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    THE NORTH. PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE: TUESDAY . EVENING, JANUARY 28,-1896.
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flash it came to me that the thief might
iiiu uuju uere. x was about to get
up, -when to my astonishment I noticed
a. man sneakine aloncr forth
traia. I was on the side opposite to that
xiuinwnicn tne passengersvonld alight,
anaine suspicions actions of the man
xorcea me to watch him. He passed so
close to me that I conld h
, . ' kVUHUU
him had my window been open, and as
" WiU 6u "Jo Jignc or an electric lamp
uxoiuseu me lact tnat he had my
satchel. The thief had he in rohbed al
ready. The man approached a coal bin,
and stooping shoved the satchel behind
it. Then he returned to the train and
came aboard.
"I said to myself: 'That fallow is
an'artist. He will remain on board till
tne robbery is discovered, if necessary,
and even allow himself to h KpmW
Then he will quietly come back and get
me - sarxnei ana jewels. ' Thus it was
my cue to act quickly. But if I left the
train I knew that the detective would see
me. I therefore gently raised the sash
and deftly let myself to the ground out
of the window. I quickly took the satch
el, ran to the end of the depot, and
found a place where I could shove it far
under the platform. Then I climbed
back into the berth, and after that I,as-.
sure you I slept very well. 3 ' '
The company applauded this descrip
tion of how the robbery had- been com
mitted, and Mr. Mitchel bowed.
' Wait, my friends ; we are hot through
yet. The woman who had robbed me.
had the supreme audacity to report her
loss, or perhaps we should say that she
was so angry that she became desper
ate. I have reason to believe that she
had an accomplice in this man, and that
suspecting him of robbing her she
would have been willing to give testi
mony against him if caught and trust
to escape herself by turning state's evi
dence. When we were running in to
New York, Mr. Barnes directed that all
should be searched. I enjoyed that, I
assure you. It seemed so amusing to
look in New York for what I knew was
in New Haven, lit the same time I was
anxious to get back to New Haven as
quickly as possible. With that end in
Tiew I invited Mr. Barnes to breakfast
with me. I tried to make it appear that
I was anxious to have him agree to be
he only detective on my track, but irj
reality I wished to discover whether he
would be able at once to place a spy at
niyheqiis; that is, whether he had a.
man at the Grand Centra already. Thjg
J fouud was the ease. J therefore vrw
obliged to go to my hotel as though
.having no desire to leave town again.
Then subsequently I eluded this man
by the convenient bridges across the
elevated railroad. I went to New Ha
ven, found the satchel, and then depos
ited it at a heel near by for safe keep
King. My ol jcct in this was plain. I
(knew that r ':e robbery would get into
the news; , ers, and that by behaving
suspiciously at the hotel of course, I
was disguised attention would be at
tracted there. This did happen, and the
result was that the jewels were given
into the custody of the police authori
ties, the very safest place for them, so
far as I was concerned. Gentlemen, that
is the story of the crime which I com
mitted. I have o"ly to show my -receipt
from the Boston custom house and my
fail! of sale from the Paris dealer to bo
able to recover my property. vq you
satisfied Mr. Bandolph?''
"Entirely. You have won fairly, and
I have a check for the ainpunt with me,
which you must accept with, my con
gratulations upon your success."
"I thank you, very much," said Mr.
Mitchol, taking the check. "I take this
because I have Immediate use for it, as
you will learn directly. Now I must
tell you the true story of the other rob
bery." At this all were very much astonish
ed. Mr. Thauret appeared a trifle nerv-
ous. He placed one hand over tho top
of his claret glass, and let it rest thero
a moment, after first having taken a sip
from it
"You all recall the fact that I was
sick in Philadelphia," continued Mr.
Mitchel, "at the time of the Ali Baba
festival. I flatter myself that that was
the most artistic thing that I have done
throughout this whole affair. Any one
seeing me would have been satisfied
that I was truly ill, yet, in point of
fact, my cough was brought on by drugs
administered to me by my physician at
jny express desire, and for purposes
- .which I had explained to him. I guess
rfcf that I had been followed tq Philadel-
phiq and took carp that I should not be
foo clos'ely watched, as Mr, Barnes
?nows. Yet I expected tfiat after the
Affair Mr, Barnes himself would come
to Philadelphia to see me, and my arti--flcially
produced illness was to baffle
him. But I am anticipating events.
After the train robbery the woman was
murdered. By what seemed an odd
chance she was in the same house where
my wife then lived. I knew that I had
been followed from the theater to that
house on the night of the murder. I
knew that other circumstances pointed
strongly to my guilt. But I had the ad
vantage over the detective, for I knew
that the man who had stolen the jew
els from the woman, not finding them
when he returned to New Haven, must
havo been furious. Judging the woman
jjy Jiimself , ho would suppose that at
jpast it was possible that she had taken
them from the satchel herself. Then on
that sjilH chance might he n.Qt have re
turned to tho woman, and, admitting
the theft of the satchel, have endeavor
ed to make her confess that she still
had the Jewels? Failing in this, might
. he not either in a fit of anger or to pre
vent her from 'peaching,' as they call
it, have cut her throat?"
