LEGAL NOTICES.
SHERIFF'S SALE.
By Tirtus of an order of sale Issued by W. C. El
der, clerk of the district court of Lincoln county,
XebraAa, upon a decree of foreclosure ren
dered In said court in favor of Mary T. Hyde
and against Henry St. Wolf and Mary 0. Wolf, et .
alI aave levied upon the following described real
estate ai the property of the said Henry II. Wolf
andMary C. Wolf, et at, to-wit: The east half
(EH) of the southwest quarter (SW&), and the
southwest quarter (BWU)of the pout heart quar
ter (BE Ml of Section twenty-lour (241 and tne
northwest quarter (NW J ) of the northeast quar
ter (NE M) "f Section twenty-five (25), and
the northwest quarter of section 23, all in Town-
sfilp nine (, nortn or uerjge twenty-nine
weatjof the sixth principal meridian in Lincoln
county, Nebraska, and I will on the 21th dny
of February, 1891, at one o'clock p. m. of said
day, at the east front door of the Court-house
of said county, in North Platte. Nebraska, sell
said real estate at public auction to the highest
Didder lor ease to sansry said oraer oi saie, ue
amount due thereon in the aggregate being the
sum of fi12.51 and $57.69 costs, and probable
increase costs, with Interest, on said decrees.
Dated af North Platte, Neb., this 2Sth day of
December, 1893.
D .A. BAKER.
25 Sheriff of Lincoln county, Nebraska.
THE EEIEND IN NEED.
IRVING'S STORY OF THE "BUSTED"
ACTOR'S GOOD SAMARITAN.
U. P. TIME TABLE.
OOINO EAST.
No. Atlantic Express Dept 12:30 a. m.
No. 6-hicaro Express " 630 A. M.
No. 4 Fast Mail - 8 50 a. m.
No. 2-Limited ' . l05' M
No. 28-Freight " 20 A. M.
No.l8-Freiiht "600 p.m.
No. 22 Freight " 45 A. M.
QOINO WEST MOUNTAIN TIME.
No. 7 Pacific Exnress Dept 4:40a. M
No. 5 Denver Express " 1030 P. M
No. 1-Limited " 1?-M
No.21-Freight " 430 r.M
No. 23 Freight " 6:10 a. M
p RIMES & WILCOX,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
NORTH PLATTE, - - NEBRASKA.
Office over North Platte National Bank.
IL CHURCH,
LAWYER,
NORTH PLATTE, - - - NEBRASKA.
Office: Hinman Block, Spruce Sireet
D
R. N. F. DONALDSON,
Assistant Surgeon Union Pacific Railway
and Member of Pension Board,
NORTH PLATTE, - NEBRASKA.
Office over Streitx's Drug Store.
pL EVES, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
NEBRASKA
Diseases of Women
NORTH PLATTE,
Office: Neville's Block,
and Children a Specialty.
CENTRAL MARKET
F. M. HECK, Prop.
DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF
Fresii, Salted and Med
MEATS;
Hams, Bacon, Fresh Sausage, Poul
try, Eggs, Etc.
Cash Paid for Hides aud Furs.
Yt?ur patronage is respectfully so
licited and we will aim to please
yon at all times.
Claude weingand,
DEALER IN
Coal Oil, Gasoline,
Crude Petroleum and
Coal Gas Tar.
Leave orders at Evans1 Book Store.
Eheumatism, Nervous Dis
eases and Asthma
CANNOT BE CURED without
the aid of , ELECTRICITY.
We do not sell the apparatus, hut
rent. CURE GUARANTEED.
Send for further information to
P. A. LEONARD &CO-,
Madison, Wis.
NORTH FLftTTE
Marble Works.
W. C. IRITZLsTIEIR,,
Manufacturer of and Dealer in
Jflonuments, Headstones,
Curbing, Building Stone,
And all kinds of Monumental
and Cemetery "Work.
Careful attention given to lettering of
every description. Jobbing done on
short notice. Orders solicited and esti
mates freely given.
GEO. NAU MAN'S
SIXTH STREET
HEAT MARKET.
Meats at wholesale and
tail. Fish and Game
Sausage at
re
in
all
season.
times. Cash paid for Hides.
I. A. FORT,
Has 200,000 acres of U. P. R. K land for
stieon the ten year plan. Call and
see him if you want a bargain.
- E. B. WARNER,
Funeral Director.
AND EMBALMER.
A full line of flrstclass funeral supplies?
NORTH PLATTE, - KEfBf'
TeiegMpb order, promptly attended to.
A Bemlniseence Which Seemed to Touch
the Relator's Heart Once He TTaa Very
Poor and Unknown, but Now Ho la Bich
and Famous In All lands.
