THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE: TUESDAY EVENING,- FEBRUARY 48, 1896.
BUYING DIAMONDS.
A SJORY OF HOW WOMEN CONDUCT
THE TRANSACTION.
A Jeweler Tells "Why He Befaced to Place
Price on a Gem Sealers Stand by Sack
Other la That Kespect Error Kegardiss;
the. Standard Yalao of Diamonds.
To the private office of a prominent
jeweler yesterday entered a middle aged
"woman, richly caparisoned in flounce
and furbelow, and evidently forming
part of the dongh that makes the upper
crust She held in one hand a diamond
earring. The jewel was large and bril
liant. "With entire coolness of demeanor
she said : "I lost the mate to this. Will
you be, kind enongh to tell me "what it
will cost to get another exactly like it?"
' The jeweler eyed her keenlyand then
said, "Madam, where did you lose your
earring?"
The effect of this simple question
upon the woman was surprising. She
was evidently unprepared for the query,
and there was certainly something in it
that disturbed her. "It makes no differ
ence where I lost it," she answered in a
decidedly sharp tone. "What will it
cost me to obtain another exactly like
this?" and sho held up the sparkling
stone.
"Did you advertise for the one you
lost, madam?" persisted the jeweler
blandly.
"What has that got to do with ffie
matter?" she replied in an angry tone.
"Well, madam," was the smiling re
ply, "if you advertise for the earring
which you lost, you might recover it,
and then you would not be placed under
the necessity of ascertaining what it
would cost to replace it Advertise first,
madam, and if you do not recover the
jewel come in again and I will answer
your questions." Saying this the dia
mond dealer politely bowed the now
fretting and fuming woman to the door.
"Why will women lie in such small
affairs," said the jeweler wearily, "and
why will nearly every purchaser of a
diamond look upon the merchant with
whom he or she deals as a rascal? That
woman hasn't lost an earring. She has
purchased a pair, perhaps on trial, and
she will go to nearly every jeweler in
town with that petty lie and endeavor
to "get a price upon that stone. It is one
of the finest of diamonds and evidently
came from one of our leading dealers,
whom she insists on believing is engaged
in a schemo to rob her. The chances are
that she will eventually get in the hands
of, some unscrupulous merchant, whom
she can find even in big stores. He will
toll her that the stono-is 'off color
and contains a flaw. He will show her
a poor diamond of the same size as the
other, and fix upon it a price which he
.knows is less than the fine brilliant
could be sold for. The result will be that
madam will send her fine brilliant back
in a rage and buy the inferior stone for
twice what it is worth. This evil has
grown to such an extent that it is some
times impossible to detect the fraudu
lent character of the stories brought us.
They are all very ingenious. As a re
sult, big houses, except in rare cases, re
fuse to place prices upon jewels brought
to them."
The jeweler continued: "People have
the queerest notions about diamonds and
other jewels, and some of them give us
much trouble. The most general delu
sion is that diamonds have a standard
value just as arbitrarily fixed as that of
a double eagle. "Sou will frequently hear
people say, 'It is an excellent invest
ment to place your money in fine dia
monds, for they are worth just so much
a carat, and you can always sell them
for just what yen paid for them.' 'My
lady buys a handsome brooch for 700,
pnd after wearing it a year or two en
deavors to sell it to her jeweler, or, per
haps, to his rival. She" is offered $200
for it She then throws up her hands
and lifts up her voice and protests that
she has been swindled. What nonsense
is all this ! With diamonds, as with oth
e? merchandise, a stone is worth exactly
what it will bring. Were it otherwise
there could be no profitin diamond deal
ing. How could I make money in selling
double eagles when I would have to pay
$20 for them and could not sell them
for a penny more?
"Here is a very fine Indian brilliant
upon my finger. I bought it at a forced
sale and paid nearly $800 for it. Yes
terday I was offered $1,300 for it, but I
would not sell because I am in love with
the stone. Yet I cannot say that the
Etone is worth $1,300. It was worth it
at the time that sum was offered for it
by one who wanted it, but , if I were
compelled to sell it next week at 24
hours' notice I might not get $600 for
it Why should a woman expect to wear
a brooch for two years and then obtain
for it the same money she paid for it?
Last week I bought a new carriage and
paid f 1,800 for it. I said to a friend,
Con?e and take an $800 drive with me.'
He looked at meas if he thought we in
sane. 'I mean it,' I said. There is a car
riage that cost me $1,800. We will drive
in it through the park. Tomorrow I will
not be able to obtain $1,000 for it ' With
jewelry it is much the same way."
Philadelphia Times.
Bicycle and Ostrich.
The. Cape Times says that a peculiar
experience befell a local cyclist, Donald
Menzies, recently. He was riding along
the main road from Cape Town to Som
erset West Strand when an ostrich, at
tracted apparently by what was in its
eyes a novel vehicle, commenced to waltz
around the bicycle. After a few prelimi
nary antics the bird took it into its head
to pace Mr. Menzies, and so long as it
abstained from using its wings the cy
clist and the ostrich managed, a dead
heat However, after covering about
half a mile in this way the ostrich ufil
ized its stumpy wings as sails, and
spurted away at record breaking pace,
leaving the cyclist far behind. Ai'ter
that the bird troubled Mr. Menzies no
dnore.
