THE YOUNG TENOR.
I -arsis. TfeeiarbcredsieJaSj
Had cresset! the slabber 'fear
osscpes tie cpea sea
As wassiss tie dresi aais.
Eo aact the s&rer-socasl and clear
Ottpesred -epea the mgsfc
Sat sSeaee segjola listener
O'erisRsisc-sritix delight
Ike deader sioaa, a fiajrer tip
portal cf her lip.
Joirn. B. Izhh is Cdtnr.
SAED WATER,
'ThaTLlrre to rue it."
Well, Asr casnoc go again xayiieel
in's. Apt cannot help not levin ihee. "
"liK7r, sn. tha cannot uelp lovin
Ksneb'cj- else, con ta? Tha'niiretorne
Ayt tell thee, an eotvxLL Vir Impstait
tha's seet thy ieart on mind that.-'
The girl addressed "blushed rfaintrc.
"but did not hang- her head. "Rirh3 she
lifted it, -with a proud look, -which, de
spite hsr -working shawl, plain "Mrtrlr
ha and sosnewhat pasty -white com
plexion the ccmraon heritage of -mfn
girls lent Foniething queenly to her
-whole appearance.
Had yon seen Eachel S"wann on San
day as she vafked, -with her Bible and
hyznnboGk. to the Alethodiss Sunday
school to teach, her clg? yon -wonld
scarcely hare Liiownher. Dressed in the
latest style cr the latest that had per
colated to the provinces frcm the
"tips" in her hat and the "fall"' -which
expressed rather than hid her delicate
features, to her neat little shoes, she
looked, -what she 'was, a lady. Ann "hfl
you seen her, at the chapel door after
evening service, -without ado or even
greeting beyond a mutual look of satis
"facnony meet a pleasant faced young
man and -walk away by his side, yen.
"would have been in possession of the
secret no secret now that James Stun
ner, assistant cashier at Messrs. Peel's
TnilT, and Eachel Swarm -were "keeping
company.
Jinx Scnrrer had started life as ahalf
timer and little piecer; bat, naturally
an inrellhrei t lad and a great favorite
-with the schoolmaster, he hfi, in spite
of the great disability of beginning to
earn his living at 10, made sack good
"nse of his opporrnnities that he -was
early taken into the "office" and -was
not quite "looked up to" fcy right thinking-folk
as a man -who "coaid addle
(earn) his brass Tcut tnWfn his coat
off." Moreover, he -was junior "chapel
steward" at the Methodist chapeL
altogether a man any girl in that place
might be proud to "keep company"
with.
Tha uJRachcl was prendof her lover
v v er. Lcdy knew. They had only ''made
it up" a shurt time ago and had -walked
in public less than a fortnight when die
above conversation took place. The man
for such he considered himself who
"threatened to "mak her rue" was con
siderably oMer than herself, and an
' 'overlooker5 ' at the mill in which, they
all worked. He had long forced his at
tentions npon Kachel, who, while giv
ing him no encouragement, had not ab
solutely repulsed him until she heard
that lie did a little private laxjfcrnakiH
among the youths and young men in the
great milL Until then she had regarded
"form as a decent fellow and JreV from
Imnl.'ig his feelings, hoping he would
desist in time and give it up as a had
job. She did not know Jabez Smethurst.
He was the sort cf man whose love can
turn to "bitter hate, and now, "both
jgamgr the girl and the man he deemed
"his suppianter, his rage burned fiercely.
"Aw'm fair miserable at my work,
Jim,.now," said Eachel as she walked
with, her lover from his mother's cot
tage along the emha-nlmTir of the great
reservoir.
"Tfhy, how's that, my lass? Aw
thought tha' war all reet now an grade
ly set up wi' four looms an averagm IS
an 6 awik," far, though Jim was an
assistant cashier, he dropped, like his
lady love, into his native Doric on all
-frrmflvrr occasions, "an tha7 towd me
that even thy cress grained owd aunt
could speyk civil now. "
"Aye, Aw was fain enuf, Jim, but
Th. lad, Aw can hardly tell yo Aw've
kept it tomvsel' for days, "but Aw can
not "bear it no iomrer. Th overlooker's J
ts'en cne o my loams off me an says
he'll tak another if Aw don't mend my
w
"Jostanean Jabe Smethurst? AsvTL
seetthstxeet, ne'er heed. BacheL'r And
as they had passed the railway station
which stood at the upper end Gf the res
ervoir and were in a somewhat secluded
place he put his arm around her waist,
drew her to hrm and kissed her fbndly.
