THE NORTH PLATTE SEMi-WEEKLif TRIBUNE FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 29, 1896.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
Resolution to laapeacli Cleveland.
Washington, May 24. Representa
tive Howard, Populist of Alabama,
Introduced a resolution in onen linn
today for the impeachment of President
Ueveland, the grounds alleged by the
resolution being illegal sale of bonds,
Illegal use of the proceeds of the bonds
sales, corruption in politics and refusal.
to enforce the anti-trust law. 3Ir.
Howard's sensation was very short
aved. When the clerk ceased reading,;
coward, wno had arisen to address the'
house, was suddenly taken oft the floor
by 3Jr. Dingley, the floor leader of the'
majority, who raised the question of
consideration against the resolution.
The question was promptly put by the
speaker and by a practically unanimous,
rote the house declined to give Mr
Howard a hearing. The house then'
Gettled down to dull routine.
Adopts Hirer and Harbor BI1L
Washington-, .May 24. The house
adopted the conference report on the
river and harbor bifl.
last of Sapply Kills Passed.
Washington, May 2G. The general
deficiency appropriation bill, the last of
the supply bills, was before the senate
Monday and passed just before adjourn
ment. It temporarily displaced the bill
to prohibit the issue of bonds. As
passed, the bill carries about $10,000,000,
an increase of ?fi,00O,000 over the house
bill. Most important amendment was
$1,542,979 to the Southern Pacific com
pany for transportation of mails.
Sem Still Objecting. '.
"Washington', May 26. Kern (Pop.,
2?eb.) resumed his obstructive policy at
the opening of the session of the house
Monday, entering objections wherever
possible. Eabcock promptly claimed
the day for District of Columbia busi
ness. When it was concluded, on
motion of Evans, the house went into
committee of the whole to consider the
bill to repeal the free alcohol clause of
the existing tariff law.
Barred From the Use of the Mails.
"Washington, May 24. Postmaster
General Wilson today issued an order
barring D. Fuller of Jewell, la., from
the use of the United States mails. He
advertised to sell counterfeit half dol
lars that would defy detection for a
quarter,, each. This was adjudged a
fraudulent operation under the law,
and the postmaster at Jewell has fcetrn
ordered to return all mail addressed to
him to the senders.
Public Building for Torlr.
"Washington, May 24. Bills for pub
lic buildings at the following places
were favorably reported by a sub-co i
mittee of the house conimitte on pub.ic
buildings: York, Keb., 100,000; Chey
enne, (increase), $ 100,000.
Alcohol Bill Passed.
Washington, May 27. The house
Tuesday, by a vote of 165 to 69, passvL
the bill for the repeal of section 61 of
the present tariff law, providing for a
rebate on alcohol used in the arts or
medicinal compounds. An amendment
was attached to the bill providing for a
joint commission to consist of three
members from each house to examine
and report on all questions relating to
free alcohol at tin i ext ze sioa.
Tariff snd Finance in the Senate.
Washington, May 27. Tariff and
finance each came in for a share of con
sideration in the senate Tuesday. Eariy
in the day Sherman succeeded in having
the filled cheese bill taken up, where
upon Mr. Dubois offered an amendment
adding 75 cent per barrel to the tax on
beer. The senator said his amendmeut
was intended to test the sincerity of
senators who expressed the patriotic dn
sire to aid the treasury by raising more
revenue. Sherman opposed the amend
ment as a skillful means to defeat the
cheese bill. His motion to table the
Dubois amendment was defeated, yeas,
25; nays, SO. On the question of adopt
ing the amendment, the debate became
general, Senators Mills and Gray sup
porting and Nelson, Aldrich and Vilas
opposing it. The bill and the pending
beer amendment were displaced at 2
o'clock by the bond bill, -which was ad
vocated by Pritchard and opposed by
Lindsay. Thurston, in view of his de
parture, owing to the sickness in his
family, defined his position on a num
ber of important pending measures,
viz. Favorable to the election of sena
tors by the people; to the bill amending
the law for punishment for contempt of
court; to the filled cheese bill and op
posed to the bill prohibiting the issue of
bonds. As to the last measure
Thurston said his opposition was not
due to the principle of the bill, which
he might approve at another time, bnt
he felt it was too late in the session to
withhold from the administration the
means of avoiding a monetary crisis.
President Cannot Comply.
Washington, May 24. The president
has sent a message to the senate saying
that he cannot communicate the infor
mation asked for by the Morgan resolu
tion in regard to Cuba,
Knocked Oat the Beer Tax.
"Washington, May 2S. The amend
ment to the filled cheese bill for an ad
ditional tax of 75 cents a barrel on beer
has been defeated in the senate yeas,
; nays, 34.
Supreme Court Adjourns.
"Washington, May 26. The supreme'
court of the United States has adjourned,
until next October. No decision was:
announced in the California irrigation
cases. ;
President Sends In a. Veto.
Washington, May 24. iThe president
today sent to the house his veto of the
bill to amend the act fixing the fees o
register and receivers of land offices. ,
Minister Willi at Washington.
