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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 11, 1896)
EISENSTEIN'S CART. I -wonder Tr'ero them peddlers Is 'At esq to come arocn 'Ith one hess carts, plum fall of biz, An peddle tip an dovro, An tcrried ribbons, pans an pots, Silk gown&s an carpet bags An jewelry oh, lota an lots An tnfc their pay in rags? I tell ye -women folks wnz'glad 'en Eisenstein keni ronn. Sech purty things that feller hadl Nothin like them in townl 2To, sir. An he'd put np his hosa An stay 'ith us all night, Chaffin an tellin tales crcross The fiickerin firelight. Borne peoplo thought 'at he vrxa "near" Bekase he -wouldn't give No more fer rags, an tin wnz dear. But, shucks, a man mus' live I An now we couldn't git a cent Fer rags in times like these, "Wen woodpulp fellers is hell ben On grindin up the trees. Somehow it sorter don't seem right Ter spile the wavin wood Fer paper. An on sech a night As this 'twould soun so good If Eisensiein could come ter stay, Put up his cart an hosa An shout in his queer, f urrin way, "Hi, Chakey, how you vos?" J. li. Heaton in "The Quilting Bee." Yawning; For Exercise. Children used to "be taught that yawning was a "breach of good be havior, lyftt now, if certain medical testimony may be credited, it is in cumbent upon parents to see that the youthful members of their flock not only yawn when nature so disposes them, but even practice what may be called the art of vawniner. Ac cording to the results of late inves tigations, yawning is the most nat ural form of respiratory exercise, bringing into action all the respira tory muscles of the chest and neck. It is recommended that every one should have a good yawn, with stretching of the limbs, morning and evening, for the purpose of ven tilating the lungs and strengthening the muscles of respiration. An emi nent authority asserts that this form of gymnastics has a remarkable effect in relieving throat and ear complaints. This being the case, the revival o an old English pastime, indulged in as a kind of Christmas gambol in the early part of the eighteenth cen tury, might not be out of place. The game was a yawning match and was played for a prize, which in one instance on record consisted of a Cheshire cheese. The sport began about midnight, when the members of the company were disposed to be drowsy, and yawning was not altogether a forced act. He who yawned the widest, and at the same time in the most natural manner, so as to produce the greatest number of sympathetic yawns from the spectators, was the winner of the cheese. Youth's Companion. I.0T0 Lessons For the Lowly. "Indeed we may smile," writes Lilian Bell of "Other Girls," in The Ladies' Home Journal, "as we often do, at the primitive customs of the lowly and at their homely phrase of 'keeping company.' It makes a delightful jest. But beneath it is a greater regard for the rights of a man or woman in love than one is apt to find higher in the social scale. With them to select one another 'to keep company' is like an offer of marriage. To 'keep steady com pany' is the formal announcement of an engagement which is a poten tial marriage. It is the first step to ward matrimony and is almost as sacred and final. "With their more fortunate and envied sisters in the smart set an engagement is the loosest kind of a bond, and neither man nor woman is safe from the wooing of other men and women until the marriage vows have been pronounced, and, if your society is yery fashionable, not even then." VENOPrlOUS FISHES. They Arc Found In Tropical Seas, and Their Poison IVIay Be Fatal. There are several species of fish which possess a poison like that of snakes and have been known to cause tho death of man. Their poison serves the double purpose of causing the death of their enemies and preserving their own existence through the hesitation of other fish to touch them. The fish so armed are, as a rule, conspicuous by form and color, and their special organ of defense consists of spines which to them are what the tooth is to serpents. These spines may be pimply a modification of existing processes, such as prolongation of the rays of a fin, or may be a special Bpine attaohed to some part of it3 body. These spines have a poison gland in connection with them. Two fish which are both very poi son qus aro found commonly on the shores of the Mediterranean. These fish aro the sea dragon, traohinis draco, having as members of the same family traohinis vipera and trachinis areneus, and the scorpsena scropha, which has as correlatives in different parts of the world scor psena porcus, scprpjena truslutata, scorpasna diabolus, etc. These fish are only poisonous as a serpent is poisonous i. e., by wounding. Their flesh is good and wholesome. Though they differ widely in appearance, yet the poison produces the same ef fect. The trachinis draco is a handsome