"Saynowt, Jim. It'll do no good.
Gaffer thinks weel o' Jabe. He hearkens
to himasif Jabe knew everythin an him
nowt. An it does look as if my work
Tvas "bad, far he gives me such had
scarts 'at Aw con onV do half what
t'oihers can, an my aunt says whoU
gie me th' key o th' street if Aw cannot
addle more nor a lit tie wench. It'spiece
wcrk, tha' knows. "
"Aye well, ne'er heed, my lass. 3
xaas'li soon be here, an we'll get wed as
soon as th' 2vew Te'r comes in. Aw'm
gettia 2 a week now, an Aw'm prom
ised arise wi' th' ZSewTe'r."
--
A month had passed. Poor Jim! AH
his fair hopes seemed blighted. Brcmlty
Bros.," a firm in the neighborhood with
-whom Messrs. Peel occasionally did
"bnsroess, in checking their "bankbook
found themselves debited with an
amount paid by check to Peel & Co., far
which they could find no ccaresporiding
item in Peel's account, and, on making
inquiry from them, found that there
was no account of its receipt in fheir
cashbook, nnr did such- an account-appear
to -have been paid in the usual wav
to their credit at the bank. Evidently a
check 'had been drawn and paid of
-yrhich the hocks of TtdLxbez: firm had any
xeccrtL It was a sum under .10- But as
thlyoutiiwho ran: between the mill and
the bankin the adjednisg town cf Black
nrcok appeared too nnsophisticared to
transact such a fraud, and as Jim Sum-ug-
-5ras"immediately respGnsible for the
current cash cf the firm, he was held to
be morally respoasible, if not actuaiiy
CTffiinaL and, according to the inime-K2al-custamcf
tfacSrm, "had to go."
"JPoorJiml He -did not wait to meet
his -chapel folks and intimites. He just
Idscd his widowed mother, who would
aofe-hare believed "owt again' Jim" on
JhetEStiraocyof an archangel, and went
opinio- tlse" "frosty air, straight to the
ss&icu. 3d away to a town 30 asBes
focf Mp k -JEake a fresh, .stei. His
g.jeetaecrt was still in tkeruilL He
j3gkt, ofcsKse, to ive waited iarier
toMer- Bat fee didn't- UewwaM.
-Krite. Sfeewoald letaar s--!DiSee
wohM tewft teews
j5S&ekthe ew"i59tld wo-
clannea it by rdghtfalL Aral it cud.
There were uirls who seemed glad to
ten
and when she flared up and
said:
"To' know as well as Aw do'at Jim
ne'er did it," they anly replied:
""WeE. he's ta'ea his hook, at any
rate. "To r Aunt Bet seed hhn gco an
says 'good riddance to had ruhbidge.'
She doesn't seem to think as weel o'
Jimmie as her niece dees." "What could
Eachel say She went home with rage
in her heart against heraunt, and some
thing like resentment against her lover
for hasting away without a word to the
girl who could have died for hira Ah,
little did she fhrnV, yet even nowa dead
misery fr? taken possession cf her.
"WelL Pst Proudie, an how's thy
-Sh gentleman naa?" (Aunt Bet's own.
lad had had hopes cf the "office" once,
but had termed cut a wastrel; hence her
Inrterness. ) "Aw thcut wot it 1ud be.
Same fowk can't stand gettin up i' th
world. PrideH hev a fa', an thy whip
Dersnapper's come a crooper, at any
rate."
In tongue warfare Eachel was no
where. Besides Aunt Bet wasn't worth
answering. Then, that very day, the
overlooker had threatened to reduce her
to two loams and had humbled her so
terribly bef ere the other weavers that
all the spirit seemed clean gene cut of
her. She went to bed, "but not to sleep.
