TAB NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE: TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 8, 1896.
THE GIANTS OP OLD.
PREVIOUS AGES SUPPLY U3 WITH
ENORMOUS FOSSIL BONES.
lizards Threo Times the Steo of tho tar-
Rest Elephant anil a Turtle Whose Shell
- irooked Like a Hat Marine Giants and
theBemarkable Plated Lizard.
Tho belief in a race of giants was
once inmost nniversal and held until
recent years. Even today large skeletons
when found are sometimes reported as
Demg taoseoi giauthuman beings. This
was especially true of the period about
the tenth and eleventh centuries, and
in the latter a most amazing discovery
was reported, winch threw the scien
tific world of the time into great excite
ment. It was said that the body of Pal
.las, the son of Evander, had been dis
covered beneath the tomb of tho emper
or Henry III. The bones were enor
mous, and it is unnecessary to slate,
proved to have belonged to a huge fossil
elephant. As late as the fifteenth cen
tury a war of words was waged over a
find of largo bones, one party claiming
that they belonged to the giant Teuto
bochus. In 1S57 a giant" was discovered
in Switzerland. Tho council of Lucerne
requested a learned scientific man, Pro
fessor Felix Plater of Basel, to report
upon it, and he not only announced the
bones as part of a human giant, but
mado a complete restoration, showing
the man 20 feet high, which the proud
city adopted as an ancestor in the arms
of the commonwealth. The design and
some of the bones can still be seen in
the college of Jesuits at Lucerne. Un
fortunately for tho theory aud much to
the discomfiture of the people who had
raised to a high pinnacle this mighty
ancestor, it was found to be tho remains
of an elephant.
Nearly all tho mastodon finds in this
country were attributed to giants, but
there is no evidence that a human giant
ever existed over 8 feet in height, and it
is extremely doubtful if this height was
over attained.
Giants other than human aro very com
mon in all branches of the animal king
dom giants in every sense when com
pared to their pygmy representatives of
today. Some years ago some laborers in
the Senalik hills of India were engaged
upon a government work when they
canie upon the remains of a turtle that
proved beyond question that these ani
mals had their giants in the days of old.
The shell which tho men exposed inight
have been used as a shelter for several
men, and at first, before its bony nature
was observed, it was thought by tho na- j
tives tq be a hut of some kind. Fortu
nately tho bones were uninjured, and
they were taken out and removed to the
British museum, where a complete res
toration of the animal may be seen. Tho
length of the turtle was 10 feet, its
horizontal circumference 25 feet, audits
girth 15 feet, but it was estimated by
scientists that this was riot an adult,
nnd that when fully grown this hugo
creature would display a domelike back
8 or 0 feet high, giviug a total length of
20 feet.
One of the common animals in equa
torial South America and in Central
America is the lizard, iguaua, which at
tains a length of 4 or 5 feet and is con
sidered a large lizard, but it was a pyg
my when compared to an ancestor that
once wandered over England and vari
ous portions of tho world. A number of
years ago some workingmeu wero exca
vating and blasting in a quarry near
Maidstone, England, when some bones
were uncovered that caused profound
astonishment on the part of the finders.
The skeleton was perfect, and as it was
lifted out, bono by bono, their amaze
ment increased, and the news was spread
all over the country, attracting large
numbers of people. When tho boues
were placed in their proper position,
they wero found to be tho skeleton of a
gigantic lizard that when alive must
have been three time3 as balky as tho
largest living elephant and stood upon
its hind legs like a kangaroo, tearing
down branches from the highest trees.
Such an animal was a slow mover and
sluggish and must have fallen an easy
prey to the human hunters, if they ex
isted. Tho marine giants were even more
bizarre and remarkable than tho laud
forms. If wo can imagine tho little igu
ana lengthened out to 30 feet, its back
spines changed to broad finliko objects,
we form somo idea of the appearance of
one of tho small dinosaurs, Stegosaurus
ungulatus, one of tho most uncanny and
remarkable creatures ever found. It is
called the plated lizard, and the best
skeleton was found on the eastern flank
pf the Rocky .Mountains. Some of the
plates with which this armored lizard
Wero protected wero two or three feet
in diameter and the spiues over two
feet in length. From the fact that the
hind limbs were the largest, it is evi
dent that this strange creature could lift
itself up and sit iike a kaugaroo, rest
ing upon its powerful tail, which, with
its enormous spines, must have peon a
terrible weapon.
A giant from, America had a skull
that measured oight feet in length. Al
most over the eyes were two large horns,
a third placed over tho nose. The great
length of tho skull was given by a hugo
crest that was protected by a ridga of
long plates. Tho month of the tricera
tops was protected by a horny beak. In
life it must have presented a formid
able annearance. with a body clumsy
aud low liko that of a hippopotamus, a
long tail liko an alligator's, its head
calling lo in;ud the rhinoceros. This
monster was 25 feet in length and must
have been one of the strangest animals
of its time. Philadelphia Press.
He Put It Frankly.