"You are wrong there, Mr. Mitchel,"
said the detective. "The woman was
killed while she slept. There was no
struggle."
"Even so, we can imagine tho sneak
going into the house and killing her
that he might search for the gems un
disturbed, and alsorto rid hfmself of a
companion for whom he no longer had'
any need. At least, that was tho view
that J took of it, and, moro than that, J
felt .convinced that I knew the man: n
At this moment Mr. Thauret nervous
ly reached forth his haucj. toward his
glass of wine, but before he could got
it Mr, Barnes had taken it up and
- drained it to the bottom, Mr, Thauret
seemed livid with wrath, and a dramat
io incident occurred, unobserved by the
rest of the company. Mr. Thauret turn
ed toward Mr. Barnes and seemed on
the point of making a demonstration,
when that gentleman just tipped back
his chair slightly and meaningly ex
posed to the view of his neighbor the
gleaming barrel of a revolver, which he
held in hishand below tho table. This
only occupied" a moment; and imruedr
ately afterward both men seemed, like
the others, simply .interested listeners
to the narrative.
"When I say that I thought that I
knew the man," continued Mr. Mitch
el, "I make a statement which it may
interest you to haveine explain. In the
first place, I saw the fellow who hid the
satchel at the New Haven depot. Still
I obtained but a momentary glimpse of
his face and would not have been sure
of identifying him. I will call your at
tention now to the fact that very slight
incidents sometimes lead the mind into
a suspicion, which, followed up, may
elucidate a mystery. Prior to the train
robbery I had met a man at my club one
night, or rather I had seen him playing
a card game, and I conceived the notion
that the fellow was cheating.
"Within a fow days of the robberyj
met this man again, on which occasion'
Mr. Barnes was present, and an inter
esting conversation occurred. I was
standing aside, pretending to be other
wise engaged, but really puzzling over
the face of this man, which now seemed
to me strikingly fainiliar. Of course I
had seen him at the club, yet despite
me there was an intuitive feeling that I
had seen him elsewhere also. In a mo
ment I heard him admit that he bad
been aboard of the train on the night of
the robbery, and that he had been the
first one searched. Awhile later he of
fered to wager Mr. Barnes that various
theories which had been advanced as to
the thief's method of secreting the jew
els were all erroneous. This one remark
satisfied me that the thief stood before
me. I had not then heard of the mur
der. Now it must be remembered that
I was insnared in the meshes of circum
stantial evidenco myself, so that, be
sides any duty that I might owe to so
ciety, it became of vital importance to
my own safety that I should be in ft po
sition to prove this man guilty. I form
ed a rather bold plan. I made a friend
of the fellow. 1 invited him to my room :
one night and then accused him of hav- j
ing cheated at tho card game. He at
first assumed a threatening attitude,
but I retained my composure and per
haps startled him by proposing to form
a partnership by which we pould fleece
the rich clubmen. J hinted to him that
I really possessed less money than I am
preditod with, and that what I did have
I had taken at the tables on tho conti
nent. He-then admitted that he had a
system,' and from that timovo posed
as good frioudt, though I do not thiuk
he ever fully trusted me. I learned
from him that his partner in the game
whero caught him cheating was en
tirely innocent and mado him promise
not to play with him again, for I had
discovered that the detectives had been
told of this game, and therefore knew
that they would be watching both men
when playing cards. I therefore pre
ferred to be the partner myself upon
such occasions.
"Having somewhat won the fellow's
confidence, I was ready for my great
scheme in baffling tho detectivo so that
I might win my wager and at the same
time entrap my suspect. I had conceiv
ed the Ali Baba festival. I showed Mr.
Barnes one day the ruby which I after
ward presented to my wife. At the same
time I told him that if he should come
to the conclusion that I was innocent of
tho train robbery, he might as well re
member that I would still have to com
mit the crime as agreed upon. Then I
arranged that fhe festival'should. occur
on New Year's night, thp very day on
which my month would expire. I knew
that all this would lead tho detective to
believe that I meant to rob my fiancee,
a crime for which might readily havo
escaped punishment, with her assist-,
ance. There he misjudged me. I would
not for treblo the sum havo had her
name mixed up in such a transaction.
She knew absolutely nothing of my in
tention; though being at th time in
ignorance of tho details of tho train rob
bery, I left her mind in a condition net
to offer resistance to the thief, who she
might jjnppose lobe myself. Then, after
laying my trap, at tho last moment I
baited it by asking my fiancco to wear
tho ruby pin in her hair, I went to
Philadelphia, and feigned sickness.
