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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1897.
During his present term as presi
dent Cleveland is said to have saved
$125,000. During- the same period
Uncle bam lost a hair billion or
more.
Spain has succeeded in placing- a
debt of $500,000,0000 upon the isl
and of Cuba. If Spain cannot kill
all the Cubans she proposes to con
fiscate their property through taxa
tion.
The present administration has
placed 75.000 positions under the
civil-service rule, thereby relieving
the incominsr president of the
trouble of making- that many ap
pointments.
.
An exchange very truly remarks
that a lot of Bryanites sit on
fences and around corner groceries
and jeer and sneer at any mention
of "good times coming." They
would sooner endure poverty and
idleness than fail in their prophecy
of I told you so."
Bryan evidently believes in keep
ing the people in a state of ignor
ance. He advises his followers to
boycott all papers that do not advo
cate the free coinage of silver at 16
to 1. The metropolitan papers
which favor free coinage are few
fewer than they were prior to last
November.
Our citizens await with some de
gree of interest the platform to be
promulgated by the Bryan free sil
ver municipal reform club of North
Platte. The members of the com
mittee appointed to draft the plat
form have been "reformers" ever
since they wore swaddling clothes
and yet have never accomplished
anything.
The maximum appropriation
asked for by the promoters of the
Transmissippi exposition is equiv
alent to a contribution of thirty
cents from each inhabitant of the
state. Everybody can afford to
chip in three dimes for the success
of the great exposition. We expend
more tnan tnat at eacn circus we
attend and compared with the pro
posed great show at Omaha the
circus is but an atom.
Vice president Hobart has been
beseiged by begging letters every
day since his election. One young
woman wrote from New Orleans
requesting $10,000 with which to
complete her musical education,
and asked Mr. Hobart to telegraph
when the money would arrive.
Another woman asked for eijrht
dollars for a set of false teeth, say
ing that her chances ot -getting a
husband would be vastly increased
thereby.
At the naval proving grounds at
Indian Head, Md., tests were made
by the American Ordnance Com
pany of the destructive power of
shells charged with frozen dyna
mite. The inventor ot this type of
projectile is J. K. Bakewell of Pitts
burg, Pa. Six shots were fired, the
purpose being to prove that a shell
filled with the explosive, in a frozen
condition, would pierce the object
at which it is fired before exploding.
Five experiments were successful,
one failing because the dynamite
had been exposed to the freezing
process only half the time of the
others. A large three-inch steel
target was used. "While the hole
where a shell filled with powder
penetrated the plate is clearly cut,
those produced by shells charged
with frozen dynamite showed
jagged edges, turned back. The
recoil ot the gun was very raarked,
although only small charges of the
explosives were used.
Benjamin Brazelle is the name
of the young man in St. Louis who
has succeeded in defying all the
laws of nature, chemistry, etcetera.
By actual test Mr. Brazelle has
changed silver into gold and gold
into silver. The transmutation he
considers the most ensignificant
part of the discoveries he has made
a mere nothing in comparison
with the feat ot changing clay into
gold, silver, iron, calcium, alumi
num, glacium, and fifteen other
metals not now known to science
and whose qualities have not yet
been determined by the discoverer.
In addition to his ability to convert
into any metal, Mr. Brazelle ad
vances the theory that metals are
endowed with life and grow like
any plant when placed under the
proper conditions. The theory is
not lacking demonstration, and
has been proven to the satisfaction
of the scientists and his financial
backers beyond a doubt. From
that he deduces that all things in
the universe are endowed with life
and that rock minerals and earth
all apparently inanimate, are full
of life, energy and growth and
develop and die like plants.
He has been able to prove his the
ories to such an extent that a com
pany has been formed to make prac
tical use of his wonderful startling
discoveries. The company has al
ready started its plant at Fair
Lawn, in St. Louis county. It wil
soon be completed and ready to turn
out aluminum, calicum, gold, silver,
iron and inanj- other metals not
now known to science, all manufac
tured from common clay.
THE HIDDEN BEAUTY.
The black stream flows along
Whose waters wo despise.
Show us reflected tbero
Sonic fragrant of the skies,
'Neath tangled thorns and briers
(Tho task is fit for thee)
Seek for tho hidden flowers
"Wo nro too blind to sec;
Then will I thy great gift
A crown and lilessing calL
Ac gola look thus on men.
And God sees good in nil.
-Edward TCilbnr Mason in Womankind.
DECEIVERS EVER.
Carey Churchill Carter Channing,
first lieutenant, Ninth cavalry, died so
long ago that most of his story is for-
gotteu, although it was a very great
wonder at the time. Everybody connect
ed with it is dead also his mother and
the other two women and so many
first lieutenants have filled his place
since then that no one's heart is likely
to bo wounded by repeating it
He was a superb great fellow as all
the men in his regiment were said to be
in those days of the big, blond and
brave type, Knowing neitner fear nor
failure, and his fascination was some
thin? that ha become a tradition in the
service. So many girls aye, and mar
ried women, too bad loved him that
the shores npon which he had touched
were strewn with wrecks.
