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THE NORTfl PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 23, 1896.
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SHAKESPEARE'S SONNETS.
This Is tho holy missal Ehalicspearo wrote
f 0T rends to ponder when they grieve alone.
within these collects his great heart would note
Its joy and fear, its ecstasy and moan.
Our streng and weakness each was fait by
him;
Ho yearned and shrank, rejoiced and hoped
and bled.
Nor ever will his sacred song be dim,
Though he himself, the friend of friends, is
dead.
Then, on sad evenings when you think of me,
Or when tho morn seems blithe, yet I not
near.
Open this book and read, and I shall bo
The meter murmuring at your bended ear.
I cannot write my love with Shakespeare's art.
But the same burden weighs upon my heart.
Edmund Gosse in "Busset and Silver."
A STOEY OF A DUEL.
Let me write down another of my
grandmother's talcs as she related it
to me. It is not betraying her confi
dence in mo to do so now after these
long years. Again it is my grandmoth
er who speaks:
" Doubtless thou dost wonder why it is
that I so seldom speak of my mother
so seldom even mention her in my
talks with thee. The reason is that she
had no part in the life that was led
around her. She was of a modest, re
tiring spirit, quite overshadowed by the
masterful nature of my father. So gen
tle and quiet was she that no one least
of all I properly valued her worth, un
til she slipped out of our lives. My fa
ther openly despised her, though he had
married her for love. I think he blamed
her because she had never borne him a
son to take his name.
There is a romance connected with
her marriage to my father such as the
women of nowadays could scarcely com
prehend. I could never learn the details,
but only hints cf the story. It seems
that she, while quite a young girl, be
came enamored of a young man named
Laugley, who returned her love, but on
account of his poverty they were not
to be betrothed until he could properly
provide fcr her, and he went away to
seek his fortune. During his absence
my mother's father fell ill, and, not be
ing able to attend to his business, his
family were bronght face to faco with
want. About this time my father
young, rich, handsome offered mar
riage. My mother, however, declined
his suit Tho time went on, and tho
stress of poverty was felt in my mother's
heme. Her father was slowly dying for
want of proper treatment, and when my
father renewed his offer it was accepted.
For some years my mother was hap
py, I believe. She was allowed to main
tain her parents, and she had her chil
dren, my sister and myself, but by de
grees my father's passion for her grew
cold. Then Mr. Laugley returned to the
neighborhood, not with a fortune, in
deed, but with some little money. My
father most unjustly became suspicious
of my mother and would no longer al
low her tho control of any money, even
forbidding hor to visit her father's
house. Now comes tho most touching
part of the .story. My mother's parents,
deprived of the support rendered them
by my fathor, sank into poverty. When 1
he discovered their condition, Mr. Laug
ley took them into his own homo and
adopted them for his own parents,
maintaining them in comfort until they
died, after which he again left the
neighborhood.
My mother accepted her lot with res
ignation. I used to think, when I was
young, that she showed a lack cf prop
er pride in thus bowing to my father's
will, but now I think she was moved
by true piety. She understood my fa
ther's nature better than I did. She
knew the impossibility of making him
change his course of action by entreat
ies. She knew that to have reproached
him for his ungenerous action would
not make him repent of it, bat would
have widened the breach between them,
so she bent before the storm and con
soled her heart by unceasing prayer.
The beauty of my mother's nature
has been revealed to mo by reading her
journal, which she gave to me, wherein
are set out the doings of each clay, to
gether with her thoughts thereon. It is
a beautiful volume, and thou mayest
well contrast it with my own poor jour
nal, which thou shalt have ere long.
I will read one entry, made about
three years after my sister's marriage,
of which I have told thee, which shall
serve for a text for a story. It runs
thus: "This day a duel was fought be
tween Mr. Spencer and Mr. Walling
ford. 'Tis said they quarreled over a
play at cards, but I fear that Theodora
was the cause, which God forbid!"