Then I eluded the spy and camo on my
self. Mr. Barnes 1 supposed would be
present, and I had arranged that if so
he would necessarily be in one of the
dominos of the Forty Thieves. I had in
vited my suspect tq assume, the role of
Ali Baba, but he shrewdly persuaded
some one else to -take tho costome, him
self downing one of the Forty Thieves'
dresses. This compelled uio to go around
speaking to every one so disguised, and
to my satisfaction, by their voices, J
discovered my man and also Mr. Barnes.
In the final tableau Mr. Barnes, who
evidently was watching Ali Baba, at
tempted to get near him, and by chance
was immediately behind my man.
Fearing that he would interfere with
my plans, I fell in just behind him.
My design was to tempt the fellow to
steal the ruby, which, if he did, would
satisfy at least myself that my suspi
cions wero correct. It was perhaps a
mad scheme, but it succeeded. I had so
arranged that every one should pass th.6
sultan and make obeisance. In doing
this, as my fianceo was seated on tf e
floor, the ruby in her hair would be just
at haud, and one who kneyf its high
value could easily take it. I fully ex
pected, my man to do this, and J saw
fihn gently withdraw it. Immediately
Mr. Barnes stepped iprward to seize
him, but I held the uetective from be
hind, then threw him into the advanc
ing crowd, and, in the confusion, escap
ed from the house. "
Mr. Mitchel paused; and silence pre
vailed. All felt, xather than knew, that
a tragedy might be at hand. Mr. Thau
ret, however, in a moment said:
"Are you not going to tell us the
name of this sneak thief?"
"No," quickly responded Mr. Mitch
el. "Hut you are wrong to call ray sus
pect a sneak thief. If crime were u rec
ognized business, as gambling in Wall
street is now considered, this man
"would be counted 'a bold operator. I
confess that I admire him for his cour
age. But it would scarcely do for me to
mention his name, when I am not in
the position to prove that ho is the
guilty man."
"I thought you said that you saw
him steal the ruby?" said Mr. Thauret.
"I did, but as I myself had been sus
pected of that my unsupported word
would bo inadequate. Let me tell you
what I have done in the matter since.
The most important step forme perhaps
was to prevent the sale of the gem.
This was not difficnlt, as it is known
the world over. I warned all dealers
and let my man knew that I had done
so. JNext, 1 wished to delay a denoue
ment tmfil tonight the tftp'S when my
wager with MfT HaudolpTI would he
settled. I soon discovered that my sus
pect would not be averse to a marriage
with a rich American girL He ques
tioned me adroitly as to tho fortuno
which would como to my little sister-in-law,
and I replied in such away that
I knew he would bend his energies in
that direction. Then I did that which
perhaps I should not have done, but I
felt myself master of the situation and
able to control events. I made a wager
with Dora that she would not remain
unengaged until tonight, and I stipu
lated that should she havo offers she
should neither accept nor reject a suit
or, I also told her, though I declined to
fully explain how, that she would ma
terially assist mo in winning my wa
ger." This explains what Dora meant, when
she asked Mr. Baudolph if money would
count with him against her love. When
she accepted tho wager with Mr. Mitch
el, Ehe had been feeling resentful to
ward Mr. Hasdolph, who, as long as he
suspected his friend of the graver crimes,
hesitated to becomo connected with him
by marriage. This made him less atten
tive to Dora, so that she had not thought
of him as a suitor when making the
bet. When he declared himself, she rec
ognized her predicament and was corre
spondingly troubled, yet determined to
win, and so acted as related.
By this time, though Mi. Mitchel
had not mentioned tho name of the
criminal, several present knew to whom
ho was alluding. Mr. Randolph said
impetuously :
"Then that explains" Here he stop
ped, confused.
"Yes," said Mr. Mitchel, smiling,
"that explains everything that has per
plexed yon. Be reconciled for the time
you have been made to wait, for you
will now not only win the lady, but
will recover this check, for I must pass
it over to her as a forfeit. Gentlemen,
shall we drink to the health and suc
cess of Mr. Baudolph?"
This was done in silence. The guests
felt a constraint. They knew that more
was yet to come and anxiously waited
for it.
Mr. Mitchel cortiuued; "Gentlemen,
that ends my story, except that I en
gaged Mr. Barnes to take up the threads
of evidence which I gave him and to
disentangle them if ho could Shall wo
hear his report?"
CHAPTER XVDX
MR, BARNES1 NARRATIVE.