The Ism of Natare.
The laws of nature are Just, hut terri
ble. There is no weak mercy in them,
Cause and consequence are inseparable
and inevitable. The elements have no
forbearance. The fire burns, the water
drownp, the air, consumes, the earth
buries. And perhapsit would be well
for our race if the punishment of crimes
against the laws of man were as inevita
ble as the punifiknaent of crimes against
the laws of nature were man as unerr
ing in his judgments as nature. Longfellow.
GIRLS VALUE PURITY IN ?EN.
the Exceptions, Who Wed Men. of
World, Always .Repeat of It.
A young man writes to Edward W.
Bok inquiring why so many girls seem
to prefer the company of young fellows
of slightly blotted character men who
have seen the world and in many cases
marry them, in face of the fact that
their past lives are known to them. In
The Ladies' Home Journal Mr. Bok, its
tditor, makes this reply : "Girls that
13, the right kind of girls do not prefer
the company of young men of this sort
Doubtless, you have come across in
stances where this rule has been other
wise; so have I. But it is all in the
seeming, and not in the reality. Depend
npon one thing girls have as high an
estimate of purity in man as men have
of purity in woman.
"There are, of course, cases to the
contrary, but these are few. Where girls
marry men who are known to have led
what is called a 'worldly life,' it is
more generally due to a misunderstand
ing of facts or to ignorance than people
imagine. There is a type of girl who
finds a peculiar satisfaction in the con
quest of a man who has 'seen the world'
and then comes to her as the one woman
of all her sex who can make him happy.
This sometimes pleases her vanity and
love of conquest, but she is not many
years older before she discovers that she
has satisfied those feelings at a very
high cost.
"There is another type of girl who
rather fancies a man who is what is
called 'fast' But that sort of girl is
painfully ignorant of what is meant by
that word as applied to a man. If she
Were not, she would be very apt to
change tho adjective to 'vulgar.' And
as she matures she finds this out It is
only young men of upright lives who
can hope, to win the favor and love of
girls of high motives, the girls who
make the best wives. If, at times, girls
seem to favor young men of another
kind, the glamour is simply transitory.
It is rare, very rare, that a girl's better
instincts do not lead her to the higher
grade of young men. An upright life
never fails of reward, and of the highest
reward, from the hand of woman."
HOW INDIANS MEASURE TIME.
They Fix Their Bates by Sleeps and Moons
and Winters.
Onr Indians measure time solely by
days, by sleeps, by moons and by win
ters. The Indian has no name for any
subdivision of time less than a day.
vmeu no uesires 10 indicate a snorter
period, he points to the heavens, and
measuring off a space says, "It was as
long as it would take the sun to go from
there to there." A day is -from daylight
to darkness, "sleep," or night, from
dark to daylight. He has no name for
any day, nor has he any subdivision of
time corresponding to our week. A
moou commences with tho first streak
TTTl I ? . i." x . 1
of the crescent in the west and lasts un
til the next one appears, but the davs of
the moon aro neither numbered nor
named. "From winter to winter" is
the nearest approach he has to cur term.
The year commences with tho first fall
of enow. An Indian will tell you he is
so many winters old, hut having no
months cr days he never has a birthday.
The Indians who formerly inhabited
iUn t-,H-,o. rpnrc
is no snowfall, aro said tohave fixed tho
commencement of the year at the first
"norther," a furions and chilling wind
that sweeps from the north and is of fre-
quent occurrence during the winter
mouths.
No year has any name or number fix
ing a sequence or poinr of leference, but
each band will desisuate a year by its
most prominent occurrence, a.s a light
with hostiles. death cf a chief, preva
lence of disease, abundance cr scarcity
of food, cr failing any tiling marvelous
or striking by the name cf the stream on
which was located the winter camp.
But these are mere, remembrances, and
excellent as is the Indians memory
they, after a few years, fade into a
jumble of disconnected Ltcts without
sequence cr usefulness. Cincinnati En
quirer. Meaning of the Word "Omaha.
Tho name "Omaha" bears testimony
to the long journey of the people, and s
- . '
reveals somo of the canses which brought
about this breaking up into distinct
tribes. It is composed of two words,
which signify "going against the cur
rent," or up the stream. The Oniahas
were the people who went up the
stream, while the Quapaws, their iiear
of kin, went, as their name reveals,
"with the current, ' ' or down the stream.
The traditions of both thcc peoples say
that the parting occurred during a hunt
ing expedition, each division finally set
tling in the lands whither they had
wandered apart Thi; epochal hunt
must have been centuries ago, for the
Quapaws bore their descriptivo name in
1540, being mentioned in the Portu
guese narrative of De Soto's expedition
as then living on the Arkansas river,
where they dwelt until 1839, when they
ceded their long occupied lands to the
United States. Alice C. Fletcher in
Century.