The place was a cozy room in a cozy
bouse in a quiet street off the Strand,
London. The time was Saturday; the
hour, midnight. A company of profes
sional men, composed of Borne of the
lawyers, doctors, newspaper men and
actors whose names are famous on both
4des of the Atlantic, was scattered in
groups about the rooms smoking and
chatting after the Saturday night sup-
per. which naa Become a standard insti
tution With them, in a Eheitered cor
ner over by the fireplace sat a small
knot of men, every one of whom had
reached the top, or at least the front
rank, of his profession. The talk, drift
ing in a smooth, desultory, half sleepy
way from phase to phase, had gradually
aisumed a retrospective hue. From one
to another the story had passed, each
telling the tale of an empty stomach, or
an empty pocket, or a hopeleea tramp
of 30 miles or so in thin shoes along a
snowbound road in search of employ
ment.
Henry Irving, thoughtfully smoking,
with an air of deep attention, had not
spoken and did not speak until (ho
Others, having exhausted their stock,
turned to him. He had experienced
harder lack than any of them, and they
knew it. He looked Tip at them for a
momentand then, after a pause, said:
"The recollection uppermost in my
mind just now, while you boys havo
been talking about tramping and winter
roadsand all that, is of a certain Christ
mas dinner at which I was present. I
wonder whether any of you remember a
poor fellow, long since dead Joo Robin
who played small parts in London
and outside it, and who raado the one
big mistake of his life when ho entered
the profession. Joe had been in the
men's underwear business and was do
ing well when an amateur performance
for a charitable object was organized,
and he was cast for the part of the
clown in a burlesque of 'Guy Fawkes
Joe belonged to one of the bohemlnn
clubs, and on the night of the show his
friends among the actors and journalists
attended in a body to cive him a 'send
off.' Ho played that part capitally, and
the mischief might have ended there,
but some one compared him to Gri
maldi. His fate was sealed. He sold his
stock, went on the stage, and a few
months later I came upon him playing
general utility on a small salary in a
small theater in Manchester. Onerolic
of his happy days still remained to him
He had retained shirts, collars and un
derwear sufficient to last him for a gen
eration.
'But if Joe lacked ability as an ac
tor he had a heart of cold. He would
lend or give his last shilling to a friend,
and piece by piece his stock of uncier
wear had diminished until only a few
shirts and underclothes remained to
him.
"The Christmas of that j'ear tho
year in which we played together was
nerhans the bitterest I ever knew. Joe
had a part in tho pantomime. When
the men with whom ho dressed took off
their street clothes, ho saw with a pang
at his heart how poorly some of them
were clad. One poor fellow without an
overcoat shivered and shook with every
breath cf tho wind that whistled through
the cracked door, and as ho dressed there
was disclosed a suit of the lightest sum
mer gauze underwear wmcn no was
wearing in the depth of that dreadful
winter. Poor as Joo was, he was deter
mined to keep up his annual custom of
giving his comrades a Christmas dinner.
Perhaps all that remained of his stock
of underclothing went to the pawnbro
ker, but that is neither hero nor there.
Joe raised the money somehpw, and on
the Chrietmas day was ready to meet
his guests.
"Among the crowd that filed into the
room was his friend with the gauzo un
derclothing. Joe beckoned him into an
adjoining bedroom, and pointing to a
chair silently walked out. On that chair
hung a suit of underwear. It was of a
comfortable scarlet color; it was of silk
and wool ; it was thick and warm, and
it clung around the actor as if it had
been built for him. As tho shirt fell
over his head there was suffused through
his frame a gentle, delicious glow that
thrilled every fiber of his body. His
heart swelled almost to bursting. Ho
seemed to be walking on air. He saw
all things through a mist of tears. The
faces around him, tho voices in his ears,
the familiar objects in his sight, the
very snow falling gently out3ido tho
windows, seemed as the shadows of a
dream with but one reality tho suit of
underwear."
"His feelings seem to havo entered
your heart," said one of the listeners.
"They might well do so," replied Mr.
Irving, "for I was that poor actor."
New York Tribune.
AN APPALLING SITUATION"."
HEALTH LEGISLATION.
A Heartreadlnr Example of tho gafleiiag
In the Interior of Italy.
The New York Sun's Borne oorreepond
ent writes that order has been nominally
restored in Italy and Sicuy, but it is
doubtful if permanent peace can be se
cured. The troubles will probably recur
as soon as the extra troops are removed.
The only chance of pacifying the people
is by establishing relief works, but the
government is in such sore financial
straits that the money cannot be spared,:.
although their cost would enable a consid
erable reduction in military expenditure.
Things will doubtless improve in the
spring, but meanwhile the poverty and
sufferings of the populace are simply ap
palling. Misery reigns everywhere, and
in tho remoter rural districts men, wom
en and children are dying daily of actual
hunger.
An idea of what is going on in the in
terior of Italy may be gathered from the
fact, officially admitted, that 200 per
sons, the entire population of the village
of Boghudi Calabria, suddenly arrived
at Cittanova on Tuesday, ragged and
shoeless, the younger men carrying the
old folks and the women their children.
Many were in a pitiable state of exhaus
tion. Several women had dead children
in their arms, and two or three old men
had died on the way. They declared
that they had left the village because un
less they left they would die of starva
tion. There was not a scrap of food in
the place when they left, and nothing"
was growing on the land.
NEW AND VERY SMOOTH.
How a Lovesick Youth Was Bled by a De
signing Mother and Daughter.