Tho hearts of all those women had
been broken, actually broken, not just
dented a little, as is usually the case in
auch affairs. Their lives wero openly
ruined, yet Gbanning kept himself freo
of blame. No one could say "he should
not nave done tnus or so;" ue never
committed himself; he never acted in a
compromising fashion in the presence
of a third person. But the women who
ran insanely on into the desert of disil
lusion, following the elusive pillars of
the smoke of his words and the fire of
his looks, never again passed beyond
intotho land of content across the wil
derness. They despised themselves in
that pitiful fashion that women have,
but they loved him always, for such is
the way of their kind.
It had been his good fortune to have
dealings only with women who either
thought of him alone, forgetting them
selves, or wih those too gentle to de
nounce him. Then, too, he had managed
well ; there was never any definite proof.
But in tho early summer of 1885 the
pitcher that had been carried 99 times
to tho well narrowly escaped being
broken.
The bride of Captain Morton, having
seen fit, with due encouragement, to
fall in love with him, threatened to be
come unmanageable. She was a most
wonderfully attractive, feminine little
thing, but sho was neither of the Belt
immolating nor of the concealing sort.
Having lost her heart, she lost her head,
and Ghaiming was in much danger of
having his methods exposed.
His captain advised him. "Cbanning,
you'd better take a leave and get out
for a bit."
"Why?"
"Well, it's a delicate subject, but
Morton's an old friend of mine, and J
don't want to see his wife disgrace him. "
"But what havo I done? I am as in
nocent as a baby, and besides, I think
you are mistaken."
"Wo all exonerate you. It's not your
fault, but I'm not mistaken. It's evi
dent to tho whole post. Take my advice
and go see your mother, like a dutiful
son."
Cbanniug was flattered, but ho was
also frightened; nevertheless, he was
undecided.
There was a hop that same night.
Mrs. Morton was there, and it was her
actions that determined Channing to
take Captain Lytton's counsel. She was
already in the hoproom talking to the
latter when Channing appeared, and the
momeufc sho saw him, standing tall and
graceful and indifferent in the doorway,
sho grew so white that the whole room
noticed it, and she trembled visibly.
She realized her paleness and knew that
Captain Lytton's quick movement to
put himself between her and the watch
ing eyes had been unavailing.
Her own soft eyes filled as she raised
them piteously. 'J You see what a spec
taclo I am making of myself. I can't
help it I've tried hard. There's noth
ing for it but to go away or break
down."
"Poor little girll Come away, then."
"If you will just take mo home and
tell Dan I" She stopped, losing the
thread of her words, for Channing was
approaching.
Captain Lytton offered her his arm.
Conio quickly," he said.
"Just wait a minute, please just till
I tell Mr. Cbanning I can't stay for our
dance."
Sho had flnshed up, and her eyes were
brilliant She put out her hand to Chan
ning, drew it back and again stretched
it forth confusedly.
Ho took it and pressed it yes, she
was suro no pressed it almost "The
third you premised me, wasn't it?"
"Yes, I think so," she answered.
Captain Lytton turned on his heel
and walked away.
At the end of the third dance, while
they strolled together up and down the
line, Cbanning experimented to see how
far sho would go. To his consternation,
he found that sho would stop at nothing
short of blazoning her infatuation from
the house tops. A scandal was not what
Channing wanted. He wa3 very gentle
with her, but she wept and said all man
ner of foolish things, until Captain Lyt
ton came upon them and took her home.
Very soon after this the lieutenant
went on to visit hia mother. She was a
Virginian of tho conventional poor but.
proud order, and sho lived on what had
once been toe Kircnen garaen or tne
family estate. Quite as often as not she
was on the point of hunger, when there
was no demand for the needlework of
her quiveriug old fingers. Her sou did
not contribute to her support "All of
my beggarly pay and more, too, goes to
keep up appearances. lay regiment is
great on esprit de corps. I'd like awful
ly well to .help you, momer, out. x mwss
hold up mv end of the row. I a a
Channing. " And she loved him all tho
bettor.
While he was with her in the sum
mer of I boo throne Ji sneer lack of ex
citement he became enamored of a cer
tain Anna Traffcrd. He asked her to
marry him, quite the last thing he would
have expected himself to do and she,
being completely fascinated, consented
without even a decent amount of hesi
tation. It was arranged that in the late
fall sho should join Channing at tho
town nearest his post and there be mar
ried.
In September, the unhappy Mrs. Mor
ton having gone hopelessly away to an
other garrison, tho lieutenant rejoined
his regiment Ho mentioned tho fact of
his engagement to no one, but proceeded
promptly to luro on another woman,
girl of gorgeous beauty, a hot blooded
brunette, with the eyes of a Jael, the
brow of a Madonna, and a sensitive,
well made month. She was the only
daughter of Colonel Boss, motherless
and betrothed to ono Lieutenant Haw
thorne, who had loved her since they
had been babies making mud pies to
gether on the sun blasted parade ground
of Camp Thomas. Sho broko her en
gagement, and sho broke youDg Haw
thorne's heart. But her own turn was to
come.