"I'vo got a quarter here," said tho
red nosed wanderer, "and I calculate to
git me dinner wit it"
"What's that to me?" asked the citi
zen whom he had stopped on the street.
" Jist this. I'm goiu to git a regular
meal table dote," see and I thought
that may bo if you would lend me a
dime to git a drink I could git a good
enough appetite to eat my money's
worth." Indianapolis Journal.
One View of the Case.
"Mamma, teacher whipped a boy to
day for whispering in school."
"Well, that was right."
"Bur, mamma, ho hollered ten times
as load as he whispered." Chicago
Record.
The coming of a national convention
to a city means the expenditure there
in oneway or another of 2,000,000 or
$3,000,000 for the benefit of local merchants.
"AMONG THE SHEAVES.
O Lord, the fields are ripo "irita corn;
Tho laborer Roeth ringing;
His joyful heart is heavenward borne
On music's pinion vringlnr;
The sky, is fair, with here and thero
A downy cloudlet sweeping;
Lord, in this time of happy cheer
"Khat do I with my weeping?
Ob, shame, among the golden sheaves
To stain the day with mourning!
;Ob, shame on him who idly grieves,
God's harvest blessing scorning!
The heavens above look down in love;
Tho earth smiles ba?k victorious;
By hill and vale where'er you rove
The harvest Celds ehinc glorious.
But on my soul a sadness lie?,
Made deeper by tho story
Of nature's patient sacrifice
Thcj perfected fo glory.
Each faithful heart hath boras lis F-rt,
The autumn treasure sh-irisg.
Bat I, I only know the smart
Of failure and despairing.
O Lord, had all these weary days.
These wasted weeks of grie.-ing,
Been spent in fallowing forth thy praise,
I had had com for sheaving.
Not empty hand and empty land
Had been my harvest measure,
Nor sad and stricken should I stand,
A mark for thy displeasure.
Lo! yet there comes a thought to me;
I sec tho poor and lowly
With bended head and bended kuco
Go gleaning, cleaning slowly.
They did not sow, they did not mow;
Dropt ears is all they gather.
Wouldst take such labor even i:ow
My gleanings, O my Father?
E. E. Kitton in Good Words.
THE BREAD OF THE WORLD.
What This Important Food Is Mado of In
Different Countries.
In Eusrlaud and America wheat bread
is within tho reach of all. and scarcely
' -
is a thought given to tho fact that only
a small portion of tho earth's inhabit
ants enjoy it. It is only during tho last
century that wheat bread has como into
common use. A hundred years ago
wealthy families in England used culy
a neck of wheat a year and that at
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Christmas, eating oat cakes during the
remainder of tho time.
remaiuutr ui iuu lime.
Tho German "numnernickel" is a
rye bread with a curious, sour taste, but
after eating it awhile one acquires quite
a taSlO IOr it. J.G IS JeFS nutritious than
that of wheat. In tho nocrer uarts of
Sweden the peopio bako thoir ryo bread
only twico a year and store- it away, so
tLat eventually if, is. as hard as bricks.
Farther north still barley and oats be-
como the chief bread com. But in the
distinct north is where Tiian is nut to
.... ,, . .
thought to provide himself with bread.
auupjaiiujt amanKnsioaragraiu.no
would starve, so tho peopio eke out
their scanty storo of oats with the inner
bark of tho pine, and after erindine this
- w -
mixturo it is made into largo flat cakes,
which, after all, are not half bad.
In dreary Kamchatka tho nine or
birch bark by" itself, well ground, pound
ed and baked, constitutes the whole of
tho native bread food. Bread aud butter
is represented by a dough of pine bark
spread with seal fat. In certain parts of
Siberia tho peopio not only grind tho
pine bark, but ent off tho tender shoots,
which procedure must give the bread an
unpleasantly resinous flavor.
In Iceland the lichen is scraped off the
rock, made into bread pnddiugs and put
into soup. In .Russia and China buck
wheat is pressed into service. It makes
a palatablo bread, though of a dark vio
let tinge.
In Itrly and Spain chestnuts aro cook
ed, ground into meal and used for bread
aud soup thickening. Millet furnishes a
whito bread in Arabia. Egypt and India
This gram is credited with being the !
UliC UOCl) 414 UiCimiiJIUiUg.
Rice bread is still the staple food of
tho Chinese, .Tapaneso and Indians.
In tho Indian archipelago the starchy
pith of tho sago palm is mado into bread,
and in parts of Africa the natives use a
certain root for the same purpose.
Saved by a Shot.
Sir George Yule of the Indian civil
1
service was a mild, sweet natured man, J
but a "mighty hunter," who had killed
hundreds of boars and shot tigers on foot
and from horse and elephant. Sir Ed
ward Braddon, in his "Thirty Years of
Shikar," tells of Sir George's nariow
escape from death in an encounter with
a tiger.
Ho was standing outside of a jungle
from which a tiger was being driven by
beaters. The tiger came from tho jungle
within a few feet of tho spot where Yule
stood and rushed at him. Ho had only
time to bring his rifio up to his hip and
fire as tho beast sprang upon him,
knocking him to the ground, smashing
in his sun helmet and tearing his shoul
der and chest.