"Gentlemen," began Mr. Barnes,
rising, "I am only an ordinary man,
following a profession at which some
are disposed to sneer, but which to mo
seems but tho plain duty of one who is
endowed with tho peculiar qualities
that aro essential to tho calling. Our
host would make a magnificent detect- !
ive, but I supposo ho feels that ho ha3
a higher dnty to perform. Begging you,
they, to forgive my manner of address
ing you, being by no means a speaker,
I will tell you tho little that I have
done, prefacing my remarks by saying
that without tho valuable assistance of
Mr. Mitchel I should have been power
less. "There was a curious button, which X
found in tho room where tho murder
was committed, and. which matched q
set owned by Mr. Mitchel -so closely
that it seemed to me to point to him as
one who had a guilty knowledge. I
spear much time following the clews
that turned up in that connection, all
of which, howpver, was not entirely
misspend, for I discovered the true name
of the dead woman to be Rose Montal
bon, and that aided mo greatly in my
later work. At last, then, I abandoned
The idea that Mr. Mitchel was guilty
and frankly admitted this. He then told
me the name of the jeweler from which
the buttons had been ordered, and I
weut across the Atlantic.
''The button which I had was imper
fect. This was my starting point.
Through letters of introduction which
Mr. Mitchel gave me I succeeded in ob
taining tho assistance of the jewelers.
They gave me the name of the man who
had carved the cameos for them, but
they knew nothing of tho imperfeefbut
ton. They had also lost track of tho
cameo cutter. It took me over a month
to trace that mau, even with the aid of
the Paris police. Finally I found him,
and he told me that he had sold the
lie drained his icincr,lass.
button to a friend. This friend I found
after some delay, and he admitted that
he had once had tho button, but that he
had given it to a woman. More time
was lost in discovering this woman, but
when I did she, too, recognized the
button and said that it liad been stolen
from her by another, "woman, whom she
described, as a preole. Thus at last I got
on the track of the Montalbon, for that
was the name which she used in France.
Under this name it was easier to follow
her. I soon learned that she had a com
panion, of the name of Jean Molitaire.
I then easily found that Molitaire had
been in the employ of the Paris jewel
ers as shipping clerk. It was he who
had written the two descriptions of the
jewels, one of which I found among the
woman's effects and the other in Mr.
MitchePs possession. This was a suspi
cious circumstance, but we know now
how it was that the handwriting match-
ed, a fact which had puzzled me great
ly. It seems that Mr. Mitchel at one
time had bought some valuable papers
from the Montalbon woman, paying her
vith diamonds and, recommending her
p his Paris jewelers . q" dispose of
them."
' "4That,M said Mr. Mitchel, "was
partly to got her out of this country
pud partly to recover the diamonds,
Which I did, through the dealer."
"So he told me. It was when she re
ceived the money from them that she
noticed Molitaire. It was not long after
that the second set of jewels were sold
to Mr. Mitchel.. This clerk, of course,
knew of the transaction, because he
packed them for shipment. Then he
must have persuaded the woman to ac
company him across the Atlantic, with
the design of stealing the gems from Mr.
Mitchel as soon as he, should, take them
from the custom hpuse. This is seen
from tho fact that three day softer the
posl-
ticn, and from that time all traceiof
both the man and the woman in Paris
iQ "
is lost.
"From which you deduco that they
followed the jewels?" said Mr. Mitchel.
"Of course. The man and woman
separated here to avoid suspicion. By a
trick the woman obtained possession of
apartments m the very house where
your intended lived, while Molitaire
stopped at the Hoffman, which, of
course, is very near your own hotel. As
soon as you went to Boston they follow
ed and registered at the same hotel.
You obtained the jewels from the cus
tom house, and they entered your room
and robbed you during your absence.
Your theory of the murderer's actions
after the jewels were recovered by you
13 probably correct. He went back to
hunt for them, hoping that she had not
placed them m tha iatchel or rather
that she had taken them out of it, since
you yourself placed them there. I think
there is no point left unexplained. "
"Pardon me," said Mr. Thauret, "I
think you are wrong. You have not to
my mind quite connected this man
what did you call him? Jean Molitaire,
was it not? Well, I do not see that you
havo traced Ins hand to tho crime. "
"I think that I havo," said Mr.
Barnes.
"You do not make it clear to me,"
said Mr. Thauret, as coolly as though
discussing some question in which he
had" but a passing interest. "You say
that your Montalbon woman noticed
this Molitaire when she sold her dia
monas. ljater tnat botn wero missing
from Paris. Tho woman turned up in
New York, but how do you prove that
j Molitaire did not go to let us say Rus
1 sia?"
"No," said Mr. Barnes, "he did not
go to Russia. Suppose that I should tell
you that I ferreted out the fact that this
name Molitaire was but an alias, and
that the man's true name was Montal
bon? Then, when we remember that the
woman's name had been cut from all
her garments, is that not significant?"
This speech made a mild sensation,
but Mr. Thauret remained unmoved.
He replied calmly:
"All things are significant how do
you interpret this fact, supposing that
you could prove it?"