In November, giving way ungracious
ly enough to Anna Trafford's pleadings,
Channing granted her permission to
. join him at the railroad town. She was
very poor. Generally she was consider
ate and self sacrificing. Now sho clam
ored and would not bo quieted until a
mortgage was raised on the wretched
little hotrse that was all in tho world
her mother and crippled pister owned.
Sho bought her ticket with the money,
and ten days after the receipt of Chan
ning s letter she was at the meeting
place alone.
She spent a day and two nights in
the mean lit lie depot hotel, very nearly
out of her mind with loneliness, fright
and at last au acknowledged distrnst.
Then Chauning's mother arrived, and
an officer met them with an ambulance.
Channing was dying of a fever, the
mother told her. The doctor had tele
graphed for her withont her son's knowl
edge the day after tho girl had left tho
village. Then Anna reproached herself
for her suspicions with unreasoning bit
terness. The drive to tho post took two days.
It was a horrible experience for tho offi
cer. The road stretched on, on, on,
across desert and bad lands, where even
the greasewocd and mesquite was bnrn
ed by the terrible sun. The old woman
sank from the dust and the heat into an
almost senseless state. The girl, being
young and strong and alive, fought with
the strangling dust, gasped, twisted her
small hands and bit into her lips in a
perfectly silent struggle. Sometimes, as
tho lieutenant sat opposite them, ho
wished that they would cry or make
soino sound.
Tho beautiful daughter of Colonel
Boss was standing by Chauning's bed
alone when tho doctor led tho mother
and her young companion in. The lien
tenant had been dead 20 minutes. The
dark eyed woman did not turn. Sho had
forgotten everything in all the world
save only Chauning's face. When the
southern girl dropped down at the bed
side and screamed for her husband, she
started.
"Is the poor thing crazy?" she asked
dully of Mrs. Channing.
"No. But she was not married to
him. Only sho was to havo been mar
ried at Santa Maria two or three days
ago I forget when. He sent for her."
"That can't be true, becauEO I am his
wife."
Mrs. Channirg caught at the bedpost
with her shriveled old hand. "Non
sense!" she said.
"Indeed it is true. Aren't you his
mother?" Sho put her arm tenderly
about the bent shoulders. "I thought
you were. You look like him. Ho and
I were married last night at midnight,
when they told us ho was going to die."
"Anna! Come away, Anna! You've
no right there. Get up. This girl's his
wife. He didn't love you. He married
her. He married her last night."
It was cruel, but Mrs. Channing had
gone mad.
For five years afterward Colonel Boss
cared for the insane mother of his
daughter's husband even when his
daughter was dead.
But until Channing was buried in tho
graveyard on the hill, where the coyotes
dug up the mounds at night, and tho
prairie dogs barked shrilly, and tho
snakes glided along the dry, baked earth
into their holes until he was buried
there the two women staid by her
Their trust in tho dead man never fal
tered. The girl believed he had been
ensnared on his deathbed, the wife
that he had never loved the childish,
pretty Virginian. Yet neither, out of
pity, spoke her convictions.
Watching over his mother, they sat
in tho room where ho had died and lis
tened to tho thud of the soldiers' feet
as they marched by outside, following
the young officer's flag covered coffin.
Then thero was a long, long silence.
They were wide apart the wife with
her beautiful head in her hands, the
girl looking straight at the wall, tho
old woman muttering aud scratching at
her gown with her crooked fingers.
At last camo the sound of a faroff
volley of musketry. The girl jumped
up. "What's that?"
"The firing over his grave.
In a moment it camo again. The girl
stood swayiug; tho wife sat with her
head still bowed. It was no new sound
to her.
A pause then tho last volley. The
girl fell, and the woman, lifting her
head, stared stupidly atthepretty, dead
face, at the fixed, childish eyes that still
looked hurt, while tho mother muttered
in the corner and taps shrilled from the
bugle over tho grave of the man they
had- loved. Gwendolen Overton in San
Francisco Argonaut.
A Hair Finished Job.
"Sir, I am a self mado man I"
"Who interrupted you?" Strand
Magazine.
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They do not weaken by thoir action, but
by giving tone to Btomach and bowels
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druggist. 4
THE UMBRELLA.
It Has Been Known and Used For Thoa
sands of Years.
Possibly many of-you suppose that
the umbrella is a modern invention, but
it is not Both as an emblem of rank
and as a protection from sun and rain it
is of very ancient origin. Though the
materials used in the manufacture havo
been constantly changing, the general
construction of tho frame has been
changed but little in thousands of years.
Egyptian and Ninevite sculptures oi
the earliest dates have many representa
nous of tne umbrella, out it is invari
ably in connection with royalty. It was
always held over the head of a monarch
when he rode in his chariot and at his
great open air feasts. In some of the
Hindoo sculptures Vishnu is represented
carrying an umbrella when going on a
visit to the infernal regions.