fish, striated with blue and brown, and not unlike a trout in general appearance. Upon each of its gill covers there is situated the spine in connection with the special gland. This spine is grooved and slightly erectile and is attached partly to the jaw and partly to the undersurface of the gill cover. It passes through the gill cover, where it shows as a sharp point, the length varying with the size of the fish. The spine is cov ered with a very Sua membrane al most to its free extremity, and this, membrane converts the grooves on the spine into- little canals, which open near the extremity or me spmo near the point. At the base of this spine, upon the upper surface, lies the poison gland, under the gill cov er and partly covered by tho adduc tor muscle of tho gill cover, which helps to compress the gland, forcing the fluid into the canals and at the same time erect the spine. "When the spine enters another fish or animal, its membrane is stripped back, and the poison enters at once into the wound. The scorpsena scropha is an unat tractive looking fish, squat of body, large of head, red in color, having many protuberances on its skin and fins of an exaggerated character. The fins are peculiar also in that the rays project beyond the membrane. Men, when bathing, are some times stung by these fish, but more often in handling them when caught. At the moment of puncture only the sharp priok is felt at tho place of contact with the spine. In a few minutes, however, the part commences to burn and itch, and then becomes acutely painful, with sudden stabbing pains. These pains increase in violence and shoot from the foot, passing up the leg in light ning darts, which force the person to lie down and writhe. Then a feel ing of suffocation is felt and pain over the heart. St Louis Post-Dis Datch. ECONOMY IN MAGNIFICENCE. Gorgeous Marbles That 3fay Be Cheaply Imitated In Plaster. In this ago of imitations no one will be surprised to learn that in the decoration of large hotels, theaters and other public places a mixture of plaster and chipped stone is being used instead of marblo. Only a night or two ago a promi nent architect, in company with a friend from out of town, was pass ing through the corridor of ono of New York's most palatial hotels, when stopping in front of a huge marble column he paused and in quired, "What do you think of that for a fine piece of stoneoutting?" "Excellent," replied the friend. "Well, I'll give you a pointer," continued the architect. "There is not an inch of genuine marble in that whole column. The entire work is imitation. That is simply an iron column surrounded with plaster, which is finished off by a patent process to look like marble. Work of that kind has become popular now. This stuff costs little and can be put on in no time, whereas, if marble were used, the cost would be enormous. Look at it. No one could tell the difference from real marble, and every one goes away impressed with the magnificent and expensive manner in which this hotel is finish ed up. Jnst up the street a way is a theater over whose splendor people aro doing no end of talking. The entrance blazes with electric lights, and on all sides is this imitation marble. What is the use of spend ing money for the genuine artiole when the imitation does just as well? It's the same old story of the rich woman and the diamonds. Any one who has the reputation for riches can wear any amount of paste stones and they all pass for gen uine." And the men passed on and out of hearing. A reporter called on several of the leading architects, making inquiry as to the extent of the demand for tho imitation marble. In almost every architect's office there were samples of the imitation stone. Some of tho architects admitted having used tho article in buildings designed by them, while others said that in all their work only the genr nine marblo was used. Those who had used it declined to name any building, saying that, in so much as it was imitation, the owner would not care to have suoh information given out for public use. The artificial stone is made gen erally in styles to resemble the dark red marble. No small amount of human intelligence and ingenuity has been expended in the effort to make a product which would take, tho place of the genuine stone. At ono time there was a concern claim ing to be able to take white marble and color it so that it could not be told from the most expensive of im ported goods. As white marble costs as little as any of the yariaus kinds, and as the cost of coloring it was slight, it could be put in much cheaper than the costly colored mar bles, and some one expected to make a fortune from the process, but from what could be learned nothing much was done with the new pat ent. In the best class of buildings the genuine article seems to have the call, and most of the interior work is finished with bona