Then followed some of tho details of
the.encountcr and my mother's thoughts
upon tho subject I have read this much
to show that, though my mother took no
part in what was going on around her,
she yet observed closely enough to be
able to see below tho surface and read
the hidden workings of the hearts of
others.
I will first describe tho principals in
this affair, beginning with him who
proved himself the hero of it Mr. Spcn
cerwas a gentleman of the neighbor
hood a short, slight man, with reddish
hair and somewhat prominent bine
eyes. He was distantly related to the
famous English General Wolfe, whom
ho a little resembled in appearance, of
which fact he was very vain and did
what ho could in the matter of dress to
ihftirrhten the likeness. Personally he
was a most agreeable gentleman and
possessed of considerable talent He
would often entertain the company
with recitations from the poets, but his
favorite piece was a description of the
death of the hero of Quebec, since be
come historic. This piece he would de
liver with dramatic effect whenever"
called upon to do so, until one occasion,
of which I will tell thee, after which
he could never be induced to recite it
1 A party was gathered at the house of
a Mr. Triver, and Mr. Spencer, being
called npon to entertain the guests,
commenced his favorite piece. He had
nearly reached the end; the heights of
'Abraham were scaled; General Wolfe
i lay dying on the ground; the last words
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that Dr. King's 2Jew Discovery has no
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testifies that he was cured of a cough of
two years standing, caused by la grippe,
by Dr. King's New Discovery. B. F.
Merrill, Baldwinsville, Mass., says that
he has used and recommended it and
never knew it to fail and would rather
have it than any doctor, because it
always cures. Mrs. Hemming 222 E.
25tb St., Chicago, always keeps it at
hand and has no fear of croup, because
it instantly relieves. Free Trial Bottle
at A. F. Streitz's drug store.
were waited for iu breathless silence.
Mr. Spencer; described the advent of a
messenger: "They run! They run!"
cried the messenger. ' 'Who run?' ' asked
the dying general. "Three blind
mice!" interrupted a voice in the com
pany. The uproar which followed this
sally prevented the continuance of the
piece. Mr. Spencer took his seat, with a
flush of anger on his cheeks. He was
often made tho butt of a joke and usu
ally took it good naturedly, but this in
sult was more than his pride could
brook. In vain our host entreated him
to proceed. He would not be moved.
It was Mr. Marriott, an inveterate
joker, who caused the interruption, and
it was thought that Mr. Spencer would
demand satisfaction, but, on the con
trary, Mr. Marriott, advancing with a
sincere apology, Mr. Spencer accepted
it generously, and they two became the
firmest friends.
Mr. Wallingford, the other party to
the duel, was in all respects the oppo
site of Mr. Spencer. He was an Eng
lishman a tall, heavy man, with dark
beetling brows and loud, arrogant voice,
handsome in the manner that a moun
tain bull is handsome, from the ap
pearance of great strength and courage.
I describe him to thee as ho really was,
not as my youthful fancy saw him, lor
I thought him a god, in my heart, and
would have married him, perhaps, ex
cept for the manner of his wooing. He
was remarkable in several ways. He
was the only one of all the men who
paid court to me to marry before I did,
for which I ewe him a grudge. He was
also the only man against whom my
mother warned me, though her warning
was of little avail to me. There is a
heavy responsibility, my child, upon a
parent in the matter of choosing a suit
able husband for a daughter. A young
girl cannot know her own heart but
why dost thou smile? Is it because I,
who eloped from my father's house with
the son of my father's enemy, have no
right to speak upon that text?. Well! I
will spare thee the rest of tho lectures
Miss Prue, seeing that thou hast taken
the man 1 chose for thee.
Mr. "Wallingford had arrived in thi3
country after peace was concluded with
England, and, though an Englishman,
he was more enthusiastic about "free
America" than we who had fought for
independence. Ho was not possessed of
any estate, but received or pretended to
receive remittances from England.