Eastern Africa.
Professor Angelo Heilprin, the dis
tinguished physicist, indorses the state
ment made by Dr. Gregory of the Brit
ish museum. that there" exists in eastern
Africa, occupying a very considerable
portion of its extent, a narrow and in
places a very deep trough, in which the
great lakes and many of their tributaries
are located, and which, with a ruore or
less open and depressed lowland, com
municates with the basin of the Red sea,
and ver, fnrther with tho "Dpnrl ppj nnrl
to the valley of the Jordan that is, ac- I
cording to Dr. Gregory, there runs from
Lebanon, and then almost to the cape,
a deep and comparatively narrow valley,
margined by almost vertical sides, and
occupied either by the sea, by salt steppes
and old lako basins, and by a series of
over 20 lakes, of which only one has an
outlet to the sea a condition of things
absolutely unlike anything on the sur
face of the earth ; indeed, the presence
of such a rift, for this it appears to lie,
can only bo compared with the lone
lunar rifts which have so long puzzled
astronomers. To Professor Suess, the
eminent geologist of Vienna, is attrib-
ntod the first demonstration that over ;
large areas of the earth's surface the
crust haE been steadily breaking through
in the direction of the earth's center,
and that the crust has been torn and
rifted throughout all time by the sub
sidences of earth blocks, and he, many
years ago; pointed out the probable ex
istence of this vast Afro Asiatic trough.
AN ENGLISH JAIL CHAPEL
A. Tlew of
he Prisoners at the
Sunday
3XoraiBR Service.
After breakfast nothing much happens
until the chapel hour. Now tboso pris
oners who have "gone sick" are visited
by the surgeon or his assistant, and if
the cases are urgent are sent across to the
infirmary at once. There is no regular
jceJi inspection: the governor or nis
deputy makes no round; there is no
"taking of reporfE," no adjudication of
pains and penalties for misconduct All
this will stand over until Monday; even
those awaiting punishment, unless it is
for outrageous acts of violence or de-
' fiance, turn cut to go with their fellows
to chapeL About 9 :30 the chapel bell
rings for the first service, that of the
. Horn on Catholics, who in large prisons
j ere usually "located" cr lodged in one
part of the prison, near their own chapel
The bell for the Church of England serv
. ice follows at about 10 a. m.
Both on marching to chapel and when
seated within it tho various classes and
categories of prisoners arc kept strictly
separate from each other. Males and fe
; males approach the chapel by tlinerent
roads, enter by different doors and oc
cupy different divisions, pews or places
apart. Among the males, too, the con
: victed aro kept from the unconvicted
; and the debtors from both. Tho women
are generally seated first, behind a
screen or within a curtained off, railed
j in inclosure. They are, of course, visi
ble to the chaplain, but to'uo one else
but their owu officers. Except for their
treble voices heard in responses and
hymns, their presence at the service
! would be unknown. Now and again,
however, an attempt to signal or com
municate has been tried by individuals
of opposite Eexes; when a dry cough,,
' persistently repeated, in the female pew
finds an answer in another part of the
' chapel, it affords a shrewd suspicion
that friends are trying to use some codo
made up outside before imprisonment
One other class is unhappily to bo
found at times in the jail chapel a
very distinct class, but seldom containing
more than ono representative. This is
sometimes a "condemned' man in pris
on one on whom the extreme penalty
has been passed, and who, by the usual
custom, is allowed "three clear Sun
days" beforo the awful sentence is ac
complished. A condemned convict, al
though he is never left alone, being as
sociated day and night with two war
dens as guardians, is never permitted to
; sc(y or bo ceen bj cthev prisoners. Lon
i aJ on;Vpr
i T
Kot iie Place Fcr tho Soap.
A famous French prima donna when
acting delights in a big basin of soup,
' smoking hot and well flavored .with
' grated cheese. On one occasion she was
engaged for a few nights at Marseilles,
j and her first Ihonght on arriving there
! was to inquire where she could order her
favoritQ dish. Sho was recommended to
a hT Teaimt
the theater, and going thero gave her
order in person.
At 9 o'clock, as arranged, mine host
called his serving maid, and placing a
gigantic tnrceriiii her hands told her to
I take it to Mme. C on the stage. He
; added that crders had been given to let
! her pass with her bowl, and on the
girl's assurance that she wcnld recognize
! e camair.ee sent, neron wun tne soup
j Everybody gave way before the servant
, CMxying the scted meal of the star,
j en suddenly between the wmgs she
i slt of the prima donna, who
was singing the finale of the first act of
j "Lucia."
Bavenswocd and his betrothed were
! just about to begin the passionate Eceno
; which brings down the curtain when tho
j maid entered and placed the tnreen on
! the mossy bank in front of the fountain.
Then lifting up the cover and plunging
in a spoon she exclaimed to the stupe
faction of actors and audience alike :
"Begging your pardon for interrupting-
you, sir, and the lady, but here's
the soup. " London Tit-Bits.
To Naine Springfield's Four Hundred.