"Washington, May 24. Mr. "Willis
Kentucky, United States mini-rter
Hawaii, has arrived, in "Washington.
to
Omaha Bridge Decision.
"Washington, May 26. The
opinion
tt the court below in the Omaha bridge
rase was affirmed by the supreme court, i
The Discovery Saved His Life
Mr. G. Caillouette, Druggist, Beavers
ville I1L, says: "To Dr. King's New
Discovery I owe my life. Was taken
with la grippe and tried all t e physi
cians for miles about, but of no avail
and was given up and told I could not
live. Having Dr. King's New Discovery
in my store I sent for a battle and be
gan its use and from the first dose be
gan to get brtter, and after using three
bottles was up and about again. It is
worth its weight in gold. We wont keep
store or house without it." Get a free
triai at A. F. Steitz's
drug
store.
A SHEPHERDESS OF SHEEP.
She walks the lady of my delight
A shepherdess or sheep.
Herflock3 are thoughts; she keeps them
white:
She guards them from the steep:
She leads thorn on the fragrant height
And folds them in for sleep.
She roams maternal hills and bright.
Dark valleys safe and deep:
Her dreams are innocent at night
The chastest stars nay peep.
She walks the lz&j of mjr delight
A shepherdess of sheep.
She holds her little thoughts in sight.
Though cay they rnn and leap;
She is so circumspect end right;
She has her soul to keep:
She walks the lady of my delight
A shepherdess of sheep.
Pall Hall Gazette.
MT FIRST CAMPAIGN.
At Fort Yuma, in the southwest cor
ner of Arizona, life had long been mon
otonous, so we heard with muchpleas
. ure that several bands cf Apaches had
"jumped" their reservations and were
on the warpath. Preparations were at
once begun in anticipation of expected
orders to round the Indians up. Soon
we received the orders by telegraph,
and at once took the field.
The other officers of my troop were
either on leave cr on detached service,
so I was temporarily in command of
my troop. I had graduated from the
Military academy but a short time be
fore, and had been on but few scouts.
Still I had seen enough field service to
niako me quite confident cf my ability
to c ommand my troop.
The number cf hestile Indians was
reported at about 30, divided into sev
eral bands. As the direction which they
had taken was net definitely known, it
was considered best for the troop3 to
separate, as a single troop could easily
capture a band cf the hostiles, or even
the whole let in case the bands should
unite, while by separating the chances
of striking the trails would be greatly
increased.
I hailed this-plan with delight, for as
long as my troop was with any one of
the ethers, I, being the junior officer,
could merely cbey the orders given to
me. But alone I would be free to exer
cise my ingenuity.
Visions of success rose before me.
Here was an crjrly chance to win fame,
and perhaps a brevet as an Indian fight
er! I was alone, and would plan the
capture I intended to make. Old ser
geants with a trocp are fond of giving ad
vice to the "youngsters" just out of the
academy, but I would make them un
derstand that they need not attempt
that with me!
My route was toward the northeast.
We proceeded rapidly, searching eager
ly for Indian signs, through a desert
covered with cactus of manv varieties.
Snakes, tarantulas, centipeds and other
similar creatures abounded.
Fcr two days we did not see the
slightest sign of an Indian trail, and I
began to fear that I was noc to have a
chance to win. my spurs. But on the
morning cf tho third day wo struck an J
Indian trail, and my hopes rose.
were short lived, for the trail was an old
one. We soon lest it and resumed our
march in the original direction.
Next day, s:ion after an hour's halt
for dinner, the scouts reported an Indian
rail. I hurried forward to inspect it. It
was a verr plain one, ana even to my
unpracticed eye it was evident that the
band was much larger than we had ex
pected to meet. I concluded that the
several bands must, lv a preconcerted
plan, have concentrated at some point.
I was delighted at this, for instead of
capturing one band I should capture all.
Without l'-ss of time I gave the nec
essary instructions, took precautions to
avoid falling into an ambush and gave
the crder to advance. Old Indian hunt
ers say: ' 'If you see Apache signs, be
very careful ; if you don't see signs, be
much mrre caref uL " If 1 he Indians sus
pect they are being pursued, they will
destroy, as far as possible, all signs of
their trail. The clearness cf the trail we
were following assured me that the In
dians were blissfully unconscious of our
presence.
The scouts, however, were directed to
remain near the column, and in order
not to lose any of the credit of the cap
ture I followed close on their heels. We
moved rapidly, and the trail grew
warmer every minute. We were at the
most not over two hours behind the
Apaches.
It was growing dusk, and I began to
fear that we should net come up with
them that night, but would be f reed to
go into camp at dark. The country had
become rolling, so that we could not see
any distance ahead, and tliii should
have made mo more cautious to avoid an
ambush. But I did not anticipate any
thing of this kind, for I still had no rea
son to think that the Indians had any
idea we were close cn their trail.
As we came over the crest of a small
hill the scouts pointed out to me a thin
line of snioko rising beyond the next
rise of ground. I at once halted and
dismounted my command. Undoubtedly
the Indians had gone into camp unsus
picious cf our approach.