fide mar ble. In finishing columns the arti ficial process has a great advantage in the rapidity and cheapness wth which it can be put on, and no doubt will have an extensive use for such purposes. New York Tribune. Decrees of Foreclosure. Lixcolx, Dec. 9. Decrees of foreclos ure of mortgages on four "buildings be longing to the Burr Brothers of this city, were entered up in the district court. The mortgages aggregate $150,000. One of the buildings is the Burr block, a seven-story stone office building. The mortgage on this one is $96,000. The Northwestern Mutual life Insurance comranv holds the mortgages. Bucklen's Arnica Salrg. Thp best salve in the world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt- rheum, fever sores, teter, chapped hands, chilblains corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi tively cures piles, or no pay required, It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac tion or money refunded. Price 2o cents per box. '-.- t , " For sale by A. P. Streitz. " 'RAINED IN NAVAL WARFARE Man's 3Ls2 Cannot Rise Superior to the Terrors of Battle. An expert, writing to the London Daily Mail on the importance of se curing well trained men for naval service, says: "To resume the subject sf the im portance of having enough men trained to the working of battle ships, we all know that in sudden emergencies, or when any great mental trial is upon us, we are apt to act irrationally. An untrained cockswain in a bumping race, when he is overlapped by the boat behind, will as likely as not do the wrong thing. He is not accustomed instinc tively to do the right. Instinct can only result from habit in these mat ters, and this is where training comes in. The crew of the 6 inch quick firer, if they are trained men, will handle the weapon correctly, because they have done the same thing a thousand times, and because, whatever their minds are thinking of, their hands perform the right movements unconsciously. And bat tle is the most terrible trial of the nerves and mind imaginable. "Firing heavy guns loaded with shot or shell, weapons which show by the shock and noise of their dis charge their enormous power of in jury, is in itself a thing which re quires nerve. How much more so when there is a ceaseless crash of the enemy's projectiles arriving, the sight of the dead and the dying for the wounded may have to lie where they fall and perhaps an ominous tilt of the ship, to appall the timid ! "A man does not cease to be a man because he puts on a uniform. Blue cloth and brass buttons do not ward .off death or maize dying easi er. Character gives courage, and military or naval training is, apart from the mechanical education, a strengthening of character. Ho who thinks a man-of-war's man can be made in a week or a month over looks this most essential point and can never have been on board a warship. "Below deck this is as much the case a3 upon deck. Smartness in passing up ammunition may often decide a battle. Nor is it easy for untrained men to work in the sti fling heat and acrid atmosphere of the hold when all openings in the armor deck have been closed. I have seen even the seasoned sickened by the heat and smell of a submerged torpedo room. And the very closing of all the openings in the deck is and must be unnerving to the men, who see their escape cut off. The maintenance of discipline will be difficult in the extreme with many untrained men below the water line. The commissioned officers at these posts of danger will have, to be good men, and they cannot be every where. If either officers or men are of inferior quality, unaccustomed to their duties or imperfectly imbued with mutual confidence and esprit de corps, there will bo anarchy be low the armor deck, with, as its con sequence, paralysis of the combat ants above." Snubbed the Emperor. Dr. Temple, the archbishop of Canterbury, is perhaps the one man living who has refused to yield to the will of the emperor of Germany. When the latter was visiting Eng land, says a writer in the Boston Transcript, he sent a request to Dr. Temple to call upon him. The time of the bishop of London is always fully occupied. Every quarter of an hour in the day has its appointed work. To make even a formal call on the emperor of Germany at a time when, owing to his visit, pas senger and vehicular travel was al most at a standstill in the streets of London meant the giving up of nearly a whole day, every minute of which was filled up with most important episcopal engagements. Actuated, therefore, by a high sense of duty, Bishop Temple declined to go, saying it was impossible for him to comply with the emperor's re quest. The bearer of the message was thunderstruck at these words, and said, "My Lord, neither I nor anybody else ever conveyed such an. answer to the emperor of Ger many!" "I cannot help it," said Bishop Temple; "you must convey it now." And