Well! Both these gentlemen were, of
course, my lovers. Mr. Spencer was the
first in the field, in point of time, though
I never entertained a serious thought
for him until after the duel, while, as I
said, I came near marrying tho other.
Mr. Spencer's wooing was like himself,
a delicate compliment or a few lines of
poetry was all that he ever permitted
himself. I wish I had kept some of the
verses he wrote me now for a memento,
but I foolishly destroyed them, and can
not remember any, except that he made
my name, Theodora, rhyme with "I
adore her" a very popular couplet
with my poetic admirers. He was my
devoted slave, which was tho greatest
fault I found in him, for my heart was
seeking a master, not a slave, and so,
when ho summoned up courage enough
to lay his heart and hand at my feet, I
had no compunction whatever in telling
him he might net hope.
He boro his disappointment bravely,
and wo continued to bo good friends,
for which I was glad, for he was an in
timate friend of the Saxbys. I pretend
ed to twit him concerning his Quaker
friends, and he never failed to respond
to my raillery by telling of some good
action done by one or other of them. I
listened eagerly to these stories, for I
was deeply interested in the genial look
ing elderly gentleman, and no less in
his handsome silent son, who was to be
come my husband, but from whom I
could neither entice nor provoko a
glance of admiration.
Mr. Wallingford, on the other hand,
usually treated me as a child, except
when he and I were apart from the oth
ers, when he would sink his voice into
a rapturous whisper in addressing me.
Ho hovered about me for three months
before declaring himself, but I could
see that his policy was to warn off oth
er admirers, gradually taking the posi
tion of my sole cavalier.
He chose an evening when a few
guests were informally gathered at my
father's house to unmask himself After
supper ho and I wandered into my
mother's private sitting room under
some pretext or another, I being noth
ing loath to give him the opportunity
to make love to me.
"How hard it is," said ho when we
were alone, "to have a word with you."
"I think you say a good many words
to me, " I replied, with a smile.
We were standing, and I permitted
him to lead mo to a sofa, upon which
he sat down also, next to me. He still
retained my hand, and I waited, with
downcast eyes, for the declaration I ex
pected. I sat a few moments in silence,
jo give him time to collect his thoughts,
for I had received many declarations,
and was calm, while this might be his
first attempt I thought
' 'I am glad to see you now, " he went
on. "I would rather see you in your
grave than not at alii"
The selfishness of his words struck
me, and I looked up to meet his eyes fix
ed upon me with a burning light in
them. I grew uncomfortable under his
gaze and tried to withdraw my hand,
but he would not let it go. Instead, he
clasped me round the waist and tried
to kiss me. I was now quite agitated.
I had no brother to chastise his rude
ness, and I knew that my father would
only laugh at mo if I complained to
hinL A tliis moment I heard a step in
the passage.
"Unhand me, sirl" I cried aloud,
struggling to free myself.
A figure appeared in the doorway. I
was disappointed to see that it was Mr.
Spencer, the last champion I would
have chosen. Mr. Wallingford released
me at once and turned angrily to the
intruder.
"Why this interruption, sir?" he ask
ed, not trying to conceal his passion.
"They are making up a party at
cards," replied Mr. Spencer. "Will
you take a hand?"
I had risen, and now slipped out of
the room, but paused at the door to lis
ten. "You came here to dog me!" cried
Mr. "Wallingford.
"Let us go and play cards," replied
Mr. Spencer. ' '"We can easily find cause
for quarrel in our play if you play as
you played last night, when you won
go heavily from young Sutton. "
The last words were jittered clearly
and deliberately. Ij; was the deadliest
insult that could be offered in those
days, short of calling a man a coward,
to accuse him of cheating at cards. I
waited with batecL. breath for the an
swer. . "I will break every bone in your body
for this," roared Mr. "Wallingford.
There was bullying swagger in his tone,
not the righteous indignation of an in
nocent man wrongfully accused.