It has been seven years since a Blue
Book was printed, and in that time there
have been many social changes. Some
have dropped out of the charmed circle,
some of the buds have developed into
i i " l I'n .
uiuixuiis, wfliie uuiers are sun serving
its bridesmaids. And some of the ple
beians have acquired property or gained
culture and are knocking for admission
at society's gate. All that is needed is
official recognition. We need a Blue
Bock, the stars to indicate the grade of
patricians. It will be well for the com
piler to remain unidentified until the
book has been published, and then, as
in the previous case, to promptly leave
town to go far away and stay away.
The Price & Leo company, which has
been compiling dry and accurate direc
tories of Springfield, has the temerity
to announce that it is prepared to classi
fy Springfield society. The preliminary
circulars are cut. Now is the time to
get into lino if yen want a three star
grade in the firmament of the Four
Hundred. The Blue Book enumerator
has not started on her rounds yet En
tertain and go to entertainments. The
sheep and goats are to bo divided, and
it may again be seven years before an
other Blno Book division is made.
Springfield (Mass. ) Republican.
Puzzling to Wheelmen.
Take a bicycle, balance it with one
Land, having one penal at its highest
point, the other at its lowest To the
lower one tie a string and pnll it .toward
the rear of the machine.
Which way will the bicycle go?
It will go backward.
Most people think it will go forward,
because the string tends to move the
Pak in the direction they move when
tne maciiine is going
delnhia Record.
forward. Phila-
For Example.
He Wise men make proverbs and
fools repeat them.
She Yes ; I wonder what wise man
made the ono you just repeated. Strand
Magazine.
Stirred Up.
"Our whole neighborhood has been
stirred up," said the regular reader.
The editor of the country weekly seiz
ed his pen.
"Tell mo all about it," he said.
? ;'What wo want is- tho news. What
Itirred it up?"
j "Plowing,5' said the farmer. Pear-
No more "work of convenience" on
Sunday. Work of "necessity or charity"
may still be performed. Under which
class does preaching comer Boston
Traveller.
Huxley's Wire.
When the .Rattlesnake was in Sydney
harbor, tho officers were invited to a
ball, and young Huxley among tho
number. There for the first timo he
met his future wife, whoso parents re
sided at Sydney.' A few days after they
wero engaged, and the ship sailed for
the Tower straits to complete the survey
of the north coast of Australia, all com
munication being cut off for months at
a time, and then Eho returned direct to
England. After that brief acquaintance
(not, I believe, longer than a fortnight)
it was seven years before the lovers saw
one another. At the end of this time,
on Huxley's appointment to the School
of Mines, he was in a position to claim
his bride and welcome her to thoir first
home in St John's Wood. Ho often
used to say that to engage the affections
of a young girl under these circum
stances, knowing that he would have to
leave her for an indefinite time, and
with only the remotest prospect of ever
marrying, was an act niGSt strongly to
be reprobated, and he often held it out
as a warning to his children never to do
anything of the kind, and yet they all
married young and all happily.
Huxley's love at first sight and con
stancy during those seven long years of
separation were richly rewarded, for it
is impossible to imagine a pair more
thoroughly suited. North American
Review.
The Fighting Swiss.
Tho year lirl2 saw the Swiss mercena
ries at the zenith of their power, when
waving Austria and France alike away
from Milan, they installed herein the
ruler of their own choice. In the same
year they met the Laudsknechts at tho
passage of the Oglio and Ticiuo, and,
fording the rivers - stark naked, beat
them back without waiting even tc
dress themselves. A few months latei
they showed even more magnificent in
solence when besipged by the French in
Novara; throwing the gates open, they
begged the enemy not to be at the pains
of making a breach, but to walk straight
in, "Dounez-vous done la peine d'en-
trer." The French made no reply, ex
cept to hammer away with their artil
lery, wherenpou tho Swiss mockingly
hung tho breaches with sheets as suffi
cient protection against so feeble a foe.
Shortly after arrived re-enforcements
from Switzerland, which, without paus
ing to rest more than an hour after a
long and harried march, dashed cut in
disorder against the encompassing troops
and dispersed them with terrible loss.
"If wo could only reckon upon obedi
ence in our men," said the Swiss lead
ers, "we should march through the
whole of Frauee.
zine.
" Macmillan'sMaga-
Hitchcock Wilmot.
Tho Anglo-Saxon suffixes "kin" and
rcock" were used as diminutive or en
dearing forms of "personal names, just
as the Normans used the suffixes "er,"
"ot," "en" and "on. "Thus from Hitch,
itEelf a diminutive of Richard, we get
the surnames Hitchkin, Hitchcock,
Hitcheus and Hitchisou. Any common
baptismal name affords a number of
such variants, which became fixed as
patronymics or surnames. There are,
for example, at least 15 .differeat forms
of William available for that purpose.