We find frequent references to the
umbrella in the Greek poets, for its use
was quite fashionable among women of
high rank in Greece. In tho middle ages
it was an emblem of rank in the church.
Umbrellas wero carried over cardinals
and bishops in solemn processions, and
all of the large cathedrals owned one or
more umbrellas that wero kept for use
on such occasions.
The Chinese adopted the umbrella at
a very early period in their history, and
for many centuries were the only people
that did not confine its use to the king
and princes of tho blood. However, they
permitted only men of wealth and high
position to carry them. The common
peoplo protected themselves from tho
elements by making their hats broad
and umbrella shaped.
From the time that they established
their empire the Japaneso liavo made
much use of tho umbrella. It is also
used throughout India, but it is a mark
of rank in Burma and Siam. Ono of
the titles of the king of Em-ma is Lord
of the Twenty-four Umbrellas. He uses
white silk runbrellas, and no other per
son is permitted to uso a whito one.
The princes of tho blood each have, as
a mark of distinction, two gilt um
brellas, with handles 10 or 15 feet in
length. Tho other officers of the state
have but one.
From early drawings it seems proba
ble that tho umbrella was introduced
into Europe in tho fourteenth century,
but it did not como into general use un
til about 1700. Philadelphia Press.
A It cw Point In Insurance.
The ingenuity of some insurance com
panies in devising ways aud means for
evading responsibility is equaled by
nothing on earth. A claim was recently
made against an accident insurance com
pany for indemnity by a physician who
had met with an injury in a very pecul
iar fashion. He had been ill as tho re
sult of an accident received some tiino
previous, but was partly recovered.
While driving he was seized with a
spasm, and great exhaustion overcame
him. Ho stopped his horse and proceed
ed to administer a hypodermic injection
of some powerful stimulant to which ho
resorted in such emergencies. Just as
ho was about to insert tho needle his
horse started. Tho needle was driven
deep into tho flash, inflicting a severe
and paiuf nl injury. He sued for indem
nity, he being disabled for 22 weeks.
The judge dismissed the complaint on
the ground that tho injury was not
caused throngh external violent and ac
cidental means in the intent and pur
pose of the policy. This decision will
strike the average thinking individual
as somewhat peculiar. If a mishap duo
to tho sudden starting of a horse is not
an accident, it might bo- interesting to
know how the word could bo defined.
New York Ledger
Women and Insurance.
Only about eight or nine of tho life
insurance companies of tho country in
sure wome: at the samo rates as men.
A considerably larger number insure
women, but charge them an additional
5 per 1,0C0, and still more even do
not insuro women at all. It is the oniu-
ion of those qualified to speak that the
companies charging tho excess rato aro
not justified in doing so and that the
practice will not long bo continued.
The mortality rate experienced among
its women insurers by one well known
company has been about 80 per cent of
what.was expected, and it has insured
several women for the full amount it
will issue on anyone life that is, $50,-
000. Tho heretofore unfavorable atti
tude of insurance companies toward
women has been due undoubtedly to tho
fact that few if any women had an in
surable interest, but that day has passed.
As the avenues of occupations havo
widened thousands of women today
are tho sole support of children or par
ents, and those thus dependent on them
need the protection of insurance as
much as if the family breadwinner
were a man.
A Ilniumins: Bird's Umbrella.
In front of a window where I worked
last summer was a butternut tree. A
humming bird built her nest on a limb
that grew near tho window, and wo
had an opportunity to watch her close
ly. In fact, wo could look right into
the nest. One day when there was a
heavy shower coming up, wo thought
wo would seo if sho covered her yonng
during tho rain. Well, when the first
drops fell, sho came and took in her
bill one of two or threo largo leaves
growing close by and laid this leaf over
the nest so as completely to cover it;
then she flew away. On examining tho
leaf we found a hole in it, and in the
side, of tho nest was a small stick that
the leaf was fastened to or hooked up
on. After the storm was over the old
bird camo back and unhooked the leaf,
and the nest was perfectly dry. Amer
ican Sportsman.
Mental Arithmetic.
Aunt Dorothy How many command
ments are there, Johnny?
Johnny (glibly) Ten.
Aunt Dorothy And, now, suppose
you were to break one of them?
Johnny (tentatively) Then there'd
bo nine. Spare Moments.
Eggs Are Useful.
According to The Medical Becord,
eggs are useful in the following applica
tions: A mustard plaster mado with tho
white of an egg will not leave a blister.
A raw egg, taken immediately, will
carry down a fish bone that cannot be
extracted. The white skin that lines the
shell is a useful application to a boil.
White of egg, beaten up with loaf sugar
and lemon, relieves hoarseness a tea
spoonfnl taken once every hour. An egg
in the morning cup of coffee is a good
tonic. A raw egg, with the yolk un
broken, in a glass of wine is beneficial
for convalescents.
FILLING A BULLDOG'S TEETH.