"This Mohtairo was really the dead
woman's husband. They quarreled
many years ago, and she went to New
Orleans, whero she kept a gambling
house, having learned the trade from
him. When they met again in Paris,
she recognized him. Then, when the
fellow conceived tho idea of following
the jewels, it suited his purpose to ef
feet a reconciliation so that he might
use the woman as a tool. After the
murder it would be to his interest to
hide the name of Montalbon by cutting
out the marks on the woman's cloth
iug."
"Pardon my pursuing tho argument, "
said Mr. Thauret, "but I find it enter
taining. You surprise mo, Mr. Barnes,
at the ready way in which you read
nien's actions. Only are you sure you
aro fight? Suppose, for instance, that
the woman had cut ont tho marks her
self long before, at some time, when
she was using an alias, then your fact
Would lose some of its significance,
would it not? Circumstantial evidence
is so difficult to read, you see 1 Then,
having lost that link, whero do you
prove Molitaire or Montalbon guilty?
Being the woman's husband is no crime
in itself."
"No," said Mr. Barnes, deciding that
tho time had come for an end of the
controversy. "Being the womau's hus
band does not count in itself. But when
I procure in Paris the photograph of
Molitaire, left by accident in his room
at his lodgings, a'jcl when I recognize
that as tho same mau whom Mr. Mitch
el .suspected and trapped into stealing
tho ruby, and when upon my return to
New York I find that ruby upon that
very man and recover it, then we have
some facts that do count."
"You recovered tho ruby ?" said Mr.
Mitchel, amazed.
"Here.it is," said, Mr. Barnes, hand
ing it to. Mr. Mitchel, Mr. Thauret bit
his lip, and by a strong endeavor re
gained his self control.
V"Mr. Barnes, " said Mr, Mitchel, "I
am sorry to disappoint you, but this is
not ray ruby,"
"Are you suref" asked the detective
With a twinkle in his eye.
"Yes, though you deserve credit, for,
though nod the ruby, it is the stolen
stone. I have a complete set of dupli
cates of my jewels, and in making my
little experiment I did not care to bait
my trap with so valuable a gem. I
thereforo used tho duplicate, which is
this. But how havo you recovered it?"
"I have been in New York for sever
al days. I have devoted myself during
that time to a personal watch upon
Montalbon. Yesterday, to my surprise,
he went to police headquarters and beg
ged for a permit to. inspect the stoen
jewels, saying that through them he
might throw someT ight upon tho mys
tery. His.requesf was granted. Suspect
ing treachery, I subsequently obtained
a similar, permit, and investigation with
the aid of an expert showed that the
bold scoundrel had handled the jewels,
and so managed to change the imita
tion stone which he stole at the festival
for the real ono in the set which figured
in tho train robbery. "
"By Jove," said Mr. Mitchel, "he is
an artist. . Then I am indebted to you
after all for recovering the stone? But
tell us how did yon accomplish it?"
"I overheard Montalbon once say that
a wise thief would keep a stolen article
upon his person, so that it could not be
discovered without his knowledge.
Therefore I folt certain (hat he would
himsel adopt this method.' When the
Conversation this eYeiimg reached a
point where it wa,s eYidenf th.at all
vould be disclosed, the man, who is
presenrdropped tho ru.by into his glass
of burgundy, where it would be out of
sight and easily recovered or swallowed.
Later he at mpted to dispose of it in
this way, but I quickly drank his glass
of wine, the ruby thus passing into my
mouth. And now, Mr. Montalbon. I
arrest you in the name of the law. ' ' Say
ing which the detective put his hand
upon Mr. Thauret's arm. The other
guests jumped up, excited and expect
ing a scene. To tho astonishment of all,
Thauret remained quiet for a few mo
ments, and then, speaking slowly and
distinctly, said;' ' "
"Gentlemeqwehave eard several
stories here tonight. VTill yon listen to
mine and suspend jud.gme'nt for a few
moments?"
We will hear you," said Mr. Mitch
el, marveling at the man's nerve. The
others resumod jtheir Ejeats, all except
shipment this man resigned his
I ,r n
detective, who stood just back of
. fl x n i
"I will trouble you to fill my glass, "
his prisoner.
I said Thauret to the waiter, and after
being served he
ful.
coolly sipped a mouth-
"I shall' not bore you with
a lengthy
reoital," he began. "I shall simply
make a statement. Society, the civilized
society of today, frowns upon and pun
ishes what it terms 'tho criminal class.'