A youth belonging to a highly respect
able family at St. Cloud recently met in
the Boulevard de Strasbourg in Paris a
young lady with whose appearance he
was much struck. He followed her.
watched her as she went into a house.
and Having ascertained her name and
tho fact that she lived with her widowed
mother contrived to find some one whe
knew the ladies by way of getting an in
troduction to them. He was extremely
well received and repeated the visit more
than once. Finally he determined to of
fer marriage to the young lady, and he
spoke to the mother on the subject.
ihe mother was very sympathetic, but
declared it could not be. "But tell me
why not," said the lovesick youth. "Be
cause," said the widow, bursting into
tears, "my husband is a convict, a vil
lain, who, abusing tho power the law
gives him in France, has declared that
he will never give his consent to his
daughter's marriage unless he has 10,000
rrancs given to him.
-The youth said he was willing to pav
1 i i . . X -
tne money proviuea tne rather under
took never to mnlpsr. him in nm woo
and in a few days the sum was forth-
coming. The day after it was paid,
however, the widow and her daughter
decamped. The police are now on the
lookout for them. London News.
Ab Interesting- Call Isaned by a Jolat Com
ml t tee of Three Societies.
At a meeting of the Brooklyn Pcolic
Health society at the residence of W. E.
Optegrove the other night a paper was
read by J. Winfield Scott, secretary of the
National Constitutional Liberty league of
Boston, on "Methods of Protecting and
Promoting Public Health." The follow
ing call was issued by a joint committee
of the league, the Brooklyn Public Health
society and the New Ycik Public Health
and Constitutional Liberty league from
their headquarters, room 18, 331 Madison
avenue, New York:
Whereas, It is self evident that constitu
tional liberty, scientific progress in the healing
art, will be promoted and public health cop
served by immediate' legislation requlriag:
1. Physicians to write prescriptions legibly and
when possible in English (and Latin if they
choose). 2. That medicines dispensed by physi
cians and others containing poisonous ingredi
ents shall be by them legibly labeled "Caution;
take only as directed." 3. Restoring to every
citizen the right to freely contract for th serv
ices of whosoever he considers competent to
treat or heal him or his family without render
ing the person thus employed liable to prose
cution, except for malpractice. Therefore, we;
the undersigned, urge all periodicals and per
sons in sympathy with the spirit and purpose
of tho legislation above outlined to exert their
influence in creating and molding favorable
public sentiment. We also respectfully In
vite all who believe that the higher instincts,
nobler Impulses and dearest Interests of hu
manity will thus be served to send us the ad
dresses of persons willing to receive ana dis
tribute literature or circulate petitions. Ws
also likewise solicit verifiable facts, experiences
and other data touching upon these topics and
tending to strengthen the cause of public
health and constitutional liberty before the
legislature and the general public.
Brooklyn Eagle.
AN UNEXPECTED OIL STRIKE.
A Hunter Ban a Fox Into a Cave, aad Sob-
sequent Proceedings Were Startling.
Three prominent residents of Bing
ham ton, N. Y., indulged in a fox hunt
recently. As they were retur g home
the hounds struck the trail of a fox.
They followed it and came upon their
hounds barking under a ledge of rocks
on the western slope of the old Baker
farm. One of them felt around the
ledges for any other hole by which the
fox could escape, using a small crow
bar. He climbed to the top of the ledge
of rocks, striking all around with his
bar.
Suddenly it slipped through his fingers
and went down a small fissure. In en
deavoring to get it outhelighted a match
and dropped it into the fissure. A flash
and sudden explosion occurred. A jet
of flame shot upward higher than the
surrounding tree tops and Uluminated
the surrounding country. About 100
feet below the place where the well was
burning they discovered a flow of oil is
suing from a crevice. The stream was
large enough to fill a two inch pipe. The
village is in excitement over the find, and
prospectors are nocking there in num
bers. The crowbar was found again and
bore unmistakable signs of the "third
send" upon it.
A RARE OCCURRENCE.
Mr, Xehesrede's Eel Cateh Almost Unpar
alleled Ib tho Annals of Fishing.
A remarkable haul of eels was made
the other day by Cosmos Eckenrode, who
was fishing along the Tulpehocken.
There is a variety of eels known as the
tandem eel, which is very seldom found
in this state, though common in the west.
A peculiarity of this variety is that they
travel, when migrating single file, about
six inches apart, and maintain that dis
tance exactly during the time of their
progress. If one of the lot shoots ahead
too rapidly, the one following immedi
ately grasps him by the tail in order to
drag him back to his proper place in the
line. They appear to have a remarkable
instinct for distance, and the variation
of an inch will cause the rear eel to ex
ercise his authority to put the brakes on
the one ahead.
While Mr. Eckenrode was fishing he
hooked one of the travelers, a very re
markable circumstance, as they seldom
bite while migrating. As soon as he had
hooked it he of course gave a haul on the
line, which caused this particular eel to
shoot ahead. Ho was immediately
grasped by the one following, and as
that one likewise shot ahead the next one
did the same, so that when Mr. Ecken
rode began to haul out he found a solid
rope of eels'. Dropping his rod and line,
he grasped the living rope and began to
haul in hand over hand. He kept haul
ing in and piling up the eels until he
was. utterly exhausted, when he was
obliged to stop and cut the connection.