An
Operation Which a Scranton Dentist
Did WitU Hesitation, bnt Success.
A powerful and ferocious bulldog,
owned by Dr. Ward of Scr.uiton, Pa.,
enjoys the distinction of having a big
gold filling in cno of his incisors, and a
good many citizens, who have caught a
gleam of the gold in his mouth, wonder
how the filling was done. Some think it
was done through hypnotic influence by
the doctor over the dog, while others
insist that it was through the dog's im
plicit obedience to his master's com
mand.
The bulldog's name is Gem. He is as
ugly iu appearauco as a prize winner in
a dog show. His nose is amass of wrin
kles, and his eyes have a wicked gleam
for any one but his master and Mrs.
Ward. His affection for them, however,
knows no bounds. When Gem was dis
covered one day clasping his muzzle be
tween his paws, rolling over and over
on tho floor and moaning, his mouth
Avas examined, and it was found that
there was a big cavity in ono of the in
cisors. It was decided that a dentist
should bo consulted. The dentist found
that it would be necessary to use a rub
ber dam, and he promised to fill the
cavity provided Gem was etherized.
This was done, and tho operation was
considered a successful one, although
Gem evidently thought otherwise. Some
tiino afterward tho filling came out, and
Gem's last state was worse than his
first, for he refused to submit to another
operation with ether. At the first sniff
of the anaesthetic he not only added a
score of wrinkles to those already in his
nose, but showed his teeth in so danger
ous a way that the dentist refused to
proceed. Dr. Ward insisted that he could
make Gem stand on the table and have
the tooth filled without wincing. The
dentist was dubious about trusting his
hand between tho brute's jaws, but
finally consented to try.
Gem was put on tho table, and his
master stood in front of him, kept his
eyes fixed on Gem's and told him to
open his mouth. Gem did so, and a rub
ber dam was soon adjusted in place.
Tho dentist set to work with the instru
ment of torture called a bur, and ono
of Gem's cars went down in a threaten
ing way, while the other remained cock
ed. The doctor held one finger raised
and kept his eyes fixed on Gem's, that
never wandered from his master's gaze.
The attitude of Gem's ears proved a
barometer of his sufferings when the
bur touched a spot close to the nerve.
When both cars went down, tho dentist
knew he had gone as far as dogs' nature
would let him go. Gem's eyes never
wandered from the doctor's in the 1 J
hours the dentist was at work. Gem
stood the final polishing, and when his
master gave the word for him to get
down from tho table Gem danced with
demonstrations of joy at his release.
Since that day ho has no trouble in
masticating the biggest beef bone.
New York Sun.
Salaries Earned hy Sncccssfnl Buyers.
A good buyer who year after year in
creases his business aud the reputation
of his department, who leaves for tin
semiannual inventory a clean and de
sirable stock one who, in fact, has the
genius of money making is paid a sal
ary m the big houses of from 5,000 to
10,000 and of ten a percentage on the
yearly increase cf his sales. In some of
tho largest departments a number of tho
most capable buyers thus receive as
much as 30,000 a year and are regard
ed as cheap at that, a fact which can bo
readily understood when it is remem
bered that in a singlo department of a
great shop selling, say, $1,000,000
worth of goods a year, a difference of 5
per cent in the profits, which may be
the result of a good manager as distin
guished from a mediocre one, amounts
to 50, 000. On the other hand, in the
lower class stores buyers in many of the
departments are paid as low as 25
week, with no percentage. If tho large
incomes are the great exception, it is
also to be said that the opportunities are
moro numerous than the meu with tho
ability to tako aa vantage of them.
"Tho Department Store," by Samuel
Hopkins Adams, in Scribner's.
Two Horace,
editor of tho New York Chris
Tho
tiau Advocate iearned not long since
from a coachman that horses aro not
unlike human beings. Ho writes:
Riding iu a friend's carriage one day,
we noticed that the coaclunan mado con
stant efforts to restrain one of the
horses and to hasten the ether. As tho
pair wero handsome and perfectly
mated, wo said, Wnat is the difference
between these horses, that yon are con
stantly touching up ono and holding in
the other?"
Said he: "Tho ono that I whip can
not possibly overwork himself. I will
not say tnat no is lazy, bnt ho is no
mado that ho never can and never will
do himself any damage. , It would bo
impossible to whip him so hard that he
would hurt himself. The other can trot
a mile in less than 2:25, and ho would
trot from the love of it until he drop
ped dead. Hot or cold, he does his best "
Didn't Locate It.
Dr. H. F. Fisk, principal of tho acad
emy of tho Northwestern university, is an
exact man, say3 the Chicago Inter Ocean.
Ho has made it a rule that for all ab
sences from recitations his students
shall write out reasons in full why they
were away and what recitations were
missed. One day Dr. Fisk received a
note as follows:
"On account of the earache, headache,
stomach ache and cramps I was unable
to attend algebra at 8 a. m., grammar
at 10 a. m. and English at 3 p. in."