Yet how many have over examined
into the existing state of things and
analyzed the causes which make tho
criminal a possibility? The life of such
a man is not so inviting that one would
adopt it from choice, oue I mean who
had moral instincts. With" the naturally
immoral it would be otherwise, of
course. But if one be born immoral,
who is to blame? The individual him
self or the antecedents, including both
parentage and circumstances? Wo pity
the man who is congenitally tainted
with disease, and we condemn that oth
er man who is tainted in morals, though
his condition is analogous and traceable
to similar causes. Such a man I (m. I
confess that I am and always lavo
been a criminal, at least in tho senEe of
acquiring money by what aro termed
illegitimate methods. Bnt you will say,
Mr. Barnes," turning for a moment to
the detective, and thus while speaking
to him attracting his attention, so that
unnoticed he dropped asmallwhito pel
let into his glass of wine, "that I work
ed for the jewelry house. Well, what
ever I am I have aimed to bo artistic,
as Mr. Jttitcuel admitted of me .a few
moments ago. By seeming to earn an
honest living I blinded the keen eyes of
the Pans police, so that, though many
suspicions have been cast in my direc
tion, conviction has always been impos
sible. So now, while pretending to ex
plain to you all, I have explained noth
ing. I simply designed to prevent con
viction of tho crimes charged againsS
me, as I do, thus."
With a swift movement he drained
his wineclass, thouch Mr. Barnes at
tempted to prevent him. In ten min
utes he was dead.
THE END.
Xooklncr For Trouble.
It is only necessary to becomo deeply
interested in coincidences to discover
them on all sides. Resolve to record all
that come to hand, and they seem to
multiply until yon can regard ycurself
as providentiaily favored in this direc
tion. If your calling develops a taste
for matters of this kind for example, if
yonare a writer, with a Keen sense for
the literary possibilities and dramatic
effects of such coincidences is it strango
that you should meet with more of them
than your prosaic neighbor, to whom
they would be trivial and dull? If you
cultivate tho habit of having presenti
ments and of regarding them as signifi
cant, is it strange that they should be
come more and more frequent, and that
among the many some should bo vaguely
suggestivo or oven directly corrobora
tive of actual occurrences?
I know of persons who detected the
gradual growth of such habits in them
selves and wisely decided to check the
tendency before it became pernicious.
They began to neglect them or act in
the teeth of. them, and I am unable to
discover that they have fared worse than
those who religiously honor and obey
these premonitions. Robert Grant in
Scribner's.
A Flea WorkH the Hammer.
At Essen, Germany, in the great
Erupp gun works, which are situated
at that place, thero is a hammer that
weighs 50 tons. This hammer works in
connection with an anvil weicrhincr 80
tons, which, in turn, is placed on on
anvil block weighing 120 tons, Profess
or Schumann, a "trained flea man" of
Bern, Switzerland visited lissen and
the great war machine works a few
years, ago. Upon returning home he set
about making a model of the meat
hammer which should be complete in
every dotail, but on such a minute scale
that the hammer could bo raised by a
flea instead of by a 100 horsepower en
gine, as in. the original. In its completed
state this wonderful miniature model,
frame, hammer, pulleys, etc. weighs
but ly grams! The hammer and anvil
are both of solid gold, the pulleys Ger
man silver and the framework plati
num. A nea, trained by Mr. Schumann,
the maker of the model, will, at the
word of command, hoist the hammer to
tho top of the frame, where it is auto
matically set free, descending in pre
cisely the same manner as the monster
after which it was modeled. St. Louis
Republic
Electric Light at Half Present Cosi
Professor William Bv Markst speak
ing of Mr. lLdisou's visit to this city,
said : "He does not think of letting up
on his work. Ho told me that now that
he was through with tho ore concen
trator process he purposed to return to
the laboratory and push electricity as
far as he could. During the last year or
so, while busy with the ore concen
trator, many thoughts and ideas as to
improvements in tiie various forms of
electrical machines and uses had occur
red to him, but he had simply made a
note of them and put the matter aside
until his return to tho laboratory. Some
of them that; he mentioned to me wero
startling. If he lives a few years longer,
the world can be sure of many new in
ventions. Among other things that he
will follow up he mentioned the fact,
tbat he had thought out a means of pro
ducing incandescent light at half of itg
present cost. This is a very important
matter, needless to say. He says he had
experimented en.ough to satisfy himself
that it was practicable." Philadelphia
ledger.
Extras.
ClerkNo. 45 says that he had the
best dinner hero that ho has had for
four years.
Hotel Keeper Good ! Charge him a
quarter extra.
"And No. 54 says it was the worst
he ever saw."
"So? Make his bill half a dollar
more for kicking." Indianapolis Jour
nal. The Case Is Altered
"See the girl with ho png iiwet"
"Hush ! She is wPYth, $',A 000,000 in
her. own right "
' What a. charming retror.ss " Life.
Pr, A. P. Sawyer Sir: After suffering four
years with female weakness I was perraaded by a
friend to try yonr Pastilles, and after using them
for one year, I can say I am entirely well. I can
not recommend them too highly. Mrs.M. 8. Brook
Bronson, Bethel Branch Co., Mich. For sale by F,
II. Longley.
CITIZENS OF TWO STATES.