English forms: William, giving Wil
liams, Williamson, MacWilliam, Fitz
william; Will, giving Wills, WiJsou;
Bill, giving Bilson ; Willy, giving Wil
lison. Anglo-Saxon forms: Wilkin, giTing
Wilkie, Wilkins, "Wilkinson; Gilkin,
giving Gilkinson ; Wilccck, giving Wil
cox. Nprman forms: Guillaume, giving
thelBurname Gillom ; Guillaniot, giving
Gillamot; Guillon, giving Giliou ; Gnil
lot, giving Gillot. Gillotson ; Guill, giv
ing Gilson, 2d"cGiil; Willett, giving
Willet; Williamot, giving Wilmofc; Wil
len, giving JVillan. Willing. New York
Times.
Vccetnrians Use Fleshly Barnes.
Vegetarian restaurants are by degrees
giving up the use of such titles for their
dishes as convey the idea of a meat diet,
but they still find the word "steak"
indispensable. Otherwise their bill of
fare is much improved and of a more
inviting character than it used to be.
"Indian broth" reads well on a cold
December day, and "braised onion with
tomatoes" appeals to many. But what
is "vegetable turkey?"
It seems to be rather a confession of
weakness to he dependent on the animal
world for names wherewith to invest
the various preparations cf vegetables,
cereals and fruits. To America they owe
many forms of succulent and tempting
food, such as fried corn, maize with
plums and pineapple pudding made from
the tinned fruit. Tho use of cheese, for
bidden by some of the strictest follow
ers of vegetarianism, enables the cater
ers to offer such savory dishes as welsh
rabbit, cheese fritters and custards, and
the odors that are omitted ore of the
most savory and appetizing description.
London News.
An I2rror Abont Cats.
An error about cats, and a truly vul
gar one, is that they lie on young chil
dren's breasts and sock their breath or
suffocate them. Cats like to lio on the
breast oS a person they love, and are apt
to show their happiness by now and
then lifting their heads for a kiss or
gently touching the face or neck above
them with their paw ; this sort of pat
ting or stroking a beloved cheek or
throat is one of the more human habits
Lvhich dogs have Seeil)g one of onr
cats lying on her master's chest when
he was asleep on the sofa, I understood
how the notion had taken root; then,
too, cats aro luxurious and fond of
warmth, and may sometimes share a
baby's crib or cradle for that reason, as
dogs certainly do. Temple Bar.
Little Worth.
Harry 1 cannot offer you wealth,
Marie; my brains are all tne fortune I
i possess-
Marie Oh, Harry, if you are as bad
. ly off as that I'm afraid papa will nev
r giva his consent. Strand Magazine.
What He Needs.
"What I need," said thestatesman in
f epeaking of his work in Washington.
"is a good privaie secretary to look aft
er my correspondence, so that I can give
more time to affairs in the honse."
"What you need," returned his con
stituent earnestly, "is a real good man
I to edit your speeches while you attend
j to yonr correspondence. It would be
i foolish to have your letters more con
: ciso and better written than your pub-
lie addresses." Chicago Post.
The He-ward of Merit.
' One cf the' institutions cf Combe
Florey was a handsome china bowl half
filled with colored wafers, such as wero
then in general use fGr closing letters,
and placed in tho center of Sydney
Smith's huge writing table, just behind
a "presentation" inkstand of massive
silver, which he spoko of as his "fount
of inspiration." On the evening after
our arrival at the rectory, when bedtime
had sounded for me, and I went up to
the dear eld man to bid him good night,
he took me between his knees, drew
tho bowl toward him, and picking out a
white wafer pressed it hard upon my
forehead, saying: "While you stay with
us, in this wise every night I shall sig
nalize your conduct throughout tho day.
Absolutely irreproachable behavior will
be rewarded by a white wafer. Any
trivial misdemeanor will be gently hinfr
' ed at by a colored wafer. A black wafer
will mean that youhave done something
really Avrong and that I am seriously
displeased with you. Now go to bed,
dear child, sleep well, and if you must
dream, let it bo of whito wafers. "
"Men, Cities and Events," byBeatty
Kingston.
Prince Napoleon.
Prince Napoleon in 1S70 was some
thing of a prophet. When he heard of
the emperor's declaration of war, he
hurried to St Cloud and had a stormy
interview with the emperor. He didn't
hesitate to say, "It is the emperor who
bas brought this upon us," and the em
peror, while offended at his frankness,
admitted that "your presentiments per
haps correspond with mine." Then the
prince fired his last, shot and showed
that though he might go astray in many
things, he knew cf the weakness of
France and tho strength of Germany.
He turned on his heel and, with that
bitterness which ho didn't hesitate to
exhibit when occasion required, said :
"So be it, so bo it! Let us, however,
make hasto to pack our possessions, for
wo are already beaten. " And so the re
Knit Droved. New York Herald.
Dr. A. P. Sawyer Sir: Alter suffering four
years with female weakness 1 was persuaded by b
friend to try your Pastille?, and after using them
for one year, I can say I am catirely well. I can
not recommend them too'highly. Sirs. 31. S.Drook
Bronson. Bethel Branch Co., ilich. Tor sale by F.