Tho tiger was dead when it reached
the ground, killed by tho chance shot so
coolly fired.
The CpmpliinentK of the Street.
In a little crush of trucks and wagons
at Broadway and Bleeckerstr:etthe oth
er day one driver said to another, of a
third who had just driven by rather
clumsily, "He's a farmer and a clam
digger, and 'ie next time ho comes down
this way I'm going to punch his head."
But ferocious as these words were they
were not spoken ferociously, and they
wero smilingly received, and one did not
understand them ncc&ssarily to mean an
inordinate amount of bloodshed, nor to
contain any reflection upon ihe occupa
tions of farming and plain digging, but
simply to express resentment at the ap
pearance in the crowded streets as a
truck driver of one skilled in those oc
cupations only. New York Sun.
Illustrated.
"The burning question," exclaimed
Rivers, bringing his fist down hard on
the table as ho took a fresh start in the
discussion of the labor problem, "the
burning question is"
"Got a match about you?" interposed
Banks, biting off the end of a cigar and
yawning dismally. Chicago Tribune.
Riches without charity are nothing
worth. They are a blessing only to him
who makes them a blessing to ethers.
Fielding.
Georgia has 50,383 factory hands,
who make annually $68,917,020 worth
of goods.
Sitting Up Late.
There is nothing so tends to shorten
the lives of eld ceonle and loininre their
health as the practice of sitting np late,
particularly in tho winter evenings.
This is especsaly the case when there is
a grown up tugbter in the family. We
publish this item at the earnest request
of several jomig men. Loudon Tit-
Bits.
"Mafcel, I sometimes thinTk you only
married me for my money. M
"Those lucid intervals are enoourag-
iog. " Hartem Li fa
TRAPPED LIKE A EAT
A MARINE ENGINEER RELATES
. AWFUL EXPERIENCE.
AN
Shot Up In the Plre Box of a Tus With
tho To- leaking at a Frightful Hate A
Deliverance That Promises to Remain
Forever a Mystery.
Marine engineers have their shares of
srartling experiences. George J. Little
Jells a story of being trapped in the firo
bos of a boiler. In just such circum
stances tho hair sometimes turns gray.
"I can never forget it if I live to be
100 years old," said Mr. Little. "It oc
curred on an old Buffalo tug named
after C. M. Farrar of the firm of Farrar
& Trefts of this city. Tho tug is gone
where all good tuns no. but the mem
ory of that few minutes I spent trapped
lite a rat m her hre box comes back -to
mo often, and I wonder if the man who
was with mo that afternoon remembers
it as vividly as I do.
It was lato in tho year, alone in
December, I think. We were la vine '
up for the cold. Wo had been break
ing ice all tho week previous, aud the
old tug was leaking badly, so badly, in
fact, that wo had been obliged to pump
her out with a tin pump twice that
afternoon. It was cold, and we wanted
to get through with our job while it
was light, so wo spent very little time
on tho pump, and at no time did we
pump her dry. Wo kept tho water off
the fire hole floor so wo would not bo
obliged to work in tho water, and that
was about all. We intended to pump
her thoroughly after wo had finished
our other work. There were two jobs
ws could do after dark. Ono was tho
pumping and tho other was oiling the
inside of tho fiio box.
"When a tug is laid up for tho win-
fcCX Allow, mo uuuer una nvery
; bright part of tho engine is painted over
i i. n. r- -
ter, you Know, luo boiler and every
j with nil to nmvpnr. it; rnsHnrr Tbn i
ciio fi n x.-
w nineoe
cautioned us not to slight it. That was
mm nf ihn rnncnuu 1,o,1 f iJ- fi ,-n
'"b- -t-aiuca, .ujwuiuu5bu
torca, so it made no difference if it was
dark Outside.
It is necessary that you understand
mu i-uuauucuuii ul mu uujier io nave a
clear idea of the situation. Tho boiler
Was an ordinary marine boiler, such as
j u"ui"j iii.iuiiu uuucf, tuuu as
i? COi
; pud ; water bottom, with n damper
''i O " - " i . v j UAluuliiiJg
across the front of tho boiler. Tho fur
naco door was such as you will seo on
any tug in Buffalo today. It was about
2 feet que way aud 18 inches the other.
The opening which it covered was a
triflo smaller, but was plenty largo
eiiough to allow a man to crawl through
it. Tho door fastened by a heavy latch
on the outside, which dropped into place
whenever tho door was shut. Inside the
fire box there was plenty of room for two
men to sit- or kneel and work. The
grates were removed and there was the
j room from tho ash pan, which was tho
, water bottom, to tho crown sheet Of
course, it was not an inviting place, nor
largo enough for a clubroom, but there
was room for tho two of ns to work, and
as two can do moro work than ono we
crawled in, ono after tho other. The one
nearest tho door, I forget now whether
it was my companion or myself, reached
out tho door and handed in tho oil.
brushes and tho torch. Wo put tho torch
jn tho opening of tho fluo in tho back of
the firo box and started to work. Tho
flmfk trnrrrh flio rlnn-r intn 4Ur (Inn i.r.n
! so strong that it threatened to blow tho
j light out, so my companion said to me,
fchut mo door.