THEY GIVE FACTS THAT WILL INTEREST MANY,, SICK PEOPLE.
Hon. .Eugene Crlss and Druggist BIcakncr, Both of Iowa, Have a Hearing
Today Also Mr. Otto Berjer, for Ton Years a .Dry Goods
Merchant of Lons
Judge Eugene Criss Is known over the
length and breadth of Iowa as a prominent
and Influential member of the Twelfth
General Assembly of the state legislature.
His home Is In Sac City. He iq one of the
kind of meu that people respect. In fact,
men who are elected by the people to hold
places of responsibility and trust are usu
ally capable, clean-headed, sincere and es
timable men. Such Is Judge Eugene Criss.
Judge Criss has been an invalid himself.
His health had been broken and blasted by
the poisons of catarrh, affecting his head
and throat for almost twenty years. As a
natural result cf neglect and improper
treatment his ears and hearing became In
volved. Kead what he says of a two
months course of treatment by the new
and effective method employed by Drs.
Copeland and Shepard:
"Gentlemen: I feel proud to say to you
that with two months' treatment I have re
ceived great benefit in my catarrh, and
have not obeyed your Instructions, either,
as I should .have done. I have spent Hun
dreds of dollars and have taken more than
one dozen kinds of remedies for catarrh,
and have received more benefit from, those
two months' treatment with you than all
the rest combined, and recommend all suf
ferers from catarrh to try your treatment.
Yours truly, EUGENE CR1S3."
our OF TOWN.
Distant patients are welcome to our
famous Symptom Blanks, that cover
all chronic diseases. Writft for them
and cot a free and careful opinion
from physicians who treat hundreds
of cases every month. If you take
treatment tho Jee Is $5.00 a month.
medicines Included.
ItEU. PH.. NO. 4027.
Druerglst E. X., Bleaknoy of Grand
Junction, Iowa, Holds the Above
Title ltead What Ho Says
About Drugs and Pat
ent Medicines.
Under the pharmacy laws of Iowa Mr.
E. L. Bleakney of Grand Junction, Iowa,
is a registered pharmacist, holding- certi
ficate No. 4C27. He writes:
"Dear Doctors: Within the last four
years thousands of persons have endorsed
your method of Home Treatment. I wish
to get on record as being-among the num
ber. I began your treatment when I was
well nigh discouraged with the use of pat
ent medicines and drugs generally. I have
found your treatment surprisingly effect
ual In removing the catarrh irritation of
me isiuneys. xour local treatment i'or the
catarrh, together with me medicines you
gave to act imon th hwi nfi nnini
tem, has built me up and made a new man
of me.
SfH11 registered pharmacist and am
handling drugs and medicines all the time,
and know whereof I speak. I have never
yet discovered in all my experience a line
of treatment which proves as effectual as
that which you are furnishing your pa
tients. Sincerely yours.
E. L. BLEAKNEY,
Reg. Ph. No. 4627.
CATARRH OP HEAD AND THROAT.
i
Tho Usual Starting Point in thePro
eresslve Inflammatory Envelop
ment of All the Mucous Surfaces.
"Is the breath foul?"
"Ia the voice huslqrt'
i !.
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Tafcing effect January 5th, 1895.
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S'ORTH PLATTE, - - NEBRASKA.
Office over N. P. Ntl. Bank.
ILCOX & HALLIGAN,
ATT0RNEY8-AT-LA TF,
.OltTH PLATTE, - . . NEBRASKA.
Office over North Platta National Bank.
D
R. N. P. DONALDSON,
Assistant Surseon Union Pacflo Rp,,'"
and Member of Pension Board,
NORTH PLATTE, ... NEBRASKA.
Office over Streltz's Drug Store.
Claude Weingand,
DEALER IN
Goal Oil, Gasoline,
Crude Petroleum and
Coal Gas Tar.
iteave
orders at Newton's Store
E. B. WARNER.
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AND EMBALMER.
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Bold by Onanists, or at a; yotipniioa receipt or pries.
l'Ine, Nebraska.
"Do you spit up slime?"
"Do you- ache all over?"
"Do you blow out scabs?"
"Is your nose stopped up?"
"Does your nose discharge?"
"Does the nose bleed easilv?"
"Is there tickling- in your throat?"
"Do crusts form in the nose?"
"Is the nose sore and tender?"
Do you sneeze a great deal?"
"Does the nose itch and burn?"
"Is there pain in. front of head?"
"Is there pain across the eyes?"
"Is there pain in the back of the head?"
"Is'your sense of smell leaving?"
"Do you hawk to clear the throat?"
"Is there a. dropping in the throat?"
'tis the throat dry in tha morning?"
"Are you losing1 the sense of taste?"
"Do you sleep with the mouth open?"
HIS WIFE'S IDEA.
A Bit of Personal EiperlencfiFromn
AVell Known Business Man.