The "knocker up" had an easy task
next morning. That day was the" black
est of many hlack cues during the past
awaited her. Everjtliing went wrong, j
The stuff wouldn't weave. Her looms
seemed bewitched. The overlooker over
looked with, a vengeance.
"ToTL start on two looms femora,"
he said. "Tninkon that! Aw've lots a'
wenches o 14 'at weave better nor thee
an do mcorwark on two looms fan tha'
can o' three."
It was the last straw. She dare net
face Aunt Bet and her sneers.
"Oh, Jim, Jim," was the cry of her
heart, iwhy couldn't you say a word to
me?" Por when her heart spoke it cried
for Jim, and not for looms. Coming out
of the hot mill it was "bitter cold. She
drew her shawl over her head and hur
ried away not to the place she called
"heme." She scarcely knew where she
went. A hopeleiss despair weighed on
her sensitive spirit- Tears, unchecked
and unheeded, dropped as she walked.
"Anywhere, anywhere, out of th
workLr would have been her exclama
tion, could she have expressed her deep-
est wish. Suddenly she found herself cm.
the top of the reservoir embankment.
The moon was shining upon the water,
which sparkled and shone with a crys
talline briiiiaace.
"There's nowt left to live for, an I
won't live!"' and, casting her shawl
from her, sho threw herself from the
embankment. There was a sharp, ring
ing sound. T?h& moon shone rv! and nil
wasscQL
"Now, Aw wcaeer what's come cut
about rhis money?" thought Jim Sum
ner as he struck the reservoir bank on
his way frcKi the station hoeae. 'FoIks
are fain to stay in toneet, Aw reckon.
Aw'm glad nobyTl see me tin Awve
cleared mysel if clegrrn it is and
what caatfl' masters ha' taken th trou
ble to get mv address fro' mother for
no'dby else knew it an telegraph for
me to come instantly, if it's not? My,
but th frost lias bin keen this two days!
Awn bet th' lodge '11 Lear. 'r So saying,
he ran down aad tried it with his foot,
and, finding it safe, walked a distance
cn the margin.
""What's that? Good heavens!" He:
had stumbled over the prostrate form of
a woman lying a few feet from the cm
benkment. The ice was starred in every
direction where- her head had struck it.
'Pear wench I" He turned her ever, and
the moon's light fell t-pon a face he had
oftenkissed. H-- reeled as though he had
received the blow that made the blood
flow from that marble brow. How cold
she was! But she breathed. He picked
her up and carried her, he knew not
how, up the bank and away till he stag
gered into bis mother's cottage
Could she be in better hands? Still
unconscioas. but with signs of returning
animation, he left her and hastened to
the -mill. The lights still burned in the
efnee. The masters were seated by the
fire, and in the background sat the mes
senger and Jabez Smethurst.
"How d'ye do, James you got our
wire;
"1 did, sir, thank you. "
"Boy, ten us again what you told
thi- racrthng. ' "Whereupon the penitent
lad, with fearful looks at Jabez, fold
how the overkxj&Er had terrorized him
about Email betting debts; how, at his
inrig2.tioii, be had obtained a blank
check from the oSire lad at Bromley's;
how Jabez had died it in, ccpying the
writing from another of Bromley's i
checks; how he had nresented it with
the rest at the- bank and got the cash. I
Tie sequel was known and did not need ,
recoussng. Jabez swore itwas a parcel
of lies, but the' boy's evident sincerity, j
revelations of Jabez's "bodkmakirar trans- j
actions and laerBachel's account of her I
rejection of his suit, and his subsequent :
threats and persecution, convinced the
masters cSmethnrst's guilt, Theysim
nly discharged hm and eased their con
sciousness of Jim's overhasry dismissal
"bv misimr his salarv to 150 a year.
The folks who cheered a happy pair !
Eemtar Pigeoni.