"Without thinking I reached cut and
pulled the door shut. In an instant I
realized the situation. I turned to look
; at my companion and saw that he, too,
UUUCliltUUU. tl c
tjj0 b0jjer -yitjj
understood. We wero m tho furnace of
the only exit locked.
We had both heard the heavy Intrh nf
tho doer drop into place. Tho tug that
wo were on was leaking so badly that
she would sink in a few hours unless
somo assistance came. Even then we
could seo the water slowly crawling
over tho fire hole floor. If wo called, it
would do no good. Wo could hardly bo
heard on deck, and there was no ono
within half a mile of ns. The damper
hole was not largo enough to allow a
boy to pass through it, tosay nothing of
a man. All these thoughts ran through
our minds in a second. Wo were per
fectly familiar with the situation and
know our chances were slim. I will
never forget that scene. Before mq sat
my companion in a half grouched posi-.
tion, ls facq thrown into bold relief by
the blackness of tho iron behind, him.
Tho flickering light cf the torch gavo
tho face, with tho firm sot jaw, an pw
ful expression. I remember,' as I looked,
into tho facotiiat looked into mine with
bravo eyes, tho thought camo fo mo,
. - Will I meet it as bravely as he?'
j "The man with, me was tho son of tho
' pwner of the boat aud my cousin. He
was game to the fullest meauiug of tho
word, and I knew it. Wo looked at
each other for at least n minute. It
seemed a century, I was waiting for
, him to speak and ho for me. I could
not. The situation was hopeless. I saw
his eyes travel to tho door, then to tho
damper and then to tho fluo in which
the torch flickered feebly. Then his eyes
again sought mino as he asked in a low,
I distinct voice, 'Did the door latch?'
I put my hand against it and f
j pushed. It did not give. I nodded my
head. I could not speak. He half lifted
himself and kicked the door with his
. foot, and it swung open. The draft of
air put the light out, and m that mo
ment of darkness I thanked God.
"To this day I cannot understand
how that latch lifted, or if it did not
drop, why?" Buffalo Express.
Literary Information.
A literary correspondent asks:
"How can I get 'Trouble on Lost
Mountain-?'
Report any moonshine distillery that
you may find in that teighborhood, and
it will come easy. Atlanta Constita?
tion.
Reminded Him.
"I observe, Brother Rocks-worthy,"
said the Rev. Dr. Pourthly, "that when
I spoke in my sermon yesterday of tho
evils of gambling in stocks, and ex
pressed the hope that no member of my
congregation ever frequented places
where such gambling was made a busi
ness, youslappeq' your thigh emphatical
ly. I am glad, if the sentiment met
your approval,"
"Why aw--the fact is. doctor," re
plied Brother Rccksworthy, "I I sud-
rlctllt rnmntrilArnl -r linA T tnl TaI .
WHAT MAKES THE PIANO RATTLE?
Qaeer Causes Found by tho Toner Thlncs
In the Instrument.
Pijvuo trsuers are sometimes called
upon to "tune" gas fixtures as well as
pianos. Frequently tho owner of a fine
upright "grand" enters a vigorous com
plaint because "that piano rattles so."
Then tho piano tuner packs his few tools
and some extra gluo aud parts of tho
"action" into his long, slender valise
and proceeds to feel the pulse, pound
the chest, examine the tonguo aud over
haul the internal economy of the of
fending piano. His experienced ear
tells him that the piano is all right.
His intimate knowledge of tho mechan
ism and xnako up of the piano assures
him that nothing is tho matter with tho
instrument, and he says so.
"But the piano does rattle, " insists
the owner. "Now, listen when I touch
this key." And, sure enough, a decid
ed $nzz and jingle are heard.
"ft is hot in the piano," replies tho
tuner, and he touches tho key again and
again, at the same time glancing
-around the room. "There it is," 'he
says at last, "pointing to the glass
globe around the gas jet. "There is the
rattler," and tho irritating noise is si
lenced when he removes the glass globe.
This is a common experience of piano
tuners. Certain notes in tho piano vi
brato in harmony with a gas fixture, a
picture framo, a china nlaouo hnnr?
against the wall or the bric-a-brac which
commonly litters the top of the sensi
tive instrument, and the "innocent piano
is blamed lor the discordant janele.
Pins, buttons and other things foreign
to the piano which find their way into
the instrument set up complaints and
harsh cries when certain keys aro
struck, and recently a piano tuner in
Evanston, searching for tho "rattle.
found and restored to the young woman
who used the instrument her upper set
nt false teeth which linrl ri
i mysteriously the week before
; J . . J . UL1UIC
Of false teeth. Which had diKnnnflrirprl
Besides coins, buttons, nins and
toothpicks, tho piano tuner's salvago in
cludes hairpins, pccKotknives, paper
cutters, manicure instruments, knitting
oits oi glass, pieces of picture wire,
; buckles, collar buttons, sleeve buttons,
J riima mirl nvon rtinnotr rr?Viistli UrtA Knr
; placed in the case for safe keeping and
, then lorcotten. (Jliienpn nhrnn n
STORY ABOUT LINCOLN.