I could hear my heart beat with ex
citement and anticipation, but in order
to lay my plans correctly it -was neces
sary for me to see the ground myself.
After a moment's hesitation I concluded
to take the first sergeant with me.
"We tied bunches of grass on our heads
and then crept forward ten yards apart
cntil we came to the crest of the ob
structing MIL I peered over, drew has
tily back and took a long breath. There
they were! There was no doubt of that,
for they were not 100 yards away, and
at the first glance I saw that they were
almost as many men as I had
This was rather more than I had bar
gained for. I had expected to meet ten
or a dozen, or, in case the bands had
united, 80 at most. However, I was in
for it now. It would never do tore
treat, and my glory v. 1 be all the
greater from such a capture.
I took another glance and then beck
oned to my sergeant to fall back a short
distance for a consultation. As he came
up to me without waiuhg'ibr mo to
speak he said:
"Lieuteivuit, I think"
He got no further, fcr at that point I
interrupted him. As he began to speak
the thought flashed through my mind:
"There! As I had expected, he is going
to presume on his position as an old
soldier and give me advice. 1 ' I did not
want any advice. I wanted the credit,
and the whole credit.
I knew that his advice would be good,
for he was an old Indian fighter and a
level neaaea man, out tnat was ail tne
more reason for my not wanting to hear I
his advice., for no doubtX should be inr I
,fluenced"Ty it, and" theii I should feel In
honor bound, to acknowledge his share
in the success. Therefore, as he began
to speak, I said, perhaps rather too
abrnptly:
JNever mma. sergeant, wnat you
think. Join tho troop and have it ready
to attack as soon as I come back."
With a suspicion of a smile on. his
face, but true to his reputation as a
splendid soldier, he obeyed without
word. I again crept forward to the crest
of the hill, and protected by my mask of
grass made a thorough survey of the
ground.
The Indians, as I had expected, be
lieving themselves absolutely safe, had
taken, no precautions to guard against a
surprise. They had gone into camp on
the bank of a small stream, which at
this point made a bend away from me
and then back again, forming a V, with
the Indian camp at the vertex. The
stream had at the bend cut into the op
posite bank, making it steep and hard
to scale.
Their campfireswere lighted, and the
Indians were evidently preparing sup
per. Their rifles were stacked a little in
Advance on one side.
My plan was quickly formed. I would
send small detachments up and down
the stream to cut off escape in those di
rections ana would, araw up my main
body behind the crest where I was.
They would have perfect command of
the camp and could also pick off any
one who attempted to escape by scaling
the opposite bank.
When everything should be ready, I
would advance alone as far down the
slope as possible, and as soon as discov
ered would call cn the camp to surren
der. At my call my men would appear at
tho crest with, their rifles cocked and
aimed. I hoped by this plan to capture
the whole camp without firing a shot.
I returned to my troop and carefully
explained the plan. Again I thought
that I noticed one or two peculiar smiles
on the men's faces. I paid no attention
to them, but made the details for the
two parties to cut off the retreat up and
down the stream.
I selected trustworthy noncommis-
sioned officers to command these parties
j and started them for their designated
places. I then deployed my men as skir
mishers, and after waiting a sufficient
length of time for the two detached par
ties to reach their places I gave the or
der for the men to advance cautiously to
the crest of the hill.
It was quite dark by this time, and
with a sigh of relief I saw my plans
completed without any alarm having
been given.
I cautiously advanced alone till with
in easy speaking distance, when I step
ped into plain view and called for the
surrender of the camp, at the same
time telling them that escape was im
possible. I was perfectly astounded to see no
commotion, no confusion in the camp,
but in reply to my summons a voice an
swered in good English:
"All right, old fellow, we surrender.
Now march your men in and have some
supper."
I recosrrizrxl the Knenker rmo of ihci
I captains from the next post, who was
in command of a company of Indian
scouts, that I had mistaken for a band
of hostiles.
The joke was on me, and I had noth
ing to do but to make the best of it. So, .
hiding my chagrin as best I could, I
gave the order for the men to return for
their horses and march into camp.
The captain told me that all tho hos
tiles had returned to their reservation,
but when his scouts had reported to
him that we were following him he
had guessed that we had not heard of
their return, but had mistaken his com
pany for the Indians. He had thought
that it would be a good joke on me to
let me go ahead and capture his com
pany. After supper, when I went to inspect
the horses, the first sergeant said to me:
"Lieutenant, I started to tell you
that I thought that those were friendly
Indians, and when you sent me back to
the troop I cautioned the men not to
shoot unless I proved to be mistaken."
It would indeed have been a dreadful
mistake if any one had been hurt. So I
thanked the sergeant for his thoughtful
ness and at the same time mentally re
solved that the next time I would listen
to his advice.
It did not take long after I returned
to my post for the story to leak out.
But it was a long time before they tired
of telling how I captured a company of
our own Indian scouts. Lieutenant J.
O. W. Brooks, 17. S. A, in Youth's
Companion.
The Mississippi.