He quickly ran for assistance, and a
number of the neighbors came to help
him take care of his rare catch. When
they-were all gathered up and loaded on
wagons, it was found that he had 875
pounds. About $50 worth were sent to
the Reading market, and the rest were
distributed among his neighbors.
The news of his remarkable catch has
spread all over the upper part of the
county, and a great many fishermen have
been endeavoring to repeat it, but with
out success, since, according to natural
ists, an occurrence of this sort is one of
the rarest in fishing. Beading Herald.
LIGHTING THE CAPITOL.
As Bad as War.
The Emperor William has again tried
his hand at his favorite game of sur
prises, and although it may have served
its purpose the officer who was made
the subject of the experiment had to pay
pretty aearly for it. The Second reei-
ment of Dragoon guards was called out
suddenly on to the Tempelhof common.
and an omcer. Count von Wedel, -was
ordered to ride at once to Dresden with
a message for tho long of Saxony. The
count waa not allowed to ride on the
high road, but had to take roundabout
ways, the supposition being that a hos
tile army had occupied the territory be
tween tno two capitals. This circum
stance, combined with the slippery state
or the roads and the severe cold, made
the ride a hard one, and the count took
S3 hours to cover the distance. Imme
diately after delivering his message to
the king of Saxony the officer.thoroughly
exhausted, fainted away. A sergeant
who attended the count stood the test
much better. Berlin Correspondent.
All Front.
At Chancellorsville, whilo Jackson's
corps was moving to the flank and rear
of the Union army, the Confederate cav
alry in advance became engaged with
the enemy. Presently a wonnded troop
er emerged from the woods in fiont.
After surveying tho scene he moved In
the direction in which the infantry wore
marching, apparently in search for the
rear.
Almost immediately the blue jackets
closed behind Jackson's corps, and the
poor cavalryman appeared again, look
ing hopeless and distraught. He was
met by another cavalryman, to whom
he called out: "Hello! Wounded?"
"Yes, "replied the other laconically,
adding, "Let's git to the r'ar."
'R'ar!" returned the disconsolate
cavalryman. "This is the worst fight
I've been in yet. It ain' got any r'ar."
Exchange.
The Sultan's Library.
The sultan or Turkey has issued an
imperial decree to the effect that. three
copies of every book and pamphlet on
any subject whatsoever that has been
printed or published in any language in
any part of his dominion, from the time
he ascended the throne to the present
day, are to be sent to the imperial palace
and one copy to the new library at the
Sublime Porte, vvsjih is now being built
by his majesty's or uers.
It is stated m well informed circles
that his majesty has three objects, in
view. First, it is an economic way of
furnishing two libraries. The second is
that it will encourage native authors
(whose lot under thf--Jrcnnistaucean
hardly be regarded as a. happy one) in
writing and publishing new works, and
the third and most important object of
all is that his majesty's specially em
ployed censors and secretaries will be
better able to control and check any pub
lication containing anything to which
the sultan and his advisers may object.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Irfgs Preserved In Water.
Some magnificent logs of spruce and
yellow pine, which have made their way
down from the sources of the Delaware
to the Kensington mills, are now-float
ing m the Aramingo canal just below
the Girard avenue bridge. Excellent
material for tall masts and flagpoles and
huge beams over 70 feet long and 2 feet
square on the end are noticeable among
the mass or floating timber. Contrary
to the popular belief, timber is best pre
served when submerged in water, and
what appears to be a mass of refuse clog
ging portions of the canal is in reality
valuable lumber stored there for reasons
of economy. Such economy can be over
done, however, and many t noble piece
of timber, which has become water
logged during a long period of time, now
lies along the bottom of the canal.
Philadelphia Record.
'A Large Elecirlo Light Plant to Be Pnt In
by the Government.
It is probable that the electric lighting
plant to be put in the nation's capitol
will not only be required to light that
building, but also to illuminate the con
gressional library, which is to be the
largest building of its kind in the world,
and which, by reason of its uses, will re
quire the best class of illumination.
To accommodate such a plant it will
be necessary to. locate the engine and
dynamos in a structure erected for this
special purpose. The location of the
powerhouse is now being carefully con
sidered, and the decision will probably bo
reached very soon. The house will be
ornamental in appearance, and will be of
sufficient size to contain not only the
eight dynamos necessary for the present,
but also for other buildings that may be
added to the group clustering around tho
capitol, notably the home for the su
preme court.
A careful estimate has placed the orig
in! cost of the building, the machinery,
tho wiring and general installation of the
plant at $200,000. This will insure the
work to be of the best character and the
plant to be of sufficient size to furnish all
the light that can be used in the build
ings and the grounds. This latter is a
most important item in the calculations,
for at present there is an utterly inade
quate illumination of the great park. It
is not certain whether the grounds will
be lighted by arc lamps or groups of in
candescent globes. But this is a matter
of detail to be settled afterward.