"Mr. Marriott will receive any mes
sage you send," replied Mr. Spencer.
"He shall have it," cried Mr. "Wal
lingford, "without delay. I have long
wanted to smash you!"
"You are perhaps stronger than I,"
returned Mr. Spencer, "yet tho battle
is not always to the stronger, especially
when the weapons are pistols, with ten
paces between. Now let us join the
others. Will you precede me?"
Upon hearing these words I fled away
to my own room, and passed the night
in an agony of tears and self reproach.
I knew that nothing now could prevent
the meeting. I dared not tell any one
that I knew about it, or else the whole
story would come out, and, moreover, I
had discovered that my idol was not
gold, nor even brass, but clay of the
basest kind.
The meeting was arranged for the
following morning. The details soon
became common gossip. Two seconds
were presenton each side, besides a sur
geon, in case of accident It seemed a
foregone conclusion that Mr. Spencer
would lose his life, for he was not cred
ited with much courage, and he was a
most indifferent marksman. Mr. Spen
cer and his friends were first on the
field, followed soon after by the oppo
site party. Mr. "Wallingford looked
pale, but walked with his accustomed
swagger, until he happened to meet his
opponent's eye, when he seemed to
cower.
The preliminary arrangements were
soon made, the men stood opposite each
other) and at tho word both fired to
gether. Mr. Spencer remained standing,
but Mr. "Wallingford was seen to stag
ger and fall upon his face. All the spec
tators crowded round the prostrate man,
and the surgeon turned him over to dis
cover the wound, but could find none.
Presently Mr. Wallingford opened his
eyes, and they asked him where he was
hurt. He looked puzzled for a moment,
then muttering, "I am not hurt," he
got up, and walked off the field alone.
His coward heart had failed him before
the calm courage of his opponent
Not many days afterward Mr. Wal
lingford found business to take him
away from the neighborhood. "We heard,
some months afterward, that ho was
married to a wealthy widow in Boston,
but we never saw him in our part of the
country again.
Mr. Spencer was, of course, tho hero
of the hour, lionized and honored by ev
ery one. If he had chosen, he could
have had the pick of the belles of the
country, even myself, if he had asked
me again. Thou wilt not betray my con
fidence? I have told thee things that
even my locked journal does not know.
I have lived heart to heart with my
husband for over 50 years, and know
his every thought, but yet there are
some little things with which I have
not thought fit to trouble him. This
was the only duel fought for me. It is
dreadful, even uow, to reflect that two
men took their live3 in their hands for
my sake. If either had died, I think I
would have entered a convent, to spend
the rest of my days in prayer.
Mr. Spencer and I remained good
friends until his departure for tho
south, which journey he took in the
spring following the duel. His chival
rous soul would not allow him to profit
by the advantage he had gained by his
display of bravery. Instead of renewing
his suit to me he treated me as a broth
er, nor could I desire a dearer brother
than himself. He perceived that I was
interested in the Saxbys, and usually
led our talk to his friends.
He told mo a curious legend about
them, whicli I will repeat It seems
that the Saxbys had been Quakers ever
since the sect was first established, al
ways intermarrying with Quakers. For
a number of generations there had only
been one sou in each generation to take
the name. Daughters had been born,
but only one son. The legend, Mr. Spen
cer told me, was that a witch had put a
curse upon the family, to the effect that
the male line should never wax greater,
and that the family would die out for
want of an heir to take the name if ever
a Saxby married any but a Quaker. Mr.
Spencer says it is a coincidence, and the
coincidence has given rise to the legend,
and my husband says it is the will of
God, but I these witches have strange
powers, and I have never had a son J
My grandmother ceased speaking,
then appeared to listen, while a pretty
color mounted to her cheek. "He is
coming!" sho murmured. "He must not
see my cap awry!" so saying she stepped
to a mirror to adjust the cap of lace and
ribbons which she wore, one of the
"vanities" she affected to despise, yet
loved so dearly,
"If I had become a Quaker," she
continued, touching with deft fingers
the soft white curls upon her forehead,
"I must have given up these gay colors,
and this cherry red ribbon becomes me!"