When pigeons were to "be sent back
and forth, it has been usual to keep two
sets, with, their respective hemes at
either end cf the course, and when they
have reached their homes to carry "them
revr tn the Talaees frcm. which, they are
to be dispatched. An ingemous process j
has "been devised to overcome this diS- j
culty and cause the "birds to fry with ,
equal certainty in both directions- Pi- j
jteens, far .".mplffj whose hems is m j
Paris are confined far several days at ;
St. Denis and fed there at a stated hour ;
every day wi thsome favorite food which j
is not given thrn at their real horaq. J
They "become in. the course of time fa-;
miTinr vrith their new home ana its
cuoice tiisnoK-. nen set at xujeny, intfv ,
rfcart off at Gcce for ParLs without for f
Tsrbifp. ?r.& are let loose at about
feeding time at Sr. Denis. They go
thither, and, when they have their own
wav, time their going so as to "be there
at the exact moment of feeding. Bxrste
have thus been tasgM to fry "backaaa.
forth K.gsaar!y between places 30 rsiles
aperx. G. BejjMKLis Poptsher Sciaee
CoKthly.
r-d pelted them with nee did not see a ; passed false money. Men almost always
scar on the brow of the bride, far it was i employ their wives cr daughters for the
covered by her bridal velL Tit-Bits. J purpose cif 4 'shoving7' their cormterfeits.
m--rtin-r the ;rocd thimrs ihsv enjoyed at ' siof, wnue aweiirnariedsweli,
S- Denis. Yfhen thev are to be seat i ig in iniiependcntly cf any
thcrrr rr made to fast a littlf I called a' heme. 7 ' "There is no
1EE3TBEE.
EVERY GANG Or COUN I LKrblVERS
HAS CONTAINED A WOMAN.
Xt Is a VTea2c&?ss of the Sc, ssad.TIier-Axe
Sxeqiesily Terr Clever Some ef the
tTaaea Wbo Estb IJeea Ccrivictetl ef
Xsjfcia- asd lvart "Qaeer- Xoaey.
- - - ,t-, - . , o.t,.ft
f cmnci. The itsi person ever execnteu
far that crims was a woman. She was
an "r-TTTrtreh -rmrrvfTTT namedBarbara Spen
cer rrnfi was put to daith in 1721 far
making false shillings. She wss stran
gled and burned at the stake. Curiously
enough,, her accomplices were acquitted.
Sancy Kidd was one of the most re
markable female counterfeiters ever
known in this country. She belonged to
a family cf noted forgers. She carried
on her nefarious trade far more than 30
years in Chicago, and was arrested there
many fnnre- On cne cf these occasions
a lot of fiber paper was discovered cn
her person. The government officials
were completely at a Igss to know how
she hH obtained this. Pinally she con-
fessed that a chemical solution had been
used to wash the faces of the notes and
Tr'fcf them perfectly clean. Thus she
was in the habit of taking $1 bills and
f h-anrnrtt flvm mto larger denomina
tions. The government authorities re
leased her in return for this valuable
information and for telling them what
the solution was. However, they had
her shadowed by detectives and finally
caught her with 17,000 worth of coun
terfeit money in a rxrsL She was found
guilty upen seven (afferent indictments
for counterfeiting and was sentenced to
eight years in the state prison, where
she finally died.
One cf the cleverest tricks over played
cm Uncle Sam was invent edhy a woman
who lived in Philadelphia. Her plan
was to take 10 and 20 goldpieces and
with a crrriT drill worked by steam
power to bare cut the insides and then
refill them with some base metal, being
very careful that they should weigh ex
actly the right amount when she had
finished. Thi" she accomplished by drill
ing through tko milled edge cf the coin,
and then, after filling the hole, cover it
with a little cf the extracted gold. In
this -way she made 7.50 on every eagle
and about $15 cn every double eagle.
The official5! cf the secret service say
that this is the safest device ever in
Tented f cr cheating the treasury.
Counterfeiting is very apt to renin
fp-rrtrHpg- This, of course, is natural, as
ft father brings up his son or daughter
to follow bis profession. Women who
would otherwise be good are often led
into thissorc cf crime by marrying men
who carry it on as a business. But some
times it works the other way women
teach their husbands how to make false
money. This is what happened when
Ben Boyd married Mary Ackerman of
TTditn- Her father was one cf the
most successful counterfeiters of his day,
and his daughter had a thorough ac
quaintance with the art. Mrs. Boyd
carefully taught her husband all the se
crets cf the trade, an-,1 he became cr-ecf
the mess famous forgers cf the age.