A rough estimate that has already been
made of the cost of maintainiug tho new
plant, which will do not only the work
now done by the gas and electric plants
in the capitol building, but also the entire
work of lighting the new library build
ing and the Maltby House, shows that it
will cost in the neighborhood of 19,000.
Philadelphia Record.
D2SPERATE, BUf FUTILE.
A Well Laid Scheme For Liberating Two
Convicts oa Their Way to Prison.
"I never understood," remarked a gen
eral passenger agent while discussing a
recent train robbery, "how it was that a
whole trainful of people would allow
themselves to be held up by one or two
bandits till some years ago, when I waa
making a trip ovor the Michigan Central
road. Then the mystery was explained
to me. I was on my way from Detroit
to Giucago and had taken a seat in the
smoking car to enjoy my cigar.
"At the time tho smoking cars of the
Michigan Central were equipped with
comfortable revolving chairs. Shortly
after taking my seat I noticed that there
were two convicts aboard. They were
in charge of two deputies and were be
ing conveyed from Detroit to tho state
prison at Jackson. They sat there talk
ing to their guards complacently as if
they had been going to some more agree
able entertainment. All went well un
til Ypsilanti was reached. Half way be
tween that place and Ann Arbor is a
small road crossing named Geddes. As
we approached it an ordinary looking
passenger went through tho car in a care
less manner, rolling his eyes from sido to
side, casually inspecting the occupants
of the car. When he reached tho pris
oners, he pulled a whisky flask from his
pocket and in an offhand way remarked:
'Here, you fellows, havo a drink. It
will be a long time before you have an
other.' "Tho convicts accepted the invitation,
took a good long pull from the bottle
and handed it back to their apparently
chance acquaintance, who pocketed it
and passed into the next car. Hardly
had he disappeared when the convicts,
with a motion quick as flash, pulled two
revolvers from uomewhere on the seats
beside them and presented them at their
guards. Before any one in the car had
time to realize what was taking place
those revolvers were going bang! bang!
just as fast as tho triggers could be
pulled. The only men who appeared to
have any presence of mind were tho two
deputies. They had seen tho two re
volvers coming, and by somo dextorous
move managed to strike up the convicts'
arms so that tho balls, instead of strik
ing the victims for whom they woro in
tended, passed through the roof of tho
car. While the scufflo was at its height
the bellropo was pulled in some mysteri
ous manner, and the train camo to a
dead stop at the crossroads near Geddes
station, where a fast team of horses
hitched to a light wagon was standing.
By the time tho train stopped, though,
the convicts had been overpowered by
their guards, but not until 18 shots had
been fired.
"The whole thing was evidently a con
certed scheme to liberate tho convicts.
The man with tho whisky flask was an
ally, and his tender of the whisky was a
signal that everything was ready and
the time for action had come. The at
tempt at escape fortunately failed, but
if you had seen that car while the shots
were being fired you could readily havo
understood how easily a few armed rob
bers overpower a train. Every chair in
the car was vacant, and the former oc
cupants were crouching in comera or
wherever they could hide themselves be
hind some object that might stop a bul
let. When everything was quiet again
and tho convicts were in irons, no less
than 15 men were counted coming from
tho dressing room of that smoking car."
Chicago Post.
TO A YOUNG WOMAN.
You have asked me to write you a poem
Alack, what a task you have set
For a slave, who Is weak, but so willing
To bring to you all he Can get
From the field of his fancy and feeling
And lay it down here at your feSt,
Ashamed of the tribute he offers.
Because it is so incomplete.
Had you loaned me your eyes with their
dreaming.
Had you loaned me your cheek with its glow.
Had you loaned mo your brOw with its sweet
ness. Had you loaned me your brow with its snow.
iiau you xoanea me your voice wnn its music.
Had you loaned ma your hand with Its clasp.
Hod you loaned me yoar heart with its prom
isc
What a poem would he In my grasp!
i
But all these treasures of beauty,
Of hope and affection and thought.
Into somo other poet's poem,
I fear me, are already wrought.
And I take up my pen with doubtinj
To write a responso to your coll.
For tho bricks I am making are strawloss
I can't writo a poem that's all.
Detroit Freo Press.
Skin
Eruptions
and similar annoyances are caused
by an impure blood, which will
result in a more dreaded disease.
Unless removed, slight impurities
will develop into Scrofula, Ecze
ma, Salt Rheum and other serious
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SWiFT SPECIFIC CO., Attala. Ga. !
First rubllo Concerts.
Public concerts owe their direct en
couragement to John Banister, who had
won fame by his playing on ihe violin,
and who succeeded the celebrated Balt
zar as leader of Charles IPs band of 24
violins. Pepys, in an entry in his dairy
for February, 1C07, tells us the court gos
sip of tho day "how the king's viallin
Banister is mad that the king hath a
Frenchman como to bo chief of some
part of the king's musique."
It was rumored that he was dismissed
from tho royal servico for saying English
violins wero better than the French, a
statement which was no doubt regarded
as heretical, opposed as it was to the pre
vailing court view as to tho superiority
of Franco in all questions of taste, and
especially with regard to music.