he never made the desired call. So Talking In Paris Theaters. "Talk about disturbing the audi ence of a theater," remarked a gen tleman yesterday, "you ought to see how particular they are in Paris. No such free and easy ways as those tolerated here are submitted to in that city. I remember attending a matinee a few years ago with a friend, also an American. It was Saturday afternoon, and the theater, which was not one of the highest priced, was crowded. We got good seats, and all went well until I made some sotto voice remarks to my companion. I spoke in a low tone and one which would have disturbed nobody in this country. But you ought to have seen how those Frenchmen and. women looked at us. We were transfixed at once by a dozen pairs of angry eyes, and the man who sat next to us clinched matters by exclaiming aloud, 'Mon sieur, voulez v-QUS taire 1 ' This was only a shade politer than 'Will you' shut up, sir?' and he meant it We took the hint, and we shut up for the rest of the matinee." Exchange. Maccaline will cure any case of itching piles. It has never failed. It affords nstant relief, and a cure in due time . Price 25 and 50 cents. Msde by Fcste Manufacturing Co. and sold by A. F. Streitz. Hs "Wanted Pure English. A professor from the Midlands, 'who is at present inLondon making some philological researches at the British museum, prides himself on always drawing his language from the "well of English undofiled" and work3 himself into a towering rage about the irregularities of the an nouncements in tradesmen's win dows. While walking along Totten ham Court road he noticed in a fur nituro dealer's shop the words, "Ev ery article in this window reduced." Full of pedantic resolution, he en tered the establishment to give the owner a lesson in English. That gen tleman came up smiling, in hope of a customer. Placing his hand on a cabinet, tho professor said, "Do you mean to say that this has been re duced?" "Considerably," replied the owner. "Dear me, I can hardly credit it," answered the professor, and, taking a folding three foot rule from his pocket he proceeded to measure most carefully the dimen sions of the article. The other looked on in amazement and began to think that ho had a madman to deal with. "There is some mistake, " continued the pro fessor. "I saw this very article when I passed here two years ago, and it was exactly the same size then as it is now." "We don't mean re duced in size. Wo mean reduced in price," cried the furious dealer. "Then why in tho name of the queen's English do you not say so?" replied the pedant as he walked away, chuckling over his practical joke. The placard was soon after ward removed from tho window, the shopman no doubt thinking that it might lead to still further complica tions with philological cranks. London Telegraph. The editor "has pne prime source of gratification he can manufac ture his own language. He is su perior to the dictionary. To him the queen s English is a mere phrase. He insists on the use of editor's Eng lish. I have known him give stern instructions that the word "while" must be written for "whilst;" that jeopardy" was quite inadmissible it shotld be "jeopard:" that "staunch" should bo spelled stanch, and that " no fewer than' ' must always supersede the stupid phrase "no less than" in his col umns. He has (very justly) assert ed that there is no such word a3 'reliable" and that the word 'transpired" is a vulgarism. Gen tleman's Magazine. The busiest and most useful men are not always exempt from sickness. Especially are they liable to be at tacked and completely disabled bthat most annoying and painful ailment Rheumatism. Men in all walks of life are subject at any time to be seized with this disease, and besides the great bodily pain, there is almost unbearable mental anguish at the thought of hav ing one's strength and vigor gradually suoplanted by a condition of utter helplessness. Under the effects of Rheumatism, the strongest men be come the weakest, and the most useful are robbed of their usefulness. Mr. J. A. LeSeur has lived in At lanta, Ga., for years, and some of the prettiest residences and most substan tial business blocks of that city are monuments to his skill as an architect and builder. Mr. J. A. LeSeur. But like many other busy men, Mr. LeSeur was overtaken by Rheumatism and soon his strength gave way to a condition of helplessness. This dread disease produces more agony, he says, than can well be described. "For years I have suffered with Sciatic Rheumatism and often felt as if a small piece of my spine had been taken out, also as if a fragment of bombshell had passed through my left hip. "When I would sit down, I could not straighten up ior several minutes, and then only at the expense of great pain. I could get absolutely no relief, though many remedies were tried. Someone recommended S. S. S. and I was almost in