Dr. Fisk excused the student, but at
the same time took occasion to rebuke
him for not stating in his letter where
ho had cramps.
3?ro!essional Advice.
"Doctor, I'm so nervous that I toss
all night. What's the best remedy?"
"Just take a nap when you feel that
way." Detroit Freo Press.
Yonr Boy Wont Live a Month.
So Mr, Gilman Brown, of 34 Mill
South Gardner, Mass., was told by
doctor. His son had luDg trouble.
St,
tho
fol-
lowing typhoid malaria, and he spent
three hundred and seventy-five dollars
with doctors, who finally gave him up
saying: "Your boy wont live a month."
He tried Dr. Kings New Discovery and
a few bottles restored him to health and
enabled him to go to work a perfectly
well man. He says he owes bis present
good hesdtb to use of Dr. Kings New
Discovery, and knows it to bo the best
in the world for lung trouble. Trial
bottles freo at A. F. Streitz's drug store
i
An Old Hymn.
A pathetic and yet charming story is
tnld of the origin of the well known.
hymn, "Blest be the lie that binds,"
which was 'written by Rev. John Faw
cett, an English Baptist, who died in
1817. having spent nearly GO years in
the ministry.
It was m 1772, after a few years
spent in pastoral work, that he was
called to London to succeed the Rer. Dr.
Gill. His farewell sermon had been
preached near Moinsgate in Yorkshire.
Six or seven wagons stood loaded with
Ins furniture and books, and all was
ready for departure.
But his loving people wero heart
broken. Men, women and children gath
ered and clung about him and his fam
ily with sad and tearful faces. Finally,
overwhelmed with the sorrow of thoso
they were leaving, Dr. Fawcett and
his wife sat down on one of the packing
cases aud gave way to grief.
"Oh, John," cried Mrs. Fawcett at
lasr, "I cannot bear this I I know not
how to go."
"Nor I cither," returned her hus
band, "and we will not go. The wagons
shall be unloaded and everything put
in its old place."
His people were filled with intense
joy and gratitude at this determination
Dr. Fawcett r.t once sent a letter to
London explaining tho case, and then
resolutely returned to his work on a sal
ary of less than 200 a year.
This hymn was written to commenio
rate tne event. Wnen Air. Coning, a
missionary at AmtaD, m Armenia, set
out in 1860 to explore the Taurus moun
tains, he was to penetrate an entirely
new and dangerous field. This fact was
fully realized by the inhabitants of
Aintnb, and they gathered to the num
ber of 1,500 at the roadsides and bade
farewell to the missionary and his fam
ily in the Armenian words cf this hymn,
written nearly a century before by the
devoted Yorkshire preacher. Youth's
Companion.
Took the Law Literally.
A very ignorant but well to do citizen
from the backwoods was elected coroner
of a small connty. A few days after his
election he amazed the ordinary by ask
ing that functionarv to point out his
duties for him.
wny, said tne ordinary, "wnen a
man drops dead, or is killed by an en
gine, or blown up with dynamite, you
simply impanel r. jury and sit on him
and then render a verdict."
"That's jest what I done two hours
ago," said the coroner, "an tno citizens
air kickin!"
"Kickin about what?"
' 'The man what I Eot on. "
"Well?"
"Wen, you see, nit wuz this away:
He drapped by the railroad thar an hol
lered cut, 'Boys, I'm dead!' "
"Well?"
"I wuz si audin within three feet of
him, an as he hollered them words I
jumped him."
"Jumped him?"
"I mean sot on him, jest liko the
coroners air required by law, an, as I
weigh right smart, he kep' purty quiet
after I landed."
"But he was dead before you reached
lini, wasn't he?"
"Thar's whar the question comes in.
Ain't but one thing erbout it that'-s
shore an certain, an that is he wuz dead J
when I got up 1" Atlanta Constitution.
Awnlting n Jewish Moody.
When the Jewish Moody becomes
Known, wc fhv.il havo revivals having
mo Jewish snint and enccuragiUR a
warm devotion to the ancient faith, in
which the woman's council and the
Hebrew associations will be conspicu
ous. There is nothing: in the physique
of the average Jew that prevents his
growing enthusiastic in religion as well
as in art or politics; he merely awaits
the man and the opportunity. The true
Jew is not indifferent. Given the occa
sion, and he will promptly dispky his
warmth of spirit. We can well picture
the crowds cf excited worshipers hail
ing the words of Isaiah or Jccl, who,
beforo the approach cf (heso prophets,
showed little interest in things spiritual.
And in seme respects Mccdv may be
called tho Isaiah of today. Jewish
Messenger.
Constant Employment.
A witty retort is credited to a well
known writer and critic, to whom a
friend spoke of a young author whose
literary efforts are not received with tho
enthusiasm which he feels them to
merit.
"He tells me he is confident of win
ning fanio fcr himself before long, " said
the critic's friend, who had lately met
the
time he revenges inmseii upcu
3 he revenges himself UPCU hlSUU-
favorable reviewers by laughing at
them."