Senator
Tohn M. Palmer Tells of Their
First and Iast fleeting.
"The first time I met Mr. Lincoln,"
said Senator Palmer of Illinois, "was
in 1839, when I went to Springfield to
be admitted to tho bar. He was already
recognized as a Whig leader. He wore,
I remember, a suit of liusey woolsey
that could not have been worth more
than 8, even in those days. The last
time I saw him was in February of
1805. I had come to Washington, at tho
request ot the governor, to comulam
that Illinois had boeu credited with 18,-
000 too few troops. I saw Mr. Lincoln
one afternoon, and he asked me to como
again in the morning. The next morn
ing I sat in tho anteroom while several
officers wero received. At length I was
told to enter the president's room. Mr.
Lincoln was in the hands of the barber.
Come in, Palmer, ho called out.
como in. You're home folks. I can
shave before you. I couldn't before those
others, and I have to do it some time.'
"We chatted about varions matters,
; and at iength I said, 'Well, Mr. Lin
coln, if anybody had told mo that in a
great crisis like this the people were
going out to a little one horse town and
pick out a ono horse lawyer for presi
dent, I wouldn't havo believed it.'
"Mr. Lincoln whirled about in his
chair, his face white with lather and a
towel under his chin. At first I thought
he was angry. Sweeping the barber
away, ho leaned forward, and, placing
one hand on my knee, said .
" 'Neither would I, but it was a time
when a man witu a policy would have
been fatal lo ihe country. I have never
had a policy. I have simply tried to do
what seemed best each day as each day
came. New York Sun.
The "Arabian Nighta" Unce More.
A large part of Cairo is very little
spoiled. It is still, to a great degree,
tho city of the "Arabian Nights." The
worst injury was. done before England
took the reins, for it was Ismail who
recklessly ran streets through mosques
and ancient palaces in order to make a
straight drive to the citadel. In tho
Boulevard Moh.ani.mQd. Alj we certainly
hud the oddest lumb"? of east and west
old and pew. Fqr example, just oppo
site the stately moso.no of bultan Hasan.
at the head of this uusiahtlv street, von
$ee a cabaret with the signboard, Grog
. . -4 1 If
tehop ior Army and Navy;" next door
i jviosiem school, as the inscription
'Medresseh Mohammediyeh," shows.
Across tho road stands the shape
less mass of tho unfinished Rifa'iyeh
i mosque, erected at the cost of 350,000
by tho mother of Ismail, and within
those unroofed walls, surrounded by
rotting scaffolding, lies the body of the
princely borrower himself. Under tho
shadow of Sultan Hasan an Arab barber
is cutting hair with a modern clipping
machine. A gayiy painted harim car
riage stands in the road. On tho panel
is a sham coat of arms. Solemn sheikhs
pass by without any sort of emotion at
these queer sights. Overhead the citadel
guns boom out a salute, for it is the
great festival, the Id-el-Kebir. Satur
xlav Review.
Origin of tho Term "a Card."
Here is an extract from a letter of O,
v. ij,mst-: "jaostou lias added many
words to our mother tongue. 'A card
meaning a personal statement in news
papers, is a Boston term and dates back
to early times, when men paid their
compliments to, objectionable crown
ministers by printing a 'card' in the
newspapers. The idea toot immediate
ly, and is still popular. When Robin
sou & Jones give their workmen a
Christmas turkey each, the workmen
are apt to put a 'card' in the local na-
per. This odd use of the word originated
in Boston before the Revolution. Liko
all Boston inventions, it is convenient
and 'real cute.' " Boston Journal.
He Demonstrated It.
If we attempt to discharge our duty
to the people without complete party
harmony in patriotic action, .we shall
demonstrate our incompetency. Hon.
Grover Cleveland at Villard Dinner,
Nov. 17, 1892.
And the "incompetency" has heen
very clearly demonstrated, 'ilr. Cleveland.
Cancer
Of the Breast.
Mr. A. H. Crausby is one of the best
known and most highly respected citi
zens of Memphis, and resides at 158
Kerr street in that city.
Some years ago his wife noticed a
small lump in her breast. She thought
nothing of it, but it increased in size
rapidly, and soon broke through the
skin and commenced to discharge.
She was at once put under treatment
of the best physicians, but they ery
soon found that they could do her no
good, and simply prescribed antiseptics
to keep the place clean. Both her
grandmother and aunt, by the way,
had died with cancer, and when ap
prised of this fact the doctors said that
the3 would not attempt to save her;
that she was incurable. Although the
cancer had by this time become deep
seated and her health very low, one of
the most noted specialists of New York
then treated her. After treating her
awnue, tms doctor admitted that the
MRS. A. II. CRAUSBY.
case was hopeless and further treat
ment useless. "It is difficult to im
agine how despondent we all became,"
said Mr. Crausby, "knowing that she
must die and unaoie to give her any
relief. I had snent over five hundred
dollars with the best medical skill to
be had, and felt that there was no
further hope.