Mississippi was originally Meche Sebe,
' 'Father of Waters. ' ' It was first spell
ed Misisipi by Tabott, a Jesuit explorer,
and one consonant after another has
been since added until it is now loaded
flown. The Choctaws called it the "Long
river;" the Illinois Indians knew it as
the "Great Fish river;" on old maps it
is designated as La Grande Riviere,
Biviere Conception, Riviere Baude,
Pleuve St. Louis, Bio del Esperitu
banto, Rio Escondido and many other
names. The Indian tribes that lived on
its banks named different sections to
please themselves, and it is said that
, from its source to its mouth it was orig
: inally called by more than 100 names.
Some philologists doubt the correctness
of the translations given above and com
monly received and think the original
word means 'all the rivers of the earth. "
Her Cycle Book.
The bicycle book is the latest, a pret
ty conceit which will doubtless find fa
vor with the fair devotees of the wheel.
It is intended to be used as a sort of
diary of one's trips and to record the
speed and length of each ride. Like the
address book and the calling list book,
which have been found really useful,
this little book is handmade. The best
of paper should be used and the cover
should be of canvas, parchment or leath
er. A tiny painting, or pen and ink
drawing of a wheel with a suitable
motto or apt quotation, would be just
right for decoration.
Corliss the Hair.
When curled and waved hnfr must be
had at any cost, wet your hair thorough
ly with good cologne or alcohol and
while it is wet curl over a smooth hot
iron. "When the hair is perfectly dry,
comb out your curls and arrange as best
pleases you. Then powder the hair
slightly, and you need not worry over
the result for some hours. This treat
ment is only for summer, and even then
should not be tried every dav, as it
wuold in time dry and fade the hair,
THE. ANGELS' OVERSIGHT.
We have a little sister.
I wonder if they missed her
When she -wandered out of heaven to come so
faraTray.
How could, they ever spare her?
I know she must be fairer
Than any little angel they are keeping there
today. .
Her eyes are blue and shining.
And her hair is soft and twining.
Jest like a bit of sunshine all curled in little
rings.
But, ah, who would have thought it?
(Perhaps they all forgot it.)
They let her come from heaven all the way
without her wings I
Sydney Dayve in Outlook.
ANTONIO'S MAET.
Dora England was standing in the
garden, bareheaded, holding her baby
in her arms. She leaned against the
balustrade, and her little son kicked his
feet against the pink blossoms of the
passion vine running a race up the side
of the house with a climbing rose that
was a wonder even among the roses of
Santa Barbara. Dora looked at the little
feet and at the rosy flowers and then
laughed, and pulling off the shoes and
socks held the bare feet up by the flow
ers and matched pinkness. Then, being
a mother, she began to fondle the little
things in a most unreasonable way, and
it was then that she saw Mary for the
first time saw her come through the
gate and into the garden, not walking,
but running running as though that,
and not walking, were the natural hu
man gait, a girl of 17, a Mexican, dark
and tall and with a tuneful voice when
she began to speak.
"I am Mary, Antonio's Mary," she
said, "not Maria, but Mary, just like
American girls are named I looked
from the house there over to the house
here, and I knew that you were the one
I had come to seek. I am happy, ah,
happy, if this is the little angel I am to
take care of. I have so many, many lit
tle brothers and sisters, and I beg mv
mother to let me stay and take care of
them. But my mother says, 'Mary, you
are a woman now and must make mon
ey. ' And so, as for me, until now it is
in a laundry that I have worked. But
how can one love a laundry? When Jose,
the waiter in the big hotel came to get
me, I knew that you would let me come
to you, for I love the baby, and when
one loves one does well is it not so?"
And then, without waiting: "It is a
good thing, dear lady, that you. are not
in the bis hotel now. My mother is a
careful woman you do not know what
a careful woman and the big hotel is
a bad place for a girl like me. "
"A prudent mother, " was what Dora
thought.
Mary had taken the baby and was
looking hard at the mother with hie;
affectionate eyes. Dora's imagination
was making a picture, "She shall wear
dark gown, a large white apron and
an enormous black hat, and there must
be some red about her, and then on the
beach with the baby, with his yellow
hair, in her arms, she will be lovely."
And so," Robert England said to
the Sedgeleys next day, "the little
Mexican is to become the caretaker of
my son, because she has a skin like
satin, a low brow and a mouthful of
glistening teeth." But he did not say
his to his wife. He could not have said
that he understood women, but he
might have said that he understood one
woman. He was never a better lawyer
than when he was in his own house,
and that high strung little wife of his
was as complex a body as 12 men ever
were.
So Mary came, and Dora and her hus
band and the Sedgeleys watched! her
every morning when she sat in the sun
on the sand with the baby on her lap.
She would take a handful of sand, and
holding it as high its she could reach
she would let it slip through her fin
gers, and when the child laughed she
would laugh, too. and clap her hands.