I envy him, " said tho critic, hcav-
ing a mock sigh. "He must be by all
odds the merriest man in this part of
the country if he dees that."
A Grandfather's Clock.
Baron Ferdinand Rothschild possesses
an old "grandfather's clock" that orig
inally cost over 20,000. The mechan
ism records tho day of the weck month
of the year, the phases of the moon and
strikes each hour. The quarters are
chimed with a different bell, and
rare thing with these clocks) it has
second hand. The case was made by
Wcrtheimcr and stands 14 feet high. It
was originally the property of Louis
XVI.
First Written Laws.
The first written statutes aro com
prised in the law of Moses, 1491 B. C.
The first Greek laws were systematized
by Draco 623 B. G. The laws of Ly-
curgus were mado about 844 B. C. The
Boman laws were first comniled br
Servins Tullius and amended bv the
Twelve Tables in 449 B. O. Tho Pan
dects of Justinian were compiled in 533.
Blacks tone's Commentaries wero uub-
lished at Oxford, in 1765 and 1769.
The first anthropological societv. for
tho study of mankind considered with
reference to the animal history of the
race, was founded in London in 1863.
Tho common house fly, in the mouth
of the scientist, becomes the LTusca do-
mestica.
Russian Army Food.
In the Russian army two days a week
are observed, as fast3 Wednesdays and
liridays en which day3 all tho soldier
gets in the way of food is lentil soun
and black bread and a drink consisting
of water in which rye bread, has been
soaked. Spare AToinents.
OCCTOfl
n
It isn't always conven
ient to ask the doctor
about every little ail
ment. Even if you ask
him bytelepnone he will
charge you for consulta
tion. Why not know
these things for yourself
and save time, money
and worry.
You can have abso
lutely free, a copy of the
greatest and most com-
glete family "doctor
ook" ever printed in
any language. It is
Dr Pierce's Common faense Medical Acl-
. . i ii
viser. it tens in simpie, t-iciu lauguugc ui
about the human body in health and dis
ease. It is illustrated with over 300 engrav
ings and colored plates. It has a greater
sale than any other medical dooe ever
nrin ttd in the Enelish language. Nearly
700,000 copies were sold at the regular price,
5I.5O per Copy, ana now a. laige cumuu
strongly bound in paper covers, is being "
distributed free to all who will send twenty-
one cents in one -cent stamps to pay cost
of mailing only, to World's Dispensary
Medical Association, No. 663 Main Street,
Buffalo. N. Y. If fine French cloth covers
are desired, send ten cents extra (thirty-one
cents in all), to pay the cost of this more
handsome and durable binding.
A PLEASANT LAXATIVE. '
While a sick-snell is one of the easiest things
in the world to accumulate, it is equally easy to
remain well by the exercise of a little care, and
the use of the proper medicines. Constipation
is the great " first cause " of sickness. The do?-
cti ana inactive uigcsuvc organs puisou mc
lood with all manner of noxious impurities,
which in turn arc deposited in all the tissues and
organs of the body. If this condition is neg
lected, a sick-spell is the consequence. It is
easy to avoid this. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets
are a sure and permanent cure for constipation.
They also cure headaches, heart-burn, bilious
ness, sour stomach, flatulence, and the multitude
of all ills that result from constipation. One
"Pellet" i a gentle laxative, and two a mild
cathartic. Druggists sell them. There is dan
ger in substitutes.
Legal Notices.
NOTICE.
u.
S. Xand Office, North Platte, Neb., )
January Gth, 1897.
ConsDlainthsvine been entered nt this office by
'William J. Martin against Bans P. Nelson for
abandoning his Homestead Entry No. 151X52, dated
beiitemucr lasn, ibvJ, upon tne soutbeost quarter
of the northwest quarter and the northeast quarter
ot the northwest quarter and lots 5 and G, section
6, township 30 north, range 84 west, in Uncoln
county. Nebraska, with a view to the cancellation
of said entry, the eald parties are hereby sum
moned to appear at North Plctte, Neb., beforo
Register and Eeceiver, on the 20th day of Feb
ruary, LSIT. at 9 o'clock n. m.. to respond and fur
nish testimony concerning enid allesed abandon
ment. JOHN F. HINMAN..
S-C Berfster.
XOTICE.
TJ. S. Land Office, North Platte, Neb;, 1 '
JanuarylSth'1807. f"
Complaint having been entered at this office br
Henreitla D. Nearv ncainst Jumes Bntim for
abandoning his Homestead Entry No. 16526,. dated
May 3d, 18K2, upon the south east quarter section
23, towusuip 13 north, range 31 west, in Lincoln
county. Nobraska. with a view to tho cancellation
of said entry, tho said parties are hereby sum
moned to appear at Nortn Platte, Nob., before
Ecsister and Receiver on tho 27th day of February.
18D7. at 9 o'clock a. m., to respond am' furnish
testimony concerning said alleged aba: 'onraent.
uOHNF. HINMAN.