They carried cn the business with
such a "g degree of sfeTIT that they
were not captured for years, and when
at last the secret service Hawkshaws did
run them down not a single counterfeit
plate, note cr coin was found in their
possession. "When their house was
searched, SS,000 in good money was
found. This srrnT! amount was an the
money they had accumulated during an
their years of crime. Of course the offi
cers could not touchit. Afterward suffi
cient evidence was secured to convict
them, and they were sent to prison.
They both claimed to be converted while
instate prison, and after their release
settled in Chicago, where they appar
ently lived an honest life.
A case that annoyed the secret service
very much, was that cf a woman who
employed a clever dodge. She went to a
large shop and selected a -valuable shawl
To pay for this she handed the clerk a
United States treasury note for 1,000.
He took the money and disappeared, not
reruTning for several ruinates. "When he
came back, she asked Tirrrt -why he had
kept her waiting, and he confessed that
he had taken the bfll to a bank near by
to be sure that it was good. She pre
tended to be very angry and said that
she would not buy the shawl an any ac
count and walked out of the shop. A
little later in the day she returned and
said that as she could not find any other
shawl that suited her as wen in the
other shops she had decided to take it
in spite of the insult offered her. She
gave Mm the 1,000 bin, and, getting
the shawl and the change, left the shop.
The owner of the shop afterward discov-
ejed that the note
he finaTrr accented
was a counterfeit. The first bill had
been good, "but cn her return she gave
hm fhe false one, which was a won
derfully clever imitation. The secret
service was much arituted about this
and several others of the 1.000 "bills
-which turned up, but they have since
cantured the mates.
Practically every gang of counterfeit
ers ever arrested has had m rien asso
ciates. In the cfSco of the secret; service
in Washington there is a large frame, 4
feet square, filled with the photographs
of -women who have either made
Washington Pest.
. Wave Xaaic.
I have a note of some curious names
given iccalry to the waves an different
parts cf our coast that may "be Yaitby
cf record. These were culled from The
Family Herald a few years ago. I can
not give the exact date. The names are
curiously varied and sometimes not a
little suggestive. The Peterhead folk
can tne large breakers that f-iT7 vrith a
crash on the "beach by the grim name of
"Narrawa (Norway) carpenters.'' On
the lowlancclnshire coast, as on the
southwestern Atlrrrriic fronting share cf
these Mann the grandly IcngTmhroken
waves are known as "rollers." A-mor
East AmrLians a heawsurf. turnblinrr in
ia. u
called, ny tne expressive name of a Jot
blowing, is
wind,"
& atrrroifr B-nprman wul sar. "cut a
nasty hoEue cn the beach." SuffoTkmen
afeo'speak cf the "bark" of the surf,
snd-asea covered with foam is spoken
of as "feather white." The foam itself
iskaown a? "sjcn drift." So in the
-FEraacelsrwe have it, "Theseawasan
x feather white with spoon drift.'
Setes jHid. Qaerkfi.
or
f cw years ago in the sasdsicEC irek-at
the Nevada state prison. The "find"
-was considered wonderful se csly
from a rxoIcgicaT standpoint, hatfrca
t sn ethnological point of view "aXsc
) "While the convicts at the instittitica
! were unearthing some huge "blocks of
; stone they uncovered some peculiar in
j dentations in cue of the slabs. Closer
investigation proved teat tbese qaeer
I marks were.-the tracks cf asae ghrsHtic
i . , ..