II. .Lougley.
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED
by local applications as they caano reach
the diseased portion. oC tho oar. There
13 only one way to cure deafness, and
that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by j-n inflamed con
dition of tho mucous; lininir of tho Eus
tachian Tube. When this tube is in
flamed you have a rumbling sound or
iuiperfect hearing-, aud when it is entire
ly closed, Deafness l- the result, and un
less the inflamation can bo taken out
and this tube rest red to its normal con
dition, hearing will bo destroyed forever:
ninecasesoutof ten are caused by ca
tarrh which is nothing but an inflamed
condition f the mucous surfaces.
Wo w ill g!-e Ono Hundred Dollars
for any cape of Deafness (caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's
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3 Teethinsr, Colic, Cry leg, WaJcefiila ess
4 Diarrhea, of. Children or Adults
7 Coushs, Colds, Bronchitis.
8 Xcoraisia, Toothache. Faceache
9 Headaches, Sick Headache, Vertigo.
10 Dyspepsia, BWocsness, Constipation
1 1 Suppressed or Painful Periods....
12 Whites, Too Profuse Periods.
13 Croup, LaryHzills, Hoarseness
1 1-Salt RhcHra, Erysipelas, Eruptions.
15 lUieninallsm, or Kheumn tic Pains..
16 Malaria, Chills, Fever and Agne
19 Catarrh, Inficr-nra, Cold la the Head
20-Vhooplne Coush,
27 Kidney Diseases,
28 rVerrous Debility. .'.
36 Urlaary AVcakaeas......
3JL-Sore Threat Quinsy. Diphtheria....
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CERTAIN NOTABLE FEATURES OF fdS lOPEUXD AID SHEPARD SYSTEM.
Hero Are Seven Reasons Why the Practice of Dr Cjpdand. and Slicpard
Plnds Favor Witliliarjre Xumbara of People -Modern Scientific
Treatment Easily Within the Means or All.
IXVAUDS SHOULD MARK:
First That the Copeland and Shepard j
oaiciu us u. i truutte 10 uie sin ana aouse ot
overcharging the slclc
Second That the Copeland and Shepard
system provides strictly the highest line of
treatment known to pathologic science.
Third That under the Copeland and
Shepard -system the cure of chronic mala
dies occupies considerably less time than
is required under less modern metheds.
Fourth That under the Copeland and
Shepard system no patient is subject to
uncertain or capricious fee-charging, or to
any tax. levy or expense beyond the as
sessment of $5.00 monthly, including all
medicines.
Fifth That chronic cases described in
symptom blanks by country patients aro
diagnosed and treated by mail with phe
nomenal success.
Sixth That the Copeland and Shepard
system has the confidence and approval of
the community.
Seventh That under the Copeland and
Shepard system all sufferers are cordially
welcome to trial treatment free on per
sonal application.
lil MAIL.
Successful IXantlllnir of ITIdncv una
Bowel Tronble. j
Mr. .G. H. "Brownson, Arlington, eb.. j
Is an earnest believer in the good being
done by the Home Treatment, )
He writes: "If you can do other the
good by your Mail Treatment that you have t
for me. you should have patients in even.
town in the whole state. 11 y case was one i
of obstinate bowel and kidney disease i
from catarrh of these parts. Your treat
ment has fixed me up all right after suffer
ing for years. I alwavs nraise tha Mail
Treatment,'
A XKW 31 Fi-:.
AKansas J.ady's Expressive Praise of
Drs. Copeland and Shepard.
Mrs. G. 1C Mooney, Llndsborg, Kansas,
wife of the railroad station auent at that
place, writes:
"For some ten years past I had suffered
untold misery from neuralgia, sick head
ache and nervousness. I attributed my
whole trouble to general catarrh and ,
qhronic constipation. A ehort time ago 1
was induced by my brother, who had been i
successfully treated by Dr. Shepard, to try j
me same nne or treatment. This I did,
and as a result I have been living, as It
were, a new life, realizing great relief
from the first month's sunnlv nf mwHelnpo
My progress toward health has been rapid, j
not having felt for two months past a j
tOUCh. Of mv old trnnhlptL fv tritinint
was conducted entirely through the mails, '
aim x received in every respect the most
prompt and careful attention."
GIVV AGAIN".
Portraits of Cured Patients Who
Made Statements Years Aro.
"P. MtrrTioH Tnnnilnn catHnl In e
county thirty-eight years ago. At that
time he picked prairie flowers and cut
grass where Omaha, now stands. In the
war he belonged to company D, Second
Nebraska cavalry. Hundreds of people In
Sarpy and Douglas counties read with in
terest what ha had to say nearly three
U. P. TIME CARD.
Taking effect- January 5th. 1895.
EAST BOUND - Eastern Time.
2, Fast Mail Departs 9:00 a
4. Atlantic Express " 11:00 p
28, Freight.... " 7:G0a
WEST BOUND Western Time.
1, Limited Departs 3:05 p
3, Fast Mail " ll:25p
17, Freight " 1:50 p
23, Freight 7:50a
N. B. OLDS, Agent.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
m
m
NTo.
No.
ATOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
I Board of Directors of Gaslin Irrigation
District has filed in the onice of the clerk
of the district court of Lincoln county. Ne
braska, its petition, the object and prayer of
which is to have the proceedings ot said dis
trict and said Board of Directors of said
Gaslin Irrigation District organizing said dis
. 1 . , 1 . ... t .v. 1 1 - - 1 .1 Z . 1 .1. .
U1CL UUU 1U1I1K LUC UUUUS Ul,-cUU U IS Li IL L LU
the amount of 85.000. to be examined by said
District Court of Lincoln countv. Nebraska.
and to have said proceedings to be declared
. 1 , , 1 ) 7 1 , ; J
lu ik: icgai. regular uuu vcuiu. iiiu iuai saiu
bonds be declared to be a valid lien upon the
land within the boundaries of said Ktistrict
And by order of the Hon. H. M. Grimes.
judge of paid district court, said petitior
will be heard and decided on Monday, thi
9th day of March. 1886. at nine o'clock in the
lorenoon, or as soon thereafter as itcanbt
heard, and all or any persons interested ir
the organization of said district or in the
proceedings for the Issue and sale of sait
bonds, may on or before the date fixed for
the hearing of said petition, viz: Monday.tni
9th day of March. 1SS6. at nine o'clock ir
the forenoon of said day, demur or answer
to said petition.
Witness mv hand and oCicial seal this 14tl
dav of February, 1S5G.
W. C. ELDER, Clerk of the District Conrt
f 11 1 By E, A. ELDER, Deputy.
rji C. PATTERSON,
PlTTO R N EY-HT-LKM..
Office First National Bank BIdg.,
NORTH PLATTE. NEB.
IjiRENCH & BALDWIN,
ATTORNETS-AT-LAW,
NORTH PLATTE, - - NEBRASKA.
Office over N. P. Ntl. Bank. '
"yiLCOX & HALLIGAN,
ATTORNEYS- AT-LAW,
KOETH PLATTE, ... NEBRASKA.
Office over North Platte National Bank.
D
R, N. F. DONALDSON,
Assistant Surgeon Union Pafic Rj"'"
and Member of Pension Board,
NORTH PLATTE, ... NEBRASKA.
Office over Streltz's Drug Store.
NORTH PLATTE
MARBLE : WORKS,
W. C; RITNER,
MauTrof and Dealer in
MONUMENTS, : HEADSTONES,
Curbing, Building Stone,
And all kinds of Monumental and Cemetery work.
Careful attention given to lettering of every de
scription. Jobbing done on short notice. Orders
solicited and estimates freely fn-nlshed.
E. B. WARNER,
Funeral Director.
AND EMBALT-IEE.
A full line of first-class funeral supplier
always in stock.
NORTH PLATTE, - NEBRASKA.
Telegraph orders promptly attended to.
NTS,
years ago, after taking a course of treat
ment for catarrhal asthma. Today he
speaks again, as follows:
F. I.. MITCHELL Papillion. Xeb.
A Sirpy County Pioneer.
"Nearly three y'ars ?.go I took a short
course of treatment with Dr Shepard for
asthma and lung trouble, attended with a
severe cough that hat tormented me for
thirty-five years. The result of that treat
ment has been a complete cure in half tho
time that I bud supposed to be possible.
"From as far back as I can remember I
had been a sufferer from catarrh. It had
poisoned my stomach. Impoverished my
blood and caused physical debility and
t hronlc sure throat, frem which the ca
tarrhal inflammation ha;! extended to tho
air passages and finally the lungs. The
air passages seemed at t'mes to close. At
nllit and in bad weather I would have to
s rain and labor tc get my breath, tho
difficulty' Ir hreathlrg relng so bad that I
would be aTrjid to lie down. I would havo
to get my sleep sitting upright in a chair.
At on time I could not he In bed for two
months.
"My cough was alrocat Incessant and so
violent as to kwp every body in the houso
awake and tlnaity to war me completely
out by its terrlhHf strain on my system.
M!id you. I d dn't iwk-ct myself. I was
half the time trymg eHhr doctors or drug3
for a cure, but my diase seemed fixed.
My mothN- srd also a brother died of ca
tarrhal consumption, whkli was a family
disease with us.
"This is shout all I have to !r.y. except
that Dr. Shepard took hold and cured m
of the whole troul'!" not only gave me re
lief, but riJ roe of nv cough, whez.ng.
catarrh and all. I pot rrfief at once and
could breathe like other people. I remem
ber all I s.d to the public about r-.v ca?-
in March. lft. &rd since ttoen I hive fad
no reason to rcsret a slrgle wrJ of it,"
S3.0.1 A MONTH
All diseases. N variation fr; .-, th!
charge. It covers full treatment . nd s'!
medicines. For mail treetnee. t s, id u '
Symptom Shct.
DBS, GGPELA.NO & SHEPARD
ROOMS 2:2 AND 311 NEV VO::?v
LlFi: BUILDING, l.m..;:a, ;::.