"One day I happened to read an ad
vertisement of S. S. S., recommending
tnat remedy ror cancer, and in view of
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i
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w - - I .
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It Cures Prr.FS orHmnRRiintiv: "EVemnl
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N. B. OLDS. Agent.
C. PATTERSON,
KTTOHNEY-HT-LHiii,
Offico First National Bank Bldg.,
NORTH PLATTE, NEB.
JjlRENCH & BALDWIN,
ATTORKEYS-AT-LA W,
NORTH PLATTE, - - NEBRASKA.
Office over N. P. Nil. Bank.
yiLCOX & HALLIGAN,
ATTORNEYS AT-LAW,
ftORTH PLATTE, - - - NEBRASKA.
Office over North Platte National Bank.
D
R. N. F. DONAIuOSON,
Assistant Surgeon Union Pacflc Rp"""
nnd Member of Pension Board,
NORTH TLATTE, - - . NEBRASKA.
Office over Streltz's Drug Store.
-ft
SMOKERS
In search of a good cigar
will always find it at J.
F. Schmalzried's. Try
them and judge.
NOTICE FOK PUBLICATION.
Laud Omra at Nokth Platte. Nra., )
Telirnnrx- 'Mh ISO? f
Notice, is herehv olrnn flint tho fnl1ntnra
. " J o " ...... m.vi tuuuniu.uouicu
settler has filed notice of his intention to make
nnai prooi in support of his claim, and that said
Droof will hft mnfle. hefnra tlm Diaictii. nnrl T
a mw -v.,m.v. 1 . U . ,
oeiver at North Plutte, Nebraska, on March
Who niada TTonievtenr. Vulrr V.. IK Vw fn.tK.
Itortbeast quarter of section 30, township 16 N..
in"ric . xio unmesuie louowic witnesses to
prove his enntinnnna rfi1oniro unnn onl inii. !
unuri oi. Kniii iiinn -ri I'nuflf a, w n'ruUnfOFih
i-fc. uii;u muu U1IA-
. . .
Dunnes uanoung, Penman a. Steams, John C.
--- - wa,c. v. 1WU W f
JOHN F. IIINMAN, Register.
NOTICE.
U.S. Land Office, North Platte, Neb.,
Comnlaint hnvinir heen
Patrick dishing against George Jackson for aban-
iitiuiuK uih xinmesieaa isniry ro. J.vuz, dated
Anril 'IX. I.WO nru-n ho ... l.nir Ik.
. - , . "I .mv untl. "J. IliU uui LUCIUi
quarter nnd the north half of the southeast quarter
section 13, township 9 north, range 31 west, in
Li-.i-uiu rauuijr, .-enrasxn. wnn a view to tne can
cellation of said entry, the said parties are hereby
i-uuiuiuuiMi io appear ni rrnnn .Fin. to, Ken., before
Kogisterand receiver on the 6th day of April.
ISt;, at 3 o'clock r. ni., to respond and furnish
tetiniony concerning said alleged abandonment.
313-6 JOHN F. HINMAN. KeHnter,
Jos. Hershey,
DEALER IN
Agricultural : I
OF ALL KINDS,
Farm and Spring Wagons,
Buggies, Road Carts,
Wind Mills, Pumps, Barb
Wire, Etc.
Locust Street, between Fifth anil Sixth
,1J11I m
NORTH PLATTE
'W,,,B Sfc- I
MARBLE : WORKS,
W. C. RITNER,
jjoNUAIENTS, : HEADSTONES,
Curbing, Building Stone,
And nil kind of Monumental and Cemetery work.
Carefiit attention given to letterintr of every de
scription. Jobbing done on short notice. Orders
solicited and estimates freely fu-niahed.
Claude Weingand,
DEALER IN
Coal Oil; Gasoline,
Crude Petroleum and
Coal Gas Tar.
muloments
JL
NOTICE TO tfOHVRESIDENT DETECT) A NT.
The North Tl:iM T.nrl irH WntT- Cnm
panv. of Denver. Colorado.a corporation or-
Siuiiitu auu caulju); UUUCI ituu u virtue OI
wrill take notice that on the 24th day of Feb
ruarv. itsvo. me piainun. 'j.ne Estate ot .Ne
braska, by J. G. Beeler. county attorney in
of Nebraska, llled an Information in the dis
trict court oi me saiu county oi Lincoln
against said defendant, the object and pray-
title toall of the following described real
estate and lands shall .revert and escheat to
the State of Nebraska, to-wit:
The west half of the northeast quarter of
section twenty-seven:
Also the northwest quarter of section twen-tv-seven:
Also the south half of section twenty-seven
ALso the west half of the northwest nut
ter of section twenty-one;
iso tne soutn nair or section twentv-one:
Also the south half of section twenty-nine;
Also the northeast onarter of section thir
ty-one;
Also the south fractional half of section
seven;
Also the sonthirest frartinnal ninrtrn-
section nine:
All in township fourteen, north of range
thirty-one west.
