way to secure proper and scientifi cally adjusted spectacles and eyo glasses and I take pleasure in recommending it to their consideration. Dr. Wm. UJves. R. D. THOMSON, -A-xoliitect, Contractor and Builder, Customers Too Fartlealar. Some years ago the proprietors of a so called "ulster house" in London placed in their windows a placard setting forth a new rule of their establishment, name ly, that no orders given by Americans would be executed unless the orders were paid for beforehand. The proprie tor on being interviewed declared that American ladies were much too hard to please infinitely more so than English ones. They insisted upon having their things made to fit or they refused to take them. ''I had an ulster sent back to me the other day, for instance," he rer marked, ,fby an American customer merely because it was longer in front than it was at the back." Only that and nothing more! Lucy Hooper in Home Journal. The Name of Stebblas. The Stebbins family is fairly numer ous. It is not now a classic name. Its owners wear it ignorantly. More the shame for them. It is by right a classic name, borne as it was by the first of Christian martyrs St. Steven, some times spelled Stephen. Steven is the Dutch way of spelling it. Spell it in Spanish Eeteban. Drop the initial si lent e and then you have Steban. Among the ignorant the step to Stebbins in very short. And the honorable name of St. Steven takes on degradation, even as the fine old Norman-French name D'Au baine becomes the homely Dobbins. Davenport Democrat. 127 Sixth St. Cor. of Vine, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. . - H. MacLEAN, Fine Eoot and Shoe Maker, And Dealer In MEN'S LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S BOOTS ANDSH0ES. 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