Banister's concerts at the close of the
year 1G72 wero advertised in the London
Gazette as follows: "These are to give
notice that at iTr. John Banister's house
(now called tho ilnsick School), over
against the George Tavern in "White Fry
ers, the present AEonday will be inusick
performed by excellent masters, begin
ning precisely at 4 of the clock in tho
afternoon, and every afternoon for the
future precisely at the same hour."
our years later on we read again:
"At tho Academy in Little Lincoln's Inn
Fields will begin the first part of the
Parley of Instruments, composed by Air.
John Banister." Tho admission waa at
this time as a rule a shilling, and these
concerts seem to have been held pretty
regularly down to within a shore time oi
Banister's death, which took placo in
1C79. Chambers' Journal.
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nlant at tho same shaft cost. $400,000.
That at tho Union shaft cost $050,000.
At tho Yellow Jacket's shaft the steam
pump plant cost nearly $800,000, while
that at tho Forman shaft cost $u00,000.
Statistics show tiiat tno pumping ma
chinery on the Coinstock is not only the
most costlv but the most -powerful m
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llovr to Discourage Treating.
Gayboy Havo a drink with me?
Hardhead Certainly. Here's to you.
Gayboy Ah! That's good.
Hardhead First rate. Order anoth
er round if you like. I belong to the
Antitreatiug league and have promised
not to treat, but thero is nothing in the
-ules about accepting treats. Order
:ght along, old boy. You pay, and
11 drink. New York Weekly.
Organized to Fence.
A report that a ladies' fencing club is
about to be established in Paris has re
ceived some attention. Members are to
be recruited from among the best sets,
and their numbers are to be very re
stricted. Of course if this is the case
every one will want to join, but only
adepts with the foils will be admitted
and men vigorously excluded, not only
from membership, but also from the
monthly fencing matches, to which lady
friends of members may be invited. So
far, however, the matter is only in em
bryo, and many difficulties may arise in
the execution of it. London Gentlewoman.
An Appoved Hat Decoration.
Oblong buckles, curved more or less,
are a most approved decoration for hats.
When intended for this purpose, they
have rather formidable pointed tongues,
which pierce the ribbon or drapery
drawn through the buckle. Frequently
they measure six or eight inches in length
and will go nearly half round the crown
of a sailor hat. But their use is not con
fined to this shape of hat they deck
broad brims and toques equally well
Similar buckles are made in cut jet, but
that in imitation diamonds is the favor
ite. Boston Globe.
How Sno Gets Alone "With Him.
"There is ouo thing I like about 3'oui
husband; he never hurries you when
getting ready for a walk."
"Precious little credit duo to him fot
that, my dear. Whenever I see that I am
not likely to bo ready in time, I simply
hide his hat ok gloves out of the way and
let him hunt for them up and down till
I have finished dressiug. ' ' Detroit
Sews.
Chicago Women's Practical Charity.
The practical abuity of women in be
nevolent work has been recently illus
trated at Cmcago. where, while the
"good citizens' committee" did nothing
but plan and talk. Mrs. Marv Ahrens.
president of the Cook County Suffrage
association, paid the rent out of her own
pocket of two stores on Wabash avenue
and circulated requests for supplies. The
people who were only waiting until the
red tape should be sufficiently unwound
for their gifts to reach the needy re
sponded freely, and 25,000 men have
been housed and fed. The G. A. B. la
dies have a free soup kitchen at 66 Pa
cific avenue, where thousands are fed
daily. The Hebrew ladies' charitable
societies have another. The Catholic
Ladies' Aid society is doing practical
work. The Chicago Woman's club is
doing a great deal of work among the
women and children. And all this while
tho various citizens' committees were
organizing and planning and figuring
how much monev would be needed.
Chicago Correspondent.
Women's Exchange.
The women of a certain city are pro
posing to establish an exchange for wom
en's work that shall provide the material
for underclothing, fine embroidery and
all such articles as are salable, and buy
them at once from the makers, pavinir
them a certain sum for their labor. The
articles are then to be disposed of at a
public sale or private sale at reasonable
rates, covering the cost of material and
labor. Charities managed in this way
in England have proved successful. The
women of another city announce to the
public that they have established a bu
reau where mending of all kinds will be
done at the residences or taken away
and make a particular appeal to bach
elors and businesswomen to avail them
selves of its advantages. Women seam
stresses are also provided to make boys'
clothing out of old material. New York
Post.
The Triumph of the Machlno Guns.
Tho interesting account of the fight
ing in Alatabeleland which Cantains
Wnite anil Donovan have given is, in ef
fect, a glormcation of the machine guns.
it was all due to the maxims, and the
hotchkiss guns completed the rout in
every instance. So long as the English
troops took ordinary precautions there
was no possibility of disaster. "The
laagers were a sheet of flame. It was
no use trying to advance." Seven thou
sand warriors hurled themselves nnon
the guns in vain. They were not 'mowed
down," says Captain White, but "lay
pretty thick." Well, we will not quar-
1 1 rv - -
rei over a piirasc. Xlie fact remains
that between 1.500 and 2,000 natives were
killed. Pall Mall Gazette.