While Drs. Copeland and Shepard pay
speclal attention to catarrhal ailments, It
should be remembered that they treat with
success ALL CURABLE DISEASES OF
MEN AND WOMEN.
Mr. Otto Berger, one of the principal
merchants of Long Pine, Neb., was
afflicted for seven years with that distress
ing skin disease eczema, or salt rheum. He
writes as follows, under date of December
7, 1S05:
Otto Berger, Long- Pine, Neb.
"When I wrote you about my case of
eczema I did not expect to find a cure, nor
even any relief. I had been tormented with
this terrible skin trouble for eIx or seven
years and had used all sorts and kinds of
medicines, but with no good results. I
simply decided in my own mind that ecze
ma was incurable. I continued to suffer
f disfigurement of this wretched affliction
until I was finally persuaded by my wife to
give your remedy a trial. I wrote for your
Symptom Blank, and after describing my
case you sent me a supply of medicines
that has entirely cured me. It took only
two months and has proven complete and
lasting. I now make this public statement
after waiting- for many months to see IC
the trouble would return. I am all right,
every symptom, having completely disap
peared." DBS. GOPELAND & SHEPARD
ROOMS 313 AND 813 NEW YORK
LITE BUILDING. OMAHA, NEB.
Office Hours 9 to 11 a. m.; 2 to 5 p. m. Eva
ning Wednesday and S&turaari only.
6 to L Sunday-13 taUo,
REFEREES' SALE.
By virtue of a decree of the district; court of
Lincoln county, Nebraska, rendered in an action
pending In said court wherein Irving B. Bostwick '
et. al., art plaintiffs and Fannie B. Myers et. al.
are defendants, the undersigned duly appointed
referees in eaid cause will on the 15th day of Feb
ruary, 1696, at one o'clock p. m. at the east front
door of the court house of said county, in North
Platte, sell the following described real estate, to
wit: The southwest quarter of the northeast quar
ter, the north half of the southeast quarter and
southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of Sec
tion twentv-seven (27), Township ten (10) north of
Range Thirty-one (31) west of tho Sixth P. M., at
public auction to the highest bidder on the follow
ing terms, viz: One-third cash and balance in
three equal annual payments with interest at seven
per cent per annum on deferred payments.
Deferred payment to be secured by first mort
gage on said premises.
Dated North Platte, Neb., Jan'y 8th, 1S90.
Oka E. Eldeb, 1
A. 8. Baldwiv, Referees.
jllO GKOBOE McAlilSTEB, J
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Laks Omci at Nouth Platte, Nkb., ?
January 4th, 169t5.
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
proof will bo made beforo the Register and Re
ceiver at "North Platte, Nebraska, on February
11th, 1896, viz:
JOHN L. McGREW,
who made Homestead Entry No. 16,899, forth
east half of the southeast quarter and the southwest
quarter of the southeast quarter and the southeast
quarter of the southwest quarter section 30, town
ship IB north, range 29 west. He names the follow
ing witnesses to prove his continuous residence
upon and cultivation of, said land, viz: Lewi
C. Elliott and Enoch Cummlngs, all of North
Platte, Neb., Robert J. Miaiie, of Myrtle, Neb.,
and "William T. Macrander, of North Platte, Neb.
JOHN F. HINMAN,
Register.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
U.S. Land Office, North Platte, Neh.,
January 7th, 1896. (
Complaint having been entered at this office by
Abigail E. Furnish against the heirs of Mordica
C. Furnish, deceased, for failure to comply with
law as to Timber-culture entry No. 7658 dated Oc
tober 27th, 1883, upon the south half of the North
east quarter of Section 19, Township 9 N.. Range
29 W., in Lincoln county, Nebraska, with a view to
tho cancellation of said entry, contestant alleging
that there has never been any land broke out or
cultivated in any of the years since the land wa
taken and that no trees have been planted on said
land; the said parties are hereby summoned to
appear at this office on the 27th day of February,
WJG, at 9 o'clock a. m., to respond and furnish
testimony concerning said alleged failure.
3116 JOHN F. HINMAN, Register.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
U. S. Land Office, North Platte, Neb., ?
January 7th, 1896. f
Notice is hereby given that the following named
settler has filed notice of his intention to mako
final proof in support of his claim and that said
proof will be made before the Register and Re
ceiver at North Platte, Neb., on February 21st,
182t5,vlz:
JOSEPH "W. STUMP,
who made Homestead Entry No. 16050 for the
Northeast quarter of Section 12, Township 11 N
Range 30 W. lie names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence upon and culti
vation of said land, viz: Acton D. Orr, of North
Platte, Neb., Clifton C. Dawson, DeWitt "W. Van
Brocklin and Martin YanBrocklln, all of Watts,
Neh.
ill6 JOHN F. HINMAN, Register.
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