I now heard my grandfather's step
approach, aud soon his tall form stood
in the door. My grandparents advanced
to meet each other with outstretched
hands, to exchange the kiss without
which they never met? or parted even
for tho shortest interval, and so they
stood, smiling into each other's eyes
lovers still. Fred Stamper in New
York Evening Post
Tradition.
What an enormous "camera obscura"
magnifier is tradition. How a thing
grows in the human memory, in the
human imagination, when love, wor
ship and all that lies in the human
heart is there to encourage it, and in
the darkness, in the entire ignorance,
without date or document, no book, no
Arundel marble, only here and there
gome dull monumental cairn. Carlyle.
When times are good, people put
their money in stocks, but when times
are bad they put it in stockings.
Gayety pleases more when we are as
sured that it does not cover carelessness.
Mme. de StaeL
Btaw Beef."
Raw beef proves of great benefit to
persons of frail constitution. It is chop
ped fine, seasoned with salt and heated
by placing in axiish of hot water. It as
similates rapidly and affords the best
nourishment
Young doves and pigeons are fed with
a sort of pap secreted by the parent
bird. It is necessary to the existence of
the squabs. They die without it
Parisian French Canadian Patoia.
How superlatively Parisian a real
Frenchman would think the people of
Trois-Bivieres who made a public pres
entation to a neighbor for his galanterie
when his real achievement was net
in lovemaking but in life saving! But
the Parisians might find a worso p..tois
in their own country. Tho difference
between their language and that of the
long lost Jean Baptiste is one of accent
more than of words. The French Cana
dian speech is thicker, coarser and less
finicking than the French. One of the
most striking differences occurs in a
multitude of words ending in "ais,"
such as jamais, avais, which aro pro
nounced jama'r ava', and so on, even
by educated Canadians who write per
fect French. "When tho ancestors of
Jean Baptiste sailed from northern
France these words were spelled jamois,
avois, and the pronounciation has not
changed with the orthography. In some
proper names, such as Beauharnois,
even the spelling remains unaltered.
The French Canadian takes liberties
with his consonants as well as his
vowels, as will appear from a few of
M. Manseau's sad examples: A'oir,
agreients, bi'n, anfiu, (afin) a'chante
and i'ohaiitent (for ello chante and elles
or ils chantent), pramenez su' la rule;
donne-moe-le ; e'est ane avartisesment
quej'bon ieu '1 en'oiye! But with all
this, no one accustomed to the conversa
tion of our French neighbors across the
channel need be hindered by an imag
inary strangeness of speech from jour
neying to the inmost parishes of tho
province of Quebec a province full of
rewards for the seeker after old timo
ways. Contemporary Review.
Travels of a Bullet.
R. H Campbell of the Madras civil
corps tells of an incident which came
under his official notice as magistrate of
Hosan, Madras. A European was hunt
ing black buck on a hillside when he
got shot with his Martini-Henry com
bine. The result of the shot taught him
a lesson about the dangers of long range
bullets.
In. a valley 1,500 yards away, beyond
two rather high hills and a little pond,
a native was stunding with his head
bowed and hands clasped behind his
back. The bullet broke the wrist of his
hand. In the investigation that followed
the course of the bullet was traced ac
curately. Ia firing at the antelope the
bullet had hit a stone on tho hillside
and gone bounding end over end over
the first hill. At the next hill another
place where the bullet struck was found.
Here the bullet leaped up into the air
almost perpendicularly, and when it
came down in the ricefield it hit the
man's wrist, broke the bone, cut a gash
in his body, then dropped to the ground
a spent ball. The most dangerous bullet,
save the one in a so called isn't-loadcd-gun,
is the one that gees ricocheting
through the air. New York Sun.