She became a feature of the beach life
of Santa Barbara. Every one watched
for the coming of the tall young savage
and the fair haired child The young j
men from New York who are the stars j
in the play life that goes on in the place I
every winter an existence that is no 1
more like real life than the Santa Bar- I
bara winter is like real winter and
who are very pretty editions de luxe of
the Mexican vaquero, with their broad
sombreros, their silver trimmed saddles,
their rawhide bridles and diabolical
Mexican bits, and their spurs weighed
down with silver chains even they
looked at her as they rode up and down
on the beach.
"Niva aud I have been looking at the
most beautiful creature in Santa Bar
bara, "said Dora as her husband and
Niva's came up to her high cart.
"Now I know you are talking about
Dora's fad," Robert said "A month
ago, 'the most beautiful thing' would
have signified the most wonderful baby
in the world, but now the truth is,
Dora enjoys being on a pedestal Per
haps she has never been on one before,
except for the short time that she occu
pied one of my making a great many
years ago before we were married. But
now she has become a sort of supernat
ural being in Mary's eyes. I assure you,
she is father, mother and father confess
or all in one. There are no bounds to
her devotion. I am sure she would slay
one of her small brothers without a pang
if Dora ordered the sacrifice"
' 'An uncomfortable sort of
bility," muttered Niva.
responsi-
"Yes, " Dora said, "and I hate that
I hate responsibility, and I abhor posing,
and my part in this is a deadly pose. "
"She is undeniablv pretty," said
Niva's quiet husband, "and that New
York fellow, your friend Dulauey over
there, seems to think so too, "
"She is beautiful," insisted Dora.
"She is, ' ' muttered Niva again, 'dan
gerously beautiful. "
What Robert England said was all
true. Mary gave Dora her worship, and
there was jealousy in the adobe home of
Mary's mother and hot battles for Mary.
"It is for the American woman and her
one child that you desert your mother, "
stormed Carmen. "We are nothing to
you now, " with a sweep of her hand in
cluding half a dozen very frightened
looking little rats of children. Mary
was thinking all the time that she did
not like scolding mothers and brothers
and sisters who were unpleasant and
very dirty.
"Antonio," insisted Carmen to the
big Mexican, her husband, who sat
smoking his pipe with great calmness,
"tell the girl that she cannot leave the
house; that she shall never see the
American woman's face again."
"I am going now, " Mary said " I
shall never leave my sweet lady until
she tells me to co. She needs me.
She t
has told me that sue lieetu me. "
'She has taught my daughter to dis
obey her mother. You shall not go. It
13 my right, the obedience of my chil
dren!" screamed Carmen.
But by this time Marv was runnins
down the street laughing. The big An
tonio went on smoking, and the neigh
bors came out cf their houses to see Car
men and her unruly child.
"Come back!" shouted "the mother.
But Mary always turned her laugh
ing head and cried, "No, no!;'
"May I tell yon all about it?" Mary
said one morning.
"All about what?" asked D?.ra, and
Mary cried: "Oh"; the most wonderful
thing has happened, tho most magnifi
cent thing. My cousin, who is a widow,
mourns no longer. Her house is a fine
place, as big as these two rooms. The
floor of her house is net like the earth
floor of the house cf my father. It is a
floor cf boards, all smooth planks. Last
night my cousin camo out of her mourn
ing. A great dance she gave to us all.
If yon could see our Spanish dances!
We have eggshells hollow, gilded egg
shells. And, you. see, we are to break
the shells on the head cf the one that is
most dear to us. The girls are to break
them on the heads of the men, and the
men cn the heads of the girls. And all
the men have broken their shell? on mv
head And the American man he, too,
has covered my hair with gold- See,
see!" and blushing cruelly she held
down her head, which sparkled with
fine gilt dust.
' There were more dances, and this was
not the last time that the gold glittered
in the girl's hair.
"It is ominous, "Dora said to her'f
husband. ' 'I am afraid that Mary has
discovered that she is beautiful. "
"What is she going to do when we go
away?" asked Robert. "What is going
to become cf her?"
"How serious you are, laughed
Dora. "I suppose she will go back to
her laundry."
At the end cf the season, when the
Englands went north again, Dora gave
Mary many pretty gifts. When she got
into the train, she held the baby up for
Mary to kiss and was quite frightened
at the look on the girl's face.
"It seems a pity, Robert said. "A
good deal might have been done with
her, poor little pitiful thing!" And the
train moved otf, and Mary went cut ci
the station. But she did not go back to
the adobe homo of Antonio and Carman.
When Mrs. raiglaud ncard cf it, she
cried a little, and she did not look in
her husband's face that day or the next
day. Niva Sedgeley told her. Niva was
not surprised. And in the meautime
Horace Dulaney staid on-at the bur hotel
until the hot weather drove him away.
Etta Ramsdell Goodwin in Argonaut.
Pay of Former Contributors.
Coleridge took at times an exaggerat
ed view of his services to The Morning
Chronicle. His surprising statement
that Stuart in 1S00 offered him 2,000
a year if he would devote himself to
journalism, that he declined oa the
ground that he would not give up "the
reading of old folios" for twenty times
2, 000, and that he considered any pay
beyond &350 as a real evil, is obviously
impossible. Stuart probably tried to
spur his indolent contributor by saying
that his services would bo worth some
such sum if they could be made regular.