beast ex anreoJiuvian. tnne pernaps a
mastcden cr a mammoth. "When the
rrrrrf fg iTrrpTtigprce was gnafgrrpd fr
the prison ofScials, they had the saad
stone sln"bs containing the tracks csre
fully cleaned, whereupon another weo
derful discovery was made. In the seme
pieces of stone, sometimes at the side
and sometimes between the tracks, made
! by the great prehistoric beast, were a
series of humanfeotprmts, which proved
conclusively that man and the sarnmoih
lived not only at the same time and in
the same age, but that the huge beast
and the rnnrt had passed that way dur
ing the same year, and perhaps on the
same day. These wonderful relics of a
bygone age were found in a quarry at a
depth of atcut 15 feet from the surface
and had previously been covered with a
stratum composed cf hundreds cf tans
cf stone the accumulation cf the ages
that had intervened between the data
upon which the tracks were made and
that upon which they were revealed to
the scientists. Expert geologists who
have since passed an opinion on the
matter say that at the time the tracks
were made that which is now "hard
sandstone was a mucky deposit of soft
sediment, probably the "border of a lake,
where the man had been fishing, and
where the mammoth had come to bathe
or drink. St. Ixjuis Benublia
A WoaderfHj Eird.
One dsy a wonderful bird tapped at
the window of 3Irs. 2ansen's home at
Christiania. Instantly the window was
opened, and the wife of the famous arc
tic exnlarer in another moment covered
! the little messenger with kisses and
j caresses. The carrier pigeon had been
l away from the cottage SO long months,
; but it had not forgotten the way home.
It brought a note from Hansen, stating
that all was going well with him and
j his expedition in the polar regions,
j Hansen had fastened a message to a
! carrier nureon and turned the "bird loess. -4
The frail courier darted out into the
I hlizzardly air. It flew like an arrow
over 1.0C0 roilcs of frozen waste and
j then sped forward over another 1,000
j miles of oceun and plains and forests
; nrtii cne morning entered the window cf
j the waiting -uistress and
delivered the
message which she had been awaiting
so anxiously. "We boast cf human pluck,
sagacity and endurance, but this loving
little carrier pigeon, in its homeward
flight, after an absence of 30 months,
accomplished a feat so wonderful that
we can only give ourselves up to the
amazement and admiration which must
overwhelm svery cne when the marvf 1
cus story is told. Mrs Xansen's pigeon
is one of the wanders of the world.
Why .Europeans Are Sale 3 Trows Tsrks.
The explanation of the safety cf Eu
ropeans among these fellows, even where
the police were absent, is probably to be
found in the tentative character cf the
Turk's violations of right and of law.
In doing what is wrong he always be
gins an abject coward, gaining courage
with impunity. The mere fact that a
European would walk straight through
a crowd of the bludgeon men, jostlimr
against them in an unconcerned manner;
convinced them that for seme reason he
was not a safe man to attack. In some
cases ArmenTan walked safely through
the mobs on the street simply by push
ing their way with a determined air. In
every case where an Armenian ran from
them, or even hesitated on meeting
them, his only chance of life was gene.
The tentative character of Turkish ag
gressions is not sufficiently borne in
mind. At the beginning of a wrong even
a sultan will draw back when he sees that
his course i resented by one whom he
knows to have the right and believes to
have the lorre to do so. Tvan Troshine
in Scribner's.
Grant's XHsserits as a Cadet.
Grant's page cf demerits at West
Point shows scarcely a single mark for
any real offense against good cohduct.
They are mainly "lates" and negli
gences. Hewas "late at church," "late
at parade," iate at drill." He was a
growing "boy and a little sluggish of a
morning no doubt. Ouce he sat down on
his post between 5 and 6 in the morn
ing. For this he received eight demerits.
Twice in his second year as sound march
er he failed to report delinquencies in
others and received five demerits each
time. His amiability led to this. Once
he spoke disrespectfully to his superior
officer on parade. The provocation must
have been very great to have led to this.
-Lnc procaoiixnes are tne cmcer was
mistaken. "ETrmlin Garland in llc
Chrre's lagrrine.
A. Xiaildis PMIosepher.
"Say, paw, is it anything to brag
about when you don't do scmething
yea can't dor"
'Tn inclined to think not. Why do
you askr"
" '"Cause Tve just been reading that
cherry tree story 'bout Washin'tcn."
Detroit Free Press.
QZ Coarse.
First Small Boy I wish X had that 5
cents back I spent for candy.
Seccnd Sman Boy What would yon
do with it
First Small Boy Buymcre candy.
Boston Courier.
The common house fry lays four times
in each, summer, each, time about 80
egss.