Adam Ferjjusson.
Adam Fergusson, afterward professor
of history iu the University of Edin
burgh and author of a once popular his
tory of the Roman republic, in his
youth was chaplain of the Black Watch,
and with it was present at Fontenoy.
When the regiment was advancing into
action, Sir Robert Munro, the colonel,
noticed his chaplain at the head of the
column with a drawn broadsword in his
hand and ordered him to tho rear with
the doctors.
Fergusson refused, and when the colo
nel, in the altercation which ensued,
threatened to have his commission can
celed, replied, "D n my commission. "
Then charging at the head cf his fleck,
he fought like a gallant Scotsman dur
ing the bloody fray. We doubt not that
the stout Munro forgavo his insubordi
nation for tho sake of his valorous ex
ample, and that the stern old Presbyte
rians in the ranks would appreciate his
subsequent ministrations none the less
that they had seen him in time of trial
play the man in their midst Black
wood's Magazine.
Does tho Moon Affect Insomnia?
"The most singular case of insomnia
of which I ever heard," said a well
known physician, "is that of a friend
of mine in a neighboring town, a lady
of middle age.
"With tho exception of her peculiar
insomnia, sho is in robust health. She
is an uncommonly sound sleeper in the
'dark of tho moon,' but as the new moon
approaches its first quarter sho is at
tacked with wakefulness. She can sleep
pnly at long intervals during the night,
and only a few minutes at a time.
' 'The sleeplessness increases with the
fulling of the moon, and by the time
that stage in tho moon's course is
reached she is unable to obtain even the
slightest slumber. She remains in a
state of utter wakefulness until the
moon begins to wane, when she gradu
ally grows sleepy again.
' 'When the period of dark moon has
arrived, she resumes her unbroken slum
ber. This condition has prevailed for
more than ten years." Pearson's
Weekly.
What It May Como To.
' 'You don't mean to say, Mrs. Easy,
that you aro houseless and homeless?"
"Precisely."
"Astonishing! How did that come
about?"
"Well, I engaged a servant the other
flay and after she had been domiciled a
day or two she asked for nry references,
I gave them to her and after examining
them carefully she pronounced them
unsatisfactory and discharged me."
Boston Courier.
Simplicity.
I am convinced, both by faith and
experience, that to maintain one's self
on this earth is not a hardship, but a
pastime, if we will live simply and
wisely, as the pursuits of the simpler
nations aro still the sports of the more
artificial. Thoreau.
A Possible Motive.
nWhat makes time fly so?"
"If it didn't fly, it would have to be
killed. ' ' Detroit News.
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In a Changeable Climate.
"It was your sign that reassured me,"
he said to the clerk in the store where
they sell men's clothing of all kinds.
"I have passed a dozen 'gents' furnish
ing stores' to got to you."
"I'm glad that we are so favorably
considered."
"It was your announcement that won
me. You call yourself 'an adviser in
gentlemen's apparel,' and what I want
nowmore than anything else is advice. "
"We can show you what is absolute
ly correct in every department of your
attire."
"That isn't what I want It's a mat
ter of moral courage. Do you think
that in this climate where the weather
changes so often and so much, a man
would be justified in disregarding the
comment of the untutored mob and
dressing himself in such a way as to in
sure seasonableness?"
"Certainly," was the answer. "Sea
sonableness is the first requisite of cor
rect attire."
"All right That relieves my mind,
and I'll get right down to business as a
purohaser. Gimme a strawhat and a fur
lined overcoat " Washington Star.
A Russian Blizzard.