But the statement is onlvorth notice:
here in illustration of the state cf the
literary market at the time. Southey ac
knowledges his gratitude for the guinea
a week which he received as Stuart's
"laureate."
Poetry, by the way, appears to have
been mere in demand then than at the
present day. Both Perry and Stuart's
elder brother offered to employ Burns,
and Coleridge, Southey, Campbell and
Moore all published poems in the news
papers. Lamb tried his hand at 'jokes. ' '
"Sixpence a joke," he says " and it
was thought pretty high, too was Dan
Stuart's settled remuneration in these
cases."
The high water mark of a journalist's
earnings at the end of the lass century
is probably marked by the achievement
of Mackintosh, who earned 10 guineas
in a week. "No paper could stand it! '
exclaimed the proprietor, and the bar
gain had to be revised A few years
later, however, we are toid that Ster
ling, the father of Carlyle's friend, was
receiving the sum which Coleridge sup
posed himself to have refused, namely,
2, 000 a year for writing leading arti
cles in The Times. National Review.
Ncw Definitions.
Inmates of the Home For Feeble
Minded Children at Glen Ellen often
surprise their teachers by bright ques
tions and witty answers.
' 'Now, children, which one of yon can
tell me what grass is?" asked one of the
instructors the other day. She selected
one little girl from among those who
waved their hands in furious attempts
to gain recognition, and she promptly
answered:
"Little live green streaks."
' 'What is a doll?" was the next ques
tion, and a little boy answered:
"It is a cry baby turned into noth
ing." San Francisco Post.
St. Loais Population.
The St. Louis Directory for 1S96, just
ssued, indicates that the population of
'he city is now 611,288, an increase of
;45,059 since 1S90.
To Hen the Gsntlct.
"To run the gantlet" originated in
Germany and traveled thence to Eng
land, finally becoming domesticated in
America. In both the German and Eng
lish armies and navies, about the time
of the settlement of America, running
the gantlet was a punishment for mis
demeanor, the soldiers of a company or
regiment being placed in two Hues fac
ing each other, each man armed with a
switch. The culprit ran between the
two files and received upon his bare
back the switches of his comrades. An
officer stood by to see that the punish
ment was properly enforced, and any
soldier who failed to do his duty was
himself liable to make the journey be
tween the two files. The Indians along
the coast of Virginia are said to have
observed this punishment inflicted upon
some sailors of an-English man-of-war
and immediately adopted the idea for
torturing their enemies. Hence came the
belief that the punishment or torture
was peculiar to the aborigines of North
America.
Dr. Sawyer; Hear Sir: Having csed your Pa
tilles, i can recommend tiient to the pablie. 1
have been attended by four different Sectors, ber
one and a bait boxes of your raedfciaf has
me more good than all et them. Years reject
fnllr. 2Irs. 3Iamrle Johnson. Ersninn. T!rnfh
County. Mich. Sold bT F. H. Iiatey. "
Judgment I !
r.
l'fie umpire now decides that
; BATTLE AX" is not only
decidedly bigger in size than any
other 5 cent piece of tobacco, but the
quality is the finest he ever saw, and
the flavor delicious You will never
know just how good it is until
you try it '
1 .
Itjtooaleetric Power.
There are not many instances frcsn
which reliable data cf actual working
can be hadl Geneva, with but one-eightieth,
of the population cf London, has
a system which girts her hydraulic
power and electric light at a cm?T pro
portion of the price in London. It can
be had for one-third the London price
at points close to falls, and is far cheap
er than gas. But, alas, we have not the
Swiss mountains, with thei? many
gorges, at our doors, and if we seek the
distant sources the problems of trans
mission come in.
As to capital coss, water power plant
cf modern design and suitable for quite
small falls maybe constructed at 18
to 20 per horsepower. For large in
stallations the capital cost is but 10 or
so. The steam engine cn a similar basis
would coat 20 to 25, and Dawson's gas
engine system about 17. At moderate
efficiency the water power will involve
a wcrkjig expenditure of about 3 to 4
per horsepower per annum, the steam
engine cf 8 and the Dowson gas engine I
of 6 10s., assuming the engine to be
worked 3,000 hours in the year. In
working an electric light station the
efficiency of tho steam engine is law,
for reasons which need not be discussed
here, so that it is apparent that, given
a fall, power can easily be got for the
same capital outlay as for other motor?,
in some cases fcr much leas, while th
working cost is only cue-half. Good
Words.
DEAFNESS CANNOT 3E CURED
by local applications as they csnrjo reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There
is only ooe way to cure deafneee, and
cbat is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is oeneed by an inflamed coa
lition of the macons lining of tho Eus
tachian Tobe. When this tub is in
flamed you have a rumbling sound or
in perfect beariog, ami when it is eatire
y closed, Deafness i- the result, aad un
i ss the inSamation can be tsken out
tad this to be rest red to its normaUcoo
iition, heanag will be destroyed forever;
q i ae cases oot of ten are caused by ea
arrh which is Both i air but an wiLtmed
condition f the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Deafness (caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's
Catarrh Cure. Seed for circulars; free.