despair when I began its use. In three days, however, I was so greatly relieved that I felt very little inconvenience from the rheuma tism. The disease grew less painful as I continued the S. S. S., and very soon disappeared entirery. S. S. S. also proved to be a nne tonic, as I now have more appetite, jand feel better than ever before, in my life. I cannot say too much in praise of S. S. S." Rheumatism is a condition ef the blood which has always baffled the doctors, and it is a peculiarity that those who once have it are sure to al ways be subject to its attacks from time to time. The reason of this is that the doctors are only able to give temporary relief, but cannot rid the system of the disease permanently. S. S. S. (guaranteed purely vegetable) is the only real blood remedy for real blood troubles, such as Rheumatism, Scrofula, Cancer, Eczema, Catarrh, Tetter, Contagious Blood Poison, etc When S. S. S. once forces a disease from the system it never returns. 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SfNorthwest Qorner'of Courthouse square. ' BUTTON FREE packaqe oi Pk m STJIPIPLIGSSr - . - MACHINE OILS IDDINGS, GRAIN : PLATTE : PHABMACY, PSBD STABLE Teams, Comfortable Higs, - U. P. TIME TAB tZ. ""GOnfG EAST CENTBAI, TIME. No: 2r Fast'Mail 8:45 n. m. No. i Atlantic Express 11:40 p. m. No. 28 Freight 7:00 a.m. GOING WEST 3IOC3TAI5T TIME. No. 1 Limited 3:55 p. m. No. 3 Fast Mail 110 p.m. No. 23 Freight. 7:35 a. m. No. lO-Freiigh? 1:40 p. m. N. B. Olds. Agent. Legal Notices. THE DISTRICT COURT IX AND TOR LET I cola coanty, Nebraska. la the matter o the estate of Xordica C. Fur nish, deceased. This cane came on for hearing apoa the petlUoa of Abigail E. Tarnish. sdmiBistratrix,of tho estate of ilortlica c. Furnish, deceased, praying for license to sell the southwest quarter of the north west qttar&r, and the northwest quarter of tho southwest quarter, (beiDg lots two and three) and the ease half of the southwest quarter, nil in Sec tion 19, Tora?hip 9 north, Rango 23 -west. In Lincoln county, Nebrasia, or sufficient amount of the same to brinjr the sum of ?S00, for tho pay ment of the cebtj allowed against said estate, and the cost of administration, there not beta? suffi cient personal property to pay the said debts and expenses. It is therefore ordered, that all persona Inter ested In said estate, appear before me at my office In North Platte, Nebraska, on the 30th day of December, lSt. at one o'clock p. m. to show cause why a license should not be granted to said admin istratrix to sell so much of the above described real estate of saftl deceased, as shall be necessarr. to'pay said debts and expenses. It Is further owereu taat tills order be published In the North ?iaTTE Sehi-Wkxelt Teibtoe for the time re quired by law. Dated this luh day of November. 1S. H. 31. GRIMES, J-t District Judge. NOTICE FOR rUBLICATIO.N. Land Office at North Platte. Nebw, ? November 17th, ISPS. f Notice Is hereby riven that Michael C. Hcxrimrtori bas Sled notice of intention to make final proof be t-toco Register and Receiver at his office in North ITKUo-Neb., on the 29th day of December. 13Cb on wnoer culture application No. rjSM, for the south west quarter of section No. 4. in township No. 14 north, range No. 30 west. He names as witnesses Isaac Latrptagli. Harry Lamplugh. Allen Tift Lester Walter, all or North Platte, Nebraska. 9,-6 JOHN F. HINMAN. Register. yiLCOX & HALLIGAN, ATT0B2fBTS-AT.LAW, tfORTH PLATTE, ... NEBRASKA OSce ever. North P!atio National Bank. D H. N. F. DONALDSON, Assistant Surpeon Union Pacflc Rp,wa and Member of Pension Board, NORTH rLATTE, ... NEBRASKA. Office over Streita's Drug Store. jg E.NORTHRUP, DENTIST, Koom No. 6, Ottonstein Building, "VT-T"krrT-r r-r mfnrv rtr J1RETGH BALDWIN, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, XORTIT PLATIE, - - XEBRASKA. Office over N. P. Ntl. Bank. C. PATTERSON, KTTQHNEY-KT-LTOtf, Office First National Bank BIdg., NORTH PLATTE, NEB. It has been Eaid that there could be no cure for internal piles without a surgi cal operations, but over 100 cases cured in Council Bluffs, la., by the use of Hemorrhoildine proves the statement false. There is a cure and quick perma nent relief for all who suffer with blind bleeding and protruding piles. Its use causes no pain, even m the most aggra vated cases. It is also a cure for consti pation. Price 1.50. For sale by A.F Streitz. SMOKERS In search of a good cigar will always find it at J. F. Schmalzried's. Try them and judge. e ni i nr.! i uauue v emgana, DEALER IN Coal Oil, Gasoline, Gas Tar, And Crude Petroleum. Leave orders at office in Broeker's tailor shop. F. J. BE0EKEE, i Merc ? A weH assorted stock of foreign I and domestic piece goods in j stock from which to select. SPRUCE STREET. J. P. PILLION, Ploier, Tinworker General Eepairer. Special attention given, to III 11115. WHEELS TO KENT 1 J K iiant Tailor