The hurricane blasts battered us, the
icy cold benumbed us, ill clad, ill shod,
fasting, altogether unprepared for such
a storm. The sharp, fiercely driven. snow
points pained and almost blinded us,
the prolonged trudge exhausted us, worn
out by toil, constantly falling into drifts
from which we each time rose with in
creasing difficulty. The frequent stop
pages when, in pitch darkness, wo at
tempted with frozen hands to adjust the
harness still moro benumbed us. Then,
again, the poor Russian peasants with
us kept leudly bemoaning their fate,
saying we should all be dead before
morning. They would try to Lag behind,
and wanted to give in, lie down and
pray.
"We English, while equally knowing
that it was an occasion for prayer,
thought we should be moro worthy of
having our prayers answered if we used
for our preservation such powers, men
tal and physical, as had been granted to
us. There may, indeed, have been mo
ments when the evil temptation also
came to some of us to abandon tho strug
gle; and here I must admit that the one
among us who by his cheerincss, calm
courage, aid to the falling and fertility
of resource most inspired us with hope
when we began to despond, and to
whose guidance we mainly owed our
lives, had a largo admixture of Polish
blood in his veins. Even ho, however,
admitted, when we were safe, that his
only hopo throughout had been that we
were by chance going in the right direc
tion. The constant hand to hand struggles
with our horses, which literally cowered
before the blasts, endeavoring to avoid
them by turning round, probably were
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Jewish race. How many millions he
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himself in European society. On this
he spent untold millions.
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of the crown prince of Austria, was
intimate with Prince Henry of Orleans,
nevertheless, aside from some such im
portant exceptions, Baron Hirsch never
penetrated beyond the outer circle of
that exclusive social set, where birth,
not wealth, is mainly the medium of
exohange.
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lionaire, illustrating this mania for so
cial recognition. At one time his name
was presented that ho might become a
member of the Jockey club, the most
aristocratic club in Paris. He had set
his heart on being admitted. Two
princes were his sponsors. Nevertheless
he was blackballed.
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taliation. Quietly buying the house oc
cupied by the club, which was one of
the finest buildings in Paris, he gave
legal notice that when its lease expired
the club must seek new quarters. Al
most immediately an intimation was
given that if he would permit the club
to remain, his election would be se
cured. "Eleofc So-and-so," he answered,
naming a prominent Jew who had been
recently blackballed in the club only on
account of his race, "and you shall keep
your house. You shall make reparation
to my race for this slight not to me. "
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SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE.
The final account of John Kellher, oxeoutor of
tho consolidated estates of Thomas McFalls and
Joseph McFalls, both deceased, filed this June
6th, 1886, will be heard In County Court of Lin
coln county, Nebraska, on Juno 27th, 1890, at one
o'clock p. m.
153 JAMES M. RAY, County Judge.
NOTICE TO C It EDITORS.
Creditors of Gussio Hinman, deceased, will file
their claims in county court within six months
from this June 11, 1S96. Such claims will bo
audited on October 12, November 12, and Decem
ber 12, 1S96, at 1 p. m. each day. The administra
tor is allowed one year from this day to settle said
estate. JAMES M. HAY, County Judge.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
Creditors of Jane lleynes, deceased, will file
their claims within six mouths from this June 11,
1SX5. Such claims will be audited on Octobor 12.
November 12, and December 12, 18fti, at 1 p. m.
each day. One year from this dny is allowed for
the settlement of said estate
47-4 JAMES M. HAY, County Judge.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION'.
Land Office at North Platte, Neb., )
May lthh. 1MW. 1
Notice is horeby given that Alfrod Nelson has
filed notice of intention to make final proof be
fore the Register and Receiver at their office in
North Platte, Nebraska, on Saturday, the. 27th
day of June. 1S00, on timber application No 12,104
foi tho south half of tho northeast iinarter and
lot 1 of section 2, in township 12 north, range 2ft
west. He names as witnesses John P. Nystrom
and J. E. Nystrom of Gothenburg, Neb., and
Trean G. V. Nisson and John Audorsou of Span
nuth, Nebraska.