Peripatetic Women Inspectors.
A question put by Mr. John Burns in
the house of commons raises a noint
which ought not to be allowed to droD.
Mr. Burns asked whether it was not the
fact that there were 50,000 female oper-
i-j f . . . -
uuvea m me lactones or .Belfast and no
female factory inspector. Mr. Asquith's
answer was eminently official. "Women
factory inspectors," he said, "are not as
signed to any particular district. They
are peripatetic. Miss Abraham has vis
ited Belfast and will probably sro there
again." Further pressed by Mr. Sexton
to say whether it would not be possible
to have a lady inspector resident in Ire
land, Mr. Asquith said that there were
only four lady inspectors for the whole
of the United Kingdom, and it was im
possible to spare one to reside perma
nently in Ireland. "Then why not ap-
appoinr, more lady inspectors?' Mr.
Burns persisted, but got no answer.
London yueen.
Barry O'Brien's Canard.
The Speaker, a weekly -literary organ
of liberalism, endeavors to create a po
litical sensation by announcing the dis
covery of a grand new Tory scheme. The
design is to dish the Home Rulers by the
establishment of five great national coun
cils, two for England and one each for
Ireland, Scotland and Wales, with the
endowment of an Irish Catholic univer
sity. The Speaker further declares that
the scheme has been submitted to the
leaders of the Irish Nationalist parties.
Probably this pretty story has been ca
bled to America with ashow of authority.
There are signs that it set politicians here
talking freely. Therefore it is neces
sary to say that the whole thing is a fan
tastic fake. The proud author is Barry
O'Brien, barrister, journalist and writer
of several books on Irish politics which
Gladstone has praised. London Letter.
Simple Arithmetic.
A potato bagger went into a Pittsburg
commission house one day and asked if
there was anything to do. "Yes," re
plied tho proprietor, "a car load of po
tatoes is waiting at tho station to be
bagged. What will you do it for?" "A
cent a bushel, boss." "Now, I'll tell
you what I'll do. There are 800 bushels
in the car. I'll give you $9 for the
job. The bagger shook his head. "I'll
give you $10 to bag "those 800 bushels:"
"No, sir; a cent a bushel ia my price."
"I'll make it f 11, and that's as high as
I'll go." "Can't do it, boss. I never
scabbed on potato bagging in my life,
and I won't begin now. My price is 1
cent a bushel." The bagger started
out, when the proprietor called him
back again and said, "All right; I'll
give you your price." After the man
started to the station a bystander asked
the proprietor the meaning of tho con
versation. "I just wanted to show you
something queer. That man won't work
unless he gets an even cent a bushel. He
can't compute any other rate. When ho
has a bushel bagged, he cuts a notch on
a stick, and that represents 1 cent."
Pittsburg IDispatch.
For Pennsylvania Women.
The Pennsylvania Woman's SnffrairA
association makes a prize offer as toh
lows:
Three prizes of ilo. S10 and 5
tively are offered for the best articla on
The Political Equalitv of
ten by a resident of Pennsylvania. The
article must not contain more than 1,500
words, must be written on one side of
the paper and by a typewriter if possi
ble. No article must be signed, but the
name and address of the writer must be
inclosed in a sealed envelope and placed,
together with the article, in another en
velope. Articles must be sent to the
chairman of tho committee of awards,
1326 Arch street, Philadelphia, on or be
fore March 1, 1894 Mary Graw, L. L.
Blankenburg, Jane Campbell Phila
delphia Ledger.
Helen A. Shafer.
Miss Helen A. Shafer, president of
Wellesley college, who died recently of
pneumonia, was born in Newark, N. J.
She left that city with her family while
yet a mere child and made her home in
the west. She never attended the public
Bchools, but was educated at home and
in private schools for Oberlin college,
where she obtained the degree of M. A.
Miss Shafer taught in St. Louis for 10
years, having charge of the department
of mathematics in the Central high
school. At the end of this time she was
called to the chair of mathematics at
Wellesley in 1877-8, where she after
ward became president, which office she
held at the time of her death.
SheeU and Pillowslips.
We may continue to hemstitch our
sheets and put frills on our pillowcases,
for the household linen of a royal bride
that is just completed has the sheets
hemstitched at both ends and pillowslips
hemstitched and frilled, and the towels
also hemstitched. On each piece is em
broidered a rose, and a ribbon on which
is worked the motto of the house.
Though the lettering of the motto is
done in the small space of 1 inches, it is
lo distinct as to be easily read. New
Vork Advertiser.
lIvantao of Circle Saillngon an Area
f Wator So Vast.
Tho Pacific ia the great ocean of our
planet. In comparison with it the
north Atlantic is a mere strait and tho
Indian ocean nothing more than the sub
merged bench of a congeries of drowned
islands. Along tho lino of 70 degrees
south latitude the width of the Pacific is
335 degrees of longitude, over one-third
of tho circumferenco of tho globe. Be
tween it and tho couth polar continent
nothing intervenes. Its northern ex
tremity was probably at ouo time round
ed otf by the country which is now di
vided between Alaska and Siboria.