A Hebrew cubit was 2 spins, cr lfcct
and a little over 9 inches.
MECCA CATAKKH EEMEDY.
For coles in the head and treatment
catarrhal troubles this pre rranon
j has afforded prompt relief ; sri.th its coa-
tmued use the most stubborn cases of
catarrh, have yielded to its healing
power. It is made from cosocstratecl
Mecca Compound and possesses all of its
soothing and faeahng- properties and by
absorbtion reaches all the . ianased
parts effected by that disee-e. Price 5q
cts. Prepared by The Farter Mfg. Co.
CoueciI Bluffs. Iowa. Per sale bvA.F-Streitz.
While they were coscussrsg the mrfe
is te school beard the head cf a big
is relate this cxperientK:
"I was ence a pedagogue myself. I
had resolved ts do something worth,
while in the bnsmesswcrld, and having
yjxy capin?! except what was wrapped up
fa my person I taught school to get a
starter. X had some advanced students
aad had to skirmish in order to keep up
with the procession. One day the whole
class was stumped bv an arithmetical
problem, and so was I In order to gain
time for myself I came the old dodge of
telling them how much, "better it would
be if they would work cut the solution
for themselves and gave thrm another
day.
"That night, behind Iccked doors and
closed blinds, I worked in fear rmH per
spiration. Tram the bottom cf my trunk
I took a key to the arithmetic, but even
with that aid I failed to master the
problem. By nridnight I was desperate
It would never do to let the scholars,
the parents and the whole cruel world
know that I was not equal to my posi
tion. But it's not in ray make up to sur
render while there's a fightfner chance.
"At the town, fen miles awav, there
was a loyal and highly educated friend
cf mine. He would help me ana say
nothing. It was cne cf the bitterest
January nights; I ever knew. Bat I slip
ped to the barn, appropriated a horse,
made a ride mere notable hrr many of
these immortalized in song or history,
frcaemy ears and toes and had my vocal
powers reduced to a whisper.
"But you should have heard my whis
pered explanation of that problem and
my regrets that none of the pupils had
mastered it." Detroit Free Press.
U. P. TIME TABLE.
COISG EAST C3T5TEAI.TE3IE.
2To. 2 Fust Man S;15 i. m.
Xo. 4 Atlantic Express 11:10 p. m.
No. US Freight 7:00 a. m.
GOETG WEST 3I0CXTAI2? TIME.
.No. 1 Limited 3s p. m.
No.3-Fast Mail 11:20 p.m.
Xo.23 Freight 735 a. m.
2io.l9 Freight... 1:10 p. m.
2v B. Oi.t)Sc-Agent-
7TLCOX TTATiTjIGAy,
ATIQKXETS-AT-LAW,
OfEce orer Sorih. Platte SsiieaalBani.
D
E. N. F. DONALDSON,
Asislzat Su-eoa Bclca T?.c.tc
aad SlcrrTber ofPecsen Board,
XOETHPIATTZ, - XZBBAS
GSce crrer Ssreii"s Drn? Store.
g E. NOKTHRUF,
DENTIST.
Tioom No. 6, Ottensteia Building,
NORTH PIATTE. NEB.
TjTRENCH i BALDWIN,
ATTORjS'ETS-AT-LAW,
XOKTH PLATTE, - - XZEEASKA
Office over N. P. Ntl. Bank.
fl C. PATTEESON,
Al lO RNEY-KT-
OSice First National Bank Bldg
NORTH PIiATTE, NEB.
F. J. BEOEKEE.
A well assorted stock of foreign
and domestic piece goods in
stock from which to select.
Psrfcct
Fit.
how
Prices.
SPRUCE STREET.
A Cure for Piles.
We can assure all who suffer with In
ternal Piles that in Hemorrhoidine we
have a positive cure. The treatment is
unlike any thing heretofore used and its
application so 'perfect that every ves
tige of the disease is eradicated. "Hem
orrhoidine is a harmless compound, can
be used for an eye ointment, yet posess
es such healing power that "when ap
plied to the diseased parts, it at once re
lieves and a cure is the sure result of its
continued use. All who suffer with piles
suffer from Constipation also and Hem
orrhoidine cures both. Price $1 50 . Fer
Sale by Druggists. Win be sent from
the factory on receipt of price. Send to
TheFostes 3LurVG Co- Council Bluffs,
Iowa, for testimonials and information.