11-6. - Recister.
XOTICE FOll rUBLICATIO.Y.
Land Office at North-.PJatte, Neb.,
January leth. 1S97. f
Notice is hereby given that the followlmr-named
settler has filed notico of his intention to mnka
2nal proof in support of his claim,, and that said
proof wiU be mado beforo Registr- and Receiver
at North Platte, Neb., on Febrno 27,. 1897, viz:
LAFAYETTE BOLKCOM,
who made Homestead Entry 15630, for the west
alf of tho south west quarter section 8 and north
west quarter section 17, township 17, north rango
29. Ho names tho following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence npon and cultivation of,
said land, viz: Albort P. Main, George M. Brooks.
Dennis Brothers, and Silas Clothier, all nt TTpahJt
Nob. JOHN F. HINMAN.
6-10. Eeirlster.
PROBATE NOTICE.
IS TOE MATTER OF THE ESTATE 1 -
OF X EEDE2UCK l . DCK, V
Deceased. i
In the County Court of Lincoln counrr. -Nohrnufcn
Januar2t5th,I897-
Notice Is hereby civen. thai th crtmtT nt oni.t
deceased will meet the Executors of said estate,
beforo the County Judge of Lincoln connty, Ne
braska, at the county court room, fn nlil mnniT
on the 23th day of May. 18S7. on th ?th ,nv r
Jnne, 1S07, and on the 27lh day of July,. 1827, at
one o'clock p. m. each day, for the purpose of pre
senting their claims for examination, adjustment
and allowance. Six months are allowed for
creditors to present4 their claims, and one
year for tho Executors to settle said itnt
from tho 26th day of Jnnuarv. 18S7. Tha
will be published- In The Tridujie, a legal
newspaimr printed in said connty, for four
weeks successively, on and after January 29th.
1897. JAMES M. n a v
Connty Jndge.
T. C. Patterson, Attorney. J
LECAL NOTICE.
Harry C. Lord. Fannie M. Lord. T r t.i -r
I T. J. Lord, his wife. John UofTnor.rinfonftnnt..' n
take notico that on the 1M day of February 1807
Henry L. Bliss, nlnlctiff herein, flio.i hi. '.i.t-J
in the district court of Lincoln county. Nebraska
ngainst said defendunls, tho object and prayer of
which aro to foreclose a certain mortgage execu
ted by Harry C Lord and Fannin a? t ns
wife, to Tho McKInley-Lannimr Ln rr:?
Company upon the east half of tho VnHi,-.!
quarter and Lois ono and two of Section 30, Town
f hip fourteen. Range thirty three West, in Lin -oln
County, Nebraska, to secure the payment of a cer
tain coupon bond dated Auimst 1st isvi .w.
sum of i W0.0(l, and duo and payable in five years
turity; that .there Is now due upon said notn.. nn.i
mortgsge the sum of 18.00 with Interest at ten ner
cent from Aujmst 1st. inns, fnr ,r.7Vr
preys for a decreo that defendants bo required I to
pay the same, or that said nriml . 7, .
satisfy the amount found doe. ' - . '
You are required to answer said petition on or
before tho 15th doy of March, 1897.
Dated February 2nd, 1897.
HENRY L. BLISS, Plainilff.
13-1
DJ AHOS. u. Pattxrso,
Attorney,
NOTICE OF SALE.
In the matter of the estatn of Arnnitn. r
ish, deceased, notice Is hereby given that in nur
suanco of an order of H. M. Grimes, Jndaa of ih J
District Court of Lincoln county, Nobraska L ol
on the 30th day of December, 18, for th0 a o!
the real estate hereinafter described thern iii v?
sold at the east frontdoor of the Tcoart-w i
North Plctte. Nhr.k. .hX T.. jn n.!c. 1"
Quarter of the Northwest Quarter ami tha Vorth
west Quarter of the Southwest Onarf.? mm
lots 2 and 3.) and tho East haU "of the , si H?la1
Quarter all in Section 19. Township 9 NoHh Tt
Range 29 West. Saldnalr iii orUl
iul- ucwnueu real esuio. Cntrlf. tm... o .
bouf. """"" open ona
Dated February 2nd, 1S97.
of the estate of Mordlca C
13-3W.
urmsu, ueceased.
Carl Brodbeck,
DEALER IN .
Fresh Smoked atid
Salted Meats. .
- a.
Having-re-opened the Citv M&f
Market, opposite the Hotel Nevillo
I am prepared to furnish customers,
wmi a cuoice quality of
meats of
all kinds.
A sbart nF mm- 4- - -
yucivnajje is re
spectfully solicited.
Wanted-Sn Idea
"Who can tWafc
or some stamto
Protect tw. Mx... .i . tBc to 6&test
iSS7,atoneo''cIockp. m.of 7 Tda at
a vendue to the highest bidder. E JS& P?,bllc
I t -1 . II . . MJU XI11IOW.
w ut or two huadreu tayeatL.1. gZZr
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