F. J. Cheaey & Co . , Toledo, O.
"ZW Sold by all Druggist', 7-Tc.
Nothing- has ever been produced to
equal or compare with S,a2aplieys,
Witch Hassl Oil as a curative and
healixg application. It has been
used 40 years and always affords relief
and always gives satisfaction.
It Cures Piles or Hemorrhoids, External
or Internal, Blind or Bleeding Itching and
Burning; Cracks or Fissures and Fistafes.
Relief immediate cure certain.
It Cures Burns, Scalds and Ulceration and
Contraction from Burns. Relief instant.
It Cures Torn, Cut and Lacerated
Wounds and Bruises.
It Cures Boils, Hot Tumors, Ukers. Old
Sores, Itching- Eruptions, Scurfy or Scald
Head. It is Infallible.
It Cures Inflamed or Caked Breasts
and Sore Nipples. It is invaluable.
It Cures Salt Rhecm, Tetters, Scurfy
Eruptions, Chapped Hands, Fever Blisters,
Sore Lips or Nostrils, Corns and Bunions,
Sore and Chafed Feet, Stings of Insects.
Three Sizes, 25c, 50c. and Si.co.
Sold byDrogsiats.or sent poet-paid on receiptof price.
UraPIIRETS'aED. CO., Ill h 1!S TTHBaa St.2eir Tori.
1
A Cure for
Piles.
We can assure ail who suffer with In
ternal POes that in Hemorrhoidine we
have a Toeitive cure. The treatment
unlike anv thing heretofore used anJ its t
a .
application bo perfect that every ves- 1
a. . . 1 1 - . a. "t-w
uge ot ma aiseaee is eraaieatjea. tcra-
rrh nciirti is a. harmless compound, can
be n-d for an eve ointment, ret possess
es saeh healing- power that v. ! en ap
Slied to the diseased parts, it at once re
eves and a cure is the sure resn of Vis
continued use. All wi.o gnTer with piles
suiTer from Constipation also and Heni
orrhoiftiiie cures both. Price $1 0. Fcr
Sale by Druscfste. Will be tent frrrn
tie factory rtH-riivt cf price. Ferd rc :
The Foster Mas'f'o Co. Coartcii TfttfTs, ,
Iowa, for tcatiir.ouUb znd iaS-nnation.
1
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Legal Notices.
XOTIC FCR PUBLICATION.
Land OAee at Nortk Platte,
April 30th.
Notice k hereby Rivea tb&t the fetlowiB3.Bane,
settler baeftied notice oC his intention to make.'
&Ml proof in sopeort of hte claim, a ad that saht
proof wilt bo miido before the Kegister sad Be
tmtmm ot 3Grtfc Piatt. NefcraSa. oa. 12th.
1896, tb:
JAMES A. BBOW
who mad Haaieeed Entry 'x 15,t29, fcr Hie
snvtk half of the iethwat qoRrter. ?eetioa. -I, aal
the oaet half of the eovtheost oosrter eettoa 3,
township 17 north, range 29 west. He Danes the
following witnesses to pc ore his eoatinnooa nrt
deoee apon and en tti rattan of sfcl land, vfc:
Albert P. yUl. MUk D. Brothers. Jha i ilaia
and Prince C. Gibe, all of yeshiit, Xeb.
- JOHX F. HEOIAX. Register
NOTICE FOR FUBLICATIOX.
U. S. Land OiBce, Scrth Pistte. Xefc.,
May 18th. ISfifc i
Notice fa hreb7 gives that the foUowtognosaeii
Junior ha tied notice of his intantioa to naice
nanl proof ia snppoct of his claim and that ?aid
proof will be rami before the Setter aed Re
cotrer at 'orth Ftatte, Neb., or Jaty 23. lilS,
Ui
tXPY T. &SYKB.
teho node Qoaeetotd Entry Xn. lfttts for the
eaet half of the Bnrutt quarter and the eaetbatt
of the CTOtbeaei rnarter eetion X. biwaehtp &".,
Range St W. He aaateg the foHetriex- witaee-s
to prove hfa eontiaaoos reideace npos and oaM--rMfon
of seM land, -vizi Charles K Nfrte, WM
lard A. Crenw. Chvreoco C. Bowasaa and CncohSe.
Twraneon, ail of WtllaraV Xeb.
4t JOIty F. UimtAX. Register.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATIONS.
Land OnUe at North Pta?, eb-, I
April 27th. 1S&5.
NotJe if hereby jrlreo that WttHaK State irecr:
ba fled sot ice of intention to make ftsal proof he
tore Segh4er aad KecetTer at his oifice ia Xocth
lttte 9e, on Yridajr. the -Ah day of Juae. ttfg u
timber ealtoreitprUM-iuioa No. 12,168, rc the Bocth-
! weet qaacter of MCiua N"u. L in tmristhip 13
rane .No 35. Ha nam as wttaeneed; Edward
Tailor. Jasper Haatphnry. Charles Record aad
Gears Branner,aU of Paxtam. Safe
US JOHX r. HI2TMAX. Begigter.