When tho glacial masses moved to the
pole, the polar current clove its wav
through Behring straits and interposed
Behring sea between tho Pacific and
tho polar ocean.
It presents every form of ocean geog-raph-.
At tho two extremities it is shal
low. Thero ia a bench running along
the Aleutian islands into tho gulf of
Alaska which conies within 100 fathoms
of the surface, with occasional holes so
deep that no apparatus can find the bot
tom and bo recovered without breaking
tho wire, and thero is a corresponding
bench in the southwest portion of the
sea west of tho meridian of 180 degrees
where 100 fathoms is also tho average.
Between this last bench and the latitnde
of 88 degrees north there is a ransre of
submarine rocky mountains with steep
cliffs and sharp descents. Three or four
distinct mountain ridges with from two
to three miles of water between i!sp:ii
havo been counted between tho Ha
waiian Islands and Australia.
On the Pacific can bo found every va
riety of teinperaturo and meteorology.
Out of Behring sea pourr, the icy cur
rent which cools our shoro in summer;
from tho equator flow summer currents
warmer than the Atlantic gulf stream,
while tho current which sweeps around
tho south capo of Tasmania bears on its
bosom the longest icebergs ever seen.
As its namo indicates, it is a pacific
ocean, swept by gentle trade winds, but
tho most terrible typhoons described in
meteorological records have varied tho
chronicles of its placid surface.
On a sea of such extent circle sailing
must becomo a matter of moment. The
Canadian steamers, sailing from Yoko
hama in 35 degrees to Victoria in 40 de
grees, cross tho meridian of 100 degrees
in 52 degrees, having covered 4,200
miles on tho voyage, whilo tho Pacific
Mail steamers, sailing by what appears
on tho map to bo tho straight line, havo
to cover 4,790 miles between San Fran
cisco and Yokohama. Assuming the
vessels to bo equal in speed and to steam
at the usual rate of seagoing steamers
on the Pacific, the Canadian line enjoys
an advantage of about 36 hours over
tho American lines. This is reduced al
most to nothing when our ships purnse
tho northern course and take the advan
tage of circle sailing. San Francisco
Call.
Observation Cultivated.
A novel method of cultivating the fac
ulty of observation in children lias been
introduced by a teacher in an up town
kindergarten. Sho tells her pupils that
she is about to have a call from some
one who will remain only three minutes;
that no one must du-ectly stare at him,
but that the pujul who gives the be:;t de
scription of him after his departure will
receive a prize. Tho other day her father,
a Grand Army veteran in uniform, per
formed the part of caller, and some of
the personal descriptions after ho had
bowed himself out denotod unusually
quick and accurate attention to detail.
One boy had counted all his buttons and
gavo tho number correctly, another no
ticed an almost invisible scar on his face,
and various others gavo details of the
color and shape of his beard, hair and
uniform. Tho one who received the priza
was a little girl, who declared he had
"an expression, on his face." Philadel
phia Record.
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symptoms of an influenza cold, to
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relief, too, for tho pains in tho legs,
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over. Rub with it around tho muscles
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well all over, particularly the legs and
feet, and arms and hands. Now York
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A Castly Ton of Coal.
On Jan. 10, 1759, 13 men brought a
wagon with a ton of coal from Lough
borough in Leicestershire, to London, as
a present to the then Prince of Wales.
When they were emptied into tho cellar,
the clerk of tho cellara gavo them 4
guineas, and as soon as the prince waa
informed of it his highness sent them 20
guiueas and ordered them a pot of beer
each man. They performed thoir journey,
which ls 111 miles, in 11 days, and drew
the coal all the way without any relief.
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llerlin Tubllo Kitchens.
A public kitchen for tho working
classes was inaugurated in 18GC by a
German woman, Han Morgtnsicin. She
has established many of these kitchens,
each ono having a public dining room,
comfortabl' warmed and furnished and
supplied with tiia daily papers. Each
kitchen, supplying perhaps from 300 to
400 people with daily meals, is managed
by a local committee, the whole scheme
being under the control of a ceutral
council. All tho paid cooks aru on the
promises by 6 in the morning, and the
vegetables and meat have been brought
in before them.
Wasto of any kind is strictly forbid-
aen. A subsrripMon of 3.250 was suffi
cient to start this scheme; the reserve
fnnd set aside for providing new kitch
ens increases each year, whilo the
council pays fair wages and is able to
pension otf its old servants. For a sum
varying from 3 to C cents the Berlin
workman can obtain a satisfactory meal
at any of theso restaurants. A dinner
for 4 cent3 allows a basin of thick, sub
stantial Gorman soup, a plate of vege
tables and a plato of pudding, and a
roll of bread in addition costs a little
over one-fourth of a cent. Nineteenth
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A Grandmother of Ttrent v-iilne.
Borne of the newspapers in another
otate have been bragging of a 32-year-old
grandmother and sending her pic
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Valuable Lovo Letters.
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favor when he first began to suffer from
the pitiful malady that has deprived
French literature of one of its brightest
ornaments. New York News.
Three ISachclorg.
It is noted that all three of the assist
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