Also the north half of section thirteen:
Alsn the enct half th cnnthAno,
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ter of section thirteen:
Aiao tne north half of section twenty-five;
Also the fractional smith hnif nf
u.1.UVU
twenty-five;
aiso tne north half of section twenty-seven
Also the fractional smith half
twentv-seven:
Also the north half of section twentv-nine:
Also the frrw-tinnnl smith i-lf nf'.otnn
' ...... A vr dUUUU
twenty-nine:
All in township fourteen, north of ranee
thirty-two. &
aiso an ot iractional section twenty-five.
Also the northwest mnrt-r rf .t
twenty-seven:
Also the fractional smith hnif nf on;nn
- . MM. Ul OH.tVt4
twenty-seven:
Also the southwest rn-ti r .-..-.7
twenty-three;
All in township fourteen, range thirty
three west rnntilnlnn -,! ii V'-?
(Jiraf acres rcd and elg"ty-three
Also tho rana! nf ihn Vndh Dint to. t i . ,
..nAColapany' kDOW the North Platte Canal,
with neadimtM a Hltln inniTiM. n . i
r- u ..... i vvfc wo uuruiwesi
corner of the southwest quarter of section eighteen
(131. in totrnshin fnni-f ton Mil .i-. u
-- iuiiin;
133), rannlDR thence in a northeasterly direction
through section thirteen (13) in township fourteen
(14). ranire thirtv.fmip vodt k.v. .
. ... .f . . IU1UUMU OCV-
tion eighteen lb). In township fourteen (14),ranR
thirty-three (.33). thence in a general southeasterly
direction through sections seventeen (17), sixteen
116), twenty-one (21) and twenty-two (22), to near
the center of sontlnn tvunt.tlmui i- v,
.. .. ."vmV-w(vv M;iU MJHUPUiU
fourteen (14). range thirty-three (33) west, thence
In a general northeasterly directiou through sec
tions twonty-three (23) and twenty-four (24), in
tOwnshin fourteen (lit
west, thence through and across the northwest
corner of section nineteen (19), through sections
eighteen (18) and seventeen (17) in a generally
northeasterly direction In
range thirty-two (32), thence in a generally south-
rn.-.ijr wiTOuiu luruugn sections sixteen (16),
fifteen (15), twenty-two 22, twenty-three 23 and
twentr-five f'rl nil In ln.Kln r. 1 1
range thirty-two 32 west, thence through sections
nineteen 1191 and the vest hnlf rr .r.n. .. .
F -- - - rc.uuu incut
201, In township fourteen 141, range thirty-one
dlj west, thence in a southeaxterly direction
throuch the. e.ivt hnlf rtf rani
I through sections twenty-one 21, twenty-two r22L
J," .. i l. ' l"e,nV suc l-J ana twenty-five
1251, In township fourteen 111 range
t2!Ft-v'?nc l3,J' and through section" thirtv
IIWI and near the stmitherwt mmar v, ,r
. . ... . b vw. blilCUl,
thence easterly near the south line of sec
tion twenty-nine i29) to a ooint about three.
quarters of the distance along said south
line, thence in a northeasterlv ri
Lurouga section twenty-nine 23 and section
twenty-eight 28 to tne North Platte river
into Which it emnties t
headgatcs. dams, right-of-way, laterals.
checks and all water rights, there being two
hundred and seventy 270J water rights of
eiehtV ISOl arTM. more or louu hh..i,ii .11
I said lands and real estate being situated in
cue Luuinj in Lincoln, in tne state of Ne
braska. Yon are rennireil t niwiror l--m infm
tion on or before the 6th day of April. 1896.
uav oi r eoruarv, ifeue.
xtin STATE OF NEBRASKA,
T Plaintiff.
By J. G. Beelek, County Attorney,
in and for Tinc-oln eonntf vhmoifi
, ..UUiUOfttt.
and Neville & Paiisons. Attorneys.
Feb'y 25wi.
LEGAL NOTICE.
David CI. Hnte nnn.riwiilant
will take notice that on the 1st day of Feb
ruary, 1896, The First National Bank of Elka
der. Iowa, plaintiff herein, filed its petition
in the district court of Lincoln countv. Ne
braska, against said defendant, the "object
and prayer of which are to foreclose a cer
tain mortgage executed by the defendant to
one W. J. Wroughton upon the west half of
the SOUthwest onnrter rml rha omitk....
quarter of the southwest quarter of section
-, auu iuc nuriueasc quarter oi tne north-
westouarter of seetton it tonmnno
29, in Lincoln county. Nebraska, to secure
the payment of a certain promissory note
dated January 7th. 1833. for the sum of
5461.28. payable one year from date thereof,
that sairl note was hr tho r-T-un .1..!,-
signed to plaintiff herein: that "there Is" now
OUe Tll.Tinf iff linnn nll nntu - n.l m..
the sum of t503.00. and plaintifT praj-s for a
decree that defendant be required to pay
the same, or that said premises may be sold
w ouLiatj Lin; duiuum lounu iiue.