BSOBATB .VOTICR.
In the Matter ofrtfca estate of XarsiK Ta Bcaeftr
Ma, decaated.
Is he coast? coart at Lincoln eoanty, Kekcaehav
Jfejr 18th. Ip8S-
Sottc to hereby jfirea, that the u ullhiu eg aaM
deceaeed will meet the daaiofcdnaor m( saMh
ertata. before the Cnonrr Jadgw of I tafola eoaoty,
Nebnwha. at the eocnty eoart roeos. hi Jd aaan
ty, oa tho 19th day of SeptenW, 11 oa the lath,
day of October. and on the Nek day of No.
Tnfcwr, 1S85, at 1 o'clock p. n each day, Jbc the
parpue of prehearing thwir etaiM for esaadaa.
ttoo, adjaauneut and allowance Six Booths artj
allowed iorereditors to present their eating, aad
oae year for the administrator to lle mid eatate.
from the ISth day of Kay. 1HBS. This aotiee wM
be pwbtfehed in Tin Tawrxa. a Hewempec
printed inlaid cnanty. for foar weeha gnecocctreryr
00 aad after Xay 19th. i3.
404 JAXSSX HAY, Cooaty Jadge.
NOTICE.
Laad OiBce, orth Platte. Xeh.. ?
rx.s.
nay BRfe,
Conpiafot haviner been entered at thfe omeq by
George W. ftevfe against Charles P. Bick far fail,
ore to comply irilh taw a to timber-culture eatry
Xo. Ojm dated Aogaet 10th, 1S3, apoa the aartti
weet quarter of section 8c townehip 15 aorth, saae'
SB west, ia Lincoln eoaary, Nebraska, with a vie
to the eanceUatino of said en try; eoatostaot ai
teeira? that the said Cbarle P. Dick has ftdted to
plant or eme to be planted Any perdue of Mid
tract to tree, tree seeds or cnttfng!. or to eattt
vate say portion of said tract the le three' JWttrs.
and that there are no tree growls? afomsald
claim; th said parties are hereby fnmmsnr l to
appear as tWsofiee oa tee Shi day of Jane. IfOi,
at alMCfc a. m... to reepoad aad Carafefe tagti
ravF aoacerning said alleged faDare.
! JOHX r. HLN-JIAN, Xeefcter,
50TICE FOR PFBLICATIOy.
Laad Ottce at North Platte, Neb.,
May 19th. i
Kaafea hi hereby given that Alfred Nehwn has
ftled notice of intendon to nfce final proof be
fore the Jtmgi) 'ter and Receiver at their office ia
North Platte. Nebrvka, on Saturday, the
day of Jose. 138. 00 tiacber application Xo 12,11
fot tho sooth half of the northeast qearter aad
lot 1 of ectioa i, in towneMp 13 north, raage 24
'west. Be mini a wttaoL. eu John P. ?fytrci
and J. K. Xystrom of Gothenburg. Neb., and
Treaa 6. V. N'toeon and John Aadacsoa of Spaa,
nufh, Nefcrafct.
2M JOHN F. HltTXAN, Register.
OKDER OF HEARING.
Tn SfcLTZ or Xtbmasca, 1 1
Ltscour Cov.vi it.
At fee cmoty court held at Ure eoaaty coart
evftm. in and frnud enwty. May S. JSti.
Ia tho- mattar of tfe -rstata e Jaae Kara?,
tSeceniud.
On r aed aite the petttkm of Jaa C
E7ne prsytae; that adartefctratioa of dd estate
racy be granted to Wllltam II. McDonald & ail-'
atafctrator
Ocdered, That Joae Kxh. lfti, at 1 o'cleck. p. is. ,
fc acaigaed for bearing "aid petftioB, sU
poraoau httareided in matter may appear ata
enaaty court to be held in and for sold eeonsyv and
show cms why the prayer of petitioner shoald
not he granted; and thai notice of the ponihinay at
said petition and bearing thereof, be siven to all
immn ui swa imiim i rjr inmiw'i
perrans interacted in said matter by pabttehJag a
copy of this order in thk Tsibuxe, a legal
aews-
?ft?r ' eoooty, for three oe
soeeesslve
weeks prior to said day of heariac.
m2l53 JAXES X. BAY, County Judge.
Dr. A. P. Sawyer Slrt After suffering- fear
yea cs with female wea!tneK I wag perrcaded by a
trie ad to try yonr Pastille?, and after asia? them,
far eae year, I can say I am eotirely welt. I ean
mt recommend them too highly. -Mrs. AI. S. Brook
Bresson. Bethel Branch. Co., Mkrh. For sale by F.
U. Lonrfey.
Wnrii nrl IrTfjr "Vi:o caa thiat
tJ3aiUGU Hil SUCO. ?h,-S
S2Srr5?KL SSSLr"?--
. - "m . . . 1 . .... t..w. awub Aiwr-
dc3 Wafacfcmj, B. C.im- their 81.SCO prize offer
aaO. list r two hundred fcrreattoos xnme