SOIoD BF A. F. STEETEZ.
MECCA COMPOUND
So "r srs as Hmtmr; rev:
be jsid
-antfe aii irceWSL. i or
isererr ioac sad '
tared rr liir- foster ilic C Coo
FOR SALE BJT A F. STREXXZ.
HUMPHREYS'
Ho.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
1 Cures Pever.
2 tc Worms.
3 " Infants Diseases.
4 " IDiarrhea-
8 Neuralgia.
9 Cures Eeadache.
10 " Dyspepsia.
11 " Delayed Periods.
12 " Leuchorrea.
14 " Skin Diseases.
15 Cures Rheumatism.
16 " Malaria.
20 " Whooping Cough
2.1 "
SO
77 "
Kidney Diseases.
Urinary Diseases
Colds and Grip.
SoH by Druggists, or sent prepaid cn
recpfnt of price, 25c, or o for?XL
Db. HocHmtrs' HomopArmc ILtNum
car Tii m i ItfirrTn Fsxs.
? ltL Cfc, 111 WTTTf??!
I Merchant Tailor i
W- JSC t
S3
? f&ts hart Wren szred WiBae atf
--iJKtM'. tisr hrajtsg all kinds seres irs ser-
tea. lrc-
BLf I WANT v TyiTfffilU
ML &MfS
, KwTt W SEE?
l DURHAM vWv&ik rc-udbr-
Toh Trill fltiii one roroa y jrf
t! V tvro cases fcar, S?r"5sL'i J?
sad tvro cotsnss Isolde ra-T?.
iacr entree lsij txC Trlr:r'L
-well's Dtrribam. Hsy a. 'Sxa
3 at IMs cclgfrrstrt lotsnTca
aatl rri Hir- conp: Trliicli
gii-es a. list or tt: lr hlo ls-
cbIj r-"1 iurr to crt Tiirr-i.
There's no Use!
(see the ame os the leg. them, when IT'S 2 OT SO
If yon are Dostea you cannot be deceived. "We Yrrite
this to post" you. SOLD OKLY BY
A f B 4 VIQ reat mi Only Hardware Man
At U A 1 10 in iiincoln Go. that go one Owes.
Full Line of ACO HZs ST0YES AJsJ) EAlN GES, STOYE
PIPES ELBOWS, COAL HODS, ZmC BOARDS,
etc.. at Lowest Prices on Becord.
T0ETH PLATTE, - KEEBASEA
A. F. STREITZ
Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Oils.
WINDOW GLASS,
Dents clae Apotrieke
Corner of Spruce and Sixth-sts.
C. F. IDDINGS
AND GRAIN
Order by telephone from
Elder &
5 Northwest comer
WALL-PAPER, PAINT AND OIL DEPOT:
VvTNDOTY GESS. VARNISHES. GOED LEAF. GOU
PAESTS. BRONZES. ARTISTS' COEOES AND BKUSHES, PIA2TOAXD
FTmNITUEE POU5HES, FKEPAEED HOUSE AND BUGGY PAINTS.
KAESOMEvS MATEEIAE, YvTNDOW SHADES. A
ESTABEISHED JUEY 1SG3. -
Yon can't find in fhese
TTntfp.rl Rfnfpf? thp. TnniiT
of the Genuine
Beckwitk
Iotind Oak.
Yon may try; youll get
left. Eemember, it's the
combination of good points
that makes the Perfect
Stoye. That's where we
get the BHTATI0NS.
They can't steal the whole
stove. They steal one
thing and think they hare
it all, but it FAILS. They
build another. It fails.
Still they keep on crying
good as the EOMD
0 A K. Some peculiar
merchants say they have
MACHINE
9
Newton's Book Store.
COAL
or Fine Rigs
-AT-
Reasonable prices,
-GO TO-
Loek's Stable.
Conrt-nonse Sqrare.
310 SPRUCE SI