Office Hours 9 to 11 a. m. ; 2 to 5 v. rv ir o
nings Wednesdays and Saturdays only.
6 to 8. Sunday 10 to 12 m.
NOTICE TOR PbBLICATIOX. .
U.S. Laud Office, Xorth Platte, Xeb.,
January 7th, 1890.
Complaint haviDg been entered at this office by
Abigail E. Furnish against the heirs of Mordlca
C. Fnrnlsh. deceased, for failure to compiy-wiih
law as to Timber-culture entry No. 7B5S dated Oc
tober 27th. 1SS5. upon the south half of the North
east quarter of Section 19, ToTrnshlp 9 N.. Kange
29 YV, iu Lincoln county, Nebraska, vrilh 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 t-inco the land tros
tpVpn nnrl that no trpfw llnTft tiApn nlnntAri nn Rfiifl
' land; the said parties are hereby summoned to
appear at this offico on the 27th day of February.
1 lfcSQ, at 9 o'clock a. m., to respond and furnish
testimony concerning said alleged failure.
i!16 JOHN F. HINMAN, Register.
NOTICE FOR rUBLICATIOX.
U. S. Land Office, North Platte, Neb., )
January 7th. 18fW. 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 111 be made before the Register and Re
ceiver at North Platte, Neb., oa February 21st,
lS9t5, viz:
JOSEPH W. STUMP,
who made Homestead Entry No. 16&0 for the
Vorlheast quarter of Section 12. Township 11 N
Range 20 W. He names tho 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, of Echo, Neb,,
md DeWItt TV. VanBrocklin and Martin Van
Brocklin, of Watts. Neb.
j!16 JOHN F. HINMAN, Register
UEQAL NOTICE.
David G. Gates, non-resident defendant,
.vill take notice that on the 1st "day of Feb--uary.
1S96, The First National Bank of Elka
ler. Iowa, plaintiff herein, tiled its petition
n the district court of Lincoln county. Ne
jraska. against said defendant, the object
rod prayer of which are to foreclose a cer
tain mortgage executed by the defendant to
ne W. J. Wroughton upon the west half of
he southwest nuarter and the southeast
I juarter of the southwest quarter of section
west quarter of section II. township 9. range
9. in Lincoln county. Nebraska, to secure
the payment of a certain promissory note
dated January "th. 1S93. for the sum of
UG1.28. payable one year from date thereof,
that said note was bv the pavee dulv as
signed to plaintiff herein: that 'there k now
due plaintiff upon said note and mortgage
the sum of $03.00, and plaintiff prays for a
decree that defendant be required to par
the same, or that said premises may be solid
to satisfy the amount found due.
You are required to answer said petition
on or before the 16th day of March, 1696.
Dated Februarv 1st. 1890.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ELKADER.
IOWA.
fH By T. C. Patterson, Its Attorne y .
In the Countv Court of Lincoln County. Ne
braska. Whereas, on this 1st day of Februarv. 1896.
Joseph Schatz. In whose care and custody
the child hereinafter named was left by the
mother thereof . both parents of said child
being now deceased, has made and tiled in
said Court his sworn statement duly attested
and therein has stated that he desired to re
linquish all right and custodv of and power
and control over George Strassburg. a minor
and orphan child, and all claim and interest
in and? to the services and wages of said
child: and at the same time also came Charles
L. Black and Hannah Black his wife, and
made and flled in said Court their statement
under oath duly attested, that they desire to
adopt said George Strassburg as their own.
child: I have therefore appointed the 25th
day of February. 1896. at 1 o'clock p. m. at
the county court room in North Platte in
said county as the time and place when and
where a hearing will be had in said matter,
at which time and place allparties interested
may appear. A copv of this order will be
published In The tbibuse a legal weeklv
newspaper printed and published in North
Platte In said county, for three successive
weeks prior to the time set for said hearing.
10 JAMES M. KAY. County Judge.
SHERIFF'S SALE.
By virtue of an order of sale issued bv W.
C. Elder, clerk of the district court of Lin
coln county. Nebraska, upon a decree of
foreclosure rendered in said court in favor
of the McKinley-Lannlng Loan and Trust
Company, la corporation. and against Ber
tha M. L. Thoelecke Louis D. Thoelecke. her
husband, et. aL. I have levied upon the fol
lowing described real estate as the property
of the said Bertha SL L. Thoelecke. Louis
D. Thoelecke. her husband. cL aL, to-wit:
Lot Ten (10 of Wymans sub-division of Lots
One 1 and in Block One Hundred and
Fifteen (115). in the original town of North
Platte. Nebraska, and I will on the 13th dav
day. at the east front door of the court-house
iu" "s luc uuuumj; ivuciem me last
term of court was held i. of said county, in
North Platte, sell the said real estate at pub
lic auction to the highest bidder for cash,
to satisfy said order of sale; the amount
found due thereon in the aggregate being
the sum of I428.S and 118.68 cosfcs. and accru
ing costs.
Dated North Platte. Neb.. Feb'v 10. 1896.
fH5 JACOB MILLER, Sheriff.
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