M22-6 JOHN F.. HINMAN, Register.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
U. S. Land Office, North Platte, Neb., ?
May lPth, 1890. y
Notice is hereby given that the following named
settler has filed notico of his intention to inako
final proof in support of his claim and that said
proof will be made before the Register and Re
ceiver at North Platte, Nob., on July 22d, 1S9C,
viz:
ANDY T. GEYER,
who made Homestead Entry No. 16KJ5 for the
east half of the northeast quarter and the east half
of tho southeast quarter section 32, township 15 N.,
Range 27 W. He names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence upon and culti
vation of said land, viz: Charles E. Nute, Wil
lard A. Gregg, Clarence C. Bowman and Caroline
Fnrgason, all of Willard, Neb.
406" JOHN F. HINMAN, Register.
NOTICE.
U. S. Land Office, North Platte, Neb., )
May 19th, 1S90. J
Complaint having been entered at this office by
George W. Davis-against Charles P. Dick for fail
ure to comply with law ns to timber-culture entry
No. 13,033 dated August 10th, 1889, npon the north
west quarter of section 8, township 13 north, range
29 west, in Lincoln county, Nebraska, with a view
to the cancellation of said entry; contestant al
leging that tho said Charles P. Dick has failed to
plant or cause to be planted any portion of said
tract to trees tree seeds or cuttings, or to culti
vate any portion of said tract the last three years,
and that there are no trees growing upon said
claim; the said parties are hereby summoned to
appear at this office on the 2t!th day of Jtiue, ISM,
at 9 o'clock a. in., to respond and furnish testi
mony concerning said alleged failure.
M22-I5 JOHN F. HINMAN, Register.
LEGAL NOTICE.
To Robert D. Kneeshaw, and Ora L. Kneeshaw:
You and each of you will take notico that Rufns
Walnwright, as plaintiff, did on the 21st day of
May, lS'Jt), file bis petition in tho district court of
Lincoln county, Nebraska, against Robert D. Knee
shaw and Ora L. Kneeshaw, et al. as dofondants,
the object and prayer of which is to foreclose a
certain mortgage executed by the said Rbert D.
Kneeshaw and Ora L. Kneeshaw to the American
Loan & Trust Company, a corporation, upon the
southeast quarter of section numbered eighteen
(18), in township numbered thirteen (13) north, of
range numbered thirty-two (32) west of the sixth
principal meridian in Lincoln county, Nebraska,
executed to secure the payment of a certain prin
cipal promissory note dated the 8th day of August,
1889, for the sum of Five Hundred Dollars with in
terest duo and payable on tho first day of August,
1894, which note and mortgage were afterwards
assigned and delivered to said plaintiff who is now
the owner thereof. There Is now due upon said
note and mortgage tho sum of Five Hundred Dol
lars with interest at the rate of seven per cent per
annum from the first day of February, 1891, to the
first day of August, 1891, and with interest on said
sum of $500 at the rate of ten per cent per annum
from the first day of August, 1894, until paid, for
which sum with interest and costs of suit, plaintiff
prays for a decree that tho said defendants may
be required to pay the same or that said premises
be sold to satisfy the amount found due said plain
tiff and costs. You aro required to answer this
petition on or before tho ?0h day of July,A.P.1606.
Dated this 9th day of June, A. D. 1SC6.
JOHN H. CALVIN,
43-1 Attorney for Plaintiff .1
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Laud Office at North Platte, Nzb., )
June 6th, 1S96. )
Notico 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 will be made before the Register and Re
ceiver at North Platte, Nebraska, on July
29th, 1S96, viz:
JOHN S. HINCKLEY,
who made Homestead Entry No. 16.180 for tho
Southeast quarter of section 31, town 13 north,
range 31 west. Ho names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence upon and culti
vation of said land, viz: George L. McLaughlin,
EUery A. Croebey, Charles W. Bnrklund and
Charles T. Richards, all of Sutherland, Neb.
466 JOHN F. HINMAN, Register.
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