You are rennired to nnmrui- oot.l
A 1 ' v-i .... i v. IJCIIUUU
on or before the 16th day of March, 1896.
xiaieu reDruary 1st. 1896.
lUHd,
f44 Bv T. C. Patterson,
SHERIFF'S SALE.
Bv virtue of an onler of !le l.l n-
C. Elder, clerk of the district court ofLin-
com county. wenrasKa. upon
a decree of
foreclosure renrlererl In cifrl i
of the McKInley-Lanning Loan and Trust
Company, (a corporation), and against Ber
tha M. L. Thoelecke. Louis D. Thoelecke, her
husband, eL. al.. I have levied upon the fol
lowing described real estate as the propertv
Of the sairl Rerthn T T. rnr..fr f ..r..
- - - . .uuvin-at, JUUU19
D. Thoelecke, her husband, et- aL. to-wit-LotTen
(10) of Wyman's sub-division of Lots
One (1) and (2i. in Block One Hundred and
Fifteen Mt5l In the nrl
Platte. Nebraska, and. I will on the 13th day
yji. .11.1.1.11. tow. ai uue uciock p. la.. Ot saiu
day, at the east front door of the court-house
(that being the building wherein the last
term of court vnu helrl, nf oi.i .ai..
North Platte, sell the said real estate at pub
lic ouiuuu iu me mgnesi. Diuaer tor cash,
to satisfy said order of sale; the amount
found due thereon In the i
the sum of 1428.25 and $18.68 costs, and accru
ing costs.
uaicu .ori.u jriane. iseo.. reoy 10. 1896.
1115 JACOB MILLER. Sheriff
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
IN Hoard of Tlirertora of lnulln T-J .1
District has filed in the office of the clerk
oi me uisinci court ot .Lincoln county. Ne
braska, itsiietitlon the ooWt on.t
which is to have the proceedings ot said dis
trict and said Board of Directors of said
Gaslin Irrigation District organizing said dis
Liiv-u U.UU laauiug iuc uunus ui;.sam district to
the amount of nm to Vie vimlnA.i t...
DLstrlct Court of Lincoln county. Nebraska.
?ni l? na7 e sa,a, Proceedings to be declared
lb FV ad va"d-and that mm
bonds he fleclnrecl to he i tH1 ...-
bonus be declared to be a valid lien upon the
land witnin tne boundaries of ald Hlistrict
And by order of the Hon. H. JL Grimes,
judge of said district court, said petition
will ne heanl nnrl fletilwl nn xr.i -,..
9th day of March. 1X3. at nine o'clock in the
luicuwu, ui 03 .Mum inereaiier as it can be
heard, and all or any persoas interested in
the organization of said district or in the
Toceeuings ior ine issue ana sale of said
onns. mar nn nr hefnra Vn rit..
the hearincof said netiMnn. vW- MnnH.
9th day of March. 1896. at nine o'clock In
the forenoon of said day, demur or answer
to said petition.
Witness my hand and official seal this 14th
day of February. 189S.
W. C. ELDER. Clerk of the District Court,
f I M By K. A. ELDER, Deputy.
LEGAL NOTICE.
JfWnh TTpnrv Tntttatro rTiarkAa.Ti ...:n ti.A
t - 1 m j w 1IUU iUAt? UlT
tice that on the 5th day of February, 18fl6, Andrew
Plcard. plaintiff herein, filed his petition in the
district court of Lincoln county, Nebraska, ngainrt
paid defendant, the object and prayer or which are
to obtain a judgment njjainst the paid Jefendant
for the sum of $1881.53 doe the plaintiff upon n
final settlement and allowance of his final ac
count, by the county court of said county, a
guardian ot the estate of wild defendant; that
plaintiff haw caused ad order of attachment to be
issued in said action and the same has been levied
upon the following described real estate, viz: The
east half of section 25. In townjhlpll, range 31,
Lincoln county. Nebraska, as the property of the
defendant, and plaintiff will on the rendering of
judgment in aid action pray for an order of said
court requiring the sheriff of said county to sell
w much of said real estate as will satisfy plain
tiff's claim and the cost of this action.
You are required to answer said petition on or
before the 6th day of April, 1M.
ANDREW PICARD, Plaintiff
f-' By T.C.Patterson, his Attorney.
-NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
U. S. Land Office, North Platte, Neb.,
v- .v , February 23th, la9t. y"
Notice 18 hprphv irivnn thnt ihn fnllr. ' .
pettier has filed notice of his intention to make
nnai proor in rapport or na claim and that said
Droof Will be mailn hefnr Hi a T ...
er,t orih 'ae. eb on March 30th,
CHESTRn wnnmvnhTn
who made Homestead Entry No. 15S forth
boutheast quarter of Section 0. Township 16 N.
Range 28 W. Ho names the following witnesses
.vrw.vm.wmmuuuj resjuenco upon and culti
vation of paid land, viz: Wellman A. Stearns,
1 Charles Qanqung, John C Little and -Pr-rleHv
Pas
ablic. I
on, bat
s done
pect
icn
WITOH MZEi OH.